JBR web magazine

16/04/2022

People who were unable to attend and participate in this pilgrimage are invited to watch a video of the event Ed. Note: Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Lansing, Iowa, led by its pastor, Rev. Laura …

16/04/2022

https://juliebergraymond.com/?p=4227

People who were unable to attend and participate in this pilgrimage are invited to watch a video of the event Ed. Note: Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Lansing, Iowa, led by its pastor, Rev. Laura …

14/04/2022

My friend and most respected and esteemed colleague-in-feature-writing, Ellen Modersohn has shared with JBR another story or two ...

https://juliebergraymond.com/?p=4217

Hundreds of people volunteer each year through the Northeast Iowa RSVP 55+ Initiative. Along the way, they may help fill a need in their communities, find meaning and enjoyment, widen their circle …

25/03/2022

https://juliebergraymond.com/?p=4139

Daniel Wagner. Contributed photo. When Daniel Wagner joined Kee High’s Innovation Lab class last fall, he needed to develop a business project to work on in the lab—a sort of small-business incubat…

21/02/2022

Great coverage of a great event by Bob Modersohn at Driftless Mode 😊

https://www.facebook.com/551243104935385/posts/5128057103920606/?d=n

15/02/2022

https://juliebergraymond.com/?p=4089

Music/Social Justice JBR introduces ‘By George,’ and ‘Love Will Meet You There,’ by Jake Sutton and J.R. Lee with Dan Kelly by Julie Berg-Raymond February 13, 2022 Jake Sutton, left, and J.R. Lee. Photographs by Jay Ray Creative. Graphic by JBR with Canva. EDITOR’S NOTE: I feel profoundly ...

12/02/2022

https://juliebergraymond.com/?p=4066

Blogs Love’s power by Tiffany Terez February 12, 2022 Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Usually, when we talk about matters of the heart, we may take it to mean the physical chamber itself, with the ventricles, the pumping of the blood, and the overall mechanics of it.  But here, we’ll be talking ...

03/02/2022

https://juliebergraymond.com/?p=4023

Uncategorized Black History Month: Not Just February by Julie Berg-Raymond February 3, 2022 graphic by JBR with canva. Ed. NOTE: This is a revised and updated version of an article that first ran in the Driftless Journal on February 27, 2020. (Until now, the article has never been published online i...

30/01/2022

Hello, friends of JBR!! I'm checking in to say thank you ❤️ to folks who have been reading, and to new friends who have started following us over here.

It has been a quiet week or so at the web magazine, mostly because I've been working on assignments for my paid gig at the Standard newspaper in Waukon, and also because contributors have been busy with their own lives 😊. But rest assured I'm working on some stories I think are fascinating -- a music video project produced by some brilliant, immensely talented, HUGE-hearted guys up Wisconsin-way; a new photography feature about a Minneapolis-based photographer originally from La Crosse whose work blows me away; an interview-in-the-works with a writer/artist in Minneapolis whose books I came upon my happy accident -- I knew right away I HAD to meet him in person (he and his wife are expecting a baby soon; so he'll be busy -- we gotta make this interview happen!!); a delicious food feature that is so perfect for a cold winter weekend; and, of course, my ever-in-progress story about my almost life-long music idol. And more that I don't want to talk about in too much detail, just yet 😉.

I AM still looking for contributors who want to work with a brand new web magazine -- who have stories they want to see written and are maybe thinking, "If no one else is writing it, I guess I'm going to have to." This little web magazine is offering a space to do that. Write to me at [email protected].

If you haven't had a chance yet to check out what we're doing at the magazine, we're at juliebergraymond.com.

Thank you all, friends ❤️
Julie

January 18, 2022 Lifestyles New launch will open river to all paddlers Paddlers of all abilities can look forward to a new canoe and kayak launch at the Village Creek boat landing in Lansing next year. Read More →

14/01/2022

JBR introduces a new feature focusing on photographers and photography. Meet our first featured photographer, Leasa Fortune!

https://juliebergraymond.com/?p=3965

Arts/Photography JBR introduces new feature, welcomes artist to magazine by Julie Berg-Raymond January 12, 2022 This is one of my favorite pictures that I've ever taken. This mother home-schooled her twin daughters, who attended a summer workshop that I taught at The Creative Alliance in Baltimore.....

31/12/2021

https://juliebergraymond.com/?p=3799

Racial Justice/Social Justice Jane Elliott: If You Want to Change Things, Read by Margaret Gilpin December 30, 2021 In the cold of winter, with mid-term elections around the corner and the Republican-led Iowa legislature about to resume, what can we do right here, right now – particularly in rural...

20/12/2021

01/12/2021

My new web magazine’s URL will go live at 6:15 p.m. (CST) on Wednesday, December 15. I’m continuing to gather material from writers and contributors, and I could not be more excited about the work they’re doing — and about sharing it with viewers/readers … ❤️❤️❤️

29/11/2021

Hi!

Thank you so, so much for following along with me on this page -- and for your interest in my web magazine project, JBR.

I'm working right now on pulling together the content for the magazine's "launch" on December 15; we have some amazing contributing writers, and I'm so excited to be working with them.

If you can make it to the live launch party at Lansing Office Works (5:30 to 7 p.m.; countdown to launch at 6:15 p.m.), that's wonderful -- I look forward to meeting new friends, and to talking with people who have been working with me on this dream-project. We'll have some snacks (my husband and I are making them), and we'll have some wine (we're not making that). And we'll have some door prizes, too. But even if you can't make it to the party -- thank you for being interested in hearing what we're up to. And please, feel free here to ask me any questions at all!

Meanwhile -- here's some more information about what I'm working on ...

JBR is an online magazine focusing on arts, lifestyles and social justice issues. The magazine’s general coverage area is the tri-state region of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa (with occasional exceptions).

The magazine features writing from a variety of talented contributors in the fields of music, food, literature, the environment, the visual and dramatic arts, health and wellness, travel, and social justice.

The magazine is edited by Julie Berg-Raymond — a native of La Crosse, Wisconsin, whose many childhood visits to her grandparents’ home in the Twin Cities left her with a lifelong sense of Minneapolis as her second home town. After having spent 30 years as a happy denizen of Iowa, 7 years of which were spent commuting to graduate school at the University of Minnesota, she returned last year to her native Wisconsin. She has worked as a newspaper reporter for 15+ years, and for seven years owned and operated The Tapestry magazine with her long-time friend and colleague, Tanya O'Connor.

28/11/2021

Coming soon:

Mark your calendars now for the 2nd Annual IceFisheree for Su***de Awareness and Prevention. In the meantime, check out our interview with the founder of The Driftless Foundation — the sponsoring organization of this annual event.

The interview is one of the inaugural pieces on JBR, launching December 15.

19/11/2021

Coming soon:

For her inaugural JBR magazine piece, Julie Berg-Raymond meets up again with her lifelong musical idol, Pat Hayes -- co-founder, lead singer, guitarist, songwriter and blues harpist — of the Lamont Cranston Band. Based on interviews -- via text, email, phone and in-person conversations -- with Pat Hayes, Larry Hayes, and former Minnesota music/pop culture writer Martin Keller, the article catches up with the legendary bluesman from Minnesota and offers a fresh perspective on a multi-talented, multi-media artist.

https://youtu.be/c3j4-vwSePg

Lamon Cranston Blues Band - Don't Wanna Know ( Lamont Cranston feat Pat Hayes ) 1996https://www.discogs.com/fr/Lamont-Cranston-Blues-Band-Featuring-Pat-Hay...