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Children’s Film Academy of Madison launches young actors and playwrights into the real world of film fests. Its latest project about a transgender character seeks funding. Read more
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Ross Zentner
46 plays, one night
Isthmus Picks for May 6-13 includes online editions of UW-Madison Family Gardening Days, Madison Nonprofit Day and the Wisconsin Film Festival, streaming premieres from Forward Theater and Children's Theater of Madison, and much more. Read more
May 5, 2021
Lake Louie Brewing
Suits to a “tea”
Hard kombucha from Lake Louie Brewing is about to hit local shelves Memorial Day weekend. It’s the latest in lighter alcoholic drinks, like shandies and hard seltzers. Read more
May 5, 2021
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Aaron is just too into himself
Opinion | What would be best for Packers fans would be to keep a happy, productive Rodgers on the team. But it’s too late for that. Read more
May 5, 2021
Silver screen, silver linings
Moving the 2021 Wisconsin Film Fest online has created side benefits, like not having to race between Hilldale and the Memorial Union for back-to-back films. And yes, there will be buttons. Read more
May 3, 2021
"Carnage in America"
From the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis: a new book from Wisconsin author Dr. Steve Weiss. Read more
Apr 30, 2021
And action!
Children’s Film Academy of Madison launches young actors and playwrights into the real world of film fests. Its latest project about a transgender character seeks funding. Read more
Apr 29, 2021
Maia Pearson
Experiences transformed
Producer Dana Pellebon says she was excited to build a festival focusing on Black theater artists, “celebrating their unique art, and introducing them to wider audiences.” Read more
Apr 28, 2021
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Art in situ (or approximately)
Isthmus Picks for April 29-May 6 includes the return of the Marquette-Atwood Art Walk and Spring Pottery Tour, Wisconsin Book Festival talks by Elizabeth Warren and Alison Bechdel, and much more. Read more
Apr 27, 2021
Johnson looks like a candidate
Opinion | Ron Johnson is doubling down on paranoia and conspiracy theories. Paradoxically, that means he’s likely to run again. Read more
Apr 27, 2021
Linda Falkenstein
Duck season
An unveiling of a new Maynard on May 1 is the precursor for the Mallards 2021 season. The Northwoods League team sat out the 2020 season due to the pandemic. Read more
Apr 26, 2021
Photo by Louis Hansel on Unsplash
Service squeeze
A shortage of restaurant workers is hampering businesses’ re-opening efforts as COVID-19 restrictions lessen. A recruiter at a local staffing agency thinks the squeeze may result in better pay and benefits. Read more
Apr 23, 2021
Dodge County Fair
Funnel cakes are worth a drive
The Dodge County Fairgrounds is helping fair vendors make up for last summer’s economic losses with a series of Fair Food Festivals. Put on your fat pants. Read more
Apr 22, 2021
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Will WMC get the message?
Opinion | National corporate activism on voting rights and other issues might be, in part, genuinely felt, but it’s also good economic development because talented young workers want to live in places that are culturally in tune with them. Read more
Apr 21, 2021
2:30 PM
courtesy Open Door Bird Sanctuary
The heat is on
Isthmus Picks for April 22-29 includes the annual Earth Day conference from the UW-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, a socially-distanced incarnation of the Bird & Nature Festival, and performances both virtual and outdoors. Read more
Apr 20, 2021
5:06 PM
Vinyl Cave: Dollar Bin Diving with Bill Miller, The Hi-Lo's, NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street, Dee Mullins
For those who are curious about different kinds of music, a fun entree is always taking a flier on records in the bargain bin. Here's another roundup of recent local finds. Read more
Apr 17, 2021
7:01 AM
Oladimeji Odunsi on Unsplash
A government service worthy of your taxpayer money?
Opinion | Daunte Wright did not have to die in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, this week, accidentally or intentionally. His biggest crime was driving to a car wash while Black. Read more
Apr 16, 2021
7:00 AM
Linda Falkenstein
Window of opportunity
Business for food carts may be looking up with more people getting vaccinated. But the landscape for the mobile entrepreneurs is still far different than it was pre-COVID-19. Read more
Apr 15, 2021
1:00 PM
Hope for Hagedorn
Opinion | Oops, he did it again. Justice Brian Hagedorn has sided with liberals on an important case. Read more
Apr 14, 2021
3:00 PM
Microtone Media
"Lewiston/Clarkston" proves there is something left to discover
The twinned plays, meant to be seen together with a discussion-centric intermission between them, translate well to the acted-live, presented filmed format. The nuanced, poignant plays offer much for audiences to ponder about the contemporary U.S. Read more
Apr 14, 2021
10:00 AM
Parry Heide
Turn the heat up
Isthmus Picks for April 15-22 includes a return to outdoor music at Otto's and Tyranena, virtual H'Doubler Concert livestreams from UW Dance Department, several intriguing author talks, and more. Read more
Apr 13, 2021
4:30 PM
FULL MILE
Full Mile Beer Company has a new brewer
Full Mile has been without a brewer for a couple of weeks. Fresh from Illinois, Bill Morgan is eager to put his signature on the brewery’s beers. Read more
Apr 13, 2021
3:00 PM
"The Marksman" premieres (again)
"When we set out to write this many years ago, we had no idea it would go on to overtake "Wonder Woman 1984" at the box office," says Chris Charles of Sun Prairie, who wrote the script with screenwriting partner Danny Kravitz, a UW-Madison alum. Read more
Apr 12, 2021
12:00 PM
Wisconsin Film Festival starts May 13
Having the entire Festival at your fingertips at home, you can create your own dream schedule, and without having to get from one venue to the next or worry about start times or where to get a drink or popcorn, or how many films you can fit into one Read more
Apr 9, 2021
11:29 AM
Dane County Farmers' Market (radishes)
Don’t touch the radishes
Outdoor farmers’ markets return, with 2020’s safety measures still in place to combat the coronavirus. The mighty Dane County Farmers’ Market is starting the year off at the Alliant Energy Center. Read more
Apr 8, 2021
12:00 AM
Favorite reads
Bygone Madison menus
A year into the pandemic, our food editor finally sifts through her files to set up her home office. Some beloved old menus found in the desk detritus deserve to be shared. Read more
A swing through divided Wisconsin
President Donald Trump will likely need battleground Wisconsin to win re-election. Are voters in key swing areas of the state still backing him? Staff writer Dylan Brogan hit the road to find out. Read more
A stitch in time
Larry Schmitt is one of the few experts in nalbinding in the country. It predates knitting and crochet and dates back to 6500 B.C. Read more
After the purge
With a “Wisconsin is open for business” mantra, former Gov. Scott Walker and legislative Republicans set a course to dramatically diminish the role of science in regulating and protecting Wisconsin’s abundant natural resources. Read more
Vinyl Cave: A piece of 1970s Wisconsin musical history
Whatever the story is with these oddly-covered 1970s albums, they are all musically worthwhile. Read more
Vulnerable Bodies
James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy pop-up exhibit, 4/15-7/24, Garver Feed Mill; noon-7 pm Thursday, noon-8 pm Friday-Saturday, noon-4 pm Sundays (reception 6 pm, 4/22, on Zoom; click through for link). Read more
May 7, 2021
ONLINE: Water@UW-Madison
Annual symposium, with "Opportunities in a Changing World" topic, via Zoom. RSVP for link. Read more
May 7, 2021
9:00 AM
Roberto Torres Mata
"Untethered: Our Journey Beyond Borders," Panczenko MFA Prize exhibit, 4/6-5/14. Current hours noon-5 pm Tuesdays-Wednesdays, noon-7 pm Thursdays-Fridays. Read more
May 7, 2021
12:00 PM5:00 PM
Amy Cutler
Through 5/16, open noon-6 pm Friday-Sunday. Talk by Cutler 5:30 pm, 4/30: fb.com/MMoCAMadison. Read more
May 7, 2021
12:00 PM6:00 PM
Vulnerable Bodies
James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy pop-up exhibit, 4/15-7/24, Garver Feed Mill; noon-7 pm Thursday, noon-8 pm Friday-Saturday, noon-4 pm Sundays (reception 6 pm, 4/22, on Zoom; click through for link). Read more
May 8, 2021
