I’m not pleading for a flop, but it could get ho-hum around here if this parade of powerhouse women’s role keeps coming. I’ve seen three plays so far this season and all three featured female triumphs. It started with Susie Baer Collins as Violet Weston topping the dream team that made August: Osage County a […]
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Cutting Room for September 21
As a fan of clever acronyms and a supporter of equality, I’m double thrilled to tell you that The Institute for Career Advancement Needs (ICAN) and Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET) are teaming up to screen Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide to the University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Business […]
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KBS hosts professional artist shows…Bart Vargas’ WORDS…
Wood and ceramic artist Peter Cales first solo exhibit, “Rememory,” exploring the affects of Alzheimer’s, is on view at the Kent Bellows Studio and Center for Visual Arts thru Sept. 28. The show is the first the Center will host of professional artists involved with the nonprofit organization. According to Director Anne Meysenburg, every other […]
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Too Many Ds
When you remake a movie that originally starred Sylvester Stallone and Rob Schneider, it’s not a challenge to clear the bar that was set. Limbo-ing beneath it, however, would require a shrink ray gun. So it is the faintest of all possible praises to say that Dredd 3D, the latest attempt to bring a gory […]
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Pick: bare: NAKED TRUTH
Sept. 29 bare: NAKED TRUTH Artists Cooperative Gallery, 405 S. 11th St. Closing reception 6-9pm; exhibit runs thru Sept. 30 Artistsco-opgalery.com For the last year, artists Travis Apel, Lori Elliott-Barlte and Dar Vande Voort have been creating work on the theme of the nude figure. The result, bare: NAKED TRUTH, is atypical for the gallery […]
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Movieha! – Omaha’s Favorite Movie Podcast
On Your Radar: Tower Block Netflix Roulette: Riki Oh: The Story of Riki Please sign up for our RSS feed HERE, download our podcasts and rave about us in the comments section of iTunes HERE, follow us on Twitter HERE, and become a fan of us on Facebook HERE! You can also listen to our bit we […]
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The Polka Generation
Social networking has become such an inextricable part of our everyday lives that sometimes it’s hard to remember a time before Facebook. Now that we can access these sites through our smart phones, we don’t even have to be near a computer to log on. It’s a constant barrage of status updates, new “friend” requests […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Sep. 20-Sep 26
Time to take care of any and all details (Virgo) that will lead to the peace, love and harmony (Libra) of your autumn season. Do the work first, that you may sooner enjoy the beauty of this coming fall. Dress nice. Who you gonna (want to) winter with? Peace and love to you all. —The […]
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August Burns Red Tour Stops in Omaha
On Sunday, September 16th, Sokol Auditorium hosted a great show with a lineup consisting of The Overseer, The Color Morale, Of Mice & Men, and the headliner August Burns Red. These guys have been around the country on their current tour and were excited about their trip to Omaha. Backstage Entertainment got a chance to […]
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Boehmer Celebration & More
The Zoo Bar hosts a celebration of life event in honor of founder and longtime owner Larry Boehmer Sunday, Sept. 23, 3-9 p.m. Boehmer passed away Sept. 4 from lung cancer. Current co-owner Pete Watters says he knows there is no way the Zoo can accommodate everyone who will want to stop by to remember […]