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  • Carter’s Village Pointe Grand Re-Opening

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    Carter's Village Pointe 17305 Davenport Street Suite Q113, Omaha, NE

    Celebrate the grand re-opening of Carter’s at Village Pointe with fun for the whole family! Join Carter’s September 3–7 for special activities throughout the week, including KiwiCo projects, face painting, custom patches, and gourmet pops from Frios. Kids can get creative, enjoy a sweet treat, and celebrate the newly reopened store! Activities take place from 11 AM–1 PM on select days.

    Free

  • World O! Water Festival

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    Chalco Hills Natural Resources Center 8901 South 154th Street, Omaha, NE

    World O! Water is a fun, annual event for all ages to learn about the important role water plays in our lives and community. Everyone is welcome to this free event including families, youth groups and scout troops, and even your dog! Join in the fun on Saturday, September 12th from 12 noon til 4 pm at Chalco Hills Recreation Area. Enjoy a free hotdog lunch while supplies last.

    Free

  • 35th Annual Fort Omaha Intertribal Powwow

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    MCC's Fort Omaha Campus 5300 North 30th Street, Omaha, NE, United States

    The Fort Omaha Intertribal Powwow highlights Native American dance, music, regalia, oral history and arts. With its rich ties to Native American history, where Ponca Chief Standing Bear and his people were detained pending the 1879 landmark civil rights case granting Native Americans the right of Habeas corpus, the Fort Omaha Campus continues to offer an ideal location for this outdoor community event uniting people of diverse cultures, races, socioeconomic backgrounds and ages. This event is family-friendly and free and open to the public.
    Celebrating Native American cultures, the powwow honors the traditional dance, music, artistry, oral history and foods of various tribes across Nebraska and the surrounding region including Omaha, Ponca, Santee Sioux and Winnebago.

    Free

  • Snakes of Nebraska

    Schramm Education Center 21502 West Highway 31, Gretna, NE

    Have you ever heard a rattlesnake? Smelled snake musk? Felt the keeled scales of a garter snake?
    Schramm Education Center is hosting its annual “Snakes of Nebraska” event on Saturday, August 29th and Sunday, August 30th! University of Nebraska-Lincoln herpetologist Dennis Ferraro and his lab will lead a live snake encounter featuring most of Nebraska’s 29 snake species. The live snake exhibits will be set up open-house style in the Schramm Education Center classroom and will be available on both Saturday and Sunday from 10 am – 4:30 pm.

    Free with Park Entry Fee

  • Trick or Treat with the Animals of Gifford Farm

    Gifford Farm 700 Camp Gifford Rd, Bellevue, NE, United States

    Bring out your ghosts, goblins, princesses, and super heroes and join us for a day of fun non-scary trick or treating. Trick or treaters and their families will travel around the farm collecting their goodies as the get to visit the animals. Along the way you can visit with our farmers market vendors and other special guests, play games, take a hayride and more! Event by reservation only.

    $6 [REGISTER]

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