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Posted inNightlife and Play

Best of the Big O: 2022 Readers’ Choice – Nightlife and Play  Winners

Best Bar for an Internet Date  Reader’s Choice Best of the Big O: Edge of the Universe  Reader’s Choice: Flying Timber Axe Throwing, The Village Bar, Beercade  Reader’s Recommend: LOCAL Beer, Patio and Kitchen, Tiny House Bar, WestEnd, Homy Inn, Nite Owl, The Down Under Lounge  Reader’s Refer: North Shore Tavern, Stocks n Bonds, Winchester […]

Posted inMusic

A Place for Everyone

Amelia Drake has heard that businesses shouldn’t try to be everything to everyone. But when it comes to The Berkley, the venue located at 19th and Leavenworth Streets she opened with her sister in late fall 2021, she sees opportunities to serve a wide swath of the community. “Every day I’m in the club, I […]

Posted inDining

Switching Things Up (Again)

Yokocho Behind IkaSan Ramen in the Old Market you’ll find Omaha’s newest speakeasy. Yokocho is open Wednesday through Friday from 5pm to 2am, and features cocktails, sake, and Japanese whiskeys. The name Yokocho is Japanese for ‘alleyway’ and serves as a clue to the location of this hideaway lounge. Follow on Instagram for pictures, updates, […]

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A String of Stinging Closures

Culprit Cafe Beignet and Lox fans were met with chained doors at Culprit Cafe this week, and the realization that the coffee and sweets shop had suddenly and permanently closed all three locations.1603 Farnam3201 Farnam1911 S 67th (Inner Rail)Owner Luke Mabie has made no public comment on the closure, and both the owner’s the establishment’s […]

Posted inVoices

OPINION: School Officials Should Support, Not Suppress, Expression Supporting a Diverse and Equal Learning Environment.

Adam J. Sipple is an Omaha civil rights lawyer and former Legal Director of the Nebraska ACLU. Whether it’s a student newspaper, posters or flags that promote racial equality or LGBTQ+ people, peaceful expression in Nebraska’s public schools seems to be under attack.  Recently, Millard North High School administrators bowed to the pressure and initiated […]