Omaha Magazine

3 weeks ago | omahamagazine.com | Jenna Gabrial Gallagher

Kelli Bello was drawn to her leafy pocket neighborhood long before she and her family moved into it in 2022. “I used to walk my dog near here and sort of creep around,” she said. “I was so curious.”She’s not alone. The collection of 11 treehouses on about an acre-and-a-half of land behind a Cape Cod farmhouse near 60th Street and Western Avenue has piqued Omaha’s curiosity since it was first built in the late 1970s. “It’s such a romantic origin story,” Bello said.

3 weeks ago | omahamagazine.com | Kara Schweiss

Entering Brad and Amy Schaap’s Gold Coast Historic District home is like stepping back in time. The circa-1908 Edwardian/Neoclassical home boasts countless original features—mostly intact, some restored—like leaded glass windows, hardwood floors, intricate millwork, transom windows, hexagon mosaic tile flooring in transitional areas, ornamental plaster, built-ins, and curved wooden benches beneath bow windows.

3 weeks ago | omahamagazine.com | Kyle Eustice

It started in 2014 with a cheeky Craigslist ad that read, “Looking to start a band, become world famous.” University of Nebraska at Omaha student Connor Brandt was, as he freely admits, “bored,” and thought he’d found the cure to his dorm room blues—but it turns out finding like-minded musicians wasn’t as painless as he thought it would be. “I got a lot of responses that were not what I was looking for,” Brandt said.

3 weeks ago | omahamagazine.com | Julius Fredrick

There’s magic in the Nebraska panhandle. For the urbanites of the east, those hailing from Lincoln, Omaha, or even Grand Island, the region unfurls a blank canvas. For some, it’s a lacuna, like sinking into a dreamless sleep—heavy eyelids and vague, milepost memories. For others, a time-worn photo of the ‘Good Life,’ bucolic and bewitching—ardent skies, coarse with possibility. Prairie hamlets and small-town facades crest the shifting dunes, sand or snow.

1 month ago | omahamagazine.com | Kara Schweiss

Like many married couples, Kurt and Koryn Hansen have full schedules and demanding lives. Koryn is a special education teacher with Papillion La Vista Community Schools, where she started as a paraprofessional almost a decade ago. She was one of two PLCS paras to be selected for the Teacher Career Ladder program in partnership with Midland University.