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Birthday Giveaway!
KVNO is celebrating 54 years of serving the Omaha metro, and we’re marking the occasion with a Birthday Giveaway! One lucky listener will take home a prize pack filled with Omaha favorites. Enter now through September 3rd.
Enter to Win!Bur-Oak & Beyond
Enjoy live Baroque favorites and a variety of musical selections in a scenic outdoor setting during Bur-Oak and Beyond, August 28 at Fontenelle Forest. KVNO joins Orchestra Omaha for this fun end-of-summer event!
Reserve Your TicketOpera Outdoors
Join KVNO as Opera Omaha’s season kick-off concert returns in a new location – Stinson Park in Aksarben Village. Spread out your picnic blanket, kick off your shoes, and relax as the sounds of opera embrace you.
Learn MoreClassical Kids
KVNO has been honoring students who play, sing or compose for over twenty years. Each monthly Classical Kid receives a $300 scholarship from the Soener Foundation.
Arts Today
August 26th, 2026
A Rare Baroque Instrument Comes to Omaha
An instrument rarely heard today is coming to Omaha. The baryton was popular in 17th and 18th century Europe, and Haydn composed 123 trios for it. Now, the Valencia Baryton Project is bringing its unusual combination of bowed and plucked strings to UNO.
August 25th, 2026
Gallery 1516 brings Sunday music and art sales this fall
Gallery 1516 has a full fall schedule, including its free Bagels and Sometimes Bach concert series, the annual Downsizing art auction and exhibition, and the 2026 Regional Photography Biennial.
August 24th, 2026
PACE Interactive Hosts Golden Age of Hollywood Fundraiser
PACE Interactive’s annual fundraiser, themed “The Golden Age of Hollywood,” brings together arts organizations to celebrate and expand access to the arts.
August 21st, 2026
Artist’s Cooperative Nurtures a Flourishing Arts Community
The Artist’s Cooperative cultivates a community of creativity in the downtown Omaha area.
August 20th, 2026
The Devil and Daniel Johnston explores the life of an outsider music icon
Kurt Cobain called Daniel Johnston the greatest songwriter on earth. The Devil and Daniel Johnston explores the life, music, art and mental health struggles of the influential outsider musician whose lo fi recordings inspired artists from Beck to Pearl Jam.
August 19th, 2026
Between Two Covers: Samantha Harvey’s The Shapeless Unease explores the long nights of insomnia
What happens to the mind when sleep refuses to come? Samantha Harvey’s The Shapeless Unease explores insomnia through memoir, meditation, fiction and dark humor, capturing the strange loneliness of the hours before dawn.
Scherzo: A Blog from the Hosts of KVNO
See More Blog PostsAugust 26th, 2026
KVNO Celebrates 54 Years!
It’s more than listening to classical music. It’s an invitation to make room for beauty, curiosity and connection—in your life and in our community. And after 54 years, we’re just getting started.
August 5th, 2026
The Odyssey: Through the Eyes of a Greek Freak
I didn’t care much for Homer’s Iliad, with its martial focus, bloody battle scenes and self-absorbed heroes. But The Odyssey! That contained timeless stories of travel, heroism, love, homesickness and unequal battles against the gods, the elements, and mythical one-eyed monsters.
June 20th, 2026
A Father’s Heart: How Music Connected Me to My Daughters
There is a sound in my house that I never get tired of hearing. It is the sound of my daughter Luna Sofia playing piano, or my daughter Valentina practicing […]
May 10th, 2026
The Music of Motherhood
My life looks different than I had envisioned, but it’s perfect the way it is.