May 28 Omaha Heritage Festival Lewis & Clark Landing, Omaha’s downtown riverfront 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Free 402.933.4466 The American mosaic is celebrated when groups representing more than 30 ethnic cultures let their freak flags fly on Saturday. This first annual heritage festival is meant as a paean to each distinct culture and to the nation’s […]
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The Wall That Heals
May 29-June 5 The Wall That Heals Memorial Park, 60th and Dodge vvmf.org Omaha will have the unique opportunity to savor the pride of our country this Memorial Day Weekend by welcoming The Wall That Heals to Memorial Park. The Wall That Heals, a half-scaled traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., […]
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WWE Raw
May 30 WWE Raw Featuring John Cena, The Miz, CM Punk, Triple H, R-Truth, Ted DiBiase, Nexus Qwest Center Omaha, 455 N. 10th St. 7:15 p.m., Tickets from $17 to $62 800.745.3000, ticketmaster.com Say what you will about the World Wrestling Entertainment brand, but love it or hate it, WWE is just what it’s name […]
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Brave New Worlds
(Ed’s Note: GPTC-goers, be sure to pick up a print copy of The Reader, which is complete with a special insert featuring a full GPTC schedule.) The playwrights assemble, not on your average prairie, but at the Great Plains Theatre Conference, which brings the creators of brave new worlds to the middle of the country. […]
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The Thermals with Little Brazil and Morning Teleportation
May 31 The Thermals with Little Brazil and Morning Teleportation The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., tickets are $10 ADV/$12 DOS onepercentproductions.com Over the years, The Thermals have survived several incarnations with a revolving door of members. The Portland-based group has solidified their lineup as a power-trio consisting of bassist Kathy Foster, vocalist/guitarist […]
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It’s Official! It’s spelled “barbecue,” NOT “barbeque”
*Those of you waiting for a proper ruling on whether it’s spelled “barbecue” or “barbeque” can finally exhale. The 2011 edition of the AP Stylebook includes 16 pages of food-related entries for terms like “locavore,” “farmstead” and “blind bake,” as well as the definitive spelling of the term for slowly cooking meat: “barbecue.” And for […]
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Oola-lots to Love
Some brilliant ideas come out of nowhere. For longtime friends Lisa Staudt and Amy Zebert, co-owners of OoLaLa! L.A. Boutique in Papillion, it came from inspiration and passion. “Amy and I love fashion and shopping and retail. My sister runs a boutique in Grand Island, and we went there and I said, ‘Look at this! […]
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NEWS: Update on the Keystone XL pipeline
Story taken with permission from Nebraska.StatePaper.Com Also see: Our April 21 cover story via Prairie Fire: Water Amnesia: Risking our most valuable natural resource for an oil pipeline could prove costly The Legislature gave second-round approval Monday to a bill that mostly gives lip service to the notion that the state would hold builders of […]
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Cosmic Forecast, May 26th-June 1st
Welcome further into Gemini. Fix up loose ends until the Gemini New Moon Solar eclipse June 1. Eclipses bring reversals. I’ll talk more then. Enjoy the Breath of Spring. I love you all. There are no mistakes if you do what you do for the experience. Peace and Love Shall Conquer All; the peace of […]
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A Safer Summer
Could it be that the chilly spring temperatures of recent weeks are giving way to the warmer summer season? Certainly longer days and more sunlight are evident. And if the shedding undercoats of our two German Shepherds are any indication, we could be in for a hot one. Both are leaving larger-than-usual chunks of fur […]