Omaha Magazine

08/05/2025

At 60, Julian Adair defies every expectation of slowing down—still choreographing, performing, teaching, and creating with a passion that shows no signs of fading. A lifelong Omaha artist and founder of Adair Dance Academy, Adair has infused the city’s arts scene with movement and meaning for decades. Whether she’s staging her beloved “Nutcracker Delights” or exhibiting photography, Adair proves that true creatives never retire—they just keep dancing to their own rhythm.

Read our full story here. https://www.omahamagazine.com/60/julian-adair-proves-dance-doesnt-retire-at-60/

08/04/2025

If you love micheladas, this one’s for you. 🍺🌶️

The Omaha Michelada Festival is back on Saturday, August 16. Here’s your heads-up from Tay Westberry—it’s going to be a party.

This year’s event at Riverfront Plaza will feature 6 michelada vendors battling it out for the title of Omaha’s best michelada, plus 30+ food trucks, live corridos, DJs, and plenty of dancing to keep the party going. Find all the details at omahamicheladafestival.com.

Mark your calendar, grab your friends, and we’ll see you at the river!

08/04/2025

Between swaying couples and little kids on parents shoulders MAHA was made as a place for all different Omaha types. With music beginning at 1pm, Band of Horses led the festival into sunset as Waxahatchee with lead vocalist Katie Crutchfield took to stage as the downtown skyline cut into the pink and yellow sky. The swirling riverfront walk led people from food trucks to drink stands and all the way to the center stage at the end of the park. With people filling in every pocket of the park, they began to trickle down to the main stage as The Pixies roared to life. Flashing lights illuminating the musicians shone onto the crowd of faces as they chanted along to the lyrics of The Pixies, taking out the night with a bang.

08/04/2025

Jesse Baines runs Rainbow Artistic Glass & Design in West Omaha with decades of experience.

Some clients reach out because they want to beautify their homes. Baines noted an uptick starting around the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with people working from home and realizing they’d like to have a bespoke decorative window they can look at while they work away.

For more information, visit Rainbow Artistic Glass.

https://www.omahamagazine.com/living/stained-glass-in-motion-jesse-baines-paints-with-light/

08/03/2025

A bustling Old Market serendipitously paved the way to success for local musical trio Parfait. The eclectic cover band packs a robust sound that has been making waves in the Omaha metro. On the heels of their Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards win, Parfait has rapidly evolved into a local live music favorite, burgeoning with loads of personality and charisma. Much like the layered delight, the band is known for its dynamic layering of brass sounds with trumpet, tuba, keys, melodica, drums, and rich soulful vocals.

Learn more about on our website! Link in our bio.

08/02/2025

Five trucks. One champion.
The Omaha Food Truck Faceoff is bringing the flavor to Stinson Park on Saturday, Sept. 13 from 4-9 p.m.! Each of the five competing trucks—Smash Bites, Alley Taco 402, Pulled BBQ Omaha, Shortcakes, and High Voltage BBQ—will be serving up a signature dish made just for the competition. Your $35 ticket gets you a sample from each truck, and the chance to vote for your favorite. One will take home the $2,000 grand prize, but you get to eat like a winner either way.

🍺 Free entry for live music, the beer garden, over 75 local vendors, and yard games!

Don’t miss the tastiest showdown in town.
👉 Grab your ticket now: https://ezfoodtrucks.ticketspice.com/ezft-food-truck-faceoff-market?t=OMGZ

08/01/2025

What if I told you that there is a high-level cocktail bar/speakeasy/live music venue/top-three burger I have ever had, and the kicker is that it's in Omaha? It takes a sentence that long to answer the question: what is Barnato?

Photo by Sarah Lemke. Photo by Sarah Lemke. Photo by Sarah Lemke. What if I told you that there is

08/01/2025

Victoria Bogatz wore her sleeveless black dress that flowed to her ankles and threw on a tan cardigan over it. Unlike some of her other Bellevue East High School classmates, Bogatz didn’t dress up for prom. Instead, the junior missed the dance for an opportunity to recite her poem at the Nebraska Youth Poet Laureate finals ceremony.

Poets submitted five poems and performed most of them that afternoon. A diverse panel of judges, including poet Angelique Palmer, unanimously selected Bogatz’s work, which explores themes like climate concerns and teenage depression, as the winning entry for the fifth youth poet laureate.

Learn more about Bogatz’s art! https://www.omahamagazine.com/artsculture/youth-poet-laureate-victoria-bogatz-finds-power-in-poetry/

07/31/2025

A new issue of B2B Omaha is here! Read it in full here:

https://www.omahamagazine.com/business/b2b-omaha-august-september-2025/

07/31/2025

Omaha Magazine's third B2B Launch and Networking Event was a total success!

If you couldn't make it, you can relive the highlights in this video!

07/31/2025

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07/31/2025

Therman Statom is not afraid to admit that when he first moved to Omaha, he really didn’t want to stay long. In fact, he was hoping to be in and out in less than a year after having one of the first exhibitions at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in the Old Market. But he stayed.

Now, Statom is one of the few internationally famous artists working in Omaha, with a relatively subtle, but not hidden, fingerprint across the city.

https://www.omahamagazine.com/artsculture/an-icon-in-glass-art-therman-statom-isnt-done-creating/