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2023 Summer Concerts in Omaha Through Labor Day

Another season of live summer music is here, and Omaha is ready to party. This year, choose from 60 top-notch shows – with more added to the concert calendar daily. The following summer concerts in Omaha through Labor Day include mainstay events and under-the-radar shindigs alike. Some are free, while others directly support the local…



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“Millwork Conversations” with Shonna Dorsey at The Dock

May 24 Millwork Conversations The Dock Check out the Millwork Conversations at The Dock (located inside the Ashton building) on May 24. Millwork Conversations is a free event in a happy hour format, designated to host a variety of local artists, thinkers, and visionaries. This month, Shonna Dorsey leads the conversation. Dorsey, from Omaha, works…

Robert Dewey “Bob, Poppo” Hudson

Publisher’s Note: The annals of the founding of The Reader are anchored in a youth-led effort to save Sokol Hall on 13th & Martha in 1990 from a questionable fire-safety inspection. Bob Hudson had the courage, and some might say mischievousness, to encourage this effort, playing a critical role in not only saving Sokol, but…

Omaha Looks Good When Koterba’s Drawing it

My cartooning career began at the age of five in South Omaha. I would draw cartoons for a newspaper I created for my parents. While I only had two readers of my work, I knew in my heart that I wanted to become a full-time cartoonist. You can’t really go to school to become an…

Mary Ann Krzemien: A Force for Good in South Omaha

Mary Ann Krzemien left her indelible imprint on our hearts, our city, state and world. She lived her life in service to people, animals and all of God’s creation. She modeled and taught those values over four decades to thousands of her students at Ryan and St. Joseph’s High schools plus, UNO, St Mary and…