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MAHA LINEUP 12:10 p.m. – Domestica 12:45 p.m. – Matt Whipkey 1:20 p.m. – Twinsmith 1:55 p.m. – M34N STR33T 2:30 p.m. – Doomtree 3:35 p.m. – Radkey 4:30 p.m. – The Both (feat. Aimee Mann & Ted

Leo) 5:40 p.m. – The Envy Corps 6:35 p.m. – Local Natives 7:45 p.m. – Icky Blossoms 8:50 p.m. – The Head & The Heart 10:15 p.m. – Death Cab for Cutie

Doomtree Adds Some Flavor to MAHA Music Festival

By Kyle Eustice It’s time for the annual MAHA Music Festival at Stinson Park and this year, the organizers have a few tricks up their sleeves. In addition to the usual indie rock act, which includes Death Cab for Cutie, Icky Blossoms and Envy Corps, MAHA finally added some hip-hop to the mix. Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree and Omaha’s own M34N STR33T bring the bass this year. Doomtree is one of a kind. The Minneapolis-based hiphop collective is a supergroup made up of longtime friends and it’s also the name of their record label. Each member is successful in their own right, with solo albums, headlining tours and numerous collaborations under their belts. When they get together, magic happens. Comprised of P.O.S., Sims, Dessa, Paper Tiger, Lazerbeak, Mike Mictlan and Cecil Otter, the seven multi-talented artists bring their individual spark to the stage as they merge their styles into once cohesive force. Doomtree’s most recent studio album, No Kings, hit the shelves in November 2011 and showcased the group’s love for the written word. Dessa, a spoken word poet and scholar in her own right, always comes with the intellectualized and emotional lyrics.

Paired with P.O.S. and the rest of the crew, they are an unstoppable force. Being asked to play MAHA this year was an exciting opportunity, not only to showcase some new music, but see each other, as well.

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“Doomtree just finished an album,” Dessa says. “It’s in mixing now. I think we’ll all be excited to play new songs; most of them have yet to be performed live. The show in Omaha will be one of the few events that bring all seven of us together this summer so it’ll probably be a reunion as much as it is a concert.”

Doomtree fans are ready for new material. It’s already been four years since the last one. Each album they write is a different process. For No Kings, solitude proved to be the best formula. For the new album, however, it was probably a completely different process.

“All of us sequestered ourselves in a cabin in the woods,” Dessa explains. “We played beats on repeat--all the emcees pacing and mumbling as they wrote their verses. Several days, a lot of booze, and dozens of sandwiches later, we left with the majority of the record demoed.”

“It works differently than it does when any if us are in process for solo material,” Sims adds. “With No Kings, the producers got together a couple times a week for a month or two and made beats together, collaborating on sounds, layout, sequence and all that stuff. Writing the lyrics for the songs basically worked like this: we’d put a beat on loop and people would start to sketch out ideas.

When someone came up with either a concept, chorus or start to a verse we’d decide as a group whether or not that was the direc-

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tion that particular track should take.”

For producers Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger, the sound comes first. It typically starts with a beat.

“The producers will pass around beats and the MCs will write to them,” Paper Tiger says. “It is a simple process, but also very personal. However, the making of the No Kings record was a bit more collaborative, there was much more creation happening as a group.”

Of course with any large collective of people, you’re going to have different opinions and sometimes those opinions will clash.

The members of Doomtree make it work because at the core is a tight friendship and they are always willing to compromise.

“Working by committee definitely has its challenges--big decisions are hard to make quickly because everyone’s opinion has to be solicited and discussed,” Dessa says.

“That being said; we’ve had remarkably few fall-outs. We genuinely like and trust one another, which is probably more than most businesses can say of their workforce.”

“Every family has its moments,” Sims says, “but we know each other well enough and have strong enough relationships that nothing ever gets out of hand.”

“We go back like rocking chairs,” Mictlan adds. “We’re like 2 rear flats on a Cadillac.

We’ve been rapping with each other for like 10+ years. When it comes to our music we’re all adults. Creating is supposed to fun. At

least that’s what we always thought.”

Sometimes the lifestyle gets overwhelming. Having a productive music career comes with a lot of responsibility— interviews, long nights, months on the road, and countless people pulling you in 30 different directions at any given time.

“It does get overwhelming, but I want very badly to do this, as well,” Dessa says.

“And I want to share my work. If those objectives entail some compromises, I’m willing to make them so long as I can retain artistic control and personal integrity. Sounds like a Girl Scout, I know. But it’s the truth.”

Several hip-hop groups like A Tribe Called Quest and Mobb Deep have broken up completely because they simply couldn’t get along. Doomtree does a decent job of keeping egos in check.

“We’ll have to mean it more,” Mictlan says. “We’ll have to walk the talk. We’re just going to have to show our elders and our peers exactly what it means to be rappers and honest professionals who inspire people to do it like us, fairly and equally with our friends and our fans.”

“Doomtree is a group of artsy friends who chose to make themselves into a family,” Dessa concludes. “Although I hope we all achieve glorious worldly success, in some ways, Doomtree is already doing exactly what it is supposed to. Our lives are all better by virtue of the fact that we’re connected to each other.”

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Jeff Mizanskey, 61, is a poster child for one well- known criticism of mandatoryminimum sentencing laws -- that nonviolent marijuana users (and small-time sellers) may wind up doing decades of hard time and in fact more time than some sociopathic offenders serve for heinous offenses. Mizanskey is 20 years into a life sentence with no possibility of parole for several violations of Missouri’s “prior and persistent drug offender” law, and his only chance for freedom is a clemency plea now under consideration by Gov. Jay Nixon (and still opposed by Mizanskey’s prosecutor).

Weird Old World Unconventional Food Prep: Leaked photographs taken by an undercover health and safety officer at China’s Tongcheng Rice Noodle Factory in Dongguan city in June show workers in street clothes casually walking back and forth atop piles of vermicelli noodles about to be packaged for shipment to stores. Some workers were even seen lounging or sleeping on the mountains of noodles. (In 1992, News of the Weird noted that health officials in South Dennis, Massachusetts, had closed the Wing Wah Chinese restaurant for various violations, including the restaurant’s habit of draining water from cabbage by putting it in cloth laundry bags, placing the bags between pieces of plywood in the parking lot and driving over them with a van.)

Unclear on the Concept: Werner Purkhart, who has been running a “silent disco” in Salzburg, Austria, for four years, was denied renewal of his business permit in July, supposedly because his parties were too loud. At a silent disco, each dancer wears headphones to hear radio-transmitted music; to those without headphones, the roomful of swaying, swinging dancers is eerily quiet. Salzburg Mayor Heinz Schaden said it was still too loud. “The noise ... is keeping (the neighbors) up.”

“The Chinese fondness for napping in odd places is a well-documented phenomenon, one that’s spawned a popular website and even a book,” wrote The Wall

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Street Journal in a July dispatch. In a recent photo essay, a Getty Images photographer captured a series of shots of customers catching 40 winks in various furniture departments of IKEA stores, which officially does “not see it as a problem,” according to a spokesman. Maybe “we can sell an extra mattress or two.”

Five siblings in a rural Turkish family near the Syrian border were discovered by researchers in 2005 to be natural, fluid quadruped walkers (hands and feet to the ground, rear ends up), which was thought at the time possibly to mark the first known “turnaround” in human evolution. However, the siblings were re-characterized by recent PLOS One journal research as merely accommodating a musculo-skeletal imbalance in the brain. Other members of the family have normal gaits, and the five quadrupeds show additional developmental issues.

Also, from the foreign press: (1) Moscow Times reported the arrest of “Tomas” in Moscow in March for allegedly stealing a mobile phone, noting that he was referred to adult court even though family members claim he is only 13. Officials decided he must be at least 16, based on medical examination -- especially “of his genitals.”

(2) Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News reported in May that a 62-year-old man on an Istanbul TV dating show said he was just “an honest person looking for a new wife” -- while also casually mentioning that he had served two prison terms, one for murdering one wife

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“Bad luck always found me,” he said. “This time I’ll leave it to God.” Police Report Inexplicable: (1) Alonzo Liverman, 29, was arrested in June in a Daytona Beach, Florida, police sting on prostitutes’ johns.

“I’m hungry,” was the female officer’s comeon. Responded Liverman, “I got a salad.”

Even though no salad was found on Liverman, police determined the banter constituted a sufficient offer for paid sex. (2) The robber of a Chase Bank in Tucson, Arizona, in March is still on the loose even though surveillance video has been widely distributed. An additional detail from the video: The man pulled the holdup while carrying a small dog in a basket.

The Justice Angle In the midst of the city of Detroit’s water crackdown -- shutting off the spigots of residents delinquent on their bills -- the Council of Canadians has come to the rescue. First, the council pressed the United Nations to label Detroit’s program a “human rights” violation (the denial of clean drinking water to the 3,000 homes per week being shut down).

Said the council chair, “I’ve (only) seen this (oppression) in the poorest countries in the

world.” Second, the council arranged a convoy of “good Canadian, public, clean water” into Detroit in July to modestly help the estimated 79,000 homes in peril.

Ms. Ajanaffy Njewadda and her husband recently filed a lawsuit against New York City’s transit authority (MTA) following her tumble down some stairs at a subway station (which caused a broken ankle, concussion and lingering trauma that has required psychiatric care). The MTA had placed a large ad for the serial-killer TV series “Dexter” on station stairs, positioned to be seen just as visitors left the subway. Ms. Njewadda said she was momentarily terrified by the ad and lost her balance.

Oh, Dear!: A man whose name was withheld (“D.B.”) filed a lawsuit in April against medical clinics and physicians who performed his colonoscopy in Fairfax, Virginia, in 2013, based on what the patient learned from audio his smartphone recorded while he was unconscious. Though he originally intended to record only doctors’ instructions, he was dismayed to know that they began “mocking” him the second he went under, making disparaging and untrue statements about his health, feigning disgust at his body (“Oh! Oscar Mike Goss!”) (slang for “OMG” -- oh, my God), threatening to “fire a gun up his rectum,” “diag-

nosing” him with syphilis or “tuberculosis in the penis,” and threatening to (falsely) note hemorrhoids on his record -- all done amidst gales of laughter.

Donkeys Rising (1) In Turkey, some shepherds have outfitted their sheep-monitoring donkeys with solar panels and battery packs to illuminate nighttime isolated fields in emergencies.

Thus, for instance, pregnant animals can be aided during field births and not have to return to the farms. (2) In an interview with Vice.com, the Swiss founder of Eurolactis touts donkey milk as the preferred substitute for cow milk -- since donkeys have only one stomach, as humans have. (Cows, goats and sheep have multiple stomachs to break down their complex milk, but that milk gives humans digestion problems.)

On the other hand, as Vice.com pointed out, milk-drinkers, especially, must learn to ignore the A-word nickname for “donkey.”

Recurring Themes The most recent murder suspect to whine about his oppressive jail conditions appears to be Adam Landerman, 21, awaiting trial in the grisly 2013 murders of two people. In July, his patience apparently exhausted, he filed court papers in Joliet, Il-

linois, complaining that the jail’s towels are too small, the jail offers no barber or beautician services or shaving cream, and the food is “monotonous and undiversified,” among other inadequacies.

A News of the Weird Classic (March 2010) At first, Rev. Fred Armfield’s arrest for patronizing a prostitute in Greenwood, South Carolina, in January (2010) looked uncontroversial, with Armfield allegedly confessing that he had bargained Melinda “Truck Stop” Robinson down from $10 to $5 for oral sex. Several days later, however, Armfield formally disputed the arrest, calling himself a “descendant of the original Moro-Pithecus Disoch, Kenyapithecus and Afro Pithecus,” a “living flesh-and-blood being” who, based on his (high) character and community standing, should not be prosecuted. Also, he said, any payment to Truck Stop with Federal Reserve Notes did not legally constitute a “purchase” since such notes are not lawful money. s!

(Are you ready for News of the Weird Pro Edition? Every Monday at http://NewsoftheWeird.blogspot.com and www.WeirdUniverse.net. Other handy addresses: WeirdNews@earthlink.net, http://www.

NewsoftheWeird.com, and P.O. Box 18737, Tampa FL 33679.)

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concerts, family events, comedy, musicals & more RAW Omaha: Allure

August 15, at Sokol Auditorium, 2234 S. 13th St., 7 p.m.

Tickets are $15/ADV and $20/ DOS. Visit www.rawartists. org for more information.

The Scoop: RAW Omaha is back with another exciting event. A circus of creativity featuring 30-40 creatives from Omaha, Lincoln, etc., RAW Omaha presents a collaboration showcase of various artistic genres. There’s a pop-up gallery featuring art, photography and accessories. Live music, a dance, poetry, a short film, and runway shows featuring fashion, hair, and makeup are included.

Emphatic

with Screaming for Silence and Narcotic Self, August 20, at Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St., 8 p.m. Tickets are $10/ADV and $12/DOS. Visit www.theslowdown.com for more information.

The Scoop: The textbook definition of perseverance is to remain steadfast and stay the course despite being faced with extreme obstacles. But if you look up the term in a musical dictionary, it may just have a picture of Omaha, Nebraska-based hard rockers Emphatic beside it. The group have persevered through countless storms and let nothing stand in their way of bringing their brand of melodic hard rock to the masses. Just a year ago the future looked blindingly bright for Emphatic, as their major label debut album Damage was climbing the Billboard Heatseekers charts and the group’s single for “Bounce” was climbing up the rock radio charts.

Deer Tick with the Weeks

Werner Enterprises Concert w/ Switchfoot August 15, at Werner Park, 6:35 p.m. Tickets are $11 to $21.

Visit www.wernerpark.com for more information.

The Scoop: Werner Enterprises and the Omaha Storm Chasers have revealed that the multi-platinum band Switchfoot will take the stage at the 2014 Werner Enterprises Concert on Friday, August 15th. The concert at Werner Park follows that evening’s postgame Hy-Vee Friday Night Fireworks show after the Storm Chasers take on the Salt Lake Bees, last year’s Pacific Coast League Championship opponent. With alternative rock hits such as “Meant to Live” and “Dare You to Move,” Switchfoot has headlined sold-out world tours, visiting five continents in the past year alone. The band has performed at numerous major sporting venues in the past, including the 2013 Summer X-Games last August (where they debuted the album Fading West), NFL and MLB post-game events and the U.S. Open of Surfing in 2011.

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August 19, at The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., 9 p.m. Tickets are $15/ADV and $17/DOS. Visit www. onepercentproductions.com for more information.

The Scoop: John McCauley and Deer Tick have long walked a tightwire between total despair and fractured resilience, but Negativity represents a heroic leap forward on virtually all fronts for the Providence, Rhode Island-based band. Recorded earlier this year in Portland, Oregon with legendary producer/musician Steve Berlin (The Blasters, Los Lobos, and last year’s McCauley side project, Diamond Rugs), the album –Deer Tick’s fifth full-length studio release, and follow-up to 2011’s acclaimed Divine Providence – is McCauley’s most personal work thus far as well as the band’s most undeniable and universal, their famously freewheeling musical approach refined here into a gloriously cohesive whole.

concerts, family events, comedy, musicals & more

entertainment Omaha Farmer’s Market,

August 16. Old Market, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www. omahafarmersmarket.com for more information.

The Scoop: Nothing says summer more

than the Farmer’s Market. The Omaha Farmers Market is located near 11th and Jackson streets in the Old Market and help each Saturday from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m., May through October. Omaha Farmers Market celebrates 21 seasons of making locally-grown foods accessible to our community. Fresh produce, one-ofa-kind products and valued relationships have made the Market what it is today. Join growers, vendors and other Market-goers as we celebrate 21 seasons.

MAHA Music Festival

August 16, at Stinson Park in Aksarben Village, 12 p.m. Tickets are $50.

Visit www.mahamusicfestival.com for more information.

The Scoop: Head to Stinson Park in Aksarben Village to enjoy music by: Death Cab For Cutie • The Head and the Heart • Local Natives • The Both (featuring Aimee Mann and Ted Leo) • Doomtree • The Envy Corps • Radkey • Twinsmith • Matt Whipkey • M34N STR33T • Icky Blossoms • Domestica. MAHA is a nonprofit music festival organized and run by volunteers, and brought to you through the support of many wonderful sponsors. MAHA was created for community-building, not for profit. The idea of a homegrown music festival had been around for years, but finally found the right group of volunteers in 2009. If you share our passion, we invite you to attend, become a volunteer and/or share your ideas with us for making MAHA bigger and better. MAHA 2014 is on August 16th at Aksarben Village and feature two stages and many amazing bands, both national and local, an interactive Community Village, local food vendors, and much more.

Yellowstone and the West: The Chromolithographs of Thomas Moran

August 14-September 7, at Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge St., All Day. Admission is free. Visit ww.joslyn.org for more information.

The Scoop: In 1876, the publisher Louis Prang is-

sued a portfolio of fifteen chromolithographic reproductions of watercolors by Thomas Moran titled The Yellowstone National Park. With exquisitely-printed images by an artist renowned for his monumental paintings of the West, and a text by the famous geologist Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden — who called the portfolio a “just subject for national pride” — Moran and Prang capitalized on the recent establishment of Yellowstone as the first national park and the public’s growing fascination with western landscape.

Joslyn Art Museum celebrates Thomas Moran through September.

Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo with Lita Ford, August 15, at Stir Concert Cove, Council Bluffs, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $46. Visit www.harrahscouncilbluffs.com for more information.

The Scoop: Rock legends Pat Benatar and Neil “Spyder” Giraldo have just announced plans to keep their 35th Anniversary Tour rocking fans through the summer with another performance. The powerhouse duo behind one of the largest arsenals of rock hits including “Love is a Battlefield,” “Hit Me with Your Best Shot,” “Heartbreaker,” “We Live For Love,” “Promises In The Dark,” “We Belong,” and more will be headlining solo concerts nationwide.

Special guest Lita Ford is a British born rocker who grew up on the streets of L.A. Ford is considered one of the most important female representatives of the rock genre.

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THEATRE Every Tuesday at House of Loom, it’s everything you love about karaoke with the volume turned up. Don’t be afraid to go crazy: bring your own costumes, create your own choreography, bring your back up dancers or just grab some in-house props we’ll have on hand. Join the community here: http:// www.facebook.com/karaoketheatre.

August 15, at The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., 9 p.m. Tickets are $7. Visit www. onepercentproductions.com for more information.

Karaoke Theatre, August 19, at House of Loom, 1012 S. 10th St., 9 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.houseofloom.com for more information.

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Like Moths to Flames

Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Rock legends Pat Benatar & Neil “Spyder” Giraldo have just announced plans to keep their 35th Anniversary Tour rocking fans through the summer with an. The powerhouse duo behind one of the largest arsenals of rock hits including “Love is a Battlefield”, “Hit Me with Your Best Shot”, “Heartbreaker”, “We Live For Love”, “Promises In The Dark,” “We Belong,” and more will be headlining solo concerts nationwide. Lita Ford is a British born rocker who grew up on the street s of Los Angeles.

Ford is considered one of the most important female representatives of the rock genre.

Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo with Lita Ford, August 15, at Stir’s Concert Cove, Council Bluffs, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $46. Visit www.harrahscouncilbluffs.com for more information.

Funk Trek is a nine-piece, horn heavy, and highly energetic band. Playing mostly original music, funk trek is comprised of drums, bass, guitar, keys, alto sax, tenor sax, trombone, trumpet, and singer. Funk trek, based out of Omaha, NE has been playing throughout the Midwest for six years. They are known for two things: 1. Starting a party and 2. Maintaining the party. After a Funk Trek show, you will feel as if you were hit in the face with a brigade of horns and find yourself much sweatier than you expected too from mostly instrumental music.

Funk Trek with Rock and Roll Suicide,

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Like Moths to Flames have set the underground music scene ablaze in just a few short years, thanks to a decidedly unique, fresh and original take on an otherwise well-worn genre. Stomping singa-long anthems, pulverizing metal chaos and crystal clear/soaring shiny pop dance together with delicious freedom within the band’s sound. Bring Me The Horizon, Devil Wears Prada and Miss May I are some of the only bands doing it at the same level of intensity, precision and passion as Like Moths To Flames, who have taken their rightful place alongside their scene counterparts while steadily maneuvering a career that is uniquely their own.

Like Moths to Flames with Palisades and Elitist, August 14, at Sokol Underground, 2234 S. 13th St., 7 p.m. Tickets are $13/ADV and $15/DOS. Visit www.sokolunderground. com for more information.

House of Loom has dedicated its Sunday nights and classic wood floors to all things salsa, buchata, merengue, cha-cha-cha, pachanga, and guaguanco. And to host and DJ the night, they’ve chosen long-time loom collaborator and the most charismatic, talented salsa dancer in Omaha, Mr. Blandon “Salserodalante” Joiner. Every Sunday kicks off with a salsa dance lesson for all levels of social dancers at 7 p.m., and you don’t need a partner. Dancers requested and spectators welcome as we offer fresh-mint leaf in our Cuban Bacardi Mojitos.

Salsa Sundays, August 17, at House of Loom, 1012 S. 10th St., 7 p.m. Tickets are $7. Visit www.houseofloom.com for more information.

Memories for Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to create lifelong memories for children who have a parent

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with terminal cancer. While there are many organizations that exist to help children with terminal illness, there is a major void in groups dedicated to helping children facing the loss of a parent. We create fun and memorable experiences for children to share with their mom or dad before cancer takes their parent’s life. Memories for Kids has presented numerous unforgettable gifts to children in the Omaha area and your support will help us continue this mission.

The Samples are playing this particular event.

Memories for Kids Concert with The Samples, August 16, at Slowdown, 729 N. 13th St., 9 p.m. Tickets are $25 to $100. Visit www. theslowdown.com for more information.

ART ‘Truck-A-Tecture’ examines architecture as redefined by mobility and technical expansion. This exhibition generates a unique conversation and offers a new perspective on modern housing. A mashup of popular and elite cultures, ‘Truck-ATecture’ transcends the current definitions of “pre-fab” and “mobile architecture.”

Topics of nomadism, transportation, trucking culture, and the nature of “home” are among the topics to be explored in this exhibition. This exhibition features trucks, trailers, pre-fab home designs, custom architecture and road movies. Leaders in the filed of architecture participate, with four firms designing and building full-scale structures and the additional firms creating scaled models. Once complete, the full-scale structures travel to KANEKO from their various locations of construction around the country. The scaled models will be displayed atop a 44-foot long semi trailer parked in the Bow Truss.

Truck-A-Tecture, August 14-August 23, at KANEKO, 1111 Jones St., 6 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.thekaneko.org for more information.

This exhibition features the work of the Bemis Center’s first group of Carver Bank alumni and celebrates their work and creative practices. It features paintings by visual artist Bart Vargas, interactive displays of music by Shannon Marie and Dereck Higgins, and poetry by writer Portia Love.

2013 Carver Bank Residents Exhibition, August 14-August 16, at Carver Bank, 2416 Lake St., 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.bemiscenter.org for more information.

“This Slideshow is Here So We Both Know What to Do” is a combined artist lecture and performance by current resident Chloë Bass. The work invites us to rethink our understanding of participation, and where the participatory format enters a room.

Everything will be provided for you, but it depends on you to engage it. Chloë Bass has been a resident at POGON (Zagreb, Croatia), D21 Kunstraum/5533 art space (Leipzig, Germany and Istanbul, Turkey) and Eyebeam (NY, NY) and has shown her work at venues such as the Neuberger Museum (Purchase, NY), Künstlerhaus (Stuttgart, Germany), Kunstkammer AZB (Zürich, Switzerland) and the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (Detroit, MI). Selected profiles of her work have appeared in BOMB, Entorno, ArtInfo, Art Observed, the New York Times and Hyperallergic.

Chloe Bass: This Slideshow is Here So We Both Know What to Do, August 14, at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 S. 12th St., 7 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www. bemiscenter.org for more information.

This dynamic group art show will feature the work of over 20 local and regional artists.

Artists were asked to create artwork in the medium of their choice inspired by comic books, comic strips, graphic novels, video games and anime. There will be a wide variety of styles and interpretations at this can’t miss show! The show will be held at

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Comic(al), August 14-15, at Drips, 1010 S. Main St., All Day, Admission is free. Visit www.dripscoffee.com for more information.

The Union is pleased to present a selection of works by Milwaukee artist Ric Stultz.

Stultz’s bright colors and pop culture imagery are built from a childhood steeped in cartoons, video games, and comic books.

Incorporating adult interests in graphic design, illustration, and fine art, Ric’s work willfully evades easy categorization.

Commercially his images have been used by dozens of clients, including Nike and MTV. His paintings have been exhibited widely, including group shows in New York, Los Angeles, and London. Ric is also faculty at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design where he teaches senior illustration students. This exhibition includes paintings and drawings on paper spanning the past five years.

Artist Ric Stultz Reception, August 15 (Exhibit thru September 12), at The Wanda D. Ewing Gallery, 2221 N. 24th St., 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.u-ca.org for more information.

SPORTS Join the Side Door Lounge for another installment of its weekly event, Lounge Against Humanity. Every Tuesday evening, they boast good cocktails, relaxed atmosphere and everyone’s favorite party game for terrible people. They have several sets of cards to loan out to you and your friends, but if you have a set of your own, feel free to bring it along.

Lounge Against Humanity, August 18, at The Side Door Lounge, 3530 Leavenworth St., 7 p.m. Admission is free. Call 402-504-3444 for more information.

COMEDY The Air Sex Championships are hilarious, raunchy, and so singularly remarkable they defy description. Think Air Guitar, but with an imaginary sexual partner (or partners) in place of a musical instrument.

Entering its sixth year as a nationally touring roadshow, Air Sex combines the pageantry and prestige of sports with the creative arts of storytelling, pantomiming, and improvisation. Beyond that, it’s a show you’ll have to experience yourself to believe.

The show is hosted by comedian Chris Trew, produced by The New Movement, and is the subject of an upcoming feature-length film.

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Air Sex Championships, August 14, at Slowdown, 729 N. 14 St., 9 p.m. Tickets are $5. Visit www.theslowdown.com for more information.

Local comedian Dusty Stahl hosts an open mic night every Wednesday. Bring your best material and come on down.

Open Mic Night, August 20, at Barley Street Tavern, 2735 N. 62nd St., 10 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.barleystreet.com for more information.

Calling all quizzies and quizzettes. If you are looking for a way to cram some knowledge into your brain and cram some beer down your gullet – why not try to do both at the same time? If you would like a chance to get that beer for free along with a night of fun and facts – you should head down to the Sydney on Tuesdays. Grab a team of 5 or fewer and answer 40 fun questions for lots of opportunities to win great prizes (most of them obviously and awesomely include alcohol). Don’t mind your own quizness.

Sydney Pub Quiz, August 19, at The Sydney, 5918 Maple St., 8 p.m. Admission is free.

Visit www.thesydneybenson.com for more information.

FILM The Side Door Lounge continues its series of Sunday Night Movies with two movies featuring French film actor Audrey Tatou: Amélie as well as A Very Long Engagement.

Join the party for cool films and good drinks in its infamously low-lit room. First up at 7 p.m. is Amelie and it’s followed by A Very Long Engagement at 10 p.m.

Sunday Night Movies, August 17, at Side Door Lounge, 3530 Leavenworth St., 7 p.m.

Admission is free. Call 402-504-3444 for more information.

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Out of the Blue

Orenda Fink Back with New Solo Record

By Kyle Eustice

Although she grew up in Alabama, singer-songwriter Orenda Fink is most definitely associated with the Omaha music scene. After all, she’s married to Todd Fink of The Faint and is also a signee of Saddle Creek Records, Omaha’s claim to music fame. As one half of the indie-pop duo Azure Ray, Fink has reveled in a career that began to blossom in 1997 when she was part of the group Little Red Rocket. Since then, she’s had her hands in numerous projects, ranging

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from Art in Manila (another Saddle Creek band) to Bright Eyes with indie rock’s poster child Conor Oberst. However, it’s with her solo work where she has really been able to explore the deepest facets of her soul. On her debut solo album 2005’s Invisible Ones, Orenda touched on traditional Haitian ritual and mysticism.

She followed up with a close look at the Southern Gothic subconscious on 2009’s Ask the Night. Death has clearly been a topic close to her heart. On her latest effort, 2014’s Blue Dream, Fink dives into the subject once again, reflecting upon a year-long meditation on death that began

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with a dog named Wilson and the words of Laurie Anderson.

“Just look at yesterday, and what you were doing, and how important it was, and how nonexistent it is now! How dreamlike it is! Same thing with tomorrow. So where are we living? Tibetans have unbelievably fascinating answers to that. This is what I’m studying because my dog died.”

-Laurie Anderson During the year-long mediation, Fink wasn’t making music. She was focused on taking time for herself and healing old wounds. Eventually, she put the pen to paper and Blue Dream is the brilliant

result. Fink took some time to explain the brief hiatus and talk about her songwriting process. Blue Dream drops August 19 via Saddle Creek Records.

Shout Weekly (Kyle Eustice): I’ve known your husband for about 20 years and I think it’s so great that you guys found each other. How do you balance your music career with family?

Orenda Fink: Thanks Kyle! It actually took us a little while to find the balance that works for us, but I think over

the last ten years we’ve definitely settled into a great rhythm. Being intentional in our decisions and actions is key, as well as being supportive of each other. “Balance” really is the key word though. We can work really hard on our respective endeavors, but then we need to balance that with real quality time and connection with each other. It’s like our relationship comes first, but because of that it doesn’t always have to come first. It just does.

Take me to the beginning. You grew up in Alabama, correct? What or who got you into music?

I grew up in Alabama- mostly small towns, but I finished up high school in Birmingham at the Alabama School of Fine Arts. I was actually studying theater there but the commute to Birmingham everyday was several hours and I found myself pretty lonely when I would return home to the small town I was living in. So, to pass the time I began to teach myself guitar.

That was when I started seeing music as a potential mode of expression.

Did the South have any influence on your musical style?

Yes, absolutely. I am fascinated by the dark romanticism of the South. The balance of light and dark, good and evil, history with a form, people living with ghosts of the past. It is probably expressed more lyrically than stylistically in my music though.

How did you meet Maria Taylor and what did you initially have in common?

I met Maria at the Alabama School of Fine Arts. She saw me playing around with a friend’s guitar and asked me if I wanted to start a band with her. I suppose it was a very fateful day for me because I remember it very well. Initially, what we had in common was a borderline obsession with singing harmonies with each other and laughing hysterically. We did a lot of laughing and singing in high school. We were pretty much inseparable after day one.

What are the differences between being out on your own and with Azure Ray? I love collaborating with people and feeling like you are a part of something bigger than yourself and that is what I get with Azure Ray. Being on my own has felt more isolating in the past, but it doesn’t have that feel to me this time around. I have a great team behind me and such strong and supportive friends. I’m really excited to tour this record because of that.

I remember hearing one of your songs on the Devil Wears Prada soundtrack and thinking it was great. How does it feel to hear the music you create on such big projects like that?

It’s pretty fun to just be a part of anything like that. It’s the most exciting, though, when it’s part of a show or a movie that I am really excited about. When Azure Ray had a song in Six Feet Under,

we were jumping up and down and hugging each other. That was one of the best shows ever.

What do you like about the Omaha music scene and Saddle Creek?

Omaha has one of the best music and arts scenes in the country right now. What I really love about it is how supportive and personal everyone is with each other.

I know I can count on my friends here to celebrate successes, but also help me up when I’m down. I try to do the same for them. With all of that naturally comes a high level of collaboration, which I think is important for a thriving music and arts scene. Saddle Creek was such a huge part in laying the groundwork in Omaha for a scene like this to exist. I’m excited to see how all of it will progress in the future.

When you decide to collaborate with people, what goes into that decision process?

Like I said before, I love collaborating with people. I have so many collaborations that I want to do at some point, so time is somewhat of a factor that goes into the decision process. I have to make sure that I can devote the proper time to something that will make it worth starting. I think it helps to have a collective goal or vision in order to have a successful collaboration. Those goals or visions can start broad and then be narrowed down or be very specific from the beginning. Other than that, I think a lot of it is based on intuition. I’ve never done a half-assed collaboration. It’s either all in or nothing.

How do you prefer to write lyrics? Do you have a particular process?

I don’t have a particular process. Sometimes I write them in a poem form before music if something is on my mind. Other times, I will just sing whatever comes out- kind of in a stream of consciousness form- while I’m writing music. Then, I’ll examine the words to see if anything resonates that I can build off of- something my subconscious brought to light.

It’s pretty much different every time.

Tell me about the new album, Blue Dream. How long did it take to write it and what are you hopes for it?

I don’t really know how long it took, but I started writing after a really rough year of almost no artistic output. I was going through intense Jungian dream analysis therapy during this time that helped me resolve a lot of issues and pain. After I began to emerge from this “lost year” I started writing songs again and those were what ended up being Blue Dream, which I think in essence is about life, death and dreams. My hopes are just that this record can even slightly convey my experiences and be of comfort to anyone else in the world. I feel like the universe gave me a great gift in healing through dreams and I hope that I can work to return that gift.

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STEAK HOUSES ANTHONY’S.. 72nd and F streets. 331-7575. Closed Sunday. One of the old-line steakhouses, big and friendly.

A good family spot. Huge menu.

BROTHER SEBASTIAN’S STEAKHOUSE AND WINERY. 1350 S. 119th St. 330-0300. Seven days. Not old and not new, this 1980s steakhouse that resembles a California monastery has a great salad bar, romantic little rooms with fireplaces and a great party room. Prices remain reasonable.

CASCIO’S. 1620 S. 10th St. 345-8313. Seven days. Been here forever and still cookin.’ This venerable steak emporium has been a mainstay of the College World Series crowd.

CHARLESTON’S. Just north of West Dodge Road at the Boys Town exit. 431-0023. Open seven days. Don’t let the chain ID fool you – this is a top notch restaurant – casual, with an eclectic menu that includes upscale burgers, lots of salads, fish entrees, steaks, sandwiches, soups, ribs, crisp veggies and rich desserts – including a knockout bread pudding. Management is the key to success here. The ambience is gaslamp hideaway with a bar area popular on weekends.

THE DROVER. 2121 S. 73rd St. 391-7440. Open seven days. Tucked away on a side street, this longtime steakhouse favorite draws customers from the medical neighborhood at 72nd and Mercy Road. Cozy fireplace, good service.

801 CHOP HOUSE (in the Paxton House). 1403 Farnam.

341-1222. Open seven days. Formerly the Paxton Chop House, this beautiful, masculine spot is a twin to one in Des Moines and a major draw for elegant service and classic steakhouse fare. Perfect for memorable occasions, but Sunday night specials are affordable for anyone.

FLEMING’S. Next to Regency Court Shopping Center (south side). 393-0811. Open seven days. Big deal wine offerings here from climate controlled wine closets. Very attractive main dining room with some extra nooks and bar-side service, too. Char-grilled steaks are reasonably priced, with huge sides, and some major seafood offerings. Excellent service and a very nice ambience for a special evening out.

GENJI STEAK HOUSE. 14505 W Center Road. 333-8338.

Popular Japanese, group-style “teppanyaki” cooking with items sliced and diced on a hot metal surface, then tossed about in entertaining ways. Very healthful meals, with lots of protein (several kinds of beef, plus shrimp) and delicious chopped vegetables. Reasonably priced and fun for kids and adults alike.

JERICO’S. 11732 West Dodge Road. 496-0222. Open seven days. Longtime family-run steakhouse known for its prime rib.

JOHNNY’S CAFÈ. 4702 S. 27th St. 731-4774. Closed Sunday. One of Omaha’s most famous steakhouses, it was opened in 1922 by the Kawa family at the stockyards, where the family still operates it. Many loyal customers love the place for lunch or dinner.

JOHNNY’S ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE. 305 N. 170th St. in Village Pointe. 289-9210. Open seven days. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin would have loved this place – tricked out like a Hollywood 1940s supper club, Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse is one of an Iowa-based chain offering Italian pasta favorites along with steaks and chops. Desserts, made on the premises, are popular.

KOBE STEAKHOUSE OF JAPAN. 16801 Burke 402-391-1755.

Seven days. Long-running Japanese steak house offers healthy cuisine, entertaining chefs, reasonable prices and an attractive Regency location.

KONA GRILL. 295 N 170th St. 779-2900. Kona Grill is a sushi restaurant with lots more, including very imaginative appetizers and entrees with Hawaiian, Chinese, japanese and American touches (macadamia nut chicken, satay, potstickers, steamed soybeans, saki-marinated bass, sweet chili-glazed salmon and even a meatloaf made with sweet Italian and Louisiana sausage!). Loads of interesting dipping sauces, too, plus full sushi offerings LONE STAR STEAKHOUSE & SALOON. 3040 S. 143rd Plaza.

333-1553. Open seven days. Last of a chain here, they do a good job with burgers and sandwiches, homemade soups and chili, sirloin and ribeye, their own salad dressings, and good service.

MAHOGANY PRIME STEAKHOUSE. 13665 California St. 4454380. Boasting the top two per cent of Nebraska prime beef, this once very expensive spot also offers Australian lobster, grilled salmon filet with capers, shrimp and crabmeat; plus lots of salads, lamb, porkchops, bacon-wrapped scallops, king crab legs and a famous house martini. Prices have moderated recently.

OMAHA CHOPHOUSE. Omaha Marriot, 10220 Regency Circle. 399-9000. This is the latest entry at Regency, which once had Allie’s and the fabulous Chardonnay fine dining restaurant. Now it’s a steak place with the usual cuts, plus seafood, fancy sandwiches, various chicken entrees, salads and a pretty extensive wine list.

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OMAHA PRIME. 415 S. 11th St. in the Old Market. 3417040. Closed Sunday. Mo Tajvar’s beautiful Old Market spot has a lovely bar area and a handsome room for his prime cuts of beef in this second floor Old Market beauty, complete with rear views of the Old Market Passageway and a smoking room behind glass. A la carte and expensive, like other “prime” beef establishments, but offering a lot of visual charm.

OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE. 7605 Cass St. 392-2212; 2414 S. 132 Street. 697-1199; 10408 S. 15th Street. 991-9275.

Open seven days. From the opening of the Cass Street original, this Florida-based chain has been one of the most successful chains here. Basically an American steakhouse, it puts up an Australian façade, but the menu offers steaks, ribs and chicken plus baked potatoes, slab fries and barbecued chicken. You can toss a shrimp or two on the Barbie, too. Omahans love them all.

PICCOLO PETE’S. 2202 S 20th St., 342-9038. In South Omaha since 1933, Picolo Pete’s is a classic Omaha Italian steakhouse, with Italian pastas to augment the steaks – plus big salads, burgers, hot roast beef, many breaded items, many fish, kids menu and even pizza.

Try the chicken gizzards – folks love them. Prices are low to moderate.

PINK POODLE. 633 Old Lincoln Highway in Crescent, Iowa, just east of I-680. 545-3744. Closed Monday.

The famous doll collection is gone, but lots of folks think this rustic-style atmosphere and the steak and prime rib specialties are worth the short drive. Steaks, chops, lots of seafood, gizzards and livers, and an inexpensive children’s menu.

SULLIVAN’S STEAKHOUSE, 222 S. 15th St. 342-0077. Seven days. Across from the Public Library and very near the Holland Performing Arts Center, Sullivan’s is a handsome, friendly ’40s-style steakhouse downShoutomaha.com • Aug 14-21, 2014

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360 STEAKHOUSE at Harrah’s, One Harrah’s Blvd., Council Bluffs, (712) 329-6000. This upscale steakhouse sits at the top of Harrah’s Hotel, on the 12th floor, offering a unique view of the Omaha skyline.

The menu offers elegant beef entrees, seafood (lobster, tiger shrimp, scallops), lots of interesting sides and salads. Private dining room available.

BOURBON BBQ & STEAK at Ameristar Casino, 2200 River Road, Council Bluffs, (712) 328-8888, has replaced the Waterfront Grill there with a menu chock with barbecued pork and chicken items, plus some steaks, salads, sandwiches, seafood in an eclectic mix. Less high hat than its predecessor, it aims for a more regular crowd, including kids.

FINE DINING BISTRO 121. 12129 West Center Road. 697-5107. Former location of Claudia’s, this handsome spot is now Walter Hecht’s new version of his Old Vienna Restaurant, a south Omaha fixture for decades. This Swiss chef offers European fare, including liver dumpling soup, escargot, mussels, Provencal shrimp, duck, lamb and veal entrees, plus risotto with grilled chicken and even Oysters Rockefeller – and you can get a New York strip steak, too. Some of the same plus excellent sandwiches, salads and soups at bargain lunch prices.

Lots of California wines. Hecht is a real veteran of the

Omaha dining scene.

THE FLATIRON CAFÈ. 17th and Howard streets. 344-3040.

Closed Sunday; dinner only six days. Steve and Kathleen Jamrozy have established the gold standard for Omaha restaurants in a lovely room in a triangleshaped building reminiscent of old New York, complete with huge window walls and a tree-shaded patio. Great service, great food, very popular with Orpheum-going crowds all year.

LE VOLTAIRE. 155th Plaza at West Dodge Road (north side). 934-9374. Closed Sunday, Monday. French owner-chef Cedric Fichepain has combined Paris with Alsace in his unpretentious suburban bistro, where the menu offers what you’d expect: French onion soup, bouillabaisse, escargot, duck liver, duck confit, coq au vin, filet mignon and even crepes suzette. Nice wine choices, good service, intimate, very reasonably priced.

LIBERTY TAVERN. In the Hilton Hotel, at 1001 Cass St., across from the Qwest Center. 998-4321. Open seven days. This fine dining restaurant now has a unique and appealing outdoor dining area, California style, that seats 80 – it’s centered on a modernist fireplace and you can order from the indoors restaurant.menu or the less expensive bar menu. The indoors area is attractively modern and has a menu reflecting the “farm to table” movement, with an emphasis on locally provided items, including Iowa pork and Nebraska chicken. Chef Michael Rhodes is doing upscale comfort foods: corn chowder, corn fritters, sweet potato and duck hash, seafood pot pie, flatiron steak,

meatloaf, mac and cheese, but also elegant steak and fish entrees. The big deal dish is the imperial Wagyu beef strip steak from Blair, Neb., with Iowa Maytag blue cheese butter. Creative desserts add to the fun.

V. MERTZ. 1022 Howard St., 345-8980. V. Mertz has to be one of the two or three best restaurants in Nebraska.

Irresistibly attractive at the grotto level of the Old Market Passageway, it provides a womb of old brick, wine racks, sprays of flowers and an ancient Roman style wall fountain, it is perfectly romantic, half- hidden and mysteriously likeable. Executive Chef John Engler oversees a menu that makes the best of organic produce from nearby Crescent, Iowa, lamb, beef and seafood. Artisan cheeses are available after dinner along with some sumptuous desserts. The wine selection is extensive and sophisticated (a semi-finalist for wine service in the James Beard awards). V. Mertz is one of the city’s most expensive restaurants but is worth it (the tasting menu is $100).

NEIGHBORHOOD Anchor Inn, 5413 S. 72nd St. 402-341-1313. anchorinnbar.com – Home of the famous watermelon – and still the best party in town – the Anchor Inn offers daily lunch specials, including the new roasted chicken!

Keep an eye our for some new dinner specials in the very near future. Until then, do your stomach a favor and take it to the Anchor Inn for some of “Junior’s Jumbo Hot Wings” or the “Flour Sandbar Nachos.”

And that’s just for starters. Make sure to try “Anchor Inn’s Famous 1/2 Pound Burger” or “Anchor Inn’s Famous Chicken Sandwich.”

BAILEY’S BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. 1259 S. 120th St. 9325577. Comfort food done with flair. For breakfast; all your favorites, featuring Omaha’s finest Eggs Benedict – 6 varieties, (and Crepes, too) topped with Hollandaise made fresh every day. Come try the best bacon you will ever eat! Breakfast served all day.

And treat yourself to some of Omaha’s finest Salads, Soups, and Sandwiches, plus Chicken Fried Steak, fresh Angus burgers, and Bloody Mary’s and Mimosas. When is the last time you had really good Egg Salad or Chicken Salad??? Open 7 days a week 7:00 – 2:00.

BARRETT’S BARLEYCORN. 4322 Leavenworth, 558-5520. A neighborhood place with burgers, phillies and other sandwiches. Daily specials and a sports bar ambience.

BENE PIZZA AND PASTA. 12301 West Maple Road. 4980700. Open seven days a week. Retro pizza spot with ‘70s look – sandwiches, too.

BIG FRED’S PIZZA GARDEN. 119th and Pacific streets. 3334414. Open seven days. Hugely popular pizza joint that attracts crowds all the time, especially on weekends. Sports bar atmosphere with lots of noise.

BILLY FROGGS. 1120 Howard St. in the Old Market. 3414427. 8724 Dodge St. (397-5719; 84th and Giles. Open Seven days. The original on Howard Street has a very nice tree-shaded outdoor dining area and all three pull in a younger crowd for burgers, hot dogs, pub fare and a broad selection of domestic and imported beers. Good hang-out spots.

BOB MONKEY’S NOODLE ZOO. 4950 Dodge Street. 932-9971.

Offbeat lunch place with soups, salads and sandwiches.

BRAZEN HEAD IRISH PUB. 319 N. 78th St., just off West Dodge. 393-3731. Seven days. Irish pub, close to the real thing (the owners imported some parts of it from Ireland). Mixes Irish/English fare with American pub favorites. Huge beer list.

BREWBURGERS. 4629 S. 108th St. 614-7644. Lots of TVs – lives up to its name.

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dining nibbles BUFFALO WILD WINGS. 48th and L streets (734-8088); 76th and Dodge streets (343-9464); 10525 S. 15th St. (9919464); 146th Street and West Maple Road (492-9464); 4287 S. 144th St. (861-9464). Popular wing spot with lots of beer.

CAFFEINE DREAMS. 4524 Farnam St. 932-2803. Multi-level outdoor seating, under the trees, is a dream here, in this ‘60s kind of coffee house. Great brew plus pastries, sandwiches, granola, smoothies and the like.

THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY. 10120 California St. at Westroads. 393-1166. Seven days. Enormous chain restaurant done up in exotic architecture and interiors that resemble a British officers’ club in Egypt in the 19th century. Big operation with a huge menu: glamburgers, white chicken chili, Asian fare, fish ‘n chips, all kinds of sandwiches, soups, salads; imaginative items mixing culinary styles – crabcake sandwich, Cuban sandwich, stuffed mushrooms, pizza, fried zucchini, mini corndogs, steaks, beef ribs, pork chops, salmon, tuna, shrimp scampi and, of course, lots of different cheesecakes. It would take months to work your way through this menu. Good family spot.

CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE. 168th and West Dodge Road (Village Pointe). 289-4210. Outrageous Caribbean/island décor frames a restaurant with all kinds of exotic burgers and sweet-flavored specialties and tropical drinks.

DOC & EDDIE’S BBQ. 168th and Harrison (on west side of 168th, a block north of Harrison). 895-7427. Bare bones spot where the food is everything. Established

by Dr. Jeffrey DeMare, a pediatric physician, and his late partner, Eddie Vacek. Tasty, slow-cooked meats – does a lot of take-out via drive-through.

DON CARMELO’S. 2647 S. 159th Plaza (333-5256) In Rockbrook at 108th and Center Streets (933-3190); 3113 N. 120th St. (333-5256); 1024 N. 204th Ave (289-9800) New York-style pizzerias offering pizza, calzones and similar fare.

THE DUNDEE DELL. 5007 Underwood Ave. 553-9501.

Seven days. Dundee classic known for its fish and chips, hot sandwiches and burgers. A neighborhood spot with a big following (especially at lunch), its bar has well over 100 imported beers plus some superb Scotch offerings.

FAMOUS DAVE’S. Several Omaha metro locations, including a new one at Eagle Run on West Maple Road.

This chain BBQ spot has good basic BBQ fare, plus lots of sides, generous portions, nice atmosphere and good service.

FIREWATER GRILLE. 7007 Grover Street, in the Comfort Inn. 452-FIRE (3473). Live music and offbeat island cuisine in this Hawaiian-themed bar/restaurant attached to a motel.

FUDDRUCKERS. 7059 Dodge St., 556-0504. 16920 Wright Plaza #118, 932-7790. Fuddruckers boasts the “World’s Greatest Hamburgers,” and they have a big variety of them. Good spot for kids.

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GOLDBERG’S IN DUNDEE, 5008 Dodge St., 5562006. Especially popular at lunch with sandwiches, soups, burgers, salads.

HARKERT’S BBQ. 4865 Center St., 554-0102. Old time and small BBQ spot favored by insiders. Hickor-smoked meats and sides. Does a lot of take-out.

JAMS. 7814 Dodge St. 399-8300. Closed Sunday. One of Omaha’s best restaurants and one of the most popular. Mark Hoch’s long room with a bar is still a cool place, with an eclectic, inventive menu that changes often but always offers a two-tier selection ranging from inexpensive burgers, sandwiches and meatloaf to very original, often Southwest-inspired entrees.

Great bar is a watering hole for thirtyish and fortyish singles. Not easy to get a table on weekend nights, but worth the wait.

JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN. 1421 Farnam St. 342-3662.

Now that Butsy Ledoux’s is closed there aren’t many Louisiana-style places around here, but Jazz offers a version of Cajun and Creole fare that resembles a place you might stumble into just off Bourbon Street.

JOE TESS’ PLACE. 5424 S. 24th St. 731-7278. Closed Monday. Oldtime neighborhood place famous for fish, fish, fish (trout, walleye, tilapia) and all fresh, plus shrimp, oysters – many fried items, with the catfish renowned, but they do steaks, chicken and other entrées on their huge menu. Chicken and fish sandwiches galore, plus seafood stews and chowders.

Lots of sides, kids’ menu. The “famous fish” is served on rye bread for $6.50. Pitchers of beer, cream cheese cakes. Big Friday night crowds. Prices are low, but cash preferred. Live fish market, lots of carryout business.

KING KONG. 4409 Dodge St., 553-3326. 5250 S. 72nd St., 932-6420. 3362 S. 13th St., 934-8988. Don’t let the name fool you – this is basically a Greek restaurant, with

excellent gyro’s, but they do burgers and phillie sandwiches and lots more.

LA BUVETTE WINE BAR AND DELI. 511 S. 11th St. in the Old Market. 344-8627. Open seven days. Despite the limited offerings, La Buvette is one of the city’s better restaurants. Technically (in France) a bistro is a wine shop that also offers food – that’s La Buvette. It is crammed with bottles of wine and you can have a terrific dinner consisting of only wine, fine cheeses and baguette French bread – and that’s the truth. But they do have appetizers and entrees, too: foi gras, pate’, mussels, salmon, chicken, lamb shanks, veal cheeks and other bistro fare. French doors open to make the whole place a sidewalk café.

La Mesa, 156th and Q streets; 110th and Maple streets; 84th and Tara Plaza; Hwy 370 & Fort Crook Rd, Bellevue, and Council Bluffs (Lake Manawa Exit). Voted as Omaha’s best Mexican restaurant 8 times times in a row., La Mesa offers free chips and salsa, great portions and a fun atmosphere.

The menu is broad, with everything from classics, such as burritos, fajitas, enchiladas, tacos, tamales and tostadas. Specialties include Chilaquiles Mexicanos, the El Magnifico, Chicken Chipolte Salad and El Patron (shrimp). La Mesa offers over 100 tequilas, the largest selection in the area!

LANSKY’S PIZZA, Pasta and Philly, 4601 S. 50th St., 7311919; 3909 Twin Creek Dr., Bellevue, 502-0555; 1131 N. Broadway, Council Bluffs, (712) 329-5400. Philly steak sandwiches and pizza – they dominate here.

LE PEEP, 2012 N. 117th Ave. 991-8222; (other locations in Pepperwood Village at 156th and West Dodge, and at 177th and West Center Road). Aneel and Hope Taj oversee three locations where everything is fresh and the huge pancakes rival those at the Market Basket (ask for pecans and bananas in yours); eggs Benedict and other egg creations are ambrosial, bacon and sau-

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LISA’S RADIAL CAFÈ. 817 N. 40th St. 551-2176. Open seven days for breakfast, Friday only for dinner. Lisa Schembri and family run a very special place here – a neighborhood breakfast spot that brings a touch of California to Omaha (Lisa did culinary studies there).

In a very old building they offer one hundred different kinds of French toast, elegant egg dishes, every kind of pancake, a vast number of omelets, Farmer Brothers coffee and downhome cooking on Friday nights.

THE MARKET BASKET. 87th and Pacific streets in the Countryside Village Shopping Center. 397-1100.

Breakfast and lunch seven days; no dinner on Monday. One of Omaha’s little wonder restaurants, long a favorite with the carriage trade, especially for breakfast and lunch. Liz Liakos’ place is also a bakery, with two dining rooms and she has waxed on the breakfast lunch business while also endeavoring to build up the dinner business with a succession of top notch chefs. Coffees and teas here are wunderbar, as are the pancakes, quiches, French toast, egg dishes, potato dishes, muffins, pastries and everything breakfast.

Liz has homemade ice cream, elegant luncheon sandwiches – some longtime favorites such as the Custer and the herb roast beef; marvelous salads, all kinds of sophisticated touches in soups, burgers, sides, desserts. Chef Justen Beller does a fusion Euro-American dinner menu at bargain prices. Great Sunday brunch, too. This restful, tasteful little place would be right at home in the Fine Dining section of this publication.

MCKENNA’S BLUES, BOOZE AND BBQ. 7425 Pacific Street.

393-7427. Seven days. Opened almost twenty years ago with a Texas/Louisiana road house look and menu, McKenna’s has popular BBQ offerings that are less sweet and drippy than most (brisket, pulled chicken and pork, ribs), plus New Orleans gumbo, and great side dishes, including baked beans, a creamy red potato salad, Louisiana red beans and rice, melt-in-your-mouth cornbread and more. Good desserts, too.

M’S PUB. 422 S. 11th St. in the Old Market. 342-2550.

Seven days. With La Buvette, M’s is one of the Old Market’s top neighborhood restaurants and pubs – and one of the city’s better dining spots. The bar has been hugely popular since the place was opened in 1972 (it is now run by Ron Samuelson of Vivace, with Anne Mellen). Pub fair shares the menu with exciting dinner specials. The Iowa grilled pork sandwich is famous as is the Omaha grilled beef sandwich. The salad, appetizer and sandwich lists go on forever and the sophisticated evening fare includes ribeye, halibut, pastas, salmon, halibut, and duck breast, but the burger/sandwich/salads are available all day, too.

This is a great place with wonderful ambience and tends to be jammed at lunch and dinner.

MILLARD ROADHOUSE. 13325 Millard Ave. 891-9292.

Seven days (brunch on Sunday, too, plus lunch buffet other days). Karen Menard’s family-style restaurant favors downhome cooking (broasted chicken, chicken-fried steaks, French dip and other hot sandwiches, roast beef Phillies, grilled cheese, liver and onions, prime rib, pork chops). Great for kids and reasonable on the pocket book.

MIMI’S CAFE. 301 N. 175th Plaza, 289-9610. A wide array of appetizers, homemade soups, unique salads and seasonal features are waiting just for you at Mimi’s.

Signature sandwiches and burgers include an excellent Meatloaf Ciabatta sandwich and a succulent patty melt. A fish market, great steaks and chops as

well. Don’t forget the espresso bar and wine menu.

NEWMAN’S PASTA CAFE. 2559 S. 171st St., near West Center Road (Lakeside Plaza). 884-2420. Open seven days. Another “oodles of noodles” spot in the fastservice mode. In addition to lots of noodle dishes, you can get Thai lettuce wraps, fresh mozzarella drizzled with olive oil, Thai curry beef, chicken Florentine, spicy Thai peanut noodles and cranberry spinach salad with almonds. Pastas are Asian, Southwest, stroganoff, Japanese. Desserts include key lime pie, cotton candy and pastry tubes.

NICOLA’S in the Market. 13th and Jackson streets in the Old Market. 345-8466. Lunch Monday-Friday; dinner Tuesday-Sunday. Italian meets Mediterranean at Nicola Nick’s Old Market trattoria where you can browse through a menu sporting authentic country Italian favorites: eggplant, cheeses, Italian sausage and ham ingredients, a wonderful lasagna Mediterranean, grilled chicken, stuffed pastas. But the star of the menu is ravioli in many tempting, delicious combinations. Sauces here are important and the long pasta menu will intrigue. Excellent little spot with bargain prices considering the care taken in preparation NOODLES & COMPANY. 203 S. 72nd St. 393-0586 and 16920 Wright Plaza, 330-1012. Open seven days. Like Newman’s, it’s an “oodles of noodles” spot in fast-service mode (no servers). There are at least a dozen noodle dishes, plus chicken/vegetable pot stickers in a mostly Asian style but with Wisconsin macaroni and cheese, too, and some Italian pastas. Flat Tire beer is available, but few desserts.

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OZONE. 7220 F St. 331-7575. Ozone offers hand-cut steaks, slow-cooked prime rib, baby back ribs, classic salads, Southwest-inspired appetizers, steak and pork tenderloin sandwiches, rosemary chicken, plus live entertainment.

PETROW’S. 5914 Center St. 551-0552. Closed Sunday.

Diner style restaurant in older Omaha neighborhood, Petrow’s is a legend. They offer soda fountain goodies (old-fashioned malts and sundaes), hot sandwiches: pork tenderloin, French dip; their own chili, liver and onions, chopped beef steak, onion rings, waffle fries, footlong hot dogs, reuben, smoked turkey melt, chicken fried steak, classic Nebraska burger; homemade pies, floats and freezes and lots more. Forget about calories here and dream your way back to the ‘60s, when it opened.

PIZZA KING. 1101 N. Broadway, Council Bluffs, (712) 323-9228; Longtime family-run spot has T-bones, a filet mignon, a NY strip and a Rib Eye, plus Alaskan King Crab – and, of course, plenty of pizzas. Big place, reasonable prices.

PIZZA SHOPPE. 6056 Maple St. 556-9090. The mission of the Pizza Shoppe Collective is to provide a unified vehicle of expression to artists and a positive atmosphere of performance within the community. The Collective will host a combination of local/national concerts, gallery shows, theater performances, dance, poetry, comedy, and ethnic cuisine in an effort to support the restoration of spirit within all art forms, so that we may encourage all to support each individual perspective of the human condition. And their pizza is pretty darn good, too!

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QUAKER STEAK & LUBE. 3320 Mid-America Drive, Council Bluffs. 322-0101. Quaker Steak & Lube markets itself as “America’s No. 1 motor sports family restaurant.” Buckets of chicken wings with nearly 20 different sauces – some tongue-tingling hot.

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dining nibbles RICK’S CAFÈ BOATYARD. 345 Riverfront Drive (6th Street).

345-4545. Open seven days. They keep changing the name – is it Rick’s Café Boatyard or Rick’s Boatyard Café? Either way, the huge place offers a view of the Missouri River and seats as many outside as inside.

This is a place for drinks, the view and lots and lots of seafood: fresh, fried, every which way. Huge menu with something for everyone.

RUBY TUESDAY. 10387 Pacific St. (One Pacific Place).

Open seven days. 391-3702. Ruby’s is a chain survivor because of its ever-changing menus, attention to detail, good service, and an always good salad bar.

The interior has been spiffed up a bit recently, but the menu remains eclectic and family-oriented. This is one of the city’s best chain restaurants.

SAM & LOUIE’S NEW YORK PIZZERIA 6920 N 102nd Circle.

445-4244; 2416 Cuming St. 884-7773; 2062 N 117th Ave. 496-7900; 7641 Cass St. 390-2911; 1125 Jackson St. 884-5757; 541 N 155th Plaza 965-3858; 2062 N 17th Ave. 496-7900. 5352 S 72nd St., Ralston 505-9200; 14208 S St. 895-0811; 607 Pinnacle Dr, Papillion. 6140077. Open seven days. New York style pizza with hand-tossed crusts, plus a load of other items – salads, Stromboli, calzones, hoagies, burgers, sandwiches, lasagna and other pastas.

SGT. PEFFERS. 1501 N. Saddle Creek Road. 558-7717.

13760 Millard Ave. 932-6211. Authentic, old world ingredients and techniques provide delicious traditional specialties and the unique. Sgt. Peffers offers call ahead take out service for the gourmet on the go, as well as home delivery and catering. Recipes are designed to

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offer low sodium, low cholesterol and low sugar while providing complex carbohydrates and protein.

SHUCKS FISH HOUSE & OYSTER BAR. 1218 S. 119th St (402827-4376), and also in the Shops of Legacy, SW corner of 168th & Center (402-763-1860, just north of Lifetime Fitness). Open 7 days a week. Have you ever been to a fish shack on the coast? You’ll like Shucks!

Open 7 days a week. Shrimp or Oyster Po’ Boys, Fried Clam Strips, Shrimp, Walleye, Calamari and Oysters (all VERY lightly breaded). Plus Crab Cakes, Clam Chowder, Gumbo, Salads and Daily Fresh Fish Specials. Featuring a large variety of Oysters on the Half Shell, shucked right in front of you. Significant Happy Hour 2-6, every day.

SPIRIT WORLD. 7517 Pacific St. 391-8680. Closed Sunday. By far the best deli in Omaha, Spirit World is a wonderful place to wander around in, loaded as it is with imported wine, cheeses and other food items.

Much of the business is take-out but there is sit-down for the terrific deli salads, sliced meats, gourmet sandwiches, soups, hot specials, cheese plates, desserts and other goodies. A bit expensive (lots of the deli salads are $12/pound), it is worth it.

STOKES. 646 N 114th St. and 12th and Howard streets, in the Old Market, 498-0804. A Southwestern restaurant known for imaginative mixing of styles, sauces, foods – always in an eclectic direction. Don’t expect pure mom and pop Mexican or predictable Tex-Mex. This place has a mind of its own – the enchiladas slathered with white and poblano sauces and the steak tacos are renowned. It is regularly recognized

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by Wine Spectator Magazine for wine offerings and service. Lots of exotic drinks and drink specials. Nice patio at the Old Market location. The original is in Miracle Hills.

do raspberry-glazed chicken breast, shrimp linguini, bacon-wrapped shrimp, braised lamb shank, and smoked gouda beer soup. A fun place for lunch, dinner or some food at the long bar.

SUMMER KITCHEN CAFÈ. 1203 Cornhusker Road, Bellevue, 291-4544. Three Omaha locations. Another Omaha restaurant-cum-bakery place for downhome family fare and lots of pies, cakes and pastries. Big on breakfast and lunch (many specials at lunchtime) and for dinner – again lots of specials (pot roast, hot turkey dinner, hot beef sandwiches, chicken specials, etc.). Great cakes, pies and breakfasts (all day).

WHEATFIELDS. One Pacific Place (1224 S. 103rd). 9551485. Open seven days. Ron Popp started with the Garden Café operation years ago and has continued the restaurant-cum bakery concept with his very popular Wheatfields, an attractive and popular spot in One Pacific Place. The garden room is cool and nestled in greenery and the main dining room is packed most of the time. There is a huge bakery off to one side. Breakfasts are big here with all the usual egg dishes, plus casseroles, waffles, French toast, pancakes, fruit dishes, quiche and lots more; lunches offer Midwestern sandwich favorites, plus entrees with a Mitteleuropa touch (a Swiss hotel salad, fondues, Swiss baked steak, spaetzle, Alsatian baked beef), plus a cornucopia of other dishes beyond counting (honey-baked chicken, eggplant Romero, a $10 fruit bowl, untold salads with 15 homemade dressings).

Dinner has a Euro touch, too, with Dusseldorf and Black Forest casseroles, halibut Lyonnaise, Swiss steak, beef and noodles, but also steaks, seafood and BBQ ribs! How they do it all, I don’t know, but their basic stuff is very good, as are the cobbler desserts, pies and cakes. On top of all this, they have nightly specials.

TANNER’S BAR AND GRILL. 156th and West Maple Road.

884-5100. Open seven days. Big sports bar with burgers and pub food, it is famous for its “Blair wings,” a hotter version of the restaurant’s regular chicken wings. At Tanner’s they mix up five gallons of fresh salsa each day. Lots of happy hour and other drink specials TGI FRIDAY’S (3 locations). 3636 N. 156th St. 965-8443.

17535 Gold Plaza 330-8443. 10000 California St. 3902600. Eclectic chain restaurant that does good lunch business. Menu is all over the map: Mexican, Asian, American, Italian – potstickers to surf ‘n turf; fajitas to burgers; buffalo wings to BBQ ribs; Cobb salad to shrimp scampi; sirloin to honey mustard chicken sandwich; nachos to Cajun shrimp pasta. How can they do it all? Well, they try. Bar, reasonable prices.

UPSTREAM BREWING COMPANY. 11th and Jackson streets in the Old Market (344-0200) and 171st and West Center. 778-1161. Open seven days. Big, friendly restaurants for family dining – the original in the Old Market is a gem, with perhaps the best bar in town.

Locals own and run Upstream with meticulous attention to detail. The menus are fairly imaginative despite all the comfort foods: pot roast, meatloaf, halfpound burger, pork schnitzel, pizza. But they can also

ZIO’S PIZZERIA. 1213 Howard St. 344-2222. 7834 West Dodge Road 391-1881. 12997 West Center Road 3301444. Usha and Daniel Sherman founded the Zio’z chain in 1985 – an instant success. The thin-crust New York style pizzas, with hand-stretched, homemade dough, have a huge range of toppings, are transfat free and use natural chicken. Pastas are fresh, some vegetarian, and offer a vast range of sauces. Hot wings, calzones and hoagies are also available. Desserts are few but rich and tasty. These are exceptionally well run restaurants, eager to please.

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The Lauter Tun Fine Ales and Spirits, 3309 Oak View Drive #102, 402-934-6999. thelautertun.com – You’ll find a large selection of craft and import beers on tap and in bottle, as well as craft spirits from around the country. Rather have a cocktail? The Lauter Tun’s cocktail list uses only fresh ingredients and well crafted spirits. Choose from one of their signature drinks, or go old-school with a classic. Check out the Lauter Tun’s weekly cocktail and beer specials. And there’s live jazz and acoustic music.

Anchor Inn, 5413 S. 72nd St. 402-341-1313. anchorinnbar. com – One word: Watermelon! It’s the famous watermelon cocktail, at the Anchor Inn, still the best party in town. You’ll find all kinds of drink specials at the Anchor Inn to go along with a ton of food specials, including the all-you-can-eat fish fry (5-10 p.m.), which comes with fried and coleslaw ($8).

Nowhere On the Lake, 4150 S. 144th St., 402-894-9411 – Wednesday night is S.I.N. Night (Service Industry Night), with half-price appetizers from 10 p.m. to midnight; flip off your favorite bartender for free drinks from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., and a DJ spinning music all night. On Thursdays, it’s “Thursday Night Countdown,” with free salsa lessons from 8 to 10 p.m., and drink specials galore!

Door 19, 1901 Leavenworth St., 402-933-3033 – Thursdays is “Singles Night” featuring drink specials. On Fridays, it’s karaoke.

Firewater Grille, 7007 Grover St., 402-452-3473. firewatergrille.com – Located inside the Comfort Inn & Suites, the

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Firewater Grille has specials every night of the week – including “Monday Monday Madness,” with $2 off burgers and $7 domestic pitchers and 25-cent wings. Wednesday is “Ladies Night,” and Friday is “Luau Night.”

Spearmint Rhino Gentlemen’s Club, 2449 N. 13th St., Carter Lake, Completely renovated, the world-renowned Spearmint Rhino Gentlemen’s Club is now open. Look for a special deal on their ad in this week’s issue of Shout!

Varsity Sports Cafe, Dundee (402-934-9439); Ralston (402-339-1944); Millard (402-505-6660); Bellevue (402-9321944). varsityromanpizza.com – Happy hour Monday-Friday 3-7 p.m. and a late-night happy hour Sunday-Thursday from 10 p.m. to close.

Quaker Steak & Lube, 3220 Mid America Drive, Council Bluffs. thelube.com – Mondays are kids eat free nights, with prizes and fun for the kids; Tuesdays are all you eat wings for $11.99; Wednesdays are bike night, with live music, a beer garden and any burger for $5.99; and Thursdays are classic car nights, with a DJ and her garden.

La Mesa, 156th and Q streets; 110th Street and West Maple Road; Ft. Crook Road and Hwy 370, Bellevue; Lake Manawa Exit, Council Bluffs. la-mesa.com – Today, La Mesa serves over 10 locations in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. In addition. expansion plans for more locations are in the works.

The ingredients of success for La Mesa include a stable, strong employment team which recognizes performance through management advancement. In fact, many of La Mesa’s employees have over 10 years of service. It’s this consistency that is reflected in every meal La Mesa serves. La Mesa’s “authentic”

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taste is created from family recipes made with only the freshest quality ingredients. Each location is decorated to promote a fun, colorful atmosphere and create a unique customer experience. Finally, La Mesa’s prices make it an affordable value for the entire family to enjoy. La Mesa is committed to striving for excellence and is annually recognized as the “Best Mexican Restaurant” in many of its markets.

Holiday Lounge, 7846 West Dodge Road, 402-391-4442.

– Where tradition meets today, the Holiday Lounge is right in the middle of Omaha, and offers DirectTV, big screens and a fun atmosphere.

The Pipeline, 1300 S. 72nd St. – Hawaii’s own Pipeline beach is brought to the Omaha crowd with legendary college night and a fun bar atmosphere. The drinks are always cold and the scenery is sure to please the eyes, with burgers and Phillies cooked to order. Monday is half-priced wings! Specials every night of the week!

Argus 109, Carlisle Hotel, 10909 M. St. – Wednesdays offer Happy Hour all night, no cover and $1.50 wells and $1 draws.

Thursdays is Ladies Night (ladies are free, fellas, $5). There’s also a “Hot Bikini Contest” on Thursdays! On Fridays everyone free until 11 p.m., $5 after. And Saturdays are “Club Night”!

Maloney’s, An Irish Pub, 1830 N. 72nd St., maloneysomaha. com – Maloney’s got the most votes from our Facebook friends for best outdoor drinking area. The Irish judge their pubs based on “craic” (Irish for atmosphere) and this pub has it. There’s pool, darts, shuffleboard, mega-touch and volleyball leagues, a 100-inch big screen and several other screens to watch the game. Maloney’s has a variety of beer and alcohol, as well as the largest selection of Irish Whiskey in the state of Nebraska.

Glo Lounge, 3201 Farnam St., glomidtown.com - It’s dinner and a movie with accommodating style. Glo Lounge is new and it’s located right inside Midtown Crossing’s Cinedine Theatre.

The perfect end to a first date, Glo “breaks the ice” for you with smooth drinks and a relaxing bar staff ready to meet your every need. Check them out online for additional drink and daily specials.

Rick’s Cafe Boatyard, 345 Riverfront Dr., rickscafeboatyard.com – Talk about a great outdoor drinking spot! There are PLENTY of seats on this riverfront restaurant and bar’s patio.

Marylebone, 3710 Leavenworth St. – One of Omaha’s longtime popular bars is now serving lunch again, with daily specials worth checking out. The bar also has a great patio area for those who want to take their drinks outside. And for baseball fans, the Marylebone has your favorite team TV with their MLB package.

Rock Bottom, 1101 Harney St., rockbottom.com – With an ideal Old Market patio that is always hopping, the Rock Bottom offers award-winning beers from across the country - all in one spot. The best part? You’ll never have to say, “I’ll take another please,” because you can pour it yourself. That’s right.

Their party booths are equipped with a tap just for you and your friends.

The Sydney, 5918 Maple St., thesydneybenson.com – One of Benson’s most popular bars, the Sydney offers great drink specials and the best in local live music. On Mondays, the Sydney offers $1 PBRs from open to close! And on Sundays, there’s free pool from open to close! Get outside and enjoy one of those on the patio!

Rehab Lounge, 2615 S. 120th St., rehabomaha.com – A new lounge on the scene, Rehab offers themed nights, signature drinks, comfortable seating, and exceptional customer service.

North Shore Tavern, 102nd Maple St., northshoreo-

bar briefs maha.com – Bike Night at the North Shore Tavern is back on Mondays, so bring your hog! With 16 beers on tap, foosball, darts, pool, it is a great hangout place. Especially if your are a fan of Major League Baseball. Catch all the action of MLB at North Shore.

Brewsky’s, several locations in Omaha, brewskys.com – You’ll find great outdoor patios at Brewsky’s, where they offer a menu created by a certified executive chef and where they have invested in state-of-the-art technology and assembled the area’s most extensive line-up of sports programming. Sports fan? Yeah, you’ve found your home!

Gator O’Malley’s, 12143 W Center Road, gatoromalleys. com – Want a taste of the Down Under? Gator O’ Malley’s is the place for you. There’s a wide host of drink specials. They are open daily with late night kitchen specials and nightly entertainment options. Monday’s are “Micro Madness” with $1 off all micro beers; Thursday’s offers live blues music; and Fridays and Saturdays it’s the hottest bands live.

La Buvette, 511 S. 11th St., labuvetteomaha.com – Another popular outdoor drinking spot for our Facebook friends, who recommended this Old Market staple. La Buvette is a retail wine shop, wine bar and deli with an emphasis on French wines.

Twin Peaks, 17330 West Center Road, twinpeaksrestaurant.com – Seriously: What guy doesn’t crave incredibly tasty house-made comfort food? Or draft beer so cold that ice crystals form in the glass? Or his favorite sports on state-of-the-art TVs in a rugged mountain lodge setting? Twin Peaks has all of that – and to top it off, it’s all offered up by friendly, attentive, and beautiful Twin Peaks Girls.

The Hive Lounge, 19th Street and St. Marys Ave. thehiveomaha.com – The Hive Lounge, a new evening destination in downtown Omaha, is becoming the go-to spot for those looking for great drinks at awesome prices. You will find local music, local art and local craft beers among the Omaha flavors at the Hive Lounge. The lounge has a reverse happy hour, as well as darts and several big screen TVs. Don’t miss “Open Jazz Jam” on Sundays, and the “Open Blues Jams” on Tuesdays. And every Thursday it’s reggae night with Rhythm Collective, one of the city’s best groups!

Club O/O Dining, 1015 Farnam St., odining.com – O Dining offers food on the downstairs and the upper area of the restaurant is reserved for lounging, that’s where Club O comes in. Every Friday and Saturday, get table service, celebrate birthdays, bachelor and bachelorette parties! Get an amazing view of the Gene Leahy Mall, too!

Rose & Crown, 515 S. 20th St. – Our Facebook friends highly recommended the outdoor patio at Rose & Crown. We agree – it’s a classic, complete with a seaside vibe courtesy of fish nets and other coastal garb.

Eat the Worm, 1213 Howard St. – Feel like getting crazy?

Eat the Worm is the place for you! With a tequila list extending past 75 varieties, your group is bound to get a little naughty.

Divided among three styles: blanco, reposado, and añejo, the wide range of flavors are sure to meet anyone’s palate. So whether you are tasting from the bottom of the shot glass or the naval of someone intriguing, Eat the Worm is sure to facilitate bad behavior!

ENERGY SYSTEMS OVATIONS, 1200 Douglas St. - Ovations is a laid-back destination for wine, drinks and appetizers located on the first floor of the Holland Performing Arts Center.

The bar is a casual gathering place before and after performances, including Omaha Performing Arts’ and Omaha Symphony events.

The Old Mattress Factory, 501 N. 13th St., themattomaha.com – Enjoy the new Happy Hour Specials at the Matt, which has an amazing outdoor drinking area! Every M-F from 3-6 PM and Sun-Thurs from 10PM-1AM...Happy Hour @ The Matt will make you happy! $4 Martinis, Well Cocktails and House Wine, $1 off all Tap Beers and $.75 off all Domestic Bottles.

Phoenix Food & Spirits, 12015 Blondo St., phoenixfoodandspiritsomaha.com – Another popular choice for outdoor drinking from our Facebook friends. Live music, KENO, Golden Tee, Buck Hunter, Bowling, pool tables, dart boards, jukebox and the list keeps going! Food and drinks are plentiful as well!

Sandwiches and burgers are served daily until 10 p.m. with endless daily drink specials to swallow it all down.

Shuck’s Fish House Oyster Bar, 16901 Wright Plaza, 1218 S. 119th St., 19th and Leavenworth, absolutelyfresh.com – Open for lunch and dinner seven days a week, Shuck’s is an ideal place to throw back and beer along with an oyster on the half shell from their broad selection.

Louis Grill & Bar, 5702 N.W. Radial Highway, louisbar. com – Live goldfish races, washer tournaments and plenty of drink specials. Yes you heard right! Real entertainment comes in a new form at Louis’ Grill & Bar. With authentic Chicago dogs, the food here gives you a great taste of what you’ve been missing everywhere else. A Benson staple since 1934, Louis brings new experiences to the average bar goer.

Barrett’s Barleycorn Pub & Grill, 4322 Leavenworth St., barrettsomaha.com – Watch the big game (or any game!) and enjoy their great selection of cocktails and beers.

While you’re at it, they’ve also got a fantastic food menu, so you can make a night of it! Enjoy the great outdoors on their wonderful patio, or get right into the action on our great sand volleyball court.

O’Connor’s Irish Pub, 1217 Howard St., oconnorspub. com – Established in 2003, O’Connor’s is a locally owned and operated authentic Irish pub that has been the headquarters of the St. Patrick’s Day parade and hundreds of other local events.

They take pride in serving you the best Hibernian sustenance in downtown Omaha. Go on down pull up a chair and have a Guinness with Katie and the gang.

Mister Toad, 10th and Howard streets, mrtoadspub.com – Since 1970, Mr. Toad has been one of the most popular Old Market bars, with arguably the most popular outdoor patio, which our Facebook friends pointed out to us in droves.

Shamrock’s Pub & Grill, 5338 N. 103rd (Fort), shamrockspubandgrillomaha.com – Enjoy live music at Shamrock’s while taking in sweet drink deals during their Happy Hour Mon.Fri. from noon to 7 p.m. There are also food specials like the “Bucket O’ Beer” and “Basket O’ Wings” for just $20 on Sundays and Mondays! Get lucky at Shamrock’s for your next night out!

Stoli’s Lounge, 715 N. 120th St. stolislounge.com – Thinking of where to go for killer “Boys Night Out”? How about somewhere that offers free pool and a mean Karaoke number?

That’s right! Stoli’s gives you the perfect kickoff to your week.

With free pool on Mondays and live Karaoke on Tuesdays and Thursdays, come knock around with the guys and let loose.

Papa Chris’ Chicago Originals, 7024 Maple St., papachris.com – Check out Gimme Mondays for free swag and prizes. Enter to win t-shirts, free food & drink, posters, & more.

And there’s open mic Tuesdays, as well as Wednesday Game Night – FREE Wi-Fi, board games, galore, darts, beer pong, poker, and more! And Turnsday’s at Papa Chris’ – YOU get to be the DJ every Thursday night with Turnsday’s presented by Papa Chris’. Play your favorite tunes, dance to the music, vote for your favorites. Visit turntable.fm for more information.

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bar briefs Big Red Restaurant & Sports Bar, bigredrestaurantandsportsbar.com – Don’t just watch your team win ... experience the thrill of victory at Big Red Restaurant & Sports Bar. With fresh food that is made to order, including humongous fresh, never-frozen half-pound burgers, Big Red is taking the love of sports here in the heartland to new levels, giving you dozens of high-def TVs, daily drink and food specials and the thrill of live ball draw keno. Plus, at many locations you will find: Sand volleyball courts and leagues, outdoor, year-round eating areas, and 14-foot super screens.

Sullivan’s Bar, 3926 Farnam St., sullivansbar.tripod.com – An Omaha icon since 1954, the neighborhood bar is famous for dollar pints on Mondays. Entertainment includes open mic night on Tuesdays, Karaoke every Thursday, DJ every Saturday, and frequently scheduled live bands. Tucked away in the heart of midtown, Sullivan’s atmosphere makes you feel right at home while enjoying a cold one.

Whiskey Tango, 311 S. 15th St. – Billed as “Omaha’s Only Country Party Bar”, Whiskey Tango is located downtown above Jazz Restaurant. The bar features $2 Jell-O shots daily (closed Sundays) and boasts live country music with Pre/Post show parties. Get line-dancing lessons on Mondays and show off your skills at Fridays’ and Saturdays’ wild dance parties!

Zin Room, 316 S. 15th St., zinomaha.com - Located in the main level of the Hotel Deco, The Zin Room offers decadent food and sophisticated customer service. Eye capturing scenery from the wait staff to the decorative elements, Zin Room is the perfect place for an after work cocktail. Two stories, the vibrant new restaurant fits the needs of both the business man to the Indie sole searching for the newest hot spot in town!

It’s comfort meets style and its now right here in the heart of downtown.

Amerisports Bar, 2200 River Rd., Council Bluffs, ameristar.com – Contemplating where to catch the big game? Amerisports Casino & Bar is your place! Filled with 34 flat screen monitors, and one mammoth 167’ mega-screen, you are sure to catch every second of the action. Throughout the week, live entertainment pulls in a vibrant rock and roll crowd and with Amerisports extensive menu options, you’ve practically got a full night packed. In addition to everything to offer inside, Amerisports also provides free parking in the multi-story parking garage with a valet option available.

The Penthouse Lounge, 84th & K St., 402-331-9851, penthouseloungeomaha.com – This cozy bar offers a variety of options to young professionals such as yourself. The Penthouse Lounge brings comfort and style to the Omaha metro region with new horizons and a variety of entertainment options.

With Saturdays now housing Karaoke, Penthouse is a fun and relaxing venue to enjoy great drinks and good company!

Burke’s Pub, 6117 Maple St. – One of Benson’s popular collection of bars, Burke’s offers spirits with an Irish flare. You’ll find a large selection of beer on tap, as well as a nice variety of micro brews. Feel like a game? Try Burke’s Golden Tee or Silver Strike Bowling or Keno while you’re throwing one back.

In addition to all these options, Burke’s brings your “Happiest Hour” seven days a week!

Bushwackers, 7401 Main St. jmmbushwackers.com – From live music to dance lessons to great food and drinks, Bushwacker’s is the place to be when you want to kick up your heels and throw a few back. There’s live music every weekend, free couples dance lessons on Wednesdays and Friday night line dancing! With the feel of the South in your very own town, Bushwacker’s is a creative change of pace for everyone!

Caddy Shack, 2076 N. 117th Ave. caddyshackinc.com –

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It’s bar is about as legendary as the classic “Caddy Shack” the movie. But no worries, you don’t have to have a good golf swing to be warmly welcomed here. Caddy Shack offers a large open area for games and socializing. Their drink specials are sure to blow you out of the water too! Monday’s is “Bomb” night with the chance for you to order your favorite bomb shots at a measly $3!

California Bar, 510 N. 33rd St., calibaromaha.com – Established in 1937, this little gem, hides behind its simple exterior. Targeted towards the college crowd, California Bar makes going out affordable on the student crowd. With their I.D. drink system, students with their college I.D. receive their second drink for only a penny! For everyone else, California Bar hosts Happy Hour Mon-Fri from 5-6 pm and Mondays are FREE Pool day!

Candlelight, 5031 Grover St., thecandlelightlounge.com – The Candlelight Lounge is the self-described “official home of the 68 oz. Fishbowls and $1 Busch Lights.” Known for their School Daze Thursdays, the Candlelight has been serving up the specials for 19 years. With a huge dance floor, pool tables, darts and keno, the Candlelight has something for everyone.

Crescent Moon, 3578 Farnam St., Omaha, beercornerusa.com – Ever searched for the “odds” of Omaha? “Das Boot”, Hurricanes on tap, Belgian and German beers and a late bite to eat? Yes, Crescent Moon has it all! The three-in-one bar has one of the easiest bar crawls in the Midwest; housing the Huber House, Crescent Moon, and Max & Joe’s. Tucked away in midtown, this hidden secret is a great gathering place for friends and definitely worth exploring!

Harrah’s Stir Live & Loud, 1 Harrah’s Blvd., Council Bluffs. , harrahscouncilbluffs.com – In addition to being a token of Harrah’s Casino, Stir Live & Loud hosts a wide range of local and regional talent weekend nights . From Indie to Alternative Folk Rock, Stir is one of the area’s best live music venues during the summer. Take the short drive across the border and get ready for great drinks and good music.

Homy Inn, 1510 N. Saddle Creek Rd. - Feel like being fancy?

Homy Inn is infamous for their champagne on tap! This “small feel” bar offers big taste with their variety in bottled beer and eclectic crowd. In the heart of North Omaha, the Homy reaches out to its patrons with a wide range of fun activities to partake in while enjoying a cold one. Board games, peanuts, and fun music are the common threads that make this hidden secret something worth talking about.

Hooters, 12405 W. Center Rd. & 2910 23rd Ave., Council Bluffs – You may only think of Hooters as a place for great wings, but it turns out this dining hall has the full package. With a combination of choices for sauces, Hooters is sure to please you in more ways than one! Drinks and a friendly wait staff are more than enough reason to stick around after a long day’s work. If it’s breaded or naked, the Omaha and Council Bluffs Hooter’s Staff are sure to strip you down and meet all of your dining and drinking needs!

I Don’t Care, 3346 N. 108th St. 402-763-2800 – The first thought after a rough day at the office is usually where is the best place to forget your worries and enjoy a stiff one. Upon walking in, the warm hospitality of bar staff actually does care as they invite you to leave your baggage at the door. Awesome drink specials and a variety of gaming units such as Golden Tee, Pool and Darts let you stick it to the boss man and say, “I Don’t Care”. Come let loose and blow off some steam in this nice little getaway.

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