October 14 Possessions: literary characters and the things they carried. W. Dale Clark Library, 215 S. 15th St., fourth floor 6:30-9:30p.m., FREE omahalitfest.com, omahapubliclibrary.org In Possessions, a one-night-only show, artists interpret famous literary artifacts. From Michael Muller’s mixed media piece “Letters from Blanche” inspired by Streetcar Named Desire, to Jay Cochrane’s Peter Pan inspired gauge-wire […]
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Omaha lit fest art events…Bemis auction…
(Downtown) omaha lit fest starts Thursday with “Defining Omaha: Writing about local arts and culture” a panel featuring culture writers Sarah Baker Hansen, Leo Adam Biga, Kim Carpenter, Michael Krainak and Jasmine Maharisi at W. Dale Clark Library. The festival follows with art exhibits, book signings and discussions based on the theme of Silk and […]
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TEDx Omaha 2011: What’s Possible?
October 15 TEDx Omaha 2011: What’s Possible? 12p.m.-6p.m., free live stream online for Viewing Parties TEDxomaha.com TEDx encourages organizing small group Viewing Parties with tips online to hear and discuss the dozen lively local innovators. They are rising to the challenge of delivering the “most inspiring performance of your life in 18 minutes or less” […]
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Movieha – Omaha’s Movie Podcast!
Once more with feeling, Matt and I try to heat up your eardrums with conversations of the kind only our demented minds can cook up. We talk about Jason Statham’s bald sweatiness, how Aronofsky can follow up facilitating Natalie Portman’s pregnancy, check out a trailer for a drug-fueled flick, chat about a guy named Pinkie, […]
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Dinner Still Served with Circle Theater
There’s so little left of our once-flourishing dinner theater scene that it’s tempting to mention the menu — meat loaf, garlic/parmesan chicken breast or ravioli in white sauce with broccoli florets — before reminding you that Doug Marr is still directing delightful entertainment at his Circle Theatre. This time it’s An Inspector Calls, the […]
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Comfort Food Classic, More than Just Food
For most, the loss of a loved one is a very difficult time. Now imagine the added stress of being a youth and learning to cope with such a loss. One local non-profit is there to help such youngsters. Last week Ted E. Bear Hollow held their biggest fundraising event of the year. The fifth […]
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Attack Lads
A reminder: Bobbing for apples in a sports stadium urinal trough may be less vile than becoming a professional politician. If Aaron Sorkin’s sorely missed “West Wing” was a weekly fairy tale of governmental grace, The Ides of March is a campfire ghost story where every player is the bogeyman. Populated exclusively with characters only […]
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Steve Jobs, Ron Paul and Yoda
I enjoyed working with many Japanese groups during my tenure as a recording engineer and producer. Then and on trips to Japan, I made several friends and business acquaintances. We relied on each other heavily for contacts, sources and ideas, East-to-West and vice versa. In the early 1980s, one friend solicited my help. Japanese industry […]
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Loft 610 to Close and then Reopen
Artist Formerly Known as Loft 610 I have heard good things, bad things, weird things and then better things from all sorts of people about their experiences at Loft 610. So much back and forth, I swear it sounds like a Dr. Seuss rhyme. Now the Levy management group that operates Loft 610 will close […]
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SCREAM WEEK
Omaha Children’s Museum They’re baaaaaack! The dinosaurs have returned to the Omaha Children’s Museum. Dinosaurs: Dawn of the Ice Age is on view through January. Tyrannosaurus Rex greets you with a big growl as you enter the exhibit. Continue and you will encounter an assortment of dinosaurs and ice age mammals. Be warned, the dinosaurs […]