L Magazine

08/05/2024

JOURNAL STAR'S L MAGAZINE DISCONTINUING MONTHLY PUBLICATION, MERGING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD EXTRA, JOURNAL STAR PRINTED AND ONLINE PAGES

By Mark Schwaninger, L Magazine Editor

L Magazine has celebrated the good causes and good people that make this a great community. As its editor since 2011, I’ve been honored to help tell all these stories.

Beginning next month, we’ll be sharing those stories in a different way.

The important work of the area’s nonprofits and the philanthropic efforts and leaders behind them will go on, and we’ll continue to cover it, but that coverage will be moving into our weekly Neighborhood Extra section and into the daily pages – print and web – of the Journal Star.

By discontinuing our monthly magazine, which was distributed in Lincoln home-delivered newspapers and copies on newsstands and moving the content into daily editions of the Journal Star, we can share these important stories with a bigger audience – print and digital subscribers wherever they are – and we can do it faster.

We will be looking to add features, as well, like online photo galleries from charitable events and relevant video content.

I'M STILL YOUR CONTACT
I will remain the point of contact for the type of content that appeared in L Magazine, and I look forward to sharing these stories and new ones about things that make the Good Life in Nebraska even better in and around Lincoln. Email me with your story ideas at [email protected] or call me at 402-473-2644.

08/05/2024

For 30 years, John Baylor has been the radio voice of the Husker volleyball program. Season 31 is just around the corner, and expectations are high, as always. Baylor’s story is one of both tragedy and triumph. Here is John Mabry’s cover story for the August L Magazine!

As we all know, John Cook knows a thing or three about volleyball, so this is no minor pat on the back when Nebraska’s head coach says:

06/21/2024

Here's a sneak peek of L Magazine Editor Mark Schwaninger's cover story in the July L Magazine, which will be distributed in print Sunday, June 23. https://journalstar.com/life-entertainment/local/art-theater/after-30-years-noyes-art-gallery-has-a-new-name-and-owner/article_a51d0e52-274c-11ef-b62a-9773d69a62ba.html #:~:text=Dana%20Clements%20(left)%20and%20Julia,the%20Clements%20Noyes%20Art%20Gallery.&text=Julia%20Noyes%20with%20some%20of,the%20Clements%20Noyes%20Art%20Gallery.

05/27/2024

Our June cover story features two couples -- Marc and Kathy LeBaron, and Jack and Sally Campbell -- who were honored with Lincoln Community Foundation awards for exceptional generosity and leadership.

https://journalstar.com/niche/l-magazine/here-to-help/lcf-event-honors-local-couples-for-generosity-and-leadership/article_0b501eb4-0ca7-11ef-8a49-1bd8f8480a3d.html

04/16/2024

For those who may have missed it, here is our April L Magazine cover story featuring the Cooper Foundation, which is celebrating 90 years of funding nonprofits and has helped hundreds of them launch with initial funding of an idea.

A spark of an idea, a lightbulb moment, a vision for a nonprofit that hasn’t existed before.

01/26/2024

Here's a sneak peek at editor Mark Schwaninger's cover story about John Chapo, who retired Dec. 31 after 37 years as the face of the Lincoln Children's Zoo. Watch for the story in print on pages 6, 7 and 20 when the February L Magazine gets distributed in print this Sunday, Jan. 28.

His career included local, national and international activities

11/25/2023

Here is our December L Magazine cover story about Michigan transplant Ryan Wieber, who has big ideas for partnerships and growth for Lincoln's libraries!

Michigan transplant Wieber has big ideas for partnerships and growth for the city’s libraries

10/20/2023

Here's a sneak peek at our cover story about the Larry Zitek family's philanthropy that benefits cancer patients at Bryan Health. Watch for the story in print in the November L Magazine when it gets distributed this Sunday, Oct. 22!

Larry Zitek was seriously ill with a highly aggressive brain tumor, knowing he didn’t have long to live. Yet instead of basking in the sadness and gloom, the Lincoln businessman

09/15/2023

Here's a sneak peek at our October L Magazine cover story, which will be distributed in print Sunday, Sept. 24!

A six-figure donation from a financial institution has put the White Cane Foundation in the driver’s seat.

08/25/2023

Here's a sneak peek at editor Mark Schwaninger's cover story about Women Investing in Nebraska and the nonprofit's first full-time director, Morgan Holen, which will be on pages 14, 15 and 16 when the September L Magazine comes out in print Sunday, Aug. 27.

The nonprofit Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN), a program of the University of Nebraska Foundation, has achieved several firsts in the year since Morgan Holen, a former Miss Nebraska, was

07/28/2023

Here's a sneak peek of our August L cover story about Wally Mason, director of the Sheldon Museum of Art for nine years, who retired June 30. Watch for the story in print when L Magazine is distributed this Sunday, July 30.

Wally Mason, director and chief curator at Sheldon Museum of Art, retires after nine years.

06/16/2023

Here's a sneak peek of our July L Magazine cover story about Susanne Blue, who has announced her August retirement after 25 years as executive director of Matt Talbot Kitchen and Outreach. Watch for the printed L Magazine when it gets distributed this Sunday, June 18.

Malique Stevens was a year old when Lincoln’s Matt Talbot Kitchen became Susanne Blue’s mission.

05/20/2023

Here's a sneak peek at our June L Magazine cover story about two women who were honored with Lincoln Community Foundation awards for exceptional generosity and leadership. Marilyn Cintani received the Charity Award, and Dr. Mae Colleen Jones received the new JoAnn Martin Civic Leadership Award. See the details here and on pages 14-15 when the June L Magazine gets distributed in print tomorrow morning, May 21!

Nearly 300 community members gathered May 2 at the Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center for the Lincoln Community Foundation’s annual donor recognition event. This year, the event included two awards

03/25/2023

Here's a sneak peek at our cover story for the April L Magazine. Watch for the story in print when the magazines are distributed in print this Sunday, March 26!

TADA Theatre's artistic director has storied career

02/24/2023

Here's a sneak peek at our March cover story, which will come out in the printed L Magazine this Sunday, Feb. 26. To read the cover story now, click on the photo below!

Empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through support and advocacy

01/27/2023

The guys in red blazers (Sowers Club of Lincoln) really do have a colorful history! For a sneak peek at our cover story before the February L Magazine gets distributed in print this Sunday, click on the photo below.

Sowers’ work with ABC production in 1987 helped fund foundation

12/23/2022

Here's a sneak peek at our January L Magazine cover story, which will be distributed in print on Christmas Day this Sunday, Dec. 25! Friends of Lied created the upcoming fundraiser "Viva Lied Vegas" to celebrate the Lied Center’s Las Vegas roots. Learn about those roots and the upcoming event in Clover Frederick's story.

Friends of Lied to celebrate Lied Center’s Las Vegas roots with a Viva Lied Vegas fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 4.

12/21/2022

Check out our story, photos and video of the new lights feature at the Zoo Lights powered by LES fundraiser for the Lincoln Children's Zoo. The event continues through Dec. 30 (except Dec. 22-25). Watch for the story and photos in the printed January L Magazine when it gets distributed on Christmas Day this Sunday, Dec. 25.

The new light show area combines 1,000 light blossoms, architectural fixtures, vines and 3D shapes that all light up timed to holiday music.

11/26/2022

Here's a sneak peek at our December L Magazine cover story about ECHO Collective, a nonprofit organization that helps women immigrants and refugees create businesses in Lincoln. Watch for the story on pages 14-15 in the printed L Magazine when it gets distributed tomorrow morning, Nov. 27!

Kelly Ross, founder and executive director of ECHO Collective, is realizing her dream of empowering women from other parts of the world to reach their own dreams in Lincoln.

10/28/2022

Here's a sneak peek at our November 2022 cover story about Dr. Vann Price, who is Lincoln Public Schools' supervisor of secondary personnel services and also the district's director of equity, diversity and inclusion. Just click on the photo or headline to see the story. Watch for the story in print when it gets distributed this Sunday, Oct. 30.

Dr. Vann Price continues to make her mark for LPS in a big way.