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This week’s top ten events you don’t want to miss! By Focus Omaha

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Husker Basketball By Focus Omaha CreightonBasketall By Focus Omaha UNO Mavericks!

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Down the Drain By Focus Omaha Sponsored By Blue Capitol Wealth

Brush Up at O’Leaver’s Pub By Tatiana Ballinger

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We gathered up some of the BEST Happy Hour spots in and around the Omaha metro!

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Squirrel Nut Zippers and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band By Howard Schwartz

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Pending Home Sales Increased in November By Focus Omaha Sponsored By Eric Cano

Blueberries By Focus Omaha & Health Addition- DHHS Closely Monitoring Novel Coronavirus Outbreak/ U.S. Travel-related Cases By Focus Omaha

Death Cow, Pioneer By Tatiana Ballinger

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JILLIAN MAYER: TIMESHARE CATALOGUE RELEASE PARTY Thursday, January 30, 6:30-8:30pm Bemis Center, 724 S. 12th St., Omaha SANTIAGO CAL January 25-March 2 Union for Contemporary Art, 2423 N. 24th This exhibit features works by sculpture artist Santiago Cal. Born in Belize, Cal has had exhibitions in Barcelona, Taipei, Havana, Auckland, and New York, as well as other cities. www.u-ca.org JEREMY CANIGLIA: INTO PURER LIGHT February 1 Lied Art Gallery, 2500 California Plz Figurative paintings and illustrations by artist Jeremy Caniglia will emphasize the human condition through imaginative realism, portraiture, and concept art. (Through March 8, 2020) calendar.creighton.edu/ Martha Horvay January 4- February 22 Modern Arts Midtown, 3615 Dodge St. This exhibit features new work by artist Martha Horvay, as well as pieces from the Modern Arts Midtown Collection. modernartsmidtown.com

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EFFECTS OF PTSD February 1-March 30 Fred Simon Gallery, 1004 Farnam St. This exhibit features works by artist Elizabeth Boutin that explore the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. artscouncil.nebraska.gov BANANA SPLIT February 22-24 Split Gallery, 2561 Leavenworth St. One of Omaha’s newest galleries invites guests to view this erotic art show. https://split.gallery/ 30 AMERICANS Feb. 2-May 5 Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St. Over 60 works by contemporary AfricanAmerican artists focus on important issues of racial, gender, and sexual identity; ongoing narratives of racial inequality in the United States; poverty; racial stereotyping; and the power of protest. Admission: $10 adults, $5 college students, free for members and ages 17 or younger. https://joslyn.org

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OLAF SENSORY BAG Friday, January 31, 11am-12pm Learning Express of Omaha, 120 Regency Pkwy Do you wanna build a snowman?! Squish around Olaf’s eyes nose and mouth into the correct spots with this fun sensory learning activity! This is a FREE all ages event! To register your child(ren)’s spot click the eventbrite ticket link on Facebook. https:// www.facebook.com/events/526646647952511/

Wednesday, January 29, 4:30pm-6pm Wednesday, February 5, 4pm-5:30pm Wednesday, February 12, 4:30pm-6pm 17170 Davenport St., Omaha, NE 68118 Using the creative approach of photographer Christopher Anderson, learn how to rethink the subject, obstruct the lens, and stylize your shot to create unexpected portraits. Bring a friend or pair up with others, and our Creative Pros will take you through immersive exercises and photo prompts. Try the latest iPhone or ART LAB FOR KIDS: MAKE YOUR OWN EMOJI bring your own. To get ready, join Photo Walk: Wednesday, January 29, 4-5pm & Taking Portraits on Location.

Tuesday, Febraury 4, 5-6pm Apple Village Pointe ART EXHIBITION: WATIE WHITE 17170 Davenport St., Omaha, NE 68118 Friday, January 17, 4:30pm Weber Art Gallery, 6505 University Dr S, Omaha Kids will learn fun ways to create their own 100 People is an in-progress city-wide public emoji. We’ll show them how to draw colorful art installation designed to promote relationfaces and objects. They’ll get hands-on using ships and dialogue among Omaha’s diverse the Procreate app on iPad with Apple Pencil communities. Feeling dismayed at the fallout to draw an emoji to take home. Devices will from the 2016 election, White, who does not be provided. )RU VHVVLRQV ZLWK DPSOLĆHG VRXQG consider himself an activist, felt he had to hearing loop technology is available on request. participate in the national dialogue. He decided Labs dive deeper into a creative approach by to celebrate the broad range of local people getting you started on a project that you can who are working to improve their own comtake further. Labs build on your existing skills. munity. When he spots a person who touches If you’re a beginner, check out Skills sessions. him with their efforts to make a difference, he https://www.apple.com/today invites them to sit as his subject. He asks them to choose what to wear and how to pose in PHOTO SKILLS: PHOTOGRAPHY ON IPHONE hope of letting them craft their own message.

Sunday, February 2, 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

He then carves a woodblock from the sitting, Tuesday, February 4, 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. prints the image at 8’x4’, and installs it in a straTuesday, February 4, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. tegic outdoor public location in Omaha. This Apple Village Pointe exhibition is a rare opportunity to see samples 17170 Davenport St., Omaha, NE 68118 from across the city in a single location.

Create better photos and videos using iPhone. Co-sponsored with Criss Library Osborne Family Gallery.

We’ll show you how to use the Camera app to Admission: Free to Students and the General Public take Live Photos, capture a quick video on the Parking: Lots G, M, K or the West Garage(Free on Fridays) go, and more in hands-on activities. Experiment Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm; with the latest iPhone or bring your own.

Wednesday evening 7pm-9pm pm; Saturday 11am-2pm Recommended for anyone looking for new ways to take photos.

Weber Art Gallery offers exhibitions yearround that embrace a broad range of media PHOTO LAB: DISRUPTING THE PORTRAIT and artists at various stages of their career. As CO-CREATED WITH CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON a center for learning, it also hosts gatherings Wednesday, January 29, 11:30am-1pm that promote dialogue on the arts.

Friday, January 31, 10am-11:30am Tuesday, February 4, 5pm-6pm NEBRASKA WALK FOR LIFE, LINCOLN Apple Village Pointe Saturday, January 18, 7am - 2:15am 17170 Davenport St., Omaha, NE 68118 St. Patrick Catholic Church Using the creative approach of photographer 508 W. Angus Rd., Gretna Christopher Anderson, learn how to rethink Join St. Patrick Catholic Church of Gretna for a the subject, obstruct the lens, and stylize your bus trip to Lincoln to participate in the Nebrasshot to create unexpected portraits. Bring a ka Walk for Life...all are welcome! friend or pair up with others, and our Creative Pros will take you through immersive exercises NATURE CONNECTSÂŽ: and photo prompts. Try the latest iPhone or ART WITH LEGOÂŽ BRICKS bring your own. To get ready, join Photo Walk: Saturday, January 18, 9am Taking Portraits on Location.

Lauritzen Gardens, 100 Bancroft St., Omaha January 18 through May 10, 9am - 5pm PHOTO WALK: Sean Kenney’s fourth indoor exhibit at TAKING PORTRAITS ON LOCATION Lauritzen Gardens features some fantastic

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NEW pieces, including a coral reef, a snow leopard, and a disappearing rhino, as well as a couple of old favorites. Compare your wing span to a beautiful monarch butterćy, stand tall with a striped zebra and a horned wildebeest, count the colors on a chameleon, go paw-to-paw with a polar bear and make a splash with a sea turtle. Inspired by nature and built from nearly 800,000 LEGOŽ pieces, this indoor exhibit features 13 displays with largerthan-life sculptures that represent endangered animals and build awareness for the conservation of all living things.

Don’t miss the ê3lay anG /et it 6tay station Í where visitors of all ages can create, take apart, tinker, build and grow together.

This blockbuster exhibit is included with admission, $10+tax for adults, $5+tax for children 3-12 and free for garden members and children under three.

LAKESHORE’S FREE CRAFTS FOR KIDS Saturdays in January, 11am Lakeshore Learning, 12005 W. Center Rd. Free Crafts for Kids, Ages 3 and up Enjoy crafts and hands-on activities. Family Friendly. No registration required.

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area. Children will be able to test out a variety of S.T.E.M. careers including engineer, architect, construction worker, vehicle operator, paleontologist, and veterinarian. Engineering challenges and interactive presentations will also take place in the exhibit daily.

SNOWSTORM IN A BOTTLE Monday, February 3, 11am-12pm Learning Express of Omaha, 120 Regency Pkwy Let it snow!! Come join the fun as we put science to the test while we create our very own snowstorm in a bottle!! This is an all ages FREE event. To register your child(ren) click the eventbrite ticket link on Facebook!

OUR JOURNEY TO HERE Open through April 2020 Omaha Children’s Museum, 500 S 20th St. Artist Victoria Hoyt will use stories, photos and artifacts from local families as inspiration for a new textile work that will be displayed at Omaha Children’s Museum and other Omaha https://www.facebook.com/events/791465688034893/ venues. To collect a wide variety of stories and family histories, OCM and Hoyt will work with the Union for Contemporary Art, Lutheran KIDS EAT FREE ON MONDAYS* Family Services and The Intercultural Senior Moday’s in February!

Center. Hoyt’s work will debut at OCM during one fUee meaO peU aGuOt TuaOifying puUchase the Ćnal week of the êAmerican to =anzibar: subject to change at anytime.

Hector’s, 1201 S. 157th St., Omaha, NE 68130 Muslim Cultures Near and Far� exhibit.

KIDS CRAFTER DAYS Monday, January 20, 12pm Nebraska Furniture Mart, 700 South 72nd St. Join us every month for a fun craft workshop that encourages hands-on learning, safety and creativity! /ocateG in the (vent &enteU DIGGIN’ DINOS Open through April 11, 2020 Omaha Children’s Museum, 500 S 20th St. Diggin’ Dinos will place children in an imagined world where dinosaurs and humans work together to build a dinosaur research facility.

The exhibit will include a combination of lifesized animatronic dinosaurs and construction equipment as well as a digging and building

There are many ways local families can participate in. Workshops are open to the public and are open to all ages.

Workshops Jan. 30 - Attend a workshop at Omaha Children’s Museum from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. aGmission into the museum is necessaUy . The vision for the workshop is to create a connection between food, natural dye materials, and stories.

TBD - Workshop will be announced soon.

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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29 The Happy Hippie Hour with Carrie Jean The Down Under Lounge, 3pm Vinyl Happy Hour, The Green Room, 3pm Dr. Webb, The Down Under Lounge, 4:20pm Mug Club Party with the Barry Boyce Band Huber Haus German Bier Hall, 5pm Puttin’ on the Ritz, Quaker Steak and Lube, 5pm Four Roses Private Barrel Release, Spirit World, 5pm

The Anniversary & Twinsmith The Waiting Room, 8:30pm Comedy Open Mic, Barley Street Tavern, 9pm Karaoke hosted by Joe Salzenbrenner Brokedown Palace, 9pm

THURSDAY JANUARY 30

Trivia at the Observatory, 7pm Andy Shauf - êThe Neon Skylineë Listening Party, The Trap Room Open Mic / Jam at Apple Jacks at the Patch Pioneer Trail Orchard, 7pm Trivia, Bärchen Beer Garden, 7:30pm Trivia, Clancy’s Pub, 7:30pm Plutonian Burrito w Solid Goldberg, MCM Maximilian & Side Show Culxr House, 8pm Brandon Lay, Horseshoe Casino Council Bluffs, 8pm Lisa St. Lou w/ Aly Peeler & Andrew Bailie Slowdown, 8pm Open Mic with Host Aly Peeler The Down Under Lounge, 8pm Disney Movie Pub Quiz, Twisted Post Bar, 8pm

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Kountry Wayne, Funny Bone, 10pm

êTouch Of Greyë Brokedown Palace, 11pm

Andrew Bailie, Monarch Prime and Bar, 10pm

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Plan B, The Cove Lounge, 5pm

Dustin Arbuckle and the Damnations Alexis Robles, Ozone Lounge, 6:30pm

The Coconuts Hawaiian Band, Pokeworks, 6pm

Dan Reynolds- Neil Diamond Tribute Vino Mas, 6:30pm

America’s Pub Quiz LOCAL Beer, Patio, & Kitchen Millard, 7pm

The Zooeys, The Down Under Lounge,9:30pm

Bio & Beers, Infusion Brewing Co., 4:30pm

Jam Seessions, Vino Mas, 6pm

Extreme Music Bingo, The New Frontier Bar, 7pm

Saxy’s Birthday Bash Down Under with the Broadways ,The Down Under Lounge, 9:30pm

Product Skills: Apple Watch, Apple Store Village Pointe, 3:30pm

Mitch Towne Trio, The Jewel, 6:30p

Bohemia Bingo, Infusion Little Bohemia Beer Hall, 7pm

Chris Shelton, Dubliner Pub, 9:30pm

The Hugged & Unplugged HH Acoustic Jam The Down Under Lounge, 4pm

Brains & Brews Weekly Trivia Kros Strain Brewing Company, 6pm

The Persuaders, Ozone Lounge, 6:30pm

The Cage is Back, Rhythmz Lounge, 9pm

Trivia at Apple Jacks at the Patch Pioneer Trail Orchard, 7pm

Chad Stoner, The Jewell, 6:30pm Simplicated back at Bogie’s West, 7pm The Million Dollar 4 Ramada Plaza Convention Center, 7pm The Arena (Improv), The Backline, 7pm

Music Bingo, Therapy Bar, 7pm

DrUnK MoNkEY, Therapy Bar and Grill, 7pm

Trivia, Thunderhead Brewing Downtown, 7pm

Kountry Wayne, Omaha Funny Bone, 7:30pm

Squirrel Nut Zippers and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Holland Center, 7:30pm

We Sell Pain Vol 1 w/ C10!, Scrswrth, J Crum, Jay Inćuential, Landon Flux & K Squared W Lovely, Lookout Lounge, 8pm

HODGETWINS, Omaha Funny Bone, 7:30pm

Chris Janson, Ralston Arena, 8pm

Open Mic hosted by Justin Redlinger Emmet’s Tavern, 8pm

InDreama w/ Minne Lussa & Glow in the Dark, Reverb Lounge, 8pm

Trivia, Rathskeller Bier Haus,8pm

LowTopP, Barley Street Tavern, 8:30pm

Sack of Lions Residency – Night 5, Reverb Lounge, 8pm

Blandford w/ Fat Nap and Southpaw, Dr. Jack’s Drinkery, 9pm

WrestleRama, The Waiting Room, 8:30pm

The Party After, Harney Street Tavern, 9pm

R&B Thursday featuring Sherri MC The Omaha Lounge, 8:30pm

Joystick, Ozone Lounge, 9pm

Chad Lee and Special Ladies Night Giveaway Copacabana Cocktail Lounge, 9pm Karaoke, Moe and Curly’s, 9pm Ricky Szablowski, Harney Street Tavern, 9pm Women’s Open Mic, Pageturners Lounge, 9m DJ, Retro Rewind, 9pm

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DJ Travis Howe, Parliament Pub Downtown, 9pm DJ Pink Bunny, Parliament Pub West, 9pm Todd Barry w/ Rafe Williams, Slowdown, 9pm Chicken Fried Moses, Whiskey Roadhouse, 9pm Daniel And The Deliverance, Dubliner Pub, 9:30pm

Wine Tasting, Vino Mas, 12pm

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1 Australia BushĆre BeneĆt Bourbon Theatre, 5pm FAC with Swampboy Blues Band Ed Archibald, Soulful R&B Jazz Saxophonist The Jewell, 6:30p Kountry Wayne, Funny Bone, 10pm Dustin West-John Denver Tribute, Vino Mas, 7pm Sinatra & Beyond, Holland Center, 7:30pm Sailing In Soup Harney Street Tavern, 8pm The Bad Inćuence Rocks Therapy Bar & Grill, 8pm Ed Archibald, Soulful R&B Jazz Saxophonist The Jewell, 8:30p Skretta Etc, The New Frontier Bar, 8:30pm DJ Devon Dupree, Annie’s Pub, 9pm 10th Annual Rock n Roll Burns Night Barley Street Tavern, 9pm Saddlebrook, Beer Can Alley, 9pm The 402, Ozone Lounge, 9pm Chad Stoner, The Jewell, 9pm REModeled, Mitch Gettman, Reverb Lounge, 9pm DJ Pink Bunny, The Cove, 9pm InĆnite Video w/ Bach Mai and Cable Network The Down Under Lounge, 9pm

Matt’s Rocket Collection Reunited & BadmotorĆnger The Waiting Room, 9pm Daniel And The Deliverance, Dubliner Pub, 9:30pm Kountry Wayne, Funny Bone, 9:30pm Double Grave ~ Termination Dust ~ Jacob James Wilton O’Leaver’s, 10pm Hayseed Cowboys Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 38 , 1pm

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Grove, DopeCorpse, Lookout Lounge, 8pm Open Mic, Barley Street, 9pm 1st Monday Blues Jam, The Down Under Lounge, 9pm Josh Hoyer, Ozone Lounge, 6pm Line Dance Lessons at Bogies West, 6:30pm

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4 Open Jam, Barley Street Tavern, 7pm Live Open Jam, Therapy Bar, 7pm America’s Pub Quiz, The Tavern, 7pm

Sinatra & Beyond, Holland Center, 2pm Dustin West at Soaring Wings Vineyard, 2pm Howie D: Back in the Day The Rose Theater, 2pm Super Bowl LIV Party | HST Harney Street Tavern, 4pm Kozee Super Bowl Chili Cookoff, KoZee Crew, 4pm Wild Game Feed and Super Bowl Party!

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Jade Jackson, Bourbon Theatre, 7pm Post Malone, CHI Heallth Center 8pm TRA, The Down Under, 8pm Open MIc, Brokedown Palace, 8:30p Brainiac Trivia, Oleaver’s, 9pm Acoustic Open Mic, The New Frontier Bar, 9pm Karaoke, The Down Under Lounge, 10pm

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MONDAY FEBRUARY 3 Ozone Big Band w/Bob Fields, Ozone Lounge, 6pm Poker Nights at Big Red, 7pm 96 Bitter Beings, The Native Howl, Locust

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Omaha was not the birthplace of punk (actually Andy Warhol and his Factory Studio are largely given credit for bringing the genre stateside by starting the New York City punk scene), but it continues to nourish a punk rock scene that ebbs and ćows. The politics of the moment seem to have a say in its status and the energy behind it – there is always plenty of energy – so Focus It doesn’t have the best reputation, but that’s the checked with a few of its local practitioners and fans. point.

WARNING: For all of those who feel left out, bullied, are anti-social and anti-establishment, anarchist, anti-authoritarianism, anticorporatism, have a do-it-yourself ethic, anti-consumerist, anti-conservative, anti-corporate greed, direct action and not “selling out” this music may be for you.

Or one of the points.

Punk rock is still here. It’s death, as well as the death of all things rock, has been celebrated numerous times.

Somehow, punk rock didn’t get the notice and failed to attend its own funeral. It probably celebrated by dancing on the graves of truly defunct musical genres.

It might be a good way to start an argument – which would be very punk.

Paul Moerke is a founding member of R.A.F., a local punk band with a 30-year-plus history.

Moerke says the attitude is a big part of what makes a band, punk. êIt isn’t Tuite, maybe, as much go out and Ćnd the girls . . . at the end of the day Rock ’n’ Roll is Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

When it was born is a matter of dispute, but for this story let’s suggest the Ćrst Ramones album in 1976 was the starting point. It probably There is a more familial, more DIY, less corporate element to punk. Moerke pointed out wasn’t, as The New York Dolls and Iggy Pop there is a Ćne line from punk rock that leads to might argue. alternative and other genres.

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êIt’s what you do, you know,” Moerke said. When êI really don’t understand music theory. I play it by ear, and I play it by the gut,” Higgins stated. it began, punk may have attracted misĆts and êIt (punk) has always been the domain of people those who didn’t Ćt into other genres. who feel like outsiders.” êAll those things around that more do-it-yourself êI’ve always felt like an outsider . . . it’s almost a rock thing. The rules really break down. That’s badge of pride. Of being true to myself.” one of the great things about the form,” he said. êThe punk umbrella, as I think about, is pretty Iggy Pop and MC were among the Ćrst artists wide.” he heard as a young man and the inherent anger drew him into the music.

As for the political aspect, in these somewhat confrontational and unsettled times? êHoly shit ” he recalled thinking. êI can so relate to this. This is me.” êI don’t know what kids are noticing.”

Dereck Higgins considers himself a punk musician despite playing in multiple genres.

To this day he credits Iggy Pop with being a formative Ćgure in his musical maturation.

êIt’s because of my background,” he e[plained.

Higgins comes from a musical family of musicians who knew how to play, an accusation that many punk rockers don’t face and might almost Ćnd offensive.

êFrom my perspective, because the punk community in Omaha is pretty dysfunctional actually . . . there’s a big connection between the punk rock community and the outsiders.”

But, when the younger Higgins wanted a guitar, his father, a jazz musician, gave it to his brother.

That provided motivation.

The misĆt, the outsider, has been a continuing theme in rock ‘n’ roll, but especially in punk rock. êThey (the audience) gravitate to this music, and this scene, and the look,” Higgins said. êIt’s real.

It’s real people.”

The political element, he feels, is not as big a part as it was during the Reagan years that followed the late 1970s punk explosion. As punk became more mainstream, it became more about personal stuff. Today he sees artists in other genres getting involved there.

And there is humor. êThere’s still the goofy side of punk,” he added.

Trey Lalley, owner of Brother’s Lounge and longtime punk fan with the best punk jukebox in 2maha said, êIt punk represents an underground society that’s not necessarily mainstream.”

When asked if the political turmoil contributes to better punk music he added, êThe political climate creates more angst and people produce better music.”

Jay Bacon of Cordial Spew has long been involved in the punk rock scene. êWhen we were kids, we just didn’t want to listen to the same stuff anymore,” he remembered.

Black Flag got him leaning toward hard-core. êI wanted to be in a band.”

That hardcore kid provided other young people with an opportunity to go hear something êthat wasn’t on the radio.”

It’s not going away, Bacon stated. When he returned after some years away, he was surprised to Ćnd there were younger bands who wanted to play with them. êIt’s like they got our music,” he said. êWe got to be like the granddads of the new punk scene.”

The aggressiveness and the speed of the music have kept Cordial Spew going since a reunion show.

A newer punk band is The Shidiots.

That bank’s Blick Jagger said êWhen politics are bad for people, punk rock seems to thrive . . . there’s a lot of good music out. êA lot of it’s politically driven . . . It’s a pretty good time for punk rock.”

The local crop of punk bands is down in terms of numbers, he said, and is somewhat below the usual level of around a dozen.

In his mind, politics is a big inćuence on punk.

What is punk rock?

êI think the political climate fuels the writingcreativity,” he said. êI was an angry kid.”

êIt’s never taking anything at face value,” Blick Jagger said. êA little bit of skepticism as well.”

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Death Cow, Pioneer

By Tatiana Ballinger

Young sophistcrats from UNL are releasing their EP on Friday, January 31, 2020, through Fire Hazard Records following the ten full songs of 6ORZ 'URZQ from 2018. This label supports other animized victims of industrialization and gloriĆed mono-crops of our region.

Creeping from Pennsylvania, another band called Mechanical Canine joins Death Cow on the local label sounding like Saves the Day’s Ćrst reject album In Reverie. These band names have clear, funny meaning. Nondepressive new wave nostalgia drags late idols in an old rusty wagon along happy-go-lucky trails across the midwest.

Death Cow sounds like punk Velvet Underground with their randomly drawled out sing-talking male vocals on 6OoZ 'roZn. Alto-sounding female vocals sparkle in effortless harmony. Comforting bass riffs carry you to good, ćeshy power-pop Weezer-style guitar solos. Some end down a psychedelic drain if only for a moment, but this happy garage punk is not super angry, and saves room for improvisation when live performances commence. 6OoZ 'roZn sounds like Ben Kweller. Tracks êWet Socks,” will remind you of expensive,

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descended, sour grapes from a university bodega êCome Around,” an apparition of Pixies schizo confusion.

90s catatonic lonely romance is kept alive by Death Cow in êMari’s Song,” to accompany a colorful sunset at day’s end. Occupy a fake beach near a dried-up slimy lake or on the margins of a crowded surf open as Death Cow serenades. Death Cow is touring around with dates listed on their social media beginning and ending in Lincoln starting with their release party for new EPPioneer. Carpool to an out of town show. Focus on catchy expression-Ćlled tunes with easy-to-remember-lyrics at deathcow.bandcamp.com and dance any way you might.

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Squirrel Nut Zippers and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

By Howard Schwartz

Jimbo Mathus knew he had to do something.

That something, basically, was to expand his musical knowledge.

The Mississippi-based musician had gone to the artistic center that was, and to some extent still is, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in search of musical adventure. He found that and more, thus giving birth to The Squirrel Nut Zippers.

The jazz-based band, named after a Pennsylvania candy, are heading to Omaha for a Thursday night show at the Holland Performing Arts Center. The jazz-based band is in its second quarter-century of existence.

It adds up to a spectacular evening, and Mathus said those going the show can expect a lot of action on stage and more than music to entertain you. êWe like to use a lot of dark humor,” he said. êVery much a three-dimensional experience.”

Tickets start at $25 and are available at TicketOmaha.com, in person at the Ticket Omaha Box OfĆce located inside the Holland Performing Arts Center, or by calling (402) 345-0606.

êWe dip into the jazz canon . . . the Tin Pan Alley style of music,” he stated.

But this is not some nostalgia trip, the ninepiece band brings to the city. êWe compose our own music,” Mathus stressed. êItès jazz-based composition.”

Pulling together a large fan base is a challenge, he admits, but The Squirrel Nut Zippers have sold millions of records and developed a solid following in its quarter-century of operations.

Mathus also feels his band has made an impact on a new generation of musicians. êWe basically encouraged them to dig into the roots and come up with their own concoction,” he offered.

Also appearing at The Holland is The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Known as pioneers of the modern New Orleans brass band movement, they are recognized worldwide as an unstoppable musical machine.

They have worked with a multitude of artists from a range of genres including Elvis Costello, Dr. John, Widespread Panic, Modest Mouse, Dave Matthews Band, and The Black Crowes.

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Existing-Home Sales Climb 3.6% in December

By Focus Omaha

3.0-month supply at the current sales pace, down from the 3.7-month Ä&#x2020;gure recorded in both November and December 2018. Unsold inventory totals have dropped for seven consecutive months from year-ago levels, taking a toll on home sales.

On a full-year basis, total existing-home sales ended at 5.34 million, the same level as in 2018, as sales in the South region (+2.2%) offset declines in the West (-1.8%) and Midwest (-1.6%), as the Northeast remained unchanged.

Properties typically remained on the market for 41 days in December, seasonally up from 38 positioned well, but prospective buyers arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t days in November, but down from 46 days in as fortunate. Low inventory remains a problem, December 2018. Forty-three percent of homes with Ä&#x2020;rst-time buyers affected the most.â&#x20AC;? sold in December 2019 were on the market for less than a month.

The median existing-home price2 for all housing types in December was $274,500, up 7.8% First-time buyers were responsible for 31% of from December 2018 ($254,700), as prices sales in December, moderately down from the rose in every region. Novemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s price increase 32% seen in both November and in December marks 94 straight months of year-over-year 2018. NARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3URÄ&#x2020;OH RI +RPH %X\HUV DQG gains. ĂŞPrice appreciation has rapidly accelerated, Sellers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; released in late 20194 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; revealed that and areas that are relatively unaffordable or the annual share of Ä&#x2020;rst-time buyers was 33%. declining in affordability are starting to experience Individual investors or second-home buyers, slower job growth,â&#x20AC;? Yun said. ĂŞThe hope is for who account for many cash sales, purchased price appreciation to slow in line with wage 17% of homes in December 2019, up from both growth, which is about 3%.â&#x20AC;?

16% in November and 15% in December 2018.

NARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Home Affordability Index Ranking and Payroll Job Growth report found that affordability rankings declined in 81 metro areas, 34 of which saw non-farm job growth fall faster in 2019 Q3 than the national rate over the previous Ä&#x2020;ve years.

Lawrence Yun, NARâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief economist, said home sales Ä&#x2021;uctuated a great deal last year. ĂŞI view 2019 as a neutral year for housing in terms of sales,â&#x20AC;? Yun said. ĂŞ+ome sellers are

Total housing inventory3 at the end of December totaled 1.40 million units, down 14.6% from November and 8.5% from one year ago (1.53 million). Unsold inventory sits at a

WASHINGTON (January 22, 2020) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Existing-home sales grew in December, bouncing back after a slight fall in November, according to the National Association of RealtorsÂŽ.

Although the Midwest saw sales decline, the other three major U.S. regions reported meaningful growth last month.

Total existing-home sales,1 https://www.nar.realtor/existing-home-sales, completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, increased 3.6% from November to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.54 million in December. Additionally, overall sales took a signiÄ&#x2020;cant bounce, up 10.8% from a year ago ( PLOOLRQ LQ 'HFHPEHU

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All-cash sales accounted for 20% of transactions in December, unchanged from November and down slightly from 22% in December 2018.

Distressed sales5 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; foreclosures and short sales â&#x20AC;&#x201C; represented 2% of sales in December, unchanged from both November 2019 and December 2018.

Yun said conditions for buying are favorable and will likely continue in 2020. ĂŞWe saw the year come to a close with the economy churning out 2.3 million jobs, mortgage rates below 4% and housing starts ramp up to 1.6 million on an annual basis,â&#x20AC;? he said. ĂŞIf these factors are sustained in 2020, we will see a notable pickup in home sales in 2020.â&#x20AC;?

According to Freddie Mac, the average commitment rate for a 30-year, conventional, Ä&#x2020;xed-rate mortgage increased to 3.72% in December, up from 3.70% in November. The average commitment rate across all of 2019 was 3.94%. continued on page 17

continued from page 16 êNAR is expecting 2020 to be a great year for housing,” said NAR President Vince Malta, broker at Malta & Co., Inc., in San Francisco, California. ê2ur leadership team is hard at work to secure policies that will keep our housing market moving in the right direction, like promoting infrastructure reform, strengthening fair housing protections and ensuring mortgage capital remains available to responsible, mortgage-ready Americans.

December 2019 existing-home sales in the Northeast grew 5.7% to an annual rate of 740,000, up 8.8% from a year ago. The median price in the Northeast was $304,400, up 7.4% from December 2018.

Existing-home sales decreased 1.5% in the Midwest to an annual rate of 1.30 million, which is up 9.2% from a year ago. The median price in the Midwest was $208,500, a 9.2% jump from last December.

Existing-home sales in the South grew 5.4% to an annual rate of 2.36 million in December, up 12.4% from a year ago. The median price in the South was $240,500, a 6.7% increase from this time last year.

Single-family and Condo/Co-op Sales Single-family home sales sat at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 4.92 million in December, up from 4.79 million in November, and up 10.6% from a year ago. The median existing single-fam- Existing-home sales in the West rose 4.6% to ily home price was $276,900 in December 2019, an annual rate of 1.14 million in December, a up 8.0% from December 2018.

10.7% increase from a year ago. The median price in the West was $411,800, up 8.1% from Existing condominium and co-op sales were December 2018. recorded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 620,000 units in December, up 10.7% from The National Association of Realtors® is November and 12.7% higher than a year ago.

America’s largest trade association, representing The median existing condo price was $255,400 more than 1.4 million members involved in all in December, which is an increase of 6.0% from aspects of the residential and commercial real a year ago. estate industries.

Regional Breakdown Compared to last month, December sales increased in the Northeast, South and West regions, while year-over-year sales are up in each of the four regions. Median home prices in all regions increased from one year ago, with the Midwest region showing the strongest price gain.

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DHHS Closely Monitoring Novel Coronavirus Outbreak/ U.S. Travel-related Cases

By Focus Omaha

Blueberries

By Focus Omaha

Second only to strawberries in U.S. berry consumption, blueberries are often overlooked as the super food they are. They rank near the top of the list in terms of their antioxidant capabilities, and may reduce heart attack risk as well as memory decline and can neutralize some of the free radicals damaging your DNA which can help prevent cancer.

In one study, 168 people drank 34 ounces (1 liter) of a mixed blueberry and apple juice daily. After four weeks, oxidative DNA damage due to free radicals was reduced by 20%.

These findings agree with smaller studies that use either fresh or powdered blueberries An excellent source of vitamins C and K, along with dietary fiber they are also one of the few super berries available in 38 states in North America so they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t responsible for habitat destruction like many other berries and have less of a carbon footprint.

At only 85 calories per cup with only 15 grams of carbohydrates, you can also feel good consuming blueberries on any diet.

It is however important to buy organic berries however, due to the large amount of pesticides used on them.

Here are a couple of blueberry recipes that are sure to make you or your family cry out for more: BLUEBERRY WALNUT OAT-LESS OATMEAL serves 1 1/2 cup milk almRQG cRZ Kemp cRcRQuWĂ°\Ru cKRRse) 3 egg whites 2 Tbsp ground flaxseed 1 banana, mashed 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp vanilla

1/4 cup blueberries 2 Tbsp walnuts, chopped & drizzle of honey

Thoroughly whisk together egg whites and milk (\Ru GRQèW ZaQW pLeces RI egg ZKLWe WR sKRZ up LQ \Rur çRaWmeal è sR ZKLsN uQWLl \Rur IRrearm ĂŞThis is an evolving situation and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re muscles cramp up). watching it closely. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very possible that Mix in the ground flaxseed, mashed banana, cinnamon and vanilla. Pour mixture into a sauce pan and heat over medium heat, stir frequently and scrap the bottom of the pan lLNe \Ru ZRulG LI \Ru Zere cRRNLQg scramEleG eggs). Cook until the mixture thickens to an oatmeal consistency. About 10-15 minutes.

Serve hot topped with blueberries, walnuts and drizzle of honey.

BLUEBERRY CORNBREAD Ingredients 1-2 tablespoons Vegetable oil 1 ½ cups blueberries 1 cup + 1 teaspoon all-purpose flour, divided 1 cup yellow cornmeal 1/3 cup light brown sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt 1 large egg, lightly beaten 2/3 cup milk ½ cup Vegetable oil ½ teaspoon vanilla extract Instructions Preheat oven to 400° and grease an 8-inch square baking pan or a cake pan with the 1-2 tablespoons of Vegetable oil. Place pan in oven while it heats.

Toss blueberries with 1 teaspoon of flour and set aside.

Combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Stir with a whisk to evenly combine ingredients.

In a medium bowl, combine egg, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract. Whisk well.

Add wet ingredients to dry and mix just until dry ingredients are moistened. Gently fold in blueberries. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Until next week, ĂŞStay Healthy, 2maha â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and its partners are carefully monitoring the unfolding outbreak of respiratory illness caused by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The virus originated in China and has spread beyond the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s borders with cases now reported in multiple other countries including the United States. Earlier today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the second travel-related case in the U.S.

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we could see a travel-related case here in Nebraska. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve shared information with Nebraska health care providers and health care facilities regarding recognition, management and reporting of patients with potential 2019 Novel Coronavirus infections as part of our plan to address this threat,â&#x20AC;? said Dr. Tom Safranek, State Epidemiologist for DHHS. Disease experts continue to extensively study this new coronavirus. They know it can cause respiratory illness with fever, cough and shortness of breath. While severe illness and at least 26 deaths have been reported in China, other people have experienced milder illness. How easily 2019-nCoV can be transmitted is not yet established, but it is spreading person-to-person.

While CDC officials consider this a serious public health threat, they say the immediate health risk of 2019-nCoV to the American public is currently considered low.

Quick facts about 2019-nCoV: The outbreak of respiratory illness caused by 2019-nCoV originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has continued to spread mostly within China but also to other countries including the U.S. CDC recommends travelers avoid all nonessential travel to Wuhan, China and people traveling to other areas of China should practice certain health precautions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; https:// wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/watch/novel-coronavirus-china Public health screening to detect ill travelers traveling to the United States from Wuhan, China is occurring at Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco airports.

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve traveled to Hubei Province, China, including Wuhan in the last 14 days and feel sick with fever, cough or shortness of breath, you should seek medical care. Call ahead before you visit your health care provider or health care facility and tell them about your recent travel and symptoms so medical staff can anticipate your arrival and initiate isolation precautions.

There have been other coronavirus outbreaks in the past including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

When person-to-person spread occurred with SARS and MERS, it was thought to have happened by respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

While similar transmission of 2019-nCoV is likely, it is still being carefully studied so that appropriate and necessary infection control practices can be used.

There is currently no medication to treat 2019-nCoV infection or vaccine to prevent it. But there are medications to help relieve symptoms.

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UNO Mavericks

By Focus Omaha

The friendly conĆnes of Baxter Arena proved helpful to the Omaha Mavericks, who broke a two-game losing streak with a pair of comeback wins in Omaha.

Husker Basketball

By Focus Omaha

After being bullied by the Rutgers big men to the tune of 52-24 in the paint during their Ćrst matchup, the Huskers managed to match the Scarlet Knights with 30 points each down low in Saturday’s rematch on the road.

But even with the Huskers holding a six-point lead late in the second half and overcoming a 14-point deĆcit late in the second via an 18-2 run, it wasn’t enough for the win as NU fell 7572 in New Jersey. After the game, head coach Fred Hoiberg said, ê*ood Ćght by our guys, and I’ll take that effort.” During his postgame

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radio interview Hoiberg added êIf we continue to go out and battle like that, we’re going to get over the hump pretty soon.”

Thorir ThorbMarnarson made Ćve 3-pointers æ matching a career-high æ and Ćnished with 17 points and eight boards. The Huskers continue to improve and show signs of the exciting future to come under Hoiberg.

Nebraska returns on Tuesday to face Michigan at Pinnacle Bank Arena before meeting Penn State in Lincoln on Saturday.

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On Saturday night the club came back to beat Purdue Fort Wayne 75-71 for Omaha’s 16th straight home victory. The Mavericks improved to 12-10 (5-2 Summit League) and are half a game back from Ćrst place in the conference standings.

JT *ibson knocked down Ćve 3-pointers in scoring a team-leading 23. Matt Pile posted his second straight double-double on 12 points and

11 rebounds. KJ Robinson and Marlon RufĆn matched each other with 11 points.

On Thursday night the Mavericks erased a 16-point second-half deĆcit and defeated Western Illinois 87-82 in an overtime thriller.

Robinson was Omaha’s leading scorer, matching his season-high with 24 points. Pile added 16 points and 11 rebounds and three other Mavericks added double Ćgures.

The Leathernecks put six players in double Ćgures, Omaha plays South Dakota on Sunday at noon.

Creighton Basketball

By Focus Omaha

Playing in front of a capacity crowd of 17,796 in the annual Creighton vs. Cancer Pink Out Game, the Bluejays defeated Xavier 77-66 on Sunday in a game that was a showcase of contrasting styles. The Jays up-tempo style and ê/et It Flyë triumphed over the Musketeers’ muscle as CU moved to 16-5 overall and 5-3 in BIG EAST play.

his Ćrst-half shots as CU led 37-34 at the break.

Ty-Shon Alexander led all scorers and matched his season-high with 24 points in the game.

Three other Bluejays Ćnished in double Ćgures as Marcus Zegarowski added 15 points and Mitch Ballock as well as Denzell Mahoney contributed 14 points. Creighton made 11 three-pointers in the game plus 20 free throws and held a 14-0 edge in fastbreak points.

Jays have most of the week off before a trip to Villanova.

Creighton got 19 points from Ballock, just ahead of Mahoney and Jefferson who each added 14.

Alexander had a dozen and Christian Bishop scored eleven. Zegarowski tied his career-high with 10 assists.

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That followed a Wednesday win over DePaul when Creighton put Ćve men in double-Ćgures, led by 19 from Ballock in the 83-68 decision.

Mahoney came off the bench with 10 quick points to spark Creighton to an early 20-12 lead while Damien Jefferson made all four of

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Down the Drain

By Focus Omaha

A blending tank door popped open at Rodney Strong Vineyards in Sonoma County, California and spilled more than 97,000 gallons of red wine into the Russian River last week.

The Russian River originates in Mendocino County and flows into the Pacific Ocean north of San Francisco Bay. Officials stated that while the fish may just have a terrible hangover, the concern is due to the acidity of the wine that many of the insects’ fish feed on are likely to be killed.

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Who’s Up Memphis Meats just raised $161M to develop cell-based meat, the biggest ever fundraise for a lab-grown meat startup. The startup êfeeds” cells taken from animals, then grows the tissue into a hunk of beef you can cook and fit in a taco. And you thought plant-based was wild. The world wants twice today’s meat by 2050, and lab-grown meat could deliver by requiring 99% less land and 96% less water than raising animals, which spells big profits for not only investors, but the environmnent.

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Who’s Down Weed delivery leader Eaze aka êthe 8ber of pot” has a cash problem æ it’s almost out of the stuff. It’s reportedly laying off employees and can’t afford to pay its bills. Eaze wasn’t making enough $$$ by acting as a delivery middle guy for 3rd party Cannabis producers, so it’s whipped up a new strategy êtouching the plant”. Produce and sell its own weed directly through depots. Eaze’s struggles are also reflective of the cannabis industry not growing as fast as investors had hoped.

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Brush Up at O’Leaver’s Pub

By Tatiana Ballinger

A quiet Saturday night in Omaha consisted of rotary energy for the ghosted pit at O’Leaver’s Pub who graciously hosted three metal bands from Omaha on January 25, 2020. There was no female on stage. Between wedding banded guitar riffs from a quartet called Molten, combed hair by Silence is Madness and headliners Terradactyl, tightly knit bands of dedicated impressionists united to rock. Tender hydration and coddled gripes warranted smiles, polite êexcuse me’s,ë and a ćowing network for travelers and locals alike.

There was only one square illuminated by black catchlight on the walls of the pub covered in licorice pizza boxes. Eighties art of êLadies Invited,ë by the J. Geils Band served as a halo for thrashy openers, Molten. Vocalist Bob Hudson struts the essential sensitivity that makes stock metal heavy. Nodding gazes from lead guitarist Mike Cook drove melodies alongside a Deftones bass and punk rudiments. Molten performed a metal rendition of êBoys of Summerë without losing its romanticism in their feral purrs and bird songs.

Silence is Madness boasted two wonderful frontpeople, a Billy Corgan look-a-like and their growling comrade in a pink t-shirt and ćowing pocket scarf. These two switched back guitar and vocals for their set of compelling and energetic artwork. The most stage presence we have seen without dead serious whines and cries would be Silence is Madness, paving the way to be the next My Chemical Romance.

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slightly distinctive looks and playing styles.

Silence is Madness covered a Metallica song meshing perfectly well with black cymbals atop a fortress of wracked toms, symbolizing something of a far off barricaded empire. Veiled by their hair, bass and guitar worked as mates on this slightly pirate punky night that drew wordof-mouth farepayers. A traveling nurse from the south and writer from the east occupied various stations in the pub while regulars lounged for the Saturday entertainment.

Lastly, Terradactyl took the stage about midnight slightly frustrated, it seemed, and much more serious; acceptable nonetheless when following tough acts. This music was more typically hardcore, a êwall of noise,ë as stated on their website.

Terradactyl lacked the humor and solidarity needed to make the impact this type of punk music can have. No M80 or Limp Wrist, what is Terradactyl mad at exactly? Who is their enemy? êBrush up,ë says Silence is Madness when they introduced Metallica, Omaha, on your punk music. Get more girls on stage and stop rereading your diaries.

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