An awkward first date and a second chance: Falling in love with The Lakatos
Though Steve and Emily Lakatos of Green Bay, Wisconsin met in their 30s, they both found out that it’s near ...
Kitchen Dance: A Parent’s Legacy
Have you ever been at a wedding and caught a glimpse of your parents slow dancing? Maybe you marveled…or maybe ...
Preserving Better Times At A Northwoods Clock Shop
It was 1957, and Rhinelander’s Leona Forth laid eyes on Marv Schumacher for the first time. “That’s how we met, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Famed Norwegian Violinist Ole Bull’s Madison Years
When internationally-acclaimed Norwegian violinist Ole Bull came to Madison in January 1868, a hundred torch-bearing countrymen escorted him up West ...
In This Animated Story, Author Benjamin Percy Tells How He Came To Love Wisconsin
Many of us come to love Wisconsin by birth. But for others, it comes through marriage. Writer Benjamin Percy tells ...
Lorine Niedecker
May 12th marks poet Lorine Niedecker’s 111th birthday. The critically acclaimed poet spent much of her life in Fort Atkinson. ...
Textile Artists’ Work And Lives Intertwined
Just south of the Door County community of Jacksonport is a two-story garage that is home to two artists with ...
State-in-Law
Many of us come to love Wisconsin by birth. But for others, it comes through marriage. Writer Benjamin Percy tells ...
Act II: Love and Marriage
Valentine’s Day can elicit groans but it also inspires reflections on the meaning of love. Writer John Hildebrand considers marriage ...