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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

Hayley Sperling snaps a few photos from her tour of the Willy St house. Clockwise from the top left: a signature bathroom selfie, a shot of the patio with several chairs and umbrella stand, and finally the kitchen stove and countertops.

Madison housing market hell

By Hayley Sperling ● Microtones ● August 25, 2023

Crushing unaffordability embodied in Zillow’s million-dollar Willy Street listing.

This composite illustration combines a photo from a trans rights rally, an inverted hospital building, and two men, one of whom is throwing a faded out child into the air, illustrating the precarity of LGBTQ+ families, rights and healthcare post-Roe.

Queer people in Madison adapt to renewed threats in a post-Roe world

By Hayley Sperling ● Post-Roe family planning in Madison ● May 18, 2023

The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling has rippling effects across the LGBTQ+ community.

Tone Madison’s 2022 annual report charts a year of growth and challenges

By Scott Gordon, Christina Lieffring, Micaela Magel, Hayley Sperling, Grant Phipps & Steven Spoerl ● Misc ● May 15, 2023

Stories, lessons, and some key numbers from our eighth full year of publication.

Behold, Tone Madison’s 2021 annual report

By Scott Gordon & Hayley Sperling ● Misc ● 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

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

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

Founding a newsletter in a turbulent media world.

Peak October

By Hayley Sperling ● Culture ● October 29, 2021

The makings of a Lynchian fall.

Lasers bring us together

By Hayley Sperling ● Culture ● August 20, 2021

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

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