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|The Little Engine That Could
Omaha
through Sept. 14
“The Little Engine That Could” will be performed weekends through Sunday, Sept. 14, at The Rose Theater, 2001 Farnam St., Omaha.
Tickets are available at the theater box office, by calling 402-345-4849, or online at www.rosetheater.org. Discount ticket vouchers are available at Omaha and Council Bluffs HyVee Food Stores.
Performances are Fridays at 7 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. The hour-long show is recommended for children ages 4-9.
|Photo exhibit at Peru State College
Peru
through Sept. 26
An exhibit of photos by Mike Smith is displayed through Friday, Sept. 26, in the Peru State College Art Gallery.
The gallery is in the A.V. Larson Building on the Peru State campus. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays and by appointment. To make an appointment, please call 402-872-2271 or email Professor Ken Anderson at kanderson@oakmail.peru.edu.
|Country music show set
brownville
sept 12
Up and coming country music artist Jarrod Birmingham, a true Texas treasure, will perform live in concert on Friday, Sept. 12 at TJ’s Tavern, Brownville.
In 2005, he was named Texas Music Entertainer of the Year. Birmingham believes that country music should reflect the common people and that is exactly his mission.
“Zygo and the Deuce,” whom recently pleased the crowd at the Nemaha County Fair, will be opening for Birmingham. John Michael Zygo and local talent Harold Barnard II create an extremely talented duo. Their musical ability and song writing skills generate an original country style with the intentions of letting people take what they hear and relating to it in many different ways. They will be kicking off the show at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at TJ’s Tavern in Brownville, Hickory Road BBQ, 914 Central Ave, Auburn, and Shooter’s Bar, 604 5th St., Peru. For more information, call (402) 825-9902 or visit http://www.myspace.com/tjstavernbrownville
|U-Pick season opens
Nebraska City
Through october
Summer’s harvest of fruit and vegetables are ripe, ready for you to pick and just a short drive away at Arbor Day Farm and Kimmel Orchard & Vineyard.
The pick-your-own season has begun at Arbor Day Farm and Kimmel Orchard. During August, peaches and table grapes are available at Kimmel Orchard, while tomatoes and other garden vegetables are ready to be picked for those who want farm fresh produce at Arbor Day Farm.
“Picking wholesome fruits and vegetables is an activity the entire family can enjoy,” said Erik Olson, orchards manager at Arbor Day Farm and Kimmel Orchard. “It’s a great experience to visit the gardens and orchards to see how fruits and vegetables grow and then take home your food for a fresh meal.”
The pick-your-own gardens and orchards are open daily at both locations. Arbor Day Farm is open from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., while Kimmel Orchard is open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call Arbor Day Farm at (402) 873-8717 and Kimmel Orchard at (402) 873-5293.
|Textile exhibit continues
Falls City
Through Oct. 24
An exhibit featuring the the textile work and quilts of Frances Holliday Alfor will be on display though Oct. 24 at the Stalder Gallery at the Falls City Library and Arts Center at 15th and Stone Street..
For more information, please call Christina Wertenberger at 402-245-6034.
|Old Time Autumn
Brownville
Oct. 11-12
Brownville's loveliest tradition, Old Time Autumn, promises to be better than ever with special events and entertainment on Saturday, Oct. 11, and Sunday, Oct.12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
On Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. major Civil War re-enactments will thrill crowds with realistic weaponry, uniforms, battle strategies, horses and more. Another popular Brownville tradition continues, the Brownville's Quilt Show. This event will be open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and feature judging, quilting demonstrations and door prizes.
Alongside the traditional weekend-long offerings this year will be Paint Brownville Autumn. This premier art event features some of the region’s most important artists painting outdoors alongside the mighty Missouri River and throughout the Village. The artists will offer their paintings for sale all day Sunday on the Brownville Lyceum Green.
There will be lots of interesting vendors, historic museums, relevant gallery exhibits and boat rides on the Spirit of Brownville excursion boat from 3-4 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday.
For more information on this event, call the Brownville Historical Society at 402-825-6001 or toll free at 877-559-6005, or visit the Village's website at www.Brownville-NE.com
|Pumpkin Festival
Avoca
Sept. 20- halloween
The Pumpkin Festival begins Saturday, Sept. 20, at Bloom Where You’re Planted Farm & Pumpkin Patch near Avoca.
It continues Fridays-Sundays through Halloween. Hours are 1-6 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The farm is open at other times by appointment for field trips and parties. For a calendar of events and listing of activities at the farm, visit www.bloompumpkinpatch.com.
Owners Terry and Teresa Lorensens will unveil the hundreds of hours of work they’ve put into restoring the one-room schoolhouse they moved to the farm this past spring. The Center Hill District 94 schoolhouse was built one-half mile north and one mile east of the farm and dates from around 1890. The building was moved once in the 1950s and again the late 1970s, when it was moved to the Cass County Fairgrounds near Weeping Water. It remained there until the couple obtained it this year, hiring a house mover to transport it the 10 miles to the farm. They installed a restroom and will use the classroom for field trips. A future concession kitchen is planned.
Other new additions for this season include a small U-pick patch, two new events (Ag Day and Scout Day, both planned for October), and new animals including a filly born in May. Returning events include Military Family Day Sunday, Sept. 21, and “Doggy Day” Sunday, Oct. 12 to benefit the Capital Humane Society.
|River City Roundup parade
Omaha
Sept. 27
Ak-Sar-Ben’s River City Roundup (ARCR) Heritage Parade will be Saturday, Sept. 27 at 10 a.m. in downtown Omaha.
O! What a Community is parade theme.
The parade route will proceed down Capitol Avenue, turn north on 10th Street and end at 10th and Webster on the north side of Qwest Center Omaha.
|’Beehive, the 60s Musical’
Lincoln
through Sept. 28
“Beehive, the 60s Musical” is being featured at the TADA Theatre in Lincoln’s Haymarket.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Saturday performances are pending Husker football kickoff times.
Performances are Thursdays-Sundays, Sept. 11-14, 18-21, and 25-28. Tickets can be reserved by calling 402-438-8232 or www.tadatheatre.info.
The music is from 1960s songs of female solo vocalists and groups.
|Historic art exhibit extended
Brownville
through nov. 30
The historic art exhibit “Native American Presence on the Missouri,” in Brownville has been extended through Sunday, Nov. 30.
The extended run is because there was interest expressed by educators to allow more time to schedule student visits.
The display is at the Schoolhouse Art Gallery & Nature Center on Main at Fifth Street. It is open weekends from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and by appointment. Admission is free. For information and to schedule a tour, please contact Caroline Allen at 402-274-4146.
The exhibit consists of 30 prints and photographs from Midwest private collections. The prints and photographs document and illustrate the early historic presence of the Plains Native Americans along the Missouri River and the Heartland prairie.
|’Afternoon on the River’ cruise
Brownville
Sept. 14
The Southeast Nebraska Community Band annual “Afternoon on the River” cruise is Sunday, Sept. 14, from 4-6 p.m., departing from Brownville.
Tickets are available from the Book Clinic, any band member or by calling Virginia Jacobs at 873-6905. The ticket includes the boat ride, music and food prepared by the instrumentalists. The cruise will depart from Brownville.
Funds raised by the cruise will be used to purchase music and equipment for the band.
|Jazz poet to lead discussion
Brownville
Sept. 14
Dan Jaffe, renowned Kansas City jazz poet, will return to the Brownville Lyceum Sunday, Sept. 14, in a non-jazz role. Jaffe will lead the 2 p.m. Lyceum Forum discussion on Poetry, Politics and Clich©: The First Tuesday in November.
Jaffe is a professor emeritus at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, where he taught for 35 years. He is the author of more than a dozen books. His jazz opera, All Cats Turn Gray When the Sun Goes Down (with Herb Six) has been performed in New York, St. Louis, and Kansas City.
|Light the Night Walk
Omaha
sept. 18
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will have its annual Light the Night Walk Thursday, Sept. 18, at Heartland of America Park, Omaha.
Festivities are at 6 p.m. The 1.5 mile walk is at 7:30 p.m.
It is the society’s nationwide evening walk to celebrate and commemorate lives touched by blood cancers. Funds raised will be used to find cures for blood cancers and to support patients.
For more information, please call 402-334-2242 to register or visit www.lightthenight.org/ne.
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