Community & Special Events

Nebraska Community Blood Bank Blood Drive

Tuesday, February 17
9 am-1 pm

Staenberg Omaha JCC
Shirley & Leonard Goldstein Community Engagement Venue

JCC staff will be in Member Services on Friday, Feb. 6 people up in person or online at ncbb.org/searchdrives and enter Sponsor Code JCC. You can also call 402.486.9414 .

JFS Film & Friends

Friday, February 20: “Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”
Friday, March 13: “James Bond No Time to Die”
Friday, April 10: TBD

Staenberg Omaha JCC
Alan J. Levine Performing Arts Theater

All FREE movies start at 1 pm and are held at the Alan J. Levine Performing Arts Theater at the Staenberg Omaha JCC. Concessions will be available for purchase. For community members 55+.

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Live at the Levine: Rangbrook Ensemble

Thursday, March 5
6:30 pm | Cocktail Hour
7:30 pm | Show

$10 Advance
$15 Day of Show

Staenberg Omaha JCC
Alan J. Levine Performing Arts Theater

Founded in 2011, the Rangbrook Ensemble is a group of professional chamber musicians made up of Omaha and Lincoln-based players. Members of the ensemble are active in the Omaha and Lincoln Symphonies and various music education programs throughout the Southeast Nebraska area. More information can be found at www.rangbrookensemble.org

Watercolor Workshops

Staenberg Omaha JCC

Experience the enjoyment of creative growth through this series of one-day watercolor workshops led by international and award-winning watercolor artist, Telagio Baptista. Whether you have painted all your life or just want a new hobby, these workshops will provide you with the time and guidance to elevate your painting. Participants will receive individualized guidance from the instructor.

March 15: Full Day Portrait Workshop

During this 6-hour workshop participants will learn how to paint portraits in a loose style. This approach is achieved through techniques such as using broad brushstrokes, bold colors, and simplified shapes, and focusing on the overall structure and feeling rather than precise rendering.

Sunday, March 15
11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  (6-hour workshop)
Topic: Portraits, Painting Loose

$130 Member
$150 Non-Member

July 26: Plein Air Painting

Plein air painting is an exercise in capturing the landscape as you see it. This workshop will be held outdoors. Participants will study the ephemeral qualities of the light on the landscape and paint what they observe. In the event of rain class will be held inside the JCC.  Full details on class location will be communicated to those registered

Sunday, July 26
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.  (3-hour workshop)
Topic: Plein Air Painting

$65 Member
$75 Non-Member

November 15: Painting Clouds

Participants will learn various techniques on how to paint watercolor clouds and atmosphere.

Sunday, November 15
11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  (6-hour workshop)
Topic: Painting Clouds

$65 Member
$75 Non-Member

Supply List

General Supply List
If possible, participants should bring the following items with them to each workshop.

Watercolor Paints (Winsor Newton Cotman small tubes, or any inexpensive brand)
Watercolor Paper Pad (140lb cold press / 11×14 or any size close) any brand
Various Watercolor Brushes: Small round synthetic brushes (#2 & #6), Flat synthetic brushes (1/4” & 1” wide), Fiber brush (#4)
White Palette with Several Painting Wells
Mounting Board: Used to accommodate 11×14 watercolor paper as work surface (gatorboard, thin plywood, cooking sheet, foam core board or artist’s drawing board)
Mr. Clean Magic Eraser (grocery store)
Masking Tape or Artist White Tape (1”W)
2 Water Containers (cups, recycled food containers, jars, etc.)
2B Pencil & White or Kneaded Eraser

Can’t find an item? Don’t worry. We can loan any missing supplies.

Questions? Please contact Telagio at (402) 249-8241 or telagiowatercolorist@gmail.com

Live at the Levine: Omaha Broadway Bar

Thursday, March 12
Cocktail Hour: 6 pm
Show: 7 pm

Tickets: $20

Staenberg Omaha JCC
Nelson and Linda K. Gordman Blackbox Theater

Omaha Broadway Bar is a live, interactive piano bar experience built on showtunes, singalongs, and audience requests. Founded by Curtis Reynolds in 2024, Broadway Bar brings Broadway favorites, pop standards, and crowd-pleasing anthems to bars, theaters, gardens, museums, and private events across the Omaha metro. Featuring a rotating roster of 75+ local singers and musicians, each high-energy performance is communal, one-of-a-kind, and driven by real-time audience participation. From themed brunches and holiday specials to outdoor concerts and classic piano bar nights, Broadway Bar turns live music into a shared, unforgettable experience.

The Omaha Chamber Music Society presents Steve Reich’s “Different Trains”

Saturday, March 14
6:30 pm | Cocktail Hour
7:30 pm | Show

Tickets: $20

Staenberg Omaha JCC
Alan J. Levine Performing Arts Theater

Join us for Steve Reich’s gripping masterpiece, Different Trains. Composed in 1988, Different Trains represents one of the most important works for string quartet from the last years of the 20th century. Reich uses tape looping over the music to create a haunting and hypnotic tapestry upon which he tells the story of the Jewish people before, during and after the events of World War II.

Paired with Reich’s masterpiece is Philip Glass’ String Quartet No. 5 which sees the composer at his most expansive and cinematic. With equal parts precision and gesture, this work takes its audience on a satisfying journey that is as sweeping as it is succinct, a perfect companion piece to Different Trains.

Spring Vendor Market

Sunday, March 15
11 am-3 pm

Free Admission | No registration necessary for attendees

Staenberg Omaha JCC
Shirley & Leonard Goldstein Community Engagement Venue

The Spring Vendor Market is held in the Goldstein Venue. Admission is free and open to the community. For vendor information, reach out to rentals@jccomaha.org. Vendor registration opens January 12th for Members and January 19th for non-members.

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Live from the Levine: Cher and Gene Klosner “Siblings, Songs, and Their Stories”

Thursday, March 19
6:30 pm | Cocktail Hour
7:30 pm | Show

$20 Advance
$25 Day of Show

Staenberg Omaha JCC
Alan J. Levine Performing Arts Theater

Some siblings fight, some siblings compete, and then some siblings, like award-winning artists Cher and Gene Klosner, come together as Acoustic Pop Rock Singer/Songwriters, wowing audiences with their catchy, groovin’, from the gut, gets-stuck-in-your-head songs and their stories. Open to members and non members of all ages.

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Candlelight Concerts in Omaha*

*This is an external rental and not a JCC sponsored event.

March 20

March 21

April 4

Staenberg Omaha JCC
Alan J. Levine Performing Arts Theater

Enjoy Candlelight concerts! The best concerts performed under candlelights with live performers. This is an external rental performing at the Alan J. Levine Performing Arts Theater. For ticketing questions or concerns, please reach out to hello@feverup.com

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Circle Theater Presents: Descendents

Saturday, March 28
7 pm
Sunday, March 29
2 pm

Tickets: $20

Staenberg Omaha JCC
Alan J. Levine Performing Arts Theater

Based on the popular Disney Channel Original Movies, Disney’s Descendants: The Musical is a brand-new musical jam-packed with comedy, adventure, Disney characters, and hit songs from the films! Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost – home of the most infamous villains who ever lived – the teenaged children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar, and Cruella De Vil have never ventured off the island… until now. When the four troublemakers are sent to attend prep school alongside the children of beloved Disney heroes, they have a difficult choice to make: should they follow in their parents’ wicked footsteps or learn to be good?