Mar 06, 2014 02:27PM ● By Kristen Hoffman
Dr. Lee Simmons retired as director of the Henry Doorly Zoo at age 71 in 2009. But apparently he didn’t get the memo about taking it easy. S...
Mar 04, 2014 01:53PM ● By Chris Wolfgang
Tracy Zaiss has an enormous coffee mug that reads Make Things Happen. It’s a phrase she keeps close to heart even as she prepares to hand ov...
Feb 27, 2014 02:19PM ● By Chris Wolfgang
In 2004, Mark Griffis founded Aviture as a response to Lockheed Martin’s request that he subcontract for them on a long-term project. The fo...
Feb 25, 2014 01:38PM ● By Chris Wolfgang
He walks into the comic shop, and he looks like he belongs. Internationally recognized Omaha artist Jeremy Caniglia is wearing a hoodie, jea...
Feb 22, 2014 10:30AM ● By Josie Bungert
Joe “Smitty” Smith runs a seemingly typical tattoo parlor Downtown, complete with 13 staff members and regular clients. But it’s what Big Br...
Jan 12, 2014 03:30PM ● By Kim Carpenter
Scholar, lawyer, professor, arts administrator, university dean. David Thompson has had all these professional titles, but he’s impossible t...
Dec 10, 2013 08:45AM ● By David Williams
America’s long love affair with the automobile is perhaps best told in stories of fathers and sons. The 1932 Chevrolet Cabriolet convertible...
Dec 04, 2013 09:00AM ● By Melissa McElroy
Alcohol addiction can seem like the Mount Everest of personal hurdles to overcome, something Heather Kirk knows well. The director of Santa ...
Dec 03, 2013 09:15AM ● By Chris Wolfgang
There are really two different shifts for breakfast, Jeff Slobotski explains. Some show up at the 11-Worth Cafe at 7 a.m., and others don’t ...
Nov 20, 2013 01:30AM ● By Katie Anderson
In the early evening hours of December 7, Susan Koenig will put a fun party dress on her slender frame, bling on her wrists and strappy heel...
Nov 19, 2013 04:50PM ● By Chris Wolfgang
Deb Bass has essentially had three careers: She’s been an RN for 20 years, a startup entrepreneur for eight, and a CEO for about 12.But don’...
Oct 29, 2013 10:45AM ● By Katie Anderson
While other city clubs have closed in defeat, the Omaha Press Club marks its 42nd anniversary on the 22nd floor of the First National Center...
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