Impacted by Incarceration, Nebraskans Find Hope in RISE Business Program
Shontavia Brown was nervous. She hunched over her phone sending text messages, worried she’d forget her speech or botch the delivery of a well rehearsed line. Her friends and family, sitting a few feet away, couldn’t take it seriously. The Brown they knew was loud, outspoken, in control. How was “the dictator,” a nickname that…
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Dinner Drinks and Drag at Omaha Funny Bone
Visit the Funny Bone on November 23 for a lovely night of drinks, eats, and entertainment with some of Omaha’s finest LGBTQ+ performers.The drag entertainers and Midwest divas dance to elaborate routines featuring popular numbers on-stage and excel at crowd interaction while performing for tips.All the while, the premiere comedy venue has a full bar…
20th Annual Omaha Jewish Film Festival
The Alan J. Levine Performing Arts Theater, located inside the J.C.C., will host the Omaha Jewish Film Festival over four nights throughout November and early December. The fest has been breaking ground for 20 years, and this year’s theme is “views of the world through Israeli eyes.” Each of the four films starts at 7…
OPINION: As Library Demolition Nears, Old Questions About Public-Private Partnerships Resurface
EDITORS NOTE: an earlier version of this story identified Do Space as a private library. It is a nonprofit. The story has also been updated to reflect the differences between the Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority and the library advisory committee. On Aug. 28, the W. Dale Clark library closed its doors for the last…
OPINION: Our High School Shut Down the Presses, But They Couldn’t Stop the Story
Marcus Pennell graduated from Grand Island Northwest High School in 2022. He is currently a freshman English major at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. When you’re navigating high school as a transgender student, you have to find pockets of acceptance and hope. I found mine in band, theater and Grand Island Northwest High School’s…
Best of the Big O: 2022 Readers’ Choice – Getting Around Winners
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Best of the Big O: 2022 Readers’ Choice – Living and Home Services Winners
Best Apartments Reader’s Choice Best of the Big O: Vivere – City + Ventures Reader’s Choice: Notre Dame Housing, Old Mill Apartments – Lund Company Reader’s Recommend: Broadmoor Hills Best Carpet Cleaning Reader’s Choice Best of the Big O: COIT Cleaning and Restoration Reader’s Choice: Maxim Cleaning and Restoration, Zerorez Reader’s Recommend: Jones Services, L & M Carpet Cleaning,…