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Contributor Gianofer Fields, host of Lake Effect's Radio Chipstone series, has begun a kind of series within a series she’s calling Curator’s Choice. She…
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Every culture has rituals around death and mourning. During the Victorian Era it was something called Hair Wreaths. Women would collect the hair of loved…
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Wisconsin was just 17 years old when the Civil War began. In 1861, every available man fit to serve was called to fight. Each man was issued two pairs of…
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Physical maps are disappearing in the 21st century - replaced by GPS screens in cars, and Google maps on our computer screens and smart phones.But a…
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Milwaukee drivers are very familiar with highway headaches due to what seems to be constant construction projects in the city year-round. Madison…
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Many people can recall a childhood memory of going outside to take advantage of a sunny, breezy day that was simply perfect to go fly a kite. Kite-flying…
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Textile artist Laura Anderson Barbata's work is a cross between traditional textile artistry and activism. And according to Liese Pfeifer, Academic…
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We often talk about objects from our past with a fondness, but what happens when the memories are negative?Either you discard the thing or you build new…
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Crosses, Stars of David, the Egyptian ankh, Chinese characters - they're all symbols that are commonly worn by people who subscribe to their meanings.In…
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Independent filmmaker Guy Maddin says he had made a number of films long before the short lived Canadian Documentary Channel contacted him about a…