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Wired cover story includes a look at Omaha’s downtown revival

2311_2fa843cbb8_small May 25, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

This coming month's issue of Wired Magazine, which hit newsstands earlier this week, features a cover story, Smart Jobs," that should be of high interest to our readers for a few reasons. First, the article takes a statistical look at something we're dedicated to covering. "Work is out there," page 134 states. "It's cropping up in new tech corridors, booming small towns, and surprising industries." Second, in its focus on 12 downtown revivals, the article takes a deep look … read more

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Nebraska Film: Rachel Jacobson of Film Streams

1148_b60a50586d_small August 9, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha (Editor's Note: This article is part of a series titled Nebraska Film: An Exploration of the Growing Community.) When Film Streams opened in Omaha's North Downtown district in the summer of 2007 it revealed its lofty mission: "Enhance the cultural environment of the Omaha-Council Bluffs area through the presentation and discussion of film as an art form." The nonprofit art-house theater, which has the involvement of accomplished Omaha natives Alexander Payne and Kurt Anderson, set about achieving its goal through programming, from first-run films to partnerships with nonprofits. But their latest undertaking, the Local Filmmakers Showcase, has Film Streams pursuing its community-minded mission by shining its spotlight on the local filmmaking community for the first time. read more

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Film Streams’ Local Filmmakers Showcase kicks off tonight

1132_c855e22ecd_small August 6, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Starting tonight at 7:30 p.m. and running through Thursday, August 12, Film Streams' will be presenting the work of 13 area filmmakers in its first-ever Local Filmmakers Showcase. With a run-time of 120 minutes, 14 films displaying a variety of genres will be presented back-to-back. The shortest is two minutes… read more

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This Week: REWORK Meetup, Film Streams event & Startup Drinks

960_65e184a8ff_small June 7, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha April's Startup Drinks brought out a crowd to Nomad Lounge. Photo by Amelia Stoltman of the the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Here are three promising events taking place in Omaha this week. For more, check check out our events page, and if you think you have one to add, please contact info@siliconprairienews.com. Monday, June 7, 8 p.m. – REWORK Meetup According to the event listing on Meetup.com, a venue… read more

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Rachel Jacobson tells Film Streams story, an art-house theater in Omaha

713_0856fb6d29_small March 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha "I had budgeted initially for 500 members," Film Streams founder Rachel Jacobson recollected. "I never imagined that we'd have 2,000. I mean, that really just shows how great Omaha is about supporting this kind of thing." The "thing" Rachel's referring to is a nonprofit art-house movie theater located in Omaha's North Downtown District. In the summer of 2007, with the help… read more

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Two great stories from the Twittersphere

September 11, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha In celebration of #FollowFriday, here's a couple of great tweets (and twitterers) from this past week. If you're from Omaha, you probably recognize Koterba's name from the Omaha World Herald's editorial cartoons, and if you watch ... read more

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Guest Post: Interview with Alexander Olch, director speaking at Film Streams Friday

August 12, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha Keeping true to our vision and passion for highlighting Omaha's creative class, we are thrilled to present you a special interview by a noteworthy contributor and a film director! It starts with Rachel Jacobson, Founder and Director of Film ... read more