Events for January 2025

Welcome to Potluck Possibilities! Join us on 4th Fridays for a potluck meal at 5:30 pm followed by a “potluck” of presentations at 6:30 pm. Presentation topics will range from serious informative to fun informative. In June, the local chapter of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) will discuss their organization's purpose and the activities they undertake to achieve that purpose. This group has met at St. Mark's on the Campus for years and this is an opportunity for downtown residents and UNL students -- as well as St. Mark's on the Campus parishioners -- to be better [...]

Welcome to Poetry at the Lion! All poets and poetry fans are welcome! Each month, a featured poet will read from their works and shape the evening’s experience. Poetry lovers can stop on their way to eat out or bring a brown bag meal and stay for the whole evening. Light refreshments will be provided. The featured poet for January is Matt Mason. As of 2025, he stepped away from being Nebraska State Poet Laureate for five years. Mason has written about fatherhood, relationships, religion and the Bible, and themes of Midwest and Great Plains life

“It’s like a yard sale, except everything is free!” --No criteria to meet. No forms to fill out. All are welcome. --Bringing a card table to display your giveaway items is helpful. --Please take your unclaimed items home with you. --No requirement to bring items in order to take items - take what you need.

Sunday, January 19 | 3:00PM | FREE Dundee Presbyterian Church 5312 Underwood Ave, Omaha, NE 68132 “Such a radiant voice, effortless even in the highest register and breathtaking coloratura, has probably not been heard for a long time.” -Berliner Umschau “Redpath is a powerhouse. Her soprano penetrates the air and pierces the ear, reminiscent of a young Beverly Sills.” – Opera Wire “Every note sits and radiates effortlessly, as if a happy little bird were chirping over a spring meadow.” – Online Merker Liv Redpath is a young leading soprano leggero on opera and concert stages around the world [...]