Lindsay Christians
@lindsaychristians.bsky.social
Food & arts journalist in Madison. Likes: cookbooks, good wine, theater, literary fiction, cat content. (Photos by Ruthie Hauge.)
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Great little interview — @captimes.com reporter Ashley Rodriguez talked with photographer Rachel Seed about her documentary, "A Photographic Memory," this week. We're screening the film in Madison on Monday, 6/23. Join us!
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Ahead of Madison screening, filmmaker describes mom she never knew
Rachel Seed will come to Madison to screen her award-winning documentary, “A Photographic Memory,” for one night only at Art + Lit Lab on June 23.
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June 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Great little interview — @captimes.com reporter Ashley Rodriguez talked with photographer Rachel Seed about her documentary, "A Photographic Memory," this week. We're screening the film in Madison on Monday, 6/23. Join us!
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New bar coming to Willy Street, from the good people at Ahan! captimes.com/food-drink/a...
Ahan owners to open new bar on Willy Street
The owners intend Ba Lao to be a boba tea and to-go sandwich shop in the day and a bar at night to capture overflow from Ahan’s waitlist across the street.
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June 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
New bar coming to Willy Street, from the good people at Ahan! captimes.com/food-drink/a...
Madison being Madison, I knew the two people in this image because they go to my Saturday morning yoga class. :-)
Go see art! (via @captimes.com)
Go see art! (via @captimes.com)
Wisconsin Triennial makes a showy splash on State Street
Threads of transformation run through the 2025 Wisconsin Triennial in Madison, a statewide survey of art. The exhibition is up through Sept. 14.
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May 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Madison being Madison, I knew the two people in this image because they go to my Saturday morning yoga class. :-)
Go see art! (via @captimes.com)
Go see art! (via @captimes.com)
Can't you just hear her cute little voice? I love this new @uwmadison.bsky.social plushie!
(Via Ashley Rodriguez, @captimes.com)
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(Via Ashley Rodriguez, @captimes.com)
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Memorial Union releases new sunburst plushie as terrace chairs return
Ray Laken is the second plushie released in honor of Memorial Union Terrace chairs, which return April 16. The first plushie sold out in 30 hours.
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April 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Can't you just hear her cute little voice? I love this new @uwmadison.bsky.social plushie!
(Via Ashley Rodriguez, @captimes.com)
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(Via Ashley Rodriguez, @captimes.com)
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This story about the end of the MercLab, a scrappy theater space on Fair Oaks that I first wrote about in 2009, was close to my heart. The artists know affordable housing is important, but this still feels like a loss. (in Madison via @captimes.com)
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The MercLab, a Madison DIY theater space, makes way for housing
Steven Dietz farce "Becky’s New Car" will be Mercury Players’ last play to rehearse in a former North Fair Oaks Avenue garage. Apartments are planned there now.
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March 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This story about the end of the MercLab, a scrappy theater space on Fair Oaks that I first wrote about in 2009, was close to my heart. The artists know affordable housing is important, but this still feels like a loss. (in Madison via @captimes.com)
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Madison's best spots for grab-and-go lunches and easy dinners, brought to you by the CT newsroom.
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22 of the Madison area’s best strip mall restaurants
Find quick stops for hand-pulled noodles, tamales, poke, hummus wraps, shawarma bowls and more from Middleton to Monona.
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March 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Madison's best spots for grab-and-go lunches and easy dinners, brought to you by the CT newsroom.
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I need ways to make late winter more tolerable, because it is empirically the worst time of year in Wisconsin. This helps. (via Victoria Davis for @captimes.com)
PS I love Soup's On!
PS I love Soup's On!
9 Madison-area restaurants with heart-melting soups
From Japanese ramen and Vietnamese pho, Hungarian goulash and French “soupe à l'oignon gratinée,” these soups can stave off late-winter blahs.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I need ways to make late winter more tolerable, because it is empirically the worst time of year in Wisconsin. This helps. (via Victoria Davis for @captimes.com)
PS I love Soup's On!
PS I love Soup's On!
The thing I love about the Wisconsin Film Festival is it makes film feel like theater. More ephemeral, more of a one-time-only event. Can't wait to dig into this schedule! (via Josh Heath for @captimes.com)
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Wisconsin Film Festival announces 170 films in 8 days this April
A true avalanche of talent is coming for the 26th year of Madison’s annual film festival. Tickets go on sale Saturday at noon online and in person.
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March 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The thing I love about the Wisconsin Film Festival is it makes film feel like theater. More ephemeral, more of a one-time-only event. Can't wait to dig into this schedule! (via Josh Heath for @captimes.com)
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Caught opening night of 'Company' at the Playhouse last night from Madison's Four Seasons Theatre. It's a fantastic production, and I can't wait to see these other three!
Like a side-by-side-by-Sondheim kickline. (Via @captimes.com)
Like a side-by-side-by-Sondheim kickline. (Via @captimes.com)
Madison-area theater companies build buzz with Sondheim series
Starting this week with ‘Company,’ Four Seasons, Music Theatre of Madison, University Opera and Middleton Players present a Sondheim spring.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Caught opening night of 'Company' at the Playhouse last night from Madison's Four Seasons Theatre. It's a fantastic production, and I can't wait to see these other three!
Like a side-by-side-by-Sondheim kickline. (Via @captimes.com)
Like a side-by-side-by-Sondheim kickline. (Via @captimes.com)
Actual note I wrote to Erica, while editing this review of Madison Ballet's new show: "if you read this graf and don't want to see this show you are made of stone"
up now at @captimes.com!
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up now at @captimes.com!
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Madison Ballet’s ‘Mozart & More’ breaks out of the box
With a new show at MYArts, the ballet demonstrates the athletic prowess of its dancers and artistic director Ja’Malik’s intention to challenge ballet expectations.
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February 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Actual note I wrote to Erica, while editing this review of Madison Ballet's new show: "if you read this graf and don't want to see this show you are made of stone"
up now at @captimes.com!
captimes.com/entertainmen...
up now at @captimes.com!
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The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art has announced the artists for the 2025 Triennial, running this summer. captimes.com/entertainmen...
MMoCA’s 2025 Triennial offers creative snapshot of Wisconsin art
Madison's contemporary art museum has announced the 24 artists who will show work in the exhibition, which opens downtown on May 2.
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February 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art has announced the artists for the 2025 Triennial, running this summer. captimes.com/entertainmen...
I love the photos Ashley got at the Frozen Assets festival this weekend on Lake Mendota. Via @captimes.com captimes.com/entertainmen...
Frozen Assets slides and glides onto Lake Mendota
Frozen Assets, a winter celebration of Madison's lakes, hosted family-friendly events and the 2025 Ice and Snow Sailing World Championships.
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February 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I love the photos Ashley got at the Frozen Assets festival this weekend on Lake Mendota. Via @captimes.com captimes.com/entertainmen...
Doughnuts! Doughnuts! Doughnuts!
New vegan-friendly shop coming to Atwood Avenue in Madison.🍩
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New vegan-friendly shop coming to Atwood Avenue in Madison.🍩
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Vegan doughnut bakery Level 5 plans Atwood Avenue shop
The Madison bakers will sublease from candied nut company Fortune Favors. They hope to open the storefront by May.
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January 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Doughnuts! Doughnuts! Doughnuts!
New vegan-friendly shop coming to Atwood Avenue in Madison.🍩
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New vegan-friendly shop coming to Atwood Avenue in Madison.🍩
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On Tuesday, the cats had the best day of their lives: a bird flew in the back door.
We hollered and flailed with blankets and eventually got the little guy back out again. The cats went back to doing this (that's Sebastian, under a pillow).
But what a moment in time.
We hollered and flailed with blankets and eventually got the little guy back out again. The cats went back to doing this (that's Sebastian, under a pillow).
But what a moment in time.
January 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
On Tuesday, the cats had the best day of their lives: a bird flew in the back door.
We hollered and flailed with blankets and eventually got the little guy back out again. The cats went back to doing this (that's Sebastian, under a pillow).
But what a moment in time.
We hollered and flailed with blankets and eventually got the little guy back out again. The cats went back to doing this (that's Sebastian, under a pillow).
But what a moment in time.
Iconic editor @itsrobthomas.bsky.social left this magnet behind on his desk at the Cap Times.
I'm taking that desk, magnet and whole vibe into 2025. 😼
I'm taking that desk, magnet and whole vibe into 2025. 😼
January 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Iconic editor @itsrobthomas.bsky.social left this magnet behind on his desk at the Cap Times.
I'm taking that desk, magnet and whole vibe into 2025. 😼
I'm taking that desk, magnet and whole vibe into 2025. 😼
Worth staying up for the west coast New Year for a song by Laufey. What a delight! Happy new year, all!
January 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Worth staying up for the west coast New Year for a song by Laufey. What a delight! Happy new year, all!
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Five things most people don't know about editors and editing:
(1) The job of "editor" is really something like thirty different jobs rolled into one—not just revising, copy editing, and proofreading but developing ideas, mentoring talent, promoting pieces, etc. And nobody is good at all the jobs.
(1) The job of "editor" is really something like thirty different jobs rolled into one—not just revising, copy editing, and proofreading but developing ideas, mentoring talent, promoting pieces, etc. And nobody is good at all the jobs.
Becca Rothfeld on editing as an underappreciated art. I have a great many thoughts on this... but I'm too busy editing at the moment to share them!
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December 31, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Five things most people don't know about editors and editing:
(1) The job of "editor" is really something like thirty different jobs rolled into one—not just revising, copy editing, and proofreading but developing ideas, mentoring talent, promoting pieces, etc. And nobody is good at all the jobs.
(1) The job of "editor" is really something like thirty different jobs rolled into one—not just revising, copy editing, and proofreading but developing ideas, mentoring talent, promoting pieces, etc. And nobody is good at all the jobs.
Mmmmmf (thanks mom!)
December 27, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Mmmmmf (thanks mom!)
Family Christmas 2024. The noise took over Springfield!
December 25, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Family Christmas 2024. The noise took over Springfield!
Is it real gingerbread? If so, is there sugar in it? Do kids ever try to eat pieces of the decor? Is there a cannibalistic witch who lives inside, lying in wait for sugar-obsessed orphans?
(spotted at Clasen's European Bakery, Middleton, Wis.)
(spotted at Clasen's European Bakery, Middleton, Wis.)
December 19, 2024 at 6:19 PM
Is it real gingerbread? If so, is there sugar in it? Do kids ever try to eat pieces of the decor? Is there a cannibalistic witch who lives inside, lying in wait for sugar-obsessed orphans?
(spotted at Clasen's European Bakery, Middleton, Wis.)
(spotted at Clasen's European Bakery, Middleton, Wis.)
"Stay an extra hour in bed. Play with that dog. Take a long lunch. Have a hobby not a side hustle. Stop and chat to your neighbour instead of rushing back to work. Your worth is not in what you produce. You can do it tomorrow."
This @patrickfreyne.bsky.social article is one of the best I've read in 2024.
It's not the funny Patrick Freyne (although he is still very funny in it), it's a manifesto for better lives.
I would also 100% buy his book "Dawdle".
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
It's not the funny Patrick Freyne (although he is still very funny in it), it's a manifesto for better lives.
I would also 100% buy his book "Dawdle".
www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive December
I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design
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December 15, 2024 at 3:36 AM
"Stay an extra hour in bed. Play with that dog. Take a long lunch. Have a hobby not a side hustle. Stop and chat to your neighbour instead of rushing back to work. Your worth is not in what you produce. You can do it tomorrow."
The Wisconsin to New Orleans pipeline is real. And so delightful! How fun, to talk about my favorite spots in Bay View, Milwaukee at a Louisiana wine bar?
December 15, 2024 at 3:02 AM
The Wisconsin to New Orleans pipeline is real. And so delightful! How fun, to talk about my favorite spots in Bay View, Milwaukee at a Louisiana wine bar?
My heart hurts for my fellow journalists today at Vox and Eater properties around the country. This well and truly sucks. @shokdiesel.bsky.social thinking of you & your colleagues, and sending solidarity.
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Donate to Stand with the Vox Media Union and Thrillist Union, organized by Ashok Selvam
On Thursday, December 5, nearly 40 members of the Vox Media Union, Thr… Ashok Selvam needs your support for Stand with the Vox Media Union and Thrillist Union
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December 6, 2024 at 4:09 PM
My heart hurts for my fellow journalists today at Vox and Eater properties around the country. This well and truly sucks. @shokdiesel.bsky.social thinking of you & your colleagues, and sending solidarity.
www.gofundme.com/f/stand-with...
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Gold rush, Anthony Marra novel alternating with hands of cribbage, veggie burger from Hank's. Perfect Friday.
I still have on leggings under my jeans and I am not too warm.
I still have on leggings under my jeans and I am not too warm.
November 29, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Gold rush, Anthony Marra novel alternating with hands of cribbage, veggie burger from Hank's. Perfect Friday.
I still have on leggings under my jeans and I am not too warm.
I still have on leggings under my jeans and I am not too warm.
My vibe lately is 12 cups of tea a day and the "Coffee House Covers" station on Pandora. This is me hibernating.
November 28, 2024 at 12:24 AM
My vibe lately is 12 cups of tea a day and the "Coffee House Covers" station on Pandora. This is me hibernating.