Feb 11, 2015 08:00AM ● By David Williams
The Omaha Benson Magnet School girls basketball program has a preseason tradition involving a pizza-fueled sleepover on the eve of the first...
Jan 20, 2015 08:00AM ● By David Williams
Rose Baker is a graduate of Monroe Elementary School.That’s not a typo.Monroe Elementary became Monroe Middle School in 1956. Baker doesn’t ...
Jan 19, 2015 08:00AM ● By David Williams
Aguek Arop will blow out the candles on three more birthday cakes before he dons a Big Red basketball jersey for the first time. The 15-year...
Until not that very long ago, the only major rumbling in Fort Calhoun was the result of the teeth-shattering vibrations made by a never-endi...
I’ve written before about Omaha not being a city of six degrees of separation, but instead being one of maybe two or three degrees at most. ...
Jan 16, 2015 03:49PM ● By David Williams
The Fall High Point Furniture Market was a mecca for the most seasoned of style-spotters. We checked in with the professionals at Interiors ...
Jan 08, 2015 02:20PM ● By David Williams
Tenures among key leadership positions at the Omaha Community Playhouse often span decades. It’s perhaps one of the main reasons that the la...
Dec 28, 2014 08:00AM ● By David Williams
In a good bookroom,” Mark Twain once quipped, “you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books ...
Dec 27, 2014 08:00AM ● By David Williams
Logan McDonald reported for duty as a U.S. Marine in October 2011. A month later, the then 18-year-old recruit from Mississippi was in a com...
Dec 22, 2014 09:51AM ● By David Williams
Timothy Rimmer’s daily confrontation with his closet can be something of a skirmish. Some days it’s an all-out battle. His wardrobe selectio...
Dec 18, 2014 09:27AM ● By David Williams
After a lifetime in the performing arts that culminated in 12 years on the road with the blockbuster Broadway touring production of The Phan...
Dec 10, 2014 08:00AM ● By David Williams
In my last column I wrote about the poor choice I made for my grandsons’ very first movie theater experience. Easton (5) and Barrett (3) wer...
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