LOCAL FASH Tickets for Omaha Fashion Week are on sale now, with prices ranging from $15-$25 for general admission tickets up to $1000 for a VIP table that seats six with all the luxurious amenities. New to OFW’s ticketing system this year is the option for attendees to select their seat for VIP and reserved […]
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Cosmic Forecast, June 16-June 22
Happy Summer Solstice, everybody! On next Tuesday, June 21st, the Sun enters the sign of Cancer at lunchtime. How appropriate. The sign of Cancer rules the stomach. You are what you eat; yet maybe it’s not food you seek. Here comes more heat, more rain and more humidity. Stay cool and work against the (over) […]
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Summertime Music Updates, Zoo Bar 38th Anniversary
Playing With Fire plans to go on as scheduled. The event set for Saturday, July 16, has been moved from the Lewis & Clark Landing to Aksarben Village’s Stinson Park. This is one of the most-anticipated outdoor shows of the summer. Headliner Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and their high-energy soul-R&B sound wow everyone from […]
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Omaha Press Club Open to the Public for CWS
PICK OF THE WEEK June 18-29 Omaha Press Club Open to the Public for CWS 1620 Dodge St., First National Bank, 22nd floor, parking in adjacent hotel garage 11 a.m.-11 p.m., $10 all entrees (includes side), No reservations required 402.345.8008, omahapressclub.org Party like a reporter at the Omaha Press Club during the College World Series, […]
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Raashan Ahmad w/ ADF (Mars Black, Jamazz, E.Babbs) and Evil Squad
June 16 Raashan Ahmad w/ ADF (Mars Black, Jamazz, E.Babbs) and Evil Squad The Hideout 320 S. 72nd St., 8 p.m., $8 Until you’ve seen Raashan Ahmad live, your hip-hop education just isn’t complete. The Crown City Rocker hails out of Oakland, Calif., and epitomizes all the best things about hip-hop culture while maintaining the […]
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Good Charlotte w/ Yellowcard
Jun 16 Good Charlotte w/ Yellowcard Sokol Auditorium, 2234 S 13th St. 8 p.m., $25/adv $27/DOS, sokolunderground.com We all know what you’re thinking. These are two bands that everyone’s “too cool” to admit to liking as an adult. But come on, I bet half of you out there still own terrycloth wristbands and feign the […]
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Midnight Movie: Mulholland Drive
June 17-18 Midnight Movie: Mulholland Drive Dundee Theatre, 4952 Dodge St. Midnight Friday and Saturday, $6, dundeetheatre.com Mulholland Drive, David Lynch’s trippy 2001 offering, gets its due at Dundee this weekend. It’s a dreamy, Oscar-nominated flick that explores the blurred chaos of guilt and jealousy in a stylish yet ethereal way. Naomi Watts and Laura […]
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Benson Summerfest After Dark
June 18 Benson Summerfest After Dark Downtown Benson, 59th through 63rd and Maple, 9 p.m.–1 a.m., 21+, $10 wristbands for all venues, bensonsummerfest.com Growing up in Benson, I’ve felt a sense of pride watching it bloom from a midtown Omaha neighborhood to a cultural borough and musical epicenter. With 15-plus acts, Benson Summerfest After Dark […]
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All Sports Expo
June 18-19 All Sports Expo Qwest Center Omaha, 455 N. 10th St. Free This Saturday and Sunday the Qwest will be hosting the first annual All Sports Expo — the largest sporting event in the country for various sporting companies to showcase new equipment, products, services and technology. Everyone from ESPN Radio to Tapout Mouthguard […]
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Omaha’s Largest Pizza Review Part Three
June 21 Omaha’s Largest Pizza Review Part Three Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. 6 p.m., $10, onepercentproductions.com A day with a pizza party is like a day with extra sunshine or a wallet with extra Benjamins. Adding to the magic of Food & Spirits Magazine’s incomparable pizza party is live music from Brad Hoshaw and […]