By: Chase Zagurski The Kiewit Luminarium opened its installation of the travelling Brick Masters Studio Exhibition on Sept. 26, inviting Omaha residents to an interactive view of creativity through the lens of LEGO bricks. The exhibition will continue through Jan. 18. It prominently features the work of artist Sean Kenney, who has built numerous sculptures
By: Brandon Kay Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska at Omaha have come together to offer UNO students free flu shots throughout October. Starting on October 1, and continuing throughout the 29, students can receive a free flu vaccine with the presentation of their Mavcard in room 206 of the H&K Building/Wellness Center. Nebraska
By: Quise Varoz Fall traditions such as pumpkins, hayrides and time spent on the farm are more than seasonal activities for families. For farms such as Skinny Bones Pumpkin Patch and Vala’s Pumpkin Patch, the two biggest pumpkin patches in the city, the fall season is an important part of their business and requires months
By: Sam Eckler OMAHA, Neb. — College competition has long meant packed basketball courts and football fields, but a new generation of athletes is competing with keyboards and controllers. Esports have grown from casual gaming into organized competition, generating a market estimated at $3.3 billion in 2026 according to Grand View research. On college campuses
By: Rhett Uleman Under the backdrop of rising fuel prices, an alternative form of transportation is gaining popularity. Electric bikes and scooters are being utilized by downtown commuters and suburban students alike for cheap and reliable transportation. But the “e-moto” boom, as some analysts are calling it, comes paired with concerns about infrastructural shortfalls that
By: Ella Alberts OMAHA, Neb. — Coffee chains are expanding across the Omaha metro, giving customers more options for their daily coffee runs. Coffee chains are expanding across the Omaha metro, giving customers more options for their daily coffee runs. As large corporations continue to attract customers with convenience and speed, locally owned coffee shops
By: Juliette Eckler OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska advocates say a limited pipeline of trained sign language interpreters is making it harder to meet interpreting needs in the state. Brent Welsch, president of the Omaha Association for the Deaf, said one challenge is the limited number of programs preparing new interpreters. “And that’s — it’s really hard to
As a hallmark of the Xbox 360 era, “Gears of War” was a franchise that really cemented the nitty gritty third-person cover shooter genre into the cultural video game zeitgeist. The muted earth tones of the first three games set the stage for a bloody and visceral world filled with war and monsters. When the
It’s funny, looking back on 2026, that we’ll have gotten two televisual glimpses into the mind of the late, great chef and food writer Anthony Bourdain. One, Matt Johnson’s wry, tender biopic “Tony,” gives us a glimpse of the man’s larval form, the insecure, manipulative boy before he became the Tony we all knew and
Created by George Kay, HBO’s new series “War” follows tech billionaire Morgan Henderson (Dominic West) and his movie-star wife, Carla Duval (Sienna Miller), whose marriage is colder than the dreary London weather. When we first meet him, he sleeps with a young woman who is clearly not his wife, but the morning after their tryst,