This Weeks Issue
Cover Story: A Suttle Difference
Jul 01, 2009 — Just three-plus weeks into his tenure as mayor, the City Weekly sits down with Jim Suttle and talks some shop. What's in store for Omaha? Click here to find out...
Film: 'Transformers 2'
Jul 01, 2009 — It may have dominated the box office, but our film gal Julien Fielding says that at 2 hours and 30 minutes – plus a terrible plot, mind you – the 'Transformers' sequel will turn you into a robot...
Music: Simons Says
Jul 01, 2009 — Where's the best music being played at local venues this week? Will Simons is back from tour and armed with an edition of Simons Says to clue you in...
Style: Bellwether Weathers a Storm
Jul 02, 2009 — Don't fret -- too much, anyway -- uber-popular Old Market shopping staple Bellwether Boutique isn't closing. But it is moving. Find out its plans here...
Arts & Entertainment
Art
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Art: It's Not All Academic
Jun 24, 2009 — Painter Mike Giron has one foot firmly planted in his studio and another in academia...
Art from Poetry and Pros
Jun 11, 2009 — A year ago artists Paula Wallace and John Dennison collaborated with emerging artist Victoria Hoyt to create one of the most interesting exhibits of 2008, “Grimm Again...”
Art: Sign Language
Jun 10, 2009 — Pop culture references have been a particular fixture in art for a period amazingly close to 50 years now...
Music
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Meeting the Band: Outlaw Con Bandana
Jul 01, 2009 — Outlaw Con Bandana has been an Omaha mainstay since 2000 when Brendan Hagberg and Matt Rooney joined forces...
Meeting the Band: The Beat Seekers
Jun 25, 2009 — Omaha band the Beat Seekers have been flying under the radar here in town for the past couple of years...
Music: Rad Kadillac
Jun 25, 2009 — Local production company bringing unique musicians -- such as the eccentric Les Claypool, playing the Anchor Inn on July 2 -- to Omaha...
Cd Review: Phoenix
Jun 18, 2009 — If you take a splash of the college-friendly Vampire Weekend, a few sprinkles of Black Kids and a tiny speck of Air, you get the sound of Phoenix, France’s latest import...
Movies
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Film: 'Away We Go'
Jul 02, 2009 — What’s happened to British film director Sam Mendes? A decade ago he knocked our satiric socks off with his superb lampooning of suburbia in “American Beauty.”...
Film: 'Transformers 2'
Jul 01, 2009 — It may have dominated the box office, but our film gal Julien Fielding says that at 2 hours and 30 minutes – plus a terrible plot, mind you – the 'Transformers' sequel will turn you into a robot...
Film: Formula... Won?
Jun 25, 2009 — As with any film genre, romantic comedies follow a formula. The most common one is as follows...
Theater
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Theater: Happy Ending
Jul 02, 2009 — “It’s musical theater without a single gay man,” the lyrics wryly boast in the zany world of “SEX! The Musical,” the Witching Hour show running through July 11 at the Downtown Space...
Theater: Tell Your Children
Jun 24, 2009 — Women cry for it. Men die for it. The assassin of youth drives shameless women to sell their babies while drooling men steal from church offerings just to get a fix...
Theater: Endless, Endless
Jun 19, 2009 — It may be said that ætherplough, the new company dedicated to creating original, ensemble-based performance, has its roots in the ancient and the arcane...
Theater: Shakespeare on the Green
Jun 17, 2009 — One of our greatest pastimes – picnicking and drinking wine while taking in the ‘lovely language’ of the bard – returns to Elmwood Park starting Thursday…
Shows
| Chats with VFC and Heidi Joy | November 29, 2008 |
| Bemis Art Auction | November 22, 2008 |
| The Guitar Hero Effect | November 8, 2008 |
| Halloween Post | November 1, 2008 |
| Halloween Pre | October 25, 2008 |
| Mindless Talk | October 11, 2008 |
Promos/Commercials
Blogs
Artist of the Week
Vital Stats
Read the Full Story: Outlaw Con Bandana
Hometown: Omaha
Members: Brendan Hagberg, Matt Rooney, Pearl Lovejoy Boyd
“Current Players”: Brendan Hagberg, Matt Rooney, Pearl Lovejoy Boyd
On the Web: myspace.com/outlawconbandana
Catch Them Live: July 1 at the Waiting Room with Fancie, 9 p.m., $7 at the door
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