Humanities Desk

He’s known for his aggressive, almost angry paintings, work that includes familiar symbols and bright colors. For Matt Sesow, art has become therapy, an outlet for an accident that happened more than 40 years ago along a grassy runway near Lincoln. The mishap changed his life, but also opened up a w...

A 148-year-old artifact connected to a popular piece of classical music has been hiding out for a couple decades in a safe deposit box in Lincoln, Nebraska, until this year. The story of how it got there is complicated and includes a tale of friendship and the question of where the unique piece of h...

A 148-year-old artifact connected to a popular piece of classical music has been hiding out for a couple decades in a safe deposit box in Lincoln, Nebraska, until this year. As Genevieve Randall reports in today’s NET News Signature Story, the story of how it got there is complicated and includes a...

For the first time in five years, Nebraska is looking for its next State Poet. Current state poet Twyla Hansen’s service to the state is winding down this year and a selection committee is asking for the public’s help in nominating a new one. NET News’ Jack Williams spoke with Erika Hamilton from Hu...

For the first time in five years, Nebraska is looking for its next State Poet. Current State Poet Twyla Hansen’s service to the state is winding-down this year and a selection committee is asking for the public’s help in nominating a new one. NET’s Jack Williams spoke with Erika Hamilton from Humani...

It takes some patience, but a new project that leads readers through Willa Cather’s “My Antonia” six pages at a time is underway in Nebraska. “The Slow Read” is the creation of Portland, Oregon-based artist Barbara Tetenbaum. NET’s Jack Williams caught up with her about the project that wraps-up in...

It takes some patience, but a new project that leads readers through Willa Cather’s “My Antonia” six pages at a time is underway in Nebraska. “The Slow Read” is the creation of Portland, Oregon-based artist Barbara Tetenbaum. NET’s Jack Williams caught up with her about the project that wraps-up in...

A high school student with a dream and an art teacher with the know-how have combined to open a brand new contemporary art gallery in the basement of an old building in downtown Grand Island. It’s an unlikely paring and an even more unusual location. The gallery helps fill a void in Central Nebraska...

Mark Twain once said, “There are only two types of speakers in the world: the nervous and liars.” The fear of public speaking can be debilitating for some, something they avoid at all costs. Now, a professor at Hastings College is trying to turn that fear into confidence. He’s using virtual reality...

The 63rd annual Willa Cather Spring Conference begins on Thursday, May 31, in Red Cloud, Nebraska. It’s a yearly gathering of Cather super-fans and scholars who study the tiniest details of her work. NET’s Jack Williams spoke with the co-director of the conference, Dr. Todd Richardson, who’s an asso...