Rooting For The Home Team
The Brewers may have had a losing record this year, but it wasn’t always this way. Historian John Gurda recalls his lifelong love of baseball and the 1957 that defined a baseball loving childhood.
Life And Homemade Costumes In A Retirement Home
Debby Wurster is having a ball at her new home in a retirement community. She’s got a full calendar of activities, she’s making new friends, and… she’s even competing in a Halloween costume contest in her homemade Minnie Mouse costume.
Guitars For Vets: The Healing Power Of Music In The Hands Of Heroes
His entire life Patrick Nettesheim knew what he wanted to be. Even at just four years of age Patrick knew. He wanted to be a guitar player and at the same time help heal people.
Random Lake Man Has Raised Purple Martins For Over 60 Years
Ike Kumrow is a Purple Martin landlord. He has 42 apartments on his front lawn near Random Lake, and all he asks for in rent is a little entertainment. “You hear them singing and the aerial antics that they do, the way they come gliding in.”
Struggles for Social Justice Inspire Dance Professor’s Works
Peggy Choy grew up in the multicultural haven of Hawaii. But it was in Wisconsin where her identity as an Asian American first took expression through dance.
“It was here in Madison that I created my first Asian American dance,” recalls Choy, an assistant professor of dance at the University of Wisconsin.
Couple Team Up To Raise Family And Make Art
Creating distinctive art requires a combination of ability and instinct. Artists often work alone, until the vision in their head translates into the reality in their hands.
That was the story for married artists Amy Arnold and Kelsey Sauber Olds.
Waukesha Middle Schooler Is A Rising Star In The World Of Pool
For Professor Harold Hill, the fast-talking salesman from the “Music Man” pool may have been a sign of trouble in River City. In the Spring City, more commonly called Waukesha today, pool is having a much more positive influence on one young man, thirteen-year-old Kaiden Hunkins.
Wisconsin Life #406: “Ardent Artists”
This collection of stories from people sharing their “Wisconsin Life” includes the story of Ike Kumrow, a Random Lake man has lived in his rural home in Scott township (near West Bend) for close to 60 years.
Simone, A Parent’s Story
She has been growing her hair out. My wife helps her put it in a ponytail. I smile at her, open my wallet, produce a driver’s license, my first, 25 years gone, plastic laminate starting to separate from the photo caught in the amber of its yellowing.
Memories Of A Migrant Laborer
Antonio Saldana began working in the fields with his family as a migrant worker when he was four years old.
“Everybody had to work,” says Saldana. “If you could walk and talk, you were expected to work.”
Recording Engineer Goes Old-School, Capturing Music On Magnetic Tape
Motown got its start in a humble Detroit duplex, so Williamson Magnetic Recording’s surprising location in the basement of Nature’s Bakery Cooperative on Madison’s eclectic Willy Street should be no impediment to its success.
Explore A Rare, Behind-The-Scenes Tour Of The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
Drive up to the iconic Lambeau Field on game day and you cannot help but feel the energy in the air. Brent Hensel gets that adrenaline rush every day after he landed his dream job with Wisconsin’s football “dream team.”
A Couple From Suburbia Raise Clydesdale Horses
Judy Larson has a big voice and an even bigger personality, and she needs it to deal with Clydesdales that tower over her by three feet. Together with her husband Cal, Judy operates a Clydesdale farm near Ripon.
Former Ho-Chunk President Shares His Story Of Struggle And His Search For A Positive Life
Jon Greendeer is a self-taught man. After struggling with addiction and an unhealthy lifestyle, Greendeer looked to his Ho-Chunk roots to turn his life around.
His current lifestyle stands in stark contrast to the life he explored and experienced as a young man in a rock band.
Pete’s Hamburger Stand Has Fed Prairie du Chien For More Than A Century
On warm summer weekends, the scent of onions cooking fills the downtown air of Prairie du Chien. Follow your nose and you’ll likely find hungry customers placing orders for a Pete’s Hamburger.