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9 Episodes 2009 - 2010
Episode 1
Wed, May 6, 2009
German artist Gerit Grimm explores the art of sculpture in Lincoln. Tina Vanderpool, a bronc and bull-rider, fearlessly throws her hat in the rodeo ring. African-Americans from Nebraska combat racism at home and abroad during World War II. The blizzard of 1949 ravages Nebraska, and two prisoners from Lincoln escape. And Ted Kooser reads from his collection of poems The Blizzard Voices.
Episode 2
Tue, Sep 15, 2009
In 1963, Langston Coleman hitchhiked half-way across the country to enroll at the University of Nebraska. to be the first Husker walk-on, a visit to A One-Room School - Burr Oak School in Custer County, new US citizens take their Oath of Allegiance at Homestead National Monument and enjoy a day a Fontenelle Forest.
Episode 3
Sun, Nov 15, 2009
Nebraska World War II veterans gather at a special event celebrating the seven "Honor Flights" where some 1500 vets flew to Washington DC to visit the World War II monument. Learn how University of Nebraska Lincoln's College of Agriculture helped farmers recover their land after the devastation of the Dust Bowl years. Loren Eiseley's reflections on the Depression after hopping freight trains across America. Renown author Joe Starita takes us to White Buffalo Girl's grave in Neligh and tells her story when in May of 1877, hundreds of Ponca people forced to leave their Nebraska homeland. Attend a holiday potluck dinner at one of the last one-room schools in Nebraska, Burr Oak School in Custer County. A UNL Piano Professor tows her nearly-1000 pound grand piano across Nebraska to share her love of classical music with audiences in rural communities.
Episode 4
Thu, Jan 7, 2010
Omaha artist Jun Kaneko builds "an open space for the mind" in the old market. Lincoln, Nebraska is a federally designated refugee settlement city, this story is of people you may not know who live right around the corner r down the street. A high school student documents the lives of her Sudanese classmates, and changes the way she sees her own life in the process. Nebraska ranchers face the hardship of calving season.
Episode 5
Tue, Feb 16, 2010
A University of Nebraska scientist works on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Ernie Chambers makes his mark on the Nebraska legislature. Politician George Norris leads the way to the creation of the only unicameral in the country. And photographer Joel Sartore captures some the world's most endangered creatures on film.
Episode 6
Tue, Apr 13, 2010
Thousands of sand hills cranes soar into central Nebraska during migration. Follow Nebraska wildlife photographer Mike Forsberg as he captures spectacular images of the cranes from his blind in the Platte River Valley. A sculpture at the Omaha airport pierces the sky. Watch as artist John Raimondi imagines and builds his masterpiece in this special from the NET archives. Grace Snyder's incredible quilts still astound people today. At the International Quilt Study Center in Lincoln we explore the life and work of this pioneer woman now recognized as one of the 20th century's most accomplished quilt makers. A Nebraska rancher, Don Shaw adopts four mustangs and tries to tame them. Then take a stroll along one of Nebraska's least known -- and most interesting -- trails. Steamboat Trace Trail in southeast Nebraska, a former railway that is now a popular hiking and biking trail between Nebraska City and Brownville, Nebraska.
Episode 7
Wed, May 5, 2010
Astronaut Clay Anderson from Ashland flies in the Space Shuttle Discovery a second time around. Evelyn Sharpe did not live long, but she lived life to the fullest. During World War II the small-town girl from Ord was a member of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron. Watch a short biography of a young woman who simply loved to fly. Patriot Guard Riders remember and honor a fallen soldier from Hastings. Shrine Bowl football players travel to Chicago to meet the children that the Shrine Bowl is being played for.
Episode 8
Tue, Jun 1, 2010
Nebraska World War II veterans who were among the 1500 flown on "Honor Flights" to Washington, D.C. attend a special dinner. In 1963, Langston Coleman hitchhiked half-way across the country to enroll at the University of Nebraska and then one day this young, talented athlete walked on to Memorial field during football practice. Gerit Grimm's exposure to American culture was through movies so when she immigrated to the states, she bridged the gap between movie fantasy and everyday reality in her art. In the coldest month of the year, a process more suited to warmer weather unfolds in ranch country. Calving often requires a midwife who wears boots and spurs, and like a new parent - can function without much sleep. Fontenelle Forest is among the largest private nature centers in the country and it is located just minutes from downtown Omaha. The 1400-acre conservation area has miles of trails and features more than 1000 plant and wildlife species.
Episode 9
Sun, Jul 18, 2010
Volleyball Coach John Cook finds a way to bond his team together by taking them on the UNL Ropes Challenge Course. Embark on an awe-inspiring journey across our beautiful state aboard the one of the grandest steam engines in existence, Union Pacific's renowned Challenger No. 3985. This Nebraska Stories vignette tells the story of how Sarah Switzer Sortum and her brother, Adam Switzer, are hard at work making changes on their family's Burwell ranch to embrace new conservation methods and encourage eco-tourism. One of Willa Cather's most famous novels begins on a train as the author remembers a childhood friend. That women's name was Annie Pavelka - the world knows her as "My Antonia". Constructed during the Great Depression, the colorful Jacob Fisher Rainbow Fountain is a huge part of the summer scene in the town of Hastings as well as a symbol of the early progress of rural electrification.