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Outdoor art market approved for downtown La Crosse

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4 years ago

June 18, 2020

The herons in downtown La Crosse could get more company.

The La Crosse city park board is endorsing a plan for an Art Market, to be held on Saturdays during the summer and early fall.

The market would allow local artists to display their craftwork and sell it.

Each artist would be assigned a space between two of the heron statues located outside the Radisson, to achieve social distancing.

The proposed schedule was supposed to start this weekend, but the board voted to allow the market only on Saturdays when the COVID threat level in La Crosse County is at orange or lower.

The level was moved up to red this week.

The market could last through the second week of October.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.