Another year winds down as many prepare to celebrate the holidays of their choice. What a year it has been. As I look back I see many losses in our village, country and world. It often seemed that getting news of a death was becoming a weekly event. I do not think I shall ever erase from my mind and heart the now famous photograph of the tiny child survivor sitting in an ambulance terrified and alone after a local bombing. Our country and our world have been through so much. In so many ways, we are a world in grief.
With the media focus on this year’s painful and sad events, it is easy to forget the good in our world and in our lives. Yes, we need to know about all the evil, the destruction, the deaths and losses, but we must be careful to balance our awareness and exposure with the fact that there is also an incredible amount of goodness, beauty, love, generosity, kindness, joy and more. We cannot allow ourselves to get totally overwhelmed over the long haul by the tragedy in our lives and world.
I believe deeply in being aware of losses, in deeply owning our own pain and grief. We must do that or these will destroy us, buried alive as they will become. I also believe we must do all we can to heal our lives and our planet as we simultaneously seek out and steep ourselves in true joy, beauty, kindness and love. It is all about balance. If we find ourselves constantly drowning in loss, pain, destruction and fear, the energy and motivation we so desperately need to bring healing to our lives and planet will become lost and suffocated — drowning in our own tears. We can and must experience pain. It is our growing edge. It motivates us to improve our lives and it is unavoidable. We need to see it, feel it, acknowledge it, but we just cannot allow it to take total control of our lives, our energy, our motivation or our attitudes.
This is a month of looking back, of being present to both joy and pain, and of looking forward with hope and commitment to what matters in your lives. It is a month in many traditions to prepare for the birth of joy by looking quietly inside to our own souls, lives and choices.
I wish you the courage it takes to deal with and feel your own and others’ pain as you also seek out, create and steep yourselves in deep joy.
Remembering the Good in Our World and Lives
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Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage is a new photography exhibit free and open to the public at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. For the past decade, photographer Andrew Pielage has traveled the country capturing Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in his pursuit to photograph every remaining Wright site. Throughout his travels, he…
Free
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Brewery Pottery is pleased to host a retrospective show featuring the works of renowned printmaker William Weege (1935-2020), a pillar in the printmaking and papermaking fields in the United States and beyond. Weege, a UW-Madison professor and founder of Tandem Press, was a believer in experimentation and pushing the limits and boundaries of printmaking. He…
3 events,
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage is a new photography exhibit free and open to the public at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. For the past decade, photographer Andrew Pielage has traveled the country capturing Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in his pursuit to photograph every remaining Wright site. Throughout his travels, he…
Free
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Brewery Pottery is pleased to host a retrospective show featuring the works of renowned printmaker William Weege (1935-2020), a pillar in the printmaking and papermaking fields in the United States and beyond. Weege, a UW-Madison professor and founder of Tandem Press, was a believer in experimentation and pushing the limits and boundaries of printmaking. He…
Local Art at the Library: Pat Fargen and Kathy Steffen
Local Art at the Library: Pat Fargen and Kathy Steffen
Throughout June, enjoy quilts made locally by Pat Fargen for the Linus Project on display in the Community Room Gallery and assemblage sculpture by Kathy Steffen in the Glass Case Gallery during regular library hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday
Free
5 events,
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage is a new photography exhibit free and open to the public at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. For the past decade, photographer Andrew Pielage has traveled the country capturing Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in his pursuit to photograph every remaining Wright site. Throughout his travels, he…
Free
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Brewery Pottery is pleased to host a retrospective show featuring the works of renowned printmaker William Weege (1935-2020), a pillar in the printmaking and papermaking fields in the United States and beyond. Weege, a UW-Madison professor and founder of Tandem Press, was a believer in experimentation and pushing the limits and boundaries of printmaking. He…
Local Art at the Library: Pat Fargen and Kathy Steffen
Local Art at the Library: Pat Fargen and Kathy Steffen
Throughout June, enjoy quilts made locally by Pat Fargen for the Linus Project on display in the Community Room Gallery and assemblage sculpture by Kathy Steffen in the Glass Case Gallery during regular library hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday
Free
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LGBTQ+ History: Stonewall and Beyond
LGBTQ+ History: Stonewall and Beyond
Hybrid lecture presented by Dr. Pip Gordon. Register at http://stonewallandbeyond.eventbrite.com and choose In-person or Virtual Attendance. This talk will discuss the Stonewall Riot, which is considered the inspiration for June's Pride Month, but it will also look further back in time to other, lesser-known protests as well as forward to pivotal moments in the march…
Free
Rolling Hills/Viroqua Toastmasters Bimonthly Meeting
Rolling Hills/Viroqua Toastmasters Bimonthly Meeting
Please join our members representing communities within 60 miles of Richland Center — including Viroqua, Plain, Spring Green, Boscobel, Gays Mills and towns in between — in an exciting, fast-paced two-hour meeting where we delve into the art of communication and leadership. We meet bimonthly at 7-9 p.m on the second and fourth Tuesdays.
Free
3 events,
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage is a new photography exhibit free and open to the public at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. For the past decade, photographer Andrew Pielage has traveled the country capturing Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in his pursuit to photograph every remaining Wright site. Throughout his travels, he…
Free
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Brewery Pottery is pleased to host a retrospective show featuring the works of renowned printmaker William Weege (1935-2020), a pillar in the printmaking and papermaking fields in the United States and beyond. Weege, a UW-Madison professor and founder of Tandem Press, was a believer in experimentation and pushing the limits and boundaries of printmaking. He…
Local Art at the Library: Pat Fargen and Kathy Steffen
Local Art at the Library: Pat Fargen and Kathy Steffen
Throughout June, enjoy quilts made locally by Pat Fargen for the Linus Project on display in the Community Room Gallery and assemblage sculpture by Kathy Steffen in the Glass Case Gallery during regular library hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday
Free
4 events,
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage is a new photography exhibit free and open to the public at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. For the past decade, photographer Andrew Pielage has traveled the country capturing Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in his pursuit to photograph every remaining Wright site. Throughout his travels, he…
Free
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Brewery Pottery is pleased to host a retrospective show featuring the works of renowned printmaker William Weege (1935-2020), a pillar in the printmaking and papermaking fields in the United States and beyond. Weege, a UW-Madison professor and founder of Tandem Press, was a believer in experimentation and pushing the limits and boundaries of printmaking. He…
Local Art at the Library: Pat Fargen and Kathy Steffen
Local Art at the Library: Pat Fargen and Kathy Steffen
Throughout June, enjoy quilts made locally by Pat Fargen for the Linus Project on display in the Community Room Gallery and assemblage sculpture by Kathy Steffen in the Glass Case Gallery during regular library hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday
Free
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Live Music: Wand’ring Minstrels
Live Music: Wand’ring Minstrels
The Wand'ring Minstrels flute quartet with trombonist Monte Muller will be playing in a variety of styles. Free.
Free
4 events,
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage is a new photography exhibit free and open to the public at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. For the past decade, photographer Andrew Pielage has traveled the country capturing Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in his pursuit to photograph every remaining Wright site. Throughout his travels, he…
Free
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Brewery Pottery is pleased to host a retrospective show featuring the works of renowned printmaker William Weege (1935-2020), a pillar in the printmaking and papermaking fields in the United States and beyond. Weege, a UW-Madison professor and founder of Tandem Press, was a believer in experimentation and pushing the limits and boundaries of printmaking. He…
Local Art at the Library: Sue Johnson and Paula Washow
Local Art at the Library: Sue Johnson and Paula Washow
Throughout July, Sue Johnson is exhibiting her paintings in the Community Room Gallery and Paula Washow is exhibiting her assemblage sculpture in the Glass Case Gallery at the Spring Green Community Library during regular library hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday Paula Washow Artist Statement: "I discovered the…
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Movie: Independence Day
Movie: Independence Day
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of…
$4 – $8
3 events,
Local Art at the Library: Sue Johnson and Paula Washow
Local Art at the Library: Sue Johnson and Paula Washow
Throughout July, Sue Johnson is exhibiting her paintings in the Community Room Gallery and Paula Washow is exhibiting her assemblage sculpture in the Glass Case Gallery at the Spring Green Community Library during regular library hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday Paula Washow Artist Statement: "I discovered the…
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage is a new photography exhibit free and open to the public at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. For the past decade, photographer Andrew Pielage has traveled the country capturing Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in his pursuit to photograph every remaining Wright site. Throughout his travels, he…
Free
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Brewery Pottery is pleased to host a retrospective show featuring the works of renowned printmaker William Weege (1935-2020), a pillar in the printmaking and papermaking fields in the United States and beyond. Weege, a UW-Madison professor and founder of Tandem Press, was a believer in experimentation and pushing the limits and boundaries of printmaking. He…
4 events,
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage is a new photography exhibit free and open to the public at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. For the past decade, photographer Andrew Pielage has traveled the country capturing Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in his pursuit to photograph every remaining Wright site. Throughout his travels, he…
Free
Sundays in July at Unity Chapel: Head, Heart and Hand
Sundays in July at Unity Chapel: Head, Heart and Hand
Sundays in July at Unity Chapel returns! A common motto of the Arts & Crafts movement, "Head, Heart and Hand" has inspired countless people to bring all of them — their creativity, imagination, intelligence, honesty, love, skill and craft — to their work and lives. The series will be an exploration of the motto, with…
Free
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Brewery Pottery is pleased to host a retrospective show featuring the works of renowned printmaker William Weege (1935-2020), a pillar in the printmaking and papermaking fields in the United States and beyond. Weege, a UW-Madison professor and founder of Tandem Press, was a believer in experimentation and pushing the limits and boundaries of printmaking. He…
Harrisburg School & Museum Open House
Harrisburg School & Museum Open House
Restored one-room school, veterans exhibit, farm equipment museum, area historical memorabilia.
Free
3 events,
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage is a new photography exhibit free and open to the public at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. For the past decade, photographer Andrew Pielage has traveled the country capturing Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in his pursuit to photograph every remaining Wright site. Throughout his travels, he…
Free
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Art Exhibit: William Weege, A Look Back: 50 Years of Printmaking
Brewery Pottery is pleased to host a retrospective show featuring the works of renowned printmaker William Weege (1935-2020), a pillar in the printmaking and papermaking fields in the United States and beyond. Weege, a UW-Madison professor and founder of Tandem Press, was a believer in experimentation and pushing the limits and boundaries of printmaking. He…
Local Art at the Library: Sue Johnson and Paula Washow
Local Art at the Library: Sue Johnson and Paula Washow
Throughout July, Sue Johnson is exhibiting her paintings in the Community Room Gallery and Paula Washow is exhibiting her assemblage sculpture in the Glass Case Gallery at the Spring Green Community Library during regular library hours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday Paula Washow Artist Statement: "I discovered the…
4 events,
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Photography Exhibit: Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage
Sacred Spaces: Frank Lloyd Wright x Andrew Pielage is a new photography exhibit free and open to the public at the Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center. For the past decade, photographer Andrew Pielage has traveled the country capturing Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in his pursuit to photograph every remaining Wright site. Throughout his travels, he…
Free