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PRESS

Click here for BFF's latest press releases!


Press Coverage
(We call it "Goin' LIME")


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Welcome to the Weekend - KETV & Visit Omaha
​January 2021


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Caitlin Little - Transit - Creative Mornings
October 2020


Nite Caps - The People's Power
October 2020
**Featuring Ang Bennett @ Petshop Gallery


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Taste of Paris will be part of Benson's October First Friday - Omaha World Herald
September 2020


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BFF Youth Engagement Moves Online - KVNO News
September 2020


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​Art improves our communities and our mental health - The Gateway
September 2020


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Editorial: Benson's Green Team sets a great community example - Omaha World Herald
August 2020


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Cleaning up litter is a labor of love for Benson Green Team - Omaha World Herald
August 2020


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Live Review: Petfest (And How, Those Far Out Arrows)…
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August 2020


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Petfest 2020 This Weekend - KVNO News
August 2020


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PetFest music festival happening in person, with social distancing rules - KPTM Fox 42
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August 2020


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'It looks about fifty-fifty': First weekend with mask mandate in place - KETV
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August 2020


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New American Arts Festival Online and in Benson - KVNO News
August 2020


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‘Reframed Edition’ -  7th New American Arts Festival connecting refugee artists to community adjusts for pandemic - The Reader
August 2020


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Pride and BLM art taken off the street - WOWT
July 2020


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Call to Action with 'Activism Phone Booth'
- CBS This Morning
July 2020


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Pink Phone Booth In Benson Promotes Activism
- NET Nebraska

July 2020


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Activism phone booth installed in Benson - WOWT
July 2020


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Indigenous Inspirations: Lakota Artist Mixes Mediums - Omaha Magazine
July 2020


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Justifiably Proud - The Reader
June 2020


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BFF Introduces Segundo Viernes, Second Friday - KVNO News
June 2020


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Benson seeks being an inclusive space for all - WOWT News
June 2020


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BFF Celebrates Pride - KVNO News
June 2020


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Rules of Engagement - The Reader
June 2020


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Benson group plans Pride events with social distancing - KMTV Channel 3 News
May 2020


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Puppets Bring Play, Connection, and Normalcy to Omaha Gives  - Omaha Community Foundation
April 2020


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"BFF Omaha turns Friday event into public art show from your car — or armchair" - Omaha World Herald
March 2020


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Maple St. Construct Opens ‘Vernacular’
- KVNO News
March 2020

*Maple St. Construct is a must-see destination during First Friday art walks - we love them!

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Benson art-walk produces Mayflower Mobile Gallery
- The Daily Nebraskan
October 2019


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'Unite Us One' - The Reader
October 2019


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Bringing the Honesty - Omaha Magazine

*Ang Bennett has been a volunteer organizer for BFF since 2017, and founder of BFF's Youth Engagement programming.

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A Little Disruption - Omaha Magazine

*Caitlin Little is current Development Director and long-time organizer of BFF.   
​Little is also co-founder of Sweatshop Gallery (now operated as Petshop Gallery).

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Ode to Joy: Artist finds inspiration, fulfillment in community, trans experience - The Triumph
July 2019


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Eateries as Art Galleries - Omaha Magazine
July 2019


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There's a First Time for Everything - We Don't Coast
February 2019


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Benson artists set up on the street - KVNO News
July 2012


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One year later, a bigger Benson First Friday - GO! Section Omaha World Herald
June 2013


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Benson First Friday gains non-profit status, celebrates with Art Bazaar Friday... - Hear Nebraska
September 2015


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Benson First Friday, Omaha zoo among recipients of $3.25 million in tourism grants - Omaha World Herald
June 2018


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Benson First Friday Fifth Anniversary - The Reader
March 2017


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Upcoming arts festival to feature pieces by immigrant and refugees - KETV
July 2017


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Beer, Bacon, and Your New BFF
August 2018
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