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Lisa Berg

Journalist Bob Woodward.

This annual forward-thinking event coordinated by the Cap Times has transitioned to the virtual world, with the theme "2020 Changes Everything." You can check out the programs that have taken place since Sept. 26 for free anytime at captimesideafest.com, with speakers including former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and restaurateur/Democratic state Assembly candidate Francesca Hong. Still to come are talks featuring Freedom Inc. co-executive director M. Adams (1 pm Thursday), Gov. Tony Evers (7 pm Thursday), and legendary journalist Bob Woodward (pictured, 7 pm Saturday).

press release: Cap Times Idea Fest will return for a fourth year, in a digital format, but still featuring over two dozen individual sessions about politics, equity, the economy, culture and more, exploring the central theme, “2020 Changes Everything.”

The full Idea Fest schedule is now available on captimesideafest.com! Take a look there and start planning sessions you want to see. You will see dates and times listed, but keep in mind that most of those are times when taped session videos will first become available. You'll be able to watch those anytime afterward on the website even if you're busy when they first go live.

If you'd like a written overview of the festival (which runs Sept. 26-Oct. 10), read editor and publisher Paul Fanlund's recent column. We've added a few things since that's been published, though. including a one-on-one session with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar and a Cap Times members-only session featuring U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore and state Assembly candidate Francesca Hong speaking with Cap Times associate editor John Nichols. 

MEMBERS-ONLY SESSIONS

Most sessions will be free for everyone to see, but we are also planning special sessions for Cap Times members, including a chance to see Forward Theater's production of "Lifespan of a Fact" and then participate in a Q&A on Sept. 27 with John D’Agata and Jim Fingal, the authors of the book about writing and fact-checking that is the basis for the play. Unlike the free sessions, the members-only events are live, and they also offer the opportunity to interact with the speakers.