In partnership with Les Femmes Folles: Celebrating Women in Art and X-Rated Women in Music, House of Loom presents a live public discussion forum with four women in music and theatre, followed by a free performance.
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Laura Burhenn
Singer and songwriter for The Mynabirds, a collection of musicians based in Omaha. Their debut album, “What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood“, was produced by Richard Swift and released to critical acclaim by Saddle Creek in April of 2010. The Mynabirds are putting the finishing touches on their second album, hitting the road for a short US tour in March 2012, including dates in the midwest, on the west coast, and down south for SXSW. Themynabirds.com.
Howard
A young trio from Omaha, playing "keyboard-driven dance rock." The group hasn't been around long, but they're already making major splashes in the Nebraska music scene. They recently released an 8-track debut album. https://www.facebook.com/
Susann Suprenant
Co-founder of ætherplough, a nonprofit troupe that creates, produces, and presents contemporary performance in Omaha. For the Feb. 29 performance she will be performing in and directing time.laughs: a chamber reading for four voices, an original performance composition written by herself. Actors Kevin Lawler, Kristin Kluver and Thom Sibbitt will join her. http://
Felicia Webster, aka WithLove
Felicia, is a teaching artist, visual artist, poet and live performer and co-founder/host of VerBAL GUMbo, a spoken word event that promotes our rich diversity of culture and style. Bring your spoon to the House of LOOM every 3rd Thursday. She will be performing original poetry for the Feb. 29 event. Facebook.com/
Kirstin Kluver, a Creighton theatre graduate, has made a impact on the theatre and music scene, starring in Omaha Community Playhouse productions such as “Intimate Apparel” (2008), Guys and Dolls (2011) and Chicago (2011); she won a Theatre Arts Guild Award for her role in Guys and Dolls, and another in 2008 for Angels in America Part 2: Perestoika, which she starred in with SNAP! Productions. She has been nominated for a 2012 Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards for her role in Guys and Dolls as well. She’s also a hit on the music scene with late-night solo performances with aetherplough and various other productions. She will be acting in Susann’s time.laughs performance for the Feb. 29 event.
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Sally Deskins of Les Femmes Folles and Hilary Stohs-Krause, of X-Rated: Women in Music
Les Femmes Folles, a blog (including interviews, show features, updates, excerpts, poetry and prose, and question-and-answers by women writers) promoting and supporting the creative endeavors of women (inside and outside of the founding-state of Nebraska) artists of all practices and genres, by sharing their stories. The blog has expanded outside its web-reach to produce not-for-profit public events supporting these women. femmesfollesnebraska.tumbl
X-Rated: Women in Music is a multimedia blog and community radio show focusing on women in music. Every Thursday from 1:05 to 3 p.m. CST, streaming live athttp://www.kzum.org/ or on the dial at 89.3FM in Lincoln, Neb., focusing on music with a beat — rock, hip hop, electronica, dubstep, swing, soul, punk, pop, indie — with occasional forays into folk. Emphasis on local and regional musicians and bands. Published on Hear Nebraska (http://