Feature: Omaha Irish Film Festival

Fri, Mar 6, 2026: 7:00 PM

Sun, Mar 8, 2026: 2:00 PM

Benson Theatre (map)


Free parking in the rear at the Benson Law Center (6035 Binney St.). Tickets are available for Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 7 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 8 at 2 p.m.

The  Omaha Irish Cultural Center (a 501(c)3 non-profit) is the host of this event.  Jim Cavanaugh is the Executive Director of OICC and suggested I reach out to you.

Friday, March 6 at 7:00 p.m.
7:00: Opening short: The Protagonist Gene
7:10: Feature: Báite
A panel discussion featuring Fionnuala Gygax of Báite will follow.

Saturday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m.
7:00: Feature: Aontas
8:30: Brief intermission
8:45: Short film: Ceol
8:50: Feature: In Time: Dónal Lunny

Sunday, March 8 at 2:00 p.m.
2:00: Opening short: Lived Once Buried Twice
2:15: Feature: A Quiet Love
3:40: Festival Awards

What’s coming up in Benson

  • Benson Business Improvement District

    The Benson Business Improvement District, established by the City of Omaha in 1977 is responsible for raising funds to maintain and improve the Benson business district.

  • Benson Neighborhood Association

    The Benson Neighborhood Association (BNA) was originally comprised of five neighborhood associations that were formed within the Benson boundaries between 1910 and 1920.

  • Creative District

    Benson is now an official Creative District!

    In June 2022, Benson was designated as Omaha’s first Creative District!

  • BFF Omaha

    We believe that everyone has the right ​to create, experience, and cultivate the arts in our communities. goes here

Welcome to Benson!

Our story starts way back in 1887 with Erastus Benson, a land speculator, investor, and philanthropist. He purchased 900 or so acres of land from Edward Creighton, an Omaha businessman. On March 4, 1887, Erastus platted the land and called it Benson Place, later changing it to Benson. We were annexed into the City of Omaha in 1917.

‘Ole Erastus was quite the entrepreneur and renaissance man. He helped found the first of the regional phonograph companies and invested in a young man named Thomas Edison and his Kinetoscope. In his spare time, our founder wrote songs – more than 20 of ’em are included in the Edison Sheet Music Collection of the U.S. Library of Congress.

His spirit must have somehow settled into our dirt, because the entrepreneur is alive and well in today’s Benson, helping our neighborhood become the place you want to live, hang out, or open a business.

Stop by for a visit – you’ll be back for the experience.