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Hayley Sperling

Hayley Sperling a marketing and communications professional. In a past life she was Very Online at WisContext and before that reported on all things happening the city of Madison and issued the occasional anger-fueled rant at The Badger Herald. She’s still working on perfecting her Twitter #brand and becoming a functional adult.

Hayley's Latest Articles

Behold, Tone Madison’s 2021 annual report

By Scott Gordon & Hayley Sperling ● Misc ● June 29, 2022 June 29, 2022

The numbers and highlights from a transformative year.

A laptop computer sits on a table at Mom's Bar. To its left, four microphones also rest on the table, next to a transmitter for wireless microphones. In the background, the neon sign for Mom's Bar is visible in the window from the reverse side.

Mom’s Bar is good

By Hayley Sperling ● Microtones ● June 10, 2022 June 10, 2022

From the ashes of Karaoke Kid rises a welcoming new space.

A publicity photo shows seven members of the musical act Kaleta & Super Yamba Band, standing in two rows, wearing bright clothes. Five of the members are facing the camera and two are looking somewhere off to the side.

A few Madison events, June 6 through 12, 2022

By Scott Gordon, Hayley Sperling, Grant Phipps, Steven Spoerl & Sam Hoisington ● Film ● June 5, 2022 June 5, 2022

The return of Waterfront Fest, tons of jazz, and more events of note in Madison this week.

One year of Minutes

By Hayley Sperling ● Microtones ● April 22, 2022 April 29, 2022

Founding a newsletter in a turbulent media world.

Peak October

By Hayley Sperling ● Culture ● October 29, 2021 April 25, 2022

The makings of a Lynchian fall.

Lasers bring us together

By Hayley Sperling ● Culture ● August 20, 2021 May 5, 2022

Notes from a dazzling and dated fantasia at the Alliant Energy Center.

Finding comfort in a bathroom mirror

By Hayley Sperling ● Culture ● June 18, 2021 May 5, 2022

Mask on or off, you can still flex in bathroom selfies.

Thanks for the vaccine, but BMI is bullshit

By Hayley Sperling ● Culture ● March 13, 2021 May 5, 2022

Wisconsin and other states are relying on a measurement that has long created problems in health care.

Only Blart can judge me

By Hayley Sperling ● Culture ● November 19, 2020 May 5, 2022

Madison writer/comedian Alan Talaga’s post-apocalyptic “Paul Blart 3: Blart Of Darkness” will premiere in a November 27 live reading.

Sugar, we’re going down singing

By Hayley Sperling ● Music ● June 17, 2020 May 24, 2022

Don’t let Karaoke Kid become another “Blank Space” downtown.