‘Magic’ is perhaps the best way to describe Tilly and the Wall. Bursting with vibrant colors and unbridled energy, the Omaha band has been making magical music for years now. Comprised of local music staples Derek Pressnall, wife Jamie Pressnall, Neely Jenkins, Nick White and Alarid, Tilly and the Wall has made it their mission […]
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The Chief, Nightcats & Magic
There are excellent touring shows coming up at The 21st Saloon, beginning with Alligator Records’ Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater this Thursday, Nov. 15. Born in Macon, Miss., in 1935, Clearwater is one of the creative guitarists who helped forge the distinctive West Side Chicago blues sound. Expect vintage rock, gospel and country blues too. There […]
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‘Collects to Share’
Jordan Schnitzer has a museum named after him in his hometown of Eugene Oregon. His private print collection (of over 7,000 prints–the largest in the United States), includes work from renowned artists Andy Warhol, Chuck Close, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Edward Ruscha, Roy Lichtenstein, Kara Walker and Kiki Smith, to name a few. His prints, […]
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‘What Metaphor Allows’
The English visionary artist William Blake introduced book arts as it is known today by his integration of text, image and form in the late 18th century. These key concepts of artists’ books can be seen in U.N.O. Professor Bonnie O’Connell’s exhibition What Metaphor Allows/ Collage, Books, Assemblage presently on view in the Sunderland Gallery, […]
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Last Time
Will Compton can laugh about it now. But when it happened, it was no laughing matter. “I was like a deer in the headlights,” he said. “I was nervous. I was caught off-guard.” Compton was a freshman on coach Bo Pelini’s first team at Nebraska in 2008. The Huskers were playing Virginia Tech at Memorial […]
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Icky Blossoms, Tim Kasher unveil new videos
* Icky Blossoms latest video “Heat Lightning” premiered recently on RollingStone.com. The Omaha indie dance band teamed up with video artist Ross Brubeck for the clip, which pairs live-action performance with overlays and backgrounds of patterned animation. * English singer Morrissey has rescheduled a run of North American dates, after cancelling shows due to his […]
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Pick: Baby, It’s Cold Outside Gift Show
November 16 Baby, It’s Cold Outside Gift Show Anderson O’Brien Fine Art 1108 Jackson Street 4pm-7pm, Free Baby, it’s cold outside! With winter temperatures on the way, Anderson O’Brien Fine Art will be hosting a “Chocolate and Champagne Holiday Gift Show” this week in the Old Market. You can view Omaha’s finest selection of original […]
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Pick: Allie Condie
November 16 Allie Condie Book Signing The Bookworm 87th & Pacific St., (402) 392-2877. 6:00 pm, FREE. Author of the internationally bestselling teen novels, Matched, Crossed, and Reached, Ally Condie will be coming to Omaha’s The Bookworm for a book signing. The trilogy follows Cassia in a society where the government makes all choices for society, […]
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Un-Embraceable Me
These days everyone hugs. They hug hello, they hug goodbye. The embrace is the new handshake for a modern generation. Last Friday night at UNO’s basketball home opener at the new Ralston Arena we sat near what we guessed was a UNO women’s sports team. Whenever another member of the team arrived everyone squealed and […]
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Stripped Away
The true self is emerging for Titus Andronicus. New Jersey indie punk act is now revealing what they are about on their 2012 release, Local Business The guitar-heavy, anthemic rockers are now free from the conceits that guided their first two releases. The band conjured up 2008’s The Airing of Grievances as a pummeling, lo-fi […]