Among lawn chairs and picnic blankets spread across Memorial Park at last Saturday’s City of Omaha Celebrates America summer concert, one seat stood out— a couch. Our team at The Reader set up our “living room” and invited concert goers to stop by for a free portrait and a copy of our August issue. With […]
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Fiery Music Forecast
Héctor Anchondo’s first trip to Memphis for the 2015 International Blues Challenge was the inspiration for In the Market for Blues, an Old-Market-based, multi-venue, multi-band event that has grown exponentially each year. The festival is now supported by the Blues Society of Omaha and a variety of sponsors. After a year off with pandemic closures, […]
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Ital Becomes Vital In North Omaha
In June, 22 year old Imani Murray opened Ital Vital Living, a drive-thru smoothie and juice store at 2323 N. 24th St., with her mother and sister by her side.
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Reimagine What Food Can Do: For These Omahans, It’s About Community
The pandemic pushed restaurant owners to their financial, emotional and mental limits. But from that same chaos rose a young, diverse slate of Omahans who either opened their own food businesses after March 2020, or found new meaning behind why they make their meals while in the COVID-19-induced solitude. Throughout the month of July, The […]
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No More Lactation Room, Omaha Public Library Controversy, Chief Big Elk
09/23/21 • Nebraska vaccine data • Nationwide case trends Earth Matters Sculptor Travis Apel plumbs the very essence of natural materials, here delving into the past, present and future, and asking how these essential building blocks affect the land, landscape, our existence and, more importantly, how we respond. Art review by Kent Behrens. Published in The Reader. Reed Moore’s Daily Rundown […]
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Bellevue Principal Charged With DUI, Monoclonal Antibody Shortage, VA’s Private Aid Continues
09/22/21 • Nebraska vaccine data • Nationwide case trends “It Was Just a Nightmare”: High Schoolers Reflect as They Continue Pandemic Learning Though loosened CDC guidelines and vaccination eligibility for those 12 and older allowed for a sense of normalcy over the summer, the surging delta variant brings a sobering reality: Omaha’s students and teachers have entered a third […]
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Agatha Vis Ken Ludwig Makes Murder Funnier
There’s much to anticipate when a theater company as accomplished as the Omaha Community Playhouse tackles an Agatha Christie favorite such as Murder on the Orient Express as adapted to the stage by Ken Ludwig, a playwright famed for some of the funniest modern comedies. But that also means it arrives with the heavy baggage […]
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Agent Orange at Reverb Sept 26
Agent Orange September 26, 8 p.m. All Ages; Tickets $18 (ADV)/$22 (DOS) Reverb Lounge Legendary hardcore punk band Agent Orange will be crashing into Omaha on September 26 at Reverb Lounge. The Southern California trio were the first band to mix punk rock with surf rock. It has been over a decade since a music […]
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Omaha City Council Talks TIF
The Omaha City Council approved multiple tax increment financing (TIF) loans for affordable housing projects during Tuesday’s meeting. Residents asked for information on the confusing and sometimes controversial incentive program to be given out in clear, simple language Tuesday. TIF is a tool the city uses to help revitalize vacant or blighted areas. If approved […]
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‘It’s Just a Nightmare.’ High Schoolers Reflect as They Continue Pandemic Learning
This story was originally published in El Perico on Sept. 20, 2021. Sometimes it’s hard for Marasia Harris to believe she’s just begun her sophomore year at Central High School. After all, she never really got to finish eighth grade. “I didn’t fully realize I was out of middle school until after I’d already started […]
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Shanu the Red Panda, COVID-19 Dashboard Comeback, UNO and Afghanistan
09/21/21 • Nebraska vaccine data • Nationwide case trends Classic Theater, Cast at Brigit’s Very Best The Dresser returns to the Omaha stage with a distinguished cast. Theater review by Warren Francke. Published in The Reader. Reed Moore’s Daily Rundown Happy Miniature Golf DayThe windmill always gets the best of today’s news: Henry Doorly Zoo gets another red panda, Nebraska’s online […]
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Vanessa Collier
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | $15 The Jewell jewellomaha.com If you want to experience two performances for the price of one, head to The Jewell later this month. There, you will experience Vanessa Collier, a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (including a startling saxophonist). Collier has already racked several prestigious award nominations early in her career. […]
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Lincoln Calling 2021 Music & Arts Festival
Editor’s note, Sept. 22, 2021Lincoln Calling will now be outside. Venues will be in 3 locations. 14th street outside of the Zoo Bar Outside of Duffy’s bar Tower Square There will be a line for check-in vaccination proof or a negative COVID test. September 23-25 | 3 p.m. (Sep. 23) – 10 p.m. (Sep. 25) […]
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Crazy Gringa Closing up Shop
Last Chance For Crazy Gringa In a post on Facebook this morning, Crazy Gringa Hot Sauce announced that the end of this Farmer’s Market season would mark the end of CGHS. This gives you just three more weeks to make an in-person purchase. The sauce you’ve loved at restaurants like Over Easy, Leadbelly, Twisted Fork, […]