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Encounters with Bak
2024-04-21 13:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago) | Samuel Bak Museum, 2289 S 67th St, Omaha, NE, 68106, United States
SBMLC Assistant Gallery Managers will lead a discussion of a work of art in the current exhibition Becoming a Witness: From Abstraction to Figuration. These tours are held at 1:00 P.M. on the 1st and 3rd weekend of the month on Sunday.

Chante la vie, chante!
2024-04-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Benson Theatre, 6054 Maple St, Omaha, NE, 68104, United States
Actor, singer, composer André Nerman brings to Omaha this homage to the Golden Age of French music. Based in Paris and currently on tour, this show highlights the exceptional singers and songs that Americans associate with the best of French music. André will be accompanied by singer/songwriter Linabery and pianist Laurent Clergeau as they interpret the songs of Jacques Brel, Edit Piaf and others who have enriched French culture with their evocative voices and styles.

Chicken & Biscuits
2024-04-21 14:00, 2024-04-24 19:30, 2024-04-25 19:30 | Omaha Community Playhouse, 6915 Cass Street, Omaha, NE, 68132
Who knew a funeral could be so fun? Laughter and love seep from this uproarious new family comedy. When the Jenkins family comes together to celebrate the life of their patriarch, skeletons in the closet are revealed. Family members at odds are challenged to accept each other for who they are—the good, the bad, the ugly and the hilarious. Love and commitment to family is at the heart of Chicken & Biscuits.
Disclaimer: Contains mild adult language.

Frida y Diego Community Art Show Opening
2024-04-21 16:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-22 16:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-23 16:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-24 16:00 - 21:00, 2024-04-25 16:00 - 21:00 | Joslyn Castle, 3902 Davenport St, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
This captivating exhibition seeks to bring another layer of excitement, awareness and engagement to Opera Omaha’s production of the beautiful opera El último sueño de Frida y Diego (The Last Dream of Frida and Diego), a new opera by Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz.For this show artists were encouraged to seek inspiration from the opera’s story as well as commemorate the passionate and tumultuous relationship between these two iconic artists, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.Artists from all backgrounds to submited their visual art of any medium influenced by the fascinating love story of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, in a unique opportunity to express their interpretation of the icons’ passionate bond, their artistic endeavors, and their profound influence on each other’s work, the fascinating and beautiful story depicted in The Last Dream of Frida and Diego, and Día de los MuertosThis art show is being produced in collaboration with Opera Omaha, Joslyn Castle, and The Castle and Cathedral Creative District.Frida and DiegoDates: April 12-May 23rdLocation: Carriage House Gallery, Joslyn Castle, Omaha NebraskaOpening Reception: Friday April 12th, 4-9pmClosing Reception: Thursday May 23rd, details TBAA small selection of art from this exhibition will be chosen to be featured at the Orpheum Theater during Opera Omaha’s performances of El último sueño de Frida y Diego.

Larry Roots “Abstractions and Other Narratives”
2024-04-21 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-04-22 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-04-23 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-04-24 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-04-25 18:00 - 20:00 | Garden of the Zodiac Gallery, 1042 Howard Street, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Garden of the Zodiac Gallery, Old Omaha Association
Omaha, Nebraska presents: Larry Roots, “Abstractions and Other Narratives”
Roots’ recent paintings provide a unique catalogue of his approach to working with acrylics. The artworks coalesce a multiplicity of crosscurrents into each composition: they are at once painterly and restrained, opaque and translucent, freeform and gridded, raw and delicate. Roots’ abstractions here are improvisational and lyrical, pushing and pulling the eye across their atmospheric surfaces and into depths of color, shape and line. Context is also provided for the evolution of Roots’ style with a selection of older personal favorites, paintings that encapsulate his forays into merging calligraphy with gestural abstraction.
Also new in this exhibition are Roots’ sculptural reliefs. These provide insight to the artist’s approach to pictorial space as inherently dimensional, creating illusions of deep perspective within the confined space of a diorama. As if designing art installations in miniature, Roots populates these architectural spaces with a variety of objects in miniature, many of them repurposed from his maquettes and “boneyard of ideas” for sculptures over the years.

Emily Henry "Funny Story" Midnight Release Party
2024-04-23 00:00 | The Bookworm, 2501 S 90th St #111, Omaha, NE, 68124, United States
Celebrate the release of Emily Henry’s brand new romance novel, Funny Story, at our midnight release party

Drawings for signed copies of Funny Story!
Door prizes!
Activities, games, and prizes!
Midnight snacks!

Come for the release, stick around for the literary frivolity
Pre-order today to guarantee your copy.
(Signed copies will be available to win night-of)
Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it…right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.
Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.
Scruffy and chaotic–with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads –Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?
But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex…right?

Mudpies
2024-04-23 09:30 - 11:00, 2024-04-25 09:30 - 11:00 | Fontenelle Forest, 1111 Bellevue Blvd, North Bellevue, NE, 68005, United States
Looking for a unique setting in which to have fun with your child while learning about the natural world?
Mudpies is a structured program for children ages 3-5 that encourages exploration of nature and interaction between a child and their caregiver. Each week, a natural science theme is explored through crafts, outdoor exploration, songs, stories, hikes and more! Each session will feature a different craft or activity, along with storytime and a guided hike. Come discover the joy of sharing nature with your child!
This program is for children ages 3-5 accompanied by a caregiver.

UNO’s Our Stories Showcase
2024-04-23 11:00 - 14:00 | UNO Strauss Performing Arts Center, 6305 University Dr N, Omaha, NE, 68182, United States
Everyone has a story to tell, and everyone deserves a safe space where their story can be heard. By sharing Our Stories in the unique shapes they take, we learn about each other, about ourselves, and about our UNO community as a whole. The College of Communication, Fine Arts, and Media (CFAM) invites you to join us as we celebrate every voice in every way—from visual art of all mediums, performance art, written and spoken word, podcasts, dance performances, videography, musical/vocal pieces, presentations, monologues, and more. Join us for Our Stories: April 23, 2024, in the Strauss Performing Arts Lobby and Recital Hall from 11:00am-2:00pm (Keynote Speaker Joshua Thompson at 1:00pm).
With help from UNO and the Central Indiana Community Foundation (artist travel grant), Thompson has included a brief stop in Omaha to take part in this event. Open to the public, the program will include a blend of expressions from visual art, written & spoken word, podcasts, dance, performance art, videography, music & vocal performances. “By sharing Our Stories in the unique shapes they take,” Thompson said, “we learn about each other, about ourselves, and about our community as a whole.”

"Constructs & Contours" Exhibition
2024-04-23 11:00 - 17:00, 2024-04-24 11:00 - 17:00, 2024-04-25 11:00 - 17:00, 2024-04-26 11:00 - 22:00 | Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, 405 S 11th St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Kevin McClay – Using wood as my primary medium, I explore the texture and topography of this natural material when placed in unnatural structured relationships. My aesthetic is informed by life-long interests in architecture, geography and geology.
In addition to wood, I often use metal, glass and stone to advance the main themes of my work which seek to illuminate the contrast between sterile and weathered, and the tension between organic and manufactured environments.
I often reference geologic principles as I create the shapes and elevations in my work which point to the relationships between our built environment, aerial views of the urban footprint and natural landforms.
Frank Daharsh – Since the first gather of glass from the furnace in 1999, I have had a passion for glass blowing. With the intensity of working with a molten medium that can quickly take form to a solid state, there is an urgency to create in that moment of time that requires both patience, absolute concentration and spontaneity as the glass is heated, blown and sculpted into its final form. The luminescent qualities of glass, texture, and layering of multiple colors and patterns appeal to me as it responds to light. I am drawn to the potential of a material that can vary from a translucent to an opaque medium in a brilliant range of colors and gradations. I am driven by a passion for the process as well as the untapped potential of creating with a beautiful and seductive material.
A degree in industrial and graphic design from the Kansas City Art Institute has facilitated Frank in his glassblowing techniques and concepts. He has designed products ranging from jet interiors, industrial and construction equipment, computers, medical products, and signage as well as designing food labels, illustrations, corporate logos and 3D renderings.
We hope you’ll join us at an opening reception on Friday, April 5, 6-9 at the ACG.
Our hours are Tuesday – Thursday 11am-5pm, Friday-Saturday from 11am-10pm, and Sundays 11am-5pm.

UNO Maverick String Quartet-in-Residence at Nebraska Medicine's Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
2024-04-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Fred and Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, 505 S 45th St, Omaha, NE, 68105, 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.

Opera in Conversation | Opera and Our Community
2024-04-23 18:00 | Joslyn Castle, 3902 Davenport St, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
Opera in Conversation is a series of three sessions surrounding Opera Omaha mainstage productions that features creatives, scholars, and other public figures.
These FREE events exist to foster cross-disciplinary exploration of art, big questions, and community connections.
Join Opera Omaha on Tuesday, April 23 at Joslyn Castle for our second El último sueño de Frida y Diego Opera in Conversation.
Museum Curator José F. García from the Mexican American Historical Society of the Midlands will lead a discussion on “The American Odyssey of Frida and Diego,” focusing on the iconic artists experiences in San Francisco, New York, and Detroit.
Admission is FREE, advance registration is requested.

Local Author Celebration Series: Charles Kelly
2024-04-24 17:30 - 19:00 | Joslyn Castle, 3902 Davenport St, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
Castle & Cathedral District presents:
Local Author Celebration Series
“Grace Humiston and the Vanishing”
By Charles Kelly
Author/Artist Talk on WED APRIL 24 from 5:30 to 7:00
Where: Carriage House on the Joslyn Castle & Garden Grounds (3902 Davenport Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68131).
When: Wed APRIL 24 from 5:30 to 7:00 (Doors open at 5pm).
What: This event is free and open to the public – an all-ages event.
Description:
It’s 1917 in New York City, and lawyer Grace Humiston has made her reputation as a sleuth by saving a falsely-convicted man from death row. Now she is hired to probe the disappearance of high school student Ruth Cruger. The search will take her and Transylvanian private investigator Julius Kron through the sewers of New York police corruption, into the darkness of the international prostitution trade, and onto the high seas. Grace Humiston and the Vanishing is a novel based on the greatest triumph of America’s most remarkable forgotten woman detective.
Charles’s Bio:
Charles Kelly, formerly a reporter for The Arizona Republic, was co-winner of the Arizona Journalist of the Year Award in 1992. In his career as a reporter, he found missing heirs, helped get a wrongly convicted tugboat captain out of a Mexican prison, and investigated the 1976 murder of Republic reporter Don Bolles. Kelly is the author of the novels Pay Here, published by Point Blank Press, and Grace Humiston and the Vanishing, a semifinalist in the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. He also wrote the short story “The Eighth Deadly Sin,” published in the collection Phoenix Noir issued by Akashic Books.

Benson Theatre’s In the Pocket with Tim Clark Presents: Jazz Appreciation Month Celebration
2024-04-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Benson Theatre, 6054 Maple St, Omaha, NE, 68104, United States
Experience the soulful rhythm of Benson Theatre’s “In The Pocket with Tim Clark Presents: Jazz Appreciation Month Celebration”! Delve into the heart of jazz with seasoned local musicians in an electrifying showcase. Join us as we kick off a recurring program, igniting a passion for jazz in our community. Get ready to groove and celebrate the timeless artistry of jazz at its finest!

In Conversation: The Artwork of Susette "Bright Eyes" La Flesche Tibbles and Sarah Rowe
2024-04-25 17:00 - 19:00 | Joslyn Castle, 3902 Davenport St, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
In Conversation:
The Artwork of Susette “Bright Eyes” La Flesche Tibbles and Sarah Rowe
Where: Joslyn Castle & Gardens
When: Friday, 26 April 2024
5:00pm to 8:00pm
Admission: FREE and all-ages
Art-talk scheduled for 7pm with Artist Sarah Rowe and Elizabeth Lovejoy Brown, Executive Director of the Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte Center
About the Artists:
• Susette “Bright Eyes” La Flesche Tibbles (1854-1903), a citizen of the Umoⁿhoⁿ Nation, is perhaps best known for her service as a court translator to Ponca Chief Standing Bear during his trial challenging the removal of the Ponca Tribe to Oklahoma, and for her lifelong campaign for Native American rights. In addition to her tireless service as a civil rights activist, Susette is also recognized for her writing and journalism – including her investigation of the Battle of Wounded Knee, a series of events that resulted in the death of 250-300 First-Nations People. Susette was also a gifted artist and is largely considered to be the first mass-media published Native American artist, graphic designer, and writer.
• Sarah Rowe is a multimedia artist whose collective body of work includes painting, printmaking, fiber arts, performance, and Native American ceremony. Sarah’s work re-imagines traditional Native American symbology to fit the narrative of today’s global landscape and she projects her vision of contemporary Indigenous experience into the mix with an offbeat enchantment. Sarah’s most recent public work is Starseeds—a mural that spans 15 silos at Ardent Mills (visible from Highway 75 near F Street in South Omaha). Sarah is of Lakota and Ponca descent.
Note: While this is a standalone show, “In Conversation” is exhibited as part of the Castle and Cathedral Creative District and is a collaborative-district event with the Cathedral Arts Project’s Standing Bear Cantata –a cantata for baritone and strings written by Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate (Chickasaw), an award-winning composer and pianist. The Standing Bear Cantata tells the story, through music, of Ponca Chief Standing Bear’s journey back to his native homeland to bury his son. It is an intimate reflection of the nature of relationships and their connections to homelands. The Standing Bear Cantata will be held at Saint Cecilia Cathedral (701 N. 40th Omaha, NE 68131) on Sunday, 28 April. The event is free and open to the public.

Trimming on the Wheel
2024-04-25 17:30 - 19:30 | The Union for Contemporary Art, 2423 North 24th Street, Omaha, NE, 68110, United States
Learn the basics of ceramic trimming on the pottery wheel! Each participant will be provided with premade clay forms and will learn the basics of trimming a cylinder and a bowl!
$25 Workshop Fee
Instructor: Emily Luna
Participants must be 18 and older.
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Basics of Watercolor Painting
2024-04-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
Explore the world of watercolor and learn basic techniques to create beautiful and colorful works of art. This course, led by instructor Sydney Sehi, will focus on the fundamentals of watercolor painitng, including techniques, materials, tools, color, value, and rendering in watercolor. No experience is necessary! All supplies are provided.$55, $45 for garden members. Pre-registration is required.
