by Jason Smith | Nov 15, 2013 | Magazine Article
“Now … I should note that the point of the arts is obviously not to create economic impact or jobs; the point is to help us communicate in new ways about what it is like to be human, the good, the painful, the ugly, and the sublime. But isn’t it great to know...
by Randall Berndt | Nov 1, 2013 | Magazine Article
In his seminal book on landscape painting, Kenneth Clark writes that “we are surrounded with things which we have not made and which have a life and structure different from our own: trees, flowers, grasses, hills, clouds. For centuries they have inspired us with...
by Rudy Koshar | Nov 1, 2013 | Magazine Article
Cora Gutierrez distrusted good news. So on the Friday when she learned her temporary lectureship in Environmental Studies at Cal State Long Beach was renewed for another year, her future snarled like an angry Doberman. Not that she was unhappy. She laughed with...
by Jason Smith | Nov 1, 2013 | Magazine Article
It took about fifteen passes through a Chandler and Price 10×15 Old Style press before Daniel Goscha realized that something was wrong. Small sections of hand-set type—14 point Bodoni to be exact—weren’t printing, making Max Garland’s poem almost unreadable....
by Melvin R. Laird | Nov 1, 2013 | Magazine Article
For nearly seventy years the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs has been serving our veterans in many ways. This department is very special to me and many others, and it is recognized as a model for other state agencies throughout the country. Two veterans of...
by Laura Lane | Aug 7, 2013 | Magazine Article
What if you had to relive the last year of your life? Would you make different choices the second time around? The Repeat Year, the debut novel from Milwaukee author Andrea Lochen, explores the notions of fate and destiny while questioning how much control one has...
