Meeting the Band, November 12
Nov 12, 2008 — Orenda Fink has a lot going on – coming off tour, preparing for tour, two new beginnings, a resurrection.
Getting Intimate
Nov 12, 2008 — On their 2005 debut “Silent Alarm,” the brilliance of British indie rockers Bloc Party shined so brightly that the band was held to unrealistically high expectations for its follow-up. The end result of “A Weekend in the City” turned out to be the antithesis of its debut and was met with horrid reviews.
Rave On
Nov 12, 2008 — For nearly a decade, moviegoers living in the eastern half of Omaha have been trekking out to the suburbs to see the latest mega-hits of Hollywood as east Omaha’s theaters, one by one, have faded away. The Admiral Theater that once stood at 40th and Farnam streets was torn down in the ’90s. Another building now stands on that site. The Indian Hills multiplex on West Dodge Road near 84th Street, with its one-of-a-kind Cinerama wide-screen auditorium, is now a flat, often empty, parking lot.
In Praise of Flubs
Nov 12, 2008 — A meandering mustache. A wayward wig. Persnickety props of all stripes. A flubbed line or three.
It’s ‘Immaterial’
Nov 12, 2008 — It’s a common complaint of artists, patrons and critics in the metro area: Where are the traditional galleries that not only display regional and local contemporary art but represent the artists as well, a necessary part of any vital community?
Humane Comedy
Nov 12, 2008 — Horace Walpole, an 18th century English man of letters, wrote, “The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.”
Just Another Wedding
Nov 12, 2008 — Jonathan Demme’s film may be titled “Rachel Getting Married,” but it’s really about Kym (Anne Hathaway), Rachel’s sister, a narcissistic drama queen who is also a recovering drug and alcohol addict and a pathologically lying train wreck of a human being.
‘The Dirty Dozen’
Nov 12, 2008 — In the words of John Adams, “a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”
Meeting the Band, November 5
Nov 05, 2008 — Hiding behind a mane of hair and a wooly beard is the soft-spoken, contemplative, articulate, genuine, earnest, respectful songwriter known as Brad Hoshaw. Standing at well over six feet tall, with his massive frame he almost resembles the mythical Paul Bunyan, especially in his signature plaid shirt and boot cut jeans.
So Fresh and So Clean
Nov 05, 2008 — At one point during a mid-October phone interview Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo touched on the subject of potty training.
‘Mockingbird’ Returns to Big Screen
Nov 05, 2008 — Great movies are rarely made from great books. If you buy that conventional wisdom than an exception is the 1962 movie masterpiece “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Harper Lee’s best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel became an award-winning film acclaimed for how faithfully and lovingly it brought her work to the screen. Lee publicly praised the adaptation.
The Sands Man
Nov 05, 2008 — One man set a new standard in live entertainment while shattering racial barriers during the American Civil Rights era.
Bore-nography
Nov 05, 2008 — Kevin Smith is no stranger to controversy. His 1999 film “Dogma” raised the hackles of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
Thump Flash Bang Boom
Nov 05, 2008 — ‘‘Hellboy II: the golden army,” Mexican director Guillermo del Toro’s inevitable sequel to 2004’s plain old “Hellboy,”
Intimacy By Design
Nov 05, 2008 — The contemporary art scene in this area has benefited greatly in the past few years with more than an occasional nod to a traditional medium, the print, primarily a product of the Renaissance but fully adaptable for modern times.
