Alongside a special "Japanese Hall" episode for season 16 of Nebraska Public Media’s cultural series “Nebraska Stories", several in-person events surrounding the story of the Japanese Hall and History Project on the Legacy of the Plains Museum campus will take place in Gering and Scottsbluff. The Japanese Hall exhibit will be open without charge for […]
Alongside a special "Japanese Hall" episode for season 16 of Nebraska Public Media’s cultural series “Nebraska Stories", several in-person events surrounding the story of the Japanese Hall and History Project on the Legacy of the Plains Museum campus will take place in Gering and Scottsbluff. Below is the schedule for events at Legacy of the […]
Curated discussion on the play "Momotaro: The Peach Boy of Japan" with Courtney Cairncross led by Vickie Sakurada Schaepler. This event is for an invited audience only. Momotaro is a beloved Japanese folktale about a boy who is miraculously born from a giant peach. An elderly, childless couple discovers the peach floating down the river, […]
Learn about the vibrant histories of Japanese Americans in Nebraska from the late 19th Century to the present and the community-led efforts to maintain them in this screening and panel discussion. This event begins with a screening of Nebraska Public Media’s recently aired “Nebraska Stories: Rescuing the Japanese Hall” episode (30 minutes), followed by a […]
Prior to performances of "Momotaro: The Peach Boy of Japan", there will be a festival of games and cultural activities for families and a presentation on Japanese settlers in Nebraska by Vickie Sakurada Schaepler. The games and cultural activities will be at 6pm on Nov. 22 and 1 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Omaha Jewish […]
Prior to performances of "Momotaro: The Peach Boy of Japan", there will be a festival of games and cultural activities for families and a presentation on Japanese settlers in Nebraska by Vickie Sakurada Schaepler. The games and cultural activities will be at 6pm on Nov. 22 and 1 p.m. Nov. 23 at the Omaha Jewish […]
