As part of the 2015-2016 Blues Series, the Wisconsin Union Theater presents True Blues featuring Eric Bibb and Corey Harris in the Fredric March Play Circle on Friday, January 29, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. True Blues chronicles the extraordinary living culture of the blues in an evening of music and conversation. In […]
Community Leaders Honored at 6th Annual Madison Links Jazz Brunch
This past Saturday, the Madison Metropolitan Chapter of the Links, Incorporated, celebrated its 6th Annual Scholarship & Community Recognition Jazz Brunch. For 30 years, the Links has been a vital source for service projects, especially in educational, civic, and intercultural areas. In addition, the Links have also recognized and honored the achievements of leaders that […]
#Blacklove
New Original Series Follows NYC-Based Single Black Women Navigate Through Dating Culture FYI’s new original series, “#BlackLove,” follows five dynamic black women from New York City as they embark on a unique journey to uncover what they are doing wrong when it comes to finding love. Ten one-hour episodes are set to premiere on Tuesday, […]
Contemporary Dance Confronts Love and Liberation in Marley’s Music and Homophobia in Jamaican/West Indian Culture
Choreographers Chris Walker and Kevin Ormsby will tour “FACING Home: Love & Redemption,” a contemporary dance concert that investigates the global impact of Bob Marley’s music—its expression of humanity’s struggle and inspiration toward love, redemption and hope—and the active, deep-rooted homophobia in Jamaican/West Indian Culture. The tour opens in Wisconsin at the Margaret H’Doubler Performance […]
Inuit Throat Singer Tanya Tagaq to Offer this Season’s Most Unique Performance
This season’s most unique performance is about to land at the Wisconsin Union Theater Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. in the Fredric March Play Circle, when Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq shares her incomparable performance, set to the 1922 film Nanook of the North, with the Madison community. Tanya Tagaq picked up an […]
Halloween Safety Tips
Halloween is one of the most joyfully anticipated days for young people in our community. Thousands of them will be running to the stores to get their best and scariest outfits. What’s scary is not the vampires and superheroes they will portray but the number of young people who are likely to be hit by […]
World Wide Read: The Wisconsin Book Festival
By Rob Franklin In a world that focuses on social media as a primary means to gather information, being able to sit down and snuggle up to a good book seems to have become a lost art. But looking at the lineup for this year’s Wisconsin Book Festival is proof that the literary world is […]
Preschool of the Arts to host public talks and workshops on race and privilege
Local preschool to host “Why are you brown?” an event series about speaking to children about race and privilege (MADISON, WI) – Featuring the expertise of local leaders and leading Wisconsin academic experts including Erin N. Winkler, chair of UW-Milwaukee’s Africology Department , UW-Madison’s Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Madison Metropolitan School […]
Hispanic Heritage Month
by Claire Miller It’s that time of year again. The air is becoming cool and dry, the leaves are changing… It’s finally Hispanic Heritage Month! It’s also October, but that’s not really the point here. Historically speaking, Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15th to October 15th because September 15th and the days surrounding […]
DAIS Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Various community events to be held in October Throughout October, communities across the country will mourn for those whose lives were taken by domestic violence, celebrate the tremendous progress victim advocates have made over the years and connect with one another to end domestic violence. Domestic Violence Awareness Month evolved from the “Day of Unity” […]
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