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Wisconsin food, farmers and farmers' markets meet friendly competition in a new Wisconsin Foodie special, airing 7 p.m. Thursday, March 10 on PBS Wisconsin. Chefs will compete, preparing a dish that represents their style and the farmers market. The program will also stream online at pbswisconsin.org.

As winter settles over Wisconsin, the 29th-annual PBS Wisconsin Garden & Landscape Expo brings a bit of spring-like warmth to the Exhibition Hall at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Feb. 11-13. Event hours are noon to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13. 

PBS Wisconsin will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a special presentation of its series Why Race Matters, at 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17 on PBS Wisconsin. Why Race Matters is a digital series elevating issues of importance affecting Wisconsin’s Black communities.

PBS Wisconsin received a 2021 Midwest Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for Documentary Programs – Cultural, for Wisconsin’s Scenic Treasures: Southern Vistas. Filmed by PBS Wisconsin from the air, land and water, the documentary showcases state parks, natural areas, wildlife areas and forests, many of them held in trust and managed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for Wisconsinites.

PBS Wisconsin received a 2021 Midwest Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement for Children/Youth/Teen (19 and under) - Short Form or Long Form Content, for its education resource Carrie Frost: Fly Fishing Boss. Carrie Frost: Fly Fishing Boss is part of the PBS Wisconsin Education Wisconsin Biographies series, a collection of free educational, online media resources that shares the stories of notable Wisconsinites and enriches grade school social studies and literacy curriculum.