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Cosmic Forecast, June 30-July 6

by MojoPo

Happy 4th of July weekend! God bless AMERICA! I’ve been all around this world and everybody wants to live here. True, some of them want us dead first, but this fertile land is — and will be — destined to birth the Aquarian Age. Trust me. Look around you. These United States are where the […]

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Cosmic Forecast, June 30-July 6

by MojoPo

Happy 4th of July weekend! God bless AMERICA! I’ve been all around this world and everybody wants to live here. True, some of them want us dead first, but this fertile land is — and will be — destined to birth the Aquarian Age. Trust me. Look around you. These United States are where the […]

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Fireworks

by Paul-Clark

July 4 Fireworks Everywhere All Day and Night, free Expect lots of noise and smoke as Omaha lifts its fireworks ban. If it’s not your thing, take cover as best you can.

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The Monkees

by Chris Aponick

The Monkees Stir Cove at Harrah’s Casino, 1 Harrah’s Boulevard 8 p.m., $35 in advance/$40 day-of-show, 21 and up, stircove.com The Monkees took 60’s bubblegum pop to the next level in the mid-to-late 60s with their television show and a glut of hummable Beatles-lite hits. While they never strayed from their hook-laden pop music beginnings, […]

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Omaha: Benson Grind, Anderson O’Brien, Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, Hot Shops

by Sally-Deskins

Omaha: Benson Grind, Anderson O’Brien, Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, Hot Shops Various times, free, all ages Benson Grind opens with new work by Will Anderson. The expressionist painter, a recent graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute, uses value and line to transpose viewers into his reality. The exhibit runs through July 31. Downtown, Anderson O’Brien […]

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First Friday Openings

by Sally-Deskins

First Friday Openings Lincoln: Tugboat Gallery, Lichen Gallery and LUX Center for Arts Various times, free, all ages “The Splendor” opens at Tugboat Gallery, featuring Caleb Coppock, Nicholas Bohac and Phillip Faulker; it is curated by Matt Carlson. The show features playful manipulation of found imagery through painting, installation, collage, sculpture and digital imagery. The […]

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John Estes

by Kyle Tonniges

John Estes Bookworm, 87th & Pacific Sts. 6 p.m., free, johnestes.org Award-winning poet John Estes will read from and sign his new book, “Kingdom Come.” Estes directs the Creative Writing Program at Malone University in Canton, Ohio, He was awarded a National Chapbook Fellowship from the Poetry Society of America – judged by Pulitzer Prize […]

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