Omaha Performing Arts presents Alicia Olatuja Intuition: Songs From The Minds Of Women on March 11th at the Holland Performing Arts Center. Once you have listened to acclaimed vocalist, composer and arranger
Alicia Olatuja, you won’t forget her. Praised in The New York Times as “a singer with a strong and luscious tone,” Alicia has shared the stage with Chaka Khan, Christian McBride, Billy Childs, and others, astounding audiences with her exquisite vocals and artistic versatility. Her program: “Intuition,” celebrates the works of female icons including songs of Brenda Russell, Sade, Tracy Chapman, Kate Bush, Angela Bofill and Linda Creed and feature classics such as Give Me One Reason and This Woman s Work. A preshow curtain warmer discussion will be prsented with Omaha’s own “Queen of Soul” Kathy Tyree on the landmark, ground-breaking Black women in jazz. Preshow curtain warmers will take place in the theater lobby one hour prior to the start of the show. Al
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Youâre New Here, Arenât You? Digital Theaterâs Unexpected Upside
Companies and venues that put work online are finding big, new and younger audiences â but little revenue.
Pittsburgh Public Theater has found an audience for streamed shows like âThe Gift of the Mad Guys,â an adaptation of O. Henryâs âThe Gift of the Magi.âCredit.via Pittsburgh Public Theater
Five days after the coronavirus quieted performing arts venues, the Irish Repertory Theater found its voice.
It was St. Patrickâs Day, after all â not an occasion to go unacknowledged, even during a pandemic. So the humble nonprofit started posting homespun videos of company members performing Irish-themed songs, poems and monologues on social media.
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Nebraska Congressman Jeff Fortenberry thinks peculiar wording in the most recent COVID-19 relief bill may exclude college-owned venues from collecting relief funds.
Fortenberry said a provision that states venues that receive more than 10% of their gross revenue through the federal government are excluded from relief funding.
He fears that could cause confusion as to whether university-owned venues like the Lied Center in Lincoln would qualify because of their association to the schools, which often receive more than 10% of their revenue through federal funding.
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln non-affiliate reported a belated sexual assault on Feb. 16 at Selleck Quad, according to the UNL Police Departmentâs Daily Crime & Fire log.Â
UNLPD sent a safety message to students on Feb. 17 about the case to the student body. The case is still open, according to the crime log.
From Feb. 14-20, the most frequently reported crimes were possession of narcotics, trespassing and unintentional, non-traffic property damage with three reports. Medical emergency and minor in possession of alcohol followed with two reports.
Some individuals had a disturbance with housing staff on Feb. 15 at Abel Hall about thrown vegetables and a broken hand sanitizer station, according to Sgt. Margot Nason. UNLPD officers are still working on this case, according to Nason.
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