Events

Use corn kernels, baking soda, water, and vinegar to make corn kernels dance using science!

Build your own mini LED lightsaber with a straw in this quick Star Wars-themed STEM activity.

May the Force be with you!

Learn how to use the Cricut Mug Press to make custom mugs! In this beginner class, we’ll show you how to set it up, create designs, and safely press them onto mugs. Bring along an image you'd love to see on your mug!

Teens & Adults

Use corn kernels, baking soda, water, and vinegar to make corn kernels dance using science!

Tour beautifully decorated homes across the Omaha Area.  Boutique holiday shopping.  Thrift Shop Boutique, Luncheon and Bake Sale at Champions Run. Tours are $18 when pre-ordered or $20 the day of event, and there’s a $15 luncheon at Champions. No children under 12 admitted.

oin library staff to learn how to create your own zine at this hands-on workshop!

Zines are unique, handmade, hyper-local booklets created by community members that help to quickly spread ideas to other members in the community. Zines promote freedom of speech and expression and can resemble a traditional book with only words or a graphic novel with a mixture of words and pictures.

A special night honoring our Veterans. The event will include guest speakers, a laying of the wreath ceremony for our war representatives, music, and the grand lighting of the WWII Colonnade. Speakers include Mayor Jean Stothert, Councilmember Pete Festersen, and special guests Major (Ret) Yen Nguyen and Thu Nguyen. Refreshments will be served. We look forward to your attendance.

Come by the Makerspace and learn how to embroider your name on fabric! Choose from a selection of fonts and colors, and build your skills with our embroidery machine.

The Brother Stellaire embroidery machine makes converting images or text into a finished project quick and easy. Perfect for patches, clothing, or household decorations, add that finishing touch or bit of personalization to make your creation even more special.

This class is free and open to the public – ages 14+.

Join Omaha Symphony musician Trevor Petersen as he introduces the fun music the cello can make during this playful reading of The Ugly Duckling. Designed for kids age 3-5, this storytime is fun for friends of all ages with some support by their adults.

Get ready for a holly jolly good time as we mix up a festive Candy Cane slime! Complete with crunchy mix-ins, sprinkles, sweet peppermint aroma and topped with Candy Cane charms!!  This is a FREE, all ages event!! First come, first serve, while supplies last

Spend quality time with adorable, adoptable kittens at the return of the annual Kitty Café!  They'll have the toe bean scavenger hunt again, a cat-themed community puzzle, our board game boop. out for groups to play, kitty coloring sheets, and more! It'll be a real paw-rty.

Five-time Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award winners, The Weisenheimers once again bring improv comedy to the Howard Drew Theatre. For over two and a half decades, The Weisenheimers have blended satirical irreverence with high energy absurdity in improvised shows, based on the audience’s suggestions. Each show is a once-in-a-lifetime event that is somehow both whip-smart and hilariously dumb.

The Makerspace has sewing machines! Learn how to use the machine and sew a small project! All materials will be provided. (Colors may vary.). Skills learned: basic sewing & pressing.

Sign up in advance for this program; space is very limited! Ages 14+ only.

Nebraska's Official Veterans Day Parade, sponsored annually by the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce & Community

30 minutes of singing and musical fun with Lori Lynn from Overall Buddies! Most appropriate for kids ages 5 and younger and an adult companion.

Join OPL for an Omaha History Escape Room adventure! You will be “locked” in a room, and in order to escape in time, you will need to solve various Omaha history-related puzzles and clues before your time is up.

There will be 1 escape room at 10:00am for participants ages 13+.

Join at The Platform, the museum’s interactive play space, and celebrate the holidays with us! Each date will have a special craft or activity and feature related photos from our Photo Archive for a bit of a history lesson while you celebrate.

A parade honoring our Veterans, past and present! The parade will be followed by a free-will offering meal at The American Legion with raffle items. auctions, and prizes. 
See the parade route here.

What's the best way to get into the holiday spirit? Alpacas, of course! Their good friends from Pixie's Pony Tales will be bringing real alpacas to our store for kids to meet. Plus, there will be hot cocoa and cookies at the UMB bank next door along with a photo opportunity with Santa Claus until 2 PM. It's sure to make your Saturday morning merry and bright!

Kid Coders is an engaging introduction to the world of coding and computer science class designed specifically for children. Through interactive and hands-on activities, young learners explore the fundamentals of programming languages and computational thinking.

Greg and Rowley are stuck in a room with Rodrick! Can you help them escape? Work together to solve the puzzles and clues based on the best-selling "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" book series by Jeff Kinney before time runs out!

There will be two escape rooms at 1:00 and 1:45 PM for participants ages 9-12.

The Makerspace has sewing machines! Learn how to use the machine and sew a small project! All materials will be provided. (Colors may vary.). Skills learned: basic sewing & pressing.

Sign up in advance for this program; space is very limited! Ages 14+ only.

A Motown Christmas Holiday Spectacular features a world-class vocal group, assembled from past and present members of Motown's most legendary groups...Ali Woodson’s Temptations, The Miracles, and The Contours! It’s a powerful family-oriented show combining Motown's greatest hits with everyone's favorite holiday classics.

Use corn kernels, baking soda, water, and vinegar to make corn kernels dance using science!

Join Omaha Symphony musician Trevor Petersen as he introduces the fun music the cello can make during this playful reading of The Ugly Duckling. Designed for kids age 3-5, this storytime is fun for friends of all ages with some support by their adults.

Join Omaha Symphony musician Trevor Petersen as he introduces the fun music the cello can make during this playful reading of The Ugly Duckling. Designed for kids age 3-5, this storytime is fun for friends of all ages with some support by their adults.