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The Omaha Symphony presents more than 200 live performances from September through June. Its season series includes: Masterworks, Pops, Joslyn, Family, Movies, Rocks and a series of special concerts. The orchestra reaches an estimated audience of 300,000 annually; its concerts also are broadcast on radio in Omaha and throughout the region. [ 9 ]
Untermyer Park and Gardens was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1] In the 1990s community leaders such as Nortrud Spero and Joe Kozlowski persuaded Mayor Terence Zaleski to purchase more of the original estate's land with the help of the Open Space Institute resulting in the 43 acres (17 ha) of the park today. [4] [5]
Once called America’s most spectacular garden, Untermyer Park and Gardens was created in 1917 by Samuel and Minnie Untermyer on the grounds of his Greystone estate in Yonkers, overlooking the ...
After narrowing the field to 20 semi-finalists who were given 15 minutes of live airtime apiece, 10 finalists received 30-minute auditions (again live). On February 14, 1981, after five hours of on-air auditions, Bill Cunningham proclaimed Alan Bone, an 18-year-old UNL student, the station's first Supermouth.
Slowdown is an entertainment venue located in the NoDo neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska.A combination of a live music venue, shops, restaurants, and apartments, the venue was developed by Saddle Creek Records as a direct competitor to the Sokol Auditorium in Little Bohemia. [1]
The 16th edition of the Maha Festival is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 2, 2025 at the newly renovated Heartland of America Park. This will mark the festival's return to downtown Omaha's RiverFront for the first time since the 2010 festival; the festival had relocated from the RiverFront due to the Missouri River flooding in summer ...
The first color movie shown in Omaha, The Black Pirate starring Douglas Fairbanks, ran at the Strand. [37] Apollo Theatre [14] 475 [35] 2824 Leavenworth Street [14] The Auditorium 5000 [14] Southeast corner of 15th Street [14] Omaha's original auditorium, not to be confused with the Omaha Civic Auditorium Avenue Theatre [38] Abt. 1926 [39] 800 [39]
The Peter Kiewit Concert Hall seats 2,005 and has a stage size of 64 feet by 48 feet; it is modeled after European "shoebox" shaped halls. The Suzanne and Walter Scott Recital Hall is a "black box" space with seating for 486 people and a stage size of 40 feet by 32 feet. The Courtyard is a semi-closed area for events, with a capacity of 1,000 ...