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(02/16/17 12:00pm)
The past weekend has definitely been an art-filled extravaganza for the city of Madison. Between NoName at the Orpheum, the start of the FoodFight Foodie Week and many other events in the area both large and small, there was ample entertainment for all the Madison communities. Among them included the annual dance department faculty concert titled “Neither East Nor West,” held in the Margaret H'doubler Performance Space of Lathrop Hall. Dance department students performed works choreographed by some of the university’s most renowned professors, and the audiences were, without a doubt, impressed.
(01/17/17 11:00am)
For the second consecutive year, the Majestic Theatre hosted the Wisconsin Hip-Hop Fest, with clear satisfaction from the artists, organizers and fans. The concert featured a strong lineup of performers from both the Madison and Milwaukee area, including the headlining set from popular artist WebsterX. Each artist infused a full-house Majestic Theatre with growing excitement as stragglers continued to file in well into the show. Every beat, bar, chant and stomp kept the show riveting to say the least, with ample moments worthy of highlighting.
(11/09/16 11:00am)
It is not far-fetched to imagine October to be one of the most troubling times of the year for people of color. Being a week out of October, people of color can finally take a breath that the month is over. Just as the Holloween months of past years, we can annoyingly reflect on the sudden spike of blatant and justified racism we see roaming the streets, speaking in the classrooms and simply living beside us on the day-to-day basis. And we can only grieve in understanding that the costuming of culture, the dismissed threats and the attacks on our lives will continue unchecked by the institutions that support them.
(04/27/16 11:00am)
Without a doubt, famed comedian Marlon Wayans exceeded expectations at Friday’s Orpheum show. The theater was seemingly at full capacity to experience the hilarious stand-up, with laughs on a steady climb from beginning to end.
(03/03/16 10:11pm)
For the past few years, sorority Lambda Theta Alpha has organized and hosted Triple S, in which different Greek organizations come together to step, salute and stroll in proud competition. This year, 11 organizations competed and more than twice as many were present in the Memorial Union Theater. Some of these organizations have active chapters here on the UW-Madison campus, including Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., Omega Delta Phi Fraternity, Inc., alpha Kappa Delta Phi International Sorority, Inc., Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc. and the aforementioned hosts Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. Other organizations came to represent from the UW-Whitewater campus, such as Zeta Sigma Chi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. and Lambda Alpha Upsilon Latin Fraternity Inc.
(01/25/16 12:00pm)
In the basement of The Brink Lounge, in a space distinguished from the large club-like room where noticeably mature guests drank and danced to a live band, Dina Nina Martinez gave a striking performance to an intimate crowd. After a brief introduction to the stage, Martinez, with a humorously loose voice and leaning shoulders, opened her show explaining that she may be a bit hungover and said that “the hardest part about being a heterosexual woman is having a dick.” The audience was immediately shocked into laughter, and I imagine some reacted like me with an upright back and tilted head wondering if I heard her correctly. I did, of course, and by the end of the show came to understand that no other opening statement would be appropriate for “Confessions of A Wannabe Soccer Mom.” Martinez spoke that phrase with beautiful pride as an unapologetically transgender woman.
(12/02/15 7:50am)
"Gotham" has aired for over a year, having premiered on Fox September 2014. The Batman origin series, featuring the adventures of detective James Gordon before his comic book fame as commissioner, has recently entered its second season, and continues to entertain superhero fans on streaming websites like Hulu and Netflix. I’ve heard so much good news about the series from friends, co-workers and random strangers on the bus that I decided to check out the show for myself over Thanksgiving weekend.
(11/19/15 5:27am)
I walked into Mr. Brews Taphouse not expecting much, but within an hour I was able to walk out of the bar satisfied and smiling. Based on the look of the venue, the selection of beers and the friendly service of the bartender, I recommend the bar to anyone who enjoys a simple and fun night.
(10/28/15 3:23am)
I finally paid a visit to Madison’s new restaurant and bar, HopCat. The establishment finished construction over the summer, opening July 17, and is already a successful business with six other locations. I wasn’t sure what to expect prior to making a visit, but I heard consistent hype about it so I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to have my own experience. Based on my experience, this new addition to the collection of downtown bars in Madison is in for a long, successful service to the Badger community.
(10/20/15 4:15am)
The Orpheum Theater was full of excitement as Mac Miller and his three opening acts took the stage by storm Saturday. As expected, the sold-out crowd packed the Orpheum. Before the doors opened, early guests lined the sidewalk for more than two blocks, and when the doors finally opened, people packed the first floor and balcony so tightly that no one could take a step or raise their hands without bumping the next spectator. The stage was set up with two DJ tables and a large centered alarm clock with Mac Miller’s new album name, GO:OD AM. On the sides were posters of his album cover photo, depicting Mac Miller’s obnoxiously yawning face. Rappers The Come-Up Boys, Domo Genesis and GoldLink, each partnered with their own DJ, revved the audience with a plethora of bass-bumping singles. And Mac Miller most certainly made the concert a highlight of the University of Wisconsin-Madison homecoming weekend.
(10/14/15 3:15am)
He’s already released two studio albums and 10 mixtapes. Now, in promotion of his recently released third album GO:OD AM, Mac Miller gears his national tour towards the Badger State. Over the next two weeks, his tour schedule is packed tight with 10 concerts across the country, and Wisconsin is seventh on the list. The Philly born and raised rapper will blast the Madison audience with sound from his new album Saturday in the Orpheum Theatre
(10/06/15 5:11am)
He lives now in the ever-sunny Los Angeles, where stars are made and others fall by the wayside, still fighting for their shot. In the midst of the riotous talent is Clifton Grefe, age 25, with the stage name Beef.From a love for music as a child, to exploring his passions in college, Madison-raised rapper Beef exemplifies what it means to make leaps and bounds in doing what you love.
(09/29/15 4:30am)
Disappointment tends to hang heavier after having high hopes for something or someone. I write not of ungrounded expectations, rather of expectations that are based on past experiences. Unfortunately, The Icon, a tapas bar located directly across from the Overture Center on State Street, is the subject of my disappointment.
(09/09/15 6:47am)
At 11 a.m., it's a bar and grille, ready to serve local Wisconsin beer with juicy burgers and grilled chicken sandwiches. Activity begins low and the doors are closed, but by 8 p.m. the doors open to welcome a variety of casual locals to its venue. A large bouncer, who easily fills the entire door frame, stands to the side ready to step forward for I.Ds. The bartender, obviously enjoying the music, slaps a white towel to his shoulder and waits. By 8:15 the people have come, ready for a few rounds, likely anxious to taste the signature fishbowl. This is how Wando’s starts its week.
(06/11/15 10:16pm)
On the fifth floor of Lathrop Hall, every new cohort is taught the pride of the phrase that heads this article. Each student shouts in boisterous unison the phrase that welcomed them from across the country. Students proudly hail from cities like Phoenix, Ariz., Brooklyn, N.Y., the Bay Area in California, Chicago, Ill., and, of course, Madison, Wis. They hold dear the cultures they carry together in this room. They are the movement of the hip-hop and urban arts scholarship program First Wave, who speak with poetry, rap, beat, vocal, dance and visual art, and I am blessed to use my talents for this program.
(03/11/15 12:52am)
As the UW-Madison campus steps into March, another semester is well underway. This is especially true for the First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community. The program of passionate artists has been in full swing with various performances and projects. A portion of the work includes the 8th Cohort’s recent performance for the 2015 Rotary Ethics Symposium, the strong participation in the recent Moonshine showcase and the Womyn's History Month Celebration/Showcase.
(03/04/15 4:36am)
UW-Madison got to experience a community celebration in the Jamaican tradition called Moonshine, thanks to professor Chris Walker. For the past seven years, students have shared a piece of themselves in response to the world around them. This year, with a full moon simulated onto the stage backdrop, students offered the same powerful energy.
(02/27/15 3:50am)
He greets incomers with ever moving, anxiously sweaty palms. His eyes are very wide as he likely, without realizing, stumbles through salutations and pre-show small talk with friends, faculty and unknown guests. Nervousness is evident, yet Riley Faison holds a proud smile for the work he’s done and the opportunity to share it. As showtime draws near, he wraps up conversation on one last “thank you,” then disappears around a corner in a hallway of the Van Hise building.
(02/18/15 4:02am)
After three years of training and study, Universty of Wisconsin-Madison Master of Fine Arts student Riley Faison readies himself to perform “Mambo Mouth” by John Leguizamo as his MFA. thesis. Having already performed a rendition of the play at the Universidad de Puerto Rico-Cayey, the masters student is excited to remount his performance this weekend at Vilas Hall. Faison charges himself to share Leguizamo’s story of the “latino-lived experience in the United States of America,” in what he expects to be a spectacular one-man show, but for Faison, that means more than just being solo on the stage.