Booked: Poetry and Literary Soundtracks
You’ll have two chances to check out poet Amir Sulaiman on Saturday, September 3rd. He’ll be at the Charles B. Washington branch of the Omaha Public Library at 2868 Ames Avenue from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. to conduct a poetry workshop for teens and adults. That evening he’ll be at the Malcom X Memorial […]
Why not Creighton?
Tucked in among the few remaining warehouses in a formerly industrial part of Omaha, just north of downtown, is one of the most efficient football factories in America. Creighton soccer turns out winners with mechanical precision. If not for that other factory down in Lincoln – which produces a brand of football preferred by the […]
Carnival of Madness at Stir Cove
On Friday, August 19, 2011, there was quite a show at Stir Cove in Council Bluffs, offered by the Carnival of Madness Tour. Performing bands included Theory of a Deadman, Alter Bridge, Black Stone Cherry, and Adelitas Way. Each band got the fans moving and singing along. First to perform was Adelitas Way, just coming off their latest […]
Educator Tackles The Other
Ferial (Mohamed) Pearson’s work with GLBT and other high-risk youths at South High Magnet School earned her the 2010 Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network’s National Educator of the Year award and the 2011 National Education Association’s Creative Leadership in Human Rights honor. Pearson, now with the Avenue Scholars Foundation, continues her advocacy work among […]
Bella Vita Bella Elkhorn
Although snow flurries are in the distant past, I have fond memories of last winter when in February I set out to find some of the best places in the Metro area preparing the brilliant dish, Osso Buco. The traditional Italian dish is comprised of braised veal shanks, loosely translated as ‘hollow bone’ or ‘whole […]
Cosmic Forecast, Aug 25-Aug 31
All right! Let’s feel good before we get back to work, school and the Golden Rule: “Whoever has the most gold, rules.” Welcome into Virgo, the sign of Mother Nature. The New Moon in Virgo is late on Sunday, followed by a beautifully-aspected Moonday. Get out into it before it disappears amidst the necessity of […]
Local food is making an encore appearance at area schools this year.
— Millard Public Schools will feature a fresh pick of the month offering products from regional producers: Daniels Produce, Garden Fresh Vegetables, Phil Scavo Farms, Stanberry Produce, Deardorf Sweet Corn and Capitol City Fruit. — Omaha Public Schools is adding Mi Mama’s Tortillas, which are produced in Omaha. Much of the grain in the whole-wheat […]
Cutting Room for August 24
Remember how you were just thinking, “How can I go on living without the prospect of at least one more Rambo movie?” Good news, my depressed and strangely Stallone obsessed amigo! There’s a script for Rambo: Last Stand, which has been likened to the western classic, Unforgiven. I can only assume this comparison is based […]
The Answer Team impresses at release show
* The Answer Team packed in a pretty full crowd to the Slowdown, 729 North 14th St., Friday night to celebrate the release of their new album O Sad and Future Human. Openers New Lungs and Back When impressed with their sets. New Lungs, fronted by Little Brazil bassist Danny Maxwell, played a taut, indie-hardcore mash-up […]