Friday LIVE

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,
the North Platte Community Playhouse about what its upcoming season has in store,
North Platte's Prairie Arts Center,
muralist Breeanna Benton,
and bluegrass group, the Blackwood Creek Pickers.

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.

During a 2018 show, Jayne Lynch finds herself with Lincoln Symphony Orchestra’s Ed Polochick and the 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

Jayne Lynch finds herself with Lincoln Symphony Orchestra's Ed Polochick and cast from Madcap Puppets

Alliance audience clapping at Friday LIVE

Lathan and James run tech at Lewellen show

Talbott Brothers interview with Genevieve

Mark Jones and Rex Miller play in Lewellen

Clark Potter and Katie Wychulis on Friday LIVE

Service Dog Cooky at the Mill with Genevieve

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.

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