OOPS Local Tellabration!

Omaha Organization for the Purpose of Storytelling members will celebrate their art. Come and enjoy.

Red Cross Thanksgiving Blood Drive

Call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543) or go to Web site for more information and to make an appointment.

27th Annual Festival of Trees

Decorating party Nov. 21 kicks off the event. Museum competes with Stuhr Museum in Grand Island, Neb., to gather nonperishable foods. The planetarium will begin showing “Season of Light,” which highlights holiday themes.

Art of the Wild Art Show and Sale

More than 20 exhibitors will display and sell wood-carvings, photography, gourd and feather art and other mediums. Special events at 1, 2 and 3 both afternoons.

Talk on Robbers and the Railroad

Historical Society of Pottawattamie County President Ryan Roenfeld will give an overview of some of the more notable train robberies and their connection to Council Bluffs. $3 for nonmembers of society.

Miss Amazing Pageant

The Miss Amazing Pageant is for girls and women ages 10-35. The entry is 5 cans of food to be donated to community organizations. Email nemissamazing@yahoo.com or k.somer@cox.net for an application.

11th Annual Fiber Arts Show and Sale

The Omaha Weavers and Spinners Guild will have
area artists with handmade items including rugs, hand towels, scarves, garments, painted silk, paper, ornaments and more. The event is free and open to the public. Demonstrations noon-3.

Benson Cheer Geat Products Boutique

Raffles, concessions and vendors. No admission fee.

Homeless for the Holidays - A New Omaha Tradition

Homeless for the Holidays is a benefit for the U.S.O. The Big Al band will kick things off with
live music. Also performing: Hubble OK Hemingway
the Fergusens Skypiper. Co-headliners "The Allendales" (From Lincoln) and "Jes Winter."

Gabe's Gang Fundraiser for 6-Year-Old Gabe Miller

Third annual funderaiser for Gabe Miller, who has autism. Proceeds will help pay his medical bills. Gabe's parens will attend. Event is open to the public. Admission: $5.

Holiday Craft Fair

Shop for hand-crafted items knowing that proceeds from the event will go to the Meals on Wheels Program from the Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging. Featured will be the work of 26 local artisans.

Art Classes for children

Art Classes for children, following this schedule:
Ages 5 - 8 on Monday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Ages 9 - 13 on Monday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Ages 5 - 8 on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Ages 9 - 13 on Satruday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Two Exhibits at Norfolk Arts Center

The gallery exhibit is “Oil Paintings & Ink Illustrations/Submissions to the New Yorker Magazine” by Wendy Jane Bantam of Lincoln. The atrium exhibit is “Granite Sculptures” by Adrian Hanft II of Norfolk.

"42nd Annual Grand Island Art and Sketch Show"

Exhibit through Nov. 22.

Screening of "The Soloist" and Panel Discussion

As part of the Metro Area Continuum of Care for the Homeless' (MACCH) Homelessness Awareness efforts, inCommon will be hosting a screening of "The Soloist" followed by a panel discussing homelessness in our local context.

Perspectives: Art, Craft, Design and the Studio Quilt

Quilts of 21 contemporary artists are on display. Works are from 5 countries and range from abstract to concrete. One aspect of the exhibition focuses on the relation of today’s art to the long history and nature of the quilting tradition.

"New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music"

The sixth and final stop of the statewide tour. Developed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service. Roots music embraces folk, country, blues, gospel, jazz, bluegrass, rock 'n' roll, rap and more.

"Jane Scott Retrospective: Mid-America Impressions"

Exhibit runs through Nov. 29.

Bellevue Medical Center Job Fair

The public is welcome to ask questions and meet the managers. Job applicants also are welcome to do that and to apply for a position. The hospital is under construction at Nebraska Highway 370 and 25th Street.

Sports Officials Free Walk-in Injury Assessment Clinic

A free walk-in assessment offered for any sports official. No clinic Jan. 2.

Omaha Public Schools 150th Anniversary Exhibit

In honor of Omaha Public Schools’ 150th Anniversary, an exhibit at the Durham Museum will take visitors on a journey back to the 1860s to learn what school was like for students and teachers when Omaha was a newly-found frontier town.

Parker Museum

“Reliving the 1920s in Clay County” and “Photography by Art Bates,” through Nov. 30.

Omaha Christian Singles

Dance lesson (country two-step) starts at 7 p.m. Dance is at 8 p.m. Cost is $6 for members and $8 for nonmembers. DJ is Gordie Zealand of Cadillac Sound.

The Nutracker

Oni Haa Academy of Dance and Movement in Blair, Neb., will showcase traditional ballet and other dance forms. Tickets are $7.

Karaoke with DJ Farley

Saturday Night Karaoke featuring DJ Farley.

The Nutcracker

The Oni Ha’a Academy of Dance and Movement is excited to announce the 2009 production of "The Nutcracker." The performance will take place at the Kimmell Theater in Fremont, Nebraska on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 7 p.m.

Homeless for the Holidays -- A New Omaha Tradition

A Benefit for the USO. 6 LOCAL Bands The Big Al Band Two Drag Club OK Hemingway SKYPIPER
and Co Headliners the Allendales (from Lincoln)
and the Jes Winter Band





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Sierra Club Annual Banquet

Social hour, 6 p.m., followed by dinner, awards and speaker State Sen. Ken Haar.
$20, reservations necessary

Antique Spectacular

Antiques and collectibles will include furniture, art, pottery, stoneware, books, prints, primitives, jewelry, glassware, marbles, china, postcards, coins, quilts, dolls, toys and more. $6 fee gives admission all three days.