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Jonathan Shipley

City Editor

Jonathan Shipley, a Madisonian with his wife and children, has had his work in the Los Angeles Times, Discover, Garden and Gun, Gramophone, and other publications. You might find him at a small town baseball game or marveling at some odd roadside attraction.

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City
Curbing salt use on Madison’s wintry roadways
The city is trying to use less salt this winter. We all should.
December 1, 2023
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Arts
More Madison bookstores to visit
Find yourself a book locally and open up a world.
December 1, 2023
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Small Business
Madison is tome, err, home to plenty of good bookstores
Independent bookstores are thriving in our city, both new and used.
November 29, 2023
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Arts
David Giffey is an icon in Madison iconography
An 81-year-old Arena man has painted most of the interior of Madison’s Assumption Greek Orthodox Church.
November 29, 2023
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Business
Pining for a holiday tree? There are some farms around Madison to help make your season bright
Deck your halls with a locally cut holiday tree.
November 27, 2023
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Business
Things are brewing for Madison’s women in the beer industry
Though women brewers are rare nationally, locally there are many.
November 27, 2023
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City
Madison’s snow plows have become immortalized
The city of Madison has created collectible snow plow baseball cards.
November 24, 2023
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Food
Wisconsin is berry good at growing cranberries
Wisconsin leads the nation in cranberry production and locals benefit.
November 21, 2023
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Travel and Outdoors
Madison Urban Wildlife Guide
Our neighbors include bats, coyotes, and more. Are they dangerous?
November 21, 2023
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Food
Some Madison Southern-infused restaurants to chow-chow at
We’re up north, but there’s some Southern food around these parts.
November 17, 2023
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Airports and Transportation
Madison’s Bus Rapid Transit project is moving along
Madison just received a $110.6 million dollar grant for public transportation.
November 17, 2023
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Voices
To celebrate World Toilet Day, an inter-poo with a Madison original
We chatted with Madisonian Matt Tebo who rates Madison’s bathrooms on Instagram.
November 16, 2023
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Travel and Outdoors
Talking turkey, in Madison and beyond
In the 1970s there were no turkeys in Wisconsin. Now they’re everywhere.
November 15, 2023
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Small Business
Madisonians can have a ball at the city’s old-school arcades
Pinball machines are lit up across the city, come along as we check out NerdHaven in Monona.
November 15, 2023
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Sports
A spike in Madison-area volleyball greatness
Local women’s volleyball programs are scoring big.
November 13, 2023
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Development
Madison’s St. John’s Lutheran Church is tearing its building down to build community
A new $46.5 million affordable housing project in downtown Madison is scheduled for completion in late 2025.
November 13, 2023
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Culture
Ho-Chunk Nation aims to preserve its endangered language
There are approximately 40 speakers of the Ho-Chunk language that remain. Efforts are being made to revitalize it.
November 10, 2023
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Culture
Would-be Portland novelists, take note: National Novel Writing Month is here
November is National Novel Writing Month. Sharpen those pencils. Your New York Times Bestseller may be on the charts soon.
November 7, 2023
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Culture
Would-be Sac novelists, take note: National Novel Writing Month is here
November is National Novel Writing Month. Sharpen those pencils — your New York Times Bestseller may be on the charts soon.
November 2, 2023
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Madeline Ewing
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Small Business
Madisonians, it’s time to dial into daylight saving time
Daylight saving time is confusing, though not to local clock repair specialists.
November 2, 2023
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Raleigh is the write city for National Novel Writing Month
November is National Novel Writing Month. Sharpen those pencils — your New York Times Bestseller may be on the charts soon.
November 2, 2023
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Allie Remhof
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Culture
Seattle is the write city for National Novel Writing Month
There are several places where you can compose your Great American Novel.
October 31, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
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Development
Construction is planned to begin in 2024 for Wisconsin’s first Buc-ee’s in DeForest.
Move over Kwik Trip, Wisconsinites can look forward to having a new gas station to idolize as construction on the state’s first Buc-ee’s is around the corner.
October 31, 2023
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History
Honor the Day of the Dead by learning more about Madison cemeteries
We learned more about the lives and deaths of those buried at these local Madison cemeteries.
October 31, 2023
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Jonathan Shipley
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Culture
Would-be Indy novelists, take note: National Novel Writing Month is here
November is National Novel Writing Month, so sharpen those pencils — your New York Times Bestseller may be on the charts soon.
October 31, 2023
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Shea Stapley
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Arts
Would-be Madison novelists, take note: National Novel Writing Month is nearly here
November is National Novel Writing Month. Sharpen those pencils. Your New York Times Bestseller may be on the charts soon.
October 26, 2023
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Jonathan Shipley
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Arts
Check out this shearly amazing exhibit at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Colombian-born, Miami-based artist Federico Uribe’s whimsical creatures are now inhabiting the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art through May 2024.
October 24, 2023
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History
UW-Madison, Phillis in on a famous poet
Learn more about the life and work of Phillis Wheatley at UW-Madison’s “250 Years of Phillis Wheatley” exhibit.
October 19, 2023
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Jonathan Shipley
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Culture
Eddie the Giraffe leaves Madison with something to look forward to
Find out more about where Madison’s favorite giraffe went, how he got there, and the reason behind his departure from the city.
October 12, 2023
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