NEWS
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James Heimer
The new town square
Libraries are “a place for people no matter their status, their wealth, their income. Where you can go to learn, to participate, to research. You can become part of something that is bigger than yourself.” Read more
Andy Moore
Up close and personal
Framed by the fireplace mantle and surrounded by friends and neighbors, Darren Sterud and his trio play the 60th house concert hosted by Anne Katz and David Wallner in their near east-side home. Read more
Feb 27, 2020
“What a crock of shit!”
Have you seen “Indict Vos” or “Fire Vos” written with chalk on North Hamilton and other downtown streets? That’s the work of Steven Books, who likes to chalk the messages on the route the Assembly speaker uses to get to his Capitol office. Read more
Feb 27, 2020
Greg Anderson
Madison school board members object to East High principal hire
Madison school board members wanted the district to conduct an internal investigation of how East High School staff responded to a hidden camera incident involving students before it hired Brendan Kearney to be the permanent principal of the school Read more
Feb 25, 2020
Chris Bacarella
Writing a new future
Odyssey Beyond Bars is the first face-to-face accredited course offered by the UW-Madison inside any state corrections facility since 1917. Read more
Feb 20, 2020
Christopher Klinge
From the mouth of Donald
Game creator Drew Mueske comes to Working Draft Beer Company to demo a new board game, “Trump Roast.” The game is based on actual quotes from the commander in chief. Read more
Feb 20, 2020
Craig Brabant
Exploring Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s early natural historians and their “cabinet of curiosities” are featured in the Wisconsin Academy’s “Collections & Connections” exhibit at the James Watrous Gallery. Read more
Feb 20, 2020
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Madweek for Feb. 20, 2020
It’s been a bedbugs in the library kind of Madweek. Read more
Feb 20, 2020
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And then there were two
Daniel Kelly paints Jill Karofsky as a tool of the political left. She casts Kelly as “corrupt,” saying he rules consistently in favor of his Republican and corporate backers. Read more
Feb 19, 2020
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Maia Pearson is top vote-getter for school board race
Maia Pearson and Christina Gomez Schmidt, who advance to the April 7 election for school board, say they will hit the campaign trail hard. Read more
Feb 19, 2020
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Country love song
Bill and Bobbie Malone met in a tiny bar across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Forty years later the couple has become part of the fabric of Madison: writing books, performing music and creating the WORT-FM show “Back to the Country.” Read more
Feb 13, 2020
5:01 AM
Changing the narrative
It has been a difficult year for the Madison school district. We asked school board candidates what would it take to change the narrative. Read more
Feb 13, 2020
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“What a crock of shit!”
Have you seen “Indict Vos” or “Fire Vos” written with chalk on North Hamilton and other downtown streets? That’s the work of Steven Books, who likes to chalk the messages on the route the Assembly speaker uses to get to his Capitol office. Read more
Just really good tacos
The former Underground Butcher spot at 811 Williamson St. has a new tenant. Melted’s David Rodriguez is planning a Latin American restaurant to focus on tacos. Read more
The new town square
Libraries are “a place for people no matter their status, their wealth, their income. Where you can go to learn, to participate, to research. You can become part of something that is bigger than yourself.” Read more
Five (actually six) fish fries you need to try in Madison, Wisconsin
It’s Friday! Where should you go for fish? These five spots took top honors in our 2019 reader poll for favorite fish fry. Read more
Pho heaven’s sake
Willy Street’s new noodle shop serves a winning version of its signature dish Read more
