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December 6th First Friday


Krampus Claws is Coming to Town!

On First Friday, December 6th, join us for the BAD KID SCAVENGER HUNT! Krampus is back and looking to round up the "Bad Kids of Benson." โ€œBad Kidโ€ dolls will be hidden throughout the neighborhood, and if you spot one, bring it to Petshop (2727 N. 62nd St) by 10 PM to claim a prize!

One prize per personโ€”donโ€™t get too greedy, Krampus has his eye on you!

Winter Coat & Food Drive for Project Hope

Spread the love this season by participating in our Winter Clothing & Food Drive! Weโ€™re thrilled to partner with Project Hope to help our community stay warm and fed this winter.

When: Now through First Friday, December 6th
Drop Locations:

  • Petshop Gallery

  • Trudy's

  • Star Deli

  • Sydney

Items of Need Include:

  • Food: Cereal, canned goods, pasta, peanut butter, cooking oil, coffee, and more!

  • Household and Personal Care Items: Dish soap, laundry soap, hand sanitizer, shampoo, deodorant, and more!

  • Baby and Paper Products: Diapers, wipes, toilet paper, and facial tissues

  • Clothing: Winter coats and clothing for all ages

All donations will be delivered to Project Hope on December 10th. 

DIY Snowglobe Workshop at Trudyโ€™s

Round off our holiday events with some hands-on fun at our DIY Snowglobe Workshop!

Date: Friday, December 6th
Location: Trudyโ€™s, 2814 N 60th Street
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Come create your own winter wonderland in a jar! This workshop is open to all ages and all supplies are provided

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐ŸŽจShoutout to this monthโ€™s poster artist H. Jo Moore! @hilariousjo

Thanks to Blick Art Materials for sponsoring our monthly posters! Visit Blick Art Materials for all your art supply needs!

๐—™๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—œ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ

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:

Kent Bellowโ€™s Mentoring Exhibition

On Display:

The Munroe-Meyer Instituteโ€™s Advocacy Arts Program presents: Dโ€™a Jore Bell, Robert Dewale, and Genisa Neal

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

Asleep for the winter! Seeking artists for 2025! Visit bffomaha.org/mamo to learn more!

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ก๐š๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ง'๐ฌ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž (6121 Maple St.)

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:

โค๏ธ ๐“๐ž๐ & ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ'๐ฌ (6023 Maple St.)

To Go Kits - ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED!

FREE Scoop of Ice Cream for ALL Friend of BFF members EVERY #firstfriday

โค๏ธ ๐’๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ž๐ฌ (6015 Maple St.)

โค๏ธ ๐‘๐š๐ข๐ฅ + ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ (6013 Maple St.)

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

Open Studios ft. Authento Creative, 2Neuro Grotto, No Hand Outs Clothing

FREE DIY Snowglobe Workshop!

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.)

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จ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (5905 Maple St.)

โค๏ธ ๐Œ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐จ๐๐ ๐ž (5903 Maple St.)

BFF Artist Market 6:00 - 9:00

Breakfast at Night

โค๏ธ ๐๐…๐… ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (5901 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ก๐ž ๐’๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ (5918 Maple St.)

Friend of BFF Happy Hour 6:00 - 7:00

โค๏ธ ๐Ž๐ฆ๐š๐ก๐š ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‹๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ (6015 Binney St.)

โค๏ธ ๐๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ž (6054 Maple St.)

โค๏ธ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ & ๐‚๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž (6068 Maple St.)

โค๏ธ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ๐ฒ ๐†๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ (6066 Maple St.)

โค๏ธ ๐„๐๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž (6070 Maple St.)

โค๏ธ ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข (6114 Military Ave)

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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.)

โค๏ธ ๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ๐ƒ๐š๐ณ๐ž (6601 Maple St.)

$25 for 30 Minutes Sessions

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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.)

โค๏ธ ๐‘๐„๐•๐„๐‘๐ (6121 Military Ave.)

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.)

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—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ // 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—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— Snowy Sundaes // $1 off any drink

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

โญ Union Pacific

Friend of BFF Business Members!

๐Ÿ”นASL Interpreting Services

๐Ÿ”นBenson Brewery

๐Ÿ”นBenson Mill Apartments

๐Ÿ”นBlue Line Coffee

๐Ÿ”นDahlia House

๐Ÿ”นHeather Tedesco, Realtor, BHGRE

๐Ÿ”นJake's Cigars

๐Ÿ”นMaven Social

๐Ÿ”นMetropolitan Community College

๐Ÿ”นMing Toy Gallery

๐Ÿ”นNebraska AIDS Project

๐Ÿ”นโ€‹โ€‹Omaha Roller Derby

๐Ÿ”นRAIL + STEAM

๐Ÿ”นShaheenโ€™s Afghan Cuisine

๐Ÿ”นSnowy Sundaes

๐Ÿ”นSoundarte . net

๐Ÿ”นStar Deli

๐Ÿ”นStudioDaze Omaha

๐Ÿ”นTaco Co.

๐Ÿ”นThe Garage by the Grey House

๐Ÿ”นThe Sydney

๐Ÿ”นVeg.Edible

First Friday is made possible thanks to the support of the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment

แดกแด‡ สŸแดœแด  สแด€!

โค๏ธ

สส€ BFFs

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