Location: Wisconsin

An art project by Mitchell Street Arts captures Milwaukee’s immigration history in the form of a miniature home.

Artists from around the U.S. and Mexico participate in the Mexican Folk Art Collective, sharing a variety of arts and crafts and inviting the local community to cross-cultural celebrations.

We asked y’all for local band recommendations, plus a few favorites from staff here at Arts Midwest. Listen up!

The newspaper started in 1988 in Wisconsin has become one of the most incisive and influential voices in the history of American satire.

Bad River: A Story of Defiance (2024) follows the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in northern Wisconsin.

Madison Public Library’s Making Justice program has facilitated over 20 murals with help from empowered, inspired teens.

From unofficial contests to eat the most cream puffs to pigs taking mid-race snack breaks, one of the region’s top state fairs is a show-stopping culinary and agricultural fest.

Laura Red Eagle created the Indigenous Language Table to offer a judgment-free gathering space for active language practice beyond the classroom.

Built in 1897, Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin should be a bastion of history. Instead, it’s a hotspot for artists.

In Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois, explore three different stories of the Black experience in America.