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Thursday, March 7 @ 5:30p You GO Girl Omaha Takes on Public Policy and Posters Classic Rock Coffee Omaha 3912 North 72nd Street As a part of UNO’s Women and Public Policy Week, You GO Girl Omaha is taking on public policy and posters! Bring your favorite arts and crafts supplies and join us as we make posters for the 2019 Omaha Women’s Day March! This event is open to women and girls of all ages.

Questions? Contact: Rachel D Fox, You GO Girl Omaha, racheldfox@racheldfox.com -----------------------------------------------Friday, March 8 Tom Zorko Art Exhibition Railroads and Nature Opening Recetion | 6p - 9p The Apollon, 1801 Vinton St., Omaha Exhibit open through March 16 Tom Zorko presents images and sounds from railroads and nature spanning the last decades of the 20th century until now. Featured are sounds and images of steam and diesel locomotives, rain storms with thunder, fireworks and nature.

and Underwood. Proceeds benefit Youth Emergency Services. You could certainly bring a poster with you and perhaps get a few RAD signatures! These poster sales raised more than $2500 for YES last year!

Women really DO make things happen!

-----------------------------------------------Saturday, March 9 | 12p-4p Native American Artifact Show Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Visitor Center, 100 Valmont Dr, Nebraska City The Missouri River Basin Lewis & Clark Visitor Center is hosting its annual Native American Artifact Show on Saturday, March 9, from 10 am to 4 pm.

The show will feature authentic Native American artifacts from a number of private and public collections. Visitors will be able to see some of the finest examples of spear points, arrowheads, tools, and pottery in the Midwest. Kids can enjoy hands-on activities like pottery making.

Don’t miss out on a special presentation at 1 pm by archaeologist Nolan Johnson, “NeCome and immerse yourself in the sights and braska Archaeology: 10,000 BCE to Circa sounds that Tom has so expertly captured.

1800 CE” Admission is free.

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by Humanities Nebraska UNO Barbara Weitz Community -----------------------------------------------Engagement Center Through March 8 6400 South, University Dr. Rd N., Omaha Into Purer Light by Jeremy Caniglia To RSVP: https://goo.gl/forms/7Ngvux7nPublic · Hosted by Creighton University nUD1a44C3 Lied Art Gallery, 2500 California Plz A Creighton University alumnus and a In celebration of Women’s History Month, painter with a noted Omaha name will open the RAD Women of Omaha Service Learning the Lied Art Gallery’s first exhibition of the Art Project developed by Hilary George, new year.

Deana Colon, and their Blackburn students, along with Dr. Mitzi Ritzman, her UNO Jeremy Caniglia, MEd’16, will exhibit SLP students, the UNO Service Learning paintings and drawings in a show titled “Into Academy, and visiting artist Kim Darling will Purer Light.” The pieces are Caniglia’s latest be installed at the UNO CEC for the month figurative works and are an exploratory jourof March. ney into the Greek concept of the afterlife.

-----------------------------------------------In celebration of the fabulous female Omaha Through March 23 powerhouses that this art represents, we Effects of PTSD | Elizabeth Boutin will have a reception at the CEC on Friday, Fred Simon Gallery,1004 Farnam St. March 8, 2019, from 4 to 7 pm. Light hors Elizabeth Boutin unpacks her memories d’ouvres will be served along with a bit of and journals onto canvas based on the time entertainment. Although we know they are she spent volunteering as a American Red in demand, we hope that some of our RAD Cross Volunteer. She assisted with wounded women can make the scene! soldiers during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, during Although the CEC does not allow commerce, which time she encountered many wounds, we do want to let you know that we still have hardships, and the discovery that time can some posters for sale at Hello Holiday, 50th not heal all things. One important take-away

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from her time as a military spouse and volunteer are the painful effects of PTSD. She only started to delve into these memories and harmful mental condition in 2014, and has taken to her art historical and painting expertise to share her story and relate to with others with similar stories. Free.

-----------------------------------------------Through March 31 Here Comes The SUn Artists’ Coop Gallery, 405 South 11th www. artistscoopomaha.com The thirty-four members of the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery will share new works and selected favorites during the All Member show “Here Comes the Sun” February 26 to March 31, 2019. The artists will host an opening celebration during Omaha First Friday at the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, 405 S. 11th St., from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gallery hours are 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

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Through March 28 Shatterproof: Bruning and Miller Hot Shops Art Center · 2p Les Bruning and John Miller present “Shatterproof,” an extraordinary fine art spectacle!

Please attend the artists’ reception 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 3 at the Nicholas Street Gallery at Hot Shops Art Center, 1301 Nicholas Street in Omaha. Through March 28 -----------------------------------------------Through March 31 Tessa Randolph & Lucas Randolph Star Deli, 6114 Military Ave essa Randolph was recently redesigning her 3 year-old, Lucas’, bedroom. While brainstorming ideas on the type of art she wanted to create for the space, she decided to give Lucas a try at drawing something of his own.

She gave him a pencil and canvas and loved the design that came from his unbridled creativity. It inspired her to take Lucas’ free flowing doodle and build on it with color.

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Thursday, March 7 One For All Musical Theater presents “Esther”, The Salvation Army Kroc Center 2825 Y Street, Omaha “Young, orphaned, and a refugee in a foreign land, things seem like they couldn’t get much worse for Hadassah. Then her guardian Mordecai brings home the news that the King of Persia–Xerxes–has decided to divorce his queen and will have his pick of the ladies of the land for his new queen. It might seem like the opportunity of a lifetime, but for Hadassah, who has to change her name to Esther, things take a darker turn. http://www.oneforallmusicaltheater.org -----------------------------------------------Saturday, March 9 Lakeshore Learning Store, 12005 W. Center Rd., Omaha Every Saturday 11am - 3pm Let your kids get creative at the Lakeshore Learning Stores! No reservations necessary!

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Through September 1 ATTIC ADVENTURES Omaha Childrens Museum, 500 S 20th St Attic Adventure offers a variety of handson learning experiences for children in the imaginative setting of Omaha Children’s Museum’s attic. The exhibit contains popular components from past exhibits alongside new interactive spaces that utilize items commonly found in attics like instruments, stuffed animals, and dress-up clothes. The wide variety of exhibits and types of play allow for children to pursue their own interests and self-direct play. Intertwined with the exhibit is a scavenger hunt that encourages children to explore the exhibit as they observe, solve, and decode.

Activities in the exhibit will include: -LEGO Vehicle Building and Test Track -Werner Semi Truck -Musical Experimentation -Tea Party Table and Stuffed Animals -Dress-Up Area and Costume Chest -Giant Operation Game

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-Suspended Kayak -Climbing Wall -Imagination Playground Blocks -Dentist Chair -Scavenger Hunt Included with museum admission http://www.ocm.org -----------------------------------------------Through April 23rd I LET THEM IN. Conditional Hospitality and The Stranger, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 South 10th St. “I let them in. Conditional Hospitality and The Stranger” is a two-person exhibition featuring videos by Kader Attia and Candice Breitz, curated by Taraneh Fazeli, 2018 Bemis Curator-in-Residence.

Amidst the current “migration crisis,” these artworks interrogate who is afforded the right to speak or the ability to be understood considering dominant representational narratives and the political, socio-psychological and technological systems that shape our understandings of self and the communal.

http://bemiscenter.org/iletthemin -----------------------------------------------Through April 28th Oliver Jeffers: 15 Years of Picturing Books Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge This exhibition chronicles Oliver Jeffers’ development and success as a children’s book artist, including illustrations from The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, both The New York Times #1 Best Sellers.

A Mind’s Eye Gallery exhibition.

-----------------------------------------------Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium Passes 3701 S 10th St, Omaha Free Passes to Lauritzen Gardens can be checked out for Members of Omaha Public Libraries and Council Bluffs Library!

Adults ages 18+ who are Douglas County residents or have a non-resident paid membership to OPL are eligible to check Family events continued onto the bottom half of page 7.

EVENTS THURSDAY, MARCH 7 The Elephant Man IWCC Theater, 7:30p ---------------------------------------------Conejo Midwest Massacre CUBE Ultra Lounge, 10p FRIDAY, MARCH 8 Knockout Parties - DJ Jake - Every Friday The Mile Away Hall & Tavern, 7p ---------------------------------------------The Elephant Man IWCC Theater, 7:30p ---------------------------------------------Lemon Fresh Day Amerisports Bar, 8:30p SATURDAY, MARCH 9 Winter-Be-Gone 5k and 10k Walk Childrens Square, 9a ---------------------------------------------Lemon Fresh Day Amerisports Bar, 8:30p Family events continued from page 6. out the tickets. Accounts with outstanding balances greater than $25 may start a payment plan in order to obtain a ticket.

Expired accounts must be renewed and outstanding fines must be paid in order to obtain a ticket. Due to the great demand and limited supply, tickets cannot be held or reserved. Tickets are good for one-time use. Only one ticket per library card and customer can be issued, admitting up to two adults and six children. An OPL library card must be presented to the zoo at the time of redemption.

New patrons may sign up for a library card online at omahalibrary.org/get-a-librarycard, but the card will not be activated without in-person identification. For more information, call or visit your neighborhood OPL branch location, or visit omahalibrary. org.

Lauritzen Gardens Membership Passes To see which OPL locations have passes available, search for “Lauritzen Gardens” in the online catalog. You may also call any OPL branch to check availability.

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WEDNESDAY MARCH 6 Happy Hippie Hour with Carrie Jean The Down Under Lounge, 3p ----------------------------------------------Dr. Webb Music The Down Under Lounge, 4:20p ----------------------------------------------Alyssa’s Going Away Soiree Interlude Lounge, 5p ----------------------------------------------Beer, Bingo & Trivia Kros Strain Brewing Co., 6p ----------------------------------------------Daddy Mac and the Flak Ozone Lounge, 6:30p ----------------------------------------------CD 105.9 Whiskey Wednesday Library Pub, 7p ----------------------------------------------The DiBaise Brothers, Pub 134, 6p ----------------------------------------------Guys on A Bus, Lookout Lounge, 7p ----------------------------------------------Trivia, Stocks n Bonds, 7p ----------------------------------------------Acoustic Open Mic Night The New Frontier Bar, 7p ----------------------------------------------Skretta Etc, Therapy Bar & Grill, 7p ----------------------------------------------Shawn Bell Trio Featuring Greg Simon Jambo Cat, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------ROCK of AGES, Orpheum Theatre, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Sweet Tea Duo The Omaha Lounge, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------Comedy Open Mic Barley Street Tavern, 8p ----------------------------------------------Thursday Night Trivia, Nifty Bar, 8p --------------------------------------------Dylan Scott w/ Cash Campbell Slowdown, 8p --------------------------------------------Aly Peelers Open Mic Night The Down Under Lounge, 8p --------------------------------------------DJ Lay-C, Bar 415, 9p ----------------------------------------------Karaoke w/ Host Adam Flohr Brokedown Palace, 9p ----------------------------------------------- Open Mic Night (Hosted by Stathi) The B. Bar, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Addy’s Mardi Gras Masquerade!

Addy’s Bar Maple, 5p ----------------------------------------------Charla’s March Madness Karaoke The Down Under Lounge,10p --------------------------------------------Wednesday Night Karaoke with Brixz Brokedown Palace, 10p Framing the Flame: Art That Ignites Joslyn Art Museum, 5p ----------------------------------------------- John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band Chrome Lounge, 6p ----------------------------------------------Seeking Safety: Stories of Refuge in Omaha Bemis Center For Contemporary Arts, 6p

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Dubliner Pub, 9:30p ----------------------------------------------Kessel Run The Down Under Lounge, 9p ----------------------------------------------Great Minds: Steve Everette & Stefano Mice- ----------------------------------------------StayCLTRD PARTY 001 with DJ Rolls Ree$e li, KANEKO, 6p Midtown Art, 10p ----------------------------------------------Smooth Jazz with Darryl White Band Ozone Lounge, 6:30p FRIDAY MARCH 8 ----------------------------------------------Double Treble Vino Mas, 6:30p Plan B ----------------------------------------------The Cove Lounge, 5p Humans of Tel Aviv ----------------------------------------------B Side of Benson Theatre, 7p Taylor Scott Band “All We Have” Tour ----------------------------------------------The B. Bar, 5:30p Lil Baby ----------------------------------------------Ralston Arena, 7p Tom Zorko Art Exhibition Railroads and ----------------------------------------------Nature Acoustic Open Mic Night The Apollon, 6p The New Frontier Bar, 7p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Brother East-Brother West Boogie T.rio, Mersiv & Vampa Classic Rock Coffee, 6:30p The Waiting Room Lounge, 7p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Heartland Bogies Band KISS: End of the Road World Tour Bogies West, 6:30p CHI Health Center, 7:30p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Marcus Strickland Celebrates Blue Note Alb Pete Correale The Jewell, 6:30p Omaha Funny Bone, 7:30p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------High Country ROCK of AGES American Legion Post #1, 7p Orpheum Theatre, 7:30p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Wood Notes Trivia Firewater Grille, 7p The Sociable Inn, 7:30p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Doll Maker’s Gift Trivia Rose Theatre, 7p Farnam House Brewing Company, 8p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Music by Lucas Minor Julie Baker Therapy Bar & Grill, 7p Growler USA, 8p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Lost Stars, Still Monuments & Emily Ward Thursday Night Trivia The Well, 7p Nifty Bar, 8p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Brahms’ 4th And the Kids Holland Center, 7:30p Reverb Lounge, 8p --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Correale Frets & Relaxation, Matthew Schweers, Tyler Pete Omaha Funny Bone, 7:30p/9:45p Harman & Vince Giambattista ----------------------------------------------Barley Street Tavern, 9p Jitterbugs’ Night Out ----------------------------------------------Fraternal Order of Eagles, 8p Thirsty Thursday Karaoke ----------------------------------------------Forte Music Hall, 9p Rat Pack Jazz ----------------------------------------------Growler USA, 8p Hector Anchondo Solo ----------------------------------------------Harney Street Tavern, 9p Fight Night ----------------------------------------------Lookout Lounge, 8p KoZee Karaoke ----------------------------------------------KoZee Lounge. 9p Feel Good Fridays Featuring Tyi Hakeem ----------------------------------------------The Omaha Lounge, 8:30p OPEN MIC “Ladies Night” ----------------------------------------------Pageturners Lounge, 9p Iris DeMent with Pieta Brown ----------------------------------------------The Waiting Room, 8p Karaoke with DJ Status --------------------------------------------Rehab Lounge, 9p Floyd ----------------------------------------------Slowdown, 8:30p Giant Jell-O Shot Jenga Tournament ----------------------------------------------SO Finest Tequila Garage, 9p Rockin’ the Hangout ----------------------------------------------Fri 9 PM · American Dream Karaoke Night ----------------------------------------------Brokedown Palace, 9:30p A Night Of House & Bass ----------------------------------------------Bar 415, 9p Chris Shelton

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SATURDAY MARCH 9 Winter-Be-Gone 5k and 10k Walk Childrens Square, 9a ----------------------------------------------Spring Craft Fair, Millars South HS, 9a ----------------------------------------------Joe Reynolds Music, Neighber’s Bar, 9a ----------------------------------------------AOH Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Downtown Omaha, 10a ----------------------------------------------Face To Face Black History Documentary Love’s Jazz & Arts Center, 10a ----------------------------------------------Cabin Fever Indoor Poker Run

Dillon Brothers, 11a ----------------------------------------------Taste, Tour & Tickets Werner Park, 11a ----------------------------------------------Bockfest German-American Society, 1p ----------------------------------------------The Doll Maker’s Gift Rose Theatre, 2p, 5p ----------------------------------------------Karly Jurgensen Gorat’s Steak House, 6p --------------------------------------------- Isaiah Dominguez, Vago, & Ryan Human Wired Pub, 6p --------------------------------------------Jeff Spangrud and Somethin’ Peculiar Classic Rock Coffee, 7p --------------------------------------------Joystick Forte Music Hall, 7p --------------------------------------------Footloose Night Omaha Ballroom, 7p --------------------------------------------22nd Annual Aquarianfest The New Frontier Bar, 7p --------------------------------------------Swaul Pope+ Andy Vaggalis+No Motion Picture, The Well, 7p --------------------------------------------Adam Lee LIVE! Vino Mas, 7p --------------------------------------------The Matt Amandus Jazz Trio Jambo Cat, 8p --------------------------------------------Karaoke & Music Smitty’s Garage, 8p --------------------------------------------Trivia & Karaoke Night Stumble Inn, 8p --------------------------------------------Ghettoblaster The Waiting Room, 8p ----------------------------------------------palindroSeff Bar 415, 9p ----------------------------------------------Tom Buller & Just Plain Trouble Barley Street Tavern, 9p --------------------------------------------Teacherz Petz Chrome Lounge, 9p --------------------------------------------Chad Lee Copacabana Lounge, 9p --------------------------------------------Rifflord / High Ruler / Huttch & Night Push, Dr. Jack’s Drinkery, 9p --------------------------------------------Peace, Love, Etc. Growler USA, 9p --------------------------------------------Daniel & the Deliverance Harney Street Tavern, 9p --------------------------------------------Héctor Anchondo Band Havana Garage, 9p --------------------------------------------Trivia Night Julio’s, 9p ---------------------------------------------Devon Dupree

Karma Nightclub, 9p --------------------------------------------Soul Dawg Ozone Lounge, 9p --------------------------------------------Carey & Davis Acoustic Rathskeller Bier Haus, 9p -------------------------------------------Benson Soul Society Reverb Lounge, 9p -------------------------------------------DJ Animale The Cove Lounge, 9p --------------------------------------------Mr. E & the Stringless Kite The Down Under Lounge, 9:30p --------------------------------------------Damien McCarthy Dubliner Pub, 9:30p --------------------------------------------Red Cities ~ The Broke Loose ~ The Morbs, O’Leaver’s, 10p --------------------------------------------Stellar Collision, The B. Bar, 10p Cornhusker Chapter Ralston Arena Spring

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Events continued from page 9 Mitch Towne Jazz Organ Trio Jambo Cat, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Michelle Eva Bleu w/ B. Baldwin Benson Songwriter Exchange The Omaha Lounge, 7:30p Reverb Lounge, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ian Moore Hector Anchondo Reverb Lounge, 8p The Omaha Lounge, 7:30p ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Rayland Baxter w/ Dirt House Open Mic Jam Slowdown, 8p Brokedown Palace, 8p ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Karaoke Trivia, The Down Under, 8p Dubliner Pub, 10p ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The History of Heavy Metal Trivia Gunar’s Karaoke- Extra Soul Waiting Room, 8p The Down Under Lounge, 10p --------------------------------------------Turbo Tuesdays w/ Vic Nasty Bar 415, 9p TUESDAY MARCH 12 --------------------------------------------Karaoke Forte Music Hall, 9p 2019/20 Season Announcement Omaha --------------------------------------------Community Playhouse, 5:30p Matt Hackett Trio --------------------------------------------Pageturner’s Lounge, 9p Open Jam --------------------------------------------Therapy Bar & Grill, 5:30p Open Mic (standup) --------------------------------------------The Backline, 9p Racism-Native Americans --------------------------------------------First United Methodist, 6p Dylan’s Duets Karaoke --------------------------------------------The Down Under Lounge, 10p John Worsham Ozone Lounge, 6:30p --------------------------------------------Open Jam hosted by Scott Moyer Barley Street Tavern, 7p --------------------------------------------Jeff Spangrud and Somethin’ Peculiar Classic Rock Coffee, 7p --------------------------------------------Trivia, Goldeez, 7p --------------------------------------------David P. Murphy Growler USA, 7p ---------------------------------------------

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Defense. He spoke of how Hagel “got it,” not that he remember how they were happy to only by sitting with the enlisted men to get use tax dollars for rebuilding both allies and He touched on Putin’s use of unmarked a true grasp on the pulse of the military, but enemies. troops in the Ukraine and Crimea and, due to also speaking to soldiers on the front lines.

The last time former Biden came to our alliances, we were able place them under These are the snapshots of two individuals “We don’t have to face the same challenges a UNO event was when Ed Zorinsky sanctions. NATO’s Article 5, he referenced, and the character most people never get to as our forefathers because of the allies we was a Nebraska senator. Zorinsky means we stand together when situations created,” he declared. served from 1976 until his death due hear or see in today’s drama filled 24-hour like what happened in Crimea take place. to a heart attack in 1987. A pioneer in news cycle.

Biden spoke at great length about President The former VP mentioned the timeless words his own right, Zorinsky was the first Donald Trump’s comments about leaving Jewish American elected to statewide The purpose of the summit was to discuss of Thomas Jefferson several times. “We hold creative solutions for today’s problems.

NATO, while deftly not mentioning him office in Nebraska. these truths self-evident,” and said it matters Biden focused on the importance of directly by name. The former VP said the how we project ourselves. Later he returned American leadership and how essential it has last two years of American leadership have Hagel spoke not only of Biden’s to it when speaking about immigration been unfocused and stressed it’s important accomplishments but his compassion. become to global safety and stability. and questioned the image the U.S. is now we don’t treat NATO like a “protection He recalled the time when, as a new projecting to the rest of the world. racket.” The U.S., he said, needs to make it our member of the Senate, his mother fell He talked of “The Greatest Generation” and interest to stay engaged because this nation “What’s happening?” he said, and continued ill. Biden asked Hagel every day about referred to American leadership after WW can’t “go it alone.” that it starts with rejecting the belief Former Defense Secretary and UNO alum Chuck Hagel and former YOUR FREE VP “Smokin” Joe Biden made their respect for one another abundantly clear at the First Global Leadership Conference held at UNO last Thursday.

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that dictatorships never last in the face of economic prosperity. People come to America, Biden stated, because these truths are self-evident. The U.S. has never walked away from it, buty today people are “confused as hell.”

Discussing climate change and disease, Biden asked who else will take the lead in stopping outbreaks saying, “If we don’t do it, authoritarian powers will.”

But there’s a better reason to have seasoned leadership. It’s of vast importance for us to have leaders which not only understand the complexities of other nations and various cultures, but to be able to deftly guide us through the storms of controversy while continuing to be the greatest nation of all-time.

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We’re the most agile venture capitalist, Biden said, adding “Nothing is beyond our capacity, and that’s not hyperbole.” It’s time for the United States to “Stand up and remember who we are.”

One can see why Biden has held public office for so long. Early in his discussion, he spoke about flying over Afghanistan and seeing all the villages and how spread out they were. It was at that time he recognized they weren’t ready or able to come together as a whole like the United States and its allies were trying (at the time) to force them to do.

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Cervical Cancer

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All women are at risk for cervical cancer, although it occurs most often in women over age 30. Each year, about 12,000 women in the United States get cervical cancer.

Screening tests and a vaccine can help prevent cervical cancer.

Two screening tests can help prevent cervical cancer. The Pap test looks for cell changes on the cervix that might become cervical cancer if they are not treated, and the human papillomavirus (HPV) test looks for the virus that can cause these cell changes.

HPV vaccines can protect women against the types of HPV that cause most cervical cancers. The most important thing you can do to help prevent cervical cancer is to get screening tests regularly starting at age 21.

may cause abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharge.

Prevention Tips

The most important thing you can do to help prevent cervical cancer is to get screened regularly.

-If you’re 26 years old or younger, get the HPV vaccine.

-Use condoms during sex.

-Limit your number of sexual partners.

-Don’t smoke.

Cervical cancer is highly preventable because of screening tests and a vaccine to prevent HPV infections are available.

When cervical cancer is found early, it is highly treatable and associated with long

Key Facts

If you’re 30 years old or older, you have three options: you can get a Pap test only, an HPV test only, or both an HPV and a Pap test together. If your test results are normal, you can wait three years to be tested again if you had a Pap test only, or five years to be tested again if you had an HPV test only or both an HPV test and a Pap test together.

If your test results are not normal, talk to your doctor. Cervical cancer is highly curable when found and treated early.

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only other time he didn’t reach double figures was against Missouri State on Nov. 19.

• Michigan shot 55.6 percent to become the fourth opponent in the last 54 games to shoot over 50 percent against Nebraska.

Creighton Bluejays

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It was a case of sweet revenge for Creighton on Sunday as the Jays used a 10-0 run down the stretch to seal a 66-60 win at No. 10 Marquette. This is the fourth straight season the Bluejays have knocked off a top-10 team and helped ease the painful memories of the January 6 game that got away on an errant pass with 0.8 seconds to go resulted in a 104-102 overtime loss.

Unlike the Bluejays, the Huskers are a completely different story. Nebraska had high hopes entering the season with a team seemingly poised to make a run at the Big Ten and possibly even the NCAA Tournament.

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has improved defensively over the past month. That will come in handy at the Jays close regular season play at home with a Wednesday game against Providence and a Saturday night meeting with DePaul. Those are two teams CU beat on the road.

Creighton will take a three-game winning streak into the Providence game. A pair of wins could have them at least in sight of the NCAA Tournament bubble with more work to do in New York City at the Big East Tournament.

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• Nebraska committed just seven turnovers, marking the seventh time in nine games the JT Gibson tied his career high with 22 points to lead Omaha and added four rebounds Huskers committed fewer than 10 turnwith a game-high five assists and a steal. overs.

Pile followed with 19 points as Mitch Hahn • Michigan made a dozen 3-pointers - a dropped in 18. Jackson rounded out Omaha’s double-digit scorers with 14 points. season high against the Huskers.

Omaha is the No. 2 seed and plays No. 7 On the positive side for NU athletics, Scott seed North Dakota on Saturday at Sioux Frost’s football team started spring practice. Falls in the first round of the Summit League Look for some seriously improved play from Tournament. that squad in the fall.

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Injuries, poor leadership, and a perplexing inability by all to score at times has left this team dazed and confused. After what seemed like a sophomoric performance against Michigan that led to an 82-53 loss, Creighton (16-13, 7-9 Big East) was led the Huskers traveled to East Lansing early to

by Martin Krampelj with 19 points while Ty-Shon Alexander added 14 points and set face Michigan State. Let’s hope the boys can a school record by hitting a 3-pointer in his play a competitive one, for what might be Head Coach Tim Miles last regular season 32nd straight game. Mitch Ballock added road game as a Husker. a dozen as Creighton had a season-high 15 steals and forced Marquette into 22 • Nebraska fell to 1-7 against ranked teams turnovers. this season, including 0-2 vs.

Top-10 teams this season Getting healthy at the right time, CU also • Nana Akenten reached double-figures for the third time this season and first time since Nov. 19 against Missouri State.

• Amir Harris set a career high with eight points, bettering his previous best of six set on two occasions, most recently against Purdue a week ago Saturday.

• Glynn Watson Jr. jumped from 10th to ninth on Nebraska’s career assist chart with his two assists, tying Clifford Scales (354, 1988-91). Watson now has 354 assists.

• James Palmer Jr. saw his streak of 24 straight games in double figures end as he was held to a season-low seven points. The

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The regular-season finale at Denver was a different story as Omaha defeated the Pioneers 86-76 to improve to 19-10 on the year and 13-3 in the Summit League. Those marks set program records for Division I wins as UNO finished a game behind South Dakota State in the league standings.

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A six-game win streak ended Thursday as Omaha fell 84-80 at Oral Roberts. Mitch Hahn scored a career high 35 for the Mavericks, who lost for the second time this season to the 11-20 Eagles. The loss came despite UNO committing only three turnovers – a season low.

Zach Jackson added 13 points with seven rebounds and two assists. That made him the second Maverick in program history with 1,500 career points and 500 career rebounds. He’s now No. 5 in career scoring in the Omaha record books. Matt Pile added 11 points and eight boards plus three blocks.

Enjoli & Timeless – Omaha Soul

By Andy Roberts

It started in church where so many musical stories seem to begin.

Enjoli & Timeless are a metro music sensation who are starting to make their mark locally and regionally. Enjoli Mitchell is a four-time Omaha Hip-Hop Award winner and threetime Omaha Entertainment & Arts Award nominee. Eden Corbitt handles bookings plus drums and other percussion, Timothy Corbitt is on piano and Ray Williams plays bass.

Eden Corbitt and Mitchell took time out to chat with Focus but emphasized the other two are equally vital. “Without those two this would not be Timeless,” Mitchell said.

Or, it seems, without a foundation built in the church, where Mitchell and Corbitt have strong family ties.

“Church was the initial start of it. I was born and raised in church,” Mitchell recalled. “That was all I knew.”

It was pretty much the same thing for Corbitt. On a dare she jumped on the drums and began playing.

“It was history from there,” she said.

Their music has roots in history as well.

Mitchell said she likes the Old School singers but has some current favorites as well. “I like people who actually have lyrical content.”

Timeless music is: “A mixture of the gospel feel, smooth r&b . . . neo soul with a base of gospel and r&b.”

The strength of the band is in its focus and agreement on the sound they want, Corbitt said.

“We know what we’re trying to do . . . we’re all on the same page. That is the main thing,” Mitchell stressed.

The name, Timeless, has meaning and a history.

“It’s actually a name I came up with years before I thought having a band was possible,” Mitchell recalled. Her idea was to make music that remains relevant over time.

She does most of the songwriting but pulls in the other band members for important contributions. “It’s not the easiest thing in the world but we get it done,” she said.

Enjoli & Timeless have played Love’s Jazz and several Benson locations plus the Bourbon Theater in Lincoln.

“We’ve really been all over Omaha at this point,” Corbitt said. Opening for five national acts has opened many doors including a number of shows outside the area.

Last April Enjoli & Timeless connected with Love’s Jazz & Art Center to launch “Loving the Mic,” an open mic night that featured local talent and live music. It regularly drew a full house but went on hiatus due to other band commitments. Mitchell and Corbitt said it is coming back in the spring and “Loving the Mic” could become an annual event.

This is a busy group. Enjoli & Timeless released the band’s first recorded single and music video entitled “#iWish” in February.

Two more singles are planned for the spring with a full-length album to follow.

“The very top of the summer it will drop,” Corbitt promised. Downloads and CDs are

Photo by: Jay SourPatch Bell the plan, but Mitchell thinks it would be “dope” to have a vinyl edition.

For more on Enjoli & Timeless: Facebook: www.facebook.com/ “People still want that physical product,” she EnjoliAndTimeless/ said. “We get so many people who say ‘I want #iWish Music Video: https://1drv.ms/v/ a CD.’” s!AlL6LRBjZgsYo0y9FRY7-EC47L7R

Enjoli & Timeless are on the move and they Enjoli & Timeless Sound Check Video: aren’t asking for much – just give them a https://youtu.be/1npsizNF3Hw listen.

Instagram: @EnjoliMusic

SoundCloud: @Enjoli “We would say tune in. Lend us your ears,” Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ Mitchell said. “We want to bring r&b back.” channel/UCpK5Smli6mev7FlBD_CQAfA

Corbitt added: “I’m really excited to bring this to Nebraska.”

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Evan Bartels & the Stony Lonesomes – South By Southwest Bound

By Andy Roberts This is some Americana with roots in the heart of Nebraska, and now Evan Bartels & the Stony Lonesomes are at the South By Southwest Festival.

Bartels and band are hoping to build on an already impressive reputation with two shows in Austin next week as part of a Texas tour. Bartels first earned recognition in a 2013 UNL contest for rising songwriters with his tune “Hallelujah, Amen.”

He was nominated in 2017 for OEAA album of the year. The Devil, God, and Me which debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Heat Seekers Chart for the Midwest Region in the Americana category. “That was pretty cool,” Bartels admitted.

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Promised Land – a five-song collection is being released independently on all platforms April 26.

Originally from Tobias, Nebraska, a couple hundred miles southwest of Omaha, Evan Bartels plays guitar, sings and writes the songs. The Stony Lonesomes include his brother, Logan, on bass, Jake Brandt on lead guitar, and drummer Bryan Keeling.

Bartels developed an early interest and didn’t have to look far to get started.

“We had guitars and stuff around the house,” he recalled, but his mom wanted him to play piano, so he learned that first. It wasn’t long before he got a guitar, learned a few chords out of a book, and formed a band.

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“That’s why I started to write songs. I couldn’t learn anybody else’s song,” he chuckled.

There is country, folk, and rock in his music, Bartels offered, but Americana seems to be how many listeners refer to the sound.

Bartels used to just start playing and see what happened. He just digs into an idea and lists current Jason Isbell and Ryan Adams as current influences.

“It’s just been a process like that the past ten or twelve years,” Bartels offered. “Every once in a while, it just seems you happen upon something that seems like a song.”

It is not, he stressed, always an easy task to accomplish.

“Songwriting is somewhere between a painful experience and an extremely cathartic experience,” Bartels explained. Just what happens can depend on the source of the inspiration.

For more on Evan Bartels & the Stony Lonesomes: Facebook: facebook.com/TheEvanBartels/ Web: Evanbartels.com

“It’s a very unique way to cope with the realities of life.” In his view, music helps people share their life experiences.

“It’s such a universal way to convey emotion,” Bartels said. “That’s what I like about it over any other art form.”

Bartels and the band have been sharing those emotions throughout the country, starting with bars in Omaha and Lincoln.

They still play The Zoo Bar on a regular basis, and for Bartels, music has become a full-time job.

“This actually has been my career,” he said. His first semi-full time gig came at 17 when he played with a cover band while working “a ton of other jobs” to make it work. On July 3, 2017, he started doing it exclusively.

“Hopefully I’ll be able to do it a lot longer and maybe pay the bills,” he said. “That’s the dream.”

The dream takes a big step This week they are in Texas and playing a number of gigs including two shows in Austin during the South By Southwest Festival.

It’s a life Bartels is growing to love.

“The focus is just writing good songs. . . if I can do that, everything else will just fall into place.”

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Things the Treasury Department wants you to know

By Michael Herek Washington – Through four weeks of the filing season, the average tax refund in 2019 increased to $3,143, a significant jump from last week’s average of $2,640. The average refund at this point in the filing season is now up 1.3 percent over last year based on 47.7 million individual returns processed thus far in 2019 compared 49.2 million returns processed in 2018.

As previously stated, the increase in the weekly data is primarily due to the remainder of the Earned Income Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits being paid out this week. Despite the higher refund average, we remind taxpayers that weekly filing season data is variable and will continue to fluctuate. We caution against drawing broad conclusions on refunds overall this early in the filing season.

We also continue to emphasize that there is a difference between tax liability and tax refunds. The size of someone’s refund is a separate issue from whether their taxes have increased or decreased. Most people are benefiting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act by receiving larger paychecks throughout the year, instead of tax refunds that simply result from people overpaying the government throughout the year.

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The Creator of the “Cha Cha Slide” Goes Country – Sort Of – With Rowdy Cain

By Andy Roberts This story originally ran a few weeks ago, but needed some updated information. We try to always run the most accurate info, but Rowdy informed us that we were in need of a couple of changes. Here’s to you, Rowdy!

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Casper, the stage name for Willie Perry, suggested they hang out while in Las Vegas.

They clicked and agreed to stay in touch.

After about a year of keeping in touch, Cain had an idea and texted Casper about the song he’d been sitting on for more than a decade at that point.

“I think it’s a hit. I’d like to put you on it,” Cain recalled telling him. He flew Casper to Omaha and recorded his parts, which the DJ wrote for himself, at Gaeta’s studio.

Cain recalled one major radio chain had committed to releasing the song to the company’s country outlets, but Cain and Casper were both suddenly facing serious health issues – Casper came down with two rare forms of cancer and Cain had heart issues.

Today Casper is in remission and Cain said he’s taking better care of himself.

Renamed “Jump on the Train,” the video was filmed live at six Omaha-area clubs just a few weeks ago with Tim Bezy shooting and editing. “It’s really evolved,” Cain said of his song. “It’s not a country song – it’s just a line dance song.”

He has done “Jump on the Train” live on Some funky Chicago step music is getting a few occasions, including at a Chicago new life via an Omaha connection. fundraiser for Dorothy Brown, a candidate

for mayor in the Windy City. Cain is Local country artist Rowdy Cain had what encouraged by the early reception for “Jump he thought was a hit sitting around for years. on the Train” and pointed out the people in Not his usual traditional country fare – this the video responded to the music without one had a little different beat. prompting or direction.

“I just wrote a dance song to see if I could “I think this is the best time (to release the write a dance song,” Cain recalled. That was song) because country music has changed,” about 2003 and at the time the song was Cain explained. “People listen to all types of called “Freak Y’all.” music.”

Cain, who writes and produces his own Due to its pending release, Focus was not music, worked with Dave Dahir on the provided a copy of the video to post, but arrangement and recorded the song at Scott Cain assures everyone it will not be hard to Gaeta’s studio. But for years the song just find. sat there.

“It’s going to be on every jukebox in the Fast forward to 2014 and Cain is at a DJ world soon,” he said. “We have a distributor convention in Las Vegas. Generally not . . . We’ll let that go for a while and the rest is much of a gambler, he was sitting a $5 table up to Casper.” when he struck up a conversation with DJ Casper – a Chicago hip-hop artist who For more on DJ Casper, here is gained international fame with his hit “Cha “Cha Cha Slide”: Cha Slide” – a track that has more than a half www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBLyKB9Ok8 billion hits on YouTube.

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Getting to Know Hutch: Bobby Hutcherson

By Jesse D. Stanek

Whatever you want to call it, cool jazz, West Coast chill, or post-bop groove, Bobby Hutcherson spoke it fluently. The vibraphonist composed and played some of the most arresting, gleefully rambunctious music ever made. His playing always had a strong familiar voice. Whether he was backing up or playing front and center, it’s impossible to listen to a song Hutch is on and not feel his musical presence. His playing demands it.

Hutcherson was one of the first to adapt the vibraphones to a freer post-bop language, veering away from some of the more regimented playing of the times, often playing chords with a pair of mallets in each hand to get the speed and complexity he was after. His style and flair was more akin to that of a pianist as opposed to a vibes man. He had a close relationship with the iconic jazz label Blue Note Records from 1963 through 1977, playing on a plethora of recordings. Alongside artists like Jackie McLean and Andrew Hill, Hutcherson was part of a new wave of artists who would define the label’s burgeoning taste for more experimental playing. He passed away in 2016 at the

age of 75 having recorded more than 40 albums under his own name and played on many more, including hallmark recordings like Eric Dolphy’s “Out to Lunch” and Joe Henderson’s “Mode for Joe.” Always the willing and competent role player, Hutcherson brought his gypsy timing and unpredictable phrasing to everything he played on, however he shines brightest as a leader, on his own records, composing the tunes and calling the shots.

There is a comparison you hear between Modern Jazz Quartet vibraphonist Milt Jackson being the Charlie Parker of vibes, Hutcherson coming along, much like John Coltrane did with Parker, and taking the instrument beyond it’s previous limits.

Playing the vibes with such a unique tone, a singular songbird with a mallet, Hutcherson was able to collaborate and play with some of the best musical minds jazz has known: Herbie Hancock, Harold Land, Grant Green, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Joe Chambers and Joshua Redman. The list goes on, a veritable who’s who of the past and present jazz landscape.

every bit as fresh almost fifty years later, In 1965 a young Hutch shacked up with what’s being done had never been done Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding and Chambers on drums. The resulting record, “Components” is an epic achievement, one of the rare records to receive an All Music fivestar rating. It’s early in Hutcherson’s career and the spirit of his playing is a bit more contained then on his later records but it remains an essential for any jazz or music lover. A classic document of a golden time in music. The moods are varied enough to keep you interested yet the overall feel is coherent; lilting and occasionally jarring, the music is sweet on top keeping it’s mystery just below the surface.

The next five years saw a fair bit of upheaval in the American conscience, a moral shift of sorts. Released in 1970, Hutcherson’s masterpiece, “San Francisco” reflected that unease and optimism. Collaborating with saxophonist and frequent partner Harold Land, Hutcherson’s playing

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manages to question and demand simultaneously, his solos capable of ferocity and gentle understanding. Hutch on songs like “Going Down South” and “Ummh” gives you some of the most honest, emotionally raw playing you’ll hear on any instrument, all backed by whip-tight chill-grooves.

“San Francisco” has to be some of the most sampled jazz ever recorded, the timeless melodies behind your favorite hip-hop cuts. There’s a reason this record sounds

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before or since. This is five musicians on fire, taking Hutcherson’s compositions and filling out the boundaries and coloring in the detail.

“Cirrus” was recorded a year prior with different personnel, including trumpeter Woody Shaw, and also serves as a great example of Hutcherson’s nimble paws and love for hidden melody.

For a nice taste of Hutcherson’s work as a sideman, “Idle Moments” by guitarist Grant Green is great foray. Alongside producer Don Pearson on the piano and Joe Henderson on the sax, Hutcherson and crew give

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Grant’s conversational guitar plenty of room to chat. “Idle” is certainly part of the sacred cannon of never-again jazz recordings. All the right pieces in all the right places and the band steaming through the night hellbent on unknown shores. If you ever happen to forget or wonder why jazz is fun, this record will bring you back.

For a taste of the master towards the end of his career, the live “Somewhere in the Night” is an excellent place to start. The speed and agility of his playing hadn’t slowed a bit, but there is an obvious maturity to his phrasing, to his stepping back, making the runs he does play hit that much harder. Hutcherson brought a one-of-a-kind style and voice to the vibraphone and his playing is destined to remain a towering influence on music for generations to come.

Records to Stream/Download: Bobby Hutcherson “Components” Bobby Hutcherson “San Francisco” Bobby Hutcherson “Cirrus” Grant Green “Idle Moments” Bobby Hutcherson “Somewhere in the Night” Focus On The Stream/Getting to Know is a weekly column by contributing writer Jesse Stanek. Each week the column will introduce (or in the case of many artists reintroduce) the reader to a different band or artist and tell you why they’re worth checking out. The column will recommend albums by the artist/band to stream or download.

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