Apr 30, 2018 | News
A quick look at the cultural landscape reveals that we’re in the middle of a golden age for dystopian fiction. Hulu’s twist on Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the slick, sci-fi “Ready Player One,” HBO’s gritty “Westworld” — even a cute animated film from Wes...
Apr 30, 2018 | News
These artists want to make you fall in love with them in seven minutes. And if you’re lucky, you might be able to take some of that love home. “Speed Dating,” held Monday evening at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, will feature presentations by 11 graduate...
Apr 26, 2018 | News
Tap into any beer-fueled conversation and a variety of barroom philosophies may emerge. Chances are the ideas of Sir Thomas More won’t be among them. But More’s philosophy of civic responsibility and social discourse outlined in his 1516 satire Utopia is a driving...
Apr 24, 2018 | News
Neon has come a long way since the days when its typical use was for signs with succinct messages such as “EAT.” The 2018 Neon Light Show, held in the UW Stock Pavilion on April 21, included glass sculptures and artwork created by more than 45 artists from UW–Madison,...
Apr 11, 2018 | News
[Professor Emeritus] Marjorie Kreilick listened as a room full of architects, engineers, contractors and politicians – all men, and all opinionated – told her what her murals should look like. They wanted images of industry, cows, breweries, cheese and farming, she...
Apr 11, 2018 | News
Distant Views What could Madison look like 75 years from now? Find out at the James Watrous Gallery in the Overture Center for the Arts, which is exhibiting “Future Possible: Imagining Madison” until April 15. Artists, architects and designers share their big ideas...
