Author: Staff

The 1,400-seat Pabst Theater was scheduled to host a series of live one-man shows, limited to a 250 person capacity, from November 20 to December 20, with Emmy award winner John McGivern. However, due to newly implemented restrictions on public gatherings at both city and state levels, the performances have been postponed until February or March of 2021. After missing the holidays season due the pandemic safety measures, the shows will take on a slightly different theme: UP CLOSE (but not too close) with John McGivern. They will still include a fresh mix of old and new tales, from...

The COVID-19 outbreak shut down the Sailing Vessel Denis Sullivan just weeks before its 20th season was scheduled to begin. With its programming halted, and lacking minimal funds for its maintenance, the sailing days of Wisconsin’s flagship and Great Lakes floating classroom could be over. As Discovery World, the scientific museum that operates the vessel, made cutbacks over 2020, many employees were furloughed. But the financial pressure has continued to mount as the pandemic stretches on and cases of infections continue to skyrocket. As a result, the last two remaining crew to maintain the special freshwater ship – her...

Governor Tony Evers delivered a primetime address on November 10, calling for unity and working together in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor’s address came as Wisconsin had yet another record-breaking day in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. Wisconsin reported more than 7,000 new cases, 66 lives lost, and 291 people hospitalized due to COVID-19 on November 10. During his address, Governor Evers pointed to projections from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The IHME’s projections indicates that based on current data, approximately 5,000 Wisconsinites could die from COVID-19 by January 1, 2021, if...