Nebraska’s songs focus of partnership event today at noon

Dr. Dan Holtz, a Nebraska Humanities Council Scholar, will interweave songs related to Nebraska’s musical history with snippets from some of the state’s most famous authors during a Time Traveler’s Partnership event at UNMC today.

Nebraska’s rich — albeit under publicized — musical tradition will be featured during a Time Travelers partnership event today at noon in the Wittson Hall Amphitheater.

Dr. Dan Holtz, a Nebraska Humanities Council Scholar, will interweave songs, accompanying himself on the guitar, with excerpts from Nebraska authors Willa Cather, John Neihardt, Mari Sandoz and Bess Streeter Aldrich.

In a narrative from 1850 to 1904, he tells the stories of people who came to and through early Nebraska.

Partnership calendar The following is a list of upcoming events held through the partnership between the medical center and the Durham Western Heritage Museum: April 22 — “Millionaires and Mansions,” a Gritty City Tour on Ollie the Trolley, noon to 1 p.m., $5 cover charge for the tour, which will begin outside the Durham Research Center. Please RSVP to Jill Carson at jlcarson@unmc.edu as seating is limited.

The lecture is offered through the Time Travelers partnership, which provides free museum admission for medical center employees, students and their immediate family with valid identification. The partnership also offers lectures, workshops and other events on the UNMC campus.

Dr. Holtz is a professor of English at Peru State College, where he has taught for 20 years. He also is a member of the Nebraska State Historical Society Board of Trustees.

Dr. Holtz has presented his “Nebraska through Song and Story” program throughout the state. Among nearly 200 performances, he has appeared at the Nebraska State Capitol, the Nebraska State Historical Museum, Scotts Bluff National Monument, the Joslyn Art Museum, the John Neihardt Center, the Bob Devaney Sports Center (for the state quarter launch in April of 2006), and Fort Robinson, as well as the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington.

Employees are encouraged to bring lunch.

An evening lecture is also scheduled at the museum at 6:30 p.m. in
the Stanley and Dorothy Truhlsen Lecture Hall. Please contact Andrea Boschult at 444-5071 or aboschult@dwhm.org. Check-in begins at 6 p.m. and seating begins at 6:15. The Durham Western Heritage Museum is at 801 S. 10th St. in Omaha.