Senator Vargas, Hoping For A Second Term
OMAHA -Senator Tony Vargas’ main focus is helping the working class, those living on the poverty line, education and health care.
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.
Amplify Arts’ Alternate Currents and ‘Hostile Terrain 94 Nebraska’
Amplify Arts currently has an exhibition open as well as new content available on their website. Alternate Currents is a blog, conversation series, and artist working group.
Movement Series’ ‘mode of being’
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—This weekend, Tbd. Dance Collective returns to Kaneko for the next installment of the Movement Series, “mode of being.” Now officially a non-profit, the modern dance troupe’s productions have expanded along with their role in the community.
Flood Risk Continues With Rain in the Forecast
By Emily White
Additional rainfall in the forecast for could easily add to still-swollen waterways in areas devastated by widespread flooding in Nebraska and Iowa.
Read MoreOmaha Zine Fest This Weekend
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—Omaha Zine Fest is this Saturday at the Union for Contemporary Art, featuring all things DIY print media. With about 100 tabling from across the country, it’s not the sort of work you’d see in, say, Conde Nast.
‘Bright Half Life’ Opens at OutrSpaces
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—In its short lifetime to date, OUTRSpaces has become a welcoming home for Omaha’s music performances, discussions, and theater. Though not equipped with a traditional stage, theater producers have been attracted to the intimate venue. Recent graduate of UNO’s theater department, Be Louis, now actor, director and producer, sees the space as ideal for a debut production. Bright Half Life, written by Tanya Barfield will open this Friday.
Vesper Concerts’ ‘From Russia with Love
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE— The Vesper Concert Series will feature a collaboration between two of Omaha’s prominent musicians and instructors
this Sunday, From Russia With Love. Pianist Yulia Kalashnikova and violinist Olga Smola were eager to work together and share their connected personal narratives on the stage. Both from Russia, conservatory trained, and now active members of Omaha’s music community, the duo has devised a concert featuring a selection of fellow Russian emigrants who have shaped musical canon.
‘Bridges of Madison County Opens at Playhouse
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—Bridges of Madison County, popular novella, film, and now musical, will be performed on stage at the Omaha Community Playhouse, opening March 1. Set in 1960s Iowa, it’s the story of an affair between a photographer and an Italian American woman. Unlike most productions, this one will feature two casts, alternating performances.
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