CULTURE 
Pick: Free Energy
June 19
Free Energy w/ Touch People
The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St.
9 p.m., $10 in advance/$12 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com
It's time to meet Free Energy, the cheesiest power-pop rockers that are actually ten times cooler than any of us will ever be. LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy produced their first album, the sugary sweet Stuck on Nothing and their latest album, Love Sign, ups the...
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Pick: Rogue Wave
June 14
Rogue Wave w/ Field Club
The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St.
9 p.m., $15, onepercentproductions.com
Zach Rogue's evolution from simple acoustic indie-pop novice to polished songwriting ace has been an interesting and satisfying development to hear. "Eyes", an acoustic strummer, and "Lake Michigan", a dreamier pop song, both provided hints of Rogue's pop smarts early on. While his early albums...
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Pick: Beyond Face: Portrait Photography from Korea
June 14
Beyond Face: Portrait Photography from Korea
Opening reception 7-9 p.m.
Garden of the Zodiac Gallery
1042 Howard St.
Portrait photography exhibits are not unusual. They are generally quite popular and engaging as currently seen at RNG Gallery with its show, People pleasing People pleasing People like you. Rarer still is the exhibit that eschews the familiar role of portraits...
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Pick: Jacuzzi Boys
June 12
Jacuzzi Boys
The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St.
9 p.m., $8, onepercentproductions.com
Jacuzzi Boys play a seemingly laidback, but truly whipsmart brand of garagey power pop that's equal parts slacker attitude and "Double Vision", the lead single from their upcoming self-titled album, is highlighted by Gabriel Alcala's easy-going vocals and a echo-effected guitar line that builds up a head of...
entered on 06/03/13 at 03:38 PM | read more »
Pick: Renoir to Chagall: Paris and the Allure of Color
June 8
Renoir to Chagall: Paris and the Allure of Color
Members Opening Saturday, 6-8 pm
Joslyn Art Museum
If the “City of Light” is not on your radar this summer either in place or in time, the Joslyn Art Museum offers the next best thing with its new exhibit, Renoir to Chagall: Paris and the Allure of Color. Featuring nearly 50, 19th century Impressionistic paintings, the exhibit is part...
entered on 05/30/13 at 10:48 AM | read more »
Pick: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
June 4th
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Stir Cove, 1 Harrah's Boulevard in Council Bluffs
7:30 p.m., $27, stircove.com
Behind the seemingly-simple Americana folk pop played by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros is a conceptual backstory of the fictional Edward Sharpe, a messianic figure dreamed up by bandleader Alex Ebert. In the band's backstory, Sharpe came to save mankind but got significantly...
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Pick: Baths
June 2
Baths w/ Houses and D33J
The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St.
9 p.m., $10 in advance/$12 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com
Will Wiesenfeld created the first Baths album, 2010's Cerulean, in his bedroom in a matter of weeks, though the short creation of the album belied its obviously detailed composition. Baths quickly garnered a host of chillwave and bedroom electronica comparisons, though his...
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South Omaha native son David Krajicek’s crime writing has branded him Mr. Murder, so it’s only apt he looks the heavy ... more »
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