April 30-May 1 4th Annual Omaha Health Expo Omaha Civic Auditorium, 17th and Capitol Ave. April 30 11 a.m.-7p.m., May 1 11a.m. – 5 p.m. FREE, omahahealthexpo.com What better way to kick start the season of summer than to attend the Omaha Health, Wellness and Fitness Expo and celebrating the health of the mind, body […]
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Phillip Schrager Collection of Contemporary Art’s Fifth Annual Open House
May 1 Phillip Schrager Collection of Contemporary Art’s Fifth Annual Open House 4405 S. 96th St. Noon to 4 p.m. schragercollection.org, 402.505.6553 One of the Midwest’s most distinguished private art collections is again making itself public for a day, as the Phillip Schrager Collection of Contemporary Art holds its fifth open house Sunday from noon […]
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Jonathan Richman
May 5 Jonathan Richman Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $13 Jonathan Richman’s most visible entry into mainstream culture came nearly fifteen years ago in the 1998 comedy “There’s Something About Mary”. Richman plays the role of occasional singing narrator whose songs serve to reflect the emotional state of Ted, the boneheaded protagonist […]
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The Good Life w/ Honeybee and Hers, Fortnight and Conduits
May 1 The Good Life w/ Honeybee and Hers, Fortnight and Conduits The Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. 7 p.m., $12, theslowdown.com We all know girls rock — and if you don’t think they’re capable of playing a mean bass, banging hell out of drums or composing intriguing music, please, go back to 1950. Bassist […]
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The 57th Annual B’nai B’rith Charity Sports Banquet
Wednesday, May 4th The 57th Annual B’nai B’rith Charity Sports Banquet Qwest Center, 455 N 10th St. 5:45 p.m., $110 patron, $160 VIP, bbcharitybanquet.org, 402.334.6443 To me, nothing says “Jewish heritage” like college football. For this year’s B’nai B’rith sports banquet, they’re bringing in Florida coach Urban Meyer and Big Ten administer James Delany to […]
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GLAMVIP Presents: Sabotage
Backstabbing, two-timing and sabotage. It’s no longer confined to the scripts of “Gossip Girl” and reality television. This Saturday, you can witness it on the runway, as The Reader presents Glam VIP: Sabotage. Inspired by the catty girls and lotharios on the uber-popular TV series “Gossip Girl,” the Sabotage show will incorporate much of the […]
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Favorite Sons
If you go to Sons of Italy expecting a “Jersey Shore” or Goodfellas scene, you’ll leave disappointed. If you anticipate a square meal and a fair deal, minus any drama, you’ll leave satisfied, and probably stuffed. The Nebraska chapter of this national fraternal organization is famous for its Thursday pasta feeds. The weekly 10:30 a.m. […]
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Sun Reflection
See also: Tax form led Sun to Boys Town’s ‘hidden’ assets When readers picked up their March 30, 1972 issue of the weekly Sun Newspaper , they could hardly believe their eyes. The small but enterprising paper with multiple neighborhood editions had called out a venerable Omaha institution, Boys Town, in crusading journalistic fashion terms. […]
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Video: The Black Lips live at The Waiting Room
This past Monday marked my third year in a row attending what seems to have become the annual spring Black Lips show. The self described “flower-punk” band from Atlanta, Ga. did not disappoint. Opening the night was Omaha’s own Dave Goldberg, formerly of the Box Elders, who started things off with a synth trip that […]
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Crumbs: Morels!
* Pizzeria Dante will be serving a three course-dinner featuring seasonal ingredients including morel mushrooms, soft-shell crabs, English peas and more this Thursday, April 28. Some ingredients, such as the morels, peas and salad greens are locally sourced, and even if you can’t make it to the dinner, they’ll be showing up on the menu. […]