Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 38. Sunrise is 7:09 AM and sunset 4:21 PM for 9h 11m 04s of daytime. The moon is new with 0.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1875, the notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is…
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Film: Tuesday, November 30, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Dream Horse
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tuesday, November 30th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of Dream Horse @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Biography/Comedy/Drama/Sports 1 hour, 53 minutes Rated PG (2020) The inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by a small town Welsh bartender (Toni Collette) with no equestrian experience.…
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Film: Tuesday, November 23, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Home for the Holidays
by JOHN ADAMS •
> Tuesday, November 23rd at 1 PM, there will be a showing of Home for the Holidays @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Comedy/Drama/Romance 1 hour, 43 minutes Rated PG-13 (1995) A requested film for the Thanksgiving season. A forty-year-old single woman flies home to spend Thanksgiving with her wild, wacky, dysfunctional family. Starring…
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Daily Bread for 11.13.21: Toxic Positivity Is Worse than Annoying as Public Policy
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 39. Sunrise is 6:45 AM and sunset 4:32 PM for 9h 47m 07s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 70.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1940, Walt Disney’s animated musical film Fantasia is first released, on the…
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Film: Tuesday, November 9th, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, On the Rocks
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Tuesday, November 9th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of On the Rocks @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Comedy/Drama/Romance 1 hour, 36 minutes Rated R (mild profanity) (2020) A seventies-something retired art dealer (Bill Murray) is a happy-go-lucky flirtatious ladies man with a roving eye. His married daughter (Rashida Jones) suspects her…
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Boo! Scariest Things in Whitewater, 2021
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s the fifteenth annual FREE WHITEWATER list of the scariest things in Whitewater. (The 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 editions are available for comparison.) The list runs in reverse order, from mildly scary to truly frightening. 10. Feedin’ Wildlife. I didn’t know — but local officials claim to…
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Daily Bread for 10.27.21: Rebecca Kleefisch’s Republican ‘Mercenaries’
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Daily Bread for 10.25.21: Late in the Day Even for Sociability
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 52. Sunrise is 7:21 AM and sunset 5:55 PM for 10h 34m 08s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 79.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Urban Forestry Commission meets at 4:30 PM, the Community Development Authority Seed Capital Committee meets…
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Daily Bread for 10.24.21: The Otters of Singapore Offer a Lesson for Whitewater, Wisconsin
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Daily Bread for 10.22.21: Reporting About Artificial Herbicides in Whitewater, Wisconsin
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Film: Tuesday, October 26th, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, The Lost City of Z
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tuesday, October 26th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of The Lost City of Z @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Biography/Drama/Adventure 2 hours, 21 minutes Rated PG-13 (2016) Charlie Hunnam stars in a true-life adventure about British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared while searching for a mysterious indigenous city…
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Film: Tuesday, October 12th, 1 PM @ Seniors in the Park, In the Heights
by JOHN ADAMS •
Tuesday, October 12th at 1 PM, there will be a showing of In the Heights @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Drama/Musical/Romance 2 hours, 23 minutes Rated PG-13 (2021) A film version of the hit Broadway musical, with music and lyrics written by Lin-Manuel Miranda (‘Hamilton”). It’s “West Side Story” with a happy,…
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Daily Bread for 10.8.21: Ex-student Stephanie Vander Pas sues for failure of UW-Whitewater to protect her and others from sexual harassment by former chancellor’s husband
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Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see scattered showers with a high of 72. Sunrise is 7:01 AM and sunset 6:22 PM for 11h 21m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 5.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1871, fire destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin: Peshtigo, Wisconsin was devastated by a…