The Joslyn tonight will host a celebration with close to 450 members of the Silicon Prairie community — and a dozen shiny prairie dogs. 

Almost 450 tickets to the inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards have been snapped up so far, but good seats still remain for tonight's event. Tickets can be bought through tikly until 3 p.m. After that, a limited number of passes will be available for purchase at the door tonight. 

But we don't recommend waiting. Go ahead and grab your tickets now. 

Why? Well, we've made a pretty concerted effort over the past couple months to explain why we're excited about the event. You can check out the event website or our post from last week to get all the Silicon Prairie Awards details you could ever want.

Or, you can get the quick and dirty details below. 

What: A community celebration and opportunity to recognize outstanding companies and individuals for their products, leadership and contributions to the community. Forty-eight finalists are in the running for 12 awards.

Where: Omaha's Joslyn Art Museum (2200 Dodge St.)

Schedule: Opening reception begins at 6 p.m. Awards celebration follows at 7. Closing party kicks off at 9. 

Keynote: David Cohen, founder and CEO of TechStars

Attire: Startup suave, of course