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Members of the Hawthorne Elementary School Girls Running Club (from left) — Gaby Xelhua-Tecalero, Jaila Hassell, Kiyarri Mims, Janaiiya Hassel, Aliyanna Vang and Rinzin Kunsel —completed the 5K Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on May 30.

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As the skies darkened and a warm Saturday morning in late May suddenly turned windy and chilly, nearly 30 fourth- and fifth-graders from the Hawthorne Elementary School Girls Running Club fidgeted, anxiously awaiting the start of the 5K Susan G. Komen South Central Wisconsin Race for the Cure. Within minutes, a steady, dreary rain would soak them and the event’s other 6,000 runners and walkers before they could even break a sweat. But the Hawthorne girls’ spirits were far from dampened. Even though they didn’t sport the names of brave women who battled breast cancer on their lime-green T-shirts — as did so many other participants that rainy day — they still understood this was about more than a race. Mary Modaff, a breast cancer survivor and thirdgrade teacher at Hawthorne, has taught them about the

invasive disease that will affect one in eight women in the United States over their lifetime. More than 231,800 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in 2015 alone. Mary has given breast cancer a face for these girls. “They get it, and Mary is an inspiration to them,” says Hope Houle, co-organizer of the Hawthorne Girls Running Club, which launched four years ago as a way to empower students, many of them from low-income families. But even beyond Mary, members of this special group — formed as a less-expensive alternative to the popular Girls on the Run movement — understand that running can help improve their own lives. The Hawthorne Girls Running Club exists because of generous donations from local businesses like Movin’ Shoes and the Roman Candle Pizzeria, as well as private donations sent to the school. Members meet after school on Wednesdays and Thursdays during the spring to talk about the importance of self-esteem, the

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Dr. Richard Boland has been fighting a long battle against a stealthy foe — colon cancer. If caught early, the disease is one of the easiest cancers to treat and has one of the highest survival rates. But, Boland laments, most people who get it will find out too late. “Much like breast cancer, if you find it early, there’s a huge difference in outcome,” says Boland, chief of gastroenterology at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. “I’ve been working for 40 years on colon cancer. So I’m very excited to see a good test come along. The problem with colon cancer is it’s pretty common, about 5% of people get it, and it’s silent,” he says, meaning there are no symptoms early on, when treatment is likely to succeed. Boland has watched for decades as scientists tried to develop a simple test that could determine who has the disease in the early stages. At the moment, one of the most promising tests — Cologuard — is being marketed by Madison medical tech company Exact Sciences. The test has the potential not just to save millions of lives, but to make millions of dollars. That’s why Madison officials are thrilled that Exact Sciences might move its headquarters downtown, as part of a $186 million to $203 million Judge Doyle Square proposal.

“They’ve got the best stool test available right now,” says Boland, who advised the company in its early stages, but adds that he was never paid by the company, aside from some free meals. “There’s no question it’s the best.” But that doesn’t mean it’s perfect, Boland and others say. “The problem is it’s too expensive right now,” says Boland. The test costs $599, although it is covered by Medicare and some insurance companies. “They’re really going to have to get it below $100 for me to get excited about it.” Exact Sciences, as a business, isn’t a sure thing. The company’s annual report acknowledges it may never be profitable: “From our date of inception on February 10, 1995 through December 31, 2014, we have accumulated a total deficit of approximately $420.8 million.... We cannot be certain that the revenue from the sale of any products or services based on our technologies will be sufficient to make us profitable.” So how good of a bet is Exact Sciences? Opinions vary. For now, the most effective screening test for colon cancer is a colonoscopy. But they’re very expensive, costing more than $5,000 in some places. They’re also unpleasant, requiring a day-long fast and sedation. “Colonoscopy has become the gold standard,” Boland says. “But they’re expensive, and there’s some element of danger.”

Despite these hassles, colonoscopies fail to detect a small percentage of cancer. The tests are recommended every 10 years for people 50 or older, more frequently for people with a family history of colon cancer or other risk factors. For decades, scientists have tried to develop a simpler, cheaper test to screen for the disease. Today, the most common alternative is called the FIT (fecal immunochemical test). The test works by looking for microscopic amounts of blood in stool, an indicator for either precancerous polyps or colon cancer. To take this test, patients scrape a sample from their stool and mail it to a lab. Similarly, the Cologuard test developed by Exact Sciences (in partnership with the Mayo Clinic) looks for signs of cancer in stool. Instead of blood, Cologuard looks for specific types of DNA that are indicators for cancer. A trial of 10,000 people found that the test had a 92.3% rate of detecting cancer — better than the FIT and almost as good as a colonoscopy. The test, mailed to patients’ homes, includes a small bucket that fits over a toilet. Patients poop into it. With a swab, they put a small amount of stool into a tube (the Cologuard test includes a FIT test). Then they pour a solution over the rest of the poop and seal the bucket. It’s mailed back to Exact Sciences’ lab in the same box. The test is recommended every three years.

In recent months, the company has grown robustly. Last October, Medicare began covering the cost of Cologuard for all enrollees. And the list of doctors who prescribe it is growing fast, up from 4,100 at the end of last year to 8,300 as of March 22. The company says its team of 200 salespeople are adding 500 to 600 doctors a week. In the fourth quarter of 2014, the company completed 4,000 Cologuard tests; in the first quarter of this year, the number was up to 11,000. “The uptake is really rapid. You’re getting significant interest from doctors early on,” says Jeffrey Elliott, a stock analyst with Robert W. Baird & Co. Elliott expects the company to complete 2 million tests over the next five years and to begin making money in a little over two years. According to its May 5 quarterly report, revenue in the first quarter was $4.3 million, while expenses were $36.1 million. But Elliott praises the company’s slow build-up. “If the company was shortsighted, it could be profitable much quicker, but they’re in this for the long haul,” he says. Other analysts are less confident. Whitney Tilson, an investment adviser with Kase Capital Management in New York, expects Cologuard to do poorly. In a presentation he gave last fall, he explained why he’s “short” on the company’s stock (i.e., expect-

ing it to drop in price over time). “I prefer to short the stocks of fraudulent and/or evil companies, but that’s not the case here,” Tilson wrote in the presentation. “I obviously hope Cologuard helps reduce the death toll from this terrible disease — I just don’t think it’s likely to (certainly not to the extent that’s reflected in the share price).” Tilson thinks this is the case because he doesn’t see Cologuard as being much more accurate than the FIT test, which is much cheaper, at about $22. He says there’s also a large “false-positive” rate, which will force some who don’t have cancer to get a colonoscopy. “The company has analysts who believe

‘ The uptake [on Cologuard] is really rapid. You’re getting significant interest from doctors early on.’ — stock analyst Jeffrey Elliott this will be a widely used test,” Tilson says in a phone interview. “I think it will be a niche test.” Tilson also says the fact that the test involves handling poop will turn off many people. Kevin Conroy, the chairman and chief executive officer of Exact Sciences, told the Common Council in a June 2 presentation that his company has made strides in this area. “One of the hardest things to do in colon cancer screening is to get people to actually return the gift, the donation,” he said, using euphemisms for poop. “We’ve been able to do something that nobody in the industry has been able to do, which is get over 70%” of patients to return the sample. Boland says that colon cancer screening is a competitive field, “with a lot of people working on this. And there’s a big payoff to humanity.” In fact, Boland is working on a test that will detect colon cancer by looking for microRNA in the blood. “If you can do a blood-based test and

a fecal test, the blood test is going to win that race for obvious reasons,” Boland says. “We know people will get blood tests. Some people will defecate into a bucket and mail it off. But an awful lot of people won’t do it.” While Boland expects a blood test to be available in five to 10 years, he adds: “In 2015, there is not a good blood-based test.” Exact Sciences has also looked at creating a blood test, Conroy told the council on June 2. “It all fails for the same reason.... Your colon is designed to keep stuff out of the blood supply, including cancer cells that fluff off,” he said. “[The colon] does a really good job of that, so it’s really hard to detect stage one cancer from a blood draw.” Boland says the team at Exact Sciences understands the industry. He says Cologuard has improved over time and expects the company to diversify. In fact, it recently announced that it is developing a blood test to detect lung cancer, in collaboration with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. “There aren’t that many tests that have stood around for a long, long time,” Boland says. “They know that.” Three sources say that Exact Sciences is planning to apply for a tax incremental financing grant for the project from the city. Lead developer Bob Dunn of the Hammes Company would also likely apply for a TIF grant. Because the project is under negotiation, public details are scarce. But public costs have been estimated as high as $65 million. In his presentation to the council, Conroy acknowledged the fear that officials may have. “What happens if Exact Sciences someday goes away?” “It’s not our goal,” he said, admitting that “It happens in our industry.” But Conroy — who is out of the country and unavailable to comment for this story — sought to alleviate fears by saying that the biotech industry is strong in Madison. Should his company fail, he said, there would be demand for the kind of high-tech labs the city is contemplating subsidizing. “As we look around the city right now, there isn’t much lab space. I think this is a mini-version of the University Research Park right in downtown Madison,” he said. “For the long haul, that’s a great thing.” n

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Taxpayer tab could add up Damage award for Capitol protesters opens door for hundreds of more claims BY JUDITH DAVIDOFF

There were 13 attorneys from the state Department of Justice working on the prosecution of Capitol protest tickets in January 2014. When asked what the tab was to prosecute these citations, Dana Brueck, the agency spokesperson at the time, said “there is no additional expense to taxpayers.â€? “Representing the government is our job,â€? she added. Even when a Dane County judge asked the DOJ to prepare a cost-benefit analysis on the continued prosecution of hundreds of tickets, he got nowhere. The DOJ submitted a response with no dollar figures. But now taxpayers have been presented with a bill for some real cash. It could be just the start. In a June 9 decision, Dane County Judge Frank Remington awarded attorneys’ fees and damages to six people who were ticketed by Capitol police for protesting the Walker administration at the state Capitol in March 2011. The plaintiffs, represented by attorney Jeff Scott Olson, were awarded damages ranging from $750 to $5,000 for “loss of liberty, emotional distress and inconvenience and injury to reputation.â€? There were also damages awarded for travel to a court appearance, lost wages and loss of a sign. Four were also reimbursed for attorneys’ fees in amounts ranging from $1,280 to $4,000 per citation (these payments were for the lawyers who contested the original fines). All together, damages amounted to $21,150 and attorneys’ fees, $23,680. Attorney General Brad Schimel, who was not in office at the time these tickets were issued or initially prosecuted, will appeal Remington’s ruling, says spokesperson Anne Schwartz.

A state administrative ban on signs in the public area of the state Capitol was later ruled unconstitutional.

Schwartz did not respond to requests for comment on the appeal or Remington’s ruling for damages and attorneys’ fees. Olson says he is not surprised the state would appeal. “We expected that. They’ve got blatantly unconstitutional rules that people were cited under. And they’re having a hard time facing up to the fact that they have liability for damages to hundreds of people who were cited under unconstitutional rules.â€?

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The cost to the state could grow exponentially, says Olson. He is now consulting with other lawyers about seeking damages and attorneys’ fees for hundreds of other protesters ticketed at the Capitol between March 2011 and September 2013. “We haven’t filed actions for most of the people with damage claims because we were waiting to see what happened in this case and another,� says Olson, who also has a pending citation case in federal court case for journalist Dominic Salvia. Olson says future actions could include a class action suit or multiple claims in either federal or state court. Olson is also looking at a second round of attorneys’ fees — his. And they will be in the “six figures� just on these six cases alone, he says. He is seeking his fees under the U.S. Civil Rights Attorneys Fees Awards Act of 1976, which he says was passed to “enable people whose civil rights had been violated in ways that did not cause substantial damages, to obtain lawyers to pursue their cases, because Congress believed that vindication of our constitutional rights, even in small-damages cases, benefits everyone.� Olson has 45 days in which to file his claim in circuit court.  According to records Isthmus obtained last year from the DOJ, the state issued nearly 800 tickets to protesters between March 2011 and September 2013, for a variety of administrative infractions. Nearly all of those ticketed asked for jury trials.

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The DOJ’s Schwartz did not respond to a request for a status report on these tickets. But Brueck said in December 2014 there were still 125 forfeiture cases pending in circuit court and about the same number on appeal. Many of the cases in circuit court have since been dismissed. People started flooding the Capitol in March 2011 to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s budget cuts and proposed elimination of collective bargaining rights for most public employees. Between March 23 and 27, Olson’s clients — Jeremy Ryan, Lauri Marie Harty, Anne Mary Hoppe, Kathleen D. Hoppe, Jenna Brianne Pope and Valerie Rose Walesek — were cited for displaying signs in violation of state administrative code. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne dismissed all these tickets in May 2011. (The DOJ would later take over prosecution of similar tickets.) In November 2011, Olson filed suit in circuit court on behalf of the protesters, asking that the administrative rule on signs be declared unconstitutional. He also sought injunctive relief and damages. Olson says he dropped the claim for injunctive relief when the Department of Administration changed its rule. Plaintiff Walesek, who now lives in Florida, says she was willing to incur the cost of an attorney rather than pay her fines because of “principle.� “I felt we hadn’t done anything wrong, and we could prove it.� n

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#IRL Meeting in real life for Global Reddit Meetup Day BY ALLISON GEYER

On June 13 Redditors all around the world logged off their computers and ventured out into the world to socialize IRL (in real life) for the annual Global Reddit Meetup Day. Reddit is the massive online community that bills itself as “the front page of the Internet.” It’s an interactive message board with thousands of categories, or subreddits, where the site’s millions of registered users post links and original content. It has exploded in popularity since its creation in 2005 and now draws more than 7.5 billion monthly page views. There’s a subreddit for virtually every topic imaginable — from cute animal photos to world news stories to tales of “petty revenge” to naked selfies. Posts and comments get “upvoted” if they are constructive and “downvoted” if they’re not. “Reddit is the place that I simultaneously love and hate,” jokes Chessie Sutherland, a 30-year-old writer who was among the two dozen devotees gathered in Vilas Park on Saturday afternoon. Previous Madison Reddit meetups have drawn as many as 100, but last weekend’s rain may have dampened turnout. They played Frisbee, grilled out and chatted. None were obsessively checking smart phones to see what they were missing in the virtual world.

in a blog post last fall. “You choose what to post. You choose what to read. You choose what kind of subreddit to create.”   Last week, the site broke with tradition, banning five subreddits whose subscribers were engaged in fat-shaming, transphobia, racism and harassment. Some saw it as a muchneeded step toward cleaning up the site’s image, but others are calling it censorship and threatening to leave. A few of Madison’s 9,300 registered Reddit users left their computers last Saturday ALLISON GEYER   “Reddit is a little weird,” to socialize in Vilas Park. says 30-year-old Landyn Record, who joined the site three The Madison subreddit has about dents in engineering and chemistry, people years ago for the “sweet memes” and now 9,300 users, but its readership is likely who are artists, people who are into craft moderates the Madison subreddit. “But much greater — the “1 % rule” of Internet beer.... Everybody is going to be different.” it’s grown into a part of my life that I love.” culture suggests that for every one user It can be a beautiful place — altruistic And sometimes Reddit loves people creating content, there are 99 others who Redditors have connected people needing back. Thirty-three-year-old Amanda Benorgans with potential donors, talked peo- zine met her husband, Lance, 37, at the simply view it — i.e. “lurkers.” With thousands of forums to choose ple out of suicide, helped find lost dogs first-ever Madison Global Reddit Meetup from, the Reddit community draws a di- and committed “random acts of pizza.” Day five years ago. They married in 2012. verse crowd. There’s a prevailing stereo- But Reddit also has a dark side. Its “It’s amazing how many couples met type that users are basement-dwelling members falsely accused a 22-year-old on Reddit,” she says. white males between the ages of 18 and 30 college student of the Boston Marathon He browses posts about news and who play video games, drink large quanti- bombing. The student was later found credits the site for shifting his political ties of Mountain Dew and have a procliv- dead. The site has birthed a number of views to the left; she moderates a subredcommunities that promote violent racism, dit about conceiving over age 30. ity for fedoras and unkempt facial hair. “Very few people conform to [that ste- misogyny and general hate speech, and, They now have a 9-month-old son reotype],” says Jason Ocker, a subcommu- until recently, has had an “anything goes” named Korben Dallas, who was the youngest Redditor in attendance on Satnity moderator who has helped organize policy on what content was allowed. the Madison Global Reddit Meetup for the “We will not ban questionable subred- urday. By the time next year’s meetup rolls past several years. “You’ll meet graduate stu- dits,” former Reddit CEO Yishan Wong wrote around, he’ll have a sibling. n

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likely. Newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack presides over her first open meeting, but she and predecessor Justice Shirley Abrahamson get snippy during the session, the Associate Press reports.

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David Cameron rebukes Gov. Scott Walker after the presidential wannabe tells a roomful of Republican donors that world leaders, specifically Cameron, think that President Obama’s leadership is lacking. A Cameron spokesperson tells Time: “The prime minister did not say that and does not think that.”

get hangs precariously in the GOP-controlled Senate, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Lawmakers are stuck on issues like prevailing wage, the Milwaukee Bucks arena deal, transportation borrowing and tax cuts.

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finance reform champion, former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold (who is running for his old seat against Ron Johnson) looks like a hypocrite after reports show that his political action committee spent only 5% of its income

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You might call Ron Johnson the invisible senator. He has been in office for more than four and a half years, and yet a plurality of voters have no opinion of him. That’s extraordinary. The latest Marquette University Law School Poll found that more than 44% of respondents said they “don’t know� or “haven’t heard� enough to have an opinion of the Republican U.S. senator from Wisconsin. Another 25% have a negative opinion of him, and just 30% have a favorable opinion. The MU Poll has now surveyed voters nine times on Johnson, and the percentage that approved of him has averaged just 32%, compared to 28% who were negative and 40% who had no opinion. Those are dismal numbers. Compare that to Democrat Russ Feingold, who has been out of office and under the radar for the same period, yet only 26% say they don’t know or haven’t heard enough to have an opinion of him; 44% have a favorable opinion and 29% have a negative opinion. Feingold, who’s announced he will run against Johnson in 2016, served for 18 years — from 1992 to 2010 — in the U.S. Senate and was relentless about meeting with constituents. He held listening sessions in all 72 counties every year: That’s 432 sessions per term, and 1,296 sessions during his entire tenure as senator. Johnson, by contrast, has held telephone conferences that constituents can sign up for, which do allow for questions, but tend to be more about listening to the senator. Feingold has already jumped all over Johnson’s style, telling Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Craig Gilbert the senator interacts with constituents by “lecturing� rather than listening. Johnson likes to do PowerPoint presentations on the federal government’s long-term deficit, and that’s probably the issue he’s best known for — to the extent he’s known at all.

Feingold, on the other hand, was known as a maverick Democrat willing to take dramatically unpopular stands. The McCain-Feingold Act of 2002 put in place campaign finance reform that members of both parties disliked. Feingold was the only one among 100 senators who dared to vote against the Patriot Act in 2001 — and can now he can point to the result, the wholesale collection of data on Americans through their phones. (Johnson continues to support this data gathering, saying it’s “information that we’re going to need to keep this nation safe.�) Feingold was a fierce critic of the war in Iraq, long before the Bush administration conceded there were no weapons of mass destruction there, which was the pretext for the war. Feingold brusquely broke with President Barack Obama, opposing expansion of the war in Afghanistan. In the 1990s, Feingold opposed the law backed by President Bill Clinton to loosen federal regulations of banks, which helped lead to the 2008 financial meltdown. He voted against the bailout of the banks under President George W. Bush and bashed Obama’s financial reform bill, arguing its restrictions were inadequate to protect America from a future banking crisis.

Feingold looks pretty farsighted on all these stands, but he also looks like he’s on the side of average voters. In a Senate where 69 members were millionaires, Feingold was strictly middle class. He opposed free-trade agreements like NAFTA, arguing they would reduce good-paying manufacturing jobs in America, which is exactly what happened. Johnson is a business owner who supports more such agreements, and that could easily make him look uncaring. Johnson defeated Feingold in 2010 by attacking his support of Obamacare. This was before the program’s launch, so scare stories were easy to peddle. But Obamacare will be harder for Johnson to demonize now that it’s in effect and has a constituency of supporters. Similar-

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ly, Johnson ran in 2010 against the Obama stimulus plan before it had much impact, but the revived economy could make Feingold’s support of it look much wiser today. Johnson is going to hammer Feingold as a big-government Democrat and career politician, but that argument doesn’t work as neatly when you are now the representative of government and have a voting record, most of which involves some kind of government spending. Feingold, however, has provided an opening for Johnson on this issue with the news that he has been maintaining a PAC since leaving office that seemed designed to continue employing his old senatorial staff. For his part, Feingold will portray Johnson as one of the many millionaire senators whose voting records show they don’t care about the middle class. Such arguments will be easier to make because Johnson has failed to really connect with voters, and has instead projected a sense that he knows better than them. “I realize a lot of people don’t pay attention,� he told Gilbert. “I think the voters of Wisconsin...if they take a look at things objectively, will start realizing that big government...isn’t working so good.� Voters, however, don’t typically take the “objective view,� but vote for what they think is in their best interests. And right now, less than a third of them seem to approve of how Johnson is representing the state. Which is why experts have tabbed him as one of the country’s most vulnerable Senate incumbents in the 2016 election. n

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Misogyny rules Ruth Conniff’s article “Republican Contempt for Women Is Ruining Wisconsin” is dead accurate (6/4/2015). To require a woman to carry a dead fetus or a nonviable one to term is medically and morally unconscionable. The lawmakers who support this measure, as well as forced ultrasounds, are unfit for public office in their lack of compassion and willful ignorance. Let us take back Wisconsin and make sure they are voted out of office in the next elections. Myrna Solganick (via email) Those ridiculous Wisconsin Republicans! They want to save the more mature fetuses, but once you’re born, as far as Republicans are concerned, you’re on your own. Makes me wonder if a plank in the Republican party platform is misogynist and highly restrictive Roe v. Wade legislation. Wanda Bischoff (via Facebook)

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Dana Schreiber, in a letter in the June 11 issue of Isthmus, begins by saying “I have not even read the article,” then goes on to criticize the way photos were used of former Madison Police Chief David C. Couper and present Chief Mike Koval (“Critics Want Madison Police to Change Their Deadly Force Policy,” 6/4/2015). Maybe if Schreiber would read the article, she or he would know what it was about: not their looks, but their outlooks. Knowing something about Couper’s approach when he was police chief might help; Schreiber could start by reading Couper’s book Arrested Development. Koval’s public comments offer clues, too. When city officials started talking about reviewing the MPD’s policies on the use of deadly force, Koval called the current policies “nonnegotiable.” We have a police chief in Madison who appears to believe that he answers to his officers, not to the citizens. Intermittent lip service to civilian control doesn’t constitute a genuine commitment to it. Norm Littlejohn (via email)

Re: “A Dirty Secret: Big-Box Stores Put the Squeeze on Contract Cleaners” (6/11/2015), I appreciate the coverage and excellent journalism, but to focus only on a large retailer and in particular a single grocery or on retailers in general amounts to a rather narrow view on this issue being covered. Please show me a restaurant in Madison that does not have 95% or more “undocumented workers” for their kitchen (or those not interacting with the public) staff as well as taking care of the cleaning and janitorial services. There are very few restaurants that don’t consistently hire and take advantage of undocumented workers. Hotels and manufacturers do the same; I’m not sure why there was no mention of this and only a focus on a single retailer. At least Woodman’s pays more than Copps or most other grocery stores, and its employee-owned status does benefit employees. Employers in many retail sectors take complete advantage of undocumented workers, and employers are 100% responsible for the whole problem. They want a cheap labor pool, and they find a way to make it happen. If employers didn’t promote/practice this labor scam it would not exist. Until the public and media speak out in large numbers, this problem will only become worse. Steve Sorensen (via email)

Dana Schreiber complains that pictures of David Couper and Mike Koval were not “objective” because of differences in demeanor and dress in their photos. I entirely disagree. A typical definition of “objective” is “based on verifiable evidence or facts instead of on attitude, belief or opinion.” The photos accurately captured the characteristic differences in manner and dress of the two men. Even when David Couper was police chief and in uniform, a picture captured at a random timepoint would typically have shown a friendly, kind and open demeanor. To try to publish photos that show equivalent demeanor and dress between the two men would not be an exercise in “objectivity” but rather “false balance.” Gregory Gelembiuk (via email)

Java joints As someone who prefers java to Jack Daniel’s, I really love that you are featuring coffee beverages as part of your drinks/ dining/entertainment section (“NOLA in a Cup,” 6/11/2015). I work near 4 & 20 Bakery and go there nearly on a weekly basis, but I can’t believe I’ve never had their iced coffee. Now I can’t wait to go there (and the Victory) for my next caffeine fix. Thank you for highlighting these local cafes and their featured drinks! Wendy Ellis (via Facebook)

Correction An article in the June 4 Isthmus, “Communications Breakdown,” about a new emergency radio communications program for Dane County, incorrectly cited the city of Madison as a participant.

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as director of the Morgridge Center in April. She has served as interim director since June 2014. These are challenging times for the university and the center. Last month, the Joint Finance Committee approved a $250 million budget cut to the UW System. Earlier this year, when Gov. Scott Walker introduced his budget proposal, he included a radical rewriting of Wisconsin Idea. Walker reimagined the university’s mission as one strictly to “meet the state’s workforce needs.” The outcry against this was swift and fierce. The governor’s office quickly withdrew the proposal, calling it a clerical mixup. That explanation has been disputed. “The uprising around [Walker’s proposal] showed that a lot of people care, but as with anything, if you take it for granted, it will be yanked out from under you,” she says. “We can say it, we can put it on posters and bumper stickers, but unless we actually put it into practice all the time, we can’t assume it’s always going to exist.” The Morgridge Center has been a staple in connecting campus to the community since it was created in 1996. The groundwork was laid in 1994 when Chancellor David Ward sent then-Dean of Students Mary Rouse to ask John and Tashia Morgridge for two gifts. A Wisconsin native and UW graduate, John Morgridge

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UW-Madison students pose with teens in Ethiopia during a literacy project through the Wisconsin Idea Fellowships — a Morgridge Center program. The center’s programs stress improving lives around the state and world.

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inspired to act. “Five years ago we started the first sickle cell blood drive,” says Rouse, who is retiring this month. “We thought we’d only do it for the Morgridge Center’s 15th anniversary, but it was so successful, and people were so pleased, that we’ve done it every year since.” Cramer is intent on seeing the program grow. “I love this program because the need clearly came from the community,” says Cramer. “Mary put student energy to work making sure these blood drives happen and this important community need is met.”

gridge programs is one she credits Rouse with spearheading. A former Morgridge Center director and current community liaison, Rouse is a regular blood donor. She met LaTyna Lewis and her son Isaiah during a routine blood donation. Isaiah, then 7 years old, has severe sickle-cell disease, a hereditary blood disorder that disproportionately affects African Americans. While a single pint of blood can save up to three lives, regular blood donations often aren’t a correct match for people with sickle-cell disease. Certain blood types are unique to racial and ethnic groups but, according to Rouse, while African Americans make up 13% of the U.S. population, they only donate 1% of the blood. LaTyna raised Rouse’s awareness of the striking lack of African American blood donors in the Madison area. Rouse was

just one of four types of programs that the Morgridge Center oversees. The first fosters community-based learning courses where students work in the community as part of their curriculum. Cramer has been teaching a service learning course since 2001 called “Citizenship, Democracy and Difference.” When she discovered the opportunity to teach a course connecting students to the community she thought, “As a political scientist, what better way to learn about civic engagement than to actually be engaged?” The second area of focus is creating volunteer experiences for students — including programs like the Sickle Cell Blood Drive. Each semester roughly 700 students give their time to Badger Volunteers, volunteering once a week in teams of five to 12 students each.

at the time was the chairman of Cisco Systems. Rouse asked the family to supply the bricks and mortar for the Red Gym to be historically preserved. She also asked for an endowment to build upon and strengthen UW-Madison’s public service initiatives. The Morgridges agreed to fund both projects. The center was named and opened in 1996, and in 1998 it was relocated to the newly restored Red Gym.

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Badger Volunteers work with a variety of community organizations across Dane County, each falling somewhere in the areas of education, health and sustainability. “We’re always looking to make new partnerships while maintaining the ones we have because we really want the organizations we partner with to know it’s a long-term commitment on our part,” says Cramer. “The best stuff gets accomplished when we know each other well and our partners have a sense that we’re coming back.” While the students are giving back to the community, Cramer is quick to point out that the students are also benefitting from the work. For Cramer, one of the most important things the university and the Morgridge Center can do for its students is to help them become active members of society. “The great part about this work is that the communities are helping us,” Cramer says. “It really is this bridge between campus and the community where the students are becoming their own citizens, they’re becoming themselves through working with the community, and at the same time they’re helping the organization achieve what they’re trying to achieve.” The third Morgridge Center initiative supports community-based research activities that fall into two categories: work in Wisconsin and work anywhere else in the world. Each project has a faculty adviser and is always a partnership with a community or organization.

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Robert Pierce, a coordinator with Growing Power, teaches UW-Madison students about urban agriculture as part of an international students service day sponsored by Morgridge.

love this institution, I love this state; I’m willing to do a lot for it, I was going to say die, but I’m not quite sure, it just means a lot to me.” When Cramer turned the job down, Underwood reached out, attempting to change her mind. The two had a long conversation about the pros and cons, including the loss of schedule flexibility and the difficulties of being a single mom. “That was one thing that she was really concerned about,” says Underwood. “I understand what it’s like to try and raise a child by yourself while holding down a busy job. I raised my children alone while I was an administrator. Administrative jobs aren’t typical 9-to-5 jobs, and they’re not typical faculty member jobs, where you have a lot of flexibility. But I talked to her about the need to balance that and to make sure that your children get what they need, because they come first.” The phone conversation was enough to get Cramer to reconsider. “Julie was great to talk to on a personal level, but she also just said this is the stuff that you care about, you will flourish in this job,” Cramer recalls. “She pointed out to me what was right in front of my face, this job was meant for you. You need to do this job.”

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Former UW running back Ron Dayne and Mary Rouse, a former Morgridge director, together at a Sickle Cell Awareness Blood Drive started by the center.

A fourth initiative is fostering community for faculty, staff and graduate students on campus who want to do communitybased work. This is one area Cramer hopes to expand as director, because it gets to the root of the Wisconsin Idea. Cramer asserts that working in a community bolsters higher-quality research experiences. “I really want to help create more of a community of engaged scholarship here on campus,” she says. “Engaged scholarship is just a fancy-schmancy term for people on campus doing their work with one foot in the community.”

Cramer grew up in Grafton,

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roughly 20 miles north of Milwaukee. Her parents were both public school teachers; her dad was also the Grafton High School football coach. The family spent Saturdays watching Badger football games and reveling in the great state institution that was just a short drive from home. “My family talked about [UW-Madison] very respectfully, partly about sports, but partly because it was just this great in-state school,” Cramer says. “I always knew I wanted to go to school here.” After graduating with an undergraduate degree in political science and journalism, Cramer got her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, and secured a job in UW-Madison’s political science department shortly thereafter.

Her 15-year trajectory from new professor to director of the Morgridge Center surprises no one but Cramer. “If you’ve met her and talked to her, you know that she could be a college president, a senator, she could do anything she wanted to do; she’s one of the smartest, most talented people I’ve ever met,” Rouse says. Julie Underwood, dean of the School of Education, had worked with Cramer on the search committee for Chancellor Rebecca Blank. Many of the conversations they had during that search focused on the Wisconsin Idea and the importance of having a chancellor who championed the idea that the university exists for the broader public good. When the Morgridge Center began looking for a new director, Underwood recalled those conversations, believing Cramer would be perfect for the job. But it would take a while to convince Cramer. “The previous director, Nancy Matthews, received a job offer and had to come up with a short list of people to be nominated. She called me and said, ‘I want to put you on the short list, what do you think?’ And I said, ‘No way! I’m a single mom, my daughter is 7, I just became a full professor, I feel like I’m in the prime of my publishing career. No, nuh-uh,’” says Cramer. Cramer attributes the nomination to her immense love of Wisconsin. “I guess people were aware just how invested I am in this state and what a total homer I am,” says Cramer. “I just

in to the position, she hopes to broaden the Morgridge Center’s statewide reach, expanding partnerships and sending volunteers outside of Dane County. “The idea that the university belongs to the people of the state is pervasive, and the idea that it had better be contributing to its prosperity whether economically or by increasing quality of life is a very familiar idea, maybe even more so in Wisconsin than in other states,” says Cramer. This year the center will begin a program funded by the Division of Continuing Studies to send in-state students home for the summer to lead community-based programs. “It’s one small step towards conveying to communities that we want to be involved, we want to help them meet their needs, we want to share the brilliance of our students with them,” Cramer says. “Throughout all of our work we constantly remind ourselves that we are not the experts; our job is to figure out how to collaborate, to listen well enough to know what people are trying to achieve and then match that with resources on campus that can help the community.” Rouse says this outreach mission can be embraced by people of all political stripes. “Whether you are a conservative and you think government should be smaller or a liberal and think it should be larger, you don’t have a well-functioning government and working democracy unless ordinary people like you and me participate in public service,” says Rouse. “What we’re trying to do with our students is to not only introduce them to public service but also to set them on a lifelong course of being good citizens.” Cramer echoes that sentiment, saying it’s important to lead the institute in its pursuit of preparing students to be active members of society. “One of the things we have to offer and encourage in our students is being involved in their community and having the skills to be active, democratic citizens.” n

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Local luminaries join the legendary Freddy Cole at Isthmus Jazz Festival BY BOB JACOBSON

ier than Nat King Cole, but if it can be done, Freddy Cole is the guy to do it. His phrasing is informed by the likes of Sinatra and Billie Holiday. In short: He swings. When Cole takes the stage in the Union Theater’s Shannon Hall on Saturday, June 20, hundreds of listeners will be swinging along with him. Cole’s performance is the only paid, ticketed event of the festival; the rest of the performances are free and open to the public. A career in music seemed inevitable for Cole. In addition to Freddy and Nat, brothers Ike and Eddie became musicians as well, all learning to play the piano from their mother, Paulina, at an early age. Jazz giants Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Lionel Hampton were occasional visitors to the Cole’s Chicago home. After playing Chitown clubs as a teen, Cole moved to New York in 1951 to study music at

Juilliard, then earned his master’s from the New England Conservatory. He’s been gigging in top jazz clubs across the U.S., Europe and elsewhere ever since. Opening for Cole will be the UW Jazz Orchestra, led by director of jazz studies Johannes Wallmann. The orchestra will start the show on its own, and then Cole will join them for a handful of numbers. After a short break, Cole will return for a set with his own quartet. Wallman says the Jazz Orchestra’s set will be tailored to Cole’s musical style. “It’ll be a little more traditional than you would typically hear in a Jazz Orchestra set, where we usually do cutting-edge material,” Wallmann says. “We want to make this fit with the rest of the set, the kind of music Freddy Cole plays, so the audience can expect to hear swinging music, music that makes you

tap your toes, some Thad Jones/Count Basie-style material.” Wallmann will be doing double-duty at this year’s festival. In addition to leading the UW group, his own ensemble, the Sweet Minute Big Band, is on the bill for Friday evening on the Terrace, where they will perform in conjunction with the release of their new CD, Always Something. For the rest of the festival, the action begins at 4:30 Friday afternoon on the Terrace with Susan Hofer & Friends, a combo of local musicians fronted by vocalist Hofer. They will be followed by the High School All Stars at 6:30; Wallman’s Sweet Minute Big Band at 8; and closing out the evening’s Terrace program, the Joel Pater-

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Singer and pianist Freddy Cole has been performing and recording music professionally for longer than his more famous brother was even alive. When your big bro is literally jazz royalty, you’re never going to escape his shadow completely. But that’s okay with Cole: In fact, one of his most popular tunes is a tribute to his older sibling, Nat King Cole, “I’m Not My Brother, I’m Me.” That’s also the title of his 1990 breakout album. Over the past half century, Freddy Cole, headliner of this year’s Isthmus Jazz Festival, has forged a luminous career of his own, performing all over the world and recording more than 20 albums. While his sound bears an undeniable resemblance to Nat’s, critics have described Freddy’s voice as “warmer,” “smokier,” “raspier” and even “jazzier.” I’m not sure how you sound jazz-

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green). They’re like soft, savory tartlets, and arrive still warm from the griddle. This is a perfect street food. Likewise, the tlacoyos are outstanding. For these, masa flour is stuffed with beans and meat (choose pork), griddled flat in an oval shape, and then topped with sauce, lettuce and fresh cheese. The filling has a wonderfully aromatic herbaceous flavor, and they are large enough to make a meal. Just note that a traditional tlacoyo does not have any topping except salsa, so these are more of a Mexico City street version. A snack, but easy to miss since it is listed among the entrees on the menu, is the equally outstanding tostada de ceviche — fresh, marinated shrimp with onions resting on a shmear of crema, all topping a crispy tostada. Add it to the list of incredible dairy/seafood combinations that shouldn’t work, but do. Share it, or combine it with another item for a meal. The restaurant is still in the process of applying for an alcohol license, but there’s a cooler stocked with Mexican Coke, Jarritos and other beverages. Recently there has been a must-try house-made tamarindo drink. It’s not at all sweet; in fact, it provides a great sour foil to accompany the spicy food. It’s been puzzling that Williamson Street has lacked a real Mexican restaurant. Finally getting one from a masa queen who is committed to quality ingredients is the perfect fit. n

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The cheery restaurant El Sabor a Puebla is tucked into a converted house on Williamson Street, across from the BP gas station. Since it last housed a restaurant (Café Costa Rica), the space has been artfully redecorated with bright tapestries, big murals and even a bedazzled blue sombrero. It’s homey and happy, with bold colors set against charming knotty pine walls. Diners can sit in the sunny front room, full of windows, or in a second area closer to the kitchen. There’s a counter, but unless you’re ordering to-go, there’s swift and friendly table service. Reyna Gonzalez is the proprietor and cook here. She’s well known for her tamales (first sold at the Northside Farmers’ Market, and now at both Willy Street Co-ops). Gonzalez’s brother, Juan, is a farmer (he’s behind the Los Jalapeños CSA), and the restaurant sources directly from him in the summer months. It may be the only Mexican restaurant in the Madison area with this kind of direct connection to certified organic local produce. The menu is familiar Mexican fare — tacos, tortas, enchiladas — with a few surprises, and is divided between “snacks” and entrees. During the week, filling lunch combos are $8. If you ask, you’ll be guided to dishes featuring the in-house mole. The sauce is rich and chocolaty, gratifying served over chicken legs in the mole poblano or on the generous burrito. Gonzalez hails from the city of Puebla, where mole is a specialty, and

her version is redolent of nuts and spices with a strong raisin flavor. Enchiladas can be served with the mole as well, but are also tasty doused in a green tomatillo sauce, which is fresh and has a compelling sourness. It’s important to know that there are three additional housemade sauces if you ask for them: a bright orange chile arbol, a dark and brooding guajillo and a fiery habanero. They are excellent and should not be missed. Tables also sport commercial hot sauces like Valentina and Tapatio. The gratis chips are fine, and the slightly watery garden salsa accompanying them is also housemade. Small, quality differences begin to add up quickly. For instance, entrees with cactus (nopales) arrive with large, honest chunks of grilled cactus and not little canned pickled strips. It’s served this way on the costilla de res — beef ribs that are difficult to eat off the little rib bones, but supremely flavorful. The fried fish is never greasy, but instead perfectly executed — crisp on the outside, flaky within. Tortillas accompanying these larger items are warm, fresh and yielding, and always corn, not flour. The beans and rice are nothing special, but filling. Tacos are classic, with onion, cilantro and lime (except for the chicken, which sports cheese and sour cream, making them an oozy delight). The real stars of the menu are in the snacks section, specifically anything involving masa flour. Gonzalez’s picaditas are absolute heartstealers: pastry-like tortillas with a pinched rim to hold onions, fresh cheese and sauce (choose

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The new lakeside spot Four classic drinks from the Boathouse The Boathouse at the Edgewater is where the pier and parts of the Admiralty Room used to be. It spans two floors in the rear of the remodeled hotel and has been redone in a nautical theme replete with saltwater fish tank. The look is crisp and classic, with a bit of ’90s Hard Rock Cafe thrown in. The boat dock is still under construction, but the bar is serving cocktails along with fare like Old Bay fries and a Crab Louis Salad. The plastic cups have been upgraded, and the dock is now suspended rather than floating, which means boats are no longer coming in and knocking over your screwdriver. Just four cocktails grace the menu at this new dock-chic hangout. A grapefruit margarita comes on the rocks or blended (choose the latter) and features reposado tequila for a perfect lakeside sipper. The grapefruit juice tastes fresh-squeezed, and the added Cointreau isn’t your typical rail triple sec. A Boathouse Cooler made with local Death’s Door Gin and lime, cucumber and tonic is simple but shows the gin to nice effect. A Moscow Mule made with Tito’s vodka and ginger beer is served properly in a copper mug and frosts up nicely. A BBB (a Bloody Mary with bacon-infused vodka) rounds out the house cocktail options.

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How does someone go from making beer to commissioning art? For Levi Funk, the journey started when he got into sour beers, specifically, Lambics. After graduating with an economics degree from UW-Eau Claire, Funk started attending beer tastings and tradings — a rarified world of beer exchange in which enthusiasts all over the world swap select beers with each other. Although beer trading takes place in a legal gray area, its devotees learn a lot about a wide variety of products. Ultimately they become members of a far-reaching and friendly beer community. What Funk learned from trading, among other things, was that traditional Belgian Lambic producers are often not brewers but blenders. They buy beers from brewers, then blend and age them to achieve a desired result. Like many homebrewers who begin their work in spare spaces like garages, Funk filled his first barrel in his basement. Not long afterwards, he joined forces with O’so Brewing Company in Plover to start a new Lambic program. Funk Factory Geuzeria is the name he gave to his American Lambic-style brand. Once launched, Funk immediately embraced the participation of artists. His wife, Amanda Funk, designed the labels for their earliest blends. Inspired by her creations, Funk began commissioning other artists to design labels for subsequent releases to, as he puts it, showcase local talent while making sure that “the outside of the bottle

is as beautiful as its contents.” Funk calls the series “Fermentation Is Art.” Mixed-media artist Amy Swoboda launched the collection with her collage work for the “Dweller on the Threshold” brew. The second commissioned artist, Molly Wallner Morton, used hand-cut linoleum stamps to create the label for “The Fox and the Grapes.” At each beer-release event, Funk has also arranged for the sale of limited-edition prints of the original art. Collaboration between artists, chefs and farmers has become increasingly popular in recent years in Madison and across the country. Funk Factory Geuzeria continues the trend. Now located in an old storage facility on Madison’s south side, Funk recently filled 33 barrels with beers from O’so and a few other breweries. Eventually he hopes to use the building as an art gallery, too. He envisions hosting gallery nights to feature the Fermentation series art, his wife’s prints and other commissioned works. He loves the idea of hanging framed prints, for example, alongside an original installation, made with in-house materials like staves, barrel heads and barrel hoops. Right now, Funk has no specific brand design strategy and is open to suggestions. Artists are encouraged to contact him via Twitter (@ffgeuzeria) or Facebook with ideas and proposals. It should be an interesting process to watch. Funk Factory Geuzeria, 1604 Gilson St., will host an open house with artwork from 3 to 10 p.m. on Aug. 7 on the eve of the Great Taste of the Midwest. n

Construction is well under way on a two-story building in downtown Waunakee that will become home to the Lone Girl Brewing Company. The project, proposed by Kevin Abercrombie of Waunakee and Paul Kozlowski of Chicago, will be part of the Village Crossing development in the 100 block of Main Street, former site of the Koltes Lumber Yard — a business that began in the 1880s. Abercrombie also owns Matilda, a Chicago restaurant not far from Wrigley Field. He moved with his family to Waunakee about four years ago and continues to commute to Chicago to run Matilda. Kozlowski, a Chicago architect, specializes in designing restaurants. The brewpub, approved by the city, will be about 6,000 square feet with some rooftop seating overlooking Main Street. Abercrombie expects to start interior construction by fall, with a January 2016 opening in mind. A final finance plan for the $2 million brewpub is still in the works, however. “We’ll have our brewing facility and all the tanks right along Main Street,” says Abercrombie. “It’s important for people to look through windows and see what is going on inside.” The 10-barrel brew house will have eight to 10 of its own beers on tap, which will be served alongside other craft brews. Abercrombie has been working with local homebrewer John Russell on developing recipes for the new brewpub. Russell recently won “Best of Show” in the 2015 Grumpy Troll Challenge with his sweet stout. The food menu will stress local ingredients. The name “Lone Girl” comes from the fact that although between them, Abercrombie and Kozlowski have seven children, only one of them is a girl.

What if they gave a vertical tasting and nobody came? A special vertical tasting of one of the most amazing beers in the world went nearly unnoticed last week in Madison. Brasserie V

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was to offer four different production years of Aventinus, a beer considered by many as a benchmark in German wheat-based doppelbocks. Aventinus maintains perfect to near-perfect scores on rating sites like Ratebeer (100) and BeerAdvocate (96). It’s often cited by local brewers like Rob LoBreglio and Pat Keller of the Grant Dane and Kirby Nelson of Wisconsin Brewing Company as being influential in their own brewing. I found it surprising that in a community that prides itself on its love of all things beer, I was the only person to sign up for the event. It was ultimately postponed; Brasserie V says it’s planning to reschedule sometime in July. I still turned up and thoroughly lost myself in a $15 bottle of 2008 Aventinus Weizenbock. My advice: Take advantage of this second chance.

Beers to watch for Mausoleum, a black IPA featuring Mosaic hops, is being released by House of Brews. Look for bomber bottles by the end of June. Back 9 Nugget, a new single-hop IPA from One Barrel Brewing, will be on tap, along with seven other hoppy brews, June 25-26 at the nanobrewery’s “Celebration of IPAs.” It’s made with Wisconsin-grown nugget hops from the Wisconsin Hop Exchange. Inaugural Red should be hitting local shelves in bottles any day. The beer was produced by UW-Madison students at Wisconsin Brewing Company in Verona.

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Siphon-brewed coffee at Rosie’s Coffee Bar I’ll admit I was a little intimidated by siphon-brewed coffee. With the beakerlike glassware and Bunsen burner used in the process, it seemed too reminiscent of high school chemistry. However, I stopped in at Rosie’s Coffee Bar and Bakery, 4604 Monona Dr., to give it a try and learn a little bit about what makes it so special. Siphon brewing involves two vessels, vertically stacked and connected by a glass tube, with a heat source underneath. “It’s basically what you’re going to find in your basic chemistry set,” notes barista Kathleen Joslyn. She explained the science of siphon brewing, reassuring me that it’s actually a pretty simple process. The water, which starts in the lower chamber, is heated to a boil and rises to the upper vessel, where it’s held in place by atmospheric pressure. Freshly ground coffee is added, fully immersing the grounds in the water. Once the heat source is removed, the pressure is released, and brewed coffee returns to the lower vessel. The result is a complex and delicate cup of coffee. I tried the Celinga Ethiopia from JBC Coffee Roasters, which supplies Rosie’s beans. This bean — from the Yirgacheffe

region — is ideal for the siphon, which highlights its brightness and tartness. The siphon process leaves the natural oils of the coffee intact; they shine on the surface of the poured coffee. Owner Coz Skaife and her staff love to talk about coffee, making Rosie’s the perfect place to try — and learn — something new. “It’s fun educating customers and having them get excited about coffee,” she says. — AMELIA COOK FONTELLA

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Verona’s Hometown Brewdown Festival will take place at Hometown Community Park, 531 E. Verona Ave., with more than 25 breweries from Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Colorado. Tickets, $40, are available through hometownbrewdown.com or at many area pubs and liquor stores.

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What to eat this week Splurge Johnny Delmonico’s, 130 S. Pinckney St.

The Delmonico’s Trio — three dayboat scallops served seared atop tenderloin medallions, with mashed potatoes, oyster mushrooms and Bordelaise sauce — is so worth it.

More than the sum of its parts Francesca’s al Lago, 111 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

The quattro stagioni pizza is lucious, with quadrants devoted to prosciutto, artichoke, mushroom and olive, all topped with a sunny-side-up egg.

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My own field of dreams How I knew my dad loved sports and his kids BY MARK TAUSCHER

Our family farm in Milladore, Wis., spread out over 200 acres. But it was the five acres in front of our barn that showed me how much my dad loved sports — and his kids. Instead of harvesting crops there, he turned the pasture into a baseball field. He appealed to our competitive spirit by offering a $100 reward if we could hit a ball from home plate into a nearby pond. I now think my dad made sure we moved off the farm before any of us kids were strong enough to collect the bounty. My dad and I spent hours and hours in batting practice on that field. He also put up a hoop in a heated equipment shed so my siblings and I could practice basketball in the winter. These are just a couple of the ways that my dad, whom everyone called Denny, supported my love of sports. He also coached me in baseball and basketball and drove me to town after town to play in tournaments. My dad passed away in 2013. This Father’s Day will be the second one without him. As a father now of two young children myself, the holiday is a reminder of the joys and responsibilities of fatherhood and how much I miss my own dad. There is not a day that goes by that I wouldn’t love to get him on the phone to discuss anything and everything — what I’m doing these days, a sheepshead hand that I misplayed, or my

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own children’s joy of sports. Sports weren’t the only way I connected with my dad, but they were a big part of it. If I wanted to play a sport, and was willing to work at it, he was 100% behind me. He sacrificed time and money for his children, all in support

of our success. He was a strict coach, but also a proud parent. Looking back, I think he encouraged all of us to participate in a variety of sports because he thought it would strengthen our skill set. And he was right. In high school I thought I

was a better basketball player than football player. And I was convinced my post game would take me to the next level. Unfortunately, I learned there wasn’t a big need for a 6’3”, 290 lb. power forward in college. But the skills I learned in basketball would eventually help me on the football field. It was 1989 when we moved off the farm. I was 12. Dad then began a whole new chapter in his life. He worked as a sportswriter for the Marshfield News-Herald, covering high school athletics, and also did a radio and cable TV show. Along the way he coached youth baseball, basketball and football at the same high school (Auburndale) where he once was a member of the 1960 State Baseball Championship team. I wish now that I had spent more time with him, enjoyed and shared more of the big moments of my life with him. I also wish I had thanked him more for all he did for me. I think dad always thought sports were a great way to teach his kids life lessons, the value of competition and importance of teamwork. I found they also teach you how to handle defeat and move forward. These are the lessons I plan to share with my own children. n

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Pitcher Nate Hoffman has 11 strikeouts in 14 innings.

With the Milwaukee Brewers stuck in last place in their division, Madison baseball fans craving the thrill of victory could do a lot worse than to pull out that old “Fear the Duck” T-shirt and head to Warner Park. After opening the season with an impressive 7-1 start, the Madison Mallards hit a rough patch and were 10-11 as of Wednesday — right in the middle of a tight race in the South Division of the Northwoods League. The team did put the skids on a five-game losing streak last week with a much-needed 5-3 victory over the Green Bay Bullfrogs, but then dropped three of four to fall below .500 for the first time all season. This year’s roster includes college players from all over the country — from Olympia, Wash., to Miami Lakes, Fla. — as well as homegrown talent. Pitcher Nate Hoffmann and shortstop Tony Butler both played on state championship teams at Sun Prairie High School; they’re in their second seasons with the Mallards. Hoffmann, a senior at Middle Tennessee State University, is 2-0 with a 3.21 earned run average and 11 strikeouts

in 14 innings this season. He finished last season for the Mallards with a 4.50 ERA and 17 strikeouts in 36 innings. Butler, meanwhile, is off to a slow start this season after batting .272 with 16 RBIs in 26 games for the Mallards in 2014. A junior at Madison College, Butler is one of three Mallards currently on the WolfPack’s roster, along with pitcher Westin Wuethrich and catcher Mike Aiello. Late last week, the Mallards reported that 17 current and former players were selected in Major League Baseball’s 2015 first-year amateur draft. With talent that attracts this kind of attention at the professional level, the Mallards have established a reputation for consistently fielding solid teams and setting Northwoods League attendance records. There’s still a lot of ball left to play — the regular season continues into early August — which means there’s plenty of time to regroup and start producing more offense. But last weekend, the Mallards were outscored 21-10 in four games. That’s no way to win ballgames. Just ask the Brewers. n

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The power of art The Darbo-Worthington neighborhood comes together to create a mural BY ALEXANDRA NEWMAN

A hardscrabble neighborhood is envisioning a better future, embodied in a beautiful mural unveiled last Friday. Titled “Awakening,” the painted mural on the side of the Salvation Army building in the Darbo-Worthington neighborhood on Madison’s east side was painted by local children and neighborhood members. The project was directed by local artist Sharon Kilfoy with support from the Madison Arts Commission, Dane Arts, the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Salvation Army. With a swirling palette of blues, greens and yellows, it represents a child dreaming of a neighborhood filled with blooming nature and human activity. The mural project was spearheaded by Sustain Dane’s smART program. Lauren Beriont, director of the Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative, says the process of working on the mural has strengthened ties in the community. “Collectively, they have identified their neighborhood vision and come together to paint it, to celebrate it and lastly to make it happen.”

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Rather than rely on the vision of a professional artist, the mural was a collaborative effort — both in its conception and its creation. Sustain Dane facilitated neighborhood meetings where Darbo-Worthington residents shared thoughts and images of what they felt repre-

sented their community. Kilfoy was given the lists of ideas and sorted through them to look for common themes. In the process, she says, Worthington Park came up time and time again: “There was value in what it represented, peacefulness and majesty in those trees. It was also a

metaphor of this gathering place where the community could come together and have a chance for peace and solitude.” Following the success of the DarboWorthington community mural, Sustain Dane is now working on a mural at Zion City Community Outreach Center on the south side with the first ever Dane Mural Arts (DAMA) program. Kilfoy is again working with community members, helping residents create visual depictions of healthy, happy communities. The DAMA program plans to paint three to four buildings a year, while training artists and lowincome youth in mural arts. Kilfoy says these efforts convey that neighborhoods matter. “You deserve to have a big major piece of art as part of your neighborhood; you are as important as downtown, State Street or Willy Street; your neighborhood matters, and you believe in yourselves, and we believe in you too.” In the end, those working on the mural projects hope that art will beautify underserved neighborhoods while training young artists and ultimately creating positive change through community engagement. n

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Like father, like son Andrew Maraniss pens a new sports biography BY MICHAEL POPKE

If you’re the son of David Maraniss — part-time Madison resident, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of 10 books, including the definitive Vince Lombardi bio When Pride Still Mattered — you’re bound to feel pressure writing your first book. Maybe that’s why Andrew Maraniss, David’s 44-year-old son, spent eight years working on Strong Inside, a massive 468-page biography of Perry Wallace. Who? It’s a question Andrew Maraniss was asked more times than he cares to remember during the process of finding a major publisher willing to take a chance on a book about the first African American scholarship athlete in the Southeastern Conference. Wallace, who played basketball for Vanderbilt University, became an icon of the civil rights movement as well as the target of fierce hostility from segregationists, and the book explores (as the subtitle says) “the collision of race and sports in the South” in the late 1960s. “In some ways, sports is an area of American culture where there’s often been progress on race,” says Maraniss, who was born in Madison in 1970 and moved to the East Coast with his parents four years later. “But race is still a part of every aspect of American culture. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that it’s still an issue in sports.”

Young Maraniss hops on pop in the backyard of his grandparents’ house on Regent Street.

Strong Inside ultimately was published by Vanderbilt University Press last December and received overwhelmingly positive reviews. The book debuted on The New York Times best-seller lists in both the sports and civil rights categories, and last month it received a 2015 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award “Special Recognition” honor. Maraniss worked on the book nights and weekends when he wasn’t at his day job as a partner at McNeely Pigott and Fox Public Relations in Nashville. Wallace, who sat for more than 15 interviews and responded to “thousands” of the author’s emails, also was the focus of a term

paper Maraniss wrote for a black history class while attending Vanderbilt on a sports-writing scholarship. “I felt really prepared,” Maraniss says. “Like this was the book I was supposed to write. I did have a little bit of self-imposed pressure, though. I feared reviews that said ‘The apple fell a long way from the tree.’ I didn’t want to read any reviews like that.” Both the tree and the apple will be at Madison’s Hotel Red on June 24 for a firsttime event sponsored by Mystery to Me, in which they will discuss Strong Inside. Dad will moderate, and Andrew says he has no idea what kind of questions he’ll ask. The potential for a compelling discussion is huge, especially considering both men wrote sports books with important social themes. “Every son wants to measure up in their dad’s eyes,” Maraniss says. “I always felt it would be really hard to measure up as a writer. How am I going to compete? Am I going to win a Pulitzer Prize or write 10 books? But my love of sports and my love of writing came from my dad, and I feel a certain amount of pride in that.” n STRONG INSIDE: PERRY WALLACE AND THE COLLISION OF RACE AND SPORTS IN THE SOUTH By Andrew Maraniss Vanderbilt University Press

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Smashingly diverse Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society kicks off season with a bang BY JOHN W. BARKER

Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society is off to a smashing start. The chamber music ensemble opened its season, titled “Guilty as Charged,” on Friday, June 13, at the Overture Center’s Playhouse. The performers provided the usual panache, along with a wonderfully varied vocal and instrumental program. Former Madisonian Emily Birsan and her fresh, beautiful soprano voice are ever welcome back here; she provided the opening salvo with an aria from Gian Carlo Menotti’s early comic opera, The Old Maid and the Thief. She was joined by the fine bass-baritone Timothy Jones. They partnered or alternated in seven of the voluminous arrangements that Beethoven made of Scottish and Irish folksongs, for singers and instruments (provided by flutist Stephanie Jutt, violinist Katarzyna Bryla, cellist Parry Karp and pianist Jeffrey Sykes). Beethoven made these arrangements purely for ready cash, on commissions from

the Edinburgh publisher George Thomson, and even without being told of the songs’ words, made delightful miniatures out of them. Birsan and Jones brought them to life with skill and humor, providing the most purely entertaining dimension of the program. Birsan and Jones returned in two duets and two arias from Bach’s sacred cantatas — lovely and devoutly spiritual pieces. Of course, the requisite harpsichord was not available, but local piano whiz Thomas Kasdorf substituted with tact and discretion while Jutt, Bryla and Karp provided instrumental contributions. Amid the singing was contrasting chamber music material. Early on came a short, threemovement divertimento, adapted by Haydn from one of his many trios featuring the baryton (here replaced by cello) with flute and violin. The meatiest item was the concluding one, the second of Felix Mendelssohn’s two published cello sonatas, that in D, Op. 58. Karp and Sykes delivered the ebullient flanking movements with bracing dash and vitality and the

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two middle movements with gentle subtlety. (I wonder if anyone caught the anticipation of a Gilbert-and-Sullivan moment represented in a strain in this sonata’s scherzo.) The season opener indicates that Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society is off to a strong 2015. Future weekends (June 19-21, 26-28) contain two programs each, and in addition to the Overture Center and Taliesen’s Hillside Theater in Spring Green, the group is adding Stoughton Opera House as a venue. n

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son Trio featuring Chris Foreman. Madison audiences know former local Paterson well. Foreman is regarded by many as the best jazz organist in Chicago. Meanwhile, those who prefer their jazz indoors can wander into the Rathskeller, where the Ben Ferris Octet will be offering classic big band sounds beginning at 6 p.m. At 8, the vibe takes a turn for the Latin with Edi Rey y Su Salsera, which will deliver a diverse set of salsa, merengue, cumbia, mambo and cha cha cha, led by saxophonist Rey. Friday’s Rathskeller program ends with the New Breed jam, Madison’s longstanding jazz jam — normally found at the Cardinal these days — hosted by some of the best jazz talent in town. Saturday, the Terrace will be hopping all day and into the night. Black Star Drum Line, an outfit founded in 2008 by drummer Joey B. Banks that helps youth build character and leadership skills along with percussion chops, kicks off the festivities with a performance/workshop starting at 11 a.m. Next up is the Edgewood Big Band at 1 p.m. At 2:30, contemporary/bebop practitioners the Clay Lyons Quartet take the stage. Lyons, a saxophonist and Madison native, graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston and has toured the world, even opening for Wayne Shorter and performing with Ruben Blades. Lyons will be joined by two of his Berklee bandmates from the Boston area, Leandro Pellegrino, winner of the 2013 Montreux Jazz Festival Guitar Competition, and drummer Kazu Odagiri, along with local bass veteran Nick Moran. Vocalist Alison Margaret brings her quintet to the stage at 4:30, followed at 6:30 by the Tony CastaĂąeda Latin Jazz Superband, a souped-up version of Madison’s

longtime favorite Latin jazz ensemble led by percussionist CastaĂąeda. After Freddy Cole’s 8 p.m. headline act, the festival will close out with a set by the Neophonic Jazz Orchestra, a 24-piece throwback crew modeled after the ’60s-era Stan Kenton Orchestra, featuring several of Madison’s top jazz players. The Isthmus Jazz Festival is now in its 27th year, but what sets this year’s festival apart from previous editions is the scope, expanding the festival beyond the Union Terrace. “We’re really excited to be able to expand the number of performance spaces we’re utilizing since the theater renovations are done,â€? says Alex Charland, a union staffer who coordinated the event. The biggest beneficiaries of that sprawl are festivalgoers interested in the educational events. Organizers have partnered with the Madison Music Collective, which will present a variety of workshops, discussions and a film screening. Those events take place in the Fredric March Play Circle, beginning Friday at 7 p.m. with an advanced jazz improvisation workshop based on the teachings of George Russell, whose 1953 book, The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization for Improvisation, revolutionized the art of jazz soloing. At 9 p.m. the festival presents the documentary The Girls in the Band, followed by a Q&A session. Saturday’s educational events include a workshop called Pop to Jazz, a strings class and stories and conversation with festival headliner Freddy Cole. An international star whose brother was an even bigger international star, some of the best local jazz talent, a fancy-titled lecture about complicated jazz improvisational theory — no charge for (almost) any of it — what more could you ask for in a jazz festival? n

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Devastating DeVita The APT virtuoso brings history and literature alive in An Iliad BY GWENDOLYN RICE

There is a moment just before American Players Theatre’s An Iliad begins when the Poet enters from the back of the Touchstone Theatre, shuffles down the steps and pauses. Dressed as a typical classics professor about to enter his college classroom, he hesitates at the edge of the stage before deciding whether to tell this epic story once again. In that pause is the weariness of a man who has lived thousands of years and witnessed acts of great heroism and unspeakable tragedy in war after war. Now, asked to repeat the tale for a new audience, he is both resigned and skeptical that this recitation will have any impact on the cycle of violence that has plagued civilization for centuries. And yet, he continues. Once the Poet (core company member James DeVita) takes the stage, he places a worn copy of Homer’s Iliad on a lectern and recites the opening lines in Greek, pausing when he needs encouragement or inspiration from the muses. He calls to them several times to aid in his storytelling. A defiant young woman (Alicia Storin) enters, carrying a cello. She calmly takes it out of its case and begins to play. Sometimes her accompaniment underscores the action, sometimes it is the voice of the gods, chastising the Poet to stick to the script instead of editorializing. Composed by Josh Schmidt, it is the perfect, eerie and powerful counterpoint for this piece.

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What starts out as a typical lecture, complete with questions thrown out to the “students” in the audience, turns into the engaging translation of the classic story of the Trojan Wars. Part Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society, part Indiana Jones describing his adventures in unearthing ancient treasure, the play quickly

outpaces the best professor’s course and turns into a gripping re-creation of life and death on the largest scale. Modern references make the play even more poignant, removing the Iliad from ancient history in our minds. Comparisons to sending U.S. troops to conflicts all over the globe make it frighteningly relevant. Far from

being a one-man show, the stage is filled with hundreds of indelible characters, all embodied by DeVita. The Poet uses the epic poem as a passionate treatise on our propensity for conquest, killing and plunder, and its horrific cost. This is DeVita at his most visceral, his most physical. As he becomes consumed by his story he sheds pieces of clothing — his tweed jacket, his tie, his white oxford shirt. Sweat gathers on his forehead, and the muscles in his arms strain in battle against dozens of adversaries. His movements are so precise, so deliberate and so powerful that each sword fight is visualized completely. Each foe he fights is unique. Each wound he suffers is palpable and tragic. Each victory is bittersweet. There is magic in DeVita’s transformative storytelling, but there is also magic in the production elements that support his narrative: sound, projected photos and surprises that materialize from behind enormous blackboards. The design team discovered inventive ways to use the items that populate a classroom, from the skeleton in the corner, to the globe, to the overhead projector, to a flask of sand. All of this elevates the story to an unforgettable journey. Kudos to director John Langs and the entire team who brought this production to life. The script, the performances and the production elements work together to create one of the most riveting, heart-wrenching, spectacular productions I have ever seen. n

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Violet is looking for a miracle. Scarred by a horrific accident, she had gone to doctors, snake handlers and organized religion looking for someone to erase the damage that was done to her face and her spirit. Finally, she embarks on a cross-country bus trip to find a televangelist she believes can set her free. With a uniformly impressive cast, a genius set and many heartfelt performances, Capital City Theatre launched a solid inaugural production, Violet, in Music Hall on the UW Madison campus. The show plays through June 20. Based on the short story “The Ugliest Pilgrim,” by Doris Betts, the show features a mix of gospel, blues and country tunes that chronicle Violet’s journey from the mountains of Spruce Pine, N.C., to Tulsa, Okla., in search of her miracle makeover. Leigh Ann Larkin is earnest as the physically scarred and emotionally damaged Violet, and her clear, haunting singing voice is

as straightforward as her character. We cannot see the disfiguring scar on her face, but her entire body is weighed down with her pain and her longing for acceptance. Equally stunning is local high school student Olivia de Waart as Violet’s younger self. She matches Larkin both vocally and physically to an uncanny degree. Local performer Jace Nichols revels in the two best supporting roles in the show. As Violet’s father, he is wracked with guilt about the accident that traumatized his beautiful girl. And he nails the role of manic, tent revival-style healer, but when the curtain is pulled away, his performance becomes understated and moving. Violet finds herself in an awkward love triangle with two soldiers she meets on the bus. Monty (Corey Mach) is an outgoing Green Beret who, after a drunken one-night stand, claims to love Violet in spite of her looks. Flick (Kevin McAllister) is a sensitive African American army sergeant who is used to being judged on his appearance. He falls in love with the true Violet.

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Leigh Ann Larkin (Violet) and Kevin McAllister (Flick) deliver heartfelt and strong performances.

McAllister portrays Flick with humor and clear-eyed affection, his gorgeous, resonant voice filling the theater. Kimberly JaJuan completely embodies her tiny roles throughout the play, and explodes in the rousing gospel number, “Raise Me Up.” Despite these strong performances, an excellent set and lighting elements, Violet still disappoints on a structural level. The story is thin and somewhat repetitive, and the ending obvious and anticlimactic. There are many bright spots in the production, but there is not enough momentum to propel the show forward at a satisfying pace, no matter how invested we are in the characters. That said, in this production, Capital City Theatre has indeed embraced its mission: presenting cutting-edge works while employing top national and local talent. Based on the warm welcome the company received on opening night, audiences can look forward to seeing more productions from the company in the future. n

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Fri. June 19 JUNE 19-20, 2015 MEMORIAL UNION ALL EVENTS ARE FREE

Ben Ferris Octet 6pm Edi Rey y Su Salsera 8pm New Breed Jam 10pm

(except Freddy Cole)

Terrace

Play Circle

Four Dimensional Improv

Lecture, Performance and Workshop, Jim Erickson Quartet 7pm

Film: “The Girls in the Band”

Jazz with Class

Historical Documentary of Women in Jazz, sponsored by the Madison Jazz Society 9pm

Susan Hofer and Friends 4:30pm High School All Stars 6:30pm Sweet Minute Big Band 8pm Joel Paterson Trio featuring Chris Foreman 10pm

Sat. June 20 Play Circle

Pop and Jazz

Lecture and Performance Dave Stoler & Al Falaschi Quartet 12:30pm

Jazz with Class

Masters of Jazz Violin

Lecture, Performance and Workshop, Chris Wagoner and the Stellanovas 2:30pm Headline performer

Freddy Cole, tells stories and Q & A 4:30pm

MMC presents

Black Star Drum Line

Terrace

a Kids Ensemble directed by Joey Banks, Family Program 11am

Edgewood Big Band 1pm Clay Lyons Quartet 2:30pm Alison Margaret Quintet 4:30pm Tony Castañeda Latin Jazz Superband 6:30pm The Neophonic Jazz Orchestra 9:30pm

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Freddy Cole

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Freddy Cole photo by Clay Walker. Terrace photo by Jeff Miller / University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Thank you, Pixar Animation Studios, for giving me the opportunity to view Inside Out in 3D. Usually those annoying glasses are worth neither the hassle nor the surcharge, but in this case they saved my two children from noticing their normally stoic father blubbering like a newborn baby. Yes, Inside Out is so genuine it’s enough to bring a grown man to tears. But maybe it’s okay to cry in front of the kids, because the film shows that every one of our emotions serves a distinct purpose and should never be suppressed. And Inside Out does so in one of the most inventive and boldest ways possible. Pixar’s 15th animated feature is mainly set inside the head of Riley (Kaitlyn Dias), an 11-year-old hockey aficionado who has nary a care in the world. Manning the controls inside Riley’s cranium are her five most dominant emotions: Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Anger (Lewis Black). Each serves a specific role, but collectively they’re responsible for making sure Riley’s memories and personality are preserved and her brain runs like a well-oiled machine. The clan is thrust into uncharted territory when Riley’s father gets a new job, which forces her family to move from Minnesota to San Francisco. To make matters worse, Riley’s entire life is threatened when Joy and Sadness are accidentally sucked into other parts of her mind. If they fail to get back to “headquarters” before their surroundings crumble before them, Riley will forever lose the ability to be happy. Knowing Pixar’s track record, it should come as no surprise that director Pete

Emotions rule an 11-year-old’s mind.

Docter and his screenwriters succeed at presenting weighty material that appeals to audiences of all ages. For the little kids, there’s plenty of humor, stunning animation and imaginative action scenes to keep them glued to their seats. And preteens should be able to relate to Riley as she copes with all the transitions and mood swings that come with that age. But it’s the adults — primarily parents — who likely will get the most out of the film, because we older folks often don’t understand why our children’s emotions change

on a whim. While we may consider most youngsters’ problems to be frivolous, the movie is a powerful reminder that we shouldn’t judge others for feeling what they feel. But enough with the emotional heft. The comedy in Inside Out caters to grownups as well. Just be sure to stay for the closing credits for a sequence that lets you peer into the heads of the film’s other characters. Not only is it hilarious, it will buy you some extra time to dry your eyes before you walk out of the theater. n

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If there’s an overriding message in this latest visit to the land of cloned dinosaurs, it would be: “If we remind you how much we loved Jurassic Park, maybe you won’t care about what’s actually here.” Worship of Steven Spielberg’s 1993 original is thick in the air, as director Colin Trevorrow’s follow-up posits an actual functioning dino-amusement park on Isla Nublar, where administrator Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard), raptor trainer Owen (Chris Pratt) and 20,000 park guests face the consequences of genetically engineering an even more badass variant

on the Tyrannosaurus rex. The action is perfectly serviceable and lively enough when it’s just time for prehistoric creatures to chow down on humans or on one another, and there’s a cynically accurate view of the theme park industry. But that same cynicism pervades the script, which provides constant reminders as to the bottom-line, bad-decision-based reason a thing like this exists at all. Loaded with half-explored subplots and gender politics that were retro when the original movie came out, Jurassic World simply shrugs its massive shoulders at trying to be anything but a nostalgia-pandering, occasionally fun product that will be appearing on T-shirts at Universal Studios this summer. n

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The film list New releases Any Body Can Dance 2: Hindi-language film about the rise, fall and redemption of a Mumbai dance troupe. Max: A war dog is adopted by his handler’s family. Ted 2: The living teddy bear and his human wife want to have a baby.

Recent releases Dope: Coming of age story about a nerdy high school senior from a tough Inglewood, Calif., neighborhood invited to a hip L.A. party — and making choices that will affect his future. I’ll See You in My Dreams: Blythe Danner is exquisite as a longtime widow particular in her ways and wary of anything that might complicate her routine, including a series of disrupters: an invading rat, a pool boy and a truly magnificent mustache (attached to Sam Elliott). Love and Mercy: Director Bill Pohlad largely eschews biopic formula to focus on two primary points in Brian Wilson’s life and career. While he loses his way in his younger years, Wilson is portrayed by Paul Dano; as the Beach Boy cautiously finds it again in middle age, he’s played by John Cusack. All involved are cast in the shadow of Dano’s wide-ranging performance, capturing Wilson at his most ecstatic and his most hopeless. Spy: Although Melissa McCarthy’s analystcum-inadvertent superspy feels somewhat less brazenly comedic than her previous outings, there are enough laugh-out-loud moments in this femme-centric parody of James Bond and Mission: Impossible to make it one of the better yuk-fests of the early summer movie season.

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It’s Gonna Blow!!!: San Diego’s Music Underground 1986-1996: Documentary about “the next Seattle.” High Noon Saloon, June 22, 7 pm.

Mad Max: Cops and robbers in a motorized dance of death on the Aussie highways. Memorial Union Terrace, June 22, 9 pm.

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Bye Bye Birdie: Brassy but entertaining musical, one of the better ones from the ’60s, satirizing Elvis, mass media and small-town America with equal unsubtlety. Cinematheque, June 19, 7 pm.

Jane Eyre: Moody version of Emily Brontë’s tale of a governess and her mysterious employer: a forerunner of almost every gothic romance since, with Orson Welles as a properly brooding Rochester. Cinematheque, June 25, 7 pm.

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Esperanza Spalding presents Emily’s D+Evolution Friday, June 19, Barrymore Theatre, 8 pm Four years ago, this acclaimed bassist, cellist and singer made Grammy history as the first jazz musician to snag the title of Best New Artist. Now she’s pushing boundaries again with a one-of-a-kind performance that combines original songs, smatterings of spoken-word and street theater into a genre-busting show.

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Merchant: Prognosis Negative, free, 10 pm.

FA I RS & FEST I VA L S

Mickey’s Tavern: DJ Evan Woodward, free, 10 pm.

Cottage Grove Firemen’s Festival: Annual fundraiser, 6/18-21, Firemen’s Park, Cottage Grove, with music, sports, carnival, parade. www.cottagegrovefire.org.

Natt Spil: DJ Jamie Stanek, free, 10 pm.

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Nau-Ti-Gal: Baby Rocket, free (on the patio), 5:30 pm.

MU S I C

Otto’s: Michael Hanson Jazz Group, free, 5:30 pm.

T H EAT ER & DA N C E

Quaker Steak and Lube, Middleton: DJs Capt’n Bob and Arlo, free, 5:30 pm.

Capital City Theatre: “Violet”: Musical, 7:30 pm on 6/18-19 and 2 & 7:30 pm, 6/20, UW Old Music Hall. $45-$25. 622-7507.

Segredo: Dillon Francis, Antics, 9 pm. UW Memorial Union-Terrace: Oak Street Ramblers, bluegrass, free, 5 pm; Todd Richards, The Great Lake Drifters, Mercy Company, free, 9 pm. Warner Park: Madison College Big Band, free, 6 pm.

COM EDY

Broom Street Theater: “Held: A Musical Fantasy”: 8 pm, 6/18-20, Broom Street Theater. $11. 244-8338. Li Chiao-Ping Dance Camp/Intensive Concert: Student performances, 7:30 pm, 6/18, UW Lathrop Hall-H’Doubler Performance Space. 835-6590. StageQ: “Queer Shorts 10”: Short plays, 8 pm on 6/18-20, Bartell Theatre. $15/$10. stageq.com.

B O O KS

JEFF the Brotherhood Trapper Schoepp & the Shades Thursday, June 18, East Side Club, 5-9 pm

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Since signing to Side One Dummy records, Ellsworth-via-Milwaukee’s Trapper Schoepp & the Shades have reached an impressive audience through constant touring with the likes of the Wallflowers and the Jayhawks. Expect to hear new material from the upcoming follow-up to their breakthrough LP Run, Engine, Run. With Simon Balto.

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James DeVita: Discussing “A Winsome Murder,” his new novel, 7 pm, 6/18, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.

Thursday, June 18, High Noon Saloon, 8:30 pm

Nashville-based JEFF the Brotherhood is two brothers who have been making party-favorite power pop music together since 2001. They were dropped from Warner Bros. Records just before the release of their latest album, Wasted on the Dream, but they got to keep the songs and release them on their own label, Infinity Cat. With Fire Retarded, Cowboy Television. Babe’s: Acoustic Alloy, free (on the patio), 6 pm. Bowl-A-Vard Lanes: Kings of Radio, rock, free, 6 pm. Bright Red Studios: Bent Knee, Big Gay, Nonfinite, William Z. Villain, rock/electronic, 8 pm. Brink Lounge: Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo, 8 pm.

Thursday, June 18, The Frequency, 8 pm

Capital Brewery, Middleton: Clay Lyons Jazz Quartet, 6 pm.

Little Hurricane formed via Craigslist in 2010, and the California-based duo have since been making waves with their brand of dirty blues rock. Their latest record, Gold Fever, isn’t only a testament to the staying power of vintage equipment, but to the power that music can have on a soul. With Young Buffalo.

Cardinal Bar: DJ Jo-Z, Latin, 10 pm. Club Tavern, Middleton: Pat McCurdy, free, 9 pm. Come Back In: Jesse Hendricks Music Experience, 5 pm. Edgewater Hotel: Just Merl, free (on the plaza), 6 pm. Gray’s Tied House, Verona: Robert J, free, 6 pm. High Noon Saloon: Anna Vogelzang, free (patio), 6 pm. Ivory Room: Katy Marquardt, Jim Ripp, pianos, 9 pm.

fri june 19 Mo Mandel Thursday, June 18, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

Whether he’s performing standup comedy or acting, Mo Mandel is sure to entertain. Aside from starring in NBC’s Free Agents, Mandel has made appearances on Chelsea Lately, Conan, Happy Endings and Modern Family. He won Comedy Central’s “Open Mic Fight” in 2007 and released his first album, The M Word, in 2011. With J.F. Harris, Toler Wolfe. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), June 19-20.

SP ECIAL EV ENTS Imagination Celebration: Performances, visual art and other exhibits, 3-7:30 pm, 6/18, Waunakee High School; Waunakee Community Band 7:30 pm. Free. 850-8500.

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Isthmus Jazz Festival Friday, June 19, Memorial Union (various locations), 4:30-11:30 pm

Freddy Cole headlines this two-day fest with a Saturday night performance alongside the UW Jazz Orchestra. The younger brother of Nat King Cole, he is one of the most respected jazz singers in America thanks to his expressive and formidable voice. Other festival highlights include the Joel Paterson Trio featuring Chris Foreman, regarded by many as the best jazz organist in Chicago; native son bebop whiz Clay Lyons; and the Neophonic Jazz Orchestra, a 24-piece throwback crew. (See page 23.) ALSO: Saturday, June 20, 11 am-midnight.

T HE AT E R & DANCE

Shrek: The Musical Friday, June 19, Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm

Amanda Shires + Hayes Carll Friday, June 19, Majestic Theatre, 7 pm

This third annual benefit for the Kurt W. Saupe Foundation, dubbed “The Kurt,” features performances by Amanda Shires and Hayes Carll. The one-day festival raised funds for Middleton Outreach Ministry, a nonprofit that provides food pantry and support services in the Madison area. With Cannonball.

Futurebirds Friday, June 19, High Noon Saloon, 9:30 pm

Heavily influenced by Neil Young & Crazy Horse yet original and captivating enough to stand on their own, Futurebirds blend country and rock like few outfits touring today. With the Sharrows, Christopher Gold. Babe’s Restaurant: The Civil Engineers, 8 pm. Brink Lounge: Fumee, gypsy jazz, 8 pm. Capital Brewery, Middleton: Madison County, 6 pm. Cardinal Bar: Nathan Gerlach, free, 5:30 pm; DJs Rescue, Lance Matthew, Prince of Ravens, Wyatt Agard, Lovecraft, Foshizzle, house, 9 pm. Claddagh, Middleton: Michael Alexander, free, 8 pm. Club Tavern, Middleton: Ron Denson, free, 9 pm. Come Back In: The Rascal Theory, free (patio), 5 pm. Crystal Corner Bar: Hometown Sweethearts, 9:30 pm. Edgewater Hotel: Ken Wheaton, free (plaza), 6 pm.

The tale of everyone’s favorite irritable ogre and talking donkey, in full musical form. When droves of homeless fairy tale characters end up in Shrek’s swamp, he appeals to Lord Farquaad for help. Farquaad sends Shrek on a journey to rescue the imprisoned Princess Fiona. But not all is as it seems — after all, ogres have layers, like onions. ALSO: Saturday (7:30 pm), Sunday (2 pm) and Thursday (7:30 pm), June 20-21 & 25. Through June 27.

Pride and Prejudice Friday, June 19, American Players Theatre (Spring Green), 8 pm

This is a stage adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. The Bennet family makes an honest living, but alas, with five unwed daughters, they have no heirs! When a well-to-do bachelor and his abrasive friend visit their village, the Bennets find themselves juggling conflicting class values and blossoming young romances. ALSO: Thursday, June 25, 7:30 pm. Through Sept. 26.

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Blues Picnic Saturday, June 20, Warner Park, noon-9 pm

While the name might bring to mind an ants-in-the-potato-salad scenario, this year’s annual Blues Picnic promises to be a great time. Sizzling acts from up and down the Mississippi will be laying down hot summer blues as attendees lay down blankets in beautiful Warner Park. Beale Street icons Daddy Mack Blues Band, straight from Memphis, headline. Free with a nonperishable item to donate to the River Food Pantry.

Essen Haus: Steve Meisner, free, 8:30 pm. High Noon Saloon: Rock Star Gomeroke, 5 pm. Ivory Room: Katy Marquardt, Philly Williams, 8:30 pm. Kiki’s House: Peter Case, Kevn Kinney, house concert (RSVP: righteousmusicmgmt@gmail.com), 8 pm. Mickey’s Tavern: Brennan Connors and Stray Passage, Tar Pet, rock, free, 10 pm. Monona Terrace Rooftop: The Boogie Men, free, 7 pm. Mr. Robert’s: Flowpoetry, Hired Rivals, Polydactyl, The Affront, free, 10 pm. Nau-Ti-Gal: Reloaded, free (on the patio), 8 pm. Pooley’s: Lucas Cates Band, free (on the patio), 7 pm. Sprecher’s Restaurant: Bill Roberts Combo, free, 7 pm.

Tempest: Alison Margaret Trio, free, 9:30 pm. Ten Pin Alley, Fitchburg: Vintage Red, free, 7 pm. Up North Pub: Gin Mill Hollow, free, 8 pm. VFW Post 7591-Cottage Grove Road: Back 40, 8 pm.

B OOKS Ed Lyon: Signing “Growing the Midwest Garden,” his new book, 4 pm, 6/19, Allen Centennial Gardens. www.allencentennialgardens.org.

Saturday, June 20, The Frequency, 7 pm

This double bill features two bands steeped in lyrical and literary traditions: Sons of Bill is three brothers (the children of William Nelson, a professor at the University of Virginia) bent on making Southern-literature-influenced roots rock; Frontier Ruckus is a lyrically intensive folk-rock act hailing from Michigan.

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Stoughton Opera House: Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, “Honor Among Thieves,” 6:30 pm.

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n ISTHMUS PICKS : JUNE 20-22 S PEC I A L EV EN TS Breaking Bread: Community potluck benefit in honor of Tony Robinson and family, 7 pm, 6/20, 100state, with discussion, activities. $20 donation (bring a dish to pass). RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/17125318288.

FA I RS & FEST I VA L S

Dawes Saturday, June 20, Capitol Theater, 8 pm

This folk-rock band from Los Angeles broke onto the scene in 2009 with the release of their debut album, North Hills. Frontman and chief songwriter Taylor Goldsmith has led the band through three more successful records of decidedly vintage sound, the latest of which, All Your Favorite Bands, was released early this month. With Langhorne Slim.

Cheryl Wheeler Saturday, June 20, Art in the Barn (5927 Adams Rd., Fitchburg), 7:30 pm

Head to the burbs for a multimedia art showcase from Cheryl Wheeler. Wheeler’s work combines poetry, comedy and music that spans modern folk and social activism. Better yet, this event is BYOB, features a pre-show picnic and benefits a local nonprofit, Haiti Allies. Babe’s Restaurant: Undercover, 8 pm. Cardinal Bar: Borikua Jam, 6 pm; Grupo Candela, DJ Colorao, 9 pm. Claddagh, Middleton: Scott Wilcox, free (patio), 8 pm.

Beestock: A Festival for the Environment: Awareness event for colony collapse disorder, noon-6 pm, 6/20, Capital Brewery, Middleton, with music by Emerson D’Vortex, Star Bandits, Skip Jones, Hoot ‘n Annie, speakers, kids’ activities, food. 836-7100. Hometown Brewdown: 25+ breweries, noon-5 pm, 6/20, Hometown Festival Park, Verona, with music by Peter Kish. $40 ($10 designated driver); proceeds benefit local nonprofits. hometownbrewdown.com. Jazz in the Park: Annual Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association event, noon-9 pm, 6/20, Wingra Park, with arts & crafts fair noon-6 pm, kids’ activities 3-6 pm, music by High School All Stars 3 pm, Edgewood Jazz Ensemble 4:30 pm, Trap Saturn 6 pm, Madisalsa 7:30 pm. Free. www.dmna.org.

T H EAT ER & DA N C E UW Dance Department: Free performances by faculty and guest artist Tine Aspaas, 1 pm, 6/20, Lathrop Hall-H’Doubler Performance Space. 262-1691.

B O O KS Dean Bakopoulos: Discussing “Summerlong,” 7 pm, 6/20, A Room of One’s Own. 257-7888.

A RT EXH I B I TS & EV EN TS

Cold Fusion, Middleton: Jimmy Joe’s Slideshow, free, 9:30 pm.

Hayloft Gallery Art Fair: 10 am-5 pm, 6/20-21, 1239 S. Fish Hatchery Rd., Oregon. 712-3780.

Edgewater Hotel: Haley Bonar, Aero Flynn, Anna Vogelzang, free (on the rooftop; tickets required: isthmus.com/edgewaterconcerts), 6 pm. Essen Haus: Zweifel Brothers, free, 8:30 pm. The Frequency: Oh My Love, Good Night, Gold Dust, Trap Saturn, 9:30 pm. Grace Episcopal Church: Jessica Giese Baetz, Lindsey Giese Juarez, Kristine Bengston, free, noon. Harmony Bar: Cash Box Kings, blues, 9:45 pm. High Noon: The Mustache, Anthony Salas, 9:30 pm. Ivory Room: Josh Dupont, Peter Hernet, Philly Williams, dueling pianos, 8:30 pm. Knuckle Down Saloon: The Volcanics, rock, 9 pm. Lakeside Street Coffee: Small Blind Johnny, 7 pm. Liliana’s: Widdicombe and Godfriaux, free, 6:30 pm.

A RTS N OT I C ES Whad’Ya Know?: Live radio broadcast with author Michael Perry, host Michael Feldman, 9:30 am, 6/20, Monona Terrace. $10. 262-2201.

S PEC TATO R S PO RTS Madison Mad Dawgs: Semi-pro football vs. Green County, 3 pm, 6/20, Warner Park. $6. 239-6885. Madison Radicals: American Ultimate Disc League match vs. Chicago, 6 pm, 6/20, Breese Stevens Field. $7 ($6 adv.). www.facebook.com/madisonradicals. Mad Rollin’ Dolls: Dairyland Dolls vs. Milwaukee Blitzdkrieg (men’s team), 6 pm, 6/20, Hartmeyer Ice Arena; B-team vs. Chicago Windy City Rollers. $15 ($12 adv.; half-price ages 4-10; a portion of proceeds benefits PATCH). www.madrollindolls.com.

Mariner’s Inn: Brad Palmer, free, 6:30 pm.

FUN D RA I S ERS

Merchant: DJ Mike Carlson, free, 10:30 pm.

Capital Lakes DragonFest: TEamSurvivor Madison’s annualbenefit to provide fitness opportunities for women survivors of cancer, 8 am-4 pm, 6/20, Vilas Park/Lake Wingra, with teams paddling “dragon boats,” entertainmen, food. Free for spectators; team sign-up info: www.capitallakesdragonfest.com.

Mickey’s Tavern: Gran Fury, Go Go Slow, Cold Black River, free, 10 pm. Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse: Fellow Creatures, 8 pm. Mr. Robert’s: Ditch Runners, Chaos Revolution Theory, Lumberjack Cash, free, 10 pm. Overture Center-Overture Hall: Stephen Nielson and Samuel Hutchison, MSO concert, free, 11 am. ISTHMUS.COM JUNE 18–24, 2015

Ivan Kupala: Annual Russian Education Association cultural celebration, noon-dusk, 6/20, Token Creek County Park, with traditional music & dance, games for all ages, food, bonfire. Free admission. ivankupala608.org. 225-6294.

Club Tavern, Middleton: 5 Minute Rule, free, 9 pm.

Come Back In: Mad City Funk, soul/funk, free, 9 pm.

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Juneteenth: Annual celebration of African American heritage & emancipation: Parade, 11 am, 6/20, from Expo Way to Olin Park, with all-ages activities & entertainment, food & more, noon-6 pm. Free admission. juneteenthmadison.wordpress.com. 284-8931.

Overture Center-Playhouse: Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, “Breaking and Entering,” 7:30 pm. Pooley’s: Rascal Theory, free (on the patio), 7 pm. Red Zone: Ultrea (CD release), Gabriel and the Apocalypse, Growing, Genotype, The Faith Hills Have Eyes, Adam Domack, rock, 8 pm. Sequoya Library: The Gomers, Beatles tribute, 5:30 pm. Sprecher’s Restaurant: The Blues Party, free, 7 pm. Tempest: Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble, 9:30 pm.

Climb Out of the Darkness: Dane County Perinatal Network postpartum depression awareness walk, 9:30 am, 6/20, Pheasant Branch Creek Conservancy, Middleton, with potluck to follow. Free. 659-7259. Run, Rock and Stroll: Wisconsin Ovarian Cancer Alliance benefit 5K run or 2-mile walk, 10 am, 6/20, McKee Farms Park, Fitchburg (registration 8 am). $35 ($5 kids). 262-797-7804.

H O ME & GA RD EN Le Tour des Coops et Jardins: Self-guided chicken coop/garden walk, 1-4 pm, 6/20, Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, starting from 461 N. Baldwin St. Free. www.danenet.org/tlna. 255-3486.

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Drainolith + Julian Lynch

Alternate Parade of Homes: Historic Madison’s tour of buildings on the UW campus, 1-4 pm, 6/20. $10 tickets at the southwest corner of Wisconsin Historical Society on the day of the event. 395-9428.

Sunday, June 21, Mickey’s Tavern, 10 pm

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Two top-flight experimental musicians join for this sure-to-be-intense show. Returning home from tour with punk legends Wire, local multiinstrumentalist and ethnomusicologist Julian Lynch makes lush folk and classical-inspired acoustic music. Drainolith (aka former AIDS Wolf member Alex Moskos) relies heavily on layered noise and off-kilter beats, creating shadowy, hypnotic pieces that bend and transform with his spoken vocals. With Noxroy. Brocach-Square: McFadden’s Fancy, free, 4:30 pm. Burr Jones Field: We are the Willows, The Sharrows, Dolores, rock, free, 1 pm. Cardinal Bar: The Sessions, 5 pm; Los Chechos, 8 pm. Cargo Coffee-E. Washington: Joe Sokolinsky, 2 pm. Essen Haus: Meet the Beetles, Beatles tribute, 4 pm. The Frequency: Beauty Pill, Tigernite, 9 pm.

Iceage Sunday, June 21, High Noon Saloon, 8 pm

Pitchfork hailed this Danish punk band’s latest release as one of 2014’s best, saying that the album found the group “growing up on their own terms.” What does that mean for a band known for messy, nihilistic noise rock? Expect this show to feature an expansive, baroque sound that displays the group’s ethos in a more mature way. With Christian Dior. Make Music Madison: Annual outdoor event, 6/21. Locations: See the insert in this week’s issue, or makemusicmadison.org.

Womyn’s Music & Arts Festival: Demeter Foundation benefit, 2-9:30 pm, 6/21, Evolution Arts Collective. Donations. Schedule: madisonwomynsfest.wix.com/ womynsfestmadison.

S PECI AL E V ENTS International Yoga Day: 10 am-4 pm, 6/21, Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of Wisconsin, Fitchburg, with demos, book and photo exhibits, “History of Yoga” documentary screening. Free. aha-svtemple.org. 234-8634. An Old-fashioned Ice Cream Social: 12-4 pm, 6/21, Schumacher Farm Park, Waunakee, with farm activities for all ages, kite building. $10 (free ages 12 & under). 849-4559. Rock and Read: Madison Public Library summer reading program benefit, 3-6 pm, 6/21, Capital Brewery, Middleton, with UW men’s basketball coach Bo Ryan, music by Yid Vicious, The Madgadders, all-ages activities, refreshments. $5 donation. 266-6318.

Starkweather Summer Solstice Festival: Annual all-ages event, 4-10 pm, 6/21, Olbrich Park, with canoe rides, “Procession of the Species” giant puppet parade, music, food carts, bonfire at dusk. Free. madsolstice.org. 251-1893.

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THEATER & DANCE Pre-Collegiate Choreolab: Free performances by UW Summer Dance students, 2:30 pm, 6/21, Lathrop Hall-H’Doubler Performance Space. 262-1691.

FRI, JUNE 19 H 9PM H $7

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Tenney-Lapham Art Walk: Annual self-guided tour of neighborhood artists’ studios, 1-5 pm, 6/21, with maps at 408 Washburn Place. Free. danenet.org/ tlna. 256-6282.

The Kings of Boogie Blues

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M USIC Come Back In: Field and James with Bill Rushmore, Delores Jenison, free (on the patio), 5 pm.

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ALUMNI OF THE 1988 MADISON SCOUTS PRESENT

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WheelHouse Tuesday, June 23, Come Back In, 5 pm

Former members of the Mighty Short Bus and the Lucas Cates Band joined forces in 2013 to create the Southernrockin’ country-leanin’ WheelHouse. The sweetly harmonizing quartet has since gone completely acoustic, a bluegrass and Americana band singing about love and booze. Despite performing more than 220 shows per year around the Midwest, they still find time for a local Tuesday night residency at the bar they pay homage to on new album Meanwhile...Back at the Ranch.

A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY MAC SMITH AND TOM TOLLEFSON

Featuring the local, two-time world champion Madison Scouts Drum & Bugle Corps Winner: Best Documentary, Fly Film Festival & Austin Indie Flix Showcase Audience Award: Documentary, Twin Cities Film Festival with a special performance by Madison’s

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It’s Gonna Blow: San Diego’s Music Underground 1986-1996 DJ Ted Offensive 18+

JARED & ROCKSTAR THE MILL GOMEROKE

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Whitney Mann 6pm FREE

WAYNE “THE TRAIN� HANCOCK Earl Foss & the Brown Derby 8pm $15

Jared & the Mill Tuesday, June 23, High Noon Saloon, 7 pm

In 2014, there was one act capable of convincing Barry Gibb to go on tour for the first time in 15 years, and it was... Jared & the Mill? The Arizona-based sextet make folk-pop with a touch of country and are best known for their singles “Breathe Me In� and “Love to be Found.� With the Wells Division. Capital Brewery, Middleton: Dan Law and the Mannish Boys, free, 6 pm.

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Andrew Maraniss: Discussing “Strong Inside,� his new book, with David Maraniss, 7 pm, 6/24, HotelRED. 283-9332.

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Cap Alan + Mr. Jackson Wednesday, June 24, The Shitty Barn (Spring Green), 7 pm

One half rainbow-of-computernoises and one half disco, Madison band Cap Alan does justice to the term “alternative music.� Cap Alan will be joined by another local, Mr. Jackson, whose synth-driven funk is equally out of the box and grooveworthy. Come ready to dance.

Ivory Room: Jim Ripp, Mike Massey, pianos, 9 pm. Merchant: Old Soul Society, free, 10 pm. Mr. Robert’s: EZ and Friends, free, 10 pm. Nau-Ti-Gal: Roots Collective, free (patio), 5:30 pm.

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Quaker Steak & Lube: Vintage Red, 5:30 pm. UW Memorial Union-Fredric March Play Circle: Bazseva Folk Band, with guest vocalist Gabriella Tinter, dancers Dezso Fitos and Eniko Kocsis, 7:30 pm.

Less Than Jake + Reel Big Fish Wednesday, June 24, Majestic Theatre, 8 pm

Frost your tips, bust out your old skate tees and get ready for a ’90s/early ’00s revival when these two iconic ska punk bands skank through town. Yes, it’s been over a decade since Less Than Jake’s career-defining album Anthem dropped and almost two since Reel Big Fish released their hit single “Sell Out.” Nevertheless, recent concert reviews indicate that these two bands still bring the heat (and a strong disdain for mid-show texting). With Ballyhoo!. Bowl-A-Vard Lanes: Brothers Grimm, free, 6 pm. Bright Red Studios: Will Guthrie, Brennan Connors and Miguel McQuade, Brian Grimm, 8 pm. Brink Lounge: Field and James, Dave Stoler, free, 7 pm; John Max Jacobs, John Duggleby, Lynn Smith, 7 pm. Capitol Square-King Street corner: Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra’s Concerts on the Square, “Once Upon a Time,” with guest violinist Julian Rhee, 7 pm. Cardinal Bar: DJs Dub Borski, Wyatt Agard, 9 pm. Come Back In: Shelley Faith, free (patio), 5 pm. DreamBank: Madison Malone,, free, 5:30 pm. The Frequency: You Knew Me When, 8:30 pm.

UW Memorial Union-Terrace: Down From the Hills, bluegrass, free, 5 pm; The Suffers, free, 9 pm. Warner Park: Ladies Must Swing, free, 6 pm.

FAI RS & FESTIVALS Bhakti Fest Midwest: Yoga & kirtan music festival, 6/25-29, Alliant Energy Center-Willow Island, with entertainment, workshops, food. $375/weekend. www.bhaktifest.com. 408-460-0504.

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Adapted by Joseph Hanreddy & J.R. Sullivan From the novel by Jane Austen

Avenue Q

P R I VAT E LI V ES Noël Coward

Thursday, June 25, Middleton Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm

OT H ELLO William Shakespeare

What do you do with a B.A. in English? Move to Avenue Q! This Tony Awardwinning musical follows the life of Princeton, a recent college graduate who’s settled into the craziest neighborhood in New York. Upbeat, Sesame Street-esque puppets and R-rated comedy make this a show you’ll be singing for years to come. ALSO: Friday (7:30 pm) and Saturday (2 pm), June 26-27. Through July 5.

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High Noon Saloon: The Rascal Theory, Blacker Brothers Band, 8 pm.

A N I LI A D Lisa Peterson & Denis O’Hare

Translated from Homer’s Iliad by Robert Fagles

T H E I S LA N D Athol Fugard, John Kani & Winston Ntshona

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Naples 15: Steven Meyer, guitar, free, 7 pm.

thu june 25 MU SI C Bowl-A-Vard Lanes: Metal Gonz, rock, free, 6 pm. Brink Lounge: Madison Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 pm. Brocach-Square: Sean Michael Dargan, free, 8 pm. Capital Brewery, Middleton: Kyle Henderson, 6 pm. Cardinal Bar: DJ Chamo, Latin, 10 pm. Club Tavern, Middleton: Rockstar Gomeroke, 9 pm. Come Back In: Teddy Davenport, free (patio), 5 pm. Crystal Corner Bar: Beat Road Blues, 7 pm. Essen Haus: Jason Rowe, free, 9 pm. The Frequency: Evergreen, Porky’s Groove Machine, Vein Rays, 9 pm. Harmony: Old American Junk, Dylan tribute, 8 pm. High Noon Saloon: Whitney Mann, free, 6 pm; Wayne Hancock, Brown Derby, 8 pm.

Jenny Zigrino Thursday, June 25, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

Jenny Zigrino’s performances are packed with witty observations, hilarious anecdotes and, most importantly, brutal honesty. The standup comedian hails from Boston and was named one of Comedy Central’s “Comics to Watch” in 2013. She made her late-night debut last month on Conan. With Anthony Siraguse. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), June 26-27.

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Dishes from Zeller Keramic (far left) and whimsical badger paintings by shop owner Beth Rhodehamel (below). are part of the carefully curated objects at Forget Me Not.

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True to style Forget Me Not Studio is faithful to original designers BY CANDICE WAGENER

Several years ago, when she was working as a dinnerware designer in Florence, Italy, Beth Rhodehamel visited one of the local, third-generation-owned ceramic factories. Workers there showed her the samples they had created for a large U.S. retailer, which had then turned around and shipped the samples to Asia and ordered cheap mass reproductions. “It just seemed sad,” says Rhodehamel, who felt strongly that, if she ever owned her own business, she would buy directly from the companies she had always liked and worked with. She began saving business cards from trade shows she attended in Italy, from com-

panies all over the world, and in 2013, she opened up Forget Me Not Studio on Monroe Street to share some of her favorite wares with others. The store is an eclectic collection of home goods. Featured dinnerware designs have a colorful hand-painted, Old World look, as do table linens. Soaps and candles ($11-$60) are joined by animal artwork like ceramic koalas. Punchy paintings of elegant and friendly badgers — which Rhodehamel painted herself — adorn the walls. There’s also a scattering of restored chandeliers, another hobby of Rhodehamel’s. Prices are reasonable, usually under $100. “I want people to be able to afford things,” Rhodehamel says.

She also offers interior design services. In fact, the success of her design business, coupled with her desire to spend more time at home with her kids, has led to her decision to close Forget Me Not in March 2016 when her lease expires. However, Rhodehamel and associate Barb Mueller (the woman behind Sew Fine Designs and the custom window treatments and cushions that Forget Me Not sells) will not be leaving retail entirely. They have already launched what they call the Pop Up Design Collective at the Monroe Street Arts Center just about every other Sunday from 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s less a typical craft market than a showcase for Rhodehamel and Mueller’s collections as well as other home goods and jewelry. n

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Jobs MadCat seeks team player for warehouse logistics at our Westside location. Must have good driving record and be detail-oriented Programmed Cleaning INC We are a commercial cleaning company looking for Part-Time Leads and Project Workers in the Madison area. Part-time evening hours starting after 5pm, M – F, 3 to 4 hours a night, NO WEEKENDS! Must be Independent, reliable and detail oriented and MUST have own transportation. Project Workers MUST have a valid driver’s license and floor care experience is preferred. Starting pay for Leads is $10 an hour, Project Workers start at $11 an hour. Higher pay rate based on experienced. Apply now in person at 2001 W. Broadway, call 608-222-0217 if you have questions or fill out an online application at: programmedcleaning.com PROGRAMMED CLEANING INC IS HOSTING A JOB FAIR!! WHEN: Saturday, June 27th 10am – 2pm Location: 2001 W. Broadway, Madison WI •Bring your resume. •On site interviews. •Positions thru out Madison and surrounding areas, many on bus routes. •NO WEEKENDS! •Great part – time, evening office cleaning positions. •Openings for General Cleaners, Leads, Supervisors, Floor care specialist. •Hourly pay rates, ranging from $9.00 to $15.00 based on experience and skills. •Register to win cash prizes! PROGRAMMED CLEANING INC www.programmedcleaning.com Part time. Equal opportunity employer Reliable. Self starter. Strong initiative. Team leader.

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Job Fair

Fri, June 19th from 9a-7p Speedway Store, 2500 Royal Ave, Monona WI

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My boyfriend and I both spent a lot of time masturbating when we were young, and pretty much trained our brains to come only one way. He can only come from masturbating furiously, or sometimes from a marathon of jackhammer sex. A few years before I met him, I toned down the masturbating to retrain my brain and pussy and tried a bunch of new things, and I can now come from different acts and positions. It wasn’t easy, but I am so happy with this versatility. I’m starting to get annoyed that he isn’t working harder to overcome this jackhammering reliance. It hurts, it’s super boring, and it makes me feel like I might as well be an inflatable doll. We’ve talked about it, and he says he’ll masturbate less, and that does help (read: Now it’s a half-hour of jackhammering instead of hours), but I’m still eager for more variety — and to be able to walk after sex and ride a bike the next day. For what it’s worth, about half the time he just lets me come buckets and then gives up on himself. Can you recommend anything that would help him? Since I know firsthand this can be overcome and I accommodate him as much as possible, I think I’m being reasonable, but I’m sure you’ll tell me if I’m not. Hoping A Massive Masturbator Eventually Retrains Exacting Dick

Here’s how you retrain his dick: Your boyfriend stops doing what he’s always done — no more masturbating or fucking in the style to which his dick has become accustomed — but he keeps on having sex and he keeps on masturbating. But he is not allowed to revert to jackhammering away at your pussy or his fist if he doesn’t get off. If he doesn’t come, he doesn’t come. Eventually his dick, in desperation, will adjust to newer, subtler sensations, and he’ll be able to get off without jackhammering. Or not. Some guys can retrain their dicks — and some women can retrain their pussies — but some people have carved too deep a groove into themselves and their junk. Other people really do require intense stimulation — jackhammers and death grips and powerful vibrators — to get off, and they have to figure out how to incorporate that intense stimulation into partnered sex without destroying their partners’ orifices. But the only way to find out if your boyfriend’s dick can be retrained is to try and retrain it. The fact that masturbating less cut his jackhammering down from hours to half an hour is a positive sign.

Oh god, Dan! Help! How do I get over my jealousy over my bisexual boyfriend, who now wants to act on his urges for women? We’ve been together and had a happy gay life for 15 years, open with men for only three of those years. He has integrity, and he says he would never cheat on me, but he’s getting to the point where he is gonna hook up with women, whether I am okay with it or not. There’s more to it, though. He is perfect in every facet of his life. A perfect person and a gift to the world, so any woman would be crazy not to want him for herself. We are deeply in love, but I’m afraid of a woman’s ultimate intention for a guy like my partner. Jealousy Annoys Gay Guy

Gay and bi men are just as interested in having partners who are perfect in every facet of life, JAGG, and yet you trust your boyfriend to fuck other guys and come home to you. You’ll just have to trust your gift-to-theworld boyfriend to do the same with women: fuck a woman now and then but come home to you after. CRAIG WINZER The “ultimate intention” of whatever woman your boyfriend fucks should concern you less than your boyfriend’s ultimate intention. Does he ultimately intend to stay with you? Or would he ultimately prefer to be with someone else? If he wants to stay with you — and he’s likelier to wanna stay if being with you doesn’t mean he never gets to have sex with a woman ever again — then you’ll have to trust that your same-sex relationship is strong enough to withstand a little opposite-sex hooking up. n Email Dan at mail@savagelove.net or find him on Twitter at @fakedansavage.

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