Podcast: A Writer Recalls Her Wisconsin Childhood Posted on May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 by Morissa Young In the first episode of the podcast Weekly Writer, Morissa Young shares memories of her father.
Students Answer the Question: Do You Want to Work in Wisconsin After Graduation? Posted on May 5, 2019February 5, 2021 by Derek Grant, Jennifer Leu, Lena Orwig, Molly Schmelling and Morissa Young
Students Answer the Question: What’s the Hardest Thing About Your Life Right Now? What Brings You Joy? Posted on May 5, 2019February 5, 2021 by Peter Carr, Derek Grant, Kaitlyn Herzog, Krysta Hofmeyer, Tess Klein, Jennifer Leu, Lena Orwig, Katherine Wagner and Morissa Young
Harpist Overcomes the Odds at Music Camp Posted on April 28, 2019April 28, 2019 by Morissa Young Sofia Mattson shares her experience at harp camp and why she never wants to go back to Oklahoma.
Life With Chickens Posted on April 28, 2019April 28, 2019 by Morissa Young Every morning and every night, Tom Young never breaks a date with his favorite feathered girls. Morissa Young reports.
Trains and Tropics at the Mitchell Park Domes Posted on April 28, 2019April 28, 2019 by Morissa Young April 6 was the last Saturday of the Mitchell Park Domes’ train exhibit, and people of all kinds gathered there to enjoy a tropical escape from Wisconsin spring and watch the trains go by. Morissa Young reports.
The Patrons of the 8th Note Posted on April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 by Morissa Young A dimly-lit room populated by configurations of couches and coffee tables, 8th Note, a nonprofit, student-org-led coffeehouse located at the center of the Union’s ground floor, elicits a beatnik-type of atmosphere to the casual passerby. Torn-out sketchbook drawings, prints of prehistoric creatures, and magic cards are tacked to a black wall; “99 Red Balloons” plays […]
South of Lake Superior, a Culture Center: Woodland Pattern Posted on November 10, 2018August 31, 2020 by Morissa Young Nestled snugly in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood is a bookstore almost nondescript among Locust Street’s cluster of beige buildings, bars and holistic healing stores. The short, staggered false front almost reaches the halfway point of the two-story building next to it, and the south facade of the bookstore is awash with earthy bronze and bright blue […]
Life in Milwaukee Inspires Work of Local Poets Posted on June 6, 2018July 15, 2021 by Morissa Young At the back of local bookstore Woodland Pattern is a room strewn with colorful, elaborately textured paintings on broad canvas panels. The striking display is Woman: Frailty Thy Name, an art exhibition by Renee Baker that spans the perimeter of Woodland Pattern’s gallery space, and at the center of the room are rows of empty […]