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“That by no means meets my criteria or any museum’s criteria for proper storage of documents and artifacts,” says Beatty. “That may have been done in the past out of some level of desperation, another indication the leadership of the museum was not operating with the best intentions of handling its business properly.”

Yet, Beatty praises Calloway’s passion. “I think the public needs to understand Jim was trying to keep his mother’s dream alive,” he says,

he new Great Plains Black History Museum board is putting its stamp on the long-troubled organization by holding the first in a planned series of community Jim calloway forums about its future direction.

On February 11, GPBHM Chairman Jim Beatty will lead a 2-4 p.m. forum at the Lakeside (Family Housing Services Advisory) Building, 24th and Lake, to, as a flyer describes, “discuss a variety of topics ... on your mind.”

Beatty, president of Omaha-based consulting firm NCS International, is aware attempts to move forward mean addressing the dysfunction of the museum’s recent past. The City of Omaha has declared the museum building at 2213 Lake St. uninhabitable, resulting in the doors being closed. Mandated repairs have not been made due to lack of funds.

When he took over as board chair and museum executive director last fall he found the coffers virtually empty, no membership and no donors. The museum hasn’t received a grant in years.

“There isn’t a lot of money there,” he says. “I think we have something like $29 in the checking account.”

Previous chair and director Jim Calloway tried maintaining the building by personally paying for utilities, spot roof-window “and that’s not to be taken lightly.” He also credits Calloway for reaching an agreement with the fixes and storage sites out of his own pocket.

Calloway, the son of founder Bertha Callo- Nebraska State Historical Society to take temway, was criticized for his management of funds porary custody of the materials. The documents and for storing the museum’s historical research and photographs are housed at the NSHS in Lincoln, where cataloging is being done. materials in a non-climate controlled trailer.

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Beatty says the materials will remain there until a suitable home is found. While the GPBHM seeks support to address issues at its Lake Street building and the possible addition of a new site, it seeks to make itself and the collection visible.

“The museum has a very valuable collection the public has not seen that it needs to see, or at least needs to understand, what does exist,” he says. “We have a challenge to save the building but we have to make certain people understand the building does not dictate the museum. The museum is a compilation of resources, artifacts, documents, and that work needs to go on. Once we have properly inventoried everything, then we can begin to identify opportunities to properly display that.”

He’s thinking outside the box.

“The museum can and will have to function without having that building as its base. We can have exhibits at schools, at corporations, at Crossroads, Westroads, at various events.”

He envisions a revamped, interactive website featuring the collection online.

“So, for a time it may well be a museum without walls, and that’s OK. I am in discussions with an entity to provide a facility. Until we get a space, I think we have to be creative — we have to truly demonstrate the museum is alive and well.”

He acknowledges the GPBHM has not communicated its story well. “It’s unfortunate the community just has not known what the museum is doing. I believe there’s a number of rumors out there that need to be corrected.” One he wants to dispel is that the Lake Street building is owned by the Calloways. continued on page 10 y

numberscruncher President Barack Obama’s approval rating in Nebraska, according to a Jan. 31 poll: 38 percent Obama’s national approval rating as of Jan. 30: 50 percent Obama’s approval rating in Omaha’s 2nd Congressional District: 51 percent Obama’s approval rating in rural Nebraska’s 3rd Congressional District: 28 percent

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Board chair Jim Beatty discusses the Great Plains Black History Museum. 812.3324 Q Ethnic Potluck Dinner & Discussion: Thursday, Feb. 10, 6 p.m., West Hills Church, 3015 S. 82nd Ave. Secondannual potluck dinner explores hip-hop culture and its role in society. omahatabletalk.com

Mayor Jim Suttle’s narrow victory last week in his recall election is hardly a ringing endorsement for him, says Randall Adkins, chair of the political science department at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Just over 51 percent of voters elected to keep him around.

“He was running against himself, essentially,” Adkins says. “There was a combination of people who supported him and a number of people who were simply opposed to the recall as the best course of action.”

Removing Suttle from office would have meant months more of contentious campaigning, and up to $600,000 in additional election costs to taxpayers, according to the Douglas County Election Commission.

Suttle gained ground in West Omaha, with 30 precincts west of 72nd St. voting against the recall after voting for Daub in 2009. But in traditionally Democratic South Omaha, Suttle lost support, with 23 precincts voting for the recall after voting for him in 2009.

“There’s no ‘typical’ for things like recalls,” Atkins says. “ … It’s almost like a novelty election.”

Adkins thinks the recall says less about Omaha and more about the current challenges facing elected officials.

“What I hope the mayor took out of this is that politics today is about the permanent campaign,” he says.

“Campaigning doesn’t stop once you’re elected to office.

Governing has to look a lot like campaigning. “… Unless somebody wants to be a one termer … they have to be thinking and preparing for the next campaign the day after they’re elected. There are consequences for neglecting that.”

The New York Times praised Suttle in a Jan. 28 editorial, for declining “the familiar politician-as-panderer’s escape route — draconian vows to slash services while worshiping at the ‘no-new-taxes’ shrine.” Instead Suttle raised taxes, signed a new police contract that required more expensive pension contributions from the city and turned what was an estimated $12 million budget deficit at the start of 2010 into a $3 million surplus by the end of the year.

And it nearly cost him his job. But Adkins says Suttle may have won something even more valuable — a clean slate.

“I think he has a chance to start over,” he says. “… It looks like he’s already made all of the really tough choices, so now we’ll see how he executes his vision.”

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The controversial Fremont law punishing landlords and employers who rent to or hire undocumented immigrants will finally have its day in court on March 15 in Omaha.

Passed by voters last June, the Fremont City Council suspended the ordinance in late July after the American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund filed suit, saying the ordinance violated state law. The groups have since combined the lawsuits.

In November, U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Smith Camp asked the Nebraska Supreme Court to decide whether the case was a federal or state decision. The state Supreme Court declined to rule and on Jan. 25 Smith Camp elected to keep the trial in federal court.

Attorneys on both sides signed an agreement saying city leaders would not try to enforce the law prior to the District Court issuing a ruling.

City wants to see progress on tower Omaha city officials are playing hardball with the developers of a proposed luxury high-rise at 14th and Dodge that for the past four years has been nothing more than a giant hole in the middle of downtown.

Developer Townsend Inc. purchased the old Union Pacific headquarters from the city for $1 in 2007, then paid millions of dollars to tear down the existing building to make way for an office, condos and hotel complex. The planned Wall Street Tower was scheduled to be completed in

2008 but developers say the economic downturn made funding difficult.

The city wants to see the developers fill the hole or start building. To get the point across, the city denied a long-term lease renewal for a Townsend property at 12th and Cass and gave the developer a spring deadline to address the issue. “While I have been hoping for the Wall Street Tower project’s success, the long delays can no longer be overlooked,� says City Councilman Chris Jerram. “I support the City Attorney’s decision to force the developers to fill the hole.�

Townsend officials say they hope to begin construction by late spring 2011.

State lawmakers reach tentative deal on Omaha’s wheel tax After three days of debate, the Nebraska Legislature reached a tentative agreement Feb. 1 to halt Omaha’s $50 wheel tax on commuters who work in the city but live elsewhere. Bellevue Sen. Abbie Cornett introduced a bill, LB 81, that would’ve stopped the tax cold, but Omaha senators lobbied for a compromise that would allow the city to continue taxing residents who live within three miles of the city’s jurisdiction.

Revenues from that tax total $3 million annually. Omaha and the surrounding communities will also form a committee to look at the viability of a metro-wide wheel or sales tax as part of the compromise.

The commuter wheel tax, approved by the Omaha City Council last fall, was expected to

murderink they Tony Maben, 34, was shot and killed shortly before noon Jan. 28 near 33rd and Parker. No arrests have been made.

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generate an additional $2.8 million for maintenance of the city’s roads.

Mello proposes plan to pay for sewer project Omaha State Sen. Heath Mello introduced a bill, LB 682, on Jan. 26 that would help Omaha taxpayers pay for the $1.6 billion federally mandated sewer separation project. Under Mello’s proposal, the city would be able to use the $48 million in projected sales tax revenue associated with the project to help mitigate sewer rate increases for residents.

The bill has the support of the City of Omaha and the Metropolitan Utilities District.

Two men stabbed on Saddle Creek Ruben Hernandez, 28, and Royce Jackman, 31, are expected to survive after stabbing each other near Saddle Creek and Davenport on Jan. 31. Investigators say the men were riding in the same car on Saddle Creek when a fight broke out. A third person was in the car at the time of the incident but was not injured.

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Deterence Smith, 18, and Marcus Swift, 17, both survived after being shot Jan. 25 near 5050 Ames Ave. Tyrone Thomas, 43, survived after police found Nine state senators him suffering from a gunselected for shot wound at 2515 Bristol redistricting panel St. Jan. 26.

Five Republicans and four DemSheena Mabson, 36, surocrats were appointed to the vived after being shot Jan. Nebraska Legislature’s redis- state sen. heath mello 27 outside the J-N-J Grocery tricting committee on Jan. 31. store at 3247 N. 42nd St. The group of state senators will be responsible Dexter Levering, 30, and Brian Flowers, for the politically charged process of redrawing 20, survived after being shot during a rolling the state’s congressional districts for the next gun battle witnessed by off-duty police offidecade. The process will begin when the state re- cers near 27th and Farnam on Jan. 29. ceives the final 2010 census numbers in March.

Thorton Williams, 36, survived after beThe committee consists of Republican Sens. ing shot during an apparent robbery attempt John Nelson of Omaha, Chris Langemeier of at his home at 5112 N. 48th St. Jan. 30.

Schuyler, Deb Fischer of Valentine, Ken Schilz Peter Acosta, 25, survived after being shot of Ogallala and Scott Lautenbaugh of Omaha. near 24th and Levenworth on Jan. 30.

Democratic members on the committee include No arrests have been made in any of Sens. Heath Mello of Omaha, Bill Avery of Lin- the shootings. coln, Annette Dubas of Fullerton, and Danielle Conrad of Lincoln.

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“A lawsuit ultimately decided in favor of the museum gave title to the building to the museum as opposed to the family,� he says.

He vows greater transparency. “People want to know what the bottom-line is. They want to have an assurance the money is being used wisely, accounted for properly and in a timely fashion, and that the books are open.

Folks want to know, and in my opinion they deserve to know.�

A campaign to raise money will eventually be launched. “Omaha’s a very philanthropic community. I believe we’ll be able to raise money. I’m very confident in that. How much depends on how the funders view the credibility of the organization.

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More than anything, he wants the museum lifted out of its dormancy. “There is a sadness this has happened but at the same time there is a hope something can be done to revive the museum and put it on a proper track. My discussions in the community confirm people want to see a vibrant museum that is relevant, involved, proactive, well managed, respected.�

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With his existing player relationships he certainly represents the easiest transition for the Jays.

But is he ready? Torres has never been a head coach before and Creighton rightly holds its soccer program in high esteem as one of the best in the country. Is the school ready to hand over its keys to a rookie head coach?

I tend to favor upside over experience when it comes to coaching hires. Torres will be a head coach somewhere soon. Is there any place else he’d rather do that than Creighton?

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Clark told the Creighton site White and Blue Review — who seemed to beat nearly every major media outlet to the punch with this news — that the move was a “family decisionâ€? as his fiancĂŠe is from the Pacific Northwest. Good for him, bad for Creighton.

At least that’s the way it seems in the immediate aftermath of the resignation. Clark took an unranked Creighton squad, licking their wounds after missing the NCAA tournament for the first time in 17 years, and guided them to a 13-5-2 record. The Jays were one penalty kick away from advancing to the third round of the tournament and will return their top six scorers and eight starters next year.

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Industrial livestock may be fed anything from bubblegum and cardboard to chicken feces and antibiotics to speed up the growing process and get the meat to market as quickly as possible. In the case of beef, the industry realized a long time ago that feeding starch- and protein-rich corn to a cow will fatten the animal quicker than letting it graze on its natural diet of grasses. In the words of one cattleman, “Corn-fed is all about carve ‘em up quick.”

Fortunately, we can still find meat produced by small, family farmers using chemical-free, natural methods as an option to the industrial meat put out by megacorporations. Often that livestock is grass-fed or pastured.

Common sense would tell us (well, most of us) that a cow that eats what nature intended would be healthier and produce healthier meat than one that eats junk food. That premise is at the heart of the trend toward grass-fed beef.

Good for them. Much of the past research focused on what the benefits are to the beef product when it is

grass-fed instead of grain-fed. Dating back decades, researchers found that the nutritional profile of meat from grass-fed cattle was different from grain-fed.

Author and researcher Jo Robinson summarizes on her website, EatWild.com: “Compared with commercial products, [pastured animals] offer you more ‘good’ fats, and fewer ‘bad’ fats. They are richer in antioxidants; including vitamins E, beta-carotene and vitamin C. Further, they do not contain traces of added hormones, antibiotics or other drugs.”

That observation is based on the analysis of meat from grass-fed animals. So we know that the meat of grass-fed beef has more of the good stuff and less of the bad stuff. The twist on the new research is that it was done on humans who eat grass-fed beef. Is there actually a proven benefit to us? Turns out the researchers say, “Yes.” Well-defined. Be sure that when you are shopping for “grass-fed” that the term means that the animal ate only grass over its lifetime. Unscrupulous purveyors have been known to claim, “Hey, all cows eat grass,” and not admit their cattle are finished on grain to fatten them at the end. Grass-fed benefits are lost almost immediately when a cow switches to corn.

Also, another useful term to look for is “pastured.” It should mean that the animal lived primarily outdoors in a natural environment, grazing. It is not unreasonable to suspect that some livestock producers feed grass to cattle living in confined quarters. The term “pastured” should clear that up.

Ten Reasons to Eat Grass-Fed 1) Your food dollar becomes a vote against CAFOs. They are not a good idea for a variety of reasons. 2) Grass-fed meat gives you all the benefits that Nature designed. 3) It costs a little more.

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5) Less antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The livestock industry is the largest consumer of antibiotics. Indiscriminate use creates drug resistant strains, causes runoff that puts drugs in our water supply and means the meat you eat can have antibiotics in it, too. Grass-fed cows ordinarily never get antibiotics. 6) Grass-fed beef means less E. coli.

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Yet while the Oscars, Grammys, Addys, Emmys and Tonys do relative justice to popular art and entertainment, there are very few honors bestowed upon the fine and classical arts.

During his State of the Union address last week, President Obama lamented America’s poor showing worldwide in math and science educational outcomes. “We need to teach our kids that it’s not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated,” he said, “but also the winner of the science fair.”

Given the way high school and college sports dominate media and extracurriculars, the president could have easily substituted recital, concert, art show or school play for “science fair.”

That he didn’t speaks volumes of where American priorities are as to what constitutes a quality of life. It’s a message not missed by artists and instructors in the humanities.

At the local level, the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Association will do what it can to put the spotlight on the visual arts Sunday, Feb. 13 at its annual awards night. And while most Omaha artists will tell you it’s not about the competition, make no mistake, they appreciate the recognition of their peers and the public.

Even more, visual artists need to be seen.

Seen, that is, in their curated exhibits in area venues. In 2010 there were dozens of fine art shows, close to 150 in galleries, museums and art centers in Omaha alone. Sadly, very few received coverage from local mainstream media, another commentary on “The Good Life.” They deserved better.

Toward this end, welcome to the fifth annual A-List, a summary and acknowledgement of the best art exhibits organized in the Omaha market in 2010. At least based on the opinions of yours truly, based on the following criteria. There are no awards, medals or ribbons, just the pleasure of revisiting some of the most entertaining and

enlightening work local artists and shows had to offer in legitimate venues.

Last year this critic reviewed 46 exhibits in Omaha alone. So many that, unlike past A-Lists that included outstanding work in Lincoln, the plethora of fine art on view here deserved coverage and kept travel time to a minimum. For that reason, last year’s list includes only Omaha shows, though two fine exhibits from Sheldon were reviewed as part of its year-long celebration of women in the arts.

The only other thing missing this time around is the key arts events and issues that surfaced in 2010 that we covered in January. To that list we can add the following: the sad news that Bellevue University has dropped its undergraduate fine arts major, leaving some staff and many students scrambling for Plan B. Further

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evidence of diminished interest in the visual arts in education; this, on top of a continuing lack of a Master of Fine Arts program offered anywhere in Omaha.

Better “news” is the rumor that the former Polyester Gallery will resurface after closing at 1618 Harney. Owner Bill Eiseman is currently checking out possible sites in the Old Market area.

More news than rumor is the anticipated spring/summer opening of a new gallery in Omaha by artist Larry Roots, owner of Modern Arts Midwest. Roots is currently renovating the old Eisenberg Gallery at 36th and Dodge. If Roots brings the same quality and sophisticated exhibits that he enjoys in Lincoln to this new space, Omaha has a lot to look forward to.

Once again we will use the same three-tier approach to the 2010 A-List we employed last year.

The third tier is composed of exhibits of emerging artists whose work may lack a bit of polish or it may feature a show from any artist whose reach exceeds its grasp or lacks consistency in spite of being innovative, exemplary work. For many, these are among the most enjoyable shows for their freshness, audacity and charm.

The second tier usually exhibits mature work from established artists or innovative examples from new artists that belie their age or experience. What’s important here is that the show lives up to its concept or promise or that the artist has shown some growth and isn’t merely covering a familiar group, however good it may be.

As for group shows in either tier, the work should be discriminating and cohesive with a curatorial point of view.

The third tier is reserved only for the most professional, unified and creative shows that would work in any metropolitan area. The work is either risky and edgy or extraordinarily sophisticated, often both. These artists have taken the viewer to another place, at least in 2010, and their shows may have even exceeded their own expectations; certainly there is always present the element of surprise. Simply put, these exhibits are all Best in Show for last year.

For each tier we will draw only from the shows seen and reviewed. We will list and briefly describe all nominees in each and then reveal the top three as either gold standard, silver star or bronze medal, according to the criteria and their individual characteristics. You may see things differently, which is fine as this writer will be happy that we can agree to have seen the same work. If you missed any of these exhibits you missed something special. All of them deserved some face time above and beyond their enjoyable openings. Many of the reviews of these shows can be found at TheReader.com.

That said, there are two additional caveats.

Two of the largest exhibits in 2010, the Bemis Auction Show and the Kent Bellows exhibition at the Joslyn Art Museum, Beyond Realism, are not included here. As mentioned before, fundraising group shows and retrospectives are larger-than-life events rather than current contemporary art shows and were recognized as such in the previous article. Secondly, since this A-List is limited to Omaha, the two Sheldon shows reviewed, Shrew’d and Seductive Subversions, would have easily made the top tier as

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this venue continues to be a leader in exhibit- humanistic portrait of a country steeped in ing superior contemporary art. pride and humility.

Beginning with the third tier we have three ■Silver Medal: Tie, between Sallow Suns honorable mentions, all of which represented collage and mixed media by Brian Poloncic and the best shows last year at Hot Shops Art Cen- Of Youth and Dreams in the evening of Life, a kiter: Mike Giron’s ambitious but too academic netic shadow play installation from Alex MeyThe Future of Painting, the Print Guild’s eclectic ers. Though they both opened the same night, Last Show Ever, and the interesting but inconsis- they are polar opposites of personal expression. tent Out of the Woods. Runner-up shows and the The former is an iconographic study in introtop three include the following: spection and the latter, an extroverted, Rube ■Dana Rose’s coming out solo show at Goldberg-like exercise in life affirmation.

RNG, American Byproduct. A worthy mixed â– Gold Medal: Til Death Due Us Part, a twomedia catalogue of her talent, this slightly person show by Rob Gilmer and Louise Millman. edgy show would have benefited from a cu- In spite of its deliberate self-indulgence, this mixedratorial edit, but hopemedia memorial to a 30fully her best work is on year friendship was this the horizon.

Tier’s most ambitious ■SODZO, anwork despite its inconsisother promising show, tencies, an integral part this one in the Bemis of any relationship and Underground from the creative process. emerging artist Tana Tier II exhibits raise Quincy, whose 20 small the bar more than a bit paintings of body tisand generally deliver sue and tendon were according to expectaan unexpected undertions. From more than statement of an intense 20 qualifiers we have personal nature. six runners-up and five ■Body as Text at medal winners countRNG. This mixed meing ties. In addition, dia group exhibit cusolo shows from Chrisrated by photographer FROM “TIME, DEATH & BEAUTY� tina Narwicz’s Fluid at Larry Ferguson was all AT THE MOVING GALLERY Anderson O’Brien and over the map, as it was Matt Carlson’s Shapethe only show last year that explored nudity shifters and Jeff King’s My Shadows in the Unand sensuality as a form of expression with derground deserve honorable mention. relative success. ■From the Queen’s Lab, a solo exhibit at the ■Heavens to Mergatroid, a startling installa- Fred Simon Gallery by David Helm. It featured tion from Stephen Azevedo in the Bemis Under- marvelous narrative and allegorical installaground that recreated the Sharon Tate murder tions and assemblages that commented on scene as a commentary on America’s love/hate contemporary socio-political issues. Better yet, fascination with violent death. they were entertaining and academic. ■Bronze Medal: Cuba, Jim Hendrickson’s ■58.1 Miles, a visionary installation by revealing photo-journal of our Caribbean Yinghua Zhu in the Underground. Both Budneighbor that was less travelogue and more continued on page 14 y

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dhist and personal, the artist explores her journey to America on the poetic road of enlightenment “through unfamiliar territory.” n Transatlantik, a three-person exhibit at the Moving Gallery featuring photography by Fulvio de Pellegrin and Heidi Lichtenberger and acrylic and charcoal portraits by Paolo Dolzan. Cultural envoys also, these European artists give an unexpected iggy sumnik vision of America taken from a 2007 road trip. n Supernova by mixed media artist Bart Vargas at Anderson O’Brien in the Old Market. Vargas’ 200-plus works proved that he could combine intelligent, conceptual themes within a colorful palette and complex abstract design. n Ladies’ Choice by Christine Stormberg in the Bemis Underground. Christine stormed on the Omaha art scene with six outré oil-on-canvas portraits that dare you to look and appreciate her alternative lifestyle and art, both bold statements of femininity. n Equally audacious were Photographs by Ana Sijben, an Amsterdam artist whose portraits

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of bellies, backs and feet proved that they can be as revealing of character and personality as faces. n Bronze Medal: On and Off the Wall, a solo show from ceramicist and mixed media artist Iggy Sumnik at one of Omaha’s most innovative galleries, New BLK. Sumnik is arguably Omaha’s most original young ceramic artist and his totem, pipe blossoms, chunks, stacks and jelly beans are colorful proof in clay. n Silver Medal: Tie between two very different shows, New Works

by Therman Statom at RNG and Slippery Humanist Values, a two-person exhibit at the Jackson Artworks featuring paintings

by Watie White and Brent Houzenga. Statom’s glass sculpture and mini installation project an austere detached point-of-view that reflects back on the viewer.

Conversely, the satiric and social commentary in Slippery Humanist Values challenges viewers to reexamine a cultural ethos in a constant state of flux. n Gold Medal: Another tie, this time between two outstanding solo shows — New Works

by Joseph Broghammer and Scaffolding from Mary Day, a 2010 NAC Artist Fellow. Broghammer’s large-scale pastel drawings of animal imagery are familiar, true, but they never fail to interest with their own blend of humanistic satire and masterful attention to detail. To this most sophisticated series of all, he added a popular “deck of cards,” 52 unframed sketches. Day’s drawings and sculptural objects, currently on display at Bemis and the Fred Simon Gallery in an NAC winner’s show, match Broghammer in sophistication in an equally individual style and vision. Her scope is broader as her elegant and graceful orbital scaffolds are her cosmic response to the chaos that surrounds us.

There are no honorable mentions in the first tier; the nine qualifiers deserve singular recognition for one reason or another. The point is that if the top three shows last year weren’t so unusual and strong, the six runners-up would compare favorably in those slots with winners in the past four years. Those runners-up at the highest level include the following: n Watered Down, the multi-installation of Matthew Dehaemer at Creighton University’s Lied Gallery.

This Kansas City-based artist followed up his interactive 402 (DisConnect/ReConnect) at Bemis with a more concise

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and controlled exhibit focusing on Nebraska ecological issues and he did it with a “green” combination of science, beauty and grace. n Holding My Horses, another fine installation from one of Nebraska’s most innovative new media artists, Leslie Iwai that showed at Florence Mill Loft.

Unlike Dehaemer’s rebecca herskovitz socio-political installation, finished and polished, Iwai’s signature style is more mythical and ephemeral, a virtual work in progress that became more interesting as the show continued with her center stage creating and inviting the viewer to relate to her personal struggle whether to stay put or move forward with her life and career. n Paintings from the Vision Inhabited House,

by Bill Hoover, another superior local artist coming to grips with his future, both personal and career-wise. This most extraordinary series bart vargas of paintings found Hoover evolving out of a familiar, colorful and folksy, optimistic style and exploring a darker, more abstract and expressionist vision of tomorrow in light of the past. This was exceptional and unexpected growth on view at the seldom seen Stone House Art Gallery at 1508 Leavenworth St.

n The Things I Cannot Say, by Rebecca Herskovitz. Even more surprising was this Underground exhibit that featured the nudes, collages and personal landscapes. As she then demonstrated later in Body as Text, this artist doesn’t shy away from the duplicity of eroticism: the desire to express one’s self sexually in art while being vulnerable and exposed to public scrutiny and perception. This was daring and provocative work. n Making the Connection, new experimental photography by German artist Frauke Bergemann in Gallery 616. Bergemann’s return trip after her extraordinary show in the Moving Gallery in 2008 is not quite as startling or contemporary as her earlier Berliner series, but nevertheless this horizontal series on behalf of the preservation of old buildings and cultural landmarks is a show of wonder and unusual perspective, especially her series Buildings in the Waiting Loop. n Borderland Abstraction, curated by Hesse McGraw at the Bemis Center. Large group shows are difficult to digest unless they have a clear concept or visual motif, and no one does group better than this venue. continued on page 16 y

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An Evening with Steven Soderbergh.

Academy Award-winning director of Traffic, Erin Brockovich, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Out of Sight, The Informant!, and the Ocean’s Eleven trilogy.

Interview by Kurt Andersen, with an Introduction by Alexander Payne.

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This impressive survey worked hard to query “What is Abstract Art?” and it demanded multiple viewings.

■ Bronze Medal: Another group show demanding several viewings was McGraw’s even more conceptual and contemporary Hopey Changey Things, an optimistic mixed and new media response to Sarah Palin’s self-serving cynicism about the future. This time Bemis made an even bigger point: Beauty and appreciation are not necessarily sacrificed for the sake of a loftier purpose.

■ Silver Star: For some, one viewing of JOSEPH BROGHAMMER Tim Guthrie’s and Doug Hayko’s Extraordinary Rendition in the Underground was more than enough, so powerful was this installation’s sensory impact regardless of where you stood on the issues raised. Those who stood too close to the performance scene

depicting torture were left with an indelible impression of last year’s edgiest and most provocative exhibition seen in Omaha.

■ Gold Standard: Time, Death & Beauty, organized by Matthias Harder, chief curator of the Helmut Newton Museum in Berlin, for the Moving Gallery. No gallery in this region does a better job of taking Omaha to a new place in art, as it has done in the past with similar photography exhibits from Germany and Latin America. Each is characterized by a level of creativity and sophistication seldom seen in this area. This time artists from Germany, Italy and Omaha’s Vera Mercer gloriously proved with their imagery that “All is vanity.”

Finally, what ultimately distinguishes the top tier is that more than the other fine work on display last year in this area, these were the exhibits one would have to come to Omaha to see, work that truly made this city a place for fine art. ,

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The contrast of sweet, sour, savory and bitter is just my favorite thing in a dish, and it was all over The Grey Plume’s menu. There was a heavy emphasis on citrus garnishes the January evening I visited, with bearss lime accompanying my lamb (which cost $27), meyer lemons with the trout ($25), tangerine with the bison ($27) and cara cara orange (whatever that is) with the red beet agnoletti pasta ($21). My plate of lamb came with spears of butternut squash over creamy apple sauce, roasted parsnips (maybe my new favorite vegetable) held up the medium-rare lamb that I was practically dying over.

The Grey Plume’s baker/pastry chef makes bread early in the morning, and the restaurant makes its own

ournalists are supposed to be unbiased. Most writers, at their best, do as well as they can to stay neutral, too. That being said, I knew I would like The Grey Plume before I even saw the sign go up last December outside its home on 31st and Farnam.

I know its chef/owner Clayton Chapman professionally. I interviewed THE grey plume him for a profile several years ago when he was the executive chef at Spencer’s For Steaks and Chops, and I run into him periodically around town, mostly at foodie events. He is always pleasant, and frankly, he’s just plain cute. Actually, dreamy is the right word, with his wavy blond locks, permanent smile and soft voice. So I confess, I knew I would have plenty of good things to say about The Grey Plume well before I visited.

But even without Chapman’s good looks and charm, there’s a lot to be said about the restaurant, starting with its green initiative. The restaurant has been named the green- butter from buttermilk, which lends a fantastic crèmeest in the country by the Green Restaurant Association, fraiche sourness to the creamy pad. Chapman takes on which awards points for sustainability in construction, brewing his own coffee for the restaurant, which I was recycling programs, initiatives to limit waste and energy skeptical of at first — how could this twenty-something consumption. The Grey Plume has the most points in the be this good at everything? But he is. country. Environmental impact was taken into account Lunch is, as Chapman says, more comfort-food in what seems like all aspects of the restaurant, from its driven. There are sandwiches and small plates of beautiful floors, which were salvaged from a barn, to its pasta. Pulled pork was the highlight at lunch with composting and recycling programs, to its emphasis on house-made barbecue sauce and garlic aioli served locally-sourced food. with roasted potatoes ($11).

The restaurant’s menu changes a little every day “This has always been the goal,” says Chapman. “It’s depending on what it can get from area farmers and been the dream that when we did open this would be the other suppliers. type of restaurant we would open. We wanted to open a “Anything we cook is as seasonal as possible,” says fine dining restaurant without pretension.”

Chapman. “Right now it’s a lot of root vegetables: beets, Service was a little sluggish on my visit at dinner, parsnips, turnips. We’re definitely looking forward to but the wait staff was friendly and helpful. I was greeted spring and the sprouting, greens and peas.” warmly by the host at the front and sat on a bench watchCarrot soup garnished with red carrots, black walnuts ing the bartender and, behind him, the kitchen staff, and truffles led the first course list for lunch and dinner on which has a view of the bar area. The bar area is cozy and a recent visit. The puree of vegetable went down smoothly clean and the rest of the restaurant is almost too clean. I sweet with a delightful crunch from the walnuts. At dinner feel the same with the local Delice European Bakery across the soup was $9 and at lunch a bowl is $7, and a very small the street. The new Midtown Crossing development is still cup is $4. As of right now, the pork belly option is still on so shiny and new. I just want these great restaurants with the menu. When I was there the meat, something akin to great stories to have a home that has a story as well. No bacon in flavor yet meatier in texture, came fully loaded one has spilled on the floor of The Grey Plume, no one has with a coffee sauce puree; grapefruit and its sweetened fallen in love there, there hasn’t been a fire or a blow-out peel represented a deep balance of flavors and textures. fight like you know has happened at any given downtown

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Anthony’s Steakhouse/The Ozone Club For more than 38 years, Anthony’s has been known for its steaks, using premium black angus beef aged on premises.

Anthony’s is dedicated to bringing customers a truly special dining event every visit.

7220 F St. • 331.7575 anthonyssteakhouse.com

Another foodie paradise running smoothly at Midtown Crossing

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84th Street Café Serving delicious cost-conscious food.

8013 S. 83rd Ave. • 597-5003 www.facebook.com/84thstcafe

n Carnivores have yet another option for burgers — Blanc Burgers & Bottles, a chain based in Prairie Village, Kansas, recently opened at Midtown Crossing. The centerpiece of the restaurant’s menu is their gourmet burgers, which incorporate ingredients like Wagyu and Kobe beef, with fancy-schmancy toppings like foie gras butter and house-made pickles.

Those who aren’t fans of red meat will appreciate burgers with mahi-mahi, slowcooked pork, grilled portabellas and even a lentil burger, all with equally creative toppings.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. For more information call 502.3686. n Another Midtown Crossing restaurant, Ingredient, will open a second location around Valentine’s Day. The restaurant will be in the former California Pizza Kitchen location at 10317 Pacific St. in One Pacific Place. n Last week the folks at the USDA updated their Food Environment Atlas on their website, allowing visitors to check out their local food environment by county. You can check residents’ proximity to grocery stores, what they’re eating and all sorts of dorky food data. What do they say about Douglas County? Well, there was a 43 percent increase in the number of superstores and club stores from 2007-08, a 26 percent drop in convenience stores, a 4 percent rise in fast food restaurants (which totaled 409 in 2008) and an annual consumption of approximately 66 gallons of soft drinks per person in 2006. Maybe that’s why we’re seeing all those billboards encouraging us to lose weight. For all these stats and more, way more, surf to Ers.USDA.gov/foodatlas/.

— Kyle Tonniges

n George Paul Vinegar released its raspberry and Brianna vinegars in late January. The company, which is located in Cody, Neb., and makes artisanal vinegar, sold out of its first batch of raspberry vinegar back in 2009. This is the first run of the Brianna, which is made from Nebraska-grown white wine. The company is offering a free bottle of its apple-cider vinegar on orders of three or more bottles until March 1. George Paul Vinegar is available online at GeorgePaulVinegar. com or to purchase at Whole Foods or La Buvette. n eCreamery is offering assistance to home chefs.

The online and retail ice cream store is selling prepackaged mixes of four of its ice cream flavors, including vanilla bean, buttered caramel, tiramisu cappuccino and three cocoa bean chocolate. All home cooks need do is add the mix to cream, half and half and sugar in an ice cream maker. The mixes cost $12 for about four quarts. The mix is available online at ECreamery.com or at the store on 50th and Underwood.

— Lainey Seyler Crumbs is about indulging in food and celebrating its many forums. Send information about area food and drink businesses to crumbs@thereader.com.

and midtown building at some point in its past. But that will take time. , The Grey Plume, located at 31st and Farnam, is open Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. and Sunday noon-4 p.m. Visit thegreyplume.com or call 763.4447 for more information.

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The Wailers w/ Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds and Duane Stephenson Bourbon Theatre, 1415 O St., Lincoln 7 p.m., $22 ADV/$25 DOS bourbontheatre.com

The Wailers are as synonymous with reggae as Mozart is with classical music. As the late Bob Marley’s backing band, The Wailers have toured the world selling over 250 million records. Although Aston “Family Man” Barrett is the only original member, the current lineup is overflowing with talented musicians who carry on Marley’s legacy. As Marley’s right hand man, Barrett witnessed the evolution and Americanization of reggae. At 68, Barrett is intent on carrying reggae’s universal language of truth, culture and reality. “Reggae music is the art of the people. We are like one. We all have to live and work as a family,” Barrett says. “My duty is to keep the spirit of Bob Marley alive. Thy will must be done.” Playing to an estimated 24 million people since the group’s 1974 inception, The Wailers are joined by openers Tomorrows Bad Seeds and Duane Stephenson in Lincoln for what is to be another stellar performance.

— Kyle Eustice

Count Buddy Holly among those celebrities who’ve left this world too soon … and whose estates continue to earn money by the bundle (Presley and Jackson families, I’m looking at you, too). Impresario and Omaha-native Billy McGuigan continues the wailers his spot-on role as the late West Texas singer, recreating the care-free days of the 1950s, when the music slowly became a little more rock and a lot less country and we didn’t spend the days tweeting away. McGuigan has taken Rave On! across the country. Regardless of where it has played, positive reviews have followed. This is an event you will long remember.

— Adam Froemming

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Kris Lager Band w/ Funk Trek and Rock Paper Dynamite Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $8, onepercentproductions.com

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on the road than working locally, with regular gigs taking them to Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Colorado. As they build their fan base they’re also sharpening one of the most exciting live shows around. They’ve got serious musical chops and keep stepping up their game. If you like bands like The Black Keys, check out this local band that puts down sizzling guitar-and-keyboard-centric sounds. And if you haven’t seen Funk Trek yet, be sure to get there early for their funk extravaganza.

— B.J. Huchtemann

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PS Collective, 6056 Maple St. 8-10 p.m., $10, pscollective.com

Qwest Center Omaha, 455 N. 10th St. 2:05 pm, $12-$40, 280.5297 ticketmaster.com

Sokol Auditorium, 2234 S. 13 St. 21+, 8 p.m.-2 a.m., $8 ADV/$10 DOS 346.9802, groundhogprom.com

Skullduggery Presents: In a Dark Dark House

In its return to PS Collective, Skullduggery presents In a Dark Dark House, the story of two brothers in their mid-30s trying to overcome their negative upbringing and troubled past. Written by Neil Labute, the play unfolds into a dismal tale of the horrible and lasting effects of growing up in an abusive household and experiencing sexual abuse.

In spreading awareness, a portion of the ticket and refreshment sales will be donated to the Family Justice Center of the Midlands. Stop in before the show for dinner and drinks at the Pizza Shoppe next door.

— Chalis Bristol

SATURDAY5 Feb. 5

Creighton vs. Evansville

The up and down season that the Bluejays have experienced may be of concern for the casual bandwagon fan … but it’s of no issue to those whose lungs burn after every hardwood battle from screaming and cheering, whose face looks like Violet Beauregard due to the permanent glow of blue face paint, and whose wardrobes consist of shirts with Billy Bluejay plastered on them. You know who you are. As the team sits in the middle of the pack in the Missouri Valley, a win over the Evansville Purple Aces puts the hometown boys right in the thick of the race and keeps hopes of a postseason birth alive, as the rest of the league jockeys for position in the last month of the regular season.

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Thirty-three years and still jesting? Yep. Omaha’s annual gathering of merry pranksters continues Saturday, and this year’s culturally relevant theme goes by the “Wiki-Licious Costume Ball.” Due to the recent WikiLeaks uproar, you’re encouraged to wear something “transparent.” In case you haven’t been before, people don satirical costumes that touch on recent social or political themes, but plain old nonsensical always seems to fit in, too. Satchel Grande again take the main stage along with Funk Trek. Sokol Underground plays host to The Bishops.

— Brent Crampton

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Concert/Benefit for People’s City Mission featuring Pharmacy Spirits, The Surprise Left, Strawberry Burns

Holland Performing Arts Center 1200 Douglas St. 8 p.m., Tickets $25-$95 345.0606, ticketomaha.com

The Bourbon Theatre, 1415 O St., Lincoln 9:30 p.m., $6 admission or $3 with two or more cans/boxes of food, bourbontheatre.com, 402.477.4776

Standing on the shoulders of jazz giants like Armstrong and Ellington, Wynton Marsalis has helped institutionalize the indigenous American art form of jazz. The founder and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and the music director for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Marsalis has transcended his award-winning, critically-lauded contributions as a trumpet master, composer and bandleader to become jazz’s leading educator and advocate. His concert performances with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra harken to the heyday of big bands, yet remain wholly contemporary.

Cool out to a repertoire that spans the entire jazz idiom. The New York Times has called Marsalis “the high priest of jazz” and the Daily Telegraph has anointed the orchestra “the finest big band in the world today.”

— Leo Adam Biga

Okay, so we can all agree that benefits are great, especially for things like the People’s City Mission, one of Lincoln’s chief advocacy and outreach organizations for the homeless and impoverished. But they become even better when the bands rock. Like, really rock. Pharmacy Spirits are one of the area’s rising stars, a phoenix out of the ashes of the wonderfully noisy Bad Sects. Strawberry Burns have long been a chief source of straight forward, hook-driven power pop. A final surprise features former members of local legends Sideshow and For Against. This ain’t no quaint night of kumbaya. Come prepared to support a good cause, feed the hungry and have your ears ache.

— John Wenz

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“If you’re happy, be super-happy; if angry, superangry.” In other words, “Don’t hold back, give it lots of energy.”

Stage manager Jake McCoy reminds, “You can no longer ask for a line,” but Klem interjects, “I contradicted that since we didn’t get to Act Two Saturday.” So McCoy adds, “Did you get that? This is the last night you can ask for lines.”

Then they stepped into the Mundy family cottage two miles outside Ballybeg in County

f Ceighton University students in jeans and sweatshirts follow director Alan Klem, shaking limbs and flexing voices with, “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? dancing at lughnasa They’re not auditioning for a Geico insurance commercial, but rehearsing for Creighton’s first Irish play in Klem’s memory. Dancing at Lughnasa opened Wednesday and runs through Feb. 6 in their Studio Theatre.

Why would a Jesuit school shy away from the Irish playwrights? In Klem’s case, it’s the language. Not language that offends, but “I’m not really that good with dialect,” which he planned to brush up on during a recent sabbatical until the call came for him to take over the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival.

So he feels fortunate that colleague Michael McCandless volunteered to help a cast dominated by Creighton seniors with the dialects of Brian Friel’s characters. The award-winning play focuses on a very poor family of five sisters who scrape by with no running water or Donegal, where the Marconi plays and then electricity, their limited lives brightened by their Chris enters singing, bucket in hand. She tells Marconi, a battery-powered radio. her son Michael, up on the stone wall, “You owe They’re visited by an uncle, Father Jack (Pat- me money.” rick Kilcoyne), who struggles to regain the EngWhen Father Jack enters, he asks Maggie lish he lost while speaking Swahili for years as an (Mallory Frielich, who doubles as costume deAfrican missionary. Michael, the son of unwed signer) about the now-unfamiliar word “nag,” as Chris (Maggie Happe), adds some narration, when someone pesters a person with complaints. revealing troubles that lie ahead for the poverty- “Ah,” he nods, “the English vocabulary is coming stricken women. back to me.”

The cast gets ready for a final week of reWhich raises a question from Kate (Teresa hearsal with familiar advice from the director: Seale), the stern sister who worries about all

of them: “When are you going to start saying mass again?”

There’s no clear answer to that one, and when Gerry (Brian Wessling), the father of Michael, arrives, he offers to answer a different question: What’s wrong with the radio, which goes in and out of signal. He climbs on the roof, singing, “The daring young man on the flying trapeze,” and worries shy sister Agnes (Kathleen Franco) that he’ll fall.

But soon it’s a missing Rose (Kelsay Dawson) that causes consternation, which doesn’t end when she returns, sniffing a blossom, after a secret meeting with a young man at a lovely location. “And that’s all I’m going to tell you,” she says. “That’s all you’re going to get.”

And so it went with no one stopping to ask for a line. And no apparent problems with dialect crossing the line from authenticity (they’re in Northern Ireland) to obscurity. The strongest accent came in the speech of Gerry, who is a Welshman.

Friel’s play won a Tony in 1992, and was first performed here by the Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre.

Before the rehearsal ended, some ominous foreshadowing — Gerry’s announcement that factories were taking over the handiwork that provided a meager income for the sisters — preceded Michael’s forecast of sadder events to come.

But playgoers will longer remember the moments when the sisters dance and sing with primal abandon.

And they’ll share the afterglow of their sisterly sympathies for each other and for Father Jack, who can’t quite make it home from Uganda.

And maybe they’ll leave with a hint of the Mundy girls’ hot tea and soda bread lingering in their memories. , Dancing at Lughnasa runs Feb. 2-5 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. at the Studio Theatre in the Lied Fine Arts Center at 2500 California Plz. on the Creighton University campus. Tickets are $10, $8 for seniors, $5 for students, and available at the box office or by calling 280.1448.

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n Distant Music packs so much wit, wisdom and sheer delight into two hours that I can only begin to tell you about it in this space. Until next week’s full review, suffice to say the Irish bartender Dev, played by Scott Kurz, will tempt you to spend every waking hour hanging out in his Boston pub at the Downtown Space in the Old Market.

So much the better if you’re a nun facing a crisis with her vocation (Laura Leininger) or a law professor (Kevin Barratt) struggling over an offered judicial appointment. Then Dev will eavesdrop on your conversation because he says a bartender must choose between eavesdropping or drinking, and he makes the healthier choice.

My first experience with a play by James McLindon reminded me of my first viewing of an August Wilson play. I wanted to retain and relish every laugh line, every witty insight; I can’t wait until Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre mounts his work again. Grab tickets while you can by calling 502.4910.

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n You might doubt the musical Mary Poppins could capture the magic that made the movie such a joy. But with Disney and Cameron Macintosh putting it together, the nanny flies and other wonders never cease.

And you might even believe that man in the television commercial who claims his feet couldn’t stop tapping. At least you’ll find it hard to resist foot-tapping and hand-clapping when chimney sweep Bert and Mary join the ensemble on the contagious beat of “Step in Time.”

Add the fact that native Omahan Q. Smith made a charismatic return home as “the holy terror,” a ferociously funny nanny, and it meets any and every expectation. Fortunately, you have until Feb. 13 if you didn’t catch the opening weekend at the Orpheum. n Andrew McGreevy has moved back to PS Collective with another Neil Labute drama, In a Dark, Dark House, as SkullDuggery Theatre returns to Maple Street in Benson. It completes a brief run Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. with McGreevy and Matt Brown as two brothers with a miserable past.

They’re joined by Corie Grant-Leanna. A $10 ticket admits to what may be McGreevy’s last show before summer. It includes “explicit talk about sexual abuse.”

— Warren Francke Cold Cream looks at theater in the metro area. Email information to coldcream@thereader.com.

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n Last weekend’s Science Fair, which opened Saturday in the Urban Storage building just outside of the Old Market, was the place to be. Seriously.

Hundreds of gallery-goers packed the narrow halls of the fourth and fifth floors, squeezing in and out of tiny individual areas, which displayed the works of close to 100 artists. It was great to see so many first-time artists exhibiting in such an unusual space. The guerilla nature of the event is what made it so cool: Artists played music, and in the building’s lobby, actors acted, poets read and guests mingled.

If you missed it, you’re not out of luck. Organizers Josh Powell and Kevin Rooney have planned a second opening Saturday, Feb. 5 beginning at 6:30 p.m. It’s worth a visit. n The Lincoln Arts Council is working as a local partner on a statewide economic impact study and it needs community support. The Nebraska Arts Council and Nebraskans For the Arts are also partners, and patrons at art events during the next 18 months might be asked to complete a survey while at an event. The surveys are critical to the success of the study, as they will show the important role Lincoln’s art community plays. Results will come

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out in May, 2012. The groups worked on a similar study in 2005. n The Artists Cooperative Gallery continues to celebrate its 35th anniversary with a call for artists. The Emerging Artist 2011 prospectus helps Omaha artists show their first body of work in a gallery. The application deadline is April 10 and applications are available on the Co-Op’s website and at several locations in Omaha and Council Bluffs, including Blick Art Supplies, Border’s at 72nd and Dodge, McFoster’s, Caffeine Dreams and Republic of Couture; in Council Bluffs, go to Tazza Di Caffe, Scooter’s Coffeehouse and the Chamber of Commerce Office.

For more information on the program, contact Travis Apel, Emerging Artist Chairman, at contact@designawax.com or by calling 515.0698.

—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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n As of this week, iPad users now have their very own newspaper. Apple and News Corp launched The Daily, an iPad-based newspaper that’s rumored to cost 99 cents per week after a free trial period. Is this another nail in the coffin of print media, or just a cool app that comes and goes? Only time will tell. n What do you do if you’re a reporter and you find yourself in a foreign country — like oh, let’s say Egypt for kicks — that decides to completely shut down the internet? Mediabistro Startups Editor Kenneth Musante suggested you start with Tor (TorProject.org). “If you set up a Tor client on your computer it sends your internet traffic bouncing all around the world to these different routers,” he told Galleycat, a media and publishing blog. “When it comes out on the other end, you can’t tell where it came from. It is designed so that people living in countries that block specific sites can access sites like Twitter because it looks like your traffic is coming from Canada or something.” Other tools that writers used included HootSuite and TweetDeck, as well as virtual private networks and proxy sites in order to get their stores filed.

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n But does it rhyme? Poet David Morice took it upon himself to write the Poetry City Marathon, a 100-page poem every day for 100 days, resulting in a 10,000-page poem. Amazingly (cruelly?) the work has been bound by the University of Iowa Library into a single volume. n Time Magazine recently reported that author and John McCain speechwriter Mark Salter is the anonymous author behind O: A Presidential Novel, a novel about the inner workings of the Obama administration. n While there are plenty of ways for book lovers to swap the physical versions of their favorite books online and in the real world, Kindle and Nook users were left out. Not anymore. BookSwim.com, a Netflix-style book rental company, recently launched ebookfling.com, a site that enables users to swap etitles. Downloading the app and joining the site is free, but it’ll cost you $1.99 to borrow a book.

—Kyle Tonniges Comments? Questions? Want more? Email us at booked@thereader.com

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THE 815, 815 O. St., Suite 1, Lincoln, 261.4905, the815.org.

OPEN STUDIO’S ARTISTS ON THE EDGE: Rob Liliedah, opens Feb. 4-28.

9 MUSES STUDIO, 2713 N 48th St., Lincoln. NEW WORK: LYNN JANESE, OPENS FEB. 4, 6 P.M. ANDERSON O’BRIEN FINE ART OLD MARKET, 1108 Jackson St., 884.0911, aobfineart.com. NEW WORK: Jenny Gummersall, opens Feb. 4-20, reception Feb. 4, 6 p.m.

ANKENY ART CENTER, 1520 SW Road, Ankeny, IA, 515.965.0940, ankenyartcenter.com. A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS: Group show, through Feb. 28, reception Feb. 3, 5 p.m.

ARTISTS’ COOPERATIVE GALLERY, 405 S. 11th St., artistscoopgallery.com. EVERY ARTIST HAS A STORY: New work by Ken Heimbuch, Katrina Methot-Swanson and Tom Sitzman, through Feb. 27, reception Feb. 4, 6 p.m., featuing Jerry Jacoby.

BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Hitchcock Humanities Center, 1000 Galvin Road. S., 293.2048, Bellevue.edu. ART AND MEDICINE: New work by Mark Gilbert, through Mar. 7.

THE BLACK MARKET, 1033 O St., Lincoln, 475.1033. NEW WORK: Photography by Laura Drawbough, opens Feb. 4, 6 p.m., featuring music by South of Lincoln.

BLUE POMEGRANATE GALLERY, 6570 Maple St., 502.9901, bluepom.com. THE ARTFUL HEART: An artful celebration of the Heart as an iconic form, opens Feb. 4-28.

CHADRON STATE COLLEGE, 1000 Main St., Chadron, NE, 800.242.3766, csc.edu. NEW WORK: Paul Morris, lila Francuz, through Feb. 25.

CULTIVA CAFE, 727 S. 11th St., Lincoln. NEW WORK: George Sisson, opens Feb. 4-28, reception Feb. 4, 7 p.m.

DRIFT STATION GALLERY, 1745 N St., Lincoln, driftstation.org.

REDACTED PERFECTION: Group show curated by Jeff Thompson and Angeles Cossio, opens Feb. 4-Mar. 2, reception Feb. 4, 7 p.m.

DUFFY’S, 1412 O St., Lincoln, 474.3543, duffyslincoln.com.

EYESKULL: New work by Ben Swift, opens Feb. 4, 7 p.m.

ELDER GALLERY, 51st and Huntington, Nebraska Wesleyan University, nebrwesleyan.edu. ALL STUDENT ART SHOW: Opens Feb. 8-27.

EISENTRAGER-HOWARD GALLERY, Richards Hall, Stadium Drive and T, Lincoln, 472.5025, unl.edu/art/facilities_eisentragerhoward.shtml. WORK MAKES THE WORK: New work curated by Jeff Thompson, through Feb. 18.

GALLERY 9, 124 S 9th St., Lincoln, 477.2822, gallerynine.com.

NEW WORK: Larry Griffing, through Feb. GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE EXHIBITION, 1425 H St., Lincoln, nebraskaartscouncil.org. NEW WORK: Marcia Bauerle, through Mar. 11.

GRAND MANSE GALLERY, 129 N. 10th St., Lincoln, grandmanse.com. PHOTOGRAPHS: Group show, opens Feb. 4, 6 p.m.

HOT SHOPS ARTS CENTER, 1301 Nicholas St., 342.6452, hotshopsartcenter.com. DRAWING FROM LIFE: Opens Feb. 5-27, reception Feb. 12, 6 p.m.

KIMMEL HARDING NELSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 801 3rd Corso, Nebraska City, 874.9600, khncenterforthearts.org. FIRST THURSDAY OPEN STUDIO: Johnny Damm, Dawn Gettler, Josh Goldman, Matthew Dotson & Laura owen, opens Feb. 3, 5 p.m.

LINCOLN PHOTOFEST 2010, Various Galleries, Lincoln, NE. This year’s PhotoFest participating galleries include: A to Z Printing, Burkholder Project, Drift Station Gallery, Haydon Art Center, Great Plains Art Museum, Modern Arts Midwest, Nebraska State Historical Society, Julia Noyes Gallery, Parallax Space, Pioneer Nature Center, Tugboat Gallery, Nebraska Union Rotunda Gallery, Unitarian Church Gallery and Workspace Gallery. Opens Feb. 4.

LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 48th and Baldwin, Lincoln, 434.2787, luxcenter.org. AS YOU WERE: New work by Matthew Dercole, opens Feb. 4-26, reception Feb. 4, 5 p.m.

METRO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Fort Omaha Campus, 30th & Fort St., North Building #10. LUIGI WAITES EXHIBIT: Artwork honoring Luigi Waites, opens Feb. 2-Mar. 30.

MORRILL HALL, 307 Morrill Hall, Lincoln 472.3779, museum. unl.edu. DINOSAURS AND DISASTERS: Opens Feb. 5, 9:30 a.m.

MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART (MONA), 2401 Central Ave., Kearney, 308.865.8559, monet.unk.edu/mona. FAMILY FUN

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NOMAD LOUNGE GALLERY, 1013 Jones St., 884.1231, nomadlounge.com. THE LONG CON: New work by Timothy Siragusa, opens Feb. 4-27, reception Feb. 4, 6 p.m.

OLD MARKET ARTISTS, 1034 Howard St., Lower Level of Old Market Passageway, oldmarketartists.com. GROUP SHOW: Featuring 13 local artists, opens Feb. 4-28, reception Feb. 4, 6 p.m.

OMAHA ARTISTS INC., The Designers, 12123 Emmet St., omahaartistsinc.com. ARISTS IN RESIDENCE: Group show, opens Feb. 2-27, reception Feb. 2, 5 p.m.

OMAHA CLAY WORKS, 1114 Jones St., omahaclayworks.com, 346.0560. OPEN HOUSE: Opens Feb. 4, 6 p.m.

PARALLAX SPACE, 1745 N St., Lincoln, parallaxspace.com.

PRIVACY AND THE PLAINS: Photographs by Kimberly Thomas.

PASSAGEWAY GALLERY, 417 South 11th St, passagewaygallery.com. ABSTRACTS AND DRAWINGS: New work by Steve Dunn, opens Feb. 4-28, reception Feb. 4, 6 p.m.

PROJECT ROOM, 1410 and 1416 O St., Suite #8, Lincoln, 617.8365, projectroom.us. NEW WORK: Matt Hilker, Ying Zhu, Maggie Tobin, through Feb., reception Feb. 4, 7 p.m.

RETRO, 1125 Jackson St., 934.7443. NEW WORK: Group show curated by Pope Katherine of Ralston Costume, opens Feb. 4-28, reception Feb. 4.

SCREEN INK, 416 S. 16th St., Lincoln, screenink.com. NEW WORK: Nicole Gustafsson, opens Feb. 4-28, reception Feb. 4, 7 p.m.

SHELDON ART GALLERY, 12th and R, UNL, Lincoln, sheldonartgallery.org. TRANSFORMING VISION: PHOTOGRAPHIC ABSTRACTION IN SHELDON’S COLLECTION: Group show, in conjunction with Lincoln Photofest.

SILVER OF OZ, 6115 Maple St., 558.1307, silverofoz.com. NEW WORK: Joan Elizabeth Sangimino, opens Feb. 4-28, reception Feb. 4, 6 p.m., featuring raffle for tryptich, “Urban.”

UNL ROTUNDA GALLERY, Nebraska Union, 1400 R St., Lincoln, 472.8279. MFA SCULPTURE GRAD EXHIBIT: Group show, opens Feb. 7-18, reception Feb. 18, 5 p.m.

ONGOING

BEMIS CENTER, 724 S. 12th St., 341.7130, bemiscenter.org.

STILL LIFES: New work by Vera Mercer. ANOTHER NEBRASKA: Group show by the Nebraska Arts Council individual artist fellows. Both shows through Apr. 9.

BEMIS UNDERGROUND, 724 S. 12th St., 341.7130, bemiscenter.org. GROUP SHOW: New work by Kenneth Adkins, Dan Crane and Victoria Hoyt, through Feb. 26.

CREIGHTON LIED ART GALLERY, 2500 California St., 280.2392, finearts.creighton.edu. DRAWING OMAHA FROM MANHATTAN: New work by Edgar Jerins, through Mar. 4.

DURHAM WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM, 801 S. 10th St., 444.5071, durhammuseum.org. SCHOOL HOUSE TO WHITE HOUSE: THE EDUCATION OF THE PRESIDENTS: Through Mar. 27. WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition, through Mar. 20.

FRED SIMON GALLERY, Burlington Building, 1004 Farnam St., nebraskaartscouncil.org. NAC IAF VISUAL ARTS SHOW: Group show, through Feb. 25.

GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 1155 Q St., Hewit Plc., Lincoln, 472.0599, unl.edu/plains/gallery/gallery.shtml. DOUBLE VISION: New work by Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, through Mar. 27.

HILLMER ART GALLERY, College of St. Mary, 7000 Mercy Rd., 399.2400, csm.edu. RECENT PAINTINGS: Jeffrey Spencer, through Mar. 4, reception Feb. 17, 5 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER AND MUSEUM, 1523 N. 33rd St., Lincoln, 472.7232, quiltstudy.org. MARSEILLE: WHITE CORDED QUILTING: Through May 8. REVISITING THE ART QUILT: Through Apr. 3, gallery talk Apr. 3, 3 p.m.

JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, 333 S. 132nd St., 572.8486, jccomaha.org. SCREAM TRUTH AT THE WORLD: Emanuel Ringelblum and the Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Gutter, through Feb. 25.

KANEKO, 1111 Jones St., 341.3800, thekaneko.org. FREE. FOLDED SQUARE ALPHABETS & NUMERICALS: Sculpture exhibit by Fletcher Benton, through Feb. KRUGER COLLECTION, UNL Architecture Hall, 10th and R, Lincoln, 472.3560, krugercollection.unl.edu. THINK GREEN: Interior/green design and miniatures, through Mar. 18, 2011.

LAURITZEN GARDENS, 100 Bancroft St., 346.4002, omahabotanicalgardens.org. A TROPICAL PARADISE: Amazing tropical plants, through Apr. WEEDS/PODS/SEEDS: New work by Kristin

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Pluhacek. THE LANDSCAPES: New work by Kristin Pluhacek.

Both shows through Apr. 17.

LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 48th and Baldwin, Lincoln, 434.2787, luxcenter.org. VIS-A-VIS: Group show, through Mar. 1. PULP: Group show. SELECTIVE MEMORY: New work by Arjan Zazuety. Both shows through Feb. 26.

MORRILL HALL, 307 Morrill Hall, Lincoln 472.3779, museum. unl.edu. AMPHIBIANS VIBRANT AND VANISHING: Photographs

by Joel Sartore, through Nov. 30.

MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART (MONA), 2401 Central Ave., Kearney, 308.865.8559, monet.unk.edu/mona. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: Through Jun. 5, 2011. A GREATER SPECTRUM: African American artists of Nebraska, 1912-2010, through Apr. 3.

OF PEN, PAPER, PENCIL: Group show, through Feb. 27.

OMAHA’S CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, 500 S. 20th St., 342.6163. ocm.org. BIG BACKYARD: Through Apr. 10.

SHELDON ART GALLERY, 12th and R, UNL, Lincoln, sheldonartgallery.org. BETTER HALF, BETTER TWELFTH: Women artists, through Apr. 1, 2011. AN AMERICAN TASTE: THE ROHMAN COLLECTION: Through May 1. POETICAL FIRE: THREE CENTURIES OF STILL LIFES: Group show, through May 7.

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD MUSEUM, 200 Pearl St., Council Bluffs, 501.3841, uprrmuseum.org. ABRAHAM LINCOLN COLLECTION: Through Mar. UNL HILLESTAD TEXTILES GALLERY, 35th & Holdrege, 2nd Floor, Home Econims Bldg., Lincoln, textilegallery.unl.edu. PERSPECTIVES AND POTENTIAL: Indian textiles and costumes, through Feb. 11.

UNO ART GALLERY, Weber Fine Arts Bldg., 6001 Dodge St., 554.2796. UNO ART FACULTY EXHIBITION: Group show, through Feb. 10.

WORKSPACE GALLERY, Sawmill Building, 440 N. 8th St., Lincoln, sites.google.com/site/workspacegallery. NEW WORK: Priya Kambli, through Feb.

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DANCING AT LUGHNASA, Creighton University Theatre, 2500 California Plz., creighton.edu. Through Feb. 6, Thu.-Sat., 7:30 p.m, Sun., 2 p.m., $10, $8/seniors, $5/ students.

THE MISFITS, Rose Theater, 2001 Farnam St., 345.4849, rosetheater.org. Opens Feb. 4-13, Fri., 7 p.m., Sat., 2 p.m. & 7 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m. & 6 p.m., $16.

NIGHT AT THE IMPROV, Florentine Players, Florentine City Hall Building, 29th & State St., florentineplayers. com. Opens Feb. 4-5, 7 p.m., $10.

oNGOING

DISTANT MUSIC, Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre, 614 S. 11th St., 502.4910, bsbtheatre.com. Through Feb. 19, Thu.Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., $22, $18/students, seniors & military.

FROM SHELTERBELT W/ LOVE, Shelterbelt Theatre, 3225 California St, 341.2757, shelterbelt.org. Through Feb. 14, Thu.-Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 6 p.m., $15, $12/students & seniors, special rates available, visit shelterbelt.org for online sales.

IN A DARK DARK HOUSE, Skullduggery Theatre, Pizza Shoppe Collective, 6056 Maple St., pscollective.com.

Through Feb. 4-5, 8 p.m., $10.

LEADING LADIES, Bellevue Little Theatre, 203 West Mission Ave., 291.1554, bellevuelittletheatre.com. Through Feb. 6, Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., $15, $13/seniors, $7.50/students.

MARY POPPINS, Orpheum Theater, 409 S. 16th St., 345.0606, omahaperformingarts.org. Opens Jan. 27-Feb. 13, various showtimes, $23-$50, more information at ticketomaha.com.

THE ODD COUPLE, Omaha Community Playhouse, 6915 Cass St., 553.0800, omahaplayhouse.com. Through Feb. 13, Wed.-Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. & 6:30 p.m., $35, $21/students.

THE SEAFARER, Nebraska Wesleyan, McDonald Theatre, 51st and Huntington, 465.2384, nebraskawesleyan.edu.

Through Feb. 6, Thu.-Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m., $10, $7.50/seniors, $5/students.

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COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS THEATRE PRESENTS: MILK, Mammel Hall, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge St., cutheater.wordpress.com, 7 p.m., $5/suggested donation.

Brief discussion led by D. Scott Glasser follows the film.

PROVOKE, Benson Grind, 6107 Maple St., 7-9 p.m. Hosted by Jack Hubbell, this open mic weighs a perfect balance of truth versus BS. Should you choose to swear in or only bear witness, poetry will be served. (1st & 3rd Thu.) J. MEDICINE HAT, Funny Bone, Village Pointe, 17305 Davenport St., funnnyboneomaha.com, 493.8036, 7:30 p.m.

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LOVE POEMS, sp ce, Parrish Studios, 14th & O St., Lincoln, 7 p.m. Everyone on Earth is invited to sp ce to read a love poem.

J. MEDICINE HAT, Funny Bone, Village Pointe, 17305 Davenport St., funnnyboneomaha.com, 493.8036, 7:30 p.m.

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J. MEDICINE HAT, Funny Bone, Village Pointe, 17305 Davenport St., funnnyboneomaha.com, 493.8036, 7:30 p.m.

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DOUGLAS LEE-REGIER, First Unitarian Church, 3114 Harney St., 1 p.m. Poet will read from his self-published book, A Chickpea in a Pot.

monday 7

DUFFY’S COMEDY WORKSHOP, 1412 O St., Lincoln, 474.3543, myspace.com/duffystavern, 9 p.m. Free comedy workshop (every Mon.) I SHOULD HAVE READ THAT IN SCHOOL, The Bookworm, 87th and Pacific, 392.2877, bookwormomaha.com, 6:30 p.m. Discuss Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

POETRY AT THE MOON, Crescent Moon Coffee, 816 P St., Lincoln, 435.2828, crescentmoon@inebraska.com, 7 p.m. Open mic and featured readers. (every Mon.)

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by Charles Everett Pace.

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, music and chaos (every Tues.)

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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.) COMEDY NIGHT AT THE SIDE DOOR, 3530 Leavenworth St., 8 p.m., $5. Every Wed. MIDWEST POETRY VIBE, Irie, 302 S. 11th St., 9 p.m., poetry, R&B, Neosoul music, live performances, concert DVD and food and drink. (Every Wed.) NEBRASKA WRITERS WORKSHOP, Ralston Library, 5555 S. 77th St., 331.7636, ralstonlibrary.org. Poetry/scripting/ fiction. (every Wed.) NECC VISITING WRITERS SERIES, Hawk’s Landing, Northeast Community College Campus, Norfolk, 7 p.m., FREE. Featuring Jessica Pitchford.

PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL: SOUTH OF THE BORDER, McFoster’s Natural Kind Cafe, 38th and Farnam, 7 p.m., FREE. There’s a revolution underway in South America, but msot of the world doesn’t know it. (every Wed.) POET SHOW IT, 1122 D St., Lincoln, 8 p.m. Local writers come and read. (every other Wed.) WEDNESDAY WORDS, Nebraska Arts Council, Historic Burlington Place Bldg, 1004 Farnam St., Lower Level, Omaha, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Features Susan Aizenberg. (2nd Wed.)

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Minus Carlos D, Interpol returns to Omaha with two new faces

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hen Interpol makes its triumphant return to Omaha after an eight-year absence, they’ll be one man down and two men up.

Iconic bass player and fashion plate Carlos Dengler, aka Carlos D, no longer is a member of Interpol, having left just after the recording sessions wrapped up for the band’s new, self-titled album. The announcement came as a surprise to long-time Interpol fans who credit Carlos D for, among other things, the band’s impeccable sense of style. But the fans weren’t the only ones surprised by Dengler’s defection.

“It’s kind of weird,” says Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino from his home in Athens, Georgia, just prior to leaving on the tour that brings Interpol to Omaha on Feb. 9. “It’s a weird sensation when you realize you’re in a band with such a whimsical person who you’d never thought would pull a 180.”

Fogarino said Carlos D’s announcement came out of the blue. “He decided essentially that he’s done with making music in a rock band,” Fogarino says. “He got tired of the paradigm and lost his affinity for playing four strings and wanted to concentrate on classical composition and/or scoring for motion pictures. We all really wish him well.”

But as the interview went on, it was obvious that the loss of Carlos still stings like a betrayal.

“We all have outside interests with music or art forms,” Fogarino says. “We’re in this for life.

It’s something we all wanted to do since childhood. How many bands are out there whose body of work will never see the light of day?

Talent has nothing to do with it. This person was in a great band and had creative freedom, and he up and walked away. It’s truly bizarre to me. After the confusion and anger of the whole situation, you say ‘I hope you don’t keep doing that in life, because life doesn’t tolerate it.’

I would love to be many different things, and if I answered to those whims it would be ridiculous, I wouldn’t get anywhere.”

But Fogarino quickly added, “That’s not to say (Dengler) hasn’t found his true calling.

This could be his stepping-stone, whereas this band is my end point.

“It’s one thing to be the flavor-of-the-minute, the whole Andy Warhol thing,” Fogarino says, “it’s another thing to be accepted and to

n Stay Awake will take a final bow this Saturday at The Slowdown, 729 North 14th St., before calling it quits. The local indie rock trio of Steve Micek, Robert Little and Mario Alderfer perfected a brand of icy, jagged rock that drew a line between post-hardcore and post-punk. The taut, bracing onslaught is highlighted by Micek’s stream-of-consciousness microphone barks. The break-up comes as drummer Alderfer prepares to leave Nebraska. The show also heralds the online downloadonly release of the Stay Awake’s last bits of material. The Destiny of Man is a full-length release, while Taco Town is an EP. Both will be available at BandCamp. com, Micek says. The Stay Awake will be joined by Ladyfinger and Techlepathy on Saturday, Feb. 5 for the 9 p.m. show. Tickets are $7 at the door. n Antiquarium Records, 417 South 13th St., is making use of its back room by offering its newly minted junk record room, co-owner Joseph Tingley says. Most of the records, retrieved from the store’s attic, are priced between $1 and $2 “or free if they are destroyed,” Tingley says. Also on display in the store’s new space is photography by local shooter Brent LaRue. n Grab a donut and celebrate the life and work of J Dilla Monday, Feb. 7, at The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. Two up-and-coming Omaha hip hop artists/DJs, DJ Stryke and $Bill will be spinning choice cuts from the career of James “J Dilla” Yancey, who died February 2006. Proceeds from the $5 cover go to the J Dilla Foundation. n National Public Radio is providing sneak peeks of two upcoming releases of local interest. NPR. org’s First Listen series is currently streaming the entire new Bright Eyes release, The People’s Key, and the new Telekinesis, 12 Desperate Straight Lines. Both albums are due out Feb. 15. Telekinesis is Slowdown-bound for a March 1 show, while The People’s Key is Omaha native Conor Oberst’s latest and is being released on locally-owned Saddle Creek Records. n If you’re in Lincoln Sunday night, hit up River City Extension at the Bourbon Theater, 1415 O St. The New Jersey chamber-punk group culls an ambitious anthemic folk rock sound that ties them as closely to big-minded acts like Arcade Fire and Titus Andronicus as it does roots rockers like the Avett Brothers. The band, fronted by singer/songwriter Joe Michelin, headlines Lincoln during a day off from their tour with the Get Up Kids. Tickets are $7 and probably well worth the price of admission, based on what I’ve heard from their 2010 release The Unmistakable Man. — Chris Aponick

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toward it and keep a close eye on the integrity of the band and try to expand without making a fool of yourself and watering down what got you to this position to begin with.”

That’s exactly what Interpol has managed to do throughout its 13-year career. After recording several EPs, Interpol released its debut full-length, 2002’s Turn on the Bright Lights, on Matador Records — an album that immediately established them on a national level as the arbiters of a stylish, distinctive post-punk sound that paid homage to predecessors like Joy Division and Gang of Four. Those early comparisons slowly faded into the background as 2004’s Antics and 2007’s Our Love to Admire galvanized their intense, foreboding style in the minds of their ever-growing fan base.

The band’s recently released self-titled album carries on the tradition — it sounds like an Interpol album, but with a nod directly to its early days, thanks to producer Alan Moulder, whose body of work includes albums with My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Swervedriver and Nine Inch Nails.

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hit the stage. It was the band’s long-time sound man, Harley Zinker, who had the answer. “Harley had been out with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and said get David Pajo,” Fogarino said.

Best known as the guitarist in legendary math rock band Slint, Pajo had played in a handful of bands since Slint’s break-up, including Tortoise, Stereolab and Zwan.

“We had two rehearsals with David to get his feet wet, and he knew the songs better than I did, especially material we hadn’t played in ages,” Fogarino said. “As soon as he played some shows, I knew everything was going to be fine.”

In fact, not only was there no backlash from Carlos D fans, Fogarino said people were screaming Pajo’s name. But Pajo wasn’t the only addition. Interpol also added School of Seven Bells’ keyboardist/vocalist Brandon Curtis to the line-up, supporting Banks on backing vocals and playing keyboard for what would usually be handled with a sequencer. “That was a real thrill to have live keyboards,” Fogarino said. “The dynamic has changed for the better.” , Interpol plays with School of Seven Bells, Wednesday, Feb. 9, at The Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. Showtime is 9 p.m. This show is sold out. For more information, visit theslowdown.com.

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avid Garrett was born in Germany to an American ballerina mother and a German lawyer father. By the time of his fourth birthday he had already began exploring the violin and forging a deep connection with an instrument he would come to master (he quips in his press release that he has probably spent more time playing the violin then sleeping). At the ripe age of 13, Garrett signed a record contract with one of the world’s foremost classical labels, Deutsche Grammophon. With a grueling schedule of performances, rehearsals and out of town shows, he was growing weary of the classical performer’s life.

By this point he had already performed with the London Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra and by age 12 had performed several concerts with the legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin.

By his late teens the pressure was too much and Garrett fled to New York City without telling his parents. During this period his life revolved around clubbing, rock ‘n’ roll and youthful rebellion. He had given up on classical violin. The instrument however, has not given up him. Finding himself called back to his childhood passion, Garrett auditioned at the world famous Julliard School. He was accepted and soon was invited to join the studio of one of the most respected violinists in the world, Itzhak Perlman. While studying at Julliard, Garrett was forced to pick up several side jobs to pay the bills, including modeling. His handsome looks and chiseled features soon found Garrett on the cover of Vogue magazine and gracing the catwalk for Armani during Fashion Week (People called him “the classical hottie”).

His music found some success, too, and in 2009 he was both Billboard’s No. 9 overall new artist in any genre and had his Decca Records debut album David Garrett released, grasping the No. 1 position on the Classical Crossover charts and maintaining that hold for 31 weeks. When the time came to start thinking about his second record, Garrett wanted a project that would sati-

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ate his older fans and bring some younger fans into the fold as well. He began trying out all sorts of various rock songs in a reimagined classical form and the resulting record, Rock Symphonies, has been a smashing success. Along with earning Garrett a PBS special, he has been featured on Oprah, CNN, the Today show, Good Morning America and NPR’s All Thing’s Considered.

“I basically did two crossover albums,” Garrett said while waiting for a flight at Heathrow International in London. “The second one was definitely more diverse in its direction. I was mostly intrigued by the more rocking arrangements. So when I was thinking of which direc-

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tion to take the project I aimed for the songs that were fun but were also the most challenging. I narrowed it down to about 50 or 60 songs but there were just too many ideas. So then I had to decide which of the songs works better for the instrument. So of course you drop certain pieces. It was just a narrowing down process.”

The record became a sort of love letter to the rock artists who moved Garrett. Rock features songs by Metallica (“Master of Puppets”), Nirvana (“Smells Like Teen Spirit”), Led Zeppelin (“Kashmir”), U2 (“Vertigo”), Aerosmith (“Walk This Way”), Guns N Roses (“November Rain”) and more. The album, which was

recorded with help from the City of Prague Orchestra, does an excellent job of capturing the subtle drama and variance that is present in most worthwhile rock music. As far as what to expect when he plays Omaha, Garrett says “expect music, expect a great time. Sixty or 70 percent of the material will be from the new album. It’s going to be a good show.” , David Garrett plays The Holland Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $19-$55. For more info or to purchase tickets visit omahaperformingarts.org or call 345.0606.

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s having one good radio station in a city the size of Omaha — a city purported to be one of the “best places to live in America” — too much to ask?

Apparently, it is. But at least for two-and-a-half hours a week we have New Day Rising on FM radio station KIWR, 89.7 The River. No, NDR is not a new program. It’s been around since December 2004. But if you’re like me, the last thing you’re doing Sunday nights at 9 p.m. is listening to the radio.

Thankfully, the people who run The River decided to move NDR to the new time slot of 2:30 p.m. on Sundays, where it’s now being discovered by people who live “normal lives.”

The show’s promo calls it, “The future of music.

The best deep cuts and the best new tracks.” But it’s more than that. NDR is the only locally produced broadcast radio show whose purpose is to play, promote and talk about indie rock — or at least the style of indie rock preferred by the show’s producer, engineer and host, David Leibowitz.

“I’m not trying to out-indie indie music fans,” Leibowitz said between songs during last week’s show, broadcast from The River’s Council Bluffs studios on the campus of Iowa Western Community College. “People who are serious music fans and read all the blogs and Brooklyn Vegan and Pitchfork aren’t going to have never heard these songs before.

This is for moderate, traditional music fans, some of the regular River listeners or someone who’s just casually tuning in.”

For the same reason I began writing about music some 20-odd years ago, Leibowitz began doing his radio show six years ago: To get free music. “I get too much of it, actually,” he said.

“Parts of my house look like I’m a hoarder because of the piles of CDs.” But he added, “The show is my only connection to the local music community. I’m playing my role.”

That role involves proudly carrying the banner for College Music Journal-style rock. His playlist for last Sunday afternoon’s show included tracks

by Middle Brother, Ponderosa, The New Pornographers, Say HI, Tapes ‘n’ Tapes, The Dears, Men Without Pants, Cold War Kids, P.J. Harvey, King Kahn and the Shrines, Sleigh Bells and Starry Saints. NDR is the first radio show in Omaha to air a track from the upcoming Mogwai album Hardcore Will Never Die. That alone makes it relevant.

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Besides new music, Leibowitz sprinkles in classic tracks by the likes of Hüsker Dü, Grant Hart, Gang of Four, Radiohead, Buffalo Tom, Wilco and perennial sign-off band Sonic Youth. Like the oldtime radio DJs who have long since left this earth, Leibowitz’s playlist reflects his personal taste. “I would say (the show) is in the traditional indie rock vein,” he said. “There’s a resemblance to ‘80s college rock. I don’t want to play stuff that I absolutely don’t like. That’s just a fact. My taste doesn’t match up with Pitchfork, but I’m not concerned about it.”

You’re not likely to hear a Pet Shop Boys or New Order track on NDR. “I’m less inclined to play synthier music,” Leibowitz said. “My past is with Hüsker Dü and The Replacements, but I didn’t like The Cure in the ‘80s and I do now. If New Order has a new record out, I would give it a spin, even though New Order doesn’t really fit into the format.”

Another “artificial constraint” is not playing songs you could hear on another radio station. “T. Rex would fit in, but you can hear it on Z-92,” he said.

Leibowitz there’s a variety of indie-flavored Internet radio shows that are just a click away for most fans. What makes NDR unique is its local angle.

Leibowitz plays songs by bands that are headed to Omaha to perform in the coming weeks or months, such as Best Coast, Now, Now and Mogwai, along with a handful of local indie bands that are ignored

by The River’s local-only radio show, Planet O. In addition to the all-stars on the Saddle Creek Records label, Leibowitz has played tracks by Little Brazil, Honey & Darling, It’s True and Thunder Power, among others. “I don’t play those bands just because they’re local, but because their music is of the same quality as the other music on the show,” Leibowitz said.

Sometimes those tracks even catch the attention of The River’s program director, Sophia John.

“She acknowledges that there have been records that premiered on New Day Rising that have made it into regular rotation,” Liebowitz said. “It’s great to see these bands get heard by a wider audience.”

So, how well is NDR doing in the all-important Arbitron ratings? Leibowitz said he’s “blissfully unaware, for the most part. We must be doing well since they keep moving us up to better time slots.”

Could NDR ever find a regular, daily slot on The River’s schedule? Unlikely. Indie music always has been a niche genre that’s lived in the cracks between commercial rock and the style of “alternative” screamo goon rock that makes up The River’s usual programming.

And that’s the way it’s always been, Leibowitz said. “There’s just more of them than us,” he said.

“It’s the nature of being an indie music fan. It’s part of the psyche.” ,

Lazy-i is a weekly column by long-time Reader senior contributing writer Tim McMahan focused on the Omaha music scene. Check out Tim’s daily music news updates at his website, lazy-i.com, or email him at lazy-i@thereader.com.

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laying With Fire concert-promoter Jeff Davis has finalized the line-up for the July 16 free concert. As previously reported here, there will be only one show this year but it is going to be a remarkable night of music focused on some serious soul. Music fans are buzzing about headliners Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings. Jones has been called “the queen of American revivalist soul” with a knockout stage show that harkens to classic acts like Tina Turner and James Brown.

Also on the bill is Austin’s SHARON JONES amazing soul-blues vocalist Malford Milligan and his band. Milligan has played Omaha several times including PWF and with his acclaimed band Storyville in the 1990s.

His work with Storyville helped land him the honor of “Best Male Vocalist of the Decade” from the Austin Chronicle. Opening the July 16 PWF show will be local powerhouse quintet the Brad Cordle Band.

Vah-Vah-Davina!

Sultry and swingin’ jazz-blues vocals, keyboards and horns make Minneapolis-based Davina & The Vagabonds a real show-stopping band. They mix jumpblues, swing and New Orleans jazz for a high-octane show that puts DATV among my new favorites. Davina’s sweet, sassy, sexy voice owes as much to jazz as blues. She mixes cool, innovative covers with a mostly original repertoire. DATV offers a show that is equal parts serious musicianship and non-stop sizzle. Catch them the night the paper hits the streets and the internet, on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 6-9 p.m. at Lincoln’s Zoo Bar. Davina and the boys are at The New Lift Lounge on Thursday, Feb. 3, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

The City Pages raves, “Davina takes ‘retro’ back further than [Amy] Winehouse and her Phil Spector reminiscing.

She beckons an age when bad girls wore red lipstick and pin curls. Her music may be adorned with exceptional groaning trumpets, rat-a-tatting drum rolls and staccato piano lines, but nothing deserves the complementing position to her voice. She’s in a league of her own.”

Giveaway Gets Noticed I made Jesse Hayes’ long-distance acquaintance because he’s a fellow music journalist, writing for NoDepression.com. Jesse also creates original music with his wife Arielle. They call it “urban Americana” but their shimmering fusion of jazzy, vibey R&B is much more than that. At the center of the sweet, ballad-oriented

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sounds are evocative, thoughtful harmonies layered over Jesse Hayes’ lead vocals. Jesse’s voice retains a distinct quality while managing to conjure overtones of artists from Chris Whitley to Prince. There’s a breathless, blissful intimacy to their harmonies that seems driven as much by their deep musical partnership as by the fact that they’re husband and wife. Local fans may hear echoes of the sort of stylistic fusion fans love from Brad Hoshaw & The Seven Deadlies. The Hayes duo likewise blends genres with some magical results.

Their music places them among the growing number of artists working outside conventional musical genre confines and finding innovative ways to get their music to the public. Recording as Hayes, they released Chasing Strangers as a free download months before offering an expanded version of the recording for sale in December at HayesMusic.bandcamp.com. You can still listen to it there for free.

Jesse Hayes calls it “10 tracks of lo-fi goodness” and says that the original free offering has worked.

“For an artist at my stage it’s still about ‘finding’ my audience,” Jesse Hayes says. “Our album has had a lot more plays according to the stats than sales, but the plays are also all the way through, usually, which is a good sign. It means people like the record and are returning to listen to it. What is interesting is that we have received a lot more attention now that we are selling the album. I think the main thing is to win back the music fan ... and as artists, innovate and excite with what we offer our audience.

Give them a real reason to buy your record.”

With creative thinking and the power of the Internet, this East Coast duo is gaining fans from Ireland to Argentina.

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Hot Notes

The irresistibly danceable genre-crossing jam band Euforquestra plays The Waiting Room Wednesday, Feb. 2.

Two more notable female artists are coming up at Lincoln’s Zoo Bar for the Wednesday 6-9 p.m. shows. On Feb. 9 it’s electric guitarist Ana Popovic and on Feb. 16 it’s fine vocalist Gina Sicilia.

The Kris Lager Band hits The Waiting Room on Friday, Feb. 4. Opening acts are Funk Trek and Rock Paper Dynamite. See 8 Days for more info.

The Scott Keeton Band brings their roots-blues to The New Lift on Thursday, Feb. 10 at 5:30 p.m. ,

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SEEDS, (reggae) 9 p.m., Bourbon, $22/adv, $25/dos.

NEW MOON SONGWRITERS NIGHT, 7 p.m., Crescent Moon

Coffee, FREE. OPEN JAM, 9 p.m., Chrome.

SHITHOOK, (karaoke) 9 p.m., Duffy’s, FREE. VIBENHAI, (reggae) 11 p.m., Duffy’s, FREE. LOOM WEAVES MJ VS PRINCE, (DJ) 9 p.m., Espana, $5.

WIN LANDER, (island) 8 p.m., Firewater Grille, FREE. NOVAK & HARR, (jazz) 6 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen.

HIDDEN HOLLOW, (rock/metal) 9 p.m., Knickerbockers.

SMITTEN, (acoustic) 8 p.m., LIV Lounge, FREE. CHRIS SAUB, (acoustic) 9 p.m., Myth, FREE. DAVINA & THE VAGABONDS, (blues) New Lift Lounge, $8.

ED ARCHIBALD & CONCEPT, (jazz) 6:30 p.m., Ozone, FREE. JAZZ JAM NIGHT W/ THE JAZZ EXPLOSION, (jazz) 8 p.m.,

Pizza Shoppe Collective, FREE. SWAMPJAM, (blues) 8 p.m., Pour House, FREE. TWISTED ACOUSTICAL JAM W/ ADAM LEE, (acoustic) 6

p.m., The Reef, FREE. THE POISON CONTROL CENTER, BRADLEY UNIT, (rock) 9

p.m., Slowdown, $7.

STANDBYE & JABREE, JOE CHAMPION, ANEURYSM,

VERENDUS, LAC, SKIN’D, (rock) 7 p.m., Sokol

Underground, $7.

JR HOSS, (acoustic) 9 p.m., Two Fine Irishmen, FREE. SHEILA GREENLAND, (country) 9 p.m., Uncle Ron’s.

BLUE BIRD, THE BORING DAYLIGHTS, THE BIG DEEP,

(rock) 9 p.m., Waiting Room, $7.

PRE-THE WAILERS PARTY W/ RC DUB, 5 p.m., Zoo Bar. THE LIL’ SLIM BLUES BAND, (blues) 9:30 p.m., Zoo Bar,

$5.

FRIDAY 4

TALI-BANG, GLEN LEWIS, (DJ) 9 p.m., 415, $5.

AVARICIOUS, (cover) 9 p.m., Arena, FREE.

READER RECOMMENDS

DEATH OF A TAXPAYER, THE BROTHERS TANDEM, FORK

IN THE ROAD, (rock) 8 p.m., Barley St. Tavern, $5.

MUZIK AMBIENCE BY JACQUES, (piano) 4-7 p.m., Big

Mama’s Kitchen.

SOMASPHERE, DJESS, INFLECT, (jam/DJ/rock) 9 p.m.,

Bourbon, $5, $7/under 21.

BRENDAN RILEY, SEAN CONWAY, (singer-songwriter)

Brazen Head.

FISH HEADS, (cover) 9 p.m., Brewsky’s Park Drive, FREE. MOON JUICE, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Chrome.

OPEN MIC FRIDDAYS W/ JES WINTER, (acoustic) 4 p.m.,

Clancy’s, FREE. JAZZ AT THE MOON, (jazz) 7 p.m., Crescent Moon Coffee,

FREE. THE KRAMER SISTERS, THE AMALGAMATORS, (rock/folk)

7 p.m., Cultiva.

JR HOSS, (acoustic) 5 p.m., Cunninghams, FREE.

READER RECOMMENDS

G-MEN WITH G-STRING QUARTET, (blues) 9 p.m.,

Duggans, $4.

JITTERBUGS’ NIGHT OUT, (jazz/dixieland) 9 p.m., Eagles

Lodge, $10.

CHRIS SHELTON, (rock) 9 p.m., Firewater Grille, FREE. BLIND DOG FULTON, (blues) Gator O’Malley’s.

DEREK VENTURA, (cover) 6:30 p.m., Gorat’s, FREE. BRAD CORDLE, (blues) 9 p.m., Havana Garage.

SARABANDE, (jazz) 7 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen.

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“CLASSICAL GIANTS”, (orchestra) 7:30 p.m., Kimball

Recital Hall, $25-$45.

SCREAMING FOR SILENCE, MACHETE ARCHIVE, AFTER

THE FALL, (rock/metal) 9 p.m., Knickerbockers.

HI-FI HANGOVER, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Loose Moose, FREE. TOBYMAC, BRANDON HEATH, HOUSE OF HEROES,

(country) 7:30 p.m., Mid-America Center, $18-$43.

TAXI DRIVER, (cover) 9 p.m., Ozone, FREE. BLAIR HIGH ROAD, (rock) 10 p.m., red9.

BLU SIMON, (cover) 9 p.m., The Reef, FREE. THE BLUES ORCHESTRA W/ HONEYBOY TURNER, (blues)

Roadhouse Bar & Grill.

BAND CAMP, (cover) 9 p.m. Shamrock’s.

CYMBAL RUSH, IN LOVE, EVERYDAY/EVERNIGHT, TREE,

(rock) 8 p.m., Slowdown, $7.

SON OF ‘76 & THE WATCHMEN, (rock/folk) 9 p.m., Stir

Live, $5.

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HEAR NEBRASKA PARTY W/ LITTLE BRAZIL, IDEAL CLEANERS, THE FUCKING PARTY, (rock) 9 p.m., Sydney, $5.

LEMON FRESH DAY, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Two Fine Irishmen,

FREE. THE KRIS LAGER BAND, FUNK TREK, ROCK PAPER

DYNAMITE, (rock/blues) 9 p.m., Waiting Room, $8.

THE HEARTMURMURS TRIO, (blues) 5 p.m., Zoo Bar, $4.

JERRY PRANKSTERS, (rock/tribute) 9 p.m., Zoo Bar, $6.

SATURDAY 5

MASARIS, EDWARD SKRBL HNDZ, (DJ) 9 p.m., 415, $5.

ECKOPHONIC, (rock) 8:30 p.m., Ameristar, FREE. AVARICIOUS, (cover) 9 p.m., Arena, FREE. LEVI WILLIAM, (rock) 9 p.m., Bob’s Tavern.

BENEFIT FOR PEOPLE’S CITY MISSION W/ PHARMACY

SPIRITS, STRAWBERRY BURNS, THE SURPRISE

LEFT, (rock) 9 p.m., Bourbon, $6.

MISS MISERY, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Chrome.

READER RECOMMENDS

AMERICAN GUILD OF ORGANISTS MID-WINTER WORK

SHOP W/ TOM TRENNEY & JEREMY CHESMAN,

(organ) 9 a.m., Countryside Community Church, $30.

ACOUSTIC MUSIC CONCERT SERIES, (acoustic) 8 p.m.,

Crescent Moon, FREE. CULTIVAROKE W/ JOE YOUNGLOVE, (karaoke) 7 p.m.,

Cultiva.

BLIND DOG FULTON, (blues) Gator O’Malley’s.

DEREK VENTURA, (cover) 6:30 p.m., Gorat’s, FREE.

READER RECOMMENDS

WYNTON MARSALAS W/ JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER

ORCHESTRA, (jazz) 8 p.m., Holland Center, $25.

TIM SANWICK, (acoustic) 9 p.m., Island’s.

R & B ZONE, (R&B) 7 p.m., Jazz Louisiana Kitchen.

DUSK BLED DOWN, THE MATADOR, RISING FOE, SONS

OF VOORHEES, (rock/metal) 9 p.m., Knickerbockers.

HI-FI HANGOVER, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Loose Moose, FREE. ONE NIGHT STAND W/ GERWIN, DJ B. EZ, (DJ) 9 p.m.,

Louis, $5.

SWAMP BOY BLUES, (blues) 6 p.m., Observatory.

TAXI DRIVER, (cover) 9 p.m., Ozone, FREE. ALMOST 7, (cover) 10 p.m., red9.

CHRIS SAUB BAND, (cover) 6 p.m., The Reef, FREE. ENIGMA, (acoustic) 7:30 p.m., Rick’s Boatyard Cafe, FREE. VICE GRIP & K9 SUITE, (rock) 9 p.m., Shamrock’s.

LADYFINGER, THE STAY AWAKE, TECHLEPATHY, (rock) 9

p.m., Slowdown, $7.

READER RECOMMENDS

33RD ANNUAL GROUNDHOG PROM COSTUME BALL W/

SATCHEL GRANDE, FUNK TREK, THE BISHOPS,

(rock/funk) 7:30 p.m., Sokol Auditorium, $8/adv,

$10/dos.

LEMON FRESH DAY, (cover) 9:30 p.m., Two Fine Irishmen,

FREE. M.O. CAIAUS AKA JIMMY HOOLIGAN, BIG MISTA, AP’S

EVIL SQUAD, ANESTATIC, ELLMATIQ P-TRO, MC

GRINGO, PSYCH B, (hip-hop) 8 p.m., Waiting

Room, $8.

QUARTUS, (cover) 9 p.m., Whiskey Roadhouse.

LEVI WILLIAM, (blues) 9 p.m., Zoo Bar, $5.

SUNDAY 6

SUNDAY GOLD W/ GREG K, (DJ) 9 p.m., 415, FREE. RIVER CITY EXTENSION, MITCH GETTMAN, BONEHART

FLANNIGAN, (rock) 9:30 p.m., Bourbon, $7.

80’S NIGHT W/ OL’ MOANIN’ CORPSE, (DJ) 8 p.m.,

Bricktop, FREE.

READER RECOMMENDS

DOWN WITH THE SHIP, MANNY COON, KILL COUNTY,

CONDUITS, (folk/indie) 9 p.m., Duffy’s.

LIVE GUITAR, 6 p.m., Espana, FREE. THE MATT COX BAND, (folk/blues) 9 p.m., Pizza Shoppe

Collective, FREE.

MONDAY 7

SOUP AND SONG W/ KYLE & ANDY, (variety singer songwriter) 8 p.m., Barley St. Tavern, FREE. OMAHA BIG BAND, (jazz) 6:30 p.m., Ozone, FREE.

READER RECOMMENDS

TURN IT UP! A TRIBUTE TO J DILLA W/ DJ STRYKE,

$BILL, (DJ/hip-hop) 9 p.m., Waiting Room, $5.

PIANO HAPPY HOUR, 5 p.m., Zoo Bar, FREE. Z-JAM OPEN STAGE, 9 p.m., Zoo Bar, FREE.

TUESDAY 8

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

Bourbon, $10/adv, $12/dos. $BILL, (DJ) 10 p.m., Duffy’s.

READER RECOMMENDS

DAVID GARRETT, (violin) 7:30 p.m., Holland Center, $19.

TIM KOEHN ACOUSTIC JAM, (acoustic/blues) 7 p.m.,

Louis, FREE. JONATHON FRIEDMAN, (acoustic) 6:30 p.m., Ozone, FREE. CHRIS SAUB, (acoustic) 8 p.m., The Phoenix, FREE. MARK “SHARKY” SANFORD, (piano) 6:30 p.m., The Reef,

FREE. FACULTY JAZZ CONCERT, (jazz) 7:30 p.m., Sheldon.

AFTON LIVE, (rock) 6:30 p.m., Sokol Underground, $10.

JAZZOCRACY, (jazz) 6 p.m., Zoo Bar, FREE. TROUBADOUR TUESDAY W/ HEATHER BERNEY, GERARDO

MEZA, BRIAN JOHNSON, ALL YOUNG GIRLS ARE

MACHINE GUNS, (singer-songwriter) 9 p.m., Zoo Bar,

$4.

Wednesday 9

GREG K, (DJ) 9 p.m., 415, FREE. THE DICEY RILEYS, (celtic) 7 p.m., Brazen Head.

DB REDUCTION, (acoustic/cover) 9 p.m., Cruiser’s, FREE. CRUSH THE CLOWN, CLIMATES, SMITH’S CLOUD, (rock)

9 p.m., Duffy’s.

DJ J.A.B., (DJ) 9 p.m., Firewater Grille, FREE. HIGH HEEL, (oldies) 6:30 p.m., Ozone, FREE. OPEN MIC, 9 p.m., Sean O’Casey’s, FREE.

READER RECOMMENDS

INTERPOL, SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS, (indie/rock) 9 p.m.,

Slowdown, $30.

TONY LAMAR, (acoustic) 8 p.m., Two Fine Irishmen, FREE. BLU SIMON, (rock) 9 p.m., Your Mom’s Downtown Bar,

FREE. ANA POPVIC, (blues) 6 p.m., Zoo Bar, $12/adv, $15/dos.

THE SNUGGLERS, GLOWWORM, SAS, (rock) 9:30 p.m., Zoo Bar.

VENUES

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with abundant isolation and requisite affinity for artsy hobbies. His only friend is Harry (Donald Sutherland), so of course he is forced to kill him in the first 10 minutes.

Feeling guilt over offing his one buddy, Bishop takes in Harry’s freaky son, Steve (Ben Foster), who has no clue who popped his papa.

Bishop begins mentoring Steve in the life of an assassin … because you definitely want to train a psychopath with anger management issues on how to best murder people after you’ve killed his father. When the man feeding them assignments betrays them, they begin the long walk to Re-

hings you’ll never hear: “I want to see that new Victorian-era romance starring Oscar-winner Jason Statham.” J-Stat is so synonymous with cinematic violence, someone should update the Wikipedia entry for “action movie” so it’s just a picture of his grimacing, bald cabeza covered in blood. In an ever-changing world, the only constant is Jason THE MECHANIC Statham’s movie murder spree.

The Mechanic is not a mold breaker, game changer or, you know, “good.”

This isn’t to say it isn’t sporadically adrenaline-inducing and visually striking, aspects that do add up when using an action-movie abacus to keep score.

Had it adhered to the age-old “Mortal Kombat” adage — “Finish him!”

— and delivered on the final scenes, it coulda been a guilty pleasure-contender. Instead, it’s just another entry on Statham’s IMDB murder vita.

The only way it should have taken two people to write The Mechanic is if they split up who got to use nouns and verbs. And yet, somehow both Richard Wenk and Lewis John Carlino are credited with creating the world of Arthur Bishop (Statham). Bishop lives the obligatory hit man’s existence, filled

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venge City down a road of bruised knuckles and cracked craniums.

Director Simon West made the opposite film to director Anton Corbijn’s The American.

Whereas George Clooney bangs hookers and slowly builds a gun he never uses, Statham bangs hookers and uses guns all of the time. The American is quiet contemplation (meaning boring). The Mechanic is loud violence (meaning stupid). If they could make a baby, it’d be one hell of a show.

Although the first act drags while the film mildly paws at character development nobody expected or needed, the second contains brawls sure to coax a few “oohs” and “daaaamns” from crowds who were properly prepared. With Foster as one of the best in the biz at going loony, and Statham owning a PhD in face-kicks and stabbing, things trend upward … until they abruptly stop. As though funding ran out, the climax is lethargic and passive, separating two characters the movie spent its running time bringing together.

Judging it as it asks to be judged, The Mechanic is a near-miss. It’s a bloody diversion not epic enough for awesome and not asking to be considered anything substantial. Sleep easy knowing that in this uncertain era, Statham keeps on keepin’ on, putting his fists into skulls so others don’t have to. ,

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■ For the longest time, if you wanted to see director Dan Mirvish’s Omaha (The Movie), you had to know Dan Mirvish. And that’s cool, but Dan’s a busy dude. So it’s my pleasure to tell you that the flick can now be streamed online through Microsoft and on XBox Live … which would be great if my XBox didn’t commit cyber seppuku a few days back. Still, good news for those of you with a memory for a classic local indie flick and a gaming system with a will to live.

■ Gather round, my dears, and I shall tell you the dark and twisted tale of Prometheus, the next flick from director Ridley Scott. When first we heard tell of it, this was a straight-up prequel to the Scott’s classic Alien. Legend had it Natalie Portman would star in a story about the abandoned ship discovered in the first film. Then came a cry of hogwash and malarkey! There was to be no Natalie, and it wasn’t an Alien prequel at all, so it had nothing to do with that ship. But from the beyond a voice cried “Not so fast.” While Noomi Rapace would replace Natalie, it was an Alien prequel and would feature the ship in question! So what is truth and what is fiction? I could tell you, but I’d have to kill you.

■ Will Ferrell will appear in four episodes of “The Office,” and Judy Dench will return in the next Bond movie. Why put those things together? Um… Well, they both will play bosses and both are big names in big franchises. And then there’s the obvious sexual tension between the two, which makes it so hard to keep them apart.

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ast year’s indie relationship flicks mostly kept the mood light. Both Jack Goes Boating and Cyrus tempered their weighty moments with socially awkward central characters who were good for a tension-breaking chuckle. Viewers loved these characters at arm’s length, not because they weren’t real or wonderfully crafted, but because we like to think of ourselves as too sophisticated to make blue valentine the kind of relationship goofs they made.

Blue Conversely, Valentine offers no such escape. It offers two options — commit wholeheartedly to its characters, both of whom seem to reside to some degree in all of us, or disengage completely and grumble about Ryan Gosling’s tough-guy accent.

Blue Valentine is the story of Dean (Gosling) and Cindy (Michelle Williams). Dean is a loving father and musically-inclined high school dropout who seems content to underachieve. Cindy works as a nurse, having had to scrub her aspirations to become a doctor after getting pregnant in college. To grossly oversimplify the characters, the principle difference between the two seems to be that Cindy’s dreams and aspirations are still alive and life’s “what ifs” weigh on her heavily, whereas Dean seems content painting houses and being a husband and father.

Desperate to rekindle the flames of their cooling relationship, Dean arranges to drop their daughter Frankie (Faith Wladyka) off at Cindy’s father’s house. The two then run off to spend a

reportcard READER RECOMMENDS

Animal Kingdom (ON DVD) AFrom the land down under comes one momma of a crime drama.

Black Swan A It’s like Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” … only with more sexytime.

The Fighter B+ If you can be punch-drunk on crack, Bale nails it.

The Green Hornet C It’s somewhere between spoof and superheroism, and between savor and swat.

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drunken night together in the sterile spaceshipthemed “future room” of a seedy motel.

Scene by scene, we watch as the final gossamer strands of their relationship snap like the strings of Dean’s ukulele. Juxtaposed against this painful-to-watch disaster are scenes from the couple’s beginnings, as the two earnestly fall in love. The tenderness of their meeting and the viciousness of their ostensible parting are a startling contrast.

In this film, rooting for the underdog is an exercise in futility; both characters are equally flawed. Whether they stay together or split up, both are doomed to long, unfulfilling workdays followed by mac and cheese dinners consumed out of Tupperware. Adding emotional weight is the presence of an innocent child who loves both of them dearly. And that’s kind of where the audience ends up in this mess as well — hoping both of them can work this out, but unsure of who to follow when the two go their separate directions.

Cross-cutting Dean and Cindy’s warm back story into their relationship problems was a stroke of genius by writer/director Derek Cianfrance. This elevated the film from a one-note, depressing take on modern marriage to a love story.

As always, Gosling does great work, but it’s easy to see why Williams was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Cindy. Despite coming off as a less sympathetic character, Cindy is infinitely more complicated and nuanced, and Blue Valentine is arguably her story.

Blue Valentine’s biggest flaw is that, after 112 minutes, the ending feels too abrupt, leaving us wanting more. This is not the result of poor pacing. Instead it’s a testament to the characters’ resonance. And that’s a good thing. ,

GRADE: A

The King’s Speech BNot the best movie of the year, but lots of people will tell you it is.

No Strings Attached C+ No strings and even less originality … but at least it has Nat-Po. The Social Network (ON DVD) No one can deny the brilliance of Sorkin’s script … well, maybe Mark Zuckerberg can.

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True Grit AYippee ty yi yay! The best Western since The Unforgiven.

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he Turkish military’s legendary homophobia (rare among NATO countries) comprises both zero-tolerance for homosexuality by service personnel and the requirement of rigorous proof by anyone applying for exemption from service by claiming to be gay. (Homosexuality is the only disqualifier from compulsory service for ablebodied men.) In personal experiences recounted for Foreign Policy magazine in December, some gay men seeking exemptions were ordered to verify their claims by producing witnesses to their homosexual acts, or by photographing themselves fully engaged — and to be persuasive to authorities, the conscript had to be depicted in the “receiving” position in sexual intercourse.

The Entrepreneurial Spirit!

Daring New Products: Introduced at a New York food fair in January (and planned for U.S. distribution later this year): Great Scot International’s potato-like chips in the “flavor” of Scotland’s “national delicacy” (yes — haggis chips!).

■ Burger King U.K.’s Christmas-season special this year (available briefly in December): a regular Whopper, garnished with a generous helping of brussels sprouts.

■ The notoriously isolated North Korean economy only permits new products to be sold as needs arise, and in December (according to a report by Agence France-Presse), the ministries began allowing Western-style “skinny jeans” (having relaxed the rule requiring female workers to wear

skirts). Also recently for sale: human fertilizer (owing to the attrition of the animals that previously produced manure for family gardens).

■ The SEGA video company’s Japan division began test-marketing its new Toylets game in January, designed for men’s urinals. With sensors in the basin and a video screen at eye level, men score points based on the strength and accuracy of their streams. Among the suite of games: sumo wrestling (squirt the opponent out of the circle), graffiti-erasure (strong streams wipe out more graffiti), and skirt-raising (the stronger the stream, the higher a woman’s skirt is “blown” upward).

The Redneck Chronicles In a December incident near Orlando, a former Ku Klux Klan “Cyclops,” George Hixon, 73, and his son, Troy, 45, and Troy’s girlfriend fought, resulting in Troy’s allegedly firing gunshots toward the woman’s feet and the subsequent arrests of the two men. According to Osceola County deputies, the altercation was precipitated by the girlfriend’s unhappiness that she got the “cheap beer” while the men kept the “good beer” (Budweiser) for themselves.

Science on the Cutting Edge Good to Know: Perhaps too many late nights at Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science led to the recent quixotic “testing” of superconductor metals by submersion in alcoholic beverages. Yoshihiko Takano and his colleagues developed experiments to soak the metals to see if resistance to electricity is decreased (and, thus, conductivity increased). They found success with whiskey, sake, beer and the vodka-like shochu, but red wine worked best, improving conductivity by 62 percent.

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n Flip a Coin: Among human procreation technologies soft-pedaled to tamp down controversy is surgeons’ ability to selectively abort some, but not all, fetuses in a womb in cases where in vitro fertilization (IVF) has overproduced (usually involving mothers expecting triplets or greater, which pose serious health risks).

More controversially, according to a December National Post report, a Toronto-area couple told their physician that IVF-created “twins” would be too much for them to care for and that the doctor should terminate one fetus (randomly chosen?) and leave the other.

Weird Animals British researchers, writing in the journal Evolution in November, described a species of birds in Africa’s Kalahari Desert that appear to acquire food by running a “protection racket” for other birds.

The biologists hypothesize that because drongo birds hang out at certain nests and squawk loudly when predators approach, the nest’s residents grow more confident about security and thus can roam farther away when they search for food -- but with the hunters gone, the drongos scoop up any food left behind. (The researchers also found that drongos are not above staging false alarms to trick birds into leaving their food unguarded.)

Fine Points of the Law (1) A Roman Catholic church tribunal in Modena, Italy, ruled in November that a marriage should be annulled on the grounds of the wife’s adultery even though she apparently only “thought about” having an affair. Her now-ex-husband believes she never actually followed through on her desires for an “open marriage.”

Least Competent Criminals Questionable Judgments: A 26-year-old man was arrested in San Pablo, Calif., in December and accused of stealing a taxi after tricking the driver into momentarily exiting the cab. The man then drove to a Department of Motor Vehicles office, where he attempted to register ownership of the car.

Kyndric Wilson, 19, was being booked into jail in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., in December on a misdemeanor charge when a routine search revealed a bag of cocaine. As deputies then began processing the more serious drug-possession charge, Wilson was heard saying, “(Expletive), I knew I shouldn’t (have) brought that in ... (expletive).”

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Recurring Themes “Sovereign” citizens (militia types) continue to insist that their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution is superior to that of virtually every American historian, judge, legislator, governor and law professor who ever studied it. For example, Schaeffer Cox (head of the Alaska Peacemakers Militia), in District Court in Fairbanks, Alaska, in December on a misdemeanor gun charge, commenced a series of “constitutional” claims. Asserting that he is “chairman of the joint chiefs of staff ” of the “de jure republic” of America, as empowered by the real Constitution (and not the one in popular use, which is a bogus document that Abraham Lincoln secretly sneaked in), Cox claimed that all Americans are kings and queens and that no one is required to obey laws unless necessary to avoid harming other “sovereigns” (citizens). Cox attempted to serve papers on the district court judge, but was rebuffed by state troopers. ,

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— MojoPoPlanetPower.com k AQUARIUS (1.21-2.19) It’s quite a party over at your house? Neptune’s been in Aquarius for these last 13 “lucky” years, Mars is half way through Aquarius on its transit from mid-January through February 22, when it dives hand-in-hand-in-handin-hand with the Sun and Mercury conjunct Neptune into the Ocean of Pisces. Kick it hard until then. It’ll be your season. Expect unexpected Sunny weather on the Leo Full Moon the 18th.

Wear red (Mars) to get ahead. Put your head down and charge large on your literary (Mercury) career. Put your light into/onto it.

Happy re-birthday! l PISCES (2.203.20) Friday the Fourth you wake up with the Moon in Pisces until Sunset Sunday. Where do you want to be March 4th, the New Moon in Pisces and your rebirth? Check out Aquarius above for your timetable into oblivion. a ARIES (3.21-4.20) Read Aquarius for color and calendar. It happens at a party...? You may/might prove the Knight in Shining Amour, Senor. Be discreet-ahhh, Senorita. Maybe a watery vacation at the edge of our nation? Neptune’ s Daughter is inviting you into the water. Work your way through what seems to be your dreams as science fiction starts to dominate your diction. “Live long and prosper,” said Spok from Start Trek. “May you never thirst,” said Michael Valentine Smith from Stranger in a Strange Land, one of the first Aquarian Age novels.

Do/did you ever think of writing your own book?

How does the MOJO know? b TAURUS (4.21-5.20) Did you talk with Divinity? Did/would you listen? The Lord speaks but once. Did you listen or were you busy complaining?

Would/can you recognize Divinity in the face of all you love? I’ve asked you before: Do you wish to love or to be adored? Be honest, at least with yourself.

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Third one’s the charm, even out here on the farm. Seven come 11.

Seven steps to Heaven. g LIBRA (9.23-10.22) Please read Taurus. It’s all true for you, too. Saturn just moved retrograde at 17 degrees Libra until June 13. Wait until late Spring to do your thing! Guaranteed. Study Mayan until then. h SCORPIO (10.23-11.22) Quit watching soooo much porn and maybe you’d find time to clean up your house, your room, your mind? Who knows what you could find with an open third eye in use, instead of watching his/her caboose? Close your eyes to this world and give your psychic whirl a twirl. Now read Aries, then Aquarius. When/if you get “BIGGER” it’s/ll be all true for you, too. “Can I just do it until I need glasses?” How does the MOJO know? i SAGITTARIUS (11.23-12.21) It’s a new day, it’s a new dawn, it’s a new you … and you’re feelin’ GOOD! These next two weeks are going to work for you in new and exciting ways. Your brothers and sisters are due to light the electric spark for you. Light blue is/will be your/a clue. Manifestation is/will be due the last week in March for you. j CAPRICORN (12.22-1.20) Please read Libra then Taurus. Here comes some unexpected money from about half the Zodiac. Aries, Leo, Gemini, Virgo, Pisces and of course unexpectedly an Aquarian; they’re all looking for a way to make your economic day. Let ‘em. You won’t regret ‘em. ,

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