Friday LIVE

On the Nov. 6 episode of Friday LIVE, we’re broadcasting from the Mill Coffee and Tea in Lincoln's Historic Haymarket! Tune in to hear host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about the arts and humanities in Nebraska with: tattoo artist and Ink the Island Tattoo Convention organizer Tatyana Erington (1:04); Lincoln's Pioneer Park Nature Center Coordinator Jamie Kelley to talk about the Wild Fall Festival and Bison Day (10:25); artist and educator at Yale's School of Art, Rochelle Feinstein (22:27); John R Bozell and Courtney Biska about their book "Below Nebraska, Archaeology and Ancestors" (31:00); Shona MacDonald, about the opening of her exhibition, "Stable Air, Temperature Inversions" at the LUX Center in Lincoln (47:30). Also hear poetry from Bushnell, Nebraska's M. Timothy Nolting (41:05).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with Kwakiutl Dreher, not about a film review, but about Kwakiutl's return to the stage with Tea and Temptation II, An Intimate Musical. Also hear about an upcoming choral performance featuring the Miami Arts Studio Vocal Ensemble and Lincoln's own Standing Bear Singers.

On the October 30 episode of Friday LIVE, we’re broadcasting from the Nebraska Public Media studios and IT'S ALIVE! Tune in to hear our spooky host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about the arts and humanities in Nebraska with: composer Lora Laitman, about an upcoming production of her opera Maya and the Magic Ring, (0:58); Director Eric Delehoy, and lead actor Michael Ridley about their film Winters, Nebraska, which is showing both at Scottsbluff's Midwest Theatre, as well as Kearney's World Theatre (11:10); Jessie Korgie, who's one woman show Andy Interrupted is coming to the Hastings Museum (22:12); and Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra's guest conductor Andrew Grams will be joined by concertmaster Anton Miller to talk about their upcoming concert (44:58). Also hear poetry from Jan Chism Wright (40:48), and a film review from Kwakiutl Dreyer of The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, as well as about a 50th anniversary screening of 1975's Carrie (31:18).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with the Nebraska State Historical Society's Family and Community Educator, Emma Reiner, about some upcoming Día de los Muertos celebrations. Also hear about what an exhibit on the history of education in Nebraska's York County at the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum.

On the October 23rd 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 the arts and humanities in Nebraska with: director of "Going for Two" Kathleen Welch Markel and actor Victoria Blade (04:30), violinist Rachel Barton Pine (17:43), Ed Zimmer about his upcoming "Postcards" talk (26:30), Project Funway members Monica Zinke and Angie Taylor (39:00), and DJ/producer J.PERIOD about his upcoming show (46:30).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with retired astronaut Clayton Anderson about his collaboration with the Arts for the Soul series, the Friend Historical Society upcoming events, and the Hastings Community Theater about their upcoming staging of "the Wizard of Oz."

On the October 16th 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 the arts and humanities in Nebraska with: singer/songwriter Jessica Willis Fisher, investigative journalist Wesaam Al-Badry, collections manager for Bone Creek Museum Gabrielle Comte, and director Tyler J. Rinne and actor Mitchell Keane for Beatrice Community Players' staging of Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery.

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with the directors and actors of two plays which revolve around conversation. "Now and Then" is a production being put on by the Grand Island Little Theatre, with director Steve Gobel and the actress playing "Abby," Jana Thompson, appearing on this week's show. "The Sunset Limited" is one of Pulitzer Prize winning author Cormac McCarthy's plays; it's being put on by Omni Arts with director Jillian Carter. She and the actor playing "Black," Max Antoine join Genevieve for a discussion of the play.

On the Oct. 9 episode of Friday LIVE, hear Friday LIVE from the Fox Theatre in North Platte. Tune in to hear music and lively conversations from: pianist Jim Fischer (0:44); the North Platte Community Playhouse about what its upcoming season has in store (18:41); North Platte's Prairie Arts Center (25:26); muralist Breeanna Benton (32:28); and bluegrass group, the Blackwood Creek Pickers (38:03).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with the founder of Omaha's House of Afros, Capes and Curls, Jade Rogers, about this year's Afro Con, and its theme, "Cool Girls ♥ Anime: Celebrating the Women & Girls that Love Anime & the Communities That Love Them." Also hear about a unique opportunity to see hay bale sculpting from some of the best snow sculptors around, in Omaha's Heartwood Park.

On the Oct. 2 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Mill Coffee and Tea in Lincoln's Historic Haymarket. Tune in as host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about: The Beatrice Regional Orchestra's upcoming concert featuring Philip Daniel and his (1:22); Underdog: The Other Other Brontë a new theater production opening at Nebraska Wesleyan Theatre (9:32); Larry Buller's new art exhibition at the LUX Center for the Arts, Gaze: Jockstraps, Bunnies and the Divine (19:28); and Western Music Hall of Fame musician Dave Stamey and his concert at the Midwest Theatre in Scottsbluff (33:08). Also hear the poetry of Ted Kooser, read by Stephen Buhler, UNL Aaron Douglas Emeritus Professor of English (29:39).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with composer and singer Nick Lemme about Cloak of Stars, a meditative program of sacred music inspired by the life of St. Francis of Assisi. The concert features the Lincoln ensemble Consort Pelicani performing Renaissance vocal music and Gregorian chant, along with organ music.

On the Sept. 25 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: The 2026 American Liszt Society Festival, with artistic director Paul Barnes and featured artist Angel Stanislav Wang (0:51); The Manhattan Short Film Festival being shown at Kearney's World Theatre (12:28); and the upcoming Nebraska Storytelling Festival, and its theme "Many Threads, One Story" (19:46). Hear how Undertale-The Determination Symphony is paying La Vista's Astro Theater a visit, from the Verge Arcade's Penelope Morrow (44:34), and what The Ross Theatre in Lincoln has planned for their upcoming Fright Fest, from Cole McEwen (31:19). Also hear poetry from Wayne, Nebraska's own J.V. Brummels. (40:01)

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with artist Sophia Baker about her art and how it seems to ask difficult questions about morality and the consequences of human action. Also hear about ArteLatinx 2026 being held at Omaha's El Museo Latino

On the Sept. 18 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: Musical invention, with Casey Hollingsworth (26:20); Flatwater Shakespeare's upcoming shows, One-Ham Manlet, and Coriolanus (17:09); The Marches: Fragments of Time from Arp Clock and Wood Shop, a book and art exhibition by Terry Ratzloff (1:09); the Willow Creek Folk School with Tom Isern (34:27); and the Nebraska Chamber Players' upcoming concert, Autumn Contemplations (41:38). We will also hear the final part of the series on the art of the Omaha Public Library from KJ Teder (48:34). This time she spoke with artists Peyton Pearson and Sarah Rowe.

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with author Tlotlo Tsamaase about her latest book House of Margins, where a young African author disappears after being invited to an exclusive writing residency, and her sister is left only with a true crime podcast to help her uncover the truth about what really happened. Also hear a conversation with writer Katie Marya about what goes into translating a text, and how, between languages, there is not always a one-to-one answer.

On the Sept. 11 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: author Amy Smyth Miller's soon-to-be-released book, "HOME: A Memoir of Family, Forgiveness, and Healing from Complex PTSD" (1:20); the 2026 Art in the Garden, themed Patchwork Garden (12:47) ; the Omaha Community Playhouse's 2026/2027 opening show "Come From Away," (22:03) ;Oboe and English horn player Robert Walters and his upcoming show in Brownville (36:54) ; and Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra season opener taking on Copeland (45:35). We will also have a film review by Kwakiutl Dreyer of "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma." (30:29)

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall talks with folk band The Riverside about their music and their upcoming show at Sutherland's Stolen Vault Records. Also hear a conversation from the Nebraska State Fair with Kearney artist Kyan the Red.

On the Sept. 4 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Nebraska State Fair! Tune in, or come to the fair, to hear live musical performances and interviews from: the Sutton High School Marching Band (1:02); The Many Moccasins Dance Troupe (4:10); troubadour Nathan Ertzner(13:00); The Flying Royals (19:37); and Kiley Barwick and Company (32:32).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall is talking to two artists about their craft and how their experiences and history informs their current work. Elizabeth Burden is taking part in an exhibition titled “Elsewhere/The Prairie was Ours" at the Great Plain Art Museum where she is taking the ideas behind history, and how it is told. Artist Madeline Cass is exploring the connections between humans and nature with her exhibition "Where Dust Devils Dance" at The Archive located at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

On the Aug. 28 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from Nebraska Public Media. Tune in to hear Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about: Summerfest at Lincoln's LUX Center for the Arts (1:30); the Second Chance Comedy Show, from founder Joe Huisman (9:54); the upcoming Nebraska Bluegrass Concert Series (23:05); the 15th Prairie Pride Film Festival, with organizer Kris Stanley and executive director for OutNebraska Rachel Tomlinson Dick (32:25); "The Mess That Made Them," a new book from author Ryan T. Pozzi (43:39). You'll also hear poetry from JV Brummels (18:25). Excerpts from the Corson Branch Buzzard Club's "All You Fascists Bound to Lose" (30:39) and Bien Fang's "Push." (42:00)

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall is talking with Tom Knoblauch about his upcoming Reel Talk with Omaha's Film Streams about "Portrait of a Lady on Fire." Also hear from those at the Lofte about their stage performance of Aaron Sorkin's "A Few Good Men."

On the Aug. 21 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from Nebraska Public Media. Tune in to hear Genevieve Randall have lively conversations with: the former and current executive directors of the Lincoln Community Playhouse, Morrie Enders and Ali Schade(1:07); Liz Kendall Weisser and JaKeen Fox, who are helping to put on the Issa Trap Symphony show at the Joslyn Art Musuem in Omaha (14:27); Cynthia Miller, manager of Lewellen's The Most Unlikely Place, about what they have planned for the end of the summer (31:06); Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Barbara Zach Lee about their upcoming 100th season (39:46); and country artist Neah McMeen (48:46). You'll also hear poetry from Eleanor Reeds (26:29).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall is talking with the editor of Nebraskaland magazine about their current exhibition at Omaha's Durham Museum, celebrating 100 years of publication, and the Hastings Community Playhouse is bringing the movie, Evil Dead to the stage, and it's a musical!

On the Aug. 14 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from Nebraska Public Media. Tune in to hear Genevieve Randall have lively conversations with: Musician Maddog, who will also be playing her songs "Porch Sittin Szn" and "Shyanne" (0:53), Vision Maker Media's President and CEO Francene Blyth-Lewis, about the Vision Maker's 50th anniversary (23:44), Director of the Sheldon Museum of Art Susan Longhenry, who will share what is coming up for the Sheldon (32:26), and author Michael Bettendorf, about his new book "Midwestern Chrome." (43:56) You'll also hear poetry from JV Brummels (18:49).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, Genevieve Randall is checking in with Nick Talbott of the Talbott Brothers about what they have been working on and what they have coming up. Also hear from multi-instrumentalist Matea Jerkovic about jazz, music education and upcoming gigs.

On the Aug. 7 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Haymarket Mill Coffee & Tea. Guest host Penelope Morrow has lively conversations about: - composer Masayoshi Ishikawa's latest album Migration (1:09); - author David Moscovich's latest book, Premieres: A Memoir in Verse (18:52); - artists of the month at Cozad's Robert Henri Museum and Art Gallery, Beth Jasnoch and Jeri-Jasnoch-Schultheiss (10:34); and - a new theater production coming out of Omaha's Union for the Contemporary Arts, Frydaddies (37:25). We also hear poetry from Eleanor Reeds (31:36) and KJ Teder learns about Kim Hager and Angie Seykora in her series about the artists of Omaha's new public library (44:45).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, explore musical wandering and printmaking. Hear from printmakers Karen Kunc and Janine Wong about the craft, as well as what is going on at Constellation Studios and the LUX for First Friday, and don't miss an update from Americana band The Midnight Wanderers.

On the July 31 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from Nebraska Public Media's Ron Hull studios! Tune in to hear live music, poetry and Genevieve Randall have lively conversations with: Erik Higgins of from The Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival (4:39), - "Benkshaft (Longing" from Alex Weiser's "And all the days were purple" (0:40) - "Coqueteos" from Gabriella Lena Frank's "Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout" (14:30) - Sandeep Das tabla improvisation (25:30) the Brad Colerick Band (45:53), and poet Caroliena Cabada (20:39 and 39:27)

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, we're talking with director Shannon Kring about her documentary, Nine Little Indians. We will also be joined by Yvonne “Pat” Charbonneau, whose story is being told within the documentary. Also, don't miss our conversation with the 2025 winner of the annual Ex Ophidia Press's Richard-Gabriel Rummonds Poetry Contest Colleen Morton Busch.

-Due to technical issues within our recording system, this podcast sounds off. We thought the interviews were good, and figured they should be heard, no matter if the sound quality isn't as good as normal- On the July 24 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Nebraska Public Media radio studios! Tune in to hear guest host Penelope Morrow have lively conversations about: The Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival (1:04), an exhibition at the Museum of Nebraska Art that delves into the landscapes of Nebraska (15:28), and Lincoln's zine, Interrobang (30:44). There will also be another installment from KJ Teder about the art of the new Omaha Library. This week we hear from artist Littleton Alston (23:54).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, we hear from the Beatrice Community Players about their Dungeons and Dragons laden upcoming production of "She Kills Monsters". Also learn how to connect with an Omaha artist through a payphone, with the new Omaha Payphone Project. If you can't make it to the physical payphone, the Omaha Payphone Project has an app where you can access it! Find that website here, and the "phonebook" you can use to look up artists, or even leave a voicemail, here.

On the July 17 episode of Friday LIVE, we're back and broadcasting from the Nebraska Public Media Radio Studios! Tune in to hear host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about: Larksong Writers Place's upcoming writers' workshop in Brownville (); Angel Theater Company's 11th Annual Taking Flight Festival (); a new anthology assembled by Ilanna Masad and Stevie Seibert Desjalais called Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor (); and learn about Norfolk's new ArtWorks Studio. There will also be more poetry from Eleanor Reeds, as well as hear the first part of a series on the art of the new Omaha Library from KJ Teder. This week we hear from artists Cindy Weil and Shelby Neely.

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, we hear from Omaha's Film Streams about an upcoming screening of "Bad Faith- Christian Nationalism's War on Democracy" in conjunction with the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska. Also hear about the West Nebraska Art Center's 2026 President's Show, "250 Years of Voices: Women Shaping Our Nation."

On the July 10 episode of Friday LIVE, we're back and broadcasting from the Nebraska Public Media Radio Studios! Tune in to hear host Genevieve Randall have lively conversations about: artist David Jacobo's upcoming exhibition at Nebraska City's Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Tōkaidō (1:19); Nebraska author Alena Bruzas's new book The Broken Edge of the World, which is set on a remote prairie reserve in Nebraska (8:59); how the Midwest Theater in Scottsbluff is bringing sound to some classic silent films, with the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra(27:42); the 20th anniversary of the Photo Ark, with author and photographer Joel Sartore (36:46); and the Nine Nebraska Artists mural at the LUX Center for the Arts' Second Friday (47:00). There will also be poetry from JV Brummels (23:00).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, we are focusing on two theater productions happening on opposite sides of the state from one another. At Scottsbluff's Theatre West, the question of, “what if you could live forever?” is being asked with their production of Tuck Everlasting. At Lincoln's Pinewood Bowl, Pinewood Performing Arts is putting on a production of Annie.

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, we took a tour of Brownville's main street. We wanted to get a taste of what Brownville offers for arts and culture. We visited the Sage Museum, Environs Art of the Midwest working Studio/Gallery, New Earth Clay Pottery and the Schoolhouse Art Gallery.

On the June 26 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Brownville Concert Hall! Join us there or tune in to hear live music and conversations from: Beatrice's Homestead Harmonizers (0:44); Julie Smith Philips of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra (15:14); and Omaha's Bel Canto Duo (40:35). There will also be live poetry from Jan Wright Chism. (10:09 and 34:47).

This week on the Friday LIVE Extra, we’re looking back into Nebraska’s past, and how that is affecting our present. Hear a conversation about a new exhibit at the Nebraska History Museum that explores the state's history, people and the larger impact Nebraska has had on the country's history. Also, a conversation about a special screening of “500 Mile Sculpture Garden,” a 1976 documentary exploring the visionary I-80 Bicentennial Sculpture Project, within Nebraska.

On the June 19 episode of Friday LIVE, we're broadcasting from the Nebraska Public Media Radio Studio. Tune in to hear lively conversations about: Nebraska author Lisa Knopp's book "Ravelings" (1:10); Homestead National Historical Park's Homestead Days (7:57); Constellation Studios' new expansion and the grand opening event being held there (17:46); Nebraska Chautauqua's Weaving a Nation event in Hastings (27:20); and Fontenelle Forest's upcoming Beetles in the Wetlands community science day (47:14) There will also be more poetry from Eleanor Reeds (42:25)

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).