NEWS
A One-Year Budget Solution, A Multi-Generation Loss
Nebraska is considering removing $15 million from its Cultural Endowment — a long-term public trust built over decades — to cover just 0.27% of one year’s state budget. This post explains what’s at stake, why endowments exist, and how a short-term budget decision could quietly reshape access to arts, education, and cultural life across generations.
Crossroads Receives Artistic Innovations Grant
Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival has received an Artistic Innovations Grant from the Mid-America Arts Alliance to support the Dream Warriors Experience, a multimedia Indigenous arts project.
Welcome to the 2025 Festival!
Artistic Director Erik Higgins and Guest Curator Kinan Azmeh welcome you to the 2025 Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival!
Interview with Guest Curator Kinan Azmeh
In this heartfelt conversation, guest curator Kinan Azmeh shares how friendship, cultural connection, and musical curiosity shape the 2025 Crossroads Festival.
The NEA Just Terminated Our Funding: A Personal Reflection on Censorship, Art, and Resilience
When our NEA grant was abruptly terminated, we were stunned—not just by the loss of funding, but by the language used to justify it. In this personal reflection, Executive Director Olga Smola draws on her Soviet upbringing to examine the chilling echoes of censorship, the importance of artistic freedom, and what’s at stake when politics invades the arts. Read how Nebraska Crossroads is responding—with resilience, music, and an unshakable belief in the power of creative expression.