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INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS
The Bookworm (87th and Pacific streets, Countryside Village, Omaha)
A Novel Idea (118 N. 14th St., Lincoln, NE) & A Novel Idea, Chapter Two (Brownville, NE)
The Reading Grounds (40th and Farnam, Omaha)
Jackson Street Booksellers (1119 Jackson St., Omaha, Old Market)
ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
Omaha Public Library (Omaha's oldest cultural institution)
Film Streams (Omaha's nonprofit art cinema, featuring first run films and repertory selections)
Blue Barn Theater (eclectic and classic productions, and home of Blue Barn's Witching Hour late-nite performance troupe)
Joslyn Art Museum (Nebraska's largest art museum)
Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference (annual workshops in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Nebraska Book Festival (a celebration of Nebraska authors past and present; Oct. 17-18, 2008)
The Kaneko (Art center opening in 2008)
Omaha Film Festival (an annual screening of films from around the world; Feb. 23-Mar. 1, 2009)
Bemis Center (Artist residency and galleries)
Nebraska Literary Heritage Association (preserving and promoting the work of Nebraska writers)
Cather Foundation (devoted to the work and life of Willa Cather)
Death, Murder and Mayhem: Stories of Violence and Healing on the Plains (an arts and culture conference to be held in Omaha, April 16-19, 2008)
MEDIA AND PUBLISHERS
The Reader (arts, culture, and news
KIOS (public radio)
Omaha Review (An online guide to Omaha events, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, etc.)
Metro (lifestyle, culture, and philanthropy magazine)
Omaha World-Herald (the city's daily)
KVNO (classical radio)
Backwaters Press (an Omaha nonprofit publisher of poetry)
University of Nebraska Press (publisher of contemporary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and scholarship, as well as classic works)
Prairie Schooner (one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious literary journals)