Friday LIVE

On the October 23rd episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Nebraska Public Media radio studio. Tune in to hear host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about the arts and humanities in Nebraska with: director of "Going for Two" Kathleen Welch Markel and actor Victoria Blade (04:30), violinist Rachel Barton Pine (17:43), Ed Zimmer about his upcoming "Postcards" talk (26:30), Project Funway members Monica Zinke and Angie Taylor (39:00), and DJ/producer J.PERIOD about his upcoming show (46:30).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with retired astronaut Clayton Anderson about his collaboration with the Arts for the Soul series, the Friend Historical Society upcoming events, and the Hastings Community Theater about their upcoming staging of "the Wizard of Oz."

On the October 16th episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Nebraska Public Media radio studio. Tune in to hear host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about the arts and humanities in Nebraska with: singer/songwriter Jessica Willis Fisher, investigative journalist Wesaam Al-Badry, collections manager for Bone Creek Museum Gabrielle Comte, and director Tyler J. Rinne and actor Mitchell Keane for Beatrice Community Players' staging of Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery.

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with the directors and actors of two plays which revolve around conversation. "Now and Then" is a production being put on by the Grand Island Little Theatre, with director Steve Gobel and the actress playing "Abby," Jana Thompson, appearing on this week's show. "The Sunset Limited" is one of Pulitzer Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy's plays; it's being put on by Omni Arts with director Jillian Carter. She and the actor playing "Black," Max Antoine join Genevieve for a discussion of the play.

On the Oct. 9 episode of Friday LIVE, hear Friday LIVE from the Fox Theatre in North Platte. Tune in to hear music and lively conversations from: pianist Jim Fischer (0:44); the North Platte Community Playhouse about what its upcoming season has in store (18:41); North Platte's Prairie Arts Center (25:26); muralist Breeanna Benton (32:28); and bluegrass group, the Blackwood Creek Pickers (38:03).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with the founder of Omaha's House of Afros, Capes and Curls, Jade Rogers, about this year's Afro Con, and its theme, "Cool Girls ♥ Anime: Celebrating the Women & Girls that Love Anime & the Communities That Love Them." Also hear about a unique opportunity to see hay bale sculpting from some of the best snow sculptors around, in Omaha's Heartwood Park.

On the Oct. 2 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Mill Coffee and Tea in Lincoln's Historic Haymarket. Tune in as host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about: The Beatrice Regional Orchestra's upcoming concert featuring Philip Daniel and his (1:22); Underdog: The Other Other Brontë a new theater production opening at Nebraska Wesleyan Theatre (9:32); Larry Buller's new art exhibition at the LUX Center for the Arts, Gaze: Jockstraps, Bunnies and the Divine (19:28); and Western Music Hall of Fame musician Dave Stamey and his concert at the Midwest Theatre in Scottsbluff (33:08). Also hear the poetry of Ted Kooser, read by Stephen Buhler, UNL Aaron Douglas Emeritus Professor of English (29:39).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with composer and singer Nick Lemme about Cloak of Stars, a meditative program of sacred music inspired by the life of St. Francis of Assisi. The concert features the Lincoln ensemble Consort Pelicani performing Renaissance vocal music and Gregorian chant, along with organ music.

On the Sept. 25 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Nebraska Public Media radio studio. Tune in to hear host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about: The 2026 American Liszt Society Festival, with artistic director Paul Barnes and featured artist Angel Stanislav Wang (0:51); The Manhattan Short Film Festival being shown at Kearney's World Theatre (12:28); and the upcoming Nebraska Storytelling Festival, and its theme "Many Threads, One Story" (19:46). Hear how Undertale-The Determination Symphony is paying La Vista's Astro Theater a visit, from the Verge Arcade's Penelope Morrow (44:34), and what The Ross Theatre in Lincoln has planned for their upcoming Fright Fest, from Cole McEwen (31:19). Also hear poetry from Wayne, Nebraska's own J.V. Brummels. (40:01)

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with artist Sophia Baker about her art and how it seems to ask difficult questions about morality and the consequences of human action. Also hear about ArteLatinx 2026 being held at Omaha's El Museo Latino