Last weekend, The Union for Contemporary Art opens its doors to the public to share their programs and work in North Omaha including the new North Omaha Tool Library, a community garden project, and their current Fellows’ output. Now they are opening up applications for their Fall 2012 Fellowship Program. The Union Fellowships are open […]
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Pick: The Uncool Movement Presents: Goodbye Erick Uncool (Going Away Show)
August 16 The Uncool Movement Presents: Goodbye Erick Uncool (Going Away Show) The Sandbox, 2406 Leavenworth St. 8pm-1am, $5 facebook.com/savetheuncool Nephew to internationally recognized surreal multi-media artist Ekundayo (Dayo), Erick “Uncool” has become known in his own right via his graffiti-inspired expressionist paintings and mixed media work and his high-energy, inclusive arts events. The LA […]
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Cutting Room for August 10
You may know that international treasure and future Nobel Prize winner Jean-Claude Van Damme is ready to burst back onto the scene in the testosterone-and-Depends epic The Expendables 2. But did you know that he’s eager to make another sequel? That’s right: Double Impact 2 is finally more than just a personal dream of mine, […]
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Selfish Since He Was Bourne
With his rampant sex addiction and potential alcoholism, no one would consider James Bond a saint. But, hey, at least he’s out there trying to save the world from a bomb, giant laser or bad economic investments (gotta love modern “reality-based” action movies). The Bourne series, on the other hand, follows a “me-first” operative willing […]
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Comedians United
It seems like an odd way to start a review for a movie in which Will Ferrell tries to make Zach Galifianakis touch his testicles on stage during a debate, but The Campaign has a clever message. Writers Chris Henchy and Shawn Harwell move beyond the standard skewing of attack-ad politics and candidates that are […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Aug. 9-Aug. 15
Philosophically, we are the Maya. Perhaps the Maya were an errant tribe of Egyptians, if we consider having “divine” rulers and building pyramids as parallel cultural hallmarks. As an adopted member of Egyptian aristocracy, Moses (the Arian-Age avatar) would have been allowed access to the Egyptian mysteries. He would take that info and incorporate it […]
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Rockin’ Guitars
Tinsley Ellis rocks The 21st Saloon Thursday, Aug. 9, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Ellis is on the road in support of his eleventh CD release, Speak No Evil (Alligator). Rolling Stone magazine calls Ellis’ fretboard work “feral blues guitar” adding “non-stop gigging has sharpened his six-string to a razor’s edge…he achieves pyrotechnics that rival early Jeff Beck […]
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Impact One Stands by Its Clients
Impact One’s youth are preparing at Blackburn High School for a talent show. They look innocent, full of talent and potential, alternating between adolescent awkwardness and bravado. The next day, Executive Director Jannette Taylor sends a text message with context to the work Impact One does: “Forgot to mention; the group yesterday had 1 person […]
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Pick: Lit Undressed Submission Deadline
August 15 Lit Undressed: Women in Disguise Submission Deadline Facebook.com/LitUndressed Lit Undressed is calling for poetry and short-fiction submissions for its fourth installment. This year’s theme focuses on “women in disguise,” inspired by women writers in history who disguised themselves with male pen names to avoid the bias of getting published as females. Selected pieces […]
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Pick: The Sandlot 20th Anniversary Tour
August 10 The Sandlot 20th Anniversary Tour at Werner Park Werner Park 12356 Ballpark Way $5 or $20 for a family of up to six If you build it, they will come. Damn – wrong movie. But anyways, Papillion did build Werner Park, and The Sandlot’s 20th Anniversary Tour has come to screen their Little […]