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John Yao's Triceratops has released one of the finest recordings of 2022.

An Interview with Sammy Figueroa

The Virginia Frank Memorial Writing contest is held each year in the spring to recognize the creative writing talent of area students. This contest, sponsored by the Friends of Omaha Public Library, recognizes the top three winners from each grade. Each winner receives a cash prize and certificate, is recognized in a ceremony at the library and has their story published on the library website. The school libraries of each winning student are also recognized with a matching cash prize.

A camp offered to students ages 10-14 to develop leadership skills while learning African American history with a focus on art and literature. The camp sponsored and led by instructors from Juneteenth Nebraska, Nevada, and New Mexico as recognized members of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation.

Grab & Go Bags are available for checkout. Lavender bags (for babies) contain three board books, and blue bags (for preschool-age children) contain three picture books. Simply place the whole bag on the self-check machine to check out all three books at once.

Jazz Night takes a moment to commemorate Wayne Shorter and his eternal body of work – with concert performances, unaired interviews and music picks from our host Christian McBride.

Shorter's biographer, Michelle Mercer, recalls the many "isms" and lessons she learned from her time working with the legendary composer and saxophonist on his biography, Footprints.

Charles Kay Jr. is a first-generation Thai-American visual artist whose work explores assimilation, identity and the American Dream. His exhibition “Unseen: Emerging from the Currents of Assimilation” is on display at Kaneko through Feb. 5, 2023.In this conversation with Maria Corpuz, he shares his experience growing up in Omaha with immigrant parents, the racism he and his family have endured, and his changing relationship with his Asian-American identity.

The KIOS Blues Chart for January 2023

Jody Keisner’s memoir "Under My Bed" is an exploration of anxiety, control, fear, and ritual. In this conversation with Tom Knoblauch, Keisner discusses anxiety, the craft of memoir, self-exploration and her writing process.