Milwaukee Teacher Still Lecturing at 90
If you choose a job you love, some people believe you’ll never work a day in your life. Ed Drexler ...
Milwaukee Country Artist Brings Music Into The Classroom
Milwaukee musician K.C. Williams was born and raised in the city, but his musical roots were planted in the country. ...
Milwaukee Teacher Still Lecturing at 90
If you choose a job you love, some people believe you’ll never work a day in your life. Ed Drexler ...
Career Change Leads To Passion For Carpentry
Construction trades are extraordinarily male - less than 2 percent of carpenters are women. But Madison College is hoping to ...
The Life And Legacy Of 3-Time Pulitzer Winner, Thornton Wilder
Few people win one Pulitzer Prize. Madison-born Thornton Wilder won three, including one for the seminal play, “Our Town.” Wilder ...
Frederick Jackson Turner And The History Of The American West
Perhaps no American historian stirs a more impassioned response than Frederick Jackson Turner. His ideas about the western frontier were ...
Musician Raphael Baez One Of First Mexicans To Call Milwaukee Home
Raphael Baez was one of the first Mexicans to call Milwaukee home. Trained as a classical musician in Mexico, Baez ...
Of Spines And Dreams: Poet Finds A Bookstore Home In Milwaukee
There are many kinds of homes, from where we actually live to the coffee shop that’s an extension of our ...
August Rites of Passage As School Begins Again
I often introduce students in my English classes to the concept of liminality, or the important middle phase of the ...
Celebrating bassist and Madison jazz legend Richard Davis
Editor's note: Legendary bassist Richard Davis of Madison, Wisconsin passed away in early September 2023, surrounded by his loved ones. ...
Performer Combines Hula Hooping And Fire Into Spectacular Show
Sarah Sparkles and the “Madison Fire Tribe” love, well… fire. Sarah also passionately loves hula hooping and has found a ...
Retired Teacher Records The History Of Her Community, One Stitch At A Time
Lois Lawton records the history of her community… one stitch at a time. Lois has spent decades hand-working personal needlepoint ...
Electa Quinney
Schools are important social institutions but they only came into existence in early Wisconsin once a critical mass of parents ...
International Jazz Musician Richard Davis Shares Experience With Young Artists
Richard Davis is internationally known as one of the best jazz musicians in the world. What some may not know ...
Menominee Nation Member Teaches Native Language, Sparks Interest In Cultural Heritage
“It’s not for you. It’s for everybody.” That’s the lesson Menominee Nation member David Turney hopes to convey to young ...