Girls Inc get ‘Stronger, Smarther and Bolder’
OMAHA – Girls inc helps women develop their skills and promotes complex physical, mental, and professional development among them.
Road to Omaha – Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Omaha, NE – On today’s episode of “Road to Omaha,” KVNO’s Brandon McDermott spoke with Oral Roberts head coach Ryan Folmar.
Opera Omaha Returns to Stage, ‘The Capulets and the Montagues’
Omaha, NE—Opera Omaha returns to the stage of the Orpheum Theater tonight with Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece, The Capulets and the Montagues. Star-crossed lovers are torn by a feud between families. It’s a familiar story, but audiences who have not seen the opera might be surprised to see that the role of Romeo is played by a female mezzo-soprano.
Readings and Workshops from Backwaters Press
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—The Backwaters Press, an independent nonprofit literary press based here in Nebraska will continue their ongoing Reading Series next Wednesday at Gallery 1516.
Read MoreReadings and Workshops at Kaneko for ‘feedback’ series
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—Presented by Kaneko and The Nebraska Writer’s Collective, the feedback Series aims to enliven the conversation about writing through readings and workshops. This Thursday at Kaneko, poets Nate Marshall from Chicago as well as Gina Keplinger and Ben Wenzl based here in Nebraska will perform.
Read MoreBackwaters Press Hosts Reading and Workshop
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—The Backwaters Press is an independent literary magazine based in Nebraska, and they’ve been publishing local and international poets and prose writers for the last 20 years. The press also engages with the community through readings and now a workshop series, all in collaboration with Gallery 1516.
UNO’s Reading Series Begins with Lisa Fay Coutley
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—UNO’s Writers’ Workshop Reading Series invites poets and writers to Omaha to give the community a chance to hear today’s leading voices.
“The Barada Hills of Nebraska”: Paintings and Poems at Gallery 1516
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—This Friday, May 5, Gallery 1516 will show The Barada Hills of Nebraska, a collaboration of watercolors by John Lokke and poems by Jan Wright. Through art and language, the two have worked together to depict the quaint village in the valley South of Omaha, and they have published a book with the same title.
Read MoreUNO’s Reading Series Features Poet, Traci Brimhall
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—UNO’s Writer’s Workshop hosted poet Traci Brimhall last week as part of the school’s Reading Series. The reading series offers students and the public a chance to learn more about contemporary authors and the craft of writing.
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