Meet Alex, an editorial intern joining us for the summer. Name: Alex Shahbazi Age: 20 Hometown: Marquette, MI School attending: Lawrence University, class of 2017 Tell us about your background: As the combination of a physics major and creative writing minor would suggest, I have a diverse set of interests as a result of my diverse background. READ MORE
Once a month, a tight-knit (pun intended) group of Fox Valley women congregate at Appleton Public Library with needles, yarn, projects and creativity in tow. Knit2Together, a multigenerational knitting circle, founded in 2010, has remained a constant presence over the past half a decade, although newcomers are always welcome and encouraged. “The attendance has been READ MORE
Mark Speckman doesn’t let barriers block him. Instead, after being born without hands, he learned to adapt to the world that surrounded him. “I think people like a good story. … We haven’t really come that far from kindergarden. People like sitting on the rug and hearing a good story,” says Speckman who is the READ MORE
Nestled in the center of Lawrence University’s campus is the wonderland-inspired Wriston Art Center, home to the university’s art and art history departments and also home to Wriston Art Galleries, a free space dedicated to broadening the minds of students, faculty, staff and the larger community. “The Wriston Art Galleries are three interconnected galleries of READ MORE
Music can take you to another world, but it also can help you understand the world around you. John Gay’s “The Beggar’s Opera” opening tonight at 7 p.m. does just this. “We often think of (opera) as this extravagant excessive thing that we don’t understand because it’s antiquated,” states Copeland Woodruff, director of Opera Studies READ MORE
Hello! My name is Krystin Williams and I am a current intern at FOX CITIES Magazine. With all of the hustle and bustle of being an intern while also just being a freshman in college, let’s just say I don’t have much time to just sit down and tell people about myself, but now since READ MORE
Hello! My name is Sarah Perret-Goluboff and I’m one of the new winter interns for FOX CITIES Magazine. I thought I’d introduce myself so that you’d all know to keep an eye out for my future blog posts. I’m currently a junior at Lawrence University, the most recent on a long list of places I’ve READ MORE
Hello! I’m Anh Ta, a sophomore at Lawrence University and a new intern at FOX CITIES Magazine. Born and raised in Hanoi, Vietnam and, for five years, schooled in the sunny island of Singapore, I’m the girl who’s always cold with a bursting closet full of colorful scarves. Brought to Lawrence by a twist of READ MORE
Hello! My name is Amanda Bourbonais, I’m a senior English major at Lawrence University. I’ve been working as an editorial intern at FOX CITIES Magazine for about a month now. We’ve been so busy that I haven’t properly had time to introduce myself! So, what should you know about me? Let’s see. I’m originally from READ MORE
Hello! My name is Ariela Rosa, and I am a very excited new fall intern at FOX CITIES Magazine. I’m originally from the Bronx, N.Y. People ask me all the time how I ended up coming to Appleton from the great NYC. Well, long story short, the Kaplan Leadership Foundation (a scholarship program) helped me READ MORE