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17 BRIAN RIESELMAN PENNED HIS Isthmus debut two weeks ago (“The Flowers Are Burning”). He says writing about visual arts is a “joyful way to learn and to connect to the creative energy, beauty and diversity in our community and the wider world beyond.” This week he writes about the late artist David McClimans. Rieselman did not know McClimans, but says he feels a kinship with him “based on a mutual lifelong love of typography and graphic design.”
BILL LUEDERS, WHO THIS WEEK dissects the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s John Doe ruling, needs little introduction to the readers of Isthmus, where he spent 25 years as news editor before leaving for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. He is now working part-time at The Progressive magazine and doing freelance writing. We’re thrilled to have him back.
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GOODBYE JOHN DOE
Wisconsin Supreme Court also orders the destruction of records.
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WORKER PENSIONS
The Republicans seem intent on messing with a successful retirement system.
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BREAKING GROUND
Water world
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UW study on Alzheimer’s disease shows promise.
“GONE WILD”
A new exhibit celebrates David McLimans’ life and work.
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STAMM HOUSE
The Madison-area restaurant enjoys a complete remodel and revamped menu.
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ONE-WHEEL TRANSPORT
Madison hosts national unicycling competition.
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TODD BARRY
The famously mellow comedian to perform in Madison.
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DENISE THORNTON CARED FOR her mom during her descent into Alzheimer’s. She says she came to realize how many lives are touched by the disease, which so far has no cure. For this week’s cover story, Thornton interviewed the scientists behind a promising study at UW-Madison and spent a day with two of the participants. In her last Isthmus cover story (“Where Has All the Funding Gone?”), Thornton looked at federal cuts threatening UW research.
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Tim Mergen visits with his friend Charlotte Donahue, who is in her 90s, at a senior living community near his church in Monona, Immaculate Heart of Mary. The two chat about sports and the weather before coming around to a more somber topic. “I look back at my life when I’m alone here and think, ‘Why did I do this or that?’” she says. “All you can do is ask for forgiveness.” Mergen nods in agreement. And then they say a prayer together. Offering spiritual solace is a new type of mission for Mergen, who until recently had been flying some of the world’s most advanced aircraft as part of the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command. He surrendered his wings in hopes of becoming a Catholic priest. “I signed a piece of paper that said, ‘I resign my aeronautical rating in the military, and I no longer am able to fly with the Air Force,’” Mergen says. Mergen, 27, will soon head back to Emmitsburg, Md., for his second year at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary. Originally from McFarland, he’s back for the summer, living and working at his home parish. His duties include trips to hospitals and nursing homes to give the Eucharist to the sick and elderly.
Mergen sees similarities between the seminary and the Air Force Academy, where he graduated near the top of his class in 2010. “Both are very structured and committed to discipline,” he says. “In the military, it’s marching, cleaning and training. At the seminary, it’s prayer, spiritual reading and faith enrichment.” Around three years ago, Mergen started to pray more and got involved with his church in Clovis, N.M., where he flew out of nearby Cannon Air Force Base. Life was good: He was well-stationed in the Air Force hierarchy, living in a nice house in a quiet neighborhood and dating a former cheerleader for the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder. But, he says, “I knew there was something missing.” Mergen decided to give up flying after a gradual process of “discernment,” he says. A weekend retreat sponsored by the military archdiocese forced a decision. “I thought going into that retreat that it might be confirmation that God was leading me toward marriage,” he says. “But it became abundantly clear after this two-year struggle that God wanted me to go to seminary to discern the priesthood further.” In the Air Force, Mergen piloted fighter jets like the T-38 Talon II, which he flew at supersonic speeds and in formation with other
Training needed to become an Air Force pilot: 4 YEARS OF ACADEMY TRAINING, FOLLOWED BY 2 YEARS OF FLIGHT TRAINING. Training to become a priest: 2 YEARS OF PHILOSOPHY STUDIES, FOLLOWED BY 4 YEARS OF THEOLOGY STUDIES.
planes, at times separated by only three feet, wingtip-to-wingtip. He also transported troops and cargo. When a typhoon hit the Philippines in 2013, American troops delivered food, water and medicine, he says. “We were one of the first planes on the ground.” If he’s ordained after five more years of school, Mergen will likely return to the Madison area and serve as an associate priest for three years. Then, because he still owes the Air Force seven years of a 10-year contract he signed in 2011, he’d serve as a chaplain at an Air Force base. After that, when Mergen would be in his 40s, “it’s anyone’s guess,” he says. “It’s between me and the bishop of Madison because [he’s] the one who loans me to the military.” But Mergen doesn’t seem to be thinking that far ahead. He’s in the moment, laughing and smiling with Charlotte. “You have so much joy,” he tells her. “God bless.” n
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Some in city government breathed a sigh of relief after the Common Council approved Natalie Erdman’s appointment as director of the Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development on Tuesday. Erdman previously served on an interim basis, retaining her position as executive director of Madison’s Community Development Authority, a quasi-governmental agency. “I think there was an immediate calming effect when Natalie was appointed interim director by the mayor,” says Ald. Mike Verveer. “When news spread that she had applied and then was appointed to the permanent position, I think morale shot up considerably.” Some perceived management problems with Erdman’s predecessor, Steven Cover. By contrast, Erdman has already “had an extremely positive influence on staff morale, particularly in the planning division of the planning department,” says Verveer. The departmental problems surfaced during the Feb. 5, 2013, Common Council meeting when Cover spoke in approval of a controversial development project. He specifically set aside the Downtown Plan and the work of his own planning division as well as extensive public input. “It’s a policy document, it’s not law, and we shouldn’t treat it as such,” he told the council, in reference to the Downtown Plan. “Sometimes we’ll be challenged to look beyond the plan to decide what’s best for the city.” “I was stunned by how he undermined his staff,” Ald. Marsha Rummel later told Isthmus. “He said the exact opposite of what his staff report said. He did not respect their work, it seemed to me.” Erdman’s appointment pleases more than just staff. “I don’t know of anybody who’s not happy with her selection,” says Ald. Ledell Zellers, who heard concerns from city staff during Cover’s reign. “My general impression is that everybody respects her. She’s a wonderful person to work with.” Yet the new director of one of our most powerful governmental entities is unknown to most in Madison. A player behind the scenes for more than a decade, who is Natalie Erdman?
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As suggested by its unwieldy name, the Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development has broad responsibilities — and broad powers. Heading it was never Erdman’s goal, not even as of a few months ago. She always planned to return to the Community Development Authority. Her interim city responsibilities began Feb. 1, overlapping with Cover, who departed Feb. 24 to take a planning job in Arlington, Va.
“I’m a little uncomfortable be“Natalie Erdman is welling in the spotlight, being in front,” suited and very prepared for this she admits. leadership role in city govern Born Natalie Bock, Erdman was ment,” says Mayor Paul Soglin. raised here but she’s from Ham“She has the respect of city staff, mond, Ind., made famous by Jean the [Common] Council, developShepherd in his short stories, radio ers and neighborhood groups.” talks and — most of all — A ChristThe move from interim to mas Story. permanent hasn’t been much Her family moved to Madison of a change, Erdman says, in the 1970s. She graduated from except that she’s now taking Monona Grove High School in a longer view by looking at 1981. At the UW-Madison, she en“aligning resources, developcountered a life-changing figure: ing staff, developing capacity.” professor James Graaskamp, interShe isn’t pushing a grand vinationally famous for his expertise sion for Madison. “A lot of the viin real estate education. The School sion for the city is going to come of Business’ Center for Real Estate from the policymakers — from is named for Graaskamp. the mayor, from the council, “I was a finance major and from our very able staff who put heading toward banking,” Erdman plans together,” she says. recalls. “My father was, at the time, But she doesn’t see her dedean of the business school. I think partment being passive, either. he was very happy to see me think“I hope that in the very first ing about going into banking. He stages we can make sure that was the one who said, ‘You should we’re giving the mayor and the take the intro to real estate, bepolicymakers good informacause those real estate folks under tion on which to make policy Graaskamp seem to really be an decisions,” she says. “And that interesting group.’” we’re running an open and She took the class. And then transparent process, so the another Graaskamp class and another groups of people that other, “until I had a major in real have a stake — whether its estate,” she says. “He was a great neighborhoods or preservaperson and a great teacher and a tionists — have an opportunity great thinker.” to also make sure we give them For about a decade she worked good information [and] have a in real estate lending at a number chance to make sure that the CAROLYN FATH of large financial organizations in mayor and the council hear Chicago, including Citigroup and Natalie Erdman was initially reluctant to lead the city’s planning their side of situations.” what’s now US Bank. She special- and economic development department. Erdman resists talking ized in “troubled debt.” about her department’s past, “That’s about taking deals apart,” but, when pressed about moshe recalls. “I was interested in doing something and administers federal rental assistance for rale, says: “I hope that everybody at planwhere we were putting deals together.” low-income households in Madison. ning would...feel that I would support them She went to work with Heartland Proper- Five years ago she married Dan Erdman. in what they need to do and support them ties. The subsidiary of Wisconsin Power & Light Like his father, the late Marshall Erdman, he’s in their work. And I think they would.” is a developer and financer of affordable hous- an architect-developer. They live in a 1850s Erdman says she respects the city’s ing. Here, Erdman says she learned “the tools farmhouse in the Spring Harbor neighbor- planning documents. “As we move developments through the process, developers hood. that are used to develop affordable housing.” Then she came back to Madison, where she should be paying careful attention to what’s worked for 13 years with the Alexander Com- Just a few months ago, Erdman was certain she in the planning documents,” she says. “Our pany, a firm that specializes in urban develop- didn’t want the city’s chief planning job. She staff should be helping developers underment and historic preservation. Her portfolio unexpectedly came around. stand what’s in the planning documents, as project manager include examples of adap- “One, I liked the job as an interim more and making sure that the development than I thought I would,” she explains. “Two, I community understands the importance tive reuse of historic buildings. “I first became acquainted with Natalie was hopeful they would find someone really of those plans.” when she worked with the Alexander Compa- good in the first round of interviews. When it Although the planning function of her ny, over a decade ago,” says Verveer. “Natalie turned out that they didn’t pass any [appli- new department gets most of the attention, she sees the work of community and ecowas the main Alexander employee who worked cants] on to the mayor, I reconsidered.” on the massive Capitol West project,” which Also, some alders and the mayor encour- nomic officers interlocking. featured adaptive reuse of the former Meth- aged her to apply. Toward the end of June, “I “Those departments really overlap in odist/Meriter Hospital on West Washington changed my mind and turned in my resume in certain places and, if done right, work well Avenue. “I found her to be very delightful to the second round,” she says. Shortly afterward, together in terms of building strong neighborhoods, making sure everyone in our city she was hired by the city. work with.” In 2010 Erdman became executive direc- In doing so, “we really knocked one out has economic opportunity [and] making tor of the CDA, a redevelopment and housing of the park,” says Verveer. “I can’t say enough sure we build a city that is strong and is the authority that owns and operates apartments good stuff about her.” city of our vision.” n
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development to the city last fall — around the time the Frank’s venue lost support. Last fall, Larry and Fred Frank of Frank Pro- The original proposal included plans for ductions were stunned when city officials a smaller, 1,500-person venue that would pulled support for the Franks’ plan to build have housed the headquarters of T Presa 2,000-seat music venue on the 1000 block ents, a Brooklyn-based independent event of East Washington Avenue. promotion company founded by Madison A fixture in the local music scene for 50 native Toffer Christensen. years, the concert promoters had hoped But last week, the developer revealed to build their first brick-and-mortar venue new project details that showed that the in Madison, Larry Frank tells Isthmus. But plans for the music venue had changed. with the project scrapped amid unresolv- Gebhardt CEO Otto Gebhardt tells Isthmus able concerns over the proposed venue’s that his company decided to part ways with impact on traffic and parking in the nearby T Presents after a financial analysis found Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, they began that Christensen’s plan for the venue “just wasn’t sufficient.” to look for options out of state. “We were considering Nashville,” Frank “We had to look for something else to fill says. But a newly announced agreement the space,” Gebhardt says. “It had nothing with Gebhardt Development has brought a to do with the Franks replacing T Presents.” new plan for a 2,300-person, 35,000-squareGebhardt considered other tenants, infoot Frank venue back cluding a movie theater, to Madison, where it before he ran into Larry will be a part of a $69 Frank two months ago million development and asked if Frank was on the 800 block of East still interested in a muWashington Avenue. sic venue on East Wash “This is going to be a ington. state-of-the-art facility,” But Christensen says Fred Frank says. “This his two-year relationis going to allow Madiship with Gebhardt — a son to compete against period during which the [venues] in Milwaukee two partners had worked and Minneapolis.” closely on project design, The proposed conbuildout costs and purcert hall’s layout will be chase price — began to unique among Madisour about six weeks ago son venues by emphawhen it came time to fiA 2,300-seat venue will be part of sizing open floorspace, nalize the agreement. East Washington Avenue project. says Charlie Goldstone, “We presented an president of Frank Proaccredited [certified ductions’ concerts group. The main floor public accountant] evaluation expert’s features a lower pit area in front of the stage favorable analysis of our business plan, with standing room for about 1,500 people proof of funds of over $15 million from our and an upper balcony with a capacity of primary investor and had bank financing about 800, including 300 permanent seats. lined up,” Christensen writes in an email. Asked whether the venue’s capacity and “The deal terms were shifted on us at least location would pose a competitive threat to three times.” comparable venues like the Orpheum or the Christensen says he asked to meet with Capitol Theater, Larry Frank says “definitely the developer to discuss the new requirements and even offered to put an additional not.” “We’re building this venue for 10 years 25% of the down payment into an escrow down the road,” he says. “As Madison grows, account. “Everyone on my team had felt somewe want to make sure we’re the right size.” thing fishy may be going on,” Christensen The Gebhardt project, known as the “Cos- writes. “At one point [I] texted the developmos,” will also house offices, retail space, the er’s architect saying, ‘I feel like I’m being Madison Culinary Center, an American Family Franked here,’ to which he did not reply. Insurance building, space for entrepreneur- The developer then sent us a letter saying ial hub StartingBlock Madison and a 600-stall he was ceasing negotiations and provided parking structure that would be owned and no founded reasons for doing so.” Christensen has accused Gebhardt of operated by the city parking utility. The Cosmos will be the latest of several unethical business practices and urged a new Gebhardt projects in the Capitol East city committee to reject the developer’s District — the Madison-based developer proposal, but Gebhardt says he’s “disgustalso built the $39 million Constellation resi- ed” with the allegations. dential and commercial building and is in “It’s absolutely untrue,” he says. “We the process of building the $90 million Gal- stuck with [T Presents] — maybe longer axie project, which will house apartments than we should have — and put a lot of time into this. To say we were not negotiating in and a Festival Foods grocery store. Gebhardt first pitched the Cosmos re- good faith is false.” n
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Supremes: Destroy records of John Doe probe Unusual move would make it harder for public to know what prosecutors found BY BILL LUEDERS
Break out the paper shredder and grab that can of lighter fluid: The Wisconsin Supreme Court has not only shut down the John Doe probe into alleged illegal campaign activity involving Gov. Scott Walker and outside groups, it has ordered prosecutors to destroy the underlying records. The court’s 4-2 ruling, released July 16, concludes that the theory of wrongdoing at the heart of the investigation is “unsupported in either reason or law.” It directs the special prosecutors and district attorneys involved to return all seized materials and “permanently destroy all copies of information and other materials obtained through the investigation.” Written by Justice Michael Gableman on behalf of the court’s conservative majority, the decision states that this directive is “consistent with our decision and the order entered by Reserve Judge [Gregory] Peterson” in an earlier ruling. Actually, it isn’t. Peterson’s ruling, which he put on hold pending further court review, called for records to be returned, but not for copies to be destroyed. It was a different jurist, federal Judge Rudolph Randa of Milwaukee, who ordered records destroyed, using language the Wisconsin Supreme Court adopted word for word. The court’s call, coming on the heels of an aborted legislative effort to gut the state’s open records law, is highly unusual. Courts regularly order case files sealed, but the records are still preserved. “In my experience, I can’t think of a time when a judge has ordered things to be destroyed,” says Susan Steingass, a former Dane County judge, State Bar of Wisconsin president and emeritus UW law professor. She assumes the court wants to keep people from seeing what is in the files. “I don’t know why else you would do it.” Dane County Judge William Foust, a former district attorney, was also unable to think of any occasion, prior to Randa’s ruling, in which a court has ordered records
Launched in 2012, the John Doe probe involved Schmitz and district attorneys in five counties, operating under judicial oversight. It used subpoenas and search warrants to obtain records, some of which became public. The released records show Walker and others engaged in campaign coordination of the sort that’s been punished in the past. And even Judge Peterson, who put the probe on hold, called the prosecution’s position an “arguable interpretation of the statutes.”
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destroyed. He notes that case files are ordinarily preserved pending appellate review. But Stephen Hurley, a local defense attorney and legal expert, says the case at hand presents an unusual circumstance: a probe stopped before any charges were filed. He thinks it could be argued that destroying records is “in keeping with the John Doe secrecy order.” Last week’s ruling could yet face a legal challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court, perhaps over alleged conflicts. All four justices who voted to shut down the probe — Gableman, Annette Ziegler, Patience Roggensack and David Prosser — received significant help getting elected from two of the probe’s named targets. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce and Wisconsin Club for Growth spent $8.3 million on “issue ads” in support of the justices’ candidacies. The U.S. Supreme Court has previously ruled that a West Virginia justice should have recused himself from a matter involving a major outside campaign supporter. Tara Malloy, senior counsel with the Campaign Legal Center in Washington, D.C., says the fact that Wisconsin justices rejected recusal requests “raises a legitimate issue of potential
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conflict of interest.” However, she adds, “given how much material is under seal and redacted, it is difficult for me to assess the gravity of the allegations or the likelihood of success of an appeal.” The difficulty of proving the gravity of the allegations would likely be greater if the material now under seal is permanently destroyed. Francis Schmitz, the John Doe’s special prosecutor, declined to comment on the call for records destruction, saying he was still reviewing the ruling. He did not respond to a question about when the court-ordered records destruction might begin. John Chisholm, the Milwaukee County district attorney who launched the investigations, did not respond to a request for comment. In a statement in April, prompted by Walker’s assertion that the probe’s prosecutors were engaged in a “political witch hunt,” Schmitz, a self-described Republican, declared: “I invite the governor to join me in seeking judicial approval to lawfully release information now under seal which would be responsive to the allegations that have been made. Such information, when lawfully released, will show that these recent allegations are patently false.” Chisholm agreed, calling for “the release of all the relevant information.”
Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now, a liberal advocacy group, chided the Supreme Court for reasserting Randa’s order to destroy case files, saying “he’s overturned more often than a skidrow mattress.” He says the court’s conservative majority wants the records destroyed “to protect Scott Walker and his Republican money machine that also financed these justices having their seats on the court.” But Rick Esenberg, president and general counsel of the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, defends the call for the records’ destruction, saying “if the government improperly took something that you are entitled to keep private, then it ought not be able to continue to violate your rights by making and keeping copies.” Worse still would be releasing these records to the press, in defense of what has been determined to be an unlawful probe. Such an outcome, Esenberg says, “would be inconsistent with John Doe secrecy which is claimed to protect the innocent. We now know that there was no basis to investigate these people — they were innocent of any lawbreaking.” So, Esenberg argues, the rationale for secrecy is stronger than ever. In the aftermath of the ruling, Wisconsin Club for Growth director Eric O’Keefe has called for Chisholm to be removed from office and others involved in the probe to be disciplined. It is not clear whether this will be harder or easier to accomplish if the underlying records are destroyed. n
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n MADISON MATRIX BIG CITY
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rules 4-2 to end the secret John Doe probe into allegations of illegal campaign coordination between Gov. Scott Walker and conservative groups.
Madison Memorial High School graduate Po-Shen Lo coaches Team USA to victory over China in the International Mathematical Olympiad in Thailand. PREDICTABLE
The city signs a development agreement on the $188 million Judge Doyle Square project.
Reclaiming the land Restoration project has multiple benefits BY NATHAN J. COMP
Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre plays flag football at Camp Randall Stadium in front of 22,000 adoring fans.
Downtown business owners balk at Mayor Paul Soglin’s proposal to raise fees for sidewalk cafes. SMALL TOWN
n WEEK IN REVIEW WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 n The state Senate votes
21-10 to approve a plan to spend $250 million in taxpayer money to fund a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks. Meanwhile, the NBA team’s billionaire co-owners will kick in $150 million, combined. The Assembly will take up the proposal next week.
THURSDAY, JULY 16 n UW-Madison educa-
tional policy and sociology professor Sara GoldrickRab comes under fire for discouraging prospective students on Twitter from attending the UW after the state eliminated tenure and cut the university’s budget.
FRIDAY, JULY 10 n Gov. Scott Walker tells
CNN’s Dana Bash “I don’t know” if being gay is a choice.
SUNDAY, JULY 19 n A 13-year-old U.S. citi-
zen who is the daughter of undocumented immigrants confronts Walker at a campaign stop in Iowa, asking why Wisconsin is part of a
lawsuit challenging President Obama’s executive action on deportation relief. Walker comforts her by saying “The president can’t be above the law.” MONDAY, JULY 20 n Wisconsin’s Government
Accountability Board is in the crosshairs days after the Supreme Court rules to end the John Doe investigation into alleged illegal campaign coordination by Walker and his staff. The GAB approved the investigation as well as the 2012 recall election. Revenge is swift. n The famous Orpheum Theater sign will finally get a much-needed facelift after the Landmarks Commission approves plans for a $200,000 restoration. TUESDAY, JULY 21 n Tia Nelson, the daughter
of Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, resigns from her job as Wisconsin’s public lands administrator four months after her Republican bosses banned her from discussing climate change on the job.
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Dane County nature lovers will soon have 80 new acres to explore within the Dorn Creek Wildlife Area with the launch of an innovative land restoration and biofuel project to revitalize a pair of county land holdings with “few redeeming qualities.” “This is a first time we’ve approached a restoration project with multiple benefits,” says Sara Kwitek, a county land acquisition and planning specialist. “We’re taking care of the invasive species while also utilizing them for biofuels.” The project is a collaborative effort between the county, the state Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Lambert Forest Products, a timber management company located just north of Tomah. A crew from Lambert will clear two 40acre parcels of invasive black locust and box elder trees. Both tree species have a knack for colonization while reducing the habitat for native birds and critters. In exchange for its work — which saves the county $40,000 — Lambert gets to keep the trees, which it will turn into chips to be burned and converted into electricity. Mike Engel, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, says the trees have no commercial value. “Burning them may not sound like the best use of trees,” he says. “But not all trees can be made into lumber or other products. So the chips will be burned and made into electricity that gets out on the grid.” Engel is particularly excited by the project. “I’ve been trying to get one of these biomass harvests off the ground for five to 10 years, and this is the first one to work out,” he says. One of the two properties, he says, was probably some kind of quarry 30 years ago. “It’s a disturbed site,” he says. “When you
take material from the ground, it becomes vulnerable to nastier trees and shrubs.” Laura Hicklin, deputy director of the Dane County Land & Water Resources Department, says the county and the Department of Natural Resources have jointly owned one parcel since 2005, while the county acquired the second parcel in 2013. Hicklin says heavy development pressure in Westport and south of Oncken Road have driven property values upward, with the price of both parcels approaching $700,000. Kwitek says the project fit with the county parks’ sustainability goals. “We’ve been harvesting trees from our parks to build timber-framed park shelters,” she says. The forest management plan for the Black Earth Creek Sunnyside Unit Wildlife Area includes a plan to harvest trees for this purpose. To date, shelters have been built at Festge Park, between Cross Plains and Black Earth, Brigham Park and Stewart Lake County Park, both in Blue Mounds. The Partners of Fish and Wildlife Program was established by U.S. Fish and Wildlife to help Wisconsin landowners manage their land for the benefit of wildlife, Engel says, noting that 85% of Wisconsin’s landmass is privately owned. “If you think about it, our birds and animals and plants aren’t reading property boundary signs,” he says. “And fewer and fewer acres are being purchased for the benefit of public to use, so if we’re interested in managing wildlife, then we need to find collaborative ways to partner with the people who do own the land.” Once the project is finished, the area will open to the public for hiking, bird watching and hunting. “Being so close to Madison, it’s an area that could provide a lot of benefit to the public,” Engel says. “The county saw that as a good opportunity to wipe this blemish off the landscape.” n
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Messing with worker pensions Republicans look to “fix� the nation’s most successful system BY BRUCE MURPHY Bruce Murphy is editor of UrbanMilwaukee.com.
It was back in November 2012 that Gov. Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation sent a letter to the State of Wisconsin Investment Board that “recommended� it loan $200 million to the WEDC. That’s rather alarming, given that the WEDC, the controversial economic development agency, has been plagued by poor performance and bad management. It was created by Walker, and he was then its board chairman, so it’s a safe assumption he thought it a good idea to grab money from the Investment Board, which manages the pension fund serving some 426,000 state and local government workers and retirees. The result could have reduced the fund’s holdings and negatively affected retirees’ pensions. Fortunately the Investment Board rejected the request, noting its fiduciary duty to make sure any investment doesn’t have “an adverse effect on its assets.� This is not the only instance of Walker trying to mess with workers’ pensions. He has suggested the state should change to a 401(k) system like most private companies now have. Act 10, his signature law curtailing public employee unions, also commissioned a study to compare the state’s “defined benefits� plan for employees to an optional “defined contribution� plan like a 401(k). The study found Wisconsin has “one of the lowest pension system costs for taxpayers in the nation� and “contains many pension policy best practices� that “minimize the risks for taxpayers.� The study also found Wisconsin’s pension benefit, where employees earn 1.6% of their final average salary for each year worked, “is lower than
the average 1.95% multiplier� in other public retirement systems nationally. As for a 401(k)-type plan, an actuarial analysis in the study found that to provide a comparable benefit to employees, it “would require higher contributions than employers and employees currently pay.� The study noted “numerous� past studies indicating that a voluntary plan like a 401(k) results in many employees not signing up, reducing the growth of the retirement fund, both because of reduced economies of scale from a smaller fund, and because individual employees make poorer investment decisions than professional money managers like those at the state Investment Board. The study echoed an earlier report by the Pew Center on the States, which found Wisconsin’s pension fund was the strongest among all 50 states, with enough money to cover 100% of current liabilities, compared to an average of 75% for other state pension systems. Pew researcher David Draine noted that Wisconsin’s fund was unique nationally because employees share in the risk: When investment returns in the pension fund rise, so do pension payments. But when investments suffer losses, payments to retirees can decline. “That helps them manage risk a bit better,� Draine told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “It’s the only state that does that.� In reaction to the state study, Walker declared it “confirms that both taxpayers and pensioners are getting a great deal with the WRS.� Yet Walker and Republican legislators still want to mess with the system. Which brings us to a recently proposed budget amendment that would have overhauled the Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems, created in 1947 by Republican leaders then in control of state
government, which has helped safeguard state pensions for 68 years. Under the law, the committee has 10 members, including six legislators and four experts: the secretary of the Employment Trust Fund (the state retirement fund), a public appointee who typically has expertise in this field, an assistant attorney general typically well-versed in pension laws, and the state commissioner of insurance or an experienced actuary designated by the commissioner. For more than six decades this bipartisan watchdog committee has helped assure Wisconsin’s pension system is the nation’s strongest — through “a lot of input from a lot of people with expertise in the system,� says David Bennett, executive director of the Wisconsin Retired Educators Association. But the budget proposal would have dropped all the experts from the committee
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and stuffed it with 10 members of the Legislature structured like other standing committees, meaning it would have a two-thirds majority of Republicans. Bennett calls it “a very dangerous� proposal that would “upset the balance of the retirement system� and create opportunities for mischief. “Public oversight is really important to the system.� Bennett’s group is one of many representing retired public employees, none of whom were consulted about this change. “We were all blindsided,� he says. “This first came up [in the budget] on the night before the Fourth of July weekend. Draw your own conclusions about the timing of that.� Yet Bennett’s group and others quickly reacted, successfully pressuring legislators to drop the budget provision. To date, no legislator has taken credit for the proposal or explained its rationale. “They’re all ducking for cover,� Bennett notes. But it’s unlikely the provision was added to the budget without the okay from top Republican leaders: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald. And it’s unlikely it wasn’t discussed with Walker, given the powerful partial veto power Wisconsin’s governor has. All of which suggests Republicans have designs on changing the nation’s most successful pension fund, and may make future attempts to do so. Don’t say you weren’t warned. n
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eanne Bristol and Kay Cronin remember their dad as a proud man who worked hard to get ahead. “He put himself through college in his 50s,” Kay says. “It was important to him.” A father of 11, Jerome Coonen was energetic, curious and a jack of all trades. He worked as a grocer and a baker before completing his degree and teaching high school science. After that, he ran his own hydraulics repair shop. “He was always learning something,” says Kay. “Always reading.” But in 1992, Coonen began to slip. One day, he got lost driving home from a visit with his son, who lived just a mile and a half away. “He became more and more confused, but he made a lot of good decisions,” Kay remembers. “He decided to sell his car. But then he began to call us in the middle of the night. ‘There’s a kitty in my room.’ ‘There’s bugs on the ceiling.’ We knew he needed to be in a place with overnight staff.” They would soon discover their father suffered from a disease called Alzheimer’s, which afflicts an estimated 5 million Americans. Until he could get into a facility, his children took turns spending the night with him. “When he was moved, it was easier for us. He was a sociable person and enjoyed having staff to talk to at night,” Kay says. In the nursing home, things seemed better for a while, but during her regular visits, Kay witnessed her dad’s confusion deepen until the end.
Jerome Coonen is remembered by his daughters as an intellectually curious man.
It was painful to watch a once sharp man slowly lose himself. Now Kay and Jeanne fear a similar fate could await them. Not only did their father die from the disease, so did both of their grandfathers. Will they be next? One in three seniors die with Alzheimer’s or another type of dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. It is the only cause of death among the top 10 in America that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed, and very few families have avoided the long goodbye between victims and their loved ones. Like millions of others, the sisters watched a loved one’s memory and personality slip away before their eyes. But unlike most people, Jeanne, Kay, and their sisters Grace and Nancy have been given a chance to do something about this insidious and frightening disease. “Grace saw an item in the paper,” says Jeanne. “It was a study looking for people with a parent who had Alzheimer’s.” Grace is a nurse, Jeanne added. “She...said they needed us.” The sisters were ideal candidates for the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP), a study trying to unlock the mysteries of why some people get Alzheimer’s and some don’t. People with a parent who had Alzheimer’s are about three times more likely to get the disease than those with no family history. To help researchers get a better understanding of the disease, both Bristol, who lives in Balsam Lake, and Cronin, who lives in Kaukauna, have been driving every other year to UW Hospitals in Madison, where they’ve submitted to numerous tests and grueling brain teasers. The two are part of a massive study that has gone
on for almost 15 years. It’s one of a number of studies that is putting the UW in the vanguard of Alzheimer’s research. Neither sister cares to dwell on the possibility that one of the tests might reveal early symptoms of Alzheimer’s. “They might say they see something in your brain,” says Jeanne. “You know that not everyone is going to get that call, but if they do say they have seen something in my brain, I’ll just keep it active. That’s all you can do.” DR. MARK SAGER TRACES THE STUDY BACK TO AN “ah-ha moment” he had in 2000 over a glass of wine with his wife. Sager, who until his recent retirement was professor of medicine at UW School of Medicine and Public Health, was telling his wife about the need for more Alzheimer’s research. “It was her idea,” he says. “She said, ‘You need to study people like me,’” meaning people who don’t have the disease. Sager decided to study not just people who don’t have the disease, but “people who are at higher risk of the disease because of their family history so that clues can be found before someone becomes symptomatic.” Alzheimer’s is a slow disease that is present in the brain long before it can be detected using current methods. It is thought to advance through three stages — an early stage with no symptoms, a middle stage when people have increasing problems with memory or other thinking skills but are still functional, and the final stage of severe dementia that ends in death. The hope is to come up with treatments that stop the disease before symptoms begin, or at least before they worsen to the final stage.
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“There was no preclinical research being done before we began,” Sager says. “All studies were being done on people who clearly had Alzheimer’s. Here in Madison, we took a risk with a new direction, and it panned out.” There aren’t a lot of risk takers among those who fund research at the federal or state levels. Sager’s team was fortunate. “We found funders, and we got support here from the Medical School,” Sager says. Today, preclinical research like Sager’s study is what Madison is best known for in the Alzheimer’s world. The question researchers are probing is who is at risk. “We knew family history was a risk factor, and we announced on television that we were starting this study,” says Sager. “Within 24 hours we had 600 calls. The public engagement has been the most amazing thing about this.” Most studies are not this big because it takes a lot of money to identify and recruit appropriate people for such a large-scale test. The number of participants is part of what makes this study so promising. “It’s huge,” says Sager. “Perhaps 10% of the population has an abnormal memory test. If you only have 250 people in a study, that’s only 25 people. But if you have 1,500 people, you have 150 examples, so you can say something definitive about what you are finding.”
The Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention began to enroll subjects in 2001 and is following over 1,500 people, including 1,100 who have a family history of Alzheimer’s and 400 who do not. That makes it the largest and longest-running study of its kind in the world. The study compiles a wide range of information on participants, including their background, medical history and lifestyle, including exercise and diet. Researchers collect vital signs, record brain images and take samples of cerebral spinal fluid to look for biomarkers that may have predictive value long before the disease expresses itself. Blood samples are also collected to look for genetic risk factors. For many volunteers, the most grueling part of the process is a battery of cognitive tests to check memory, attention and other mental skills. Understandably, children of Alzheimer’s victims often worry that their memory is failing. By design, the tests are not reassuring. “They are designed to make sure you fail,” says Bruce Hermann, a professor of neurology and director of the Charles Matthews Neuropsychology Lab at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. He assembled the test battery from well-known standardized cognitive tests into a formidable mental challenge that almost everyone dreads. Researchers need to know where test subjects fall within a broad population range, and test scores can
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n COVER STORY bounce around. It is the trend over years of testing that is telling. If someone were to get a perfect score, there would be no room for them to do better, so Hermann made sure that a perfect score is impossible. These kinds of stressors have not stopped people from lining up for the program. The willingness of the volunteers to keep coming back is part of what makes this a groundbreaking study, providing a rare look into how brains change over time. “Our participants are dedicated and passionately supportive of the project,” Sager says. “They have made our job so much easier,” he adds, noting that while the program spends money each year on memory testing and neural imaging, it does not spend funds on recruiting. “People are still calling us to be part of the study because they’ve seen what Alzheimer’s has done to their family members.” “The cohort has really hung in there. They volunteer to get lumbar punctures. They are signing up to donate their brains.”
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But as the research study itself ages, there are some challenges. Some of the participants have moved since they signed up. They are now scattered to 28 states and Canada. “Participants are starting to retire and go to warmer climates,” says Hermann. “We hope they will come back and remain as involved as they have been.”
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KAY AND JEANNE NOW SPEND THEIR winters in Arizona, but they intend to keep coming for their test appointments, even though they’re retired. They have also agreed to donate their brains after they die to the program for analysis. “The post-mortem brains will be very valuable to the study,” says Sager. “We will be able to connect any pathology in the brain with the subject’s history of cognitive change and lifestyle that has been collected for several decades.” Jeanne, who was a computer programmer and systems analyst, and Kay, who worked in food service and child care,
usually come to Madison the day before testing, so they’re well rested for the long day. After a day of blood draws and another round of tough cognitive testing, Jeanne and Kay reflected on what participating in the study means to them before the long drive home. “I’ve learned a lot in this process,” says Kay, who is 73. “In my 30s, I weighed 230 pounds. I have worked to keep it off, and I’m glad I did. Staying fit is important. I walk now, here, there and everywhere. You have to keep yourself moving. You have to keep your mind alert.” Both sisters play cards regularly, and they both volunteer through AARP to help seniors with their taxes. “It can be scary,” admits Jeanne, 75. “And it would be even scarier to be told the anomalies in the brain are increasing. They haven’t told me that yet.” HERMANN AND SAGER HOPE THEIR REsearch will continue to be funded now that they have reached the crucial stage where many of their participants are at the age where they may show symptoms of Alzheimer’s. It’s the time when the vast amount data that has been collected on the test subjects can be used to take a long look backwards and point toward causes, warning signs and cures. So far, fewer than 10 people in the study have developed Alzheimer’s. The study has already reinforced some ideas for preventing the disease. The latest newsletter to participants says: Keep investing in your cognitive future. Make a commitment to sustaining your brain health by staying active and engaged — physically, cognitively and socially. “We all inherit genes that may place us at a greater or lower risk,” says Sager. “But if you treat your brain well, you can modify that risk. For example, obesity is being connected to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s.” He advises stress reduction, exercise, avoiding smoking, sleeping eight hours a night — in general, living an active, healthy life. One preventative measure recommended is to regularly play brain teasers and games. Some of these can be found on AARP’s website. Insight into the diseases is badly needed. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, a new case of dementia is detectable somewhere in the world every four seconds. In the U.S., Alzheimer’s disease health care costs are $200 billion annually. In contrast, federal annual research expenditures on the disease are about $600 million — just 0.3% of what is spent caring for patients. Those costs are certain to climb as the baby boomers age. “They could push us right over the edge,” says Sager. “The estimates are one person in eight will develop Alzheimer’s. Without a viable treatment, this could be one of the most explosive socioeconomic disasters to hit us.” n
Other aspects of Alzheimer’s research at UW-Madison When it comes to dementia research, UW-Madison is the new kid on the block. “But it is quickly reaching national status,” says Dr. Sanjay Asthana, who heads the UW’s Alzheimer’s research program. “Our young scientists are already leaders, and they are the future of the field.” Here’s a rundown of some of the their work:
Brain imaging in early detection of Alzheimer’s Dr. Sterling Johnson, a clinical neuropsychologist, is developing new ways to image the damage of Alzheimer’s in a living brain. Until recently, the only definitive way to diagnose Alzheimer’s was with an autopsy, which could identify abnormal growth called plaques and tangles. “For the last eight years, we have been able to image the plaques, and now for the Sterling Johnson first time, just this year, we can image the tangles,” Johnson says. “Now that we can image both, we won’t have to wait for an autopsy.” UW-Madison is one of three sites in the country implementing this imaging technique.
4-D flow imaging Johnson is also collaborating with researchers in Medical Physics to study flow in the brain’s blood vessels. “We’ve seen that people with Alzheimer’s have lower flow going to the head, and their vessels are stiffer. This was suspected from autopsies, but no one could show it in patients until we did. We are realizing that the pulsing action of these vessels helps clear material waste out into the spinal fluid. If the vessels aren’t flexible enough, they don’t provide the pumping motion to get the garbage down the path. It stays and forms the plaques.”
New treatments for Alzheimer’s UW researchers are developing animal models to study Alzheimer’s treatments. There is no complete animal version of Alzheimer’s in the world, and that’s one of the reasons there’s been a delay in finding treatment. However Dr. Luigi Puglielli has genetically engineered mice to express a human protein, APP, which is instrumental in developing Alzheimer’s, and the mice develop characteristics of the disease. They’re being used to better understand the molecular mechanism that triggers Alzheimer’s, so that the onset of disease can be delayed. “Within the cell, some proteins are made incorrectly. The good ones need to be marked as good to go, the others are toxic and need to be removed,” says Puglielli. “We want to increase the natural machinery that disposes of the bad ones. Imagine that you have trash pickup once a week; as you grow older and produce more trash, you may need to remove it twice a week.”
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Dr. Amy Kind, associate professor in geriatrics in the UW School of Medicine, developed and piloted a Coordinated Transitional Care Program (C-TraC), to help hospitalized dementia patients return home by assigning a nurse to meet with the family and then following up with phone calls over the next several weeks. The program has reduced rehospitalization by one third and has been adopted by hospitals in Wisconsin and other states. “We see patients and families in times of crisis,” Kind says. “And we can support them beyond their hospital stay.”
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Gallery in the Overture Center on July 17 and runs through Aug. 23. In advance of the opening, I spoke with Flynn; Michael Duffy, another close friend of McLimans and a colleague from the legendary Survival Graphics collective; Watrous Gallery director Jody Clowes; and exhibits coordinator Rachel Bruya. “David liked black humor,” says Duffy. “He had this innate curiosity, the talent to listen and observe.” The amusing and edgy aspects of his playful nature-themed imagery came from his imagination but also from being “a nature guy,”
he says. “He lived in a cabin in Richland County, a kind of shack. He liked to wander. He liked fire.” McLimans died at the age of 66 in 2014, from a heart attack. A Navy veteran, he’d been treated at the V.A. hospital in Madison, but his ongoing health issues had more to do with dental injuries from a long-ago accident than with the heart condition that took his life. Born in Beaver Dam and raised in Green Bay, McLimans received his MFA in graphic design at Boston University before traveling extensively with the orchestras employing his then-wife,
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“Gone Wild,” a new exhibit at the Overture Center, spotlights one of the city’s most talented and lauded artists and illustrators, the late David McLimans. “David’s show is a celebration, not a memorial,” says Patrick JB Flynn, a fellow artist and close friend of McLimans. Flynn is the art director for the Cambridge, Mass.-based art and criticism magazine The Baffler. The collection of McLimans’ collages, children’s books, sculpture and editorial illustrations opened at the James Watrous
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A strong second act 1847 at the Stamm House has a winning menu in a beautifully restored space BY ANDRÉ DARLINGTON
For years a staple of the Madison-area fish fry and supper club scene, the Stamm House served food family-style in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere. Diners nursed Old Fashioneds until their tables were ready, then headed upstairs to face heaping bowls of coleslaw and perch. It was an institution, but by the end, it had become run down. Then veteran restaurant industry couple Brian and Alicia Hamilton teamed up with landlord Troy Rost when he purchased the historic house. It was a fortuitous buy. A total facelift highlights the stunning beauty of the property. The red barnwood has been stripped away (it wasn’t original), and the interior is back to raw stone and wood beams. Walls have been removed, a few knotty pine dividers constructed and the kitchen relocated to the ground floor — where it should be. The small bar at the lower-level entrance remains, and there’s another large bar upstairs in the airy main dining room. The feel is cozy below and soaring above. And there’s a huge new front patio outside. To complement the total remodel, the Hamiltons have paired with Nick Johnson, the James Beard-nominated chef who’s worked at Restaurant Magnus and 43 North. This alignment of downtown talent has made the new 1847 at the Stamm House one of the most anticipated openings of the year. Just as dimness has given way to new windows, the menu has been brought into the light. Heavy and fried is out; fresh and seasonal produce dominates — although a rotating daily special features comfort foods like chicken and dumplings and beef stroganoff. Gone are the sticky Old Fashioneds, replaced with a well-composed list of on-trend craft cocktails. However, don’t fret, there’s still fish fry on Fridays.
A must-order is the beet carpaccio with farro, radish, hazelnuts, and dollops of smoked ricotta.
The list of starters is short but mighty. There’s a smoked strawberry salad with fennel and radishes tossed in a light vinaigrette. This would be fine even if it stopped there, but Johnson sneaks a cooling slab of coconut custard underneath. The smooth texture and tropical flavor is an unexpected thrill, especially with a glass of rosé. Almost as good is the onion tart tartin, served cold (maybe a little too cold), with almond cheese and almond purée alongside pea greens. It’s just rich enough to make a light meal, and is sure to please vegetarians. A dish of oozy and decadent buratta is a sharable option, although be forewarned that the raisins and peanuts on top are reminiscent of trail mix — half of our table loved it, the other half did not. A safer choice for sharing might be one of the elegant cheese platters full of little dashes of condiments like pickled rhubarb, lemon curd and housemade mustards. Not to be missed is the beet carpaccio, a star even in this artisanal beet-crazed era. Thin slices of red beets are cooked until just tender, drizzled with olive oil, and strewn artfully with roasted farro and crunchy hazelnuts. Dollops of smoked ricotta with orange beet halves and crunchy radish slices create contrast and add zing. Again, it’s a vegetarian’s delight. Or, it’s that chef Nick Johnson knows that vegetables are having a moment nationally on restaurant plates — that, and it’s finally growing season in Wisconsin. As if to underscore the point, the meat-centric dish among the appetizers, a Mediterranean-inspired lamb meatball, is flavorful but a bit dry. Meats (beef, pork, chicken) are sourced through Conscious Carnivore. The populist offering is a grass-fed burger, touched with a bacon-onion marmalade and topped with mornay sauce. The rich cheese, almost like a fondue, is given an acidic lift by a few slices of pickles. Terrific fries accompany it. For a lighter meal, the pan-roasted trout rests on a bed of “canoeharvested wild rice” mixed with summer beans. Bright and beautiful with a flaky fish filet, it wonderfully encapsulates the flavors of the
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On the run Isthmus compares iced coffee from three fast-food joints Madison’s coffee shops serve a phenomenal selection of cold coffee options to keep urbanites cool and caffeinated on a hot day. Sometimes, though, when you’re on the road and short on time, you might find yourself considering grabbing an iced coffee from a fast-food joint. Not sure who does iced coffee right? Here are my takes on three choices. For the sake of comparison, I ordered the same drink at all three places: a small iced coffee with cream. Let’s start with where not to get your fix: Taco Bell. I know, I know, it seems obvious that the place that fuels late-night cravings with bright orange Dorito-shell tacos might not brew a great cup of coffee, but I actually had high hopes. Taco Bell’s coffee is brewed to order, and it’s Rainforest Alliance-certified, which means there are some ethical guidelines involved in its growing. It was a disaster at first sip. Despite having ordered my coffee with cream and no sugar, it was strangely sweet. Worse yet, the “cream” (which I suspect is of the fake, oilbased variety) left a horrible aftertaste in my mouth: plastic-y and oily. The coffee — what I could taste of it — was bland. There wasn’t a lot going on. Grossed out, I tossed it after a few obligatory sips. A better option is Dunkin’ Donuts’ iced coffee. Dunkin’ Donuts’ hot coffee has long had a cult following, and its cold version uses the same beans, according to one staff member I talked to. Billed as a dark roast, it seemed more like a medium roast,
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Mexican melange Cervezarita from MobCraft MobCraft has come up with an imperial take on the light Mexican lager â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that is, a strong (7.8% ABV) version of a lager style like a Corona,which is usually about 4.5% ABV. Its distinctive flavor comes from agave nectar, sea salt and lime juice, and also from being aged in Mexican mezcal barrels. These barrels are very difficult to obtain, so MobCraft wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be making more of this beer anytime soon. If this beer appeals to you, get it when you see it. Cervezarita sells in 22-ounce bottles for around $13. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an interesting flavor profile with lime and wine-sourness up front (serve Cervezarita very cold, the colder the better, to accentuate this), followed by the complexity of agave, saltiness, woody barrel qualities and warmth. The spirit qualities reminiscent of tequila come out stronger in the finish. MobCraft comes up with some off-thewall ideas for beers, but more often than not executes them in ways that end up being very
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Turns out Craig Counsell isn’t a miracle worker. But at least his Milwaukee Brewers are taking baby steps. When the former Brewers player took over as the team’s new manager May 4, the Crew was 7-18 and the worst team in all of Major League Baseball. With the Brewers playing their best ball of the season and recently completing their first home sweep, the team is 42-52 and no longer at the bottom of baseball’s barrel. (Thank you, Philadelphia, Miami and Colorado.) Yet I still keep checking the standings every day to see how many wins this team
needs in order to move out of last place in the National League Central (almost there) — not how many it needs to catch division-leading St. Louis. I thought Counsell might be the spark to propel Milwaukee to the middle of the NL Central pack by last week’s All-Star break, which marked the halfway point of an incredibly trying season — one during which many fans stopped paying attention in April. After all, Counsell built rapport with many players as a former teammate and assistant to general manager Doug Melvin, and he played infield for two World Series championship teams. Most of the chatter among Brewers fans in recent weeks has revolved around which players will be on the trading block as the July 31 trade
deadline looms. Melvin Regardless of who goes won’t reveal much, telland who stays, it’s obviing the Milwaukee Journal ous that a rebuilding effort Sentinel that other teams is needed. Milwaukee is have asked about “a famous for many things, number of players” rangincluding its status as an ing “from our very young extremely patient baseball players to our veterans.” city. Attendance at Miller Among the names Park has averaged more MILWAUKEE BREWERS BASEBALL CLUB often mentioned in tradethan 30,000 per game every season since 2007. And despite this rumor talks are outfielders Carlos Gomez (age 29) and Gerardo Parra (28), as well as journeyseason’s debacle, the Brewers still are hoverman pitcher Kyle Lohse (36) and closer Francisco ing just outside the top 10 nationally, averagRodriguez (33). Other player names tossed ing more than 32,000 fans per game. Such patience will wear thin, though, if efforts aren’t about include shortstop Jean Segura and catcher Jonathan Lucroy, but neither is likely to leave. made to repair this ailing organization soon. n
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One of those competitors is Madison’s Scott Wilton, a five-time world unicycling champion who last August set two world records at the Unicycling World Championships in Montreal, Canada. He completed the 26.2-mile marathon in less than one hour and 20 minutes, maintaining an average speed of 20 mph; his recordsetting time in the 10-kilmeter race was 18:52. Among the events Madison Unicyclists members recommend for first-time spectators are “street” (riders perform skateboardingstyle tricks using urban obstacles such as
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When school’s in session, Ian Beilfuss rides his unicycle to O’Keeffe Middle School every day, and he’s not the only one. Several kids in the Tenney-Lapham neighborhood do the same thing. “That’s getting to be the norm around here,” says Katie Beilfuss, Ian’s mother and vice president of Madison Unicyclists. For real? If you think unicycling is simply a circus act or something you see performed during Maxwell Street Days, you need to keep reading. In fact, the Unicycling Society of America calls it a sport and considers Madison Unicyclists (or MadUni) to be leaders in the unicycling movement, thanks to a strong focus on youth development via after-school programs and summer camps. That’s why, for the second time since 2011, Madison will host the North American Unicycling Convention and Championships (NAUCC; uninationals2015.com). Between July 25 and Aug. 1, everything from one-wheeled floor hockey to a unicycle marathon will be held at venues throughout greater Madison. Riders also will compete in freestyle, mountain, and track and field events, plus basketball and trick riding, at places such as the Goodman Community Center, Tenney Park, the UW Arboretum and Lake Kegonsa State Park. All told, an estimated 250 unicyclists are expected to participate. “Top riders from Madison and across the country will show spectators that just about any sport there is can be done on one wheel and done at an amazingly competitive level,” says Jill Cohan, the youth development director for Madison Unicyclists and local co-organizer of NAUCC 2015. “It is truly awe-inspiring to see the level of athleticism in these competitors.”
boxes, stairs and rails), “freestyle” (choreographed routines showcasing technical skills, showmanship and costuming), “cyclocross” (riders traverse a challenging grass course featuring hills, bumps and obstacles) and “flatland” (a trick competition conducted on flat pavement). Convention workshops will include a learn-to-ride session at which unicycles will be provided. Admission to all events is free for spectators. Proceeds from participants’ entry fees will help expand unicycling programs at schools by funding equipment purchases, instruction and other opportunities in south central Wisconsin for interested kids and adults. The nonprofit Madison Unicyclists, which Beilfuss says consists of about 80 families, already seems to be out in front in that area — supporting school programs at Sandburg Elementary, Marquette Elementary, O’Keeffe Middle School, Shorewood Elementary and the Lussier Center, with more planned soon. New riders are invited to join open practices on Sunday afternoons at the Goodman Community Center and Cardinal Heights Upper Middle School in Sun Prairie. (For details and schedule, see maduni.com.) While a basic unicycle can be purchased for less than $150, different events require different frames and wheels — just like bicycles. A mountain unicycle, for example, requires a thicker tire with a beefier tread, and can retail for upwards of $850. Other unicycles sell for more than $1,000. “The beautiful thing about unicycling is that you can involve yourself however much you want,” Beilfuss says, admitting that learning to ride is easier the younger you begin. “It’s all about how much your soul and body will allow. You don’t have to be serious about unicycling. You can do it just for fun.” n
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Todd Barry is no stranger to the stage. The famously mellow comedian has released five standup albums, performed on Letterman, Conan and Comedy Central, and appeared in films and television shows as varied as The Wrestler and Louie. Over the course of his nearly 30-year career, Barry has risen through the ranks to join the New York comedy elite. Of course, he didn’t start there. Isthmus caught up with Barry ahead of his July 26 show at the Comedy Club on State to learn more about his steps along the way, from country club maintenance worker to indie rock drummer.
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“I’m pretty sure it paid $3.50 an hour, which was more than the minimum wage, so it was good money. But I think I quit because it was too much lightning and stuff, and I couldn’t deal with it.”
MARCH 26, 1964 Todd Barry is born in the Bronx, N.Y. 1972 His family moves to southern Florida, about 30 minutes outside of Fort Lauderdale.
“I don’t remember having a particularly great time in high school. I don’t think I was tortured or anything, but I’m still a little bit shy, and I was probably extra-shy back then.”
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1979 His first job is yard work at a country club. 1982 Graduates from Coral Springs High School. MAY 27, 1982 Todd “Razz” Barry appears — by pen and voice — on NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman. “Here are your options,” he wrote in a letter. “A) Fly me to New York, pay for everything, and I’ll do [my Paul Shaffer] impression on your show, or B) call me and I’ll do it over the phone.” Letterman chose option B.
“They had this viewer mail segment, so I just took a stab in the dark.”
“A big regret is that I wasn’t a good student. I graduated with like a 2.1 GPA. Just barely skated out of there.” “Louis C.K. was working there as a writer, and [they had] a hole in their schedule. They were like ‘We need a comic. This is a way to kill five minutes.’ So they called me up the night before, I put some stuff together, and it went real well. And then my second one I kind of bombed, actually.”
1986 Graduates from the University of Florida in Gainesville with a bachelor’s degree in English. NOV. 1, 1987 Barry performs his first standup gig. DEC. 9, 1993 Now living in New York City, he makes his network TV debut performing standup on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien. 1996-2002 Voices “Todd the Video Store Guy” in about 15 episodes of Comedy Central’s Peabody Award-winning animated series Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist.
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“It was during the comedy boom in the SUN. DEC. 28 @ NOON late DEC. 31’80s, [at a place] called Coconuts MEN'S B-BALL: Comedy Club [in North Miami Beach]. JAN. I was1 definitely scared, but I prepared FOOTBALL: really well. I memorized a solid five HAPPYsoHOUR Mon-Fri & 9-11pm minutes, I think I came3-7pm across as fairly professional. I had no plans to ever be a comedian, and then I just tried it and it didn’t stop. A couple months or a year later, I was like, ‘I guess this is what I’m pursuing.’”
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1999 Barry’s first Comedy Central special airs. 2007 Guest stars as the third Conchord in an episode of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords. 2008 Barry plays Mickey Rourke’s mean boss in The Wrestler. 2010-PRESENT Plays himself in about 10 episodes (and counting) of FX series Louie. 2013 The Todd Barry Podcast reaches No. 1 on the iTunes chart. JULY 26, 2015 Barry will perform standup at the Comedy Club on State in Madison.
“Any time you’re on TV helps you get exposed. A cable show, if it’s watched by 100,000 people, probably more than that, you’d have to do 300 [live] shows to play to that many people. But New York is so full of people who have achieved things. Your friends could do a TV show and you wouldn’t even know they did it. It’s not like you have a viewing party or anything.”
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“I ended up living right across the street from [director Darren Aronofsky] for a few years, so we [became] friends. I ran into him at a restaurant, and he said ‘Oh, I might have something for you,’ and then I said ‘Like a part in a movie?’”
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Following a stint as a typographer at the Pleasant Company in Middleton, McLimans began his long association with Flynn and The Progressive starting in 1983. His witty and sophisticated editorial illustrations graced the pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly and many other national publications. His gorgeously illustrated children’s book (and the exhibit’s namesake) Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet (2007) was recognized as a New York Times Illustrated Book of the Year and was named a Caldecott Honor Medalist. “Even these days, I’ll read an article we’ll be illustrating at The Baffler and immediately think of David and how he might have approached it,” Flynn says. “He had a singular vocabulary, and it shows across his illustrative works and into the fine art of his collages and sculptures. It’s in the ephemera he used to create his art: maps, found objects, even currency.” Flynn previews several of the pieces that will be on exhibit, displaying the joyful breadth of McLimans’ vision. The finely wrought black ink on white illustrations, using signature elements such as curving jagged lines and masked faces, are striking in their authority and balance. The meticulous detail in the wildly colorful collages is even more astonishing for its “subversive” (codes and clues abound, Flynn tells me) use of maps for every detail, cut with scissors and X-Acto knives to precise and exuberant symmetries. The transformed shapes from the old maps are fixed with Sobo archival glue, which dries clear. The effect on colors is seamless, smooth — a virtuosic presentation of technical skill and magic. What
In “Frog,” the artist cut maps with X-acto knives to create precise symmetries.
emerges are faces and animals, insects and birds, reptiles and fish: life bursting forth in uncanny order, with ferocity and power. Amid the playfulness and humor of these exquisite creatures is an edgy and untamed wildness. Bruya cites “the amazing depths and textures of the collages, in five and six layers,” as a favorite dimensional detail. “He was an amazing distiller,” Clowes says. “And he was also a kind of vaudevillian,” adds Duffy. “So much of his style flows out of his love for typography,” Flynn says. “I think it was that essential graphic element that drove his artistic vision.” It is fitting, then, that McClimans’ children’s book, Gone Wild, which will also be on display at the Watrous Gallery, is getting a new life after being out of print, and 10 years after winning its Caldecott Honor. In February 2016, the London-based publisher Bloomsbury will republish it as a board book — a durable format made for the youngest readers’ small, eager hands. n
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Bringing back the buzz Clap Your Hands Say Yeah embraces its past on new tour BY TOM WHITCOMB
It’s tough being a “buzz band.” One minute, the entire world is looking at you; before you know it, the world’s on to the next thing. Few people understand the experience better than Alec Ounsworth, frontman for Philadelphia-based indie rockers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. In 2005, the band was one of the most buzzed about on the Internet, as their self-titled debut spread from blog to blog, garnering almost universal acclaim and winning them fans as high up as David Bowie. Since then, a lot has changed. Band members have come and gone, as have fans, who expected more of the same from the group. But Ounsworth says he’s fine with that. “I was not going to pander to a fickle audience,” he says. “I’ve never really been attracted to any musician or artist who doesn’t try to challenge himself. Or his listeners.” And challenge he has. The band’s subsequent releases have embraced a fuller, grander sound, much different from the lo-fi stylings of their debut. Last year’s Only Run could easily be mistaken for a completely different band, were it not anchored by Ounsworth’s instantly recognizable vocals. “I’ve set my sights purely on the material. For me, the music’s been getting better,” says Ounsworth, who has become more self-assured and trusting in his own intuition: “You to try to move forward, despite what people might or might not think.” In spite of the new direction, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah has been embracing its past on their most recent tour, which includes a stop at the Majestic Theatre on July 24. They’ve been revisiting their 2005 debut, playing it front to back, in order, every night.
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Says Ounsworth: “It’s almost like a thank you to the people who have hung with us for this long.” Ounsworth says the band actually began the tour playing the album in sections — three or so songs here and there, with newer material in between. But a conversation with Pedro the Lion’s David Bazan, who played a record front to back, changed his mind. “He would do the A-side, then newer songs in the middle, and then the B-side. And it occurred to me that these songs on our first album, the order was very, very precise,” says Ounsworth. “It was supposed to have that flow; the instrumentals and everything were supposed to fill each gap.”
Ounsworth says the tour has been going well. “I think a lot of people being familiar with the album usually helps,” he jokes. And even though this record laid the foundation for his career, Ounsworth admits that some tracks are more challenging to relearn than others. “I’d put [the instrumentals] on the album to create a certain sense of flow, but not necessarily for posterity or to redo.” Meanwhile, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah isn’t slowing down. When the current tour wraps up this fall, the band will head into the studio to begin work on a new record. n
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Thriving east-side bash Neighborhood comes together for AtwoodFest BY MICHAEL POPKE
Two years ago, one of Madisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most renowned block-parties-turned-communityfestivals almost packed up its music stages and beer tents for good. Today, with the cooperation of multiple neighborhood organizations, AtwoodFest is thriving; 18 bands are scheduled to perform this weekend on two stages, and an expanded KidsFest Stage will provide diverse entertainment targeting 3- to 16-year-olds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really a party in the street,â&#x20AC;? says Steve Sperling, general manager of the Barrymore Theatre on Atwood Avenue (where the festival takes place) and one of three community entities now managing the event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theme is â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dancinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in the Street.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? AtwoodFest, originally called Atwood Summerfest, began in 1982 as a fundraiser for the nonprofit Goodman Community Center. After the 2013 event, community center officials decided to drop the festival and focus on more mission-driven activities. Enter the Schenk-Atwood-StarkweatherYahara Neighborhood Association, the
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Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center and the Barrymore Theatre, which didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to see a great thing end. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We felt like it was really important for the community,â&#x20AC;? Sperling says about the festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But if we were going to keep it going, we had to make it bigger.â&#x20AC;? That included increasing the emphasis on music by expanding the stage areas, enhancing
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the audio equipment and booking a greater diversity of acts. The Alchemy Cafe Stage, featuring, among others, Nashville-based power-blues trio Simo and Madison West alum pop-rocker Gabe Burdulis, will be on the corner of Atwood Avenue and Winnebago Street. The Harmony Stage, in the parking lot of Montyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Blue Plate Diner, will include Madi-
sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11-piece disco dynamo VO5 (Isthmus arts and culture editor Catherine Capellaro is a member of this group) and a reunion of Madison reggae legend Tony Brown with the 608 Riddim Section. The new management team also changed the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A brilliant move,â&#x20AC;? says RĂśkker, the one-nameonly publisher of Maximum Ink and the man in charge of booking bands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The previous â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Summerfestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; part of the name was always confusing, and no one ever heard the word â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Atwood.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Other highlights will include a raffle with a grand prize of dinner for two at 25 eastside restaurants, a Little Free Library community art project and Convergence â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a parade anyone can join. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like AtwoodFest has always been part of Madisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culture,â&#x20AC;? says Meghan Blake-Horst, organizer of the KidsFest stage, which will be in the United Way of Dane Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parking lot. She estimates that overall attendance last year came close to a record-setting 15,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People in the community were passionate about making sure it stayed.â&#x20AC;? n
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Journeys of longing University Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fugitive Songs is about people who need to move BY GWENDOLYN RICE
As the company of University Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fugitive Songs sings in its opening number, â&#x20AC;&#x153;there are so many reasons to run.â&#x20AC;? The audience is immersed in musical variations on that theme â&#x20AC;&#x201D; stories of desperation, loneliness and longing for transformation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; throughout the 80-minute song cycle by Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen. Directed by Tony Award-winning actress and UW theater instructor Karen Olivo, the beautifully executed, emotionally rich show runs at the Mitchell Theatre for two weekends in July and will be remounted as the first production of the school year for two weekends in September. The fugitives in the loose narrative of the piece include a Subway â&#x20AC;&#x153;sandwich artistâ&#x20AC;? (a world-weary Nicholas Connors) who dreams about getting away from his minimum-wage job in his rural small town; a middle-aged woman (a stoic and heartbreaking Kate Mann) disillusioned with her marriage to her high school sweetheart; a teenage debutante who is furious with her boyfriend after being stood up (a prissy and amusing Megan Hofschulte); and a photographerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assistant (a
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goth-attired Ethan Larsen) who wants to see the world for himself instead of simply developing other peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vacation pictures. Although a few stories cross the line into the bizarre (two women wishing they had been kidnapped like Patty Hearst; drug addicts holding up a gas station on a road trip to Mexico), most are unique enough be thought provoking yet universal. The eight-member cast, made up primarily of UW students, is vocally strong, adeptly handling
solos and blending close harmonies. They are backed by an excellent five-piece folk ensemble of piano, percussion, violin, bass and guitar that adds texture and richness to the songs, without overpowering the singers. Fugitive Songs is a song cycle, so there is no overarching story â&#x20AC;&#x201D; just snippets of diverse people working out the next steps in their emotional and literal journeys. Through mini-vignettes between songs, Olivo attempts to define characters more fully. She uses inventive blocking to flesh out scenes behind the soloists. Some of these additions work well, while others are distracting and unnecessary. Rob Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s set is simple and compelling: a single road painted onto the floor, stretching into the distance. Soaring set pieces made from wooden pallets variously represent the mountains of Colorado, the buildings of â&#x20AC;&#x153;the big cityâ&#x20AC;? and the landscape of the unknown as each character tries to leave his old life behind and begin a new chapter. From the first notes, when we are introduced to the beautiful ensemble in search of something, to the final moment when the characters have left all their baggage behind, Fugitive Songs is a tuneful, intriguing journey. n
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Thanks to Rocky, we all know how the story’s supposed to roll in a boxing drama about a guy from the streets getting a title shot. The scrappy underdog, lacking the resources of his rival, has to make do with a never-quite-a-contender old trainer who has the fighter punching meat, or whatever new equivalent a screenwriter can come up with. Maybe there’s a girlfriend — or a mother, or some other family member — to fret over whether the focus on making it to the top is distracting him from important things like his health. They’re economic fairy tales, of a sort —visceral variations on an American tale of bootstraps success, where their bodies are the only currency they have to put in the game. Southpaw — written by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, and directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) — starts in a place that seems counterintuitive. Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal), a kid from Hell’s Kitchen raised in the foster care system, is already the undisputed, undefeated light heavyweight champion of the world when the film begins. He’s happily married to similarly up-fromthe-’hood Maureen (Rachel McAdams), with a 10-year-old daughter, Leila (Oona Laurence), living a dream life in a mansion. There’s no rags-to-riches story possible here; if not for Jim Lampley providing an improbable level of ringside exposition about not just the fighter but his wife, we wouldn’t even know there had ever been rags. But there’s a shake-up on the way in Billy’s life. A sudden tragedy — captured with an emotional intensity that left me holding my breath, so I’ll be damned if I’m gonna spill the beans, even if trailers have already done so — leaves Billy reeling. And there’s no escaping the realization that he was the one responsible. That’s when it becomes clear that Sutter and Fuqua are taking Southpaw in a surprising direction. It turns into the story of someone whose career success didn’t change the quality that most threatens his long-term chances for happiness. Southpaw is going to have to break Billy Hope down again in order to have him build himself back up the right way. Structurally, there’s a battle going on in Southpaw between the familiar sports drama it seems to be working against and its unique character arc. It’s still a movie in which the down-and-out Billy finds that old trainer — gym manager “Tick” Wills (Forest Whitaker) — and it still gives us an old-school training montage on the way to the Big Fight, as a bankrupt Billy considers a big payday facing the new champ (Miguel Gómez). Individual moments and snippets of dialogue make it feel as though Fuqua almost should have committed to pure melodrama rather than gritty edginess. Maybe the goal is providing a pure
Jake Gyllenhaal bears the emotional and physical scars of his actions.
The film list New releases Mr. Holmes: This novel adaptation weaves between three timelines in the life of a retired Sherlock Holmes as he revisits an unsolved case. The mystery is never particularly fascinating, and director Bill Condon proves simply functional at keeping the chronological balls in the air. Mostly, it’s about the pleasure of watching Ian McKellen’s performance, subtly affecting at conveying a man famed for his dazzling mind trying to cope with its deterioration. Paper Towns: Based on the 2008 novel of the same name, a young man and his friends take a road trip to find a missing neighbor. Pixels: Aliens attack the Earth after misinterpreting video feeds of classic arcade games as declarations of war.
Recent releases Ant-Man: Paul Rudd’s disarming charm is the perfect antidote to the self-seriousness of recent super antiheroes. It is Marvel’s first straight-up comedy, and thankfully, it works. A breezy and well-crafted popcorn flick that knows what it is and does what it does to an intoxicating degree. Minions: Animated tale focusing on the titular trio from Despicable Me as they search for a new villain to serve. Nothing holds the film’s attention for very long, but the fleetness of the script mostly works in its favor. No gag gets overlavished, no plotline overstays its welcome. Trainwreck: Amy Schumer wrote the script, casting herself as a monogamy-averse magazine writer who doesn’t know quite how to handle herself when she gets involved in a real relationship. But the directing was handled by Judd Apatow, and as much as Schumer occasionally tries to subvert the idea that this is a conventional rom-com, it keeps stubbornly turning back into one.
More film events Gasland: Documentary about the environmental effects of natural gas extraction. Central Library, July 27, 7 pm. Human Capital: A car vs. bicycle accident ties together the destinies of two families. Ashman Library, July 24, 6:45 pm. The Karate Kid: The 1984 film about a martial arts master who gives a bullied boy lessons in both karate and life. Pinney Library, July 25, 2 pm. Paper Moon: A Depression-era con man and his maybe-daughter (Ryan and Tatum O’Neal) form a partnership. Cinematheque, July 24, 7 pm. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure: An amazing bicycle is stolen, leading to a cross-country journey featuring escaped convicts, the Alamo and Large Marge. Memorial Union Terrace, July 27, 9 pm. Prince of Foxes: Slicked-up portrait of the Borgias from Samuel Shellabarger’s bestseller, starring Tyrone Power, Orson Welles and Wanda Hendrix. Cinematheque, July 30, 7 pm.
crowd-pleaser; maybe it’s delivering something more complicated. Maybe it doesn’t always work as Southpaw tries to tiptoe between those two things. Gyllenhaal, though, finds yet another reservoir of intensity for a tricky role, much as he did for last year’s Nightcrawler. Billy’s defining trait as a fighter is his refusal to defend himself, proving that he can take any kind of punishment before his bottled rage takes over. And Gyllenhaal shows us the consequences in both emotional and physical form. His chiseled body may draw attention — the way it always seems to happen when an actor transforms him or herself physically — but he’s just as good at the subtle slurring of a guy who’s taken a lot of punches to the head, showing the residual psychic damage of an early life dependent on
never backing down from a challenge to his manhood, despite the consequences. A comfortable rapport never quite develops between Gyllenhaal and Whitaker — the latter mostly playing one note of no-nonsense coach-y-ness — and the script sometimes feels as though it’s jumping over key interpersonal dynamics between Billy and his entourage, including his slick promoter (Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson). Yet even as it builds to the obvious climactic fight in the ring — the kind where both boxers are pummeling one another in ridiculous fashion — Southpaw manages to remain focused on the idea that there’s no external enemy who needs to be vanquished. Billy Hope has already been the better fighter; all that remains is to find out whether he becomes a better man. n
Reservoir Dogs: A perfectly planned diamond heist turns into a bloody ambush when one of the men turns out to be a police informer. Majestic Theatre, July 28, 8 pm. Sarajevo: Max Ophüls’ 1940 historical drama, set in the Austro-Hungarian court. Cinematheque, July 29, 7 pm.
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A.A. Bondy Saturday, July 25, The Frequency, 7:30 pm A.A. Bondy swore off music in 2003 when the career of his alt-rock band Verbena came to a screeching halt. The singer-songwriter emerged four years later as a modern folk hero, recalling equal parts Bob Dylan and the Tallest Man on Earth. In the eight years since he released his debut, Bondy has perfected the minimalist folk sound, from his oracular lyrics to his finger-style guitar technique. With Wood Chickens.
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Lazyeyes Thursday, July 23, The Frequency, 6:30 pm
This Brooklyn-based trio makes dreamy pop music with a touch of shoegaze and a hint of punk. Both NME and Stereogum have highlighted Lazyeyes’ infectious guitar riffs and hooks. The band released its second EP, New Year, at — you guessed it — the beginning of the year. With the Teen Age.
Elvis Costello & the Imposters
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Though Elvis Costello may have begun his career as a snotty pub-rocker whose controversial antics got him banned from Saturday Night Live in 1977, the English musician has grown up a lot in the past four decades. Lately, he’s been collaborating with artists as disparate as Burt Bacharach and the Roots. But with his band, Costello bridges the gap between his brash younger self and his wiser, more eclectic older one.
Heaters Thursday, July 23, Memorial Union Terrace, 9 pm
The state of Michigan has had good luck when it comes to garage bands: MC5, the Stooges, the White Stripes and now Heaters, a Grand Rapids-based trio that combines those bands’ ramshackle sound with blissed-out psychedelics. Their 2014 release Solstice blends those elements masterfully — tracks like “No Fuss” and “Lowlife” are more indicative of a band ready to break out of the garage than stay tethered to it. Dean House: Perfect Fifth, free/donations, 7 pm. East Side Club: Way Down Wanderers, bluegrass, 5 pm. Essen Haus: Jason Rowe, free, 9 pm. Frequency: Trap Saturn, Sidewalk Chalk, disco/funk, 10 pm. Heritage Tavern: Gerri DiMaggio, jazz, free, 5 pm.
Nine Thursday, July 23, The Brink Lounge, 7:30 pm
A famous Italian film director is in a rut — both in his career and in his marriage. In search of a muse, Guido turns to all of the women in his life, past and present, for answers. But what happens when you try to put the most intimate parts of your life on film? Music Theatre of Madison present the award-winning musical. ALSO: Friday, Saturday and Thursday (7:30 pm), July 24-25 & 30. Through Aug. 1. Fugitive Songs: University Theatre exploration of life choices and transitions, 7:30 pm on 7/23-25 and 2 pm, 7/26, UW Vilas Hall-Mitchell Theatre. $23. 265-2787.
Ivory Room: Nicky Jordan, Vince Strong, pianos, 9 pm.
Thursday, July 23, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm
Mickey’s Tavern: Mal-O-Dua, French swing, free, 5:30 pm.
Bowl-A-Vard Lanes: Love Monkeys, rock, free, 6 pm.
Monona Terrace Rooftop: ABBA Salute, free, 7 pm.
Brink Lounge: Madison Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 pm.
Nau-Ti-Gal: Crosstown Drive, free (on patio), 5:30 pm.
Capital Brewery: Dan Law & the Mannish Boys, 6 pm.
Quaker Steak & Lube, Middleton: DJ Capt’n Bob, 5:30 pm.
Cardinal Bar: DJ Jo-Z, Latin, 10 pm.
Rotary Park, Stoughton: Paul Otteson, free, 6 pm.
Club Tavern, Middleton: Rockstar Gomeroke, 9 pm.
Tip Top Tavern: Mario Sabaja, folk/country, free, 10 pm.
Come Back In: Teddy Davenport, free (patio), 5 pm.
UW Memorial Union-Terrace: Madpolecats, free, 5 pm.
B O O KS Nick Chiarkas: Discussing “Weepers,” with journalist Doug Moe, 7 pm, 7/23, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.
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Pudding: Broom Street Theater production of Michael Tooher’s postmodern romantic comedy, 7/10-31, BST, at 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays. $11. 244-8338.
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Merchant: Luke Sather, Luke Arvid, Louka Patenaude & Sugar Still, free, 10 pm.
Isthmus On Tap Next: Free public tasting/voting for wheat homebrew competition (winner will be next Isthmus beer brewed by Wisconsin Brewing Co.), 5-7 pm, 7/23, Echo Tap. Tickets: isthmusevents.boldtypetickets.com/events/26413733. 251-5627.
The Mikado: Madison Savoyards annual summer Gilbert & Sullivan production, 7:30 pm on 7/23-25 and 3 pm, 7/26, UW Old Music Hall. $40-$15. 265-2787.
High Noon Saloon: Sparks Band, free (on patio), 6 pm; Dub Foundation, Heavyweight Dub, Dub Messengers, Tropical Riddims Sound System, DJ Kayla Kush, 9 pm. Majestic Theatre: Useful Jenkins, People Brothers Band, Flowpoetry, free, 9 pm.
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Sean Donnelly Sean Donnelly is one of the most exciting comedians to come out of one of comedy’s most exciting scenes, New York. In addition to appearances on Late Show with David Letterman and Last Comic Standing, the self-deprecating funnyman can be seen on the first season of House Party on Comedy Central. With Jonathan Pfendler, Gena Gephart. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), July 24-25.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Friday, July 24, Majestic Theatre, 9 pm
Ten years ago, a then-unknown band with a mouthful of a name released their debut, self-titled record. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah quickly became off-center indie rock darlings and one of the first examples of an Internet buzz band (see page 30). Three more albums later, they’re back with a vinyl re-release of the original record and a multi-nation tour. With Teen Men.
Neens Friday, July 24, Mickey’s Tavern, 10 pm
Bob Schneider Friday, July 24, High Noon Saloon, 9 pm
Bob Schneider is an Austin-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style draws from a wide variety of American songwriters, everyone from Springsteen to Newman to Parton, and his lyrics span an equally broad array. This year alone, Schneider has released two EPs — King Kong Vol. 1 and King Kong Vol. 2 — proving that even with a huge discography, the underrated songsmith continues to push himself. With the Mascot Theory.
Judging by their brief Soundcloud teaser, Madison-by-way-of-Racine trio Neens have some dreamy, reverb-heavy pop music in store for this EP release show. They’ll be joined by local R&B experimenter Mr. Jackson, who has been one of Madison’s most prolific live acts in 2015. Jackson creates deep grooves and whirling soundscapes accented by soft, yet crooning vocals. With Knute, Ming Kurray. Delaney’s: Bob Kerwin & Doug Brown, jazz, free, 6 pm. Edgewater: Mark Croft, free (on the plaza), 6 pm. Essen Haus: Steve Meisner, polka, free, 8:30 pm. High Noon Saloon: Seasaw, free (on the patio), 6 pm. Hody Bar, Middleton: Wild Heart, country, free, 9 pm. Immanuel Lutheran Church: Willy Street Chamber Players, 6 pm. Ivory Room: Vince Strong, Kevin Gale, 8:30 pm. Lakeside Street Coffee House: Madison Classical Guitar Society Showcase, free, 7 pm.
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Locker Room: Annie C & the Roundervilles, free, 9 pm. Mr. Robert’s: The Mood Manual, Sweet Talk, 10 pm. Oakwood Village-West: Dixie Sizzlers, free, 5:30 pm. Pooley’s: Nite Fire, free (on the patio), 7 pm. Sprecher’s Restaurant and Pub: Ron Denson, 7:30 pm. Tempest: Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble, 9:30 pm. Tip Top Tavern: Brother Rye, country/folk, free, 10 pm. Up North Pub: Bradley Sperger, free, 8 pm. UW Memorial Union-Terrace: Golpe Tierra, free, 5 pm.
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Friday, July 24, The Frequency, 9:30 pm
When Michael Eagle graduated from Southern Illinois University, he headed out west for a new career as a rap artist. As Open Mike Eagle, he’s been named Impose Magazine’s Rapper of the Year and has released four records of art rap. His latest, 2014’s Dark Comedy, finds its footing somewhere between heavy-headed lyricism and hilarity. With Milo, CRASHprez.
A Sky Painted Brown Friday, July 24, Bartell Theatre’s Evjue Stage, 8 pm
Yoni Wolf Friday, July 24, Memorial Union Terrace, 9 pm
Badger Bowl: Stereo Side Effect, Johnny Likes Noise, Vaudeville, free, 8:30 pm. Brink Lounge: John Masino, rock, free, 9 pm. Cardinal Bar: Paul Dietrich Trio, jazz, free, 5:30 pm: DJs Jevon Jackson, Wyatt Agard, Lovecraft, 9 pm. Chief’s Tavern: Cool Front with Jon French, 6:30 pm. Crystal Corner: Hometown Sweethearts, 9:30 pm.
Dancing with the Stars Friday, July 24, Overture Hall, 8 pm
Indulge your secret love of the ABC perennial by attending this “perfect 10” event. Hosted by “all-stars” season champion Melissa Rycroft, the 90-minute spectacular features dancers like Witney, Val and Peta, and promises to deliver the same drama and romance you see on the show. Expect performances of your favorite numbers and some exciting new choreography as well.
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Though you may best know him as the frontman of WHY?, rapper, indie-rocker and Anticon co-founder Yoni Wolf has enjoyed a fruitful solo career. This special solo show will find the revealing lyricist drawing from his work with WHY?, cLOUDDEAD and Reaching Quiet, as well as his remixes and solo work. With Serengeti.
In this collaboratively written piece from seven local playwrights, Kathie Rasmussen Women’s Theatre produces a multilayered story on bullying, examining the daily trauma of a bullied student and the reactions of those around her. Ultimately asking “whose fault is bullying?” the play pushes viewers to ponder the best ways to respond. With talkbacks after every show. ALSO: Saturday (8 pm), Sunday (2 pm), Wednesday and Thursday (8 pm), July 25-30. Through Aug. 1.
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Squad: The Calling of the Common Hero Exhibited July 24-Sept. 27, Chazen Museum of Art
From the handsome, enigmatic face of a young black Jesus crowned with thorns (Revelations: Pilot’s Tale), to the cinematic tableau vivant tour de force of The Last Supper I and II, the photography of Royal College of Art (London)-trained Faisal Abdu’Allah challenges social and artistic assumptions. An aquamarine-eyed Gilgamesh is among the beautiful faces gazing directly at the viewer with a hard, questioning presence that feels timely and intimate. Sarah Aslakson, Elsie Berget: “Wonderland,” through 8/8, Gallery Marzen (reception 5-8:30 pm, 7/24). 709-1454.
KIDS & FAM ILY First Act Children’s Theatre: “Prince Caspian”: 4 & 7 pm, 7/24, Edgewood College-The Stream theater. $7 ($5 ages 10 & under). 358-9572.
BOOKS Victoria Houston: Discussing “Dead Rapunzel,” her new thriller, 7 pm, 7/24, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.
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This Will Destroy You Saturday, July 25, High Noon Saloon, 9:30 pm
This Will Destroy You has released some of the most powerful and emotive instrumental rock records of the last decade, but due to their grueling, endless touring, by 2013 the band had almost destroyed itself. Last year, however, the four-piece returned with Another Language, a record that seems to have revived them as they hit the road again. With the Velvet Teen.
Lost Boy ? Saturday, July 25, Mickey’s Tavern, 10 pm
Serving as the solo bedroom recording project of Davey Jones for six years, Lost Boy ? is now a fuzz-rocking four piece. The Brooklyn-based band released their (for all intents and purposes) debut this past spring, a glorious mess of catchy hooks, pop and punk. With Sharkmuffin, Minotaurs, Dumb Vision. Bartell Theatre: Earthman (EP release), 9 pm. Cardinal Bar: DJ Fernando, 10 pm. Claddagh, Middleton: Andreas Transo, free, 8 pm. Club Tavern, Middleton: Razor’s Edge, free, 9 pm. Come Back In: The Rascal Theory, free, 9 pm. Essen Haus: Steve Meisner, polka, free, 8:30 pm.
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Mariner’s Inn: Ryan Casey, free, 6:30 pm.
Saturday, July 25, Memorial Union Terrace, 9 pm
Mr. Robert’s: Hue, free, 10 pm.
Aly Spaltro (aka Lady Lamb) just keeps getting better and better. The multiinstrumentalist and mighty vocalist’s latest record, After, veers into garage rock, banjo-fueled folk and experimental pop territories. And though her songs are lyrically dense and twisted in their structures, her pop sensibilities merge with her eccentricities, making this masterful performance a must-see. With Anna Vogelzang.
Merchant: DJ Nick Nice, free, 10:30 pm. Nau-Ti-Gal: Nine Thirty Standard, free, 5:30 pm. Plan B: Pearl, DJ Shiek, 9 pm. Pooley’s: Small Blind Johnny, free (on patio), 7 pm. Sprecher’s: Mighty Groove Masheen, 8 pm. Tempest Oyster Bar: Melon Heads, free, 9:30 pm. Tricia’s Country Corners: Wayne Road Band, 9 pm. Tyranena Brewing, Lake Mills: Kristy Larson Trio, 6 pm.
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Curdfest: Fresh or fried, plus kids’ activities, 1 pm, 7/26, Warner Park. Free admission. 246-4277.
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Clean Lakes Festival: Annual recreational/educational celebration, 10 am-4 pm, 7/25, Law Park, with outdoor activities for all ages, entertainment by Mad-City Water Ski team 3 pm, exhibits; also, Shoreline Swim race 7 am ($45/$29). Most activities free/ donations encouraged. cleanlakesfestival.com.
THEATER & DANCE Mercury Players Theatre: “Scenes from an Execution”: Exploring the tension between ambition and moral responsibility in 16th century Venice, 7 pm, 7/24-25, MercLab. $10. 661-9696. Memory of Dust: White Church Theatre Project, modern movement play inspired by the poetry of Robert Desnos, 7 pm on 7/25 & 27 and 4 pm, 7/26, ormer Wyoming Valley Church, 6348 Hwy. 23, south of Spring Green. $15 donation. 815-441-8828.
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Coasts are a Bristol-based five-piece that formed in 2011 and got scooped up by major label Capitol Records late last year. 2015 is shaping up to be a big year for this sweeping, stadium-ready rock band, as they played Coachella in April and are set to release their self-titled, full-length debut in September. With Catch Kid, Eagle Trace. Come Back In: John Masino, free (on the patio), 5 pm. Crystal Corner Bar: Jim Schwall, blues/folk, 8 pm. The Frequency: Sam Pace & the Gilded Grit, Honor Monsters, rock, 8 pm. High Noon Saloon: Dick Dale, Kevin Fayte Rock ‘n Roll Trio, rock, 7:30 pm. Mickey’s: Double Ewes, Red Francis, rock, free, 10 pm. Up North Pub: Gin Mill Hollow, free, 8 pm. Warner Park: Natty Nation, reggae, free, 6 pm.
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Emma: Upstart Crows Productions takes on Michael Bloom’s adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, 7 pm, 7/27-28, First Baptist Church. $15 donation. 827-9482.
High Noon Saloon: Madison Music Foundry Rock Workshop, noon; “50 Shades of Dave,” birthday tribute to Dave Adler featuring The Gomers backing Madison & Milwaukee musicians including Willy Porter, Freedy Johnston, Sean Michael Dargan, Ken Lonnquist, Lucas Bielejewski, Kia Karlen, Maggie Weiser and Jonathan Zarov, free, 8 pm.
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Wrong for the Part: Kathie Rasmussen Women’s Theatre production featuring monologues and scenes with odd casting choices, 7 & 9 pm, 7/26, Bartell Theatre-Evjue Stage. $15. 661-9696.
Greek Fest: Annual church picnic, 3-8 pm on 7/25 and 11 am-6 pm, 7/26, Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, with food, traditional music, church tours, kids’ activities, market. Free. agocwi.org. 244-1001.
Disability Pride Festival: Music, spoken word & more by artists with disabilities & allies, noon-5 pm, 7/25, Brittingham Park, including Elaine Kolb, The Figureheads, Jonny T-Bird & the MPs, Ricardo Vasquez, Magic Morgan, Euphoria Movement Arts Dance, Tani Diakite, kids’ activities, healthy living exhibits. Free. www.disabilitypridemadison.org. 770-4537.
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Standup comedian Todd Barry’s selfdeprecating style may be working a little too well; aside from his numerous appearances on the late-night circuit, the low-key absurdist has quietly scored the No. 1 spot on iTunes’ podcast chart, received praise from Entertainment Weekly, NPR and Ricky Gervais and has even appeared on Sesame Street. (See page 27.)
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The New Pacific plays, quite simply, rock ’n’ roll. The California-based band brings to mind acts like Queens of the Stone Age and Death From Above 1979, with whom they’re sharing a Lollapalooza afterparty stage on July 31.
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BLACK STAR DRUM LINE 12:00 PM ÓTIMO MADISON BRAZILIAN DANCE 12:30 PM HANDPHIBIANS 12:30 PM KIDSONG SING ALONG 1:30 PM KidsFest KID’S presented by: ROCK WITH MADISON MUSIC FOUNDRY 3:00 PM DJ NICK NICE 5:00 PM
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Hall and Oates
Olbrich Gardens: Mark Croft, Americana, 7 pm.
Thursday, July 30, Overture Hall, 7:30 pm
Shitty Barn, Spring Green: Strand of Oaks, 7 pm.
If you were an ’80s kid, you remember John Oates’ mustache. If you were an ’80s kid with a radio, you remember his music with Daryl Hall as well: The duo’s multi-decade career has brought them six Billboard No. 1 hits, seven platinum albums, six gold albums and an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
LEC T U R ES & S EM I N ARS Light in Art & Science: Lecture by artist Floor van de Velde, 6 pm, 7/28, 100state. 216-5496.
Concerts on the Square: Michael Mizrahi
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Wednesday, July 29, Capitol Square (King Street corner), 7 pm
What Scott Walker’s Presidential Campaign Means For Wisconsin: The Capital Times panel discussion, 6:30 pm, 7/28, High Noon Saloon. 268-1122.
wed july 29 SP EC I A L EV EN TS Family Motor Coach Association Convention: International convention, 7/29-8/1, Alliant Energy Center, with exhibits open to public 9 am-4 pm, 7/30-8/1. $7/day ($75/pass includes seminars/entertainment). RSVP: www.fmca.com. 800-543-3622.
LEC T U R ES & S EM I N ARS Wednesday Nite at the Lab: Free UW Alumni Association lecture by Floor van de Velde on her exhibition at Madison Science Museum, 7 pm, 7/29, GeneticsBiotechnology Center Auditorium. 265-2420.
The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra series’ final program of the season features this guest pianist and music themed around the 100th anniversary of World War I (1914-18).
Cardinal Bar: DJ Chamo, Latin, 10 pm. Come Back In: Jesse Hendrix Experience, free, 5 pm. Dean House: New Horizons, free/donations, 7 pm.
Claddagh, Middleton: Field & James, free, 6 pm.
Essen Haus: Midwesterners, Americana, free, 9 pm.
Come Back In: Whiskey, Water & Blues, free, 3 pm.
The Frequency: Mono In Stereo (CD release), Cloverlane, punk, 9 pm.
Heritage Tavern: Caravan Gypsy Swing, free, 9 pm. High Noon Saloon: We Are the Wild Things (EP release), Sky Urchin (EP release), Derek Pritzl, 8 pm. Natt Spil: DJ Evan Woodward, free, 10 pm. Quaker Steak & Lube, Middleton: Lube, free, 5:30 pm.
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Capital Brewery, Middleton: Sam Lyons Band, 6 pm.
Cardinal Bar: DJs Madden, DfectTV, Foundation, 9 pm.
The Frequency: Supervillain Fire Drill, Eli August & the Abandoned Buildings, Beefus, rock, 9 pm.
UW Memorial Union-Terrace: SpareTime Bluegrass Band, free, 5 pm; Hembree, free, 9 pm.
Bowl-A-Vard Lanes: Angels and Outlaws, free, 6 pm.
Bowl-A-Vard Lanes: Driveway Thriftdwellers, 6 pm.
Crystal Corner: Cranford Hollow, New Villains, 9 pm.
Olbrich Park: Central Park Sessions with Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble 5 pm, Dengue Fever 6:30 pm, Hanggai 8:30 pm, free. Quaker Steak & Lube, Middleton: Old School, 5:30 pm.
Malt House: Dollar Bill and the Bucks, free, 7:30 pm.
Up North Pub: Pat Ferguson, free, 8 pm.
Oakwood Village-University Woods: Harris Lemberg, Rich Larsen, John Widdicombe, jazz, free, 5:30 pm.
High Noon Saloon: The Mascot Theory, free (on patio), 6 pm; Gallant Ghosts, Meghan Rose, Joey Broyles, Sexy Ester, comedy by LaBomba Waters, 7:30 pm. Ivory Room: Katie Marquardt, Jim Ripp, pianos, 9 pm. Merchant: Hoot ‘n Annie, free, 10 pm. Mickey’s Tavern: Bukkake Moms, rock, free, 10 pm.
Uno Chicago Grill-Mineral Point Rd.: Nine Thirty Standard, blues/rock, free (on the patio), 6:30 pm.
Mr. Robert’s: Rowan Newport, American Feedbag, All Good Things, free, 10 pm.
Up North Pub: MoonHouse, free, 8 pm.
Nau-Ti-Gal: Ron Denson, free (on patio), 5:30 pm.
Miss Julie Thursday, July 30, Memorial Union Play Circle, 7:30 pm
August Strindberg’s Miss Julie is a play of life, love and conflicting social classes. The young Miss Julie has broken off her engagement and fallen suddenly for Jean, her young valet. Jean finds Miss Julie beautiful, but he finds her social status even more desirable. A free production from Fermat’s Last Theater Company. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (7:30 pm) and Sunday (2 pm), July 31-Aug. 1. Through Aug. 8.
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Caravan Gypsy Swing 5:00 Dengue Fever (Cambodia) 6:30 Hanggai (Inner Mongolia) 8:30 To benefit the Literacy Network and the Tenant Resource Center
El Gran Sabado Session
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Grupo Candela 2:00 Son Contrabando 3:30 Madisalsa 5:00 Los Cojolites (Mexico) 6:30 The Handphibians 8:00 (offstage) Ricardo Lemvo &(Afro-Cuban) Makina 8:30 Loca
Tani Diakite & Andy Ewen 1:00 Joel Paterson/Jim Liban 2:30 The Jimmys 4:15 Lurie Bell’s chicago blues band 6:15 Bassekou Kouyate Mali) 8:30 & Ngoni Ba (Bamako,
Evan Murdock & The Imperfect Strangers 5:00
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To benefit the Urban League of Greater Madison and Project 1808
Robbie Fulks 6:30 an evening with The Royal Southern Brotherhood 8:30
The City of Angels Session Thursday Sept. 10
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m trying to collide art and function together and make it beautiful,â&#x20AC;? says Ky Stolldorf, proprietor of Pieces UnImagined, a new shop on Williamson Street filled with one-of-a-kind restored/recycled/industrial chic furnishings, fixtures and decor. It seems fitting that someone who spent the last 15 years of his life restoring souls, as a pastor, would make the transition to restoration in a different manner. Before his tenure as a pastor, Stolldorf had an early career in antiques, starting with furniture and then
branching into sign restoration. He was once owner of a shop containing the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest selection of antique advertising. He has a stockpile of raw material for his creations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lot more than we can ever hope to use,â&#x20AC;? says Stolldorf. Sometimes in a dream or with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;lightning bolt thought,â&#x20AC;? the materials come together in his head to become a functional, beautiful piece of art. A solid wood file cabinet on wheels is topped by heavy-duty butcher block. Shelves have been created using white oak and catalpa (reclaimed from a building in Maple Bluff) from Badger Hardwoods. One of Stolldorfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite elements to use
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Housing OPEN HOUSE Sunday 1-3 pm 1140 E Dayton Street, unit 102 Totally unique small condo devel in Tenney Lapham. 2 Bdrm, 2 bath 1st flr front unit. Open concept. Excellent location! $254,900 Robin Taylor Restaino & Associates 608-576-6097 rtaylor@restainohomes.com
Buy-Sell-Exchange Matching people and property for over 20 years. Achieve your goals! Free consult. www.andystebnitz.com. Andy Stebnitz 608-692-8866 Restaino & Associates Realtors Fish on beautiful Rowleys Bay, on the quiet side, northern Door County. Kayak/canoe famous Mink River; stones throw from our private beach. Kayak/canoe rentals from our property. Swimming; fire-pits; modern, spacious, clean accommodations. COLES Rowleys Bay CABINS. 920-421-1257 rowleysbaycabins@gmail.com 4% Listing Commission! We list homes for as low as 4%. Locally-owned, full-service brokerage. Lori Morrissey, Attorney/broker. HouseReward.com Tel: 608-381-4804
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Large 1 bedroom, air, heat and washer/dryer included. Off the street parking. Rent $725 a month, available September 1st. 608 255-1916 or 608 658-5743 SHORT-TERM RENTALS Luxury furnished apt with resort hotel services, everything incl in rent. “All you need is your toothbrush.” 1, 2, 3 bdrms from $375+/wk or $1495+/mo. Countryside Apartments. 608-271-0101, open daily! www.countrysidemadison.com All real estate advertised is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, or status as a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault or stalking; or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. Isthmus will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are on an equal opportunity basis.
THE SURF - Luxury Lake Living. 1 & 2 bedrooms with balcony. Free heat, Free *electric, Free water, Free Cable Internet, Free Cable TV. Enjoy the best view Madison has to offer: lake/sunset or city lights! THE SURF is a special gem hidden in the hub of it all! The best value for your dollar. Pet Friendly too! *electric not included in 2-bed & ac electric in 1-bed. Call 608-213-6908 ALL AREAS ROOMMATES.COM. Lonely? Bored? Broke? Find the perfect roommate to complement your personality and lifestyle at Roommates.com! (AAN CAN) MONONA BAY - LAKESIDE ST. Large sunny 2 bdrm, upper flat, hardwood floors, heat included, pets considered. Call 608-251-7951 3 BDRM 2 BATH: NEAR EAST TOWNHOUSE Living room & family room. Laundry hookup. Bus line. No pets. $1175. Avail. now. 608-556-1186.
Services & Sales PREGNANT? THINKING OF ADOPTION? Talk with caring agency specializing in matching Birthmothers with Families Nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s One True Gift Adoptions. 866-413-6293. Void in Illinois/New Mexico/ Indiana (AAN CAN) AUTO INSURANCE STARTING AT $25/ MONTH! Call 855-977-9537 (AAN CAN) CASH FOR CARS: Any Car/Truck. Running or Not! Top Dollar Paid. We Come To You! Call For Instant Offer: 1-888-420-3808 www.cash4car.com (AAN CAN) DISH TV Starting at $19.99/month (for 12 mos.) SAVE! Regular Price $34.99 Call Today and Ask About FREE SAME DAY Installation! CALL Now! 888-992-1957 (AAN CAN) Struggling with DRUGS or ALCHOHOL? Addicted to PILLS? Talk to someone who cares. Call The Addiction Hope & Help Line for a free assessment. 800-978-6674
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Low points Close pals “Just a ___!” Animal spotted in zoos Actress Remini ___ on the side of caution “I’ll play some background music. How about ‘___’, that #1 hit from 2012 ...” 19 First name in soccer 20 Obamacare acronym 21 “I doubt it” 22 Surname in cartoon scent trails 24 Summon, as a butler, “Downton Abbey”-style 27 Dish alternative 29 Vanessa of “Saturday Night Live” 30 “Better yet, let’s have that ___ ringtone character perform the theme song ...” 34 Black, white or (Earl) Grey, e.g.
36 He warned against the all-syrup Squishee 37 Ear or mouth ending 38 “While you’re solving, think of the soothing sounds of a ___ in your ear ...” 44 Israeli weapon 45 College sr.’s exam 46 Eighth mo. 47 “I’ll provide the clues in a visually pleasing ___ font ...” 51 Bates and Thicke, for two 55 German sausages, informally 56 Partner of dental and vision 58 What Frank mistook his intervention for in “It’s Always Sunny” 60 Cherokee or Tahoe, e.g. 61 “___-la-la!” (Captain Underpants call) 62 Poetic planet 63 “If these clues get you nowhere, you can ___ to stimulate the mind!”
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18 “Double Dare” host Summers 23 ___ on the Shelf (Christmas figure) 25 “The Girl From Ipanema” saxophonist 26 Open, in Cologne 27 Pitch-raising guitar device 28 College town northeast of Los Angeles 31 College student’s stereotypical meal 32 At lunch, perhaps 33 Day-___ paint 35 Feeling of apprehension 38 Florida footballer, for short 39 ___ Aduba (“OITNB” actress) 40 Victoria Falls forms part of its border 41 Fat, as in Fat Tuesday 42 Athlete’s leg muscle 43 Hybrid citrus from Jamaica 48 They eagerly await your return 49 Like songs that get stuck in your head 50 Blue stuff 52 Curtain-parting time 53 Airport serving Tokyo 54 Alpine race 57 Atrocities 58 Color of a corrida cape 59 Like folk traditions 60 Cash-free transaction 64 “Green Acres” theme song prop 65 Bent pipe shape 66 Human cannonball’s destination 67 So ___ LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is a vibrant and growing department dedicated to the health and wellbeing of women and their families in Madison, the state of Wisconsin, and beyond. We are seeking enthusiastic colleagues to help us pursue our missions of excellence in patient care, education, research, and outreach. Recruitment is open for the following positions:
MADCAT SEEKS FULL/ PART-TIME service rockstars. must have retail experience, strong work ethic, love people and pets. Normal business hours include weeknights and weekends.Position requires a self-starter with a drive to provide relentless service. Learn about companion animal nutrition and behavior and use your communication skills to help clients make informed decisions concerning their pets wellbeing. Love cats? Awesome. Can you lift and carry at least 50 lbs? Good. Can you be friendly and attentive to multiple clients at the same time? Rock on. Detailed and personalized cover-letters and resumes accepted at all locations. Pay: $10-$15
• Clinical Research Administrator (PVL# 82914) • Web Developer (PVL# 83160) • Research Program Manager (PVL# 83250) • Rural Residency Coordinator (PVL# 83281) • Human Resources Specialist (PVL# 83337) • Administrative Supervisor (PVL# 82742)
East side woman with a disability seeking a reliable, physically fit female caregiver for personal care, housekeeping & assisting at a health club. Part time shifts available in early mornings & afternoons. $11.47-$12.31/ hr. Call 204-9416.
To find out more about any of these positions, visit jobs.wisc.edu and search for the position vacancy listing (PVL) number of the position that interests you. Contact Beth Koerber, koerber@wisc.edu; 608-417-4210 with questions on the positions. We look forward to hearing from you!
Ventilator dependent man in downtown Madison is seeking a committed, detail oriented attendant who would assist an RN/LPN with cares. The work entails bathing him, shaving, back care and bed changes, and other duties as identified. The client can be easily injured if not handled correctly. Attendant will be fully trained for client’s safety and caregiver’s comfort. Candidate must be reliable, able to remember details and accept direction from the nurse. Parttime (1-2 shifts/wk.) with occasional fill-in 4hr. shifts 11 am – 3 pm. A background check is a requirement of this job. Pay Rate $11.47/hour Contact Christina at hereiamhealing@yahoo.com
UW-Madison is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. Ventilator dependent man is looking for RN/LPN for the following 8 hour shifts: Tues 11 pm-7 am, every other Mon 3 pm-11 pm, and every other Fri 11 pm-7 am. Also, need every other weekend 7 am-3 pm OR every Saturday 7 am-3 pm. Must have current adult ventilator certification, BLS/CPR, and NPI provider number. Pay rates are $32.69 RN and $21.78 LPN. Contact Christina at hereiamhealing@yahoo.com. Live-in, overnight caregiver needed. $45/ night, free rent and utilities. 7 days/wk 10 pm-7am. Every other Sat and Sun off. Experience necessary. Any questions, please call David at (608) 215-7619.
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Come join our Influenza (Flu) Immunization team at Home Health United! We offer a great opportunity where you can truly make a difference in our community. Home Health United is currently seeking seasonal RNs and LPNs to help with our 2015 Immunization Clinics. Clinics are held Sept. – Dec. 2015. We offer a flexible schedule that allows you to sign up for clinics held Monday-Friday during regular business hours. Requirements include: • Valid State of WI RN/or LPN licensure • 1-2yrs. nursing experience • Valid WI driver’s license, good driving history, and proof of auto insurance.
Apply at www.HomeHealthUnited.org or phone Gina at 608-241-6925; email griesen@hhuvns.org EOE
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My wife and I have been together for more than 10 years, practicing some kind of nonmonogamy for more than seven. We tried different things — open, dating others, FWBs — but after a bi threesome with another guy a year ago, we knew that was our thing. For a while, everything was great, but roughly a month after that defining threesome, I came down with a bad case of mono. In a couple of months, we resumed our bi sexdates with our FWB, and I noticed I had a hard time getting horny and even had a hard time getting (and staying) hard. More foreplay was needed and fewer distractions were acceptable. I even resorted to pharmaceutical help. We assumed I was still recovering and that diet and exercise would make it all better. Then I had a work-related crisis that lasted until March (and blamed stress from that, since things didn’t really change), and finally in March I got shipped off to a war zone. And I still don’t have the drive I had a year ago. My brothers-in-arms ogle every female who happens to be around, and sometimes they hook up even though they’re not in open relationships — unlike me, who is in one but has no desire to hook up with anyone. I rarely masturbate these days, and if I do, I need sexts and naughty pictures from my wife (and our FWB) back home to get in the mood. I just recently started to get morning wood again, and I blame all this on the stress of being in a war zone. But I fear these are just excuses, and I may have to accept the fact that I’m just getting older and this is how my libido is gonna be from now on. I’m turning 30 in a few weeks, so that doesn’t help, either. What are the chances that this is just an unlucky chain of events, and when this is over, I could go back to being my old horny self? Currently Occupied Mostly By Arms Though
and/or diminish a guy’s libido, his ability to stay hard and his masturbatory routine for nearly a year. “Mono is a viral illness for which there is no real treatment other than the tincture of time,” says Dr. Gaster. “Mono is a pretty insidious illness in that it typically causes really severe fatigue, which can linger for a long time. Other common symptoms are muscle and joint aches.” Could fatigue and aches still be affecting mood and interest in sex? “They could,” he says. “It would not be typical, but they could. The duration of mono symptoms is typically around three months, but they can persist to some degree for one to two years in more severe cases. None of the effects of mono are typically considered ‘permanent.’ So it would be important to reassure someone that the effects of mono that are still present after 12 to 18 months could still likely resolve as more time passes.” You came down with mono less than a year ago, COMBAT, so you’re still in that one-to-two-year symptoms-could-persist window. You also dealt with a workrelated crisis before being shipped off to a combat zone — that sounds extremely stressful, and not everyone reacts to stress the same way. The stress of being in a combat zone could make the guys around you horny while having the opposite effect on you. Be reassured, like the doctor said, that things — your dick included — will most likely right themselves in another six to 12 months. The fact that morning wood is returning seems like a good sign, as is the effect a few dirty texts from the woman (and FWB) waiting for you back home has on your dick. Come home safe — and props to you and your wife for continuing to grow together sexually. That’s probably why you’re still together, and still in love, despite having married so young. n
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