The programming this fall at UW Cinematheque includes a series on the work of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. It kicks off on Friday, September 20 with the documentary Homework and continues over the next three Fridays with a trilogy of films released in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s known as the Koker Trilogy: Where […]
Jacki Whisenant and Rob Lundberg’s “Not To Scale”
Jacki Whisenant describes the overarching theme of Not To Scale, her joint show with fellow artist Rob Lundberg, as “thinking about the environment on a larger and smaller scale.” On display through September 1 at the Overture Center’s Gallery III, the show combines Whisenant’s illustrated and cut-paper depictions of aquatic insects with Lundberg’s mutli-media explorations […]
Labrador’s sharp and disappointed pop
For this brief installment of the Tone Madison podcast, we’re talking with two members of the Madison based band Labrador. The band’s 2018 debut EP, Tell Me About Your Dad, is a set of five songs that manage to be very tender and very cutting all at once. Labrador is playing this Saturday, August 17 […]
Bail and the bigger picture in Dane County
The fight against mass incarceration is a fight to fundamentally challenge the assumptions that drive our systems of policing, jails, and prisons in America. It’s also a fight against the practice of cash bail, and there are several groups in Madison who have banded together to take that on. The Free The 350 Bail Fund […]
Gender Confetti’s gay church
This week, we bring you the latest episode from one of our sister podcasts, Record Store Dropouts. It’s an in-depth conversation with Sylvia Johnson and Elyse Clouthier of Madison queer-punk duo Gender Confetti, who recently released their first album, We’re Gay. The pair reflect on their July 20 album release show at The Wisco, share the […]
Jim Whiteside’s poems of spectral intimacy
Jim Whiteside writes poetry that makes you wonder if the speaker is really a ghost. Combining moments of impermanence with moments of intimacy, his debut collection Writing Your Name On The Glass makes the reader focus on the waxing and waning way in which people experience longing. Be it the longing for a past life, relationship, […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 31
- Next Page »
