Nebraska Lawmaker Pushes Big
LINCOLN – State Senator Megan Hunt introduced LB 231, a bill that would ban conversion therapy across the state of Nebraska.
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.
Stilian Kirov Conducts William Grant Still This Weekend
Omaha, NE—Omaha Symphony returns this weekend with a diverse repertoire. The orchestra welcomes back Bulgarian conductor and Music Director of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra, Stilian Kirov. The concert will feature mostly American composers, including Eric Ewazen, Walter Piston, and William Grant Still, but also Haydn.
Sub Bass and Darkness at Bemis’ LOW END
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—New York based Sound Artist, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste will perform an original piece, “Epistemophobia”, at the Bemis Center’s LOW END this Thursday evening. Having a diverse musical background, moving from classical saxophone, to heavy metal, to a formal education in music, Toussaint-Baptiste’s curiosity has led to tinkering with electronic music hardware.
Omaha Symphony Performs ‘Rhapsody and Rachmaninoff’
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—The Omaha Symphony presents Rhapsody in Blue and Rachmaninoff tonight at the Holland Center for Performing Arts, showcasing two classical giants, but also a recent addition to piano repertoire. Guest Pianist, Louis Schwizgebel from Switzerland, will perform Florence Price’s “Piano Concerto in One Movement”.
UNO Galleries Celebrate ‘100 People’
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—This Friday, UNO Art Gallery and UNO Criss Library will host Watie White’s, 100 people, a public arts project that will soon comprise 100 individual portraits of members of Omaha’s community.
‘Conditions’ Opens in Benson
By Corbin Hirschhorn
Omaha, NE—The Little Gallery in Benson will open a new exhibition this Friday for Benson First Friday, Conditions, organized by artist Jeff Mack. All four artists involved have found various media to express their personal struggles with chronic physical and mental conditions, a conversation that isn’t always addressed day to day. Mack details his own experience as a diabetic.
