by Nikki Kallio | May 28, 2020 | Magazine Article
Kristin searched for a sound in the still air of the historic inn’s guest room, holding up a hand for silence while Mark dropped the equipment on a rosy bedspread. Muted light filtered through warped glass, long shadows reaching over papered walls. Coming here at...
by Jody Clowes, Lois Bielefeld, Comfort Wasikhongo | May 28, 2020 | Magazine Article
We’re absolutely on board with social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Even so, having to cancel our upcoming exhibitions is a major disappointment. The following pages feature work from the artists whose solo shows would have opened this April: Milwaukee...
by Justin Kern | May 28, 2020 | Magazine Article
Eight times a year the Racine Astronomical Society invites the public to view the skies through two intricate telescopes housed at the Modine-Benstead Observatory. Tucked amid rolling cornfields and tidy McMansions in rural Yorkville, the twin silos of the whitewashed...
by Jody Clowes, Martha Glowacki | Apr 13, 2020 | Magazine Article
Building a specimen collection of plant, animal, and mineral resources was a matter of scientific interest and civic pride for the Wisconsin Academy’s 19th-century founders. Such specimens were more than curiosities: they were physical documents of the region’s...
by Jason Smith | Apr 9, 2020 | Magazine Article
Let’s make a beer together. This is how collaborations such as the one between Working Draft Beer Company and the Wisconsin Academy get started. For the Academy’s 150th anniversary and in honor of its magazine of Wisconsin thought and culture, Wisconsin People &...
by Alex Paniagua | Apr 9, 2020 | Magazine Article
Holly Dolliver’s interest in nature began at a young age. After noticing the stinky algal blooms in Dunns Lake on her family’s farm, she wanted to learn more about why the blooms appeared—and what she could do to stop them. Years later, Dolliver took her childhood...
