Masterpiece Chorale's 28th annual concert featuring local soloists
By STAFF - Thursday, April 25, 2013
ELKHORN -- The Southern Lakes Masterpiece Chorale, consisting of almost one hundred chorus members--from Janesville to East Troy, Whitewater to Sharon--and an orchestra, will present the 28th annual concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 26th, in the auditorium at Elkhorn Area High School, 482 E. Geneva St., Elkhorn.
Local woman holds Stamp Camp for Ronald McDonald Charities
By EDWIN SCHERZER - Thursday, April 25, 2013
BURLINGTON --
They say charity begins at home, but what happens when you’re in need of a charitable home away from home? Families whose children face traumatic injury or critical illness often don’t have the money for an extended stay in a location hundreds or thousands of miles away from their home.
Director of education program for Sudanese girls to speak in Whitewater
By STAFF - Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Anita Henderlight, executive director of Africa Education Leadership Initiative will discuss her work in girls’ secondary education in South Sudan at a presentation Thursday, May 2 at 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Chruch, 145 S. Prairie St., Whitewater.
Earth Day matters: Check out activities in and around Walworth County
By STAFF - Friday, April 19, 2013
Responding to widespread environmental degradation, Gaylord Nelson, a United States Senator from Wisconsin, called for an environmental teach-in, or Earth Day, to be held on April 22, 1970. Over 20 million people participated that year. Check out area Earth Day activities this weekend. File photo by Terry Mayer.
Elks' annual chicken and barbecue rib dinner set
By STAFF - Tuesday, April 16, 2013
DELAVAN -- The Walworth-Lakeland Elks “All-You-Care-to-Eat Chicken & BBQ Rib Dinner” will be held Sunday, April 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m at the Village Supper Club, 1725 South Shore Drive, Delavan. Along with the baked chicken and barbeque ribs, will be corn, French fries, coleslaw and your choice of coffee, tea or milk.
'Shooting the breeze' with author Michael Perry in Elkhorn
By LISA M. SCHMELZ - Tuesday, April 16, 2013
If a writer is lucky enough to hit the literary lottery that is the New York Times Best Sellers list, they probably don’t expect to be notified in the middle of the night, out in the middle of nowhere. But last August, that’s exactly what happened to Wisconsin author Michael Perry.
Still time to grab a barrel as artist, sponsor in Whitewater's public art project
By STAFF - Monday, April 15, 2013
WHITEWATER --
There's still time to participate in the 9th annual the Whitewater Art Alliance’s annual public art project.
Getting down and dirty in Lake Geneva
By CSI STAFF - Friday, April 12, 2013
LAKE GENEVA --
The Gladiator Assault Challenge will be back at the Grand Geneva Resort & Spa on April 13-14 for the ultimate mud run event. Participants can select either Saturday or Sunday to challenge their endurance to overcome more than 30 grueling obstacles over a 6.5 mile course. You can take on the challenge by yourself or with a team.
South Pole science comes to UW-Whitewater
By UNIVERSITY OF WISOCNSIN-WHITEWATER MEDIA DEPARTMENT - Wednesday, April 10, 2013
WHITEWATER -- Even though it’s 9,000 miles away, Wisconsin played a major role in the construction and management of one of the world’s largest and most interesting telescopes -- the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, located at the South Pole in Antarctica.
Fur and Feather Swap in Elkhorn brings out the animals
By STAFF - Wednesday, April 10, 2013
From the familiar to the uncommon, it’s all there at the annual Fur and Feather Swap. Past birds and animals for sale have included Polish chickens, pygmy goats and lionhead rabbits.
Discover Wisconsin's 'poet of place' at Geneva Lake Museum
By STAFF - Monday, April 1, 2013
"The Life and Times of Lorine Niedecker," the nationally and internationally known Wisconsin poet, considered to the "the Emily Dickenson of the century" will be featured at the Geneva Lake Museum, 255 Mill Street (intersection of Mill and Main streets), on Tuesday, April 2, at 2 p.m.
Racing down the bunny trail
By STAFF - Friday, March 29, 2013
Kids got a head start on Easter egg hunting in Elkhorn last Saturday at the Elkhorn Area High School's Athletic Lobby. In addition to finding treat-filled eggs, children also got to get up close and personal with the Easter bunny. For more photos of the Elkhorn egg hunt, see the March 31 print or e-edition of Walworth County Sunday.
Lake Geneva Library offers book give-away
By STAFF - Thursday, March 28, 2013
Lake Geneva Public Library, 918 W. Main St., Lake Geneva, is offering a free book and tickets give-away through Monday, April 1.
Old World Wisconsin sets up 'Life on the Farm Extreme' contest
By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thursday, March 28, 2013
A state historical site is holding a drawing for a day on a 19th-century farm.
Lyric Opera members present 'La Traviata'
By CSI STAFF - Thursday, March 28, 2013
WILLIAMS BAY --
Romance, drama and tragedy take to the concert hall stage on Saturday, April 6, when the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra performs “La Traviata.” The orchestra’s concert production of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera will feature soloists from the Lyric Opera of Chicago as the colorful characters Violetta, Alfredo and Germont. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Calvary Community Church in Williams Bay.
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