New museum exhibits: neon, androids, photos, fibers, history
Art, history and other museums in Wisconsin offer ongoing opportunities to learn and appreciate the world and home. Consider this sampling of special exhibits that […]
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Fermentation Fest: making beer, kraut, yogurt, bread, art-farm bonds
What, besides corn and cows, might you find in farm fields near Reedsburg in October? A. A woodwind quintet and ballet dancers. B. A place […]
Rural artists at work in Northwoods to Driftless studios
Outside are the tools and materials of a welder. Inside is the precarious pirouette of a dancer, the menacing glare of a warrior. The unusual […]
Midwest rural art parks: a smooth blend with nature
When fall colors hit their peak, we hit the road in search of the most brilliant blaze of hues. That part is expected. What adds […]
Squeezebox Night: monthly Swiss tribute in Monroe
Once a month on a Tuesday night, the basement at Monroe’s Turner Hall fills. Fans of all things Swiss devour Schublig sausages, potatoes with melted […]
Odes to rock ‘n’ roll in Clear Lake, Iowa
The half-mile walk between northern Iowa cornfields leads to a pinwheel of copper Jell-O molds and, lower to the ground, stainless steel cutouts of a […]
Your trash, their treasure: art from recycled materials
With spring cleaning comes the urge to discard and replace, but there are notable exceptions. Sometimes it’s a higher priority to reuse and recycle. One […]
Chauvin Sculpture Garden: Kohler Foundation at work in Louisiana bayou
Seventy miles southwest of New Orleans, thick fields of sugar cane are plentiful and even gas stations sell shrimp po’ boy subs that earn raves. […]
Trio of outdoor stages: hilltop to lakeshore to ski hill
You say all the world is a stage? Got that right, especially in summer, when standing ovations happen from ski hill to lakeshore, level turf […]
West Bend’s new museum all about Wisconsin art, inside and out
What single destination stands for all that is good, beautiful and unique in Wisconsin? Madison’s Capitol Square on a summer Saturday? The State Fair in […]
Everybody’s an artist at Milwaukee’s Splash Studio
On the wall is a soothing landscape with forests at the horizon, open plains in the foreground and a path that snakes toward sunset. The […]
Native American arts authentic at Chief Oshkosh, Egg Harbor
One of our last stops during a girlfriend getaway to Door County this month was almost an afterthought. “That place with the teepee has been […]