by Jason Smith | Dec 16, 2014 | Magazine Article
Fifteen years ago, University of Oregon president Dave Frohnmayer delivered a prescient commencement address on a political and cultural phenomenon called “the New Tribalism.” “I hear an ancient noise rising in Oregon. … It sounds like the cacophony of a hundred...
by Augusta Scescke | Nov 19, 2013 | Magazine Article
Did you know that Kewaunee is home to the world’s largest grandfather clock? Or that Elvis Presley (a black belt in Karate) broke up a fist fight in 1977 at the intersection of East Washington Avenue and Highway 51 in Madison? How about that there are almost thirty...
by Jean M. Lang | Nov 6, 2012 | Magazine Article
While the iconic image of an American family gathered around a radio console listening to a presidential speech, mystery thriller, or home gardening show seems like an old-fashioned notion, between the 1920s and 1960s radio was a central force in the entertainment and...
by Dino Corvino | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
Computers have undoubtedly changed the way we exchange information. While e-mail has forever altered person-to-person communication, other forms of electronic communication are revolutionizing the way we share not just words, but also sounds and images. Facebook,...
by Gwendolyn Rice | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
I could feel a draft moving through Milwaukee’s Broadway Theatre Center’s rehearsal hall that snowy January afternoon. The artistic directors from Milwaukee Chamber Theatre and Forward Theater Company leaned back in their folding chairs. “Whenever you are ready,”...
