“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”...
Category: Recreation & Leisure
Beer Drinking in Lincoln
by Tyler A. Thomas author of Nebraska Beer Great Plains History by the Pint and founder/managing editor of NebraskaFoodie.com If you’re visiting Lincoln for the first time or haven’t been back in a while, it...
The Lincoln Children’s Zoo hand-raises a Humboldt Penguin Chick
On May 11, 2021, the Zoo welcomed its first-ever Humboldt penguin chick into the world! Born to parents Bella and Arnie, Pebbles has shown from the beginning that she is a fighter. Unfortunately, before Pebbles...
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...
The Rococo Theatre
The Rococo Theatre, restored to its 1929 beauty, is Lincoln’s high-end concert venue that provides the intimate setting for a wide variety of entertainment, including critically acclaimed comedians, internationally renowned musicians, New York Times best-selling...
Natural History at Morrill Hall
by Caroline Clements When E.H. Barbour arrived as the University of Nebraska State Museum (UNSM) director in 1891, he brought a passion for science and a desire to share that knowledge with children. In May...
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...
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