The ABCs of Surviving Winter in Downtown Appleton

Hospital Kitchen Waste Helps Grow Local Crops: ThedaCare Saving 30 Tons of Waste from Going to Landfills This Year

When kitchen employees at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah and ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton cut and prepare food, they place the scraps into a special container used for composting at Riverview Gardens, an urban farm in downtown Appleton. The move saves 30 tons of food annually from going into local landfills, said Maggie Hintz-Polzin, RN, ThedaCare Hospital Kitchen Waste Helps Grow Local Crops: ThedaCare Saving 30 Tons of Waste from Going to Landfills This Year

Fall Into Fashion Ladies Day

For those who love to preview the latest runway looks for the upcoming season and partake in fun, fashion-related activities, we are thrilled to debut a new event dubbed Fall Into Fashion Ladies Day on Saturday, October 22. Festivities get underway at 9 a.m. at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel. Tickets are priced at $15 Fall Into Fashion Ladies Day

The Mastermind Behind Downtown Appleton’s Mandalas Project: Tony Conrad

Tony Conrad’s pattern-centric paintings and drawings are the results of an ongoing interest in various cultural and historical movements including Persian textiles, Tibetan Buddhism, psychedelic rock culture, and meditative states. Conrad received his MFA degree in painting and drawing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2009.  Currently, Conrad is a Lecturer of Art at Lawrence The Mastermind Behind Downtown Appleton’s Mandalas Project: Tony Conrad

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