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Poster for Kaneko’s “The Art of Love, Creative Pairings” Valentine’s Day event featuring the shadows of two people forming a heart shape.

February 11th, 2026

Kaneko Celebrates Creativity and Connection with Valentine’s Event

Kaneko’s Valentine’s event, The Art of Love, brings together art, wine, chocolate, and live music, offering visitors a creative and welcoming way to celebrate the season in Omaha’s Old Market.

A promotional poster for Great Plains Theatre Commons’ newest production, “Ways to Win the Woods”. A toy house sits atop a pile of colorful hard candy with bold text displaying the title of the play.

February 10th, 2026

Ways to Win the Woods is Not the Fairytale You Remember

Great Plains Theatre Commons explores the power of community and the experience of homelessness in its new production, Ways to Win the Woods, inspired by Hansel and Gretel. The show premieres on the 13th at the Hoff Center for Performing Arts at 7 p.m.

Promotional poster for BlueBarn Theatre’s production of The Heart Sellers featuring two birds sitting on a fork against a red dotted background.

February 6th, 2026

BlueBarn Theatre Explores Identity and Belonging in The Heart Sellers

The Heart Sellers explores immigrant identity and belonging in 1970s America at BlueBarn Theatre.

February 5th, 2026

Pass the Popcorn: Film Streams and Oscar Season Picks

This week on Pass the Popcorn, Arts Today spotlights Film Streams’ Oscar-season screenings and standout small-screen picks, including two powerful documentaries.

A “Between Two Covers” segment poster is displayed at The Bookworm bookstore, surrounded by bookshelves and reading displays.

February 4th, 2026

Finding Warmth in Winter Reads at The Bookworm

Looking for the perfect book to get you through February? Our latest Between Two Covers visit to The Bookworm offers cozy reading recommendations for winter days.

February 3rd, 2026

Opera Omaha 2026–2027 Season

Opera Omaha’s 2026–2027 season brings together free outdoor performances, beloved classics like La Bohème, a brand-new family opera, and a rarely heard Handel masterpiece, offering something for every listener and every stage of life.

Portrait of Meghann Henry, Executive Director of the Omaha Conservatory of Music, smiling and seated in a bright music studio. Image provided by Meghann Henry.

February 2nd, 2026

Meghann Henry on the Power of the Arts

For Meghann Henry music education is not just about notes or technique. It is about mentorship growth and helping people realize what they are capable of through the arts.

BLUEBARN Theatre's Little Free Pantry, painted blue with a clear glass door and a 3D printed sign that spells out BLUEBARN on the top, is shown photographed outside the theatre with a cream border.

January 30th, 2026

Take What You Need from BLUEBARN Theatre’s Little Free Pantry

While the weather may be cold outside, it is the warmth of the local community that makes all the difference in the winter months. BLUEBARN Theatre is maintaining a new permanent resource for whoever may need it with their Little Free Pantry. BLUEBARN Theatre Producing Artistic Director and CEO Susan Clement says that the idea for the pantry came from running food drives in the past.

An artist uses a metal grinder, sending sparks flying while working on a sculpture at the Hot Shops Art Center in Omaha.

January 27th, 2026

Hot Shops Art Center, Where Artists Find Community and Space to Create

For twenty five years, Hot Shops Art Center has been a home for Omaha artists, offering affordable studio space, public access to the creative process, and a community where making art is treated as essential work, not a luxury.