What to do this weekend - May 21, 2026

Thursday, May 21
Film: Blue Heron

+ When: 5 pm | 7 pm
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10 matinee | $12 evening show

More details about the film: "In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha and her family relocate to a new home on Vancouver Island, but their fresh start is interrupted by increasingly dangerous behavior from the eldest son, Jeremy. At wit’s end, their parents are presented with a shattering choice. Award-winning director Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is a lyrical and profound testament to the things we carry with us, masterfully chronicling the haze of a languid summer and the hyaline clarity of the moments that defined it."

More showings through May 28!

Thursday, May 21
Film: The Man Who Saves The World?

+ When: 5:10 pm | 7:10 pm
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10 matinee | $12 evening show

More details about the film: "Resurrection, ancient prophecies, and globe-spanning adventures—this is the outrageous true story of Patrick McCollum, an eccentric spiritual leader who’s been identified by Indigenous Elders as the man foretold to fulfill a sacred prophecy to save the Amazon. Pulled into Patrick’s world, acclaimed director Gabe Polsky embarks on a surreal journey where the absurd and the profound blur, and nothing is quite what it seems."

Last chance to see this at the Ross!

Friday, May 22
Film: Mr Burton

+ When: 5 pm | 7:30 pm
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10 matinee | $12 evening show

More details about the film: "Based on a remarkable true story, discover how the poor son of a miner became Richard Burton, one of the greatest actors the world has ever known, with the help of an unlikely mentor."

More showings through June 4!

Saturday, May 23
Plants: PlantNebraska Sale

+ When: 9 am to noon
+ Where: Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Greenhouse, 2150 N 38th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free but there will be items (plants!) available for purchase.

More details: "Native and well-adapted plants suited to Nebraska’s climate and growing conditions will be available for purchase, including trees, shrubs, perennial flowers, grasses and herbs. PlantNebraska members receive a 15% discount on plant purchases. PlantNebraska accepts debit and credit cards and checks at its plant sales; no cash, please. All proceeds support PlantNebraska programs, which include tree planting, garden making and environmental education across the state."

Wednesday, May 27
Crafting: Craft Social with Community Critters

+ When: 5:30 pm
+ Where: Reactor, 2124 Y St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!

More details: "Come as you are. Come for community, come for crafting, come to share a skill! There is a closer [locked] door so if there are accessibility needs, message us and we can assist!"

Wednesday, May 27
Music: Lincoln Community Foundation Garden Performance Series presents The Shucks Brothers!

+ When: noon to 1 pm
+ Where: Lincoln Community Foundation Garden, 1421 N St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!

More details: A trio of brothers playing bluegrass, country and swing.

Friday, May 29
Film: The Christophers

+ When: Showtimes TBD
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10 matinee | $12 evening show

More details about the film: "Julian Sklar (Ian McKellen) was once a star of London’s 1960’s and 70’s pop art explosion, but he hasn’t painted in decades and has been broke for years. His two estranged children (James Corden, Jessica Gunning), desperate for an inheritance, hire Lori, an art restorer and former forger (Michaela Coel), to pose as a prospective assistant in order to access 8 unfinished canvases Julian has buried deep in storage. Her plan is to complete them, then return them to storage, where they are to be “discovered” upon Julian’s death."

More showings through June 11!

Wednesday, June 3
Film: Love From Ground Zero

+ When: 7:30 pm
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10

More details about the film: "Three strangers drive from New York to Montana with the ashes of a mutual friend, Henry. Using old postcards as their road map, the threesome Henrys Southern girlfriend (Jacqueline McKenzie), his drifting college buddy (Simon Baker), and his childhood friend (Pruitt Taylor-Vince) head out west in search of his final resting place. What they find along the way are pieces of themselves and their friend that lay hidden in the murky landscape between life and loss."

Part of the Made in Nebraska 2026 summer series!

Friday, June 5
Film: Lewerentz Divine Darkness

+ When: Showtimes TBD
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10 matinee | $12 evening show

More details about the film: "Sigurd Lewerentz is one of the most famous Swedish architects, considered a master of the profession internationally. His unique solutions were decades ahead of their time. Lewerentz did not want to be filmed or interviewed. His person, like his buildings, is surrounded by a mysterious aura. But in a root cellar in Lund, there is an unknown treasure. Film reels and audio tapes recorded by the architect Bernt Nyberg with Lewerentz during his last years are stored here. From the cellar, a culturalhistorical journey begins, where the stylistic traces of Lewerentz within Nordic architecture become palpable. Classicism and modernism converge in a poetic brutality that awakens our deepest and most archaic cultural memories."

More showings through June 11!

Saturday, June 6
Film: The Wizard of Oz

+ When: 11:30 am
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!

More details about the film: Part of the Family Film Fest! Tickets must be picked up at the box office on the day of the show.

Saturday, June 6
Music: Concrete Soul

+ When: 2 to 6 pm
+ Where: Union Plaza Amphitheater, N 21st St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!

More details: There will be live music music, vendors and an outdoor bar!

Monday, June 8
Film: Aanikoobijigan [Ancestor / Great-Grandparent / Great-Grandchild]

+ When: Showtime TBD
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!

More details about the film: "In the sterile archives of museums our ancestor’s remains struggle to find their way home. The film follows the eleven indigenous repatriation specialists that make up MACPRA (Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Preservation & Repatriation Alliance). Through an essayistic approach the film takes a critical look at the reasoning that justified unearthing and collecting them in the first place, and presents vérité portraits of the courageous individuals doing the hard and emotionally draining work of fighting for their return."

Tuesday, June 9
Music: Jazz in June: Tammy McCann

+ When: 5 pm (food festival) | 7 pm (music)
+ Where: Sheldon Sculpture Garden (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free! | VIP tickets also available

More details: "Internationally acclaimed vocalist Tammy McCann from Chicago brings a powerful, sultry, and deeply expressive voice that blends classical technique, gospel soul, and jazz storytelling to create a sound entirely her own. From Carnegie Hall to Jazz at Lincoln Center, and alongside legends like Ray Charles and Branford Marsalis, McCann delivers performances that are as electrifying as they are unforgettable."

Wednesday, June 10
Film: Elizabethtown

+ When: 7:30 pm
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10

More details about the film: "Aspiring young shoe designer Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) gets fired from his high-profile job after the failure of his latest project. To make matters worse, his girlfriend, Ellen (Jessica Biel), leaves him, and he becomes suicidal. Drew’s morbid plans are interrupted by the news of his father’s death, and he is called back to his Kentucky hometown. On his flight home, he meets the lovely Claire (Kirsten Dunst), a sunny flight attendant who tries to help him embrace life once again."

Part of the Made in Nebraska 2026 summer series!

Friday, June 12
Film: Esta Isla

+ When: Showtimes TBD
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10 matinee | $12 evening show

More details about the film: "Bebo, a teenager scraping by in a coastal town in Puerto Rico, lives with his older brother in a public housing complex. Fishing is their lifeline, but as desperation grows, they’re drawn into illegal activities that promise quick money but come with dangerous consequences. When a deal goes wrong and blood is spilled, Bebo is forced to flee with his girlfriend Lola, a girl from a wealthy family who’s equally eager to escape her own troubled life."

More showings through June 18!

Friday, June 12
Film: Tuner

+ When: Showtimes TBD
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10 matinee | $12 evening show

More details about the film: "In Academy Award-winning director Daniel Roher’s first narrative feature, Leo Woodall stars as a gifted young piano tuner whose heightened sense of hearing draws the attention of criminals, who see his talents as useful for opening safes as well as for tuning Steinways. With his once-promising musical career over, he works across New York with his mentor Harry Horowitz (Academy Award-winner Dustin Hoffman), encountering a range of characters, including composition student Ruthie (Havana Rose Liu), with whom he forges an unexpected connection. Niki’s safecracking work threatens his budding romance with Ruthie and pulls him into increasingly dangerous territory."

More showings through June 25!

Saturday, June 13
Film: The Muppet Movie

+ When: 11:30 am
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!

More details about the film: Part of the Family Film Fest! Tickets must be picked up at the box office on the day of the show.

Sunday, June 14
Film: The Great Dictator

+ When: 1:30 pm
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10

More details about the film: "In his controversial masterpiece The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure talkie, brings his sublime physicality to two roles: the cruel yet clownish “Tomainian” dictator and the kindly Jewish barber who is mistaken for him. Featuring Jack Oakie and Paulette Goddard in stellar supporting turns, The Great Dictator, boldly going after the fascist leader before the U.S.’s official entry into World War II, is an audacious amalgam of politics and slapstick that culminates in Chaplin’s famously impassioned speech."

A one-day only showing!

Tuesday, June 16
Music: Jazz in June: Jackie Allen and Hans Sturm

+ When: 5 pm (food festival) | 7 pm (music)
+ Where: Sheldon Sculpture Garden (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free! | VIP tickets also available

More details: "Acclaimed jazz vocalist Jackie Allen brings world-class artistry with a hometown connection. Praised by Rolling Stone for her “four-hundred-dollar-a-bottle jazz,” Allen’s luminous voice has graced stages from The Blue Note to global festivals worldwide. Joined by acclaimed bassist Hans Sturm, she delivers performances of remarkable musicality, storytelling, and chemistry—an unforgettable night of jazz at its finest."

Wednesday, June 17
Film: Up In The Air

+ When: 7:30 pm
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10

More details about the film: "An idea from a young, new co-worker (Anna Kendrick) would put an end to the constant travel of corporate downsizer Ryan Bingham (George Clooney), so he takes her on a tour to demonstrate the importance of face-to-face meetings with those they must fire. While mentoring his colleague, he arranges hookups with another frequent-flier (Vera Farmiga), and his developing feelings for the woman prompt him to see others in a new light."

Part of the Made in Nebraska 2026 summer series!

Friday, June 19
Film: The Celluloid Closet (30th anniversary screening)

+ When: Showtimes TBD
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10 matinee | $12 evening show

More details about the film: "The history of LGBTQ+ representation in Hollywood is traced from early coded portrayals and damaging stereotypes to more open and nuanced depictions. Narrator Lily Tomlin reflects on cinema’s role in shaping—and distorting—queer visibility. Collecting footage from over 100 movies and interviews with many of the filmmakers and actors who created them (including Tom Hanks, Shirley MacLaine, Susan Sarandon, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Curtis, and Gore Vidal), The Celluloid Closet is a funny and insightful look at a changing century."

More showings through June 25!

Saturday, June 20
Film: The Princess Bride

+ When: 11:30 am
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!

More details about the film: Part of the Family Film Fest! Tickets must be picked up at the box office on the day of the show.

Tuesday, June 23
Music: Jazz in June: Josh Hoyer's Colossal 4

+ When: 5 pm (food festival) | 7 pm (music)
+ Where: Sheldon Sculpture Garden (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free! | VIP tickets also available

More details: "Get ready for an evening of gritty, high-octane soul and blues that’s equal parts Memphis, Motown, and modern fire. Fresh off a win at the International Blues Challenge, the Colossal 4’s sound is raw, authentic, and impossible to resist. Led by Josh Hoyer, the award-winning four-piece band includes Myles Jasnowski (guitar), Mike Keeling (bass) and Mike Rhian (drums). Inspired by the sounds of Stax, Motown, Muscle Shoals, New Orleans and San Francisco, the band continuously crosses musical boundaries both in style and era."

Wednesday, June 24
Film: The Aviation Cocktail

+ When: 7:30 pm
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10

More details about the film: "In the late 1950s, a hostage situation in rural Nebraska results in the tragic death of a young girl. While transporting the injured killer back to town, local sheriff Henry Fisher (Beau Kiger), his brother Jack (Michael Haskins) and sometimes friend Bob Halloran (Brandon Eaton) decide to indulge in vigilante justice, killing the murderer before he can be brought to trial. Although it seems like an easy decision at the time, it will come to haunt the three men and maybe even destroy them."

Part of the Made in Nebraska 2026 summer series!

Friday, June 26
Film: My Father's Shadow

+ When: Showtimes TBD
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10 matinee | $12 evening show

More details about the film: "The UK’s Best International Feature Film entry to the 98th Academy Awards and recipient of the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at Cannes, Akinola Davies Jr.’s My Father’s Shadow is a poetic, tender portrait of father–son bonds set amidst the political turbulence of 1993 Lagos."

More showings through July 9!

Friday, June 26
Film: Yes

+ When: Showtimes TBD
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10 matinee | $12 evening show

More details about the film: "One of international cinema’s most fearless and provocative filmmakers, Nadav Lapid has long been an outspoken critic of his birth country’s government policies, channeling a lifetime of fury and frustration into vital films like Synonyms and Ahed’s Knee that brim with righteous anger, spite, and shame. In Yes, Lapid once again takes vigorous critical aim at the Israeli government with a new approach: submission. "

More showings through July 9!

Saturday, June 27
Film: Queen of Katwe

+ When: 11:30 am
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!

More details about the film: Part of the Family Film Fest! Tickets must be picked up at the box office on the day of the show.

Saturday, June 27
Sports: No Coast Roller Derby

+ When: TBD
+ Where: Ice Box, 1880 Transformation Dr. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: TBD

More details about the film: "All home games for the 2026 season will be doubleheaders. More information about opponents, start times, and event details will be released in the coming weeks!"

Tuesday, June 30
Music: Jazz in June: The Downtown Collective

+ When: 5 pm (food festival) | 7 pm (music)
+ Where: Sheldon Sculpture Garden (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free! | VIP tickets also available

More details: "Celebrate the timeless genius of Stevie Wonder in this electrifying tribute from The Downtown Collective featuring a live 12-piece band! Fresh off their 2025 debut at the House of Blues Las Vegas, they are one of the Midwest’s premier entertainment groups performing for special events across the country with top musicians and infectious energy. Featuring both note-for-note renditions and their own creative new spins on hits like “Superstition,” “Sir Duke,” “Isn’t She Lovely,” “Don’t You Worry ‘Bout a Thing,” and “I Wish,” this concert brings Stevie’s music to life as the finale for Jazz in June’s 35th Anniversary Season."

Wednesday, July 1
Film: Nebraska

+ When: 7:30 pm
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N 13th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10

More details about the film: "Cantankerous old buzzard Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) can barely walk down the street of his home in Billings, Mont., without stopping for a drink. So when Woody receives a sweepstakes notice in the mail and insists on making a 750-mile trip to Lincoln, Neb., to collect his prize, it falls to baffled son David (Will Forte) to accompany him. During a stop in their Nebraska hometown, word gets out about Woody’s fortune, first making him a hero, then later, the target of predatory people."

Part of the Made in Nebraska 2026 summer series!