Culture
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Rebuilding connections: Navigating life after losing a loved one
We all grieve differently, often facilitating between these worlds of wanting to talk about our loved ones to wanting to be left alone in silence. Writer Yia Lor of Eau […]
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Tomahawk native takes the stage in Minneapolis production of Disney’s ‘Frozen’
“I miss Tomahawk. I love Tomahawk so much,” Barr told WPR. “But I truly could not have imagined where my life would lead me in terms of being an actor and being on this stage. I’m so excited about it.”
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‘For once, we’re having fun over here’: Justin Vernon on the joy in Bon Iver’s new album ‘SABLE, fABLE’
In a rare interview, Vernon talked with Wisconsin music reporter Justin Barney about his new record.
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The Wisconsin cartographer who mapped Tolkien’s fantasy world
Rob Ferrett and Beatrice Lawrence from WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” went to see Karen Wynn Fonstad’s original hand-drawn maps in-person.
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Murder and mystery run rampant in latest book about a fictional Wisconsin town
Inspired by Scandinavian noir, Hannah Morrissey has crafted several dark crime novels set in the fictional Wisconsin town, Black Harbor.
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These Wisconsin indie bookstores are taking a stand against Amazon
Amid rising boycotts of major companies, the owners of Bound to Happen Books in Stevens Point and WordHaven Bookhouse in Sheboygan find themselves uniquely poised to meet the political moment.
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Humanities programs across Wisconsin are in peril after Trump axes funding
Wisconsin Humanities oversees educational and cultural programming across the state. It’s preparing to shut down after the Trump administration abruptly promised to cut off funding.
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Phil Cook finds a path forward with the piano meditations of ‘Appalachia Borealis’
Phil Cook recently spoke with WPR’s “BETA” about his love for the piano and a new record of solo instrumentals titled “Appalachia Borealis.”
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The musical genius of Sly Stone
WPR’s “BETA” sat down with Joseph Patel to find out what inspired the making of the documentary, “SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius).”
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Dan Kois on his coming-of-age horror novel, set in Milwaukee’s most haunted neighborhood
Imagine that you are a 12-year-old Milwaukee Sentinel paperboy wandering through an unknown Milwaukee neighborhood on a cold Wisconsin winter evening in 1987. Dan Kois has been there. It made […]
