Born in co-founder Mark Simonson’s apartment at 49th and Dodge, The Reader moved to the railroad car next to Sharky’s Brew-ery at 77th and Cass before settling in on the 2nd floor of the old Firehouse Dinner Theater and now Upstream Brewery in 1995.
With the move to weekly, The Reader was now near the County Courthouse in the old Matthews Bookstore at 1618 Harney in the Keeline Building, the supposed spot where a young Henry Fonda watched the 1919 Lynching. In the basement, music editor Curtis Grubb launched Grasshopper Takeover and the band pad had frequest gatherings, most notably with 311 and opening act Gwen Stefani after their Civic Auditorium concert.
In 1999, The Reader moved back to Dundee, first to 48th & Dodge and then to 50th & Underwood. It’s during the last leg of these travels that most of the issues from 1994 and 1995 were lost.
While most of these early copies of The Reader are archived at the Nebraska State Historical Society, we’re still looking for copies of these issues:
Feb, 16, 1994 – 1st issue
March 2, 1994
March 16, 1994
March 30, 1994
April 13, 1994
April 27, 1994
May 11, 1994
May 25, 1994
June 8, 1994
June 22, 1004
July 6, 1994
July 20, 1994
August 3, 1994
November 9, 1994
November 23, 1994
December 7, 1994
December 21, 1994
January 4, 1995
January 18, 1995
February 1, 1995
February 15, 1995
March 1, 1995
March 15, 1995
March 29, 1995
April 12, 1995
June 21, 1995
July 5, 1995
July 19, 1995
August, 2, 1995
August 16, 1995
August 30, 1995
September 13, 1995
September 27, 1995
October 11, 1995
October 25, 1995
November 8, 1995
November 22, 1995
December 6, 1995
December 20, 1995