:: propagandART ~ may 17, 2006 ::

i keep saying i'm going to take some time off from these emails,
and i keep finding out about these little treasures that i feel compared
to share with everyone i know.

both of these events should be exceptional and unique.

:: Separate Piece ::

"Patrick Wilkins displays an amazing ability to bring his audience to laughter, tears or a sudden breathless stop."

Paddy Wilkins will be performing various solo theater pieces this weekend only! The evening's entertainment includes live music with Rob Hawkins of The Golden Age. Performance pieces are written by Jim Hanna, Paul Schackman, and Mathais Svalina.

Come, enjoy some wine before and after the performance, walk through the gallery space have a pleasurable theatre experience. Dare ya.

May 18,19, & 20th ~ 7pm
Loft at the Mill ~ 8th & P
Above The Mill in the Haymarket
General admission $10 or $5 for students

:: YoungBlood Brass Band ::

whoa nellie!!!!
it's been at least a year or two since these guys have rocked the zoo.
this is one of my all-time favorite regional bands.
they've got about 7-8 horns, 2 drums and one vocalist (kind of a beatnik rapper).
i give these guys my highest endorsement...while i'm not as taken by their
new cd, they'll play enough of their older stuff to make the place shimmy.

how do i describe these guys? hmm....dixieland funk? chamber rock hip-hop?
something like that. hit their website to hear full tracks: www.youngbloodbrassband.com
or hit iTunes for 30 second clips...then i'll see you at the zoo!!!

friday, may 19, 2006 ~ 9ish
Zoo Bar ~ 14th & p

:: Tsotsi ::

It’s with a great excitement that we announce the final film in our screening series at Joslyn Art Museum – the Omaha premiere of South Africa’s first-ever Academy Award-winning film:

TSOTSI - 2006 Academy Award Winner: Best Foreign Language Film.Written and Directed by Gavin Hood.

Set amidst the sprawling Johannesburg township of Soweto - where survival is the primary objective - Tsotsi traces six days in the life of a ruthless young gang leader who ends up caring for a baby accidentally kidnapped during a car-jacking. In Zulu, Xhosa and Afrikaans with English subtitles.

Thursday, May 18, 2006, 7:30 PM
Joslyn Art Museum's Abbott Lecture Hall, 22nd and Dodge

Advance tickets available online at www.filmstreams.org or at all Homer's Records locations. Tickets are $10, with proceeds supporting Film Streams' programming and forthcoming cinema in downtown Omaha.