WPR Music, Arts & Culture

09/06/2025

A certified master food preserver joins WPR's "The Larry Meiller Show" to cover canning basics.

Canning might sound daunting. But Christina Ward, a certified master food preserver, is here to help. With some education and proper equipment, you’ll be turning cucumbers into pickles in no time.

09/06/2025

A neurologist at Froedtert says practicing art clinically benefits his patients with multiple sclerosis.

Dr. Ahmed Obeidat is an artist himself — a poet and a professional photographer. He says his art allows him to reflect on the similarities within structures of nature and neurology.

09/06/2025

For seven years, 82-year-old retiree Terry Lauerman has been donating his time to Safe Haven Pet Sanctuary. His specialty? Lying down and taking a snooze with the shelter’s special-needs cats.

09/06/2025

Food inspectors face increased workloads and loss of union protection, making it more difficult to notice and report safety violations at food processing plants.

09/05/2025

Psychologist Shilagh Mirgain joined "The Larry Meiller Show" to offer strategies for improving self-confidence, which she emphasized is a skill that can be strengthened.

09/05/2025

Eau Claire author Andrew Patrie shares an excerpt from his memoir, “Clumsy Love: A Father's Journey Parenting His Transgender Daughter," on Wisconsin Life.

Andrew Patrie is like most parents. The Eau Claire author loves his child, but acknowledges the awkward moments.

09/04/2025

"We all have these songs that trigger those memories. The moments in my life where I had some upheaval like high school, which I talk about in the book, and then Vietnam, which was an upheaval for the nation. Music centered me and allowed me to get through difficult times. And in a way, especially with Vietnam, to heal."

In his new memoir, Wisconsin author and educator Doug Bradley uses music as a playlist for his life. He outlines coming-of-age moments and his time in the Vietnam War with popular music by the likes of Smokey Robinson and the Animals.

09/04/2025

New data from Pew shows that people don’t trust each other as much as they used to, and Wisconsin is falling behind trust levels compared to other parts of the country.

09/04/2025

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the Superior Fire Department this month are planning a cultural prescribed burn on the spit of land jutting out into Lake Superior. Called Ishkode, which means “good fire” in Ojibwe, the burn will clear invasive species, return nutrients to the soil and help native plants thrive while honoring the sacred relationship between the Ojibwe people and the land.

The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the Superior Fire Department this month are planning a cultural prescribed burn on the spit of land jutting out into Lake Superior. Called Ishkode, which means “good fire” in Ojibwe, the burn will clear invasive species, return nutrients to the ...

09/03/2025

The former director of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, who stepped down after President Donald Trump claimed to have fired her, will now run the Milwaukee Art Museum.

The former director of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, who stepped down after President Donald Trump claimed to have fired her, will run the Milwaukee Art Museum.

09/03/2025

Some of the people at the party live up north full-time. Others own vacation houses or cabins in the area. There’s a running joke that there are more people at the party who are from Illinois than from Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Life

As summer comes to an end, tourists begin to leave Wisconsin’s northwoods. Every year on Labor Day, people line Highway 51 and wave to the tourists as they head home. These “wave parties” are a way of saying “thanks for coming,” but also, “thanks for leaving.” At Whitman’s Bar and...

09/03/2025

Schlitz once dominated the beer market and helped make Milwaukee a thriving, working-class town. A corruption scandal and a questionable marketing strategy led to the brewery’s downfall in the 1970s.