Unique state endowment backing arts and humanities programs, including many in the Panhandle, on chopping block

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Bringing the lights back to Broadway: Midwest Theater's marquee highlight of downtown again (copy)

Staff of the Midwest Theater and members of the Friends of the Midwest Theater’s board of directors cheer in July 2023 as the historic theater’s marquee is once again light and brightens up Broadway. A project to refurbish the marquee took about a year.

Maunette Loeks, Star-Herald

Nebraska Cultural Endowment introduces new leader, programs to the Panhandle (copy)

Maggie Smith (right), executive director of the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, visits with Gretchen Peters (left) and Rita Stinner (center) during a reception at the West Nebraska Arts Center in June 2022. Programs throughout the Panhandle, including some at the West Nebraska Arts Center have been recipients of funds made available through the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.

BILL PETERS, Courtesy

Paul Hammel Nebraska Examiner

Since it was renovated and reopened in 1997, the 729-seat Midwest Theater in Scottsbluff has served as a cultural beacon in the state’s Panhandle.