Walter Scott News

'Racism can destroy America', says H. J. Harris author of America the Racist?, a must read for white and black Americans as current events unfold from police shootings of black men, the racist massacre of 9 black Americans in a Bible study class is Charleston, South Carolina, to the killing of 5 police officers in Dallas, Texas. America the Racist?, a 172 page book sets forth a concise, easy to read, historical, spiritual, and psychological treatment of Racism in America - its causes, evolution and possibilities for the future.

Morisseau's explanation of the Detroit riots makes a lot of sense, and resonates with my understanding of what happened last year in Baltimore. Morisseau's thesis is that the black citizens of Detroit were not crazy, just reacting to an ongoing culture of police abuse, and that abusive police and military responses were to blame for most of what went wrong once the spark of protest had been struck by the raid of an unlicensed after-hours drinking club known as a 'blind pig.'

Led by two sons of one of the most famous jazz pianists of all times, The Brubeck Brothers Jazz Quartet puts a fresh spin on traditional jazz. Omaha Performing Arts presents The Brubeck Brothers Jazz Quartet - Tribute to Dave Brubeck today, February 26, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. in the Scott Recital Hall of the Holland Performing Arts Center.

There are two nights of great live music at the 1200 Club inside the Holland Performing Arts Center in March: Omaha musician Matt Whipkey will play his celebrated concept album, Penny Park: Omaha, NE: 1989, in its entirety with special guest Rothsteen on Friday, March 4. The following night, March 5, mesmerizing French vocalist Cyrille Aime?e will perform a mix of American standards and gypsy jazz, with touches of Brazilian and French pop. Both concerts start at 8:00 p.m. in the Scott Recital Hall of the Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St.

William Peace Theatre presents William Shakespeare's timeless comedy, Twelfth Night, February 25 - 28 in Leggett Theatre on the campus of William Peace University. 

 Lamplighters Music Theatre will produce Gilbert & Sullivan's Ruddygore this winter, a comic masterpiece that melds the world of Jane Austen with a good old-fashioned English ghost story and a dash of Wuthering Heights romance. 

Led by two sons of one of the most famous jazz pianists of all times, The Brubeck Brothers Jazz Quartet puts a fresh spin on traditional jazz. Omaha Performing Arts presents The Brubeck Brothers Jazz Quartet - Tribute to Dave Brubeck on Friday, February 26, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. in the Scott Recital Hall of the Holland Performing Arts Center.

Oprah Winfrey hosted over 100 faith and spiritual leaders for a special advance screening of the upcoming landmark television series 'Belief,' which explores faith and spirituality around the world

?The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera will bring the Scottish highlands to the Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC) again in Lucia di Lammermoor.

San Francisco Opera today announced cast changes for the Company's new production of Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, presented October 8-28, 2015, and for Mozart's The Magic Flute, presented October 20-November 20, at the War Memorial Opera House.

Omaha Performing Arts announces a performance by Matt Whipkey has been added to Omaha Performing Arts' 2015/16 Season. Whipkey will perform the entire Penny Park: Omaha, NE: 1989 album on Friday, March 4, 2016, at 8:00 p.m. in the 1200 Club of the Holland Performing Arts Center, 1200 Douglas St. Tickets are available through Ticket Omaha as an add-on to season ticket packages; the on-sale date for individual tickets will be announced at a later date. To add tickets to Whipkey to a 15/16 season ticket package, go online to TicketOmaha.com, call 402.345.0606 or go to the Ticket Omaha Office inside the Holland Center, 1200 Douglas St.

WASHINGTON, DC - The Online News Association today announced finalists for its 2015 Online Journalism Awards, representing a wide range of nonprofit, public, academic, major media, and emerging technology organizations from around the globe.

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When artists get together, magic happens. When they get together for social issues, change happens. That is what Daniel J. Watts (Whorl Inside A Loop, After Midnight), Wilkie Ferguson (Porgy n' Bess, Post Modern Jukebox), and Nicholas Christopher (Motown, Whorl Inside A Loop) hope to achieve upon the release of a new track and concept video entitled Another One. Check it out below!

Lester Holt will anchor 'NBC Nightly News' from North Charleston, South Carolina tonight as the country reacts to the shooting death of an unarmed black man by a white police officer. Officer Michael Slager was arrested and charged with murder on Tuesday after cellphone video emerged showing him fatally shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back.

Omaha Performing Arts' 2015/2016 Season will include a celebration of the organization's 10th anniversary, Celebrate 10. Details on the festivities as well as the 15/16 Season were announced during a subscriber and patron event at the Holland Performing Arts Center on March 23. Special performances by cast members of Disney's NEWSIES and Celia Hottenstein and Eric Ruiz, who star as Christina and Raoul in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, were part of the announcement. The dance troupe BANDALOOP opened the event with an awe-inspiring aerial performance.

Omaha Performing Arts presents Fredericks Brown in the Scott Recital Hall at the Holland Performing Arts Center tonight, March 19, at 7:30 p.m.

The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Series continues in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre at 1 pm today, March 14, 2015 with Rossini's LA DONNA DEL LAGO.

Omaha Performing Arts presents Fredericks Brown in the Scott Recital Hall at the Holland Performing Arts Center on Thursday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m.

The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Series continues in the Nancy Marine Studio Theatre at 1 pm on March 14, 2015 with Rossini's LA DONNA DEL LAGO.