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 ...
SAAF #1: Something About A Flower
Greg reflects on the joys of being a father.
Folklorist Jim Leary Highlights Wisconsin’s Folk Music Tradition
From 1937 to 1946, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Alan Lomax, and the University of Wisconsin’s Helene Stratman-Thomas, with federal support from ...
One Man’s Love Affair With Buttons
Many of us collect things, from baseball cards to comic books and dolls. Gary Brockman of Middleton collects buttons. He ...
One Man’s Love Affair With Buttons
Many of us collect things, from baseball cards to comic books and dolls. Gary Brockman of Middleton collects buttons. He ...
Wisconsin Life #312: “Wunderkinds & Winter Races”
A member of the medical team that performed the first full face transplant, a man who organizes drag races on ...
An Artist’s Work Is Dynamite (Literally)
As a boy, Eric Lee had a deep love of art. In elementary school, he’d borrow friends’ Transformer toys and ...
Water Runs Through Cancer Survivor’s Life And Art
The white walls of a gallery have always filled artist Caroline Greenwald with a sense of possibility. Over her long ...
Nyckelharpa: Swedish Folk Instrument Made And Played By Eau Claire Family
Earl Holzman was already an accomplished woodworker when he decided to try something new. He began making nyckelharpas, an early ...
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 ...
Han Solo In Ripon: Harrison Ford’s Wisconsin Roots
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away from Hollywood, future movie star Harrison Ford was coming of ...
Musician Sets Family Story To Music
William Henry Gleiss was an engineer on the Milwaukee Road who died in a tragic train crash in 1918. In ...
Central Wisconsin Center Staff Uses Mosaic Art Project To Inspire Its Developmentally Challenged Clients
Central Wisconsin Center staff uses mosaic art project to inspire its developmentally challenged clients.
Wisconsin Life #309: “Foragers & Starvin’ Carvists”
The “Starvin’ Carvists”, a small town theater owner and a man who finds his meals growing in the wild are ...
Broadway Shines Bright Due To A Middleton Company
From the world’s tallest building in Dubai, to Main Street Disney in Orlando, to the lights on Broadway in New ...