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  • KANEKO: Portals this Thursday, Undivided Lives on April 29

    KANEKO, an open space for open minds that nurtures and promotes creativity in the arts, sciences, and philosophy as well as our venue partner for Big Omaha, has two upcoming events to get on your radar. The first, happening this Thursday, April 21, will be a public preview for a multi-media performance project titled Portals.…

  • Developers, Designers, Social Media Specialists & more

    We’re excited to bring you our 43rd Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from: Deal Garden, Hayneedle, New Nectar Media, Yahoo!, ImageMarket, and…

  • KANEKO Talk: ‘Three Cups of Tea’ author Greg Mortenson tells his story

    Nearly 800 people packed into KANEKO last Friday night to listen to Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greg Mortenson speak about his education and peace efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Open seats were a premium, which caused some couples to have to split up if they wanted seats. One person remarked, “It’s okay if you’re split…

  • 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…

  • Join us this Friday, December 10th at the KANEKO Block Party

    This Friday evening, our friends at KANEKO, who have partnered with us for past events such as Big Omaha and the Omaha Creative Week Caretakers Forum, will be holding a new friend and fundraiser event called the KANEKO Block Party. Kicking off at 6 p.m. in their Bow Truss Room, 1111 Jones Street, the inaugural…

  • Prairie Moves: Grasshorse, New BLK, Dave Nelson & more

    (Photo by Lauren Tucker via Flickr) Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post…

  • A conversation with Pixar’s Josh Cooley, the transcript

    Last Friday, Robert Murphy teamed up with photographer Jordan Green to cover a KANEKO Great Minds Series presentation by Josh Cooley, a story artist and director at Pixar Animation Studios. To read Murphy’s recap of Cooley’s presentation, “Coloring Outside the Lines,” see: Josh Cooley gives an in-depth look at Pixar’s creative process. On Saturday, Murphy…

  • Josh Cooley gives an in-depth look at Pixar’s creative process

    One thing that is attributed to Pixar films is they are four quadrant films. This means they appeal to parents and kids, men and women. So, it came as no surprise that the audience to hear Pixar story artist Josh Cooley speak at KANEKO’s Great Minds Series last Friday, October 1st, was a four quadrant…

  • KANEKO Great Minds Series continues with Josh Cooley of Pixar

    This Friday, October 1st, KANEKO will be partnering up with the National Cartoonist Society North Central Chapter to present Josh Cooley, a story artist and director at Pixar Animation Studios. Cooley has contributed to award-winning motion pictures such “Up,” “Ratatouille,” and “Cars.” Cooley’s presentation, titled “Coloring Outside The Lines: And other creative ways to make…

  • KANEKO Great Minds Series kicks off tomorrow, September 15

    KANEKO, an Omaha nonprofit committed to exploring creativity, is kicking off its Great Minds Series this Wednesday evening, September 15, with a performance from singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash. In addition, Dr. Daniel J Levitin, author of “This Is Your Brain On Music” will be giving a presentation that will compliment Cash’s performance. We’re excited…