A retired lumberjack in far-north Wisconsin, Vietnam veteran in Illinois, road inspector in India, brick layer in Louisiana and monk … More
Category: Midwest
Divergent Worlds Unite: Kohler’s Arts/Industry Program
In the village of Kohler, Wisconsin, is a self-guided walking tour with 55 pieces of outdoor artwork, all indigenous because … More
State of the Arts in America is Looking Up! Fact Sheets Show It.
The American for the Arts Action Fund is a national organization dedicated to supporting the arts in the America. The … More
700 Volunteers, 65 Rooms, Glorious Gardens: Akron Ohio’s Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
Around the country, historic homes both famous and less well-known tell tales of families and places that shaped the past … More
Looking To The Future With A Viking Past: The Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Minnesota
The Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County, Minnesota’s (HCSCC) mission is to collect, preserve, interpret and share the history … More
Culture on a Plate: Smorgasbord’s Great American Rise and Fall
Smörgäsbord, a type of Scandinavian meal originating in Sweden, serves multiple hot and cold dishes of great variety. It became … More
A Taste of History: Plimoth Patuxet Museums in Plymouth, Massachusetts
November is Thanksgiving month, the quintessential American holiday that began in seventeenth-century Massachusetts when the ship Mayflower, dropped anchor off … More
Dance During Covid, Part II: Interviews with Dancers on Survival, Silver Linings, Transformation Now and the Future
Societal changes were in the works before the pandemic but the ‘pause’ has allowed time and space for deeper reflection, … More
Inspiring Readers at the American Writers Museum
Colorful displays, touch screens, and videos are some of the surprises at the American Writers Museum (AWM) in Chicago, an … More
Lindsborg, Kansas: Little Sweden of the Plains
Following in the footsteps of its resourceful founders, today’s Lindsborg artfully blends old traditions with the forces of modern life. … More
