Posted on May 15, 2013 at 2:21 pm
By Amanda Mobley Guenther Elham Taheri, one of the photographers exhibiting at the current Nebraska Mosaic’s New American Art Showcase, journeyed from her home... [READ MORE]
Posted on May 14, 2013 at 2:16 pm
By Emily Walkenhorst Leticia Avalos and her husband, Oscar, have four children, and they support themselves on his salary as a contractor. Yet each... [READ MORE]
Posted on May 5, 2013 at 11:01 am
By Laura Smith Poison ivy rarely leads to anything good. Your skin turns to a red, patchy rash and you have so many itches... [READ MORE]
Posted on April 18, 2013 at 7:31 pm
By Kay Kemmet Six-year-old Christopher Flores looks up to his new father, Fernando Ortiz Carreras, and runs to him the minute they see each... [READ MORE]
Posted on April 18, 2013 at 6:57 pm
By Kay Kemmet The scars on Elvira Baques’ face are faded and difficult to see. But the impact on her life hasn’t gone away.... [READ MORE]
Posted on April 18, 2013 at 3:03 pm
By Laura Smith Words, letters and numbers on brightly covered posters hang on all the walls. Books are scattered about the floor, and the... [READ MORE]
Posted on April 18, 2013 at 10:43 am
By Amanda Mobley Guenther Senada Gusic, 18, is the first recipient of the Nebraska Mosaic college scholarship. Gusic will graduate from Lincoln’s Southeast High... [READ MORE]
Posted on April 18, 2013 at 8:57 am
By Emily Walkenhorst Adam Sabil, a 47-year-old immigrant from Sudan’s Darfur region, isn’t sure how much longer he’ll be able to keep up with... [READ MORE]
Posted on April 14, 2013 at 8:59 pm
By Kay Kemmet Yaunis Andindi picks up a wooden instrument and shows it to the crowd. It’s a Sudanese rababa or African banjo, he... [READ MORE]
Posted on March 24, 2013 at 6:03 pm
By Lee Kreimer On a snowy Tuesday morning, a young woman and her mother enter Fahima Nashir’s tailoring shop with a wadded veil in... [READ MORE]
The New Americans Spring Art Showcase opened Friday night at the Lux Center for the Arts in Lincoln, highlighting the work of three immigrants to Lincoln as well as a number of works by Lincoln high school students. The show continues throughout May. Wesaam Al-Badry is a photographer who emigrated from Iraq in 1994. Al-badry’s … Read More
By Kay Kemmet The scars on Elvira Baques’ face are faded and difficult to see. But the impact on her life hasn’t gone away. Baques had been in the United States for only three weeks when her fiancé beat her up, repeatedly bit her cheek, causing the large scar, punched her in the face, and … Read More
By Laura Smith Poison ivy rarely leads to anything good. Your skin turns to a red, patchy rash and you have so many itches you don’t know where to begin scratching. Lisa Hiatt is severely allergic to poison ivy. She hates poison ivy, actually. But if it hadn’t thrived in her backyard, she would have … Read More