As the summer musicals blossom in the burbs and comic book characters pack onomatopoetic punches at the Shelterbelt, the Circle Theater asks the question, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Apparently Mike Markey and Laura Marr fear not the Edward Albee classic because they’re playing George and Martha, the acid-tongued couple once performed by Liz Taylor […]
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Cutting Room for July 6
The most esteemed thespian to ever sometimes use a number as a last name, Andre Benjamin (nee Andre 3000), is starring in the Jimi Hendrix biography, All Is By My Side, which will feature zero Jimi Hendrix songs. Because no deal could be reached with those who control the rights to Hendrix’s music, the film […]
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Movieha! – Omaha’s Favorite Movie Podcast
This has been one weird week. Having the fourth of July fall on a Wednesday gave us a week that felt like it had two Mondays (boo) and two Fridays (yay). Sadly, you only get one Movieha. This week we discuss Tyler Perry branching out into outer space, which is where Starship Troopers live. We geek-gasm over The […]
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Pick: Sophisticated Beasts
July 13 Kim Reid Kuhn: Sophisticated Beasts RNG Gallery, 157 West Broadway, Council Bluffs Reception 7-10pm; exhibit thru September 2; art talk July 14, noon; FREE Dixiequicks.com Kim Reid Kuhn has been busy lately; with curating shows and exhibiting in group and solo shows alike, she literally has not stopped, nor has her painting. With […]
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Tugboat Presents closes…Peerless opens Log Lines…
Midtown’s gallery, Tugboats Presents, is now closed. The owners are seeking new space but have not announced plans for further exhibitions. The show planned for July (Mark Andrew Stephan’s Revelation) has been cancelled. Midtown’s Peerless Gallery opens Heidi Bartlett’s Log Lines July 13. The artist, currently working in Raymond Nebraska on Branched Oak Farm, takes […]
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Comic Books Inspire Beck-Welsh Play
Crash! Boom! Pow! promises comic book action, but its earlier reading at a theater conference had the audience saying, “I don’t know how you’d do this onstage.” That didn’t stop director Ben Beck, who co-wrote the play with Molly Welsh, from tackling a Shelterbelt Theatre production opening Thursday, July 12. He’ll present Red Dove, a […]
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Cosmic Forecast, July 5-July 11
Time to hide/idyll from/in the Sun, stay cool and have fun. There are no mistakes. Peace and love shall conquer all. MOJOPOPlanetPower.com d CANCER (6.22-7.22) Gear up/down for these next two weeks. Whatever (magique?) happened on June 19th relates to the 2nd Cazimi Moon on the Cancer cusp on July 18th/19th. I’ll scope it out […]
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Salgado News & Zoo 39
On the heels of releasing his best CD yet, Soul Shot (Alligator), Curtis Salgado will take a brief tour break to deal with a tumor found in his lung. Alligator Records reports that Salgado will undergo surgery in Portland, Ore., on July 18. “Salgado will be hospitalized for a period of four to six days,” […]
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Eater, Meet Food
My friend (we will call her Susan) and I often discuss the local food scene. Is there really a scene? Are people really passionate about local food, supporting small farms and eating well? Or are they going to the farmers market so they can wear a floppy hat and tote a canvas shopping bag just […]
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July Local Food News
Dutch Girl Creamery located just outside of Lincoln, Ne., launched a kick-starter campaign to help raise funds to build a cheese making plant at their farm. The goat dairy and cheese making business is an offshoot of the Shadow Brook Farm brand, owned by Charuth Van Beuzekom and Kevin Loth. At press time Dutch Girl […]