Wisconsin Life #408: “Creative Origins”
This collection of stories from people sharing their “Wisconsin Life” includes the story of a team of four UW-Barron engineering ...
Milwaukee Artist Paints Her City In A Positive Light
Milwaukee is frequently referred to as America’s most segregated city. Tia Richardson knows decades of racial division have opened a ...
Wisconsin Life #407: “Past and Present”
This collection of stories from people sharing their “Wisconsin Life” includes the story of Tia Richardson, a Milwaukee artist who ...
Shot In The Chest, Theodore Roosevelt Kept Talking In Milwaukee
President Theodore Roosevelt was on his way to a campaign rally in Milwaukee when he was shot at close range ...
Camera In Hand, Artist’s Model Captures Urban Wildlife
For a self-described “city girl”, Mary Lee Agnew spends a lot of time in nature. As an artist’s model, Agnew ...
Wisconsin Life #403: Adventure Awaits
This collection of stories from people sharing their “Wisconsin Life” includes the story of Steve Brown, a world champion curler ...
Carving A Career Out Of Mardi Gras Masks
Bryan Berenson credits his career to fate. At 21 years old, he was diagnosed with arthritis. “I was a diesel ...
Wisconsin Life #401: “Up to the Challenge”
This collection of stories from people sharing their “Wisconsin Life” includes the story of Sue Dompke. After her husband died, ...
Increase Lapham, Wisconsin’s First Scientist
On an early summer evening in 1836, the steamship New York docked on the Milwaukee lakefront and a young naturalist ...
Literacy In Wisconsin: Liberian Refugee Miss Elizabeth Finds New Life In Milwaukee
Miss Elizabeth came to Milwaukee from Liberia in 2007. She knew no English. She’d never really even gone to school. ...
Bowling and Beer at One of Milwaukee’s Oldest Taverns
Tucked inside the basement of a neighborhood bar in southwest Milwaukee, you'll find the oldest bowling alley in the country. ...
One Man’s Effort to Help Those in Need in Milwaukee
Every Saturday, a large truck and trailer full of donated clothing and bedding heads to Milwaukee from Advent Lutheran Church ...
Milwaukee Woman Explores Her Troubled Childhood Through Her Collage Art
Tyanna Buie is a Milwaukee collage artist who explores her troubled childhood through her art. With her father out of ...
Wisconsin’s First Bicycle Ambassador
On bike paths, city streets, and even on ice, bicycles seem ubiquitous in Wisconsin. The first bicycling boom hit the ...
Anti-German Hysteria
U.S. entry into WWI in 1917 fueled a wave of anti-German sentiment across Wisconsin and across the nation. The fervor ...