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ike a plague of locusts swarming in late summer, the cheap, ubiquitous yard signs touting “Flu Shots” are polluting the landscape around grocery stores and drugstores. Seems you can get injected nearly everywhere but Starbucks. As sure as the nip in the air, Husker gear and leaves falling, flu shot propaganda signals the turn of the season.

The physical challenge of winter looms and the tradition of cold and flu season (a tradition I am happy to ignore) is nigh. Flu shots, notoriously ineffective, appear as the only mainstream solution. Fortunately, for the better informed, there are options that support the immune system rather than target the evasive virus that will always evolve to beat the vaccine. Many are the means to naturally tune the immune system and stay healthy over the winter months.

Food Seasons change and so too the seasonal diet. Eat foods nature dictates during the autumn months to prepare for winter. Squash, sweet potatoes, yams, beets, cranberries, almonds, tomatoes and all root vegetables are loaded with the nutrients that the body needs right now. How to choose what’s in season?

Well, usually, foods in season are on sale. And choose organic or pesticide-free. No sense in polluting the body when you’re trying to make it stronger.

Meanwhile, cut out the junky foods that deplete the immune system. Eliminate or limit alcohol, all processed foods, dairy and the evil sugar.

Drop Drugs Each year, prescription drugs kill 33 times more Americans than died in the Twin Towers attack. Over 100,000 are killed annually by pharmaceutical drugs. The negative effects overwhelm the rare instances when drugs work right. Just listen to the disclaimers at the end of any drug ad. Now imagine what kind of unknown negative effects those powerful profit-making pills have on the body. How to get off the drugs? First ask the dealer who got you hooked on them. Then do research about it. Take control of your health and do the right thing and the immune system will perk right up.

Meditate It’s a proven fact. Proper meditation builds the immune system. And bear in mind, while listening to a relaxing recording of “meditative” music, etc. may have its benefits, that’s not meditating.

That’s listening to music. Two different things, folks.

In order to experience the benefits of meditation, one must learn actual meditation. Two methods that I vouch for are Transcendental Meditation and the

Silva Method. Both are available in the area. Oh, and by the way, meditation has health benefits far beyond immune system support. And the only reported side effect is bliss.

Acupuncture Trade a prick with a syringe for a professional with a needle. A visit to a licensed acupuncturist can be a first-line approach to boosting the immune system. According to the National Cancer Institute (and other sources), acupuncture boosts the immune system and provides other important health benefits.

And look for the “L.Ac.” honorific. That indicates that the practitioner completed a full four year Chinese medical school, not just a weekend workshop.

Move then sleep. Stay active and exercise to keep the immune system in tip-top shape.

Then, make sure you are getting good, natural sleep. Sleep, sleep, sleep. It’s good.

Supplements and herbs. I’m personally not in favor of supplements in general, but in the winter, vitamin D is at a premium because of less sunlight in our northern hemisphere. Vitamins A, C, D and E are good ones to look at. Many of them are available in the seasonal foods. A baked sweet potato has 769 percent (not a typo!) of the daily value of Vitamin A. Other supplements are on my “go to” list for immune system boosting: Astragalus I learned of this herb via the director of the original “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, Tobe Hooper. Bedridden for over a month back in the winter of 1990 with a raging respiratory ailment, none of the prescription drugs were working. His wife, Carin, read about Chinese astragalus root tincture in the L.A. Weekly. Two weeks later he was the picture of health.

I’ve heard since that astragalus is indicated after an illness has set in rather than as a pre-emptive.

Echinacea I go for the tincture version of this herb. It happens to be a plant indigenous to the Great Plains and you see it all around you known as coneflower.

The root is considered best but I like tincture made from the entire plant. Strong stuff with lots of information out there about it.

Jade Screen This is a composite herbal supplement I’ve gotten from my herbalist, Nicholas Schnell. It’s used to protect the body from viral attack, just like an impregnable jade screen would do. The primary ingredient is a variety of astragalus and is blended with siler root and bai zhu . There are few supplements that garner the rave reviews that Jade Screen gets.

As supplements go, I prefer tinctures from a company called Energique. It’s located in Woodbine, Iowa.

I’ve been to their facility and trust their work.

Be well. ,

• OCTOBER 2, 2014 • The next few years will see explosive development in the field of parapsychology when a series of tests determine a scientific basis for ghosts and hauntings. It will be demonstrated that the human mind has an additional sense, one underdeveloped and poorly understood, that allows us to project our experiences

and emotions outward. People intuitively receive these projections, and, when they are especially strong, can pick them up for months or even years after the fact. This is why traumatic events, such as murder, so often leave behind traces, which we interpret as ghostly visitors from the past.

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ave you ever had a conversation with someone who is sitting on the precipice of a lifechanging moment? It certainly makes for an interesting conversation, and can be a particularly animated conversation if there’s caffeine involved.

When I sat down to chat with Jill Lemen about her Noshsense bars it was obvious that this is a woman on the precipice of many life-changing moments ahead of her. She has kids readying to graduate from high school. She has a small business that’s rapidly becoming a bigger business. There’s a lot of change ahead of Jill, but she’s ready. “That’s the thing; I don’t really have a fear of failure,” says Jill. “I’ve been building this runway to get ready to take off.”

Noshsense started out when she started shopping and cooking for a friend who was paralyzed in an accident. “She’s gluten-free and sugar-free, so that’s how this all started,” says Jill. “I’ve never had issues with food. Once you start shopping and cooking for someone who’s cleaned up like that, it really makes a big difference.”

Jill started by making her friend some oatmeal cups first, which turned out to be quite good. So she then moved on to making bars. “They had apricot and cranberry and nuts and all that, and after she tried them she was like, ‘Oh my gosh, these are so good, you could sell them.’ I didn’t think much of it, but then another friend tried them and loved them and said the same thing, and then another, and another. They all said the same thing.”

She wasn’t necessarily looking to start a new business, but she couldn’t ignore two important factors: she really enjoyed making the bars, and everyone around her kept freaking out over how good the bars tasted. “I never even thought about that,” she says. “I thought to myself, ‘Huh, what would that look like?’ It just kind of rolled from there.”

So here she is, having experienced success with farmers markets and steadily growing a customer base, so the next logical step seems to be getting the bars into

crumbs ■ FARM-TO-TABLE IN BENSON Daddy’s Neighborhood Fresh Market is now open in Benson. They provide fresh, local food that is sourced from within 100 miles of the market, making sure that folks can buy food that hasn’t traveled across oceans to get here. Buy food from Daddy’s if you want to know where your food came from, yet want the convenience of shopping at a market. www.daddysneighborhoodfreshmarket.com ■ AUTUMN BEER DINNER Make your reservation for the Oct. 8 Autumn Beer Dinner featuring Black Oak Grill and Lucky Bucket Brewing Company. For around $30 you’ll get a three-course meal and four Lucky Bucket beers. Call ahead for tickets since they’re limited, and consider wearing elastic waistband pants because you’re going to eat and drink a lot at this event. www.blackoakgrill.com

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stores. This task isn’t as easy as showing up at a store and letting them have a taste. There’s a lot more to it than that, and Jill’s cautiously considering the big move to selling in stores. “Right now we’re growing slowly, organically, with word of mouth. People love these. It’s kind of where I’m starting.”

Jill isn’t a radical when it comes to clean eating, but she does hope that Noshense bars can show people that good, clean food can be convenient and tasty. She hasn’t always eaten very mindfully, but she says that she’s noticed a big difference in how she feels ever since she started paying better attention to what goes in her mouth. “I grew up on Doritos and TV dinners. This new eating just affected my whole family.”

Her advice to people who want to make the switch to cleaner eating, but aren’t quite sure where to start? “Get something clean.

Taste the difference between a sugar crash and clean energy. That’s what I’m trying to do.” She adds with a laugh, “Don’t get me wrong; I’ll still eat a cinnamon roll.”

“I’m not like paleo/no grain. I love carbs. I don’t think they’re bad for you. I don’t want to have any processed sugar. I don’t use artificial stuff.”

The ending of farmers markets for the season mean that Jill has to decide what the next big step for her bars are if she wants to keep growing. “We really need to have a good plan for what we’re going to do next,” she says. “It’s still kind of unfolding as we go, and I’m excited about it. The challenges are huge, but so are the possibilities. It’s fun.”

She’s also looking for ways that she can give back to the community with her venture. “You can’t just sell, sell, sell. I’m looking for ways that I can sell a dozen and then give away a dozen.”

For now, she’s still making her bars for her regular customers, some of which she delivers to personally while others are out-of-town. Her recipes continue to evolve as she spends more time experimenting. “I figure it out as I go,” she says. , For more information: www.noshsense.net ■ VALA’S NEW EATERY When you inevitably wind up at Vala’s Pumpkin Patch sometime this fall, be sure to check out their new eatery, “The Pie Barn.”

An open kitchen allows customers to watch the pies being made. Fresh pies are served up at tables made by hand by Amish craftsmen with 118-year-old wood reclaimed from an old, torn-down Missouri church.

Yes, really. www.valaspumpkinpatch.com ■ HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO THE DUNDEE DELL Eighty years is a long time to be in business, especially for a restaurant, but the Dell has managed to hit 80 with grace and style. Congratulations to a local eatery that has been in business since the same year that the Great Depression ended! www.dundeedell.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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ays before Neligh, Neb., natives and unlikely activists Art and Helen Tanterups invited 8,000 people to their 100-year-old family farm, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln issued the most damning and comprehensive look at climate change’s impact in Nebraska yet. The report was presented to a group of 300 at a lecture on the Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln.

The larger group went to hear Neil Young, Willie Nelson and other artists perform. They joined Bold Nebraska, the Cowboy and Indian Alliance and the Indigenous Environmental Network, who represent tribes from Texas to Canada, in protest of Transcanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. The proposed pipeline would bring tar sands oil from Alberta to the Gulf Coast to be refined.

The smaller group heard the contents of the report, Understanding and Assessing Climate Change, Implications for Nebraska, created by almost 30 UNL professors and local experts. UNL’s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources began the study after a Unicameral-sponsored climate examination that would exclude human impacts was scrapped after scientists refused to participate.

The report lays bare the devastation starting and predicted to accelerate due to climate change. These predictions are based on the data reported and

summarized by the International Panel on Climate Change, a scientific body of United Nations that has 195 member nations and includes the work of thousands of scientists, and the National Climate Assessment, a federal effort that includes the work of hundreds of U.S. experts. The report leaves no doubt: climate change represents a clear danger to the state, not just the planet, and local steps are vital to prevent damage.

“Moving to tar sands, one of the dirtiest, most carbon-intensive fuels on the planet, is a step in exactly the opposite direction, indicating either that governments don’t understand the situation or that they just don’t give a damn,” native son and NASA climatologist James Hansen has said. “People who care should draw the line.”

Go to TheReader.com to see video from the concert that includes nurses speaking out about public health issues, ranchers standing against transnational oil corporations and artists’ statements of support. Check elsewhere to see how a Lakota rapper stole the show, especially when he brought his mom on stage and the deep bass overcame the microphone.

Lifelong Republican and State Climatologist Al Dutcher pointed out that the Nebraska’s future in the coming decades looks a lot like the recent past. “The drought of 2012 exposed limitations of

water supplies and the impacts that continuous irrigation had on rural water supplies and energy distribution. Irrigators were forced to apply water on a continuous basis for more than two months, resulting in rolling blackouts due to insufficient infrastructure to meet power demands. Nearly 200 communities were impacted as localized aquifer levels decreased to the levels where community wells were drawing air.”

While the study’s authors and contributors are sure to cringe, below are the “Cliff ’s Notes” from their 88–page report and lengthy lecture. This barebones outline of the report is particularly important as it did not receive in-depth mainstream media coverage and few have time to read the full report.

From their own words, we created the “10 Most Important Things You Need to Know.” If that’s not enough, take a look at the related article, “5 Things You Might Need to Say to Someone Who Denies It.” Page numbers from the report are noted in parentheses. Unless noted otherwise, excerpts are from the main report and its four main PhD professor/ authors: Deborah J. Bathke, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Robert J. Oglesby, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the School of Natural Resources; Clinton M. Rowe, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; and Donald A. Wilhite, School of Natural Resources.

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10 THINGS You Need to Know About Climate Change

1. The Only Question is What We’re Going to Do About It We do not need climate models to tell us that climate change is real and happening rapidly all around us. The evidence is overwhelming in the atmosphere, in the ocean, on land, and where there is still ice (at least for now) … Indeed, by far the largest source of uncertainty is in the greenhouse gas emission scenario that will unfold in coming decades.

This in turn has nothing to do with climate models, and everything to do with human behavior. In other words, are we as individuals, nations, and the world as a whole willing or not to do something about global warming? (61) See “5 Things You Might Need to Say to Someone Who Denies It.” 2. The Two Biggest Factors are Carbon Emissions and Changes in Land Use, Both Due to Humans

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Because the climate is a complex system, scientists cannot say exactly how the climate will look in response to these increasing emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. However, scientists do know that by continuing to push greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, heat that would otherwise escape to space is retained, increasing the amount of energy in the earth system. Energy drives the weather, so the more greenhouse gases, the more weather and climate are affected. (23) Humans have been changing land surfaces for centuries through activities such as deforestation, afforestation, farming, reservoir creation, urbanization and wetland destruction. These alterations are also major drivers of climate change because they affect the flux of carbon, heat and moisture between the surface and atmosphere . . . Estimates suggest that 42-68% of the earth’s surface was changed by human activities between 1700 and 2000, and that land use changes represent 15-46% of total annual CO2 emissions since the beginning of the industrial era. (18) 3. It Will Be Warmer, But Not When We Might Notice Winter and spring show the greatest warming of 2.0°F and 1.8°F, respectively, while summer has a 1°F warming and fall has no discernible trend in temperature. These trends are consistent with the

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changes experienced across the Plains states, which show a general warming that is highest in winter and spring and a greater warming for the nighttime lows than the daytime highs. (15) 4. Expect When It Gets Hot, It Will Get Really Hot and Dry Consistency among modeling studies and scenarios leads scientists to conclude that it is virtually certain that the climate near the end of the twenty-first century will have more frequent hot temperature extremes over most land areas on daily and seasonal timescales. It is also very likely that heat waves will increase in frequency and intensity. (27) The projected number of high temperature stress days over 100°F is expected to increase substantially.

For Nebraska specifically, the projected changes are for high temperature stress days to increase to 13-16 additional days that exceeded 100°F ranged from 1021 days in eastern Nebraska to 21-37 days in western and southwestern Nebraska. In other words, temperatures during the summer by mid-century would, on average, be comparable to those experienced during the summer of 2012. The effect of these higher temperatures on evaporative demand and human health would be significant. (31) The number of consecutive dry days for Nebraska, based on the average during the period of record, is projected to increase by 1-3 days. (32)

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5. When It Rains, It Will Be Harder and in Shorter Bursts Scientists predict that it is likely that heavy precipitation events will increase in frequency, intensity, and amount in response to warmer temperatures.

(27) A 16% increase in the amount of precipitation falling in very heavy events (defined as the heaviest 1% of all daily events) from 1958 to 2012 has been calculated for the Great Plains region. (33) There may be a small increase in heavy precipitation events. (34) 6. Groundwater Will Be A Big Issue, and that’s HUGE for Nebraska A major concern for Nebraska and other central Great Plains states is the large projected reduction in snowpack in the central and northern Rocky Mountains. This is due to both a reduction in overall precipitation and warmer conditions, meaning more rain and less snow, even in winter. Flow in the Platte and Missouri rivers during the summer months critically depends on the slow release of water as the snowpack melts. Such flow could be greatly reduced in coming years. (32) More than 80% of Nebraska’s public water supply and nearly 100% of its private water supply depend on groundwater. Groundwater irrigation accounts for about 95% of all groundwater withdrawals, and

Nebraska leads the nation in irrigated acres, the vast majority of which is sourced from groundwater. Nebraska is among the top four states for groundwater usage. (Mark E. Burbach, Environmental Scientist, Aaron R. Young, Survey Geologist, Jesse T. Korus, Survey Geologist, Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska–Lincoln).

7. Expect More Droughts or “Recurring Hydrometeorological Extreme Events” Food and biofuel production in the NGP [Northern Great Plains] will be compromised by recurring hydrometeorological extreme events. On one hand, projected flood events due to an early snowmelt and increasing intensity of winter and spring precipitation events may affect the success of winter crops and jeopardize summer crops. The increased recurrence of drought will necessitate an increase in irrigation to reduce the economic risks of winter and summer dryland crop production by utilizing the increased floodwater storage from the spring and winter water surplus. (Francisco Munoz-Arriola, Assistant Professor, Derrel Martin, Professor, Dean Eisenhauer, Professor, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, p. 41) continued on page 8 y

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What little moisture might be gained during the winter months in a warming environment would be lost to increased evapotranspiration from vegetation that breaks dormancy earlier in the year. (Al Dutcher, State Climatologist, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 45) 8. The Growing Season Will Be Longer, But That Doesn’t Mean Things Will Grow By the year 2100, the National Climate Assessment report indicates that the frost-free season will increase by 30 to 40 days for Nebraska. A shift to earlier planting dates will only be effective if the spread of the distribution curve remains consistent. Vulnerability to freeze damage would increase if the mean freeze date shifts earlier into the year, but the distribution does not shift by an equal proportion. This is a critical issue for producers, as the 2012, 2013, and 2014 growing seasons produced hard freeze conditions during the first half of May, even as favorable soil temperatures are occurring two weeks earlier when compared to the early 1980s.

If precipitation amounts remain steady or decrease by the year 2100, evapotranspiration demand will result in less moisture available to growing crops during their critical reproductive periods that occur in May (wheat), July (corn), and August (sorghum, soybean). During 2012, native vegetation broke dormancy a month earlier than normal and soil moisture reserves were depleted across most of the U.S. Corn Belt well before the critical pollination period was reached. (Al Dutcher, State Climatologist, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 45) 8. Livestock, Especially Beef and Dairy Cattle, Will Suffer Animals managed in unsheltered and/or less buffered environments, such as goats, sheep, beef cattle, and dairy cattle, are particularly vulnerable.

Furthermore, climate change will likely have farreaching consequences for dairy, meat, and wool production systems that rely on grass and range lands to meet some or most of their nutritional requirements. Of particular concern are changes in vegetation that could cause a reduction in forage yield and nutritive value or a shift to less desirable plant species. (Dr. Terry L. Mader, Professor Emeritus, Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 46) 9. Public Health Will Worsen Dry air, dust, allergens (such as ragweed), and ground-level ozone will increase as the climate changes. Variously and in combination, these factors increase allergies, asthma, bronchitis, and other lung and circulatory problems. Wildfires, high winds, and dust storms will spread toxic chemicals and particulates, both current (as from wildfires) and historical (as from previously employed agricultural chemicals). Existing methods of power production, especially coal plants, are drivers of both climate change and important air pollutants.

Since much of the Nebraskan diet is imported from such states as California and Arizona, drought in exporting regions will likely reduce Nebraskans’

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access to fruit and vegetables. Food safety is likely also to decrease: heat-stressed corn crops are likely to display increased growth of the carcinogen aflatoxin. Agricultural products will likely be grown in increasingly contaminated water. (Andrew Jameton, Professor Emeritus University of Nebraska Medical Center, 50) 10. Expect Local Extinction Events, Especially in the Water As the world warmed following the last ice age, species moved to higher latitudes, or upslope in mountainous areas, following a climate to which they were adapted. We are seeing the same pattern under the current climate change.

As our climate continues to change, Nebraska will lose species whose southern limit of their range is here, while we will gain species from states to the south of us. Some of these new arrivals will no doubt be invasive species, pests, and pathogens. Species with limited ability to move, such as many plants and invertebrates, will simply not be able to keep up as the climate to which they are adapted moves on.

Those species that cannot move to more suitable locations or otherwise adapt to changing conditions will likely face local extinction.

Numerous studies have documented recent shifts in the timing of events such as migration, insect emergence, flowering, and leaf out—all driven by the earlier arrival of spring. Species are not expected to respond uniformly to climate change. For example, the timing of emergence of an insect pollinator may shift and become out of sync with the flowering time of its host plant. Disruption of species relationships may lead to local extinction and have significant impacts on ecosystem structure and function.

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You Might Need to Say to Someone Who Denies It 1. Really?! Are You Just Trying To Get A Rise Out of Me? Rural Nebraskans are knowledgeable about and sensitive to climate issues. The Nebraska Rural Poll (2013) tells us: l At least two-thirds of rural Nebraskans have experienced: loss of wildlife and wildlife habitat (75%), voluntary decrease in water usage (73%), decreased farm production (69%), and wildfires (69%). l Most rural Nebraskans think climate change is happening, and 69% feel they understand global climate change issues.

(Charles P. Schroeder, Founding Director, Rural Futures Institute University of Nebraska–Lincoln, 57) 2. Almost ALL of the EXPERTS Agree In the context of climate change, the consensus is that, based on the available evidence, 97% of climate scientists conclude that the earth’s temperature is warming and that this increase is in part caused by the anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gases.

The heat-trapping properties of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases – the backbone of climate change theory – are not in dispute. These were demonstrated in the mid-19th century and are extremely unlikely to change. Rather, as new data and analysis

techniques become available, our understanding of the extent, magnitude, and impacts of climate change will increase and any relevant theories will be modified.

3. And They Are Smart Enough to Factor in the Earth’s Orbit, Solar Variability and Volcanic Activity [O]rbital, solar, and volcanic [factors] contribute to the natural variability observed in the earth’s climate system, but cannot account for the observed trend in global atmospheric temperature since the middle of the nineteenth century. (19) 4. Any Scientist That Denied Human Impacts, Isn’t An Expert in this Area It is true that a number of Ph.D.-level scientists have spoken out very publically and vocally against human impacts on climate. It is important to realize that in virtually every one of these cases, the Ph.D. is in a field of study not related to climate science. Although they may be very distinguished in their own field, they have no expertise in climate and climate change. Therefore, they are just stating their own personal opinion. When genuine climate scientists discuss these issues, however, they are giving you their informed professional judgment based on their scientific expertise. (19) 5. Man Made Global Warming Does Not Rely on You To Believe For It To Happen The fact that climate change has become a highly politicized issue has no bearing whatsoever on the reality of human-induced climate changes. Politics—or personal beliefs—are not part of the evidence-based scientific process, and we cannot simply legislate away the reality of human impacts on the climate system. However, we can develop policies that mitigate the magnitude of human-induced climate change and help society adapt to the impacts that are inevitable. ,

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xperts say mental illness affects millions of lives each year and yet it often goes ignored and untreated. There’s no national mental health campaign urging people to be screened or to seek help.

Accessing needed care can be hard due to a provider shortage. On top of that, many folks avoid psychiatric care because of the stigma attached to mental illness.

A 2013 documentary from Oscar-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple (Harlan County USA) making its Omaha premiere, Running from Crazy, uses the history of mental illness in one iconic family, the Hemingways, as the prism for examining a subject whose denial sometimes has tragic results. The film follows actress-author Mariel Hemingway’s (Manhattan, Personal Best, Star 80) search for why suicide runs in her family – seven relatives have taken their own lives – and the impact it’s made on her clan. The Hemingway curse extends from her grandfather Ernest, that lion of American literature, to her model sister Margaux, with whom she made her film debut in Lipstick.

1960s, we began to move away from housing people with mental illness in institutions and toward community-based care, but for the most part we’ve failed to re-invest the resources saved from closing institutions into community resources. As a result, mental illness either goes untreated or we rely entirely too much on jails and emergency rooms to house people. Nationally, we are starting to see a recognition that putting people with mental illness in jail isn’t really the answer, and some communities are starting to shift resources from law enforcement to treatment.

“Nationally, there are 4,000 mental health professional shortage areas – meaning there are not enough professionals (particularly psychiatrists) to meet the needs in the local community.”

As for solutions, he recommends some basic action steps. “We need to invest in training more mental health providers, particularly in rural and underserved communities. We also need to invest in more treatment facilities to support individuals in their recovery

Mariel’s struggled with depression herself and has become a mental health advocate in line with holistic living books she’s written.

The Kim Foundation, which supports mental health efforts and serves as a resource for families affected by mental illness, is partnering with Film Streams on the 7 p.m. Oct. 7 screening at the Ruth Sokolof Theatre and on the panel discussion to follow. The discussion will focus on the state of mental health care in Neb., and will share personal stories on what happens when mental illness goes unchecked. Panelists will include Dr. Howard Liu, director of the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Mindy Eggert, who lost a son to suicide.

The Foundation’s also making Hemingway the keynote speaker at its Oct. 22 A Time for Hope and Healing luncheon, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in La Vista.

Liu, whose center grows and trains the mental health provider pool, describes a challenging landscape in which 88 of Neb.’s 93 counties are designated federal mental health shortage areas. “That means families who experience a loved one in crisis often have to wait weeks or months to get access to a psychiatrist, psychologist or other mental health practitioner,” he says.

“There is a crisis in access to mental health services, particularly in rural and underserved areas. BHECN was created to help fill the gap.”

The problem, he adds, “is projected to get worse as the majority of psychiatrists, psychologists and psychiatric nurse practitioners in Neb. are age 50 and over.”

Meanwhile, he says, “nearly one in five Neb. adults will experience a mental health issue this year, ranging from mild anxiety to bipolar disorder.”

The care infrastructure to meet this need may be lacking. “The state of mental health care in the U.S. and in Neb. isn’t great,” Liu says. “Starting in the

from mental illness. This ranges from outpatient treatment facilities to day treatment programs to inpatient facilities for those in crisis. It also requires training existing mental health providers to effectively liaison with primary care providers in an integrated fashion.”

Liu says the Foundation’s education efforts help raise awareness of mental health issues by “leading conversations aimed at ending the stigma of mental illness.” He says people need to know mental illness doesn’t equate to crazy or weak. He appreciates the foundation’s funding and facilitation for behavioral health collaboration to achieve best practices.

Foundation executive director Julia Hebenstreit says as long as people are embarrassed to confront mental illness it will go unheeded. “Mental illness is one of those things very difficult for people to talk about. It’s also one of those things people view as something that impacts other people – never them. Our hope is they will realize mental illness is truly an indiscriminate disease that impacts people from all walks of life, backgrounds, ethnicities, economic background, age or profession. It is something happening to that individual, not something they did. They need your support.

If you’re not impacted by it directly, you can certainly serve as an advocate for someone.”

In 2012 Mindy Eggert’s life irrevocably changed when her 20-year-old son, Cameron Michael Molitor, hanged himself in the garage of his family’s home. He’d attempted suicide three months earlier, which led to him receiving in-patient care at a local psych before returning home.

Eggert searched for answers after Cameron’s death.

She says she and the boy’s father both asked what they missed as potential symptoms. “In hindsight we think things started to change around late junior high-early high school. Self-doubt, more withdrawn, independent.”

Isolation is a key marker. Liu says most of us don’t know how to identify specific mental health disorders

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and therefore don’t pick up possible signs. Complicating matters, he says, “many individuals struggle in silence.” Often, the first time family members know there’s trouble is after a suicide attempt.

“Even those brave enough to admit to their symptoms sometimes do not get access to care,” he says. “A significant number of individuals who screen positive for a mental health disorder in a primary care office do not follow through with a referral to see a therapist or psychiatric prescriber. That is why integrating a mental health practitioner into a primary care office is more successful in getting patients to follow through with the recommended treatment plan. This removes the most barriers in access to care.”

He says some mental disorders do run in families but genes are only one predictor along with environment and exposure to trauma.

Experts say it’s important people know recovery is possible with the right support. “Many individuals can lead normal, productive and happy lives with mental illness,” Liu says. “The goal is to achieve recovery, which is the ability to manage one’s symptoms and carry on with dignity and independence.”

Hebenstreit likes that Running from Crazy has a hopeful message. “The film and Mariel’s story show that one can turn a tragic story into something positive” she says. “Mariel has overcome a strong family history of suicide and depression to now live a successful, positive life where she makes a huge difference telling her story and serving as a mental health advocate.”

Eggert’s plea to anyone with suicidal thoughts is to “get help, talk, even if it’s just to a friend,” adding, “We have to keep talking, otherwise we feel alone.

The pain of that individual feeling of being unlike anyone else is what often leads to suicide.”

Eggert says, “We should not be so proud or ashamed of the condition. If we all spoke more of it, the stigma would be reduced.” , For film details, visit www. filmstreams.org. For tickets to Hemingway’s talk, visit www.thekimfoundation. org. Read more of Leo Adam Biga’s work at leoadambiga. wordpress.com.

■ Ballet Nebraska will kick off its fifth season this Saturday, Oct. 4, with the performance of Giselle. Erika Overturff, artistic director of Ballet Nebraska, called the show one the greatest ballets of the Romantic Era. “It really is a whole package in telling the story not only through choreography but also the story itself and through the music,” she said. “Everything comes together and [creates] a sweeping, moving story that has love, jealousy, revenge, ghosts! There’s a lot to it.”

The story revolves around a young peasant girl named Giselle. When she finds out the love of her life is betrothed to another, she mentally collapses and dies of a broken heart. When she is brought back from the grave by the Wilis, a beautiful but deadly group of ghosts who haunt the forest, she is given the choice between revenge and forgiveness.

Overturff said that the interesting part of a ballet as old as Giselle is how the choreography lives on through generations of dancers. “The classical choreography has been handed down,” she said. “Originally it was handed down from one dancer to the next. As that dancer retires or becomes a coach they are coaching the next generation of dancers. Even with this ballet, we have a couple of great coaches working with us that have both performed in the ballet as professionals. It was staged on them by another generation. That’s how it passes down.”

In spite of the technical and physical advances in ballet over the centuries, Giselle remains challenging for performers through the ages with its high demand of stamina and technicality. Overturff said that Giselle is also a wonderful introduction to the artform of dance for those who have yet to experience a live show. “Even if you don’t know anything about ballet...you don’t have to speak a certain language. You can go and watch and really be inspired by the beautiful movement, the music, and the story.” For more information on Giselle, visit www.balletnebraska.org.

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Relive the magic of songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s by performances from members of mega-star acts like Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells and The Critters.

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A voiceover sets the scene: “Andrew and Zelda dated for eight months, three weeks, five days and one hour. This television program is the comprehensive account of their relationship, from A to Z.” The framing device makes “A to Z” feel like a story told after the fact, exaggerated for comic effect. The new sitcom reverses classic TV gender roles. Andrew (Ben Feldman), who works at a computer dating company, is the softie. He’s a self-doubting romantic with a strong belief in destiny. Zelda (Cristin Milioti), a lawyer, is the hard one. Her unhappy childhood has given her a no-nonsense view of the world, and she resists Andrew’s starry-eyed overtures. These two are surrounded by wonderfully absurd minor characters who represent the cynical side of modern romance. The idea is that real love is almost impossible to find in a Match.com world.

This is not one of those shows that look for an easy way to get a laugh (bodily fluids, cruel punch lines, etc.). It goes to the trouble of creating a comic universe, with just the right mix of reality and fantasy.

If it lasts only eight months, three weeks, five days and one hour, I’ll be crushed. — Dean Robbins

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FRIDAY3 Friday, Oct. 3

AN EVENING WITH TERRY BOZZIO UNO Strauss Performing Arts Center 6001 Dodge St. 8 p.m., $15, www.unomaha.edu

The University of Nebraska at Omaha Department of Music is kicking off the month of October by presenting drum legend Terry Bozzio. This performance is a special one because with this tour Bozzio is celebrating his 50th anniversary of his first drum lesson at the age of 13. Bozzio will present the largest tuned drum and percussion set in the world. This instrument features 22 pedals connected to dozens of toms, snares, bass drums and cymbals. This talented drummer is best known for his work with Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck and the band Missing Persons. Bozzio doesn’t have just one style, he goes from jazz to classical and ethnic percussion providing his audiences with an eclectic musical experience. Tickets are available online, but those lucky enough to have a MavCard will be allowed in for free. — Mara Wilson

to hear something new then this show is a must see.

The Matador is unique in their sound with their sick guitar solos and they have a great flow without needing traditional structure. They go outside of the box and know how to just plain rock. Check out Matador and these other three heavy rock bands for a show where you can be a part of the celebration of the band’s new release. — Mara Wilson

SATURDAY4 Saturday, Oct. 4

TURBOS FOR TATAS CHARITY CAR SHOW Crossroads Mall Parking Garage 7400 Dodge St. Noon, Free www.turbosfortatas.com

RunningWild Motorsports is proud to announce this year’s Turbos for Tatas Charity Car Show. Registration which will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. is $15 in advance and $20 the day of the show. Throughout the event music and concessions will be available and there

The Rose Theater 2001 Farnam St. Fri: 7 p.m. Sat: 2 & 5 p.m. Sun: 2 p.m.

Tickets: $18 www.rosetheater.org

The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $8, waitingroomlounge.com

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TUESDAY7 DR. SEUSS’S THE CAT IN THE HAT

THE MATADOR CD RELEASE PARTY

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Friday, Oct. 3

The Matador, a five piece metalcore band from Omaha that has been playing since 2007, will be at the Waiting Room for their CD release party. Death Country is the title of their new album and can be purchased on iTunes. Starting in 2008 the band has released a four song demo and two five song CD EP’s. Also at this concert will be, Conflicts, Devil in the Details and Towering Rogue. If your taste of music falls into the categories of heavy rock or metal and you are wanting

will be an awards ceremony at 3 p.m. where over 50 trophies and other awards will be given. All proceeds from the car show benefit the Inner Beauty Salon at Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center. Inner Beauty is a specialty salon for cancer patients that helps them regain confidence, comfort and control. Myles Tyler, owner of RunningWild Motorsports, decided to do a car show for breast cancer because his grandmother, who cared for him when he was in high school, is a breast cancer survivor. Myles also has friends whose mothers lost their fight to breast cancer and they will be honored at the show. 150-200 vehicles are expected at this year’s show so you don’t want to miss this event where you can support a great cause. — Mara Wilson

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Have no fears when The Cat In The Hat appears. A rainy day becomes a zany day. You’ll have lots of good fun which is funny even if the day is not sunny. The Cat’s ideas are crazy, as daft as a daisy. Yes, Dr. Seuss has just the right notion. His words from the page are in motion on stage. Katie Mitchell designed this. Give her a kiss. The Rose is where you’ll sit and enjoy, be you a girl or be you a boy. Oh, the show flows fast with this great cast. — Gordon Spencer

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Upload your events online at thereader.com/events Questions: listings@thereader.com ONGOINGCULTURE Nebraska Wesleyan Elder Gallery Exhibit - 10:00 am | Free O’Donnell Auditorium, Rogers Center for Fine Arts Professor Emerita of Art Susan Horn explores family, friendships and Nebraska through photographs spanning 34 years.

Kim Reid-Kuhn - All Day | Fred Simon Gallery Kim Reid holds a BFA in Fine Art from UNO. After graduating, Kim pursued a personal studio practice, teaching, and curating. Recent exhibitions include shows at NewBLK, Tugboat Gallery and RNG Gallery, as well as a two-person show at Bemis Underground. Kim has taught art classes at Joslyn Art Museum, The Union for Contemporary Art, several Montessori schools as well as mentoring at the Kent Bellows Studio and Center for the Visual Arts. She won the OEAA in 2013 for Best 2D Artist, in 2013 and 2012 for Best Two Person Show, and in 2010 and 2011 she was nominated by the OEAA for the Best Emerging Artist and Best Solo Exhibition Award.

You Know What? F%$# the 80s! - 7:00 pm | $30 (includes dinner) Apollon Most of us think of the 1980s are nothing but teased hair, bangles, Player’s Jackets, and endless repeats of The Breakfast Club on beta. Trust us. It’s much, much worse. The Apollon invites you on a journey into the decade that spawned MTV, Nickelodeon, and Emilio Estevez. We’ll battle Goonies, Gremlins, and Terminators. We’ll Double Dare you to bleach your hair and fist pump Ferris Bueller right in his smarmy face. By the time you Plinko your way through the hairspray and clouds of white ‘substances,’ you’ll be trickling down into the depths of shame that were the 80s. F%$# the 80s.

Hedda Gabler - 7:30 pm | UNO Theatre Hedda Gabler is one of Ibsen’s finest works. The character of Hedda is considered one of the towering women’s roles in theatre history. Yet, as is typical of Ibsen, all of the characters are detailed, substantive, and crucial. Ibsen gives us a patchwork of remarkable clues about each personality.

It is the acting company’s task to delve deeply and assemble a dense array of personal history that each character embodies. Few plays reach the power of and the story of bored Hedda, her admirers, her antagonists, and her spectacular departure from the stage.

The Drowsy Chaperone - 7:30 pm | $20-$40 Omaha Community Playhouse The Drowsy Chaperone is a delightful look into the world of a musical theatre super fan. The show’s narrator invites us into his home to share with us his favorite musical comedy from the 1920s. As he turns on his record player, the musical bursts to life and his home transforms into the show’s set. The Drowsy Chaperone, the clever musicalwithin-a-musical, is the perfect evening of theatre for those who love to be entertained.

American Buffalo - 7:30 pm | $25-$30 The Blue Barn Theatre In a Chicago junk shop three small time crooks plot to rob a man of his coin collection, the showpiece of which is a valuable ‘Buffalo nickel,’ but the reality of the trio is that they are merely pawns caught up in their own game of last-chance, dead-end, empty pipe dreams.

Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat - 7:00 pm | $18 The Rose Performing Arts Center At long last, Dr. Seuss’ beloved rhyming classic bounds from your imagination onto The Rose stage! A rainy day becomes a zany day when a boy and his sister receive a chaos-creating caller: The Cat in the Hat! Explore the Cat’s wacky, wild, wonderful world in this energetic adaptation of an iconic tale that has introduced the rewards of reading to generations of children.

Halloween Spooktacular Laser Show - 7:00 pm | $5-$6 Morrill Hall Museum Get ready to mash with monsters in the Family Halloween Laser Spooktacular, a spellbinding sing-along featuring classic Halloween titles such as Monster Mash, Ghostbusters, and Purple People Eater along with a sprinkling of crowd-pleasing current pop and rock songs. Every Friday and Saturday, from October 3rd-24th, with two shows per day at 7pm and 8pm.

THURSDAY OCT 2

Reggae Night - 8:00 pm | Free The Hive Lounge Mutual Benefit - 9:00 pm | $10 The Waiting Room Lounge Jordan Lee has spent the last

few years moving from Ohio to Austin to Boston, and most recently Brooklyn, running the wonderful Kassette Klub label, touring with friends’ groups, and leading an amorphous project called Mutual Benefit, a one-man-band or a sprawling collective, depending on where he is and who is around that day. After releasing various limited edition EPs and playing scores of house shows, Lee completed his debut album, Love’s Crushing Diamond, a record of lush, watery, pop songs, pieced together over the past several years and inspired by the kinetic energy, goodbyes, and blurred landscapes of life on the road.

Bonehart Flannigan Album Release - 9:30 pm | $5 O’Leaver’s Pub Bonehart Flannigan is a storyteller in the purest form, an artist with a microphone telling tales of sorrow from his past.

Hemlock - 10:00 pm | $8 The Bourbon Theatre A Heavy Metal band from Las Vegas Nevada.

Members of the band are Chad Smith-Vocals and Bass, Jezy Ward-guitar and background vocals, James Gelber- guitarist, and Brian Smith drummer. Hemlocks sound is a heavy blend of chugging riffs, deep bass tones, rhythmic grooves and catchy ass lyrics, with a haberdash of melody mixed in. The lyrics are always creative and positive, and the songs have lots of scream alongs and hooks. The band makes sure that everyone goes home knowing they had fun with Hemlock.

Comedy Stiles Open Mic - 10:00 pm | Free Stiles Public House Freestyle Battles/Ladies Night - 7:00 pm | $5 The Underground Bar & Grill The first 16 Mcs to sign in will battle that night for $50 in cash prize/bar tab. It’s also ladies night with great drink deals and this is a 21 and up show. Besides the battles we will be showcasing local hip hop acts. To set off the show is local group rap addicts and to end the show is local act ghost the incredible.

Structured Chaos - 8:00 pm | Free Backline Improv Theatre A full night of long-form improv at its finest, jam-packed with many of Backline’s best teams. If you love forms, this night is for you.

FRIDAY OCT 3

First Friday - 6:00 pm | Free Old Market Artists Gallery The gallery holds ‘First Friday’ receptions, which are open to the public, the first Friday of each month, from 6 to 9pm. The First Friday receptions give you the opportunity to meet the artists and talk with them about their work. It’s a fun atmosphere...please join us for wine, delicious appetizers and great art!

Susie Thorne - 6:00 pm | $0-$10 Love’s Jazz & Art Center Murder Mystery Dinner Show - 6:00 pm | DoubleTree The Dinner Detective will be performing.

Each ticket includes a four course meal, show, beverages, prizes and so much more. This event will also be on Oct. 4 and 10th.

Driving Omaha - 7:00 pm | Free Sweatshop Gallery Artist’s Statement: It’s a different way to navigate, foreign to a real city, even those choked with automobiles. In a mid size car town like Omaha, the streets are less populated, less about their need for human traffic. The streets here are to get cars from one place to another, and often are only lightly used for that purpose. Pedestrians are out there, but I am glad I am not one of them. I am met with block after long block of concrete, metal, plastic and signs. Often it feels like a ghost town of a century long past. A century dependent on place, materials and people; quickly being abandoned for new frontiers. Virtual frontiers no longer dependent on these landscapes we myopically cultivate.

Echophonics - 8:00 pm | The Hive Lounge An Evening with Terry Bozzio - 8:00 pm | $15 or Free w/MavCard UNO Strauss Performing Arts Center Bozzio will present a unique and dynamic performance on the largest tuned drum and percussion set in the world, featuring 22 pedals connected to dozens of toms, snares, bass drums, cymbals.

Live Music - 9:00 pm | Free Horseshoe Council Bluffs Casino The Crayons - 9:00 pm | $5 The Zoo Bar With Thundersandwich, The Young Funk and The Maw. The Matador CD Release - 9:00 pm | $8 The Waiting Room Lounge The Matador is a five piece aggressive hard rock band based out of Omaha, NE. The Matador has been compared

to Every Time I Die, Botch, and Clutch for their use of technical overtones, and disregard for traditional song structure. If you like good old fashioned rock and roll with a heavier twist, then this band is a must see.

“Interrogated” - 10:00 pm | Free Backline Improv Theatre Audience members volunteer to come up on stage and confess something they’ve gotten away with in their life, then we send them back and perform scenes based on that information.

Arena: Champions vs. Challengers - 11:00 pm | Free Backline Improv Theatre Each teams gets 20 minutes to win their vote to come back next week.

SATURDAY OCT 4

Turbos for Tatas Charity Car Show - 12:00 pm | Free Crossroads Mall Parking Garage RunningWild Motorsports is proud to announce this year’s car show. All proceeds from the car show benefit the Inner Beauty Salon at Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center.

Dream Big, Sing Loud - 2:00 pm | $20-$50 Ralston Arena The KIDZ BOP Kids ‘Dream Big, Sing Loud!’ tour, performing kid-friendly versions of today’s biggest hits for one performance only.

The KIDZ BOP Kids bring their high energy, family friendly show to the arena.

FolkHouse Presents Pierce Pettis In Concert - 7:30 pm | $20 Folkhouse Omaha Pierce Pettis doesn’t write mere songs, he writes literature...End to end the songwriting is brilliant...

Pierce Pettis albums are listening events. His writing just gets better all the time and his singing is marvelous, wry and warm.

Gotham Ball - 8:00 pm | $8 ADV-$10 DOS The Slowdown A Night of Comic-Con/Cosplay, a Little Anime, and Costume Competition Presented by Something Wicked and Big Brain Productions.

Dress the part becasue there will be a SuperSized Costume Contest. Featuring Vlasis and Clark & Co. and DJ Ema Marco. This event is 21+ Live Music - 9:00 pm | Free Horseshoe Council Bluffs Casino Cliff Coenraad - 9:00 pm | $10 Bar 415 Omaha Get ready for this Trancenet which will be on much higher level than you imagine. For the first time Omaha will witness and party with Holland’s one and only - Cliff Coenraad.

The Kris Lager Band - 9:00 pm | $10 The Waiting Room Lounge Kris Lager Band, the Thrift Store Junkies from the heartland, play soul music and Boogie Trance. With their hot new album ‘Swagadocious’ these self-proclaimed ‘Rock Revivalists’ are quickly spreading their celebrate life mantra to the masses, and blazing a trail that many more are sure to tread and follow.

Weekend Dance Destination - 10:00 pm | House of Loom There’s always two things consistent about our weekends: House of Loom turns into a House of Dance with sweat-inducing DJs ready to free the booty, and a House of Celebration, ready to host whatever celebration-worthy moment you have in your life. If you’re looking for a place to celebrate, dance and release, we’re your spot. Always enjoy a rotating cast of resident DJs, great theme parties, international flavors and live performances.

Scream in the Dark Film Festival - 10:00 am | $20-$40 Scottish Rite Omaha The first annual Scream in the Dark Film Festival brings the best in horror, sci-fi, suspense, thriller, and fantasy films to the Scottish Rite Theatre in downtown Omaha. The two day festival takes place October 4-5 and will feature filmmakers, their films, and celebrity guests from all over the world. Tickets and information are available at www.screaminthedarkomaha.com. $40 for both days; $30 for Saturday; $20 for Sunday.

Vinton Street Creativity Festival - 10:00 am | Free Vinton Street The third annual festival featuring live music all day, a cardboard challenge, play lab, street art, walking tours and more. Fun for all ages. Dilemma (BluesEd), Ballet Folklorico, Mariachi Rey Azteca, Devon Fulton Band, Hector Anchondo Blues Band, BOTH, See Through Dresses, M34n Str33t.

Oktoberfest on the River - 12:00 pm | Free Storz Trophy Room Grill & Brewery Enjoy a beautiful fall day by the river with fun for the entire family to celebrate Oktoberfest. Brought to you by the folks from Omaha Parks & Recreation and Storz Brewing. Enjoy German food, games, live

music from the Bobby Z Polka Band, The Personics and a special performance from students at the Heartland of Conservatory of Dance. A rock climbing wall and bounce house will be on site.

Five percent of the event proceeds will be donated to the Omaha Parks Foundation for the Playground Initiative. At 7pm we’ll turn on all the TVs in the restaurant for those who want to watch the Husker game, after it another band will perform.

1st Annual Oktoberfest Tailgate Party 3:00 pm | $15 Cunningham’s Pub & Grill Bringing together two great things about Fall: Football & German Beer. This 21+ outdoor event will offer live Polka music, lots of German beers, burgers, brats, pretzels and more. There will be outdoor games like giant jenga, washers and bags with prize giveaways. Starting at 7pm watch the Nebraska vs. Michigan St. football game from your own lawn chair or one of our seats in front of a 38 ft. HDTV semi-truck. Yes, you read that correctly, it’s an elevated screen that’s larger than life.

Saturday Night Show - 9:00 pm | Free Backline Improv Theatre Come watch a Sketch/Standup show by some of Nebraska’s top stand-up comedians.

SUNDAY OCT 5

Dr. Wayne Kallstrom, Organ, CSM Concert Series Faculty Recital - 3:00 pm | $4-$5 Strauss Performing Arts Center College of St. Mary Concert Series presents Faculty Recital featuring Dr. Wayne Kallstrom on organ. Performances are recommended for children ages 8+ The Jimmy B Orchestra - 4:00 pm | $12 Sokol Auditorium Ballroom Dancing and music.

Salsa Sundays - 7:00 pm | $5 House of Loom We’ve dedicated our Sunday nights and our classic wood floors at House of Loom to all things salsa, buchata, merengue, cha-cha-cha, pachanga & guaguanco. And to host and DJ this night, we’ve chosen long-time loom collaborator and someone we think to be the most charismatic and talented salsa dancer in Omaha a Mr. Blandon ‘Salserodalante’ Joiner.

Luigi, Inc. - 9:00 pm | Free Mr. Toad’s Pub Omaha

MONDAY OCT 6

Piano Hour w/Emily Bass - 5:00 pm | Zoo Bar Zoo Bar House Band - 7:00 pm | $3 Zoo Bar Mike Gurciullo and His Las Vegas Band 8:00 pm | Ozone Lounge Colony House with Knox Hamilton & Cheerleader - 9:00 pm | $10 Reverb Lounge This event is 21+ Open Mic - 9:00 pm | Free Barley Street Tavern Sign up at the bar after 7pm.

Movie Night - 8:00 pm | Free The Hive Lounge Pub Quiz - 9:00 pm | Free The Slowdown

TUESDAY OCT 7

Open Mic Night - 9:00 pm | Free Venue 51 This is an acoustic open mic as well as spoken word performances, but time slots are not guaranteed. We can fill up pretty fast, so signing up in advance is encouraged.

Karaoke Theatre - 9:00 pm | Free House of Loom One thing that separates this karaoke night from the others we make it a party. On good nights you may end up with a spontaneous back-up dancer, or the whole bar could join in on your solo. Also with House of Loom’s mission to support the arts, this weekly event is not only for karaoke fans, but also for the local theatre industry. Actor Sara O’Neill hosts the bar with drink specials, patrons bring vivid voices and romping dance moves. Some just bring mediocre voices.

It doesn’t matter. It’s everything you love about karaoke with the volume turned up.

WED OCT 8, 2014

UNL Wind Ensemble - 7:30 pm | $3-$5 Kimball Recital Hall The wind ensemble begins their 2014-2015 season with a study of contrasts, juxtaposing the expected and the unexpected. The concert will have a distinctly American flavor with the works of Ives, Copland, Newman, Forte, and Bernstein seasoned with a dash of international flair from Stravinsky and Schmidt. From a gentle ballad inspired by the poetry of Leah Goldberg to a polka composed to accompany the dancing of elephants in the Ringling Bros., Barnum and Bailey Circus (choreographed by George Balanchine), from a good old-fashioned march to a sonic homage to French Impressionist painting, this program has something for everyone.

DJ Spirale & Guests - 10:00 pm | Free House of Loom DJ SPiRALE and guests hold down a weekly residency for this 21+ event. SPiRALE is an Omaha native that has spent many years in Mexico City, giving her an edge over most local DJs on eclectic, tasteful & underground selections of music. Her nights span a whole emotional range of music, covering anything from house, techno, downtempo to even reggae.

Comedy Open Mic - 10:00 pm | Free Barley Street Tavern

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Zoo Bar Calls for Support

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incoln’s Zoo Bar keeps the blues alive in the metro with multiple national blues acts playing there each week. Co-owner Pete Watters recently made a Facebook plea, noting, “We have been trying to provide world class music at The Zoo Bar, but it can not happen without your support.” The up and down attendance at summer shows has resulted in some “tough times,” Watters posted. “We would greatly appreciate you sharing this message and your support at these (and many more) shows.” The club hosts great Chicago blues Wednesday, Oct. 1, 6 p.m., with John Primer followed by Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, $16 adv/$20 dos. Coming acts include Nick Moss Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6-9 p.m., and Bruce Katz Friday, Oct. 24, 5-7 pm. See zoobar.com.

Live & Local Chicago’s John Primer plays The 21st Saloon, 96th & L, Thursday, Oct. 2, 6-9 p.m. Kris Lager Band’s local shows are rare these days. They keep busy touring, backing Andy Frasco this summer. Kris Lager Band rocks Lincoln’s Vega Friday, Oct. 3, and Omaha’s Waiting Room Saturday, Oct. 4, 9 p.m. with Blue Martian Tribe opening. See krislagerband.com.

Music & Community Benson First Friday is back Friday, Oct. 3, with happy hour specials 5-7 p.m. Art exhibits open at 7 p.m. Check out facebook.com/

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BensonFirstFriday for the schedule. There are official and unofficial music offerings at Benson clubs after 9 p.m. Vinton Street Creativity Festival returns to 18th & Vinton, Saturday, Oct. 4, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The family-friendly event offers creative activities, non-profit exhibitors, vendors, food trucks and music. Bands include BluesEd’s Dilemma (10 a.m.), Devon Fulton Band (1 p.m.) and Hector Anchondo Band (2 p.m.). Anchondo is the 2014-15 winner of the Nebraska Blues Challenge.

See complete schedule at facebook.com/VintonFestival.

Sunday, Oct. 5, 5-8 p.m., Omaha’s Raise the Roots hosts a Waiting Room event focused on “harvesting the desire for a vibrant local food system and a bright green Omaha,” according to their Facebook page. There will be speakers, non-profit groups and area food trucks.

Music Sunday is by Clarence Tilton and McCarthy Trenching. See facebook.com/RaisetheRootsOmaha.

Hot Notes McKenna’s closed their doors Saturday, Sept 27. According to Facebook posts, the contents, including the blues memorabilia, will be auctioned off Oct. 19. One Percent Productions’ Reverb Lounge is now open at 6121 Military Avenue (north of Jake’s) with full bar and intimate performance space. See facebook. com/ReverbLoungeOmaha. Honeyboy Turner Band plays a blues tailgate at Copacabana Cocktails and Cigars, 17520 Wright St., Omaha, Saturday, Oct. 4, following the Husker game. ,

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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overtheedge LIFESTYLE COLUMN BY TIM MCMAHAN

Casual Lounge or Music Venue?

Benson’s Reverb is Both

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he Reverb Lounge was hopping Sunday night.

The evening marked the grand opening of Benson’s newest bar and music venue, owned and operated by the fine folks behind One Percent Productions, arguably the most important music promotion company in our fair city for more than a decade.

After bracing my way through sidewalk smokers and being carded (I could tell by the stern look on the bespeckled door lady’s face that she thought I was a cop), I strolled through the glass door of 6121 Military Ave to a party in progress. It was a cacophony of laughter and noise and good times, a merry blend of middle-aged music fans, bearded hipsters, grungy garage rockers and Benson regulars, each holding a glass of something in their paws. Pints of beer.

Tumblers of light brown bourbon and ice. Ceramic tiki mugs with green sprigs peeking over the rims.

There was no place to sit — every plush leather halfbooth already was loaded with revelers leaning back in the shiny upholstered cushions or leaning forward on small round tables crowded with half-empty drinks. There is a subtle elegance to their surroundings — exposed brick meets poured concrete floors that surround a darkly stained natural wood horseshoe bar still new and unblemished, just like the rest of the bar, for now.

The room glowed warm by the Mid Centurydesigned overhead lamps casting light through pinholes on vintage electric guitars hung framed over the booths like captured wildlife.

Just a few feet away, through a metal sound door, was Reverb’s hidden jewel — an entirely separate room designed for one thing only — to host concerts. Walking inside is like walking into a sound stage, albeit a tiny one. It is, in essence, a gray box with a stage raised about four feet off the ground built into the wall.

With its poured concrete floors, gray paint, no windows and exposed ceiling, the room is austere.

The only decoration — a series of black-and-white concert photos that line the walls at eye level, further accentuating the high ceiling. Then there is the stage itself -- small, back-curtained with LED spotlight racks mounted on the ceiling in front of and behind the band. Simple. The room’s only outcrop is the sound board in the back directly facing the stage.

There you have Reverb in a nutshell — a classy MidCentury-designed lounge that serves a variety of specialized drinks (concocted by Reverb manager Allie Schrader) combined with a state-of-the-art concert venue.

“It’s my dream bar,” said Reverb proprietor and mastermind Jim Johnson, who opened the place with partner Marc Leibowitz. “It fills a niche that needed filling.”

Johnson and Leibowitz have owned the building that houses Reverb since 2008, along with rest of the block. The space was formerly occupied by a heating and cooling shop and ad hoc recording studio. After the tenant moved out, Johnson began remodeling the building only this past July.

The duo already own two bars along Maple Street.

The Waiting Room is one of the city’s premiere concert spaces, with a massive stage, sound system and room for well over 400. Across the street is Krug Park, an intimate lounge specializing in craft beers that would fit right in on the streets of Soho.

So why open another bar?

“We needed a place to do small shows that looked really stupid in The Waiting Room,” Johnson said, explaining how that club looks empty during concerts that draw only 50 people. “I love singer/songwriter and altcountry acts. I want to book that stuff along with up-andcoming indie rock shows and local acts that don’t draw enough to fill The Waiting Room.”

So is Reverb primarily a day-to-day bar with a music room or a rock bar with a lounge? “I want it to be a day-to-day bar with a great music room,” Johnson said. “It’s a place people can hang out and have a good time whether we’re hosting an event or not. It’s different than any other bar in Omaha.”

Though the lounge hosted a quiet opening a few days earlier, where local band John Klemmensen and the Party kicked the tires, Sunday night was the stage’s real debut featuring seminal ‘90s band Sebadoh. A crowd of 115 comfortably filled the concert space for what ended up being a bumpy ride, as technical problems marred the performances. Afterward, Johnson chocked it up as a learning experience.

“We’re still figuring out how to use this sound system, and it’s a hard room to mix,” he said. “We’re making some adjustments.” As Sebadoh frontman Lou Barlow said that night from stage, give it time, it’s going to be a great venue.

I foresee that I’ll be spending a lot of time at Reverb.

The club is yet another jewel in Benson’s string of firstclass bars and music venues, and another step forward in an area revitalization that began when The Waiting Room opened in 2007.

“We’re invested in the area,” Johnson said of Benson. “We like it or we wouldn’t do stuff up there. We’ve made it our home.” ,

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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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utch inventors Bart Jansen and Arjen Beltman struck again recently when Pepeijn Bruins, 13, called on them to help him grieve over his pet rat, Ratjetoe, who had to be put down because of cancer. Having heard of the inventors’ work, Pepeijn asked if they could please have Ratjetoe stuffed and turned into a radio-controlled drone. Jansen and Beltman, who had previously created an “ostrichcopter” and are now working on a “turbo shark,” created Pepeijn’s rat-copter, but remain best noted for their epic taxidermied cat, “Orvillecopter,” created in 2012 (which readers can view at nydn.us/1r0WmmA).

Updates How to Confuse an Arizonan: In August, a state appeals court overruled a lower court and decided that Thomas and Nancy Beatie could divorce, after all.

The first judge had determined that their out-of-state marriage was not valid in Arizona because they were both women, but Thomas has had extensive surgery and hormone therapy and become a man -- although he is also the spouse who bore the couple’s three children, since he made it a point to retain his reproductive organs.

-- In August, for the 12th straight year, a group of Japanese adult-film actresses has volunteered their breasts to raise money for an AIDS-prevention charity event shown on an X-rated cable TV channel from Tokyo. The 12-hour-long “squeeze-athon” (“Boob Aid”) sold individual fondles to men for donations of at least (the equivalent of ) $9, with donors required first to spray on disinfectant. In all, 4,100 pairs of hands roamed the nine actresses.

-- Regulatory filings revealed in August that AOL still has 2.3 million dial-up subscribers (down from 21 million 15 years ago) paying, on average, about

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$20 monthly. Industry analysts, far from rolling on the floor laughing at the company’s continued success with 20th-century technology, estimate that AOL’s dialup business constitutes a hefty portion of its quarterly “operating profit” of about $122 million.

-- Commentators have had fun with the new system of medical diagnostic codes (denominated in from four to 10 digits each) scheduled to take effect in October 2015, and the “Healthcare Dive” blog had its laughs in a July post. The codes for “problems in relationship with in-laws” and “bizarre personal appearance” are quixotic enough, but the most “absurd” codes are “subsequent encounters” (that is, at least the second time the same thing happened to a patient) for events like walking into a lamppost, or getting sucked into a jet engine, or receiving burns from on-fire water skis, or having contact with a cow beyond being bitten or kicked (since those contacts have separate codes).

Also notable was S10.87XA, “Other superficial bite of other specified part of neck, initial encounter,” which seems to describe a “hickey.”

Recurring Themes More Drivers Who Ran Over Themselves: In June, Robert Pullar, 30, Minot, North Dakota, subsequently charged with DUI, fell out of his car and was run over by it. In July, Joseph Karl, 48, jumped out of his truck to confront another driver in a road rage incident in Gainesville, Florida, but as he pounded on that driver’s window, his own truck (negligently left in gear) crept up and ran him over. Pullar and Karl were not seriously injured, but in July, a 54-year-old St. Petersburg, Florida, man was hurt badly when, attempting to climb onto the street sweeper that he operates for the city, he fell off, and the machine ran over his upper body.

-- For patients who are musicians, deep brain stimulation (open-brain) surgery can provide enter-

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tainment for operating-room doctors as they correct neurological conditions such as hand tremors.

In September, the concert violinist Naomi Elishuv, who has performed with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, played for surgeons at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center so they could locate the exact spot in the brain for inserting the pacemaker to control the hand-trembling that had wrecked her career. (In fact, last week’s winner of the annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass, Eddie Adcock, 76, had fingerpicked some tunes in the operating room in 2007 for his own deep brain surgery.)

-- Surgeons at the University of Arizona Medical Center removed a 47-pound tumor from a woman’s stomach in April -- not even close to being the largest ever mentioned in News of the Weird, but likely the only such large tumor appearing in a post-operative photograph being cradled in the arms of a member of the surgical team. (The patient, without insurance, had been putting off the surgery for months, which allowed the tumor to grow and to complicate the surgery -- but credits “Obamacare” with finally allowing her to afford the procedure.)

-- Previous reports of obsessively vengeful ex-lovers seem concentrated in Japan, where some heartbroken girlfriends have relentlessly harassed their exes with thousands of phone calls for months after the breakup. However, in a September report from Rhone, France, a 33-yearold man was sentenced to prison for 10 months for harassing his ex-girlfriend with a total of 21,807 phone calls and texts over the 10 months following the split (an average of 73 a day). The man insisted that he only wanted the woman to thank him for the carpentry work he had done on her apartment.

-- Size Matters (Sometimes): It’s not the first time that a suspect has had the idea, but usually, judges are skeptical. This time, a court in Leer, Germany, or-

dered a medical examination of the manhood of Herbert O., 54, to help decide a criminal charge of exhibitionism. The man’s wife testified that Herbert’s organ is “too short to hang out of (his) trousers,” as claimed by the victim of the flashing. The judge asked a local health official to make an exact measurement.

Least Competent Criminals Clues at the Scene: (1) Alfred J. Shropshire III was charged in June with burglarizing a home in Lakewood, Washington, identified by his having accidentally dropped at the scene a plaque from a local Mazda dealer naming Alfred J. Shropshire III Salesperson of the Month. (2) John Martinez, 68, was arrested for allegedly robbing a Wells Fargo bank in Denver in July, having been identified by bank personnel who remembered that the robber wore a black T-shirt with “John” on it and in part because the video revealed that a silver Honda registered to “John Martinez,” was waiting outside for his getaway.

A News of the Weird Classic (August 2010) Most victims seemed baffled or only modestly distressed by the obsession of Sherwin Shayegan, 27 (with one describing him as “completely harmless”). Shayegan’s perversion is that, from time to time (allegedly dating to at least 2006), he befriends high-school male athletes, questions them in the locker room as a reporter would, and then, after distracting them with the inquiries, jumps on the athletes’ backs and demands piggyback rides. No other overtures are made, and no injuries have been reported, and the principal complaint about Shayegan is his obnoxiousness. His latest arrest took place in May (2010) in Tualatin, Oregon, near earlier incidents in Washington state. ,

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rom Ray Harryhausen’s Medusa to Henry Selick’s Jack Skellington, stop-motion animation is just frickin’ cool, yo. Maybe it’s the meticulous nature of the art form, with each tiny gesture by a character necessitating dozens of miniscule movements and hours of work from animators. Maybe it’s the fact that the shiny, smooth sheen on today’s CGI kiddie flicks seems less intimate, less hand-crafted, less inviting. Whatever the case, the stop-motion studio Laika has upped its streak of engaging and mildly spooky children’s fare to three in a row. First there was Coraline, then Paranorman and now comes The Boxtrolls, the best movie to ever feature both exposed troll buttcheeks and a villainous drag queen.

Set in a town called Cheesebridge, which is surprisingly not a real European village, the film begins with the seeming abduction of a baby by monsters wearing boxes as clothing. The evil Archibald Snatcher (Ben Kingsley) sees an opportunity to elevate his social standing. As a lower-class “Red Hat,” his job is exterminating Boxtrolls,

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whereas men who possess a “White Hat” are given access to high society, which involves a rather alarming amount of cheese eating. Snatcher promises to rid the town of all Boxtrolls, provided he is made a White Hat after their complete extinction.

Turns out, the baby whose abduction and presumed devouring sparked this action isn’t dead. The kind, inventive, sewer-dwelling Boxtrolls have raised the boy as one of their own. They even gave him his own box and thus his name, as all Boxtrolls are named based on their boxes. Eggs (Isaac Hempstead Wright) is like Buddy from Elf in that he doesn’t realize he’s human and not troll. A decade later, when he is discovered on the streets during a midnight raid by a young girl named Winnie (Elle Fanning), he is suddenly forced to confront his real identity while attempting to save his adopted family from Snatcher’s evil plans.

The supporting characters are blissfully bizarre, including Snatcher’s henchmen: Mr. Trout (Nick Frost), Mr. Pickles (Richard Ayoade) and Mr. Gristle (Tracy

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Morgan). The Boxtrolls themselves don’t really speak so much as grunt, gibber and mouthfart. Still, somehow directors Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi, along with writers Irena Brignull and Adam Pava, found a way to imbue them all with gleeful personality. From Egg’s adopted father figure, Fish, to the curmudgeonly Shoe and the adorable Oil Can, the Boxtrolls are all endearing.

Admittedly, the film sports a staggeringly stale thematic through line. “You make you,” is a repeated admonition to find your own self, which is what something like 90% of animated movies are about. Moreover, the bizarre decision to introduce Snatcher’s cross-dressing alter ego, Madame Frou-Frou, seemed like a cheap way to get some classless “ew, that was really a man?!” jokes.

And yet, Laika is in a niche all their own, embracing a unique supernatural and slightly macabre space for children’s content. The Boxtrolls may be Laika’s “worst” film so far, but it’s still pretty good. , GRADE = B-

n As is evident by the vile predatory practices of “paycheck advance” lending companies, many of us ain’t exactly livin’ high on the hog right now. Film Streams at the Ruth Sokolof Theater feels you, bae. That’s why they’re partnering with Women’s Fund of Omaha and Coalition for a Strong Nebraska to bring you a free screening of Paycheck to Paycheck on Tuesday, Oct 28 at 7 pm. The film follows a working single mother over the course of a year as she is faced with harrowing decisions like choosing medicine for herself or taking care of her children. If I could Clockwork Orange the 1% elite by toothpicking their eyelids open and forcing them to watch this, I would. Instead, I’ll just tell you that there’s a panel discussion after the screening and you can get more details at filmstreams.org. n It used to be that a person would have an idea for a movie and then make that movie.

Now studios come up with a need for a movie or a sequel for a movie and then scramble to make something up based on a title or property. That was my fear for Bill and Ted 3, rumors of which just won’t die. So color me surprised that Bill himself, Alex Winter, actually has a fairly awesome conceit for the film: he and Keanu Reeves’ Ted never got around to saving the world. That’s actually pretty great. Combine that with the proposed director, Dean Parisot of Galaxy Quest fame, and this may indeed be excellent. n Nacho Vigalondo is among my favorite weirdo directors. From the twisty Timecrimes to the dark comedy Extraterrestrial, his work is always a combination of odd and engaging.

Combine that with my lifelong love of practical effects and monster movies, and you can understand I’m stoked that he has written an oldschool, Godzilla-style “kaiju” monster movie that won’t rely on CGI. I’m all for spectacles like Pacific Rim¸ but my heart grew three sizes at the thought of a new, cheesy-fun “man-in-suit” monster movie.

—Ryan Syrek Cutting Room provides breaking local and national movie news … complete with added sarcasm. Send any relevant information to film@thereader.com. Check out Ryan on Movieha!, a weekly half-hour movie podcast (movieha.libsyn. com/rss), catch him on the radio on CD 105.9 (cd1059.com) on Fridays at around 7:30 a.m. and on KVNO 90.7 (KVNO. org) at 8:30 a.m. on Fridays and follow him on Twitter (twitter. com/thereaderfilm).

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OCT. 2 - 8, 2014

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CELEBRATE THE SEASONS IN O M A H A’ S H I S T O R I C O L D M A R K E T

SATURDAY, OCT. 11, 2-10 P.M. 11TH STREET FESTIVAL: LIVE MUSIC FROM 2-10 P.M.

WITH SANDY CREEK BLUERGRASS BAND, LUIGI, INC., MATT WALLACE FUSION FORCE, JOSH HOYER & THE SHADOWBOXERS.

Retail & Restaurant Tour

FOOD AND DRINK AVAILABLE FROM SANDY CREEK BLUERGRASS BAND

MATT WALLACE FUSION FORCE

ORENDA FINK

JOSH HOYER & THE SHADOWBOXERS

UPSTREAM’S OKTOBERFEST LA BUVETTE’S WINE FETE SPAGHETTI WORKS SAGRE

2ND SATURDAY ART TOUR:

Scout the Shops of the Old Market with the Old Market Retail Tour, featuring specials, giveaways, in-store events, unique offerings and sidewalk sales.

Celebrate creativity in Omaha’s most historic neighborhood

And many more!

Stop by to taste the specials from Omaha’s most celebrated restaurants.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

And many more!