Posts tagged summer

Heirloom Tomatoes:

Heirloom tomatoes are a summer treat some people wait for all year. Commentator Brett Laidlaw tells us why.

Commentator Brett Laidlaw is the author of the book and the blog, Trout Caviar.

Girls Rock Camp:

Some kids go to camp to swim, sing songs, and eat s’mores around the campfire. Other kids go to camp to rock. Girls Rock Camp Madison gives girls an opportunity to find their voice and their inner rock star. Musician Beth Kille and campers Sarah Corbin and Frances Bartolutti tell us the story.

Dells Boat Tour:

A summer job is part of the high school and college experience, whether lifeguarding, scooping ice cream, or slinging greasy burgers. Writer Krista Eastman spent her summers working in the Wisconsin Dells.

Krista Eastman is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in The Massachusetts Review, Witness, and Hayden’s Ferry Review among others.

Photo by The Adventures of Kristin and Adam

My Olympics:

Washington Post journalist David Maraniss spends his summers in Wisconsin — he grew up in Madison. Like many of us, he’s been watching the Olympics this week — and remembering a special summer, long ago.

David Maraniss is a journalist with the Washington Post. He’s the author of “Barack Obama: The Story” and, “Rome, 1960: The Summer Olympics That Stirred the World.” He spends his summers in Madison, where he grew up.

Chanterelles:

Few fungi have earned the gastronomic respect of the chanterelle. Prized for its flavor and aroma, the chanterelle is a summer time treat that commentator Brett Laidlaw looks forward to every year.

Brett Laidlaw is the author of the cookbook Trout Caviar: Recipes from a Northern Forager blog of the same name.

Marching Band Camp:

Every year, the award-winning Oregon High School marching band spends the first weeks of summer vacation in Deerfield for a musical “boot camp” devoted to learning their new routine for the summer marching season. You think football players train hard? Check these guys out.

The 105-members of the Oregon band will wrap up their summer season this weekend at the Mid-America Competing Band Directors Association in Traverse City, Michigan. Seth Jovaag brought us this story.

Milwaukee Does Strange Things:

The summer festival season is upon us including Summerfest in Milwaukee, followed by a several months of ethnic and neighborhood festivals in that city. To celebrate, poet Susan Firer shares her poem “Milwaukee Does Strange Things To People.”

Commentator Susan Firer is the former poet laureate of Milwaukee and the author of many books, including Milwaukee Does Strange Things To People.