Significant fun vs. silly fun? That doesn’t quite dichotomize the two openings, Twelfth Night, the Brigit St. Brigit’s Shakespearean play at the Joslyn Castle, and the Blue Barn’s annual holiday sendup, Who Killed Santa? There’s also humor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where Mirror of the Invisible World, adapted from an ancient epic, […]
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Crumbs
As we celebrate the season of thankfulness, the Dish Team writes about what they are most thankful for in regards to our Omaha food scene. Happy Thanksgiving. I am thankful for diversified dining becoming more apparent here in Omaha. When I first arrived here 5 years ago, there were only a handful of diverse restaurants, […]
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Harvest Cafe: For A Reason
Walk into Harvest Café in Lakeside Hills and you feel it. You feel that this restaurant is a bit different from others. This one has emotion to it. I didn’t know the story behind Harvest Café before I walked in, yet I could feel that there was a great deal of heart and soul behind […]
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It Takes a Team of Billy Elliots
“I’ve trained about 14 Billies ,” the interviewee says, and the number alone hints at the singularity of Billy Elliot the Musical which opens at the Orpheum Theater Nov. 27. So does Steven Minning’s title: supervising resident creative director. All shows have directors and many have traveling resident directors, but few require someone back in […]
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Walk-ons Welcome
Nebraska’s long-standing walk-on tradition can be traced to Bob Devaney’s tenure as coach. For all intents and purposes, it began then. But walk-ons became commonplace under Tom Osborne, as a hedge against the NCAA’s reduction in football-scholarship limits. In 1974, Osborne’s second season as head coach, the NCAA maximum was reduced dramatically, from 45 to […]
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Random Notes: Armstrong, Kerrey and the Ralston Arena
For reasons I don’t completely understand, this column is being written a full week in advance of its street date. As such, there cannot be anything timely or topical about its content. At a time when I can literally write a column and have it in front of your eyes on the ‘net in a […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Nov. 15-21
Last week of Scorpio. Pretty crazy out there! Last week of Mercury retrograde in Scorpio — which is why it’s soooo craaaazy! The proof should show up on Saturday at 13 minutes before 10:00 a.m., when the Sun and retrograde Mercury conjunct, along with the North Node, which rules this lifetime’s karma. Hope I see […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Nov. 15-21
Last week of Scorpio. Pretty crazy out there! Last week of Mercury retrograde in Scorpio — which is why it’s soooo craaaazy! The proof should show up on Saturday at 13 minutes before 10:00 a.m., when the Sun and retrograde Mercury conjunct, along with the North Node, which rules this lifetime’s karma. Hope I see […]
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Mayan Prophecy: Fiscal Cliff or the End of Days?
Prophecies and predictions have always been part of human history. From the Oracle at Delphi, through Biblical times and up to present day, most prophecies have been made by two distinct groups of people: the scientists and the mystics. Their methods of divination differ dramatically. Scientists always give what they believe are reasons for their […]
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The Missing Argument
As federal deficits were the rage in the recent presidential election and both major political parties jockey for negotiating position ahead of the 2013 fiscal cliff, Nebraska’s tax projections took a positive turn. According to a new public policy institute, however, Nebraska is only having half the conversation it needs on taxes and budgets. According […]