Newsletter
June 2010
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Benson SummerFest Benson Days spruced up its branding with a slick website and a new name: Benson SummerFest. What didn’t change was the end product. Shutting down Maple Street between 59th and 63rd Streets, the SummerFest is a fun community event in mid June geared... |
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Gallagher Park Gallagher Park is an 18.8 acre city park located next to Benson High, just east of the strip of businesses that make up downtown Benson. Gallagher Park is also home to Gallagher Pool, a community pool which remains open from early June to mid August. |
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Body Scanners at Eppley Give Suburban Mom a Cheap Thrill The life of a suburban mom in Omaha, Nebraska, is pretty darn exciting. As we drive from soccer games to the grocery store to the pediatrician’s office, we sigh and try to remember what life was like before we became a chauffeur without the tips... |
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USA vs. England World Cup Match at Jake's It might be a slight exaggeration to say that the sporting world descended on Jake’s Cigars and Spirits for the June 12 match between the US and England, but there was a healthy, rowdy, beer swilling crowd, and no finer group of people could have... |
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30 Days to MAHA + 2 More Tickets to Win! The MAHA Festival is only a month away, and to prove it, they’re having a FREE 30 Days to MAHA Showcase at the Waiting Room Thursday, June 24! |
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Great Plains Theater Conference The Great Plains Theatre Conference is an annual gathering of Midwest thespians. It features work from both firmly established American playwrights and the emerging writers that are propelling the genre today. |
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Ernie Dog Thursday, June 10, 2010 In veterinary school, intervertebral disk disease was one of my favorite conditions to study. The neurological system is fascinating: how it functions, how it heals, how it affects every other system in such an intricate way... |
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Benson Farmers Market: "Where Everybody Knows...Your Name" Hi. My name is Christy, and I am addicted to farmers markets. For some women, it’s shoes or coffee. For me…it’s those farmers and their darn easy-ups. Oh, how those easy-ups get me every time! But seriously, does anyone know... |
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Best College World Series Bars Omaha truly comes alive during the College World Series, and there’s no better place to experience this than the local watering hole. A great CWS bar may not have a velvet rope and valet parking (then again, what really does in Omaha?), but good... |
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Distracted in the Fast Lane OK, I am going to go out on a limb here. I have on a RARE (yes RARE) occasion picked my nose while driving my car. Yes, I am admitting it in writing on the world wide web. I suppose now I cannot run for a political office. |
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Fantastic Father's Day Gifts for a Deserving Dad Father’s Day is one of the most mind boggling holidays to shop for. What do you get the dad in your life? It’s no secret that dad is tired of socks, ties, and tool kits; so, this Father’s Day tune into what your dad really wants and... |
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CARNIVaL Danse Dement Most bands don’t let you dance on stage with them. 1/Fourth does, and that’s why they’re more fun than most bands. Now you might be tempted to think that 1/Fourth’s weapons of choice—mixers, turntables, Serato—... |
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Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge The Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, also known as the Footbridge, is a walking bridge connecting Council Bluffs, IA to Omaha's Riverfront, just north of Downtown. The bridge opened on September 28, 2008, and is named after the Nebraska Senator who... |
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Hopey Changey Things For non-chemists, catalysts are something of a riddle: they aren’t used up in a reaction and don’t change its outcome. Somehow, they just "speed things up." Outside of the hyper-conservative bloc, Sarah Palin is also something... |
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Omaha Largest Pizza Review Part 2 What would be a silly amount of pizza places to display in one room? Would five be silly? Or ten? Would fifteen be a borderline ridiculous? How about 19? Nineteen! Nineteen pizza places is silly! |
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Jazz on the Green Jazz on the Green is an Omaha tradition that dates back all the way to 1975. Long held at the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha Performing Arts moved the concert series to the newly renovated Turner Park in 2010. The park’s wide open green spaces and... |
