Hey, hey, hey. We’re back up in your ears with a new episode jam packed to the gills with a discussion of 21 Jump Street (which was surprisingly good!), The Sound of My Voice trailer (which is super awesome!), news about the Ninja Turtles (which is stunningly lame!) and Jack Ryan (which is stunningly neutral!), […]
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Occupy Panem
Proving that young adult fiction primarily targeting females need not always pander to base hormonal desires nor plant the seed that it’s okay for creepy boys to stalk girls so long as they’re cute, Suzanne Collins “Hunger Games” trilogy set itself apart from other such series by being, you know, good. Because she had a […]
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E-pollution: It’s everywhere you want to be.
It’s everywhere; more ubiquitous than quick shops, strip malls, Walgreens or Starbucks. It penetrates buildings, rock and metal to get you. It soaks through the walls of your home like sweat through a cheap suit. It swarms through your body like ravenous piranha, impacting every function, attacking every cell. In its wake are suspected diseases […]
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Sh*t People Say About Sh*t People From Omaha Say
Chelsie Hartness, writer and director of the recent video “Shit People from Omaha Say,” said the feedback from the locally-viral hit has been mostly positive, but said she has definitely received a few disapproving critiques. Chelsie said that these critiques have not been overlooked and have actually inspired her newest project, which is currently titled […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Mar. 22-Mar. 28
Hang loose. This is a questioning phase, not a time of — or for — manifesting. We are all going to be offered an opportunity to play the April Fool during this coming week. Stay cool and stay “asleep” for this one more week, ’til once again we speak. Hang loose… MOJOPOPlanetPower.com a ARIES (3.21-4.20) […]
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Soulful Spring
Spring is here and with it, more new music. Chicago’s Alligator Records label has a couple of particularly fine offerings among its new releases: Janiva Magness’ Stronger for It and Curtis Salgado’s Soul Shot. Janiva Magness’ CD hits this week and she has gigs at Lincoln’s Zoo Bar Wednesday, March 21, 6-9 p.m., and at […]
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Ballet Nebraska Presents Cleopatra
Friday, March 30th and Saturday, March 31st Cleopatra Joslyn Art Museum’s Witherspoon Concert Hall, 2200 Dodge Street Friday at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday at 2:00; Tickets range from $19-$45 www.ticketomaha.com Break out the flowing white togas, gold bracelets and kohl eyeliner. Ballet Nebraska transports audiences back to antiquity with “Cleopatra.” It’s the centerpiece of its mixed-repertory […]
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Luna Negra
Friday, March 30th Luna Negra Orpheum Theater, 409 South 16th Street 8:00 p.m.; Tickets range from $15-$40 www.ticketomaha.com Salsa, samba and so much more. Founded by Cuban-born dancer and choreographer Eduardo Vilardo, Chicago-based Luna Negra’s mission is to provide a platform for Latino choreographers to share their work. Luna Negra’s award-winning artistic director Gustavo Ramirez […]
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Indigenous music celebrated in Nebraska Roots concert
Indigenous themes take center stage for a March 24 Omaha Conservatory of Music concert that culminates the school’s “Nebraska Roots: Native American Music of the Omaha Indian Tribe” curriculum. Original Native music handed down through the generations will be performed in authentic fashion and juxtaposed with modern interpretations of Native music. The program is also […]
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Meet Cheap Girls
Ian Graham puts the wheels in motion on his band Cheap Girls, just as his brother Ben was making a whole set of other big life decisions. So despite the fact that Ben had just gotten married and bought a house, Ian asked him to drum in his power-pop trio anyway. All three members were […]