We caught up with author and educator LaVon Stennis-Williams, based in Omaha, who wrote a children’s book honoring the Tuskegee Airmen titled “When I Grow Up I Want to Be, Like the Tuskegee Airmen”. It is part of a legacy series targeting grades 6-12. There is only one living Tuskegee Airmen left in Nebraska pictured […]
The debut book from Martin Bruckner, “I Love You with All My Butt!: An Illustrated Book of Big Thoughts from Little Kids,” cleverly highlights the funny, sad, ridiculous, and, sometimes, creepy things young children say. “The title is really just a little kid who is so excited to tell her parents something sweet, […]
Summer Miller’s New Prairie Kitchen Finding Meaning at the Table by Leo A, Biga Omaha author Summer Miller came to write her Gourmand World Cookbook Awards finalist New Prairie Kitchen in the midst of a life reset. More than a recipe book, Miller profiled 25 chefs, growers and artisans involved in creating “the new Midwestern […]
The 2015 downtown Omaha Lit Fest, whose theme is “Nervosa: Science, Psych & Story,” celebrates the reflective power of literature to explore human vulnerability. Worry over terrorism, the economy, climate change, the singularity, genetic engineering and zombie apocalypse dread is backdrop for the free Oct. 16-17 fest at the W. Dale Clark Library. The 6:30-9:30 […]
It was the case that shattered innocence and struck fear into an entire nation, inspired artists like Terrence Malick and Bruce Springsteen to create some of their finest work, and would be forever associated with Nebraska. The two week killing spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate would capture the world and is still […]
South Omaha native son David Krajicek’s crime writing has branded him Mr. Murder, so it’s only apt he looks the heavy with his bearded mug, bouncer glare and imposing size. This tabloid poet and rebel, who hails from a long line of barkeeps and meatpackers, gets his rabble-rouse on playing old-school R&B. The ex-New York […]
Stop by the PS Collective at 6056 Maple Street this Thursday, August 4th at 7 p.m. for the Omaha Poetry Slam Team Sendoff Show. The team (Steven Evans, Jake Narofsky, Patrick Sather, Tessie Stednitz, and Ben Wenzl) will be headed to Boston to take on the rest of the country in this year’s National Poetry […]
*Fans of horror, monsters and strange illustrations take note: artist Michael Bukowski is illustrating every monster mentioned in the works of horror master H.P. Lovecraft on his blog, yog-blogsoth.blogspot.com. Each illustration is paired with a passage that references the creature. If you’ve wondered what a Headless Moon Calf, Elder Thing or an Urhag looks like, […]
* Pinot, Pigs and Poets, a fundraiser for Campfire USA at Happy Hollow Country Club (1701 S. 105th St.), will be Friday, June 10, from 7 to 10 p.m. Pinot, Pigs and Poets is an annual event attendees to sample featured Pinot Noir wines and unique pork dishes from local restaurants. Attendees also will enjoy […]
* Assuming the weather cooperates, this month’s Naked Words Open Mike will meet at the Josyln Scupture Garden at 24th and Dodge Street, Wednesday, June 1 at 6 p.m. For more information, shoot an email to prairie.sky@gmail.com. * The Willa Cather Foundation will present “A Prairie Writers’ Workshop” beginning this Thursday, June 2, running through […]
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