Pick: Hatebreed

by STAFF

January 28
Hatebreed w/Shadows Fall, Dying Fetus, The Contortionist
Sokol Auditorium, 2234 South 13th St.
6:30 p.m., $15 in advance/$20 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com

Hatebreed should forever be known as one of the pioneers of the dominant form of popular metal stretching from the mid 90s to now. By combining thrash, Celtic death metal and hardcore punk, Hatebreed helped usher in metalcore and its...

Pick: Wild Belle

by Chris Aponick

January 26
Wild Belle w/ Satchel Grande
The Slowdown, 729 North 14th St.
9 p.m., $10, onepercentproductions.com

Wild Belle is the indie rock project of Chicago siblings, Elliot and Natalie Bergman. The duo have built a quick amount of buzz, resulting in signing with Columbia Records last year. The band's debut album Isles isn't out until late March, but the band's official videos for "It's Too Late" and "Keep...

Pick: Buck Bowen CD Release

by Chris Aponick

January 25
Buck Bowen CD Release w/ Weird Owl, Brent Crampton
The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St.
9 p.m., $7, onepercentproductions.com

The smartass slacker persona still lurks within Buck Bowen, but the Omaha expatriate has evolved eons beyond the goofy, opinionated hip-hop purist that made his name as a local emcee a decade ago. Now he's become serious about the varied sounds he mixes and mashes...

Pick: Savion Glover

by Andy Roberts

January 31

Savion Glover

Orpheum Theater, Slosburg Hall, 409 South 16th Street

7:30 p.m. Tickets $25 to $59

(402) 345-0606, www.ticketomaha.com

He dances, he choreographs and he produces. The man also has been known to win a Tony Award. SoLe Sanctuary, Savion Glover’s latest offering, brings tap dancing to Omaha at its most stunning. On a shrine-inspired set, Glover and Marshall Davis, Jr. pay homage to...

Pick: Made in Omaha

by Mary Day

Jan. 24– Feb. 28, 2013
Made in Omaha
Hillmer Art Gallery, College of St. Mary, 7000 Mercy Rd.
Opening Reception: 5 pm – 6:45 pm, Thursday, January 24, 2013
Regular hours: Mon - Thurs 9 am – 7:30 pm, Fri 9 am – 5 pm, Sat 8:30 am – 12:30 pm 
http://www.csm.edu/about_us/news__events/special_events/art_gallery_series/index.asp, 402.399.2400

The College of St. Mary is featuring work by Omaha artists who have...

Pick: The House I Lve In

by Leo Adam Biga

Jan. 22
Special screening: The House I Live In (followed by panel discussion)
Film Streams, 1340 Mike Fahey St.
7 p.m., Tickets from $4.50 to $9
402-933-0259, www/filmstreams.org

When it's all added up, America's War on Drugs has lasted longer than any sustained conflict in U.S.history and it may just account for more dollar expenditures and casualties, whether through death or incarceration or ruined lives,...

Pick: Railroad Earth

by Chris Aponick

January 22
Railroad Earth w/ Whitewater Ramble
The Slowdown, 729 North 14th St.
8 p.m., $20 in advance/$25 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com

Railroad Earth have risen above their standing as one of the brightest lights in the so-called newgrass movement and honed their craft into a act that channels alternative country, folk-pop, instrumental country and Dixieland-inspired jams. Primary songwriter Todd...