Nebraska 2nd District Congressman Don Bacon announced plans to retire during a press event Monday morning. Bacon, who is in his fifth term representing the Omaha area, will not seek reelection in 2026 and will retire at the end of the 119th Congress. The grandfather, 61, had hinted back in March that he was considering […]
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Randy Goodwin entering uncharted territory for Nebraska film production with Fallen Giant Films
Omaha native Randy Goodwin is among scores of Nebraskans working in Hollywood. The busy television actor (recent guest star credits include “Star Trek: Picard,” “NCIS” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”) also writes, produces and directs. Now he’s back to realize a mission of normalizing filmmaking in Nebraska, where few projects happen and few professionals find […]
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An A.I. Antihero Ain’t It
What everyone overwhelmingly loved about M3GAN was unanimous and obvious: Allison Williams’ fascinating character…whatshername. “More Allison Williams,” cried fans of a movie about a killer robot that was not played by Allison Williams. Who doesn’t remember all those hilarious memes from the first film, which all prominently featured Allison Williams dancing before she murdered people? […]
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Citizens meet in Omaha to voice concerns about cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and federal loans
Citizens met at Omaha’s Tri-Faith Center Monday to express their concerns about the “big, beautiful bill’s” cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, and access to federal loans for medical students. The townhall was a joint effort by Nebraska Appleseed and the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. The reconciliation bill, now passed by the U.S. House of […]
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Schools in Douglas, Sarpy counties see improvements in attendance with ‘School as Hub’ model
At Millard’s Cody Elementary — one of the schools utilizing the School as Hub model to connect families with the district — the number of students chronically absent improved from 26% to 10% in the last four years, according to Andy DeFreece, director of elementary education for Millard Public Schools. Chronic absenteeism is when a […]
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What’s in Your Head, Zombie?
Are zombies the horror genre’s best canvas? You bet your juicy-and-delicious brains they are. These rambunctious carnivores are nothing but skeletal mannequins awaiting artists to dress them up in their finest Sunday metaphors. And yet, reductively and redundantly, most often the theme is little more than “Hey, you know what? Regular human beings are the […]
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Festival season heats up: Eight area festivals to check out in 2025
The area music festival landscape is always evolving, especially in the current climate where many festivals around the world are struggling and trying to reboot, reinvent, and figure out what is next for the industry. In our area, some festivals are not happening this year, including GRRRL Camp, Outlandia, and Lincoln Calling. Lincoln Calling has […]
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Omaha celebrates a historic Juneteenth parade with its first elected Black mayor
Volunteers prepared the historic 24th Street in Omaha, Nebraska for this year’s Juneteenth parade. Frankie Jean Williams, the chair of the Omaha NAACP Juneteenth celebration committee, was most looking forward to seeing the city’s first elected Black mayor in the lineup. He started his term 10 days before the holiday. “It’s a sense of pride,” […]
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Who Kills the Killers’ Killer?
To find love late in life is a blessing. To find love for The Predator as a franchise nearly 40 years after it launched is just weird and confusing. The fact that my newfound affection relies entirely upon two direct-to-Hulu films, one of them an animated anthology, makes things even more baffling and scary. Who […]
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June gets busy
Here’s a look at what’s happening in the remainder of June. Also, a note that due to the Fourth of July holiday, the July Hoodoo will post on Wednesday, July 9, to allow for a little lead up to ZooFest July 11-12. The calendar is bursting with outdoor music series like Lincoln’s Jazz in June […]