Dr. C’s Private Art Collection Opens Downtown This Weekend
Madrid, NE · October 1, 2026
A cool October drizzle is holding down the field dust early today, offering a solid excuse to linger over a second mug of coffee. Take your time getting rolling, but make note of a lively slate heading into the weekend.
The Lead
Downtown Grant’s Meadowlark Gallery is opening its doors this weekend for a monthlong showcase featuring the private art collection of longtime local physician Dr. Clifford Colglazier. Curated under the title "Dr. C’s Collection," the exhibition brings dozens of personally acquired landscape paintings, original prints, and contemporary regional works out of private display and into the public eye starting Friday.
For art enthusiasts across Perkins County, the exhibition offers a rare look at pieces gathered over decades of regional travel and community patronage. Gallery volunteers spent earlier this week hanging the diverse selection following the departure of September’s statewide traveling show.
Meadowlark will welcome visitors every Friday and Saturday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 PM through the end of the month. The official public open house takes place Saturday evening, featuring live acoustic music alongside light refreshments on Central Avenue.
Today's Outlook
- High 65°F · Low 49°F — Drizzle (30% chance of precipitation)
- Keep a light rain shell handy for damp walks and overcast morning chores.
What's On Around Town
Today
Senior Center Wellness Hour Perkins County Senior Center (420 Central Ave), Grant, 11:00 AM–Noon · Free Quick health screenings and friendly conversation before the midday meal.
Gothenburg Cross Country Invitational Wildhorse Golf Club (40938 Drive 768), Gothenburg, 4:00 PM · Free Plainsmen runners take on a competitive field over rolling sandhills turf.
Tomorrow
- Plainsmen Football vs. Hemingford Ed Haenfler Football Field (740 Sherman Ave), Grant, 7:00 PM · Paid
Saturday
- Bubba's Smoked & Loaded Farewell Night Second Chapter Brewing (203 W A St), Ogallala, 4:00–7:00 PM
Spotlight & Story
- Perkins County Community Foundation Fund
- Organized in December 2003 with volunteer delegates from Madrid, Elsie, Grant, and Venango, this permanent endowment now approaches $700,000. It returns roughly $30,000 annually to local towns, quietly bankrolling Madrid's neighborhood park improvements, town cleanup drives, and community betterment efforts.
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