Update: While posters for the 30th Annual Ernie Pope Art Show note the show's opening as May 17, organizers have updated its start date to May 18 to allow for time to install art on Main Street. Please note the change of date. The 30th Annual Ernie Pope Art Show, featuring...
Category: Art, culture
Wisconsin Makers sponsors Earth Art project
In the spirit of Earth Day and enjoying being outside while still practicing social distancing, Wisconsin Makers is sponsoring a public “plein air” art project to support area nonprofit organizations.Area artists of all ages and ability are invited to participate in Earth Art by drawing, painting or using your preferred...
‘Readings with RadioRon’ to feature dramatic readings of original, fictional works
Welcome to our first edition of “Readings with RadioRon.” Developed to be similar to a 1930’s dramatic radio show, this regular segment will feature original, fictional stories written by members of the Fort Atkinson community. Selected stories will be read, with creative enhancements, by longtime radioman Ron “RadioRon”Stelse. Today’s story,...
Virtual production of ‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ features Fort actor
By Kim McDarison Love. Finding it, defining it, embracing it, these are all components of the typical love story, but “Gruesome Playground Injuries,” a play written by Rajiv Joseph, is a love story that’s anything but typical. The one-act, eight-scene play runs about 75 minutes long and tells the...
Hoard Historical Museum announces virtual art show for adults
The Hoard Historical Museum has announced that the Fort Atkinson museum will host its annual art show in a virtual format in 2021. “Due to ongoing concerns with COVID-19, our annual art show will be held online this year,” said Merrilee Lee, museum director. “It is our wish to continue the...