All Web Content 2014 - 2019
A Time of Transition
Whether you’re having your best semester yet or counting down the days to winter break, you can relate to the transitional feeling of fall.The days seem to slip away, almost as if fall only exists as a segue from long summer days into winter’s unforgiving chill.
Quick Change: The Magic Behind the Stage
A Gentlemen's Guide to Love & Murder brings audience into a magical world of surprises and laughter.
Nyctalopia
...and the manmade starlightwill shimmer down from the deep blanket of night to alight your world-weary eyes...
Your Inner Van Hise
"Mr. Charles Van Hise and I have something in common --we both have an idea"
Gravity Rush 2: Class Strife, Revolution and Flying Cats
Gravity Rush 2 is the most charming, memorable mess I've played in a long time.
FACADES and In the Light of Naples
FACADES: Photographs by Markus Brunetti, could not have been brought to my attention at a more perfect time. The exhibit was on view this past fall at the Chazen Museum of Art.
A Brutalism Apologist Speaks
Exposure to the theory that the George L. Mosse Humanities Building is riot-proof has become as much of a rite of passage in the life of the common UW Madison student as getting lost in the maze-like structure itself.
Wisconsin Idea
If it started with an idea, what is it? What do you make of it? What do you think of it? Do you even think of it?
Authenticity in Authorship
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?
Horse Money and Full-Blown Ambiguity
"As a newcomer to Costa’s work who had read some of these praises and criticisms prior to watching the film, I felt like I knew what I was in for, or would at least have somewhat of a head start with understanding the film. Boy was I wrong."
Knowledge Through Experimental Forms
The truths of the world are as interesting and as strange as fiction.
Adventure Time: Gunter and the Balance of Good and Evil
Adventure Time juxtaposes the Adorable with the Destructive