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Jan 31, 2025 | thereader.com | Leo Biga

Legacy artists recognized for lifetime achievement and cultural stewardship are among this year’s Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards honorees. The 19th annual event unfolds Feb. 16 at The Admiral, 2234 S. 13th St.Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Special guest star Jewell Rodgers, a multiple OEAA nominee and Nebraska’s new state poet, will perform.

Jan 31, 2025 | mbj.com | Leo Biga

Having twice stared death in the face, new AIM Institute president and CEO Dala Alphonso credits these “life-defining” experiences with making him a “transformative leader.”The 53-year-old Nigeria native survived a 1996 Ethiopian commercial airliner crash in the Indian Ocean after hijackers wrestled with pilots for control in midair. Out of fuel, the aircraft ditched in the water, killing 125 of the 175 passengers.

Jan 24, 2025 | thereader.com | Leo Biga

Three artists who found fame after honing their craft at the century-old Omaha Community Playhouse are returning for centennial season events. Two-time Tony Award winning singer-actor Norbert Leo Butz (“Rent,” “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” “My Fair Lady”) got his professional start in OCP’s now defunct Nebraska Theatre Caravan. He will perform his “Broadway, My Way” revue Feb. 1 at OCP, joined by Omaha native comedian, playwright and fellow alum Pat Hazell.

Jan 23, 2025 | journalstar.com | Leo Biga

Former national talk show host Dick Cavett invited social revolution into viewers’ homes courtesy of the 1960s icons he interviewed. And this Nebraskan who gave counterculture a mainstream platform stayed busy in the decades after his show ended — writing, performing and lending his stature as a television fixture in a formative era. Now the 88-year-old can add “music video” to the list of conquered mediums. Cavett plays a starring role in a song named after him by New Jersey rocker Marc Ribler.

Jan 17, 2025 | holanebraska.ghost.io | Lee Feinswog |Jolie Peal |Leo Biga |Kassidy Arena

¡Hola, Nebraska!Hola Nebraska! Your source for stories that inform, inspire, and connect our Latino communities of Nebraska. In this edition, we bring you a thrilling recap of LOVB Omaha’s volleyball team making a powerful debut in Houston. A firsthand account of evacuating during the devastating Los Angeles fires, an exploration of Nebraska’s workers' concerns about tariffs and immigration policies, and inspiring stories of performers returning home to uplift the next generation of actors.