With 1,457 members according to its website, Voice Omaha is blazing a path for civic participation outside the normal two-party political system. They have notched a considerable political gain with their recent work on Omaha’s Equal Rights ordinance. The group’s mission is to be non-partisan and dedicated to creating a more inclusive, just, transparent, sustainable […]
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The Company Phipps Keeps
How important could Douglas County be in next week’s election? According to the New York Times “538 Blog,” there are 152 scenarios that could result in an electoral college tie in this year’s presidential election, effectively allowing the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to choose the next President. The chances are slim, but they increase as […]
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Blackshirts Back
These practice jerseys are a far cry from those distributed in 1964, when Nebraska’s Blackshirt tradition began, as near as anybody can remember, anyway. Accounts differ on exactly when the originals were purchased and distributed. And the jerseys were actually not jerseys but rather mesh vests, black ones, pulled over practice jerseys to provide color […]
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More from Morris
Here’s a few extras from the Reader‘s recent interview with Keith Morris of Off! The band plays the Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St., Tuesday, October 30th. Off!’s Keith Morris may have co-founded two seminal hardcore acts Black Flag and Circle Jerks, but he’ll be the first to tell you just how cool he isn’t. […]
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Pick: Allen Stone
November 1 Allen Stone w/ Selah Sue & Tingsek The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 8:30 p.m., $15.50, onepercentproductions.com Allen Stone is a young dude from Washington who has delved into a R&B-inflected rock sound that thrives on the sound of vintage soul. After releasing his self-titled second album by himself, Stone signed on […]
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Pick: Cheap Girls
November 7 Cheap Girls w/ the Front Bottoms The Slowdown, 729 North 14th St. 9 p.m., $8 in advance/$10 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com On the surface, there’s nothing all that remarkable about Michigan’s Cheap Girls, but once Ian Graham, his brother Ben and Adam Aymor plug in and kick out the jams, their hook-filled songs are hard […]
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Pick: Read It & Eat Culinary Conference
Saturday, November 5 Read It & Eat Culinary Conference W. Dale Clark Library 215 S. 15th St., (402) 444-4800. 11:00am, FREE. Read it and Eat is an upcoming Omaha culinary conference at the Omaha Public Library. The menu of events begins at 11am with a greeting by Lois Friedman, an Omaha native who helped launch […]
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Pick: Omaha Public Library Open House
Friday, November 2 Omaha Public Library Open House W. Dale Clark Library, 215 S. 15th St., (402) 444-4800. 4:00 pm, FREE. On November 2nd, the Omaha Public Library will be celebrating their 140th anniversary with an open house featuring a large panel exhibit of their history as well as displays from the library’s collections of post […]
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Pick: Drawn To Fashion
Nov. 2 Drawn To Fashion: The Illustrations of Mary Mitchell UNL Hillestad Textiles Gallery 35th & Holdrege St., 5 p.m., FREE Throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s, Mary J. Mitchell’s skill as a fashion illustrator earned her such Omaha clients as Topp’s, Goldstein Chapman, Herzbergs, Zoobs, Parsow’s and Wolf Brothers, flourishing her career during a […]
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On the Wings of a Black Swan
As that big bastard of a storm named Sandy (and god damn the marketing “genius” at The Weather Channel who came up with the “Super Storm Sandy” moniker) curls its tail across the eastern seaboard leaving millions without power and with waterlogged toes, we sit comfortably here in Omaha with forecasts for warm, dry weather […]