Guest Columns

Voices from across the Madison community. Want to pitch us a guest column? Read our pitch guidelines.

The artist and the fundraiser

By Jenie Gao ● Culture ● December 4, 2018

Why art for charity hurts the people who create it, in Madison and beyond.

By Sarah Akawa, Joey Bee & Hana Masri ● Culture ● January 30, 2018

A recent Slate piece misses the mark, and misrepresents the efforts of Madison’s Queer Pressure collective.

By Tone Madison ● Guest Columns ● December 21, 2016

Bigger lessons from an argument over a band name.

By Dave Stoler ● Guest Columns ● March 1, 2016

The city could actually support a viable nightclub that elevates jazz and improvised music.

By Emily Mills ● Guest Columns ● November 4, 2015

To improve opportunities and fairness for musicians, we need an attitude adjustment—and guarantees.

By Dave Labedz ● Guest Columns ● October 26, 2015

A former Madisonian reflects on empathy, rehabilitation and how “in my backyard” is a relative term.

By Scott Gordon ● Culture ● September 7, 2015

If you’ve got something compelling to say about arts and culture in Madison, we’d like to hear from you.

By Marc Eisen ● Guest Columns ● August 25, 2015

Madison struggles to build a strong arts economy, and cheap audiences share the blame.

By Tone Madison ● Culture ● June 9, 2015

The City of Madison is combining public art and social policy in all the wrong ways.