Jan. 16 Ozzy Osbourne w/ Slash Qwest Center, 455 N. 10th St. 7:30 p.m., 21+, $29.50-$75, 422.1212 qwestcenteromaha.com If you happen to come across a strange spectacle on the northern edge of downtown next Sunday, fret not … it’s merely the Crazy Train, and it came to rock out. British head-banger, and self-described “Prince of […]
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With Malice Toward None: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition
Jan. 15-March 30 With Malice Toward None: Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition Durham Museum, 801 S. 10th St. $7, $6 seniors, $5 children 3-12 444.5071, durhammuseum.org The Transcontinental Railroad won the support of President Abraham Lincoln, whose executive order designated Council Bluffs as the eastern terminus. Yet amid much public wrangling and back room maneuvering Union […]
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Feelin’ Groovy: The Music of Simon & Garfunkel
Jan. 15 Feelin’ Groovy: The Music of Simon & Garfunkel Holland Center, 1200 Douglas St. 8 p.m., $25-$70, 342.3560 omahasymphony.org The sounds of the ’60s will forever live on in America’s consciousness as a time when music was made for the sake of music and rock ‘n’ roll was still pure. This Sunday treat yourself […]
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Fortnight EP Release Show w/ So So Sailors, Landing on the Moon and Down With the Ship
Jan. 15 Fortnight EP Release Show w/ So So Sailors, Landing on the Moon and Down With the Ship Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St 9 p.m., $7, theslowdown.com Fortnight has been bouncing around the stages of Omaha for a few years … but now they’re finally committed to record. Playing a heart-on-the-sleeves indie rock that […]
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Bad Luck Charm’s Final Show w/ the Killigans and Cordial Spew
Jan. 15 Bad Luck Charm’s Final Show w/ the Killigans and Cordial Spew Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $7, onepercentproductions.com It hasn’t been determined why it’s the band’s final show, but let’s hope this is just a brief hiatus for punk villains Bad Luck Charm. I’m not going to declare it an official […]
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Shopping and F***ing
Jan. 14-23 Shopping and F***ing Lilyhorn/Martin Productions Bancroft Street Market, 2702 S. 10th St. Fri.-Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 6 p.m., $5-$15 208.0150, bancroftstreetmarket.com Enough about the title identified in the daily as Shopping and (Expletive), except to wonder how many theatergoers are attracted if it was only about shopping. The Mark Ravenhill play deals with […]
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Naturally 7
Jan. 14 Naturally 7 Holland Center, 1200 Douglas St. 8 p.m., $19-$50, 345.0606 omahaperformingarts.org The voice as instrument is a concept used by all vocalists. But the way Naturally 7 uses vocals to replicate actual instruments is astounding. The a capella crew of seven came together in 1999 when brothers Roger and Warren Thomas joined […]
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Scream the Truth at the World: Emanuel Ringelblum and the Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto
Through Feb. 25 Scream the Truth at the World: Emanuel Ringelblum and the Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish Community Center Art Gallery, 333 S. 132nd St. Gallery hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., FREE, 335.6564, jccomaha.org “What we were unable to cry and scream out to […]
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New budget leaves out tax increases
Gov. Dave Heineman outlined a two-year state budget on Jan. 13 that would close Nebraska’s projected $986 million revenue shortfall without raising taxes. The governor’s budget proposes cutting up to 500 state jobs, nearly 400 of which have been unfilled for more than a year, for a savings of $672 million and maintaining current levels […]
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Anti-recall group buses homeless to polling place
Anti-recall group Forward Omaha transported three busloads of people Jan. 12 — many of them homeless — from the Siena Francis House to the Douglas County Election Commission to vote in the recall election of Mayor Jim Suttle. Voters on the bus were also offered the chance to work for $10 per hour, going door […]