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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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