Whole Foods is testing a new wellness program. For a mere $199 signup fee and $45 per month, participants “can get lifestyle evaluations and access to classes in nutrition, cooking and health, along with 10% discounts on 1,000 better-for-you foods sold in Whole Foods,” USA Today wrote. The programs running in Massachusetts, Illinois and California. […]
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Omaha Restaurant Week
On a national food stage, Omaha gets little credit for our vast culinary scene and impact on the food world. However, times they are a changing and this summer has been an amazing journey for the Omaha food community. It seems like a natural progression to have our own restaurant week and luckily for us, […]
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Crumbs: Scooters Brews Up Fun
Scooter’s Coffeehouse and Yoji Frozen Yogurt is open in west Omaha. This is the first co-branded concept of the companies to open in Nebraska. Yoji Frozen Yogurt is a self-serve frozen yogurt concept offering frozen yogurt and a wide variety of toppings. Pick from sour gummy worms, cereals or more traditional toppings like fresh berries […]
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Mysteries Return Minus Flood Water
If you were absent from Omaha all summer, the daily gave you a measure of the rising Missouri River in a series of photos that showed the flood water climbing ever higher on the Salute to Labor statue of workmen, a site seen from Rick’s Boatyard Café. So it was good to hear that […]
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Ballet Nebraska and Opera Omaha Announce Auditions for New Collaboration
Ballet Nebraska and Opera Omaha announced a new collaboration. The Opera Omaha Children’s Chorus will be featured in Ballet Nebraska’s December production of “The Nutcracker.” Auditions for Ballet Nebraska’s Chorus in conjunction with Opera Omaha Children’s Chorus will be on Sunday, September 18, 2011 between 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. at Motion 41 Dance, 2819 […]
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Seeing Is Believing
Is it any wonder that viewers approach the exotic photography of Italian artist Roberto Kusterle and ask the inevitable question, “How did he do that?” Given Kusterle’s own fascination with surreal scenarios and hybrid realities, it’s only natural that one would respond to this illusionist-for that is what the photographer surely is—in this manner. After […]
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Drama-deprived? Coming after Musicals
If you belong to that peculiar tribe bugged by musical theater, you will be drama-deprived until the end of September when Bug opens at the Blue Barn and Gogol’s The Inspector General visits the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Those two join Next Fall, a play at SNAP! Productions featuring male lovers split by […]
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Season Preview
Omaha Performing Arts This year, Omaha Performing Arts celebrates its 5th anniversary. Executive Director Joan Squires said 1.7 million people have attended programs at the Orpheum and the Holland Center over the past five years. The Family series is a new addition to the season. Squires said first up are the Yamato Drummers of Japan, […]
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Bangers and Mash-Ups
A sliver of the population, those weened on quirky, genre-bending flicks from the 80s and 90s, has been in withdrawal for decades. Stale remakes and overt nostalgia-grabs be damned! When will we again see horror, sci-fi, comedy and rebellious youth scrambled together in non-sanitized and exuberant fashion? Where is this generation’s Gremlins? Who is this […]
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Firehouse Subs Coming to the Metro
Jimmy John’s has a loyal fan base but Firehouse Subs looks to heat up competition with their first Metro area franchise later this year. Okay, great – another sandwich maker. So what makes them unique? Well, the chain is famous for piping hot subs with premium meats and cheeses piled high atop toasted sub rolls. […]