National Geographic Live Series Begins in February at Holland Performing Arts Center

The first speaker in the 2016 National Geographic Live! series at Holland Performing Arts Center has been stalked by jaguars in Brazil, charged by a grizzly in Siberia, and trapped in quicksand in the world's largest tiger reserve in Myanmar. He's flown over erupting volcanoes and visited isolated villages where residents had never before seen a blond foreigner - or a camera!

Omaha Performing Arts presents National Geographic Live's "On the Trail of Big Cats: Tigers, Cougars, and Snow Leopards" with Steve Winter in the Kiewit Hall at the Holland Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $10, and are available at TicketOmaha.com, 402-345-0606 or at the Ticket Omaha Office inside the Holland Center, 1200 Douglas St. In-kind sponsor for the performance is David M. Mangelsen's.

At "On the Trail of Big Cats," audience members will go around the world in search of big cats with award-winning National Geographic photographer Steve Winter. A determined explorer, Winter will lead the audience from Asian jungles where resilient tiger populations persist, to the Himalaya, home of the rare snow leopard, and on to the iconic "Hollywood" sign in pursuit of the American cougar. He'll share both dangerous and lighter moments: from getting stuck in quicksand to mishaps with remote-controlled cameras.