Billboard Magazine last week presented the final music sales numbers for 2012, and it appears to be filled with woe for the future of the compact disc. The CD, which first became commercially available in 1982, has seen a steady decline first with the emergence of Napster (the first effective mp3 distribution device) in 1999 […]
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Pick: Noah’s Ark Was a Spaceship
January 11 Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship w/ Universe Contest, The Ghost Runners, Gordon The Slowdown, 729 North 14th St. 9 p.m., $8, theslowdown.com Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship is back to a three-piece line-up, as they headline an all-local bill featuring the return of Lincoln’s the Ghost Runners alongside emerging acts Universe Contest and […]
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New year brings several new local releases
* Dereck Higgins (InDreama) released his latest solo album Sonospheres for download. The album features 10 instrumental tracks and can be purchased at dereckhiggins.bandcamp.com. Higgins is also taking pre-orders for the vinyl edition of the album, which will be limited to 100 copies on blue vinyl. To pre-order, visit the website of Higgins’ DVH Recordings […]
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Les Swing and Les Miss
Two minutes in: You can do this, Ryan. Sure, a three-hour film version of a Broadway musical is a dry way to waterboard you, but people say Les Misérables is the best adaptation yet. Maybe this is the one that finally changes your mind. Five minutes in: No. No, It isn’t. This is hell. This […]
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Crumbs
Chef Jillian Mahl from the Green Bowl Project will be at Tomato Tomato on Sunday January 13th at 2:00 p.m. to teach an introduction to Asian Dumplings. She will also give demonstrations on how to make Vietnamese Spring Rolls, Japanese Gyoza and more. If you would like to register for this afternoon of cooking, call […]
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Fall from Grace
“Beauty is as Beauty Does”, and if the doing is using language as the basis from which to explore states of being, no one does it better than Nebraska-based, Chinese artist Ying Zhu. No Strings Attached, on view at the RNG Gallery in Council Bluffs has already started to come down. The threads attached to […]
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Pick: UNO Art Faculty Exhibition
Jan. 11– Feb. 14, 2013 UNO Art Faculty Exhibition UNO Art Gallery/Weber Fine Arts Building Opening Reception: 4:30 – 6:30 pm, Friday, January 11, 2013 Regular hours: Mon – Thurs, 10am – 3pm Closed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: Mon, January 21 Admission free; The gallery is accessible to people with disabilities. If you are […]
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Sweatshop Gallery
If it’s happening in Omaha it’s ‘happening’ in Benson, at the Sweatshop Gallery, 2727 N. 62nd St. A collaborative space, the Sweatshop’s co-founders include Dan Cavanaugh, Kim Reid Kuhn/Kim Darling, Jamie Hardy, Alex Jochim, Caitlin Little, and Sarah Rowe. It began in July with a kissing booth and since then continues to build steam with […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Jan. 10-16
Happy Cazimi New Moon in Capricorn, at 1:44 in the afternoon (Omax time) on Friday the 11th. Very lucky; especially for Capricorns and Libras, old people, old rich people, yogis and yoginis, Tantrikas, bosses, fathers and very horny old goats! How’s your little “goatee”? We’ll see…? —MOJOPOPlanetPower.com j CAPRICORN (12.22-1.20) Are we having fun yet? […]
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The Play’s the Thing in the New Year
If one of your resolutions for the new year was to read more, give the Drama Book Club at the Omaha Playhouse a try. If you are a theatre lover, there is no reason for you to not read all the scripts available to you. An actor can find his/her next great audition piece, directors […]