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Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate the many gifts our parents give us, and sometimes the gifts we’ve given them. Lake Effect essayist, Pam Parker, fondly…

If you happen to be walking through some Madison neighborhoods, you may notice a peculiar anomaly: poetry embedded in the sidewalk. It’s part of a project…

WUWM and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel hosted Across the Divide: New Realities for Immigrants, an event at Carroll University in Waukesha. On Monday, May…

Paul Theroux is widely regarded as one of the finest living American writers. But really, he’s a writer of the world. His fifty-year career encompasses…

From physical ailments to post-traumatic stress disorder - the health issues facing veterans are getting much more attention than they used to. In the…

Lake Effect recently spoke with experts from the VA and the LGBT Resource Center at UW-Milwaukee. They’re among those who are presenting the Zablocki VA…

Lake Effect essayist Meagan Schultz has loss on her mind:I’ve been thinking a lot about marriage lately. And death.My grandparents were married for almost…

Eric Von had already been in radio for a long time when he started making regular contributions to Lake Effect and WUWM. Von hosted talk shows at a…

At the 2016 Academy Awards, the film La La Land won a total of seven Oscars. Two of these awards were for best original score and best song, both created…

The music of pianist and composer Anthony Deutsch doesn’t fit neatly into any one category. It’s jazz, it’s pop, it’s singer-songwriter. And Deutsch, who…