Hillmer Art Gallery, College of Saint Mary Campus, 7000 Mercy Rd. 5:30-7p.m., FREE; exhibit runs through December 17 csm.edu, christinanarwicz.com With Christina Narwicz’ Recent Works she exhibits paintings that are the beginning of a news series focusing on the “emergent energy created on the canvas.” The Omaha-based artist, who shows internationally, is known for her […]
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David Roszelle paintings at Ted & Wally’s…Arts for All fundraiser…
David Roszelle opens This Art Show is Brought To You By The Letter P: New Art at Ted & Wally’s Ice Cream in the Old Market November 17. Roszelle, known for his psychedelic paintings, will be at the party, 7-10p.m., featuring ice cream flavors and prizes that start with the letter “P.” An art show […]
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Chanticleer Terminal? Not While There’s Sex at 60
No bats fluttered from the wings of the Chanticleer Community Theater at last Thursday’s preview of Sex, Please, We’re Sixty. In fact, the most gothic moment came before the play began when theater manager Bob Putnam welcomed us to Chanticleer’s “final season.” In other words, he introduced the senior sex comedy by declaring the company’s […]
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Falling Crumbs
Mimi’s Café offers Seasonal Menus Mimi’s Cafe invites guests to “Come Enjoy a Taste of France” with the arrival of its latest seasonal menus—Tour de Paris. As the second stop on Mimi’s culinary journey, the new food and drink choices are inspired by the culinary capital of the world and are available for a limited […]
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Durbin’s Back as Tartuffe for Brigit
John Durbin sat on stairs that descend into Joslyn Castle’s music room, as handsome a setting as you’ll find. He’s fresh from months in Hawaii with George Clooney and two dozen others he cast in Alexander Payne’s new movie, The Descendants. Now he’s Tartuffe, the title rascal in Moliere’s classic comedy opening the Brigit Saint […]
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Shelter Skelter
Writer/director Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter is quiet…too quiet. It’s the kind of quiet that makes your collar shrink, the kind that makes you long for something, anything, even an apocalyptic event of global damnation to finally just happen. And believe it or not, that’s a compliment. Take Shelter is part meditation on the mentally taxing […]
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Tea Time: Everyday Elixir for Health
Tea means many things to many people. It can be a brew made with water and almost any kind of plant material. There are herbal teas from the flowers of plants, the roots of plants, the stems of plants. Tea has come to mean almost any type of beverage that results from steeping or soaking […]
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Everthing Old…
For some artists the idea of turning base metals into gold or silver symbolically connects human effort to the cosmos. This alchemical inspiration is found in Jim Krantz GENERATIONS SHARED: A collection of works as tribute to the artist’s late grandfather David Bialac (1905 – 1978). Anderson O’Brien Fine Art in the Old Market presents […]
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Collaborators discuss The Descendants and working with Alexander Payne
In his well-reviewed new film The Descendants Alexander Payne reframes the Hawaiian idyll as gritty American terrain where history and culture intersect with human aspirations and failings. The festival favorite follows an island clan set askew by trauma, infidelity, greed and legacy. Feeling the weight of it all is reluctant land baron Matt King (George […]
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Jays Aim to Return to High Flying Ways
There is a buzz surrounding Head Coach Greg McDermott’s second Bluejay basketball squad, and, no, the youngsters haven’t been over indulging over at the NoDo nightspots. In fact, these guys have been strictly business heading into the season, and word on the street says it could be a good one, maybe even one worthy of […]