July 5th First Friday (.official event.)

Fri Jul 05 2024 at 05:00 pm to Sat Jul 06 2024 at 02:00 am UTC-05:00

Downtown Benson | Omaha

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July 5th First Friday (.official event.)
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โ˜€๏ธ ๐—•๐—™๐—™ ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง! โ˜€๏ธ
Join BFF and 65+ artists, vendors, & community partners in the Benson Creative District First Fridays May thru September!
๐Ÿ”ด The NORTH MARKET is at Military Ave between Maple & Binney!
๐ŸŸ  The SOUTH MARKET is at 62nd St between Maple & Miami!
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŽจShoutout to this monthโ€™s poster artist Rumi Kinoshita @rumisroomies
Thanks to Blick Art Materials for sponsoring our monthly posters! Visit Blick Art Materials for all your art supply needs!

FIRST FRIDAY
๐•†๐•Œ๐•‹ ๐”ธโ„•๐”ป ๐”ธ๐”น๐•†๐•Œ๐•‹!
๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: (๐Ÿ• - ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฉ๐ฆ)
โค๏ธ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ (2727 ๐˜• 62๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ต)
Opening Reception:
The Meeting of the Galactic Resonance // Isabella Janssen
https://www.facebook.com/events/997171748611578
On Display:
Body of Work // Mark Andrew
https://www.facebook.com/events/948504720093558

โค๏ธ ๐Œ๐š๐Œ๐Ž ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (South lot of Petshop Gallery)

โค๏ธ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ (๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ - 2729 ๐˜•. 62๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต)

โค๏ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ค๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐› (6117 Maple St.)
๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต:
โค๏ธ ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง (6061 Maple St.)

โค๏ธ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (6059 ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘ก)
๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต: Nathan Unger

โค๏ธ ๐“๐ž๐ & ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ'๐ฌ (6023 Maple St.)
Featured Youth Artist:
To Go Kits - ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED!
FREE Scoop of Ice Cream for ALL Friend of BFF members EVERY #firstfriday
Tilt23 Showcase featuring: Renzellous, Diana & The Dunes, OhDaFro
โค๏ธ ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ'๐ฌ (2814 ๐‘. 60๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘†๐‘ก.)
Free Little Arts Center + To-Go Art Kits
FLAC featured artist:
Open Studios ft. Authento Creative, 2Neuro Grotto, No Hand Outs Clothing & Jennifer Lentfer Studio
FREE DIY Synthesizer workshop
โค๏ธ ๐—•๐—™๐—™ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† (5901 Maple St.)
Cassidy Coalson // In Fabricated Spaces: Midwest Identities
โค๏ธ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (5905 Maple St.)

โค๏ธ ๐Œ๐š๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ญ. ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ (5901 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐‘๐š๐๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ (5915 Maple St.)
"MASS" by Natori Pittman
https://www.facebook.com/events/417051451248321
โค๏ธ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (5917 Maple St)

โค๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ (5918 Maple St.)
Featured Artist:
โค๏ธ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ž (6054 Maple St.)
BFF @ BT Lobby Bar w/ RISE featuring music by Tag Ryan
https://www.facebook.com/events/3732539093728019/
โค๏ธ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐ฒ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (6066 Maple St.)
Jenna Jaffery // Identity Terrain: Portraits and their Landscapes
โค๏ธ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข (6114 Military Ave)
Featured Artist: Mike Kasel
โค๏ธ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ญ ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž (6132 Military Ave)
Featured Artist:
โค๏ธ ๐‰๐š๐ค๐ž'๐ฌ ๐‚๐ข๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ (6206 Maple St.)
Featured Artist:
โค๏ธ ๐„๐๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ (6200 Maple St.)
Featured Artist:
โค๏ธ ๐๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐š ๐€๐ˆ๐ƒ๐’ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ (6220 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐ƒ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ (6307 Maple St.)
Featured Artists: Tyler Miller and Kay Teutsch
โค๏ธ ๐ƒ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐‘๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ (7016 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ž๐ง ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐‡๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ: ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ (7020 Maple St.)
โค๏ธ ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ! ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ! (7052 Maple St.)

๐‘ณ๐‘จ๐‘ป๐‘ฌ ๐‘ต๐‘ฐ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฏ๐‘ป - ๐•’๐•—๐•ฅ๐•–๐•ฃ ๐Ÿก ๐•ก๐•ž
โค๏ธ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ค๐ž๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐’๐ญ. ๐“๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง (2735 N. 62nd St.)
CTRL + ALT + DELETE: a BFF Dance Party
โค๏ธ ๐‘๐„๐•๐„๐‘๐ (6121 Military Ave.)
GRRRL Camp Presents: Size Queen, Boxknife, and Ghostlike
https://www.facebook.com/events/319392747776604
โค๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‘๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‹๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž (6212 Maple St.)

โค๏ธ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ (5918 Maple St.)
Queer Nite and Omaha Bug Symposium present: Drag On The Fly
https://www.facebook.com/events/720079863612013
โค๏ธ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ (7224 Maple St.)
In The Beginning
๐๐„๐‘๐Š๐’!
Donโ€™t forget! Friends of BFF receive special PERKS every First Friday! Become a member at bffomaha.org/friend and enjoy these perks!
โ—๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐ญ ๐•๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž // 20% off Purchase
โ— ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† // Half off draft beer (3-6)
โ— ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ // $1 off tap beers until 7. $1 off Sangria all night
โ— ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ // Pub BOGO for a penny apple pie shots (3-6)
โ— ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐˜† // Free cinnamon crisp w/ purchase (dine in)
โ— ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป // Buy one get one TACOS
โ— ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ // free cookie with drink purchase
โ— ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ // Half off Sangria on tap
โ— ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ถ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ถ // Buy one get one SAKE
โ— ๐—ฆ๐˜. ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ // $1 off Tap Beers until 7. $1 off sangria
โ—๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ // 10% off your purchase
โ—๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฑ & ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†'๐˜€ // FREE scoop of ice cream
โ—๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† // $1.00 off all drinks
๐’๐€๐…๐„๐“๐˜ ๐…๐ˆ๐‘๐’๐“ ๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐ƒ๐€๐˜
Get reacquainted with the ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž.
BFF Omaha's "๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž.," states that your establishment will encourage, expect, and strive to maintain a safe environment, with a zero tolerance policy towards harassment and assault.
If visitors feel unsafe at any time while in your establishment, staff or someone of authority will promptly take steps to address the situation, or if necessary remove the person(s) responsible and/or notify the proper authorities.
Keep and Eye Out for our ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ buttons worn by BFF volunteers and decals in business windows. In the event you need help, look out for the ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐š๐๐ ๐ž or ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž. This person and/or business will be able to help!
For more information and to sign the pledge on behalf or your business, please visit bffomaha.org/about
Let's keep each other safe!
๐™ฑ๐™ต๐™ต ๐š‚๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š๐šข ๐šƒ๐š’๐š™๐šœ
๐Ÿ”ด Never walk alone after dark - ask a friend, area staff, or BFF staff/volunteer to walk you to your car
๐Ÿ”ด Donโ€™t drink and drive - call a safe ride, take the bus, phone a friend!
๐Ÿ”ด COVID-19 is still afoot - please get vaccinated, be safe, wear masks, and do NOT attend First Friday if you are feeling ill.
๐’๐‡๐Ž๐ ๐๐…๐… ๐Ž๐Œ๐€๐‡๐€! ๐๐”๐˜ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐๐ƒ๐’!
Support BFF in our mission of building community through arts engagement by purchasing official merch from the BFF Shop!
Visit shopbffomaha.myshopify.com and add some things to your cart!
๐“๐‡๐€๐๐Š ๐˜๐Ž๐” ๐“๐Ž ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐๐ƒ๐’ ๐Ž๐… ๐๐…๐…!
First Friday Sponsors!
โญ Mutual of Omaha
โญ Ted & Wally's Ultra-Premium Homemade Ice Cream n Benson
Friend of BFF Business Members!
๐ŸŸ  Benson Mill Apartments
๐ŸŸฃ Benson Brewery
๐ŸŸ  Blue Line Coffee
๐ŸŸฃ Buildertrend
๐ŸŸ  Dahlia House
๐ŸŸฃ DogGurt
๐ŸŸ  First Interstate Bank
๐ŸŸฃ Flavas
๐ŸŸ  Gregg Grossman, Inc.
๐ŸŸฃ Heather Tedesco, Realtor, BHGRE
๐ŸŸ  Jake's Cigars
๐ŸŸฃ Maven Social
๐ŸŸ  Ming Toy Gallery
๐ŸŸฃ Nebraska AIDS Project
๐ŸŸ  Nocturnal Eats Food Truck
๐ŸŸฃ Omaha Roller Derby
๐ŸŸ  Omaha Steaks
๐ŸŸฃ Rail + Steam
๐ŸŸ  Shipment Vintage
๐ŸŸฃ Soundarte.net
๐ŸŸ  Star Deli
๐ŸŸฃ StudioDaze Omaha
๐ŸŸฃ Taco Co.
๐ŸŸ  The Garage by the Grey House
๐ŸŸฃ The Sydney
แดกแด‡ สŸแดœแด  สแด€!
โค๏ธ
สส€ BFFs
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