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Really cheap one-year subscription to Cooking Light magazine

Amazon.com has weekly specials on magazines (a.k.a “The Magazine Steal of the Week”) that are sometimes amazingly cheap. This week, they have a one-year (12 issues) subscription to Cooking Light, the nation’s largest food and fitness magazine, for only $5.

According to Amazon.com: “The price on this magazine has been reduced for one week only [...]

Learn about cranberries and take home some free samples of cranberry products

Cranberries? They’re not just for Thanksgiving. Wisconsin is a true champion when it comes to this small, but tastefully tart fruit: It is the state’s most valuable fruit crop at $115 million.

Learn more about cranberries by attending the next “Wisconsin’s Best” lecture at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18th at the Ebling Symposium Center, 1550 [...]

Free panel discussion and reception for “Back in the World: Portraits of Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans” at Chazen Museum

Will Williams (De Forest), Army Staff Sergeant, 25th Infantry Division, 1966–67; photograph by James Gill

On Wednesday, November 11th (Veterans Day), the Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Avenue, will host a free panel discussion and reception to explore and celebrate one of its current exhibitions: “Back in the World: Portraits of Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans,” [...]