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Underdog Champion By Hilary Stohs-Krause

t’s not hard to see why students at Omaha South High Magnet School are drawn to Ferial Pearson — and why she’s equally dedicated to them. Pearson has a plum exterior — colorful and bright — but with a pit made of iron. Pearson, an English teacher and an advisor for the school’s Gay Straight Alliance club, was recently named “Educator of the Year” by Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network for her work with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth in Omaha. Not only does Pearson help oversee South’s Ferial Pearson alliance, but she also helped start Omaha’s Pride Prom five years ago, a spring dance where students can bring same-sex dates without fear of mockery or being denied admittance. More than 300 attendees from across the state went to last year’s Pride Prom. As gay bullying-induced suicides have rocked the nation, at least one high school has been actively involved in halting violence for almost a decade.

“If [students] are in English class, they can’t focus if they’re thinking, ‘How will I get to math class without getting pushed into a locker or called a name,’” she says. Enter the alliance, which she says has had a tremendous impact on the school’s general attitude. Pearson points to a pale, tired-looking boy who told her he came to school, even though he was sick, just because there was an alliance meeting. Other students tell her they attended South strictly because of the alliance. “As an educator, it’s imperative to make sure kids are respected,” she says. “Even if it’s just one adult, or five adults, that say, ‘You’re OK. We like you the way you are.’” Ischel Gonzalez-Kelso, a former alliance member and student of Pearson’s, nominated her personal hero for the national award. “She deserves a lot,” Gonzalez-Kelso says, “because she’s done a whole lot for a lot of people.” She says many kids feel the alliance is the “only place they can go and have friends who don’t judge them for who they are.” Pearson, a 32-year-old mother of two, says she understands her students’ position. Of Indian descent, she was an ethnic minority in Kenya, where she was born and raised. Her family was also Muslim within a Kenyan Indian community that was primarily Hindu. “Growing up, my parents and grandparents said if you see injustice and do nothing, you’re just as guilty as the perpetrator,” she says. “We’ve always been ones to stand up for the unHilary Stohs-Krause

South High teacher earns national award for work with LGBT youth

more shootings: Cousins Xavon Watson, 18, and Lendale Kyles, 21, died after being shot at about 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7 while standing in front of an apartment complex near 63rd and Boyd. Police have made no arrests. 2010 homicides: 29 (There were 26 homicides this time last year)

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UPFRONT derdog, I guess, because we we’ve always been the underdogs.” She attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn., where an American childhood friend lived and studied. The move made sense — Pearson loved Laura Ingalls Wilder as a girl, and was inspired by John Denver to learn guitar. But when she left for Minnesota, she didn’t even own a winter coat. “Gustavus Adolphus is a Swedish Lutheran college,” she says with a laugh. “Everyone looked like Ken and Barbie. I couldn’t tell anyone apart. “And then I married a Ken.” Race and culture are important considerations for Pearson at South High, whose population is about two-thirds Latino. She spoke six languages when she moved to Omaha, but not Spanish. But she’s working to reach out to the Hispanic community. She’s learning Spanish, and her “rainbow table” of brochures and information packets is stocked with bilingual materials. She’s also encouraging her students to be more politically active. Part of her work with Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network will center on getting schools to add sexual orientation and identity to their non-discrimination polices. She said she hasn’t hammered out many details with the organization yet regarding her role, but she knows she wants to focus on changing school policy nationwide. “I think teenagers have a really strong sense of, ‘That’s not fair,’” she says, “and it moves them to action.” Pearson spends every other summer in Kenya with her 7-year-old son, Ilahi, and her 4-year-old daughter, Iman — “So they know where I came from” — but she said she plans to stick around Omaha for a while. “It’s a good place to raise kids,” she says. “And I feel like I have work to do here … I feel like I belong here.” ,

PETA questions poultry practices at Nebraska farm

n its official website, Wayne County, located in northeast Nebraska, bills itself as “livestock friendly.” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is disputing that claim after learning that TWJ Farms — a poultry farm in Carroll, Neb. — has allegedly slaughtered as many as 140,000 live adult chickens this year by feeding them through a grinding machine. Based on whistleblower testimony, PETA alleges the company is scheduled to pulverize more hens no longer suitable for egg production on Nov. 12, the second time this year the farm has used the method as a means of depopulation. PETA believes the procedure violates Nebraska’s Livestock Welfare Act. TWJ Farms declined to comment for this story, but CEO Joe Claybaugh told local radio station KEXL in Norfolk that the procedure is more humane than other euthanasia methods because it kills the chickens instantly. “Our witness says that is not the case,” says Dan Paden, senior research associate in PETA’s Cruelty Investigations Department. “[The hens] are spit out of the machine and routinely suffer. It is not an acceptable way to kill unwanted chickens. It mutilates them and tears them up, so it’s not humane.” Nebraska’s Livestock Welfare Act prohibits “knowingly and intentionally kill[ing] … a livestock animal in a manner that is not consistent with animal welfare practices.” Those methods are defined in the same act as veterinarian and animal husbandry practices common to the livestock industry. Neither the American Veterinary Medical Association nor the United Egg Producers — a cooperative of egg farmers representing 95 percent of the industry — approves maceration (the industry term for the procedure) as an acceptable form of slaughter for chickens more than one day old. On Nov. 4, Paden sent letters to Claybaugh and Wayne County Sheriff LeRoy Janssen detailing PETA’s concerns. He told The Reader Monday that he’s still awaiting a response. “We made our plea to the company and that’s obviously fallen on deaf ears,” Paden says. “Our eyes are now on the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department, and we expect that if charges are warranted that they be filed.” — Brandon Vogel

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Carol Blood to WOWT on a legal loophole she says prevents Omaha from imposing a $50 tax on non-residents working in Omaha. Blood’s group, the Wheel Tax Committee, told the Omaha City Council to repeal the tax or face legal action.

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Pipeline company says no more research needed Senators Mike Johanns and Ben Nelson had their say, now TransCanada has responded with its own letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton refuting Johanns’ claim that more research is needed before the Keystone XL Pipeline project be approved. One week after Nelson wrote to Clinton urging her to make a scientific — not political — decision, Johanns asked the State Department in a Nov. 1 letter for an additional Environmental Impact Study that would examine alternative routes for the nearly 2,000-mile oil pipeline. Johanns proposed taking it around — rather than over — the Ogallala Aquifer, Nebraska’s largest source of drinking and irrigation water, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. TransCanada President and CEO Russell Girling wrote to Clinton Nov. 3 that the current EIS “fully takes into account all reasonable alternatives and satisfies the Department’s obligations and the public’s interests in that regard.” Girling says Johanns’ suggestion that the new pipeline run parallel to the current Keystone Pipeline — operational since June 2010 — would increase the environmental impact elsewhere by adding 20 percent more pipe and affecting 3,000 additional acres of land in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Johanns fired back in a follow-up letter to Clinton on Nov. 6, reiterating the need for an additional impact study. “I find it striking that TransCanada contends the U.S. government should approve

this route because it impacts fewer Canadian landowners and less Canadian land,” he writes. “The United States Department of State should examine the environmental impact in our country. The shortest route through the U.S. has not yet been examined and the State Department has an obligation to do so.” On Oct. 27, an anonymous source in the State Department told Reuters that a decision on the Keystone XL Pipeline was still months away. The State Department must grant final approval on the project because the pipeline crosses the international border between the U.S. and Canada. Earlier in October, BOLD Nebraska, a nonpartisan political activist group, and the Nebraska Democratic Party filed formal complaints with the Federal Election Commission over two $2,500 campaign contributions Gov. Dave Heineman and state Attorney General John Bruning received from TransCanada. Heineman and Bruning returned the money saying they were unaware the contributions from the foreign based company may have violated federal law.

Nebraska continues the fight for local immigration control The Nebraska Supreme Court on Nov. 5 refused to rule on whether or not municipalities could enact local immigration laws. The court said plaintiffs have not proven the City of Fremont broke state laws when it approved an ordinance passed by voters in June that prohibits undocumented immigrants from working or living in the city. A lawsuit filed with Nebraska’s Federal District Court by the American Civil Liberties

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numberscruncher SHAPE UP: Omaha’s rank among 182 healthiest cities in Live Well Omaha’s bi-annual report released Oct. 24: 142nd; Percentage of adults either overweight or obese: 63.2; Percentage of adults not eating the recommended five fruit and vegetable servings daily: 76.3; Percentage of adults not exercising for 20 minutes three times a week: 70.4 Source: Live Well Omaha/Center for Disease Control

Union of Nebraska and the Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund has delayed implementation of the law, pending a ruling. The state’s fight for local immigration control continued on two other fronts last week. Nebraska joined a coalition of 13 states — led by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster — asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a controversial Arizona immigration law penalizing businesses for hiring undocumented immigrants. The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on the Arizona law next month. The state also announced Nov. 5 that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fingerprinting system will be implemented in six additional Nebraska counties. The system, which scans individual prints and checks them against a Department of Homeland Security list, notifies the federal agency of criminal undocumented persons who may be eligible for deportation. With the addition of Adams, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and Merrick counties, eight Nebraska jurisdictions have biometric identification capabilities. Lancaster and Douglas counties implemented the change in August. The federal immigration agency reports that 13 convicted criminal aliens were taken into custody in Nebraska and four were removed from the country in the first six weeks using the system.

Heineman out, Bruning in for 2012 Senate race One day after Gov. Dave Heineman said he would not run for Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson’s seat in 2012, Nebraska Attorney General Jon

Bruning announced on Nov. 5 that he would. And he has formed an exploratory committee to begin raising funds. Both Heineman and Bruning won landslide reelection bids on Nov. 2. Nelson won a sweeping bid for reelection in 2006, garnering 64 percent of the vote over Republican challenger Pete Ricketts, son of the founder of TD Ameritrade.

Religious group to protest at South teacher’s funeral In a press release that ended with the words “God Hates Nebraska,” the Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church announced it would picket outside the Nov. 12 funeral for Omaha South High School teacher Stacey Klinger, who died last week after being hit by a car. The group claims Klinger was “cut off by an angry God for teaching rebellion to the youth of this nation.” The WBC is infamous for its funeral pickets, taking the view that military deaths, natural disasters and other tragedies are divine retribution for a “wicked nation.” In August, the group protested in Omaha at the funeral of Marine Staff Sgt. Michael Bock. Klinger, 45, died Nov. 3 after she was struck by a car while crossing 23rd Street after school. Witnesses say Salvador Jimenez, 32, was turning left following a stop at the intersection of 23rd and J. when he struck Klinger. Jimenez tried to administer CPR before officials arrived and transported Klinger to the Creighton University Medical Center. Police are continuing to investigate the case, but don’t believe speed and alcohol were factors. —Brandon Vogel

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irst of all, give up three cheers. Three cheers for the farmers, mothers, fathers and teachers, interested parties and activists who have recognized that the industrialized food served in schools — the snacks, sweets, sodas and junk food — are a major explanation of why obesity is epidemic among schoolchildren. Many folks are dedicating energy and time to a wonderful idea: upgrading the food in school lunch programs. But is the school lunch the real problem or just another symptom of an abdication of responsibility?

Beginning of a bad idea The National School Lunch Program resulted from a law signed by Harry S. Truman in 1946. America’s fledgling agribusiness conglomerates were struggling due to post-war farm surpluses. Using tax dollars to buy farm surpluses was the beginning of massively subsidized agribusiness, and the smoke in front of the mirror was using the purchased commodities to feed children while they were at school. The infusion of money was like steroids to a bodybuilder. Corporate agriculture boomed, continuing rampant growth to this day. Meanwhile, the quality of food shoveled into the school pro-

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gram has gone the way of the quality of food in general. As more and more foodstuff becomes processed into mystery meat and treated vegetables, subsidized school lunch has changed by quantum leaps from the nascent program that offered cartons of milk for two cents each, or burger made from whole meat. Astonishingly, reports have shown fast food restaurants are more rigorous in surveying for pathogens in beef and chicken than are the inspections for that which is delivered to schools. Burgers sent to schools are regularly made from concoctions that feature what has generously been described as “pink slime,” a sort of beef slurry assembled in multiple states, from multiple sources and treated with ammonia in an attempt to sterilize it of pathogens, not always successfully. School lunches on the program are typified as serving high-fat, low-nutrient foods; and public awareness has risen to where groups have successfully sought to change school menus. But there are many roadblocks to deal with.

Where have all the flours gone? School kitchens used to actually “cook” meals. If there was a biscuit on the menu or a cookie for dessert, you could bet there were flour and a baker on premise to make it. No more. One of the tallest hurdles to providing real food in school programs is that school “kitchens” are little more than assembly lines that heat up pre-processed foods. As a parallel, how much actual cooking is required at a Taco Bell (or Panera, for that matter) when everything from soup to chopped tomatoes comes

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in the back door already prepared? It’s the same way at nearly all schools. When the food system cascaded toward pre-prepped everything, what need was there for vegetable prep sinks, produce refrigerators or anything needed to prepare even the most rudimentary of meals? School kitchens were dismantled decades ago. Also on the production side, the staff at school kitchens haven’t the skills to do much more than microwave frozen junk food and spoon it onto trays. To transition to serving farm-fresh meals, staff would have to get reacquainted with basic knife, cooking and presentation skills. Finally, government subsidies are based on back-room deals cut to assure corporate food conglomerates of their share of tax dollars. That means any food that comes in the back door of school kitchens is usually at a far lower cost than a real farmer could match. Often, industrial produce shows up for less than the price of shipping. Against all odds, dedicated crusaders are trying to get real, nutritious and healthful food into school lunches. But school lunches are not the real problem. They are a red herring.

Abdication of parental responsibility The real problem is that schools are supposed to be schools. School responsibilities should end with what schools are for: education. We have become the only species on the planet that delegates feeding our young to a third party — and a bureaucratic, faceless third party at that. Where are the activists trying to return schools to the role they were designed for?

Only a couple generations ago, it was common for kids to choose three options for lunch: school lunch, brown-bag it or home for lunch. But the sales decline of the lunchbox in the 1970s shows how far from favor homemade lunches have fallen. With the advent of the working mom and school bussing, kids couldn’t go home for a hot lunch. It was either too far or no one was there. Even childhood vaccinations are weighed against the cost of potential workdays lost. In days past, mild childhood diseases were no big deal. Kid gets mumps, measles or chickenpox — it wasn’t a life threat. They stayed home for a few days, mom fed them soup and soon they were back in school. But now the real reason for many vaccines is evident when it’s quantified against mom or dad’s days off work to take care of a sick child. And none of this even begins to take into account the viable alternative of home schooling. It’s true that the best way to keep a child out of the doctor’s office is to provide nourishing and healthful food, educate them about good health practices and make sure they get plenty of rest and exercise. None of those things are guaranteed by a trip to the pharmacy. And keeping junk food and sugary drinks (and their mind-numbing influences) out of schools is never a bad idea. But the real key is recognizing that parental responsibility is exactly that: a responsibility. Or as a friend of mine from Los Angeles used to say, “If you’re going to breed ’em, at least you should feed ’em.” Be well. ,

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as a major college basketball coach ever looked so darn comfortable in his new job? Rarely does a coaching transition go as smoothly and seamlessly as Creighton’s recent switch from longtime leader Dana Altman to new Coach Greg McDermott. And rarely does the old coach leave the cupboards as well stocked with talent as that which McDermott inherited with the Bluejays returning four starters from last season, including preseason Missouri Valley Conference player of the year Kenny Lawson Jr.

game on “Dana left the program in unbelievable shape. Most of the jobs I’ve taken … they’ve needed to be fixed, but that’s not the case with this one,” says McDermott. “We just need to build upon the great tradition that he already established. But I’m Greg McDermott, I’m not going to attempt to be Dana Altman; we’re different people, we’re different coaches. I’ll try to do the best I can to take this program to even new heights, and I certainly think that is something very attainable.” The seemingly seamless transition began last April, the moment Altman informed Creighton Athletic Director Bruce Rasmussen he was leaving for Oregon. Rasmussen’s search lasted exactly one phone call. Two days later McDermott said goodbye to Iowa State and hello to Creighton. Seven months later, he looks like he’s been on the job for years. Assistant coach Darian DeVries spent the past 12 seasons working under Altman but elected to stay on and join McDermott’s staff. DeVries hopes he can pick up fresh tricks from his new mentor, but he is mostly impressed by how well McDermott fits in. “I think that’s exactly the reason Bruce Rasmussen hired him. You’re talking about a Midwest guy that’s very personable and very easy to get along with. He goes out of his way to make

all have a huge connection with our coach, and he has a connection with us. He understands us, and we understand him. It’s all good for our common goal.” “The players know that my door is always open, and I want them to come in and ask questions,” says McDermott. “I can’t always promise that they’re going to like the answer sure people get to know him and to the question, but I can guaranhe gets to know them. He’s great at tee that I’m going to tell them the building relationships, and I think truth.” that’s something that the people of Young, a 6’0” junior out of Omaha will really appreciate,” says Bellevue West, returns to lead the DeVries. Creighton attack after starting all So far the good feelings are flowbut one game last season. The Jays ing both ways. will count on him to log at least “Truth be told I’m a country cu coach 35 minutes a game after backup kid from Eastern Iowa so I’ve never greg mcdermott Andrew Bock’s transfer to Pacific lived in a city this size so there was in the off-season left the Jays’ thin a little apprehension from that standpoint, but Omaha doesn’t feel like a big city to me. It feels at the point. Young says he put in extra work in like a place where there is a helpful hand around the off-season to prepare, and the players say McDermott’s new training regimen was no joke. every corner,” says McDermott. “Our conditioning was more difficult than Building relations with the community can be important for a new coach, but not nearly as it has been in the past, but it has made us betimportant as building relationships with an un- ter, made us a better team and brought us closer familiar group of players. According to DeVries, together,” says Young. “All of it translated to the floor especially on the defensive end, we are talkthe new coach has done it. “He’s a great communicator,” says DeVries, ing a lot more, we know where each other are go“I think the guys have really responded well to ing to be and we trust each other a lot more.” The one unspoken truth in the Creighton camp him. What’s been helpful and important in this transition is the relationships he has built in a is this: If Young gets injured the Jays could be in real trouble. Jay backers may want to log a few more minshort period of time.” utes of their own at church — praying Young stays The players agree. “Our team chemistry is the best it’s ever healthy. If he goes down so could the Jays’ season. “You don’t want to go into a season thin at been right now,” says junior point guard Antoine Young. “We’re all like a big family, and we any position, but it is what it is,” says McDermott,

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“Fortunately he is a guy who seems like he can play forever. He doesn’t really get fatigued, but we will have to be careful as the season goes on and in practice that we don’t run him into the ground.” Redshirt freshman and walk-on guard out of Omaha Creighton Prep, 6’0” Taylor Stormberg is expected to give Young an occasional breather. Freshman guard Jahenns Manigat, 6’1” from Ottawa, Ontario, will log some time at the point while primarily playing off-guard. Manigat is Creighton’s first-ever Canadian player. Another athletic guard the Jays will count on to make plays is 6’4” senior Darryl Ashford. Ashford’s soft shooting touch combined with the ability to slash through the lane helped him average 7.4 ppg last season. When he is hot he is dangerous, but he seemed to disappear for long stretches last season. More assertiveness by Ashford would help bolster the offense. Equally helpful to the cause would be senior guard Kaleb Korver’s quest to locate his lost shooting touch. After shooting 44.8 percent on three pointers as a sophomore, Korver struggled to shoot 31.7 percent from beyond the arc last season. The rest of his game suffered as a result, leaving Korver as eager for a fresh start as anyone in the lineup. Maybe 6’7” sophomore forward Ethan Wragge could help show him the range. Wragge set a Creighton freshman record by knocking down 68 three-pointers a year ago while shooting 43.3 percent. He hit a trifecta in 21 straight games heading into the season. Wragge’s issue has been staying on the floor, as foul trouble often limited his minutes last season. It’s an issue his new boss is aware of. “We’re on him every day in practice because he does it there too. It’s something that he has to address and he knows it,” says McDermott. “The only thing I can do is let him know the horn is going to blow when he gets that second foul.” Creighton will also count on perimeter firepower from 6’2” sophomore guard Josh Jones. After getting off to a slow start last season, Jones heated up as the season progressed, gaining more playing time after P’Allen Stinnett’s suspension. The Omaha Central grad made the most of it, starting the final seven games of the season. As his confidence grew late in the year, so did his scoring output. Look for Jones to step up his game, and look out if he ever gets into the open floor for a dunk. McDermott has the luxury of having a pair of quality big men at his disposal in a league where teams sometimes struggle to find one. Kenny Lawson Jr., 6’9” center, led the team in scoring and rebounding last season. He is one

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more down low helped make me tougher and I’m better for it, but really all I care about is just going out and playing basketball and helping the team however I can.” Speaking of cu’s kaleb korver toughness, 6’5” senior forward Casey Harriman usually leads the Jays in that category even if he comes up a little short in some of the statistical ones. Harriman’s willingness to throw his body around playing defense and scrapping for loose balls sets the tone for what McDermott wants his squad to emulate. Unfortunately, all that banging around took a toll on Harriman’s body. A shoulder injury has kept him out of a good portion of preseason practice. Hiring McDermott came with an added bonus. His 6’7” son Doug was an all-state forward on the two-time defending Iowa state champion Ames High School squad, averaging over 20.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per contest as a senior. Doug originally committed to Northern Iowa

and Coach Ben Jacobsen, who happens to be his godfather. Jacobsen served as an assistant coach of five seniors on the Bluejay roster. Lawson was under McDermott and took over the Panther named the preseason Missouri Valley Conferprogram when McDermott left for Iowa State ence player of the year in voting by the league’s four years ago. coaches in mid-October. Lawson’s 1.5 blocks Creighton per game led the Valley last season and his 230 was the younger rebounds were the most recorded by a Bluejay McDermott’s secsince 1993-94. ond choice durJoining Lawson in the paint once he becomes ing recruiting, so eligible Dec. 17 is 6’9” Gregory Echenique. The when dad made 270-pounder from Venezuela transferred from the move, the opRutgers where he averaged 9.2 points, 8.3 reportunity to be tobounds and 2.4 blocked shots in a season and a gether was imposhalf for the Big East school. sible to pass up. “I hope I can help the team improve in reJacobsen, always a bounding and provide a strong defensive presclass act, let Doug ence inside and work together with Kenny to out of his commake sure we are respected in the paint,” says mitment with no Echenique. strings attached. “We’ve got two very talented young men that “My dad and do most of their damage around the basket, and Coach Jacobsen are either are very comfortable at defending away close friends and from the basket, so we’ve got to figure out a way I’ve known him my to play those two together some, and we’ll have whole life so that to be creative to do that,” says McDermott. made it a lot easier, The added muscle down low allows senior but it was still reforward Wayne Runnels to step outside a little ally hard to tell further where he’s more comfortable facing the him … fortunately basket. Runnels at 6’6” struggled last season he was really understanding.” playing out of position while attempting to bolDoug already turned some heads with his ster a thin front line, but he believes last season’s play in Creighton’s 79-67 exhibition win Nov. 4, trials made him a better player. against Northern State. In 20 minutes of action, “I’m looking forward to getting back in my he led the team with 18 points, shooting 6 for 9, comfort zone,” says Runnels. “Having to play while pulling down a team-high seven rebounds and blocking a shot. “He’s got unbelievable instincts. I wish I could tell you that I taught him rying to climb the ladder to the upper rungs of the Big 12 Conference is no easy task, evidenced by Coach Doc Sadler’s lengthy that, but I didn’t,” said his proud papa rebuilding project. He’ll give it one more try before the Big Red bolts for the Big 10 next year. after the game. “He just has a way of After a slow climb during his first three years on the job, the Cornhuskers slipped to 15-18 last season, and finished last catching the ball and getting it to the in the Big 12 at 2-12, due largely to inexperience and injuries. Nebraska will be bigger, stronger and more experienced this season, which should translate into more wins. rim really quick … ” Eight players return who have started at least one game. The guard corps is led by senior 6’3” Lance Jeter, who started every Other players who could see playing game at the point last year. Juniors 6’0” Brandon Richardson and 6’6” Toney McCray will be counted on for scoring punch along with time are sophomore walk-on forwards sophomores, 6”2” Ray Gallegos and 6’4” Eshaunte “Bear” Jones. 6’8” Matthew Dorwart and 6’5” Derek Sophomore forwards 6’9” Christian Standhardinger and 6’10” Brandon Ubel, along with 6’11” Center Jorge Diaz, gained valuable Sebastian. And 6’11” freshman center experience last year going up against the size of the Big 12. They will have help this season, especially if 6’11’ sophomore center Christopher Niemann’s surgically repaired knee holds up. Will Artino from Waukee, Iowa needs The Huskers also add junior college transfer 6’11” 310 pound junior center Andre Almeida, originally from Brazil. to add some muscle to his 205-pound Newcomers expecting to contribute at guard are 6’4” senior Drake Beranek, who transferred after starring at UN-Kearney, and frame, but daily battles in practice with 6’2” junior Kamyron Brown, who started 14 games at point guard for Oregon before transferring. Lawson and Echenique should toughen All that depth and size gives Doc the luxury of fresh bodies that should make his full court pressure and in-your-face defensive schemes more potent than ever. While the Huskers aren’t ready to knock Kansas from it’s lofty perch, they’re more than ready to say him up quite a bit. goodbye to the Big 12 cellar. Adding further depth to the ros“I think this team has a chance to be as good of a basketball team as we’ve had since I’ve been at Nebraska,” Sadler said at Big ter at guard are Ross Ferrarini, a 6’3” 12 media day. “For the first time we’ve got good perimeter players with some inside guys with some experience at the same time.” walk-on from Omaha Westside and 6’2” The Huskers travel to Puerto Rico for the San Juan Shootout opening with a Nov. 18 match against Vanderbilt, with other potential Kody Ingle, a first-team all-stater from foes including Davidson, North Carolina, and West Virginia. Highlights on the home non-conference schedule include games against USC Nov. 27, Creighton Dec. 5, and TCU Dec. 12. Southeast Polk High in Altoona, Iowa. The Huskers tip off the season against South Dakota Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. at the Devaney Center. Ingle averaged 22.5 points per game as a

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cover story senior, finishing as his school’s all-time leading scorer. Offensively expect the Jays to show f the Creighton women’s basketball teams hopes to continue its streak of three straight seasons with 20 wins, and make a strong some versatility based upon who’s playNCAA tournament push, they’ll have to do it with youth. Six freshmen, the largest class at Creighton in 13 years, will join six returning and the opponent. McDermott’s ing players in Coach Jim Flanery’s ninth season on the hill. Sam Schuett, a preseason all-conference pick, joins fellow seniors past teams have often shown a knack for Kelsey Woodard and Kellie Nelson to form the veteran backbone of the team. Look for true freshman Carli Tritz, Iowa’s player of the working the ball around until they find a year in 2010, to make an immediate impact for the Bluejays — Brandon Vogel good shot, utilizing a variety of offensive sets. panel of 39 members, including league coaches, including explosive all-league guard Toure Mur“Any coach that just tries to jam a style of sports information directors and media that ry. Missouri State is next followed by defending play down a group of people’s throats is making shape the preseason poll either aren’t convinced, Valley regular season and tournament champion, a mistake, you have to evaluate your personnel or believe Creighton’s conference rivals aren’t too Northern Iowa. Bradley is picked for fifth place, for their strengths and weaknesses and then try shabby, pegging the Jays to again finish fourth. while garnering a pair of first-place votes. to build an offense and a defense that best fits Leading the way by a wide margin is Wichita Highlights on Creighton’s non-conference that particular group at that particular point in State with 33 first place votes. The Shockers re- schedule include an early season match-up in time,” says McDermott. turn four starters from last season’s 25-win team Des Moines against McDermott’s former team, While everyone Iowa State, Nov. 21, and knows you have to score cu’s antoine Young a pair of road games: to win, McDermott’s against Northwestern main focus is defense. Nov. 28, and Nebraska Players say he often Dec. 5. Marquee games at spends lots of practice the Qwest Center include time working defensive a Dec. 1 tussle with BYU’s drills and principles. Cougars, while St. Joseph’s Look for McDermott’s Hawks fly into town for a teams to play mostly Dec. 11 showdown. man-to-man, quarterThe Jays open the seacourt defense with a son with a stretch of three high energy, in-yourhome games against lightface style. ly regarded opponents be“His strength is ginning Friday night with his defensive minded Alabama State. Nineteen approach,” says the of Creighton’s 33 contests coach’s son. “He’s really are scheduled for teleeasy to play for, he’ll get vision. KMTV looks to on you, but then after make the local fans happy practice he’ll be cool again with a slate of eight with you and sit down games, including three and talk over any quesconference road games. tions you have.” Once the season beAll the positive feelgins, McDermott is bound ings coming out of the to experience a fair share Creighton camp would of challenges as his team lead to the belief that adjusts and grows into his the Jays should improve system, but don’t expect on last season’s 18-16 him to panic, or the team mark and a fourth place chemistry to fail. finish in the Valley. The “My dad is a pretty

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That’s the question for fans of Délice European Bakery and Café. The new Délice in Midtown Crossing feels different in this incarnation, but the délice food has mostly been preserved. I first visited Délice for a Thursday afternoon lunch with my mother. We ordered at the counter from the Savories portion of the menu, which emphasizes comfort food and cream sauces. Most items are displayed, so you can examine your options before ordering. Mom had Turkey & Sweet Potato Pie ($6.95), featuring turkey, onions and sweet potatoes with Monterey Jack cheese in a mixture of cream and eggs. She liked the moist turkey and flaky crust, but was hoping for pureed potatoes instead of the sliced variety offered here. She had a cup of Split Pea Soup (2.95), which contained plentiful potatoes and a full bodied taste. The soup menu offers 23 varieties, with three or four available daily. I ordered the Stuffed Croissant ($6.95). You can get it with mushrooms, spinach and provolone, but I tried the turkey and cheddar cheese version. The turkey was a bit overdone, but a mix of melted cheese and bread is always enjoyable. Other Savories for $6.95 include chicken and rice casserole, macaroni and cheese, and ricotta pie. There are 12 sandwiches, for $3.25 for a half and $6.50 for full size. Two days later, I returned on a Saturday morning with my wife and two sons. This time, we focused on drinks and the pastries that made Délice locally famous. My wife’s Raspberry Cream Cheese Croissant ($2.50) was a flakey and buttery triangle of dough with powdered sugar. It was light, sweet, and tasty. My Pumpkin Scone ($2.50) was more like cake, covered in a powdered sugar glaze frosting.

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n Last week’s Dish feature “Defining Delicious” profiled Metropolitan Community College Institute for Culinary Arts’ Chef Brian O’Malley. He was incorrectly identified as the current president of the Heartland Chapter of the American Culinary Federation. O’Malley was president from 2005-2007 and is currently publication chair. The organization’s current president is Chef Kevin Newlin of the Kroc Center. We regret the error. n Local fishmongers and seafood savants, the folks at Shucks Fish House & Oyster Bar — with locations at 168th and Center, and 119th and Pacific — are going green. They’ve replaced most of their disposable utensils with silverware and flatware that will withstand the heat of a dishwasher. Visit absolutelyfresh.com or call 827.4376. n Kobe Steakhouse’s management team is moving west. The small restaurant chain will vacate its current Regency Court location to reopen at Village Pointe Shopping Center. The restaurant specializes in Japanese hibachi cuisine cooked tableside and will expand its menu to serve more sushi. Visit kobesteakhouse.us or call 391.1755. — Lainey Seyler

My older son chose a slice of Lemon Poppy Seed Cake ($4.75), with layers of lemon butter cream, lemon curd and frosting. It was way too lemony for me, but he liked it. My younger son ordered an enormous Cinnamon Roll ($4.75). It was gooey and buttery, with lots of frosting, and perfect for a sweets-loving kid. Délice offers one of the deepest bakery menus in town, with over 50 tortes, tarts and cakes. They are $4.75 per slice or $48 for a 9-inch whole. Owner John Tollinger said in a later phone interview that eight of these are available daily; all are available if you order ahead.

Many of these desserts are hard to find in our area. If you’ve been seeking Marjolaine (hazelnut meringue, chocolate ganache and hazelnut mousse or Gateau Neige (sponge cake layered with whipped cream and white chocolate), get yourself there right away. Lunch for two was about $27. Our subsequent fourperson snack cost about $20. Délice was a longtime favorite on Howard Street in the Old Market until it closed in 2009. Real estate investor John and his wife Karen Tollinger bought it from Pat McDermott and re-opened in Midtown Crossing in September. “My wife had been a nurse, but she dreamed of owning a bakery,” Tollinger says. “We were thrilled at the chance to buy Délice.” This is the Tollingers’ first experience in the restaurant business, but they received coaching from McDermott. They retained 16 former employees, including pastry chef Heidi Schlicht. Délice’s most significant change is the look and atmosphere. The Old Market location felt like a bakery and coffee shop, with a slightly eccentric atmosphere. Délice on Farnam Street seems more like a lunch restaurant, with an autumnal orange-and-brown color scheme

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n Dario’s Brasserie at 4920 Underwood Ave. in Dundee recently updated its menu with a few fall and winter offerings including cider-braised rabbit, a smoked salmon latke and a duck shepherd’s pie. New seasonal beers are on their way as well. n Even though Halloween’s over, the scares keep coming. Andrew Cuomo was elected governor of New York last week, making his eerie, can-opening, broom-riding girlfriend Sandra Lee of Food Network fame New York’s First Lady. Her power grows … — Kyle Tonniges Comments? Questions? Want more? Check out our Booked blog online at thereader.com. Or email us at booked@thereader.com.

and a passing similarity to the “fast casual” eateries that have opened in recent years. However, Tollinger said the menu is “nearly identical” from Délice’s Old Market days, and I found that the taste of things hasn’t much changed. If you liked it before, chances are good that you’ll like it again. Friends change, but their essential nature does not. , Délice European Bakery & Café, 3210 Farnam St., is open Mon.-Thurs. 7 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 7 a.m.-11 p.m. and Sun. 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Call 505.9500 or visit deliceeuropeanbakery.com

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Man of La Mancha

Iowa Western Community College Arts Ctr. 2700 College Rd., Council Bluffs Thurs.-Sat. 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. $5, $3 seniors/students, 712.388.7140

Tilting at windmills is set to a musical score in this award-winner that’s seen many revivals and remains a musical theater staple. The original Broadway production played more than 2,000 performances. Cervantes/ Don Quixote remains one of the great tragicomic, bravura theater roles. Adapted by Dale Wasserman, who also adapted One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Man of la Mancha features music by Mitch Leigh and lyrics by Joe Darion. The IWCC Black Box Theatre production is directed by Martin Scott Marchitto, with music direction by Machelle Mitchell, set design by Carl Dumicich and costume design by Jennifer Pool. Joel Kreifels is Cervantes/Don Quixote, Lauren Koll is Sancho and Chanel Savage is Aldonza. “The Impossible Dream” is the piece’s emotional keynote number. — Leo Adam Biga

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Nov. 11

Reverend Horton Heat w/ Split Lip Rayfield and The Legendary Shack Shakers

Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. 9 p.m., $20, onepercentproductions.com It’s time for a psychedelic freak-out with Reverend Horton Heat and it’s definitely long overdue. Comprised of vocalist/guitarist Jim “Reverend Heat” Heath, upright bassist Jimbo Wallace and drummer Paul Simmons, the Texan trio blends more genres than Girl Talk. A combination of country, punk rock, swing, big band and rockabilly, the Rev’s material is magnetic, to say the least. Formed in 1985, the group has earned a cultlike following full of greasers, punk rockers and wannabe pin-up dolls thanks to a relentless tour schedule. Their eleventh studio album, 2009’s Laughin’ and Cryin’ With The Reverend Horton Heat, is a bit of a departure from the usual Heat — there’s not much punk. The album has more of a honky-tonk feel, but nonetheless, there are plenty of musical and lyrical smarts on display. This show ought to ignite a firestorm of the finest psychobilly this side of the Mason-Dixon. — Kyle Eustice

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Rebelution w/ Passafire and Tribal Seeds

Bourbon Theater, 1415 O St., Lincoln 8 p.m., $15, 18+, onepercentproductions.com Take a little Sublime, add some Peter Tosh and you get Rebelution, a Santa Barbara, California-based five-piece reggae outfit. Over the past six years, Rebelution garnered a modest fan base by playing endless local shows and pushing their independent releases. Its 2007 debut, Courage To Grow, hit #4 on

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Billboard’s Top Reggae Albums chart and took Rebelution’s career to the next level. Last year’s Bright Side of Life reached #1 and Bay area hip-hop heavyweights Zion I were soon recording with Rebelution. The group even makes a guest appearance on Zion I’s recent release, Atomic Clock. “Our tour manager met Rebelution at a show. They said they were fans of our music and were into the idea of touring together,” says Zumbi of Zion I. “Our styles are way different, but we both try to spread a positive vibe.” — Kyle Eustice

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Toyland

Scoular Ballroom, 2027 Dodge St. 7 p.m., general admission $10 w/toy; reserved $20 w/toy; VIP seating $50 w/toy With America still in a recession, this season will likely see another decrease in holiday spending, especially on Christmas gifts. Granted, Christmas is supposed to be about family gatherings and rejoicing, but in the eyes of a child it’s mainly about one thing: toys. Toyland is a “contemporary performance combining theatrics, fashion designers, music” and more. The show is poised to bring a twinkle to a child’s eye with a largerthan-life stage performance literally bringing toys to life, all to raise funds and toys for the upcom-

ing Christmas season. Presented by the Nebraska Marine Corps, the proceeds go to the Toys for Tots Foundation Nebraska Division, so please bring a toy and warm heart in the spirit of giving for the holidays. — Chalis Bristol

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Loom Weaves Diwali

Indian Oven, 1010 Howard St. 9 p.m., $10, 21+, 342.4856 brentcrampton.typepad.com Omaha … a hotbed of Bay of Bengal culture? Certainly Loom Weaves Diwali hints at it, with it’s celebration of Diwali, the five-day festival of light celebrated pan-culturally in the Indian subcontinent. Located at one of Omaha’s best places for Indian food, The Indian Oven, and featuring a musical tapestry from DJ Brent Crampton (a Reader contributor) covering many popular genres and regional music flavors, the event seems promising. Now if only they’d re-enact the story behind Diwali — the vanquishing of demons and the return of Rama. One can hope, I suppose. — John Wenz

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An Empty Room Reading Reunion

The Empty Room project brought lots of arts, writing and food to Omaha in 2009. It was the seed for Elle Lien’s restaurant Daily Grub and has now spawned another event: an afternoon-long reading series featuring a who’s who list of poets and writers from throughout the city. They will read in the original Empty Room space during November 2009’s Organism. The group gathers this Sunday in the Old Market; each writer gets a five-minute block to present some work. Look for poets Steve Langan, Rebecca Rotert, Bud Shaw, Liz Kay, Greg Kosmicki, Matt Mason and Katie F-S, among many others. — Sarah Baker Hansen

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Fancy Party Comedy is a collective group of Omaha area comedians. Their shows feature some of the best comedic talent in the area and their Facebook page indicates an intense interest in banana related humor. If banana related humor isn’t enough for you, this show marks three years of blood, sweat and laughs for the group, working diligently to carve out a place for comedy in the area via regular shows with an alternative bent at The Waiting Room, Duffy’s and other venues. This show features the comedic stylings of Richard Reese, Nick Allen, Scott Muilenburg, and Zach Peterson who will bring the banana related humor noise as “Banana Pants.” Examples of each comedian’s work can be found online with some creative Googling; but you’d be better served to check them out at The Waiting Room. First, because this is a free show. Second, and more importantly, the stand-up experience simply cannot be replicated via streaming video. — Paul Clark

“A nightmare to rehearse, a joy to perform,” says director Scott Glasser, who swore each of the first four times he directed the Michael Frayn madness that he’d never do it again. From the first act comedy to the second act farce to act three absurdity, the UNO cast just hopes to survive as an acting troupe passes sardines, falls down stairs, trips over trousers and tries to not be distracted by the exercising diva in her panties. — Warren Francke

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Daniel Tosh

Orpheum Theater, 409 S. 16th St. 7:30 p.m., $38, 345.0606 omahaperformingarts.org

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Many of you are familiar with Daniel Tosh because of his wildly successful Comedy Central show “Tosh.0” Before Tosh was a TV darling he toured his stand-up act extensively and released several hilarious live CDs. Between quips on why gambling should be an Olympic sport and why changing seasons suck, Tosh famously rips on Omaha as the kind of place where people eat “fried mayonnaise balls.” The comedian dogs our fair (and perhaps slightly hefty) city in a couple of other instances. And while there has been plenty of speculation about why Tosh dislikes Omaha so much (the most often heard has something to do with a performance at College of St. Mary’s), it’s certain he will entertain with his razor sharp wit and off-center observations. Come prepared for a raunchier fare than you’ve seen on his TV show. — Jesse D. Stanek

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Birdhouse in Your Soul by Sarah Lorsung Tvrdik

hen asked to describe her personal aesthetic, Jessica McKay of Birdhouse Interior Design quickly summed it up in one word: “Opposites.” But this description doesn’t fully encompass McKay’s talent for mix- jessica mckay ing old with new, or the way she adds heavily patterned textures to classic lines. In addition to achieving aesthetically pleasing discord, such themes as historical significance and locality are evident upon walking into McKay’s showroom, Birdhouse Collectible. Originally from New Mexico, McKay landed in Omaha after earning a Bachelor’s in Studio Art and Sociology in her home state. While an Americorp Vista member, McKay began to realize her true passion, and unknowingly took steps leading to her interior design career. Shortly after her move to Omaha, McKay purchased and completely renovated her first home. This led to assisting friends with their decorating needs and taking interior design classes, and then to her career. However, the artistic side of McKay began to bloom early; she recalls growing up in an environment full of fabric samples and design books. “Interior Design was always there,” McKay recollects. “I just didn’t see it as the form of art I wanted for my career.” Over the past three years McKay founded Birdhouse Interior Design Consulting and most recently opened a showroom in the Mastercraft building in North Downtown Omaha. The Birdhouse Collectible showroom features local artists’

installations, repurposed furniture, some new pieces and vintage accessories for the home. Birdhouse Collectible is full of unique treasures, and visitors are almost guaranteed to find a completely different showroom with each visit. Upon entry, one’s eye could be caught by anything from a striking powder blue velvet lounge chair to a sparkling set of vintage Hobnail glass decanters. Most of the furniture is one of a kind. Buyers will be pleased to find an attached story

of where each piece was found and who previously owned it. “All the pieces in the store truly have stories,” McKay says. “That’s the beauty and excitement of this type of approach to interior design.” In addition to furniture, McKay features the work of local artists in Birdhouse Collectible. “Our goal is to have five or six shows a year, and to focus on a different experience than a Grande gallery type space.” Her showroom now features the work of Rebecca Herskovitz, Paul Konchagulian and Adam Nielsen, among others. One of Konchagulian’s standout pieces is a large, must-see wooden house on a rocking horse-style base. When McKay posted a photo of this piece online, interest was immediately sparked with questions

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pouring in as to its purpose. While the exact “purpose” of the wooden house and many of the most eye-catching pieces are unknown, her philosophy on art is clear. “The only thing that really matters is how it makes you feel, and anything you hang on your walls should make you feel something, because otherwise it is just decoration,” explains McKay. “Art should not merely be decoration hung to match your couch, it is a statement on your aesthetic, but ultimately it is your personal statement to others.” Birdhouse Collectible will host an art show Dec. 10, featuring new work by Adam Nielsen. While the world of interior design may seem exclusive and intimidating to some, McKay’s goal is to take away any uncomfortable preconceptions of the process her clients might have. “My job is to help define your space,” says McKay. “I meet with you, get to know you and your aesthetic, ask about your needs and wants, then help you achieve that.” In addition to “opposites,” McKay draws inspiration from the idea of collections and how they fit into each client’s unique space. “Style is not definitive, and we named the showroom ‘Birdhouse Collectible’ because each person collects their style throughout their life,” explains McKay. “We think your home should be built of collected pieces, full of soul, due to the fact that they have been lived in, cared for, and recreated.” And for anyone fearful of losing their personal style in the commotion of a space redesign, McKay wants you to know her job isn’t just to make things pretty. “[Our job] is making your life and your space highly functional and practical as well. MARLON A. WRIGHT

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n If you’re into book groups and book discussions, this is your week. The Bookworm in Countryside Village at 87th and Pacific hosts four discussion groups and a signing this week. It begins Thursday, Nov. 11, when Amiable Adult Readers Discussing Books Almost Always Read by Kids discuss Unwind by Neal Shusterman; it’s a sci-fi chiller about teenagers in a world where kids are salvaged for their body parts. Can they make it to their 18th birthdays? Stop in at 6 p.m. to find out. Saturday, November 13, The Sherlock Holmes Book Club will meet at 10 a.m. to discuss “The Noble Bachelor,” a short story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. All Sherlockians, old or new to the canon, are welcomed. Fans of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy meet at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, to discuss the first book in the series, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Yes, the book is filled with characters with unpronounceable names, but you owe it to yourself to check it out before the American movie version arrives next year (the Swedish version’s already on DVD). Author Mark Kratina will visit the store Sunday, from 1-3 p.m. to sign copies of his new book, The Nostalgist, a legal thriller set in Nebraska. Finally, the International Intrigue Book Discussion group meets at the Bookworm Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss Jonathan Rabb’s Shadow and Light, described as “an electrifying thriller set in a darkly beautiful Berlin poised on the edge of destruction.” For more information on these or other events, call the store at 392.2877 or visit bookwormomaha.com. — Kyle Tonniges Comments? Questions? Want more? Check out our Booked blog online at thereader.com. Or email us at booked@thereader.com.

Point is, if you are going to drop some serious change on your home design, why wouldn’t you want someone who does it for a living to help you avoid some costly mistakes? And all the while, making it beautiful and looking like the best version of you.” , Jessica McKay is available for consultation by appointment. Birdhouse Collectible is open Saturdays 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Mastercraft Building in North Downtown, 1111 N. 13th St., Suite 123. Visit birdhouseinteriors.com or contact McKay for more information at design@birdhouseinteriors.com or 577.0711.

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Laugh Out Love BLT’s The Philadelphia Story does retro right by Warren Francke

s it worth driving south from Omaha’s Midtown to Bellevue’s Olde Towne to see a 70year-old romantic comedy? If it’s The Philadelphia Story with Audrey Fisher in the Kate Hepburn role, it’s worth driving all the way to Kansas City. Fisher shined recently in RENT, but I didn’t dream she could tackle the Hepburnesque banter of this comedy classic. And don’t tell me you saw Grace Kelly doing Tracy Lord in the musical version, High Society. Grace was grape juice compared to Audrey’s sparkling champagne. Director Lorie Obradovich has worked with Audrey before and paired her here with Brandon Rohe as Dexter Haven (first Cary Grant, then Bing Crosby) and Joe Fogarty as journalist Mike Connor (Jimmy Stewart, then Frank Sinatra). Rohe’s no Cary Grant but he meets the main test: you root for him to win back Tracy, the ex-wife he calls Red. Understand this above all else: for fans of the great Katharine Hepburn, the witty Philip Barry script offers opportunities to experience the essence of her style and personality. What’s amazing is how consistently Obradovich and Fisher combine to deliver moments that almost perfectly captured those qualities without imitating them. And she wasn’t the only one. Early on, Ashton Taylor, a Millard South sophomore, nearly steals the show as a delightful Dinah, the younger sister. When the writer (Fogarty) and photographer (Mary Trecek as Liz) arrive to spy on Tracy’s wedding to big, stiff George Kittredge (newcomer Jason Wegner), Dinah puts on a delightful act to entertain them. Fisher’s Tracy adopts even more outrageous affectations for their benefit, batting her eyes under a broad-brimmed hat and making a melodramatic plea on high, “Promise me it won’t rain.” I wish I could replicate one priceless moment in Janet Macklin’s performance as their mother when she responds with a nervous laugh at Uncle Willie’s frisky posing as her husband. And Wes Clowers makes the most of Willie’s

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fun-loving presence on the day before and the day of the big wedding. Tracy’s father, played by Jack Hogston, sets part of the plot in motion by showing up with a showgirl in a scandalous tabloid article. Jay Huse as brother Sandy adds a sub-plot to squelch the article, and Ms. Taylor’s Dinah encourages chaos by inviting Dexter, Tracy’s ex, to lunch at their Main Line Philadelphia mansion. Much of the magic of this romance emanates from the complexity of Tracy’s character. Dexter blames their breakup on her status as a virginal goddess who suffers no human weakness. Her father makes a similar accusation when she chastises his infidelity. Nobody seems too thrilled that she’s about to marry a coal company manager who pulled himself up by the bootstraps, unlike his wealthy bride-to-be. Wegner seems a bit wooden in that role, but blame much of that on the role. We’re not meant to be fond of him. Fisher’s performance would carry the play even without solid support, but it adds immeasurably that she’s so handsomely costumed by Wesley Poirier. And she’s handsomely surrounded by Hogston’s settings, the Lord family sitting room and the porch. We don’t need to see the swimming pool, just the robed aftermath of the skinny-dipping. And, for fans of the movie where Bing Crosby sings “True Love” to Grace Kelly on the sailboat of the same name, the play simply reminds us that the craft was “yar,” an insider term that adds to George’s sensitivity about being an outsider. Designer Hogston wasn’t the only one doing on and off-stage duty. Daniel Baye was the subservient butler Thomas on stage and handled the pleasing sound design. Fisher’s lead role didn’t prevent her from serving as lighting designer. It wasn’t the first well-polished production in the Bellevue Little Theatre’s 42 years, but it was as perfect a romantic comedy as I’ve seen in many years. And it’s guaranteed to make you a huge fan of Audrey Fisher. , The Philadelphia Story runs Nov. 5-21, Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m. and Sun. 2 p.m. at the Bellevue Little Theatre, 203 W. Mission Ave., in Olde Towne Bellevue. Tickets are $15, $13 seniors, $7.50 students. Call 292.1554 or visit bellevuelittletheatre.com.

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coldcream n It takes some creative planning to catch all seven theater openings originally scheduled in the week starting Thursday, Nov. 11, and that assumes you’ve already caught Brigit’s Julius Caesar, the Playhouse social comedy A Thousand Clowns and Bellevue Little Theatre’s The Philadelphia Story, my favorite as you’ll see elsewhere on this page. Noises Off at the University of Nebraska at Omaha poses no scheduling problems with its firstof-two preview performance next Wednesday, Nov. 17. It’s always good to catch this madcap comedy early, before the mayhem disables cast members. Look for a student-designed revolving stage. And the other seven can be cut to five if you don’t have toddlers who want to monkey around with Curious George Live at the Mid-America Center, or indulge in Veggie Tales Live! Sing Yourself Silly at the Bellevue Christian Center, Nov. 16 only. That leaves two very familiar stories that never fail to inspire, both opening in Council Bluffs. Chanticleer brings Atticus Finch back to stand tall in a Southern courtroom in To Kill a Mockingbird, the stage version of Harper Lee’s wonderful book. And Iowa Western Community College will permit us to dream the impossible dream with Don Quixote and his creator Cervantes in Man of La Mancha. Martin Scott Machitto directs a cast including non-student Joel Kreifels of Nebraska City in the title role. Add SNAP! Productions’ pill-popping parody, Valley of the Dolls (read more about it here next week), and it helps that the hot UNO Mavericks hockey team is on the road, freeing another night for play-going. n It also helps that one scheduled opening, The Vertical Hour, was delayed in another good news/bad news scenario for SkullDuggery Theatre. The bad news involved losing its lease after renovating the space downtown on 19th Street and then facing unexpected costs that prevented a planned move to 15th Street. The good news came from the fact that its ambitious season with an impressive lineup of directors included Dr. Cindy Melby Phaneuf for this drama. She’s on the faculty at UNO and arranged to move her play there when the other venues became unavailable. More about The Vertical Hour before its Nov. 17 opening. And one more piece of bad news: If you missed the final performance of The World Goes Round last Sunday, you missed one of the most appealing cabaret-style musical revues in a long time. In brief, Gordon Cantiello matched his earlier successes with the likes of Bee Hive and Smokey Joe’s Café, thanks to five local vocal talents. — Warren Francke Cold Cream looks at theater in the metro area. Email information to coldcream@thereader.com.

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nyone following the successful career of Omaha visual artist and musician Bill Hoover might accurately conclude his life is like an open book. His public and private life often merge on stage and canvas in a manner befitting his roles as creative partner, teacher, singer-songwriter and painter.

overt, and moments of quiet beauty are mixed in here with darker passages. The artist establishes this paradox early with the show’s signature work, “The Master Narrative,” just as he did with the telltale painting in his Pulp show, “The Rooms I’ve Walked Into.” Unlike the latter, a more overt and emotional look back and cry for understanding, the former is a study or establishing shot of one who has moved on, still in pursuit of his dreams, still possessed by a few demons. In this large masterly work, we see three of Hoover’s favorite visual motifs, chairs, birds and houses, which is the title of a Miro-influenced work from his 2008 show. Except now, instead of the abstract scratchings of the earlier work, he’s merged all three motifs into one iconic figure in

This engaging artist remains a popular figure as pivotal events in his life have played out in paintings ARTWORK BY BILL HOOVER and songs “deeply rooted in folk storytelling,” Hoover said in 2008. It was then, in his first solo art show at the former Pulp Gallery in Benson, his work became more personal and expressionistic after a key transition in his private life. Though this breakout show was still indirectly biographical, you could say Hoover was wearing his heart on his sleeve. Two years later his second solo show, Paintings “The Master Narrative” which he says he magifrom the Vision Inhabited House, at the very sophisti- cally discovered lurking in the corner of the first cated and urban chic space in the Stone House Art drawing. Part bird, chair and house, and all black, Gallery, exhibits a more mature, introspective body this tripartite logo, a symbol Hoover says stands of work that, largely, is unmistakably Hoover. for himself, stands on a road facing an equally There are still occasional signs of the familiar dark house further down. artist in this show via his signature rich color palette, Completing this seemingly serene yet ominous flat, two-dimensional surfaces and perspective, and scene is a background of rows of undulating houscubist and Basquiat-like figures that range from the es on their hilltop setting, and the foreground, a naive to the surreal. Yet, this exhibit is dominated withered garden gone to seed. Overall the paintby an aesthetic that only began to emerge two years ings suggest a theme common to Hoover’s work, ago. In short, by way of comparison, Vision Inhab- a journey or quest with the artist in pursuit, no ited House is more spare, minimal and conceptual doubt spiritually as well as materially. The differrather than figurative, exotic or narrative. ence being, as with much of the show, that meanHoover is still painting about himself, family ings are more implicit and often couched in his and relationships as he continues to be character curious iconography. and creator; but over time, the tone’s moved from “I used to be clearer on my goals and point of the sensual to the emotional and lately, the medita- view as well as the narrative,” Hoover says, particutive or contemplative. All three tones persist in his larly of his first solo show. “Now it’s more about the admitted “mood swings,” but the scenario is less mood and the questions raised within the work.”

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Vision Quest New Stone House exhibit finds Hoover on road again

Hoover’s clearly left that “hiding place” he spoke of in 2008; most of this current work is outside or “on the road.” Yet his curious, dark logo and similarly abstract figures persist along with an uncharacteristic palette of black, white and beige. The overall effect with some notably cheery exceptions is a sort of “art noir” of mixed emotions and contradictions. Key examples include the minimalist set pieces of “The Tin Soldier” and “Tell Me What You Are Going to Be.” In the former, two lone iconic figures square off against each other on the plain. The impact in this spare scenario is less confrontational and more confessional, as if each were looking into a mirror at their doppelganger, one part hero, the other part Tin Man. Perhaps Hoover’s put the Scarecrow to rest and is on a more philosophical quest of identity and creativity. His two self portraits reflect that same sort of puzzle, but no more so than the stark narrative of “Tell Me What You Are Going to Be,” which may be the most impressive and evocative work in the show. In it, three dark ciphers have left the comfort zone of their dark house, led by a fourth figure standing erect on the road and looking into a sun-filled horizon as it stretches beyond the frame. Is this a Don Quixote dream or a dance macabre nightmare? Hoover is still looking for his bliss somewhere in between. To complement the grittier landscape and direction of this new work, the artist has devised a method of mixing, throwing really, sand into the oil and charcoal, his mediums of choice throughout. The process lends itself well to the edgier, more surreal mark-making prevalent in the show. Not that Hoover has completely abandoned his colorful, expressionistic narratives as in “J. Calls Me Late at Night.” And for good measure he has included a series of seasonal “garden” paintings to lighten up a bit, connect with nature and demonstrate that his life does occasionally enjoy a balance. “These paintings are telling me who I am,” Hoover says, and in the aggregate suggest an artist becoming more complex moving forward. , Paintings from the Vision Inhabited House is on view Saturdays only from 4-8 p.m. or by appointment through Nov. 20, at Stone House Art Gallery at 1508 Leavenworth. Call 934.2947.

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n The 12th Annual Bemis Art Auction set a high goal last Saturday night: Raise a half-million dollars in support of art in Omaha. And though the multi-day event didn’t quite reach it’s goal, it still beat the record of past auction sales, raising more than $460,000. The sales break down like this: $40,200 worth of art sold in “buy it now” pre-auction sales and $29,400 worth of work sold in the Thursday night Bemis Underground Auction. The “Cashcade” portion of the live auction, where patrons donate money without taking any art home, raised $33,850. The main event including both the silent and live auctions raised $270,100. The four events raised $50,000 more than the 2009 auction. More than 1,000 people attended the preview party, Underground Auction and Gala, with 631 there Saturday night. Betty Woodman’s “Balustrade Relief Vase 95-12” was the final live auction item and sold for a whopping $20,000. Other notable sales: Vera Mercer’s still life “All Ducks” and the late Kent Bellows’ “River Bank” sold for $8,000 each; Karen Kunc’s “Heiroglyphics” sold for $7,750; and two works by Deborah Masouka, “Rabbit Head” and “Bird Head” sold for $14,000 and $11,000 respectively. n Omaha artist Mary Day opens a show at the Old Market’s Gallery 616 tonight. The work in the show, called Sustenance, is inspired by Day’s participation in the Emerging Terrain Silo Project — her large-scale piece featuring a drawing of corn is on one of the silos — and the role food plays in the world. The show features new drawings from Day. She said that in creating the work she considered rhythm and movement, surface and structure, space and light, and how they contrast. Emerging Terrain, she said, urged her to think about agribusiness, hunger and sustainability while she made this work. The show opens Thursday, Nov. 11, 6-9 p.m. at the gallery, 616 S. 11th St. n The holidays will soon be here and the third annual Holiday Craftacular is back just in time for gift-giving. For one night only, Thursday, Nov. 18 from 5-8 p.m., a group of local artists gather to sell their wares at Zen’s Lounge, 122 N. 11th St. in downtown Lincoln; it’s a perfect chance to buy gifts for others and maybe one for yourself. Artists include Pin Curl Girls, Emmy + Ivy, Nolan Tredway, Casey Sheppard Designs, Sara Bucy/ Handmade Modern, Meghan Stratman, William Holland, Owl People, Erika Eden, and four new vendors: Kira Designs, The Foof Queens, Pretty Good Things and NimaSprout. — Sarah Baker Hansen Mixed Media is a column about art. Get local art updates at weekfiftytwo.com. Send ideas to mixedmedia@thereader.com.

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GALLERY 616, 616 S. 11th St, 301.9713. SUSTENANCE: Mary Day, opens Nov. 11-Dec. 4, reception Nov. 11, 6 p.m. GALLERY @ PROUTY PLACE, 4825 S. 25th St., 650.6029. HOLIDAY ART OPENING: Opens Nov. 13-14. HAYDON CENTER, 335 N. 8th St., Lincoln, 475.5421, haydonartcenter.org. SMALL TREASURES: Juried artist member exhibition, opens Nov. 18-Dec. 24. STITCH: Curated by Jennifer Graham and Tina Koeppe, through Nov. 13. INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER AND MUSEUM, 1523 N. 33rd St., Lincoln, 472.7232, quiltstudy.org. MARSEILLE: WHITE CORDED QUILTING: Opens Nov. 13-May 8. KANEKO, 1111 Jones St., 341.3800, thekaneko.org. CONVERSATION ON CREATIVITY: Mark Mack & Anton Reijnders, Nov. 12, 6 p.m., FREE. FOLDED SQUARE ALPHABETS & NUMERICALS: Sculpture exhibit by Fletcher Benton, through Feb. LAURITZEN GARDENS, 100 Bancroft St., 346.4002, omahabotanicalgardens.org. QUILTS IN THE GARDEN: Opens Nov. 12-14. TRUNK SHOW: Architectural pieces collected by Frank Horejsi, opens Nov. 13-14. FALL CHRYSANTEMUM SHOW: Through Nov. 21. SHELDON ART GALLERY, 12th and R, UNL, Lincoln, sheldonartgallery.org. MASQUERADE BALL: Featuring music, drinks, and food, $35, opens Nov. 12, 7 p.m. UNL ROTUNDA GALLERY, Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., Lincoln, 472.8279. ARTIST-TEACHER, TEACHER-ARTIST: Opens Nov. 15-24.

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ANDERSON O’BRIEN FINE ART COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGE, 8724 Pacific St., 390.0717, aobfineart.com. NEW SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION: Group show featuring regional artists, through Dec. 31. ANDERSON O’BRIEN FINE ART OLD MARKET, 1108 Jackson St., 884.0911, aobfineart.com. NEW SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION: Group show featuring regional artists, through Dec. 31. BURKHOLDER PROJECT, 719 P St., Lincoln, 477.3305, burkholderproject.com. 6 BY 6: Group show. OUT OF THE BLUE (SKETCHBOOK): Leroy von Glan. VISTAS: Karl Marxhausen. IMAGINING PLAY: Linda Benton. All shows through Nov. 24. CATHEDRAL CULTURAL CENTER, 3900 Webster St., 551.4888, cathedralartsproject.org. FISHES AND MEN: New work by Leslie Bruning, through Nov. 19. CREIGHTON LIED ART GALLERY, 2500 California St., 280.2392, finearts.creighton.edu. RINSE + REPEAT: Sarah Stormberg & Beth Cavender, through Nov. 23. DRIFT STATION GALLERY AND PARALLAX SPACE, 1745 N St., Lincoln. INSTRUCTIONS FOR INITIAL CONDITIONS: Group show, through Nov. DURHAM WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM, 801 S. 10th St., 444.5071, durhammuseum.org. 100 YARDS OF GLORY: Omaha’s football history, through Jan. 2, 2011. DIG IT! THE SECRETS OF SOIL: Through Dec. 26. EISENTRAGER-HOWARD GALLERY, Richards Hall, Stadium Drive and T, Lincoln, 472.5025, unl.edu/art/facilities_eisentragerhoward.shtml. EX LIBRIS HOKES ARCHIVES: Beauvais Lyons. OUR PRINTED WORLD/COLLECTION AND RESPONSES: Group show. Both shows through Dec. 3. EL MUSEO LATINO, 4701 S. 25th St., elmuseolatino.org. BICENTENNIAL OF THE IDEPENDENCE OF MEXICO & THE CENTENNIAL OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION: Through Nov. 30. DAY OF THE DEAD: Prints of Carlos Cortez, through Nov. 20. GALLERY 9, 124 S 9th St., Lincoln, 477.2822, gallerynine.com. BALLYHOO AND BALDERDASH: Robert Esquivel & Meghan Stratman, through Nov. 28. GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE EXHIBITION, 1425 H St., Lincoln, nebraskaartscouncil.org. NEW WORK: Trish Place, through Nov. 29. GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 1155 Q St., Hewit Plc., Lincoln, 472.0599, unl.edu/plains/gallery/gallery.shtml. PLAINS ARTISTS JURIED EXHIBIT: Through Nov. 28. HOT SHOPS ARTS CENTER, 1301 Nicholas St., 342.6452, hotshopsartcenter.com. WEAPONS OF CHOICE: Tom, Cat and Carole DeBuse. SCHMITZ PACK: Group show. Both shows through Nov. 28. INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER AND MUSEUM, 1523 N. 33rd St., Lincoln, 472.7232, quiltstudy.org. CHILDHOOD

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TREASURES: Doll quilts from the Ghormley Collection, through Dec. 12. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 333 S. 132nd St., 572.8486, jccomaha.org. NEW WORK: Scott Blake, through Nov. 30. JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, 2200 Dodge St., 342.3300, joslyn.org. BEYOND REALISM: THE WORKS OF KENT BELLOWS 19702005: Through Jan. 16. SEASONS OF JOY: Currier and Ives Holiday Prints from the ConAgra Collection, through Jan. 23. GOLDEN KITE, GOLDEN DREAMS: The SCBWI Awards, through Jan. 16. KENT BELLOWS STUDIO, 3303 Leavenworth St., 505.7161, kentbellows.org. MENTOR EXHIBITION: Through Dec. 4. KIECHEL FINE ART, 5733 S. 34th St., Lincoln, 420.9553, kiechelart.com. SCENES FROM AN AMERICAN LIFE: John Steuart Curry, through Nov. 15. LA CASA’S PIZZARIA, 4432 Leaveworth St., omahaartistsinc. com. 2010 FALL ART SHOW: Group show, through Jan. 3. THE LICHEN, 2810 N. 48th St., Lincoln, thelichen.com. FORCED RESULTS: Samuel B. Rapien, through Dec. 24. LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 48th and Baldwin, Lincoln, 434.2787, luxcenter.org.SECRETS FROM THE STOCKYARD: Pottery by Bernadette Curran, through Nov. 27. VIS-A-VIS: Group show, through Mar. 1. MODERN ARTS MIDWEST, 800 P St., Lincoln, 477.2828, modernartsmidwest.com. OBSERVED AND PRESENTED: Edwin Carter Weitz, through Nov. 27. MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART (MONA), 2401 Central Ave., Kearney, 308.865.8559, monet.unk.edu/mona. POSTMASTER INTERACTIVE GALLERY: Group show, through Jan. 10, 2011. NEBRASKA’S HERITAGE: Group show, through Nov. 14. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: Through Jun. 5, 2011. MCKENNEY AND HALL’S HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA: Lithographs, through Dec. 5. SATURDAY EVENING POST: Holiday images, through Jan. 10. NEBRASKA NOW: Renee A. Ledesma, oepns Through Jan. 2. THE NEW BLK, 1213 Jones St., 403.5619, thenewblk.com. ON & OFF THE WALL: New work by Iggy Sumnik, through Nov. 24. OLD MARKET ARTISTS, 1034 Howard St., Lower Level of Old Market Passageway, oldmarketartists.com. NEW DESIGNS: Meridith Merwald-Gofta, through Nov. 30. OMAHA’S CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, 500 S. 20th St., 342.6163. ocm.org. BIG BACKYARD: Through Apr. 10. PASSAGEWAY GALLERY, 417 South 11th St, passagewaygallery.com. METALS & MAGIC TEETERING ON THE EDGE: Randy Patzer & Margie Shanahan, through Nov. 30. PIZZA SHOPPE COLLECTIVE, 6056 Maple St., 556.9090, pscollective.com. NEW WORK: Rachel Scholer, through Nov. POLYESTER GALLERY, 1618 Harney St., 345.0231, polyestergallery.com. IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK: Jeremy Parker. ARCHITECTURE IN GENERAL IS PRETENTIOUS: New work by Jeremy Parker. All shows through May 31. PROJECT ROOM, 1416 O St., Suite #8, Lincoln, 617.8365, projectroom.us. NEW WORK: Colin Smith, through Nov. RNG GALLERY, 1915 Leavenworth St., 214.3061. THE TATOOIST’S ART: Dominic Helms. FALL REFLECTIONS: Shelly Bartek. Both shows through Nov. 14. SHELDON ART GALLERY, 12th and R, UNL, Lincoln, sheldonartgallery.org. BETTER HALF, BETTER TWELFTH: Women artists in the collection, through Apr. 1, 2011. ORLAN & MIND OVER MATTER: Through Jan. 30. NEW MATERIAL WORD: RETHREADING TECHNOLOGY: Through Jan. 2. TUGBOAT GALLERY, 14th and O, 2nd floor, Lincoln, tugboatgallery.com. OFF THE BUS: Don Robson, Sandra Williams, David Gracie and students, through Nov. 27. UNL COOPER GALLERY, 14th & U, Lincoln. A TURNING POINT; NAVAJO WEAVING IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY: Explores changing artistic perceptions held by weavers, collectors and others, through Nov. 30. UNL HILLESTAD TEXTILES GALLERY, 35th and Holdrege, 2nd Floor, Home Economics Bldg., Lincoln. textilegallery.unl.edu. “I’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, I REMEMBER THAT TREE”: Katie Taylor Frisch, through Nov. 19. UNO ART GALLERY, Weber Fine Arts Bldg., 6001 Dodge St., 554.2796. BFA THESIS AND BA IN STUDIO ARTS: Group show, through Dec. 17. UNO CRISS GALLERY, 6001 Dodge St., 554.2640, library.unomaha.edu. A SENATOR’S WALLS: Photographs and artifacts from the offices of Senator Chuck Hagel, through Dec. 19.

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check event listings online! WORKSPACE GALLERY, Sawmill Building, 440 N. 8th St., Lincoln, sites.google.com/site/workspacegallery. EARTH CUTS: Jonathon Wells, through Jan. 5.

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THE INFERNO, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Temple Bldg., 12th and R, Lincoln, 472.4747, unl.edu/theatrix. Opens Nov. 11-12, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 14, 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m., $6. MAN OF LA MANCHA, IWCC Arts Center, Black Box Theatre, 2700 College Rd., Council Bluffs, iwcc.edu. Opens Nov. 11-20, Thu.-Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., $5, $3/seniors and students. NOISES OFF, University of Nebraska Omaha Theatre, Weber Fine Arts Building, 6001 Dodge St., 554.2796. Previews Nov. 17-18, opens Nov. 19-20, Dec. 1-4, 7:30 p.m., $5/previews, $15, $10/seniors, $5/students. SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN, TADA Theatre, 701 P St., Lincoln, 402.438.8232, tadatheatre.info. Opens Nov. 11Dec. 12, Thu.-Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., $18, $15/ matinee. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Chanticleer Theatre, 830 Franklin Ave, Council Bluffs, chanticleertheater.com/index.php. Opens Nov. 12-28, Fri.-Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., $17, $14/seniors, $9/students. VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, SNAP! Productions, 3225 California St., 341.2757, snapproductions.com. Opens Nov. 11-Dec. 12, Thu.-Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 6 p.m., $20. THE VERTICAL HOUR, Skullduggery Productions, Del Weber Fine Arts Theatre Building, Room 333, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge St. Opens Nov. 1728, Thu.-Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 6 p.m., $15, $5/students.

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THE DASTARDLY DOCTOR DEVEREAUX, Holy Cross School Gym, 1502 S. 48th St. Through Nov. 14, Fri.-Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 6 p.m., $10, $5/children under 12. DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL, Orpheum Theater, 409 S. 16th St., 345.0606, omahaperformingarts.org. Opens Nov. 9-11, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 12, 8 p.m., Nov. 13, 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m., Nov. 14, 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., $25. A THOUSAND CLOWNS, Omaha Community Playhouse, 6915 Cass St., 553.0800, omahaplayhouse.com. Through Nov. 21, Thu.-Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., $35, $21/ students. PHILADELPHIA STORY, Bellevue Little Theatre, 203 West Mission Ave., 291.1554, bellevuelittletheatre.com. Through Nov. 21, three weekend run, $15, $13/seniors, $7.50/students. ROMEO AND JULIET, Nebraska Wesleyan, Miller Theatre, 51st and Huntington, 465.2384, theatre.nebrwesleyan. edu. Opens Nov. 4-6, 11-13, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 7 and 14, 2 p.m., $10, $7.50/seniors, $5/students. THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CAESAR, Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre, 614 S. 11th St., 502.4910, bsbtheatre.com. Through Nov. 13, Thu.-Sat, 7:30 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., $22, $18/students, military, seniors.

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AARDBAARK, The Bookworm, 87th and Pacific, 6 p.m., 392.2877, bookwormomaha.com. Amiable adult readers discussing books almost always read by kids. (2nd Thursday.) BATCHELDER BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY CONFERENCE, Thompson Alumni Center, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge St. Three day conference, more invormation at unomaha.edu/bethsaida/.

NO COAST POETRY SLAM, Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso, 16th and South, Lincoln), signup at 6:30 p.m., SLAM 7 p.m., 570.1619, myspace.com/nocoastwriters donations encouraged. (2nd Thurs.) REYNOLDS SERIES, University of Nebraska at Kearney, FA Choral Room, unk.edu, 8 p.m. Featuring Reynolds Scholars. VALENTINO ACHAK DENG, Olin B Lecture Hall, Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1 block East of 50th & St. Paul Ave., nebrwesleyan.edu, 1 p.m. Lecture. PAULY SHORE, Funny Bone, Village Pointe, 17305 Davenport St., funnnyboneomaha.com, 493.8036, 7:30 p.m.

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PAULY SHORE, Funny Bone, Village Pointe, 17305 Davenport St., funnnyboneomaha.com, 493.8036, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m.

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KIM LOUISE, Omaha Public Library, Charles B. Washington Branch, 2868 Ames Ave, omahalibrary.org, 2 p.m. Author/romance novelist. POETRY SLAM & OPEN MIC, Omaha Healing Arts Center, 1216 Howard St., 7:30 p.m., 345.5078, omahaslam.com, $7. Open mic, slam, and violinist Yasmeen Bora. (2nd Sat. each month) SHERLOCK HOLMES BOOK CLUB, The Bookworm, 87th and Pacific, 10 a.m., 392.2877, bookwormomaha.com. Discuss the tales of Sherlock Holmes. (2nd Saturday.) X POETRY COMMUNITY OPEN MIC, Washington Library, 2868 Ames Ave., 659.8353, 4 p.m., FREE, (2nd and 4th Sat.) JEFF DUNHAM, Pershing Center, 226 Centennial Mall, Lincoln, 441.8744, 8 p.m., $43. PAULY SHORE, Funny Bone, Village Pointe, 17305 Davenport St., funnnyboneomaha.com, 493.8036, 7 p.m, 9:30 p.m.

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ARCAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA LECTURE SERIES, Abbott Lecture Hall, Joslyn Art Museum, 2201 Dodge St., joslyn.org, 2 p.m. Melissa Conner. EMPTY ROOM REUNION, Soul Desires Bookstore, 1026 Jackson St., 2 p.m. Poets who took part in the Organism readings. MARK KRATINA, The Bookworm, 87th and Pacific, 392.2877, bookwormomaha.com, 1 p.m. Author of The Nostalgist. POETRY NIGHT, 357 Club, 2404 Ames Ave., 6 p.m., poetry, prose, real-to-life, skits and interpretive dance. (Every Sun.) BILL BLANK, Funny Bone, Village Pointe, 17305 Davenport St., funnnyboneomaha.com, 493.8036, 7 p.m.

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DUFFY’S COMEDY WORKSHOP, 1412 O St., Lincoln, 474.3543, myspace.com/duffystavern, 9 p.m. (every Mon.) POETRY AT THE MOON, Crescent Moon Coffee, SE Corner of 8th & P St., Lincoln, crescentmoon@inebraska.com, 6 p.m. Open mic w/ Neil Harrison & Barbara Schmitz. (every Mon.)

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88 IMPROV, Pizza Shoppe Collective, 6056 Maple St., 8 p.m, 88improv.com, $5. (1st and 3rd Tuesday) SHOOT YOUR MOUTH OFF, The Hideout, 320 S. 72nd St., 9 p.m. sign-up, 9:30 start, 504.4434, myspace.com/shootyourmouthoff, spoken word, comedy and chaos (every Tues.) DANIEL TOSH, Orpheum Theater, 409 S. 16th St., omahaperformingarts.org, 7:30 p.m., $38.

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ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC FOR MUSICIANS & POETS, Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso, 1624 S. St., Lincoln, 8 p.m., 477.2007. Hosted by Spencer. (every Wed.) FANCY PARTY COMEDY, The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., 884.5353, waitingroomlounge.com, 9 p.m., FREE. MIDWEST POETRY VIBE, KENO Kings/Royal Crown Lounge, 6553 Ames Ave., 9 p.m., (Every Wed.) MISSOURI VALLEY READING SERIES, Milo Bail Student Center, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge St., unomaha.edu, 7:30 p.m. Poet Wayne Miller. OLSON SEMINAR, Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St., 472.3082, unl.edu/plains. Lecture by Margaret Jacobs. PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL: 8: THE MORMON PROPOSITION, McFoster’s Natural Kind Cafe, 38th and Farnam, 7 p.m., FREE. (every Wed.) POET SHOW IT, 1122 D St., Lincoln, 8 p.m. Local writers come and read. (1st & 3rd Wed.)

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| THE VIPERS |

Andre Gustavo “Deco” Sandri Silva

Aaron Polak

Hometown: Balneario Hometown: Lincoln, NE Camboriu – S.C. Brazil Age: 25 Age: 22 Position: Defender Position: Midfielder Career Highlights: Career Highlights: Two time 2nd Team All Ameri2001 Gremio football; 2002 Atcan; regional Player of the Year; letico Paranaense; 2003-2005 Anjo Conference Player of the Year; Quimica Futbal Professional; 2006Two Final Four appearances 2007 Malwee Futbal (ChampionWhen he’s not playing soccer: ship Brazilian League); 2007-2008 Enjoys supporting and followMilwaukee Wave; 2008-2010 Gruipo Fassina Futbal in Italy. ing younger brothers’ soccer When he’s not playing soccer: games (hastings and Enjoys cooking, listening to music Creighton), playing FIFA. and relaxing.

Aurinei “Chico” Parisotto

Carlos “Chile” Farias

Chris Brunt

Hometown: Omaha, NE Hometown: Chapeco, Brazil Hometown: Santiago, Chile Age: 30 Age: 33 Age: 34 Position: Defender Position: Midfield/Defender; Position: Forward Career Highlights: Assistant Coach Career Highlights: 2002-2004 Kansas City Wizards; Career Highlights: 2009-2010 LaRaza (MISL) 2004-2005 Minnesota Thunder; Began playing professionally in Championship team; 2004 2006 Charleston Battery; Brazil at the age of 17; played Baltimore Blast (MISL) College: Missouri State 1999-2007 in outdoor leagues Championship team; MVP 1998-2001 in Brazil. Panama & Portugal; 2009-2010 championship game. When he’s not playing soccer: Played for MISL Milwaukee When he’s not playing soccer: He likes working with kids at Wave 2007-2010. Enjoys salsa dancing and going his club Omaha Legends and When he’s not playing soccer: working with kids at his Happy to the beach. Enjoys going shopping, listenFeet program. ing to music and cooking.

Mauricio Curiel Hernandez

Eduardo “Lalo” Suarez

Frederico “Freddy” Moojen

Ibrahim Kante

Johnny Torres

Hometown: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Age: 21 Position: Midfielder Career Highlights: Spent 5 years with El Club Deportivo Guadalajara; Champion 2nd Division; Debut 1A professional, Club Rojos Jesus Maria 3rd division, International tours with Club Deportiva Guadalajara to Italy, Brazil, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Denmark, Bolivia and the United States. When he¹s not playing soccer: Enjoys relaxing, reading, listening to music,watching television and talking with his family and girlfriend.

Hometown: Born in Guadalajara, Mexico but calls Omaha, NE his home. Age: 26 Position: Defender Career Highlights: Semi-pro (Sioux Falls Spit Fire), Bellevue University 1st team All American. When he’s not playing soccer: Is a licensed insurance agent (CSI), enjoys long walks on the beach and loves teaching.

Hometown: Balneario Camboriu – S.C. Brazil Age: 27 Position: Forward Career Highlights: 2007-2008 MISL Rookie of the Year; 2006 USL 1 PDL MVP; 2006 USL 1 PDL Goal Scoring Champion; 2005 USL/PDL Goal Scoring Champion; 2005 NCAA II Goal Scoring Champion; 2005 Lincoln Memorial University Player of the Year; 2004 NCAA II Goal Scoring Champion; 2004 Lincoln Memorial University Player of the Year. When he’s not playing soccer: Enjoys listening to music, watching movies, surfing the web, relaxing and going out to eat at good restaurants.

Hometown: Bamako, Mali Age: 29 Position: Defender Career Highlights: 2002-2003 New England; 2004 Baltimore Blast Championship Revolution (MISL); 2004-2005 Milwaukee Wave United (A-League); 2005 St Louis Steamers (MISL); 2006 Blatimore Blast Championship Team (MISL); 2007-2009 Captain of the Crystal Palace USA (U.S.L.); 2009 Cleveland City Star (USL1); 2010 Monterrey LaRaza Championship Team (MISL). When he’s not playing soccer: Enjoys working out, cooking and watching tv.

Hometown: Medellin, Colombia Age: 34 Position: Forward Career Highlights: 1997 Hermann Trophy and the Missouri Athletic Club Award, National Player of the Year; 1997 MVC Player of the Year; only twotime first-team NSCAA All-American in the history of Creighton soccer; 2011 Missouri Conference Hall of Fame inductee (first soccer player) When he’s not playing soccer: Enjoys spending time with his son, Dominic.

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Joe Eduardo Bontii

Joshua Miller

Hometown: San Nicholas, AreHometown: Rapid City, SD gentina (Naturalized Mexican) Age: 23 Age: 30 Position: Goalkeeper Position: Goalkeeper Career Highlights: Career Highlights: 2009 Division III Player of the 1996-1998 Boca Juniors; 1999Year; 2007 GPAC Defensive 2000 Tigriccos Mexico; 2001Player of the Year; Started 71 of 72 2002 Correcaminos Mexico; 2003 career collegiate games. Atlanta; 2005 La Furia; 2007-2010 When he’s not playing soccer: LaRaza (MISL). Enjoys listening to music, spendWhen he’s not playing soccer: ing time with friends, family and Enjoys playing tennis and dog. Works as a personal trainer at spending time with family Prairie Life Fitness. and friends.

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Hometown: A.del Valle Misiones, Argentina Age: 37 Position: Forward/Head Coach Career Highlights: 1992-99 played for San Lorenzo Premier League; 1995-1997 Seattle Seadogs (CISL); 1997 CISL Champions – Seattle Seadogs; 1998 Montreal Impact (NPSL); 1999 Florida Thundercats; 1999-200 Wichita Wings; 2001-2009 Milwaukee Wave; 2009 MISL Champions – Milwaukee Wave. When he’s not playing soccer: Enjoys running with wife and playing with his daughters, spending time with family, watching movies and soccer on tv.

Hometown: San Carlos, Brazil Age: 21 Position: Midfielder Career Highlights: Miami FC. When he’s not playing soccer: Enjoys eating barbeque, listening to music, surfing the web, resting and spending time with his girlfriend.

Ricardo “Ricardinho” Cavalcante Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Age: 31 Position: Midfielder Career Highlights: 2005 Milwaukee Wave Championship team (MISL); 2000 S.C. Cornithians Paulista; 2001 Peru; 2002-2003 Germany. When he’s not playing soccer: Enjoys staying with his wife Adriana and son Lucas; watching tv (soccer, games and movies).

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Hometown: Omaha, NE Age: 26 Position: Defender Career Highlights: Columbus Crew (MISL), 2008 MLS Champs; 2004-2006 Creighton University Men’s Soccer Team – All Conference and All Conference Strength and Conditioning Athlete. When he’s not playing soccer: Enjoys sleeping, eating, music and movies.

Hometown: Dallas, TX Age: 28 Position: Forward Career Highlights: 2009-2010LaRaza MISL Championship team. When he’s not playing soccer: Enjoys activities with his children, long walks with his dog and spending time with his family and friends.

Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria Age: 28 Position: Defender Career Highlights: Member of Olympic team with the Nigeria National under-23 Men’s soccer team 2004; Won the F.A. Bronze medal with the 35C of Ibadam and Sunshine C.C. of Akure; won the Nigeria League with Kwara United and Julius Berger F.C; played with the Chicago Storm and Milwaukee Wave; named to the second All Star Team with the Rockford Rampage. When he’s not playing soccer: Enjoys time with his family, coaching and studying. Loves to travel.

Victor Omar Quiro Sanchez Hometown: Mexico D.F. Age: 34 Position: Midfielder Career Highlights: 2003-2005 La Furia de Monterrey; 2007-2010 LaRaza (MISL), MISL Championship 2009-2010. When he’s not playing soccer: Enjoys listening to music, watching tv, reading, Play Station and going out with his girlfriend.

Hometown: Cali, Columbia Age: 29 Position: Goalkeeper Coach When he’s not playing soccer: Enjoys watching soccer, playing golf, traveling with his wife, watching movies and listening to music.

Scott Martens Hometown: Fairmont, MN Age: 49 Position: Athletic Trainer When he’s not playing soccer: Enjoys hunting and fishing

Juan Munoz Team Manager Hometown: Cardenas SLP Mexico Age: 37 When he’s not involved with soccer: he loves music, travel and watching soccer on TV.

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MISL RULES OF THE GAME BASIC RULES The artificial MISL-turf Field is approximately 200 feet long and 85 feet wide. Dasherboards, topped by Plexiglas, surround the playing field. Players’ benches and the penalty boxes are behind the dasherboards at midfield. The goal is 8 feet high and 14 feet wide and is set into the boards at both ends of the field. The game is played in four 15-minute quarters. There is a three-minute interval between the first and second quarters and between the third and fourth quarters and a 15-minute halftime. The clock stops when a goal is scored, when the ball leaves the playing area or when there is a penalty kick, penalty call, yellow-line violation, official timeout or any whistle by the referee. The clock restarts with the playing of the ball. The visiting team has possession for kickoffs in the first and third quarters; the home team in the second and fourth. Play restarts (after the ball leaves the playing area) with a kick-in or a corner kick or distribution from the goalkeeper. Corner kicks are taken if the ball leaves the playing area between the two flags on the goal line, having been last touched by the defending team. The goalkeeper will distribute the ball if the ball leaves the playing area between the two flags on the goal line, having been last touched by the attacking team. Kick-ins are taken when the ball leaves the field of play at any other area and will be put back in play by the opposing team at the point the ball left the field longitudinally between flags or top of arc if directly out in the defensive zone. Each team is allotted three timeouts per game with no more than two to be used per half. A timeout is 60 seconds in length. Timeouts do not accumulate over the course of the game. Teams either use them or lose them. Official timeouts will be called following a stoppage after 8 minutes in each quarter. Yellow Line violations are called when a forward pass crosses both yellow lines in the air without being touched by another player. The goalkeeper may not play the ball over 2 lines except a throw from within his penalty area. Change of possession and a direct kick from the defensive yellow line restarts play.

THE PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS A goalkeeper and five field players comprise a team on the field. Free substitution – all players, including goalkeepers, may change while the flow of the game continues. Any number of substitutions may be made during a game. Two Referees are on the field and have total jurisdiction over the game. An Assistant Referee is stationed at the timer’s bench to supervise the game clock, penalty box, team benches, keep a record of the game and to assist the referees in the control of the game.

GOALS Goals are scored when the entire ball crosses the goal line. All goals scored are worth two points a piece, except those goals scored on shot attempts from on or beyond the 45-foot arc surrounding the goal, which will be worth three points.

INFRACTIONS AND RESULTING PENALTIES Fouls are penalized with a free kick to the offended team, and in some cases, depending upon the severity of the foul, time in the penalty box. A goal can be scored directly from all free kicks. Penalties are called and time served in the penalty box for Penal offenses, Misconduct and Major violations. All power play time penalties are two (2) minutes in length. Misconducts (the referee will show a yellow card) are five (5) minutes in length. The penalty call will not be made (delayed time penalty) and play stopped until the guilty team gains ball possession or play is otherwise over. A penalty kick is awarded to a team when a Penal Time Penalty is committed by the opponent in its own penalty area (25 × 30 feet). The penalty kick is taken from the penalty spot (24 feet directly in front of the goal). All players except the designated kicker and goalkeeper must stay behind the yellow line. Man Advantages (power play) – a team will play one (or two) men short when a power play time penalty is called by one of the game officials. A shootout is awarded for all time penalty infractions which deny a goal-scoring opportunity. The offended team shall designate a player to attempt to score a goal in a one-on-one situation with the opposing goalkeeper. The shootout begins at the center of the defensive yellow line. All Misconduct Time Penalties are five (5) minutes in length. The guilty player must serve this penalty.

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merica in 2004 needed a great bar band, so Craig Finn and company started America’s best new bar band, man. Since then, The Hold Steady has catapulted into the national presence behind singer Craig Finn’s tales of late nights, early mornings and the complications that can arise between the two, all of which is the hold steady packed with Finn’s lyrical specificity concerning characters, places and cultural allusions. Finn says he’s writing about pursuing certain lifestyles and where they can end up. They go together when he writes songs. “The highs and lows are part of our human experience,” he says. The lyrical craft is something he works on constantly. The musical half of the Hold Steady is written primarily by guitarist Tad Kubler. Finn says it’s important to keep the discipline of writing going, even if he’s on the road. “For me, I think it’s writing every day,” he says. “If it’s what you want to do, it’s what you do.” That means working even when the writing isn’t going well, because that helps Finn to write better stuff later on, he says. With that comes a willingness to let material sit around while working on making everything fall into place. Finn says some ideas can percolate for a year or two before finally becoming a song. “First Night,” the centerpiece of 2006’s Boys and Girls In America and “Soft in the Center,” the rock song kickoff to the band’s latest, Heaven is Whenever, were songs that sat around waiting for the pieces to fall into place to make them work.

At times, Finn says if something is not working, he will cherry-pick strong verses and other parts and incorporate them into other songs. Finn’s writing is also taking on different shades as he gets older. At 39, he says he’s still trying to tap into universal themes. “Your age and your experience is going to play into it,” Finn says. Those experiences have added a new twist on the band’s 2010 release Heaven is Whenever, which contains an awareness that the party does in fact end and everything eventually catches up with you. That record’s kept the Hold Steady on the road

for most of the year, unraveling what is an epic, uplifting rock show that, while echoing Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, is its own celebration of partying in Midwestern metropolises. The Hold Steady has spent the bulk of the touring behind Heaven is Whenever settling into a new lineup after the departure of keyboardist Franz Nicolay and the addition of Dan Neustadt and Steve Selvidge. “We’re six months in and we’ve been around the world with it,” Finn says.

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n There’s little else that’s more rock ‘n’ roll than the Omaha Rollergirls, who literally bring the roll along with their rockin’ athleticism and aesthetic. Join them for Carnival Night Saturday, Nov. 13, at Stroker’s Bar & Grill, 7812 F St. The fun begins at 8:30 p.m. when you can challenge members of ORG at beer pong, shot checkers, 7-11 doubles and bottle toss. Bring non-perishable food items and/or dollar bills to exchange for tickets, as this event puts the fun in functional, doubling as a benefit for Omaha Food Not Bombs. The cherry on top is what’s sure to be an exciting grand finale exhibition featuring full contact musical chairs. n Daily Grub, at 20th and Pierce, and Slumber Party Records partner to present “Eat & Sleep,” an evening of intimate acoustic sets at the justsouth-of-downtown eatery Saturday, Nov. 13. A $20 admission covers the concert as well as a 7 p.m. dinner: a choice from two entrees TBA (no worries to even the picky eater, everything is delicious at Daily Grub) including coffee, tea or water. Not hungry, or running late? Show up at 9 p.m. and pay just $10 for performances by Conchance, Melissa Geary (Honeybee), Simon Joyner, Alex McManus, James Maakestad & Mike Schlesinger (Bear Country), Sam Martin (Capgun Coup), Jason Meyer (Talking Mountain), Kacynna Tompsett and Will Simons (Thunder Power), Sean Pratt and more. Proceeds from the evening will help fund upcoming releases on Slumber Party Records. Visit slumberpartyrecords.com/dailygrubconcert for tickets and more details. n Opera Omaha named Jane Hill its Interim Executive Director. Hill was the organization’s ED from 1994-2002, and since then served in the same position at the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra and the Stockton Symphony. With this announcement Opera Omaha looks optimistically forward to completing its current season and planning the next. The balance of the 2010-2011 season includes fan favorites Don Giovanni, Feb. 25 and 27, and Madama Butterfly, April 15 and 17. Hill looks forward as well, saying, “I have a deep and sincere affection for this company, one of the most important regional opera companies in the nation.” Visit operaomaha.org. — Sarah Wengert Backbeat takes you behind the scenes of the local music scene. Send tips, comments and questions to backbeat@thereader.com.

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ike Gordon? Yeah, you know him as the bass master for jam legends Phish. But Gordon has made a name for himself outside the Vermont-based quartet with a host of collaborations (notably with Leo Kottke, Mickey Hart, The Benevento-Russo Duo), an award winning filmmaking career (his film Rising Low won Best Documentary at the 2002 Newport International Film Festival) and as an author. On the heels of a much talked about Halloween run of Phish shows, Gordon will tour the country behind the release mike gordon of his third solo effort, Moss, out now on Rounder. Touring as a member of Phish and playing large coliseum/amphitheater-type venues has certain rock star perks and privileges: loaded down dressing rooms, big comfy busses, generous ticket and merch sales. But the Sudbury, Mass. native also enjoys playing smaller venues on his solo tours and connecting with people in a different way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There [are] lots of differences besides just the size of the venues when talking about touring with Phish or going solo,â&#x20AC;? Gordon says, making his way toward Portland, Ore. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The size of the venue doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always determine the level of intimacy by any means. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been nights where Phish is playing to thousands of people and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great sensitivity there despite the size. On the other side of that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played smaller rooms where that intimacy was missing.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Adjusting to playing theaters and clubs is work, especially in regards to acoustics and getting the

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sound right,â&#x20AC;? Gordon continues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But I get to hang out with people more, be at the merch table meeting people. I also like having the people right in front of me when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m playing; it makes me feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m part of the crowd. So really, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m kind of building a new career. Ultimately, what Phish fans care about is Phish and only some of them will come out for these shows. But there is stuff I can do that I could never achieve with Phish. I love the creative aspect of it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s liberating because I get to sing a lot, write a lot of songs. I love sharing too, but Phish is ultimately playing Treyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s [Anastasio] material and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind doing that either because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had some amazingly deep experiences on Phish tour. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great to be able to wear both hats.â&#x20AC;? Time is precious for Gordon, who also juggles fatherhood alongside his musical endeavors.

Following Phishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Halloween run he had a measly three days to rehearse with his solo band before getting back on the road. His act tours as a fivepiece that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s had in place for two-and-a-half years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been great to keep something solid going outside of Phish,â&#x20AC;? Gordon says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not always time enough to get together and I used to be worried that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be starting back at square one every tour with new players. On this tour so far though there has clearly been something happening between us because of that sticking to it. We were able to grow some telepathy.â&#x20AC;? Moss is definitely a different record from either of Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s previous solo outings, 2003â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Inside In and 2008â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Green Sparrow. The new record is first and foremost more accessible with stronger melodies and memorable hooks. One of his main goals for the new batch of songs was to put in more time writing and editing them, to hone his songwriting craft. The extra attention to detail is evident. Gordon handles vocals, bass, electric and acoustic guitar and piano duties on Moss but wisely decided to enlist the help of some well-versed friends, including organist Marco Benevento and Phish bandmates Page McConnell and Jon Fishman. While the album has characteristic Phish playfulness, most cuts would not be found on a Phish record. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The new record really does have a kind of bass-centric approach to it,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because I had started some of the song ideas from ribbons of music or from bass and drum jams, there [are] some spaces where the bass is unique. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not too much layering either, so that really allows the bass to be in those unique spaces. I like it when the bass lines arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t too obvious with the groove, but still internalize for people. So in that respect the bass lines are tweaked a little.â&#x20AC;? , An Evening with Mike Gordon is Sunday, Nov. 14, at 9 p.m. at The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. Tickets are $22. For more info or to purchase tickets visit radkadillac. com or onepercentproductions.com.

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esterday I conducted an interview with a nationally known musician where I mentioned that I bought his most recent CD. He laughed and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You bought it?â&#x20AC;? I asked what was so funny, and he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh nothing, just the idea that someone actually purchased music.â&#x20AC;? And I thought to myself: This is where we are. The idea of buying music has finally evolved into a joke that makes even the musicians laugh in disbelief. That is the reality of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music industry. No one expects to get paid for selling music. Few musicians, certainly no local musicians, count on supporting themselves through music sales. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become a matter of fact. And though this has been a reality for a few years, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m only now really seeing the impact. In the past month Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve interviewed three successful indie bands â&#x20AC;&#x201D; bands that thrived during the early part of the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;00s â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and all said theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen the well dry up. They now consider their careers to be in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;starting overâ&#x20AC;? phase. They say they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where the money is going to come from, and even their touring income, which was never huge to begin with, is fading. These bands are nationally recognized talent. In any other era that would have been enough to keep them going. No more. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve watched as one of the most talented local singer-songwriters, someone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toured throughout America and Europe, put away his guitar and keyboard, and is now pursuing a career separate from music. He has mouths to feed; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that simple. And he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to feed them through his music. So he quit. And we no longer will hear the product of his creative, fertile mind. We all lose. This is not a question of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the cream rising to the topâ&#x20AC;? and the untalented hacks being cast aside. Musicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become so enthusiastically devalued by the buying public â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or more importantly, by youth with disposable income â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that the idea of paying for it seems as comical a concept as paying to watch television or to surf the Internet. Industrious musicians with enough career traction are finding other ways to earn cash, specifically by selling publishing rights to their songs for use in commercials or TV shows or movies. What once was considered â&#x20AC;&#x153;selling outâ&#x20AC;? is now smart business. No longer do we sneer when we hear an old Gang of Four song used to sell XBox consoles. In fact, whenever we hear a band weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re familiar with on a commercial or in the background of some shitty MTV reality show, we quietly cheer because we know those musicians prob-

ably have some sort of income that will allow them to continue performing. As Gusterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ryan Miller said during our recent interview, the concept of â&#x20AC;&#x153;selling outâ&#x20AC;? disappeared when people started stealing music five or six years ago. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right. This lengthy and somewhat bleak commentary is merely a pre-amble to get you to go see Tim Westergren this Thursday in Benson. Westergren helped create Pandora Radio, an online service that plays music on your computer or cell phone, with content based on your personal taste. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;stationâ&#x20AC;? is powered by the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Music Genome Projectâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a complicated algorithm where users enter a song or artist that they enjoy, and the service responds by playing selections that are musically similar.â&#x20AC;? Westergen described it on The Colbert Report as â&#x20AC;&#x153;instant personalized radio.â&#x20AC;? Listening to Pandora costs â&#x20AC;Ś nothing. There is a subscription service available, but most people listen to the free version that subjects them to advertising, Westergren says. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve listened to Pandora on my iPhone. It works very well, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free. So, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good, right? Or is it simply perpetuating the myth that all music is free and therefore has no value? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not trying to get you to show up at the event and bag on Westergren. Pandora pays royalties that are supposed to go to musiciansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pockets. Instead, go to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;town hallâ&#x20AC;? and ask him how musicians will be able to make a living making music in the future. Westergren is a very smart guy. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mark Zuckerberg smart. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got to have answers. He better, or heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to run out of quality new music to serve for Pandora. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about sustainability. If you over-fish streams, your nets eventually come back empty except for flavorless bottom-feeders no one wants. The same holds true for music. If we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start thinking about how musicians and songwriters are going to earn a living in a future where people laugh at the idea of paying for music, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to see more and more talent give up and walk away, leaving only the least-creative, Bieber-flavored commercial acts and the amateurs. Â So here are the details: Pandora founder Tim Westergren hosts a town hall-style talk at Pizza Shoppe Collective Thursday, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll discuss Pandoraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history and the Music Genome Project, and will take feedback, complaints and suggestions. The event, sponsored by Found in Benson, is free; however attendees must RSVP by emailing tour@pandora.com and mentioning â&#x20AC;&#x153;Omahaâ&#x20AC;? in the subject line, or by RSVPing on the Found In Benson Facebook page. Seating is limited, and is first come, first served. ,

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opular roots-swing-Tex-Mex bandleader Billy Bacon reunites with his Lincoln band, dubbed the Porkestra, this weekend. This is the very entertaining local configuration of Lincoln’s Tijuana Gigolos plus Dave Boye on bari sax. The ensemble gives Bacon a sizzling band with a horn section. Bacon now calls Austin home and performs infrequently due to severe arthritis issues. When he first performed with the Porkestra last year as part of the Zoo Bar anniversary, he proclaimed the return to the stage “the best medicine a guy could ask for,” and has returned for periodic gigs at the Zoo with his Lincoln friends. Billy Bacon and His Porkestra play an early show, 6-9 p.m., at the Zoo Bar Thursday, Nov. 11, and play the 9 p.m. slot Friday and Saturday, Nov. 12 and 13. See zoobar.com.

Sarah & The Tall Boys Thursday, Nov. 11, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Chicago bluesfolk-Americana band Sarah & The Tall Boys make their New Lift Lounge debut. The band has been building a name for itself in the Chicago area, including getting airplay on WXRT radio. Check them out at sarahandthetallboys.com.

Brad Cordle Band Debut Recently returned to Omaha after living and working as a professional musician in Las Vegas, excellent vocalist Brad Cordle debuts his new band at The New Lift Lounge Thursday, Nov. 18, 7-8:30 p.m. Blues fans will remember Cordle from his many years leading popular local band The Jailbreakers. John Crews and Bucky McCann open with a duo set at 5 p.m. Cordle promises a mix of originals and choice covers with music ranging from R&B, soul and funk to blues. Band members are Craig Balderston (bass/vocals), Dave Steen (guitar/vocals), Johnny Gomez Jr. (Hammond B3/keys) and Bill Bolmeier (drums). Lincoln musician Dave Steen is a nationally recognized songwriter whose work ranges from regular collaborations with Coco Montoya to having his tunes covered by artists from Maria Muldaur to the late Junior Wells. Cordle’s band is working up some of Steen’s originals as part of its repertoire.

Lash’s Toy Drive The details are coming together for this year’s seventh annual Lash LaRue Toy Drive events. LaRue’s annual Toy Drive works to bring toys and Christmas cheer to the children and families on the Pine Ridge

Reservation. The area is one of the most impoverished in the nation, just a day’s drive from Omaha. You can find more facts and background on conditions on the reservation at lashlaruetoydrive.com. LaRue says that this year people can stipulate if they want cash donations to go toward toys or toward emergency heat funds. The last couple years there have been enough donations to allow the Toy Drive to contribute funds to keep the clinic in Porcupine heated so it can operate. The Toy Drive has also donated funds to fill propane tanks to help keep the homes of the elderly heated during the bitter winter months. Wednesday, Dec. 1 at The Waiting Room is the CD release listening party. Christmas for Pine Ridge Vol. III was recorded at the Benson venue by Jim Homan of Screen Door Studio. Over 15 local artists donated songs to the CD this year. Thursday, Dec. 2, the acoustic show is scheduled for Slowdown featuring Matt Cox, Korey Anderson, Kyle Harvey and Dustin Clayton. Friday, Dec. 3, there will be a Toy Drive event at the GI Forum with artists including Mariachi San Juan and Dave Barger. Details are being finalized for the Saturday, Dec. 4, rock show at Waiting Room. Sunday, Dec. 5, is blues day for the Toy Drive with events in Lincoln at the Zoo Bar and in Omaha at The New Lift Lounge. The Dec. 5 show at The Lift will be headlined by national act Coco Montoya and admission is $15 for that event. I’ll have more details on these events in coming columns. Sunday, Dec. 12, LaRue, myself and many special musical guests join Rick Galusha for a special, always entertaining Toy Drive phone-a-thon edition of P.S. Blues on 89.7 The River.

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KATZE & BLACK 7, (DJ) 9 p.m., 415, FREE. 112 NORTH DUCK, (blues/rock) 8 p.m., Beer & Loathing In Dundee, FREE. OPEN JAM, 9 p.m., Chrome Lounge. SHITHOOK, (karaoke) 9 p.m., Duffy’s, FREE. BIG SCOTT ALLEN, (island) 9 p.m., Firewater Grille, FREE. NASHVILLE REJECT, (cover) 9 p.m., The Grove, FREE. NOVAK & HAAR, (jazz) 6 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen. MY BROTHER, NAT RUNGE BAND, GIANT RUBBER SHARK, (rock) 9 p.m., Knickerbockers. MATT WHIPKEY, (acoustic) 9 p.m., Myth, FREE. SARAH & THE TALLBOYS, (blues) 5:30 p.m., New Lift Lounge, $8. SWAMPJAM, (blues) 8 p.m., Pour House, FREE.

READER RECOMMENDS THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT, SPLIT LIP RAYFIELD, THE LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS, (punk/rockabillly) 9 p.m., Slowdown, $20. AN EVENING WITH YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, (bluegrass/jam) 8:30 p.m., Sokol Auditorium, $20/adv, $25/dos. JR HOSS, (acoustic) 9 p.m., Two Fine Irishmen, FREE. THE EXPENDABLES, C-MONEY & THE PLAYERS, THE FLATLINERS, THE SNIPS, (surf/punk) 8 p.m., Waiting Room, $15/adv, $17/dos. BILLY BACON AND THE PORKESTRA, (blues) 6 p.m., Zoo Bar, $5. PRODUCERS OF THE WORD, THE ALL-AMERICAN AWKWORDS, MELTING ELEPHANTS, (rock/pop/hip- hop) 9:30 p.m., Zoo Bar, $4.

FRIDAY 12

JERRY PRANKSTERS, (tribute) 9 p.m., 1020, FREE. LJ & GARRICK, (DJ) 9 p.m., 415, $5. ROUGH CUT, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Arena, FREE. MICHAEL TRENHAILE, TRAVELING MERCIES, (singer songwriter/rock) 9 p.m., Barley St. Tavern, $5. MUZIK AMBIENCE BY JACQUES, (piano) 4-7 p.m., Big Mama’s Kitchen. REBELUTION, PASSAFIRE, TRIBAL SEEDS, (reggae) 8 p.m., Bourbon, $15. HI FI HANGOVER, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Brewsky’s Park Drive, FREE. VITAL SIGNS, (cover) 9 p.m., Chrome, FREE. RON WAX, CARROT, DARREN KEEN, (rock/experimental) 7 p.m., Clawfoot House, $5. JR HOSS, (acoustic) 5 p.m., Cunninghams, FREE. QUARTUS, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Cunninghams. TIJUANA GIGOLOS, (blues/rock) 6:30-10 p.m., Duggan’s, $5. JITTERBUGS’ NIGHT OUT, (jazz/dixieland) 9 p.m., Eagles Lodge, $10. CHRIS SHELTON, (rock) 9 p.m., Firewater Grille, FREE. DECKER, MUSHROOM BRUIZE, (cover) 9 p.m., The Grove, FREE. PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION W/ CONDUCTOR THOMAS WILKINS, (symphony) 8 p.m., Holland Ctr., $15-$75. NIGHT SHAKERS TRIO, (jazz) 7 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen. BIG ELEPHANT, GROUND BLOOM FLOWERS, WASTED FORTUNE, (rock) 6 p.m., Knickerbockers. FADED BLACK, CURSED BY MOONLIGHT, ESCAPE CLAUSE, DETHMASK, (rock/metal) 9 p.m., Knickerbockers. PURE VINYL, 9 p.m., LiT Lounge. THE CONFIDENTIALS, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Loose Moose, FREE.

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SHATTER, (rock) 9 p.m., Louis, FREE. LEVI WILLIAM, (blues) 9 p.m., McKenna’s, FREE. MICHAEL FITZSIMMONS, (world) 7:30 p.m., OM Center, $5. LEMON FRESH DAY, (cover) 8:30 p.m., Ozone, FREE. THE JAZZ EXPLOSION, (jazz) 9 p.m., Pizza Shoppe Collective, $5. CACTUS HILL, (cover) 9 p.m., red9, $5.

READER RECOMMENDS TOYLAND, A THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE FUNDRAISER, (DJ) 7 p.m., Scoular Ballroom, $10-$50 + a toy.

READER RECOMMENDS JOSH RITTER & THE ROYAL CITY BAND, THIEVING IRONS, (folk/rock) 9 p.m., Slowdown, $15. GIRL TALK, (DJ) 7 p.m., Sokol Auditorium, $16, $7/UNO Students. AFTON LIVE, (rock) 6:30 p.m., Sokol Underground, $10. THOUSAND HOUSES & LONELY ESTATES, (rock) 9 p.m., Stir Live, $5. HALF HEARTS, LINDSAY DONOVAN, (rock/singer songwriter) 9 p.m., Sydney, FREE. WICKED FUN, (cover) 9 p.m., Tropics, FREE. MR. HAND, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Two Fine Irishmen, FREE. AURASING, SCREAMING FOR SILENCE, A MOMENT LOST, AFTER THE FALL, THE CURTAIN CALLS, (rock/metal) 8 p.m., Waiting Room, $8. TWO PAIR, (cover) 9 p.m., Whiskey Roadhouse, FREE. BILLY BACON AND THE PORKESTRA, LOS VILLANOS, (blues) 9 p.m., Zoo Bar, $8.

SATURDAY 13

PALINDROSEFF, (DJ) 9 p.m., 415, $5. ROUGH CUT, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Arena, FREE.

READER RECOMMENDS MATT COX, ALL YOUNG GIRLS ARE MACHINE GUNS (BIRTHDAY GIRL!), CASS FIFTY AND THE FAMILY GRAM, KRIS LAGER, (singer-songwriter/rock) 9 p.m., Barley St. Tavern, $5. HOT BUTTERED MOJO, (blues) 9:30 p.m., Bones. THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME, (tribute) 9 p.m., Bourbon, $5, $7/under 21. LEMON FRESH DAY, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Cappy’s Hotspot RANDALL ZWARTE BAND, (cover) 9 p.m., Chrome, FREE. SLUMBER PARTY RECORDS & FRIENDS W/ SAM MARTIN, SEAN PRATT, CONCHANCE, MELISSA GEARY, SIMON JOYNER, ALEX MCMANUS, JAMES MAAKESTAD & MIKE SCHLESINGER, JASOH MEYER, KACYNNA TOMPSETT & WILL SIMMONS, (singer- songwriter) 7 p.m., Daily Grub, $20/dinner and show, $10/just show. D*FUNK, (cover) 9 p.m., The Grove, $5. PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION W/ CONDUCTOR THOMAS WILKINS, (symphony) 8 p.m., Holland Ctr., $15-$75.

READER RECOMMENDS LOOM WEAVES DIWALI, (DJ) Indian Oven. SARABANDE, (jazz) 7 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen. PERFECT STRANGERS, (rock) 9 p.m., Knickerbockers. HIFI HANGOVER, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Loose Moose, FREE. DOWN TO HERE, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Old Mattress Factory, FREE. DESPERATE BANDWIVES, (cover) 8:30 p.m., Ozone, FREE. CHANTILLY REIGN, (rock) 9 p.m., Pizza Shoppe Collective, $5. THE SLANGS, (cover) 9 p.m., red9, $5. MASSES, LIGHTNING BUG, DIRTY TALKER, IRKUTSK, (rock/instrumental) 9 p.m., Slowdown, $8.

REEL BIG FISH, THE AQUABATS, SUBURBAN LEGENDS, KOO KOO KANGA ROO, (punk/ska) 8 p.m., Sokol Auditorium, $20/adv, $25/dos. THE 9’S, (cover) 9 p.m., Stir Live, $5. MOONJUICE, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Two Fine Irishmen, FREE. GUNK: POLICE & THIEVES W/ KOBRAKYLE, $PENCELOVE, BRENT TACTIC, (DJ) 9 p.m., Waiting Room, $5. PRANXTER, (cover) 9 p.m., Whiskey Roadhouse, FREE. BILLY BACON AND THE PORKESTRA, (blues) 9 p.m., Zoo Bar, $8.

SUNDAY 14

SUNDAY GOLD W/ GREG K, (DJ) 9 p.m., 415, FREE. SPECIAL CONSENSUS, (bluegrass) 3 p.m., American Legion #1, $15. ’80S NIGHT W/ OL’ MOANIN’ CORPSE, OMC, YOUNGLOVE, (DJ) 8 p.m., Bricktop, FREE. GOOD SPEAKERS W/ NIEL JUNG, BAD SPELER, GRAVY & THE TRAMP, (experimental/electronic) 9 p.m., Duffy’s. MIDWEST POSSE, 6-11 p.m., Side Door Lounge, FREE. JESSICA ERRETT, (acoustic) 2 p.m., Soaring Wings, FREE. BET MUSIC MATTERS TOUR W/ J COLE, K MICHELLE, CJ HILTON, (hip-hop/R&B) 7:40 p.m., Sokol Auditorium, $19/adv, $25/dos.

READER RECOMMENDS AN EVENING WITH MIKE GORDON, (jam) 9 p.m., Waiting Room, $22. FRONT RO BAND, (cover) 7 p.m., Whiskey Roadhouse. QUILT, TOM FLICKE GROUP, BARRYAIR, (blues) 6 p.m., Zoo Bar, $3.

MONDAY 15

SOUP AND SONG W/ KYLE & ANDY, (variety singer songwriter) 8 p.m., Barley St. Tavern, FREE. MONDAY NIGHT BIG BAND DIRECTED BY DEAN HAIST, (jazz) 7:30 p.m., Brewsky’s Jazz Underground, $5, $4/ students. OPERA GOES CRAZY, (opera) 7:30 p.m., O’Donnell Auditorium, FREE.

READER RECOMMENDS BIG BAND MONDYS FEAT. MIKE GURGIULLO AND HIS LAS VEGAS LAB BAND, (jazz) 6:30 p.m., Ozone, FREE. PRETTY LIGHTS, VIBESQUAD, GRAMATIK, (electronic) 9 p.m., Sokol Auditorium, $22/adv, $25/dos. PIANO HAPPY HOUR, 5 p.m., Zoo Bar, FREE. Z-JAM OPEN STAGE, 9 p.m., Zoo Bar, $3.

TUESDAY 16

VIC NASTY, (DJ) 9 p.m., 415, FREE.

READER RECOMMENDS THE HOLD STEADY, COMPANY OF THIEVES, THE FILTER KINGS, (rock) 8 p.m., Bourbon, $14/adv, $16/dos. JUST IVORY, GREAT PLAINS MASSACRE, (rock/metal) 9 p.m., Knickerbockers. TIM KOEHN ACOUSTIC JAM, (acoustic/blues) 7 p.m., Louis, FREE. OPERA GOES CRAZY, (opera) 7:30 p.m., O’Donnell Auditorium, FREE. JES WINTER, (acoustic) 6:30 p.m., Ozone, FREE. CHRIS SAUB, (acoustic) 8 p.m., The Phoenix, FREE. COLOUR REVOLT, SKYPIPER, (rock) 9 p.m., Waiting Room, $8. JAZZOCRACY, (jazz) 6 p.m., Zoo Bar, FREE. TROUBADOUR TUESDAY W/ JOHN FEUERBACH, JILLIAN THEIL, NICK WESTRA, SAS, JIM MOORE, (singer- songwriter) 9:30 p.m., Zoo Bar, $4.

Wednesday 17

ADAM HOTZ, (DJ) 9 p.m., 415, FREE. THE TURFMEN, (celtic) 7 p.m., Brazen Head, FREE. MARC LACHANCE COMBO, (jazz) 7:30 p.m., Brewsky’s Jazz Underground, $5, $4/students. TIE THESE HANDS, CRUSH THE CLOWN, MEESE, (indie/ rock/dance) 9 p.m., Duffy’s. STEVE LOVETT, (blues) 6 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen. CHIARA STRING QUARTET, (classical) 7:30 p.m., Kimball Recital Hall, $20, $10/seniors, $5/students. CHASING THE SUN, SOUTH OF LINCOLN, NICK JESTER, (rock/singer-songwriterl) 9 p.m., Knickerbockers. STEPHEN MONROE, (blues) 8:30 p.m., Library Pub.

NOSTALGIA WEDNESDAYS FEAT. THE GREAT IMPOSTERS, (oldies) 6:30 p.m., Ozone, FREE. KOFFIN KATS, THE EMPIRES, RUMBLE SEAT RIOT, THE FILTER KINGS, (punk/rockabilly) 9 p.m., Slowdown, $8. ACOUSTIC WEDNESDAYS W/ TARA VAUGHAN & JESSICA ERRETT, (acoustic) 9:30 p.m., Two Fine Irishmen, FREE. HED PE, BOONDOX, AXE MURDER BOYZ, (rock) 8 p.m., Waiting Room, $20. THE GRACIOUS FEW W/ DANIELLE BARBE, (cover) 8 p.m., Whiskey Roadhouse, FREE.

READER RECOMMENDS KID B, MITCH GETTMANN, (indie/rock) 9:30 p.m., Zoo Bar, $5.

VENUES Ameristar Casino, 2200 River Rd., Council Bluffs, ameristar.com Arena Bar & Grill, 3809 N. 90th St., 571.2310, arenaomaha.com BarFly, 707 N. 114th St., 504.4811 Barley Street Tavern, 2735 N. 62nd St., 554.5834, barleystreet.com Bourbon Theatre, 1415 O St., Lincoln, 730.5695 Downtown Blues, 1512 Howard St., 345.0180 Duffyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavern, 1412 O St., Lincoln, 474.3453, myspace.com/duffystavern The Hideout, 302 S. 72nd St. Knickerbockerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 901 O St., Lincoln, 476.6865, knickerbockers.net LIV Lounge, 2279 S. 67thÂ St., 884.5410, livlounge.com Louis Bar and Grill, 5702 NW Radial Hwy., 551.5993 McKennaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blues, Booze & BBQ, 7425 Pacific St., 393.7427, mckennasbbq.com New Lift Lounge, 4737 S. 96th St., 339.7170 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leaverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pub, 1322 S. Saddle Creek Rd., 556.1238, myspace.com/oleaverspub Ozone Lounge at Anthonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Steakhouse, 72nd and F, 331.7575, ozoneclubomaha.com. Pizza Shoppe Collective, 6056 Maple St., 556.9090, pscollective.com Qwest, 455 N. 10th St., qwestcenteromaha.com Side Door, 3530 Leavenworth St., 504.3444. Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St., 345.7569, theslowdown.com Sokol Hall, 2234 S. 13th St., 346.9802, sokolundergound.com The Sydney, 5918 Maple St., 932.9262, thesydneybenson.com Stir, 1 Harrahs Blvd., Council Bluffs, harrahs. com Venue 162, 162 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs, 712.256.7768, myspace.com/venue162 Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., 884.5353, waitingroomlounge.com Whiskey Roadhouse, Horseshoe Casino, 2701 32nd Ave., Council Bluffs, whiskeyroadhouse.com Zoo Bar, 136 N.14th St., Lincoln, zoobar.com

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No Crowning Achievement Due Date breaks water, no new ground by Ryan Syrek

he filth wake of a new Jackass film makes other movies’ attempts to shock with ribald humor futile, even with dialogue like “I vomited in the wound.” Nice try, Due due date Date, but Steve-O practically gargled human feces. Too unimaginative to be risqué, director Todd Philips has made a “blender” film; you know, where they make an acceptable-but-not-delicious cinematic smoothie by pureeing superior ingredients into one shapeless discolored but drinkable mess. It takes a village to raise a child, and it took four writers to steal from Planes, Trains & Automobiles and The Hangover, from which the producers even stole an actor. Zach Galifianakis, who should ask Jack Black about the legal limit on the number of times a comedian can repeat the same performance, plays Ethan Tremblay. The difference between the good-hearted, dangerous manchild that is Ethan and Alan, the character Galifianakis played in The Hangover, is that one is named Ethan and the other is named Alan.

Because Ethan is a ridiculous cartoon, he somehow manages to get expectant father Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) tossed off a plane and put on a no-fly list. Because the plot requires them to do so, the two wind up having to rapidly travel across country in an attempt to get Peter home in time to see his wife (Michelle Monaghan) produce his progeny. Do they make it? Do they become weird

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If the dialogue doesn’t kill you, you’ll kill yourself. Worst of the year.

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If You Can’t Beat ’Em Hilary Swank fights the law in Conviction by Justin Senkbile

imply put, director Tony Goldwyn’s Conviction is your average end-of-theyear Oscar hopeful. Not that it isn’t any good — it features a few fine performances from very talented actors and is undeniably effective as a drama — it just isn’t anything special. Ripped from some fairly recent headlines, Conviction concerns a small town single mother named Betty Anne Waters (Hilary Swank). Her brother Kenny (Sam Rockwell), after many years of constant run-ins with the law, finds himself convicted of a grisly murder. Convinced of his innocence and facing an uninterested and possibly corrupt justice system, Betty Anne works her way from GED

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to law degree, literally devoting her life to getting him acquitted. We’re told that this law degree takes something like 16 years for Betty Anne to obtain, but you’d never know it without Rockwell’s reliance on aging makeup, which increases as the film moves on. We spend a lot of the movie in a brief chunk of the past, where we see Betty Anne and Kenny’s attempts to escape a tough home life, their petty thievery and, in general, the building of their inextricable bond. These childhood scenes are the finest in the film. But most of the time we’re in a vacuum with Betty Anne as she struggles with her grades and searches (for quite a long time) for evidence. Played with equal parts heart and corniness by Swank, Betty Anne is all Boston accent and Hollywood-style mock resilience, faulted only for her determination and saintliness, less a real person than a bighearted cliché.

As the well-meaning but manipulative Kenny, Rockwell is very impressive. If it weren’t for Juliette Lewis’ ability to command the screen like few others (which she does here with only two scenes as Kenny’s former fling Roseanna), Rockwell’s would easily be the most memorable performance. Just about everything in Conviction is fine, meaning that a few things are almost great, but nothing is spectacular. There’s something that prevents us from really connecting to anything emotionally. Most likely, that’s due to Pamela Gray’s rambling, repetitive screenplay, which trudges through countless unsurprising moments to an ending that we could’ve predicted verbatim. Why is it that this movie leaves you wondering, “Who cares”? Betty Anne’s fight to join the system in order to beat it is a compelling story, no doubt about it. Unfortunately, Conviction never lands on a particularly compelling way to tell it. ,

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n an animated PG movie, children in the audience provide a good barometer for the film’s pacing. A single scene of over-their-head dialog or the tiniest pause in plot can result in 100 formerly awed children wiggling in their seats, disembarking en masse for the restrooms or, in the worst case, checking out the action at the video arcade. Although it’s a fun superhero romp with a cavalcade of great voice actors, the Dreamworks film Megamind is definitely guilty of eliciting some laughs — and some seat-wiggling. Megamind begins with its titular, villainous hero (Will Ferrell) narrating. Both Megamind and his nemesis Metro Man (Brad Pitt) have Superman-esque origin stories — as infants, they were rocketed from dying planets to Earth. Metro Man landed in a McMansion to be raised by turtlenecked WASPS, whereas Megamind landed in a prison to be raised by criminals. Predictably, Metro Man grows up to be the well-coifed, giant-chinned, grinning savior and hero of Metro City. With his minion Minion (David Cross) in tow, Megamind grows up to be Metro Man’s evil, giant-headed, gadget-lov-

ing antithesis. Local reporter Roxanne Ritchi (Tina Fey) joins the mix as the love interest for just about everyone in the film (as she seems to be the movie’s only female character). And Jonah Hill lends his easily recognizable voice (and shtick) to Hal, Ritchi’s love-addled cameraman who later turns into a superhero. Megamind has Ferrell and Fey’s funny fingerprints all over it — their dry wit and impeccable comic timing make the dialog in an otherwise generic script a lot of fun for adults and children. To a background of raucous butt-rock (provided by the likes of Guns n’ Roses, AC/DC and Ozzy), the talented cast does its best to enliven a film that seems to be every bit as laden with clichés as the songs “Back in Black” or “Bad to the Bone.” With its characters’ relationships resulting in anguish and unrequited love, Megamind might be a little complicated for most kids. Adults, when they’re not laughing, will find its please-look-back-at-me-while-we’re-crying-in-the-rain clichés kind of boring. One of Megamind’s biggest sins, however, is its lack of resonating themes — beyond a half-hearted attempt at “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” Its other drawback, which won’t ruin the movie for anyone, is the its occasional slow-down in pacing, which despite the wonders of modern technology, still doesn’t look very good in 3D. ,

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Obese patients with an array of symptoms known as “prediabetes” have seen their insulin sensitivity improved dramatically via “fecal transplants,” i.e., receiving the stool of a thin, healthy person into the bowel, according to researchers led by a University of North Carolina professor. Researchers said the strangers’ implants were significantly more effective than those of a control group, in which a person’s own feces was implanted. — Two University of Sydney researchers reported recently that the food-acquisition “strategy” of the brainless, single-cell slime mold appeared to resemble one of the strategies familiar to us so-called braincontaining humans, specifically, making a selection only after comparing it to readily available alternatives. Furthermore, Japanese researchers who mapped the slime mold’s search for food found that its nuclei are arranged in a pattern that is seemingly just as logically helpful in food procurement as the service arrangements are in Tokyo’s acclaimed railway system. — In research results announced in June, a team led by a University of Oklahoma professor, studying Mexican molly fish, discovered that females evaluate potential mates on sight, based on the prominence of the moustache-like growths on males’ upper lips. More controversially, the researchers hypothesized that males further enhance their mating prowess by employing the

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Executive Brigitte Stevens announced in September that her perpetually underappreciated advocacy institution, Wombat Awareness Organization, had just been pledged $8 million by a single donor. According to Stevens, the $1 million annually she will receive in each of the next eight years is about 13 times the previous annual budget for the Mannum, South Australia, organization. The U.S. donor, who demanded anonymity, became interested in 2008 when, on an onsite visit, he was enthralled with “southern hairy-nosed” wombats.

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Signs of the Times: (1) A 24year-old Muslim woman was strangled in Newcastle, Australia, in April when the bottom of her burqa became tangled in the wheels as she was driving playfully at a go-cart track. (2) A 45-year-old, outof-town man was killed in a street robbery in Oakland, Calif., in July after he became distracted while typing a location into his cell phone’s map program to find his way to a job interview. The appointment was at Google Inc. (3) Horatio Toure, 31, was arrested in San Francisco in July after snatching an iPhone from a woman on the street and bicycling away. Unknown to him, the woman was conducting a real-time demonstration of global positioning software, and thus Toure’s exact movement was registering on her company’s computers. He was arrested within minutes. , COPYRIGHT 2010 CHUCK SHEPHERD. Visit Chuck Shepherd daily at NewsoftheWeird.blogspot.com or NewsoftheWeird.com. Send Weird News to WeirdNewsTips@yahoo.com or P.O. Box 18737, Tampa, FL 33679. Illustrations by Tom Briscoe (smallworldcomics.com).

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irst of all, we knew Cody Green wouldn’t bring to the offense what Taylor Martinez does, right? That’s why Martinez is Nebraska’s starting quarterback and Green is a backup. So the Cornhuskers weren’t going to be as productive with Green starting, even against an Iowa State defense that ranked 102nd nationally, allowing well over 400 yards per game. Also, though Green was technically No. 2 on the depth chart, just ahead of Zac Lee, he had played briefly in only five games, most recently in the Big 12 opener at Kansas State. Green had thrown only 12 passes this season, completing seven for 79 yards. Against Iowa State, he completed, well, 7-of-12 passes for 79 yards (and one touchdown). How weird is that? The statistical oddity characterized a game in which the heavily favored Huskers left Jack Trice Field in Ames, Iowa, for the final time in the foreseeable future, with a 31-30 victory, thanks to Eric Hagg’s interception of a two-point conversion attempt on a fake place-kick in overtime. “I don’t care if you win 101-100. In the end, you have to win the football game,” says Nebraska coach Bo Pelini. “You find a way.” This time the Husker way wasn’t quite what it’s been most of this season, in part because Martinez watched from the sideline, with an ankle sprain that hadn’t completely healed.

Martinez was the “emergency guy,” Pelini said afterward. The way the game developed, it looked to all the world as if it were an emergency. But Martinez got on the field for only one play, after Green went to the sideline, the wind knocked out of him, according to offensive coordinator Shawn Watson. Martinez lined up as a wide receiver, with running back Rex Burkhead taking a direct snap in a “Wildcat” formation. Burkhead often lined up in the “Wildcat” and rushed for a career-high 129 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries. “It was amazing how much the pressure wasn’t on the quarterbacks to run the ball because obviously, we’re kind of dinged up at the quarterback position,” says Green. As for Lee, who stepped in after Martinez was injured late in the first half against Missouri, he couldn’t play because of an injury to his right hand, suffered when he hit a helmet in practice during the week. Nebraska’s quarterback situation wasn’t “the most ideal,” Pelini says. Internet message boards were abuzz with speculation about that situation by week’s end, and the Huskers’ pre-game warm-ups were carefully scrutinized from the press box. Martinez ran onto the field with a slight limp, or not. It was difficult to tell. And Lee wore a black sleeve on his right arm. Green and Latravis Washington were the only other quarterbacks who made the trip, even though the senior-day travel roster included 93 instead of the 70 the Big 12 otherwise allows. No Kody Spano. No Ron Kellogg III. And no Brion Carnes, who’s red-shirting anyway, right?

At one point during warm-ups, Martinez took snaps from starting center Mike Caputo, while Green took snaps from Cole Pensick and Lee took snaps from Spencer Long. Business as usual; it looked as if Martinez probably would start. During passing drills, Lee retrieved balls and tossed them to Martinez, never throwing passes himself, an indication the rumors about his being injured might have substance. Throughout the week, Pelini indicated that whether Martinez started or even played would be a game-time decision. Green said it was “iffy” but added, “I guess they (coaches) really kind of made it clear earlier in the week that I’d be the guy.” Presumably, he meant he would be the guy “if ” Martinez couldn’t go. However, when asked how early in the week he found out he would be the guy, Green said, “Tuesday, Wednesday, I guess really not that early, somewhere around there. It was not much of ‘if.’ It was kind of like ‘when,’ maybe, because they weren’t really sure how Taylor was.” Whatever, Nebraska managed only 314 yards, including 235 rushing. But it had one more point than the Cyclones on the scoreboard after Hagg picked off the pass thrown by holder Daniel Kuehl and intended for tight end Collin Franklin, who appeared to be open for an instant. “Eric’s play at the end of the game was amazing,” says Green. “And that basically solidified it.” The day of intrigue was at an end. “I don’t care how you do it; you enjoy it,” Pelini says. ,

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n Alexi Lalas is coming to Omaha. Sure, the goateed, grunge hero of the 1994 U.S. World Cup squad is perhaps better known today as a goatee-free, goading soccer com mentator on ESPN, but that doesn’t mean you wouldn’t want to see him lace up the boots one more time, right? You’ll get that chance Jan. 21, when the Omaha Vipers take on members of that ’94 squad indoors at the Civic Auditorium. Reportedly Marcelo Balboa’s flowing locks will be there as will Tony Meola of World Cup — and to a lesser extent for the general sporting public I suppose — offBroadway, New York Jets and Super Nintendo fame. Considering that the Vipers’ team colors are red, I hope this means we’ll see the return of the star-spangled and stonewashed blue kits the team made infamous. Those shirts were as American as a country song about apple pie — and nearly as ugly. That’s what made them great. And while we’re on the topic of colors, the Vipers will also play host to the Mexican Indoor National Team, Dec. 12. That means El Tricolor will bring the green, white and red to town just in time for Christmas. It’s all coming together. The Vipers open their home slate of games Nov. 21. For the complete, just-finalized schedule visit omahavipers.com. n Speaking of 1994, it’s impossible for me to read the word “extreme” and not think of that year. We were just a year off from the first X-Games, a few years removed from the ubiquitous Extreme ballad “More Than Words” and fully living in an era where everything from fruit snacks to fullbed pickup liners was marketed as being such a departure from previous iterations that the new products were, in fact, extremely tough, fruity or both. What’s that to do with the Extreme Challenge MMA Cage Fight Nov. 24, at Harrah’s Casino? Admittedly little beyond the word, but if you like your cage fighting extreme this is your event. It’s an eight-bout card featuring, among others, local fighters Vito Agosta and “Big” Jim Axtell. Tickets range $25-$80 and are available at harrahscouncilbluffs.com or by calling 888.512.7469. — Brandon Vogel

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u Friday, Nov. 12 @ 7:05 p.m. Creighton vs. Alabama State

THROUGH JANUARY 16

VOLLEYBALL

u Saturday, Nov. 13 @ 7 p.m. Creighton vs. Drake

u Sunday, Nov. 14 @ 1:05 p.m. Creighton vs. Northern Arizona IMAGE: Kent Bellows, Untitled Woman, 1999, pencil and charcoal on paper, Lent by Kathleen and Ross Bellinghiere Photographic image of work courtesy Pat Drickey/Stonehouse Publishing.

MAJOR SPONSOR:

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS: Kathy and Ross Bellinghiere, Douglas County, Gilbert M. and Martha H. Hitchcock Foundation, and Jane and Hugh Hunt

SUPPORTING SPONSORS: Robert Geisler, Jane Potter and Dan Schafer, and Eve and Fred Simon

www.joslyn.org | (402) 342-3300 | 2200 Dodge St. | Omaha, NE

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u Wednesday, Nov. 17 @ 7:05 p.m. Creighton vs. Louisiana Men’s basketball home games played at Qwest Center Omaha (10th & Cass St.) Volleyball home matches played at the Ryan Athletic Center/D.J. Sokol Arena (19th & Webster St.)

Tickets: 280-JAYS

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EDUCATE . CONNECT. ENGAGE . Advancing Latino Leaders and Strengthening Communities

2010 Heartland Latino Leadership Conference Friday, November 12 Embassy Suites — LaVista 12520 Westport Parkway | La Vista, NE 68128

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Latino/Bilingual

JOB FAIR November 11 1:00– 4:00pm

The Kroc Center 2825 Y Street

For additional conference details, information on registration, the complete schedule, and to register on-line visit

www.heartlandlatino.org. Deborah Rosado Shaw Entrepreneur & Leader in Business

Gabe Salazar Motivational Speaker

Jose Hernandez NASA Astronaut

For other questions, call Turner Events and Marketing at 402.926.1199.

Special After-Dinner Concert by International Jazz Sensation and Legacy Tito Puente, Jr.