We are celebrating both Jazz Month and Poetry Month in April 2025! We are pairing a poem written either in Wisconsin, by a Wisconsinite, or about Wisconsin with a jazz song produced in Wisconsin, by a Wisconsinite, or about Wisconsin​ each day. 

Read and listen to our last week's​ featured poems and jazz, and fin​d the full Jazz Month 2025 Youtube playlist here.​

Day Twenty​

April also marks Hmong Heritage Month in Wisconsin, which honors the culture and contributions of the largest Asian ethnic group in our state. 

We are spotlighting « A Tasteless Life » by Asia Moua, Hmong poet living in Eau Claire, WI, along with « You Go To My Head » performed by Donna Woodall, a Milwaukee, WI based singer who was voted voted WAMIs (Wisconsin Area Music Industry’s) Female Vocalist of the Year.

Day Twenty-One​

We are spotlighting « Lake Affect » by Nico Moore, Kenosha’s 2025-2027 Poet Laureate, who was born in Racine and raised in Kenosha, along with « Mack the Knife » performed by Liberace, a legendary pianist born in Milwaukee, WI, who studied classical piano, but also played popular music and jazz in theaters and cabarets.

Day Twenty-Two​

April also marks Hmong Heritage Month in Wisconsin, which honors the culture and contributions of the largest Asian ethnic group in our state. 

We are spotlighting « Breathing through the Pipes » by Kia Vang, a poet and author who was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in a poor Hmong American household, along with « The Cat's Meow » performed by Suzanne Grzanna, a songwriter, saxophonist, vocalist, arranger, and producer born in Milwaukee, WI.

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Thanks for celebrating Jazz, Poetry, and Hmong Heritage Months with us this year! ​

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