Nebraskan
Monday. August 23.1993
Akts^Entertainment
Haymarket attracting
wide variety of visitors
Historic Lincoln area
draws both young, old
to shops, restaurants
3y Nicole Sheets
Staff Report*
From food to flowers, gifts to galleries,
jlothes to carriages, you will find it all in
Lincoln’s Historic Haymarket.
The roots of the Haymarket, located be
ween Seventh and Ninth streets and O and R
streets, can be traced to Lincoln’s first decade.
Vccording to the “Haymarket Landmark Dis
rict Walking Tour” booklet, the area was orig
nally called “Market Square.” It was an open
ir market featuring produce and livestock and
Iso served as a gathering place for locals with
amping grounds for visitors.
Daily the streets were filled with machines,
wagons and animals, along with land sharks,
amblers and inhabitants from the frontier town.
Today the Haymarket has recaptured the
nergy and vitality of years past.
Home to numerous bars and restaurants,
tore than 40 specialty shops, galleries, antique
ores and booksellers, housing units and the
(stored Lincoln train station, the Haymarket
as become a “hot spot” in Lincoln.
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“We have a lot of tourists that come through,
especially in the summer, and customers from
ages 18 to 70,” said Cheryl Cook, owner of
Sample Outlet, a discount brand-name clothing
store.
“The nice atmosphere here draws in all
kinds of people,” she said.
One of the Haymarket’s special attractions
is the farmer’s market, which runs every Satur
day in May through October from 8 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. Along the streets, vendors offer
fresh produce, baked goods, flowers, hand
made crafls and live entertainment, such as
music and dancing.
“The Haymarket is a really nice location and
ideal for a store,” said Sherry Wirth, employee
of From Nebraska, a specialty and consignment
shop. ‘This is a growing area, and the ambience
here makes stores like this work well.”
Roland Brammeier, owner of ^Victoria’s
Cousin, an antique and gifl store as well as a
place for an aflemoon cup of English tea, said
he felt the Haymarket was a good place to have
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It ’s like a little village with
so much to do and see. The
crowd there Is very young,
and the area Is very family
oriented.
— Lower
Lazio’s employee
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a business because of the varied clientele and
the continuous expansion of the area.
“The Haymarket is a great place to be,”
Brammeier said. “It’s really happening now,
and it is exciting to see the new businesses
coming in. We all seem to help each other out
with business down here.”
On weekends the Haymarket offers a variety
of activities such as horse-drawn carriage rides,
rides on bicycles built for two and rides on
Molley the Trolley through the Haymarket and
the surrounding area.
“There is so much to do there, and it is
getting reaRy popular itUtfiy
Jimenz, manager ofLa Paloma restaurant. “Peo
ple are beginning to make the Haymarket a
tradition, and with more stops moving in and
businesses growing, the Haymarket is going to
keep growing and becoming more popular.”
Heather Lower, a junior art history/architec
ture major and employee at Lazio’s Brewery
and Grill, said she enjoyed the convenience and
variety of the shops in the Haymarket and the
uniqueness of the area.
“it’s like a little village with so much to do
and see,” Lower Mid. “The crowd there is very
young, and the area is very family-oriented.
There are things there that you can’t find any
where else in Lincoln.”
It may be the world of a dog,
but adults and kids can enjoy it
J. Otto Seibold
and Vivian Walsh
Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride
Viking Press
Is this a kids’ book or what?
Well, it couldn't do them any
harm. Even kids need a break from
the moralistic dreck that most of us
adults settle for every day. And if
you feel in need of such a break,
then maybe “Mr. Lunch Takes a
Plane Ride" is for you, too, even if
you’re not a kid.
J. Otto Seibold’s drawings are
not what you’d expect in a book for
little kids. His weird, almost eerie
animation has appeared on MTV
and has been showcased in the In
ternational Tournee of Animation.
His illustrations here don’t seem
conducive to little junior dropping
easily off to sleep.
Hyperactive kids should be well
medicated before being allowed to
even turn the pages.
These drawings, though execut
ed without perspective, are not flat.
The characters, even the furniture,
jump around the page in violent fits
of impatience to get on with the
story.
And the story is an odd oik.
Written by Vivian Walsh and
her husband Seibold, this is the tale
of a dog who travels by plane to be
on a television program doing what
he does best.
Not licking himself—that goes
mercifully unmentioned — but
chasing birds.
On die way he fools around with
other people’s luggage (he has to
travel in the cargo hold — he’s a
dog, remember?) and really goofs
things up.
Well, there is no moral to this
dog's tale and hardly any reason to
be telling it—except that its pro
tagonist, Mr. Lunch, is so absolute
ly charming.
Why a dog? Why a dog named
Mr. Lunch? Why a dog named Mr.
anything? Does he have a first name,
too?
And why, of all things, a dog
chasing a bind on television?
That’s just it. The world of Mr.
Lunch is innocent of the evils of
this world: local sponsors, sweeps
weeks, sex that sells.
In a truly perfect world, you’d
sit down to your TV and see just
such a dog as Mr. Lunch chasing a
volunteer bird and say, “Gee, look
at Mr. Lunch go!”
You wouldn’t ask why because
to the innocent, there are no rea
sons and no need of them. The
delight Mr. Lunch takes in chasing
that bird and later in signing auto
graphs for his many admirers is
conveyed to the reader directly and
simply.
It’s been forever since a book
came along that did that so well.
Maybe kids won’t care about
that. They hardly need to go out of
their way to experience innocence
(the little brutes) but maybe the rest
of us will and do.
So after all, is this a kids’ book
or what?
What.
— Mark Baldridge
Concert-bopping offers
way to catch rap, rock,
country at State Fair
This year’s Nebraska State Fair
presents a smorgasbord of big-name
entertainment headlining the Bob
Devaney Sports Center — Garth
Brooks, Billy Ray Cyrus, Alan Jack
son, the Doobie Brothers and Rriss
Kross, the loveable rappers wrapped
up in their backward pants.
Everybody knows the Garth Brooks
show sold out, but tickets may still be
available to see Billy Ray Cyrus, the
Kentucky native best known for his
“Achy Breaky Heart.” Cyrus, guaran
teed to break a few hearts when he
steps onstage, is currently promoting
his latest release, “It Won’t Be the
Last,” a compilation of country songs
and love ballads.
Country singer Alan Jackson may
have a reputation for being humble
and shy, bait that won’t stop him from
playing to the Sunday night Devaney
crowd.
And, should the spirit of rock ‘n’
roll move you, you’ll want to catch
the Doobie Brothers at the Sports
Center. The Doobies, a favorite band
of the 1970s, are remembered for the
classic singles “China Grove,” “Jesus
is Just Alright” and “Listen to the
Music.” After a 1982 farewell tour
and 1987 reunion, the Doobies are
still goine strong.
If you’re in a money pinch or too
time to consider concert hopping.
Check the performance dates for your
favorite band or artist. There may be
one or two groups overlapping, so if
you work your schedule right, you can
catch more than one act a night,
late to purchase a ticket for a De vaney
event, don’t fret — you don’t have to
po without music, the free concerts
in the Pepsi Open-Air Auditorium
promise plenty of variety with a tight
lineup ofrock, bluegrass and comedy.
Appearing at the Open-Air Audi
torium is the legendary country rock
group, Poco, known for their sweet
harmonies, stirring melodies, hard
driving beat and Rusty Young’s steel
guitar. The hit history of Poco in
cludes “Crazy Love” and “Heart of
the Night.”
Alison Krauss, a national blue
grass singer will be fiddling free with
her band, Union Station. This sum
mer, Krauss became the first blue
grass artist in 19 years to be inducted
in the Grand Ole Opry.
With all these acts packed into
State Fair week, it might be a good
time to consider concert hopping.
—Jill O'Brien
See FAIR SCHEDULE on 17