If you’ve been curious about Argentinian wines, swing by WineStyles at1006 South 74th Plaza this Wednesday, August 10th to sample some Malbecs and Torrontes. The event starts at 5 p.m. and is a mere $5 (free if you’re a member of their wine club). For more info call 402-884-6696 The Food Network took time out […]
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Bottomline: Josh Garrett
Louisiana music from Josh Garrett & the Bottomline is one of the highlights of this week’s shows. Garrett’s high-energy music is complete with horns and fueled by the Cajun and zydeco sounds of his Louisiana bayou home. Garrett’s music should appeal to fans of Tab Benoit’s swampy blues. Garrett’s fiery guitar attacks, great vocals and […]
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FASH FLOOD
Lil Scoutie Sighting: For style-conscious fans heading to MAHA music festival Saturday, August 13th, be sure to stop by Scout: Dry Goods & Trade’s mobile shop, affectionately known as Lil Scoutie. The minds behind style site Esoteric Velvet will be on hand to celebrate as part of their 100 days of cultural goodness, while photographing the […]
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Hide and Seek
In 2007 mixed media artist Nolan Tredway had an anti-Cartesian moment in the Bemis Underground that resulted in a terrific collaborative exhibit featuring many current and former Lincolnites. “Anti” because in response to Descartes’ familiar “cogito ergo sum” (“I think, therefore I am”) Tredway countered with “I live, therefore I think,” as espoused by Spanish […]
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Who Knows What She Wanted
If Joyce McKinney’s life were a work of fiction, her author would have been mocked. Thankfully, master documentarian Errol Morris didn’t invent her, he simply found her. Morris (Fast, Cheap & Out of Control, Fog of War) again shows his ability to mine absurd and obsessive personalities for darkly humorous and dramatic stories. Tabloid is […]
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Cold Cream: Rediscovering Jane Noseworthy
Jane Noseworthy, the former Miss Nebraska who starred often at the Omaha Community Playhouse and the now-departed Dundee Dinner Theatre, plays Portia these days at the Colorado Springs TheatreWorks. If you’re not up to driving that far for Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, consider this description of the venue: “The idyllic environs of the Rock […]
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Booked: Free eBooks, Poetry and Naked People
This October, Lit Undressed will present “Fashion in Literature” in conjunction with this year’s (downtown) Omaha Lit Fest, and they’re looking for written contributions. This year’s focus is “Silk & Sawdust,” and centers on the heart and mechanics of literature. Authors will participate in panels, readings and discussions of their methods and processes, and look […]
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Movieha – Omaha’s Favorite Movie Podcast!
Here we go again! This week is so chock-full of goodies it boggles the mind. Why, we reveal some news items, which in turn reveal Matt’s shortcomings as a film lover, we review a charming British import, we inscribe another Movieha Moviehouse Commandment, talk about some Cthulu, and end it all with some haikus, excuse […]
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Kent Bellows Studio Mentor Exhibit, Library Hosts Book Art Show, Lincoln’s lichen exhibits three
People You Should Know in Lincoln … Benson August shows … Jeffrey Koterba exhibits in Fremont … Hive Lounge seeking art. The House of Representatives recently voted down The Walberg Amendment to cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts by another $10 million. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Lincoln voted twice in support of […]
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August 12: Trenton Doyle Hancock
Sheldon Art Museum, 12th&R Sts., Lincoln, NE Exhibit continues thru Oct. 23, 2011 Admission free—hours vary daily Sheldonartmuseum.org, 1-402-472-2461 The Sheldon features 18 prints from the Fix portfolio of Houston-based artist Trenton Doyle Hancock as part of the museum’s focus on African American artists. In a style partly influenced by surrealism and abstract expressionism, Hancock […]