2023 PAL Brown Bag Lecture Series
PAL offers free programs, open to the public on the second Tuesday of each month, beginning at noon. For upcoming lecture details, see our happenings section. We encourage you to bring your lunch and enjoy the program. Your boss won't even be mad because you can get back to work by 1pm!
Our programs are produced by the talented crew at the LNKTV studio. In addition to our website, there are a number of ways to view the Brown Bags, live or on demand. You can even catch them on Lincoln’s public access TV channels. To learn more visit lnktv.lincoln.ne.gov.
2023 Brown Bag Directory
January 2023 - Jim McKee’s Compleat History of Lincoln Program 38. Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, Behlen Observatory, Elizabeth Dolan and more.
February 2023 - Jim McKee’s Compleat History of Lincoln Program 39. Nebraska’s State Fair
March 2023 - Ed Zimmer - The Seven "Old Mains" of Lincoln & Environs - The Conservatory, Western Normal, The Nebraska Military Academy and more.
April 2023 - Robert Ripley - 40 Years of Change at the State Capitol
May 2023 - Ed Zimmer - History of PAL
June 2023 - Ed Zimmer & Thomas Laging - C.R. Cockerell & Zimmer’s Puzzle: A watercolor guide to some of Lincoln’s church architects. Cockerell, Watercolor, Davis,
July 2023 - Bob Wickersham & Robert Ripley - Capitol Courtyard Restoration: A 10 Year Mission
August 2023 - Neal Bryan & Ed Zimmer - Celebrating 60 years of Pioneers Park Nature Center
September 2023 - Gerald “Jerry” Meyer - Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats That Won World War II
October 2023 - David Bristow - Memorial Stadium and its Predecessors
November 2023 - Jerry Berggren - The Architectural Influence of Selmer Solheim
December 2023 - Jim McKee’s Compleat History of Lincoln Program 40