Dec. 10 Interrupt : Works by Adam Nielsen Birdhouse Collectibles, 1111 N. 13th St. Suite 123 in the Mastercraft Building Reception 6-10 p.m., FREE 577.0711, birdhouseinteriors.com If you’ve yet to visit North Downtown Omaha’s Birdhouse Collectible, this Friday is the time to do it. Attendees will experience a completely new incarnation of Jessica McKay’s interior […]
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For Colored Girls
Dec. 10-19, Jan. 6-16 For Colored Girls John Beasley Theater, 3010 Q St. Thurs.-Sat. 7:30 p.m. and Sun. 3 p.m. $27, $22 students/seniors/TAG members, $16 Thurs. 502.5767, johnbeasleytheater.org The title may seem direct in its selected audience, but don’t let that dissuade you from experiencing the emotions from this play’s epic storytelling. For Colored Girls […]
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Jane Austen Tea
Dec. 11 Jane Austen Tea W. Dale Clark Library, 215 S. 15th St. 2-4 p.m., FREE, 444.4844 omahalibrary.org Novelist Jane Austen’s work is filed by some under what would be modern day cinema’s equivalent of the romantic comedy. But while Austen did pen stories involving amorous entanglements, her work’s real strength was in its spot-on […]
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Sachal Vasandani
Dec. 11 Sachal Vasandani Holland Center 1200 Club, 1200 Douglas St. 8 p.m., $25 ADV/$30 DOS 345.0606, omahaperformingarts.org Diversity is the downbeat of this jazz vocalist and songwriter who grew up in a Chicago household where a variety of music was played, including a wide range of jazz. After getting himself noticed as a budding […]
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Flying People: Works by Larry Sosso
Dec. 11-Jan. 8 Flying People : Works by Larry Sosso RNG Gallery, 1915 Leavenworth St. Reception Dec. 11, 7-10 p.m. Open Tues.-Fri., 11 a.m.-2 p.m./5-9p.m. Sat.-Sun. 9 a.m.-2 p.m., FREE 346.3549, dixiequicks.com Multi-media artist Lawrence Sosso is known for his geometric, hand-hammered welded steel creations exhibited region-wide, with public installations at the Omaha Hilton and […]
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Air Supply
Dec. 12 Air Supply Harrah’s Casino, Council Bluffs 8 p.m., 21+, $30-$50 888.512.SHOW, harrahscouncilbluffs.com Reminiscing about warm, delicious memories of the carefree ’80s never gets old … back in those days when just birds tweeted and you were only on Facebook if you fell asleep with your nose to the page. No bit of Max […]
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Homeless For the Holiday
Dec. 14-15 Homeless for the Holidays Waiting Room/Slowdown 6212 Maple St./726 N. 14th St. 9 p.m. both nights, $10 Tues./$8 Wed. onepercentproductions.com, theslowdown.com Time to give, drink and be merry. Right? Then join the ongoing cause Tuesday at the Waiting Room and Wednesday at Slowdown. Homeless for the Holidays was founded in 2006 and has […]
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We Got The Beat-les
It’s safe in mid-December to say the most fun we had at a theater in 2010 was again Billy McGuigan’s Beatles show, Yesterday and Today , at the Omaha Community Playhouse. “We” includes my wife who also sees an average of one or two theatrical offerings a week, some of which I enjoy more than […]
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John Beasley, For Colored Girls at JBT
Add John Beasley to the list of For Colored Girls fans who didn’t find Tyler Perry’s film version as satisfying as the play his theater presents again this weekend. He reminisced recently about its debut here in 2003, with a cast that included Pasionetta Prince, later victim of a killer who was finally convicted and […]
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Bowled Over
**Imgs in folder if useable A minute and a half into the second quarter of the Big 12 championship game, Nebraska safety Courtney Osborne intercepted a Landry Jones pass and returned the ball to the Oklahoma 12-yard line. As Osborne went down, the Sooners’ Ryan Broyles stripped the ball. Oklahoma’s offense returned to the field, […]