The Continental Drift Music Festival will be moving to Ralston’s The Granary for its 13th year. The festival is put on by Taylor Stein of the long-running Omaha band Ten O’Clock Scholars and new project The Farewell Season. The free festival will happen on Aug. 16 and feature both of those bands along with Two […]
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Where the wild things aren’t
It’s hard to pick the most upsetting thing happening in America right now. It’s a smorgasbord of unpleasantness, a gluttonous buffet of misery for a country with an insatiable appetite. A deep cut, “hidden gem” bit of awful is the percolating mutual distrust we have for one another. “I thought you were a better person […]
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Market Music, PWF Encore
The Blues Society of Omaha (BSO) carries on Héctor Anchondo’s vision with the 10th Annual In the Market for Blues (ITMFB) festival Saturday, Aug. 9. Happening in multiple venues across the Old Market and the Capitol District, the event is a 12-hour pub-crawl-meets-blues-festival with another year of fantastic blues bands on tap. This year’s headliners […]
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Photographer Thomas Curry captures extraordinary Urban Omaha hidden in plain sight
Curry, a self-taught photographer, is an Omaha native who roams in search of raw, honest, lived moments that reveal beauty hidden in plain sight. His grassroots images are from the street and the heart. In an artist statement, he shared, “I’m drawn to … moments that often go unnoticed. Through my lens, I aim to […]
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Supervillains beware: Comic Con Nebraska holds inaugural event at CHI Health Center
Candice Foster had never been to a comic con before, but when she heard about Comic Con Nebraska at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, she knew she had to go. Foster said she grew up with comics. “I got it from my dad. I got his collection,” said Foster. “So he’s a huge, like, […]
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Street in Omaha renamed after its first elected Black mayor
A stretch of a street in Omaha has been renamed after the city’s first elected Black mayor, John Ewing Jr. Ewing started his term this summer and has plenty of memories from walking down the renamed street as a child. The stretch of Lothrop St. between 22nd and the historic 24th streets has been ceremoniously […]
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Cronenberg couples counseling
As Americans, we can all at least agree that just because something is incredibly obvious and simple doesn’t mean that it can’t also be somehow very confusing. Writer/director Michael Shanks’ body horror/quasi-rom-com Together has a straightforward gimmick that doesn’t exactly pretzel the brain. And yet, the film’s ending makes a mess of both its message […]
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Benson’s New Americans Arts Festival highlights theme of unity amid heightened immigration tensions
The 12th New Americans Arts Festival starts Friday in Benson. But this year’s event has a new theme amid heightened national tensions for immigrants: Unity. Organizers of the festival, which honors the artistic contributions of immigrants, migrants and refugees, hope it will bring some joy during a time of increased fear and uncertainty for these […]
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Chef Angie Andahl makes every detail count at SCBC
Angie Andahl was gleefully clutching a bag of freeze-dried corn when I connected with her. “Nobody at work has had the corn cookies yet, so I’m bubbling over with eager anticipation.” She said without a hint of sarcasm or irony. “How can I be stressed when I have five pounds of freeze-dried corn?” She could […]
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Comic Con Nebraska opens in Omaha this weekend
Comic Con Nebraska is coming to Omaha’s CHI Health Center this weekend. The new “con” is Octopus Events Group’s first event, though the members have previously put on comic cons like Portland, Oregon’s Rose City Comic Con, and Seattle’s Emerald City Comic Con prior to the formation of OEG. Ron Brister, one of the eight […]