Terry Bell

  Two Madison philanthropists are giving a $600,000 donation to the Barneveld Public Library to help cover the costs of an expansion project.

“We’re Not Broke” is a 2012 documentary by Karin Hayes and Victoria Bruce about how American corporations hide profits overseas.

A virus is infecting salamanders at the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant near Baraboo.

  Matt Osterman is the producer and director of “Ghost from the Machine,” a science-fiction thriller about a young man who builds a machine that brings the dead back to life. 

This week: “Wild Bill’s Run”, about a group of small-town Minnesota friends who in the 1970s attempt a journey from Minnesota to the North Pole, then eventually to Moscow — on snowmobiles.

“Dead Weight” is a horror-drama film released in 2012, shot on location in Wisconsin. It’s about a young couple, separated by hundreds of miles, who rendezvous in Wausau to escape a zombie apocalypse.

What happens when a father and son decide to recreate 1,000 miles of Marquette and Joliet’s famous expedition from Upper Michigan to St. Louis?

  Simon Strikeback of Madison is one of the makers of “Riot Acts”, a documentary about transgender and gender-variant musicians. As Strikeback describes, the inspiration for this movie came on a lark:

  Simon Strikeback: Yeah, Madsen and I thought that we would make a mockumentary, “Boys on the Road” film …

Terry Bell: And we should explain, Madsen is your partner in this production.

Bon Iver and Garbage may have to make room at the top for another band from Wisconsin. Seven musicians from Baraboo, who call themselves Phox, are having a big year in 2013 — they were featured on NPR’s “All Songs Considered” and played the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.

In addition to directing the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Cinematheque — a group dedicated to screening rare or historic films — Jim Healy is the programming director for the Wisconsin Film Festival (WFF), which takes place April 11-18 in Madison.