Feel free to call director Steven Soderbergh’s latest film (and potentially last, if you believe his retirement threats) a wacky mallard because it is one odd duck. If a Hitchcock movie took a Dateline NBC segment behind the art house theater and got it pregnant, Side Effects is what would emerge from the birth canal. […]
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Movieha! – Omaha’s Favorite Movie Podcast
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Meet a Real Farmer. Learn about Real Food.
When the annual Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society’s Healthy Farms Conference fires up at Mahoney State Park Conference Center this weekend, there won’t be a better chance to shake hands with a person who grows your food until farmers markets open this spring. If believe in healthful eating, you realize that wholesome food is the major […]
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Beaty’s one-man diaspora dramatization considers what freedom means
When writer-actor-composer Daniel Beaty conjures the 25-plus characters he portrays in his provocative one-man show, Emergency, it’s well to remember his riffs on the African-American experience are informed by his own life. His award-winning play, which he performs Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Holland Performing Arts Center, is a bold meditation on freedom. It […]
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Beaty’s one-man diaspora dramatization considers what freedom means
When writer-actor-composer Daniel Beaty conjures the 25-plus characters he portrays in his provocative one-man show, Emergency, it’s well to remember his riffs on the African-American experience are informed by his own life. His award-winning play, which he performs Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Holland Performing Arts Center, is a bold meditation on freedom. It […]
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soul sisters
Soul sister poetesses Michelle Troxclair and Felicia “WithLove” Webster stir the pot to make the spicy mix of Verbal Gumbo, the spoken word series throwing down the third Thursday of every month at House of Loom. The artists launched the series last fall at the invitation of Loom’s Brent Crampton. “Felicia and Michelle have brought […]
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Think Like a Chef
Unless you’re in the mood for a mean grilled cheese, I’m not much of a cook. But working in restaurants has, fortunately, allowed me to meet some very talented ones. Recently, I experienced a six-course, dim sum-inspired feast in the home kitchen of Lot 2’s Scott Zrust. It was over this sensational dinner that I […]
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Beto’s Life Work
Alberto “Beto” Gonzales believes working one-on-one with youths is the best way to reach them. His work as a mentor and gang prevention-intervention specialist has earned him much recognition, most recently the Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award from Creighton University. Gonzales grew up in the South Omaha barrio he serves today as a Boys […]
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Levi, PWF & KLB
Lincoln’s Levi William band represented the Blues Society of Omaha in the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge in Memphis last week. While the band didn’t advance beyond the quarter-finals, they posted this update on Facebook: “We will not move on to the semi-finals here in Memphis. We can honestly say that we have made some […]
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The Magic of The Magic Flute
For director Garnett Bruce, The Magic Flute is a work that is accessible on so many levels thanks to its universal context. Bruce said The Magic Flute is, in some ways, the culmination of Mozart’s work for the stage. Mozart wrote the piece in his last year of life and though it wasn’t his last […]