✨ DECEMBER FIRST FRIDAY ✨

🗓️ Friday, December 5 | 📍 Benson Creative District

❄️ The holidays are quickly approaching, and Benson is ready for the final First Friday of 2025! It’s the perfect night to explore the neighborhood and pick up that one-of-a-kind, handmade holiday gift crafted by local artists.

🎄 And as always… keep your eyes peeled. Krampus sightings have been reported in Benson this time of year. 👹✨

Expect gallery openings, artist markets, seasonal surprises, and creative cheer filling the Benson Creative District!

🎨 December’s First Friday poster by Reese Mansfield @theymakemeraki
🖼️ Posters sponsored by @blick_omaha

🙌 Ongoing First Friday support from:
Mutual of Omaha @mutualofomaha • Ted and Wally’s @tedandwallys

🎄 BFF Artist Market
📍 Benson Theatre – 6054 Maple St.
⏰ 6–9 PM

Celebrate the season at the BFF Holiday Artist Market! 🎁 Shop local, support Omaha artists, and find one-of-a-kind handmade gifts from your favorite makers, creators, and BFFs—all inside the beautifully festive Benson Theatre.

FIRST FRIDAY OPENING RECEPTIONS

C418 ALPHA by Reagan D. Pufall

December 5 · 7–10PM
❤️ Petshop Gallery (2725 N. 62nd St.)

C418 ALPHA presents new laser-cut paper works by Reagan D. Pufall, blending childhood landscapes, mythic imagination, and the Great Plains’ vastness into intricate cut-paper scenes framed in 3D prints

BFF Made a Maze
December 5 · 6-9pm
❤️ BFF Gallery (5901 Maple St.)

BFF Made a Maze is a community art project inspired by the movie Dave Made a Maze. Using absurdity and the power of some paint and hot glue to create a whimsical place where anything can happen.

❤️ A Taste of New Orleans (6023 Maple St.)
❤️ Alley Cat Vintage (6132 Military Ave.)
❤️ Au Courant (6064 Maple St.)
❤️ B5 Brewing Company (6115 Maple St.)
❤️ BFF Gallery (5901 Maple St.)
❤️ Beercade (6104 Maple St.)
❤️ Benson Brewery (6059 Maple St.)
❤️ Benson Community Center (6008 Maple St.)
❤️ Benson Theatre (6054 Maple St.)
❤️ Board and Brush (6016 Maple St.)
❤️ Burke's Pub (6117 Maple St.)
❤️ Burrito Envy (6113 Maple St.)
❤️ Bärchen Beer Garden (6209 Maple St.)
❤️ Centre for Useless Splendour (6916 Maple St.)
❤️ Ceremony (6107 Maple St.)
❤️ Chingon (6207 Maple St.)
❤️ Choice Gallery (5905 Maple St.)
❤️ Collectives Corner (7008 Maple St.)
❤️ Dundee Bank (5015 Underwood Ave.)
❤️ Dungeon Crate (6404 Maple St.)
❤️ Edge of the Universe (6070 Maple St.)
❤️ Eleven Eleven (6061 Maple St.)
❤️ Five Nine (6105 Maple St.)
❤️ Floors! Floors! Floors! (7052 Maple St.)
❤️ Found Vintage (6022 Maple St.)
❤️ Haney Shoes (6060 Maple St.)
❤️ Hardy Coffee Co. (6051 Maple St.)
❤️ Ika Ramen (6109 Maple St.)
❤️ Jake's Cigars (6206 Maple St.)
❤️ JoJo’s Diner (6118 Military Ave.)
❤️ Kai Tei (6109 ⅓ Maple St.)
❤️ Krug Park (6205 Maple St.)
❤️ Legend Comics & Coffee (6068 Maple St.)
❤️ Lover Luxuries (6065 Maple St.)
❤️ MaMO Gallery (South lot of Petshop)
❤️ Mantra (6913 Maple St.)
❤️ Maple St. Construct (5912 Maple St.)
❤️ Ming Toy Gallery (6066 Maple St.)
❤️ Musette (6020 Maple St.)
❤️ Nebraska AIDS Project (6220 Maple St.)
❤️ Needles and Ink (6110 Maple St.)
❤️ Omaha Public Library (6015 Binney St.)
❤️ Petshop Gallery (2727 N. 62nd St.)
❤️ Radial Arts Center (5915 Maple St.)
❤️ Rail + Steam (6013 Maple St.)
❤️ REVERB (6121 Military Ave.)
❤️ Ruby’s Place (5913 Maple St.)
❤️ Sailor’s Grave (6208 Maple St.)
❤️ Shaheen's Afghan Cuisine (6121 Maple St.)
❤️ Shakedown Street Tavern (2735 N. 62nd St.)
❤️ Snowy Sundaes (6015 Maple St.)
❤️ Soundarte.net Studio (Inside Petshop - 2729 N. 62nd St.)
❤️ St. Andrew’s (6102 Maple St.)
❤️ Star Deli (6114 Military Ave.)
❤️ StudioDaze (6601 Maple St.)
❤️ Super Groovy’s (6011 Maple St.)
❤️ Taco Co. (6108 Maple St.)
❤️ Ted & Wally's (6023 Maple St.)
❤️ The Byrd Bath (6124 Military Ave.)
❤️ The Sydney (5918 Maple St.)
❤️ The Tenant (6201 Maple St.)
❤️ The Waiting Room Lounge (6212 Maple St.)
❤️ Tip Top Thrift Shop (5910 Maple St.)
❤️ Trudy's (2814 N. 60th St.)
❤️ Veg.Edible (2740 N. 61st St.)
❤️ Virtuoso Pizzeria by David Losole (6056 Maple St.)
❤️ Word Play Gallery (5917 Maple St.)
❤️ Yoshitomo (6011 Maple St.)

Become a Friend of BFF and enjoy PERKS every First Friday!

• Alley Cat Vintage: 20% off purchase

• Benson Brewery: Half off draft beer (3-6 PM)

• Beercade: $1 off all drinks

• Burke’s Pub: Buy one apple pie shot, get another for a penny (3-6 PM)

• Burrito Envy: Free cinnamon crisp with purchase

• Edge of the Universe: Free cookie with drink purchase

• Jake's Cigars: Half off sangria on tap

• Kai Tei: Buy one get one sake

• Shaheen’s: 15% off any purchase

• Snowy Sundaes: $1 off any drink

• St. Andrew’s: $1 off tap beers until 7. $1 off Sangria all night

• Star Deli: 10% off purchase

• Ted & Wally's: Free scoop of ice cream

• The Sydney: $1 off all drinks

• Veg.Edible: Free Cookie

Become a Friend of BFF HERE!

Thank You to Our First Friday Sponsors!

⭐ Mutual of Omaha

⭐ Ted & Wally's Ultra-Premium Homemade Ice Cream

⭐ Union Pacific

Friend of BFF Business Members:

🔹 ASL Interpreting Services

🔹 Benson Mill Apartments

🔹 Blue Line Coffee

🔹 Dahlia House

🔹 Gregg Grossman, Inc.

🔹 Heather Tedesco, Realtor, BHGRE

🔹 Jake's Cigars

🔹 Maven Social

🔹 Metropolitan Community College

🔹 Ming Toy Gallery

🔹 Nebraska AIDS Project

🔹 Omaha Roller Derby

🔹 RAIL + STEAM

🔹 Shaheen’s Afghan Cuisine

🔹 Snowy Sundaes

🔹 Soundarte.net

🔹 Star Deli

🔹 StudioDaze Omaha

🔹 Taco Co.

🔹 The Garage by the Grey House

🔹 The Sydney

🔹 Veg.Edible

BFF Omaha: Building Community Through Arts Engagement!