EXPERIENCE
Benson
Where Creativity Is Our Culture
What's coming up in Benson
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Benson Little League Sign Up
There is still time to sign up your child to play in Benson’s Little League. Scan the QR Code or click HERE for details
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Ming Toy Gallery
Beginning March 7
“The Space Between”
Ming Toy Gallery is pleased to host "The Space Between" - Josephine Langbehn's first solo show - during the month of March.
Please check our website for hours HERE
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Reverb Lounge
3.31 8:00 PM - Weedeater
4.03 8:00 PM - Marlon Funaki
404 9:00 PM - Pull Up and Vibe
405 9:00 PM - Housewares
406 8:00 PM - Sam Blasucci & Julia Zivic
More information HERE:
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The Sydney Bar & Lounge
4.02 - 8:00 PM - LAP
403 - 8:00 PM - Taiyamo Denku
404 - 9:00 PM - Greg Wheeler
405 - 10:00 PM - Benson Soul Society’s B-Day Celebration
More information HERE
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The Waiting Room Lounge
401 7:30 PM - Teenage Bottlerocker
403 8:00 PM - The Faint (SOLD OUT)
404 8:00 PM - Jeremy Mccomb’s Honky Tonk Circus
405 8:00 PM - Daft Disko
Click HERE for all ticketing details
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Omaha Public Library - Benson Branch
401 4:00 PM - Our Musical Stories
405 9:30 - 10:00 AM - Baby Storytime
405 10:30 - 11:00 AM - Music & Movement
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Benson Community Center
BENSON YOUTH and ADULT ACTIVITIES: Advanced Kendo & laido - The Way of the Sword; Historical European Fencing; Kibudoryu Aikido
Check the website for Benson Community Youth and Adult activities HERE
THE BAY: Youth Open Skate; Adult Open Skate; Skateboarding 101; Rowdy & Rabble; Roll Up, Roll Out; Tricks & Flicks
Check HERE for all the Bay Details
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Benson First Friday (BFF)
404 5:00 PM - 405 2:00 AM
Join us every First Friday of the month in the Benson Creative District for a night filled with art, live music, food, and community! From 5 PM to 2 AM, experience a variety of gallery openings, art exhibitions, local vendors, and live performances at venues across Maple Street and beyond!
Check HERE for all the details
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Benson Theatre
405 - 6:00 PM - Mad Darling ‘Brand New’ Album Debut
More Information HERE
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Benson Business Improvement District
The Benson Business Improvement District, established by the City of Omaha in 1977 and reinvigorated in 2010, is responsible for raising funds to maintain and improve the Benson business district.
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Benson Neighborhood Association
The Benson Neighborhood Association (BNA) was originally comprised of five neighborhood associations that were formed within the Benson boundaries between 1910 and 1920.
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Creative District
Benson is now an official Creative District!
In June 2022, Benson was designated as Omaha’s first Creative District!
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Benson Business Owners
Benson Business Owners (BBO) is an informal group of merchants interested in working together to bring customers, shoppers and visitors to downtown Benson through coordinated promotions and events.
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BFF Omaha
We believe that everyone has the right to create, experience, and cultivate the arts in our communities. goes here
Welcome to Benson!
Our story starts way back in 1887 with Erastus Benson, a land speculator, investor, and philanthropist. He purchased 900 or so acres of land from Edward Creighton, an Omaha businessman. On March 4, 1887, Erastus platted the land and called it Benson Place, later changing it to Benson. We were annexed into the City of Omaha in 1917.
‘Ole Erastus was quite the entrepreneur and renaissance man. He helped found the first of the regional phonograph companies and invested in a young man named Thomas Edison and his Kinetoscope. In his spare time, our founder wrote songs – more than 20 of ’em are included in the Edison Sheet Music Collection of the U.S. Library of Congress.
His spirit must have somehow settled into our dirt, because the entrepreneur is alive and well in today’s Benson, helping our neighborhood become the place you want to live, hang out, or open a business.
Stop by for a visit – you’ll be back for the experience.