July 30th JEFF the Brotherhood w/ Juiceboxx The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 8 p.m., $10 in advance/$12 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com Jake and Jamin Orral are two brothers from Nashville, Tenn. who kick out high-octane power-pop bred from garage rock’s roots. They split the difference between White Stripes and Weezer, with plenty of love for […]
Posted inCulture
Pick: STNNNG
July 29th STNNNG, Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship, Baby Tears, Birthday Suits The Waiting Room Lounge 6212 Maple Street 9 pm, $7 Bet you didn’t know that there was a punk song about Grand, Island, NE. If you did, then you are already familiar with the oddity that is STNNNG (pronounced “Stunning”), the five-piece outfit […]
Posted inSpecials
Watermelon: Nature’s Gatorade and… Viagra?
Deep in the heat of summer with no relief in sight the body gets desperate for help. Look no farther than the humble watermelon to help you make it through the plight. With the temperature soaring and even the slightest exertion seeming to bring exhaustion, watermelon is the remedy to reach for in the heat. […]
Posted inCulture
FASH FLOOD
And Vintage Clothing’s Open Showroom In preparation for fall, local vintage boutique And Vintage Clothing is having its first monthly Open Showroom this Saturday, July 28th. Stop in, sip mimosas and socialize while saving up to 50% off swimwear, shorts and other warm weather gear. (https://basicbluesnation.com/) And Vintage Clothing’s Open Showroom will take place this […]
Posted inFood
crumbs
Plenty of Hops to go around, The Lincoln Children’s Zoo is having a Brew and Blues at the Zoo night for ADULTS only. On July 28, you can sample local beers from Thunderhead Brewing, Lucky Bucket Brewery, Gottberg Brewing as well as others while listening to some Nebraska blues from music champions Lil’Slim Blues Band. Brats […]
Posted inCulture
Pick: Weezer
July 29th Weezer Stir Cove, 1 Harrah’s Blvd., Council Bluffs 9 p.m., $45, stircove.com Having earned a B.A. in English from Harvard University, Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo has made it his mission to degrade the value of Ivy League college degrees with increasingly insipid Weezer singles during the past decade. Sadly successful songs like “Beverly […]
Posted inCulture
Pick: Counting Crows
July 28th Counting Crows w/ We Are Augustines, Field Report and Kasey Anderson & the Honkies Pinewood Bowl Theater, 3201 South Coddington Ave., Lincoln 8 p.m., $25 to $110, pinewoodbowltheater.com The Pinewood Bowl Theater will start its summer concert series by welcoming California alternative icons Counting Crows, who are headlining the Outlaw Roadshow. The band, […]
Posted inCulture
Pick: Bouncing Souls and the Menzingers
July 27 The Bouncing Souls w/ The Menzingers and Luther Sokol Underground, 2234 South 13th St. 8:30 p.m., $15 in advance/$18 day-of-show, mooseriot.com New Jersey’s The Bouncing Souls exist on the apex of several strains of modern punk, eschewing the burgeoning pop-punk of the early ’90s for a sound tied more to the likes of […]
Posted inCulture
Pick: The Black Keys
Aug. 1 The Black Keys w/ Tame Impala Mid America Center, 1 Arena Way, Council Bluffs 7:30 p.m., $46.50, ticketmaster.com The Black Keys fill arenas and amphitheaters these days and tour with an expanded line-up to play selections from their latest records, but the band still boils down to guitarist/singer Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick […]
Posted inTheater
Don’t Let “Theater” Be Coupled with “Tragedy”
You might have been sitting in a theater last Thursday night enjoying Crash! Boom! Pow! or Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf or in the outdoor amphitheater watching the Papillion-LaVista musical Annie Get Your Gun. And you might have been home by the midnight hour when Friday came and cast a shadow over the very word […]