A staged reading of In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play reminded of a famous review of the film Citizen Kane . The critic apologized for telling readers how great it was because he feared they’d never get to see for themselves. They did, of course, when William Randolph Hearst failed to shut it […]
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Rx for Sleep: Do nothing and rest afterwards
Liz Taylor couldn’t sleep. She had become dependent on substances that eroded the natural sleep process. Soothing slumber eluded her. Detox was the next step and her personal assistant, Roger Wall, was on the phone asking me for help. A couple years earlier, Wall was Barry Manilow’s PA during the recording of Paradise Café . […]
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Lights On
Storytellers drawn to boxing’s inherent drama invariably find redemption at its soul and conflict as its heart. Ring tales are on a roll thanks to Mark Wahlberg’s Oscar-winning film The Fighter and FX’s series, “Lights Out,” (the series finale airs next Tuesday, April 5 at 9 p.m.). Although FX recently announced it has decided not […]
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Booked: Poetry Slam Champion Performs
* This Wednesday, March 30, two-time National Poetry Slam champ Sierra DeMulder will perform at the OM Center at 12th and Howard in the Old Market at 8 p.m. She is promoting her first full-length collection of poetry, The Bones Below . There is a $7 suggested donation. * Thursday, March 31, Lit Undressed will […]
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Final Project, Space for More
The face of Lincoln’s gallery scene is changing in two big ways this spring. Craig Roper’s Project Room Gallery is closing its doors in May after a three-year run; it was one of the founding galleries in the now wildly successful Parish Studio. And two new gallery spaces — both operated by University of Nebraska-Lincoln […]
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Icons, Heroes and Funky Bears
Icons, Heroes and Funky Bears Roots and boogie keyboard queen Kelley Hunt hits The 21st Amendment Saloon, formerly The New Lift Lounge and Murphy’s at 96th & L, for the Thursday show for March 31, 5:30-8:30 p.m. The popular singer-songwriter and keyboard virtuoso is at home in styles from old-school boogie-woogie and R&B to tunes […]
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The Black Squirrels Are Hanging It Up
* The Black Squirrels are hanging it up, according to a post on the Omaha band’s Facebook page. The band, led by female vocalist Kat Smith, cultivated a steady following in Omaha’s roots and folk community with their throwback country sound during the three-plus years that they played around town. The one-time Omaha Entertainment and […]
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After tourney loss, the state of UNO hockey
A few inches of padding, one blurry puck and 10 agonizing minutes kept UNO from advancing to the second round of the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament last week. Was it or wasn’t it a goal? Doesn’t matter. The officials in last Friday’s UNO-Michigan game eventually, after 10 minutes of review that seemed to define […]
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Weekly Horoscopes
Happy New Moon stellium in Aries Sunday, April 3 at 9:32 a.m. The Sun, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, the planet Uranus and Mercury retrograde are all forming a “stellium” in Aries. Thus my/the mythic macho pose. Thanks Chelsea (not soon to be for) Long. It would seem a good time to start or initiate — but […]
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Rope-a-Dopey
The tagline for Sucker Punch is “You will be unprepared.” Eh, not so much. Every trailer for the film showed copious slow-motion sequences of girls clothed as if nerd fetishists established a global dress code. The near-dialogue-free previews gave little-to-no impression as to how the hell these seemingly disconnected visual sequences, ripped from a hardcore […]