March 25 The Envy Corps w/ Thunder Power, My Pal Dragon, & Lonely Estates The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple Street, 9 p.m., $8, onepercentproductions.com With the convergence of indie bands over the last few years, even the most brilliant of artists can be swept under the rug only to be rediscovered in record store discount […]
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Nebraska Belly Dance Spectacular
March 26 Nebraska Belly Dance Spectacular Holland Performing Arts Center, 13th and Douglas 8 p.m., $35 345-0606, ticketomaha.com If, like me, your only exposure to belly dancing is purely voyeuristic, courtesy of Hollywood movies using it as background action or wry counterpoint, consider yourself ripe for learning. There’s a community of Nebraska belly dancers eager […]
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Looney Tunes
Through March 31 Looney Tunes Film Streams, 1340 Mike Fahey St. 2:15 p.m. on March 19 and 20, $9, more show times to be announced 402.933.0259, filmstreams.org “Ehh, wad up Doc?” March 19-31 Film Streams will be showcasing a classic collection of Looney Tunes Shorts on Saturday, Sundays and Thursdays. “Nah buoy, I said buoy,” […]
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The Beards of Comedy Tour
March 30 The Beards of Comedy Tour Side Door Lounge, 3530 Leavenworth St. 7 p.m., $5, beardsofcomedy.com Four coincidentally bearded comedians are on a rampage across the United States and no, the jokes aren’t all about facial hair. In a concerted effort to spread infectious laughter among their audiences, their mission is clear: be as […]
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Tall Tale
It gave new meaning to March Madness when the little guy and the big guy in the crowd at the Duke game turned out to be Igor and the Monster from the Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein. Of course Igor (Cory English) wasn’t wearing his hunchback and the Monster wasn’t greenish with the zipper in […]
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Win! Place! Show!
Ask any gallery director, private or public, what “job one” is and they are likely to tell you it’s organizing exhibitions that meet their mission and satisfy the needs of their artists and patrons. As axiomatic as it may seem, it’s not as simple as it sounds. A museum or art center must build and […]
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Hear This, Nebraska
BY ANDREW NORMAN Watching the grass turn from tan to yellow to green through the car’s window — and feeling the air warm at stops — during the 14-hour trip to Austin, Texas, is enough reason to attend the SXSW Music Festival every year in March. After a Nebraska winter, the climate change provides a […]
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Send and Receive
As we do every year, The Reader sent a contingent of music experts (and music lovers) down to Austin, Texas, for the annual South by Southwest Music Festival. More than 2,000 bands participated in 2011, including Nebraska’s Bright Eyes, Satchel Grande, Orion Walsh, Midwest Dilemma and Daniel Christiansan. This year, our group included Reader Music […]
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Where’s Whoopi?
Throaty and sleepy, Jeremy Irons begins his narration of the wildlife documentary The Last Lions as if awoken from a crumpet-induced nap. Any electricity that’s felt by once more having Irons’ voice laid atop images of lions is blunted by a delivery that sounds like Irons is auditioning for a British sex chat line. His […]
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Approval of Stamps
At the end of the film Food, Inc. , white words flash onto and fade into a black screen. The words, simple but poignant and, in some ways, naïve, encourage communities to advocate for the use of Food Stamps, now called EBTs or SNAP benefits, at Farmer’s Markets. The concept is a good first step […]