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A rundown of entertaining events in North Platte and Lincoln County:
Ongoing
Prairie Arts Center (416 N. Jeffers) — Artwork by cast metal artist and sculptor Woody Stauffer. The center is open Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission.
Golden Ticket Cinemas, District 177 Mall (1000 S. Dewey) – Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Elemental, No Hard Feelings, Indiana Jones and the Dual of Destiny, Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, Sound of Freedom, Insidious: The Red Door and Joy Ride. Subject to change.
Cody Park – Concessions each day & evening. Kid’s carnival rides. Mon-Thurs. 5-10 pm. Fri-Sun. Noon -10 p.m.
Thursday, July 6
Prairie Arts Center (416 N. Jeffers) — Summer Kids Art Class. Kids age 8-11 create a crawling caterpillar with mixed media. $15. 10 a.m.-noon.
Iron Horse Park (2901 S. Jeffers) — Youth Fishing Day. Free. All supplies provided. 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Lincoln County Raceway (5015 Rodeo Road) — Dirt drag racing. $5. 6-8 p.m. Fireworks afterwards.
Buffalo Bill State Historical Park (2921 Scouts Rest Ranch Rd) — North Platte Pow Wow, Tipi Raising. 6-8 p.m.
Fort Cody Trading Post (221 Halligan Dr.) — Fort Cody Summer Music Series with Brandon Hockett, a country singer from Oklahoma. $4. Bring a lawn chair. 6-8 p.m.
Pal’s Brewery (4520 S. Buffalo Bill) — Brewery Comedy Tour. Buy tickets at purplepass.com. 7-8:30 p.m.
Friday, July 7
Prairie Arts Center (416 N. Jeffers) — 10 year anniversary celebration. Open house with artist demonstrations and live music by The Wildwoods and James Burke. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. No charge.
Nebraskaland National Bank (1400 S. Dewey) — Platte River Cruise Night. 5-7 p.m. registration and social. Kids Cruise in the parking lot from 7-8 p.m. 5-10 p.m.
North Platte’s one-way streets (Dewey & Jeffers) — Platte River Cruise. Cruise “the ones.” 5 p.m. through the evening. Freestyle burnouts at Advance Auto. The normal “cruise the ones” route will be shortened to avoid construction. Cars will turn around at Luigi’s at E Street. Heading north, vehicles can travel Jeffers / U.S. 83 all the way to 18th, loop around the Bill Wood baseball field and return on Jeffers, organizer Rob Cappa said. The Cruise continues downtown Saturday and Sunday.
Peg Leg Brewery (2519 Halligan Dr) — Live music by No Drinking On Grounds. 7-9 p.m.
Lincoln County Raceway (5015 Rodeo Road) — Junior Go Kart races. 7-9 p.m.
Buffalo Bill State Historical Park (2921 Scouts Rest Ranch Rd) — North Platte Pow Wow. $7 for one night or $15 for weekend. 7-10 p.m. Continues all day Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
Cody Park — Municipal Band concert. No charge. 7:30-9 p.m.
Saturday, July 8
Buffalo Bill State Historical Park (2921 Scouts Rest Ranch Rd) — North Platte Pow Wow and O Say Can You See PTSD Awareness Walk. $7 for one night or $15 for weekend. All day. Awareness walk at 8 a.m. Grand entry at 1 and 7 p.m.
Canteen District, Downtown — Platte River Cruise. Cruise “the ones.” With Poker Run, freestyle motocross and more. All day.
Parkade Plaza (225 E. 6th) —- Original Farmer’s Market of North Platte. 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Francis St. Square parking lot (601 E. Francis) – Triple Bee flea market. 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Salvation Army (1020 N. Adams) — Sacred Oath Patriot Potluck. A potluck for veterans and their families. 5:30-8 p.m.
Fox Theater (5th & Bailey) — Movies at the Fox: Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse. $5. Two showings: 3-5:30 and 7-9:30 p.m.
Bill Wood Field (18th & Sycamore) — Movie night at the ballpark: Cars. Bring a lawn chair. $5. 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Another Round (1008 W. 18th) — Live music by Hemlock and Dollarhyde. $20. 7-10 p.m.
Lake Maloney Golf Course (608 Birdie Ln) — Dueling Pianos with Killer Keyz. Call (308) 532-9998 to purchase tickets. 9-11 p.m.
Sunday, July 9
Buffalo Bill State Historical Park (2921 Scouts Rest Ranch Rd) — North Platte Pow Wow. $7. All day. Grand entry at 1 p.m.
Scooter’s Coffee (1400 S. Dewey) — Cars & Coffee. An informal gathering of Cruise Night attendees. 8-10 a.m.
Double Dips Ice Creamery (522 N. Dewey) — All You Can Eat Pancake Feed. Freewill donation. 8-11 a.m.
Old Alco Building (201 E. 6th) — Platte River Cruise Night Car Parts Swap Meet. 8 a.m.-noon.
D&N Event Center (501 E. Walker Rd) — North Platte Pow Wow 3-on-3 basketball tournament. $40 per team. 2-7 p.m.
North Platte Senior Center (900 E. 10th) — Dance to Kylie and Co. 2-5 p.m. $10.
Fox Theater (5th & Bailey) — Movies at the Fox: Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse. $5. 3-5:30 p.m.
Centennial Park (Oak & Leota) — Family soccer tournament. Free admission. 4-8 p.m.
Monday, July 10
North Platte Area Children’s Museum (314 N. Jeffers) — Kids Day Camp. $15 for members. $30 for non-members. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
North Platte Community College, north campus (1101 Halligan Dr) — Open house of new home built by construction students. 4-6 p.m. An auction is underway for the home. Bids will be accepted at the college until July 11.
Pal’s Brewery (4520 S. Buffalo Bill) — Trivia night. Prizes for top three contestants. 6 p.m.
Tuesday, July 11
Fox Theater (5th & Bailey) — Children’s Summer Theater Camp. $75. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
The ARTivity Center at Field of Dreams Farm (26070 S. US Highway 83, 12 miles south of NP) — Children’s Art Workshop. Children paint butterlies inspired by Waiting for WIngs by Lois Ehlert with watercolors and oil pastels. $10. Sign-up at artivity.fun/summer-workshops. 10-11 a.m.
Parkade Plaza (225 E. 6th) —- Original Farmer’s Market of North Platte. 3-6 p.m.
Iron Horse Park (2901 S. Jeffers) — Kayak Cleanup event. Kayak and pick up trash along the lake. 6-8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 12
Prairie Arts Center (416 N. Jeffers) — Summer Kids Art Class. Kids age 4-7 paint a flower pot and receive seeds to plant. $10. 10 a.m.-noon.
Another Round (1008 W. 18th) — Trivia Night. 7-9 p.m.
North Platte Senior Center (900 E. 10th) — Dance with Top Shelf Country. 7-10 p.m. $10.
Thursday, July 13
Prairie Arts Center (416 N. Jeffers) — Summer Kids Art Class. Kids age 8-11 create pop art with graffiti style patterns. $10. 10 a.m.-noon.
Fort Cody Trading Post (221 Halligan Dr.) — Fort Cody Summer Music Series with Strawberry Jam and The Littlest Birds. $4. Bring a lawn chair. 6-8 p.m.
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