Why does our society and culture ridicule what it cannot directly convert into tangible capital gains?

Madison Central Public Library is challenging the traditional library role with the Bubbler, its creativity and arts program created and maintained by Head Bubblerarian and Madison-based artist Trent Miller.

Sometimes showing your work to people you donít necessarily know very well can be nerve-wracking, let alone allowing your work to be critiqued at all and the potential for negative feedback.

Amazon’s critically acclaimed show Transparent is reaching for new heights as it turns back to grapple with one of TV’s most compelling, and challenging, themes: the past.

Are you in a local band? The DIY scene isn’t the only way to get your music noticed anymore in Madison. Local companies like Williamson Magnetic Recording Company and Rare Plant have been hard at work pushing and supporting the careers of many Madison artists.

Forward Theater held free pre-show lectures about “The Flick” throughout the month of February, allowing the public to learn about the themes of the Pulitzer-Prize winning play prior to seeing the show.

Enter Keaton Henson. Tortured artist, bearded brooding hipster, a young recluse. English. Producer of four critically-acclaimed albums, creator of art exhibited around the world, composer of scores released for ballet and film.

One of the most influential American abstract artists, Frank Stella, is well known for his prints, paintings, and sculptures that contain techniques from movements like minimalism, post-painterly abstraction, and geometric abstractionism.

If you enjoy science, adventure, and mystery I highly recommend The Sigma Force Series by James Rollins.

Podcasts are a criminally underappreciated art form, but there is one series that transcended radio-squabble and has worked its tantalizing story of (in)justice into the minds of crime-junkies across the globe.

Hundreds of thousands of people across America are traveling to the Richard Rogers Theatre in New York City eagerly prepared to pay hundreds of dollars for a ticket to a show about the man on the $10 bill.

The truth is that some of the worst depression has produced some of the greatest art.

I laughed, I cried, I gagged, I was made uncomfortable; American Horror Story: Hotel made me feel all the feels. Because I so dearly appreciate lists, I’ll outline my thoughts and feelings about this season one last time. I must stay consistent!

Note to self: don’t try and eat dinner (yes, Cheerios do count as dinner, don’t hassle me) while watching this episode. You will only want to throw up four or five times if you do. I’ll get back to that in a moment, but first, let me share the good news!

The work of Chicago artist, Ellen Lanyon, is currently featured in the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. This exhibit, entitled Curious Worlds: The Art of Ellen Lanyon, features paintings and prints created between 1969 and 1984, a period which Ellen called “Magic.”

You will often hear people say, “write what you know,” or “write from experience.” But if that were true, what could be said about the existence of fantasy, science fiction, surrealism, and similar genres?

University Theatre’s production of “The Beaux’ Stratagem” drives home one simple yet important message: appearances, in all aspects of life, are often deceiving.

As a devotee of The Office, I’m inclined to humor that draws its lifeblood from the socially awkward.

A powerful film produces personal resonance. It has emotional poignancy, cultural pertinence, and perhaps provokes one intellectually. Rarely have I watched such a movie and said, “I connect with this. I have experienced this.” Even more rarely have I watched a movie and said, “I connect with this. But I have not experienced this.”

I don’t know if it was the pre-final exam jitters, the lack of sleep, or the wine I consumed before and during this episode, but I found I could not stop laughing to myself