Friday LIVE

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra podcast...Hear a conversation with Dr. Peter Gurry about an upcoming talk he is doing at the Clayton Museum of Ancient History, and with the director of the Angels Theater Company's upcoming production The Rocket Men.

On Feb. 27, Friday LIVE is from the Ron Hull Studio at Nebraska Public Media! Host Genevieve Randall will have lively conversations and host live performances from: jazz group, The Red Lion Quartet (0:47), Celtic supergroup RUNA (14:45), and from Omaha's own Hector Anchondo (39:00) You will also hear live poetry by Saddiq Dzukogi (6:16 and 35:11)

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra podcast...Hear a conversation with 3 members of the SALT Quintet about their upcoming concert entitled A Mosaic of Mothers, as well as from Nebraska's own Philip Daniel about an upcoming concert at the Lark in Hastings that involves scent.

On the Feb. 20 Friday LIVE, Genevieve Randall will have lively conversations with: Anna Bemis Palmer Museum curator Carrie Remmers about their vintage game night; conductor for the Hastings Symphony Orchestra Tyler Goodrich White; UNL Opera's Bill Shomos about their performances of La Boheme in Ord and Friend; Abendmusik's Tom Trenney about their upcoming Youth Masterworks Festival; and an Omaha artist about his homage to Mr. Rogers You will also hear poetry by Twyla Hansen.

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra podcast, we're going classical. Hear a conversation with members of the Nebraska Chamber Players about their upcoming concerts, as well as from Nebraska's Young Artist Competition winner, who will be playing with the Hasting Symphony Orchestra on their upcoming concert.

On the Feb. 13 Friday LIVE, Genevieve Randall will have lively conversations with: artists Denise Bookwalter and Lee Emma Running about their art exhibition at Nebraska City's Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts; Mallika Madduri about an upcoming dance performance that will feature the traditional Indian dance, Bharathanatyam; Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra conductor Ed Polochick, as well as soloist Rita Porfiris and composer Julia Adolphe. You will also hear poetry by Twyla Hansen, and a theater round-up about four upcoming theater productions happening in York, Beatrice, Wayne and Lincoln.

This week on Friday LIVE Extra, a conversation with Junction Trio member Conrad Tao, as well as with the competition director of the Nebraska Snow Sculpting about the upcoming state championship.

On the Feb. 6 Friday LIVE, Genevieve Randall will have lively conversations with: art curator Anne Pagel about the "Art of India" exhibition at Hastings College; director of Grand Island Little Theater's show, "The Big Five-Oh", Jim Truell; author and professor of rhetoric and public culture at UNL, Kristen Hoerl, about her book, “The Impossible Woman: Television, Feminism and the Future”. You will also hear live poetry by Maria Nazos, as well as an interview about her poetry, and her upcoming collection PULSE.

On this extra extra, a conversation with Jonathan Van Ness, about his comedy tour, the artistry of comedy, and what he knows about Nebraska

This week on Friday LIVE Extra, a conversation with Omaha's BLUEBARN Theater about their production of "The Heart Sellers", as well as with two artists whose work will be displayed at Gallery 9's newest exhibition, "Animal House".