Although we have yet to experience it weather-wise, spring is definitely in the air at many of Omaha’s boutiques. Big changes are coming for one of Papillion’s best kept secrets, Kajoma’s. This must-see boutique is launching both “Kurves Korner”, or plus size and maternity collections for spring. New styles are arriving daily so stop in […]
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‘Post-emerging’
If it’s true it takes a village to raise a child, then likewise an entire arts community is required to raise one of its own to maturity and prominence. All established artists in the Metro area, regardless of medium, style or genre, have one thing in common: before they “made it” in the market place […]
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Pick: Unhung: Created by Design
Feb. 23 Unhung: Created by Design Osborn Family Gallery, University of Nebraska-Omaha Criss Library, 6001 Dodge Reception 5:30-7:30p.m., exhibit through Mar. 22 Unomaha.edu, 402.554.2640 Teonne A. Wright and Yvette M. Goodwin, local artists and instructors with Growing and Building Together Academy of the Arts, will show their varying styles of painting, photography and graphic design […]
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Pick: Audio Drawings / an interactive sound exhibition by Caleb Coppock
Feb. 24 Audio Drawings / an interactive sound exhibition by Caleb Coppock Peerless Gallery, 3157 Farnam St. Suite 7108 Reception 6-9p.m., exhibit through Mar. 31 Wearepeerless.com Locally Peerless has been on a three-month hiatus, but the co-directors have been busy showing their creative work elsewhere including Caleb Coppock’s inclusion in DATA/FIELDS, an international new media […]
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Vargas at Barley’s…Fred Simon opens Susan Hart…NET airs show on KANEKO…
On a four-year Omaha hiatus, recent University of Minnesota MFA graduate Bart Vargas is back residing and creating in Council Bluffs. After a whirlwind international tour of exhibitions, he just got a gig instructing art at Metropolitan Community College, will be an official mentor for The Kent Bellows Studio and Center for Visual Arts and […]
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Hell’s Kitchen, Mid Week Market and Omaha Beer Fest
Hell’s Kitchen Contestant Stops in Omaha Season 5 and 6 chef-testant Robert Hesse will join local chef Glenn Wheeler at Spencer’s for Steaks and Chops on March 2, at 7 p.m. The two chefs will team up for a 5-course meal including cocktail and specialty drink pairings, benefiting Food Bank for the Heartland. The cost […]
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Bawler, Shotcaller
Maligned though they may be, the Oscars remain the most recognized celebrity back-patting contest and the best way to playfully gamble until March goes mad. As is our annual tradition, I will lay before you my picks for who will win and, more importantly, who should win, even though my track record is less Carnac […]
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Artist Chris Raschka Visits Omaha
Saturday, February 25th Artist Chris Raschka Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St. 10 a.m.-12 p.m., FREE (402) 342-3300 Artist Chris Raschka Visits Omaha Joslyn Art Museum is presenting “BRAVO! Chris Raschka” in the museum’s Mind’s Eye Gallery. The exhibit is comprised of almost 60 of the artist’s award-winning illustrations. Raschka’s artwork centers on everything from […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Feb. 16-Feb. 22
Time to merge with your world/love of dreams. Here comes Pisces, starting with a solar/Neptunian conjunction in Pisces on Sunday afternoon at 2:41. Astrological wisdom suggests that it’s time to work on/facet/complete the old, and wait ’til the New Moon to start on the new. The New Moon in Pisces falls on Fat Tuesday, the […]
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Regenerative Medicine Helps the Body to Heal Itself
Regenerative medicine is a new way of treating injuries and diseases, using specially-grown tissues and cells, along with artificial organs. The goal is helping the body to regenerate itself. It’s an emerging field with great potential, according to the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. “These approaches can amplify our natural […]