* Monday night’s Lucinda Williams concert was a luminous slow-burn from the alternative country/Americana trailblazer. Williams was backed by a stripped down trio, which she joined with on guitar during more than half the set. Williams unraveled tales of heartbreak from her early career paired with gracefully wise odes to late-life love that’s marked her […]
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Cutting Room for May 18
Am I the only one who assumes that “D-BOX” seats are reserved for faux-hawk wearing loud-talkers who dress in glittery Ed Hardy shirts? Turns out, they’re not. They’re actually “motion technology” movie theater seats that “pitch, roll and heave in perfect sync with the action taking place onscreen.” The pitching and rolling sounds like fun, […]
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On the Bubble in Omaha
The two marquee games against Nebraska were nice showcases, but Creighton baseball’s biggest series yet at TD Ameritrade Park is on tap this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The Jays took two of three from Evansville over the weekend, leaving them at 12-6 in the Missouri Valley Conference and 35-13 overall. Meanwhile, Missouri State swept Bradley […]
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Still in Focus
The rumors were starting to pile up like the early January snow surrounding Underwood Hills Focus School. Faced with looming state budget cuts, the innovative elementary school near 90th Street and Western Avenue was in danger of closing. Last December the Elkhorn school district was the first to pull out of the collaborative venture with […]
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Cosmic Forecast, May 19-May 25
Goodbye Taurus, hello Gemini, on Saturday morning. Things lighten up as our mind wanders beyond such material concerns as food, shelter and subsistence/existence — if we’re able and lucky! Here come the winds of change to carry the songs. Let’s communicate, let’s speak our minds, and let’s (learn to) sing. Here are some tunes I’ll […]
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The Silver Lining of Man Man’s Dark Cloud
If you look closely during Sunday night’s Man Man show at Slowdown, you might be able to glimpse the monster sitting on the edge of the stage. It’s an insidious little guy who spends most of its time living inside Man Man frontman Ryan Kattner’s head. But when Kattner’s on stage with his comrades in […]
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FILM: “Of Gods and Men” held over at Film Streams
We just got word that due to popular demand, Film Streams is holding over Of Gods and Men for an extra week, through May 26. (It was reported in the print edition of The Reader that the film would be closing May 19.) This, of course, means two things: One, Of Gods and Men must […]
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Follow the Signs
Anderson O’Brien Fine Art has been a “go to” destination for modern and contemporary art patrons in the Omaha area for the past 30 years. The gallery’s expansion to the Old Market at 1108 Jackson St. in July, 2010, generated much excitement. The current exhibition Sharon Booma: The Writing’s on the Wall clearly demonstrates why. […]
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Oak Ridge Boys with the Omaha Symphony
May 20 Oak Ridge Boys with the Omaha Symphony Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St. 8 p.m., $35-$100, 402.342.3560, omahasymphony.org You do a little research for a blurb on the Oak Ridge Boys, and you find out the group was formed clear back in 1947. At first you say, “Holy shit! I figured those […]
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Beer Fest
PICK OF THE WEEK May 19-21 Beer Fest Lewis and Clark Landing, 515 N. Riverfront Dr. Thurs. 7 p.m. (The Matt), Fri. 4 p.m.-8 p.m., Sat. 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Combo Ticket $60, omahabeerfest.com Summertime is many things for many people but, here in the heartland of America, a longtime staple of our summer festivities is the […]