When you don’t have much to give, how far can your effort really reach? One Omaha woman learned last year that the main ingredient in Stone Soup is just showing up. Mr. Rogers was good at taking some of the scariest experiences we face as humans and reminding us that we are all in this […]
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Cause & Culture: How Skylar Reed turns pain into art
Art has always been a part of Skylar Reed’s world. He’s been drawing since he was able to hold crayons, inspired by Disney movies like “The Lion King” and anime like “Pokémon” and “Dragon Ball Z.” By middle school, he found he could use art as a way to connect with others. “I would draw […]
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ICE agents make arrests at Douglas County Courthouse
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested four people Monday at the Douglas County Courthouse in downtown Omaha. All four people detained were attending court appearances. Three faced charges of driving under the influence, and the fourth person faced charges related to a hit-and-run and driving under a suspended license, said Douglas County Sheriff Aaron […]
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Omaha native rows solo across Atlantic in World’s Toughest Row
After nearly three years of preparation, Omaha native Taryn Smith is rowing solo across the Atlantic Ocean in one of the world’s most demanding endurance races. Smith is competing in the World’s Toughest Row, a 3,000-mile race from the Canary Islands to Antigua, where athletes cross the Atlantic Ocean in rowboats. Forty-three teams from 20 […]
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NU Regents, Clarkson change Nebraska Medicine board following lawsuit
The University of Nebraska Board of Regents and Clarkson Regional Health Services have changed the membership of the Nebraska Medicine Board of Directors following a lawsuit from the board. The original makeup of the board included 13 members but will now be eight as the university and CRHS move toward closing a deal for NU to become […]
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The Departed for dummies
F-bombs blazing, bad facial hair abounding, The Rip tries so hard to be hard that it tries one’s patience. And yet, writer/director Joe Carnahan’s surprisingly claustrophobic thriller is so lean in its quest to be mean that it manages to steal a sizable stash of satisfaction. All of this is to say, if you’re even […]
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Death metal drug commercial
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a drug to cure all of (insert gesturing in every direction) … this. Would that it were so simple as to have a medication that rapidly reverses the kind of insanity that turns ordinary folks into brainwashed bloodthirsty beasts. Alas, there does not appear to be an “undo […]
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Omaha psych band Wyrmwood celebrates release of second album
Omaha psych and prog rock band Wyrmwood has released their second album “Shelf Life” on streaming and vinyl. The album clocks in at a sprawling hour and twenty‑three minutes and covers a wide variety of sounds that fans of Grateful Dead, Peter Gabriel, Crosby, Stills and Nash and even reggae vibes can come together and […]
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Survey shows demand for Omaha after-school programs
There’s an unmet need for after-school programs across Omaha. The city and an area nonprofit look to fill the gaps. A recently released survey commissioned by the Afterschool Alliance and Collective for Youth gathered input from 444 Omaha households with 670 children to measure the successes and shortcomings of the metro’s after-school programs. The organization […]
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Googling “Greenland” right now will not bring up Greenland 2 showtimes
My dad, a self-professed disaster-movie hound, wanted to go see Greenland 2: Migration. He had missed the original Greenland, given that it was released during the hot COVID summer of 2020. He asked me, quite sincerely, if he needed to see the first film to understand the second. In case you had the same question: […]