Tone Madison
708 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsDeeper conversations about arts and culture in Madison.
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Wisconsin Film Festival: Burhan Qurbani's adaptation of "Berlin Alexanderplatz" keeps its stylized stride in the present
May 10, 2021 13:00This new three-hour update to Fassbinder’s famous 1980 miniseries is an ever-evolving journey.
Madison's shelter shell game drags on
May 08, 2021 15:14Procedural hemming and hawing once again derails an effort to aid Madison's homeless people.
Wisconsin Film Festival: Childhood and adolescent transitions
May 07, 2021 15:00Trish Connelly reviews two standout documentaries about overcoming adversities to self-actualization—“Little Girl” and “Try Harder!” —in this year’s virtual fest.
Tone Madison presents: Contributors, a fundraising compilation
May 07, 2021 05:04Contributors features 20 tracks by the projects of Tone Madison authors.
Media is crumbling. We keep going.
May 06, 2021 13:00Join our spring 2021 fundraising drive and help take Tone Madison to the next level.
Punk duo Soot return with the pummeling “Quill Pig”
May 05, 2021 15:02Soot’s second album releases on May 12.
Lucid Streaming: A Wisconsin Film Festival memoir
May 05, 2021 13:00As this year’s rescheduled virtual fest approaches, Edwanike Harbour goes down memory lane with some favorite entries that are available on streaming services.
Andrew Fitzpatrick's "Belief Diagram" combines bliss with unease
May 04, 2021 05:00The electronic musician also shares a new video for the album's opening track.
Parking sets the stage for a new Common Council's relationship with police
May 03, 2021 13:32Taking parking enforcement out of the Madison Police Department may open greater windows of opportunity.
A virtual Wisconsin Film Festival 2021 trailer teaser
April 30, 2021 15:52We highlight 10 striking features as the race to digest the fest's lineup begins.
Butter where butter shouldn't be
April 30, 2021 05:05The story of a forklift, a fire, and 20 million pounds of butter.
Capitol Oaf Watch: Puff, puff, it won’t pass edition
April 30, 2021 05:01Wisconsin's new senate majority leader plays same old power politics with cannabis.
Tone Madison's "The Apocalypse Team" included in the 2021 Wisconsin Film Festival
April 29, 2021 19:10Our short documentary about two Madisonians who make and fix instruments will screen alongside "Becoming Geppetto."
Making The Nature Scene: Baraboo’s International Crane Foundation has all the cranes
April 27, 2021 13:51The wildlife-protecting juggernaut is reopening in May after a major renovation.
Madison’s zoning debate is a distraction from a meaningful affordable housing strategy
April 26, 2021 14:04An “upzoning” proposal before the Common Council could actually harm the low-income renters it’s meant to help.
In Madison arts funding, $1 million should not be a big deal
April 24, 2021 05:00Putting the newly announced Dane Arts grant program in context.
Check the crying about restaurant labor shortages
April 23, 2021 05:00If the pandemic forces Madison restaurateurs to raise wages, it'll be long overdue.
Boy Howdy Productions opens on a high note
April 20, 2021 13:58Darn It’s "Euro Trash" music video launches a new Wisconsin label.
Roberto Torres Mata explores migration in an immersive Chazen show
April 19, 2021 14:36“Untethered: Our Journey Beyond Borders” is on display through May 14.
When local music slips through our fingers
April 17, 2021 05:00Let's find a better way of preserving unheralded recordings from Madison artists.
Public History Project unveils a film history of Madison housing discrimination
April 16, 2021 15:00UW-restricted footage from 1961 premieres in the PBS live virtual event, "Sifting And Winnowing And Film Burning," on April 18 with a distinguished panel.
Blissfully alone at the pandemic museum
April 16, 2021 05:00A first-person account of the Chazen and MMoCA’s ongoing, socially distanced exhibitions.
Community Fridge confronts the tension between zoning and mutual aid
April 14, 2021 20:08The East Johnson Street mainstay provides free fresh food, but complaints put its future in doubt.
Supply Chain wields art in the pursuit of social justice
April 13, 2021 05:00The Madison organization builds connections between local artists and advocacy groups.
Equity and the arguments over reopening Madison schools
April 12, 2021 14:34What we're saying, and what we're missing, as we consider a return to in-person learning.
The fight against F-35s still matters
April 10, 2021 05:00One year after the Air Force's decision, activists continue taking creative measures to stop the jets.
Pleasure Practices with Sami Schalk: Go eat outside
April 09, 2021 05:00A brief guide to holding a successful picnic in Madison.
Join Rachal Duggan and Tone Madison for a May 13 virtual drawing workshop
April 08, 2021 19:03Draw some weird Madison stuff, have fun, and help us do what we do.
Jessica Sarah Rinland's hands-on conservationist cinema
April 08, 2021 13:00The avant-garde documentarian explores the interplay between natural and unnatural worlds in two recent films now streaming on MUBI.
The hope and grinding frustration of Madison’s 2021 election
April 07, 2021 18:59A few bright moments and a lot of disappointment for Madison’s left.
Lucid Streaming: Watching through Apple TV's sometimes-sterile lens
April 07, 2021 13:00Edwanike Harbour sees if the tech giant measures up to the competition by taking a look at three new titles exclusive to their streaming platform.
Don't let lies take hold in Madison's debate over police funding
April 06, 2021 15:30Paul Skidmore’s campaign materials stir up fears about an MPD budget cut that didn't happen.
State Street art book factors into ethics complaint against Alder Sheri Carter
April 05, 2021 20:51A local activist says Carter violated a state election law that regulates mailings from incumbents.
Able Baker's "Spiral Bound Songs" is bleak and comforting all at once
April 05, 2021 14:34The Madison project released its new EP in February.
Madison's Common Council races put movement candidates to the test
April 03, 2021 15:12The April 6 election highlights backlash against Black Lives Matter and radical policy ideas.
Madison recommendations for April’s Bandcamp Friday
April 02, 2021 05:00From glittering electronics to brash hip-hop.
Communication’s inaugural Queer Madison Mixtape is an endearing capsule of a tumultous time
March 30, 2021 05:00The self-described collection of “low-effort recordings” packs a wallop, and proceeds go to Freedom Inc.
A short history of McPike Park's "Tent City"
March 29, 2021 05:00Long-term failures in housing and social services surround the pandemic-era encampment.
The Meriter nurses' victory will resonate beyond one hospital
March 27, 2021 13:42A hard-fought contract battle could energize healthcare workers throughout the Madison area to organize.
Capitol Oaf Watch: Locked down edition
March 26, 2021 16:06Two bills in the Wisconsin Legislature score cheap points at the expense of incarcerated people.
The truth is out there, butt-crumb
March 26, 2021 05:00The X-Files’ strange relationship with Wisconsin.
Tone Madison joins the Institute for Nonprofit News
March 24, 2021 18:12Membership will help our publication stay independent and financially stable.
How Madison's public health officials talk to the business community
March 24, 2021 05:00Emails between the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce and Public Health Madison & Dane County show a close, collaborative relationship.
Unearthing the music of Xerobot, Madison's no-wave misfits
March 23, 2021 05:00An extensive new reissue documents the mid-1990s career of a genuinely odd and memorable band.
Reviving "Grodmin," Madison's elusive early 2000s art film
March 22, 2021 05:00After nearly 20 years, Jim Horwitz’s innovative and bemusing feature receives a new restoration.
Down with shady billboards in Madison politics
March 20, 2021 05:00Stop letting opaque right-wing campaigns sway local politics.
Pleasure Practices with Sami Schalk: Nostalgia foods
March 19, 2021 05:00On family meals, memories, and spicy sausage gravy.
KASE's "Pop Art" captures a formative night of improvisation
March 17, 2021 15:29A new live record documents the adventurous jazz/hip-hop project's first encounter.
How the gaps in UWPD’s history harm our community
March 16, 2021 05:00What it takes to start understanding the history of police on campus, and why it matters.
Musical portraits of joy, in jazz and vibrant blue
March 15, 2021 15:09Music meets the art of Derrick Adams in a recent project from Tandem Press and UW-Madison student composers.