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DC Arts Radar: Mount Eerie for Wisconsin Winter
DC Arts Radar: Mount Eerie for Wisconsin Winter

This week Daily Cardinal Arts Editor Lydia Picotte give an events summary for the upcoming week. Next, she interviews Daily Cardinal Sports Editor Jacob Szczap about the story behind his current favorite album, Dawn by Mount Eerie.







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ARTS

UW Cinematheque rolls out 2026 film lineup

The Cinematheque, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s dedicated screening facility for international cinema history and fine films, returns this week for its 2026 slate — filling a niche since the 1990s by promoting movies audiences in Madison might otherwise miss.










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CITY NEWS

Your Madison April 7 election preview

Madison voters will decide contested City Council races in Districts 8, 14 and 20 and Madison Metropolitan School District Board of Education races. Candidate priorities include affordable housing, public education and representation.



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OPINION

2026 is the new 2016, and that should worry us

There’s something unsettling about the phrase “2026 is the new 2016.” It suggests we want the comfort of the past without confronting why the present feels so overwhelming. We can’t recreate ease without addressing the conditions that have eroded it.




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