A bill passed in 2017 allowed Wisconsin farmers the opportunity to grow hemp for the first time in nearly fifty years. The first round of hemp farmers have finished harvesting their crops, including Whilden Hughes of Hughes Farms in Rock County. He’s just one of two farmers in Rock County, and one of only 184 […]
The many worlds of street photographer Vivian Maier
Vivian Maier was a street photographer in the latter half of the 20th century, capturing intricacies of daily life at a time when camera culture and street photography was on the rise. Though Maier was extremely prolific as a photographer, she worked professionally as a nanny, often carrying several cameras around while she was working. […]
Jessica Hopper’s memoir of music and a vanished Chicago
Jessica Hopper’s new book, Night Moves, details the personal experiences that shaped her work as a music critic and captures vignettes of a Chicago that has largely vanished under layers of gentrification. Hopper has written for publications including The Chicago Reader, Spin, City Pages, and Pitchfork, and served as editorial director of MTV News during […]
No Police At Pride?
This Sunday is Madison’s annual OutReach Pride Parade, but what should be a celebratory event has recently come under some controversy over whether Madison Police should be allowed to formally participate in the event. After last year’s parade, some members of the LGBTQ+ community and communities of color objected to the number of armed, uniformed […]
Alice Bag Comes to Madison
Alice Bag was the front person for L.A. punk band The Bags. She played in numerous projects during the Hollywood punk scene and has continued to make music through the ensuing decades. In the past few years she’s written two memoirs and has released her first two solo albums, off Don Giovanni Records. She’ll be […]
Madison East High School Sends Cooking Teens to National Competition
Last month, a team of four students from East High School won the Wisconsin ProStart Invitational, a statewide cooking competition for high schoolers. Led by teacher Natalie Aguirre and assisted by professional chefs Mark Walters and Ami Shimanek, the team will represent Wisconsin in the National ProStart Invitational in Rhode Island at the end of […]