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Madison Children’s Museum, just off the bustling Capitol Square downtown, is a frenzy of sights and sounds. On a typical day, young children squeal with delight as they explore exhibits and hands-on activities.

Editor's Note: This article appeared in the Spring 2012 edition of Wisconsin People & Ideas.

The Pro Are Quartet today: Sally Chisholm, viola; Parry Karp, violoncello;  Suzanne Beia, violin; David Perry, violin

“Four rational people conversing” was how the brilliant writer and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe described to a friend in 1829 the genre of the string quartet.

I could feel a draft moving through Milwaukee’s Broadway Theatre Center’s rehearsal hall that snowy January afternoon. The artistic directors from Milwaukee Chamber Theatre and Forward Theater Company leaned back in their folding chairs.

Computers have undoubtedly changed the way we exchange information.

Milwaukee youth discover nature at the Urban Ecology Center.

Bob Skloot (back row, center-right), professor emeritus in the Theatre and Drama Department at UW-Madison, and the cast of The Magic Bottu.

Selected journal entries from a volunteer for the American Jewish World Service who brought his theater skills to India.

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