Sept. 11 Old 97s w/ Those Darlins & Rhett Miller solo The Slowdown, 729 North 14th St. 9 p.m., $20 in advance/$25 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com Stuart Ransom Miller, serial lady killer, and his band the Old 97s will revisit 1997 and Too Far To Care, the album that best brought together the Texas act’s collision of […]
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Sunday Roadhouse hosts its first-ever outdoor show
* The Sunday Roadhouse concert series will celebrate its ninth anniversary of hosting roots, blues and Americana shows with a big show Sunday, Sept. 23rd at the Omaha chapter of the American G.I. Forum, 2002 N St. Idaho-born singer Eilen Jewell headlines the Roadhouse’s first-ever outdoor show, which will also feature the Johnsen Brothers, the […]
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Movieha! – Omaha’s Favorite Movie Podcast
On Your Radar: Sightseers Netflix Roulette: Payback 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 do for KVNO radio HERE. And […]
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FASH FLOOD
On Thursday, September 6th, celebrate with local boutiques all over Omaha for nationally celebrated event, Fashion’s Night Out. Omaha Fashion Week and local jewelry designer Elisa Ilana are both holding exclusive events, among many other local boutiques and businesses. Join Omaha Fashion Week for a bus tour around the city, stopping at hot shopping destinations […]
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Give Gun-Toting Guy a Big Hand
Squeezing dozens of upcoming shows into an 800-word preview of the theater season, like a Thanksgiving feast, provides lots of left-overs to munch here in the weekly Cold Cream. For example, add this note to our recalling that last season’s Blue Barn offering of the Vibrator Play and this year’s stunning August: Osage County both […]
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News You Can Use
From too much healthcare to careless docs, some of these recent news stories are worth review. First do no harm. Ah, yes. If only American medicine would live by that credo then maybe so many wouldn’t die by its hand. Probably the best description of medical care you shouldn’t get is any kind that is […]
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Comedians Sleep Standing Up
A note for the admittedly small subset of folks who swoon at the storytelling magic of “This American Life” and tingle at the mere mention of Ira Glass’s name: Sleepwalk with Me is charming public radio entertainment channeled into cinemas. Watch out Hollywood blockbusters, if there’s one thing mainstream movie audiences have demanded, it’s more […]
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Cutting Room for August 31
People looking for a chance to root against Michael Keaton since Mr. Mom now have their chance: he’s going to be the new bad guy in the Robocop remake. This casting definitely adds further juice to this potential beetle, as early script reviews have been…let’s go with “unkind.” Still, with a great group of actors, […]
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Rednecks and White Lightning
Scuff him, scrape him, buff him up; nobody is going to buy Shia LaBeouf as a country boy. He has a face built for Instagram and his posture is that of a narcissist demanding bottle service at a trendy club. Even though he plays the least burly of the Bondurant boys, a real life trio […]
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Theater Opens by Threes in September
It helps to have three-day weekends when the three shows already playing metro stages are joined by three more on Sept. 14 and another trifecta on Sept.27. Thank goodness for an opening-free weekend in between. By that time dramaholics should be able to catch up with the rush of theater startups that began with the […]