Warmer temperatures bring with them that familiar but distant ease to life — more daylight hours, fewer buttons to button and headwear to adorn before opening the front door and stepping casually into the sunshine. Spring comes around to remind us that being outside is a privilege and not a punishment. With winter well behind […]
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Santa Lucia Festiva
June 9-13 Santa Lucia Festival Parking Lot at Rick’s Boatyard Café Free admission, check site for event times, santaluciafestival.com, 402-342-6632 Deep to Omaha’s history are the Italian immigrants — to the point where our sleepy city has its own historical “Little Italy” near the Old Market. The Santa Lucia Festival has sought to preserve this heritage […]
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“Rosenblatt: The Final Inning”
June 11 “Rosenblatt: The Final Inning” NET original documentary premieres on NET1 AND NET-HD 7 p.m., Check local listings for rebroadcast dates/times netnebraska.org/television, Go online to view YouTube teaser of the film When it comes to fabled Omaha landmarks, few have the emotional, historical cachet and context of Rosenblatt Stadium. Whether you love or hate the […]
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Pinot, Pigs & Poetry
June 10 Pinot, Pigs & Poetry Happy Hollow Country Club, 1701 S. 105th St. 7 p.m., Patron Ticket – $200.00, Regular Tickets are $125, Under 30 tickets are $75, campfireomaha.org, 402.397.5809 When it comes to pork products, I go with Ron Swanson. Bring me all the pork you have. I want a bacon stuffed sausage with ham shavings put in a […]
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Satchel Grande and The Sandlot
June 10 Satchel Grande and The Sandlot Holland Center East Lawn, 1200 Douglas St. Music at 7:45 p.m., Movie at 8:45 p.m. FREE, food and drink for sale 402.345.0606, omahaperformingarts.org Omaha Performing Arts is so not “killin’ me, Smalls” with this compatible pairing of local funky-fresh all-stars Satchel Grande and classic baseball flick The […]
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Omaha Summer Arts Festival
June 10-12 Omaha Summer Arts Festival Gene Leahy Mall, 10th-15th Streets, Omaha, FREE Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. summerarts.org, 402.345.5401 From speed-dating to speed-painting, the Omaha Summer Arts Festival has it all … well, not the dating thing, but speed-painting; who knew? Tim Decker delights crowds with his five-minute celebrity and political […]
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John Wayne: American
June 11-Oct. 2 John Wayne: American Strategic Air & Space Museum 28210 West Park Hwy., Ashland Adults $12, Seniors/Military $11, Children $6, Members FREE 944.3100, sasmuseum.com John Wayne, aka The Duke aka Marion Robert Morrison was many things to the world. But above all, the acting legend was an enduring icon of rugged, […]
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. w/ EMA
June 13 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. w/ EMA The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. $10, 9 p.m., onepercentproductions.com Buckle up for this one. Detroit songwriting duo Josh Epstein and Daniel Zott have catapulted themselves to a Warner Brothers record deal for their just-released album It’s A Corporate World, thanks to a pop-centered take […]
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Title Fight with Touche Amore, The Menzingers and Dead End Path
June 15 Title Fight with Touche Amore, The Menzingers and Dead End Path The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. 6:30 p.m., $10/ADV and $12 DOS, onepercentproductions.com Whatever happened to the hardcore scene? You know, when bands like Jawbreaker, Bad Brains and Dead Kennedys ruled the underground? In a world where pop garbage like Lady Gaga […]
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Great American Comedy Festival
June 15-19 Great American Comedy Festival Johnny Carson Theatre/Norfolk Senior High School, 801 Riverside Blvd., Norfolk Neb. Various events, dates, times; tickets from $10 up greatamericancomedyfestival.com If a comedy festival and Norfolk, Neb. seem an incongruous match, well, just remember Johnny Carson grew up there. The town’s also home to the Johnny Carson Theatre. And […]