Great Comeback For This Fighter
OMAHA – One day when Servando Perales was 9 years old, he followed his older brother to a boxing club near downtown Omaha. There, Perales found a place to unleash that fury that haunted his heart, the discontent that he had about his father. His father was drunk almost every day and abused his mother.
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.
Bemis Showcases Empathy in Next Show
Omaha, NE—The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art opens a new exhibition this week, All Together, Amongst Many: Reflections on Empathy. 20 multi-generational artists working across various media foster empathy in conversations about the environment and human rights.
Kenny G Comes to Omaha
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—If you don’t know him from his extensive solo work, you must know him from collaborations with the biggest pop and jazz musicians of the era. The man with the soprano saxophone, Kenny G will be performing tomorrow night at the Orpheum Theatre.
Read MoreBackwaters Press Reading Series Continues
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—Poet and fiction writer, Lucy Adkins, Lincoln resident and MFA graduate from UNO. In addition to leading workshops, she’s also co-written a guide to writing, and she’s just finishing up a novel.
Read More“Capital Flop”: Art and Urban Economics
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—In an empty storefront in North Downtown, local artist Peter Fankhauser is at work on the upcoming exhibition, Capital Flop. Using wooden 2″x 4″s, he’s building towering structures that will serve as the framework for some of the works to be on display starting tonight.
Read MoreOpera Omaha Presents “Medea”
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha NE—Baritone Weston Hurt has played many of the principal roles in popular operas by Verdi, Puccini, and Donizetti, and now he’s taking on Creonte in Cherubini’s Medea, Opera Omaha’s next performance as part of the ONE Festival.
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“Rough Trade” Opens at Project Project
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—Larry Buller, ceramicist and recent MFA graduate of UNL. His exhibition, Rough Trade, opens tonight at Project Project gallery on Vinton Street.
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