Dean Dobmeier’s and Gary Grobeck’s Sunday Roadhouse presents a remarkable night for Americana music fans on Sunday, Oct. 30, at The Waiting Room, 5 p.m. They’ll showcase an acclaimed new Americana documentary and music from Austin singer-songwriter Gurf Morlix. Blaze Foley: Duct Tape Messiah tells the story of Foley, whose songs have been covered by […]
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FASH FLOOD
Big changes were announced this week regarding the next season of Omaha Fashion Week shows. KANEKO, an organization fostering creativity in the arts through progressive exhibitions and programming, will host the upcoming spring fashion shows scheduled to take place in March 2012. “The event has grown to the point where we need a larger space, […]
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Pick: Pretty Lights
Oct. 27 Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past few years, you’ve most likely heard some dub-step, a form of electronic music characterized by it’s glitchy ‘wamp, wamp’ sound and reverberant drum patterns. There are all sorts of variations to the genre and each artist or producer lends it their unique touch. […]
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Cheer Brave Women and Villain’s Downfall
The best part of enjoying a fresh new show is not only having it meet high expectations, but surprising you with the unexpected. That’s what happened with Flyin’ West at the Omaha Community Playhouse. You expect to be drawn close to the pioneer homesteaders in the wooden warmth of their rural Kansas home, thanks to […]
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Before It’s News
Every published pundit revels in a scoop. We all love to boast: “You read it here, first.” Fact is, that’s hardly ever true. Sure, there have been plenty of times when this column featured issues and insights years in advance of the mainstream media. But it’s also true that there is nothing new about New […]
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Art as revolution
Brigitte McQueen is hell-bent on revolution. The entrepreneurial arts maven first made a splash with Pulp in Benson. Then she revived the Bemis Underground in the Old Market. Now she’s about to shake up North Omaha via the Union for Contemporary Art, which she could have located anywhere. She chose North Omaha. “It’s one of […]
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James Beard Foundation 2011 Award Nominations
James Beard Foundation 2011 Award Nominations. The James Beard Foundation Awards Committee announced an open call-for-entries for the 2011 James Beard Foundation. James Beard Foundation is the country’s pre-eminent culinary awareness organization. Nominations for the Restaurant and Chef Awards can be completed and submitted online at jamesbeard.org/awards
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Mixed Media for 10.27.11
RNG Gallery opens its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony November 1, 3-9p.m. at its new location in Council Bluffs, 157 West Broadway. The new building has been in “the works” for over a year according to owner Rob Gilmer, opening the first exhibit featuring Stephen Azevedo and Christina Renfer Vogel, November 4. Dixie Quicks, the […]
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Crumbs
Fruit over fruit loops is the underlying motive for Slow Food USA and its chapters to address why it’s easier and less expensive to eat junk, or is it? On Sept. 17, Slow Food USA launched the $5 challenge, asking people to cook slow food for the cost of fast food. More than 30,000 people […]
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The Making of Rum Diary
During my last visit with Hunter S. Thompson the discussion turned to his “long lost novel” The Rum Diary. We were sitting in his kitchen at Owl Farm sipping Wild Turkey. “I’m in a weird position. I’m seeing films about me on television and people writing books about me. It’s very eerie to live like […]