On the June 26 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Brownville Concert Hall! Join us there or tune in to hear live music and conversations from: Beatrice's Homestead Harmonizers (0:44); Julie Smith Philips of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra (15:14); and Omaha's Bel Canto Duo (40:35). There will also be live poetry from Jan Wright Chism. (10:09 and 34:47).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, we’re looking back into Nebraska’s past, and how that is affecting our present. Hear a conversation about a new exhibit at the Nebraska History Museum that explores the state's history, people and the larger impact Nebraska has had on the country's history. Also, a conversation about a special screening of “500 Mile Sculpture Garden,” a 1976 documentary exploring the visionary I-80 Bicentennial Sculpture Project, within Nebraska.

On the June 19 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Nebraska Public Media Radio Studio. Tune in to hear lively conversations about: Nebraska author Lisa Knopp's book "Ravelings" (1:10); Homestead National Historical Park's Homestead Days (7:57); Constellation Studios' new expansion and the grand opening event being held there (17:46); Nebraska Chautauqua's Weaving a Nation event in Hastings (27:20); and Fontenelle Forest's upcoming Beetles in the Wetlands community science day (47:14) There will also be more poetry from Eleanor Reeds (42:25)

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra podcast, learn about what the Brownville Village Theater has in store for their 59th season, and Clements Noyes Art Gallery and Studios has bee-utiful third Friday planned that is celebrating the pollinators that feed us.

On the June 12 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: Lloyd McCarter, and his upcoming shows (5:08); the Flatwater Music Festival in Hastings (14:25); the Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival in McCook (21:14); a production of Torch Song, being put on by OmniArts Nebraska (37:52) Omaha's House of Afros, Capes and Curls' Steampunk Juneteenth celebration, The Timekeepers of Timbuktu (45:20). There will also be live music from Lloyd McCarter (1:17), and poetry from Eleanor Reeds (32:12).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra podcast, we are talking with two Nebraska artists. Steven Tamayo is leading an artist workshop being held at Omaha’s KANEKO centered around a specific type of container called an Ojuha. Karrie Steely is beginning her residency at Cozad's Robert Henri Museum and Art Gallery and will be leading classes during her time there. Hear about the events they are taking part in this weekend, as well as how instruction falls into their artistry.

On the June 5 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Mill Coffee and Tea in Lincoln's Historic Haymarket. Come by or tune in to hear host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about: an upcoming performance of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (1:55); Theater West in Scottsbluff's production of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (12:19); a special screening of What If... Nebraska featuring Lincoln's Echo Collective (20:02); Film Streams in Omaha beginning their Queer Asia Film Series (35:02); Beatrice's Community Players bringing Annie to the stage (44:47). The episode will also feature poetry from Kelly Madigan (29:56)

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra podcast, we are talking with Nebraska musicians Andrea von Kampen and Philip Daniel about touring as a local musician, the music industry, as well as about what they each have coming up in the future.

On the May 29 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from our radio studios. Tune in and hear host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about: the upcoming Jazz in June concerts (1:14); Omaha's Community Playhouse bringing Mary Poppins as their season finale (8:33); BROADWAY ORPHANS, a production of Lincoln Children's Theatre (23:25); a song from Cowboy Steff's 1992 album The Giving Tree and Other Shel Silverstein Songs (31:49) ; Bryan L. Jones' new book called Adventures in the Teaching Trade (37:34); how National Preservation Month is being celebrated at Fort Robinson (45:35). The episode will also feature poetry from Kelly Madigan (17:39).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra podcast, we talk with author Garrett Peck about his new book "The Bright Edges of the World: Willa Cather and her Archbishop". We also chat with Museum of Nebraska Art Executive Director Andrew Dunehoo about the museum's upcoming exhibition "Artist-Explorers in Nebraska, 1820-1874," which examines the nuances between the "real" American West and the imagined west.