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Murder He Wrote South Omaha son David Krajicek finds his true crime writing niche

In 1984 Krajicek decided to prove his mettle in a larger market. First, though he applied at the prestigious Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and was accepted. Thus began his ongoing affair with New York. He credits Columbia with “opening my eyes to the possibilities of the business” and “taking journalism from black and white to technicolor.”

by Leo Adam Biga Among the profs who “inspired” him was Dick Blood, outh Omaha native son David Krajicek’s crime an old Daily News editor who told Krajicek he had what writing has branded him Mr. Murder, so it’s only it took to make it in the “rough and tumble” tabloids apt he looks the heavy with his bearded mug, world. Sure enough, Krajicek flourished there. bouncer glare and imposing size. This “There were things I would tabloid poet and rebel, who hails from have gotten fired for at the a long line of barkeeps and meatpackWorld-Herald I probably would ers, gets his rabble-rouse on playing have gotten a bonus for at the old-school R&B. Daily News. They encouraged The ex-New York Daily News crime you to cross lines and trespass reporter and bureau chief still writes the and things like that. I guess I was rag’s Justice Story feature but mainly bold. I was no shrinking violet. I authors Kindle best seller true crime hope I’m sensitive, but I’m big. I books. The Catskills resident is back think I proved that even though touting True Crime: Missouri and Death I was from the hinterlands I felt

by Rock ‘n’ Roll. He did a signing at his comfortable moving around folks’ Lodge Bar & Cafe in LaPlatte, Neb. New York City talking to any“My literary home base,” he calls it. He’s DAVID KRAJICEK body about anything.” done his share of bartending and elbow Krajicek covered all manbending there. ner of mayhem, from crack deals gone bad to mafia last Fittingly, it was at a bar he and a buddy fixed on stands. He co-wrote the first major profile of John Gotti taking a UNO class together, Introduction to Mass Com- and received threats. He gained a rep as a standout munications, only because it seemed easy. Krajicek, then writer of terse, staccato prose and vivid details. studying business, changed majors and the course of his “I don’t like frou-frou language, I don’t like extranelife when instructor Warren Francke “absolutely turned ous stuff, I don’t like over-describing,” says this Raymond me on to the possibilities of journalism.”

Chandler and Raymond Carver devotee. “I love telling At Ryan High Krajicek got an inkling he might be stories and stories from the police and criminal justice writer-material. “I was in Sr. Rita’s writing class when blotter are the greatest stories to be told in journalism.” she looked across the table at me and said, ‘You know, Six years of it though took its toll. you could do this for a living.’ That was kind of the first “It was just one horrible inhumane story after anclue I had some knack.” other, and it wore on me. Over time I lost my belief in the Observing things and spinning tales came naturally. basic goodness of human kind.”

“I definitely was a watcher and a collector of stories from He switched gears to teach full-time at Columbia, the time I was a little kid.” The bars he grew up in served where he’d been an adjunct. Eight years into his scholarly local color alongside beers and shots. “Bars to me were role he penned Scooped!, an acclaimed memoir-critical like theaters. They really captivated me. To this day I love analysis of criminal justice reporting, and then left, abanto go into a bar, almost any bar, and sit at the far corner, doning almost sure tenure, to return to crime writing. where I get a view of everything.”

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After finding journalism he toiled at the Gateway “I relish telling these old true crime stories. I love the and Council Bluffs Nonpareil before Omaha World-Herald historical connection that I’m one of the last living remeditor Carl Keith hired him away. Krajicek began on the nants of True Detective magazine. These stories used to night copy desk. appear everywhere but print’s given over the true crime “It was an invaluable experience working with a lot franchise to television.” of really smart people,” he says. “One night the police reHe makes occasional TV appearances as a true porter called in sick and Carl (Keith) looked over at me and crime expert but mainly mines old cases for his stosaid, ‘Do you know where the police station is?’ ‘I can find ries. His next local book event is Nov. 9 at noon at the it,’ I said. I had three bylines in the next morning’s paper.”

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t’s flu season again and grocery stores, drug stores and shopping malls are looking to Big Pharma to give their bottom line a shot in the arm. Everywhere you go, you see shameless shills begging you to spend your hard-earned cash on something that is virtually useless: the flu shot.

Yes, something flu-vaccine doubters have been shouting for years has finally been noticed by mainstream researchers. In a study of 5,700 research articles

by University of Minnesota scientists, it was discovered that the flu vaccine prevents disease in fewer than 60 percent of those vaccinated. Yet those who take it are still subject to the many side effects.

Take a closer look at that statistic: Sixty percent of the time, the injection is absolutely worthless. Would you tolerate any other product you bought that was worthless more than half the time? Would you find it acceptable if you bought a bag of apples and 60 percent of them were rotten, inedible, useless to you? Would you buy a car that only started four times out of ten? Would your job be safe if your work production was only 40 percent of what your boss expected? If an employee doesn’t perform six out of ten times, you fire them. The flu shot is past probation. It’s time it is fired.

Better options. East and West are polar opposites. The Earth is separated into two longitudinal hemispheres and the cultures occupying each, for most of human history, have remained at opposite ends of the spectrum.

And so it is with the traditions of their disparate medical systems. One, the Eastern medical model, has been in existence for thousands of years. The other, the typical Western medical model of pharmaceutical drugs and man-made interventions, has existed for little over a hundred years. One relies on substances found in nature and actions respecting the natural energy of the human being. The other relies on substances patented in corporate laboratories and exercises of human intervention that sometimes boggle the mind. The Eastern system brought us yogic practices that can keep the body functioning and looking young for decades. Western medicine brought us Botox injections that last a few weeks.

Eastern and Western approaches to flu prevention are opposite, also. Typically, a holistic approach seeks to strengthen and balance health by recognizing the importance of the energetic being as much as the physical.

By generally enhancing the entire immune system from within, rather than attempting to target one singular reaction to a specific virus or attacking bacteria, the holistic approach can be expected to be far more successful than the poor performance of that $25 thrown down the drain with the flu vaccine.

With that as backstory, let’s look at options to the failed flu shot. Here are some favorites.

Jade Screen. I was first turned on to Jade Screen by local herbalist Nicholas Schnell several years ago. Jade Screen is the vernacular translation for a Chinese herbal formula called Yu Ping Wan.

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“The imagery of a jade screen refers to when your chi is strong, no pathogenic influence can affect you, as if you were surrounded by a screen of jade. From a western perspective, this formula tones the deep immune system, strengthens weak immunity, increases white blood cell production and modulates many branches of the nonspecific immune system. You basically become more resistant to all infections, instead of just the five or six bugs they vaccinate with. It is a great formula for children and the elderly both. This formula also has a lot of anti-allergy effects. In today’s modern world, this has applications for people that work inside with indoor allergies, sick building syndrome and working in excessive indoor cooling/heating environments.”

The best way to find out more about Jade Screen is to consult with a reputable herbalist.

Vitamin C Tried and true, the King of Vitamins is still a staunch ally in fending off colds and flu. Western research is sketchy but the work of Linus Pauling points to the usefulness of this important vitamin. Acknowledged as a vital nutrient, conventional assessments of the daily requirement are far below what strong supporters recommend.

For example, government recommended daily allowances for adult males is 90 mg. Most holistic healthcare professionals I speak with recommend supplementation in the neighborhood of two or more grams per day.

Bow to the herb Many herbs are considered to be helpful in boosting the immune system. Two of the more popular are Echinacea and astragalus root. Both are available in many different forms: powdered in capsules, tablets, teas and my favorite, tinctures. I use tinctures prepared by Energique Industries based in Woodbine, Iowa. Energique products are available at No Name Nutrition.

A tincture is a liquid form that uses alcohol to extract essential parts of an herb. Then water is used to extract additional essences. Finally, the solid remainder is purified and the final extractions are joined together. I have found tinctures to be the most effective and powerful ways to use herbs. Advisors have told me that Echinacea is appropriate as a preventative and astragalus of greatest value if one exhibits symptoms.

Many more The holistic arsenal contains a slew of flu fighters and many are behavioral. One cannot underestimate the importance of adequate sleep, decent exercise, fresh air and eating real food. Nutrition is essential and many foods inherently boost the immune system. Detoxifying, hydrating, moderating — if one wants to avoid the flu all of these add to a holistic regimen for success.

As for the flu shot? Fire away.

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n aesthetic conversation that began decades ago continues in Generations Shared. The Nov. 4 through 27 exhibition features work by internationally renowned photographer Jim Krantz alongside that of his late maternal grandfather, David Bialac, an Omaha painter, sculptor and fine furniture-maker who was Krantz’s first and perhaps most important artistic mentor.

Krantz, who assisted Bialac for a time, says, “My grandpa had a very good reputation.” Krantz believes Bialac (1905-1978) should be better known and more appreciated today. He views the new exhibition at Anderson O’Brien Gallery in the Old Market as a tribute to the man he credits with kindling his own creative passion.

The tribute subject owned Dave Bialac Builders in northeast Omaha. At his 52nd and Hamilton Streets home studio he developed an alchemy-like enameling process that involved arranging multi-colored glass shards and powder on glass and copper plates and then firing them in a kiln. The bonded-fused objects took on trippy abstract patterns. His distinctive work adorned custom kitchens and decorative installations and sculptures he designed for some of Omaha’s most distinctive homes and publicprivate spaces, such as the Mutual of Omaha lobby.

“He signed his pieces,” says Bialac. “There was a lot of pride and craftsmanship in what he did. He did custom woodworking for a living but his real passion was his artwork.”

Every Saturday morning Krantz, the devoted young grandson, joined Bialac in his home studio for what the old man jokingly called “baking cookies.”

The self-taught abstract expressionist and his boy apprentice made this a ritual for years. After Bialac suffered a severe stroke he gave Jimmy access to an expressive tool all his own via the studio camera he kept to document his work: a Minolta SR-T 101.

Krantz recalls his grandfather’s wizened admonition: “Jimmy, I want you to work with this camera.

Make some pictures, but remember the kinds of things we did in the studio.” It proved an irresistible invitation for the protege. Out of obligation to his elder and his own curiosity Krantz experimented. The camera might as well have been a new appendage as inseparable as he and the Minolta became.

Their contract called for Krantz to return the camera once Bialac recovered, so they could resume working together. Bialac never got better. “It was a

shame because he was an amazing, vital, creative force trapped in his body after the stroke. It’s got to be the most debilitating thing because his mind was racing and there was no way to respond. So all I was left with was memories and a camera,” says Krantz, who went on to study photography and earn a design degree.

As a professional Krantz gained a rep as a visual stylist who makes any shoot, regardless of subject matter, a rigorous exploration of light, space, form, shadow. He conquered the Omaha ad market before moving to Chicago 12 years ago.

Today, Krantz enjoys a high-end career as a advertising, documentary and art photographer traveling the world for Fortune 500 clients and personal projects. His signature commercial work

came on a Marlboro tobacco campaign. His postmodern The Way of the West imagery earned him International Photography of the Year prizes as 2010’s best advertising photographer and top overall photographer.

More recently his images from inside the forbidden zone of Russia’s Chernobyl nuclear disaster have captured attention via his book and exhibition, Homage: Remembering Chernobyl. His Chernobyl work comes to KANEKO in April.

The Chicago-based Krantz, who retains strong Omaha ties, loves the idea of showing his work with that of his Saturday morning studio session mentor.

More than most exhibits, the show examines creativity as legacy, a theme much on Krantz’s mind as his

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career’s reached new heights and he’s recognized how indebted he is to teachers like his grandfather.

He speaks of feeling connected to Bialac and sensing his guiding hand. As a kid, he never considered those weekend idylls with “Poppy” as classes, but in retrospect they were. Among the lessons taught: focus and discipline.

He was a very warm and loving guy but he was very concentrated on this stuff,” says Krantz.

As the boy alchemist’s helper, Krantz says he’d studiously watch his grandfather manipulating “threads of glass on a plate, then staring at it, and with tweezers moving it in such a nuance of a move” before transferring them to the kiln. “I had no idea what he was doing -- all I knew was this was serious shit.”

“My grandpa was a very eccentric man, I have to say, doing very abstract, very unusual things. I’m telling you, this guy was out there, but he had this quality of craftsmanship. He’d take his copper enameling and then he’d build big huge installations of wood furniture and whatever and they’d all be applied to the furniture. His work’s amazing. Really quite strong.

Really beautifully crafted.”

The Krantz family possesses a nice collection of Bialac’s work, but many pieces have been lost to time.

Krantz describes Bialac as someone who straddled the Old World and Modern Age as a creative.

“He was from another generation,” says Krantz.

“I don’t even know where he got his initial inspiration because he came from working class type people and he got sidetracked somehow deep into very abstract thinking, concepts, art, color and design, and then it evolved into sculpture with natural elements and all of these things -- brass, rock, metal, glass, enamel.”

The studio where he and Bialac bonded over art is fixed in Krantz’s mind.

“I remember it so well. It was an immaculately beautiful space, really organized. A very busy shop.

You could just tell he was really meticulous and thoughtful about everything he did. I remember the work that came out of it was so different than the setting. I’m not saying clinical but it’s funny how the space did not feel like the product, which was kind of very free form and organic. That’s why process was so important to him.”

As time goes by Krantz feels ever more the reverberations of Bialac’s work in his own.

“Over the years I’ve been looking back at my work and his work and it’s like the parallels are so strikingly similar, even in our own visual vocabulary, and I know it’s all from just literally every Saturday standing by this guy’s side watching him work. It’s just part of me.”

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He doesn’t know why his grandfather offered him the camera but suspects he noted in him a kiny continued from page 9 dred spirit. “It’s possible he was predisposed to it, I with pieces, responding to subtle variations, tweaking was predisposed to it,” and the camera served as conthis or that. And while they never formally discussed nective medium. Whatever the reason, Krantz found methodology, Krantz gleaned some direction for his in photography what he’d never had before and gladly own artistry and field of vision. He realizes now he lost himself in.

In his artist’s statement he writes, “My camera adopted, intuitively, from Bialac a way of apprehendbecame a part of me and I photographed everying the world.

“I did the same thing with the camera he did thing I saw…and have never stopped.” Like Bialac’s pushing those little things around. I was always work, photography is a process. It begins with a aware of everything I saw in the viewfinder be- camera and subject, then knowing where to stand cause he always told me, ‘What you see on this and when to shoot, taking the shot and finally deplate -- how do all these things fit?’I put a camera to veloping and printing the image. Not so different my eye and I see a rectangle. There’s a tree branch than what goes into making a three-dimensional here and a rock there and a person over here. All of art object. Leaving oneself open to interpreting and discovering things is key. these things become abstract shapes.

As Krantz writes, “Photography, too, had the fa“It isn’t so much documenting, it’s arranging. So I miliar quality of surprise I was accustomed to when started to learn at an early age that I can look through the enameled ‘cookies’ would emerge from the kiln.” this camera just like I looked at that plate. Once you Photography gave this “dorky kid” a potent prohave the shapes in the right spot then you can relate to them on a more personal level. The thing that was cess to call his own. “All of a sudden I had a little bit wired into me early was I knew how to put things on of an identity. Everybody loves to have something that plate and I could transfer it to the rectangle of a you do.” He says his open-minded parents (his family owns Allen Furniture) provided the freedom to camera.” pursue his passion “as far as photography could carry me. They knew I loved it. They encouraged me.” At 18 Krantz was so enthralled by the expressive possibilities he built his own darkroom at home and began two enamel on copper plates by david bialac educating himself.

He described his magnificent obsession to Rangefinder Magazine: “I was amazed by the process in the darkroom and was swept up by the art and science of photography. I searched out books and images from every source and grew very attracted to the West Coast photographers, studying the work of (Ansel) Adams, Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, Wynn Bullock, Minor White...”

His parents agreed to his driving his Renault, alone, to Calif. to take a workshop from the great Yosemite documenter, Ansel Adams. Krantz had just graduated from Westside High. On his website, www.jimkrantz. com, is a picture of Krantz, looking even younger than his years, posed beside the icon’s home mailbox.

Other pictures show the acolyte with the veteran imagemaker in candid moments.

The first day Krantz met Adams he ended up printing images with him in his state-of-the-art darkroom. “I was nervous, I was unsure of myself.” He recalls few details other than the bearded sage offering critiques of his beginner’s work.

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just had the sense this was something I had to do,” he says. In Adams he found a grandfather surrogate.

“It was very familiar. Adams talked about arrangement, shape, form, tonality. I thought, ‘This is the same thing I learned from my grandpa.’ Both were very passionate, focused, attached.”

The icon’s approach to nature informed how Krantz treated grand landscapes. Krantz repeated that 1970s trek west multiple times to work with Adams. “I’d drive out there, take a workshop, and come home all inspired. I was always the youngest one in the class.” “Now,” adds Krantz, who’s continued taking workshops from other photographers, “I’m the oldest guy in class.”

The workshops are intensive immersion experiences he throws himself into and comes out of reinvigorated. “I continue to go and I continue to learn.”

All the work he exposed himself to and all the photo grammar he learned early on emboldened him to try new things. Among those who’ve consciously influenced him, he says, is Wynn Bullock. “This guy worked on a totally different level. His work resonated with me on a much deeper level,” says Krantz. Bullock’s evocative Navigation by Numbers is embedded in Krantz’s mental file of essential images. As are images by Paul Caponigro, Fredrick Sommer and others.

“Sometimes people don’t really understand where ideas come from. The whole concept of the source of ideas and where they start in a person’s life and then how they manifest later, I find kind of fascinating. You don’t know where these thoughts develop and how they develop or why, but there’s catalysts in your life.”

It’s clear to Krantz his grandfather was a major catalyst. He couldn’t have known where it would all lead, saying, “I never had a clue any of this would kindle and turn into something like this.” He feels fortunate to have had a nurturing start.

“Between encouragement and interest and passion, it’s like a stew that simmers,” he says. “I had all the right tools at hand: the love of my parents, their approval, my interest, my grandpa’s input, my desire to do this.”

He’s never lost his enthusiasm.

“When I have a camera in my hand, and it’s no different today than before, it’s like a ticket to anywhere. It’s the damnedest thing. It’s such an amazing vehicle. It’s like, ‘I wonder what types of images are going to go through this thing this time?’ I’ve had some bad experiences and dangerous ones and some joyful and astounding ones…you just never know what you’re going to get. I just never want it to stop.”

He balances big budget ad projects with scaled down personal work, applying the same rigor to each while employing wildly different technical approaches.

Advertising shoots, like Way of the West, are at one end of the spectrum with their crews, talent, lighting rigs and set pieces. It’s then he works in “a transmedia” space. Using a RED digital camera he combines motion and stills, animating still frames and harvesting high output stills from motion. He works collaboratively with computer geeks and editors.

“All of this combined together transcends further than any of these by themselves are capable of really expressing,” Krantz says of the merging.

The possibilities are delicious and a bit delirious.

“It’s funny because I feel like I’ve got more to learn now than I ever did before. I feel as though I’m starting from scratch because there’s a huge learning curve with this.”

To portray cowboys in Way of the West, he says, “I wanted to show this in a much more contemporary, edgy, urban, hip way,” much like snowboarders or skateboarders. “All these guys are cut from the same cloth. My vision of these cowboys isn’t sepia-toned.

It’s a very cool, strong, hip energy. I don’t like the word techie but the processes I used are current -- the way the film’s handled, the angles, the perspectives, the colors, the styling. I wanted it to have a style and a sense of fashion and yet the core of it be the Wild West.”

The other end of the spectrum finds him going to Chernobyl or Cuba or Cambodia, alone, with a single camera and a fixed lens. “It’s pure seeing and pure responding,” he says. “Not only is it poignant and important and talks to people on a very different level, it’s a lot more visceral, it’s a lot more about human emotion.”

All of it, from the epic to the intimate, he views as part of a bi-polar continuum.

“That’s how I visualize how these two things interact because, you see, one without the other doesn’t work. and it’s always been that way for me. The basis of all of this is having a very strong fundamental background. That allows you to take chances.

Technical proficiency will lead to artistic freedom.

You first learn how to record but then you learn how to interpret. Then at that point you can do lots of things because a camera is basically an instrument and it’s played like anything else.

“A stylistic approach can only happen after you’ve developed enough to understand where you’re going, how you see the world and having the confidence to do it the way you see it. And quite frankly it’s taken me a long time.”

For all the “flattering” honors to come his way he says, “I don’t look back very often. I spend more time looking forward than backwards for sure. But more often than not I’m just looking at right now.” Generations Shared is a notable exception. “It’s important to me,” he says. Once he conceived the show he had to find a way to create companion images that echoed his grandfather’s abstract works.

“I had to develop a process I’d never even considered or heard of before in order to reinterpret what he did with copper and glass plates in a kiln. In essence I’m painting negatives and then these painted negatives become the positives which become the art. It’s the only way I could really figure out to communicateexpress these same abstract sensibilities.”

He says the images he created may look photoshopped but they’re actually “pure photography.” At its core, he says, the exhibition “is a dialogue about what a mentor is and how threads of knowledge and information are transferred -- DNA or life experience, I don’t which one it is. But input equals output. What goes in comes out. And it’s like this river just flows.” , Anderson O’Brien Gallery is at 1108 Jackson Street. For hours, visit www.aobfineart.com or call 402-884-0911.

Read more of Leo Adam Biga’s work at leoadambiga.wordpress.com

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dish Bar Chat Meet a Mixologist lthough fist pumping and vodka Red Bulls seem to be all the rage on television and in “ultra” clubs in the area, there is a growing population of those who require a little more thought and care into their cocktails. Over the past few years bars and restaurants have begun to incorporate challenging and unique beverage programs. Liquors and ingredients like yellow chartreuse, Alvear Fino and Lavender-Honey, were unfamiliar to most in Omaha a few years ago, but now the trend is catching on and guests are taking note. One of the area’s premier mixologists sits down with us to chat about drinks, trends and advice; in this installment of bar chat.

Since the Boiler Room opened a few years ago, it has given as much attention and care to their liquid assets as they have with the food. The Boiler Room is widely known for the ambrosial offerings and treating the dining experience with finesse and purpose.

Of course, it does not hurt that culinary wizard Paul Kulick is at the helm.

Ian McCarthy, who runs the bar at the Boiler Room in Omaha, has a very intense passion for drink basics and a humbling respect to the classic drinks constructed before his time.

Ian McCarthy: Boiler Room Restaurant The Reader: What is your inspiration for making new cocktails?

McCarthy: My inspiration for a new cocktail usually comes from a new ingredient; be it fantastic produce, spirits, herbs or spices. If I come across something unique, that I find engaging, I want to share it, and will combine it with other ingredients that will flatter it and highlight its charm.

What advice would you give to another mixologist?

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Advice to new mixologists: Don’t walk before you can crawl. Learn your classics inside and out before you start creating new cocktails. Even simple classics with just a few ingredients have infinite possible variations.

Adjust your ingredients, proportions, and techniques until you find something that really sings.

TR: Are there any current trends you are excited about?

I am excited about more attention being paid to ice, and I hope this is something Omaha bars catch on to. Having a variety of shapes and sizes is really important for reaching and maintaining optimal temperature and dilution. Ice is more than half of your drink, you can’t ignore it. Everyone has the

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same crappy ice machines that churn out tiny, wet, shards. We need more kold-draft machines and block ice programs.

I am really excited about vinegar. Whether preserving fruit in a shrub or gastrique, or own its own.

Vinegar has such a range of flavor, and when used as an acidulate in a cocktail, it really perks up the flavors and makes the drink pop. I have had the privilege recently of using the fantastic George Paul vinegars, from Cody Nebraska, which I highly recommend. , Ian McCarthy runs the bar at Boiler Room restaurant in the Old Market

ACasseroleToGo.com Caters To Hungry People On The Go: Abraham Catering is launching a new division called “ACasseroleToGo. com.” Offering fresh, homemade entrees, sides and desserts for takeout. “Meals are packaged in ready-to-go pans, with baking instructions included,” Abraham Catering President Brian Kobs said. “It’s perfect for families who are tired of pizza and burgers. They can pick up a fresh casserole after work, pop it in the oven and enjoy a great dinner.” For about $7 a person, customers can enjoy a casserole, salad and dessert,” Kobs said. “That’s comparable with fast food options, but it’s much healthier and well-balanced.” Offerings include breakfast quiches and casseroles, dinner casseroles, salads, and a variety of desserts (pies, cookies, brownies and bars). Casseroles can be heated immediately or frozen. Orders require 24 hours advance notice.

Selections can be made on the company’s website, www. acasseroletogo.com, or by calling (402) 331-6610. Orders are picked up from the Abraham Catering headquarters, 5520 Miller Avenue in downtown Ralston.

Specialty Chocolate Shop to Open: Chocolatier Blue, a specialty chocolate shop, will open in November at Village Pointe Shopping Center. Owner, Chris Blue, with origins in Nebraska, attended French pastry school in Chicago where he learned his craft and mastered the techniques associated with his creation of a line of innovative chocolate confections. Blue’s product brand philosophy involves using the finest quality ingredients with a focus on an aesthetic presentation. Customers can purchase as individual pieces or have the option of choosing multiple pieces assembled into gift boxes in a variety of sizes. Chocolatier Blue will also have 13 varieties of chocolate bark with flavors such as pistachio, cherry, white chocolate bark, fig, walnut, dark chocolate bark, peanut, and milk chocolate bark. The Village Pointe Chocolatier Blue store will be one of seven in the company including Blue’s flagship business in Berkeley, CA, and a store located in Lincoln, NE. Check out www. chocolatierblue.com for more information.

— John Horvatinovich Crumbs is about indulging in food and celebrating its many forms. Send information about area food and drink businesses to crumbs@thereader.com

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8 days TOPTV “Vietnam in HD”

Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. (History)

After 2009’s powerful WWII in HD, History brings another war into terrifyingly sharp focus. Over the course of six hours, “Vietnam in HD” offers never-before-seen footage transferred to high definition, much of it shot by solmichael c. hall diers in action. Michael C. Hall narrates the sad history of the United States’ involvement throughout the 1960s and ’70s, and over a dozen actors (Jennifer Love Hewitt, Dylan McDermott, et al.) read firstperson accounts by those caught up in the conflict. Played against images of bursting bombs and wounded soldiers, President Lyndon Johnson’s lofty speeches ring false: “We fight because we must fight, if we are to live in a world where every country can shape its own destiny.” Much more resonant are the words of soldier Barry Romo, who had his doubts about America’s need to fight this war when he joined the Army in 1964: “To be honest, it was hard to imagine how something on the other side of the world could really affect us in San Bernadino.”

—Dean Robbins

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Murs with Tabi Bonney, Ski Beatz, McKenzie Eddy, Dash & Sean O’Connell The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m. Tickets are $13 www.onepercentproductions.com

It’s hard to remember the last time The Living Legends toured as an 8-deep hip-hop collective. Many members have been on the solo tip for quite awhile.

Eligh recently put out his first record, Luckyiam, well, he’s like his own entity, The Grouch is doing it big in Hawaii, Scarub is often performing with Afro Classics while Sunspot Jonz can often be found updating his status on Facebook. Bicasso and Aesop on the other hand, who knows where they are? Murs, however, is still as popular as ever on his own and has been putting out his solo albums since 1997. Known for his witty lyrics and impeccable taste in collaborators, he’s worked with everyone from Aesop Rock to famed producer, 9th Wonder. Currently on tour in support of his most recent album, Love and Rockets, Volume I: The Transformation, Murs makes his way back to Omaha with a hodge-podge of special guests.

—Kyle Eustice

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The Wedding Singer

Iowa Western Community College Arts Center, 2700 College Road, Council Bluffs Thursday-Friday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. $8 adults; $5 seniors, TAG members & non-IWCC students 712-388-7140 Iowa Western Community College’s production of The Wedding Singer brings all the great music, fun and ‘80s fashion from the movie to the stage at the Arts Center. Director Moira Mangiameli said the musical follows the storyline of the film pretty closely. Though composer Matthew Sklar and lyricist Chad Beguelin include some big, splashy Broadway numbers in the musical, Mangiameli said it doesn’t change the story.

This is still the story of Robby and Julia and how they

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Nov. 6 David Bazan w/ Midwest Dilemma The Waiting Room Lounge 6212 Maple St. $12, 9 p.m. onepercentproductions.com

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avid Bazan’s 2011 album Strange Negotiations has finally sent me full-on into the world of Bazan and his much-revered indie rock band Pedro the Lion. The album, recorded in Bazan’s home studio in Seattle, is an album of carefullycrafted, understated indie pop. There’s a clean, simple directness to the unfussed instrumentation. While Bazan’s lyrics are always a highlight, he steps back here and allows the songs to stand up as strong melodically as they do lyrically. It’s the first time Bazan has worked on an album with a host of musicians since his Pedro the Lion days.

Bazan is back in clubs for this tour, but he’s built an intimate connection with his fans by doing house-show-only tours in the past.

— Chris Aponick

get together.Because the show is about the ‘80s, which were all about excess, Mangiameli said the show is not appropriate for younger children. “The Wedding Singer is just a feel good musical and the kids knock it out of the park” Mangiameli said.

—Cheril Lee

FRIDAY04 Nov. 4-5

Monty Python’s Spamalot Orpheum Theater, 409 S. 16th St. Friday at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday at 2:00 & 8:00 p.m.

Tickets start at $25 www.ticketomaha.com

Monty Python’s Spamalot returns to the Orpheum Theater for a limited run. The show is based on the film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The production boasts catchy music, sword fights and killer rabbits. Arthur Rowan plays “King Arthur” in the production. He said the musical kept the best comedy from the film and then added a layer satirizing Broadway and musical theatre in general. Rowan said he enjoys playing “King Arthur” because his character is the straight man in the show, with all the wackiness happening around him. He said the show is guaranteed to leave you in a better mood than when you first came in.

—Cheril Lee

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Fluid Ground opening

Gallery 616, 11th and Jones St. 7-10p.m., runs through January 5th, FREE claudiaalvarez.org, andrewhershey.com gomezartsupply.com, 214.3061 Fluid Ground artists Claudia Alvarez, Peggy Gomez and Andrew Hershey explore freedom, erasure, and vulnerability utilizing processes that are by nature constant via watercolor, reductive printmaking and formed paper. Mexico-born multi-media artist and Omaha/New York resident Alvarez, known for her sometimes disturbing figures in two and three dimensions, like a baby handling a gun, exhibits watercolors. Hershey’s surreal reductive paper prints are shown along with Gomez’ crafted Schwinn Fair Lady bicycle made of wire, chipboard and paper suspended from the ceiling, surrounded by propellers, and more. The gallery will hold a second reception Dec. 2.

— Sally Deskins

WEDNESDAY09 Nov. 9

Paul Simon

CenturyLink Center, 455 North 10th St. $45-$85, 7:30 p.m., centurylinkomaha.com While Paul Simon’s biggest hits came with Art Garfunkel, but songs like “Kodachrome” prove Simon could still hit big on his own. Despite a career that stretches through four decades, Paul Simon has only recorded 12 solo studio records. It’s this economical release schedule that allows Simon to continue hitting his mark each time out. 2011’s So Beautiful or So What? succeeds with a succinct running time of 38 minutes and an attention to sticking to what Simon does best, namely simple folk-pop storytelling

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embellished with light world-music touches. It should make for a batch of new songs that fit in confidently with a host of Simon’s hits, especially if he tucks these songs by cuts from his much-loved 1986 classic Graceland or 1990’s Rhythm of the Saints.

—Chris Aponick

THURSDAY10 Nov. 10

A Conversation with Therman Statom and Modern Traditions: Seeing with New Eyes KANEKO Bow Truss, 1111 Jones St. Discussion 7p.m. exhibit through Nov. 20 FREE, thekaneko.org

Omaha’s own internationally renowned glass artist Therman Statom enjoys encouraging creativity through teaching. His studio, along with a team of art teachers and KANEKO, partnered with Omaha Public Schools Native American Indian Education Service (whose mission is “to educate, build, strengthen and advocate for our Indigenous families through cultural identity and academic success”), and Hot Shops Art Center to discover cultural identity through art with students throughout OPS. “Therman is a positive and pro-active teacher who relates to each student on an individual basis,” Hal France, executive director of Kaneko, said. “He gives space for individual expression while being very involved and encouraging…the students had a great experience while producing a lot! I was impressed by the high spirits and focus all the way through…”

The presentation includes video footage from the workshop, which took place earlier this year, along with painting, sculpture and glass blowing created by thirty Kindergarten thru twelfth grade students. According to France, KANEKO aims to continue and expand the program next summer.

— Sally Deskins

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this intimacy and closely resemble the sophisticated, grand style he normally reserves for his notable celebrity shots of films stars at the annual Berlinale festival.

That he treats close family members in a similar grandiose fashion here successfully illustrates the axiom, “If the headline is big enough, so is the news.”

Curatorially, this larger than life treatment, especially in the case of the portraits of his father and mother in the main room, is not always successful as they tend to overwhelm both space and the viewer and cry out for a bigger sightline. Though evocatively and powerfully staged, the father image hangs in an

lthough portraiture is the most popular form of photography, it seldom is given the status of fine art. The highest compliment the practitioner in this medium will likely ever hear is, “Great job, it looks just like her” or photography by christian rothmann “Wow, he’s never looked better.”

Which is a shame because while the commercial photographer works hard at his craft to do justice and more with what he has to work with, there are some photo artists who interpret face and figure for something more than the sensual and decorative.

Magnum photographers such as Eve Arnold and co-founder Henri Cartier-Bresson captured more than likeness. They revealed character or even a concept in their subject matter that raised their portraiture to a “decisive moment” of fine art.

Two German artists from Berlin but well known to the Omaha community, Gerhard Kassner and Christian Rothmann also approach portrait photography from a more conceptual point of view as seen in their current Moving Gallery exhibit, Portraits, at the Garden of alcove to the left and is best seen outside the gallery looking in from the hall. Similarly, the extreme closethe Zodiac Gallery through Dec. 6.

The exhibit features 40 or so color (Rothmann’s) up and finely detailed diptych of mother and hands is and black-and-white (Kassner’s) photographs that best appreciated from across the room.

Conversely, Rothmann’s five full-figure, life-size are immediately recognizable for their genre’s ability to not only express physical individuality but person- series of mothers and daughters seem very comfortality and character as well. Realists both, the lenses of able in that front room. That they share the same Rothmann and Kassner do not lie though their vision space as Kassner’s pieces helps to emphasize the potential portraiture has conceptually. Kassner’s are and style are quite different.

Yet, additionally these portraits have a context and professionally shot with sophisticated large and menarrative that is not ordinary while taking full advantage dium format cameras, largely in studio or predeterof the medium. Again, it’s what separates the artist from mined setting. Rothmann’s are candids taken with a the commercial photographer: the desire to express and simple digital camera while traveling in three different continents. please oneself first, viewer second and subject third.

Aesthetically, Kassner’s images are formal and Though occasionally Portraits shares a similar theme of familial relationships and bonds, its tone, pictorial in keeping with a tone that varies from the POV and aesthetic are quite varied. Kassner photo- tender and solemn to the enigmatic and detached. graphs members of his family and close friends, some Rothmann’s are a paradox of control and spontanenow passed on, therefore his imagery is personal, in- ity, mostly playful and sometimes self-conscious. The former’s multi-tonal black-and-white palette suits timate and ultimately quite touching.

While several portraits would not be out of place their introspective mood as does the colorful, poppy in a family album or gallery, the larger works belie hues fit the near carnival atmosphere of the latter.

The very extroverted Rothmann approached pairs of mothers and daughters in various festivals in China, Europe and the US inviting them to pose for his point-and-shoot. He utilized a white acrobat ring as icebreaker and prop asking each couple to use it as a possible interpretation of their bond. The imaginative use of this ring by mother and daughter as well as body language reveals a wide emotional range and status in their relationships.

For example, on the east wall of the main room, two photos of an East Indian pair sharply contrast their relationship. On the left, mom and daughter with eyes averted off the frame, stand grimly and stiffly three feet apart and hold the ring as if a barrier between them. Either uncomfortable with each other or the photo op, the image resembles a wanted poster or police lineup.

To their right, mother and daughter share more than a symbolic circle. Standing next to each other wearing similar festive and colorful garb and engaging smiles, they do more than tolerate one another. Bearing a strong resemblance and comfortable in each other’s space they could easily pass for sisters in spirit as well as appearance.

Two photos on the south wall dominate with their more playful use of this circular bond. In one, both mother and daughter peer through the prop together as if they “see” things alike. The other depicts a mom who has framed her daughter’s face, possibly saying, “I made her in my image” or “I’m proud of this picture.” Similarly, two photos in the next room use the circle as a halo while bookending the entire midsize series. On the right, daughter holds the “halo” over her mom sitting courtly on her throne in a garden. Quite the reverse on the left is the mother who proudly supports a halo over her model-like daughter much as she has done, no doubt, her offspring all her life.

By contrast are the more nostalgic and pensive portraits of Kassner’s whose bond is established with hands and faces. In that same alcove in the main room, the artist’s grandmother and daughter pause along a path and their body language—grandma listing to her right, youngster straight and tall-- and continued on page 18 y

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n Volume 13 of Pecha Kucha Night Nov. 3 includes presenters Kjell Erik Peterson, Kurt Johnson, Nancy Novak, Peter Olshavsky, Jeff Koterba, Joel Damon, Matt Bross, Eric Downs and Bret Betnar. The dare starts at 8 p.m. at Slowdown. n Bemis’ art talk the same night starts at 7 p.m. with current artists-in-residence Alejandro Almanza Pereda (sculpture/drawing), Aaron Storck (multi-media), Iede Reckman (sculpture), and collaborators Tarrah Krajnak and Danielle Julian-Norton of suite42 (performance). n RNG Gallery’s debut exhibition opening features thought-provoking paintings by Stephen Azevedo and Christina Renfer Vogel, opening Nov. 4 on view through Dec. 4. At the Artist’ Cooperative Gallery, Marcia Joffe-Bouska opens Hot Colors/Cool Shapes featuring her new mixed-media reliefs alongside work by Agneta Gaines and Joan Fetter. Minnesota-based conceptual artist Mitchell Dose’s Zone opens at Peerless Friday, playing with “the function of an object, the purpose of a place or the habits within a situation.”

Minorwhite opens Xtrospect featuring new work by photographer Bill Sitzmann and glass artist Corey Broman, exploring ideas from the surreal to the bizarre in our lifetime experiences as humans.

The New BLK Gallery opens 11 | 11 with work by Mike Kolker reflecting on the last 11 years via 11 themes in assemblage, installation, collage and painting. Anderson O’Brien Fine Art Old Market opens Jim Krantz: Generations Shared, Friday, a body of pioneering organic abstractions by the internationally acclaimed photographic artist, through Nov. 27. n November 5 check out the AIGA Nebraska Award Show and Winners’ Exhibition at Midtown Crossing between Ingredient and Z-Wireless. n In Lincoln, artist Kim Reid Kuhn curated Omaha Jailbreak! at Screen Ink Gallery, opening Nov. 4-30 featuring a “rogue group of artists, screen printers, musicians, and cons” including Kuhn, Amy Haney, Pat Oakes, JJ Carroll, Jackie Sterba, Mike Pleiss, Chris Fischer, Leslie Diuguid and more. Live music during the opening by $olid Goldberg, DJ OKYO-TON and Plack Blague. n Joslyn Art Museum and Film Streams’ collaborative film series, featuring contemporary cinematic views of the American West, continues Nov. 8 with Lone Star (1996) and on Nov. 15 The Last Picture Show (1971). Discussions will follow each film in the Ruth Sokolof Theatre presented in conjunction with Joslyn’s American Landscape: Contemporary Photographs of the West, through Jan. 8.

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sentation this week. Produced by STEP Group, Smith’s show will take place on Saturday, Nov. 19, at Nomad Lounge in Omaha’s Old Market.

“This collection will chronicle a charming story of a young lady in the early 1960s on an international expedition, experiencing the colors and flavors of the Indian subcontinent.

Ostrich feathers, custom prints, peacock blues and radiant orange hues are a few of the elements sure to dazzle event attendees,” stated STEP Group in a press release.

Tickets for this event start at $20 for general admission with VIP tickets available for $40, which includes pre-party, premier seating and a gift bag. Tickets are available for purchase now at elianasmith.eventbrite.com. For more information on Smith, visit elianasmithdesigns.com.

n Girl’s Room all takes place in the bedroom of Katie Silver, played by Shelby Larson, as she rides an emotional roller coaster with her mother (Vanessa Larson) and grandmother (Kay Clark). Theater-goers are most likely to know the latter, given a long history of appearances by both Kay and husband Bernie Clark.

But they might not know that the trio, cast as three generations in the play by Joni Fritz at the Bellevue Little Theatre, are actually grandmother, daughter and granddaughter. They open Friday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m., with all Friday and Saturday performances at 8 p.m., Sundays at 3 p.m. in the former movie theater on Mission Street in Olde Towne Bellevue. Tickets are $15, $13 for seniors, $9 for students. Call 402.291-1554 during daytime hours. n If you’re planning to catch the return of Spamalot or the first visit of Rain, the Beatles tribute concert, at the Orpheum the next two weekends, note that both arrive for only two days before moving on. Tickets for the Performing Arts offerings are available at the Holland Center. n The opening of The Wedding Singer musical in Council Bluffs is good news, but not quite enough to outweigh the bad news about financial problems that threaten the future of that city’s Chanticleer Community Theater, second only to the Omaha Community Playhouse in longevity.

First, the upbeat: the Iowa Western Community College musical features a likeable Allen Bentley as the title’s

Robbie and Kate Madsen is outstanding as Julie.

She’s got the voice and the looks to land plenty of leading roles in the future. She even made the unlikely “Come Out of the Dumpster” seem like a cheery love song.

Add that director Moira Mangiameli, aided by Playhouse veterans Roxanne Nielsen as choreographer and Keith Hart as musical director, had a strong pit combo, with Hart on keyboard, to make the most of a so-so score.

Now the downbeat: As a Bluffs native, I was proud of Chanticleer’s move into their own theater on Franklin Avenue back in 1964, but it’s hard to imagine the company created by Norm and Louise Filbert surviving in that awful barn of a building with its drafty auditorium accented by bat guano.

I’m sure Bob and Denise Putnam, the theater’s manager and board president, have joined others in looking at various alternatives. But it’s hard to believe the answer lies in raising enough funds to keep the current site viable. How about the black box at Iowa Western or a corner of one of the casinos?

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firmly gripped hands speak volumes about unspoken yet deeply felt ties that bind.

Kassner’s two large portraits of his parents are studies in contrast. They both stare hypnotically back at the viewer, he proud and somewhat distant with hands of quiet resolve, she in one frame with a beguiling yet bemused expression and then covering her face with her hands in the second, perhaps overwhelmed by the moment and unwilling to deal with or reveal any more.

A small series of similar face and hand diptychs continues in the hallway to the back room where hang more large family portraits, but it’s three fortuitous family candids that stand out. On the right side of the west wall, a set of grandparents, anxious to please,

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n Omaha Fashion Week organizers made the official announcement this week of designers selected to participate in the organization’s spring 2012 shows. OFW veterans like Emma Erickson and Jane Round were selected along with four newcomers, three high school students and two designers from outside of Omaha. “We set up a more rigorous application process for the upcoming season — and the fashion design community really stepped up and presented some great ideas,” Nick Hudson, OFW producer said The current list of selected designers is as follows: Angela Balderston, Terri Jen Buckner, Leah Casper, Amanda Clark, Bertiher de la Cruz Trinidad, Emma Erickson, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Hollie Hanash, Tiffany Headley, Megan Hunt, Jane Round, Christian Shuster and Kate Walz.

Along with the designer announcement, OFW producers hinted at the possibility of more designers being added in the coming weeks. Spring shows will take place March 19-24 at KANEKO, located at 1111 Jones St. Tickets go on sale in January at omahafashionweek.com. n Highly acclaimed local designer Eliana Smith announced the date of her upcoming fall 2012 fashion pre-

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gather themselves as the grandfather awkwardly adjusts his glasses. In the middle in a last rite of sublime solitude, Kassner freezes in time a moment shared with grandmother at her hospice bedside.

More poignant perhaps is an uncharacteristic long shot of his grandparents embracing during one last visit to their old family home, shot two rooms away, each threshold a transition of time and space over a lifetime together. In all three images, hands hold tight and embrace what they see, know and love of value in their lives. , Portraits: Gerhard Kassner & Christian Rotthman continues through Dec. 6 at the Garden of the Zodiac Gallery in the Old Market Passageway, 1042 Howard St., Tuesdays through Saturdays from noon to 7 p.m.

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THE 815, 815 O St. Suite 1, (402) 261-4905. NEW WORK: New work by emerging artist Daniel Joseph May, opens Nov. 4, 7 p.m.

9 MUSES STUDIO, 2713 N 48th St., 9musesstudio@gmail.com.

NEW WORK: New work by Arden Nixon, opens Nov. 4, 6 p.m.

ANDERSON O’BRIEN FINE ART OLD MARKET, 1108 Jackson St., (402) 884-0911. GENERATIONS SHARED: New work by Jim Krantz, opens Nov. 4-Nov. 27, reception Nov. 4, 6 p.m.

ARTISTS’ COOPERATIVE GALLERY, 405 S. 11th St., (402) 3429617. HOT COLORS/COOL SHAPES: New work by Joan Fetter, Agenta Gaines and Marcia Joffe-Bouska, opens Nov. 4, 6 p.m., artist demonstration Nov. 9, 5 p.m. Show runs through Nov. 20.

BEMIS CENTER - CONTEMPORARY ARTS, 724 S. 12th St., (402) 341-1122. FIRST THURSDAY ART TALK WITH ALEJANDRO ALMANZA PEREDA, AARON STORCK, IEDE RECKMAN: Art talk with current artists-in-residents, opens Nov. 3, 7 p.m.

BLUE POMEGRANATE GALLERY, 6570 Mpale St., (402) 5584096. HOLIDAY ART PREMIER SHOW: Group show featuring holiday ornaments and more, opens Nov. 4, 5 p.m.

CRESCENT MOON COFFEE, 8th & P St., (402) 435-2828. NEW WORK: New work by Brian Everman, in conjunction with First Friday Artwalk, featuring music by CA Waller, opens Nov. 4, 8 p.m.

CULTIVA COFFEE, 1501 S. St., (402) 802-1909. FIRST FRIDAY ARTIST: New work by Anne Dake, opens Nov. 4, 7 p.m.

ELDER ART GALLERY, 5000 St. Paul Ave.. JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION: New work by NWU students, opens Nov. 4-Dec. 11, reception Nov. 4, 5 p.m.

GRAND MANSE GALLERY, 129 N. 10th St., (402) 476-4560.

OBJECTS OF FASHION: New work by Allison Holdsworth, opens Nov. 4, 7 p.m.

HARDWARE GALLERY, 1801 Vinton St., (402) 216-1008.

STREET ART FROM AROUND THE WORLD: Featuring street art from Banksy, Mr. Brainwash and Shepard Fairely, opens Nov. 4, 6 p.m.

INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER AND MUSEUM, 1523 N. 33rd St., (402) 472-7232. MEET THE CURATOR: Meet with student curator Jill Kesller, opens Nov. 4, 5 p.m.

JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, 2200 Dodge St., (402) 342-3300.

PICSTORY WITH RITA PASKOWITZ: Using Joslyn’s haunting “Monument Odessa” (1991) by Christian Boltanski, Paskowitz will engage visitors in a thought-provoking exploration of art, emotion and collective memory, opens Nov. 3, 6:30 p.m.

KIMMEL HARDING NELSON ARTS CENTER, 801 3rd Corso St., (402) 874-9600. AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE: New work

by Jenni Brant, opens Oct. 21-Dec. 9, reception Dec. 1, 5 p.m.

MICHAEL FORSBERG GALLERY, 100 N. 8th St., Suite 150.

OPEN HOUSE AND BOOK SIGNING: Michael Forsberg will be present to personalize his award-winning books, “Great Plains – America’s Lingering Wild,” and “On Ancient Wings: The Sandhill Cranes of North America,” as well as “The Nebraska Landscape,” opens Nov. 4, 6 p.m.

OLD MARKET ARTISTS GALLERY, 1034 Howard St., (402) 3466569. METALS: A SHINY ATTRACTION: New work by Meridith Merwald-Gofta, opens Nov. 4, 6 p.m.

OMAHA EXECUTIVE INN & SUITES, 3650 S. 72nd St.. OMAHA COMIC BOOK CONVENTION: Convention for buyers and sellers of comic books, opens Nov. 6.

PARRISH STUDIOS, 14th & O St.. COLLABORATIONS IN JUNK AND OTHER ARTFULLY REPURPOSED STUFF: New work by Melanie Falk, opens Nov. 4, 6 p.m.

PASSAGEWAY GALLERY, 417 S. 11th St., (402) 341-1910.

THROUGH MY EYES: New work by Dan Waltz, opens Nov. 4, 6 p.m.

RNG GALLERY, 157 West Broadway, (402) 214-3061. OPENING RECEPTION: Opening reception for the new RNG Gallery, featuring new work by Stephen Azevedo and Christina Renfer Vogel, opens Nov. 4, 7 p.m. Show continues through Dec. 4.

TUGBOAT GALLERY, 1416 O St., (402) 477-6200. SILENT AUCTION FUNDRAISER: Group show/silent auction featuring new work by a large number of artists, opens Nov. 4, 7 p.m.

WORKSPACE GALLERY, 440 N. 8th St., workspace.gallery.lincoln@gmail.com. THE COLOR OF HAY: New work by Kathleen McLaughlin, opens Nov. 4, 6 p.m., through Jan. 5.

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BANCROFT STREET MARKET, 2702 S. 10th St., (402) 6806737. DAY OF THE DEAD EXHIBIT: Group show exploring Day of the Dead, through Nov. 12.

BIRDHOUSE COLLECTIBLE, 1111 N. 13th St., Suite 123, biz@ birdhouseinteriors.com. AND HE LABORED TO REALIZE THE ENDLESSNESS OF THE SKIES: New work by Caolan O’Loughlin, through Nov. 5.

EL MUSEO LATINO, 4701 S. 25th St., (402) 731-1137. GRAPHICS OF LATIN AMERICA: Group show exploring the graphics of Latin America, through Dec. 28. DAY OF THE DEAD INSTALLATION: On view through Nov. 19.

GREAT PLAINS ART MUSEUM, 1155 Q St., (402) 472-0599.

PASSING AMERICA: New work by V....Vaughan, through Dec. 11,.

HOT SHOPS ART CENTER, 1301 Nicolas St., (402) 342-6452.

AT THE MOVIES: Group show of art depicting movies, through Nov. 27.

INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER AND MUSEUM, 1523 N. 33rd St., Lincoln, 472.7232, quiltstudy.org. ELEGANT GEOMETRY: AMERICAN AND BRITISH MOSAIC PATCHWORK: Through Jan. 1, 2012. YVONNE WELLS: QUILTED MESSAGES: New work by Yvonne Wells, through Feb. 26.

JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, 2200 Dodge St., (402) 342-3300.

AMERICAN LANDSCAPE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WEST: Featuring the work of fourteen photographers, through Jan. 8. FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA: CURRIER & IVES PRINTS FROM THE CONAGRA FOODS COLLECTION: Nathaniel Currier and James merritt Ives offered affordable color prints that remain a vivid picture of nineteenth-century America, through Jan. 15.

KIECHEL FINE ART, 5733 S. 34th St, (402) 420-9553. DEFINING AMERICA: IMAGES OF THE 20TH CENTURY: A show that pairs heroic scenes of American history with intimate insights into artists’ private lives, through Nov. 25.

LUX CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 48th and Baldwin, Lincoln, 434.2787, luxcenter.org. RECLAIMED: ART MADE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS: Group show that examines and questions the state of our throw-away culture/society, featuring new work by Jake Balcom, Elizabeth Frank, John Garrett, Daphnae Koop, Jennifer Maestre and Conrad Quijas, this show continues through October 29. THE SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL: Comic book art by nationally known artist Bob Hall, through Nov. 26.

MODERN ARTS MIDWEST, 800 P St., (402) 477-2828. ONE TRICK PONY: New work by Watie White, through Nov. 12.

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

by Joel Sartore, through Nov. 30. FIRST PEOPLES OF THE PLAINS: TRADITIONS SHAPED BY LAND AND SKY: This modern exhibit explores the enduring traditions of Native American cultures of the Great Plains.

MOVING GALLERY, Garden of the Zodiac, 1042 Howard St., (402) 341-1877. PORTRAITS: New work by Gerhard Kassner and Christian Rothmann, continues through Dec. 6.

MUSEUM OF NEBRASKA ART (MONA), 2401 Central Ave., (308) 865-8559. NEBRASKA NOW: CHAD FONFARA: New glass work by Chad Fonfara, continues through Jan. 8.

OMAHA’S CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, 500 S. 20th St., 342.6163. ocm.org. DINOSAURS DAWN OF THE ICE AGE: Stomping and roaring robotic dinosaurs are invading the museum, through Jan. 8.

PERU STATE COLLEGE ART GALLERY, 600 Hoyt , (402) 8722271, kanderson@peru.edu. BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND A DAY JOB: New work by Andy Acker, through Nov. 5.

SHELDON ART GALLERY, 12th and R, UNL, Lincoln, sheldonartgallery.org. HISTORIES: Works from the Sheldon Permanent Collection, through Jul. 15, 2012. HARLEM RENAISSANCE SCULPTOR: Work by Richmond Barthe, continues through Jan. 15. THE ART AND SCIENCE OF CONSERVATION: WALT KUHN’S ‘APPLES IN WOODEN BOAT’: Presents findings of recent examination of the artwork including x-rays taken on Sep. 26 at BryanLGH Medical Center West, continues through Dec. 31.

UNO ART GALLERY, 6001 Dodge St., (402) 554-2796. ALMUTANABBI STREET STARTS HERE: Exhibition features letterpress broadsides, artists’ books and a documentary film made to honor the book center of Baghdad, which was destroyed by a car bomb in 2007. SELECTED WORKS ON PAPER AND VIDO: PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRACOW: New work by faculty and students from the University of Cracow Fine Arts

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POETRY READING WITH JEFF GRIFFIN, STEPHANIE GOEHRING AND RACHAEL WOLFE, sp ce 14th & O St., (402) 6179221. 8:30 pm, FREE.

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Department. Curator Rafal Solewski, chair of art theory and art education for the department, selected the works to highlight the schools range.

W. DALE CLARK LIBRARY, 215 S. 15th St., (402) 444-4800.

IN A NUTSHELL: THE WORLDS OF MAURICE SENDAK: Exhibit strives to reveal the push and pull of new and old worlds in Sendak’s work and shows how his artistic journey has led him deeper into his own family’s history and Jewish identity. Through Dec. 16.

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THE WEDDING SINGER - THE MUSICAL AT THE IWCC ARTS CENTER MAIN STAGE, Iowa Western Community College, 2700 College Rd. , (712) 325-3200. Opens Nov. 3, Nov. 4, Nov. 5, 7:30 pm, $8; Students and Seniors: $5 AN INSPECTOR CALLS, Circle Theatre, 55th & Leavenworth St., (402) 553-4715. Opens Nov. 3, Nov. 4, Nov. 5, Nov. 6, 6:30 pm, Dinner & Show: $23; Show Only: $13 FLYIN’ WEST, Omaha Community Playhouse, 6915 Cass St., (402) 553-4890. Opens Nov. 3, Nov. 4, Nov. 5, Nov. 6, 7:30 pm, $35; Students: $21 MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT, Orpheum Theater, 409 S. 16th St., (402) 444-4750. Opens Nov. 4, Nov. 5, Nov. 5, 8:00 pm, $25-$62 MEDEA, McDonald Theatre, 53rd St. & Huntington Ave., (402) 465-2384, theatre@nebrwesleyan.edu. Opens Nov. 3, Nov. 4, Nov. 5, Nov. 6, 7:30 pm, $10; Seniors: $7.50; Students: $5 MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, Creighton University Lied Center, 2500 California Plaza, 402-280-2509. Opens Nov. 3, Nov. 4, Nov. 5, Nov. 6, 7:30 pm, N/A GIRL’S ROOM, Bellevue Little Theater, 203 Mission Ave., (402) 291-1554. Opens Nov. 4, Nov. 5, Nov. 6, 7:00 pm, $15; Seniors: $13; Students: $9 THE CREEPY CREEPS OF PILGRIM ROAD, Holy Cross School, 1502 S. 48th St.. Opens Nov. 4, Nov. 5, Nov. 6, 7:30 pm, $10

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VISITING WRITERS SERIES FEATURING SUSAN WHEELER, Elder Art Gallery 5000 St. Paul Ave.. 6:00 pm, FREE. Susan Wheeler is the author of five books of poetry.

MARK SWEENEY, Funny Bone Comedy Club 17305 Davenport St., (402) 493-8036. 7:00 pm, $13.

PROVOKE POETRY: “WALLS”, Benson Grind 6107 Maple St., (402) 932-4040. 7:00 pm, FREE. CAROLYN FORCHE, Great Plains Art Museum 1155 Q St., (402) 472-0599. 7:30 pm, FREE. 888 MARK OF THE IMPROV, INTERROGATED, BACKLINE JAM, Studio…Gallery 4965 Dodge St., (402) 660-0867. 8:00 pm, $5.

COMEDY SURPRISE NIGHT, Mojo Smokehouse & Ales 2110 South 67th St., (402) 504-3776. 10:00 pm, FREE. Hosted by Nick Allen.

FRIDAY 4

HEARTLAND LATINO LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, Embassy Suites Ballroom 1040 P St.. 7:30 am, $150; College Students: $50; High School Students: $25. The theme for this year’s event is “Maximizing Latino Leadership and Cultivating Community Power.” There will be three keynote speakers, multiple workshops, an expo, music, a salute to the arts and an Awards Gala.

CARSON LECTURE WITH “MR. BASEBALL” BOB UECKER, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 12th & R St., (402) 472-2072.

3:30 pm, FREE. Lecture takes place in the Howell Theatre.

MARK SWEENEY, Funny Bone Comedy Club 17305 Davenport St., (402) 493-8036. 7:00 pm, $15.

GEORGE LOPEZ, Omaha Civic Auditorium/Music Hall 1804 Capitol Ave., (402) 444-3353. 8:00 pm, $56.

WORKSHOP: BEGINNING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Omaha Creative Institute 1516 Cuming St.. 10:00 am, $35. Workshop with Hooton Images.

READ IT & EAT CULINARY CONFERENCE, W. Dale Clark Library 215 S. 15th St., (402) 444-4800. 11:00 am, FREE. A series of events related to food, writing and reading.

MARK SWEENEY, Funny Bone Comedy Club 17305 Davenport St., (402) 493-8036. 7:00 pm, $15.

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NATUREPALOOZA NEBRASKA, Morrill Hall 307 Morrill Hall, (402) 472-3779. 1:30 pm, $8. A day of discovery and hands-on activities throughout the museum.

COMEDY EXPLOSION: SPEEDY & FRIENDS FEATURING RT STECKEL, KOOL BUBBA ICE, COCOA BROWN, ROB STAPLETON, Whiskey Tango 311 S. 15th St., (402) 934-4874. 6:00 pm, $20.

MARK SWEENEY, Funny Bone Comedy Club 17305 Davenport St., (402) 493-8036. 7:00 pm, $13.

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POETRY AT THE MOON, Crescent Moon Coffee 8th & P St., (402) 435-2828. 7:00 pm, FREE. LEVEL 3 IMPROV CLASS, Studio…Gallery 4965 Dodge St., (402) 660-0867. 7:00 pm, $75. Learn how to completely perform a Harold, the primary learning form of Long Form Improvisation.

Send an email to backlineimprov@gmail.com to register. $75.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA LECTURE, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 12th & R St., (402) 472-2072. 7:30 pm, FREE. Presented by Dr. Nancy Swerwint, professor of art history at Arizona State University, lecture is entitled “Aphrodite and Her Near Eastern Sisters: The Generation of the Goddess on the Island of Cyprus.” Takes place in Richards Hall Rm. 15.

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OPEN MIC POETRY, Indigo Bridge Books 701 P St. Suite 102, (402) 477-7770. 7:00 pm, FREE. LEVEL 1 IMPROV CLASS, Studio…Gallery 4965 Dodge St., (402) 660-0867. 7:00 pm, $75. Learn how to improvise solid 2-person scenes off a single suggestion and learn the basics of Long Form Improvisation. Send and email to backlineimprov@gmail.com to RSVP for the Level 1 Class.

MICE IMPROV, Pizza Shoppe Collective 6056 Maple St., (402) 932-9007. 8:00 pm, $5.

SHOOT YOUR MOUTH OFF III, The Hideout Lounge 320 S. 72nd St., (402) 504-4434. 9:00 pm, FREE.

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PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL: THE CONVERSATION, McFoster’s Natural Kind Cafe 302 S. 38th St., (402) 345-7477. 7:00 pm, FREE. Made between The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), and in part an homage to Michelangelo Antonioni’s art-movie classic Blow-Up (1966), The Conversation was a return to small-scale art films for Francis Ford Coppola. Sound surveillance expert Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is hired to track a young couple (Cindy Williams and Frederic Forrest), taping their conversation as they walk through San Francisco’s crowded Union Square.

ENCYCLOPEDIA SHOW VII: MYTHICAL BEASTS, Metro Community College Institute for the Culinary Arts 5300 N 30th St. . 7:30 pm, $5.

ACOUSTIC OPEN MIC FOR MUSICIANS & POETS, Meadowlark Coffee 1624 South St., (402) 477-2077. 8:00 pm, FREE. THE MIDWEST POETRY VIBE, Arthur’s 222 N. 114th St., (402) 706-2491. 9:00 pm, Ladies: $5; Guys: $7.

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Tight Knit Manchester Orchestra makes their third album a family affair

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butting of heads and other disagreements that can crop up in a high pressure studio session.

“It was a fairly easy one to write,” he says of Simple Math.

Then at the conclusion of the recording, Hannon trekked off to have Chiccarelli mix the album. Basically Hannon relayed the band’s vision for Simple Math to Chiccarelli, Freeman says.

Work on the album kicked into gear after a tour supporting Thrice was cut short by Thrice.

“We just kind of went home and started writing,” Freeman says.

anchester Orchestra kept the process all in the family on their third studio album, Simple Math.

Keyboardist Chris Freeman says the Atlanta band produced the record, released in May 2011, with longtime band collaborator Dan Hannon. Hannon has been a part of every album the band has made, Freeman says.

“He’s been like one of our family members,” Freeman says.

Hannon pretty much functions as an extra band member, writing harmonies, vocal melodies and layering the band’s sound.

“He brings out the best in all of us,” Freeman says.

Simple Math comes two years after Mean Everything To Nothing, the band’s breakthrough album. That record was produced both by Han- manchester orchestra non and Joe Chiccarelli, who returned to mix Simple Math.

The band ended up writing more than 30 “Making record with Joe is fun, but he makes songs and whittling those down to the 10 tracks records a certain way,” Freeman says. that appear on the finished album.

Instead of working with Chiccarelli or anothWhile the songwriting approach varies from song er outside producer, the band chose to make it a to song, everything stems from singer Andy Hull. more low-key, relaxed affair. It was a chance for Sometimes he comes in with a fully formed song, the tight-knit band to enjoy their familial atmo- while other times it’ll be just a part of a chorus that sphere while they made an album. the band will jam around until a full song results.

With the exception of drummer Tim Very, Lyrically, Hull delves into his personal life, the guys in Manchester Orchestra have played adding just enough of a veil that the songs are with each other for somewhere between five to laid bare to perfect strangers, but Hull’s band eight years. It’s built up both tight bonds and an mates know what he’s talking about. intuitive sense of knowing just what the other The band is close enough that they were members’ musical impulses are when jamming there experiences the specific events that Hull altogether on songs. ludes to in his lyrics, Freeman says.

“We just follow each other’s leads,” Freeman “It’s more cathartic for us and him to talk says. “We know each other’s visions.” about it,” Freeman says.

Freeman says working together on Simple Meanwhile, Manchester Orchestra has also Math without outside help eliminated most of the set it up so they can make a record while left

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to their own devices. That’s thanks to Favorite Gentlemen Recordings, the band’s own label imprint.

The band partnered with Sony Music to subsequently release and distribute Mean Everything To Nothing and Simple Math, but the band still retains all artistic control to and regarding their work.

Freeman says having Favorite Gentleman in their back pocket basically meant leverage in negotiating with Sony. They already had a label and distribution framework that was working for the band.

“It helps with a little more clout,” Freeman says.

Their deal with Sony basically meant extra money for recording, improved distribution and the ability to elevate what was already working for Manchester Orchestra.

So Manchester Orchestra still does everything themselves, deciding radio singles, CD packaging and other promotion strategies by band consensus, instead of letting the label choose.

And when it comes to recording, there’s no label representatives meddling in songwriting, production choices and sonic direction.

“They give us a good amount of time to finish with what we want to do before they even step in the studio and hear a note,” Freeman says.

The autonomy also made it so the band could put blinders on and not think about duplicating the success of Mean Everything To Nothing, which spawned successful singles out of “I’ve Got Friends” and “Shake It Out.” “When you believe in something, it’s hard to let the outside pressures get to you when you’re in the studio,” Freeman says. , Manchester Orchestra w/ The Dear Hunter and White Denim play the Bourbon Theatre, 1415 O St. in Lincoln, Friday, Nov. 4, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $16 in advance, $19 day-of-show. For more information, visit bourbontheatre.com.

n MAHA Music Festival liked their 2011 move to Aksarben Village so much that they have already confirmed that the 2012 edition of the indie music-focused festival will return to the midtown development, once again centered at Stinson Park, South 67th Street and West Center Road. Next year’s event is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 11, though no acts have been set yet. Last year’s edition moved to Aksarben Village after flood concerns forced it from the Lewis & Clark Landing. n The holidays have a way of bringing far-flung ex-Omaha musicians back in the fold jsut long enough for a show or two.

When Matthew Arbeiter left for Brooklyn, The Jazzwholes slowly disappeared from the Omaha scene. But Thanksgiving will bring Arbeiter back to town just long enough for a pre-Turkey Day gig Wednesday, Nov. 23, at their old stomping grounds at 1012 S. 10th St. What was the Goofy Foot Lodge is now House of Loom, but for a night the venue will revert to its early-to-mid 2000s form with a $3 cover n Cold War Kids sparkled Monday night at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St., as they played selections mainly from their first and third albums.

By tossing songs from the polishedsounding Mine Is Yours, the fourpiece band easily closed the gap between those songs and their more ragged pre- young man decessors.

The band rocks a rhythmic, bluesy indie rock sound that powers itself on singer Nathan Willett’s strangled yelp that still can soar when needed.

Opener Young Man didn’t break free from their muddled indie rock sound, which was rooted in layered guitar parts. However, the songs didn’t bear enough varying dynamics to stand out. It bled together into one big, long song. n Record Store Day will once again roll out a selection of special titles for the day after Thanksgiving. Black Friday, Nov. 25, has become a big companion to the now-sprawling main event, which falls on April 15, 2012. The big difference between Record Store Day and the Black Friday sale is that some of the Black Friday releases will actually be available throughout the holiday season, meanwhile Record Store Day itself is geared toward releases that come out on that day only.

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Just like when Christmas decorations begin popping up at your local grocery store, critics know they’re on the home stretch when record labels begin sending out reminders of releases to consider in their year-end “best of ” lists. Ah, but it’s still only the November. We’ve two months left for records to hit the shelves (digital or otherwise).

That said, I think we’ve probably already heard the best of ‘11. Below are some of the third quarter releases that have been burning up my earphones.

Who knows if any of them will make the “best of ” final cut. By the time we find out, the labels will be lauding the first releases of 2012, and the grocery stores will be replacing those Christmas decorations with Valentine’s Day candy A.A. Bondy, Believers (Fat Possum) -- The former Verbena frontman may be best known as an opening act for Bon Iver a few years ago. Since then, Bon Iver has ascended to indie rock sainthood, while Bondy continues to toil in the clubs, waiting for the attention he deserves. With a voice strangely resembling Jackson Browne’s, Bondy’s music is a moody midnight throb headed to 3 a.m. all alone. There’s a simplicity in the music’s loneliness -- both in sound and lyrics -- that his fellow loners will find both familiar and comforting. Inspirational lines like “You didn’t know there was a killer inside / Won’t get to heaven tonight” from the title track are part of the reason why I like this better than Bon Iver’s latest (Sacrilege!).

Who knows, maybe someday Bon Iver will open for Bondy (though he won’t be when A.A. Bondy plays at The Waiting Room this Friday night. You should go.).

Eleanor Friedberger, Last Summer (Merge) -- Has the distinction of being the first album I purchased after discovering it on Spotify (Merge doesn’t send me promos, the cheap bastards).

Those who expect the wonky art rock of her main gig, Fiery Furnaces, are in for a big surprise. Friedberger has left the proggy chord/key changes behind for a collection of songs that are SONGS, complete with melodies and choruses and playful lyrics that bounce atop piano chords, hand claps and the occasional sax riff. I’m reminded (strangely) of smart, laid back Hunky Dory-era David Bowie. My wife thinks she sounds like Carly Simon. She might be right (again). Has the distinction of being one of the best records of 2011.

PUJOL, Nasty, Brutish, And Short EP (Saddle Creek) -- Saddle Creek surprised all of us when it announced it signed this Nashville phenom back in August. Who was PUJOL? The only thing we knew was that Jack White liked him and that

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Creek’s first stab at releasing anything resembling garage, PUJOL embraces a ‘60s psych aesthetic on this slim 7-song collection that clocks in at just under 18 minutes. Its stripped down, grinding guitar rock owes a lot to early Beatles and is oh so catchy, probably the catchiest thing the Creek has released since... well, ever.

Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks, Mirror Traffic (Matador) -- With all the Pavement reunion talk earlier this year, a few of us were worried that Malkmus may be leaving his solo work behind.

Silly rabbits. After a couple brilliant out-there releases (‘08’s Real Emotional Trash, ‘05’s Face the Truth) Malkmus returns to the more straightforward, less adventurous and more tuneful style that marked his ‘01 solo debut. In fact, Malkmus always came off (to me, anyway) as a more tuneful version of Lou Reed -- deceptively simple melodies that belie some of the smartest (and this time, strangest) lyrics that cynically capture a life lived in America. Now that he’s “40 with a kid / Living on the grid,” his lyrics are more obtuse than ever.

You may not understand what he’s singing about, but you’ll sing along anyway.

Matthew Sweet, Modern Art (Missing Piece) -- Matthew Sweet returns after... wait a minute, Sweet didn’t go anywhere. He’s been steadily releasing music on Shout! Factory since ‘06, though two of the last three releases were covers albums made with Susanna Hoffs. One would think reworking all those classic hits would put the pop back into Sweet’s step. Instead, there’s a psychedelic tang and guitar-noodling quality that recall the Altered Beast years (the meandering “My Ass is Grass” and “A Little Death,” the layered, synthsymphonic title track). Still, Sweet knows his sweet spot lies in pure, sing-along tracks like the pretty “Baltimore,” and the Byrds-ish “She Walks the Night,” which he could have used more of this time ‘round.

M83, Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (Mute) Sprawling, ambitious to a fault at 74 minutes, Hurry Up takes M83’s penchant for dreamy, ghostly pop and blows it up to sonic mountains.

Like any great epic, it has its perfect moments, like dance floor chestnut “Claudia Lewis,” and triumphant “Steve McQueen.” But there’s also a lot of tonal fluff designed to build cinematic Tangerine Dream-flavored drama (“Another Wave from You,” “When Will You Come Home” “Klaus I Love You”) that lie somewhere between aural interlude and filler. It’s as if M83 is trying to become a modern generation’s version of The Cure, but skipped over the Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me era and went straight for Disintegration. Or maybe they’re just reversing the order. I’m willing to wait and see. ,

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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The duo has brought a number of amazing Americana artists to Omaha, including the debuts of artists like Hacienda Brothers, Jon Dee Graham and James McMurtry to name a few. If you like Americana music you need to go to blazefoleymovie.com and read up on this documentary. You can also go to youtube and look up “If I Could Only Fly.” Foley’s heart-stopping song of love and longing has been recorded by no less than Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard (as a duet) and again by Merle Haggard, who called it the best country song he’d heard in 25 years. Why the late Blaze Foley is the best songwriter you’ve probably never heard of is the subject of Blaze Foley: Duct Tape Messiah by Kevin Triplett. The filmmaker spent 13 years on this documentary and he was in Omaha to talk about the journey behind its creation.

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of inventive techniques. The documentary can only be seen on the road in these special screenings. The tour also includes performances by Austin icon Gurf Morlix, Foley’s longtime friend. Morlix has released a CD tribute of Foley’s music named after one of the writer’s songs called Blaze Foley’s 113th Wet Dream (Rootball Records). His in-person tales of his time with Foley and his renditions of Foley’s tunes are remarkable. Both the film and Morlix’s performance are heart-felt tributes to an amazing artist whose work has largely fallen through the cracks. See GurfMorlix. com for more on Morlix and sundayroadhouse.com for the next event in the always-rewarding Sunday Roadhouse series.

Hot Notes: Earl & Them featuring Earl Cate and “Baby” Jason Davis plays Lincoln’s Zoo Bar Nov. 4-5.

Roots-rock cult favorite Webb Wilder plays the Zoo on Sunday, Nov. 6, 6 p.m. The late show at the Zoo on Nov. 6 is a multi-artist show that includes Omaha’s Matt Cox. Acclaimed bluesman Sonny Rhodes plays the Zoo on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 6-9 p.m. The 21st Saloon has celebrated West Coast soul-blues vocalist Terry Evans Thursday, Nov. 3, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

See terryevansmusic.com. Lil’ Slim Blues Band plays Gator O’Malley’s Nov. 3 after 9 p.m. ,

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CONDUITS, PONY WARS, (Rock) 8 pm, House Of Loom,

$5.

TIM JAVORSKY, (Jazz) 6 pm, Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen.

KILL DEVIL HILL, DIRTFEDD, THE MATADOR, PLANET 9,

(Rock/Metal) 9 pm, Knickerbockers.

CHRIS SAUB, (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) 9 pm, Myth Martini

Bar, FREE. EVEN SCOTT, TREVOR SCOTT, (Rock) 9 pm, Shamrock’s

Pub & Grill.

THURSDAY NIGHT ACOUSTIC W/ JR HOSS, 9 pm, Two Fine

Irishmen, FREE. MURS, TABI BONNEY, SKI BEATZ, MCKENZIE EDDY, DASH, SEAN O’CONNELL, (Rap) 9 pm, Waiting Room,

$13.

TORN, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Whiskey Roadhouse (Horseshoe

Casino), FREE. PLATEROS, (Blues) 9:30 pm, Zoo Bar, $5.

THE ACADEMY OF ROCK SHOWCASE, (Rock) 6 pm, Zoo

Bar, $4.

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TERRY EVANS, (Blues) 5:30 pm, 21st Saloon, $8.

WITNESS TREE, EDGE OF ARBOR, (Rock/Folk/Singer Songwriter) 9 pm, Barley Street Tavern, $5.

REBA MCENTIRE, (Country) 7:30 pm, CenturyLink Center

Omaha, $25-$69.50.

SHITHOOK, (Cover Band) 10 pm, Duffy’s Tavern, FREE. SHAWN FREDIEU, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Firewater Grille.

LIL SLIM, (Blues) 9 pm, Gator O’Malley’s, FREE.

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ON THE FRITZ, (Cover Band) 9:30 pm, Arena Bar & Grill.

9TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY, (DJ/Electronic) 9 pm, Bar

415, $5.

EVERYDAY/EVERYNIGHT, HONEY & DARLING, BETSY

WELLS, (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) 9 pm, Barley Street

Tavern, $5.

MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA, WHITE DENIM, THE DEAR HUNTER, (Rock) 7 pm, Bourbon Theater, Advance:

$16; DOS: $19.

TAXI DRIVER, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Brewsky’s Park Drive.

DOUBLE ZERO, (Cover Band) 9:30 pm, Chrome Lounge.

TEENAGE MOODS, (Rock/Pop) 7 pm, Cultiva Coffee, FREE. DOWN TO HERE UNPLUGGED, (Cover Band) 9 pm,

Firewater Grille, FREE. THE POUNDERS, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Gator O’Malley’s, $5.

OFF WRAP PARTY W/ [SPACE]; THE MUSIC, (DJ/

Electronic) 9 pm, House Of Loom, FREE. R&B ZONE, (Jazz) 6 pm, Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen, FREE. YOU BEAUTIFUL CREATURE, SOLID GOLD, ALL MY

FRIENDS ARE DINOSAURS, (Rock) 9 pm,

Knickerbockers.

HI-FI HANGOVER, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Loose Moose, FREE. THE HOPS, (Rock) 9 pm, Louis Bar and Grill.

MATT COX AND TWO SPECIAL GUESTS, (Blues) 8 pm,

McKenna’s Booze, Blues & BBQ. LEMON FRESH DAY, (Cover Band) 9 pm, OzoNE Lounge at

Anthony’s Steakhouse, FREE. ENVY, (Rock) 8 pm, Pizza Shoppe Collective, $5.

DFUNK, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Red9, FREE. KRASHKARMA, FIZZ, TAKE ME TO VEGAS, (Rock) 9 pm,

Shamrock’s Pub & Grill.

READER RECOMMENDS

ZOSO - THE ULTIMATE LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE,

(Cover Band) 9 pm, Slowdown, $13.

ROCK AGAINST CANCER W/ BAD CITY, LANDSOWNE,

BLACKBERRY WEDNESDAY, 3 DAY MEAT SALE, BO

BICE, (Rock) 7 pm, Sokol Hall & Auditorium, $5.

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MIDWEST DILEMMA, (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) 9 pm, Stir

Live & Loud, $5.

BATTLE OF THE BANDS, (Rock) 8:30 pm, The Grove, FREE. DIRE GNOSIS, I TITAN, BYLETH, GRABASS, CJ MONET,

(Rock) 8 pm, The Hideout Lounge, $5.

SOUL DAWG, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Two Fine Irishmen, FREE. EMMETT BOWER BAND, (Country) 9 pm, Uncle Ron’s.

READER RECOMMENDS

A. A. BONDY, GOLD LEAVES, (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) 9

pm, Waiting Room, Advance: $10; DOS: $12.

CHESHIRE GRIN, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Whiskey Roadhouse

(Horseshoe Casino), FREE. YMCA FUNDRAISER WITH JIMMY WEBER & RAY SCOTT,

(Country) 7 pm, Whiskey Roadhouse (Horseshoe

Casino), $10.

JOSH ABBOTT BAND, (Country) 8 pm, Whiskey Tango, $5.

EARL & THEM, (Blues) 9 pm, Zoo Bar, $8.

THE TIJUANA GIGOLOS, (Blues) 5 pm, Zoo Bar, $5.

SATURDAY 5

LABELS, (Cover Band) 9:30 pm, Arena Bar & Grill, FREE. 9TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY, (DJ/Electronic) 9 pm, Bar

415, $5.

BLUE ROSA, THE WAR I SURVIVED, ONCE A PAWN,

(Rock) 9 pm, Barley Street Tavern, $5.

5 SIMPLE FOOLS, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Chrome Lounge.

FALLAPALOOZA CONCERT W/ BEN FOLDS AND MATT

POND PA, (Rock/Pop) 8 pm, Creighton University Lied

Center, FREE for Creighton Undergraduates.

THE KRONBERG ENSEMBLE, DVORAK AND BRAHMS SEXTETS, (Classical) 3 pm, First Presbyterian Church.

BROKEN EFFECT, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Gator O’Malley’s, $5.

BRAD CORDLE GROUP, (Blues) 9 pm, Havana Garage.

LOOM WEAVES DIWALI, (DJ) 9 pm, House Of Loom, FREE. FADED BLACK, SILENT HAVOK, DUSK BLED DOWN,

(Rock) 9 pm, Knickerbockers.

HI-FI HANGOVER, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Loose Moose, FREE. IDEAMEN, MATIC IMPULSE, CHEERS, HIGHER EMPATHY

MOVEMENT, (Rock) 5 pm, Louis Bar and Grill,

Advance: $8; DOS: $10.

THE GAME, (Hip-Hop/Rap) 8 pm, Omaha Civic Auditorium/

Music Hall, $27.50-$37.50.

TAXI DRIVER, (Cover Band) 9 pm, OzoNE Lounge at

Anthony’s Steakhouse, FREE. THE SLANGS, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Red9, FREE. BLACKBERRY WEDNESDAY, TWO DRAG CLUB, PARADIGM SHIFT, (Rock) 8 pm, Shamrock’s Pub & Grill.

READER RECOMMENDS

JOHN PAUL CARMONDY, COLIN HOTZ, MIKE SAKLAR,

LINCOLN DICKINSON, (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) 8 pm,

Side Door Lounge, FREE. 10 PM KIDS PRESENT GOD COMPLEX, FADED, MC

GRINGO, SCRU FACE JEAN, STANDBYE, JAY LOVE, THE TRASHMAN, (Hip-Hop/Rap) 7 pm, Sokol Hall &

Auditorium, $8.

OWL CITY, DAYS DIFFERENCE, (Pop) 7:30 pm, Sokol Hall

& Auditorium, Advance: $20; DOS: $25.

DFUNK, (Cover Band) 8:30 pm, The Grove, $5.

MOON JUICE, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Two Fine Irishmen, FREE. JASON BOLAND, EMMETT BOWER, (Country) 9 pm, Uncle

Ron’s, Advance: $15; DOS: $20.

BACK WHEN, LANDING ON THE MOON, MACHETE ARCHIVE, LIGHTNING BUG, (Rock) 9 pm, Waiting

Room, $7.

QUARTUS, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Whiskey Roadhouse

(Horseshoe Casino), FREE. EARL & THEM, (Blues) 9 pm, Zoo Bar, $8.

SUNDAY 6

SUNDAY GOLD W/ GREG K, (DJ/Electronic) 9 pm, Bar 415.

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SENSES FAIL, STICK TO YOUR GUNS, MAKE DO AND

MEND, THE STORY SO FAR, (Rock) 6 pm, Bourbon

Theater.

ED ED & EDDIE, FOAM_FORM, SUDDENLY BUTTONS, (DJ/

Electronic) 9 pm, Duffy’s Tavern.

QUEEN CITY JAZZ BAND, (Jazz/Blues) 7 pm, Dundee

Presbyterian Church, FREE. HOL LIVE SERIES: DANIEL & THE LION, JOHN

KLEMMENSEN & THE PARTY, (Rock) 10 pm, House Of

Loom, $5.

JOHNNY MATHIS, (Pop) 7 pm, Orpheum Theater, $47.50-

$97.50.

VESPER CONCERTS: BRASS IN BLUE, 3 pm, Presbyterian

Church of the Cross, FREE. THIN LIZZY, (Rock) 7 pm, Slowdown, Advance: $28.50;

DOS: $30.

STRINGS & CHORDS, (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) 2 pm,

Soaring Wings Vineyard, FREE. AFTON PRESENTS: YOUNG PRESIDENT J5, SYKE, HOOD,

COREY J., RED “THA DON”, C-NOTE, DJ JOONIE C,

(Hip-Hop/Rap) 6 pm, Sokol Hall & Auditorium, $12.

READER RECOMMENDS

TOM MAY, THUNDERBOLTS, LUTHER, ELWAY, SCRATCH HOWL, (Rock) 9 pm, The Sandbox.

DAVID BAZAN, MIDWEST DILEMMA, (Folk/Singer Songwriter) 9 pm, Waiting Room, $12.

R&B SMOOTH JAZZ AND BLUES SUPPER CLUB, (Jazz/

Blues) 6:15 pm, ZIN Room, FREE. STAR ANNA AND THE LAUGHING DOGS, SHAUN SPARKS AND THE WOUNDED ANIMALS, MATT COX, (Blues) 9

pm, Zoo Bar, $6.

WEBB WILDER, (Blues) 6 pm, Zoo Bar, $15.

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MONDAY NIGHT BIG BAND WITH DEAN HAIST, (Jazz) 7:30

pm, Brewsky’s Haymarket, $6.

BIG BAND MONDAY FEATURING MIKE GURCUILLO AND HIS LAS VEGAS LAB BAND, (Jazz) 6:30 pm, OzoNE

Lounge at Anthony’s Steakhouse, FREE. CHILDREN OF NOVA, (Rock) 8 pm, Pizza Shoppe Collective,

$5.

PIANO HAPPY HOUR, 5 pm, Zoo Bar, FREE. THE ZOO BAR HOUSE BAND, (Blues) 7 pm, Zoo Bar, $3.

TUESDAY 8

ZEDS DEAD, (Hip-Hop/Rap) 9 pm, Bourbon Theater,

Advance: $15; DOS $20.

COMPANY OF THIEVES, SONS OF 76, (Rock) 9 pm,

Bourbon Theater, $8.

GUNS N’ ROSES, (Rock) 8 pm, CenturyLink Center Omaha,

$33-$73.

GREAT PLAINS MASSACRE, CHANCE PRESTON, JOE

LENVO, (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) 9 pm,

Knickerbockers.

PRIL JAM, (Rock) 6:30 pm, Rookies Bar & Grill, FREE. TEXAS HIPPIE COALTION, (Rock) 6 pm, The Grove,

Advance: $10; DOS: $15.

SUN SETTINGS, PET LIONS, GUTS & BONES, SMITHS

GUILTY, (Rock) 8 pm, The Sandbox, $8.

DAVANA, THRONES, VICKERS, (Rock) 9 pm, Waiting

Room, $8.

THE JAZZOCRACY, (Jazz) 6 pm, Zoo Bar, FREE.

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PAUL SIMON, (Pop) 7:30 pm, CenturyLink Center Omaha,

$43-$83.

READER RECOMMENDS

BONEHART FLANNIGAN, TRAVELLING MERCIES, CHRIS

BOWLING, (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) 9 pm, Duffy’s

Tavern.

THE DOWNFALL, (Rock) 9 pm, Knickerbockers.

THE PERSUADERS, (Cover Band) 9 pm, OzoNE Lounge at

Anthony’s Steakhouse, FREE. KRIS LAGER AND FRIENDS, (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) 9

pm, Pizza Shoppe Collective, $5.

TRIBAL SEEDS, E.N. YOUNG, 8 pm, Waiting Room,

Advance: $10; DOS: $12.

SONNY RHODES, (Blues) 6 pm, Zoo Bar, $10.

MONOPHONICS, (Rock) 9 pm, Zoo Bar, $6.

VENUES Ameristar Casino, 2200 River Rd., Council Bluffs, ameristar.com Arena Bar & Grill, 3809 N. 90th St., 571.2310, arenaomaha.com BarFly, 707 N. 114th St., 504.4811 Barley Street Tavern, 2735 N. 62nd St., 554.5834, barleystreet.com Bourbon Theatre, 1415 O St., Lincoln, 730.5695 Duffy’s Tavern, 1412 O St., Lincoln, 474.3453, myspace.com/ duffystavern The Hideout, 302 S. 72nd St. Knickerbocker’s, 901 O St., Lincoln, 476.6865, knickerbockers.net LIV Lounge, 2279 S. 67th St. livlounge.com Louis Bar and Grill, 5702 NW Radial Hwy., 551.5993 McKenna’s Blues, Booze & BBQ, 7425 Pacific St., 393.7427, mckennasbbq.com New Lift Lounge, 4737 S. 96th St., 339.7170 O’Leaver’s Pub, 1322 S. Saddle Creek Rd., 556.1238, myspace. com/oleaverspub

Ozone Lounge at Anthony’s Steakhouse, 72nd and F, 331.7575, ozoneclubomaha.com.

Pizza Shoppe Collective, 6056 Maple St., 556.9090, pscollective.com Qwest, 455 N. 10th St., qwestcenteromaha.com Side Door, 3530 Leavenworth St., 504.3444.

Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St., 345.7569, theslowdown.com Sokol Hall, 2234 S. 13th St., 346.9802, sokolundergound.com The Sydney, 5918 Maple St., 932.9262, thesydneybenson.com Stir, 1 Harrahs Blvd., Council Bluffs, harrahs.com Venue 162, 162 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs, 712.256.7768, myspace.com/venue162 Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., 884.5353, waitingroomlounge.com Whiskey Roadhouse, Horseshoe Casino, 2701 32nd Ave., Council Bluffs, whiskeyroadhouse.com Your Mom’s Downtown Bar, 1512 Howard St., 345.0180 Zoo Bar, 136 N.14th St., Lincoln, zoobar.com

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The adventures of Owl City’s Adam Young over the past two years are evocatively detailed on the impossibly catchy electro-pop songs that make up Owl City’s new album, All Things Bright and Beautiful.

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FrIday, 11/04/11 9:00PM @ THe waITIng rooM a.a. Bondy w/ Gold Leaves

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Weekend shows love for real

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by Ryan Syrek

REPORTCARD

ven within sincere and skilled gay cinema, homosexuality is often explored as a social aberrant. “Coming out” stories may be legion, but it is far more difficult to find a quality gay love story that works as love story first and gay story second. Obviously, the fear is that something disingenuous happens in dropping sexuality to a supporting role, as though this relegation is automatically some kind of demotion. But so long as it isn’t a function of denial, this inversed order of importance can be a thing of beauty, a refreshingly genuine examination of life as it actually happens.

British writer/director Andrew Haigh’s Weekend is about as honest as it comes, featuring the kind of sloppy, accidental romance that’s often cleaned up and sanitized on screen. Russell (Tom Cullen) is a soft-spoken lifeguard who hooks up with Glen (Chris New) just before closing time in a move that neither believed would unite them beyond noon the next day. They’re workable opposites: Russell is quasi-uncloseted, understated

and somewhat sexually reserved; by contrast, Glen is an artist whose work is defined by raw carnal conversations and has no reservations about where parts of anatomy can be placed.

As attraction breeds with quality conversation to tack days onto what was a “one-night stand,” their reluctant couplehood becomes that rarest kind of cinematic romance: believable.

The easiest point of comparison may be Richard

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Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 B+ At long last, the official Swedish stance on American race relations!

Captain America (ON DVD) Old-school action that only a Nazi would hate.

A-

Cars 2 (ON DVD) C As crazy as it sounds, a C for Pixar is like an F for anyone else.

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Crazy Stupid Love (ON DVD) BOld-fashioned laughs without slapstick puking? It can’t be!

Footloose As the song says, I recommending cutting Footloose.

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The Ides of March It may be a good movie, but you won’t feel good after.

B+

The Thing BIt’s unabashedly unoriginal...so at least that’s someThing.

Linklater’s Before Sunrise, only without all of the scruffy European pretense. This isn’t to say Weekend is soft and pretty. On the contrary, as Glen and Russell snort coke and stumble through tense discussions about sexual shame, their courtship is messy and indefinable. It’s also one of the year’s best cinematic unions.

With cinematography that’s as casual as its content, Haigh’s film never flinches, even after it has earned that right by the film’s conclusion.

The final moments are mumbled, frustrated confessions of the sort that only the best movies get right. We may not know what comes next, but most all of us know how it feels…gay or straight.

If Weekend has a limitation, it may be its slightly-too-dour tone. There is almost too much regret, too much second-guessing by each of the characters, to the point where the joy and frenzy of passion feel somewhat muted beneath sober contemplation. Love may be serious business, but it’s also liberating. Haigh may touch on that too infrequently, relying on his leads to convey everything with touch and tone. Thankfully, Cullen and New are exceptionally skilled and bring it as close to home as the film is willing to visit.

Glen and Russell manage to discuss socially relevant elements of homosexuality without making that theme the most definable characteristic. In doing so, Haigh has constructed a raw romance that may say more about the gay community than films that propose to do exactly that. Packed with sincerity and crushing reality, Weekend is a great film first and a great gay film second.

GRADE: A-

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■ Challenging their status as respected visionaries, The Coen Brothers (who are admittedly far, far smarter than yours truly), have determined that Justin Timberlake isn’t the colossal failure as an actor that the vast majority of his IMDB page would suggest. The legendary auteurs are pursuing the sexy-backer for a major role in Inside Llewellyn Davis, which is thankfully about folk rock in the 1960s and not the colonoscopy of a man named Llewellyn Davis. The good news is he can draw on the musical talents he’s decided to shun. The bad news is, you know, the whole acting thing.

■ I suppose if you’re going to make a biopic of Steve Jobs’ life, a wholly unneeded endeavor given the bubbling fountain of cyber-ink that has been spilled documenting his every breath, you could do worse than having Aaron Sorkin write it. After all, he’s already proved more than capable of bearing the dual albatrosses of a computer-centric storyline that’s based on real events with The Social Network. Although the studio (ironically, Sony) is pursuing the master of walky-talky dialogue, it’s unclear whether he’s ready to once more plunge into the often ill-fated technology-laden drama breech.

■ How much do you love Batman? Like, lots and lots? Say, enough to endure a gigantic version of Tom Cruise? Word has come from the studio that The Dark Knight Rises will have a six-minute prologue/preview in front of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. But only in front of the IMAX version and, even then, only on full 70mm IMAX screens (not the smaller, digital-projection screens). A full list of participating theaters will be announced shortly, presumably via the bat signal.

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“Perfectly realized. A bracing, presenttense exploration of sex, intimacy and love.” —A.O. Scott, The New York Times

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Fear and Loathing Abroad Depp takes another go at gonzo in The Rum Diary

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irst, a confession: Although I’m familiar with the life and antics of renegade “gonzo” journalist Hunter S. Thompson, I’ve never actually read any of his work. It’s an education gap I hope to correct soon, but in the meantime, at least I have The Rum Diary, the latest screen adaptation of a Thompson title and the latest characterization of the man by his longtime friend Johnny Depp.

In 1998’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a 35 yearold Depp played Thompson circa 1971, when the writer’s intoxication was at a peak of sorts (he seems to have had several peaks). Now almost 50, Depp here gets to explore a much younger version of Thompson named Paul Kemp. I doubt any other actor could make that age gap as negligible as Depp does here.

The Rum Diary is a fictionalized account of Thompson’s formative time at a daily newspaper in Puerto Rico. In the film, Kemp is hired at the San Juan Star, a gutless rag that seems always on the brink of ruin. Fortunately, almost everyone at the Star can hold their liquor as well as Kemp, so he has plenty to do in between horoscope column deadlines.

This is a misanthrope’s coming-of-age story: boy meets world, boy sees injustice, boy gets angry. The poverty in Puerto Rico gets Kemp thinking, but it’s after meeting a real estate developer named Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart) that the rage begins to solidify into a point of view.

More of a small-time imperialist than a businessman, Sanderson plans to empty a nearby island of its natives and fill it with hotels. He wants Kemp to type out some propaganda to make it go down more smoothly and offers to pay him well. But like the writer who spawned him, Kemp is an uncompromising kind of guy. Either you join the bastards, as he calls them, or you die fighting them.

Even if the congealing of Kemp’s disgust isn’t as coherent as it needs to be, and although his bold pronouncements feel hopelessly simplistic, there’s plenty to enjoy here; most notably, the enjoyment comes from these characters and the actors who bring them screaming to life. In parthe Rum Diary ticular, there’s Giovanni Ribisi’s Hitler fanboy Moburg and Michael Rispoli’s marvelously disheveled photographer Sala.

Director Bruce Robinson’s (Withnail & I) approach to the booziness of the material reminds me of the title of comedian David Cross’ 2009 book, “I Drink for a Reason.” These guys get loaded and go on adventures, but their drunkenness is a product of sheer desperation.

In other words, the film is funny, but these guys aren’t having any fun. Probably the least appealing proposition after seeing the film is the idea of sharing a drink with Kemp and Scala.

With that in mind, it’s slightly miraculous that this movie comes off feeling as light and purely comedic as it does. I suspect it may be a little tame for the Thompson cult, but there’s something irresistibly engaging about The Rum Diary. ,

GRADE: B-

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bserve. Last winter lasted ’til June, and now here we are with Indian Summer ’til November. Six months balanced perfectly. It’s twilight on the beach.

Ever seen the “green flash”? I have. Surf the Zuvuya. Next year is the Year of the Dragon, the Mayan rebirth, when the Earth is reborn within the Hunab Ku, which is the GOD of the Maya, the “Mother of All” — the galactic center of our Milky Way. Here come the Maya.

—MOJOPOPlanetPower.com h SCORPIO (10.23-11.22) The fire$ of thi$, your most recent October, create ember$ for you to remember — for all of November/December.

Make $ome art from the heart of what you’ve just $een, to paint $omebody el$e’$ dream. Make enough money with what you’ve ju$t learnt to la$t ’til all of winter’s fire$ are burnt. (Well then, let’s see what you can rhyme with “learnt”?)\ i SAGITTARIUS (11.23-12.21) Now into your sign continues Mercury’s and Venus’s divine romance, their little dance amongst the stars; but here comes Mars, in a square that starts on the 10th, on the Full moon in Taurus. It’ll be time to get thee hence to work with a jerk (A Martian? An Aries? For the perks?) that’s gonna jive ya or drive ya ta work. It’ll be good for ya. They’ll getcha back into shape. j CAPRICORN (12.22-1.20) Study Pluto.

She’s gonna kiss you, somewhere, somehow, in the here and now. Yeah, she’s a girl. She’s the fiery essence of yin. She’s our Medusa, the Kundalini Dakini, the main producer, the Hawaiian Pali, the Divine Kali — and this be the Kali Yuga. That’s why the power of the subconscious feminine rules…or the pursuit thereof. Peace and love. Had any lately? k AQUARIUS (1.21-2.19) You’ve made a mistake. How does the MOJO know? You’ll be “forgiven” some day, right? It’s not who you know, it’s who you…? But that day’s a month away. But who can say? I’m guessin’ December 10th. Thus say Miguel Jose. Hmmm… Let’s check the Moon.

Whoops! Gemini? Could go either way… l PISCES (2.20-3.20) Last week in the barrel, Matey! You’ve learned all you can about humanity, and now it’s time for you to check out other climes, times, crimes and nursery rhymes. It’s all about your weekend!

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a ARIES (3.21-4.20) “Back to work! You like to eat, don’t you? Well, how do you think it gets on the table?” Don’tcha just love your momma when she enters your conversations and she’s not even in the same room? Ahhh, parents…our first hypnotizers. Mars moves outta Leo and into Virgo on the Full Moon, on the 10th. Now, back to work. You know the rest…? b TAURUS (4.21-5.20) It’s your Full Moon.

It’s your half birthday. Still, you’re not impressed, excited or (you fill it in; I’m as lazy as you are)… Just like last year, you’ve got to give it up to a “partner” and hope what that means.

And I know you don’t know what that means…

How does the MOJO know? It’s by being a “good roommate,” that’s how. I knew you wouldn’t know what that means… c GEMINI (5.21-6.21) Hand-in-hand with many/ any/your enemy in a foreign land. Maybe it’s hard to understand the new language because of ye olde baggage? Partner with a wild/native woman/man.

They can help you understand. Hint: In astrology, your opposite often seems to be the enemy that you love to see. d CANCER (6.22-7.22) Gear up for the Full Moon in Taurus on November 10th. Party at your house!? We’ll see, won’t we? Your part at/in the party revolves/resolves around November 14th and 15th. You’ll see…

Yours truly, Michael P. e LEO (7.23-8.22) Regenerate your house through/with/because of a Scorpio, or the richest guy/girl you work with. The spotlight’s on your 10th House of fame and fortune next week, for the Full Moon on the 10th, whence once again we speak. f VIRGO (8.23-9.22) Please read Gemini.

Why? (Your favorite word, from what I’ve heard.) ’Cuz for you, that foreign land/word is risin’ from your own backyard. You become your own worst enemy when you try too hard, and your own worst critic when you get too hard wid it. Relax it into place. Ahhh… Yeahhh…

That’s it, Baaabbbby! g LIBRA (9.23-10.22) Your realm is your everyday world, your creature comforts and your comfort foods. How does the MOJO know that that’s where you’ll find the love, the relationship and the communication that you need? It all starts and ends with communication. Now, it’s your turn to talk to me… Michael P. ,

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y ultimate dream is to be buried in a deep ocean close to where penguins live,” explained the former Alfred David, 79, otherwise known in his native Belgium as “Monsieur Pingouin” (Mr. Penguin), so named because a 1968 auto accident left him with a waddle in his walk that he decided to embrace with gusto.

(His wife abandoned the marriage when he made the name change official; evidently, being “Mrs. Penguin” was not what she had signed up for.) Mr. Pingouin started a penguin-item museum that ultimately totaled 3,500 items, and he created a hooded, full-body black-and-white penguin outfit that, according to a September Reuters dispatch, he wears daily in his waddles around his Brussels neighborhood of Schaerbeek.

Inscrutable Asians Though South Korean children score among the highest in the world on standardized reading and math tests, their success comes at a price, according to an October Time magazine dispatch. They supposedly suffer “educational masochism” -- punishing themselves by overstudy, especially in high school preparing for university admissions tests (a process so competitive that even test-coaching schools are picky about accepting students). Earlier this year, to curb the “masochism,” the government began enforcing a 10 p.m. curfew on coaching-school activities, and in Seoul, a six-man team conducts nightly after-hours raids on classes that run late-night sessions behind shuttered windows. (Ironically, Time acknowledged, American educational reformers want U.S. students to study harder, like Asians do, but Asian reformers want their students to relax, like American students.)

In America, the quest for perfectly straight teeth can lead to orthodontia bills of thousands of dollars, but in Japan, a dental “defect” -- slightly crooked canine teeth -- makes young women more fetching, even “adorable,” say many men. Women with the “yaeba” look have canines pushed slightly forward by

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the molars behind them so that the canines develop a fang-like appearance. One dental salon, the Plaisir, in Tokyo, recently began offering non-permanent fixtures that replicate the look among straight-toothed women.

Latest Religious Messages Polls report that as many as 57 percent of Russians “notice” signs of a “cult” surrounding Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, according to a September Spiegel Online dispatch, and a chief cult leader is “Mother Fotina,” 62, who has a following of thousands among Russian Orthodox practitioners and believes herself to be the reincarnation of Joan of Arc and Putin to be St. Paul. “God,” she said, “has appointed Putin to Russia to prepare for the coming of Jesus Christ.” Mother Fotina was a convicted embezzler in the 1990s, and critics suspect her devotion to Putin is a ruse to deflect law-enforcement attention.

Sheriff ’s deputies in Bergholz, Ohio, arrested three Amish men in October and charged them in incidents in which other Amish men and women had their homes invaded and their hair (and men’s beards) cut off -- supposedly grave insults. The three are part of an 18-family breakaway sect of Amish who were said to be exacting revenge upon mainstream Amish for insufficiently pious behavior. The “bishop” of the breakaways, Sam Mullet, 65, denied the arrestees were acting under his authority.

Questionable Judgments “Snakeman” Raymond Hoser, of Park Orchards, Australia, was about to be fined in August for violating his Commercial Wildlife Demonstrator License -- by failing to keep at least three meters’ distance between his venomous snakes and the public -- when he hit upon a defense: He would prove that he had de-venomized the deadly taipan and death adder snakes by allowing them to bite his 10-year-old daughter on the arm. (Though both bites drew blood, the girl was otherwise unhurt. Said Hoser, “(I)f they’d been venomous, she’d have been dead in two minutes.”)

COPYRIGHT 2011 CHUCK SHEPHERD. Visit Chuck Shepherd daily at NewsoftheWeird.blogspot.com or NewsoftheWeird.com. Send Weird News to WeirdNewsTips@yahoo.com or P.O. Box 18737, Tampa, FL 33679. Illustrations by Tom Briscoe (smallworldcomics.com).

For the 10-year remembrances of Sept. 11 this year, many cities recalled the tragedy with monuments and public events, including Washington Township, N.J., about 20 miles from ground zero. A large commemorative plaque was unveiled, but provoked immediate outrage because the only names on it were not victims’ but only the mayor’s and those of the five council members who approved the plaque. Said one retired police officer, “It made my blood boil.” (Mayor Samir Elbassiouny later apologized and ordered a steel overlay to obscure the politicians’ names.)

Fine Points of the Law A judge in Nice, France, ruled in September that Article 215 of the French civil code (defining marriage as a “shared communal life”) in fact requires that husband and wife have sex.

A husband identified only as Jean-Louis B. had evidently lost interest years earlier, and his wife was granted a divorce. Apparently emboldened by her victory, she then filed a monetary claim against the husband for the 21-year-long lack of sex, and the judge awarded her 10,000 euros (about $13,710).

It might well be “excessive force” if a sheriff ’s deputy beats and pepper-sprays a black motorist who had been stopped only because the deputy saw the motorist without a fastened seatbelt. A district court judge had concluded that the force was surely justified, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said in August that excessiveness of force was for a jury to evaluate. (The deputy’s explanation: The motorist, waiting for the deputy to finish his report, was sitting on a curb eating a bowl of broccoli, and the deputy had to beat him down, he said, out of fear that the motorist would throw the broccoli at him and then attack him.)

People Different from Us “Urban farming” is growing more popular among city-dwelling progressives committed to eating local foods, but that usually involves gardens in backyards.

For Robert McMinn and Jules Corkery, it means raising two chickens in their one-bedroom apartment in New York City -- just to have a supply of fresh eggs. “I

don’t think it’s the ideal situation,” McMinn told the New York Daily News in October. However, he said, the hens are “cute. They’re fun to (watch) run around.

They’re excited when we come home.” On the other hand, he said, “(T)hey poop everywhere.”

Least Competent Criminals Bank Robbers Not Ready for Prime Time: (1) Thomas Love, 40, was arrested in New Castle County, Del., in October after he had walked out of a WSFS Bank empty-handed. According to police, Love had presented a demand note to a teller, who couldn’t make out the writing and handed it back, provoking Love to flee. (2) Henry Elmer, 56, was arrested in Yuma, Ariz., in October where he had just sat down to enjoy a beer at the Village Inn Pizza Parlor. Police identified Elmer as the man who just moments earlier had robbed the Wells Fargo bank in the same block and “fled” the few steps to the Village Inn (which is also just across the street from the Yuma Police Station).

Recurring Themes Soon, it might be absolutely impossible to get hurt in Britain -- because of stringent health and safety rules.

St. Mary’s Church in Cottingham announced it would go without an overhead light because government rules require that it rig scaffolding to change the light bulb in its 30-foot-high ceiling. (Using a ladder would be unsafe.) And following the August riots in London, hundreds of volunteers took to the streets to speed the cleanup process, but at several junctures, police turned them away, fearful that the civic-minded workers lacked the sense to avoid cutting themselves on the broken glass and debris.

News of the Weird Classic (March 1994) In January (1994) at the Lake Como Fish and Game Club near Syracuse, N.Y., Brian Carr beat out three dozen competitors in the annual ice-fishing derby with 155 catches. The temperature that day was minus30(F), and prize money for the top three anglers was, respectively, $8, $6.50 and $5. ,

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by Mike Babcock

W At long last the Blackshirts have been handed out.

The press corps no longer has to ask the question each and every week. Fans no longer have to wonder how long it will be before the Huskers defense shows up and validates all of the t-shirts, baseball hats, car flags and tat work. Following the Huskers win over the Michigan State Spartans Carl Pelini announced that he would, in fact, hand out the coveted Blackshirts to the starters on the Nebraska defense.

There are a lot of hallowed places in college football for which this gesture is something of an afterthought, a ceremony. Obviously Husker fans regard it far more deeply. This is an essential piece of the culture here, a statement about the team that the fans rally around every Saturday but this year perhaps most importantly of all it could be the necessary cog to get this team to a conference championship game in its first year in the Big Ten. To this point the Huskers have been supported almost entirely by offense. Taylor Martinez, Rex Burkhead, Jamal Turner and company had to roll up 30 plus points every week for the Cornhuskers to have a chance at a win against any team they were playing. The one time they didn’t resulted in a blow out loss to the Wisconsin Badgers on national television. There are plenty of teams for which an offensive identity would be welcome (just ask the Michigan State Spartans as they look for answers after their big let down in Lincoln) but this isn’t “plenty of teams”. This is the Nebraska Cornhuskers. This is a team coached by a defensive minded stalwart like Bo Pelini with a defense run by an even more defensive minded Carl Pelini. Furthermore this was a team that was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated with defensive tackle Jared Crick standing above the headline “The New Bullies of the Big Ten”. 3 preseason All Americans with the aforementioned Crick, linebacker Lavonte David and defensive back Alphonso Dennard. Coaching, star power and history all working in unison should yield results but until last weekend vs Sparty it had uttered little more than a yawn.

But now the Blackshirts have been handed out. The standard has been set (or in the eyes of some re-set). This defense has a signature win in which to hang it’s hat. It could be just the identity establishing win that this team will need as it is now the only team in the absurdly named “Legends” Division that controls its’ own fate and can punch a ticket to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship game by winning out against the opponents on the schedule.

That identity will be absolutely necessary when you look at the remaining games for the Huskers.

Northwestern. Senior QB Dan Persa can throw it all over the field and uses all of his offensive weapons. They have under achieved in the win-loss column but can score with anyone.

Penn State. The Nittany Lions don’t play offensive very well, in fact sometimes they don’t play offense at all but they have an incredibly stout defense and they stay in games. They have one loss on their record and that was to one of the best teams in the country in Alabama.

Michigan. This one can be summed up in one word – Shoelace. Wolverine QB Denard Robinson is one of the most exciting players in all of college football and has already re-written several of the records in Big Ten and NCAA history. He can score on any play.

Iowa. The Hawkeyes QB James Vandenberg has proven he can make some things happen in the passing game during an otherwise disappointing Iowa season. This is also a big rivalry game and the emotion will be ramped up which can always provide a challenge.

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hen will the Blackshirts be handed out?

From the beginning that question was clearly a major irritant. So over time, reporters quit asking. Bo Pelini would hand out the black practice jerseys when he saw fit, and certainly not because someone else’s interpretation of Husker tradition required it.

Besides, Blackshirts weren’t simply handed out. They had to be earned, in practice as well as in games.

Pelini’s first season, 2008, Blackshirts weren’t earned until early November. They were handed out after the 10th game, at Kansas, 11 of them.

In 2009, as near as anybody could tell, they were handed out on the Friday before the Texas Tech game, following an off-week and a victory at Missouri – apparently 13 of them.

Last season, they were handed out after the third game at Washington, 12 of them.

And this season, Lance thorell they were handed out on Monday, following an impressive defensive effort against Michigan State, with as many as 20 defenders earning them.

Earlier in the day, during his weekly news conference, Pelini talked about the Blackshirt tradition, which began in 1964, after NCAA rules were changed to allow for two-platoon play.

“When I first got here, I was so removed from the college game,” said Pelini, who was defensive coordinator on Frank Solich’s final staff in 2003. “I don’t remember who talked to me about it. Everyone was talking about Blackshirt this, that and the other thing.

“I remember asking somebody and needing to take a step back. People were talking to me about Blackshirts, and I thought, ‘Yeh, I have a lot of black shirts.’ I didn’t know what they were talking about.

It might have been Coach Solich or someone around the program for a while that gave me an idea of what I was walking into.

“You come from the outside and aren’t quite sure. But I think it’s a great tradition, and we’ve embraced it. And I think there’s a pride that goes along with the tradition.”

No doubt. Senior linebacker-defensive back Lance Thorell is among those earning Blackshirts for the first time. “It means the world, to be part of this tradition,” he said after Monday’s practice.

Thorell is from Loomis, Neb., and walked on. He earned a scholarship this season. And now he has a Blackshirt. “What this shirt means is . . . I mean, it’s awesome,” he said.

Redshirted freshman defensive tackle Chase Rome is another of the first-time Blackshirts. “It’s still kind of surreal to see black out of the corner of my eye” on the practice field, said Rome.

“This is the standard we have to continue to play to.”

Blackshirts can be pulled, as happened last season in a couple of instances.

“One thing our guys understand is that it’s something you earn and continue to earn,” Pelini said. “Just because you put the Blackshirt on doesn’t change anything. It should make you want to play that much harder, to live up to the standards that surround that shirt and tradition.

“It’s something our kids fully understand. They understand what it means to actually put one on.”

Michigan State came to Memorial Stadium with the nation’s No. 2-ranked defense. And the Spartans played well defensively. But Nebraska’s defense played better, allowing Michigan State 187 yards and a lone field goal. The performance was Blackshirt quality.

But “I put a lot of stock into practice more than what happens on Saturday,” said Pelini. “It’s a culmination of how you practice and prepare and timing.

I really don’t care what people outside think about when or why you should give them out.

“It’s something you talk about as a staff, and when you feel like the time is right, you go for it.”

Pelini and his coaches determined the time was right.

“We talked a lot last week as a whole football team about how we play to a certain standard,” he said. “To me, that means practicing to a certain standard.

“Have we reached the standard that we want?

No, we haven’t. But when you start heading in that direction, preparing well and doing the right things, to me, that’s a signal that guys get it.”

And as a result, they got Blackshirts.

“It was just draping over my locker,” Rome said.

Seeing it there was “probably the most exciting moment in my football career,” he said. , courtesy huskerextra.com

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