“I am not going to get in,” was my first thought as I veered around the corner to see The Frequency and a line of eager attendees extending halfway down the next block for Snake On The Lake.
Summer is at an end, school has just begun and Madison students are finally beginning to wake from what I call the “Summer Netflix Coma.” This common, transmissible condition begins when students are finished with finals and face the sudden urge to drop everything, slip into a Snuggie and binge watch their favorite show that has been absent from their lives since the first round of exams hit.
Four years after his record-breaking Channel Orange, Frank Ocean returns with two new releases that find him writing his feelings alive and helping us cope with ours.
This past summer I took a creative writing class, during which my professor told us that fiction about college is often unsuccessful because publishers and audiences often regard college experiences as somewhat childish or ordinary.
WSUM will host the ninth edition of Snake On The Lake music festival at The Frequency Friday, Sept. 9.
Incoming freshmen and fellow undergraduates of UW-Madison will have the opportunity to explore and appreciate some of the art and talent that Madison has to offer at Night at the Overture on Sept. 2.
Fresh off of their annual music festival in Chicago, Pitchfork will be in Madison from July 18-22 to broadcast the latest iteration of Pitchfork Radio, an Internet station broadcasted in week-long sessions from various cities around the world.
Despite all that classic college fun, and despite the fact that we all know how lucky we are to be in college receiving an education, let’s face it: college can be really hard.
Madison’s art scene still blows me away to this day.
First, you go to a WUD show.
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.
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