Upcoming Events:

1. 2nd Annual Neihardt Beer Fest, July 31, 2010

   2nd Annual Neihardt Beer Fest, Saturday, July 31st from 6-9 PM at the Country Pub, 409 Main Street, Bancroft. Sampling of over 20 brews provided by area distributors and micro-breweries; home brewing demonstration; auction of beer related items. Tickets are $20 & $25 which includes etched glass Neihardt mug.

2. 45th Annual Neihardt Day Celebration, Sunday, August 1, 2010

   45th Annual Neihardt Day Celebration on Sunday, August 1st continues the Short Story theme from Spring Conference by featuring a reading of one of Neihardt's short stories by Walt Duda and a special appearance by one of his contemporaries, Samuel L. Clemens (aka Mark Twain). Appearing as Clemens will be Wally Seiler or Alliance, Nebraska. Seiler is a NE Humanities Council speaker who impersonates Mark Twain in Chatauquas and will tie together the topics both Twain and Neihardt chose for their stories as they were contemporaries and writers about the western experience. Program begins at 1:30; lunch available for purchase from 11:30 - 1:30. Free and open to the public. Some bleacher seating is available; bring lawn chairs.

3. Poets Jim Reese and Patrick Hicks, September 12, 2010, 2:00 pm

4. Showing of the Cavett interview and discussion with Ron Hull of NET, October 17, 2010, 2:00 pm

5. Lakota author Delphine Redshirt, November 21, 2010, 2:00 pm

6. "Sacred Sites of the Great Sioux Wars" with author Paul Hedren, December 12, 2010, 2:00 pm

7. 29th Annual Neihardt Spring Conference, April 30, 2011

   "Biography: A Life as Written." The program will feature Tim Anderson's work on the Neihardt biography and Roger Welsch's new work on the life of a "wannabe." Also confirmed are Native American biographer, Dr. R. David Edmunds of University of Texas, and Marla Matkin, with a Chatauqua-style first person biography. Conference 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Registration $20 + $8 lunch; students $15 + $8 lunch.

For more information, please contact the Neihardt State Historic Site at 1-402-648-3388 or 1-888-777-4667 or on line at neihardt@gpcom.net. Visit the site at 306 W. Elm Street, Bancroft, NE.