“We had a year plus where we were rebuilding before things went south so we really had all of our ducks in a row in terms of our internal structure and systems,” said Shannon Walenta, Managing Director of the Blue Barn Theatre. Walenta said the theatre went through a financial crisis in 2007, just before […]
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Pick: Fresh Gunk: New Work by Colin C. Smith
Fresh Gunk: New Work by Colin C. Smith September 7 Modern Arts Midtown, 3615 Dodge St. Reception 6-8pm, exhibition thru Sept. 30 Modernartsmidtown.com, 502.8737 “Fresh Gunk” introduces viewers with Colin Smith’s recently produced brightly colored graphic paintings and sculptures on display thru September at Modern Arts Midtown. His challenging, spatial works are known for their […]
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They’re Back
As it usually does in soccer, Creighton’s 2011 men’s soccer season came down to inches. The Jays were one game away, a few penalty kicks actually, from playing for a national title in coach Elmar Bolowich’s first season when Charlotte crashed the party. The 49ers outlasted Creighton, robbing college soccer fans of the match-up everybody […]
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Conversations on a Bus exhibit…Benson nude mud wrestling…
“Conversations on a Bus” peaks Sept. 7 at its public gallery opening at Omaha Metro Headquarters, 2222 Cuming St. Photographers Hooton Images brought this photo essay and interview project to fruition with curating aid from poet Sarah McKinstry-Brown and support from Omaha Creative Institute, Nebraska Humanities Council and Nebraska Arts Council. The show features 20 […]
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Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O! 2012 Coming Soon
Thanks to everyone that helped us garner over 17,000 individual business nominations. The results are back from the accounting firm Hancock & Dana and we’re busy reaching out to this year’s winners to inform them of their recognition. The Readers’ Choice Best of the Big O! issue is scheduled to hit the streets on October […]
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Win! Place! Show!
A new football season won’t be the only welcome distraction from an atypically divisive political campaign in search of a badly needed time out. Nothing seems to unite this Go Big Red state quite like Husker football. But this fall key visual arts events promise not only to enrich but to help smooth over ruffled […]
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Great Expectations
Two seasons ago, Alonzo Whaley found himself in the starting lineup at weakside linebacker for the Nebraska football team’s opener against Western Kentucky. “Found” might seem a curious choice, but consider the situation. “I got thrown into that,” Whaley said, looking back. “It wasn’t the fact that, ‘Oh, he earned it, so he’s going to […]
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Taste Big Maggie, Guinness at Brigit
The Brigit St. Brigit Theatre company opens its latest Irish play to start their 20th anniversary season with historic momentum, not to mention a free Guinness tasting this weekend. Big Maggie not only brings Delaney Driscoll back in the title role, but follows growing development of support staff to aid artistic director Cathy Kurz and […]
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Bluesmasters & Salgado
This weekend marks the much-anticipated Friday night Bluesmasters concert at Lincoln’s Haymarket Park. The show, hosted by Mick Fleetwood, features some of the biggest names in blues and roots music. The Allman Brothers Band, Elvin Bishop, Leon Russell, Eric Gales and Otis Taylor are all scheduled to perform Friday, Aug. 31, at Lincoln’s Haymarket Park. […]
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Order Out of Chaos, Hope Out of Thin Air
Jannette Taylor has been spending a lot of time in the hospital lately at the bedside of a gunshot victim. For the Executive Director of Impact One, north Omaha’s non-profit devoted to gang intervention and prevention, hospitals, drive-by shootings and funeral arrangements have been part of the routine of creative challenges she faces almost every […]