May 19 Spring Bling: A Jewelry Trunk Show LUX Center for the Arts, 2601 N. 48th St., Lincoln 6-8 p.m., one night only, FREE luxcenter.org, 402.466.8692 “Spring Bling” offers hand-made ornaments to display on your newly bare summer skin. Ten regional jewelry artists will be present for consultation, demonstration and conversation; from Lynn Bowes’ simply […]
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Trey McIntyre Project
May 20 Trey McIntyre Project Holland Center, 13th and Douglas 8 p.m., tickets start at $19, 402.345.0606 or ticketomaha.com Omaha Performing Arts welcomes a new kind of contemporary ballet show to its stage Friday, as the Trey McIntyre Project perform as part of Omaha’s Performing Arts’ Dance Series. Trey McIntyre Project promises a fresh and […]
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Omaha Storm Chasers homestand versus Las Vegas 51s
May 19-22 Omaha Storm Chasers homestand versus Las Vegas 51s Werner Park, near Hwy 370 and 126th Street, just outside Papillion Game times vary; ticket prices from $6 to $16.50 402.735.5100 Ah, the modern minor league baseball experience has finally caught up with Omaha. Sure, the metro’s hosted clubs for generations, but not until the […]
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Take Action Tour featuring Silverstein, Bayside, Polar Bear Club, The Swellers, Texas In July
May 20 Take Action Tour featuring Silverstein, Bayside, Polar Bear Club, The Swellers, Texas In July The Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. 6:30 p.m., $17 Advance, $20 DOS, theslowdown.com, 402.345.7569 For 10 years, the Take Action Tour has been hauling bands across the nation for A Purpose. The Purpose that year is ever-changing — […]
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Live and Let Die: The Music of Paul McCartney
May 21 Live and Let Die: The Music of Paul McCartney Holland Center, 1200 Douglas St. 8 p.m., $25-$70, omahasymphony.org I was recently privy to a marriage proposal that involved “Rock Band” and a version of Paul McCartney’s “Maybe I’m Amazed” that was pure magic. For this show, to paraphrase that tune, Omahans should […]
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Trancenet featuring Alexsed, Bruce Cullen
Saturday, May 21st Trancenet featuring Alexsed, Bruce Cullen Bar 415, 415 S 13th St. $5, 8 p.m., bar415.com, 402.346.7455 So apparently, Alexsed is a Big Deal, a Ukrainian DJ who’s been spinning records in Eastern Europe since the days of Kraftwerk. He plays a style of trance music that’s reverent toward early examples of the genre. Eventually, […]
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Man Man w/ Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers
May 22 Man Man w/ Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers The Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. 9 p.m., $15, theslowdown.com Now that so much music is digitally produced, you gotta hand it to a band that knows the meaning of showmanship. Man Man, an experimental group out of Philadephia, storms the stage clad […]
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MUSIC: Jazz on the Green lineup announced
Beloved Omaha summer staple Jazz on the Green will once again make its home at Midtown Crossing for 2011, running six consecutive Thursdays from July 7-Aug. 11. Here’s the lineup: Thursday, July 7: Tiempo Libre (Cuban-inspired, dance-inducing jazz) Thursday, July 14: Incendio (Latin guitar, world fusion) Thursday, July 21: Omaha Big Band (Classic Big Band, […]
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Mr. Johnson’s Opus
James M. Johnson was a musician before settling into arts administration, and he might be dusting off his double bass in the coming months. “Unfortunately, having spent the last 25 years in a series of tiny New York City apartments, I never found room for a double bass,” Johnson says, laughing. “Maybe now that I’ll […]
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Gotta Serve Somebody
Although Of Gods and Men, a dramatization of the fate of Trappist monks in a civil war-torn Algeria in the mid-‘90s resonates deeply with recent history in the Middle East, its power and scope is much broader than that. French director Xavier Beauvois and co-writer Etienne Comar combine themes of colonization and rebellion, poverty and […]