Ultracycler Tries For Bike Records In 50 States
It was bike touring that sparked the ultracycling obsession in Kelsey Regan.
“You just load a bunch of camping gear on your bike and start riding,” says Regan. “You go wherever you feel like going.”
Apprentice Learns The Art Of Tattooing
Writing on the body is as old as time. Artists learn how to do it in multiple ways, including apprenticeships. Gabe Joyner is a second-year apprentice at a tattoo shop in Madison.
Of Spines And Dreams: Poet Finds A Bookstore Home In Milwaukee
There are many kinds of homes, from where we actually live to the coffee shop that’s an extension of our living room. When poet Kim Blaeser moved to Milwaukee, she found her “book home” in a place that’s been nurturing poets and celebrating poetry for decades.
“New” Old Treasures At The Hamilton Wood Type Museum
A museum in Two Rivers is sorting through five semi-trucks worth of special carved wood printing blocks. The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing museum recently bought a collection from a company in Ohio.
The Toughest Job At Graduation: Photographer’s Assistant
Graduation is a big event in the life of students and their families. It’s also a big event for the people who work these ceremonies. Ken Szymanski recalls his time as a photographer’s assistant for graduation at UW-Eau Claire.
Like an old photograph, the events took time to develop.
Ball Boy: The Luckiest Boy In Wisconsin
For a sports obsessed boy, becoming a ball boy for a professional sports team would be a dream come true. Pat McBride was a ball boy for the Brewers, Bucks, and Packers.
The Cost Of The Eight-Hour Work Day
In the 1880s, the eight-hour day emerged as the prime focus of the labor movement. Historian John Gurda reminds us of the tragedy that accompanied the fight in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood.
Symphony Celebrates Fifty Years of Music In Ashland
The Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra recently celebrated 50 years of performing in northwestern Wisconsin. Danielle Kaeding reports the orchestra has tied community members and generations together over the years through their shared love of music.
Sherry Ackerman’s Life In Art
Sherry Ackerman always loved art but hid her interest and her work until retirement. Now she sells her paintings and helps other nonprofessional artists discover and nurture their own artistic skills.
A Death In The Family Leads Man To A New Career
Death is something we all experience. But what we don’t experience much anymore is the actual dead body of our loved ones.
Jonas Zahn didn’t plan to make a career in casket-making.
Synchronicity In Nature And Life
The Niagara Escarpment stretches from New York to Wisconsin and shapes the geological, environmental, and human history of all that it touches. Like the escarpment, writer Robert Root’s life stretches from New York to Wisconsin.
Life Lessons In An Early Memory
We each have a unique story but there are themes that reach across all human experience. Writer Debra Monroe shares a memory of her earliest memory and the lessons of loss that mark all of our lives.
A Day On The Bookmobile
In Ozaukee and Sheboygan Counties, a bookmobile, one of seven in Wisconsin, makes stops in small towns and rural areas loaded with about 4,500 rotating books and media. It’s the Eastern Shores Library System bookmobile.
When A Baseball Game Goes Awry
Many of us were forced to play sports as a child. Crystal Chan’s parents signed her up for tee-ball. One disastrous outing led to a change of plans.
I am not good at baseball.
Will Hoverman’s Life In Music
Will Hoverman is a sophomore at UW-Madison studying political science and journalism. But outside of school, Hoverman’s life is filled with music.
When he started college, Hoverman was lucky enough to make it into one of the most elite musical groups on campus, the MadHatters, an all-male a cappella group.