Stevens Point Area Visitors Guide 2023

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STEVIE POINTER
Favorite Toy: Frisbee
Favorite Sport: Fetch
Favorite Movie: Marley & Me
(cue the waterworks!)
Favorite Color: Purple & Gold
@uwstevenspoint
Test Your Knowledge of
Triviatown
The world’s largest trivia contest, hosted each spring by the
UW–Stevens Point’s own radio station – WWSP 90FM, calls the
region home. The event is 54-hours of trivia, with hundreds of
teams competing each year.
Let’s go big, and start with a stop at this
massive mural titled ‘E Pluribus Unum’, on
the Trainer Natural Resource Building.
Made with more than 200,000 individual
tiles, it is one of many public art installations
on campus. Then, head indoors to explore
the Edna Carlsten Art Gallery within the
Noel Fine Arts Center. When school is in
session, stroll through rotating exhibits with
work by students as well as other artists and
designers. Keep enjoying the arts on campus,
with events and performances, from music,
theater, and dance throughout the year held in
Jenkins Theater, Michelson Hall, and others.
Broaden your horizons with the programs
offered at the Allen F. Blocher Planetarium
and Arthur J. Pejsa Observatory. On clear
nights throughout the year, the observatory
offers a unique close-up view of the night
sky. Regardless of weather and atmospheric
conditions, the Planetarium offers a better
understanding of our universe, in addition to
their annual Laser Light Shows, set to music.
Venture to the Chemistry-Biology building
on campus for a tropical oasis, no matter
the season. Here you’ll find the Tropical
Conservatory, featuring a variety of biomes,
water feature, and a green wall.
More than half of the campus is devoted
to the 280-acre Schmeeckle Reserve.
It is a great spot to explore nature and hit the
trail, including my favorite view on the Lake
Loop. The reserve offers five miles of trails,
a visitor center, the Wisconsin Conservation
Hall of Fame, and serves as the trailhead
for the Green Circle Trail. If you are looking
for more ways to explore the natural world,
don’t miss a stop at the Museum of Natural
History, in the Science Building. This
family-friendly spot offers self-guided
tours and events, along with a variety of
rotating exhibits.
Visiting campus can work up an appetite. Dig
into local food at the CPS Café, found in the
College of Professional Studies building.
Staffed primarily by Dietetic students the
menu features food sourced from local
farms, open when school is in session (Mon.-
Fri.). Or, check out the Basement Brewhaus
which doubles as a coffee shop and bar with
an array of coffee drinks, beers, and wines in
the Dreyfus University Center.
@uw_stevens_point
@carina_kroeber
Think you have what it takes to
tackle the world’s largest trivia
contest? Flex your knowledge of
the region, or simply make a guess;
let’s play!
GOOD LUCK TRIVIA PLAYERS,
BRAGGING RIGHTS AWAIT!
1 Name the brewery that boasts the
1,000-foot solar array, as part of
the Central Wisconsin Craft Collective.
2 Supper Clubs are a Wisconsin staple,
from old fashioneds to fish frys. Tell
us the supper club that was home to
the first-ever refrigerated
salad bar.
3 What one-of-a-kind adventure
contest, homegrown in the Stevens
Point Area, is hosted on the backwaters
of the Wisconsin River each year?
@wwsp90fm
4 Name the world’s largest craft
catalog manufacturer, that has
its headquarters (and craft outlet)
in the region.
5 Where are the headquarters for local
coffee makers that were named by
Food & Wine as the best coffee
in Wisconsin?
6 Agriculture is big business in the Stevens
Point Area. Name the four vegetable
crops that Portage County ranks
first in production for in Wisconsin.
7 Name one of America’s oldest
continuously operating breweries
in the Stevens Point Area, that provided
beer to Civil War soldiers and survived
prohibition.
@erin_liz141
STUMPED? Answers are on
page 73 - but no cheating.
@grace.hasse7
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