A Week with the Best of the Best
by Erin Poor, Michele Tilley and Matthew Boring In the spring of 2018 two of the nation’s top performing arts ensembles, American Ballet Theater (ABT) and the St. Louis Symphony (SLSO), converged at the...
Category: Arts & Culture
Lincoln’s Unique Attractions
by Julie Nichols More than a city surrounded by cornfields or famed as the home of Nebraska Cornhusker football, Lincoln offers a variety of unique museums, architectural tours, nature centers, gardens and parks. Whether you...
Lincoln Wine
If you ask a non-Nebraskan what the Cornhusker state is known for, you’ll likely hear corn, cows and of course football. However, there is more to the state once known as the Great American...
Pinnacle Bank Arena
By Charlyne Berens Less than a decade ago, the space just west of Seventh and R streets in Lincoln’s Haymarket was a tangle of railroad tracks. The only traffic was the multiple freight trains...
It’s All Downtown
by Cynthia S. Peterson As recently as 2003, downtown Lincoln was described as “OK” but certainly not as “vibrant” and “energetic.” The Pinnacle Bank Arena was still on the drawing board. The burst of development...
Public Gardens Splash the City with Color
by Judy Shutts The Sunken Gardens—a hidden oasis in the heart of Lincoln. The Rotary Pavilion with its lacy domed top greets visitors as they enter the gardens. The dome is made of individual...
Tower on the Plains
by Julie Nichols The Nebraska State Capitol houses the executive and judicial offices of Nebraska and is home to the only unicameral legislature in the U.S. Designed by New York architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue...
Many Cultures Call Lincoln Home
by Sriyani Tidball “Now we’re one of the top twenty cities in America for new arrivals from abroad. Our supermarkets and schools are bursting with refugees from Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Hungary, and Ethiopia....
College Town
Lincoln is Nebraska’s capital, but it is absolutely a college town, too–. From the flagship campus of Nebraska’s state university to our smaller private and public schools, Lincoln offers a variety of higher education...
The Kennard House
by Ed Zimmer The oldest home in Lincoln, Nebraska stands just down the street from the southeast corner of the Nebraska State Capitol grounds, at 1627 H Street. In front of the handsome Italianate...
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