Barber in Conversation
February 13, 2019 ·
Posted In: Art , Lifestyle , Omaha Magazine
Real poverty, according to author and activist Grace Lee Boggs, is “the belief that the purpose of life is acquiring wealth and owning things. Real wealth is not possession of property but the recognition that […]
A Literary Prescription for Success
December 19, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Omaha Magazine , People
Dr. Lydia Kang glanced at her ringing phone. It was her literary agent (who typically emailed). The unexpected phone call delivered some shocking news. “We have a preemptive offer from Penguin,” the agent said. Kang jumped […]
Sketches of Omaha
Posted In: Art , Omaha Magazine
A watercolor print featuring Joslyn Castle is the centerpiece of a young couple’s remodeled living room in the Dundee neighborhood. The image is a reminder of their wedding day and the location where they married. […]
Life By Design
October 24, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Home , OmahaHome
In all built things, the real story lies in the space between intention and fruition. The place where design meets application is a point of contact. Across space and time, builder and user enter into […]
Causing a Kerfuffle
Posted In: Art , Family , Omaha Magazine
Ashley Laverty got bit by the acting bug at the tender age of 6, when she performed in her first play. It is fitting that she has dedicated her career to theater for youth. “I […]
Out of the Blue
Posted In: Art , Omaha Magazine , People
It all started with a chair. Then another. And another. Eventually, painter Will Anderson had enough chairs for his first solo show (at Petshop Gallery last year in Omaha). Don’t expect to sit back, relax, […]
The Crow and the Artist
Posted In: 60 Plus in Omaha , Art
There is a flock of metaphorical crows hovering over Andy Acker. Crow-related artworks, meanwhile, have taken over the Omaha-born artist’s home studio in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. The 69-year-old Acker creates bizarre sculptures out of carvings and […]
OutrSpaces
October 18, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Omaha Magazine , Places
In fall 2017, panels of local arts experts held a lecture series that explored the personal and societal benefits of all forms of art, from opera to painting. The panelists used buzzwords like “golden age” […]
Chloe Kehm
October 11, 2018 ·
Posted In: Art , Encounter
With her bobbed blond hair, flowered orange dress, and a jean jacket covered in pins (mostly cats in some form or another), artist Chloe Kehm looks like she could have stepped out of one of […]
