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 Jason Smith | Apr 9, 2020 | Magazine Article
Frank Anderson knows a lot about Wisconsin. As the founder of the blog Wisconsinology, Anderson is committed to sharing little-known stories about Wisconsin people and events that help us better understand our state and culture. Born on Basilan Island in the...
by Jane Elder | Aug 19, 2019 | Magazine Article
It seems these days that discussions of metrics and measuring success are humming around me like the mosquitoes in my garden. It might be the influence of the time I spend working on grant proposals and program evaluations, or maybe it is all those social media posts...
by Brenda Bredahl | Feb 5, 2019 | Magazine Article
One sunny winter day just before Christmas, a visitor arrives at 45th Parallel Distillery in New Richmond, Wisconsin. “I’ve heard about this place, but I’ve never been here,” he says. “We just moved back from North Dakota to this area, where my wife and I grew up, so...
by Jason Smith | Oct 11, 2018 | Magazine Article
My wife once asked me why we print photo essays in the magazine. “Photos are everywhere online and everyone has a camera these days,” she said. “So, why bother?” While she was playing devil’s advocate (Liz knows I love photography), she had a point. According to the...
