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March 19 Omaha Lancers vs. Waterloo Black Hawks     Omaha Civic Auditorium - 1804 Capitol Ave. - 7:05 P.M. Enjoy a fun night of hockey as the Omaha Lancers face the Waterloo Black Hawks. Come cheer on the Omaha Lancers! Tickets are available at the Qwest Center box office or at www.ticketmaster.com. For more information call 344-7825 or visit www.lancers.com.    March 19 VIP Spring Runway Show    Nomad Lounge - 1013 Jones Street - 8:00 P.M.  Get dressed up and join Omaha Fashion Week for an exclusive night of homegrown glam at our VIP Spring Runway Show! Twelve local designers will showcase hand-made pieces that include everything from swimwear to evening wear. The event is Saturday, March 19th at Nomad Lounge in Omaha's Old Market District. Doors open at 7 p.m. and show begins at 8 p.m. General admission tickets are $25 and VIP tickets with premium seating are $75. Cabanas for larger groups are also available. For more information or to purchase tickets or make cabana reservations visit www.omahafashionweek.com.    March 24 Networking for Good Benefiting Together, Inc. Hosted by SBAM Legacy Art & Frame - 111 N. 50th St. - 5:00 P.M.   This is a unique business networking event that helps our community by donating the proceeds to a nonprofit organizations. Each event takes place at a different area art gallery and includes appetizers, wine and soft drinks. You will network with other business and nonprofit leaders and your donation is tax deductible. The March 24th event benefits Together, Inc., helping families in their time of need. For tickets and more information visit www.sbamidlands.org.     March 24 Great Conversations Luncheon - Ilana Stanger-Ross Hosted by College of Saint Mary   College of Saint Mary - Mercy Hall Meeting Room - 11:30 A.M.      Ilana Stanger-Ross, author of Sima's Undergarments for Women, will be the featured speaker at this year's Great Conversations luncheon at College of Saint Mary. In Sima's Undergarments for Women, her debut novel, Stanger-Ross explores women's friendships, marriage, infertility and the power of reinvention. The event includes a book signing and art exhibit at 11:30 a.m., followed by the luncheon and speaker at 12 p.m. Cost is $25 per person and the RSVP deadline is Friday, March 18. For more information or to register visit www.CSM.edu/events.   April 2  Blue Jeans and Dreams A benefit for HETRA    Five Star Stables - Bennington - 5:00 P.M.  This family-friendly event includes dinner, silent and live auctions, entertainment and dancing. HETRA's mission is to improve the quality of life both physically and emotionally of adults and children with disabilities through equine assisted activities. For more information visit www.HETRA.com.  April 7       ICAN 2011 Women's Leadership Conference Hosted by the Institute for Career Advancement Needs  Qwest Center Omaha - 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.  Now in its 18th year, this event offers attendees education, inspiration and the connections to be successful leaders in all aspects of their lives. The conference brings together top business executives, inspiring authors, thought leaders and philanthropic change agents from around the world. This year's speakers include Elizabeth Gilbert, author of "Eat, Pray, Love," Honorable Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Pattie Sellers, editor-at-large for Fortune Magazine. In addition, attendees can choose from a wide range of morning and afternoon breakout sessions featuring national and local experts. For more information or to register visit www.icanglobal.net. April 9      Night of Knights   A benefit for Mount Michael Benedictine School     Mount Michael Benedictine Abbey and School   - Elkhorn - 6:00 P.M    Theme for this year's annual dinner and auction is Knights in Tuscany, and includes VIP cocktail hour, dinner, raffle, and live and silent auctions. For more information call 402-253-0964.    April 12    Omaha Business Hall of Fame Gala Hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber   Holland Performing Arts Center - Omaha - 6:00 P.M.  Past and present outstanding Omaha area business leaders will be inducted into the Omaha Business of Fame at this annual gala honoring individuals whose accomplishments in business are historically significant to the development of Omaha. For more information visit www.omahachamber.org.   April 14   6th Annual Youth Art Showcase & Auction  A benefit for The Neighborhood Center  Scott Conference Center - Omaha - 5:00 P.M.  This community event directly supports The Neighborhood Center, providing quality programs and support to all neighborhoods in Sarpy, Douglas and Pottawattamie counties. The evening begins with a reception and preview, silent auction and food and beverages, then a live auction with celebrity auctioner Scott Moore. For more information call 402.561.7581.    April 28-29 Plants for Pooches Benefiting the Nebraska Humane Society  Nebraska Humane Society - 8929 Fort Street  Back by popular demand! Canoyer Garden Center is once again growing plants just for our Plants for Pooches sale. We'll turn the front walkway of NHS into a garden that you can purchase. Perfect patio planters, hanging arrangements and beautiful bedding plants will all be available. Join us Thursday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and then we'll reload with plants and begin again on Friday from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Help us celebrate Spring as we help the animals. For more information visit www.NEHumaneSociety.org.   May 5 Cooking for VNA A benefit for Visiting Nurse Association    Mid-America Center - Council Bluffs - 6:00 P.M.    Community Celebrity Chefs compete with specialty recipes to treat participants who come together in support of the VNA's services for mothers and children in the Council Bluffs area. For more information visit www.theVNAcares.org.

 

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Missouri River Pedestrian Bridge A new "landmark" pedestrian bridge will begin construction shortly. The design will be a signature landmark for Omaha. Album | Slideshow

Mutual of Omaha plans condos, shops around larger Turner Park Mutual of Omaha's midtown campus draws nearly 4500 Omaha workers. A $250 Million development could bring even more people to midtown seeking a place to live, shop and dine. Album | Slideshow

Omaha Community Photos, Culture, & Recreation You won't believe your eyes that this is Omaha. Recently, a newspaper columnist in Kansas City wrote an open letter to the Kansas City Mayor urging him to visit Omaha and see what a vibrant city on the grow looks like. Omaha is "Happening!" As reported by Mike Kelly in the Omaha World Herald, "An article in the Chicago Tribune took note of 'Omaha's resurgence.' The sheer scale of Omaha's $2 billion redevelopment, the newspaper said, has drawn admiration and envy from other Midwestern cities. In embracing the riverfront, the Chicago paper reported, Omaha is not only partaking in the most ambitious redevelopment in its history, it is also seeking to achieve the goal of many midsize cities - to be exciting, a place where young people want to live. And let's be honest. We've invested a lot in hope of keeping and luring more young people. Omaha has long been known as a good place to raise a family or run a corporation. On the hipness scale, we may have ranked a bit lower. But we're starting to get it. A thriving town attracts more than good families and good businesses. It also welcomes ethnic and cultural diversity, promotes variety in music and the arts and offers plenty to do in the way of parks, bike trails, entertainment and night life. We may have walked behind the curve nationally in building a convention center and arena, but its opening last month (9/03) has made an impact. That the $291 million structure is visually striking adds spice. (We have had concerts by Fleetwood Mac and Cher in the space of two weeks.) Those of us in the 78 million population baby boom generation, now 39 to 57, have been catered to all our lives. But many cities see that luring the younger generation of highly mobile young professionals is key. In the Omaha area, there are things we can't control and things we can. We don't live next to an ocean, and you have to wear a coat in the winter. But in the things we can control, we are doing much better. Our suburbs are lively and ever-broadening, but more and more people are living downtown, too. The Old Market attracts many with its restaurants, boutiques, theatrical performances, carriage rides and brick streets. A $90 million performing arts center is under construction downtown, plus a Union Pacific headquarters to complement the new 40 story First National Tower. There's more, including the new riverfront Gallup University campus and plans for a pedestrian bridge across the Missouri River and 14 miles of riverfront hiking and biking trails. Besides all that, we got rid of the rail yard and scrap-metal eyesores on the riverfront. Things just look a lot nicer in the present, and that makes folks feel a lot better about the future. The city's new logo is reduced to a single letter and exclamation point, "O!" Let's not be too quick to ridicule it. With $2 billion being invested in redevelopment, the creative folks now have something to sell. The Chicago Tribune, in its article touting Omaha, said midsize cities can have a good future "as Americans leave older urban centers for smaller, more manageable, less expensive areas with a high quality of life." Omaha, whether you like the "O!" or not, sits poised to punctuate those points." 10/30/03 It was just reported that a recent national survey and article had determined that Omaha was the 30th ranked city to have fun in. This was ahead of New York and Orlando. Go figure! Album | Slideshow

 

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