‘A Spring Song’: Reconnecting with nature after the winter thaw
As winter fades and Wisconsin begins to thaw, the changing season brings renewal not only to the land but also ...
Rebuilding connections: Navigating life after losing a loved one
We all grieve differently, often vacillating between these worlds of wanting to talk about our loved ones to wanting to ...
‘For once, we’re having fun over here’: Justin Vernon on the joy in Bon Iver’s new album ‘SABLE, fABLE’
Wisconsin’s Justin Vernon is one of the biggest musical artists to come out of the state in the past 20 ...
Dan Kois on his coming-of-age horror novel, set in Milwaukee’s most haunted neighborhood
Imagine that you are a 12-year-old Milwaukee Sentinel paperboy wandering through an unknown Milwaukee neighborhood on a cold Wisconsin winter ...
‘The Largest Gathering of Norwegians in Northwestern Wisconsin, Probably: Gierefest’
Writer McKenna Scherer is a proud Wisconsinite. Sure, that love is tied to cheese and Spotted Cow. But at the ...
‘American Movie’ and Mark Borchardt still inspiring creatives decades after Wisconsin film’s release
TW Hansen first saw "American Movie" in 2000. Or maybe it was 2001 — he's not entirely sure. When asked ...
Grieving the loss of his parents, author imagines time traveling back to his childhood home
We all have these images, these moments from our childhoods that stick with us forever. Perhaps it’s the day you ...
Sober Social’s Kristi Tanner is reimagining Wisconsin’s drinking culture
There's a shop in Middleton that has rows of bottles, mixes and cans — but none of them contain alcohol. ...
With war raging, ballroom dance connects Ukrainians in Wisconsin to their home
Pairs of dancers glide across the floor at the Fred Astaire Dance Studios in Madison. Couples sway their hips as ...
How Marquette men’s basketball super fan Rick Smith became the ‘Jump Around Guy’
Rick Smith first started jumping around to show his fellow Marquette University alumni that he could cheer on the men’s ...
White pine eulogy: Honoring the many lives of a Wisconsin tree
A white pine in northern Wisconsin stood for more than 150 years before it met ultimate fate. Writer Ron Weber ...
‘Concerts for Hope’ brings classical music to a Wisconsin prison
A lot of things aren’t allowed through the doors of Wisconsin’s prisons. Cell phones are banned and even underwire from ...
A peek inside Madison’s historic Kennedy Manor apartments
Most of the folks who live on Langdon Street along Madison’s Lake Mendota are short-timers: students or young professionals. But ...
This central Wisconsin musician is on a quest to recreate the sounds of Vikings
Imagine it's spring and you're living in a Norwegian village during the Viking age. It was a hard winter, but ...
New children’s book celebrates Wisconsin’s George Edwin Taylor, the first Black presidential candidate
The La Crosse area helped shape an historic politician, yet many people aren't familiar with his story. George Edwin Taylor ...