The Great Willard Waterman
Actor Willard Waterman was born this week in Madison in 1914. Although he played many roles, he’s best known for ...
Memories Of A Pin-Up Girl
Bonnie Logan grew up on farm in Black Earth but knew from a young age that she wanted to see ...
Ten Months In Madison
The violence in Charlottesville has many people thinking about racism. Parth Shah spent a little less than a year in Wisconsin ...
Wisconsin 101: The Milwaukee-born Cookbook That Became A National Phenomenon
Before Martha Stewart and Ina Garten, there was Lizzie Kander and The Settlement Cookbook. The cookbook was the brainchild of Lizzie ...
Boring Death: A Theory Of Midwestern Cemeteries
Can a cemetery reveal something about the culture of a place? Matt Geiger thinks so. His travels around the country ...
Isn’t It Romantic: A Wedding Anniversary Up North
Linda Pils looks forward to a week up north with her grandkids every year. When the girls found out it ...
Wisconsin in WWI: Goodbye America, Hello… Horses?
One hundred years ago, Wisconsin went to war. In partnership with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, we’re exploring stories of Wisconsin ...
Secret Spaces: Baking And Family
Patti See first fell in love with baking as a child. And it’s what still connects her with her mother. ...
Meet The Artist Who Makes A Comic Strip Come Alive Through Animation
The creator of the Wisconsin Life comic strip “Something About a Flower,” Rodney Lambright II gives a brief introduction to ...
German Wheel Leads To Circus Training Space For All
Carly Schuna fell in love with the German Wheel at a juggling festival. Her devotion led her to help found ...
This Is The Life: Summer At The Pool
Is there anywhere better than the pool on a hot summer day? Allyson Loomis tells us about the carefree community ...
Polka Mad In Pulaski
Polka is celebration; it’s community; it’s family. It’s also our official state dance. And perhaps no town in Wisconsin is ...
Summer Camp Memories: The River That Wasn’t There
At thirteen, I set off for camp in northern Wisconsin to run rapids on churning rivers. Our counselor, Phil, asked ...
Putting By For The Winter
Like clockwork my backyard raspberry patch erupts with fruit every year right after the Fourth of July. As long as ...
Wisconsin in WWI: Horses And Transportation
In early 1917, John Pavlik enlisted in the Wisconsin National Guard. He was just 16 but he felt that American ...