“It’s like a yard sale, except everything is free!” --Seng Park, N. 49th & Garland, 10-11:30am. --Bringing a card table or blanket 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. --No criteria to meet. No forms to fill out. All are welcome. --Dog friendly.
A community fair to support Bluestem Montessori! This event will include a food truck, ice cream stand, a bounce house, children's activities, and engaging vendors focused on family and kids. It's open to the public and admission is FREE! All money raised builds the new early childhood and adolescent programs for Bluestem Montessori School!
It's time to Tickle Your Funny Bone with nationally touring comedian, Clay Foley of Comedy to the Rescue Show Raffles, Snacks, Refreshments Proceeds go to Sadie Dog Fund, a Lincoln, Ne based non-profit, who provides veterinary grants to help save dogs' lives or improve the quality of their lives, in Nebraska.
Attention, recruits! Your next mission is a top-secret, egg-stra special adventure at the SAC Aerospace Museum! Join us for Operation: Easter Egg Hunt, a day packed with family-friendly fun, surprises, and plenty of sweet rewards! Mission Briefing – What to Expect: Easter Bunny Photo Ops – The Easter Bunny is hopping in for a grand entrance! Keep your eyes peeled as they roam the museum’s hangars, ready for snapshots and high-fives! Egg Hunts by Age Group: Toddler Egg Hunt (Ages 0-3) – Mission: Astronaut Gallery – Tiny explorers will have their own designated egg hunt. Child Egg Hunt (Ages [...]
The Lincoln Civic Orchestra will present the final concert of their 2024-2025 season, celebrating a theme of “Cinematic Adventures”, on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at 4:00pm. Held in the Fine Arts Building at Nebraska Wesleyan University, 50th and Huntington Ave., this is an all-ages, open to the public, symphonic concert. The orchestra will be performing movement four of Ottorino Respighi’s “Pines Of Rome”, “The Pines of the Appian Way”. Additionally presented on the program will be arrangements of soundtracks from the silver screen, including Hanz Zimmer’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”, Michael Kamen’s “Band of Brothers”, John [...]
Ken Meter will be at the shop to talk about his book Building Community Food Webs. Our current food system has decimated rural communities and confined the choices of urban consumers. Even while America continues to ramp up farm production to astounding levels, net farm income is now lower than at the onset of the Great Depression, and one out of every eight Americans faces hunger. But a healthier and more equitable food system is possible. In Building Community Food Webs, Ken Meter shows how grassroots food and farming leaders across the U.S. are tackling these challenges by constructing [...]
Writers in Conversations is a regular event featuring two writers discussing the joys and travails of their writing journeys. Moderated by creative writing professor Nick Salestrom, the April conversation features guest writers, Maria Navos and Mary Pipher. This is a free event with no registration required. Social Time begins at 6:00pm CST, and the conversation runs from 6:30 – 7:30pm. Please join us. www.larksongwritersplace.org Maria Nazos is a Greek-American poet, translator, and memoirist raised in Athens, Greece, and Joliet, Illinois. She has won numerous awards for her poetry, including an Academy of American Poets Award and a 2022 Palette Poetry [...]
Davinci's restaurant will be serving the 40th annual free Easter dinner for low-income persons and those who may be alone. Serving pasta, pizza, garlic cheese rolls, and cupcakes! Any questions, please call Kelly.
Opera in Conversation is a series of three sessions surrounding Opera Omaha mainstage productions that features creatives, scholars, and other public figures. These FREE events exist to foster cross-disciplinary exploration of art, big questions, and community connections. Join Opera Omaha on Tuesday, April 22 at the Joslyn Castle Carriage House for our first Giulio Cesare Opera in Conversation. The first Opera in Conversation will feature Head of Music Josh Quinn, as he delivers a crash course on all things Handel, Baroque opera, and what to expect from Giulio Cesare. Admission is FREE, advance registration is requested. For more details, [...]
Interested in becoming a foster parent? Join our Zoom meeting to learn all about becoming a Foster Parent with Guardian Light Family Services! This meeting will be a great opportunity to meet a member of our Foster Care team, get all your questions answered, and learn what it truly entails to become a foster parent. Whether you're curious about the process, support, or the impact you can make, we’re here to guide you every step of the way. Don’t miss out—sign up today and take the first step toward making a difference. For more details and to register, visit [...]
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 April, representatives from Magdelene Omaha will discuss how their organization provides individualized support for survivors of sex trafficking – yes, sex trafficing happens in Nebraska! They believe every survivor of sexual violence deserves a new beginning – free from violence, trauma, and addiction. Note: The potluck meal is optional. St. Mark's on the Campus volunteers will focus on providing main entrees (proteins). Guests [...]
We want to let everyone know about a Plant and Seed exchange from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday April 26 at Clinton School, 29th and Holdrege streets, sponsored by Clinton Neighborhood Organization. The event is free and all are welcome to bring and/or take plants, seeds and bulbs for indoor or outdoor gardening! Enjoy this fun spring event!
Opera in Conversation is a series of three sessions surrounding Opera Omaha mainstage productions that features creatives, scholars, and other public figures. These FREE events exist to foster cross-disciplinary exploration of art, big questions, and community connections. Join Opera Omaha on Tuesday, April 29 at the Joslyn Castle Carriage House for the second Giulio Cesare Opera in Conversation. The opera may be called Giulio Cesare, but it’s really about Cleopatra. Join a conversation with historian Catherine Medici-Thiemann, PhD to explore some of the most famous women rulers of history. Admission is FREE, advance registration is requested. For more details, [...]