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Give these Madison live music venues a listen
We’ve made a concerted effort to orchestrate this roadmap, so you can focus on finding the artists you adore.
August 15, 2025 09:33 AM
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Ally Geiger
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Get creative with Madison’s newest artist-in-residence
Meet The Bubbler’s new artist-in-residence, Grace Olson, and find out how you can contribute to local art projects with her.
February 16, 2024
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Ally Geiger
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Love poem to Madison contest winners
608today readers, like us, have a soft spot for our city.
February 13, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Madisonians can listen in to a meeting between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
“The Meeting” is a play coming soon to Madison College.
February 5, 2024
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Jonathan Shipley
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Try this: 608today’s Picture of the Year contest
We’re commemorating 2023 the best way we know how — highlighting local photos through our 608today Picture of the Year contest.
January 3, 2024
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Emily Shea-Owen
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Music to Madisonian ears: free concerts
UW-Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music has many events throughout the year, many of those free.
December 5, 2023
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Jonathan Shipley
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More Madison bookstores to visit
Find yourself a book locally and open up a world.
December 1, 2023
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Jonathan Shipley
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David Giffey is an icon in Madison iconography
An 81-year-old Arena man has painted most of the interior of Madison’s Assumption Greek Orthodox Church.
November 29, 2023
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Jonathan Shipley
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Would-be Madison novelists, take note: National Novel Writing Month is nearly here
November is National Novel Writing Month. Sharpen those pencils. Your New York Times Bestseller may be on the charts soon.
October 26, 2023
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Jonathan Shipley
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Experience “Majestic Brahms” with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra
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Check out this shearly amazing exhibit at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Colombian-born, Miami-based artist Federico Uribe’s whimsical creatures are now inhabiting the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art through May 2024.
October 24, 2023
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Jonathan Shipley
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Where to play pickleball in Madison
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Round out spring and rock into summer with this lineup of can’t-miss concerts in Madison, Wisconsin from April through July 2025.
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