Bare-chested and stone-faced, Nick Offerman strode onto the Union Theater stage Wednesday night declaring, “Minor nudity was advertised; minor nudity … achieved.” Offerman is most famous for his role on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” as the mustached, government-hating parks department director Ron Swanson. Offerman’s stop in Madison was part of… Read more »

The stacks were empty, the desks were chopped, the computers were tossed, and the library had gone “Bookless.” Before making room for the long-awaited, sparkling new Central Library on Mifflin, the old and beloved library first had to be reduced to rubble. However, since it was destined to be destroyed,… Read more »

Any attempt to categorize Bombay Bicycle Club is now utterly futile with the release of its third album, A Different Kind of Fix. Although not as jarring of a shift as the band’s strictly acoustic second album, Flaws, BBC still managed to surprise fans by expanding beyond the guitar-centered… Read more »

The most recent, visually stunning film from Danish director Lars von Trier, “Melancholia,” is without question the masterpiece of his career. Tackling the staggering subject of the apocalypse, von Trier has managed to present the end of days as both heart-wrenching and beautiful. He begins with an eight-minute prologue similar in… Read more »