A new sculpture, titled “Blossom,” by artist Kent Hutchison was installed at Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay on August 8. The piece is a 16-foot blossoming flower made of welded corten (AKA weathering steel) and is located in the Vince Lombardi Cancer Care Center Garden. “Blossom” features a blown glass stamen equipped with LED READ MORE
Biculturalism is to Carrie Rodriguez as bluebonnets are to Texas — pervasive and rich. The singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas mixes and matches the nimble fiddle of her home state with the ranchero influences of her father’s side of the family. But the fiddle isn’t the typical Latin musician’s instrument of choice, a fact made clear READ MORE
The sun has set on the fifth year of Mile of Music and it’s all kind of a blur. Here’s a gallery of some favorite moments of the weekend. Happy reminiscing and we will be counting the days until Mile 6. All images by Mary Catherine Baird of Two Otters Photography.
I’ll admit it: when I started this blog series, I forgot how much it rains in the beginning of summer. When I had the summer laid out ahead of me, I had the months sorted out like this: June: Sunny! This is when people do a lot of the fun summer activities like days at READ MORE
Astronaut Janet Kavandi has spent 33 days, 20 hours and eight minutes in space, and one hour discussing that experience at the Experimental Aviation Association’s (EAA) AirVenture. On Thursday, July 17, Kavandi spoke on AirVenture’s five-pronged panel “Women in Space: Redefining Glamour.” She was joined by four other women dedicated to space and aeronautics, including READ MORE
Maybe you’re not a social butterfly, or maybe you don’t have enough time in your schedule to commit to weekly gardening hours. Maybe you just like chilling at home. Whatever your reason for not attending a community garden, there are ways to be sustainable on a personal level that can make a positive impact — READ MORE
Throughout this series, I have really appreciated spending the summer in the Fox Cities when I don’t have classes and homework and can take the time to really explore what the area has to offer. With about a month until the school year comes back around, I have been trying to take advantage of the READ MORE
This is the second part of August’s Artist Spotlight with Len Borruso. The first part is printed in our August issue. Len Borruso is no stranger to the world of filmmaking, but that doesn’t mean he’s never surprised by anything he encounters. Since moving to Appleton, Borruso has had to change his style of collaboration READ MORE
The Flag Day Parade. Octoberfest. Mile of Music. Though young by comparison, Appleton’s three-day music festival/bonanza/celebration/hullabaloo is undoubtedly one of the most iconic events in the Fox Cities, drawing thousands to the area over the course of the festival. The number of attendees alone might cause some introverts to shake in their boots, especially if READ MORE
The Fox Valley is a place where worlds collide. Here, massive tractors roll at a creeping pace through high school homecoming parades. Here, downtowns flurry with the traffic and energy of cities twice their size. Here, too, 72 acres of old golf course and country club have been converted into a non-profit that farms produce READ MORE
