P I C K S Officially, there’s no favorite, but it will be hard not to pull for the grape newbies to beat the wine snobs. Proceeds from this vino frivolity support the work of SCORE Mentors of Omaha. SCORE is a nonprofit resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration. It matches experienced business mentors with owners of startups and more established ventures. Free advice on every aspect of business is offered online or in person. SCORE also offers small business training classes and workshops and a resource library. Grapes of Gratitude tickets are $20 via Eventbrite.
—Leo Adam Biga
January 24
Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal Black Swan Theory and Funk Trek Slowdown
even international artists, with two European tours in the past two years that packed clubs hungry for this kind of contemporary American soul rooted in the music’s great traditions. After catching the attention of Eddie Roberts of U.K. funk icons The New Mastersounds, Roberts, now based in Colorado, invited Hoyer to do some collaborations that resulted in a side project, Josh Hoyer & the Macy Sounds, on Roberts’ Color Red label. Roberts produced Soul Colossal’s upcoming disc at his Colorado studio. It’s due out in April. Roberts tapped Hoyer and his band to open a series of gigs in the fall and in December with The New Mastersounds. You can also catch the band Saturday, Jan. 25, with two shows at Lincoln’s Zoo Bar, 5 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. See JoshHoyer.com. Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal’s seriously funky, bad-ass artistry is part of a triple-bill at Slowdown Friday, Jan. 24, 9 p.m., with Black Swan Theory and Funk Trek.
—B.J. Huchtemann Josh Hoyer has had another busy year, and his band is sounding better than ever. A recent Zoo Bar gig was a powerful testament of fierce musicianship and grin-inducing, dance-floor filling soul, funk and blues. This is original, heartfelt music that reaches well beyond the local scene to capture national and
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January 24
Tied & True Lied Art Gallery
If unusual weave and tapestry is your thing, join textile artist Mary Zicafoose at the Lied Art Gallery opening reception of her Ikat exhibit Jan-
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are Monday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m., and Saturday to Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, search for Lied Art Gallery at creighton.edu.
—Hugo Zamorano
January 25-26
Cathedral Flower Festival
St. Cecilia Cathedral
uary 24, from 4 – 7 p.m., with a gallery talk at 4:30. Zicafoose’s solo will feature the ikat technique in a display of tapestries illustrating a new series of ikat-inspired collographic mono prints as well as wearables and linens created for her new book, titled Ikat: The Essential Handbook to Weaving Resist-Dyed Cloth to be released in May. Ikat is a resist-dye process used on textiles that requires the threads used in the weaving process to be dyed before being woven together. Zicafoose uses her own adaptation of the ancient technique, which she has been experimenting with and honing for 35 years. The contemporary reinterpretation of the weaving tradition is used to engage viewers in dialogue about color, pattern and symbols. Mary Zicafoose: Ikat opens Jan. 24 from 4 to 7 p.m. and runs through March 6 at the Lied Art Gallery on 2500 California Plz. Gallery hours
An Omaha arts organization and the tradition it launched both celebrate 35 years this month. Since its 1985 start, the Cathedral Arts Project has activated one of Nebraska’s most impressive works of art and architecture, the Spanish Renaissance Revival St. Cecilia Cathedral, with concerts, exhibitions and other special events. CAP’s most popular annual attraction, the free Cathedral Flower Festival, draws thousands of visitors over two days to admire themed floral displays. This year, dozens of local florists will showcase designs around the theme of “For Everything a