Arts & Entertainment - Sept. 3, 2009
American Players Theatre stages O'Neill's "Journey"
"A Long Day's Journey into Night" is an American classic, and Spring Green's American Players Theatre opened a high octane staging of it last week. OnMilwaukee.com's Damien Jaques checks in on the production and also catches up with Dawn Helsing Wolters, the new managing director of the Milwaukee Rep, and the Skylight Opera, too.
Tags: spring green, american players theatre, rep, skylight opera, dawn helsing wolters

Arts & Entertainment - Aug. 24, 2009
Old theater guy in a new neighborhood
This is the start of what I hope will be a long and happy relationship with you, OnMilwaukee.com and me. I plan to deliver to your screens a mix of stage news, reviews and feature stories via a weekly column appearing on Thursdays and occasional blog postings like this. Come and visit me here often.
Tags: Damien Jaques, Skylight Opera, Dale Gutzman, Milwaukee Rep, Joe Hanreddy, Dawn Helsing Wolters, APT, Spring Green

Kids & Family - May 10, 2008
Wisconsin sites offer fun and education
With the price of gas going through the roof, your economic stimulus check might not be enough to convince you to vacation outside the Badger State this summer. However, in addition to its many natural charms, Wisconsin also offers some fun family destinations that are also educational.
Tags: Paul Bunyan, Eau Claire, Chippewa Valley, Kenosha, Racine, Madison, Spring Green, Fox Valley, history, kids, families, Wisconsin Connections Academy, Jeff LeMahieu

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 8, 2008
Get outta town: Great state spots beyond Milwaukee
Milwaukee is a great place on a great lake, but every now and then it's nice to escape its urban parameters and explore less-populated parts of the state. Wisconsin is full of gems, both well-known and well-hidden. Here are a few of our favorites.
Tags: wisconsin, kohler-andrae state park, governor dodge, northwoods, new glarus, kettle moraine state forest, harrington state beach, spring green, door county, peninsula state park, fish creek

Arts & Entertainment - April 24, 2007
DeVita's "Silenced" explores censorship, human rights
Wisconsin actor and playwright Jim DeVita has written a novel inspired by a resistance movement in Nazi Germany. DeVita says a group of university students in Munich who agitated against the Nazis are the inspiration for his novel “The Silenced,” published by HarperCollins in June.
Tags: DeVita, APT, spring green, first stage, the silenced, Nazi