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Theater: Flying Colors

cityadmin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:02:46 -0600

“The Color Purple”
March 16-21
Various times (check out omahaperformingarts.org for a full list)
Orpheum Theater
409 S. 16th St.
ticketomaha.com

Theater: Editor's Picks March 10-16

cityadmin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:37:46 -0600

“Hot ‘N’ Throbbing”
March 11-April 3
Thurs.-Sat. at 7:30 p.m.
$20-$25
Downtown Space
614 S. 11th St.

Art: Editor's Picks for March 10-16

cityadmin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:29:18 -0600

“The Human Touch”
Through April 18
Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge St.
Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun. noon-4 p.m.
joslyn.org

Meeting the Band: The Turfmen

cityadmin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:14:21 -0600

Vital Stats

Members: Peter Brennan, Tom Riley, John Herman, Brendan Riley
Together Since: 1978
Hometown: Omaha
On the Web: theturfmen.com
Catch Them Live: March 12 and 13 at the Dubliner Pub, March 16 and 17 at the Brazen Head

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met. -William Butler Yeats

Music: Simons Says

cityadmin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:06:15 -0600

Digital Leather
Friday, March 12
O’Leaver’s Pub
1322 S. Saddle Creek Road
9 p.m., $5, 21-plus

Film: You, in Wonderland

cityadmin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:57:38 -0600

Pop Goes Your Culture: Fish Fry-natic

cityadmin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:42:12 -0600

It was the first week of February, and I was getting increasingly excited as the days counted down. The day I’d been waiting almost a year for was rapidly approaching, and my head was swimming with notions of celebration … and the lovely smell of fried fish and spilled beer. Fish fry season was about to kick-off.

St. Patrick's Day Listings 2010

cityadmin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:32:15 -0600

It’s once again time to dawn your green, put your party hats on and get ready to – as I once heard my grandfather say as he cracked a beer on a March 17 some time ago – “turn ye livers into corned beef.” Hard to believe after the long winter we’ve had, but St. Patrick’s Day, all you Irish-lovin’ laddies and lassies of Omaha, is next Wednesday.

Theater: Editor's Picks for March 3-9

cityadmin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:49:41 -0600

“GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE”
Wed., March 3-Saturday, March 6
7:30 p.m. each night
General admission: $15; UNO Students: Free with their MAV Card
UNO Theatre, located in Weber Fine Arts Building, 60th and Dodge streets

Art: Editor's Picks for March 3-9

cityadmin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:37:31 -0600

Mike Loftus paintings
March 5-31
Opening reception: Friday from 7-10 p.m.
Free admission
Pizza Shoppe Collective
6056 Maple St.
556-9090

For more than 15 years, Mike Loftus has been exhibiting his representational oil and canvas paintings around the Omaha area. His work is often on view locally at places like the 49’r Lounge and the Louisville Art Gallery and regionally at the Independent Thought Gallery in Des Moines.

Beer Dude: Winter Brews Blues

cityadmin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:19:42 -0600

City Games: Go Straight to Hell, Boy

cityadmin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:54:38 -0600

“Dante’s Inferno”
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developers: Visceral Games
System: PS3, Xbox 360
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: Feb. 9, 2010

“Dante’s Inferno” is an arcade-style action game that works only because it doesn’t take itself too seriously. I mean, one of the early enemy types is the unbaptized baby…

Music: The Beat Goes On

cityadmin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:43:01 -0600

The English Beat
With Fishbone, Outlaw Nation
Friday March, 5
The Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St.
8 p.m., sold out

Back in 1980 disco was dying. The punk rock revolution was on the downswing. After missing the chance to fully capitalize off of punk’s brash honesty and surprising mass appeal, record companies were up in arms trying not to miss the next big thing. This was much to the benefit of England’s the Beat, an upcoming ska outfit led my Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger.

Music Mannerisms: Sunday is the new Saturday

cityadmin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:22:14 -0600

This coming Sunday feels more like a Saturday night. There are many events happening around town on March 7 that may require some people to keep a little of that weekend money in their pocket for an extra day.

Jay-Talking Guy: CU's March to the Arch

cityadmin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:04:41 -0600

Well, I guess the last minute is better than not getting something done at all. Creighton managed to sweep the final week of the regular season, ending at 16-14 (10-8 in Valley play) and a fourth-place finish in conference.

Film: Not Wild

cityadmin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:14:11 -0600

Music: Simons Says

cityadmin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:01:18 -0600

Norah Jones
With Sarah Jaffe
Sunday, March 7
Orpheum Theater,
409 S. 16th St.
8 p.m., $48-$58
ticketomaha.com

Norah Jones was destined for success since conception. Although raised by her mother, Jones’ father is legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, leading one to assume that extreme musical talent must pump through her veins.

This is only exemplified by her accomplishments.

City Games: Not a Shocker

cityadmin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:53:08 -0600

“Bioshock 2”
Publisher: 2K Games
Developers: 2K Marin, 2K Australia & Digital Extremes
System: PS3, Xbox 360 & PC
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: Feb. 9, 2010

Meething the Band

cityadmin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:29:00 -0600

When sitting down with Omaha rock band Vinyl Haze this past week
at the Pizza Shoppe one thing was apparent. This is a band that will
probably be playing on Omaha stages for many years to come. The two
guitar slinging brothers Justin and Joshua Neal and drummer Ryan Hass
genuinely like each other and they all have a passion for playing
music. They also don’t really have any pie-in-the-sky delusions that
can sometimes tear apart a band before their time. They seem content.
They are happy that they have found their sound, a melodic and

Lead Story: Showing OFF

cityadmin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:00:18 -0600

Omaha Film Festival 2010
March 6-14
Various times and prices
Great Escape Stadium 16
7440 Crown Point Ave.
omahafilmfestival.org

Hollywood and indie filmmakers, several with Nebraska roots and ties, will once again be the main attraction at the fifth annual Omaha Film Festival and Conference, which opens this weekend and continues through March 14.

Art: Editor's Picks for Feb. 24-March 2

cityadmin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:31:32 -0600

Bemis Underground
Three Solo Exhibitions
Through March 27
12th and Leavenworth streets
bemiscenter.org

The Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts, a place known for supporting local arts, is displaying three new exhibits from three different artists in their Underground area. Matthew Carlson, Rebecca Herskovitz and Tana Quincy are the latest artists to have their work featured.

Theater: Editor's Picks for Feb. 24-March 2

cityadmin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:19:15 -0600

“The Marriage of Figaro”
Friday, Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 28 at 2 p.m.
Tickets: $19-$99
Orpheum Theater, 409 S. 16th St.
operaomaha.org, 346-7372

Opera Omaha presents “The Marriage of Figaro,” the comic masterpiece with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, starring Jason Hardy as Figaro and Maureen Francis as Susanna.

Music Mannerisms: Creepin' in the Hole

cityadmin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:05:28 -0600

Film: Leo the Great

cityadmin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:22:22 -0600

"The Last Station"
Opening Friday, Feb. 26 at Film Streams
1340 Mike Fahey St.
filmstreams.org

“Everything I know, I know only because I love.”

Film: Treasure 'Island'

cityadmin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:15:23 -0600

Nightlife: Get Cozy

cityadmin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:02:50 -0600

Josephine’s Cozy Corner
2201 Pierce St.
345-7197

Frank Rizzuto is an actor. You may remember him from such roles as “henchman” in Godfather’s Pizza commercials or as “the detective” in TV miniseries “Gone in the Night.” Or perhaps you might know Frank personally from the lounge he owns and operates (and where you can find him most nights): Josephine’s Cozy Corner.

Simons Says: Talking Mountain lead the way for the week's best music

cityadmin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:52:32 -0600

Talking Mountain LP release
With Honeybee, Flesh-Eating Skin Disease
Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St.
9 p.m., No cover
theslowdown.com

Law Talking Guy: Plane and (not so) simple

cityadmin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:38:33 -0600

I’m going to need some help with this. A man flies a plane into a building with the express intent of making a political statement, and it’s not terrorism?

Last week, an angry Joseph Stack posted a long anti-government diatribe on his blog, set fire to his house, and flew a small plane into an Austin, Texas, building containing the local office of the Internal Revenue Service. As of this column’s writing, two people (in addition to Stack) were killed in the attack, with a third person missing.

Pop Goes Your Culture: Gaga for Weir

cityadmin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:25:24 -0600

Ah, the Olympics. A time of celebratory competition, of swelling national pride. You can keep your medal ceremonies and ever-burning emblematic torch; these past two Olympic weeks gave me something more glorious, more – dare I say it? — fabulous. The 2010 Winter Games brought Johnny Weir into my life. And this girl loves it.

Cover: Girl Talk

cityadmin — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:10:00 -0600

Nebraska Women’s Basketball Vs. Missouri
Saturday, Feb. 27
7:05 p.m.
Devaney Center, 1600 Court St., Lincoln
huskers.com

Obviously, we’re here to talk about the success of the Nebraska women’s basketball team. But first, let’s play a quick game of our own.