TICKETS | SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Join the Nebraska Cultural Endowment in celebrating 25 years of statewide support for the arts and humanities. NCE is honored to welcome United States Poet Laureate Ada Limón, who will give a reading of her work and share the stage with Nebraska State Poet Matt Mason and Nebraska Poetry Out Loud Champion Amelia Escalante. All proceeds support the Nebraska Cultural Endowment’s mission of cultivating a legacy of stability, advocacy and leadership for the arts and humanities in Nebraska.
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Holland Performing Arts Center, Omaha
Patron Reception 5:30 p.m.
Program 7 p.m.
– Welcome Remarks
– Reading by Ada Limón, 24th Poet Laureate of the United States
– Reading by Amelia Escalante, Nebraska Poetry Out Loud Champion
– Conversation with Ada Limón, Amelia Escalante and Matt Mason, Nebraska State Poet
– Book signing to follow
Honorary Event Chairs: Dr. Amy Haddad and Steve Martin
Masks will be required for the book signing and provided for your convenience.
Patron Ticket
$250
Ticket for 1 to the NCE25 patron reception with drinks & heavy hors d’oeuvres (5:30 p.m.), and priority seating for the program (7 p.m.) in the concert hall. Limited valet parking will be available.
When purchasing, please enter the total dollar amount for your order (e.g., $250 for 1 ticket, $500 for 2 tickets).
Featured Guests
Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Her book Bright Dead Things was nominated for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Her work has been supported most recently by a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was the host of the critically-acclaimed poetry podcast, The Slowdown. She grew up in Sonoma, California and now lives in Lexington, Kentucky where she writes and teaches remotely. Her new book of poetry, The Hurting Kind, is out now from Milkweed Editions. She is the 24th Poet Laureate of The United States.
Matt Mason is the Nebraska State Poet and was Executive Director of the Nebraska Writers Collective from 2009-2022. Through the U.S. State Department, he has run workshops in Botswana, Romania, Nepal, and Belarus. Mason is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and the Nebraska Arts Council, and is a speaker in the Humanities Nebraska Speakers Bureau.
NCE25 Sponsorships Opportunities
The Nebraska Cultural Endowment is grateful for the sponsorship support allowing us to celebrate our 25th anniversary with an unforgettable evening featuring our country’s most prominent poet. Our event sponsors will be acknowledged across all event materials, and sponsorships received by March 10 will be recognized on the NCE25 event invitation.
Platinum Sponsor — $25,000
• Platinum-level recognition with name and/or logo on all event materials
• Full page thank you in event program
• Tickets for 10 to the patron reception and program
• Complimentary valet parking
Gold Sponsor — $15,000
• Gold-level recognition with name and/or logo on all event materials
• Tickets for 10 to the patron reception and program
• Complimentary valet parking
Silver Sponsor — $10,000
• Silver-level recognition with name and/or logo on all event materials
• Tickets for 8 to the patron reception and program
• Complimentary valet parking
Bronze Sponsor — $5,000
• Bronze-level recognition with name and/or logo on all event materials
• Tickets for 6 to the patron reception and program
• Complimentary valet parking
Supporter — $1,000
• Supporter-level recognition with named listing on all event materials
• Tickets for 2 to the patron reception and program
• Complimentary valet parking
For sponsorship questions, contact NCE Executive Director Maggie Smith at msmith@nebraskaculture.org.
Contributions by mail can be sent to:
Nebraska Cultural Endowment
1004 Farnam Street, Plaza Level
Omaha, NE 68102.
In partnership with the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, the Nebraska Arts Council and Humanities Nebraska invest significant resources each year into the vitality of communities within our state. When you support the NCE, you support your community.
