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Welcome to the KVNO Arts Calendar!

 — dedicated to promoting the growth and appreciation of the arts in the Omaha community.

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Jazz Festival

Strauss Performing Arts Center 6001 Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182

The 2024 UNO/OPA Jazz Festival will take place at UNO on Friday, February 23 and at the Holland Center in downtown Omaha on Saturday, February 24. Friday will include daytime professional performances […]

Ongoing

Black Violin

Steelhouse Omaha 1100 Dodge St, Omaha

For nearly two decades, Black Violin has been merging string arrangements with modern beats and vocals to bring classical music to young, low-income urban students across the country. Join them as they make their stop in Steelhouse Omaha with the Omaha Community Playhouse.

$24

Neo-Custodians: Woven Narratives of Heritage, Cultural Memory, and Belonging

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts 724 S. 12th Street, Omaha

Neo-Custodians: Woven Narratives of Heritage, Cultural Memory, and Belonging focuses on the historical aspect of textiles as a vehicle for communication and representation. Linking this ancient form of expression to contemporary artworks inspired by this legacy, the thirteen artists in the exhibition engage intentionally with materials bearing complex histories.

Free
Event Series Paolo Arao: Reverberations

Paolo Arao: Reverberations

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts 724 S. 12th Street, Omaha

Paolo Arao makes sewn paintings, weavings, and site-responsive installations that are rooted in geometric abstraction. This exhibition will showcase Arao’s work over the past 5 years including work he began while a resident at Bemis Center in the spring of 2020 as well as site-specific installations utilizing the architecture of Bemis Center’s galleries.

Free
Event Series Hometown Heroes Exhibit

Hometown Heroes Exhibit

Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center 1001 South 6th Street, Council Bluffs

Embark on a captivating exploration of Council Bluffs' artistic heritage with "Hometown Heroes," an immersive exhibition celebrating the exceptional creators who have defined our city's cultural landscape.

Free

The Instrument in Six Movements Premiere

Benson Theatre 6054 Maple St, Omaha

Musician, William Raynovich and Sculptor, Rebecca Reineke, invented a 10-foot tall percussion instrument at Art Farm in Nebraska. This film is a portrait of that instrument and the experimental compositions they perform with it.

$15
Event Series Spunk

Spunk

The Union for Contemporary Art 2423 North 24th Street, Omaha

Zora Neale Hurston’s evocative prose and George C. Wolfe’s unique theatrical style blend to create an evening of theatre that celebrates the human spirit’s ability to overcome and endure.

Free – $90
Event Series Scheherazade

Scheherazade

Holland Performing Arts Center 1200 Douglas St, Omaha

Grammy winner Kelly O'Conner joins the Omaha Symphony in a two-night performance at the Holland Performing Arts Center.

Event Series Cabaret

Cabaret

Omaha Community Playhouse 6915 Cass Street, Omaha

Winner of 12 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Revival, Cabaret is one of the most groundbreaking musicals of the 20th Century.

Event Series The Great Leap

The Great Leap

Bluebarn Theater 1106 So 10th Street, Omaha

When a Chinese-American basketball player from the streets of San Francisco lands in Beijing in 1989, he is caught in the middle of a cultural and political battle on and off the court.

Free – $39

Wycliffe Gordon

Holland Performing Arts Center 1200 Douglas St, Omaha

Jazz Journalists Association named Wycliffe Gordon 2020 “Trombonist of the Year” for the record breaking 13th time

$25
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