Creative Week Spark

Emerging Terrain, Block 16, 1611 Farnam Street, Omaha, NE 68102

Thursday, September 6th, 11am-2pm. FREE. Paid lunch available.

In June of this year, Emerging Terrain hosted an epic dinner celebration along the 36th Street Bridge over I-80. The event, titled Elevate, involved multiple collaborators of enormous creative talent working together in teams to design and construct ‘elevation stations’ that evoked conversation around the Stored Potential banner topics: food, land use, agriculture and transportation. The result was 18 unique stations that for a day turned the 36th Street bridge into a vibrant place, full of a unique energy and spirit. In celebration of Omaha Creative Week, three of these stations will be showing up around various parts of the city to continue the conversation.

Brian Hamilton and Bob Trempe’s cardboard terrain will be in the parking stalls outside of Block 16 (1611 Farnam Street) from 11am-2pm. Think of it as additional outdoor seating to enjoy a delicious Block 16 special!

Emerging Terrain, Cass Street (Between 16th and 17th) – proposed location for new bus transfer station

Wednesday September 5th, 11am-2pm. FREE. Paid lunch available.

In June of this year, Emerging Terrain hosted an epic dinner celebration along the 36th Street Bridge over I-80. The event, titled Elevate, involved multiple collaborators of enormous creative talent working together in teams to design and construct ‘elevation stations’ that evoked conversation around the Stored Potential banner topics: food, land use, agriculture and transportation. The result was 18 unique stations that for a day turned the 36th Street bridge into a vibrant place, full of a unique energy and spirit. In celebration of Omaha Creative Week, three of these stations will be showing up around various parts of the city to continue the conversation.

Enjoy lunch from the Localmotive food truck while experiencing their station created in collaboration with EXis Design Shop and Contrivium Design and Urbanism. They’ll be at the proposed location for the new bus transfer station–Cass Street between 16th and 17th.

PS Collective, 6056 Maple St

Saturday, September 1, 8 p.m. $15. Proceeds benefit Benson Theatre Restoration Project.

Omaha-native and former Daily Show correspondent and Nationwide Insurance’s The World’s Greatest Spokesperson, Bob Wiltfong brings his new one-man improv routine to Omaha. The title isn’t meant to be a dirty joke or anything; it’s actually a true statement about a guy named Dick that Bob just didn’t know very well.

“It’s actually about a real-world inspiration for me, in that the first home my wife and I bought in New York was from an older gentleman named Dick. He had been married to his wife for around 50 years when we bought the home. He took a liking to my wife and I so much so that when he left us the house, he left behind a bottle of champagne and a note, along with all of the love letters that he and his sweetheart had sent each other,” Wiltfong explains.

REBEL Interactive, 1217 S. 13 Street

Friday, September 7, 4-7 p.m. RSVP.

Omaha Creative Week needs a great, live party and the REBEL Yell has a reputation to live up to, so we’re crafting an engaging theme. The theme of the upcoming REBEL Yell is Mad Men. Let’s get our party-on 60s-style with a retro evening full of glamour, neat drinks and finger food, and Miles Davis. Just like Don Draper needs his skinny tie, we need you! Bring a friend or the whole office. Drinks and apps on us.

This is your chance to wear that classic, fitted suit and matching fedora, Jackie O.-inspired dress, or those questionable golf pants you picked up at the vintage shop. Mingle among good people, participate in our advertising games, and try not to cry as you flip through the 1964 Life article that predicts we’ll have flying cars by 1999.

Wait…Did You Say “Advertising Games?”

We REBELs will be the official hosts of some friendly advertising games for our guests. Let your creative juices flow by thinking up winning taglines (after a cocktail or two, of course) and more! Winners get bragging rights.
Don’t miss out—it’ll be a gas.

Omaha Fashion Week, 11 boutiques across Omaha

Thursday, September 6, 6-10 p.m. $10, RSVP.

Join Omaha Fashion Week in a celebration of local retail!  We’ll  board a bus to visit the hottest shopping destinations in our city.  Tickets for the bus tour are limited.  Proceeds benefit the Fashion Institute Midwest.  Check out the tour schedule below and get your tickets  for $10!

AIGA Nebraska, The Mastercraft, 1111 13th Street

With the rise of responsive design, communication between designers and developers is more important than ever before. Different devices require different design considerations and more design effort up front. Meeting deadlines can become stressful as the back and forth plays out. Now, you can find out how to take some of the struggles out of the process.

AIGA’s Integrate is an event that brings together designers and developers to talk about the workflow of creating successful web and interactive campaigns. Learn from the experts how to make the process exciting, collaborative and fun. Join us at the Mastercraft Building, a perfect setting for open discussions aimed at enhancing the conversation between local designers and developers.

Food and drinks will be provided.