April’s Startup Drinks brought out a crowd to Nomad Lounge. Photo by Amelia Stoltman of the the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Here are three promising events taking place in Omaha this week. For more, check out our events page, and if you think you have one to add, please contact info@siliconprairienews.com.
Monday, June 7, 8 p.m. – REWORK Meetup
According to the event listing on Meetup.com, a venue has yet to be determined, but it looks like there’s an interested party. Please leave a comment below if you know of the venue and we’ll make sure to pass along the word via Twitter.
Thanks to our sponsor
From the event listing on Meetup.com:
Share, discuss, debate, and meet other folks around the world who’ve read REWORK, the new business book by 37signals.
Agree or disagree that meetings are toxic? Think ASAP is poison? Think it’s better to grow fast or grow slow? Talk it over – in person – with other people who are wondering the same thing. There’s an easier, simpler, smarter way to run a business today.
Note: 37signals is not officially sponsoring these events – they’re self-organizing events for people who’ve read the book and want to share, discuss, debate, and meet other folks and business owners who’ve also read REWORK.
Tuesday, June 8, 7 p.m. – Film Streams event: The End of Poverty?
Film Stream theater is located at 1340 Mike Fahey Street
Presented in collaboration with inCOMMON Community Development
More on the event, from FilmStreams.org:
A daring, thought-provoking, and timely documentary tracing the roots of global poverty to policy decisions that have lasted for centuries. Filmed in the slums of Africa and the barrios of Latin America and featuring expert testimony from Nobel Prize-winning economists, The End of Poverty? casts a light on the deeper institutional issues surrounding poverty and causing it to proliferate.
Following the film will be a panel discussion moderated by Rev. Dwight L. Ford, Executive Director of Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership and featuring:
- Professor A’Jamal Byndon, Director of Omaha Table Talk and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Black Studies at UNO
- Chris Heuertz, International Executive Director of Word Made Flesh and author of Friendship on the Margins: Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission
- Annemarie Bailey Fowler, business owner and former Opportunity@Work and Research Coordinator at Voices for Children in Nebraska.
Thursday, June 10, 6:30-8 p.m. – Startup Drinks
Nomad Lounge (1023 Jones St)
From the organizer, the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce:
So what is Startup Drinks? According to its website it is a national program that helps build the startup culture in cities around world. The program holds events (typically over coffee or spirits) where people can discuss what they are working on, what they need help with and what they can do to help others.
