The Hastings College Department of Theatre wraps up its 2017-18 season with Greg Owens’ “The Life and Times of Tulsa Lovechild: A Road Trip.” The production runs April 26-28 at 7:30 p.m. and April 29 at 2:00 p.m. All performances take place in Scott Studio Theatre (806 N. Turner Ave.). General admission tickets are $8, […]

Six local and visiting writers will read from their latest work at The Lark in downtown Hastings on Saturday, April 21, as part of the 2018 Plainsongs Celebration of Poetry and Prose. The event, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. […]

Dr. Oleg Kalinskiy, a 1998 Hastings College graduate who resides in Moscow, Russia, is returning to campus this week to meet with student groups and emeriti faculty, and give a public lecture. Meetings with student groups will center on global business and politics, while the public lecture is titled “Reflections on the current state and […]

The Hastings College Department of Visual Arts is featuring the art of four graduating seniors for their senior thesis show at the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center now through April 20. The artists will give a lecture on their work on Saturday, April 7, at 1:00 p.m., in the Wilson Center auditorium with a reception to […]

On Monday, April 9, Hastings College will host its annual Jazz Festival, which includes performances by a dozen regional jazz bands and an evening concert featuring the Hastings College Jazz Ensemble, guest clinicians and a vocal jazz ensemble. A long-standing tradition, the Hastings College Jazz Festival is an excellent opportunity for middle and high school […]

Glass blowing artist Paul Lockwood, a 1992 graduate of Hastings College, will be working with students in the Hastings College Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (JDAC) glass studio April 4-6. Lockwood will also present a public lecture on April 4 at 7:00 p.m. in JDAC Room 101. “My focus for this visiting artist trip is to […]

Hastings College is hosting a Republican primary debate for the Third Congressional District on Wednesday, March 28 in French Memorial Chapel. The debate begins at 6:30 and will last for one hour. It is free and open to the public. The debate will include Adrian Smith, Kirk Penner, Larry Bolinger and Arron Kowalski, all Third […]

Emily Herbek, a Hastings College sophomore from Grand Island, Nebraska, was recognized as one of four top papers at the Nebraska Undergraduate Communication Research Conference in Wayne, Nebraska. Her project, “The Intersection of Age, Gender and Peruvian Occupations” highlighted the reification of gender roles that results from visibility and invisibility of men and women in […]

Hastings College hosted the Central Regional Science Fair for the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) on March 13 in the Morrison-Reeves Science Center. The fair drew 178 students from across central Nebraska. The science fair is split into two divisions. The Junior Division is open to students in sixth through eighth grades, while the […]

Author Alex Kava will present “Creating Fictional Worlds by Accident and by Design,” as the 2018 national speaker for the Hastings College Artist Lecture Series. The lecture will take place at 7:00 p.m. April 5 in French Memorial Chapel. The lecture will cover the origins of Kava’s fictional characters, along with the blessings and consequences […]