Pick: Omaha North Hills Pottery Tour

by Sally Deskins

Omaha North Hills Pottery Tour
Oct. 6-7
Big Table Studios; 17171 County Rd. 25, Herman; Too Far North Wines, 111 N. 14th St., Calhoun; Dennison Pottery, 13210 N. 47th St, Omaha; Florence Mill, 9102 N. 30th St., Omaha
Oct. 6: 10a.m.-7p.m.; Oct. 7: 10a.m.-5p.m. FREE
Omahanorthhillspotterytour.com

The eighth annual celebrated fall excursion brings sixteen new and familiar ceramic artists to its four stops. At...

Michael Beasley follows his father John Beasley in becoming a TV-film character actor

by Leo Adam Biga

Don't look now but Michael Beasley is carving out a film-television career rivaling that of his powerhouse father John Beasley (Rudy, The Apostle).

The nearly 20 feature and made-for-TV pics he's booked the last few years have him on the verge of being one of the industry's next breakout character actors.

He's doing it all too from his adopted home of Atlanta, Ga. and surrounding region, together known as...

Omaha Lit Fest explores women in writing and publishing

by Leo Adam Biga

It should be no surprise the author of languidly paced satirical novels (The Coffins of Little Hope) that delight in peculiar, piquant details should fashion a literary happening along the same lines.

Novelist Timothy Schaffert has done just that with the (downtown) Omaha Lit Fest, a free celebration of prose, poetry and other word-made-art expressions.

He founded Lit Fest eight years ago and continues...

Ron Hull reflects on his life in public television

by Leo Adam Biga

Public television was a dream when Ron Hull joined what became the Nebraska Educational Television network in Lincoln. It was 1955 and the broadcast school graduate arrived inflamed with the possibilities of the fledgling medium.

Fifty-seven years later he's still enthralled even though he misses live television and finds himself at 82 having outlived his contemporaries from those pioneering days. It's been...

McMan Style

by Jared Spence

Men’s fashion is always a sporadically visited spot on Omaha’s fashion map. It’s an all- too- often perpetuated stereotype that men aren’t supposed to be invested in their appearance unless they are heading to the office or the alter. The truth is men simply aren’t given the option to “shop outside of the box” when it comes to casual wear.

Maybe with the addition of McLovin — a store for men the men’s fashion...

Being Gabby

by Leo Adam Biga

Gabrielle Union has reached a point in her film and television career where she's doing more meaningful projects. Not by accident either. The maturing actress known for her assertive persona and frank views has been ever more deliberate about her personal and professional choices.
"Probably since 2006 I've been concentrating on making sure I'm happy and doing things for the right reason and surrounding myself...

Pick: Marcella Marathon Reading

by Amanda Mischke

Oct. 6
Marcella Marathon Reading
Benson Branch Library, 6015 Binney Street
1-6 pm, more information at http://www.facebook.com/events/343920705696714/

Marcella was the revolutionary novel written in 1973 about a young Kansas girl’s emotional transition into womanhood during World War II. The work was groundbreaking because it was the first English-written novel to use female autoeroticism as its core theme....