Month: November 2019

Irish Christmas at Father Flanagan’s Historic Home is another fun Omaha event December at Boys Town.

Irish Christmas at Father Flanagan’s Historic Home
December 8 – 14, 2019
Sun. 11 AM- 4 PM
Mon. – Sat. 10 AM – 4 PM
Father Flanagan House Museum

Christmas Stamps is another Omaha event in December at Boys Town.

Christmas Stamps
December 1 – 31, 2019
Mon. – Fri. 9 AM – 4:30 PM
Sat. 9 AM – 4 PM.
Sun. 11 AM – 4 PM
Leon Myers Stamp Center

Boys Town Historic Crèche Displays is our next Omaha event for 1 December. It runs from 8AM-5PM at Village of Boys Town. This one is a driving tour and includes stops inside Dowd Memorial Catholic Chapel on Dowd Drive, Heroes Boulevard, and in front of the Village Christmas tree across from the Skip Palrang Field House.

Quite a few Omaha events going on there as well including:

Boys Town Historic Crèche Display(above)
December 1, 2019 – January 8, 2020; 8 AM – 5 PM
Village of Boys Town

Christmas Stamps
December 1 – 31, 2019
Mon. – Fri. 9 AM – 4:30 PM
Sat. 9 AM – 4 PM.
Sun. 11 AM – 4 PM
Leon Myers Stamp Center

Irish Christmas at Father Flanagan’s Historic Home
December 8 – 14, 2019
Sun. 11 AM- 4 PM
Mon. – Sat. 10 AM – 4 PM
Father Flanagan House Museum

For more information, visit:
https://www.boystown.org/village/Pages/events-exhibits.aspx

Village of Boys Town
13603 Flanagan Blvd
Boys Town, NE 68010

Our next Omaha event for the holidays is the KETV Family Festival taking place, 1 December, 12-5 PM

Omaha Police Department Mounted Patrol
615 Leavenworth St.
Omaha, NE 68102

Film Streams’s Forever Young Family & Children’s Series will take place on 28 November, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at the Dundee Theater

Admisison is $2.50 for children 12 and under, $5.00 Memberm $7.50 Student, Teacher, Military & Senior and $10 General

Dundee Theater
4952 Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68132
Omaha, NE 68132

What are your favorite Omaha area holiday and winter events? Please let us know at news@omahanebraska.com

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Celebrate the holiday season with fun, free events at Omaha Public Library

The holidays can be hectic. Don’t forget to take some time to slow down and enjoy the best the season has to offer. Omaha Public Library (OPL) can help with fun, free, pre-planned programs and activities for all ages to enjoy, including music, crafts, parties, and even visits with Santa! In the listings, a designation of RR means that registration is required. There may be age recommendations for some events. Daycare groups planning to attend an event are asked to call the hosting location in advance. Visit omahalibrary.org or call your local branch for more information.

Holiday hours: Nov. 28-29 – all locations closed; Dec. 24 – all locations close at 3 p.m.; Dec. 25 – all locations closed; Dec. 31 – all locations close at 6 p.m.; Jan. 1 – all locations closed

Parties & Santa Visits

• Sunday, Dec. 1, noon-5 p.m.: Holiday Lights Family Festival at W. Dale Clark Main Library, 215 S. 15th St., 402-444-4800
• Saturday, Dec. 7, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Morning with Santa at Saddlebrook Branch, 14850 Laurel Dr., 402-444-5780
• Wednesday, Dec. 11, 10:30 a.m.-noon: Tiny Tots Santa Party at A.V. Sorensen Branch, 4808 Cass St., 402-444-5274
• Wednesday, Dec. 11, 6-7:30 p.m.: Holiday Extravaganza at Florence Branch, 2920 Bondesson St., 402-444-5299, RR
• Tuesday, Dec. 24, 10-11 a.m.: Snow Much Fun at Millard Branch, 13214 Westwood Ln., 402-444-4848
• Friday, Dec. 27, 1-2:30 p.m.: Family De-Stress Fest at Millard Branch
• Tuesday, Dec. 31, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Noon Year’s Eve at Saddlebrook Branch
• Tuesday, Dec. 31, 11 a.m.-12:30  p.m.: Noon Year’s Eve Party at Florence Branch, RR

Crafts

• Saturday, Dec. 7, 10:30 a.m.-noon: Make a Gingerbread House at South Omaha Library, 2808 Q St., 402-444-4850, RR
• Thursday, Dec. 12, 10-10:45 a.m.: Explore & Play – Winter Fun at South Omaha Library

• Friday, Dec. 13, 3-4 p.m.: Teens Chat & Create Holiday Edition at W. Dale Clark Main Library
• Sunday, Dec. 15, 2-3 p.m.: Winter Family Craft at Milton R. Abrahams Branch, 5111 N. 90th St., 402-444-6284
• Friday, Dec. 20, 3-5 p.m.: Teen Food & Fun – Gingerbread Stories and Houses at W. Dale Clark Main Library
• Saturday, Dec. 21, 1-3:30 p.m.: Gingerbread Stories and Houses at W. Dale Clark Main Library, RR

Live Holiday Music

• Wednesday, Dec. 11, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Holiday Music with George Walker at Milton R. Abrahams Branch
• Wednesday, Dec. 18, 12:30-1:30 p.m.: Holiday Music with George Walker at Florence Branch

Storytimes

• Thursday, Dec. 12, 10:15-11 a.m.: “Snowmen at Night” Family Storytime at Benson Branch, 6015 Binney St., 402-444-4846
• Wednesday, Dec. 18, 10:30-11:30 a.m.: Gingerbread Preschool Storytime at W. Dale Clark Main Library
• Tuesday, Dec. 24, 10:30-11 a.m.: Twas the Night Before Christmas Story & Craft at Saddlebrook Branch

While visiting your favorite OPL branch, be sure to stock up on books, music, movies and more to help get you set for the holidays. Cozy up with a winter romance or find a holiday survival handbook, and don’t forget about cookbooks! Put together a holiday playlist by downloading four free songs per week from Freegal or checking out sing-a-long-worthy CDs. Binge watch your favorite seasonal films by taking advantage of OPL’s extensive DVD collection.

Visit omahalibrary.org or your neighborhood branch for information about additional programs and services offered at Omaha Public Library’s 12 metro locations.

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Omaha Public Library (OPL) has served City of Omaha and Douglas County residents for more than 140 years. It is one of the most visited institutions in Nebraska, seeing nearly 2 million visitors each year at 12 locations throughout the metro area. OPL’s mission is to strengthen our community by connecting people with ideas, information and innovative services. Learn about OPL’s collections, facilities, services, programs and more at omahalibrary.org. Follow OPL on Facebook and Twitter. 

Contact:

Emily Getzschman, 402.444.4896

egetzschman@omahalibrary.org

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Safer Sidewalks Benefit Everyone

By Crystal Ann Edwards, PhD, Mode Shift Omaha Board of Directors

Have you ever wished that it was a little bit easier to walk or bike Omaha? We do, too. We wish we would never find both sides of the road with closed sidewalks. We wish detours, when they do exist, and often they do not, reflected how pedestrians and cyclists use them. Pedestrians need to cross before the closure which often cannot be seen from the bottom of the hill, like the situation on 48^th and Farnam going west.  Pedestrians should not be routed up muddy grassy hills like they are at 72d and Dodge right now, or forced so far out of the crosswalk because of construction that they can’t hear the beeping signal if they are blind.

Safer Sidewalks are not just a silly dream they are a legal requirement and an economic necessity.  Many might say “but construction doesn’t last forever and people just have to find another way”.  But leaving sidewalks unfinished for 6 weeks to 6 months or just indefinitely in many cases is unacceptable.  What we have is a car centered culture and all of the little inconveniences are portrayed just like that, little.  But together they create a cage whereby most pedestrians find it very difficult to move about the city without the stress of being run over or forced out into Saddle Creek road, Dodge street, or Center street (all three examples from real stories shared with me, one of whom was in a wheelchair).

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires accommodations for people with disabilities to ensure suitable employment, transportation, and public accommodations. So while the legal and ethical imperative for a safer sidewalk is based in ADA, everyone has a stake in Safer Sidewalks.  Unfortunately, people with disabilities are perceived as a small minority and unless we ourselves or our children have a disability, most people aren’t paying attention.  One in ten Americans suffers from a disability at any given time. Additionally, walkability and accessibility create economic opportunity and viable neighborhoods. It allows the young and the old to be independent; it frees up the roads, lessens our tax bill, decreases pollution, and positively impacts our physical and emotional health. What foul reason can we have for leaving so many of our people standing in the middle of traffic?

Sign the Mode Shift Omaha Safer Sidewalks Petition to tell your city council and Mayor that you deserve and want better sidewalks especially during construction. The petition has a space for comment and Mode Shift Omaha wants you to tell your stories so that we can share them with the city.  Please sign by December 5^th, 2019 so that we can get this before the city council on December 10^th 2019.  Another innocent victim cannot wait for Safer Sidewalks.