This Week in Downtown Omaha!

 
The Holiday Lights Festival is in full swing with the annual Family Festival this Sunday in Downtown Omaha.  There is also plenty to enjoy for performing arts fans with productions occurring at the Rose, Blue Barn, Holland Center, and Orpheum.  And on the basketball court, the Creighton Bluejays take on in state rival – Nebraska. It’s going to be a great week in Downtown Omaha! Please forward this email to your friends and click here to sign up for the Downtown Omaha Events Calendar. You don’t want to miss out on what’s happening in Downtown Omaha. There is so much to DO! Have a great week!

 

Thursday, December 5

 

Holiday Gift Show: Jewelry Trunk Show                   Anderson O’Brien Gallery / 5-8pm

Milk & Cookies with Santa!                                       Omaha Children’s Museum / 6-8pm

 

 
Friday, December 6

 

MANGELSEN Holiday Open House                 MANGELSEN Images of Nature / 10am-10pm

Holiday Under Glass Concert                                       Joslyn Art Museum / 12pm

Exhibit Opening Reception                                         Nebraska Arts Council / 5-7pm

Ethnic Holiday Festival                                                Durham Museum / 5-9pm

OM Holiday Art Bazaar                                                 OM Center / 5-10pm

Old Market First Friday                                                Old Market / 6-9pm

All Member Holiday Show Opening Reception             Artists’ CoOp Gallery / 6-9pm

“The Chorus of the Forest” Book Signing                     Le Wonderment / 6-9pm

Mural Opening and Artist Talk                                      The Berry & Rye / 6-9pm

Live Music: Tracy Skretta                                            The Tea Smith / 6-9pm

Live Music: Michael Murphy                                         Nebraska at the Market / 6-9pm

Narnia                                                                          The Rose Theater / 7pm

Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol                                    Blue Barn Theatre / 7:30pm

 

 

Saturday, December 7
Holiday Concert Series                                                Durham Museum

MANGELSEN Holiday Open House                  MANGELSEN Images of Nature / 10am-10pm

OM Holiday Art Bazaar                                                  OM Center / 12-5pm

Fiesta De Navidad                                                        The Urban Abbey / 2-5pm

Narnia                                                                          The Rose Theater / 2pm

The Nutcracker                                                            Orpheum Theater / 2 & 7:30pm

Holiday Lights Festival: Sounds of the Season            Old Market/Leahy Mall / 7-8pm

Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol                                    Blue Barn Theatre / 7:30pm

The Priests                                                                  Holland Center / 8pm

 

 
Sunday, December 8

 

Holiday Concert Series                                                Durham Museum

MANGELSEN Holiday Open House                   MANGELSEN Images of Nature / 12-5pm

Holiday Lights Festival: Family Festival         Various Arts & Culture Venues / 12-5pm

The Nutcracker                                                            Orpheum Theater / 2pm

Narnia                                                                          The Rose Theater / 2pm

Old Market Holiday Stroll                                             Old Market / 4-7pm

Creighton Basketball vs. Nebraska                               CenturyLink Center / 5pm

Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol                                    Blue Barn Theatre / 6pm

 

 

Tuesday, December 10
Family Nights with Santa                                             Durham Museum / 5-8pm

 

 
Wednesday, December 11

 

Holiday Under Glass Concert                                        Joslyn Art Museum / 12pm

Wednesday Words: Leo Adam Biga                               KANEKO / 12pm

 

 

Thursday, December 12
Milk & Cookies with Santa!                                        Omaha Children’s Museum / 6-8pm

Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol                                  Blue Barn Theatre / 7:30pm

Christmas Spectacular                                               Holland Center / 8pm

 

 
Ongoing Events & Exhibits

 

An American Conversation Exhibit                                     Bemis Center

Special Project-Fremont Dangos Exhibit                            KANEKO

Stacked-An Exploration in Density and Line                       KANEKO

Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection                      Joslyn Art Museum

Goose Bumps! The Science of Fear                                    Durham Museum

Things That Go Exhibit                                                       Omaha Children’s Museum

Lossy Exhibition                                                                 Bemis Center

Holiday All-Members Show                                                 Artists’ Cooperative Gallery

Holiday Lights Festival                                                       Gene Leahy Mall

Premieres New Images from Alaska                                   MANGELSEN-Images of Nature

Santa’s Magic                                                                     Omaha Children’s Museum

Christmas at Union Station                                               Durham Museum 

Ethnic Holiday Trees Exhibit                                             Durham Museum

Heinrich, O’Hara, Simcoe & Talbitzer                                Nebraska Arts Council

All Members Show                                                             Passageway Gallery

“Just for Her” Holiday Show                                              Yi’s

Small Treasures Exhibit                                                     White Crane Gallery

All Members Show                                                              Old Market Artists Gallery              

 

 

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