Friday LIVE

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.

On the May 22 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from our radio studios. Tune in and hear host Genevieve Randall and guest host Penelope Morrow have lively conversations with: Hannah the Death Doula, explains what a death doula is and the meaning behind "death cafes" (1:26); Magdelena Garcia, executive director for Omaha's El Museo Latino, about an exhibit on textiles from Latin America (10:12); Kyren Gibson about the upcoming Carhenge Quilt Challenge (19:14); Karin Campbell, curator of contemporary art for the Joslyn Art Museum, discusses the new exhibition "I'm Not the Girl Who Misses Much" (33:16); and Alicia Henderson from the Nebraska Trumpet Ensemble (40:03). The episode will also feature poetry from Kelly Madigan (45:59), as well as a film review of Blue Heron from Kwakiutl Dreyer (21:02).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra podcast, we talk with Erin Butcher and Maddie Hinrichs, two of the 2026 Lincoln Arts Award winners to learn more about them, their journeys in the arts, and what they may have coming up in the future.

On the May 12 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from our radio studios. Tune in and hear host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations with: Maestro JoAnn Falleta about closing out the season's Omaha Symphony Joslyn Series (0:58); Carol Levin, who has written a solo performance called, Elizabeth I: In Her Own Words (8:34); Executive Director for Scottsbluff's Midwest Theatre, Krista Baird about the theater's 80th anniversary (19:59); Echo Collective artists Alktra Farhan and Reem Alwan, as well curator Amber Nore (34:18); Debby Greenblatt about folk music, as played on a variety of instruments (48:49). The episode will also feature more poetry from Charlene Pierce (28:28).