Roach: Stars and stripes
This Fourth of July was different. I had been mulling over the notion of adding another banner to accompany the Stars and Stripes to add context to Old Glory.
Saying 'so long' to the Avenue Bar
Whatever the how and why, the end of the Avenue Bar is a big deal. It came as close to being a public utility as any Madison restaurant ever has.
Editor's note: The best is BACK
Our last Best of Madison issue was sent to the printer on March 8, 2020 — six days later, the world shut down.
Four decades later, cross country coach passes a memorabilia baton
Now 84, Mark Parish turned over a bulky package of photos and newspaper clippings from a state cross country meet when his team pulled an upset for the ages.
A discarded recipe box and the famous Zapruder film
The June 16 death at 92 of distinguished journalist Richard Stolley has Doug Moe recalling two vastly different but forever connected columns he wrote.
New Chicago exhibit honors late, great sci-fi author Ray Bradbury
Bradbury's career launched in southern Wisconsin thanks to another well-known writer and publisher.
Now in minimum security, notorious 'hit man' murderer Joseph Hecht has a parole review in July
The October 1983 murder of Carolyn Hudson by Joseph Hecht “was one of the most cold-blooded in the annals of Dane County crime."
Roach: Remote possibility
As we emerge from quarantine, squint at the sun and begin to gather in groups giddy with reclaimed freedom — and return, at least partially, to the office — it is worth pondering how we have changed.
Hard-won battles for new UW Athletic Hall of Fame inductee
She earned her spot after a 40-year career at UW Athletics, but the early days weren't easy for women in sports.
Why 'The Queen's Gambit' rang a bell and helped launch a career
When he heard the popular Netflix series was based on a novel of the same name, Doug Moe remembered he'd reviewed it for a newspaper nearly 40 years ago.
Roach: Goodbye, old friend
The past year will be remembered as one of loss.
Woman with stage 4 cancer swims toward a new goal for her 70th birthday
With a June event, Mary Gooze hopes to raise $70,000 for metastatic breast cancer research at UW Carbone Cancer Center, where she has already helped raise $1.5 million.
Editor's note: It’s about the stories
There’s power in good storytelling, and it’s a responsibility and an honor to get to do it.
Madison designer helps reinvigorate legendary golf clubhouse
ZEBRADOG's founder and "golf nut" Mark Schmitz was tapped to dazzle and modernize the historic Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey.
Golden anniversary approaches for the ultimate bar band
It's been nearly 50 years since Dr. Bop and the Headliners featuring The White Raven played its first gig at Nitty Gritty.
New book brings Nellie McKay out of the shadows
Author Shanna Greene Benjamin describes how the late UW–Madison professor’s work illuminated literature by Black women while she kept her own life private.
Roach: Better Man
The world has been dormant for a year. Life as we knew it has been on hold since last March. But in the midst of this latency period, someone has been working. And his name is Kaleem Caire.
Editor's note: Welcome to the ’20s
We aren’t roaring — we’re roaming. And ruminating. And reflecting. We are being reborn, more curious, more aware and more humble than we were before.
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