Local bands line up new releases

by Chris Aponick

* Jake Bellows will release New Ocean, his debut solo album, Tuesday, August 6th on Saddle Creek Records. Bellows fronted long-running local indie rock band Neva Dinova, whose last album also came out on Saddle Creek. After that album, Bellows relocated to Los Angeles. Bellows returned to Omaha to record his new album at ARC Studios engineer Ben Brodin and a host of musicians including Ryan Fox, Todd Fink and...

 

No Love for this Deuce

by Ryan Syrek

It’s about hunters and gatherers: A good documentarian hunts the truth, stalking prey at camera-point, ready to spear any accidental insight and overlooked perspective that is scared out of the bushes. Directors Maiken Baird and Michelle Major are mere gatherers, collecting whatever the legendary Williams sisters drop down to them and presenting it to the audience as if we should be thankful for a feast of rotten...

 

Change of Residency

by Michael J. Krainak

Mark Masuoka, former Director and CEO of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts since 2003, has accepted a similar position at the Akron Art Museum in Akron, Ohio.

Though Masuoka’s professional journey in the visual arts began in Las Vegas, Nevada, he has gradually worked his way eastward via Denver next, then Omaha and now the fifth largest city in Ohio with a metropolitan population of over 700,000, just 30...

 

Irish Tradition on the Move

by Paul Heft

Sullivan’s bar, a long-time St. Patrick’s Day tradition, has served the midtown community since 1954, and the current owner is planning to continue that trend in a new location across the street. Owner Dan Houlihan has managed the establishment since 2001 when the chance presented itself. Houlihan had been working his way up in bars and restaurants for years before that. “I thrive on the high energy, fast-paced...