A reading program that’s been around for more than a decade in Nebraska is growing, boosted by parents and children who have seen the positive results. The program is a little different than most and focuses on critical thinking skills and reading interaction. It’s about more than just story time.

Learning how to play a stringed instrument like a violin or cello isn’t easy. It takes time. It also takes time to learn how to teach young students how to play, a process that has to start early. A relatively new partnership between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Lincoln Public Schools is g...

Some of them are dusty and falling apart, but the books in the basement of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Love Library still have stories to tell. Hidden among the stacks are personal tales that have been written into the margins of 19th and early 20th century books and have been all but forgo...

In an age of constant information, it’s not always easy for young people to form solid and informed opinions about important domestic and global issues. The mash-up of sometimes shaky sources from social media and the internet can make things daunting. But a two-decade old program is helping Nebrask...

150 years ago this year, the Episcopal Diocese of Nebraska had just been born, a year after Nebraska had become a state. The Union Pacific Railroad had also started its steady march west. A forward-thinking Bishop from Chicago used the railroad to spread the gospel and set up a string of small churc...

It’s been more than 70 years since Nebraska native Robert Holts left the military, but he’ll forever be a part of history, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of World War II pilots and support personnel who broke color barriers in the 1940’s. Holts is the last known living member of the group...

A new exhibit that opens tomorrow at the Durham Museum in Omaha shines a light on women who have done extraordinary things to help the city become what it is today. “Women in Omaha” includes some names you might not recognize, but that’s the whole point.

It’s not often that an academic study on crime turns into a theatrical production, but that’s just what’s happening tomorrow night in Omaha when “Listen to My Story” takes the stage at KANEKO. The one-time performance will help disseminate the results of a study on crime in North Omaha in a way that...

We’ve probably all heard the predictions, that in the current disruptive internet and digital age, traditional public libraries don’t have much of a future. They’ve heard it too, but instead of panicking, they’ve adapted and modified their mission. Public libraries in Nebraska are changing their foc...

In an old building just off 24th street in historic South Omaha, there’s a good chance you’ll find a self-described “fast-talking Polish guy” doing his best to save the legacy of the neighborhood where he’s spent most of his life. He’s opened a museum, a modest tribute to a part of Omaha that’s fade...