The Cap Times

The Capital Times, often referred to as Cap Times, is a newspaper based in Madison, Wisconsin, and is operated by The Capital Times Company. It serves a 19-county area in south-central Wisconsin. Previously, the newspaper released print editions from Monday to Saturday, with weekday circulation figures of 19,355 and Saturday numbers reaching 21,065. However, as of April 26, 2008, it stopped publishing daily paper editions and transitioned to a mainly online news format, while still offering free printed supplements twice a week.

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'Clue Live On Stage!' makes madcap murder in Boddy Manor

18 hours ago | captimes.com | Lindsay Christians

Lightning flashes, thunder cracks and the game is afoot in Boddy Manor. The national tour of “Clue Live On Stage!” runs melodramatically through Sunday in Overture Hall, with a joke-per-minute ratio nearly matched by the mounting body count. “Who designed this place?” wonders one hapless character, as an awkward dinner party among strangers devolves into a mansion-wide murder mystery. “Parker Brothers,” cracks Wadsworth (Jeff Skowron), Mr. Boddy’s fast-talking butler.
How vouchers enabled a Madison private school to thrive

18 hours ago | captimes.com | Kayla Huynh

On Madison’s west side, 4-year-old kindergarten through eighth grade students at Lighthouse Christian School welcome guests with greetings unique to each class. In the Eagles class, named after Edgewood College, seventh graders eagerly stand atop their seats to recite a mantra. “Welcome to the home of the Edgewood Eagles, where we soar to new academic heights, and we grow in maturity and responsibility, and we rely on the joy of the Lord to be our strength,” the students chant in unison.
Wisconsin Triennial makes a showy splash on State Street

2 days ago | captimes.com | Lindsay Christians

Like a parade float, brilliant ribbons beckon and wave from the apex of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. “At first glance, you might recognize these folding chairs, familiar fixtures at picnics, outdoor concerts or Native America pow-wows,” said Sarah Ann Stolte, an associate professor of art history at Edgewood College, in a recorded response to the art. “Here, the chairs are transformed.
Timeline: Abundant Life Christian School mass shooting’s key events

2 days ago | captimes.com | Keegan Kyle

Dane County prosecutors are pursuing criminal charges against Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, following the Dec. 16 mass shooting at Abundant Life Christian School on the east side of Madison. Rupnow is the father of the 15-year-old girl authorities say killed a teacher, a fellow student and herself and injured five others.
Opinion | Pope Leo XIV embraces social justice

3 days ago | captimes.com | John Nichols

Pope Leo XIII, the leader of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903, came to be known as "the pope of the workers” because of his groundbreaking 1891 encyclical on the "Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor," which provided the outline for modern Catholic social justice teaching.
Opinion | Carney embodies Canadian calmness in crisis

4 days ago | captimes.com | Arthur I. Cyr

British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle greatly raised the prestige of the lowly detective story with his fictional alter ego, Sherlock Holmes. One of Holmes’ most brilliant insights concerned something that was not present. In “Silver Blaze” a dog did not bark. In a vexing case, what was unheard, what did not happen, proved to be the crucial evidence. Likewise, Canada-United States relations remain quietly strong, despite media focus on current disruptions.
Opinion | For GOP, the undoing of America is getting 'back on track'

5 days ago | captimes.com | Dave Zweifel

Here, for your edification, is the newsletter Donald Trump toady Scott Fitzgerald, who represents the folks who live in Wisconsin's 5th Congressional District, sent to his constituents last week. It's an example of why, during the past three months, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives has allowed Trump to usurp most of its constitutional powers. "Last week marked a significant moment in Washington — 100 days of President Trump being back in the White House.
Federal AmeriCorps cuts hit Dane County after-school, summer programs

6 days ago | captimes.com | Kayla Huynh

A longtime after-school program that served thousands of children across Dane County is ending after the federal government abruptly pulled funding for AmeriCorps initiatives nationwide. Since 2006, at least 1,000 AmeriCorps workers have organized after-school and summer programs at neighborhood centers through the county’s Partners for After School Success, also known as PASS.
Trump’s NEA slashes grants for Madison-area arts groups

6 days ago | captimes.com | Lindsay Christians

Ten minutes before the curtain rose on “Don Giovanni” in Overture Hall on May 2, an email dropped into the inbox of Madison Opera general director Kathryn Smith. The opera’s $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts had been canceled by the Trump administration, which pulled back grants from hundreds of organizations across the country. That one grant, designated to support a world premiere next spring, was more than the opera receives from all other government entities combined.
Opinion | A strange exchange: Civil War, writ small

6 days ago | captimes.com | Jamie Stiehm

Scene: walking in Washington at dusk, looking around an old market neighborhood made new again. I'm coming from a book talk, searching the lively sidewalks for the Metro station. A guy sees my shop bag and asks what book I'm reading. I show him: "Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History." Chris Whipple is the author. It's on the vicissitudes of the 2024 campaign, I say, how Joe Biden, by bowing out so late in the game, helped Donald Trump win.