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    2026 Bright Lights summer camp (registered students only)

    2026 Bright Lights summer camp (registered students only)
    Lincoln - multiple locations Lincoln, United States

    Bright Lights provides unique, motivating, hands-on summer learning camps for K-8th grade students, including in humanities subjects like literature and writing, history, and world cultures and languages. The camp application deadline is at least one week before each week’s camps begin (subject to availability). For details about camps, visit the Bright Lights camps list.

    $10 – $300

  • 2026 Roots to Rise Youth Summer Camp (registered students only)

    2026 Roots to Rise Youth Summer Camp (registered students only)
    Lincoln NE Lincoln, NE

    Roots to Rise is a multi-dimensional cultural art, humanities, and environmental land connection studies program designed to reach, ignite and uplift all children and youth in our community. Providing de-colonizing, culturally responsive Indigenous pedagogy outdoors, Roots to Rise aims to empower holistic health and wellness, and reinforce myriad life and academic skills, with promoting a […]

  • 2026 Roots to Rise Youth Summer Camp (registered students only)

    2026 Roots to Rise Youth Summer Camp (registered students only)
    Lincoln NE Lincoln, NE

    Roots to Rise is a multi-dimensional cultural art, humanities, and environmental land connection studies program designed to reach, ignite and uplift all children and youth in our community. Providing de-colonizing, culturally responsive Indigenous pedagogy outdoors, Roots to Rise aims to empower holistic health and wellness, and reinforce myriad life and academic skills, with promoting a […]

  • 2026 Roots to Rise Youth Summer Camp (registered students only)

    2026 Roots to Rise Youth Summer Camp (registered students only)
    Lincoln NE Lincoln, NE

    Roots to Rise is a multi-dimensional cultural art, humanities, and environmental land connection studies program designed to reach, ignite and uplift all children and youth in our community. Providing de-colonizing, culturally responsive Indigenous pedagogy outdoors, Roots to Rise aims to empower holistic health and wellness, and reinforce myriad life and academic skills, with promoting a […]

  • 2026 Roots to Rise Youth Summer Camp (registered students only)

    2026 Roots to Rise Youth Summer Camp (registered students only)
    Lincoln NE Lincoln, NE

    Roots to Rise is a multi-dimensional cultural art, humanities, and environmental land connection studies program designed to reach, ignite and uplift all children and youth in our community. Providing de-colonizing, culturally responsive Indigenous pedagogy outdoors, Roots to Rise aims to empower holistic health and wellness, and reinforce myriad life and academic skills, with promoting a […]

  • 2026 Roots to Rise Youth Summer Camp (registered students only)

    2026 Roots to Rise Youth Summer Camp (registered students only)
    Lincoln NE Lincoln, NE

    Roots to Rise is a multi-dimensional cultural art, humanities, and environmental land connection studies program designed to reach, ignite and uplift all children and youth in our community. Providing de-colonizing, culturally responsive Indigenous pedagogy outdoors, Roots to Rise aims to empower holistic health and wellness, and reinforce myriad life and academic skills, with promoting a […]

  • Music event logo with three rows of short horizontal lines in different colors and the words Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

    The Composer’s Mind: La Folia Global – Lincoln

    UNL Westbrook Performance Hall 1104 R Street, Lincoln, NE

    La Folia Global is a transcontinental musical journey that brings together Baroque repertoire and instruments with world music traditions whose roots intersect in the cultural crossroads of Renaissance Venice. At its center is Valeri Tolstov’s brilliant reimagining of Vivaldi’s La Folia, moving seamlessly between Armenian folk music, Hindustani classical raga, and Vivaldi’s original score. Step […]

  • Music event logo with three rows of short horizontal lines in different colors and the words Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival

    “Luminous Wings” Orchestra Finale – Lincoln

    Kimball Hall 1113 R St, Lincoln, NE

    Luminous Wings brings the Nebraska Crossroads Festival Orchestra back in 2026 for another year of deep collaboration, new music, and exhilarating performance. Inspired by birds, motion, and the bright creative energy of this year’s featured works, the program takes flight through music that shimmers, pulses, and soars. The concert features Murmurations by Derek Bermel, a new concerto for tabla […]

  • Text over an image of an apartment building: Friday, August 28 5:30-8 p.m. E Street between 13th & 14th Street Celebrate the opening of the Porchlight Apartments Ribbon cutting & neighborhood block party

    Porchlight Apartments Ribbon Cutting and Neighborhood Block Party

    E Street between 13th and 14th Streets Lincoln, NE

    Multiple Near South neighborhood partners will celebrate the opening of the Porchlight Apartments building, which incorporates the new location of Clinic with a Heart. The event will feature Near South neighborhood history, free art activities, limited free health screens, and live music. The event will take place on E Street between 13th and 14th Streets.

  • Vintage photograph of a group of young Native American women wearing Victorian-era clothing. Film title appears on the image: Uncovering Boarding Schools Stories of Resistance and Resilience

    Native American Film Series: Uncovering Boarding Schools: Stories of Resistance and Resilience

    Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center 313 North 13th Street, Lincoln, NE, United States

    Uncovering Boarding Schools: Stories of Resistance and Resilience chronicles present-day efforts by Klamath tribal members to uncover the difficult and often hidden history of Indigenous children forced into government-sanctioned boarding schools—including some religious schools that were previously unknown–in order to bring about community reconciliation and healing. Please verify event time on The Ross website. https://theross.org/film/nafs-uncovering-boarding-schools/

    Free
  • Matt Mason State Poet Photo

    Family Day: Ekphrastic Poetry with Matt Mason

    Sheldon Museum of Art Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

    An ekphrastic poem is a type of description of a work of art. Former State Poet Matt Mason will lead a day of art, words, and creativity. Inspired by Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention, Mason will lead interactive poetry activities that transform looking into writing. Discover how visual art can spark imagination and self-expression through […]

  • Book cover. Title is "The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees Tales of Migration, Hope, Grief, and Finding Home in Nebraska" Foreword by Leirion Gaylor Baird . There is an illustration of an adult and child at a table under a large tree. The child is holding a red balloon.

    Welcoming New Nebraskans: A Celebration of  “The Lives of Immigrants & Refugees”

    Sheldon Museum of Art Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

    This event at the Sheldon Museum of Art will feature moderated discussion with contributors and editors of "The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees: Tales of Migration, Hope, Grief and Finding Home in Nebraska," followed by audience discussion and questions. Registration is requested to attend this event: https://sheldonartmuseum.org/welcoming-new-nebraskans-celebration-lives-immigrants-refugees/ About the book: Human beings have always migrated. […]

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