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 […]
Can I Kick It? Yes UCAN!
Madison’s 6th Annual Hip Hop Awards to Take Place This Saturday by Rob Franklin Hip Hop and it don’t stop. The 6th Annual Madison Hip Hop Awards will take place on Saturday, November 7th at The BarrymoreTheatre. The event is sponsored by the Urban Community Arts Network (UCAN). The awards show is an effort made […]
Wei LAB Sponsors 4th Annual International Colloquium on Black Males in Education
Wisconsin’s Equity & Inclusion Laboratory (Wei LAB) and the Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male (BNRC) at the Ohio State University sponsored the International Colloquium on Black Males in Education (ICBME) in Kingston, Jamaica, October 6–9, 2015. ICBME had record attendance as scholars, students, practitioners, policymakers and global citizens gathered to disseminate […]
Pakistani-Lebanese-Halal Family Food Meets Campus Culture at “Madistan”
by Aarushi Agni The corner of Gorham and Bassett is known for being a hub of student living. On game days it is not uncommon to catch students wearing all red, jovially jaunting in the direction of Camp Randall or the nearest sports bar. Here, “Madistan” (pronounced mad-is-th-ah-n), a Mediterranean/Pakistani/Halal restaurant, has made its unlikely […]
Grant Will Work To Improve The Health Of People Released From Prison
By Gilman Halsted A group that advocates for overhauling the state’s prison system has received a $1 million grant to improve the health of former inmates after they’re released. The five-year grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program will link the 160 churches in the WISDOM network with public health experts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison […]
A Conversation With Will Green
On Minority Leadership, Nonprofits, and Investing in Our Communities by Jacklin Bolduan This is the second installment of The Madison Times’ series on nonprofit organizations and the role they play in our communities. Knowing The Need At ten thirty on a Wednesday morning Will Green is seated at a desk in front of his laptop […]
New Report Examines Why Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence Don’t Call the Police
Report Courtesy of ACLU Media A new report issued today reveals that survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault face widespread and serious police discrimination when they seek protection from the criminal justice system. Responses from the Field: Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, and Policing is based on a nationwide survey of 900 advocates, attorneys, service […]
Department of Workforce Development Encourages Families to Enroll in Wisconsin Promise
by Ariele Vaccaro In the spirit of Disability Mentoring Day, the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) highlighted an initiative that helps young Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients find educational and employment resources. During a Wednesday press conference, DWD pointed out recent wins for the program, including high interest on the part of local employers. The […]
Madison Schools Piloting New Foreign Language Immersion Program
10 Kindergarten Classes Will Spend Half The Day Teaching In Spanish by Parth Shah The Madison Metropolitan School District will explore a new way to teach foreign language. One in every four Madison public school students is a non-native English speaker with more than half of those students speak Spanish at home. Now, 10 Madison […]
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