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Zoo Welcomes Vice President of Guest Experience, Mandy Haase-Thomas

We are excited to welcome Mandy Haase-Thomas as the new Vice President of Guest Experience at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium and Lee G. Simmons Wildlife Safari Park. A proven leader in organizational operations, Mandy brings nearly two decades of experience creating meaningful, engaging experiences for guests of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. Prior

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Movie Reviews

Venice Film Festival 2025: Remake, Nuestra Tierra, Kim Novak’s Vertigo | Festivals & Awards

Venice had a remarkable non-fiction portion of its 2025 program, including new films by Werner Herzog and Laura Poitras (both covered here). The programmers for Venice don’t fall for generic documentaries shaped by anecdotes told by talking heads, leaning instead on the projects that say as much about their creators as their subjects. Ross McElwee,

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Movie Reviews

Do You Hear Your Trees? They’re Crying: Graham Greene (1952—2025) | Tributes

One of my earliest memories of watching something on-screen was seeing reruns of the Canadian children’s television series “The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon” on television throughout the day. In it, Graham Greene plays Mr. Crabby Tree, a wisecracking tree who, while frequently in a bad mood, eventually comes around to the incessant questions of

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Omaha Fashion Week

Announcing the Fall 2025 Golden Shears Winners! — Omaha Fashion Week

Omaha Fashion Week has officially wrapped the Fall 2025 ÉLÉMENTAIRE season! During four nights on the runway, we showcased 9 emerging designers + 10 featured designers + 3 community organizations, including Develop Kids, Omaha South High School’s Fashion Program, and Omaha Fashion Camp. 10 headlining designers showcased on our runway, including the unfinished archive, our

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Movie Reviews

Venice Film Festival 2025: Ghost Elephants, Jay Kelly, Bugonia, Cover-Up, After the Hunt | Festivals & Awards

Once again it is my pleasure and my privilege to be reporting to you from Venice, where the Cinema Biennale, known to the American trades as the Venice Film Festival, is unspooling, sort of, but not literally, given that more of the fare is projected from DCPs. Among other things the death of celluloid has

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Omaha Fashion Week

Fall 2025 By the Numbers — Omaha Fashion Week

39 collections presented on the Omaha Fashion Week Runway over four nights of showcases, which were made up of 9 emerging designers + 10 featured designers + 3 community organizations, including Develop Kids, Omaha South High School’s Fashion Program, and Omaha Fashion Camp. 10 headlining designers showcased on our runway, including the unfinished archive, our

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Movie Reviews

“Gears of War: Reloaded” Writes a New Chapter in the Console Wars | Video Games

The territorial battles between companies like Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo have blurred over the last few years, with PlayStation exclusives becoming increasingly available on PCs, and Microsoft continuing to “play nice” by leaking some of their hits into the world of Sony gamers. The latest such release is arguably the biggest to date, offering Sony

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LIFE AFTER LIFE: 4 Films at IANDS Conference in Chicago August 27-31 | Chaz’s Journal

Four films about near-death experiences (NDE), shared death experiences (SDE), and related phenomena will be screened at the International Association for Near-Death Studies (“IANDS”) annual conference, August 27-31  at the Hilton in Oak Brook Hills, Illinois, said Janet Riley, the Executive Director of IANDS. The Annual Conference includes four days of education and workshops, and will bring together more

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Omaha Fashion Week

Saturday ATELIER Finale Recap | OFW Fall 2025 — Omaha Fashion Week

Omaha Fashion Week is inspired by a look into the world of designers and their process of creation. The atmosphere of the events features installations made of design tools, sketches, dress forms, and more…all at the Omaha Design Center. As guests arrived, they were greeted by valet services and stepped outside to take their photos

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