March 2024

Rehmeier discusses ‘Snack Shack’ at NC Rotary meeting

Two years ago, writer-director Adam Rehmeier approached the Nebraska City City Council with what he described as “a Hail Mary with nothing greenlit”—a request to film his next movie, “Snack Shack,” in Nebraska City.“We had so many huge ‘asks’,” Rehmeier told the Nebraska City Rotary Club on March 13, from closing city streets for filming to taking over the Steinhart Aquatic Center during busy summer days, “and Nebraska City never said ‘no.’”Rehmeier wrote his semi-autobiographical screenplay during the 2020 pandemic, working from a collection of notecards of events he recalled from summers growing up in Nebraska City.

Read MoreRehmeier discusses ‘Snack Shack’ at NC Rotary meeting

Soapbox Reverie

I haven’t bored you with any “soapbox” thoughts for quite a while.A couple of things happened this past week that I think I’ll climb up on it and at least let you know my thoughts on the subject.I was standing in the checkout line in a Lincoln store when the lady ahead of me turned around and started a conversation.

Read MoreSoapbox Reverie