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Friday LIVE

The latest news about arts and humanities happenings around Nebraska, as well as talk and performances from those involved.

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Summerfest, Prairie Pride Film Festival, Ryan T Pozzi, and more

On the Aug. 28 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from Nebraska Public Media. Tune in to hear Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about: Summerfest at Lincoln's LUX Center for the Arts (1:30); the Second Chance Comedy Show, from founder Joe Huisman (9:54); the upcoming Nebraska Bluegrass Concert Series (23:05); the 15th Prairie Pride Film Festival, with organizer Kris Stanley and…

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Extra: "Portrait of A Lady on Fire" and "A Few Good Men"

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall is talking with Tom Knoblauch about his upcoming Reel Talk with Omaha's Film Streams about "Portrait of a Lady on Fire." Also hear from those at the Lofte about their stage performance of Aaron Sorkin's "A Few Good Men."

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Lincoln Community Playhouse, Issa Trap Symphony, LSO and more...

On the Aug. 21 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from Nebraska Public Media. Tune in to hear Genevieve Randall have lively conversations with: the former and current executive directors of the Lincoln Community Playhouse, Morrie Enders and Ali Schade(1:07); Liz Kendall Weisser and JaKeen Fox, who are helping to put on the Issa Trap Symphony show at the Joslyn Art Musuem in Omaha (14:27);…

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Extra: 100 Years of Nebraskaland and HCT "Evil Dead the Musical"

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall is talking with the editor of Nebraskaland magazine about their current exhibition at Omaha's Durham Museum, celebrating 100 years of publication, and the Hastings Community Playhouse is bringing the movie, Evil Dead to the stage, and it's a musical!

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Maddog, Vision Maker Media, Sheldon, and Midwestern Chrome...

On the Aug. 14 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from Nebraska Public Media. Tune in to hear Genevieve Randall have lively conversations with: Musician Maddog, who will also be playing her songs "Porch Sittin Szn" and "Shyanne" (0:53), Vision Maker Media's President and CEO Francene Blyth-Lewis, about the Vision Maker's 50th anniversary (23:44), Director of the Sheldon Museum of Art Susan…

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Extra: Matea Jerkovic and Nick Talbott

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall is checking in with Nick Talbott of the Talbott Brothers about what they have been working on and what they have coming up. Also hear from multi-instrumentalist Matea Jerkovic about jazz, music education and upcoming gigs.

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Masa Ishikawa, David Moscovich, Robert Henri artists and more...

On the Aug. 7 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Haymarket Mill Coffee & Tea. Guest host Penelope Morrow has lively conversations about: - composer Masayoshi Ishikawa's latest album Migration (1:09); - author David Moscovich's latest book, Premieres: A Memoir in Verse (18:52); - artists of the month at Cozad's Robert Henri Museum and Art Gallery, Beth Jasnoch and…

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Extra: Printmaking and The Midnight Wanderers

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, explore musical wandering and printmaking. Hear from printmakers Karen Kunc and Janine Wong about the craft, as well as what is going on at Constellation Studios and the LUX for First Friday, and don't miss an update from Americana band The Midnight Wanderers.

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Nebraska Crossroads, Caroliena Cabada, and Brad Colerick Band

On the July 31 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from Nebraska Public Media's Ron Hull studios! Tune in to hear live music, poetry and Genevieve Randall have lively conversations with: Erik Higgins of from The Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival (4:39), - "Benkshaft (Longing" from Alex Weiser's "And all the days were purple" (0:40) - "Coqueteos" from Gabriella Lena Frank's "Leyendas: An…

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Extra: Nine Little Indians and Colleen Morton Busch

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, we're talking with director Shannon Kring about her documentary, Nine Little Indians. We will also be joined by Yvonne “Pat” Charbonneau, whose story is being told within the documentary. Also, don't miss our conversation with the 2025 winner of the annual Ex Ophidia Press's Richard-Gabriel Rummonds Poetry Contest Colleen Morton Busch.

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Nebraska Crossroads Festival, Interrobang, MONA and more...

-Due to technical issues within our recording system, this podcast sounds off. We thought the interviews were good, and figured they should be heard, no matter if the sound quality isn't as good as normal- On the July 24 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Nebraska Public Media radio studios! Tune in to hear guest host Penelope Morrow have lively conversations about: The Nebraska…

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Extra: Omaha Payphone Project and She Kills Monsters

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, we hear from the Beatrice Community Players about their Dungeons and Dragons laden upcoming production of "She Kills Monsters". Also learn how to connect with an Omaha artist through a payphone, with the new Omaha Payphone Project. If you can't make it to the physical payphone, the Omaha Payphone Project has an app where you can access it! Find that website…

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First Flight Festival, Larksong on the Road, Bachelor, and more

On the July 17 episode of Friday LIVE, we're back and broadcasting from the Nebraska Public Media Radio Studios! Tune in to hear host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about: Larksong Writers Place's upcoming writers' workshop in Brownville (); Angel Theater Company's 11th Annual Taking Flight Festival (); a new anthology assembled by Ilanna Masad and Stevie Seibert Desjalais called Here…

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Extra: Film Streams and West Nebraska Art Center

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, we hear from Omaha's Film Streams about an upcoming screening of "Bad Faith- Christian Nationalism's War on Democracy" in conjunction with the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska. Also hear about the West Nebraska Art Center's 2026 President's Show, "250 Years of Voices: Women Shaping Our Nation."

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