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Sharon Vanorny
The secret concrete garden
North of Madison, there’s a secret indoor skate park called The Shred Shed. It’s just for friends, but if you want to be friends with the organizers, they’ll be friends with you. Read more
Victoria Davis
To Sri Lanka with love
Madison’s small but tight-knit Sri Lankan community was horrified on Easter to learn that terrorists had killed hundreds of people in their homeland. On May 1, they held a dinner to collect money and love to send back home. Read more
May 9, 2019
Howard Hardee
Hit me with your DIPPUL stick
On April 20, about 50 people loaded up on beer and hit the streets to clean them up for Madison’s first Drunk in Public Picking Up Litter. Read more
May 2, 2019
AMY STOCKLEIN
School of hard nots
Before being sworn into office, eight new members of the Common Council get a crash course on Robert’s Rules of Order and the state’s and city’s ethics rules. Apply the “smell test,” they are told, and say goodbye to free beers. Read more
Apr 25, 2019
Mark Norman
Not church, but gospel
At Burbie’s Gospel Brunches, an all-star band serves up traditional gospel tunes to warm the soul. It’s not church, but gospel. Read more
Apr 18, 2019
Brett Stepanik
Fixer uppers
Hey, kids: want a new bicycle? Wheels for Winners is happy to supply a new one. All you need to do is put in 15 hours of community service. Read more
Apr 11, 2019
Hillary Schave
Children of the opera
Opera for the Young has been taking one of the stuffiest music genres into schools since 1970. The organization doesn’t just perform the art, it makes the kids part of the show. Read more
Apr 4, 2019
AMY STOCKLEIN
A seat at the table
A multi-course dinner served in total darkness is a surprising and captivating sensory experience — and an eye-opening look at the accessibility challenges faced by blind and visually impaired people. Read more
Mar 28, 2019
4:59 AM
Amy Stocklein
Jam lesson
Hanah Jon Taylor never liked how music is taught more like science than the language it really is. So every Saturday, he turns his Cafe Coda jazz club into a classroom. Read more
Mar 21, 2019
5:00 AM
Joe Tarr
Socialism’s safest place
Madison has a chapter of Socialist Rifle Association, a leftist alternative to the NRA that aims to offer gun education and a defense of community. People of color, women and transgender people are welcome — racist, sexist bigots are prohibited. Read more
Mar 14, 2019
5:00 AM
Mary Langenfeld
Going the distance
Several local amateur boxers are heading to the Golden Gloves tournament later this month in Middleton. They hope to qualify for the national tournament in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Read more
Mar 7, 2019
5:00 AM
Victoria Davis
Winter birds
Bitter cold, six inches of snow and 10 mph winds — for the Wisconsin Hoofers, it’s the perfect time to go snowkiting on Lake Mendota Read more
Feb 28, 2019
5:00 AM
Dylan Brogan
Satellites of love
Romance is in the air year-round at the Madison school district’s planetarium. Staff writer Dylan Brogan reports the new digital projection system is out-of-this-world, too. Read more
Feb 21, 2019
5:00 AM
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A rotten year
A lot people in Madison are wondering what the hell is happening in our schools. Even Superintendent Jennifer Cheatham has called it a “trying year.” Isthmus talked to nearly 30 teachers to find out what’s happening behind the scenes. Read more
Cheatham’s report card
In announcing her resignation, Jen Cheatham struck a valedictory note. So did her supporters. No one mentioned a divided district or demoralized staff. Read more
Tell All: I have sex with every woman I meet — in my head
I can fantasize about a coworker in a meeting and still treat her with the utmost professionalism. Read more
End the WEDC
The latest audit shows an organization that is being incompetently managed, if managed at all. Read more
Welcome to campus
Designed by Arthur Peabody, UW-Madison’s Field House is one of the university’s signature buildings. It’s getting a much-needed renovation, as campus officials hope to “dress up” this entry to campus. Read more
