By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Classic rock played on the stereo as Matt Malcom and Anthony Mancini cruised the streets of Kearney, looking for the next address on their list. Cartons of milk and takeout containers loaded with roasted pork, potatoes and green beans filled the backseat of the Jeep Compass, which served as their delivery vehicle on Tuesday. “This is my favorite part – getting out of the car,” Mancini joked as they pulled up to a … [Read more...] about UNK wrestlers become delivery drivers to support community, Hot Meals USA
Museum of Nebraska Art
MONA, Frank Museum closed to public to limit health risk
KEARNEY – The Museum of Nebraska Art will be closed to the public until further notice. MONA, located at 2401 Central Ave. in downtown Kearney, announced the closure beginning today following recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health officials to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). During the closure, all public programs and classes will be postponed or canceled, and staff will be available on a limited … [Read more...] about MONA, Frank Museum closed to public to limit health risk
Nicole Herden new Museum of Nebraska Art executive director
By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – The Museum of Nebraska Art has hired Nicole Herden of Boise, Idaho, as its new executive director. Herden has managed curatorial and museum facilities projects for more than 10 years, including the past four as curator of art at Boise Art Museum, where she developed over a dozen exhibitions annually while expanding the permanent collection by nearly 500 works of art. She also served two years as registrar at BAM, which … [Read more...] about Nicole Herden new Museum of Nebraska Art executive director
Available Now: Kearney’s public art focus of new booklet produced by UNK
By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications KEARNEY – Kearney is a city where art is valued and celebrated. Sculptures fill parks. Murals beautify downtown buildings. And the Museum of Nebraska Art houses the state’s art collection while serving as a regional center for cultural activity. “Kearney’s art is part of its story and establishes Kearney as a shining example for the country in how to craft a community of art,” said University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Doug … [Read more...] about Available Now: Kearney’s public art focus of new booklet produced by UNK
Fiction author Kelly Luce reading her work Thursday at MONA
KEARNEY – Her debut novel “Pull Me Under” is described as part mystery, part adventure story and part meditation on the darkness people carry inside. It was touted by Elle magazine as one of the “33 best books of 2016.” In “Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail,” the winner of Foreword Reviews’ Editor’s Choice Prize for Fiction, she introduces readers to an oracular toaster, a woman who grows a tail overnight and an extraordinary sex-change … [Read more...] about Fiction author Kelly Luce reading her work Thursday at MONA
