Film Streams (filmstreams.org) isn’t satisfied with entertaining you; they also want to make you live forever. At least, that’s what I assume the intent is behind their film series titled “Forever Young.” Featuring family and children’s films, the series is underway with Make Believe, a coming-of-age story about young magicians, already screening on Saturdays, Sundays […]
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Home boy Nick D’Agosto makes good on the start Election gave him in film industry
When Alexander Payne cast locals Nicholas D’Agosto and Chris Klein in Election, he opened doors for the two dreamy, boy-next-door types. Klein burned hot and bright before flaming out. D’Agosto’s gradual rise may reach new heights with his performance in Dirty Girl. He joined writer-director Abe Sylvia and producer Jana Edelbaum for a Film Streams […]
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Taylor’s Tempestuous Week
Taylor Martinez had to pause and laugh while complimenting his teammates following Nebraska’s 34-27 come-from-behind victory against Ohio State. As he was saying how proud he was of the team, he leaned forward and laughed. The immediate cause was teammate Ron Kellogg III, a back-up quarterback who was standing behind the bank of cameras and […]
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Brother, can you spare five minutes?
You see, it’s all about time. It was about three-quarters through Thao and the Get Down Stay Down’s set Sunday night at The Waiting Room, only about an hour or so before The Head and the Heart would take the stage, that I began to wonder how a crowd this size — a sold-out crowd […]
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McCarthy Trenching releases new vinyl-only album
* McCarthy Trenching is rolling out Fresh Blood, a limited edition LP, available only on vinyl and as a digital download. Dan McCarthy’s mostly-solo project will be available at the Saddle Creek Shop, 721 North 14th St. McCarthy kicked off the release with a Tuesday performance at Saddle Creek’s retail storefront. McCarthy will also play […]
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Banded Together
The version of Cymbals Eat Guitars that created the band’s breakthrough 2009 debut album Why There Are Mountains has long since evolved. Originally the project of singer/guitarist Joe D’Agostino and drummer Matthew Miller, the first line-up was cobbled together via Craigslist want ads. Eventually, the three members that originally joined Miller and D’Agostino left the […]
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Omaha Lit Fest: ‘People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like’
In his capsule of the 2011 (downtown) Omaha Lit Fest, founder-director and novelist Timothy Schaffert draws a parallel with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Specifically, to the humbug Wizard’s endowing the Tin Woodman with a heart made of silk and sawdust, with some soldering necessary to better make the heart take hold. As Schaffert (The […]
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FASH FLOOD
This Thursday, October 13th, Omahans will have their choice of two chic events to attend. Kicking off at 7:30 p.m. at Parliament Pub Midtown is FashionBar: Fall Fury featuring the “Fall Guys” and DJ Ryan Swan. In celebration of the changing seasons, it will include a presentation of photographs by Jason McClaren and Matt Warburton for […]
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Memories & Music
Omaha’s blues community lost one of its finest when Dave Barger passed away early Saturday, Oct. 8, after a debilitating illness. Barger was the Omaha scene’s go-to blues guitarist for over 30 years, including popular ’80s bands Oasis and Risky Shift. A memorial jam is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 16, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. at the […]
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Up at Auction
For more than a dozen years the annual auction at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts has been the most anticipated celebration of the arts in this region. To doubt this is to admit that one somehow has missed out on an event as ritualistic as fall itself. Crowds gather, indulge in fine food and […]