Maggie Ginsberg
Articles
New worker cooperative envisions a bicycling economy for all
Madison CycleWorks is a worker cooperative on the north side that will offer mobile bicycle repair and delivery of food and goods by bicycle.
May 2022
History Lesson: Fighting Belle Case La Follette
There’s a good chance that even if Belle Case La Follette hadn’t become half of one of Wisconsin’s most famous power couples, history would have learned her name anyway.
May 2022
Midwest gems to travel to this summer
Instead of pointing out the obvious spots, we’re uncovering 20 under-the-radar destinations that offer plenty of small-town charm.
May 2022
48 Hours in Red Wing, Minnesota
Countless eagles, famous pottery and the world’s largest boot — plus more to explore in this Great River Road town.
May 2022
History Lesson: Reflecting on Wisconsin’s connection to Earth Day
Fifty-two years after the first Earth Day celebration, more than a billion people across nearly 200 countries will rally again.
April 2022
Three women, two secrets, one lie — a Q&A with author Maggie Smith
Before the Wisconsin author published her debut novel, 'Truth and Other Lies,' the podcaster earned a Ph.D. in psychology and founded an art consulting company.
New husband-and-wife startup connects kids with a mental health professional within days
Bend Health is a fully virtual, interdisciplinary telehealth treatment solution working with remote practitioners to provide customized treatment plans to children ages 1 to 17.
April 2022
Q&A with New York Times Bestselling children’s picture book author Pat Zietlow Miller
The local author added two new releases this month to her published stack of 15 titles, and more are on the way.
Madison history lesson: Back in time to a different epidemic
In the not-too-distant past, a deadly public health epidemic meant the separation of families.
March 2022
Going back to basics is the way forward for two interrelated educational efforts
The Driftless Folk School, a unique educational effort based on a century-old Scandinavian tradition, draws students and instructors from far and wide, including Madison.
March 2022
Sunday Reads: Reading to make the world feel smaller
In case you missed it, Madison Magazine is sharing our introduction to the last month's edition of our monthly 'Sunday Reads' newsletter.
Sunday Reads: Celebrating last month’s big book issue
In case you missed it, Madison Magazine is sharing our introduction to the last month's edition of our monthly 'Sunday Reads' newsletter.
Youth coach and gang intervention specialist’s new book launches days after his death
Joshua William Clauer died on Feb. 21, at age 48, a week before a scheduled book launch celebration. Here is a Q&A with his co-author, Judith Gwinn Adrian.
Madison history lesson: Time stands still at the Wisconsin Historical Society Reading Room
Time appears to be standing still in this deft, chills-inducing work by award-winning photographer Patrick Stutz, which seamlessly blends a 1914 archival photo with his 2022 photo.
February 2022
Little Creek Press creates a unique, innovative book publishing model
Kristin Mitchell built her own small business over the past 25 years — a little, eponymous design shop nestled creekside in the valley at her Mineral Point home.
February 2022
A love poem and the poet who wrote it
Poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney is the artist-in-residence at StartingBlock Madison.
February 2022
The 2022 big book list of Wisconsin-connected reads
This year we present our largest annual look at the literary scene, featuring author profiles, a guide to independent bookshops and more local reads than ever before.
February 2022
Dantiel Moniz’s first book is still earning accolades as she teaches Madison’s next generation of writers
Dantiel Moniz wrote many of the stories in her powerful 2021 debut collection “Milk Blood Heat” while in Madison.
February 2022
Dean Robbins transforms complex adult biographies into accessible, fun books for kids
It could easily be mistaken for overnight success, or a sudden career pivot, but it’s really just the latest chapter in a story that started 20 years ago.
February 2022
Doug Moe’s next book adds to his already impressive writing career
Doug Moe is a veritable literary machine, having written or edited more than a dozen books and literally thousands of newspaper and magazine columns over the past 40-plus years.
February 2022
Sunday Reads: A tribute to Dick Wagner and creating spaces
In case you missed it, Madison Magazine is sharing our introduction to the last month's edition of our monthly 'Sunday Reads' newsletter.
‘Though the Earth Gives Way’ — Q&A with author Mark S. Johnson
This apocalyptic cautionary tale about climate change is the first novel for the Pulitzer Prizing-winning Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter.
Madison history lesson: Skimming the surface
Two class A skeeter ice boats race across the lake in a 1965 regatta.
January 2022
Longtime organic farmer is applying the regenerative agriculture concept to Dane County’s real estate market
When Mark Voss began thinking about a career shift and got his Realtor’s license in 2017, he quickly grew to love working with people to help them find just the right home — but he admits he struggled to align real estate’s consumptive nature with his sustainability background and values.
January 2022
Q&A with Roderick ‘Rudy’ Bankston, author of ‘Snippets of Soul, Too’
'Snippets of Soul, Too' is the haiku follow-up to 2018's 'Snippets of Soul in Seventeen Syllables' and the fourth book for the Madison writer.
Sunday Reads: Podcast for veterans and saving stories before they’re lost to time
In case you missed it, Madison Magazine is sharing our introduction to the last month's edition of our monthly 'Sunday Reads' newsletter.
Madison history lesson: Winter 1936
A look back at a snowy scene on State Street, during a time cars could still drive down the iconic street.
December 2021
New local startup aims to remove barriers, streamline services for assault survivors
Rachel Sattler and Kim Curran hope to alleviate the overwhelming steps for survivors with their nonprofit, the Dane County Multi-Agency Center, or DaneMAC.
December 2021
Gritty debut gives an insider’s peek from the other side of the police interview room mirror
Q&A with Hannah Morrissey, author of 'Hello, Transcriber.'
#EndOverdose: advocates bring awareness to Dane County’s ongoing opioid overdose epidemic
Even as the crisis worsens in Dane County and overdose deaths across the country approached 100,000 in a 12-month period for the first time ever, some promising harm reduction initiatives are giving rise to something else: Hope.
December 2021
The Best of Madison Legacy Awards
In honor of the list’s 40th year, we’re delighted to look back on the poll’s history and introduce The Best of Madison Legacy Awards.
November 2021
Zimbrick is first at the finish line
From its first appearance on our Best of Madison list — “Best Auto Mechanic” in 1993 — to six golds in 2021 alone, Zimbrick has snagged a “best of” award 61 times.
November 2021
Whose idea was that category?
The BOM winners’ archives are a certified treasure trove of retired categories, time capsule moments and community complaints.
November 2021
AyrFlo team hopes to save lives with device that could predict respiratory distress
Guelay Bilen-Rosas, Humberto “Tito” Rosas and Irene Ong developed a noninvasive device to help patients before it's too late.
November 2021
The Teacher: Annie Vang
Annie Vang created the HmongPhrases app to help preserve her endangered language and it also earned her the only U.S. spot in Apple’s eCamp for Female Founders and Developers in July 2021.
November 2021
New Manna Cafe & Bakery cookbook is a cathartic mix of recipes, memoir, history and closure
The new book is due out Oct. 21 from Little Creek Press.
With her debut collection ‘Star Things,’ Madison poet explores identity through the cosmos
Poet Jess L Parker, winner of the inaugural Dynamo Verlag Book Prize, will celebrate with an Oct. 21 book launch at Old Sugar Distillery.
Early-stage biotech startups find common ground at Forward BIOLABS
At Forward BIOLABS in University Research Park, a nonprofit coworking life sciences lab founded in September 2018, members can rent space by the 6-foot bench.
October 2021
