The Events Calendar by Oh My! Omaha
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Local authors will be showing off their latest works, answering questions, and signing books at the Local Author Fair on Oct. 17. You'll have the opportunity to browse each author's table, where a variety of books will be available for purchase.
Shelby Van Pelt, author of OUR Community Reads 2025 title "Remarkably Bright Creatures," will be at the library for an author talk and Q&A. Book signing to follow.
Author and journalist Theodore Wheeler discusses the societal and personal factors that helped form his novel in the presentation "Kings of Broken Things: Bystanders, Historical Wounds, and the Omaha Race Riot of 1919." Wheeler's book, "Kings of Broken Things," is an immigrant coming-of-age story set amid the political, economic and racial tensions surrounding the 1919 lynching...
Haunted Iowa explores ghosts, ghost hunting, and the paranormal that surrounds Iowa. Learn about Iowa ghost lore and legends, paranormal equipment, history of ghost hunting, and types of mediums and psychics. The event is free and open to the public. More appropriate for an adult audience.
Noche De Lotería will be held at the Council Bluffs Public Library. Lotería is a Mexican game that anyone can enjoy. The event is presented in Spanish. Open to all.
Native American Storytelling with Steve Tamayo is a hands-on lecture about traditional games of the Plains region. These games incorporate creation stories, language, virtue and values, specific roles and responsibilities of the people. Discover stick games, hand games, moccasin games, Plum Pit, Tasiha Unpi deer bone game and more.
