Name: Jelissa Burns Age: 20 Hometown: Racine, Wisconsin School attending: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, expected graduation date is December 2020 Tell us about your background: I was born in Atlanta, Georgia and moved to Wisconsin when I was 4 years old. I always have had a passion for literature and writing. Journalism seemed to be my READ MORE
Name: Kayla Nessmann Age: 20 Hometown: Combined Locks School attending: St. Cloud State University, May 2020 Tell us about your background: I’m a senior in college and majoring in English with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Writing and minoring in International Relations. I’m really passionate about writing, social justice and environmental issues. I interned at READ MORE
Name: Zack Dion Hometown: Neenah School attending: UW-Oshkosh, June 2019 Age: 23 Tell us about your background: I grew up on the Neenah side of Doty Island where I lived on 11th street until I was about 17. As a child, I loved the close bonds of the Doty Island community. Most of my younger READ MORE
Name: Jacob Biese Age: 21 Hometown: Hortonville School attending: UW Fox-Valley/May-July 2019 Tell us about your background: I am, and have been, a curious guy always seeking a new experience. Rather than listing off a bunch of experiences I’ve had to “sum-up” my life, I would like to say that I have lived most READ MORE
Wildwood Film Festival’s annual showing will feature a range of films in almost every genre, from comedy to documentary to action and even music videos. Founded in 2001, the film festival’s mission is to promote and showcase Wisconsin film talent. “We try to show people that just because you’re in Wisconsin, it doesn’t mean you READ MORE
Returning to The Grand Oshkosh on March 23, the monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery will be performing their “Sacred Music, Sacred Dance.” It is an exciting, family-friendly show with music, chanting dance and giant puppets that show many aspects of Tibetan culture. The performance is in collaboration with the week-long Mandala Sand Art project hosted READ MORE
Fox Cities native Christina Turner began her new position as president of the Trout Museum of Art and Building for the Arts in October 2018. After living in the San Francisco Bay Area for 25 years, her return five years ago was an opportunity to be nearer to family. “My whole career has been building READ MORE
“The Lion King” will return to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center this month, making this the third time the show has been performed at the P.A.C. A popular show, the P.A.C.’s Director of Marketing and Communications Tricia Witt says she expects a full house every single night of the show’s three-week run. “Thousands of READ MORE
A new longterm exhibit on the Menominee Clans Story is coming to the Oshkosh Public Museum’s Winnebago Room this spring. The exhibit features more than 30 meticulously hand-carved and painted wood figures created by Menominee elder and traditional craftsman James Frechette Jr. The figures, which stand between 12 and 20 inches high, and the setting READ MORE
By Emily Anderson You. You have cancer. Breast cancer. The C word. A super scary C word, because it’s often accompanied by that D word. Not that you believe it. How can you have cancer? You hear about it all the time, but it always happens to other people. But now you’re one of them. One READ MORE
