* Make Believe is adding a whole heap of creativity and ambition to the typical post-disaster benefit show, putting together both a digital download compilation and a concert to support the Bikou-En Orphanage in the Aomori Prefect of Japan. The orphanage has seen its donations more than halved during the aftermath of the March 11 […]
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Cutting Room for May 11
Once I asked an ex-girlfriend if she liked Fellini and she said she preferred ravioli. If she’s out there reading this, I recommend highly that she check out Amarcod, director Federico Fellini’s 1973 Academy Award-winning flick, at Film Streams’ Ruth Sokolof Theater (filmstreams.org) on May 17 at 7 p.m. The film is a joint presentation […]
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Mjolnir? I Hardly Knew Her!
Someone tell the soulless, suit-wearing executive of suck who perpetually insists upon shoehorning a wafer-thin, nausea-inducing love story into each and every action-heavy motion picture that he’s basically dropping a turd into a pool party. The lasses and dudes who comprise the core audience have never swayed an uninterested buddy into attending a comic book […]
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Movieha – Omaha’s Movie Podcast (May 6)
Welcome back! If you’re one of the folks who have been kind enough to give our teeny-tiny little ole podcast a chance, thanks so much. The response to the first episode was really great, and we hope to keep you coming back for more. In this week’s episode, Matt has an epic giggle fit, I […]
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Art on Tap
May 13 Art on Tap Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St. 8-11p.m., Tickets starting at $25 joslyn.org, 402. 661.3858 All your senses will be tapped Friday at Joslyn Art Museum. Beers to taste; appetizers to munch; art to view (like the current Brian Selznick exhibit: From Houdini to Hugo, featuring over 100 striking drawings of […]
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Cold Cream
* It didn’t seem possible to follow the opening of Les Miserables with a completely different type of performance that provided a comparable glow of appreciation of its power and beauty. But it happened on the opening night of Tuesdays with Morrie at the Omaha Community Playhouse. I thought I’d seen Bill Hutson at his […]
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Cold Cream
Cold cream n It didn’t seem possible to follow the opening of Les Miserables with a completely different type of performance that provided a comparable glow of appreciation of its power and beauty. But it happened on the opening night of Tuesdays with Morrie at the Omaha Community Playhouse. I thought I’d seen Bill Hutson […]
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Concert Review: Elton John
BY JEREMY LAFRENTZ Backstage Entertainment I wasn’t quite sure what to expect going to my first Elton John concert. I had grown up listening to his music, as my parents would often put in a greatest hits CD into the player. I did know this: Sir Elton just has the type of music everyone can […]
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Big Ten Still Backing Nebraska
After 102 years as a member of the American Association of Universities, a collection of 63 top research institutions, the University of Nebraska got the boot Apr. 26. It was the first time in the AAU’s 111-year history that they’d kicked out a member. Why? UNL officials say it is partly because the formula for […]
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Omaha Girls Rock is about more than rock and roll
I was drawn to The Slowdown last Sunday night not only because the lineup was stellar (Fortnight, Honeybee and Hers, Conduits and The Good Life), but because I was down with the message behind organization “Omaha Girls Rock.” But before we get to that, let’s turn to Stefanie Drootin, founder and executive director of OGR. […]