A Superior museum: devoted to accordions
Frankie Yankovic and Lawrence Welk would have loved this place, way up in the city of Superior, way down in the basement of a former […]
Arts & Entertainment
Huh … Farm Aid never makes it to Wisconsin
Back in 1995, friends and I hopped on a plane to Louisville for the 10th annual Farm Aid concert, a sold-out event that brought 47,000 […]
Woodstock, Ill.: ‘Groundhog Day’ film site
Imagine the chords of Mozart, not the chortling of Janis Joplin. A place made for passing time, not a joint. There is a tidy town […]
Tom Uttech’s focus: surreal wildlife scenes
The most interesting time of the day, to Tom Uttech, is around 3 a.m. to sunrise, when the natural world moves as most people sleep. […]
Sultry Saugatuck: haven for artists, art lovers
For a town whose population is just 1,065, Saugatuck sure knows how to get around. One way is to ride North America’s only chain ferry, […]
Fall Art Tour: artistic inspiration in rural areas
In 1979, Jura Silverman became smitten with the picturesque nature of Spring Green, so the paper and printer maker moved her art studio, from Chicago. […]
Indoor, outdoor art shows: raining dogs, cats
In these dog days of summer, the route to relief from the humidity seemed clear. I took a break from the sun and headed to […]
Shakespeare on outdoor stages in Midwest
I am not a Shakespeare scholar, but I do have great respect for how his lyrical and eloquent writing has withstood and enriched the passage […]