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Madison’s Living History

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History doesn’t live only in dusty tomes, bureaucratic archives and curated antiques.  It also lives in the minds and memories of those who were there. Madison’s Living History Project, sponsored by the Madison Public Library, tries to find long-time Madison residents, get them in a conversation about where they came from, and where they’ve been, […]

Explosive Documentary: “The Blood is at the Doorstep”

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On April 30, 2014, Dontre Hamilton, a black, unarmed man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was shot 14 times and killed by a Milwaukee police officer. Filmed over the course of three years in the direct aftermath of Dontre’s death, the documentary “The Blood is at the Doorstep” follows his family as they struggle to find answers […]

Bubbler Artist-In-Residence: Dance!

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Libraries are all about permanence, serving as indexed archives of culture.  The written word, photographs, moving images in physical or digital media, written musical scores, musical recordings, these are the bread and butter of libraries.  But what about the ephemeral, the fleeting or the one of a kind? How do you archive those kinds of […]

Revisiting 2017’s Access Denied panel

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Recorded in February 2017 at the Central Library, the Access Denied panel discussion tackled issues of equity and accessibility in Madison’s nightlife. While much has changed in Madison’s venue landscape since then, the struggle to make nightlife spaces open and welcoming to all people continues. We bring you the audio from the discussion again this […]

Hannah O’Hare Bennett’s feral materials

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Artist Hannah O’Hare Bennett takes familiar objects and materials and makes them feel wild. She creates pincushions with unruly tufts of fur, books that turn into messy spirals, and embroidery that looks rough and brittle. The work draws a lot of inspiration from the materials  that people source from the natural environment. In a way, Bennett’s […]