By ANDREW HANSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – One of the most eventful years at the Frank House at the University of Nebraska at Kearney turned out to be a record-setting one, too. After hosting Nebraska Chautauqua in June along with a variety of campus and community events throughout the year, the Frank House saw a record 5,985 visitors in 2015. “Hosting Chautauqua was pretty significant,” said Frank House Director Will Stoutamire. “We also brought in other new … [Read more...] about Frank House experiences record-setting year with 5,985 visitors
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PHOTO GALLERY: Chautauqua opens at Frank House
More than 320 people gathered under the big Chautauqua tent at the Frank House Wednesday (June 17) for the first of a four-night series of Chautauqua performances. The event, sponsored by Humanities Nebraska with local support from University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney Public Library, Kearney Community Theatre, Museum of Nebraska Art, Buffalo County Historical Society/Trails and Rails Museum, Archway and Merryman Performing Arts Center, brings history-based enactments … [Read more...] about PHOTO GALLERY: Chautauqua opens at Frank House
Nebraska Chautauqua brings June 17-21 festival to Kearney, Frank House
What Is Chautauqua? With origins in the late 19th century, Chautauqua combines oratory and lectures with literary readings and musical entertainment. In the past, these touring groups would entertain and inform people living on the Plains about political and cultural happenings. The name itself comes from a resort community in New York State where in 1875, a summer program of lectures, sermons and music attracted such enthusiastic audiences that within a few years similar … [Read more...] about Nebraska Chautauqua brings June 17-21 festival to Kearney, Frank House
