Millwork Connect

Stories • April 15th, 2022

Tags: Community, Design, Event, Performance, Tech

Join us in Millwork Commons for a day of food, new friends, performances, and shopping!

Millwork Connect is a showcase of the Omaha community’s diverse talents and experiences. It’s part street fair mixed with meaningful discussions on local art, design, and technology.

DIRECTIONS HERE

(Construction alert: Nicholas St. is closed between 11th and 13th St. To enter the neighborhood, head east on Nicholas St. from 16th St. and follow the signs. You can’t miss it!)

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ALL DAY

MAY 7 | 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Food Trucks & Kros Strain Draft Works will be open for the entire event.

DJ Crabrangucci will spin between acts all day long!

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10 AM – 2 PM | Archetype Coffee + Breakfast Sandwiches (available until sold out)

11 AM – 3 PM | Hutch Open

11 AM – 6:30 PM | Makers Market Open on Millwork Avenue

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COMMUNITY PROJECTS ON MILLWORK AVE:

Hot Shops Art Center live demos

Saving Grace Perishable Food Rescue

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THE FULL SCHEDULE

DIRECTIONS HERE

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11:00 AM | Live DJing, Beatmaking and Skate Demo with The Bay’s Skate School and Rabble Mill

11:30 AM | UNO Media Arts Student Showcase

11 AM – 3:00 PM | Hutch Grand Opening

11:30 – 1 PM | Alpaca Teacher Appreciation Crafting

12:30 PM | Art Talk | Retyping Willa Cather with Tim Youd, Artist, Karin Campbell, Phil Willson Curator of Contemporary Art, Joslyn Art Museum

1:00 PM | Opera To Go with Opera Omaha

1:15 PM | Local Author Live Reading with Anna Lind Thomas from her book I’m Not Ready For This: Everybody Just Calm Down and Give Me a Minute released May 10, 2022!

2:00 PM | Community Talk | Omaha Mobile Stage: How to do Post-Pandemic Creative Placemaking with Jeffrey L Day, FAIA, NCARB, Killinger Professor of Architecture, University of Nebraska, Brendan Greene-Walsh, Technical Consultant, Jessica Scheuerman, Executive Director, Partners for Livable Communities

2:45 PM | Art Talk | Social Sensory Architecture with Orchid Artist, Sean Ahlquist

3:00 PM | Slam Poetry featuring Fernando Antonio Montejano, Ryan Boyland, Trac Schacht, Matt Mason

3:15 PM | Tech Talk | The Next Wave of Nebraska Startups hosted by Scott Henderson, NMotion Managing Principal and gener8tor featuring Adriana Cisneros Basulto, Manny Quevedo, Trevon Brooks

4:00 PM | Design Talk | Creating the Millwork Commons Park with Intention and Care for Community with Megan Lutz, Partner, AIA, NCARB, Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture, Kayla Meyer, Landscape Architecture, The Olsson Studio, Mick Mulhall, CEO, Mulhall’s, Brenton Gomez, President, Nebraska Public Skateparks Council