For the record, being right kicks ass. I mean, it doesn’t kick as much ass as this guy does but close. Zack Snyder is going to direct Superman . Yeah, who called that? I’ll give you a hint, his name sounds like Schmyran Schmearick. Chris Nolan, who probably didn’t have total autonomy when it comes […]
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Um, there is no choice here
Did you know that Amy Adams used to be a Hooter’s girl? So let that be a lesson to all douches making lewd comments and considering inappropriate touching, as well as an inspiration to those working for a tasteless establishment named after slang for your body parts who are constantly besieged by the gropers and […]
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Jimmy Eat World w/ We Were Promised Jetpacks
Oct. 4 Jimmy Eat World w/ We Were Promised Jetpacks Sokol Auditorium, 2234 S. 13th St. 8 p.m., $25, onepercentproductions.com Whether you’ve only heard “The Middle,” or you’ve been with them since 1996’s Static Prevails, there’s no denying the success of Jimmy Eat World. A major-label, big-budget band that has somehow kept its focus and […]
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Michael Bolton
Oct. 4 Michael Bolton Holland Performing Arts Center 1200 Douglas St. 7:30 p.m., $35-$95, 345.0606 omahaperformingarts.org You may know him from “Dancing with the Stars” or you may know him from the radio. Here’s what you need to know: Singer Michael Bolton is coming to Omaha for one night at the Holland Performing Arts Center. […]
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Weekend Box Office Results: Embracing the douche
This weekend, movie audiences spoke…and they loudly declared “We are somewhat interested in the development of social media but not to the point where it’s like a phenomenon or anything but just the appropriate amount of curiosity!” Wow, what a statement! Let Me In got shut out, the creepy owls dug in their talons, and […]
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Movie Review: Let Me In
Here’s Justin’s take on Let Me In . Let Her in, Again Swedish vampires move to New Mexico Justin Senkbile It’d be safe to assume that fans of Swedish director Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In have, at best, mixed emotions regarding the idea of a big, Halloween-season American remake. Good news: writer/director Matt […]
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Superheroine-ism
I figure I died sometime around 1:30 yesterday morning. As I suspected, going to a midnight movie on Thursday, writing a review and driving to Manhattan Kansas on Friday night, getting up at 5:30 am on Saturday and Sunday, before driving back to Omaha at 11:30 or so and watching my Bears get molested and […]
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Omaha Green Homes Tour
Oct. 2 Omaha Green Homes Tour UNO, Mammel Hall, 6708 Pine St. 9 a.m.-1 p.m., $5, greenomahacoalition.org Most people know the reasons to go green: save the environment, save money, decrease dependence on foreign oil, etc. Despite positive reasons to reduce our carbon footprint, some people need a little help getting a green program going. […]
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Conscious Perception
Oct. 1-2 Conscious Perception Bancroft Street Market, 2702 S. 10th St. Noon-9 p.m., FREE, 651.2327 bancroftstreetmarket.com Through collaborations, Conscious Perception brings together an array of performers, poets and painters while examining the connections between humans and the natural world. Visual art will impose upon poetry, performance art will expand paintings, and all media will seek […]
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The Quilted Conscience: Dreams and Memories
Through Oct. 17 The Quilted Conscience: Dreams and Memories International Quilt Study Center & Museum, 33rd and Holdredge, Lincoln Reception Oct. 1, 5-7 p.m. w/ 5:30 p.m. panel discussion & screening FREE, 472.6549, quiltstudy.org The threads run deep in a story quilt made by 16 Sudanese-American girls from Grand Island, Neb. under the direction of […]