Schedule Of Events
August 2, 2025
ART-TASTIC SATURDAY
Music and Storytelling for all ages
11am-2pm
Since opening the Joslyn Hawks Pavilion, Nebraska’s premiere art museum is setting attendance records – Don't miss Art-tastic Saturdays with Nebraska Crossroads on August 2 at The Joslyn!
Crossroads joins forces with the The Joslyn for a day of creativity and connection for the whole family. Enjoy a fun-filled children’s concert, two performances by the enchanting Nordic-folk duo ííS, live poetry with Nebraska State Poets, current and former, Jewel Rodgers and Matt Mason, and an interactive storytelling-through-poetry workshop with Matt Mason. It’s a perfect way to experience music, stories, and art–together.
Location: The Joslyn
OMAHA FINALE
Orchestral Extravaganza
7-8:30pm
Come and see the newly-minted Crossroads Festival Orchestra finish out the festival with a flair with a program, curated by Kinan Azmeh, that promises to go deep.
We’ve put together an orchestra with familiar and new faces, local and visiting artists – a true expression of the festival’s ability to connect across geography and culture. Including Omaha Symphony Concertmaster Susanna Perry Gilmore, Russian virtuoso violinist Olga Smola, and Lincoln-native bassist Sam Beck-Johnson just to name a few, it will be a tribute to Nebraska’s own musical environment, it’s musical institutions and it’s artistic export to the world.
Featuring soloists Layale Chaker, Jake Charkey, Dinuk Wijeratne and Kinan Azmeh, the program features works of those artists and more, conducted (in part) by pianist/composer Dinuk Wijeratne and led by a rotating cast of concertmasters.
Program Highlights
Kareem Roustom: Dabkeh
Layale Chaker: Hints on Memory, for solo violin and string orchestra
Dinuk Wijeratne: Gajaga Vannama, for solo piano and orchestra
Stan Charkey: J/J, Jake Charkey, solo cello
Kinan Azmeh: Suite for Improvisor and Orchestra – Love on 139th Street / November 22nd / Wedding
Location: Christiansen Hall, Strauss Performing Arts Center, UNO
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