August 2nd First Friday + New American Arts Festival

August 2nd
6 – 10PM
Benson Creative District

BFF Omaha, with support from Lutheran Family Services and Heartland Family Service present the 11th Annual New American Arts Festival in the Benson Creative District! NAAF celebrates the immigrant, migrant, and refugee communities of the greater Omaha area.

The 11th Annual NAAF features:
Performances on the BFF NAAF Stage
6:00 – Sapphire, Egyptian Belly Dance (Saharan Divas)
6:45 – Adanu Heartland Ensemble
7:30 – Raga Tala, Indian Classical Dance
8:00 – Omkara Band
Madonnari Street Mural Workshop w/ Rosa Nelson and Oria Simonini
Letters to Home Postcard Writing Workshop
Featured Openings:
Have We Met Before? // Mimi Yu at Petshop Gallery
LIFTOACH // Santi Moral-Amaral at BFF Gallery
ВЪ – VY at Star Deli Gallery
Featured Artists: Kendra Limon at Jakes, Angelica Tapia at Burke’s Pub, Jair Rodriguez at Benson Brewery
African Immigrant Family Services (AIFS) Youth Drumming at Ted & Wally’s, Nyarok at the Friend of BFF Happy Hour at The Sydney, and D’Colores Art Bus
Food Workshops w/ Jane and Hani Hani
 Community Partners and so much more!

 𝗕𝗙𝗙 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗘𝗧! 
Join BFF and 65+ artists, vendors, & community partners in the Benson Creative District First Fridays May thru September!
 The NORTH MARKET is at Military Ave between Maple & Binney!
 The SOUTH MARKET is at 62nd St between Maple & Miami!

Shoutout to this month’s poster artist Rosa Nelson

Thanks to Blick Art Materials for sponsoring our monthly posters! Visit Blick Art Materials for all your art supply needs!

FIRST FRIDAY
𝕆𝕌𝕋 𝔸ℕ𝔻 𝔸𝔹𝕆𝕌𝕋!
𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: (𝟕 – 𝟏𝟎𝐩𝐦)
 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 (2727 𝘕 62𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵)
Opening Reception:
Have We Met Before? // Mimi Yu
https://www.facebook.com/events/339341689234774

On Display:
The Meeting of the Galactic Resonance // Isabella Janssen
https://www.facebook.com/events/997171748611578

 𝐌𝐚𝐌𝐎 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 (South lot of Petshop Gallery)
This Wide Web We’ve Been Weaving // Carlie Waganer

 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝟔𝟐 (𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘵𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 – 2729 𝘕. 62𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵)
Studio 62 Sound Sessions: Kyle Jessen

 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞’𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐛 (6117 Maple St.)
𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵: Angelica Tapia

 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 (6061 Maple St.)
Featured Artist: Chip Duden

 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐲 (6059 𝑀𝑎𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑆𝑡)
𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵: Jair Rodriguez

 𝐓𝐞𝐝 & 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲’𝐬 (6023 Maple St.)
To Go Kits – ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED!
Tilt23 Showcase featuring: Pablo Arza, Black Bird Rock Co. and African Music band
Clothing Swap with Swap Omaha
FREE Scoop of Ice Cream for ALL Friend of BFF members EVERY #firstfriday

 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥 + 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 (6013 Maple St.)

 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐲’𝐬 (2814 𝑁. 60𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑡.)
Free Little Arts Center + To-Go Art Kits
FLAC featured artist:
Open Studios ft. Authento Creative, 2Neuro Grotto, No Hand Outs Clothing & Jennifer Lentfer Studio
Installation Workshop with Alyssa Schmitt

 𝗕𝗙𝗙 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 (5901 Maple St.)
LIFTOACH // SANTI MORA-AMARAL
https://www.facebook.com/events/480224191431209

 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 (5905 Maple St.)
Clowns and Corpses
https://www.facebook.com/events/8160403780742672

 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩 (2905 N 59th St)

 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐭. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭 (5901 Maple St.)
De Stijl Trans Am | Levi Robb
https://www.facebook.com/events/470487519101622/

 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 (5915 Maple St.)
Opening Reception: The Art of Memory
https://www.facebook.com/events/799136822339773

 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 (5917 Maple St)

 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 (5918 Maple St.)
Friend of BFF Happy Hour with Nyarok
Featured Artist: Parker Speck and Aaryan Naik

 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞 (6054 Maple St.)
Mr. Benson Presents The Omaha Comedy Fest Fundraiser
https://www.facebook.com/events/1456376091672297

 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐨𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐲 (6066 Maple St.)
Opening Reception: Lew Lunbeck | Seeing Greatness + Kicking it in the Teeth
https://www.facebook.com/events/1329856597973719/

 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢 (6114 Military Ave)
Featured Artist: ВЪ – VY (/viː/)

 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 (6132 Military Ave)
Featured Artist: Fish Spit Co

 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞’𝐬 𝐂𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐬 (6206 Maple St.)
Featured Artist: Kendra Limon

 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞 (6208 Maple St.)
Intergalactic Underground – an Outer Space themed art show

 𝐃𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 (6307 Maple St.)
Featured Artists:

 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 (7016 Maple St.)

 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐧 𝐌𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬: 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 (7020 Maple St.)

 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬! 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬! 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬! (7052 Maple St.)

𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝑵𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 – 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟡 𝕡𝕞
 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐒𝐭. 𝐓𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧 (2735 N. 62nd St.)
CTRL + ALT + DELETE feat: G3 w/ Jack 2.0 & Crabrangucci

 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐁 (6121 Military Ave.)
Kros Strain Outlandia Beer Launch
https://www.facebook.com/events/1535119344092036

 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞 (6212 Maple St.)

 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 (5918 Maple St.)
An evening with GLEAM

 𝟏𝟎𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 (7224 Maple St.)
In The Beginning w/ Angie Spence

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐊𝐒!
Don’t forget! Friends of BFF receive special PERKS every First Friday! Become a member at bffomaha.org/friend and enjoy these perks!
𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐭 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 // 20% off Purchase
 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘆 // Half off draft beer (3-6)
 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 // $1 off tap beers until 7. $1 off Sangria all night
 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲’𝘀 // Pub BOGO for a penny apple pie shots (3-6)
 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝘆 // Free cinnamon crisp w/ purchase (dine in)
 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗻 // Buy one get one TACOS
 𝗘𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 // free cookie with drink purchase
 𝗝𝗮𝗸𝗲’𝘀 // Half off Sangria on tap
 𝗞𝗮𝗶 𝗧𝗲𝗶 // Buy one get one SAKE
 𝗦𝘁. 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄𝘀 // $1 off Tap Beers until 7. $1 off sangria
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶 // 10% off your purchase
𝗧𝗲𝗱 & 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆’𝘀 // FREE scoop of ice cream
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘆 // $1.00 off all drinks

𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄𝐓𝐘 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐘
Get reacquainted with the 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞.
BFF Omaha’s “𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞.,” states that your establishment will encourage, expect, and strive to maintain a safe environment, with a zero tolerance policy towards harassment and assault.

If visitors feel unsafe at any time while in your establishment, staff or someone of authority will promptly take steps to address the situation, or if necessary remove the person(s) responsible and/or notify the proper authorities.

Keep and Eye Out for our 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 buttons worn by BFF volunteers and decals in business windows. In the event you need help, look out for the 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐝𝐠𝐞 or 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞. This person and/or business will be able to help!

For more information and to sign the pledge on behalf or your business, please visit bffomaha.org/about

Let’s keep each other safe!

𝙱𝙵𝙵 𝚂𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚃𝚒𝚙𝚜
 Never walk alone after dark – ask a friend, area staff, or BFF staff/volunteer to walk you to your car
 Don’t drink and drive – call a safe ride, take the bus, phone a friend!
 COVID-19 is still afoot – please get vaccinated, be safe, wear masks, and do NOT attend First Friday if you are feeling ill.

𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐏 𝐁𝐅𝐅 𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐇𝐀! 𝐁𝐔𝐘 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒!
Support BFF in our mission of building community through arts engagement by purchasing official merch from the BFF Shop!
Visit shopbffomaha.myshopify.com and add some things to your cart!

𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐊 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐁𝐅𝐅!
First Friday Sponsors!
 Mutual of Omaha
 Ted & Wally’s Ultra-Premium Homemade Ice Cream n Benson
Friend of BFF Business Members!
 Benson Mill Apartments
 Benson Brewery
 Blue Line Coffee
 Buildertrend
 Dahlia House
 DogGurt
 First Interstate Bank
 Flavas
 Gregg Grossman, Inc.
 Heather Tedesco, Realtor, BHGRE
 Jake’s Cigars
 Maven Social
 Metropolitan Community College
 Ming Toy Gallery
 Nebraska AIDS Project
 Nocturnal Eats Food Truck
 Omaha Roller Derby
 Omaha Steaks
 Rail + Steam
 Shipment Vintage
 Soundarte.net
 StudioDaze Omaha
 Taco Co.
 The Garage by the Grey House
 The Sydney

ᴡᴇ ʟᴜᴠ ʏᴀ!

ʏʀ BFFs