The Trip isn’t a movie. That’s not criticism: It’s actually a six-episode BBC television series that was edited into a two-hour movie for easier transport and consumption. Having watched the edited version of the modestly endearing but repetitive antics of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, the thought of folks tuning in for six straight weeks […]
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Cutting Room for August 3
• If you want to find an overly testosterone-d, oddly puffy, former action movie icon in the next few months, you’ll have to book a trip to Bulgaria. The Expendables 2 is shooting, and the rumor mill has dropped some steaming casting news on the sidewalk. Supposedly, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, […]
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Divorce, Carell Style
Without a single scene of slapstick puking, accidental drug ingestion or manic violence, Crazy, Stupid, Love, the new movie from directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (I Love You, Phillip Morris), feels like some kind of long-lost comedy relic. That’s meant in the best possible sense. Although it honestly isn’t very crazy or stupid, as […]
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Safe Adventure
Tanduri Fusion is a small Indian restaurant hidden among the ever-changing and expanding shops of Lakeside Hills Plaza. I heard about Tanduri Fusion from friends who live in that part of Omaha. The restaurant is in its fourth year, and Kishor Karki has been the sole owner for two years. Tanduri Fusion offers authentic Northern […]
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Crumbs 8/4: Dickey’s Barbecue Pit opens its first Nebraska location
The record attempt is now official, John C. Fremont Days planning committee now holds the Guinness World Record for largest open-face sandwich. Earlier this month, at the 25th annual John C. Fremont Days in Fremont, event organizers and volunteers attempted the world record. The 1,652-pound SPAM sandwich topped the previous Guinness record holder by 315 […]
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A Family Thing
With Native Omaha Days over, another traditional African-American summer gathering, the Bryant-Fisher Family Reunion, begins. The biennial Native Omaha Days began in 1977. But it’s a newbie compared to the historic annual reunion that dates to 1917, when Emma Early Bryant Fisher inaugurated the event with a family picnic at Mandan Park near her South […]
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So Bad, It’s Good
Stop by the PS Collective at 6056 Maple Street this Thursday, August 4th at 7 p.m. for the Omaha Poetry Slam Team Sendoff Show. The team (Steven Evans, Jake Narofsky, Patrick Sather, Tessie Stednitz, and Ben Wenzl) will be headed to Boston to take on the rest of the country in this year’s National Poetry […]
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Mixed Media 8/4: Haydon Art Center closes
Lincoln’s Haydon Art Center closed July 29 after more than 15 years, due to recent cutbacks in art funding. “We appreciate all of the support that everyone in the community has given us over the years,” said Haydon Board President Kate McCown. According to the gallery blog, the directors’ plan to complete the 2011 exhibitions […]
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Cutting Room for August 3
If you want to find an overly testosterone-d, oddly puffy, former action movie icon in the next few months, you’ll have to book a trip to Bulgaria. The Expendables 2 is shooting, and the rumor mill has dropped some steaming casting news on the sidewalk. Supposedly, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Terry […]
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Hullabaloo Music & Camping Festival
August 5 – 7 Hullabaloo Music & Camping Festival River West Park, 233rd and Maple streets $40 for a three-day pass, hullabaloomusicfestival.com Organized by Brandon Miller of the Kris Lager Band, the Hullabaloo Music & Camping Festival is embarking on its inaugural year. The three-day festival in western Douglas County is a blues-and-rock answer to […]