Events Paws to Read, an opportunity for youth ages 5-11 to practice their reading skills by reading aloud to a registered therapy animal and handler, 10-11:30 p.m. June 8 at Kearney Public Library at 2020 First Ave.

308-233-3282; KearneyLib.org . Free admission.

Wagons West Celebration, 10 a.m.-1 p.

m. June 8 at Trails & Rails Museum at 710 W. 11th St.

308-234-3041; BCHS.us . The event features family activities, live music, food, exhibitors, pioneer demonstrations and games for children.

Free admission. Screening of “Beauty and the Beast,” 1991, rated G, 6:30 p.m.

June 9 at The World Theatre at 2318 Central Ave. 308-234-8046; TheWorldTheatre.org .

Free admission. “Backyard Farmer” live at Hastings College, presented by Nebraska Public Media, 4:30 p.m.

June 10. Family activities and Q. and 6 p.

m., show begins. Be part of the audience, at Perkins Library at 705 E.

Seventh St., on the campus of Hastings College, Hastings. Free admission.

For more information call 800-634-6788; NebraskaPublicMedia.org . PBS KIDS Family Event featuring a fun family workshop exploring art with Alma from “Alma’s Way,” presented by Nebraska Public Media, 10 a.

m. June 11. Kearney Public Library at 2020 First Ave.

308-233-3282; KearneyLib.org .Free admission.

For more information call 800-634-6788; NebraskaPublicMedia.org . “Neighbors in Conflict: Civilian Participation through Nebraska’s World War II Army Airfields,” part of the Brown Bag Lecture Series, presented by Amber Alexande.