You may have driven past Drizzles Bakery and not even have noticed it. On the outskirts of Bellevue’s Old Towne area, Drizzles is a tiny bakery that you might blink and miss. Here is a word to the wise: don’t blink and miss this place. This is an exceptional bakery. More than once I’d been […]
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‘What Goes Down…’
Not only does the Bemis Underground’s current show challenge one’s notion of “What is art?” it counters expectations of art exhibits itself. In a 21st century postmodern era of bewildering cultural influences and twists, we’ve come to expect that of Bemis both above and below the ground. What Goes Down Must Come Up strains a […]
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Graduation Day
After hinting at it for a while, Straight Outta Junior High’s last show is here. “This one is our actual final show,” says lead singer Nate Olsen over the phone, resolutely. It’s an amicable breakup that Olsen says just felt like the right thing to do. “Yeah, you get older and other things get more […]
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The Reader Top 20
Every year, the Reader’s music team sends in their picks for Omaha’s leading bands. Then we meet, discuss and select the 20 bands that made the biggest impact in the past year. It’s not exactly scientific, but in the end, we at the Reader feel that the band’s listed below represent a good cross-section of […]
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Witch Way North? Try Circle Theatre
There’s more than three Reasons and three McGuigans to see two openings this weekend. The Reasons all appear in the latest work of Omaha’s most prolific playwright, Doug Marr, whose Circle Theatre presents Witch Way to the North Pole. Krista Reason plays Driselda, the main witch, and daughter Katya plays the young witch who wants […]
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Pick: Zappa Plays Zappa
Dec. 9 Zappa Plays Zappa Whiskey Roadhouse at Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs, 2701 23rd Avenue 8:30 p.m., $25 (712) 323-2500 www.ticketmaster.com, Whiskey Roadhouse kiosk Making his daddy proud, Dweezil Zappa takes to the stage to perform the music of his late father, Frank Zappa. It’s been 19 years since the elder Zappa passed on, and […]
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Pick: Moody Blues
Dec. 10 Moody Blues Orpheum Theater, Slosburg Hall, 409 South 16th Street 7:30 p.m. Tickets $49 (402) 345-0606, www.ticketomaha.com Back in the days when The Moody Blues were regularly on the album charts, they were one of the bands our parents would say they liked. The reasons? Great melodies and harmonies that frequently rocked. There […]
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Petshop…Maud…Sweatshop
Omaha’s creative energy in the visual arts, truly the gift which keeps giving, continues to thrive in a variety of relatively new venues outside of the mainstream. The Petshop gallery and workspace at 2725 N. 62nd St. will be featuring the work of Jake Gillespie and Christina Renfer Vogel, opening Dec. 7, 7 -10 p.m, […]
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Pick: Streets of NYC / Jane Pronko, The New York Series / Roger Bruhn
Dec. 7 Streets of NYC / Jane Pronko, The New York Series / Roger Bruhn Modern Arts Midtown, 3615 Dodge St. Reception 6-8 pm; exhibit open Tuesdays-Saturdays 11 am – 6 pm thru Dec. 29 http://www.modernartsmidtown.com/ 402.502.8737 For Streets of NYC, Modern Arts Midtown presents Jane Pronko’s paintings of New York City. “Painting form me […]
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Cutting Room for November 30
Although several exes have assured me it falls outside my realm of personal experience, Film Streams’ Ruth Sokolof Theater (filmstreams.org) and director Neil Berkeley tell me that Beauty is Embarrassing. At least, that’s the name of Berkeley’s documentary about Wayne White, a cartoonist who worked on “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,” which will screen on December 13 at […]