Mad City Story Slam - Wishes do come true!

Art in the cafe...

John Isaac Lyons


"Drawings and Paintings by Isaac Lyons"


November 2025



Isaac Lyons grew up in an artistic family in the woods west of Madison Wisconsin. While surrounded by nature in his youth, Lyons was drawn to the urban aesthetic of trains, street art and Hip Hop culture. As a teenager he spent most of his free time painting graffiti in abandoned buildings, under bridges and on trains. He has also completed many murals around Wisconsin and the midwest. Isaac’s recent works on canvas have moved away from the Postmodern Figurative/Symbolic, as he is now embracing a Neo Abstract Expressionist aesthetic. These paintings, exude raw brush work, and reveal his knack for color and...
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Friday, March 1, 2024
7:00 pm

For March we have a theme suggested by a member of the story slam community: Wishes do come true! Come tell a story about a wish of yours (whether it came true or not)!
Get up to the mic, or just come to listen! Sign up starts at 6:30, show starts at 7.

Open Mic