Feb. 20 Murder by Death w/ The Builders And The Butchers & Damion Suomi And The Minor Prophets Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $12, onepercentproductions.com Can someone please tell Bill Murray and Harold Remis to make amends and get Ghostbusters 3 out? Because I thought I just heard the ghost of Johnny Cash’s […]
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Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole
Feb. 19 Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole Holland Center Scott Recital Hall, 1200 Douglas St. 8 p.m., $25, 345.0606, ticketomaha.com The upbeat, soaring blues-inflected vocals, fiddling and accordion of multi-instrumentalist Cedric Watson and his band are the perfect warm escape from the cold, and a foreshadowing of spring. Nominated twice for Grammys, the 27-year-old Texas-born, […]
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Dine Out for the Arts
Feb. 22 Dine Out for the Arts Various Council Bluffs and Omaha locations 712.328.4992, bluffsarts.org Fifteen local restaurants are doing their part to support the Omaha area’s vibrant art scene Tuesday for the fifth annual Dine Out for the Arts. This benefit for the Bluff’s Art Council pairs the work of local artists with area […]
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Coming to Omaha: Father Greg Boyle
Feb. 24 Coming to Omaha: Father Greg Boyle Lecture and Book Signing Metro Community College South Omaha Campus S. 27th Street and Q, 889.8410 7 p.m., FREE Pastor and author Father Gregory Boyle will be in Omaha next Thursday to give a lecture at Metro Community College’s South Campus. For 20 years, Boyle has led […]
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The Glory of Ukraine
Through May 8 The Glory of Ukraine Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St. Free with regular admission, Hours vary (open late Thursdays, free Saturday mornings) 342-3300, joslyn.org The promo for a new Joslyn exhibition had me at “centuries old, rarely seen icons and relics from the Ukraine’s Monastery of the Caves.” After all, it’s not […]
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Cosmic Forecast for Feb. 17-23
Happy Full Moon, February 18th at 2:36 a.m. (Omax time) in the last degree of Leo on the first day of Pisces. One more month to dream, or so it may/will seem. Your dreams (Pisces) will bring your Spring (Aries). From what I’ve heard, it all starts April 3rd. Here’s a picture of me getting […]
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Found at Sea: How indie band Tennis’ debut was born on waves
While they were learning to survive at sea, the thought of making music — or making an album for that matter — never crossed the minds of Patrick Riley and Alaina Moore, the indie pop duo known as Tennis. The story began when the Denver refugees bought a boat in Tampa Bay and set off […]
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Just Get it Over With
Just Go With It is the latest Dennis Dugan–directed Adam Sandler vehicle. Standing at the ticket counter, the title reads more like a desperate plea for audience members. That probably isn’t the case, since it was basically designed to make lots of money. But it’s such a benign and unnecessary movie that it’s nice to […]
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Less Than Some
Devoid of music or dialogue, the opening frames of Somewhere capture a sports car driving repeatedly in a circle for, like, a really long time before the car stops and an obvious douchebag exits the vehicle and stands there … for, like, a really long time. Had writer/director Sofia Coppola rolled credits immediately thereafter, the […]
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Cutting Room for February 16
I don’t know a word in French that wasn’t in “Lady Marmalade,” so someone needs to tell me if “Le Figaro” translates to “Liars with Pants of Fire.” Why? Well, a French newspaper with that name is reporting that Marion Cotillard was just cast in The Dark Knight Rises. If the French aren’t lying to […]