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What’s in Store for Two-OhOne-Four

VISIONS FROM FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE • JANUARY 2, 2013 • In the next year, tea will begin an unexpected surge in popularity, buoyed by several reality shows and documentaries about types of teas, the history of tea, and the culture of tea drinking. Coffee shops will start carrying artisanal loose-lead teas, and

Starbucks-style tea shops will open. Americans will adopt the British afternoon tea, and soon Americans will start drinking tea in amounts that rival Europe. It won't be 10 years before tea is a more popular US beverage than coffee.

low, little glowworm. Ft. Calhoun nuclear reactor turned 40 in August of 2013. Plagued by a plethora of dangerous malfunctions, it looked like it might not see 41. The nuclear pile went to operational criticality at 5:47 p.m. on August 5, 1973, making it one of the oldest plants in the world and incorporates the same antiquated design as the melted down reactor at Fukushima, Japan. Ft. Calhoun shut down in 2011. But against all odds and at a ridiculous cost of $200 million, OPPD squeezed a square peg into a round hole, patched up the reactor and plans to fire it up. The price of the patches exceeded what it cost to build in it 1973. The ancient design limits production to 57 percent less than the national average. There are a million lives within 50 miles of the plant. With such facts staring OPPD in the face, still the utility decided to restart the plant rather than decommissioning it as other US utilities are doing with aging, inefficient, risky plants. Prediction for 2014: The Ft. Calhoun saga isn’t over. More say No to GMO. Despite the fact that two progressive states (California and Washington) failed to pass GMO labeling laws in elective referendums over the past year, watch for more jurisdictions to rule in favor of the public and against GMO corporations in 2014. Hawaiian officials recently signed laws regulating and restricting GMO seed-planting. Prediction: New research will reveal far-reaching dangers inherent with man messing with Mother Nature by manipulating genes. Laws will be passed. Bucks become Bitcoins. Human freedom is stolen by governments misusing technology for the sake of spying. Our inalienable rights have become alien to most. The virtual currency known as bitcoin will change that and rewrite the rules. Governments control healthcare, food supplies, military might and currency. Bitcoins cannot be controlled because there is no central banking system for them. Bitcoins are the Napster of global economy. They will mutate into monetary freedom from provincial control. Learn about them. Buy now. Prediction: Bitcoins will shake up more than your pocketbook in 2014. Man with the longest tongue. In late 2014, Sir Richard Branson, the former record exec who has more money than he knows what to do with, will strap it on and join a few intrepid travelers aboard the world’s costliest amusement park ride from somewhere in southwestern New Mexico. After years of delays and cost overruns, Branson’s vanity project known as Virgin Galactic, will

toss a tiny rocket up 110 kilometers (360,000 feet) to the edge of space, carrying six passengers with ticket stubs costing $250,000 each. Ashton Kutcher, Angelina Jolie, Tom Hanks and others will get their wish: five minutes in near-space. In 2011, Branson wrote on his blog that the first flight was “so close we can almost taste it.” How close, from 2011 to 2014? That’s a long tongue, Ricky. Prediction: If all who have made deposits follow through, Rocket-jockey Branson will clear $13B. That would have provided safe drinking water wells for 1,300,000 communities in Africa. Acupuncture sticks with it. When Heartland Healing started in The Reader back with Issue #2, there were zero licensed acupuncturists in the state of Nebraska. At the time, acupuncture was just another prick with a pin. Now, licensed acupuncture in our state is a reality and thousands benefit. Practice was still somewhat restrictive here compared to 30-plus other states. Proponents have petitioned for some changes though. Prediction: Advances in licensing regulations will provide greater access to acupuncture and proper Traditional Chinese medicine in Nebraska in 2014. Detrimental supplements. It’s just plain ridiculous the number of vitamin, mineral and supplement bottles lining the shelves of stores these days. So-called dietary supplements are out of control. Entire industries are based on them. Herbalife stock is projected to be one of the hottest of 2014. An estimated 55,000 different dietary supplements are sold in America pulling in $32 billion yearly. It’s simply my opinion, but we could do without 99 percent of them. While there is no doubt that herbals and supplements are far less dangerous than prescription drugs, which account for hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths a year, too many people believe supplements are totally safe. What’s lacking is common sense. Grab a handful of hemlock on a hike and munch your way to a painful demise. Overdo it on vitamin A and watch your skin turn yellow as your liver fails. Prediction: In 2014, lawmakers will rein in the rogue supplement industry resulting in overzealous regulation of needed natural medications. Drugs still a drag. 1700 prescription and OTC drugs were recalled in 2009. They were either deadly, useless or both. There’s no reason to believe the trend won’t continue. Big Pharma is Big Business and drugs are rushed to market with little FDA oversight, not to save people but to make money. That part won’t change. Just say no. Prediction: The number of FDA recalls will reach record numbers in 2014. 2014 will be a very good year. Be well. ,

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s I write this piece on predicting the future of the Omaha food scene, I am biting chucks of bread off a warm baguette from the new French bakery, Le Petit Paris, the fantastic surprise addition to Le Voltaire. With my crusty yet full attention, I am finding it difficult making predictions about what is next for this progressive Omaha food scene. I still feel like I am in the year 2010, so looking into the crystal ball towards 2014, I see a smoky haze of what will be. Therefore, I think looking back at what we cherish most from our Omaha culinary community might be the best way to move forward. First, as a woman who has spent her youth eating up Chicago, literally and figuratively, relocating to Omaha was a new food awakening. Being introduced to The Bagel Bin, La Casa, Big Fred’s, Jams, Lo Sole Mio and the bevy of great steakhouses was like meeting really good friends. Good friends that you never want to lose. These great restaurants are always there to fill your stomachs and create memories. To those Omaha standards that continue to thrive, you are the keepers of tradition and loyalty in our food scene. You have forged the road for what the current food scene is becoming. As things become clearer, I predict that many will remain as steadfast today and will live long and prosper well into our future. Secondly, Omaha’s younger restaurants, the ones creating a food buzz in Omaha and in other cities as well, are all masterfully chef-driven. In the spirit of the celebrity chef, which is a new concept to the world at large, Omaha certainly has their own variety of celebrity chefs and many waiting in the wings to emerge (Ben Maides, Ben Jordan?). Take for example, Chef Paul Kulik, driving force behind Boiler Room and Le Boullion, who was cooking at La Buvette prior to his rise at the Boiler Room, when his culinary talent started to emerge. His unique take on how food is prepared and executed is creative and worldly and Oma-

ha is glad to have his talents, allowing all of us to eat and feel a bit worldlier ourselves. Then we have the inventive and craftsman-style chef in Clayton Chapman of the Grey Plume who has graced the pages of Saveur and with his “green” sensibilities has made us more aware of our surroundings. Awarded the 2013 Cooking Light’s Trailblazing Award, Best Neighborhood Chef, super nice guy Chef Joel Mahr of Lot 2 has created a farm to table menu that is creatively preserving our midwestern heritage. These chefs and many others not mentioned are revitalizing Omaha’s urban

eateries. So as you sit in the lovely restaurant space of Lot 2 eating a yummy kale salad remind yourself that yes, I am in Nebraska. Lastly, speaking of kale or rather where it came from, for when you read about trends for 2014, I am not sure the word “local” can be read loud enough. In my limited expertise, I would actually say that going local is more than a trend but a shift in the way we are thinking about food. Going local is how many folks are choosing to eat in at home as well as in restaurants. It’s the right thing to do for our communities and our health. If there is any way a restaurant can cook with locally sourced products, label their menus with local sources or support our local purveyors, I predict they will do it, if they aren’t already. For this is the hottest and most mindful restaurant and food trend for 2014. This is what the National Restaurant Association says about local food: “Today’s

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consumers are more interested than ever in what they eat and where their food comes from, and that is reflected in our menu trends research,” Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of the National Restaurant Association’s research and knowledge group, said in a statement. “True trends — as opposed to temporary fads — show the evolution of the wider shifts of our modern society over time, and focus on the provenance of various food and beverage items, unique aspects of how they are prepared and presented, as well as the dietary profiles of those meals.” I am sure in 2014 you will not have to look far for a restaurant supporting local and sustainable foods. Hopefully, all restaurants new and not so new will join the local food movement. Oh the crystal ball is clearer to me as we look towards the Omaha food scene year 2014. We will continue to be loyal customers, supporting our favorite restaurants. We will admire and praise our innovative chefs that are driving our food scene into mainstream America while opening our eyes and mouths to new things. And our communities will continue to support the food we have growing around us, emphasizing its importance. But foggy still is the answer to what new restaurant, event, market, or ingredient will emerge in 2014? How about a Contemporary Mediterranean Bistro or a Vegetarian Mexican Restaurant? Will we see a resurgence of the Ramen noodle? Only time will tell. ,

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ince 2014 is the Year of the Horse according to the Chinese Zodiac, crystal ball gazers might characterize their prognostications as “wins, places and shows.” But if you were keeping track in 2013, many such predictions finished out of the money or as also rans. The world didn’t end, there was no Second Coming and closer to home, no BCS Bowl game either for the weary Husker fan. While the latter may have been the riskiest bet of all three, who amongst us would have predicted that a “do-nothing” Congress would be approaching a federal budget agreement in 2013? And who would have foreseen the resignation of Pope Benedict and the rise to power of Pope Francis, the “People’s Pope,” whom Time Magazine lauded as its Person of the Year? Yet, while one might add Go Big Red to religion and politics as subjects best left not discussed in public, let alone predicted, it’s not going to stop Metro fans and visionaries from hoping for the best and sticking their necks out. But if you are like many, and equate all of the above with winning the

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lottery—recent results in Gretna notwithstanding—than you may be looking for a sure thing in 2014 to put your time, money and faith in. The visual arts may not be everyone’s idea of a good time in the Metro, and granted it may not be on your wish list in 2014. But if 2013 was any indication, at least as appreciated in the seventh annual A-list posted online at thereader.com, it would be a shame to miss another year of worthwhile contemporary art events and exhibits as they appear to be shaping up. What follows are less predictions and more a promise that if you show up at the right place it’s a win-win for you and the Metro arts vibe at these planned events and exhibits. We can count on the major galleries, public and private to offer up a worthy calendar of exhibits as they did the past year…be sure and check out the OEAA awards event this Feb.16 at Doubletree Omaha for evidence of this…but the Metro’s three major arts venues will lead the way in 2014. This is especially true of the Joslyn Art Museum, which follows its much-appreciated new, free ad-

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mission policy with a renewed interest in contemporary art and regional artists. Its recently installed Riley Contemporary Artists Project Gallery will feature Iona Rozeal Brown, Feb. 8-May 11, who will create a mural whose imagery and technique draws from many sources including hip hop, Japanese woodcuts, comic books and Byzantine icons. The Riley CAP Gallery will then show paintings and the film, Street, of James Nares from June 21 to Sept 1. Installation artist Orly Genger will follow in Oct. 18 with her bronze and monumental sculpture, but all of the above are just “prelude” to Joslyn’s biggest event and exhibits in 2014 and 2015. Perhaps Joslyn’s biggest event of next year is the anticipated Andy Warhol in Living Color: Contemporary Prints from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer, which opens Oct. 4 and runs until Jan. 11, 2015. Later that year, May 30, the museum will open its first Art Seen: A Juried Exhibition of Artists from Omaha to Lincoln. Joslyn curator Karin Campbell and Bill Arning, director of the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston will jury the show, which will

close Aug.1. Another regional artist will receive even greater attention as Joslyn and the Sheldon Museum of Art collaborate with Keith Jacobshagen: Retrospective, 1995-2015, which opens Aug. 22, and closes Oct. 25. Kaneko/Open Space for Your Mind has several events and exhibitions planned in 2014 devoted to promoting creativity in the Humanities. The venue begins the New Year with a photography exhibit, no strangers: ancient wisdom in the modern world on display from Feb. 7 to May 2. Curated by ethnographer Wade Davis, no strangers features imagery of indigenous and endangered cultures from Borneo to the vast jungles of Latin America and from Mongolia to the Kalahari Desert. This show will share the stage with Photographers and the Plains Indians, curated by Nebraska State Historical Society, as it focuses on indigenous cultures in this region. This spring, if not sooner, Kaneko’s neighbor to the west, the Bemis Center for the Contemporary continued on page 8y

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Arts will officially welcome its new director of arts projects, Amanda McDonald Crowley. Presently serving the venue as a planning consultant, Crowley and Bemis Director Adam Price will announce at that time a shared vision for Bemis which will place an increased emphasis on collaborating with area artists, curators and the community at large with its exhibitions, events and its residency program. Though Bemis has nothing new by way of exhibitions in 2014 on its website, its current shows, Lossy and Mel Ziegler: An American Conversation, will continue until April 26 and March 1 respectively. Meanwhile, Bemis’ commitment to its internationally famous residency program and to its association with the successful Carver Bank venue in North Omaha will continue as two of its core strengths. One of the biggest events on the Metro art’s horizon continues to be MONA2Omaha, the recent collaboration of Omaha’s Gallery 1510 (its location on Leavenworth Street) and the Museum of Ne-

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braska Art. It is gallery director Pat Drickey’s intent to “have at least two MONA exhibitions each year,” but he is quick to point out that the venue’s mission is to focus exclusively on Nebraska and regional artists elsewhere as well. To that end Gallery 1510 will offer exhibits in its new, eventual, 10,000 sq. ft. expansion space to artists “who need exposure to achieve the public recognition their work deserves.” Drickey will also work with the art departments at Nebraska state colleges and universities to host senior class exhibitions as well as competitions on behalf of the Nebraska Chapters of the Omaha Federation of Advertising and the American Institute of Architects. In Lincoln, the Sheldon Museum of Art will begin a search for a new director after the departure of Daniel Veneciano who will become Director of New York’s El Museo del Barrio as of March. Meanwhile, Sheldon has scheduled two interesting exhibits’, which open in January, ArtWork, Art and Labor and Mary Riepma Ross: A Personal Collection, both

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of which continue into May. For a more alternative experience in the Capital City, be sure and catch the new gallery space, Fiendish Plots at 2130 Magnum Circle for its next show, April 11-May 11 highlighting international artist Chrysanne Stathacos who brings together printmaking, photography, video, and installation in various ways, often creating participatory public art projects. The Metro enjoys the benefits of three arts organizations devoted to education and enlightenment: The Kent Bellow Studio, Omaha Creative Institute and the Union for Contemporary Art. KBS will begin 2014 under the ownership and guidance of the Joslyn Art Museum and current key staff, programs, and operations will fold into the larger venue. Scheduled events and shows are pending. OCI will continue its workshop schedule in several mediums, details at its website omahacreativeinstitute.org. It looks forward to its second annual Spring Fling, April 10 at Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture with multiple workshops and much

more. U-CA will add to its Fellowship residency program in 2014 and begins its exhibition season, Jan 17 at 6 p.m. with Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining, featuring installation artist Ying Zhu at its new gallery space at 2221 N. 24th St. Several of last year’s best exhibits were seen in the galleries of the Metro’s universities and colleges and 2014 looks promising as well. The UNO Fine Arts Gallery has scheduled Paintings & Drawings by American Muralist Louis Frederick Grell to open Jan. 17 and close Feb. 20. Creighton University’s Lied Gallery will feature sculptor Littleton Alston in his show Hannibal, which open Feb.1 and runs until Feb. 28, and painter Christina Narwicz in her exhibit opening Mar. 7 and continuing until April 3. Meanwhile, the Hillmer Gallery at the College of St. Mary’s offers a show of Iggy Sumnik’s sculpture from Jan. 30-Feb. 28 and Joe Pankowski: Drawings, Mar. 20 to April 17. continued on page 10y

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Two other galleries in the public sector include: Fred Simon of the Nebraska Arts Council, which has completed its 2014 schedule of exhibits highlighting Bill Hoover and Jerome Duba in Mixed Media & Ceramics, Jan. 27-Mar. 7; Peg Pennell and Lora Rocke with Textiles, Mar. 24-May 2; Rebecca Hermann and Annimutts with Installation and Animation, May 19-June 27 and Michael Giron and Riccardo Marchio, July 14--Aug.22; and the Sunderland Gallery of the Cathedral Arts Project will show Landscapes of Jennie Homan, from Feb. 16-Mar.28 and Winnebago Images from photographer Don Doll, S.J., April 13—June 8. The private sector will not take a backseat in 2014, as the Metro’s three full-service galleries, Modern Arts Midtown, Gallery 72 and Anderson O’Brien have scheduled key exhibits in the spring. Highlights include: solo shows of artists Lynn Pipher, Cathy Palmer and Jeff Balthus with a cast of supporting characters at MAM in March, April and May respectively; Gallery 72 has two interesting group shows in January (Cory Broman, Eliska Greenspoon, Simeon Lisk and Robert Miller in Visual Textures) and February (Michael Johnson, James Hendrickson and LeMont Hamilton in A Suite of Photographers) and March will exhibit Duplicity, pastels and oil paintings from Sonny Gibbons. Several non-representational galleries also plan promising exhibits the first half of 2014: RNG Gal-

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lery in Council Bluffs will show Native American artist Steve Tamayo in January and Connie Christian in February; The Moving Gallery in the Old Market looks forward to a premier showing of artists Sam Mercer’s water colors and Eva Aeppli sculpture and painting in Februarys. April 10, MG will feature a special exhibit with Mexican artist and curator Humberto Chavez; Hot Shops Galleries, besides the OEAA nominees’ show in January, will host a two-person show in April with James Freeman and Jeff Yoachim; the featured exhibits at the Dundee Gallery include cut paper artist Angie Pickman in January, a 7-Year Anniversary in March and the colorful paintings of Karen Schnepf in April; and the Hoover Studio Gallery will exhibit Maggie Weber, opening Feb. 21 and Shea Wilkison, beginning April 25. A big shout out to the alternative Benson First Friday galleries and these winter/spring exhibits: The Sweatshop Gallery will begin its exhibition season in February with a group print show called BRASS TAX curated by Pat Oakes, March will feature Derek Courtneys’ large scale mid-century American-inspired works and in April Bonnie O’Connell will curate a group show devoted to visions, dreams, obsessions and enchantment. And the Choice Gallery in Benson has scheduled Revenge: Mythical Beasts II for Feb. 7, Just for Kicks, featuring drawings of J. J. Carroll Mar. 29 and The Birds & Bees later in the Spring which exhibits drawings from outsider artist, William Dorfler. ,

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he new year is really more like halftime in the theater. Most theaters haven’t even announced their new season lineups yet so any inklings toward production after the summer are pure speculation. That said, there is already plenty to look forward to in the Omaha theater scene in 2014.

Broadway Tours The first half of the year will kick off in February with Million Dollar Quartet, the Tony Award-winning musical exploring the once in a lifetime jam session that brought four of the greatest musicians of all time (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash) together for one day. The month after, the filmturned-musical Sister Act will come to town. The show’s composer, Alan Menken, also wrote the music to crowd favorites like Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and Little Shop of Horrors. April will mark the arrival of War Horse, one of the more unique shows seen on Broadway in recent years. Even if you have seen the Steven Spielberg film adaptation, nothing prepares audiences for the theatrical experience that War Horse’s puppetry accomplishes. This show is not to be missed. Rounding out the season will be the ever-popular (no pun intended) Wicked. A crowd favorite for many years, this show will no doubt sell fast. Make sure you get your tickets ASAP.

The Omaha Community Playhouse After only housing a couple of shows to begin the season, OCP’s Hawks Mainstage will bring four full productions in the first half of 2014. Sisters Camille Metoyer Moten and Lanette Metoyer Moore will star in Having Our Say, a play about two centenarian sisters looking back at the great events of their lives, including the Civil Rights Movement. Kathy Tyree will then headline the title role in Ella, a musical revue chronicling the life

and times of the incomparable jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. Soon after, the mainstage will hit audiences funny bones with the newly reimagined farce Boeing, Boeing. The show chronicles a womanizers trying to juggle engagements to three different airline hostesses. Expect impeccable timing and plenty of door slamming. The mainstage season will conclude with the Mel Brooks’ musical adaptation to his comedy classic Young Frankenstein (pronounced, of course,

guage highlight one of the more unique offerings in Omaha theater next year. Additionally, the final BLUEBARN production of the season will welcome pianist Hal France as he lends his musical prowess to Moises Kaufman’s 33 Variations. In it, two different stories from vastly different timelines play out before us. One, in modern day, is a woman attempting to reconnect with her daughter while battling a terminal illness. The other is 19th century Austria, where views take a intimate look inside the life of Beethoven. 33 Variations opens May 8.

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Fronkensteen). The Playhouse’s Howard-Drew Theatre starts the new year off with the 2010 Pulitzer Prizewinning musical Next to Normal. While SNAP Productions’ version is still fresh in many minds, the Any Lane-directed Playhouse version will give a wider audience base the chance to see one of the most unique musicals in recent years. Also playing will be one of David Mamet’s latest works, Race. The fast-paced legal thriller touches on several sensitive subjects, including sexual assault, gender discrimination and modern race relations. It goes without saying that the two Howard-Drew shows are for mature audiences.

The BLUEBARN Theatre The second half of BLUEBARN’s 25th anniversary season will get underway Feb. 20 with the opening of Gnit, one of the latest works by Will Eno. Tackling the issues of finding the self, the script is a “rough translation” of the Henrik Ibsen play Peer Gynt. Eno’s off-beat humor and way with lan-

After announcing two seasons in advance in 2012, SNAP finds itself at the tail end of it first group of shows as a diversity-focused theatre. March 6 will open the William Inge play Come Back Little Sheba. Written in 1950, the script was Inge’s first play and deals with how a couple’s life is unsettle by the presence of a young female house guest. SNAP’s season will close out in May with the opening of the Daena Schweiger original Voices from the Closet. The production will feature eight monologues spanning the world about dealing with the struggle of keeping one’s sexuality a secret.

And more… So many theaters, so little time! Be sure to keep an eye out for: n Brigit Saint Brigit’s Irish Festival. n Shelterbelt Theatre’s two traditions (With Love and Shelterskelter XIV), as well as Joe Basque’s Battle of Battles. n The Playhouse’s 21 & Over Series. Chanticleer Theater’s productions of Vanities, Peter Pan and Follies. n Bellevue Little Theater’s Ten Little Indians, Blame it on the Movies and Fox on the Fairway. n Creighton University’s production of Melancholy Play. n UNO Theater’s Death by Design and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. ,

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t’s time once again to gaze darkly into my crystal Fender Stratocaster and behold what miracles and wonders lie before us musicwise in the year 2014. But before we begin, let’s recap and score last year’s music predictions: 2013 Prediction: The number of indie shows booked at larger clubs will decline, making way for more commercial fair — cover bands, pop acts, etc. Reality: The trend started in 2012 and continued last year. In addition to pop acts and cover bands, comedy nights became a staple at almost every music venue in the city. 2013 Prediction: Shows hosted at alternative venues — including hall shows, house shows and temporary one-off venues — will become more commonplace. Reality: Sweatshop Gallery (and West Wing) stepped up to fill that niche in ‘13. 2013 Prediction: Bands will give away music as free downloads to spark interest in vinyl and merch sales. Reality: Almost every new recording is now available to stream for free via Bandcamp or Soundcloud, though actual downloads will still cost you. 2013 Prediction: The number of touring indie bands will dwindle as it becomes nearly impossible for even nationally known bands to make a living solely from their music. Reality: There were as many bands touring last year as ever, but fewer stopped in Omaha. 2013 Prediction: A new digital music file format will emerge that will make mp3 and AAC formats obsolete. Reality: Not yet. 2013 Prediction: A new social web app will emerge to promote upcoming rock shows, replacing Facebook invitations, which have become more annoying than useful. Reality: Unfortunately, no.

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2013 Prediction: A new music-based TV competition will debut, but instead of focusing on performers it’ll focus on singer/songwriters. Reality: What decent songwriter would ever sign away his/her publishing rights for a chance to be on TV? 2013 Prediction: Rolling Stone will follow SPIN and discontinue print publication to become an online-only music website, while Pitchfork will debut the first issue of a new monthly print publication. Reality: Instead, Pitchfork diversified by launching a new online movie website, The Dissolve.

2013 Prediction: Bands we’ll be talking about this time next year: Husker Du, Wilco, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, PJ Harvey, Pavement, My Bloody Valentine, Tom Waits, Lloyd Cole, Matthew Sweet, Liz Phair, Beck, Arcade Fire, David Bowie, Grasshopper Takeover and Bright Eyes. Reality: Huskers and Wilco were AWOL, but Zep went online (with Spotify), MBV released a top-10 album, plus we got new ones from Lloyd, Beck, Arcade Fire and Bowie. 2013 Prediction: Bands we won’t be talking about: Green Day, Rolling Stones, Springsteen, Metallica, Lady Gaga, fun., Ke$ha and Psy.

2013 Prediction: A stellar headliner will force Maha Music Festival to make a format change from past years that will involve either an additional night of music or a third stage. Reality: Why fix it when it ain’t broke? 2013 Prediction: MECA will fill the void left by Red Sky Music Festival’s demise with at least two major outdoor concerts at Ameritrade Ball Park and six sell-out-quality shows at CenturyLink Center, including a “significant” indie-style band. Reality: Uh, no.

Reality: Crickets from all including Ga Ga, whose new release was a flop. 2013 Prediction: All of Aerosmith’s problems will be resolved once and for all. Reality: Tyler, Perry and Co. continued their everlasting world tour. 2013 Prediction: Local record stores will get some new competition from a music shop that will open in Benson that caters to vinyl enthusiasts and musicians. Reality: Almost Music, a vinyl-only shop, opened in Benson this summer.

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2013 Prediction: Expect at least two new bands to join the Saddle Creek roster, including one well-known indie veteran, while at least one long-standing Creek act will jump ship for a major label. Reality: Saddle Creek signed and released an album by indie vets The Thermals, and released a single by local darlings Twinsmith. Meanwhile, rumors are rampant that Desaparecidos’ new record will be released by a different label (such as Epitaph?). 2013 Prediction: We’ll say goodbye to one of the area’s most promising local bands that will break up despite a label-released album, but we haven’t heard the last of the band’s frontwoman. Reality: Conduits quietly dissolved last year. Frontwoman Jenna Morrison moved to Los Angeles last week. 2013 Prediction: Another all-ages venue will open in Omaha operated as a non-profit catering to the indie music crowd. Reality: 402 Arts Collective launched this year. The non-profit opened an all-ages performance space and recording studio in Benson, along with a coffee shop. 2013 Prediction: An out-of-this world national performer will play a last-minute “secret show” at either O’Leaver’s or Pageturners. Reality: No, though both venues hosted some big names this year. 2013 Prediction: A local performer will be “discovered” by a big-time movie or TV mogul who catches their set while in town working on a production. Reality: Alexander Payne apparently isn’t into local music. 2013 Prediction: And finally, it wasn’t Bright Eyes, The Faint or Cursive but Icky Blossoms who will finally break the barrier by making their television premier on Saturday Night Live. Reality: Maybe next year (seriously)… So 10 for 21 (if you’re feeling generous). Not bad, not good… continued on page 13 y

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As for this year’s predictions, if you read last week’s Year in Review story you got a glimpse of a possible 2014 dominated by streaming music services (and the possible consequences). So this year we’re going straight to the Lightning Round! 2014 Prediction: Thanks to social media, MTV will become an important (i.e., actual) music channel once again, but not on television, on the web. Look for MTV to emerge as a primary launching pad for premiering new music and online video. 2014 Prediction: Streaming services such as Spotify, Songsa, 8Tracks and Pandora will enter the concert promotion business, creating packaged “caravan”-type concert tours that barnstorm the country and whose performances will be streamed live on their respective streaming channels. 2014 Prediction: Target, Walmart, Best Buy and even Kmart, will reinstall record bins as the vinyl renaissance continues. 2014 Prediction: With the advent of computers integrated into apparel, eyeglasses, rings and watches — i.e. “wearables” — almost every concert you attend will be recorded and uploaded to YouTube. 2014 Prediction: Pussy Riot’s release from a Russian gulag will land them in America, where they’ll work with a handful of “important” producers to create a breakthrough punk album… before returning to Russia where they’ll once-again be imprisoned. 2014 Prediction: Upon its release next year, a song off the new Cursive double-live album will break through to pop culture in a way we haven’t seen since Cheap Trick, Peter Frampton and George Thorogood. 2014 Prediction: A one-time-only all-day outdoor concert will attract a handful of well-known national indie bands and rival the Maha Music Festival in attendance. 2014 Prediction: Speaking of Maha, the festival will land multiple headliners this year and will finally reach attendance that exceeds Stinson Park’s capacity, forcing the organization to look for a larger venue in 2015. 2014 Prediction: In an effort to keep CD prices from eroding, more artists will follow Beyonce’s

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lead and release albums exclusively on iTunes, causing similar rifts with retail outlets such as Amazon and Target, but opening doors with independent music retailers who will get exclusive access to “hard inventory,” such as CDs and vinyl. 2014 Prediction: More artists and independent labels will say “I’ve had enough” and follow Thom Yorke’s and Nigel Godrich’s lead and pull their music from Spotify, forcing the online streaming service to rethink its business model. 2014 Prediction: Bands we’ll be talking about this time next year: Radiohead, U2. The Faint, Conor Oberst, Cursive, Ted Stevens, Beck, Prince, Animal Collective, Digital Leather, Frank Ocean, Grizzly Bear, Future Islands, Sleigh Bells, Spoon, Death Cab for Cutie, Tame Impala, Local Natives, Modest Mouse and Icky Blossoms. 2014 Prediction: Bands we won’t be talking about: Miley, Springsteen, Flaming Lips, Bieber, Chris Brown, Ritual Device, Monae, HAIM, Kanye, Katy Perry and Skrillex 2014 Prediction: All Bob Dylan’s problems will be solved once and for all. 2014 Prediction: New Lincoln venues, including Vega, will put a squeeze on Omaha music-goers, forcing them to “make the drive” more often to see their favorite touring indie bands. 2014 Prediction: One local online music-focused website will shut down forever in 2014 (and no, it won’t be Lazy-i). 2014 Prediction: Believe it or not, a local radio station will integrate a College Music Journal-style playlist into its regular programming 2014 Prediction: Yet another new live music venue will open in Benson, but this one will focus on either jazz, blues or country music. In addition, look for a new music club to open in or around Midtown Crossing. 2014 Prediction: An indie music legend with Nebraska roots who moved away from the Midwest more than a decade ago will return to The Good Life state and open a recording studio. 2014 Prediction: Look for another local singer/ songwriter to break out nationally in 2014, but without the help of Saddle Creek Records. The name will be no surprise to his longtime fans. 2014 Prediction: Next year Conor Oberst really will appear the Saturday Night Live stage, but not as a music performer… ,

Young Special Screening Forever Admission just $2.50 for Visiting filmmaker in person! Medora First-Run Dirs. Andrew Cohn & Davy Rothbart. Thursday, January 9, 7 pm Filmmaker, “This American Life” contributor, and FOUND Magazine editor Davy Rothbart will join us for a special screening of MEDORA, a documentary he co-directed, followed by Q&A. The film is an underdog story from the heart of basketball country and a portrait of small-town life in the struggling Midwest.

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You Can’t Take it With You 1938 Dir. Frank Capra. January 4, 5 & 9 Jimmy Stewart plays a rich boy in love with a poor girl.

Coming Soon Inside Llewyn Davis First-Run (R) The Great Beauty First-Run New York Critics Series: At Middleton First-Run (R) Gloria First-Run (R)

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MONDAY 30

OPEN MIC NIGHT, 6 pm, 402 Arts Collective/ Aromas Coffeehouse, Free.

READER RECOMMENDS OPEN MIC & SONGWRITER SHOWCASE, (Folk/Singer-Song writer) 9 pm, Barley Street Tavern, FREE. FIRST CUT W/ DJ DRDIGGS, (DJ/Electronic) 9 pm, House Of Loom, FREE. GOOCH AND HIS LAS VEGAS LAB BAND, (Cover Band) 8 pm, OzoNE Lounge at Anthony’s Steakhouse, Free. OPEN MIC NIGHT! AT RED9, 8 pm, Red9, Free. FIELD CLUB W/ LARS & MAL, GHOSTS OF GUYANA, EDISON AND THE ELEPHANT, 9 pm, Slowdown, $5. THE WINGTIPS, 9 pm, Waiting Room, $10. SAMANTHA FISH, 6 pm, Zoo Bar, $10. HOLIDAY BLUES JAM, (Blues) 9 pm, Zoo Bar, $5. PIANO HOUR W/ EMILY BASS, 5 pm, Zoo Bar, contact the Zoo Bar for cover charge. ZOO BAR HOUSE BAND, 7 pm, Zoo Bar, $3.

TUESDAY 31

CITRUS CLUB, 9 pm, Arena Bar & Grill, Free. NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY, 8 pm, Bar 415, Contact the venue for cover charge. VIC NASTY, 8 pm, Bar 415, Contact the venue for cover charge. NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH MINT WAD WILLY, PYRATE AND THOSE FAR OUT ARROWS, 9 pm, Barley Street Tavern, $5. MASQUERADE BALL FT. KRIS LAGER BAND, (Rock) 8 pm, Bourbon Theater, $6: 21 and up. NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH WEST WIND, (Country) 9 pm, Coyote Willy’s, Contact the venue for cover charge. OPEN MIC NIGHT, 9:30 pm, Dubliner Pub, Free. NEW YEAR’S EVE W/ TWO HEADED DOG!, 9 pm, Duffy’s Tavern, $10. ALICE IN WONDERLOOM • NEW YEARS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, (DJ/Electronic) 9 pm, House Of Loom, $10 Advance Tix @ HoL / $15 Day of Show. NEW YEARS EVE: SUNNY ROGERS AND THE UNDERGROUND TIDE, A DIFFERENT BREED, 9 pm, Knickerbockers, Contact the venue for cover charge. LIFT TICKET W/ THE AUDACITOURS, (Rock) 7 pm, Pizza Shoppe Collective, Contact the venue for cover charge. KRFX’S 90’S AT NIGHT NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY, 7 pm, Red9, $10. CELEBRATE NYE WITH THE 402 AND CHRIS SAUB, 9 pm, Rich Bar & Lounge, Contact the venue for cover charge. NEW YEAR’S EVE W/ JOSH HOYER AND THE SHADOWBOXERS FEATURING THE FOXY BOXERS, (Rock) 9 pm, Zoo Bar, $15 ADV / $20 DOS.

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READER RECOMMENDS (NYE) TEN CLUB (PEARL JAM TRIBUTE BAND), (Cover Band) 9 pm, Shamrock’s Pub & Grill, Contact the venue for cover charge. HAPPY GOO YEAR 7, (DJ/Electronic) 9 pm, Slowdown, $20 - $75.

READER RECOMMENDS NEW YEARS EVE WITH ROCK PAPER DYNAMITE, (Rock) 9 pm, The Sydney, Contact the venue for cover charge. SECRET WEAPON NEW YEARS, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Waiting Room, $10. THE FRONT RO BAND, 9 pm, Woodcliff Restaurant, Contact the venue for cover charge. TIJUANA GIGOLOS, 5 pm, Zoo Bar, $10 ADV / $12 DOS.

WEDNESDAY 1

CRASH & BURN BLUES JAM, (Blues) 6 pm, Barley Street Tavern, Free . DICEY RILEYS, 7 pm, Brazen Head Irish Pub, Free. CRATE & CRAFT CLUB | JAZZ VINYL W/ANDREW MONSON, (Jazz) 8 pm, House Of Loom, Free.

THURSDAY 2

DURTY THURSDAY - E BROWN, 9 pm, Bar 415, Free. NEW MOON SONGWRITERS NIGHT, (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) 7 pm, Crescent Moon Coffee, FREE. ACOUSTIC MUSIC THURSDAYS!, 8 pm, Two Fine Irishmen, Contact Two Fine Irishmen for cover charge.

FRIDAY 3

MARIA TAYLOR, 9 pm, Waiting Room, $10. A NIGHT WITH THE NIGHT SHAKERS TRIO, 7 pm, Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen, Free. FISHHEADS, 7 pm, OzoNE Lounge at Anthony’s Steak house, Free. REGGAE RIDE | REGGAE, DANCEHALL & JAMAICAN SOUNDS, 9 pm, House Of Loom, Free. WEST WIND, (Country) 9 pm, Coyote Willy’s, $5. ODINSON W/ AJ THE DREAD & MOLTRON, (Rock) 9 pm, Shamrock’s Pub & Grill, Contact the venue for cover charge.

READER RECOMMENDS LIFE IS COOL W/ THE BRIGADIERS, ALL YOUNG GIRLS ARE MACHINE GUNS, 9 pm, Slowdown, $7. ROUTINE ESCORTS W/ WORRIED MOTHERS AND GOON SQUAD, 9:30 pm, Barley Street Tavern, $5.

SATURDAY 4

HIDDEN AGENDA, (Cover Band) 9 pm, Arena Bar & Grill, Free. LOW LONG SIGNAL W/ MORNING AT SEA AND BURNING DOWN THE VILLAGER, 9 pm, Barley Street Tavern, $5. WEST WIND, (Country) 9 pm, Coyote Willy’s, $5.

KARAOKE, 8 pm, Firewater Grille, Contact Firewater Grille for cover charges. THE SWAMPBOYS BLUES BAND, (Blues) 9 pm, Havana Garage, Free. A NIGHT WITH THE NIGHT SHAKERS TRIO, 7 pm, Jazz, A Louisiana Kitchen, Free. TIMECAT W/ LODGINGS & MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRLS, (Rock) 9 pm, O’Leaver’s Pub, $5. ECKOPHONIC, (Cover Band) 7 pm, OzoNE Lounge at Anthony’s Steakhouse, Free. THE SOFT ROCK CIRCUS! FEAT. CLARK AND CO., LIFT TICKET, LUKE POLIPNICK AND KATHRYN SHEHAN, 7 pm, Pizza Shoppe Collective, $5 suggested donation. SWITCHBAK, 9 pm, Red9, Contact the venue for cover charge. CYMBOLTON, 9 pm, Shamrock’s Pub & Grill, Contact the venue for cover charge. AN EVENING WITH KALOKO, 9 pm, Slowdown, $5.

READER RECOMMENDS THE ELECTROLINERS EP RELEASE SHOW W/ THE LOVE TECHNICIANS & MARIACHI ZAPATAX BAND & PANCHO, 9 pm, Waiting Room, $7. A FEROCIOUS JUNGLE CAT, 9 pm, Zoo Bar, $5.

SUNDAY 5

SALSA SUNDAY W/ LATIN MADNESS, 7 pm, House Of Loom, $5. O’LEAVER’S OPEN MIC NIGHT, 9 pm, O’Leaver’s Pub, Free. DANIEL CHRISTIAN, 2 pm, Soaring Wings Vineyard, Free. BALLROOM DANCING – JIMMY B ORCHESTRA, 4 pm, Sokol Hall & Auditorium, $12. DAVID COOK, 8 pm, Waiting Room, $20 ADV / $25 DOS / $70 VIP.

MONDAY 6

OPEN MIC NIGHT, 6 pm, 402 Arts Collective/ Aromas Coffeehouse, Free. OPEN MIC & SONGWRITER SHOWCASE, (Folk/Singer-Song writer) 9 pm, Barley Street Tavern, FREE. FIRST CUT W/ DJ DRDIGGS, (DJ/Electronic) 9 pm, House Of Loom, FREE. GOOCH AND HIS LAS VEGAS LAB BAND, (Cover Band) 8 pm, OzoNE Lounge at Anthony’s Steakhouse, Free. ILLUSIONS FATE W/ IN THE ATTACK, & STOP SIGN RIOT, (ROCK) 9 pm, Shamrock’s Pub & Grill, Contact the venue for cover charge. MIDWEST ELITE CONCERTS PRESENTS: NEW MUSIC MONDAY PROJEKT LUNA, 8 pm, Waiting Room, Free. PIANO HOUR W/ EMILY BASS, 5 pm, Zoo Bar, contact the Zoo Bar for cover charge.

TUESDAY 7

OPEN MIC NIGHT, 9:30 pm, Dubliner Pub, Free. JAZZOCRACY, (Jazz) 6 pm, Zoo Bar, Free.

WEDNESDAY 8

CRASH & BURN BLUES JAM, (Blues) 6 pm, Barley Street Tavern, Free. ANTHONY STEELS, 9 pm, Firewater Grille, Free. CRATE & CRAFT CLUB | JAZZ VINYL W/ANDREW MONSON, (Jazz) 8 pm, House Of Loom, Free. BOZAK & MORRISSEY, 7 pm, OzoNE Lounge at Anthony’s Steakhouse, Free. MATT PRYOR (OF THE GET UP KIDS), 9 pm, Waiting Room, $10 ADV / $12 DOS.

BY B.J. HUCHTEMANN

Happy New Year

opular local roots and blues bands heat up New Year’s Eve in Omaha and Lincoln. If the Hive is back on track with their liquor license, they have Hector Anchondo Band and Funk Trek scheduled for 9 p.m. New Year’s Eve. Watch the venue’s Facebook page at facebook.com/ theHiveLounge for updates. Two crowd-pleasing bands have set up their own individual New Year’s Eve parties for fans. Brad Cordle has put together a Mighty Jailbreakers reunion show for New Year’s Eve. OEAA Best Blues nominee Brad Cordle and his previous band The Mighty Jailbreakers were an acclaimed, highly popular local band that packed local venues at the peak of their career. The Jailbreakers reunion show is at Comfort Inn & Suites Ballroom, 7007 Grover Street. There are room packages available with early check in and late check out available. The package includes an appetizer buffet, champagne and party favors and a New Year’s Day brunch. Call 402-9344900 for pricing and to make reservations. Blue House with the Rent to Own Horns band has a party at Bel Air Banquet Room, 121st & Center, call 402-333-5505 for details. In Lincoln, The Zoo Bar has an early show with

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Tijuana Gigolos playing three sets, 5-8 p.m. Then Josh Hoyer & The Shadowboxers featuring The Foxy Boxers takes the Zoo Bar stage for the 9 p.m. show. Advance tickets are recommended and available at the bar while they last. Meanwhile Kris Lager Band hosts a New Year’s Eve Masquerade ball at Lincoln’s Bourbon Theatre. Also performing are Henry & The Invisibles and FREAKABOUT! Doors open at 8 p.m. and music starts at 9 p.m. Kris Lager Band will perform a Parliament-Funkadelic tribute. Kris Lager Band will be releasing a new CD Live at the Bourbon Theatre that night too. See krislaglerband.com or bourbontheatre.com. Hot Notes: Lincoln’s Zoo Bar has a big night of music Monday, Jan. 30. Popular blues-rocker Samantha Fish tears it up 6-9 p.m. The Zoo Bar House Band holds a special holiday jam after 9 p.m. Come early for Emily Bass’ piano hour 5-7 p.m. The Electroliners host their EP release party at Waiting Room Saturday, Jan. 4, 9 p.m. Also performing are The Love Technicians, Mariachi Zapatax Band and Pancho & The Contraband. As the year comes to a close, thank you to all the great musicians for all the great music I have heard this year. Remember to appreciate the musicians, bands and venues who make music a joyous part of our lives. Happy New Year. ,

HOODOO is a weekly column focusing on blues, roots, Americana and occasional other music styles with an emphasis on live music performances. Hoodoo columnist B.J. Huchtemann is a Reader senior contributing writer and veteran music journalist who has covered the local music scene for nearly 20 years. Follow her blog at hoodoorootsblues.blogspot.com.

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merica’s foremost advocate for frontal lobotomies as “treatment” for mental disorder, the late Dr. Walter Freeman, performed an estimated 3,500 lobotomies during the 1940s and 1950s before opposition finally solidified against him, according to a December 2013 investigation by The Wall Street Journal. At the peak of his influence, he was so confident that he demonstrated the procedure to skeptics by hammering an icepick (“from his own kitchen,” the Journal reported) into both eye sockets of an electrical-shocked patient and “toggling” the picks around the brain tissue, certain that he was severing “correctly.” For years, Freeman (a neurologist untrained in surgery) marshaled positive feedback from enough patients and families for the procedure to survive criticism, and he spent his final years (until his death in 1972) securing patient testimonials to “prove” the validity of lobotomies. Cultural Diversity Each Nov. 1 is a day (or two) of craziness in the isolated mountain village of Todos Santos Cuchumatanes, Guatemala, where Mayan tradition commands continuous horse races through town, jockeyed by increasingly drunk riders, until only a sober-enough winner remains. Collisions occur in the Race of the Souls, and occasionally someone dies, but the misfortune is met with a collective shrug and regarded as a spiritual offering for fertile crops during the coming year, according to an eyewitness this year reporting for Vice.com. Ironically, for the rest of the year, the village is largely alcohol-free except for that on hand to sell to tourists. Since the 13th century, sheepherders in Spain have had the right (still honored) to use 78,000 miles of paths in the country for seasonal flock migrations -- even some streets of Madrid, including a crossing of Puerta del Sol, described as Madrid’s Times Square. The shepherds pay a customary, token duty, which, according to an October Associated Press dispatch, the government proudly accepts, given the prominence of Spain’s native Merino sheep breed in the world’s wool market.

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Postal worker Umakant Mishra, of Kanpur city in Uttar Pradesh, India, was freed by a criminal court in December -- 29 years after he was charged when a money-order account turned up 92 cents short. Mishra was called to judicial hearings 348 times over the years, but it was not until recently that the government admitted it had no witnesses for the court to hear against him. A December BBC News dispatch reported, citing “official” figures, that more than 30 million cases are pending in Indian courts. Latest Religious Messages The evangelical educational organization Answers in Genesis, which has established a series of children’s books and a creationist museum, announced recently that it would enter the bond market to fund its most ambitious project -- a creationist amusement park centered around a “life-size” reconstruction of Noah’s Ark, for which it estimates it will need at least $73 million from investors. Issuing bonds might be seen as desperate since AiG has raised only $13.6 million privately since proposing the Ark-park, but a Georgetown University finance professor, contacted by Slate. com, suggested that the bonds’ terms place them in the high-risk “junk bond” category (perhaps better described as “faith-based,” having virtually no resale value and without an independent bond rating). Questionable Judgments Took It Too Far: Coughlan elementary school in Langley, British Columbia, announced to parents in November that henceforth it would not just prohibit abusive or unwanted physical contact among its kindergarteners, but all contact. Officials said they were responding to parents who objected to “rough play,” but, said another parent, incredulous, “No tag, no hugging, no touching at all. ... I am not going to tell my daughter she can’t touch her friends at school. I am going to teach her boundaries.” Tone Deaf: In South Africa, with one of the highest incidences of rape in the world, one question on its recent nationwide high school standardized drama test asked students to direct (as if staging a play) the rape of a baby, given only certain props. South Af-

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rica’s Education Department defended the question as assessing pupils’ concept of “using metaphor” as a theatrical technique. The question was based on an award-winning play by anti-rape activist Lara Foot Newton (who, of course, wrote primarily for adults). Cliches Come to Life In criminal cases, DNA is usually a smoking gun for the prosecution -- except, of course, if there is an “evil twin.” In November a judge in Colorado Springs ruled that a suspect, Army Lt. Aaron Lucas, should have the opportunity to blame his brother Brian for a string of sexual assaults because the DNA might be Brian’s. Brian has not been charged and denies any involvement, but Aaron said Brian was in two crimescene states that Aaron was never in. Said a Denver defense lawyer, “The only time I have seen (the eviltwin defense) was on ‘Law and Order: SVU.’” Of course: Four villagers in northeast Kenya, angry that cheetahs were killing their goats, lay in wait one night in November and then chased down and captured the cheetahs. Cheetahs are regarded as the fastest mammals on Earth, but they lack endurance; Kenyans are marathon prodigies. Indeed, the cheetahs were captured only when they ran out of gas after about four miles of pursuit by the Kenyans, and were handed over alive, and exhausted, to the Kenyan Wildlife Service. Perspective Many were shocked to learn in November that some accused “satanic cult” child molesters were still in prison -- even though proven by time, journalism and medical knowledge to have been innocent victims of widespread 1980s and 1990s hysteria. Arrangements have finally been made to release Austin, Texas, day care operators Fran and Dan Keller (after 21 years) and four San Antonio women (imprisoned for 14 years for “assaulting” two adolescent girls). In both cases, juries and judges had been persuaded by testimony about scarring on girls’ hymens, and, frightened by the era’s high-profile McMartin School and other cases, issued long prison terms. (The Austin case’s doctor later admitted he had misdiagnosed the scarring, and the San Antonio doctor’s conclusions

were vanquished by the Texas Innocence Project and a relentless Canadian researcher.) All six said they intended to pursue full legal exoneration. Least Competent Criminals Not Ready for Prime Time: Johnny Deleon, 20, was arrested in Houston in October, caught in the act of removing wheel caps from a Cadillac Escalade in a deli’s parking lot. Even in the daylight, Deleon apparently failed to notice the many police cars in the lot (as a ceremonial planning meeting was underway in the deli). Officers, from among 30 inside, dashed out and arrested Deleon. Recurring Themes (1) Once again a fortuitous, unrelated medical exam was credited with possibly saving a life. Los Angeles television personality Julie Chang suffered a concussion in a surfing accident recently, but the routine X-ray also showed a previously unrevealed brain tumor. She was immediately scheduled for surgery and reported to colleagues that she “will be OK.” (2) New York animal rights activist Steven Wise pushed the envelope in December by filing a writ of habeas corpus (requiring jailers to prove any legal basis for an individual’s detention) for a chimpanzee living at a Gloversville, N.Y., farm (although, in fairness, “Tommy” is being held by an animal “rescuer” who said he is seeking a proper home). (U.S. habeas corpus law has heretofore applied only to humans.) People With Issues (1) Shannon Johanson of Northampton, England, is awaiting sentencing after a conviction for possessing animal pornography, which is one of the categories of “extreme” porn criminalized by a 2008 U.K. statute. The photo is of a woman “performing a sex act” with a dead fish (and, under the statute, whether “dead or alive” is irrelevant). (2) Former 30-year-veteran schoolteacher Mark Berndt, 61, pleaded guilty in November to charges involving at least 20 elementary-school-age children that he had assigned to play the “tasting game” in 2011, in which blindfolded children were fed cookies topped with semen. Berndt has not yet explained how he could possibly have conceived such a game. ,

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n Somebody tell NBC that their acronym doesn’t stand for Nail-Biting Classics. Having already taken Dracula and Hannibal Lecter to the small screen, the network is now adapting Rosemary’s Baby into a miniseries. Having Satan’s bun in your oven isn’t a concept that needs so many hours to investigate, but I suppose if you want to really freak people out and prevent them from breeding, four hours of devil baby should do it. Enjoy “Parenthood” on NBC! n Even if it’s true and somewhat unsurprising, you didn’t have to go and say it, Marty! While promoting his latest, The Wolf of Wall Street, Martin “Those ARE my real eyebrows” Scorsese confessed his career is winding down and that he has only “a couple more” movies left. He’s in his 70s and has been wildly prolific, so it’s not like we can complain… But it still hurts. Whenever he goes out, it’ll be as one of the best ever. Let’s just hope he chooses the last film carefully. Nobody wants to go out on Ishtar, you know? n I liked Jack Reacher. I had few problems with the diminutive Tom Cruise playing a character who is some kind of walking mountain in the novels. I’m pleased to hear that they’re going to develop a sequel, Never Go Back, but less excited that apparently there’s going to be a precocious teen girl along as a sidekick. Reacher described himself as “a drifter with nothing to lose,” in one of the most cringeworthy line readings of last year. So how does that guy wind up taking in a sass-mouthed teen lady? Marketing! I take it all back if they cast Elle Fanning, who is so stupid talented she deserves to be in more stuff. —Ryan Syrek

Show Me the Money True, 2014 has less major franchise pics than 2015, which is pretty much sequel-geddon. But it’s not like there ain’t a slew of retreads and remakes. Robocop (Feb.), TMNT (Aug.), Godzilla (May), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (July), XMen: Days of Future Past (May), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April), The Amazing SpiderMan 2 (May) and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (Nov.) are no slouches. Consider the mighty Marvel swagger these days, those three comic book movies alone may rack up a couple billion worldwide. What I’m saying is, no need to worry about a Hollywood CEO bailout any time soon. In fact, there are a couple of potential new franchises in the works. Divergent (March), which is based on the young adult novel of the same name, features Shailene Woodley getting her “Katniss Everdeen” on. Is it a license to print money like Hunger Games and Twilight or flop fodder like The Mortal Instruments or Beautiful Creatures? Guardians of the Galaxy (Aug.) features a talking, gun-toting raccoon in space, so you can say it’s a new approach for Marvel movies. Then there’s Big Hero 6 (Nov.), the first animated film spawned from the Disney/Marvel union. Did I mention that there are a few somewhat original big movies too? Noah (March) is Darren Aronofsky doing a bibli-

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lame it on kismet, chance or “the rain,” but something funky worked in 2013’s favor. For no discernible reason, the year offered up wildly brilliant unexpected gems (Upstream Color, Spring Breakers) and triumphant blockbusters with brains (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Iron Man 3, Man of Steel). Looking forward, 2015 is jam packed with the single most anticipated docket of films ever scheduled, ranging from Avengers: The Age of Ultron early in the year to Star Wars Episode VII in December. Sandwiched in the middle is 2014. The year nobody cares about. Let’s try to drum up some excitement anyway.

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire A The best sci-fi sequel since Empire Strikes Back. Nebraska BAnother nice, quiet, muted film from the master of such content. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug B+ Legolas is back to remove orc heads from orc bodies! READER RECOMMENDS

Frozen AEither a throwback to the modern-classic Disney period or the start of a new one.

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cal epic…so, yeah, I’m sold. Jupiter Ascending (July) is the first action/sci-fi movie from the Wachowskis since The Matrix trilogy. Interstellar (Nov.) is Christopher Nolan’s first non-Batman film since Inception. His former cinematographer, Wally Pfiester, makes his directorial debut with Johnny Depp in Transcendence (April). So there’s tons of original content to be excited about! So long as you understand it’s all made by white dudes and Transformers 4 (June) will win the box office crown.

Show Me NO Money! That isn’t to say fans of indie jams don’t have a few things to look forward to, even if the release dates are unclear right now.

And that ain’t all, folks! Lunatic creative genius Gaspar Noe is reportedly doing The Golden Suicides, which was written by Brett Easton Ellis and Gus Van Sant. Charlie Kaufman’s follow-up to the insanely dense but totally worth it Synecdoche New York is in the works; titled Frank or Francis, the script is bonkers by all accounts, which is kind of what you’d expect from a guy who dressed John Malkovich in drag inside his own head. Werner “Looks like a supervillain, directs like a God” Herzog is set to adapt Vernon God Little, a disturbing satire about childhood murder. And, finally, after directing three films in 15 years, Terrence Malick is set to release his third film in four years. Knight of Cups features Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Nick Offerman and shut up and take my money. They may not get the press or the bluster of the blustery blockbusters, but these indie flicks are the secret sauce behind 2014’s taste of glory.

Oscar Predictions

Whereas big-budget movies plant their flag in a calendar and scare other movies out of that release date, indie movies typically wait until the carnage caused by the blockbuster big boys is done and then slide into the space remaining. And there are some potentially amazing sliders this year. Z for Zachariah is director Craig Zobel’s follow up to last year’s Compliance, which was really well made and super icky. This tale of a girl in the postapocalypse doesn’t sound all that less icky, but it probably involves a lot less sexual assault. At least, a guy can hope. Director Paul Thomas Anderson, who has yet to make a bad movie, is working on an adaptation of unadaptable novelist Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice, which could hit in 2014. ON DVD

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints A An outlaw fairy tale that’s equal parts Shakespeare and Terrence Malick. Kick-Ass 2 Asses are kicked but you won’t care much.

The Lone Ranger F Prompts lots of discussion: like is it more racist or more stupid?

People love to hate the Oscars. I hate to love the Oscars, but I kinda do. Say what you will about their relevance, we still mentally note the Best Picture, Actor and Actress winners from each year and can recall them decades later. As such, here are my predictions before all potential nominees have even had their qualifying runs in theater. Best Actor – Chiewetel Ejiofer (12 Years a Slave), Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) and Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) should keep Oscar night free. That last spot will be a dogfight between Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street), Forest Whitaker (The Butler) and Robert Redford (All is Lost). When the dust settles, I feel like Hanks has his hands on a record breaker. Best Actress – Meryl Streep made a movie this year (August: Osage County) so there are only four spots left. Also, we already know the four other nominees. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Sandra Bullock (Gravity), Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks) and Judi Dench (Philomena). I’m telling you, those are the nominees. Less clear is who will win. My gut says Blanchett, but Bullock may have the momentum. And it’s hard to stop that momentum in space. Best Picture – There’s no way that Gravity and 12 Years a Slave don’t get nods. I’d throw Saving Mr. Banks, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Butler and American Hustle in there too. I think this is a year Oscar maxes out with 10 best pics again, so I’m thinking the final three spots go to Captain Phillips, August: Osage County and Inside Llewyn Davis. It’s so early to pick a winner, but I’m gonna try. I think 12 Years a Slave takes home the trophy, negating the one given to Crash. ,

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Obamacare Offers Options for All Types of Diabetes

hat exactly does the new Affordable Care Act mean for you if you suffer from Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes? In addition to not being turned away because of your preexisting condition, you cannot be charged more because of your diagnosis or refused treatment. According to Diabeticcare.com, there are four criteria that will be used to figure out your costs. These are: 1. Age 2. Tobacco use 3. Where you live 4. Family size. It’s an amazing change according to twenty-something diabetic, Karmel Allison. In a recent blog post, she said she went to her state’s ACA exchange to check out her health care plan options and was pleased at only having to answer the above four questions. “I filled out the simple questionnaire on the website to see my options. They asked me about my age, my income, my family size. And that was it. No medical history. And then I was presented with options. The same options my healthyyoung-male husband sees. The same options every late-twenty-something sees.” Allison said it was nice to know she has options, just like everyone else. Key things to choosing a health care plan if you are diabetic: n Dlife.com recommends that you save money by choosing an option with the lowest annual cost to you. What does this mean? Look for the plan with the lowest monthly costs because that means you will usually end up paying less in overall fixed medical expenses. A good way to figure out potential costs is to compare the total annual cost of premiums among your plan options and add on the costs of medical expenses that you know you will have during the year. Then see which Tier plan will cost you the least per month. n Consider your selection of specialists and doctors. A Standupforhealthcare. org article suggests Tiers with higher premiums such as the Gold and Platinum Tiers often offer a “broader network” of physicians and providers. n Look for subsidies and financial help. The American Diabetes Association reminds those with diabetes that citizens of the United States as well as legal immigrants that have lower household incomes may qualify for assistance in paying for premiums through a newly created tax credit. Those who make the least are eligible for the most financial help. n Use a Health Savings Account to pay for health care as you go. According to Dlife.com, the Internal Revenue Service has a more extensive list of acceptable medical expenses that can be covered with a Health Savings Account. This list includes many more services than a health insurance company covers and that’s an added perk. n Get more bang for your buck Standupforhealthcare.org urges you to look for “value-based elements” or those plans that offer you incentives for taking advantage of preventive measures, including medical procedures and medications that have been proven to be effective. These types of plans may waive fees for certain services if it can help prevent major medical expenses in the future. So copayments for certain screenings, such as a diabetic foot check, may be put aside. The American Diabetes Association has put together a fact sheet to help you better choose health care plan that addresses your diabetes. Or you can call 1-800-DIABETES (342-2383).

y now we all know that the deadline to enroll for a new health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act is March 31. Those who have already signed up for plans will see their new health care coverage begin Jan. 1 of next year. But what happens if you decide you are not going to enroll in a new health care plan? The short answer is, it depends. If you already have insurance through your employer or you have your own health care plan that you pay for already, nothing will happen. You just continue with the plan you have. If you are uninsured, you must enroll in a health care plan by March 31 or you will face a monetary penalty.

Additionally, penalties are pro-rated so if you have coverage for part of the year and not all of it, you won’t be fined for the entire year. Also, CNN Money says if individuals are uninsured for less than three months, they will not be fined either. Those who are assessed fees will have to pay a fee for each month they are uninsured in 2014. ObamacareFacts.com explains these fines will be listed on individuals’ tax returns. Clearly, there are benefits to enrolling by March 31st if you don’t have a health insurance plan right now.

What happens if I don’t have health insurance Jan. 1?

Penalty amounts BusinessInsider.com says the penalties will work on a sliding scale, with the least amount assessed in 2014 and fines rising each subsequent year. To give you an idea of the fees, BusinessInsider.com provides the following list of the penalties that will be assessed over each of the next three years: 2014: n Families — $285 or 1% of total household income, the larger of the two amounts. n Individual adults — $95 or 1% of total household income. 2015: n Families — $975 or 2% of income, whichever is greater. n Individual adults — $325 or 2% of income. 2016: n Families — $2,085 or 2.5% of income, the bigger of the two. n Individual adults — $695 or 2.5% of income.

What about the cost of these new plans? If you “earn less than 138% of the poverty level,” you will still have access to Medicaid according to BusinessInsider.com. For those who are worried about the expense of signing up for a new health care plan, Kaiser Family Foundation offers a health subsidy calculator you can use to see if you qualify for financial assistance to help defray the costs of your new health insurance plan. So who is exactly required to get health insurance? Intuit Labs says if “your annual income is less than $9,350 or household income is less than $18,700, you won’t be required to get health insurance next year.” And if more than 8% of your yearly pay goes toward your premiums, you do not have to purchase health insurance either. Where to start Check out healthcare.gov to begin looking at health care plans that might be right for you. Remember that until you pay your first monthly premium, you cannot begin taking advantage of your health care benefits.