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Breaking barriers The Common Council elections could yield the city’s first African American councilwoman

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When Sheri Carter first realized it she was stunned, she says. “I really couldn’t believe it.” Barbara McKinney was similarly amazed. “I couldn’t believe that was true.” But it is. Madison has not had an African American woman on the Common Council since the city incorporated 159 years ago. Carter and McKinney could change that next Tuesday. McKinney is running against Matt Brink for the southwest-side seat now held by Lisa Subeck, who was elected last year to the state Assembly and is not running for reelection. Carter is challenging first-term incumbent John Strasser for another south-side district. Milwaukee elected its first African American councilwoman, Vel Phillips, in 1956. In 1969, 22-year-old Eugene Parks became the first African American elected to Madison’s council — as well as the first person of color elected to any public body in Dane County. Since then there have been other minorities elected to both the Dane County Board and Common Council, but no African American women have held a council seat, confirms Lisa Veldran, the council’s legislative administrative assistant. The election happens at a time when severe racial disparities are getting attention. The city is also coping with the aftermath of the March 6 killing of Tony Robinson, an unarmed biracial teen, by a white Madison police officer.

Barbara McKinney (left) and Sheri Carter are running to represent two different south-side districts in Tuesday’s election.

McKinney moved from Ferguson, Mo., to Madison in 2006, to care for her son, Mike McKinney, a reporter for WMTV, who later died of cancer. She has three degrees, including an MBA and a master’s in policy analysis and public planning. She also has Subeck’s endorsement. But McKinney points to her life experience as being more valuable for the job. She says she knows what it’s like to be a poor, single mother struggling to get by. She once lived in the same apartment building where Mike Brown — the man killed by Ferguson police last August — resided. “I was able to move out of that community, not just because of my tenacity, but because I had a strong support system,” she says. “All of that possibility was because someone looked at me without judging and saw potential in me.” When she first moved to Madison, she was surprised to find it a mostly white town. But she’s seeing the demographics shifting.

As an alder, McKinney wants to address public safety, economic development, affordable housing and transportation. But she wants to represent all her residents’ concerns. “I also must represent the neighborhoods...where there’s growth and people are concerned about what Highway M is going to look like,” she says. “The person who represents that district has to represent the entire district.” Her opponent, Matt Brink, the general manager of the Brink Lounge, which is owned by his father, Curt Brink, says his big priority is to address crime in the district, which he sees as growing. He too was surprised that a black woman has never sat on council. “There’s context there,” he says. “How many have run in the past and how many have lost?” Asked what he will do to represent minority residents, who suffer disproportionately from poverty, he says he wants to focus on developing the community center the city is establishing in the former Griff’s restaurant near Elver Park. The plan calls for a jobs program. Brink says he has a good relationship with building trade groups, which he sees playing a significant role. “One of the biggest problems for people in this gap right now are finding high-wagepaying jobs,” he says. “The trades are a great way to do that.” A lifelong Madison resident, Carter works for the state Department of Health Services. If elected to the council, Carter will focus on homelessness, affordable housing, disparity and economic development.

Like McKinney, she says her life experience is a valuable asset. “It brings a unique perspective to the council when you have people on it who represent the makeup of the whole city,” she says. “The clarity of certain issues are blurred because of the lack of diversity.” She also wants to enhance learning opportunities for children and adults. “We really have to look at how we can move young people through to each level of education so they can be successful,” she says. Her opponent, Ald. John Strasser, counters that anyone can address issues of disparity and inequality. “How do we manage the city of Madison going forward in an era of shrinking budgets and increased demand?” he says. “That has nothing to do with whether you’re white, black, woman, man, gay, straight. It has to do with ability.” Strasser says he has provided innovative leadership during his time on the council, and he wants to continue working on job and economic development in his district. “What this district needs is economic opportunity. [Residents] need jobs today at the skill level they can step into,” he says. “All people want to talk about is how do we train people for the jobs of tomorrow,” he says. “We can’t do that until we have [economic] stability in households today.” He criticizes Carter for not explaining what she has accomplished in her life. Plus, he adds, “she never says any new idea that she’s had...any problem that she’s had to solve. The reason is, she’s the manager of the status quo. While everybody gets excited about the first this, the first that, I think it’s a very poor way of managing a city. I hope people look at resumes and achievements [when voting].” n

Street Pulse grapples with upheaval Most of the homeless paper’s staff and board quit in February BY JAY RATH

The newspaper Street Pulse has been credited not just with giving a voice to the homeless, but helping some people get off the streets. But this winter, an internal struggle threatened to tank the paper, spilling onto the front page of its March edition. In early February, most of the paper’s board and staff resigned. Those who stayed have been scrambling to reorganize while continuing to publish. “We’re working on re-forming the board of directors right now,” says Briana Reilly, interim designer and editor in chief. “We’re trying to figure out membership requirements and things like that, and guidelines which, honestly, should have been put in place a long time ago.” Monthly publication has been uninterrupted, largely due to Reilly, a UW-Madison sophomore journalism student. “She’s the one who saved our butts,” says Robert Huffar, who was appointed executive director at an emergency board meeting following the walk-out on Feb. 8. Many of the problems could be characterized as personality clashes, but there was also disagreement over the paper’s content. Reilly says that coverage had increasingly extended to social justice issues other than homelessness, and that the tone had become strident.

Former staff trained volunteers “like they were going to be out on the front lines in a violent protest,” says Huffar, who served — and continues to serve — as vendor coordinator. “They could get hurt and go to jail and stuff like this. And I’m going, ‘No!’” Journalism ethics and libel law also became contentious. Huffar, a native of New Lisbon, trained himself as a paralegal while in a Montana prison. He recalls, “I could see this stuff and I’d bring it up, and I’d get blown off by [staff ]. ‘Oh, we don’t have to worry about that. We’ve got freedom of the press. We can say what we want.’ Well, you can’t.” The March issue includes a front-page apology from Huffar to readers, vendors and volunteers for mismanagement and mistakes. The paper started in 2005. Vendors, who tend to be homeless or very low-income, purchase papers for 25 cents and sell them for $1. Reporters get free copies in exchange for writing. There are currently 35 vendors, who are ubiquitous around the Capitol Square and State Street. Circulation is 6,000. The paper’s legal status is uncertain. Its website states that it “is a nonprofit cooperative.” However, the publication has never incorporated. Instead, when it was organized, the nonprofit MadisonArea Urban Ministry served as fiscal receiver. This is a not-uncommon practice for nonprofit start-ups, allowing donors to receive

charitable deductions while the lengthy process of attaining tax-exempt status is completed. Street Pulse seems to have made no progress toward receiving its own nonprofit corporate status or qualifying as tax-exempt. Says Huffar: “There is no paperwork at all.” After the February crisis, Huffar immediately met with Madison-Area Urban Ministry. “We’re back under their umbrella, now,” Huffar says. Technically, however, it may be that Street Pulse has always been a legal extension of the ministry. Huffar says that Linda Ketcham, the ministry’s executive director, and Brian Solomon, former city council member, have both agreed to serve as advisers to the paper’s board. Neither responded to repeated requests for comment; nor has David Hilgendorf, the previous publisher. “It’s a lot on my shoulders,” says Huffar, who says he and his wife “are just on the verge of being homeless.” “There’s some stress, but I’m enjoying it,” he says. “I want to be able to help these people out here.” As for the paper, “We need bodies at this point,” says Reilly. “We need volunteers.” To learn more or to offer assistance, write to vendcoordstreetpulse@gmail.com. n

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“The garage over here was originally designed for 160-some buses; right now we’ve got 214,” says Drew Beck, a planning and scheduling manager for Metro. “We are out of space.” An Epic spokesman declined to comment about what bus services the company would like. Epic employees were equally mum on the topic. One rider said talking to the press would “complicate the working environment.” But it’s hard to imagine anyone among Epic’s brain trust likes standing for a half hour on the bus. It’s a concern for Metro too, since public transit is more of an option than a necessity for these young professionals with disposable income. “To have to stand for 35 minutes rather than sit down and start working on the computer or iPad and ride comfortably becomes an unattractive transportation option for an Epic employee,” Kamp says. The controversial Google buses in San Francisco are private charters and are not open to the public. Although Madison Metro routes 75 and 55 exist because of Epic, any paying customer can ride. Metro is contemplating bringing Epic into the upcoming Bus Rapid Transit system, which will use 60-foot articulated buses on express routes like the 75 to alleviate rider congestion throughout the transit system. This, too, hinges on finding a place to keep the buses. Says Kamp: “I tell people I would rather have this problem than those communities that are cutting service, but it is still a problem we’ve got to address.” n

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UW System President Ray Cross says he’ll resign if he can’t reduce budget cuts, secure tenure and shared governance.

Gov. Scott Walker appears to flip-flop on immigration — again — in a Wall Street Journal report.

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission unanimously approves the Badger-Coulee project – a 180-mile, $580 million, 345-volt transmission line proposed by American Transmission Co. and Xcel Energy.

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Bucky claws his way into the Final Four of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament after a thrilling victory over Arizona. The Badgers play the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday at 7:49 pm. MONDAY, MARCH 30

Tokyo-based Fujifilm Holdings Corp. buys Madison biotech company Cellular Dynamics International for a cool $307 million. CDI makes human stem cells – which could revolutionize medicine – in industrial quantities. Badger basketball center Frank “The Tank” Kaminsky is unanimously named a firstteam selection on the Associated Press All-American team, and he’s up for a host of other awards (not to mention the NCAA championship).

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The Young Gifted and Black Coalition has brought a tremendous urgency to local politics, an energy that has been lacking over much of the last decade. The group has brought new voices into the mix. Think of the typical city of Madison meeting — majority white alders hearing from majority white developers proposing new luxury student apartments, majority white near-east-siders arguing for a pet project and majority white environmentalists asking for a new impact study. While many Madison groups suffer from chronic mission creep, Young Gifted and Black, before and after the shooting of Tony Robinson, has stayed tightly focused on concrete goals. Its members have a consistent list of policy objectives they want to see, mostly focused around policing and jailing. I don’t agree with every one of the coalition’s policy objectives, but I’m glad they continue to relentlessly promote their ideas. It offers a direct challenge to leaders to adopt these policies or come up with their own. Inaction and the status quo are no longer good enough. When a social issue comes to the forefront, there’s an instinct to form new committees, workgroups, partnerships, coalitions and alliances. These groups are important, as they can source potential solutions from a wide body of stakeholders. Through these conversations, different partners figure out how to maximize resources. Unfortunately, sometimes the process breaks down, and well-meaning people fall into a cycle of forming new group after new group to keep addressing the same problem. In cases like that, hearing a new partnership has been formed sounds like the brush-off line from Raiders of the Lost Ark: “We have top men working on it right now.” “Who?” “Top…men.” There are times when Madison’s network of committees and commissions only offers

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the illusion of progress, like the color wheel icon on my Mac that keeps spinning even when Google Chrome has been locked up for more than five minutes. The Landmarks Commission has been drafting a new landmarks ordinance for so long the current ordinance should itself be considered a historical landmark. The ruins of the Garver Feed Mill were ready to fall in on themselves before the city got serious about redevelopment. Madison’s use of conversation as a substitute for action has had real consequences on black lives. In 2012, black men made up 43% of Dane County’s new prison placements while making up less than 5% of the county’s population. Unfortunately, the only way to make some people notice is to unfurl a Black Lives Matter banner in the Capitol Rotunda or at the front of a theater. Young Gifted and Black’s other great strength is that it exposes different voices in the black community. When the media wants to get a black perspective, they almost always

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by Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch. Or that every man is represented by Mayor Paul Soglin. When members of the coalition disagree with other black leaders, that doesn’t show division, that shows richness. The group has had missteps. Young Gifted and Black disrupted a mayoral debate held at the Barrymore Theatre. They unfurled a banner at the front of the theater while chanting demands, a dramatic and striking action, but then they stayed around and continued to shout over the mayoral candidates. Activism doesn’t follow Robert’s Rules of Order, but there’s a fine line between making sure your voice is heard and drowning out others. Now Young Gifted and Black will have to decide what do after this round of spring elections. Do they continue poking at government from the outside? Do they start pressuring more elected officials to support them? The proposed Dane County jail is one of Young Gifted and Black’s most public targets. I bet they could make that expensive new jail a major issue in next year’s Dane County Board elections. Like the American Civil Liberties Union and Madison’s own Freedom From Religion Foundation, I won’t always agree with Young Gifted and Black. But I’m terrified by what the conversation would look like without them. No matter what they choose to do, they represent an important new voice, and I hope they remain a factor in local politics for years to come. n Alan Talaga co-writes the Off the Square cartoon and blogs at isthmus.com/madland.

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Let them eat cake! Thanks for Bruce Murphy’s piece on the folly of the state’s handling of food stamps benefits (“Creating a ‘Whole New Class of Poor People,’� 3/26/2015). Other states have recognized that slashing FoodShare assistance not only burdens their poor, it depresses the state economy. While thousands of our seniors and disabled are seeing their benefits reduced to $16 per month, our legislators want to raise their own per diem expenses to $138. Something’s rotten somewhere in Walker Wisconsin. Terry Farley (via email) A stable society with well-funded education, decent-paying wages with benefits, and proper drug and mental health programs. Those are the things that you need to combat poverty. Not kicking people off of food stamps. That won’t accomplish anything. Nicole Boron (via Facebook) Too cruel since the governor hasn’t delivered on his jobs boast. Wisconsin was once a progressive place. Not anymore. Nancy Paul (via Facebook)

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Supreme Court race Unless Supreme Court Justice Bradley is reelected, Gov. Scott Walker will easily be able to govern while he runs for president from another state, as he will control all three branches of government here: the executive, the legislative and the judicial (“Campaign Contributions and Conflicts of Interest,� 3/26/2015). Bradley’s opponent makes no secret of the fact that he represents the Republican Party, using it to finance his campaign and appearing at its events to solicit votes. I think those who wrote the Constitution believed in three separate and independent branches of government. So do I, which is why I am voting for Bradley. Peggy Wireman (via email)

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KATE McCOY was out with her 4-year-old son when she got a call from her husband. Their 5-month-old son, Neil, had started having trouble breathing, and they were both now at American Family Children’s Hospital.

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McCoy felt a rush of fear when she saw the throng of medical staffers surrounding Neil in the emergency room. He was hooked up to an IV and was wearing a heart monitor and oxygen mask. His heart was racing, and his skin had a strange blue tinge. He was so small, so vulnerable. After the doctors ruled out a number of possibilities, including a heart defect, brain problem or metabolic disorder, a lab test confirmed that Neil had an E. coli infection that had quickly turned into sepsis. Sepsis causes the body to mount an exaggerated immune response that may continue even after the bacteria have been killed. It can lead to organ damage and death. Fortunately, once the infection was identified, Neil was promptly given antibiotics; his sepsis responded quickly to treatment. A few hours later, McCoy and her husband, Rob, were relieved to see their infant’s heart rate and breathing become normal again and his healthy color return. They had their baby back. Neil’s dance with death was over. It wasn’t until McCoy brought Neil to their family physician for a follow-up visit that she learned just how close she had come to losing her baby: the E. coli strain that infected Neil is resistant to many different antibiotics. Because of this experience, McCoy spoke out publicly last year at a town hall meeting in Madison convened to urge support for new legislation to curb the nontherapeutic use of antibiotics in farm animals. The overprescription of antibiotics in both farm animals and humans is having deadly consequences. Antibiotics that once effectively fought bacteria, such as E. coli, are no longer doing the job. Nationally, the Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than 2 million illnesses annually are caused by antibiotic resistance, resulting in 23,000 deaths. Last September, President Obama signed an executive order that declared combating antibioticresistant bacteria a national security priority. It has been called public health’s ticking time bomb. At UW-Madison, a group of researchers are on the front lines of this battle. Buoyed by a $16 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Center of Excellence for Translational Research program, the researchers are doing what the pharmaceutical industry has not done since the 1980s — finding new antibiotics. Dr. David Andes, chief of the division of infectious disease at UW Hospital, and Cameron Currie, a bacteriology professor at UW-Madison, are co-principal investigators on the project. The team has developed sophisticated screening methods to prioritize the most promising of the compounds that they have found, thus streamlining the journey through testing and production to human trials. So far they have found 15 new antibiotics, some of which have already been successfully tested in mice.

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Until antibiotics were introduced in the 1940s, infectious diseases were some of the deadliest and most dreaded diseases of all. During the 19th century, cholera, pneumonia, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough and tuberculosis decimated populations; in America, 25% of children died within their first year. The widespread availability of antibiotics, along with vaccines and better sanitation, helped curb these deadly diseases. But the pervasive overuse of antibiotics in humans and livestock during the past 70 years has cause the number of antibioticresistant strains of bacteria to proliferate. All of the most common infections of the ear, sinus, throat, skin, lung and urinary tract are resistant to multiple drugs, although they remain treatable by others. With no new drugs in development and antibioticresistant bacteria on the rise, experts fear that the current stock of antibiotics is insufficient to meet future needs. Andes sees this threat daily in his work at UW Hospital. Completely antibioticresistant bacteria turn up in patients with alarming frequency, he says. “Thirty to 40 times per month we grow bacteria from a patient in our microbiology lab and find there’s no antibiotic that we have to treat it,” he says. “It is getting tough on the front lines to manage resistance,” Andes adds. “Antibiotics have arguably been the biggest advance in medicine over any field. They have doubled life expectancy in different groups and allow us to do transplantation, chemotherapies for cancer and different surgeries.” But, says Andes, “Now, we are getting to the point where, for large groups of patients, we can’t do those therapies because the patients are infected with resistant organisms. It’s like going back to the pre-antibiotic era.” The Center of Excellence for Translational Research project, or CETR, is based out of the shiny new Microbial Sciences Building at the corner of Linden and Babcock drives. Besides Andes and Currie, the team includes Tim S. Bugni, F. Michael Hoffman, Dr. Bruce Klein, Dr. Rod Welch and Harvard researcher Jon Clardy. Evolutionary biology underpins their work. Currie discovered a number of years ago that ants co-evolved with a bacteria that produced antibiotics. The research team speculated at the start that if these antibiotics evolved with a living animal, such as an ant, they would likely be safe for humans. It turns out they could very well be right. Currie and Bugni travel to such places as Florida, Brazil, Puerto Rico and Hawaii, where they hunt for insects and marine animals such as sponges, which they strongly suspect

contain antibiotic-producing microbes. Back at their labs in Madison they are able to isolate these microbes. They then test the compounds produced by the microbes to see if they kill pathogens known to be dangerous to humans, including those that have become antibiotic resistant. If the compounds work against these deadly pathogens, the next stage of testing begins. At the pharmacy school, Bugni, who is also a natural products chemist, isolates large amounts of the antibiotic compound, determines its chemical structure and compares it to known compounds. If it turns out to be something new, the compound is fasttracked for further study. “It’s what I refer to as the needle-in-thehaystack test,” Andes says. In Currie’s lab, the researchers do genomic sequencing on the bacteria, which helps them determine whether they may contain antibiotic-producing microbes. The researchers then prioritize these bacteria for further study. Once the most promising antibiotic compounds are isolated, Bugni tests them for toxicity to human cells. If they prove nontoxic, the compounds pass to Andes’ lab for testing in mice. Andes says they may be able to begin human testing with some of the new antibiotics in a couple of years. Heidi Horn, a doctoral student in zoology, has been working with Currie and his ants since her days as a UW-Madison undergraduate. She says she earned her spurs while digging out ant colonies: “Cameron [Currie] always jokes that you are not a true field biologist until you’ve bled from an ant bite.” Horn began working at the CETR labs last September, and just recently returned from a collecting mission in Brazil. Horn unlocks the door to the room where the leaf-cutting ants are kept. Because they are non-native species from Central and South America, extra care must be used to keep them confined in the lab. Signs on the door warn: “USDA Containment Area.” “Room must be locked at all times.” “Authorized personnel only.” Several dozen Sterilite boxes with blue covers contain different ant colonies, distinguished by such names as Evita, Nina, Luna, Regina and Olivia. These ants are critical to the work of the research team because they are coated with milky white bacteria, a rich source of the precious microbes that produce pathogenfighting compounds. In the ant’s natural environment, explains Horn, “these antibiotics protect them from many fungal pathogens. They’re underground most of the time. They’re coming in contact with different pathogens all the time.” The beauty is that the same antibiotics that protect the ants from pathogens in their underground world also act on pathogenic bacteria that infect humans, including bacteria like MRSA, that have grown resistant to the current antibiotics. Andes says his team has more than 50 new antibiotics at different stages along the research pipeline. So far, the researchers have filed three patent applications and published two papers about their discoveries.

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or about $1.40 per person, annually, but the 2016 budget proposes a hike to $1.2 billion. The White House estimates the annual economic impact of antibiotic-resistant infections at $20 billion in health costs, with another $35 billion in lost productivity. In September, the White House issued a national action plan to combat antibiotic resistance that called for increased surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, better stewardship of existing antibiotics, improved testing for infected patients and an accelerated effort to develop new antibiotics. Local hospitals have been ahead of the curve on stewardship. As Wisconsin’s largest academic hospital and one of the world’s leading transplant centers, UW Hospital has a 14-year-old antimicrobial stewardship program. At St. Mary’s Hospital and Meriter Hospital, pharmacists supervise antibiotic use. The Wisconsin Hospital Association in Fitchburg has launched an initiative

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As the threat from antibiotic resistance grows, new legislative and advocacy efforts have been launched to stem the overuse of antibiotics in both humans and livestock. In April 2014, Madison became the fifth city to go on record in support of the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act, federal legislation that would regulate antibiotic use in factory farms. In 2013, the FDA issued proposed voluntary guidelines for ending the use of antibiotics to promote growth in livestock. The final version of the rules is expected this year and will be phased in by late 2016 or early 2017. As of March 2014, 25 of the 26 manufacturers of antibiotics for livestock voluntarily agreed to a change in the labeling of antibiotics to eliminate their use for animal growth. If farmers use the antibiotics for nontherapeutic purposes after the new guidelines are fully implemented, they would be violating the law. The federal government is also prepared to budget more money to fight antibiotic resistance. It currently spends $450 million,

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Doctoral student Heidi Horn: ‘Cameron [Currie] always jokes that you are not a true field biologist until you’ve bled from an ant bite.’

through its Partners for Patients program to help Wisconsin hospitals of all sizes develop antimicrobial stewardship programs. The association will begin accepting enrollment into this program later this year. Dr. Barry Fox, director of the antimicrobial stewardship program at UW Hospital, says antibiotic use dropped most dramatically in the first five years of the program. “Now it has really remained level,” he says. “UW Hospital has one of the lowest rates of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, when compared with national averages.” Fox says that under UW Hospital policy, healthcare providers need to get special approval from the stewardship team to use antibiotics. And certain antibiotics are being used very sparingly, he adds. “We are holding some of these antibiotics as a last line of defense, so that they also don’t just fall by the wayside.” The CDC reports that 50% of hospitalized patients receive at least one antibiotic during their stay that is inappropriate or unnecessary. But most antibiotics are actually prescribed on an outpatient basis, notes Fox. According to the CDC, antibiotics are prescribed 68% of the time when a patient has an acute respiratory infection; 80% of those prescriptions are unnecessary. Steven Ebert, infectious diseases and clinical supervisor at Meriter Hospital, says the problem of antibiotic resistance can also be attacked with better testing for bacteria. “When a patient is treated with antibiotics, whether it’s in the hospital or in the clinic, the physician does not always know if it’s a bacterial or viral

infection, and they may or may not be able to collect adequate specimens,” Ebert says. “I would venture to say that about 80% of the time or even more, we’re kind of shooting in the dark with infections.” Ebert says one new test can check for elevated levels of procalcitonin, a peptide normally found in the human blood stream. In the presence of bacteria, procalcitonin levels rise. The test can help physicians make an accurate diagnosis. Another new test responds to specific genes in bacteria. These tests cost a bit more at the outset, but Ebert thinks they are worth it and should be more widely used: “You have to look at the big picture.” The CETR team’s antibiotic resistance project still has four years to go on its $16 million NIH grant. But CETR is not the only group doing antibiotic research on campus, and Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System could affect the extensive work under way on the problem. The “hub” for that work is the Microbial Sciences Building, says Andes. “There’s everybody from soil microbiology to food microbiology to evolutionary biology, to very practical human microbiology, drug discovery and drug development work. It’s being in this building and seeing seminars and approaches from different people that really brought our group together.” Andes says the CETR team came together serendipitously because of this environment. In addition, the annual Antibiotic Discovery and Development Symposium brings together people from departments such as engineering, chemistry,

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They arrived at Eastgate Cinema on a bitterly cold February night to view the Madison premiere of Scouts Honor: Inside A Marching Brotherhood, a gritty and moving documentary that chronicles the 2012 season of the Madison Scouts, one of the nation’s most revered and competitive drum and bugle corps. A few were by themselves, but most came in in pairs, or groups of three or four. Almost everyone shook hands or embraced — warm receptions for their fellow alums, some of whom hadn’t seen each other for years but shared a bond few outsiders understood.

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pants: They attend all-day practices in the service of creating perfect performances, sleep on gymnasium floors and travel for weeks on end. “It’s a very intense subculture that not a lot of people know about it, but the people who do know about it are really into it.” says Tom Tollefsen, a former percussionist for the Scouts in the mid-1990s who is now a lawyer in Jacksonville, Fla. Tollefsen produced and directed the film with Mac Smith, another former Scout. Scouts Honor follows the stories of three members of the 2012 corps: Brandon MacConnell, a moody snare drummer and section leader from Richmond, Va.; Jo Higdon, an HIVpositive color-guard performer from Atlanta; and the personable Hunter Paradise, a 15-year-

old trumpet-playing rookie from Corpus Christi, Texas — the youngest member of the 2012 Scouts. “We got lucky with the cast,” says Smith, 41, who played contra-bass bugle in the Scouts in 1995 and now enjoys a successful career in post-production film work. “Tom and I had never made a movie before, and I didn’t know any of the members of the 2012 corps. Some of them were born after I marched. But when I was with them, I felt like I was home. It’s hard to explain.” The Madison Scouts began almost 80 years ago, when a group of local business-

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Chicken filling in the flautas was drier than most, and the flautas aren’t fried very crisp, due in part to a thicker corn tortilla than is usual (often, flautas use a flour tortilla). But, with its topping of lettuce, cotija cheese and lots of crema and tomatillo salsa, they were still delicious, even if they didn’t make my top flautas list. Weekends, the menu expands, as is typical at many taquerias. Ziplock bags of a dozen tamales are on hand for carryout. Pozole (hominy stew) or menudo (tripe stew) might be available, or birria (traditionally a spicy stew made with goat or lamb). Here, the birria is listed under the “beef” subsection of the menu, although when I ordered it, the meat turned out to be borrego, lamb. It was fall-apart tender in a complex brick red sauce likely made with ancho peppers, cumin and probably a dash of cinnamon. It’s these weekend dishes that might be Sabor Queretano’s real specialty. English is spoken, but if you want menu details, it helps to know some Spanish. Four or five different Mexican beers in bottles are on hand, as well as Mexican sodas. No desserts on the menu — but La Michoacana, the Odana Road ice cream and paletas purveyor, at last seems to be making inroads in starting up an east-side location at the far end of this very same shopping center. n

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Madison now has a respectable number of taquerias all across town. They range from counters tucked unobtrusively into Mexican groceries (like Enrique’s Market on Northport Drive), to fairly spacious restaurants with wide-ranging menus (Taqueria Guadalajara, Los Gemelos). Taqueria Sabor Queretano falls somewhere between these two. There are about 10 tables in a bare-bones dining room, but the menu is not large, and there’s no waitstaff per se, just one or two people behind the counter. It’s easy to miss the place in the greater East Towne sprawl. Despite its East Wash address, its strip mall is accessed off Independence Lane (“behind the McDonald’s” might be the best wayfinder), where the La Hispana grocery is more visible. Keep going down the parking lot; Sabor Queretana is in the next section of the strip. In the world of Madison taquerias, it seems that each has a specialty. You might come to the conclusion that Sabor Queretano’s specialty is portion size, and frankly, that would be a reasonable conclusion to draw. The size of the burritos is alarming even to those familiar with the burrito-as-big-asyour-head concept. One burrito could easily feed two. The huarache, with its shoe-shaped cornmeal patty base, is a Shaquille O’Nealsized shoe, loaded down with toppings. But size aside, Sabor Queretano has more to recommend it than just gigundo platters of food.

A sleeper hit on the menu is the milaneza. Listed a bit secretively under the “beef” section of the menu, the thin battered-and-fried cutlets are available in steak or chicken. And the fried chicken version is the essence of down-home fried chicken, with the pounded thin cutlet maximizing the ratio of spicy breading to tender white meat. One milaneza dinner is enough to feed two or even three. I split mine with a friend and even then ended up with two large cutlets left over. Pinto beans, rice, soft corn tortillas and choice of green salsa (a hot tomatillo and cilantro) or red (a very hot, smoky chipotle version) provide the Mexican flair, but the dish itself is a blank canvas that will transform with its sides — if you wanted, you could take the dish home and accompany it with mashed potatoes and gravy for a Southern-style feast or Tabasco sauce and dirty rice for a New Orleans-inflected picnic. It’s just great fried chicken. Huaraches and the similar sopes (a round cornmeal base instead of oblong) are both good picks from among the antojitos (“snacks” or “street food”) section of the menu. Meats for these — as well as flautas, gorditas, tacos, tortas, burritos and the like — are drawn from a list of steak, chicken, chorizo, pastor, carnitas, tongue and tripe. Carnitas, slow-stewed pork, came properly rich but with few crisped bits to put it over the top. The steak, however, a small dice mixed with equally small onions, was fried crispy, and with more than enough flavor to stand out even rolled into the intimidating burrito.

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It’s been a successful year for the Dane County Farmers’ Market “Taste of the Market” breakfast series. Attendance dipped a few years ago, after some free advertising dried up. But over the past couple seasons, the breakfast has become an attraction for top area chefs, who volunteer their time and bring staff to cook meals using ingredients sourced directly from the market. Turnouts for these farmer-to-table meals ($8.50, $5 for half portions), have been strong. In general, the chefs plan for 300 meals, says coordinator Heather Dominick. Sometimes, they sell more — and can actually make more, if they can source more ingredients from the available vendors. But a recent meal from Patrick DePula of Salvatore’s Tomato Pies sold out by 10:15 a.m. “Next year, we’ll plan for 400 meals for Patrick’s breakfast,” says Dominick. The morning breakfast is not only a way to showcase local products, but an opportunity for volunteers to work with chefs and their teams in the kitchen. The Taste of the Market is now in its 13th year. Since taking over the coordinator job this

season, Dominick has deepened the breakfast’s farm-to-table connection with local chefs. “My goal is to get farm-to-table chefs coming in to highlight ingredients, and bring farmers and chefs together,” she says. “I think MACN [Madison Area Chefs Network] has been a great engine for bringing chefs to the market breakfast, to experience cooking here.” This season chefs who have taken on the Taste of the Market challenge include Anna Dickson (recently departed from Merchant), Dan Fox from Heritage Tavern, Andrew Wilson from the Madison Club and DePula. A recent breakfast also featured Gilbert Altschul of Grampa’s Pizzeria. Altschul and his team offered delicious versions of fried chicken and waffles with jalapeño butter, as well as a vegetarian entrée of chilaquiles (think breakfast nachos). “Sometimes there can be a bit of a line,” says Dominick, “as there was with Andrew Wilson’s meal of white cheddar biscuits topped with bacon and smoked onion gravy.” Another highlight of the season was James Beard semifinalist Dan Fox’s meal, where he introduced the lamb breakfast sausage he will be selling retail through his label Fox Heritage Foods. The maple-flavored

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The menu offers the same sandwiches, burritos, smoothies and coffee drinks, plus three house beers on tap. (Growlers are now available for takehome.) Colectivo’s daily roasts are reliable in no-fuss cups of the day. Must-have drinks are the cortado, espresso and steamed milk served in an elegant cortado glass; and the white chocolate frappe, espresso blended with ice and sweetened with white chocolate. With no milk, ice cream or other dairy, it provides a starker jolt, coupled with sweet.

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Layla’s Persian Food is hosting two passover seders; chef Laila Borokhim says entrees will be lamb shanks, brisket or turkey, with an artichoke vegetarian option. And, in a fit of ecumenism, the restaurant is also hosting Easter brunch. 141 S. Butler St., 608-216-4511. Seders at 6 pm Friday and Saturday; Easter brunch 10 am-4 pm Sunday. Borokhim requests advance reservations through the restaurant’s Facebook page. $25/seder; $12/brunch.

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Sweet Revolutions takes its cues from old-fashioned carnivals with classic games and a mega cakewalk with 500 cakes to win. It’s all a benefit for Home Health United’s important Meals on Wheels program. Tickets include a cocktail, samples from 15 food stations, play at the carnival booths and cakewalks every 15 minutes with cakes from Market Street Diner & Bakery. 5:30-8:30 pm at the Overture Center, 608-276-7590. Tickets $50 at Sweet­ RevolutionsMadison.com; 21+ only.

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Tiki is often still associated with sugary boat drinks and post-World War II kitsch. But the current tiki revival proves there are a staggering number of amazing drinks — and fun — to be had digging through the Polynesian party archives. Tiki presaged the garden-to-glass movement by a good 70 years. Ernest Raymond Beaumont Gantt, aka Don the Beachcomber, and his rival Victor J. Bergeron, aka Trader Vic, created some of the most culinary of all concoctions, featuring multiple fresh ingredients and novel combinations. Merchant brings some of these gems to light with a weekly tiki session beginning at 9 p.m. every Tuesday. The curious can sample everything from a Nui Nui to a Volcano Bowl. The Nui Nui is a good example of a tiki drink with complexity. Rum is combined with cinnamon syrup, vanilla syrup, some fresh OJ and lime juice, plus allspice dram (sometimes called pimento dram) for an aromatic mood lifter.

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Another highlight, the Three Dots and a Dash cocktail (above), was named after the Morse code for “V” (as in “victory”). Don the Beachcomber created it for GIs returning after World War II, and it’s a tasty sip of history, garnished with three cherries and a pineapple spear. —ANDRÉ DARLINGTON

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So many storylines, so little space. The University of Wisconsin’s second trip to the Final Four in as many years has been memorable for, among other things, Sam Dekker’s grace-under-pressure shooting, Zak Showalter’s clutch performances off the bench and Nigel Hayes’ charming sense of humor. But imagine if 7-foot senior Frank Kaminsky, who’s averaging 18.7 points per game this season, had bolted to the NBA following last year’s heartbreaking one-point Final Four loss to Kentucky (the team the Badgers will face again Saturday, and a program that built its reputation on sending players to the pros before they earn college degrees). Kaminsky wouldn’t have earned Big Ten Player of the Year honors and be a top candidate for national player of the year. He wouldn’t have graced the cover of Sports Illustrated a couple weeks ago wearing his uniform and standing in snow with a real tank behind him, either. And he certainly wouldn’t have led all players with 29 points in UW’s convincing 85-78 victory over Arizona last Saturday night — a win that should erase any lingering doubts about whether the Badgers deserved to be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. In fact, without Kaminsky, I probably wouldn’t even still be writing about Badgers basketball in April.

Kaminsky’s commendable commitment to college while playing a sport in which it’s commonplace to turn pro early is nothing new. He’s repeatedly talked about the value of making the most of the college experience, and he talked some more about it following the win over Arizona. “You come back to school for moments like this, to share it with your teammates, your friends, the people you’ve been with the last four years of your life, very significant people that are going to be in the rest of your life, as well,” he told Madison.com. The money, as Kaminsky has also acknowledged, will still be there. And because he’s a hot commodity, the dollars are bound to be more than he could have commanded a year ago. For now, though, Kaminsky — along with Dekker and the rest of the Badgers — could be the team to finally knock off Kentucky and its batch of undefeated underclassmen. The Badgers are peaking at the perfect time. Tipoff is Saturday at 7:49 p.m. on TBS, and I’ve rearranged my plans to witness potential history in the making. So should you. n

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The curators of the 2015 Wisconsin Film Festival want you to rise from the couch, put down your smartphone and back away from the Netflix. The 2015 festival runs from April 9-16 this year, screening more than 150 titles and providing a boost to Madison’s economy. It also offers entertainment, culture and education to curious audience members who are able to catch films they won’t see elsewhere. This year, Dinner, Drinks, Entertainment, a homegrown film on Wisconsin supper clubs, sold out two screenings in short order, prompting festival organizers to add a third. The fest is showing more films downtown, including renting a state-of-the-art projector for the Overture Center’s Capitol Theater. And the festival is welcoming wee cinephiles with a cool new series geared for families called “Big Screens, Little Folks,” offering a captivating lineup of animated and live-action films from around the world. The work of Orson Welles is being featured in honor of the 100th anniversary of the great director’s birth; the offerings include his newly rediscovered first film, Too Much Johnson. Special series include New German Cinema, Emerging French Women Directors and Futures (compelling first features from around the world). Rampaging lions, outsider artists, recovering addicts, Spanish squatters, Cambodian rockers and a kidnapped lesbian Syrian blogger are just a sampling of the diverse and surprising offerings from the 2015 festival that caught the attention of Isthmus reviewers.

Stinking Heaven Newcomers to this sober living arrangement should take note: The bathtub’s not for bathing. It’s where the fermented tea is made. That tea is one of numerous quirky details in Stinking Heaven, an elliptically told story of recovering addicts and their efforts to stay clean and get along with each other. They live in a home overseen by Jim (Keith Poulson), who is firm on the house rules but shaky on how to meet the therapeutic needs of his vulnerable tenants. There is a wedding, and there are recriminations, and there are reenactments of past traumas. A brief 70 minutes, Stinking Heaven was directed by Nathan Silver and shot using vintage video equipment. It’s modest in its ambitions and intensely felt. Movies like this are part of the essential texture of film festivals. — KENNETH BURNS

Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll I always hated the Eagles’ song, “Hotel California.” I abruptly changed my mind in 2007 while living in Phnom Penh when I heard a Cambodian band perform a gorgeous version of it. The original had been etched into my brain from hearing it countless times, but this version — in Khmai translation, with words I didn’t understand — carried a sorrow and depth I’d never noticed. I’m not the first person to find revelation in seeing my culture reflected back through another’s. Such moments explain the popularity of Cambodian Rocks, bootleg compilations of the vibrant and indelible rock scene that existed there in the ’60s and ’70s. Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock And Roll by John Pirozzi lovingly documents that country’s rock ’n’ roll era, through the voices of those who lived it. That’s no easy task. Most of the prominent stars of this scene — including Sinn Sisamouth, Pan Ron, Yol Aularong and Ros Serey Sothea — were killed after Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge overthrew the government in 1975, ushering in years of genocide, starvation and terror. Household names in Phnom Penh, they were largely unknown to the rest of the world. But the recordings that survive show these musicians fully absorbing influences from the around the globe: garage and surf rock, soul, British invasion, psychedelic and Calypso.

They recorded many covers: The Beatles’ “Hey Jude,” Them’s “Gloria,” the Carpenters’ “Superstar.” Some of them aren’t always immediately recognizable, but often the artists improve on the songs. But it’s the originals that resonate most, as the musicians give traditional Khmai music a modern bent. Pirozzi’s interviews with the survivors make clear that music was their passion. They approached the world with joy and hope, which makes what’s coming all the more painful to watch. He outlines how the scene emerged, what it meant to those who lived it and what little we know about what happened to the musicians. The film may err on the side of being a little too nostalgic about life in Cambodia during the ’60s — there was lots of poverty and corruption. But this can be forgiven, as it reflects the viewpoints of those who remember the time with love. It isn’t just art that links Cambodia to the United States. While Cambodians may have loved our music, they also became victims of our proxy war, as the film makes clear. U.S. warplanes bombed much of the country back into the 16th century and propped up a brutal dictator, paving the way for the Khmer Rouge to take power. With the country in ruins, the United States walked away. Even though the United States inspired the country’s artists, it also helped destroy them. Cambodia has yet to recover. The spirit — and the recordings — endure. And like this film, that’s both a terrible sorrow and a triumph. — JOE TARR

Roar Most likely the worst film ever screened at the Wisconsin Film Festival, but a cinch to be an audience favorite this year. In this 1981 movie, power couple Noel Marshall and Tippi Hedren prove that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, as they bankrolled this $17 million pro-conservation drama and put themselves, their grown children (including Hedren’s daughter, Melanie Griffith) and a heck of a lot of untamed lions in front of multiple cameras. You’re never sure if you should laugh or scream in outrage at this folly. The first time a lion leaps and tackles Marshall, you can’t believe what you’ve just seen. Then you can’t believe that the film plays this same absurd note for its duration. I saw the 85-minute cut; the camp value was depleted after 40. Hopefully, festival audience members will rally each other through the 102-minute extended cut, because, I must admit, there are true spectacles to behold. Always teetering on the brink of incompetence, the filmmakers did at least secure a seal from the Humane Society assuring that no animals were harmed. But 70 cast and crew members were injured, including young Griffith, who required reconstructive facial surgery. — JAMES KREUL

Clockwise, from opposite page, top: Stinking Heaven; La Sapienza; Ride the Pink Horse; Almost There; and Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll.

Almost There

Sapience is “knowledge that leads to wisdom — all other knowledge is useless,” suggests director Eugène Green in a recent Sight & Sound interview: “La Sapienza” also refers to the University of Rome, home to the Church of St. Yves, designed by Baroque architect Francesco Borromini. In La Sapienza, Alexandre (Fabrizio Rongione), a successful but artistically frustrated architect, seeks inspiration, knowledge and wisdom by touring Borromini’s masterpieces. His wife, Aliénor (Christelle Prot), travels with him, but their cold interactions indicate that they have grown apart. They meet a teenage girl, Lavinia (Arianna Nastro), who suffers from dizzy spells, and when they help her get home they discover her older brother, Goffredo (Ludovico Succio) is an aspiring architect. The siblings have a profound impact on the couple, and Goffredo reminds Alexandre that a space is never empty when it is filled with light. The seemingly affectless performances and monotonal dialogue might turn off audiences not familiar with cinematic predecessors like Robert Bresson. But American-born Green has also led a revival of baroque theatrical technique in France, where conversations are often delivered directly to the camera. Like Borromini’s architecture, the highly logical design and precise execution of the film delivers a surprisingly rich emotional experience.

This documentary follows the late-in-life discovery of the ancient, good natured and halfparalyzed painter Peter Anton, who lives in East Chicago, Ind., in a decrepit house made of mold and memories. What begins as yet another documentary celebrating the greatness of an outsider artist becomes much darker when it is revealed that Anton has not been entirely truthful about his past. That’s when Anton and the film become more nuanced, and the audience is allowed to judge the qualities of both the man and the artist. This shift of perspective also helps us forgive the film’s greatest flaw: the presence of the self-glorifying documentarian. At first, Dan Rybicky (who co-directed with Aaron Wickenden) seems to be flaunting his heroism in saving this unknown talent, but, once the truth is revealed, the directors become an integral part of Anton’s story. Yes, they might be exploiting Anton a little, but he might be exploiting them right back.

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Speculation Nation The world can be an incomprehensible place, as anyone who has ever had reason to ask,“Why are things this way?” can attest. Speculation Nation, the documentary by Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat, spends 74 minutes contemplating this question in relation to the Spanish housing crisis. But the filmmakers don’t look for answers.

— JOE TARR

Ride the Pink Horse The plot of Ride the Pink Horse is unimportant — something about revenge and blackmail. It’s the execution of the plot that makes it remarkable. The movie upends every film noir trope it can find. From its New Mexican setting to its children’s book title, it leads to the creeping suspicion that the movie is really a coming-ofage story about the power of friendship dressed up as a noir. The big bad guy looks like a math teacher. His goons wear cowboy hats. The cool hero (Robert Montgomery, who also directs) literally sweats his way through the third act. Half the town seems to be stalking the film’s hero, and the camera follows suit. When it’s not watching him from behind, it’s trailing him in long, roving takes. Instead of showing a horrific beating, the lens focuses on stunned children watching from a spinning carousel. These quirky touches make Pink Horse a very exciting ride. — CRAIG JOHNSON

The Amina Profile It was a squalid sideshow to the Arab Spring. A writer named Amina captivated readers with her blog, “A Gay Girl in Damascus.” Then, it seemed, she was abducted amid the unrest roiling Syria. And then, it turned out, she was actually... Well, I’ll refrain from disclosing what happened, in case you weren’t reading headlines that week in 2011. My memories of these events were hazy, so the documentary The Amina Profile had the effect on me that director Sophie Deraspe presumably intended. She uses techniques from suspense cinema — shadowy faces, eerie music, selectively withheld information — as she tells the story from the perspective of Sandra Bagaria, a Montreal resident who struck up an online romance with Amina. It’s a bracing, well-made film that left me angry and sad. But I’m not sure it honors the suffering people of Syria, who deserve to have their plight documented in a clear-eyed way. Deraspe cheapens this material with her pulpy flourishes. — KENNETH BURNS

Tired Moonlight Britni West’s name appears in previous festival films — she was the set decorator on last year’s Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter — but her feature directorial debut truly stands out among the micro-budgeted indies this year. Shot in her hometown of Kalispell, Mont., Tired Moonlight follows a series of characters who occasionally cross paths as we catch a glimpse of the American heartland in the background. Visually, we only have access to the surface level of their lives, but occasionally we hear contemplative Terrence Malick-style voice-over soliloquies, some of which are actual poems. Paul, a sad sack with a few problems interacting socially, is played by poet Paul Dickinson. Many lovely moments involve young single mother Sarah (Hillary Berg) and her daughter Rainy (RainLeigh Vick). Sarah wants Rainy to grow up strong and not make the same mistakes she did, but she is well aware that she still makes mistakes. More of a mosaic than a linear narrative, even minor characters start to reappear because of the reality of living in a small town. Almost every shot bursts with life as it is lived in Kalispell, and several memorable sequences have the concise impact of an imagist poem. — JAMES KREUL

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Brown and Gruffat focus on the ordinary Spaniards who have lost their homes or are about to. We meet squatters who moved into apartment buildings that were never finished, protesters who stake out tent cities in front of banks, and others who go back to the earth — literally — by moving into caves around Granada. Although the filmmakers are sympathetic to these folks, the film ends up feeling nihilistic. That’s not because the film’s subjects don’t have compelling stories. These are the most interesting voices to hear from, but they’re not the only ones. What’s missing is context. Why is the world this way? How might it be fixed? Derivatives and collateralized loan obligations are mentioned once in passing, but other than that, we never hear from the villains or anyone who might explain this mess. In a final scene, during a festival in Valencia, models of banks are burned as the crowd cheerfully watches. It’s a satisfying moment, but one completely devoid of hope or understanding.

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Madison’s newest auteur A West High School senior brings whimsy and professionalism to his short film BY CATHERINE CAPELLARO

Joe Shaffer — the youngest winner of the 2015 Wisconsin Film Festival’s Golden Badger Award — has known since he was 13 that he wanted to be a filmmaker. The West High senior has already made more than a dozen films, including his latest, The Searcher, a five-minute silent experimental film. Shaffer says he was thrilled The Searcher was accepted for the film festival. Even better was the “wonderful and incredibly unexpected” news that he was receiving one of three awards the festival presents in the “Wisconsin’s Own” category. According to film festival staff, Shaffer is not only the youngest Golden Badger winner this year, but the youngest in memory. The Searcher will screen on Saturday, April 11, at MMoCA as part of “Wisconsin’s Own Shorts.” Despite the professional look of his film, Shaffer is self-taught. He calls himself a student of Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater and Jean-Luc Godard, and in addition to writing, directing, shooting and editing, he has become adept at marshaling all the resources around him to make his films. He made his own steadicam out of a wire hanger and shot The Searcher in a number of locations, including a classroom at West High School and his own living room and bedroom — and the neighbor’s bedroom window. The cast includes his parents (former Isthmus editor Dean Robbins and Ann Shaffer) and several close friends. But Shaffer also needed extras for the film’s opening classroom scene, in which a boy doodles and daydreams about a classmate as a teacher drones on. “I had about 12 extras, and the day we were supposed to film,

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Joe Shaffer (right) won a Golden Badger Award from the Wisconsin Film Festival for his silent short film, The Searcher (above).

people started texting me saying they couldn’t come,” says Shaffer. “I was there [in the classroom] and had rented all this expensive equipment. My mom started grabbing kids off the street.” Although he produced it on a shoestring budget, the film’s production values are high. The poignant and quirky performances are underscored by the lush soundtrack from John Ford’s western The Searchers. The film features vivid colors, smooth edits and Shaffer’s selfassured point of view. “I think the idea probably came in a similar situation to the first scene, a beleaguered teen, lost in his own head, staring at a girl, wishing

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he were somewhere else doing something else,” says Shaffer. “That just seems like such a quintessential experience, and this was kind of my big final movie in high school, so it seems fitting.” Shaffer, who has also studied improv, standup comedy and acting, says he was struck by the physicality of his lead actor and best friend, Reid Annin. “I think he’d make a phenomenal mime,” says Shaffer. “ He’s one of those people that you look into his eyes and you see wonderful things.” The young filmmaker doesn’t have much

time to bask in the glow of his Golden Badger award. As he finishes up his senior year, he’s choosing whether to attend Emerson College, Oberlin College or New York University. Wherever he ends up, he knows he’ll keep making films. “I think film is such a malleable, exquisite medium. You can pull so much stuff in. You get the energy of music with the complexity of literature,” says Shaffer. “I’ve written songs, done standup and written short stories, and I would always feel like I was missing something. Film is the only way of telling a story where I feel utterly satisfied doing it.” n

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men witnessed a performance by the Racine Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps at the University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion in 1937. One year later, they formed the Madison Scouts. The corps was affiliated with the local Boy Scouts of America council until the 1970s, and early performances were local, often in parades. Drum and bugle corps eventually became known as “marching bands on steroids,” according to one soundbite from Scouts Honor, and the Scouts emerged as one of 13 founding members of Drum Corps International, the nonprofit governing body for junior drum and bugle corps in the United States. The Scouts went on to win two DCI world titles, in 1975 and 1988. Today’s corps features 150 performing members (none older than 22) overseen by director Dann Petersen, who is featured prominently in Scouts Honor. In the early days, members came exclusively from the Madison area, and early-season training took place in the spacious parking lots at Madison Area Technical College’s Truax Campus and Middleton’s Kromrey Middle School. Now they come from all over; members of the 2014 corps represented more than 40 states and countries as far-flung as Japan. Rising costs associated with housing and rehearsing have forced the corps to spend less time in their hometown. Spring training now takes place in Bloomington, Ind., but the Scouts pose for photos on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol every year and perform in Drums on Parade (June 27 this year) at Middleton High School’s Breitenbach Stadium — scenes featured in Scouts Honor. “The corps is not in the spotlight in Madison anymore, and we hope that with the Wisconsin Film Festival screening, people will realize that the Scouts are still marching strong,” Smith says. And still sounding incredible. Expect to experience goose bumps during the film’s performance scenes. Coproducer John Torrijos used long, cylindrical shotgun microphones to pinpoint and record the music in 5.1 surround sound, re-

sulting in a stunning audio experience that puts viewers at the center of the Scouts’ thunderous majesty. Scouts Honor has garnered multiple honors, winning the Audience Award for Documentary at the 2014 Twin Cities Film Fest and “Best Documentary” at the Austin Indie Flix Showcase and the FLY Film Festival. Torrijos and Petersen plan to attend the festival screenings in Madison and participate in a question-and-answer session. “It’s reassuring to see that the ethos of the corps has not changed,” says Rick Hudson, a Sun Prairie resident and former Madison Scout (1991-1992), who attended the February screening of Scouts Honor. “The continued pursuit of excellence is still there — that idea of achieving collectively what can’t be accomplished individually. The Scouts have always been about being a better man.” While the film only captures a small percentage of what goes on during the 12-week touring season, it doesn’t glamorize corps life. In one of the most unsettling scenes, members of MacConnell’s drum line question his leadership ability. One member says he “goes through the motions, and it kinda tears us apart.” “The negativity was unfortunate,” MacConnell, now 22 and a budding chef in Richmond, Va., told Isthmus. “But it shows that this activity can cause tension with your brothers, because everyone is so passionate and everyone has their thoughts on how every aspect should be done. The member that brought about the negativity is a good guy. We have spoken numerous times about what he said, and he has honestly apologized. That said, I was not the perfect leader. I was 20; I still had room to learn much more about myself.” That’s a sentiment Smith can understand. The Scouts changed his life — a common refrain from former members. “I don’t think I’d be where I am today if it weren’t for my one year in the corps,” Smith says. “Being in the Scouts helped me go way past what I thought I could ever achieve. It taught me that anything you put your mind to and work hard for can be accomplished.” n

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Dancing with Parkinson’s Capturing Grace shows a legendary dance company helping patients

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In the absorbing documentary Capturing Grace, there is a remarkable moment when a woman demonstrates the toll Parkinson’s disease has taken on her mobility. Limping, she takes a few short steps. “But if I pretend I’m dancing,” she says, “I don’t have any problems.” Then she glides easily around the room, and the transition may make you gasp. The sequence is reminiscent of Alive Inside, the recent documentary that shows how music restores lucidity to people with memory loss. “The plasticity of the brain seems to be such that dance is a powerful way of pushing back against the disease,” says Dave Iverson, who directed, wrote and produced Capturing Grace. The film’s subject is Dance for PD, an affiliate of the legendary Brooklyn-based Mark Morris Dance Center. The program brings together dancers and people with Parkinson’s, because, as the program’s website says, “professionally trained dancers are movement experts whose knowledge is useful to persons with PD.” Iverson follows a group of people with Parkinson’s rehearsing for a dance concert with the center’s program director David Leventhal and other choreographers. The film concludes with their triumphant performance.

Iverson, a former reporter and producer with Wisconsin Public Television who now lives in San Francisco, is excited to accompany Capturing Grace to two screenings at the Wisconsin Film Festival. Both screenings will take place at Sundance, on April 11 and 12. The origins of Capturing Grace go back to 2009, when Iverson was working on the documentary My Father, My Brother and Me for the PBS series Frontline. “That film had as its framework my family’s saga with Parkinson’s disease,” says Iverson, who was diagnosed 11 years ago. In terms of symptoms, he contends with less than many people who have the disease. “I’m incredibly fortunate,” he says. As he was making the Frontline film, Iverson heard about the Mark Morris program, and visited a class. “I was really intrigued by it, and moved,” he says. “I had the feeling I wanted to come back to it at some later point.” In reporting on the program for PBS NewsHour, he met Leventhal. “David and I got to talking, and he said, ‘We’re thinking about putting on a performance next year,’” Iverson recalls. “I felt like it had the possibility of being a really amazing story, following this group over the course of a year.”

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Program director David Leventhal leads a rehearsal for a dance concert. The film concludes with a triumphant performance.

The film focuses mainly on people with Parkinson’s, but it also sheds light on the world of professional dance. “David says at one point that dance fits Parkinson’s like a glove,” Iverson says. “What he means by that — and I’ve heard him say this in other situations — is that dancers don’t just go out and do whatever they want. It’s a mindful, focused process. They have to focus on what to do next, the next step, the next move. With Parkinson’s disease, part of what happens is that the body becomes less automatic. What you didn’t think about doing, you now have to think about — how to take that step, how to reach out and hold something.” The filmmaker’s earlier reporting on Parkinson’s and his own diagnosis with the disease helped him build trust with people on the other side of the camera. “That gave me a bit of standing,” he says. Iverson says the film’s compelling subjects are “really wonderful characters” and that the film had become one of his most meaningful endeavors: “I believed then, and I believe now, that this story is really worth telling. It came to mean more to me, really, than anything I’ve ever done.” n

The film list Newly released Effie Gray: The titular lady caused a scandal in Victorian-era England by taking a lover after her husband’s refusal to consummate their marriage. The Longest Ride: Based on Nicholas Sparks’ novel, the story of a young couple inspired by the life story of an older man trapped in a car crash.

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Seymour: An Introduction: This documentary from director Ethan Hawke examines Seymour Bernstein, a highly praised concert pianist who gave up performing due to stage fright and artistic commercialism. Bernstein delivers philosophical gems about music and life, but more involvement by Hawke would have been welcome, since many follow-up questions are left unasked.

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Get Hard: When a Wall Street tycoon (Will Ferrell) is arrested for embezzlement, he recruits his car washer (Kevin Hart) to train him to withstand the rigors of prison life. Topical, interracial, fish-out-of-water laughs ensue. Well, not really, unless you find homophobic, racist and just plain idiotic gags a hoot.

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Home: This animated DreamWorks film features a race of timid aliens who flee to another planet every time their well-being is threatened. It follows a worn path but is agreeable enough, especially for young viewers who haven’t been down this road countless times. Insurgent: A more efficient indifference generator than Divergent, this dutiful follow-up spares us a reel’s worth of training montages as heroine Tris (Shailene Woodley) continues fighting against an alliance out to destroy society.

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Taking Off, Chazen Museum of Art, April 5, 2 pm: Director Milos Forman’s 1971 U.S. debut features Buck Henry and Lynn Carlin as a couple getting to know the counterculture while searching for their hippie daughter. Vel Phillips: Dream Big Dreams, Central Library, April 6, 6:30 pm: Wisconsin Public Television documentary about the Milwaukee civil rights legend and former Wisconsin Secretary of State.

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The new troubadour Singer/songwriter Joe Pug discusses his favorite tracks worth with ease. The song includes lines like “They said that I was worthless”/“That my family died unknown,” but Pug wanted to make the lyrics more positive. “I ended up pairing it with this other refrain (‘How good you are’/‘How good you are’) that I had been working on,” he says. “And I think it balanced the song nicely.”

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Joe Pug is a 30-year-old singer-songwriter, but he sings and writes with a depth and wistfulness few veterans achieve. Before becoming a full-time musician, Pug studied playwriting and worked as a carpenter. Now the Maryland native has two EPs and three studio albums to his name, and knows his way around Americana and folk-rock music. In his new record, Windfall, Pug continues to branch out from traditional folk conventions while retaining his impressive, adept lyricism. Isthmus recently spoke with Pug about four of his favorite tracks, which he played during an Isthmus Live Sessions performance in January. Pug returns to Madison on April 10 for a concert at the High Noon Saloon. Chris Porterfield of Wisconsin’s own Field Report will open the show with a solo set. “Hymn #101,” Nation of Heat, 2009 Instrumentally, “Hymn #101” is a bare-bones offering. Yet through the song’s lyrics, Pug shows that even in his younger days he could dish out Americana wisdom like Bob Dylan in his prime. Of course, Pug’s youth influenced “Hymn #101” too: “The first time I played it

“Stay and Dance,” Windfall, 2015 This comforting track, the third on his new LP, suggests that Pug’s songs are beginning to sound less weary as he ages. “This was the last song written for our new album,” he says. “We were lacking that one tune that would bring the whole thing together, and I think this one sure did.”

live, I forgot some of the words,” he says. “So I held out the word ‘come’ to stall for time. That ended up becoming a key part of the song’s phrasing.” “How Good You Are,” Messenger, 2010 After finding independent success with the

Nation of Heat EP, Pug followed up with his full-length debut, Messenger. Though the record features a full band accompanying Pug’s bread-and-butter guitar and harmonica, “How Good You Are” is another stripped-down song that showcases Pug’s ability to tackle a subject such as human

“Burn and Shine,” Windfall, 2015 “Burn and Shine,” which Pug and his band have been performing as their opening number on their current tour, is one of his most toe-tapping, storylike songs. “I don’t usually write songs that are this narrative-driven or this fast-paced,” says Pug. He’s had the track in his arsenal since at least 2010, but when backed by a full band on Windfall, “Burn and Shine” feels like another substantial step forward for the modern troubadour. n

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The Madison Ballet was savvy to predict that Disney’s new movie would create a fresh interest in Cinderella. On March 2829, artistic director W. Earle Smith revived the company’s full-length Cinderella, last performed in 2010. Audiences are familiar with the story: The kind and thoughtful Cinderella (the perfectly cast Shannon Quirk) is mistreated by her monstrous stepsisters (Rachelle Butler and Abigail Henninger) and stepmother (Andrea Henry). Luckily she has the Winter Fairy (Annika Reikersdorfer) looking out for her. Naturally, Cinderella stuns at the ball and the prince (a regal Phillip Ollenburg) is smitten; they dance all night. Although Cinderella’s fabulous gown obscures her technique, famed costumer designer Barbara Karinska’s fanciful costumes were a treat, and Steve Rubin’s set transported the audience. Reikersdorfer, a senior at Middleton High School, demonstrated she is ready to tackle

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My only worry is that excellent dancers like Reikersdorfer and Quirk may be tempted to leave Madison for larger ballet companies — another reason to catch them in productions like this while you can. — KATIE REISER

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It’s hard to define exactly what husband-and-wife duo Julie and Andrew Thoreen do (they call it experimental dream pop, freak-folk and more), but whatever it is, it’s a delight to listen to. With Lover’s Spit, Double Ewes.

Club Tavern, Middleton: Pat McCurdy, 9 pm.

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Essen Haus: The Midwesterners, rock, free, 9 pm.

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Great Dane-Downtown: DJs Intelescope, Vilas Park Sniper, free, 10 pm. High Noon Saloon: Kind Country, Double Dubbs, ILmograss, bluegrass, 9 pm. Hody Bar, Middleton: Derek Ramnarace, free, 9 pm. Mr. Robert’s: Beast of Bray Road, free, 10 pm. Tip Top Tavern: Banjo Allie Rose, folk, free, 9:30 pm. True Coffee Roasters, Fitchburg: MaryLeigh Roohan, Alex Appleton, Danielle Juhre, 8 pm.

This four-piece electronic band is best known for its radio smash and Grammy-winning single “Rather Be.” But the commercial success of the Cambridge-based group is probably the least interesting thing about them; they also incorporate classical music themes into their dance-friendly beats and count a violinist and a cellist among their members. With Meg Mac.

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Mercury Players Theatre & OUT!Cast Theatre’s “Bare: A Pop Musical”: Rock musical about teens confronting issues of sexuality & drug abuse in a Catholic high school, 7:30 pm on 4/2 and 8 pm on 4/3-4, Bartell Theatre-Drury Stage. $20. 661-9696.

Achilles Track Club: Run/walk promoting personal achievement for people of all disabilities, 5:45 pm Thursdays, from Fleet Feet Sports. Free. 828-9700.

Broom Street Theater’s “10 Dollar House”: Love and historic preservation collide when two men buy a crumbling house in Mineral Point, through 4/11, Broom Street Theater, at 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays. $11. 244-8338.

Alchemy Cafe: DJs Radish, Dr. Funkenstein, 10 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJ Jo-Z, Latin, 10 pm.

Saturday, April 4, Majestic Theatre, 9 pm

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Brink Lounge: Michael Massey and Francie Phelps, pop, 7 pm; Thomas Gullion Quintet, jazz, 8 pm.

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Shane Mauss Thursday, April 2, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

SP O K E N WO RD Poetry Open Mic: 6:30 pm, 4/2, Central Library. 266-6350.

This stand-up comic hails from La Crosse, but he began his comedy career in Boston in the early 2000s. Since winning the Best Stand-up Comic Award at HBO’s Comedy Arts Festival in 2007, Mauss has brought his hilarious insight to Conan O’Brien’s various late-night talk shows five times. With Steve Gillespie, Toler Wolfe. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), April 3-4.

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Movers for Mom: Mothers Day-themed personal item drive (for shelter distribution via YWCA) through 5/8, Madison area. Locations: www.twomenandatruckmadisonwi.com/movers_for_moms.html. 278-0800.

Mid-America Spring Fling Horse Show: 4/2-4, Alliant Energy Center. www.alliantenergycenter.com.

Reece Donihi: “Louisiana Graves,” photographs, noon4 pm Sundays, through 4/26, PhotoMidwest (reception 7-9 pm, 4/2, with music by Brian Donihi). photomidwest.org.

K IDS & FAM ILY Madison Public Schools: No school, through 4/6. 663-1879. International Children’s Book Day: Ages 4-12, 5:30 pm, 4/2, Fitchburg Library. 729-1762.

fri apr 3 TH E ATE R & DA N C E Are We Delicious? Ensemble Theatre & StageQ’s “Deliciously Queer”: Conceived, written & to the stage in less than a week, 8 pm, 4/3-4 & 4/9-11 ($15); “All Queer Variety Show”: 10:30 pm, 4/3-4 & 4/9-11 ($10), Bartell Theatre-Evjue Stage. 661-9696.

S P O K E N WO R D Madtown Poetry Open Mic: With Laurel Bastian, Ron Czerwein, 8 pm, 4/3, Mother Fool’s. 255-4730.

SENIORS Sports for Active Seniors Tennis: 8:30 am Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays, Rennebohm Park (vchon@ sbcglobal.net; 238-0807); Golf: 9 am Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Nine Springs (271-2950); 9 am Mondays, Pleasant Springs Golf Course, Middleton (233-9268).

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Brew n’ View: Zombie vs. Slasher Friday, April 3, Majestic Theatre, 8 pm (trivia) and 9 pm (film)

People Fest Pre-Party Friday, April 3, High Noon Saloon, 9 pm

Experience the funk juggernaut that is the Mustache, the People Brothers Band & the Minneapolis-based Black Market Brass at this celebration of the ass-shaking grooves we Midwesterners so desperately crave after a long, hard winter. Alchemy Cafe: Grupo Balanca, Brazilian, 10 pm. The Bayou: Cajun Spice, free, 6:30 pm. Brink Lounge: Trout Steak Revival, 8:30 pm. Cardinal Bar: Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Quartet, Latin jazz, 5:30 pm; DJs Wyatt Agard, Lovecraft, Gene Ferris, Steve Gerard, house, 9 pm. Chief’s Tavern: Frankie Lee, Chuck Bayuk and Tom Dehlinger, 6:30 pm.

Prep for a scare at this cinematic showdown between two archetypes of the horror film genre: zombies and slashers. Along with rounds of bone-chilling horror movie trivia, audience members will vote on which 1978 film the Majestic will roll: Dawn of the Dead or Halloween. Plus, if you dare, they’ll have drink specials like the “Blood Bubbler.”

SPECTATOR SP O RTS UW Softball: vs. Penn State, doubleheader 3 pm on 4/3; and 11 am, 4/4, Goodman Diamond. $5. 262-1440. UW Women’s Tennis: vs. Nebraska, 5 pm, 4/3, Nielsen Tennis Stadium. 262-1440. Madison Capitols: USHL vs. Dubuque, 7:05 pm, 4/3; vs. Des Moines, 7:05 pm, 4/4, Alliant Energy CenterColiseum. $53-$17. 257-2277.

K I D S & FAM ILY Casey and Greg: Free family concert, 10 am, 4/3, Sequoya Library. RSVP: 266-6385. Playtimes of the Past: “Get Ready, Get Set & Bike,” drop-in activity, 10 am-2 pm, 4/3-4, Wisconsin Historical Museum. $2 donation. 264-6555.

Claddagh, Middleton: Ron Denson, 8 pm.

Wisconsin Film Festival Children’s Sneak Peek: 6:30 pm, 4/3, South Madison Library. 266-6395.

The Frequency: Rose Quartz, Ishi, electronic, 9 pm.

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High Noon Saloon: Rock Star Gomeroke, 5 pm.

Dances of Universal Peace: 7-9 pm, 4/3, Gates of Heaven. 338-0709.

Inferno: Lake Radio, Mahr, Most Holy Death, 9 pm. Ivory Room: Peter Hernet, Kevin Gale, Taras Nahirniak, dueling pianos, 8 pm. Kiki’s House of Righteous Music: Brennen Leigh & Noel McKay, Evan Murdock, house concert, 9 pm (RSVP: righteousmusicmgmt@gmail.com). Knuckle Down Saloon: Charlie Brooks & the Way It Is, soul, 9 pm. Lakeside Street Coffee House: Madison Classical Guitar Society Showcase, free, 7 pm. Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: Rand Moore Quartet, jazz, free, 6:30 pm. Locker Room: Annie & the Roundervilles, rock, 9 pm. Mickey’s Tavern: The Teaheads, DJs Tom Kay, Roadmaster, free, 10 pm. Mr. Robert’s: Chaos Revolution Theory, 10 pm. Red Rock Saloon: Jacob Martin Band, 10 pm. Rex’s Innkeeper, Waunakee: Kristi B Band, 8:30 pm. Segredo: DJ Jean Le Duke, 10 pm. Tempest Oyster Bar: Bill Roberts Trio, jazz, free, 9:30 pm. Tip Top Tavern: Willma Flynn-Stone, Cass Marie Domino, Desiree Mathews, Tattyana Banxs, Ryan Petty, DJ Ravyn, Willma’s Fund benefit drag show, donations support LBGTQ homeless community, 10 pm. Tuvalu Coffeehouse, Verona: Madison Songwriters’ Guild Showcase/Open Mic with John Jacobs, Paul Cresswell John Duggleby, 7:30 pm. Up North Pub: Teddy Davenport, free, 8 pm. UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: Young Bassists Conference clinicians concert, free, 7 pm.

Wil-Mar Center: Mad City Jug Band, 8 pm.

A RT E X H IB ITS & E VE N TS Chen Cheng Po Foundation Exhibit: Taiwanese paintings, 4/3-22, Madison Senior Center. 266-6581. Jon Christman: Reception, 5-9 pm, 4/3, Fat City Emporium, with music by Mr. Jackson. 422-5128.

sat apr 4 K I DS & FAM ILY Kids in the Rotunda: Okee Dokee Brothers, 9:30 am, 11 am and 1 pm, 4/4, Overture Center. 258-4141. Easter Egg Hunt: Great Dane & Madison Mallards free annual event for all ages, 9:30 am, 4/4, Warner Park Duck Pond. 246-4277. Saturday Science: “Forensics Science: Investigating Mysteries,” exploration stations & activities, 10 amnoon, 4/4, UW Discovery Building. 316-4382. April Showers Bring May Flowers: Drop-in umbrella craft, 10 am-1 pm, 4/4, DreamBank. 286-3150. Easter Hat Parade: Hat-making workshop, 10 am, 4/4, Capitol Kids, plus visit by Curious George at 11 am, parade around Capitol Square at noon. Free. 280-0744. Spring Hat Making: For Easter Hat Parade, 10 am, 4/4, Madison Children’s Museum. $8 admission. 256-6445. Easter Egg Hunt: 10 am-2 pm, 4/4, America’s Best Flowers, Cottage Grove, with Easter Bunny visit. Free; bring donations for Cottage Grove Food Pantry. 222-2269. Big I, Little U: Movement/music activities for families, 1 pm, 4/4, South Madison Library. 266-6395.

ART E XHI BITS & E VE NTS Thursday’s Artists: Through 4/30, Sequoya Library (reception 2-3 pm, 4/4). 266-6385. SpringFest Arts & Crafts Show: Annual event featuring 80+ Midwestern artists, 9 am-3 pm, 4/4, Warner Park Community Recreation Center, with music, door prizes. $1 admission. 245-3690.

SPECTATOR SP O RTS Mad Rollin’ Dolls: 4 pm (note new time), 4/4, Alliant Energy Center-Exhibition Hall. $15 ($12 adv.; half-price ages 4-10; a portion benefits Urban Tree Alliance; afterparty at Vintage Brewing Company). www.madrollindolls.com.

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Beginner Milonga: Open dance, 8:30-10 pm (free lesson 7:30 pm), 4/3, Tango House of Madison. 332-9113.

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The Madison Pun Slam!

Alchemy Cafe: Sortin’ the Mail, bluegrass, 10 pm. Bandung: Mideast by Midwest, w/ salsa lesson, 8:30 pm.

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Brink Lounge: Antique Nouveau, funk/jazz, free, 8 pm.

Saturday, April 4, High Noon Saloon, 7 pm

This Minneapolis-based band has already emerged as an up-and-comer in the realm of rootsy Americana, with Rolling Stone labeling its work “quietly gripping.” Anchored by Iowa-raised frontmen David Huckfelt and Benson Ramsey, the group plays a blend of heartland-inspired rock, country, folk and blues that perfectly suits the nuance of their storytelling lyrics. With Hayward Williams.

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Hot off of the release of their first full-length record, this atmospheric rock group is one of Madison’s up-and-coming local acts. The three-piece bring major synth, live bass loops and, most importantly, drums — the center of their sound & their live act. With Ghostly Heart, The Flavor That Kills.

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Come Back In: The Earthlings, rock, free, 9:30 pm. Crystal Corner Bar: The Heroins (Hole tribute), Top Jimmy (Van Halen), Goo Goo Muck (The Cramps), 9:30 pm. Frequency: 4 Aspirin Morning, The Faith Hills Have Eyes, Basement Fire, Polydactyl, rock/punk, 9 pm. Harmony Bar: Jaybone Bell & the Restless Light, Brothers Burn Mountain, 9:45 pm.

Knuckle Down Saloon: Dreams Will Fade, Alloy Plot, metal/rock, 9 pm. Lakeside Street Coffee: The McDougals, 6:30 pm.

Salon Piano Series: Peter Serkin and Julia Hsu

Lazy Oaf Lounge: Cats on Leashes, Crackity Jones (Pixies tribute), The Creeps, Hello Dmitri, rock, 10 pm.

Saturday, April 4, Farley’s House of Pianos, 7:30 pm

Mickey’s Tavern: Ka-Boom!Box, 10 pm.

A few lucky Madisonians will get to see world-class pianists Peter Serkin and Julia Hsu in an intimate and fitting setting: Farley’s House of Pianos. The two luminaries will play piano four-hand pieces by Schumann, Bizet, Mozart and more.

Liliana’s: John Widdicombe & Dan Barker, free, 6:30 pm. Overture Center-Wisconsin Studio: Isabel Diaz Bello, Edel Munoz, classical guitar, 6 pm.

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DAIS Benefit Show Sunday, April 5, The Frequency, 4-8 pm

Support your scene and your community at this show benefitting Domestic Abuse Intervention Services of Dane County. Talented local musicians Whitney Mann, Emily Jane Powers, Hannah Luree and Annabel Lee are donating their musicmaking and merch, so you’re guaranteed a good time along with good karma. Brocach Irish Pub-Square: West Wind, Irish, 5 pm. Frequency: Real McKenzies, American Dead, 9 pm High Noon Saloon: Al Scorch’s Country Soul Ensemble, Jack Klatt, Americana, 8 pm.

S P EC TATO R S P O RTS UW Women’s Tennis: vs. Iowa, noon, 4/5, Nielsen Tennis Stadium. 262-1440.

K I D S & FA M I LY Family Fun Easter Festival: Free activities, 10:30 am3 pm, 4/5, Edgewater Hotel, with egg hunt, pictures with Easter Bunny, crafts, games. 800-922-5512.

S P EC I A L I N TE R E STS Humanist Union: Free potluck meeting (bring a dish to pass), with talk on the 2015 Freethought Festival by by Susan Hagstrom and Peter Warshaw, 11:45 am, 4/5, Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society. 273-8775.

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Segredo: DJ Nick Magic, 10 pm. Tempest Oyster Bar: The Sills, free, 9:30 pm. Tip Top Tavern: Caravan Gypsy Swing, jazz, free, 10 pm. Tricia’s Country Corners: Midlife Crisis, rock, 9 pm. True Coffee Roasters, Fitchburg: The Empty Pockets, Mark Croft, Americana/rock, 9 pm. Tuvalu Coffeehouse, Verona: Beth Kille & Michael Tully, Verona Area Needs Network benefit, 7 pm. UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: Young Bassists Conference student concert, free, 7 pm.

DANC ING Cuban Salsa Social: 7-10 pm, 4/4, Cardinal Bar. 257-2473.

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Cold Fusion, Middleton: John Masino, free, 10 pm.

Ivory Room: Peter Hernet, Kevin Gale, Anthony Cao, dueling pianos, 8 pm.

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Club Tavern: Saturday Morning Cartel, free, 9 pm.

Inferno: DJs Mike Carlson, WhiteRabbit, Alistair Loveless, Leather & Lace, 9 pm.

The Fine Constant (CD Release) / Growing _ash Aria_ The Unnecessary Gunpoint Lecture

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Claddagh, Middleton: Scott Wilcox, free, 8 pm.

Hody Bar, Middleton: Wild Heart, country, 9 pm.

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Cardinal Bar: DJ Rumba, 9 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Made of Blocks, Winning Ugly, Help Desk, Madison College Biotech Club benefit, 10 pm.

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Cafe Zoma: Anthony Faris, jazz guitar, 7 pm.

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Madison Tango Society Milonga: 8 pm-midnight, 4/4, Overture Center-Rotunda Studio. $17. 238-2039.

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Saturday, April 4, Overture Center’s Capitol Theater, 8 pm

Cottontail Classic: Team Marissa benefit (childhood cancer research) 10/5K run, 10 am, 4/4, McGaw Park, Fitchburg (registration 8:30 am; kids run & egg hunt 11:30 am). $40/$30 ($10 kids). www.cottontailclassicrun.com. 712-1164.

Few acts have affected the landscape of indie pop over the last two decades quite like Glasgow’s Belle and Sebastian. Led by the delicate Stuart Murdoch, the band has released an astounding nine records full of touching stories and baroque-influenced tunes that have charmed both listeners and critics alike. With Honeyblood.

H O ME AND GARDE N Orchid Sale: Annual event, 10 am-2 pm, 4/4, Olbrich Gardens. Free admission. 233-5559.

LG BTQ Madison Area Transgender Association: Social/support group, 3 pm, 4/4, OutReach. 255-8582. Madison Gay Video Club: “Land of Storms” and “Prisoner of War,” 8 pm, 4/4, confidential location: www.mgvc.org. 244-8690.

Ultimate Painting Monday, April 6, The Frequency, 8 pm

Ultimate Painting formed when members Jack Cooper and James Hoare toured together in separate bands. Though they didn’t initially hit it off, their current relationship formed in the same organic fashion as their music. Released last fall, Ultimate Painting’s selftitled debut is a laid-back batch of songs that recalls T-Rex and Velvet Underground in equal parts. With Heaters, Paint. Malt House: Grandpa’s Elixir, 7:30 pm. ShockraSonica: Shannon Murray, Thistle and Thorns, Bjorn, house concert, 7 pm. Up North Pub: Gin Mill Hollow, free, 8 pm.

K I D S & FA M I LY Toddler Art: Class, 10:45 am Mondays, 4/6-27, Sequoya Library. 266-6385. David Landau: Family concert, 5:30 pm, 4/6, Glass Nickel Pizza-Atwood Ave. 245-0880.

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Straight No Chaser Tuesday, April 7, Overture Hall, 7:30 pm

This 10-man a cappella group formed at Indiana University in 1996, but they didn’t hit the big time until a decade later, when an old performance video posted online garnered millions of views. Now touring in support of their fourth album, the group continues to embrace tight harmonies and light-hearted humor.

River City Extension Tuesday, April 7, The Frequency, 8 pm

River City Extension is an independent rock band based in New Jersey. Like the state’s musical forefather, Bruce Springsteen, they make accessible, heart-on-sleeve rock ’n’ roll with the aid of electric and acoustic instruments. Since forming in 2007, the band has put out three full-length records, including the brand-new Deliverance. With Cold Fronts, Jared & the Mill.

K I D S & FAM ILY Water Cycles: UW Water Library program, 10 am, 4/7, Central Library. 266-6300. Book Baby: Stories & songs for ages 0-15 months, 11:30 am Tuesdays, 4/7-28, Pinney Library. 224-7100.

PU BL I C NOT IC E S Spring Election: Voters go to the polls between 7 am-8 pm, 4/7. For polling places/ballot info: www.cityofmadison.com/clerk; www.countyofdane. com/clerk. 266-4601.

HE ALTH A ND F IT NE SS Wellness and Self Improvement: Discussion group, 7 pm Wednesdays, Steepery Tea Bar. aglickman12367@gmail.com.

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High Noon Saloon: Sean Michael Dargan Trio, The Periodicals, rock, 6 pm; Rock Star Gomeroke, 9 pm. Ivory Room: Josh Dupont, piano, free, 9 pm. Malt House: Cajun Strangers, 7:30 pm. Oakwood Village-University Woods Center for Arts & Education: Dixie Sizzlers, jazz, free, 7 pm. Up North Pub: Rev. Eddie Danger, free, 8 pm.

B OOKS Maggie Messitt: Discussing “The Rainy Season,” 6 pm, 4/7, A Room of One’s Own. 257-7888.

LEC TURES & SEMI NAR S RSVP for UW Center for Journalism Ethics Conference: Annual event, “Fair or Foul: Ethics and Sports Journalism,” 8:30 am-4:30 pm, 4/10, Union South, with keynote by Robert Lipsyte. $25. RSVP by 4/7: ethics.journalism.wisc.edu.

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Wednesday, April 8, Orpheum Theater, 8 pm

Long-lasting alt-rock band Guster didn’t just add to their legacy with their last record, Evermotion — they altered it. With the help of producer-wizard Richard Swift (Damien Jurado, Foxygen), the band created the most stylistically different album of their multi-decade career, one that pushes their acoustic roots far beneath infectious pop grooves. With Kishi Bashi. Brink Lounge: Field and James, pop/folk, free, 7 pm. Capitol Rotunda: Waunakee Grade 6 Elementary Choir, WMEA concert, noon. Cardinal Bar: DJs Sledge’em, Dyreckt, Fabe, 9 pm. Claddagh Irish Pub, Middleton: Robert J, free, 6 pm. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church-Raymond Rd.: The Believers, Swedish gospel choir concert, 7 pm.

Susan Holding: Discussing “The Little French Bakery Cookbook,” her book, 7 pm, 4/8, Verona Library. 845-7180.

Mickey’s Tavern: Tani Diakite, 10 pm. Quaker Steak and Lube: Devil’s Fen, rock, 5:15 pm.

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The Alloy Plot Mad City Funk FRI, APR 10 Classic Funk, R&B, Soul & Blues

Pops Fletcher & The Hucksters SAT, APR 11 Rockin’ Blues

1st & 3rd Weds Whiskey

Weds

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The Devil’s Share

2nd & 4th Weds Bluegrass

Jam

Ad Hoc String Band

2513 Seiferth Rd., Madison

222-7800

KnuckleDownSaloon.com

JAZZ ON A SUNDAY

CELEBRATING 3O YEARS with Madison Music Collective Founder

JOAN WILDMAN on piano & synthesizer

with

JOE FONDA, bass 3PM Concert / 4:30- 6:30 PM Jam, Silent Auction, Party!

THE BRINK LOUNGE 701 E. Washington Ave., Madison, WI

Gen. Admission $15 advance, $18 door MMC, MJS & Students w/ ID: $10 adv, $15 door Advance Tickets at www.thebrinklounge.com

UW Softball: Doubleheader vs. Valparaiso, 3 pm, 4/8, UW Goodman Softball Diamond. 262-1440.

Toddler Art: Class, 10 or 10:45 am Wednesdays, 4/8-29, Sequoya Library. 266-6385.

Charlie Brooks

SUNDAY, APRIL 12

with THE NEW BREED 9PM - FREE!

SPECTATO R SP O RTS K I D S & FAM ILY

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Out at the Symphony: Post-concert party for LGBTQ community/allies, 4/10, Fresco, following MSO’s 7:30 pm Overture Hall performance. $60-$40 ($16 party only). RSVP by 4/8: madisonsymphony.org.

Tate’s BLUES JAM

MADISON MUSIC COLLECTIVE MAD TOAST LIVE IMPROV MUSIC WORKSHOP PRESENT

EVERY TUESDAY

Up North Pub: MoonHouse, free, 8 pm.

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Why did jazz become popular on other continents when it was struggling as an art form here? Find out the history behind the flight of American jazz musicians at a screening of the groundbreaking documentary made by local filmmaker Chuck France.

THUR. APR. 9

FRIDAY 4/3

The Frequency: Morality Crisis, Poney, Bereft, Tyranny is Tyranny, rock/punk, 8:30 pm.

Tuesday, April 7, Goodman South Madison Library, 6:30 pm

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Humanities Without Boundaries: UW Center for the Humanities talk by “The Atlantic” senior editor Ta-Nehisi Coates, 7:30 pm, 4/7, UW Memorial Union-Shannon Hall. 263-3412.

Jazz in Exile

GO BUCKY! www.harmonybarandgrill.com

Knuckle Down Saloon: Bluegrass Jam with Ad Hoc String Band, free, 8 pm.

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RSVP for Wisconsin Civic Participation Lecture Series: UW Office of Federal Relations event, with former Congressmen David Obey & Tom Petri, 3:30 pm, 4/13, Memorial Union-Tripp Commons. RSVP by 4/7: federalrelations.wisc.edu.

Impressions on a Dream Canvas: Works inspired by Ann E. Aswegan’s book “Awakening to the Song of Your Self,” 4/7-5/31, Monona Library. 249-9100.

(608) 249-4333

The

Bethel Lutheran Church: Graz Boychoir and Madison Youth Choirs, free, 7 pm. Capitol Rotunda: Atwater and Lake Bluff 6th Grade Orchestra, WMEA concert, noon.

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The UW-Madison Collegiate Chapter of the MTNA and the School of Music present

African Piano Music

115 KING ST • MAJESTICMADISON.COM

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Masterclass for Pianists

80s vs 90s: BOY BANDS vs

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Fri, April 10 at 8 pm • Morphy Hall

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Piano Recital Sat, April 11 at 8 pm • Mills Hall

GIRL GROUPS

9PM

BARRYMORE

THEATRE

TUE-WED APR. 14-15 - 7PM

2090 Atwood Ave. (608) 241-8864

THUR. APR. 16 - 7:30PM presents

Different Films Each Night!

Marc Maron The World’s Best Mountain Films Brought to you by

© Kennan Harvey

THE MARONATION TOUR Tickets $13 adv, $15 d.o.s, $22 advance 2-Day Tickets on sale at REI and usual Barrymore outlets. Free valet bike parking will be provided

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TODD SNIDER with special guest ROREY CARROLL Tickets $25 advance

Tickets on sale at Sugar Shack, Star Liquor, MadCity Music, B-Side, Frugal Muse, Strictly Discs, the Barrymore, online at barrymorelive.com or call & charge at (608) 241-8633.

Wisconsin Film Festival Thursday, April 9, various venues and times

Presenting more than 150 reasons to emerge from a Netflix coma, the annual fest offers features, documentaries, classics and animated flicks from all over the world in this eight-day screen extravaganza (see page 34). Through April 16.

Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike The McCartney Years Thursday, April 9, Overture Hall, 7:30 pm

Enjoy the ultimate tribute experience as Dutch-born Yuri Pool and his backing band perform note-for-note renditions of three decades of Sir Paul’s finest work, from the Beatles to Wings, but probably not “FourFiveSeconds,” his new hit single with Rihanna and Kanye West.

Chris Koza Thursday, April 9, Union South’s The Sett, 8 pm

Chris Koza’s band Rogue Valley has been called one of Minnesota’s best and has shared stages with artists like Brandi Carlile, Blitzen Trapper and Field Report. Koza’s solo indie folk has appeared on television shows like Jersey Shore and Cougar Town. Cardinal Bar: DJ Chamo, Latin, 10 pm. Central Library: Paul Hastil, Louka Patenaude, Nick Moran & Michael Brenneis, 7 pm. Club Tavern, Middleton: Madpolecats, free, 9 pm. Essen Haus: WheelHouse, free, 9 pm. Great Dane-Downtown: DJ Drew Griffin, free, 10 pm. Harmony Bar: The Lewis Brothers, 6 pm. High Noon Saloon: The Fine Constant (CD release), Growing, ash aria, The Unnecessary Gunpoint Lecture, metal/rock, 9 pm. Ivory Room: Jim Ripp, Mike Massey, piano, 9 pm. Mickey’s Tavern: Mal-O-Dua, French swing, 5:30 pm. Mount Horeb Library: Hanah Jon Taylor Quintet, concert/lecture, 6:30 pm.

Thursday, April 9, Overture Center’s Playhouse, 7:30 pm

In this Forward Theater production of a Tony-winning play, middle-aged Vanya and his adopted sister Sonia are living a quiet, dull existence in their ancestral home after caring for their ailing parents. When moviestar sister Masha returns with boy-toy Spike, it stirs up long-simmering family drama and a healthy dose of high jinks — proof that even Chekhov-based existentialism can be funny as hell. Through April 26. Monona Grove High School’s “Big Fish”: Musical based on Daniel Wallace’s novel, 7:30 pm on 4/9, 2 & 7:30 pm on 4/10, 7:30 pm on 4/11 and 2 pm, 4/12, MGHS. $12. 316-1811. Yoni Ki Baat: “Vagina Monologues” by womyn of color, 7:30 pm, 4/9-11, UW Memorial Union-Fredric March Play Circle. Free. yonikibaatmadison@gmail.com.

CO M E DY

Jerrod Carmichael Thursday, April 9, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

Jerrod Carmichael is one of the most exciting youngsters in the standup game today. At just 24 years old, the Los Angelesbased comedian has already perfected his deadpan delivery style. He was recognized as one of the “Top 10 Comics to Watch” by Variety in 2011, and recently starred alongside Seth Rogen in Neighbors. With Ari Katcher, Stefan Davis. ALSO: Friday & Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), April 10-11.

Mr. Robert’s: Veal Chair, Honor Monster, free, 10 pm.

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Nitty Gritty Restaurant-Downtown: Isthmus Brews and Bands, concert by Corey Mathew Hart, featuring Blue Moon White IPA, free (ticket required: isthmusevents.strangertickets.com), 7 pm.

Poetry Night: UNIDOS Against Domestic Violence performances in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, 6 pm, 4/9, Cargo-E. Washington. 256-9195.

True Coffee Roasters, Fitchburg: Savannah Smith, Jacob Jones, Back2Back, folk, 8 pm.

L EC TU R E S & S E M I N A R S

SP EC IAL E VE NTS Tickets $29.50 advance

FA I R S & F E STI VA L S

TH E ATE R & DA N C E

UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: Faculty concert by Tom Curry, tuba, 8 pm.

THUR. APR. 23 - 7:30PM

Tickets $25 advance

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Sweet Revolutions: Home Health United benefit (for Meals on Wheels), 5:30-8:30 pm, 4/9, Overture Center, with tasting stations by Food Fight restaurants, carnival games. $50. RSVP: SweetRevolutionsMadison.com. 276-7590.

Race, Class, and Inequality in American Education: Placing the Local in Context: UW Department of Educational Policy Studies conference, 4/9-10, Education Building-Room 159; closing speaker/reception 4:30 pm, 4/10, Villager Mall-South Madison Partnership. Free. RSVP: eps.education.wisc.edu. Madison History Round Table: Talk by author Lance Herdegen, 7:15 pm, 4/9, Radisson. Free (optional dinner 6 pm, $20; RSVP by 4/7: madison.history. roundtable@gmail.com). 274-9342.

Mashup Mixer: Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra fundraiser (for Concerts on the Square), 5:30 pm, 4/9, Brink Lounge, with music, raffle, food. $50 ($40 adv.). www.wcoconcerts.org. 257-0638.

RSVP for Taste Traditions of Wisconsin: “Wisconsin’s Friday Night Fish Fry Tradition” talk by Janet Gilmore, plus fish fry, 6:30 pm, 4/16, Wisconsin Historical Museum. $30. RSVP by 4/9: 264-6555.

RSVP for Black Tie Bingo: North/Eastside Senior Coalition benefit, 6 pm, 4/17, Cherokee Country Club, with food, silent auction. $40. RSVP by 4/9: trosbeck@nescoinc.org. 243-5252.

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RSVP for Red Ribbon Affair: Annual AIDS Network fundraiser, 6 pm, 4/17, Edgewater Hotel, with silent auction, appetizers. $135. RSVP by 4/9: www.arcw.org. 252-6540.

Tradition and Innovation: The Human Figure in Contemporary Chinese Art: 4/10-7/5, Chazen Museum of Art (reception 6-8 pm, 4/9). 263-2246. Pat Sweeney: “The Journey of a Thousand Miles,” photographs, through 4/30, UW Fluno Center. 441-7117.

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11 am-4 pm Mon., 10 am-5 pm Tues.-Sat.

Le house tres chic Chauette Home concentrates on high-end local in downtown Middleton BY CANDICE WAGENER

“Chauette,” French slang for “cool” or “great,” is an apt name for this Middleton home store that concentrates on contemporary products, whenever possible made in the United States, Madison and surrounding communities. “My big initiative when I first started was to focus on local or Etsy artists and unique things you can’t find anywhere else,” says co-owner Samantha Annen. Chauette began as a women’s clothing boutique in the Paoli Schoolhouse. It moved into downtown Middleton three years ago, and when more space opened up next door, Annen and her mother, Sue Bakke, expanded their inventory to include fine housewares and gifts under the name Chauette Home. “I’ve always loved home goods and

Do you

home decor,” says Annen, who’s worked at upscale design shops in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, the Midwest’s mecca for culture and trends. The store carries an extensive line of fine tableware from top brand Juliska (more often found in big retail stores like Saks Fifth Avenue). The unusual, state-shaped cast iron skillets from American Skillet Company, based right here in Madison, are also in stock. In April, the shop will become one of a very limited number of retailers to roll out a brand-new line called Wolf Gourmet, consisting of cookware, cutlery, blenders, toaster ovens and toasters, all created by another company located in Madison: SubZero/Wolf.

Chauette stocks a nice selection of gifts for parentsto-be, with everything from pacifiers adorned with mustaches to legwarmers with padded kneecaps (for those crawlers), kitschy animal clocks, and onesies emblazoned with hometown pride by local artist RosyMade. While a trip to Middleton is always nice, out-of-town gift-givers can easily access both wedding and baby registries, via the shop’s website. Local goes global — it’s a win-win. n

Move over, Left Shark. Covetable items at Chauette include everything from this pendulum clock from Paul Ocepek to tableware and stationery.

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Backyard Hero Award

Recognizing outstanding volunteers for their work in our community

Romina Pereira Melo Nuestro Mundo Inc. Romina Pereira Melo began volunteering at Nuestro Mundo Community School (NMCS) when she was still in high school. Over the last eight years, she has been a faithful volunteer who donates time every day to NMCS’s kindergarten classroom. Her warmth and compassion, her dedication and commitment to NMCS have given many kindergartners a wonderful beginning to their school experience. Photo by John Urban

For more information about Nuestro Mundo Inc., or to volunteer, visit www.nuestromundoinc.org or call 608.279.1568.

Jackie Ennenbach Rape Crisis Center

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Jackie Ennenbach has been a volunteer at the Rape Crisis Center for just over a year, but she has never been content to simply “meet” expectations. She regularly signs up for twice as many shifts as required and sought additional training to improve her volunteer skills. Jackie is a valuable and generous resource for our clients, staff, and volunteers.

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Community Shares of Wisconsin supports and funds 68 member nonprofits. Many people, many dreams, one community—Community Shares of Wisconsin.

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THE SURF Lake Mendota / Downtown / Campus Adult Gated Community on Lake Mendota! Beautiful one bedrooms with quality finishes: Brazilian granite, cherry or dark maple kitchen cabinets and floors throughout, stainless steel appliances, panel interior doors, ceramic tile bath, your own balcony and more! Enjoy the best view Madison has to offer; lake/sunset or city lights! Rent includes your heat, electric, water, internet, cable T.V. and quality furnishings if desired. ($1,250 - $1,500). Call Mary at 608-213-6908 or email surf@surfandsurfside.com ALL AREAS ROOMMATES.COM. Lonely? Bored? Broke? Find the perfect roommate to complement your personality and lifestyle at Roommates.com! (AAN CAN)

SHORT-TERM RENTALS Luxury furnished apt with resort hotel services, everything incl in rent. “All you need is your toothbrush.” 1, 2, 3 bdrms from $350+/wk or $1395+/mo. Countryside Apartments. 608-271-0101, open daily! countrysidemadison.com Beautiful house for rent on Lake Mendota shoreline! This furnished 4bd house is available for immediate move in. Call 608-819-6500.

Services & Sales PREGNANT? THINKING OF ADOPTION? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families Nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions. 866413-6293. Void in Illinois/New Mexico/Indiana (AAN CAN) Get CABLE TV, INTERNET & PHONE with FREE HD Equipment and install for under $3 a day! Call Now! 866-353-6916 AUTO INSURANCE STARTING AT $25/ MONTH! Call 855-977-9537 (AAN CAN) DISH TV Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) SAVE! Regular Price $34.99 Ask About FREE SAME DAY Installation! CALL Now! 888992-1957 (AAN CAN) CHECK OUT THE FOUNDRY FOR MUSIC LESSONS & REHEARSAL STUDIOS & THE NEW BLAST HOUSE STUDIO FOR RECORDING! 608-270-2660. madisonmusicfoundry.com VIAGRA 100mg, CIALIS 20mg. 40 Pills + 4 FREE for only $99. #1 Male Enhancement! Discreet Shipping. Save $500. Buy the Blue Pill Now! 1-800-404-1271 (AAN CAN) CASH FOR CARS: Any Car/Truck. Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid. We Come To You! Call For Instant Offer: 1-888-420-3808 www.cash4car.com (AAN CAN)

All real estate advertised is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, or status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking; or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. Isthmus will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are on an equal opportunity basis.

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Jobs CLEANING-OFFICES **Area Supervisors, transportation required [mileage reimbursed], full-time or part-time nights, 5pm-1:30am, $12.00-$13.00/hr **Full-time Night Project Crew, 5pm-1:30am, Valid DL/insurability required, $11.00+/hr *Full-time Day Project Crew, Valid DL/ insurability required, 7am-3:30pm, $12.00+/hr **Other positions throughout Madison and surrounding communities, $8.50-$10.00/hr Apply online at www.ecwisconsin.com/ employment or call 1-800-211-6922 Start your humanitarian career! Change the lives of others while creating a sustainable future. 1, 6, 9, 18 month programs available. Apply today! www.OneWorldCenter.org 269-591-0518 info@oneworldcenter.org East side woman with a disability seeking a reliable, physically fit female caregiver for personal care, housekeeping & assisting at a health club. Part time shifts available in early mornings & afternoons. $11.47 -$12.31/hr. Call 204-9416. Man with physical disability on the south side of Madison needs personal care assistance every other Friday and Saturday nights 10:00 PM -6:00 AM. Pay rate is $50.65 per night. Must pass criminal background check. Call (608) 663-5839 to apply. Part-time Office Assistant. Join our busy, east-side chiropractic office, offering holistic health care to the generations. Great location on Willy St. with proximity to the coop and bike path. Duties include reception, office work, billing, patient interaction, light cleaning. 16-24 hrs/week. Computer skills and attention to detail preferred. $10$12/hr. Apply in person, bring resume and references. Accepting applications through Apr 11 (open M-F 8-5 and Sat 4/11 10-12). 1234 Williamson St, Madison. Live-in, overnight caregiver needed. $45/ night, free rent and free utilities. 7 days/ week 10 pm to 7am. Every other Saturday and Sunday off. Experience necessary. Any questions, please call David at 608-215-7619. NATURE’S BAKERY, a worker collective, is looking for a new full time member. We are seeking individuals with skills and experience in production work, small business management, computer knowledge and coop organization. You must be self-motivated and have diligent work habits. Applications can be picked up at our store front at 1019 Williamson St, Madison.

Iconi Interiors has Moved to 540 W. Washington Ave

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Men and women between the ages of 18 – 45 years who have a current diagnosis of PTSD are needed for a research study to investigate changes in mood and biomarkers in the blood following a single 30-minute bout of aerobic exercise. You will be monetarily compensated for your participation in this study. Men and women who are interested in taking part in this study or would like additional information should email Kevin Crombie at kmcrombie@wisc.edu or call the Exercise Psychology Laboratory at (608) 262 – 2457 and leave a message saying you are interested in the “Physical Activity Patterns/Acute Aerobic Exercise” study, along with your name, phone number, and the best times to call. Volunteer with UNITED WAY Volunteer Center Call 246-4380 or visit volunteeryourtime.org to learn about these and other opportunities Agrace HospiceCare is fortunate to have beautiful gardens for our patients and families to enjoy. Volunteers are needed to help at our one-timework parties throughout the growing season. Duties will vary depending on the seasonal needs, but could include things like spreading mulch, weeding, planting, watering, moving patio furniture, etc. Change students’ lives by helping educate individuals in English as a Second Language. The Catholic Multicultural Center offers free ESL classes open to all who want to attend. ESL Assistants work with students one-on-one or in small groups. Activities in this position include going over workbook exercises, practicing conversation and spelling, and working on grammar. The Wonders of Physics program at UWMadison is seeking individuals to help with preparations for our program’s participation in events such as the Physics Fair, the Engineering Expo, and the Wisconsin Science Festival. Duties will include creating press releases, flyers, and posters for these events, figuring out event logistics, and recruiting volunteers for these events.

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I’m 31 and have been with my husband for eight years, married last year, everything’s great — sex life included. But I have started a flirtation with a guy who lives next door. He can see into our kitchen, and I caught him watching me one day, and this was a huge turn-on for me. Now I wear sexy clothes when I’m home alone, and we stare at each other longingly. Sounds weird, I know, but it gets me so hot that sometimes I have to leave the room to masturbate! If anything, this has improved my sex life with my husband, as I feel sexier than ever. But my real worry is this: Am I being unfaithful? I’m really guilt-tripping myself about it. But then I think, what am I doing wrong? I’ve never even spoken to the “other man,” I’m in my own home, and I don’t intend to sleep with the neighbor. Is it possible to enjoy this flirtation in a way that I don’t feel like I’m betraying my husband? Do you think what I’m doing is risky? Wondering If Next-Door Observer Wounds Spouse Let’s say you went to the beach to lie out because you get a secret thrill from getting checked out, WINDOWS, and then you took that sexual energy home and plowed it into your husband. That wouldn’t be a problem. Strangers at the beach make you feel attractive, feeling attractive makes you horny, feeling horny makes you wanna fuck the shit out of your husband. You win, your husband wins, and the strangers at the beach win. Everybody wins. There are two big differences between what’s going on in your kitchen and what went down on my hypothetical beach: proximity and regularity. You’re not going to see the same people at the beach again, WINDOWS, but your neighbor lives right next door. What happens when you finally and inevitably meet him face-to-face? Hopefully nothing, but the odds of something are much higher. And running into your neighbor and not being able to resist the temptation is not the only risk you’re running: You don’t know anything about this guy. Your innocent flirtation could be his dangerous obsession — and one day, you could wake up to find him standing at the foot of your bed. But perhaps the minimal risks — you should be able to keep your hands off him, he’s unlikely to show up at the foot of your bed — are worth the very real rewards, i.e., an improved sex life with your husband. This whole thing might seem less like “cheating lite” if you could tell your husband about how much you enjoy teasing the neighbor and how hot it makes you— for your husband. Then instead of retreating to masturbate alone in another room after showing off in the kitchen, WINDOWS, you can retire to your bedroom and fuck the shit out of your waiting husband.

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I have a question about the price of admission. I am a male in an eight-year het relationship. The sex is unquestionably amazing. The thing is, my girlfriend made it clear at the beginning of our relationship that blowjobs were not gonna happen often. She’s done it a few times over the years, but I could see her heart wasn’t really in it. I love going down on her, but she only tolerates it on the way to penetrative sex. She says this is not open for debate, but I would like to talk about why she doesn’t like it. She’s said I don’t have an unattractive penis or anything like that, but the conversation quickly devolves into: “If you wanted blowjobs, you should’ve picked someone else.” I feel like we’re missing out on something — passionate and mutual oral sex — that could be great. Wanting Into Some Head Pick someone else, WISH, but only if getting oral back in your life is more important to you than having this particular girlfriend in your life. She was up-front about her disinterest in oral sex — maybe she had early and unpleasant/traumatic experiences with oral, maybe she tried it and doesn’t like it — and just getting her to talk about it is unlikely to result in long sessions of passionate and mutual oral sex. If you can’t see yourself going without oral for the rest of your life, WISH, either get permission from this girlfriend to get oral elsewhere or get yourself a new girlfriend. n Catch Dan’s podcast every week at savagelovecast. com; listen to him at savagelove.net, email him at mail@savagelove.net and find him on twitter at @fakedansavage on Twitter.

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