City of Madison
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Nickname: "Mad Town" or "Mad City"
Location of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin
Coordinates: 43°4′N 89°24′W / 43.067, -89.4
Municipality	City
Incorporated	1848
Government
- Mayor	Dave Cieslewicz
Area
- City	219. The Flag of Madison Wisconsin was adopted by the municipal government on April 12, 1962. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. Dane County is a county located in the US state of Wisconsin. Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government David J Cieslewicz (tʃɛsˈlɛvɪtʃ Polish 'leviʧ (born on February 17, 1959) is the current Mayor of Madison Wisconsin. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 4 km² (84. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 sq mi)
- Land	174. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 3 km² (67. 3 sq mi)
- Water	41. 4 km² (16. 0 sq mi)
Population (2006 Est. )
- City	223,389
- Density	1,169. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 8/km² (3,029. 8/sq mi)
- Urban	329,5331
- Metro	543,022
Time zone	Central (UTC-6)
Area code(s)	608
1 Urban = 2000 Census
Website: www.cityofmadison.com

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central Areas using UTC−6 Single zone countries Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks The 608 area code currently covers much of southwestern Wisconsin, including the Capital city of Madison as well as the cities of Baraboo, Washington DC has been the capital of the United States since 1800 A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States A county seat is a term for an Administrative center for a County, primarily used in the United States. Dane County is a county located in the US state of Wisconsin. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

The 2006 population estimate of Madison was 223,389, making it the second largest city in Wisconsin, after Milwaukee, and the 82nd largest in the United States. The The city forms the core of the United States Census Bureau's Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Dane County and neighboring Iowa and Columbia counties. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas|Table of United States Core Based Statistical AreasIn the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB has produced Iowa County is a county located in the US state of Wisconsin. Columbia County is a County located in the US state of Wisconsin. The Madison MSA had a 2006 estimated population of 543,022, and is one of the fastest-growing in Wisconsin.

Contents 1 History 2 Geography and climate 3 Demographics 4 Politics 5 Religion 6 Economy 6.1 Business 7 Education 8 Transportation 9 Media 10 Culture 10.1 Music 10.1.1 Popular bands and musicians 10.1.2 Music festivals 10.2 Art 10.3 Performing arts 10.4 Architecture 10.5 Sports 11 Notable Madisonians 12 Points of interest 12.1 Sister cities 13 References 13.1 Notes 13.2 Bibliography 14 External links

History

Madison was created in 1836 when former federal judge James Duane Doty purchased over a thousand acres (4 km²) of swamp and forest land on the isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona within the Four Lakes region, with the intention of building a city on the site. James Duane Doty ( November 5, 1799 – June 13, 1865) was a land speculator and politician in the United States who played a large The Wisconsin Territory had been created earlier that year and the territorial legislature had convened in Belmont, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Territory became an Organized territory of the United States by an act of U Belmont is a village in Lafayette County, Wisconsin, United States. One of the legislature's tasks was to choose a permanent location for the territory's capital. Doty lobbied aggressively for the legislature to select Madison as the new capital, offering buffalo robes to the freezing legislators and promising choice Madison lots at discount prices to undecided voters . He had James Slaughter plat two cities in the area, Madison and "The City of Four Lakes," near present-day Middleton. A plat consists of a Map, drawn to scale showing the divisions of a piece of land Despite the fact that Madison was still only a city on paper, the territorial legislature voted on November 28 in favor of Madison as its capital, largely because of its location halfway between the new and growing cities around Milwaukee in the east and the long established strategic post of Prairie du Chien in the west, and because of its location between the highly populated lead mining regions in the southwest and Wisconsin's oldest city, Green Bay in the northeast. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Prairie du Chien is a city in and the County seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States. Characteristics Lead has a dull luster and is a dense, Ductile, very soft highly Green Bay is a city in and the County seat of Brown County in the U Being named for the much-admired founding father James Madison, who had just died, and having streets named for each of the 39 signers of the Constitution, also helped attract votes. The Founding Fathers of the United States are the Political leaders who signed the Declaration of Independence or otherwise participated in the James Madison Jr (March 16 1751 – June 28 1836 was an American Politician, the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817 and one of the Founding The Philadelphia Convention (now also known as the Constitutional Convention, the Federal Convention, or the " Grand Convention at Philadelphia The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme Law of the United States.

The cornerstone for the Wisconsin capitol was laid in 1837, and the legislature first met there in 1838. Madison was incorporated as a village in 1846, with a population of 626. When Wisconsin became a state in 1848, Madison remained the capital, and the following year it became host to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad (a predecessor of what would become known as the Milwaukee Road) connected to Madison in 1854. The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad ( CMSP&P RR), was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad ( CMSP&P RR), was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest Madison became a city in 1856, with a population of 6,863. The original capitol was replaced in 1863. The second capitol burned in 1904, and the current capitol was built between 1906 and 1917. ^[1]

During the American Civil War, Madison served as a center of the Union Army in Wisconsin. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Union Army was the army that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. The intersection of Milwaukee, East Washington, Winnebago, and North Streets is known as Union Corners, as a tavern located there was the last stop for Union soldiers before heading to fight the Confederates. Camp Randall, on the west side of Madison, was built and used as a training camp, a military hospital, and a prison camp for captured Confederate soldiers. The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 After the war ended, the Camp Randall site was absorbed into the University of Wisconsin- Camp Randall Stadium was built over the site in 1917. Camp Randall Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. In 2004 the last vestige of active military training on the site was removed when the stadium renovation replaced a firing range used for ROTC training.

Geography and climate

Madison is located in the center of Dane County in south-central Wisconsin, 77 miles (124 km) west of Milwaukee and 122 miles (196 km) northwest of Chicago. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The city completely surrounds the smaller Town of Madison, as well as the villages Maple Bluff and Shorewood Hills. Madison is a Town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The Population was 7005 at the 2000 census. Maple Bluff is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. Shorewood Hills is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. Madison shares borders with its largest suburb, Sun Prairie, and four other communities, Middleton, Monona, McFarland, and Fitchburg. Sun Prairie is a city and surrounding town in the US state of Wisconsin and one of seven cities (and twenty-nine towns located within Dane County Middleton is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. Monona is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 8018 at the 2000 census McFarland is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States, on the eastern shore of Lake Waubesa. Fitchburg is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The city's boundaries also approach the villages of Verona, Cottage Grove and Waunakee. Verona is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, in the United States. Waunakee is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Madison has a total area of 84. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 7 square miles (219. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 3 km²), of which, 68. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 square miles (177. 9 km²) of it is land and 16. 0 square miles (41. 5 km²) of it (18. 91%) is water.

The city is sometimes described as The City of Four Lakes, comprising the four successive lakes of the Yahara River: Lake Mendota ("Fourth Lake"), Lake Monona ("Third Lake"), Lake Waubesa ("Second Lake") and Lake Kegonsa ("First Lake")^[2], although Waubesa and Kegonsa are not actually in Madison, but rather just south of it. The Yahara River is a Tributary of the Rock River, about 45 mi (70 km long in southern Wisconsin in the United States Lake Mendota is the northernmost and largest of the four Lakes near Madison Wisconsin. Lake Monona is a Freshwater Drainage Lake in Dane County Wisconsin surrounded on three sides by the city of Madison Wisconsin and Lake Waubesa is one of the four Lakes in Madison, Wisconsin. The lake has a Surface area of slightly over 2000 Acres (8 km² A fifth smaller lake, Lake Wingra, is within the city as well, but not on the Yahara River chain. Lake Wingra is a small Lake located in the US city of Madison Wisconsin. The Yahara flows into the Rock River, which in turn, flows into the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Downtown Madison is located on an isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona. An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas The city's trademark of "Lake, City, Lake" reflects this geography.

Madison, and all of southern Wisconsin, has a temperate climate, or more specifically, a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfa), characterized by variable weather patterns and a large seasonal temperature variance—winters see temperatures well below freezing, with moderate to occasionally very heavy snowfall; high temperatures in summer often reach the upper 80s to 90s °F (26 to 32 °C) and very high humidity levels are not uncommon. The humid continental climate is a Climate found over large areas of land masses in the temperate regions of the mid-latitudes where there is a zone of conflict between The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems It was developed by Wladimir Köppen, a German climatologist Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724 The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale.

Monthly average and record temperatures and precipitation
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Record high °F (°C)	56 (13. 3)	64 (17. 7)	82 (27. 7)	94 (34. 4)	93 (33. 8)	101 (38. 3)	104 (40)	102 (38. 8)	99 (37. 2)	90 (32. 2)	76 (24. 4)	64 (17. 7)
Average high °F (°C)	25. 2 (-3. 7)	30. 8 (-0. 6)	42. 8 (6)	56. 6 (13. 6)	69. 4 (20. 7)	78. 3 (25. 7)	82. 1 (27. 8)	79. 4 (26. 3)	71. 4 (21. 8)	59. 6 (15. 3)	43. 3 (6. 3)	30. 2 (-1)
Average low °F (°C)	9. 3 (-12. 6)	14. 3 (-9. 8)	24. 6 (-4. 1)	35. 2 (1. 7)	46 (7. 7)	55. 7 (13. 2)	61 (16. 1)	58. 7 (14. 8)	49. 9 (9. 9)	38. 9 (3. 8)	27. 7 (-2. 4)	15. 8 (-9)
Record low °F (°C)	-37 (-38. 3)	-29 (-33. 8)	-29 (-33. 8)	0 (-17. 7)	19 (-7. 2)	31 (-0. 5)	36 (2. 2)	35 (1. 6)	25 (-3. 8)	13 (-10. 5)	-11 (-23. 8)	-25 (-31. 6)
Precipitation in (mm)	1. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to 25 (31. 75)	1. 28 (32. 5)	2. 28 (57. 9)	3. 35 (85. 1)	3. 25 (82. 5)	4. 05 (102. 9)	3. 93 (99. 8)	4. 33 (110)	3. 08 (78. 2)	2. 18 (55. 4)	2. 31 (58. 7)	1. 66 (42. 2)
Snowfall in (cm)	10. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. A centimetre ( American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one hundredth 9 (27. 7)	7. 9 (20. 1)	8. 1 (20. 6)	2. 5 (6. 4)	0. 1 (0. 3)	T	T	T	T	0. 3 (0. 8)	3. 6 (9. 1)	10. 6 (26. 9)
Source: US Travel Weather [3]

Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1840	172		—
1850	1,525		786. 6%
1860	6,611		333. 5%
1870	9,176		38. 8%
1880	10,324		12. 5%
1890	13,426		30. 0%
1900	19,164		42. 7%
1910	25,531		33. 2%
1920	38,378		50. 3%
1930	57,899		50. 9%
1940	67,447		16. 5%
1950	96,056		42. 4%
1960	126,706		31. 9%
1970	171,809		35. 6%
1980	170,616		-0. 7%
1990	191,262		12. 1%
2000	208,903		9. 2%
Est. 2006	223,389	[4]	6. 9%
Source: U. S. Census[5]

Madison and Wisconsin demographics
Wisconsin	Madison	Ethnicity
91%	83. 96%	White
6. White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. 48%	5. 84%	Black
2. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa 21%	5. 80%	Asian
1. Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry. They include sub-ethnic groups such as Chinese Americans Filipino Americans Indian 3%	0. 36%	Native American
0. 09%	0. 04%	Pacific Islander
N/A	4. 09%	Hispanic
N/A	2. Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans of Hispanic or Latino descent, which comprises ancestry or origins in Hispanic America 32%	Two or more races
N/A	1. 67%	Other race
Note: Hispanics may be of any race.

As of the census^[6] of 2000, there were 208,054 people, 89,019 households, and 42,462 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 3,029. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7 people per square mile (1,169. 8/km²). There were 92,394 housing units at an average density of 1,345. 4/sq mi (519. 5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 83. 96% White, 5. 84% African American, 0. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa 36% Native American, 5. 80% Asian, 0. 04% Pacific Islander, 1. 67% from other races, and 2. 32% from two or more races. 4. 09% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 89,019 households out of which 22. 1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37. 0% were married couples living together, 7. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 52. 3% were non-families. 35. 3% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 19 and the average family size was 2. 87.

In the city the population was spread out with 17. 9% under the age of 18, 21. 4% from 18 to 24, 32. 2% from 25 to 44, 19. 3% from 45 to 64, and 9. 2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 96. 6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95. 0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $41,941, and the median income for a family was $59,840. Males had a median income of $36,718 versus $30,551 for females. The per capita income for the city was $23,498. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 5. 8% of families and 15. 0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 4% of those under age 18 and 4. 5% of those age 65 or over.

The metropolitan area of Madison as of 2003 had 526,742 inhabitants, making it the second-most populous in the state, after Milwaukee. Dane County is also one of the fastest growing counties in Wisconsin, adding around 60,000 people per decade.

Politics

Madison is associated with "Fighting Bob" La Follette and the Progressive movement. ||-||-||-||} The Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature along with the state Supreme An isthmus is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas Robert Marion La Follette Sr nicknamed "Fighting Bob" La Follette ( June 14, 1855 June 20, 1925) was an American The United States Progressive Party of 1924 was a continuation of the 1912 Progressive party with few changes in leadership at the state or local levels and keeping many of the same officers La Follette's Magazine, The Progressive, founded in 1909, is still published in Madison. The Progressive is an American monthly magazine of politics and culture with a pronounced leftist perspective City voting patterns have supported the Democratic Party in national elections in the last half-century, and a liberal and progressive majority is generally elected to the city council. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Detractors refer to Madison as The People's Republic of Madison, the "Left Coast of Wisconsin," or as "70 square miles surrounded by reality. People's Republic (rarely Popular Republic) is a title that is often used by Marxist-Leninist Governments to describe their State. " This latter phrase was coined by former Wisconsin Republican governor Lee S. Dreyfus while campaigning in 1978, as recounted by campaign aide, Bill Kraus. Lee Sherman Dreyfus ( June 20, 1926 January 2, 2008) was an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served

In the 1960s and 70s, the Madison counterculture was centered in the neighborhood of Mifflin and Bassett streets, referred to as Miffland. Counterculture (also " counter-culture " is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a Cultural group, or The area contained many three-story apartments where students and counterculture youth lived, painted murals, and operated the co-operative grocery store, the Mifflin Street Co-op. The neighborhood often came into conflict with authorities, particularly then Republican Mayor Bill Dyke, a one-time personality on WISC-TV who was later to run for vice-president with segregationist Lester Maddox. WISC-TV, channel 3 (analog/50 (digital is the CBS affiliate for Madison Wisconsin. Lester Garfield Maddox ( September 30, 1915 – June 25, 2003) was an American Democratic Party politician who was Dyke was viewed by students as a direct antagonist in efforts to protest the Vietnam War, because of his efforts to suppress local riots that had resulted in property damage. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The annual Mifflin Street Block Party became a focal point for protest, although by the late seventies it had become a mainstream community party. The Mifflin Street Block Party is an annual celebration held on Mifflin Street in Madison, Wisconsin on the first Saturday of May

Madison is also home to the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which attempts to influence government in matters relating to the separation of church and state. The Freedom From Religion Foundation ( FFRF) is an American Freethought organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. The foundation is known for its lawsuits against religious displays on public property, among other things. In recent years, they have made removal of In God We Trust from American currency a main focus. In God We Trust is the official National motto of the United States and the U A currency is a unit of exchange, facilitating the transfer of Goods and/or services It is one form of Money, where money is

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, thousands of students and other citizens took part in anti-Vietnam War marches and demonstrations, with more violent incidents drawing national attention to the city and UW campus. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia These include:

• the 1967 student protest of Dow Chemical Company, with 74 injured;
• the 1969 strike to secure greater representation and rights for African American students and faculty, which necessitated the involvement of the Wisconsin Army National Guard;
• the 1970 fire that caused damage to the Army ROTC headquarters housed in the Old Red Gym, also known as the Armory; and
• the 1970 late summer pre-dawn ANFO bombing of Sterling Hall which housed the Army Mathematics Research Center, killing a post-doctoral student, Robert Fassnacht. The Dow Chemical Company () is an American Multinational corporation headquartered in Midland Michigan. For the National Guard of a State and other countries' National Guard see National Guard. ROTC links here For other uses see ROTC (disambiguation A Reserve Officers' Training Corps ( ROTC) ROTC produces officers in all branches ANFO (or AN/FO, for ammonium nitrate / fuel oil) is a widely used Explosive mixture Four bombers in the "New Year's Gang" were linked to the bombing, one of whom remains at large. (see Sterling Hall bombing)

These protests were the subject of the documentary The War at Home^[7] Tom Bates also wrote the book Rads on the subject (ISBN 0-06-092428-4). The Sterling Hall Bombing that occurred on the University of Wisconsin&ndashMadison campus on August 24 1970 was committed by four young people as a protest The War at Home was a Documentary film about the Anti-war movement in the Madison Wisconsin, area during the Vietnam War. Bates wrote that Dyke's attempt to suppress the annual Mifflin Street block party "would take three days, require hundreds of officers on overtime pay, and engulf the student community from the nearby Southeast Dorms to Langdon Street's fraternity row. Tear gas hung like heavy fog across the Isthmus. A lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from lacrima meaning "a tear " in Latin) (commonly referred to as tear gas) is a " In the fracas, student activist Paul Soglin, then a city alderman, was arrested and taken to jail. Paul Soglin (born April 22, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Politician and Activist based in Madison, Wisconsin An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions Jail, or gaol (especially in Canada, Australia and NZ[http //www Soglin was later elected mayor of Madison, serving from 1973 to 1979 and from 1989 to 1997, in his latter term aligning himself as a moderate in the regional Democratic Party. David Maraniss also wrote a book, They Marched into Sunlight, which incorporated the 1967 Dow protests into a larger Vietnam War narrative. David Maraniss (born 1949 is a Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist and author They Marched into Sunlight is written by Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author David Maraniss, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

Madison city politics remain dominated by activists of liberal and progressive ideologies. In 1992, a local third party Progressive Dane was founded. Progressive Dane is an independent progressive Political party in Dane County Wisconsin. Recently enacted city policies supported in the Progressive Dane platform have included an inclusionary zoning ordinance and a city minimum wage. The party holds multiple seats on the Madison City Council and Dane County Board of Supervisors, and is aligned variously with the Democratic and Green parties.

The city's voters are also, as a whole, much more politically liberal than voters in the rest of Wisconsin. For example, 76% of Madison voters voted against a 2006 state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage^[8], even though the ban passed statewide with 59% of the vote. Wisconsin Referendum 1 of 2006 is a Defense of marriage amendment that amended the Wisconsin Constitution to make it unconstitutional for the state to recognize ^[9]

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition^[10], a bi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets. David J Cieslewicz (tʃɛsˈlɛvɪtʃ Polish 'leviʧ (born on February 17, 1959) is the current Mayor of Madison Wisconsin. The Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition is a coalition of Mayors from 225 different United States cities, with a stated goal of "making the public safer In a Two-party system (such as in the United States) bipartisan refers to any bill, act, resolution, or any other action of a " The Coalition is co-chaired by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Thomas Michael Menino (born December 27, 1942) is the mayor of Boston Massachusetts, United States and the city's first The City of New York Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman and the Mayor of New York City.

Religion

Madison is the episcopal see for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison. An episcopal see is the ecclesiastical domain of authority of a Bishop. The Diocese of Madison Wisconsin, is the Roman Catholic Diocese for the southwest corner of Wisconsin ^[11] Saint Raphael's Cathedral is the mother church of the diocese. Saint Raphael's Cathedral is the Cathedral Parish for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison.

The world's largest congregation of Unitarian Universalists, First Unitarian Society of Madison, makes its home in the historic Unitarian Meeting House, designed by one of its members, Frank Lloyd Wright. Unitarian Universalism ( UUism) is a theologically liberal Religion characterized by its support for a "free and responsible search for truth First Unitarian Society of Madison (FUS, also known as First Unitarian Society Meeting House, is a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Shorewood Hills Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8 1867 &ndash April 9 1959 was an American (of Welsh descent Architect, Interior designer, Writer, and educator who

Economy

Wisconsin state government and the University of Wisconsin–Madison remain the top two Madison employers. However, Madison's economy today is evolving from a government-based economy to a consumer services and high-tech base, particularly in the health, biotech and advertising sectors. Beginning in the early 1990s, the city experienced a steady economic boom and has been comparatively unaffected by recession. Much of the expansion has occurred on the city's south and west sides, but it has also affected the east side near the Interstate 39-90-94 interchange and along the northern shore of Lake Mendota. Underpinning the boom is the development of high-tech companies, many actively fostered by the UW–Madison working with local businesses and entrepreneurs to transfer the results of academic research into real-world applications, most notably bio-tech applications.

Many businesses are attracted to Madison's exceptional skill base, taking advantage of the area's high level of education. According to city-data. com, Madison has 48. 2% of its population over age 25 holding a bachelor's degree or higher. Forbes magazine reported in 2004 that Madison has the highest percentage of Ph. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly D. s in the nation. In 2005, Forbes listed the city as having the lowest unemployment in the nation: 2. 5%, less than half the U. S. 2004 average. ^[12] In 2006, the same magazine listed Madison as number 31 in the top 200 metro areas for "Best Places for Business and Careers. "^[13] Forbes has however named Madison in the top ten several times within the past decade.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison and the city of Milwaukee will be cooperating to bring more business into the region. One of many hopes of this project includes the long awaited arrival of regional rail transportation. As the two cities grow ever closer, the region has occasionally been called "Madwaukee. " The larger region which includes Chicago and Minneapolis-St. Paul has been referred to as the "Circle City. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. "^[14]

Business

The largest employer in Madison is the Wisconsin state government, not including the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Madison is also home to companies such as Broadcast Interactive Media, as well as the North American division of Spectrum Brands (formerly Rayovac), Alliant Energy, American Family Insurance, the Credit Union National Association, CUNA Mutual Group, University of Wisconsin Credit Union. Spectrum Brands ( is a diversified company established in 2005 as the successor company to Rayovac. Rayovac (formerly known as Ray-O-Vac until 1988 is a brand of batteries made by Spectrum Brands of Sandy Springs, Georgia Alliant Energy Corporation ( is a Public utility holding company that incorporated in Madison Wisconsin in 1981. American Family Insurance (aka AmFam) is a private Mutual company which focuses on property, casualty and Auto insurance, but also The Credit Union National Association, commonly known as CUNA (pronounced "Cue-Nuh" is a national Trade association for Credit unions located The University of Wisconsin Credit Union (doing business as UW Credit Union) is a Credit union headquartered in Madison Wisconsin, USA Technology companies in the area include Netconcepts, Telephone and Data Systems, TomoTherapy, Broadjam, Sonic Foundry, Raven Software, Human Head Studios, Renaissance Learning, Flame Front Software, Epic Systems Corporation, and Berbee Information Networks. Netconcepts is a Web marketing and Web development agency founded and headquarted in Madison Wisconsin. TomoTherapy, or Helical TomoTherapy is a form of CT Guided IMRT or Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, which is a relatively new type of Radiation therapy delivery Broadjam is a US -based Music Community website, founded in September 1999 Sonic Foundry is the former developer of various media software suites which were purchased by Sony in late 2003 for $19 million cash Raven Software is a Video game developer based in Middleton Wisconsin. Human Head Studios is a computer game development company located in Madison Wisconsin. Renaissance Learning Inc (RLI is an Educational software and hardware company publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol RLRN Epic Systems Corporation is a privately held health care software company founded in 1979 by Judy Faulkner CDW, that is --> Berbee Information Networks Corporation, until its purchase by CDW, was a Privately-held company in the United States Many biotech firms exist here as well, including PanVera, now part of Invitrogen, Promega,^[15] Third Wave Technologies^[16] and the Iceland-based Nimblegen. History and Background In 1978 scientists were just beginning to understand the potential of what Boyer and Cohen had done by cutting DNA into specific fragments using restriction Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( F Hoffmann–La Roche Ltd is a Swiss global health-care company which operates world-wide under two divisions Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. ^[17]

Oscar Mayer has been a Madison fixture for decades, and was a family business for many years before being sold to Kraft Foods. Oscar Mayer is an American Meat and Cold cut production company owned by Kraft Foods, known for its Hot dogs bologna, Kraft Foods Inc ( is the second-largest Food and Beverage company headquartered in North America (behind PepsiCo) and the third The pizza chains Rocky Rococo and Pizza Pit both began in Madison. Rocky Rococo is a chain of North American restaurants which specializes in selling pan-style pizza by the slice

The University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics is an important regional teaching hospital and regional trauma center, with notable strengths in nephrology, oncology, digestive disorders, and endocrinology. ^[18] Other Madison hospitals include St. Mary's Hospital,^[19] Meriter Hospital and the VA Medical Center. Veterans Health Administration (VHA is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA that implements the medical assistance program of the VA through

Education

According to Forbes magazine, Madison ranks second in the nation of top places in overall education. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly ^[20][21] It is home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, as well as Edgewood College, Madison Area Technical College, Herzing College, and Madison Media Institute, giving the city a student population of nearly 50,000. Edgewood College is a small Dominican Catholic liberal arts college in Madison Wisconsin, in the Diocese of Madison. Madison Area Technical College ( MATC) is the technical and community college for the Madison, Wisconsin area Herzing College is a private career focused institution of higher education that awards diplomas associate degrees and bachelor degrees in a variety of disciplines Madison Media Institute College of Media Arts is a private for profit college located in Madison Wisconsin. The University of Wisconsin contributes the vast majority of these, with roughly 41,000 students enrolled. This makes it one of the largest public universities in the United States. It is consistently rated among the top public post-secondary schools in the country. In a Forbes magazine city ranking from 2003, Madison had the highest number of Ph. D. s per capita, and third highest college graduates per capita, among ranked cities in the United States. ^[22] Sports make up a large part of the campus experience at the university, both intramural and intercollegiate. The University's athletic teams, nicknamed "The Badgers", are consistently among the best in United States, drawing throngs of students, alumni, and state residents to their contests.

Additional degree programs are available through satellite campuses of Lakeland College, Upper Iowa University the University of Phoenix, Concordia University-Wisconsin, and Cardinal Stritch University for students who maintain full-time employment. Lakeland College is a Liberal arts college located in Sheboygan Wisconsin west of Howards Grove Upper Iowa University is a private four-year Liberal arts institution of higher learning offering degree programs to over 820 on-campus students and to over 6000 center graduate The University of Phoenix ( UPX) is a for-profit educational institution that specializes in Adult education. Concordia University Wisconsin is a higher education institution and an affiliate of the 10-member Concordia University System, which is operated by the second-largest Lutheran Cardinal Stritch University is a private Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

The Madison Metropolitan School District serves the city and surrounding area. Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD resides in Madison Wisconsin, in Dane County. With an enrollment of approximately 25,000 students in 46 schools, it is the second largest school district in Wisconsin behind the Milwaukee School District. Bold text WE DOMINATE CUZ WE WEDGEWOOD WOLVES Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS is the largest School district in the state of Wisconsin. ^[23] Madison has more than six times the National Merit Scholar Semifinalists than comparable school districts. The five public high schools are: James Madison Memorial, Madison West, Madison East, Madison LaFollette, and Malcolm Shabazz City High School, an alternative school. James Madison Memorial High School is a Public school located in Madison Wisconsin, teaching students grades 9-12 Madison West High School is one of four comprehensive four-year high schools in Madison, Wisconsin. Madison East High School is one of four comprehensive four-year High schools in Madison Wisconsin. Madison La Follette High School is a Public school located in Madison Wisconsin, teaching students grades 9-12 Malcolm Shabazz City High School is a four-year alternative public high school in Madison, Wisconsin. The most notable of the private schools is Edgewood High School, located on the Edgewood College campus and Wingra School which encompasses student in grades Kindergarten through 8th. Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart is a private High school located in Madison Wisconsin. Edgewood College is a small Dominican Catholic liberal arts college in Madison Wisconsin, in the Diocese of Madison. ^[24] St. Ambrose Academy is a Catholic school offering grades 6-12 on the west side. St Ambrose Academy is a Catholic middle school and High school located in Madison Wisconsin, with a combined enrollment in grades 6-12 in 2007-2008 of 35. ^[25]

Each of Madison's high schools is known widely throughout the state for unique special attributes. James Madison Memorial has a four-time state champion forensics team.

With the State-imposed property tax caps, the Madison School District has found itself struggling as of late. In trying to find new methods of funding and support, the School District has tried to estimate the opinions of the public by holding public sessions on their budget. While the State-imposed mandates allow for a 3. 3% increase in spending, inflation amounts to a 5. 4% per year, resulting in an annual increase necessary to continue previous course offerings that is below state mandates.

Madison also has an especially strong non-credit learning community with multiple programs and many private businesses also offering classes. Examples include Wisconsin Union Mini Courses, Madison School Community Recreation, St. Mary's HealthWorks, and the University of Wisconsin's Continuing Education program.

Transportation

Madison is served by the Dane County Regional Airport, which serves more than 100 commercial flights on an average day, and nearly 1. Dane County Regional Airport, also known as Truax Field, is a commercial Airport located five miles (8 km northeast of the center of Madison, a city 6 million passengers annually. Madison Metro operates bus routes throughout the city and to some surrounding towns. Madison Metro Transit operates extensive bus service throughout the city of Madison Wisconsin and to the surrounding communities of Middleton, Fitchburg ^[26] Madison has three taxicab companies, as well as several companies that provide specialized transit for individuals with disabilities.

A commuter light rail system has been proposed, particularly for a corridor passing through the isthmus and alongside the university campus, but has remained on paper for decades. For specific light rail systems many of which use the words "light rail" as part of their name see List of light-rail transit systems. ^[27] A high-speed rail route from Chicago through Milwaukee and Madison to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, has also been proposed as part of the Midwest Regional Rail Initiative. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The Midwest Regional Rail Initiative or Midwest Regional Rail System ( MRRI, MWRRI, or MWRRS) is a plan to implement a High-speed rail Though for a time, former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson was the chairman of Amtrak, the nearest train station is in Columbus, Wisconsin. Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941) a United States Politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin and the 7th The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 Columbus is a City in Columbia and Dodge Counties in the south-central part of the U Regional buses connect Madison to Milwaukee, Janesville, Beloit, LaCrosse, and in Illinois, Rockford, O'Hare Airport, and Chicago. Janesville is a city in southern Wisconsin, United States. It is the County seat of Rock County and the principal municipality of the Janesville Beloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2007 census estimate Beloit has a population of 37710 people La Crosse is a city in and the County seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Service is also available to St. Paul, Minnesota. Saint Paul ( abbreviated St Paul) is the capital and second most populous city in the U

Railroad freight services are provided in Madison by Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR) and Canadian Pacific Railroad (CP). The Wisconsin and Southern Railroad is a Class II Railroad operating in the southern portion of Wisconsin and the northeast corner of Illinois The Canadian Pacific Railway ( Wisconsin & Southern has been operating since 1980, having taken over trackage owned since the 19th century by the Chicago and North Western and the Milwaukee Road. The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad ( CMSP&P RR), was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest Some of the proposed light rail and commuter routes would use existing WSOR rights-of-way, such as the line between the Kohl Center and Middleton. A right-of-way is a strip of land that is granted – through an Easement or other mechanism – for Transportation purposes such as for a Rail line or The Kohl Center opened in 1998 in Madison Wisconsin. It is the home of the UW-Madison men's and women's Basketball teams and Middleton is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. Limited commuter trains were tested along this line in the early 2000s as "football specials". The trains took passengers from the Middleton depot to Camp Randall Stadium to help alleviate parking issues on game days.

A number of bus lines connect Madison to nearby cities. Badger Bus, connects Madison to Milwaukee running multiple buses a day. Greyhound Lines, the national bus company, has a local stop and offers routes through most of the country. Greyhound Lines is an intercity Common carrier of passengers by Bus serving over 3700 destinations in the United States. Van Galder Bus Company, a subsidiary of Coach USA, provides transportation through Rockford to Chicago - Downtown at the Amtrak station, O'Hare Airport and Midway Airport. Coach USA LLC is a holding company for various American transportation service providers providing scheduled intercity bus service local and commuter bus transit city sightseeing Mad-Bus provides transportation for University of Wisconsin students to the Twin Cities.

Interstates 39, 90, and 94 intersect at Madison, connecting the city to Milwaukee; Chicago; Rockford, Illinois; Minneapolis-St. Paul and Wausau. Interstate 39 (I-39 is an interstate highway in the Midwestern United States. Interstate 90 (I-90 is the longest interstate highway in the United States at nearly 3100 miles (5000 kilometers Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois Wausau (pronounced /wô'sô/ is a city in and the County seat of Marathon County, Wisconsin, Highways 12, 14, 18, 51 and 151 connect the city with Dubuque, IA LaCrosse, WI Janesville, WI and Lake Michigan. Route 12 or Highway 12 can refer to Argentina National Route 12 (Argentina Canada Alberta Route 14, or Highway 14, can refer to Canada Alberta Highway 14 British Columbia Highway 14 Manitoba Route 18, or Highway 18, may refer to Canada Alberta Highway 18 British Columbia Highway 18 Manitoba The following highways are numbered 51: Canada Saskatchewan Highway 51 Japan Route 51 (Japan Route 151, or Highway 151, may refer to United States US Route 151 Alabama State Route 151 Dubuque is a city in the US State of Iowa, located along the Mississippi River. La Crosse is a city in and the County seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. Janesville is a city in southern Wisconsin, United States. It is the County seat of Rock County and the principal municipality of the Janesville Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. The Beltline is a large 6 to 8 lane freeway on the south and west sides of Madison and is the main link from downtown to the southeast and west suburbs. In the US state of Wisconsin, US Route 12 (normally called US The word lane has several meanings including and especially a portion of a paved Road which is intended for a single line of vehicles and is marked by White Madison is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin and the County seat of Dane County. South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California.

Media

Madison is home to an extensive and varied number of print publications for a city that reflect the city's role as the state capital and diverse political, cultural and academic population. The Wisconsin State Journal (weekday circulation: ~95,000; Sundays: ~155,000) is published in the mornings, while its sister publication, The Capital Times (Mon-Sat circulation: ~20,000) publishes in the afternoon. The Wisconsin State Journal is a daily newspaper published in Madison Wisconsin by Capital Newspapers. The Capital Times (or just Cap Times) is a Newspaper published in Madison Wisconsin by Capital Newspapers. Though conjoined in a joint-operating agreement operated under the name Capital Newspapers, the Journal is owned by the national chain Lee Enterprises, while the Times is independently owned. Capital Newspapers is a partnership between Lee Enterprises and The Capital Times Company that operates 27 publications and several web sites in Wisconsin. Lee Enterprises ( is a publicly traded American media company Wisconsin State Journal is the descendant of the Wisconsin Express, a paper founded in the Wisconsin Territory in 1839. The Capital Times was founded in 1917 by William T. Evjue, a business manager for the State Journal who disagreed with that paper's editorial criticisms of Wisconsin Republican Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr. for his opposition to U. Robert Marion La Follette Sr nicknamed "Fighting Bob" La Follette ( June 14, 1855 June 20, 1925) was an American S. entry into World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Through Capital Newspapers, Lee also owns many other papers in southwest Wisconsin and northeast Iowa.

The city is also home to the free weekly alternative newspaper Isthmus^[28] (weekly circulation: ~65,000), which was founded in 1976. Isthmus is the weekly alternative newspaper of Madison, Wisconsin The Onion, a satirical weekly, was also founded in Madison in 1988. For the vegetable see Onion. The Onion is an American " fake news " organization Two student newspapers are published during the academic year, The Daily Cardinal (Mon-Fri circulation: ~10,000) and The Badger Herald (Mon-Fri circulation: ~16,000). The Daily Cardinal is a Student newspaper located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. The Badger Herald is one of America 's first independent daily Student newspapers It serves the University of Wisconsin&ndashMadison community The Herald began during the turmultuous Vietnam War era as a conservative alternative to the liberal Cardinal. Madison is also home to numerous other specialty print publications focusing on local music, politics, and sports, including The Madison Times,^[29] Wisconsin Sports Weekly^[30] The Mendota Beacon, The Madison Observer,^[31] and The Simpson Street Free Press. The Mendota Beacon was a free privately funded biweekly (and later weekly published Newspaper in Madison Wisconsin between 2005 and 2006 or 2007 ^[32]

Madison is also home to The Progressive, a left-wing periodical that may be best known for the attempt of the US government in 1979 to suppress one of the Progressive's articles before publication. The Progressive is an American monthly magazine of politics and culture with a pronounced leftist perspective However, the magazine eventually prevailed in the landmark First Amendment case, United States v. The Progressive, Inc. During the 1970s, there were two "radical" weeklies published in Madison, known as TakeOver and Free for All. United States of America v Progressive Inc Erwin Knoll Samuel Day Jr

Madison hosts a vibrant local radio community, with two volunteer-operated and community-oriented radio stations, WORT and WSUM. WORT (899 FM is a listener-sponsored community radio station broadcasting from 118 S WSUM (917 MHz FM) is a student radio station in Madison Wisconsin, affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

WORT Community Radio was founded by progressive Madisonians in 1975 and is one of the oldest volunteer-powered radio stations in the United States. WORT (899 FM is a listener-sponsored community radio station broadcasting from 118 S WORT 89. 9 FM is a listener-sponsored community radio station, broadcasting from 118 S. Bedford Street in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. WORT offers a host of diverse music and talk programming made possible by donors and volunteers.

WORT broadcasts a mix of music and talk programming. All of WORT's music programs are locally produced by local DJs. WORT airs 34 hours of news and public affairs programming, 23 of which are locally produced. All of the programmers at the station are volunteers from the community, including DJs, hosts, producers, reporters, and engineers.

WSUM 91.7 FM is a student radio station whose programming and operation are carried out almost entirely by students. WSUM (917 MHz FM) is a student radio station in Madison Wisconsin, affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of Radio station that is run by the students of a college

Madison's Wisconsin Public Radio station, WHA, was one of the very first radio stations in the nation to begin broadcasting, and remains the longest continuously broadcasting station in the country. Wisconsin Public Radio is a network of 27 radio stations in the state of Wisconsin. WHA (970 AM) is the oldest continually-operating Radio station in the United States.

Widely heard public radio programs that originate in Madison include Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, To the Best of Our Knowledge, and Calling All Pets. Whad'Ya Know? is an American comedy interview and quiz radio show created by host Michael Feldman in 1985.

See also:

• List of Madison radio stations
• List of Madison television stations
• List of Madison magazines
• List of Wisconsin daily newspapers

Air America's Madison affiliate The Mic 92. The following is a list of FCC -licensed Radio stations in the U This is a list of broadcast television stations serving cities in the U This is a list of magazines published in Wisconsin: Statewide Badger Sportsman ( website Corporate 1 FM, WXXM announced on November 10, 2006 it would switch to all sports programming by the end of the year; a spokesperson for Clear Channel in Madison later announced that the station would remain an Air America affiliate after a massive public outcry against the proposed change in format. WXXM ("The Mic 921" is a FM Radio station serving the Madison Wisconsin metropolitan area Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[33] The public protest included thousands sending petitions, emails, and letters, and a public protest of 500 people along with elected officials Madison's Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and U. S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison. Promising improved support and advertising sales, a local investment group plans to make Air America and The Mic more successful. Valerie Walasek, an organizer of the protests stated, "It's evidence that as people stand up and demand what they want and demand they are going to take back the airwaves, somebody will listen. "^[34] The station features the Air America lineup and local programs with Matthew Rothchild's Progressive Radio and Free Thought Radio from the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Culture

In 1996 Money magazine identified Madison as the best place to live in the United States. Money is a Time Inc Personal finance magazine Its first issue was published in October 1972 It has consistently ranked near the top of the best-places list in subsequent years, with the city's low unemployment rate a major contributor.

The main downtown thoroughfare is State Street, which links the University of Wisconsin campus with the State Capitol square, and is lined with restaurants, espresso cafes, and shops. State Street is a Pedestrian mall located in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, United States, near the Wisconsin State Capitol. Only pedestrians, buses, emergency vehicles, delivery vehicles and bikes are allowed on State Street.

Continuing on the other side of Capitol Square is King Street, which is now developing along the lines that State Street has, but with less of a student character, and more appeal to the growing young white-collar high-tech population in Madison. Thus, King Street has more upper-end restaurants and cafes than are found on the more student-budget State Street.

In the summer, on Saturday mornings, the Dane County Farmers' Market is held around the Capitol Square,^[35] while on Wednesday evenings, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra performs free concerts on the Capitol's lawn. Lake Monona is a Freshwater Drainage Lake in Dane County Wisconsin surrounded on three sides by the city of Madison Wisconsin and The Dane County Farmers' Market is America's largest producers-only Farmers' market and is held every Saturday morning in Madison Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra ( WCO) is a professional Chamber orchestra in Madison, Wisconsin. ^[36] The Great Taste of the Midwest craft beer festival, established in 1987 and the second longest running such event in North America, is the second Saturday in August and the highly coveted tickets sell out within an hour of going on sale in May. ^[37]

Madison is host to Rhythm and Booms, a massive fireworks celebration (coordinated to music) that begins with a fly-over by several F16s from the local Wisconsin Air National Guard. Rhythm and Booms is an annual Independence Day Fireworks show in Madison Wisconsin at Warner Park on the city's northeast side The Wisconsin Air National Guard has dual state and federal roles and is jointly funded and maintained by both governments This celebration is the largest fireworks display in the Midwest in terms of the length of the show, number of shells fired and the size of its annual budget. ^[38]

During the winter months, Madison hosts Kites on Ice, a gathering of kite-flying enthusiasts on the ice of local Lake Mendota near the state capitol. Kites on Ice is a yearly outdoor Kite festival held in Madison, Wisconsin. ^[39] During the rest of the year, recreation includes sailing on the local lakes, bicycling, and hiking.

In 2004 Madison was named the healthiest city in America by Men's Journal magazine. Men's Journal is an American men's lifestyle magazine focused on outdoor recreation Many major streets in Madison have designated bike lanes and the city has one of the most extensive bike trail systems in the nation. Due to this, Madison has a very active cyclist culture and it is common place to see groups of friends bicycling together throughout the city on nice days. Bicycle tourism is an $800 million industry in Wisconsin, which has 20 percent of the nation's bicycling industry manufacturing capacity. ^[40]

There are quite a few cooperative organizations in the Madison area, ranging from grocery stores (such as the Willy Street Cooperative) to housing co-ops (such as Madison Community Cooperative, Lothlórien Co-op, and Nottingham Housing Cooperative). Madison Community Cooperative, or MCC, is an umbrella organization composed of close to a dozen Housing cooperatives in Madison Wisconsin with around 200 Nottingham Cooperative (or Nottingham as referred to by its residents is a 21 room Housing cooperative located at 146 Langdon St The total number of co-ops in the area is relatively high when considering the small population of the city. Many larger cities have substantially fewer co-ops.

In 2005, Madison was included in Gregory A. Kompes' book, 50 Fabulous Gay-Friendly Place to Live. ^[41] The Madison Metro area is also credited as the most liberal in the state, and has a higher percentage of gay couples than any other city in the area outside of Chicago and Minneapolis. ^[42] The city was also named the number one college sports town by Sports Illustrated in 2003. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. ^[43]

Madison has also gotten publicity in conjunction with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and its consistent ranking as one of the top "party schools. " Among the city's various neighborhood fairs and celebrations are two large student-driven gatherings, the Mifflin Street Block Party and the State Street Halloween Party. The Mifflin Street Block Party is an annual celebration held on Mifflin Street in Madison, Wisconsin on the first Saturday of May Rioting and vandalism at the State Street gathering in 2004 and 2005 led the city to institute a cover charge for the 2006 celebration. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [2] In an attempt to give the event more structure (and to eliminate opportunity for vandalism), the city and student organizations worked together to schedule performances by bands, and to organize activities. The event has been named "Freakfest On State Street. " [3] Events such as these have helped contribute to the city's nickname of "Madtown. "

In the summer of 2002, Madison hosted the Honda Goldwing Motorcycle convention, with bikers from across the U. S. attending. This was a large gathering of serious bikers and large machines. With a smattering of Honda Interstates in the mix, many couples were decked out in matching jackets and helmets. The meeting was wisely held some distance from the home of Harley-Davidson. Harley-Davidson Motor Company ( formerly HDI is an American manufacturer of Motorcycles based in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

Music

Main article: Music of Madison

Madison's vibrant music scene covers a wide spectrum of living musical culture.

Several venues offer live music every night of the week spreading from the historic Barrymore Theatre on the eastside, to the Annex on the westside. Several small coffee houses and wine bars offer live music every night in all formats. Closer to downtown, the High Noon Saloon is developing a national reputation for developing and breaking indie rock and local acts. The biggest headliners generally perform at the 1,800 capacity Orpheum Theatre or at the UW Theatre on campus.

The cities live music scene received a considerable bump with the purchase and renovation of the historic Majestic Theatre, located off capitol square on King Street. The theatre, built in 1906, thus making it the oldest in Madison had previous incarnations as a movie theatre and burlesque house. Until its reopening, it was being run as a hip hop dance club until violence forced the city to revoke its liquor license. The Majestic reopened on September 29, 2007 and in its first six months has hosted various acts such as Against Me!, Cowboy Junkies, Galactic, Editors, Leon Russell, and the Bill Frisell Trio. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The venue also shows movies in its Brew n' View series.

The Madison Opera presents a full season of offerings providing at least two full productions and the incredibly popular Opera in the Park (which reached over 10,000 music lovers in the summer of 2005). Madison Opera is a regional Opera company based in Madison, Wisconsin. In addition, the nationally recognized company produces recitals and its late series Opera Up Close.

The Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps has provided youth aged 16-22 opportunities to perform across North America every summer since 1938. The Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps is a highly competitive summer youth drum corps in the Drum Corps International (DCI circuit The corps is hailed world-wide for its energetic and entertaining shows. Further, the UW-Madison Marching Band is one of the most popular marching bands in the nation, with an extensive and eclectic repertoire. ^[44]

Popular bands and musicians

Garbage is the city's most recognized contemporary contribution to popular music. Garbage is an American rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994 The multi-million album selling pop-rock band has been based out of Madison since formation in 1994 by producer-musician Butch Vig of Viroqua. Butch Vig (born Bryan David Vigorson, August 2, 1955, Viroqua, Wisconsin) is both a Record producer and the Drummer Viroqua is also a genus of Jumping spiders. Viroqua is the County seat of Vernon County, Wisconsin Vig is well-known for producing albums for such highly regarded bands as The Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana. The Smashing Pumpkins are an American Alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988 Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington.

Madison has a lively independent rock scene, and local independent record labels include Sector Five Records^[45], Crustacean Records, Beeftone Music, Uvulittle Records and Art Paul Schlosser Inc which is the label for Art Paul Schlosser who has been on the WGN-TV news in Chicago and has had his songs played on the Dr Demento radio show. An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels Art Paul Schlosser (born in Chicago January 4, 1960) grew up listening to Novelty music like Allen Sherman and Tiny Tim WGN-TV, channel 9 is a Television station in Chicago Illinois. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Dr Demento is the Stage name of Barret Eugene Hansen (born April 2, 1941) a Radio Disc jockey specializing in Novelty Another Dr. Demento^[46] and weekly live karaoke^[47] favorite is The Gomers^[48], who have a Madison Mayoral Proclamation named after them ^[49] and have performed with fellow Wisconsin residents Les Paul and Steve Miller^[50]

Madison is also home to the funky drummer Clyde Stubblefield, and musicians Roscoe Mitchell, Ben Sidran, Reptile Palace Orchestra, John Statz^[51] and Harmonious Wail. (kɑːrɑːˌoʊkɛ in Japanese karaoke) is a form of Entertainment in which Amateur Singers sing along with recorded Music (and/or a For the fan club family of the band Third Day, see Gomers The Gomers are a Madison WI - based Comedy rock Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9 1915) is an American Jazz guitarist and Inventor. Steve Miller may refer to Steve Miller (athletics, President and CEO of the Professional Bowlers Association Steve Miller (business, " Funky Drummer " (also known as " The Funky Drummer " is a Funk song recorded by James Brown and his band Clyde Stubblefield (born 1943 in Chattanooga Tennessee) is a Drummer best known for his work with James Brown. Roscoe Mitchell (b August 3, 1940 in Chicago Illinois) is an African American Composer, Jazz instrumentalist Ben Sidran (born August 14, 1943) is an American Jazz and rock pianist, Organist, Vocalist and The Reptile Palace Orchestra is an eclectic worldbeat band based in Madison Wisconsin which specializes in lounge klezmer and other Eastern European music John Statz is a folksinger/singer-songwriter currently residing in Madison WI Waterbug Records is a small Independent record label based in Evanston Illinois specializing in Singer-songwriters and traditional folk musicians

The band We The Living, formerly known as The Profits, was started in Madison.

Music festivals

The summer months reveal the city's many excellent music festivals, most notably the Waterfront Festival, the Willy St. A festival is an event usually and ordinarily staged by a local community which centers on some unique aspect of that community Fair, Atwood Summerfest, Madison Area Music Awards Show, Isthmus Jazz Festival, The Orton Park Festival, Greekfest, Madison Pop Festival, the WORT Block Party and the Madison Blues Festival, with more being added all the time. One of the latest additions is the Fête de Marquette, taking place near or on Bastille Day (7/14), at Central Park. This new festival celebrates french music, with a focus on Cajun influences.

Madison also hosts an annual electronic music festival, Reverence. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Reverence is an electronic music festival held annually in Madison Wisconsin since 2003 The Folkball is a world music and Folk dance festival held annually in January. The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians Folk dance is a term used to describe a large number of dances mostly of European origin that tend to share the following attributes originally danced in about the

Art

Museums include the UW-Madison's Chazen Museum of Art (formerly the Elvehjem Museum), the Wisconsin Historical Museum (run by the Wisconsin Historical Society),^[52] the Wisconsin Veterans Museum,^[53] the Madison Children's Museum,^[54] and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. The Chazen Museum of Art is an art museum located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Historical Society (formerly the State Historical Society of Wisconsin) is simultaneously a private membership and a state-funded organization whose purpose is The Wisconsin Veterans Museum, located on Capitol Square in Madison Wisconsin, USA is dedicated to the soldiers of the state of Wisconsin Overture Center for the Arts is a Performing arts center and Art gallery in Madison Wisconsin, which replaced the Civic Center Madison is also the home of many independent art studios and galleries. It hosts the annual Art Fair on the Square, a juried exhibition, and the complementary Art Fair Off the Square. Art Fair on the Square is an annual event held on the Capitol Square in Madison Wisconsin. Art Fair on the Square is an annual event held on the Capitol Square in Madison Wisconsin.

Performing arts

The Madison Opera, the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Madison Repertory Theatre, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and the Madison Ballet are just some the professional resident companies of the Overture Center for the Arts, presenting annual seasons of professional theater. Madison Opera is a regional Opera company based in Madison, Wisconsin. The Madison Symphony Orchestra ( MSO) is an American orchestra in Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra ( WCO) is a professional Chamber orchestra in Madison, Wisconsin. Overture Center for the Arts is a Performing arts center and Art gallery in Madison Wisconsin, which replaced the Civic Center The city is home to a number of smaller performing arts organizations, including a group of theater companies that present in the Bartell Theatre, a former movie palace that has been renovated into live theater spaces, and Opera for the Young, an opera company that performs for elementary school students across the Midwest. Opera for the Young is a professional Opera company based in Madison WI. The Wisconsin Union Theater (a 1200 seat theater) is also home to many seasonal attractions as well as the professional musical theatre companies Four Seasons Theatre and Music Theatre of Madison. Madison is also home to the Young Shakespeare Players, a theater group for young people that performs uncut Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw plays. Founded by Richard DiPrima in 1980 The Young Shakespeare Players (YSP in its early years produced a single annual backyard summer production involving about 20 actors

Community-based Theater groups abound in many neighborhood of Madison including the Broom Street Theater which is not found on Broom Street as one would expect. Milwaukee-based actor Jordan Hotzel has been known to audition at the theater. Recent productions include comic-style riffs on regional and local news stories such as Audrey Seiler, a University of Wisconsin - Madison student who faked her own kidnapping, causing a county-wide search which gained national attention for several weeks.

Madison offers one comedy club, the Comedy Club on State, and has other options for more alternative humor. Featuring several improv groups, such as The Prom Committee, Spin Cycle Improv, Atlas Improv, The Monkey Business Institute,the now defunct ARC Improv and Comedy Sportz, a sketch comedy group called The Public Drunkards, the city's comedy scene is in revival. A spear-heading organization called the WiSUC Project has led the way in recent years for this revival and annually hosts the "Funniest Comic in Madison" contest at the High Noon Saloon. The WiSUC Project is a collective of Wisconsin Stand-up comedians.

Several films have been at least partially made in Madison. One of the most notable was the documentary The War at Home, which chronicled the anti-Vietnam War movement in Madison. Another movie that made extensive use of the city as a backdrop was the 1986 comedy Back to School, starring Rodney Dangerfield. For the movie see Back to School. Back to school, in Clothing Retail, is a product season and is characterized by a display of items appropriate Rodney Dangerfield ( November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004) born Jacob Cohen, was an American Comedian The University's Bascom Hill is used extensively, as is the local university bookstore, called (appropriately enough) The University Bookstore. The film also features many dorm buildings on campus, and various outdoor locales including the Terrace and Library Mall. More recently, the 2006 film The Last Kiss featured Madison and the University as a back-drop. For the Wayne Cochran song later covered by Pearl Jam, see Last Kiss. One early scene in the film was also shot on the Terrace.

Madison is also home to one of the largest film archives in the nation at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Wisconsin Historical Society (formerly the State Historical Society of Wisconsin) is simultaneously a private membership and a state-funded organization whose purpose is

Architecture

The Wisconsin State Capitol dome, closely based on the dome of the U.S. Capitol, is the jewel of the Madison skyline, and is visible throughout the Madison area due to its position on the ridgeline of the isthmus (and a state law that limits building heights within one mile of the structure). ||-||-||-||} The Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature along with the state Supreme ^[55] Because of its location in the urban core, Capitol square is well integrated with everyday pedestrian traffic and commerce, and the spoke streets -- especially State Street and E. Washington -- offer dramatic views of the Capitol.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright spent much of his childhood in Madison and studied briefly at the University, and is responsible for several Madison buildings. Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8 1867 &ndash April 9 1959 was an American (of Welsh descent Architect, Interior designer, Writer, and educator who Monona Terrace, a meeting and convention center overlooking Lake Monona, designed by Taliesin Architect Anthony Puttnam, was based loosely on a 1938 Wright design. Monona Terrace (officially the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center) is a Convention center on the shores of Lake Monona in Madison Wright did design the seminal Usonian House, which is located here. Usonia (juːˈsoʊniə is a word used by American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright to refer to his vision for the landscape of the United States (Another key Wright building, the Unitarian Meeting House, is in the adjacent suburb of Shorewood Hills. First Unitarian Society of Madison (FUS, also known as First Unitarian Society Meeting House, is a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Shorewood Hills Shorewood Hills is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. )The Harold C. Bradley House, designed collaboratively by Louis H. Sullivan and George Grant Elmslie in 1908-1910 now serves as the Sigma Phi Fraternity in the University Heights neighborhood, along with many well-maintained early 20th-century residences. Louis Henri Sullivan (September 4 1856 &ndash April 14 1924 was an American Architect, and has been called the "father of modernism. Woodbury-county-courthousejpg|thumb|200px| William L Steele, Purcell & Elmslie Associated Architects Woodbury County Courthouse (1916]] George Grant Elmslie (

The Overture Center for the Arts, designed by Argentina-born architect César Pelli, also stands on State Street near the Capitol. Overture Center for the Arts is a Performing arts center and Art gallery in Madison Wisconsin, which replaced the Civic Center For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Cesar Pelli (born October 12 1926 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina) is an Argentine Architect known for designing some of the Since opening in 2004, the center has already presented shows and concerts in its Overture Hall, Capitol Theater and The Playhouse (home of the Madison Repertory Theatre). The center, also including smaller performance spaces, also houses the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Overture Center for the Arts is a Performing arts center and Art gallery in Madison Wisconsin, which replaced the Civic Center The style, unlike Pelli's Petronas Towers, leans toward sleek modernism, with simple expanses of glass framed by stone that are intended to complement the historic building facades preserved as part of the building's State Street exposure. The Petronas Twin Towers (also known as the Petronas Towers or Twin Towers) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were the world's tallest buildings Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century

Many of the over 175 Madison buildings designed by the architectural firm of Claude and Starck are still standing, including Breese Stevens Field, Doty School (now converted to condominiums), and many private residences. Claude and Starck was an architectural firm in Madison Wisconsin at the turn of the twentieth century Breese Stevens Field is a soccer field located in Madison Wisconsin, northeast of the Wisconsin State Capitol. ^[56]

The UW-Madison campus includes many buildings designed or supervised by architects J.T.W. Jennings (the Dairy Barn, Agricultural Hall) and Arthur Peabody (the Memorial Union and the Carillon Tower). JTW Jennings ( Brooklyn, New York City, 1856 to ? was the Milwaukee Road 's architect from 1885 to 1893 and was part-time supervising architect for the Arthur Peabody (1858 Eau Claire Wisconsin - September 6, 1942, Madison Wisconsin was campus architect for the University of Wisconsin-Madison The UW administration building Bascom Hall sits atop a high hill overlooking Lake Mendota, and has been the site of many demonstrations and events. The density of the campus has grown to include 8 to 10 story high-rises including dormitories, research facilities, and classrooms. A high-rise is a tall Building or structure Normally the function of the building is added for example high-rise Apartment building or Several campus buildings erected in the 1960s exhibit brutalist architecture, which is now unpopular. The term Brutalist Architecture originates from the French Béton brut, or "raw concrete" a term used by Le Corbusier to describe In 2005 the University of Wisconsin embarked on a major redevelopment initiative that will transform the east end of its campus. The plan calls for the razing of a nearly a dozen 1950s to 1970s vintage buildings and the construction of new dormitories, administration, and classroom buildings, as well as the development of a new pedestrian mall extending to Lake Mendota.

The downtown and near east side is currently experiencing a building boom, with dozens of new condominium and apartment buildings being constructed.

Sports

Madison is known as a sports crazed city primarily because of the University of Wisconsin. In 2004 Sports Illustrated on Campus named Madison the #1 college sports town in the nation. ^[57] This sentiment was echoed by Scott Van Pelt in July 2007 when he filled in for Dan Patrick on his ESPN radio show and dedicated the episode to proclaiming Madison the best college sports town in America. Scott van Pelt is an anchor for the television show SportsCenter on the ESPN network Daniel Patrick Pugh (born May 15, 1956) better known as Dan Patrick, is an American Sportscaster from Mason Ohio who ^[58] The UW-Madison teams play all of their home-field sporting events in venues in and around Madison. The football team plays at Camp Randall Stadium. Camp Randall Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. In 2005 a renovation was completed which added 72 luxury suites and increased the stadium's total capacity to 80,321 although crowds of as many as 83,000 have attended games. The basketball and hockey teams play at the Kohl Center. The Kohl Center opened in 1998 in Madison Wisconsin. It is the home of the UW-Madison men's and women's Basketball teams and Construction on the $76 million arena was completed in 1997. In 2006, both the men's and women's Badger hockey teams won NCAA Division I championships, and the women repeated with a second consecutive national championship in 2007. ^[59] Some events are played at the county-owned Alliant Energy Center (formerly Dane County Memorial Coliseum) and the University-owned Wisconsin Field House. The Alliant Energy Center of Dane County is an award-winning multi-building complex in Madison Wisconsin, United States. The Wisconsin Field House (commonly known as the UW Fieldhouse) is a 11500 -seat multi-purpose Arena in Madison Wisconsin.

Madison is home to the Madison Mallards, a college wood-bat summer baseball league team in the Northwoods League (not to be confused with the Minor League Baseball). Notable alumni Ryan Spilborghs, 2001 Mike Rozema, 2003 Jay Johnson, 2004 Mike Rohde Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each The Northwoods League is a Summer Collegiate Baseball Association sanctioned summer Baseball league comprising teams of the top college players from North America and beyond Part of the History of baseball series Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of Professional baseball leagues in North They play in Warner Park on the city's North side from June to August.

Madison is home to the Princeton-56ers, an amateur soccer team in the National Premiere Soccer League. They play in Breese Stevens Field on East Washington Ave, just a few blocks from the State Capitol. ^[60]

The Wisconsin Wolves is a women's semi-pro football team based in Madison that plays in the IWFL Independent Women's Football League. The Wisconsin Wolves are an Independent Women's Football League (IWFL team based in Madison Wisconsin. The Independent Women's Football League was founded in 2000, and began play in 2001. The Wolves home field located at Middleton High School.

Madison is home to the Wisconsin Rugby Club, the 1998 USA Rugby Division II National Champions, and the Wisconsin Women's Rugby Football Club, the state's only Division I women's rugby team. The Wisconsin Women's Rugby Football Club (WWRFC is an amateur Division I women's rugby team in Madison Wisconsin. The city also has men's and women's rugby clubs at UW-Madison, in addition to four high school boy's teams and one high school girl's team. The most recent addition to the Madison rugby community, Madison Minotaurs United RFC, is composed largely of gay players, but is open to any player with any experience level. All ten teams play within the Wisconsin Rugby Football Union, the Midwest Rugby Union and USA Rugby.

Nearly 100 women participate in the adult women's ice hockey teams that are based in Madison (Thunder, Lightning, Freeze, UW-B and C teams), all of which play in the Women's Central Hockey League.

The active and popular Madison Gay Hockey Association is also in Madison.

Madison is home to the All-Girl Roller Derby League, Mad Rollin' Dolls, which was formed in 2004. Mad Rollin' Dolls LLC, is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association. ^[61]

Madison is home to a number of notable endurance sports racing events such as the Crazylegs Classic, Paddle and Portage, the Mad City Marathon, and Ironman Wisconsin. The Crazylegs Classic is an annual 8 kilometer running race and 2 mile walk held each spring in Madison Wisconsin. The Madison Marathon ( Madison, Wisconsin) is an annual marathon foot-race run over a 26

Madison is being considered to help the city of Chicago in hosting the Olympics if Chicago succeeds in winning the bid for 2016. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Camp Randall stadium would serve as Chicago's 80,000-seat stadium. ^[62]

Madison was also home to the now defunct Indoor Football League's Madison Mad Dogs. The Madison Mad Dogs was an Indoor football team that played in the Professional Indoor Football League ( PIFL) in 1998 and in the Indoor Football

Former professional baseball player and legendary, retired city firefighter, Don Annen continues to reside on Monona Bay with his wife, Dorothy (nee Burwell).

Madison is now home to a new football team called the Madison Mustangs, which is a semi-pro football team, part of the Ironman Football League (IFL) that originated in Milwaukee in the late 1990s. Games are typically played on Saturday during the summer months, with the home field being Middleton High School.

Madison is also one of the growing number of cities in the country with a hurling team organized as The Hurling Club of Madison. Hurling (in Irish, iománaíocht or iomáint) is an outdoor team Sport of ancient Gaelic origin administered by the Gaelic

Notable Madisonians

Notable people associated with Madison include:

• Ann Althouse, law professor, scholar and blogger
• Andrea Anders, actress/comedian
• Brother Ali, hip hop musician
• David Atwood, Mayor of Madison, newspaper publisher/editor, U.S. Representative
• Tyrone Braxton, NFL Player. Ann Althouse (born 1951 is an American law professor and Blogger. Andrea Anders (born May 10, 1975 in Madison Wisconsin) is an American actress best known for her roles as Alex Garrett on the NBC Brother Ali (born Jason Newman, now Ali Newman) is an American hip hop artist Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. David Atwood ( December 15, 1815 &ndash December 11, 1889) was a nineteenth century politician publisher editor and printer The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Tyrone Scott Braxton (born December 17, 1964 in Madison Wisconsin) is a former American football Defensive back who played for the
• Connie Carpenter-Phinney, road cyclist and ice speed skater; winner of first-ever women's Olympic road race (1984)
• Hulon crayton, entertainment manager, actor and music producer
• Chris Farley, actor/comedian grew up in Madison
• Mike Gosling, professional baseball Player
• Beth Heiden, Olympic speedskater
• Eric Heiden, Olympic speedskater
• Nick Hexum, musician, lead vocalist of 311
• Phil Hellmuth, well-known professional poker player
• Mark Johnson, 1980 Miracle on Ice USA Olympic Hockey Team gold medalist, NHL player
• Alex Jordan, Jr., businessman, architect
• Philip Mayer Kaiser, diplomat
• Jerry Kelly, professional golfer
• Phil Kessel, NHL player
• Robert M. La Follette, Sr., populist, senator, attorney
• Aldo Leopold, ecologist
• Kid Nichols, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
• Chris Noth, actor, born in Madison
• Steve Perlman, artist
• Vinnie Ream, sculptor of the statue of Lincoln in the Capitol rotunda
• Barry Richter, hockey player
• Pleasant Rowland, businesswoman, creator of the American Girl product line
• Harry Sauthoff, lawyer and politician
• Steve Stricker, professional golfer
• Bob Suter, 1980 Miracle on Ice USA Olympic Hockey Team gold medalist
• Gary Suter, NHL player
• Ryan Suter, NHL player
• James Thomson, leading stem cell researcher
• Al Toon, former professional football player
• Bradley Whitford, actor, born in Madison
• Ella Wheeler Wilcox, popular poet ("Laugh and the world laughs with you"), grew up in Madison
• Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

Writers and journalists include:

• Lowell Bergman, TV news producer
• Kevin Henkes, children's book author, graduated from UW-Madison and as of 1996 "makes his home in Madison. Connie Carpenter-Phinney (born February 26 1957 in Madison Wisconsin) is an American former Racing cyclist and Speed skater who won four Christopher Crosby "Chris" Farley (February 15 1964 &ndash December 18 1997 was an American Comedian and Actor. Michael Frederick Gosling (born September 23, 1980 in Madison Wisconsin) is a Major League Baseball Left-handed Starting Elizabeth ("Beth" Lee Heiden-Reid (born 27 September 1959) is an American athlete who excelled in Speed skating, Cross-country The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Eric Arthur Heiden (born June 14 1958 in Madison Wisconsin) is an American former long track speed skater who won all the men's speed skating The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games Nicholas Lofton Hexum (born April 12, 1970) is an American musician currently the vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the Omaha Nebraska 311 (pronounced "three eleven" is a band from Omaha Nebraska. Phillip J Hellmuth Jr (born July 16 1964 is an American professional Poker player Mark Johnson may refer to Academics Mark Johnson (professor, philosophy professor Mark H The Alexander John Jordan Jr ( March 3 1914, Madison Wisconsin – November 6 1989) was best known as the creator of the House Philip Mayer Kaiser ( July 12, 1913 – May 24, 2007) was a United States Diplomat. Professional wins (6 PGA Tour wins (2 2002 (2 Sony Open in Hawaii, Advil Western Open Nationwide Philip Joseph Kessel Jr (born October 2 1987, Madison, Wisconsin) is an American professional Ice hockey forward Robert Marion La Follette Sr nicknamed "Fighting Bob" La Follette ( June 14, 1855 June 20, 1925) was an American Aldo Starker Leopold ( January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was an American Ecologist, Forester and Environmentalist Charles Augustus Nichols ( September 14, 1869 - April 11, 1953) better known as Kid Nichols, was a Major League Baseball Christopher David "Chris" Noth (born November 13 1954) is a Golden Globe -nominated American Actor of Film, Steve Perlman is an entrepreneur and inventor with over 75 patents in an array of multimedia and communications technologies Lavinia Ellen Ream (Vinnie Ream (1847-1914 was an American sculptor. Barry Richter (Born September 11, 1970 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American Ice hockey defenseman who now works for Fish Pleasant Rowland (born Pleasant Williams Thiele Circa 1941) is an American Educator, Writer, and Entrepreneur Harry Sauthoff Sr (Harry Edward Sauthoff June 3, 1879 &ndash June 16, 1966) son of a German immigrant and brother of Dr Professional wins (11 PGA Tour wins (4 Other wins (7 1987 Wisconsin State Open (as an amateur 1990 Victoria Open Bob Suter (born May 16, 1957 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a retired American Ice hockey defenseman and member of The Gary Suter was born in Madison, Wisconsin on June 24 1964. He played his Junior hockey for the Dubuque Fighting Saints Ryan Suter (born January 21, 1985 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a Professional Ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for James Alexander Thomson (born December 20 1958, at Oak Park, Illinois, USA) is an American developmental biologist Stem cells are cells found in most if not all multi-cellular Organisms. Albert Lee Toon Jr (born April 30, 1963 in Newport News Virginia) is a former professional American football player Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an Emmy Award -winning American Actor. Ella Wheeler Wilcox ( November 5, 1850 &ndash October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8 1867 &ndash April 9 1959 was an American (of Welsh descent Architect, Interior designer, Writer, and educator who Lowell Bergman (born July 24, 1945, in New York City He is an investigative reporter with The New York Times and a producer/correspondent (b November 27 1960, Racine Wisconsin) is a noted children's Book author and illustrator most famous for his book Kitten's First Full Moon "
• Russ Lieber, a fictitious character from The Colbert Report who has a liberal radio talk show supposedly based in Madison. David Cross (born April 4 1964 is an Emmy Award -winning American Comedian, Writer and Actor. The Colbert Report (/kolˈbɛr rəˈpɔr/&mdashthe t is silent in "Colbert" is a Peabody Award and Emmy Award winning American
• David Maraniss, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
• Jacquelyn Mitchard, novelist
• Doug Moe (writer), newspaper columnist and author
• John E. Roach, author and co-writer (along with Mary Sweeney, ex-Madisonian and wife of David Lynch) of the film The Straight Story
• Thornton Wilder, playwright

Radio humorist Michael Feldman and his weekly program are based in Madison. David Maraniss (born 1949 is a Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist and author Jacquelyn Mitchard (b 12/10/1951 Chicago) is author of the best-selling novel The Deep End of the Ocean, which was the first selection for Oprah's Doug Moe is a non-fiction author and magazine editor best known for his books Lords of the Ring The Triumph and Tragedy of College Boxing's Greatest Team and The World John Roach is an award-winning television and film producer and screenwriter David Keith Lynch (born January 20 1946 is an American director, Screenwriter, producer, painter, Cartoonist, Composer The Straight Story is a 1999 film directed by David Lynch. It is based on the true story of Alvin Straight 's journey across Iowa and Thornton Niven Wilder ( April 17, 1897 &ndash December 7, 1975) was an American Playwright and Novelist. Michael Feldman (born March 9, 1949) is the host of Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, a Radio program distributed by Public Radio International The alternative rock band Garbage was founded in the city by resident Butch Vig. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Garbage is an American rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994 Butch Vig (born Bryan David Vigorson, August 2, 1955, Viroqua, Wisconsin) is both a Record producer and the Drummer The emo band Rainer Maria hails from Madison as well. Emo (ˈiːmoʊ is a genre of music that originated from Hardcore punk early on and adopted Pop-punk influences later on in the 2000s when Rainer Maria was an Indie rock band originally from Madison Wisconsin, later residing in Brooklyn New York. Rock musicians Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs both attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Steve Miller Band is an influential American Blues rock band led by Steve Miller on Guitar and lead vocals Boz Scaggs (born William Royce Scaggs, 8 June 1944, Canton, Ohio) is an American Singer, Songwriter Other notable musicians with Madison ties include, blues singer Tracy Nelson, singer/guitarist Jim Schwall, bassist Richard Davis, saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, drummer Clyde Stubblefield, and composer/performers Leo and Ben Sidran. Tracy Nelson ( December 27, 1947) is an American singer Youth in Wisconsin Nelson was born and grew up in Madison Wisconsin. Richard Davis (born April 15, 1930) is an American Double bass player who has been a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Roscoe Mitchell (b August 3, 1940 in Chicago Illinois) is an African American Composer, Jazz instrumentalist Clyde Stubblefield (born 1943 in Chattanooga Tennessee) is a Drummer best known for his work with James Brown. Leo Sidran is a Musician, composer, Performer, and producer whose credits include producing the Oscar-winning Soundtrack Ben Sidran (born August 14, 1943) is an American Jazz and rock pianist, Organist, Vocalist and

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has produced many notable achievers in diverse areas including the arts, politics, scientific research and athletics. Some are included above. One of the last US Health and Human Services Secretaries was a past chancellor of the university, Donna Shalala (and her successor was Wisconsin's then-Governor, Tommy Thompson). The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with health matters Donna Edna Shalala (surname pronounced ʃəˈleɪlə born February 14, 1941) has served as president of the University of Miami, a private university Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941) a United States Politician, was the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin and the 7th A number of Nobel Prize winners have been graduates or on the faculty in Madison. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature For a more extensive account of well-known alumni and staff of UW-Madison see:

• List of University of Wisconsin-Madison people

Madison is also known unfortunately as the location of the untimely deaths of Teresa McGovern (a Madison resident and daughter of presidential candidate George McGovern) and Otis Redding. Notable alumni Nobel Laureates Herbert Spencer Gasser, BS 1910 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 Teresa McGovern (known as Terry was the daughter of 1972 presidential candidate George McGovern. George Stanley McGovern Otis Ray Redding Jr ( September 9, 1941 December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer Teresa McGovern was found dead of exposure when she passed out during a Madison winter night. Otis Redding died in an airplane crash into Lake Monona. ^[63] University of Wisconsin-Madison student Audrey Seiler disappeared and was later found in the marshland near the Alliant Energy Expo Center off Rimrock Road on Madison's south side in 2004, having faked her own kidnapping.

Points of interest

• Alliant Energy Center The Veteran's Memorial Coliseum and Exhibition Hall
• Babcock Hall Dairy Store
• Camp Randall Stadium
• Chazen Museum of Art
• Henry Vilas Zoo
• Hilldale Shopping Center
• The Kohl Center
• Mifflin Street
• Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
• Memorial Union
• Olbrich Botanical Gardens
• Overture Center for the Arts
• State Street
• The main shopping malls, East Towne Mall and West Towne Mall
• Unitarian Meeting House
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum
• University of Wisconsin Field House
• University of Wisconsin Memorial Union
• UW-Madison Geology Museum
• Wisconsin Historical Society
• Wisconsin State Capitol

Sister cities

• Ainaro in East Timor, since 2001
• Arcatao in El Salvador
• Bac Giang in Vietnam
• Cuzco in Peru
• Camagüey in Cuba, since 1988
• Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany, since 1986
• Managua in Nicaragua, since 1987
• Mantua in Italy, since 2001
• Obihiro in Japan, since 2006
• Oslo in Norway
• Vilnius in Lithuania

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

• Official city website
• Greater Madison Convention and Visitor Bureau
• Madison Public Library
• City statistics from CNN/Money
• "Miracle in the Midwest" from Forbes

• Madison, Wisconsin is at coordinates 43°04′29″N 89°23′04″W / 43.074722, -89.384444 (Madison, Wisconsin)Coordinates: 43°04′29″N 89°23′04″W / 43.074722, -89.384444 (Madison, Wisconsin)
• The State of Wisconsin Collection presented by the UW Digital Collections Center includes digital resources on Madison, including:
  • The Story of Madison, by Reuben Gold Thwaites
  • Madison: a Model City, by John Nolen
  • Madison, Dane County and Surrounding Towns; Being a History and Guide to Places of Scenic Beauty and Historical Note...(1877)
  • A History of Madison, the Capital of Wisconsin; Including the Four Lake Country (1874) by Daniel S. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Reuben Gold Thwaites (1853-1913 was an American historical writer Durrie
  • Historical County Plat Maps from South Central Wisconsin and Early Madison City Directories
• Improv comedy in Madison (as mentioned above)

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