RACINE THEATRE GUILD: Behind the Scenes | Racine, Wisconsin
Director Doug Instenes and the volunteers at the Racine Theatre Guild take us behind the scenes from rehearsal to curtain call to show how the theatre brings Racine County to center stage.
The Racine Theatre Guild, a volunteer-based community theatre, was founded in 1938 by 26 people with $13, and has grown into an organization that provides a variety of live entertainment and educational opportunities for all ages. One of the oldest continuous community theatres in the state of Wisconsin, the Guild moved constructed and moved into their current 400-seat venue in 1976. Through the efforts of hundreds of dedicated volunteers led by a small professional staff, RTG annually offers a season of eight mainstage plays and musicals, Racine Children’s Theatre, Jean’s Jazz Series, Comedy Tonight, Signature Spotlight Concert Series, theatre trips, theatre classes, daytime performances and workshops for schools, and more.
Settled on one of the nation's Top 10 beaches, Racine County, Wisconsin, hugs the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline between Chicago and Milwaukee. Through the eyes of locals, business owners, and tourists, we explore everything this family friendly vacation spot has to offer. With one of the country's top beaches, Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, a zoo, biking and hiking trails, art galleries, museums, year-round sport, church, music and art festivals, nationally known bakeries and water activities, urban and rural tours, and a rich history dating back over 150 years, a two or three night stay is definitely in order. Over the course of this series we'll visit the large variety of options available to this reclaimed city as told by the people who know it best.
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Jon Anne Willow tours one of the most significant contemporary craft museums in the United States, the Racine Art Museum.
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North Beach | RACINE, WISCONSIN
NORTH BEACH - BEACH MOM: Approximately 200,000 visitors come to North Beach every year for special events or just to have fun! Dr. Julie Kinzelman shows us how North Beach went from a biologically unsound area to a thriving beach voted one of the best in the country by several top periodicals. Julie got grants as an undergraduate student studying beach pollution. She wanted to go further with her studies and so got advanced degrees -- while at the same time working full time. She got her PhD from the UK and began to think about beaches as a social necessity. Citizens need the recreational beaches for social happiness. Looking at Racine's North Beach, she thought it was time to clean it up and give it back to the community.With the Iron Man Race as the backdrop, So how'd she do it? Grooming, Storm water management to help improve water quality by way of aesthetically pleasing sand dunes. Adjustments to the bacteria in the sand via routine grooming and much much more!
Settled on one of the nation's Top 10 beaches, Racine County, Wisconsin, hugs the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline between Chicago and Milwaukee. Through the eyes of locals, business owners, and tourists, we explore everything this family friendly vacation spot has to offer. With one of the country's top beaches, Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, a zoo, biking and hiking trails, art galleries, museums, year-round sport, church, music and art festivals, nationally known bakeries and water activities, urban and rural tours, and a rich history dating back over 150 years, a two or three night stay is definitely in order. Over the course of this series we'll visit the large variety of options available to this reclaimed city as told by the people who know it best.
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A Trip Through the Grohmann Museum
The swirling, floating imagery of this video may evoke a dream-like sensation of exploring the museum. The video itself is an artistic overview of the Grohmann Museum and its one-of-a-kind Man at Work art collection.
Produced for MSOE by Erik Switzer.
Visit the Grohmann Museum at msoe.edu/museum
Racine County – Come Stay Awhile
Welcome to Racine County, the perfect blend of coastal charm, idyllic countryside and urban flair. Eric kicks things off in Burlington, where he gets his fill of delicious treats at Chocolate Fest and spends a day kayaking on the peaceful Fox River before heading to downtown Racine to explore the many exhibits and experiences at the Racine Art Museum.
Collin heads to Apple Holler in Sturtevant for some fresh air, farm cooking and even Wisconsin-grown peaches, then experiences all the comforts of home – and whimsical fun! – at the Christmas House Bed & Breakfast in Racine.
Director's Cut | RACINE THEATRE GUILD: Behind the Scenes | Racine, Wisconsin
Director Doug Instenes and the volunteers at the Racine Theatre Guild take us behind the scenes from rehearsal to curtain call to show how the theatre brings Racine County to center stage.
The Racine Theatre Guild, a volunteer-based community theatre, was founded in 1938 by 26 people with $13, and has grown into an organization that provides a variety of live entertainment and educational opportunities for all ages. One of the oldest continuous community theatres in the state of Wisconsin, the Guild moved constructed and moved into their current 400-seat venue in 1976. Through the efforts of hundreds of dedicated volunteers led by a small professional staff, RTG annually offers a season of eight mainstage plays and musicals, Racine Children’s Theatre, Jean’s Jazz Series, Comedy Tonight, Signature Spotlight Concert Series, theatre trips, theatre classes, daytime performances and workshops for schools, and more.
Settled on one of the nation's Top 10 beaches, Racine County, Wisconsin, hugs the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline between Chicago and Milwaukee. Through the eyes of locals, business owners, and tourists, we explore everything this family friendly vacation spot has to offer. With one of the country's top beaches, Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, a zoo, biking and hiking trails, art galleries, museums, year-round sport, church, music and art festivals, nationally known bakeries and water activities, urban and rural tours, and a rich history dating back over 150 years, a two or three night stay is definitely in order. Over the course of this series we'll visit the large variety of options available to this reclaimed city as told by the people who know it best.
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Racine Zoo Outdoor Picnic Venue
The Racine Zoo’s outdoor tented picnic venue is great for your next company picnic or fundraiser! Take a look at how zillihospitalitygroup.com turned the Racine Zoo into a deliciously wild affair.
If you are interested in hosting your reception, picnic or fundraiser at this unique location, and if you’d like on-site coordination with the flexibility to customize your event and décor, this might be the location for you.
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Racine's Art Scene Part 2 (Main Gallery)
Part 2 of my 3 part series documenting some of the lesser known gems in the artist community around Racine, Wisconsin. This part focuses on Main Gallery.
This video is supported in part by a grant from The Racine Arts Council's Artseed Grants Program, funded by the Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from The State of Wisconsin.
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Troy Mikaelian Highlight Video (#30, Jr. Guard - The Prairie School - Racine, WI )
This highlight video features game film beginning with my current Junior season thus far and working backwards with game film from my Sophomore and Freshman seasons respectively. So far this season (Jr.) I am averaging 17.5 PPG (on 10.7 shots per game), 5 REB per game, 5 AST per game, 2 STL per game, while shooting 67% (2P%), 44% (3P%), and 75% (FT%). Thank you for watching!
Racine's Art Scene Part 3 (Artist's Gallery)
Part 3 of my 3 part series documenting some of the lesser known gems in the artist community around Racine, Wisconsin. This part focuses on Artist's Gallery in Downtown Racine.
This video is supported in part by a grant from The Racine Arts Council's Artseed Grants Program, funded by the Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from The State of Wisconsin.
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Soerens 100: Racine's history
Check out the Wind Point Lighthouse, a classic monument, Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, even a gun used by John Dillinger during a robbery where the Racine Art Museum is today as Soerens Ford celebrates 100 Years of Nice with a look at history around Wisconsin.
Kringle: A Tasty History | RACINE, WISCONSIN
KRINGLE: A TASTY HISTORY - Third generation baker Eric Olesen takes us through the 60-plus year history of Racine's famous O & H Bakery and how their flagship pastry, Kringle, has put Racine on the culinary map.
Christian Chris Olesen came to the United States from Denmark as a teenager to find a better life. His father was a grave digger, and Chris' first jobs were on a farm and then in a bakery. It's in the bakery where Chris learned his trade. In 1949, Chris opened O & H Bakery with a partner, Harvey Holtz. While making all kinds of baked goods, the bakery's pride quickly became the Kringle -- a light, tender, flaky pastry of Danish origin. It's made with butter and milk -- all Wisconsin ingredients -- and takes three days to bring to fruition. O & H and other Racine bakeries started to change the traditional Danish Kringle. They began making them not in the old pretzel shape, but in the shape of ovals. This one baked good put Racine on the culinary map. It also helped to keep bakeries growing when customers started buying bread at grocery stores rather than at traditional bakeries.
Settled on one of the nation's Top 10 beaches, Racine County, Wisconsin, hugs the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline between Chicago and Milwaukee. Through the eyes of locals, business owners, and tourists, we explore everything this family friendly vacation spot has to offer. With one of the country's top beaches, Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, a zoo, biking and hiking trails, art galleries, museums, year-round sport, church, music and art festivals, nationally known bakeries and water activities, urban and rural tours, and a rich history dating back over 150 years, a two or three night stay is definitely in order. Over the course of this series we'll visit the large variety of options available to this reclaimed city as told by the people who know it best.
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Johnson Wax Building - Frank Lloyd Wright
An architectural masterpiece by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Johnson Wax Headquarters is the world headquarters and administration building of S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin. Designed by American architect Wright for the company's president, Herbert F. Hib Johnson, the building was constructed from 1936 to 1939. Also known as the Johnson Wax Administration Building, it and the later built Johnson Wax Research Tower were designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1976.
The Johnson Wax Headquarters was set in an industrial zone and Wright decided to create a sealed environment lit from above, as he had done with the Larkin Administration Building. The building features Wright's interpretation of the streamlined Art Moderne style popular in the 1930s. In a break with Wright's earlier Prairie School structures, the building features many curvilinear forms and subsequently required over 200 different curved Cherokee red bricks to create the sweeping curves of the interior and exterior. The mortar between the bricks is raked in traditional Wright-style to accentuate the horizontality of the building.
The warm, reddish hue of the bricks was used in the polished concrete floor slab as well; the white stone trim and white dendriform columns create a subtle yet striking contrast. All of the furniture, manufactured by Steelcase, was designed for the building by Wright and it mirrored many of the building's unique design features.
The entrance is within the structure, penetrating the building on one side with a covered carport on the other. The carport is supported by short versions of the steel-reinforced dendriform (tree-like) concrete columns that appear in the Great Workroom. The low carport ceiling creates a compression of space that later expands when entering the main building where the dendriform columns rise over two stories tall. This rise in height as one enters the administration building creates a release of spatial compression making the space seem much larger than it is. Compression and release of space were concepts that Wright used in many of his designs.
Throughout the Great Workroom, a series of the thin, white dendriform columns rise to spread out at the top, forming a ceiling, the spaces in between the circles are set with skylights made of Pyrex glass tubing. At the corners, where the walls usually meet the ceiling, the glass tubes continue up, over and connect to the skylights creating a clerestory effect and letting in a pleasant soft light. The Great Workroom is the largest expanse of space in the Johnson Wax Building, and it features no internal walls. It was originally intended for the secretaries of the Johnson Wax company, while a mezzanine holds the administrators.
The Johnson Wax Administration Building is one of the many Wright buildings which are featured as part of the new Frank Lloyd Wright Trail celebrating the 150 anniversary of the artists birth. #FLW150 The trail includes: The SC Johnson Wax Administration Building, The Johnson Research Laboratory, The Golden Rondelle Theater, The First Unitarian Society Meeting House, Wyoming Valley School Cultural Arts Center, Monona Terrace in Madison, and more. Wisconsin is home to more than 40 Frank Lloyd Wight structures, so come visit Wisconsin and explore the new FLW trail.
For information on the Frank Lloyd Wright Trail, visit: tourinfo@travelwisconsin.com - 800-432-8747
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Racine's Art Scene Part 1 (Spectrum Art Gallery)
Part 1 of my 3 part series documenting some of the lesser known gems in the artist community around Racine, Wisconsin. This part focuses on Spectrum School and Art Gallery.
This video is supported in part by a grant from The Racine Arts Council's Artseed Grants Program, funded by the Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from The State of Wisconsin.
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Places to see in ( Grand Rapids - USA )
Places to see in ( Grand Rapids - USA )
Grand Rapids is a Michigan city on the Grand River, east of Lake Michigan. On the outskirts, the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park has a tropical conservatory and multiple gardens. Its art collection includes works by Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore and Ai Weiwei. Downtown, the Grand Rapids Art Museum spotlights Michigan artists in its rotating shows. Grand Rapids is known for many breweries dotted around town.
A historic furniture-manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is home to five of the world's leading office furniture companies, and is nicknamed Furniture City. Its more common modern nickname of River City refers to the landmark river for which it was named. The city and surrounding communities are economically diverse, based in the health care, information technology, automotive, aviation, and consumer goods manufacturing industries, among others. Grand Rapids is the childhood home of U.S. President Gerald Ford, who is buried with his wife Betty on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in the city. The city's main airport is also named after him.
Grand Rapids is the home of John Ball Zoological Garden, Belknap Hill, and the Gerald R. Ford Museum. He and former First Lady Betty Ford were buried on the site. Significant buildings in the downtown include the DeVos Place Convention Center, Van Andel Arena, the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, and the JW Marriott Hotel. The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts is located downtown, and houses art exhibits, a movie theater, and the urban clay studio. Along the Grand River are reconstructed earthwork burial mounds, which were constructed by the prehistoric Hopewell tribe; a fish ladder, and a riverwalk.
Grand Rapids is home to the Van Andel Museum Center. Founded in 1854, it is among the oldest history museums in the United States. The museum's sites currently include its main building, constructed in 1994 on the west bank of the Grand River (home to the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium); the Voigt House Victorian Museum, and the City Archives and Records Center. The latter held the museum and planetarium prior to 1994. Since the late 20th century, the museum has hosted notable exhibitions, including one on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and The Quest for Immortality: the Treasures of Ancient Egypt. A non-profit institution, it is owned and managed by the Public Museum of Grand Rapids Foundation.
Heritage Hill, a neighborhood directly east of downtown, is one of the largest urban historic districts in the country. The first neighborhood of Grand Rapids, its 1,300 homes date from 1848 and represent more than 60 architectural styles. Of particular significance is the Meyer May House, a Prairie-style home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908.[48] It was commissioned by local merchant Meyer May, who operated a men's clothing store (May's of Michigan).
The house is now owned and operated by Steelcase Corporation. Steelcase manufactured the furniture for the Johnson Wax Building in Racine, Wisconsin, which was also designed by Wright and is recognized as a landmark building. Because of those ties, Steelcase purchased and restored the property in the 1980s. The restoration has been heralded as one of the most accurate and complete of any Wright restoration. The home is used by Steelcase for special events and is open to the public for tours.
Grand Rapids is home to many theaters and stages, including the newly reconstructed Civic Theatre (also known as the Meijer Majestic), the city's largest theater; DeVos Hall, and the convertible Van Andel Arena. In Grand Rapids Township, the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park combine 125 acres (1 km2) of world-class botanical gardens and artwork from such American sculptors as Mark di Suvero and Alexander Calder, and French artists Edgar Degas and Auguste Rodin. The Gardens' amphitheater plays host to numerous concerts each summer, featuring such acts as Jonny Lang, The Pointer Sisters, Lyle Lovett, Cowboy Junkies, and B.B. King.
( Grand Rapids - USA ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Grand Rapids . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Grand Rapids - USA
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Racine Mayor John Dickert and Mikaela Talk about Water Quality
Here's a fun little video we shot a couple of years ago. Racine Mayor John Dickert and The Beastie talk about water quality on Racine's amazing North beach.
They discuss what the city is doing to maintain, improve and preserve Racine's great water resources and some of the cool stuff that makes North Beach one of the best in the nation.
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Our community includes environmentally conscious consumers, contractors and cleaning professionals. We are one of the few retailers that address the needs of the millions of Americans who suffer MCS symptoms.
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Thanks to Racine Mayor John Dickert for being a good sport and really knowing his water!
Arts Digest | Program | #102
Milwaukee's Lynden Sculpture Garden features more than 50 monumental sculptures spread out over a 40-acres location. Arts Digest marries breathtaking scenes of the sculptures with music from the MSO to create a truly inspiring viewing experience. Jon Anne Willow tours one of the most significant contemporary craft museums in the United States, the Racine Art Museum. Tom Strini visits La Lune Collection Furniture in Riverwest to learn about their hand crafted, environmentally conscious furniture. Young musicians from the Latino Arts Strings perform; and, John McGivern visits the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design to ask if artists are born or bred.
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2015 02 24, Racine Criminal Justice System YouTube
Racine, Wisconsin – The partnership of Coming Together Racine and the Racine Public Library invited the community to hear a panel discussion on Racine’s criminal justice system, moderated by Reggie Jackson, Chairman of the Board of America’s Black Holocaust Museum.
An overview was given by Racine Chief of Police Arthel Howell; Racine County District Attorney Rich Chiapete; Margaret Johnson, Assistant State Public Defender, Law Offices of the Wisconsin
State Public Defender, and the Honorable Racine County Circuit Court Judge Jack Jude. They discussed the process of making an arrest, charging and defending an individual with a crime, and sentencing a convicted individual. The program was held on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. upstairs in the Adult Department.
The mission of Coming Together Racine is to actively challenge and eliminate racism in the greater Racine community. The vision of Coming Together Racine is to create a genuine inter-racial community where all people have equal voice and access to resources and opportunities.
Coffee House Rendezvous (1969)
Filmed on location at: The Orange Ell, Chestnut Hill Community Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Brethren Coffee House, Church of the Brethren, Glendale, California; Cholmondeley's, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts; The Pit, The Ship's Wheel, The Provincial Club, family basements in Racine, Wisconsin.
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