by Augusta Scescke | May 14, 2014 | Magazine Article
Art that interacts with and improves local communities is essential for maintaining—and improving—our quality of life in Wisconsin. Thankfully, we have a state agency dedicated to cultivating and promoting arts that make our communities great: the Wisconsin Arts...
by Robin Chapman, Kathy Kelsey Foley, David Frank, James P. Leary, John J. Magnuson, Pradeep Rohatgi, Stanley A. Temple | May 13, 2014 | Magazine Article
Most people in Wisconsin know at least one or two innovative people whose work has transformed our state and the world in some meaningful way. These people—doctor, painter, or poet—are our friends, colleagues, and neighbors. They are part of the fabric of...
by Augusta Scescke | May 13, 2014 | Magazine Article
Pay attention. Listen. Be inclusive. Don’t gossip. Show respect. Be agreeable. Apologize. Give constructive criticism. Take responsibility. Most of us learned these basic rules of discussion back in grade school. Yet, how often does anyone really abide by them...
by Nickolas Butler, Jason Smith | May 13, 2014 | Magazine Article
Nickolas Butler was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. His writings have appeared in Christian Science Monitor, Kenyon Review Online, Narrative Magazine, Ploughshares, The Progressive, and elsewhere. Butler is a graduate of the...
by Karen Loeb | May 1, 2014 | Magazine Article
“My father is flying, my father is flying,” Rachel chants as they rush around the house in a panic, moving their mattress down to the tatami room and making their bedroom ready for the visit. “Do you realize he’ll be here twenty-one days? That’s one-fifth of our stay...
