Podcast: Jeff Chang on the bad loop of history
The author and hip-hop historian speaks October 22 at the Wisconsin Book Festival and Passing The Mic conference.
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Aces: Ben Silver
The recent Madison transplant and Orchard Lounge member discusses a few of his favorite tracks.
Why Wisconsin (and your state) doesn’t need a Blue Lives Matter bill
The numbers make clear that there’s no war on police in Wisconsin.
The Circus, ch. 3: To live and die on Langdon Street
An encounter with whiteness and violence on UW-Madison's fraternity row.
Aces: Sassmouth
The Chicago DJ plays July 16 at La Fete De Marquette.
Podcast: An Elizabethan interlude with the Madison Early Music Festival
The annual event marks Shakespeare's "death-iversary" from July 9 through 16.
The Circus, ch. 2: Genele Laird and the invisible hoodrat
Deconstructing the racist and sexist context around the violent arrest of an 18-year-old Black woman.
It’s all about art: Remembering Tom Laskin
Robin Davies of Tar Babies reflects on Laskin's onstage charisma and deep connection with music.
Appliances-SFB: An appreciation
The Madison band was very much of the 1980s post-punk movement, but sounded like no one else.
“Function” in constant flux
A show at Arts + Literature Laboratory brings together challenging 3D work by 12 artists.