“Lincoln Commercial Club” – What Was (and Is) It?
by Ed Zimmer, Lincoln historian Just three years after the tiny town of Lancaster was chosen in 1867 as the capital site of the new State of Nebraska, local boosters organized a “Board of Trade”...
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Renovations underway to build a bigger, better Lincoln Airport
The LNK NEXT project will modernize the 50-year-old terminal, adding two gates, growing capacity and leaving room for further expansion in the future. A year from now, Lincoln’s airport will look a whole lot different....
A College Town Too
by Rayna Collins, Photography by Tom Tidball Lincoln is a college town—from the University of Nebraska’s flagship school to quality smaller private and public institutions, Lincoln provides advanced learning opportunities to expand knowledge, skills and...
Great Walking Trails Around the City
by Sriyani Tidball, photography by Tom Tidball Lincoln boasts of many wonderful running trails, hiking trails, walking trails and more. If you are looking for hand-curated trail maps and driving directions and detailed reviews from...
Living Downtown
by Patty Beutler, photography by Tom Tidball Jane Hood is an urban pioneer of sorts; she made downtown Lincoln her home more than 30 years ago, when city-center dwellers were not so many, and amenities...
Nebraska Football
by Ken Hambleton Win or lose, the traditions of Nebraska football have never wavered. From the beginning, when trainloads of Husker fans, actually fans of the Old Gold Knights at the time, traveled to Omaha...
Lincoln’s “Largest Community Center” Celebrate
by Amy Dickerson While the Lancaster Event Center (LEC) Fairgrounds is now a nationally recognized venue home to more than 320 local to national events year-round in Lincoln, Nebraska, its unique history is not well...
Cornhusker State Games
by Dave Mlnarik The Cornhusker State Games, held annually in mid-July, is one of the nation’s largest multi-sport athletic festivals with some 70 different sports conducted at more than 50 different venues, primarily in Lincoln...
Local Wine (& Cider) Excellence
by Jeff Korbelik James Arthur Vineyards has produced numerous award-winning wines over the years, but 2021 marked the first time JAV entered and won an award for one of its Curveball Ciders. Double Play, a...
The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
by Meghan Stratman The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center offers an alternative to commercial movie theaters and shows the critically acclaimed films you won’t see anywhere else in town. Located at 13th and R...
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