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Independence Day is upon us once again. The United States Federal holiday commemorates the signing of the Decla-ration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the United Kingdom. Sound boring? Well, it kind of is, however, Congress decided it was im-portant enough to make it a paid Federal holiday in 1938. People have been cele-brating ever since.

Most commonly, massive arsenals of fireworks are purchased at whatever le-gal stand is selling them and the entire evening revolves around blowing things up. Decorations (e.g., streamers, bal-loons, and clothing) are generally col-ored red, white, and blue, the colors of the American Flag. It generally includes a hot dog, hamburger, BBQ, and that weird Jello mold your aunt makes. Then again, family is the centralized theme of the day so most likely youll be eating things you dont necessarily want to eat.

Parades are often in the morning, while fireworks displays occur in the evening at such places as parks, fairgrounds, or town squares. The night before the Fourth was once the focal point of cele-brations, marked by raucous gatherings often incorporating bonfires as the cen-terpiece. Fireworks are literally the most important element of Independence Day. Without them, its just another excuse to

sit around and be lazy while Uncle Joe flips hamburgers in his undershirtnot a pretty sight. Fireworks, on the other hand, are beautiful and become quite elaborate depending on your budget. Firework shows are held in many states, and many fireworks are sold for personal use or as an alternative to a public show. Safety concerns have led some states to ban fireworks or limit the sizes and types allowed. In 2009, New York City had the largest fireworks display in the country, with over 22 tons of pyrotechnics explod-ed. Other major displays are in Chicago on Lake Michigan; in San Diego over Mission Bay; in Boston on the Charles River; in St. Louis on the Mississippi River; in San Francisco over the San Francisco Bay; and on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.. During the annual Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival, Detroit, Michigan hosts one of the worlds larg-est fireworks displays, over the Detroit River, to celebrate Independence Day in conjunction with Windsor, Ontarios cel-ebration of Canada Day. Omaha has its own traditions and for those who grew up in the area, the fireworks displays are in-crediblenot too shabby for a city under 1 million in population.

The Fourth of July holiday kicks off this weekend and with so many options for celebration in the Omaha area, its hard to pick just one. Perhaps one of the biggest and most popular over recent years is the College Home Run Derby and

Omaha World-Heralds Fireworks at T.D. Ameritrade Park on Thursday, July 3. Its the World-Heralds 30th annual Indepen-dence Day fireworks display. There are countless others so rather than make it impossible to find them, weve put them all in one place.

The following guide covers most of the bigger celebrations in the area:

Thursday, July 3 Playing with Fire Concert followed

by Fireworks at Midtown Crossing 5:30 p.m.

College Home Run Derby and Omaha World-Heralds Fireworks at T.D. Ameri-trade - 7:30 p.m., $8-$12

Ralston Independence Day Celebra-tion - July 3 -4

Friday, July 4 Ralston Independence Day Celebra-

tion Parade at 1 p.m., Fireworks 9:30 p.m., 72nd & Q

Independence Fireworks at Werner Park

Blairs Annual Fireworks Display Armbrust Acres Champions Club Boys Town Star Spangled Special at Omaha

Pools - $1.00 admission Independence Day Bash at Camelot

7/4, 11:30 a.m. 1:30 p.m. Summer Games (rain or shine), 1 5 p.m. Pool Games, Free Admission

Red, White and Zoo! 7/4 7/6, 9 a.m. 3 p.m.

Nebraska Wind Symphony Concert 6/29 (6 p.m. at Stinson Park) and 7/4 (6 p.m. at Chalco Hills), FREE

Salute to Military at the Strategic Air & Space Museum 7/4-7/6, FREE admis-sion to active Military, Guard and Reserve personnel and their family. Military ID re-quired.

Saturday, July 5 Fireworks at Werner Park Patriots Weekend at the Omaha Chil-

drens Museum 7/5 (9-5) & 7/6 (1-5). Fire-works Science Show, milk fireworks, and explore fireworks blow painting

Red, White and Zoo! 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Salute to Military at the Strategic Air

& Space Museum - 7/4-7/6, FREE admis-sion to active Military, Guard and Reserve personnel and their family. Military ID re-quired.

Sunday, July 6 Patriots Weekend at the Omaha Chil-

drens Museum - 7/5 (9-5) & 7/6 (1-5). Fire-works Science Show, milk fireworks, and explore fireworks blow painting

Red, White and Zoo! 7/4 7/6, 9 a.m. 3 p.m.

Salute to Military at the Strategic Air & Space Museum - 7/4-7/6, FREE admis-sion to active Military, Guard and Reserve personnel and their family. Military ID re-quired.


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Compelling Explanations U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf of Oma-

ha, Nebraska, trying to be helpful, he said, advised female lawyers appearing in his courtroom to lower their hemlines and cov-er their cleavage because males, including Judge Kopf himself, are pigs. Writing in his personal blog in March, he said, I have been a dirty old man ever since I was a very young man and that the women in his of-fice are similarly contemptuous of daringly dressed female lawyers. The lifetime-ten-ured judge later said he regretted any harm to the judiciary that his remarks might have caused

Almond Upton, 60, charged with mur-der for intentionally striking a New York state trooper in May with his pickup truck, denied everything. He told reporters fol-lowing his first court appearance that he is bewildered by the accusation: I was (close to) the Connecticut border, and all of a sud-den, Im in Binghamton, New York (about 140 miles from Connecticut), and this cop got killed, I dont know how it happened. It had to be a time warp.

The National Security Agency admitted in a June court filing that it had disobeyed two judicial orders to stop deleting accu-satory evidence in its databases (which judges had ordered preserved to help de-termine if the NSA was illegally violating privacy laws). The NSAs reasoning for its chutzpah: Its data-gathering systems, it claims, are too complex to prevent the

automatic deletions routinely programmed into its data, and it cannot reprogram to preserve the data without shutting down its entire intelligence-gathering mission. The challenging party (the Electronic Frontier Foundation) called the NSAs explanation disingenuous and, in fact, further proof that the NSA is incapable of properly man-aging such massive data-gathering.

Michael Adrian, 26, was arrested in Lakeville, Minnesota, in June for frighten-ing officials at Lakeville North High School by skateboarding in front of the school, in military dress, face covered by a bandana, with an arrow strapped to his arm, and concealing knives, a box-cutter, a sling-shot and pepper spray. Adrian told police he was merely testing the schools secu-rity system by looking like an a**hole. (A judge ordered a mental evaluation.)

KarmaAt an April press conference on a train

station platform in Milford, Connecticut, to critique the allegedly shoddy safety re-cord of the Metro-North rail line, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut set up a chart on an easel to illustrate the prob-lem. Suddenly, a train roared through the station and, according to news reports, nearly clipped Sen. Blumenthal, who was standing on the yellow platform line that passengers are admonished to stand be-hind.

Lead StoryScott Fistler, twice a loser for electoral office in Phoenix, Arizona, as a Repub-

lican, decided in November 2013 that his luck might improve as a Democrat with a name change, and legally became Cesar Chavez, expecting to poll better in a heavily Hispanic, Democratic congressional district. (Cesar Chavez is of course the name of the legendary labor organizer.) Furthermore, according to a June report in the Arizona Capitol Times, Chavezs campaign website features photographs of frenzied supporters holding Chavez signs, but which are obviously scenes from the streets of Venezuela at rallies for its late president Hugo Chavez. (At press time for News of the Weird, a judge had removed Chavez from the ballot, but only because some qualifying signatures were invalid. Chavez promised to appeal.)

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In June, a jury in Fresno, California, decided that Bobby Lee Pearson, 37, was guilty of burglary -- but they accidentally signed the not-guilty form, instead, and by the time Judge W. Kent Hamlin caught the error, he could not change it (because of double jeopardy). Pearson walked out a free man, went to his sisters home, got into a fight hours later, and was stabbed to death by the sisters boyfriend.

News That Sounds Like A Joke:The animosity between Brevard County

(Florida) judge John Murphy and public defender Andrew Weinstock festered over the lawyers refusal to waive his clients right to a speedy trial, but came to a head on June 2, when the judge told Weinstock, Stop pissing me off. Just sit down. Wein-stock persisted: I have a right to stand and represent my client. The judge responded: If you want to fight, lets go out back, and Ill just beat your a**. And to a back hall-way they went, with the lawyer allegedly just intending to talk out their differences. However, according to Weinstocks super-visor, Judge Murphy immediately grabbed Weinstock and began punching him. Wein-stock was not seriously hurt, but vowed to report the incident to the Florida Bar.

Robert Wallace, 32, a Houston software

developer, filed a lawsuit in May to get back some items after a failed romance. Ac-cording to Wallace, he had loaned a laptop computer, $2,000 cash and his Harry Potter DVDs to his sweetheart, Ms. Nomi Mims, a local stripper. Wallace said the loans were made only because he thought she was in love with him and that they were building a future together, but now realizes he was wrong. Mims calls the items gifts and noted, Ive given him gifts, too. You know, how do I get my booty back?

Things America Somehow Still Cant Fig-ure Out (Even Though Were Smart Enough to Send a Robot to Mars)

(1) Authorities somehow could not pre-vent an inmate serving life at a North Caroli-na prison from arranging, via a contraband cellphone, to have the 63-year-old father of his prosecutor kidnapped and tortured. (The FBI managed to rescue the man five days after his abduction.) (2) The U.S. State Department somehow cannot arrange safe haven for Afghan interpreters who risked their lives daily serving U.S. combat troops and who face almost certain retaliation by militants once Americans have departed. Even the coordinator of the interpreter pro-gram, who applied for a U.S. visa in 2012, has not been approved (according to a

ing bitten men erections. Off the coast of Sao Paulo is the uninhabited (and barred to visitors) Ilha de Queimada Grande, overrun by the super-deadly golden lancehead pit viper (whose population may be as many as five snakes per square meter of land area).

Recurring Themes(1) A British National Health Service

hospital in Stockton, England, apparently failed to learn from a 2012 tragedy at Scar-borough Hospital when, in May, a patient caught fire during surgery. (Tip for Next Time: Either no alcohol sterilizers or no electricity-made incisions.) (2) In the latest creative image-enhancer by a municipal sewage plant, Seattles Brightwater Treat-ment facility is offering to rent its indoor rooms ($2,000 for eight hours) as a wed-ding venue. According to an official, there is space for 260 guests, including full kitch-en -- and the plant is reputed to be a zero odor facility.

(Are you ready for News of the Weird Pro Edition? Every Monday at http://New-softheWeird.blogspot.com and www.Weir-dUniverse.net. Other handy addresses: [email protected], http://www.NewsoftheWeird.com, and P.O. Box 18737, Tampa FL 33679.)

March 2014 New York Times dispatch).

World-Class BrazilThe sailing events at the 2016 Summer

Olympics will be held on Rio de Janeiros Guanabara Bay, but dire warnings have been issued about the filthy, squalid condi-tion of the bay and the near impossibility of a timely cleanup. A New York Times report-er, in a May dispatch, cited car tires, float-ing mattresses, dog carcasses, a partly submerged sofa and free-flowing untreated raw sewage. A Brazilian competitive sailor admitted that he had personally seen four human corpses in the bay. (By comparison, for the Beijing Olympics, 1,000 cleanup boats were dispatched just to remove al-gae from the sailing venue, but only three cleanup boats are operating on Guanabara now, with merely several dozen planned.)

Arachnophobes (and their snake-fearing cousins, the ophidiophobes) may be in for an interesting 2016 Summer Olympics, in that Brazil seems to be one giant incuba-tor of the scariest insects and vipers on the planet. Chief among them, reported the Wall Street Journal in June, are the Brazil-ian wandering spider -- the worlds most poisonous and, in addition, the size of a dinner plate -- whose venom at least owns the redeeming value of momentarily giv-

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top 8 concerts, family events, comedy, musicals & more

GrowinG CitieS: doCumentary SCreeninG and Garden PiCniC, July 8, at union for Con-temporary arts, 2417 Burdette St., 6:30 p.m. admission is free. Visit www.u-ca.org for more information.

the Scoop: An outdoor screening of Growing Cities, a documentary filmed by Union Fellows Dan Susman and Andrew Monbouquette, takes place at The Union for Contemporary Arts this Tuesday. The docu-mentary examines the role of urban farming in America and asks how much power it has to revitalize our cities and change the way we eat. A garden picnic precedes the showing.

FLoBotS with Pan astral, July 6, at the waiting room, 6212 maple St., 8 p.m. tickets are $15. Visit

www.onepercentproductions.com for more information

The Scoop: When a pair of intelligent, visionary emcees joins forces with a battle-hardened, groove-fusing rhythm sec-tion, and a classically trained violist the result is a sound that explores and expands the frontiers of live hip-hop. Progres-sive in both style and message, the bands ability to drop from symphonic rock-infused crescendos into stripped-down string-laden breakbeats has earned Flobots a reputation for both originality and authenticity. Armed with musicianship, intelligence, and an ingrained sense of rebellion, Flobots are looking to engage a new musical culture, one mind at a time. If you are thinking, you are winning.

the Storm ChaSerS VS. CoLorado SPrinGS, JuLy 4, at werner Park, 7:05 P.m. tiCketS Start at

$14. ViSit www.miLB.Com For more inFormation.

The Scoop: The Storm Chasers return home this Friday for a homestand with two divisional foes as Omaha faces off with Colorado Springs for the first time this season and the I-80 rivalry with Iowa moves to Werner Park. The upcoming seven-game homestand features First National Bank Independence Weekend Fireworks on July 4th and 5th, with the annual Borsheims Diamond Dig to finish off the fun-filled week.

omaha FarmerS market, July 5, at old market and Gene Leahy mall, 8 a.m. to noon, admission is free. Visit www.oma-hafarmersmarket.com for more information.

the Scoop: Omaha Farmers Market celebrates 21 seasons of making locally-grown foods acces-sible to our community. Fresh pro-duce, one-of-a-kind products and valued relationships have made the Market what it is today. Join grow-ers, vendors and other Market-go-ers as we celebrate 21 seasons. The Omaha Farmers Market is located near 11th and Jackson streets in the Old Market.


entertainmentconcerts, family events, comedy, musicals & more

CaGe with SadiStik, maulskul w/ tSmC, J2 B, and digital Sick kids, July 5, at the hideout, 320 S. 72nd St., 8:30 p.m. tick-ets are $12/adV and $14/doS. Visit www.brownpa-pertickets.com for more information.

the Scoop: Cody Foster, better known by his stage name Sadistik, is an American alternative hip-hop artist from Seattle, Washington. He is currently signed to Fake Four Inc. In 2013, he re-leased his sophomore LP Flowers for My Father, which received positive reviews. Vibe Magazine called the album gripping & emotional. He joins Def Jux hip-hop artist and all around dark human being, Cage, at The Hideout this Saturday.

aiGa PreSentS: an eVeninG with miChaeL Cina, July 7, at Slowdown, 729 n. 14th St., 6 p.m. tickets are $5. Visit www.thes-lowdown.com for more information.

the Scoop: Spend an evening with designer and artist Michael Cina. The founder of Michael Cina Associates, Cina has worked with brands such as Disney, MTV, Facebook and many more. Hes be-hind the nine iconic typefaces developed especially for Disney, and has worked with both Pepsi and Coke like a daredevil.

Sierra LeoneS reFuGee aLL StarS

with robert J and the most, July 5, at Slowdown, 729 n. 14 St., 9 p.m. tickets are $15. Visit www.theslowdown.com for more information.

The Scoop: Sierra Leones Refugee All Stars have risen like a phoenix out of the ashes of war and enflamed the passions of fans across the globe with their uplifting songs of hope, faith and joy. The band is a potent example of the redeeming power of music and the ability of the human spirit to persevere through unimaginable hardship and emerge with optimism intact. From their humble beginnings in West African refugee camps Sierra Leones Refugee All Stars have performed on some of the worlds most prestigious stages and matured into one of Africas top touring and recording bands.

FirSt nationaL Bank Firework diSPLay,

July 4, at werner Park, after Sunset, ticket Prices Vary. Visit www.milb.com for more information.

The Scoop: The biggest fireworks show in the Omaha Metro, presented by First National Bank, blasts off on July 4th for an over 21 minute long fireworks display to celebrate our Independence Day while the Storm Chasers wear specialty red, white and blue patriotic jerseys. Theres an in-game silent auction for the game-worn patriotic jerseys, as the successful bid-ders have the opportunity for a post-game autograph and picture with the players bid on. July 5th continues First National Bank Independence Weekend with a nearly ten minute long fireworks show.


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Band III. The cobra is poised to strike if anyone dares challenge The Budos on their quest. And, if there was ever any question whether the brotherhood of The Budos is instrumental afro-soul royalty, the Chateau de Budos that graces the back cover of The Budos Band III assures all that the group is strong unstoppable even and will use all of natures power to ascend to their rightful throne.

The Budos Band with Electric Citizen, July 9, at The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., 9 p.m. Tickets are $13/ADV and $15/DOS. Visit www.onepercentproductions.com fore more information.Lemon Fresh Day heads to Nebraska City to entertain for their Red, White & Blue to the Core celebration at the Sunken Parking Lot area downtown (Central Ave, btw 7th & 8th). This is a free event, with the band performing from 8-11pm. Gates open at 2pm (the event is actually all weekend long and all day long. LFD is the conclusion to the weekend festivities). As a small-town celebration of freedom, the band is looking forward to making more new friends & fans with a great performance over Independence Day weekend.

Lemon Fresh Day, July 5, at Downtown Nebraska City, Sunken Parking Lot Area, 8 p.m. Tickets are free. Visit www.lemonfreshday.com for more information.

ARTTruck-A-Tecture examines architecture as redefined by mobility and technical expansion. This exhibition generates a unique conversation and offers a new perspective on modern housing. A mash-up of popular and elite cultures, Truck-A-Tecture transcends the current definitions of pre-fab and mobile architecture. Topics of nomadism, transportation, trucking culture, and the nature of home are among the topics to be explored in this exhibition. This exhibition features trucks,

Velvet Undergrounds classic album Loaded. This album includes songs such as Sweet Jane, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, Cool It Down, and Oh Sweet! Nuthin. Bennie & The Gents will be celebrating one thing and one thing only tonight: spangles. Although they are not sure what they are, they sound very 70s glam rock, which is what The Gents love to perform. Get ready for Bowie, Queen, T-Rex, Alice Cooper, Nick Gilder, The Runaways, The Ramones, The Sweet, Slade, Hedwig The Angry Inch, Rocky Horror and much more during their two sets that will do something Yankee and something with a Doodle.

Bennie and the Gents with Rock & Roll Suicide, July 3, at The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., 7 p.m. Tickets are $7. Visit www.onepercentproductions.com for more information.

Having scalded listeners ears with sonic lava on Budos I and stung them with venomous frequencies on Budos II, The Budos Band delivers on their promise to spread the epidemic of Budos Fever far and wide with the release of The Budos

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Playing with Fire: The Madame Louise Project featuring LuLu Hughes, July 3, at Midtown Crossing in Turner Park, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.midtowncrossing.com for more information.

Since forming in the late 90s, the musically muscular and relentlessly inventive Umphreys McGee has cultivated an impressive presence both live and in the studio. Lauded by critics and adored by fans, the band continues to draw in new listeners with their singular style: virtuoso playing and acrobatic tempo changes and rhythmic shifts complemented by dazzling song craft and composition, memorable hooks, anthemic guitar lines and rock solid rhythms.

Umphreys McGee with Moon Taxi, July 3, at Sumtur Amphitheater, Papillion, 6 p.m. Tickets are $25/ADV and $30/DOS. Visit www.onepercentproductions.com for more information.

Bennie and the Gents start this holiday weekend off with many delights. The first of which is Rock & Roll Suicide doing The

THEATREThe 28th season of Shakespeare On The Green celebrates Shakespeares 450th Birthday with The Tempest, directed by Rob Urbinati.

Shakespeare on the Green, July 6, at Elmwood Park, 8 p.m. Preshow events start at 6 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.nebraskashakespeare.com for more information. Every Tuesday at House of Loom, its everything you love about karaoke with the volume turned up. Dont be afraid to go crazy: bring your own costumes, create your own choreography, bring your back up dancers or just grab some in-house props well have on hand.

Karaoke Theatre, July 8, at House of Loom, 1012 S. 10th St., 9 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.houseofloom.com for more information.

MUSIC

Based in San Francisco, Matt Nathanson has evolved into one of the premier songwriters and dynamic performers on the music scene today. His 2007 album Some Mad Hope (his first for Vanguard) yielded the smash single Come On Get Higher, which has sold more than 2 million copies to date, as well as the subsequent hits Car Crash, Falling Apart and All We Are.

Matt Nathanson with Gavin DeGraw, July 5, at Stirs Concert Cove, Council Bluffs, 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $45. Visit www.harrahscouncilbluffs.com for more information. Playing with Fire celebrated its 10th anniversary in July of 2013. Jeff Davis, producer and organizer, made the decision to move Playing with Fire to Midtown Crossing, starting this summer of 2014. Davis selects artists with unmatched passion and intensity

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trailers, pre-fab home designs, custom architecture and road movies. Leaders in the filed of architecture participate, with four firms designing and building full-scale structures and the additional firms creating scaled models. Once complete, the full-scale structures travel to KANEKO from their various locations of construction around the country. The scaled models will be displayed atop a 44-foot long semi trailer parked in the Bow Truss.

Truck-A-Tecture, July 3-August 23, at KANEKO, 1111 Jones St., 6 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.thekaneko.org for more information.

In July, seven promising artists are featured in the Emerging Artist Exhibition, a show that runs July 1 through July 27, 2014. Gallery members host an opening celebration at the Artists Cooperative Fine Art Gallery on Saturday, July 5. The public is encouraged to visit the exhibit and vote for their favorite artist. Voting runs from July 1-19. The winning Emerging Artist is announced during the closing reception on July 27. During the following three months, the winner benefits from mentoring given by gallery members. This group includes a wide range of style, subject matter, and media.

Emerging Artist Exhibition, Artists Cooperative Fine Art Gallery, 405 S. 11th St., 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.artistsco-opgallery.com for more information.

This exhibition features the work of the Bemis Centers first group of Carver Bank alumni and celebrates their work and creative practices. It features paintings by visual artist Bart Vargas, interactive displays of music by Shannon Marie and Dereck Higgins, and poetry by writer Portia Love.

2013 Carver Bank Residents Exhibition, July 3-August 16, at Carver Bank, 2416 Lake St.,

10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.bemiscenter.org for more information.

SPORTSYoga Rocks the Park is a locally staffed celebration of commUNITY for the whole family promoting peace, giving and wellbeing on a local and global scale. You are invited to come rock the park with them this summer and join their mission to celebrate commUNITY, giving and wellness in the great outdoors. The weekly events feature an ALL-LEVELS 75-minute yoga class (BEGINNERS WELCOME), featuring the areas most inspiring yoga teachers and kids yoga program, Camp YRP (for your little yogis), accompanied by live music with some of the top and emerging musicians in the country.

Yoga Rocks the Park, July 3-6, at Turner Park, Midtown Crossing, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.yogarocksthepark.com/omaha for more information. Come enjoy every game of the World Cup at Brazen Head Pub this summer. Starting June 12th, they are offering food and drink specials for each match. $3.50 draughts, $3.50 Chardonnay & Cab and $3.50 selected appetizers.

Come in supporting your favorite country. Team jerseys are welcome.

World Cup Soccer, July 3-13, at The Brazen Head, 319 N. 78th St., 3 p.m. to 12 a.m. Admission is free. Visit www.brazenheadpub.com for more information.

COMEDY

Local comedian Dusty Stahl hosts an open mic night every Wednesday. Bring your best material and come on down.

Open Mic Night, June 25, at Barley Street Tavern, 2735 N. 62nd St., 10 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.barleystreet.com for more information. As the states longest-running comedy open mic, Duffys has been grinding out comics

for more than two decades. Free and open to the public, its a fun way to spend an otherwise boring Monday night.

Comedy Open Mic Night, July 7, at Duffys, Lincoln, 9 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.duffyslincoln.com for more information.

FILM

Get ready for an epic Fourth-of-July-Eve Movie Quiz. Thats right, head down to The Sydney in Benson on July 3rd to answer some fun movie questions and win awesome prizes. They might just give out fireworks as prizes.

Movie Trivia, July 3, at The Sydney, 5918 Maple St., 8 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.thesydneybenson.com for more information.

Presented by the Omaha World-Herald, this eight-week movie series features movies chosen by the audience. Crowds gathered at dusk with blankets, chairs, and popcorn each week. This weeks selection is National Treasure.

Monday Night at the Movies, July 7, at Turner Park in Midtown Crossing, 9 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.midtowncrossing.com for more information.

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I thought I thought about every-thing, he explains. Anthony calls me an angler. He says I angle ev-erything. So I thought I had angled everything. Somehow the one thing that was the most obvious thing, the one thing that was in front of my face, I couldnt see. It might seem oppor-tunistic. When I named that song, I literally meant it as in the same way when I named Bob Seeger. Ive got a

By Kyle Eustice As a young child, Minneapolis na-

tive Sean Daley was affectionately re-ferred to as Little Slug-O. He would eventually adopt the moniker Slug as an emcee name and pursue his irrefutable passion for hip-hop. Fast forward to 2014 and Daley sits atop an impenetrable empire known as Rhymesayers Entertainment, an in-dependent hip-hop label founded in 1995 by Daley, Anthony Ant Davis, Musab Saad, and Brent Sayers. As Atmosphere, Daley and DJ/producer Ant are easily the most prominent act on the roster. Atmosphere has helped put Minneapolis on the musical map thanks to the labels monumental suc-cess. Home to indie hip-hop artists like P.O.S. of Doomtree, MF Doom, DJ

Abilities, Aesop Rock, and, of course, At-mosphere, the label established a voice for indie hip-hop in the Midwest. As the business has evolved into the reputable label it is today, it has also documented Daleys evolution as not only an artist, but as a person. Beginning with 1997s Over-cast! and culminating with this years Southsiders, Atmospheres catalog viv-idly showcases Daleys transition into adulthood, fatherhood, marriage, busi-ness owner, and seasoned emcee. At 41, hes finally comfortable juggling all five.

For me, a big part of where I am right now is you know what Im trying to im-press upon or communicate, is that its ok to be all of it, Daley says. Im a dad, Im a husband, Im a rapper, Im a busi-ness owner, Im a fan, Im a lot of differ-ent things, and I dont have to pick and choose which mask to put on any time.

I can be all of them all the time. I can be on stage and be a dad, I can be off stage and be a rapper. To me, that is one of the biggest things we need to press upon this movement.

The movement itself has been so lost in its identity crisis for so long, he con-tinues. Weve allowed so many different energies to pull this stuff into so many different directions. There are so many powerful voices in here that still dont represent who they really are. And I feel like thats hurting the children. I dont want to overdramatize it, but I feel its a disservice to ourselves, the movement and these kids. We need to start being a lot more honest with them. Why arent we trying to keep things as real as pos-sible?

Southsiders dropped May 6 and one track in particular has already stirred up

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lot of songs that are named after artists. Unfortunately, even if I got up in front of everybody and said, No, thats not why I did it. Whos going to believe me? Its one of those things where why would you ever admit to doing something like that? Anyway, so I just have to sit back and let people assess it and have their own as-sumptions. I dont really feel like I should push back against any of it. The funny thing is, the amount of people that came that criticized the name of it, the majority of those people were people that wouldnt have mentioned us or thought of us if I had named it something else. In a way, I have to accept all the criticism as kind of a positive thing. Its just another energy for me to eat and consume.

Bitter, the seventh track on the al-bum, almost didnt make the cut. The song started off as a private joke between Daley and Ant, but Daley wasnt really feeling the hook. Ant, on the other hand, thought it was an advancement from the last record and more straight up hip-hop, which is what he liked about it. It took a little convincing.

I was just getting the gears moving and he sent me this beat that was almost funny to me, Daley says. I think I even told him it kind of reminded me of some mid-2000 era Eminem kind of shit. I dont know how to rap like Eminem. If I did I would [laughs]. I was still like, Ok, let me do something funny on here so I wrote the first verse and the hook, which was just intended to make Ant laugh. He hit me back and was like, I love this. It makes me smile. I was like, Oh shit. Does it make you smile for the right reasons or the wrong reasons? I couldnt believe he loved it, not that it was horrible, but I wasnt taking it very seriously.

So he told me to finish it so I finished it, he continues. And I didnt necessarily want it to make the record. I didnt want it to come out, but he called me out on it, man. I love this dude. Hes so real with me. Hes so beautiful. He said, Look, the reason you dont want people to hear this is because youre insecure about it and thats the main reason you should put it out. And I thought about it and was like, you know what, hes right. What am I in-secure about? I was insecure about the hook. Its pretty fucking awkward. Then I realized thats the risk. The risk is, Can I let people hear me do something like that? Even though I wasnt being super serious when I did it, I still did it. I made this postcard; I made this painting so if Im afraid to show it to people, the only way I can approach this challenge is to say fuck it and let people hear it.

I just bullshitted him, Ant jokes. I was like, Youre fine man. I totally under-stand all that type of stuff though. When I look at the whole album now, I can see that as the odd one out. I mean, not really, but you get over it.

Overall, Southsiders is a commemora-tion of the groups longevity; its also a deeply introspective body of work. While its a natural progression from the last re-cord, The Family Sign, it also takes a very detailed look at his life as a husband and

father of three. From the melancholy al-bum opener Camera Thief to the uplift-ing closer, Let Me Know That You Know What You Want Now, Daley spills his guts out on the page as Ant delivers his intri-cate beats. Daley isnt the only one who has evolved. Ant has grown, as well. When he stands behind his turntables, this time without a cigarette hanging from his lip (he quit over two years ago), he looks out into an endless sea of faces and feels humbled.

Its a trip, Ant says. I dont know whats happening to me lately though. The older I get, the more emotional I get. Its kind of weird. I get sentimental and emotional about all kinds of shit, espe-cially my music. I think its showing in my music, too. Its emotional shit. The time, its just pouring out.

Its evident on the beautifully arranged Mrs. Interpret and with the haunting melody of January On Lake Street. Ant speaks through his production almost in the same way Daley speaks through his words. The working relationship the duo has cultivated over the years has grown into a brotherhood. Whether or not thats the secret to their longevity remains to be seen, however, their bond is undeniable. Even though Ant spends most of his time in the Bay Area these days, he still makes it back to Minneapolis every two months.

Our friendship is everything, Ant says. I wouldnt even do this with anybody else. I dont see that ever happening. Its really something else. I dont even know what to say. I owe everything to the man.

Over the years, we have actually we have naturally and unnaturally started to even look like each other, Daley says. I dont mean physically, I mean like who we are. They are experiences that hes had that sometimes I have flashbacks of them as if they are mine. Thats how close we are now.

The fifth track on Southsiders, I Love You Like A Brother, could have been written about Ant, but theres more to it than that. Nothing is that simple in the world of Atmosphere.

Technically, that interpretation makes total sense, Daley says. That song is about passion. Heres the thing, in terms of confrontation and conflict, people have such a hard time with that sometimes. You have to remember this, the only rea-son you even bothered to have that con-versation or any conflict is because its rooted in love. Its like if I hate you, its probably because I love you. If Im hav-ing a problem with you, its because I care about you that much.

While Daley admits to holding on to moderate amounts of insecurity, he con-tinues to rhyme with confidence and an undeniable fluidity just like the cocky rapper people often (incorrectly) assume he is. However, underneath it all Daley is as insecure and self-critical as the next person, but hes still got a solid grasp on what matters and who he is.

I hope the kids like this one, he says. I dont give a shit if they buy it. I just want them to like it. You know what? I take it back. I dont care if they like it. Im having fun either way.


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by the dcor. The walls are painted a color that is part salmon pink and part peach. Not the most appealing hue, thats for sure. The chairs and tables are your basic, industrial, rental quality banquet seating, and the floors are covered with linoleum that was probably laid the same year I graduated pre-school (mid-80s). In the far corner of the restaurant, you will find the kitchen together with the ice cream parlor and a simple partition wall separating the two. You will find the traditional ice cream cooler with a glass front, as well as a cool-er with sliding doors on top, which con-tains the paletas (popsicles). To the left of this cooler you will find the counter where you place your order in addition to the menu, which hangs on the wall behind the counter. Now before you decide to come to La Michoacana, be ready for a cultur-al endeavor and polish up on your basic Spanish speaking skills because there is

By Paul Lukes Every once in a while, I find myself

wanting to eat great food without deal-ing with all the pretentiousness and extra nonsense that comes along with fine dining. When that happens, my first choice of where to eat is usually La Michoacana on 24th and F streets in South Omaha. Now, Im sure if you know Omaha at all youre not too ex-cited about hearing the location of this establishment, but trust me when I tell you that its worth venturing out of your comfort zone.

La Michoacana is both an ice cream shop and authentic Mexican Taqueria, serving a wide assortment of tradition-al Mexican favorites. Upon entering the restaurant, dont expect to be dazzled

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beans, pico de gallo and jalapenos and they were also cooked to perfection. All in all, our meal was exquisite and made us forget all about our language strug-gles and the ugly pigment on the walls. In addition to the great dishes, all of the ice cream products are high quality, homemade in-house so you dont need to go anywhere to put out the fire in your mouth that the salsa roja sets. Not only were our taste buds extremely sat-isfied, but also our wallets didnt feel much lighter either. La Michoacana had the two of us fed to ultimate satisfac-tion for less than $15, which is some-thing thats hard to find these days. So the next time youre hungry, money is tight and you feel like getting a glimpse of another culture, mosey on down to South Omaha for some delicious Mexi-can food at La Michoacana; just dont forget your Spanish-English dictionary.

really only one lady at La Michoacana that speaks English well enough to take your order. That being said, I have polished my Spanish well enough to be able to order my carne asada tacos and the vegetarian tostadas for my company. From tostadas to tortas to tacos, Im sure you will find a dish that fits your palette; the trick is knowing how to order it correctly.

After placing our order, we made our way to a table, where we could enjoy the wide array of Mexican concert posters or check out the rubber toys and knick-knacks sold in the little kids vending ma-chine that was adjacent to our table. The food arrived within minutes, accompanied by salsa roja, salsa verde, guacamole, and a bottle of crema. I squeezed some limes over my tacos and laid some red salsa down and went to town. The tacos are by far the best Ive had in all of Nebraska, hands down. My date had tostadas with


dining nibblesKOBE STEAKHOUSE OF JAPAN. 16801 Burke 402-391-1755. Seven days. Long-running Japanese steak house of-fers healthy cuisine, entertaining chefs, reasonable prices and an attractive Regency location.

KONA GRILL. 295 N 170th St. 779-2900. Kona Grill is a sushi restaurant with lots more, including very imag-inative appetizers and entrees with Hawaiian, Chi-nese, japanese and American touches (macadamia nut chicken, satay, potstickers, steamed soybeans, saki-marinated bass, sweet chili-glazed salmon and even a meatloaf made with sweet Italian and Loui-siana sausage!). Loads of interesting dipping sauces, too, plus full sushi offerings

LONE STAR STEAKHOUSE & SALOON. 3040 S. 143rd Plaza. 333-1553. Open seven days. Last of a chain here, they do a good job with burgers and sandwiches, home-made soups and chili, sirloin and ribeye, their own salad dressings, and good service.

MAHOGANY PRIME STEAKHOUSE. 13665 California St. 445-4380. Boasting the top two per cent of Nebraska prime beef, this once very expensive spot also offers Austra-lian lobster, grilled salmon filet with capers, shrimp and crabmeat; plus lots of salads, lamb, porkchops, bacon-wrapped scallops, king crab legs and a famous house martini. Prices have moderated recently.

OMAHA CHOPHOUSE. Omaha Marriot, 10220 Regency Circle. 399-9000. This is the latest entry at Regency, which once had Allies and the fabulous Chardonnay fine dining restaurant. Now its a steak place with the usual cuts, plus seafood, fancy sandwiches, various chicken entrees, salads and a pretty extensive wine list.

OMAHA PRIME. 415 S. 11th St. in the Old Market. 341-7040. Closed Sunday. Mo Tajvars beautiful Old Market spot has a lovely bar area and a handsome room for his prime cuts of beef in this second floor Old Market beauty, complete with rear views of the Old Market Passageway and a smoking room behind glass. A la carte and expensive, like other prime beef establishments, but offering a lot of visual charm.

OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE. 7605 Cass St. 392-2212; 2414 S. 132 Street. 697-1199; 10408 S. 15th Street. 991-9275. Open seven days. From the opening of the Cass Street original, this Florida-based chain has been one of the most successful chains here. Basically an American steakhouse, it puts up an Australian faade, but the menu offers steaks, ribs and chicken plus baked pota-toes, slab fries and barbecued chicken. You can toss a shrimp or two on the Barbie, too. Omahans love them all.

PICCOLO PETES. 2202 S 20th St., 342-9038. In South Omaha since 1933, Picolo Petes is a classic Omaha Italian steakhouse, with Italian pastas to augment the steaks plus big salads, burgers, hot roast beef, many breaded items, many fish, kids menu and even pizza. Try the chicken gizzards folks love them. Prices are low to moderate.

PINK POODLE. 633 Old Lincoln Highway in Crescent, Iowa, just east of I-680. 545-3744. Closed Monday. The famous doll collection is gone, but lots of folks think this rustic-style atmosphere and the steak and prime rib specialties are worth the short drive. Steaks, chops, lots of seafood, gizzards and livers, and an in-expensive childrens menu.

SULLIVANS STEAKHOUSE, 222 S. 15th St. 342-0077. Seven days. Across from the Public Library and very near the Holland Performing Arts Center, Sullivans is a handsome, friendly 40s-style steakhouse down-

STEAK HOUSES

ANTHONYS.. 72nd and F streets. 331-7575. Closed Sun-day. One of the old-line steakhouses, big and friendly. A good family spot. Huge menu.

BROTHER SEBASTIANS STEAKHOUSE AND WINERY. 1350 S. 119th St. 330-0300. Seven days. Not old and not new, this 1980s steakhouse that resembles a California monastery has a great salad bar, romantic little rooms with fireplaces and a great party room. Prices remain reasonable. CASCIOS. 1620 S. 10th St. 345-8313. Seven days. Been here forever and still cookin. This venerable steak emporium has been a mainstay of the College World Series crowd. CHARLESTONS. Just north of West Dodge Road at the Boys Town exit. 431-0023. Open seven days. Dont let the chain ID fool you this is a top notch restaurant casual, with an eclectic menu that includes upscale burgers, lots of salads, fish entrees, steaks, sand-wiches, soups, ribs, crisp veggies and rich desserts including a knockout bread pudding. Management is the key to success here. The ambience is gaslamp hideaway with a bar area popular on weekends.

THE DROVER. 2121 S. 73rd St. 391-7440. Open seven days. Tucked away on a side street, this longtime steakhouse favorite draws customers from the medi-cal neighborhood at 72nd and Mercy Road. Cozy fire-place, good service.

801 CHOP HOUSE (in the Paxton House). 1403 Farnam. 341-1222. Open seven days. Formerly the Paxton Chop House, this beautiful, masculine spot is a twin to one in Des Moines and a major draw for elegant service and classic steakhouse fare. Perfect for memo-rable occasions, but Sunday night specials are afford-able for anyone.

FLEMINGS. Next to Regency Court Shopping Center (south side). 393-0811. Open seven days. Big deal wine offerings here from climate controlled wine closets. Very attractive main dining room with some extra nooks and bar-side service, too. Char-grilled steaks are reasonably priced, with huge sides, and some major seafood offerings. Excellent service and a very nice ambience for a special evening out.

GENJI STEAK HOUSE. 14505 W Center Road. 333-8338. Popular Japanese, group-style teppanyaki cooking with items sliced and diced on a hot metal surface, then tossed about in entertaining ways. Very health-ful meals, with lots of protein (several kinds of beef, plus shrimp) and delicious chopped vegetables. Rea-sonably priced and fun for kids and adults alike.

JERICOS. 11732 West Dodge Road. 496-0222. Open seven days. Longtime family-run steakhouse known for its prime rib.

JOHNNYS CAF. 4702 S. 27th St. 731-4774. Closed Sun-day. One of Omahas most famous steakhouses, it was opened in 1922 by the Kawa family at the stock-yards, where the family still operates it. Many loyal customers love the place for lunch or dinner.

JOHNNYS ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE. 305 N. 170th St. in Vil-lage Pointe. 289-9210. Open seven days. Frank Sina-tra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Dean Martin would have loved this place tricked out like a Hollywood 1940s supper club, Johnnys Italian Steakhouse is one of an Iowa-based chain offering Italian pasta favorites along with steaks and chops. Desserts, made on the premises, are popular.

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THE FLATIRON CAF. 17th and Howard streets. 344-3040. Closed Sunday; dinner only six days. Steve and Kath-leen Jamrozy have established the gold standard for Omaha restaurants in a lovely room in a triangle-shaped building reminiscent of old New York, com-plete with huge window walls and a tree-shaded patio. Great service, great food, very popular with Orpheum-going crowds all year.

LE VOLTAIRE. 155th Plaza at West Dodge Road (north side). 934-9374. Closed Sunday, Monday. French owner-chef Cedric Fichepain has combined Paris with Alsace in his unpretentious suburban bistro, where the menu offers what youd expect: French onion soup, bouillabaisse, escargot, duck liver, duck confit, coq au vin, filet mignon and even crepes su-zette. Nice wine choices, good service, intimate, very reasonably priced.

LIBERTY TAVERN. In the Hilton Hotel, at 1001 Cass St., across from the Qwest Center. 998-4321. Open seven days. This fine dining restaurant now has a unique and appealing outdoor dining area, California style, that seats 80 its centered on a modernist fireplace and you can order from the indoors restaurant.menu or the less expensive bar menu. The indoors area is attractively modern and has a menu reflecting the farm to table movement, with an emphasis on lo-cally provided items, including Iowa pork and Ne-braska chicken. Chef Michael Rhodes is doing up-scale comfort foods: corn chowder, corn fritters, sweet potato and duck hash, seafood pot pie, flatiron steak,

town featuring fine steaks and seafood, top-of-the-line martinis, and an enormous wine choice from its 15,000-bottle cellar with an hand-cut Italian stone floor.

360 STEAKHOUSE at Harrahs, One Harrahs Blvd., Council Bluffs, (712) 329-6000. This upscale steak-house sits at the top of Harrahs Hotel, on the 12th floor, offering a unique view of the Omaha skyline. The menu offers elegant beef entrees, seafood (lob-ster, tiger shrimp, scallops), lots of interesting sides and salads. Private dining room available.

BOURBON BBQ & STEAK at Ameristar Casino, 2200 River Road, Council Bluffs, (712) 328-8888, has replaced the Waterfront Grill there with a menu chock with bar-becued pork and chicken items, plus some steaks, salads, sandwiches, seafood in an eclectic mix. Less high hat than its predecessor, it aims for a more regu-lar crowd, including kids.

FINE DINING

BISTRO 121. 12129 West Center Road. 697-5107. Former location of Claudias, this handsome spot is now Wal-ter Hechts new version of his Old Vienna Restaurant, a south Omaha fixture for decades. This Swiss chef offers European fare, including liver dumpling soup, escargot, mussels, Provencal shrimp, duck, lamb and veal entrees, plus risotto with grilled chicken and even Oysters Rockefeller and you can get a New York strip steak, too. Some of the same plus excellent sandwiches, salads and soups at bargain lunch prices. Lots of California wines. Hecht is a real veteran of the

meatloaf, mac and cheese, but also elegant steak and fish entrees. The big deal dish is the imperial Wagyu beef strip steak from Blair, Neb., with Iowa Maytag blue cheese butter. Creative desserts add to the fun.

V. MERTZ. 1022 Howard St., 345-8980. V. Mertz has to be one of the two or three best restaurants in Nebraska. Irresistibly attractive at the grotto level of the Old Market Passageway, it provides a womb of old brick, wine racks, sprays of flowers and an ancient Roman style wall fountain, it is perfectly romantic, half- hid-den and mysteriously likeable. Executive Chef John Engler oversees a menu that makes the best of organic produce from nearby Crescent, Iowa, lamb, beef and seafood. Artisan cheeses are available after dinner along with some sumptuous desserts. The wine se-lection is extensive and sophisticated (a semi-finalist for wine service in the James Beard awards). V. Mertz is one of the citys most expensive restaurants but is worth it (the tasting menu is $100).

NEIGHBORHOOD

ANCHOR INN, 5413 S. 72nd St. 402-341-1313. anchorinn-bar.com Home of the famous watermelon and still the best party in town the Anchor Inn offers daily lunch specials, including the new roasted chicken! Keep an eye our for some new dinner specials in the very near future. Until then, do your stomach a favor and take it to the Anchor Inn for some of Juniors Jumbo Hot Wings or the Flour Sandbar Nachos. And thats just for starters. Make sure to try Anchor Inns Famous 1/2 Pound Burger or Anchor Inns Famous Chicken Sandwich.

BAILEYS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. 1259 S. 120th St. 932-5577. Comfort food done with flair. For breakfast; all your favorites, featuring Omahas finest Eggs Benedict 6 varieties, (and Crepes, too) topped with Hollandaise made fresh every day. Come try the best bacon you will ever eat! Breakfast served all day.

And treat yourself to some of Omahas finest Salads, Soups, and Sandwiches, plus Chicken Fried Steak, fresh Angus burgers, and Bloody Marys and Mimo-sas. When is the last time you had really good Egg Salad or Chicken Salad??? Open 7 days a week 7:00 2:00.

BARRETTS BARLEYCORN. 4322 Leavenworth, 558-5520. A neighborhood place with burgers, phillies and other sandwiches. Daily specials and a sports bar ambience.

BENE PIZZA AND PASTA. 12301 West Maple Road. 498-0700. Open seven days a week. Retro pizza spot with 70s look sandwiches, too.

BIG FREDS PIZZA GARDEN. 119th and Pacific streets. 333-4414. Open seven days. Hugely popular pizza joint that attracts crowds all the time, especially on week-ends. Sports bar atmosphere with lots of noise.

BILLY FROGGS. 1120 Howard St. in the Old Market. 341-4427. 8724 Dodge St. (397-5719; 84th and Giles. Open Seven days. The original on Howard Street has a very nice tree-shaded outdoor dining area and all three pull in a younger crowd for burgers, hot dogs, pub fare and a broad selection of domestic and imported beers. Good hang-out spots.

BOB MONKEYS NOODLE ZOO. 4950 Dodge Street. 932-9971. Offbeat lunch place with soups, salads and sand-wiches.

BRAZEN HEAD IRISH PUB. 319 N. 78th St., just off West Dodge. 393-3731. Seven days. Irish pub, close to the real thing (the owners imported some parts of it from Ireland). Mixes Irish/English fare with American pub favorites. Huge beer list.

BREWBURGERS. 4629 S. 108th St. 614-7644. Lots of TVs lives up to its name.


dining nibblesby Dr. Jeffrey DeMare, a pediatric physician, and his late partner, Eddie Vacek. Tasty, slow-cooked meats does a lot of take-out via drive-through.

DON CARMELOS. 2647 S. 159th Plaza (333-5256) In Rock-brook at 108th and Center Streets (933-3190); 3113 N. 120th St. (333-5256); 1024 N. 204th Ave (289-9800) New York-style pizzerias offering pizza, calzones and similar fare.

THE DUNDEE DELL. 5007 Underwood Ave. 553-9501. Seven days. Dundee classic known for its fish and chips, hot sandwiches and burgers. A neighborhood spot with a big following (especially at lunch), its bar has well over 100 imported beers plus some superb Scotch offerings.

FAMOUS DAVES. Several Omaha metro locations, in-cluding a new one at Eagle Run on West Maple Road. This chain BBQ spot has good basic BBQ fare, plus lots of sides, generous portions, nice atmosphere and good service.

FIREWATER GRILLE. 7007 Grover Street, in the Comfort Inn. 452-FIRE (3473). Live music and offbeat island cuisine in this Hawaiian-themed bar/restaurant at-tached to a motel.

FUDDRUCKERS. 7059 Dodge St., 556-0504. 16920 Wright Plaza #118, 932-7790. Fuddruckers boasts the Worlds Greatest Hamburgers, and they have a big variety of them. Good spot for kids.

GOLDBERGS GRILL & BAR. 2936 S. 132nd St., 333-1086 and

BUFFALO WILD WINGS. 48th and L streets (734-8088); 76th and Dodge streets (343-9464); 10525 S. 15th St. (991-9464); 146th Street and West Maple Road (492-9464); 4287 S. 144th St. (861-9464). Popular wing spot with lots of beer.

CAFFEINE DREAMS. 4524 Farnam St. 932-2803. Multi-lev-el outdoor seating, under the trees, is a dream here, in this 60s kind of coffee house. Great brew plus pas-tries, sandwiches, granola, smoothies and the like.

THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY. 10120 California St. at Westroads. 393-1166. Seven days. Enormous chain restaurant done up in exotic architecture and interi-ors that resemble a British officers club in Egypt in the 19th century. Big operation with a huge menu: glamburgers, white chicken chili, Asian fare, fish n chips, all kinds of sandwiches, soups, salads; imagi-native items mixing culinary styles crabcake sand-wich, Cuban sandwich, stuffed mushrooms, pizza, fried zucchini, mini corndogs, steaks, beef ribs, pork chops, salmon, tuna, shrimp scampi and, of course, lots of different cheesecakes. It would take months to work your way through this menu. Good family spot.

CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE. 168th and West Dodge Road (Village Pointe). 289-4210. Outrageous Carib-bean/island dcor frames a restaurant with all kinds of exotic burgers and sweet-flavored specialties and tropical drinks.

DOC & EDDIES BBQ. 168th and Harrison (on west side of 168th, a block north of Harrison). 895-7427. Bare bones spot where the food is everything. Established

GOLDBERGS IN DUNDEE, 5008 Dodge St., 556-2006. Especially popular at lunch with sandwiches, soups, burgers, salads.

HARKERTS BBQ. 4865 Center St., 554-0102. Old time and small BBQ spot favored by insiders. Hickor-smoked meats and sides. Does a lot of take-out.

JAMS. 7814 Dodge St. 399-8300. Closed Sunday. One of Omahas best restaurants and one of the most popu-lar. Mark Hochs long room with a bar is still a cool place, with an eclectic, inventive menu that changes often but always offers a two-tier selection ranging from inexpensive burgers, sandwiches and meatloaf to very original, often Southwest-inspired entrees. Great bar is a watering hole for thirtyish and fortyish singles. Not easy to get a table on weekend nights, but worth the wait.

JAZZ: A LOUISIANA KITCHEN. 1421 Farnam St. 342-3662. Now that Butsy Ledouxs is closed there arent many Louisiana-style places around here, but Jazz offers a version of Cajun and Creole fare that resembles a place you might stumble into just off Bourbon Street.

JOE TESS PLACE. 5424 S. 24th St. 731-7278. Closed Mon-day. Oldtime neighborhood place famous for fish, fish, fish (trout, walleye, tilapia) and all fresh, plus shrimp, oysters many fried items, with the catfish renowned, but they do steaks, chicken and other entres on their huge menu. Chicken and fish sand-wiches galore, plus seafood stews and chowders. Lots of sides, kids menu. The famous fish is served on rye bread for $6.50. Pitchers of beer, cream cheese cakes. Big Friday night crowds. Prices are low, but cash preferred. Live fish market, lots of carryout busi-ness.

KING KONG. 4409 Dodge St., 553-3326. 5250 S. 72nd St., 932-6420. 3362 S. 13th St., 934-8988. Dont let the name fool you this is basically a Greek restaurant, with

excellent gyros, but they do burgers and phillie sand-wiches and lots more.

LA BUVETTE WINE BAR AND DELI. 511 S. 11th St. in the Old Market. 344-8627. Open seven days. Despite the lim-ited offerings, La Buvette is one of the citys better restaurants. Technically (in France) a bistro is a wine shop that also offers food thats La Buvette. It is crammed with bottles of wine and you can have a ter-rific dinner consisting of only wine, fine cheeses and baguette French bread and thats the truth. But they do have appetizers and entrees, too: foi gras, pate, mussels, salmon, chicken, lamb shanks, veal cheeks and other bistro fare. French doors open to make the whole place a sidewalk caf.

LA MESA, 156th and Q streets; 110th and Maple streets; 84th and Tara Plaza; Hwy 370 & Fort Crook Rd, Bel-levue, and Council Bluffs (Lake Manawa Exit). Voted as Omahas best Mexican restaurant 8 times times in a row., La Mesa offers free chips and salsa, great portions and a fun atmosphere. The menu is broad, with everything from classics, such as burritos, fajitas, enchiladas, tacos, tamales and tostadas. Specialties include Chilaquiles Mexica-nos, the El Magnifico, Chicken Chipolte Salad and El Patron (shrimp). La Mesa offers over 100 tequilas, the largest selection in the area!

LANSKYS PIZZA, Pasta and Philly, 4601 S. 50th St., 731-1919; 3909 Twin Creek Dr., Bellevue, 502-0555; 1131 N. Broadway, Council Bluffs, (712) 329-5400. Philly steak sandwiches and pizza they dominate here.

LE PEEP, 2012 N. 117th Ave. 991-8222; (other locations in Pepperwood Village at 156th and West Dodge, and at 177th and West Center Road). Aneel and Hope Taj oversee three locations where everything is fresh and the huge pancakes rival those at the Market Basket (ask for pecans and bananas in yours); eggs Benedict and other egg creations are ambrosial, bacon and sau-


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NEWMANS PASTA CAFE. 2559 S. 171st St., near West Cen-ter Road (Lakeside Plaza). 884-2420. Open seven days. Another oodles of noodles spot in the fast-service mode. In addition to lots of noodle dishes, you can get Thai lettuce wraps, fresh mozzarella drizzled with olive oil, Thai curry beef, chicken Flo-rentine, spicy Thai peanut noodles and cranberry spinach salad with almonds. Pastas are Asian, South-west, stroganoff, Japanese. Desserts include key lime pie, cotton candy and pastry tubes.

NICOLAS in the Market. 13th and Jackson streets in the Old Market. 345-8466. Lunch Monday-Friday; din-ner Tuesday-Sunday. Italian meets Mediterranean at Nicola Nicks Old Market trattoria where you can browse through a menu sporting authentic country Italian favorites: eggplant, cheeses, Italian sausage and ham ingredients, a wonderful lasagna Mediter-ranean, grilled chicken, stuffed pastas. But the star of the menu is ravioli in many tempting, delicious com-binations. Sauces here are important and the long pasta menu will intrigue. Excellent little spot with bargain prices considering the care taken in prepara-tion

NOODLES & COMPANY. 203 S. 72nd St. 393-0586 and 16920 Wright Plaza, 330-1012. Open seven days. Like New-mans, its an oodles of noodles spot in fast-service mode (no servers). There are at least a dozen noodle dishes, plus chicken/vegetable pot stickers in a mostly Asian style but with Wisconsin macaroni and cheese, too, and some Italian pastas. Flat Tire beer is available, but few desserts.

OZONE. 7220 F St. 331-7575. Ozone offers hand-cut steaks, slow-cooked prime rib, baby back ribs, clas-sic salads, Southwest-inspired appetizers, steak and pork tenderloin sandwiches, rosemary chicken, plus live entertainment.

PETROWS. 5914 Center St. 551-0552. Closed Sunday. Diner style restaurant in older Omaha neighborhood, Petrows is a legend. They offer soda fountain good-ies (old-fashioned malts and sundaes), hot sandwich-es: pork tenderloin, French dip; their own chili, liver and onions, chopped beef steak, onion rings, waffle fries, footlong hot dogs, reuben, smoked turkey melt, chicken fried steak, classic Nebraska burger; home-made pies, floats and freezes and lots more. Forget about calories here and dream your way back to the 60s, when it opened.

PIZZA KING. 1101 N. Broadway, Council Bluffs, (712) 323-9228; Longtime family-run spot has T-bones, a filet mignon, a NY strip and a Rib Eye, plus Alas-kan King Crab and, of course, plenty of pizzas. Big place, reasonable prices.

PIZZA SHOPPE. 6056 Maple St. 556-9090. The mission of the Pizza Shoppe Collective is to provide a unified vehicle of expression to artists and a positive atmo-sphere of performance within the community. The Collective will host a combination of local/national concerts, gallery shows, theater performances, dance, poetry, comedy, and ethnic cuisine in an effort to sup-port the restoration of spirit within all art forms, so that we may encourage all to support each individual perspective of the human condition. And their pizza is pretty darn good, too!

QUAKER STEAK & LUBE. 3320 Mid-America Drive, Coun-cil Bluffs. 322-0101. Quaker Steak & Lube markets itself as Americas No. 1 motor sports family restau-rant. Buckets of chicken wings with nearly 20 differ-ent sauces some tongue-tingling hot.

sages lean and substantial, huge list of omelets, but also lunch items, too, as they are open until 2 p.m. Great table service and high quality food.

LISAS RADIAL CAF. 817 N. 40th St. 551-2176. Open seven days for breakfast, Friday only for dinner. Lisa Schembri and family run a very special place here a neighborhood breakfast spot that brings a touch of California to Omaha (Lisa did culinary studies there). In a very old building they offer one hundred differ-ent kinds of French toast, elegant egg dishes, every kind of pancake, a vast number of omelets, Farmer Brothers coffee and downhome cooking on Friday nights.

THE MARKET BASKET. 87th and Pacific streets in the Countryside Village Shopping Center. 397-1100. Breakfast and lunch seven days; no dinner on Mon-day. One of Omahas little wonder restaurants, long a favorite with the carriage trade, especially for break-fast and lunch. Liz Liakos place is also a bakery, with two dining rooms and she has waxed on the break-fast lunch business while also endeavoring to build up the dinner business with a succession of top notch chefs. Coffees and teas here are wunderbar, as are the pancakes, quiches, French toast, egg dishes, potato dishes, muffins, pastries and everything breakfast. Liz has homemade ice cream, elegant luncheon sand-wiches some longtime favorites such as the Custer and the herb roast beef; marvelous salads, all kinds of sophisticated touches in soups, burgers, sides, des-serts. Chef Justen Beller does a fusion Euro-American dinner menu at bargain prices. Great Sunday brunch, too. This restful, tasteful little place would be right at home in the Fine Dining section of this publication.

MCKENNAS BLUES, BOOZE AND BBQ. 7425 Pacific Street. 393-7427. Seven days. Opened almost twenty years ago with a Texas/Louisiana road house look and menu, McKennas has popular BBQ offerings that are less sweet and drippy than most (brisket, pulled chicken and pork, ribs), plus New Orleans gumbo, and great side dishes, including baked beans, a creamy red potato salad, Louisiana red beans and rice, melt-in-your-mouth cornbread and more. Good desserts, too.

MS PUB. 422 S. 11th St. in the Old Market. 342-2550. Seven days. With La Buvette, Ms is one of the Old Markets top neighborhood restaurants and pubs and one of the citys better dining spots. The bar has been hugely popular since the place was opened in 1972 (it is now run by Ron Samuelson of Vivace, with Anne Mellen). Pub fair shares the menu with excit-ing dinner specials. The Iowa grilled pork sandwich is famous as is the Omaha grilled beef sandwich. The salad, appetizer and sandwich lists go on forever and the sophisticated evening fare includes ribeye, hali-but, pastas, salmon, halibut, and duck breast, but the burger/sandwich/salads are available all day, too. This is a great place with wonderful ambience and tends to be jammed at lunch and dinner.

MILLARD ROADHOUSE. 13325 Millard Ave. 891-9292. Seven days (brunch on Sunday, too, plus lunch buffet other days). Karen Menards family-style restaurant favors downhome cooking (broasted chicken, chick-en-fried steaks, French dip and other hot sandwiches, roast beef Phillies, grilled cheese, liver and onions, prime rib, pork chops). Great for kids and reasonable on the pocket book.

MIMIS CAFE. 301 N. 175th Plaza, 289-9610. A wide array of appetizers, homemade soups, unique salads and seasonal features are waiting just for you at Mimis. Signature sandwiches and burgers include an excel-lent Meatloaf Ciabatta sandwich and a succulent patty melt. A fish market, great steaks and chops as

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SHUCKS FISH HOUSE & OYSTER BAR. 1218 S. 119th St (402-827-4376), and also in the Shops of Legacy, SW corner of 168th & Center (402-763-1860, just north of Life-time Fitness). Open 7 days a week. Have you ever been to a fish shack on the coast? Youll like Shucks! Open 7 days a week. Shrimp or Oyster Po Boys, Fried Clam Strips, Shrimp, Walleye, Calamari and Oysters (all VERY lightly breaded). Plus Crab Cakes, Clam Chowder, Gumbo, Salads and Daily Fresh Fish Specials. Featuring a large variety of Oysters on the Half Shell, shucked right in front of you. Significant Happy Hour 2-6, every day.

SPIRIT WORLD. 7517 Pacific St. 391-8680. Closed Sun-day. By far the best deli in Omaha, Spirit World is a wonderful place to wander around in, loaded as it is with imported wine, cheeses and other food items. Much of the business is take-out but there is sit-down for the terrific deli salads, sliced meats, gourmet sandwiches, soups, hot specials, cheese plates, des-serts and other goodies. A bit expensive (lots of the deli salads are $12/pound), it is worth it.

STOKES. 646 N 114th St. and 12th and Howard streets, in the Old Market, 498-0804. A Southwestern restau-rant known for imaginative mixing of styles, sauces, foods always in an eclectic direction. Dont expect pure mom and pop Mexican or predictable Tex-Mex. This place has a mind of its own the enchiladas slathered with white and poblano sauces and the steak tacos are renowned. It is regularly recognized

by Wine Spectator Magazine for wine offerings and service. Lots of exotic drinks and drink specials. Nice patio at the Old Market location. The original is in Miracle Hills.

SUMMER KITCHEN CAF. 1203 Cornhusker Road, Bel-levue, 291-4544. Three Omaha locations. Another Omaha restaurant-cum-bakery place for downhome family fare and lots of pies, cakes and pastries. Big on breakfast and lunch (many specials at lunchtime) and for dinner again lots of specials (pot roast, hot turkey dinner, hot beef sandwiches, chicken specials, etc.). Great cakes, pies and breakfasts (all day).

TANNERS BAR AND GRILL. 156th and West Maple Road. 884-5100. Open seven days. Big sports bar with burg-ers and pub food, it is famous for its Blair wings, a hotter version of the restaurants regular chicken wings. At Tanners they mix up five gallons of fresh salsa each day. Lots of happy hour and other drink specials

TGI FRIDAYS (3 locations). 3636 N. 156th St. 965-8443. 17535 Gold Plaza 330-8443. 10000 California St. 390-2600. Eclectic chain restaurant that does good lunch business. Menu is all over the map: Mexican, Asian, American, Italian potstickers to surf n turf; fajitas to burgers; buffalo wings to BBQ ribs; Cobb salad to shrimp scampi; sirloin to honey mustard chicken sandwich; nachos to Cajun shrimp pasta. How can they do it all? Well, they try. Bar, reasonable prices.

UPSTREAM BREWING COMPANY. 11th and Jackson streets in the Old Market (344-0200) and 171st and West Center. 778-1161. Open seven days. Big, friendly res-taurants for family dining the original in the Old Market is a gem, with perhaps the best bar in town. Locals own and run Upstream with meticulous atten-tion to detail. The menus are fairly imaginative de-spite all the comfort foods: pot roast, meatloaf, half-pound burger, pork schnitzel, pizza. But they can also

RICKS CAF BOATYARD. 345 Riverfront Drive (6th Street). 345-4545. Open seven days. They keep changing the name is it Ricks Caf Boatyard or Ricks Boatyard Caf? Either way, the huge place offers a view of the Missouri River and seats as many outside as inside. This is a place for drinks, the view and lots and lots of seafood: fresh, fried, every which way. Huge menu with something for everyone.

RUBY TUESDAY. 10387 Pacific St. (One Pacific Place). Open seven days. 391-3702. Rubys is a chain survi-vor because of its ever-changing menus, attention to detail, good service, and an always good salad bar. The interior has been spiffed up a bit recently, but the menu remains eclectic and family-oriented. This is one of the citys best chain restaurants.

SAM & LOUIES NEW YORK PIZZERIA 6920 N 102nd Circle. 445-4244; 2416 Cuming St. 884-7773; 2062 N 117th Ave. 496-7900; 7641 Cass St. 390-2911; 1125 Jackson St. 884-5757; 541 N 155th Plaza 965-3858; 2062 N 17th Ave. 496-7900. 5352 S 72nd St., Ralston 505-9200; 14208 S St. 895-0811; 607 Pinnacle Dr, Papillion. 614-0077. Open seven days. New York style pizza with hand-tossed crusts, plus a load of other items sal-ads, Stromboli, calzones, hoagies, burgers, sandwich-es, lasagna and other pastas.

SGT. PEFFERS. 1501 N. Saddle Creek Road. 558-7717. 13760 Millard Ave. 932-6211. Authentic, old world in-gredients and techniques provide delicious traditional specialties and the unique. Sgt. Peffers offers call ahead take out service for the gourmet on the go, as well as home delivery and catering. Recipes are designed to

do raspberry-glazed chicken breast, shrimp linguini, bacon-wrapped shrimp, braised lamb shank, and smoked gouda beer soup. A fun place for lunch, din-ner or some food at the long bar.

WHEATFIELDS. One Pacific Place (1224 S. 103rd). 955-1485. Open seven days. Ron Popp started with the Garden Caf operation years ago and has continued the restaurant-cum bakery concept with his very popular Wheatfields, an attractive and popular spot in One Pacific Place. The garden room is cool and nestled in greenery and the main dining room is packed most of the time. There is a huge bakery off to one side. Breakfasts are big here with all the usual egg dishes, plus casseroles, waffles, French toast, pan-cakes, fruit dishes, quiche and lots more; lunches of-fer Midwestern sandwich favorites, plus entrees with a Mitteleuropa touch (a Swiss hotel salad, fondues, Swiss baked steak, spaetzle, Alsatian baked beef), plus a cornucopia of other dishes beyond counting (honey-baked chicken, eggplant Romero, a $10 fruit bowl, untold salads with 15 homemade dressings). Dinner has a Euro touch, too, with Dusseldorf and Black Forest casseroles, halibut Lyonnaise, Swiss steak, beef and noodles, but also steaks, seafood and BBQ ribs! How they do it all, I dont know, but their basic stuff is very good, as are the cobbler desserts, pies and cakes. On top of all this, they have nightly specials. ZIOS PIZZERIA. 1213 Howard St. 344-2222. 7834 West Dodge Road 391-1881. 12997 West Center Road 330-1444. Usha and Daniel Sherman founded the Zioz chain in 1985 an instant success. The thin-crust New York style pizzas, with hand-stretched, homemade dough, have a huge range of toppings, are transfat free and use natural chicken. Pastas are fresh, some vegetarian, and offer a vast range of sauces. Hot wings, calzones and hoagies are also available. Des-serts are few but rich and tasty. These are exception-ally well run restaurants, eager to please.


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THE LAUTER TUN FINE ALES AND SPIRITS, 3309 oak View Drive #102, 402-934-6999. thelautertun.com Youll find a large selection of craft and import beers on tap and in bottle, as well as craft spirits from around the country. Rather have a cocktail? the lauter tuns cocktail list uses only fresh ingredients and well crafted spirits. Choose from one of their signature drinks, or go old-school with a classic. Check out the Lauter Tuns weekly cocktail and beer specials. And theres live jazz and acoustic music.

ANCHOR INN, 5413 S. 72nd St. 402-341-1313. anchorinnbar.com One word: Watermelon! Its the famous watermelon cocktail, at the Anchor Inn, still the best party in town. Youll find all kinds of drink specials at the Anchor Inn to go along with a ton of food specials, including the all-you-can-eat fish fry (5-10 p.m.), which comes with fried and coleslaw ($8).

NOWHERE ON THE LAKE, 4150 S. 144th St., 402-894-9411 Wednesday night is S.I.N. Night (Service Industry Night), with half-price appetizers from 10 p.m. to midnight; flip off your fa-vorite bartender for free drinks from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m., and a DJ spinning music all night. On Thursdays, its Thursday Night Countdown, with free salsa lessons from 8 to 10 p.m., and drink specials galore!DOOR 19, 1901 Leavenworth St., 402-933-3033 Thursdays is Singles Night featuring drink specials. On Fridays, its ka-raoke.

FIREWATER GRILLE, 7007 Grover St., 402-452-3473. firewa-tergrille.com Located inside the Comfort Inn & Suites, the

Firewater Grille has specials every night of the week includ-ing Monday Monday Madness, with $2 off burgers and $7 domestic pitchers and 25-cent wings. Wednesday is Ladies Night, and Friday is Luau Night.

SPEARMINT RHINO GENTLEMENS CLUB, 2449 N. 13th St., Carter Lake, Completely renovated, the world-renowned Spearmint Rhino Gentlemens Club is now open. Look for a special deal on their ad in this weeks issue of Shout!

VARSITy SPORTS CAFE, Dundee (402-934-9439); Ralston (402-339-1944); Millard (402-505-6660); Bellevue (402-932-1944). varsityromanpizza.com Happy hour Monday-Friday 3-7 p.m. and a late-night happy hour Sunday-Thursday from 10 p.m. to close.

QUAKER STEAK & LUBE, 3220 mid america drive, council Bluffs. thelube.com Mondays are kids eat free nights, with prizes and fun for the kids; Tuesdays are all you eat wings for $11.99; Wednesdays are bike night, with live music, a beer gar-den and any burger for $5.99; and Thursdays are classic car nights, with a DJ and her garden.

LA MESA, 156th and Q streets; 110th Street and West Maple Road; Ft. Crook Road and Hwy 370, Bellevue; Lake Manawa Exit, Council Bluffs. la-mesa.com Today, La Mesa serves over 10 locations in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. In addition. expansion plans for more locations are in the works. the ingredients of success for la mesa include a stable, strong employment team which recognizes performance through man-agement advancement. In fact, many of La Mesas employees have over 10 years of service. Its this consistency that is re-flected in every meal La Mesa serves. La Mesas authentic

taste is created from family recipes made with only the freshest quality ingredients. Each location is decorated to promote a fun, colorful atmosphere and create a unique customer experi-ence. Finally, La Mesas prices make it an affordable value for the entire family to enjoy. La Mesa is committed to striving for excellence and is annually recognized as the Best Mexican Restaurant in many of its markets.

HOLIDAy LOUNGE, 7846 West Dodge Road, 402-391-4442. Where tradition meets today, the Holiday Lounge is right in the middle of omaha, and offers directtv, big screens and a fun atmosphere.

THE PIPELINE, 1300 S. 72nd St. Hawaiis own Pipeline beach is brought to the omaha crowd with legendary college

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