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How can you best safeguard your personal information in the digital age? Sponsored content from The Burish Group of UBS. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
Joe Tarr
For the birds
An estimated 1 billion birds die every year after flying into glass on buildings. The deaths are preventable. And the Madison Audubon Society, UW-Madison and an army of volunteers are trying to make buildings safer for feathered friends. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
A radical experiment
Although it may be haunted by the ghost of Joel Gersmann, Broom Street Theater has moved beyond the 1960s counterculture while still staying true to its roots. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
Dennis Drenner
Complicated
Jeannie Vanasco’s memoir, “Things We Didn’t Talk About When I Was a Girl” is complicated, heartwarming and heart-wrenching. In it, she confronts the friend who raped her 14 years prior. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
David McClister
This thing called songwriting
The nine-time Grammy nominee and songwriting legend John Hiatt swings through town with his guitar on Oct. 20. He shares some of his secrets with Michael Muckian. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
Mead is the word
A meadery in North Freedom? One of the world’s oldest alcoholic beverages could bring new vitality to the small community. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
The future of cinema
Zia Anger’s first film was labeled “abandoned.” Find out what really happened at “My First Film,” the director’s groundbreaking multimedia presentation at MMoCA on Oct. 23. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
Madweek for Oct. 17, 2019
This Madweek — Republicans shame Evers over state worker pay, Wisconsin spice company embraces the politics season(ing), and does Madison need more full-time politicians? It’s been a spicy Madweek folks! Read more
Oct 17, 2019
Eats events
The annual Bark & Wine event for the Dane County Humane Society, a panel on eating insects will enlighten participants at Meadowridge Library and a pie demo at Lakeview Library means a win for the north side, this week in events that may bug you. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
David Michael Miller
Pay the players
California has a new law, effective in 2023, that would allow players at all California schools to receive income for the use of their image and likeness. It’s unlikely Wisconsin will follow suit. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
Identity protection
For transgender people, going to court to affirm their identity can be a complicated, scary process. Trans Law Help Wisconsin is there to lend a helping hand. Read more
Oct 17, 2019
Isthmus Events
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Isthmus Beer & Cheese Fest
Isthmus Beer and Cheese Fest returns Saturday, January 20, 2018, to the Alliant Energy Center Exhibition Hall in Madison, Wisconsin. Read more
Todd Hubler
Madison Craft Beer Week
Madison Craft Beer Week is a 10-day festival featuring hundreds of events in and around Madison to celebrate craft beer and the craft beer community. April 24-May 3, 2020. Read more
Isthmus Uncorked
Join us for Madison's ONLY wine fest! On May 16, 2020, we'll bring wineries from across Wisconsin and beyond to McPike Park for unlimited sampling. There's also cheese sampling, live music and more. Read more
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Five new restaurants you need to try in Madison, Wisconsin
Where should you be eating? These five spots took top honors in our 2019 reader poll for favorite new restaurant. Read more
Tangent to become Vintage
A big win at the Great American Beer Festival prompts Vintage to make some changes. Tangent, its downtown location, will be renamed to highlight its Vintage connection. Read more
For the birds
An estimated 1 billion birds die every year after flying into glass on buildings. The deaths are preventable. And the Madison Audubon Society, UW-Madison and an army of volunteers are trying to make buildings safer for feathered friends. Read more
Mead is the word
A meadery in North Freedom? One of the world’s oldest alcoholic beverages could bring new vitality to the small community. Read more
A better coffee shop
Helbachs is an asset to Middleton’s developing downtown. It offers breakfast, lunch, brunch — and house-roasted coffee drinks are also bringing in a steady stream of customers. Read more
Wisconsin Triennial
Juried exhibition of Wisconsin art, 10/19-2/16, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (reception 6-9 pm, 10/18, $10; talks: Chele Isaac & Helen Hawley 6:30 pm, 11/1; Stephen Perkins 1 pm, 11/7; Tomiko Jones & Tom Jones 6:30 pm, 12/6). Read more
Oct 18, 2019Feb 16, 2020
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Children's Theater of Madison, 10/11-27, Overture Center-Playhouse, at 7 pm Fridays and 2 & 7 pm Saturdays, plus 2:30 pm on 10/13 & 27, 1 & 6:30 pm on 10/20 and 7 pm, 10/24. $42-$31. Read more
Oct 18, 2019
7:00 PM
Dog Sees God
StageQ checks in on what could have happened to the Peanuts gang as teenagers, 10/4-19, Bartell Theatre, at 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays (2 pm on 10/19), plus 2 pm Sunday 10/13. $20. Read more
Oct 18, 2019
7:30 PM
Held: A Musical Fantasy
Music Theatre of Madison, Arts for All Wisconsin & XTension Dance Company production of Kelly Maxwell and Meghan Rose's story of three trapped friends: 7 pm, 10/11, Arts for All; 7 pm, 10/12, Forte Studios, Mount Horeb; 7:30 pm, 10/17-19, Threshold. Read more
Oct 18, 2019
7:30 PM
Madison Symphony Orchestra
Featuring Rachel Barton Pine, violin, 7:30 pm on 10/18, 8 pm on 10/19 and 2:30 pm, 10/20. Read more
Oct 18, 2019
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