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Students stream into Steenbock Library at the UW-Madison during midterm exams week, but they aren’t here to cram for tests. They plop down on the floor and begin petting, stroking and rubbing tummies. Not each other’s tummies, but the ones belonging to members of Dogs on Call, a pet therapy organization. “I have been looking forward to this for a week,” says Lindsey Bliefernicht, who this early evening is stroking Tiberius, a 108-pound great Pyrenees. “This reminds me of being at home with my golden Lab. It is so comforting.” All around the room, dogs are spreading the love. Students, many of whom arrive looking stressed and preoccupied, are melting into little love puddles, suddenly smiling and relaxed. It’s one of a number of ways campus libraries try to help students deal with the pressure of exams, says Steenbock librarian Jessica Newman. “We always have a jigsaw puzzle on a table for students to work on,” she says. “And we offer other stress relievers like soap bubbles on the deck, bubble wrap to pop and origami projects.”

Dogs on Call has been visiting Steenbock at midterms every semester for three years. They also drop in at the Campus Library in Helen C. White Hall each semester during finals week. In between, they often visit students at campus dorms as well as the Engineering College and other professional schools. For today’s visit, a therapy cat joins the six therapy dogs at Steenbock. The cat, a seal point Siamese named Oliver, greets students in a separate space. “This is so great,” says Brianna Davis, a freshman who plans to major in education. “It’s definitely a stress reliever. And I really miss my dog at home, so this is just what I need right now.” Research shows that interaction with pets decreases the level of cortisol — a stress hormone — in people and increases endorphins, known as the happiness hormone. Universities all around the country have taken note of these findings and many are welcoming dog visits. Dogs on Call is an all-volunteer organization, and its visits are free. The dogs and their humans have a busy schedule of visits

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Is Exact Sciences too good to pass up? A ‘game-changing’ proposal for Judge Doyle Square BY JOE TARR

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For Ald. Mike Verveer, a proposal to headquarter Exact Sciences downtown is simply a transformative project that justifies speeding up the city’s notoriously contemplative approval process. “Rather than this slow deliberate approach we’ve been known for, hopefully the Board of Estimates and then Common Council will concur that we need to move as quickly as possible,” Verveer said Friday. “The number of new employees that would come downtown, the fact that there hasn’t been a private employer making their home downtown in decades is first and foremost why it’s a game-changer.” Verveer got the first part of his wish on Monday evening, when the Board of Estimates recommended that the full Council — at its May 19 meeting — enter into negotiations with developer Bob Dunn of Hammes Company over the project. Three other proposals would remain on the backburner. Dunn proposes building a $186.4 to $203.2 million project next to the Madison Municipal Building that would include 250,000-square-feet of space for Exact Sciences’ headquarters and laboratories, with room to expand. Dunn also proposes a hotel of 210 to 250 rooms, a food hall, a health and wellness facility, and as many as 1,540 parking spaces. While the proposal has been described by officials and the media in effusive terms, it’s not without critics, who fear the city is moving too fast and paying too much. Ald. David Ahrens, who has been a fierce critic of a subsidized Judge Doyle project, warned the board Monday that “It’s important for us to keep our heads about this. [Exact Sciences] would be a great addition to the city...but at what price? The developer is well cognizant of the prize being dangled before us with this major employer for downtown, and therefore is stuffing the proposal with other costs.”

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Founded in Boston in 1995, Exact Sciences moved into University Research Park, near Mineral Point Road and South Whitney Way, in 2009. “At the time, Exact Sciences was four employees,” says Kevin Conroy, the company’s chairman and CEO. The company has been booming ever since, especially after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Colorguard, its colon cancer screening test that can be done at home and sent away for analysis. “It wasn’t until we received FDA approval that we were able to invest in major growth of the company,” Conroy says. “We’ve grown to 575 employees... and we’re growing every week.” But that growth requires more space and Conroy would prefer to be in one central structure. “We’re not all in one building and

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Developer Bob Dunn proposes a $186-203 million project that would headquarter growing bio-tech company Exact Sciences, as well as a hotel, food court and health club.

able to collaborate, to bring our next generation products to physicians and patients.” Conroy says the company would like to occupy new space by the middle of 2017, meaning construction must start soon. And for that reason, Exact Sciences and Dunn are asking the city to decide about its proposal by next month. “That’s the reason for the tight timeline,” Conroy says. “We truly respect that the city council has important decisions to make and don’t want to put pressure on the city.” The company is also considering moving to Fitchburg and the Town of Madison. But, downtown is the exciting option, Conroy says, with its proximity to UW-Madison (whose researchers it collaborates with), restaurants, alternative transportation options, cultural attractions and Monona Terrace, where it could hold meetings. Exact Sciences would initially employ about 600 people downtown, but with expected rapid growth estimates it will nationally employ 900 workers by the end of 2016 and 1,400 in subsequent years. The company wouldn’t own the downtown space, but Conroy says it is willing to sign an initial lease of 10 to 20 years. He sees the company and city helping each other. “It always has to go two ways,” Conroy says. “Exact Sciences has to be a good corporate citizen and have a good impact on our community and our community has to have a good impact on Exact Sciences. We think downtown Madison is the place where you can have maximum impact both ways.” At Monday’s Board of Estimates meeting, Mayor Paul Soglin acknowledged that there are “challenges” regarding the proposal. But

he called it one of the biggest decisions ever made by Madison, on par with the city’s incorporation, Epic System’s move to Verona and Madison College building its Truax campus. “This project...is going to have a far more positive impact than anything we’ve seen in the last 150 years,” said the mayor, who noted that Madison has been slower than other college/government towns in nurturing private industry. George Austin, a consultant hired by the city to oversee the project, told the board that the three other proposals the city received are not necessarily dead. “We’re recommending to you that we move that proposal to the front of the line,” Austin said. If the city cannot reach agreeable terms by the end of June, it could revisit the others. “No one is being pushed out the door on this.” The other proposals — by Madison’s Urban Land Interests, Chicago’s Beitler Real Estate, and Chicago’s Vermillion Enterprises — all propose mixed-use developments including a hotel, apartments, offices, parking and retail. Ald. Denise DeMarb, council president, says all of the proposals are more exciting than the last round of reviews. The city had originally selected a different plan from Dunn, but couldn’t come to terms with him and put out another request for proposals. “I just wish that we could give all of them their due,” she says. “All of the developers have put time into this.” The new Dunn proposal is the most expensive of the four for the city, with a subsidy initially estimated between $55 million to $65

million. Beitler is not requesting any subsidy for its private components and would be the cheapest for the city. Ahrens is troubled that Dunn wants the city to fund its food court and health club, in exchange for a marquee employer. “We’re on the hook to build a food court, a health club [and] a conference center for a wealthy well-funded corporation,” he says. Moreover, he worries about the tone the city is taking from the get go. “The city’s public position is this is extraordinary, unprecedented — it uses language the developer doesn’t even use,” Ahrens says. “It’s difficult to go into negotiations when you’ve already declared this is the most fantastic proposal you can get. That’s a pretty weak position to start from.” Long-time cheerleaders of the Judge Doyle Square project also have concerns, mainly that the original motivation for the project — another hotel to support Monona Terrace — is being overshadowed by a major employer. Deb Archer, president and CEO of the Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau, which markets Monona Terrace, told the board: “Other aspects of the development don’t necessarily take precedent over what was one of the primary reasons the Judge Doyle Square conversation began.” Ald. Mark Clear, while excited by the Exact Sciences plan, agrees that none of the proposals meet Monona Terrace’s needs. “We still need to think about some other facility, not on this site, that will meet the needs of Monona Terrace,” he said. n

‘We will not be stopped’ Many upset that Dane County DA will not charge officer in Tony Robinson shooting BY ALLISON GEYER

Jerome Flowers was left with more questions than answers after Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne announced Tuesday that he would not charge Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny in the shooting death of Tony Robinson. “When he announced his decision, I thought, ‘Is that your final answer?’” said Flowers, who is a spokesman for the Robinson family. Ozanne, who is the first African-American district attorney in Wisconsin, began his speech with an apology to Robinson’s family, emphasizing his own experience as “a person of color from a biracial marriage” and “a man who understands the pain of unjustifiable profiling.” “I am the son of a black woman who still worries about my safety from the bias of privilege and violence that accompanies it,” he said. Before revealing his conclusion, Ozanne stressed that he understood the gravity of such decisions and the long troubling history with racial disparities in both the United States and Dane County. Ozanne’s lengthy preamble, however sincere, did little to soften the blow when he announced his decision not to charge Kenny – a move that some saw as a betrayal of the black community and an affirmation of a system that is at least in part to blame for the teen’s death. Flowers says Ozanne’s background is “irrelevant.” And he says Robinson’s family

also has questions – questions that they hope will be answered as they consider their next steps in the legal process. Attorney Jon Loevy, of the Chicago-based firm Loevy & Loevy, is representing the Robinson family. At the family’s news conference Tuesday, Loevy criticized Kenny’s decision to enter the house alone and to fire a final shot from outside the house. He said the officer’s story has changed over the weeks since the shooting. “That makes no sense why the police officer would be shooting from outside the building into the building, killing an unarmed young man,” Loevy said. “Apparently, the police officer suffered some kind of amnesia and didn’t remember shooting from outside the building.” The Robinson family is continuing its investigation into the shooting, and Robinson’s mother, Andrea Irwin, has said she plans to file a lawsuit against the city. The family openly criticized Ozanne’s decision. “This isn’t justice – this is politics,” said Robinson’s grandmother, Sharon Irwin, in an interview after Ozanne’s news conference. She said the decision robbed her family of due process and the opportunity to have a jury decide Kenny’s fate. “I want the system to change,” she said. Family members later joined hundreds of protesters and Madison area faith leaders who gathered on Williamson Street, near the house where Robinson was killed on March 6. A peaceful, powerful march departed from the scene of the shooting Tuesday afternoon after the Robinson family’s press conference and made its way to the state Capitol, stop-

ping briefly in front of the Dane County Public Safety building, where Ozanne had announced his decision hours earlier. The sun broke through the clouds for the first time that afternoon just as the Rev. Everett Mitchell led the group in prayer. “We will not be stopped and we will not be compromised because we will continue to push,” he said. In determining whether Kenny committed a crime, Ozanne said he held himself “to the reasonable doubt standard. In other words, what can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.” He detailed the evidence he reviewed in the case, including three 911 calls made by different people in the minutes before the shooting. Toxicology reports confirmed that Robinson had been on marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms and Xanax. Ozanne also described physical evidence from the scene, including damage to a stairway wall where Robinson allegedly attacked Kenny. Kenny told investigators he was dispatched to the apartment, believing that someone might be under assault. He examined a driveway, before entering the home. He began to go up the stairs to the second-story apartment when Robinson allegedly attacked him, hitting him on the side of his face with a closed fist. The officer told investigators Robinson continued “to aggress towards him, swinging at him.” Ozanne said Kenny “was afraid he would be struck again and lose consciousness or fall backwards and hit his head and that his firearm would be taken from him” and used on him or another person in the home.

Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said he used the “reasonable doubt standard” in clearing officer Matt Kenny of criminal charges.

In a news conference Wednesday morning, Mayor Paul Soglin recognized Ozanne’s efforts and acknowledged that not everyone agrees with his decision. “This is an outcome that many did not want. It is an outcome that many in our community support,” Soglin read from a prepared statement. “Regardless of our views, we all share a common bond of sadness over Tony’s death, and we share hope for the future of all Madisonians — knowing that we have the will and the capability to make this the best city for all.” Demonstrations protesting Ozanne’s decision resumed early Wednesday, with members of the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition gathering at the site of the shooting. A crowd of about 300 marchers, many of them youth, shared songs and poems and discussed their reaction to Ozanne’s decision prior to marching to the Dane County Courthouse. “When I heard the decision, I cried like a baby,” coalition member Alix Shabazz said. Shabazz told the crowd that Madison can expect “months of sustained activism.” “This is the beginning of what people nationally have been calling Black Spring,” she said. Coalition members echoed previous demands for a United Nations investigation into the shooting as well as community control over police that extends beyond advisory committees. “The only way we can move toward equity is to shift power from the state to the people,” coalition co-founder Brandi Grayson told a crowd of protesters Wednesday morning. “This is a struggle for power – black power.” Several protesters blocked both entrances of the Dane County Public Safety Building, chaining themselves in front of one. By mid-afternoon, police began arresting these protesters. At press time, police had arrested about 15 people, all of whom complied without a struggle.n

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Kenny shot Robinson seven times at close range within three seconds. “I believe it is reasonable to conclude all shots had to have been fired near the bottom on the stairs,” Ozanne said. Ozanne ended the press conference with a plea for peace. “I’m concerned that recent violence around our nation is giving some in our community a justification for fear, hatred and violence,” he said. “True and lasting change does not come from violence, but from exercising our voices and our votes.” In a Tuesday evening press conference, Madison Police Chief Mike Koval was asked if he’d spoken with Kenny. The chief said he had called and left a voice mail. When asked what he said, Koval said he told Kenny about the DA’s decision. “I’m certain that an immense burden has been lifted from him as well and now he can look towards sometime in the near future resuming a career he has a passion for,” added Koval.

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Wisconsin loses some street cred for its biking reputation, dropping from No. 2 to No. 9 in the nation.

UW-Madison graduates a new class of Badger alumni this weekend.

Is Gov. Scott Walker to blame?

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Location, location, location Why a Wisconsin startup might incorporate in Delaware

State park camping fees would surge with budget committee proposal to eliminate tax revenue support.

Madison teen stabs former prom date’s dad after the teen is asked to pay for his cancelled date’s dress. SMALL TOWN

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plans to transform the UW System into a public authority, leaving the future of faculty tenure and shared governance uncertain. n The Wisconsin Senate approves a bill raising the speed limit on some roads to 70 mph. Buckle up!

introduce a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Gov. Scott Walker says he’ll sign it into law.

FRIDAY, MAY 8 n Walker scraps his

proposed merger of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Agency after state auditors release a report showing WEDC — the state’s flagship jobs agency — is a total disaster.

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Epsilon Pi fraternity is kicked off campus for bad behavior, including allegations of dangerous hazing, underage drinking and sexual harassment. The brothers were already suspended for previous instances of bad behavior.

n U.S. Sen. Tammy

Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) hires Janet Piraino — a veteran aide who has worked with former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, former Mayor Dave

Cieslewicz and U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan — as new state director, replacing the staffer who was demoted for bungling whistleblower complaints about the treatment of veterans at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center. TUESDAY, MAY 12 n Members of the

Legislature’s budget committee vote to reduce cuts to public television and radio from $4.9 million to $2.3 million. n Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne declines to charge Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny with any wrongdoing in the March 6 shooting death of Tony Robinson.

BY JEFF BUCHANAN

When you look closely at this year’s gener8tor graduates, something unusual jumps out: Four out of five startups in the business accelerator’s 2015 Madison class are Delaware C-Corporations, despite being based in other states. That’s right: A company can incorporate in one state but be based in another. It’s more common than you might think. Being a Delaware C-Corp means two things: The business was incorporated in Delaware, and it was established as a corporation, not a “flow-through” entity like a Limited Liability Company (LLC). Why do companies pick Delaware? “Legal reasons,” says Richard Yau, cofounder of Bright Cellars, a wine delivery service that’s part of gener8tor’s latest class. The company is a Massachusetts-based Delaware C-Corp that is contemplating a permanent home in Wisconsin. “Lawyers are familiar with Delaware corporate law. It’s a standard business thing.” Joe Boucher, a Madison-based attorney with decades of experience advising businesses, agrees. “Delaware created up-to-date legislation and a business court over 100 years ago to get businesses to locate there,” says Boucher. “The volume of cases that Delaware has creates more certainty.” But while Boucher says he understands why companies choose Delaware over states with murkier legal systems, he thinks it makes little sense to start out as a corporation. To see why, it’s necessary to know how the entities differ: With a corporation, taxes are applied to a business itself; with an LLC, taxes are applied to its owners. Most startups founder — some studies estimate the failure rate is around 90% — and even those that prosper rarely make money in their incipient years, says Boucher. For the owner of a business formed as an

LLC, an unprofitable year yields a “tax loss,” an asset that can be used against other current or future income. But for a corporation, the tax loss stays with the company, and is lost if the business goes bust. Beginning as an LLC is essentially a hedge. “I’ve been doing this for 40 years and 98% of my clients don’t make any money for the first three to five years,” Boucher says. “Why should I tell them to trap those losses in a C-Corporation? My advice to young companies is to start out as a LLC. At such time as the company projects to turn a profit, you then convert to a C-Corp. I can do it in two seconds.” If going into business as a corporation disadvantages founders, who benefits when companies have this structure? Lawyers, for the reasons Yau and Boucher give. But also well-heeled investors with portfolios spanning dozens of companies. People who invest in a corporation only have to pay taxes when it gets bought, goes public or pays a dividend. But investors in LLCs must pay taxes every year on a K-1 form, the equivalent of a W-2 for flow-through entities. “Simplicity is a C-Corp,” says Boucher. “If you’re an investor from a big fund, you don’t want all these [tax forms] coming every year from 50, 60 companies. Your tax return is way more complicated.” Troy Vosseller, who co-founded gener8tor in 2012, says companies must be Delaware or Wisconsin C-Corporations to participate in the program. “For most businesses, LLC is the way to go,” says Vosseller. “But we’re only working with companies with high growth potential. And for any company that anticipates it will raise institutional venture capital — money being managed by full-time professional investors — often times those funds have strict rules about only investing in C-Corporations. We want our companies out there thinking and believing.” n

Bike-paddle with a purpose Rob’s Sugar River Ramble will raise funds to combat phosphorus in watershed BY JULIA CECHVALA

The Ramble features a choice of two bike rides, followed by a paddle down the river. It launches from Mount Horeb, where participants can opt for a 20-mile bike ride on hilly back roads along the Upper Sugar River’s west branch or a flatter 15 miles on the Military Ridge State Trail. Ramblers will then take to the water with a paddle through the new Falk Wells Sugar River Wildlife Area, off Hwy. 69 and Sunset Drive northwest of Paoli. Transportation back to Mount Horeb for food, beer tasting and live music is included in the $40 fee. Canoe rentals are available for an additional fee.

Just a short drive west from Madison, the rolling hills of the Driftless area offer miles of beautiful roads for bicycling, and the winding Upper Sugar River provides a couple hours of paddling in an afternoon. But like many of Dane County’s waterways, the river is plagued by phosphorus, which contributes to the growth of smelly, green algae. The west branch of the Sugar River, in fact, has tested above new limits set by the state Department of Natural Resources. Yet just upstream from this same area is some In 2010 the DNR adopted maximum standards of the best trout fishing in the county. A place where trout are reproducing and for phosphorus in surface waters. Above that thriving is a precious commodity. Mount Ver- benchmark the waterways face excess plant non Creek is “one of the few places in Dane growth and depleted oxygen and are considCounty where that’s happening,” says Wade ered “impaired.” Moder, executive director of the Upper Sugar It’s not known which areas are most affected. The watershed association hopes additional testRiver Watershed Association. ing will help pinpoint where The Upper Sugar River most of the phosphorus is enWatershed Association is tering. “Because this is such a aiding efforts to clean the new standard, the biggest need river, collaborating with is more testing,” Moder says. area farmers and wastewa The organization’s volunteers ter treatment plants to help already monitor water quality at meet the state’s new phos25 sites in the watershed, which phorus standards. A new covers an area from Belleville, fundraiser should also help. north to near West Towne Mall, Established in honor of west to Mount Horeb, and back Rob Lucas, a psychologist for to Belleville along Hwy. 78 and the Madison school district ANGIE LUCAS County Hwy. A. who died suddenly last July, The group hopes to start the May 31 Rob’s Sugar River The event honors outdoor testing phosphorus levels at Ramble will celebrate the enthusiast Rob Lucas. some of those sites; this rearea’s recreational opportunities. Lucas loved biking and kayaking in the quires lab analysis and costs over $150 per site watershed, says Moder, and Lucas’ family and for a year, says Moder. They’ll start by testing friends reached out to the Upper Sugar River at the end of creeks feeding into the river to Watershed Association to create an event hon- narrow down which subwatersheds are contributing the greatest phosphorus load. oring his life.

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It will also help wastewater treatment plants in Mount Horeb and Belleville use systems similar to cap-and-trade, the approach that has been proposed for reducing carbon pollution. Water quality trading and adaptive management are two options. They both allow a pollution source (such as a wastewater treatment plant) to comply with the phosphorus standard by paying for improvements elsewhere in the watershed (usually from nonpoint sources, like farms). The main difference between the two strategies is that water quality trading uses computer models to calculate the amount of phosphorus reductions required, while adaptive management uses in-stream testing to gauge success. Both are often much less expensive for the treatment plants to “counteract their emis-

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I can’t argue with anyone who says that things could have been done differently. There are always alternatives. We have the luxury of hindsight, and time. Unfortunately for Tony Robinson, Officer Kenny had neither of those luxuries.... Does anyone really think Kenny wanted to kill Tony? Other than to protect himself, why in the world would he do that? If the idea is that he felt threatened solely because of Tony’s race, how can one know for sure. Garganuta (via Forum.Isthmus.com)

March for Tony Robinson moves down John Nolen Drive, Wednesday, May 13, 2015.

No charges in Tony Robinson shooting I respect his decision. Not an easy one to make. He walked us through the data, he explained the details. Barbara DeMain (via Facebook)

I thought Ozanne’s rationale/analysis was very well thought out. This is a lose/lose situation for all parties. Given the facts, there is no way the DA was going to successfully prosecute Officer Kenny. If anything, a jury trial would have caused more grief for the Robinson family. They will sue the city in civil court and settle after the actuarial analysis of the relative monetary value of Tony’s life and the family’s grief. That won’t be pretty either. No one wins in these situations. David Cohen (via Forum.Isthmus.com)

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I’ve read many times that family and friends have said Tony Robinson had taken hallucinogenic mushrooms and had been acting erratically on the day he was killed. In all the coverage of his death, I haven’t seen one word about who he got them from. Hallucinogenic mushrooms are illegal (Wisconsin Statute 961) so I hope that we are going to learn who supplied them to Tony and started the terrible chain of events that lead to Tony’s death, and that the person is prosecuted. Of course it was Tony’s own choice to ingest the mushrooms, but someone aided him in that. Ruth E. Wagner (via email)

Soglin is still bothered about Epic’s going to Verona and wants to rebalance the record by bringing Exact Sciences downtown. That’s a poor position to bargain from. First, Epic has a campus of something like 800 acres. They were never going to fit downtown longterm no matter what kind of deal they were cut. Second, Epic claims it’s never going anywhere, but these deals involving one high-value target are not the most stable way to grow the downtown. History shows that everything changes, and Madison’s economic drivers have changed several times over the last centuryplus. I think it’s smarter to target a diversity of businesses, possibly emphasizing one or two sectors to establish a good pool of specialized employees. Right now the energy seems to be in tech, and food-related. Snoqueen (via Forum.Isthmus.com)

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Big government leads to ‘money in politics’ BY LARRY KAUFMANN Larry Kaufmann is an economic consultant based in Madison.

As Wisconsin’s “John Doe� investigation into conservative activists sputters to an inglorious end, the mainstream media is finally examining what’s taken place in this investigation over the last five years. It’s not a pretty picture, as reported by National Review. Families terrorized during pre-dawn raids; doors battered down and personal property ransacked; and most chillingly of all, threats from law enforcement not to speak a word of what happened or the victims would face prosecution. What “crime� prompted these aggressive and invasive police-state actions? Donations provided to express support for Act 10, which limited the collective bargaining rights of Wisconsin’s public sector unions. The prosecutors concocted a trumped-up theory that these independent expenditures were unreported “in kind� donations to political candidates, a pretext that has since been rejected by two judges and will soon (it is predicted here) receive a final rejection and overdue burial by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Everyone should be shocked by these abuses of power, even (and perhaps especially) stalwart opponents of Gov. Scott Walker. If prosecuting politically unpopular speech becomes the “new normal,� you can bet this tactic will be embraced by both parties. Left-wing individuals and groups are at least as guilty of coordinating their ex-

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penditures and efforts with Democrats as conservatives are with Republicans. And, as progressives are well aware, Republicans are solidly in control of Wisconsin’s legislature and executive offices, and they’re likely to remain in power for some time. Republicans’ near-monopoly over the machinery of state government makes the left rather than the right more vulnerable to future John Doe abuses. If the Supreme Court does not unambiguously repudiate the basis for the current John Doe probe, the GOP is empowered to launch similar investigations into left-leaning organizations in 2016 and beyond. The next group at the business end of a John Doe battering ram could be One Wisconsin Now rather than the Club for Growth. You would think every commentary on John Doe would recognize this danger, but you would be wrong. Take Chris Rickert’s recent column for the Wisconsin State Journal (please). The sometimes-sensible Rickert called the outrage over the John Doe raids “selfrighteous whining� and even claimed “what the targets of the raids are suspected of doing is not significantly less wrong than, say, drug-dealing, gang-banging or other crimes worthy of a police raid. In fact, in some ways, it’s worse.� Rickert believes showing support for Act 10 is worse than drive-by shootings because “money in politics� is “just as harmful to democracy as voter fraud or corrupt elected officials.�

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but the idea that campaign contributions “buy elections� is disproven in every election cycle. If you don’t believe me, ask Republican “Gov.� Meg Whitman or “Sen.� Carly Fiorina from California (where money matters far more than in Wisconsin). Most fundamentally, Rickert’s complaint has the problem exactly backwards. There’s too much money in politics because there’s too much politics in American society. Corporations and wealthy individuals are directing more resources towards the political process for the same reason Willy Sutton robbed banks: that’s where the money is. Government has steadily increased its regulation and control over economic activity for decades, which means private sector profits increasingly depend on government policies. This naturally draws the attention of business owners and investors towards politics and attempts to influence legislative and regulatory choices. The inexorable TODD HUBLER growth in government distorts the entire pattern of rewards throughout There’s so much wrong with this, beginning the economy and shifts attention towards with the fact that what conservative activists rent-seeking and away from innovation. A were doing was perfectly legal and consistent depressing consequence of these trends is with rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court. Con- that seven of the 10 richest U.S. counties are cern over a perceived problem also doesn’t now centered around Washington D.C., a give anyone the right to act like Jesse James. Joe city that transfers and re-distributes wealth McCarthy was deeply troubled by the plague of but doesn’t create it. worldwide communism and ruined lives with When government pokes its nose into unsubstantiated allegations, but even he didn’t every nook and cranny of the body politic, order police to break down doors in the middle money in politics is inevitable. Attempts to of the night. control and dampen this demand for po The John Doe victims were also ordinary litical influence lead to increasingly Byzancitizens, not fat-cat billionaires. When everyday tine campaign finance rules, which in turn people work together to advocate a political only foster more creative ways of funneling position in the public square, it isn’t a perver- money into the process that are consistent sion of grassroots democracy: it is grassroots with the new rules. democracy. Don’t like money in politics? Drain the I also agree with my Isthmus colleague swamp, and transfer power and resources Dave Cieslewicz that money matters less in from bureaucrats and elected officials back elections than Wisconsin Democrats think. Of to private individuals. Any other “solution� course a certain amount of money is helpful, is ultimately futile. n

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After 119 years on North Carroll Street, the Steensland House is set to be moved to Gorham Street to make way for new development.

PRESERVATION POLITICS Where property rights and public interests collide

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The Steensland house has stood at 315 N. Carroll St.

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for 119 years. But in a few days, the three-story Queen Anne-style brick house is scheduled to be set on wheels, pivoted 90 degrees, and nudged to a new home, just a little east on the same block, behind Bethel Lutheran Church. The house will have a view that was never enjoyed by Sophia Steensland or her husband, Halle, a Madison banker, entrepreneur, and vice consul to Sweden and Norway. He was also a philanthropist; in 1904 he donated $10,000 to Madison — more than $237,000 in 2015 dollars — for a stone bridge over the Yahara River on East Washington Avenue near First Street. The Steensland Bridge was replaced in 2007 by a modern mock-Prairie Style structure. But unlike the bridge, the Steensland house will survive in a new setting where its front porch will look across West Gorham Street, toward the Art Moderne Quisling Terrace apartments. Times change. Like the Steensland home, historic preservation in Madison is itself pivoting and moving in a new direction. A revised landmarks ordinance is being readied, a citywide preservation plan will soon be launched, the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation has been reorganized and is under new leadership, and Gov. Scott Walker proposes limiting historic tax credits, preservationists’ most useful economic tool. The future of our history — the future of our character — is in transition.

“People know Madison basically for State Street,” says Sam Breidenbach, the Trust’s new president. “If you go traveling to New York and you say you’re from Madison, they say, ‘Oh, State Street! Or Langdon Street! I love those areas.’ “They don’t say, ‘Oh, East Towne! West Towne!’” Madison is rich with historic treasures, including 100 structures on the National Register of Historic Places and five local historic districts. These neighborhoods include much of the city’s most valuable land, which makes them recurring battlegrounds over development. “The city of Madison is growing rapidly,” says Natalie Erdman, the city’s interim director of Planning and Community and Economic Development. “We’re becoming a bigger city, and looking at preservation and how we value and protect historic assets is an important ongoing process.” Katherine Cornwell, director of the planning division, agrees. “We are in an auspicious moment: we’ve hit the 250,000 population mark,” she says.

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“City growth tends to accelerate at this tipping point, and we’ve only gotten a taste of what’s to come.”

Our landmarks ordinance was spurred by what happened to an elegant house that once stood on East Gilman Street. “The best house in Madison” is what Frank Lloyd Wright called the home of William F. Vilas at 12 E. Gilman. Vilas was a U.S. senator, a lieutenant colonel in the Civil War, and he served in the cabinet of President Grover Cleveland, who visited him in Madison. He also gave us Henry Vilas Park, naming it for his son. His mansion was demolished in 1963 to make way for the headquarters of National Guardian Life, which later sold the rear of the former Vilas estate for Edgewater’s expansion. The Vilas demolition set off controversy that festered for a decade. In 1971, when another historic Madison home was demolished, to make way for a Burger King on University Avenue, community outrage led Mayor William Dyke to spearhead creation of

the landmarks ordinance and Landmarks Commission. A few years later, the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation formed. “We just celebrated our 40th anniversary last year,” says former president Vicki Siekert. “The start of the trust was generally with a younger generation of people who were beginning to buy residences, and bought some of the older property in Madison because it was cheap at that time. They wanted to learn how to restore their own homes. They did a lot of work on ‘landmarking’ houses and buildings in that early time, the 1970s and the early ’80s.” Since then, the city has designated more than 160 structures as landmarks. And it has established five historic districts: First Settlement, southeast of the Capitol; Mansion Hill, northwest of the Capitol; Marquette Bungalows, two blocks near LaphamMarquette Elementary School; Third Lake Ridge, roughly from Williamson Street south, between Blair Street and the Yahara; and University Heights, west of Camp Randall.

Mary Virginia Way, right, helped transition the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation from a grassroots to professional organization. Sam Breidenbach, left, is the group’s new president.

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Bethel Lutheran announced plans to move the Steensland home in 2012, to make way for construction of an expanded community space and a parking garage. Getting approval to move the house was no small task. “While the actual move of the Steensland house can be measured in feet, it has been a long journey for the congregation,” says Bethel Pastor Scot Sorensen. Once moved, the house will be renovated for student apartments. City preservation planner Amy Scanlon would rather see an historic building moved than torn down, but finds the practice problematic.

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The Landmarks Commission governs development within these districts. We also have 14 national historic districts, some of which duplicate local districts, occasionally with different boundaries. (Inclusion in a national district confers only potential tax benefits to owners; development and even demolition are not forbidden.) Langdon Street is in its own national historic district; a local district has been proposed, though that effort lags. Part of the Hoyt neighborhood has also been proposed as a local historic district.

“Relocating landmark buildings, or buildings in historic districts, is not good practice because it negatively affects the integrity and significance of the building and is only slightly better than demolition,” she says. While the Landmarks Commission approved moving the Steensland house, it sometimes rejects proposals — often to the exasperation of developers. In recent years, developers have twice appealed commission decisions to the Common Council. Both cases involved Mansion Hill. One, the Edgewater renovation and expansion, was subsequently approved by the council in 2010. The other, a Steve Brown Apartments development on West Gilman Street, requiring one home to be demolished and another relocated, was turned down by the council a little more than a year ago. Because of these fights, some call the process broken. Ald. Paul Skidmore believes that, at the very least, the Landmarks Commission suffers from “mission creep,” taking on issues outside its purview. Worse, he says, good projects go by the wayside because the process is abused. “I’m advancing and proposing balance in all things,” says Skidmore, a landscape architect who previously served as chair of the historic preservation design review commission in Stevens Point. “There should be a landmarks ordinance [in Madison]. There should be a Landmarks Commission. I’m not saying, ‘Make it go away.’ I’m saying there are extremes.”

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The primary distinction between the various stakeholders “is their vision for the role of historic districts in our city,” observes Jeff Vercauteren, an attorney at Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek. He’s a lobbyist for Apex Property Management Inc., Hovde Properties, Mullins Group, Steve Brown Apartments and Urban Land Interests. Vercauteren is also president of Capitol Neighborhoods Inc., a downtown umbrella organization for the Bassett, First Settlement, James Madison Park, Mansion Hill and Mifflin West neighborhoods. He’s recused himself from speaking about preservation matters on their behalf. However, he does speak for others; asked for comment on preservation matters, Susan Schmitz, president of Downtown Madison Inc., deferred to Vercauteren. “Certain stakeholders essentially view historic districts as museums, with each individual building being an exhibit in the museum,” he says. “Other stakeholders recognize that historic districts are part of the evolving urban fabric and cultural landscape of our city. Cities grow, change and develop over time, and historic districts evolve as part of a healthy, vibrant city.” The definition of an historic district as “evolving” may sound like an oxymoron to some. Scanlon says the ordinance is trying to preserve both the valuable parts and the whole of historic districts. “The buildings included in the districts are not necessarily significant individually — like a landmark — but are significant to each other in the collection,” she says. “In other words, each building needs its neighbor to make a cohesive collection.” She adds, “The landmarks ordinance specifically addresses the significance and integrity of each historic district with different standards for each district.”

Growth can be unchecked — like free-for-all sprawl at the edges of cities — or it can be planned. “At this point, we are still ahead of the curve, we can adopt a proactive posture toward growth,” says Cornwell. “Preservation

is not something that happens effectively in reaction to a development proposal. We are actively developing strategies for housing, transportation and economic development. A comprehensive plan for historic preservation is an essential component of this mix.” The city has set aside $250,000 for such a plan, which is expected to take two years to complete. Meanwhile, the existing landmarks ordinance is not being revised so much as recreated. People on both sides attending meetings of the Ad Hoc Landmarks Ordinance Review Committee say the process is going well. Vercauteren says the committee has addressed issues such as the “powers and duties of the Landmarks Commission, the standards for the designation of new landmarks and historic districts, the maintenance obligations for owners of landmarks and properties in historic districts, the standards for granting a certificate of appropriateness for a proposal in a historic district, and the standards for an appeal to the Common Council.” Heavy lifting remains. Next up for consideration will be at least 14 definitions such as “visual relatedness,” the standard for determining whether building proposals are appropriate in landmark districts. Frustration with this criterion by developers, in part, lead to the city revisiting the ordinance. Stu Levitan, chairman of the Landmarks Commission, found the original standard unambiguous, but says the committee has further clarified it. “Is the proposed development, either in terms of design or scale and massing, appropriate?” he says. “I don’t think it’s that complicated.” The Madison Trust is concerned about any changes to the appeals process. In the past, a broad and unspecific “greater good of the city” has been argued as criteria for overruling the Landmarks Commission. Scanlon has “not a clue” when the ordinance might go to the council for approval. The deadline has been extended to July.

The Trust’s new president, Breidenbach, is a residential contractor who’s been on the board since 2010. Former president Mary Virginia Way departed to join the Minnesota Historical Society, after leading a reorganization to move the grassroots group toward a more professional model. Responsibilities have been streamlined, and there’s renewed emphasis on fundraising and “social capital.” “Preservation, as you might know, has a reputation of being a little obstructionist,” explains Way. “So one of the things we wanted to do was to have people get to know us on a personal level, and let it be known that we are in fact reasonable people who like to enjoy our built environment.” One thing the Trust definitely does not like is Gov. Walker’s proposed cap on preservation tax credits. The federal government offers a preservation tax credit program. It’s a stimulus program, generally returning more value than it costs. To owners of historic commercial properties, the government returns 20% of the cost of rehabilitation. Wisconsin began its own rebate program — in the form of tax credits — in 1989, starting with a rate of 5%. The legislature doubled that amount in 2013, and doubled it again in 2014, to the current 20%. In the governor’s proposed budget, tax credits of 20% will still be provided, but they’ll be capped at $10 million total for the entire state. Developers will compete for the credits based on economic benefits such as job creation. In the statewide preservation community, it’s assumed that only the largest developers will be able to successfully compete. “Of the 34 states with historic tax credit programs, most have higher overall caps or no caps at all,” according to a statement from the Milwaukee Preservation Alliance. “In the Midwest, for example, the average overall cap is more than $52 million a year.” “There are many people who are boiling over” about this, Scanlon says. “This is not just a preservation issue. This is an econom-

ic development issue. It’s really deep and it’s really unfortunate. Milwaukee is going to be hit very hard. Madison in a lesser way.” One casualty could be the Garver Feed Mill renovation project. Predicts Way, “The loss of historic preservation tax credits will lead to fewer adaptive reuse projects in the state.” Steve Brown Apartments worries about the loss of credits as well. “We LOVE historic properties, their story and their architecture,” writes the company’s CEO, Margaret Watson, in an email. The company owns 19 properties in Mansion Hill, including 18 that are deemed to be “contributing” to the neighborhood’s historic character. The company also owns property in University Heights. “We find that many of our residents appreciate the beauty and historic value of these properties. There are also residents who prefer to live in a nice house, and rather not have the high-rise experience.” There’s also a downside. Older homes and properties require a lot of work. “Every year we invest in capital improvement projects to better these properties,” says Watson. That’s where the tax credits come in handy. “It can be very challenging,” adds Watson. “We understand that responsibility, and others coming into the market should take a hard look at that piece. It doesn’t always make ‘good business sense’ on paper, but we just happen to like preserving old properties and have a special love for Madison.” It does make very good business sense in one way, however. “Historic preservation is not about nostalgia,” says Way. “What it has to be is a development tool. And it is.” If done well, it can help spur the economy, she says. “Preservation work is more labor-intensive than new construction,” Way says. “So the carpenter who works on that job leaves the job site, gets a haircut on the way home, picks up some milk and buys something on the way. It’s spurring local, local, local. Whereas with new construction you buy materials from a catalog and they show up via truck. It’s not spurring economic development in a local sense.” “Also, we don’t talk a lot about heritage tourism in Madison, but it does the same thing,” Way adds. That is, people travel to see historical buildings and spend money in the process. “Increase heritage tourism and people come, they stay longer, and enjoy our city for its unique qualities.”

Scanlon finds the Midwest less enthusiastic about historic preservation than Philadelphia, where she spent 14 years as a preservation architect. “In Philadelphia it was more, ‘This is for the city’ than I feel here,” she says. “Here it’s definitely about Midwestern property rights. ‘Yeah, I own a landmark and it’s mine to do as I please with.’” Levitan says zoning is intended to arbitrate and resolve these conflicts between property rights and the civic good. “All zoning and all land-use restrictions involve balancing public interests and property-owner rights,” he says. “That’s the basis of zoning. More or less regulations and restrictions are appropriate depending on the circumstances.” The headlines that inevitably arise whenever the needs of preservation and development occasionally come into conflict might lead some to believe that preservationists are winning this battle. But the fact is that less than 1% of the city’s land mass is contained within the five local historic districts. Observes David Mollenhoff, historian and author of Madison: The Formative Years, “If we can’t protect this tiny part of our city, where our richest history is concentrated, then we’re in serious trouble.” n

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Burning love Dashelito’s hot sauces pair beautifully with all kinds of foods BY ANDY MOORE

But before there were actual bottles of Dashelito’s, there was Jennie Capellaro, the owner of the Green Owl. Grether asked her to let him try mixing some sauces for her menu items. She gave him the run of the kitchen, and the sauces caught on. Soon, customers were asking if they were for sale to take home. South of a dark mustache and north of a black soul patch, Grether’s mouth moves a hundred miles an hour. Grether has the natural exuberance of a born salesman. No wonder he also sells real estate. He

ends his long day with Lakepoint Realty, heads home for dinner and the kid’s bedtime, and then will often hit the Green Owl kitchen to cook starting at 10:30 p.m. I caught up with him there as he stirred up a batch of Bourbonaro Sweet Potato, one of six Dashelito’s varieties. A bright orange-colored light emanates from the sink: It’s nine pounds of firm, freshly washed habaneros. Grether de-stems them and pops each one between his gloved fingers: “They float on the vinegar if you don’t get a

hole in them.” A fifth of Kentucky Tavern Bourbon stands guard over a steel tureen of plump, peeled sweet potatoes. Unlike many small-batch hot sauce creators, Grether is less concerned with the total heat factor of his recipes than he is on how his mixtures complement foods. The Bourbonaro he’s making tonight is among his two hottest. But its flavors, those of sweet potato and just a hint of bourbon

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Kids should stay out of the kitchen. But no one’s ever told Rob Grether that. Watching him create his hot sauces in the kitchen of the Green Owl restaurant after hours is to see a 10-year-old crack into a brand new magic set. To be sure, a child’s heart — and an actual child — are the pulse-points in his three-year-old business. Dashelito’s is named after his son, Dashel. Dash’s smiling face appears beneath a crown of bright red peppers on every five-ounce bottle.

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Lori Stern and LeAnn Powers are the owners of Lucky Dog Farm, a former dairy near New Glarus they’ve converted into a bed-and-breakfast. Stern teaches Ashtanga yoga classes there, and together they raise goats, pigs and chickens and grow produce. Much of the farm’s output now finds its way to Cow & Quince, the farm-to-fork restaurant and grocery the couple launched last September in downtown New Glarus. The restaurant bills itself as a CSR, or community supported restaurant, along the lines of a CSA. Customers can join at varying membership levels in order to receive a discount on groceries, help the restaurant finish its build-out and be part of monthly prix fixe dinners. (You don’t need to be a member to eat there.) What the restaurant doesn’t source from Lucky Dog comes from its nearby partners: Garden to Be, Grassroots Farm, Jordandal Farms, Scotch Hill and others. This farm-aligned restaurant and market model isn’t new. The difference is how Cow & Quince blends a scrappy Kickstarter-like membership program, and then features a kitchen serious enough to offer prix fixe dinners. This makes Cow & Quince unique, and already one of the most notable food entities (and experiments) in the region. The restaurant occupies a cheery and sunny space, painted in a Provencal yellow with an open kitchen. There’s a market area up front with long shelves filled with local flour from Lonesome Stone, jellies and jams, YumButter, candles and soap. When produce begins to appear in summer, there are a couple of refrigerated units in back to hold it. There’s a brimming cheese case at the counter, and an upright piano in the corner happily sees action from customers and their children. The kitchen currently has no hood (part of the fundraising effort), and all cooking is done on induction burners or hot plates. This makes the food, by chef Jared Austin, all the more impressive. Austin, who cut his teeth at New Glarus’ beloved Glarner Stube and then cooked in UW-Madison campus kitchens, is clearly something of a wünderkind. The menu features breakfast and lunch items, with a few changing daily specials. Recently, there has been an appetizer of rough-cut early spring vegetables like white turnips and radishes with shiitake mushrooms. Served with a brown butter vinaigrette and brought to the table by Austin himself, it’s the kind of dish that you hope to get in Madison but rarely ever do — seasonal and simple, thoughtfully made and elegantly presented. There is a thrilling lack of pretense.

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and raisin, rise easily above the habanero flames. The Original Green Fire is a special concoction due to its garlic undertone. Smoking Green Owl, the mildest, has a peppy innocence that reminds me of the peppery, highly spiced sauces I’ve enjoyed in the Caribbean. The others are Red Honey Habanero, Sweet Heat Hot Pepper and Undertow Caribbean Curry. They sell for $4 a bottle through dashelitos.com. Grether’s two careers came together in 2012 when he talked with the owners of the Madison Mallards about advertis-

ing opportunities for his real estate business and ended up providing the team’s official hot sauce. Grether had them write a line in his contract that guarantees a lifetime free Bouncy House pass for Dashel. “It’s laminated and everything,” says Grether. Dashelito’s is carried in approximately 40 stores statewide and at local restaurants including the Weary Traveler, Dexter’s Pub, the Caribou, the Tip Top and Dotty Dumpling’s Dowry. What’s Grether’s favorite Dashelito’s sauce? “It depends on the dish,” he says. “Sometimes I just like ketchup.” n

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“You could see it, you could feel it, you could sense it. It was a special energy tonight,� outfielder Ryan Braun told reporters after the game. “It had an atmosphere we hadn’t been a part of for a very long time.� The Brewers were the worst team in Major League Baseball at 7-18 when Counsell took over. As of Tuesday night, that record had improved slightly, to make them the second-worst team in baseball at 12-22, a combination of dramatic come-from-behind and walk-off wins and crushing 10-run and 1-run defeats. Through it all, the new manager has shown a refreshing sense of scrappiness and stubbornness that recalls his playing days, when 10-pitch at bats were not uncommon for him. “Every play is important,� Counsell said after falling short to the Chicago Cubs, 7-6, last Friday, referring to a game-changing play in which rookie sensation Kris Bryant beat out a routine groundball that drove in Chicago’s winning run. “If you want to win games, you’ve got to commit to every out being important, no matter the score.� Here’s hoping this Brewers team still cares as much as its new manager. n

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Holding Court at the Knuckle Down Blues veterans Cash Box Kings celebrate a new CD BY BOB JACOBSON

Joe Nosek and Oscar Wilson arrived at the blues via very different routes. Wilson was essentially born a bluesman. He grew up in the heart of Chicago blues country in the historic Bronzeville neighborhood, where 43rd Street was renamed Muddy Waters Drive in the 1980s. Nosek found the blues by way of British Invasion rock. As a 10-yearold digging into his dad’s album collection, he discovered that many of his favorite early Rolling Stones tunes had actually been penned by the likes of Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Robert Johnson. Before long, he was hooked on the original source material. Nosek and Wilson now anchor the Cash Box Kings, a Chicago-based blues outfit with Madison roots. The Cash Box Kings play a style of blues reminiscent of what you might have heard if you hung out in Bronzeville in the 1940s and ’50s. On May 16, the Kings return to the Knuckle Down Saloon on Madison’s east side to celebrate the release of their new Blind Pig Records CD Holding Court. Nosek immersed himself in the blues in a serious way when he moved to Chicago at age 14. “I started going to Blues Fest every summer, staying from the minute it started until the last note was played,” Nosek recalls. “I got to see a lot of the original guys, like Jimmy Rogers, Sunnyland Slim and Willie Dixon. Once I heard that music, the original stuff, I was like ‘Whoa, the Stones are cool, but this is really where it’s at.’” Nosek describes the Cash Box Kings as a “blues collective.” He and Wilson are the mainstays, and they are backed by a rotating

The Kings have Madison roots and a Chicago sound. CHRIS JACOBS

cast of about half a dozen guitarists, bassists and drummers. Nosek started the band 14 years ago with fellow Madisonian Todd Cambio, who these days spends more time building guitars (his company is called Fraulini Guitars) than gigging with the band. Nosek and Mark Haines, one of the band’s drummers, are the only current members living in Madison. Most of the band calls Chicago its sweet home, including former Madisonian Joel Paterson. The 13-song album touches on musicians’ struggles to make a buck in this age of free

downloads and digital piracy (“Download Blues”) and the phenomenon of gentrification chasing poverty and other urban problems outside of city limits (“Gotta Move to the Suburbs”). The band’s 2013 album, Black Toppin’, earned rave reviews from the blues press and was nominated for a Blues Music Award (sort of the Oscars of blues) in the Best Traditional Blues Album category. The Blues Blast Awards (sort of the Golden Globes of blues) named it Traditional Blues Album of the Year.

The four-year-old Knuckle Down has become one of Madison’s prime venues for blues, and the Cash Box Kings have made it a regular stop. There’s also plenty of family blues history; owner Chris Kalmbach’s mother, Bonnie, spun blues discs on WORT for over 25 years. “Everyone in the band, especially the Chicago guys, really love playing in Madison because people dance more here than pretty much anywhere else,” says Nosek. “That’s a big part of blues tradition; it’s not a spectator sport.”n

Ode to Beethoven Madison Symphony Orchestra delivers a Ninth Symphony to remember

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The Madison Symphony Orchestra closed its season at Overture Hall with a novelty and a magnificent choral blockbuster. The novelty was by Leonard Bernstein, a composer close to the heart of Maestro John DeMain. Its title, “Serenade after Plato’s Symposium,” obscures its character. It is a violin concerto in five movements, but each of them evokes a participant in the famous philosophical dialogue. Composed in 1954 for Itzhak Perlman, its solo part is predictably fiendish. Its thematic materials are not distinctive, and their interrelationship is not always clear. But Bernstein’s orchestral fingerprints are all over the piece. Rhythms and colors anticipate the score for West Side Story, which Bernstein finished three years later.

There really are not enough ideas in the piece to justify its 30-minute length. Bernstein should simply have forgotten about Plato’s musings on love, and just written a straight violin concerto. For the violin, DeMain turned to the orchestra’s concertmaster, Naha Greenholtz. She certainly met the work’s demands with artistry and panache. The big event was, of course, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. We are so used to this work as one of the musical monuments of western civilization that we forget just how radical and innovative it really was for its day. DeMain seemed to recapture that shocking quality by going beyond the conventional stereotypes. I was delighted by the way DeMain prevented the now-magnificent MSO strings from overwhelming the woodwinds. The dark first move-

ment was endowed with taut power that was cumulatively electrifying. The pounding energy of the scherzo kept up the pressure. Against those two essays in forceful persuasion, DeMain wisely made the third movement a full-throated expression of sublime serenity. In the revolutionary choral finale, DeMain deftly juxtaposed the famous “Joy” theme against the two other movements to convey Schiller’s poetry. Four vocal soloists (soprano Melody Moore, contralto Gwendolyn Brown, tenor Eric Barry and bass Morris Robinson) pitched in forcefully; I particularly relished watching Robinson’s performance. The Madison Symphony Chorus sang with splendid power, managing to overcome something of the rear-stage sound-trap of their placement, though diction did not always survive. And the orchestra, as expected, was magnificent. n

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A picture worth a thousand words 35mm is odd but electrifying musical theater BY GWENDOLYN RICE

Finding inspiration for art is a serendipitous thing. In the case of the musical exhibition 35mm, produced by Music Theatre of Madison (MTM), the inspiration for the 75-minute song cycle is a series of photographs. Contemporary composer Ryan Scott Oliver created 16 songs to tell the stories he imagined behind the whimsical — and sometimes ominous — photos taken by his partner Matthew Murphy. For the Midwest premiere of the work, MTM decided to take the concept of “art inspiring art” one step further. They commissioned area photographers to create pieces inspired by Oliver’s songs — reverse engineering the visual portion of the show. They project those images onto a screen behind a small ensemble of singers as they perform each number. The art is also exhibited in the Goodman Center’s Diane Endres Ballweg Gallery. Oliver’s songs range from traditional murder ballad (“Leave Luanne”) to musical theater rom-com duets (“Make Me Happy,” “On Monday”) to nightmarish, menacing pieces about insanity and vampires (“Crazytown,” “Twisted Teeth”) to comic novelty pieces (“Caralee”). A couple of tunes are self-referential, for example, dealing with photographers capturing horrific scenes while remaining emotionally distanced from their material. “Why Must We Tell Them Why?” features artists who don’t want to have to explain their art to the public. 35mm is presented in a generic meeting room in the Goodman Center, which allows audiences to focus on the modern rock-opera style songs and the images. An electric

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Katie Davis sings “The Party Goes with You” in Music Theatre of Madison’s premiere of a song cycle.

keyboard, bass, guitar and drums provide accompaniment, expertly navigating Oliver’s challenging score. The unamplified singers all have good strong voices, but the production would have benefitted from more balanced sound mixing that microphones provide. Overall, the ensemble (Katie Davis, Zachary Dean, Paige Hutchison Fecteau, Andrew Lonsdale, Krystal Lonsdale and, in the finale, Meghan Randolph) gives confident, emotionally engaged

performances of the ambitious material. Andrew and Krystal Lonsdale are particularly enchanting in the pieces about love — or love gone wrong. Director Catie O’Donnell makes good use of the small space, choreographing movement that enhances the songs without upstaging them. In the absence of character, plot, or even a common theme, the evening seems disjointed at times. And although the idea of involving local photographers in the project is laudable, the

photos themselves do little to enhance the experience. Seeing a body of work from one artist that inspired such a range of songs and stories might have held the evening together better. Regardless, the show is exciting in its originality. Kudos to MTM for bringing this odd but electrifying piece to life in Madison, and for presenting it in a non-traditional space at the Goodman Center. n

Bunny love The Velveteen Rabbit will delight young audiences

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The Velveteen Rabbit, a play geared toward the youngest theatergoers, is an entertaining way to introduce children to live theater. But parents and older kids may be disappointed in the play’s lack of emotional resonance. Although the story talks repeatedly about making a connection with the things you love, it does little to evoke affection for the characters. Children’s Theater of Madison is finishing its 2014-15 season with an adaptation of Margery Williams’ classic children’s story about a stuffed animal who learns what it is to become “real” — to love and be loved by a child. When he is finally worn out — his velveteen fur torn and patched, his tail and eyes hanging on by threads and his ears

dirty and drooped, the toy fairy whisks him away to start a new life as a “real” bunny — living near the home of his boy, Alex. Alex, played with energy by Max Vitale, fills his days with adventures accompanied by his toys, because his human playmates are housebound due to a scarlet fever epidemic. But the toys, overall, are a screechy and dour bunch, and their banter comes off as nasty bickering. The adults in the play inhabit much more interesting, three-dimensional characters. As Nana, Terry Kiss-Frank is the ultimate caregiver: She’s a playmate and a devoted nanny who understands a young boy’s need for toys and is even willing to tramp out into the garden in the middle of the night to retrieve a lost stuffed animal. As the Doctor, Dave Pausch is both a serious authority figure and a whimsical accomplice to Nana as she struggles to understand a message

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Max Vitale as an energetic Alex.

from the toys. Fortunately, the young audience is also able to help, shouting out “Find the rabbit!” There is some stage magic to delight the youngest audience members – toys pop out of a wardrobe, a chest of drawers, the toy box and other hiding places on the stage. But the swirling stars lighting and burst of fog when the toy fairy appears seem amateurish. The repre-

sentation of scarlet fever as a glowing red light looks neither menacing nor particularly focused. The elaborate set, designed by Joe Varga, is a lovely Victorian house surrounded by trees and bushes covered with intricate, folded paper flowers. The small yard, lined with more paper daisies in full bloom, is a perfect place for both boys and bunnies to frolic. Many of the costumes — specifically the bunnies — seemed hastily slapped together with random pieces of faux fur tacked on to gloves, shoes and beige clothing. As a result, the “real” animals look anything but. As directed by CTM Artistic Director Roseann Sheridan, The Velveteen Rabbit has many moments that young children will enjoy. But like the rabbit stuffed with sawdust, it doesn’t have quite enough heart. n

Aesop on acid Broom Street Theater’s The Nails is anything but predictable BY CONLAN CARTER

The Nails is by far the most unconventional play I have seen in years. When Doug Reed’s play begins, Kella Winter (Caitlin Robb) is stuck on an unspecified frozen wasteland with no way back home. Her only companion? Her stuffed penguin, Zylorc (Damon Butler), who has suddenly come to life. They soon stumble their way into desk jobs at The Corporation, a company run by talking animals. But that is just the tip of the iceberg of weirdness. The first 30 minutes of the show had me reeling, struggling to figure out which direction this play was heading. When the silliness would not relent, I had to give in. Do not go to see The Nails expecting a straightforward story; spectators unwilling to suspend some disbelief will be blindsided by the absolute eccentricity of this show. And if you’re not paying attention, you could lose a limb to a certain hungry walrus. While I’m on the subject of walruses, I have to give a shout-out to Sam D. White for his engaging portrayal of antagonist Ralph Waldo, the Walrus.

Before I go too much further, I should highlight the unsung heroes of this production: the technical crew. In a black box theater, I never really expect too much in terms of light and sound, but The Nails far exceeds standard black box cues. The play has a ludicrous amount of technical effects, including laser fairies, multiple limbs being ripped off onstage and a very active romance between a couple of office appliances. Rosa Hernandez, stage manager and board operator for this production, deserves her own bow. I shudder at the sheer amount of technical rehearsal required to get this show up and running, and the fact that there were no major hiccups throughout the performance still amazes me. Cheers also to the cast members, who clearly have a blast executing all the ridiculous costume and prop effects. All of this was handled with competence by director Rob Matsushita, who approached this play with the humor it demanded. If I were to attempt to wrestle this piece into a definitive form, I would describe it as a series of comedic bits, each as unexpected as the last. Some moments are tepid or miss their mark, and other moments are brilliant and

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Kate Boomsma and Damon Butler in an unconventional fairy tale.

charming (having the grisly torture chamber scene done as a projected “artist’s rendering” with stick figures is inspired). Broom Street’s

website calls the play “Aesop on acid,” and I wholly agree. This is a fairy tale that refuses to say anything predictable. n

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Sharing the literary wealth The Little Free Library Book tells of Wisconsin origins BY MICHAEL POPKE

THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY BOOK By Margret Aldrich n Coffee House Press

Wisconsin makes multiple appearances in The Little Free Library Book. “Benjamin’s Books” is a Little Free Library established in Prescott by the parents of 21-year-old Benjamin Stasse, who died by suicide in October 2010, and Madison’s Doug Senalik built a temporary library out of ice during 2014’s polar vortex. Aldrich also writes about inmates at the Prairie du Chien Correctional Institute, who build Little Free Libraries using donated or

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The Little Free Library Book is a colorful book that’s nearly as charming as the tiny libraries themselves. Minnesota-based author Margret Aldrich digs into the history of the “Take a Book/Leave a Book” phenomenon, which was begun by two Wisconsin men, and profiles dozens of Little Free Library stewards who have made a difference in their communities by promoting literacy, creativity and old-school concepts such as trading goods and building face-to-face relationships. The first of more than 25,000 Little Free Libraries opened in May 2010 in Hudson, Wis. (about 250 miles northwest of Madison), when Todd Bol built a model oneroom schoolhouse in his mother’s name, mounted it on a pole in his front yard and put some books in it. Little Free Libraries quickly took root in Madison, thanks to the involvement of Rick Brooks, outreach program manager in the University of Wisconsin’s continuing studies department, and they eventually spread around the world.

recycled materials and then give them to communities. She also introduces us to Amy Tingle and Maya Stein, art and creative writing teachers from New Jersey who rode a tandem bicycle from Boulder, Colo., to Beloit, building Little Free Libraries and writing impromptu poems along the way. A lengthy appendix section provides helpful links on Little Free Libraries, detailed construction plans, tips for builders, installation instructions and a call for more stories from readers about stewards in their neighborhoods. Of course, the majority of the stories here likely represent the most idealistic of Little Free Library life. I recently discovered one in my neighborhood, but it has not led to spontaneous discussions about gardening with other patrons or exchanges of notes with the library’s steward — as have libraries in other locations. That said, the Little Free Library in my Sun Prairie neighborhood is the only one in which I’ve found books that pique my interest. And the first book I left was gone five days later. n

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America’s coolest great aunt.

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There is fashion and there is style. Anybody can buy fashion at the mall, but style is trickier. It’s an art, and as in any art form, a handful of geniuses manage to transcend the materials to make something incomprehensibly different. Ninety-three-year-old Iris Apfel is a rare genius of style. Her genius is in accessorizing — seeing the myriad ways fabric and beads can work together. Genius may sound like a strong word, but not everyone has the Metropolitan Museum of Art make an exhibit out of her closet. Not everyone teaches college courses to women 70 years her junior about how to put wardrobes together. And not everyone gets filmmaking legend Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter, Grey Gardens) to devote a documentary to the quirky way she mixes the “cheap with the chic.�

In Iris, Maysles — who died in March at the age of 88 — takes us on a tour of Apfel’s giddy, busy life — a routine that would exhaust people half her age. Her eyes are wide open behind her goggly glasses as she searches for treasure in high-end boutiques and suburban flea markets, looking for possibility in trendy clothes and priest’s vestments alike. If you’re wondering why you should bother watching a movie about a woman who is mildly famous for her enormous collection of bracelets, don’t be scared off. The woman is fascinating, funny and charmingly philosophical. Maysles’ famously intimate style of camera work mixes with Apfel’s inviting demeanor to make it seem like we are hanging out with America’s coolest great aunt. We only get glimpses into her pre-retirement life as an interior designer. We see a bit of 16mm footage of her travels in exotic markets and photos of her with various First Ladies. (She

helped nine presidents redecorate the White House.) She talks about how difficult it was for a woman to get a pair of jeans in the 1940s. But, it is obvious that much has been left out. The movie clocks in at a lean 80 minutes, so Maysles could have spent more time on her past, such as her time in Madison. She is a UW art school alumna, class of ’43. This is a forgivable flaw because Apfel’s present life is fascinating enough. The documentary could have just shown her chatting with her adoring 99-year old husband and I would have been satisfied. But we also get to see her process of using accessories as wearable sculptures: She places one ugly necklace atop an uglier necklace, over a gaudy shirt paired with a questionable skirt. Somehow, it all comes together as a beautiful whole — and for a moment, the universe makes sense. If that is not artistic genius, what is? n

Just when we think we know how AMC’s Mad Men will end, creator Matthew Weiner turns it on its head yet again. Betty has lung cancer. Pete gets a cushy new job (with a private jet) and reunites with his ex-wife. As soon as Peggy enters McCann Erickson, Joan is on her way out and Roger is cavorting around with Megan’s mother. The only person’s fate that isn’t sealed is Don’s. Unaware of what’s going on at home and at work, he continues to run from his problems. With only one episode left (May 17, 9 p.m.), viewers may finally find out if Draper is the falling man in the opening credits. (AMC is currently airing a full-series marathon leading up to the finale.) The longest-serving host in late night history also says goodbye this week when Late Show with David Letterman (weeknights, 10:35 p.m.) ends its run on May 20. Letterman has hosted the CBS program since 1993, following an 11-year run at NBC that launched him into superstardom via sarcastic interviews and innovative bits like “Stupid Pet Tricks.â€? His final guests will include Oprah Winfrey, Tom Hanks, Bill Murray and perhaps rival Jay Leno. Stephen Colbert takes over on Sept. 8. n

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Poltergeist: A family buys a new house with some old ghosts; the TV that steals their daughter is probably bigger than in the 1982 version. The Surface: Strangers meet on stormy Lake Michigan; filmed in the Milwaukee area. Tomorrowland: A disillusioned former boy genius and an optimistic teen try to figure out a mysterious space that only exists in collective memories.

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Mad Max: Fury Road: The apocalyptic action series proves there is life beyond Thunderdome with this reboot starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. Pitch Perfect 2: The Barden Bellas try to restore their reputation by winning a tough international competition. Five Green Bay Packers make cameos.

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Hot Pursuit: Reese Witherspoon plays a by-thebook, tightly-wound San Antonio police officer whose planned escort of a witness (Sofia Vergara) to protective custody in Dallas goes awry. Their chemistry and silliness is undercut by a screenplay that provides few creative opportunities to showcase what Witherspoon and Vergara can do. Little Boy: An 8-year-old is devastated when his beloved father heads off to serve in the Army, but becomes convinced that he might have within him the ability to bring Dad home safely. This period drama seems to be a daring entry into the recent wave of faith-based filmmaking, but its savvy resolution is shallow: Director/co-writer Alejandro Monteverde may end up selling more tickets, but he won’t change any souls.

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picks thu may 14 MU S I C 1855 Saloon, Cottage Grove: Eric Joseph, free, 6 pm. Alchemy Cafe: DJs Vinyl Richie, Drew Griffin, funk/ soul, free, 10 pm. Bayou: Johnny Chimes, piano, free, 5:30 pm. Brink Lounge: Paul Dietrich Jazz Quintet, free, 9 pm.

Strollers Theatre’s “Death Of A Salesman”: Arthur Miller’s iconic tragedy, 7:30 pm on 5/14-15 and 2 pm, 5/16, Bartell Theatre. $20. 661-9696. Broom Street Theater’s “The Nails”: Kella Winter takes a job with a company composed entirely of talking animals, 8 pm, 5/14-16, Broom Street Theater. $11. 244-8338.

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Buck & Honey’s, Sun Prairie: Robert J, free, 6:30 pm. Capital Brewery, Middleton: Evan Riley Band, 6 pm. Cardinal Bar: DJ Chamo, Latin, 10 pm. Christy’s Landing: Open Mic with Shelley Faith, 8 pm. Claddagh, Middleton: Kilkenny, Irish, free, 6 pm. Club Tavern, Middleton: Madpolecats, free, 9 pm. Essen Haus: WheelHouse, free, 9 pm. The Frequency: Luke Arvid (CD release), Robbie Schiller, Chris Plowman, 9 pm. High Noon Saloon: Gin Mill Hollow, free (on the patio), 6 pm; Project M Finale with Doctor Noise, Tyler Preston, Erik Kjelland, Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo, free, 7 pm. Ivory Room: Katy Marquardt, Jim Ripp, dueling pianos, 9 pm. Kabul: Bill Roberts Combo, swing/blues, free, 9 pm. Knuckle Down Saloon: Blues Jam with Tate and the 008 Band, free, 8 pm. Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: Ken Wheaton, fingerstyle guitar, free, 5:30 pm. Louisianne’s, Middleton: Jim Erickson, jazz, free, 6 pm. Merchant: Hoot ‘n Annie, free, 10 pm. Mickey’s Tavern: Mal-O-Dua, French swing/ Hawaiian slack key, 5:30 pm. Mount Horeb High School: Mount Horeb Middle School Band, spring concert, with Madison Symphony Orchestra “Award for Excellence in Music Education” presentation to Patty Schlafer, 7:30 pm. Tricia’s Country Corners, McFarland: Frank James and Bobby Briggs, country, free, 8 pm. True Coffee Roasters, Fitchburg: Dan Tedesco, Jacob Jones, Tim Coughlin Jr., rock, 8 pm. Up North Pub: Catfish Stephenson, blues/Americana, free, 9 pm. Wando’s: DJ Drewski, 10 pm.

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Thursday, May 14, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

Ryan Hamilton may look like he’s always smiling, but his hilariously self-deprecating and sarcastic material suggest that there is somethig darker inside. The comedian has appeared on both Conan and Comedy Central, and was named one of Rolling Stone’s “Five Comics to Watch” in 2012. With Justin Leon, Amy Shanker. ALSO: Friday & Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), May 15-16. This Is Temporary: Live podcast recording on “My First Time” topic, with Gena Gephart, Nick Hart, Ken Barns, Dana Sitar, Stefan Davis, free, 9 pm, 5/14, Argus Bar Grille. 256-4141.

S PECI AL EV ENTS Lazy Days Circuit: Wisconsin Quarter Horse Association show, classes begin 8 am, 5/14-17, Alliant Energy Center-New Holland Pavilion. lazydays.timzhsm.com.

B OOKS Kathleen Ernst: Discussing her Chloe Ellefson mystery series, 7 pm, 5/14, Waunakee Library. 849-4217.

T HE AT ER & DA N CE

The Radical Visions of Emily Dickinson: Readings of letters and poems by Natasha Karp and Kara Foster, 7 pm, 5/14, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.

That’s What She Said: Great Expectations

L ECT URE S & SEM INARS

Thursday, May 14, Brink Lounge, 7:30 pm

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Seven local women (Cynthia Coates, Margaret Leaf, Deb Nies, Peggy Rosin, Molly Vanderlin, Laura Varela and Elly Zografi), have been building up quite a following for no-holds-barred monologues. Expect to be surprised, moved and shocked by their true-life stories. ALSO: Friday, May 15, 7:30 pm. Music Theatre of Madison: “35MM: A Musical Exhibition”: A series of songs by Ryan Scott Oliver, based on photographs by Matthew Murphy, 7 pm on 5/14-16, Goodman Community Center. $17. 237-2524.

How We Grow Matters: Free Capital Area Regional Planning Commission talk by Envision Utah President Robert Grow, 5 pm, 5/14, Edgewood College-Washburn Heritage Room. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/16580591997. Wright Design Series: “Marshall Erdman & ‘Wrightification’ in Madison,’” by Anna Andrzejewski, 7 pm, 5/14, Monona Terrace. 261-4000. Madison History Round Table: Talk on the Winnebago Uprising by Mary Elise Antoine, 7:15 pm, 5/14, Radisson. Free. 274-9342.

ART E X HIBITS & EV ENTS Felice Amato: “Underworld,” MFA exhibit, through 5/16, Madison Enterprise Center-Common Wealth Gallery (performances 7 pm on 5/14-15 and 2 & 7 pm, 5/16). 262-1660.

PICK OF THE WEEK

George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic Saturday, May 16, Barrymore Theatre, 8 pm The supremely funky George Clinton is a living legend. For over 60 years, Clinton’s groups have delivered grooveable tunes and elaborate performances, including famously landing a mock UFO (“The Mothership”) on stage. Parliament Funkadelic was a huge influence on the post-disco and Afrofuturist movements, propelling an astonishing 16 members into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. WILLIAM THOREN

Under the Influence: 6:30-9 pm, 5/14, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, with discussion of “StoryBook” exhibit by artist Allison Welch, demonstration of hand sewing techniques, food & beverage pairings. $40 (ages 21+). RSVP: www.mmoca.org. 257-0158 ext. 224. Art Ignite: Collaging for Change: Collaborative art project and discussion with artist-in-residence Rain Wilson, 6 pm, 5/14 & 21, Central Library. 266-6300.

K IDS & FA MI LY Storytime: Ages 2-6, 10:30 am Thursdays & Tuesdays, Barnes & Noble-West Towne. 827-0809.

fri may 15 Darkwood Friday, May 15, Gates of Heaven, 7 pm

This Germanic neo-folk band, founded in 1997, kicks off its first, and perhaps only, U.S. tour with this Madison performance before it heads to Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore and New York City. With Kinit Her, Black Light.

Madison Children’s Museum: Early Explorers: Activities for ages 1-3, 10:30 am Thursdays, through 6/4; Mess Monsters: Art class for toddlers, 11 am Thursdays, through 5/28 Little Pioneers: History play for preschoolers, noon Thursdays, through 6/11; Fiber Fun: All ages, 1:30-3:30 pm Thursdays, through 5/28. Free with $8 admission. 256-6445.

BANDS

Storytime: Communication Innovations Pediatric Therapy Services event, ages 2-5, 11 am, 5/14, Fitchburg Library. 729-1762. Mother-Baby Hour: Discussion group for ages 0-3 months topics, 1 pm Thursdays & Tuesdays, Meriter Business Center. Free. 417-844 Kathleen Ernst: Discussing her American Girl Caroline Abbott books for ages 8 & up, 3:30 pm, 5/14, Waunakee Library. 849-4217. Mothers of Preschoolers/School-age Kids: 7 pm, 5/14, Door Creek Church. 513-3849.

DA NC I N G Thursday Afternoon Dance: All ages, with the Senior Showcase Band, 1-3 pm Thursdays, Madison Senior Center. $2 (last Thursdays). 266-6581.

Freddy Jones Band Friday, May 15, Majestic Theatre, 9 pm

Though not a single one if its members is named Freddy Jones, this Chicago band has been churning out heartfelt blues and roots rock for over two decades. Full of inspiring lyrics and melodies, Freddy Jones Band is the soundtrack for a carefree weekend, or a relaxing summer afternoon. With Crow Moses.

FA R MER S’ MA R K ETS Greenway Station Farmers’ Market: 8 am-1 pm Thursdays, 5/14-10/8, by Claddagh Irish Pub. 824-9111. Fitchburg Farmers’ Market: 3-6 pm Thursdays, Agora Pavilion. 277-2606.

LGBTQ Meetings at OutReach: Rainbow Connection: Social group for LGBTQ people who have experienced mental challenges, 4 pm, 5/14; Alianza Latina: Social/educational group for LGBTQ Latino/a youth & allies grades 7-12, 7 pm, 5/14. 255-8582.

P OL IT I C S & AC T I V I S M

You might know him as the guy who created the 2009 viral video, “Drinking Out of Cups,” but Dan Deacon’s real crowning glory is the reinvention of the live electronic show. From cramped venues to festivalsized fields, audience participation amps up Deacon’s alt-EDM to delightfully absurd levels. With Prince Rama, Ben O’Brien.

Summer Shandy and

Grapefruit Shandy

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Crushed Out Friday, May 15, Mickey’s Tavern, 10 pm

This husband-and-wife duo blend the sounds of honky tonk, blues and a little California kick into a high-energy live show. Hailing from both coasts, Crushed Out has been living across the country for the past five years, completing nine national tours. With the Flavor That Kills, Joe Darcy & the Wicker Crickets.

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

THURS. MAY 21, 5:30-7:30 PM FREE ENTRANCE

(while supplies last)

Knitting at the Library: All ages, 3 pm Thursdays, Meadowridge Library. 288-6160.

Group Runs: 5:30 pm Thursdays (designed for women), Mondays & Tuesdays, from Movin’ Shoes. Free. 251-0125

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Friday, May 15, High Noon Saloon, 9:30 pm

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Buddhist Chanting: 9 am Thursdays & Mondays, Tao Sangha Center. Free/donations. RSVP: 257-4663.

Babes Bar & Grill

Dan Deacon

Peregrine Forum: Discussing zionist responses to Nazi Germany and issues covered in “Zionism in the Age of the Dictators,” by Lenny Brenner, 6:30 pm, 5/14, Central Library. 284-9082.

Yoga in the Gardens: 7:30 am Thursdays & 5:30 pm Mondays, Olbrich Gardens. $12; bring mat. 246-4550.

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E NVIRO N M EN T Ice Age Trail Alliance-Dane County Chapter Hike: 6 pm, 5/14, from Cross Plains Swimming Pool. ta144@tds.net. 347-5154.

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n ISTHMUS PICKS : MAY 15 – 16 Alchemy Cafe: DJ Trichrome, reggae, free, 10 pm.

T HE AT E R & DANCE

Bayou: DJ Chamo, Latin, free, 10 pm.

Children’s Theater of Madison: “The Velveteen Rabbit”: Adaptation for ages 4 & up, 6:30 pm, 5/15 (sensory-friendly); and 1 & 4 pm, 5/16-17, Overture Center-Playhouse. $29 ($18 ages 12 & under). 258-4141.

Brink Lounge: Alison Margaret Quintet, jazz, 9 pm. Brocach-Square: The Currach, Irish, free, 5:30 pm. Buck and Honey’s, Sun Prairie: Kevin Andrews, free, 6 pm. Cafe Carpe, Fort Atkinson: Bill Camplin Band, 8:30 pm. Capital Brewery, Middleton: No Name String Band, free, 6 pm. Cardinal Bar: Mike Cammilleri Trio, jazz, free, 5:30 pm; DJs Derek Specs, Tim Williams, Wyatt Agard, Lovecraft, Foshizzle, house, 9 pm. Chief’s Tavern: Frankie Lee, Tim Haub and Doug DeRosa, blues/old-timey, free, 6:30 pm. Chocolaterian Cafe: Cajun Spice, free, 7 pm. Claddagh Irish Pub, Middleton: Bailie Larson, free (on the patio), 8 pm. Club Tavern, Middleton: Super Tuesday,free, 9 pm. Crossroads Coffeehouse, Cross Plains: Darcie Johnston and Doug Brown, jazz, free, 7 pm. Essen Haus: Tom Brusky, free, 8:30 pm. Folklore Village, Dodgeville: Kristian Bugge and Mette Jensen, Danish folk, 7:30 pm. Fountain: Richard Shaten, piano, free, 7:30 pm. The Frequency: Devil to Drag (CD release), Bron Sage, Basement Fire, Eddie Ate Dynamite, Sexy Ester, 9 pm.

Locker Room Sports Bar: Rockbottom, free, 9 pm.

Madison Radicals: American Ultimate Disc League match vs. Chicago, 7 pm, 5/15, Breese Stevens Field. $7 ($6 adv.). www.facebook.com/madisonradicals.

KI D S & FAM ILY Madison Children’s Museum: Claytime Playtime: Drop-in projects for ages 6 & under, 11 am-12:30 pm Fridays, through 5/29; Frontier Survival Skills: All ages learn about the lives of settlers, 1-2 pm Saturdays, through 6/6. Free with $8 admission. 256-6445.

Northside Family Restaurant: Richard Hassler, piano, free, 5 pm.

Madison College Commencement: 5:30 pm, 5/15, Alliant Energy Center-Coliseum. 243-4164.

Red Rock Saloon: 32 Below, 10 pm. Rex’s Innkeeper, Waunakee: The Corvettes, 8:30 pm. St. Joseph Catholic Church: Mark Miller, organ, donations, 7 pm. Tricia’s Country Corners, McFarland: Karma Kat, rock, 8 pm. True Coffee, Fitchburg: Beth Kille, Danielle Juhre, Nadia Gieger, Amelia Marie, Linn Jennings, 8 pm. Tuvalu Coffee, Verona: Field and James, free, 7 pm. Up North Pub: Teddy Davenport, free, 8 pm. UW Memorial Union-Terrace: 16 Candles, free, 9 pm. VFW-Cottage Grove Road: Midlife Crisis, 8 pm. Wando’s: DJ Drewski, 10 pm.

Chevelle + The Used Saturday, May 16, Orpheum Theater, 7 pm

Get ready to rock when these Ozzfest alums bring their signature alternative metal sounds to Madison. Chevelle has an amped up, hard, melodic feel with tighter guitars and more aggressive drums on its seventh album, 2014’s La Gárgola (The Gargoyle). The Used focused energy on lyrics and social criticism in last year’s Imaginary Enemy. With Marmozets.

ARTS N OTICES Heady Glassblowing Demo: Plus munchies, 6 pm, 5/15, Ignite Glass & Gifts. 829-3770. Madison Arts Commission Grants: Applications from artists & non-profits invited through 6/1 for MAC’s “Blink” temporary public art program. Info: www.cityofmadison. com/mac. 261-9134.

Known for capturing the spirit of Chicago’s mid-century, post-war blues as well as the Delta sounds of the ’20s and ’30s, this band is celebrating the release of an album full of old standards and deep cuts, along with a few more modern tunes (see page 26). Alchemy: DJ Vilas Park Sniper, dancehall, free, 10 pm. Asbury United Methodist Church: Madison Area Concert Handbells, “On Wisconsin,” 7:30 pm. Also: 3 pm, 5/17, Door Creek Church. Babe’s Restaurant: Undercover, classic rock, 9 pm. Brink Lounge: Four Wheel Drive, pop/country, 9 pm. Buck and Honey’s, Sun Prairie: Madison Malone, free, 7 pm. Cafe Carpe, Fort Atkinson: Colin O’Brien, Frogwater, folk, 8:30 pm. Cardinal Bar: Kid Jordan Second Line, New Orleans jazz, 6 pm; DJ Fernando, 9 pm. Claddagh Irish Pub, Middleton: Ron Denson, free (on the patio), 8 pm. Club Tavern, Middleton: FM Flyers, free, 9 pm.

UW Spring Commencement: Doctoral & professional degrees, 5:30 pm, 5/15, Kohl Center; all bachelor’s & master’s degrees, noon, 5/16, Camp Randall, with address by Katie Couric on Saturday. commencement.wisc.edu. 263-2400.

Mr. Robert’s: Chaos Revolution Theory, free, 10 pm.

Merchant: DJ Vilas Park Sniper, free, 10:30 pm.

Saturday, May 16, Knuckle Down Saloon, 9 pm

PUB L I C NOTICES

RSVP for The Moxie Conference: Nerve and Know-How for Emerging Leaders: Annual YWCA Madison event, 8 am-4 pm, 5/21, Monona Terrace, with speakers, breakout sessions, Women of Distinction Awards. $300 (individual event tickets also available). RSVP by 5/15: www.ywcamadison.org. 257-1436.

Louisianne’s, Middleton: Johnny Chimes, New Orleans piano, 6:30 pm.

Cold Fusion, Middleton: Blue Beyond, blues/jazz, free, 9:30 pm. Come Back In: John Masino, free, 9 pm. Crystal Corner Bar: Emerald Grove, Del Mar, jam rock, 9:30 pm.

The Ballroom Thieves Saturday, May 16, The Frequency, 8:30 pm

The Ballroom Thieves began as a duo in a dorm room, and have evolved into a trio that blends folk, blues and hymnals with vibrant harmonies for a sound both familiar and uncommon. In April they released a debut, A Wolf in the Doorway, and they’ve already shared stages with acts like the Lone Bellow and Houndmouth.

HOME & GARDEN

Essen Haus: Brewhaus Polka Kings, free, 8:30 pm. Froth House: Irish Jam, free, noon. Grace Episcopal Church: Danielle Breisach, Yana Avedyan and Andrew Baldwin, free, noon. Harmony Bar: Mad City Funk, Mighty Groove Masheen, R&B, 9:45 pm. High Noon Saloon: Wunderkat, Antique Nouveau, Dane County Humane Society benefit, 1 pm; Mustache Bash 10 with People Brothers Band, WheelHouse, Lucas Cates Band, Derek Ramnarace, 8 pm. Immanuel Lutheran Church: Choral Arts Society Chorale, “Choral Reflections & Celebrations,” 7 pm. Ivory Room: Katy Marquardt, Eben Seaman, Peter Hernet, dueling pianos, 8 pm. Lakeside Bar & Grill, Poynette: The Sparks Band, ‘60s rock, 4 pm.

Plant Sale: Annual fundraiser, 9 am-5 pm, 5/15-16, Habitat ReStore-East. 661-2813.

Lakeside Street Coffee House: The McDougals, folk, free, 6:30 pm.

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Lazy Oaf Lounge: Denim ‘n Leather, rock, 10 pm.

Wil-Mar Center: Dave Schindele, Wild Hog in the Woods concert, 8 pm.

Home Composting: Free class by Madison recycling coordinator George Dreckmann, 10:30 am, 5/15, Hawthorne Library. 246-4548.

Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: Doug Brown, jazz, free, 6:30 pm.

Wisconsin Brewing Company, Verona: Wild Heart, country, free, 6 pm.

S PECI AL INTERESTS

Merchant: DJ Bruce Blaq, free, 10:30 pm.

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S PECTATO R SP ORTS

Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Dinner: Celebrating Hungarian and Filipino connections, 5:30-8 pm, 5/15, First Unitarian Society, with music, kids’ activities, refreshments. $15 ($10 for kids). RSVP: fusmadison.org.

Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: Rand Moore Quartet, jazz, free, 6:30 pm.

The Cash Box Kings

RSVP for Architecture of Illusion: Lecture by printmaker Richard Haas, 6 pm, 5/21, Monona Terrace, plus reception, dinner and silent auction. $75. RSVP by 5/15: www.supportuw.org/calendar/richard-haas-madison.

FOOD & DRINK

Lakeside Street Coffee House: Madison Classical Guitar Society Showcase, free, 7 pm.

The Used

L ECT URE S & SEM INARS

High Noon Saloon: Rock Star Gomeroke, audience invited to sing with The Gomers, 5 pm.

Knuckle Down Saloon: Family Business, rock, 9 pm.

M USIC

Encore Studios: “Not Always A Parent”: Vignettes about the challenges parents/caregivers of persons with disabilities, 8 pm, 5/15-16, Wahlers Theatre. $15. 255-0331.

Gray’s Tied House, Verona: Peter Kish, free, 6 pm.

Ivory Room: Katy Marquardt, Eben Seaman, Peter Hernet, dueling pianos, 8 pm.

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Sun Prairie Civic Theatre: “The Great American Trailer Park Musical”: Musical, 7:30 pm on 5/15-16 and 2 pm, 5/17, Cardinal Heights Upper Middle School, Sun Prairie. $14. 837-8217.

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Fitchburg Days: Annual Irish festival, 5/15-17, McKee Farms Park, with kids’ activities, carnival, cultural tent, food. Main Stage Friday: The Kissers 6 pm, Pat McCurdy 9:30 pm. Saturday: Lube 8 pm. Free admission (main tent $5). www.fitchburgdays.com. Syttende Mai: Annual celebration, 5/15-17, Stoughton, with arts & crafts, kids’ activities, plays, traditional dance & music. Friday: Norse canoe race 6:30 pm, Stoughton City Band 6:30 pm, street dance 7-10 pm. Saturday: 10-20 mile runs/walks beginning 6-8 am, Cherry Pie 7 pm. Sunday: Parade 1:30 pm. Schedule/locations: stoughtonwi.com. 873-7912.

Prairie du Sac Hydroelectric Generating Station Tours: Guided tours, 3-6 pm on 5/15 and 9 am-3 pm, 5/16-17, from Tripp Heritage Museum. $5 benefits Sauk Prairie Area Historical Society. RSVP: www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/1374894. 644-8444.

HE ALT H & F ITNESS PiYo: Pilates/Yoga hybrid, 11:45 am Wednesdays & Fridays, 5/6-29, Monona Terrace. Free. 261-4000. Lunchtime Yoga: Free class, noon, noon, 5/15, DreamBank. 286-3150. Awakening the Sacred Body: Meditations with Breath and Movement: Talk by Marcy Vaughn, 7 pm, 5/15, Isthmus Acupuncture. $10 donation. 257-3485.

Louisianne’s, Middleton: Johnny Chimes, 6:30 pm.

VO5 Saturday, May 16, Memorial Union Terrace, 8:30 pm

Madison’s favorite cover band (which includes Isthmus arts editor Cat Capellaro) marks its 10th anniversary this week with this lakeside graduation celebration. Expect crazy costumes and four hours of solid funk and disco hits, including some sneak peeks from VO5’s upcoming new album (expected in August).

Mr. Robert’s: Double Dubbs, free, 10 pm. Spring Green General Store: John Duggleby, free, 2 pm. Tempest Oyster Bar: Alison Margaret Trio, jazz, free, 9:30 pm. Tofflers, New Glarus: Birddog Blues Band, 9 pm. Tricia’s Country Corners, McFarland: Wayne Road Band, 9 pm. Tuvalu Coffeehouse and Gallery, Verona: The Apollo Affair, Pancake Riot, free, 7 pm. Tyranena Brewing Co., Lake Mills: Greg Boerner, blues/ roots, free, 7 pm. Wando’s: DJ Drewski, 10 pm.

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Dinner and a Movie Steel Pan Fundraiser

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Saturday, May 16, Neighborhood House, 5:30 pm

9:45 pm $7

The Caribbean Association of Madison is raising money to purchase steel pans, the instruments that will allow locals to groove to calypso music. The menu features jerk and curry chicken, and the entertainment includes a screening of the film School of Rock.

Mad City Funk and

BBQ Festival: Madison Magazine & Conscious Carnivore event, noon-midnight on 5/16 and noon-5 pm, 5/17, Meyer Oak Grove Park, Sauk City, with Kansas City Barbecue Society & amateur competitions, kids’ activities. Music Saturday: Madpolecats noon, Katie Scullin 2 pm, WheelHouse 3:30 pm, Derek Pritzl Band 5:15 pm, Kaleo 7 pm, Mojo Radio 9 pm. Sunday: Retro Specz noon, The Jimmys 2 pm. Free admission. www.madisonmagazine.com.

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Fair Wisconsin Education Fund Leadership Awards: Brunch honoring activists working toward equality for the LGBT community, 11:30 am, 5/16, with with emcee Rep. Mark Pocan. $75. RSVP: fairwisconsineducationfund.com. 441-0143.

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Family Business

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The Devil’s Share

Atlas Improv Company: 8 & 10 pm Fridays & Saturdays, 609 E. Washington Ave. $8 ($5 kids). 259-9999.

Ad Hoc String Band

Monkey Business Institute: Improv: all ages, 5:30 pm; and 8 pm & 10:30 pm Saturdays, Glass Nickel-Atwood. $10-$6. monkeybusinessinstitute.com. 658-5153.

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THEATER & DANCE

Church Basement Ladies: The Last (Potluck) Supper: Musical, 2 & 7 pm on 5/16 and 2 pm, 5/17, Overture Center-Capitol Theater. $38-$28. 258-4141.

Aaron Williams & The HooDoo SAT, MAY 23

1st & 3rd Weds Whiskey

Morel Mushroom Festival: Annual event, 5/16-17, in Muscoda, with entertainment, flea market, arts & crafts, parade (2 pm, 5/17). Schedule: www.muscoda.com. 739-3182.

This Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, which follows the romance of a carnival barker and his millworker love, was named the best musical of the 20th century by Time magazine. Watch the story unfold as three of Middleton’s community theater groups collaborate for a production 50 voices and 60 orchestra members strong. ALSO: Sunday, May 17, 2 pm.

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Saturday, May 16, Middleton Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm

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Cash Box Kings

Bootleggers Ball: ‘20s themed party with Ben Ferris Octet, Four Seasons Theatre, DJ Nick Nice, 8 pm, 5/16, Majestic Theatre. 255-0901.

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BOOKS Tell Us: Communities Inspiring Libraries: Discussing goals for services and Pinney renovation, 2 pm on 5/16 and 6 pm, 5/20, Pinney Library. 224-7100.

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Urban Spoken Word: 7 pm, 5/16, Genna’s Lounge. 332-4643.

THE VELVETEEN RABBIT MAY 8-17 8 17

The Playhouse at Overture Center

TICKETS: ctmtheater.org 608.258.4141

A RTS N OT I C ES Whad’Ya Know?: Live radio broadcast with host Michael Feldman, 9:30 am, 5/16, Monona Terrace. 262-2201. Watertown Players Auditions: For production of “Radio Daze, or, The Static Is The Best Part,” 10 am, 5/16, Watertown Players Theater. 920-261-1176. Movie Sing-Along and Lip Synch: Free film screening for teens, 2 pm, 5/16, Middleton Library. 827-7402. Overture’s Rising Stars Regional Audition: Annual talent search program welcomes auditions by ages 6 & up, 2:30-6:30 pm, 5/16, School of Madison Ballet. RSVP: overturecenter.org/risingstars. 258-4177.

S PEC TATO R S PO RTS Madison Blaze: vs. Iowa Crush, 5 pm, 5/16, Middleton High School. $10. madisonblazefootball.com.

K I D S & FA MI LY Casey Day: Stories & music, 9 am Saturdays, Froth House. Free. 231-0100. Kids’ Yoga: Free class, 9:30 or 11 am, 5/16, DreamBank. 286-3150. Paste Paper Exploration: Free craft project, 10 am, 5/16, Monroe Street Library. RSVP: 266-6390. Pat Zietlow Miller: Discussing “Wherever You Go,” her new kids’ book, 10:30 am, 5/16, Mystery to Me. 283-9332. One World, One Sound: Drum circle with Elmore Lawson, 10:30 am, 5/16, Pinney Library (224-7100); 2:30 pm, 5/16, Meadowridge Library (RSVP: 288-6160). Youth Bike Safety: Noon-2 pm, 5/16, Verona Police Department, with maintenance checks, helmet fittings, safety courses. Free. 845-7623.

REC REAT I O N & GA MES Tour de Cure: Annual American Diabetes Association benefit bike rides, 5/16, American Family Insurance Corporate HQ, with 100K at 7:30 am, 50K at 8:30 am, 20-mile at 9:30 am, 13-mile 10 am, family fun ride at 10:30 am. $35 (plus $200 fundraising minimum). diabetes.org/tourmadison. 222-7785. Dairyland Walkers: 10K/5K walk, start 8 am-noon, 5/16, Lake Leota Park, Evansville. $3 for Volkssport credit. 233-8408. Walk for Dyslexia: Annual Children’s Dyslexia Center benefit 5K walk, 8:30 am, 5/16, Vilas Park shelter (registration 7:30 am). $25 ($20 adv.; pledges encouraged). walkfordyslexiamadison.org. Run to the Rescue: Annual Friends of Noah-Wisconsin fundraiser 10/5K run & 1-mile walk, 8:30 am, 5/16, Thresherman’s Park, Edgerton (registration 7:30 am). Dogs welcome. $35/$30 ($10 kids). www.friendsofnoah-wi.org. Friends of Glacial Heritage Area Group Paddle: Meet 9 am, 5/16, Brosig Lane Launch Site, east of Cambridge. Free. RSVP: friendsofgha@gmail.com.

DA N C I N G Maypole Dance: With caller Sue Hulsether, 6:30 pm, 5/16, Folklore Village, Dodgeville; bring a dish to pass for potluck. $7 ($5 kids). 924-4000. Wisconsin Tango Milonga: 8 pm-midnight, 5/16, Tempo Ballroom and Latin Dance Studio. $10 (beginner lesson 7 pm). 622-7697.
USA Dance-Madison: Ballroom dance, 7:45-10 pm, 5/16, Prairie Athletic Club, Sun Prairie. 836-4004.

FA RMERS’ MA RK ETS Dane County Farmers’ Market: 6 am-2 pm Saturdays, Capitol Square; and 8:30 am-2 pm Wednesdays, Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 455-1999.

Madison Story Slam: All welcome to share “hindsight 20/20” themed stories, with host Adam Rostad, 7 pm, 5/16, Wil-Mar Center. 395-4095.

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Wisconsin Pastorale: The Early Paintings of Lois Ireland: Works from the permanent collection, 5/16-7/19, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. 257-0158.

Super Succulents Sale: 8 am-noon, 5/16, Allen Centennial Gardens. www.allencentennialgardens.org.

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n ISTHMUS PICKS : MAY 16 – 18 E NV I RO N MEN T Madison Audubon Field Trip: Bird banding with Friends of the UW Lakeshore Preserve, 8 amnoon, 5/16, Biocore Prairie Observatory (park at Frautschi Point lot). mamcdona@wisc.edu. 274-2534. Ice Age Trail Alliance-Lodi Valley Chapter Work Day: Trail repair, meet 9 am, 5/16, Merrimac Ferry west side landing. billpatti@charter.net. 843-3926. Ice Age Trail Alliance-Dane County Chapter Work Day: Garlic mustard removal, 9 am, 5/16, trail crossing at Highway D, northeast of Belleville. ahelsley@wisc.edu. 231-3479. Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy Work Day: 9 am-noon, 5/16, 4864 Pheasant Branch Rd. RSVP: restoration@pheasantbranch.org.

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Ecstatic Dance: Freeform movement, 11 am-12:30 pm Sundays and 7:30-8:45 pm Wednesdays, Main Street Yoga. Donations. 347-5466.

Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra’s Side by Side Sunday, May 17, Overture Hall, 4 pm

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WORT Block Party Sunday, May 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., 11 am-7 pm

Family Day: Annual event, noon-4 pm, 5/16, Aldo Leopold Legacy Center, E13701 Levee Rd. (near Baraboo), with games, hayrides, hikes, tours. Free. 355-0279.

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THEATER & DANCE

Madison Area Weed Warriors: Volunteer work day, noon-3 pm, 5/16, Edna Taylor Conservation Park, 802 Femrite Dr. 257-1329.

Madison Gay Video Club: “The Last Straight Man” and “The Men I Wanted 1 & 2,” 8 pm, 5/16, confidential location: www.mgvc.org. 244-8690. Meetings at OutReach: LGBT Veterans Support Group: 1 pm, 5/16; Madison Area Transgender Association: Social/support group, 3 pm, 5/16; Aces Wild: Social group for those identifying as asexual, gray-ace, demi or aromantic, 3 pm, 5/16. 255-8582.

R EC R EAT I O N & G AME S Traditional Gaming: Role playing, 9 am-5 pm, 5/16, Hawthorne Library. 246-4548.

SE N I O R S Madison Area Singles Club: Playing 500, 7 pm, 5/16, West Madison Senior Center. 849-8376.

SP EC I A L I N T ER E STS Basic Estate Planning Clinic: Free document assistance for seniors & veterans by appointment, 8:30-10:30 am, 5/16, Madison College-Truax Campus. RSVP: 243-2881 MadCity Bazaar: Artisans, vintage items, food carts, 10 am-4 pm, 5-16-17, East Washington Avenue at First Street, including fundraiser tree/ plant sale for Madison Area Permaculture Guild. www.madcitybazaar.com. Historic Oregon Welcome Center Grand Opening: Music, refreshments, 10 am-noon, 5/16, 134 Janesville St., Oregon. rgbk316@charter.net. 291-0648. Indian Hills Neighborhood Gathering: Potluck, 11 am-3 pm, 5/16, Indian Hills Park. 294-9505.

HE A LT H & F I T N ESS Tai Chi: Free class by Fred Mather, 10:30 am Saturdays, Tip Top Tavern patio. 241-5515.

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Young musicians from the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra join WCO’s seasoned vets for this free program, which includes “Festive Overture” and “Violin Concerto No. 1” by Shostakovich, Ibert’s “Concertino da Camera for Alto Saxophone,” Elgar’s “Enigma Variations” and “Pictures at an Exhibition” by Mussorgsky.

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Stephane Wrembel Sunday, May 17, Brink Lounge, 6-8:30 pm

Student Jazz Jam: Free tap dance showcase, 2 pm, 5/17, TAPIT/New Works. RSVP: 244-2938.

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The Frequency: The Punknecks, White Trash Blues Revival, 8:30 pm. Funk’s Pub, Fitchburg: Open Jam with Mudroom, free, 8 pm. Grace Episcopal Church: Madison Sacred Harp Singers, Shape-note singing (a cappella choral folk music form; all invited to sing), 3 pm. Harmony Bar: Cajun Strangers, 7 pm. High Noon Saloon: Rob Clark, Christine Costanzo, Nick Costanzo, 5:30 pm. Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: Cliff Frederiksen, jazz, free, 10:30 am. Maduro: DJ Nick Nice, free, 10 pm. Mickey’s Tavern: El Valiente, Burning Palms, Mori Mente, rock, free, 10 pm. Rhapsody Arts Center, Verona: Senior Student Recital, free, 4 pm. Tip Top Tavern: Open Mic, free, 9 pm.

Late Late Breakfest Sunday, May 17, The Rigby, 5 pm

Late Late Breakfast tours with an experimental standup show that functions as an open mic meets game show meets improv performance. This Madison stop will feature local comedians dishing out rousing speeches, listing off your dad’s favorite foods, putting spaghetti all over someone’s face, downing plenty of drinks, and, of course, eating free pancakes.

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Poetry Annual Sunday, May 17, Olbrich Gardens, noon-4 pm

Madison’s poets laureate Sarah Busse and Wendy Vardaman have pulled together an all-star lineup of poets for readings and performances, including the winners of the Madison Metro poetry contest, and the Brave New Voices challenge. Poets are invited to bring work to share.

LECTURES & SEM INARS

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TICKETS: ctmtheater.org 608.258.4141

FA RMERS’ MA RK ETS Northside Farmers’ Market: 8:30 am-12:30 pm, 5/17, Northside Town Center, with annual Dane County TimeBank plant and seed exchange. 217-9631.

FUN D RA I S ERS Great Strides Walk: Annual Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 5K fundraiser, 10:30 am, 5/17, Warner Park (registration 9:30 am). Pledges encouraged. www.cff.org/chapters/madison. 298-9902. Quilt Auction: Benefit for new library, bids accepted through 3 pm, 6/13, Pinney Library. 224-7100. Footgolf: Friends of the New Glarus Public Library fundraiser, 5/17, Argue-Ment Golf Course, New Glarus, with women’s and men’s open 9:30 am, teams 1 pm, families 3:30 pm. $25 ($30/family of four). newglaruspubliclibrary.org. 527-2003.

Spring Plant Sale: Annual Dane County Master Gardeners event, 11 am- 3pm, 5/17, UW-Extension Dane County. dane.uwex.edu/horticulture.

Capital Brewery, Middleton: Birddog and Beck, Madison Blues Society fundraiser, 2 pm.

Fountain: All-Ages Jazz Jam with Eric Koppa, Johannes Wallmann, John Mesoloras, Michael Brenneis, free, 4 pm.

International Folk Dancing: 8-10:30 pm Sundays; and 8:30-11 pm Wednesdays (lessons 7:30 pm), The Crossing. Free/donations. 241-3655.

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Brocach Irish Pub-Square: McFadden’s Fancy, Irish, free, 4:30 pm.

Essen Haus: Meet the Beetles, Beatles tribute, free (on the patio), 4 pm.

Madison Scottish Country Dancers: Instruction and dancing, 7-9:30 Sundays, Wil-Mar Center. Free. 233-2956.

Tour de Timor: Annual bike ride around Lake Monona to benefit Madison sister city Ainaro, 1 pm, 5/17, from Capitol Square off Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. $25 (pledges encouraged). www.aideasttimor.org. 241-2473.

This French-born jazz guitarist, who currently resides in Brooklyn, N.Y., composed “Bistro Fada,” the theme song from Woody Allen’s Academy Award-winning film Midnight in Paris. With Harmonious Wail.

Cargo Coffee-E. Washington: Joe Sokolinsky, classical guitar, free, 2 pm.

A RT EXH I B I TS & EV EN TS Lola Hoon: “Imps in the May Apples,” through 5/31, Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse (reception 5-7 pm, 5/17). 259-1301.

Recalcitrant neighbors pushed this annual celebration off West Doty Street and closer to the Square, but the celebration of people-powered radio continues. Featuring a Wisconsin beer garden, children’s activities and international food. Live music starts at 11:15 am: Clocks in Motion, No Name String Band, WheelHouse, El Clan Destino, Cash Box Kings and Kim Manning.

UW Arboretum Volunteer Work Day: 9 amnoon, 5/16, meet at Grady Tract parking lot. Canceled if precipitation. 265-5214.

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Growing Up In The Shadow Of Chernobyl: Facing Current Challenges: Friends of Chernobyl Centers lecture by Inna Stepaniuk, 2:30 pm, 5/17, Blackhawk Country Club. 231-3198.

FOOD & DRINK Family Food Fest: REAP event for all ages, noon-3 pm, 5/17, Lincoln Elementary School, with food carts, cooking demos, music, art, nutrition education. Free admission (food extra). www.reapfoodgroup.org. 310-7836.

EN V I RO N MEN T Volunteer Work Day: Prairie workday, 9 am-noon, 5/20, Holy Wisdom Monastery, Middleton. RSVP by 5/17: garmstrong@benedictinewomen.org. 836-1631 ext. 123. Ice Age Trail Alliance-Dane County Chapter Hike: Birding, 8 am, 5/17, from Hickory Hill Street, Cross Plains. ankoeppe@aol.com. 798-4648. Holy Wisdom Monastery Tour: Green building, 10:30 am, 5/17, 4200 Cty Rd M, Middleton. Free. 836-1631 ext. 123. Badger Trolley Tours: Depart 1, 2 & 3 pm, 5/17, UW Arboretum Visitor Center. Free. 263-7888. UW Arboretum Walk: “Springtime on the Grady Tract” topic, 1 pm, 5/17, meet at Grady Tract parking lot. 263-7888. Friends of Aztalan State Park: Spring walking tour guided by Robert Birmingham, 2 pm, 5/17, at the park, east of Lake Mills. Free; park admission required. 516-3421.

LGBTQ PFLAG: Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays meeting, with talk by Amy Bintliff, 2 pm, 5/17, Friends Meeting House. 848-2333. OutThere: Ages 18-24 social group, 5 pm, 5/17, OutReach-Gateway Mall. 255-8582.

PO L I T I C S & AC T I V I S M Young, Gifted and Black Coalition Teach-in: Free talk on purposes and actions, 3 pm, 5/17, First Unitarian Society. 233-9774.

PUB L I C N OT I C ES Edgewood College Commencement: 2 pm, 5/17, Alliant Energy Center-Coliseum. 663-4861.

C RA FTS DIY Dry Erase Boards: Free project, noon, 5/17, DreamBank. 286-3150. Screen Printing: Workshop by Craig Grabhorn, 1:30 pm, 5/17, Central Library. 266-6300.

SE NI O R S

Madison Public Schools: Early release for middle/ high schoolers, Mondays 4/13-5/18. 663-1879.

FRIDAY 5/15

DAN CI N G Dairyland Cowboys and Cowgirls: Open dance, 6-9 pm Mondays, Five Nightclub. Free (review 5:30 pm). www.dcandc.org. 255-9131.

Sports for Active Seniors Walk: Ice Age Trail, meet 9:30 am, 5/17, Prairie Moraine County Park, Verona. 445-4419.

English Country Dancing: Dances taught, no partner needed, 7:30 pm, 5/18, Wil-Mar Center. 231-1040.

SP ECI A L I N T ER ESTS Ragtag Market: Local art, crafts and other handmade items, vintage stuff, 10 am-3 pm, 5/17, High Noon Saloon. Free admission. 268-1122.

Bill of Rights Celebration: Annual ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation fundraiser, 11:30 am, 5/18, Concourse Hotel, with speakers, award presentations, refreshments. $50. RSVP: mecks@aclu-wi.org. 414-272-4032 ext. 218.

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Peace Vigil: Noon Mondays, outside Madison Municipal Building. No meeting 5/25. mbspeace1@ charter.net.

MU SI C

Prog Monday, May 18, High Noon Saloon, 9 pm

Madison’s finest prog rockers will geek out by playing, for their first set, the Jethro Tull album Aqualung in its entirety. But that’s not all: The second set will include “Supper’s Ready” by Genesis, “Xanadu” by Rush, and “Yours is No Disgrace” by Yes. Alchemy Cafe: DJ Samroc, free, 10 pm. Claddagh, Middleton: Bluegrass Jam, free, 6:30 pm. The Frequency: It Lies Within, Nevada Rose, Party Foul, 8:30 pm. Malt House: Oak Street Ramblers, bluegrass, free, 7:30 pm. Mr. Robert’s: Open Jam with Buzz & Matt, free, 9:30 pm. Up North Pub: Gin Mill Hollow, free, 8 pm.

COME DY Open Mic: 9 pm Mondays, Argus Bar. Free. 256-4141.

LEC T U R ES & S EM I N ARS Neural Coding: UW McPherson Eye Research Institute lecture by Cornell University Professor Sheila Nirenberg, 4:30 pm, 5/18, UW Microbial Sciences Bldg.-Ebling Symposium Center. 265-4023.

A RT EX H I B I TS & E VE N TS Eric & Heather ChanSchatz: “22nd Century,” largescale paintings & sculpture, through 5/17, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (unveiling of community-informed painting, 5-6:30 pm, 5/18). 257-0158.

Solidarity Sing-Along: Noon Mondays-Fridays, Capitol Rotunda or State Street corner. 312-8134.

Board of Education: Public hearing on policy on Native American mascots, logos or imagery, 6 pm, 5/18, Madison Metropolitan School District’s Doyle Administration Building. 663-1659.

Madison Youth Choirs Auditions: For boys ages 1118, 5:30-9 pm, 5/18, Westgate Studios. No audition fee. RSVP: www.madisonyouthchoirs.org. 238-7464. David Landau: Family concert, 5:30 pm, 5/18, Glass Nickel Pizza-Atwood Ave.. 245-0880.

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Spring Shoreline Trash Pickup: Dane County Land and Water Resources asks shoreline residents to have lakeside trash and aquatic debris ready for collection at lakes Mendota and Kegonsa by 7 am, 5/18; and lakes Monona and Waubesa, 7 am, 5/19. Info: www.countyofdane.com/lwrd/parks. 224-3730. Growing Outdoor Classrooms Program: Sustain Dane event discussing garden-based education, 4:15 pm, 5/18, UW Arboretum Visitor Center. 819-0689.

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Sports for Active Seniors Tennis: 8:30 am Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Rennebohm Park. vchon@ sbcglobal.net. 238-0807.

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Sports for Active Seniors Golf: 9 am Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Nine Springs (271-2950); 8 am Mondays, Pleasant Springs Golf Course, Middleton (233-9268); 9:30 am Tuesdays, Pleasant Springs Golf Course, Middleton (224-1711).

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Lechayim Mealtime Plus: Kosher lunch at noon Mondays, Temple Beth El, with program 1 pm. $7.50 ($4 donation ages 60+). RSVP by noon Friday: 278-1808 ext. 227. Sports for Active Seniors Pickle Ball: 1 pm Thursdays & Mondays and 10 am Tuesdays & Wednesdays, Madison Turners Hall. $6/session; first timers RSVP: souleal820@gmail.com. 576-5990.

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Madison Herbal Institute: Panel discussion on herbal spring tonics, 6 pm, 5/18, Pinney Library. RSVP: 224-7100. Memory Cafe: Alzheimer’s & Dementia Alliance social & activities for those experiencing memory loss, family & friends, 1 pm, 5/18, Warner Park Community Recreation Center. 232-3400. Movers & Shakers: Movement & socialization for adults with developmental issues, 3:15 pm Mondays, Hancock Center. $20. RSVP: 251-0908.

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Call for Teen Volunteers: Grades 6-12 sought to help with summer youth programs at Monona Library. RSVP by 5/26: www.mononalibrary.org. 222-6127.

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Shifting Gears: A Cyclical History of Badger Bicycling: Historic bikes, images and interactive exhibits, through 10/10, Wisconsin Historical Museum (reception 5-9 pm, 5/1). Admission $4 donation. 264-6555.

Playwrights Ink: Local writers read & discuss inprocess work (new members welcome), 7 pm, 5/18, UW-Extension Lowell Center. 274-1767.

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Stine Bidstrup: “To present what has already past,” visiting artist exhibit; and Jojin van Winkle: “Further On,” MFA exhibit, 5/18-21, UW Humanities BuildingSeventh Floor Gallery (reception 6-9 pm, 5/21). 262-1660.

Madison Summer Choir Rehearsals: 6:30 pm Mondays & Tuesdays, 5/18-6/23, UW Humanities Bldg.Room 1351; new singers may join 5/18-19. $60 fee. RSVP: madisonsummerchoir.org.

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Nick Brown Tuesday, May 19, High Noon Saloon, 6 pm

Nick Brown was born in Michigan but now calls Madison home. He started on the bass at age 15, which inspired him to learn guitar. Brown’s music blends rock, country and folk, and he hopes to release a new EP this summer. With Evan Murdock & the Imperfect Strangers. Alchemy Cafe: Ted Keys Trio, free, 10 pm. Bristled Boar Saloon and Grill, Middleton: Blues Jam with Shake Daddys, free, 7:30 pm. Brocach Irish Pub-Square: Open Mic with Andy Richard, free, 8:30 pm. Buck and Honey’s, Sun Prairie: Edward Ford and Marta Hansen, dueling pianos fundraiser (for piano donation to UW Health), 6:30 pm. Capital Brewery, Middleton: The Civil Engineers, free, 6 pm. Cardinal Bar: New Breed Jazz Jam, 9 pm. Come Back In: WheelHouse, Americana, free, 5 pm. Crystal Corner Bar: David Hecht and Who Dat, R&B/funk, 9 pm. Essen Haus: Brian Erickson, free, 6:30 pm. Free House Pub, Middleton: The Westerlies, Irish, free, 7:30 pm. Froth House: Open Mic with Dana Perry, free, 7 pm. High Noon Saloon: Rock Star Gomeroke, audience invited to sing with The Gomers, 9 pm.

KI D S & FAM ILY Mommy and Me: Drop-in chat group, 10 am Tuesdays, Nicki’s Diapers. Free. 836-1211.

1855 Saloon and Grill, Cottage Grove: Ken Wheaton, fingerstyle guitar, free, 6 pm.

Wando’s: DJ Drewski, free, 10 pm. Wil-Mar Center: Bluegrass Jam, 7 pm.

B OO KS Book Club Cafe: Annual Friends of Madison Public Library fundraiser, 7 pm, 5/19, Central Library, with author Julie Schumacher, refreshments. $25. RSVP: mplfoundation.schoolauction.net/bookclubcafe2015.

LEC T U R ES & S EM I N ARS History Sandwiched In: Brown-bag lunch program, “The Making of a Frontierswoman,” by historian Frank Court, 12:15 pm, 5/19, Wisconsin Historical Museum. 264-6555.

Young Gifted and Black/Justified Art Youth Art Showcase

Brink Lounge: Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo, blues/ rock, free, 8 pm.

Wednesday, May 20, Overture Center’s Promenade Hall, 7 pm

LEGO Club: 4 pm, 5/19, Lakeview Library. 246-4547.

Brocach-Square: Irish Open Jam, free, 8 pm.

READ to a Dog: Grades K-5, 5 pm, 5/19, Fitchburg Library. RSVP: 729-1762.

Buck & Honey’s, Sun Prairie: Jonny Maasch, free, 6:30 pm.

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Claddagh Irish Pub, Middleton: Robert J, free (on the patio), 6 pm.

Young people of color react to the violence and the policing that disproportionately affects black youth in a showcase featuring poets, singers, MCs, dancers and visual artists.

Madison Tango Society Practica: Open dancing, 7-8:30 pm Tuesdays, State Street Center (3rd floor). Free/donations. 238-2039.

Cardinal Bar: DJs Brook, Spike, Siberia, fetish night, 9 pm.

Essen Haus: Brian Erickson, free, 6:30 pm. Frequency: Joe Jack Talcum, Samuel Locke Ward, 9 pm.

Contra Dance Cooperative: 7:45-9:45 pm Tuesdays, Gates of Heaven. $5. 692-3394.

Genna’s Lounge: Open Mic, free, 9 pm.

Salsa/Tango Party: Wisconsin Tango, 9-11 pm Tuesdays, Brink Lounge. Free. 622-7697.

Knuckle Down Saloon: Alt-country Jam with The Devil’s Share, 8 pm.

PUB L I C M EETINGS Madison Common Council: 6:30 pm, 5/19, City-County Building. 266-4071.

FARME RS’ M ARKETS Eastside Farmers’ Market: 4-7 pm Tuesdays, Wil-Mar Center. 257-4576.

E N VI RONM ENT Wisconsin Green Building Alliance: Coffee/baked goods & discussion of building codes with Jeff Boldt, 7 am, 5/19, KJWW. $10. RSVP: wgba.shuttlepod.org. 414-224-9422. E-Cycle Wisconsin Stakeholder Meeting: 9 am-4 pm, 5/19, UW-Extension-Pyle Center. $20. RSVP: dnr.wi.gov/ topic/ecycle. 262-2451.

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Nordic Walking: Free class, 10 am, 5/19, Fontana SportsWest. RSVP: 662-9706.

Up North Pub: Pat Ferguson, free, 8 pm.

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Baby Play Group: 11:30 am, 5/19, Pinney Library. 224-7100.

Louisianne’s, Middleton: Johnny Chimes, 6 pm.

The Frequency: Dr. Noise, “The Jimmy K Show” podcast recording, 7 pm; The Fine Constant, Maid Myriad, 10 pm.

Mindfulness Meditation: 5:45 pm Tuesdays, First Unitarian Society. Free. 233-9774.

Toddlers in Motion: 10:30 am Tuesdays, 5/5-26, Hawthorne Library. 246-4548.

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Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: John Vitale, Marilyn Fisher & Ken Kuehl, jazz, free, 5:30 pm.

Mickey’s Tavern: Disembodied Monks, Holy Wave, Moss Folk, rock, free, 10 pm.

Social Networking for Your Business: Free Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation workshop, 6 pm, 5/19, Middleton Library. RSVP: 257-5450.

Madison Children’s Museum: Tots in Motion: 10 am Tuesdays, through 6/2; Animal Adventures: All ages, 10:30 am Tuesdays, through 5/26; Pioneer Tool Time: All ages, 11 am Tuesdays, through 6/9; Schoolyard Games: All ages, 1 pm Tuesdays, through 6/9. Free with $8 admission. 256-6445.

Retired Older Lesbians (ROLLers) Lunch: Noon, 5/19, Elie’s Family Restaurant. 770-3997.

Mason Lounge: Five Points Jazz Collective, free, 9 pm.

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Yahara River Chorus: Rehearsal for barbershop group designed for women (new members welcome), 7 pm Tuesdays, Peace Lutheran Church, Waunakee. 415-5023.

Ivory Room: Josh Dupont, piano, free, 9 pm.

Malt House: Onadare, Irish, free, 7:30 pm.

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Kayak Demo: Free Fontana Sports event, 5:30 pm, 5/19, Marshall Park, Middleton. RSVP: 662-9711.

S PECI AL INTERESTS Dwarf Planet Tribute: Astronomy program, 6:30 pm on 5/19 and 6:30 & 7:45 pm, 5/20, Memorial High School Planetarium. $2.50. 204-3021.

S E N I ORS Sports for Active Seniors Canoeing: Nine Springs Creek, meet 10 am, 5/19, Rutabaga. ptreese@tds.net. 833-0904.

Ivory Room: Jim Ripp, piano, free, 9 pm.

Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: Cliff Frederiksen and Ken Kuehl, jazz, free, 5:30 pm. Louisianne’s, Middleton: Johnny Chimes, 6 pm. Malt House: Don’t Spook the Horse, free, 7:30 pm. Quaker Steak and Lube, Middleton: Zac Matthews, free, 5:30 pm. Shitty Barn, Spring Green: Harmonious Wail, Mal-O-Dua, 7 pm. True Coffee Roasters, Fitchburg: Drunken Logic, The Whyskers, folk-punk, 8 pm. Up North Pub: MoonHouse, free, 8 pm. VFW-Cottage Grove Road: Jerry Stueber, free, 6 pm.

SP ECIAL EV ENTS ShareFest: Dane County TimeBank event, 5-8 pm, 5/20, Tenney Park Shelter, with potluck, stuff swap, plant/seed exchange, kids’ activities, skill share workshops. www.danecountytimebank.org. 663-0400.

THEATER & DANCE Disney’s The Little Mermaid: Dinner theater for all ages, 5/20-24, 29-31 and 6/5-7; every Tuesday-Sunday, 6/118/23; 8/26-30 and 9/3-6, Palace Theater, Wisconsin Dells. $64.95/$59.95 (kids $39.95). Schedule: www.dellspalace.com. 253-4000. What I Learned from Bob Dylan: Visual/literary performance by Michael Hecht, 1 pm, 5/20, Stoughton Opera House. 877-4400.

COM EDY Open Mic: 9 pm Wednesdays, Comedy Club on State. $2. 256-0099.

BOOKS

Antiques Appraisals: Limit three items, free, 1 pm, 5/19, Meadowmere Madison. 268-9100.

Jerry Apps: Discussing “Whispers and Shadows: A Naturalist’s Memoir,” his new book, 7 pm, 5/20, Barnes & Noble-West Towne. 827-0809.

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Introducing Social Selling for Businesses: Free small business workshop, 8:30 am or noon, 8:30 am, 5/19, DreamBank. 286-3150. Culinary Creations Information Session: Food service training program, 10 am, 5/19, Urban League of Greater Madison. 729-1228. Startup Consultations: Free UW Law & Entrepreneurship Clinic small business consultations, 1 pm, 5/19, DreamBank. 286-3150.

Adventures in Brewing: Panel discussion with founders or brewers from Ale Asylum, Capital Brewery, Karben4, New Glarus Brewing Co. and Next Door Brewing Co., moderated by The Capital Times reporter Laurel White, 7 pm, 5/20, High Noon Saloon. 268-1122.

ARTS NOTICES Jazz in Exile: Greater Madison Jazz Consortium documentary screening with filmmaker Chuck France, 6:30 pm, 5/20, Fitchburg Library. 729-1760.

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K I D S & FA MI LY Cantajuego: Spanish/English playgroup for preschoolers, 10 am Wednesdays, through 5/27, Madison Children’s Museum. Free with $8 admission. 256-6445. Toddler Art: Ages 3 & under, 10 am, 5/20, Fitchburg Library. 729-1762. Madison Children’s Museum: Pioneer Planting: Drop-in gardening, all ages, 10:30-11:30 am Wednesdays and noon-1 pm Fridays, through 6/10; Nature and Art: Drop-in craft for all ages, 10:30-11:30 am Wednesdays, through 5/27; Create Your Own Adventuretime: Ages 3 & up, 11:30 am Wednesdays, through 6/10 Pioneer Kitchen: Drop-in, all ages, noon-2 pm Wednesdays, through 5/27,; Mad Science: Experiments, 1:30-3:30 pm Wednesdays, through 5/27; Collaborative Art: All ages, 2 pm Wednesdays, through 5/27. Free with $8 admission. 256-6445. Let’s Move: Parent/child fitness class, 10:30 am Wednesdays, 5/13-6/3, Hawthorne Library. 246-4548. Music Together: Ages 5 & under, 11 am Wednesdays, 5/6-6/10, Pinney Library. 224-7100. Pokemon Club: Lesson & game play 4 pm Wednesdays, 4/29-5/20, Hawthorne Library. 246-4548. Mother-Daughter Book Club: Grades 3-5 discuss “Counting 7s” by Holly Sloan, 7 pm, 5/20, Fitchburg Library. 729-1762.

DA N C I N G Madison West Coast Swing Club: Open dance, 8-9:30 pm Wednesdays, Badger Bowl. $5 (intermediate lesson 7:30 pm). 213-1108. Jumptown Swing Dance: Ages 18+, 9-11:30 pm Wednesdays, Brink Lounge. $5. jumptownswing.com.

PO L I T I C S & AC T I V I S M Madison Action for Mining Alternatives: 6:30 pm, 5/20, State Street Center. carl@wnpj.org. 250-9240.

PUB L I C N OT I C ES Coffee With Cops: Informal gathering, 9 am Wednesdays, Madison Sourdough. 266-4575. Family Law Assistance Center: Free help with forms & procedures, 11:30 am-1:30 pm Wednesdays, Dane County Courthouse-Room L1022. 848-1950.

LGBTQ Folk Music Sing-a-Long Group: 2 pm, 5/20, OutReach-Gateway Mall. 255-8582.

EN V I RO N MEN T Longenecker Horticultural Gardens Tour: “Spring Highlights” topic, 7 pm, 5/20, UW Arboretum Visitor Center. 263-7888.

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1 Million Cups: Free meetup for entrepreneurs, funders & mentors, 9 am Wednesdays, Central Library. madison.sites.1millioncups.com.

Morning Play Date: Crafts & stories, 10 am, 5/21, DreamBank. 286-3150. Storytime: Preschoolers, 10:30 am, 5/21, UW Geology Museum. 262-1412.

JobConnect: Employment assistance services, 10 am-noon Wednesdays, Salvation Army Community Center. 246-2967.

Bouncing Babies: Songs, stories & fun for toddlers & parents, 1 pm, 5/21, Fitchburg Library. 729-1760.

Madison Achievers Toastmasters: 7 pm Wednesdays, Matrix Collaborative Building Solutions. madisonachievers.toastmastersclubs.org.

LEGO Club: 3 pm, 5/21, Monroe Street Library. 266-6390. The Supper Club: Bring dinner & learn about new apps for kids, 6 pm, 5/21, Ashman Library. 824-1780.

SP ECI A L I N T ER ESTS Wedding Planner and Guide Bridal Show: 4:30-8:30 pm, 5/20, Monona Terrace, with fashion show 7 pm, vendors. $10 ($7 adv.). www.wedplan. com. 233-7001.

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KIDS & FAM ILY

Nate Craig Thursday, May 21, Brink Lounge, 8 pm

Now a resident of California, Craig is a Madisonian at heart. An alum of both Madison West High School and UW-Madison, he writes and performs on MTV’s Ridiculousness and has been featured at HBO’s Las Vegas Comedy Festival and on Comedy Central’s Tosh.0. With Nick Hart, Sarah Connor.

LGBTQ Have You Lost Faith in Faith: OutReach group, 1 pm, 5/21, Coffee Gallerie. 255-8582.

ENV IRONM ENT Ice Age Trail Alliance-Dane County Chapter Hike: 9 am, 5/21, from Ice Age Junction lot, McKee Road. tlmmdsn@ aol.com. 257-5595. Green Thursdays: “Bitter Seeds,” documentary screening, 6:30 pm, 5/21, Mount Horeb Library. 437-5021. Ice Age Trail Alliance-Lodi Valley Chapter: Meeting, 7 pm, 5/21, Lodi Medical Clinic. 592-7817.

Alchemy Cafe: Double Dubbs, Americana, free, 10 pm.

P UBLIC M EETINGS

Bayou: Johnny Chimes, piano, free, 5:30 pm.

DNR Public Hearing: Discussing permanent rules relating to the adoption of National Ambient Air Quality Standards for sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, 1 pm, 5/21, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (GEF 2)-Room 713. 266-2879.

Brink Lounge: Sundae and Mr. Goessl, free, 6:30 pm; Old Soul Society, free, 9:30 pm. Buck and Honey’s, Sun Prairie: Mike Sarazin and Melissa Hollis, free, 6:30 pm.

Dane County Board of Supervisors: Meeting, 7 pm, 5/21, City-County Building. 266-5758.

Cafe Carpe, Fort Atkinson: New Pioneers, bluegrass, 7 pm. Capital Brewery, Middleton: Sam Lyons Band, free, 6 pm. Cardinal Bar: DJ Jo-Z, Latin, 10 pm. Christy’s Landing: Open Mic with Shelley Faith, free, 8 pm. Claddagh Irish Pub, Middleton: Kilkenny, Irish, free, 6 pm. Club Tavern, Middleton: Pat McCurdy, free, 9 pm. Essen Haus: The Midwesterners, free, 9 pm. The Frequency: Not Half Bad, Skizzwhores, The Wild Things, Gallant Ghosts, 8:30 pm. High Noon Saloon: Oak Street Ramblers, free (on the patio), 6 pm; Sepultura, Destruction, Arsis, Boris the Blade, Micawber, metal, 7 pm. Ivory Room: Vince Strong, Nicky Jordan, dueling pianos, 9 pm. Kabul Restaurant: Bill Roberts Combo, swing/blues/ jazz, free, 9 pm. Knuckle Down Saloon: Tate’s Blues Jam, 8 pm. Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: Ken Wheaton, fingerstyle guitar, free, 5:30 pm. Louisianne’s, Middleton: Jim Erickson, jazz, free, 6 pm. Merchant: Chris Plowman, free, 10:30 pm. Mickey’s Tavern: DJ Evan Woodward, free, 10 pm. Mr. Robert’s: Pistols at Dawn, The Gubers, Tween Wolf, free, 10 pm.

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Mike Malone Thursday, May 21, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

This irreverent comic discovered his calling early, quitting college at age 18 to pursue a standup career. The decision paid off: He’s made two of iTunes’ top-selling comedy albums and his star continues to rise. Expect his focus on connecting with the audience, and relentless honesty, to make this show a real winner. With Marty DeRosa, David Schendlinger. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), May 22-23.

S POKE N WO RD Open Mic: Middleton Action Team spoken word/music event, with talk on future initiatives by Middleton Cross Plains School District Assistant Superintendent George Mavroulis, music by Paul Stiegler, 6 pm, 5/21, Craftsman Table and Tap, Middleton. 836-8577.

B OOKS Linda Abbott: Discussing “Ten Days in Paradise,” her new book, 7 pm, 5/21, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.

Instructional Communication Systems 50th Anniversary: UW Extension media services team, 2-5:30 pm, 5/21, Pyle Center, with hands-on technology demos, talk by Chancellor Cathy Sandeen 3 pm. Free. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/16472791563. 262-4342. Badger Kennel Club: Meeting, with talk on hip/elbow dysplasia by veterinarian Marc Siegel, 7 pm, 5/21, Badger Kennel Club Training Center, DeForest. 438-0368. Socrates Cafe: Philosophy dialogue group, 7 pm Thursdays, Michelangelo’s Coffee House. 257-8869. Uptowner Toastmasters Club: 11:59 am, 5/21, Risser Justice Center. 827-6008. Hu, a Love Song to God: Eckankar chanting, 7:30 pm, 5/21, Goodman Community Center. 238-5650.

CAREERS AND BUSINESS Money Issues: How to Understand Your Banking System: Free workshop (in Spanish), 6 pm, 5/21, Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation. RSVP: 257-5450.

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Tofflers, New Glarus: The Jimmys, 8 pm. Tricia’s Country Corners, McFarland: Frank James and Bobby Briggs, country, free, 8 pm. Up North Pub: Catfish Stephenson, free, 9 pm. Wando’s: DJ Drewski, free, 10 pm. Willy Street Pub/The Wisco: Antique Scream, Cold Black River, Stone Room, rock/metal, 9 pm.

Madison Classic Horse Show: 5/21-24, Alliant Energy Center-New Holland Pavilion. facebook.com/ madisonclassichorseshow. OutReach Garden Party: Annual fundraiser reception for the LGBT community center, 5:30 pm, 5/21, Rotary Gardens, Janesville. Donations. 255-8582. Madison Historic Preservation Awards: Annual Madison Trust event, 6 pm, 5/21, Masonic Center, with refreshments, silent auction. $50. RSVP: 441-8864.

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The original sign that hangs in the center of the Knitting Tree speaks to the long history the store has in the neighborhood. Although it’s been at its new location for less than a year, it first opened in 1969. And Jackie Shanahan, the third and current owner, saw some of that history. Growing up nearby and raised by a mom who had a love of fabrics and knitting, Shanahan was no stranger to the yarn store down the street. In fact, her favorite childhood pastime was to play “store” using a big box of scraps and loose ends left over

from her mom’s various projects. But first Shanahan pursued a career in hair and makeup styling for celebrities — like Brett Favre. This came with a lot of downtime between takes, time that was easily filled with knitting. In 2005, after working at the Knitting Tree part-time to support her “knitting habit,” as she puts it, Shanahan and her husband, Mark, bought the business. Last September, the store relocated to retail space in a brand-new building in the next block, at the corner of Monroe and Knickerbocker streets. The landlord was looking for a retailer the community would identify with.

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How much does it cost? Basic box $25/month, premium $35/month. Could I do this myself by visiting an art supply store and buying a local artist’s work at someplace like Hatch Art House or Zip-Dang? Yes.

and yarn needed to complete projects like sweaters, ponchos, cowls or scarves. Many of these items are shown completed, instore, so that customers can test them out. Classes, private lessons and project parties are another element. A recent baby shower involved each attendee knitting a square to become part of a full blanket. Shanahan appreciates the sense of camaraderie among knitters. She knows her regular customer’s names, their favorite colors and the projects they’ve knit. “That’s really fun for me,” she says. “That’s the most gratifying part.” n

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“This seemed like a perfect opportunity, like a dream come true,” says Shanahan, who was able to completely design the space to her requirements. And the store seems equally like a dream come true for anyone interested in knitting. The walls are covered in skeins of yarn, mostly hand-dyed, with organic cotton and wools, bamboo fibers, silk, cashmere, alpaca, Arctic yak, New Zealand bushy-tailed possum, along with local yarns. The store also stocks knitting accessories, books, magazines and pattern kits. The Knitting Tree has its own kit line called Patternology. Kits run $19-$150 and include the patterns

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You’ve done the reassuring thing (about his size), you’ve done the explaining thing (this is just the way you’re wired), and you’ve done the meeting him halfway thing (coming more often to appease/mollify). Now it’s time for the exasperated ultimatum thing. I’ve taken the liberty of scripting your ultimatum: “You have to stop obsessing about whether or not I come every time we fuck. I would never make you feel bad about your dick, but you’re making me feel bad about my dick. So here’s the deal: You’re going to drop this. You’re going to take ‘Yes, I’m attracted to you’ and ‘This is how my dick works’ for an answer. And you’re not going to bring this up anymore. Sometimes I’ll come, sometimes I won’t. Putting up with that—and getting over your insecurities or at least shutting up about them—is the price of admission to be with me. If you can’t pay that price, if me not coming every time we have sex is something you’ll never get over, then we should break up.” n Email Dan at mail@savagelove.net or find him on Twitter at @fakedansavage.

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You can put “not into trans women” in your online dating profile, CIS, but you’ll have to hand in your Trans Ally card. Gay men are likewise free to put “no fats, no femmes” or “white guys only—just expressing my preference” on their profiles, and too many do (and not all of them are white guys), but gay men who do that have to hand in their Not an Asshole cards. Occasionally having coffee with someone you’re not into—and having to tiptoe through the awkwardness—isn’t something you can avoid in online dating. You would have to do that even if only cis lesbians responded to your ads, as you’re presumably not attracted to all cis lesbians. Having a coffee now and then with a trans woman you most likely won’t find attractive—but you never know—is a small price to pay to make the online dating world a less shitty place for trans people. It’s what an ally would do.

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