Joslyn Art Museum’s newest permanent exhibit is good news for families. Art Works opens on Friday, and I want to shout from the museum’s rooftop that you should go check it out – with or without kids. UPDATE: Joslyn Art Museum is currently closed due to renovations and will reopen sometime in 2024. Think children’s…
I’ll be the first to say I had no business being at a car show. I never took an interest in cars, never have been particularly tidy with any that I’ve owned. Yet, there I was, enjoying myself at the Midtown Car Show this summer. My kids and husband did too. The two rugrats didn’t…
We took the kids to Memorial Park on a fine summer night recently. Though the park is near our house, we don’t go often since there is a closer park the kids love. Memorial Park is known for being what it sounds like, a memorial. Situated at the top of a hill overlooking Dodge Street is…
Need to ideas for staying cool in Omaha this summer? This city is loaded with options: pools, splash gardens, water parks, etc. UPDATE: This post was first published in 2013 and updated April 2019. For all budgets, here’s our list of where to go to stay cool in Omaha: Free Spraygrounds – Omaha Parks and…
This weekend is the second Nebraska Science Festival. It’s an all-around cool event with kid-friendly activities, and then some just for us (involving beer. And wine. And more beer). Last year, I wanted to go to it all. Yeah, that didn’t work out. We brought the kids out to Fontenelle Forest for the first time,…
We started a new series recently at Oh My! Omaha called “Off the Beaten Path.” I asked friends, and fellow writers and bloggers to share some of their lesser known haunts, be it a park, shop or attraction. Here’s the next installment: Off the Beaten Path – First National’s Spirit of Nebraska’s Pioneer Courage Park at 1400 Capitol…
