ArtPrize puts Grand Rapids, Mich., on the map for wild, wonderful art
Grand Rapids, Michigan’s second-largest city, finds unusual ways to gain attention. It has produced high-quality furniture for more than a century. It is a nationwide […]
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Take Ten: summer sizzlers
Beat the heat with these Wisconsin destinations that have something new or novel to offer summertime travelers. Actor’s Craft, Kenosha: Find your inner Bogart at […]
Tune in: Paisley Park, Motown tours; Rolling Stones show at Navy Pier
Every artist needs a studio – someplace to inspire and motivate, concentrate and create – and it can be as simple as a nook, spare […]
Field Museum explores tattoo art, history, logic, popularity
More people are adding an indelible mark on their life, based on a process that is thousands of years old. When asked to write about […]
Take Ten: Museum exhibits worth a wintry road trip
Take a break and consider a museum road trip where traveling or seasonal shows pay attention to unique endeavors in fine art to pop culture […]
How and where to find ghosts of Bob Dylan in Minnesota
As I write this, the Swedish Academy is waiting for a call from Bob Dylan about his Nobel Prize for Literature. The award was announced […]
Polka festivals: a sure sign of spring
Almost all states with an official dance choose the square dance, but not Wisconsin. Not by a longshot. We picked the polka in 1993, as […]
Radio show tickets: Where to watch broadcasts
Wisconsin Public Radio’s decision to end the “Whad’Ya Know?” show concludes an on-air era of quick wit and timely humor by Michael Feldman, the host […]
Take Ten: Where to go overnight for dinner and show
When in doubt about how to structure your next big date night, start with dinner and a show. Sometimes you can even park just once […]
More light at Milwaukee Art Museum after $34 million remodeling
The Milwaukee Art Museum quickly turned into an architectural icon for Wisconsin’s largest city in 2001. That is when an addition with a 90-foot-high glass […]
Chicago’s interactive ‘We Gotta Bingo’ dinner theater big on fun
All-in-good-fun games of bingo keep the church lights on, subsidize school field trips, buy equipment for volunteer fire departments and make countless other charitable efforts […]
Molly O: ‘Justified,’ and beyond the Heymakers
“Justified” is a prevailing theme in Molly Otis Stoddard’s life lately, especially since that’s the title of her first music release in nearly two decades, […]