NINETEEN THIRTEEN The mesmerizing trio, NINETEEN THIRTEEN, features Janet Schiff playing the 1913 Romanian Cello and creating a Live Cello Orchestra by using a powerful looping pedal technique. We find Victor DeLorenzo playing a dynamic and ever changing Drum System, and Matt Meixner who weaves a subversive and melodic web of exotic Keyboard + Synthesizer […]
At this speaker event, Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Curator of Political History, will discuss the legacy of the Wide Awakes through his latest book, Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War. The story of the Wisconsin anti-slavery movement wouldn’t be complete without the Wide Awakes, a club of working-class white […]
Right from the sea a fisherman a hamper drew; Unlocked, it showed the tokens of his master’s child: Daughter she was, though servant to procurer vile, Established, after shipwreck, as her father’s ward — Now safe, though still unknown. At last, his daughter proved, She weds her erstwhile lover, Plesidippus true. Roman comedy is one […]
Anime Magic! is on a mission to bring the “magic” back to anime conventions! We’re always pushing the boundaries, and this year is no different. We’re getting WAY bigger, better, […]
Post Saga Post Saga, a pop-rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, emerged in 2017, blending pop, indie, jazz rock, and alternative. Inspired by Lake Street Dive and ’70s greats, they create unique melodies, soulful vocals, and a mix of genres. With a 7 piece band and a female fronted singer, their dynamics are unlike any in […]
“SOS Color Code 2024” is an indoor and outdoor installation by Luftwerk, the Chicago-based artist team of Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero. Using the universal languages of Morse code and […]
Follow the museum gate to the Outdoor Courtyard & Sculpture Garden featuring the Lakefront Brewery Tap House. The Beer Garden will be open on Thursday evenings, 5:30-9:00 p.m. and Saturday afternoons, 12-4 p.m. through October 3, 2024. Visitors will enjoy live music, food trucks, and Lakefront Brewery beer and hard seltzer on tap, wine, other […]
THE MIDNIGHT COMMANDER WAS HERE Master singer-songwriter brings new myths to Fort Atkinson to tilt at 21st century windmills. A fine finger-style guitarist with a precise baritone, Kray Van Kirk has a Ph.D. from the University of Alaska, but he put science aside to write songs, tell stories and summon heroes. He will bring those […]
At the 43rd Annual Villa Louis Carriage Classic, teams from across the country will jockey for first place in the Midwest’s largest, most elegant and lavishly appointed equine sport driving […]
10th ANNUAL YELLOWSTONE ART TRAIL FRIDAY & SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th & 7th, 2024 9:00am to 5:00pm both days Cadott, Boyd & the eastern Lake Wissota area of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin The Art Trail is a free self guided art tour consisting of 31 local artists displaying and selling artwork in their studios and participating businesses. […]
The Marathon County Historical Society Vintage Game Night is now the First Friday of each month from 5:30-8:30 pm at the Woodson History Center (410 Mcindoe St. Wausau). We have 100’s of vintage games (past and present) to choose from and people can come and go as they please. Vintage Video Game Night Friday, August […]
Chris Farrell is a veteran of Chicago’s Earl of Old Town singer-songwriter scene dating back too the days of John Prine and Steve Goodman. He spent forty years as a faculty member of the Old Town School of Folk Music. Some of his memorable performances over the years have been at The Bluebird Cafe in […]