The first thing that strikes the listener about Chris Botti’s music is the tone he gets out of that trumpet. Where have I heard that distinctive sound before? Then it dawns on you that it hasn’t been around, at least live, for 20 years now. It becomes even clearer when you ask Botti for the […]
Articles by Andy-Roberts
Jakes’s Just Because We Can Block Party
May 14 Jakes’s Just Because We Can Block Party 62nd and Maple Streets 6 p.m.–2 a.m., $5, jakescigars.com It happens just twice a year. They invite some friends, build a stage, pull in a beer trailer and book some music. Jake’s Cigars and Spirits is throwing another Benson Block Party and an all-star lineup of […]
Concert Review: Bob Seger
Bob Seger is a legend, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and, yes, he has credibility to rival almost anyone on the American stage. But until seeing Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band live — one of the best rock ensembles on the road — it’s easy to forget just how many great […]
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
May 10 Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band Qwest Center Omaha, 455 North 10th St. 7:30 p.m., $31-$69 402.341.1500, 800.745.3000 or ticketmaster.com Just four days after his 66th birthday, the legend returns to Omaha. Bob Seger has some miles on him, but he also brings the goods, four decades or more into a Rock […]
John Mellancamp
April 27 John Mellencamp Music Hall, 1804 Capital Ave. 7 p.m., $44.50-$142.80 402.444.3353, or 800.745.3000, omahacivic.com There’s no guarantee that Meg Ryan, Mellencamp’s new love, will be there but the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Famer’s “No Better Than This” tour brings him back to Omaha. The 59-year-old also has a Grammy Award to his […]
Symphony Pops Series: Rodgers & Hammerstein “At the Movies”
April 8, 9 and 10 Symphony Pops Series: Rodgers & Hammerstein “At the Movies” Holland Performing Arts Center, 13th and Douglas Street 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; Tickets $15-$80?(402) 345-0606, omahaperformingarts.org or ticketomaha.com This may have been the music of another generation — or a couple generations ago for some readers — […]
Step Afrika!
Feb. 18 Step Afrika! Holland Performing Arts Center, 1300 Douglas St. 8 p.m., $19-$35, 345.0606, omahaperformingarts.org or ticketomaha.com Step Afrika! should be a real treat for anyone who loves dance but has never seen a step show. Stepping, which is very popular in African-American fraternities and sororities, gets blended here with traditional African dances. Step […]
River City Mixed Chorus “Our Family Tree”
Jan. 22-Jan. 23 River City Mixed Chorus “Our Family Tree” First United Methodist Church, 70th and Cass Jan. 22, 7 p.m.; Jan. 23, 4 p.m.; $20 ADV/$25 DOS $15 seniors, students, children, rcmc.org Omaha’s outstanding GLBT chorus is marking more than a quarter-century of musical magic with its performance of “Our Family Tree.” The program […]
Mannheim Steamroller
Dec. 22-23 Mannheim Steamroller Orpheum Theater, 409 S. 16th St. 7:30 p.m., $37-$77, 345.0606 ticketomaha.com Tickets have been on sale since Aug. 19, but at last word a few still remained for both performances. This is the real local act made good, Grammy winner Chip Davis’s Mannheim Steamroller. It was 26 years ago that Davis […]
Peter Pan
Nov. 26-Dec. 19 Peter Pan — The Musical The Rose, 2001 Farnam St. Fri. 7 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 2 p.m. $16, 345.4849, rosetheater.org “All children, except one, grow up.” These words begin James M. Barrie’s classic play, Peter Pan . The timeless tale filled with pirate battles and fairy magic tells the story of the boy […]
