Omaha Performing Arts has announced the official opening of the Tenaska Center for Arts Engagement, which will take place next month. The celebration will begin with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, March 19, at 10 a.m. on the Dick & Mary Holland Campus at 1115 Dodge Street. Festivities will continue with a free-to-the-public Tenaska Center open house Sunday, March 22, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. The grand opening period concludes with a community day on Saturday, April 11, at 9 a.m., offering another opportunity for the public to experience many of the activities and events the Tenaska Center for Arts Engagement will offer. The $108 million, 4-story, 103,000 sq. ft. building was recently completed immediately east of the Holland Performing Arts Center. As Nebraska’s largest performing arts organization, Omaha Performing Arts generates an annual economic impact of more than $61 million, reaching audiences across Nebraska and the region through Broadway, jazz, dance, comedy,...

In last week’s Council Bluff’s City Council Meeting, Pete Tulipana presented Phase V of the River’s Edge development project. Tulipana is the president and CEO of Southwest Iowa Nonprofit for Collective Impact (SINC), the organization that leads funding efforts for the River’s Edge project. SINC has raised more than $50 million in private donations to build the MidAmerican Adventure Tower just north of the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, as well as an under-construction pier just south of Interstate 480 along the Missouri Riverfront. The tower – and an attached elevated walkway through the treetops – will open this summer. Phase V will consist of three major components: a playground north of Interstate 480 next to River Park by Broadmoor apartment complex; a dog park north of I-480 next to a parking lot; and a donor commemoration and wayfinding plaza. The city council felt that the $600,000 contribution that the city will make to help pay for the donor plaza was a surprise. However,...