Erika Janik

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Stories that run the gamut...


Amazing Grace (On Wisconsin, Winter 2009)

Every Tuesday evening, in a space that usually houses a Sunday school, UW medical students care for those who have nowhere else to turn.


Madison's High Culture Cul-de-Sacs: A Tour of Weird Little Museums (The Onion, 3 September 2009)


Fight on Spandex Warrior (The Onion, 1 September 2009)


Crashing the Opera (The Onion, 21 March 2009)

Making opera cool for the under-80 set


Pick up Picking Sessions (The Onion 3 March 2009)

A survey of Madison's open music jams.


The road to recovery (Isthmus, 4 April 2008)

There comes a time in every sofa's life when it has to shape up or ship out — and here in Madison that often means shipped out to the curb for rebirth on a student porch. But there is another option: upholstery.


Tracing the Soundtrack of Vietnam (Wisconsin State Journal, 21 May 2006)

 

Meet Here (Wisconsin State Journal, 2 April 2006)


Roadside Attractions (TravelWisconsin.com)

A 12-foot mouse named after Igor Stravinsky greets you in a Fennimore parking lot. The jaws of a pink lion double as a drinking fountain in Delavan, while nearby, a killer elephant named Romeo rears up behind an unsuspecting clown. Call them tacky or call them kitsch, but these wondrous sites and surprises along Wisconsin roadways make getting there a lot more fun.