VOLUME 1 ISSUE 25 | JUNE 14 - JUNE 20 | 2017
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TAINMENT, PERSONAL YOUR FREE ARTS, ENTER
LIVE & LOCAL
Jeff Morris & SKUDDUR
FINANCE
Bitcoin- Fad or Future?
FINANCE, MUSIC
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Pop-Up Comedy Show
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10 ON TEN 13 THIS WEEKS FEATURE 16 OMAHA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE Girls Like Us: The Music of Carol King By Hannah Wilson
18 FINANCE
Herek Financial will be sharing financial information relating to the markets, investments, financial news and other information with regard to finance. By Mike Herek
20 COMEDY SHOW Kira’s Pop-Up Comedy Show Comes to Scriptown
22 HEALTH
Focus on Health Sponsored by Jane’s Health Market
24 FOCUS ON LIVE & LOCAL
Jeff Morris and Skuddur Charge into the Future By Eddie Torrez
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NEWS OF THE WEIRD
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HAPPY HOUR
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Weekly News of the Weird By Chuck Shepherd
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EXHIBITS Thursday, June 15 John Buck Cultural Imagery: Sculptures and Wood Block Prints Opening: Thursday, June 15 | 5 pm Exhibit through Saturday, July 29 The summer exhibition “KINETIC” by Kaneko will present the works of a number of international, national and regional artists that explores the art and science of movements and the perception of motion. A part of this exhibition will be a major retrospective of world renown artist John Buck’s wood block prints and wood and bronze sculptures, many of which are large and are kinetic. Gallery 72, concurrently and in conjunction with Kaneko will host a significant show of additional selections of fine art wood block prints and sculptures by John Buck. Gallery 72’s relationship with Buck began with the time he spent at the Kansas City Art Institute as a classmate with the owner’s brother Robert Rogers and continues with working with Bud Shark’s Ink., the publisher of Buck’s prints and Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, a dealer of Buck’s sculptures. All works at Gallery 72 will be available for purchase. ----------------------------------------------Friday, June 16 Where We Land – Opening Reception The Union for Contemporary Art | 6p The Union’s summer exhibition opens with a reception on Friday, June 16 from 6 pm to 9 pm. All three artists will be present to introduce themselves, their work, and inspirations. Light refreshments will be served. Where We Land runs June 16 – August 12, coinciding with Juneteenth weekend and the biennial Native Omahan Days. Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a to 6 p, FREE. -----------------------------------------------
ART WORKS: A Place for Curiosity Joslyn Museum, 2200 Dodge St, Omaha, Nebraska 68102 A 1,500 sq. ft. interactive space where visitors young and old will find fun, fresh ways to experience the visual arts. Nine hands-on activity stations, all with connections to art that you might encounter in Joslyn’s galleries, will pique your curiosity and stimulate creativity! Go, explore, imagine, and play in an artful way. ART WORKS is in the Memorial building, lower level east; open - and is free! - during all public hours. ----------------------------------------------David Brooks: Continuous Service Altered Daily: June 1-Aug. 26 at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 S. 12th St. Brooks presents every single part of a used 1976 John Deere 3300 combine harvester laid out in varying degrees of disassembly. Admission: free. Moreinformation online at www.bemiscenter.org ----------------------------------------------Bijoux Parisiens: French Jewelry from the Petit Palais, Paris: June 4-Sept. 10 at Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St. This exhibition portrays the intersection of French fashion, art, and history while touching on social and political concerns. Nearly 70 works of jewelry and more than 100 original paintings, fashion prints, and photographs will be on display. Tickets: $10 adults. Free for children (17 and under), college students with ID, and Joslyn members. Moreinformation online at joslyn.org ----------------------------------------------Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: May 26-June 25 at Omaha Community Playhouse, 6915 Cass St. The classic tale of Belle and the Beast is back with spectacular sets and costumes. Times vary. Tickets: $42 adults, $25 students Thursday-Sunday; $32 adults, $20 students Wednesday. More information online at ticketomaha.com Anderson Enterprises 15418 W Center Rd, Omaha, 68144 ----------------------------------------------
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White Crane Gallery 1032 Howard St, Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------Anderson O’Brien Fine Art Old Market Zombie Art & Glass Gallery 1108 Jackson St., Omaha, 68102 6001 Maple St., Omaha, 68104 ---------------------------------------------Artist Cooperative Gallery MUSEUMS 405 S 11th St, Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------Durham Museum Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts 801 S 10th St., Omaha, 68108 724 S 12th St., Omaha, 68102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Great Plains Black History Museum Blue Pomegranate Gallery 7400 Dodge St., Omaha 68114 17305 Davenport St, Omaha, 68118 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Joslyn Art Museum Cooper Brown Art 2200 Dodge St., Omaha, 68102 2215 Harney St., Omaha, 68102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Omaha Children’s Museum Dundee Gallery 500 S 20th St., Omaha, 68102 4916 Underwood Ave, Omaha, 68132 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Gallery 72 Museum, 28210 W Park Hwy, 68003 1806 Vinton St., Omaha, 68108 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Gallery 1516 PERFORMING ARTS 1516 Leavenworth St., Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------Holland Performing Arts Center Garden of the Zodiac 13th & Douglas St., Omaha, NE 68102 1046 Howard St., Omaha, 68102 --David Blaine, June 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hot Shops Omaha Community Playhouse 1301 Nicholas St, Omaha, 68102 6915 Cass St., Omaha, NE 68132 -----------------------------------------------Beauty & The Beast, thu June 25 Hugo Art Galleries --Girls Like Us, June 15 - 25 2718 Pacific St., Omaha, 68105 --#IMOMSOHARD, June 23 -23 -----------------------------------------------Billy McGuigan’s Rock Twist, July12-23 Joslyn Art Museum -----------------------------------------------2200 Dodge St., Omaha, 68102 Orpheum Theater ---------------------------------------------409 S Sixteenth St., Omaha, NE 68102 Lewis Art Gallery --B - The Underwater Bubble Show, 8600 Cass St., Omaha, 68114 October 7 -----------------------------------------------Finding Neverland, October 10-15 MANGELSEN Images of Nature ---------------------------------------------1115 Harney St., Omaha, 68102 The Rose Theater ---------------------------------------------2001 Farnam St., Omaha, NE 68102 Modern Arts Midtown Peter Pan, June 2 - 18 3615 Dodge St., Omaha, 68131 Old Market Artists Gallery 1034 Howard St., Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------Passageway Gallery 417 S 11th St, Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------Petshop Gallery 2725 N 62nd St., Omaha, 68104 ---------------------------------------------The Little Gallery & Underground Film Forum 5901 Maple St., 68104 ---------------------------------------------The Union for Contemporary Art 2417 Burdette St., Omaha, 68111 ---------------------------------------------UNO Art Gallery 6001 Dodge St., Omaha, 68182 ----------------------------------------------
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Wednesday, June 14 Papillion Days Kickoff Event Sumtur Ampitheater | 6pm Celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2017, Papillion Days is an annual tradition that takes place over Father’s Day weekend in Papillion, NE. Papillion Days is sponsored by the Papillion Community Foundation.
Opening ceremonies kick off Friday evening, beginning at 8:30 pm. Opening Ceremonies featuring: Olympic style team introductions, U.S. Golden Knights parachute team, performance by Grammy-nominated Aloe Blacc on the Enterprise Stage and a fireworks finale. ----------------------------------------------Friday, June 16 6pm- 8:30pm-Papillion Days Kick Off Bridge Beats Welcome mayor David Black, Free Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge Concert with Hotel Desperado featuring Eagles music. Food Trucks on 705 Riverfront Dr, Omaha, NE 68102 Musician Collective will be the opening Site. Located at the Sumtur act followed by an Omaha favorite, Amphitheater. Free Movie Star Wars EckoPhonic! Join everyone down at Rouge One, showing at the Sumtur the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge Amphitheater. Movie starts at Dark ----------------------------------------------- Plaza at 6pm on Friday, June 16th! Family-friendly activities, great food Thursday, June 15 and drinks, and even better music that Kids Funfare at Regency 120 Regency Pkwy, Omaha, NE 68114 will have you up and dancing! Every Thursday Thru July 27 | 10a Don’t forget to bring a lawn chair or Celebrate Kids Funfare in Center blanket and your dancing shoes! Court Thursdays from 10am-11am. Enjoy a mystical magic show presented Bob Kerrey Bridge, 705 Riverfront Dr, Omaha, Nebraska by Jeff Quinn. ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------Friday, June 16 Friday, June 16 Sounds of Summer Concert Series CWS Opening Day Shadowlake Shopping Center, 6:30p TD AMeritrade | 9am Grab a blanket or a chair and join us The annual NCAA Men’s College every Friday from 6:30-8:30pm all World Series kicks off with a free allday opening celebration at TD Ameri- summer long in the Nebraska Medicine trade Park in downtown Omaha. Team Amphiteater for an exciting concert line-up sponsored by 961 Kiss Online practices start at 9:10 am and autograph sessions follow each practice. Come out and enjoy a cold beverage Evening activities will begin around each week at the Summer Shandy 8:30 pm with a parade of the eight Beer Patio and grab a bite to eat with teams marching east from Creighton food provided by Hy-Vee. No outside University’s Morrison Stadium on alcohol is permitted. Cash only. Mike Fahey Street. Stadium ----------------------------------------------ceremonies start with an OlymSaturday, June 17 pic-style entrance of the eight teams, Blues, Brews & BBQ arrival of the U.S. Army Golden Three Hills Event Center Knights parachute team, a perforNebraska City, NE | 3pm mance by GrammyEnjoy Blues, Brew and BBQ at nominated Aloe Blacc and fireworks. For more information, go to ncaa.com/ Whispering Pines Bed & Breakfast in Nebraska City from 3 to 8pm cws. BBQ 3 - 5:30pm Music 5 - 8pm The 2017 College World Series kicks Backswing Beers available 3pm-Close off this Saturday, June 17, at TD Levi William Band plays Heart, Soul, Ameritrade Park.
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and Stone Cold Blues! ----------------------------------------------KIDS BOWL FREE ALL SUMMER LONG at West Lanes 12pm - 6pm ----------------------------------------------Saturday, June 17 Saturdays at Stinson Concert Series featuring Finest Hour Stinson Park in Aksarben Village | 7p 2285 S 67th St, Omaha, NE 68106 Join your friends every Saturday night in Stinson Park at Aksarben Village for the Saturdays @ Stinson Concert Series, sponsored by First Data, H&H Automotive and DJ’s Dugout. You will be entertained by the most talented bands in Omaha and the best part its FREE! There will be food and drink vendors, face painting, balloon artists, kids will play in the fountain and on the playground equipment. For the con-
certs you may bring chairs, blankets, an umbrella, and coolers. Please bring koozies for your cans and plastic cups for other drinks as no glass is allowed. Please do not bring tents, canopies or stake anything into the ground. Please have fun and enjoy your time in Stinson Park! Aksarben Village… where there is always something fun going on! ----------------------------------------------Monday, June 19 Free Outdoor Movie Series In Turner Park Presented By University Of Nebraska At Omaha 3110 Farnam St, Omaha, NE 68131 Monday, June 19th | The Wiz (G) June 26: Angels in the Outfield Turner Park opens for seating at 5 pm. Movie begins at sunset.
Grab your blanket, enjoy some popcorn, sit back, relax and have fun all summer long! Free and open to the public. Dinosaur Safari Exhibit: Omaha Children’s Museum, 500 S. 20th St., Omaha Families can explore natural history through hands-on activities with authentic fossils and live reptiles, as well as life-like animatronic dinosaurs. Admission: $12 adults and children (3+), $11 seniors (60+), free for members and children age 2 and under. More information online at www.ocm.org ----------------------------------------------Kids Bowl Free ALL Summer Long Monday thru Friday 12p - 6p West Lanes Bowling, 151 N 72nd Street, Omaha ----------------------------------------------If you would like to see your event listed, email getintofocus@gmail.com -----------------------------------------------
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WEDNESDAY JUNE 14 Papillion Days Kick Off w/ Hotel Desperado SumTur Amphitheater, 5p ----------------------------------------------The Grease Band Ozone Lounge, 6:30p ----------------------------------------------In Her Own Words, Northbound, Jacob James Wilton, Alpha 5 Lookout Lounge, 7p ----------------------------------------------Ray’s Piano Party Mr Toads, 7p ----------------------------------------------Bike Night w/ Avaricious Quaker Steak & Lube, 7p ----------------------------------------------Acoustic W/ Mike Brock The New Frontier Bar, 7p ----------------------------------------------Super Blues Trio The Omaha Lounge, 7p ----------------------------------------------Trivia Night O’Connor’s Irish Pub, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Swampboy Blues Band On the Q, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------David Blaine Holland Center, 8p ----------------------------------------------Jared William Harney Street Tavern, 9p ----------------------------------------------Music Crush Wednesdays The Waiting Room, 9p
THURSDAY JUNE 15 Jj Thames & The Violet Revolt Chrome Lounge, 6p ----------------------------------------------The Phaetons Ozone Lounge, 6p ----------------------------------------------Soul Food & Seafood Buffet Party The Juneteenth Celebration The Omaha Rockets Kanteen, 6p -----------------------------------------------
County Road 5 Amerisports, 7p ----------------------------------------------Pints & Pictionary Nifty Bar, 7p ----------------------------------------------Bike Night With Getchasum Dr Jack’s Drinkery, 7p ----------------------------------------------Bike Night w/ Jared Gottberg Shamrocks Pub, 7p ----------------------------------------------Cody Jinks, Ward Davis, Porter Union Slowdown, 7p ----------------------------------------------The Jazzy Truth Copacabana Cocktails, 8p ----------------------------------------------Homeless Gospel Choir, Zach Quinn, The Cap Gun Coalition, Danny Vigilante, Not Ben Shin Lookout Lounge, 8p ----------------------------------------------Make It Funny (Standup) The Backline, 8p ----------------------------------------------PetRock The Session Room, 8:30p ----------------------------------------------The Shineys Barley Street Tavern, 9p ----------------------------------------------Abstract Artimus, El Meister, Stephen Nichols O’Leaver’s, 9p ----------------------------------------------That’s What SHe Said The Backline, 9p ----------------------------------------------Jeff Austin Band w/ Kind Country The Waiting Room, 9p ----------------------------------------------Chris Shelton Dubliner Pub, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------The Flattenin’ Frogs The Down Under, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Hot Country Thursdays Candlelight Lounge, 10p ----------------------------------------------Open Mic The Backline, 10p
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FRIDAY JUNE 16 College Baseball Party 2017 Slowdown, 1p ----------------------------------------------Double Treble Growler Usa, 4:30p ----------------------------------------------24th Annual Testical Festival Round The Bend Steakhouse, 5p ----------------------------------------------Blythe Team CWS Kickoff TD Ameritrade, 5p ----------------------------------------------Jazz After 5 Featuring Love’s Jazz & Art Center, 6p ----------------------------------------------Papillion Days Polka Parade The Polish Home, Papillion, 6p ----------------------------------------------Eckophonic Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, 6p ----------------------------------------------Stavro Champion’s Run, 6:30p ----------------------------------------------Sounds Of The Summer With The 402’s Shadow Lake Towne Center, 6:30p ----------------------------------------------Avaricious Cottonwood Cove, 7p ----------------------------------------------Friday Night Concert Series featuring Flagship Commons, 7p ----------------------------------------------An Evening w/ Emily Ward Hotel RL, 7p ----------------------------------------------Jungle Rot, Y-Incision, Silence is Madness, My Last Request Lookout Lounge, 7p ----------------------------------------------A Classic Man Live featuring Julian Vaughn Love’s Jazz & Art Center, 7p ----------------------------------------------Lou Deluca & The Delta 88’s Rockbrook Village, 7p ----------------------------------------------Out Loud Soaring Wings Vineyard, 7p -----------------------------------------------
Taxi Driver Amerisports, 8p ----------------------------------------------Harold Hour (Improv) The Backline, 8p ----------------------------------------------The People’s Choice Award’s Dr Jack’s Drinkery, 8:30p ----------------------------------------------CWS Opening Ceremonies w/ Aloe Blacc & Fireworks TD Ameritrade, 8:30p ----------------------------------------------Scott Severin, Devon Cadwell, Brikwondo Barley Street Tavern, 9p ----------------------------------------------Chrome Chrome Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------------------Growler Usa After Dark With Growler Usa, 9p ----------------------------------------------LeWade Milliner “Black Swan Theory” Harney Street Tavern, 9p ----------------------------------------------Fusion Force featuring Walter King Havana Garage, 9p ----------------------------------------------Rough Cut Ozone Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------------------Mercury Girl Parliament Pub Dwntwn, 9p ----------------------------------------------String Theory & Friends Reverb Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------------------Rev, TJ Fredricksen, King Killah, JYO THE ZOMBIE, iL ONE, & EZ$ Shamrocks Pub, 9p ----------------------------------------------Satchel Grande Slowdown, 9p ----------------------------------------------Undocumented The Backline, 9p ----------------------------------------------Stonebelly The Down Under, 9p ----------------------------------------------Hi-Fi Hangover The Session Room, 9p -----------------------------------------------
Gay AF Standup Comedy The Sydney, 9p ----------------------------------------------All Young Girls Are Machine Guns The Waiting Room, 9p ----------------------------------------------Johnny Knucklehead Chrome Lounge, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Wild Colonial Bhoys Dubliner Pub, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Salsa Dancing Gusto Cuban, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Interrogated + The Arena Backline Comedy Theater, 10p ----------------------------------------------The Ethereal featuring RVGER Bar 415, 10p
SATURDAY JUNE 17 Blues, Brews & BBQ Whispering Pines, 3p ----------------------------------------------Omaha Rollergirls Ralston Arena, 5p ----------------------------------------------Bad Aqple Dr. Jack’s Drinkery, 6p ----------------------------------------------Power 106.9 DJ Night Slowdown, 6p ----------------------------------------------The Coconuts Village Pointe, 6:30p ----------------------------------------------Finest Hour Aksarben Village, 7p ----------------------------------------------17th Anniversary Alley Party Big Brain Omaha, 7p ----------------------------------------------Mr. Sinister Breaker’s Bay @ Funplex, 7p ----------------------------------------------Live Music w/ Matt Hackett Burrito Envy & Tequila Bar, 7p ----------------------------------------------Measure of Life Holland Center, 7p ----------------------------------------------Live Music w/ Daniel Burns Hotel RL, 7p ----------------------------------------------All White Event Live Love’s Jazz & Art Center, 7p ----------------------------------------------Lady Parts Justice League Vagical Mystery Tour, Reverb Lounge, 7p ----------------------------------------------Silence Is Madness Riverwest Park, 7:30p -----------------------------------------------
Cymbolton Amerisports Bar, 8p ----------------------------------------------Live Music w/ Torn Brownies Watering Hole, 8p ----------------------------------------------OK Party Comedy Battle Royale Lookout Lounge, 8p ----------------------------------------------Robo Dojo, Smith’s Cloud Barley Street Tavern, 9p ----------------------------------------------Charlie Burton And Or What?! Growler Usa, 9p ----------------------------------------------Sailing In Soup Harney Street Tavern, 9p ----------------------------------------------The 70’s Band On The Q, 9p ----------------------------------------------Rewind Ozone Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------------------Bad Dynamics Shamrocks Pub, 9p ----------------------------------------------DJ Pink Bunny The Cove, 9p ----------------------------------------------Ragged Company The Barrel.9p ----------------------------------------------Joystick The Session Room, 9p ----------------------------------------------The Joy Formidable The Waiting Room, 9p ----------------------------------------------The North Fork The Down Under, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Wild Colonial Bhoys Dubliner Pub, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------DJ Travis Howe Parliament Pub Dwntwn, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Droids Attack, Super Moon, Processions, O’Leaver’s, 10p ----------------------------------------------Secret Weapon Slowdown, 10p ----------------------------------------------LJ & Sentenza Bar 415, 10p
SUNDAY JUNE 18 Baseball Hall of Fame Tour CenturyLink Center, 10a ----------------------------------------------Barn Beats w/ Brich & Killion Bodega Victoriana Winery, 2p -----------------------------------------------
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David Blaine Holland Center
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Bridge Beats featuring Eckophonic
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Papillion Days Kick Off Cody Jinks SUMTUR AMPHITHEATER SLOWDOWN
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Baseball Hall of Fame
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Blues, Brews & BBQ
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Testicle Festival
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Sunday June 18
Fathers Day Concert STINSON PARK IN AKSARBEN VILLAGE
Papillion Days Parade Papillion, 2p ----------------------------------------------Katie Logan Soaring Wings Vineyard, 2p ----------------------------------------------Angela Winbush, Cherelle, CC Pensiob, R-Style Band, Aksarben Village, 3p ----------------------------------------------Blues Rock and Soul Dog House Saloon, 4p ----------------------------------------------Sweet Tea Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen, 6p ----------------------------------------------An Evening w/ Randy Clark & Charlie Worsham, The Waiting Room, 7p ----------------------------------------------Papillion Area Concert Band SumTur Amphitheater, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Jazz with Luigi, Inc. Mr. Toad, 9p ----------------------------------------------Open Mic O’Leaver’s, 9p
MONDAY JUNE 19 Here Today A PopUp Comedy Scriptown Brewing Co., 6p -----------------------------------------------
Bob Fields and Swing Time Ozone Lounge | 6:30p ----------------------------------------------Youth in Revolt, Light Up The Sky, Vesta Collide, Thousand Below, Fallen Reign, Lookout Lounge, 8p ----------------------------------------------Saint Motel The Waiting Room, 8p
TUESDAY JUNE 20 The I-80 Exchange Open Mic Hosted By Cj Greco, Hotel Rl, 6p ----------------------------------------------Screwtape, Culture War, The Boner Killerz, Lookout Lounge, 7p ----------------------------------------------Science Cafe Slowdown, 7p ----------------------------------------------A Low Down Weekly Comedy Show Dr. Jack’s Drinkery, 8p ----------------------------------------------Open Mic Night Therapy, 8p ----------------------------------------------Yonder Mountain String Band The Waiting Room, 8p ----------------------------------------------If you would like to see your event Email getintofocus@gmail.com
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College World Series
7-2 with a staff-best 2.63 ERA while right-hander Brigham Hill is 8-3 to lead in wins with an ERA just over 3.0. Corbin Martin is 7-3 on the year with an ERA of 2.99.
By Andy Roberts
Texas A&M
Louisville
The Cardinals (52-10) are making a return trip and were the first team to earn a spot in Omaha. It came as no surprise, but the sweep of Kentucky must have made it extra sweet. Lefty Brendan McKay (10-3) got the win in the deciding super regional game, and will come to TD Ameritrade Park as one of the top prospects in the CWS. When not pitching he plays first base and hits .343 with 56 RBIs. Drew Ellis moves between third and first and is the Cardinals leading hitter at .367 with 60 RBIs. Local fans may be interested to know that three of Louisville’s wins came over the Omaha Mavericks in February. The Cardinals are from the Atlantic Coast Conference and are making their fourth trip to the College World Series.
Coached by former Nebraska assistant Rob Childress, the Aggies (41-21) are making their sixth trip to the championships in Omaha, and earned their way with a sweep over a spunky cinderella squad from Davidson. Saturday’s win was 12-6, but on Friday the game went 15 innings before the SEC team was able to claim a 7-6 victory. A&M was only 16-14 in SEC play, which says a lot about the caliber of that league. Freshman infielder Braden Shewmake is the top offensive weapon with a .336 average, 11 HRs and 68 RBIs. Nick Choruby and Blake Kopetsky also top .300 swinging the stick, and Cole Bedford and Hunter Coleman are not far behind. Of local interest is Logan Foster, a freshman outfielder from Lincoln Southeast, who appeared in 50 games, started 42, and has 23 RBIs with five homers and a .285 batting average. Assistant coaches Will Bolt and Justin Seeley are former Huskers players and coaches. Left-handed pitcher Kaylor Chafin is
Thompson at 14-0 with an ERA of 1.52, which is only sixth best on the staff. This is a powerhouse college baseball team – they may have one major distraction with Pitcher Luke Heimlich who despite an 11-1 record and his 0.76 ERA was outed by a newspaper report last week that uncovered information that he had failed to re-register as a sex offender in Oregon. The Washington native’s future from the incident when he was a young teen remains unclear.
Oregon State
The top-ranked Beavers bring a 54-4 record to Omaha. Right, that’s not a typo. OSU got a complete-game from Bryce Fehmel who struck out 10 Vanderbilt batters in the 9-2 rout to bring them back to the College World Series for the first time since 2013. They won the event in 2006 and 2007 under coach Pat Casey. First baseman KJ Harrison had a four RBI night in the win over the Commodores. He’s hitting .332 on the year with four homers and 35 RBIs, but has only the third highest batting average on this team which has six, count ‘em, players batting .300 or better. Nick Madrigal’s .379 average leads the Beavers, followed by Stephen Kwan at .340. Fehmel is down the list of the team’s top pitching performers, which is led by Jake
Cal-State Fullerton
It took three games but the Cal-State Fullerton Titans topped Long Beach State 2-1 in the deciding game of their Super Regional in Southern California. The Dirtbags (Long Beach) managed only four runs in the three games. Hank LoForte stroked the game-winner in the fourth inning and the Titans (39-22) got seven innings of one-hit ball from Colton Eastman, who improved to 2-0. Outfielder Scott Hurst leads Fullerton on the year, batting .332 with 39 RBIs and the junior has 12 of the team’s 44 round-trippers. Infielder Sahid Valenzuela is hitting .324, while Taylor
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Bryant has knocked in 35 runs and Dillon Persinger has helped 30 runners find home plate. Connor Seabold leads the Titans on the mound with an 11-5 record and 3.01 ERA.John Gavin is second on the staff in wins with an 8-2 mark and a 2.67 ERA. Valenzuela from Yuma, Arizona, is the only non-Californian on the roster. No stranger to Omaha, Cal-State Fullerton is making its 18th appearance and has won national titles in 1979, 1984, 1995, and 2004. Is it time for this decade’s title? Alum Kevin Costner has been known to check out the series. Cal-State Fullerton plays top national seed Oregon State in the first round.
LSU
The LSU Tigers (48-17) bring a 16game winning streak to Omaha after bludgeoning Mississippi State 14-4 in a game that ended early Monday morning at Baton Rouge. LSU has been a CWS regular and is making its 18th appearance to go along with their six titles, is looking for a second championship for coach Paul Mainieri.
Walker has combined for a 27-9 record with Lange holding the best ERA at 2.92. One of the Blue Bloods of college baseball, LSU plays Florida State in its Series opener. The only people happier than Tigers fans might be the folks at Barrett’s Barleycorn on Leavenworth which has become the official LSU fan headquarters for the CWS.
Florida Gators
The Gators (47-18) punched their ticket Monday night after completion of a suspended game earlier in the day. J.J. Schwarz was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer good for a pair of RBIs to help seal the 3-0 win. Tyler Dyson pitched the middle five innings in relief, allowing just two hits and striking out seven to earn the win. They are the third SEC team in the CWS field. Nelson Maldonado and Ryan Larson TCU are both hitting .304 to lead Florida. Brian Howard (11-3) walked two, Maldonado’s 31 RBIs are second allowed just four hits, and struck out on the team to Jonathan India’s 32. 11 as TCU beat Missouri State 8-1 to Schwarz’s homer on Monday was his earn a fourth straight trip to Omaha team-leading 12th of the season. No and the College World Series. Evan other player has more than six. Skoug and Elliott Barzilli each homered The pitching staffing staff is deep, but for the Horned Frogs (47-16). Jackson Kowar’s 12-0 record with an Skoug leads the team in home runs ERA of 4.0 is the standout. Alex Faedo with 20 and has 67 RBIs while hitting and Brady Singer each have seven .277. Austin Wade swings the bat for wins. a .342 average with 37 RBIs, and TCU boasts another threat in Cam Warner Kevin O’Sullivan is the head Gator, who hits .292 and has knocked in 49 and is bringing his team to Omaha runs. for the sixth time in his 10th year in In addition to Howard, the Horned Gainesville. This is Florida’s 11th trip Frogs offer Jared Janczak who is to the CWS, and they are seeking their 9-0 on the year with an ERA of 1.92. first title. Durbin Feltman has 17 of the team’s 21 saves. Talk about an athletic program having Stage fright should not be a problem a great year! The Gators won the SEC as TCU is making a habit of coming East in football, made the Sweet 16 to TD Ameritrade. Coach Jim in NCAA hoops, and are now in the Schlossnagle also brought his charges College World Series. here in 2010, but is looking for his first championship. The Gators will open against TCU.
Cole Freeman and Antoine Duplantis lead five Tigers who are batting over .300, but Greg Deichmann is the big threat when he comes to the plate. Hitting .320 he has 72 RBIs and 19 home TCU will open play against Florida runs. The starting weekend rotation of Alex Lange, Jared Poche, and Erik
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Florida State
After escaping with a 7-6 win on the first day of the Super Regionals - in a game highlighted by Sam Houston State’s triple play - the Seminoles earned their 22 nd trip to Omaha blasting the Bearkats 19-0 on Sunday night. The Seminoles (45-21) had 13 hits on Saturday and opened Sunday’s game with three extra-base hits in the first inning. Of the team’s first eight hits, seven were doubles or home runs. Quincy Nieporte bats .305 with 19 homers and 78 RBIs, but two other FSU players are hitting better than .300, including Dylan Busby who is hitting .315 with 14 homers and 62 RBIs. Jackson Lueck carries a .327 average and has knocked in 54 runs, including nine homeruns. On the mound, Tyler Holton leads the team with a 10-2 mark and 2.25 ERA. Drew Carlton has a 1.98 ERA in 34 appearances, mostly in relief, and a 5-4 won-loss record. Coach Mike Martin is in his 38 th year at the helm of the ‘Noles and is making his 16 th trip to Omaha. He has won more than 1,900 games, the team’s field is named after him, and his place in FSU history seems secure. But, he has never won the title, and a win this year would be a fitting finale to a great career. They open CWS play on Saturday against LSU.
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Girls Like Us: The Music of Carole King By Hannah Wilson The Omaha Community Playhouse’s summer show Girls Like Us: The Music of Carole King, Carly Simon and Joni Mitchell will be showing June 15 – 25, 2017 in the Howard Drew Theatre. This Cabaret-style show is inspired by a book written by Sheila Weller,
and includes performances by Laura Freeman, Beckie Menzie and Marianne Murphy Orland. Tickets are on sale to the public through the OCP box office. Girls Like Us features many unique performing styles that showcase the music and stories of three singers who became “female confessors in song, rock superstars and adventurers of heart and soul.” Some of the songs include “Big Yellow Taxi,” “Natural Woman,” “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,” “You’re So Vain” and more. In 2010, these three performers found that their sense of humor and voices blended together. After reading the
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book this show was inspired by, they came together and began creating this show. The music of Carly Simon, Carole King and Joni Mitchell made a huge impact on them and their show. The book Girls Like Us is a groundbreaking biography of three of America’s most important women musical artists: Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. This book talks about their lives as woman at the moment in time they were becoming artists. Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon are three of the most influential women in popular music. What makes
this story amazing is how different each woman is. Carole King is from New York City, Joni Mitchell is the granddaughter of Canadian farmers, and Carly Simon is from upper Manhattan. The lives and songs of these women inspired Laura Freeman, Beckie Menzie and Marianne Murphy Orland to put this performance together. Get your tickets today to Girls Like Us and enjoy a performance by these three women inspired by another three women.
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How does a Bitcoin payment work? Just as a physical wallet holds paper money and change, a digital wallet stores the private software keys that are bitcoins. It makes or receives payments by communicating with the network of other Bitcoin wallets. Some merchants and services, especially those that focus on online or international sales, are starting to explore Bitcoin transactions. Physical where it comes from. Unlike printed bitcoins, which have a software key currency or coins that are minted, embedded in them, have begun to Bitcoin is created by “mining”--using be minted. However, acceptance complex software to solve complicated of bitcoins as payment is entirely mathematical computations (or at a seller’s discretion; there is no contracting with a mining company guarantee you’ll be able to spend them to do it for you). Solving a problem By Mike Herek where you want to or get the value creates a so-called “block,” and the you expect. Also, as outlined below, computer that solved it is rewarded What if someone told you about an problems at some exchanges have investment that has made some people with a set number of digital bitcoins, sometimes impeded access to Bitcoin each of which is simply a set of one millionaires overnight and has both a funds. number of high-profile supporters and public and one private cryptographic a global reach? Would you be tempted key. (The units are generally “bitcoins,” Bitcoin payments are irreversible. Once while the general system is “Bitcoin.”) to invest? Now what if someone told you complete a transaction, it cannot be The number of solutions that can be you that the same investment also reversed. Purchases can be refunded, but discovered globally per hour (and could lose most or all of its value that depends solely on the willingness of thus the number of “blocks” created almost overnight, and that you might the establishment to do so. and bitcoins mined) is limited by the not have access to your money when system’s software code. The total you need it? How does it sound now? Speculating in Bitcoin number of bitcoins available to be Bitcoin’s usage as a currency is a mined eventually is said to be limited You’ve just confronted the debate ripple compare to the tidal waves of to 21 million. However, most users surrounding the digital phenomenon investment speculation it has fueled. acquire them either by buying them known as Bitcoin. An alternative “Investing” in bitcoins simply means with physical currencies such as currency that exists strictly as digital acquiring them through one of the dollars or accepting them as payment code, Bitcoin has received a lot of methods outlined above. However, to for goods and services. attention. But is it an investment? A say that Bitcoin as an investment is scam? A network of computers? The volatile is an understatement. Over its future of currency? If you’re unclear on Advocates argue that the advantages history, its value has fluctuated wildly what all the fuss is about, here’s a brief of the system are: (1) it’s not controlled as speculation and confidence in it by any government’s central bank, (2) introduction to just what it is, how have ebbed and surged. In April 2013, a global virtual currency facilitates it works, and some of the potential after rising from $90 to $260 over two global commercial transactions, (3) pitfalls it presents. weeks, a bitcoin’s value plummeted every block and Bitcoin transaction is to $130 in just six hours; since then, recorded, and (4) though transactions it has undergone multiple doubleBitcoin as currency are recorded, the payer and payee Bitcoin isn’t a company but a virtual digit price swings.* Despite its lack of are anonymous, much like a cash currency supported by a peer-toconnection to any central bank, Bitcoin transaction. (However, that anonymity also has been vulnerable to actions peer computer-based electronic has attracted charges that its chief cash system first outlined in 2009 by individual governments. After use so far has been for illegal activities China cracked down in 2013 on virtual by an anonymous person or group such as money laundering; in October currency transactions by financial using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. 2013, the FBI shut down the Silk Road institutions and halted deposits of To understand how the currency Bitcoin exchange and seized its assets.) yuan at exchanges there, Bitcoin’s works, you have to understand
Bitcoin: Fad or the Future?
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worth in dollars was cut by more than half.** That volatility has led to problems for people trying to make payments in bitcoins. It’s hard to use a currency when you’re not sure from day to day whether the amount in your virtual wallet is worth enough to buy a Range Rover or a tank of gas. Complicating the issue is the fact that the value can vary on different Bitcoin exchanges. However, volatility is only one of the problems that has created havoc from time to time in the Bitcoin universe. The cyber-currency has been subject to cyberattacks that have halted trading briefly on several exchanges. And at one point, one of the largest exchanges abruptly declared bankruptcy and announced that nearly half a billion dollars’ worth of bitcoins held there had vanished (though a portion of that amount was subsequently said to have been located). Worse than not knowing how much your bitcoins will buy is not knowing whether they’re available to buy anything at all. Hackers and bankruptcy aren’t the only reasons Bitcoin holders could lose the ability to spend or exchange their funds. Because of the accusations of money laundering via Bitcoin, scrutiny of digital transactions is increasing. If a law enforcement agency seized the assets of a digital platform or exchange, as they did with Silk Road, access to digital wallets there could be restricted. The Wild West rides again So far, regulatory oversight of Bitcoin has been spotty. The currency is not backed by either a government or any physical asset such as gold. Major exchanges are located around the world, and the decentralized nature of the system makes it more challenging for governmental regulators to get a handle on it. Unlike accounts at FDIC-
insured banks, there is no protection for possible loss from a digital wallet. Also, unlike credit card charges, Bitcoin transactions are irreversible. The Internal Revenue Service has said it will treat Bitcoin holdings as property rather than as a currency for tax purposes. That means that the sale or exchange of bitcoins that have gained in value since they were acquired could potentially trigger a tax liability. Also, payments made in bitcoins are subject to the same information reporting requirements as any other payments made in property. And wages paid in bitcoins must be reported on a W-2 form and are taxable as income, just as any other wages would be. Speculation hasn’t been limited to the currency itself. Much as the Internet did in its early days, Bitcoin also has spawned an entire ecosystem of startup companies and venture capitalists who want to be part of building out the technology and infrastructure involved in creating and transferring it. In addition to multiple exchanges, companies have begun providing data on the virtual
currency’s price and status and creating Bitcoin-based products. As with early Internet companies, such ventures are likely to involve a high degree of uncertainty and risk. Obviously, virtual currency still faces a lot of challenges. If you’re considering exploring it, either for transactions or as a speculative investment, you should become far more familiar with it than simply relying on this discussion. And because of the issues outlined above, you should be prepared for dramatic price swings and only use money that you aren’t relying on for something else. *Source: “Bitcoin panic selling halves its value,” April 11, 2013, BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk). **Source: www.bitcoincharts.com. Registered Representative of and Securities products offered through Capital Synergy Partners, Member FINRA/SIPC. 4400 MacArthur Blvd #850. Newport Beach, CA 92660. (888) 277-1974. Herek Financial and Capital Synergy Partners are Unaffiliated Entities
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Kira’s Pop-Up Comedy Show Comes to Scriptown By Eddie Torrez Did you hear the one about Kira? She’s bringing her pop-up comedy show to the Blackstone District at Scriptown, 3922 Farnam, at 8 p.m. on Monday night. Kira MagCalen will host the no-cover event, featuring five local comedians.
she grew up with as her father always tried to make jokes and her humor grew out of arguing with her other brothers. “We were always kind of silly people,” she recalled. MagCalen was experimenting with the various arts, including cartooning and slam poetry when one night at a poetry open microphone she went up and told a funny story. “It went over well,” so she made the move. The world provides her with no shortage of material, but her material is not all from personal experiences.
“This is going to be a solid three months on the road for me,” MagCalen said. “I don’t know by the end of the year how much I’m going to be traveling.” But, Monday is not expected to be her last stop in Omaha. “I’m definitely going to come back through.”
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MagCalen has worked in Denver’s comedy scene, developed a reputation as a writer, opened for heavy hitters like Adam CaytonHolland, Billy Wayne Davis and Ian Abramson, and played festivals. Now she is launching an extended tour.
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“More like ideas, things that you really don’t get why they happen,” MagCalen The New Jersey-born, Colorado-raised said. “You sort of realize how society comedienne started doing the pop-up works . . . and strange things like that.” shows in Denver and wanted to try the concept in other places. On Monday Having just passed her four-year she will present five local comics anniversary working in comedy, she with the hope of helping boost their seems to enjoy her chosen profession. visibility in the community. “You can do literally anything. Being “A pop-up show is just a show that a comedian, you create the jobs,” she happens one time and it can happen in said. any location,” MagCalen said. “I can be a writer and I can be a The concept of pop-up shows has producer . . . it’s always changing. “I been tried in a variety of spaces, but really like the ability to connect with MagCalen said breweries seem to people,” she said. “It’s a really great work best. way to be creative and get to know other people.” “It really goes hand in hand . . . They’re really good community spaces.” MagCalen said Omaha has a “pretty diverse” comedy scene, and she looks Many of the sites on this extended tour forward to hosting the evening. of pop-up events are newer breweries with an entrepreneurial spirit that are “My goal is really just to get it willing to try new ideas. together,” she said. “People don’t always realize what’s available in their Humor is something MagCalen said home town.”
Booked for Monday’s pop-up event are Stephen Smith, John Dahlgren, Makayla Kelley, Ryan De La Garza, and headliner Brandon Cordes.
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Sports Medicine
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By Focus Staff With the CWS here, we thought we would discuss the benefits of natural remedies that are used in the field of sports medicine.
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show) help to counteract this effect, although experts aren’t quite sure how.
Some people have also used glucosamine to try to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions, such as Omega Joint Extra- this compound inflammatory bowel disease, asthma, also contains shellfish-free glucosamine sulfate to support healthy allergies, chronic venous insufficiency, sports injuries, temporomandibular joint function and recovery, and joint problems (TMJ), and long-term (undenatured Type II Collagen) to low back pain. So far, though, there’s support overall benefits. not much scientific evidence that it works for those problems. GlucosamineSome studies show that it gives These are just a few remedies that will relief to mild to moderate knee help to keep you in the gym, on the osteoarthritis and is said to work field, and off the sidelines. Until next for other joints as well. There are week, Stay Healthy Omaha!! two main types of supplements, hydrochloride and sulfate. It’s a natural chemical compound in your body, but the sulfate supplements (some studies
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Jeff Morris and SKUDDUR Charge into the Future By Eddie Torrez For Jeff Morris, it’s all about writing songs. “If you’ve got something to say, I’d sure like to hear you say it in a song,” Morris said. The founder of SKUDDUR said while his band is not a Top 40 band, and he has nothing against them, Morris wants to see more people write some songs of their own. For Morris, that’s how he spends his days, “All day, every day,” nearly 44 years into the Nebraska musical institution that is SKUDDUR. It started in Chadron when Morris was a student at Chadron State College. He had just completed a stint in the Navy where he was a sub tender on the USS Sperry AS12. The ship escorted four nuclear subs and supplied necessities. Morris recalled how he and some friends would skip class to watch TV and called each other “Skuds.” The name SKUDDUR developed because of the way it fit on a T-shirt for
ladies. Think about it. “Started out as a party band and that’s just the way it worked out. (Back in) ‘73,” Morris said. Morris spent most of his formative years growing up in Omaha with a little time in Colorado but strong Ralston connections. Omaha, “Pretty much has always been home,” he said. He didn’t finish his degree at Chadron, but later completed a bachelor’s in general studies at UNO. While he did own a successful roofing company, music has long been at the core of his life. After more than 40 years, SKUDDUR has seen a lot of members pass through the band – some of them only hired guns who lasted just a few gigs. Morris estimated around 20 people have been members. SKUDDUR really launched in the late 1970’s following the heyday of punk rock.
Mike LaMontia. LaMontia, a singer and guitarist, Bob Kula, a multi-instrumentalist who played bass in their live shows, and Chris Gaetta are among those who have passed away. Tom Larkin and Mark “Buck” Miller are still with us and played key roles. Rock ‘n’ roll does eat its young, and not so young. Through it all, Morris has been the one “Hard rock with a punk edge,” constant, and while the band has been Morris describes the SKUDDUR inactive for short periods, he’s never sound. “Attitude!” taken off for too long. The band draws from a musical base “I can throw a band together in 10 that includes the Rolling Stones and minutes,” he said. “I love it.” Tom Petty, with some Sex Pistols and The Clash added. They can punk-out or Morris started his rock ‘n’ roll life as do classic rock. a drummer but taught himself guitar on the equipment and instruments his For a long time Morris was known for fellow band members left behind. his musical partnership with the late
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“To this day I cannot stop the addiction,” he said of playing. “The high (of performing) is what hooked me.” Playing music came naturally. His father and a grandfather also were musicians and he grew up on Dixieland Jazz. As a youngster Morris learned piano and enjoyed the audience support at competitions. His interest in playing music grew as he moved along in school, when, with pimples and as, “A skinny white boy,” how else was he going to meet women? As you might expect, Morris and SKUDDUR focus on playing original material, trying to make that the focus of their gigs. But he knows, “You have to please the audience.”
He also likes “jammers,” guys who don’t have to follow a script and can take a solo at the drop of a dime – or a note. “I need guys that can shoot from the hip,” Morris emphasized. In addition to Morris on rhythm guitar and vocals, the current SKUDDUR lineup includes Darrel Moreland on lead guitar and vocals, Dereck Higgins on bass, and Tom Ware on drums. Ware also produces their recordings, including SKUDDUR’s first studio album the excellent Tough As Nails which was released late last year. Some fans may have seen a CD recorded at the old Lifticket Lounge in Benson. Ware is working on a remix of that and more soon may be available. One might consider Ware to be SKUDDUR’S secret weapon, and his recording studio, Warehouse, just south of 44th and Dodge, is a plus for the band, Morris said. What an unbelievable drummer,” Morris said, adding that Ware also excels as a sound man and producer. “Somehow he can get it out of you in about four or five takes,” Morris stated. The music business is different these days, Morris acknowledges, and band members no longer travel the state with a tape recording of their songs to look for gigs. Public exposure leads to more work, as it always has. Morris recalls the days when the band was in Nashville trying to sell some songs and were invited to a party with the Earl Scruggs Review. They later played with them, as well as on bills with the Ramones, Jesse Colin Young, Savoy Brown, and Rick Derringer. SKUDDUR was hired from a show at the old Lift Ticket in Benson to open a Canadian festival that included Elvin Bishop, J.J. Cale, and Ricky Nelson. A single of SKUDDUR’S had made its way north and the band found a readymade following. A 1980 performance was recorded and replayed on TV, building an audience. “We were treated like royalty,” Morris recalled.
While there have been multiple band lineups, Morris feels the current foursome is one of the best. No drama, great work ethic, and top musicianship with a tremendous knowledge base. “I think I’m probably the luckiest guy in Omaha to have what I have now,” he said. A look at Morris’s basement, full of memorabilia and instruments, confirms music is something he intends to pass on in his family. “It’s that one constant in your life that never lets you down,” Morris said, speaking of music. SKUDDUR is at Growler USA on June 24, a gig Morris loves because he can focus on the 90-minute set and fill it with originals. On July 1st the band is part of a fund-raiser and poker run at Bushwackers in Ralston. July 4th they play after the Ralston Fourth of July Parade with Naïve Filter at the Ralston American Legion Club, and on July 23 at the Surfside Club. They hope to play a couple times a month and are planning on booking additional gigs. “We’re looking for fun!” Morris emphasized. More than four decades into the SKUDDUR odyssey, he continues to look to the future. “More, ‘til it’s done,” is his plan. For more on SKUDDUR: https://www. reverbnation.com/skuddur https://www.facebook.com/therealskuddurband/
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Kyle Jansink, speaking for unidentified sellers, said he accepted the challenge of selling the meticulously maintained home “as is” -- still packed with the sellers’ clown-related items (dolls, miniatures, porcelain statues, paintings). [New York Post, 5-19-2017] [Charlotte Observer, 5-18-2017] [Canadian Broadcasting Corp. News, 5-8-2017]
By Chuck Shepherd
LEAD STORY -The New Power Nap If high-schoolers seem stressed by active lifestyles and competitive pressures, and consequently fail to sleep the recommended nine to 10 hours a day, it must be a good idea for the federal government to give grants (including to Las Cruces High School in New Mexico) to purchase comfy, $14,000 “nap pods” that drive out the racket with soft music, for 20 minutes a shot during those frenzied classroom days. A May NPR report based on Las Cruces’ experience quoted favorable reviews by students, backed by a doctor and a nurse practitioner who pointed to research showing that adequate sleep “can” boost memory and attention and thus “can” improve school performance (and therefore must be a great use of federal education dollars). [NPR Morning Edition, 5-17-2017] Unclear on the Concept Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam argues that his “hands
are tied” by “federal food laws” and that fresh, “all-natural” milk with the cream skimmed off the top cannot be sold in Florida as “milk” (or “skim milk”) but must be labeled “imitation milk” -- unless the “all-natural” milk adds (artificial) vitamin A to the product. A family farm in the state’s panhandle (Ocheesee Creamery) decided to challenge the law, and Putnam, who recently announced his candidacy for governor, said he would try to resolve the issue soon. [WTVT (Tampa), 5-122017] News You Can Use (1) Briton Fred Whitelaw, 64, who has bowel cancer, recently began working “therapeutic” breast milk into his diet, but only that supplied by his daughter, Jill Turner, who recently gave birth and said she is happy to double-pump to assure both Fred and baby Llewyn adequate supplies (although husband Kyle is trying it out for his eczema, as well). (2) Scientists writing in the journal of the American Society for Microbiology recently recommended that parents not discourage children from picking their noses because snot contains a “rich reservoir of good bacteria” beneficial to teeth and overall health (fighting, for example, respiratory infections and even HIV). [Metro News (London), 5-2-2017] [Daily Telegraph (London), 5-5-2017] Inexplicable (1) It recently became necessary for Candace Frazee and Steve Lubanski to acquire a bigger home in the Los Angeles area because their 33,000 “bunny”-related items (stuffed bunnies, antique bunnies, bunny paintings, bunny dinnerware, etc.) needed more space. (2) The world’s only museum devoted to the “house cat” allows self-guided tours in Sylva, North Carolina, where curator Harold Sims displays 10,000 artifacts including a genuine petrified cat (with whiskers!) pulled from a 16th-century English chimney. (3) Brantford, Ontario, real estate agent
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Compelling Explanations -- They’re “therapists,” not “strippers,” argued New York City’s Penthouse Executive Club, creatively characterizing its dancers to avoid $3 million in back taxes, but the state’s appeals board ruled against it in April. Penthouse had insisted that its performers were more akin to counselors for lonely men, and that the club’s “door charge” was an untaxable fee for therapeutic health services. [New York Daily News, 5-122017] http://www.nydailynews.com/ new-york/manhattan/nyc-strip-clubclaimed-dancers-therapists-avoidtaxes-article-1.3146393 -- James Pelletier, 46, was arrested in Hollis, Maine, in May after he fired a BB gun point-blank at his two sons, ages 9 and 11 -- but only, he said, as a “rite of passage” into maturity (perhaps thinking the experience would help them become as mature as their father). He said if the kids knew how it felt to get shot, perhaps they would not be so quick to fire their own guns. [Portland Press Herald, 5-62017]
Military Allies in Odd Places (1) In April, three days after ISIS fighters reportedly executed 25 villagers about 50 miles south of Kirkuk, Iraq, the three murderers were themselves killed (and eight more wounded) when a pack of wild boars overran their position and gnawed them into martyrdom. (2) In April, a Russian naval reconnaissance ship sank in the Black Sea off of Turkey (likely op: Syria-related) when it collided with a livestock barge flying the flag of Togo. All aboard the Russian ship were rescued; the much-heavier Togolese vessel suffered barely a scratch. [USA Today, 4-25-2017] [New York Times, 4-27-2017] Perspective Rights in Conflict: An elderly German man, unnamed in news reports, was fined the equivalent of $110 in May for “terrorizing” neighbors in the town of Hennef by violating a 2015 agreement to lower the sound of his pornographic videos. He demanded sympathy because of his hearing disability, arguing that if he wore headphones, he could not hear the doorbell, or burglars, and therefore would feel unsafe. (At his May hearing, he objected to the characterization that the “sex sounds” were from videos; on the day in question, he said, he had a prostitute in the room. “It was not porn,” he insisted, confusingly. “It was live!”) [Metro News (London), 5-6-2017]
Oops! -- In May, Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley apparently mindlessly signed The Continuing Crisis the proclamation designating a You Mean Jethro and Abby, Too? In special day for the late Tre Hummons contrast to the exciting work of the (submitted by his grieving father, TV series (near the top of broadcast ratings for the last decade), real agents to honor the son’s “sacrifice”). Tre Hummons was killed in 2015 by a in the Naval Criminal Investigative police officer -- but only after Tre had Service have labored over computer screens eight to 10 hours a day for two just shot and killed another Cincinnati police officer. [WXIX-TV (Cleveland), months now employing their facial5-19-2017] recognition software -- just to scour websites to identify victims of nude-- Winneshiek County (Iowa) Engineer photo postings of military personnel that came to light earlier this year. “(Y) Lee Bjerke said he had no idea how the driver of the loaded 18-wheeler had ou get pretty burned out,” said the missed the “Load Limit 3 Tons” sign NCIS director. A simple word search at the entrance of the small, rickety of “uniformed military nude” got bridge near Cresco in May, but in nearly 80 million hits, according to a seconds, the span was wiped out, and May Associated Press dispatch from the tractor-trailer had become part the Quantico Marine base, where the of the Turkey River. The loaded grain 20 investigators labor side-by-side. [Associated Press via NBC News, 5-6- truck weighed more than 30 tons. [KCCI-TV (Des Moines), 5-5-2017] 2017]
Armed and Clumsy (all-new!) Still more incidents in which people (make that, “men”) accidentally shoot themselves: a National Rifle Association staff member, 46, training on a firing range (Fairfax County, Virginia, April); a fleeing robber, run over by his victim, with the collision causing the robber’s gun to fire into his own mouth (Hawthorne, California, March); two boys, 17 and 19, “practicing” loading and unloading a handgun, managing to hit each other (Houston, March); a homeless man, 45, in a now-classic waistband-holstercrotch malfunction (Lake Panasoffee, Florida, Oct.); U.S. Park Police officer, shot his foot in a confrontation with a raccoon (Washington, D.C., Nov.); man, 48, shot himself, then, apparently angry at how it happened, shot his bed (Oceana County, Michigan, July). [Burke Patch, 4-7-2017] [Daily Breeze (Torrance), 3-15-2017] [Houston Chronicle, 3-22-2017] [Citrus County Chronicle (Crystal River), 10-10-2016] [Washingtonian, 11-3-2016] [MLive. com, 7-5-2016] A News of the Weird Classic (December 2013) Just another October (2013) day in Kelso, Washington: At the courthouse, a woman carrying a cake was approached by Robert Fredrickson, a stranger who was also in the building on business. Without warning, Fredrickson attacked -- not the woman, the cake -- grabbing it with both hands and stuffing his face. As he washed up a minute later at a drinking fountain, a deputy who witnessed the scene attempted to bring Fredrickson to justice, yelling, “(S)tand right there. Don’t move.” As soon as the officer looked away, however, Fredrickson returned to the cake and clawed at it again. Finally, several deputies subdued him and charged him with theft and resisting arrest. [KATU-TV (Portland, Ore.), 10-3-2013] Thanks This Week to Laurel Bender, Michael Isquidsrus, Kathryn Vinson, William Carter, Michael Brozyna, Steve Passen, and Bruce Leiserowitz, and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors. COPYRIGHT 2017 CHUCK SHEPHERD
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O’CONNORS IRISH PUB 1217 Howard St. M-TH- 4P-6P & FRI 2P-7P $1.00 off all Draft, Premium, and Domestic Wells
JERRY’S BAR 6301 Military Ave Happy Hour Prices ALL Day!
PERRY’S PLACE 9652 Mockingbird Dr. Monday – Friday 4P – 7P $2.50 Domestic Pints, $6.50 Pitchers $2.75 Domestic Bottles & $3.50 Wells
SHARK CLUB 2808 S 72ND ST. M-F 4P - 7P 1/2 off appetizers $2 well drinks; $1.75 domestic bottled beers
PARLIAMENT OLD MARKET 1212 Harney St. MANIC MONDAYS with D.J. Travis $2 draws, $3.50 wells, $4.50 calls THURSDAY-LADIES NIGHT $2 Domestic Drafts, $4 Calls & $5 Specialty Drinks
THE SOCIABLE INN 4917 S 136TH ST M-F 2P-7P $2.50 Pints, $7.00 Pitchers, $2.50 Domestic Bottles,$2.50 Busch Lt Tall Boys & $3.25 Wells
LEAVENWORTH BAR 4556 Leavenworth St. M-F 12P-7P $2.25 Domestic Draft Beers $2.25 Well Drinks
PARLIAMENT WEST 16939 Wright Plz EVERYDAY 3P - 7P 1/2 Price Martini’s, $2 Domestic Pints, $1 Off Other Drinks
THERAPY BAR & GRILL 5059 S 108th St Monday-Friday 3-6pm $.50 cents off Bottles, Drafts, & Wells TIGER TOM’S 7103 Military Ave M-F 5P-7P $12 Domestic Buckets UNDERWOOD BAR 4918 Underwood Ave M-F 4:30-6P $2 Bud and Bud Light
RUSTY NAIL PUB 14210 Pierce Plz TIL 7PM MON - SAT & ALL DAY SUN $1.00 off all Alcholic Drinks
OMAHA TAP HOUSE 1830 N 72nd St. M-F 3-6P & ALL DAY SUNDAY All Tap Beers $1.00 Off, $4.00 Glasses of Wine, $4.00 Captain Morgan $4.00 Windsor, $4.00 Smirnoff
JULIO’S 123rd & Center M-F 3P – 6P & FRI & SAT AFTER 9M $1 off all Tap Beer, $3 House Margaritas, $5 Pitchers of Bud Light & Miller Light
SMITTY’S GARAGE 3309 Oak View Drive EVERYDAY 3P-6P $2 Domestic Longnecks
SAINTS PUB MIDTOWN & ROANOKE M-F 2P-6P REVERSE: 10P to Close (drinks only) AND ALL Day Sunday SCRIPTOWN 3922 Farnam M-F 4P - 6P $1 Off Beers & $1 Off Well Drinks
THE HOMY INN 1510 N Saddle Creek Rd. M-F 4P-7P 50¢ off Wells, $1.00 off all pitchers and Domestic Bottles
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QUALITY DRIVERS WANTED No CDL Required Looking for quality drivers to move our customers (Lots of Quality work). We equip you with the right tools to get the job done right. We also have a great mentorship program to grow your skills and advance your career. We have several drivers that have become Operation Managers in our business today. Start Your Career.
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Part Time Data Entry In House (Omaha, 110th & Mockingbird) Priority Data is looking for self motivated and dependable part time data entry operators to work a flexible schedule of 30-35 hours per week. Must type a minimum of 55 WPM accurately as well as be detail and goal oriented. Time Lyft matches drivers with passengers who management is a plus. In house positions request rides through the Lyft smartphone only available at this time. Base pay is $9.00 app. Signing up to be a Lyft driver is the per hour . Qualified individuals must pass a Corkscrew Wine & Cheese is looking to hire perfect opportunity for you to set your typing test and background check. own schedule and be your own boss while you if you have a passion for wine and food Interested individuals must apply in person earning extra money. and are: Apply to drive today and start offsetting the at 5035 S 110th St. any time between the Customer Service / People Oriented hours of 10:00am to 4:00pm, Tuesday costs of your car, covering this month’s bills, Trustworthy, Team Player - Friday. Applicants will be received at the or funding your dreams! Highly Energetic, Results Driven door on the east side of the building. Call Why Drive With Lyft? Self Starter 402-590-2507 with any questions. • Keep Your Tips • Express Pay Railcar Modern Amertican Kitchen is • Get Paid Weekly a locally owned and operated concept CORKSCREW WINE & CHEESE • Flexible Schedule located at 1814 N 144th st. We offer We are looking to hire a Server, considering the freshest food prepared with the PT or FT candidates at either location freshest ingredients. We are a established (Blackstone & Rockbrook). Wine knowledge restaurant with a strong following of and experience is a plus but not required. regulars and a growing clientele base. We will provide on the job training. Starting We are looking to add team members for pay as Server is $4 - $6 per hr plus tips. the following positions: Potential making competitive pay all days Servers, Line Cooks , Bartenders of the week! Please APPLY IN PERSON at 1814 N 144th st We offer a very generous employee discount of 30% off all retail bottles (wine, liquor, beer) and 50% off all on premise drinks & food. BOH staff receive on free meal per shift. Apply in person.
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