Month: April 2015
Picks of the Week

LADY LAMB

LADY LAMB Rathborne, Jordan Smith Monday, May 04, 2015 9:00 PM To many, Lady Lamb is an enigma. Her songs are at once intimate and unbridled– both deeply personal and existentially contemplative. Aly Spaltro is a fearless performer who can command a pitch black stage with nothing more than her voice. Yet, when the band

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Rap Emperor

Tech 9Ne on Top of the World By Kyle Eustice During the making of 2009’s K.O.D. (King of Darkness), Tech N9ne (real name Aaron Yates) was going through a very tumultuous time. The Kansas City, Missouri-based emcee was at risk of losing his mother to pancreatitis and things were looking grim. All of this was

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The Renaissance Festival of Nebraska

Grab a turkey leg and step back in time when royalty ruled and knights really were in shining armor. Dozens of costumed characters and many more one-of-a-kind artisans await you in this magical adventure at the 2015 Renaissance Festival of Nebraska. Two weekends of jousting and merry-making! Weekend 1 – May 2 & 3, the

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Sofar Sounds Omaha: Gig #5

April 27 Secret Venue Sofar Sounds curates intimate concerts in secret locations once per month. Past shows have hosted Caroline Smith, Lot Walks, Twinsmith, John Klemmensen and the Party, All Young Girls Are Machine Guns, Oketo, and more. RSVP only. Limited capacity: http://bit.ly/13mZpOS

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Raise the Roots with Prairie Gators, Aly Peeler, & DJ Brent Crampton

April 26 The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., 5 p.m. Tickets are $7. www.onepercentproductions.com Raise the Roots is a community event quickly gaining traction among Omaha-area families. The group hosts quarterly, multi-media events designed to nurture conversation and educate audiences on sustainability initiatives in our area. (Topics include: clean energy, the local food movement, regional

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Hit That Dive

HTD’s Best Beard in Omaha and Calendar Pin-Up Contest

Do YOU have what it takes to be named Mr. or Mrs. HitThatDive? Full details, and sign-ups, will be ready to go on Friday…right here at HitThatDive.com!

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Omaha Wing Challenge — Pipeline Tavern

1300 South 72nd Street Omaha NE 698124 402-399-8774 I’ll be fair to start this one off, I actually like the food at the Pipeline Tavern…but until last night I had never ordered the wings. Let’s get to the moral of this entire story…if you’re here on a Saturday…order the pretty awesome burger and fries for

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Movie Reviews

Unfriended

The afterlife is a pretty mysterious thing, even for those of us who have a good idea of where we’re going. What will our ultimate destination look like? Feel like? Will it have lots of harps? Could it spiral through nine circles? We read our Bibles and listen to the experts and maybe even watch

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Ex Machina

Caleb Smith has just won the lottery. It’s not the kind of lottery most people ever have a chance to play. The 26-year-old coder at the world’s largest search engine, Bluebook, has won a company-wide contest to spend a week with their famously reclusive president, Nathan Bateman. How reclusive? Well, to get to the guy,

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Furious 7

As this seventh story starts, Dominic Toretto and his makeshift family of hotshot hot rodders and heavy-fisted rumblers are all focused on personal pursuits. Former undercover cop Brian, for instance, is gearing up to be a carpool dad and attentive hubby. And Dom’s love interest, Letty, is still trying to regain her memories—lost in a

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