It’s the Final Countdown That was my one attempt at being lighthearted here. This is simply a reminder that Pudgy’s Pizza will permanently close after service on February 22nd. Located at 16919 Audrey, the Chicago-style pizzeria was lovingly tended by original owners Phil “Pudgy” and Beth Cerra from 2008 until Phil’s cancer battle came to […]
Prayer by Michael Braunstein An ancient Greek tale tells of sailors after a battle at sea. Their ship was damaged and sinking. They found themselves in perilous waters, fearing they would be lost. Despair swept through them one by one. As the waves threatened to swallow them, they thrashed to stay afloat and to reach […]
Since there’s no way humanity will survive long enough to read my Best and Worst Films of 2020 list, I guess this is goodbye. We had a good run, folks. Well…maybe just an okay run. Neanderthals outlasted us by about 8.5 million years, so there’s that. Still, movies are one of the last truly global […]
The time-honored expression “A picture is worth a thousand words” suggests that we can communicate complex ideas through one single image. In the pre-digital world of photography, these images were believed to be factual and unaltered. Fact and Fiction in Contemporary Photography, organized by Toby Jurovics, chief curator at Joslyn Art Museum, explores and challenges […]
The Energy Nature of Addiction by Michael Braunstein Humans fall easily into the throes of addiction. One could almost say that it’s human nature to become addicted to something or even a lot of things. And, as the ego-mind is wont to do with anything that affects us, humans then look for outside causes to […]
If unusual weave and tapestry is your thing, join textile artist Mary Zicafoose at the Lied Art Gallery opening reception of her Ikat exhibit January 24, from 4 – 7 p.m., with a gallery talk at 4:30. Zicafoose’s solo will feature the ikat technique in a display of tapestries illustrating a new series of ikat-inspired […]
A two-person exhibit, Rachel Cunningham and Emma Westbrook contains work by both Cunningham and Westbrook in the form of acrylic painted clouds and mixed media creations, including prints and drawings. Cunningham’s inspiration comes from the constant movement and evolution of the sky through its color, texture and filtered light. Using the combination of three or […]
This month, Anderson O’Brien Gallery presents Backyard View: Omaha Through the Eyes of Judith Welk. Welk, a prolific printmaker and painter, passed away last spring. Her work represents the love of family, neighborhood and landscape, primarily in Omaha and the surrounding area. A long-time resident of the Dundee neighborhood, Welk had a fondness for hometown […]
At the risk of beginning the New Year with a tired old expression, digging into the list of the season’s upcoming visual arts offerings is like opening a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get. However, as diverse as contemporary art is and as divergent as its local venues are, how can […]
Best-of lists are an inherently stupid, yet completely brilliant, way to judge any type of art. Think about it; even the most devoted music critic only gets the chance to seriously listen to a few hundred records out of the ungodly number released each year — never mind the near-infinite stream of mixtapes and singles […]
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