Angela Fitzgerald checks out artifacts from Wisconsin and beyond at the State Archive Preservation Facility in Madison. This state-of-the-art operation houses special collections including films, clothing and large objects like a vintage Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
We also explore the Care Suite at the State Archive Preservation Facility with Rachel Byington, Tribal Liaison at the The Wisconsin Historical Society. Byington shares how the organization collaborated with Native Nations to design the space for consolations, ceremonial and spiritual practices.
From there, we hit the water with Sara Hatleli, whose aquatic plant research is making a splash statewide with lake groups. Hatleli surveys bottom-dwelling plants, combing for diversity and other indicators of lake health. Her research helps local communities understand their lake’s unique traits, and options for group-led efforts to maintain and improve overall health.
Next, meet Max Gabb, an Oak Creek teen who turned a pandemic hobby into a lifelong passion. Gabb is all in on plane spotting, or identifying aircraft that arrive into the Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport. The hobby helped him overcome his fear of flying. Now nothing excites him more than tracking, identifying and photographing planes.
Satisfy your sweet tooth with an African treat created by Appleton’s Orson Fournillier and Yaw Asare. The two immigrant entrepreneurs created Sharay’s Ghana Style Brittle based on Asare’s happy memories of his West African childhood. A familiar presence at Fox Valley farmer markets, now the duo are expanding to retail locations around the state.
And finally, what’s old is new again at Waxxy Poodle records in Cross Plains. Dave Eck’s passion for vinyl began in Madison record stores as a teenager. That early love of music led to a career mastering records for major artists. Now he’s brought vinyl manufacturing back to Wisconsin with Waxxy Poodle, the first record pressing facility to open in the state in nearly a century.
