Nick Whetro, frontman for Madison, WI-based freak folk outfit Icarus Himself, is not afraid to let people into his mind and life. The band’s first three recordings, starting with 2009’s EP Mexico and culminating with 2011’s Career Culture detail his movement from small-town Fremont, Indiana to the badger bastion of Madison. This Thursday, July 19th, […]
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Pick: loom Weaves Joslyn Sculpture Garden
July 28 Loom Weaves Joslyn Sculpture Garden Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St., 2-11p.m., FREE (Rain Date: July 29) Facebook.com/houseofloom, joslyn.org House of Loom started with loom events, “weaving the social fabric through dance.” Loom Weaves Joslyn Sculpture Garden is loom to the max, a multicultural festival featuring music, dance, body painting, live art, yoga, […]
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Duality of Noise
A Place To Burt Strangers have mastered the extremities of their post-shoegaze noise rock, but now they’re coloring in the rest of their sound spectrum. The band’s new album, Worship, opens on a toxic wave of industrial clang and wrenched, grinding guitar noise, but as the record progresses, A Place To Bury Strangers peels away […]
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Justin Beller at Curbside…Jess Benjamin’s ThinkTank…
Justin Beller is exhibiting multi-media paintings, wall installations and “plinth-like towers” at Curbside Clothing in the Old Market thru the month of July. Curbsideclothing.com. Artist Jess Benjamin opens her own studio in Benson for ThinkTank, a five-day workshop with five artists and academics who will initiate conversation and work. The community is encouraged to follow […]
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FASH FLOOD
Share Your Style VIP Contest SAC Federal Credit Union has partnered with Omaha Fashion Week for a stylish contest leading up to this fall’s OFW. To enter, submit a photo prior to August 8th that shows off your personal style. Then, share your financial style by adding a caption with a creative smart savings tip for […]
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Film Streams At Five
Just as Omaha’s come of age with performing arts venues, nightlife attractions, community events and public spaces, so it’s matured in cinema. This maturation first bloomed when Alexander Payne made features here. Then the local indie filmmaking scene organized. Subsequently the Omaha Film Festival’s provided an annual juried focus on movies. But the real growth […]
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You’re Welcome in Omaha Art/Music at House of Loom…
You’re Welcome in Omaha, an effort by residents in “art, music, business, education, community and faith who are proud that Omaha is inclusive and welcoming of all of its immigrant neighbors” presents an art/music Fundraiser July 20th at House of Loom. The evening will include original art by Shane Bainbridge, Wendy Jane Bantam, John Henry […]
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Pick: Wilde Women Art Exhibit
July 20 Wilde Women Art Exhibit The New BLK, 1213 Jones St. Opening 7-10pm, exhibit thru July 31, FREE Thenewblk.com In collaboration with A Wilde Time at the Castle: The Witty World of Oscar Wilde Festival, curator Sarah Rowe brings together ten female artists’ (and one Rob Gilmer) multi-media work inspired by the provocative life […]
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Season’s Funniest Play Tenor, Tartuffe or?
In less than a week, Theatre Arts Guild voters must pick their favorites from 150 or so nominees in 39 productions. I saw 30 of the 39, and many others that weren’t nominated, including some that were badly neglected on the ballots. Of the three funniest plays I saw, only Lend Me a Tenor (Omaha […]
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The Ravelution will be Televised:
Beth Katz admits she was a bit smug when she began her studies as an undergraduate student at Creighton University. She said she walked into her first theology class thinking she had the basics covered when it came to Christianity. “I thought, when you boiled it down, it was basically the Easter bunny and Santa […]