Archive: Music

Kearney Community Theatre
Kearney Community Theatre

Performing theatre for the community, by the community!

Categories: Map, Music, Theater
Duane Bierman

I was appointed Director of Bands at UNK in the fall of 2010. One of…

People: Duane Bierman Categories: Education, History, Music
Ron Crocker

Part One Spring, 1966 Being a graduate student at the University of Iowa was a…

People: Duane Bierman, Ron Crocker Categories: Education, History, Music
KHS Orchestra Snapshot Memories

It was Lewis who built the program over many years. New to KHS in 1977-78,…

Categories: Education, History, Music
The 1733 Ballroom and Other Amusements

In Larry Hardesty’s monumental set of notes on the history of the 1733 Ballroom, he…

People: Larry Hardesty, Wes Hird Categories: History, Music, Stories Tags: Big Band Era, Midway Amusement Park, UNK Kearney
M.I.K.E.

As Steve Main suggests, Kearney is home to what he calls a “little musical family,”…

People: Diane Martelle Sciachitano, Mike Sciachitano, Terry Sinnard Categories: Music Tags: Crane River Theater, Cunningham’s, Kearney Area Arts Council, Kearney Eagles Club, Merryman Performing Arts Center, The Archway
Thalken-Tesdall-Thalken, early photo of the trio
Thalken Tribute

When the news broke in Kearney that the Thalkens were retiring and Kearney Floral would…

People: Chuck Peek, Lois Thalken, Todd Thalken, Wes Hird Categories: Art, History, Music Tags: Kearney Floral, Star Family, locally grown
Thalken Family Photo
Thalken Family

It’s a humbling thing to be asked to contribute our small story to Kearney Creates,…

People: Craig Link, Greg Tesdall, Isabel Thalken, Todd Thalken, Wes Hird Categories: Education, History, Music, Theater Tags: Kearney Community Theatre, Star Family, locally grown