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Matteo Lane: The Al Dente Tour Final Dates
2024-02-22 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Chicago) | Steelhouse Omaha, 1100 Dodge St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
– Doors at 6:30 pm | Show at 7:30 pm– Preordered parking available at the National Indemnity Garage @ 322 N 12th Street – preorder through ParkWhiz advance!– Clear bags up to 12x6x12” or small clutches 6.5×4.5″– Cashless payments only

Live @ LOW END | Victoria Keddie
2024-02-22 20:00 - 21:00 | Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 S. 12th Street, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Victoria Keddie is an artist who forensically investigates spaces and re-imagines the ecologies that materials inhabit. Although in varying states of entropy, technologies are still operable, instruments transmit and architecture retains the residue of human existence. Keddie posits how discarded artifacts or vacant constructs within our collective media ecology tell our story.
Keddie is also a curator and educator, having organized exhibitions and events at various institutions including MoMA PS1, Storefront for Art and Architecture, and Pioneer Works. In addition, she is a founding member of the transmission arts collective, E.S.P. TV, which produces live television broadcasts featuring experimental and avant-garde performance art.
Keddie’s work has been exhibited and performed at numerous venues in the United States and internationally, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of the Moving Image, and the Museum of Modern Art. She has also been the recipient of various awards and grants, including the NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship in Music/ Sound (2022) and as the INHABIT Artist-in-Residence at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt, Germany (2023). She is the Sound Artist in Residence with the Bemis Center for the Arts in Winter, 2024.

Jazz Festival
2024-02-23 | Strauss Performing Arts Center, 6001 Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182, NE, 68102, United States
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 and clinics.

"Meet me at the fence ok bye" by Leslie Diuguid
2024-02-23 10:00 - 17:00, 2024-02-24 10:00 - 17:00 | The Union for Contemporary Art, 2423 North 24th Street, Omaha, NE, 68110, United States
Artist’s Statement:
Analyzing thrifted artifacts that act as a material memory. Finding the border between childhood and adulthood. Detritus of the past. While homecoming to care for aging parents I excavated a 1990 phone book filled with handwritten notes, addresses, and marker tests.
Remembering the brief, hurried and anxious need to play. A question phrased as a statement between friends calling to meet up for a day of swinging, biking, playing games and running around the neighborhood. My dad told me not to call before 10am as it would be rude.
Remembering the phone as a stationary tool you went to before it became life consuming. My friend, Susan Kemp and I would make the breathless call, hang up, and simultaneously bolt out toward the fence followed by an excited dog and a slamming screen door behind us.
The use of screenprinting allows media to take on a new life. To dismantle tattered rags and revisit old phone books as a coming of age archive.
Stepping through items that have become a part of my identity. Zooming in on heavily worn clothes and expanding focal points of interest layered with excerpts of handwritten letters from my younger self and family members. Holding test marks of all kinds—stains, spills and splatters in high esteem accumulated over the course of decades.
This fixation on gestures suggests the portrait of a ghost.
Some clothing gifted, others bought, all saved and all whose diminishing quality acts as a nonlinear origin story for the necessity to protect and house a growing body.
Thinking middle out, I’m partial to trees as icons that represent heliotropic growth toward a brighter future while digging deeper into the fabric from which I originated.

Hometown Heroes Exhibit
2024-02-23 18:00 - 21:00, 2024-02-24 12:00 - 16:00 | Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center, 1001 South 6th Street, Council Bluffs, IA, United States
“Greatness is all around you, you just need to know what to look for.” 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. From the expressive strokes of contemporary painters to the graceful movements of dancers, architectural wonders, captivating performances, and groundbreaking inventions, this showcase transcends artistic boundaries. Join us in honoring the diverse brilliance of Council Bluffs’ “Hometown Heroes” – an invitation to revel in the enduring impact and cultural vibrancy woven into our city’s artistic narrative. Don’t miss this unique journey through the stories, inspirations, and masterpieces of our local heroes. Discover greatness all around you, waiting to be celebrated.

The Instrument in Six Movements Premiere
2024-02-23 18:30 - 21:30 | Benson Theatre, 6054 Maple St, Omaha, NE, 68104, United States
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. This is the first time the film will be shown to the public, featuring a musical performance by William & Rebecca.
Directed by Joshua Allen LaBure
Media Sponsor: 91.5 KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio

Spunk
2024-02-23 19:00, 2024-02-24 19:00 | The Union for Contemporary Art, 2423 North 24th Street, Omaha, NE, 68110, United States
Adapted by George C. Wolfe
Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston
Music by Chic Street Man
Directed by Denise Chapman
Synopsis
Hurston’s evocative prose and Wolfe’s unique theatrical style blend to create an evening of theatre that celebrates the human spirit’s ability to overcome and endure. Utilizing the blues, choral narrative and dance, the three tales focus on men and women trapped inside the “laughin’ kind of lovin’ kind of hurtin’ kind of pain that comes from being human.” The first of the three tales, SWEAT tells the story of a young washerwoman who is abused and betrayed by her estranged husband, and of her ultimate triumph over him. The second piece, STORY IN HARLEM SLANG, is told in 1940s Harlemese. It is the story of two street lotharios trying to outhustle each other and win the favor of—and a meal from—a domestic on her payday afternoon off. The third tale, THE GILDED SIX BITS, is a bittersweet story of an adoring husband’s betrayal by his loving but innocent wife.

Bob Marley's Three Little Birds
2024-02-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-02-24 14:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-24 17:00 - 18:00 | The Rose Theater, 2001 Farnam St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Based on a story by Cedella Marley
Music & Lyrics by Bob Marley
Adapted for the stage by Michael J. Bobbitt
Arrangements, Orchestrations, Additional Music & Lyrics by John L. Cornelius, II
Featuring such Bob Marley classics as “One Love” and “Jammin”, Three Little Birds transports you to a tropical paradise for this modern musical folktale. Ziggy is afraid to leave the house because of tropical storms, evil spirits, and the sneaky, hair-grabbing trickster, Duppy. But
with the help of a few feathered friends, Ziggy will learn that “every little thing is gonna be alright!”

Scheherazade
2024-02-23 19:30, 2024-02-24 19:30 | Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
An evening of programmatic drama awaits as GRAMMY® Award-winning mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor joins the Omaha Symphony in Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs. Leanna Primiani’s 1001 and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade tell musical tales of Scheherazade as she fights to stay alive.
Tugging at the heartstrings through song, GRAMMY® Award-winning mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor performs Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs, musical settings of five sonnets written by Chilean-born Pablo Neruda, one of the most influential writers of the 20th century, known chiefly for his poems about love and loss. The work was composed for Lieberson’s wife who heartbreakingly passed away right after recording these songs and whose recording was posthumously awarded a 2008 GRAMMY® for Best Classical Vocal Performance. The trials of love are echoed as Leanna Primiani explores the psyche of Scheherazade as she lives in fear, constantly postponing her own execution in 1001. Finally, a tale told through a musical masterpiece, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade showcases brilliance of orchestration, tender and heart-wrenching melodies, and a glorious vitality of spirit.

Cabaret
2024-02-23 19:30, 2024-02-24 19:30, 2024-02-25 14:00 | Omaha Community Playhouse, 6915 Cass Street, Omaha, NE, 68132
Winner of 12 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Revival, Cabaret is one of the most groundbreaking musicals of the 20th Century. Set in Germany as the Nazi party gains power, the iconic Emcee welcomes audiences (“Willkommen”) to the seedy Kit Kat Klub where performer Sally Bowles has a rendezvous with an American writer. You’ll be transported to another time with iconic songs such as “Maybe this Time” and “Cabaret.”
Disclaimer: Contains adult situations.

The Great Leap
2024-02-23 19:30, 2024-02-24 19:30, 2024-02-25 02:00 - 14:00 | Bluebarn Theater, 1106 So 10th Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
When a Chinese-American basketball player from the streets of San Francisco lands in Beijing in 1989, he is caught in a cultural and political battle on and off the court. As turmoil unfolds in Tiananmen Square, walls fall and secrets are revealed. Lauren Yee’s The Great Leap explores the risks of speaking out and standing your ground in this fast-paced dramatic comedy that will have you gripped until the final buzzer sounds.
By Lauren Yee
Directed by Wai Yim

Wycliffe Gordon
2024-02-23 19:30 - 21:30 | Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Jazz Journalists Association named Wycliffe Gordon 2020 “Trombonist of the Year” for the record breaking 13th time, and he’s topped Downbeat Critics Poll for “Best Trombone” again for an unprecedented six times (2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2013 & 2012). Last year he was the recipient of the “Louie Award”, the International Trombone Award and the Satchmo Award, among others. Wycliffe is a prolific recording artist and is extremely popular for his unmatched signature sound, plunger technique and unique vocals.In addition to an exceptionally successful solo career, Gordon tours regularly leading his quintet, headlining at legendary jazz venues and performing arts centers throughout the world. He is commissioned frequently, and has an extensive catalog of original compositions that span the various timbres of jazz and chamber music. Musicians and ensembles of every caliber perform his music throughout the world and his arrangement of the theme song to NPR’s “All Things Considered” is heard daily across the globe.Gordon is a former veteran member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and has been a featured guest artist on Billy Taylor’s “Jazz at the Kennedy Center” Series. Gordon is also one of America’s most persuasive and committed music educators, and serves as Director of Jazz Studies at Augusta University in Augusta, GA.

Basket Weaving
2024-02-24 12:00 - 17:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
Basket weaving is an ancient art form that uses botanical materials to create functional pieces that you can enjoy for years to come. Jeannie Sisson of Woven Keepsakes will conduct this workshop, where “fun and friendships intertwine” and participants will create their own basket.This month’s class will teach participants how to weave over a “mold” that will be removed after the basket is completed. All materials are provided for class use and several color options will be available.Pre-registration is required. $55, $45 for garden members.

Spring on 02/24/2024
Book Tote on 04/13/2024
American Large Market Basket 06/08/24
Wheels Go Round and Round Basket 07/20/24

PACE | Youth Ceramics
2024-02-24 13:00 - 2024-02-25 15:30 | Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center, 1001 South 6th Street, Council Bluffs, IA, United States
Does your child dream of turning a lump of clay into a magical mug or a funky figurine? In this our youth ceramics classes, your imagination will take center stage as you explore the wonderful world of clay!
What They Will Learn:

The clay basics: Kneading, pinching, coiling, and sculpting – master these techniques to transform clay into anything you can dream up.
Hand-building magic: Create bowls, animals, monsters, or whatever your heart desires using hand-building techniques.
Spin it to win it: Get a taste of the potter’s wheel and learn how to center, throw, and shape clay on this exciting spinning machine.
Glazing galore: Choose from a rainbow of glazes to add color, shine, and personality to your creations.

More Than Just Clay:

Develop your creativity and problem-solving skills as you bring your ideas to life.
Learn about different ceramics styles and techniques from around the world.
Discover the joy of working with your hands and creating something special from scratch.
Make new friends and share your artistic journey with other clay enthusiasts.

Take home:

Your very own ceramic creations, proudly made by you!
A newfound appreciation for the art of ceramics and the magic of clay.
Memories of a fun and rewarding learning experience.

In Conversation: Curator Camilo Sanchez and Artists Paolo Arao and Ron Norsworthy
2024-02-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 S. 12th Street, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Join a conversation with Camilo Sanchez, Curator of Exhibitions at the International Quilt Museum and exhibiting artists Paolo Arao and Ron Norsworthy moderated by Rachel Adams, Chief Curator and Director of Programs at Bemis Center. They will be discussing diverse textile practices, quilting, and the diasporic ideas that run through both exhibitions on view at Bemis Center.

PACE | Youth Painting
2024-02-24 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.

PACE | Youth Tech Art
2024-02-24 16:00 - 2024-02-25 17:00 | Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center, 1001 South 6th Street, Council Bluffs, IA, United States
Calling all curious minds and creative problem-solvers! Get ready to unleash your inner inventor in Maker’s Lab, a unique program where art and science collide in a whirlwind of exciting challenges and hands-on activities.
What You’ll Do:

Become a mini-MacGyver: Use everyday materials and your ingenuity to build robots, design circuits, and create amazing inventions that solve real-world problems.
Code your way to creativity: Learn the basics of coding and program your creations to move, light up, and even make sounds!
Think like an engineer: Explore principles of mechanics, electricity, and magnetism through fun and engaging projects.
Get artsy with science: Design bridges that stand tall, build rockets that soar, and create art installations that blend technology and imagination.

More Than Just STEM:

Develop your critical thinking and problem-solving skills as you tackle different challenges.
Learn to collaborate and work in a team to achieve your goals.
Discover the connections between art and science, and see how creativity can fuel innovation.
Make new friends and share your inventions and discoveries with other curious minds.

The Experience of Toot
2024-02-24 20:30 - 23:00 | Benson Theatre, 6054 Maple St, Omaha, NE, 68104, United States
An evening of performance from the artist T Buobleoo T and friends!

Lithuanian Accordian & Kankles Recital
2024-02-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Strauss Performing Arts Center, 6001 Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182, NE, 68102, United States
Šiauliai Saulius Sondeckis Gymnasium of Arts Principal Regina Maroziene (Kankles) and rising star Jonas Vozbutas (accordion) present a performance of traditional Lithuanian Folk Music joined by Jurgita (Tuckete) Kalb (voice) and members of UNO’s Choral Program under the direction of Dr. Dalan Guthrie.
Join us for this free concert sponsored by UNO Music, Omaha Sister Cities Association and the Omaha Lithuanian-American Community.

Lithuanian Accordion & Kankles Recital
2024-02-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Strauss Performing Arts Center, 6001 Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68182, NE, 68102, United States
Šiauliai Saulius Sondeckis Gymnasium of Arts Principal Regina Maroziene (Kankles) and rising star Jonas Vozbutas (accordion) present a performance of traditional Lithuanian Folk Music joined by Jurgita (Tuckete) Kalb (voice) and members of UNO’s Choral Program under the direction of Dr. Dalan Guthrie.
Join us for this free concert sponsored by UNO Music, Omaha Sister Cities Association and the Omaha Lithuanian-American Community.
This event is free!
PARKING: There is open parking on weekends (no permit required) across the Dodge Campus, including all surface lots and the East and West Garage. Click here for more details including a campus map.
