Snapshot
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Michael Popke
Virgin territory
In the middle of a major city are 1,200 acres of natural living history, including effigy mounds, tallgrass prairies, savannas, wetlands and several forest types. One Dane County resident had never visited. more
Joe Tarr
Now that’s a mouthfeel
Insects are a cheap, nutritious and sustainable food source that 2 billion people in the world regularly consume. But how do they taste? And will Americans ever catch the bug craze? more
Apr 12, 2018
AMY STOCKLEIN
Here’s looking at you
The TransLiberation Art Coalition, which started two years ago, creates space for transgender artists. more
Apr 5, 2018
Michael Cummins
Wisconsin nice
Meet the Press host Chuck Todd turns to Wisconsin for an example of polarized citizens who don’t yell at each other. more
Mar 29, 2018
Dylan Brogan
Minority rule
Dane County Republicans might be the minority locally, but the GOP can’t win statewide without them. Staff writer Dylan Brogan recaps the county party’s annual Lincoln Reagan Day dinner. more
Mar 15, 2018
Mary Langenfeld
‘It’s like a home’
People with mental illness are often isolated. Cornucopia, a peer-run art and wellness nonprofit, brings them together. more
Mar 8, 2018
Stacy Bruner
I'm a believer
Isthmus’ Catherine Capellaro spends time with Alex the Mind Reader. He’s part of the touring show from the UK, Champions of Magic. They’re at Overture Center’s Capitol Theater March 2. more
Mar 1, 2018
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Beth Skogen
The new auteurs
Crestwood Elementary School’s stop motion animation class is getting major attention in the film world with its work. more
Feb 22, 2018
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Dylan Brogan
Come for the trolls, stay for the bee
Mount Horeb hosts one hell of an adult spelling bee that draws a big crowd. Staff writer Dylan Brogan has the blow-by-blow of this year’s competition. more
Feb 15, 2018
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Laura Zastrow
Make it work!
Ten teams are designing and making clothing out of paper for this year’s READ(y) to Wear competition to benefit the Madison Reading Project. Tim Gunn would be proud. more
Feb 1, 2018
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Thomas DeVillers
Ice creature
Brutal cold is a necessity, not a hindrance, when Tim Browning installs his annual artwork on Lake Monona. more
Jan 25, 2018
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Nature projects
Chuck Henrikson is an avid birder. He’s also a citizen scientist, recording all of the birds he sees and hears to an international database. It’s one of the many ways citizen science happens at the UW Arboretum. more
Radical storytelling
Comic artists, printmakers and radical activists come together on April 28 at the Madison Public Library for a daylong celebration of zines. more
So you think you know the Arb
Put your knowledge of Madison's beautiful outdoor laboratory to the test with our pop quiz. more
Veteran affairs
Valor on Washington would offer 64 affordable housing units, with a special focus on women veterans and veterans with children. It would be the largest development of this type in the country. more
Lighting it up
UW-Madison is one of the few universities that have a neon arts program. A show April 20-21 at the UW Stock Pavilion illuminates the works of students and professional neon artists. more
