Not to advocate violence, but anybody who cannot control their coughing while publicly watching Contagion, a movie about super sniffles that nearly destroy humanity, is either too sick to be around others or desperate for negative attention — that is to say, they’re either sick or “sick.” You know who I’m talking about, people. With […]
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FASH FLOOD
Local Designer Spotlight: SnapSac Let’s face it, many reusable bags aren’t stylish. In fact, most are fairly hideous. The trunk of my car is filled with royal blue, grocery store-branded bags that could never be used for any purpose other than transporting groceries. Enter local designer Lisa Vitale, the face behind Brand Hero Creative and […]
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Swing & Soul
The award-winning trio of siblings, Trampled Under Foot, takes the stage at The 21st Saloon on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. Based in Kansas City, the band is built around the powerful, soulful vocals of Danielle Schnebelen. See tufkc.com. CORRECTION TO WHAT APPEARS IN THE PRINT ISSUE OF THE READER: The Lionel Young Band […]
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Stormchasers’ storybook season coming to a close
This Stormchasers season has officially ventured into the once-in-a-lifetime class. Having a new-look team in a new – look ballpark was enough to keep interest high at Werner Park throughout the summer. But then Omaha put out their best team in more than a decade. VP/GM Martie Cordaro was named the Pacific Coast League Executive […]
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Farmageddon is Upon Us — the Film, Anyway
It scans like a scene from an Al Pacino cop flick: A SWAT team in vests with automatic weapons drawn is seen on security camera footage busting into what looks to be a small warehouse. One after another they train their guns around the room, ready to fire at any perceived threat, obviously in pursuit […]
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Confessions and Premonitions
In an age of continuously expanding and popular new media art—digital, computer graphics, animation, virtual art, internet art, interactive art, robotics, even biotechnology as art– how can easel painting, traced back to the ancient Egyptians, possibly be new or challenging for artists and their audiences? The answer is merely in the question, really, and artists […]
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Bemis 13th Annual Art Auction Opening Reception
September 16 Bemis 13th Annual Art Auction Opening Reception Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 S. 12th St. Reception 6-9p.m., FREE Bemiscenter.org, 402.341.7130 Over 250 artists worldwide are participating in Bemis’ cyclical fundraising event which directly benefits all Bemis programs and projects. Since 1981 the Bemis Center has supported over 600 artists. This year the […]
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September shows update…Riverfront design tour…Floodwaters photos at ArtLoft…
The Hardware Gallery opened Abstractions by Michael Pysh and Spasm by Dale Heise last weekend, featuring abstract paintings and digital manipulations by Pysh and fashion-based photography by Heise. Jane Reed’s impressionist and abstract landscapes line the walls of Silver of Oz Gallery this month in Benson. In Lincoln at sp ce, Nebraska native and Chicago-based […]
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Will Eve Listen to Snake This Time?
I don’t want to spoil the suspense if you’re attending Children of Eden this weekend at the Bellevue Little Theatre, but I suspect you know how this one comes out. Maybe director Julian Adair has a few tricks up her sleeve, but I’m afraid Eve’s apt to let the serpent talk her into eating […]
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Crumbs: 9-14-2011
Something New Brewing in Nebraska Dunkin’ Donuts announced it is recruiting franchisees for Lincoln and Omaha as well these markets: Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado; Houston and Waco, Texas; Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma; Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The company expects restaurants in these markets will begin opening in early 2013. Hilton Garden […]