I had decidedly mixed feelings when I read that Tommy Thompson has decided against running for governor this year. I wouldn't have voted for him. I think Tony Evers has done a remarkably good job steering the state through a…
The midwinter opera is always a time for Madison Opera to innovate and this year it innovated by not staging an opera. “She Loves Me,” which played to pretty much full houses over the weekend, is a Broadway play, based…
The entire Democratic Party seems ready to bludgeon West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who, Sunday, said he won't support President Biden's “Build Back Better” program. I tend to think Manchin did the Democrats a favor. I personally support the Biden…
The political right in America has a new hero, vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse, who traveled to Kenosha from his home in Antioch, Ill. a year ago to engage in racial protests and ended up killing two men, one armed with an…
Cellist Thomas Mesa was introduced to Madison in 2019 when Overture Concert Organ curator Greg Zelek asked him to share an organ concert. It was a great night as the Julliard buddies combined incredible music with playful banter that made…
Madison Opera’s weekend performances of “Lucia Di Lammermoor” are the best I have experienced in more than 40 years of attending the opera. Everything worked. The singing was superb. The lighting was magnificent. The stage direction kept the show moving…
When I learned that billionaire Jeff Bezos was planning to shoot Captain Kirk into space, I thought it was one of the dumbest publicity stunts of the year. William Shatner, the star of the original Star Trek television series, is…
In case you were wondering what your state legislators have been up to, this week they're considering telling schools they can't teach students about racism. It's part of a nationwide Republican effort to link schools to something called “Critical Race…
MADISON, Wis. -- It's pretty much official that the American withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years was “botched.” Virtually every newspaper account, television account, and pundit account use “botched” as a prefix for the withdrawal. To be honest, the scenes…
If you were to listen to the right wing of American politics and American Christianity, you would be in a panic.
If I could pick one concert that demonstrates the Madison Symphony Orchestra is the equal to any in the land, this weekend's offerings of Mozart and Shostakovich would come to mind.
Channel 3000 columnist Bill Wineke sounds off on some responses to the Connecticut mass shooting.
C3K columnist Bill Wineke says the biggest potential threat to the country in the years to come is a growing conviction among working Americans that the game is rigged no matter how hard they work.
C3K columnist Bill Wineke says the biggest potential threat to the country in the years to come is a growing conviction among working Americans that the game is rigged no matter how hard they work.
C3K columnist Bill Wineke says he understands why Tommy Thompson is fighting for his political life in the GOP, but that appearing with Ted Nugent is beneath him.
C3K columnist Bill Wineke says he understands why Tommy Thompson is fighting for his political life in the GOP, but that appearing with Ted Nugent is beneath him.
Greta Wohlrabe is magnificent in American Players Theatre's production of David Hare's "Skylight."
Greta Wohlrabe is magnificent in American Players Theatre's production of David Hare's "Skylight."
American Players Theatre's current production of Gerald Sibleyras' play "Heroes" takes on the question of aging warriors.
American Players Theatre's current production of Gerald Sibleyras' play "Heroes" takes on the question of aging warriors.
You can make a case that the real star of the American Players Theatre production of "Richard III" doesn't even take the stage.
You can make a case that the real star of the American Players Theatre production of "Richard III" doesn't even take the stage.
American Players Theatre's performance of "Royal Family" was compelling enough to make the audience temporarily ignore the sweltering weather.
American Players Theatre's performance of "Royal Family" was compelling enough to make the audience temporarily ignore the sweltering weather.
