Sept. 13 Moreland & Arbuckle The 21st Saloon, 4727 South 96th St. 5:30 p.m., $10 The emerging blues-duo of guitarist Aaron Moreland and singer/harpist Dustin Arbuckle combine broke-ass Delta blues, rural stomp and garagey blues-rock like they’ve lived in these rootsy styles their whole lives. The Kansas act, which is rounded out by a drummer, […]
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Pick: Wild Nothing
Sept. 14 Wild Nothing w/ DIIV, Betsy Wells and Sun Settings The Sandbox, 2406 Leavenworth St. 9 p.m., $10 in advance/$12 day-of-show, mooseriot.com Jack Tatum spent the last years of college watching the songs he recorded in his bedroom turn into a full-fledged band. That band is Wild Nothing and now the recently-graduated Tatum is […]
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Preventing Breast Cancer
The single, most effective preventive measure I ever took to decrease my risk of breast cancer was early in life. When I picked the skinny swimmer with the “x,y” as the one to slam into my mummy’s ovum, I came out the other end of the gender lottery as “male.” That reduced my risk of […]
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Legally Blonde, 1776 Join Lips & Teeth
Alert readers with eidetic memories caught me promising to make the case that this might be called a golden age for theater here. But I didn’t pin down a date to get it done, so consider the following excuse for a delay. Ideally, all three openings this weekend would be delivered by directors whose work […]
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Omaha’s Andy Now in New Normal
Now that we’re seeing Andy Rannells daily in promos for The New Normal, don’t be a johnny-come-lately and say, “Yeah, he’s the Creighton Prep grad who starred in that big Broadway hit, Book of Mormon.” Maybe you saw him first during the London Olympics as NBC began pushing the new television sitcom. A clip showed […]
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Pick: Elements and Principles: Works on Clay and Paper
Sept. 14 Elements and Principles: Works on Clay and Paper RNG Gallery, 157 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs 7-10pm reception, exhibit thru Oct. 7, FREE 712.256.4140, dixiequicks.com James Freeman is known for his exploration with various two-dimensional media to create dreamlike figures. For this show the currently Omaha-based artist is exhibiting surreal figurative drawings in graphite, […]
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MCC Gallery visiting artists show…Oakley rides New BLK…
Metropolitan Community College Elkhorn Gallery of Art hosts visiting artists Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom for an exhibit opening of their work in “Ghost of a Dream” and public artist lecture Sept. 12. The Massachussetts based collaborators create sculpture and installations that “embody the essence of opulence while being constructed of materials that typically end […]
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Cutting Room for September 7
Unlike Jim Croce, I have not yet fallen in love with a “Roller Derby Queen,” but Aksarben Cinema (aksarbencinema.com) is trying to help me swoon for a bad-ass beauty by screening the documentary Derby Baby: A Story of Love, Addiction and Rink Rash on Tuesday Sept 18 at 7 pm. Omaha Rollergirls will be available […]
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Instagrim
The degree to which you will enjoy Celeste and Jesse Forever solely depends on how ensorcelled you are by the luminous Rashida Jones. If you love her, this movie is a moderately effective slice-of-life rom-com-dram. If you think she’s just okay (or worse), you’re left to find enjoyment with Andy Samberg giving a fake handjob […]
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Music, Exhibits and Dance, Oh My!
BALLET NEBRASKA Ballet and opera are two great art forms that work great together. New this season, Ballet Nebraska hits the stage with Opera Omaha. Artistic Director Erika Overturff said the ballet will join the opera on all of its productions this season: La Traviata, The Magic Flute and Bluebeard’s Castle. Highlights this fall include […]