Tommy Orange to Headline 2024 Omaha Public Library Fundraiser

Make plans to celebrate Omaha Public Library and the Omaha Public Library Foundation this September!

Author photo by Michael Lionstar

Between the Lines with Tommy Orange is 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at Creighton University’s Mike and Josie Harper Center, 602 North 20th Street.

Please use the form below to purchase your tickets online.

PATRON tickets ($125 per person) include a private reception featuring Tommy Orange, which begins at 5:30 p.m.

GENERAL ADMISSION tickets ($75 per person) include a reception, starting at 6 p.m.

The 7 p.m. event includes a conversation with Tommy Orange – moderated by Christina Faw Faw Goodson, co-director of the Walking in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors project at the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a member of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe – plus an audience Q&A.

The night concludes with a book signing by Orange.

The evening also features the presentation of the 2024 Barbara Bock-Mavis Leadership Award to Merrilee Mosier Miller. Miller has a lengthy history of volunteer service to the Omaha Public Library Foundation, Omaha Public Library, and the Friends of Omaha Public Library. The annual award recognizes longtime service from an Omaha Public Library Foundation volunteer. Previous honorees include Barbara Bock-Mavis (2017), Jim Kineen (2018), Eileen Wirth (2019), Freddie Gray (2020), Dick Kelley (2021), Carol Wang (2022), and Dan Kinsella (2023).

PARKING AT CREIGHTON: Parking near the Harper Center is on a first come, first serve basis. Guests may utilize parking in the lots listed below. Download a PDF map of the Creighton University campus.

  • the surface parking lot directly south of the Harper Center (Lot 5A)

  • the roof deck of the 20th Street Garage (Lot G5)

  • the surface parking lots east of 20th Street (Lots E95A, E85, and E75)

  • any available street parking near the Harper Center

For questions or to purchase tickets by personal check, please contact the Omaha Public Library Foundation: foundation@omahalibrary.org or (402) 444-4589. CLICK HERE to view our 2024 sponsorship opportunities. Thank you for supporting Omaha Public Library and the Omaha Public Library Foundation!

Past authors and venues for Between the Lines

  • Margaret Atwood at Abrahams Branch (2014)

  • Wally Lamb at Millard Branch (2015)

  • Tobias Wolff at Benson Branch (2016)

  • Hope Jahren at MCC's Institute for the Culinary Arts (2017)

  • Amy Thielen at MCC's Institute for the Culinary Arts (2018)

  • Angie Thomas at MCC's Institute for the Culinary Arts (2019)

  • Elaine Weiss via Zoom (2020)

  • Yaa Gyasi at Temple Israel (2021)

  • Bryan Stevenson at Creighton University's Harper Center (2022)

  • Molly Shannon and Susan Orlean at the Holland Performing Arts Center (2023)