Adam Morfeld walks briskly into a hip coffee shop in downtown Lincoln a few blocks from the Nebraska State Capitol building. He skips the baristas and slides into a seat at a window table. It’s the first day of 2012 and while the rest of the cafe’s patrons stare half-heartedly into laptop screens and ceramic […]
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Pedestrian Equestrian
Steven Spielberg is an unrepentant schmaltz addict, and War Horse may represent his biggest binge to date. Crammed with comforting cliches and overstuffed with sentiment, this lifelessly dangling chunk of Oscar bait feels purely calculated to prey on the emotionally vulnerable. The rest of us calloused souls are forced to endure a pretty looking but […]
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New Beginnings for 2012
NYCG is Now Block 16 In our article covering the 5th Annual Comfort Food Classic, co-owners Jessica Joyce and Paul Urban announced an upcoming name change to their restaurant. Here at Dish Omaha we call it delicious, but officially, New York Chicken & Gyro’s is now Block 16. “The name Block 16 is a play […]
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Bold Nebraska auction fundraiser… Architect to speak at Film Streams…Bemis dual openings…
January 12, Film Streams, Design Alliance Omaha and Omaha Creative Institute partner up to present a special one-night-only screening of PLAY TIME (1967) followed by a post-show talk with New York based architect David Leven, whose Chelsea Penthouse Project was inspired by the film. Legendary French director Jacques Tati’s gloriously choreographed, nearly wordless comedies about […]
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“Larry Roots: New Work…”
In the light of the recent deaths of abstract expressionist painters Helen Frankenthaler and Pat Passlof, both 83 and known for their masterful use of color, who continues to work in this challenging style? Locally, only a few come to mind in this continuous mission to define the indefinable through their art. Kim Reid Kuhn […]
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Pick: PotLuck: Teacher/Student Exhibit
January 14 PotLuck: Teacher/Student Exhibit Hot Shops Art Center, 1301 Nicholas Street Reception 6-9p.m. exhibit through Jan. 30 Admission: nonperishable food items to donate to local food pantries encouraged Hotshopsartcenter.com Participating artists involved with WhyArts?, Bemis Center for Contempoarry Arts, Heartland Family Services and Joslyn Art Museum exhibit works inspired by the ongoing relationship of […]
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Pick: The Gardener of Eden: Photographs by Rob Gilmer
January 13 The Gardener of Eden: Photographs by Rob Gilmer RNG Gallery, 157 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs Reception 7-10p.m., art talk Jan. 14, noon, exhibit through Feb. 5 Dixiequicks.com Photographer Rob Gilmer honors his dad with The Gardener of Eden, looking back on his childhood outside taking pictures, amongst the family paradise created by his […]
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Innovation in Higher Education
Innovation is not limited to the for-profit sector. Omaha’s colleges are both reacting to social changes and trying to lead those changes, through a variety of new initiatives. Researching Human Capital at Bellevue University The Human Capital Lab at Bellevue University measures the impact of corporate investments in employee learning. Mike Echols is Bellevue’s executive […]
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Ellis Hall: A Tribute to Ray Charles
Though Ellis Hall began playing piano in third grade at the Perkins School for the Blind, he says he did not really make the decision to become a musician until age 14. He had snuck into a club, much to the chagrin of his mother, and said once he saw the looks on the faces […]
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Old Home Week
You may have time-honored home remedies around the house that can address any number of ailments. Minerals, foods, plants and herbs have been used for thousands of years. They’re often inexpensive and effective; more so than the nostrums modern-day medicos push on us. If used more often, the cost of health care would be lower. […]