Snapshot
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Linda Falkenstein
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
Amy Stocklein
Don’t overthink it
Want some advice on how to be a sensitive ally to people of color? Sabrina “Heymiss Progress” Madison offers a class for white women. Read more
Jan 16, 2020
Michael Kienitz
Oddballs and swampers
Festge Park is an example of how volunteer labor from “oddballs” can restore an area to its natural state. Read more
Jan 9, 2020
Beth Skogen
Circle left
The decades-old Madison Contra Dance has moved away from traditional gender roles, but all Larks and Ravens alike all welcome. Read more
Jan 2, 2020
Ingrid Laas
Oh, Mr. Grant!
Ed Asner stops in Madison to help raise money for The Progressive, one of the nation’s oldest magazines. Read more
Dec 19, 2019
Chris Bacarella
Pie and patriotism
Gwendolyn Rice, Isthmus theater critic, creates her own show. “Miss American Pie” combines a history of xenophobia with the story of a friendship with a Muslim woman — and a lesson in how to bake delicious apple rum raisin pie. Read more
Dec 12, 2019
Dylan Brogan
Rumble in Rubicon
Wisconsin has a thriving pro wrestling scene. Staff writer Dylan Brogan crosses the Rubicon to check it out. Read more
Dec 5, 2019
Kori Feener
On the catwalk
People show off their house cats at a Sun Prairie Cat show. Read more
Nov 27, 2019
5:00 AM
Chris Bacarella
The rookie
The Madison Gay Hockey Association is known world-wide for being inclusive of everyone. This November, its first deaf player took the ice. Read more
Nov 21, 2019
5:00 AM
Dylan Brogan
Burying the hatchets
While on a F-35 fact-finding mission in Vermont, Madison elected officials and activists took a break to throw some axes. Read more
Nov 14, 2019
5:00 AM
AMY STOCKLEIN
Hanna Bruer’s grunge art
Cat Capellaro sat in on Hanna Bruer’s live painting events at HotelRed on Gallery Night. Read more
Nov 7, 2019
5:00 AM
Christopher Klinge
Floating in a most peculiar way
Sip and Stargaze gave revelers a chance to see the heavens from Parthenon’s roof. Read more
Oct 31, 2019
5:00 AM
AMY STOCKLEIN
Sound check
UW-Madison’s Hamel Music Center will celebrate its grand opening this weekend. But first, some fine tuning happened. Even this was better with an audience. Read more
Oct 24, 2019
4:59 AM
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A rotten semester
Jefferson Middle School will finish the year with an interim principal after a semester marked by several violent incidents. A whistleblower is also being investigated for leaking student information and sending hundreds of anonymous emails. Read more
The most powerful man you don’t know
Joe Parisi has been running Dane County for close to a decade. He oversees an operating budget of $594 million, about 74 percent more than the city’s $341 million budget. Read more
Surprises at Market Square
Sure, it’s a bargain at $3.50 a ticket. But more than that, the west-side Market Square has been playing the art films and documentaries that other theaters are missing. Read more
Sweet space
People seem to really enjoy going to Buck and Honey’s in Monona. The intention, and the appeal, of the restaurant is immediately apparent. Read more
The accidental restaurant
“We’ve never compromised on what we started out to do — source locally and demonstrate that you can eat locally year-round,” says Lori Stern, owner of Cow & Quince in New Glarus. The restaurant is for sale because Stern is ready for the next chapter Read more
