Editor's Note: PSL, please
I like pumpkin spice lattes and a lot of other “basic” fall things, and I do not care what comedian Bo Burnham thinks about it.
The real winner at Whistling Straits
The Ryder Cup Golf Course’s nearest neighbor, Robert “Ziggy” Ziegelbauer, anticipates a week of hard work and good fun ahead.
Roach: Jump Around
One thing will be missing this year. For the first time in three decades, Barry Alvarez won’t have a formal role on Madison Saturdays.
Last call: After 40 years in Madison, musician ‘Robert J.’ heads east
Following one last Labor Day gig at Christy’s Landing with his band on Monday, The Moon Gypsies, singer-songwriter Robert J. Conaway is moving out east.
Retired academic returns to music 40 years down the road
Retired UW–Madison academic turned musician Timothy Walsh has released a new album with his band, "Penelope's Thrill."
Walking the reimagined Glenway with design associate Sara Mess
There aren't many women in golf course architecture but Eagle School teacher Sara Mess, who is helping reimagine Glenway, is one of them.
Roach: Cheaper by the dozen
"After wandering in the darkness with the loss of so many, there is now joy in the air. Instead of eulogies and wakes we have weddings, baptisms and puppies galore."
Editor's Note: The stars in my eyes
A night at Washburn Observatory left me with a newfound appreciation for the starry sky above.
Wisconsin woman executed by the Nazis is hardly 'forgotten'
Mildred Harnack is the only U.S. woman ever executed by Nazis by direct order of Hitler — but a local journalist unearthed her story a decade ago. What does he make of the new book?
Fight against Huntington's disease rolls on for Shana Verstegen
The champion log roller may have escaped the gene for the disease that caused her mother's death, but her advocacy continues with an event in August.
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.
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