Welcome to our Performer Database!

Below is a list of performers, authors and speakers who have given performances or presentations at northeast Nebraska libraries.  Their inclusion on this list indicates that their presentation or performance was of high quality.  Each listing includes contact information and the library who has recommended the performer.

Let us know if your school or library has had an author, speaker or performer that you thought was excellent and we’ll add them to our Performer Database.  All libraries can benefit from this sharing of knowledge and resources!

Please do not include speakers who are part of the Nebraska Humanities Council Speaker’s Bureau or the Nebraska Arts Council.  They already do a wonderful job and it is not our intent to duplicate their existing resources.  Thank you!

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Performers

 

Amazing Arthur

• Omaha, NE
• 402-597-2579
• http://www.theamazingarthur.com
• Program description: Family magic show, comedy, juggling, etc.
• Recommended by: Wayne Public Library

Bizarre Deceptions

• Norfolk, NE
• John Laskowski,  402-844-3053
• www.bizarredeceptions.com
  
• Program description:  Magic show
• Recommended by:  Madison Public Library

 Edgerton Explorit Center

• Aurora, NE
• 402-694-4032
• http://www.edgerton.org/
• Program description: Science on the Road, Nebraska’s Hands-On Science Center offers a variety of dynamic Outreach Programs to choose from; includes Amazing Bubbles, Arctic Blast,Energy Show, Go Show, P.S.I.. Sparks
• Cost: $300 plus one-way mileage, shared mileage with 2 or more libraries
  
• Recommended by: Hartington Public Library
  

Dawn Dyson

• Antelope County, NE
• Email: dawndyson@gpcom.net
• Website: www.dawndyson.com
• Program description: Author of the Beautiful Justice series. Christian Fiction novelist with Christian-based speaking in conjunction with book sales and signing. Special Education/Behavioral Disorder background.
• General Audience: Teens 16 and up – church groups/local libraries
• Cost: $150.00 plus mileage.
• Recommended by: Brunswick Public Library

Diane Gubbels

• Coleridge, NE
• (402) 283-4979
• Program description: “Quilts and Stories of Inspiration”, Beautiful Traveling Trunk and Storytelling show of her many quilts and talks about how she was inspired to make them.
• Cost: please call for pricing information
• Recommended by: Hartington Public Library
  

D.R. Haskin

• Royal, NE
• 402-847-3415
• Program description:  Author book talk – The Hills of Mars, Samuel’s Journal, and Beyond the Hills of Mars.
• Recommended by: Atkinson Public Library

Dwight Howe

• Rosalie, NE
• 402.863.2328 home / 712.208.0060 cell
• www.ndnman.blogspot.com
• dhowe1@live.com
• Program description:  Omaha and Ponca Indian, Dwight is a Marine Corps Veteran who is enrolled Omaha Indian, but raised Ponca. As an educator, Dwight provides cultural presentations that can be adapted to effectively reach all age groups. Presentations are unique in regards to their reflections of the past while offering a contemporary insight to American Indians in today’s society while endeavoring to promote cultural sensitivity for the Native American Indian.
• Recommended by: Ponca Carnegie Library

Lisa Laird

• Orange City, IA
• 712-737-2639
• lisa@pocketsfulloffun.com
• http://www.pocketsfulloffun.com
• Program description: Provides programs that entertain, encourage and educate kids through puppet theater, ventriloquism and magical storytelling.
• Recommended by: Hartington Public Library

 David Lloyd

• Sioux Falls, SD
• Dave Tenneboe, MagicDLT@sio.midco.net
• Program description: Designs and performs programs for libraries using the current theme of the year. Performs magic, puppetry, ventriloquism, and storytelling in each 45 minute program.
• Cost: $150 per program plus mileage from Sioux Falls
• Recommended by: Hartington Public Library
  

Magical Paradise Exotic Farm

• Central City, NE
• Deb Vesely at 402-750-1609 or David King at 308-940-0829
• http://www.freewebs.com/magicalparadiseexoticfarminc/
• Program description: Petting zoos and 30-40 minute Animal Programs that can be tailored to library needs
• Cost: $60 plus mileage
• Recommended by: Central City Public Library

Adam Miller

• Drain, OR
• 650-804-2049 or autoharper@earthlink.net
• www.Folksinging.org
• Program description: A variety of folk music presentations for school assemblies and library programs.  Mr. Miller plays the guitar and autoharp, sings traditional songs and tells stories of the songs’ origins.
• General Audience: All ages, children and adults
• Recommended by: Norfolk Public Library

Marita Placek

• Lynch, NE
• 402-569-2132
• maplacek@threeriver.net
• Program description:  Author book talk – Nebraska’s Scenic Byway Highway 12 Legends & Lore of the Outlaw Trail – Her book is about the Outlaw Trail a 231 mile stretch of adventure stories of outlaws, vigilantes, pioneers, cowboys, and Indians.
• Recommended by:  Atkinson Public Library

Jeff Quinn

• Omaha, NE
• http://www.jeffquinnmagic.com/ 
• Program description: Award-winning magician, incorporates his magic show around the current year’s summer reading program theme
• Cost: $250 plus mileage, shared mileage with 2 or more libraries
• Recommended by: Hartington Public Library

 

Dennis Vossberg

• Plainview, NE
• dvossb@plvwtelco.net
  
• http://www.hectorsbliss.com/
• Program description: Author book talk – Hector’s Bliss and Santee Sorrow
• Recommended by: Atkinson Public Library

Adam White

• Lincoln, NE
•  402-730-1500
• www.NebraskaLibraryShow.com
• Program description:  Comedy/magic show for children of all ages and adults.
• General Audience:  Children of all ages
• Cost:  $200.00 plus mileage
• Recommended by:  Clarks Public Library

Melanie Wilkinson

• York, NE
• melanie.wilkinson@yorknewstimes.com
• Program description: Author book talk – Just Life – Melanie talks about the stories, struggles and humor that can be found in everyday life.
• Recommended by: Northeast Library System

Linda Wostrel

• Omaha, NE
• 402-896-8916 or 402-681-1009
• montanapnr@cox.net
• Program description:  Author book talk using props – Oak View Park: Pinnacle of a Czech Legacy
• Recommended by:  Atkinson Public Library