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SUMMARY:Film screening and discussion: Race
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibition at the Calvin T. Ryan Library on the University of Nebraska Kearney campus\, the 2016 film “Race” will be screened at the World Theatre. \n“Race” explores Jesse Owens’ quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history. His quest thrusts Owens onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics\, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy. \nDr. Rachel Silverman – UNK Kinesiology & Sport Science\, Dr. Lina Homberger-Cordia – sports historian\, and UNK students will discuss themes raised in the film. \nFor more information about the exhibit and other related events\, visit the exhibit website.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/film-screening-race/
LOCATION:The World Theatre\, 2318 Central Ave\, Kearney\, NE\, 68847\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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SUMMARY:Kearney Area Storytelling Festival 2026: Stories for All Ages
DESCRIPTION:At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival\, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. \nPaul Strickland and Lyn Ford will present Stories for All Ages on February 3 and 7. \nTuesday\, February 3 \nPaul Strickland – Stories for All Ages\n5:00 pm | Calvin T. Ryan Library-UNK\n2508 11th Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nLyn Ford – Stories for All Ages\n7:00 pm | Kearney Public Library\n2020 1st Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nSaturday\, February 7 \nPaul Strickland and Lyn Ford – Stories for All Ages\nwith Local Teller Janice Polk\n1:00 pm | Kearney Public Library\n2020 1st Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nLyn Ford and Paul Strickland – Stories for All Ages\nwith Local Teller Rick Brown\n3:00 pm | Kearney Public Library\n2020 1st Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nPlease visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney. \nLynette (Lyn) Ford\, an American storyteller\, teaching artist\, author and creative narrative workshop presenter was the first storyteller in the state of Ohio to be nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts. She is a regular performer at regional and national storytelling festivals and conferences\, including the National Storytelling Festival\, Hawaii’s Talk Story Festival and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Lyn has also shared keynote presentations\, performances and workshops in Australia and Ireland\, and for the Transformative Language Arts Network’s and Ohio Literacy Resource Center’s annual conferences and events. Lyn is a two-time recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s ORACLE award\, receiving both its Leadership and Service and Circle of Excellence awards. Lyn is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers Circle of Elders. Lyn’s first publications as an individual author are Affrilachian Tales and Beyond the Briar Patch. Both books are compilations of stories from Lyn’s childhood memories\, enriched with information on Affrilachian culture. She has written several other books alone and has been a co-author on other books. \nPaul Strickland is a professional storyteller and theatre artist from Kentucky. He has a large repertoire of unique family friendly stories\, including reupholstered folk tales\, fairytales for adults and future adults\, tall-tales and even historical stories that just happened to have never happened. Paul was a Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center in 2024. He was a Featured Teller: New Voice at the National Storytelling Festival in September of 2023. He was a Featured Teller at Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in September 2023\, Cave Run Storytelling Festival in 2022 and many other major storytelling festivals. In November of 2018 he made his NYC stage debut Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse with his shadow and flashlight ghost story play\, “13 Dead Dream of Eugene.” Always adapting to whatever audience is in front of him\, Paul loves telling stories in every imaginable environment\, from comedy clubs to elementary and middle schools\, corporate events and even two prisons – where he was NOT an inmate at the time. Collections of his stories have won “Best of Fest” honors more than 18 times at Fringe Theatre Festivals in the US and Canada. Selections from his comedy performance “Levels of Difficulty” are still played nearly every day on Sirius XM radio.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/kearney-area-storytelling-festival-2026-stories-for-all-ages/2026-02-03/1/
LOCATION:Kearney – various locations\, Kearney\, NE
CATEGORIES:Grants
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SUMMARY:Kearney Area Storytelling Festival 2026: Stories for All Ages
DESCRIPTION:At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival\, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. \nPaul Strickland and Lyn Ford will present Stories for All Ages on February 3 and 7. \nTuesday\, February 3 \nPaul Strickland – Stories for All Ages\n5:00 pm | Calvin T. Ryan Library-UNK\n2508 11th Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nLyn Ford – Stories for All Ages\n7:00 pm | Kearney Public Library\n2020 1st Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nSaturday\, February 7 \nPaul Strickland and Lyn Ford – Stories for All Ages\nwith Local Teller Janice Polk\n1:00 pm | Kearney Public Library\n2020 1st Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nLyn Ford and Paul Strickland – Stories for All Ages\nwith Local Teller Rick Brown\n3:00 pm | Kearney Public Library\n2020 1st Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nPlease visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney. \nLynette (Lyn) Ford\, an American storyteller\, teaching artist\, author and creative narrative workshop presenter was the first storyteller in the state of Ohio to be nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts. She is a regular performer at regional and national storytelling festivals and conferences\, including the National Storytelling Festival\, Hawaii’s Talk Story Festival and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Lyn has also shared keynote presentations\, performances and workshops in Australia and Ireland\, and for the Transformative Language Arts Network’s and Ohio Literacy Resource Center’s annual conferences and events. Lyn is a two-time recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s ORACLE award\, receiving both its Leadership and Service and Circle of Excellence awards. Lyn is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers Circle of Elders. Lyn’s first publications as an individual author are Affrilachian Tales and Beyond the Briar Patch. Both books are compilations of stories from Lyn’s childhood memories\, enriched with information on Affrilachian culture. She has written several other books alone and has been a co-author on other books. \nPaul Strickland is a professional storyteller and theatre artist from Kentucky. He has a large repertoire of unique family friendly stories\, including reupholstered folk tales\, fairytales for adults and future adults\, tall-tales and even historical stories that just happened to have never happened. Paul was a Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center in 2024. He was a Featured Teller: New Voice at the National Storytelling Festival in September of 2023. He was a Featured Teller at Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in September 2023\, Cave Run Storytelling Festival in 2022 and many other major storytelling festivals. In November of 2018 he made his NYC stage debut Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse with his shadow and flashlight ghost story play\, “13 Dead Dream of Eugene.” Always adapting to whatever audience is in front of him\, Paul loves telling stories in every imaginable environment\, from comedy clubs to elementary and middle schools\, corporate events and even two prisons – where he was NOT an inmate at the time. Collections of his stories have won “Best of Fest” honors more than 18 times at Fringe Theatre Festivals in the US and Canada. Selections from his comedy performance “Levels of Difficulty” are still played nearly every day on Sirius XM radio.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/kearney-area-storytelling-festival-2026-stories-for-all-ages/2026-02-03/2/
LOCATION:Kearney – various locations\, Kearney\, NE
CATEGORIES:Grants
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SUMMARY:Storytelling Workshop: Laughter and Storytelling! Interactive Stories and Play!
DESCRIPTION:At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival\, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling. \nStoryteller Lyn Ford will present a storytelling workshop entitled “Laughter and Storytelling! Interactive Stories and Play!” at the Regional Engagement Center\nin UNK’s University Village Development – Upstairs Gala Rooms. Parking is available on both sides of the building. \nLynette (Lyn) Ford\, an American storyteller\, teaching artist\, author and creative narrative workshop presenter was the first storyteller in the state of Ohio to be nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts. She is a regular performer at regional and national storytelling festivals and conferences\, including the National Storytelling Festival\, Hawaii’s Talk Story Festival and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Lyn has also shared keynote presentations\, performances and workshops in Australia and Ireland\, and for the Transformative Language Arts Network’s and Ohio Literacy Resource Center’s annual conferences and events. Lyn is a two-time recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s ORACLE award\, receiving both its Leadership and Service and Circle of Excellence awards. Lyn is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers Circle of Elders. Lyn’s first publications as an individual author are Affrilachian Tales and Beyond the Briar Patch. Both books are compilations of stories from Lyn’s childhood memories\, enriched with information on Affrilachian culture. She has written several other books alone and has been a co-author on other books. \nPlease visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/storytelling-workshop-laughter-and-storytelling-interactive-stories-and-play/
LOCATION:Kearney Regional Engagement Center\, 2204 University Drive\, Kearney\, NE
CATEGORIES:Grants
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SUMMARY:Storytelling workshop: CREATE Questions. THEN Answer Them!
DESCRIPTION:At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival\, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling. \nStoryteller Paul Strickland will present a storytelling workshop entitled “CREATE Questions. THEN Answer Them!” at the Regional Engagement Center in UNK’s University Village Development – Upstairs Gala Rooms. Parking is available on both sides of the building. \nPaul Strickland is a professional storyteller and theatre artist from Kentucky. He has a large repertoire of unique family friendly stories\, including reupholstered folk tales\, fairytales for adults and future adults\, tall-tales and even historical stories that just happened to have never happened. Paul was a Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center in 2024. He was a Featured Teller: New Voice at the National Storytelling Festival in September of 2023. He was a Featured Teller at Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in September 2023\, Cave Run Storytelling Festival in 2022 and many other major storytelling festivals. In November of 2018 he made his NYC stage debut Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse with his shadow and flashlight ghost story play\, “13 Dead Dream of Eugene.” Always adapting to whatever audience is in front of him\, Paul loves telling stories in every imaginable environment\, from comedy clubs to elementary and middle schools\, corporate events and even two prisons – where he was NOT an inmate at the time. Collections of his stories have won “Best of Fest” honors more than 18 times at Fringe Theatre Festivals in the US and Canada. Selections from his comedy performance “Levels of Difficulty” are still played nearly every day on Sirius XM radio. \nPlease visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/storytelling-workshop-create-questions-then-answer-them/
LOCATION:Kearney Regional Engagement Center\, 2204 University Drive\, Kearney\, NE
CATEGORIES:Grants
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SUMMARY:Kearney Area Storytelling Festival 2026: Stories for Seniors
DESCRIPTION:At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival\, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. \nWednesday\, February 4 \nLyn Ford – Stories for Seniors\n2:00 pm | Peterson Senior Activity Center\n2020 W 11th St\, Kearney\, NE 68845 \nPlease visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney. \nLynette (Lyn) Ford\, an American storyteller\, teaching artist\, author and creative narrative workshop presenter was the first storyteller in the state of Ohio to be nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts. She is a regular performer at regional and national storytelling festivals and conferences\, including the National Storytelling Festival\, Hawaii’s Talk Story Festival and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Lyn has also shared keynote presentations\, performances and workshops in Australia and Ireland\, and for the Transformative Language Arts Network’s and Ohio Literacy Resource Center’s annual conferences and events. Lyn is a two-time recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s ORACLE award\, receiving both its Leadership and Service and Circle of Excellence awards. Lyn is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers Circle of Elders. Lyn’s first publications as an individual author are Affrilachian Tales and Beyond the Briar Patch. Both books are compilations of stories from Lyn’s childhood memories\, enriched with information on Affrilachian culture. She has written several other books alone and has been a co-author on other books.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/kearney-area-storytelling-festival-2026-stories-for-seniors/
LOCATION:Peterson Senior Activity Center\, 2020 W. 11th St.\, Kearney\, NE\, 68845\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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SUMMARY:Kearney Area Storytelling Festival 2026: Stories for All Ages
DESCRIPTION:At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival\, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. \nPaul Strickland and Lyn Ford will present Stories for All Ages on February 3 and 7. \nTuesday\, February 3 \nPaul Strickland – Stories for All Ages\n5:00 pm | Calvin T. Ryan Library-UNK\n2508 11th Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nLyn Ford – Stories for All Ages\n7:00 pm | Kearney Public Library\n2020 1st Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nSaturday\, February 7 \nPaul Strickland and Lyn Ford – Stories for All Ages\nwith Local Teller Janice Polk\n1:00 pm | Kearney Public Library\n2020 1st Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nLyn Ford and Paul Strickland – Stories for All Ages\nwith Local Teller Rick Brown\n3:00 pm | Kearney Public Library\n2020 1st Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nPlease visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney. \nLynette (Lyn) Ford\, an American storyteller\, teaching artist\, author and creative narrative workshop presenter was the first storyteller in the state of Ohio to be nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts. She is a regular performer at regional and national storytelling festivals and conferences\, including the National Storytelling Festival\, Hawaii’s Talk Story Festival and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Lyn has also shared keynote presentations\, performances and workshops in Australia and Ireland\, and for the Transformative Language Arts Network’s and Ohio Literacy Resource Center’s annual conferences and events. Lyn is a two-time recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s ORACLE award\, receiving both its Leadership and Service and Circle of Excellence awards. Lyn is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers Circle of Elders. Lyn’s first publications as an individual author are Affrilachian Tales and Beyond the Briar Patch. Both books are compilations of stories from Lyn’s childhood memories\, enriched with information on Affrilachian culture. She has written several other books alone and has been a co-author on other books. \nPaul Strickland is a professional storyteller and theatre artist from Kentucky. He has a large repertoire of unique family friendly stories\, including reupholstered folk tales\, fairytales for adults and future adults\, tall-tales and even historical stories that just happened to have never happened. Paul was a Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center in 2024. He was a Featured Teller: New Voice at the National Storytelling Festival in September of 2023. He was a Featured Teller at Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in September 2023\, Cave Run Storytelling Festival in 2022 and many other major storytelling festivals. In November of 2018 he made his NYC stage debut Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse with his shadow and flashlight ghost story play\, “13 Dead Dream of Eugene.” Always adapting to whatever audience is in front of him\, Paul loves telling stories in every imaginable environment\, from comedy clubs to elementary and middle schools\, corporate events and even two prisons – where he was NOT an inmate at the time. Collections of his stories have won “Best of Fest” honors more than 18 times at Fringe Theatre Festivals in the US and Canada. Selections from his comedy performance “Levels of Difficulty” are still played nearly every day on Sirius XM radio.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/kearney-area-storytelling-festival-2026-stories-for-all-ages/2026-02-07/1/
LOCATION:Kearney – various locations\, Kearney\, NE
CATEGORIES:Grants
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SUMMARY:Kearney Area Storytelling Festival 2026: Stories for All Ages
DESCRIPTION:At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival\, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. \nPaul Strickland and Lyn Ford will present Stories for All Ages on February 3 and 7. \nTuesday\, February 3 \nPaul Strickland – Stories for All Ages\n5:00 pm | Calvin T. Ryan Library-UNK\n2508 11th Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nLyn Ford – Stories for All Ages\n7:00 pm | Kearney Public Library\n2020 1st Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nSaturday\, February 7 \nPaul Strickland and Lyn Ford – Stories for All Ages\nwith Local Teller Janice Polk\n1:00 pm | Kearney Public Library\n2020 1st Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nLyn Ford and Paul Strickland – Stories for All Ages\nwith Local Teller Rick Brown\n3:00 pm | Kearney Public Library\n2020 1st Ave\, Kearney\, NE \nPlease visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney. \nLynette (Lyn) Ford\, an American storyteller\, teaching artist\, author and creative narrative workshop presenter was the first storyteller in the state of Ohio to be nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts. She is a regular performer at regional and national storytelling festivals and conferences\, including the National Storytelling Festival\, Hawaii’s Talk Story Festival and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Lyn has also shared keynote presentations\, performances and workshops in Australia and Ireland\, and for the Transformative Language Arts Network’s and Ohio Literacy Resource Center’s annual conferences and events. Lyn is a two-time recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s ORACLE award\, receiving both its Leadership and Service and Circle of Excellence awards. Lyn is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers Circle of Elders. Lyn’s first publications as an individual author are Affrilachian Tales and Beyond the Briar Patch. Both books are compilations of stories from Lyn’s childhood memories\, enriched with information on Affrilachian culture. She has written several other books alone and has been a co-author on other books. \nPaul Strickland is a professional storyteller and theatre artist from Kentucky. He has a large repertoire of unique family friendly stories\, including reupholstered folk tales\, fairytales for adults and future adults\, tall-tales and even historical stories that just happened to have never happened. Paul was a Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center in 2024. He was a Featured Teller: New Voice at the National Storytelling Festival in September of 2023. He was a Featured Teller at Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in September 2023\, Cave Run Storytelling Festival in 2022 and many other major storytelling festivals. In November of 2018 he made his NYC stage debut Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse with his shadow and flashlight ghost story play\, “13 Dead Dream of Eugene.” Always adapting to whatever audience is in front of him\, Paul loves telling stories in every imaginable environment\, from comedy clubs to elementary and middle schools\, corporate events and even two prisons – where he was NOT an inmate at the time. Collections of his stories have won “Best of Fest” honors more than 18 times at Fringe Theatre Festivals in the US and Canada. Selections from his comedy performance “Levels of Difficulty” are still played nearly every day on Sirius XM radio.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/kearney-area-storytelling-festival-2026-stories-for-all-ages/2026-02-07/2/
LOCATION:Kearney – various locations\, Kearney\, NE
CATEGORIES:Grants
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SUMMARY:Kearney Area Storytelling Festival 2026: Stories for Adults
DESCRIPTION:At the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival\, professional storytellers—along with area tellers—present the art of storytelling in many area venues. \nLyn Ford and Paul Strickland – Stories for Adults\n7:00 pm | Kearney Country Club\n2800 19th Ave\, Kearney\, NE\n*Non-members are welcome to order food and drinks from the menu before and after the show.\n**Dinner Reservations Recommended – Contact 308-234-3151 or melissa@kearneycountryclub.com  \nPlease visit the Kearney Area Storytelling Festival website for the full range of events in Kearney. \nLynette (Lyn) Ford\, an American storyteller\, teaching artist\, author and creative narrative workshop presenter was the first storyteller in the state of Ohio to be nominated for a Governor’s Award for the Arts. She is a regular performer at regional and national storytelling festivals and conferences\, including the National Storytelling Festival\, Hawaii’s Talk Story Festival and the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival. Lyn has also shared keynote presentations\, performances and workshops in Australia and Ireland\, and for the Transformative Language Arts Network’s and Ohio Literacy Resource Center’s annual conferences and events. Lyn is a two-time recipient of the National Storytelling Network’s ORACLE award\, receiving both its Leadership and Service and Circle of Excellence awards. Lyn is a member of the National Association of Black Storytellers Circle of Elders. Lyn’s first publications as an individual author are Affrilachian Tales and Beyond the Briar Patch. Both books are compilations of stories from Lyn’s childhood memories\, enriched with information on Affrilachian culture. She has written several other books alone and has been a co-author on other books. \nPaul Strickland is a professional storyteller and theatre artist from Kentucky. He has a large repertoire of unique family friendly stories\, including reupholstered folk tales\, fairytales for adults and future adults\, tall-tales and even historical stories that just happened to have never happened. Paul was a Teller-in-Residence at the International Storytelling Center in 2024. He was a Featured Teller: New Voice at the National Storytelling Festival in September of 2023. He was a Featured Teller at Timpanogos Storytelling Festival in September 2023\, Cave Run Storytelling Festival in 2022 and many other major storytelling festivals. In November of 2018 he made his NYC stage debut Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse with his shadow and flashlight ghost story play\, “13 Dead Dream of Eugene.” Always adapting to whatever audience is in front of him\, Paul loves telling stories in every imaginable environment\, from comedy clubs to elementary and middle schools\, corporate events and even two prisons – where he was NOT an inmate at the time. Collections of his stories have won “Best of Fest” honors more than 18 times at Fringe Theatre Festivals in the US and Canada. Selections from his comedy performance “Levels of Difficulty” are still played nearly every day on Sirius XM radio.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/kearney-area-storytelling-festival-2026-stories-for-adults/
LOCATION:Kearney Country Club\, 2800 19th Ave\, Kearney\, NE\, 68845\, United States
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SUMMARY:Film screening and discussion: The Great Dictator
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibition at the Calvin T. Ryan Library on the University of Nebraska Kearney campus\, the 1940 film “The Great Dictator” will be screened at the World Theatre. \nThe Great Dictator (1940)\, directed\, produced by\, and starring Charlie Chaplin\, is a political satire and black comedy that vehemently condemned Hitler and Mussolini as well as their ideologies. It was wildly popular and is in the National Film Registry. \nFollowing the film\, Dr. Torsten Homberger\, UNK History\, and Prof. Jacob Rosdail\, UNK Communication will discuss the historical context of the film as well as its cultural impact. \nFor more information about the exhibit and other related events\, visit the exhibit website.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/film-screening-and-discussion-the-great-dictator/
LOCATION:The World Theatre\, 2318 Central Ave\, Kearney\, NE\, 68847\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260220T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260220T130000
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SUMMARY:German POW Camps Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:In conjunction with the Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibition at the Calvin T. Ryan Library on the University of Nebraska Kearney campus\, a panel discussion will be held at the Kearney Public Library. \nDuring World War II\, Nebraska was the site of several prisoner of war (POW) camps. Join expert panelists for a discussion of German POWs in Nebraska\, POW sites such as Camp Atlanta and Fort Robinson\, and World War II in Nebraska. The Americans and the Holocaust exhibit asks “what did Americans know?”\, a question learning about German POWs\, and what they knew and shared with Nebraskans\, can help us answer. In addition to talking about events of the 1940s\, panelists will also discuss how historic sites interpret this fascinating history. Panelists include Dr. Cole Kruger – Kilgore College\, Melissa Amateis – University of Nebraska-Lincoln\, Will Kessen – Ft. Robinson State Historical Park\, and Micah Hueser – Nebraska Prairie Museum. \nFor more information about the exhibit and other related events\, visit the exhibit website.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/german-pow-camps-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Kearney Public Library\, 2020 1st Ave.\, Kearney\, NE\, 68847\, United States
CATEGORIES:Grants
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