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Wisconsin People & Ideas

I go by Hortense. At group, last names don’t come up. It’s not officially anonymous, but there is a sense of confidentiality. Unspoken, but understood.

A participant at #LanguageBack looks at books in the library of the College of Menominee Nation.

We rolled into the College of Menominee Nation in Keshena on a Friday night, as the setting sun broke through the clouds and cast the campus in peaceful purple and grey light.

Heather Kerrigan traveled more than 2,600 miles across Wisconsin to sample as many of the state’s beer, brat, and cheese delicacies as her stomach could handle.

We move into the summer, a season cherished for a slower pace, reveling in the outdoors, and leisure time with those we love.

In this issue, we’re giving a fresh voice to Wisconsin’s landscapes, traditions, and cultural communities.

Cetonia Weston, founder of Niche Book Bar in Milwaukee.

With their varied selections of books and eclectic events, indie bookstores across Wisconsin have the potential to build bridges between groups that may not realize they have shared values

Female Bobolink taking flight.

A look at the Southern Driftless Grasslands through the eyes of a Bobolink

 

Todd Cambio, center, with two of his sons at Fraulini Guitars in Madison.

Madison-based luthier Todd Cambio crafts guitars that echo the past while carrying traditional music into the future

Amy Yocum sitting in her garden. Photo by Beth Skogen

In midsummer, Amy Yocum’s Madison garden is a riot of color. The blues and purples of the wild geraniums, anise hyssop, blue sage, and violets contrast with the bright orange of the butterfly weed...

Lake Mendota’s Picnic Point in 1960. George Gurda, via UW Digital Collections

The first international Earth Day celebrations were held in April 1970, and I experienced it at a 6:00 sunrise gathering at Picnic Point, on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison.

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