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John McCracken

John McCracken is a journalist who focuses mainly on agriculture, climate change, and industrial pollution. A former Midwest Reporting Fellow for Grist, he won a 2022 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award. He lives in Green Bay and can be found on Twitter.

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Ratboys’ patient evolution pays off in explosive fashion

Friday, February 21, Memorial Union Rathskeller, 9 p.m., free.

100 Gecs feed on the hyper-referential chaos of the internet

Friday, February 28, Union South Sett, 9 p.m., free but ticketed.

Madison singles and deep cuts that stood out in 2019

Appreciating a few of our favorite songs from local artists this year.

More Madison records we loved in 2019

Our year-end music coverage continues with a few honorable mentions.

Tone Madison’s top 20 Madison records of 2019

From open-hearted pop to filthy techno, the albums and EPs that helped define our year.

Madison calendar, November 14 through 20

A visit from documentary filmmaker Julia Reichert, a celebration of James Baldwin, challenging improvisation at Café Coda, and more events of note in Madison this week.

Madison calendar, September 26 through October 2

Four avant-garde shorts from Mills Folly Microcinema, a visit from artist Lemi Ghariokwu, and more events of note in Madison this week.

Podcast: Grief and taxidermy with Kristen Arnett

The author joins us to discuss and read from her debut novel, "Mostly Dead Things."

Butt-rock and nu-metal at Taste Of Madison: A data analysis

We crunched the numbers on WJJO's weirdly repetitive stage.

Podcast: Jim Whiteside’s poems of spectral intimacy

The poet discusses his work in an interview co-produced with The Adroit Journal.