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A photo of a winding road leading up to the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin, with a heavy, obfuscating black-and-white filter applied.

Coliseum renovations should proceed with caution

Dane County should apply strict scrutiny of its partnership proposal with FPC Live, even if it's the only bidder.

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Five printed digital illustrations hang from a gallery wall. The four larger illustrations hanging as a quadrant to the right of center explore themes of water, while the singular piece on the left shows handing embracing holding a keffiyeh and kokum scarf.
Could an exhibition like “Guiding Ethos” find a home in Madison?

A group show at Appleton's Trout Museum stands up for "political" art in an era of cowardice and compliance.

A close-up photo of several cloves of garlic, haphazardly peeled and scattered on a dark surface. Bordering this photo is a red and white checkered tablecloth illustration. In the lower left corner of this illustrated frame is a small chef with an oversized mustache standing on a spoon. The chef's speech bubble reads "Small Bites."
Small Bites: How much garlic is too much garlic?

With "double the garlic" dominating social media, it's time to reevaluate your recipes.

A simple image collage of a book jacket on the left and author portrait on the right. The jacket reads "Hemlock A Novel Melissa Faliveno" in white chalk-like lettering over an impressionistic painting of splintered branches and wood on the ground. The author, Faliveno, wears a dusty grey button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up past her elbows. She folds her arms and looks squarely at the camera lens with a faint but confident smile.
Fear and queer hunger in the Northwoods of Melissa Faliveno’s “Hemlock”

The new novel from the author of the "Tomboyland" essay collection finds its footing in the dark corners of Wisconsin's forests.

An illustrated poster for the Madison Alternative Comics Festival is centered in a larger rectangular image with an aubergine-colored background. The poster playfully shows a female artist sitting in a studio, while leaning the side of her face against the glass of a photocopier. The tray below the copier is spitting out golden copies of comic pages and issues.
Madison Alternative Comics Fest showcases a rising art form through diverse voices

Madison's answer to the alternative comic festival circuit debuts at Aubergine on December 13.

A photograph shows a medium close-up of different sizes of two t-shirt designs hanging on a clothing rack. The leftmost one is "Blade Runner" and the rightmost one is "The Thing." The "Blade Runner" tee prominently features Deckard's face (Harrison Ford) as well as text from the film in yellow and white, while "The Thing" tee includes small portraits of the cast arranged in two long rows with blue text and the iconic alien monster design rendered in black and white.
Movie tee envy

Pondering a shirt collection, and stumbling upon Cosmic Cabin, which has the goods—at least niche ones for cinephiles.

A simple, vertically split image collage on a black theater stage. The left photo shows a figure in a black velvet suit curled up on the floor staring at a phone attached to a red cord directly in front of their face. On the right, a closer photo of a dancer in white face paint gesturing out with her hands mid-motion. She wears a white undergarment and a semi-transparent red gown overtop.
The semi-improvised parameters of “Inertia Follies” engender its subtly and radically transformative scenes

The avant-garde performance-art showcase, which involves six local artists, runs for a final weekend—November 20 through 23—at Broom Street Theater.

A photograph at a slightly angled long shot of an all-women panel at the MDEV games conference at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. The hall is rather dimly lit except for the spotlit stage where five women are sitting on elevated chairs. A large screen to the far right of the stage displays the names and photos of the people involved as well as the title "Game Changers: Women Defining The Industry."
Amid industry tumult, the 2025 MDEV conference captured Madison as an impending game-development hotspot

On the ground with indie developers and industry representatives at the annual, bustling, two-day showcase of video games.

Overhead view of a mixed salad in a grey-green bowl on a dark marble countertop. The bowl contains slices of roasted squash, walnuts, arugula, and croutons. Bordering this photo is a red and white checkered tablecloth illustration. In the lower left corner of this illustrated frame is a small chef with an oversized mustache standing on a spoon. The chef's speech bubble reads "Small Bites."
Small Bites: To make it through the fall, roast your vegetables

A low-effort guide to bringing maximum flavor to your table when seasonal produce is limited.

A rectangular graphic to promote the Black Film Festival in Madison shows several different images with thin black border outlines in each corner. These include a poster for the narrative film "Miss Juneteenth" in the upper left and archival black-and-white photos from the documentary film "Fresh Dressed" in the upper right above the festival text and logos for both Madison Public Library and Justified Anger: Courses. The lower part of the image contains images from video essays—a Black couple sitting in a living room (at the bottom left) and Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Halftime performance (at the bottom right)—that are included as part of the festival.
In its third year, the Black Film Festival commits to deeper regional representation

The Nehemiah Center and Justified Anger partner with Madison Public Library to honor Black lives and culture November 12 through 15.