* Digital Leather is back on the label market after the sudden collapse of longtime indie label Absolutely Kosher Records, which shuttered earlier this year. But that hasn’t stopped the band from putting out smaller releases. The latest is Sponge, a nine-song cassette and digital download release out this January on Crash Symbols. * Digitial […]
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The Spotify Rebellion and Sting’s Vision of the Future
This will be remembered as the year music went to the cloud, with Amazon, Google, Spotify and most recently, iTunes Match presumably changing the landscape in terms of how we listen to new music. With that in mind, Wired.com recently posted a story with the headline: “200+ Labels Withdraw Their Music From Spotify: Are Its […]
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FASH FLOOD
Gionni Grand Opening Gionni, Omaha’s newest boutique for men and women is celebrating their grand opening on Friday, December 2nd. The celebration will take place from 8-10 p.m. at House of Loom, conveniently located next door to Gionni at 1012 South 10th Street. Festivities include a fashion show with music selections by Brent Crampton and […]
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Such Great Heights
Something special has happened at Morrison Stadium this fall. Back when summer was ending the Creighton men’s soccer team was expected to be very good. Now with winter beginning – and the Jays one win away from the program’s fourth appearance in the College Cup – Creighton might be considerably better than “very good.” Creighton […]
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Coma Cuckold
As far as settings go, Hawaii is about as far from the Omaha metro area as can be imagined. So in that sense, writer/director Alexander Payne has moved on. That said, his shuffle from America’s contiguous confines marks only a radical departure in terms of geography, as The Descendants is the exact type of muted […]
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Bemis Art Talk…DrinknDraw 1st Anniversary…
December 1 is the First Thursday, and that means Bemis’ monthly art talk. This month hear residents Melissa Cooke (drawing), Aaron Storck (multi-media), Sam Duket (painting/architecutre), and Erik Benson (painting) discuss their work and experience starting at 7p.m. Also that evening for those artists that want to get their own draw on, Drink n Draw […]
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Pick: HOME
December 2 HOME: A Birdhouse Interiors & Art Exhibition Opening The Bancroft Street Market, 2702 S. 10th St. Opening reception 6-10p.m., $30 Exhibit open 10a.m.-6p.m. Dec. 3-11, $5 Home.birdhouseinteriors.com, 577.0711 Birdhouse Interior Designers will transform seven spaces of the Bancroft Street Market into a temporary comfy home! Featuring works of local artists, artisans and craftsmen […]
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Pick: Golden Guts
December 2 Golden Guts: Kim Reid Kuhn and Josh Powell Bemis UNDERGROUND, 724 S. 12th St. Reception 6-9p.m., gallery talk Dec. 3, 12p.m., FREE Bemiscenter.og, 341.7130 Josh Powell and Kim Reid Kuhn aim to locate the beauty in grit via Golden Guts by challenging viewers’ imaginations to dig into the guts of what is real […]
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Top Theaters Doing What They Do Best
For the first time in recent years, you can see Omaha’s top theaters at their best on the same weekend. That couldn’t happen when Brigit St. Brigit and the Blue Barn shared the Downtown Space in the Old Market. There’s A Christmas Carol, of course, at the Omaha Community Playhouse, joined Friday through New Year’s […]
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It’s a Wonderful Strife for Ben’s Scrooge
It’s the title’s parenthetical “and then some” added to Every Christmas Story Ever Told that makes the Blue Barn’s holiday play such a delight. Like sending Clarence the angel from It’s a Wonderful Life to redeem Scrooge. But mostly it’s the performances by Ben Beck, Bill Grennan and Theresa Sindelar with Ben often the much-put-upon […]