Every May, the Omaha Heritage Festival welcomes all of the city's cultures to share in a day of music, traditional dress, dancing, and food.
VIEW SLIDESHOWThree generations of the Mackevicius family have been making pastries and sourdough rye bread in South Omaha since the early 1950s.
VIEW SLIDESHOWWe spend the Fourth of July weekend each year at grandpa and grandma's house.
VIEW SLIDESHOWDuring my time at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, I led groups of international students on cultural immersion trips to communities like Norfolk, West Point, and Red Cloud. We saw the sights, learned about local history, and went bowling.
VIEW SLIDESHOWMy wife grew up near Ravenna, a railroad town in central Nebraska. Grandpa Kent still lives there, and we like to visit him and his herefords.
VIEW SLIDESHOWI followed volunteers in West Point, Neb., as they gave new life to the town's historic community center, now showing both films and stage performances.
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