Friday, May 3rd

6PM

Dairy House at the Meadow Gold Building

300 South 7th Street

PAL Annual Awards and Membership Meeting

You’re invited to our annual meeting and awards presentation in Lincoln’s historic Meadow Gold Building. We’ll begin the evening with light hors d’oeuvres and Empyrean brews catered by our hosts, the folks who own Lazlo’s Brewery & Grill.

Following our brief annual meeting, you’ll learn about the recent preservation efforts going on inside this Lincoln landmark. Then, Ed Zimmer will present our annual awards plus paint a picture of the building’s complete history. Finally, you will have the opportunity to take a quick tour of the main level.

Please RSVP for the event below.

Tuesday, May 14th

12pM

LNK TV Studio

County/City Building

PAL Brown Bag

Jim McKee’s Compleat History of Lincoln Program No. 42, Speaker Jim McKee.

Support for this series is provided by Speedway Properties.

Thursday, May 16th

6pm

Park Middle School

8th & F Street

South Bottoms Walking Tour

Join PAL for a tour of the South Bottoms led by Ed Zimmer. We will meet at 8th & F Streets, NE corner of Cooper Park. Parking is available in the school lot, or along 8th street.

Our walk of 60-75 minutes will include

• Park Middle School, still operating on one of the designated public school sites of the 1867 Original Plat

• Cooper Park, Lincoln's oldest park, also designated on that Plat

• Some of the broad range of residential architecture in South Bottoms Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places

• Several churches that served Germans from Russia, Lincoln's major historic immigrant population

• Quinn Chapel AME Church, Lincoln's oldest African American congregation.

Sunday, May 19th

12PM- 5PM

Joslyn Castle

3902 Davenport St, Omaha

PresFest

PAL invites you to attend this exciting event hosted by Preserve Omaha.

Join us for our FREE annual community event at Joslyn Castle to enjoy a fun day filled with activities, food trucks, demonstrations, entertainment, walking and bus tours of the neighborhood, and more. Businesses, nonprofits, artists, neighborhood associations, and more that keep preservation in mind will be featured throughout the Joslyn Castle & Gardens!

Sunday, May 19th

2pm

Rudge Memorial Chapel

3600 O St

Wyuka Cemetery tour

Local historian, Ed Zimmer, will host a walking tour in the Wyuka Cemetery. Explore the history and beauty that is Wyuka.

Our walk of approximately 90 minutes samples Lincoln's oldest cemetery, established in 1869.

Through this tour we can trace 

• Lincoln's connections to national events from the Civil War to recent conflicts; 

• our community's economy, education, and entertainment sectors;

• the architecture of the cemetery and art of its monuments.

This event is brought to you by the Wyuka Historical Foundation.

Thursday, May 30th

Online

Give To Lincoln Day

Give to Lincoln Day, coordinated by Lincoln Community Foundation, is a time when everyone in Lincoln is asked to make a donation toward the organizations that are critical to the care, support and spirit of our great city. DONATE TO PAL!