Join Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium for some of your family’s favorite holiday traditions, Cookies with the Clauses, Penguins and Pancakes, along with special holiday-themed camps. Cookies with the Clauses will be held on both Saturdays, December 10 and 17, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Guests will listen to a story from Santa and Mrs. Claus, decorate delicious cookies and learn how
Every evening this holiday season, lights glow throughout Omaha’s entertainment districts and neighborhoods. Here’s a round-up of the must-see displays perfect for festive strolls with friends and loved ones. Gene Leahy Mall at The RiverFront (Holiday Lights Festival) 1001 Douglas St. November 24, 2022 – January 2, 2023 A Thanksgiving lighting ceremony
One thing’s for certain. After watching Alison Stover and Joe Benedetto’s The Four Walls of Charlotte Moreland you will reflect upon yourself and analyze whatever you’re part of. This kind of self-discovery and self-exploration isn’t automatic with most films, but the duo’s production calls for something different as it portrays a delicate subject without much
Films should not require anything from audiences. At least, regular films. However, we’ve become used to fan-servicing films and now things could change. Not to say there’s a clean slate and fans should be forced to be fed whatever’s on the screen, but we should open our minds more often. It’s definitely necessary. This is
Thrillers that take place in a single location aren’t very common. It seems filmmakers prefer to utilize a stage for spectacle, and the script is left in a secondary plane. If we add the action genre to this equation, it’s even more rare. But do you actually remember action films having good scripts aside from
By: Addison Parr, Reporter OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha area is seeing it’s lowest homicide rate in decades thanks to a nationally recognized violence prevention and intervention model. In July of 2007, the city of Omaha saw its peak of gun violence with 31 shootings over 31 days. After that tragic month, community leaders and Omaha
Deep in the center of a film like Clean Slate, there lies a shot of reality that’s not very common in stories of this nature. We’re talking about human beings overcoming something that seems impossible to understand for them, but that’s quite obvious for the rest who haven’t gone through the effects of addiction. A
By: Mitchell Cutcher, Reporter OMAHA, Neb- UNO has chosen Dr. Phil He as the new Senior Vice Chancellor and will be starting this role on Jan. 3rd. Dr. He currently is serving as the vice provost of faculty diversity for Northeastern University in Boston. Dr. He began his career in 1998 at the University of
By: Stephanie Veloso, Reporter OMAHA, Neb. – According to an article by BusinessWire, the music streaming market is expected to grow to $45.31 billion by 2026, but a local record store is aiming to keep vinyl’s alive and well in the digital era. Homer’s is just one of the music stores downtown that add to the
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium is hosting its first ever Holiday Market and offering a Black Friday Membership Deal this November. The Holiday Market is Saturday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. inside the Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Pavilion. Visitors can shop sustainable gifts from 15 local artists and makers who