Study: New Heart Pumps Longer-Lasting, More Effective Than Earlier Models
UNMC was one of several participants in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that showed a new line of heart pumps outperformed earlier models.
Road to Omaha – Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
Omaha, NE – On today’s episode of “Road to Omaha,” KVNO’s Brandon McDermott spoke with Oral Roberts head coach Ryan Folmar.
First Omaha Fringe Festival
Omaha, NE—This week, the first Omaha Fringe Festival begins on UNO’s campus, a first for the city, but a tradition descending from a rich, international theater lineage. Some audiences might be familiar with the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, from which similar events derive their name, but it’s a format that now thrives all over […]
Playhouse Presents American Favorite “Of Mice and Men’
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—Of Mice and Men opens tomorrow at the Omaha Community Playhouse. Written by John Steinbeck, it’s one of the author’s most famous novels, depicting the life of the worker during America’s Great Depression. Character, comradery, and humor are inherent in Steinbeck’s work, but it’s a grim reality that tests these traits for protagonists, George and his friend, Lennie, who deals with a mental disability.
Director, Rosetta Cucchi Talks ‘Elixir of Love’
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—Opera Omaha’s production of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, The Elixir of Love, opens this Friday at the Orpheum Theatre. It’s the company’s first time working with Italian Director, Rosetta Cucchi. As a director and concert pianist, Cucchi has been on the stages of Santa Cecilia in Rome, The Royal Theater in Madrid, The Japan Opera Foundation in Tokyo, as well as numerous other theaters in Europe, Latin America, and now the American Midwest.
This Week in Lincoln: Public Hearings Draw Crowds
By Fred Knapp
NET News’ Fred Knapp covers the sixth week of the Nebraska Legislature’s 2019 session.
Read MoreThis Week in Lincoln: Some Proposals Advance, Some Fail
By Fred Knapp
NET News’ Fred Knapp covers the fifth week of the Nebraska Legislature’s 2019 session.
Read MoreDonizetti Does High School: Opera Omaha’s ‘The Elixir of Love’
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Soprano, Deanna Breiwick, plays Adina in the Opera Omaha’s upcoming production of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love. Infatuated by Adina, Nemorino is convinced that Dulcamara’s love potion is the answer, if only he can get to her before Belcore, that is. But Adina isn’t exactly a prisoner in the middle this love triangle, according to Breiwick.
Generator Series’ ‘Resilience,’ Music and Poetry at Kaneko
By Corbin Hirschhorn
OMAHA, NE—For two years now, The Generator Series, a collaboration between the Kaneko and Omaha Under the Radar has organized concerts featuring local and outside talent to create innovative music experiences. Their next concert this Saturday, Resilience, will continue to expand the series’ scope, presenting an evening of themed music, poetry, and opera.
