Environmental historian Nancy Langston says the effects of synthetic estrogen DES, popular in the 1940s and 50s, is still having an effect today. Langston is the author of Toxic Bodies: Hormone Disruptors and the Legacy of DES, published by Yale University Press. She is a professor of forest and wildlife ecology at UW-Madison, where she also holds an appointment at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. She spoke with Stephanie Lecci from Wisconsin Public Radio in Madison.
Wauwatosa author Isabel Sharpe’s latest novel combines knitting, the Shetland Isles and moving outside your comfort zone. It’s called Knit in Comfort, and is published by Avon. Sharpe will talk about the book next Wednesday evening at Books and Company in Oconomowoc, and next Thursday evening at Next Chapter Bookshop in Mequon. She spoke with Mitch Teich.
The humble grilled cheese sandwich gets a makeover via the online Grilled Cheese Academy. We learn more from Milwaukee writer Jeannette Hurt. Her latest book is called The Complete Idiot's Guide to Wine and Food Pairing. She's the cheese contributor to our regular "Good Fermentations" segment. She spoke with Mitch Teich.
UWM’s Dance Department is staging the early work of Garth Fagan exploring race and identity. Garth Fagan is the Tony-award winning choreographer Lion King, and the founder and Artistic director of Garth Fagan Dance in Rochester, New York. Natalie Rogers Cropper is the director of the Garth Fagan Dance School and assistant rehearsal director. Fagan’s piece, From Before, will be staged next weekend by students and faculty in the UWM Dance Department.
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UWM’s Dance Department is staging the early work of Garth Fagan exploring race and identity. Garth Fagan is the Tony-award winning choreographer Lion King, and the founder and Artistic director of 
