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Jeff Alexander Photography
What to do in Madison this week: Latin Music Fest, '&Juliet' and more Isthmus Picks
Isthmus Picks for Nov. 25-28 also includes a benefit concert for Second Harvest Foodbank by Max Capacity & the Sellouts; a roundup of charity runs and free meals on Thanksgiving. Read more
Mats Rudels
UW Dance Department Faculty Concert offers various takes on change
The theme of the current UW Dance Department Faculty Concert is change, from Li Chiao-Ping reformulating the idea of female energy in the I Ching to Collette Stewart dramatizing evolution over time. Read more
Nov 22, 2024
Lori Ushman
What to do in Madison this weekend: BingBong album release, 'It's a Wonderful Life' and more Isthmus Picks
Picks for Nov. 21-24 also includes a Writer's Block concert headlined by Grace Pettis; a screening of the Abortion Access Front documentary 'No One Asked You' at the Barrymore. Read more
Nov 21, 2024
Starla Dawn Photography
What to do in Madison this week: Grace Pettis, 'I AM a Man' and more Isthmus Picks
Isthmus Picks for Nov. 18-21 also includes a talk on a new mystery by Betsy Draine and Michael Hinden; an excellent singer-songwriter double bill at the Up North features Billy Bronsted and Joe Johnson. Read more
Nov 18, 2024
courtesy Delicious Creative
‘Are We Dell’Arte?’ is a clever romp
'Are We Dell’Arte?' borrows from commedia dell’arte, a form of improvisation that began in Italy and was popular in Europe from the 16th-18th centuries. Read more
Nov 16, 2024
Elizabeth Miranda
Do not wait
Founding member Kelcey Ayer is joining Local Natives for the final leg of their Time Will Wait For No One, But I’ll Wait For You tour, which stops in Madison at The Sylvee Nov. 23. Read more
Nov 15, 2024
Mason Georgeson
What to do in Madison this weekend: LINE EP release, Black Film Fest and more Isthmus Picks
Picks for Nov. 14-17 also includes the UW Native November keynote by actor and writer Jana Schmieding; Lucid Dreaming Sketch is back with 'Raisinable Doubt.' Read more
Nov 14, 2024
Beau Meyer
A new version of a holiday classic
George Bailey and friends star in an updated musical version of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ from Capital City Theatre playing in the Mitby Theater at Madison College Nov. 22-Dec. 1. Read more
Nov 13, 2024
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Picture this
“I love taking up new challenges,” says Kercheval, 68. In her 50s she learned Spanish. Then she took up visual art at 64. Read more
Nov 12, 2024
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Kyle Hilker/Shatter Imagery
What to do in Madison this week: Old Oaks EP release, Jerrod Carmichael and more Isthmus Picks
Isthmus Picks for Nov. 11-14 also includes 'Chowders for Change' to benefit World Central Kitchen; the return of the Black Film Fest from Justified Anger. Read more
Nov 11, 2024
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Courtesy University Theatre
UW Theatre’s elegant ‘Pride & Prejudice’ still functions as social critique
A new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice by UW-Madison Theatre and Drama faculty members Aly Renee Amidei and Ann M. Shanahan runs through Nov. 17 at Vilas Hall-Mitchell Theatre. Read more
Nov 10, 2024
3:30 PM
David Stluka / UW Athletics
Get out your checkbooks
Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh recently explained the dramatic changes to college athletics along with a request for fans’ ‘leadership, generosity, and continued support.’ Read more
Nov 10, 2024
8:00 AM
Ross Zentner
Forward Theater’s ‘Murder Girl’ is a clever whodunnit
’Murder Girl’ works. Playwright Heidi Armbruster grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, and the setting — a Northwoods supper club — is familiar territory to most of us. Read more
Nov 9, 2024
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