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Benson First Friday celebrated its first birthday last Friday. HN contributor Shannon Claire, along with many other local creatives, was there to ring it in.

The Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards team up with Benson First Friday for a showcase of 80 bands and about 40 visual artists tonight and Saturday. Find more info here.

See how much Benson First Friday — still less than a year old — has grown in its 11th month as purveyor of arts and music. Check out photos of BFF including bands Kill County and Plack Blague.

In Tim McMahan's 2013, shows will move from larger venues to alternative ones, music will be given away and more bands will stay at home. Read on for the rest of the Lazy-i predictions.

Mechanical bullriding, Día de los Muertos facepaint, photos, paintings and a special occasion for it all. This is November's Benson First Friday in photos and interviews with artists.

Somewhere under all that mud, Benson First Friday took place for the fourth month in a row. Come on in for photos, but make sure you're protected from the mud-slinging. We warned you.

Open your eyes to new music with these videos featuring Crap Detectors, The Love Technicians, 3rd & Delaware and Ground Tyrants.

Lock your feet down to a spot on the floor that isn't beer-slick and sharpen your elbows: Here's Criteria performing the first track from their debut album at The Waiting Room's fifth-anniversary concert.

Benson's first, First Friday enjoyed 18 openings, three window displays, eight different street performances, three after-dark street projections and three late-night performances. Dig in.

Beer might not be literally flowing through Benson's streets on Saturday, but there sure will be a lot of it. Brad Hoshaw, The Brad Cordle Band and Matt Cox will provide music.