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North Omaha Music and Arts Weekly Music Sessions
2025-05-19 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-05-21 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-05-26 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-05-28 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Chicago) | North Omaha Music Academy, 2510 N 24th St, Omaha, NE, 68110, United States
North Omaha Music and Arts hosts free weekly gatherings with live band performances, followed by open sessions where all musicians, MCs, and vocalists are invited to participate or sit in.
At our sessions, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with other local artists who share your passion for music. Our live shows kick off the evening, setting the tone for a night of creativity and collaboration. After the show, we open up the floor for jam sessions, where you can showcase your skills and improvise with other talented musicians.

Mondays are devoted to jazz, and whether you’re a seasoned jazz player or just starting to explore the genre, our sessions are the perfect place to hone your skills and connect with other jazz enthusiasts.

On Wednesdays, we shift our focus to contemporary, cutting-edge music, providing a space for musicians and vocalists to explore and experiment with new sounds and styles.

DRACULA, THE VAMPIRE PLAY
2025-05-19 21:00 | UNO, 6001 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, United States
By Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston
Adapted by Kevin Barratt

Director: Kevin Barratt
This play, the first stage version of Bram Stoker’s novel, was the basis for the classic Bela Lugosi film! 100 years later, it still sparks passion, scares, and laughter—it’s bloody exciting!

October 3–5, 2024 | 7:30 P.M.
October 6, 2024 | 2 P.M. matinee
October 10–12, 2024 | 7:30 P.M.
October 13, 2024 | 2 P.M. matinee

Benson Theater Happy Hour
2025-05-20 15:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-27 15:00 - 19:00 | Benson Theatre, 6054 Maple St, Omaha, NE, 68104, United States
Benson Theatre is leading the way to a new community space with doors open more frequently, ideas flowing more freely, and communities colliding for fun, innovation, and celebration. Bring your friends, coworkers, dates, or clients to our beautiful space for conversation, relaxation, collaboration, and creation every Tuesday 3-7pm. Featuring cocktails and mocktails you won’t find anywhere else in Omaha curated by our incredible Lead Bartender, Jenna Lacy. We look forward to hearing your ideas, perspectives, and dreams!

A Stroll Through the Seasons by Erica L. Bailey
2025-05-21 08:00 - 2025-06-29 17:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
May 21 through June 29
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Wednesday through Sunday
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. – Monday and Tuesday
On the gallery walls in the visitor and education center
Experience Erica L. Bailey’s unique perspective of the natural world in this exhibit of seasonal paintings. Bailey, a self-taught abstract impressionist, combines dark fantasy and emotional landscapes with elements of light, offering viewers a chance to step into her imaginative vision.
Inspired by her creative family, including her father’s nature drawings and her uncle’s natural landscape paintings, Bailey’s work blends natural realism with a fantastical twist. Growing up in the Iowa-Omaha metro area, she draws from the beauty of changing seasons, trees, and flowers, creating pieces that invite the viewer to embark on their own adventure—whether down a winding path or around a hidden corner. Each painting offers a glimpse into a world where imagination meets nature.
Included with paid admission. Free for garden members.

Garden Party - Images Celebrating All Things Botanic by Ivan Micek
2025-05-21 09:00 - 2025-06-29 17:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
May 21 through June 29
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Wednesday through Sunday
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. – Monday and Tuesday
As an artist, Ivan Micek uses photography as a medium with which he captures and displays what he sees in the world, in ways intended to spark curiosity in the viewer. Combining his views of nature and its landscapes, with his ability to see things from different perspectives, Ivan embraces and celebrates all that is botanic and all that is unique.
In this exhibit of original photography and digitally enhanced images, witness and observe the beauty of the botanic world we live in, not only with summer’s bright colors; however, with nature’s palette of colors seen in all four seasons.
On the gallery walls in the visitor and education center.
Included with paid admission or garden membership.

Public Tour
2025-05-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Join a Gallery Volunteer for a lively conversation that will engage the senses and build visual literary skills. At the conclusion of the one-hour experience, participants will receive resources for ways to keep looking and learning at The Joslyn. Free, drop-in program; no registration required.

Yoga in the Garden
2025-05-21 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-28 18:00 - 19:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
Breathe, get grounded, and enjoy gentle balancing & stretching movement in this Hatha Yoga class that honors the seasons. Take the time to unwind and treat your senses to the beauty of Lauritzen Gardens — a wonderful mid-week break for body, mind, and spirit. All levels and everybody welcome.
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.
Happens on the following Dates:
Apr 2, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 9, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 16, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 30, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:00pm Timezone: CDT
May 7, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:00pm Timezone: CDT
May 14, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:00pm Timezone: CDT
May 21, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:00pm Timezone: CDT
May 28, 2025, 6:00pm to 7:00pm Timezone: CDT

The Wild Party
2025-05-22 19:30 - 2025-06-22 19:30 | Bluebarn Theater, 1106 So 10th Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
The Wild Party

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa

May 22 – June 22, 2025

Directed by Wai Yim
Choreography by Melanie Epps
A steamy prohibition tale roars across the stage. Based on the widely banned 1928 narrative poem, this darkly brilliant show features one of the most pulse-racing scores ever written. Lovers Queenie and Burrs plan the party-to-end-all-parties to bring the spark back to their affair. Instead, Queenie’s wandering eye sends Burrs into a jealous rage. As the decadence reaches a climax, Burrs erupts. Gun in hand, Burrs turns on Queenie and her new lover.
The gun gets fired, but who gets shot?

Sponsored by:
Devin Fox & Rob Block

Laura
Eleanor
Peet Erkes & Corey Erkes

PACE New Masters 2025
2025-05-23 18:30 - 21:00 | Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center, 1001 South 6th Street, Council Bluffs, IA, United States
The 4th annual exhibition ‘New Masters’ to be held May 23rd – September 27th, 2025, at the Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. ‘New Masters’ will feature up to 50 artists’ depicting contemporary, abstract, expressionist, and conceptual works. Opening night reception is free, seating is limited. RSVP now to save your spot.

PACE New Masters
2025-05-23 18:30 - 21:00 | Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center, 1001 South 6th Street, Council Bluffs, IA, United States

Jitterbugs' Night Out
2025-05-23 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!

Fight!: A Standup Show
2025-05-23 20:30 - 21:45 | Blackstone Theater, 3624 Farnam St, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
Comics fight over wild and silly topics while the real winner is the audience! This hour-long show that combines stand up comedy with debate will start your weekend with giggles.

PACE | Youth Painting
2025-05-24 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.

Sofia’s Play Garden Grand Opening
2025-05-26 09:00 - 19:30 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
Join us on May 26 from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. as we open Sofia’s Play Garden to the public! This amazing acre is thoughtfully designed to spark imagination, discovery, and joy for visitors of all ages. With hidden adventures around every corner and features that bring nature, play, and learning together, it offers an inclusive, sensory-friendly environment where children and families can explore, grow, and build meaningful relationships with the natural world.
Join in the fun and reserve tickets now at lauritzengardens.org/tickets
INTERACTIVE PLAY:
From water features and bird wings to produce shops and rope bridges, every corner of Sofia’s Play Garden is designed to engage young minds and bodies in joyful, interactive exploration.
SENSORY-FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES:
Whether they’re drumming on outdoor instruments, following the twists of a labyrinth, or hearing the wind bring sculptures to life, children of all abilities can discover nature in fun, sensory-rich ways.
A PLACE THAT IS PLANT-FOCUSED:
Explore the roots of the prairie, gently explore textures in the plant petting zoo, see what’s sprouting in the community garden, and uncover even more leafy surprises growing across this amazing acre!
FOSTERING A LOVE OF NATURE IN KIDS OF ALL AGES
Every corner of the garden invites you to connect with nature—stop to smell the flowers, create dams in the stream, or craft a structure from sticks and stones. These thoughtfully designed spaces help kids (and grownups) fall in love with the natural world, one discovery at a time!

Tremendous Topiaries
2025-05-26 09:00 - 20:00 | Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft Street, Omaha, NE, 68108, United States
On display from May 26 through September 1, 2025
This summer, discover a collection of TREMENDOUS topiary displays in the garden. From a flock of flamingos to a mighty bison, these topiaries are lifelike interpretations of animals that use live plants to mimic the colors and textures of feathers, fur, scales, and skin. Throughout the summer, the plant material will be sculpted and maintained to preserve the lifelike forms of these beloved creatures. With fantastic photo opportunities and a playful scavenger hunt woven into the experience, this exhibit promises a summer full of discovery, creativity, and fun!
Included with paid garden admission. FREE for garden members.
Forms on loan from Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens.
Generous animal adopters:
“TD2” The Clown Anemonefish – Thompson, Dreessen & Dorner, Inc.
“Layla & Lily” The American Flamingos – Wild Birds Unlimited
“Melia” The African Elephant – Leigh, Jarett and Will Gustafson and Jordan Loveless
“Sunset” The American Flamingo – Ashley and Brett Klug
“Everett” The American Flamingo- Dahlman Rows Townhomes
The event runs from May 26 to Sep 01, 2025
Mondays & Tuesdays: 9 AM – 8 PM
Wednesday – Sunday: 9 AM – 5 PM

Film Streams on the Green
2025-05-26 20:00 | Builders Green, 724 N. 16th Street, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Join Film Streams and the Builders District for a new outdoor movie series starting in May! These free public screenings will take place at Builders Green in Builders District, located at 724 N. 16th Street — three blocks northwest of Film Streams’ Ruth Sokolof Theater.
Each screening will begin at 8 pm.
Sonny’s/Backstretch Bar will provide an alcohol service for Moonrise Kingdom, A League of Their Own, and Mamma Mia! For the remaining three films, guests 21+ are invited to bring their own alcohol. The series will include the following films:
May 26 | Moonrise Kingdom
Jun 16 | A League of Their Own
Jul 14 | Mamma Mia!
Aug 11 | Raising Arizona
Sep 1 | Knives Out
Oct 13 | Young Frankenstein

Silent Write
2025-05-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Yates Illuminates, 3260 Davenport St, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
Join us for a dedicated silent space for writing!
Noisy neighbors? Fractious family? Come to the GPTC’s classroom at Yates, bring your laptop and some headphones and get some focus.
Converstion welcome in the hall, but once you cross the threshold. SHHHHHH…….
Contact Ellen Struve with any questions at estruve@gptcplays.com

NOMA Cafe with Chad Stoner
2025-05-28 19:00 - 22:00 | NOMA, 2219 2510 N 24th St, Omaha, NE, 68110, United States
NOMA is excited to bring to you Saxophone player Chad Stoner! His “voice” has been described as “stirringly soulful” and “lush with an attitude”.

Local Author Celebration Series
2025-05-29 18:30 - 21:30, 2025-05-29 19:00 | Joslyn Castle, 3902 Davenport St, Omaha, NE, 68131, United States
Local authors Teresa Carmody & Anna Monardo in discussion: “Reissued Books of Fiction: Is There Value for the Reader, the Writer, or Both?”
Carmody’s reissued book is REQUIEM, a short-story collection described as “a folk opera, a lament for the unexamined life.” REQUIEM is reissued by Punctum, a queer- and scholar-led Diamond Open Access press, as part of their Special Collections project to republish, in beautifully designed print and open access editions.
Monardo’s novel, THE COURTYARD OF DREAMS, was originally published in 1993 by Doubleday and is reissued by Bordighera Press, which publishes literature and scholarship of the Italian diaspora. COURTYARD is a companion read with Monardo’s AFTER ITALY: A FAMILY MEMOIR OF ARRANGED MARRIAGE.

Final Fridays at the Conservatory
2025-05-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Omaha Conservatory of Music, 7023 Cass St, Omaha, NE 68132, Omaha, NE, 68132, United States
End your month on the right note by joining us for Final Fridays @ the Conservatory!
Always free and open to the public, May’s concert will feature the Conservatory Jazz Ensemble, made up of 5 Artist-Faculty, performing new takes on some of your favorite feel-good standards. Catch an exciting, enriching musical performance, then enjoy some great company and coffee, compliments of Myrtle & Cypress.
Light bites are available for purchase from Myrtle & Cypress.

Orrin Evans at NOMA!
2025-05-30 19:00 - 22:00 | NOMA, 2219 2510 N 24th St, Omaha, NE, 68110, United States
NOMA is excited to bring in the legendary Orrin Evans to Omaha!
Pianist • Composer • Producer • PerformerDuring his kaleidoscopic quarter-century as a professional jazz musician, pianist Orrin Evans has become the model of a fiercely independent artist who pushes the envelope in all directions. Never supported by a major label, Evans has ascended to top-of-the-pyramid stature on his instrument, as affirmed by his #1-ranking as “Rising Star Pianist” in the 2018 DownBeat Critics Poll. Grammy nominations for the Smoke Sessions albums The Intangible Between and Presence, by Evans’ raucous, risk-friendly Captain Black Big Band, stamp his bona fides as a bandleader and composer. In addition to CBBB, Evans’ multifarious leader and collaborative projects include the Eubanks Evans Experience (a duo with eminent guitarist Kevin Eubanks); the Brazilian unit Terreno Comum; Evans’ working trio with bassist Luques Curtis and drummer Mark Whitfield, Jr.; and Tar Baby (a collective trio of 20 years standing with bassist Eric Revis and drummer Nasheet Waits). One of Tar Baby’s two 2022 releases will be released on Evans’ imprint, Imani Records, which he founded in 2001 and relaunched in 2018.
Venue: NOMA 2510 N 24th Street, Omaha (24th & Lake Streets)
Date: Friday May 30th 2025
Time: 7-10 P.M.
Cover Charge: $25
Musicians:
Orrin Evans – Piano
Dale Black – Doublebass
Dana Murray – Drums

Negrón, Grieg & Shostakovich 5
2025-05-30 19:30 | Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St, Omaha, NE, 68102, United States
Intensity of emotion, drive, and instinct runs through this program, opening with Angélica Negrón’s Moriviví, premiered in 2022. Pianist Joyce Yang brings her “vivid and beautiful playing” (New York Times) to Grieg’s glorious Piano Concerto, but it will be Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, deservedly among the greatest symphonies ever written, that will close the 2024/25 season.

Titanic The Musical
2025-05-30 19:30 - 22:00 | Omaha Community Playhouse, 6915 Cass Street, Omaha, NE, 68132
Titanic The Musical captures the stories of the officers, crew members and passengers of the ever-fascinating catastrophe of the most luxurious ocean liner in the 1900s. From crew in the boiler room to first-class passengers, from the poorest families who scraped together their life savings to purchase third-class tickets, to some of the wealthiest men of the Victorian age, Titanic captures the entire range of humanity aboard the ship. Showcasing the grand and majestic ship herself with moments of heartbreaking intimacy, don’t miss this five-time Tony Award®-winning musical that ran over 800 performances on Broadway in 1997.
