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3,000 rally to protest bike path assault.

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38 SCREENS FORMER ISTHMUS arts editor Kenneth Burns now works as an editor at the Mountain Press newspaper in Sevier County, Tenn., which is home to Dollywood. Yes, he has met and interviewed Dolly Parton. Twice. Lucky for us, Burns continues to contribute to his Madison alma mater. This week he reviews Listen to Me Marlon, a documentary about Hollywood icon Marlon Brando.

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LIZ MERFELD, a writer and editor, has been contributing tech pieces to Isthmus since July 2012. This week she’s penned a piece on a local startup that hopes to transform the way we use routers in the home. Merfeld is also branching out to a new medium as a co-host, with her 15-year-old daughter, of The Nature Nerds, a radio show on WVMO, Monona’s new community radio station.

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17 COVER STORY Open-door policy stimulates arts exchange.

21, 31 BOOKS

TWO-STEP STORIES

Polka Heartland explores our official state dance.

23-27 FOOD & DRINK

BEYOND SAUERKRAUT

Freiburg Gastropub reimagines German.

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32-35 MUSIC

Isthmus Oktobeerfest: By the numbers Sat., Sept. 26, Central Park, 3-7 pm Beers: 150+; brewers: 40+; sausages and cheesemakers: 20+; weather forecast, 75°+; reasons to stay home: 0. Bonus points: hammerschlagen! (Look it up.)

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Wood Chickens fly the coop.

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Listen to Me Marlon shows there’s method to his madness.

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V to Shining V is a party thrown by fun-loving feminists with creative ideas for defending reproductive rights. Comedian Sharron Paul will be there, along with Reformed Whores, a duo delivering racy country tunes.

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12 MADISON MATRIX 12 WEEK IN REVIEW 14 THIS MODERN WORLD 15 FEEDBACK 15 OFF THE SQUARE

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Sat., Sept. 26, Olbrich Gardens, 7-10 pm

For 30 years, the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault has worked to provide peace, prevention and healing through addressing sexual violence and oppression. Come celebrate with jazz, networking, refreshments and a silent auction. With keynote speaker Loretta Ross (left).

Laissez les bon temps roulez PUBLISHER Jeff Haupt ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Craig Bartlett BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Mark Tauscher EDITOR Judith Davidoff NEWS EDITOR Joe Tarr ASSOCIATE EDITOR Michana Buchman FEATURES EDITOR Linda Falkenstein ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Catherine Capellaro MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Jon Kjarsgaard STAFF WRITER Allison Geyer CALENDAR EDITOR Bob Koch ART DIRECTOR Carolyn Fath STAFF ARTISTS David Michael Miller, Tommy Washbush SENIOR CONTRIBUTORS John W. Barker, Dylan Brogan, Jeff Buchanan, Kenneth Burns, Dave Cieslewicz, Nathan J. Comp,

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Thousands marched through thunderstorms on Sept. 17 in response to a brutal sexual assault that occurred on the Capital City bike path.

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For Kathy Miner, late September always brings back memories of sexual assault. She was 34 years old when she survived an attack in Madison on Sept. 24, 1985 — a crime that occurred just days before local anti-violence advocates had planned to hold a rally to protest sexual assault. Miner didn’t attend — she was still “too afraid to go out,” she says. But as she began the slow process of healing, she found strength in activism, rallying with other survivors at Take Back the Night protests. Take Back the Night began as a grassroots movement in the 1970s and ’80s as a second wave feminist response to gendered violence and sexual assault. But now, 30 years later, the fight still isn’t over. Miner joined an estimated 3,000 people at a rally last week held in support of a 33-year-old woman who on Sept. 12 was beaten, raped and left for dead on the Capital City bike path near North Livingston Street.

“I look around and I just think, here we are again — or still,” Miner told Isthmus at the rally. “When will it end?” Protesters, armed with banners, signs, raingear and righteous indignation, marched from Burr Jones Field along the bike path to the site of the assault. Illuminated by the glow of cell phone screens, bike lights and frequent bursts of lightning, thousands chanted, demanding justice for sexual assault perpetrators and an end to “rape culture” — attitudes and behaviors that trivialize sexual violence and promote patriarchy as a cultural norm. “However we dress, wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no,” they chanted. The bike path assault has shocked the community for its brutality and its randomness and for the fact that it occurred in an area that many bike path users previously considered “safe.” “I know the bike path well, and there are definitely areas where I get nervous, but the area where the attack happened was not one

Out of every 100 rapes in the U.S. 32 get reported to the police 7 lead to an arrest 2 lead to felony convictions 2 perpetrators go to prison 98 rapists walk free Source: Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN).

of them,” said Stacy Iruk, 31, who attended the rally with her mother. “This made me realize that maybe none of the areas are very safe.” But last Thursday night’s demonstration was a call to action — to “take back” the bike path and make it safe again. The message to perpetrators of sexual violence was clear: “Our bodies, our lives, we will not be terrorized,” the crowd chanted. “It’s important to show that we’re not going to be afraid,” said Megan Brandl, 36, who traveled from the west side to attend the rally. Longtime activist Kate Morand, 59, remembers when Take Back the Night was largely a women’s cause. But attendees on Thursday included a significant number of men of all ages. “This is not just a women’s issue,” Morand said. “It’s a people issue.” Miner says the shift in demographics is heartening — it brings hope to people like her, who have been fighting for justice and equality for decades: “It’s almost like passing the torch.” n

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Walker walks out But is the governor done with national politics or just taking a break? BY ALLISON GEYER

In 2006, Scott Walker dropped out of his first gubernatorial campaign six months before the primaries to make way for Congressman Mark Green. Walker endorsed his former Republican opponent and campaigned for him across the state — a move that scored him big points with the GOP and gave him time to plot his next campaign. And when incumbent Gov. Jim Doyle defeated Green in the November election, Walker was up next. He won the governor’s race in 2010 and has been seemingly unstoppable since. “His departure from the 2006 race showed he’s savvy enough to know how and when to pick his shots,” Brian Fraley, a public relations consultant who served as a Walker spokesman during that time, told Politico in March. “He bowed out because his only path to victory as an underfunded candidate was to run a scorched-earth campaign against his fellow Republicans.” Walker’s strategic decision to step aside in 2006 proved to be a launchpad for a truly impressive political career — one that has taken the 47-year-old politician from Milwaukee County executive to a frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination in just five years. But Walker’s White House aspirations came to a humiliating end this week. The one-time Iowa GOP frontrunner and champion of conservative values, the favored candidate of influential right-

wing billionaires Charles and David Koch, the unintimidated governor, thrice elected in Democratic-leaning Wisconsin, the destroyer of organized labor who promised to “wreak havoc” on Washington and the man who declared that his candidacy was anointed by God abruptly aborted his presidential bid on Monday, just 70 days after entering the race. “It’s a really stunning fall from grace,” says Mike Wagner, a UW-Madison professor of journalism and political science, who thinks Walker got out of the race “way too early.” Walker won’t be the next commander in chief. But will his decision to withdraw early benefit his political future, as it did in 2006? While it’s tempting to draw parallels between Monday’s announcement and the 2006 race, there are key differences, Fraley writes in an email to Isthmus. In his first gubernatorial campaign, Walker had little support from the GOP establishment in Wisconsin and lacked a large network of donors, Fraley says. Those Republicans who liked Walker personally thought he should “wait his turn.” By the time he announced his bid for the presidency, Walker had proven himself as a conservative leader and had amassed establishment support, a huge donor base and a Super PAC that was bringing in millions, Fraley adds. But it wasn’t enough to separate him from the large pack of GOP contenders. “Rush Limbaugh’s love affair with Donald Trump’s disruptive nature cost Walker dearly,” Fraley says. “Bravado and snark have become

more valuable political assets than conviction, records and agendas.” Wagner offered a similar assessment of the differences between Walker’s two failed campaigns. A better comparison to Walker’s current situation, he says, is Mitt Romney’s 2008 withdrawal and support of GOP presidential nominee John McCain. “Romney ended up being the nominee in 2012 after that early dropout,” Wagner said. “It could be that [Walker] has some designs on running in the future.” So what’s next for Walker? Wagner says his amicable departure from the GOP field leaves the door open for consideration as vice president or another high-level cabinet position in a Republican administration. He could run for another term as governor in Wisconsin, which does not have term limits, but reelection might be difficult — his approval rating at home has dropped considerably with his presidential campaign. Other options for Walker could include challenging U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin in 2018 or perhaps starting a foundation working on a political issue. But Wagner predicts that Walker’s political career is far from over. “He’s a young guy who’s won three state elections,” Wagner says. “He likely has a future in American politics and in Wisconsin.” n

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Choosing their voters GOP chair resists pressure for hearing on redistricting bill BY BILL LUEDERS

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Rep. Kathy Bernier said what she said, and WisconsinEye captured it on video. At a board meeting of Common Cause in Wisconsin in February 2013, the Republican lawmaker from Chippewa Falls, who chairs the Assembly’s Committee on Campaigns and Elections, was asked whether she would allow a hearing on calls to reform redistricting, the redrawing of voter boundaries after each 10year census. “I see no problem with that,” Bernier told the group. She even expressed discomfort with how the last redistricting was done, saying “There has to be a better way.” Fast-forward to 2015. Bernier now sees all kinds of problems with holding a hearing, as she is being pressured to do, on a mostly Democrat-backed bill before her committee to turn the task of redistricting over to the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau. Her committee, Bernier says in an interview, already has a lot of things on its plate. The Democrats who unveiled the bill “blindsided me” by dredging up her past remarks. She notes that the Common Cause meeting was “two and a half years ago” and now questions the interpretation of what she said. “I don’t know if you could call that a pledge or a promise.” Moreover, Bernier calls it “absolute hypocrisy” for Democrats to seek changes now, after failing to do so when they controlled the Legislature, prior to the 2010 election. Back then, she says, “Democrats were hoping they would have a solid majority” so they could use redistricting to their own advantage. They only objected after Republicans took control. “Part of this is pure politics,” Bernier asserts. One of the new bill’s sponsors, Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay), has called his party’s failure to act when it had the chance a “mistake,” one that neither party should repeat. In a Sept. 17 letter to Democratic lawmakers seeking a hearing, Bernier said it was “unlikely” her committee would have time to take up their bill in the 2015-2016 session. But she is “open to the possibility of holding an informal hearing after the fall session period.” “I’m not putting it at the top of my list,” Bernier tells Isthmus. “It’s going to go with all of the other things on my list.” These include the need, mandated by court decisions, to rewrite the state’s campaign finance laws and the push

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by Republicans for what Bernier calls “GAB reform” — restructuring of the Government Accountability Board to make it more accountable to the politicians it is supposed to regulate. Rep. Mark Spreitzer (D-Beloit), the bill’s lead Assembly sponsor, disputes that Bernier’s committee faces a workload “so overwhelming that they can’t make time for this.” He thinks a hearing will help clarify the issue: “If other Republicans think it is a bad idea, they should say so and say why.” That the debate over redistricting comes down to trying to force Republicans to allow a hearing underscores what a huge challenge its proponents face. In the last session, 2013-2014, a bill calling for nonpartisan redistricting, essentially identical to the one introduced early this month, was assigned to a different committee than the one headed by Bernier and did not get a hearing, despite a concerted statewide campaign led by media editorial boards. Frustrated, two of the bill’s supporters in the state Senate, Democrat Tim Cullen and Republican Dale Schultz, held an informal hearing in a packed meeting room in the state Capitol in February 2014. Attendees heard from officials in Iowa, which has used a widely admired process of nonpartisan redistricting since 1981.

Schultz, since retired, told the crowd this was a battle citizens must lead. “This is going to be a bottom-up solution,” he said. “It will not come out of this building. It will come from all of you.” The lone Republican supporter of the new bill is Rep. Todd Novak, a freshman lawmaker from Dodgeville. Novak did not respond to multiple interview requests. But Matt Rothschild of Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, one of the groups backing the bill, says he spoke with Novak and is impressed with his commitment to principle. “He doesn’t think the current system makes sense, and he stands up for what he believes,” says Rothschild, who hopes other Republicans will join the cause. Also assigned to Bernier’s committee is a Democrat-sponsored resolution calling for an advisory referendum on whether the state should adopt nonpartisan redistricting. The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, which backs the redistricting bill, is not taking a position on the referendum. “The risk is greater than the potential gain,” says executive director Andrea Kaminski. If the referendum passes, lawmakers are free to ignore it. One the other hand, interest groups with money could potentially “run a few ads that distort what the referendum is about” and defeat it.

Allowing partisans to pull the levers of the redistricting process has an almost narcotic appeal. In the past, this task was performed in Wisconsin by politically divided Legislatures, with the courts eventually stepping in to redraw the maps. But in 2011, GOP lawmakers ran the show. To maximize partisan advantage, districts are drawn to pack as many of the minority party’s voters into as few districts as possible, while the majority party’s voters are strategically allocated to create a small but sure edge in a maximum number of other districts. New computer mapping technologies let politicians pick their voters with astonishing precision. In the 2012 elections, Republicans won five of the state’s eight congressional seats, reclaimed control of the state Senate and secured a 60- to39-seat edge in the Assembly — despite getting fewer votes statewide than Democrats. An analysis by Wisconsin Public Television found that the predictions of partisan mapmakers in the more than 50 GOP-held Assembly seats facing Democratic challengers that year were accurate, on average, to within a single percentage point. The redistricting process, conducted in secret, cost taxpayers more than $2 million. Jay Heck of Common Cause thinks Republicans are disinclined to give the issue any attention. “If they can quietly sit on it, their calculation is that it will go away,” he muses, adding that he disagrees. “As long as they keep this bottled up, they’re only going to face more pressure.” An analysis by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism found that virtually all of the hundreds of emails and other contacts on redistricting received by Republican legislative leaders during a brief period in 2013 supported reform. Virtually no one urged the Legislature to continue a system that lets the party in power manipulate the process to its advantage. Bernier has no doubt that proponents of redistricting would be able to “rally the troops” if a hearing were held. But, she adds, “I can say with certainty that most of the people in the state of Wisconsin don’t care one way or the other about legislative redistricting, to tell you the truth.” She says “not one person” has raised the issue in a serious way in her listening sessions with constituents. And even if a hearing does take place, Bernier doubts she has the “political clout” with fellow Republicans to advance the issue. She says she and Rep. Novak discussed this last week: “We’re pretty certain it’s not going to go anywhere anyway.” n

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Allen Burger feels taunted. Every time he leaves or returns to his house on East Wilson Street, he can see it: the city’s brand-new skatepark in Central Park. It’s the kind of place that would be perfect for Burger to unwind after a long day at work or hang out with his buddies. There’s just one problem: The city doesn’t allow BMX bikes to use the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Skatepark. “I go out my door on my way to work and see this thing; I pass it every day,” says Burger, a machinist who has been riding BMX bikes for 15 years. “If [the rules don’t] change, I just want to move. It’s like having the love of your life dangled in front of you.” Burger isn’t the only biker feeling excluded. Earlier this month, Burger’s girlfriend Mandy Erb started a change. org petition seeking “Equal Treatment for BMX riders in Madison Skatepark.” As of Monday, 354 people had signed it. JOE TARR Madison’s Parks Division says the park was never intended to be used by Off-limits: Allen Burger sits on his BMX bike in BMX bicycles and that skaters led the front of the new skatepark. effort to create it. The city also allows in-line and roller skaters to use it. “The Madison Skatepark Fund has ad- involved, but because he’s not part of the skaking vocated for a destination skating facility community, didn’t always hear about meetings. within the city for over a decade,” writes Hasburgh is sympathetic to the bikers (and parks spokesperson Ann Shea in an email. didn’t make the decision to exclude them), but Patrick Hasburgh is one of the organiz- says the park wasn’t designed for them. “I do ers behind the Madison Skatepark Fund, feel bad,” he says. “It’s a strange thing as a skatewhich raised more than $500,000 to build boarder to have to exclude someone after being the park. He says that effort was led by skat- excluded as a skateboarder. But really, the park ers, not bikers. Burger says he did try to get isn’t designed for that.”

There are concerns that BMX bikes might damage the new park, he says. Similar to skateboarding, BMX bikes are often used for freestyle stunt riding. For some stunts, riders install pegs on their wheel hubs. The park’s ramps, railings, stairs and bowls include two “polished granite ledges.” Skateboarders will slowly wear these down, Hasburgh says, but a biker can “take chunks out of that.” Others contend the potential for damage is exaggerated. Ryan Harris, a BMX rider who helped design a park in Lake Geneva, says that many parks require BMX bikes to use plastic instead of metal pegs, to minimize damage. But Hasburgh also argues the park is too small for both uses. Parks that allow both groups “typically have larger transition areas,” he says. “The obstacles are farther apart.” Bikers have counter-arguments for this too. The petition notes that bikes “are equipped with brakes and are highly maneuverable, making them at least as safe as the skateboards and/or inline skates.” Burger says that when he lived in Portland, Ore., one of the parks there prohibited bikes in the afternoon, to avoid conflicts between users. “So I got used to riding in the morning,” he says. For now, Burger will have to continue driving to other parks or riding on the street. However, he confesses that he’s been riding a lot less since the park opened. “This is so upsetting to have a park right there,” he says. “I’ve totally lost motivation.” n

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We knew this day would come, but so soon? Walker drops out of presidential race after just 70 days.

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After a lackluster performance in the second GOP presidential debate, Gov. Scott Walker’s support falls to 0%.

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n WEEK IN REVIEW WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 n At the second GOP presidential debate, Gov. Scott Walker starts with a bang by attacking real estate mogul Donald Trump but soon fades into the background and ends up speaking the least of any of the 11 candidates on stage.

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 n Walker’s continued poor campaign performance worries his financial backers, the AP reports. Also, an anonymous source claims Walker’s campaign owes $100,000 to campaign vendors, who are nervous they won’t get paid.

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work group submits a report detailing more than 30 recommendations for reducing racial inequalities and mental health challenges among inmates, focusing on length of stay, alternatives to arrest and incarceration and treatment of mentally ill offenders.

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tion (and delights his foes) with a surprise announcement that his presidential bid is over. See story, page 6.

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he would not seek reelection, state Supreme Court Justice Patrick Crooks dies suddenly after excusing himself from an administrative hearing at the State Capitol. The 77-year-old served nearly 40 years as a jurist and spent nearly 20 of those years on the state’s high court.

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Vos tells the Associated Press that he doesn’t have the votes to pass a bill that would outlaw the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research, but GOP lawmakers move ahead anyway and hold the bill’s first state Senate hearing.

Ever been stuck in a menial job, frustrated because you knew you were capable of so much more? Then you may have something in common with your Internet router — you know, that thing in the basement you have to reset when you can’t get online? It’s a metaphor offered by Dale Willis, co-founder of Madisonbased start-up Paradrop Labs, which seeks to elevate routers to a more lofty purpose — that of miniature, in-home servers. Willis describes them in an email as “the central nervous system for all Internet traffic in the home,” which raises the question: Since we’re already communicating through them, why not communicate with them? Paradrop Labs seeks to give routers the ability to perform functions that they’d otherwise outsource to the cloud. For instance, fetching a movie from Netflix for instant play or analyzing data from any of your smart-home devices (learning thermostats, security systems, smart locks and so on). Doing so, he reasons, could potentially increase speed and security. Say you’re on vacation and want to peek at the video feed from your Dropcam, a popular in-home smart security camera. A lesser router would stream your video to servers in Iowa or Oklahoma (aka “the cloud”), making it a more attractive target for hackers. This is a problem, he says, because Dropcam’s customer data is centrally located, “so they have a giant target on their back.” Using the Paradrop smart router, Willis explains, your private in-home videos would actually stay on your router rather than get pushed to the cloud. “I’m not claiming that Paradrop is perfect from a security standpoint,” Willis says. “But if a hacker wanted to try to break into Dropcam’s customer base, they wouldn’t be able to target one location to do so; it would literally be distributed into everyone’s homes, which inherently makes it a more difficult problem.” Paradrop also has the potential to process data faster than the cloud. Given more memory, the Paradrop router could collect data proactively from the Internet in a more efficient, intelligent way. Perhaps it would grab and cache the next Bob’s Burgers episodes in your Netflix queue so that when you’re ready to watch, there’s no buffering, no congestion. Bob, Linda and family are already stored locally on your router. Willis says this works out pretty well for Netflix too, which “is finding it more and more difficult to push all of its content to meet customer demands.” “To solve this, [Netfix] created Open Connect, which basically puts a mini-Netflix serv-

er in each major city, so when you request a video (hopefully), the local server will have it.” Paradrop makes Open Connect obsolete, says Willis. “What we do is eliminate the need for any of that by saying that each individual could pick and choose what content they would want to watch, and Netflix could ‘lazily’ send this content to the home, which would drastically reduce the [traffic] burden that Netflix experiences,” Willis says. “If those same movies could be downloaded over the course of an entire day,” he adds, “there would be no burden at all.” The Paradrop smart router will rely on developers creating apps for it in opensource software platform Ubuntu. “Our end goal would be to have an app store, just like Android or iOS for smart phones.” Willis started Paradrop in 2013 with his former UW-Madison computer science professor Suman Banerjee. However, the pair have found more support for their innovation outside of Wisconsin. In late July, Paradrop won the “People’s Choice Award” at DemoDay, the climax of GigTank, a summer accelerator program in Chattanooga, Tenn. This came on the heels of a $150,000 federal Small Business Innovation Research grant. When asked if it’s easier to secure funding outside of Wisconsin, Willis replies, “Yes, I would absolutely say, 100%, more money is available in other states, but more importantly, it’s easier to get.” “We have all heard of [local] success stories for sure,” he says, pointing to EatStreet as an example. But he finds venture capital firms in other parts of the country are more willing to “to bet or be risky.” There, a startup might not need “huge traction — tens of thousands of users, with huge percent growth indicators,” to seal the deal with investors. That’s not to say that Madison, in particular the Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp and the relationships he and Banerjee have forged through UW-Madison’s School of Business, hasn’t given Paradrop a strong start. Still, he says raising funds here can feel a little like “trying to kick water uphill.” n

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The nightmare doesn’t end with Walker’s fall BY DAVE CIESLEWICZ Dave Cieslewicz is the former mayor of Madison. He blogs as Citizen Dave at Isthmus.com.

There is joy in Mad Town. For most of us, the most despised Wisconsin politician in recent memory has come tumbling down and with such speed and force that it takes your breath away. Scott Walker, who looked so promising to national pundits only weeks ago, abandoned his presidential campaign just 70 days into the effort. Some of the same political observers who saw Walker as a strong contender now observe that his fall is among the quickest in the history of presidential politics. They attribute his decline to three things. He wasn’t ready for prime time, literally. Walker’s nationally televised debate performances were awful. He just didn’t show up, probably thinking that he simply needed to avoid saying anything dumb, like Rick Perry’s famous meltdown in 2012. The problem is that he made up for it by saying things that were stupid in other forums, like suggesting that a border wall with Canada was worth considering or changing his position on birthright citizenship three times in about as many days. He wasn’t anti-establishment enough. Walker couldn’t run from his lifelong ca-

reer in government. Being a governor and before that a county executive and before that a state legislator just wasn’t appealing to angry Republican voters who were drawn to the three candidates in the field who have no governing experience whatsoever. Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson made Walker look like an establishment insider despite his protestations to the contrary. He also didn’t look or sound like a leader. Walker has always been a chameleon. It’s not what Walker believes that’s the problem; it’s that he doesn’t believe in anything. He was reasonable on immigration until that didn’t serve him well in Iowa, so he became the most xenophobic candidate in the field. He was against subsidies for ethanol until he wasn’t. Walker’s demise should be a cautionary tale to all politicians on the limits of pandering. Voters actually do want you to believe in something even if it might conflict with their own ideas. But while it might be fun to dance on Walker’s political grave, here is the sobering

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reality: Now he can come back and focus on Wisconsin. No one has done more damage to our state than Scott Walker. We rank at the bottom of the Midwest in job creation and 35th nationally, and our average income is far outpaced by progressive states like Minnesota. Worst of all, Walker has branded Wisconsin as a backwoods wilderness out of step with the modern world. Still in our constitution is a shameful ban on same-sex marriages. Though made moot by the U.S. Supreme Court, it sits there with no serious attempt to repeal it. Walker has also put the state’s heritage up for sale. According to recent press reports, the price for preferential treatment in state real estate sales is a $3 million contribution to Walker’s campaigns. You know I could go on, but the point is made. It will take a generation to dig out of the pit Walker has dug for us. Walker’s stunning fall from grace most likely spells the end of his political career. He embarrassed himself nationally, which will hurt his fundraising if he decides to run again. Even really good glasses couldn’t save Rick Perry after his 2012 debacle. And Walker burned his bridges with legislative Republicans by throwing them under the bus at every opportunity in his last budget and during his brief presidential bid.

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It’s a fair guess that Walker will not be around much longer. He’ll either resign early to make some money somehow or he won’t run again. But the nightmare doesn’t end with the end of Walker. Legislative Republicans have what amounts to a permanent majority in the Assembly and they maintain a strong hold on the Senate, while the state Supreme Court is not likely to become less conservative any time soon. The unfortunate and untimely death of Justice Patrick Crooks gives Walker a chance to appoint another conservative who will have a leg up for election to a full 10-year term next spring. Meanwhile, the state Democratic Party is in disarray. Democratic leaders’ quick capitulation to the Wall Street billionaire hedge fund operators who own the Milwaukee Bucks on their sweetheart arena deal is the clearest example of how misguided the current Democratic establishment is. Moreover, there are no obvious exciting or interesting candidates on the horizon for governor on the Democratic side. Walker’s rapid fall and likely end of reign as governor is certainly good news for Wisconsin, but we are a long way from regaining our innovative economy, the quality of our educational system or environmental protections. Still, we need to start somewhere. Maybe in Walker’s decline we are witnessing the moment when the worst days of Wisconsin politics drew to a close. We can only hope. n

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Laughing matter I know that giving responses to responses tends to get old, but I read David Blaska’s take (Letters, 9/14/2015) on Bruce Murphy’s article “Our Votes Just Don’t Matter” (8/27/2015) and had to laugh. Blaska would have us all believe that the Republicans redrew the legislative district boundaries just for shits and giggles, and that they received no particular advantage as a result. If that is so, then why spend taxpayers’ money in a process cloaked in secrecy to do anything at all? I would be happy with the pre-2010 district boundaries — would the Wisconsin GOP feel the same way? Blaska’s observation that Scott Walker won statewide elections in 2010, 2012 and 2014 is absolutely correct, although a statewide election is not affected by district boundaries (the big hint being the word “statewide”). In any event, now that Walker has revealed himself to Wisconsin and the nation as the smarmy little weasel that he actually is, it is unlikely that he would be elected to the office of dogcatcher. Richard Godfrey (via email)

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Everybody hurls In response to the article “Hooked on Hurling” (Michael Popke, 9/10/2015), the author is slightly mistaken. Hurlers are actually not always male. There’s another Gaelic sport called camogie. Camogie is women’s hurling, so sometimes players are female. I used to hurl with men and other women with the Indianapolis Gaelic Athletic Assocation, a chapter of the governing body that oversees hurling, Gaelic football and camogie in Ireland and around the world. Don’t be dismayed, ladies: Hurling is for anyone who is willing to learn the game (and the characteristically Irish arbitrariness of the rules), play hard, and make great friends doing it. I would be open to working with HCM to get more Madisonarea women interested in camogie, but playing with the boys isn’t so bad either. Amanda Reilly (via email)

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Even before Desi Arnaz first Babalu’d his way into American hearts and Dizzy Gillespie infused Cuban rhythms into mainstream jazz, music lovers in this country felt an almost mystical connection to the sonic soul and rhythm of the island nation that sits just 90 miles off the tip of Florida. So when President Obama announced a major shift in U.S. policy toward Cuba last December, arts lovers rejoiced. Just this week, Obama announced further changes to the decades-long trade freeze that has defined U.S.-Cuba relations since 1960. All these changes must inevitably lead to a freer flow of culture between our two countries, right? We might be witnessing the dawn of a golden age for Cuban arts up here in la Yuma (Cuban slang for the U.S.), but it’s too early to tell. Still, the close ties between Cuba and Madison predate Obama’s announcements. When the renowned Latin jazz group Irakere toured the United States in 1999 after being refused entry into the country for two decades, Madison was one of their stops. Master Afro-Cuban percussionist Roberto Viscaino taught at the UW for a semester

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in 2001. Legendary bandleader, composer and scholar Juan de Marcos González (best known for his work with the Buena Vista Social Club) has brought two of his projects, Sierra Maestra and the Afro-Cuban All-Stars, to Madison several times. Orlando “Maraca” Valle has been here. A handful of other, less-famous Cuban musicians, many of them based elsewhere, have visited Madison as well. The UW’s Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program has been one of the key drivers of cultural interchange, hosting scholars and artists from Cuba, including a recent lecture by Tomás Fernández Robaina, archivist and head librarian from the National Library in Havana. In the coming months, Madison will be Visiting musical royalty: Juan de Marcos González with daughters Gliceria (left) and Laura Lydia González Abreu and wife Gliceria Abreu.

awash in Cuban culture, thanks in large part to the presence of Juan de Marcos, a towering figure in Cuban music, who is doing a residency at UW-Madison this fall (see sidebar), punctuated by an Oct. 2 performance by the Afro-Cuban All-Stars at the Overture Center. The Miami Herald characterized Obama’s actions this week as “taking a sledgehammer” to the embargo, which penalized foreign companies that do business in Cuba by preventing them from doing business in the United States. The goal was to topple Castro. It didn’t work. But the embargo did not prevent all communication or travel between the two countries. More than a few Madison residents took advantage of that fact.

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Cultural exchanges rely on person-to-person relationships, and many say Madison’s Cuban connection wouldn’t exist without Ricardo Gonzalez — a Cuban native and owner of the Cardinal Bar, a Latin music institution — who hosted the WORT-FM’s “La Junta” for 37 years and founded the Madison Camagüey Sister City Association. Gonzalez believes Madison’s appetite for Cuban culture is growing, and that the shifting political landscape will help. “I think through the remainder of Obama’s term we’re going to see an increase in cultural exchange and Cubans traveling to this country, whether they’re musicians or artists of any kind,” Gonzalez says. “And you’re going to see a lot of exhibits and a lot more musical shows, and you’re going to see Americans going to Cuba to perform.” He has one caveat, though. Cultural ties won’t be entirely normalized unless the embargo is completely lifted.

“The president can exercise his executive authority to strip the embargo of most of its teeth, but only Congress can eliminate it entirely,” Gonzalez says. “And if the president who gets elected in 2016 has different views about Cuba, they can roll back the changes and we can be right back where we were during the Bush years.” A native of Camagüey, Cuba’s thirdlargest city, Gonzalez left Cuba in 1960, the year between Fidel Castro’s victory and the Bay of Pigs invasion. He did not return to the island until 1979, after the Carter administration made travel to Cuba possible again. In 1994, he launched the sister-city organization, which has sponsored a number of Cuban arts organizations, including a band, a chamber orchestra, a ballet and the International Video Arts Festival. Bob Queen is another Madison figure who has brought Cuban culture to Madison. He and his wife Nancy Kathman met there in 1971 while cutting sugar cane as part of the Venceremos Brigade, an international organization founded in 1969 by young idealists seeking to demonstrate solidarity with the revolution by laboring alongside Cuban workers. The couple has gone back many times since, most recently in February. Queen, who once told a reporter he discovered his “first love” — Cuban music — on that 1971 trip, has brought dozens of bands from Cuba and other points around the world to play at Madison’s Orton Park Festival, La Fête de Marquette, Marquette Waterfront Festival and Central Park Sessions. Queen sees the recent diplomatic shifts in a wider context. “I’m glad Obama made the moves he did, but it took forever,” says Queen.

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One of the highlights of the fall season is an Oct. 2 appearance by the Afro-Cuban All Stars.

“What they had to go through just to survive the blockade was hideous, something we should be ashamed of. During the period of adjustment when the Russians left, everybody lost 20 pounds. When the BP disaster happened and the oil slick was moving toward Cuban fisheries, nobody from the U.S. would talk to the Cuban scientists.” But, Queen says, the Cubans adapted. “The last few times we’ve gone there, everybody has a little grocery and everybody has community gardens and fruit trees and pigs and chickens in the back yard, and they’ve become experts at homeopathy and herbal medicine. It’s just inspiring.” One constant since Queen began visiting the island is the music. There is, and always has been, an abundance of fantastic music being made throughout Cuba, and not just the salsa variety most Americans expect. There’s jazz, hip-hop, rock and more. And not just music: Cuba has been producing outstanding ballet, theater and visual art for decades as well. Madison got a taste of that visual art this spring when UW’s Chazen Museum hosted a well-attended exhibition of Cuban photography. Chazen director Russell Panczenko believes that as more Americans visit Cuba and see all the great work being done there, they may return home with a new taste and appreciation for Cuban art. For its part, the Chazen purchased several pieces from the show for its permanent collection. “Cuba has a vibrant arts scene, and we’ll undoubtedly see more of it in the United States,” Panczenko says. “We’d certainly love to see more of what’s going on there.”

But for the last half-century, most people in the U.S. have been deprived of most of that great art. While plenty of Cuban artists and musicians showed their work here even during the Bush years, a large percentage of them had already left Cuba. For Queen, there’s something special about bringing musicians straight from the island. “It’s easier to bring in a Cuban band from France or Canada, and most of them are great, but it’s like getting a pickup squad when you could have the real deal,” he says. Of course, Juan de Marcos himself has lived in Mexico for the last seven years and is in the process of settling permanently in the United States, but the rest of Sierra Maestra still lives in Cuba. Queen believes the easing of travel restrictions for Americans who want to go to Cuba is already making a difference in terms of cultural exchange. You still can’t go online and book a flight to Havana on Delta or United, but important improvements have taken place. In the past, travelers had to be connected to a specialCardinal Bar owner Ricardo Gonzalez: Unofficial ambassador.

ly licensed organization, such as an academic institution or the Madison Camagüey Sister City Association, to go to Cuba from the United States, though many people found ways to skirt the rules by traveling via Canada or another country with fewer restrictions. These days, all you have to do is complete a self-administered permit affirming that your trip fits into one of 12 categories, from cultural to religious to education to medical to humanitarian. “Anybody with a pulse could fit into one of them,” says Queen. As for the logistics of travel, companies in Texas and Florida are launching ferries to Cuba, and travelers can bring 200 pounds of gear with them, enough allowance for a band to transport a fair amount of equipment. Air travel to Cuba is still controlled by a select group of licensed charter companies, but President Obama is currently working on allowing U.S. air carriers to fly there without third-party involvement; just pop Madison and Havana into the little boxes on Orbitz, and voilà, you’re flying the friendly skies. Despite the easing of restrictions, bringing performers from abroad is expensive, risky and complicated, even when they are coming from a nation with a friendly government, and many obstacles have more to do with bureaucratic bungling than with politics. For example, one of the highlights of the autumn-long Cubano-rama was supposed to be an appearance by Sierra Maestra at the Sept. 19 Willy Street Fair as part of the Madison World Music Festival. But the band fell victim to a computer glitch at the U.S. State Department and members did not receive visas. Sierra Maestra was replaced by the San Francisco-based Cuban band Pellejo Seco, but

the cancellation highlights the challenges many performers face: Sometimes an artist has the misfortune of living in a country the U.S. government thinks is full of terrorists. Sometimes there’s no problem with the country, but the performer is too politically controversial for comfort. Sometimes an overburdened State Department employee drops the ball — or a computer breaks. “It’s something that’s been befuddling presenters all over the country for a long time,” says Esty Dinur, marketing and communications director for the Wisconsin Union Theater. She serves as chair of artistic selection for Madison’s World Music Festival, which despite the difficulties, has wrangled visas for a number of Cuban acts, including Mezcla last year, Maraca in 2008 and Estrella Acosta in 2007. Dinur traveled to Cuba as part of a delegation from UW-Milwaukee back in 2001, and was floored by the caliber of musicianship she saw on the island: “I was just amazed by the music there, the variety, how beautiful it is and how prolific it is, with a band playing on almost every street corner,” she says. Willie Ney, executive director of UW’s Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives, which spearheaded the Juan de Marcos residency, has been burned by performers’ visa struggles too many times to be overly optimistic. He says the ebb and flow of Cuban performers into the U.S. has largely been a function of who’s sitting in the White House. When a Democrat is president, things open up. As soon as a Republican takes office, the door slams shut again. The flow improved markedly during the Clinton years, paving

Juan de Marcos González & the Afro-Cuban All-Stars Overture Center, Oct. 2, 8 pm Juan de Marcos played a central role in the creation of the Buena Vista Social Club and Sierra Maestra. The UW Arts Institute, the School of Music and the Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives are sponsoring a number of public events as part of Juan de Marcos’ interdisciplinary residency, including lectures (de Marcos possesses encyclopedic knowledge of the history of Cuban music) and workshops.

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Oct. 18, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1021 Spaight St., 5-7 pm The event features two of de Marcos’ daughters, Gliceria (left) and Laura Lydia González Abreu. And it’s the final concert by students in a Cuban string ensemble workshop. Featuring a lecture on the history of Cuban music by Juan de Marcos.

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the way for visits to Madison by the likes of protest singer/songwriter Carlos Varela, who played the Barrymore in 1998. But Varela was essentially banned from the United States by the George W. Bush administration, and didn’t set foot in this country again for a decade. Since Obama has been in office, Varela has toured the U.S. a couple of times and has met with lawmakers to advocate for mending relations with Cuba. Montes de Oca, a Havana-based music promoter and producer, is also hopeful but wary. “The new situation and possible removal of the embargo would be beneficial for cultural exchange, especially for music, in my opinion,” de Oca wrote in an email to Isthmus. “But...what is being said today could be different tomorrow, and the reins of the politicians and their bureaucracies as means of control are beyond our reach.” de Oca also worries that artists may not all benefit equally. “The market is a dual thing,” he says. “On the one hand it could save us, but on the other, we could lose out to the favored commercial interests.”

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As for Cubans’ appetite for visits by U.S. performers, Ricardo Gonzalez is certain that it’s strong, noting that the Minnesota Orchestra recently performed to a sellout crowd in Havana. In November, the sistercity project is taking the Madison-based Afro-Peruvian jazz group Golpe Tierra to Camagüey to play at the Fiesta del Tinajón, an annual celebration named for the traditional symbol of that city — the large clay pots used for centuries by residents to collect rainwater. Gonzalez says this is the first

time he is aware of a band from Madison traveling to Cuba to perform. And he says it wouldn’t be possible without the opening of travel to Cuba that is taking place right now. “This is the irony of the whole thing,” he says. “After 57 years of revolution and antiimperialism campaigns, the Cuban people love anything that’s American, and they love American people. The relationship between Cuba and the United States goes deeper than these cultural things. There is truly a unique connection between the two countries.” Juan de Marcos, who has experienced the oscillations of U.S. policy toward Cuba firsthand, agrees with Gonzalez. “There’s an appetite for American music,” he says. “I started out as a rock ’n’ roll player. I loved the great rock bands of the ’70s: Iron Butterfly, King Crimson, Steely Dan, Grateful Dead, Santana.” de Marcos hopes people here will rediscover their passion for Cuban music — which happened to some degree during the 1990s with the arrival of the Buena Vista Social Club album in U.S. record stores. He also believes that Cuban musicians stand to benefit financially as they gain access to U.S. companies with better distribution and marketing muscle. But he worries a little about how that could influence the product. “I just hope commercialism is not going to kill our music,” de Marcos says. “We have been enclosed in kind of a bubble for years. When you don’t have access to information, you may think everything going on outside is better than what you have. But in fact this is not the truth. We do have a history. We do have a culture that we must preserve.” n

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As a seventh-grader in Stevens Point in 1981, I became friends with a guy who played the accordion. Almost bashfully, he tried to explain polka music to me. But all those oompah-pahs and organ-like sounds couldn’t compare with the power chords and singalong choruses of Foreigner and Journey. Because Stevens Point is enmeshed in Polish and Slavic culture, my parents (a German man and an Irish woman) decided it would be fun for the family to start attending polka Masses. Bouncy hymns were performed, usually with some combination of accordion, concertina, bass guitar, horns and percussion. I liked the drums but found the holy gaiety a little disconcerting Later on, while living in the Milwaukee area, I met a woman who taught me how to polka at every wedding we attended — including our own — and I finally began to have an appreciation for the music. I can even fake my way through a dance or two. So it turns out I’ve been to some of the very locales described in Polka Heartland, a rollickingly entertaining and educational book that traces the music from its origins as a cutting-edge European fad to its current status as a festival favorite in cities, towns and villages across Wisconsin. Polka radio host and folk music historian Rick March set out with veteran photographer Dick Blau in 2013 to chronicle the state’s polka scene from New Berlin and New Glarus to Monroe, Milwaukee, Madison and beyond. Along the way, March explains numerous polka styles and shares his backstory as a longtime polkaplaying musician. Sections called “Polka Interludes” explore the music’s connection with beer, the difference between an accordion and a concertina, and, of course, the polka Mass. Blau’s photos capture the spirit of the contemporary scene and complement March’s engaging prose. Closeup shots reveal the intricacy of a Hengel concertina, the

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Recent attacks have underscored the importance of the Rape Crisis Center. Java Jive is an upbeat fundraiser for the group, with an embarrassment of riches in the form of pastries and other goodies from 32 area vendors (including Nature’s Bakery, Portage Pi, Bloom Bake Shop, Lazy Jane’s, 4 & 20 and Rosie’s) and great local coffees. You’ll leave buzzed and satisfied. Advance registration ($30) through danecountyrcc.org guarantees you a take-home mug, but it’s perfectly okay to just show up at the Brink Lounge, 701 E. Washington Ave., and pay at the door ($35).

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The University of Wisconsin volleyball team entered Big Ten Conference play this week ranked 16th in the country with an 8-2 record. The Badgers opened the 2015 season with a loss to Western Kentucky on Aug. 28 and then went on to win six straight matches against such non-conference teams as Georgia, Louisville and Kent State. The team features eight new players who are part of what PrepVolleyball.com calls 2015’s third-best recruiting class in GREG ANDERSON / UW ATHLETICS the country, and it didn’t take long for them to generate on-court chemistry. Starter Kelli Bates in command at the net. New recruits include Madison Duello, Hannah Juley, Amber MacDonblocker Haleigh Nelson, as well as libero ald, Julia Saunders, Maddie Smith and Tionna Taylor Morey). Williams, as well as transfers Lauryn Gillis and Arkansas broke the Badgers’ eightJordan Robbins. match winning streak on Sept. 19 in a Wisconsin lost seven letter-winners to gradfive-set marathon in the final round of the uation from last year’s squad, which won the Creighton Classic in Omaha, Neb. The 2014 Big Ten Conference title with a 19-1 record defeat may have slowed some of UW’s moand advanced to the NCAA tournament’s Elite mentum heading into Wednesday night’s Eight. But three starters returned (setter Lauren Big Ten opener at top-ranked Penn State Carlini, outside hitter Kelli Bates and middle

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sunfish, perch, pike, catfish, gar and minnows. They’re available for purchase by schools, museums, sports bars — anyone who wants one. “I was always one of these kids who could draw,” says Elliot, a witty and frank-speaking science illustrator with degrees in biology and zoology who retired from the university in 2011. She recalls societal attitudes toward pursuing art when she was growing up in the 1950s and ’60s. “If you’re a smart kid and can draw, they tell you to go into science. Of course if you’re a girl, they tell you to get married. But the point was to go to college and get an education because art is for the ‘dumb kids.’” She proved them all wrong, following both art and science. She still enjoys pencils, but her patience runs out before paints can dry. These

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Blending country, punk and psychedelic music into a frenetic sonic steam engine, young Madison trio Wood Chickens have quickly become a vital part of the city’s local scene. Started in 2009 in Milton when members Alex Reilly and Griffin Pett were in high school, Wood Chickens took early inspiration from Reilly’s father’s record collection, with the Byrds serving as an introduction to both country and psych. After years of experimenting with sounds and honing their songwriting partnership, Wood Chickens sprouted wings when the pair moved to Madison in 2013 and began gigging around town. Reilly and Pett were eager to find an audience, but lacked a regular drummer. Earlier this year, they enlisted recent Nashville transplant Justin Johnson, who had just spent a year on the road with Nashville rockabilly act Jane Rose & the Deadend Boys and was looking for a Madison band that shared his love of fast, upbeat country music. “It was everything I wanted,” says Johnson, who originally hails from Leland, Wis., an unincorporated community in Sauk County. He felt an immediate connection to Wood Chickens after hearing their off-kilter old school tunes via a Craigslist ad. Having been groomed to be a musician since childhood by his grandfather and great-uncle, Johnson expresses a deep appreciation for the camaraderie that being in a band offers. “Life gets intense as you get

older,” he says. “It gets more real, and so does the music.” With six months under their belt as a trio, Wood Chickens are primed to share their “cowpunk” sound around the country. They will depart on an extensive tour of the American heartland through October following a Sept. 26 send-off show at Mickey’s Tavern. They are scheduled for 31 shows in 12 states, stretching from the Dakotas and Colorado to Texas and Missouri. The band members are excited to show their versatility in all settings, including houses, coffee shops, bars and martini lounges. Some shows will require the selfdescribed “caffeine cowboys” to play three sets a night. “We’re really getting the opportunity to expand,” says Reilly, the group’s guitarist and vocalist. “We’ll be sort of opening up for ourselves, doing an acoustic set of some old country tunes, some psych jamming and then some harder punk stuff.” Drawing influences from “all corners of the map,” Wood Chickens’ “punked up” roots vibe should serve them well on the road, as Reilly and Pett make their first trip to the South, the heart of country and cowpunk. Wood Chickens are thriving at home as well. They released two full-length albums in 2014: Razzmatazz and Have a Cow. They are also part of a compilation album from local zine Toothtaker and are set to release a limited-edition live cassette via Madison tape label Rare Plant. Reilly says there is much in his future that is uncertain. But, he adds, “One thing for sure is that I just want to keep playing in this band.” n

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In the second act of Gina Gionfriddo’s Rapture, Blister, Burn, Avery — a 21-year-old college student — describes her parents’ success fantasy for her: If only she hadn’t given up ice skating as a child, she would have become an Olympic figure skater. This kind of “what if” fantasy preoccupies every character in the play, presented by Mercury Players Theatre on the Evjue Stage at the Bartell Theatre, through Oct. 3. On the surface, the play is a debate about feminism and whether women really can “have it all.” These questions are addressed informally when a group of graduate school friends reunites after 20 years. They are also confronted formally as Catherine, a rock-star academic and feminist theorist, begins teaching a class on feminism in her living room. At the top of the play, Catherine has come home to care for her ailing mother and catch up with her friends Gwen and Don, old classmates with a messy history. Gwen (Kate Boomsma) was Catherine’s roommate in school. She married Don, Catherine’s lik-

able lump of an ex-boyfriend (Whitney Derendinger), gave up her academic goals and settled down to have children. DAN MYERS Recently sober, she is unable to Whitney Derendinger and Deborah Hearst (a couple in stop confessing every feeling real life) give nuanced performances as former lovers. and thought that comes into her head, including the fact that she’s stuck in a the unhappy intellectual who has made her joyless marriage to a disappointing man, haunted career studying the relationships between by unrealized dreams of professional success. men and women yet is unable to make good decisions about her own personal life. Catherine (played with nuance and honesty Derendinger, her real-life spouse, is charming by Deborah Hearst) is equally unhappy. Her book tours and TV interviews have not compen- as the guy with little ambition who is happiest when he’s helping troubled college students sated for the loneliness she feels after dozens of turn their lives around. Outside the central doomed relationships. The women are so eager threesome are Avery (a snappy Katy Briggs), to test out the green grass on the other side of the college student endowed with self-assurthe fence that they agree to change places for ance only afforded the young, and Catherine’s the summer. Catherine will live with Don, and mother, Alice (a lovely Sarah Whelan), whose Gwen can run off to New York, enroll in classes life choices were dictated by a very different and live in Catherine’s apartment. Not surprisset of historical circumstances. ingly, neither woman finds the experiment as idyllic as she hoped. When not bogged down by epic scene Although the play seems overly academic changes and static staging, the production is quite engaging. And as a bonus, you might at times and treads over familiar territory, the gain a new, feminist perspective on slasher production is buoyed by terrific performances. horror films of the ’80s after seeing it. n Hearst shines as Catherine, fully embodying

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Those characters. Kowalski. Corleone. Kurtz. Those line readings. “I coulda been a contender.” “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.” “The horror.” Few film actors were as influential as Marlon Brando. He was at the center of some of cinema’s most iconic moments. Yet he made relatively few movies. He was notoriously reclusive. In his later years, when he emerged in public at all, it was too often in the aftermath of some tragedy. The mystery of Brando is examined in the riveting Listen to Me Marlon. Directed by Stevan Riley, the film is one of those documentaries — like Room 237 and From the Journals of Jean Seberg — that will make you want to watch movies. But Listen to Me Marlon isn’t a straightforward retrospective. The film relies on two unusual conceits. One is triumphantly interesting. The other I have questions about. The successful conceit is the narration provided by...Marlon Brando. He dictated numerous cassette recordings about various aspects of his life, and we hear these throughout Listen to Me Marlon. The narration has been stitched together from various tapes, so the recording quality varies a lot from sentence to sentence. The conceit I find less persuasive has to do with an eerie, floating face. It seems Brando had his head digitally scanned at some point, and this imagery is the basis for sequences in which Brando’s monochromatic, animated noggin recites Shakespeare and so forth. I find these scenes distracting. I’m likewise distracted by several reenactments,

Thanks to his bizarre cassette recordings, Marlon Brando provides the narration.

one of my documentary pet peeves. True, they are tastefully done. The film begins in 1990, when it was reported that Brando’s son Christian had killed the lover of his half-sister Cheyenne. We see helicopter footage of Brando’s sprawling California compound. Then we’re taken back to his troubled childhood in Nebraska, his tutelage in method acting under Stella Adler, his Broadway performance in A Streetcar Named Desire. Brando’s Hollywood debut was The Men, in 1950. In 1951, he changed screen acting forever with the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire. Other successes followed, including an Oscar for his performance in On the Waterfront. Then the wandering began. Brando remained busy in Hollywood for a time, and an ill-starred production of Mutiny on the Bounty

introduced him to Tahiti, where he spent much of the rest of his life. He pursued activist causes and made a few astonishing comebacks — especially in 1972, the year of The Godfather and Last Tango in Paris. After the anguished triumph of Apocalypse Now, Brando took only a handful of film roles, some of them undistinguished. On the tapes, Brando talks cynically about acting as a moneymaking endeavor, and he discloses tricks he used in lieu of memorizing his lines. Let it be said, I struggled to make out certain passages in the narration, because in general the recording quality is not good, and Brando famously slurred his diction. But: THAT VOICE. How marvelous to hear Brando’s story told by Brando himself. n

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Viola Davis is a force of nature.

Two words: Viola. Davis. The powerhouse and now Emmy-winning actress is the driving force as this show returns for a second season (ABC, Thursdays at 9 p.m.). Equal parts soap drama and thriller, it comes from the ShondaLand camp and was created by Peter Nowalk (Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy). Yes, there are the trademark sexy people studying the law and overcoming personal emotional issues, but I do not envy the situation those hot people got themselves into. Davis stars as defense lawyer and law professor Annalise Keating, a talented and cutthroat professional woman. At its core, the show is a thriller: Much of the first season was spent getting to know a small group of law students chosen to study with Keating and their investigation into who murdered a

young woman on their college campus. Some viewers may find How to Get Away with Murder to be unrealistic. For instance, could a human being physically handle two full-time, highstress jobs without a time-turner? And what are the chances of all of these events happening over the course of just a few months? But sometimes you must accept that this is a story world modeled after the real world, where everything and anything can happen. This show is worth watching purely for Davis, who has a heart-stopping breakdown scene where she removes her makeup and wig to show the audience her true self. How to Get Away with Murder is suspense-filled and pleasingly unpredictable.

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Captive: Ripped-from-the-headlines thriller about a hostage crisis defused by a devotional book. The Green Inferno: A group of students hope to save the Amazon rainforest but find they should try to save themselves. Unlike director Eli Roth’s best films, this feels like a retread of a retread.

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Hotel Transylvania 2: Count Dracula tries to bring out the monster side of his half-human grandson. An uninspired sequel that may entertain the wee ones but leaves their adult handlers out in the cold. The Intern: Playing a 70-year-old seeking renewed purpose as an intern at an Internet startup, Robert De Niro is as gentle as a kitten.

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Pawn Sacrifice: Tobey Maguire plays Bobby Fischer in this fictionalized account of the historic world championship chess match against Soviet Boris Spassky. It’s Hollywood hokum hugged around a sour little arthouse movie trying to chew its way out. Stonewall: Bizarrely, this Hollywood take on the 1969 Stonewall Riots was directed by Independence Day’s Roland Emmerick. Historical accuracy is less the film’s problem than its hamhanded narrative arc and dialogue.

Recent releases Black Mass: Johnny Depp stars as notorious South Boston gang leader James “Whitey” Bulger. Depp dials into the man’s malevolent charisma and canniness; it’s as good as anything he’s done in a decade. Everest: This film documents the physical anguish of Himalayan climbers in excruciating detail. It’s one you feel deeply in the pit of your stomach. Sometimes, it literally hurts to watch it.

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials: The kids are on the run again, this time out in a plagueinfected free world. Superlative CGI work takes the rub off the fact that we’ve seen this kind of vision of societal collapse before. Uncle John: A tasteful, well-acted but somewhat sleepy tale of office romance and heinous mayhem in Chicago and the rural countryside of Wisconsin.

More film events Born in Flames: Comedy-drama about a future United States ruled by a socialist government. Union South Marquee, Sept. 25-26, 11 pm. Boy (Shonen): Nagisa Oshima’s 1969 tale of a Japanese couple who train their son to fake injury in order to extort money from unwitting drivers. Chazen, Sept. 27, 2 pm. A History of Violence: A mild-mannered man’s self-defense killings lead to unexpected complications. Central Library, Oct. 1, 6:30 pm. It Follows: An entity inexorably tracks its victims in this stylish horror flick. Union South Marquee, Sept. 25-26 (8:30 pm) & Sept. 27 (6:30 pm). L’etrange Monsieur Victor: An innocent man inadvertently hides out with the person responsible for the crime. Cinematheque, Sept. 26, 7 pm. Wellesiana: Author Joseph McBride presents a program of Orson Welles rarities. Cinematheque, Sept. 25, 7 pm.

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The Decemberists Wednesday, Sept. 30, Overture Hall, 7:30 pm For years, the Decemberists had pretty much cornered the market on theatrical, bookish indie rock. But in 2011, the Portland-based five-piece took a hard left when it released The King Is Dead, a critically acclaimed bare-bones folk rock album. This year’s What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World bridges the gap between the group’s two distinct eras. With Olivia Chaney.

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Nika Danilova, aka Zola Jesus, has come a long way since she was a UW-Madison student in the late 2000s. This performance will surely highlight the artist’s brand of anthemic, shimmering pop, which is finally getting its rightful recognition. Babe’s Restaurant: John Kostle, free, 6 pm. Brink Lounge: Madison Jazz Orchestra, 7:30 pm. East Side Club: GGOOLLDD, No/No, Asumaya, 6 pm. Essen Haus: Josh Becker, free, 9 pm. The Frequency: Pure Bathing Culture, rock, 8 pm. High Noon Saloon: SpareTime Bluegrass Band, free, 6 pm; SheShe, Consult The Briefcase, Lucas Cates Band, 8 pm. Majestic Theatre: The Orb, DJs Mike Carlson, Wyatt Agard, Umi, house, 10 pm.

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and each wants what the other one has. Kudos to the terrific cast and to Mercury Players Theatre for consistently choosing pieces that might intimidate other theater groups (see page 36). ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 pm) and Sunday (4 pm), Sept. 25-27. Through Oct. 3. University Theatre: “Fugitive Songs”: 9/17-27, UW Vilas Hall-Mitchell Theatre, at 7:30 pm ThursdaysSaturdays and 2 pm Sundays. $23. 265-2787. Invasion of the Jesus Snatchers: Pat Robertson-inspired take on ‘50s horror films by Brian Wild, 9/1810/10, Broom Street Theater, at 8 pm ThursdaysSaturdays. $11. 244-8338.

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Earth Sculpture 2015 Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability (Verona), exhibited through Oct. 17

Installations by 13 artists are made of natural materials designed to decompose back into the environment. Organized by artist Bobbette Rose, the environmental-themed exhibit — using wood, feathers and other organic materials, many sourced at the site — includes a multi-hued, hanging “Rainbow Bridge” by Lester Dore and the quill-like spiky “Samsara” by Thomas Ferrella.

together by singer Jimmie Linville’s show-stopping vocals. With Seasaw.

Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Friday, Sept. 25, Overture Hall, 7:30 pm

The Madison Symphony Orchestra is set to kick off its 2015-2016 season with this opening concert, featuring performances of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, Copland’s Clarinet Concerto and Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3. Before each concert, MSO trombonist and program notes annotator Michael Allsen leads a 30-minute prelude discussion. ALSO: Saturday (8 pm) and Sunday (2:30 pm), Sept. 26-27.

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Mr. Robert’s: Ghost Socket, free, 10 pm. Ski’s Saloon, Sun Prairie: Elite Harmony, free, 7:30 pm. Stoughton Opera House: The Larry Keel Experience, 7:30 pm. Tip Top Tavern: Brianna Buhr, Finn Gaffney, free, 10 pm.

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Thursday, Sept. 24, Bartell Theatre, 7:30 pm

Set in the 1920s, this show is a romp through highsociety life as young heiress Polly tries her hand at the dating game. It’s a charming little number that rekindles the age of carefree Broadway. ALSO: Friday (7:30 pm) and Saturday (2 pm), Sept. 25-26.

Rapture, Blister, Burn Thursday, Sept. 24, Bartell Theatre, 7:30 pm

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Thursday, Sept. 24, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

This energetic performer was named by Vulture as one of this year’s “50 Comedians You Should Know.” Smith has appeared on both Late Night with Seth Meyers and Larry Wilmore’s The Nightly Show. With Jesse Baltes, Geoffrey Asmus. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), Sept. 25-26. Neil Hamburger, Major Entertainer Mike H, Alan Talaga: 7:30 pm, 9/24, Majestic Theatre. 255-0901.

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Canyon Spells Friday, Sept. 25, East Side Club, 6 pm

Formerly known as Daniel and the Lion, the Nashville-via-Baraboo now-trio Canyon Spells plays lushly arranged folk that screams “next big thing,” tied

This South Carolina-raised musical chameleon has covered a lot of territory in his six-year career, beginning as a chillwave artist before graduating to an R&B-influenced vibe for 2013’s Anything in Return. On his latest album, What For?, he opts for a mid-’60s psychedelic rock vibe. With Astronauts etc.

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Shemekia Copeland + Lucy Kaplansky Friday, Sept. 25, High Noon Saloon, 8 pm

Copeland (pictured) is the daughter of the late Texas blues guitarist Johnny Copeland and a star in her own right: She’s a two-time Grammy nominee who Koko Taylor’s daughter called new “Queen of the Blues.” The New York Times once wrote that it was “easy to predict stardom” for Kaplansky. After a hiatus to pursue a doctorate in psychology, the folk singer-songwriter found herself drawn back to music and has released seven solo records and several collaborations.

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Holly Miranda Friday, Sept. 25, The Frequency, 10 pm

The lead vocalist of rock band the Jealous Girlfriends, this soulful singer-songwriter has broken out by releasing The Magician’s Private Library in 2010 and a self-titled album in May. With Gracie and Rachel. Brink Lounge: Mighty Grove Masheen, 8 pm. Cardinal Bar: Beat Road Blues, free, 5:30 pm; DJs Iz, Wyatt Agard, Lovecraft, house, 9 pm. Crystal Corner: Hometown Sweethearts, 9:30 pm. Delaney’s: Bob Kerwin & Doug Brown, free, 6 pm.

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The Whiskey Farm + Ida Jo Saturday, Sept. 26, High Noon Saloon, 5:30 pm

This double bill boasts the celebration of two new local releases: The Whiskey Farm’s Book of Matches, an album chock full of Midwestern-influenced Americana charm, and Ida Jo’s Guardian of Being, a spacious showcase for the singer-songwriter’s voice and expert violin playing.

Heartless Bastards Saturday, Sept. 26, Majestic Theatre, 9 pm

Drawing from blues, country and garage rock, Heartless Bastards have crafted a sound that would make them the best bar band in the world. But they’ve always aimed higher, whether that means playing on late-night talk shows or seeing their albums top best-of lists. Their fifth full-length, Restless Ones, was released in June. With Alberta Cross.

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John Hodgman Saturday, Sept. 26, Barrymore Theatre, 9 pm

Tom Rush Saturday, Sept. 26, Stoughton Opera House, 7:30 pm

Five-plus decades after bursting onto the early ’60s folk scene, Tom Rush remains a superlative interpreter of the American songbook. Whether tackling blues, rock ’n’ roll, folk or country, his expressive vocals and distinctive guitar style cross arbitrary genre boundaries and make any song he tackles his own.

A self-described “expert” in just about everything imaginable, humorist John Hodgman has spent the past decade captivating audiences with his expansive “knowledge,” which is always hilarious and rarely true. His new Vacationland tour will touch on subjects ranging from Maine to mustaches.

E N VI RON MENT Bike to the Library: Special activities & prizes in conjunction with UW MOOC “Climate Change Policy & Public Health,” 9/26, Central Library, Middleton Library, Oregon Library. biketothelibrary.org.

S PECI AL E V ENTS Children’s Theater of Madison 50th Anniversary Celebration: Noon-3 pm, 9/26, Central LIbrary, with kids’ activities, music from the upcoming season, birthday cake. Free. 255-2080. Isthmus OktoBEERfest: Unlimited sampling from over 40 Wisconsin-focused brewers, 3-7 pm, 9/26, Central Park, with music, silent disco, food. $40 adv. isthmusoktobeerfest.com. 251-5627. An Evening at Maria’s: Pop-up venue, 6 pm, 9/26, Art In Gallery, with music by Cowboy Winter, Kleptix, poetry by Thax Douglas, visual art, food. $10-$5. facebook.com/events/928171277256642.

Venus in Furs Saturday, Sept. 26, The Frequency, 10 pm

In the last few years, several femalecentric groups have released killer albums, powered by a combination of righteous feminist anger and a desire to lay waste to any and all stages. Madison’s Venus in Furs is one of them, debuting here a collection of danceable surf-punk. With Sons of Atom, Damsel Trash.

Wood Chickens Saturday, Sept. 26, Mickey’s Tavern, 10 pm

Madison trio Wood Chickens begin an extensive heartland tour of the U.S. with this send-off show, putting their driving, off-kilter hillbilly rock on display (see page 35). With the Holy Alimonies, Bron Sage.

Madison Area Pagan Pride Day: 10 am-6 pm, 9/26, Winnequah Park, Monona, with classes, crafting, vendors, food. Free. 852-4718. Raise-a-Barn, Save a Horse: Dane County Humane Society barn-raiser, noon, 9/26, Wisconsin Brewing Company, Verona, with carriage rides, music, raffle, food. Donations. 334-2160. Harvest Moon Fest: Fundraiser for new library, 5:308:30 pm, 9/26, Pinney Library, with Madison Area Ukulele Association 5:30 pm, Bingo 5:30 pm, Wayne the Wizard 6 pm, Dollar Bill & the Bucks 7:15 pm, food. $8 ($12/family). 224-7100.

S PECTATOR SP ORTS UW Football: vs. Hawaii, 7 pm, 9/26, Camp Randall Stadium ($50). Also: Badger Bash tailgate 4:30 pm, Union South (free). 262-1440.

sun sept 27 MUS I C

Brink Lounge: Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble (CD release), jazz, 8 pm. Cafe Zoma: Joe Sokolinsky, classical guitar, 7 pm. Come Back In: Mighty Groove Masheen, free, 9 pm. Crystal Corner Bar: Jim Liban with Joel Paterson Trio, blues, 9:30 pm. Essen Haus: Gary Beal Band, free, 8:30 pm. The Frequency: Julian Lage, 8 pm. Harmony Bar: Josh Harty Band, 9:30 pm. High Noon Saloon: Croaker, Gentle Brontosaurus, The Sigourney Weavers, “Buffy” tribute, 9:30 pm. Hody Bar, Middleton: QUEST, classic rock, free, 9 pm.

Lazy Oaf Lounge: 5 Minute Rule, rock, free, 10 pm. Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: John Widdicombe & Stan Godfriaux, jazz, free, 6:30 pm. Mother Fool’s: Ritt Deitz (CD release), 8 pm. Tempest: No Name String Band, free, 9:30 pm. Tip Top Tavern: Miguel McQuade Trio, free, 10 pm. Tricia’s Country Corners: Drive By Night, rock, 9 pm. Tuvalu Coffee, Verona: KIN (CD release), free, 7 pm.

Sunday, Sept. 27, Kohl Center, 7:30 pm

“The Queen of Country Pop” was one of the first musicians to perform at the Kohl Center, a few months after the arena opened in 1998. The tour was in support of Twain’s wildly successful 1997 album, Come on Over, which has sold over 40 million copies worldwide. Her return is the first scheduled concert at the Kohl Center since a canceled Simon & Garfunkel show in 2010. With Gavin DeGraw.

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Knuckle Down Saloon: Reverend Raven & the Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys, 9 pm.

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Edgewood College-St. Joseph Chapel: Edgewood Chamber Orchestra, 2:30 pm.

Java Jive: Annual brunch & coffee tasting to benefit Rape Crisis Center, 9 am-12:30 pm, 9/27, Brink Lounge, with music by Josh Dupont & Francie Phelps, raffle, silent auction. $35 ($30 adv.). RSVP: danecountyrcc.org. 251-5126.

The Frequency: Christopher Bell, Lewis Knudsen, Madison Malone, 8:30 pm. Heritage Cong. Church: Naeim Rahmani, free 3 pm. High Noon Saloon: Hannah Busse, Karen Wheelock, Dana Perry, The Apollo Affair, Tin Can Diamonds, Alan Talaga, Charlie Kojis, 1:30 pm; The Goddamn Gallows, Royal Station, Bron Sage, 8 pm. Sprecher’s Restaurant: QUEST, free, 3 pm. UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: UW Symphony Orchestra with Brenda Rae, 7:30 pm.

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in one place. Rising rappers Hopsin (pictured), Dizzy Wright and others will appear here as part of the label’s nationwide tour.

tue sept 29 MUS I C

Fall Food Cart Fest: Noon-6 pm, 9/27, Burr Jones Field, with music by Whiskey Farm 2:30 pm, Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Sextet 4:30 pm. Free admission. 630-4824. Ragin’ Cajun Art Fair & Auction: Benefit for Badger Prairie Needs Network, 9/27, Liliana’s Restaurant, with art fair, auction & music 2:30-5:30 pm ($5 donation), New Orleans dinner 6 pm ($50; eventbrite. com/e/18012447716). 333-1173.

mon sept 28

PONYSHOW + Vamos Monday, Sept. 28, Mickey’s Tavern, 10 pm

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Ash

A trio of Von Bondies alums, these Detroiters spin slick guitar pop with smart lyrics and upfront vocals. PONYSHOW (pictured) is touring the Midwest with Vamos, a Chicago band that makes scraggly, melodic rock ‘n’ roll. With Lover’s Spit.

Tuesday, Sept. 29, Majestic Theatre, 8:30 pm

When Irish alt-rockers Ash released Twilight of the Innocents in 2007, they said the album would be their last. Lo and behold, the band responsible for 1977, one of NME’s 500 favorite records, put out Kablammo! this past May, perhaps their most rewarding work yet. With Sunspot.

The Frequency: Young Valley, Seasaw, Rae Fitzgerald, Lucas Oswald, 8:30 pm.

Wei Dong and Feng Shui Culture

Malt House: The Barley Brothers, free, 7:30 pm.

Sunday, Sept. 27, UW Nicholas Hall’s Ruth Davis Design Gallery, 3-5 pm (reception)

SP ECIAL EV ENTS

This exhibition celebrates Harmonious Spaces, an installation created by UWMadison design studies professor Wei Dong, who’s been recognized here and in China for his ability to integrate digital media into the environmental design process. On display through Nov. 15.

Hopsin + Dizzy Wright Monday, Sept. 28, Majestic Theatre, 8 pm

Like Death Row, Bad Boy and Roc-A-Fella before them, Los Angeles-based label Funk Volume is looking to put its stamp on hip-hop by gathering its crowded stable of artists all

Purple Ribbon Walk: End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin remembers those killed by domestic violence, 11:55 am, 9/28, Capitol’s State Street steps, with silent walk around the Square, speakers. Free. endabusewi.org. 237-3448.

P OLITICS & ACTIV ISM RSVP for League of Women Voters State Issues Briefing: 9 am-2 pm, 10/10, Courtyard Marriott, Middleton. $40. RSVP by 9/30. www.lwvwi.org. 256-0827.

WISCONSIN ATHLETICS FOOTBALL SATURDAY, SEPT. 26 vs. HAWAI’I | 7PM Limited Number of Tickets Available

Brink Lounge: Durango McMurphy, 6 pm. Frequency: Von Stomper, SheShe, Croaker, 8:30 pm. High Noon Saloon: Swill, The Periodicals, 6 pm; Rock Star Gomeroke, 9 pm Tuesdays. Up North Pub: Pat Ferguson, free, 8 pm. UW Old Music Hall: Popular Cuban Music, UW Arts Institute lecture by Afro-Cuban All Stars members, 7:30 pm.

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vs. MARYLAND | NOON Get Ready for the Game at BADGERVILLE The Official Pre-Game Tailgate of Wisconsin Athletics Gates open at 4:30PM | Engineering Mall

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Meet the Men’s Hockey & Men’s Soccer Teams

Performances by the UW Band, Bucky Badger & Spirit Squad Fresh grilled food options, beverages & beer available FREE ADMISSION

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Men’s Soccer Scarf Giveaway (while supplies last)

20th anniversary reunion of the 1995 Men’s NCAA Champions WOMEN’S SOCCER

vs. PURDUE | 3PM Throughout the day celebrate Emergency Preparedness Month Meet police officers Get your face painted Explore emergency vehicles Experience a Flight for Life flyover McClimon Soccer Complex

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as “one of the most enigmatic and electrifying bands I have ever known.” Scott’s new project might be even better. Aero Flynn released its simmering self-titled debut in March and has since been touring throughout the U.S. and Europe. With Dream Boat.

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fri sep

Last Comic Standing Live Tour “This is a night of champions, and I want to see a champion.” That’s how comedy veteran Keenen Ivory Wayans kicked off the finale of the NBC series. The final five, including likeable winner Clayton English (pictured), delivered. Don’t miss it when these champs bring their game to Madison. Mario Robinson, Stevie Crutcher, Martin Henn: 8 pm, 9/29, Mickey’s Tavern. Free (on patio). 251-9964.

B OOKS Wendy Corsi Staub: Discussing “Blood Red,” her new novel, 7 pm, 9/29, Mystery to Me. 283-9332. Amelia Gray, Colin Winnette, Aaron Burch, Danielle Evans: Monsters of Poetry hosts fiction writers discussing their recent books, 8 pm, 9/29, Dragonfly Lounge. 250-0097.

P U B LI C MEET I N G S Madison Common Council: Special meeting discussing the Judge Doyle Square project, 6:30 pm, 9/29, City-County Building. 266-4071.

Wednesday, Sept. 30, The Wisco, 9 pm

L’Assassins make rip-roaring rock ’n’ roll, using distorted guitars and searing vocals as the centerpieces of their hi-fi retropunk records. Using leather and lipstick fashion and elaborate videos to round out their aesthetic, these Minneapolis women go way beyond your average DIY band in constructing a kickass sound and identity. With the Rotten Tommys, Skizzwhores. Alchemy Cafe: Jon Hoel Trio, jazz, free, 10 pm.

(Double CD Release Party) 5:30pm $5

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wed sep

Heritage Tavern: Chris Wagoner, jazz, free, 8:30 pm. Opus Lounge: Benjamin Lodahl, free, 9 pm.

Croaker / Gentle Brontosaurus / The Sigourney Weavers 9:30 $10

The Goddamn Gallows Bron Sage Royal Station

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer Tribute

One Concert to #EndAlz

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Brink: Madison Alto Madness Orchestra, jazz, 9 pm. The Frequency: Jennifer Hall, Evan Murdock, German Art Students, 8:30 pm.

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12pm FREE

Overture: The Decemberists, Olivia Chaney, 7:30 pm.

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Tuesday, Sept. 29, Orpheum Theater, 8 pm

She She Consult The Briefcase The Lucas Cates Band / 8PM

The Periodicals 6pm $5

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When Cartoon Worlds Collide: A Mashup of Politics and Comics: Free talk by cartoonists Leigh Rubin (“Rubes”) and Phil Hands (Wisconsin State Journal), 7 pm, 9/30, Central Library. 266-6300.

Wednesday, Sept. 30, The Shitty Barn (Spring Green), 7 pm

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Josh Scott’s previous band, Amateur Love, was described by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon

R.J. Mitte: WUD’s Distinguished Lecture Series features the Breaking Bad star on bullying, 7:30 pm, 9/30, Memorial Union-Shannon Hall. 262-1143.

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Cluck is one of many attractions in the idyllic bicycle destination of Paoli.

“Everyone will have chickens eventually” Cluck, the Chicken Store, will get you cooped up BY LINDA FALKENSTEIN

Paoli, the hamlet just south of Verona on the Sugar River, has always been quaint, but the place just keeps getting more charming. On a recent Sunday afternoon, the grassy lawn adjacent to the river was filled with white chairs from a wedding; a steady stream of Lycra-bedecked bicyclists were stopping for libations. Visitors were even arriving by kayak — taking advantage of the cleaned-up river, thanks to the Falk Wells Sugar River Wildlife Area, which begins just upstream. The Paoli House Inn offers a spot to overnight; there are pubs and art galleries, cheese and brats, and, improbably, Cluck, a shop devoted to the backyard chicken-raiser.

Don’t make the mistake of thinking Cluck’s not for you if you don’t have a backyard brood. You could call the front of the store a hybrid chicken-themed gift shop and art gallery, though the offerings are more unexpected than you might, well, expect. Paintings by Marcia Sparks, Cynthia Quinn and Anne Stack Connor are currently featured, among poultry-themed aprons, mugs, cards, baby onesies and jewelry. “We don’t have chickens, but we like to come in,” announces one Sunday visitor, to which clerk Howard Cosgrove replies: “Oh, everyone will have chickens eventually.” Cosgrove is married to store owner Susan Troller, author of the book Cluck: From Jungle Fowl to City Chicks, essays on raising backyard chickens. And if you’re considering starting a

backyard coop, more books and magazines on the topic are in stock. Order a beautiful hand-built custom coop; or, if you’ve already taken the plunge, pick up some small batch scratch feed (Cosgrove describes this as “more like pretzels and chips for chickens” than regular feed) — mixed from local grains, including a nonGMO blend. Or order a custom sign painted for your coop. Equipment geared especially for the backyard chicken-keeper includes an automatic coop door opener (program the door to open in the morning and close at night even if you’re not there, or have it sense sunrise and sunset, via GPS). Twenty-firstcentury digital chickens, indeed. n

The shop caters to the practical, with feed blends, as well as the whimsical. Chickencentric art includes paintings by Marcia Sparks, above, and custom coop signs.

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Organic for all Former Madisonians launch skin care line focused on the whole family BY CANDICE WAGENER

Even the scents are natural; avoiding chemical compounds means the product does not exacerbate allergies and other ailments.

“A lot of our customers say they don’t even need lotion,” says Sperling. “The bar soap is really great for your skin.” And if you’re worried about slippery bars of soap, Makes 3 sells something called an Ecobag, which helps users grip the soap better — it’s especially useful for kids — and helps create a nice lather. Madisonians can shop for Makes 3 products at the UW Hospital gift shop, 600 Highland Ave. Online ordering is also available at makes3.com and comes with free shipping. Sperling also uses the website as an opportunity to raise awareness about household toxins. The company’s tagline sums up the Sperlings’ philosophy: “Nourish your skin, take care of your family and simplify your life.” n

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Kristine Sperling says parents often put a lot of effort into finding the right products for their kids’ skin, while neglecting their own. But Sperling believes families don’t need five different kinds of soap or lotion in their house; everyone could all be using one and the same. She and her husband, Daniel, set out to make affordable, organic options for all members of a family. The result is their Makes 3 body care products. Although currently residing in Santa Barbara, Calif., the Sperlings have strong ties to Madison. Along with having family in town, it was while raising their daughter, Alice, here that they made the connection between her health issues (including allergies, eczema and asthma) and the skin care

products they were using. When they took her to see a local allergist, his suggestion was to detox their household. “He said something that stuck with me,” says Sperling. “This increase in severity of allergies and asthma was environmentally caused. I rethought everything we were bringing into the house.” Sperling started by making bar soap in her sink; her initial “hobby business” grew from there. Makes 3 now offers bar soaps; liquid hand soap; and lip balm, body balm and hand balm, all USDA-certified organic. Balms, for instance, are made from shea butter, coconut oil, cocoa butter, aloe vera and beeswax, all organic. No chemical compunds. Scents are all-natural and include lavender, orange blossom, sandalwood black pepper, ylang-ylang vanilla, peppermint and cinnamon clove. Prices range from $5 to $13.

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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 EXPO CENTER/ST. MARY’S Newly decorated spacious 2 bdrm w/fireplace. Hardwood floors, built-in bookshelves and corner hutch. Onsite laundry and parking. Heat incl. $800 Ron 608-347-1585 Atwood / Olbrich. 1 Bdrm. $875 + util./ mo. New kitchen, hardwood floors, garage. Yes to cat, no smoking. 221-2973. NEAR EAST 1 Bedroom. Sunny upper flat, den/office. Open floor plan, vaulted ceiling, carpeting, private entry, garage, on busline. No laundry, no pets. Res neighborhood. Owner occupied. Call 608-244-4433 leave message. 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.

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1 Curly-tailed Japanese dog 6 Bit of turf 10 Bone with teeth 13 Gets back to full strength 15 Debtor’s loss 16 Fireplace accumulation 17 Overcharge for a cigar? 19 Show set in Las Vegas 20 Bygone oath 21 Big name in oats 23 Los ___ (“La Bamba” group) 26 Public expressions of thanks 28 Bit of wishful thinking 30 Before, for poets 31 Stacks of wax 32 Bit of hair gel 33 “___ my keep”

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35 Society page newcomer 36 Extinguished, as a candle 38 Meet in the middle? 42 Dessert often served a la mode 43 Many, with “a” 45 Prefix for pressure 46 “Honest” guy 47 Address from a rev. 48 Skyping accessory, maybe 50 Hay dummy? 53 Giant from Finland? 54 Louisiana subdivision 55 Blue movie material, slangily 57 “Ew!” 58 Program that just notifies you without blocking? 63 Mendacity 64 “Strange Condition” singer Pete

65 Like Aconcagua 66 Old salt 67 Downhill runner 68 Former Russian sovereigns DOWN

1 Radius setting 2 Mauna ___ (Hawaii’s highest peak) 3 German pronoun 4 Adopt 5 Pixar movie with an entomological theme 6 Can recycler, sometimes 7 Beirut’s country: Abbr. 8 Not at all transparent 9 It may start as a flat ring 10 Hoist one player in a chess game?

Balance sheet heading Helicopter sounds Place for relaxation Descendants of 31-Across “You’ve got mail” hearer Pot tops In the blink ___ eye Carnival announcer that surfaces from the water? 27 “Ready ___ ...” 29 “___-haw!” 34 Austrian psychiatrist Alfred 35 The accused 37 Guy who might try to put whiskey in your meal 39 “I shall return,” e.g. 40 Antioxidant-rich berry 41 Mountain cat 44 Full-voiced 46 Tree in a giraffe’s diet 47 It may “let out” in the afternoon 49 Gets on the plane 50 Knocked over, as milk 51 Annual sports awards since 1993 52 “Trap Queen” rapper Fetty ___ 56 Focus of “Straight Outta Compton” 59 Start to exist? 60 Jazz Masters org. 61 Word with plug or bud 62 Some hosp. employees LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS

Jobs Commercial Cleaning Company is looking for General Cleaners in the Madison and surrounding areas! Permanent,Part-Time Evening Hours starting after 5pm, M – F, 3 to up to 5 hours a night. NO WEEKENDS! Must be independent, reliable and detail oriented. Must have own transportation. Pay rate starts at $9.25 an hour. Apply now in person at 2001 W. Broadway, call 608-222-0217 if you have questions or fill out an online application at: www.programmedcleaning.com Don’t pass this one by! Easy going disabled man living near MATC East is seeking a personal care worker. Good pay, great hours, and high satisfaction assistant. Eight overnights per month at $1000/month. No experience needed. Call (608) 301-0309 (leave message).

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Man with a disability on Northeast Side of Madison is looking for help with personal care. Flexible hours at $11.47/hr. Must be okay with pets. Call James at (608) 4387944 after 3 pm. Nature’s Bakery Cooperative is accepting applications for a full time collective member. We are seeking individuals with skills and experience in production work, small business management, computer knowledge and co-op organization. You must be self-motivated and dependable. Applications may be picked up at our store front, 1019 Williamson St. Madison Volunteer with UNITED WAY Volunteer Center Call 246-4380 or visit volunteeryourtime.org to learn about opportunities Volunteers needed for Pipers in the Prairie, the Aldo Leopold Nature Center event on Saturday, September 26. Catering Attendants will restock food on tables, serve hors d’oeuvres/dessert and helps with clean up from 4:15-10pm (4-6 hour shifts available). Monona Licensed Bartender will serve wine and beer from 4:15-8:00pm. Join parents and their little ones at the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center for a couple hours of fun games, healthy movement, and learning through exploration. Families drop-in Wed & Thurs from 10am-noon. Energetic and creative volunteers are need to help with setup, play time and craft time, and interact with children so that our parents can have a few moments to connect with one another. This is a perfect opportunity for anyone who knows it takes a community to support a child. United Way 2-1-1 is seeking new volunteers to staff our telephone lines, answering questions about resources available in the service area. Training is provided. If you are looking for an opportunity to learn more about community resources and would like to assist people in finding ways to get and give help, United Way 2-1-1 may be the place for you!

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Visit Offbeat Acres for National Alpaca Farm Days! September 26 & 27, 1:30 - 5:30 p.m. 5453 Pierceville Road, Cottage Grove / 608-219-6369 / www.offbeatacres.com FREE! AIRLINE CAREERS begin here – Get started by training as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance 800-725-1563 (AAN CAN)

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Friends with violations BY DAN SAVAGE

I’m a 26-year-old single bi woman. Sometimes my roommate/best friend and I have drunken threesomes with men. We’ve had some great one-night stands (less scary with a friend!), but recently we slept with a man I’ve been (drunkenly) sleeping with over a period of months, my “friend with benefits.” I shared my FWB with my roommate because she wanted to have sex, and I shared my roommate with my FWB because he wanted to experience a threesome. I told my roommate afterward that I wouldn’t like it if she slept with my FWB on her own, and I told my FWB that we should have discussed having a threesome before it happened. We went out drinking another night, I left early, and they wound up sleeping together. I was upset with my roommate, because she knew how I felt. But I am disgusted and angry with my FWB because he had to “work” to convince my roommate to get her into bed. I have forgiven my roommate — she says she is mad at herself and at him — but it’s hard to blame these two friends for hurting me because people make mistakes when they’re drunk. Still, this whole ordeal has made me reconsider my friendship with my FWB. He

thinks we’re just friends, but I have now realized that I have deeper feelings for him. I feel very close to him, and we do a lot of fun things together. I’ve been pretty open with him about my feelings, but he hasn’t shared how he feels. Can I continue being friends with my FWB? Or do I need to break off my friendship with my FWB because I actually want something more with him? What can my FWB do to mend this? What can I do? Best Friend Fucker I had to read your letter three times to figure out who did what — and I had to shorten it considerably (and edit for clarity)—and honestly, BFF, I’m still a little fuzzy on the violations. But I think it goes like this: You asked your roommate not to fuck your FWB in your absence despite having already invited her to fuck him in your presence and your roommate went ahead and fucked your FWB anyway (violation #1), and you told your FWB that a threesome with your roommate without prior discussion was a misdemeanor so he should’ve known that initiating a twosome with your roommate would be a felony but he went ahead and twosomed the shit out of your roommate anyway (violation #2). Taking your questions one at a time: Can you continue being friends with your FWB? That depends on what your roommate means by “work.”

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If she means your FWB overcame her initial reluctance to fuck him solo with some flirty talk and assurances that you wouldn’t mind, then, yeah, you can continue to be friends with your FWB. People have managed to salvage friendships out of relationships that imploded much more spectacularly, BFF. If someone can get past an infidelity or a betrayal or a child conceived with a piece-on-the-side and remain on friendly terms with their cheating, lying, breeding ex, you should be able to work through this. But if what your roommate means by “work” is that your FWB coerced her into having sex, you shouldn’t want to salvage a friendship with that rapey POS. Do you need to break off your friendship with your FWB because you’ve realized you want something more from him, i.e., a committed relationship? Someone in a FWB arrangement wanting to be more than friends — boyfriend or

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girlfriend or nonbinaryfriend — is the leading cause of death for FWB arrangements. And while normally the friend who wants to keep things casual is the one who ends the arrangement, BFF, if you want more and you know he can’t give it to you, or if you fear you can’t trust him around current and future roommates, then feel free to end it. But if you really like him — despite the violation and, emphasizing this again, only if the “work” he did on your roommate wasn’t coercive or rapey — then go ahead and ask him to upgrade your FWB arrangement to GF/BF relationship. What can your FWB do to mend this? He can apologize to you and your roommate and toss his dick around more considerately in the future. What can you do? You can try to see this for what it was: Two people who’d already fucked — two people who fucked in front of you at your invitation — got drunk and fucked again. You can choose to see that encounter as a violation that requires drastic retaliatory measures (friendships ended, leases broken), BFF, or you can choose to see it as the messy denouement of an ill-advised/ rushed threesome that you set in motion. n

FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE FESTIVAL Made in Wisconsin! Drop by the Discovery Building on Friday, Oct. 23, and meet the locals who make us proud. Dish on regional fare. Shake hands with an entrepreneur. Play with tools, toys and microscopes built in our own backyard.

Meet the Makers | 5:30-8 p.m. | Free

Mingle, snack and chat with the folks from Snap-On Industrial, Roots Chocolates, Off the Block Salsa, HARK! Handmade Paper, Gilson, Filament Games, Ian’s Pizza, Sal’s Pizza, 100 Mile Sauce Co., Wisconsin Brewing Co., Sector67 and more! Plus local chef Jonny Hunter.

Wisconsin Fare | 5:30-8 p.m. | $15

Steenbock’s on Orchard, Avenue Club and Cento will dazzle you with select artisanal food samplings showcasing local ingredients. Tickets may be purchased in advance.

Science of Manhattans | 5:45, 6:30, 7:15 p.m. | $10 Join cocktail writer André Darlington for a romp through the history, mystery and making of a proper Manhattan. Learn why the drink is the signature libation of the Craft Cocktail Revolution, and taste a local version made with Old Sugar Distillery’s Sorghum Whiskey. This event is expected to sell out. Purchase tickets in advance! Must be 21 +

Art and Science of Video Games | 8-9:30 p.m. | Free Did you know blockbuster games like Call of Duty, Quake, Singularity and X-Men Origins: Wolverine are made right here in Wisconsin? Learn from the experts at Raven Software how they produce some of the most popular games in the industry.

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