• Mothers, Eklectica, Thick Paint play O’Leaver’s; Dirty Talker’s Brendan McGinn added to Omaha Film Festival; Multidimensional Cowboy’s meditative instrumental album; Puccini, Mozart compositions featured in Opera Omaha 2016-2017 schedule

• Terrace Martin among Nebraska natives honored at 2016 Grammys; Saddle Creek signs Brooklyn’s Big Thief; Mothers tonight at O’Leaver’s

• The New Philharmonic’s Kaziboni to conduct Omaha Symphony for Film Streams latest ‘Silents In Concert’; DIY fundraiser to help launch Omaha Zine Fest; SoFar Omaha releases folksy backyard Frontier Ruckus performance

• HN Workshop this weekend; The Crayons resurfaces with riffy, growling single, announces new EP; Photos of Reptar, Brothertiger, Eklectica, Breaters at Slowdown; Fuzz, Modern Baseball highlight packed weekend

• Flight Metaphor releases heavy self-titled album Saturday; The Bottle Tops to play Loene Hollis benefit concert; Reptar tonight

• Q&A with Michael Saklar of The Sun-Less Trio, which releases album Sunday; The Lincoln Symphony Orchestra season’s spooky first pops concert; Holland Stages Festival this weekend