Omaha Mobile Stage: How to do Post-Pandemic Creative Placemaking

1229 Millwork Avenue,Omaha NE 68102

07 May, 2022

Description

Learn about the Omaha Mobile Stage's designbuild process and creative placemaking goals, and see the nearly complete stage truck Join us for an outdoor panel discussion featuring the Omaha Mobile Stage (OMS) designbuild team at the Millwork Connect Spring Open House. This event is free and open to the public. Register only to make a donation directly to the project. Arrive early or stay late to enjoy music, art, food, beer and a market. Spring Open House hours: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. The need to bring performing arts back to public space in a COVID-safe format inspired the transformation of an 18-foot box truck into an accessible, adaptable and easily transportable stage. This summer and fall, Omaha Mobile Stage will be in dozens of Omaha neighborhoods to provide free community-driven and family-friendly entertainment and arts enrichment. By working in partnership with a diverse range of public spaces, local performers and arts nonprofits, OMS programming responds to the needs and culture of Omaha’s unique neighborhoods. During “Season One: Gatherings,” OMS will co-produce events with its community partners, and revive a city-wide youth talent show modeled after the beloved Good Fellows Show Wagon. OMS is a direct response to a suite of cultural, social and economic problems that have roots in the pandemic. OMS is a prototype for a new model of outdoor venue—providing a fun and flexible, but safe and serene, place for communities to re-engage with each other, reactivate public spaces, and reanimate social, creative and economic life in the city. To get involved or learn more, contact [email protected].