by Anne Katz | Jul 27, 2017 | Magazine Article
Over the course of my more than 22 years as executive director of Arts Wisconsin, I have worked to place the arts and creativity at the center of life and learning throughout Wisconsin. As you can imagine, this has involved a lot of travel across the state. Travel is...
by Jason Smith | Jul 18, 2017 | Magazine Article
Let us consider the humble essay. The word essay seems overly academic, archaic even, invoking in some of us memories of grade-school scribbles about the Oregon Trail or honeybees. But it is a useful way of describing a broad spectrum of the best contemporary writing...
by Bob Wake | Jul 18, 2017 | Magazine Article
This was something Joy Frisk told us one August night around a campfire on a bluff overlooking the boathouse. Joy Frisk was high. Pain meds, most likely. Once in an unguarded moment she confessed torrents of pain and wept. The noble Viking, she called her Vicodin. The...
by Lois Bielefeld | Jul 17, 2017 | Magazine Article
In terms of attendance, compensation, and overall media presence, women’s sports are almost always eclipsed by those of their male counterparts. This gender imbalance trickles down to the high school level, where there are often more opportunities and resources for...
by Candice Wagener | Jul 17, 2017 | Magazine Article
Farm-to-table dining is more than a trend. In communities across Wisconsin, people are demanding more sustainably and locally produced foods—and craving opportunities to learn about how these foods are produced. Some small family farms in Wisconsin are providing a...
by Jane Elder | Jul 14, 2017 | Magazine Article
When writer and historian James Truslow Adams coined the term “the American Dream” in 1931, the phrase perhaps had more to do with the idealism at the heart of the American experience than simple material prosperity. The American Dream, he wrote in The Epic of...
