Honeybee at the Bemis from Lindsay Trapnell on Vimeo.

Some photos I took while Honeybee was recording are up at the Slumber Party Records Flickr site if you want to check them out.

*the link should now correctly take you to the Flickr site – sorry!

An article I wrote on Whoop Dee Doo’s upcoming performance at the Bemis ran this week in the CW. You can see it online here or click on the image below.

If you’re reading this from Omaha, it sounds like an awesome event. I really wish I could go but I’m heading to Kansas City this weekend with my family. So if you go let me know how it was.

Bemis hosted the Creativity Festival, a series of awesome free events from Thursday through Saturday – music, exhibitions, panels, workshops, open studio tours – it was really fun, informative, and inspiring.

Much of the conference was devoted to talking about “creative communities” and how to foster, support and keep them alive and buzzing. It’s clear that the Bemis is dedicated to promoting and helping develop the arts in Omaha, a task that they see as vital to the health of a city or community. I wish all cities would be committed to that same purpose, even if it’s at the expense of business or economy at times.

Anyway, here are some photos from the festival:

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On Friday we exited the Bemis to this sight.

Here is the other intersecting street.

Yeah, we were stranded.