Past Meets the Future with Wisconsin Steampunk
You may have seen someone wearing goggles, a corset, and a bustle in a local parade. Mixing the Victorian age ...
Wisconsin Life #405: “From the Heart”
This collection of stories from people sharing their “Wisconsin Life” includes the story of Dana Barre and Heartland Farms, the ...
Two Rivers Man Writes Music Inspired By His Working Days
Bill Walkner has spent the last five decades of his life living in the city of Two Rivers. He's retired ...
Idle Empress Finds Community In Music
Singer Lauren Anderson began performing as a solo act in house shows around the Chippewa Valley. She then teamed up Josh ...
Eau Claire Choir Uses Power Of Song To Provide Comfort For Terminally Ill Patients
On a weekday, Luther-Mayo Hospital’s atrium garden is almost silent, save the occasional rustling of a gowned patient walking the ...
Offerings Of Food Makes New Place Feel Like Home
I’m a Midwesterner. I should’ve known when I saw the tureen of soup on the porch of my new house ...
The Wiccans Of Barneveld
Wicca is a pagan religion that taps into the magic of nature. At a church outside Barneveld, wiccans have formed ...
Dane County Couple Transform Autobody Shop Into Hindu Temple
Hinduism is one of the world’s largest religions, but in Wisconsin, few practice the world’s oldest faith. On a country road ...
Leaving Madison – And Home – for College In New York City
On the near west side of Madison, there’s a triangle-shaped patch of grass in the middle of the Hillington Green ...
Oneida Farm Preserves Native Foodways
A small farm in Northeastern Wisconsin is helping to preserve an important aspect of the Oneida tribe's culture. Besides providing ...
Abelskiver and Community on Washington Island
“You came all the way to Washington Island for Abelskiver pancakes?” the Islanders asked, incredulous. “In the middle of winter?” ...
Church Supper
Editor's Note: Wisconsin’s calendar is filled year ‘round with Lutheran lutefisk dinners, Catholic fish fries, and other church-sponsored meals. These events ...
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 ...
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 ...