Arts News
October 11th, 2022
‘The Cake’ in the 98th season of Omaha Community Playhouse
The Omaha community playhouse continues its 98th season with the Cake. At The Howard Drew Theatre, they started showing “The Cake” last Friday.
October 10th, 2022
Berko’s Journey Highlights Omaha’s Immigrant History
KVNO’s 50th Anniversary Celebration is October 21st, and composer Stacy Garrop was commissioned by KVNO to write a work for our anniversary. The work tells the story of her great-grandfather’s journey.
October 7th, 2022
Gypsy jazz style, in the lawn
This weekend is the last of the outdoors Vespers concerts, and this time they bring a group with “Gypsy Jazz style”.
October 5th, 2022
Between Two Covers
Brent Spencer reviews David Milch’s “Life’s Work.” The book lifts the curtain on the author’s storied – and sometimes dark – life.
October 4th, 2022
Opera and Bagels
Gallery 1516 presents; ‘Bagels and Sometimes Bach’ performance in collaboration with Opera Omaha.
September 26th, 2022
The Omaha Community Playhouse Kicks Off Their 98th Season
The Omaha Community Playhouse 98th season is opening with its first musical, School of Rock, based on the Paramount movie by Mike White and Book by Julian Fellowes
September 21st, 2022
Good October Reads
Ted Wheeler of Dundee Books presents a guide to October reading.
September 20th, 2022
KVNO Classical Kid Composes Work for KVNO Anniversary
KVNO commissioned noted young composer and former KVNO Classical Kid Winston Schneider to write a work for our 50th Anniversary. “Anniversary Overture” will have its world premiere at the Omaha Symphony’s season opener September 23 and 24.
September 16th, 2022
Chicago band brings Eastern European Jewish folk music to Omaha
The common usage of the term Klezmer developed about 1980. A klezmer was a male professional instrumental musician, usually Jewish, who played in a band hired for special occasions in eastern European communities.