Friday LIVE
Latest Episodes
Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra, Cypress Hill, Porch Jam and more!
09/13/2024 | 59m
Extra: Francie and Finch events and art at Tugboat and WNAC
09/12/2024 | 42m
Extra Extra: Eric "Bobo" Correa from Cypress Hill
09/10/2024 | 23m
Wizard of Oz, Broadway hopefuls, cultural celebrations and more!
09/06/2024 | 59m
Extra: Yorkfest
09/05/2024 | 12m
Extra: Opera Outdoors & Rock Swap
08/30/2024 | 20m
Kwame Dawes, Melodrama at Mahoney, Flatwater Shakespeare & more
08/30/2024 | 1h 5m
Extra: Kwame Dawes and Bri Murphy
08/20/2024 | 38m
Poetry therapy, Panhandle festival, McKinstry-Brown poems & more
08/16/2024 | 1h 8m
Extra: Summerfest
08/15/2024 | 7m
Metro Gallery, Merryman Center, The Tassel, Coash book & more...
08/09/2024 | 1h 4m
Extra: OLLI and The Pathfinder Chorus
08/08/2024 | 14m
Nebraska Crossroads, Ava Winter & more, from the Ron Hull Studio
08/02/2024 | 1h 6m
Extra: Wendy Weiss and Outlandia
08/01/2024 | 20m
Chautauqua, Most Unlikely Place, Lucas Kellison and more...
07/26/2024 | 58m
Extra: "Dinner and a Show" and Glenda K. Clare
07/25/2024 | 14m
Meadowlark Fest, rural Broadway Academy, Matt Mason and more...
07/19/2024 | 1h 0m
Extra: Gregg Jones, Minden Opera House Gallery, WNAC
07/18/2024 | 24m
Pinewood Bowl Musical, TADASTOCK, Laura Essay Book and more...
07/12/2024 | 1h 1m
Extra: Paul Barnes and Eldred Marshall
07/11/2024 | 12m
Extra: Finding Art in Hard Times + Picturing the Midwest
07/01/2024 | 17m
Nebraska Youth Poet, Fort Robinson events, Zoofest and more!
06/28/2024 | 1h 0m
The Fort Kearney DAR rebury a time capsule
06/27/2024 | 5m
Gallery 9, Keen's "Turtle Island," Flatwater Shakespeare & more!
06/21/2024 | 1h 3m
Extra: Blue Cat, Greenblatt & Seay and Jim Salestrom
06/20/2024 | 26m
OmniArts, Flatwater Music Fest, Lincoln Arts, Buffalo Commons
06/14/2024 | 56m
Norfolk Arts Center, Grand Island Music Series, Beatrice Community Players
06/13/2024 | 24m
Jarana, Japanese Hall, Greg Kosmicki and more…
06/07/2024 | 56m
Extra: Nick Talbott and Rebecca Craig
06/06/2024 | 50m
Jazz in June, NJO, Aging Partners, Finding Nemo Jr. and more!
05/31/2024 | 54m
Extra: Wayne State Art and Malcolm X Sculpture
05/22/2024 | 9m
Salt Creek Song, Bluebarn, Omaha Symphony, UNO Bells and more!
05/17/2024 | 1h 4m
Extra: An extended conversation with author Brad Balukjian
05/16/2024 | 17m
Larksong, Bob Hall, Constellation, Yorkshire Playhouse and more!
05/10/2024 | 1h 1m
Extra: Great Plains Theatre Commons Conference
05/09/2024 | 14m
Joshua Bell, Frida y Diego, James Lee III and more!
05/03/2024 | 1h 8m
Extra: 2024 Spring Platte River Art Show and Gallery Nine
05/02/2024 | 14m
Ted Kooser tribute, Chadron St. guitars, Lincoln Calling & more!
04/26/2024 | 1h 3m
Extra: Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and longer Kooser interview
04/25/2024 | 27m
Signe Baumane, Big Sing, Daniel Simon, Big Fish and more...
04/19/2024 | 1h 5m
Extra: Concerts in Hastings, Lincoln, Grand Island, and Wayne
04/18/2024 | 27m
Tyler Graim, Siwar Masannat, Little Red Hen Theatre and more!
04/12/2024 | 1h 5m
Extra: "Mean Girls" and Sarah McCammon
04/11/2024 | 24m
String Beans, Kyttra Burge at Tada, LSO, Meadowlark and more!
04/05/2024 | 1h 10m
Extra: National Willa Cather Center and Nebraska Brass
04/04/2024 | 19m
Schaffert Titantic, St. John Passion, Steph Coley poetry & more!
03/29/2024 | 57m
Extra: Poets Ae Hee Lee, Siwar Masannat and Kelly Weber
03/28/2024 | 15m
Nebraska Trumpet Ensemble, Neave Trio, Steph Coley poetry & more
03/22/2024 | 1h 8m
Extra: Crane migration in Nebraska and Boho Bash.
03/21/2024 | 19m
Simmons Sisters, Hunchback, Little Underworld and more...
03/15/2024 | 1h 7m
Extra: Norfolk Area Student Exhibition
03/14/2024 | 6m
Bela Fleck, Paddywhack, Twyla Hansen, Kiechel, LCP, Doane & more
03/08/2024 | 1h 13m
On the Sept. 13 Friday LIVE at 9:59 a.m. Central, Genevieve Randall and guests have lively conversations about:
- the season opening concert by Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra
- Cypress Hill with the Omaha Symphony
- Porch Jam 2024 in Lincoln
- The Phil Collins Experience in Minden
- Art on the Farm near York
- Art in the Garden in Lincoln.
Also, poetry from Jerry Bockoven and a look at events at the Benson Theatre in Omaha.
On this week's Friday LIVE Extra podcast: poet Bruce Whitacre and author Alena Bruzas tell us what they have been up to and preview their Francie and Finch events; and we get previews of art exhibitions at the West Nebraska Arts Center in Scottsbluff and Tugboat Gallery in Lincoln.
And, on this week's Friday LIVE Extra Extra podcast, an extended version of the discussion with Eric "Bobo" Correa about Cypress Hill with the Omaha Symphony.
Jayne Lynch finds herself with LSO’s Ed Polochick and cast from Madcap Puppets
Bela Fleck
The Czech Band
Lewis Black
Nebraska’s astronaut, Clay Anderson, marvels at his own book, “Ordinary Spaceman.”
Audience fills up the chairs at a Friday LIVE road show hosted by the Knight Museum in Alliance.
Friday LIVE in Alliance
Andrea von Kampen
Lathan and James run tech at Lewellen show
Michael Fitzsimmons plays a kind of melodic hand drum called the “hang” (rhymes with “long”) on Friday LIVE.
Talbott Brothers sing on Friday LIVE
Talbott Brothers interview with Genevieve
Johnny Carson CEMA Show guests
Ed Love, Genevieve and James Valentine
Genevieve interviews Gabriel Kahane
Filmmaker Kalyanee Mam
Mark Jones and Rex Miller play in Lewellen
Susan Werner
Violist Clark Potter and harpist Katie Wychulis from Nebraska Chamber Players perform a duo at the Lied Center.
Ukulele master and composer Jake Shimabukuro is interviewed by Genevieve at The Mill ahead of his Lincoln concert.
Composer William Bolcom
Genevieve shakes hands with the service dog of an artist with traumatic brain injury.
Simone Dinnerstein
Ted Kooser
Mandolin player Avit Avital warms up before a show from the Ron Hull studio.
Tempest Storm and Nimisha Mukerji
Trumpet Trio at Innovation Campus show
Salut Salon plays at our studio
Folk and bluegrass band Gracie’s Uncles play at the Minden Opera House.
Singer songwriter Hope Dunbar plays an original on a Friday LIVE at the Nebraska Public Media studios.
Singer songwriter Mark Jones
Singer songwriter Dustin Prinz
Genevieve Randall hosts Friday LIVE
Sylvain and Francois Rabbath
Members of UNL percussion ensemble Nebraska Steel jam out on original music by one of their members.
Steel drums from Nebraska Steel
Dan McCarthy sings “Oh Nancy” at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum on Friday LIVE.
Genevieve at Quilt Study Center
Cowboy poet Lyn Messersmith poses in front of a wall mural depicting a typical sandhills ranch scene.
Old Pals Quartet in Scottsbluff
About The Show
Friday LIVE is a weekly arts and humanities program hosted by Genevieve Randall on Nebraska Public Media's News / Classical radio station. The program currently broadcasts on Fridays at 10 a.m. CT. If you have questions about Friday LIVE or have arts or humanities events to pitch, please email us at Friday LIVE
If you can't catch the show live, it is available later the same day on demand, or you can subscribe to the podcast for Friday LIVE.