Sep 16, 2018 12:41PM ● By Daisy Hutzell-Rodman
The origins of the first homecoming celebration are unclear. Baylor University, Southwestern University, the University of Illinois, and the...
Jun 20, 2018 01:16PM ● By Matthew Bogseth
Nebraska Uncle Sam Jam! July 3 at Oak Lake Park, First and Charleston streets, Lincoln. Bring the whole family to Lincoln’s official celebra...
May 02, 2018 05:01PM ● By Matt Bogseth
Nebraska Cranes: Taking Flight Through May 13 at the Museum of Nebraska Art, 2401 Central Ave., Kearney. This showcase contains various art ...
Jan 19, 2018 02:41PM ● By Daisy Hutzell-Rodman
My grandparents owned a small grocery business in central Iowa—Shinn’s By-Lo Foods. The business was started by my great-grandparents and so...
Sep 01, 2017 09:46AM ● By Margaret Davenport
State of Nebraska Apple Jack Festival Sept. 15-17, various locations, Nebraska City. Drawing 60,000-80,000 people to Nebraska City every ye...
Jul 06, 2017 12:51PM ● By Blair Emsick
Nebraska The Good Living Tour July and August, various locations. The third-annual ambitious concert series, produced by Hear Nebraska, conn...
May 01, 2017 11:39AM ● By Will Patterson
Nebraska Buddy Guy. May 4 at Lied Center for Performing Arts, Lincoln. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and six-time Grammy Award winner ...
Apr 27, 2017 02:22PM ● By Daisy Hutzell-Rodman
I have written frequently about growing up in small-town Iowa. My father farmed for 30 years, and his parents farmed. I have always felt the...
Aug 26, 2016 05:52PM ● By Jared Kennedy
To speak in archetypal clichés—without knowing where you came from, it can be difficult to understand where you are going. Nestled just sout...
Aug 26, 2016 05:45PM ● By Kara Schweiss
When Les and Ce Ann Zanotti built a house in Glen Oaks Estates (south of 99th Street and West Center Road) in 1972, the couple—from Iowa and...
May 26, 2016 01:49PM ● By Judy Horan
World War II ended 70 years ago, but Myron Roker still feels the pain of battle. He served with 324th Infantry Regiment of the 44th Infantr...
Nov 03, 2015 02:27PM ● By David Williams
Henry David Thoreau had Walden Pond. Yogi and Boo-Boo had Jellystone Park. Mary and Alex Graeve have Hitchcock Nature Center.Their backyard ...
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