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laying in the dirt can make you happy and smart. Here’s how. Scientists have isolated a strain of naturally occurring bacteria that apparently serves to elevate mood when humans are exposed to it. In addition, exposure to the bug, Mycobacterium vaccae, can make you smarter because it enhances the ability to learn.

Nature has a way of doing things right. Making us happy is one of them. A stroll on the beach, a hike in the mountains, a meander through a forest or just some quiet time in an urban garden — all of those activities can easily bring about a feeling of contentment and happiness. Humans are, after all, natural beings. Our techno-industrial society has pushed us farther and farther from nature and we pay the price. But some scientists are pretty sure there are reasons why nature makes us happy.

Use it or… It’s well known now that the more we isolate from nature, the more we try to protect ourselves from dirt, bacteria, allergens, the worse we make it for ourselves. In trying to eliminate challenges to the body, we instead eliminate our body’s defenses by making them unnecessary. Then when we really need them, when we really require the immune system to work perfectly, it instead fails us. Farm children raised around a multitude of animals and exposed to a wide selection of plants have far less asthma and allergies than isolated city kids. The drift to urban living is leaving us unaccustomed to the challenges of nature.

Failing vaccines I suspect that our dismissal of nature is why many vaccines are ineffective. Most vaccines introduce an immune system trigger in a very unnatural way. For example, flu vaccines are notoriously ineffective. No one can say exactly why but the numbers don’t lie. By its own admission, conventional medicine notes that in some flu seasons, ineffectiveness ranges near 90 percent for some demographics. In many mumps outbreaks, a majority of the stricken have had the mumps vaccine but are still sickened. There could be a number of reasons why vaccines don’t work but my take is that when medical science fails to consider the mechanisms of the immune system when trying to develop a method to impose immunity, the technique is doomed to failure.

When we get a flu shot, the supposed trigger to ignite the immune system to properly defend is the injection of a denatured flu virus directly into the blood stream. You don’t have to be a genius to realize that isn’t how the body usually is attacked by a flu virus.

The natural way we encounter a flu virus is by breath-

ing it in or touching a contaminated surface and transferring the bug to our body.

A flu shot (and many other vaccinations, including mumps) ignorantly bypasses the first several fortifications of the immune system, i.e. the skin, the nares, the mouth, the mucous lining of the nose, throat, lungs and so on. Those systems are important defenses and exist for a reason. Injecting virus triggers directly into the blood stream does nothing to engage those systems. Vaccine injections like that are hence an unnatural exposure to a natural pathogen.

Now, on the other hand, maybe a rabies vaccine makes sense. After all, the typical way the rabies virus enters the body is directly into the blood, by a bite usually. That’s the way the body has evolved to experience the rabies virus. So, maybe, just by accident, modern medicine stumbled upon a correct use of a vaccine. If a virus normally enters by injection, maybe an injection is the best application of a vaccine.

Grounds for happiness Researchers have found that a benign bacterium found in the soil, Mycobacterium vaccae, causes the release of serotonin in the brain. These findings by researchers at the University of Bristol and at University College London, aid the understanding of why an imbalance in the immune system leaves some individuals vulnerable to mood disorders like depression.

Dr Chris Lowry, lead author on the paper from Bristol University, said: “These studies help us understand how the body communicates with the brain and why a healthy immune system is important for maintaining mental health. They also leave us wondering if we shouldn’t all be spending more time playing in the dirt.”

In another study, researchers found that exposure to the bacteria enhanced learning ability. ”Mycobacterium vaccae is a natural soil bacterium which people likely ingest or breath in when they spend time in nature,” reported Dorothy Matthews of The Sage Colleges in Troy, New York, who conducted the research with her colleague Susan Jenks.

Experimenting with mice, they found learning improved significantly. It is known that serotonin lowers anxiety and lower anxiety results in better learning ability.

So the message is to play in the back yard, dig some dirt in the garden, spend some time just walking in the woods or playing in nature. Do not fear the dirt. Do not fear bacteria. Heck, there are more bacteria cells in your body than human cells, by far. Make peace with Mother Nature.

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VISIONS FROM FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE • MAY 8, 2014 • There will be a huge market in the future for devices designed to address rude neighbors with pets. For neighbors who use their lawns as toilets for their pets, there will be an inexpensive spray that turns animal waste bright orange, shaming the

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THE DINING ROOM AT UNION PACIFIC: WEAR KHAKIS AND MOVE SWIFTLY B Y TA M S E N BU T L E R

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f you’ve never set foot inside the Union Pacific building, it’s worth a look. The corporate building is open to the public – or, at least, the atrium is – so anyone can wander into the building and have some fun watching people in business casual clothing scurry from one place to another. I can’t guarantee that someone wouldn’t eventually ask you what you’re doing standing there watching people, but hey, it’s worth a shot.

Walk into the front doors of the building and you’ll undoubtedly spot the Dining Room up on the next level. Take the stairs or the escalator, but look out because everyone there is on their way to something,

dish I asked the same employee who had assured me that I could eat there to tell me what the very best thing they offered. He didn’t hesitate when he responded that they were well-known for their salad bar. He assured me that everything was fresh and that there was a huge selection of toppings. I love a good salad, so I grabbed a tray and headed over to the salad bar.

The salad bar was indeed impressive. Just about every topping I could hope for was there, and all of it was fresh. Everything was really well-maintained too; there was nothing out of place at all. You pay for salad by weighing it at the register, so my lunch

CORPORATECHOW and whatever that it, they have to be there quickly.

The first thing I noticed about the Dining Room is that it’s open and bright, and I was the only person standing there in jeans. Everyone else had khakis or slacks, with the occasional business casual skirt tossed in for good measure. Everyone else also sported a Union Pacific badge, so I couldn’t help but wonder if I wasn’t supposed to be there. I asked a Dining Room employee if this place was open to the public, and he assured me that it was fine for me to be there, jeans and all.

The second thing I noticed is that this place ran like a well-oiled machine. Though there were no signs directing people which way to go or where to form lines for food, everyone there moved swiftly and confidently along, grabbing trays, selecting food, paying cheerfully and then scuttling away. Nobody seemed to stick around to eat. I may have missed a dining area, but the only tables I saw were at the end of the line of registers, and people seemed to use those tables to organize their food and then away they went.

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n DINNER AFTER DARK at Bailey’s Chef Claude presents a Spring Fling “Dinner After Dark” at Bailey’s Breakfast & Lunch Restaurant on Saturday, May 10. The night includes cocktails and an impressive seafood-based menu finished up with Cole’s Keylime Pie. Reservations are required. absolutelyfresh.com/baileys n BRING YOUR DOG TO DINNER Midtown Crossing’s Black Oak Grill now offers a dog-friendly patio where you can bring your leashed dog along with you while you enjoy your meal. There’s no word yet on how dogs feel being surrounded by a bunch of humans eating food. blackoakgrill.com n LUCKY BUCKET BEER RUN Registration is now open for the Lucky Bucket Brewing Co. Beer Run on May 31. Sure, some people enjoy the act of running, but the real reason most folks participate

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was pretty darn economical at $4.

Although the salad bar is at the center of the Dining Room, there are other food stations from which to choose. If salads aren’t your thing, you can check out an entrée (both meat and vegetarian options are available) or some pasta, or maybe something from the deli. The setup kind of reminded me of the buffets in Las Vegas where you can wander around allowing your appetite to tell you what type of food you want. The difference is that nobody seems to wander here – everyone seems to know what they want and they don’t waste any time.

I think this is a great place to stop in for a quick bite if you happen to be nearby and want to check it out. If you want to fit in a little better than I did, throw on some khakis and walk with purpose. , The Dining Room at Union Pacific is located at 1400 Douglas St. 402-544-3663. Hours: Monday–Friday: 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday–Sunday: closed in this run is for the beer stops at each mile. Participants must be 21 or over and are invited to stay after the run for the after party where there will be food available for purchase (and plenty of beer). Register before the day of the race for reduced pricing. luckybucketrun.com n TEA TIME IN NEBRASKA CITY It’s a great time of the year to visit Nebraska City, so if a drive is in your plans for the weekend head to Whispering Pines B&B for Spring Tea Time May 10, 11 & 17.

Along with hot tea, enjoy assorted foods that typically accompany tea including dainty sandwiches and pastries. This is a good opportunity to wear a big hat and drink tea with one pinky pointed out, if that’s your thing. bbwhisperingpines.com — Tamsen Butler Crumbs is about indulging in food and celebrating its many forms. Send information about area food and drink businesses to crumbs@thereader.com.

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e provide voting products and services to state and county governments across the USA,” said Aldo Tesi, chairman and CEO of Election Systems and Software.

Tesi explained that ES&S is a behind the scenes player for elections in support of the fundamental right to vote.

Election Systems and Software is currently in 45 states and assists about 2,300 of the 3,500 counties in the country. Last year, the company supported around 7,000 elections.

Said Tesi, “It’s everything from the actual tabulator itself to the supplies, things like ballots, ‘I voted’ stickers and the poll books, all the way through to the software that captures the results and reports it at night.”

Tesi used to be president of First Data and left them in 1999 to take his job at ES&S. He started out as a consultant when one of the owners, a man named Mike McCarthy, approached him to do some consulting work for the company. Tesi said he ended up loving ES&S and the people. Ultimately, McCarthy asked Tesi to run the company. It was an assignment Tesi was excited to take on.

About six months after Tesi began, the hanging chad hit and totally changed the industry.

The 2000 presidential race between Gore and Bush was the closest in history. As votes were recounted, problems arose specifically concerning voter intent and whether that could be ascertained from a ballot that had a hanging chad (the piece of paper left hanging from a punch-card ballot when the punch is incomplete).

Tesi said the debacle ended up presenting a tremendous opportunity for ES&S and the company was very successful.

“We grew our market share. Back in 2000, our market share was 28 percent, today it’s 61 percent.

That means 61 percent of the voters across the country vote on our tabulators. We’ve also broadened our product offerings and are financially sound,” he said.

Tesi has been at the helm of ES&S for 14 years.

The company has 450 employees in Omaha but uses many more individuals for elections.

“We provide customer support in two ways: First, we actually have people on-site at the customer location. During big elections we will have anywhere from 1,500-2,500 people out there, which is far greater than the number of employees we have,” Tesi said.

Over the years, ES&S has established a network of people that come in and learn the company’s products and services. These individuals go out to the election site. It’s very common for people who have family in certain places to be sent to work there so they get a free trip to visit their family and make some money.

“So we have people on-site and then we also have very knowledgeable people here in Omaha that take phone calls for troubleshooting in case a piece of equipment is not working. We also have people across the country that do field work, who actually go in and fix tabulators or install new software,” said Tesi.

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Everything Election Systems and Software does is certified by the federal government and then also certified by the states.

Tesi explained the only national election is the race for President. After that, he said all elections are conducted at the state level whether it’s for governor, senator or other local races. And each state has a Chief Election Officer. In Nebraska that’s John Gale, Secretary of State. He said in most states it’s the Secretary of State. But there are some places where it’s a separate appointed or elected position.

“Their role is to govern the policies, procedures and laws around elections, but really the counties are the ones that administer it so we work closely with counties all over the country,” he said.

The largest county ES&S supports is New York City with 5.6 million voters and the smallest one is Arthur County, Nebraska with 364 voters.

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The market is competitive. Tesi said there are six or seven other traditional competitors that are similar to ES&S. And then there are a lot of new entrants, especially around the area of Internet voting. He explained that Internet voting has some potential down the road but right now it’s not being certified for a whole host of reasons. He said there is a general concern about hacking as well as denial of service.

“We actually do Internet voting today for people who live overseas like military members. There are probably around 2.5 million people who live overseas and they deserve the right to vote. So about 45 days before an election, these people are contacted and they then have the ability to bring up the ballot online and vote it,” said Tesi.

Since the company began in 1984, the system has changed a lot. The company was first called

American Information Systems (AIS). Tesi said back then it was a very small company.

“And they saw in Iowa what was being done for test scoring. They had those optical readers that would read an oval you filled in with a pencil, like on the SAT. They saw that technology and adapted it for the world of elections,” he said.

AIS went out and replaced many lever machines and punch card tabulators across the country. It was a limited product in the early days but it got the company into the election space.

Tesi said the company has been good since the early days and continues to excel with a culture he calls “Live Above the Line.” It’s a way of doing things that focuses on taking ownership and being accountable for positive results. continued on page 8y

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y continued from page 6 “And it provides a road map that empowers people to make a positive difference. So, it’s a very strong culture that has really brought us together as a team,” he said.

The road map consists of four parts: See it, Own it, Solve it, and Do it. Tesi describes the process as simple and straightforward. According to Tesi, the program also has a measurement system in it where company management communicates with employees each month, letting them know how they are performing in four key areas: employee satisfaction, product quality and value, customer satisfaction and financial performance.

“We want people to know if we’re doing well. This engages the people who work for us. The ‘Live Above the Line’ culture gets people actively engaged and when people get to that point, good things happen,” enthused Tesi.

ES&S’s “Live Above the Line” culture allows people, regardless of their level in the company, to stand

up and take ownership of an opportunity or problem and to solve it in a positive way.

Tesi will be honored for his business success by being inducted into the Omaha Business Hall of Fame during a gala celebration on Wednesday, April 23, at the Holland Performing Arts Center, hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber.

Tesi said he feels honored to be personally recognized for the work ES&S does. And he said he feels great pride for what ES&S has done because no matter how hard he works, he can’t be successful without a lot of great people under him doing great things.

Tesi said the recognition he has received is as much for the people in his company as it is for him.

“Fundamentally, what I believe is if you can bring in great people and create an environment that allows them to be their best, ultimately, the company will be successful,” said Tesi. , Electronic Systems and Software is located at 108th and John Galt Blvd. Information is available at essvote.com

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Wes Moore begins his series by pointing out that 2.5 million Americans have fought in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001. “We thank these veterans for their service,” says Moore, a veteran himself, “but few of us know how hard it is to return to normal life after facing danger, suffering and death.” “Coming Back” will remedy that problem. Moore, with his shaved head and reassuring smile, involves us in veterans’ lives so that we can feel their pain and understand their struggles. He doesn’t shy away from tragedy, as in the case of a friend who took his own life. But he does accentuate the positive.

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HANK AND ASHA WITH OMAHA NATIVE FILMMAKER Q&A

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ries, secrets, dreams and fears. But will they face the ultimate step of vulnerability and meet? Hank and Asha received the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival. On this opening night screening and on May 10 the filmmakers, James E. Duff and wife Julia Morrison, will participate in a Q&A answering your questions about the film and their experiences. You’re in for even more of a treat because Duff is an Omaha native. Hank and Asha will run at Film Streams until May 15. Don’t miss your chance to experience this charming rom-com unfold. This special event on May 9 is sold out, but if you want to be placed on a wait list, email molly@ filmstreams.org.

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Howard Drew Theatre Omaha Community Playhouse 6915 Cass St., tickets: $21-$35 OmahaPlayhouse.org David Mamet’s exercise in black and white delves into the idea that few things and few ideas are simple. Here he questions the absolutes of truth and justice, guilt and shame. A wealthy white man

is accused of raping a black woman and seeks help from three attorneys, two of whom are black.

Mamet says that one major theme in this exploration of preconceptions about race is “the lies we tell each other.” His tight, pungent dialogue is often peppered with expletives. They and all the other words in this play have an intense purpose: to get us to ponder those thorny aspects of our society which still color how we think and how we behave. FYI: Mamet was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for Glengarry Glen Ross. Also his: American Buffalo and Speed the Plow. Plus the movies House of Games, Wag the Dog and The Verdict.

He’s a major thought-provoker.

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Highway 50 - 6:00 pm | The Zoo Bar 136 N 14th St Lincoln, NE 68508 Head out every week for some great live music to get your moving!

The Nighthawks - 6:00 pm | The 21st Saloon 4727 S 96th St Omaha, NE 68127 When Mark Stutso, master of the deep groove, joined The Nighthawks at the beginning of 2010, the 21stcentury version of the legendary American roots band was complete.

With Paul Bell and Johnny Castle in the band for nearly a decade, and founding father Mark Wenner the remaining original.

Acoustic Music Thursdays - 7:00 pm | Two Fine Irishmen 18101 R Plaza Omaha, NE 68135 Join us every Thursday night for some great live acoustic music. Actual time may vary.

In The Gruv - 7:00 pm | Ozone Lounge 7220 F St Omaha, NE 68127 Join us every week for some of the best live entertainment around!

Eric Hutchinson-Tell the World Tour 8:00 pm | $20 The Slowdown Omaha 729 N 14th St Omaha, NE 68102 Its hard to not feel good while listening to the new Eric Hutchinson record. It is a damn satisfying experience; the joys of melody and countermelody and a myriad of rhythms from across the globe, as each song manages to reflect a pleasing sense that it is possible to remain transfixed.

William Fitzsimmons - 8:00 pm | $15 The Waiting Room Lounge 6212 Maple St Omaha, NE 68005 Join us tonight for some great tunes from William Fitzsimmons, with Ben Sollee Dereck Higgins - 9:00 pm | $5 The Barley Street Tavern 2735 N 62nd St Omaha, NE 68104 Join us every week for some of the best live music around!

Justin Ready, Desolate Fields - 9:00 pm | $5-$7 The Bourbon Theatre 1415 O Street Lincoln, NE 68508 Join us for some live music.

FRIDAY 9

Tijuana Gigolos - 5:00 pm | The Zoo Bar 136 N. 14th Street Lincoln, NE 68508 Head out every week for some great live music to get your moving!

Lemon Fresh Day - 7:00 pm | Free The Loose Moose 4915 N 120th St Omaha, NE 68164 Join us every Friday and Saturday night for some of the best live music around!

The Confidentials - 7:00 pm | Ozone Lounge 7220 F St,Omaha, NE 68127 Join us every week for some of the best live entertainment around!

Hellogoodbye Vacationer - 8:00 pm | $15 The Waiting Room Lounge 6212 Maple St. Omaha, NE 68005 A group of quirky, fun loving emo rockers from California, Hellogoodbyeseem to take as much influence from modern pop-punk as they do

from the original Nintendo sound bleeps that held children captive in the late 80s. Formed by high school friends in 2002.

Tech N9ne - 8:00 pm | $33 Sokol Auditorium 2234 S 13th St Omaha, NE 68108 Also featuring Psych Ward Druggies.

Lucas Kellison and the Undisco Kids - 9:00 pm | $6 The Zoo Bar 136 N 14th St Lincoln, NE 68508 Join us from a night of great live music you will nto want to miss!

The 402 - 9:00 pm | Two Fine Irishmen 18101 R Plaza Omaha, NE 68135 Head out every week for some of the best live music around!

3D In Your Face - 9:00 pm | The 21st Saloon 4727 S 96th St Omaha, NE 68127 3D In Your Face is the nation’s number one 80’s hair metal tribute band. Big Hair, loud guitars, and more makeup than your mother on date night.

Tatanka - 9:00 pm | $7-$9 The Bourbon Theatre 1415 O St., Lincoln, NE 68508 Join us for some live music.

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Jeezlepeats - 6:00 pm | $6 The Zoo Bar 136 N 14th St. Lincoln, NE 68508 Head out every week for some great live music to get your moving!

Lemon Fresh Day - 7:00 pm | Free The Loose Moose 4915 N 120th St. Omaha, NE 68164 Join us every Friday and Saturday

PRETTY RECKLESS night for some of the best live music around!

Hi-Fi Hangover - 7:00 pm | Ozone Lounge 7220 F St. Omaha, NE 68127 Join us every week for some of the best live entertainment around!

Manchester Orchestra - 7:45 pm | $18-$21 Sokol Auditorium 2234 S 13th St. Omaha, NE 68108 Manchester Orchestras new album, Simple Math, is about that experience. Its the reaction to my marital, physical, and mental failures. But for the first time, Im not blaming anyone but myself, Hull says. Produced fat, tactile and beautiful by Dan Hannon.

Achilles Last Band: Led Zeppelin Tribute - 9:00 pm | $7 The Waiting Room Lounge 6212 Maple St Omaha, NE 68005 Featuring members of area bands The Fools and The Randall Zwarte band, these 4 individuals are setting out to create an experience like no other. With Mikes vocal range and stage presence, Corys Les Paulinfused heavy blues-rock guitar, Jons melodic bass playing and versatility on keyboards...

Secret Weapon - 9:00 pm | Two Fine Irishmen 18101 R Plaza Omaha, NE 68135 Head out every week for some of the best live music around!

Brad Hoshaw and Matt Cox - 9:00 pm | $5 The Barley Street Tavern 2735 N 62nd St Omaha, NE 68104 Join us every week for some of the best live music around!

Liquid Grooves Preparty - 9:00 pm | Free-$5 The Bourbon Theatre 1415 O St Lincoln, NE 68508 Featuring Myth, Natron 88, Kregan, Semtec, and Moeglie the Jungle Bastard.

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Carmina! - 7:00 pm | $15-$50 Holland Performing Arts Center 1200 Douglas St. Omaha, NE 68102 Carl Orffs musical rendition of tales

of Medieval life, love and loss. Presented by Orchestra Omaha, Kenneth Meints Music Director in collaboration with Sing Omaha, Matt Hill, Music Director, featuring some of the areas premier choral ensembles.

Luigi, Inc. - 9:00 pm | Free Mr. Toad’s Pub Omaha 1002 Howard St. Omaha, NE 68102 Since 1975, Mr. Toad has brought you the finest Jazz Omaha has to offer in our Library. The legendary Luigi Waites held court there for nearly 35 years until his passing in April of 2010. The gig goes on as Luigi would’ve wished, with his band ‘Luigi, Inc.’ holding down the fort with their cool sound.

Coolzey & Louis Logic - 9:00 pm | $5-$7 The Bourbon Theatre 1415 O St Lincoln, NE 68508 Join us for some live music.

Emily Bass - 5:00 pm | The Zoo Bar 136 N 14th Street Lincoln, NE 68508 Join us for Piano Hour!

Zoo Bar House Band - 7:00 pm | $3 The Zoo Bar 136 N 14th Street Lincoln, NE 68508 Head out every Sunday for a night of live music.

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Mike Gurciullo and His Las Vegas Big Band - 7:00 pm | Ozone Lounge 7220 F St. Omaha, NE 68127 Join us every week for some of the best live entertainment around!

The Envy Corps - 9:00 pm | $6-$8 The Waiting Room Lounge 6212 Maple St. Omaha, NE 68005 The Envy Corps indie quasi-anthems, filled with galvanizing arrangements and elasticized melodies have garnered the Des Moines band the affection of the attentive Midwest and fans internationally.

Songwriter Open Mic - 9:00 pm | Free The Barley Street Tavern 2735 N 62nd St Omaha, NE 68104 Sign up starts at 7pm. Talk to the bartender to get on the list. 15 minute sets (including set-up/tear-down

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Jazzocrazy - 6:00 pm | Free The Zoo Bar 136 N. 14th Street Lincoln, NE 68508 Head out on Tuesdays for some great music!

The Pretty Reckless - 8:00 pm | $15$50 The Waiting Room Lounge 6212 Maple St. Omaha, NE 68005 Join us for a night of great music with the Pretty Reckless and Heaven’s Basement!

DJ Relic Soul Party - 9:00 pm | Free The Zoo Bar 136 N. 14th Street Lincoln, NE 68508 Join us for an all vinyl night!

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Ori Naffaly Band - 6:00 pm | $10 The Zoo Bar 136 North 14th St. Lincoln, NE 68508 Head out every week for some great live music to get your moving!

The Grease Band - 7:00 pm | Ozone Lounge 7220 F Street Omaha, NE 68127 Join us every week for some of the best live entertainment around!

Zach Short - 8:00 pm | $7 The Slowdown Omaha 729 N 14th St Omaha, NE 68102 Zach Short, the Band. Be he man, or be he legend? Some say he roams the streets of Omaha, with an acoustic guitar, trying not to step in gum, or trip over small rocks...like he often is laughed at (wrongfully) for. Legend has it, he uses his guitar to try and persuade people to give him money.

Matt Pond PA - 8:30 pm | $12 The Waiting Room Lounge 6212 Maple St Omaha, NE 68005 Matt Pond has already accomplished what fewrarely do. A career musician with a die-hard following that continues to grow with each album, and a resume that includes the title song for a motion picture soundtrack and a long running Starbucks commercial.

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n Going into its last weekend at the Omaha Community Playhouse, Boeing Boeing is not your typical comedy. Cast member Teri Fender talked about the challenges of the show: What specific challenges did the show face for you as a performer?

“I think the toughest thing I’ve had to deal with is the German accent. For the most part, I have a fairly strong aptitude for picking up accents, and have done several of them over the years, but never German before. An authentic German accent tends to be very back of the throat and soft in tone, which, of course, won’t really work in a broad stage farce, so I’ve had to learn the basics, and then adapt them to the material, so to speak. Now I catch myself using the stage version of the German accent in my everyday life, and I’m sure I’m driving everyone in my life up a proverbial wall with it.”

What was the rehearsal process for this show like?

“It’s always an interesting process when working on a comedy, because there are always multiple ways to go, in terms of style, from the subtle to the ridiculous. Working with Carl Beck, who truly is a master in handling this type of comedy, is a joy, because he always seems to know just how to tweak the material to get the most out of it.”

What’s it been like working with your other cast mates? Any funny stories?

The person I was most excited to work with was Monty Eich. I mean, come on, the man is a comic prodigy. Watching his process, and how much it differed from that of say, Anthony Clark-Kaczmarek’s, or even mine, was fascinating. Comedians and so-called dramatic actors are very different beasts in that way, and it’s always fun to see what we can make out of the mix.”

What do you like about the show’s 1960s style?

“I’ve never worked on such a ’60s-specific play before, something that exists so perfectly within the time frame it was written that it really can’t exist in the same way outside of it, and that in itself is enjoyable. The sets, costumes, hair… they certainly have a little bit of that ‘Mad Men’ flair to them, but in a much broader, brighter, more colorful way.”

What has been your favorite moment in the show so far?

“Wow, it’s hard to pick just one, but I can say that putting on that 95 percent air hostess/5 percent dominatrix costume on, spouting those lines in that ridiculous stage accent, and having the audience really seem to dig it, makes all the effort worthwhile.”

— William Grennan Cold Cream looks at theater in the metro area. Email information to coldcream@thereader.com

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feel that I’m connecting with Beethoven,” said pianist/conductor Hal France. He’s referring to his five-week engagement in 18 two- hoursplus performances of parts of the composer’s famed masterpiece Diabelli Variations. There are 33 variations and they are at the core of the play of that name by Moisés Kaufman at Omaha’s Blue Barn Theatre.

Kaufman examines the processes behind Beethoven’s creation derived from a waltz by Diabelli along with musicologist Katherine Brandt’s passionate search to discover why and how the composer worked assiduously and long on so many permutations of what seemed a simple theme.

The script deals with aspects of Beethoven’s life during his intense, brilliantly productive last years, interacting with his assistant Anton Schindler and with Diabelli. As the composer’s deafness wounds him, the play equally follows parallel developments in Brandt’s waning life as she tries to deal with terminal ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s disease) and struggles to heal a fractured relationship with her career-unfocused daughter.

Thirty-three scenes take place in two time zones, ours and the composer’s, sometimes intersecting. All the while a pianist, France in this case, live, plays the music about which so much story development resonates.

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“There have been many portrayals of Beethoven,” he added, “but this shows him as a real, struggling, sympathetic human being,” reminding us that the play involves thoroughly researched history and is unlike deliberate fantasy and fiction such as, for example, Peter Schaffer’s Amadeus.

While admiring Blue Barn founder Nils Haaland interpret Beethoven on stage, France remains fascinated by how the play explores what happens in the creative process. “It’s one of the best pieces I’ve ever seen about such a process, a very elusive topic for meaningful dialogue.”

“Kaufman superbly gives us insight into Beethoven’s perfectionism, investing every ounce of his being into this new, sometimes revolutionary music and its unbridled emotional energy. We see a pure expression of the composer striving to mine every milligram of gold in the theme.”

The Variations took a very long time to complete.

France believes that this is so because the composer was vitally concerned with his own reputation, “an innovator trying to go beyond where he’d already been.”

Kaufman’s play dwells on Katherine Brandt’s seeking to go where few had gone before, into researching the depths behind the Variations, especially why Beethoven

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chose to make something special out of a waltz which she considers insignificant. As she goes deeper into that, she also goes deeper into herself, struggling to understand what has happened to her body and to her relationship with her daughter. Her trip to Germany to see Beethoven’s writing first hand becomes an earnest effort to give her life more meaning.

France says that such devotion to research is hardly rare given that the Variations “are sort of the Rosetta Stone and Dead Sea Scrolls of who the composer was.

With so many manuscript corrections, changes, modifications, rejections, re-workings deciphered, examined and studied, the score has become revered as something almost sacred, an extraordinary window into how Beethoven thought.” But France points out that it would be a mistake to assume that the music heard in the play is on some kind of lofty, intellectual plateau. There are many lighthearted as well as serious moments. And the score often reinforces the popular music roots of Diabelli’s time. “Beethoven is almost jamming on it.”

A jazz term? Why not? France plays plenty of types of music. “I don’t accept categories. There are many different forms of expression.” He plays jazz.

Certainly, as a significant opera conductor, France has long been involved in much theatre. That includes musicals, both as a conductor and on-stage performer. He’s been in Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s Show Boat in Denver, a Central City Opera production where he appeared as piano-player “Jake,” hopping on and off the music director podium. He’s going to reprise both roles in May next year for the Portland Opera.

France, born in a small town on the Delaware River in Northwestern New Jersey, didn’t know he’d be in demand as an opera conductor all over this nation in his adult life. Trained from youth as a pianist, including studying, separately, with pupils of Artur Schnabel (“one of the greatest Beethoven players of the 20th century,” he comments) he graduated with a Piano Performance degree from Northwestern. But then he got a fellowship from the American Opera Center at Juilliard to study opera coaching. That pointed him in the career direction he most wanted to go. Subsequently he’s made a major name for himself in the opera world. He’d best known locally for his years with Opera Omaha where he guest conducted in his mid-30s and became the 10-year Artistic Director in 1995. During that time he decided to live in this city, despite having had a rigorous travel schedule, conducting in famed houses such as New York City Opera, Seattle Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Cleveland Opera, at Glimmerglass and Wolf Trap. He’s led the orchestras in three world premieres. Moreover he’s conducted operas by local actor/composer Paul Boesing who appears as composer Anton Diabelli in this play.

In this city, France has been exceptionally involved in the arts and this is not the first time he’s had a connection with Blue Barn Theatre. He directed Blue Barn Music Festivals in 2006 and 2007. Hence his being asked by the Theatre’s artistic director Susan Clement-Toberer to take the key role at the keyboard.

As for what else in which the pianist/conductor is engaged these days, underway at present is a community education series on opera and music called “For the Love Of It “ which is at Joslyn Castle four Wednesday evenings starting May 14. The first program, FYI, is called “Going Broadway.”

After some time off this summer, France resumes his role as adjunct professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where he will continue teaching an opera history course and co-instructing the Opera Workshop.

He’s starting a new course in the fall, “Orchestra In and Out. ” Would it surprise you to learn that he’s focusing on Beethoven? , 33 Variations continues through June 8 at Blue Barn Theatre 614 S. 11th St. Omaha. Thurs-Sat: 7:30 p.m. Sun: 6 p.m.

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he Blues Foundation’s 35th annual Blues Music Awards happen in Memphis this Thursday, May 8. A number of national artists who appear regularly at local venues are up for awards. Lincoln’s own Shawn Holt and Levi William are nominated in the Best New Artist Debut category for Shawn Holt & The Teardrops’ debut release Daddy Told Me (Blind Pig). Shawn Holt is the son of the late Magic Slim, a longtime Lincoln resident. Holt and William recorded and are on tour with Slim’s old rhythm section Vern Taylor and Christopher Beidron. Watch blues.org for announcements of all the winners. Award winners are usually available in fairly real time at americanbluesscene.com.

Nighthawks Legendary Washington, D.C., band The Nighthawks is at The 21st Saloon Thursday, May 8, 6-9 p.m. The band still features original cofounder Mark Wenner on vocals and harmonica.

They have been going strong for over 40 years with their celebration of American roots, blues and gospel music. See thenighthawks.com.

Karp & Foley at The 21st Next week, Thursday, May 15, the wonderful Sue Foley, Peter Karp and their band are back. Foley has been playing the blues nearly her whole life. Born in Canada, she moved to Austin where

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Hot Notes The Ori Naftaly Band also gigs at Lincoln’s Zoo Bar Wednesday, May 14, 6-9 p.m. Check krislagerband.com to see if any tickets remain for the Lager band’s weekend HullabaCruises on the River City Star plus Friday and Saturday after-parties at The Hive. Saturday, May 10, 9 p.m., catch Brad Hoshaw, Matt Cox, Geoff Koch, Justin Lamoureux and John Larsen at Barley Street Tavern. 40SINNERS brings its gutbucket blues to McKenna’s Friday, May 9, 8-11 p.m. Honeyboy Turner Band gigs at Havana Garage Saturday, May 10, 9 p.m. Coming up Saturday, May 17, is the annual Jammin’ Away the Blues event with Delta Groove recording artists Mitch Kashmar, Kevin Selfe & The Tornadoes and Deak Harp plus hosts Honeyboy Turner Band at Lincoln’s Duggan’s Pub. See mha-ne.org/jamminawaytheblues. ,

HOODOO is a weekly column focusing on blues, roots, Americana and occasional other music styles with an emphasis on live music performances. Hoodoo columnist B.J. Huchtemann is a Reader senior contributing writer and veteran music journalist who has covered the local music scene for nearly 20 years. Follow her blog at hoodoorootsblues.blogspot.com.

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Ah, That New Car Smell This is part four of a series. Read previous columns online at www.thereader.com/news

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I began searching for a new car about a month before I decided to get rid of the MINI Cooper.

The original plan was to keep my old MINI at least for another year — to sell or trade in my 2005 in 2015 and get a perfect 10 years out of the automobile. Then no one could argue that I didn’t need — no, deserve — a new car.

I even told the guy at Markel MINI my plan, and he nodded, saying, “Yes, it is possible.” But I knew better. There was a tickle in the back of my mind that the next mechanical shoe to drop with my MINI would cost me $10,000.

So I began looking online for the replacement and was woefully disappointed.

We’ve entered an era in car design where people seem satisfied with the most mundane-looking vehicles. The ever-popular Hondas, for example, may be one of most reliable cars in the world, but they look like they were designed by a child who was just handed a piece of chalk and was told to draw a car like his daddy drives.

Speaking of popular cars, Hyundais somehow have become the most common car on the road. Seems like every other car that pulls up alongside me in traffic is a Hyundai, and to their credit, the car maker has stepped up its game with a line of inexpensive, futuristic-looking sedans.

The problem, of course, is that they’re still Hyundais. There was a time not so long ago when “Hyundai” was a synonym for “Yugo,” which was a synonym for “piece of shit.”

I say the above knowing full well that half the people in my office drive Hyundais and couldn’t be happier with them. After all, as Jeff Bridges says in the commercials, they come with “America’s Best Warranty.”

After my nightmare with my MINI, there is no way I’ll ever own a car outside of its warranty period again. Today’s cost to repair any car makes warranties a must, and car dealers know this. They know you’re either going to lease your car (I still can’t figure out how that’s a deal for anyone) or buy and trade it in four years later. Either way, most people will be making car payments their entire lives.

So, Hondas and Hyundais were out. Toyotas also have become boring, except for the Miata, which, while being a convertible, isn’t designed for someone my size. I’d all but given up on buying another convertible, as the only ones that appealed to me cost as much as a small house.

What about a Ford Mustang convertible? Because of their low price, Mustangs have become the first

choice for the budget-minded muscle-car enthusiast, which means there are a million of them on the road -- i.e., bellybutton cars. From the beginning I considered doing the patriotic thing and buying an American-made car, but GM, Chevy and Ford proudly make generic cars to appeal to generic buyers.

When I bought my first European-made car — a ’95 VW Cabrio — my brother, who works on Porsches for a living, said I’d never be able to drive anything but a Euro car again, that they spoil you with smart design both inside and out. But if my MINI experience taught me anything, it’s that I can’t afford another European car, at least not one that I liked. Sure, you can get into a BMW or Benz for a reasonable price, but their low-end models are so vanilla you might as well be driving an American-made car... or a Honda.

Finally after hours of tapping throughout he ‘net, I came across the Subaru BRZ, a fun little “sports coupe.” It had a number of things going for it: 1) It met the obscurity requirement -- I’d never seen one on the road; 2) It was a two-door — I’m not hauling anyone around except my wife; 3) It looked cool (to me anyway); it reminded me of my pal Dave’s old Toyota Supra; and 4) It was reasonably priced.

Turns out the Subaru BRZ is the exact same car as the Scion FR-2. Subaru and Toyota (who owns the Scion brand) worked jointly to design and build the car. Each put out its own version of basically the same model. Since the pricing also was virtually the same, which brand should I buy?

Just like the argument against the Hyundai, it came down to the most superficial of reasons. Scion is Toyota’s “Youth line,” a brand designed to appeal to “Generation Y.” In fact, Scion’s TV commercials feature an edgy young couple walking away from their car as explosions go off in the background. It just didn’t feel right.

Subaru, on the other hand, has become synonymous with small, dependable, four-wheel-drive vehicles. One of my fondest memories as a kid was driving in my brother’s Subaru Brat, a weird twodoor car/truck hybrid, like a miniature version of the El Camino, complete with life-threatening lawnchair-like seats mounted in the tailgate. Sometimes fun trumps safety.

If I had to choose between the Generation Y brand and a brand from my youth, there was no competition.

Long story short: I test drove one BRZ at one dealership (to make sure I’d fit inside it) and bought one at another. Unlike MINI’s one-dealership monopoly, there are at least four Subaru dealerships in the metro area. Price haggling lasted as long as it took the sales guy to show me how much he’d give for my MINI. So now I’m driving around in a white Subaru BRZ, and I love it. It’s a stick, which makes it that much more fun to drive, though I still haven’t mastered working the clutch in flip-flops. ,

OVER THE EDGE is a weekly column by Reader senior contributing writer Tim McMahan focused on culture, society, music, the media and the arts. Email Tim at tim.mcmahan@gmail.com. And be sure to check out his blog at Lazy-i.com

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he Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission in March reprimanded three pornography broadcast stations -- not for excessively erotic fare, but for violating Canada’s protectionist, patriotic rules requiring that at least 35 percent of all content be of Canadian origin. According to its notice, the 24-hour AOV Adult Movie Channel, XXX Action Clips and Maleflixxx were falling short of the 8 1/2 hours a day of north-of-the-border sex action (and, in an additional charge, were failing to provide enough closed captioning to accompany the “Yeah’s” and “Oh, baby’s”).

Compelling Explanations Drunk Logic: Wendy Simpson, 25, explaining her DUI arrest during a March incident in Huddersfield, England, pointed out that she had just minutes earlier walked to a McDonald’s for a late-night meal because she knew she was too inebriated to drive.

However, the dining room was closed, and she was refused service at the drive-thru window because she was on foot, and, she said, the only option left for her was to go home, get her car and return to the drive-thru.

On the way back, she was arrested.

-- Efren Carrillo, a member of the board of supervisors of California’s Sonoma County, was charged with misdemeanor “peeking” last year in Santa Rosa after he, returning home from a club late at night, saw his female neighbor’s light on and decided to drop in on her (though he did not even know her name). He had knocked at her back patio door, carrying beers, but was dressed awkwardly, leading the woman to call 911. “In retrospect,” the county supervisor told police afterward, “I should

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have had my pants on” (instead of just his socks and underwear). (His trial was underway at press time.)

-- Among the arguments offered in March by Darrious Mathis’ lawyers for his jury trial in Cobb County, Georgia, (for assault, kidnapping and carjacking) was the assertion that Mathis needed no force in order to have sex with the female victim on the night in question -- because Mathis is such a good-looking man. (However, the jury was not so dazzled and convicted him on all charges.)

Ironies England’s Stockport magistrates’ court levied the equivalent of a $13,000 fine in March against Lorraine White, 41, who runs a part-time service as a dominatrix (chaining up and whipping “bad” men) in a “sex dungeon.” Her business is apparently perfectly legal; the citation was for violating fire codes because inspectors could not see how a client, being properly disciplined (handcuffed and chained), might escape the dungeon in the event of fire.

-- Sounds Like a Joke: The Food and Drug Administration has had run-ins with “homeopathic” products that subtly market themselves as health remedies without ever having sought the required FDA approval. However, in March, a different problem arose, requiring the agency to order a recall of 56 different batches of homeopathic remedies made by the Ferndale, Washington, company Terra-Medica -- because they may have (accidentally) been genuine medicine. A variety of the firm’s capsules, tablets and suppositories, said the FDA, might have contained actual penicillin, inadvertently produced as a by-product of fermentation.

-- Tiffany Austin called a KTVU reporter in March after being dismissed as a member of the Planet Fitness Gym in Richmond, California, after only one 15-minute workout -- because she was “too fit” and

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therefore making other members uncomfortable.

Planet Fitness apparently takes seriously its business slogan guaranteeing “no gymtimidation,” designed to keep out-of-shape women from feeling bad about themselves. Said another member, to the reporter, “It’s unfair to show off your body.”

The Litigious Society A columnist for the Egyptian newspaper Al-Yawm Al-Sabi proposed in March that Egypt sue Israel in international court for reparations for the 10 Biblical plagues cast from Hebrew curses, including boils, lice, locusts and turning the Nile River into blood. Ahmad alGamal asserted that Israelites swiped gold, silver and other precious items as they began their legendary desert wandering. Al-Gamal also wants reparations from Turkey (for the 16th-century Ottoman invasion), France (for Napoleon’s invasion in 1798), and Britain (for 72 years of occupation).

-- A California model, Elizabeth Dickson, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles in March against Playboy Enterprises for an injury she suffered as a guest on a Playboy Channel cable TV show in 2012 when she allowed host Kevin Klein to tee a golf ball off of her rear end. According to the $500,000 lawsuit, Klein took a swing at the ball that was teed between her cheeks, missed, and struck her buttocks hard, causing her “pain, suffering, worrying and anxiety.”

Latest Human Rights Rehabilitated: Cook County, Ill., judge Cynthia Brim is awaiting the Illinois Courts Commission’s decision as she seeks to be reinstated following her suspension in 2012 for mental health issues. Brim has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, has been hospitalized “multiple” times since 1993 (according to a Chicago Sun-Times report), and now claims to be fine, provided she takes her meds on schedule -- which her doctor said she will need to do for

the rest of her life. Her suspension came after a manic courtroom outburst lauding her heroic “testicles” and which preceded a scuffle with sheriff ’s deputies outside a county judicial building.

Least Competent Criminals Genres That Never Get Old: (1) Evelyn Hamilton, 37, was arrested in Lufkin, Texas, in April as merely the most recent person to complain to police that in a recent street transaction, she had been sold inferior marijuana. “Seeds and residue,” she whined to the nearest officer, as she pulled a stash from her bra. (2) Though many people are remorseful about their first tattoos, Jeffrey Chapman is apparently more so. His ultra-cool inking (the word “murder” on his neck in reverse image, clearly readable only in a mirror) is now awkward as he prepares, at press time, to stand trial for first-degree murder for a 2011 killing in Great Bend, Kansas.

Armed and Clumsy (all-new!)

Americans (mostly men) continue to accidentally shoot themselves. Several men from law enforcement did: a cop in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the leg at a bagel shop (December); a former police officer and firearms instructor in Glenwood, Nebraska (January); a sheriff ’s deputy, in the leg while defending himself against an aggressive dog in Riverside, California (April); and the police chief in Connersville, Indiana, in the leg (January), but -- over 14 years had passed since the previous time he accidentally shot himself!

Some familiar (recurring) incidents: the accidental testicle shot (holstering his weapon into his pants, Portland, Oregon, January); the motorist looking to intimidate in a road rage incident (but shooting his own leg, Orlando, Florida, January); the man demonstrating gun safety to his girlfriend by pointing the “unloaded” gun to his head and firing (fatally) (Oakland County, Michigan, February); and the butt shot, while reaching for his wallet at a Home Depot (Brighton, Michigan, December). ,

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pider-man’s new costume looks swell, and Emma Stone is charming. Those are the only two things about The Amazing Spiderman 2 I didn’t hate with the fiery anger of a thousand exploding suns. Every other performance, every last bit of dialogue and plot, every character beat, every joke, every garishly cartoonish action sequence can die a painful, prolonged death before languishing in the bowels of whatever hell is reserved for mindless, exploitive cash grabs masquerading as movies.

Screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are franchise serial killers, having parasitically attached themselves to Transformers and Star Trek, among others. That two living, breathing human beings can routinely produce content this noxious and vapid without remorse is almost impressive. Orci is a known conspiracist who believes 9/11 was “an inside job,” so he obsessively inserts sinister secrecy into everything he writes. Here, that means starting a Spider-man movie with a prolonged action sequence where Peter Parker’s father (Campbell Scott) fights

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to ensure the truth about governmental bioweapons gets out.

We then skip to Spider-man (Andrew Garfield) fighting The Rhino, played by Paul Giamatti, whose Russian accent makes Boris and Natasha from “Rocky and Bullwinkle” seem nuanced. The fight makes Peter miss his gal Gwen (Emma Stone) giving a graduation speech about death, a completely appropriate thing to talk about at commencement. Gwen and Peter are on-again-off-again because Pete feels guilty after her dying father (Dennis Leary) told him to stay away from her in the last film. In case you forgot, the chubby ghost of Dennis Leary frequently pops up, telling Petey to “quit touchin’ mah daughter!” with his dead eyes.

Enter Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), who is somehow Pete’s “best bud” despite the pair not having talked since they were 12. Harry and his daddy have an unnamed familial disease that turns them into goblins. He needs Spider-man’s blood for a cure; to get it, he enlists the help of Electro (Jamie Foxx), a newly superpowered bad guy.

Then there’s a violent CGI orgy that fumbles its way to a climax so unearned it’s offensive.

First-Run Films Hank and Asha First-Run

Dir. James E. Duff.

Starts Friday, May 9 An Indian woman studying in Prague and a lonely New Yorker begin an unconventional correspondence through video letters.

Filmmakers’ Screenings with directorwriter and Omaha native James E. Duff & writer-editor Julia Morrison:

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It’s hard to pick one worst moment, but here are some to consider: Gwen insists she join Spidey at the power plant because she “knows the schematics” and can turn the electricity back on, only to arrive and flip one giant, clearly labeled switch. Garfield’s spazzy, twitching delivery turns Peter from “troubled youth” to “mentally unwell.” Foxx’s character makes Urkel from “Family Matters” look like a babe magnet; it’s easily the most embarrassing thing he’s ever done, and he once played a character named Bunz in the film Booty Call.

DeHaan’s hair, both before and after his goblin transformation, is a follicle hate crime. I have more...

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a dire warning of where our current superhero movie binge could lead. Offensively dumb, clumsily performed, lazily conceived, it is a descendent of the 1990s Batman sequels. To borrow from Aliens, this franchise (and Orci and Kurtzman) should be nuked from orbit, just to be safe. But hey, at least the costume looked neat.

GRADE = D-

Jodorowsky’s Dune First-Run (PG-13)

Dir. Frank Pavich.

Through Thursday, May 15 A documentary about the most famous movie never made.

Jodorowsky, Too The Holy Mountain 1973

Dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky.

Friday, May 9 - Thursday, May 15 In honor of the insane film Jodorowsky didn’t get to make, we’re showing one he did get to make! On 35mm!

n If you haven’t heard that they announced the cast of the new Star Wars movie, when do you planning on leaving the hermetically sealed hyperbolic chamber you live in? Director JJ Abrams tickled nerd nostalgia by confirming the return of some beloved old faces (that Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are back) while introducing some new ones. New Star Warriors include Max von Sydow, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver. You likely know Sydow, who has been around for what seems like centuries, and Serkis, who famously played Gollum in The Lord of the Rings series.

A quick rundown of the rest: Gleeson was just in About Time with Rachel McAdams, Isaac was in the Coen brothers’ last one, Driver is on HBO’s “Girls,” Boyega had the lead in Attack the Block and Ridley is pretty (seriously, her IMDB page is emptier than mine). We don’t know the roles, but rumor has it Driver is a baddie and Boyega is the lead. It’s a killer cast, even if it is a bit of a sausage fest. But the biggest addition may be a subtraction: Nobody misses you, George Lucas. n A quick funny for you: Some Japanese fans are making fun of the design of the titular Godzilla because he looks chubby. Some have even called him an “American fatty,” a phrase I believe was trademarked by Guy Fieri. n HBO is bringing back “Project Greenlight,” the reality series where Matt Damon and Ben Affleck decide to fund a film based on submissions. The show was never a hit but always had promise when it started more than a decade ago. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m pretty sure I have an idea for the winning script. The opening line is “This happened in Boston.”

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