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November 2010 NHS: Look Who's Sheltering Shelter Pets!

November 2010 Artfully Speaking

Camille Metoyer Moten and David Murphy have joined forces to produce a smooth blend of jazz and pop in a holiday album, A Simpler Christmas, and the results are simply wonderful.

by Keith Allerton for metroMAGAZINE

BRAVO! Sing for the Cure

It used to be the mere mention of cancer connoted a fatal prognosis. Thanks to medical science advances, however, many forms of the disease are highly treatable and survivable today. While it’s true the “Big C” doesn’t mean a sure death sentence anymore, it’s still a scary, serious, and often life-threatening condition. Indeed, cancer is so prevalent in America that almost everyone at some point is affected by it directly or indirectly. The diagnosis, even the word, still conjures feelings of anxiety, fear, resentment and other intense emotions.

by Leo Adam Biga for metromagazine

Cheryl Wild

I’m breaking out of jail now,” calls Cheryl Wild. “I’ll see you in 15 minutes.” No, I am not an accomplice to a prison break. It’s just Cheryl Wild’s tongue-in-cheek way of letting me know she’ll make our interview for this story. She volunteers at the Douglas County Correctional Facility, working with women inmates through a program called “Good News Jail Ministry.”

Artfully Speaking

It’s always fun to look ahead as theatres announce their upcoming seasons. With a wealth of theatre groups in the metro, we are treated to a wide diversity of offerings. Here are a few that I find particularly intriguing or exciting.

by Keith Allerton for metromagazine

Your Will If You Have No Will

Taking care of your estate plan is a difficult thing to do. First, you are busy. Second, you have to deal with the issues of death, money, your family, and taxes. I agree that where you are going on vacation is a much more interesting topic (although interestingly that is when many people decide it’s time to take care of their estate plan). Proper estate planning is time consuming, sometimes complex and the results are intangible.

by mary e. vandenack with PVW Law

BRAVO! Kent Bellows: Soul in Motion

When American realist artist Kent Bellows died in 2005, friends and family wanted his legacy to achieve wider recognition through a major exhibition and catalogue.

by Leo Adam Biga for metromagazine

Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen

How many years have you been a chef? 15 What or who inspired you to be a chef? Since I was 3 I was running around professional kitchens with my father helping out by peeling asparagus, making kabobs, peeling potatoes, etc…

August 2010 NHS: Look Who's Sheltering Shelter Pets!

The Keene family has “always” had dogs, and they have always been dogs who needed a second chance

Omaha Zoo’s Earth and Wine

The Henry Doorly Zoo is sponsoring an evening of education in a relaxing atmosphere filled with good food and wine. Award-winning National Geographic photographer and Nebraska native, Joel Sartore, will speak about conservationism and his latest book, RARE: Portraits of America’s Endangered Species.

by molly garriott