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2012 Events
2012
Past and Current Events in Historic Florence:
- January 2012
- February 2012
- February 25th-26th, 2012 (Sunday-Monday):
- Florentine Players audition for May Melodrama ("Only a Miner's Daughter" OR "Curses! Shafted again!"),
Time: 7:00 P.M.
Information 402-871-8791 or 402-880-9402
Located at Florence City Hall, 2864 State Street (
)
- March 2012
- March 3rd, 2012 (Saturday):
- Boy Scout Railroad Fest.
Earn your Boy Scout Railroad Merit Badge in one day.
Sponsored by Kiwanis of Florence First two hours are at the Florence Depot, 9126 North 30th Street ().
At 2 P.M. the event moves to the Mormon Trail Center 8283 N. 34th Street, ()
From: 12 P.M. to 4 P.M.
- March 9th-10th, 2012 (Friday-Saturday):
- Florentine Players March Production - "The Leprechaun Prom",
Time: 7:30 P.M.
Information: 402-880-9402
Located at Florence City Hall, 2864 State Street ()
- April 2012
- April 1st, 2012 (Palm Sunday):
- St. Philip Neri Church Annual Roast Beef Dinner
- Location: St Philip Neri Blessed Sacrament Parish at 8200 N 30th St (In Omaha's Historic Florence Area)
- Event Start Time: 11 A.M. CDT
- Event End Time: 6 P.M. CDT
- Event Cost: Adult $7.50; Kids (6-12) $4.00; Under 5 Free
- Contact Phone: Rim Kiuntke / 402-571-8600
Invites you to their Annual Roast Beef Dinner on Palm Sunday, April 1st from 11:30 - 6 P.M., downstairs in the Parish Center.
Featuring tender sliced roast beef with all the fixings, and delicious homemade salads & desserts. Takeouts available too!
Elevator also available for handicap access.
Located at St Philip Neri Blessed Sacrament Parish, 8200 N 30th St ()
- May 2012
- May 2-31st, 2012:
- Florence Mill's ArtLoft:
Simply Agrarian: Selections from the Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art
- Time: 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Tuesday-Sunday.
Reception for the Curator, May 12, 2012 at 2:30 P.M.
Located at Florence Mill, 9102 North 30th Street ()
Information: 402-551-1233
- May 10th-12th, 2012 (Thursday-Saturday):
- Florentine Players Melodrama,
"Only a Miner's Daughter" OR "Curses! Shafted again!
Ticket Prices: $10, Seniors & Groups of 8 or more: $8; available by mail, or at the door.
Doors open 6:30 P.M. (one hour before curtain).
Show starts at 7:30 P.M. Thu-Fri-Sat
Located at Florence City Hall, 2864 State Street ()
Information 402-871-8791 or 402-880-9402
- May 12th, 2012 (Saturday) Second weekend of May:
- Florence Days
- Florence Days Parade, 1-3 P.M. from Miller Park to McKinley Street.
- June 2012
- June 18th, 2012 (Monday):
- July 2012
- August 2012
- August 24th & 25th (Friday-Saturday):
- Florentine Players - "Florence Farce Cappy Ricks"
Florenteenies will be involved in this show too (welcome to audition).
Information: 402-880-9402
Time: Doors open at 6 P.M., Show starts at 7 P.M. CDT
Located at Florence City Hall, 2864 State Street ()
- August 19th, 2012:
- September 2012
- September 30th (Sunday):
- Tombstone Tour - 2012.
Learn about some of Omaha's historic citizens and drink a toast to the departed on a motor coach-tour of three of Omaha's oldest cemeteries - Laurel Hill, St. Mary, St. Mary-Magdalene, Bohemian, Westlawn-Hillcrest. Appetizers, refreshments and a 12-page cemetery booklet provided. The tour begins and ends at the Crook House, Historic Fort Omaha.
Ticket Prices: $45 for members; $50 for non-members (Sold Out, check for October 7th below).
Time: 2:00 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.
Located at
Douglas County Historical Society, 5730 N. 30 St, #11B ()
Information: 402-455-9990*
- October 2012
- October 6th-7th, 2012:
- October 7th (Sunday):
- Tombstone Tour - 2012.
Learn about some of Omaha's historic citizens and drink a toast to the departed on a motor coach-tour of three of Omaha's oldest cemeteries - Prospect Hill, Forest Lawn and Holy Sepulchre. Appetizers, refreshments and a 12-page cemetery booklet provided. The tour begins and ends at the Crook House, Historic Fort Omaha.
Ticket Prices: $45 for members; $50 for non-members (Reservations required; Make your reservations before September 1 and get a $5 discount!).
Time: 2:00 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.
Located at Douglas County Historical Society, 5730 N. 30 St, #11B ()
Information: 402-455-9990*
- October 19th-20th (Friday-Saturday):
- Florentine Players - 2012 October Fall Follies.
A Variety Show loosely tied together by the 'Scooby Crew' solving a Halloween Mystery at a Carnival Sideshow
The cast will include adults and children
Dress for the occasion! (Hint: The Audience is part of the show).
Ticket Prices: $15 (Reservations required).
Information: 402-880-9402
Tickets: 402-871-8791
Time: Doors open at 6 P.M., Show starts at 7 P.M. CDT
Located at Florence City Hall, 2864 State Street ()
- November 2012
- November 9th:
- Florence Library and Recreation Center Veterans Day Celebration
2920 Bondesson St, ()
Open 3:45 P.M. to 5:45 P.M. 402-444-5299.
Celebrate America's freedom with us! Featuring opening remarks by Mayor Jim Suttle*, a flag ceremony by a Florence Boy Scout troop, live music by the USAF Heartland Band, and featured guest speaker James Martin Davis, a Purple Heart war veteran. Reception to follow.
- November 17th-December 29th:
- Mormon Trail Center Gingerbread House Display
8283 N. 34th Street, ()
Open 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. 402-453-9372.
Gingerbread House Display is open to the public. See Mormon Trail Center page for more details.
- December 2nd:
- Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in Florence
Location: Mormon Park, 30th and State Street (())
- Lighting takes place on Sunday at 5:30 P.M.
- Coffee and Cocoa will be served.
- No reservation is required.
- The Bank of Florence will have open hours from 3 P.M. to 5 P.M. CST
- Come get your picture taken with Santa. Then join us over at the park.
- December 2012
- December 8th (Saturday):
- Florentine Players - 2012 December - A Florence Children's Christmas Event
Ticket Prices: $? .
Information 402-880-9402
Time: Doors open at 6 P.M., Show starts at 7 P.M. CST
Located at Florence City Hall, 2864 State Street ()
- December 22nd, 2012 (Saturday):
Others
We rest and prepare for another year from January to early May, although there will be Florentine Players performances starting in January or February, and the Douglas County Historical Society may have some events near Florence that are listed as well.
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