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LUKAS BROZ DN Daily Nebraskan: Can you give us a little background? Where are you from? When did you first get interested in Jazz music?

Jackie Allen: Sure! I’m from Wisconsin.

Born in Milwaukee but I lived most my life in and around Madison. I went to college there, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Then I lived another 14 years in Chicago, and I’ve lived here in Nebraska now for five years. We came here because my husband, who’s a bass player, teaches the double bass at UNL, also plays in the band.

His name is Hans Sturm.

I unconsciously was exposed too it (Jazz) a lot as a kid since my dad was a Dixie land musician. We would go to these outdoor festivals, and I was picking up on all of that– hearing my father

playing the bassline, the root elements of music– without thinking about it. I was pretty active in music in high school. I played drama, band, music and choir. When I got to college it made sense to go into music. The French horn wasn’t my strongest interest, and I liked singing but I wasn’t quite sure how to deal with it. Of course jazz was in my background, but that’s what I wasn’t usually thinking about pursuing. I auditioned in the vocal area which only had classical.

I also auditioned for theatre, but I didn’t feel like either of those was a perfect fit. My first year I auditioned for the jazz ensemble and the Black Music Ensemble. I met world renowned bassist, Richard Davis, who has helped many different jazz and non-jazz artists; he mentored me. There were other people in the Jazz area: My theory professor was a jazz player and the director of the jazz ensemble also taught jazz composition.

I didn’t know where my talents really laid and

they pulled in, and it seemed like that’s where I was going to blossom. There was no jazz major at the time so I took a number of classes along with the instrumentalists and the teachers were very open to letting me go along. I would say where I really learned was going to concerts and listening to records. I was about 20 years old when I went to the Newport Jazz Festival in Milwaukee.

Back to back nights were two of the most famous jazz singers ever: Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald. I stood there listening and thought “This is what I want to do.” This was my turning point where I started pursuing jazz. I started playing professionally at local gigs, learning my craft and interacting with other musicians. I then moved to Milwaukee for four years, then later moving to Chicago, a major jazz hub.

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ALLEN: FROM 3 history. You have three critically acclaimed CD’s, you’re last one reaching the top 10 in the Jazz and Vocal section on Amazon. You’ve also toured the coasts, Europe, China, Brazil and Taiwan. What are some of your favorite venues, and what made them so special?

JA: Often the best places are outside the U.S. because you’re usually guests with someone, and the hosts really want to show you the best of what that country has. The people are really generous and jazz is often appreciated more as an art form outside of the U.S. There was a time we were performing at young-woman’s college in Taiwan. We were teaching master classes and had a concert in the evening. There was close to 500 young women packed into this concert hall.

Our 2-year-old son came with us and was being babysat backstage. People normally give a bouquet of flowers to the singers, and after the concert they walked out with him holding the flowers. The women started screaming like it was a rock concert. I did my encore with him on my lap and midway through he got off and wandered around the stage. Whenever he would jump on the stage the women would love it. It was just a really funny moment because that never happens. The women were enjoying the music so much.

DN: You’ve taught at many colleges across the country. How do you balance being an educator and artist all at the same time?

JA: I don’t always know that there’s a division. When I’m teaching I don’t want to be bored; I need to keep learning. A lot of the teaching I do in jazz is one-on-one in the studio. When I’m working with aspiring jazz singers we do a lot of interacting. While I’m helping them with arrangements or finding different things I try to feed myself as well, keeping me active within the music. I’m working with a student on a piece I made some ten years ago coming up with an arrangement for them, why wouldn’t I do something that would be inspiring for me as well?

The thing is, we wear our instruments inside our body, and everything is different. When I interact vocally with another student, their sound, their style, everybody is unique, I pick up on that. I usually learn more from them than they do from me. It keeps me on the ball.

DN: What’s it like to be able to share your knowledge and experience with students?

JA: I love it! It’s a funny thing, when I first started out I thought “I don’t really want to be an education major or teacher.” I was surprised to find that while I was studying other students would come up to me asking questions. It could have been because I already had this jazz background, I was perceived to be more advanced.

I was just happy to help everybody so I slowly found out I was a teacher.

As the years go by, you can’t sing five nights a week. It’s like being a professional runner: if you run every day, it gets to be too exhausting.

You find out you have to do something else and teaching is a great way to fill in the off days or nights if you’re thinking about making a living in music.

DN: Can you take us through your creative process? What do you do to get your ideas behind your music?

JA: A lot of the time it feels accidental. When I’m in the process of looking for new things I will

seek out books of music or recordings. Some- and by that third year I forgot I even made that times I’ll be driving with the radio on, and I’ll deal with myself. At this point I hardly get nerhear something that catches my ear and it will vous on stage; I’m much kinder to myself. This is remind me of a certain song and I think “wow I not an art about perfection, it’s an art about selflike that song a lot, what if I could do that song expression. Music is about living in the moment in this style, or this idea to that.” It’s very much a and expressing ourselves, perfection isn’t really jazz thing. There has to be an inspiration fueled a part of it. for that. Taking a song that’s formerly done as a DN: You also served on the board of govballot and giving it a Latin beat or a much faster ernors for the jazz nominating committee. Could tempo. For example, our last album we were do- you tell us about what all that entailed? ing a Jimi Hendrix tune and we kind of switched JA: In every area where the Grammies are between a waltz or 3-4 time or 4-4 time with it voted for: classical, vocal jazz, rock, country, hipand have a whole different instrumentation. hop, folk, Christian music, they have a panel of Who knows how that comes together; oftentimes fourteen people who listen to all of the music in it’s an accident. Some of them are awful but you their area that has gotten somewhere in the top keep playing along with those and all of a sud17, give or take. As a group, we would each grab den it sounds cool. several CD’s and listen to them and give an overDN: What do you do during a block? view to the rest of the group and play samples.

JA: I try to work on This is a way to make sure multiple things. If I’m there is no cheating going The vibe at Jazz in working on one thing and on. We listen to this music June is so cool. It’s I get stuck, what do you in a two, sometimes three do next? Not everything a very different feel than if day period and vote on will come to you every you were in a concert hall the top five in that catday or even every week, egory. Most years I get you meet the page and or a jazz club. Outdoors in invited, sometimes I can see if there’s something the wind, in the sun, in the make it and sometimes I new you can add to it. It’s can’t. It’s a good way to like layers of an onion: trees, the warm breeze keep it honest. you go to something, and is calming. You see this DN: Have you played then the next day you get at Jazz in June in the past? sea of lawn chairs and the next piece of the puzWhat is it that you like zle. Another way things blankets and kids running about Jazz in June? can be brought back to JA: We’ve lived here around.

It’s a lovely, chilled life is when I hand them for five years, and this over to the band to prac- atmosphere. .” is already the third time tice. They can bring such I’ve sung at Jazz in June, JACKIE ALLEN life to something. It can be so I was a little surprised jazz performer , educator the guitar player makes when we were invited a couple of tweaks or he back. This is the 25th anwill put a musical riff niversary, there’s two that’s just perfect that I wouldn’t have thought other times I’ve performed, once as a headliner of. I have the input of the bandmates to do that. and another time with the UNL faculty jazz area.

They’re all cued in to being creative and putting I was invited into that group when I moved here. themselves in the music, and Jazz musicians rely Those are the same guys I invited to play with me on that. Who knows how to play rhythms bet- this year. Hans Sturm on the bass, Tom Larsen ter than my drummer? He has his whole pallet will be playing keyboard, Dave Hall will be on of what he’s listened to that he can put into the drums and Paul Haar will be on the saxophone. music. The band can make it better than I ever The vibe at Jazz in June is so cool. It’s a very intended. different feel than if you were in a concert hall DN: What were some of your roadblocks or a jazz club. Outdoors in the wind, in the sun, and successes? in the trees, the warm breeze is calming. You see JA: The first roadblock I think about was my- this sea of lawn chairs and blankets and kids runself. When I was first getting started I was so self- ning around. It’s a lovely, chilled atmosphere. I conscious about being in front of an audience. I think because it’s enclosed a little bit, the sound was very hard on myself, being a perfectionist tends to stay in as opposed to being out in the thinking “I’m not good enough.” When you’re field. The relaxed atmosphere is just fun. It’s a nervous in front of an audience it’s easy to make beautiful area with the outdoor sculptures, it mistakes, and you’ll always make mistakes. How seems like every year I see another one. I’m hondo you deal with those? Times where I forgot a ored to be a part of it. Originally we were booklyric or section I would imagine the audience ing this as a CD release party. My 11th CD was was cued in to all these things. I felt like a failure about to come out. We were just finishing mixing thinking “I don’t want to put myself through this and thought, “wouldn’t it be nice to have horns melody another time.” on these?” The engineer and Hans are taking the When I would put myself through this nega- tracks to Chicago. They hired a horn section and tive self-talk there was another little tiny voice will be adding horns to several tracks. We will be inside me that kept saying, “You are good at this, performing a lot of those tunes at Jazz in June. and you need to learn how to do this first be- I’m hoping the album will be out by fall. The alfore you judge yourself.” Eventually I realized I bum will be called “Moons on the Rise.” wasn’t good enough to even judge myself. When JAZZINJUNE@ you’re a student you have to allow yourself to DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM be a student. I gave myself three years to learn

E.N. Thompson forum reveals 2016-17 series RAFE PARKER DN The E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues has announced its 2016-17 lecture series – “Crossing Borders” – featuring three acclaimed journalists and authors.

For almost 30 years, the E.N. Thompson Forum has brought a diversity of viewpoints on international and public policy issues to the university and people of Nebraska.

Sonia Nazario, David Brooks and Sonia Shah will each present lectures at the Lied Center for Performing Arts as a part of this year ’s series.

“Crossing Borders” will explore the relevance of borders in the modern world, how they define people and, increasingly, the ways in which people ignore them in the interest of commerce, education and personal freedom.

Millions of people cross borders every day, either for business reasons or because they seek adventure. Many immigrants and refugees will cross borders, searching for financial security and personal safety.

Infectious diseases find their way across boundaries, and other things that pay no attention to the rules and regulations.

Sonia Nazario, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the best-selling book “Enrique’s Journey,” will present “Enrique’s Journey and America’s Immigration Dilemma” on Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m.

David Brooks, a New York Times oped columnist and author of “The Road to Character” will present “It’s Better Than It Looks: Election 2016” on Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.

Sonia Shah, investigative science journalist and author of several critically acclaimed books on science, human rights and international politics, will present “Pandemic: From Cholera to Ebola and Beyond” on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m.

Each forum is a general admission event with seating available on a firstcome, first-serve basis. Free tickets will be available starting Aug. 29 from the Lied Center.

Lectures are streamed live on Lincoln Time Warner Cable digital channels 80 and 5, UNL campus channel 4 and KRNU radio 90.3. Each lecture is also available on the Thompson Forum website following the event.

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St. Mark’s on the Campus to host free art class JACOB ELLIOTT DN “Art is a bridge between the self and eternity.”

So said the artist Andrei Sorokin.

Sorokin will be teaching a free art workshop on Saturday, June 25 at 1 p.m. in the St. Mark’s on the Campus Episcopal Church and Student Center within the social hall of the church at 1309 R St. Participants should bring a sketch pad, pencils and an eraser. Light refreshments will be provided.

Andre Sorokin graduated from the Art

Institute in Russia. In 1993, Sorokin and his family left Russia, and since then he has lived and worked in the United States. Since then, more than 300 of his paintings have been sold in the U.S. and internationally.

Sorokin is skilled in the art of drawing, painting, and stone etching. His works can be seen at the Metro Gallery in downtown Lincoln.

Sorokin was initially chosen to present several of his pieces within the Church and Student Center a month ago. Due to several events and time constraints, he had not been able to do a workshop until recently. At the workshop, Sorokin will show off his quick sketching technique, which he uses for street

portraits.

One of the reasons that Sorokin wants to do the workshop is for his love of teaching.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s children or adults, though adults are more interesting.” Sorokin said. “If it is an adult, I need to explain to them why they need art, why they need an interest in creativity. Because some understand this, but some of them think that art is only about art… When people do something, when they try to create something, they create an invisible bridge between themselves and eternity.”

Currently, the upcoming gallery schedule is being planned. Ideally, four artists would

be scheduled per year, with each artist having their own event. Peg Sheldrick, Chair of the Art’s Committee at St. Marks on the Campus, said she hoped to see additional workshops in the upcoming future.

“St. Marks on the Campus does of things to get involved with the community and has done an assortment of art projects over the years,” Sheldrick said. “We wanted to have something interesting to the public on a variety of levels. On students, members of the community and members of the church.”

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Yoga instructors welcome new participants KATE FIEDLER DN Jazz in June has always provided a fun, exciting atmosphere for all that attend.

This year, the University of NebraskaLincoln’s Campus Recreation Center was excited to announce the addition of free yoga classes to the concert series.

Sarah Lewis, the group fitness coordinator at the Campus Recreation Center, said she thought it was a great idea to bring some zen and relaxation to Jazz in June.

Still in its early stages, the first week brought eight participants, while about a dozen showed up for the second class.

Lewis said she hopes the classes continue to grow in size and that individuals become more knowledgeable about this wonderful, free yoga offered each week.

Lewis also said participants that have attended in the last two weeks have expressed their gratitude toward the university’s willingness to offer free yoga during Jazz in June.

“The best thing about teaching yoga at Jazz in June is that anyone can come because it’s free and also that it’s outside,” said Nicole Malene, one of the yoga instructors. “I personally think the outdoors and the fresh air is so therapeutic. So combining that with yoga makes for such a refreshing and rejuvenating experience.”

Malene said they encourage individuals to attend regardless of whether they’ve ever participated in a yoga class.

“You definitely don’t have to have tried

PHOTO BY KATE FIEDLER | DN yoga before to come,” she said. “This is a basic vinyasa flow so anyone of all skill levels can join. And it’s free so it’s a great opportu-

nity to try it out if you never have before.”

Located in the green space just north of the Woods Arts Building, classes begin at

5:30 p.m. and end at 6:30 p.m.

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ENTHUSIASTS ATTEND EVERY GARDEN TOUR IN CELEBRATION OF JAZZ IN JUNE’S 25TH YEAR, THE DAILY NEBRASKAN TOOK TO ITS ARCHIVES IN SEARCH OF STORIES FROM THE CONCERT SERIES’ PAST. THE FOLLOWING IS A STORY WRITTEN DURING JAZZ IN JUNE’S 19TH SEASON. SHANNON SMITH JUNE 28, 2010 The Sheldon has been providing Garden Tours in conjunction with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln landscaping department for about 10 years. Interest is usually pretty mild; any number from five to 20 people attend each of the tours that precede each summer concert performance.

But for the past eight years, there have been two familiar faces for the tour guides.

Linda Ayres, 60, and Donna Westlund, 62, have attended every Jazz in June tour since 2002.

“We’ve just planned this every year,”

Westlund said while joking about how much they loved the heat and using the tours as a way to fit a healthy walk into their schedules.

“It’s our mini vacation on Tuesday nights,” Ayres said, adding she also hoped to sweat off a few pounds in the process.

For Ayres and Westlund, the tours provide not only an escape from normalcy, but also a chance to learn. The two women, friends and co-workers at the Lancaster Community Mental Health Center for 28 years, take much of what they learn on the tours to their own homes, especially to Ayres’s garden.

“We try, but they are the experts,” Ayres said. “They are really good though. They really do explain, give you good ideas, and

they’re like friends by this point.”

Ayres and Westlund even remember when Landscape Services Director Eileen Bergt was pregnant with her now sevenyear-old son.

But don’t the tours get repetitious after eight years? Westlund and Ayres say they keep going because they always learn about new plants and new tricks.

“You learn something new every year or learn something different that you didn’t see the year before,” Ayres said.

“They kick it up, change it up each year,” Westlund said. “It keeps us coming back.”

Although at first glance, the pair doesn’t look like landscaping tour enthusiasts. Car-

rying their signature granitas from the Mill, with Ayres’s meticulously painted red toenails and Westlund’s dry wit, they seem more likely to attend a Red Hat society meeting.

“We just really enjoy being outside,” Ayres said. Both grandmothers, Ayers said gardening is a great way to involve their grandchildren.

“My little ones follow me around, absolutely, they enjoy it and have their little gardening gloves,” Ayres said. “They don’t mess with grandma’s flowers.”

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Fallbrook Farmers Market also offers fun activities such as family night, artisan night and YMCA youth sport activities. A special event will be hosted June 30th called “Kite Night,” at which attendees are encouraged to bring their own kites or purchase one from the night’s sponsor, Hobbytown USA. This special event is also a fundraiser for the Kiwanis Little Free Libraries project, a “take a book, return a book” free book exchange.

HAYMARKET FARMERS MARKET HAYMARKET SATURDAYS, 8 A.M. TO NOON.

During peak season, the Haymarket Farmers’ Market approaches 200 vendor stalls. Products found at the market include baked goods from muffins and croissants to egg rolls and baklava. Homemade root beer, meat kabobs, pies, breads, cookies and cakes can also be purchased at the market, as well as jewelry, gifts and crafts from glassware and dried flowers to balloon art and temporary tattoos. Vendors may vary throughout the season, but outdoor furniture, hand-sewn items, soaps and lotions, blankets, bird houses and mailboxes may also be found at the market.

Performances take place each Saturday in Iron Horse Park, located at 7th and Q streets, generally between 9 and 11 a.m.

This week’s June 25 performance will feature David Boye, and upcoming performers include The Lightning Bugs, Swing Fever, Sandy Creek Bluegrass and Sarabande Sax.

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55TH AND OLD CHENEY ROAD SUNDAYS, 10 A.M. TO 2 P.M. Vendors include Abie Vegetable People, Around the World Cookies, Branched Oak Farm, Bluestem Herb Farm, Big Red Worm, Capo di Tutto Pasta, Common Good Farm, Daffodil Gourmet Catering, Daniels Produce, D & V Produce, Erick’s Enchiladas, Furry Friends Bakery & Treats, Greenglade Goat Milk Specialties, Gelato to Go,

Glacial Till Vineyard, Grandview Farm, Grandpa’s Kettle Corn, Grow with the Flow, Grain Bin Bakery, Hillside Farms, Hunter’s Honey, Hello Gorgeous Garden, Johnson Farms, Kat’s, Kitchen Sink Cookie Co, Le Quartier Baking Company, Lambert Produce, Lake House Farm, Maizingly Sweetcorn, Manila Bay, Made with love Caramels, Medinger’s Market, Nebraska Mushroom LLC, Nishnaview, Open Sky Farm, Page’s Produce, Praireview Produce & Jellies, Prairie Pride Poultry, P.S. It’s Gluten Free LLC, The Parthenon, Robinette Farms, Rancho el Milagro, Sanders Specialty Meats & Produce, Roll-

ing Fire Catering, Simply Homemade, ShadowBrook Farm & Dutch Girl Creamery, Sweet Cheeks, Spiritus Vitae Botanicals, Twin Springs Pecans, The County Pumpkin, Twin Lake Produce, Wolff Farms and Xiang’s Garden.

The Old Cheney Road Farmers’ Market’s token program allows customers to use SNAP/ EBT, credit or debit cards for purchase at the market, and some vendors also accept “senior” coupons and WIC. JAZZINJUNE@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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The BAY launches addition to Lincoln music scene KENDALL DICKINSON DN Next week, Jazz in June won’t be the only major event going on in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The BAY, an international organization headquartered in Lincoln and known for its work in creating healthy communities through street outreach, skate, art and music, will be launching “Phase 2” of its launch week and concert series with a week of live music, block parties, skate competitions and coffee.

The BAY is hoping to see the new concert venue bring in local and national shows, as well as open-mic nights. To celebrate the opening of a new coffee bar, concert venue and resource center, the events will be held at The BAY – a restored warehouse at 2005 Y St. – from June 21 to 26.

The resource center will operate as a tool for the city and BAY community to get help to the people who need it. Community members and BAY frequenters alike can walk in to meet with a worker, who will help connect the individual with the services they may need.

Some basic need items can also be provided up front, including food boxes, bus passes and hygiene items.

“We will be creating an incredibly unique space that young people can call home as they explore and push themselves in the world of music,” said Alex Ruybalid, communications director for The BAY. “Lincoln has an incredible music scene already, and we are excited to add our venue to the collective and bring in that new piece to add to the vibrant music culture.”

Most importantly, the new venue will continue to do what The BAY has always done: focus on all youth by pushing them to innovate and dream.

The BAY believes that “every young person regardless of neighborhood, class, ethnicity, religion, gender, social setbacks, should have the opportunity to pursue the passions that they love in a dignifying community like The BAY - and they should have pride in that dignifying place. We believe everyone should have access to this unique and creative space, and we are working daily to make sure that happens” Before launch week begins, The BAY will have a soft launch for friends and family of The BAY. At this time, there will be a special event to get things started, although it has yet to be revealed.

Launch week will kick off with skate competitions and great food.

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sion, DC, and Wahoo’s, who will be grilling at the event, will take place on June 21. Everyone can skate for free from noon to 10 p.m. and compete in a curb contest at 4 p.m., for prizes such as cash, Wahoo’s tacos, product prizes and tickets for the weekend concert series.

From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on June 24, there will be a family-friendly block party put on by Mosaic. Kids will be able to enjoy time in bounce houses and get their faces painted. Free food, games, and skating will be available, all while listening to live music and a DJ. Admission to the event is also free.

The Innovate Set, presented by Ethika, will kick-off the first night of the “Venue Launch Series” on June 25th. Food will be provided by Nitro Burger, a food truck and mobile diner.

Performances will include Tie These Hands, Walk By Sea, Humland, AZP and the Universe Contest. DJ Rik will be spinning for the night. Doors open at 6 p.m.,

We will be creating an incredibly unique space that young people can call home as they explore and push themselves in the world of music. Lincoln has an incredible music scene already, and we are excited to add our venue to the collective and bring in that new piece to add to the vibrant music culture.”

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with the show starting at 6:30 p.m.

To start the next morning off, and to end launch week, Nitro Burger will be back and the new coffee bar will open at 7 a.m.

“We will be serving amazing craft espresso and brewed drinks,” Ruybalid said. “Fast Wifi. Unique and quiet space.

Electrical outlets everywhere. Seriously the coolest looking spot in Lincoln.”

Mesonjixx, Red Cities, Bernardus, Evan Bartels and The Stoney Lonesome, gates and Oketo are all part of the Secret Rhythm Set Presented by Hear Nebraska on June 26.

With a venue capacity of 155 people, tickets for each concert are going fast, but can be purchased for $15 at thebay.org/ events. Students receive a $10 off discount with code “StudentTix” and proof of school ID at the door.

Two-night tickets are also being sold for $25.

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BUSINESSES SEE FISCAL UPSWING FROM JAZZ FEST IN CELEBRATION OF JAZZ IN JUNE’S 25TH YEAR, THE DAILY NEBRASKAN TOOK TO ITS ARCHIVES IN SEARCH OF STORIES FROM THE CONCERT SERIES’ PAST. THE FOLLOWING IS A STORY WRITTEN DURING JAZZ IN JUNE’S 18TH SEASON. ADAM ZIEGLER JUNE 15, 2009 For many people, Jazz in June means a chance to sprawl out on a blanket and soak up some music, but for businesses in Lincoln’s downtown and Haymarket areas, the festival also means an

influx of commerce.

The Downtown Lincoln Association, which represents the businesses and organizations in downtown Lincoln, helps sponsor Jazz in June, which shows the effect the festival can have on businesses said Tom White, marketing manager for the Sheldon Museum of Art.

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“Obviously, it’s a good thing for them, or they wouldn’t help sponsor it,” White said.

While the Downtown Lincoln Association didn’t have figures on exactly how big Jazz in June’s economic impact on businesses is, Todd Ogden, marketing director for the association, said the impact is noticeable.

“People come for the music, but it also helps attract people to the downtown area,” Ogden said.

Over the last few years, Jazz in June has drawn around 7,000 people to each performance. Most of these people also end up visiting stores downtown, and Ogden said many of them are people who normally wouldn’t be drawn to the downtown area.

Ogden said Jazz in June attracts people from areas like south Lincoln who would typically spend money at shopping centers closer to home and residents of smaller towns outside the city.

“It really does bring different types of people into the area,” he said.

Because Jazz in June is a music festival, Ogden said more artistic or culturally–based business such as galleries or crafts stores usually see the largest upswings in business.

“(Jazz in June) does bring a lot of culture downtown, and people look more to those type of retailers,” he said.

The association plans on doing surveys to find out the exact impact events like Jazz in June or First Friday have on area businesses, Ogden said. He hopes they will help retailers take better advantage of the opportunity for more business.

“We want to get in contact with people and get better synergy with the events that are going on,” Ogden said.

The association also plans to place more emphasis on promoting events like Jazz in June through its Web site and newsletter to attract even more people downtown.

In the 18 years since it began, Jazz in June has consistently been a big event for downtown Lincoln, Ogden said, and it’s something he hopes will continue to benefit businesses in the future.

“Anything that brings in crowds to the downtown area is a good thing,” Ogden said.

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With new buildings going up and old ones receiving updates, those walking around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln can expect to spy several construction sites. Here’s a few of the construction projects and renovations that are currently going on at UNL.

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A new dining hall complex is scheduled for construction on 17th Street, just north of Cather and Pound halls. Since the two halls are set for demolition, the new $33 million dining complex would replace the Cather-Pound-Neihardt Dining Center and serve 2,800 meals a day. The project is set to be complete in 2017.

One of the more prominent construction sites on campus, the new CBA building is located just east of Memorial Stadium at 14th and Vine Streets. The $84 million, 240,000-square-foot building is the largest academic building project in UNL’s recent history. Funded largely by alumni donations, the new building will feature classrooms that seat no fewer than 50 and up to 130 students, study rooms, offices for CBA’s student organizations and a Husker athletic store – “Husker Business Lab” – that will be managed, marketed and staffed by business students. The building is on track to open for classes beginning in the 2017-2018 academic year.

A new residence hall north of C.Y. Thompson Library on UNL’s East Campus will replace the 1950s-era Burr and Fedde residence halls. The four-floor, two-winged hall will offer 370 beds in both traditional and apartment-style rooms and is scheduled to open for the fall 2017 semester.

The Lutheran Center is set to undergo a complete reconstruction. The 60-year-old building will be demolished and rebuilt at the same location on 16th Street with an expected completion in 2019. The new building will feature Sjogren House, a residential space for 12 students on the upper level and a designated location for OpeN Shelf, the center’s campus pantry. In addition, it will feature classrooms, kitchen facilities and worship space — both in its chapel and elsewhere in the building.

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Eric Marienthal performs with the Tizer Quartet at last week’s Jazz in June concert on Tuesday, June 14. Marienthal, a Grammy-winning saxophonist, was a special guest at Jazz in June.

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