Turning Garbage into Art

April 20, 2011

Watch Independent Lens “Waste Land” at 9:00 p.m. Friday, April 22 on Wisconsin Public Television. I have always found it…

The New World

April 16, 2011

Watch American Masters: John Muir in the New World at 8 p.m. Monday, April 18 on Wisconsin Public Television. I…

The Great Famine

April 9, 2011

Watch American Experience: The Great Famine at 8:00 p.m. Monday, April 11 on Wisconsin Public Television. Considered one of the…

The Civil War Revisted

April 1, 2011

Watch Ken Burns’ The Civil War at 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, April 3-7 on Wisconsin Public Television. It was…

Wisconsin Film Festival

March 23, 2011

Watch Director’s Cut “Wisconsin Film Festival” at 8 p.m. Friday, March 25 on Wisconsin Public Television. At long last the…

A lesser-known history of Chicago

March 14, 2011

Watch DuSable to Obama: Chicago’s Black Metropolis at 9 p.m. Monday, March 14 on Wisconsin Public Television. The election of…

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

February 25, 2011

Watch American Experience: Triangle Fire at 8:00 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28 on Wisconsin Public Television. I have always assumed that…

Petey Greene’s Washington

February 15, 2011

Watch Independent Lens “Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene” at 9:00 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18 on Wisconsin Public…