Spotify latest tech company to cut jobs, axes 6% of workforce
Stockholm-based Spotify had benefited from pandemic lockdowns because more people had sought out entertainment when they were stuck at home.
Sports & Entertainment
25th anniversary tour of ‘Chicago’ coming to Madison
Produced by Apex Touring, Chicago is the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Recording.
New book store focused on kids opening in Madison this spring
Lake City Books will be located next to the Madison Children’s Museum.
United Way Bluegrass Benefit coming in February
Since 2001, the annual concert has grown in popularity among bluegrass fans and families who are looking for family activities on a winter afternoon.
Marcus Theatres about two-thirds recovered from pandemic
Recovery being hampered by movie studios producing fewer films for wide release than they did in past years.
Madison featured on upcoming episode of PBS’ ‘Places to Love’
The episode features a tour of the Wisconsin State Capitol and the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus as well as other uniquely Madison stops.
Packers make $100K donation to Madison-area legal aid organizations
The Wisconsin Equal Justice Fund and Legal Action of Wisconsin will each receive a $50,000 donation in 2023.
Award-winning musical Hadestown coming to Overture this month
Hadestown was the most honored show of the 2018/19 Broadway season.
Overture Galleries looking for visual artists to exhibit in 2023–25 seasons
Interested applicants are invited to learn more about Overture Galleries and the application process at an upcoming meeting on Feb. 13.
Video game workers form Microsoft’s first US labor union
Two other small units of Microsoft-owned Activision Blizzard workers were the first to certify unions last year in Middleton, Wisconsin and Albany, New York.
Daughter of civil rights icon to keynote local MLK Day observance
The observance, which will take place on Monday, Jan. 16, in the Capitol Theater at the Overture Center for the Arts, will feature keynote speaker Donzaleigh Abernathy, daughter of Rev. Ralph Abernathy and goddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Overture offers families indoor entertainment and activity at Kids in the Rotunda
Kids in the Rotunda presents four local performance groups on Overture Center’s Rotunda stage next month.
Stoughton will soon be home to 5 new businesses
Among them is Bear Arms Performing Arts Center, which is designed to cater to the growing field of electronic sports, or “esports,” offering several types of simulators, arcade games, and video games as well as alcohol.
Music industry has $636 million economic impact in Dane County
The local music industry creates 5,791 jobs and a total of $218 million in earnings.
UW testing new security screening technology at sporting events
The Hexwave system automatically detects concealed weapons and other potential threats, including both metallic and nonmetallic objects, such as 3D-printed ghost guns, as well as improvised liquid, powder, or plastic explosives.
American Family Insurance Championship wins award from PGA TOUR Champions
The American Family Insurance Championship was recognized with the Sales Award, presented annually to the PGA TOUR Champions event that shows tremendous sales growth year over year, while establishing high sales marks in all areas.
Rutabaga Paddlesports opens new Fitchburg location
Rutabaga broke ground on the site earlier this year, which features a pond right outside and is located just down the road from Nine Springs Creek, giving customers a chance to use their new products almost immediately after purchase.
AMC Madison 6 shuts down a month earlier than planned
The theater’s lease at Hilldale was up at the end of December and it was not planning to renew, but the decision to shutter weeks early came without notice to customers.
MSO, choirs to perform Christmas concerts
The Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will perform “A Madison Symphony Christmas” concerts on Dec. 2–4 with a “Free Community Carol Sing” planned at 11 a.m. on Dec. 3. The Dec. 4 concert is sold out but tickets for the other dates are still available.
Fickell named next Wisconsin football head coach
Following the previous day’s Badger football loss to the University of Minnesota, on Sunday the UW Board of Regents approved a contract with former Cincinnati Bearcats coach Luke Fickell to be the University of Wisconsin's new head football coach, replacing interim coach Jim Leonhard.
