If you happened to be at the High Noon Saloon at 8 p.m. on Wednesday night, you may or may not have expected several things. Swinging guitars? Yes. Chest-thumping drums? Most definitely. Bass so sick it hums the floor? Why not? Electric tunes that you can feel in the very… Read more »

“God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. And God saw the light was good, and he separated light from the darkness. He called the light the United States of America, and the darkness the British Empire.”Throughout the country, this line is recited to crowds of theater lovers… Read more »

I can’t claim to be an expert of world music, but if you’ve heard of Loreena McKennitt, Sigur Ros or Jonathan Overby, we are probably on similar terms. That being said, I have never been to the Madison World Music Festival before, and therefore, I attended each concert with no… Read more »

When one tries to envision a “lights display,” images of lasers, smoke and show lights of different colors come to mind, blinking in a repetitive, automated, lifeless pattern. But for many visitors to the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, the New York-based artist Leo Villareal introduces a new way to… Read more »