Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea
2023-04-12 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-13 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-14 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-15 09:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108
Giant sculptures of sea life, made from marine debris collected on Oregon’s beaches, graphically illustrate the tragedy of plastic pollution in our ocean and waterways. The epic exhibit, Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea, at Lauritzen Gardens includes a titanic triggerfish, a pair of grand penguins, and an 11-foot-long shark named Chompers! More than a set of eye-catching sculptures, these thought-provoking pieces are designed to inspire conversations about conservation and generate positive changes and behaviors towards the environment.

StoryWalk®: "Living Things Need Water"
2023-04-12 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-13 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-14 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-15 09:00 - 17:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108
Take a stroll through the arboretum at Lauritzen Gardens and learn how water is important to living things- animals, people, and plants. Following along with the story “Living Things Need Water” by Karen Aleo, your family can take part in some fun activities. StoryWalk® combines the love of reading with healthy, fun activities that fit the theme of the story to exercise your brain and body. Included with paid admission or membership.

Watercolor Wednesday
2023-04-12 10:00 - 11:00 | City of Kearney Public Library, 2020 1st Avenue, Kearney, NE, 68847, United States
This class at the Kearney Library is designed to get your creative juices flowing. We will be brushing up on various watercolor skills and techniques. Once you feel comfortable with the different techniques you are encouraged to branch off on your own.

Hall of Heroes
2023-04-12 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-13 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-04-14 10:00 - 16:00 | The Durham Museum, 801 S 10th Street, Omaha, NE, 68108
Stop by The Durham Museum now until April 16 to see the Hall of Heroes exhibit.
This popular traveling exhibition celebrates and explores both the history and science behind America’s fascination with superheroes and how they impacted our popular culture throughout the 20th century and beyond. Visitors of all ages are encouraged to explore, learn and test their heroic abilities at engaging and challenging interactive stations.
Ever wonder how your favorite super-powered characters were created? Hall of Heroes provides an immersive experience for visitors to understand the world of heroes, crime-fighters and gadgets. Their journey takes them through several themed environments with surprises around every corner. Visitors will explore the histories of heroes and the circumstances that created them, while discovering the ideals that make them the heroes that we know and love.
Regular museum admission.

Hall of History Hands-On Weekly Activities
2023-04-12 15:00 - 16:30, 2023-04-13 15:00 - 16:30, 2023-04-14 15:00 - 16:30 | Boys Town Hall of History, 14057 Flanagan Blvd., Boys Town, NE, 68010, United States
This April, visit the Boys Town Hall of History and learn about various science topics with weekly activities. Each week the Hall of History will host staff-led science activities from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Plus, our hearing display including a hearing simulator will be featured throughout the month to teach visitors young and old about the science of hearing, what causes hearing loss and what hearing loss sounds like to a person with no hearing concerns.
Monthly feature: Hearing Display, available during Hall of History open hours
Weekly features:
Marble Run (physics, gravity) M-F April 3-7, 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Printer Press (ink pressing) M-F April 10-14, 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Molding Process (molds, statues) M-F April 17-21, 3:00pm – 4:30pm

Valentine Fish Hatchery Tours
2023-04-13 08:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-14 08:00 - 17:00 | Valentine Fish Hatchery, 90164 Hatchery Road, Valentine, NE, 69201, United States
Located in a pine-covered valley one mile east and one mile north of Valentine, the Valentine Fish Hatchery is one of five hatcheries in Nebraska. Spread over 700 acres, the hatchery handles millions of fish eggs annually (60 million walleye eggs, for example). Last year, lakes in Cherry County alone were stocked with some 675,000 fish. Visitors are welcome during normal working hours. The hatchery also houses largemouth bass and bluegill year round. These species are allowed to spawn naturally in the hatchery ponds, and fingerlings are collected for distribution in the fall.
Contact the hatchery in advance – 402-376-2244 – to schedule a tour of the facilities. The hatchery is open to the public during normal working hours.
Government Canyon, located on the north end of the property, offers a variety of opportunities for hikers, bikers, bird watchers and wildlife photographers.

Above and Beyond
2023-04-13 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-14 09:00 - 17:00, 2023-04-15 09:00 - 17:00 | Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum, 28210 W Park Hwy, Ashland, NE, 68003, United States
Stop by the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum to view their latest exhibit, Above and Beyond.
Above and Beyond celebrates the power of innovation. Packed with interactive challenges; vehicle concept models and prototypes; immersive media presentations; and inspiring innovator stories, this exhibition invites you to experience what it takes to make impossible dreams take flight.
Regular museum admission.

Seuss-sational Science
2023-04-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Bess Johnson Elkhorn Branch, 2100 Reading Plz., Elkhorn, NE, 68022, United States
Meet the Omaha Children’s Museum’s resident “Seussical Scientist” as we bring Dr. Seuss’ classics to life with experiments and silliness inspired by the legendary books. This larger than life program bridges literacy and STEM learning in a fun and engaging way!
Registration is required and will open on March 15.

Explore Lego Spike Prime - EVENT CANCELED
2023-04-13 14:00 - 15:30 | Milton R. Abrahams Branch, 5111 N. 90th St., Omaha, NE, 68134, United States
Join the Nebraska Extension 4-H staff as they lead an afternoon of STEM fun at the Milton R. Abrahams Branch of Omaha Public Library. Explore Lego Spike Prime and see what you can build!
Recommended for grades 4-8.
Registration required.

Children's Dental Day
2023-04-14 08:00 - 17:00 | UNMC College of Dentistry, 4000 E Campus Loop, Lincoln, NE, 68583, United States
Join the UNMC College of Dentistry on April 14th for this years Children’s Dental Day where UNMC dental and dental hygiene students, postgraduate dental residents, faculty and staff will provide free dental care to over 200 low-income and underserved children from communities across Nebraska. The children will receive dental cleanings, restorations, extractions and other essential dental care, as well as education on the importance of oral health.
For information about the 2023 Children’s Dental Days, please contact Erin Wirth, erin.wirth@unmc.edu, 402-472-5168. Children must be pre-screened, no walk-in’s accepted.

14th Annual Davis Lecture
2023-04-14 12:00 - 13:00 | NE
Jaipreet Virdi, PhD, will present the 14th annual Richard B. Davis, MD, PhD, History of Medicine Lecture on April 14 from noon to 1 p.m. The lecture, titled “Negotiating Normalcy: Deafness Cures in American History,” will be held via Zoom (registration required).
During the late nineteenth century, entrepreneurs began to glut the direct-to-consumer medical market with a plethora of remedies they professed could miraculously cure deafness. They claimed their medicines and machines fostered a world of unbridled optimism for providing “hope” to deaf ears. Even as medical specialists denounced these “cure-all” treatments as quackery in its finest form, the messages of restoring hearing would transfer over to the hearing aid industry.
Focusing on the marketing of cures for deafness—hearing trumpets, electrotherapy apparatuses, and hearing aids—this presentation unravels the many ways deaf people sought to restore or gain hearing. This history provides a broad context for understanding the lived experiences of deaf people and how cultural pressures of normalcy significantly stigmatized deafness.
Dr. Virdi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Delaware. A historian of medicine, technology, and disability, her research focuses on the ways medicine and technology impact people with disability. She is author of Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History (University of Chicago Press, 2020), co-editor of Disability and the Victorians: Attitudes, Legacies, Interventions (Manchester University Press, 2020), and has published articles on diagnostic technologies, audiometry, and the medicalization of deafness.
The Richard B. Davis, MD, PhD, History of Medicine Lectureship brings national experts to the UNMC campus to discuss the history of medicine, in support of special collections at the McGoogan Library, including rare books and works on the history of medicine. The lectureship is supported through an endowed fund given by the late Richard B. Davis (1926-2010), MD, PhD, who was a UNMC faculty member from 1969 to 1994 and professor emeritus of internal medicine at UNMC. Dr. Davis and his wife, Jean, provided support for the lectureship out of his longstanding interest in the history of medicine.

Behind the Scenes of Boys Town Communication Research: Anechoic Chamber and Audiology Open House
2023-04-14 12:00 - 16:00 | Boys Town East Medical Campus, 555 N. 30th Street, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
What is the science of how my ear picks up sound and my brain processing the sound? What is it like to be in a room with no-echo? How do I know if my hearing is normal? What are ways to improve my hearing? Visit the Boys Town National Research Hospital Downtown Medical Campus, 555 N. 30th Street, to tour a ‘no-echo anechoic chamber, learn more about the function of the ear and the science of hearing and have your hearing tested in the state-of-the-art mobile Boys Town Hearing RV. Light refreshments will be available.
Please wear closed toe, flat shoes for this tour (no heels, please).
Masks are required to be worn during the interior portions of the tour.
Register here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050C4AADAB2BA4FD0-anechoic

Mueller Planetarium
2023-04-14 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-04-14 16:00 - 2023-04-21 17:00 | University of Nebraska State Museum – Morrill Hall, 645 North 14th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, 68588
Mueller Planetarium is located inside Morrill Hall. Shows are available to the public on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Tickets may be purchased on site at Morrill Hall.
The following are the currently available shows:
The Little Star That Could: Saturdays at 11am
A Starry Tale: Fridays at 1pm, Saturday and Sundays at 1pm
Dream to Fly: Fridays at 4pm, Saturday and Sundays at 3pm

Science Saturday Storytime
2023-04-15 10:00 - 11:00 | A.V. Sorensen Branch, 4808 Cass St., Omaha, NE, 68132, United States
Join Omaha Public Library for Science Saturdays at A.V. Sorensen all April long! In celebration of NE Science Fest and City Nature Challenge, Science Saturdays will offer a science-themed storytime at 10am followed by a family-friendly hands-on activity from 10:30-11am.
Storytime children of all ages are welcome, as storytimes will be tailored for the age of the children present. We explore the early literacy skills of singing, playing, reading, talking and writing in each storytime.
Childcare groups and other groups larger than 10, please call in advance.

Space Science Series for High School Students
2023-04-15 10:00 - 12:30 | NE
Are you fascinated by space? Are you curious about the origins of the Universe or the evolution of galaxies? The CMB-S4 collaboration, a worldwide scientific organization of professional astronomers and astrophysics invites you to join the Saturday Space Science Series! This virtual lecture series for high school students will explore the Big Bang, dark matter, dark energy, the expansion of the Universe, and more. You’ll learn about current astronomy research and careers in astrophysics and cosmology. Students who attend all four Saturdays will receive a certificate of participation.

Dates: April 8,15,22, and 29, 2023
Time: 10:00 am – 12:30 pm (central time zone)
Register at: https://forms.gle/pywY4aNwvnFfaazF6
Contact Person: Juliet Crowell at crowellj@uchicago.edu

Earth Day Lincoln
2023-04-15 10:00 - 14:00 | Nebraska Innovation Campus, 2021 Transformation Drive, Lincoln, NE, 68508, United States
The Lincoln Earth Day Celebration is an annual celebration in Lincoln, Nebraska. Join the fun on April 15, from 10am until 2pm at Nebraska’s Innovation Campus for dozens of booths that all promote, educate, and celebrate environmental stewardship, green education, and sustainable living.
Grab your friends, families and coworkers and join us for this year’s environmental education and family fun!
