WRAP-UP: Shinichi Iova-Koga @ Om Center
Omaha has had the pleasure of hosting a major figure in the arena of modern dance. Shinichi Iova-Koga, a world renowned performer from San Francisco held an event at the Om Center in the Old Market this past Saturday evening as well as a workshop on the previous Friday (hosted by aetherplough in conjunction with the Omaha [...]
ætherplough presents: Shinichi Iova-Koga
Local performance art group ætherplough presents a performance from Shinichi Iova-Koga, founder of San Francisco-based performance company inkBoat. According to a press release, “inkBoat’s performance style has been described as a hybrid of traditional and experimental forms drawing from both Eastern and Western dance and theatre traditions.”
“Face FWD: A Gerard Pefung Solo Show”
The New BLK hosts a showing of 200 of Gerard Pefung’s sketches — which he uses to develop into his finished paintings. The exhibit also aims to raise community awareness and freedom of speech in Pefung’s native country, Cameroon. More info (couresy of The New BLK): Face FWD is an exhibit with the mission of [...]
“In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play”
The Blue Barn Theatre presents their latest production, “In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play,” by Sarah Ruhl, running February 16th through March 10th. From a press release: In the twilight of the Victorian age, a gentleman doctor has innocently invented a most extraordinary and mysterious device for treating “hysteria.” When his increasingly despondent wife [...]
Thursday, Feb. 16th-Saturday, March. 10th
Blue Barn Theatre in Old Market
7:30 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday; 6 p.m. on Sundays (Feb. 26th & March 4th only)
$25
“Show Your Love” Coffee & Tea Tasting
Project Interfaith and Urban Abbey are teaming up in an evening of coffee- and tea-drinking. Project Interfaith is a non-profit that “strives to create a community and world where people of all faiths, beliefs and cultures are valued, included and protected. As such, we seek to serve as a leader and resource on interfaith relations and [...]
Big Omaha 2012
Big Omaha is put on every year by Silicon Prairie News, with the intent to “inspire, educate and connect entrepreneurs, especially those with an interest in the tech industry.” (SPN). It is a huge event, and people come from all around the nation to attend. Last year’s speakers included the likes of Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker and Bo Fishback of Zaarly. [...]
Wednesday, May 9th - Friday, May 11th 2012
Kaneko in Old Market
Review: Omaha First Friday and the year’s first real precipitation
Omaha First Friday‘s February presentation of local gallery openings was very enlightening and while it is unfair to do so, I’m choosing to focus in on two of the seven events planned and the others not on the list. Anderson O’Brien and Artist’s Cooperative Gallery would be the most noteworthy if I could rule out (for [...]
Bemis Center receives Robert Rauschenberg Foundation grant
Yesterday, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts announced it’s among the first recipients of the Artistic Innovation and Collaboration grant program from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. The Bemis Center plans to use the grant — valued at $50,000 — supporting the efforts of Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates (pictured above) to develop a new cultural space [...]
ART TALK! 4 Artists-In-Residence Talk Art at Bemis.
Above: One of Matthew Radune’s projects Head to the Bemis to hear current artists-in-residence Matthew Radune, Eric Zimmerman and collaborators Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom, of Ghost of a Dream, present their work during the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts’ First Thursday Art Talk on February 2, 2012 at 7:00 pm. As always, Art Talk [...]
2012 New Year’s Resolutions: Part VI
Part VI of our 2012 New Year’s Resolutions series brings us a list from Shane Bainbridge, the creative/principal at The New BLK, a creative think tank that’s home of a dedicated team of some of Omaha’s brightest and most creative people who also are spearheading the monthly Omaha First Friday event on top of running one of [...]
