Month: March 2015
Hit That Dive

Scuba Steve on TBL with Mike’l Severe

Earlier this month I sat down with Mike’l Severe to talk dive bars, food and why I’m wearing shorts in March…in Omaha.

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Music News Picks of the Week

The Bishops 20th Anniversary show

with Linoma Mashers, 23rd Vibration, Transcendentals, & Stories of the Sun, March 28, at Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St., 8 p.m. Tickets are $9. www.theslowdown.com The Scoop: The Bishops celebrate their 20th anniversary with long-time pals, Linoma Mashers, 23rd Vibration, The Transcendentals (first show), and Stories of the Sun.

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Comedy Picks of the Week

Mike Malone

April 1-4, at Funny Bone Omaha, Village Pointe, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $17. www.funnybone.com The Scoop: Comedian Michael Malone is a larger than life performer who delivers heavy-hitting punchlines with the weight of a veteran and the heat reserved only for the country’s hottest up and coming comics. Best known for his Top-10 selling comedy

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Music News Picks of the Week

Delicate Steve

March 30, at Reverb Lounge, 6121 Military Ave., 9 p.m. Tickets are $10. www.onepercentproductions.com The Scoop: Delicate Steve is the brainchild of New Jersey-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Steve Marion. As NPR has said, “Delicate Steve’s music maintains the capacity to surprise…guitar showcases that don’t shred, dance records that don’t adhere to familiar beats and classic-rock

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Music News Picks of the Week

Tweedy

with Juan Wauders, March 29, at Sokol Auditorium, 2234 S. 13th St., 8 p.m. Tickets are $28. www.sokolunderground.com The Scoop: As the founding member and leader of the American rock band Wilco and alt-country band Uncle Tupelo, Jeff Tweedy is one of contemporary American music’s most accomplished songwriters, musicians and performers. Since starting Wilco in

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Cover Stories Entertainment News Featured Music News

Been Waiting

Matthew Sweet Plays the Holland By Kyle Eustice Omaha is full of “undercover celebrities.” You might run into Warren Buffett at Mark’s in Dundee or Conor Oberst at a show at Sokol Auditorium. As of December 2013, you may now have had a few Matthew Sweet sightings. Originally from Lincoln, Sweet catapulted to international recognition

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Entertainment News Picks of the Week

Digital Sick Kids

with The Madness Apparatus, Galvanized Tron, Topic & Dawcyclops of PCS, Dark Reign + bIXill, March 21, at Reverb Lounge, 6121 Military Ave., 9 p.m. Tickets are $7. www.onepercentproductions.com The Scoop: Digital Sick Kids exists though a long-time friendship. Both seasoned contributors to the Omaha music scene with a mutual appreciation for Hip-Hop culture, Fonzo

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Entertainment News Picks of the Week

Motown: The Musical

March 25-29, at The Orpheum Theatre, 409 S. 16th St., 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices vary. www.omahaperformingarts.org The Scoop: Motown: The Musical is a Broadway jukebox musical. Based on Berry Gordy’s 1994 autobiography To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown, the musical is based on the story of Gordy’s founding and running

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Entertainment News Picks of the Week

Cursive

with See Through Dresses, & Dylan Ryan Sand, March 21, at The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., 9 p.m. Tickets are sold out, but hey, you might get lucky and find a way in. www.onepercentproductions.com The Scoop: Cursive’s 2015 tour will come hot on the heels of Saddle Creek’s November 24th, 2014 release of an

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Hit That Dive

Finnegan’s Pub and Grill — Omaha Wing Challenge

4390 120th StreetOmaha NE 68137402-333-6181 I swear, it’s not like I leave the house hoping to get some gut-wrenchingly bad food. But I’ll be damned if that doesn’t seem to happen more than it doesn’t these days. Case in point…Finnegan’s Pub. Not sure I would have ever ventured into this establishment if not for more

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