Find An Event
And stand with randy.
On August 5-7, all across Nebraska, folks like you will attend events to show your support for Randy, a landowner being threatened by the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline.
In solidarity, we will show we each have the power to Stop the Pipeline. While you may not be a landowner, we are all Randy. We all want to protect our land and water. We all want America to be energy independent. We all stand with Randy.
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List of Events
(listed by date and time)
1. 7/29-8/8, all day Save the Sandhills
1624 South St. , Lincoln, 68502
Art exhibit at Meadowlark Coffee. Host: Adam Hintz
2. Aug 5, 8am-5pm Wildflowers for Heineman
1445 K St, Lincoln, 68509
Drop-in visits to Gov. Heineman's office. During the day, activists are asked to drop by the Governor's office (and/or their legislator's office) with a vase of wildflowers (echinacea, black-eyed Susans, sunflowers, etc.) with a note attached that says something like "Please do not add oil" or "Cannot be grown in oil." Use your imaginations! (Thrift stores are a good source of inexpensive vases.) Let's give the governor something to sneeze at! Host: Christy Hargesheimer
3. Aug 5, 9-10am A Read-IN at A Novel Idea
118. N 14th, Lincoln, 68508
Bring a book and coffee. We'll read together and educate ourselves about stopping the XLPipeline. A cat and Billy Holiday music provided.
4. Aug 5, 11am-1pm Book Drive at Parrish Studios
1416 O St., 2nd floor, Lincoln, 68508
The ink spot gallery / 'for change' library will be open all weekend.
First friday gallery reception, Aug 5, 6-9pm
'For change library,' Aug 6 & 7, 10am-1pm
ALL donations / proceeds to the 'for change' book drive go to support boldnebraska.org initiatives against the pipeline.
5.Aug 5, 11am-1pm Write, Right ON
351 N. 78th St., Omaha, 68114
Letter writing to Lee Terry, reading aloud and story telling at Annie's Café. Host: Shelly Clark.
6. Aug 5, 11am-9pm Celebrating Nebraska's Sandhills and Water Resources
100 N 8th Street, Suite 150, Lincoln, 68508
On display: the photography of conservation photographer Michael Forsberg. The feature display will highlight Nebraska's Sandhills and water resources. Host: Sarah Brey
7. Aug 5, 5pm-midnight Beer and Brats for Randy
801 10th St, Stanton, 68779
Beer and Brats for an unbelievably low price! At the Uptown Brewery, Stanton, Nebraska, a 30-year-old award-winning restaurant in Northeast Nebraska. 12 beers on tap! Come grab a bite and a brew, talk about the pipeline, and hear stories from landowners along the first Keystone pipeline route. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 5-7 from 5 p.m. to close!
8. Aug 5, 6-9pm Book Drive at Parrish Studios
1416 O St., 2nd floor, Lincoln, 68508
The ink spot gallery / 'for change' library will be open all weekend.
First friday gallery reception, Aug 5, 6-9pm
'For change library,' Aug 6 & 7, 10am-1pm
ALL donations / proceeds to the 'for change' book drive go to support boldnebraska.org initiatives against the pipeline.
9. Aug 5, 6-9pm Burt Co Farmers Union Stands with Randy
505 W Fulton St, Oakland, 68045
NeFU Public Affairs Director Graham Christensen & Burt Co Farmers Union will have a booth with informational material at the Horse Arena at the Burt County Fair in Oakland. Stop by if you are in the area!
Also will have information on the Vic Jensen Defense Fund & many more issues. Host: Graham Christensen
10.Aug 5, 6:30-8pm Grandmothers and Grandchildren Against the Pipeline party
3037 Sewell, Lincoln, 68502
We'll talk about the Keystone XL and how it threatens the Ogallala Aquifer. Enjoy Sandhill-themed cookies and native mint coolers! Host: Nancy Packard
11. Aug 5, 7-9pm Painters stand with Randy
719 P St. , Lincoln, 68508
A beautiful display of local art on First Friday at the Burkholder Project. Original Anne Burkholder Sandhills prints for sale ($125). All money will go to stop the XL Pipeline. Host: Grace Gandu
12. Aug 5, 7-9pm Tugboat Artists Stand with Randy
116 N. 14th St, Lincoln, 68608
Pipeline prints from Nebraska artists Adam White and Justin Kemerling on sale.
13. Aug 5, 8:30pm Bicyclists stand with Randy
1720 S 15th St, Lincoln, 68502
A bike ride from the Near South Community Bike Kitchen to the Governor's Mansion protest at 9pm. Host: Adam Hintz
14. Aug 5, 9-10pm Shine a Light on Heineman
1425 H St., Lincoln, 68508
Meet at the Governor's Mansion with a flashlight. We'll shine our flashlights to show him we are watching and keeping him accountable on the pipeline. Host: Jane Kleeb
15. Aug 6, 11am-1pm Book Drive at Parrish Studios
1416 O St., 2nd floor, Lincoln, 68508
The ink spot gallery / 'for change' library will be open all weekend.
First friday gallery reception, Aug 5, 6-9pm
'For change library,' Aug 6 & 7, 10am-1pm
ALL donations / proceeds to the 'for change' book drive go to support boldnebraska.org initiatives against the pipeline.
16. Aug 6, 2pm Poets who stand with Randy
140 N 8th St., Lincoln, 68508
A collection of Nebraska's finest poets will read water haiku and other poems in honor of the Sand Hills and the Aquifer at Crescent Moon Coffee. Hosts: Jim and May Pipher
17. Aug 6, 2-4pm Drink In to stand with with Randy
17201 NW 40th St., Raymond, 68428
We'll be offering WATER--good & clean well water from our own farm well--to Stand with Randy. We'll offer other drinks made with water too like lemonade, coffee & tea.
Pretty simple, just taking a little while to appreciate water the life it gives us, the animals & plants we grow here. It's our responsibility to take care of it, and corporate greed shouldn't pre-empt that responsibility. Hosts: Ruth Chantry
18. Aug 6, 2:30-6pm Bands Against the Tar Sands
6056 Maple St., Omaha, 68104
Join us at the PS Collective (adjoining The Pizza Shoppe in Benson) for an event featuring music by various local bands (such as the Prairie Gators' fabulous Cajun Louisiana French rhythms) and smaller acts by other artists in between sets (think poetry, drama, whatever we can come up with). Host: Jane Wilson
Suggested Donation: $5
19. Aug 6, 5pm Water Play
7521 Nemaha St., Lincoln, 68506
Play in the water in my backyard, build your own aquifer, enjoy snacks and beverages...and learn why what you can do to protect the Sand Hills of Nebraska. Host: Mary Jane Bruce
20. Aug 6, 5pm-midnight Beer and Brats for Randy
801 10th St, Stanton, 68779
Beer and Brats for an unbelievably low price! At the Uptown Brewery, Stanton, Nebraska, a 30-year-old award-winning restaurant in Northeast Nebraska. 12 beers on tap! Come grab a bite and a brew, talk about the pipeline, and hear stories from landowners along the first Keystone pipeline route. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 5-7 from 5 p.m. to close!
21. Aug 6, 7pm "Dirty Oil" screening at Meadowlark
1624 South Street, Lincoln, 68502
We will be screening the documentary "Dirty Oil", a film about Tar Sands Production. The movie starts at 7pm at Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso. Host: Adam Hintz
22. Aug 6, 6-9pm Burt Co Farmers Union Stands with Randy
505 W Fulton St, Oakland, 68045
NeFU Public Affairs Director Graham Christensen & Burt Co Farmers Union will have a booth with informational material at the Horse Arena at the Burt County Fair in Oakland. Stop by if you are in the area!
Also will have information on the Vic Jensen Defense Fund & many more issues. Host: Graham Christensen
23.Aug 6, 6pm-? Barbecue and Tunes to Save the Sand Dunes
1418 S. 20th St., Lincoln, 68502
Backyard Barbecue in Near South neighborhood. We'll grill some Sandhills-grazed, organic grass-fed beef and play a few tunes. Bring whatever you might like to eat/drink/share/make music with and we'll have a good time standing with Randy on a Saturday eve. Host: Mark Wolberg
24.Aug 6, 7-10pm Piping Up For Randy
302 S 38th St, Omaha, 68131
Nebraska Voices is holding a poetry and essay reading for Piping Up against the TransCanada pipeline. Space for the event has kindly been donated by McFoster's Natural Kind Cafe. (Parking across the street to the East has been approved.)
Writers and poets, will share their work.
Please watch our website, NebraskaVoices.com (which is currently under construction) for details. Host: Erin Arellano
25. Aug 7, 11am-1pm The Brunch Bunch Stand With Randy!
2616 N. 125th Ave., Omaha, 68164
Friends, neighbors, relatives, hitchhikers, window salespeople, (basically, anyone who happens along) are welcome to join us for brunch at the Clark-Geiser deck/backyard to celebrate being Nebraskan and standing up for protecting the resources we are so lucky to have. We Stand With Randy! P.S. If you want to eat, please RSVP, so we will have a buncha brunch and plenty for all. Host: Shelly Geiser
26. Aug 7, 2pm An Enemy of the People
3901 N. 27th, Lincoln, 68521
This will be a dramatic reading of Henrik Iben's famous play about a physician who, in attempting to rid his town of contaminated water, instead is labeled An Enemy of the People. We will read select scenes, and hope to have discussion afterward. Host: Pippa White
27. Aug 7, 2pm-5pm Rural writers stand with Randy
801 East Benjamin Ave, Norfolk, 68701
Poetry and writers from people around Norfolk. Host: Neil Harrison
28. Aug 7, 4-5:30pm Nonviolent Direct Action Workshop
701 P Street #102, Lincoln, 68508
Tired of rallies and marches? Come down to Indigo Bridge Books for a flash workshop in nonviolent direct action. Learn how to become more effective as an activist by picking up useful models of strategy and brainstorming with fellow Nebraskans. THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR EVERYONE INTERESTED IN CHANGE- whether you've spent three days in a tree halting coal mining or you want to start by learning what nonviolent direct action even is. There's a good chance food will be involved... Host: Alexa Ross
29. Aug 7, 4-8pm Africans Stand with Randy
29th and A, Lincoln, 68502
Antelope Park rally with Sudanese singers, African music and two dance groups. Host: Mohamed Jalloh
30. Aug 7, 4-10pm Duggan's Pub – Lincoln Musicians Stand With Randy
11th & K St, Lincoln, 68502
FREE SHOW featuring: Kickin' Back, The Hundred Miles, The Jerry Pranksters, The Tijuana Gigolos, Lloyd McCarter and the Honky Tonk Revival, and Shaun Sparks and the Wounded Animals. Host: Marty Steinhausen
31. Aug 7, 5pm-midnight Beer and Brats for Randy
801 10th St, Stanton, 68779
Beer and Brats for an unbelievably low price! At the Uptown Brewery, Stanton, Nebraska, a 30-year-old award-winning restaurant in Northeast Nebraska. 12 beers on tap! Come grab a bite and a brew, talk about the pipeline, and hear stories from landowners along the first Keystone pipeline route. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 5-7 from 5 p.m. to close!
32. Aug 7, 6-9pm Lincoln Musicians Stand With Randy
136 N. 14th St., Lincoln, 68508
This will be a concert at the Zoo Bar featuring Lincoln musical acts Manny Coon, Dr. John Walker, and The Amalgamators. Live music, perhaps a little poetry, and maybe even an appearance by Randy himself! Host: Ben Gotschall