USEFUL LINKS
We hope the following links will be useful to you as you plan your
vacation.
Cycling
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Sugar River Bike Trail - Description of the 23-mile-long trail
that passes close to the Little Sugar River Farm.
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The Badger State Trail - Currently under construction, the 40-mile
Badger State Trail will extend from Madison Wisconsin to Illinois,
linking with the Sugar River Trail near Monticello. Once this trail is
completed, you will be able to cycle from the Little Sugar River Farm
north to Madison or south to Illinois without ever having to leave a
recreational trail. Although the trail is not yet open for cycling,
portions of it can be walked.
Galleries: Mineral Point and Paoli
- Southern Wisconsin has many excellent
galleries and studios with tours.
Mineral
Point, in particular, is an excellent day trip for visiting galleries,
and nearby Paoli also has several excellent studios. Here are
some links to our favorites:
MINERAL POINT has become a magnet for
artists--similar to Galena, without the frenzy. Like Galena, it's a
beautiful town to visit, with many of the original limestone buildings
intact. The town's
website
has abundant and well-organized information about the artists, their
galleries and studios, and special gallery tours.
Excellent choices in Mineral
Point include:
An interesting new venture in Mineral Point is
The Shake Rag
Alley Center for the Arts. Hands-on workshops with talented
instructors are offered throughout the year.
Each fall, during the third weekend in October, artists open their
studio doors and demonstrate their craft for visitors on the
Fall Art
Tour. Now in its 12th season, the Fall Art Tour celebrates
the work and lifestyles of some of Wisconsin's best-known artists,
working in unique studios - an historic brewery, restored downtown
buildings, and an old schoolhouse just to name a few. Maps and tour
information are available at the Mineral Point tour headquarters,
Chamber office, or any participating gallery.
FRANK POLIZZI - The Mulberry
Pottery. Over 27 years of functional stoneware and porcelain; wood
fired, wheel thrown, and hand decorated with indigenous lead-free
glazes. Demonstrations and student packages are available. Open daily,
May - Oct. Phone: 608.987.2680 or 987.3659
e-mail: mulpottery@hotmail.com
DIANA and TOM JOHNSTON
specialize in slab-built porcelain and stoneware, inlaying the slab
patterns with colored clays and textures. They have produced a wide
variety of functional items for daily use for over 25 years. Their work
is available at Johnston Gallery, 245 High St. Open daily 10-5. and at
their studio Brewery Pottery, 276 Shake Rag St. Open most days
seasonally 987-3669. Phone: 608. 987.3787 (gallery) 608.987.3669
(studio)
WebSite:
www.johnstongallery.com
BRUCE HOWDLE -
Internationally known ceramic artist. Functional ware. Hand built
stoneware sculpture. Low relief on large thrown urns up to four feet,
and sculptural wall murals. Howdle's works are ideal for architectural
decor. 225 Commerce St.Phone:608.987.3590
WebSite:
www.brucehowdle.com
CAROLE SPELIC´ - Employs mixed
materials in 2 and 3 dimensions. Sculptural works are globe and vessel
forms in paper maché with reverse patterning derived from Tibetan tiber
rugs, Gregg shorthand writing and map imagery of invented worlds. Green
Lantern Studios, 261 High Street, Phone: 987.4178
WebSite:
www.greenlanternstudios.com
JAMES JOHNSON . James creates
startling abstract works using a variety of media. His themes have an
oriental simplicity appreciated by modernists. His work is available at
Chestnut Hill Studio, 225 Commerce St. Phone: 608.987.3335
Website:
www.chestnuthillstudio.com
JANICE JOHNSON . Colorful
watercolor prints and cards, botanical drawings and paper sculpture. Her
work is available at Chestnut Hill Studio, 225 Commerce St. Phone:
608.987.3335
Website:
www.chestnuthillstudio.com
RICHARD MONINSKI . Paintings on
printed fabrics, using pattern and decorative motifs in unexpected ways.
Visit Green Lantern Studios, 261 High Street, Phone: 608.987.4178
Website:
www.greenlanternstudios.com
KARMA GROTELUESCHEN Photographer,
landscape designer, fiber artist and graphic designer of nature and
garden scenes. The beauty of leaf and flower, seed and berry, prairie
vista, shaded woodland are captured in felted landscape portraits, block
prints and framed photographs, notecards and handmade accordion books.
Phone: 608.987.3757
Website:
www.prairieoakartisans.com
THOMAS W. CABEZAS. Designing and
building contemporary studio furniture, jewelry boxes, and accessories
out of unique and exotic hardwoods. Works can be viewed at The Spotted
Dog Gallery, 148 High Street, Phone: 608.987.2855
Website:
www.cabezasstudios.com
SANDRA SCOTT enjoys making rustic furniture and is also a
sculptor of western and cowboy themes. Longbranch Gallery, 203 Commerce,
a showcase for rustic furniture, folk and fine art. Phone: 608.987.4499
Website:
www.longbranchgallery.com
JUDY SUTCLIFFE , type designer,
poet, illustrator, dollmaker, and woodcarver. Longbranch Gallery, 203
Commerce, a venue for rustic furniture, as well as workshops in a
variety of arts. Phone: 608.987.4499
Website:
www.longbranchgallery.com
TOM KELLY . Working in wood,
using hearts, birds, animals and other traditional motifs in a
contemporary way. His bright, whimsical paintings continue his
reinterpretation of the Folk Tradition. Work available at Longbranch
Gallery. Website:
www.artstop.com/tkFolkArt.html
Paoli is another magnet for artists,
just 25 minutes away"
A historic town from the 1870s, the citizens of Paoli have
restored many of the old buildings and created studio and gallery space
for artists. Some examples include:
Artisan Gallery
6858 Paoli Road
Paoli, WI 53508
(608) 845-6600
Fax: (608) 848-6600
For over 18 years one of the largest and most impressive collections
of fine art and craft in Wisconsin. With adjoining café overlooking the
Sugar River.
Web site: www.artisangal.com
Hours: March-October: Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. November-December: Open
daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Creamery Cafe in the gallery is open for lunches, and has
excellent food. They get very busy, so reservations are a good
idea. 608-845-3388
Café Hours
Wednesday - Saturday: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m
Sundays: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Champagne Brunch
Zazen Gallery
6896 Paoli Road
Paoli, WI 53508
(608) 845-9722
Contemporary craft featuring Richard Judd’s furniture and woodworking
studio. The gallery includes extraordinary work in wood, glass, jewelry,
ceramics, fiber and metal.
Web site: www.zazengallery.com
Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Paoli Cheese Store
is a wonderful place to visit for local artisanal cheeses. The
Paoli Schoolhouse Shops are in a historic building and have
interesting crafts.
A brochure of Paoli showing historic sites, art galleries, and gift
shops
can be viewed here.
Dining & Food Links
- The
Dining Room - Creative cuisine, often with a southwestern element,
in Monticello WI.
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The New Glarus Hotel - Swiss cuisine and polka dancing in New
Glarus.
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New Glarus Brewing Co. - Winner of many awards, including twice
named as one of the world's ten best breweries.
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Botham Vineyards - Recently named one of the country's top 100
wineries. Tours and tastings available, and the views are lovely.
- Roth
Kase Cheese - Award-winning Grand Cru Gruyere cheese produced in
Monroe.
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New
Glarus Bakery - Established in 1912, the New Glarus Bakery still
bakes their delicious pastries and breads from scratch. A
deli serving sandwiches is open in the summer.
Organic Agriculture
- The beef, lamb, and pork we cook with comes from
nearby Jordandal Farm, a
husband and wife farm which offers a wide range of naturally raised
products. Their animals include pasture-raised Scottish Highland beef
cattle, Icelandic Lamb, chickens and turkeys, brown egg layers and
pigs. Their livestock are free of synthetic hormones, antibiotics, and
animal by-products, and are humanely treated. They welcome visits, so
you can go see where your meat came from, and you can buy more to
bring home with you.
- Madison
Area Community Supported Agriculture - Information about one of
the most rapidly growing segments of Wisconsin agriculture.
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Eat Wild - Information about pasture-raised meat and dairy in
Wisconsin.
Tourism Links
- New
Glarus - Swiss settlement, excellent restaurants and shopping.
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Madison - One of the nation's great universities, an enormous
farmer's market, and four lakes make Madison worth a visit.
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Green County - The county is known for its Swiss heritage,
cheeses, and rolling farmland and prairies. The site has a great deal
of information about events.
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Monroe -cheesemaking capital of southern Wisconsin, and a great pub
and county courthouse..
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Taliesin: Frank Lloyd Wright - Frank Lloyd Wright's workshop,
home, information center, and cafe.
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Spring Green - On the Wisconsin River.
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American Players Theater - Outdoor Shakespeare theater near Spring
Green.
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Dane County Farmers' Market - One of the largest in the nation,
and well worth a visit.
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House on the Rock - Wisconsin's
weirdest tourist attaction (and its most visited.) .
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Memorial Union - Live music on a lake front terrace.
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Baumgartner's - Cheese shop, restaurant, and tavern in Monroe.
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