STYLE Pick: White Mystery
March 2
White Mystery w/ Snake Island and Solid Goldberg
Brother's Lounge, 3812 Farnam St.
9 p.m., $5 at the door
Chicago's White Mystery are on the cusp of releasing their third full-length album, Telepathic. The band recorded the album with Gris Gris mastermind Greg Ashley at his Creamery Studio and it lends new layers to White Mystery's no-frills garage rock. The album, like just about everything White...
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Playhouse Struts, SNAP Parks It, and Witching Hour Monkeys Around
A thank you goes out to those readers that wrote Cold Cream in response to last week’s column. The clear response from everyone was that the OEA Awards are certainly enjoyable for all involved, but ideas for how to improve the experience were quite varied. One notable response was from local playwright Beaufield Barry.
“I love the OEAs and I think that to be taken more seriously they have to take themselves more...
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Peter Millett - Shape Over Time
March 1, 2013
Peter Millett - Shape Over Time
Opening Reception: Friday 6 - 9 pm
Anderson O’Brien Fine Art Old Market
1108 Jackson Street
Hours: Mon – Wed 10 am - 6 pm, Thurs – Sat 10 am - 9 pm, Sun 12 pm - 4 pm
402.884.0911, http://www.aobfineart.com
At first glance Peter Millett’s sculptures appear economic, precise and physically symmetrical yet upon closer examination imperfections abound, just like...
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Behanding Is Blue Barn at its Best
By Warren Francke
A Behanding in Spokane is the Blue Barn at its best with Kevin Lawler directing Thomas Becker as Cunningham, the grim sociopath in search of his missing left hand.
Quick perspective: This company’s treatment of such Edward Albee plays as Three Tall Women and The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? along with Vieux Carre by Tennessee Williams rank near the top of my lifetime of theater-going...
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Pick: The Powerbroker
Feb. 21
Special screening: The Powerbroker (followed by discussion)
Film Streams, 1340 Mike Fahey St.
7 p.m., Tickets from $4.50 to $9
402-933-0259, www/filmstreams.org
The civil rights movement consisted of more than protesters in the streets but also...
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Pick: Birthday Suits
February 22
Birthday Suits
Slowdown, 729 North 14th St.
9 p.m., $7, theslowdown.com
Minnesota-based duo plays a big, straightforward brand of garage rock that incorporates elements of punk-pop and noise rock that's hinged on steady snare-drum thwap and the melodic buzz of Hideo Takahashi's huge guitar riffs. Takahashi favors simple lyrical lines, letting the songs stay short and punchy. The band is releasing...
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Pick: Garry Noland The Unorganized Territory + Matt Jacobs I’m Not Saying, I’m Just Saying
Feb.22, 2013
Garry Noland The Unorganized Territory + Matt Jacobs I'm Not Saying, I'm Just Saying
Exhibition Opening: Friday 6 – 9 p.m.
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
724 South 12th Street, 12th and Leavenworth
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Admission and Parking: FREE
402.341.7130, info@bemiscenter.org
The Bemis Center is presenting an exhibition of recent works by Kansas City-based...
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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, ... more »
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 ... more »
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.
June 12
Jacuzzi Boys
The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St.
9 p.m., $8, onepercentproductions.com
Jacuzzi Boys play a seemingly ... 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 ... 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 ... more »
June 2
Baths w/ Houses and D33J
The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St.
9 p.m., $10 in advance/$12 day-of-show, ... more »
Sheldon: The Naked Museum Party
June 1, 2013
Sheldon: The Naked Museum Party
Saturday, June 1, 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Sheldon Art Museum
12th & R Street, Lincoln, ... more »
The Truth About CarilIt was the case that shattered innocence and struck fear into an entire nation, inspired artists like Terrence Malick ... more »
South Omaha native son David Krajicek’s crime writing has branded him Mr. Murder, so it’s only apt he looks the heavy ... more »
Stop by the PS Collective at 6056 Maple Street this Thursday, August 4th at 7 p.m. for the Omaha Poetry Slam Team ... more »
*Fans of horror, monsters and strange illustrations take note: artist Michael Bukowski is illustrating every monster ... more »
Arelatively new boutique in West Omaha is creating jobs not only for the employees but for vendors who just need a ... more »
Green DaySt. Patrick’s Day is just around the river bend. Usually, I would rant about the absurdity of starting a drinking ... more »
Omaha Fashion WeekOmaha Fashion Week, now in its sixth year, has new tricks up its sleeve. New designers are expected this year, ... more »
Man of the MomentChristian Shuster, the designer of the christianMICHEAL menswear label is the name on the tip of all the fashionable ... more »
