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The art of resilience

Artist’s works explore the interaction of human and natural worlds By Kelly Sauvage Angel, Eastside News

I first encountered the art of Rhea Ewing last year through “Love Letters: The Coloring Book.” Over the months I spent coloring an alphabet comprised of flowers and berries, insects, sea creatures and skulls, I began following the artist online, seeking out their events and exhibitions. Rhea prefers the pronouns they, their, them as opposed to he, she, his or hers. Thus, the Eastside News refers to Ewing as such. We all can benefit from cultivating a healthy set of survival skills, and for Rhea Ewing, art is a vehicle for sharing their know-how with others. Ewing’s exhibit “Seven Strengths: Resilience” and companion workshop “Coloring for Resiliency” were recently presented at the Arts + Literature Laboratory, an arts incubator at 2021 Winnebago Ave. Ewing explored the skills that have allowed them to thrive: flamboyancy, transformation, love, insight, resiliency, passion and perspective. The artist’s mixed-media pieces involve several laborious steps that come together as a powerful visual experience. PHOTO: KIMBERLEY LONG-EWING

Artist Rhea Ewing.

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Still no business sign despite face lift While the iconic lighted Blatz sign remains, the renovated Ohio Tavern has taken on a more urban vibe under new ownership. The establishment offers a full bar, craft beers, “truck-to-table” tacos and tamales. East side crooners can enjoy karaoke on Saturday nights. Article on page 15

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Bright colors in nature can act as a warning or to attract others. In this work, there are also examples of wild animals playing and using humor. Titled “Flamoyancy,” this work is made with giclée, acrylic, papercut and mixed media and is 24" x 36". “All my pieces start out as a pencil or ink drawing on paper. Then I’ll scan the image and develop it more on the computer by adding color, texture and changing the color of the line art. I’ll also use the computer to combine multiple drawings to make a larger form,” Ewing said. “Once I’m happy with the image, I’ll deconstruct it again and print each piece as a giclée, an archival digital print. The giclée prints are on a thick, textured paper similar to watercolor paper. Then I’ll cut out each piece by hand

with an X-ACTO knife and assemble them together with acrylic paint and other media. I use this technique to create a sense of depth and material, which is easy to lose when there’s a digital step in your art process.” Beyond visual impact, most striking about the artwork is the way in which the artist has intertwined their knowledge of the natural world and experience navigating what Ewing calls the human ecosystem.

Since 2014, current and former east side musicans have come together to perform chamber music. The Willy Street Chamber Players have garnered high praise from the community in their short existence. Article on page 26

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Olbrich Park Beach could get much busier this summer Look for placemaking to begin at Olbrich Park Beach this summer as Rutabaga Paddlesports, and possibly a beer garden, set up at the beach house. Kayaks, paddleboards and other equipment will be available for rent. If the biergarten proposal passes, look for it to become the east side equivalent to the Union Terrace. Article on page 15

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Ewing  from page 1 “The human world story is a natural world story,” Ewing said. “Understanding this allows me to synthesize my experience as a person with things that science has found in the natural world.” Ewing’s investigation into the interactions and adaptations of many species has revealed to the artist the ways creatures can successfully collaborate and flourish, even within harsh or threatening environments, which just so happens to debunk a few survival myths. “When I talk about queer narratives in nature, I’m referring to the ways plants and animals survive in the world that challenge our assumptions about gender, relationships and family,” Ewing explained. “Same-sex relationships occur in thousands of species, and many species have a diverse range of mating and relationship strategies even within the same population.” The way Ewing sees it, this diversity within nature allows us to glean valuable means of adapting to our environment and ways in which we can work together for the benefit of our community. At Ewing’s “Coloring for Resiliency” class, participants were invited to create their own vision of what it means to

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Ewing, cutting a giclée print for the piece titled “Perspective” from the Seven Strengths series. be strong and resilient while coloring pages from Ewing’s upcoming publication, “Seven Strengths: A Coloring and Activity Book for Resiliency.” Ewing encouraged attendees to identify those who are a part of their “human ecosystem.” Most listed family, friends, partners and children. Then, Ewing encouraged them to expand their perception of their ecosystem to include others who provide for and support them. With Ewing’s first coloring book was published in 2015, titled “Love Letters.” The pages are a collection of alphabet illustrations representing things Ewing loves. A Kickstarter campaign for a new coloring book titled, “Seventh Strengths: A Coloring and Activity Book for Resiliency,” will begin in January.

Tidal species live in a world of constant change. They have to be able to hold tightly to things … and be able to let go and bend with the flow of the tides. This work, titled “Resiliency,” is made with giclée, acrylic, papercut and mixed media and is 24" x 36". this expanded list in mind, Ewing asked the group to consider ways they might offer support in return. “Human societies are complex webs of interdependence, and that expands out past our individual families and friends,” Ewing said. “If they don’t know what someone needs or how to support them, I encourage them to ask: Who made their clothes? Who works at the store down the street? Who made their food?” Prior to relocating to Madison in 2015, Ewing lived within rural or smalltown communities. “I was living in a community where my queerness, both in terms of my actual identity and how others would read me, was tolerated at best. There were many good people who knew me and would treat me well, but with strangers it was a lot harder,” Ewing said. “I would get dirty looks, cashiers refusing to speak with me, people shouting slurs out of car windows, that kind of thing. It was survivable, and I lived there for years. However, there was an obvious difference when I moved to Madison in the way I was treated day-to-day. “Madison isn’t perfect; I still deal with the occasional weirdness when I walk into a bathroom, but homophobic and transphobic harassment are no longer a part of my everyday experience. This means that going to the grocery store or to a friend’s house isn’t nearly as emotionally exhausting, and I spend a lot less time mentally processing harassment so I don’t internalize it. Instead, that time and energy gets put into my relationships and my work, and that’s made a huge difference in my happiness and my productivity. I’ve made more art in the last year than I have in the last three years combined.” Ewing also embraces a role more characteristic of a mentor to those strug-

gling to find direction in the world. Younger people have mentioned that they’ve never met an adult they feel they could be like when grown, Ewing said. When asked what guidance they would offer to those feeling fearful or unsafe, Ewing had a twofold answer at the ready: “Be angry. Let yourself cry, let yourself feel the injustice, your desire for something better. Those feelings are your inner fire. Like fire, they will eat you up if you let them, but you also need them to live. Don’t smother that fire. Instead, use it to spark action, change or new possibilities. “Secondly, find your people. Anything you can do to maximize your contact with people who understand you and your identity is good. Find clubs, support groups, online forums, friends, supportive family, read books written by people like you, make things. I imagine roots going through gravel, pulling what they need from wherever they can find it.” Ewing added that finding symmetry isn’t the same as isolating yourself. “It’s healthy to be around people who are different from you; what’s unhealthy is being around people who don’t see you as valid most of the time.” Ewing will be launching a Kickstarter for “Seven Strengths: A Coloring and Activity Book for Resiliency” in early January. Ewing’s art is sold in a variety of forms, including as postcards, apparel, coloring books, bags, clocks and other accessories. People can purchase items through the website rheaewing.com. l

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Homemade eats transform GCC snack time By Tara Coberly-Horrall, GCC evening program cook

“Hey! Are those Cajun muffins?” Desmond, Goodman Community Center’s catering cook, jokingly hollered at me as he strolled into the kitchen. “What?” I responded hesitantly, one eyebrow arched in question. “Cajun muffins? No, they’re cranberry-cream cheese muffins with a brown sugar crumble. Cranberries are Goodman’s ‘Harvest of the Month’ fruit and (our kitchen manager) gave me this recipe.” I started rambling, hoping to distract from the fact that the muffins were slightly, well, burnt. Desmond listened patiently, a knowing half smile on his face, until he saw the recognition in my eyes. “Oh, Cajun ... like, blackened. I get it.” I squinted my eyes a little, and we both cracked up. As Goodman’s new afternoon program cook, I enjoy some friendly banter with the veterans of the kitchen. That small incident aside, my efforts to bring more handmade snacks to the kids at Goodman have been going extremely well. Since starting in October, I’ve been working with Eric Gavins, our kitchen manager, to develop recipes that will eventually replace packaged snacks such as graham or goldfish crackers. Prepackaged snacks frequently in-

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Tara Coberly-Horrall stands with a fresh batch of “cajun muffins.” clude larger amounts of sugar, sodium and processed ingredients. I believe that the food that we eat has a huge influence on our mood, attention span and overall wellbeing. By making our own snacks for the students, we know exactly what ingredients we are serving. Homemade granola bars have been a big hit, along with fruit muffins (preferably not burnt) and hummus. Previously, we served packaged snacks nearly every day of the week. Starting in December, we’ve rolled out a fully homemade snack menu! For more information about Goodman’s snack program, contact Tara Coberly-Horrall at tara@goodmancenter.org. l

An astonishing work of arts wows GCC youth By Howard Hayes, GCC male youth program coordinator IMAGE COURTESY OF THE CHAZEN MUSEUM OF ART. In November, Goodman’s middle school boys group took a trip to the Chazen Museum of Art to see posters of Shakespeare’s Hamlet designed by artists from around the world. At the museum, we stumbled upon a surprise that would shake us all to the core. Unbeknowst to us, there was an exhibit Rebirth, pen and ink, 13' x 10′ opening that day by a Japanese artist named Manabu Ikeda. Ikeda has been an artist- had two children, in his addition to one in-residence at the museum since 2013 already at home. He broke his arm skiing and his work has culimated in one epic and taught himself to paint left handed. work of art, titled Rebirth. The work’s Along with those challenges in life, he theme centers around destruction and was living in Wisconsin — place a totally recovery and was drawn in intricate de- unfamiliar to him. You would think that tail using pen and ink. these barriers would slow him down, but We were in such awe of the detail in he channeled them into a burst of bright the painting that we stared at it for at and lively creativity. He would place little least 30 minutes, playing games like “I imagines of Wisconsin in the artwork, spy.” Because it was the exhibit’s openalong with his children’s names. We had ing day, Manabu Ikeda was there to talk a lot of fun learning about his process. to visitors. Everyone was too shy to apThe exhibit is no longer at the Chaproach him, including me. Next to the zen and is currently touring galleries in painting was a video. Japan. I hope that wherever the painting The video showed the amazing three- moves, it brings as much enjoyment as it year journey it took Ikeda to finish this did to the youth here at Goodman. l painting. Since he began in 2013, he’s

Goodman dancers perform at Bartell Theatre

‘Evicted’ book discussion opens eyes at GCC

By Nicole Wetzel, GCC elementary support staff

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Love, peace, unity and having fun are the four principles of hip hop dance. Thanks to funding from the Madison Arts Council and a partnership with Goodman Community Center and Express Yourself Dance Company, nine girls experienced these principles both on the studio dance floor and by building new neighborhood connections. The girls participated in The dance group poses with instructor Rachael an eight-week hip hop dance Peterson at Express Yourself Dance Company. course at Express Yourself Dance Studio. Their lessons then practiced these elements in a choculminated with a performance at the reographed dance. Bartell Theatre and an encore perforThe girls learned about various moves mance at Goodman’s December Family and style of hip hop dance through guest Fun Night. Most of the girls had never instructors, videos and playing games. performed on a stage before, allowing Each girl, when leaving class, was for discussions about handling butterasked which principle she had pracflies, unity as a team and general perfor- ticed that day. Sometimes, a girl would mance etiquette. say she practiced all four principles. By Each week, the girls attended class at building relationships with other girls the downtown studio and learned about throughout during each class, the girls breaking, popping and locking. They exemplified all of hip hop’s principles. l

Telisa Yancy, American Family Insurance chief marketing officer, was recently named as a 2016 honoree of Ebony magazine’s Ebony Power 100, a celebration of the world’s most inspiring African-Americans. Telisa is a supporter of the Goodman Community Center and the Girls Inc. program through Goodman’s Women of Impact leadership and giving program.

Several employees of the Goodman Community Center read the eye-opening novel, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” by Matthew Desmond. Then, in late November, we got together for a twohour discussion about the book. Desmond, associate professor of the social sciences at Harvard University, embedded himself into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee from May 2008 through December 2009. He then followed the lives of eight affected families for several years. Although most of us suspected we have issues in Madison that mirror what was happening in Milwaukee, it was confirmed when many in the group shared real-time, real-life anecdotes. There were way too many parallels about impoverished neighborhoods right here in our highly educated, wealthy city to ignore.

With no awareness of life outside of poverty, and after questionable evictions, Milwaukee families continued scrambling to find shelter; only hoping for a safe, long-term neighborhood for themselves and their children. One thing that struck several readers, including Jenny Pressman, GCC development director, was the specific impact eviction and homelessness has on women and their families. In the book, Desmond explains that men get incarcerated while women get evicted. According to Pressman, “That’s just two sides of the same inequity-poverty coin.” Families in the book were stuck in the never-ending cycle of being forced to leave their apartments, with no chance of creating stability, by a system caught up in money and greed. l

Briarpatch youth garden for GCC’s food pantry By Liza Lightfoot, chair of Kidlinks World Inc.

This past summer, a new Madison program was set in motion that helps young folks in crisis relieve stress, while at the same time giving back to the community by growing food. The program focuses on training teens to grow food for local food banks, in particular the Goodman Community Center’s Fritz Food Pantry. This program is offered as part of a partnership between Kidlinks World, the University of Wisconsin Center for Integrated Agriculture Systems and Briarpatch Youth Services. Each Thursday afternoon, a group of Briarpatch children —along with their counselors — meet at Avant Gardening and Landscaping in McFarland to plant, weed and harvest their bounty. The pro-

duce is washed and prepped for use in the kitchen. Fresh boxes of vegetables are then delivered to Goodman’s pantry. The group has delivered corn, leeks, tomatoes, onions, beans, potatoes, yams, peppers, beets, kale and squash, which were grown using organic methods. KidlinksWorld’s core mission is to improve the lives of AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children in Southern Africa through increased awareness and direct connections between donors and recipients, and by partnering with grassroots initiatives. For more information about Kidlinks World, contact Liza Lightfood at 608-2093398 or contact@kidlinksworld.org. l

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A familiar face returns to Goodman By Cory Neeley, Eastside News PHOTO: JULIE CHECK

There is a familiar face around Goodman Community Center’s halls these days. Susan (Susie) Neeley, a former preschool teacher at Goodman, has returned to teach creative movement to early childhood education children on Fridays. In the summer Susan Neeley (left) leads a group of early childhood educaof 2011, Susan left tion students through movement exercises in the GCC gym. Goodman to become imagination rather than teaching them a stay-at-home mom shortly after she ‘how they are supposed to dance.’” found out she was having her second Susan credits Goodman for teaching child. After leaving Goodman, Susan her how to work with children. “I grew continued to develop her love of dance to know so many families, and my forin her free time as a member of Limanya mer co-workers welcomed me back with Drum and Dance Ensemble, a West Afopen arms,” said Susan. “That sense of rican performance group. She has also community is hard to find, and I am so performed and taught with Li Chiaohappy to be back and teaching the prePing Dance, a modern dance company. schoolers, even if it’s just for a few hours When her girls were ready to start on Fridays,” she shared. preschool, she decided to combine her Along with teaching at Goodman love for teaching children with her Community Center, Susan offers youth love for dance by founding Moove and classes, individual lessons and an adult Groove, a company dedicated to providMoove and Groove class at Goodman. ing fun and non-competitive develop“It’s good to be back in the classmental classes for young children. room,” said Susan. “It felt like coming Susan said, “I strive to provide classhome.” l es that will nurture their creativity and MB-Mobile Launch_MB-Mobile Launch 12/10/14 10:00 AM Page 2

Now, more than ever, a spotlight is shining on out-of-school-time programming. Unfortunately, much of what you might hear when talking to other families about afterschool programming is the difficulty they have experienced trying to find a program that is affordable and of high quality. For many, finding a program is just the first step. Often participation is halted due to the program already being at capacity or not enrolling new participants due to staffing limitations. Every October, Goodman Community Center joins many other afterschool providers to recognize and celebrate Lights On Afterschool. Since October 2000, Lights On is the only nationwide event celebrating afterschool programs and the critical role they play in the lives of children, youth, and families. This year, Goodman, along with other 21st Century Community Learning Center sites, extended an invitation to several elected officials to join our fall Lights On Afterschool festival. Teri LeSage attended the event on behalf of the Department of Public Instruction along with Judy Norman-Nunnery, who oversees the state’s division of early care and education. For every child enrolled in an afterschool program, there are two sitting on a waiting list! We can help change this by letting our community and elected officials know to invest in afterschool

Angela Tortorice, director of childcare programs, poses with Judy NormanNunnery (above) and Teri LeSage (below) at October’s Lights On Afterschool Family Fun Night at GCC. programs. One longtime elementary parent shared, “Three of my kids benefit from the afterschool program at Goodman, and they have always felt part of the Goodman family. My oldest just moved into the teen center, and every day I come get them and find they don’t want to leave. It is always comforting to hear from them how good a day they had. It means a lot to know my children are safe and well cared for during afterschool hours.” To learn more about the importance afterschool programming plays in a child’s development, visit afterschoolalliance.org and click on the “research” tab. l

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Madison community celebrated 50th anniversary of Kwanzaa at GCC By Edith Hilliard, GCC executive assistant

Kwanzaa is a seven-day celebration of AfricanAmerican culture and contribution to the community that starts Dec. 26 and continues through Jan. 1. This year, the Goodman Community Center marked the 50th anniversary of Kwanzaa with a celebration of dancing, singing and food on Dec. 18.

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Goodman’s youth leaders at Camp Manito-Wish.

Lessons learned at Camp Manito-Wish By Arthur Morgan, GCC LOFT middle school coordinator

About the principles and symbols Throughout Kwanzaa, Cousins Edith Hilliard and Dana Hilliard-Warren seven principles are unity stand in front of a traditional Kwanzaa display. (umoja), self-determinafelt this was our attempt to learn about tion (kujichagulia), collective work and African culture and traditions. As the responsibility (ujima), cooperative ecoyears went by, Kwanzaa became more nomics (ujamaa), purpose (nia), creativpopular and more African-Americans ity (kuumba) and faith (imani). were celebrating and researching its oriThe colors of Kwanzaa are black, red gin to better celebrate its meaning. and green, which represent the people, struggle and hope for the future, respec- Madison’s Kwanzaa celebration tively. As part of the Kwanzaa celebraIn 2006, I thought the greater Madison tion, seven symbols are also used and community and not just African Ameridisplayed, including a mat, a candelabra cans, should know about Kwanzaa. As with seven candles (kinara), corn and a a member of the Olbrich Botanical Garvegetable, which represent the harvest dens board of directors, I encouraged and children in the family, gifts (usually Olbrich to host a Kwanzaa celebration homemade or books), a unity cup used and to invite the community to the garfor the blessing of ancestors, and a red, den for it. green and black flag or poster. That first celebration had an atten-

dance of over 100 and represented a very diverse group. This celebration continAs a senior at Madison East High School ued for six years at Olbrich and each in 1966, I remember the terrible Watts year, it was better and bigger. riots in Los Angeles. At the same time, I This year, the Goodman Community heard about a celebration called KwanCenter welcomed the community to the zaa from a professor by the name of 50th anniversary of Kwanzaa on SunMaulana Karenga. His hope was to bring day, Dec. 18. The event featured dancback unity to that community. ing, singing and a variety of vendors. I found an article in the newspaper Refreshments were donated by the Food explaining how this new festival would Fight Restaurant Group. work. I called some friends and together I believe Kwanzaa’s principles are not we used what we could find in order to only symbolic for African-Americans, pull together a Kwanzaa celebration. We but for all people of all races, ethnic went through each of the principles and backgrounds and genders. l used a Menorah to hold the candles. We

My personal experience

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Last month, members from Goodman’s Young Men’s Group and Girls Inc. took a trip four hours north to a leadership camp in Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, called Camp Manito-Wish. This was our second trip to the camp, and several students who attended last year came again. The staff at Camp Manito-Wish were incredibly welcoming and even remembered some Goodman students’ names from last year. During the two-day stay at the camp, our youth participated in a variety of team building activities. Goodman youth learned how to rock climb, including how to belay for each other, which culminated in a high ropes course. The skills that our youth learned on this weekend trip will help them push through obstacles in their lives, see their full potential in life and give them the ability to fight through adversity. While at Camp Manito-Wish, we were treated with respect and love. However, on our way back home, we experienced a different reality. About an hour outside of Boulder Junction, we made a quick bathroom stop at a gas station. Once inside the gas station, we quickly realized that we were less than welcome. Our students were watched and followed through the store. Staff tried to start conversations with the cashiers, but they wouldn’t speak to us. Not a single word! We quickly left the gas station to load up the vans and head home. One of the cashiers made sure we were leaving

by standing in the store’s doorway as we drove off. Once we were in the vans, our youth were shocked at how we were treated and wanted to voice their frustrations about what had just occurred. We had entered a town where I’m guessing there isn’t a huge minority population. Since the majority of the students who took the trip are African-American, this was an incredible life lesson. I couldn’t have asked for a better time to have a meaningful conversation about race relations. The first order of business for me was to make sure I let my youth know how proud I was at how they handled themselves. I then made it a point to remind them how incredibly we were treated at Camp Manito-Wish and how the people there treated us as not only equals, but gave hugs to our students on the way out, like family. I told our youth to focus on the positive aspects of the weekend and the positive people that we were with. The trip emphasized the importance of people from different backgrounds and cultures coming together to make a difference in the world through conversation and understanding of one another rather than judgement and bias. Our young leaders learned a lot that weekend. Life lesson #4,080: Life throws different tests at you on a daily basis, and our young leaders got an A+ in my grade book! l

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Katherine Brophy and Marybeth Wilk’s love extends to their community Goodman donors’ lives exude kindness

By Kristin Groth, GCC communications and community giving director

Katherine Brophy and Marybeth Wilk supported the Center long before we met them in person, but we’ll never forget the night we first met. It was years ago now. We invited Kate and Marybeth to a party we threw to thank our most loyal donors. We were surprised anyone came, because that December night we got slammed with a major blizzard. And it was bitter cold. But Kate and Marybeth Wilk (left) and Katherine Brophy, on their Marybeth, and many wedding day in June. friends of Goodman, braved the weather, and They met at an exercise class in 2002, it was a magical night. and they’ve been creating a healthy and As the party wound down, Kate and happy life together ever since. They both Marybeth went to get their coats, but enjoy gardening, yoga, bicycling, bakKate’s coat was gone. In the bitter cold, ing and cooking, and they make a point this was a bigger problem than usual, of seeing theater and going to hear live but they were so calm. And so kind. It music. all turned out okay — Kate ended up goIn June, they made it official. They ing home wrapped in a blanket, the coat got married. mix-up got figured out and we dropped Marybeth has been a supporter of off her coat later that night. But we’ll al- the Center for many years. She had her ways remember their kindness. 50th birthday party in the old Atwood Since then, we’ve gotten to know Community Center, where she volunthem a bit more. They live in a cozy teered with kids and was regularly there home near East High School. When they for neighborhood meetings. Marybeth talk about their home and their neighsaid, “I have always felt like the Center bors, they can hardly find superlatives is such a positively thought-of organizato describe how happy they are to live tion. As a social worker working with there. “People here are so friendly and families that have difficult times, I uneveryone helps each other out. When we derstand how important it is to empower had our wedding this summer, so many kids and for them to have another place neighbors helped. One let us use freezer where they feel supported.” space, one let us use their electric outKate learned about Goodman through lets, and another hosted some of our Marybeth. “I just think it’s so great that family in their home.” families have this resource. I grew up in Marybeth is a social worker. She lia small rural community, so there wasn’t censes foster homes and trains foster anything like that. It’s so important. parents in Dane County. She is a reasGrowing up, we were always raised with suring adult for 14- to 21-year-old youths a strong ethic of supporting the commuin foster care. As they leave the foster nity however you can. If you can, you system, she is there to help them as they share your money, or time or whatever transition to being independent adults. you can.” Kate’s degree is in music. She plays And they do. Kate and Marybeth are the tuba in the Edgewood College camsustaining supporters of the Center, and pus community band for fun. Early in often give additional gifts to help out her career, she discovered she loved with our annual Thanksgiving Basket computers as she became the tech guru Drive or holiday gift program. And we at Community Pharmacy. So she went know that’s just one of many ways their on to earn a second degree in IT asset lives exude kindness. l management and now works at WPS.

Fire Fighters Local 311 and the Madison Professional Police Officers Association raised $25,000 for the Goodman Community Center at the Madison Area Police and Fire Charity Ball, held at the Monona Terrace Nov. 5.

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A BIG thanks to these community-minded businesses and organizations These organizations have donated time and/or resources to help keep our programs strong.

Thanks to these organizations who supported us in August and September A Fund for Women American Girl Fund for Children Badgers Give Back Buck’s Pizza CGC Child Care Tuition Assistance Program Chocolate Shoppe Ice Cream City of Madison Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin Department of Health Department of Health and Social Services Epic Systems Corporation Forest Foundation Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier GCC Volunteers Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Foundation Leopold Elementary School Madison Circus Space Madison College Madison Commercial

Madison Kipp Corporation Madison Metropolitan School District Madison Public Library Maydm Mid Town Pub Nolen Shores Condo Assoc. North/Eastside Senior Coalition Remax Salvatore’s Tomato Pies Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin St. Bernard Catholic Church The Brink Lounge The Roman Candle Pizzeria United Way of Dane County UW Health Mindfulness Program WI-CCP Tuition Reimbursement Willy Street Co-op Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Zephyr Group Garden

Thank you!

If your business contributed to our Thanksgiving Basket Drive, please see pages 8 and 9 for a Thanksgiving Basket spread. If we have omitted your business or organization, we are truly sorry. Please send kathleen@goodmancenter.org an email and we will include you in the next issue and correct our records.

You Gave4Good on #GivingTuesday

Massive community support helped us reach — and exceed — our goal to fund our high quality youth programs By Kathleen Ward, Eastside News

After Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, our community still had a lot left to give. Thanks to broad community support — much of it from new donors — the Goodman Community Center was able to raise more than $27,000, mostly from online donations, on Tuesday, Nov. 29, exceeding our original goal of $15,000. #GivingTuesday began as the brainchild of the 92nd Street Y in New York City in 2012 and has energized non-profits around the country with a movement to create a national day of giving. Through a campaign titled Give4Good, GCC raised money to support vibrant academic achievement programming throughout our youth programs. These donations have strengthened our ability to provide daily after-school study hall for middle school students, teen education and employment training for high school students and scholarships for childcare participants. Though this was our third year promoting this campaign, we were blown away by the immense show of support from people of all ages and income levels. To engage visitors and community members who might not have social media accounts, we set up a live projection

Facility user Amelia poses with her son Frankie after donating on #GivingTuesday. of our Facebook page and an #unselfie booth to take photos of the generous staff and community members who contributed. You can browse photos on our Facebook page at facebook.com/GoodmanCommunityCenterWI. While you’re there, we’d love it if you could “follow” us as well. We provide fun updates on our programs throughout the year. Thank you for making Give4Good a success! We are grateful for each and every donation. l

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THANKSGIVING BASKET DRIVE

Thanks to generous

community members and organizations, 3,600 families were offered all the groceries needed to make a Thanksgiving meal for family, friends and loved ones. We are grateful to be in a community that cares so much. Thank you! -The Goodman Community Center staff & board of directors

Total # of Donors: 1,625 Total # of volunteers: 902

In their words We can thank you a thousand times, but the most meaningful thanks come from those you helped directly. Here are some notes shared by families who received our Thanksgiving Baskets.

“I live in East Pointe Apartments. I had my Thanksgiving dinner with my mother and aging grandmother yesterday.

“On behalf of my family and house- The meal was great. Thank you. hold, I wanted to say thank you. Helping people and giving just a little goes a long way. Our Thanksgiving wouldn’t have been possible without your program or the volunteers. From our family to all of yours, thank you so, so much.”

I’m on SSI. I’m on disability. I don’t get out. I’m crippled because of brain surgeries. It’s difficult for me sometimes. So I needed that. Thank you for helping me.”

Organizations who provided volunteer crews

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ABESA at UW-Madison Alpha Kappa Psi Alpha Phi Omega Boy Scouts Troop 34 College Success Group CONNECT Madison Dean Health Plan Eastside Friends of Dharma EatStreet Epic Fiskars Foley & Lardner Girl Scout Troop 2531 Globe University High Flyers 4H Ipswitch Inc. Jewish Law Students Association Journey Church Lauer Realty Group Mad City Gobblers Mad Rollin’ Dolls Madison Convention

iHeartRadio The Cap Times University of Wisconsin WISC-TV / Channel 3000 WKOW 27 News WMSN Fox 47 Madison WMTV- NBC 15 Wisconsin State Journal

Madison Futsal Regional Team Mann Scholars Mansfield Hall Midvale Community Lutheran Church Monona Grove High School Basketball Team Monona State Bank PHSSO Powers Knapp Scholars QBE Insurance RS+K Rosenberry Society Summit Credit Union Urban League of Greater Madison Young Professionals UW Athletics UW Women’s Club Soccer Veridian Homes West High School’s HOSA club WHEDA Widen WPS

We are SO GRATEFUL to all the individuals who donated money, food or time to our Thanksgiving Basket Drive. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you!!

We’re so grateful to our incredibly generous

Thanksgiving Basket Sponsors Lauer Realty Group Corporate Business System • First Weber Group Foundation Fresh Madison Market • Hy-Vee • Local 311 Firefighters Charitable Trust RE Golden Produce Company • Schoep’s Ice Cream WPS Charitable Foundation CapSpecialty Clausen Quality Coatings CMI Management Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Festival Foods Harvest Restaurant Martin Glass Messiah Lutheran Church

Stevens Construction Corp. Town Bank Wine and Hop Shop Merrill Lynch

Businesses who contributed to our Thanksgiving Basket Drive 100 Mile Sauce Co. ABRA Auto Body & Glass AFSCME Local 6000 The Alexander Company Alliant Energy Foundation Alpha Sigma No.637 Epsilon Sigma Alpha International Amazon Smile Foundation American Endowment Foundation American Family Insurance Dreams Foundation American Family Mutual Insurance Company American Transmission Company Amgen Foundation Angelic Angles Photography Anthology Attic Angel Association Axley Brynelson, LLP Baker Tilly Virchow Krause Bank of America Charitable Foundation BeefnBeaks Farm The Benevity Community Impact Fund Beta Omicron of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Beta Zeta of Epsilon Sigma Alpha Beth Israel Center BMO Harris Bank Boardman & Clark, LLP Bradshaw Knight Foundation Bread of Life Anglican Church Brothers Main Appliance & TV The Bucky Book Bulgrin Bullseye Capital City Cleaning & Supply CapSpecialty Clasen Quality Coatings Classical Restaurants Clear Title Madison Clue 2 Coaching CMI Management Connections Counseling Corporate Business Systems The Cremer Foundation Culver’s DeForest Culver’s Waunakee CUNA Mutual Group Foundation CUNA Mutual Insurance Group Custard Sense Dane County Cultural Affairs Dane County Planning & Development Design Coalition Dobhan Restaurant Doks Klassik Tavern DonateWell East Side History Club East Wind Acupuncture & Pain Clinic EatStreet Edelweiss Behavioral Health Employment Resources Enterprise Rent-A-Car of Wisconsin Environment Control of Wisconsin The Eppstein Uhen Foundation The Evjue Foundation Farm and Rural Law FedEx Festival Foods Fidelity Charitable First Weber Group Foundation, Foley & Lardner, LLP Frances L Nelson Foundation Frank Productions Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier

Garden Search & Rescue GE United Way Campaign Girls Inc. Good Family Foundation Grampa’s Pizzeria Green Owl Cafe Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin Gunderson Funeral Home Gundlach Family Fund of Messiah Lutheran Church Hallman Lindsay Harvest Restaurant Hawks Quindel, S.C. Herbert H. Kohl Charities Hill Electric and their customers Hoofer Sailing Club Hooper Foundation Hope Lodge No 17 Hui Cheng, LLC Husch Blackwell (WHD) IBEW Local 159 Ideal Bar Immanuel Lutheran Church Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Foundation James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation Jazz at Five Johnson Bank JustGive Karen & Co./ Sassafras Keller Williams Realty Kirch Appliance Kiwanis Club of Madison East Kojo Productions Lake Edge Lutheran Church Lakeview Moravian Community Church Lauer Realty Group Liuna-City Employees Local 236 Local 311 Firefighters Charitable Trust Love+Light Hairdressing Lussier Community Education Center Madison Area Music Association Madison Area Sports Commission Madison Community Foundation Madison Emergency Physicians Madison Gas & Electric Foundation Madison Homebrewers & Tasters Guild Madison Rotary Foundation Madison-Kipp Corporation Madistan Eatery Maintenance Services of Madison Martin Glass Co. MCA Network Consultants Memorial High School Meriter Health Service and Meriter Hospital Merrill Lynch Messiah Lutheran Church Metalearth Jewelry Michael Best & Friedrich Midcul Milwaukee Jewish Community Foundation Milwaukee Valve Mindful Motion Physical Therapy Mojo Foods Monona Grove Business Men’s Association Monona State Bank Monsoon Siam National Mutual Benefit National Philanthropic Trust National Rural Electric Cooperative Association New Glarus Enterprises

Next Door Brewing Co. Olbrich Botanical Gardens One Barrel Brewing Co. Optimist Club of Madison Foundation Orange County Community Foundation Organic Valley Peace of Mind Nannies Pellitteri Waste Systems Perfect Harmony Men’s Chorus Perkins Coie, LLP Pierce’s Supermarket Pike Technologies Players Sports Bar Plymouth Congregational UCC Prime Urban Properties R Wangerin RE Golden Produce Company Russ Darrow Group Ryan Signs Safe Communities Sauk Creek Apartments Schoep’s Ice Cream Company Schwab Charitable Fund Congregation of Shaarei Shamayim Silicon Valley Community Foundation Solidarity Realty SPK Group St. Bernard Catholic Church St. John’s Lutheran Church St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Starlight Chapter 283 OES Starting Line Events Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation Stevens Construction Corp. Sub-Zero Wolf Foundation Summit Credit Union T F Pankratz Co. Table Wine TDS Custom Construction Thompson Investment Management Town Bank Trinity Lutheran Church Women True You TRUiST UMOJA United Way of Dane County United Way of Greater Milwaukee United Way of Metropolitan Chicago US Bank US Dairy Forage Research Center UW Credit Union UW Health at The American Center UW Hospitals & Clinics Authority UW School of Pharmacy VFW 8483 Aux The Vinery Stained Glass Studio Vogel Bros Building Co. West Bend Foundation West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. Widen Enterprises Willow Creek Farms Charcuterie Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center Wisconsin Reinsurance Corp. Woman’s Club of Madison Women of St. Bernard Women of the Moose, Madison Chapter #291 WPS Health Insurance - GHA Medicare WPS Health Solutions Yahara Therapy YourCause Zendesk

If we omitted your organization’s name, we are truly sorry. Please notify kathleen@ goodmancenter.org and we will include you in the next issue and correct our records.

We can’t thank our community enough. These lists don’t even capture everyone who helped. Everyone at the Goodman Community Center and the families who received a Thanksgiving Basket are so grateful. - Kate Katzban-Beren, Amy Mach & Jon Lica GCC Thanksgiving Basket team

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There are many important steps involved with providing thousands of Thanksgiving Baskets to Dane County families.

Spreading the word

University of Wisconsin’s athletics program helped us film commercials as part of their Red White Hunger Fight — in addition to collecting and distributing massive amounts of food. Many wonderful media organizations helped promote our Thanksgiving Basket food drives and contributed to its great success.

WISC-TV/Channel 3000 filmed Badger student-athletes, including linebacker Vince Biegel (right) with Sports Director Jay Wilson. Our key radio sponsor, iHeartMedia, also abundantly promoted the drive.

Organizing Food Drives

Individuals and organizations across Dane County came together to host food drives, providing thousands of pounds of food.

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For the second year, Firefighters Local 311 picked up donations from Marquette Elementary School and delivered them to GCC.

Numerous community groups and families held canned food drives and dropped off their donations. Mercea (right) dropped off her food collection on behalf of Bread of Life Church to Jon Lica, our corporate and events associate.

Prime Urban Properties held an office food drive for Goodman. Jennifer Owens poses with some of the canned goods.

Distribution

The Goodman Community Center was able to offer full and partial baskets to all 3,600 registered and wait-listed families across Dane County. Thanks to your generosity, they too enjoyed a traditional Thanksgiving meal at home. Volunteers load turkeys, canned goods and fresh supplies into waiting cars through our innovative drive-thru system. Lauer Realty Group helped distribute baskets Monday, Nov. 21. PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO: LAURA ZASTROW

GCC volunteers and Badger student-athletes collected food and cash donations at six locations around Camp Randall Stadium prior to the UW vs. Georgia State football game Sept. 17.

Preparing Baskets PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO: LAURA ZASTROW

Volunteers sorted tons (literally) of produce, including onions, potatoes, carrots and squash.

PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO: LAURA ZASTROW

After many years of practice, the Center has perfected an assembly line to help stuff each Thanksgiving Basket. Above, high school Mann Scholars take a break from packing baskets to pose for a photo.

Thanking You!

PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO: LAURA ZASTROW

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January l February 2017 Mondays 10:30-11:30 a.m. NEW TIME

Eastside SENIORS

Older Adult Programs at the Center For more information about any older adult programming at the Center, contact Gayle, Older Adult Program Manager, at 608-204-8032 or gayle@goodmancenter.org. Gayle Laszewski

Join the FUN!

Our activities for older adults are designed to help folks stay connected to our community and maintain a strong social network. Seniors come for card games, bingo and gentle exercise classes. Many also gather for our home-style meals, which provide good nutrition and a great place to make friends — new and old. Everyone 60+ is welcome to join in. Meet us in Bolz Room A for some fun!

Practice mindfulness

First Tuesdays 12:45-1:30 p.m.

Senior planning meeting

Do you have any ideas for future older adult programs or suggestions Looking for more clarity or inner peace in your life? Try mindfulness! to enhance our existing programs? Would you like to see something Bill Benedict has been teaching different offered to older adult parpopular mindfulness classes at ticipants at Goodman? Come and Goodman for the past year share your ideas and thoughts at our Come discover how practicing older adult program planning meetmindfulness can increase happiness, inner awareness, compassion, ing while having lunch! calmness, energy level, clarity and For a meeting schedule or to share self-esteem. ideas, please contact Gayle. Classes are based upon the Upcoming meeting dates: teachings of Jon Kabat-Zinn, world- Jan. 3 | Feb. 7 renowned author of “Wherever You Go There You Are” and scientist of Second Tuesdays 12:45-1:45 p.m. mindfulness-based stress reduction. Ask nurse Andy Bill is a student of Jon Kabat-Zinn GCC is happy to continue our and has been meditating since 1973. monthly program, “Ask nurse Come and learn from his experience! Andy,” featuring Andy Olson, RN. For more information, contact Gayle. At each session, we will discuss a topic based upon your interests, Mondays 12:45-2 p.m. followed by time for questions and Health and wellness support answers.

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• Tuesday, Jan. 10 Vision and the aging eye Start off the new year by getting Join guest speaker Guy Somers, support for your health goals! At UW Eye Clinic nurse, and learn each session, we will feature a day before the meal day, and we First time joining us? about what is normal and not unique health topic and discuss goal will cancel your ride. If you need to setting and how to track progress. Please come a bit early and fill out normal for the aging eye. Guy cancel your ride after 2 p.m. or on two short registration forms. One will also discuss how to protect • Jan. 9: Developing an eating plan weekends, call Transit Solutions at form is to help us help you in case your vision. • Jan. 16: Understanding food labels 608-294-8747. of an emergency, and the other • Jan. 23: Balance physical activity • Tuesday, Feb. 14 form helps us with reporting to our How well do you know your with calories consumed Mondays and Wednesdays funders. kidneys? • Jan. 30: Exercise and strength Nickel bingo after lunch Nurse Andy will explain the Affordable transportation NEW UPDATES - BILINGUEL BINGO training demonstration function of our kidneys, what • Feb. 6 Overcoming your obstacles Monday through Friday you can Come for lunch and stay for the fun, is normal and why we have to success catch a ride to the Center for only or just come to play. Where else can two kidneys. Attendees will • Feb. 13: Stress management 50 cents each way. If you live in the you have so much fun for a nickel? also learn how diabetes affects techniques and demonstration service area of the North/Eastside Lunch — hours and details kidney function. • Feb. 20 Keeping yourself motivated Senior Coalition, or if you live north Doors open at 10 a.m. • Feb. 27: Celebrating your successes of Buckeye Road and this side of Tuesdays Salad served at 11:45 a.m. and learning from your failures the Interstate, you can catch a ride Lunch served following salad Philosophy discussions and with Transit Solutions for lunch at Second Mondays 3-3:30 p.m. DVD college lectures Bingo — hours and details the Goodman Community Center Exercise fun and games Professor Joseph Lynch of Madison Mondays: 12:45-2 p.m.; first and Senior Program. Simply call College continues to lead biweekly the GCC front desk at 608-241-1574 third Mondays will feature bilingual NEW OFFERING discussion sessions at 9:30 a.m. — bingo in Spanish and English. No Come join us for games that by noon the business day before the currently on political philosophy. bingo will be held on Jan. 2. integrate exercise! Some sample day you wish to come for lunch. We often independently discuss Wednesdays: 12:45-2:30 p.m. activities: include table volleyball, Ask to be put on the ride list for the short fiction. arm hula hoops, indoor horshoes, following meal day and await your kickboxing and seated dance kickMondays ride! Check topics and details at uproar21. boxing. us or call John at 608-515-9470. Free blood pressure and Need to cancel a ride? These fun exercises will improve blood sugar testing Tuesdays and Fridays your endurance, coordination and Call the Center by noon the business Do you know what your blood pres- muscle strength. Euchre sure and glucose levels are? We are Older adults play euchre every For more information, contact FRIENDS NEEDED offering free blood pressure checks Laura Flint at 608-577-4742 or Tuesday and Friday from 12:30-2:30 11:30 a.m. to noon Mondays in the p.m. No need to register. Please LJFaccting@att.net. Bolz A room. serve a meal or just engage in pay $1 at the door to feed the kitty! High blood pressure makes your conversation with the young at Prizes go to the top three scorers. heart work too hard and increases heart whose health is frail. Or your risk of heart disease and be an escort on van trips into Various Saturdays the community. stroke. You can have high blood Euchre pressure and not know it. Come for Weekdays from 8 a.m to Euchre games are offered one or Help support affordable housing. 4:30 p.m. Come help make free testing each week! l two Saturdays each month from someone’s life happier and 12:30-3 p.m. in Bolz Room A. Desemotionally healthier. sert is served from 12:30-1 p.m., For more information, visit and card playing goes from 1-3 p.m. www.stmarysmadison.com Your Source of Information for: No need to preregister; just pay $1 at the door to feed the kitty! These Case Management Senior Dining Site fees become the prize money. Home Chore Program

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Friday, Feb. 10

Senior meet and greet

Come to GCC every fourth Friday for digital device lessons from Zendesk. Second Wednesdays 11 a.m. to noon

Answers to your everyday concerns

Thursdays 11:15 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and Sundays 1-4 p.m.

Looking to make new friends or find someone who shares common interests? Join us for a fun and casual social gathering for individuals 60 and older. Enjoy music, appetizers, wine or beer, games and door prizes! Learn about fun events in Dane County, other social networking groups, and how to meet people with similar interests online. The meet and greet will last from 4-7 p.m. and costs $5 to attend. To reserve a spot, please call Gayle.

Tai Chi Fundamentals for older adults 65+

The Goodman Community Center is once again partnering with the Come play Ping-Pong. New players University of Wisconsin to study the Do you need help getting your health benefits set up? Do you have always welcome. effects of a six-week Tai Chi Fundaquestions about housing? Kate mentals course. These free classes Friday mornings Shenker, MSW, from the North/ will be offered twice per week in the Live jazz and blues Eastside Senior Coalition is at the spring in two different sessions. Center Thursdays 11 a.m. to noon to Often on Friday mornings, Paris Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese find answers and resources for you. Blues, with Jim Willett, Larry Liv- tradition of slow, graceful standing ingston and Al Hough, play jazz or seated exercise. Tai Chi FundaUpcoming dates: from about 10-11 a.m. It’s not a mentals was created for adults age Jan. 11 | Feb. 8 formal performance — you can still 65+ to improve strength, balance read the paper or talk with your and mental focus. Each class is 90 Thursdays 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. friends while they play. minutes long and includes a break Movie double feature for tea and conversation. ParticiFridays 12:45-2:30 p.m. Join us for movies, documentaries, pants will receive a free book and DVD lectures and/or music before, Fun Fridays DVD to help them continue their during and after our senior lunch on Come join the fun on Friday afterTai Chi practice. Thursdays. noons with music, games, cards and Before and after each six-week session, participants’ strength and To see what’s happening or discuss puzzles. balance will be measured. a topic, visit uproar21.us or call John Fourth Fridays 12:45-2:30 p.m. The sessions will be offered on at 608-515-9470. Tuesday and Thursdays from 10Computer and cell phone Wednesdays and Fridays lessons and assistance with 11:30 a.m. The first session runs Gentle Exercise and Tai Chi Zendesk staff March 7-April 13 and the second session runs April 18-May 25. This gentle mind/body exercise and Do you have trouble understanding Advanced registration is required relaxation program is designed today’s technology? Would you by by Feb. 10. Participants must be especially for people with arthritis, like to learn how to send photos or available to participate in both sesjoint pain or any kind of stiffness. an email? Want help with your cell sions. For more information on the These range-of-motion exercises are phone? Staff from Zendesk software study requirements and your eligirecommended by doctors and theracompany will be available each bility to participate, contact Gayle. pists to keep joints flexible and can be month to meet with you one-on-one practiced both sitting and standing. to answer your questions. UpcomFree basic estate planning Hours and details ing lessons include: clinic at Madison College Gentle Exercise class meets on • Jan. 27: How to use Facebook Madison College is hosting free Wednesdays from 10-11 a.m. The • Feb. 24: How to search the Internet estate planning clinics to help lowFriday Tai Chi Fundamental Form Feel free to drop in. Board games income individuals prepare basic class meets from 1-2 p.m. No and Wii games will also be availwills and power of attorney docuregistration needed. There is a $1 able to make this a fun event. ments. Clinics will be held at the suggested donation. Led by Sarah Truax East Campus on Jan. 21 and Watts, certified Range of Motion at the South Campus on Park Street instructor. The Older Adult Program on March 18. To reserve an 8:30, For more information, contact 9:30 or 10:30 a.m. appointment, call will close Jan. 1 and 2. Sarah Watts at 608-244-9424. 608-243-2881. l

Ping-Pong

OLDER ADULT PROGRAMS in the community Theater Bus for adults 55 and over Call 608-257-0003 or email theaterbus@tds.net. Saturday, Jan. 28

Saturday, Feb. 11

Thursday, Feb. 23

This production at the Schauer Art Center in Hartford, Wis. is a fresh and funny salute to americana, gracefully walking the line between standup and theater. Lunch is included. Cost is $85.

Many cultures anticipate the lenten season with elaborate celebrations and revelry. Sit back and enjoy a festive dinner as the Dorf Kapelle band play at Laack’s Ballroom in Johnsonville, Wis. Cost is $67.

Celebrate Mardi Gras with the Grammy-nominated Dukes of Dixieland! Enjoy to New Orleans-inspired music at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center in Brookfield, Wis. Lunch is included. Cost is $77. l

‘The Wonder Bread Years’

Fasching celebration and show Dukes of Dixieland

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January menu The GCC Senior Meal Program is part of the network of Dane County senior nutrition sites. Lunches are served five days a week, by donation.

Need a ride?

Participating seniors can use the county transportation system for older adults. Bus reservations are required by noon the prior business day. Call the Center at 608-2048032 for details or see page 10.

Daily menus Every meal includes a tossed salad, fruit, vegetable, bread, milk and dessert. Birthday cake is served on Wednesdays. Vegetarian options are available each day. Menu subject to change. 11:30 a.m. Suggested arrival time 11:45 a.m. Tossed salad followed by the main entrée Monday, Jan. 2 - CLOSED Tuesday, Jan. 3 Baked Chicken | Tomato Soup Wednesday, Jan 4 Red Beans & Rice | Green Beans Thursday, Jan. 5 Parmesan Chicken | Roasted Veggies Friday, Jan. 6 Pork Ribs | Sautéed Spinach Monday, Jan. 9 Chicken Stir Fry | Mixed Veggies Tuesday, Jan. 10 Beef Chili | Corn Bread Wednesday, Jan. 11 Chicken & Cheese Quesadilla | Corn Thursday, Jan. 12 Pulled Pork | Cole Slaw Friday, Jan. 13 Hamburgers with fixings | Beans Monday, Jan. 16 Beef Stew | Carrots and Potatoes Tuesday, Jan. 17 Herbed Chicken | Green Beans Wednesday, Jan. 18 Spaghetti with meat sauce | Veggies Thursday, Jan. 19 Meat & Cheese Wraps | Tomato Soup Friday, Jan. 20 Baked Fish | Broccoli Medley Monday, Jan. 23 Tuna Casserole | Peas and Carrots Tuesday, Jan. 24 Beef Enchiladas | Broccoli Medley Wednesday, Jan. 25 Chicken Teriyaki | Mixed Veggies Thursday, Jan. 26 Meatloaf | Broccoli Friday, Jan. 27 Vegetable Lasagna | Garlic Bread Monday, Jan. 30 Sloppy Joes | Vegetable Soup Tuesday, Jan. 31 Vegetable Frittata | Corn The February menu can be picked up at the Center by mid-January. l

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PHOTO: LAURA ZASTROW PHOTOGRAPHY

Goodman Community Center

Sept. 1, 2015 Aug. 31, 2016

Community input is driving Goodman’s plan to deepen impact, from Becky Steinhoff, GCC executive director: I’m excited to report on the Goodman Community Center’s progress and growth during our fiscal year! Based on our analysis and reports, we saw our programs and services continue to grow and deepen their impact. We succeed each year because supporters like you continue to invest time and money in the Center. Thank you! In July 2016, we hosted four community cafes to hear how our community envisions Goodman in 3, 5 and 10 years. Based on the feedback we received, we’re looking forward to making exciting changes to how Goodman serves our community. At the cafes, we learned the following information:

◼ The community wants us to do more and be more.

◼ Adults want more opportunities to engage with Goodman.

◼ Community members desire more youth

enrichment classes, in addition to childcare.

◼ Older adults want more opportunities to develop programs in their interest areas.

◼ The community articulated that Goodman should

be a welcoming place for everyone in our community. They see us as a place to hold discussions and events, as well as a place that facilitates connections and understanding within our diverse community.

◼ People want more fitness and nutrition classes, in addition to pay-as-you-can community meals.

We’ve included this feedback into our strategic planning process. Our strategic plan focus on areas of equity and inclusion; anticipating and responding to our community’s changing needs; developing a sustainable business model; attracting and retaining a diverse workforce and creating future leaders.

In order to work towards the goals outlined in the strategic plan and address our growth and unmet needs, Goodman will be renovating and adding onto the Madison Brass Works building across the street from our main campus. This new building will provide 20,000 square feet of additional program and community spaces. In conjunction with the Brass Works renovation, we will also renovate and repurpose 13,000 square feet of our main building to improve program and community access space. Although we don’t anticipate finishing the Brass Works renovation until the end of 2018, we are committed to taking smaller steps — as space and capacity allow — towards addressing the unmet needs voiced by our community. Please visit our website for updates. We look forward to an exciting new year. Thank you for supporting Goodman!

Look how you’ve helped Goodman make an impact this past year:

Remarkable Numbers

◼ Our 2015 Thanksgiving Basket Drive offered 3,500

Volunteers Total hours: 25,963 ◼ Total volunteers: 1,491 Youngest volunteer: 5 ◼ Oldest volunteer: 91

Thanksgiving Baskets to all registered and wait-listed families.

◼ For the third year, our Fritz Food Pantry offered

community cooking classes, thanks to a SEED Grant from the city of Madison Food Policy Council. For the third year, we’ve preserved more than 3,000 pounds of fresh summer produce and distributed it in the food pantry. Additionally, before and during each food pantry session, we offer expertly prepared brunch and lunch meals to our community.

◼ Our Fit Youth Initiative flag football team had a

consistent attendance of 40-50 participants, while FYI’s basketball program hosted 50-60 youth per event.

◼ GCC’s splash pad was more popular than ever this year, thanks to a warm summer. For the second year, we clocked more than 1,500 visitors.

Look how you’ve helped Adolfo. “Seed to Table isn’t a big

program, but to these 19 kids this summer? It’s making a BIG difference to every one of them.” – Keith Pollock, TEENworks manager

Adolfo was recommended to the Seed to Table summer program by his ADOA counselor. He needed something different. Last year his attendance in high school was 47%, so he didn’t earn even one credit. This summer, he has earned 1.5 credits, and the volunteer hours he needed to meet community service hours required by the court. He has missed only two days — both planned and with permission. For the first time, Adolfo is experiencing what success feels like; he likes being a welcome part of our community, and he is feeling hopeful. Keith notes, “Most days this summer, 19 of 19 Seed to Table students were here, and every one of them has a story as compelling as Adolfo’s. Offering hands-on learning is essential for our students.”

◼ Goodman’s Working Class Catering program

provided 66 youth with the opportunity to prepare for employment and earn money while learning culinary skills. Catering youth have been hired by Fresco, Ella’s Deli and the Edgewater, among others.

◼ Our Girls Inc. of Greater Madison program

expanded from six to eight sites, serving elementary, middle and high school students at neighborhood centers throughout Dane County.

◼ More than 90% of youth who participated in

Donors, fiscal and in-kind Donors: 2,531 ◼ Businesses/organizations: 298 New donors: 695 ◼ Donor retention: 59% Social media fans as of Aug. 31, 2016 Facebook: 6,463 ◼ Twitter: 1,872

Goodman’s TEENworks program earned high school credit and progressed to their next grade level. Additionally, 82% of youth in TEENworks have been connected with paid employment within the community. This past fiscal year, 63 of TEENworks youth successfully completed the ServSafe Food Handler Certification, a requirement for many food service jobs.

Facility use, by individuals General: 23,873 ◼ Number of times: 146,594 Food Pantry per week: 496

Bruce’s life is better, thanks to you.

Strong, Smart and Bold: Girls Inc. of Greater Madison

“Bruce gets a lot from Goodman, and he’s bent on giving back, too.” – Gayle Laszewski, Older Adult Program manager Bruce has multiple sclerosis. Diagnosed in 2006, just after he was laid off from his computer job, the disease has weakened his legs and right arm, saps his strength and makes it hard to think. At 58 though, Bruce isn’t about to let that be the whole story. Goodman’s health and wellness class gives him ideas and encouragement to keep on with his goals. Two days a week, he walks laps around Goodman Center. And he’s figured out how to play one-handed Ping-Pong! When he saw the board with pictures of Goodman volunteers with 100 to 500 hours, Bruce said, “These people don’t get paid. I’d like to give back more, but what I can do right now is save my paper bags for the food pantry. It’s something.” Yes, it is. And isn’t HE something?!

Employment Full and part-time staff: 85-125 employees Age Range: 14-71

Last fiscal year, thanks the support of generous donors in Madison as well as talented staff, Goodman grew its Girls Inc. of Greater Madison program from 100 to 400 participants. We added three more program sites and hosted events to bring together girls, young women and inspiring professionals, including a Girls Inc. celebration in the fall of 2015, a story-sharing event on International Women’s Day, and several “speed mentoring” gatherings. We’re proud to report that we grew our Women of Impact Giving Circle from 38 to 139 members. Thank you to everyone who has supported strong, smart and bold girls in Dane County.

Fiscal Year Revenue and Expenses

Revenue $5,012,964

Expenses $ 4,543,733

This financial information is condensed and should be read with our audited financials.

A more detailed revenue and expense pie chart will be available mid-January on our website at: goodmancenter.org/about-center/annual-report

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Preschool, Tanya Walker

Waterproof gloves, sizes 2-5 Multicultural baby dolls Flashlights Body pillows with zippered covers Toy kitchen sets, particularly those with food Small wooden puzzles or floor puzzles Bluetooth speaker

Afterschool, Tanya Walker

Dry-erase markers, new Socks (toddler and kid sizes) Kleenex Large square pillows for sitting Waterproof winter gloves Underwear, new; youth size 6-14 Sweatpants, new; youth size 6-14

FYI-Fit Youth Initiative, Zach Watson Sports equipment (all types of balls) Soccer shoes, indoor and outdoor Cooking knives or cutting boards

Live Soundz Program, Zach Watson

Laptop compatible with Microsoft software Mural supplies (paint, primer, brushes, air brushes, plywood) Tickets to sporting events

Find details for these activities online at goodmancenter.org Preschool Early Childhood Education programs Parent-Tot time, Tuesdays and Thursdays

Elementary School Elementary Summer Camp NESYB Youth Basketball, see nesyb.org

Gym, Tyrone Cratic

High School

Duncan Hines cake mixes and frostings (four each per flavor of cakes and frostings) Lussier LOFT, Becky Bauer Music CDs, especially 1920s - 1960s Winter gear (boots, gloves, hats, coats), Herbal teas gently used and adult-sized Nintendo Wii games, physically active Backpacks, gently used games like Dance Revolution Bean bag chairs TEENworks, Keith Pollock Digital cameras Winter hats/gloves Drawing supplies (drawing paper, drawing pencils and colored pencils) Ziplock bags, gallon and quart sizes Electric handheld mixer Dry-erase boards and markers, small Canning jars, pint size Girls Inc., Pahoua Vang Pasta maker Graphing calculators, TI-84 Plus Bedazzler preferred Marcus Theatres movie passes Headphones, new or gently used All programs: All of our programs deArt supplies such as paint brushes, sire gift cards to Target, Amazon and paint, markers Walgreens. Cloth canvases, all sizes Feminine products and deodorant

Boys Group, Howard Hayes

activities for everyone

Middle School

Older Adult Programs, Gayle Laszewski

If you prefer to leave money instead of items, please make checks payable to the Goodman Community Center and include the wish list program in a note.

THANK YOU!

CLUE, Skateboard Club NESYB Youth Basketball, see nesyb.net NESYB Youth Basketball, see nesyb.org Teen Alliance, NAMI Dane County, see namidanecounty.org

Adults Aerial Silks, see mazomac.com Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Women Balanced Flow Yoga Buddhist Philosophy Community Drum Circles Early morning drop-in open gym, Wednesday and Friday Indoor Soccer

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La Leche League NA Traditions Ping-Pong SASY Neighborhood Association TangoBasico Lessons, Argentinian Tango Women of Worthington, contact latoya@goodmancenter.org Yoga, Mondays, Fridays and Sunday morning/afternoon Zumba

Older Adults Bingo After Lunch, Monday and Wednesday Bridge, Thursday Euchre, Tuesday Movies, Thursday Euchre Tournament, Friday and some Saturdays Gentle Exercise, Wednesday Lunch, a Dane County Nutrition Site, Monday through Friday Philosophy of the Wise, Alternate Thursdays Ping-Pong, Thursday and Sunday Tai Chi, Friday

GCC also offers many drop-in fitness activities, including Zumba, yoga, soccer, basketball, volleyball and open gym. Check our activities calendar for the most upto-date information.

To register for a class If registration is required, the contact person or organization listed online will handle fees and registration.

To report changes or errors Email: kathleen@goodmancenter.org

Public access to the online activities calendar If you are at the Center and need detailed information about a specific class, please ask our front desk staff. They will happily look something up for you on our online activities calendar.

Hours and closings Goodman Community Center The Center will close Jan. 1-2 Building Hours and Lussier Monday through Thursday, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fitness Center Hours Friday, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Fritz Food Pantry Hours

Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Brunch-style meal Wednesdays, 6:30-8 p.m., Dinner-style meal Thursdays, 12:30-3 p.m., Brunch-style meal

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For information about advertising or submitting content in the Eastside News: Download our 2017 Guide to Advertising and/or our Editorial Submission Guide at goodmancenter.org, or contact kathleen@goodmancenter.org or 608-204-8023 to have one emailed or mailed to you.

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Instruments (keyboard, percussion, guitar, saxophone, flute, trumpet or trombone), well-functioning Tumbling mats Dodge balls and Gator Skin Softi balls Basketballs, new or used

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W!SH L!ST Please donate one of these new or gently used items to help enrich our programs and stretch our dollars. Please label your donations with the program staff person’s name listed. Thank you.

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City asks residents to ‘Imagine Madison’

Community input gathered now will shape Madison’s priorities over the next 20 years PHOTO: CITY OF MADISON

What changes would you like to see Madison make in the next 10 to 20 years? What’s working for you, your neighbors and friends, and what poses challenges? The city of Madison has recently started a unique public listening campaign called “ImagResidents use their “multiple choice” clickers to provide ine Madison” in an instantaneous feedback during a presentation at Imagine effort to hear what Madison’s community meeting Dec. 7 at The Village on Madison residents Park. want in the areas of Around 100 residents attended the housing, transportation, land use, racial Central Library meeting, and 65 atequity, economic development, commutended the The Village on Park meeting. nity facilities, regional cooperation, food security, recreation and natural resources. Attendees were provided with a “multiple choice” clicker and were asked to Feedback gathered for Imagine Madison respond in real time to polling queswill be used to update Madison’s Comtions, many of which asked residents to prehensive Plan. rank the importance of each goal and the The first two engagement meetings current performance of the city in meetwere held at Madison’s Central Library ing that goal. on Dec. 5 and The Village on Park on Kristie Laatch, a city planner and Dec. 7. City planning staff will continue Imagine Madison organizer, shares to collect Imagine Madison community some of the early results from the surinput through online surveys and comments, as well as resident panels through- veys and meetings: “Equity is a major focus of Imagine Madison, and many out the city. people at the meetings brought (it up).”

The city anticipates a younger and more racially diverse Madison by 2040 and hopes to meet the needs of a changing demographic. At both community meetings, contextual data was presented before each polling opportunity, showing housing and urban density forecasts through 2040, the changing racial makeup of the city and trends regarding the greenhouse gas emissions and lake water quality. All of this data and more can be found on the Imagine Madison website in the City Snapshot document. Using input gathered from Madison residents, the next phase of Imagine Madison will identify strategies to reach the community goals, followed by

a prioritization phase in fall of 2017. The final plan will be reviewed and approved in spring of 2018. The updated Comprehensive Plan will guide decision making, investments and stand as the central organizing plan for other city plans. We encourage neighbors, supporters, participants and facility users of the Goodman Community Center to participate in the Imagine Madison campaign. Further public discussions will be scheduled for 2017. To provide input in the interim, visit imaginemadisonwi.com to take a survey that allows you to answer the same questions as the public meetings in early December. l

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Pictured is a sample of some of the data preceding each question in the online survey. The city of Madison estimates it will add 70,000 new residents and 40,000 new households by 2040. The data also addresses owner-occupied and renter- occupied housing disparities between white residents and communities of color.

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Eastside BUSINESS PHOTO: KATHLEEN WARD

Rutabaga Paddlesports will open a rental site in the Olbrich Park beach house.

Paddlesports coming to Olbrich Beach

Beer garden proposal under community review By Jean Rawson, Eastside News

This coming summer, the beach at OlA concurrent, but totally separate, brich Park will offer fun-loving east siders proposal for Olbrich Park entails a beer The interior of the Ohio Tavern has been renovated, and the bar now serves food. greater opportunities to get out onto the and snacks concession on the northwest water: The city of Madison has awarded side of the beach house, with a GermanRutabaga Paddlesports a contract to oper- style beer garden area extending out from By Pamela Wiesen, Eastside News ate a kayak and paddleboard rental site at there, set back away from the shoreline. the Olbrich Park beach house. This project is being put forward by a In its previous incarnation, the Ohio tisan truck-to-table tacos,” while his The city is always looking for ways to local business development firm that has Tavern, 224 Ohio Ave., was an undergirlfriend, Melissa Mejia, creates the the-radar dive bar “famous” for ghosts, tamales, a popular recent addition to the draw more people to its lakes and beach- been impressed by the beer gardens that es. Residents around Lake Wingra and Milwaukee County has added to four of its ancient liquor license and $2 taps. menu. Brittingham Park already enjoy paddlesits parks. They think the concept could Unusual among taverns, the Ohio had no Setting the bar apart from its past is port rentals at waterfront locations. work here. business sign with its name; just three its interior design. Though the owners Now the east side will have its own In addition to community input as Blatz neon beer signs — two welded toretained the original layout, as well as the proposal moves forward, review by gether outside the door on Ohio Avenue, the ceiling, the original men’s bathroom rental site, under the management of an city alcohol licensing, parks and budget and the third facing Capital City Path at sign, and those iconic Blatz signs, much award-winning local business that has partnered with the Goodman Communi- committees and boards will be necesthe back. else is changed. The bar top, though ty Center many times in the past. sary before the Common Council votes Now, sporting a new look, the original, gleams from sanding and finAmelia Musser, head of Rutabaga’s on the final contract in January. 107-year-old bar is back in business, ishing by Genna. The walls of the interiyouth programs, is particularly excited. A community meeting about the prokicked off with a soft, unannounced or sport lights that twinkle from behind “Our goal is more outreach,” she said. posal drew nearly 100 residents from the opening before Gallery Night in Octostained horizontal panels of wood. It adjacent neighborhoods in December. ber. gives the place an urban, but cozy vibe; Darren Bush, Rutabaga’s owner and chief paddling evangelist added, “We Some felt that nearby residents had not Kristi Genna and Jack Williams, not too slick, but not too basic, either. can have classes there (at Olbrich). We been consulted early enough for input. owners of Genna’s bar on the square, A section of the wall along Ohio have worked with GCC programs in the Others were concerned about noise, partnered with owner-manager Josh Street has been fitted with a glass gapast, and we have a scholarship fund so parking, pedestrian safety and the presSwentzel, who is responsible for the day- rage door, providing a pleasing view to lower-income families can participate. ence of alcohol in a park that otherwise to-day operations of the renovated spot. the outside in colder months and a wel“We are maxed out here with rentdoes not allow it. The owners hope to create “a regular come open window when it’s warm. als and classes at the store site (on Lake Respondents noted that Atwood neighborhood bar, no more, no less,” acKaraoke, a favorite of Ohio reguMonona’s south side). I noticed that OlAvenue will shortly be undergoing an cording to Swentzel. lars past, will again be on tap Saturday brich is on the northeast side of the lake overhaul to calm traffic and increase usThe previous owner of the Ohio nights. and only eight minutes away.” er-friendliness (part of the city’s “placewasn’t planning for a transition a yearStill to come is the renovation of the Realizing that wind can be an issue at making” initiative). Some attendees and-a-half ago when Swentzel first came front portion of the space that faces the beach, Bush did his homework. “We registered support for a having a beer to Genna with a proposal to take the Atwood Avenue, formerly home to the garden on the east side, noting that the tavern over. However, they approached Cosmic Delights shop. The corner win- found that winds in excess of 10 miles per hour occur about 18 percent of the only similar place in Madison is the Methe bar’s then-owner, and ultimately nedows are covered in newspaper pending morial Union terrace downtown. gotiated a mutually beneficial transfer to renovation. This has led to some confu- time. We can make it work,” he said. “We hope to start in mid-May,” said Musser said, “Whatever the outcome create this latest iteration of the Ohio. sion about whether the Ohio has actualMusser. We’re hoping to have 10 solo of the beer garden proposal is, Rutabaga Collectively, the owners and staff ly reopened, though “the neighborhood kayaks, 10 stand-up paddleboards and will be there!” have impressive hospitality and tavern knows we’re here,” said the owners. four two-person kayaks.” The rentcredentials. Genna moved her bar, origi- “The (lighted) Blatz signs say it all,” as For more information on the beer garden al window will also have kites, balls, nally owned by her father and located do patrons who are finding their way proposal, visit olbrichbiergarten.com. For games and other equipment available. downtown on University Avenue, in here from Monona and downtown. a schedule of city meetings concerning the 1993. It is now a fixture on the Capitol Remodeling the area fronting Atwood proposal, search madison.legistar.com. l Square. Swentzel has had various roles Avenue will require extensive work, at Genna’s, as well as stints at the Torsince the space was not designed as a nado Room, Star Liquor and Mickey’s bar. Plans also include adding outdoor Tavern. He also participated in the open- seating along Ohio Avenue (all changes ing process at Grampa’s Pizzeria on Wil- pending fulfilling city and neighborliamson Street and the Tip-Top Tavern hood requirements). Look for more on on North Street. this in spring and summer when the Today’s Ohio patrons can avail them- owners anticipate bike path users will Big or small — wedding or meeting — selves of hot food, as well as drink. discover the new Ohio. Chef Tim Williams is responsible for Oh, and you can still get a Blatz we’d love to impress your guests! preparing what Swentzel calls the “arthere, though “very upsettingly,” said Swentzel, you can’t get it on tap. But PHOTO: PAMELA WIESEN, don’t despair, it’s available in bottles for a mere $2.50 and is very popular with patrons young and old. “The neighborhood seems comfortTeens at Goodman are integrated in all parts of the business, able and happy that we’re here, and you can’t really ask for more than that. It’s a learning all aspects of running a full service catering company neighborhood bar, and it was never supalongside professional staff. You can count on them to make posed to be anything other than that. We your next event a success! couldn’t be happier,” Swentzel said.

Ohio Tavern receives face lift, but retains its vibe

Beautifully catered events

Let Goodman Community Center teens impress your guests

Kristi Genna and Josh Swentzel.

For more information on the menu and upcoming events, visit its Facebook page or theohiotavern.com. l

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Eastside NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

Madison Metro routes return to Jenifer Street By Alesia Mayfield, Eastside News

On Oct. 31, Madison Metro routes 3, 4, 7, 10 and 38 returned to Jenifer Street after its construction was completed and the routes were temporarily moved to Williamson Street. Moving the routes intact back to Jenifer Street was in keeping with Madison Metro’s policy of returning to its original service after a scheduled detour. Shortly after the detour, Alder Marsha Rummel requested that Madison Metro conduct a study on permanently moving the routes to Williamson Street. The request was then brought to Madison Transit and Parking Commission, which oversees Madison Metro. During the outreach phase, neighborhood meetings were held and a survey was distributed to get rider and constituent feedback. In this survey, the majority of respondents wanted to have routes on every other block of Jenifer Street. Mark Rusch, Metro marketing and customer services manager, said the survey responses “gave Metro and TPC members excellent insight into the many different issues involved with operating buses through the neighborhood.” In October, Madison Metro brought a draft summary of its survey responses and other outreach information to the

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Rinks with lights, hockey and warming shelters: Olbrich Park 201 Garrison St. Hours: Monday-Friday: 4-8:45 p.m. Weekends/MLK Day: 11 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.

Warner Park 2930 N. Sherman Ave. Hours: Monday-Friday: 4-8:45 p.m. Weekends/MLK Day: 11 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.

Tenny Park 402 N. Thornton Ave. Hours: Monday-Friday: 3-9 p.m. Weekends/MLK Day: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. In addition, Heritage Heights Park, 701 Meadowlark Drive, has a rink maintained with the assistance of the Adopt Ice Partnership. Park hours are 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. l

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Construction is nearly complete on the new, four-story monthly TPC meeting. A status of the 30-unit mixed-use detour was given, and Rummel said that development that she did not intend to get an extension of has slowly risen the detour to continue the study once the to form between construction was complete. At that time, Monty’s Blue Plate the decision was made to return the Diner and the Unitroutes to its original service. ed Way of Dane The buses returned to Jenifer Street County building on without incident but, according to Atwood Avenue in Rusch, feelings remain mixed. One recent months. group not pleased with the decision to The apartment return the routes to Jenifer Street is the building, called Marquette Neighborhood Association Asana, will feature Traffic Committee. They raised concerns studios and oneabout, as one resident stated, “the exces- bedroom apartsive bus idling that occurs at the Jenifer/ ments on the secAsana is a four-story developement at 2087 Atwood Ave. Ingersoll stop.” ond through fourth The buses stop at that intersection to floors, with plans email. “It won’t change our business, but switch out drivers or when the driver for Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier to hop it will allow us a bit more room to make is ahead of schedule. Issues brought up across Atwood from her current location things more efficient.” with this stop include safety, noise polinto the retail space on the first floor. Prime Urban Properties, the developlution, parking, air quality and quality of The space will bump the chocolatier’s er, said construction at the 2087 Atwood life. One suggestion the group has prosquare footage up from 2,000 to roughly Ave. project will finish in April. Ambroposed is to move the transfer station to 3,300 square feet, an increase that Gail sius hopes to move in May 1. the intersection at Jenifer and WilliamAmbrosius said will provide more ad“We would love to have a move-in pason streets. Madison Metro would need equate space for the retailer’s needs. rade,” she said. “As we are just moving direction from TPC to make that move. “My (general manager) and I will still across the street, we think it would be fun share an office, but we will have our own to have our neighbors and customers help For more information on Marquette Neighcomputers, and we can just stretch our us move in with a festive parade.” l borhood Association Traffic Committee reports, visit marquette-neighborhood.org. l wings a bit more,” Ambrosius said in an

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Ice skating at east side parks

Gail Ambrosius’ shop to move across Atwood

Group Classes offered in four age groups Duck/Duckling Parent/Child Walking to 3yrs

Chicks Age 3 & 4 Piglets Age 5 & 6

Calves Ages 7 to 9

Winter classes start the week of January 15th

Get the most out of your leather footwear By Ken Gusner, Monona Shoe Repair

During the seven years that I have been a cobbler, I have noticed a few things that each of us can do to preserve and prolong the life of our shoes and in turn improve the well-being of our feet. Because a pair of good and comfortable shoes adds to the quality of our overall health, we ought to take time to care for them. When a pair of shoes lasts longer and is comfortable to wear, we spend less money, not to mention our feet are happier. When our feet are happier, we’re also happier. The first thing anyone can do to care for their shoes is to clean them. When you polish your shoes, I recommend you use a cream polish, which soaks into the leather to keep it soft and flexible. A good cream polish will condition the leather and extends its life and usage by preventing dryness and cracking. A paste polish may also work, but it won’t penetrate into the leather as well. The second thing is to avoid getting your shoes wet. Getting your leather shoes wet can crack the leather. You can keep your shoes dry by wearing overshoes, which is a pair of thin rubber shoes that fits right over your shoes. This is especially important when it’s raining or snowing. If your leather shoes get wet, don’t put them in the oven or by the fireplace to dry. Doing this will ruin the shoes. Just

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hang them upside down on a broomstick and let them dry naturally. This will allow the moisture in the soles to evaporate. Once the shoes are dry, polish them with a cream polish. Remember that leather is a skin and it needs to be conditioned and cared for. The third tip is to wear your footwear appropriately. Don’t wear your Allen Edmonds to mow the lawn or plow the snow. Your good quality shoes are not made to withstand such abuse. If you must do manual labor around the house or in the yard, wear something that is made for that purpose. Your shoes protect your feet, which is the foundation upon which you stand. How well those shoes fit your feet will affect your posture, movement and overall health. Your shoes add a lot to your health and well-being. And remember, they’re shoes; they need love too. l

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featuring the latest news related to their campaign “Energy 2030,” stories from the community, energy-saving tips and other information. l

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StartingBlock’s vision is taking shape ahead of a 2018 groundbreaking By Anna Skrzypczynska, Eastside News

In 2012, several entrepreneurs — Scott Resnick among them — came together to discuss startup trends in Madison. Their conclusion: there needed to be more like-minded individuals interacting in a shared space so that new ideas and concepts could intersect. Madison, they felt, was lacking a home in which this kind of creative thought could take place. And so emerged the idea for StartingBlock, a hub bringing together, under one roof, a community of entrepreneurs, investors, advisers and local citizens in the name of innovation, collaboration and business. Three years later, Resnick became StartingBlock’s executive director. Resnick, a 2009 University of Wisconsin graduate, former mayoral candidate and former Madison city council member, heads an initiative that will target and bring together various startups — namely, in the information technology, health, big data and gaming sectors. The 50,000-square-foot space, to be located in the 800 block of East Washington Avenue, is slated to break ground in the

first quarter of 2018 and already has received a generous amount of press. But StartingBlock’s entrepreneurial scope intentionally goes beyond the world of business. The hub is already reaching out to the UW, Madison College and Edgewood College, holding discussions about the potential roles of faculty and students. Intended to be a “Midwest hub for all types of entrepreneurial endeavors,” Resnick said, StartingBlock welcomes work with initiatives at all levels, including small businesses and family organizations. As for StartingBlock’s anticipated engagement with environmental issues, Resnick already sees the organization being potentially involved with many new technologies that focus on sustainability and environmental policy. Perhaps there will be other dimensions of StartingBlock’s evolution. What makes the hub so powerful at its core is that, as Resnick declares, its inhabits have “one degree of separation between resources and capital.” l

Plans for public market appear likely By Tom Sakash, Eastside News

After years of public discourse, mayoral lobbying, site exploration and re-exploration, it appears plans to construct a year-round, indoor public market on East Washington Avenue are nearly set. In approving the city of Madison’s 2017 capital budget in November, the Madison city council signed off on $13 million in funding for design and construction of the long-debated amenity. The project, planned for the blocks bounded by East Washington Avenue, First Street and East Johnson Street, will house food vendors, wholesalers, restaurants and craft shops. This is a reflection of the market’s aim to strengthen the connection between Madison and the region’s food suppliers. According to the city’s planning

documents, “The goal of the project is to facilitate the retention, development and expansion of food-based businesses and their related employment.” Plans also likely will include razing the Fiore Shopping Center along East Washington and tying in Burr Jones Park and the Yahara River to the site’s west. The majority of funds for the project are expected to come from federal sources, with the council stipulating that the city would not commit any funds until certain operational, design and planning aspects were complete. The city expects to complete design sometime this year, with construction set to launch in 2018. The facility is expected to open in 2019. l

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Cohousing development shifts to Winnebago St. By Alesia Mayfield, Eastside News

Sometimes when one opportunity ends, another emerges. CohoMadison, formerly Union Corners Cohousing, went to its Plan B after a deal fell through to have a cohousing neighborhood on Milwaukee Street at Union Corners. CohoMadison could not come to an agreement with Gorman and Company, and a new plan (and name) was the outcome. In September, CohoMadison signed a memorandum of understanding with Accipiter Properties “for the purposes of publicly announcing our desire to build our cohousing community at 2048/2100 Winnebago St.,” according to the release. Cohousing is built on the condominium model. There are private living spaces mixed with public communal spaces. Cohousing differs from a condo in that it is more collaborative, with residents being active in the design and management of the entire site, not just their living quarters. Cohousing brings a commitment to community: residents are not just people living in the same building. Currently, there are three other cohousing neighborhoods in Madison: the Arboretum, Troy Gardens and Village cohousing. CohoMadison will be first on the east side. Greg Rosenberg, project manager for CohoMadison (and also a member), said there are currently 40 member-households, and these households will provide feedback on the public and outdoor space designs. As for the teaming with Accipiter Properties, Rosenberg is pleased to have “partners who are really aligned with

CohoMadison and the philosophy of cohousing.” The partnership will bring a model of mixed-income ownership housing and create permanently affordable artist space, a commitment to sustainable design and be an example for others to adapt. As project manager, Rosenberg is the liaison between the cohousing members and developers and also manages plan details. Maggie Wolfe, one of the members, is “excited about the possibilities that an internal community can provide … choosing to be in a group that requires participation, getting to know your neighbors and providing a mutual support network.” The current tenants at the Winnebago Street site (Ford’s Gym, Winnebago Studios and Madison Circus Space) will not be forced to move, but will be incorporated into the new space. The city will need to approve the plans for CohoMadison, and Rosenberg is optimistic that the project will move forward. Alderperson Marsha Rummel has been supportive from the beginning. Natalie Erdman, director of the city’s Department of Planning Community and Economic Development, has also expressed her support. CohoMadison, in keeping with their good neighbor policy, will hold public hearings as the project progresses, to keep residents and businesses informed. For more information, go to cohomadison.com. l

Redevelopment at Capital Water Softener underway By Tom Sakash, Eastside News

Construction on a three-story, 31-unit apartment building on the southwest corner of Eastwood Drive and Division Street is expected to begin this spring. The Prime Urban Properties project will occupy the parcel at 418 Division St., between Eastwood and Helena Street, upon which an industrial facility had sat since 1921. Demolition of the old building, most recently the home of Capital Water Softener, finished in December, and construction is expected to wrap up in August. Apartments will range from efficiencies to two-bedroom units.

Neighbors had voiced several concerns with the project during the application process, including the potential to affect the adjacent Capital City Path, street parking and traffic, particularly as it could add to the truck traffic filtering in and out of the Schoep’s Ice Cream plant south of the project site. In its approval, the city required that the applicant install landscaping or a physical barrier to prevent any negative impact to the path. It also noted that two recently approved projects along Atwood Avenue feature even greater densities than this project. l

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Incredible eggs from the family pets By Ann Boyer, Eastside News

Keith Pollock is “Head Chicken Man” at the Goodman Community Center. I wanted to learn more about the chickens raised at Goodman, so I asked him to fill me in. “The main reason we have chickens is for the experience for the kids, not so much Goodman’s chickens are kept as part of GCC’s teen educafor the eggs, although tion and employment network. Staff teach high school students how to care for the chickens. The eggs gathered are we do use them for used in educational activities and cooking instruction. cooking. Our chickens couldn’t possibly supply enough eggs for all the meals ens. A number of chicken communities exist,” Pollock said. served at the center!” Pollock said. “People have different philosophies The high school students do most of about why they raise them. For some, the real caring for the chickens, while it’s a learning experience for their kids. the younger kids like to find worms for them and feed them food scraps. “People For others, it’s strictly for the eggs, and the chickens might not have names.” need to understand where their food If you’re thinking of buying chicks in comes from. Some of our kids live in apartments or other places where raising the spring, Blaine’s Farm and Fleet is a store many east siders patronize. They chickens might be difficult. This way, sell both feed and the equipment needed they can get hands-on experience,” Polto set up your own operation. lock said. Peggy Waters is a good person to The Goodman Center chicks started talk to. Waters has useful advice for the from the flock that lives on the roof of colder weather: “Chickens are prone to the Children’s Museum. Each spring, frostbite. Not everyone realizes that they Pollock makes a trip over and picks up need to use a heat lamp in an area of the a batch of chicks. The birds start laying chickens’ living quarters where they can when they are about 6 months old and stop laying when they are around 4 years get in the light and then out of the light,” Waters said. old. There’s no recurring theme among “A good number of my neighbors on the east side are raising chickens. This is her customers, she adds, although many anecdotal, but a couple of families in ev- are young parents, or people who just want to know exactly where their food is ery block seem to have chicken coops,” said Pollock. The number of families in- coming from. “People raise chickens for different volved in this started to increase around reasons. Kids love to catch the chickens three or four years ago, but who is raisand treat them as pets. All of my chicking chickens changes somewhat every ens have names. When they stop laying, year. we just let them live out their natural “People might move, or take a year lives. They’re like family pets that prooff. Or they might lose their chickens to predators. There are definitely more peo- vide breakfast,” Pollock said. l ple now who know about raising chick-

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Movin’ Out offers affordable housing options for our most vulnerable residents By Tom Sakash, Eastside News

For low-income individuals with disabilities and their families, it can prove difficult to find even one pathway to permanent housing. That’s why Movin’ Out, a nonprofit housing organization based in east Madison, offers four options. From the development of new A bedroom in Pinney Lane Apartments. housing, rental options, a family legacy program and a program that leads them to eat when they want. Do launto bona fide homeownership, Movin’ dry when they want, and even leave the Out has matched one of the commuhouse when they want. nity’s most vulnerable populations with Beyond the home-purchase program, much-needed housing for more than 20 the organization operates a diverse portyears. And while each avenue is differfolio of rental options for low-income ent, the end result remains the same: an individuals with disabilities, units that affordable housing solution that delivers Movin’ Out can often modify to accomsecurity, flexibility and independence to modate a resident’s needs. these individuals and their families. Movin’ Out also offers a housing “The idea is to integrate people into legacy program to help families transordinary neighborhoods and ordinary fer ownership of a home from parents to apartment buildings rather than instichildren, thus ensuring a permanent, setutionalize them,” said Tim Radelet, cure residence. “There are too many sad Movin’ Out executive director. “It gives stories of 85-year-old parents dying and (residents) freedom and choice.” leaving their 50-year-old son, who has Movin’ Out’s work began in 1992 lived with them his entire life, leaving with its home-purchase program, a serhim alone to figure out what to do next,” vice that over the next 20 years would Radelet said. help more than 1,400 people across the More recently, Movin’ Out has state buy a home, including more than launched a development side to the or325 in Dane County. Through this proganization, cobbling together funding gram, Movin’ Out works with prospecsources and working with developers to tive homebuyers to locate houses or build mixed-income housing in Madicondominiums that fit their needs based son and across Wisconsin. This includes on accessibility, location and affordabil- Pinney Lane Apartments, the new buildity. The organization then works with a ing in which the organization is located mortgage lender to secure noninterestoff of Cottage Grove Road at 902 Roysbearing loans for larger down payments ter Oaks Drive. Built in 2015 on the forthat help reduce the size of the mortgage. mer site of the Royster-Clark fertilizer “In the housing we offer, people arplant, 18 of the 70 units in the building, range for their own (support) services,” many of which are earmarked as affordRadelet said, an important difference able, are dedicated to low-income indithat grants residents the independence viduals with disabilities. and control they typically don’t receive And if Movin’ Out ever needed a rein facilities or group homes. This allows minder about the need for this type of housing, it came when it first opened the complex. For an application period that was set to begin on a Monday morning, parents of children with disabilities began lining up to apply the Friday night before. “There’s real interest in this,” Radelet said. “All throughout the state there are thousands of families trying to figure out this housing piece.” l The courtyard of Pinney Lane Apartments.

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Workers pole harvested ice toward the hoist on one of the frozen lakes.

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Ice barons made cool cash from Madison lakes By Ann Waidelich, East Side History Club

Ask anyone who grew up on the east side during the “ice box” era about favorite pastimes and you’re likely to hear about begging (or stealing) slivers of ice from horse-drawn wagons delivering ice blocks or milk. Local delivery businesses were just the “tip of the iceberg” of industries built on ice. Ice was harvested out of Madison lakes commercially for local use as early as 1856 by Albert Warren, whose business was at the intersection of North Hamilton and North Pinckney streets. In the 1870s, Henry Allen and John Pyncheon cut and sold Lake Monona ice from their ice house on Rutledge Street. The Kurtz and Huegle Ice Co. was located on Lake Mendota in what is now Maple Bluff. Ice boxes in private homes were popular from about the 1840s through the 1940s. After the railroads came to Madison, the prospect of shipping ice to consumers in cities to the south became feasible. The large breweries and meat packing

The Conklin and Sons ice house was located on the shore of Lake Mendota where James Madison Park is.

Upcoming Events East Side History Club Ann Waidelich ice harvesting presentations Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. Monona Public Library 1000 Nichols Road, Monona

Jan. 10 at 1 p.m. Midvale Lutheran Church 4329 Tokay Boulevard

Jan. 17 at 12:15 p.m. Wisconsin Historical Society Museum 30 N. Carroll Street plants, both locally and in Chicago and St. Louis, created a huge demand for lake ice. During this time, several Illinois firms built ice harvesting businesses around the Madison lakes, including Knickerbocker on lakes Wingra and Monona, and the Jefferson Ice Co., Esch Bros. and Rabe Ice Co. at the east end of Lake Monona, at the foot of what used to be called “Ice House Hill.” This is now where the Olbrich Park sledding hill is. The ice scene was dominated by Conklin and Sons, who had a very large ice house on Lake Mendota in what is now James Madison Park. For a long time the park was informally called

Conklin Park. They delivered Madison lake ice to other cities well into the 1930s. Cutting ice from Madison’s lakes was cold, hard labor that took place during a four to six week period in January and February. Unemployed construction laborers and farmhands worked 10-hour days for 50 cents a day. A daily delivery to a household averaged 20 pounds and cost 50 cents per week or $2 per month in 1882. The Conklins sold their ice business to Oscar Mayer, which had been making and delivering “mechanical” ice since the 1920s. Oscar Mayer stopped making ice in 1968 and has relied on mechanical refrigeration since. Mechanical refrigerators were invented by General Electric in 1911. They gradually replaced ice boxes, which required the constant cost and delivery of ice (often inconsistent in quality), the messy dis-

An Oscar Mayer employee makes an ice delivery in town around 1940.

posal of melted ice water, and making do without a true freezer to keep food really cold. As with other modern appliances, the quality of refrigerators kept going up while the cost of ice kept coming down. When the supply of refrigerators increased after World War II, the end of the ice box era was at hand. This article originally appeared on the East Side History Club blog, January 2013. The next meeting will be Feb. 18 at the Goodman Center, from 1-3 p.m. The topic has not yet been announced. The East Side History Club, a project of Goodman, meets for three months each spring and fall to collect and share memories of Madison’s east side. To receive meeting notices by email or postal mail, contact Anitra Hovelson at anitra@goodmancenter.org or 608-2048016. The East Side History Club blog at eastsidehistory.wordpress.com shares local history “finds” as they come to light. To submit your memories and pictures to publish on the blog, email sarah.white@ firstpersonprod.com. l Do you support the Goodman Community Center? Thank you! Thank you!

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Feldenkrais awareness classes offered at GCC Sandy River, a guild-certified Feldenkrais practioner for more than 29 years, is once again offering a Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement course to help attendees move more easily; release tension, stiffness or pain; improve posture, balance, flexibility, coordination and concentration; reduce stress and fatigue; prevent injury; as well as increase energy and relaxation. The courses are offered on Mondays, Jan. 23 through March 13 from 7:158:30 p.m. at the Goodman Community

Center. A free video introducing the Feldenkrais Method will be shown at 6:45 p.m. preceding the first class. Wear loose comfortable layers. Bring padding to lie on and a large towel for your head. For 15-year-olds or older. The cost is $18 for one class and $120 for the eight-week session. Registration is required. To register, contact Sandy River at 608-241-7635. For more information please visit bodywisdomforeveryone.com. l

Jan. 21

‘Feel Good Posture,’ a Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement workshop Does sitting or standing become uncomfortable too soon? Do you often catch yourself slouching or tensing up? Discover in this workshop how to let your bones support you. Learn to release unnecessary habits of holding and tension. Explore what a dynamic and balanced posture could mean for you at this workshop from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Goodman Community Center. Benefit from individualized attention. Experience being in your body with more comfort,

confidence, freedom and ease. Wear loose comfortable layers. Bring padding to lie on and a large towel for your head. For adults 15 years older. The fee for this session is $45. Instructor will accept Dane County Time Bank Dollars for half of the class fee. Registration is required. To register, contact Sandy River at 608 241-7635. For more information, please visit bodywisdomforeveryone.com. l

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Grow together with slow and intermediate flow yoga By Blue Strom, yoga teacher

Are you searching or seeking more inner peace, self-compassion and openhearted love in your daily life? One way to meet yourself is on the mat during yoga class. I offer Slow Flow Yoga on Friday evenings from 6-7 p.m. at the Goodman Community Center, which offers space to inhale all you absorbed from the week and exhale what you no longer need. If you prefer a class that starts out gently, but builds to a more intermediate level, my Sunday morning class from 9-10 a.m. will help wake up your body and rejuvenate your mind. You’ll feel ready to tackle your upcoming work week with better clarity and ease. I gear my classes to all levels because I always encourage yogis to go at their own pace, follow their own breath and take modifications in poses whenever needed to ensure a safe and nurturing

experience for all. Everyone is welcome! The feedback I receive each week touches my heart because I see all the ways yoga helps people, including lessening anxiety, helping them cope better with a physical ailment, cultivating a deeper sense of inner peace and contentment, or simply meeting new friends. These are the gifts yoga can bring us. I am so grateful to be part of and share in the experience at Goodman each week. With a deep bow, I appreciate all I learn from the class and look forward to continuing to grow with you. Namaste. The drop-in fee for classes is $5 for the general public and $4 for Goodman Community Center fitness center members. Attendees should pay at Goodman’s front desk prior to the start of each class. For more information, email me at bluestromyoga@gmail.com or at on my

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The drop-in fee for classes is $5 for the general public and $4 for Goodman Community Center fitness center members. Attendees should pay at Goodman’s front desk prior to the start of each class. For more information, email Christopher Livanos at chrislivanosyoga@gmail.com. l

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Support GCC at Berrymans’ New Year’s Eve Show ing half of the proceeds to the GCC. Tickets are $18 in advance, $22 day of show. Tickets will be available in person at GCC, Orange Tree Imports or online at brownpapertickets.com/event/2696557. To learn more about Lou and Peter, visit their website at louandpeter.com. l

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Beat the winter blues with a party for VSA Looking for a way to chase away the winter blues? Come cure your cabin fever on a crisp winter night at VSA Wisconsin’s Beat Winter Blues party! Join other kindred spirits Friday, Feb. 24 from 6-9 pm at VSA Wisconsin, 1709 Aberg Ave. in Madison. Stroll through our art gallery to discover how military veterans are using the creative arts to battle the physical and emotional scars resulting from service to our country. Consider purchasing a work for your home or office. An additional 40 works of art by people with

disabilities will also be for sale. Warm up with refreshments, soda and beer. Music for dancing and decompressing will be provided by the Tony Castañeda Latin Jazz Quartet from 7-9 pm. Admission is free. Donations, art and beverage purchases warm our hearts and will give children and adults with disabilities the opportunity to share their voice and reveal their abilities and talents through the creative arts. For more information, please visit vsawis.org or call 608-241-2131. l

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Euchre tournament to support Starlings volleyball A euchre tournament is being held Friday, Jan. 6, at the Goodman Community Center, where Madison Starlings volleyball club kids will be selling food at a concession stand. Over Christmas vacation, the Starlings will hold mini-camps for grades K-5 at Goodman and at the Salvation Army near the Darbo neighborhood.

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The camps are free and run by the youth in the club with the support of adult coaches. Participation in the tournament is open to the public. The tournament season runs from January through May. For more information, visit madisonstarlings on Facebook or email madisonstarlings.com. l

Wild Rumpus Circus presents ‘Circus for a Small Planet’ at Goodman Community Center The Wild Rumpus Circus will be transforming the Goodman Community Center’s gym into a circus big top. Don’t miss “Circus for a Small Planet.” Shows are Saturday, Feb. 4, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Feb. 5, 2 p.m. This show is sure to impress with its fanciful tale of space travel and redemption for a tiny planet that’s coming apart

at the seams. You’ll enjoy an all-ages cast of aerialists, stilt-acrobats, jugglers, German wheelers, magicians and clowns. For more information, or to register for any classes or events offered by the Wild Rumpus Circus, visit therumpusroom.org or email wildrumpuscircus@gmail.com. l

Jan. 15 through April

Learn to fly with aerial arts Adults and children can learn to spin, fly and dangle from aerial apparatus during aerial arts workshops at the Goodman Community Center. Instructor Marcia Miquelon has more than 20 years of aerial experience and has been teaching dance, yoga and other

forms of movement for more than 25 years. These workshops are offered on different days of the week for different age groups. For more information on offerings, visit therumpusroom.org. l

Jan. 24 through March 14

AAA offers driver training at GCC The American Automobile Association is offering a driver training course on Mondays from 6:15-8:15 p.m., starting Jan. 24 at the Goodman Community Center. To sign up, students must be at least 15 years old by the first class session. The classroom portion of driver training is 15 two-hour sessions. Any missed classes will need to be made up before completing the course. Parents or guardians are required to partake in an orientation before the start of class on Jan. 23

at 6 p.m. As a courtesy and convenience, the program will administer the Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicle permit test Monday, Feb. 13 at 5:15 p.m. All contracted students may take the test. The cost of the program, which includes classroom and driving lessons, is $370-$460, depending on AAA membership and qualifications. For a full description of the class or to register, visit wisconsin.aaa.com/Safety/ new-driver-training-course.aspx. l

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Adult indoor soccer at GCC The Goodman Community Center hosts indoor soccer on Wednesday nights throughout the winter and spring on its hard gym courts.

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Biergarten proposed for Olbrich Park beach house

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Input needed on Comprehensive Plan update By Paul Soglin, city of Madison mayor

Over the past 10 years, Madison has gained 30,000 new residents and is expected to add another 70,000 by 2040. Madison has a strong and growing Paul Soglin economy, worldclass educational facilities, beautiful surroundings and many recreational opportunities. As we become more racially and socioeconomically diverse, is everyone experiencing these advantages? How will Madison continue to change as it grows? The time has come to assess our progress since Madison’s Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 2006. We need to reevaluate issues, revisit goals and clarify our path forward, so the city of Madison has embarked on an update to its Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is a guiding document that provides the city with a rational basis for local decision making with a 20-year vision. It acts as the central organizing plan for all other city plans, regulations and initiatives, as well as acting as the guide for the city’s phys-

ical, social and economic development. The Comprehensive Plan will drive both decision making and investment toward a healthier, more equitable and sustainable city. We’re committed to making the public engagement process for the Comprehensive Plan Update inclusive, relevant, transparent, flexible and fun. Imagine Madison, which launched in early November, is the public engagement campaign to gather the opinions of all Madisonians. It’s designed to foster constructive conversations between members of the community and between individuals and the city of Madison in an equitable manner. As we engage in community conversations and update the Comprehensive Plan, will we discuss issues and identify goals and actions through the lenses of equity, health, sustainability, and adaptability. This input will be used to direct the Comprehensive Plan Update. For more information, visit imaginemadisonwi.com. You can follow the process on Facebook at facebook.com/ImagineMadison or on Twitter @ImagineMsnWI. l

Big investments proposed in 2017 budget By Joe Parisi, Dane County Executive

In the fall, I introduced my 2017 budget. It makes unprecedented investments in compassionate services for our most vulnerable residents, Joe Parisi infrastructure critical to continued economic vitality and safety. It creates an environment where families and businesses can flourish. This budget is a clear statement of the priority Dane County places on green energy — harnessing the power of the sun to run our facilities and capturing naturally occurring bio-gas to convert it into millions of dollars of revenue to sustain services — and mitigating and adapting to the challenges of a changing climate. This will be Dane County’s cleanest, greenest budget ever. I am proposing more than $2 million in new solar development — more than doubling all of county government’s total solar energy production portfolio next year alone. While the state continues its inaction on

climate change, Dane County will lead the way by creating an Office of Climate Change and Energy that will coordinate efforts across the county. My Human Services budget totals over $294 million and includes new and expanded efforts to address barriers to our young people’s learning. Together with the Madison Metropolitan School District, we are creating a fourth mental health crisis team for the school district to ensure all four high school attendance areas have dedicated groups of professionals focused on the needs of young people. The efforts this budget undertakes reflect the values we hold so dear: good wages, educational achievement, reducing economic and racial disparities, improved mental health, cleaner waters and conservation, safer roads for both cars and bikes, and housing for those who have fallen on hard times. For more information on Dane County’s 2017 Budget go to countyofdane.com/ exec/budget. l

By David Ahrens, District 15 Alder

Biergarten is the German word for beer garden. That’s the concept behind a proposal to build a biergarten at the Olbrich Park beach David Ahrens house. Last year, the Madison Parks Commission decided some of the primary city parks were under-used and that the parks would benefit from “place-making.” Unlike most projects where the city asks for proposals where it spends money, this project asked for proposals from individuals — where private citizens would invest money and get part of the benefit. The Parks Commission chose two proposals for the Olbrich beach house. One from Rutabaga Sports proposed a concession to rent water sports equipment, such as kayaks and paddleboards. The other was for a beer garden that would be modeled after the biergartens now operating in five Milwaukee County parks, which garner about $1 million in revenue for the county and its park

system. The project’s proponents propose to be open from 4-10 p.m. during the six months when outdoor seating is possible. The vendor will sell local beers, pretzels, non-alcoholic drinks and brats. They will pay the city for the use of the building and a percentage of the gross profits. The proposal has engendered some discussion and controversy. Obviously, any proposal for another alcohol establishment deserves scrutiny. It deserves even more consideration and discussion because the beer garden is in a city park. In addition to these concerns, some object to the city’s engagement with a profit-making enterprise. However, the city is deeply involved with many, many profit-making enterprises of all kinds, and this would be among the smallest. To date, the proposed operators have met with three neighborhood organizations and participated in a first hearing at the Alcohol License Review Board. A community-wide meeting was held on Dec. 8 and a Parks Commission meeting was held Dec. 14. The Common Council will hear the proposal sometime in January. l

Changes made to development projects By Marsha Rummel, District 6 Alder

Gorman and Company is proposing to construct two threestory buildings consisting of 59 units total with underground parking for Marsha Rummel each unit at Union Corners. Gorman said the concept of Grandfamily housing is unique to Madison but identifies it as a growing trend. According to Gorman’s research, 34 percent of kids in the state live with grandparents or other extended family members. Gorman and Company is planning to apply for Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority Sec 42 tax credits, which will be awarded in April. Nine units will be at market rate, the rest will have rents affordable for incomes at a range of 30-80 percent of area median income. At the December neighborhood meeting, the Gorman team announced that grocer Fresh Thyme was no longer pursuing space at Union Corners. They are

still looking for a grocery store to anchor the corner of East Washington Avenue and Milwaukee Street.

Fair Oaks projects After initially proposing a five-story building with 91 units at 134 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Stone House Development listened to neighbors who attended an input session in mid-October and revised its plans. The developer now seeks to construct a four-story building with 80 units. Stone House will wrap the building with town homes. Fifteen percent of the units will be market rate; the rest will be offered at a range of affordable rents from 30-80 percent area median income. Stone House is partnering with The Road Home, which will purchase nine to 15 units to provide support services to very-low-income families with children. Mike Thorson, one of the developers interested in the Kessenich site across South Fair Oaks introduced his group’s interest in building a mixed-use building. He shared very preliminary concepts with some neighbors after the meeting. l

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Budget battle looming in the Legislature By Fred Risser, State Senator, 26th District

schools and the University of Wisconsin System. We must also protect our environment and limited natural resources, including safe drinking water. Restoring funds deleted by the Republicans for the Stewardship Program, Department of Natural Resources scientists and educators, and the state parks is also a priority of mine. Responsible transportation planning, including funding for major highway repair and public transit development, is still needed. Local infrastructure needs require far more attention and resources than they’ve received in recent years. I think most people also expect their tax dollars to be used to make sure their local roads are in good shape, that our elderly and disabled neighbors have safe, dependable transportation, and bike and pedestrian options are available. There are many issues facing our state that need attention. Next session presents a new opportunity to work on these issues and other matters important to not only my constituents but all Wisconsin citizens. I will continue fighting to restore our state government to one that works equally for all people. l

Education leadership front and center in primary State superintendent and school board vote is Feb 21 By Dave Link, Eastside News

This constitutional office is officially nonpartisan, and the superintendent serves four-year terms. Locally, Seat 7 of the Madison school board has three candidates who have submitted paperwork. Current school board member Ed Hughes is challenged by Matthew Andrzejewski and Nicki Vander Muelen for a three-year term on the board. Andrzejewski teaches in the psychology department at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Vander Muelen is an attorney for juveniles. Again, the top two vote-getters will square off on April 4. The deadline for spring election candidacy papers is Jan. 3. l

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In November, a U.S. District Court threejudge panel ruled 2-1 that Act 43, the redistricting scheme rammed through by Wisconsin legislative Republicans, was Chris Taylor an “unconstitutional political gerrymander.” This scheme, marred by vote packing and signed “secrecy oaths,” was embroiled with controversy from the get-go. In 2011, Republicans redrew legislative boundaries behind closed doors and pushed their plan through the legislature without any outside input. Twelve Democratic voters brought the lawsuit because the scheme treats voters unequally, causing votes to lose their value. For example, in 2012, 1.4 million Democrats voted in Assembly races compared with 1.2 million Republicans, yet the GOP came away with a staggering 60-39 majority. “Wisconsin is the most extreme partisan gerrymander in the United States in the post-2010 cycle. It’s about as far out from what you would consider to be fair as you can imagine,” said attorney Gerry Hebert, the executive director of the Campaign Legal Center. The judges ruled the scheme was unconstitutional under the First Amend-

ment and Equal Protection clause because the maps were “intended to burden the representational rights of Democratic voters … by impeding their ability to translate their vote into legislative seats.” But this gerrymandering isn’t the first time we’ve seen the GOP attempt to skew election results. Under Republican rule for the past six years, there has been a deliberate and concerted effort to rig Wisconsin’s elections. They made it harder for students to register to vote, deliberately disenfranchised hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin voters with an unnecessary Voter ID law and eliminated Wisconsin’s non-partisan elections watchdog organization. Now it is confirmed: they drew Wisconsin’s legislative districts so that regardless of the votes cast, Republicans would maintain legislative control. This ruling is a victory for all voters in Wisconsin. No matter where you live or what your political beliefs are — every Wisconsinite’s vote should be valued, protected and treated equally and fairly under the law. I applaud the court’s decision; it should serve as a reminder to my Republican colleagues that justice always prevails and the power truly belongs to the people, not donors, lobbyists or conservative special interests. l

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Federal court ruling a victory for Wisconsin voters

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I am looking forward to the next legislative session, which starts Jan. 3 with the swearing-in of the new Legislature. Shortly after the legislative session Fred Risser begins, Gov. Scott Walker will introduce his biennial budget bill. The budget process is the single most important activity the Legislature undertakes, as it establishes the spending and policy priorities for our state for the next two years. I believe the past three budgets have not reflected the values of Wisconsin residents and instead have moved Wisconsin towards promoting special interests and the privileged few at the expense of everyone else. Under Gov. Walker and his blindly obedient Legislature, our state has lost its reputation as a socially conscious and innovative state and instead is fighting to keep from falling even further behind other states on educational funding, job creation, environmental concerns and a host of other matters. Among my top priorities is to increase funding for our public K-12

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Listen and learn at Pinney Library

Pinney Branch Library is located at 204 Cottage Grove Road, at the intersection of Monona Drive and Cottage Grove Road between Walgreens and the former ReStore. For further program details or to register, call 608-224-7100 or visit madisonpubliHawthorne Branch Library is located at 2707 E. Washington Ave. in the Madison East clibrary.org. Library hours are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 9 Shopping Center at the intersection of East Johnson Street and East Washington Ava.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m. enue. For program details or to register, contact staff at 608-246-4548 or visit madisonpubliclibrary.org. Library hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Adult book group Minecraft club Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m. Tuesdays in January, 3:30 p.m.

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Library book club

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Wednesday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m. “Silas Marner” by George Eliot. Wednesday, Feb. 15, 6 p.m. “The Invention of Wings” by Sue Monk Kidd.

Saturday, Feb. 25, 10:30 a.m. Enjoy graham crackers, juice and favorite songs. We’ll have a pretend fire to cozy up to while we sing. For families and all ages.

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Library LEGO club

Third Thursday each month, 6:30 p.m. Tailored to millennials interested in exploring books and popular culture. At Daisy Cafe and Cupcakery, 2827 Atwood Ave.

Thursdays, Jan. 12 and Feb. 9, 4 p.m. Meet other LEGO fans and build your own unique creation.

SCALE Tuesdays, Jan. 19 through Feb. 23, 6-8 p.m. Skills for Computers and Literacy for Employment is a semester-long course in computer and employment literacy for adult students. Skills learned will help with job searching, applications, completing your GED and improving your abilities on the computer.

One-on-one computer assistance Tuesdays, Jan. 5 through Feb. 23, noon to 3 p.m. Free one-on-one 60-minute sessions for help with basic computer or internet skills. Call for appointment.

Stories and sweets Saturdays, Jan. 7 and Feb. 4, 10:30 a.m. Join us for stories, songs, rhymes and a craft.

Toddlers in Motion with Miss Cindy Tuesdays, Jan. 10-24, 10:15 a.m. Toddlers will enjoy music, dance, ribbons, shakers, free play and an interactive obstacle course.

Kids Code Madison Thursdays, Jan. 12 through Feb. 23, 6 p.m. Middle-school students can program interactive stories, games and animations using programs and tools like Scratch and Code Studio. For new and experienced programmers.

Preschool storytime Thursdays, Jan. 19 through Feb. 23, 10:30 a.m. A happy blend of stories, fingerplays and songs that help preschool children develop print and phonological awareness, vocabulary, letter knowledge and narrative skills. Groups and younger siblings welcome. l

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“The Narrow Road to the Deep North” by Richard Flanagan. Tuesday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m. “Being Mortal” by Atul Gawande.

Grab your friends for multiplayer Minecraft fun. No account necessary. Bring your own computer or use one of ours. Ages 17 and under.

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Gaming club

Friday, Jan. 6, 6:30 p.m. “Southside with You.”

Mondays, Jan. 30 and Feb. 27, 2:30 p.m. Bring some friends or just show up for chess, checkers and other tabletop games. Play our games or bring your favorites to share.

Preschool storytime Wednesdays, Jan. 18 through Feb. 25, 9:30 a.m. A happy blend of stories, fingerplays and songs developing print and phonologic awareness, vocabulary, letter knowledge and narrative skills. Groups welcome. For ages 3-5.

LEGO club First Mondays, 3:30 p.m. Join other LEGO fans and build your own unique creation. Children under 7 must have an adult helper.

Spanish storytime

Humanitarian knitting

Saturdays, Jan. 21, Feb. 18, 10:30 a.m.; Thursdays, Jan. 26, Feb. 23, 6:30 p.m. Join us for stories, songs and rhymes in Spanish. Focused on building early literacy skills. For ages 3-6.

First and third Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. Knit for charity. All skill levels welcome to learn to knit or to improve skills. Yarn is provided.

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Thursdays. Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, 16, 23, Thursday, Feb. 2, 6-8 p.m. 9:15 and 10:15 a.m. Play variety of games or bring your own. Little ones stay active with music, movement, play and bubbles. Especially for Toddler Time toddlers, all siblings welcome. Tuesdays, 10:15 a.m. (except Jan. 3, 10, Share the Life Lessons and Feb. 28) Enjoy stories, songs and activities. For Wednesdays, Jan. 4, 11, 18, 6:30 p.m. children ages 16-35 months. One adult Write personal family stories for future per child is recommended. generations during this consecutive three-week workshop. Book Baby Week 1: Money and Working. Tuesdays, 11:15 a.m. (except Jan. 3, 10 or Week 2: Getting an Education. Feb. 28) Week 3: Finding Love, Keeping Love Enjoy short stories and songs; then stay Alive. for play and conversations. For babies Registration began Dec. 21 and is reages 0-15 months. Caregiver required. quired. l

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Students are invited to participate in creating murals for GCC and Madison-Kipp By Howard Hayes, GCC male youth program coordinator PHOTO: KATHLEEN WARD

Goodman Community Center’s Lussier LOFT teen program is collaborating with Dane Arts Mural Arts and Madison-Kipp Corporation to create a mural on the side of Madison-Kipp’s building. On Jan. 16, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, youth will meet in Goodman’s teen center to begin the process of Madison middle- and high-school students will meet at creating the mural. Goodman on MLK Day to create a mural for MadisonLeading these efforts Kipp’s exterior wall. are Emida Roller and Alicia Rheal of DAMA. project on Goodman’s own building. These two artisits were commissioned If youth in our community would like by Madison-Kipp to create a mural and to take part in Goodman mural projwanted to include Goodman’s youth in ect or the MLK Day of Service mural the process and execution. project, please contact Howard Hayes at We are very excited to be a part of howard@goodmancenter.org. this day. It will give us an opportunity We will meet to finalize the look of to gauge our skills, manage our time and Goodman’s mural Tuesday, Jan. 10 from work together towards a final product. 4-5:30 p.m. in the Lussier LOFT. We Creating this large mural on MLK Day look forward to unveiling Goodman’s will help us prepare for a future mural mural in spring 2017. l

Madison Starlings strives to make volleyball accessible to everyone ticipants to tournaments and events they could not otherwise have attended. Madison Starlings holds practices in multiple locations on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays in order to provide as much accessibility as possible to as many kids as possible. Currently, practices are held Sunday afternoons at Warner Park Community Center, Mondays and alternate Sundays at Goodman, Monday evenings at Abundant Life Christian School, and Thursday nights at Wright Middle School.

By John Burkholder, Lowell Elementary School principal

As we head into the new year and close the book on our 100th anniversary, Lowell Elementary School staff will continue our work to target instruction John Burkholder to the specific needs of each and every one of our 341 students. In January, we will reassess students using a variety of quick and easy benchmark assessments in both reading and

math. We plan to use this data to adjust core instructional groupings and to realign intervention groups for all students. This work serves to push those students already performaing at grade level and beyond to higher levels of achievement, while at the same time accelerating the growth of those students working toward proficiency. The success of our work can be seen each June when we send our fifth-graders off to middle school well equipped to make excellent contributions during the next century. l

Troop 34 prepares for the Klondike Derby By Francine Hartman, Troop 34

The annual Klondike Derby will be held Feb. 4. It is a day of team-building and friendly competition between troops from southern Wisconsin. Scouts and leaders will work together on winter survival skills and also compete in a race while dragging a fully-loaded sled along a snowy course. We were happy to welcome seven new scouts and their families into our troop in the fall. Two of our older scouts have earned their Eagle rank, and another scout is well on his way. We enjoyed a challenging ropes course in October and took in an early November camping trip. We helped with Thanksgiving basket distribution at the Goodman Community Center, and December included our holiday bowling party.

Troop 34 scouts (foreground; l-r) Darshawn and Louis practice safe leaf burning techniques at an overnight outing in Avoca in November. We have troop outings every month (like camping in all weather, skiing or canoeing). Please come to our Tuesday meetings, 6:45-8 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church to learn more about our troop. l

If you would like to participate, contact Lauri Schwartz at madisonstarlings@ gmail.com. Updated schedules and tournament information can be found at madisonstarlings.com. l

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The Goodman Community Center welcomed families of program participants for a Family Fun Night holiday meal and dance performance Dec. 14. TO A CHILD, NO GIFT LASTS LONGER THAN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

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Madison’s local chapter of Starlings Volleyball Club began in 2012 as a continuation of Madison School and Community Recreation’s volleyball season at O’Keeffe Middle School. Lauri Schwartz, a retired city of Madison police officer, parent and former college volleyball player, began the local chapter with the support of O’Keeffe and Goodman Community Center staff. In 2013, Madison Starlings Volleyball Club moved to Goodman, where the club was given the opportunity to work with youth staff to encourage volleyball participation as an extension of Goodman’s youth fitness program. Goodman provided vans so that Madison Starlings could transport par-

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Arts + Literature Laboratory celebrates first year with an exhibition and building expansion The Arts + Literature Laboratory, located at 2021 Winnebago St., will celebrate its one-year anniversary and the grand opening of its newly expanded space Saturday, Jan. 14 from 6-9 p.m. ALL is doubling its size with its new expansion, which offers additional exhibition and event space, as well as room for its growing smALL Press Library collection, a lending library of small press publications. The celebration centers on the opening reception of Bridge Work, a midwestern-based arts initiative established to provide opportunities for emerging artists to broaden the scope of their professional connections and experiences. With current chapters in Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska, this multi-state project endeavors to forge a more interconnected arts community throughout the region by facilitating meaningful artistic exchanges among artists and art-centered organizations and professionals. In this exhibition, Bridge Work is hosting eight artists whose art depicts a range of contemporary concerns, from the multilayered complexities of Blackness in America to the imperfections and awkwardness of the art industry. The featured artists include Dominic Chambers and Max Cozzi of Bridge Work Wisconsin, Heidi Wiren Bartlett, Tatiana and Candida Pagen of Bridge Work Iowa, and Sam Hardewig and Rosa-

The Willy Street Chamber Players stand on their namesake street: (l-r) Paran Amirinazari, violin; Beth Larson, violin and viola; Rachel Hauser, violin and viola; Eleanor Bartsch, violin; Lindsey Crabb, cello; and Mark Bridges, cello.

“Apple Spirits #2” by Dominic Chambers of Bridge Work Wisconsin. na Ybarra of Bridge Work Nebraska. The event will include live music during the reception and an after party with DJs Evan Woodward and Nathan Port. ALL wishes to thank all of the artists, writers and community members who have supported us in our first year. We look forward to bringing even more art to the neighborhood in 2017 and beyond. Please visit our website for a schedule of exhibitions, readings, workshops, performances and more. For more information about this event, visit artlitlab.org. l

Marquette-Atwood art walk call for artists It’s already time to look forward to spring and the annual Marquette-Atwood Neighborhood Art Walk. Artists are invited to open their homes and studios for this one day event to share their artistic talents and creative spaces with neighbors, friends and art lovers. The application deadline is Friday, Jan. 13, and the art walk is Sunday, May 7. Individuals must live or work in the Marquette, Williamson or Atwood neighborhoods to apply. Businesses and galleries are better suited for the city-

wide Gallery Night. Individual artist fees are $30. Multiple artists at one location are allowed, but individual artist fees are applicable. To apply, send an email to Jenny Blasen at jblasen@hotmail.com or Gloria Van Dixhorn at gkvandix@wisc.edu with the following: name, address with ZIP code and email address. Include medium, two pictures of your work in high-quality square JPEGs measuring at least 1500 pixels x 1500 pixels, and your website or Facebook page. l

Willy Street Chamber Players bring classical music to the east side By Kathy Paul, Eastside News

In 2014, several talented local musicians envisioned a new type of classical music group for Madison. With strong ties to east side neighborhoods, musicians Paran Amirinazari, Rachel Hauser and Eleanor Bartsch felt that while the east side community appreciated classical music, the area was underserved by this genre. These three string musicians, along with Beth Larson, Mark Bridges and Lindsey Crabb, have enjoyed performing together in larger groups like the Madison Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber and Middleton Community orchestras and Madison Bach Musicians. They felt that by forming an autonomous ensemble, they could work together in a new and different way, select their own repertoire and focus on an east side audience. The Willy Street Chamber Players emerged. Their concerts are scheduled in July and August, when their other musical commitments lessen. Their repertoire features both popular classical standards as well as more adventurous musical selections. They also pair modern with traditional pieces to maintain an artistic edge. The WSCP invite guest artists to perform with them. For example, Suzanne Beia, second violinist of the Pro Arte Quartet, Concertmaster of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and Co-concertmaster of the Madison Symphony

Orchestra, and Michael Maccaferri, clarinetist of multiple Grammy Awardwinning sextet Eighth Blackbird joined concerts during the 2016 season. Both ticketed and free concerts have taken place at area venues including Allen Centennial Gardens and the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. According to WSCP violinist Eleanor Bartsch, Immanuel Lutheran Church on Spaight Street provides a visually stunning venue along with acoustics that are wellsuited for stringed instruments. As current or former residents of the east side, WSCP musicians appreciate the opportunity to interact with audience members at post-concert receptions, which include refreshments donated by local businesses, many located on Willy Street. The group has garnered high praise from the community. Radio station WORT-FM has recorded the group’s concerts for radio broadcast to further promote their music. During their inaugural season, music critic and University of Wisconsin Professor Emeritus John W. Barker said, “I find it difficult to express fully my excitement over the sudden creation of this marvelous pool of young musicians.” Plans for the 2017 season, the group’s third, are currently underway. You can keep in touch with WSCP on Twitter (username “willystreetcp”) or on Facebook. l

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This show was inspired by reading an autobiography of Andy Warhol and his famous studio, “The Factory.” I learned that Andy painted his soup cans because he was born into a poor family and as a child, if you opened any cupboard in his mother’s kitchen, it would be filled with Campbell’s soup cans. In other words, they were the background of his everyday life. My paintings were created with an ordinary household paint roller teamed with acrylic paint on canvas. The object of this experiment was to explore the effect that the glorious colors of our everyday world have on each other. It was also motivated by a desire to produce original art in a way that made it affordable to every art lover.

Dawn Bedore Proctor studied art, horticulture and landscape design at the University of Wisconsin. She is retired from her long and beloved career as the development director for Olbrich Botanical Gardens. She finds painting a creative outlet, along with gardening, which she considers “painting with flowers.” She has presented several solo shows on Madison’s east side, including shows at Cafe Zoma, and has been invited to contribute pieces to various charities including the Wisconsin Women’s Network, the Rape Crisis Center and the LGBT art auction. A great believer in the power of philanthropy, Dawn has asked that 100 percent of all sales from this exhibit go to support the Goodman Community Center. l Fallen, painting, 48' x 24'

Over the past 25 years, UMOJA magazine has featured the work of black artists on most of its covers. In this show, about 100 pieces from the total collection of 300 have been selected. Both the original artwork and the artwork as displayed on the cover are framed and shown side by side. UMOJA magazine is local, community-focused journal that focuses on positive news in the African-American community. This show is especially interesting for classroom groups and afterschool enrichment. Come and enlarge your understanding of the black experience and see how this experience is interpreted in a positive way by black artists. Artwork has been the flagship of UMOJA magazine for 25 years. Artists working in a variety of genres show a

“Callalily,” cover art by Charles Bibbs.

Bare Knuckle Arts offers winter weekend activities Looking for something crafty to do on a cold winter weekend? Bare Knuckle Arts at 1949 Winnebago St. offers a variety of weekend workshops for adults and children. Below is just a sampling of workshops offered this winter. Friday Dec. 30 from 9-11 a.m. This workshop will take inspiration from Star Wars movies to create art representing X-Wing Fighters, BB8 or R2D2, as well as larger-than-life light sabers. This workshop is best for children ages 7-15. Cost is $42 per participant.

2322 Atwood Ave. Madison 53704

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wide range of the black experience, from struggles and sacrifices to family and church life, as well as cultural achievements and images from the continent of Africa. UMOJA Publisher Milele Chikasa Anana is available upon request for a guided tour and a discussion of the deeper meaning of the artwork. Please contact her at umojamagazine@sbcglobal or 608-242-1400. The Goodman Community Center’s Ballweg Gallery will be displaying cover art from UMOJA magazine during February and March. For more information about UMOJA Magazine, visitumojamagazine.com l

Star Wars workshop

Locally owned in Madison for over 4O years. Carrying items made both in the US and Wisconsin. Shop smart, shop local and feel good about it.

“Nelson Mandela” oil painting by Linda Mathis-Rose on the cover of UMOJA

Wool needle felted landscapes Saturday Feb. 4 from 1-4 p.m. Do you have landscapes embedded in your life? Mountains, water, wind, trees, sky, fields of sunflowers, rocks that embody memory, seasons or a perfect moment that made you feel alive? Make that memory into a piece of unique art. We’ll create our pieces with layers of roving wool blended into a beautiful landscape. Each piece will be framed in rustic wood frames created by Black Wood Works. Cost is $65. For more information about classes at Bare Knuckle Arts, visit bareknucklearts.com. l

fun and warm for winter. Made in the USA.

Deborah’s Frame Garden

Custom picture framing, mockzaics, creative workshops and original art, hand painted signs, multimedia craft designer.

Deborah R Huff Tunison owner/designer

3010 Atwood Avenue Madison, WI 53704 608-576-4044 deborahframgarden@gmail.com Facebook: Deborah’s Frame Garden Located in JNR’s Rose Cottage

Our gallery exists thanks to a generous donation from Diane Endres Ballweg. If you’d like to be considered for a show here, visit goodmancenter.org/services/ballweg-gallery

Thank you to everyone who helped us make sure more than 300 children who attend programs at the Goodman Community Center had at least one gift to open. We are so grateful. Their parents were very appreciative of the help, too.

Did you help? You have a big heart.

Lou and Peter Berryman’s

AnnuAl EArly New YeAr’s Eve show As always, half of the proceeds go to the Goodman Community Center!

TICKETS: $18 advance l $22 day of show In person: Orange Tree Imports Goodman Community Center

Online: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2696557

By phone: Call the Goodman at 241-1574

New Year’s Eve 7 Saturday, Dec. 31 7 8 ‘til 10:30pm Goodman Community Center 7 149 Waubesa Street in Madison

DOOR PRIZES! SURPRIZES! For more info: louandpeter.com or goodmancenter.org or call Lou at 257-7750

Tune in to WORT— they help promote this show!