Uni Place Creative District
These shops are open for business! Check with each listing for hours and availability.
Art & Murals
Mural Artist: Watie White
Mural Sponsors: The Lincoln Cornhusker Marriott Hotel and Cline Williams
Mural Artist: Focus Smith
Mural Sponsors: Bold Nebraska and Union Bank & Trust
Mural Artist: Susie Shepherd
Mural Sponsor: This mural was funded by an NEA Challenge America Grant awarded to NeighborWorks Lincoln
Mural Artist: Eder Muniz
Mural Sponsors: Ayars & Ayars and Ameritas
Mural Artist: Ana Marietta
Mural Sponsor: Rhonda Seacrest and the Lincoln Community Foundation
Mural Artist: Oria Simonini
Mural Sponsor: The Lincoln Cornhusker Marriott Hotel
On the second floor of Lucas Hall is The Archive, formerly the department's administrative office. These galleries are more experimental in nature and often showcase current student work in progress. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, during the regular semester.
Elder Gallery is located within Roger’s Center for Fine Arts. This is our main exhibition space on campus, where all featured visiting artist exhibitions are held, including the senior thesis installations. When exhibitions are in progress, the gallery is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.
Within Lucas Hall is Kepler Gallery, the entrance hallway to the building. These galleries are more experimental in nature and often showcase current student work in progress. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, during the regular semester.
Drinks & Dining
DAME is a lesbian owned, LGBTQIA+ and ally friendly lounge in the Uni Place area of Lincoln, NE. Come be your authentic self! Cheers Queers!
We take pride in providing our customers with a truly authentic coffee experience, crafted from only the highest-quality beans sourced from around the world.
The most authentic and delicious Chinese cuisine in Lincoln using only the freshest ingredients, resulting in a truly sublime dining experience.
We offer delicious pub classics and signature drinks in an energetic environment whether you’re craving a hearty sandwich, a flavorful wood-fired pizza, or a handcrafted cocktail.
Pizza: it’s delicious It’s customizable. It brings people together. And that’s what Domino’s® is all about.
Bakery with traditional pastries from Central America, delicious fruit filled cakes.
Entertainment
We develop powerful arts experiences through bold theater, immersive education, & community co-creation.
We host art shows, last Fridays, First Fridays you name it! We will have food trucks , musicians, interactive art, and more. The event space and courtyard are always available for booking.
The Gathering Grove is a meeting and event space in North Lincoln. Holding approximately 50-100 comfortably, this is your perfect place to host or attend your next event!
NWU’s newest rehearsal and performance space, excellent for small and experimental theatre performances.
This season you’ll enjoy dramatically different dramas, hit musicals, Shakespeare and more.
Services
Providing wellness and aesthetic needs. My mission is to serve others helping them feel their best from the inside out. From facial services, skin care products, and nutritional supplements.
Your design-build leader focused on creating opportunities by building beneficial relationships, processes, and projects.
Twelve studio spaces - nine private studios and three semi-private studios.
Empowers developers, designers, and organizations with expert guidance in sustainability and building science.
I am your lifestyle family, newborn, and senior photographer based in eastern Nebraska.
Empowered Healing has been proudly serving Lincoln, Nebraska for over 12 years as an outstanding wellness business offering massage therapy, sound therapy and salt therapy services. Our older building location beautifully features murals from local artists.
The ideal destination for nail services in the center of Lincoln.
Cash-only shop offering custom tattoos, cover-ups, and reworks.
We offer a variety of services to help you look your best, including haircuts, beard trims, and hot towel shaves.
Welcome to Poling Around Studio Community through pole dance, yoga & fitness classes.
Located in the lower level of Hidden Gem Tattoo, this shop specializes in versatile tattoos and accepts walk-ins.
Vidales painting offers free estimates. We are insured and registered.
Uptown Dental is a modern dental practice dedicated to provinding exceptional care in a comfortable, compassionate environment. We combine advanced technology with personalized service to help every patient achieve a healthy, confident smile.
Loren Mae is a tattoo artist who specializes in color designs ranging from new school to watercolor. Appointment Only
A centrally-located mixed-use entertainment destination at the corner of 48th & Leighton Avenue, conveniently positioned between UNL’s East Campus and NWU.
Shopping
Utilizing locally harvested beeswax for simple and beautiful products, our mission is to bring a sense of calm into our customers every day.
Offering jewelry repair services, including soldering, along with watch repair services.
Full-service piano store selling new and preowned instruments, accessories, and digital keyboards.
Nonprofit art center offering classes, community outreach programs, and gallery exhibitions.
An interactive art studio. Offsite & private art parties! Door art, ceramics, resin jewelry, macrame and MORE!
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Blixt Arts Lab
We develop powerful arts experiences through bold theater, immersive education, & community co-creation.
Create 48 Studio & Event Space
We host art shows, last Fridays, First Fridays you name it! We will have food trucks , musicians, interactive art, and more. The event space and courtyard are always available for booking.
The Gathering Grove
The Gathering Grove is a meeting and event space in North Lincoln. Holding approximately 50-100 comfortably, this is your perfect place to host or attend your next event!
NWU The Studio Theatre
NWU’s newest rehearsal and performance space, excellent for small and experimental theatre performances.
Nebraska Wesleyan University Theatre
This season you’ll enjoy dramatically different dramas, hit musicals, Shakespeare and more.