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Mat Men - |
UNO’s wrestling dynasty built on a tide of
social change
by Leo Adam Biga
As the March 12-13 Division II national wrestling championships get underway at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, it’s good to remember wrestling, not hockey, is the school’s true marquee sport.
Host UNO, the defending national champ, has been a dominant fixture on the D-II wrestling scene for decades. It is expected to finish on top again under Mike Denney, the coach for five of UNO’s six national wrestling titles. The first came 40 years ago amid currents of change. |
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Master of Light - |
Oscar nominated director of photography Mauro Fiore on Avatar and
working on Hollywood films out of Omaha
by Leo Adam Biga
As if being director of photography for the highest grossing movie ($2.4 billion and counting) in history were not enough, Nebraska resident Mauro Fiore is Oscar-nominated for his work on Avatar. Since only a third of the 3D, largely computer-generated movie involves live action, he wasn’t expecting recognition.
“I don’t think in those terms anyway,” he said. “I just do my work.”
But fame is nonetheless finding him. His neighbors know his business is lighting and photographing mega Hollywood movies in far-flung locales. |
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One for One - |
TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie will speak at this year’s YPC Summit
by Jill Bruckner Robberts
It’s a big world, and TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie is in step with a bright idea that brings caring closer to home: “One for One,” a sales-and-giving strategy for donating one pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair his organization sells, is a venture with solid footing.
Since its inception in 2006, TOMS has given away more than 400,000 pairs of shoes to kids across the globe. |
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Solid Ground - |
Brigitte McQueen aims to make the Bemis Underground the top space for Omaha’s up-and-coming young artistis
by Sarah Baker Hansen
Brigitte McQueen has spent her last six weeks underground.
She’s applied coat after coat of white paint to basement walls that used to be dingy gray. She’s scrubbed floors and knocked down cobwebs and built walls where open space once reigned.
She’s literally crossing things off her list — every time a task is complete, she marks it off a giant sheet of paper that covers the length of a 10-foot table.
As the newly appointed manager and curator of the Bemis Underground, she’s bringing life back into a space that has helped launch the careers of several now-prominent Omaha artists, becoming an important part of the city’s art scene in the past five years.
And McQueen, who earned her curatorial stripes at her own gallery, is doing it her way. |
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