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COVER STORY MANY OF YOU KNOW Dylan Brogan best through another medium. He began working in radio in 2006 while still an undergraduate at UW-Madison, becoming a full-time news reporter in 2011 at WTDY. He snagged that job by collecting audio and doing live reports from the Act 10 protests at the state Capitol. He is now the assistant news director at WORT-FM (see related story page 10). This week, he pens our cover story on the comeback effort of former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold.
EMPHASIS TAMIRA MADSEN profiles Sur La Table, the cooking supplies retailer that recently opened in Hilldale Mall. A sports and features writer, accomplished cook and avid cookbook collector, Madsen takes her culinary pursuits seriously. She claims to have perfected Nigella Lawson’s chocolate Guinness cake. Proof please!
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What do Progs and Dems stand for?
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SAME GAME, NEW RULES
Can Feingold win this time around?
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So much art, so little time
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It’s Gallery Night, and Madisonians get opportunities to view art (and eat snacks) all over the city. Be sure to hit the Madison Children’s Museum, opening a new exhibit of cartoonist Lynda Barry’s work, the Latino Art Fair at Overture and, of course, the center of it all: MMoCA. Full schedule at mmoca.org.
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NEWS RICK HUMMELL, a former newspaper reporter and editor who now works as a public information officer for the state, profiles activist and educator Ada Deer, who is being honored on her 80th birthday. Hummell says he enjoyed talking with Deer, noting that her “respectful nature” embodies a Native American saying: “Give me knowledge, so I may have kindness for all.”
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Rolando Cruz’s art asks, “What would you give up for a chance to be yourself?”
“I’m asking, what does it mean to be a son or a daughter, a brother or sister, a man or woman, husband, wife, straight, gay?” says Cruz. “What does it mean to be an immigrant? And what would you give up for a chance to be yourself?” He adds, “Without knowing people, we focus on external appearances. I’m using photographic art to focus on how we can connect based on common feelings, com-
mon experiences such as love and family relationships. “I want viewers to not only see someone different, but to see themselves.” n Note: Cruz called this week from Mexico with good news. His visa was granted, and he’s waiting for paperwork to return to the U.S. Once home he will apply for citizenship.
Year Cruz moved to United States: 1994 Number of immigrants granted U.S. residency each year: ABOUT 608,000 ACCORDING TO THE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES Date USCIS stopped automatically denying applications for citizenship of immigrants in same-sex marriages: JUNE 26, 2015
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Growing up in the picturesque village of Buenavista in Michoacán, Mexico, in the foothills of the Sierra Madre del Sur, Rolando Cruz knew that he was different. “We were Roman Catholic in a very small town,” he says, seated near Gallery I at the Overture Center, where his series of uncanny, identity-shifting photographic self-portraits are on exhibit through Nov. 29. “I could not be myself.” Not accepted and not safe, the gay teenager fled to the United States 21 years ago, leaving everything behind. Now 37, Cruz was taken in upon his arrival by family members in Delavan, where he began to learn English. But his fiercely won sexual identity was not accepted there, and he soon found himself homeless. He was able to graduate from high school, but even with a job in Madison he could not afford a place to live. He slept in stairways until a second job allowed him to lease an efficiency apartment. During this time of struggle, the Overture Center was a refuge. He visited the galleries often, getting lost in the exhibits and fantasizing that one day his own art would hang there. This year, he got his wish. Cruz won the 2014 Latino Art Fair of Dane County arts competition, and now his work shares the gallery space with fellow winner Yvette Pino’s powerfully wrought prints in a show called “CelebrARTE.” On the day we meet at Overture for our interview, Cruz is preparing for another lifealtering journey. He is scheduled to return for the first time to Mexico on the following day, to appear at a citizenship hearing at the American Embassy in Ciudad Juárez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. His appointment in Juárez will force Cruz to miss the opening of his Overture show. Married to his American partner for five years, Cruz will either be granted a visa and return to the U.S., or be denied and therefore forbidden to come back. Although this would mean separation from his spouse, five children and the life he has made for himself, he is remarkably calm and self-assured. “I have to be,” he says with a soft smile. “This is another crossroads. It’s everything or nothing.” Cruz shoots with a Nikon D90 in his garage using techniques he learned watching YouTube instructional videos. Rather than relying on computer applications to achieve effects, he uses costumes, makeup, paint and crayons smashed to powder he applies to his skin. Prior to composing his shots, he sketches a number of studies to achieve his vision. Viewers will inevitably encounter, in the “characters” looking soberly back at us (that is, into the camera lens), a person with a distinct physical appearance that might suggest an identity called “immigrant” or “gay” or perhaps evoke some other reaction or impression. Cruz challenges us to consider what our responses mean in a way that is both witty and artistic, even beautiful.
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Paying it forward After eight decades, Native American activist Ada Deer is still going strong BY RICK HUMMELL
Six decades have passed, but Ada Deer vividly recalls the words Eleanor Roosevelt said to her that day at the Roosevelt estate north of New York City. Deer had been bunking in the Bronx as part of the Encampment for Citizenship, a leadership development group for young people of diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. She and her peers were bused to the Springwood estate to hear the former first lady talk about her human rights work. “It was 1956, and I was 21,” recalls Deer. “After Mrs. Roosevelt addressed us, she asked if anyone had any questions. Well, we were all a little awestruck and intimidated.” Deer mustered the courage to ask Roosevelt what could be done about the South African apartheid regime: “They’re killing their people; they’re oppressing their people.... Should we throw them out [of the United Nations] or what?’” Roosevelt counseled perseverance. “She looked at me with this kind, gentle, patient, understanding, respectful persona, and she said, ‘You have to understand, change takes time. Violence is not the answer, education is the way.’” Deer went on to become a legendary social worker, educator, political activist, tribal leader and head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Still, the Encampment for Citizenship remains on her mind these days. When a group of friends approached her about throwing an 80th birthday bash in her honor, she said sure, but only if the event could serve as a benefit for the Encampment, a group Deer now chairs. The Oct. 3 birthday party/benefit will be held at the Goodman Center. Roosevelt’s advice continues to resonate with Deer. “I thought then and I still think now, how profound, and here I’m 80 years old and I’m still trying to make the world be all about my conversation with Eleanor Roosevelt. In many ways, we’ve come a long way since then; in many ways we haven’t...but the hard fact remains that what Mrs. Roosevelt said then is still true today.”
Deer was born in Keshena on the Menominee Reservation to a white mother, a public health nurse who’d been assigned to the reservation, and a Menominee Indian father. She grew up dirt poor with four siblings and her parents in a one-room cabin with no running water or electricity. Deer’s mother embraced her adopted culture. “Her superiors probably hoped that some of her ‘white ways’ would rub off on the Indians, but it was the other way around,” Deer says. “She respected their ways...hunting, fishing, appreciation for nature and the outdoors, living off the land, the Menominee culture and traditions.” It was Deer’s mother who set her on the path of activism. “My mother was the biggest influence in my life,” Deer says. “Even as a child, she’d say, ‘Ada, you need to make a difference for your people.’ Of course, I didn’t know what she meant — I thought I was already making a difference just by helping out around the cabin!” Although Deer had a mostly happy childhood on the reservation, she says “I knew early in life...I did not want to grow up poor, and I knew that education was the way out.” Deer briefly attended Milwaukee public schools, where she felt the sting of prejudice. “I was different; I was an outsider,” she says. “But that increased my determination to succeed, and I buried myself in my schoolwork.” In 1957, Deer became the first member of the Menominee Nation to graduate from UWMadison, earning a bachelor’s in social work. Four years later, she became the first American Indian to earn a master’s in social work from Columbia University. Her career included stints at the Waite Neighborhood House in Milwaukee, the University of Minnesota and in the Minneapolis public school system. She was also director of the Indian Upward Bound program at UW-Stevens Point. She later became a distinguished lecturer at UW-Madison’s School of Social Work and directed its American Indian Studies program.
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Words from Eleanor Roosevelt still guide Ada Deer: Change takes time, violence is not the answer, education is the way.
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In 1971, Deer was attending the UW Law School. But she took a leave of absence in order to lead a fight for the Menominee Nation. The federal government had stripped the Nation of federal recognition, closed its membership rolls, abolished the tribal government, and terminated education, health and other benefits. Deer helped organize DRUMS (Determination of Rights and Unity for Menominee Shareholders), a grassroots movement of tribal members that restored tribal sovereignty. On Dec. 22, 1973, President Richard Nixon signed the Menominee Restoration Act into law, a historic, precedent-setting reversal of federal Indian policy. The victory earned her another first — she became the first woman to chair the Menominee Nation in Wisconsin. Deer began looking for other ways to make a difference. She ran unsuccessfully for Wisconsin Secretary of State in 1978 and 1982. In 1992 she became the first American Indian woman to win a partisan federal primary when she ran for Congress as a Democrat, using the slogan “Nobody Runs Like a Deer.” She lost the election to Republican Scott Klug. In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed her to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs, where she helped set policy for more than 550 federally recognized tribes. Deer later returned to education as director of the American Indian Studies Program at UW-Madison. She sees both progress and festering problems for Native Americans. “Our sovereignty is assured; we’ve come a long ways,” she says. “But in many ways a lot hasn’t changed. Poverty, poor health, alcoholism...whatever is the worst that can happen, that’s what happens to Indians.”
“Indians just want to be Indians,” adds Deer, noting that the “bad old days” of trying to assimilate Native Americans into white society will never be repeated. And while income from casinos has made some tribes rich, not all tribes have, or want to have, casinos, and those that don’t continue to languish in poverty. “Yes, casinos have been great economic drivers, including creating a lot of white jobs, but will they be good for the Indian culture in the long run? To me that’s still an open question.” In recent months, Ada’s own tribe, the Menominee, has made headlines by exploring the possibility of using its sovereign status to legalize marijuana and grow cannabis as a cash crop, either for medical or recreational use. That move comes in the wake of Gov. Scott Walker’s rejection of the tribe’s bid to open an offreservation casino near Kenosha. Deer is as ambivalent about pot as she is about casinos. “I’m not sure it’s the ultimate answer to bettering the tribe’s way of life,” Deer says. “That’s for the tribal legislators to decide. My vote is yes for medical use, no for recreation.” For her part, she continues to champion causes that have been near and dear to her, including women’s rights and prisoners’ rights. The Encampment for Citizenship has a special place in her heart. Deer sees it as a way to immerse students in participatory democracy. “Ideally the hands-on experience that youth members receive about understanding the mechanics of democracy and using critical thinking skills to solve real-world problems will last a lifetime,” she says. For Deer, it certainly has. n
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Before Tuesday night’s Common Council meeting to decide the fate of the $200 million Judge Doyle Square project, many council watchers predicted the project would fail by a slim margin. The project calls for $67 million in city investment, including $46.7 million in subsidies to the development team led by Bob Dunn of Hammes Co. The project would bring the biotech firm Exact Sciences’ headquarters downtown and build 1,250 parking spaces and a new hotel to complement Monona Terrace. Some have criticized the deal due to the high subsidy, lack of financial guarantees and absence of a requirement to build a hotel. Critics have also taken aim at the design and proposed management of the parking structure, as well as the numerous violations of the city’s tax incremental financing policy. But early Wednesday morning, Mayor Paul Soglin took to the floor and waved those concerns aside. It was a Paul Soglin that the council is not used to seeing. Instead of berating and lecturing, he appealed to a vision of downtown and the city. “There are cities out there dying for an opportunity like this. This is why we made investments in downtown, why we did Monona Terrace, why we’re committed to a bus system,” Soglin told them. “Where do you find a company coming downtown adding 200 jobs? Oh excuse me, 400 jobs, but most likely 700 or 900 jobs.” Shortly after the speech, Ald. Larry Palm noted: “This is some of the mayor’s best work. He’s far better when he’s conciliatory.” The speech wasn’t enough to convince Palm to support the deal. But 12 council members — including several who were assumed to be solid “no” votes — voted in favor, with six against. Two of the 20 alders were absent. Ald. Sara Eskrich came into the meeting expecting to vote no, but was won over. “The mayor obviously speaks eloquently to this issue, but many of my colleagues do as well,” she said. “If we don’t diversify our tax base, we limit ourselves.” Ald. Denise DeMarb also said she’d been swayed by the debate. She acknowledged that there are risks with the project, but said “The possibility of this is a lot of good jobs downtown and a lot of good things go with that.” Exact Sciences is slated to get a $12 million jobs TIF loan in the deal, but there has been confusion about how it will be used. Joe Gromacki, the city’s TIF coordinator, wrote that the loan is really a grant, because there’s no way it can be paid back using traditional TIF schemes. He has questioned whether it is being used for operating expenses, which violates state law.
Several Exact Sciences employees — all people of color — spoke during the public comment, urging approval. Kevin Conroy, Exact Sciences president and CEO, also noted that his company has made diversity a priority and has greater minority representation than the city as a whole. Ald. Samba Baldeh, a black immigrant from Gambia, found arguments about this distasteful. “We pay lip service to minorities just to give $46 million to this corporation,” said Baldeh, who voted against the project. “Let us not be moved by saying Exact Sciences is going to bring in minorities. They have been doing that and will continue doing that, but why will we give $46 million to a corporation?”
Other council members tried to dissuade their colleagues from voting on emotional arguments. Ald. Rebecca Kemble said she came in with her mind made up based on the proposal at hand. “We’re voting not on how people love their jobs, but we’re voting on this contract, and this is what we really have to count on,” she said, holding the agreement up. “For me it comes down to the risk is way out of proportion to the vague rewards we will get out of it.” Ald. David Ahrens, who led the campaign against the project, noted that the policy violates numerous city policies. “I thought people were won over by personal stories and a vision of the big, shiny office building filled with highly paid biotech workers who are people of color,” he said after the meeting. “[The project] is a mishmash of whatever people’s fantasies or desires are.” While Wednesday’s approval was a major hurdle for the project, some others remain. Funding for it will have to be approved in the 2016 capital budget. And the TIF Joint Review Board — made up of representatives of the taxing bodies, the city, Dane County, Madison College, Madison Schools and a citizen representative, will have to approve it. The developers hope to break ground this year and complete the Exact Sciences building by summer 2017. n
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n WEEK IN REVIEW WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23 n Finally, a location. After years of searching and numerous disagreements, Dane County officials announce the $1.4 million purchase of the Messner building at 1326 E. Washington Ave. for a much-needed homeless day shelter. n Gov. Scott Walker’s for-
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Appleton) and Rep. Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna) announce plans to revamp the state’s century-old civil service system for state employees. Their bill would eliminate the civil service exam, strengthen discipline standards and speed up the hiring process. Walker’s on board.
mer campaign manager Rick Wiley “unloads” to Politico about his boss’ failed attempt to become president, telling a tale of financial woes, mutinous donors and a “candidate who was badly out of his league.”
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passes a bill to defund Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin by a 60-35, party-line vote. The measure would prevent abortion providers from getting any federal Title X grant funding. The Senate will debate the bill in October.
MONDAY, SEPT. 28 n Four advocacy groups
— Common Cause in Wisconsin, the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and Wisconsin Voices — send Walker a letter urging him not to appoint any of the three candidates for the State Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by Patrick Crooks.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29 n Legendary UW-Madison
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25 n In his first public appear-
ance since announcing the end of his presidential bid, Walker tells reporters in Beaver Dam that he won’t run for U.S. Senate and confirms earlier reports that he won’t seek out a cabinet position and plans to finish out the remainder of his term as governor. Wisconsinites are so lucky!
prankster Leon Varjian — the guy behind the beloved pink flamingo gag — has died, the Northern Highland Daily Voice reports. Varjian was a high school math teacher in Midland Park, N.J. He was 64.
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nal and the AP report that the gov has signaled that he will appoint state Appeals Court Judge Rebecca Bradley to the Supreme Court.
Harry Richardson and Helena White (left to right, in the booth) host an edition of In Our Backyard, with Victor Calzoni at the controls. BY JOE TARR
In 1993, Chip Mitchell was part of a small crew of volunteers at WORT-FM who wanted to start a different kind of local news show. The idea was to help bring in diverse voices that were representative of the whole city to report on the community. “We had an idea of erasing the distinction between news consumers and news producers,” Mitchell says. “That’s one of the principles of community radio — to make it accessible not just for listeners, but producers. Right away that was difficult.” “We had ideals of bringing all types of people in to make the news,” adds Mitchell, a former Isthmus contributor. “But of course, the people that have the time to volunteer for that endeavor were less diverse than our ideal.” Mitchell eventually moved on and now works at WBEZ in Chicago. Perhaps improbably, In Our Backyard has also thrived. The show, which airs Mondays through Thursdays on 89.9 FM, is set to expand from a half hour to an hour. Starting Oct. 5, it will air from 6 to 7 p.m. It’s happening at a time when many news organizations — including The Capital Times and Wisconsin State Journal — have cut editorial staff. About 40 volunteers work on the show. Each broadcast is put together by a rotating crew of two hosts, an engineer, reporters, producers and writers. Dylan Brogan, the station’s part-time assistant news director, who helps supervise each show, says he’s regularly amazed by what a crew of volunteers can do. “It’s a miracle every day that we even pull this off. It’s not an easy job for professionals to do,” Brogan says. “And there are times when we’re doing an even better job than professional news sources.” The crew of volunteers is diverse, Brogan says, including students, teachers, farmers, baristas and state workers, including minorities and women. “Our youngest volunteer is like 21, our oldest is 60-something,” he says. “We are always trying to make our news team more diverse. We do an okay job, but we can always do better.”
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Brogan likes that the station has become a training ground. He estimates that a couple of dozen people who started at WORT have gone on to have careers in journalism or radio. “It’s awesome that people with so many skill sets from so many different walks of life do an amazing job of covering news,” he says. “They’re coming from such a genuine place.” The news show is definitely having an impact, says Bert Zipperer, a former Madison alder and regular listener. “We need a diversity of media much like natural life forms. Democracy depends on it,” he says. “They are getting out there and finding stories and following up on stories. We should say thank you to them.” Expanding the show will help the station capture a more regular drive-home audience in the 6 to 7 time-slot, says Molly Stentz, the station’s news and public affairs facilitator. WORT-FM will no longer air two BBC programs to make room for the expanded local show. Democracy Now will move to the 5-to-6 slot. “We want to offer more local news to the public,” Stentz says. “We’re building upon our existing program that we’ve broadcast for years, and we know it’s something our listeners desire and value.” The first half hour of the show will be hard news stories, with coverage of state and local news. The second half hour will include more features, with coverage of music, history, astronomy, movie reviews, food and weather. The broadcast will also feature highlights from live interviews broadcast earlier in the day. Also in the works is a revamped WORT website, which will make many feature segments of the show available as podcasts. They’ll also be offered for free to other community radio stations. “We hope to have more community voices on the air,” Stentz says. “We hope to bring more people into the station.” n Editor’s note: Joe Tarr has done volunteer work for In Our Backyard, and several WORT personnel have contributed to Isthmus.
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Watching Republicans flail is not a strategy BY RUTH CONNIFF Ruth Conniff is editor of The Progressive magazine.
It’s pretty amazing to watch the disaster unfolding in the Republican Party on both the home front and the national stage. Our “unintimidated” governor has returned from the triumphant launch of his presidential campaign with his tail between his legs, House Speaker John Boehner is departing in a river of tears, and the Republicans are scrambling to figure out how to fire Donald Trump, their frontrunner in the 2016 presidential race, before he blows up any chance the party has to win the White House. Rubbernecking at the Republican debates is fun. See Donald Trump do what a million citizens who signed recall petitions and tens of thousands more who marched in the streets could not accomplish, dispatching Walker with a couple of deft put-downs. Watch Carly Fiorina, with her beautifully slick appeal to women, put Trump in his place. Giggle along as your friends on Twitter take up Rand Paul’s challenge to the other candidates to come clean about their drug use. But seriously, as much as the 2016 sideshow is more entertaining and distracting than any I can remember, we have drifted an awfully long way from any meaningful democratic exercise. I can’t help but worry that watching all of this is bad for progressives, Democrats and anyone who is not a card-carrying member of the burn-down-the-government, to-hell-with-civilization wing of the Republican Party. Yes, the Republicans seem to be on the brink of self-destruction. But waiting for them to self-destruct is not a political strategy. Any productive activity on our side is going to involve getting people engaged in the issues that matter to them. All the razzledazzle of the presidential race is a good way to make people stop paying attention, and, in the end, that’s better for the party that wants to sneak some really bad policies past us. The Republican brand, in Wisconsin and nationally, is now all about not governing. It’s about shutting down the entire fed-
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eral government over some phony propaganda videos about Planned Parenthood. It’s about obsessively attacking a modest health-care expansion and giving big tax breaks to corporations and billionaires at the expense of our schools and roads and state parks. Most of all, the Republican brand is about a lot of destructive anger — at immigrants, at the government and civil servants, at black people and poor people and Muslim Americans. Some of that destructive energy is taking a toll on Republican politicians like Walker and Boehner. And it threatens to immolate the party itself. Mike McCabe, who started Blue Jean Nation to try to re-energize progressive politics, likes to say that we have one party that’s scary and another one that’s scared. The Republican destruction machine is opening up an opportunity. Democrats and progressives should start talking about what we are for. Here is what we are for: great public institutions that serve the common good.
For decades, a right-wing propaganda campaign has been claiming, falsely, that our public institutions are no good, inefficient and wasteful, and that they should be handed over to private business. Part of the reason that message resonates with the public is that everyone has had a bad experience with bureaucracy; waiting in line at the DMV. But here is something else Americans know from experience: In the deregulated private
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market, con artistry abounds. That’s why Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have struck a chord with their criticism of hucksterism on Wall Street. Credit card companies routinely take advantage of their customers. And millions of Americans know what it’s like to be ripped off by big banks and jerked around by health insurance companies. Milwaukee is ground zero for fly-by-night voucher schools, and the voucher vultures are moving into the rest of the state, cashing in on public education funds by shortchanging students. If the privatizers have their way, soon millions of Americans will be sending our kids to school at private academies in the same strip malls where we use the privatized postal services, bank at the check-cashing joint and shop at the deregulated rent-to-own shop. Progressives need to stand up to this dystopian vision with better values: great public schools for each and every child, a wellmaintained infrastructure and communities that are a great place to live for everybody — not just those rich enough to send their kids to private schools, buy up the prettiest land and build big walls to keep the rest of us out. If you want to take a deep dive into a more positive message than you’ll get on the national political scene, check out the I Love Wisconsin project. It is full of nonpartisan, just plain positive messages about what we value most. And here is a secret about that positive, generous message: It leads to more progressive politics. n
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Mind control
I was quite pleased to see Alan Talaga’s lambasting of Mayor Soglin’s latest political stunts (“Mayor Soglin Needs to Get His Priorities in Order,” 9/17/2015). Since moving back to Madison at the beginning of the summer, I have become increasingly concerned by the mayor’s “get off of my lawn” stance on downtown issues. While the city budget and status of the [Judge Doyle Square] project are hotly contested subjects, I commend Talaga for his balanced and pragmatic assessment of the current Madison political climate. We can only hope that Mayor Soglin will take some of it to heart in the weeks to come. Zack Henderson (via email)
I have one quibble with a statement Allison Geyer made in her review of the Float Factory (“Searching for Self in Salt Water,” 9/10/2015). “With all outside stimuli removed, the mind is supposed to go blank and drift off into a blissful oblivion.” Even a basic mindfulness training course imparts the knowledge that the brain is a thought machine, like a computer; it creates around 35-48 thoughts per minute. I have spoken to quite a few friends and acquaintances who say they just can’t meditate because “I just can’t turn my head off,” and I gently assure them that even the most proficient Buddhist monk has thoughts float through during their meditation too. Gregory J. Ferger (via email) Owner/operator, Body Achaeology Massage Therapy & Bodywork
Regarding Alan Talaga’s excellent assessment of Mayor Soglin’s priorities, I have two observations. First of all, although the city under Mayor Soglin’s watch has achieved a great deal in recent years, it seems to me that the mayor’s highest priority now is to increase tax revenue for the city. I’m not saying this is a bad priority, given an increasingly slower flow of state and federal money. But, clearly that’s what’s happening. Secondly, although there has been some progress in dealing with homelessness, banning them from the City-County Building just makes them less of a nuisance to the very people who made the decision to ban them from the steps. That at least has the appearance of moving them somewhere other than where the city employees will have to see them. Until these folks have a place to live, they’ll just move out to adjacent neighborhoods. I’m sure the residents in that area will be as unhappy about this as any one of the city employees who work on MLK Boulevard. Steve Hoffenberg (via email)
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Sins of omission Glaringly absent from your “Fall Arts Preview” (9/17/2015) was any mention of either the Madison Symphony Orchestra or the UW School of Music fall offerings. I understand that it’s impossible to include “everybody’s everything,” but MSO and UWSOM are mainstays of the music scene in this town. How is it that you can somehow review every last little craft beer and food cart in the city, but you can’t include two of Madison’s major arts organizations’ events in your fall calendar? Kathleen Otterson (via email)
Weighty matters In “Yoga, Pilates and Ballet Rolled Into One” (9/24/2015), Megan Harris, manager of Pure Barre, says that most members of the fitness studio are female and that it may be a less intimidating environment than “big gyms where guys are throwing up big weights and dropping them on the floor.” As a woman who has lifted for years in a number of big gyms, I’d like to point out that while bad behavior occasionally occurs, almost all gyms prohibit dropping weights and that perpetuating the false notion of weight rooms as intimidating spaces occupied by boorish men keeps women out unnecessarily. Stephanie Turner (via email)
Editor’s note: The arts preview included the Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra’s Nov. 20-22 concert. See events listings at isthmus.com for a comprehensive look at Madison’s cultural offerings.
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Road to ruin Although I share many of Dave Cieslewicz’s concerns (“The Nightmare Doesn’t End with Walker’s Fall,” 9/24/2015), I respectfully disagree that the Republicans “have what amounts to a permanent majority in the Assembly.” My belief is that, if the Republicans continue on the same path they have been following, it will spell disaster for them in the next election. Yes, we live in the “Madison liberal bubble,” and much of the state is purple or red or “tea party.” But the purples and some of the reds and “tea party” folks might go running from supporting the Republicans if they push it too far. A lot might depend on how many remain oneissue voters in the culture wars. Steve Hoffenberg (via email)
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Can Russ Feingold win his Senate seat back playing by the new rules?
BY DYLAN BROGAN
On the floor of the U.S. Senate, less than a month after newcomer Ron Johnson unseated Russ Feingold, a prominent conservative delivered an emotional send-off to his departing colleague. “I have to confess, I think the Senate will be a much poorer place without Russ Feingold in it,” said Sen. John McCain of Arizona. “I can’t do justice...or express completely, how much I think this institution benefited from his service here. And how much I benefited from knowing him.” The GOP senator and Feingold were loyal allies on reforming campaign financing and eliminating wasteful spending. But on most issues they were fundamentally opposed. “We couldn’t be further apart on our views on Iraq and Afghanistan,” McCain said. “But we traveled there together as well to gain knowledge that would inform our views and challenge them.” “I will try harder to become half the public servant that he is,” McCain added, stifling tears. “Because his friendship is an honor. And honors come with responsibilities.” But in 2010, Wisconsin voters weren’t interested in giving a clean-government reformer another six-year term to “fight the good fight.” Five years after being upset by Ron Johnson, Russ Feingold wants his old seat back. But have the rules of the game changed? Feingold faces a different political landscape than when he left office. Wisconsin has become more polarized under Gov. Scott Walker, and the U.S. Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. the Federal Elections Commission has unleashed a torrent of unregulated campaign spending not seen in several generations.
The former senator credits Citizens United with spawning budget deals that protect tax cuts for the wealthy but diminish benefits for people who have worked hard all their lives. Feingold sees it as the central political fight of his era. “I’m determined not only to fight that decision,” says Feingold, “but to fight the effects of it.” Victory won’t come cheap or easy for either candidate. Millions of dollars are being lined up for what’s likely to be the most expensive U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin history. “Money means pretty much means everything,” says U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (DMadison). “That’s part of why the process is so bad.” But political watchdog Mike McCabe, founder of Blue Jean Nation, is wary of making too much of the post-Citizens United landscape, saying it’s still possible to win elections with a strong grassroots campaign. He sees Feingold’s victory in his first U.S. Senate race in 1992 as the key to reclaiming the seat in 2016. Feingold was an underdog in the primary against Congressman Jim Moody and millionaire construction magnate Joe Checota and was outspent by both. But he captured almost 70% of the vote. In the general election, Feingold unseated two-term incumbent Bob Kasten. “In 1992, Feingold broke the mold,” McCabe says. “There was nothing else like it in Wisconsin and it captured the public’s imagination. That catapulted Feingold to the status that he enjoyed for a good many years.”
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n COVER STORY But he will have to battle charges that he is not the same man Wisconsin first elected in 1992. “After 30 years in politics, Sen. Feingold has changed,” says Brian Reisinger, a spokesperson for Johnson’s campaign. “Sen. Feingold has shown time and again that he’ll violate his principles on the issue that’s most important to him — campaign finance reform — which means he’ll do the same on issues important to the people of Wisconsin.”
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A framed poster of Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington used to hang in Feingold’s Capitol office in the Hart Senate Building. The 1939 classic starring Jimmy Stewart tells the story of an unlikely senator’s refusal to be beaten by a corrupt political machine that controls party leaders, the levers of government and the media. It was an apt symbol for Feingold. “He’s always been a politician that considers the impact of his vote on people,” says John Matthews, longtime president of the union Madison Teachers Inc. “Those kinds of politicians are few and far between.” Feingold’s 18-year tenure was marked by independent stands. When President Bill Clinton was facing impeachment, Feingold was the only Democrat who voted against dismissing the charges before witnesses were heard. He refused to accept soft-money campaign spending, even during a tight reelection fight against Republican Mark Neumann in 1998. Feingold was the only Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote in favor of nominating John Ashcroft as U.S. attorney general. What sealed Feingold’s reputation as a principled maverick was his lonely vote against the USA Patriot Act just weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. From the floor, he gave a prophetic speech against the new surveillance powers only fully realized a decade later. Feingold says a lot of the provisions in the USA Patriot Act were for the FBI’s War on Drugs, not terror. “It was a sleight of hand in many ways,” Feingold says. “It can be fixed, but it hasn’t been fixed. There was a bit of progress but only a bit, and we still have a lot of privacy threatened.” Feingold considers protecting civil liberties among his chief responsibilities if the voters return him to the Senate. “I can’t imagine anything more important than protecting our constitutional rights and our privacy,” says Feingold. “As Americans, we really value our individualism...we value the opportunity to speak, think and read what we want and to not have the government oversee what we do.”
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It wasn’t just Russ Feingold who was swept out of office in 2010. “It was a terrible year for Democrats everywhere; it was disastrous,” says UWMadison political scientist Ken Mayer. “It was the biggest loss in the House for the president’s party since 1938.” A “throw the bums out” mentality, fueled by the emergence of the tea party, cost the Democratic Party 69 seats in Congress, giving Republicans control of the House
and withering the Democrats’ majority in the Senate. Feingold fared slightly better than the other top-ticket Democrat on the ballot. Gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett received 16,000 fewer votes than Feingold in his race against Walker, suggesting that at least some voters cast ballots for both Walker and Wisconsin’s iconic progressive. “Was it something Feingold did?” ponders Mayer. “Or was it that he was just the next duck that came up in the gallery?” Reisinger, Johnson’s campaign spokesperson, counters that his boss won because voters were tired of professional politicians. “Ron was
In the Senate, Feingold was known for being fiercely independent, as when he cast the lone vote against the 2011 Patriot Act (left), and for forging bipartisan partnerships with such Republicans as John McCain, Patrick Meehan and Christopher Shays (above, left to right).
successful in 2010 because the people of Wisconsin shared his concern with the direction of our country,” he says. “Reckless spending, burdensome regulations stifling the private sector and the damage Obamacare was about to do to our economy and personal freedoms were issues many Wisconsin families were worried about.” Even some progressives fault Feingold for losing. “[Feingold’s] campaign in 2010 felt cookie-cutter,” says McCabe. “It looked and felt like pretty much every other campaign out there.” What’s worse, Feingold lost in 2010 despite having outspent Johnson, a political novice who ponied up $8.2 million of his own wealth for the campaign. The Citizens United decision had yet to be handed down but the race was still the most expensive U.S. Senate campaign in Wisconsin history. For the first time in 29 years, Feingold was a private citizen. In January 2011, Marquette University Law School announced Feingold would teach a course on “Current Legal Issues: The U.S. Senate.” Feingold has also taught classes examining the U.S. Senate as a legal institution at Stanford Law School in California. And he spent a term lecturing on international studies at Lawrence University in Appleton. In the small classroom setting, Feingold learned that the next generation of legal thinkers want a very different kind of world than the one they’re seeing. “It’s a generation that has a different attitude towards politics,” Feingold says. “Frankly, there is a deep skepticism about the two-party system, and yet they have this enormous interest in service.” Feingold also called upon his experience on the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee to pen While America Sleeps: A Wake-Up Call
to the Post-9/11 World, a critique of the global war on terror. In the summer of 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry appointed Feingold U.S. special representative for the Great Lakes region of Africa. Feingold was charged with stabilizing a region that in the last two decades has witnessed millions slaughtered, rampant government corruption and the rise of multiple rebel armies. In the 20 months he served as a special envoy, Feingold visited central Africa 15 times to talk peace with various factions. Barely a year into his new gig, Kerry told a global audience that U.S. diplomatic efforts had helped end “an armed rebellion” in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Feingold says he gained insight into how the United States is perceived around the world and how the nation can be a positive force towards resolving complicated geopolitical conflicts.
“It’s a big world with all kinds of interconnections,” he says. “If we only have tunnel vision...not only do we not understand the problem but we don’t look good to the rest of the world. We need to have a stronger foreign policy that reflects the complexity of the world today.” Not long after Feingold was ousted from office, supporters began murmuring about his return. In 2011, the fight over the Act 10 bill led to efforts to recall the governor. Early in the Capitol protests, handmade signs appeared with Feingold’s image and the phrase: “This is what a governor looks like.” As the protests evolved into a full-fledged recall campaign that fall, the signs were everywhere. “I know a lot of people were angry at [Feingold] for not running,” says Julia Wells, who — on behalf of United Wisconsin — formally filed the paperwork to launch the recall against Walker. Wells was disappointed Feingold didn’t heed the calls, but understands. “Russ had prior commitments, big commitments,” she says. “I admire him for not walking away from that.” “If he didn’t want to do it, he shouldn’t have done it,” agrees Matthews. “But I think we may well have had a different outcome if [Feingold] had run.” Feingold says staying out of the recall was more personal than political. “After the election in 2010 my family said ‘can we not do this anymore?’” says Feingold, laughing. “It seemed to me that was a reasonable request.” Feingold also wanted a break. “I needed to make sure that I could be a person who could contribute in other ways. I don’t want to be a guy who just runs for office.” Nevertheless, his hiatus from electoral politics didn’t last long. In the summer of 2014 he decided he was ready for a rematch against Johnson. “But it doesn’t matter if I wanted to do it,” he says. “The important thing is if people wanted me to do it.” When Feingold began feeling out if there was interest in his return to the Senate, he
found that people were longing for things to be turned around in Wisconsin. “The last few years have been pretty brutal to the working people,” he says. “A lot of people’s hard work has been insulted by those that are running this state, and frankly a lot of those [politicians] in Washington. That’s not Wisconsin.” Feingold leads in the polls. A Marquette University Law School Poll released Sept. 30 shows Feingold is up by 14 points. But Johnson has a slight edge over Feingold in the money race. Campaign filings show the senator with $2.7 million in the bank, Feingold at $2 million. Unlike their race in 2010, Feingold and Johnson are competing in post-Citizens United America, which means special-interest groups can spend unlimited amounts of money on behalf of either candidate. Those special interests are gearing up. USA Today reported in August that the national Club for Growth group has promised to spend at least $2.5 million attacking Feingold. Two environmental groups — the League of Conservation Voters and Environmental Defense Fund — have launched a $1.6 million ad campaign critical of Johnson’s environmental record. Johnson told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in 2010 that he does not believe “in the science of mancaused climate change” and that “it’s far more likely that it’s just sunspot activity or just something in the geologic eons of time.” This kind of spending fuels polarization, Mayer says. “Democrats and Republicans seem to despise each other. It’s radically different than it was even a decade ago,” he says. “If candidates are interested in competing effectively, you have to adapt.” McCabe, the former director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, compares the influx of campaign spending to an earthquake. “It radically altered the political reality,” he says. “Overall election spending in Wisconsin more than tripled after the Citizens United decision.” But McCabe says 2016 shows that candidates with the most cash aren’t necessarily winning the hearts and minds of voters. “It doesn’t seem to be doing Hillary Clinton a heck of a lot of good...she’s struggling while Bernie Sanders is surging,” says McCabe. “Walker took full advantage of Citizens United for his presidential run. How’d that work out?” McCabe notes that the rise of Republican outsiders Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson demonstrates voters disdain for the status quo. “Somebody has got to start breaking the stranglehold of the political consulting industry,” McCabe says. “We [need] candidates willing to take strong stances on issues and really get voters thinking.”
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who defeated Feingold in 2010, calls his opponent a hypocrite as they brace for a rematch.
Badger Pledge, which discourages outside groups from airing attack ads. The Johnson campaign won’t comment on the pledge. “Until he fully explains his hypocrisy and comes clean on how his own slush fund propped up his political ambition, there’s nothing else to talk about,” says Reisinger. Johnson’s campaign also declines to comment on Citizens United. Feingold says that’s the real hypocrisy. “When you do go after...these enormous corporate powers that benefit from Citizens United,” says Feingold, “they squeal.” Johnson’s efforts to paint Feingold as corrupt after many years in office mirrors a tactic Tammy Baldwin used to beat former Gov. Tommy Thompson for the U.S. Senate in 2012. Baldwin, who had been a congresswoman, rebranded Thompson as an out-of-touch influence peddler. Unlike Thompson, Feingold didn’t make millions while out of office. But the Johnson campaign brands him a hypocrite on his signature issue, calling Progressives United, the
political action committee founded by Feingold in 2011, “a dark money slush fund.” Federal records show that since 2011, the PAC donated $352,008 of the $7.1 million it spent to candidates and political parties. About half the organization’s money went toward other expenses like staff salaries. “Sen. Feingold has become the very thing he used to despise,” says Reisinger. Joe Fadness, executive director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, describes the PAC as a ruse to keep longtime staffers on the payroll. “It is the ultimate hypocrisy that Mr. Campaign Finance formed these bogus slush funds to serve as his personal ATM machine, taking millions from unsuspecting donors to pay himself and his friends to sit around before launching another desperate campaign,” he said in a release. Feingold says that Progressives United did what any PAC does: built a database of supporters it can call on for votes, money and other support. It was a necessary step to fight the influence of Citizens United. “What [Progressives United] did was organize hundreds of thousands of people to effectively take on complicated issues that needed attention,” says Feingold. The group worked on net neutrality and opposed banking deals awaiting approval by the federal regulators. Feingold says Progressives United’s other mission was to put like-minded allies in office. “The organization was also very effective in raising $2 million indirectly...for progressive candidates,” Feingold says. “This is what the organization actually did, and frankly, it’s done a great job.” In the 2016 cycle, the PAC has so far donated $10,000 to the Democratic parties in Florida and Ohio. Candidates who received direct donations from Progressives United include House members Pocan and Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Progressives United has not yet made any direct contributions to Feingold’s Senate campaign. But even if it does, Progressive United’s spending will likely be limited. It currently has just $64,000 in its treasury. While talking to voters on the campaign trail, Feingold hears stories about the bitter political divide in Wisconsin. “A lot of Thanksgiving dinners haven’t gone well because of these political divisions,” he says. “That’s not the Wisconsin I know, that’s not the Wisconsin I grew up in. We have an obligation...to make the people of the state feel part of one community again. People are more than ready for that.” Feingold has not reinstated the listening sessions he was famous for in office. But he did spend the summer touring the state, talking to people. “We’re actually going directly to people in spontaneous situations,” says Feingold. “I’m trying to make it as unplanned as possible, and that’s where you get some of the best comments.” Feingold hopes returning to public office will help heal some of the divisions created in the Walker era of Wisconsin politics. “It’s time to turn it around,” said Feingold. “I believe I can help. Running a good campaign...I hope will not only be about whether or not I serve in the Senate, but about our plan to reunite this state in a positive way.” n
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Nevertheless, Feingold is changing his rules of engagement. In August, he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he would not stick to his pledge from previous campaigns to raise most of his money within Wisconsin. It was one of the five pledges he made famous in 1992 by posting them on his garage door in Middleton. In the first few months of his current campaign, contributions to Feingold from
out-of-state donors exceeded those given by Wisconsinites. The Johnson campaign pounced even though it raised almost an identical percentage of money from out of state. “Keeping your word to the voters is something people of all political persuasions should expect from their public servants,” says Reisinger. Feingold argues that the standards he set for old campaigns have been made obsolete by Citizens United. He told the Journal Sentinel: “There is no hypocrisy or dishonesty when a certain set of facts that existed in 1992 simply do not exist anymore.” He is still attempting to restrain the influence of money, inviting Johnson to sign the
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I” world tour includes a stop at the Wisconsin Union Theater’s Shannon Hall on Oct. 6. “Please note that this is not my last tour,” Armatrading stresses, adding that she will embark on smaller tours but no longer make lengthy international treks. “I love touring, but I don’t want to get to the stage where it doesn’t excite me anymore. I am not retiring. I’m a songwriter; why would I retire?” To emphasize her vastly intimate and personal songs, Armatrading will perform her entire set solo — stripping down cuts that span her entire body of work, including “Me Myself I,” “Willow” and “Drop the Pilot,” to guitar, piano and voice. That’s the way she wrote many of her songs, anyway.
“I have to make the songs different,” Armatrading says, explaining that “Love and Affection,” a top 10 hit in the UK, sounds different every time she plays it live, either with or without a band. “I’m the constant.” When some artists dramatically rework their catalogs later in their careers — Bruce Hornsby comes to mind — the move meets with mixed results. But Armatrading wasn’t nervous about her audience’s reaction to hearing her songs in a different context. “This tour has been absolutely fantastic,” she says. “I wasn’t nervous at all. Other people around me were, but I wasn’t.” Armatrading’s expansive career includes 18 studio albums, multiple Grammy and Brit Award
nominations, seven honorary degrees and status as a member of the Order of the British Empire. She’s achieved great success in Britain, where she became the first female singer-songwriter from the UK to gain international success, debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Blues Albums chart (with 2007’s Into the Blues) and be nominated for a Grammy in the blues category. Nearly all of her albums charted in the UK, and four hit the top 10. In the United States, by comparison, only two albums landed in the top 50: 1980’s Me Myself I (No. 28) and 1983’s The Key (No. 32).
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The woman’s voice on my cell phone, calling all the way from the United Kingdom, is immediately recognizable — even though I’ve never heard Joan Armatrading speak. Sounding similar to her contralto vocals, with a beautiful accent and anchored by years of experience in an industry that often chews artists up and spits them out after a few years, Armatrading still exudes the confidence she’s carried throughout her 43-year musical career. At 64, the Caribbean-born rock, pop, folk, blues, soul and reggae singer-songwriter is in the midst of what will be her final major tour. The largely sold-out “Me Myself
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Downtown charmer Rob Grisham is the perfect chef for the new Hamilton’s on the Square BY KYLE NABILCY
Rob Grisham, chef at the new Hamilton’s on the Square, may be familiar to Madison diners from his run as the original chef at Brasserie V. His stint there ended when he had emergency open heart surgery in 2013. After an interlude cooking in Portland, Ore., Grisham returned to Madison. Hamilton’s fills the space vacated in June by the Blue Marlin. There’s plenty of blond wood and exposed stone. The mid-19th-century building retains its grotto-like feel, even though there are more windows now, and more light. I used to say that there was no restaurant I trusted more to cook a burger to a very pink medium than Grisham’s Brasserie V. There’s no burger on the menu at Hamilton’s, but the lamb chops will serve as an object lesson. The warm, ruby-red centers of the three frenched chops were “medium rare,” which is how the kitchen cooks them by default. They’re both delicious and tender enough to submit to the standard butter knife. There are some modernist touches here that present a new side of Grisham. The minted yogurt on the lamb chops is served as a powder, and brown butter on supremely tender and rich ricotta gnudi is presented as a streusel-like crumble. But the gnudi (cheese dumplings) with barely there skin sit in a shallow pool of thick SarVecchio broth — a presentation straight out of Grisham’s old comfort zone. Grisham has a deft hand with light and fresh flavors. The clean, bright sweet corn succotash accompanying the halibut is concentrated summer. Subtler components of the dish might not stand up, but between
the sweet corn and the browned edges of the fish, there’s plenty of flavor. Best in show goes to the grilled octopus, which has been on the menu since day one. The host who seated us during my first visit recommended it as the best in Madison, and he could well be right. Two tentacles, tender from an hour-long braise before grilling, share a little crunch with crispy shallots. Fresh pea vine and a creamy potato salad bridge all the disparate elements. Pine nuts and sherry vinegar are nicely balanced in a warm salad of smoked mushrooms and beluga lentils. And an unlikely version of fried cauliflower is served with caramelized onions and cheddar. Pretty? Not particularly, but it wielded such a potent umami that we almost ordered another right away. There’s a level of richness in some of these dishes that’ll put you into a food coma to rival Thanksgiving afternoon. The SarVecchio broth, for example, is more like gravy. The shredded duck confit sandwich and the latenight menu’s duck French dip are heady and heavy, too. On the late-night menu, grilled maple bacon on a stick (with pork from Dan Fox’s Heritage Tavern) stars fatty, salty, lightly sweet bacon. An order of spiced peanuts (with brown sugar, a little chili de árbol and a lot of salt) could be a respectable dessert alternative. Actual desserts might include a chocolate ganache cake with house-made Jim Beam caramel — moist without being excessively dense or fudgy.
The grilled octopus has a bit of crunch, with shallots and pea vine.
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The booze in that caramel sauce signals the no-fuss cocktail aesthetic. My Manhattan was strong, the rum sour was exactly as you’d expect from the name, and the Peter Rabbit delivered a refreshing balance of Pimm’s No. 1 botanicals and fresh muddled basil, with a cute carrot and basil leaf garnish.
Hamilton’s service is chummy, and the mood in the room is always friendly. Later at night, as the music gets louder, it’s a raucous hangout. An all-day charmer is the kind of restaurant Grisham knows how to run. n
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Goodbye summer, hello autumn From the Honey Cap to the Fall Special at Old Sugar It’s not too late to catch the last days of warm outdoor seating at Old Sugar Distillery, 931 E. Main St. Open Thursdays through Saturdays, the small area of picnic tables out front lends itself to convivial back-to-school conversation over favorites like the Honey Cap. Made with Old Sugar Factory Honey Liqueur and splashed with additional honey and lime, it’s something like a sweet Brazilian Caipirinha (normally made with cachaça, a cousin to rum). The drink goes down mighty easily, and it’s possible to forget that the smooth, honeyed concoction with just a hint of acidity even contains alcohol. But the Honey Liqueur — made with Midwest-
sourced dark brown beet sugar — clocks in at 80 proof, producing a heady drink. But if you’re already embracing the chill rather than savoring the remaining light, the Fall Special conjures the world of orchards, hayrides and corn mazes. Made from Cane & Abe Rum, Reed’s Spiced Apple Cider Brew and a dash of cinnamon, this combination was once properly called a Stone Fence. In the colonies, the combination of rum and cider was the most popular drink. Every farm had an orchard and rum was the currency of the early cash-strapped economy. At Old Sugar, this American heritage drink is updated with a satisfying, ginger-y kick. — ANDRÉ DARLINGTON
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Pleasin’ from Plzeň Bohemian Pilsner from Lazy Monk Leos Frank grew up in Czechoslovakia in what is now the Czech Republic. After moving to the Chippewa River valley about 20 years ago, he discovered it was difficult to find the style of beers from his homeland. He began homebrewing, making European-style beers, and eventually started Lazy Monk Brewing in Eau Claire. The brewery’s flagship, a pilsner (a style from Plzeň), is a great introduction. It’s made with Continental pilsner malt, along with Czech Saaz and German Magnum hops. That adds to the authenticity of Frank’s recipe. Lazy Monk’s version strikes all the right notes for me. It’s bright golden and
bubbly with a thick white head that gently releases the soft earthy and herbal aromas of the Saaz hops. There’s crisp herbal bitterness to the main flavor profile, which eventually becomes light and dry in the end. It all makes for a clean, nicely balanced, smooth drinking beer that will please those who enjoy European pilsners. Pilsners are versatile with food, matching well with burgers, veggies and fish, right up to moderately spicy dishes. The beer finishes at 5% ABV and about 30 IBUS. It’s sold in four-packs of 16-ounce cans for around $10.
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The Alliance for Animals and the Environment will hold its popular Vegan Chili Cook-Off at the Masonic Center, 301 Wisconsin Ave., with chefs vying for top honors. Eldorado Grill has won for the past three years; other entrants are Ale Asylum, Green Owl Cafe, HopCat, Ladonia Cafe, Liliana’s, Monty’s Blue Plate, Tex Tubb’s and Vintage Brewing. Tickets ($25, available at the door) buy you access to vegan hot dogs, desserts and bowls of all the competing chilis. More at allanimals.org/chili.
Family dinner is in full swing! The UWMadison chapter of Slow Food offers a home-cooked, primarily locally sourced meal every Monday night at 6:30 pm for just $5. Guest chefs range from students to area chefs — Tory Miller of L’Etoile, Joey Dunscombe of the Weary Traveler and Dan Schmitz of Banzo have all cooked, among others. Guest chefs and menus are posted at slowfooduw.com, and pre-ordering your ticket via the website is a great idea; these do sell out. Arrive at 1127 University Ave. by 6:15 pm or risk losing your space!
Cheese, chocolate and craft beer. Not thrown at you randomly, either! The Monona East Side Business Alliance’s networking and pairing event offers12 stations each featuring a craft brew, an artisan cheese and a handmade chocolate, with chocolates from the Chocolate Caper, Chocolaterian and Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier; cheese from Creme de la Coulee and Bleu Mont Dairy among others; and beer from more than nine local craft breweries. Tickets ($35/members $50 nonmembers) through mononaeastside.com.
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Ancient practice stays fresh Viroqua’s Fizzeology produces and promotes real fermented foods BY KATE NEWTON
As you sit down for dinner tonight, you’re likely sharing the table with thousands of microscopic bacteria. They’re abundant in your cheese, your bread, your beverages and even your desserts. You may not have knowingly invited them, but these bacteria, as it turns out, are very generous houseguests. They’re the product of fermentation, the millennia-old metabolic process that transforms fruit into wine, cabbage into sauerkraut and (perhaps most importantly) fresh ingredients into staples with much longer shelf lives. Once consumed, the bacteria or yeast responsible for the ferment goes to work in the gut, reinforcing the immune system, improving digestive health and providing essential nutrients and enzymes, according to Faith Anacker, owner of Fizzeology Foods of Viroqua. Fizzeology makes five fermented products, all variations on sauerkraut or fermented slaws, which it sells in glass jars.
Since purchasing Fizzeology from founder Mike Bieser in 2013, Anacker has been promoting fermented foods and sustainable food production. Many people can benefit from integrating more fermented foods (especially those made with locally grown, plant-based ingredients) into their diet, says Anacker. “There’s no turning back after you start realizing how powerful your gut bacteria is — it influences everything about your health.” Anacker works closely with area growers to produce the company’s five veggie blends. There’s Naked, a straightforward fermented cabbage, made with organic cabbage from the Driftless region. “German” is a traditional sauerkraut with cabbage, caraway seeds, juniper berries and salt. Kickapoo Kimchi is a local take on the spicy Korean condiment, with cabbage, carrots, onions, red pepper, black Spanish radish, daikon, parsnips, burdock, ginger, garlic and salt. Kickapoo Cordito, described as “Latinstyle kraut,” is a Wisconsin version of the traditional Central American curtido, a lightly fermented slaw made with cabbage, carrots,
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red peppers, onions, oregano, cilantro, lime juice and red chili peppers. Finally, there’s a rotating “seasonal ferment” that in the past has incorporated vegetables as varied as golden beets, butternut squash, rutabaga, sunchokes and garlic scapes, and wild ingredients including milkweed buds, purslane, burdock, wild parsnip and cattails – not all in the same product, of course. Anacker previously worked with the Coulee Region Herbal Institute and, with her husband, hand-built her own home. Her passion for fermentation grew out of her interest in sustainability and living off the land. When she took over Fizzeology, she tweaked existing recipes, expanding the seasonal blends and adding more flavor and ingredients. Increasing the use of burdock, a root that Anacker touts as “nature’s most powerful blood purifier and kidney tonic,” reinforced her goal of promoting food as medicine. Anacker also teaches classes in hands-on fermentation and “healthy lifestyle on a budget,” among other topics. She taught basic lactofermentation at last year’s Fermentation Fest. This year, she’ll return to the Reedsburg festival (running Oct. 2-11) to teach Vegetable Lactofermentation Basics: Hands On! on Oct. 3 and Creating Culture: Show and Tell on Oct. 4. While most Americans see sauerkraut and its brethren as side dishes or condiments, Anacker recommends eating several tablespoons of a probiotic-rich fermented food “a couple times a day,” although she acknowledges that’s a lifestyle change that takes time to become routine. But Anacker thinks that the audience for fermented foods is growing. Recently, she’s noticed people “that you usually see with Mountain Dew” express interest in healthy fermented foods. “You have to celebrate the little changes.” Fizzeology products are carried at both Willy St. Co-op locations, Hy-Vee’s Whitney Way and the Conscious Carnivore and will be for sale during Fermentation Fest, as well as through the company’s website. n
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Thinly sliced pork tenderloin, battered and pan-fried; your choice of rösti or spätzle on the side (Swiss hash browns or buttery sauteed noodles, respectively). Though add-ons of a fried egg, anchovies and capers make it Wienerschnitzel à la Holstein, it’s really the squeeze of fresh lemon that puts this dish over the top.
Thin battered-and-fried chicken is the essence of a down-home fried treat, with pinto beans, rice, soft corn tortillas and choice of salsa providing the Mexican flair. One dinner easily feeds two.
Available on the brunch menu only, this breaded sirloin is crowned with sausage gravy, alongside rosemary potatoes and two sunny-side-up eggs. Impressive.
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More than a kitchen Cooking school and caterer Flambé Gourmet to expand to Middleton BY LINDA FALKENSTEIN
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Flambé Gourmet, the cooking school and caterer currently located at 1 Sherman Terrace, near Tenney Park, plans to expand into a new building at 8225 Greenway Blvd., near the Madison Marriott West, says chef/owner Angelo Cattaneo. The new space will offer a huge kitchen with top-of-the-line Sub-Zero/ Wolf equipment and two large islands, to facilitate “dueling-chef” style competitions, says Cattaneo. Flambé will shift its focus to the west side, though the Sherman Terrace kitchen, with its capacity of about 20, will continue to host smaller events. In addition to classes, Flambé hosts such private events as wine tastings and wedding showers. The Sherman Terrace space will also continue to be available for use as an incubator kitchen for vendors who need a commercial kitchen in which to prep and cook. In addition to hosting classes, the new space will allow for the
making and selling of an “all-Wisconsin-ingredient puff pastry” of high quality to be marketed wholesale to restaurants that can’t make their own puff pastry but want a better-quality alternative to what’s otherwise commercially available. Cattaneo has also been experimenting with sauce recipes, starting with “a very good crop of tomatoes.” In this year’s testing phase, he’s donated almost half the trial runs to food banks. He’s hoping to sell the final sauces next year. The new school will have plenty of classes “modeled after what we have done already,” says Cattaneo, helping home cooks with recreational cooking and focused on simple recipes. Cattaneo is hoping the new location will be open in January. Although he’s been working on Flambé Gourmet for three and a half years, he left his job as a chef at Epic Systems only this past May. It’s been a “dream to expand our brand,” he says. “There’s a whole new set of fun things to do.” n
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The UW’s biggest classroom The Lakeshore Nature Preserve is a respite, a resource and an inspiration BY JAY RATH
There once was a very tech-oriented student at the University of WisconsinMadison. East Coast media had reported his award-winning innovations, and he’d laid the groundwork for a start-up. Then something funny happened on Bascom Hill. “I knew nothing about botany,” he recalled, but an upperclassman gave him an impromptu though profound lesson, using a nearby tree. It was an epiphany that sent him “flying to the woods and meadows in wild enthusiasm.” It changed the course of his life, as well as the nation’s attitude toward the environment. In the early 1860s young John Muir set aside clock-making and embarked on the career that made him America’s greatest naturalist and father of the national parks system. Thus is the power of the UW’s Lakeshore Nature Preserve, the university’s largest classroom. Just a quick bike or bus ride from downtown is “a treasure that the campus community and larger Madison community value for its scenic and native landscape, teaching and research opportunities, and recreational and relaxation pursuits,” says David Drake, UW-Extension wildlife specialist and a professor in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology. The preserve holds more than 300 of the campus’ 930 acres. It includes four miles of Lake Mendota shoreline, forests, prairies, wetlands and oak savanna. Drake and his fellow faculty use the preserve for classes. “It offers a very convenient and easy-toaccess place to teach students about natural resource management,” he says. Around 75 permits for research projects are issued each year, and, besides other classes, the preserve hosts a four-semester
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honors program in biological science. Others use it, too. “Beavers, otter, raccoon, skunk, possum, deer, coyotes, red fox, mink, muskrat and groundhogs all use the Lakeshore Nature Preserve,” Drake says. “There are also plenty of reptiles and amphibians out there, and Picnic Point is a birding hotspot, especially during migration. A few years back a birder observed 83 species — nearly 25% of all birds found in Wisconsin — in just two hours during spring migration.” “All of this is open and available to the public,” notes Gary Brown, director of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. It wasn’t called that when Muir began bringing plant specimens to his dorm, where he kept them in a bucket in his room. In fact, it wasn’t called anything until fairly recently. Even the concept of a preserve was slow to crystallize. “There was really nothing that protected it,” says Brown. “It was sort of the back 40, and that was the way most people treated it.” Then came a new campus master plan in 2005, an assessment of resources and their potential for development in years to come. Natural areas were included for the first time. A new emphasis was placed on bringing academics outdoors, and natural areas were collected
and rechristened as the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, with the emphasis on “preserve.” “There’ve been several attempts at development, even back in the early 2000s,” says Brown. He recalls one serious discussion. “‘Let’s just build a new chancellor’s residence out on Picnic Point!’ And I’m like, ‘Are you kidding?’” Only three full-time staff manage the preserve. Thousands of hours of volunteer work are necessary each year. Help comes from students, community members and groups such as the Friends of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. As for the future, “One of the big things that we’re looking forward to is creating an outreach center of some sort,” says Laura Wyatt, preserve program manager. There’s nowhere for volunteers and students to meet, nothing to host school visits, nowhere even for equipment to be stored. “I feel the Lakeshore Nature Preserve is part of the fabric of what we are,” Wyatt adds. “It represents that environmental ethic that we have.” Much of that ethic is of course due to Muir. He came back to visit about 20 years after leaving school. He looked around and lingered, he wrote, profoundly moved by memory and setting, and when he departed he was crying. Upcoming programs at the Preserve include a bird walk on Oct. 4 at 8 a.m., leaving from lot 130 (2004 University Bay Drive); stargazing on Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m., leaving from lot 131 (intersection of University Bay Drive and Lake Mendota Drive); a mycological stroll — that’s a mushroom walk — Oct. 18 at 1 p.m., leaving from lot 129 (Picnic Point); and a bird and nature walk on Oct. 25 at 1:30 p.m., leaving from the Eagle Heights Gardens entrance (3016 Lake Mendota Drive). An ongoing calendar of events is at lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu. n
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Is Waunakee the one to watch? A survey of area prep football prospects BY MICHAEL POPKE
The high school football season heated up over the weekend, with Madison Memorial surging past previously unbeaten Middleton on the foot of junior kicker Karl Hummel — whose field goal with three seconds left lifted the Spartans and first-year head coach Adam Smith to a 31-28 win on the Cardinals’ home turf at Breitenbach Stadium last Friday. Smith arrived at Madison Memorial this season after serving as head coach of the semi-pro Madison Mustangs, and with a 4-2 record, he’s already won more games than former Memorial coach Mike Galindo did all last season. Jake Ferguson, grandson of UW athletic director Barry Alvarez, plays for Memorial, and Alvarez was on the interview committee that hired Smith. Talk about pressure. While Middleton and Madison La Follette (which beat Janesville Parker on Friday, 20-3) share the lead in the Big Eight Conference, Madison Memorial may end up being the Big Eight’s big story this season. Waunakee High School is ranked No. 9 in the state by MaxPreps.com and remained undefeated
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Andrew Sewell: “One can sense the energy of rushing rivers and valleys.”
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The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra’s season opens Oct. 2 with Andrew Sewell conducting the Madison premiere of “Landfall in Unknown Seas,” a work for narrator and strings written by New Zealand poet Allen Curnow and composer Douglas Lilburn in the early 1940s. Sewell, a native of New Zealand, has a special connection to Lilburn and his music. He’s performed many of Lilburn’s orchestral and string works, and WCO recorded his Four Canzonas on its first compact disc in 2004. “I enjoyed getting to know him personally and hearing him talk about his music and its relation to the landscape of New Zealand,” says Sewell. “Lilburn’s music, particularly the melody line, reflects the action and contours of the New Zealand landscape. One can sense the energy of rushing rivers and valleys, rocky and sandy
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seashores, and moody mountain ranges shrouded by mist and clouds.” Adds Sewell: “There is a connection in the heart and soul of Lilburn’s music akin to what one feels toward Aaron Copland’s music as an American — a sense of national identity.” “Landfall,” which will be narrated by American Players Theatre veteran James Ridge, alternates radiant music with scintillating poetry. It recounts the arrival in 1642 of Dutch explorers in New Zealand from the perspective of explorer Abel Tasman, recounting an attack by Māoris that killed three Dutch sailors. It manages to capture the joy and excitement of discovery while also reflecting the native islanders’ fear of what comes over the water; cellos and basses create a dark undertow to the high, shimmering violins. Also featured on this program are SaintSaëns’ Symphony No. 2 in A minor and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D major, featuring 25-year old wunderkind Benjamin Beilman.
While Saint-Saëns’ Second Symphony is often overshadowed by his famous Third (Organ) Symphony, Sewell says the Second “is indicative of his burgeoning style.” The composer was only 24 years old when he composed the Second, but he already displayed the flair for innovation that flowered in later works; the piece features fresh rhythms and colorful textures. Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D is unusually light and lyrical for a composer often associated with stormy, heroic works like the Fifth Symphony and the “Eroica.” Despite the concerto’s sunny exterior, its inner workings were revolutionary. “This concerto hit the reset bar for what followed in terms of a standard classical violin concerto,” says Sewell. “Its structure and stature became the norm for others to follow, such as Mendelssohn and Brahms.” There will be a single performance of the chamber orchestra’s season opener at Overture Center’s Capitol Theater. n
It’s tough for playwrights to know whether their work will resonate with audiences until it is performed. That’s where the Wisconsin Wrights New Play Festival comes in. Forward Theater Company is producing the three-day event, which includes public readings of three plays chosen from 18 total submissions. Performances take place at the Memorial Union’s Fredric March Play Circle Oct. 1-3. According to artistic director Jennifer Uphoff Gray, Forward chose plays that “were sufficiently developed in that they were already telling a complete story and showed substantial promise in the writing.” They were looking for new work that would benefit from the experience of working with professional actors and directors, she adds. The Oct. 1 reading, In a Clearing, by Madisonian Karen Saari, focuses on Mark, a recovering alcoholic in a rural community struggling to regain control of his life. Faithless, on Oct. 2, by Michael Proft, is a fictionalized account of interviews between journalist Sibyl Wilford O’Bryne and Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science. On Oct. 3, audiences will get a first look at American Players Theatre veteran James DeVita’s adaptation of Erin Celello’s book, Learning to Stay, which explores an injured veteran’s adjustment to post-war life and marriage. Gray calls the festival “an investment in local writing talent.” “On a more global scale, if we want to continue to see plays that speak to our world and to our concerns, we sometimes need to invest our resources in the creation of new works. That’s why we do this.” n
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The Madison Symphony Orchestra opened its season on Friday, Sept. 27, at Overture Hall with a beautifully varied program, demonstrating the talent and range of the ensemble. The orchestra began with Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3. Beethoven struggled with writing the overture to his only opera, “Fidelio” (originally titled “Leonore”). In fact, he composed four. In first three, known as “Leonore” Overtures, he seemed to be trying to follow Mozart’s lead by using actual music from the body of the score in the overture. But the composer could not resist his symphonic instincts, and Leonore No. 3 is his finest effort at combining the two aims. Conductor John DeMain was careful to delineate the operatic dimensions, but his heart lies with Beethoven the symphonist, and he brought off a thoughtful but thrilling performance, for which the orchestra played splendidly. Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto is a kind of portrait of Benny Goodman, for whom it was written. Copland was no stranger to jazz, but he created a gorgeous blues-inspired first movement to contrast with a jivey, irregular and totally Coplandesque second movement, connected by a virtuosic cadenza. During simple passages and extremely demanding fast ones, the absolutely brilliant first clarinetist of the orchestra, Joseph Morris, was able to meet the great virtuosic demands while also demonstrating the nuances of color of which the clarinet is capable. The accompaniment by strings with harp and piano was spot-on, though I wondered if all 63 players of the string band were really necessary in this intimately conceived score.
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She also made a cameo appearance on one of Queen’s final albums, 1986’s A Kind of Magic. Armatrading last toured the United States in 2010, in support of This Charming Life, a guitar-driven rock album issued by 429 Records (which also has released titles by the BoDeans, Cracker and Boz Scaggs). It failed to chart, despite some memorable cuts. In 2013, Armatrading released her latest studio record, Starlight, a collection of hip, jazzy songs that celebrated the single life, longtime friendships and hypothetical love. In a bit of foreshadowing for her current tour, Armatrading performed all of the album’s music herself. The “Me Myself I” tour began in April 2014 and has included shows in North America, Europe, the UK, Australia, New
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Hanna Bruer has lived with mental health issues for as long as she can remember. When she was younger, she dealt with depression, anxiety and an eating disorder. Then in 2013, she was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, a condition marked by impulsivity and a tendency to self-harm. Bruer is not alone. Approximately one in five people in the U.S. — 43.7 million — experience mental illness, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessivecompulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and schizophrenia. Throughout her challenges, Bruer has found comfort in making art. “Painting is the most effective way I’ve found of dealing with my demons,” she says. “It helps calm me.”
Bruer’s work, along with pieces from 40 other artists, will be featured in the 9th Annual Healing Art Show sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), which opens Thursday, Oct. 1, at VSA Wisconsin and runs through November. The exhibit includes paintings, drawings, collages and table pieces from Wisconsin artists with diagnoses of schizophrenia, depression, PTSD and ADD. It is co-sponsored by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and kicks off Mental Illness Awareness Week, which starts Oct. 4.
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Bruer’s piece is an abstract mixed-media work called “Fear and Affectation.” It features obscured words, scrawled in cursive across the canvas. “They are things I need to say, but I’m not always sure I want people to read them,” Bruer says. “It was a difficult piece for me to create because it reveals how full of fear I am despite what I present to the world.” Some of the artists, including Bruer, studied art in college or make art professionally, while others use art primarily as a therapy tool or a hobby. “We hope that people that see the show will let go of their predisposition that mental illness is scary or as something you need to cover up,” says Colleen Rooney, events coordinator for NAMI. “We want to decrease that stigma.” n
If you could talk to your teenage self, what would you say? Author Jen Larsen would show her teenage self an alternate universe where she was happy with her weight and where she had the strength to resist the pressure to conform to other people’s ideals about body image. That alternate universe comes to life in Future Perfect, Larsen’s first young adult novel. Ashley, an overweight biracial girl, has a grandmother who attempts to bribe her with increasingly large rewards to lose weight. The final offer is four years of college tuition in exchange for weight loss surgery. Will Ashley give in to her grandmother’s demands? Larsen writes from her own experiences. The blogger and author of the memoir Stranger Here underwent bariatric surgery in her 20s after struggling for years to lose weight. “I caved in. I bought into the fairy tale that all my problems would go away if I just lost weight,” says Larsen. “But here’s what I discovered: You can hate yourself at any size. Being thin didn’t fix my anxiety or my food issues. I still had to work on being happy on the inside.” In Future Perfect, Ashley has “happy on the inside” nailed. A high-achieving student on the fast track to college, Ashley has friends, a boyfriend, a job and confidence to spare. What she lacks is money for tuition. Larsen offers nuance by allowing the grandmother to justify her demands; she believes Ashley won’t reach her full potential in a society that dismisses overweight women. On Oct. 9, at A Room of One’s Own, Larsen hopes to continue the conversation about body image. She plans to talk briefly about her book, which is being published this month by HarperTeen, leading into an audience discussion. She’s reached out to UW women’s groups such as the Campus Women’s Center and says she “wants to make it a conversation with other women about how we can help ourselves and the girls in our lives redefine what ‘beautiful’ really means.” n
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Applied science The Martian is an epic survival tale BY SCOTT RENSHAW
“I’m going to have to science the shit out of this,” says Mark Watney (Matt Damon) early in The Martian — and it’s hard to imagine a more essential manifesto for the 21st century. Watney, as it happens, has no choice in adopting that ethic: A member of a six-person research expedition to Mars, he’s been left behind after a massive storm forces them abruptly to abort the mission. He’s lost and presumed dead when his suit’s vital-signs indicators go offline. He’s staring down the reality of his situation from the “hab” (living quarters) left on the planet’s surface: Nobody knows he’s alive to send a rescue. The next manned mission isn’t scheduled to arrive for another four years. And he doesn’t have enough food to survive that long. On its most basic level, The Martian is merely a procedural, mixing a little Cast Away with a lot of Apollo 13 while addressing the nuts and bolts of how a single human, stranded in a place where a single human isn’t supposed to be able to survive, might somehow manage to do exactly that. But
director Ridley Scott (Alien) and screenwriter Drew Goddard (Cloverfield), in adapting Andy Weir’s novel, have put together something that’s more than a simple testament to good old-fashioned American ingenuity. It’s a celebration of the idea that a problem is something that can be solved, if you’re prepared to set aside all the distracting nonsense, and — as Watney puts it late in the film —“just begin.” The narrative swings between Watney’s ongoing efforts to map out a survival strategy and events on Earth, where satellite images eventually clue officials at NASA — including Mars mission chief Kapoor (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and NASA’s director (Jeff Daniels) — into the fact that Watney’s actually still alive. It winds up being crucial that we get both perspectives, and not just for the fundamental necessities of plot. While Watney’s obstacles are basically his limited resources and the inhospitable environment, the NASA crew faces even more issues than the ones that can be solved by science: Can they get the funding for whatever they come up with? How can they spin the fact that they mistakenly reported Watney as dead and left him behind? Should they inform the rest of Watney’s team — led by Captain Lewis (Jessica Chastain) — that he’s still alive? It’s a complex equation because people are complicated, sometimes irrational, creatures.
Matt Damon plays a stranded researcher in an impossible bind.
Watney is one of those people, and Damon’s performance turns him into a guy with a sardonic sense of humor that keeps him going even when his prospects look bleak. But there’s an element to the character that’s more than just his entertaining punch lines; what we see in his video diary entries is simple pride in the notion that he’s applying his training and intelligence in a way that’s working (at least most of the time). There’s a giddiness to Watney that feels like a characteristic of so many pioneers. It’s true that The Martian strips most of the other characters to their most rudimentary narrative functionality, even if there’s a satisfying diversity among those characters. And the story takes on a cyclical quality, as Watney and the NASA team alternate between
breakthroughs and unexpected setbacks. Yet far from being a bug in the structure of The Martian, that repetition is a feature. At its core, it’s a survival epic in which the hero is the scientific method: developing testable theories, gathering the data, refining the tests, sometimes going back to the drawing board. And the sheer dogged determination of these people to find something that will work — trying, failing, re-trying, re-failing, re-re-trying — makes it not just exciting on a storytelling level, but inspirational. Anyone choosing to nit-pick the scientific specifics of The Martian is missing the point. With a host of potential catastrophes seeming to add nothing but shit into the modern world, it’s wonderful to consider the possibility that we could science that shit out of it. n
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Banned Iranian filmmaker makes a brilliant movie BY CRAIG JOHNSON
Since 2010 Jafar Panahi has been banned from directing or writing films in his native Iran for flouting the government’s film guidelines. Jafar Panahi’s Taxi is set inside one car and is filmed, seemingly, in real time. Panahi poses as a cab driver, picking up fares in the streets of Tehran, allowing them to talk about morality and movies. It would seem to be a gimmick if it were not born of necessity — and if it were not delivered so masterfully. This is one of the better movies about movies ever made. It forces us to ponder the great philosophical questions: “What is truth” and “Can we control anything?” Taxi walks a tightrope between documentary and what Iran’s government calls “sordid realism.” It is either a fiction about the true challenges Iranians face every day, or it is a true story filled with made-up characters. Where does fiction end when everything said is true and when at any moment the whole cast could be pulled over and arrested?
Director Jafar Panahi creates excitement in a small space.
This should not be as interesting as it is, yet this taxi-bound film creates excitement within its small confines: We see a man needing a hospital, an old woman holding a sloshing goldfish bowl and traffic merging on tiny streets. But in a land with no freedom of speech, the real tension emerges from normal conversation. Jafar Panahi’s Taxi screens on Wed., Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. in the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s lecture hall. n
The film list New releases Sicario: An idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) is ensnared in the escalating war on drugs along the Mexican border. Sleeping with Other People: The story begins with a one-night stand in which two college students (Alison Brie, Jason Sudeikis) lose their virginity, then flashes forward 13 years. Every copycat moment serves as a reminder of the kind of genuinely romantic classic this isn’t.
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• Goodnight Mommy – 10/9 to 10/15 • Meet the Patels – 10/16 to 22 • The Amazing Nina Simone – 10/23 to 10/29 • Jimmy’s Hall – 10/30 to 11/5 • Coming Home – 11/6 to 11/12 • Labyrinth Of Lies – 11/13 to 11/19
Testament of Youth: An English woman (Alicia Vikander) looks back on coming of age during World War I. The Walk: Robert Zemeckis adapts the true story of Philippe Petit (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), the French tightrope artist who launched a daring, highly illegal attempt to walk across the span between the as-yet-unfinished Twin Towers in 1974. Despite some clumsiness in storytelling, the walk itself is a breathtaking piece of filmmaking.
Recent releases 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.
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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 in this Nancy Meyers-directed movie.
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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.
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More film events China Is Near: Satirical look at sex and politics set to the backdrop of Italy’s late-’60s Socialist movement. Cinematheque, Oct. 2, 7 pm. The Diary of a Teenage Girl: Set in 1976 San Francisco, this is the rare movie that presents the subject of the loss of virginity from the female perspective. Union South Marquee, Oct. 2 (8:30 pm), Oct. 3 (6 pm) and Oct. 4 (6:30 pm).
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Lumiere D’Ete: Director Jean Gremillon’s dark portrayal of ruling class hedonism. Cinematheque, Oct. 3, 7 pm. A Most Wanted Man: Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the leader of a German spy group in this thriller adapted from John Le Carré’s novel. Ashman Library, Oct. 2, 6:45 pm. Senso: An Italian countess undertakes a selfdestructive love affair with an Austrian soldier. Chazen Museum of Art, Oct. 4, 2 pm. Stray Dog: Winter’s Bone writer-director Debra Granik helms this documentary about a Vietnam veteran who faces his demons while trying to build a new life. Central Library, Oct. 8, 6:30 pm. They Live: John Carpenter directs pro wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper in a tale of aliens masquerading as the upper class. For B-movie fans, it more than lives up to the concept. Union South Marquee, Oct. 2-3, 11 pm.
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picks Glass Animals Tuesday, Oct. 6, Orpheum Theater, 8 pm Comparisons to Radiohead rarely work in a band’s favor, but Oxford-based four-piece Glass Animals don’t seem to mind. The band’s stellar 2014 debut, Zaba, is an amalgamation of psychedelic, pop, R&B and electronic music, and an extremely strong work for a bunch of lads in their mid-20s. With Hinds.
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Trash
does it mean to be trash? The world premiere of a new Theatre LILA invention explores cultural understandings of garbage and how letting go of certain things affects lives. ALSO: Friday (7:30 pm), Saturday (2:30 & 7:30 pm) and Sunday (2:30 pm), Oct. 2-4. Through Oct. 11.
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The Avett Brothers Friday, Oct. 2, Breese Stevens Field, 6:30 pm
Wisconsin Wrights New Play Festival Thursday, Oct. 1 through Saturday, Oct. 3, Memorial Union Play Circle, 7:30 pm
The joint venture between the Wisconsin Wrights program and Forward Theater showcases readings of new works by three up-and-coming local playwrights. See page 30. Breaking Ice: Pillsbury House Theatre explores understanding and communicating about difficult issues regarding diversity and justice, 7 pm, 10/1, Edgewood College-Anderson Auditorium. Free. 663-4861. Honk: Musical adaptation of “The Ugly Duckling” by Verona Area High School Theatre, 7:30 pm on 10/13 and 2 pm, 10/4, VAHS. $12. 845-4488. Rapture, Blister, Burn: Mercury Players Theatre, 7:30 pm on 10/1 and 8 pm, 10/2-3, Bartell TheatreEvjue Stage. $20. 661-9696. Invasion of the Jesus Snatchers: 9/18-10/10, Broom Street Theater, at 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays. $11. 244-8338.
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Stitch by Stitch: Circles of Memory, Appreciations in Thread Artisan Gallery (6858 Paoli Road, Paoli), exhibited through Nov. 11
Every week, the 20 women of the Memory Cloth Circle gather to create hand-embroidered and fiber arts works around themes of appreciation. Works on display include “Tree of Life” by Cynthia Quinn (pictured), in linen, embroidery thread and beads. Other textiles depict figurative and abstract forms inspired by the group’s openness and commitment to diversity. Homespun colors and craft meet meticulous precision in this visionary yet down-to-earth exhibit. Roger Ballen: Photgraphs, 9/4-11/1, Chazen Museum of Art (artist talk 5:30 pm, 10/1). 263-2246. James Meldrum: Noon-4 pm Sundays, 10/4-25, PhotoMidwest (reception 7-9 pm, 10/1). photomidwest.org.
Willie Farrel, Tim Schifsky, Jackson Jones: 8:30 pm on 10/1 and 8 & 10:30 pm, 10/2-3, Comedy Club on State. $15-$10. 256-0099.
Bevin Elizabeth Moeller: 10/1-31, Mother Fool’s. 259-1301.
S PECI AL INTERESTS
Have You Lost Faith in Faith: OutReach group, 1 pm, 10/1, Coffee Gallerie. Note: OutReach offices closed 10/2-18; many meetings relocate to Madison Senior Center. 255-8582.
Thursday, Oct. 1, Overture Center’s Promenade Hall, 7:30 pm
World Dairy Expo: Through 10/3, Alliant Energy Center, with exhibits (9 am-5 pm daily), demos, skills competitions. $10/day ($30 season). worlddairyexpo.com.
We live in a disposable society. Objects, people, relationships and feelings do not always withstand the test of time. But what
Self-Defense: Free series designed for females, 7:30 pm Tuesdays & Thursdays, Legacy Martial Arts. RSVP: 661-5622.
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LECTURES & SEM INARS The Journey of the Blues: Modern Mojo: Storytelling & music by Aaron Williams & the Hoodoo, 6:30 pm, 10/1, Wisconsin Historical Museum. $5 donation. 264-6555.
It took just 10 minutes for this concert to sell out, four months in advance and at a venue that’s never before hosted a major music event. If you’re lucky enough to have a ticket, enjoy the banjo-, guitar- and celloladen harmonies that drive this brotherled North Carolina band’s cozy folk rock sound. With Brett Dennen, Nicole Atkins.
Juan de Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars Friday, Oct. 2, Overture Hall, 8 pm
You may not be familiar with the name Juan de Marcos González, but you’re almost certainly familiar with his work: He and guitarist Ry Cooder pulled together the Cuban masters who played on 1997’s blockbuster album Buena Vista Social Club. It’s a great chance to celebrate the vibrant sounds of Cuba. Come early to visit the Latino Art Fair, also in the Overture Center.
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n ISTHMUS PICKS : OCT 2 – 3 Lakeside Street Coffee House: Madison Classical Guitar Society Showcase, free, 7 pm. Lucky’s, Waunakee: The Susie Show DJ, ‘80s, 8 pm. Plan B: DJ Cover Gurrl, 9 pm.
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Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Middleton: Johnny Widdicombe & Cliff Frederiksen, jazz, 6 pm. St. James Catholic Church: Association of Church Musicians, donations benefit scholarship fund, 7:30 pm. Stoughton Opera House: Wilder Deitz Group, 7:30 pm.
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Friday, Oct. 2, Barrymore Theatre, 8 pm
George Winston has been releasing albums of brilliant piano music since 1972, and has been raising money for food banks and service organizations since 1986. This solo performance will feature fall and winter-inspired songs. A portion of ticket sales goes to WORT-FM and proceeds from merchandise sales benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Southern Wisconsin.
Tempest: John Christensen Trio, free, 9:30 pm. Tuvalu Coffeehouse, Verona: Jeff Holcomb, Durango McMurphy, John Jacobs, plus open mic, 7:30 pm. Up North Pub: Tyler Preston, free, 8 pm. UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: UW Wind Ensemble, free, 7:30 pm. Wil-Mar Center: Jason Moon, Kyle Rightley, 8 pm. Willy Street Pub/The Wisco: The Piss Poor Players, Matt Woods, country/punk, 9 pm.
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Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra: Masterworks I Friday, Oct. 2, Overture Center’s Capitol Theater, 8 pm
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JAN 13—17, 2016 | $45+
The WCO is full of delightful surprises, including this concert’s opener, “Landfall in Unknown Seas” for narrator and string accompaniment. As a special treat, Madison native and violin wunderkind Ben Beilman returns to star in Beethoven’s monumental Violin Concerto in D major. See page 30.
F. Stokes Though he was born in Chicago and currently resides in Oakland, rapper F. Stokes has roots here in Madison, and he’s pretty proud of them. He even named one of his mixtapes F.I.L.M. (Forever I Love Madison). The emcee will return home for a free night of poetic, poignant hip-hop. With DJ Radish, Kobby Brewoo (dance workshop). Babe’s Restaurant: QUEST, free (on the patio), 8 pm. The Bayou: Cajun Spice, free, 6:30 pm. Brink Lounge: Rocker T, DJ Kayla Kush, 5 pm; TJ Clementi, Julie Clementi & Trisha Logan, Elvis, Patsy Cline tribute, 8 pm; The Civil Engineers, rock, 9 pm.
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The long-running Boys in the Band first hit the stage in 1968 and the big screen in 1970. Set in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the story revolves around a birthday party, a surprise gift and how drugs and alcohol can bring out bitterness and resentment in party guests. ALSO: Saturday (8 pm), Sunday (2 pm) and Thursday (8 pm), Oct. 3-4 & 8. Through Oct. 10.
Friday, Oct. 2, Encore Studio for the Performing Arts (1480 Martin St.), 8 pm
Walk with a Vampire takes a serious but darkly comedic look at issues like mental illness, sexual assault and the needs of people with disabilities. Originally produced by Encore in 2003, the show is based on the real-life experiences of a person with a high-functioning developmental disability who involves her best friend in a bloody crime. ALSO: Saturday, Oct. 3 (2 & 8 pm). Through Oct. 17.
B O O KS / S PO K EN WO RD Joe Meno: Discussing “Marvel and a Wonder,” new novel, 7 pm, 10/2, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.
Cardinal: Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Quartet, 5:30 pm; DJs Davey Dave, Lovecraft, Wyatt Agard, 9 pm.
Madtown Poetry Open Mic: With Robert Nordstom, 8 pm, 10/2, Mother Fool’s. 255-4730.
Chief’s Tavern: Frankie Lee, Chuck Bayuk and Tom Dehlinger, free, 6:30 pm.
A RT EXH I B I TS & EV EN TS
Essen Haus: David Austin Band, polka, free, 8:30 pm.
Gallery Night: Receptions, demonstrations & artists’ talks, 5-9 pm, 10/2, at 65+ venues; afterparty with DJ Vilas Park Sniper 9-11 pm, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art ($5). Locations: mmoca.org. See page 3.
First Unitarian Society Auditorium: Consuelo Sanudo & Jeff Gibbens, classical, free, 12:15 pm.
Madison Art Guild: 14 artists, 5-9 pm 10/2, 10 am5 pm 10/3, and 11 am-4 pm 10/4, Hilldale. 274-2505.
The Frequency: Nocturnus AD, Burial Ritual, Morta Skuld, Vermillion, 7 pm.
FA I RS & FEST I VA L S
Claddagh, Middleton: Shekinah King, free, 7 pm.
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Club Tavern, Middleton: Cherry Pie, ‘80s rock, 9 pm.
High Noon: Gomeroke, 5 pm; Soap, Heatbox, 10 pm. Knuckle Down Saloon: The Jimmys, 9 pm. Locker Room: Silver Dollar Band, free, 9 pm.
Fermentation Fest: Wormfarm Institute’s annual mash-up of farming, conservation & the arts, 10/211, Reedsburg area. Schedule: fermentationfest.com.
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Isabelle Demers in Recital Madison Bach Musicians Baroque Concertos Saturday, Oct. 3, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 7:15 pm lecture and 8 pm concert
This season-opening performance will feature concertos by composers J.S. Bach, Heinrich Biber, Leonardo Leo, and Antonio Vivaldi. The intimate concert will see solos by MBM concertmaster Kangwon Kim (pictured) and baroque cello star Steuart Pincombe. ALSO: Sunday, Oct. 4, Holy Wisdom Monastery (Middleton), 2:45 pm lecture and 3:30 pm concert. 1855 Saloon and Grill, Cottage Grove: 5 Minute Rule, 3 pm; Madison County, country, 8 pm. Bandung: Mideast by Midwest Salsa, 8:30 pm. Brink Lounge: Bill Roberts Combo, jazz, 8 pm. Cardinal Bar: Orquesta Salsoul Del Mad, DJ Rumba, 8 pm. Claddagh, Middleton: Lucas Cates, free, 8 pm. Club Tavern, Middleton: Super Tuesday, 9 pm. Come Back In: John Masino, rock, free, 9 pm. Crystal Corner Bar: Intelescope, Evergreen, Overserved Gentleman, rock, 9:30 pm.
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Essen Haus: David Austin Band, 8:30 pm.
Grace Episcopal Church: Yid Vicious, free, noon. Harmony Bar: The Grasshoppers, Little Marsh Overflow, rock, 9:45 pm. Ivory Room: Taras Nahirniak, Jim Ripp, Peter Hernet, dueling pianos, 8 pm. Knuckle Down Saloon: Denim ‘n Leather, F.O.A.D., Crackhammer, Vinyl Thunder, rock, 9 pm.
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Nightmare Alley: Music Theatre of Madison Festival of New Musicals reading of new work by Jonathan Brielle, 6:30 pm, 10/3, The Frequency. Free. RSVP: mtmadison.com. 237-2524.
BOOKS Read Local: Local author showcase, 9 am-5 pm, 10/3, Middleton Public Library. wisconsinbookfestival.org.
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Fans of Toro y Moi and Classixx would be hard pressed to find a better new favorite act than English electropop singer/producer Chad Valley, whose groovy and bright new album, Entirely New Blue, is set for release Oct. 2. With Stranger Cat, Midas Bison. 1855 Saloon, Cottage Grove: Moon Gypsies, noon. Bourbon Street Grille, Monona: Madison Jazz Jam, free (all ages), 4 pm. Brocach-Square: West Wind, Irish, free, 5 pm.
Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival: Annual Wisconsin & National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) celebration, 10/3-4, UW LIbrary Mall, with speakers & vendors. Schedule: madisonhempfest.com.
Cardinal Bar: DJ Big Juice, 4 pm.
Wisconsin Solar Tour: Homes & businesses open their doors & share their strategies for energy efficiency & renewable energy, 10 am-4 pm, 10/3, in Madison, New Glarus, Janesville, Baraboo & more. Locations: midwestrenew.org. 715-592-6595.
Java Cat: Nick Matthews, free, 9:30 am Sundays.
Co-op Connection: Annual celebration highlighting member owned/managed businesses, 8:30 amnoon, 10/3, Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, with kids’ activities, info booths, prizes. Free. 243-5000.
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Farley’s House of Pianos: Daniel del Pino, 4 pm. Grace Episcopal Church: Madison Sacred Harp Singers, shape-note singing (all invited to sing), 3 pm. Maduro: DJ Nick Nice, free, 10 pm Sundays. UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: UW Chamber Orchestra, free, 2 pm.
World Hoop Day: Showcase of area hoop performers followed by a hoop jam, 7 pm, 10/3, Madison Circus Space, with door prizes, lessons. $5 donation. hoopmadison.com.
KIDS & FAM ILY Kids in the Rotunda: Kiddyoke with the Gomers, 9:30 & 11 am and 1 pm, 10/3, Overture CenterRotunda Stage. 258-4141. Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day: Guided group rides and instruction for all ages & skill levels, 10 am-2 pm, 10/3, Blackhawk Ski Club. Free. jonaugs@gmail.com.
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Art in the Garden: Works inspired by Community GroundWorks youth project, through 10/25, OverturePlayhouse Gallery (reception 2-4 pm, 10/4). 258-4169.
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Dog Jog: UW Police Dept. K9 & mounted units benefit fun run/walk, 10 am, 10/4, from UW Lot 60. $30 ($25 adv.). uwpd.wisc.edu. 264-2677. NamIWalk: National Alliance on Mental Illness-Dane County chapter’s annual benefit 5K, noon, 10/4, Olin Park (registration 10:30 am), with entertainment by UW Band members, kids’ activities, picnic. Free/ pledges. namiwalks.org/danecounty. 249-7188.
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While post-rock is often associated with the soaring, uplifting instrumentals of the Friday Night Lights soundtrack, Chicago’s Russian Circles put it in a different light. Their brand of instrumental metal is aggressive, technical and, above all else, loud. The band’s 2013 release, Memorial, was produced by the Secret Machines’ Brandon Curtis. With Indiana post-hardcore trio Cloakroom. Frequency: Sweet Delta Dawn, FlowPoetry, RuckZuck, Jon Schinke, Jack O Roses, Spencer Houghton, 9 pm. High Noon Saloon: Red Elvises, 8 pm.
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Isabelle Demers Tuesday, Oct. 6, Overture Hall, 7:30 pm
This performance marks Canadian organist Isabelle Demers’ first in Madison, as part of Madison Symphony Orchestra’s Concert Organ series. One of North America’s most renowned organists, Demers also serves as head of the Organ Department at Baylor University. Her performance will include works by Bach, Prokofiev and Vierne and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade,” which Demers has transcribed for the organ.
Joan Armatrading Tuesday, Oct. 6, Shannon Hall, 8 pm
This concert will showcase the “Me Myself I” singer in a solo role as she sings and plays guitar and piano unaccompanied in her last major tour (see page 19). With Kristina Train.
Kevin Hart Tuesday, Oct. 6, Kohl Center, 7 pm
With his status as a household name and penchant for selling out arenas, Kevin Hart is comedy’s rock star. But Hart is still the same self-deprecating dorky dad he’s always been, and on his What Now? tour — which will hit Madison as part of a fandemanded extension — he’ll be the first to tell you this, in the form of his masterfully crafted jokes and energetic stage presence.
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Local musician Luke Bassuener is a oneman band as Asumaya (pictured), using drum and synth loops as the foundation for his dancy, African-inspired music. Iowa City’s Curt Oren favors simplicity in instrumentation, using just a saxophone for his brain-crushing, minimalist brand of jazz. With Dubb Nubb, Vein Rays.
Brink Lounge: Aaron Williams & the Hoodoo, 8 pm. Claddagh, Middleton: Shekinah King, free, 6 pm. Heritage Tavern: Susan Hofer, jazz, free, 8:30 pm. High Noon Saloon: The Family Business, SIMO, Mojo Radio, 9 pm. Ivory Room: Vince Strong, piano, free, 9 pm. Up North Pub: Lost Highway All-Stars, free, 9 pm. UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: UW School of Music Guest Artist Series, Nobuko Imai, viola, with Pro Arte Quartet, free, 7:30 pm.
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BOOKS Kathleen Ernst: Discussing “Death on the Prairie,” her new mystery, 6:30 pm, 10/7, HotelRED. 283-9332.
S Thursday, Oct. 8, The Frequency, 11 pm
As S, Jenn Champion (formerly Jenn Ghetto) writes emotion-driven pop music, playing simply orchestrated guitar and piano tunes that balance sadness and danciness. S has deep roots in Seattle’s indie rock history: The band’s latest LP Cool Choices was produced by former Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla, and Champion is a former member of cult heroes Carissa’s Wierd. With Fern Mayo, Tarpaulin.
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Elisabeth Karpov’s drawings are produced strictly in the realm of blacks and whites. Andrée Valley’s sculptures exult in the use of vibrant colors. Exhibited together, the artists explore juxtapositions in such themes as contemplation, interaction and polarity. On display Oct. 5 through Nov. 1.
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Willy Street has long been a site of industry and commerce. The William Heitkamp Carriage, Wagon & Blacksmith Shop (left) and the BiederstadtBreitenbach Grocery (below) are still going strong. Visit historic depotarea lodging, like the East Madison House, now Hotel Ruby Marie, at 524 E. Wilson St.
Harvester history A new tour showcases Madison’s first industrial corridor BY JAY RATH
The city’s most-traveled gateway for more than a century and a half, the Machinery Row area has risen, fallen and now risen again. Today, it’s hipster-friendly. But not many know its historic import. The Madison Trust for Historic Preservation will be giving tours of the city’s first industrial district on Oct. 11. While the Trust has long offered tours of historic residential areas, the group decided it was time to focus on a commercial-industrial area, says Vicki Siekert, board member
and past president. If successful, this 90-minute tour will be added to the regular schedule. “This area was really important to Madison history, especially in the late 19th and early 20th century, mainly because of the presence of a couple of railroads,” says Siekert. The Chicago and Northwestern depot still stands on the corner of Blair and Wilson streets; the 1910 Beaux Arts building is now operations center for Madison Gas and Electric. It’s a reminder that Madison once was the crossroads for nine railways that dispatched as many as 40 trains a day. Visitors often stayed across
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the street at the Cardinal Hotel, just up Wilson Street, and at the East Madison House (aka Elver House), now home to the Hotel Ruby Marie. The area was nicknamed “Implement Row” as it became a hot spot for the manufacture and distribution of farm implements. The Chicagobased McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, 301 South Blount St., is part of the tour, as is turreted Machinery Row. Fifteen buildings in all make up the tour, ranging from Williamson Street’s several German groceries to a blacksmith shop, the Madison Candy Company, the Olds Seed Company
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Glendale store. It’s a draw for everyone from culinary students to novices. “When they’re under If home cooks are shopping our roof, they’re all here for the for a $3 rubber spatula, a same reason. They all love to $300 state-of-the-art chef’s cook,” Curtis says. knife or are eager to hone Sur La Table executives have their baking skills, they’ll wanted to set up shop in Madifind these offerings at Sur son for a long time, Curtis says, La Table. and saw appeal in the revitalized The Seattle-based Hilldale. They liked the mall’s cooking and dining retailer proximity to downtown and the opened its 120th store in Punky Egan will be offering University of Wisconsin campus. early June at Hilldale, in a a macarons course. The first Sur La Table was 7,000-square-foot space opened in 1972 by Shirley Collins, an avid travthat includes a 1,000-square-foot kitchen. It’s the second in Wisconsin for the company (the eler and cook, with the intent of selling cooking trinkets and gadgets that she had trouble findother is at Bayshore Mall in Glendale). ing in the United States. The company cultivates the “art and Today, products exclusive to Sur La Table soul of cooking” by being a one-stop shop are cutlery designed by master bladesmith Bob for home cooks, says store manager David Kramer and honey-colored Le Creuset cast iron Curtis, who transferred to Madison from the BY TAMIRA MADSEN
and the Wisconsin Wagon Company Factory. The Hotel Ruby Marie and the Madison Candy Company stops will include interior tours. After rail was replaced by trucking, the area began a slow decline. “Into the 1950s and even ’60s, the area had a little bit of a seedy reputation,” Siekert says. Gentrification and repurposing began in the 1980s. Seven tours with starting times from 1 to 4 p.m. will take place Sunday, Oct. 11 ($30/$25 for Trust members). Reservations are advised. More info at madisonpreservation.org. n
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Alma Janeth Rodriguez Nuestro Mundo Inc. Alma Janeth Rodriguez’s volunteer work has made her a regular presence at Nuestro Mundo Community School where she supports students in class and reinforces the importance of education. Her commitment to the Nuestro Mundo community, and a high-quality education for all, is inspiring and appreciated by staff, students, and other volunteers. Photo by John Urban
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Ralph Shively WORT Community Radio Over his 27 years as a volunteer for WORT Community Radio, Ralph Shivley has organized 10 bowling fundraisers, “Musicians for WORT” performances, and countless other WORT benefits. Ralph’s also a steadfast outreach and pledge phone volunteer and uses his professional skills to design, print, and distribute promotional materials for WORT. For more information about WORT or to volunteer, visit www.wortfm.org or call 608.256.2001.
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66 “A Shot at Love” reality star ___ Tequila 67 Add to your site, as a YouTube video 68 Emanate 69 2015 award for Viola Davis 70 Hilarious people 71 Board + pieces 72 A majority of August births DOWN
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9 “The Subject Was Roses” director Grosbard 10 Not important 11 In a separate place 12 Keep the issues coming 14 Angkor ___ (Cambodian landmark) 20 Stephanopoulos and Brokaw 21 ___ out an existence 25 Subculture known for wearing black 26 Subject of a Magritte painting (or is it?) 27 “Bloom County 2015” character 29 Stephen of “The Crying Game” 31 Dance 34 Be flexible, in a way 36 Does some face recognition? 37 Love, deified 38 Q followers 40 Piece of lettuce 42 Lance of the bench 45 1978 Cronyn/Tandy play, with “The” 48 “Press Your Luck” network 51 Edible root 52 Taste whose name means “savoriness” in Japanese 53 “First Blood” mercenary 55 “Uh-oh!” 57 “Slumdog Millionaire” actor Dev 59 Part of DINK 60 Big bang beginner 61 Fuzzy red monster 62 Recites 64 Venture capital? LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS
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Jobs Call 608-301-0309 (leave message) about a job that provides good pay, great hours, and high satisfaction. I’m an easygoing disabled man living near MATC East seeking a personal care assistant 8 overnights per month at $1000/month. No experience needed. Don’t pass this one by! 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 Child Care Teacher—Part time. Afternoons— M-F. Previous experience preferred. 4K teacher a plus. Mary Lake Montessori, 5464 Mary Lake Road, Waunakee, WI 53597 marylakemontessori@gmail.com Not on a bus line. Send or email resume. 608-849-8800
Eastside woman w/disability needs assistance with personal care, housekeeping/ chores, meal prep & errands. Looking for weekend support from Fri 5 pm to Sun 5 pm @ $100/nt. Contact Liza at 503-960-3970 Now Hiring at Bowl of Heaven! Madison’s newest fast-casual, healthy dining option. Acai bowls, smoothies, juice bar. Please send resumes to madison@bowlofheaven.com
Health & Wellness Larry P. Edwards RPh, LBT Nationally & State Certified #4745-046 Massage Therapist and Body Worker / Madison, WI Swedish Massage For Men, providing immediate Stress, Tension and Pain Relief. Seven days a week by appt.—same day appointments available. Contact Steve, CMT at: ph/ text 608.277.9789 or acupleasur@aol.com. Gift certificates available for any reason or season @ ABC Massage Studio! Miss Danu WORLD CLASS MASSAGE * FEEL GREAT IN ONE HOUR! * Short Notice * Nice Price * 8AM-7PM * 608-255-0345
Private duty RNs/LPNs needed for a nonvent individual on the south side of Madison. Night/Weekend hours available. Also seeking PRN shift help. Call (608) 692-2617 and ask for Jill. Ventilator dependent man is looking for a Ventilator Certified RN/LPN on Tues from 11 pm-7 am and every other Fri 11 p-7 am. Pay is hourly $32.69/RN and $21.79/LPN. Must have current adult ventilator certification, BLS/CPR, and NPI provider number. Please respond to hereiamhealing@yahoo.com.
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Community Action Coalition for South Central WI will distribute winter coats through the annual Koats for Kids program from Oct 13-Nov 5. Volunteers are needed to help sort and hang coats, help participants with registration, check-in/check-out, and assist participants while they shop. We can accommodate up to 15 volunteers per shift and encourage groups of volunteers to sign-up.
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Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been dating this guy for almost two months. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been pretty good, except the sex isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really the best. I have this other male friend who has had a crush on me. Long story short: My friend made a move on me the other night. I told him I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, and he knew why, but to be honest, I was insanely turned on by his forwardness. He apologized, but a week later we hung out, and I told him that it really intrigued me, and we ended up having crazy cool sex â&#x20AC;&#x201D; satisfying in all the ways the guy Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m dating isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t told the guy Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m seeing about this and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t plan to. But I feel guilty. I keep rationalizing that we have never had a talk about exclusivity, and I therefore have no obligation to him. I want to keep fucking my friend, but I also enjoy dating this other guy. Am I an asshole? Am I obligated to disclose that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not interested in monogamy with him? Too Many Intrigues
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I am a 23-year-old straight male who has a pattern of getting into long-distance relationships that become semi-long-term relationships before I get depressed by the monotony of it all and wind up breaking up with the person. I resolved that in the relationship Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m currently inâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;nine months and countingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I would keep it casual, which resulted in it turning into an open mono/poly relationship, meaning Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m poly and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monogamous. She is great, cute, and intelligent, and there is nothing destructive or dishonest about our relationship. I just find myself not wanting to talk to her every day, and the weekly Skype calls feel like a chore. We have a great time when we visit each other, but I only feel like catching up when I see her in person. Is this the price I have to pay to keep her happy? Not An Asshole Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve read that young people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make phone calls anymore â&#x20AC;&#x201D; talking on the phone is for olds (full disclosure: We olds hardly speak to each other on the phone anymore, either) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; so Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m surprised your young-and-mono GF wants to hear your young-and-poly voice on a daily basis. I think you should propose a young-and-fun compromise: texting instead of phoning during the week and a Skype/masturbation session on the weekend. Email Dan at mail@savagelove.net or find him on Twitter at @fakedansavage on Twitter.
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Are you an asshole? That canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be ruled out, TMI, but I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make a determination with the limited data youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve provided. One asshole moveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and cheating on Mr. Two Months was definitely an asshole move â&#x20AC;&#x201D; does not an asshole make. We know this because while everyone is guilty of the occasional asshole move, not everyone is an asshole. Assholes are made when asshole moves come one right after the other, and an ever-thickening layer of asshole moves hardens into total assholery. Anyway, while you might not have had a conversation with the guy youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re currently dating/cheating on about exclusivity, you wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel guilty about what/who you did if you didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think Mr. Two Months was operating under the assumption that you two were exclusive. So the cheating was an ass-
hole move and your rationalization, as you seem to be aware, is a pile of self-serving bullshit thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s equal parts transparent and unnecessary. Because as much as you like hanging out with Mr. Two Months, the sex hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been good for you and you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been good to him. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t negotiate a nonmonogamous agreement. End it.
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