by Nik Hawkins | Nov 6, 2012 | Magazine Article
What’s the Big Idea? The University of Wisconsin–Madison concluded its “Year of the Wisconsin Idea” last spring with the installation of a cast bronze plaque—a gift from the Class of 2012—to honor this long standing campus tradition of service to the state....
by Harvey Black | Nov 6, 2012 | Magazine Article
Inspired by the many circuses and exotic animal shows that toured and wintered in Wisconsin in the late 1800s, Civil War veteran and folk artist Levi Fisher ames created his own remarkable menagerie of animals both real and imagined. Meticulously carved from...
by Evan M. Cohen | Nov 6, 2012 | Magazine Article
The Mill Paper and Book Arts Center in Rhinelander takes its name from the long-standing paper milling industry of Northern Wisconsin. Established in June of 2012 by artists Daniel Goscha and Debra Jircik, the Mill is a creative space hosted at their respective...
by Patricia Briggs | Nov 6, 2012 | Magazine Article
In the photograph a young woman holds up a sign that reads, “A man robbed me and put a knife to my kid’s neck.” With her hair pulled back in a practical ponytail and chips evident in her brightly colored fingernail polish, the young woman poses purposely for the...
by Victoria Statz | Nov 6, 2012 | Magazine Article
While independent bookshops are shuttering all over the country, the bookstore at 315 West Gorham Street in Madison has kept its doors open for over 21 years. However, during this time the bookstore has gone by a few different names. The building’s life as a literary...
by Robert Russell | Nov 6, 2012 | Magazine Article
Only one night we watchedthe full moon remember the tops of the trees,spilling radium over an unused roadand the pond at the edge of the fieldwas full of silver and longing.The fireflies’ green light was too coolto be reflected in that restless water,on, then off, the...
