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Down To Here & Wicked Fun
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Fun Down To Here & Wicked
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10 ON TEN 11 CINEMA By Teka Marie
I love pants suits and dig it when I see a lady “suit up.” Done well, it looks modern- not stiff - and communicates so much without using words. “Suit Up” By Cass Butler
Diabetic Epidemic
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GALLERIES Anderson Enterprises 15418 W Center Rd, Omaha, 68144 ---------------------------------------------Anderson O’Brien Fine Art Old Market 1108 Jackson St., Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------Artist Cooperative Gallery 405 S 11th St, Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------THURSDAY, MARCH 23 SUNDAY, MARCH 26 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts JOSEPH BROGHAMMER OPENING 30TH ANNUAL ORCHID SHOW & 724 S 12th St., Omaha, 68102 RECEPTION SALE Blue Pomegranate Gallery THE GARDEN OF THE ZODIAC, 7P LAURITZEN GARDENS, 10A 17305 Davenport St, Omaha, 68118 The Garden of the Zodiac Gallery is Don’t miss the 2017 Greater Omaha ---------------------------------------------pleased to announce an exhibition Orchid Society’s 30th Annual Orchid of new work by Omaha artist Joseph Show and Sale March 25 and 26, from Cooper Brown Art 2215 Harney St., Omaha, 68102 Broghammer. Opening on march 23rd 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors will get the ---------------------------------------------at the Garden of the Zodiac, 1042 opportunity to see and prime speciDundee Gallery Howard Street in the Old Market mens of these exotic plants up close 4916 Underwood Ave, Omaha, NE Passageway. The gallery is open Tues- and purchase a plant of their own. 68132 days through Saturdays from noon to 8:00pm and on Sundays from noon Ask local orchid experts speciĆc Tues- ---------------------------------------------Gallery 72 to 6:00pm. For further information, tions and gain beneĆcial knowledge please contact 402.341.1877 or vmer- on these beautiful plants. Learn about 1806 Vinton St., Omaha, 68108 cer3#cox.net reTuirements for these special ćowers ---------------------------------------------Gallery 1516 such as light, moisture, temperature, SATURDAY, MAARCH 25 air movement, humidity, problems and 1516 Leavenworth St., Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------LOVE’S JAZZ & ARTS CENTER pests, potting media, fertilizing and Garden of the Zodiac JAZZ CONCERT SERIES 2017 repotting. 1046 Howard St., Omaha, 68102 SIDEWALK CHALK ---------------------------------------------Doors 7:PM / Show 8:PM Standard garden admission rates apHot Shops Tickets: Members $15 / GA: $20 ply. Members are admitted free. 1301 Nicholas St, Omaha, 68102 Add $5 for Reserve Seating ---------------------------------------------Call 402-502-5291 or Joslyn Art Museum Visit: www.ljac.org Searching for 2200 Dodge St., Omaha, 68102 the Seventies: ---------------------------------------------The Come Get It…Arts for the Ears! Lewis Art Gallery DOCUMERICA 8600 Cass St., Omaha, 68114 Photography www.sidewalk-chalk.com/ ---------------------------------------------Project MANGELSEN Images of Nature Durham 2017 SPRING FESTIVAL: 1115 Harney St., Omaha, 68102 Museum AN ARTS & CRAFTS AFFAIR Through April 30 ---------------------------------------------RALSTON ARENA Modern Arts Midtown Spring is in the air and that means 3615 Dodge St., Omaha, 68131 Hundreds of the Nation’s Ćnest artists ---------------------------------------------and crafters display and sell their Old Market Artists Gallery handcrafted works at this years Spring Images of everyday life in 1970s 1034 Howard St., Omaha, 68102 Arts and Crafts show at Ralston Arena. America evoke disco dancing and ---------------------------------------------Voted one of the top 100 shows in the inćation, protests and bell-bottoms, Passageway Gallery gas shortages and suburban sprawl. country according to Sunshine Artist 417 S 11th St, Omaha, 68102 Magazine. Stage entertainment, hourly At a time when the Vietnam War and gift certiĆcate drawings, food & drink, the Watergate scandal wore on the na- ---------------------------------------------tional psyche, a burgeoning movement Petshop Gallery free parking, and lots of family fun! 2725 N 62nd St., Omaha, 68104 to protect the natural environment ---------------------------------------------was gaining force. Hours: The Little Gallery & Underground Film Friday, March 24: 11am - 9pm Forum 5901 Maple St., 68104 Searching for the Seventies: The Saturday, March 25: 10am - 6pm DOCUMERICA Photography Project, ---------------------------------------------Sunday, March 26: 10am - 5pm The Union for Contemporary Art takes a look at the ’70s using 90 2417 Burdette St., Omaha, 68111 remarkable color photographs taken Tickets: ---------------------------------------------for a federal photography project Adults : $8 UNO Art Gallery called Project DOCUMERICA Seniors (62 & over): $7 6001 Dodge St., Omaha, 68182 Children Under 10: Free
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MUSEUMS Durham Museum 801 S 10th St., Omaha, 68108 ---------------------------------------------Great Plains Black History Museum 7400 Dodge St., Omaha 68114 ---------------------------------------------Joslyn Art Museum 2200 Dodge St., Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------Omaha Children’s Museum 500 S 20th St., Omaha, 68102 ---------------------------------------------Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum, 28210 W Park Hwy, 68003 ----------------------------------------------
PERFORMING ARTS Blue Barn Theatre 1106 S. 10th St., Omaha, NE 68108 --Silent Sky, March 23 – April 15 ---------------------------------------------Holland Performing Arts Center 13th & Douglas St., Omaha, NE 68102 --Ratatouille, April 1 --Band Day at the Holland, April 2 --2017/2018 Season Reveal, April 3 --Choir Day at the Holland, April 10 --Chasing Rivers, April 18 ---------------------------------------------Omaha Community Playhouse 6915 Cass St., Omaha, NE 68132 --Rock of Ages, March 3 - April 2 --The Weisenheimers, April 1 --Leading Ladies, April 14 - May 7 ---------------------------------------------Orpheum Theater 409 S Sixteenth St., Omaha, NE 68102 --Taj Express, March 26 --Beautiful- April 4 - April 9 --Flight, April 21-23 --Gay Men’s Chorus of LA: April 28 --Momix, May 4 ---------------------------------------------Shelterbelt Theatre 3225 California St, Omaha, NE 68131 --CATHERLAND, April 21 - May 14 ---------------------------------------------The Rose Theater 2001 Farnam St., Omaha, NE 68102 --Harold & The Purple Crayon March 29 - April 9
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Nature Connects: Art with Lego® Bricks Lauritzen Gardens Thru May 15 Sean Kenney’s third exhibit at Lauritzen Gardens features some fantastic NEW pieces, including a proud peacock, a giant dragonćy, and a not so itsy-bitsy spider, as well as a couple of old favorites. Compare your wing span to a beautiful monarch butterćy, stand tall with a majestic buck and his en”deer”ing family, smell a giant pansy, go nose-to-nose with a titanic tortoise and make a splash with a friendly band of birds. Inspired by nature and built from more than 450,000 LEGO® pieces, this indoor exhibit features 13 displays with larger-thanlife sculptures that represent the web of incredible connections that sustain life on Earth.
Thru April 15 Omaha Children’s Museum Omaha Children’s Museum is bringing back fan favorites from the past 40 years! Remember the dentist chair from the 1970s and the news desk from the 1980s? They’re coming back (with a little bit of modern updating). Plus, revisit some of the more recent popular items from exhibits like Itty Bitty City, Once Upon a Farm, and Construction Zone: Return of the Bulldozer. Get your imagination ready for: Obstacle Course, Giant Operation Game, Dentist OfĆce, Building Blocks. TV News Desk and more! Winters hours are now in effect until Memorial Day Weekend 2017 Sunday - 11am to 5pm Monday - CLOSED Tuesday - Friday - 10am to 4 pm Saturday - 9am to 5pm
Don’t miss the “Play and Let it Stay station,” where visitors of all ages can create, take apart, tinker, build and grow together. This blockbuster exhibit is included with admission, $10 for adults, $5 for children 6-12 and free for garden members and children under six.
Black Holes: Space Warps & Time Twists Sac Museum Thru June 4 Black Holes: Space Warps & Time Twists immerses visitors in the modern search for black holes—the most mysterious and powerful objects in the universe — thru a variety of interactive Block Party and multimedia experiences. DevelThru April 9 oped by the Harvard-Smithsonian Omaha Children’s Museum Center for Astrophysics, this 2,500 Build, stack, and create cities in this sTuare-foot exhibition consists of 13 new special exhibit. Did you know interactive components that captivate block play is more than just fun for audiences and increase their underkids? Building and self-directed play helps children work on math skills, crit- standing of core ideas in physical ical thinking and problem solving skills. science, including gravity and light, the tools and techniTues of astronomers, Talk about play with purpose! and the nature of theory and evidence in science. More information can be Imagination: found online at http://sacmuseum.org/ Celebrating 40 Years of Play black-holes/
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Beauty and The Beast By Teka Bundy An animated classic is transformed in Disney’s liveaction adaptation of one of its most popular fairy tales.
was very young. Anyone who has seen the animated Ćlm has probably been anticipating a liveaction adaptation with zero changes to the plot.
A spoiled and selĆsh young prince (Dan Stevens) is placed under a spell turning him into a beast until he can experience true love. When Belle (Emma Watson) sacriĆces her own freedom to save her father, she learns there is more to the beast than his rough exterior.
Anyone who hasn’t is probably dusting off the old VCR and digging out the box of Disney movies.
Disney deĆnitely took the conservative approach to this version of the Ćlm and stuck to the plot of the animated version. While we love the stories that expand on characters of our beloved Disney classics, we love it when they don’t stray away from the original story.
Probably. Are we upset about it? No.
This liveaction adaptation did add some long overdue backstory to the important supporting characters. Like Maurice (Kevin Kline), who appears to be an artist who Ćxes things, not an inventor. We also learn that Belle’s family is from France and her mother was infected with the plague forcing Maurice to make the difĆcult decision of leaving her to save Belle from infection.
The actors do bring some life to the characters, but could Disney have done a better job casting for the liveaction rendition?
The animated personality of Stanley Tucci could have been better illustrated as either Lumière or Cogsworth. LaFou, (Josh Gad) was both delightful and charming as the trusted sidekick of the arrogant Gaston. We also learn LaFou is gay. Even after watching the animated Ćlm at least 1 times, that was a plot twist I didn’t see coming. Nonetheless, it probably wasn’t anything we would have thought to look for. Luke Evans as Gaston was just what the Ćlm needed and it could have been easy to cast the wrong actor in this role. If there was ever an idea of what a reallife Gaston looked like...this was it.
Even though this was not made apparent in the animated Ćlm, it adds to the special relationship Belle has with her We know the story, but it didn’t matfather. However, if this was part of the ter, watching this classic tale come to original story, then why was it left out? life was warm, funny, captivating and magical. <ou’ll deĆnitely Ćnd yourself singing along to the heartwarming Additionally, we learn that Gaston performances Just make sure you (Luke Evans) is a former captain who has come home from the war, and Mrs. watch the 3D version. (4 out of 5 Stars) Potts (Emma Thompson) reveals the prince also lost his mother when he
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“Suit Up” By Cass Butler I love pants suits and dig it when I see a lady “suit up.” Done well, it looks modern- not stiff - and communicates so much without using words. I especially love to update this look by deconstructing it a bit and making it more chic and edgy. There are so many ways to refresh the proverbial power suit, especially using separates to
accomplish your personal style. Unless you work in a law Ćrm or accounting, pairing blazers with denim has become perfectly acceptable. Our workforce and industry types have shifted and loosened up, thankfully. Ideally Ćnd a blazer that Ćts your shoulders well and is perfectly tailored at the hem, sleeves and waist. It doesnèt need to Ćt you like a glove but it cannot be bulky, baggy or slouchy. The blazer should hit right below the hip. The key is that the blazer looks like it was tailor-made for you - that might mean a bit of tailoring. Pair it with denim in a complementary wash or slim, cropped pants. This pairing gives you the look and feel of a suit without the structure. On the weekends, other ways to ‘undo’ the structured suit look and keep this style fresh is with the addition of slightly distressed denim. You can also slightly yet perfectly tuck the front of your shirt into your pants. This is commonly called the half-tuck by style inćuencers. Pushing up the sleeves versus rolling them up is another modern update when rocking a blazer as a separate or as part of a tailored metallic color a try. It’s chic, edgy and suit. a bit unexpected. Rose gold is fun, a platinum grey is gorgeous or try a Skinny pant legs look best, but a mixed metals. straight pant leg will work too. What is important is that the hem of the pant leg stops at the ankle or just slightly above. Whether you wear casual sneakers, heels or slides, it looks stylish with this hemline. Neutral colors are an effortless way to accessorize with this polished, “unpolished” look, however give a
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Natural Remedies Alpha Lipoid Acid (ALA) is an antioxidant the body makes naturally, and is also found in foods like spinach, broccoli, carrots, beets, and rice bran. It has also been used in parts of Europe for nerve damage and according to WebMD studies suggest that ALA can help with Type 2 diabetes.
Diabetic Epidemic By Focus Staff
Diabetes has become an issue of epic proportion. According to the American Diabetes Association, in 2012 there were 29.1 million Americans, or 9.3% of population that had diabetes. Of the 29.1 million, 8.1 million were undiagnosed. It doesn’t get better with age, and among Americans age 65 and older 25.9%, or 11.8 million seniors, (diagnosed and undiagnosed) are afćicted.
blood glucose levels higher than normal, but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Types of Diabetes Explained Type 1 Formerly called juvenile-onset or insulin dependent diabetes, it accounts for 5 to 10% of people who have diabetes. In type 1, according to webmd.com, the body’s immune system destroys the cells that release insulin, eventually eliminating insulin production from the body. Without insulin, cells cannot absorb sugar (glucose), which they need to produce energy.
WebMD also outlines that gymnema is used for diabetes, weight loss and metabolic syndrome. Gymnema is a shrub local to India and the leaves are used to make medicine that decrease the absorption of sugars and increase the amount of insulin in the body. According to Livestrong.com, multivitamins for diabetics should include 15 different vitamins and minerals like vitamin A, B-complex, riboćavin, niacin, iron, calcium and magnesium. Additionally, diabetics should look for multivitamins that are speciĆcally labeled for diabetes.
Vijay Shivaswamy, MBBS Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Type 2 Endocrinology According to diabetes forecast. The University of Nebraska Medical org, an American Diabetes study Formerly called adult-onset or nonCenter in 2012 found diagnosed diabetes insulin dependent diabetes, it can cost the nation an estimated $245 develop at any age. It’s most commonly Omaha VA Medical Center billion, which included direct medical developed during adulthood, however expenses and the cost of reduced it’s rising in children as well. This Dr. Shivaswamy was kind enough to productivity. That number was up $43 accounts for the majority of people billion (adjusted for inćation) from who have diabetes- 90 to 95% of cases answer a few Tuestions for Focus: 2007, the last time that the ADA ran are of the Type 2 variety. In Type 2, How easy is it to get tested for Ćgures. Also, according to the study, the body is unable to use insulin in diabetes? people with diabetes spend an average the right way. As it gets worse, the of 2.3 times more on health care than pancreas may make less and less people without diabetes. insulin. This is called insulin deĆciency. There are three ways to get tested –Fasting blood glucose, oral glucose challenge (after 75 gm glucola), and According to the ADA, in Nebraska, Both types greatly increase a hemoglobin A1c. Easiest is A1c as it approximately 174,627 people, or person’s risk for a range of serious 11.6% of the population, have diabetes complications. Diabetes is the leading does not reTuire patients to be fasting. Also, patients who are worried if they and 45,000 are unaware. cause blindness and kidney failure. have diabetes can take the “Diabetes It also continues to be a critical risk risk test”. http://www.diabetes.org/ In addition, 487,000 people in factor for heart disease, stroke, and are-you-at-risk/diabetes-risk-test/ Nebraska, or 35.8% of the adult foot or leg amputations. population have prediabetes with
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What are the best ways to prevent diabetes? Weight loss ( ~ 7 % of current body weight)- is the only nonpharmaceutical way to prevent diabetes in patients with high risk for diabetes. This can be achieved by a combination of reducing food intake and increasing physical activity ( 30 mins/day or 150 mins /week). Metformin can be used in prediabetics when lifestyle interventions are maximized and blood tests indicate that they are still at higher risk for getting diabetes. Are natural remedies such as Alpha Lipoid Acid and Natures Way Complete effective? None of those are endorsed by the ADA or AACE (international organizations which publish guidelines that millions of doctors follow). If any, vitamin D is probably the best vitamin for prevention/ moderating blood sugar control in diabetics, but this aspect is still being studied in big clinical trials. Weight loss ( ~ 7 % of current body weight)-only non-pharmaceutical way to prevent diabetes in patients with high risk for diabetes. This can be achieved by combination of reducing food intake and increasing physical activity ( 30 mins/day or 150 mins /week). Again, Metformin can be used in prediabetics when lifestyle interventions are maximized and blood tests indicate that they are still at higher risk for getting diabetes. ADA Alert Day is March 28th, which is a day to sound the alarm about the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in American adults by asking America to take the American Diabetes Association Type 2 Diabetes Risk Test. The free, anonymous risk test is available online or via a one-sided handout, and only takes a minute to complete. With Tuestions such as “Do you have a family history of
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Taylor Royal for Mayor By Andy Roberts He’s only 27 years old but doesn’t sound like it when he talks about campaign issues.
Sen. Heath Mello, he promises to do some things differently. “I want to ofĆce in North Omaha two times a week because that area is important to me, that we do the heavy lifting to revitalize that area,” he said. Royal said he would work with churches and other agencies to increase the momentum for change. He also has his eye on taxes.
Omaha-born Taylor Royal has some big ideas, and you just might like some of “I think we can strategically work to them. eliminate the restaurant tax,” he said, looking to cut it 25 percent per year Educated at Omaha Skutt Catholic and over four years. The restaurant tax, he the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said, would cut $7 – 8 million annually Royal said he’s long been interested in or about 1 percent of the city’s local government, but it was the time revenue. he spent in Dallas that really moved him to seek ofĆce. In Texas he “I think we can forgo that revenue by worked at the Deloitte International being more strategic in the way we Tax Group after earning his master’s at provide city services to our taxpayers.” SMU. Royal stated. “Just understanding how important taxes are . . . and understanding how important a pro-active governor and a pro-active mayor are,” he said led him to make the move and run for public ofĆce. He also was concerned when he came back to Omaha and saw a different story. Royal returned to his hometown to see ConAgra pulling up stakes despite signiĆcant tax breaks. He found lawsuits against the city for its restaurant tax still being in place and saw needed roadwork that wasn’t being addressed.
He also would look to roll back the evening and weekend collection of parking meter fees to encourage more people to come back downtown. The City of Omaha spends $633,000 to collect parking meter money to a marginal beneĆt, he said. “It doesn’t make sense to hassle the patrons.”
feels that would be better handled by having contracts with private companies. “Is he too young?” he’s been asked. “I think it’s a beneĆt for two reasons,” he stated. Royal pointed out that he hasn’t spent time networking in politics like Mayor Jean Stothert and challenger Heath Mello, so he comes in without some of those ties that can obligate a candidate. He also feels his business acumen will make a difference. One important factor for Royal will be, “If it doesn’t make sense on a calculator,” it won’t work. The other is that ideas have to make sense strategically as well as Ćnancially. Royal made a splash early in his campaign by saying he hopes to bring an NFL team to Omaha. He calls it an idea to Ćnish the Riverfront and keep some of the Tuarter of a billion dollars in town that goes to Lincoln annually as people follow the Cornhuskers.
In a city that isn’t currently attracting Fortune 500 Royal admits: “I spent a lot of time companies, Royal researching.” feels that we need to do something like He also intends to launch an that. He said he’s outsourcing initiative to create spoken to business competition and drive down costs for leaders who tell taxpayers on a number of city services. him something “I think a lot of changes we need in The Public Works Department, he said, is needed to Omaha reTuire a business mindset and doesn’t need layers of employees to Ćx put Omaha a business focus,” Royal said. “So that’s potholes. on the map why I chose to put my hat in the ring.” in order for When watching street crews, Royal them to attract Billing himself as the non-political said he often sees six workers at top talent. candidate, in opposition to the a site, meaning salaries, beneĆts, perceived front-runners in incumbent costs of eTuipment and more are Many of those Mayor Jean Stothert and former State being covered by the taxpayers. He individuals, they point
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out, are used to professional sports and entertainment in other markets. To those who say it will never happen, well, just don’t say that to Taylor Royal/ “That’s absolutely something we could work to and towards as a city,” Royal said. He has ideas – and he says he’s willing to listen. Omaha’s city primary election is Tuesday, April 4.
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Nebraska high school concert bands take the spotlight in Omaha Performing Arts’ second annual showcase. This event gives students the opportunity to showcase their talent on the Holland Center’s Kiewit Concert Hall stage.
David Benoit March 24 Scott Recital Hall For three decades, Grammy®nominated pianist David Benoit has reigned supreme as one of the founding fathers of contemporary jazz. He’s conducted world-renowned orchestras and delighted audiences around the globe. His intimate evening of smooth jazz is a must-see!
Taj Express March 26 Orpheum Theater Taj Express explodes with the sounds of India and Bollywood! Through a fusion of Ćlm, dance and music, this dazzling international sensation takes you on an adventure through modern Indian culture. The production is a high-energy celebration of new India’s pop music and deep traditions featuring colorful costumes, joyful dance and thrilling music.
Band Day at the Holland April 2 Holland Performing Arts Center Join us for Band Day at the Holland!
Lewis Black is one of the most proliĆc and popular performers working today. He executes a brilliant trifecta as stand-up comedian, actor and author. Receiving critical acclaim, he performs over 200 nights a year to sold-out audiences across the globe. His live performances provide Don’t miss your opportunity to hear a cathartic release of anger and some of Nebraska’s top high school disillusionment for his audience. Vince Gill musicians! Black yells so they don’t have to. A April 9 passionate performer who is more Holland Performing Arts Center pissed-off optimist than mean-spirited curmudgeon. Black is the rare comic who can cause an audience to Country Music Hall of Famer Vince Gill is coming to the Holland Center for laugh themselves into incontinence while making compelling points about one night only! the absurdity of our world. One of the most popular and most recorded singers of the past Tuartercentury, superstar Vince Gill has 2017/2018 Season Reveal become the measure of excellence in April 3 country music. His vocal performances Holland Performing Arts Center are spellbinding, his songwriting Enjoy an exclusive Ćrst look at Omaha emotionally powerful and his guitarPerforming Arts’ 2017/2018 Season! playing world-class. Since 1990, Gill Chasing Rivers has won 20 Grammy Awards and 18 5:30 PM - Complimentary drinks and April 18 CMA Awards, including Song of the hors d’oeuvres Holland Performing Arts Center Year four times – making him the 6:30 PM - 2017/2018 Season Reveal Take an unforgettable journey down most-awarded artist in that category with Joan STuires, President of Omaha in CMA history. the world’s waterways with acclaimed Performing Arts and special guest photographer Pete McBride. Named appearances and performances! a “freshwater hero” by National Geographic, McBride has worked Plus, we’re making a BIG in over 70 countries documenting endangered rivers including in his award-winning Ćlm “Chasing Water.” Choir Day at the Holland Along the way, he’s paddled the river, April 10 taken to the air and even boarded an Holland Performing Arts Center elephant. Join us for the Ćrst-ever Choir Day at the Holland! This event shines a spotlight on Nebraska high school concert choirs announcement you don’t want to miss! and chamber choirs, giving them a chance to perform on the Kiewit Hall BEAUTIFUL stage. April 4 to April 9 Orpheum Theater Don’t miss your chance to hear some BEAUTIFUL – The Carole King Musical of Nebraska’s top high school singers! tells the inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry GofĆn, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Along the way, she made more than beautiful music, she wrote the Live Nation Presents Lewis Black soundtrack to a generation. Rant, White & Blue Tour April 13 The Saturday matinee performance Holland Performing Arts Center on April 8 at 2:00 PM will have Audio Description.
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Gay Men’s Chorus of LA: “it gets better” Tour Apr 28 Orpheum Theater In 2010, Dan Savage’s simple YouTube message – it gets better – reached into the hearts of LGBTQ youth and evolved into a nationwide anti-bullying movement. Presented in partnership with Inclusive Communities, the Gay Men’s Chorus of LA: “it gets better” Tour brings this profound message of hope to Omaha with a moving musical theater piece featuring Omaha’s River City Mixed Chorus.
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that emerges within. This is the world premiere of an Omaha playwright’s work. Disclaimer: Contains adult language.
2017-2018 Omaha Community Playhouse
BILLY MCGUIGAN’S ROCK TWIST Billy McGuigan and the Steve Gomez Band By Rave On Productions July 12 – 23, 2017 Hawks Mainstage (Weds. – Sun.) World Premiere This is Billy McGuigan as you’ve never seen him before. We have been promised classic rock tunes with a big band twist; big band standards with a rock and roll twist. For his new show, McGuigan will be backed by a full horn section and an all-star lineup of Omaha’s Ćnest musicians. Includes tunes from Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Harry Connick Jr., and Billy Joel. The world premiere is in July.
EMINENT DOMAIN By Laura Leininger-Campbell Directed by Amy Lane
Jan. 19 – Feb. 11, 2018 Hawks Mainstage (Weds. – Sun.)
Pranks and practical jokes abound when cantankerous Abby and chipper Marilyn are forced to share the nicest A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Special Event) room at the Bristol Place Senior Living By Charles Dickens Facility. As Abby attempts to get rid of Adapted by Charles Jones her unwanted new roommate, a series Musical orchestration by of bets soon escalates into a hilarious John J. Bennett game of one-upmanship as the two MAMMA MIA! Howard and Rhonda Hawks women try every trick in the book to Music and Lyrics by Benny Andersson Mainstage Theatre claim their space in the apartment and and Björn Ulvaeus and some songs their place in the world. Ripcord is a with Stig Anderson |Book by Catherine Nov. 17 – Dec. 23, 2017 hilarious tale with a lot of heart. Johnson | Based on the songs of ABBA Hawks Mainstage (Weds. 7p.m., Disclaimer: Contains adult language Directed by Jeff Horger Thurs. – Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2p.m. & spoken by a cantankerous old lady. 6:30 p.m.) Sept. 15 – Oct. 15, 2017 Hawks Mainstage (Weds. – Sun.) It just isn’t Christmas without A Christmas Carol. Experience Omaha’s ABBA may be making a comeback favorite holiday tradition as Ebenezer but this popular hit musical has made Scrooge takes us on a life-changing it seem like they never went away. journey Ćlled with lovely costumes, It features the songs of ABBA and is exTuisite music, beautifully crafted among the top 10 longest-running sets and special effects second to PARADE Broadway musicals. A story of love, none. Perfect for the whole family! Book by Alfred Uhry laughter, and friendship Mamma Mia! Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown is provides laughs and great pop music. Co-Conceived and Directed on Disclaimer: Contains spandex, strobe Broadway by Harold Prince lights and disco dancing. Directed by Jeff Horger
YESTERDAY AND TODAY – 10th Anniversary (Special Event) An Interactive Beatles Experience Featuring Billy McGuigan ©2007 By Rave On Productions STUPID F@#%ING BIRD By Aaron Posner A sort-of adapted from The Seagull by Anton Chekhov Directed by Suzanne Withem Oct. 13 – Nov. 12, 2017 Howard Drew (Thurs. – Sun.)
Aug. 25 – Sept. 17, 2017 Howard Drew (Thurs. – Sun.) World Premiere
This one looks to be timeless as some unsavory elements may be resurfacing in our society. Parade is the Tony Award-winning musical based around the trial of Leo Frank, a Jewish man Nov. 24 – Dec. 31, 2017 wrongfully accused of a 1913 murder Howard Drew (Thurs. – Sun. eve) in Marietta, Georgia. With racial tensions, religious intolerance, and Billy McGuigan and his brothers are political injustice already in the mix, back for the 10th consecutive year at all it takes is for some reporters to Omaha Community Playhouse! This begin sensationalizing the story in all-reTuest Beatles tribute show will this small Southern town. Is a fair trial have you dancing in the aisles and still possible? Oh, and it’s a true story. singing along to every song. Share your Disclaimer: Contains language and stories and relive your memories with situations related to racial tension and your favorite Beatles songs. No two mob violence. shows are the same, and every show is a guaranteed exhilarating time!
This “sort-of adaptation” of The Seagull by Anton Chekhov tells a story in which an aspiring young director battles against the art created by his Another world premier, this one mother’s generation. A young actress looks to answer the Tuestion: “Does competes with an aging Hollywood oil run thicker than blood?” Or, “Will star for the affections of a renowned a pipeline splitting the prairie tear a novelist and everyone discovers just family apart?” This 2016 Eugene O’Neil how complicated life, art and success National Playwrights Conference can be. This irreverent, modern and Ćnalist was originally conceived for very funny remix of a classic play will Shelterbelt Theatre’s Before the incite you to consider how art, love Boards series. Eminent Domain tells and revolution fuel your own pursuit of RIPCORD a relevant story of a Nebraska family happiness. By David Lindsay-Abaire farm threatened by the construction of Disclaimer: Contains adult language Directed by Kimberly Faith Hickman an oil pipeline and the ensuing conćict and sexuality.
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Feb. 9 – March 11, 2018 Howard Drew (Thurs. – Sun.)
Roald Dahl’s JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Words and Music by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Book by Timothy Allen McDonald Based on the book by Roald Dahl
Directed by Kimberly Faith Hickman March 2 – March 25, 2018 Hawks Mainstage (Weds. – Sun.) This brand new musical is likely to case its spell over any audience. James and the Giant Peach comes from beloved author Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda) with music composed by the award-winning team of Pasek & Paul (La La Land, A Christmas Story, television’s Smash). In it, a young orphan, James, accidentally drops magic crystals by an old peach tree. The result is strange things start happening and our young hero soon discovers a world of magic and adventure, Ćlled with friendly insects. He also learns that love and family can be found in unexpected places.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Based on the Screenplay by Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard | Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall | Music by Paddy Cunneen | Based on the Academy Award-winning Ćlm starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes Directed by Jeff Horger April 13 – May 6, 2018 Hawks Mainstage (Weds. – Sun.) This play is hailed as a love letter to the stage and a celebration of theatre, music, and the human condition. Shakespeare in Love is based n the Academy Award-winning Ćlm by Tom Stoppard and adapted by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot). Young Will suffers writer’s block as the government threatens to close all theaters. This happens as his muse Viola disguises herself as a man to pursue her dreams of being an actor. You’ll experience mistaken identities, ruthless scheming, backstage theatrics, and a misbehaving dog. But, love conTuers all and Viola Tuickly blossoms and inspires Will to create his greatest masterpiece. Disclaimer: Contains scenes of sexuality.
The Mountaintop imagines the Ćnal night in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in this Olivier Award-winning play of historical Ćction. Following Dr. King’s speech, “The Mountaintop,” the Civil Rights leader returns to his room at the Lorraine Motel. Suddenly a mysterious woman with a secret agenda pays him a visit, and the resulting confrontation provides and exploration of destiny, legacy and mortality. Disclaimer: Contains dialogue related to racial tension and adult language.
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green | Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed | By special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Inc. | Music published by EMI, all rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC | Based on the Academy Award-nominated MGM Ćlm starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds Directed by Kimberly Faith Hickman June 1 – June 24, 2018 | Hawks Mainstage (Weds. – Sun.) An all-time classic comes to town as the beloved movie musical Singin’ in the Rain arrives on the Playhouse state. The tale of a famous on-screen couple from the silent Ćlms who prepare to transition to the age of “talking pictures” combines the best of Hollywood and Broadway. The music will have you smiling and you witnes dances that to keep your toes tapping and special effects to snatch your breath away. It also will take you back to a simpler time.
THE MOUNTAINTOP By Katori Hall Directed by Denise Chapman May 4 – May 27, 2018 Howard Drew (Thurs. – Sun.)
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Down to Here and Wicked Fun By Andy Roberts
Down to Here and Wicked Fun are two bands, which just goes to show you never can be Tuite sure what will happen when a couple guys get together to play music, Well, it’s not just a couple guys any more. Or, a couple bands. Shawn Fredieu, who plays guitar and sings, formed Down to Here in 2001 with drummer Jeremy Ehrig. Fredieu previously played in Monkey’s Uncle and some original bands like Directional Void, a metal band in the early 1990s. Ehrig played with Ransum which toured the Midwest and turned into Ice. Pay attention, now.
When the gig with Craig Lewin, who plays bass and sings previously played in the Kearney area with Yukon Jack, a mostly country band, they are Down to Here. Add lead singer Shannon Jones and you have Wicked Fun.
“We just do a completely different song list,” Fredieu said. Jones, by the way, got her start playing with Johnny Ray Gomez when she was 12 years old and later was in Desperate Band Wives. Staples of the local cover and scene for more than a decade, they have often been heard on Z-92’s Todd and Tyler Show and played for radio parties, including New Year’s Eve and Halloween events. They also have a couple acoustic offshoots of the group – more on that, perhaps, in a different issue. Veteran players all, Down to Here and Wicked Fun are able to tackle a wide range of material. “Everybody
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sings,” Fredieu said. “Probably the strong suit in the band is the harmonies “With all four people singing you can do a wide variety.” That includes the Down to Here shows from a power trio that, “Leans a little more rock and
country.” Think of Rush, Santana, ZZ Top, and country from classic artists like Johnny Cash to newer artists like Keith Urban.
anything from a small bar . . . up to a big event,” he said. “I think we’re kind of in a good spot where we can do a lot of different things.”
Then, with Wicked Fun you can add Jones and “We do a lot of weddings and corporate events.”
One of the highlights is coming up on May 11th when Wicked Fun heads to Nashville to play at the Musician’s Hall of Fame.
So there is rock, country, and Motown. Jones opens up some different things like covering Little Big Town and Pink.
Expect the fun to keep coming, and look for them everywhere.
“It’s really about variety,” Fredieu said. “We try to have a little bit something for everybody.” That is the stock in trade of the top cover bands, and Fredieu said Bruno Mars covers can make its way into both bands’ sets. “It’ll pack the dance ćoor for sure.”
“We love what we’re doing,” Fredieu said. Wicked Fun is at the Westside Lounge in Harlan, Iowa, on Saturday. They will be at The Fire Barn in Papillion on March 31st. For more on their schedules, check out the websites: downtohere.com & wickedfunband.com
Fredieu declined to label any situation as a “best gig” for the bands. “We’re in a spot where we can do
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Sweet Sixteen By Andy Roberts It happens every year. College basketball fans hear one men’s league is the best – or maybe the best ever – and another league is down, horrible, rubbish, no where near what its fans want to claim it to be. So, as we look at the NCAA Basketball Tournament’s Sweet 16, we see that the highly acclaimed Atlantic Coast Conference – this year’s recipient of the “Best Ever” curse, has one team left out of nine that were invited. The biggest letdown was Duke, a two-seed and a ballclub stocked with future NBA players. That leaves only North Carolina to carry the ACC ćag forward, and they may well take it all the way to the title. So, how did the leagues without local representatives perform? Well, the Big Ten spent most of the past four months as a punching bag for the national media – and often providing performances to support those claims. “They are young,” they said. “They’ll be back,” others said. Well, guess what – they’re back. Michigan, Purdue, and Wisconsin all moved into the Sweet Sixteen, with the Badgers taking down defending national champs Villanova in the process. Their reward for that is a red-hot Florida team – one of three teams from that football league – The SEC – to advance. That league also spent much of the winter taking a beating from the so-called experts. Don’t worry – Wisconsin is a regular in this round and will acTuit themselves well. The winner gets the survivor of Baylor-South Carolina.
Purdue has a matchup with Kansas in Kansas City on Thursday. Not much of a reward, but the Boilermakers have great size, something Kansas lacks, and Bill Self’s Jayhawks will have their hands full and a Purdue win would not be a shock. The winner gets the team that comes out on top in . . . Michigan may be the hottest team in the tournament and the Wolverines meet Dana Altman’s Oregon Ducks. Look for a shootout and one of the most entertaining games of the weekend. Two of seven invited Big East teams remain – Creighton’s lackluster performance against Rhode Island took more than a few green beers to wash away – but Xavier and Butler both advanced. To note the importance of matchups in the NCAA Tournament, Creighton has two wins over the two clubs, including one each with and without Maurice Watson Jr. Xavier’s Saturday matchup in San Jose with Arizona may be too much for the Musketeers, but don’t count out Chris Mack who is doing a good a coaching job as anyone in the tournament. It’s not his Ćrst trip to the Sweet 16, and he will go face-to-face against Sean Miller of the Wildcats, his old boss when Mack served as an assistant with the X-men. The West Virginia – Gonzaga winner awaits. Butler draws North Carolina, the team many are now considering the favorites to win the whole thing. But, if the Bulldogs can control the tempo and not get pounded on the boards, they are capable of pulling a surprise. The reward will be a Sunday meeting with Kentucky or UCLA. Talk about a blue blood bracket! It’s a great time of the year – hopefully Creighton will be back in The Big Dance next year, with the Huskers making their eighth appearance, and UNO debuting.
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trufćes, gold ćakes); and a $25,000 taco at the Grand Velas Los Cabos resort in Mexico (caviar, brie, Kobe beef, langoustine lobster, rare teTuila -- and once again with the gold ćakes). [CNBC, 2-23-2017] [WABC-TV (New York City), 2-8-2017] [Fox Business, 3-3-2017] [Industry Kitchen, 12-172016] [Houston Chronicle, 3-9-2017]
By Chuck Shepherd
LEAD STORY -Entrepreneurial Spirit Perhaps there are parents who (according to the Cinepolis movie chain) long to watch movies in theaters while their children (aged 3 and up) frolic in front in a “junglegym” playground inside the same auditorium. If so, the company’s two “junior” movie houses (opening this very week in San Diego and Los Angeles) may bring a new dimension to “family entertainment.” Another view, though, is that the noise (often “screaming”), plus the overhead lighting reTuired for parents to monitor their tykes’ eTuipmentusage, plus the planned $3-per-ticket surcharge, will soon create (according to the Guardian critic) a moviegoing “apocalypse.” [The Guardian (London), 3-8-2017] Can’t Possibly Be True 1) The U.S. Patent and Trademark OfĆce in January granted IBM’s 2010 application for a patent on “outof-ofĆce” email message software
(even though such messages have, of course, been ubiTuitous for two decades) after the company Ćnally convinced examiners that its patent had enough software tweaks on it to Tualify. (Critics, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, laughed at the uselessness of the tweaks.) (2) Also in January, the ofĆce granted Daniel Dopps a patent for “adhesive vaginal lipstick,” which his Mensez Technologies claims can cause the labia minora to tighten so strongly as to retain menstrual ćuid until the woman can deal with buildup in privacy. [Ars Technica, 3-1-2017] [News Limited via Fox News, 2-212017]
Wait, What? Anglers Ćghting to preserve choice spots on the Ćshing pier on Sebastian Inlet, north of Vero Beach, Florida, have taken to tossing lead weights and other items at “competitors,” especially those who approach the pier to Ćsh directly from their boats. Such territory marking by the “piersters” includes, according to a February report in Florida Today, perhaps a version of classic mammal behavior, like strategic urination and hurling their feces at the waterborne invaders. [Florida Today, 2-20-2017]
Government in Action -- Illinois has problems: a $130 billion unfunded pension crisis, 19 months without a budget, the lowest credit rating and highest property taxes News of the Pretentious in the country, and the murder rate -- Why live with a cat if one cannot in Chicago. However, at least the take it out for some wine together? The Apollo Peak in Denver and the Pet state house of representatives is not standing by idly. In February, it moved Winery in Fort Myers, Florida, serve to designate October 2017 as Zombie a variety of the real grape to humans Preparedness Month (basically, and nonalcoholic proprietary drinks adding “zombie invasion” to the list of for the kitties to enjoy tableside (or mobilizations for any natural disaster underneath). “Pinot Meow” ($12) in and urging residents to stockpile food Denver and “Meow and Chandon” and supplies for up to 72 hours). [Wall ($15) in Fort Myers, are specialties -basically watered catnip, according to Street Journal, 3-7-2017] a February New York Times report (so -- Lawyers for former U.S. Rep. Jesse the felines can also get buzzed). The wine outing is the human’s preference, Jackson Jr. have convinced federal ofĆcials that his bipolar disorder of course, with a loftier cachet than was “caused” by the stress of being the “happy hour” most cats might prefer (say, a “sardine bar”). [New York a congressman and thus that he is entitled to “total disability” worker Times, 2-15-2017] compensation for an “on-the-job” injury -- and thus to about $100,000 a -- “I tried the $5,000 hamburger, and year, tax-free, according to a February it was absolutely worth it,” wrote Chicago Tribune report. (Jackson, 51, the apparently straight-faced CNBC also receives Social Security disability reviewer Robert Frank in February, payments.) Lawyers said his disorder describing his meal at the Las Vegas (often attributed to genetic factors) Mandalay Bay restaurant Fleur. (The burger included Waygu beef, foie gras surfaced during an investigation into Jackson’s looting of his campaign and trufćes, and was served with a treasury for luxury goods and similarly inexplicably priced wine.) vacations (charges eventually settled Other recent consumer challenges: with a guilty plea). Jackson dated his an $18 cup of coffee at Brooklyn’s onset to June 2012, meaning that Extraction Lab; a $100 bottle of his last 72 House votes came while Norwegian iceberg water (Svalbardi. “totally” disabled. [Chicago Tribune, com); a $2,000 pizza at New York 2-23-2017] City’s Industry Kitchen (caviar,
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Bright Ideas -- A councilman in Overtornea, Sweden, introduced a bill (a “motion”) that workers be given paid “sex breaks” during the business day in order to improve well-being and, thus, job performance. The primary beneĆciaries would be married, fertile couples, but all workers would receive the beneĆt. And employers, said Councillor Per-Erik Muskos, would have to “trust” their employees because some surely would “cheat” (by not having sex!). [International Business Times, 2-21-2017] -- Not Clever Enough: Daniel Crowninshield, 54, pleaded guilty in federal court in Sacramento in 2016 to illegally manufacturing assault weapons that had no serial numbers -- despite efforts to circumvent the law by claiming that his customers actually “made” their own weapons using his eTuipment. Crowninshield (known as “Dr-Death” online), an expert machinist, would take a “blank” metal casting and, using special eTuipment and computer programs, create the Ćring mechanism for a numberless AR-15 -- provided the customer presses a button to start the process. “Pressing the button,” Crowninshield Ćgured, made the customer the creator, not a buyer or transferee of the gun, and thus exempt from federal law. In February, Judge Troy Nunley, unimpressed, sentenced Crowninshield to three years and Ćve months in prison. [Department of Justice press release, 2-16-2017] Wrong Place, Wrong Time “Life’s full of peaks and valleys, man,” Californian Georgiy Karpekin told a reporter, but Jan. 18 seemed all valley. Karpekin has both a pickup truck and a car, and as he was leaving Sacramento City College that day during violent storms, a falling tree crushed the truck. When he got home, he learned that the same storm had taken down another tree -- on top of his car. (Karpekin, insured and uninjured, called himself “the luckiest guy.”) [KTXL-TV (Sacramento), 1-19-2017] Readers’ Choice Miami defense lawyer Stephen Gutierrez caused Tuite a spectacle on March 8 when, representing a man accused of arson, he rose to address jurors, and his pants appeared to catch Ćre. He insisted afterward that a malfunctioning e-cigarette caused
smoke to billow from his pocket, but observers had a Ćeld day with metaphors and “stunt” theories. [Miami Herald, 3-8-2017] -- Despite an exaggerated, widely read headline in London’s Daily Mail, the recent death of a 50-year-old man in Japan was indeed pornographyrelated. The man was a hoarder of porn magazines, living alone with an unimaginably large collection, and when he suffered a fatal heart attack sometime early this year, he collapsed atop the piles, where his body was found in February. (The Daily Mail headline had him “crushed” to death under a six-ton stack, but the Mail conceded below the headline that he might have just fallen.) [Daily Mail, 3-32017; Gizmodo.com, 3-6-2017]
had never had an accident (though the reporter balked at volunteering for him), and a highly satisĆed customer reported afterward that his eyes felt “moist” (surely the easiest part of the story to accept) and his vision “clearer.” [South China Morning Post, 4-15-2013] Thanks This Week to Jim Weber, Elaine Weiss, Bob Stewart, Neb Rodgers, Robin Daley, Mark Hazelrigg, Gerald Thomason, Paul Kaplan, Alex Boese, and Chuck Hamilton, among others, and to the News of the Weird Board of Editorial Advisors. COPYRIGHT 2017 CHUCK SHEPHERD
A News of the Weird Classic (June 2013) Chengdu, China, barber Liu Deyuan, 53, still provides traditional “eyeshaving,” in which he holds the lid open and runs a razor across its inner surface. Then, using a thin metal rod with a round tip, he gently massages the inside of each lid. Liu told Chengdu Business Daily in April (2013) that he
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