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Omaha’s first Tweetup was a success!
Thanks to everyone who came out for Omaha’s first TweetUp this last Saturday at Aroma’s in the Market! It was a great time to meet and talk with other Omaha Twitter users and the overwhelming consensus was that we’ll be holding the second event in the very near future… Thanks to Joe Schmidt for an…
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Omaha in real estate “best buy” list
Omaha makes yet another list. The 2008 MSN Real Estate best bargain markets list which you can find here: http://realestate.msn.com/Buying/Article2.aspx?cp-documentid=3863709>1=35000 Job prospects are bright in this town, with the lowest unemployment of any city on the list. That’s due in part to the large number of young people leaving the area after college. But that’s…
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An even better Omaha?
Hmmm….what do we have going on here at BetterOmaha.com? I’m very curious as we do need a better Omaha.com or is it a Better Omaha (.com)? http://www.betteromaha.com/
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Bemis Creativity Festival 2008
The 2008 Bemis Creativity Festival is quickly approaching…the programming for this event looks amazing. Some interesting highlights… Thursday: EUPHORIA: GENESIS 1E | BEMIS UNDERGROUND Performance 10:00 p.m. – Midnight Bemis08 will dance its way into the night as the live, organic improvisation of jazz is juxtaposed against the digital drones of house music to become…
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Omaha artist travels the world for inspiration
I read this amazing piece in the OWH this weekend on Steve Joy. I was amazed by his story and simplicity in his work. His earliest works — oil paintings on canvas, some with three-dimensional projections — reflected his desire to escape from the mundane by continued travel. Later, inspired by American Abstract Expressionists such…
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O’Brien Industy Block Party ’08
So some friends and I just got back from O’Brien Industry Block Party 2008…man these guys (and gals) at OBI are some top shelf folks who know how to throw Omaha a good party. Check out some of the fun and keep your ears open as I’m going to make the case this should be…
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Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band
Conor Oberst’s first recordings as Bright Eyes, the ones before Letting Off the Happiness, were mostly done solo. He’s under his own name for the first time on the forthcoming album, but he’s not alone. Accompanied here by a group of Saddle Creek and Team Love members called the Mystic Valley Band. Check out two…
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Omaha’s own Trocadero in Travel & Leisure magazine
Congratulations to Alice on her store, Trocadero in the Old Market, making this month’s Travel & Leisure magazine. Great working in getting Omaha even more recognition with your story. The clip can be viewed in full here: http://www.travelandleisure.com/slideshows/50-reasons-to-love-the-usa-midwest/8 Stop by Trocadero on 12th & Howard next to Delice in the Old Market and tell Alice…
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Omaha Tweetup!
Greetings! Omaha is quickly approaching it’s first tweetup! A tweetup, for those of you who have no clue what a tweet is, I’ll reassure you it has nothing to do with ornithology (the study of birds) A tweetup is a meeting of Twitter users in a local community. Twitter is a free social networking and…