:: propagandART ~ september 13, 2004 ::

there's a lot going on this weekend.
use something here as an excuse to hang out with some friends.
there's even more listed on the calendar...hit the site: www.landisarts.com/propagandart/

:: haymarket cabaret ::

lincoln has a surprisingly deep talent pool.
it's so amazing to see what people around here are capable of.
and while i really enjoy going to big productions,
oftentimes, my favorites are the intimate, spontaneous and/or
informal performances. there is a sense of being let in on a secret.

that's the kind of feeling i get from cabaret shows.
cabaret's are a relaxed way for performers to do their thing.
we get to sing songs we've always wanted a shot at.
or we get to sing with people we haven't sung with before.

well, the haymarket theatre is going to start hosting these shows.
it'll be a semi-regular free celebration of music and good people.
vince learned will gather musicians and vocalists around him and
run together a set of songs that will surprise and delight.

the first one is tuesday, sept 14th at 7:30pm.
come down to the haymarket theatre at 8th & q.
it won't cost you a dime.
see you there. :-)

:: nine live cats ::

damn...i LOVE singing with this band!
on sunday we practiced three of my favorite songs with this band.
we hadn't done them for a while...but we're puttin' 'em back in.
sweeeeet.

we're pumped up to play duggan's this friday, sept 17th.
we'll get started about 9ish and play til closing.
all we ask is a couple of bucks and a predisposition to having fun.

:: Lyp-Schtick ::

Hey, Hey, Hey!! Lypschtick - Lincoln's Best Improv Comedy Troupe - appears to be off and running!! We have quite a few gigs in the next few months, with the possibility of more being added!! Come out and support us - ask those who have seen the show - we're well worth a couple hours and a few bucks!! It's improv comedy - so come prepared to shout out suggestions, and see what we do with your ideas!!

Saturday, September 18th ~
The Panic
$5 cover ~ 21 and over only

Sunday, September 19th ~ 8:00 PM (we'll be done by around 10, so you can get up monday and go toil for the man)
Ninth Street Basement - Entrance south of Barry's - between P & Q streets on (duh!) 9th!
$5 cover ~ 19 and over only

:: Little Shop of Horrors ::

Fresh from its Broadway revival! A down-and-out skid row floral assistant becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for fresh blood. Soon “Audrey II” grows into an ill-tempered, foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore who offers him fame and fortune in exchange for feeding its growing appetite, finally revealing itself to be an alien creature poised for global domination! One of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows of all time, this affectionate spoof of 1950s sci-fi movies has become a household name, thanks to a score by the songwriting team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who redefined the animated musical film with Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”, “Beauty And The Beast” and “Aladdin.” Brought to the stage with generous support from Pepsi-Co and KLKN.

September 15-16-17-18-19-20 at Pinewood Bowl

:: Fright in the Night: Fall Melodrama at Mahoney ::

Spunky heroine Nancy Nightingale is out to prove herself in the world. Her plan is to take her deceased gangster uncle’s abandoned roadhouse and turn it into a successful and family friendly establishment. Handsome real estate agent Chick Smith is there to help Nancy as much as he can while winning her heart. Will Chick and his bumbling assistant Wilbur be able to save Nancy from the clutches of her uncle’s evil henchman Nick Nightshade? And what about the hidden treasure? Will somebody get rich, or will somebody get a ... Fright In The Night?

Mahoney State Park, Kountze Memorial Theatre
Runs weekends through October 31st.
Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00, Sundays at 3:00.
Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for children 12 and under.
More info available at www.melodrama.net

:: Pranic Healing Open House ::

Experience A Pranic Energy Session!
Pranic Healing is a system of energy-based healing that works on the energy field (aura and chakras) to promote health and well being. What is Prana? Prana is a Sanskrit word that means “life force.” In acupuncture and other branches of ancient Chinese medicine, this energy is referred to as chi and is recognized as important in keeping the body in a state of health. These ancient healing traditions recognize that the body has the innate ability to heal and that the healing process is accelerated by facilitating the flow of life force (prana, chi) to affected parts.

Thursday, September 16 ~ 6–8 pm ~ $5-10
Omaha Healing Arts Center
1216 Howard Street • 402-345-5078
www.omahahealingarts.com

:: Go, Dog, Go ::

Dogs in trees. Dogs in chairs. Dogs at work. Dogs at play. Dogs at a party. Dogs sailing boats. Dogs flying planes. Dogs driving cars. It’s chaos. Dogs everywhere. They proceed with dogged determination. They cannot be stopped.

Children witnessing the madness have been heard to shout encouragement, as little dogs, big dogs, red dogs, blue dogs, old dogs, new dogs – of every breed, size, and color – run unleashed all over the stage. The pandemonium rages on with GO, DOG, GO – see it if you dare!

Thursday, September 16, 7:00 PM
Friday, September 17, 7:00 PM
Saturday, September 18, 1:00 & 4:00 PM
Sunday, September 19, 1:00 & 4:00 PM

Family Theatre single ticket price is $10 (for all seats, all ages). Or ask about the Family Theatre Punchcards: you get 3 punches for $25! Contact the LCP Box office for tickets/punchcards: 489.7529.

:: Midwest Premiere: A Man of No Importance ::

The glory of the theater is also its bane: you have to be there to experience it.

When a production closes, it is gone forever. It lives in the memory of a lucky few and when they are gone, it disappears with them. There are published scripts, of course, and original cast recordings but they only tell part of the story.

I wouldn't have it any other way. Life itself is ephemeral and theater is the art most like life as a I have so far experienced it: transitory, unpredictable, overwhelming and finally, quite wonderful.

No wonder making theater is like catching at moonbeams. In every project there comes a time when it seems quite impossible. And yet we do it, generation after generation, no matter the risks and the possibilities for failure. Theatre is a deep reflection of the human community.

- Terrence McNally, Author

A Man of No Importance is about a group of theatrical amateurs who dedicate the off-hours in their routine lives to catching at some of those moonbeams. In their "real" lives they work hard for their money. In their "true" lives they work even harder to make art for their audience of friends and family.

In so doing, they become People of Great Importance, but most of all their leader, Alfie Byrne, a Dublin bus conductor, who learns in the course of tumultuous rehearsals for his long-dreamed of production of Oscar Wilde's Salome that the theatre is not a place to hide from the world, but instead the very place where we may finally discover our true selves. The defeat of his production is also the victory of his self. The small world of the St. Imelda's Players becomes an enormous one and I would be surprised if you did not find at least a small part of your world in theirs. Alfie and his friends are all of us.

August 26 - Sept 19, 2004
Thursday-Saturday @ 7:30; Sundays at 2:30
Millennium Theatre ~ 601 South 16th Street, in the Union Plaza Building, located on the corner of 16th and Jackson Streets, just 2 blocks south of the Orpheum Theatre.

Adult Ticket Price: $15 ~ Sr Citizen, Military, and Children (<18) $12 ~ Groups of 10 or more $10
Reserve tickets at http://www.stagesofomaha.com