Visitors gathered at W. Dale Clark Main Library to witness the unveiling of a mural by artist Eugene Kingman. The mural was painted in Omaha at the Joslyn Art Museum and hung in the lobby of The New York Times until the 1980s. In 2013, a group of area art lovers worked with the Kingman…
2015 Read It & Eat: Midwest Cooking
Foodies of all ages gathered at Main Library to celebrate midwestern food and cooking during this annual event. See more photos from the 2015 Read It & Eat Culinary Conference here…
Guest Post: Coming Out of One’s Shell
I started taking Addy to storytime because I was so worried about her going to preschool. She’s always just gone to grandma’s house for childcare, so she’s never had much exposure to groups of kids. She literally wouldn’t leave my lap when we started going. Miss Justine would offer her stickers, and she’d accept, but…
Guest Post: Transplant to Transfixed
My husband got his current job in Omaha when our son Oliver was about three months old. We moved from the Kansas City area and I also left the work force and became a stay-at-home mom. My husband is from Omaha originally, so for him, he was just coming home. But for me, it was…
Sorensen’s 40th Anniversary Bash
On August 2, 1976, the A.V. Sorensen Library and Community Center opened its doors to the public. The opening of this joint facility was much anticipated in the Dundee neighborhood, whose residents had petitioned and advocated on its behalf. Its 40th anniversary was recognized with a free open house on Saturday, August 20. Participants enjoyed…
Willa Cather Storytime Friends
“I love Omaha now, but I hated it at first,” says mother of two, Adrianne Heithoff (above, red shirt), who is a member of the Willa Cather Storytime Friends. As an Omaha transplant, Adrianne didn’t know very many people, and was facing the daunting task of first-time motherhood alone. Patricia Leahy-Warren writes in Scientific American that: Entering motherhood is…
Katie Temple Gallery Reception
Community members attended a reception for the opening of local artist Katie Temple's exhibit entitled Sense of Home. Temple's artwork is a reflection of her personal and continuous search for "home" as an adult. The exhibit was on display in the Michael Phipps Gallery during July and August and was curated by Alex Priest. More photos…
Local Author Finds Healing Through Writing… at the Library
Libraries are places of relative anonymity. Your neighborhood library staff gets to know their patrons and may recommend a book or movie based on an observation, but for the most part, people may wander the stacks, check out materials, and use computers unnoticed by their peers. At Omaha Public Library, we know that Omaha and Douglas…
Taking Lena Home
On August 16, 2016, Film Streams, Omaha Public Library, and Greater Omaha Genealogical Society presented a special screening of the documentary TAKING LENA HOME at the Ruth Sokolof Theater, followed by a post-show discussion featuring the film’s director, Alexandra Grant. In 2000, Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Grant came across a curious object in a Wyoming junk…
Custer in Nebraska: The Royal Buffalo Hunt of 1872
Already established as an Indian fighter on the Great Plains, George Armstrong Custer’s 1872 visit to Nebraska wasn’t for war, but for entertainment. It was here he met the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia and Buffalo Bill Cody to engage in what is possibly the best-known big game hunt in the history of the world…
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