by Yvette L. Craig | July 23, 2021 | Community & Creatives
Some squinted their eyes shut. Many held their breath. And others, well, the nervous ones, needed coaxing from family members to roll up their sleeves and receive the COVID-19 vaccine at pop-up clinics inside the Urban League of Greater Madison on the city’s South...
by Robert Wynn | July 23, 2021 | Community & Creatives
APT core company actor Gavin Lawrence and Sola Thompson are riveting in Mountaintop. It is undeniable that American Players Theater’s 2019 production of Fences was a groundbreaking fete for what can now be regarded as that venerable theater company in Iowa County....
by UMOJA Staff | July 23, 2021 | Community & Creatives
Young adult literature is growing in popularity with readers of all ages. So, for all of your heartwarming coming of age needs, your dramatic romances, and sci-fi thrillers, here are some of the best new YA books you’re going to want to read ꟷ before the cool kids are...
by Yvette L. Craig | July 23, 2021 | Community & Creatives
‘Once you start writing, you’ll get into a groove.’ A Group Health Cooperative obstetrician encouraged Yvonne Tazeh to eat well, exercise and read aloud to the growing baby in her womb. The advice came repeatedly with each pregnancy wellness visit. Read to her unborn...
by Yvette L. Craig | July 23, 2021 | Juneteenth
Jason Boatright (center), owner of B. Right Barber, with clients K.C. and his son Lahkeem, 10. Aaron Perry walked into B. Right Barber & Beauty shop in Sun Prairie with a TV crew from Good Morning America in tow. It didn’t distract the youngsters busily building...
