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A Heartless Bastard Finds Self Love By Jesse D. Stanek

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Diary of a Changing World By Steve Newman

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I can’t lean on other people forever.”

Artist Bio By D.J. Grothe

Name: Bart Vargas Age: 45 Hometown: Bellevue, NE Medium/Style: Painting/Sculpture/ Found Art

Photo Credit: Sam Heron

What has inspired and influenced your work the most, and why? “I think everything influences a creative being, since our subconscious is always working. Sometimes while you’re making something, you don’t know what’s behind it, you just have this drive to do something. There’s kind of an element of salvage to all of my work; a lot of my paintings are made of leftover wood from theater sets. For most of my ceramics, they’re cast from molds of things like action figures or toys that I find at thrift shops. I try to take old things and make new things.” When was your first exhibition? “I’ve been showing in group and solo shows for over ten years now. When I finished grad school, all my

Who’s the artist, living or dead, you admire most? “I feel like the artist I love the most has nothing to do with what I do. Mike Mignola is a comic book artist who’s been in the industry for decades. In the 90s, he broke out with Hellboy. The first ten years were really well done, and well researched. I was always a big fan of the way he draws; he used a lot of black, a minimal color plane – he says a lot with a little in his illustrations.”

roommates moved to Brooklyn, and I came back to Omaha. In some ways it felt like a failure, because New York is ‘the dream’ for everybody. In the last seven years, though, I’ve shown in China, South Korea, India, Greece, and Advice to an aspiring artist? Mexico, and I’ve done that being based “I guess, as general advice, just to make. There’s a cliché that you’ve in the middle of the country.” gotta paint a lot of bad paintings to paint a good painting, or that ‘making What was your favorite piece or your work teaches you how to series to create? make your work.’ If you wanna be an “I love them all for different reasons, but everything always feels old. I think illustrator, you’ve gotta draw, draw, draw. If you wanna be a painter, you’ve that the thing that I have the most gotta paint, paint, paint. The bad work passion for is whatever I’m working teaches you how to make good work. on right now. That’s where the most You’ve also gotta show your work, and excitement is. I really enjoy the be active in the art community. Getting process of making. Actually showing, feedback about your work, whether making exhibits, applying for shows, having to dig things up, shipping them it’s positive or negative, helps to make it better. The cool thing about Omaha or hauling them across the country is that we support all kinds, and there’s - that’s a pain in the butt. Usually I’m most excited about what’s on the table a venue for everyone from beginners to international artists. It takes all of us at the moment.” to make it strong.” What are you currently working on? Favorite Quote? “Ever since Inauguration Day, I’ve “The one that pops into my head is been making one ceramic ‘Trumpling’ from Evan Dorkin’s comic book Milk doll a day. That’s an ongoing project. and Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad. I’m also working on a piece for the One of them says, ‘I don’t get it,’ and City of Council Bluffs. They’ve got a the other replies, ‘It must be art!’” new slogan, ‘Unlike anywhere else on purpose’, and they’ve asked local You can check out Bart’s art at artists to help create these 5 foot www.BartVargas.com fiberglass ‘Un’ sculptures. I think it’s really important to be involved with these public art projects, to make your work visible and create something that celebrates the greater community.”

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Where do you see your art in the future? “Eventually, I wanna get my own kiln. Right now, I’m working at capacity with the doll-sized ceramics. They’re about 21 inches tall; I wanna make sculptures that are at least 3 feet tall. I’ll either have a custom kiln built, or buy a larger, production-type kiln. Either way, that’s gonna take some investment in equipment. I’ve been pretty prolific about my work now, but

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EVENTS Saturday, April 7 April Open Studios Hot Shops Art Center 1301 Nicholas St, Omaha, 68102 Several Artists in the building invite you to come by Saturday April 7th from 12-4 for our third open studios of 2018. Many of our studios will be open as we are working hard to prepare for the annual spring open house (April 28th and 29th) As always during regular business hours, you are invited to visit any open studio in the building. If the door is open you are welcome! Get a peek at what we are working on and get in on some deals as we clean out our studios. Some of us will also have our artist garage sale items and artsy clothes available. We would love to see you and share our work with you! ----------------------------------------------Through April 27 Lisa Guevara: stretch here / relax here / cry Petshop, 2725 N 62nd St., Omaha “stretch here / relax here / cry” is a re-self-discovery through continuous

examination of old, personal valuables combined with an array of obsolete necessities such as packing materials and worn cloth. Impulse-driven paint marks create the trail from one thought to another, shaping a dialogue between the past and present. Exhibition thru April 27th Gallery hours Fridays 5-7pm and by appointment ----------------------------------------------John Divola Exhibit Through May 6 Joslyn Art Museum 2200 Dodge St Omaha, NE 68102 Recurring weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Featuring six works from his 2008 series, Dark Star , this compact installation touches on the central themes of the artist’s practice, capturing John Divola’s interventions in a series of haunting images. -----------------------------------------------

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Friday, April 6 | 5p Benson First Friday Benson Neighborhood Spring has sprung - or it’s about to be sprung on April 6th! This upcoming BFF is dedicated to bugs, bugs, BUGS & our environment the one we share with the bugs. You might even go as far as to call it BUGFF... Check out the BFF facebook page for detailed events and vendors. ------------------------------------------------

Through July 29 American Adventure Durham Museum, 801 S 10th Street Omaha, NE 68108 info@durhammuseum.org Do you have what it takes to survive? Take a step back into history to find out. In 1607, settlers landed on the shores of Virginia and called it home, creating the first permanent European settlement. Little did they know that less than half of them would survive the year in this new wilderness. Minotaur Mazes’ American Adventure takes visitors on an immersive, educational role-play adventure that asks people to conquer one great challenge: survive the year as one of the original Jamestown colonists. Sound easy?

town colonists and track a series of life choices on an easy to use abacus representing “life points” for health, wealth, food, and morale. You have to maintain all of them to “survive” the exhibit. Visitors will encounter four content-rich “Season Galleries” and engage in hands-on activities that result in choices relevant to their character. Survival is based on visitor knowledge and ingenuity but also the abilities and priorities of chosen identity. The American Adventure experience quickly reveals the reality of what Jamestown’s settlers faced, but also how everyday decisions and interactions with the environment can be a matter of life and death. Even if you don’t survive, try again! There’s a new adventure every time you enter the exhibit!

Think again. Only 38 of the 104 settlers survived. But don’t worry – you’re not tied to their destiny. You can beat the odds and determine your fate – it all depends on the choices you make…and a bit of luck. Blending historical accuracy and the complexities of real life and death decisions, American Adventure delivers a truly unique and effective learning experience. Visitors choose a unique identity of one the James-

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EVENTS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 First Wednesday -5k Fun Run Barley’s Bar, 5:30p -----------------------------------------------Karaoke Amerisports, 7p THURSDAY, APRIL 5 Thirsty Thursday Rodeo Saloon, 8p FRIDAY, APRIL 6 Under the Big Top! Circus Night Union Pacific Museum, 5p - 7p -----------------------------------------------Knockout Parties with DJ Jake The Mile Away Hall & Tavern, 7p -----------------------------------------------James Tormé Color Me Jazz Arts Center @ IWCC, 7:30p ------------------------------------------------

eNVy Amerisports, 8:30p SATURDAY, APRIL 7 eNVy Amerisports, 8:30p SUNDAY, APRIL 8 SWI Chorale Spring Concert Arts Center @ IWCC, 2p -----------------------------------------------MONDAY, APRIL 9 WWE Trivia The Buck Snort, 6p TUESDAY, APRIL 10 Reinhart Live! 2018 Culinary Expo Ameristar Casino, 1p -----------------------------------------------SWI Chorale Spring Concert Arts Center @ IWCC, 7p ------------------------------------------------

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WEDNESDAY APRIL 4 Happy Hippy Hour with Carrie Jean & Dr. Webb Music The Down Under, 5p ----------------------------------------------Jam Session Vino Mas, 6p ----------------------------------------------Daddy Mac & The Flak Ozone Lounge, 6:30p ----------------------------------------------Logic Baxter Arena, 7p ----------------------------------------------Ray’s Piano Party Mr. Toad’s, 7p ----------------------------------------------My City Church/ Heart & Soul The Waiting Room, 7p ----------------------------------------------Trivia Night Blazin’ Pianos, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Carolyn Harrell & Michael Adams The Omaha Lounge, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Open Mic with Host Aly Peeler The Down Under, 8p ----------------------------------------------Karaoke Forte Music Hall, 9p ----------------------------------------------Magick K Acoustic Harney Street Tavern, 9p ----------------------------------------------Rock Paper Scissors Tournament Lookout Lounge, 7p

THURSDAY APRIL 5 Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials Chrome Lounge, 6p ----------------------------------------------BeatNiks Ozone Lounge, 6:30p ----------------------------------------------Ken Sitler Vino Mas, 6:30p ----------------------------------------------MercyMe Baxter Arena, 7p -----------------------------------------------

Dapper Kings Havana Garage, 7p ----------------------------------------------King Me Lookout Lounge, 7p ----------------------------------------------Karaoke The New Frontier Bar, 7p ----------------------------------------------Josh Wolf Omaha Funny Bone, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Ty Hakeem, Ed Archibald & Michael Adams, The Omaha Lounge, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Jazz Nights with Jake Butter Growler USA, 8p ----------------------------------------------The Show is the Rainbow w/ Cult Play & John Friedel, Reverb Lounge, 8p ----------------------------------------------Old School Skate Night SkateDaze, 8p ----------------------------------------------Latte Lounge Songwriter’s Club Barley Street, 9p ----------------------------------------------Ricky Szabloski Harney Street Tavern, 9p ----------------------------------------------Tom Buller The B. Bar, 9p ----------------------------------------------The Throwback Party The Waiting Room, 9p ----------------------------------------------Chris Shelton Dubliner Pub, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Down Under Open Jam The Down Under Lounge, 9:30p

FRIDAY APRIL 6 Omaha Home Show CenturyLink Center, 11a ----------------------------------------------Spring Festival Ralston Arena, 11a ----------------------------------------------Dan/Jon Acoustic Happy Hour The Down Under Lounge, 5p -----------------------------------------------

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Josh Powell Black Oak Grill, 6p ----------------------------------------------Kaylyn Sahs Cantina Laredo, 6p ----------------------------------------------Plan B CRAVE, 6p ----------------------------------------------Paul Hart Della Costa, 6p ----------------------------------------------The Spring Kick-Off Sokol Sokol Auditorium, 6p ----------------------------------------------Bruce Katz Band The B. Bar, 6p ----------------------------------------------First Fridays with Steve Thornburg The Market Basket, 6p ----------------------------------------------High Country American Legion Post #1, 7p ----------------------------------------------Ecstatic Bogie’s West, 7p ----------------------------------------------Harlem Globetrotters CenturyLink Center, 7p ----------------------------------------------Topher Booth: Songs from Nation Omaha Creative Institute, 7p ----------------------------------------------Enigma Vino Mas, 7p ----------------------------------------------Josh Wolf Omaha Funny Bone, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Faded Black Superman’s Hero, Eighth Day Broken & Broken Root Dr. Jack’s Drinkery, 8p ----------------------------------------------Lemon Fresh Day Fire Barn Spots Bar, 8p ----------------------------------------------Aaron Stroessner Quartet featuring Emily Bass Jambo Cat, 8p ----------------------------------------------The Superbytes, Robo Dojo & The Ramparts Lookout Lounge, 8p -----------------------------------------------

The Nerd Roast (Standup) The Backline, 8p ----------------------------------------------Tyi Hakeem, Ed Archibald & special guest, The Omaha Lounge, 8:30p ----------------------------------------------Sebatian Lane’s Barley Street Blues Jam, Barley Street, 9p ----------------------------------------------Thick Paint, Oh, Rose & Effluvium Brothers Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------------------Karaoke Cali Bar, 9p ----------------------------------------------Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials Chrome Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------------------3D In Your Face Forte Music Hall, 9p ----------------------------------------------Prairie Gators Growler USA, 9p ----------------------------------------------Witherward Harney Street Tavern, 9p ----------------------------------------------Peace, Love, Etc Ozone, 9p ----------------------------------------------Elevate Dance Party #21 Reverb Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------------------Lostboycrow & Prelow with DYSN Slowdown, 9p ----------------------------------------------Rhythm Collective The B. Bar, 9p ----------------------------------------------Stellar (Improv) The Backline, 9p ----------------------------------------------The Wildwoods with Clark & Company The Down Under, 9p ----------------------------------------------Sleep with SubRosa The Waiting Room, 9p ----------------------------------------------Flanigans Right Hook Dubliner Pub, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Soaked: April Showers Soak-e-oke! O’Leaver’s Pub, 9:30p -----------------------------------------------

Josh Wolf Omaha Funny Bone, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Interrogated (Improv) The Backline, 10p ----------------------------------------------Digital Leather, Son, Ambulance & Her Flyaway The Sydney, 10p ----------------------------------------------The Arena (Improv) The Backline, 11p

SATURDAY APRIL 7 Omaha Home Show CenturyLink Center, 11a ----------------------------------------------Jeff Dunham: Passively Aggressive CenturyLink Center, 5p ----------------------------------------------A Visit From Buck Meek Hi-Fi House, 6p ----------------------------------------------Swampboy Blues Trio Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen, 6p ----------------------------------------------Taysia Blue Rescue benefit featuring Lemon Fresh Day Chrome Lounge, 7p ----------------------------------------------Luicidal, Noogy, Cordial Spew & The Scabby Ghouls Lookout Lounge, 7p ----------------------------------------------The Breakthrough Tour: Unspoken & Citizen Way Omaha Kroc Center, 7p ----------------------------------------------Enigma Vino Mas, 7p ----------------------------------------------Take A Bow Productions “Karaoke” American Legion Post #1, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Josh Wolf Omaha Funny Bone, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------70’s Band Fire Barn Spots Bar, 8p ----------------------------------------------Matt Chalk Quartet Jambo Cat, 8p ----------------------------------------------Glo_tg Party Sokol Auditorium, 8p ----------------------------------------------New Stuff w/ Brad Stewart The Backline, 8p ----------------------------------------------Tyi Hakeem, Ed Archibald & special guest, The Omaha Lounge, 8:30p -----------------------------------------------

24 Hour Cardlock, Vintage Pistol & Resident Lime Barley Street, 9p ----------------------------------------------Sunn-less Trio, Relax It’s Science & Bled Notes Brothers Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------------------Starbound Dr. Jack’s Drinkery, 9p ----------------------------------------------R-Style Forte Music Hall, 9p ----------------------------------------------Rock n Horse Growler USA, 9p ----------------------------------------------Daniel & the Deliverance Harney Street Tavern, 9p ----------------------------------------------Phoebe Bridgers, McCarthy Trenching & Daddy Issues O’Leaver’s Pub, 9p ----------------------------------------------Th Confidentials Ozone, 9p ----------------------------------------------Ridgelines, Saxaphone Juice, Dojorok & Kethro Reverb Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------------------Lostboycrow & Prelow with DYSN Slowdown, 9p ----------------------------------------------Rhythm Collective The B. Bar, 9p ----------------------------------------------Sleep with SubRosa The Waiting Room, 9p ----------------------------------------------Flanigans Right Hook Dubliner Pub, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Josh Wolf Omaha Funny Bone, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Sinners & Saints On The Q St Bar, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------The Electroliners with Lil Red & the Medicated The Down Under Lounge, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Comedy After Dark (Standup) The Backline, 10p

SUNDAY APRIL 8 The Omaha Home Show CenturyLink Center, 10a ----------------------------------------------Spring Festival Ralston Arena, 10a ----------------------------------------------continued on page 11

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Wednesday April 4

Logic BAXTER ARENA

Saturday April 7

Lostboycrow & Prelow SLOWDOWN

Thursday April 5

MercyMe BAXTER ARENA

Saturday April 7

Jeff Dunham: Passively Aggressive CENTURYLINK

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Friday-Sunday April 6-8

Omaha Home Show CENTURYLINK

Monday April 9

Friday-Sunday April 6-8

Spring Festival RALSTON ARENA

Tuesday April 10

Todrick Hall Willie Nelson & Family SOKOL AUDITORIUM BAXTER ARENA

Friday April 6

Harlem Globetrotters CENTURYLINK

Tuesday April 10

The Said Mantics w/ Fuel On Fire THE SIDE ROOM

Great Plains Bluegrass & Old Time Music American Legion Post #1, 2p ----------------------------------------------Bernstein’s Broadway Holland Center, 2p ----------------------------------------------Gaming Guild The Down Under Lounge, 3p ----------------------------------------------Irish Music - Peter Brennan Brazen Head Pub, 6p ----------------------------------------------Songs From The Soul Featuring Steven Kae Lanier The B Side of Benson Theatre, 7p ----------------------------------------------PHO with Funk Trek Slowdown, 8p ----------------------------------------------Booze Bingo The Down Under Lounge, 8p

MONDAY APRIL 9 Gooch & His Big Las Vegas Band Ozone Lounge, 6:30p ----------------------------------------------Slaughter To Prevail Lookout Lounge, 7p ----------------------------------------------Todrick Hall Sokol Auditorium, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Michelle Eva Becker The Omaha Lounge, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Early Karaoke Forte Music Hall, 8p ----------------------------------------------The Bronx with No Parents & No Thanks The Waiting Room, 8p ----------------------------------------------Open Mic Monday Barley Street Tavern, 9p ----------------------------------------------DJ Howie’s Karaoke Grant St. Bar, 9p ----------------------------------------------Open Mic and Molly’s Molly’s Pub, 9p

A Night of the Riff! w/ Greenbeard, Black Velvet, Bonghammer Lookout Lounge, 7p ----------------------------------------------The Said Mantics w/ Fuel On Fire The Side Room at Ralston Arena, 7p ----------------------------------------------Open Mic & Jam NIght Therapy Bar & Grill, 7p ----------------------------------------------AJR w/ Ocean Park Standoff, Hundred Handed, Sokol Auditorium, 7:15p ----------------------------------------------Mitch Towne Jazz Organ Trio Jambo Cat, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Trivia The Down Under Lounge, 8p ----------------------------------------------Erika Wennerstrom (of Heartless Bastards) & Jessica Errett The Waiting Room, 8p TUESDAY APRIL 10 ----------------------------------------------Turbo Tuesdays featuring DJ Vic Nasty Cloverton, Bloom Tour with Ben Shafer Bar 415, 9p ----------------------------------------------Divine Shepherd Lutheran church, 6p ----------------------------------------------- Karaoke Night The B. Bar, 9p Bill Sammon - Acoustic Music ----------------------------------------------Ozone Lounge, 6:30p ----------------------------------------------- Karaoke The Down Under, 10p Willie Nelson Baxter Arena, 7p -----------------------------------------------

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Fuel On Fire

It’s not all fun and games, though. While in the Keys they shot a live cover video of Coldplay’s “Houston #1” and used the money to raise funds for a Hurricane Harvey relief effort. Doerfel If there is one word that can be used to said, “Well, the raising money part describe Fuel on Fire it would be…well, was pretty cool.” He continued, “We “Fun!” When you come from a house thought, we’ll see what happens. In the full of ten kids in Buffalo, New York, middle of the show, we would say that it seems you better learn to entertain we would play the song and people yourself. It just so happens on their could put money in the jar for the relief journey, these five brothers learned to efforts in Houston and the first time entertain others as well. that we did it there was like $500 in the jar.” Focus caught up with singer/guitar player Ben Doerfel as the band is So when their own family was directly getting ready to kick off its latest tour. affected by Hurricane Irma it was When asked if he knew of any other very surreal. Doerfel commented, five sibling bands, Doerfel said, “I think “There was a lot of chatter like it there’s the Redhead Express but not might miss, but we weren’t going to many.” He should know as the pretty play Russian Roulette.” He continued, redhead in their video “Never Said “Our family and friends came to our Goodbye,” is in that band. Speaking of three bedroom, two bathroom house the video, they even make a possible in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. We had break-up video look like they had fun, RV’s and everything parked out front.” or at least making it. Check it out along He recalled how even that became an with the surprise ending on YouTube. opportunity amid hardship to gather with family and friends.

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While their music is labeled as pop, there’s a positive message to be found in songs like “Days Gone By,” a tribute to their late Grandpa Gary. There’s also a talent level and depth that aches to be heard. You can quickly hear that these guys aren’t afraid to step outside of the box into uncharted territories with their sound, and in a time when it seems that many want to air their struggles, these guys offer a refreshing alternative to the norm.

Before they moved to Nashville permanently, Ben and Edward, who share lead vocal duties and are the guitarist and keyboard/mandolin players of the band respectively, spent a year making monthly trips to write with Zac Maloy (Daughtry, Plain White T’s, Carrie Underwood) Brock Berryhill (Twenty One Pilots, Halestorm), and Terry Sawchuck (Alanis Morrisette, continued on page 14

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Smash Mouth). The result is the self-produced Think EP. Doerfel said of the experience, “For me, I was a newbie writer. Terry is awesome, he’s Canadian. I love their accents. I came in with this really pop song and Terry said, ‘What are you playing?’ And played it in a lot more modern way that made more sense. It’s their craft. They’re so experienced and talented at it.” All five brothers are avid hockey fans and also play the game. One might expect they would be hard rockers, but they started off as kids playing in their family’s bluegrass band and stretched their wings from there. Doerfel mused, “I just joined a hockey team with the drummer (Jay) from Slipknot.” But

that’s probably as close as they’re going to come to being hard-edged. Regardless, this band has just the right stuff to make a lasting impression and here’s a chance to catch them early so you can say, “I saw them when.” Don’t miss out on this “Band of Brothers.” The Said Mantics w/ Fuel on Fire at the Side Room at Ralston Arena. April 10 at 8 pm. $7 ADV/ $10 DOS.

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Diary of a Changing World

5.1 Jelawat

By Steve Newman +43° Nawabshah, Pakistan

6.6 6.4 Nora

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch now covers about 620,000 square miles. Image: Ocean Cleanup Foundation

Floating Dump

The vast accumulation of plastic pollution known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch contains up to 16 times more floating plastic than previously thought, according to a new report published in the Nature journal Scientific Reports. The Dutch-based nonprofit Ocean Cleanup Foundation provided data to the study from a fleet of 30 vessels that mapped the garbage patch, combined with data from an aerial survey.

struck beneath Indonesia’s Banda Sea. Shaking was felt as far away as Darwin, Australia. • Earth movements were also felt in the central Papua New Guinea aftershock zone and from northern Pakistan to eastern Afghanistan.

Eruption

Mayon volcano ended weeks of relative calm in the central Philippines by spewing lava and spouting a plume of ash that rained down on nearby communities.

Local boaters then sped through the ice to break it up further before guiding the disoriented dolphins to safety.

Puffing Pachyderm

Wildlife experts say they are baffled at footage captured of an Asian elephant “smoking” in a southern Indian forest — a behaviour never seen before.

Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society filmed the female pachyderm at Nagarhole National Park picking up lumps of charcoal with its truck, placing them in its mouth and exhaling with a large plume of ash. In a self-medicating behavior known as zoopharmacognosy, the elephant could have been using the charcoal as a laxative since it is plentiful in the forest after wildfires or lightning strikes, researchers say.

The country’s Phivolcs agency earlier downgraded the alert level for Mayon to 3 because of what it termed a “general decline in unrest.”

The three-year study was a joint effort Dolphin Rescue of six universities, an aerial sensor Residents of the company and the foundation. Newfoundland port of Heart’s Delight used unconventional means to “This really highlights the urgency to free a pod of six to eight dolphins that take action in stopping the inflow of had become trapped by ice and were plastic into the ocean and also taking swimming in circles inside the harbor. measures to clean up the existing mess,” said foundation oceanographer The coast guard had failed to free Laurent Lebreton. them because of the harbor’s shallow water. The town’s fire chief and heavy Earthquakes equipment owner then drove his A brief tsunami alert was excavator to the wharf and used it to issued after a sharp tremor

scoop out a channel for the marine mammals to escape through.

Iris

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The Asian elephant exhaled ash from a chunk of charcoal in its mouth, making it appear to be smoking. Photo: Wildlife Conservation Society

Carbon Surge

Global greenhouse gas emissions surged 1.4 percent during 2017 to the highest level on record, according to the International Energy Agency.

• Tropical Storm Jelawat spun up near Yap, then moved northward over the open waters of the Pacific.

After three years of relatively flat output of carbon dioxide pollution, the agency says a robust economy, combined with a slowing of energy efficiency improvements, caused the historic high in emissions. While the U.S. saw the biggest drop in CO2 emissions of any nation, India and China contributed 70 percent of the global increase in energy demand. Mexico, the U.K. and Japan saw their emissions drop last year.

Tropical Cyclones

Australia’s Cape York Peninsula, in far northern Queensland, was drenched by Category-2 Cyclone Nora. The storm intensified rapidly after forming over the Gulf of Carpentaria. • Tropical Storm Iris passed over the Coral Sea.

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Creighton Keeps Winning; Huskers Keep Struggling By Focus Omaha

Creighton Bluejays

The Bluejays are on a roll and hope to build on the momentum of a great week. Creighton improved to 16-6 on the season after a weekend sweep of Evansville concluded on Sunday with a 12-7 win over the Purple Aces. Jack Strunc was 3-for-4 while scoring three runs and knocking in three. Earlier in the week the Jays beat Nebraska 3-1 to follow a pair of wins the previous weekend over Illinois State. The club seems to have improving pitching and numerous hitters are stepping up to the plate and delivering, often late in the game as on Saturday when Michael Emodi’s three-run double cleared the bases in the ninth for a walk-off win. CU headed to Lawrence, Kansas, on Tuesday for a single game with the Jayhawks, then it’s home for a Wednesday game against Kansas State and a weekend conference series with Butler.

Tuesday’s baseball game between Nebraska and Omaha at Werner Park has been postponed due to impending weather. The two teams hope to reschedule the game for later this season.

Omaha Mavericks

The Mavericks continue to have success in the Summit League, moving to 7-2 in league play after taking the first two games of the weekend series from South Dakota State before falling 6-2 on Saturday at Seymour Smith Park. The Mavericks are 11-15 on the season, with a big one set for Tuesday when Nebraska comes to Werner Park. That’s the first of two games scheduled between the teams on the season, and the first of four games Omaha will play there this year.

Nebraska Baseball

The Nebraska baseball team continues to struggle as they started off last week by losing to Creighton 3-1 before dropping two of three at Ohio State. In the pivotal game three of the Ohio State series, the Huskers trailed 11-3 after six innings before scoring 11 of their own over the last three innings but still fell short in a 15-14 loss.

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The Huskers will head to East Lansing to face Michigan State in a three-game series this weekend.

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April Is STD Awareness Month

April 21, 11am-3pm April 12, 10am-12pm MCC, Elkhorn Campus, 829 N 204th St REALationship Conference, 2112 N 30th Street April 12, 3-5pm Swanson Library, 9101 West Dodge Rd April 21, 12-2pm Well Grounded Coffee, 707 S 24th Street April 13, 3-5 pm April 4, 12-2pm Millard Library, 13214 Westwood Lane April 21, 3-5pm MCC, Main Campus Bldg 10, 5300 N Benson Library, 6015 Binney Avenue 30th St. April 13, 7:30-10:30pm April is STD Awareness Month and Girl’s Inc. STD Awareness Conference this year’s national theme is “Treat Me April 4, 6-8pm April 23, 2-4pm Right.” Dale Clark Library, 215 S. 15th Street Sorenson Community Center, April 14, 9am-12pm 4808 Cass Street Belvedere Elementary Health Fair, The number of diagnosed and reported April 24, 10am-12pm 3775 Curtis Ave STD’s nationally is higher than ever MCC, South Campus, 2902 Edward April 4, 6-8pm and Douglas County is no exception. In Saddlebrook Community Center, Babe Gomez Ave. April 14, 10am-12pm 2017, our local area again experienced 14850 Laurel Avenue Sorenson Community Center, 4808 record high rates of chlamydia and April 24, 2-4pm Cass Street gonorrhea (666.3 and 288.5 per Washington Library, 2868 Ames Ave. April 5, 10am-12pm 100,000). In order to combat these MCC, Elkhorn Campus, 829 N 204th St April 14, 1-3pm rates, providers and patients must Kohll’s Pharmacy, 620 N 114th Street April 25, 12-2pm work together. MCC, Main Campus Bldg 23, 5300 N April 6, 2-4pm 30th Street Florence Library, 2920 Bondesson St. April 16, 2-4pm This year’s theme, “Treat Me Right,” Millard Library, 13214 Westwood Lane encourages health care professionals April 25, 6-8pm April 7, 9-11am and educators to normalize Columbus Community Center, 1515 S. South Library, 2808 Q Street April 17, 10am-12pm discussions of sexual health, to be 24th Street MCC, South Campus, 2902 Edward aware of – but not biased - by racial, April 7, 12-2pm Babe Gomez Ave. gender, and sexual differences, and April 26, 10am-12pm Alliance Barber Shop, 2611 St. Mary’s to engage patients and students in a MCC, Elkhorn Campus, 829 N 204th April 17, 2-6pm way that makes them feel heard and Street April 8, 4-6pm Washington Library, 2868 Ames Ave. respected. It also opens the door to Flixx Lounge, 1019 S 10th Street encourage everyone to learn as much April 26, 3-5pm April 18, 12-2pm as they can about STD’s and STD Swanson Library, 9101 West Dodge Rd April 9, 2-4pm MCC, Main Campus Bldg 10, 5300 N prevention. Dale Clark Library, 215 S. 15th Street 30th Street April 28, 11am-1pm STD’s are a major preventable public Millard Library, 13214 Westwood April 10, 10am-12pm April 18, 2-4 pm health issue that affect people of all Lane MCC, South Campus, 2902 Edward South Library, 2808 Q Street races, ages, and sexual orientations. Dr. Babe Gomez Ave. Gail Bolan, director of STD prevention April 28, 3-5pm April 18, 6-8pm at CDC, states that regular testing, Abrahams Library, 5111 N. 90th Street April 10, 2-6pm Sorenson Community Center, 4808 preventive services and healthy Washington Library, 2868 Ames Ave. Cass Street decision making are key to curbing the There you have it. Here are the places staggering number of new sexually where you can get tested for free April 11, 12-2pm April 19, 10am-12pm transmitted diseases and that men to see if you have an STD. Until next MCC, Main Campus Bldg 23, 5300 N MCC, Elkhorn Campus, 829 N 204th and women of all ages should have week, Stay Healthy Omaha! 30th Street Street access to comprehensive sexual health information, particularly information April 11, 2-4pm April 19, 3-5pm regarding the most common STDs. Benson Library, 6015 Binney Avenue Florence Library, 2920 Bondesson St. detect and treat infections. Many tools and resources, such as the 2015 CDC STD Treatment Guidelines, can be found on our website at https://go.usa. gov/xQCy9 or from the CDC at www. cdc.gov/std .

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This month provides an opportunity April 11, 6-8pm for healthcare providers to ensure that Columbus Community Center, 1515 S. they have the needed tools to properly 24th Street

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Domestic Blend – A Little of This and a Little of That

Wells said. The microphone stand in the back seat was a giveaway. “He melted my face off,” at their first get together, Wells recalled. Myers came in through a friend of a friend at a jam session.

“The first time we hung out we just banged out five songs I’d been working on,” Wells recalled. Things just rolled from there. Tante is a friend from grade school when he and Wells won the Pee-Wee Mix in seven talented singers and Football championship. Wells played players from various parts of the through high school and at the United States, and what do you have? community college level, turning to Well, of course – a Domestic Blend, an music once his gridiron career concluded. Omaha-based soul-pop band formed in 2016 that is starting to make some “What do I do with myself,” he recalled musical waves locally and beyond. thinking. A friend who had an advanced Led by Brady Well on guitar and vocals, music education taught him a half dozen jazz chords and Wells was soon Domestic Blend includes Tennessee bassist Matt Jones; Omaha native and writing his own music. lead guitarist Chris Doolittle, who “That’s how this all started.” polished his chops in Kansas City; singer-rapper Ndzi Tante; drummer Doolittle was discovered on the local Brandon Myers (known for his ability Omaha scene and is a great personal fit to groove in the pocket); and vocalist who was teaching. Malik was Olivia Malik from San Jose, Califordiscovered through the local festival nia, who brings a feminine element to called Conspire. Domestic Blend’s soulful base. “I found out she sang through some Front man and founder Brady Well had been playing guitar for about eight friends . . . that just kind of happened, too,” Wells stated. years, and even though he had been living in Chicago, the Council Bluffs The band’s name is a somewhat simpler native didn’t really have a serious project in place. That changed after he story. When Wells was first started playing guitar he had a friend known moved to Omaha following four years as “Bump.” The name just popped out in Chicago, due to a fellow musician spotting some equipment in Wells’ car. while they were having drinks, Wells remembered. “All of a sudden I met Matt Jones who “Bump” asked for his cigarettes and his was living in my apartment complex,”

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eyes stopped on the phrase “Domestic Blend.” Wells ran with it, and the moniker also makes sense given the genres that have come together to form the band, with its focus on original material.

said. “I don’t really let genres dictate the music I make.”

Once Wells comes up with the basic idea for a song, the rest of the band takes over and “it can be anything.” “A big part of that that always made me He considers that songwriting to be stay original was having to incorporate one of the Domestic Blend’s strengths. Ndzi’s raps into it . . . I kind of like it.” “I feel like hooks are like my real niche” The rap element may come as a he said, adding Myers can create his surprise to those who remember Wells own groove on the drums. Wells feels beginnings as a singer-songwriter. the band has excellent technical expertise and strong vocals. Along the way he encountered some talented players who brought out the “That’s my main instrument,” Wells electric guitarist in him. emphasized, adding he harmonizes will with Tante. He likes the change. “His harmonies are like a world in their “You have to be very meaningful with own,” Wells emphasized. every note,” he said. The percussion sense of the acoustic appealed to him, Malik adds songwriting talent and a but the funk comes out in the electric female dynamic. guitar work. “It’s hard to find people that you work “I love telling a story with songs,” he with in a session and are productive at

songwriting that really sticks,” Wells said, meaning songs that you wake up in the morning and want to hear. At this time Domestic Blend has only one album. Space and Grit came out in November and is available on iTunes, Spotify or Pandora or at domesticblend.com . Domestic Blend is aware of the need to deliver a show. Wells said. “It’s an experience,” he said. “We try not to play too many covers . . . I have like three hours of original music.” The goal is to pick up the pace throughout the show with a growing dance vibe. “It’s just like a roller coaster,” Well stated. “I like to put some of the slower songs in between the heavier ones . . . I want everyone to enjoy the show.” The next opportunity to do that comes Saturday, March 31, at the Barley Street Tavern in Benson. For more on Domestic Blend: https://www.facebook.com/TheDomesticBlend/ http://Domesticblendmusic.com

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A Heartless Bastard Finds Self Love By Jesse D. Stanek

Erika Wennerstrom has ably handled vocals and a share of the songwriting for Austin-by-way-of Cincinnati roots rockers Heartless Bastards for more than a decade. The HB made a name for themselves by way of turning Americana on its ear, spitting on the ground and pushing back with fuzzed out guitars and Wennerstrom’s singular distant aching vocals; country music for the Volvo take-out-salad-set. The band remained relevant in a time when you couldn’t flip a coin without hitting a group of thrift-store clad hipsters offering a modern take on

Cosmic-Americana by way of strong songwriting, unique musical arrangements and Wennerstrom’s beautiful vocals pulling back against the music’s constant reaching. Her voice is honey-sweet, at times almost taunting, as if she is constantly singing from a place of dignified retreat and is more than OK with her stance. After The HB latest release, 2015’s daring and aptly titled “Restless Ones,” Wennerstrom left Ohio and a 10-year relationship with her main collaborator in the band Michael Weinel for the country-rock promised land of Austin, TX. “We were together for 10 years,” she said of her relationship, both professionally and personally with Weinel. “We split up and it was really sad. It was kind of difficult for us to be living in the same city so I moved to Austin. I already had family and management there. People kind of think I moved to Austin to make it but with my management already there it just made sense. I’m so glad my life took this turn and I went there.”

Ayahuasca (a brew made out of a local vine and used as a traditional spiritual medicine among the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon basin). After much due diligence and studied research, Wennerstrom felt an Ayahuasca “In a sense I was just unhappy with my life,” she said. “I honestly didn’t un- retreat would be just the thing to spark a different level of self-introspection. derstand what was going on with me. “I think I feared the Ayahuasca more I tried all kinds of things. Sometimes I This brief period of re- would drink to excess, then I’d get rethan the Amazon,” she said. “Every pose also allowed Wen- ally healthy and maybe overdo that or experience with it has been different. nerstrom to do some It sometimes challenges me, shows me just become a workaholic. It changed much needed traveling forms but I was really overdoing it is necessary to accept things within and introspection. everything. So I came to the conclusion yourself. So a lot of the new After stumbling on a songs, these songs came to me on my I was distracting myself from myself. Netflix documentary vision quest. They are my little personI needed to be calm, to just sit and about the Amazon she be still. You know life happens and al mantras.” made multiple trips to maybe there are certain things you Peru and the mighty Wennerstrom’s latest and first solo don’t deal with. I was blind to my own river that caught her release “Sweet Unknown” is teeming issues. I really wanted to step outside fancy. In lieu of the of mainstream culture travel wise and with the language of personal recovmineral springs and ery: self-love, personal barriers, being blow my mind. It taught me gratitude, spas some may seek present in the moment, changing our it helped me to see what my life was for reprieve, Wenperception of everyday things. The missing.” nerstrom’s constant record fits nicely on the shelf alongsearching brought During her travels in the South Amer- side HB releases, not too much of a her to the banks of departure from a recipe that works, ican Rainforest she became aware of

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one of the World’s greatest wonders, sleeping with the snakes, monkeys and overgrown flora that have captivated imaginations for hundreds of years.

but definitely not a HB record either. Her voice has not lost any of its aching poignancy but the songs come from a deeply personal space, the shining gift left over from her multiple adventures in self-discovery. “I gave this record every bit of love I had. I really took my time recording and gave myself time to go down those rabbit-holes, which I call tunnels because sometimes you have to make mistakes to get to where you’re supposed to be. I did everything I wanted to, I gave myself chances to fail. I spent all my savings making this record, not that there was much in the way of savings,” she said with a laugh. “When I listen to it I feel really good about it. There’s really no room to question things when you give your all.” Erika Wennerstrom plays The Waiting Room Lounge on Tuesday, April 10th at 8pm. Jessica Errett will open and tickets are $13 in advance and $15 day of show.

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NBA Releases Housing Report Task Force Results Include Legislative Solutions, Program Initiatives & Educational Efforts

Lincoln, NE — Addressing Nebraska’s growing workforce housing challenge is well underway, thanks to efforts by the NExt Generation Housing Task Force. Created by the Nebraska Bankers Association (NBA) Board of Directors, the task force has helped lead comprehensive, statewide discussions and strategy development

to begin addressing the workforce housing shortage across the state. It’s formal mission: to increase the availability of market rate and workforce housing that meets the needs of the “NExt Generation” of Nebraskans. Task force members included Nebraska bankers and stakeholders from Nebraska’s housing community, representing communities from Nebraska City to Scottsbluff. “Proactively addressing Nebraska’s workforce housing shortage requires local solutions, driven tirelessly by local champions with a vision for the community’s future,” said NBA President & CEO Richard Baier. The task force formally met five times over a 17-month time period in addition to participating in numerous informal and community

discussions. Initial meetings included learning about current housing programs, funding sources, and strategies. Subsequently, the task force spent time reviewing local, regional, and statewide housing data to identify specific obstacles and to evaluate strategic alternatives. From these efforts evolved four specific legislative solutions, numerous policy and program initiatives, as well as increased marketing and educational efforts. The actions of the Housing Task Force as well as long-term, macro suggestions that resulted from task force discussions are summarized in the 24-page NBA NExt Generation Housing Task Force Report.

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Download the report at http://bit.ly/ NExtGenHousingRpt. “The NBA will continue to partner with Nebraska communities, housing stakeholders, private and publicsector leaders, and elected officials in helping to build a stronger Nebraska for future generations,” Baier stated. The Nebraska Bankers Association (www. nebankers.org), founded in 1890, is the voice of Nebraska’s $72 billion banking industry, which is composed of small, regional, and large banks that together employ more than 14,000 people, safeguard nearly $59 billion in deposits, and extend more than $53 billion in loans, all within the state of Nebraska.

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