Friday LIVE

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 executive director for OutNebraska Rachel Tomlinson Dick (32:25); "The Mess That Made Them," a new book from author Ryan T. Pozzi (43:39). You'll also hear poetry from JV Brummels (18:25). Excerpts from the Corson Branch Buzzard Club's "All You Fascists Bound to Lose" (30:39) and Bien Fang's "Push." (42:00)

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."

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); Cynthia Miller, manager of Lewellen's The Most Unlikely Place, about what they have planned for the end of the summer (31:06); Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Barbara Zach Lee about their upcoming 100th season (39:46); and country artist Neah McMeen (48:46). You'll also hear poetry from Eleanor Reeds (26:29).

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!

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 Longhenry, who will share what is coming up for the Sheldon (32:26), and author Michael Bettendorf, about his new book "Midwestern Chrome." (43:56) You'll also hear poetry from JV Brummels (18:49).

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.

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 Jeri-Jasnoch-Schultheiss (10:34); and - a new theater production coming out of Omaha's Union for the Contemporary Arts, Frydaddies (37:25). We also hear poetry from Eleanor Reeds (31:36) and KJ Teder learns about Kim Hager and Angie Seykora in her series about the artists of Omaha's new public library (44:45).

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.

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 Andean Walkabout" (14:30) - Sandeep Das tabla improvisation (25:30) the Brad Colerick Band (45:53), and poet Caroliena Cabada (20:39 and 39:27)

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.