About

This Week In Lincoln is a newsletter from Tynan Stewart, a freelance journalist and resident of Lincoln, Nebraska.

Here's what you'll get if you sign up:

• A list of local events in your inbox, every Thursday morning. They'll be selected and curated by me. There's way too much stuff happening every weekend, so I can't include everything. You'll likely see a heavy bias towards arts and culture (cause that's what interests me!), but I try not to neglect the other important stuff, like city council meetings, protests, and mutual aid events.
• Occasional standalone essays or reported pieces. For example: I've written this review of folklorist Roger Welsch's out-of-print travel guide Inside Lincoln, coverage of Lincoln's No Kings protests against the Trump administration, and a reflection on a new exhibit at the Sheldon that challenges the idea of America as a cultural "melting pot."
• Guest essays from local writers! Local neighborhood organizer Brent Lucke wrote this great tribute to former Lincoln mayor Coleen Seng and her legacy of community building. If you're a writer and have ideas you think would be a good fit for the newsletter, hit me up.

I created This Week In Lincoln because I was sick of how hard it is to find a simple events calendar! I love browsing the bulletin boards at Meadowlark and Cultiva, but it's impossible to find a good, community-focused calendar that's simple, up-to-date and accessible online.

If you have an event you think is a good fit for my weekly event roundups, you're welcome to send it to me. I just ask that you please do so through this form. (Sorry, but it's much harder on me to accept things by email. The form ensures that I get all the info I need.) I try to get those posts out by 11 am on Thursday. If you send me something any later than, say, 9 am that morning, I can't guarantee I'll see it.

Thanks for reading! And if you like what I'm doing here, please share the newsletter with your friends, and consider signing up for a paid subscription to support this project. It takes a significant amount of time each week to curate events that actually look interesting. Your support will help make that work sustainable!

You can reach me by email at tynanstewart@proton.me

You can also send me stuff in the regular mail: PO Box 94624, Lincoln, NE 68509