March 19 Omaha Fashion Week VIP Spring Runway Show Featuring Chessna Fernald Nomad Lounge, 1013 Jones St. Doors at 7 p.m., GA tickets $25, VIP $75, nomadlounge.com Chessna Fernald has been designing clothes since middle school. Mostly self taught, she discovered her passion at a young age, and through the support of family and friends […]
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Jil Aigrot in Concert
PICK OF THE WEEK March 19 Jil Aigrot in Concert Holland Performing Arts Center, 13th and Douglas 8 p.m., Tickets start at $19 402-345-0606, ticketomaha.com Jil Aigrot’s Holland concert is as good an excuse as any to celebrate Omaha’s own chanteuses. Aigrot, the voice of legendary Edith Piaf in the acclaimed 2007 French film La […]
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Bitch. (Perception. Reality. Execution.)
March 18-April 2 Bitch. (Perception. Reality. Execution.) Blue Barn Theatre, 614 S. 11th St. March 18-19 and April 1-2, 11 p.m. March 25-26, 7:30 p.m.; $10 facebook.com/bbwitchinghour “Bitch” is the zenith of contemptuous five-letter words. This eponymous production by the Blue Barn’s Witching Hour reconsiders the stories of rule breakers and alleged bitches Marie Antoinette, […]
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Opening March 18 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Bellevue Little Theatre, 203 W. Mission Ave. Olde Towne Bellevue Fri.-Sat. at 8 p.m., 2 p.m. Sundays $15, $13 seniors, $7.50 students 402.291.1554 Who needs the movie with Steve Martin and Michael Caine as Freddy and Lawrence when you’ve got the musical with Steve Krambeck and Mark Thornburg as […]
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Edge of Arbor w/ Sarah Benck, Brothers Tandem and Rock Paper Dynamite
March 19 Edge of Arbor w/ Sarah Benck, Brothers Tandem and Rock Paper Dynamite The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $7 waitingroomlounge.com, 884.5353 Jessica Errett, the sultry front woman for Edge of Arbor, graced my humble abode a few weeks ago; there she treated the roommates and I to a few acoustic […]
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Dr. Strangelove Midnight Movie
March 25 Dr. Strangelove Midnight Movie Midnight, Dundee Theater, 4952 Dodge St. $6, dundeetheater.com Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 black-and-white movie, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb , is not just a hilarious and believable take on the Cold War era nuclear scare, it was actually deemed “culturally significant” by […]
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Lissa Hase and John Stillmunks: Paintings
Through Mar. 27 Lissa Hase and John Stillmunks: Paintings Dundee Gallery, 4916 Underwood Ave, lower level Tues.-Thurs. 11a.m.-7p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11a.m.-9p.m.; Sun. 12p.m.-5p.m., FREE 402.505.8333, dundeegallery.com Multi-media artist Lissa Hase prides herself on transforming garbage scraps into richly colorful, textured images using oil paints. An act she calls therapeutic and exciting, University of Nebraska at Omaha […]
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The Fidelity of DIY
Sic Alps and their decidedly homemade records are not so much lo-fi anthems as they are musical snapshots of the three-piece San Francisco band. That holds true for Sic Alps’ latest, Napa Asylum , which touches on psych-folk, garage rock and ’60s psych-pop in bite-sized musical pieces. The 22-song record is a double-album in the […]
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Distinctively Dodos
The Dodos are back to being a two-piece band and they just finished an album with longtime collaborator John Askew. But this year’s model of the Dodos has a few new angles to call its own. The most apparent thing about the just-released No Color is its directness, starting with opening song “Black Night”. The […]
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Josh Garrett, Roomful of Blues, Jumpin’ & Swingin’
Last week I got so wrapped up in wistful longing for Austin’s SXSW events that I failed to give a good preview to Josh Garrett & the Bottomline. The band’s horn-driven Louisiana music hits the Zoo Bar Wednesday, March 16, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. So if you have this column in your hands in time on […]