Profiles

The ‘Not-So-Secret’ Gardens In Little Bohemia

Published by jason@omahadail... on Tue, 11/29/2022 - 5:00am

The Bohemian Gardens is an intimate venue nestled in Omaha’s Little Bohemia. (Courtesy of Jeff Pappas)

Tucked away behind an unassuming gate in Little Bohemia, lies an impressive courtyard with a 30-year-old Wisteria, a Pagoda tree, pear tree, apple tree, four different types of vines, two different ivies, a beautiful Magnolia, and an array of different kinds of flowers and grasses; all along old brick paths that lead up to a main house and a guest house. And that’s during the current season where, with its freshly shorn foliage, the garden more closely resembles the one in “The Secret Garden” before springtime.

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Combining Teaching And Tech To Actualize An ‘Innovation Playground’

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/23/2022 - 5:00am

Do Space is a one-of-a-kind concept: It’s a community technology library, a digital workshop, and an innovation playground filled with new opportunities to learn, grow, explore and create. (David Schildman / The Daily Record)

Do Space, located on 72nd street and Dodge, is a nonprofit focused on narrowing the technological divide by allowing people to access and learn about technology they wouldn’t have had the opportunity to use. They are, in their own words, “a community technology library, a digital workshop, and an innovation playground filled with new opportunities to learn, grow, explore and create.”

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Serving To Inform, Inspire Hispanic And Latino Communities

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/16/2022 - 5:00am

Centro Latino of Iowa was founded on November 5, 2001, in an effort to assist the growing Latino community of Council Bluffs. It serves to educate and empower Hispanic and Latino families in any way they can, in partnership with the United Methodist Churches (UMC) of Council Bluffs.

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All-Women Finalists Dominate Creighton Law 2022 Moot Court Competition

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 11/11/2022 - 5:00am

A packed Gross Appellate Courtroom watched Creighton’s Moot Court finals. (Tim Trudell / The Daily Record)

Standing before a panel of three judges, Courtney Mascarenas argued that the legal decision against a teenager whose cell phone had been confiscated by a teacher, after assuming a text message was about drugs, should be overturned because it violated the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution. Her colleague, Hannah Schweitzer, also argued that the school violated his First Amendment rights.

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Lifting Unheard Voices In Omaha

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/09/2022 - 5:00am

Hugo Zamorano, set deigner for More Than a Number, adjusts his mural before a show.
(Jenny Pool / Anastasis Theatre Co.)

Coughs and throats clearing punctuate the heavy silence as the audience waits for the show to begin. The stage is clear except a few chairs, a couple of tables, and a mural landscaping the back wall. The mural depicts a collage of pictures in street-tag style, courtesy of artist Hugo Zamorano.

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WoodmenLife Strives to Put Omaha, People First

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 11/08/2022 - 5:00am

Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, known more commonly as WoodmenLife, is a not-for-profit society that provides insurance benefits for its members. Founded in 1890, the company strives to put Omaha and its people first by protecting their financial futures. They were recently recognized on Forbes “Best Insurance Companies of 2023” list.

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Untie Online Helps Address State’s Attorney Shortage

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 11/04/2022 - 5:00am

It is hardly breaking news that some areas of Nebraska are dealing with a shortage of attorneys. Some recent reports have suggested that around a dozen counties are without a single attorney based within the county lines.

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Weisbeck Joins Woods Aitken

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 11/04/2022 - 12:00am

Woods Aitken is delighted to announce that Lexi A. Weisbeck has joined the firm as an associate attorney. Weisbeck joins the firm’s growing litigation team, working with clients in the construction law and commercial litigation practice areas.

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Accepting Everyone In Need, Serving Hope

Published by Nikki Palmer on Wed, 11/02/2022 - 5:00am

Founded in 1975, Siena Francis House is Nebraska’s largest provider of services to individuals experiencing homelessness, and is located in six facilities at 17th & Nicholas Streets in downtown Omaha. (Shutterstock)

As of 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates that roughly 580,000 people across the country are experiencing homelessness. In Nebraska alone it is estimated that at any one time around 2,400 people are left without a stable home to live in. Siena Francis House is trying to change that by making sure no one is left out in the cold.

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Disability: Part Of The Equity Equation

Published by Nikki Palmer on Fri, 10/28/2022 - 4:00am

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Established in 1945 by President Truman, National Disability Employment Awareness Month recognizes and embraces the contributions disabled people have made in the workforce. The theme for NDEAM 2022 is “Disability: Part of the Equity Equation.”