Theater – April 2021

Appleton North Theater Embraces Hope by Jim Romenesko When the pandemic shut down school activities last March, Appleton North Theatre’s planned production of “The Laramie Project” was one of the casualties. Now, with many local high school theatres carefully...

Art & Canvas – April 2021

Battling Artist’s Block by Courtney Cerniglia There’s a painting in my studio that has been staring at me for months. It’s literally staring, too, as it’s a portrait of a cat I’m working on for a friend. Its green eyes look at me every day. I quickly look away...

Theater – October 2020

The End of an Era by Jim Romenesko Record-breaking Broadway blockbusters can’t hold a candle to the nearly sixty-year run of one of Appleton’s classiest acts, Marcia Fellows of Marcia’s School of Dance. Citing the effects of the Covid crisis on businesses in general...