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The Fox Valley folk and rock collective come to Green Bay at Saturday, April 30 alongside longtime power-pop band The Figgs
This effort is a part of the city and its sustainability commission's long-term plans, from green infrastructure to not mowing your lawn, to address sustainability
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A food and entertainment festival business with a checkered past comes to the Epic Event Center under a new name

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Fans reflect on Wisconsin’s oldest independent record stores in the wake of the chain's closure in coming months
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A series of conversations, music, and civic engagement from the nonprofit group For Wisconsin lands on Broadway ahead of the spring election
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The youth-focused nonprofit has been at its Ashwaubenon location for eight years providing year-round skating, biking, and rock climbing for all ages
The manufacturing company has been involved in a variety of ongoing chemical cleanups in the Green Bay area for years
An infamous poster of a man skiing down the city's coal piles has circulated the area for decades. An exclusive interview with the man on the poster…
A personal essay delving into the beloved franchise's current happenings, how it is enjoyed regionally, and a splash of local archival history
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An exploration of a Green Bay rapper’s sample-heavy, varied catalog
Women in the workplace have bore the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic and a volatile labor market. A new program is one of the ways local agencies are…
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Green Bay Grackle: a pesky question asking column
Have the Illuminati come to Green Bay?Our pesky-question asking column pokes around an odd and inaccurate online listing for a local storefront
Is live music safe right now? One year into a pandemic, live music barrels ahead in Green Bay area
Where did Mike Gallagher’s “thousands of Wisconsin jobs” come from?Gallagher continues Keystone Pipeline fight
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Art of Northeast Wisconsin
Trout Museum of Art makes radical and political art available through virtual displaysThe “Unraveled. Restructured. Revealed” exhibition features artists from across the country and is open for visitors (in-person or online) through May 23
A collage artist captures the turmoil of pandemic schoolingGreen Bay crafter Tania Nelson's "The Kids Aren't Alright" project confronts silenced youth and the lasting impacts of COVID-19 on students
Here’s what local musicians are up to on this April’s Bandcamp FridayA range of releases from Green Bay, Appleton, and Oshkosh area bands spanning space-metal to alt-country
Culture of Northeast Wisconsin
Finding Green Bay's best chili is a meaty, spicy, and sweet featFood writer Josh Koerner scores and explores a variety of offerings, but would prefer the Midwest staple sans noodles
Black Mother’s Day celebration met with lifesaving vaccine and smoked ribs in Green BayAfrican Heritage Inc combines Mother’s Day festivities with COVID-19 vaccine distribution to educate and inform marginalized communities.
Inoculated under the lights of LambeauA first-person account and retrospective of the Bellin Health, Brown County Public Health, and Green Bay Packers’ vaccine distribution
Politics of Northeast Wisconsin
"Took the legs out from under me": A Green Bay barber’s struggle to find pandemic assistance takes its tollThe second installment of the Protecting Who? series takes a look at the logistical hurdles and application fatigue a small, minority-owned business has experienced in the past year.
Protecting Who?: Paycheck Protection Program does little for Green Bay’s Black business ownersThe federal relief program also lacks complete data on the demographics of those who received loans.
Northeast Wisconsin municipal clerks said “NO NO NO” to voter suppression bills From the local government staff that opposed new voting bills to the legislators pushing for voting reforms, election fraud has become a major talking point in the region
Guest commentators
After one year and 100,000 words, documenting Prince’s discography barely scratches the surfaceGuest commentator and Green Bay music blogger Charlie Brawner recounts his Daily Prince project born out of pandemic necessity
Oneida Nation takes action towards food securityGuest commentator Xavier Horkman details how Oneida Nation community members and leaders are combatting issues of food insecurity exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic
Governor Evers, invest in rural Wisconsin to repair the legislative divideGuest commentator Jillian Marie Jacklin dissects the state budget proposal and its impact on rural communities and industries
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