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First Friday from The Mill with Bob Hall, Linda Pawlenty & more!

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A Marvel illustrator, a truck-driving PhD author, and Grammy-nominated bluegrass artists converge in Lincoln's historic Haymarket.
The episode opens live from The Mill Coffee & Tea in downtown Lincoln, with host Genevieve Randall previewing segments on chamber music, truck driving, and visual arts. First guest Bob Hall, a Nebraska artist known for illustrating Spider-Man, Batman, and other comics, talks about his abstract painting retrospective 'Abstractions' opening at Wall Space LNK. Hall reveals he returned to Nebraska partly to search for information about his adoption, discusses his creative process across comics, painting, and theater, and announces a reading of King Lear he will perform. Next, Linda Pawlenty, a concrete mixer driver and PhD, discusses her memoir 'Clutch, an education at work,' which explores her dual life in trucking and academia. She reads a passage describing the dawn intimacy of truck driving and reflects on gender, class, and belonging in both worlds. The episode then features artist Keith Jacobshagen and gallery owner Buck Keechel discussing Jacobshagen's exhibition 'Field Studies to Paintings,' tracing 50 years of his work from plein air sketches to large oils, influenced by his experience flying small planes. Organizers Brooke Gettert and Dave Miller detail the Nebraska Bluegrass Concert Series, including an upcoming show with Grammy-winning fiddler Bronwyn Keith-Hines and local band The Bottletops, with Miller sharing his past touring with Barbara Mandrell. Finally, Nebraska Chamber Players members Joyce Besh and Becky Van de Bogart preview their season opener, highlighting a challenging bassoon piece by Bill Douglas and standard works by Mozart and Dvorak. The show closes with credits and reminders for upcoming Nebraska Public Media programming.

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A grounded Nebraska arts broadcast where comics, roots music, visual art, and workplace questions share the same table.

Friday Live settles into Mill Coffee and Tea in downtown Lincoln with an easy sense of place, using the morning broadcast to move through Nebraska arts, music, and work.

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You want roots music, comics history, and a candid look at workplace power.

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