Hal France

  • Portals premiering at KANEKO Oct. 5-6, call for social media enthusiasts

    After an April visit for production and one performance, acclaimed violinest Tim Fain is returning to KANEKO in two weeks for the world premiere tour of Portals, a collaboration merging live performance …

  • Weekly Wrap Up at KANEKO with Hal France & Julie Reilly

    Mentioned this week: – Filmed live on Ustream at KANEKO (1111 Jones Street) with guests Hal France and Julie Reilly – This morning, Dusty attended ACG Nebraska meeting while Jeff attended Midlands Business Journal “40 Under 40” – Tripleseat raises $500k from Dundee Venture Capital – Google awards AIM $26k grant to develop IT academy…

  • Omaha Creative Week opens with Caretakers Forum (video)

    Last night, about 50 individuals gathered in KANEKO’s Bow Truss Room (above) to take in the Caretakers Forum, the first event of the inaugural Omaha Creative Week. Led by myself (moderator), the 50-minute discussion began with an introduction of our four panelists, the defining of the word “creative”, and four questions about creativity’s measurement and…

  • Caretakers Forum will ask the question: What is creative?

    With events ranging from a photo competition to a guided tour of work spaces, the seven-day schedule for the inaugural Omaha Creative Week (September 5-11) is set. Kicking it off the evening of Monday, September 6, will be the Caretakers Forum, a panel discussion that will address the definition of creative, the purpose of creativity,…

  • Announcing the Caretakers Forum, Monday, September 6 at KANEKO

    Since first hearing about Omaha Creative Week a few months ago we began brainstorming ways to become involved. At Silicon Prairie News, we’re excited about highlighting our city’s creative community, whether it…

  • From the Founders: The Big Omaha energy carries on

    As we sit here just over a week since we kicked off Big Omaha 2010, we’re still unbelievably amazed by what took place in our community over the course of two and a half days. A new level of excitement and passion was born at this year’s event. People left changed, and for that we’re…

  • KANEKO panel discusses how social media is reshaping our minds

    After following Robert Murphy’s blog and reading his excellent, in-depth recaps of events – Big Omaha 2009, Nicholas Kristof at KANEKO – we’ve asked him to contribute event recaps to Silicon Prairie News. Today, we’re excited to share hist first, which covers KANEKO’s most recent event.

  • PR/Marketing Intern, Developer, and more

    With our focus to cover our region’s entrepreneurs, innovators, and creatives, we hear not only about the cool things organizations are doing now but those that they hope to achieve in the future. To do so, they’ve expressed their need for talented individuals who “get it.” We told them that we think we have this…

  • KANEKO Library open house!

    SPN had the opportunity to get a “sneak peak” at KANEKO’s new library which will be holding an open house this Saturday from 4-7PM. We at SPN are thrilled to have such a vital and creative resource in our community! If you haven’t heard, Kaneko is also the space where Big Omaha will take place…

  • Sir Ken Robinson at KANEKO

    We are very excited to announce that our friends over at KANEKO are bringing to town Sir Ken Robinson to inaugurate this year’s Great Minds Series. You may recognize Sir Ken from his fantastic presentation at the TED Conference. KANEKO Executive Director, Hal France says: “Sir Ken’s work with people all over the world is…