Castle and Cathedral District

Join us at the Joslyn Castle Carriage House for a screening of Place Is Inside, Too, a new video work by Teresa Carmody emerging from their novel The Reconception of Marie.

“She began thinking of adolescence as a place one inhabits. First in the body, then in books and films, in art.”

Place Is Inside, Too begins with this sentence from Reconception. Drawing on the novel’s exploration of a girl coming of age within white Evangelical and Catholic communities in western Michigan, the video extends its questions into a visual and embodied form—considering place not only as a physical environment, but as something lived within the body, shaped by memory, culture, geography, and time.

Following the screening, a panel of respondents will offer live reflections on the work. Together, we’ll explore: How do we carry place within us? Where do inner and outer landscapes meet or diverge? How do different disciplines shape the way we experience and interpret art?

This event offers a space for thoughtful dialogue across art forms and ways of knowing: analytical, intuitive, and somatic.

Stop by Cali Commons during the Castle & Cathedral District Art Walk for the group Art Show Cut:Collage

Sneek peak of our upcoming show Art at Cali: Cut:Collage & Community Collage

The Nebraska Poetry Society Poetry Pause returns to the Joslyn Castle & Gardens Carriage House during our Castle & Cathedral District Art Walk

Poetry Pause is welcoming and relaxed—even if you’ve never attended a poetry reading before. Just come in, listen, and enjoy.
This month features author of The Book Eaters, winner of the 2023 Perugia Press Prize and a 2024 Nebraska Book Award, and Zachary Blair, a poet, short story writer, and graduate student in the UNO Writer’s Workshop whose work has been featured through local literary magazines and reading series.

O Captain! My Captain! *tap tap* Is this thing on? Join poet and artist in residence for a dizzying, open mic celebration of poetry.

Bring two poems: one of your own, one by another poet. Be that of a friend, favorite song, something you read in school. Both poems should make us feel or understand some kind of experience or story. You have 5 minutes to share, after which a horn will sound.

When: Wednesday, May 13th 2026, 7-9PM
Where: – Music Room
All ages event

Admission is FREE, advance registration is requested.

Next month we welcome back to play the historic Carriage House!

When: Friday, June 5
Doors at 7pm, Music at 7:30pm
Where: Joslyn Castle Carriage House
3902 Davenport St. Omaha, NE 681310
Tickets: $25
Ages 16+

NPR’s All Songs Considered described STURTZ as “a reassuring breath of fresh air that pulls me back to simpler times.” The group is serene and folksy, with melodic vocals soaring over the lower string instrumentals. Sturtz released their second studio album Hyacinth in September 2024, and they’re hard at work writing songs for their next album now. When they’re not playing music, you’ll probably find the members of Sturtz milling flour, gardening, roasting coffee, or honing in on their photography skills.

Join us in celebrating the work of local author Danilo John Thomas. The author will be mining his title Ore Vein with the company of banjoist Robert Schmidt.

When: Tuesday, May 2nd 2026
Doors open at 6 pm
The author talk begins at 6:15 pm
Where: Carriage House
3902 Davenport Street, Omaha, NE 68131
Admission is FREE, advance registration is requested.

Ore Vein, the debut short story collection by Danilo John Thomas, explores the thin spaces between hardship and heroism prevalent in small-town America. Thomas captures what it feels like to come of age among the urban decay and cracked pastoral landscapes of Southwestern Montana and a fictionalized version of the town where he was raised. From the claustrophobia of crumbling mine shafts to the senseless consequences of bar brawls, these stories are at once mystical and all too real, violent yet deeply introspective, masculine but tender.

Ore Vein, like the mines it showcases, digs deep in dark places after fortunes, showing what it means to hit the mother lode and, sometimes, what it means to lose it.

Our Artist in Residence reception has been rescheduled to Friday, April 24th - that’s tonight!

Join us at 6pm to welcome Poet, . This is an opportunity to get to know Matt Mason as he introduces his plans for his six month residency.

POSTPONED! Matt Mason: Artist in Residence Reception has been rescheduled for TONIGHT!

See you Friday, April 24th at 6pm at Cali Commons