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Close to home
The Wisconsin Book Festival runs Oct. 21-24, with Oct. 23 featuring in-person events at the Central Library and the Discovery Building in downtown Madison. Read more
From Velvets to Canary Trainers
Isthmus Picks for Oct. 14-21 includes the chance to revisit the Sherlock Holmes canon with discussion group The Notorious Canary Trainers; a screening of "The Velvet Underground" at MMoCA; the return of Strollers Theatre; and much more. Read more
Oct 13, 2021
Rafael Francisco Salas
Signs of gentrification
The exhibit, “Signs O’ The Times,” takes its name from the 1987 album and song by Prince. Like the dark mirror that Prince held up reflecting disparity in contemporary society, Fatima Laster here takes on the issue of gentrification. Read more
Oct 11, 2021
Kirsten Schmitt-Milwaukee-Brewers
Stick with ’em
Heading into the playoffs, the National League is fiercely competitive. But the Brewers have a lot of reasons to keep fans on the edge of their seats. Read more
Oct 8, 2021
Yuya Makino
Cool science and video poetry
Isthmus Picks for Oct. 7-14 includes concerts by Blvck Hippie, Pert Near Sandstone and con vivo; a reception for the Cool Science Image Contest; Midwest Video Poetry Festival at ALL; and much more. Read more
Oct 6, 2021
Victoria Maidhof
Out in the open
Victoria Maidhof, a mixed media artist, envisioned a project that would destigmatize mental illness. She and Madison artist Kel Mur came up with the idea for a wide-ranging art exhibit to be called ‘Collateral Damage.’ Read more
Oct 1, 2021
Madison Children's Museum
Wonderground is not underground
Isthmus Picks for Sept. 30-Oct. 6 includes the opening of the Wonderground at Madison Children's Museum; a CD release concert by Darren Sterud Quartet; and much more. Read more
Sep 29, 2021
Liz Lauren
Modern Greek
APT’s production seemingly reinvents the classic Greek text, illuminating the language, deftly inhabiting the themes, and transforming the archaic story of gods and oracles, prophecies and betrayals. Read more
Sep 23, 2021
8:00 AM
Maurice Thaler
Saturday’s our day to play
Isthmus Picks are packed for Sept. 23-30, with varied arts events including the return of Art Fair on the Square; concerts by Interlay and Tom Rush; a Wisconsin Book Festival talk by Tarana Burke; and much more. Read more
Sep 22, 2021
12:01 PM
Ross Zentner
To be young, gifted and Black
This production of a little-known play by Adrienne Kennedy chronicles her two-year sojourn to England in the late 1960s and her failed efforts to adapt a book of John Lennon’s into a play for the National Theatre in London. Read more
Sep 17, 2021
3:00 PM
Photo of Mildred Fish courtesy Donner family
A hero against Hitler
Mildred Fish-Harnack, Milwaukee born and UW-Madison educated, was executed in Berlin in 1943 for organizing resistance to Hitler. Her great-grandniece has researched and written an extensive new biography. Read more
Sep 17, 2021
10:30 AM
courtesy Common Wealth Development
Summer's almost gone
Isthmus Picks for Sept. 16-23 also includes a passel of other festivals (Idea Fest, Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest, Wauktoberfest, New Glarus Oktoberfest), the reopening of the the Bartell Theatre for a production of "Clue," and much more. Read more
Sep 15, 2021
12:03 PM
Linda Falkenstein
Experience a slice of history
When Brisbane House, a 19th century farmhouse, came up for sale, Samantha Crownover knew she had to restore it. Read more
Sep 9, 2021
5:00 PM
