‘Emily and the Haunting of the Orpheum Theater’: A radio drama
Spooky tales around Halloween have made their way into listeners' ears across the country since, almost, the birth of radio. ...
Holga Photographer creates artistic photos with a cheap, plastic camera
Cameron Gillie is a photographer and camera collector. He often uses modern digital cameras in his work, but he also ...
Rethinking consumption at the Dane County Landfill
Estimates show that it takes roughly 450 years for a plastic water bottle to decompose. While this number is staggering, ...
Freida High’s devotion to the arts
In 1972, the University of Wisconsin-Madison hired Freida High Wasikhongo Tesfagiorgis as an assistant professor in the Department of Afro-American ...
Connecting with nature alongside Madison’s naturalist-in-residence Qwantese Winters
Qwantese Winters' goal is to get people outside more. As Madison Public Library's Naturalist-in-Residence 2023, she wants people to think ...
Portrait artist blends realism and beauty
Philip Salamone is a classical portrait artist, learning the craft at both UW-Madison and Grand Central Atelier in New York ...
‘My little corner of the universe’: Café owner Patrick Downey of Madison’s The Victory
Patrick Downey opened The Victory in Madison, Wisconsin, at 2710 Atwood Ave., in August of 2010 after he and his ...
Wrapping up Concerts on The Square with “Home to Madison,” just off Highway 51
Picture this: you're sitting on a blanket on the Capitol Lawn in Madison. It's a warm summer evening, and you're ...
Madison native LCDR Griffin Stangel flies high with the Blue Angels
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron may be the most recognizable group of performing aviators in the world. ...
Wisconsin 101: ‘The Land of the Freed-up Woman’ aka The Bra Flag
The 1970s were the height of the second wave of feminism, where women were advocating for equal rights and opportunities ...
The optimist: Lessons from mom and dad
We all learn lessons from our parents...how to cook a traditional family meal, how to have compassion or how to ...
The lindens: Discovering natural beauty in ordinary places
Sometimes, we can take the world’s beauty for granted. We don’t notice these natural works of wonder that are in ...
The Yiddish Tapes: Grandmother’s beautiful voice lives on
When I was a kid we always had shelves filled with blank cassettes. Sony, Memorex, TDK, we had them all. ...
Gleaning the sunflowers: How not to fail at gardening
Gardening season is upon us. For people blessed with a green thumb, this is their moment to shine…they’re putting in ...
Painting the landscape: Earth Day in the Heartland
Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson helped organize the first Earth Day in 1970, after growing concerns for the environment. Since then, it’s ...