Calendar
This calendar lists just about every upcoming event in Nebraska City that anyone in or out of town might care about. We even considered letting you sync events with Google Calendar or Apple Calendar or other uncreatively named calendar apps, but decided going for page views was a better idea. Sometimes the internet hits you hard.
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September 2022
Exhibition: The passage verbatim by Jave Yoshimoto
This exhibition is a collection of laser engraved and cut relief sculptures by Jave Yoshimoto, inspired by researched humanitarian stories along his journey across multiple states and countries. In this work, he retells the narrative of passed down tales from the locals he met while on his travels depicting curiosity, heartbreak, and strengths of the human spirit when faced with incredible challenges.
Harvest Celebration 2022
The fun of the Harvest Celebration lasts all fall season at Arbor Day Farm. Plan now to visit the Tree Adventure, Apple House Market, and Arbor Lodge Mansion for autumn-inspired activities!
U-Pick Apples
Enjoy the natural beauty of the fall season by picking your own apples in the Arbor Day Farm orchards behind the Tree Adventure beginning mid-September.
AppleJack Weekend #2
It’s weekend #2 of the AppleJack Weekend Festival and time for a TASTE OF APPLEJACK! Head to Arbor Day Farm for fresh apples, caramel apples, fresh-pressed cider, apple cider slushies, apple pie, apple donuts, antique apple tasting, and more.
Living History Weekend – Table Creek Rendezvous
Step back in time to see historic trades, talents, and other demonstrations come alive inside Arbor Lodge Mansion and out on the beautiful grounds during Living History Weekends at Arbor Day Farm.
Antique Apple Tasting
Here at Arbor Day Farm, we grow many varieties of apples in our orchard that you will never see at a grocery store. Let us share our enthusiasm for these heirloom apples with a little history and a taste test of your own!
Wine & Hard Cider Tasting at the Depot
Savor the season with an Arbor Day Farm Wine or Hard Cider Tasting — one of our most popular fall weekend events.
Humanities Nebraska: Darrel Draper, Nebraska Crossroads of the Western Fur Trade
HUMANITIES NEBRASKA PROGRAMS IN THE KIMMEL GALLERY MORTON-JAMES PUBLIC LIBRARY, 923 1ST CORSO Darrel Draper Nebraska: Crossroads of the Western Fur Trade Enjoy hearing the inside story about fur trading in pioneer days. This humorous, one-hour presentation, composed from literature, is an entertaining and amusing summary of the history of the fur trade, including trading companies, personalities and the achievements of fur traders and mountain men who lived in or passed through Nebraska. This tabloid-style review of…
Sunset Orchard Wine Tasting
This one-of-a-kind experience includes seating in the orchard, charcuterie, Arbor Day Farm wine tastings for two, plus a bottle of your favorite. You’ll take home two wine glasses along with memories to last a lifetime.
October 2022
7th Annual Scarecrow Contest
It’s time for Nebraska City’s 7th Annual Scarecrow Decorating Contest! Participating businesses display a scarecrow outside of their business and voters select a winner. Voting this year will be done online. Photographs of each scarecrow will be able to be viewed on the Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce Facebook page; voters can indicate their favorite by “liking” that specific scarecrow’s image. The scarecrow with the most “likes” at the end of the month will be named the People’s Choice.…
