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Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. Madison is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x683, 147 KB) Description: Madison, Wisconsin, USA File links The following pages link to this file: Madison, Wisconsin ... Image File history File links Madisonflag. ... The official Flag of Madison, Wisconsin was adopted by Madison, Wisconsin on April 12, 1962. ... Image File history File links Seal of Madison, Wisconsin This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... // A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Bob, Rob, Robby, Robbie, Robi, Robin, Bobby, Rab, Rabbie, Bert, Bertie, Butch, Bobbers, Bobert, Beto, Bobadito, and Robban (in Sweden), are all nicknames for Robert). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1170x800, 144 KB) Summary Made using US Census Bureau Data. ... Dane County is a county located in the state of Wisconsin. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area Ranked 23rd - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 kmÂ²) - Width 260 miles (420 km) - Length 310 miles (500 km) - % water 17 - Latitude 42Â°30N to 47Â°3N - Longitude 86Â°49W to 92Â°54W Population Ranked... A mayor (from the Latin mÄior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... David J. Cieslewicz (IPA: tÊƒÉ›s. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (â‰ˆ1,609 m) in length. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Metropolitan area in Western Tokyo as seen from Tokyo Tower A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large city and its adjacent zone of influence, or of several neighboring cities or towns and adjoining areas, with one or more large cities serving as its hub or... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... âˆ’12 | âˆ’11 | âˆ’10 | âˆ’9:30 | âˆ’9 | âˆ’8 | âˆ’7 | âˆ’6 | âˆ’5 | âˆ’4 | âˆ’3:30 | âˆ’3 | âˆ’2:30 | âˆ’2 | âˆ’1 | âˆ’0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... This is a list of United States state capitals: Trivia - Jefferson City (Missouri) has the longest name of the U.S. state capitals - Only two of the U.S. state capitals are named for their state: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Indianapolis, Indiana retard See also List of current and former... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal A state of the United States is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area Ranked 23rd - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 kmÂ²) - Width 260 miles (420 km) - Length 310 miles (500 km) - % water 17 - Latitude 42Â°30N to 47Â°3N - Longitude 86Â°49W to 92Â°54W Population Ranked... 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 U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... The University of Wisconsinâ€“Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ...

As of a 2005 census projection, Madison had a population of 221,551, making it the second largest city in Wisconsin, after Milwaukee, and the 77th largest in the United States. Counting the city's immediate suburbs, the area population exceeds 400,000. 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, had a 2000 census population of 501,774, and is one of the fastest-growing in Wisconsin. Nickname: Cream City, Brew City, Mil Town, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee - Mayor Tom Barrett Area - City 97 sq mi (251. ... Illustration of the backyards of a surburban neighbourhood Suburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. ... The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... In the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has produced a formal definition of metropolitan areas. ... Iowa County is a county located in the state of Wisconsin. ...

History

Madison was created in 1836 when a former federal judge named 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 new city on the site. Wisconsin Territory had been created earlier in the year, and the territorial legislature had convened in Belmont, Wisconsin. One of the legislature's tasks was to choose a permanent location for the territory's capital city. 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. Despite the fact that Madison was still only a city on paper, the territorial legislature voted on November 28 in favor of choosing Madison for 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. Being named for James Madison, a much-admired "Founding Father" who had just died, and having streets named for each of the 39 signers of the Constitution, also helped attract votes.^{[citation needed]} Download high resolution version (1619x947, 334 KB)View of Madison, the Capital of Wisconsin. ... Download high resolution version (1619x947, 334 KB)View of Madison, the Capital of Wisconsin. ... Painting of James Duane Doty by George H. Patch James Duane Doty (November 5, 1799 â€“ June 13, 1865) was a land speculater and politician in the United States who played a large role in the development of Wisconsin and Utah Territory. ... Wisconsin Territory became an organized territory of the United States by an act of U.S. Congress passed on April 20, 1836 which went into effect on July 3, 1836. ... Belmont is a village located in Lafayette County, Wisconsin. ... A contemporary plat map showing the location of a property for sale. ... Nickname: Cream City, Brew City, Mil Town, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee - Mayor Tom Barrett Area - City 97 sq mi (251. ... Sign seen in Prairie du Chien, WI on entering from Iowa. ... For PB or pb as an abbreviation, see PB. General Name, Symbol, Number lead, Pb, 82 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 14, 6, p Appearance bluish gray Atomic mass 207. ... Green Bay is the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... James Madison (March 16, 1751 â€“ June 28, 1836), an American politician and fourth President of the United States of America (1809â€“1817), was one of the most influential Founders of the United States. ... ... Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, by Howard Chandler Christy. ...

The cornerstone for the Wisconsin capitol building 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 city, and 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. Madison became a city in 1856, with a population of 6,863. The original capitol burned in 1904 and construction on the current capitol building began in 1906. Download high resolution version (1550x900, 214 KB)Madison, WI skyline Source: Image taken by Dori License: Dual GFDL and CC File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1550x900, 214 KB)Madison, WI skyline Source: Image taken by Dori License: Dual GFDL and CC File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The University of Wisconsinâ€“Madison (also known as UWâ€“Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, or UW) is a selective public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ... The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ...

During the American Civil War, Madison served as a center of the Union Army in Wisconsin. The intersection of Milwaukee, East Washington, Winnebago, and North Streets are known as Union Corners, as a tavern located there was the last stop for Union soldiers before heading to fight the Confederates. Camp Randall was built and was used as a training camp, a military hospital, and a prison camp for captured Confederate soldiers. After the war ended, Camp Randall was absorbed into the grounds of the University of Wisconsin. Camp Randall Stadium was built over the site in 1917. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... The 21st Michigan Infantry, a company of Shermans veterans. ... Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (traditional) The Bonnie Blue Flag (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia (May 29, 1861â€“April 2, 1865) Danville, Virginia (from April 3, 1865) Language(s) English (de facto) Government Republic President... Camp Randall Stadium was built in 1917 and is the current home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team. ...

Madison continued its growth throughout the 20th century. Today Madison is the second largest city in Wisconsin, and continues to grow steadily.

Geography

Madison is located in the center of Dane County in central southern Wisconsin, 77 miles west of Milwaukee. Madison is also located 122 miles northwest of Chicago. The city completely surrounds the smaller Town of Madison, as well as the villages Maple Bluff and Shorewood Hills and the city of Monona. Madison shares borders with its largest suburb, Middleton, and three other communities, McFarland, Sun Prairie, and Fitchburg (which was a township before incorporating to forestall southern annexation by Madison). The city's boundaries also approach the villages of Verona and Waunakee. Lake Monona Madison, WI Source: Image taken by Dori License: Dual GFDL and CC File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Lake Monona Madison, WI Source: Image taken by Dori License: Dual GFDL and CC File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Nickname: Cream City, Brew City, Mil Town, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee - Mayor Tom Barrett Area - City 97 sq mi (251. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 - Mayor... Madison is a town located in Dane County, Wisconsin. ... Maple Bluff is a village located in Dane County, Wisconsin. ... Shorewood Hills is a village located in Dane County, Wisconsin. ... Monona is a city located in Dane County, Wisconsin. ... Middleton is a city located in Dane County, Wisconsin. ... McFarland is a village located in Dane County, Wisconsin on the eastern shore of Lake Waubesa. ... Sun Prairie is a city located in Dane County, Wisconsin and is a suburb of Madison, Wisconsin. ... Fitchburg is a city located in Dane County, Wisconsin. ... The term township is used to denote a lower level territorial subdivision. ... Verona is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, in the United States. ... Waunakee is a small hick town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. ...

According to the United States Census Bureau, Madison has a total area of 219.3 km² (84.7 mi²). 177.9 km² (68.7 mi²) of it is land and 41.5 km² (16.0 mi²) of it (18.91%) is water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (â‰ˆ1,609 m) in length. ...

The city is often 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")^[1], although Waubesa and Kegonsa are not actually in Madison, but rather immediately south of it. A fifth smaller lake, Lake Wingra, is within the city as well, but not on the Yahara River chain. The downtown is located on an isthmus between lakes Mendota and Monona, but the city has long since expanded far beyond. Eventually the Yahara flows into the Rock River and beyond to the Mississippi River. 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 in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Lake Monona is a lake surrounded on three sides by the city of Madison, Wisconsin and on the south side by the city of Monona, Wisconsin. ... Lake Waubesa is one of the four lakes in Madison, Wisconsin. ... A view of Lake Wingra Lake Wingra is a small lake located in the city of Madison, Wisconsin. ... The Isthmus of Panama connects North and South America. ... The Rock River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 285 miles (459 km) long, in the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Illinois. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest named river in North America, with a length of 2320 miles (3733 km) from Lake Itasca to Gulf of Mexico. ...

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 208,054 people, 89,019 households, and 42,462 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,169.8/km² (3,029.7/mi²). There were 92,394 housing units at an average density of 519.5/km² (1,345.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 83.96% White, 5.84% African American, 0.36% 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. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The Hispanic world Hispanic (Spanish: Hispano) is a term denoting a derivation from Spain, its people and culture. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... Race, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is a self-identification data item in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... A Latino (Latina for females, often), in American English, is a United States citizen or resident of Latin American descent. ...

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, 7.8% 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. Matrimony redirects here. ...

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. About 5.8% of families and 15.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.4% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

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. La Follette's Magazine, The Progressive, founded in 1909, is still published in Madison today. 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. Detractors refer to Madison as The People's Republic of Madison, the "Left Coast of Wisconsin," or as "70 square miles surrounded by reality" (although the number varies significantly depending on who is quoting it). This latter phrase was coined by former Wisconsin Republican governor Lee S. Dreyfus while campaigning in 1978, as recounted by campaign aide Bill Kraus. Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. ... The United States Progressive Party of 1924 was a national ticket created by Robert M. La Follette, Sr. ... The Progressive is an American monthly magazine of politics and culture with a pronounced left-of-center perspective. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... Look up peoples republic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Lee Sherman Dreyfus (born June 20, 1926) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the 40th governor of Wisconsin from January 4, 1979 to January 3, 1983. ...

The counterculture was centered in the neighborhood of Mifflin and Bassett streets, referred to as Mifflin-Bassett or Miffland. The area contained many three-story apartments where students and counterculture youth lived, used illegal substances, painted murals, and operated the co-operative grocery store 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. Dyke was viewed by students as a direct antagonist in efforts to protest the Vietnam War, due to his efforts to suppress the campus riots that resulted in property damage. The annual Mifflin Street Block Party became a focal point for protest, although by the late seventies it had become mainly just a party. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... WISC-TV, channel 3 (analog)/50 (digital), is the CBS affiliate for Madison, Wisconsin. ... Lester Garfield Maddox (September 30, 1915â€“June 25, 2003) was an American Democratic Party politician who was governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam Peopleâ€™s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...

Madison is also home to the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which attempts to influence government in matters of removing any and all religious references from governmental entities and activities. 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. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is an American Freethought organization based in Madison, Wisconsin. ... In God We Trust on the twenty dollar bill In God We Trust is the national motto of the United States of America. ...

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. These include: Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam Peopleâ€™s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000...

These protests were the subject of the documentary The War at Home^[4] Tom Bates also wrote the book Rads on the subject (ISBN 0-06-092428-4). 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." In the fracas, student activist Paul Soglin, then a city alderman, was arrested and taken to jail. Soglin was later elected mayor of Madison, serving from 1973 to 1979 and from 1989 to 1997, by his latter term aliging himself as a moderate in the regional Democratic Party. The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW TYO: 4850 ) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan. ... The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air National Guard). ... For the Doctor Who science fiction episode, see Rise of the Cybermen. ... ANFO stands for ammonium nitrate/fuel oil (most often diesel fuel, sometimes kerosene or even molasses). ... Once home to the physics department at UW-Madison, it also housed the Army Mathematics Research Center which made it the target of student protests. ... The War at Home was a documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the Vietnam War. ... A riot control agent is a type of lachrymatory agent (or lacrimatory agent). ... 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 legislative body in a town or city with many jurisdictions. ...

Madison city politics has remained dominated by activists of liberal and progressive ideologies, particularly in the downtown and east side of the city. In 1992, the local third party Progressive Dane was founded, which organizes to influence local politics through the city council and the Dane County Board of Supervisors. 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[1], even though the ban passed statewide with 59% of the vote.[2] Wisconsin Referendum 1 of 2006 is a so-called defense of marriage amendment that amended the Wisconsin Constitution to make it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perfom same-sex marriages or civil unions. ...

Religion

Arms of the Bishop of Madison The Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin is the Roman Catholic Diocese for the southwest corner of Wisconsin. ... First Unitarian Society of Madison worships in a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. ...

Economy

Wisconsin state government and the University of Wisconsin-Madison remain the top two major Madison employers. However, Madison's economy today is evolving from a governmental 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 has 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. Image File history File links Wis-capitol. ... Image File history File links Wis-capitol. ... The Wisconsin State Capitol, located in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both arms of the Wisconsin legislature, the state Supreme Court, and the Office of the Governor. ... The Isthmus of Panama connects North and South America. ... The University of Wisconsinâ€“Madison (also known as UWâ€“Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, or UW) is a selective public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ...

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 containing a bachelor's degree or higher. Forbes magazine reported in 2004 that Madison has the highest percentage of PH.D.s in the nation. In 2005, Forbes listed the city as having the lowest unemployment: 2.5%, less than half the U.S. 2004 average^[5] In 2006, the same magazine listed Madison as number 31 in the top 200 metro areas for "Best Places for Business and Careers."^[6] Forbes has however named Madison in the top ten several times within the past decade. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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." This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 - Mayor... A map of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. ...

Business

The biggest employer in Madison is the Wisconsin state government, including virtually all of the state's departments, such as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, the Wisconsin Attorney General, and so forth. This also includes the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) is an agency of the state of Wisconsin. ... This is a list of attorneys general from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... The University of Wisconsinâ€“Madison (also known as UWâ€“Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, or UW) is a selective public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ...

Madison is also home to companies such as the North American division of Spectrum Brands (formerly Rayovac), Alliant Energy, American Family Insurance, the Credit Union National Association, CUNA Mutual Group. Technology companies in the area include TomoTherapy, Sonic Foundry, Raven Software, Human Head Studios, Renaissance Learning, Flame Front Software, Epic Systems Corporation, and Berbee Information Networks. Many biotech firms exist here as well, including PanVera, now part of Invitrogen,Promega,^[7] Third Wave Technologies^[8] and the Iceland-based Nimblegen.^[9] Rayovac is a battery maker based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ... Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT) is an energy holding company with regulated utility providers as well as non-regulated companies involved in delivering energy-related products and services. ... American Family Insurance Group is a private mutual company which focuses on property, casualty and auto insurance, but also offers life, health, and homeowners coverage, as well as investment and retirement-planning products. ... The Credit Union National Association (more popularly known as CUNA) is a trade association for credit unions in the United States. ... Sonic Foundry is a computer software creator noted for its quality audio and video editing programs. ... Raven Software is a computer game software developer based in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Human Head Studios is a computer game development company located in Madison, WI. Started as a break away company from the developer Raven Software. ... Renaissance Learning Inc. ... Epic Systems Corporation is a privately-held healthcare IT company founded in 1979 by Judy Faulkner. ... Berbee Information Networks Corporation is a privately-held company. ... Promega develops, commercializes, and manufactures reagents, supplies, assays and equipment for biological research, primarily serving the molecular biology and cell biology research sectors. ...

Oscar Mayer has been a Madison fixture for decades, and was a family business for many years before being sold to Kraft Foods. The pizza chains Rocky Rococo and Pizza Pit both began in Madison. Madison is also home to the corporate headquarters of Famous Footwear. Oscar Mayer Oscar Mayer is an American meat and cold cut production company, now owned by Kraft Foods a division of the Altria Group, known for its hot dogs, bologna, bacon and Lunchables products. ... Kraft Foods Inc. ... Rocky Rococo is a chain of North American restaurants, which specializes in selling deep-dish 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.^[10] Other Madison hospitals include St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, Meriter Hospital and the VA Medical Center. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that implements the medical assistance program of the VA through the administration and operation of numerous VA outpatient clinics, hospitals, medical centers and longterm healthcare facilities (i. ...

Education

Madison 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. 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, and has outstanding courses, professors, and programs. 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.^[11] 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. The University of Wisconsinâ€“Madison (also known as UWâ€“Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, or UW) is a selective public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Edgewood College is a small liberal arts college in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Madison Area Technical College is the technical and community college for the Madison, Wisconsin area. ... Herzing College was one of the first post-secondary institutions founded to train students for the computer industry. ...

Additional degree programs are available through satellite campuses of Lakeland College, Upper Iowa University the University of Phoenix, and Cardinal Stritch University for students who maintain full-time employment. Lakeland College Seal Lakeland College is a liberal arts college located in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin west of Howards Grove. ... Upper Iowa University, the largest private university in Iowa, is a four-year, liberal arts institution of higher learning offering quality degree programs to over 670 on-campus students and to over 3,600 center, graduate, and independent study students. ... It has been suggested that University of Phoenix controversy be merged into this article or section. ... Cardinal Stritch University is a private Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ...

The Madison Metropolitan School District serves the city and surrounding area. With an enrollment of approximately 25,000 students in 46 schools, it is one of the larger school districts in Wisconsin.^[12] 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, an alternative school. 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.^[13] St. Ambrose Academy is a Catholic school offering grades 6-12 on the west side. ^[14] Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) resides in Madison, Wisconsin, in Dane County. ... James Madison Memorial High School is a public school located in Madison, Wisconsin, teaching students grades 9-12. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Madison West High School. ... 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. ... Notable Alumni Chris Farley, actor and comedian Kevin Farley, actor Categories: | ... Edgewood College is a small liberal arts college in Madison, Wisconsin. ... St. ...

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 1.6 million passengers annually. The Madison Metro operates bus routes throughout the city and to some surrounding towns.^[15] Madison also enjoys widespread taxicab coverage. Dane County Regional Airport (IATA: MSN, ICAO: KMSN), also known as Truax Field, is a commercial airport located five miles (8 km) northeast of the center of Madison, in Dane County, Wisconsin, USA. It has three runways and in 2005 it served over 1. ... Madison Metro operates extensive bus service throughout the city of Madison, Wisconsin, and to some surrounding towns (such as Middleton, Fitchburg, and Verona). ...

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. 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. Though for a time, former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson was the chairman of Amtrak, the nearest train station is in Columbus, Wisconsin. Regional buses connect Madison to Milwaukee, Janesville, Beloit, and in Illinois, Rockford, O'Hare Airport, and Chicago. This article is about light rail systems in general. ... Japanese designed Shinkansen 700T train on a test run on the Taiwan High Speed Rail in June 2006. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 - Mayor... The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. ... Route map The Midwest Regional Rail Initiative or Midwest Regional Rail System (MRRI, MWRRI, or MWRRS) is a plan to implement a high-speed rail network in the Midwestern United States, using Chicago, Illinois as a hub and including 3,000 miles (5,000 km) of track. ... Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941), a United States politician, was the 7th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin. ... Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ... Columbus is a city located in Wisconsin. ... This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... Photo of downtown Janesville looking south on Main Street Janesville is a city in Wisconsin. ... Welcome to Beloit Beloit is a city located in Rock County, Wisconsin. ... Nickname: The Forest City Location in the state of Illinois Coordinates: County Winnebago - Mayor Lawrence J. Morrissey (I) Area - City 146. ... ORD redirects here. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 - Mayor...

Railroad freight services are provided in Madison by Wisconsin and Southern Railroad (WSOR), which has been operating since 1980, having taken over trackage owned since the 19th century by the Chicago and North Western and the Milwaukee Road. 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. 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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 231 KB) Wisconsin and Southern Railroad EMD SD40-2 number 4025 painted for the railroads 25th anniversary, seen in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 23, 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 231 KB) Wisconsin and Southern Railroad EMD SD40-2 number 4025 painted for the railroads 25th anniversary, seen in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 23, 2005. ... Categories: Rail stubs | Railway companies of the United States | Illinois railroads | Wisconsin railroads ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Categories: Rail stubs | Railway companies of the United States | Illinois railroads | Wisconsin railroads ... The Chicago and North Western Railway (AAR reporting marks: CNW, CNWS, CNWZ; unofficial abbreviation: C&NW) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ... The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ... A right-of-way (plural: rights-of-way) is an easement or strip of land granted to a railroad company upon which to build a railroad. ... The Kohl Center opened in 1998 in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Middleton is a city located in Dane County, Wisconsin. ...

Interstates 39, 90, and 94 intersect at Madison, connecting the city to Milwaukee, Chicago, and Minneapolis-St. Paul. Interstate 39 is an interstate highway in the midwestern United States. ... Interstate 90 is the longest interstate highway in the United States. ... Interstate 94 is a long interstate highway connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain region of the United States. ... Nickname: Cream City, Brew City, Mil Town, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee - Mayor Tom Barrett Area - City 97 sq mi (251. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 - Mayor... A map of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. ...

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. 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. 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.S. entry into World War I. Through Capital Newspapers, Lee also owns many other papers in southwest Wisconsin and northeast Iowa. The Wisconsin State Journal is a newspaper printed in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The Capital Times is a newspaper based in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) is a newspaper company based in Davenport, Iowa Lee owns several newspapers including the Corvallis Gazette-Times. ... Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert Henry Asquith Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow...

The city is also home to the free weekly alternative newspaper Isthmus^[16] (weekly circulation: ~65,000), which was founded in 1976. The Onion, a satirical weekly, was also founded in Madison in 1988 and maintains its business offices in the city, though its editorial headquarters were moved to New York City in 2000. 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 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,^[17] Wisconsin Sports Weekly^[18] The Mendota Beacon, The Madison Observer,^[19] and The Simpson Street Free Press.^[20] The Onion is a parody newspaper published weekly in print and online. ... The Daily Cardinal is the fifth oldest student newspaper in the United States, located at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ... The Badger Herald is one of the nations independent daily student newspapers. ... The Mendota Beacon is a free, privately funded newspaper published every other week in Madison, Wisconsin which ran its first issue on February 12, 2005, Republican president Abraham Lincolns birthday. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...

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 prior to publication. 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. The Progressive is an American monthly magazine of politics and culture with a pronounced left-of-center perspective. ... The cover of the November 1979 The Progressive which the United States Department of Energy attempted to censor. ...

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 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's FM signal reaches a 50-100 mile radius around Madison. The station webcasts all of its programs in both high quality (96K) and dialup quality (32K) streams. Find out more and listen on the web at <wort-fm.org.>

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.

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 radio stations in the state of Wisconsin devoted to public radio programming. ... WHA (970 AM) is one of the oldest radio stations in the United States, currently the flagship of Wisconsin Public Radios talk-based Ideas Network. ...

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. WhadYa Know? is a American comedy, interview and quiz show that is distributed weekly by Public Radio International. ...

Air America's Madison affiliate The Mic 92.1 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.^[21] 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."^[22] 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. This is a partial list of radio stations in Wisconsin divided by Arbitron markets. ... Here is a following list of broadcast television stations in Wisconsin. ... This is a list of magazines published in Wisconsin: // Badger Sportsman (website) Corporate Report Wisconsin (website) Nude & Natural (website) The Progressive (website) Quest (website) Wisconsin Outdoor Journal Wisconsin Sportsman Magzine (website) Wisconsin Trails (website) The Scene (website) Anew Magazine (website) Capitol Region Business Journal (website) Emmie Magazine (website) In Business... This is a complete list of Wisconsin daily newspapers. ...

Culture

In 1996 Money magazine identified Madison as the best place to live in the United States. 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. Money is a Time Warner financial magazine. ...

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. Only pedestrians, buses, police, delivery vehicles and bikes are allowed on State Street (though it was originally an ordinary commercial street), which is an east-west street in contrast to the diagonal streets of the Isthmus and Capitol Square. Located in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, State Street hosts a variety of shops, bars and restaurants and is known for its small town appeal, making it a common tourist attraction. ...

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 time, on Saturday mornings, the Dane County Farmers' Market is held around the Capitol Square.^[23] On Wednesday evenings on the same square in summer, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra performs free concerts to people picnicking on the Capitol's lawn.^[24] The Great Taste of the Midwest craft beer festival, the second longest running such event in North America, is the second Saturday in August and the highly coveted tickets sell out within a few hours when they go on sale in May.^[25] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2304x1728, 1078 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Madison, Wisconsin Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2304x1728, 1078 KB) [edit] Summary [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Madison, Wisconsin Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Lake Monona is a lake surrounded on three sides by the city of Madison, Wisconsin and on the south side by the city of Monona, Wisconsin. ...

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. 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.^[26] Rhythm and Booms is an annual fireworks show in Madison, Wisconsin over Warner Park and Lake Mendota. ... The Wisconsin National Guard (â€œGuardâ€) has dual state and federal roles, and is jointly funded and maintained by both governments. ...

The Great Taste of the Midwest, the second oldest micro beer festival in the country, has taken place annually in Madison since 1986.^{[citation needed]} The event is run by the Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild LTD. Last year the festival featured over 100 brewers and over 500 beers.[www.mhtg.org]

During the winter months, Madison hosts Kites on Ice, a gathering of kite-flying enthusiasts on the ice of local Lake Monona near the state capitol.^[27] Kites on Ice is a yearly outdoor kite festival held in Madison, Wisconsin. ...

In 2004 Madison was named the healthiest city in America by Men's Journal magazine. 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.^[28] Mens Journal Mens Journal is an American magazine founded in 1992 that caters to 25 to 49 year-old men. ...

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). 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. Madison Community Cooperative or MCC is an umbrella organization composed of several housing cooperatives in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Nottingham Housinig Cooperative (or Nottingham as referred to by residents) is a 21 room housing cooperative located at 146 Langdon St in Madison, WI. The house was started in the early 1970s by a group of lawyers and students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ...

In 2005, Madison was included in Gregory A. Kompes' book, 50 Fabulous Gay-Friendly Place to Live.^[29] The city was also named the number one college sports town by Sports Illustrated in 2003.^[30] The first issue of Sports Illustrated, August 16, 1954, showing Milwaukee Braves star Eddie Mathews at bat in Milwaukee County Stadium. ...

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. Rioting and vandalism at the State Street gathering in 2004 and 2005 has led to the city instituting a cover charge for the 2006 celebration. [3] In an attempt to give the event more structure (and to eliminate opportunity for vandalism), the city and student organizations are working together to schedule performances by bands, and to organize activities. The event has been named "Freakfest On State Street". [4] Events such as these helped contribute to city's nickname of "Madtown." The University of Wisconsinâ€“Madison (also known as UWâ€“Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, or UW) is a selective public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The Mifflin Street Block Party is an annual celebration held on Mifflin Street in Madison, Wisconsin in late April. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

In the summer of 1992, 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.

Music

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). In addition, the nationally recognized company produces recitals and its late series Opera Up Close. History and Achievements Madison Opera was born in 1961 as a child of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. ...

The Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps has provided youth aged 16-22 opportunities to perform across North America every summer since 1938. 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.^[31] Madison Scouts The Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps is a highly competitive summer youth drum corps in the Drum Corps International (DCI) circuit. ... The University of Wisconsinâ€“Madison is a public university located in Madison,Wisconsin. ...

Popular bands and musicians

Garbage is the city's most recognized contemporary contribution to popular music. 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. Vig is well known for producing albums for such highly-regarded bands as The Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana. Garbage is an Scottish/American rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994. ... Butch Vig Bryan Butch Vig (born August 2, 1957 in Viroqua, Wisconsin) is both a rock musician and record producer. ... Viroqua is a city located in Vernon County, Wisconsin. ... The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. ... Nirvana was a popular American rock band originating from Aberdeen, Washington. ...

Madison has a lively independent rock scene, and local independent record labels include Sector Five Records, Boat Records, Beeftone Records and Hardknocks Records. The concept of an independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of one of the major record labels, which are generally defined to be the handful of media corporations which have recently dominated the recorded music industry in the West. ...

Madison is also home to the funky drummer Clyde Stubblefield, and musicians Roscoe Mitchell, Ben Sidran, Reptile Palace Orchestra and Harmonious Wail. The funky drummer break is one of the most used sampled drum loops in hip-hop and drum and bass genres together with the amen break which is more related to drum-and-bass. ... Clyde Stubblefield is a drummer best known for his work with James Brown. ... Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African-American composer and jazz saxophonist. ... Ben Sidran, (1943- ) may be best-known for having written the Steve Miller hit song Space Cowboy. ... The Reptile Palace Orchestra[1] is an eclectic worldbeat[2] band based in Madison, Wisconsin which specializes in lounge, klezmer and other Eastern European music. ... Waterbug Records is a small independent record label specializing in singer-songwriters and traditional folk musicians who do original research. ...

Music festivals

The summer months reveal the city's many excellent music festivals, most notably the Waterfront Festival, the Willy St. Fair, Atwood Summerfest, Madison Area Music Awards Show, The Orton Park Festival, Greekfest, the WORT Block Party and the Madison Blues Festival, among others. A festival is an event, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some unique aspect of that community. ...

Madison also hosts an annual electronic music festival, Reverence. The Folkball is a world music and Folk dance festival held annually in January. Electronic music is a term for music created using electronic devices. ... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. ... Folk dancers in Prague Folk dance is a term used to describe a large number of dances, mostly of European origin, that tend to share the following attributes: They were originally danced in about the 19th century or earlier (or are, in any case, not currently copyrighted); Their performance is...

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),^[32] the Wisconsin Veterans Museum,^[33] the Madison Children's Museum,^[34] and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. 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. The University of Wisconsinâ€“Madison is a public university located in Madison,Wisconsin. ... The Chazen Museum of Art is a large museum of art located at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The Wisconsin Historical Society is a private membership, state funded organization whose purpose is to maintain, promote and spread knowledge relating to the history of North America, specifically the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... 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. ... // Looking down Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ...

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. 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. Madison is also home to the Young Shakespeare Players, a theater group for young people that performs uncut Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw plays. History and Achievements Madison Opera was born in 1961 as a child of the Madison Symphony Orchestra. ... Overture Center for the Arts is a performing arts center and art gallery in Madison, Wisconsin, which replaced the Civic Center. ... Opera for the Young is a professional opera company based in Madison, WI. Founded in 1970, it brings professional opera programs to elementary schools throughout the Midwest during its spring and falls tours. ... The Young Shakespeare Players (YSP) is a non-profit childrens theater group in Madison, Wisconsin. ...

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 revivival. A spear-heading organization called the WiSUC Project has lead 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. 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. Most recently, "The Last Kiss" (2006) starring Zach Braff featured Madison and the University as a back-drop. One early scene in the film was also shot on the Terrace. The War at Home is a 1996 motion picture starring Emilio Estevez, Kathy Bates, and Martin Sheen. ... Back to School is a 1986 movie starring Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, William Zabka, Sam Kinison, and Robert Downey, Jr. ... Rodney Dangerfield (November 22, 1921 â€“ October 5, 2004), born Jacob Cohen, was an American comedian and actor, best known for the line I dont get no respect and his monologues on that theme. ...

Madison is also home to one of the largest film archives in the nation at the Wisconsin State Historical Society.

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).^[35] 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. Download high resolution version (1144x1144, 250 KB)The state capitol of Madison, WI Source:Image taken by Dori License:Dual GFDL CC File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (1144x1144, 250 KB)The state capitol of Madison, WI Source:Image taken by Dori License:Dual GFDL CC File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Wisconsin State Capitol, located in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both arms of the Wisconsin legislature, the state Supreme Court, and the Office of the Governor. ... The United States Capitol The United States Capitol is the capitol building that serves as the location for the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. ...

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright spent much of his childhood in Madison and studied briefly at the University, and is responsible for several Madison buildings. Monona Terrace, a meeting and convention center overlooking Lake Monona, designed by Taliesin Architect Anthony Puttnam, was based loosely on a 1938 Wright design. Wright did design the seminal Usonian House, which is located here. (Another key Wright building, the Unitarian Society Meeting House, is in the adjacent suburb of Shorewood Hills.) Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867â€”April 9, 1959) was one of the most prominent and influential architects during the first half of the 20th century. ... Monona Terrace Monona Terrace (view from the lake) Frank Lloyd Wright inspired the design of Monona Terrace, a community and convention center on the shores of Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Usonia is a term used by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright to refer to his vision for the landscape of the United States, including the planning of cities and the architecture of buildings. ... First Unitarian Society of Madison worships in a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. ... The village of Shorewood Hills is a suburb of Madison 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. Image File history File links Harold-c-bradley-house. ... Image File history File links Harold-c-bradley-house. ... Louis Sullivan Louis Henry (Henri) Sullivan (September 3, 1856â€“April 14, 1924) was an American architect, called the father of modernism. He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, and was a mentor to Frank Lloyd... George Grant Elmslie (February 20, 1871 - April 23, 1952) was an American, though born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Prairie School architect whose work is mostly found in the Midwestern United States. ...

The Overture Center for the Arts, designed by Argentina-born architect César Pelli, also stands on State Street near the Capitol. 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. 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. CÃ©sar Pelli (born October 12, 1926 in TucumÃ¡n, Argentina) is a noted architect known for designing some of the worlds tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. ... Overture Center for the Arts is a performing arts center and art gallery in Madison, Wisconsin, which replaced the Civic Center. ... The Petronas Towers The Petronas Towers (also known as the Petronas Twin Towers), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (, ), were once the worlds tallest buildings when measured from the level of the main entrance to the structural or architectural top. ... For Modernism in an American context, see American modernism. ...

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.^[36] 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. ...

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). 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. Several campus buildings erected in the 1960s exhibit brutalist architecture, which is now unpopular. 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 dormatories, administration, and classroom buildings, as well as the development of a new pedestrian mall extending to Lake Mendota. J.T.W. Jennings (Brooklyn, New York 1856 to ?) was the Milwaukee Roads architect from 1885 to 1893, and was part-time supervising architect for the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin from 1899-1906. ... Arthur Peabody (1858, Eau Claire, Wisconsin- September 6, 1942, Madison, Wisconsin) was campus architect for the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin from 1905-1915. ... High-rise is a 1975 novel by J. G. Ballard. ... UnitÃ© dHabitation, Marseille (Le Corbusier 1952) Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. ...

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

Sports

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. 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. Construction on the $76 million stadium was completed in 1997. Some events are played at the county owned Alliant Energy Center (formerly Dane County Memorial Coliseum) and the University owned Wisconsin Field House. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 475 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 475 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The University of Wisconsinâ€“Madison is a public university located in Madison,Wisconsin. ... Camp Randall Stadium was built in 1917 and is the current home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team. ... The Kohl Center opened in 1998 in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Alliant Energy Center is a 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Madison, Wisconsin. ... University of Wisconsin Field House (commonly known as the UW Fieldhouse) is a 11,500 -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 Leagues"). They play in Warner Park on the city's North side from June to August. The Madison Mallards are a college-level summer baseball team based in Madison, Wisconsin. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... The Northwoods League is an SCBA sanctioned summer baseball league comprised of teams of the top college players. ...

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.^[37]

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 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. All nine teams play within the Wisconsin Rugby Football Union, the Midwest Rugby Union and USA Rugby. The Wisconsin Womens Rugby Football Club (WWRFC) is an amateur Division I womens rugby team in Madison, Wisconsin. ...

The Wisconsin Wolves is a women's professional football team based in Madison that plays in the WPFL Women's Professional Football League. The Wisconsin Wolves are a Womens Professional Football League (WPFL) team based in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The Womens Professional Football League (WPFL) is the original and longest operating womens pro American football league in the United States. ...

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.

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 Womens Flat Track Derby Association.^[38]

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 8k running race held each spring in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The Mad City City Marathon (Madison, Wisconsin) is an annual marathon foot-race run over a 26. ... Swimmers cross the waters of Kailua-Kona Bay on the Big Island of Hawaii in the first leg of the Ironman Triathlon World Championship. ...

Madison is being considered to help the city of Chicago in hosting the Olympics if Chicago succeeds in winning the bid for 2016. Camp Randall stadium would serve as Chicago's 80,000-seat stadium.^[39] Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 - Mayor...

Famous Madisonians

Writers and journalists include: Andrea Anders (born May 10, 1975) is an American actress, best known for her role as Alex on the NBC sitcom Joey, from September 2004 till February 2006. ... Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born February 11, 1962), American politician, is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing the Second Congressional District of Wisconsin (map). ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Connie Carpenter-Phinney (born: February 26, 1957) in Madison, Wisconsin, was an American professional cycle racer and speed skater who won 4 medals in World Cycling Championship competitions (including both road cycling and track cycling) in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Christopher Crosby Chris Farley (February 15, 1964 â€“ December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian. ... Russell Dana Russ Feingold (born March 2, 1953) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Michael F. Gosling (born September 30, 1980, in Madison, Wisconsin) is a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher. ... Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. ... Beth Heiden (born September 27, 1959 in Madison, Wisconsin) was an American athlete who excelled in both speed skating and cycle racing. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Eric Arthur Heiden (born June 15, 1958) is an American speed skater who won all the distances and thus an unprecedented five gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Alexander John Jordan, Jr. ... Jerry Kelly (born in Madison, Wisconsin on November 23 1966) is an American golfer. ... Phil Kessel (born October 2, 1987, Madison, Wisconsin) is a professional ice hockey forward for the Boston Bruins of the NHL. // Playing Career Kessel (also known as Josh McCrone/Hsoj Enorccm) started his career by playing collegiate hockey for the University of Minnesota in the WCHA. Following a very successful... Benjamin Heckendorn Benjamin J. Heckendorn (b. ... Mark Johnson may refer to: Mark Johnson (professor), philosophy professor Mark Johnson (footballer) (born 1978), Australian rules footballer Mark Johnson (film producer) Mark Johnson (umpire), baseball umpire Mark Johnson (hockey player) (born 1957) Mark Johnson (rugby) Mark Johnson (baseball analyst) Mark Johnson (musician) Mark Johnson (football club director), director of... Philip Mayer Kaiser( July 12,,1913) United States governmental and diplomat. ... Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. ... Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 - April 21, 1948) was a United States ecologist, forester, and environmentalist. ... Kid Nichols of the Philadelphia Phillies at the West Side Grounds in 1905. ... The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 62 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of baseball-related... Christopher Noth (born November 13, 1954 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an actor in American film, stage and television. ... Steve Perlman is an entrepreneur and inventor with over 60 patents in an array of multimedia and communications technologies. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Harry Sauthoff, Sr. ... Vinnie Ream is the sculptor of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. ... Pleasant Rowland (born Pleasant Williams Thiele circa 1941) is an American educator, writer, and entrepreneur. ... The American Girls Collection is a brand of dolls and other items of girls interest. ... Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor. ... Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850–October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. ... Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867â€”April 9, 1959) was one of the most prominent and influential architects during the first half of the 20th century. ...

Radio humorist Michael Feldman and his weekly program are based in Madison. The alternative rock band Garbage was founded in the city by resident Butch Vig. The emo band Rainer Maria hails from Madison as well. Rock musicians Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs both attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 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. Lowell Bergman was a television producer for the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes and is best known for investigating the tobacco industry, and specifically utilizing scientist Jeffrey Wigand of Brown & Williamson as a source. ... Kevin Henkes (1960-) is a noted childrens book author and illustrator, most famous for his book, Kittens First Full Moon, which won the Caldecott Medal. ... David Maraniss (1949- ) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. ... Jacquelyn Mitchard (1953- ) is author of the best-selling novel The Deep End of the Ocean, the first book selected by TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey for her on-air book-club. ... Doug Moe is an non-fiction author and magazine editor best known for his books Lords of the Ring: The Triumph and Tragedy of College Boxings Greatest Team and The World of Mike Royko. Moe works for the the Capital Times in Madison, Wisconsin as a daily column writer. ... For other persons named David Lynch, see David Lynch (disambiguation). ... The Straight Story is a motion picture, released in 1999 and directed by David Lynch. ... Image:Thorntonwilderteeth. ... Michael Feldman (born 1949) is the host of Michael Feldmans WhadYa Know?, a radio program distributed by Public Radio International. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Garbage is an Scottish/American rock group formed in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1994. ... Butch Vig Bryan Butch Vig (born August 2, 1957 in Viroqua, Wisconsin) is both a rock musician and record producer. ... This article is about the genre of music. ... For the poet, see Rainer Maria Rilke Image:Rainer Maria. ... Steve Miller is a blues and rock and roll guitarist and performer. ... Boz Scaggs album cover Boz Scaggs (born William Royce Scaggs, June 8, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. ... Often tagged a blues singer, the U.S. vocalist Tracy Nelson has explored a wide range of popular music styles including folk, rock, and country. ... Richard Davis (born April 15, 1930) is an American double bass player who has been a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1977, after establishing himself for twenty-three years in New York City. ... Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African-American composer and jazz saxophonist. ... Clyde Stubblefield is a drummer best known for his work with James Brown. ... Musician Leo Sidran is a composer, performer, and music producer whose credits include producing the soundtrack for the movie The Motorcyle Diaries. ... Ben Sidran, (1943- ) may be best-known for having written the Steve Miller hit song Space Cowboy. ...

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). A number of Nobel Prize winners have been graduates or on the faculty in Madison. For a more extensive account of well-known alumni and staff of UW-Madison see: The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... Donna Esther Shalala (surname pronounced ; born February 14, 1941) is the current president of the University of Miami, a private university in Coral Gables, Florida. ... Tommy George Thompson (born November 19, 1941), a United States politician, was the 7th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin. ... The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ) are awards in physics, chemistry, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine. ...

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. 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.^[40] 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. // [edit] Notable alumni [edit] Nobel Laureates Herbert Spencer Gasser, B.S. 1910, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1944 John Bardeen, B.S. 1928 and M.S. 1929, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 and 1972 Edward Lawrie Tatum, B.A. 1931, M... George McGovern on May 8, 1972 cover of Time Magazine George Stanley McGovern, Ph. ... Otis Ray Redding, Jr. ... Audrey Seiler Audrey Seiler is a native of Rockford, Minnesota and a former University of Wisconsin student, who faked her own abduction in Madison, Wisconsin. ...

Points of interest

Alliant Energy Center is a 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Camp Randall Stadium was built in 1917 and is the current home of the Wisconsin Badgers football team. ... Henry Vilas Zoo is a moderately-sized public zoo for the Madison, Wisconsin area. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... The Kohl Center opened in 1998 in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Monona Terrace Monona Terrace (view from the lake) Frank Lloyd Wright inspired the design of Monona Terrace, a community and convention center on the shores of Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Memorial Union, also known as the Union or the Terrace, is located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. ... Olbrich Botanical Gardens is located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Overture Center for the Arts is a performing arts center and art gallery in Madison, Wisconsin, which replaced the Civic Center. ... Located in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, State Street hosts a variety of shops, bars and restaurants and is known for its small town appeal, making it a common tourist attraction. ... It has been suggested that Retail park be merged into this article or section. ... East Towne Mall is a shopping mall located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... West Towne Mall is a shopping mall located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... First Unitarian Society of Madison worships in a building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. ... The University of Wisconsinâ€“Madison (also known as UWâ€“Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, or UW) is a selective public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum (1260 acres) is an arboretum operated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and located at 1207 Seminole Highway, Madison, Wisconsin. ... University of Wisconsin Field House (commonly known as the UW Fieldhouse) is a 11,500 -seat multi-purpose arena in Madison, Wisconsin. ... The UW-Madison Geology Museum has the second highest attendance of any museum at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, exceeded only by the Chazen Museum of Art. ... The Wisconsin State Capitol, located in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both arms of the Wisconsin legislature, the state Supreme Court, and the Office of the Governor. ...

Sister cities

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Nickname: Valley of the Sun Location in Maricopa County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Maricopa Incorporated February 25, 1881 - Mayor Phil Gordon (D) Area - City 475. ... Nickname: Alamo City; River City Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Counties Bexar County - Mayor Phil Hardberger Area - City 412. ... Nickname: Americas Finest City Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates: Country United States State California County San Diego Founded July 16, 1769 Incorporated March 27, 1850 Government - Mayor Jerry Sanders - City Attorney Michael Aguirre - City Council Scott Peters Kevin Faulconer Toni Atkins Tony Young Brian Maienschein... Nickname: Big D Location in the state of Texas Country United States State Texas Counties Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall Incorporated 2 February 1856 - Mayor Laura Miller Area - City 385. ... Nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley Location of San Jose within Santa Clara County, California. ... Nickname: Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Area - City 143. ... Location in the state of Indiana Coordinates: County Marion Founded 1821 - Mayor Bart Peterson (D) Area - City 372 sq mi (963. ... Motto: Where Florida Begins Location in the state of Florida Coordinates: Country United States State Florida County Duval - Mayor John Peyton (R) Area - City 885 sq mi (2,264. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay; Fog City; The City Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area - City 47 sq mi (122 kmÂ²) - Land 46. ... Nickname: The Arch City The Discovery City Location in the state of Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield - Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area - City 212. ... Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas County Travis County - Mayor Will Wynn Area - City 669. ... For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town[1][2], B-more Motto: The Greatest City in America[3], Get in on it. ... Nickname: Cowtown, Panther City Motto: Where the West Begins Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas Counties Tarrant and Denton - Mayor Michael J. Moncrief Area - City 298. ... Nickname: The Queen City, Hornets Nest Location in Mecklenburg County in the state of North Carolina Coordinates: Country United States State North Carolina Counties Mecklenburg County, North Carolina - Mayor Pat McCrory, (R) Area - City 280. ... Nickname: Star of the Southwest, The Sun City, and Land of the Sun Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: County El Paso County - Mayor John Cook Area - City 250. ... Nickname: Cream City, Brew City, Mil Town, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee - Mayor Tom Barrett Area - City 97 sq mi (251. ... Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2 1869 - Mayor Greg Nickels Area - City 142. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, Athens of America, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area - City 89. ... Nickname: The Mile-High City Location of Denver in Colorado Coordinates: Country United States State Colorado City-County Denver (coextensive) Founded November 22, 1858 Incorporated November 7, 1861 - Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area - City 154. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia Coordinates: Country United States Federal District District of Columbia Government - Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) - City Council Chairperson: Vincent C. Gray (D) Ward 1: Jim Graham (D... Louisville redirects here. ... Nickname: Music City Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area - City 526. ... For other uses around the city, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Government - Mayor Tom Potter Area - City 145. ... Nickname: Capital of the New Century, O-K-C, O-City, O-C Location in Oklahoma County and the state of Oklahoma. ... Nickname: The Old Pueblo Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Pima - Mayor Bob Walkup (R) Area - City 195. ... Nickname: The Duke City Location in the state of New Mexico Coordinates: Country United States State New Mexico County Bernalillo Founded 1706 - Mayor Martin Chavez Area - City 469. ... Nickname: The International City (on flag), Friendly City (in Latin on citys seal), or the LBC Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: Country United States State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Bob Foster Area - City 170. ... Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL, A-Town Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb - Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area - City 132. ... Nickname: Fresno, the All American City & Raisin Capital of the World Location in the state of California County Fresno - Mayor Alan Autry Area - City 271. ... Nickname: City of Trees Location of Sacramento in California County Sacramento - Mayor Heather Fargo Area - City 99. ... Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot, NOLA (acronym for New Orleans, LA) Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Government - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area - City 350. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... Nickname: City of Fountains or Heart of America Location in Jackson, Clay, Platte, and Cass Counties in the state of Missouri. ... Mesa is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona and part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale Metropolitan Area. ... Location in the Commonwealth o Virginia. ... Nickname: Gateway to the West Location in Nebraska Coordinates: Country United States State Nebraska County Douglas Founded 1854 Incorporated 1857 - Mayor Michael Fahey (D) Area - City 118. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in California[1] and the county seat of Alameda County. ... Nickname: Oil Capital of the World, Americas Most Beautiful City Location in the state of Oklahoma Coordinates: Country United States State Oklahoma Counties Tulsa, Osage, Wagoner, Rogers - Mayor Kathy Taylor (D) Area - City 483. ... Miami redirects here. ... Honolulu redirects here. ... Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant Location in Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. ... Nickname: The Springs Location in the state of Colorado Coordinates: County El Paso - Mayor Lionel Rivera Area - City 482. ... Official website: http://www. ...

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