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Recently on Lake Effect we learned about the role monied women played in advancing the women’s movement from 1870 through the 1960s. The Power of…

Most of us know the titles: Sense and Sensibility. Emma. Pride and Prejudice.And many of us have seen the Masterpiece Theatre or film adaptations of those…

For a setting that is often bright and wide open, writer James Anderson manages to find some dark places. Anderson’s first novel, The Never-Open Desert…

For many of us, Thanksgiving Day starts in the early morning and can go until late at night. It’s a holiday often marked by excess: lots of family, lots…

Lake Effect essayist Joanne Wientraub used to work as a TV critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, but there was one show that debuted after she left…

Children’s books can be a great way to explore places you have been or have yet to visit. It’s even better when the characters visiting these places…

Christmas is over, so you may or may not hear any more renditions of Jingle Bells and White Christmas in 2018. But music is with us year round and…

As 2019 opens, there is turmoil in President Trump’s foreign policy team, thanks in large part to the President’s abrupt announcement that the U.S. will…

Unless you've been following his recent career, the sound you hear on John Oates' newest album Arkansas is probably not the sound you’d expect. It's…

Between the snow, the ice, and the extreme cold, there are many in the Milwaukee-area seeking out social services by calling 211. The 24-hour phone line…