We Love Lincoln
A recent Gallup poll stated that the city with the best ‘well-being in all of America’ is Lincoln, Nebraska. We scored a whopping 72.8 on Gallup’s well-being index for quality of life! Naturally, we in...
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Spring and Summer, Baseball is the Center of Lincoln
by Karen Brokaw Lincoln’s Haymarket with the new Railyard, is a hopping place and once you are there, consider hopping on over to Haymarket Park to enjoy the crack of the bat, sizzling brats, and...
The Buildings of F. C. Fiske: An Architectural Tour of Lincoln
by Ed Zimmer The population of Lincoln, Nebraska’s capital city, quadrupled in the 1880s, rising from 13,000 to 55,000. The boomtown drew ambitious young men eager to establish themselves like William Jennings Bryan and John...
TeamMates Mentoring Program
Together We Change Lives by Ann Teget A few years ago, TeamMates Executive Director Suzanne Hince was shocked to learn that a young lady who had participated in the TeamMates mentoring program had dropped out...
Memorable Summer Concerts at Pinewood Bowl
by Sriyani Tidball Every summer Lincoln adds a unique series of at least six summer concerts to Lincoln’s already full schedule of musical performances. Traditionally, the Pinewood Bowl hosted one local musical each summer, but starting in...
Growth on Lincoln’s City and East Campuses
by Charlyne Berens Joining the Big Ten conference in 2010 is part of it. Setting a goal to grow by 5,000 students is another part. A need for spaces where students and faculty can collaborate completes...
Exotic Fruits and Vegetables Fill the Local Markets
by Sriyani Tidball Buy local, support local farms, buy organic, buy fresh, eat healthy — Lincoln supports an amazing array of summer farmers’ markets all around the city. With Lincoln choosing fresher and more nutritious...
Lincoln Painter Keith Jacobshagen
by Steven Kerns One of Lincoln’s treasures has become a National Treasure. The sky…our midwestern plains sky…captured with oils on canvas as only he can do it…beautiful…unmistakable…unforgettable… Lincoln has a precious commodity in artist Keith...
Lincoln Loves Tennis, Jack Sock and Woods Park Tennis Center
by Susan Larson Rodenburg Lincolnites are happy to celebrate hometown heroes and they recently added young professional tennis player Jack Sock to the list. The 22-year-old Lincoln native is one of the highest ranked American...
Getting Around the City
StarTran, Lincoln’s public bus system, provides a convenient, reliable, comfortable, safe and affordable way to explore Lincoln. StarTran buses operate throughout Lincoln, carrying passengers to popular attractions, shopping centers and residential areas from 5:15 a.m....
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