Making Lefse the Right Way
Editor’s Note: The Norwegian flatbread known as lefse is a holiday favorite among many people of Scandinavian descent in Wisconsin. Today, Mike Paulus tell us how to make lefse the right way.
Catching Up With Miss Hmong Wisconsin
This weekend, Milwaukee’s Hmong community will host a New Year Celebration. Pang Xiong came to Wausau from Thailand with her family as a refugee when she was two years old. When she was a senior in high school, Pang became Miss Hmong Wisconsin and runner-up for Miss Hmong International.
Christmas Tree Farmers Stay Busy Year-Round
For many of us, Christmas trees come to mind for only a short part of the winter holiday season. For Bill and Judy Summers of Middleton, Wisconsin, it means spending a lot of time with Christmas trees – the whole year in fact.
A History of Midwest Vines
Before California was the center of the American wine universe, the Midwest loomed large. Wisconsin had vineyards and wineries before the Civil War. Historian Erica Hannickel shares the history of wine in this region.
Lumberjack Turned Coffee Roaster
It’s no surprise to find artisan coffee roasters in Milwaukee or Madison. But you might not expect to find one in a garage in the tiny town of Hiles in Forest County.
Gathering Spaces: Songs from the Southern Wisconsin Singing
Folklore Village in Dodgeville hosted the 2014 Southern Wisconsin Singing in November at Plum Grove Church. More than 120 people come from around the Midwest for a full day of singing and dinner on the grounds.
Madison Sacred Harp Singers
Madison Sacred Harp Singers gather twice a month on Sunday afternoons to sing together.
Gathering Spaces: Shape Note Singing
The tradition of shape note singing, also known as Sacred Harp singing, does not come from Wisconsin. It originated in the early American South and remains more widely practiced today in northern Alabama and Georgia.
Crazy for Kolaches
Food is a huge part of life in Wisconsin. In Northeastern Wisconsin, a dedicated group of volunteers churns out thousands of a Czechoslovakian pastry called kolaches. Patty Murray caught up with the “ring” leader and got a mouthful.
Remembering the Passenger Pigeon
One hundred years ago, a passenger pigeon named Martha died in captivity in a Cincinnati Zoo. She was the last of an indigenous species that once numbered in the billions in North America, particularly in Wisconsin and Michigan, where flocks could block out the sun for miles.
After Five Generations, Wisconsin Family Cranberry Farm Going Strong
More than 60% of the country’s cranberry crop is harvested in Wisconsin. That’s a lot of cranberries. Good thing Nodji VanWychen never gets tired of them!
For over 100 years, Nodji’s family has harvested cranberries on the Wetherby Cranberry Company marsh near Warrens, Wisconsin.
Swamp Thing
It’s gun deer season. Commentator Mike Paulus will be out to get a deer — that is, if he can remember to pay attention.
Neenah Man Creates Instruments Out Of Cigar Boxes
For most of his adult life Bruce Lee Rose has been making traditional string instruments at his home in Neenah. A serious accident to his right hand, however, changed his life.
Dudley Birder Is Known As Mr. Music In Green Bay
More than a half a century ago, Dudley Birder came to Green Bay as a young professor at St. Norbert College. Now in his late 80s, Dudley still holds a place in the heart of the Green Bay music community.
Milwaukee Woman Explores Her Troubled Childhood Through Her Collage Art
Tyanna Buie is a Milwaukee collage artist who explores her troubled childhood through her art. With her father out of the picture, and her mother and other relatives in jail, Tyanna used art as an escape as a child.