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

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

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

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, NE, United States

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

UNO Maverick String Quartet-in-Residence at Nebraska Medicine’s Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center

Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center 505 S 45th St, Omaha, NE, United States

In partnership with the University of Nebraska Medicine’s Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center Healing Arts program, the Maverick Quartet is pleased to serve as Quartet-in-Residence. All performances take place at 12:15pm, at Nebraska Medicine’s Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center lobby, 505 S. 45th Street.

Free

Samuel Bak Art + Music + Lecture Series

Samuel Bak Museum 2289 S 67th St, Omaha, NE, United States

“Legacies of the war & Holocaust in postwar French painting” by Alexandra Cardon Paige Michaud, flute; music by Franics Poulenc, Olivier Messiaen & Jehan Alain.

Event Series Spunk

Spunk

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

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

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

UNO Weber Fine Arts Building 6505 University Dr S, Omaha, NE, United States

In Wendy Kesselman's gripping new adaptation of the original stage play survivor accounts and newly discovered writings from the diary of Anne Frank are interwoven to create a contemporary impassioned story of those persecuted under Nazi rule. This is an adaptation for a new generation able to confront the true horrors of the Holocaust.

$16
Event Series The Great Leap

The Great Leap

Bluebarn Theater 1106 So 10th Street, Omaha, NE, United States

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
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