One never knows where a Wednesday walk might lead. One could encounter Oopsie, the tiniest owl in Wisconsin, or bats. Walkers could learn to perfect their golf swing or find their way out of a corn maze.
Clever guides such as Rock County Parks Department Parks Foreman Jim Hessenaur, retired Milton High School science teacher David Bendlin and Rich Fletcher of Roam Around Tours will have plenty of stories about all the adventures.
âThey guide all these walks for free. This year, I have 21 walks, and half of them are with those guys, and they are the reason why people show up,â Mobility Manager for Rock County Council on Aging Jennifer McIlhone said.
Isthmus Picks for May 20-27 features a return to live theater from American Players Theatre and Madison Shakespeare Company, virtual community leadership awards presentations from YWCA Madison and Madison College, and much more.
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From polka to Punk Ballads
New music from Shawndell Marks, Mike Schneider Band and more
Singer-keyboardist
Shawndell Marks has most often recorded music in a band context, both for her solo albums and as a member of Gin, Chocolate and Bottle Rockets, Gold Dust Women, and various other groups. A notable exception to that is her 2020 Madison Area Music Award winning album
Keys to Unlock Your Dreams, a collection of original instrumental solo piano pieces. She revisits the solo approach in a much different way for the new EP
Punk Ballads, a collection of covers of songs by 1960s-1980s-era rock groups. The original records â by Black Flag, The Buzzcocks, The Cure, The Equals, Love and Rockets, and Ramones â are generally up-tempo, brash, guitar-based songs, so Marks spare and smoky recastings give each tune an arresting new personality. The EP was recorded live to cassette at various public locations around Sauk County that would normally be busy, but during the pand
Dec. 9, 2010
Pictured in this issue, the annual Sun Prairie Food Pantry concert was held Dec. 3 at Our Saviorâs Lutheran Church, The Nutcracker was performed at the SPHS Performing Arts Center, the Holiday Big Band Dance took place at the SPHS Schey Commons, Santa and Mrs. Claus visited the Crosse House, and Santa visited the annual American Legion Post 333 Childrenâs Christmas Party at the Sun Prairie Library.
Without appearances at a public hearing regarding it, members of the Sun Prairie City Council on Tuesday, Dec. 7 approved a resolution authorizing the issuance of $3.5 million in bonds for Prairie Development, Ltd. The Prairie Lakes development plans to use the money to construct approximately 25,000 square feet of retail space at Hoepker and Highway C and lease the space to tenants as part of the retail development.