Omaha/Lincoln Nebraska and the happenings of such

So yeah we have spent few days in Omaha/Lincoln, Nebraska. Lincoln is about an hour or so outside of Omaha, so we have been kind of bouncing back and forth between the two cities.
Our first show we did in Omaha was at a public library in this little designated area called The Spot. We were their first feature they had ever had which was really cool, and for probably the ten people that came out we made like 30 bucks which was also very very cool, as well as heard some great poetry by the local writers attending the event.
Our next show was at a coffee shop in Omaha called the Benson Grind. It was a great open mic, but a very different crowd than i'm used to haha. The entire crowd, including the host, were older folks, I would say probably 40's and up, which by no means is a bad thing, it was just interesting and actually really cool that an older crowd was enjoying and interested in reading and listening to peotry, and on top of that, we were very well recieved by them (which is certainly different than most older poets in SLC who generally tend to avoid performance poetry)
Our last show was at a bar in Omaha called The Hidout, the open mic reserving its own name as Shoot Your Mouth Off. This was by far, the most fun I have had at just an open mic since being on the road. The crowd was rowdy, loud, and generally intoxicated, we were heckled, people laughed and cheered, and we were very well recieved! Needless to say it was a really fun show, and we made like 60 bucks to top it all off!
Now we are in Lincoln, Nebraska, staying with an awesome person we found on http://www.couchsurfing.org/. We will be here for a day or two before we head south, with no shows booked for two weeks, and looking forward to a break from poetry and traveling just to travel for a little while.

- Cody Winger