Jordan Fountain Wins Best Cinematography!The 10th annual Omaha Film Festival was March 10th — 15th and it was the best year yet…
It’s NOT the “Blue Light Special” From Back in the DayBack in the day, a certain department store used the marketing phrase, “Attention shoppers — there’s a BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL for the next 15 minutes in aisle four”! That announcement created excitement over an opportunity to get a really good deal. These days, when “blue…
Omaha Community Development Update | January 2016REACH PROGRAMPrograms Mission & Overview:A collaborative approach to ensuring that small and emerging businesses (SEBs) are ready to bid and capitalize on new (development) projects — and…
Somewhere in Middle AmericaKathleen Massara wrote an essay about Omaha’s economy and culture for n+1 — it’s fantastic. She touches on her high school job at a call center, the military base where the Enola Gay was built and George W. Bush was taken after Sept. 11, and what kind of neighbor Warren Buffett is (super).
Pearl/Joslyn CastleMy lovely friend Pearl was my model for this session on the Joslyn Castle Grounds here in Omaha. This building is an Omaha landmark, and the Joslyn name is a legacy. The Castle, once occupied by the well-to-do Joslyn family, was built in 1903 and is a small mansion that boasts elaborate…
Looking Back on D-DayNormandy, June 6, 1944. The day the Western Allies launched their invasion of the German Atlantic Wall. One of the…
