Omaha Symphonic Chorus Spring Concert
2024-05-04 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, 510 N. 93 St, Omaha, NE, 68114, United States
Join Omaha Symphonic Chorus for its final concert of the season on Saturday, May 4, 7:00 p.m. at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church. Enjoy traditional favorites such as Randall Thompson’s “Alleluia”, along with pieces by Jeffery Ames, Ola Gjeilo and the full “Lux Aeterna” by Morten Lauridsen. Guest instrumentalists will be on french horn and tenor sax. Collaborative pianist is Stacie Haneline and features guest conductor Dr. Marjorie Simons-Bester.

Chicken & Biscuits
2024-05-04 19:30, 2024-05-05 14:00, 2024-05-08 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.

Spring Bonsai Exhibition
2024-05-05 09:00 - 17:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
The Nebraska Bonsai Society is dedicated to advancing the art of bonsai throughout the state of Nebraska and surrounding areas. Their mission is to promote and inspire enjoyment in the study of bonsai through practice, education and camaraderie.Lauritzen Gardens is pleased to host the club’s spring exhibition. Because these miniaturized trees behave just like landscape trees, the Nebraska Bonsai Society expects to show off some beautiful blooming specimens.The exhibition will be housed in the foyer of the visitor and education center where you can feel the zen behind this ancient living art. Members of the club will be on hand to answer questions and will offer some bonsai materials for sale.About the show: The art of bonsai cannot exist without science. For a tree to grow in a pot, it needs soil, water, air and light – in the correct amounts. But, like people or pets, some trees are very adaptable; others are more difficult to please. Members of the Nebraska Bonsai Society love to share their passion for the art of styling trees with others – and can help you better understand both the art and the science of bonsai in Nebraska.The club meets monthly and attendees range from beginners to life-long bonsai practitioners. Each “study group” meeting starts with an educational program, followed by time to work on trees with the help of mentors and other members. Visit nebonsai.org to learn more about the club.Admission to the exhibition is included with paid garden admission or membership.Happens on the following Dates:May 3, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTMay 4, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDTMay 5, 2024, 9:00am to 5:00pm CDT

Bagels & Sometimes Bach - Sunday Music Series ft. Jorge Nila
2024-05-05 11:30 - 12:30 | Gallery 1516, 1516 Leavenworth St, Omaha, NE, 68102
Bagels & Sometimes Bach is Gallery 1516’s Sunday morning music series. Join us each week for a new performance by some of Omaha’s best musicians and performers! This week, enjoy a performance by Jorge Nila as a jazz trio.
Complimentary bagels, fruit, coffee, and juice are provided.

Icons in Transformation
2024-05-05 11:30 - 14:00 | All Saints Episcopal Church, 9302 Blondo St, Omaha, NE, 68134, United States
All Saint Episcopal Church will host “Icons in Transformation,” a dramatic 100-piece art exhibition featuring the contemporary work of internationally acclaimed Swedish-Ukrainian abstract expressionist Ludmila Pawlowska. This must-see exhibit will introduce her work to a broader audience and shed new light on this highly prolific and influential artist. It presents traditional icons as a source of inspiration for contemporary art. As such, the exhibit includes 15 traditional icons painted at the workshop of the Vassilevsky Monastery.
The exhibition will run from April 14 to June 9
Fridays 5pm to 7pm
Saturdays 12pm to 4pm
Sundays 11:30pm to 2:30pm

Bonsai Workshop
2024-05-05 12:30 - 15:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
If you are new to bonsai or want to get started, this workshop is for you! Each participant will receive a plant specimen, a pot with soil, and will learn how to perfect and maintain their bonsai plant.This workshop is led by recognized bonsai artist, Max Miller. Presented by the Nebraska Bonsai Society.Pre-registration is required one week prior to the class. $95, $85 for garden members.

Fontenelle Trading Post: Speaker Series
2024-05-05 13:00 - 14:30 | Fontenelle Forest, 1111 Bellevue Blvd, North Bellevue, NE, 68005, United States
Learn about the fascinating history of the Fontenelle Trading Post!
This Speaker Series is designed to complement the Nebraska’s Deep Roots exhibit in Baright Gallery. Each speaker will provide a diverse perspective on the impact and importance of the Trading Post. See the list of specific dates and topics below.
DATES: Dates listed below
TIME: 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Fontenelle Forest Nature Center
MAXIMUM CAPACITY: 200
PROGRAM FEE: Free for members or with daily admission for non-members (sales tax included). Click HERE to see admission prices.
NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

El Úlitimo Sueño de Frida y Diego
2024-05-05 14:00 | Orpheum Theater, 409 S 16th St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
By the light of candles, through the fragrance of marigolds, the famous muralist Diego Rivera longs to see his deceased wife Frida Kahlo just once more before he dies. With the pathway back to earth open on Día de los Muertos, Frida and Diego imagine their tumultuous love and passion by journeying through her paintings and memories, blossoming their relationship and exploring the cultivation of their lives.

Vesper Legacy Concert featuring Dr. David von Behren
2024-05-05 15:00 - 17:00 | Presbyterian Church of the Cross, 1517 S 114th St, Omaha, NE, 68114, United States
Vesper Concerts ends its 35th season as it began in the first season–with the magnificent organ of Presbyterian Church of the Cross and a chamber ensemble, led by guest organist Dr. David von Behren, a Nebraska native and currently at Harvard University. This concert honors the memory of our series founder, Dana Sloan (1947-2022), as we celebrate 35 years of chamber music in Omaha.Dr. David von Behren is the Assistant University Organist and Choirmaster of the Memorial Church at Harvard University. He recently graduated with his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Boston University College of Fine Arts where he studied with Peter Sykes. He earned his Master of Music degree at Yale University’s School of Music/Institute of Sacred Music, studying organ with Martin Jean and improvisation with Jeffrey Brillhart. He is also a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music where he earned his Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance and music theory (double degree), pursuing organ studies with Todd Wilson. His recent album, French Flourishes from First Plymouth (2021), has been featured on American Public Media’s “Pipedreams.” In the last year, he has released two albums, American Adventures: An Organ Album (2022) and Merry Melodies for Advent and Christmas (2022).Awarded the 2018 Mary Baker Prize in Organ Accompanying and 2019 Richard Paul DeLong Prize in Church Music, von Behren served as organ scholar at Trinity Church on the Green in New Haven, Conn., under the direction of Walden Moore, working with the Trinity Choir of Men & Boys and Choir of Men & Girls. Prior to his appointment at Trinity on the Green, he served four years as organ scholar at Plymouth Church UCC in Shaker Heights, Ohio.Dr. von Behren is the first organist to receive the Cleveland Institute of Music’s prestigious Darius Milhaud Award, given each year to a student “who displays qualities of unusual talent and creativity, sensitivity, expressiveness, strong love for and dedication to the musical arts, outstanding musical accomplishment, and evidence of academic excellence.” He also was named one of The Diapason’s “20 Under 30” Class of 2016. The winner of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award on National Public Radio’s (NPR) From the Top, David’s live radio performance has reached over half a million listeners. David continues to concertize extensively throughout the United States and Europe.A native of Falls City, Nebraska David actively advocates for introducing and exciting younger audiences about classical music. In 2013, he began “The Little Stars Summer Program,” a music program for 3-11 year-old children in Falls City, in association with NPR’s From the Top and The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. As a violinist, David has performed in orchestra festivals at Carnegie Hall and the John F. Kennedy Center. He frequently serves on teaching faculties for POEs (Pipe Organ Encounters) and various organ camps/festivals. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and running half marathons costumed as various superheroes.

Frida y Diego Community Art Show Opening
2024-05-05 16:00 - 21:00, 2024-05-06 16:00 - 21:00, 2024-05-07 16:00 - 21:00, 2024-05-08 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”
2024-05-05 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-06 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-07 18:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-08 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.

Leashes at Lauritzen
2024-05-06 17:00 - 20:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
Dogs love going on an adventure- make your next night out with your four-legged friend an evening garden stroll during Leashes at Lauritzen. These events are enjoyable nights for dogs to walk the trails, meet other dogs, to take photos among the flowers and foliage, and meet other dog lovers. Water will be available at stations throughout the garden.
Visit the garden’s website for a list of rules and regulations that ensure the safety and enjoyment of our visitors, their dogs, and protect the garden’s plant collection.
Included with paid garden admission. Free for dogs and garden members.

Forest Immersion
2024-05-06 18:00 - 19:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
Also known as “forest bathing” or shinrin-yoku, this is a type of nature therapy that immerses your senses, slows down your mind and body, and helps you feel connected with the forest life around you. This hour-long guided session in the woodland trail will allow you to unplug from technology and bring you into the present moment. Take this time to unwind from your work week and feel refreshed and relaxed by deepening your relationship with nature. Pre-registration is required. $20, $10 for members.
Guide: Jenelle Emory, Energy Healing Omaha.

Drawing Flowers
2024-05-07 08:00 - 17:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
TWO SESSIONS Are you interested in learning more about flowers? In this drawing class, we will work with beautiful fresh plant material (different flowers for each month/session) and learn more about flower forms as we draw. We’ll also look at what makes flowers, and their floral families, different from each other. This course is welcoming to all experience levels.The book, The Science Behind Flowers, by Dr. Dick Rauh, is recommended but not required. No prior drawing experience is necessary. We will use basic line drawing exercises and techniques and record our hands-on explorations in a sketchbook using a detailed botanical illustration style.$65, $55 for garden members. Pre-registration is required. A supply list will be provided upon registration.Happens on the following dates in sessions of two:
Feb 20, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm CSTFeb 21, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm CST
March 5, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm CSTMarch 6, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm CST
May 7, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm CDTMay 8, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm CDT
Jun 5, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm CDTJun 6, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm CDT
Jul 9, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm CDTJul 11, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm CDT
Aug 6, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm CDTAug 8, 2024, 6:00pm to 8:00pm CDT

Mudpies
2024-05-07 09:30 - 11:00, 2024-05-09 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.

Sound Health: Bringing Music to Medicine
2024-05-07 12:15 - 13:15 | 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, Sound Health bridges music and medicine through live performances by students who contribute to the environment of care and gain professional performing experience while contributing to their community. All performances take place at 12:15pm, at Nebraska Medicine’s Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center lobby, 505 S. 45th Street.

Opera in Conversation | After the Curtain Call: A Poetry Response
2024-05-07 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, May 7 at Joslyn Castle for our final El último sueño de Frida y Diego Opera in Conversation.
Join local poets who, after seeing the opera, will write and perform a poem to launch conversations reflecting on El último sueño de Frida y Diego. They will share their experience of the production and connections to their own artistic practice, while encouraging the audience to share their reflections from the opera.
Hosted by Angélica Perez
Admission is FREE, advance registration is requested.

Yoga in the Garden
2024-05-07 18:00 - 19:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
Created to soothe the nervous system, this class is gentle on the body yet dynamic in cultivating inner peace. Led by Jen Guerrero, the series will include standing and seated postures for strength & balance, but will be plank-free with minimal time on the knees & easy on the joints. No yoga experience needed – this class is perfect for beginners and welcoming to experienced yoga practitioners who seek a peaceful practice in a lovely setting.Bring whatever props (i.e., pillow, mat, cork blocks, bolster, eye-mask, blanket) that you feel are necessary in making your practice the most comfortable it can possibly be.$15, $10 for garden members. Pre-registration is required.

Heritage Concert 3
2024-05-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Omaha Conservatory of Music, 7023 Cass St, Omaha, NE 68132, Omaha, NE, 68132, United States
The Omaha Chamber Music Society concludes it’s inaugural Heritage Series on Tuesday, May 7 at 7:00pm at the Omaha Conservatory of Music.
The all-Beethoven concert features works from the renowned composer’s “late period” – first the Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110 , performed by Anne Madison, and concluding with the string Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 from 1826.
The epic, experimental and emotional quartet will be performed by the resident Heritage Quartet, let by Artistic Director Thomas Kluge on violin, and violinist Henry Jenkins, violist Tyler Sieh and cellist Gregory Clinton.

Japanese Tea with the Team Smith
2024-05-08 18:00 - 19:30 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
Explore tea culture and the history of tea throughout Japan. We will taste a variety of brews including matcha and learn about the rich culture and history interwoven with tea. Discover what sets apart the quality of true Japanese teas and matcha from that of teas around the world.
Pre-registration is required. $25, $20 for garden members.

UNO Maverick String Quartet-in-Residence at Nebraska Medicine's Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center
2024-05-09 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.
