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The Bar is OPEN — Thanksgiving 2014 Edition

There’s nothing like spending the day with family from near and far watching football and stuffing your face with home-cooked food. But let’s face it, by about 5ish (or so) all that togetherness can get a little…well…let’s just say you’re ready for a break from your grumpy old uncle. So, with that in mind, we

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Sophisticated Funk

Sophistafunk Back for Another Round By Shout Omaha Staff Syracuse, New York musicians Jack Brown, Adam Brown and Emanual Washington met in 2007 and quickly formed Sophistafunk out of a shared passion of music. Together, the band has won over crowds with a captivating stage presence and tight musicianship. Elements of old school funk and

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Kicking Off Christmas

Radio City Rockettes in Town for Christmas Spectacular By Shout Weekly Staff As the Orpheum Theatre prepares for one of the biggest events of the year, the outstanding staff at the Omaha Performing Arts (OPA) is launching a thorough press campaign to make sure the Omaha Metro and surrounding areas know about it. After all,

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Omaha’s Own Depressed Billionaires

Ian and Winn O’Donnell Emerge with Premium Fantasy By Kyle Eustice Photo credit: Vannie Kezirian Brothers Ian and Winn O’Donnell have been immersed in music essentially since the day they escaped the womb. Children of musical parents, their education began immediately. Born and raised in Omaha, they witnessed first hand the Saddle Creek Records boom,

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Movie Reviews

‘Gone Girl’ Goes All The Way

Don’t let the routine premise of “Gone Girl” fool you. Though there have been plenty of thrillers about husbands and wives, “Gone Girl” isn’t really like any of them, blazing off into new territory with the dark satirical vision of director David Fincher and the cynical wit of novelist Gillian Flynn. Here is a pitch

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Brosnan Unable To Save “The November Man”

If the preview for director Roger Donaldson’s “The November Man” made you feel like it was going to be a lazy R-rated James Bond experience, the movie itself does little to suggest otherwise. With Pierce Brosnan in the lead as a scorned special agent with a quick trigger finger, “The November Man” shows a little

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Bad Religion’s Evolution

Summer Nationals Tour Hits Stir Concert Cove By Kyle Eustice Aside from Bad Brains, not too many punk bands can claim the kind of longevity Bad Religion can, but alas, the six-piece powerhouse is still at it. Since its 1979 inception, vocalist Greg Graffin and guitarist Brett Gurewitz have been pushing the boundaries of punk

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Get Up, Stand Up

Comedian Jo Koy Headlines the Funnybone By Shout Omaha Staff There’s no doubt the passing of Robin Williams hit comedian Jo Koy hard. Growing up in Tacoma, Washington, Williams was one of Koy’s idols. “My top four favorite comedians are Eddie Murphy first and then Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams,” Koy said to

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Star-Studded “Sin City: A Dame To Kill For” Is Fun But Familiar

Even as an obvious rehashing of the same elements from the first entry, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” is still a richly stylized and entertaining noir experience that is better than your average sequel. Thanks to a great cast and Robert Rodriguez’s creative camera, here’s a movie that avoids being the bland regurgitation

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McFoster’s Natural Kind Café

By Shout Omaha Staff   At first glance, one might expect a cadre of elves to run out of McFoster’s Kind Café due to its workshop-like outer appearance. The English Tudor style building sits on the corner of 38th street between Harney and Farnam in a neighborhood that is a melting pot of residential and

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