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Matt Fanale and Eric Oehler of the electronic duo Klack spoke with us earlier this year about the project’s nostalgic but refreshing approach to dance music, and the surprise success of its two EPs so far, 2017’s Do You Klack? and 2019’s Introducing The 1984 Renault LeCar. Since this interview was recorded, Klack has played […] The post The rise of Klack appeared first on WORT 89.9 FM.

About a week before the Fourth of July holiday this year, the downtown Madison bookstore A Room Of One’s Own announced that it would donate a portion of its sales over the independence day weekend to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, also known as RAICES. The fundraiser was called Bookstores […] The post How Bookstores Against Borders became a phenomenon appeared first on WORT 89.9 FM.

The programming this fall at UW Cinematheque includes a series on the work of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. It kicks off on Friday, September 20 with the documentary Homework and continues over the next three Fridays with a trilogy of films released in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s known as the Koker Trilogy: Where […] The post But what about a dead end? appeared first on WORT 89.9 FM.

Before she held a reading this July at State Line Distillery and “escaped from an apocalypse hotel” during Madison’s memorable summer blackout, author Kristen Arnett sat down to discuss her debut novel, Mostly Dead Things, with Tone Madison‘s John McCracken. Give the conversation a listen here, or subscribe to the Tone Madison podcast on Apple […] The post Grief and taxidermy with Kristen Arnett appeared first on WORT 89.9 FM.

Jacki Whisenant describes the overarching theme of Not To Scale, her joint show with fellow artist Rob Lundberg, as “thinking about the environment on a larger and smaller scale.” On display through September 1 at the Overture Center’s Gallery III, the show combines Whisenant’s illustrated and cut-paper depictions of aquatic insects with Lundberg’s mutli-media explorations […] The post Jacki Whisenant and Rob Lundberg’s “Not To Scale” appeared first on WORT 89.9 FM.

For this brief installment of the Tone Madison podcast, we’re talking with two members of the Madison based band Labrador. The band’s 2018 debut EP, Tell Me About Your Dad, is a set of five songs that manage to be very tender and very cutting all at once. Labrador is playing this Saturday, August 17 […] The post Labrador’s sharp and disappointed pop appeared first on WORT 89.9 FM.

The fight against mass incarceration is a fight to fundamentally challenge the assumptions that drive our systems of policing, jails, and prisons in America. It’s also a fight against the practice of cash bail, and there are several groups in Madison who have banded together to take that on. The Free The 350 Bail Fund […] The post Bail and the bigger picture in Dane County appeared first on WORT 89.9 FM.

This week, we bring you the latest episode from one of our sister podcasts, Record Store Dropouts. It’s an in-depth conversation with Sylvia Johnson and Elyse Clouthier of Madison queer-punk duo Gender Confetti, who recently released their first album, We’re Gay. The pair reflect on their July 20 album release show at The Wisco, share the […] The post Gender Confetti’s gay church appeared first on WORT 89.9 FM.

Karin Wolf, who oversees the City of Madison’s arts grant programs as an arts administrator, wrote in the latest issue of Our Lives Magazine about the tension between rigid city rules and the unsanctioned spontaneity of street art. Wolf’s story also previews the Momentum Urban Arts Fest, taking place August 24 and organized by Momentum […] The post When “public art” overlaps with “street art” appeared first on WORT 89.9 FM.

Jim Whiteside writes poetry that makes you wonder if the speaker is really a ghost. Combining moments of impermanence with moments of intimacy, his debut collection Writing Your Name On The Glass makes the reader focus on the waxing and waning way in which people experience longing. Be it the longing for a past life, relationship, […] The post Jim Whiteside’s poems of spectral intimacy appeared first on WORT 89.9 FM.