The Center for Black Excellence and Culture will host grand opening and community open house May 6
by David Dahmer
February 27, 2026
The Center for Black Excellence and Culture (The Center) will officially open its doors on Wednesday, May 6, welcoming the public to experience a long‑awaited space created to honor Black culture, history, and future generations. The Center is a three-level, 37,000-square-foot new building that will be a landmark in Madison, Wisconsin, and beyond. The Grand […]
Gloria Ladson-Billings, Theo Edmonds to keynote Dane Arts 2026 Business of Art Conference V
by Madison365 staff
February 27, 2026
Registration is now open for the Dane Arts 2026 Business of Art Conference V, taking place April 22-24 at Arts + Literature Laboratory and StartingBlock Madison. The keynote speakers for the event will be Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, a renowned international educator and scholar from UW-Madison who helped initiate UW-Madison’s First Wave Scholarship Program, and Theo […]
Mingos sign Ghanaian striker Stephen Annor Gyamfi
by Robert Chappell
February 27, 2026
Forward Madison FC has signed forward Stephen Annor Gyamfi, pending league and federation approval. Annor, 22, is originally from Accra, Ghana, and developed at Montverde Academy in Florida, where he was the top scorer in the United Premier Soccer League in 2020 with an astonishing 20 goals in nine matches. He went on to train […]
365 Amplified: Podcast history, hip-hop ed, local budget woes
by Madison365 staff
February 27, 2026
Listen now: Hosts: Rob Chappell, Stephanie Díaz de León, Omar Waheed Dee Star’s big moment: Three major milestones for Dee Star, host of the OuttaDeeBox podcast: February 3 has been declared Dee Star Day in Sun Prairie; the Out of Dee Box podcast will be the first podcast enshrined at the Wisconsin History Museum and the Sun […]
Local podcaster Dee Star makes history, literally
by Omar Waheed
February 27, 2026
Big things are happening for Dee Star. His podcast will be the first ever enshrined at the Wisconsin History Museum and the Sun Prairie Historical Society. He now has a day in his honor during Black History Month — Dee Star Day on Feb. 3 — and will receive a Legislative Citation. Star started his […]
