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The 12 Songs Holiday Project

The 12 Songs Holiday Project

TCD brings back the 12 Songs Holiday Project, a collaboration with WMSE and local musicians. Today, guitarist Peter Mac reimagines "We Three Kings."

Why we celebrate

Why we celebrate

As you enjoy the three-day weekend, reflect on the rights and freedoms fought and won for 234 years ago.

Deep-Fried Romantic: Just don’t call it Generic
Deep-Fried Romantic

Just don’t call it Generic

The rebirth and rebranding of America's favorite way to shop for goods without all that marketing. Well, less of it anyway.

5Q: Five questions for painter David Mahaffey
5Q

Five questions for painter David Mahaffey

Judith Ann Moriarty resurrects an old VITAL staple with brand-spankin' new bi-weekly installments of 5Q.

Doyle’s green dream is our nightmare

Doyle’s green dream is our nightmare

The Clean Energy Jobs Act is more frightening than any Audi ad ever made.

Photography and Hope: Brynn Unger’s “Full of Earth”
Photography and Hope

Brynn Unger’s “Full of Earth”

She's turning 20 this month, but already this travel photographer and missionary has helped in more countries than many of us will ever see.

Deep-Fried Romantic: Pop music through rosy kid glasses
Deep-Fried Romantic

Pop music through rosy kid glasses

The popular Kidz Bop music series takes songs that children hear on the radio and sanitizes them into something that's more accessible. Good idea?

Divisionaries: Wild-Card Weekend — Erasing Arizona
Divisionaries

Wild-Card Weekend — Erasing Arizona

Divisionaries recaps the offensively offensive performance in Arizona on Sunday and presents a handy guide to the upcoming Vikings-Cowboys game.

Winter Scenes: The toboggan slide
Winter Scenes

The toboggan slide

Daredevil ice slides and more. In this installment, it's all about sledding downhill -- rollercoaster fast.

Divisionaries: Week 17 — For real this time
Divisionaries

Week 17 — For real this time

Divisionaries bids adieu to the decrepit seasons of the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions and painstakingly details everything you don't need to know about the Packers playoff game against the Cardinals.

Winter Scenes: The Polar Bear Plunge
Winter Scenes

The Polar Bear Plunge

Age-old tradition lured dozens of Milwaukee bathers to the icy cold shores of Bradford Beach on New Year's Day.

Listecki takes Shepherd’s staff to lead Milwaukee Catholics

Listecki takes Shepherd’s staff to lead Milwaukee Catholics

Archbishop promises to lead with love.