Hello Lincoln! Hope your coffee tastes especially good this morning. In today’s bring-the-kiddos edition: Youth internships, uncle sam jam fireworks, and a pig-themed book reading + excuses to get the fam out and about this week.
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01 — Worth knowing In the newsThree local stories this week, plus a few worth your money.
Youth workforce support grows: As teen job prospects weaken nationally, Lincoln’s American Job Center is placing youth in internships and mentorships through the Mayor’s Youth Empowerment program, with 30 interns working at Lincoln businesses -- see the youth internship program.
Celebrate Lincoln’s big night: Uncle Sam Jam will return to Haymarket Park for Lincoln’s free Independence Day celebration, featuring 5 p.m. gates, live music, flag-lowering, and 10 p.m. fireworks. Capacity capped at 8,500 -- see the fireworks schedule.
Community repair movement grows: Lincoln’s Repair Café meets monthly, as volunteers fix household items for free and push back on throwaway culture. After a decade, Omaha and Grand Island groups are exploring chapters -- check out the repair café.
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03 — On our radar
Local business spotlightNearby spots we'd actually send a friend to.
Your prairie brain break: Swap doomscrolling for a loop through prairie, woods, and wetlands at Pioneers Park Nature Center, where you can spot a small bison herd, non-releasable raptors, and miles of trails that make Lincoln feel big again. Quick, easy, exactly the reset your week ordered.
Game night, leveled up: Skip the group chat spiral and rally at Sun Valley Lanes & Games, where HyperBowling lives on every lane, laser tag gets the heart rate up, and Lucky Putt mini golf humbles everyone. Add the arcade, sand volleyball, fire pits, and a solid bar-and-grill lineup for instant weeknight serotonin.
Freshen up your space: If your windowsill is feeling meh, The Plant Villa delivers a cozy greenhouse-boutique vibe with rare and tropical houseplants, handsome pottery, and practical care tips. This week, adopt a philodendron, alocasia, or hoya and pretend your living room is a tiny jungle.
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05 — The event calendar Fun for the famOur favorite upcoming kid and family-friendly events. All events are subject to change. Always check official event pages before heading out.
📖 Book Reading @ The Chocolate Season | Wednesday (6/24) at 11:00 AM – If you need an indoor win with the grandkids, hit The Chocolate Season for a cozy story time where a pig named Bacon steals the show. You sip coffee, they giggle through pig puns, everyone earns chocolate, and the author signs copies.
💃 Lights, Camera, Dance! AM @ CK Dance Academy | Thursday (6/25) at 9:00 AM – Morning at this dance camp means 90 minutes of movie-inspired choreography, spotlight time, and enough glitter to find in your shoes later. Dancers channel their inner film star, explore performance basics, and get cross-training while calling it fun. Around here, cardio comes with jazz hands.
🎤 The Personics @ SouthPointe Pavilions | Friday (6/26) at 6:30 PM – Friday nights mean live tunes in the SouthPointe courtyard, with The Personics delivering rock, pop, a little funk, and nostalgia. Bring lawn chairs, raid the restaurants, let the mall handle the drinks since outside booze is a no, and enjoy this free, first come hang.
🌭 Chicago Dogs @ Haymarket Park | Friday (6/26) at 7:05 PM – The Saltdogs host the Chicago Dogs at Haymarket Park, a perfect excuse for nine innings, local beer, and that familiar crack of the bat. Cheer the home team, rib the visitors about ketchup, and keep an eye out for surprise promos.
🧮 Math Happens @ Lincoln Children's Museum | Saturday (6/27) at 9:30 AM – Weekend kid-wrangling with a side of brainpower. The Lincoln Children’s Museum is hosting Math Happens, a hands-on maze of puzzles, patterns, and problem solving that proves math’s everywhere, and actually fun. Free for members, included with admission, and blessedly screen-free.
👨 Downtown Family Day @ Centennial Mall | Saturday (6/27) at 10:00 AM – Whether you’re wrangling kids, grandkids, or your inner child, Downtown Family Day turns Centennial Mall and P Street into a free playground of hands-on activities, giveaways, and museum magic. Think Lincoln Children’s Museum and Lincoln City Libraries, with swag from Lincoln Running Co, minus meltdown.
📚 Three Tales of Misadventure @ Lincoln Christian High School | Tuesday (6/30) at 7:00 PM – Skip the reruns and catch Lincoln Christian School's Three Tales of Misadventure, a trio of short plays where everything goes charmingly off the rails. Local kids, real laughs, zero pretense, the kind of night that proves community beats algorithms.
Want more? Browse our full events calendar | Submit an event |
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07 — The Lincoln report Weather forecastToday — High: 81°F — Low: 61°F — Precip: 4%
Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Northwest wind 2 to 6 mph. Later: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. North northeast wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tomorrow — High: 75°F — Low: 60°F — Precip: 54%
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Northeast wind 3 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. Later: A chance of rain showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. East northeast wind 2 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. This house is wildThis custom 4+1 bed, 4 bath Wilderness Ridge home backs to Hole #7 and turns everyday living into a resort-style escape. A 6-car epoxy-floored garage, heated saltwater pool, 2-hole putting green, and covered patio with firepit set the scene. Inside, 12-foot ceilings, quartz finishes, a stone fireplace, gourmet kitchen, luxe primary suite, and a basement wet bar bring the wow factor.
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