The next Friday LIVE Extra podcast looks at "Finding Art in Hard Times: New Deal Echoes in Kearney" at the Museum of Nebraska Art, and "Picturing the Midwest: Regionalist art and other representations of rural American life" at the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum.By Nebraska Public Media

They are Canadian music royalty. Who better to have joined us on the Canada Day weekend than Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy from Blue Rodeo? AND Jim brings his 6th solo album All the World Fades Away. There is much to talk about. In the first half of the Podcast Greg and Jim take us through Blue Rodeo's plans for their 40th year together in 2025. Taking…

On the June 28 Friday LIVE, host Genevieve Randall and guests have lively conversations about: the 2024-25 Nebraska Youth Poet Laureate Miranda Davis; Western and Wildlife Arts Show at Fort Robinson; Buffalo Soldiers of the American West Demonstration at Fort Robinson; 51st anniversary of The Zoo Bar is celebrated with ZooFest in Lincoln; Stars & S…

On the next Friday LIVE Extra podcast, the Fort Kearney Daughters of the American Revolution rebury a time capsule in Kearney. We'll take a look at what's going to be added to it this time.By Nebraska Public Media

257 - It is our final week of Maximum Mad Max Madness, so buckle up as we take one last lap around the wasteland we have come to know and love - although this time, it's a wasteland loaded up with plot, and lore, and dialogue... is that a deal breaker? Tune in and find out! Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook Group Follow u…

Two remarkable guests this week Celeigh Cardinal and her new album Boundless Possibilities and Bridget Kearney – Bassist and songwriter for Lake Street Dive Both guests have albums that came out Friday. Celeigh Cardinal has her latest dropping Friday - Boundless Possibilities. Personally written songs that describe the feelings of losing her son's …

On the June 21 Friday LIVE, host Genevieve Randall and guests have lively conversations about: Gallery Nine's "Things We Love;" Taylor Keen's new book; Flatwater Shakespeare's “Love’s Labor’s Lost;" Fort Cody Summer Music Series 2024; The Lark's new Executive Director Mickayla VanNatter; and LUX Center for the Arts and Constellation Studios "Surfac…

The next Friday LIVE Extra podcast looks at Blue Cat Gallery & Studio's two art exhibits and some Greenblatt & Seay events. Also, another musical tribute to the late Jim Salestrom.By Nebraska Public Media

256 - It's our penultimate week of MAXIMUM MAD MAX MADNESS - and what a ride it has been. Can you believe Mad Max is nearly 10 years old? Absurd! How dare they. In any case, what a movie! So join us, as we unpack Mad Max: Fury Road. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook Group Follow us on TikTok…

On the June 14 Friday LIVE, host Genevieve Randall and guests have lively conversations about: OmniArts Nebraska's next production; Flatwater Music Festival; Lincoln Arts Festival; The Buffalo Commons Storytelling and Music Festival; and Concerts on the Creek. Also, poetry from Greg Kosmicki, a Ross film review and we meet illustrator and poet Kari…

On the next Friday LIVE Extra podcast, looks at: The Norfolk Arts Center summer exhibition; the Grand Island Music Series; and the current production by the Beatrice Community Players.By Nebraska Public Media

255 - What if... Mad Max, but water? This movie presents us with the answer to that question nobody asked. Also it's our first episode recorded after Tristan's 'incident' (asthma and lung failure and coma, oh my!), so we unpack that whole thing a little. But if you care more about the travellings of a a gilled mariner than the wellbeing of Tristan,…

For years, there have been multiple wine competitions no matter what country or region. The BC wine industry is no exception. The latest wine awards are The BC Top 50 wines and Wine of the Year as part of the 2024 Okanagan Spring Wine Festival, which is on now. Friday night the results were announced at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre and…

On the June 7 Friday LIVE, host Genevieve Randall and guests have lively conversations about: the last Arts for the Soul concert of the season; the grand opening of the Japanese Hall in Gering; Chigozie Obioma talks about his new book and his event at Francie and Finch; Theatre West; Wagons West Celebration; SHOUT! – The Mod Musical; The Third Annu…

On the next Friday LIVE Extra podcast, conversations with NIck Talbott and author Rebecca Craig.By Nebraska Public Media

254 - After a brief medical-related hiatus, we are back with more MAXIMUM MAD MAX MADNESS. Fun fact, we actually recording this episode the night before Tristan went to the emergency room, so his mentions of feeling a little under the weather hit harder in hindsight. But we aren't here to talk about that, its Chapter 3 in our Mad Max miniseries, so…

I’ve had the distinct pleasure to host and produce Tasting Room Radio for 17 years. Most weeks we consider featuring some of those stories on the podcast but music, arts and music history seem to carry the day. These two interviews deserve to be featured because they tell the story of the current state of the BC wine industry. The Okanagan has been…

On the May 31 Friday LIVE, host Genevieve Randall and guests have lively conversations about: Jazz in June; National Willa Cather Center’s 69th Annual Spring Conference; Nebraska Jazz Orchestra's “A Salute to Duke Ellington;" On The Road with Nebraska Public Media; Aging Partners Dinner and a Show; and "Finding Nemo Jr." at the Nebraska Communities…

Wonderful article from Charles P. Pierce Esquire Magazine May 25 Let's get the whole gang together: Davey Moore, Hattie Carroll, Hollis Brown, Einstein disguised as Robin Hood, the motorcycle black Madonna two-wheeled gypsy queen, Ma Rainey, and Beethoven, John the Baptist, the Commander In Chief, Louis The King, Napoleon in rags, Lucille, Johanna,…

This week's Friday LIVE Extra podcast looks at a student art exhibit in Wayne and revisits a talk with artist Nathan Murray about his Malcolm X sculpture at the state capitol.By Nebraska Public Media

A quick update on Tristan's situation and then into a re-release of Cyborg! Because it's basically Van Damme x Mad Max. Follow us on Instagram Join our Friends of the Show Facebook Group Follow us on TikTokBy Double Impact

We know Ottawa-born Sue Foley from the blues albums she’s created and released. Plus Multiple blues awards on both sides of the border. Her new album is One Guitar Woman. A tribute to the female pioneers of guitar. This was/is a very personal journey for Sue. She’s studied the many women who played guitar before her and left their legacy to study a…