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feature MMoCA to morph into multimedia masterpiece

Let’s all hit up that other big glass building on State Street!

February 11, 2011 | 12:30pm -
Recap Temporary-art documentary Blink Again! re-affirms your sanity

If you've been seeing things—namely, giant vegetables or oil rigs on Lake Monona—the documentary Blink Again! reveals that you might not be crazy after all.

April 6, 2010 | 5:00pm -
feature Wind-up weekend at the Chazen: How Automata's wooden machines mimic drunken exploits

The Chazen Museum's exhibit of clever mechanical sculptures isn't as innocent as it looks.

January 25, 2010 | 12:00am -
feature Lewis Koch's text messages: Touchless Automatic Wonder's photographs speak in riddles

The Madison photographer, speaking Saturday at Rainbow Books, turns found text into strange visual poetry.

December 10, 2009 | 12:00am -
Now Hanging Randomness unites in Cage And Cunningham at MMOCA

What connects these work to composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham isn't always clear, but maybe they would have liked it that way.

December 9, 2009 | 12:00am -
Now Hanging Moonwalkin' with Robert Rauschenberg

MMOCA's generous exhibition of Rauschenberg's collages blasts off to an era of turbulent progess.

October 12, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle at Wisconsin Book Festival: "I like gettin' those laughs"

Can a gallery of Pekar look-alikes hold their own against two comics figures on a Saturday morning?

October 11, 2009 | 10:00am -
feature Now Hanging: What's your function?

Does the Madison Museum Of Contemporary Art's show of wearable, playable, supposedly useful works really transcend the intellectual nature of art?

August 1, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Now Hanging: Safety in numbers

Just describing L.A. artist James Boulton's works at the Project Lodge quickly becomes a disorienting experience.

July 4, 2009 | 6:00am -
feature Now Hanging: Beefs and bummers, hang-ups and freakouts

The Chazen's Underground Classics exhibit shows the seedy—and revolutionary—side of the comix medium.

May 31, 2009 | 6:00am -
feature Now Hanging: Action in abstraction

Zsuzsanna Nagy finds art in what other photographers might throw away.

March 1, 2009 | 6:00am -
feature Now Hanging: Eraser head

Denver artist Brian DeLevie's show at the Union tackles our mangled memories.

February 20, 2009 | 6:00am -
Belly Up Add a side of altruism

What better way is there to help out a drug-rehab center than getting buzzed on gin?

February 19, 2009 | 12:21pm -
Blog Dining purgatory, design limbo

Decider tries to figure out the University Square food court's combination of mall pizza and hyperactive decor.

February 19, 2009 | 6:00am -
feature Lunch Buddy: Mediterranean Café

Decider's weekly survey of Madison's best meal breaks begins at this cramped, cheap favorite.

February 17, 2009 | 10:00am -
Stand By Your Stand Fountain Prairie Inn & Farms

Every part of the cow but the moo.

February 13, 2009 | 12:00am -
Belly Up Valentine's Day freebies for free agents

Who needs a soulmate when you've got gumdrops and prosecco?

February 12, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Chocolate chasers

Add-ons to make that box of chocolates more seductive, less thoughtless.

February 11, 2009 | 6:00am -
feature Night Class: America's next top Commie

Two lecturers go head-to-head to determine which red regime rules.

February 11, 2009 | 6:00am -
feature Now Hanging: Imagination installation

Aries Tjhin's show at the Project Lodge puts fairytales under the X-Acto knife.

February 9, 2009 | 6:00am -
feature "Fuck yeah! Fuck yeah!"

Decider previews a local head shop’s erotic art show.

February 6, 2009 | 6:00am -
Belly Up Do-it-yourself sommelier

Wine snobs aren't born, they're created.

February 5, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Art Vs. Starlight

"Here in the Midwest, you have to explain to people what video art is."

February 5, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Drunken disorderly coffee

Irish coffee has its roots in cultural stereotypes. Does it reinforce them?

February 3, 2009 | 12:00am -
feature Night Class: Sopranos in space

Popular science writer Dava Sobel and a classical ensemble pay tribute to famed scientist and underrated breeder Galileo on Friday.

February 2, 2009 | 3:41pm -
Blog Café, deconstructed

The Ironworks Café opened up Thursday night with sophisticated food and charmingly screwy service.

January 30, 2009 | 10:36am -
Stand By Your Stand Bleu Mont Dairy

What do bats and cheese have in common?

January 30, 2009 | 12:00am -
Belly Up Souper Bowl Saturday

Stuff your face for a good cause other than yourself.

January 29, 2009 | 12:00pm -
feature Now Hanging: SuperBug

How many times have you washed your hands today?

January 25, 2009 | 12:00am -
Stand By Your Stand Cherokee Bison Farms

Bold bovine flavor in delightful snack-sized bites.

January 16, 2009 | 12:00am -