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Happy Friday Ledgers,

Today marks one year of The Lincoln Ledger—an achievement that, frankly, surprises even us a little. What began as a small project for friends has grown into… well, a slightly bigger small project for all of you. To celebrate, we’re taking the week off and keeping it light with a mini edition.

Here’s to year two of TLL. ✌️

In this week’s issue:

• Winner, Winner: Free tickets, up for grabs for a loyal TLL subscriber

• What To Do: Breakfast, duck racing, and day-tripping

• Sportz: Putt4Porsche ☄️

• Neighborhood Watch: Home Sweet Dome

Giveaway: TLL x The Lied Center 💃
To celebrate completing one year of voluntary homework, we’re giving back to our subscribers. We’ve teamed up with The Lied Center and Moulin Rouge! The Musical to send two of you beautiful Ledgies to opening night on Tuesday, February 4th at 7:30 PM—and backstage passes to meet the cast courtesy of The Lied Center.

What you’ll get:

• (1) person will get (2) tickets to Moulin Rouge! The Musical on opening night at The Lied Center

• Backstage passes for you and a guest to meet the cast

How to enter:

1. Forward this email to five friends and invite them to subscribe using your unique link below by midnight next Thursday (1/30/24)

2. Send us a screenshot of who you forwarded it to (reply to this email)

3. We’ll draw a winner next Friday

Prefer to buy your tickets and support the arts with those dollar bills?
TLL subscribers get an exclusive 20% off—just use promo code TLL at checkout.

- Landon

WHAT TO DO

Breakfast, duck racing, and day-tripping.

🍳 Big Breakfast
Start your weekend by carb-loading for the day ahead. Head to The Chocolate Season for Waffle Weekend, where you’ll enjoy the best waffles in town. Still hungry? Swing by CTRL Coffee and Cereal Bar for a coffee and cereal combo brought to you by the brains behind Muchachos. Breakfast round two never tasted so good. 🤤

🚐 Day-Trippin
Let’s get out of Lincoln for the day. Here are two options for a bit of weekend adventure:

• 🦆 Avoca Quack Races
  On Saturday, head 40 minutes from Lincoln to Avoca, Nebraska, for the 43rd Annual Quack Off, the world’s preeminent showdown for lightning-fast ducks. Pack a cooler (BYOB) and plan to arrive by 12:30 PM to secure a spot - races kick off at 1:00 PM.

• ⛷️ Mt. Crescent Skiing
  For those craving a bit of action after a brutally cold start to the week, head to Mt. Crescent in Council Bluffs. Dust off your skiills or hit the slopes hills for the first time - this is your chance to embrace winter while it lasts (plus, it’s not often you hear us suggest a trip to Council Bluffs that’s unrelated to putting $20 on black at the roulette table).

SPORTZ

Sporting headlines from around the capital.

• 🏎️ Porsche: A Nebraska fan went viral this week after hitting a putt to win a Porsche at a basketball game, justifying every golfers’ commitment to time on the green - one day, it will aaaaaall pay off

• 🏐 Volleyball: Nebraska volleyball generated more than $7M in revenue last year

• ⛹️ NCAAMB: Husker Men’s Basketball has lost five straight games but hope to break the streak with a win against Wisconsin on Sunday

• 🏀 NCAAWB: Husker Women are ranked #25 in USA Today poll and take on #12 Ohio State on Sunday

• 🏈 Football: Husker RB legend Calvin Jones has passed away at age 54

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH

17200 Pella Rd, Adams, NE 68301

Home Sweet Dome 🪩

If you’ve ever thought, “My home is just too square,” this might just be the one for you. Welcome to your very own architectural adventure—a dome home built for the quirky, the curious, and the people who prefer to have to custom order every piece of furniture, in perpetuity.

Nestled on 5 acres in Adams, NE, this geometric gem combines curves with character, offering 3 beds, 3 baths, zero corners, and enough personality to make it a standout in any lineup. Think of it as the predecessor to the Henry Doorly Zoo’s famous desert dome—except this one’s all yours.

For those new to dome living, let us fill you in. This architectural anomaly comes with some surprising perks: energy efficiency, structural stability, unique spatial flow, and the opportunity to embrace ultra-high arched ceilings.

The Details:

• 3 beds, 3 baths

• 2,622 sq/ft

• Built in 1982

• Perfect for your hippy aunt ☮️

❤️ KEEP:
The sheer novelty of living in a home that’s anything but ordinary, the mega windows in the living room, and keep what we hope is a spiral staircase (not pictured).

🗑️ TOSS:
The little window by the dining area (put in an even bigger one), the two-tone paint color, and the idea that domes aren’t pretty (here is a great one that was restored in Massachusetts).

CHECKLIST

An over-ambitious weekend to-do list.

• Move your couch to the side and vacuum underneath

• Take the cushions off your couch and vacuum underneath

• Take the covers off of your couch cushions and throw them in the wash

• Take a bit of hot water and cleaner to your couch and scrub (a dub-dub)

• Get wings delivered & enjoy on your newly (and short-lived) refreshed couch

HEADLINES

More news from around the capital.

• Leak: UNL Architecture Hall suffers water damage

• Weird: A new law proposal would make it possible to detain kids as young as 11

• Manufacturing: Kawasaki to reorganize in Lincoln, split rail and aerospace businesses up

• Housing: A new 175-unit affordable housing complex is under development in the South Haymarket.

🐯 Weekly Wildcard:
One headline (or post) we never saw coming.

• Theft: Car theft in Lincoln is down, but theft attempts are up. This begs the question—why are Lincoln thieves getting worse? We blame social media.