When it comes to what we put in our bodies, Americans make poor choices. It’s clear that we suffer from diet-related diseases that are killing us. Some of the hazards in what casually passes for “food” in the Standard American Diet, or SAD, are clear and present: bad fats, sugars, empty calories, additives. Other hazards […]
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Rock of Ages Brings 80s Arena Hits
If you don’t count trial runs, Rock of Ages took three years to make it from Broadway to Omaha, where fans of 80s arena rock have waited patiently for its 28 songs and its love story set on Sunset Strip. They’ll hear Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’,” Jefferson Starship’s “We Built This City” and others March […]
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Union for Contemporary Arts Inaugural Fellows…
The Union for Contemporary Art held its first community clean-up event at their new building on Burdette Street boasting nearly 100 volunteers and obtaining upwards of $3,000 in donations and gifted materials for the clean-up effort. They are surely ready for their inaugural group of eight Fellows who started their 6-month programs in February where […]
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Pick: A Night at the Orpheum: The Queen’s Cabaret, new work by Wendy Jane Bantam
Mar. 1 A Night at the Orpheum: The Queen’s Cabaret, new work by Wendy Jane Bantam Modern Arts Midtown, 3615 Dodge St. Reception 6-9p.m., exhibit thru Mar. 31 Modernartsmidwest.com, 402.477.2828 Wendy Jane Bantam didn’t paint while she was out of the country for six months last year. While traveling through England and Turkey, she performed […]
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Pick: 2012 Bemis Center Regional Juried Exhibition
Mar. 2 2012 Bemis Center Regional Juried Exhibition Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 S. 12th St. Reception 6-9p.m. Exhibit thru April 7 Bemiscenter.org, 341.7130 Shannon Stratton, artist, writer, curator and founder of threewalls artist residency in Chicago, selected 26 artists from over 250 submissions of artists living or working within 200 miles of Omaha […]
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Playhouse Tourists Singin’ in London Rain
With a light rain falling and the Thames flowing below, it’s dramatic enough just walking across the Waterloo Bridge on the way to the National Theatre. To the right of travelers on the Omaha Community Playhouse tour looms a huge wheel, the London Eye that takes 35 minutes for one revolution. The great dome of […]
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Like My Grandma Makes It – Zurlo’s Bistro Italiano
Being an Italian New Yorker, I’m not only extremely loud and outspoken, but I have a tendency to be over-critical of Italian restaurants who claim to be “authentic” and say that their dishes taste like my grandmother’s Sunday dinners. So when walking into Zurlo’s Bistro Italiano, I was prepared to criticize each dish and see […]
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Movieha – Omaha’s Movie Podcast!
Hidey ho, neighbors. Oof, sorry, just realized that was a “Home Improvement” references. Ah, those were the good old days, back when Pamela Anderson wasn’t a human freakshow and Tim Allen was trying to be funny on purpose. This week’s podcast is full of newsity news and our usual jackassery, including a look at some […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Feb. 23-Feb. 29
Neptune, the mystical ruler of Pisces, rules mysticism, inspiration, that which can’t be defined, illusion, confusion, delusion, the color purple, the number 9, and the “doorway” to/through the next level. If you can define it, it’s not Neptune. Last week was all about Neptune. Confused yet? Let’s take a mystical peak at this week. There […]
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The Beat Goes On
Blues and roots shows coming up include some fan favorites. The early 5:30 p.m. Thursday matinees at The 21st Saloon continue with the high-energy, big and soulful blues of Trampled Under Foot Thursday, Feb. 23. The Kansas City siblings also take the stage at Lincoln’s Zoo Bar Wednesday, Feb. 22, 6-9 p.m. The coming Thursday […]