Ten assistance-dogs-in-training — yellow Labrador retrievers — are living in dorms, attending classes and experiencing life alongside 22 student trainers at UW-River Falls.

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Few things can bind a community as strongly as Packers football can in Green Bay. A new book, “The Green and Gold Standard,” charts how this small-market franchise owned by its fans for over a century became a football dynasty and a civic institution.

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At age 64, Madison poet and novelist Jesse Lee Kercheval picked up a pencil set and started to draw. In her first solo exhibition, “Drawn Lives,” dozens of Kercheval’s pastel works are on display at Edgewood University Gallery in Madison.

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Pioneering Jewish social activist Lizzie Kander turned a recipe book she made for new immigrants in Milwaukee into the most successful charitable cookbook in American history. A new book examines the impact of “The Settlement Cook Book” for generations of women.

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A large-scale art installation, “Zig and Zag,” will transform the facade of the Racine Art Museum with colorful fabric. Led by a New York artist, volunteer sewists from Racine will use donated materials to bring this community fabric project to life.

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Milwaukee singer-songwriter Kyle Feerick’s new album, “Shine On,” draws from years of playing with local musicians and his own songwriting exploration. It’s been nearly a decade since he put out his last full-length album.

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