Over the course of four decades and 23 studio albums, They Might Be Giants have continued to entertain generation after generation. The core duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell captivated the ears of college rock and alternative music fans in the 1980s-90s with fun, intelligent, and quirky songs such as “Birdhouse In Your Soul,” […]
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City of Omaha designates local nonprofit to distribute $40M for affordable housing
The City of Omaha came one step closer to a multi-million dollar investment in affordable housing Tuesday. With City Council approval, local nonprofit Front Porch Investments will contract with the city for the oversight and administration of $40 million in bonds meant to fund affordable housing development and preservation in the urban core. Mayor John […]
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‘Small but very mighty’: Nebraska’s theater scene generates support for up-and-coming Black actors
When playwright Beaufield Berry recently needed actors in New York City for a reading of her musical about Black cowgirls, the Omaha native did what most people would do: She put out a call online. Among those who auditioned: two fellow Omahans. At the reading, Berry noticed even more faces from back home in the […]
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Work begins again on nearly $1 billion Crossroads redevelopment
Heavy equipment is finally rolling at one of Omaha’s busiest intersections. Late 2027 is the expected opening date for the first anchor tenant of the more than $900 million Crossroads redevelopment project at 72nd and Dodge streets. The 40-acre property changed hands multiple times in the past decade. Plans for the site were drafted and […]
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Things are bad, but would you like to feel worse?
Given how brutal and simplistic The Long Walk is, it is honestly surprising that the title of Stephen King’s novel wasn’t The Vietnam War Is Wrong and Bad. The film adaptation arrives against at a time when dystopian nightmares and whatever passes for news reports have become near-perfect doppelgangers. That doesn’t mean the movie is […]
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UNO professor authors study to understand labor trafficking in Nebraska
Labor trafficking is a hard to detect crime that often gets overshadowed by sex trafficking. A University of Nebraska at Omaha study on labor trafficking investigates the issue and how the state can combat it. Nebraska Public Media’s Arthur Jones sat down with Professor Teresa Kulig to discuss her findings. Arthur Jones: What is labor […]
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Nebraska ICE detainees continue to fight imprisonment after Board of Immigration Appeals expands provisions
At a federal courthouse in Omaha on Thursday, three women tearfully embraced their attorneys and each other after they were ordered to be released from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement custody. Like the six others who had previously been released in nearly identical cases, the three women were detained during the June ICE raid on Omaha’s Glenn Valley […]
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Douglas County Sheriff opens ‘application process’ for civilians to take in homeless individuals
A newly announced program through the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office calls on county residents to take in homeless individuals. The initiative is in response to an uptick of homeless encampments within Omaha and Douglas County. It’s also meant to push uncomfortable conversations, said Sheriff Aaron Hanson. “The end goal is to find larger-scale solutions to […]
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A final fit of peek-a-boo
Neither particularly scary nor notably original, The Conjuring franchise and its spin-offs have raked in a goosebump-inducing $2.3 billion at the global box office. Cool? Maybe it is the fact that the real-life couple who inspired the series were allegedly not-so-awesome (to put it mildly). Maybe it is the fact that every monster that appears […]
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Proposed Omaha ordinance would prohibit homeless encampments on public property
Vehicles roared by as Steven Doran sat beneath a bridge south of downtown Omaha. An old mattress, a pile of clothes and a shopping cart were among an assortment of items he’d compiled in his four months living under the 13th Street bridge. “The cops said I can stay here,” Doran said. An upcoming decision […]