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The white chapbook book jacket for "Boy Apparition" is centered on a slate grey background. The title appears in huge vertically spaced black font, while much smaller font subtitle in the upper left and lower right corners reads "a travelogue of atemporal genders" horizontally. The author's name, mk zariel, also appears horizontally.

“Boy Apparition” finds queer liberation by challenging normative constructions of masculinity

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March 9, 2026

mk zariel's chapbook coaxes us to the edges of our imaginations, and is infused with the undercurrent of love that is necessary to keep going.

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A simple image includes two movie posters: one in the Spanish language on the left for "Hasta Cierto Punto," released in 1983, and one in English on the right for "Lucía," released in 1968. The left poster is rather minimalist in black and white with a bird flying in the center. The tagline above it reads "Si yo quisiera podria cortarle las alas pero no podria volar y lo que yo amo es el pajaro." The right poster renders the title LUCIA in a large font along with three women in pretty psychedelic-era colors like orange, green, maroon, blue, and blue on a bright yellow background. The tagline of "The Cuban epic of love & revolution" appears towards the bottom.
The Cardinal Bar’s Cuban film series invites local support for Madison sister city
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March 2, 2026

Cine Cubano bridges interest in Cuban cinema with the cultural exchange and aid mission of the Madison-Camagüey Sister City Association.

Photo of a freshly baked sourdough bread loaf, cut in half, sitting on a cutting board. The wall in the background is a pale-green marble color. Bordering this photo is a red and white checkered tablecloth illustration. In the lower left corner of this illustrated frame is a small chef with an oversized mustache standing on a spoon. The chef's speech bubble reads "Small Bites."
Small Bites: How I make bread
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Small Bites
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February 20, 2026

Meditating on the process, flour, flavor, time, and place.

An old black-and-white photograph from the mid-late 1960s of a young man sitting at a desk in a room. He turns his gaze towards the camera and stares with a neutral expression. The photo is altered with black digital debris that litters the image and emulates mental noise.
Three video artists tap into personal histories in the 150 Artists x 150 Years exhibition
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February 16, 2026

Chele Isaac, Toby Kaufmann-Buhler, and Aaron Granat reveal the creative depths of their works, which are on display through February 28 at Central Library.

A simple image collage that is split in a vertical orientation. The left image shows a poster light box for Luc Besson's "Dracula" that features the AMC logo in white text on a red-bar background at the top. The surrounding wall is painted a golden-brown color. The right image shows the poster for Brett Ratner's "Melania" in a similar light box. The wall surrounding the poster is painted black.
Stop spotlighting new films by known abusers
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Microtones
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February 6, 2026

Madison boasts a dynamic movie culture, yet still needs programmers and community voices to facilitate change.

A long shot photo of Lake Mendota at either dawn or dusk time, in limited light. The sky has a pretty mix of dark and light blue colors amid the yellow-orange of the sun near the horizon line. A large budding tree stands in the middleground next to an illuminated lamppost.
USRowing’s trans-exclusionary policies only divide us all
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Politics
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January 28, 2026

Amid institutional erasure of their autonomy, trans athletes deserve to be openly embraced by their teammates and representatives.

Photo of slenderly sliced pieces of medium-done steak sitting on a wooden cutting board. A kitchen knife sits on the board behind the steak with the blade facing away from the camera. Bordering this photo is a red and white checkered tablecloth illustration. In the lower left corner of this illustrated frame is a small chef with an oversized mustache standing on a spoon. The chef's speech bubble reads "Small Bites."
Small Bites: The moral cost of meat
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January 23, 2026

How a bad dream prompted more intentional eating in the new year.

A still taken from Nicholas R. Wootton's experimental short "Liking This Angle" shows a woman holding up a plaster mold of a human arm on an angled wooden structure in an art studio. A second image of water streaking down a windshield is superimposed over it.
“Liking This Angle” finds artistic inspiration in degrees of the edit
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January 19, 2026

Nicholas R. Wootton's experimental short, featuring sculptor Christina A. West, premieres at Art Lit Lab as part of Project Projection on January 21.

A photo of a winding road leading up to the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin, with a heavy, obfuscating black-and-white filter applied.
Coliseum renovations should proceed with caution
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Politics
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December 23, 2025

Dane County should apply strict scrutiny of its partnership proposal with FPC Live, even if it's the only bidder.

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Could an exhibition like “Guiding Ethos” find a home in Madison?
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Culture
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December 22, 2025

A group show at Appleton's Trout Museum stands up for "political" art in an era of cowardice and compliance.