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By Natasha Anderson | On New Year’s Day, frost coated the dim living room’s windows. I sat on the couch, in-between Sadie and Tim, Sam sat in the recliner. Mary, feeble and soft spoken, sat with us in her recliner, her disposition friendly but tired. A powder blue paisley scarf was wrapped around her head, [...]
By Emily Eckhous | Everyone wants her fifteen minutes of fame, whether it’s starring on a reality TV show, being an actress of the moment, or a pop singer with a hit or two. Hopeful? Yes. Realistic? Nah. So when I first spoke with University of Wisconsin sophomore Elizabeth Lyons, a budding singer and songwriter, [...]
By James Hoffman | A lone musician sits behind the piano with a small crowd at the bar surrounding the cramped stage. A large, glass tip jar with some seed money sits in front of the patrons as do piles of neon-colored Post-it notes and a couple of scattered pens. It’s requests-only tonight at the [...]
By Anthony Morgano | Headlights illuminate an eternity of white and yellow dashes painted on the highway that appear to me as one continuous line, an illusion caused by our car racing through the outskirts of Oregon, Wis. on this summer night. “Are we there yet?” The sounds of the midsummer night’s chorus of crickets, [...]
By Katie Foran-McHale | “Jim, it’s Katie. I think I need to go to the hospital. Hopefully I’ll be out in time for the concert tonight, I’ll keep you posted.” That must have been a strange voicemail for my jazz director to receive. But after two days of physical agony like I’d never experienced—extreme pings of [...]
By Nate Gessner | So this is Dan’s chameleon. “Spray it with water,” Jake says to Josh. He sprays once, twice before fumbling with nozzle to strengthen the stream. Josh declares war on the dumb, lazy lizard, sending three direct shots across its torso as it basks under the lamp. It seems unfazed. What a [...]
By Kaitlyn Schnell | On a chilly Wednesday night in March, as the Madison capitol swarmed with people protesting Gov. Walker’s signing of the budget bill, a small crowd of music lovers gathered at the Orpheum Stage Door. A spotlight hit the stage as four dapper-looking men dressed in black and white suits ran out. [...]
By Micah Behr | Usually, when I’m carrying the thing, I’m headed to some ill-paying gig. But sometimes I carry my viola, ensconced in its imposing black case, just to feel more distinguished. It adds a certain mystique, an aura to my persona that is difficult to achieve by more traditional means. As a teenager, [...]
