March 21 in Fremont, Gallery 92 West presents A Retrospective, an exhibition of James Cattlett, Art Professor at Midland University and the Creative Center. The exhibit will include oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings, photography, pen and ink and computer generated images in various styles. Friday March 23, Birdhouse Interior Design opens If You Build It […]
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SXSW Day 2: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Neon Trees, Glen Hansard, Purity Ring, Cults, more…
Another day of bands, but better weather at South By Southwest 2012. Let’s get right into it. Typically, covering SXSW means a lot of walking around. There’s this falsity that all the venues are located along 6th Street aligned one right next to the other like a perfect string of pearls. In reality, SXSW venues […]
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SXSW Day 2: A Percussive Suitcase, American Pinup, Eli Mardock, Two Gallants, Cheap Girls
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The Reader is teaming up with Hear Nebraska to cover SXSW this year. HN editor-in-chief Andrew Norman’s stories will run right here at TheReader.com. And you can find more Hear Nebraska coverage reviews, photos and videos at hearnebraska.org.] Things don’t always work as you plan at SXSW. The festival has a lot of […]
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Southern Soldiers: Springsteen and SXSW Day Three
Sometimes at SXSW, you’re playing like a degenerate gambler, trading the sure thing you have for a ton of risk. I played that hand Thursday night here in Austin, leaving the hard-to-get-into Bruce Springsteen ACL Live at Moody Theater performance just as he entered his second hour to try to get into the Jesus and […]
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Chevelle, Middle Class Rut, & Janus in Omaha
On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, the tour featuring Chevelle, Middle Class Rut, and Janus came to Sokol Auditorium in Omaha, NE. Concert season is starting to pick up in the Midwest now and along with that comes the nice weather which held true Wednesday night. We couldn’t have asked for a better night with the […]
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Movieha! – Omaha’s favorite movie podcast
Greetings earthlings. We come in peace. Or at least in pieces. This week our audio extravaganza is inexplicably divisive, as Matt and I brawl repeatedly over the sorts of things nobody should really brawl about (including, but not limited to varying opinions on breakfast cereals). This week we discuss fairy tales and garbage pails, a […]
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Still Ban HAM from Sex Education
One sign-carrying protester proclaimed, “Sex Education isn’t necessary.” The next one added, “Sex isn’t necessary.” They demonstrated in a cartoon that came with an in-depth look at sex education in Omaha 37 years ago. They caricatured groups opposing sex ed in schools. Even at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1975, human sexuality course […]
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Southern Soldiers: SXSW Day Two
When it came to seeing Thee Oh Sees at this year’s SXSW Festival, I was beginning to feel like I had a curse set upon me. I tried to catch them at Red Eyed Fly, but a growing line deterred me. Later that day, I waited for them at Red 7, one of their two scheduled Wednesday […]
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SXSW Day 1: Tennis, Screaming Females, Andrew W.K., Titus Andronicus
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The Reader is teaming up with Hear Nebraska to cover SXSW this year. HN editor-in-chief Andrew Norman’s stories will run right here at TheReader.com. And you can find more Hear Nebraska coverage reviews, photos and videos at hearnebraska.org.] After a 14-hour drive that somehow took a day-and-a-half, I first wrapped my hands around […]
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SXSW Day 1: Fiona Apple, Sharon Van Etten, The Wedding Present, Zola Jesus, Freedy Johnston, more…
I promised myself that I wasn’t going to kill myself this year at SXSW, but the way I felt this morning, I think I’m doing a pretty good job of it. We got into Austin early yesterday afternoon, which I figured would mean an abbreviated show schedule. But no. We still had time to see […]