Looking at Wendy Jane Bantam’s fanciful, surrealistic oil paintings of animals in carnival and theatre scenes, you want them to move, to show you what happens next, but, said Bantam, the story is all up to the viewer. Many of the pieces in A Night at the Orpheum: The Queen’s Cabaret, the current exhibit at […]
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Pick: Cheap Girls
March 21 Cheap Girls and Andrew Jackson Jihad w/ Laura Stevenson And The Cans, The Sidekicks, Roar! The Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. 9 p.m., $12 advance, $15 day-of-show, theslowdown.com. Michigan trio Cheap Girls play the sort of fuzzy, hooky pre-Weezer power-pop that gained acclaim for bands like Superchunk and the Lemonheads. Ian Graham sings […]
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Perfecting the Puzzle
Conduits have grown into Omaha’s brightest indie rock beacons thanks to patience. Right players, right label, right songs. All have come together as the band, headed up by singer Jenna Morrison and guitarists J.J. Idt and Nate Mickish, have given their project time to evolve. “Everybody just came in and fell in like they were […]
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MANNA at Stir Live & Loud
On Friday, March 9, 2012, the local guys in the band MANNA played at Harrah’s Casino inside Stir Live & Loud. Performing as the openers were 3 Day Meat Sale and The Further. There were quite a few people inside Stir Live & Loud as it showed there were many fans that have been supporting […]
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Black Widow
The Bride Wore Black (1968) is the sixth film directed by François Truffaut. By this point, he had already gone from being Paris’ most influential film critic to being one of international cinema’s most exciting young directors, thanks to The 400 Blows (1959) and Jules and Jim (1962). It’d be safe to guess he learned […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Mar. 8-Mar. 14
Here comes one of the craziest Mercury retrogrades I’ve ever imagined. Imagine that — with me. Read on, oh undaunted scryers, for truth and discovery are at hand — and can be richly rewarding during such trying times. Good luck, and check out my newly renovated website, thanks to Jeff Spring. MOJOPOPlanetPower.com l PISCES (2.20-3.20) […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Mar. 8-Mar. 14
Here comes one of the craziest Mercury retrogrades I’ve ever imagined. Imagine that — with me. Read on, oh undaunted scryers, for truth and discovery are at hand — and can be richly rewarding during such trying times. Good luck, and check out my newly renovated website, thanks to Jeff Spring. MOJOPOPlanetPower.com l PISCES (2.20-3.20) […]
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Hot Tamale Baby
Tab Benoit mixes sweaty blues with his Cajun and Zydeco folk heritage for a rockin’ sound that is as steamy as the Louisiana swamps and irresistibly danceable. He heats up The 21st Saloon Thursday, March 8, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Benoit is a Grammy nominee and multiple Blues Music Award winner, including the B.B. King Entertainer of […]
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Cutting Room for March 7 2012
As I’m sure outspoken feminist Rush Limbaugh is aware, March is Women’s History Month, or as the shock jock calls it “A Celebration of Whores Past.” Luckily, not everyone celebrates by tossing out sexist slurs, as several nonprofit groups have partnered with House of Loom (houseofloom.com) to present free screenings of four films celebrating women […]
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Talking screenwriting with Hollywood Heavyweight Hawk Ostby
Hawk Ostby, one half of the scriptwriting team of Children of Men and Iron Man, will provide an insider’s take on the screenwriting trade at the Omaha Film Festival’s Filmmaking Conference. Speaking by phone from his Vermont home, Ostby says a big part of making it in the industry is “perseverance and discipline.” “You really […]