Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival: Jarana
2024-08-08 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Heartland of Omaha Park at the Riverfront, 800 Douglas Street, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Outdoor Concert by Jarana at the Riverfront Lakeside Amphitheater.
Jarana is a band built on energetic, danceable music blending South American music styles, Mexican folk music and Latin dance styles. Jarana’s music blends South American, African and Mediterranean beats such as Flamenco, Rumba and Salsa, accompanied with authentic, traditional instruments. Band members are natives of Peru, Mexico and the US.

Endea Owens & the Cookout
2024-08-08 19:30 | Turner Park, 3110 Farnam St, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
5:00 PM lawn opens
6:30 PM preshow with Fission
7:30 PM show

Endea Owens evokes the legacy of great leaders behind the bass. Citing her mentors as Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, and Ron Carter, she approaches her sets with commanding presence and sensitivity, poised for spontaneity.

In 2018, Endea graduated from The Juilliard School, and joined the Late Show with Stephen Colbert as a member of the house band, Stay Human. Since then, Endea has won an Emmy, Grammy Award, and a George Foster Peabody Award. Endea’s work has appeared on Jon Batiste’s Grammy Award-winning album “We Are”, Oscar-nominated film Judas and the Black Messiah, and H.E.R’s widely acclaimed Super Bowl LV performance.

In 2022, Endea composed an original piece about the life of Ida B. Wells entitled “Ida’s Crusade” for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and was also performed by the NYO Carnegie Hall Orchestra. Endea has written for brands such as Pyer Moss and Glossier. Endea is set to premiere a newly commissioned work with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and will serve as the 2023 MAC Music Innovator with the organization. In addition, to her work with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Endea is the curator for the National Arts Club and also a fellow for “Jazz is Now!” with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, where she presents original compositions, curates series, and headlines performances for the 2022-2023 season. Endea’s debut album “Feel Good Music” was released in early 2023.

PACE | New Masters
2024-08-09 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-10 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-11 08:00 - 17:00 | Pottawamie Arts, Culture and Entertainment (PACE), 1001 S 6th Street, Council Bluffs, IA, 51503, United States
We welcome you to the 2024 PACE New Masters.
Feel free to tour all the featured 40+ local professional photographers depicting realistic landscapes, figures, and portraits.
Join us on Opening Night, Friday, May 24 to see who is named this years’ “PACE New Master!”
Exhibit runs through May 24 – Sep 28, 2024
FREE to the public on Fridays from 6-9PM & Saturdays from 12-4PM.

From a Naturalist's Sketchbook to a Cathedral Window by Allison Borgschulte
2024-08-09 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-10 09:00 - 17:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
July 12 through August 189 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through SundayOn the gallery walls in the visitor and education centerIncluded with paid admission or garden membership. $15 + tax, $9 + tax for ages 3-12, free for ages 2 and under.Artist StatementIn my youth I lived with a forest in my backyard and a nature center within walking distance of my home. As a result, I took on the role of naturalist at a very young age. That was my first job title working at the Fontenelle Forest Nature Center. Job training included learning the names of plants, trees, and fungi and how to identify them. I could identify wildlife by their songs and snorts. More importantly, I noticed the presence of wildlife when they are not physically present. This was essential, because when hiking on a trail with a dozen or more young children, despite yours and their best efforts, it was not common to see a lot of critters. Nonetheless, the task was to engage the youngsters in a story and excite them about the forest around them. Thus, my role was not only naturalist, but storyteller. Changing career paths into art, those roles never left me. I create my work by observing the natural world, depicting the parts I find particularly captivating, and offering it to the viewer hoping to capture the viewers’ interest as mine has been captured by nature. I use glass as a medium utilizing the transmission of light and brilliancy of the glass colors to enhance the beauty of my subjects. I also believe the medium adds a spiritual element to my work with the tradition of stained-glass adorning church sanctuaries and cultural centers for centuries.About the ArtistAllison Borgschulte is a multi-disciplinary artist working in glass, fiber art, painting, and kaleidoscope making. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2004 earning the Highest GPA in her graduating glass and a Mentorship Award. She has since had her work displayed in local, national, and internationally juried exhibits, received high honors, and been published internationally with the Surface Design Association, The Brewster Society of Kaleidoscope Makers, the Flow Magazine, and Glass Patterns Quarterly. Allison has been commissioned numerous times for large stained glass and fiber works of art in public and private spaces. In 2022, she created a memorial window in the Oakdale Elementary School Library of Omaha, NE. Along with her personal artistic endeavors, she currently works in a professional stained-glass studio in Lincoln, NE, Architectural Glassarts, as their premier patternmaker and glass painter. She resides in Lincoln Nebraska with her husband and two children and spends much of her summer in Minnesota on their private island on a natural lake where she soaks up inspiration for her art.This event happens on the following Dates:Jul 12, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 13, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 14, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 15, 2024, 9:00am to 8:00pm CDTJul 16, 2024, 9:00am to 8:00pm CDTJul 17, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 18, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 19, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 20, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 21, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 22, 2024, 9:00am to 8:00pm CDTJul 23, 2024, 9:00am to 8:00pm CDTJul 24, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 25, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 26, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 27, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 28, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTJul 29, 2024, 9:00am to 8:00pm CDTJul 30, 2024, 9:00am to 8:00pm CDTJul 31, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 1, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 2, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 3, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 4, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 5, 2024, 9:00am to 8:00pm CDTAug 6, 2024, 9:00am to 8:00pm CDTAug 7, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 8, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 9, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 10, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 11, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 12, 2024, 9:00am to 8:00pm CDTAug 13, 2024, 9:00am to 8:00pm CDTAug 14, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 15, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 16, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 17, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTAug 18, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDT

“Arts For ME!” Bug Installation
2024-08-09 09:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-10 09:00 - 17:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
On display through September 2, just south of the Founders’ Garden
Monday and Tuesday – 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A collaboration with Therman Statom, KANEKO, Westside High School, Westside Middle School, Millard North Middle School, and Lauritzen Gardens
Students enrolled in the adapted art program, “Arts For ME!”, created their own bug paintings that were then translated to metal, cut, and sandblasted. After production, the students were able to give their bugs personality and movement by bending and painting their sculptures. Students were given voice and choice in their bug creations and were given support by teachers, guest artist Therman Statom, and students from Westside High School, Westside Middle School, and Millard North Middle School, to make their experience one-of-a kind.
In order to share the students’ artistic abilities and increase the awareness and visibility of their work, this swarm of sculptures will be on display at Lauritzen Gardens through Labor Day 2024. We hope you enjoy this amazing exhibit using the beauty of the garden as a backdrop.
Included with paid admission or garden membership.

Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers
2024-08-09 11:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-10 11:00 - 17:00 | Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 S. 12th Street, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Raven Halfmoon’s practice spans torso-scaled and colossal-sized stoneware sculptures, with some soaring up to nine feet and weighing over eight hundred pounds. With inspirations that orbit centuries from ancient Indigenous pottery to Moai statues to Land Art, Halfmoon interrogates the intersection of tradition, history, gender, and personal experience.
Born and raised in Norman, Oklahoma, she learned about ceramics as a teenager from a Caddo elder. Working mainly in portraiture, Halfmoon hand builds each work using a coil method. Her surfaces are expressive and show deep finger impressions and dramatic dripping glazes—a physicality that presences her as both maker and matter. She fuses Caddo pottery traditions (a history of making mostly done by women) with populist gestures—often tagging her work (a reference to Caddo tattooing).
Her palette is specific and matches both the clay bodies she selects and the glazes she fires with—reds (after the Oklahoma soil and the blood of murdered Indigenous women), blacks (referencing the natural clay native to the Red River), and creams. Sometimes she stacks and repeats imagery, creating totemic forms that represent herself and her maternal ancestry while also reinforcing the multiplicities that exist inside all of us. Her works reference stories of the Caddo Nation, specifically her feminist lineage and the power of its complexities.
This exhibition will include a combination of new and borrowed works that vary in size and content from over the last five years. Halfmoon will also be creating some of her largest works to date commissioned by The Aldrich and Bemis Center. The artist’s first museum catalogue will accompany the exhibition.
Raven Halfmoon is curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Chief Curator at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, and Rachel Adams, Chief Curator and Director of Programming at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts.
Raven Halfmoon. E-a’-titi (sister), 2021. Stoneware, glaze. 30 x 26 x 58 inches. Courtesy of the artist. Photography by Alan Koppel.
Learn more about Raven Halfmoon’s work here.
About Flags of Our Mothers
The Caddo Origin Story

About the Artist
Raven Halfmoon (Caddo Nation) is from Norman, Oklahoma. She attended the University of Arkansas where she earned double bachelor’s degrees in ceramics and cultural anthropology. She has garnered an impressive series of awards and accolades, including being named the 2018 Fund the Change recipient from the Activist and Social Justice Arts Organization in Oklahoma, a Burke Prize finalist at the Museum of Arts and Design, in New York, NY, the American Craft Council Emerging Voices Award, and Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist—all in 2019. She just concluded a two-year residency at Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts in Montana.

Paul Stephen Benjamin: Black of Night
2024-08-09 11:00 - 17:00, 2024-08-10 11:00 - 17:00 | Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 S. 12th Street, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Paul Stephen Benjamin’s practice is an ongoing investigation of blackness through concept, thought, and perception. From wordplay with the actual letters that comprise “BLACK,” to utilizing the expanse of shades of black house paint—including as Nightfall, Soot, Ebony Field, and Black Beauty—to posing the question, “If the color black had a sound, what would it be?,” Benjamin calls attention to the color’s deep historical and social resonance. In addition, across his practice, the artist’s work references integral moments in Black history as well as art history.
In Black of Night, Benjamin presents new and recent video installations, paintings, text-based work, and sculpture as conceptual entry points for dialogue around identity, race, and patriotism. By continually “documenting” the color black through his multifaceted practice, he is also deconstructing its meaning—breaking it down to its simplest form and allowing for it to operate as a medium for interpretation and introspection. Focusing on the connotations of the color black in society, culture and language, Benjamin incorporates history, text, imagery and sound from popular culture, in turn discussing the absence and presence of color.

About the Artist
Paul Stephen Benjamin was born in Chicago, IL, and lives and works in Atlanta, GA. He earned his BA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his MFA from Georgia State University in 2013. Recently Benjamin has exhibited at Hammonds House Museum, Atlanta, GA (2023), Blackness at the Montresso Art Foundation, Marrakesh, Morocco, (2023), The Thoma Foundation Art Vault, Santa Fe, NM (2022–2023), and a solo exhibition at the Van Every-Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC (2022).
He has been included in solo and group exhibitions at a variety of institutions and art spaces, including Prospect.5 New Orleans, LA (2021–2022). Gavlak, Los Angeles, CA (2021), The Dirty South at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond VA (2021), David Lusk Gallery, Nashville, TN (2021), Crystal Bridges Museum and the Momentary, Bentonville, AR (2020), The MAC, Belfast, UK (2019), VC Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, VA (2019), The Havana Biennial in Matanzas, Cuba (2019), Marianne Boesky Gallery, NY, NY (2019), Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (2018), Telfair Museum Jepson Center, Savannah, GA (2018), The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (2017), Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA (2017), High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (2016), among others.
He has received a range of awards and fellowships, including The Hudgens Prize (2019), Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant (2019), Hambidge Distinguished Fellowship (2019), The Southern Art Prize (2018), The State Fellow of Georgia (2018), Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (WAP) Fellow (2017), Artadia Award (2014), Winnie B. Chandler Fellowship, and the Forward Arts Emerging Artists Award.

Omaha Fringe Festival
2024-08-09 12:00, 2024-08-10 12:00 | Benson Theatre, 6054 Maple St, Omaha, NE, 68104, United States
Love theatre? Love comedy? Love dance? You’ve come to the right place!
The Omaha Fringe Festival is proud to provide a platform for artists of many forms a space to share their new works! The festival runs from August 8-11th and will take place at three different venues in Omaha.
LOCATIONS: We are excited to be partnering with Blackstone Theater, Benson Theatre, and UNO Weber Fine Arts Building (Mainstage and 006) as our venue homes for this year’s festival.
TICKETS: For the Omaha Fringe Festival you will purchase a Festival Button ($5), which is your entrance into the festival, as well as show tickets ($10) for each show you wish to attend. We also offer a full fringe pass for only $75!
For more information visit our website or email us at info@omahafringe.org
The 2024 Omaha Fringe Festival is proud to present the following shows at our festival:
All by yourself, Not Alone
BEASTIARY presents: the circus bear, the lovelorn bug, and the jesus christ lizard
Belly Dance Nights
Brooke Makes Fun Comedy: Clean Comedy, Queer Comedy and Femme Comedy
Drag on the Fringe: A Drag Roulette Show
Duck Duck Goose
Indian classical Dance
Of Darkness and Dreams
Paul Pape is Failing Creatively
Shedding Skin
Sweater Vest City
The Cleanup Lady Makes It All Better
The Fun Grip Inventium
The Hero’s Journey
The Red Diaries – One Woman’s Journey from Puberty to Menopause — and Beyond…
The Strangers presents: Unfinished Business
Voices From the Closet
What’s the rush?

Summer Fun Friday
2024-08-09 17:00 - 21:00 | Kiewit Luminarium, 345 Riverfront Dr, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Follow your curiosity to Summer Fun Fridays at Kiewit Luminarium! Every Friday through Labor Day, we stay open for all ages until 8 p.m. Enjoy extra time exploring our 125+ interactive exhibits, Maker Space, and special summer programming. Stay cool on those extra hot days! Reserve your tickets in advance or at our Welcome Desk when you arrive. Tickets for Summer Fun Fridays are free for members.
Who: Everyone
Where: 345 Riverfront Drive
When: Friday 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Cost: Event is included with any daily admission ticket.
This event runs from 09 Aug 2024 through 30 Aug 2024 every Friday, 05:00 PM – 08:00 PM

Friday Night Concert Series
2024-08-09 19:00 - 20:00 | Rockbrook Village, 2800 S 110th Ct, Omaha, NE, 68144, United States
Enjoy live music on the plaza every Friday night, June – Aug, from 7-8pm. Come early and have dinner on the patio at Pasta Amore, Pulled BBQ or Jaipur. Afterwards, enjoy a drink at Public House or Corkscrew Wine & Cheese. Bring a folding chair and listen to great live music from country to rock to soulful blues. This event is FREE!
This is a Weekly Recurring Event
Runs from Jun 7, 2024 to Aug 30, 2024 and happens every:
Fridays: 7:00pm – 8:00pm Timezone: CDT

Nebraska Crossroads Music Festival: Omaha Showcase Concert
2024-08-09 19:00 - 22:00 | Gene Leahy Mall, 1302 Farnam St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Omaha’s flagship event, the showcase concert brings the festival’s full breadth of style and artistry in one thrilling evening. Don’t forget your blanket, lawn chairs and picnic, arrive anytime to enjoy a concert featuring four acts spanning genres from folk rock to hip-hop to jazz. KVNO’s Sherry Brownrigg and Jeff Koterba will be the emcees for the evening.

GENRES: Indigenous Hip-Hop, Folk-Rock, Jazz, & Cuban

WHEN: Aug 9, FRIDAY 7-10pm
WHERE: Gene Leahy Mall At The RiverFront, Omaha
WHO:
Dream Warriors
Authentic Light Orchestra
John Hadfield & Ron Blake Duo
Mixed Harmony

Graham Nash: More Evenings of Songs and Stories
2024-08-09 20:00 | Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Legendary artist Graham Nash, as a founding member of both the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash, is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. He has seen rock history unfold at some of its seminal moments – from the launch of the British Invasion to the birth of the Laurel Canyon movement a year later. An extraordinary Grammy Award® winning renaissance artist – and self-described “simple man” – Nash was inducted twice into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, for his work with CSN and his work as a solo artist.

Towering above virtually everything that Graham Nash has accomplished in his long and multi-faceted career, stands the litany of songs that he has written and introduced to the soundtrack of our lives for nearly six decades.

Nash’s remarkable body of work began with his contributions to the Hollies opus from 1964 to ’68, including “Stop Stop Stop,” and “On A Carousel,” among others.

The classic union of Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) yielded songs that are lightning rods embedded in our DNA, starting with Nash’s “Marrakesh Express,” “Pre-Road Downs” and “Lady of the Island,” from the first Crosby, Stills & Nash LP and his iconic “Teach Your Children” and “Our House” from CSNY’s Déjà Vu.

Nash’s career as a solo artist took flight in 1971, beginning with two landmark albums, Songs For Beginners and Wild Tales which further showcased the depths of his abilities as a singer and songwriter, yielding such favorites as “Chicago/We Can Change the World” and “Military Madness”. His latest effort, “Now”, was released worldwide in May 2023.

Graham will be joined on stage by Todd Caldwell (keyboards and vocals), Adam Minkoff (bass, drums, guitars, and vocals), and Zach Djanikian (guitars, mandolin, drums, and vocals), performing favorites from across his sixty-year career.

Lee Brice: Live in Concert
2024-08-09 20:00 | Steelhouse Omaha, 1100 Dodge St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Doors at 7:00 PM | Show at 8:00 PM
Preordered parking available at the National Indemnity Garage @ 322 N 12th Street – preorder through ParkWhiz in advance!
Clear bags up to 12x6x12” or small clutches 6.5×4.5″
Cashless payments only

Start the night early and catch this free preshow party! Play games and enjoy happy hour pricing on food and drink.

A ticket is required for entry
Add-on the “Steelhouse Pre-show Party” at checkout
Add-on is limited to 150 people
Get in 90 minutes before doors open

Graham Nash
2024-08-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States

Jitterbugs' Night Out
2024-08-09 20:00 - 23:59 | Eagles Ballroom, 201 S 24th St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Jitterbugs’ Night Out, or as we like to call it, JNO, has been home to Omaha Jitterbugs’ since 2001.
On average 130 people come to JNO each week, and it’s one of Omaha’s longest-running weekly events.
Masks are optional at JNO.
You don’t need to bring a partner. The weekly beginning dance lesson is from 8:15 – 9:00 and you can choose to rotate partners throughout the lesson or stick with the partner you came with. Then the DJ plays swingin’ tunes for social dancing from 9 p.m. until midnight, so ask people to dance! Check our calendar for nights with live music. Our instructors and DJs are volunteers with JIVE who have completed training.
Dressing sharp is encouraged! But you’ll see people in t-shirts, jeans, dresses, and suits. For special events and live music nights, people tend to dress nicer.
We’ve created a diverse and welcoming community: smoke-free, drug-free, and all ages are welcome. Children younger than 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Most nights more than 100 people attend. While the highest percentage of people attending are aged 19–39, dancers range from middle and high school students to retirees in their 70s and above. Check out our Code of Conduct.
You can bring in your own food and bottle for water. We provide free water because you WILL get thirsty. A full bar is available downstairs.
Join us for the Birthday Jam! After the announcements, around 10:15 pm, we gather in a circle on the dance floor and those who have a birthday (or graduation, or are newly engaged, or any special occasion!) stand in the middle. A song is played and different partners jump in to dance with you for a bit.
If you’d like to have a party during JNO, you are welcome! We suggest showing up at 8:00 pm if you need to set up a table for your party.
No party fees are charged.
For discounted entrance, learn about volunteering with JIVE!

Butterfly Walk
2024-08-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
With a wealth of garden plantings, landscape features, and natural areas, Lauritzen Gardens provides habitat for a variety of wildlife, including more than 50 species of butterflies. Join a docent to learn which butterflies visit throughout the season, how to attract them to your garden areas, and how to keep them coming back year after year as you sight butterflies and find butterfly “hot spots” in the garden on a guided butterfly walk.

Digital Photography Workshop: Phone Photography 2
2024-08-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
In this class, we will go beyond simply how to take photos and take a deep dive into editing and ways to take your phone photos to the next level! You will learn the tips and tricks of how to create artistic images both before and AFTER you take a photo. You will leave this class with an understanding of how to use the editing tools on your phone for truly stunning images, how to keep your photos organized, and more. Pre-requisite: Phone Photography 1.
Pre-registration is required. $30, $25 for garden members.

Digital Photography: Introduction to Portrait Photography
2024-08-10 13:00 - 15:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
In this introductory class you will learn how to create stunning portraits in the gardens! Learn the most important rules of portrait photography: posing, lighting, focusing, and framing your subjects for beautiful results. Learn how to use portrait lenses and how to incorporate the tiniest details like catchlights using reflectors and natural light.
Portrait lenses are required like the following: 85mm f1.8, or, 50 mm f1.2, 1.4, or 1.8, or a 70-200mm f2.8.
Pre-registration is required. $30, $25 for garden members

PACE | Youth Painting
2024-08-10 14:30 - 16:00 | Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center, 1001 South 6th Street, Council Bluffs, IA, United States
Calling all budding Picassos and Monets! Dive into a world of vibrant colors and endless possibilities in our youth painting classes designed specifically for young artists.
What They’ll Explore:

Mastering the brush: Learn different brushstrokes and techniques to create textures, patterns, and stunning effects on your canvas.
Color magic: Discover the joy of mixing colors and creating their own unique palettes.
From abstract to realistic: Explore different painting styles, from abstract expressionism to still life realism, and find their own artistic voice.
Acrylic adventures: Experiment with acrylic paints, a versatile medium perfect for beginners and experienced artists alike.

More Than Just Painting:

Develop your creativity and imagination as you translate your ideas and emotions onto canvas.
Learn about famous artists and their techniques, and draw inspiration from their masterpieces.
Discover the power of color and how it can evoke different moods and feelings.
Make new friends and share your artistic journey with other young painters.

Take home:

Your own beautiful paintings, each a unique expression of your creativity.
A newfound confidence in your artistic abilities and a love for painting.
Memories of a fun and inspiring learning experience.

Pet Photography Workshop
2024-08-10 15:30 - 17:30 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
In this class, participants will learn tips and tricks to capture fantastic images of their furry friends. No experience is necessary and there are no camera or lens requirements.
Bring your preferred camera, lenses, or phone and learn how to achieve sharp focus, perfect subject placement, good composition, maintain your pet’s attention, and capture that perfect expression–including the adorable inquisitive head tilt!
We will reign in chaos by leaving the real pets at home, but feel free to bring a stuffed animal or equivalent to practice with.
Pre-registration is required. $30, $25 for garden members.

The Dinner Detective Omaha
2024-08-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Double Tree Omaha Southwest, 3650 S. 72nd St., Omaha, NE, 68124, United States
Looking for murder mystery dinner shows in Omaha, NE? Look no further! The Dinner Detective is an experience unlike any other murder mystery dinner show. We offer an amazing murder mystery experience paired with a fantastic dinner. From the very beginning, we hide actors in the audience that are not dressed in costume. Anyone in the room can end up being part of the show, including YOU!
Our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) are below for your convenience. If you have any questions about The Dinner Detective that aren’t answered below, please contact us!

Joss Stone: Ellipsis
2024-08-10 19:00 | Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Armed with a powerful voice and a compatible sound based in vintage soul, Joss Stone hit the mainstream as a teenager and has enjoyed an enduring career of unpredictable twists and turns. The British singer first earned a devoted audience at home and abroad with reinterpretations of classic soul songs, and has expanded it with her songwriting chops and ability to explore styles far afield of vintage R&B, her first love. The Soul Sessions (2003), Stone’s debut, sold over five million copies worldwide and led to greater acclaim with Mind, Body & Soul (2004), a chart-topping follow-up that garnered Grammy nominations in multiple categories including Best New Artist, and two BRIT Awards. Among Stone’s highlights since then are Introducing Joss Stone (2007), which narrowly missed the top of the U.S. album chart; the U.K. and U.S. Top Ten entry The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2 (2012); and Never Forget My Love (2022), one of two solo albums she has made with Dave Stewart. A keen collaborator, Stone has also enriched her output with associates such as Betty Wright, Raphael Saadiq, and Jonathan Shorten. A collaboration with John Legend and Van Hunt on a cover of Sly & the Family Stone’s “Family Affair” won Stone a Grammy, and another nomination resulted from her featured appearance on Jeff Beck’s version of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put a Spell on You.”
Ticket Limit: There is a six (6) ticket limit for this performance.

Night Skies at Laurtizen Gardens
2024-08-10 20:30 - 22:30 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
Join the Omaha Astronomical Society in viewing the night skies at Lauritzen Gardens. This program includes a tram ride out to the rose garden and a viewing of the gorgeous night sky using the Omaha Astronomical Society’s telescopes. Participants can observe faint deep-sky objects, planets, and the moon in the darkness of the garden.
Pre-registration is required. $30, $20 for garden members.
