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Visualizing Survivance, Visualizing Permanence art exhibition

Sheldon Museum of Art Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Drawn from Sheldon's collection, this exhibition centers artwork by Native American artists and photographs that demonstrate the everlasting presence of Native American communities. These works illustrate the spirit of visual […]

Cowboy Poetry and Nighthawk Tunes

Alliance Public Library 1750 Sweetwater Ave., Alliance, NE, United States

Speaker:  Michael McDonald Sponsored by the Alliance Public Library Foundation

Excess Baggage: Riding the Orphan Train

Rock County Public Library 201 E Bertha St., Bassett, NE, United States

Speaker: Charlotte Endorf Sponsored by the Rock County Public Library

Heart’s Compass: Women on the Trails

Scotts Bluff National Monument 190276 Old Oregon Trail, Gering, NE, United States

Speaker: Deb Carpenter-Nolting Sponsored by Scotts Bluff National Monument

2025 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.

$145

Nebraskans possess the knowledge, understanding, and empathy
to cultivate a more informed, thoughtful, and just society.

We believe that culture and connection are essential rights of human expression.

We celebrate shared histories and diverse cultures.

We value conversation that respects difference and finds points of common experience.

We develop engaging experiences for all Nebraskans.

We provide inclusive opportunities to learn from the past to enrich our future.

We are flexible and responsive to the changing and pressing needs of Nebraskans.
We expose people to other worlds of expression and human existence.
We foster lives of purpose and meaning.

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