The screen blinks to life in front of you as you settle into your plush seat. With popcorn in your left hand and a soda in your right, your anticipation mounts as the previews play, a warm-up for the showing to come.
Arts. Academics. ASM. Social justice. Student organizations. Research. In these realms and just about every other area of interest on and around the University of Wisconsin-Madison, black womxn are spreading their magic.
I’ll be up-front: A former editor of mine recently nicknamed me “one-trick pony” for my repeated coverage of the indie rock band Hippo Campus.
A part of me would like to take the standard journalistic approach to the interview with Laverne Cox, but how can I construct something so feeble from a woman who exudes a presence of light and hope? The afternoon rush began with eager fans waiting outside of Shannon Hall an hour and a half before the event.
Both of the headlining acts of Revelry made the most out of a rough situation. The afternoon rain had given Madison a cold, damp grey hangover from the early-morning Mifflin festivities, and the Orpheum was the least habit- able place for those seeking refuge.
Students can look forward to a much-needed break this summer and there is no better way to spend that time than to kick back in a cinema to enjoy the blockbusting lineup of summer movies.
Welcome to the second installment of “Black Girl Magic”. This week’s Magician of the Week is political sciences freshman, Muslim Student Association Sister’s Coordinator and ITA Digital Media Assistant Fatoumata Ceesay.
Television often thrives on the taboo. With fewer restrictions to content, television series concen- trate their efforts in providing an exploration of content that view- ers are curious to see.
On April 23, 2016 at approximately 10 p.m., Beyoncé Knowles-Carter released LEMONADE, an album full of emotions ranging from anger and regret to empowerment and recon- ciliation.
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.
Joel McHale, best known for his character Jeff Winger on the Emmy-winning comedy show “Community," performed at the Orpheum Theater on Saturday evening to a large and diverse crowd.
An unusually high concentration of tweed jackets, horn-rimmed glasses and strange hairstyles gathered Thursday evening at the Overture Center for the Arts to hear the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing and Poetry Fellows read their works. Mark Wagenaar, Mika Taylor, Karyna McGlynn, Jordan Jacks and Josh Kalscheur were this year’s fellows, and each performed some of their published works or works in progress.
It’s been roughly a year since I put out a column filled with skepticism for a then-infantile Tidal. It was a tumultuous time for both of us: Its launch party becoming the running gag on Twitter and beyond, while my writing was laden with enough snark to suffocate even the most reactionary of bloggers. The last year has fostered growth for all parties, and I think it’s time to take a more level-headed look at the increasingly competitive streaming service.
There isn’t a single genre of music that fully encapsulates the sound of both Chicago-based band Wild Belle and their opener James Supercave.
Unhood Yourself: The Real UW One-Day Exhibition was gruesome gold. The stories told through various forms of mediums that included digital print media, graffiti, spoken word and visual art pieces told the reality that thrives on this campus today. #TheRealUW is a movement that began from a string of biased incidents occurring on the UW-Madison campus just this year alone.
There’s no doubt that Caroline Smith has gone through a metamorphosis. There’s also no doubt that she’s never stopped being Caroline Smith. The first time I saw her was in 2010, the beginning of my freshman year of high school.
One of my favorite mixes of the last few years is WHY BE’s "Juice Infinite (YB Myspace Mix)." Every song in the 45-minute set was ripped from Myspace pages dating as far back as 2007, when the website was considered one of the leaders in both online music and social media.
The new Netflix original documentary series “Chelsea Does,” released Jan. 23, follows comedian Chelsea Handler as she analyzes the bizarreness of society. Its unique format consists of four episodes, each with a different social topic into which Chelsea fearlessly: marriage, Silicon Valley, race and drugs.
The Marquee International Film Festival arrived this past weekend, hosted by the WUD Film Committee.
Human trafficking is one of the globe’s worst-kept secrets. Though hidden behind veils of secrecy, human trafficking can still be blatantly visible for those who seek to either exploit it or stop it.
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