by Erik Brodin Higgins Founded in 2019, the Lincoln Crossroads Music Festival brings together international touring artists and local musicians and storytellers in a week-long celebration of Nebraska’s rich cultural heritage. Over the Festival’s nine...
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”...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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