In 1945, Bill Monroe brought banjo expert Earl Scruggs into his Blue Grass Boys backing band (which also featured guitarist Lester Flatt) and in essence created the musical genre which would become known as Bluegrass. Through the 25 or so years that followed, Bluegrass was primarily played by old men wearing matching hats and suits […]
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Weekly Horoscopes
One week to prepare. For what? For next week and all the April Fool’s guaranteed to take over the pre-apocalyptical media circus. Remember, there are no mistakes. Peace & Love Shall Conquer All as soon as the oil runs out! Hey, could we be/are we the dinosaurs of the future? “Fill ‘er up!” — MOJOPOPlanetPower.com […]
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Weekly Horoscopes
One week to prepare. For what? For next week and all the April Fool’s guaranteed to take over the pre-apocalyptical media circus. Remember, there are no mistakes. Peace & Love Shall Conquer All as soon as the oil runs out! Hey, could we be/are we the dinosaurs of the future? “Fill ‘er up!” — MOJOPOPlanetPower.com […]
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Cutting Room for March 23
I think I accidentally mentally combined the two events that Film Streams at the Ruth Sokolof Theater (filmstreams.org) have planned for April 1 to June 16. They’re doing another installment of two film series: “Forever Young Family and Children’s Series” and “Great Directors.” But I’m pretty sure that kids won’t be rushing to see 8 […]
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Are subtitles needed for movies spoken in the Queen’s English?
*I think I accidentally mentally combined the two events that Film Streams at the Ruth Sokolof Theater (filmstreams.org) have planned for April 1 to June 16. They’re doing another installment of two film series: “Forever Young Family and Children’s Series” and “Great Directors.” But I’m pretty sure that kids won’t be rushing to see 8 […]
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Urban Homesteading
*Spring is traditionally a time of planting — getting the herbs and vegetables arranged and settled in so you can begin reaping rewards by the time summer really hits its stride. But for others, “planting” takes on a whole new meaning. Homesteading has been around since, well, the country began; but it’s undergoing something of […]
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Lincoln’s ProjectRoom Gallery Final Show
*Lincoln’s ProjectRoom Gallery is opening its final show Friday, April 1. Drive Dark West , featuring work by Fortner McDowell, will close the gallery’s three years in downtown Lincoln’s Parrish Building. Thirty distressed photographs and 30 bullet-pierced text pieces create an environment that reflects on a variety of subjects: family, work, honor, sex, love, violence, […]
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Orchid Show
PICK OF THE WEEK March 26-27 Orchid Show Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft St. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., $6/ages 6-12, $3/members FREE 346.4002 , lauritzengardens.org When my long-dormant orchid plant materialized with bulging buds last week I was so proud. Nevertheless, my two intricately pretty blooms have nothing on Lauritzen’s annual show, produced by the Greater Omaha […]
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College Night with Talking Mountain
March 24 College Night with Talking Mountain Urban Outfitters, 745 N. 14th St. 4 p.m.-9 p.m., show at 7 p.m. Free Are you a college student? Do you have your student ID? Are you in the market for clothes … at a discount? If you answered yes, Urban Outfitters is where you want to be […]
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“Drink N Draw”
March 24 “Drink N Draw” The New BLK, 1213 Jones St. 8pm, $10 donation (19_) thenewblk.com, 402.403.5619 “For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity or perception to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication …” Wise words by 18th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche might sway you to attend The New […]