What to do this weekend - August 14, 2025
Hi,
Welcome to This Week In Lincoln.
I'll be keeping today's newsletter pretty short. (Well, except for the events calendar below; plenty of stuff there!) But look for a separate post that's maybe going out on Sunday, though that could change depending on how much other work I get done today and tomorrow. I've been working on a standalone piece — i.e., not the usual events calendar — about something Lincoln-related that I'm excited to share with you! Stay tuned.
I also met a bunch of awesome people while tabling at the Salt Creek Zine Fest last Saturday! Thanks to everyone who stopped by and looked at my silly little zines or picked up a flyer for the newsletter. You're really cool.
If you didn't make it, you're still pretty cool. Just make sure to swing by the Uni Place Creative District Maker’s Market on Sunday, where I will once again be selling my art. If you say hello, I'll upgrade you to the status of "really cool."
As a preview, here are some (bad) photos of my table from Saturday:
I also had a good time at No Coast's 20th Anniversary game on Saturday. Here's a bad photo of them kicking ass:
And finally, here is a truly abysmal photo of a very friendly cat who followed us around our neighborhood on Sunday. Sorry for not capturing his likeness very well but he kept rolling around on the ground and I am also not good at this:
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~ Ty
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Thursday, August 14
Thursday, August 14
Film: Sorry, Baby
+ When: 7:15 pm
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $12
More details from the Ross's website: "Something bad happened to Agnes. But life goes on… for everyone around her, at least. When a beloved friend visits on the brink of a major milestone, Agnes starts to realize just how stuck she’s been, and begins to work through how to move forward."
More showings are scheduled through August 21!
Thursday, August 14
Film: The Last Class
+ When: 5 pm
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10
More details from the Ross's website: "Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich always considered teaching his true calling. As he faces his final class, he wrestles with the dual realities of his own aging and his students inheriting a world out of balance."
More showings scheduled through August 21!
Thursday, August 14
Music: BoomChank
+ When: 6 pm
+ Where: The Zoo Bar (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $17.20 including online fees (Buy tickets here)
Thursday, August 14
Music: The Burroughs
+ When: 9 pm
+ Where: The Zoo Bar (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $17.20 including online fees (Buy tickets here)
Thursday, August 14
Music: KJ Teder + Lou Lou Louie + Mouseheart
+ When: 9 pm
+ Where: Bodega's Alley (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $5 cover
Some cool local acts! Here are links to their stuff:
+ KJ Teder: website / spotify / insta
+ Lou Lou Louie: spotify / insta
+ Mouseheart: insta
Thursday, August 14
Poetry: Lincoln Poetry Slam! (presented by the Nebraska Writers Collective)
+ When: 6:30 pm (doors), 7 to 9 pm (event)
+ Where: Larksong Writers Place, 1600 N. Cotner (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
Thursday, August 14
Public Meeting: Historic Preservation Commission
+ When: 2 to 4:30 pm
+ Where: County/City Building, 555 S 10th St. (Google Maps)
This meeting is open to the public. The agenda can be found here.
Thursday, August 14
Public Meeting: Water 2.0: Securing Lincoln’s Second Source - Public Information Meeting
+ When: 5:30 to 7:30 pm
+ Where: Gibson Hall, 101 West Eldora Ave., Weeping Water, NE 68463 (Google Maps)
This is open to the public! It's a bit far from Lincoln itself, but if you missed last night's meeting then you might want to check this one out.
Thursday, August 14
Social: Weekly Leftist Meetup
+ When: 5:30 to 7 pm
+ Where: Crescent Moon Coffee, 140 N 8th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
Organized by Lincoln's DSA branch. From their Instagram: "New Month; New Meetup Location! Join us at Crescent Moon Coffee any Thursday this month from 5:30-7pm. Come meet some other left leaning fellows and chat, share, or just listen and learn a bit about us. Drop-in/Drop-out at your leisure. Hope to see ya at one!"
Thursday, August 14
Sports: UNL Women's Soccer vs. Southern Indiana
+ When: 7:05 pm
+ Where: Hibner Soccer Stadium (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Tickets start at $9
Friday, August 15
Friday, August 15
Books: Silent Book Club
+ When: 7:30 to 11 pm
+ Where: Branched Oak Observatory (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
Bring a book of your choice and read quietly. Optional discussion and tour of the observatory later in the evening. Find more details on the event page!
Friday, August 15
Film: Lincoln Airport's Outdoor Movie Night: Top Gun Maverick
+ When: 7 pm (movie begins when it gets dark)
+ Where: 3801 NW 34th St. Lincoln, NE 68524 (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
More details from the airport's Facebook page: "It’s Aviation Night! Come enjoy a fly evening with us and connect with local aviation experts. ArtBus LNK is back, along with a delicious lineup of food trucks. Don’t miss the fan-favorite paper airplane contest! Friendship Home will be collecting back-to-school items for their donation drive."
The movie will be projected on the side of the airport hanger, for whatever that's worth. I haven't been to one of these so I have no idea what the quality will be like! But it could be fun.
Friday, August 15
Music: Blowing Chunks + Doom Scroll + Not Ben Shin
+ When: 8 pm
+ Where: 1867 Bar (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $13 cover
From the bar's Facebook page: "This one’s bittersweet — it’s Nikki’s last show with Blowing Chunks before she and her partner Dustin move out of Nebraska. 🖤 Come rage, reminisce, and send them off the only way we know how — LOUD."
Friday, August 15
Theater: Disney's Frozen
+ When: 7 pm
+ Where: Lied Center (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Tickets start at $25.50
It's Frozen. You know what it is. Do I really need to say anything else? Performances continue through Sunday, August 24.
Friday, August 15
Theater: Pirated!
+ When: 7:30 pm
+ Where: Nebraska Communities Playhouse, 217 Locust St, Hickman, NE 68372 (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $26 for adults, including fees (Buy tickets here)
From the theater's website: "It’s 1933 and a tyrannical filmmaker has come upon callous business plan. Step one: Hire all of the out of work silent movie starts whose voices could not make the transition into the “talkies”. Step two: hire all of those folks with gorgeous voices and less then camera ready faces to supply them form them. Step three: Pay them a pittance (cause they are just glad to have a job) and sprinkle in some contract shenanigans. What could possibly go wrong? When production goes off the rails hilarity ensues in a mad-cap slap-shtick romp, with echoes of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan Pirates of Penzance all polished up for contemporary audiences."
Performances continue through Sunday, August 24.
Friday, August 15
Theater: Punk Rock Romeo & Juliet
+ When: 7 to 10 pm
+ Where: Wyuka Stables (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Tickets start at $17.50 for today's performance (though there's a limited supply of the cheapest tickets)
A production of the Flatwater Shakespeare Company. More details from their website: "Shakespeare gets a mohawk in this raw and rebellious take on Romeo and Juliet. Set in a gritty, guitar-fueled world where love and rage collide, Flatwater’s punk rock adaptation brings Verona’s feuding families to life with thrashing energy, DIY grit, and heart-on-your-sleeve passion."
Shows will continue through August 23.
Saturday, August 16
Saturday, August 16
Art: Telegraph District Art Show
+ When: 10 am to 4 pm
+ Where: Mill Coffee Telegraph, 330 S 21st St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free! But it's an art market with vendors so be prepared to buy stuff.
More details from the event Facebook page: "Join us for a day of creativity and community at the 4th Annual Telegraph District Art Show! This open-air event features talented local artists showcasing their work in a lively and welcoming atmosphere."
Saturday, August 16
Community: Summer Brake Light Clinic
+ When: 9 to 11 am
+ Where: Lutheran Family Services, 2301 O St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
Organized by the Lincoln DSA. More details from their Instagram post: "We are happy to be organizing this in collaboration with CIRA and Helping Neighbors LNK. If you would like to help or learn more please reach out. We will begin working on the next one for fall in September for an October BLC. Also Omaha DSA is working on theirs as well! Let's work to give people lights for their cars and bikes, and knowing their rights!"
Saturday, August 16
Community: Lincoln Alliance meeting
+ When: 10:30 am to noon
+ Where: Bennett Martin Public Library, Auditorium, 4th Floor (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
The group will be planning for a goal and vision setting meeting next month, currently scheduled for 10 am to 2 pm, September 20 tentatively at New Visions.
Saturday, August 16
Crafting: Gelli Printing - Fast & Furious w/ Ginger Wilson
+ When: 10 am to noon
+ Where: Clements Noyes Art Gallery (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $40
More details from the artist's Instagram post about the event: "If you’ve ever been curious about gelli printing, or just want a couple of hours to loosen up and play with color, come join me for a Beginner Gelli Printing Workshop!"
Space is limited! Call the gallery to sign-up.
Saturday, August 16
Market: Historic Haymarket Farmers' Market
+ When: 8 am to noon
+ Where: Haymarket (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free, but there will be plenty of vendors to buy from.
Josh Hoyer will be performing live.
Saturday, August 16
Music: Raw Nerve
+ When: 5 pm
+ Where: The Zoo Bar (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10
More details from the Zoo Bar's Facebook page: "Classic rock from your dentists...Doctors Pejsar, Jenkins, Schoettger, and Bavitz."
Saturday, August 16
Music: The Credentials
+ When: 9 pm
+ Where: The Zoo Bar (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10
An alt rock band from right here in Lincoln! Links to their stuff: bandcamp / insta / linktree
Sunday, August 17
Sunday, August 17
Drag: The King's Court - Drag Performance and Workshop
+ When: 8 to 10 pm
+ Where: DAME, 2713 N 48th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: No cover!
More details from DAME's Facebook page: "Here's a unique opportunity to come perform and get constructive feedback on a weekly basis! This event is hosted by Maena D'Luxian and will be held each Sunday at DAME. All performers are welcome— you don’t need to identify as a KING to participate. 21+ (Younger performers allowed on an individual basis.)"
Sunday, August 17
Market: Sunday Farmers' Market at College View
+ When: 10 am to 2 pm
+ Where: 4801 Prescott Ave. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free, but it's a farmer's market, so be prepared to spend money.
Sunday, August 17
Market: Uni Place Creative District Maker’s Market
+ When: 10 am to 2 pm
+ Where: 2649 North 48th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
I will also be tabling here!!! Come by and get some of my zines!!!
Sunday, August 17
Sports: UNL Women's Soccer vs. Missouri State
+ When: 1:05 pm
+ Where: Hibner Soccer Stadium (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Tickets start at $11
Things to do next week:
Monday, August 18
Public Meeting: Lincoln City Council
+ When: 3 to 5 pm
+ Where: Council Chambers in the County/City Building, 555 S. 10th Street (Google Maps)
This meeting is open to the public. The agenda has not yet been posted.
Tuesday, August 19
Film: Snack Shack
+ When: 7:30 pm
+ Where: Ross Media Arts Center (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $5
More details from the Ross's website: "Nebraska City, summer of 1991. Inseparable best friends AJ (Conor Sherry) and Moose (Gabriel LaBelle) seize the opportunity to run the local pool’s rundown snack shack after their plan to gamble on dog races and sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Dreaming of striking it rich, things take an unexpected turn when they meet summer visitor Brooke (Mika Abdalla), an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big summer plans, and their friendship, at risk."
Part of the Made in Nebraska Summer Series!
Wednesday, August 20
Public Meeting: Citizen Police Advisory Board
+ When: 4 to 5 pm
+ Where: City/County Building, Conference Room 303, 555 S 10th St (Google Maps)
This meeting is open to the public. You can find the agenda here.
Thursday, August 21
Public Meeting: Safe Streets Lincoln - Vision Zero Action Plan: Public Open House
+ When: 5 to 7 pm
+ Where: Elliott Elementary School, 225 S 25th St. (Google Maps)
More details from the city's website: "Lincoln Transportation and Utilities (LTU) and project team members will share safety data, present preliminary system-wide strategies, and invite feedback from attendees. Community input remains vital to shaping a plan that works for Lincoln. Community members are encouraged to attend, ask questions, and share insights that support safer streets."
Thursday, August 21
Social: Weekly Leftist Meetup
+ When: 5:30 to 7 pm
+ Where: Crescent Moon Coffee, 140 N 8th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
Organized by Lincoln's DSA branch. From their Instagram: "New Month; New Meetup Location! Join us at Crescent Moon Coffee any Thursday this month from 5:30-7pm. Come meet some other left leaning fellows and chat, share, or just listen and learn a bit about us. Drop-in/Drop-out at your leisure. Hope to see ya at one!"
Friday, August 22
Books: The Nebraska Heritage Book Club
+ When: noon to 1 pm
+ Where: Bennett Martin Public Library, 4th floor conference room (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
The book for August is The Long March Home by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee.
Saturday, August 23
Fundraiser: Help Your Neighbor for the Center for Legal Immigration Assistance
+ When: 5 to 8 pm
+ Where: Tierra Park, 2800 Tierra Dr. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Seems to be free to attend!
Come out and make signs for protests (supplies will be provided), and listen to live music from The Toasted Ponies, The Strange Bedfellows with Bev Jester, and The Tidball Barger Band. The organizers suggest that you bring lawn chairs or a blanket.
Things to do later this month and next:
Saturday, August 30
History: Introduction to Oral History Resources of Lincoln
+ When: 11 am to 12:30 pm
+ Where: Bennett Martin Public Library, Auditorium (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
From the library's website: "Join the Lincoln Lancaster County Genealogical Society for an introduction to their digitized 1980 Lincoln oral history resources!"
Saturday, August 30
Market: Y-Not Mini Market
+ When: noon to 5 pm
+ Where: Resonator Gallery at Turbine Flats, 2124 Y St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free! But it's a market so come buy things.
Friday, September 5
Art: Bugs & Bones: September First Friday at the Resonator
+ When: 5 to 8 pm
+ Where: Resonator Gallery at Turbine Flats, 2124 Y St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
More details from the event's Facebook page: "Join us at the Resonator Gallery this coming First Friday and enjoy locally made art, vendors and more! The exhibit "BUGS & BONES", features the unique works by local artists Caleb Dutton and Scott McDonald."
Friday, September 5
Art: September First Friday at the LUX
+ When: 5 to 8 pm
+ Where: LUX Center for the Arts, 2601 N 48th St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
A bunch of cool sounding exhibitions are opening! Go check them out!
More details from their website: "See work from Nathan Murray in Undercurrents in the West Gallery, Lead Me to Loose Me by Maddie Hinrichs in the East Gallery, the Lincoln Modern Quilt Guild Fall Exhibition in the Community Gallery, plus a brand new exhibition in the Lux Print Gallery."
Tuesday, September 9
Music: Mugshot + Iced Wrist + Your Own Knife
+ When: 6 pm (doors), 7 pm (show)
+ Where: Duffy's Tavern, 1412 O St. (Google Maps)
+ Cost: $10 advance tickets, $12 day of the show
Links to the bands' music and socials:
+ Mugshot: linktree / insta / merch
+ Iced Wrist: bandcamp / linktree / insta
+ Your Own Knife: bandcamp / linktree / insta
Saturday, September 13
Market: Community Free Market
+ When: 10 to 11:30 am
+ Where: Seng Park, 49th & Garland (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
From the Facebook page: "It’s like a yard sale, except everything is free!” Celebrating 13 years! Find more details at the link above.
Saturday, September 20
Art: Art in the Garden
+ When: 10 am to 6 pm
+ Where: Sunken Gardens (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
Presented by Clements Noyes Art Gallery. More details from the event's Facebook page: "Join us for our annual family-friendly Art Show & Sale in Lincoln's beautiful Sunken Gardens. We will have art, artists, live music, dance and food trucks."
Sunday, September 28
Music: Porch Jam 2025
+ When: noon to 5 pm
+ Where: Cooper Park and surrounding blocks (Google Maps)
+ Cost: Free!
More details from the festival's website: "Porch Jam is a celebration of community and folk stylings of music! Playing music on the porch was once a more common experience and we want to bring that back!! We will be hosting bands to play through the afternoon, as well as food trucks and kid activities! We encourage everyone to come to the South Salt Creek Neighborhood to celebrate music and community."