Scotch Hill Cemetery Prairie June 2013
Scotch Hill Cemetery is a rural cemetery dating to the 1840's, located in the Town of Spring Valley, Rock County Wisconsin. The prairie remnant occupies the eastern half acre of the cemetery, on sloped Kidder silt loam, where there are no graves. Little Bluestem, Side Oats, grow with Kittens Tails, Spiderwort, and Blunt Leaved Milkweed. Mixed wildflowers from Wild Geranium to Golden Alexanders grow along the Scotch Hill r.o.w. with Alumroot, Prairie Willow, American Hazelnut, and a fern species.
Milwaukee: A City Built on Water | Program |
[Original Airdate: April 22, 2015]
Historian John Gurda explores how the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan spurred Milwaukee's growth. The settlers used rivers and Lake Michigan to transport grain, lumber, leather and beer, but water was just as important for play as it was for work. Gurda explains how the Milwaukee River became a destination for fun. Learn how the lower Milwaukee River was eventually reduced to an open sewer by 1900, with Lake Michigan suffering similar indignities. Only in recent decades have the currents turned for the better. From the Milwaukee River Greenway to the reborn Menomonee Valley to the cultural theme park on our downtown lakefront, the patterns of the past are being reversed, providing cause for celebration as well as concern.
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Around the Corner with John McGivern | Program | New Glarus (#805)
[Original Airdate: January 31, 2019]
It doesn’t take long to figure out the heritage of New Glarus. If the Swiss flags or the edelweiss at Brenda’s Blumenladen don’t give it away, the Alpine architecture and the brown Swiss cows all over town sure will! You know that people are proud when they name their organizations after the city. That’s just what New Glarus Brewing Company, New Glarus Welding, New Glarus Kinderchor and the New Glarus Hotel Restaurant did, which made them really easy for John to find. And he was happy to be “Swissified” by Chef Roland Furst, cultural expert Peter Etter and Swiss shop owner Esther Zgraggen. He was surprised when he was asked to milk the animals at the Voegeli and Lucky Dog farms, but at least he was good at it! John may never get to the original Glarus in Switzerland, but who cares? New Glarus is better anyway!
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Milwaukee PBS is an award-winning multimedia producer and broadcaster of exceptional and meaningful local and national content. Licensed to Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee PBS is one of the highest-rated PBS stations in the country. Our unique, independent position in the community makes us the ideal source of community engagement as a storyteller, conversation facilitator and advocate. No matter where you come from or where you make your home, we encourage you to bring your world and Milwaukee into focus as a member of the Milwaukee PBS community.
Around the Corner with John McGivern | Program | Caledonia & Wind Point (#709)
[Latest Airdate: June 21, 2018]
[Original Airdate: March 29, 2018]
So, Caledonia and Wind Point cover a lot of ground in southeast Wisconsin. This big area is home to big animals (like Libby's horses and Jo Don Farm's camels), and big companies (Norco, for one), big bugs (grown at the SC Johnson Institute of Insect Science for Family Health --- yikes!) and a big Wurlitzer organ (under a small house --- no kidding!).
It's also home to people with big talent (especially Bill Reid and Sherry Lou) and places of big beauty (the Wind Point Light House and The Prairie School, just to name a few). There's big fun to be had (surfing and kickball), and you can satisfy your big taste buds (at Sebastian's).
Yep. Caledonia and Wind Point are a big deal!
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Burlington Wisconsin Biking
Seven Waters Trail
The Seven Waters Trail passes near: Wind Lake, Waubeesee Lake, Muskego Creek, Fox River, Long Lake Creek, White River and Echo Lake. The trail begins at Highway 142 at Bushnell Park in the Town of Burlington, coming into the City of Burlington near Riverside Park, following the beautiful Fox River.The trail runs north along the east side Highway 36 crossing Highway 36 to join a newly constructed segment in the Rochester area. This new segment of the trail winds through Saller Woods, connecting to Eagle Case Park, and then joins the previous trail to run north past Waterford and Wind Lake. The construction of the new segment creates a seamless link from one end of the county to the other. The final segment of the trail is on the east side of Highway 36 and proceeds northward to the Waukesha County line (City of Muskego). The new segment of the trail is blacktop with the remainder gravel.
White River Trail
11 miles of this new state trail are open for biking. The trail begins at Spring Valley Road just west of Burlington off Highway 36 and goes through Lyons and Springfield. Takes you past the Pedal & Cup at Springfield (bike rentals, snacks and drinks). The final segment of the trail runs into Elkhorn. The crushed limestone tail takes you past numerous bridges, scenic vistas, quaint towns, farmlands and wetlands.
Delavan Wisconsin Scarecrow Festival 2016
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Les Paul
Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, which made the sound of rock and roll possible. He is credited with many recording innovations. Although he was not the first to use the technique, his early experiments with overdubbing (also known as sound on sound), delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects and multitrack recording were among the first to attract widespread attention.
His innovative talents extended into his playing style, including licks, trills, chording sequences, fretting techniques and timing, which set him apart from his contemporaries and inspired many guitarists of the present day. He recorded with his wife Mary Ford in the 1950s, and they sold millions of records.
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Authors in the Archives with Lauren Russell and Megan Milks
An unforgettable night of poetry, fiction, and discussion of how library and archival research is essential to creative and literary endeavors. Lauren Russell and Megan Milks read from their works which was followed with a discussion led by librarians and archivists about how they are using primary sources as well as a Q&A.
The first event in the Authors in the Archives series, this talk took place on Monday, October 28, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in the Willis Reading Room of the John Hay Library.
Megan Milks is the recipient of the 2019 Lotos Foundation Prize in Fiction Writing. Their first book, Kill Marguerite and Other Stories, won the 2015 Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award in Fiction and was named a Lambda Literary Award finalist. They have also published four chapbooks, most recently Kicking the Baby and The Feels, an exploration of fan fiction and affect. Their critical writing, for which they won a 2014 Critical Hit Award from Electric Lit, has been published in 4Columns, Los Angeles Book Review, and The New Inquiry, among other venues. Their work as editor includes The &NOW Awards 3: The Best Innovative Writing, 2011-2013 (Northwestern UP, 2015) and Asexualities: Feminist and Queer Perspectives (Routledge, 2014); currently, they edit the Fiction section of The Account.
Lauren Russell is the author of What’s Hanging on the Hush (Ahsahta Press, 2017) and Descent, a winner of the 2019 Tarpaulin Sky Book Awards and a finalist for the National Poetry Series, forthcoming from Tarpaulin Sky Press in 2020. A 2017 NEA Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry, she has also received fellowships and residencies from Cave Canem, The Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, VIDA/The Home School, the Rose O’Neill Literary House, the Millay Colony, and City of Asylum/Passa Porta. Her work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, boundary 2, the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, and Bettering American Poetry 2015, among others. She is assistant director of the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics at the University of Pittsburgh.
Monday, October 28, 2019
Brown University
7 of the Most Puzzling Unsolved Mysteries from History
7 of the Most Puzzling Unsolved Mysteries from History
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Around the Corner with John McGivern | Program | Cudahy (#307)
[Latest Airdate: June 22, 2017]
[Original Airdate: February 20, 2014]
As John Gurda put it, some communities bring home the bacon, but Cudahy makes the bacon!
It was true when Patrick Cudahy put this town on the map -- literally -- and it's still true today. Speaking of bacon, know what else John McGivern loves about Cudahy? It offers some of the best scenery and pastimes that Wisconsin has to offer. Trap shooting, archery, bird watching, golf and some of the best trails along Lake Michigan all co-exist in Sheridan Park. And speaking of one-of-a-kind attractions, wait until you see Dretska's! It's so great! And speaking of great, the art in Rick Serocki's yard is just that. Enough speaking! Start watching. Like us, you won't be able to resist this place that was once known as Porkapolis!
Episode #307
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Around the Corner with John McGivern | Program | The John Gurda Hour (#414)
[Original Airdate: April 23, 2015]
In our final episode of the season, it’s all about history and John Gurda - for an hour! During this season’s travels, John identified seven topics that he wanted to explore more fully: The Wade House (Greenbush), lannon stone (from Lannon – surprise!) and brownstone (Bayfield), Grant Park (South Milwaukee), the North Point Lighthouse (Milwaukee’s Lake Park), Great Lakes ship building (Sturgeon Bay) and the East Troy Electric Railroad (we don’t really have to tell you where this one is, right?).
In our regular community episodes of Around the Corner with John McGivern, we ask John Gurda to give us a three-minute version of the community’s history. Yep, three minutes. Well, for history buffs or nostalgic types, it’s just not enough time, right? So sit back and enjoy an hour of John Gurda relating what was by showing what is still here.
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Join Emmy Award-Winning actor John McGivern as he explores living, working and playing in Wisconsin's unique communities. John has visited more than 100 communities so far, with no end in sight!
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Milwaukee PBS is an award-winning multimedia producer and broadcaster of exceptional and meaningful local and national content. Licensed to Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee PBS is one of the highest-rated PBS stations in the country. Our unique, independent position in the community makes us the ideal source of community engagement as a storyteller, conversation facilitator and advocate. No matter where you come from or where you make your home, we encourage you to bring your world and Milwaukee into focus as a member of the Milwaukee PBS community.
25th Annual Kuehnast Lecture with Mark Seeley
2017 was the 25th anniversary of the Kuehnast Lecture series. To celebrate, Mark Seeley was the guest speaker. The talk was titled Forty Years As Extension Climatologist: Learning How Science and Citizenship Can Unite Us
Mark Seeley retires at the end of the year after 40 extraordinary years of service to Minnesota.
Opening remarks were also given by Dr. Benjamin Santer, Belinda Jensen, and Cathy Wurzer.
01/16/2018 Common Council Meeting
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