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WEDDING BELL BREWS

Newlyweds celebrate with homemade cider.

7-10 NEWS

WE’RE IN THE MONEY

New county budget expands programs for homeless, environment.

OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD

Boss accused of sexual harassment, retaliation

12 OPINION BECKY HOLMES

CHRISTOPHER KLINGE

21 RECREATION “TERRIFYING AND FUN” is how Chris Klinge describes his assignment photographing Wisconsin Scaryland for this week’s feature on haunted houses. The “scary clown” assigned to guide him through the house didn’t help matters. He says the actors, who seem to love their jobs, had fun with him as well. “As I was photographing some of the actors, they thought it was funny to stand right behind me so when I would turn around I would scream a little. It worked.”

COVER STORY BECKY HOLMES has been writing about books for Isthmus since 2010. For several years she also wrote a blog, A Book a Week, but eventually gave that up to have more time to just read. Her passion for books and libraries shines through this week in her highlight previews of the upcoming Wisconsin Book Festival.

IT’S THE ECONOMY, STUPID

Walker needs to concentrate on state’s fiscal woes.

15 COVER STORY

READ ALL ABOUT IT!

A Wisconsin Book Festival primer.

21 RECREATION

THE HORROR

A hair-raising tour of four Halloween haunts.

23-27 FOOD & DRINK

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Thurs., Oct. 15, Overture Center Lobby, 6:30 pm

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STREET EATS

Pasqual’s Cantina embraces an urban style.

31 MUSIC

32 STAGE

THAT’LL DO, DONKEY

Quadruped steals show in CTM’s Shrek.

34 SCREENS

GLOBAL VIEW

MMoCA series puts international film in the spotlight.

47 EMPHASIS

COVER STORY REMEMBER ORDERING books in grade school through Scholastic? Michael Popke says it fueled his passion for reading. “The days when the orders arrived and the books were distributed were some of my favorite days,” he says. A regular book reviewer for Publishers Weekly, he covers literary topics for Isthmus too. This week he sets the stage for the Wisconsin Book Festival.

Local boutiques and salons pair up to present a fashion show to raise money for Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS). Drinks, hors d’oeuvres and a live auction all support a critical effort to provide support for survivors.

TWOFER

Igudesman & Joo mix comedy and classical music.

MICHAEL POPKE

Struttin’ for a cause

BIG RED GOES OFF-WHITE

Kanye West designer makes limited-edition Badger T-shirts.

IN EVERY ISSUE 10 MADISON MATRIX 10 WEEK IN REVIEW 12 OPINION & FEEDBACK 12 THIS MODERN WORLD 13 OFF THE SQUARE

36 ISTHMUS PICKS 49 CLASSIFIEDS 50 P.S. MUELLER 50 CROSSWORD 51 SAVAGE LOVE

Spooky critters Fri., Oct. 16, Dane County Humane Society (5132 Voges Rd.), 4-10 pm

On weekends through Oct. 30, the Four Lakes Wildlife Center invites brave adventurers to its haunted trail. Between 4 and 6 pm on Saturdays, bring younger kids (under 12) to trick-or-treat. After the kids leave, the serious haunting begins.

Can you dig it? Sat., Oct. 17, Wisconsin Historical Museum, 10 am-2 pm

Delve into the archeological history of Wisconsin and explore its underwater shipwrecks without getting wet at this celebration of International Archaeology Day.

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Hip-hop Cubana Tues., Oct. 20, Fredric March Play Circle, 7:30 pm

As part of this fall’s Cuban arts extravaganza, Telmary Diaz, a luminous Cuban-born Canadian artist, presents a lecture on hiphop in her home country.

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A story of resistance Tues., Oct. 20, Ingraham Hall Room 206, noon-1 pm

In Honduras, human rights defenders and indigenous people are targeted for attacks and murders. Alfredo Lopez of the Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras tells the story of his people’s struggle against violent displacement in this Lunchtime Lecture.

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Ruth Conniff, André Darlington, Marc Eisen, Erik Gunn, Seth Jovaag, Stu Levitan, Andy Moore, Bruce Murphy, Kyle Nabilcy, Michael Popke, Adam Powell, Katie Reiser, Jay Rath, Dean Robbins, Robin Shepard, Sandy Tabachnick ADVERTISING PRODUCTION MANAGER Todd Hubler ADVERTISING MANAGER Chad Hopper ADVERTISING ASSISTANT Laura Miller ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Lindsey Dieter, Peggy Elath, Amy Miller WEB ANALYST Jeri Casper CIRCULATION MANAGER Tom Dehlinger MARKETING DIRECTOR Chris Winterhack EVENT DIRECTORS Kathleen Andreoni, Courtney Lovas EVENT STAFF Sam Eifert EVENT INTERN Megan Muehlenbruch ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR Kathy A. Bailey OFFICE MANAGER Julie Butler SYSTEMS MANAGER Thom Jones ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Carla Dawkins

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Fermenting a celebratory brew

Sitting under the state’s oldest tree at Stone Fence Farms in Dousman, newlyweds Bryan and Beth Bingham enjoy their home-brewed cider.

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Standing in his narrow kitchen on Madison’s east side, Bryan Bingham is braced for failure. “I’m flirting with disaster,” he confesses. “Home brewers will tell you, you can’t make good vinegar and good beer [at the same time].” Bingham, owner of “portable restaurant” The Smokin’ Cantina, is referring to the quart-sized jar of halved hot red peppers pickling on his countertop and to the two 12-gallon glass fermenters taking up real estate in the sunny corner of his breakfast nook. Keeping the two in close proximity can be problematic, he explains, because vinegar bacteria tends to go everywhere. “It can and will infect beer, turning it sour.” Technically, Bingham isn’t making beer on this September day — he’s making hard cider. But it’s not just any cider. Bingham’s take on an English-style “scrumpy” hard cider will be on tap for guests when he marries his partner of 13 years, Beth Kuffel, in two

weeks. Another 12-gallon started with fresh cider and jug of hard cider for the wedliquid wine yeast culture, Year Bingham opened ding, a “faux chardonnay,” agitated them and, 24 hours The Smokin’ Cantina: 2008 is fermenting, approprilater, added more cider. He Year he met his wife: 2002 ately, in their bedroom. The repeats this for four or five wedding festivities will take days in a row. With an alcoNumber of gallons he fermented place at the 25th anniversary hol content between 6% and for their wedding: 20 celebration of “Apfelfest,” a 7%, Bingham says the cider Madison Homebrewers and is “active and alive” and will Gallons of cider one bushel Tasters Guild apple pressing still be fermenting on his of apples will make: 2.5 festival that Bingham foundwedding day. Apples used for wedding brew: ed shortly after becoming a Making cider has been a A BLEND FROM ELA ORCHARD member of the group in the passion of Bingham’s since NEAR ROCHESTER, WIS., early 1990s. he had a revelation while PLUS SOME CRABAPPLES “It was a really easy decitasting Woodchuck Hard sion to make,” he says about Cider at Star Liquor. Bingcombining the events. “It is ham had just joined the uniquely us; many of our friends are there al- Homebrewers Guild (his uncle, Bob Drousth, ready, and we love the transition to fall.” is one of the founding members). Today, Bingham is adding more unpasteur- The sip of cider transported Bingham ized cider to his scrumpy. Kneeling next to the back to his youth, when he spent fall days fermenters, he shakes the gallon plastic jug of squirrel hunting and apple picking outside of cider vigorously before pouring it all in. Bing- Mount Horeb. Bingham remembers thinking, ham is using a “step fermentation” process. He “I’m in this fermentation group. Wouldn’t it

be cool if we got a cider press and resurrected a lost art?” He ran an ad seeking a cider press and was bombarded with offers. He settled on a Buckeye press that was made in 1869. That fall Bingham organized the guild’s first Apfelfest, which took place at his grandparents’ cabin near Merrimac. While camping out on the property, the group pressed 25 bushels of apples for making hard cider. Twenty-five years later, the harvest-time event has moved to a farm near Dousman, although this will be its final year at that location. The Homebrewers are looking for a new home for next year’s festival. While celebrating Bingham’s wedding, Guild members will press 150 bushels of apples from Patterson Orchard near New Berlin. Some of those pressed apples will end up back in Bingham’s kitchen, being turned into the “witch’s brew” that Bingham calls his unpasteurized, unfiltered alcoholic cider. It will be ready in about a year, just in time to celebrate his first wedding anniversary. n

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So long, sad times Dane County executive grows budget, proposes new initiatives BY NATHAN J. COMP

If Dane County’s annual budget process kicked off with a jingle, “Happy Days Are Here Again” would have been a fitting backdrop to County Executive Joe Parisi’s introduction of his 2016 budget proposal earlier this month. “We’re on the most solid fiscal footing in a long time,” says Parisi, striking a far more optimistic tone than at this time last year, as county officials struggled to maintain existing levels of service. But the happiest days may very well be reserved for those who need them most — the county’s mentally ill population, a focal point of the proposal. “It’s the year for mental health,” says Bonnie Loughran, executive director of the Dane County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, “which is great, because it has been so neglected because the funding isn’t always available. So what is being proposed is really remarkable.” Arriving months after the county regained its coveted AAA bond rating, the proposed $572 million operating budget, titled “A Blueprint for Opportunity,” contains millions in new spending, including a progressive pay raise for county employees. Parisi also boasts that the county’s reserve fund will grow to $25 million, up from zero when he took office. The budget would raise the county’s annual property tax for the average Madison homeowner by nearly $32, but this could climb if additional spending is approved as the budget passes through various committees, with a final county board vote scheduled for Nov. 16. The county board could pad the budget with another $500,000 before hitting the state-imposed levy cap. The spending increases, says Parisi, were made possible by building on existing partnerships, making government operations more efficient, and realigning resources “to accomplish the greatest amount of good.”

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purpose,” says Loughran. “Now they will have access to a master’s level therapist who can speak to them in a way maybe teachers, or even police officers, can’t.” Launched last year, the Building Bridges program has received rave reviews from parents and teachers. According to a survey conducted by Catholic Charities, which administers the program on behalf of the county, 94% of school staff said they have seen noticeable improvements in student behavior since the program rolled out. Three two-person mental health teams currently work in the Verona and Sun Prairie School districts and the East High School attendance area within Madison’s school district. Under the proposal, two new teams would give all K-8 students in Madison access to a licensed therapist, with two other teams slated to work in two yet undetermined districts outside of Madison. Parisi’s budget also gives local law enforcement an assist when encountering residents in crisis. An additional $82,000 would create an around-the-clock mobile crisis response team to help officers de-escalate situations involving people suffering from mental illness. “Even though officers are receiving more training, it’s always helpful to have someone who really understands what an individual might be going through to back you up and help de-escalate a situation,” says Loughran. The team would operate within Journey Mental Health’s Emergency Services Unit. A mental health broker position, who would serve as a bridge between the crisis team and available services, is also proposed for $72,500. “A lot of the time it’s a matter of making people aware of what is available,” says Josh Wescott, Parisi’s chief of staff.

If all goes well, the county’s homeless population will finally have a warm place to gather next winter during the day. This year, the county signed an agreement to purchase the old Messner Inc. building at 1326 E. Washington Ave. for a day shelter. Parisi set aside $750,000 in next year’s budget to pay for renovations, along with $100,000 to operate it. Pending approval of a conditionaluse permit, Wescott says the long-awaited center could be fully operational in 2016. Parisi has also proposed doubling the county’s eviction prevention fund, established two years ago, to $50,000, with some of the funds eyed specifically for families living within the county’s early childhood zones. The fund, which is administered by Joining Forces with Families, helped prevent 214 families from being evicted last year, Wescott says. Parisi has also proposed $260,000 to create an Office for Equity and Inclusion to help facilitate county employment and contracting opportunities among minorities, women and people with disabilities. County employees would also receive their first pay increase since 2011 with an hourly pay raise — 87 cents an hour — instead of a set across-the-board percentage increase. “It’ll mean less of a raise for those who make more and more money for those who earn less,” explains Wescott. The budget also proposes adding 14 new employees throughout county government next year. The county’s nonprofit partners will also receive an inflationary increase, to be determined on a case-by-case basis, with $700,000 proposed. At $35.9 million, proposed capital expenditures in 2016 would decrease $6.5 million from this year. The Solid Waste Department has requested $200,000 for equipment to increase its ability to clean and store compressed natural gas, created as waste decomposes, which is currently used to fuel 55 vehicles in the county’s fleet of roughly 400 non-law enforcement vehicles.

The Highway Department has requested $1.6 million for seven snowplows that run on compressed natural gas. The Sheriff’s Office has requested $97,000 for a use-of-force simulator “to provide realistic law enforcement scenarios...that will increase deputy and citizen safety and survival rates,” according to the budget request. Additionally, the request states that the simulator “will build trust between Dane County communities and law enforcement,” but doesn’t specify how. Plans to make the Veterans Memorial Coliseum a more profitable place for concert promoters could become a reality if $650,000 for a new light grid and rigging system is approved. Parisi says a downward trend in concerts at the 59-year-old venue is partly to blame on the high costs associated with having to set up and tear down rigging for each performance. A half-million dollars has been earmarked for new bathrooms and other improvements at the Henry Vilas Zoo, and a new zookeeper position could be funded with profits from the Glacier Grille and Arctic Passage exhibit, both of which opened last spring. n

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The budget includes a number of new programs, and funding increases for existing ones, aimed at softening the hardships faced by those grappling with mental illness. Any given year, Loughran says, one in four Dane County residents will suffer from a mental illness, with one in seven experiencing a persistent illness like bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. “People are becoming more aware of how mental illness not only affects individuals and their families, but how these illnesses affect the community,” she says. Parisi has, in a partnership with the Madison Metropolitan School District, earmarked $250,000 in matching funds to create two new school-based mental health teams, which will work with the district’s K-8 students to curb behavioral issues by identifying students’ mental health needs. “In the past, when a child would act up, it was assumed they were being disruptive on

The county executive also included funds to build on a grant received earlier this year by the Dane County Sheriff’s Office to create a re-entry team to help inmates released from jail address any mental health, substance abuse or other quality-oflife issues. Parisi has proposed $44,600 for a new re-entry team coordinator position, in addition to $25,000 to assist the mentally ill with finding housing.

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Nordic accused of sexual harassment, retaliation Boss sent suggestive messages, took “upskirt” photo

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BY BILL LUEDERS

Drew Madden, the head of one of Madison’s most successful information technology companies, is accused of sexually harassing an employee in a complaint pending before the city’s Equal Opportunities Division. The complaint alleges that Madden, president of Nordic Consulting Partners Inc., subjected Natalee Cruse, the company’s former vice president of marketing, to unwanted sexual comments and conduct, including taking what Madden himself referred to as an “upskirt” photo of Cruse. Nordic, which serves clients of Epic Systems, the Verona-based medical software giant, employs 500 people. It has been rated one of the nation’s fastest-growing companies, with annual revenues exceeding $100 million, and been named one of the Best Places to Work by Modern Healthcare. Cruse was fired in February 2014, a few months after discussing her concerns about Madden with Nordic CEO Mark Bakken, who has since left the company. Cruse now works as chief development officer for the Dane County Humane Society. “Complainant was sexually harassed by her supervisor, the president and co-owner of Nordic, and then discharged in retaliation for reporting the harassment,” states a complaint filed with the EOD, part of the Madison Civil Rights Department, in April 2014. Cruse is represented by the Madison law firm of Fox & Fox, headed by Michael Fox. In July 2014, EOD investigator Annie Weatherby-Flowers found probable cause to believe that Cruse was sexually harassed and then fired in retaliation for making her concerns known, a preliminary ruling that lets the complaint proceed. A hearing is scheduled to begin Monday, Oct. 19, before EOD hearing examiner Clifford Blackwell, who will decide the case. The hearing could take a full week or more, as both sides plan to call multiple witnesses. Fox says Cruse is seeking vindication, reinstatement with back pay and benefits, and an acknowledgement that Madden and Nordic were in the wrong, along with compensatory damages for harm to reputation and emotional distress. Damages would be assessed only after liability is established, in the EOD process now playing out. Nordic Consulting, the named respondent, is represented by a team of mostly Chicago-based lawyers. In its filings with the EOD, the company does not dispute that Madden sent Cruse suggestive messages, or even that he took a photo of her exposed legs and then kidded her about it. But it argues that this was not harassment because Cruse enjoyed it. “Sexual conduct becomes unlawful only when it is unwelcome,” Nordic said in a filing.

“Ms. Cruse welcomed, actively participated in and even incited Mr. Madden’s alleged conduct.” Fox & Fox attorney Mary Kennelly, in a filing with the EOD, hotly disputes this, saying the sexually tinged comments and behavior were “completely one-sided — it all came from Madden.” The filing says Cruse “didn’t welcome any of this; for months she tried to redirect to workrelated topics and then finally fed up did report it. She was then terminated in short order.” Nordic denies Cruse was retaliated against, saying she was fired over a series of performance deficiencies. But Kennelly argues that Cruse was never told of any problems until after she complained about Madden’s unwanted remarks. Weatherby-Flowers, in her finding of probable cause, wrote that Madden’s actions, “given the nature of his position of authority and the nature of his comments and/or remarks, would qualify as hostile environment and violate [Nordic’s] harassment policy as well as the [city’s] equal opportunities ordinance.” And she noted that Nordic “did not provide any documentation...indicating that [Cruse] was not performing her job duties effectively.” Nordic attorney George Stohner, asked by email whether Cruse was notified of performance problems prior to reporting her supervisor’s conduct, replied: “Ms. Cruse was terminated from her position at Nordic because of a series of job performance failures and for no other reason. Her allegations do not accurately reflect her day-to-day working relationships or her experience at the company. Nordic is committed to building a positive, respectful workplace environment for all employees and does not tolerate harassment of any kind.” Among the several pages of text messages in the EOD file are ones in which Madden: n Asked Cruse, in response to her request for a week off to attend a class, whether it was a “modeling class” or a “class on how to walk to your desk and cross your legs.” He then suggested it might be class for “pole dancing.” n Advised Cruse: “Don’t pee on your boots. Or your boobs.” Also: “Wax your goat and have a great weekend.” n Inquired what color bra she was planning to wear, “white or nude?” n Wrote, in regard to her promotion: “If the Epic and former Epic boys drool over you now...I can’t imagine what will happen once you’re VP.” n Suggested that Cruse dump her boyfriend and begin dating another man who “could really screw in your shelves too!” Nordic acknowledges these messages but says they were innocent references to inside jokes, to which Cruse responded lightheartedly. It notes that Cruse, a subordinate employee, often sent Madden collegial messages. In addition, Cruse’s complaint alleges that Madden complimented her at a conference in Boston for wearing a “low-cut” shirt and sug-

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Oh. I hadn’t thought about a client. I was just hoping I could get another pic of you laying in the back of an SUV. I guess a client would be okay too! :)

Let me translate: “If Brian hits the sweet spot (twice) you will turn your cell phone off and be okay with not walking as long as you can write down what turns you on and makes your triangle go thru the roof. Then you’ll settle down in a nice house and love your dogs and love your home.”

I’m going to have a good time trying to guess when you wear Spanx for the first time! Thanks for tipping me off about that! Maybe I’ll see if the guys want to start an office pool!!!

Drew Madden, president of Nordic, with a sampling of the text messages he sent to Natalee Cruse.

gested she sit directly across from the men they were meeting to “maximize the chances of a sale.” The next day, at dinner, Madden allegedly said Cruse’s breasts “look very big — bigger than they normally do” and asked if she was pregnant. On April 22, 2013, the complaint alleges, Madden took a cell phone photo of Cruse’s exposed legs while she was riding in the back seat of an SUV. She asked that the photo be deleted, and he gave her his phone to do so. Afterward, Madden made repeated references to this episode in text messages to Cruse. He lamented not having “that pic of you” to share at the conference and joked about doing research “on how to restore deleted pics and texts.” And when she mused that a subsequent business trip might “score us a client or two,” Madden replied: “Oh, I hadn’t thought about a client. I was just hoping I could get another pic of you laying in the back of an SUV.” In mid-2013, when Cruse was promoted to vice president of marketing, she received a letter signed by Madden setting forth her new salary ($160,000 a year) and benefits. It stated: “In order for the terms of this agreement to be finalized, a picture of you in the back of a Range Rover must be texted to the signed representative from Nordic Consulting Partners Inc.” Nordic, through its attorneys, claims Madden took the photo “to preserve a jovial moment.” It says the deleted photo captured only about six inches of Cruse’s leg — not her underwear and upper thighs, as alleged — and hence was not an “upskirt” photo, despite Madden’s references to it as such. And, as with other allegations, Nordic notes that Cruse “made no mention of the incident to anyone at the company until after her employment separation.”

Cruse’s complaint says she did not report the harassment for fear of reprisal. When she finally did so, “it proved fatal to [her] career at Nordic.” In September 2013, the complaint alleges, Madden launched into a discussion of the relative attractiveness of female staff in which he referred to her as his “true favorite” and reminisced about what she was wearing when they first met. Afterward, Cruse “broke down” and revealed her concerns about Madden to co-worker Peggy Bakken, who in turn spoke with her husband, then-Nordic CEO Mark Bakken. Mark Bakken met with Cruse and, according to her complaint, told her this was not an isolated occurrence and that he had witnessed Madden act inappropriately with other women. Nordic, in an EOD filing, denies this was said. The filing states that Cruse reported comments Madden had made about the color of her bra, and Bakken saw to it that Madden apologized. Cruse alleges that Madden subsequently confronted her, angry about being accused of sexual harassment and vowing that he would no longer serve as her “shield” at Nordic. Bakken allegedly also turned hostile, ordering Cruse to “fix the situation with Madden.” After attempting to resign and being persuaded not to, the complaint says, Cruse was “summarily discharged without warning. The only reason given for her termination was that it ‘wasn’t working out.’ [Cruse] was in fact terminated because she had opposed sex discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace.” Unless the case settles, after the hearing the parties will submit briefs, a process that could run through the end of the year. Blackwell’s decision could take several more months, and is subject to multiple appeals. n

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It’s still a man’s world Women are scarce in Madison tech industry BY ADAM POWELL

Kendra Kreutz took a few left turns to end up in engineering. After earning a bachelor’s degree in music, she realized how many other interests she had, especially in subjects that involved problem solving. “I am that person who time-studied unloading the dishwasher based on a variety of loading techniques,” she notes dryly. Kreutz pivoted from music to enter the graduate program at UW-Madison in industrial and systems engineering. Afterwards, she worked at Epic Systems, Dean Health System, MedDrop and Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. She now runs her own consulting firm. Despite her professional success in STEM — the acronym for science, technology, engineering and math — Kreutz has had to navigate the difficulties of being a woman in these maledominated careers. In Madison in 2015, it’s not hard to find women in STEM careers, but men still dominate the fields. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 27.8% of the STEM jobs in Wisconsin are held by women, slightly worse than the national rate of 28.8%. Earlier this year, Isthmus reported on efforts to get more girls interested in studying STEM

and interviewed a director who made a documentary about the issue. Kreutz agrees obstacles remain for women in the male-dominated STEM industries. “I’ve worked mostly in the health care industry, where there are more women in leadership positions overall,” she says. “However, some places I’ve worked, colleagues have said to me, ‘I want a five-year projection for these multiple departments on these project variables — and get me a cup of coffee when you get a chance.’ I have a natural tendency for leadership, and that has definitely made others nervous. And there are obstacles in myself, too. In a room full of men, how many times have I not spoken up because of all of the times before when my opinions were shut down?” Meng Xie sees it a bit differently. She grew up in China, where she received her bachelor’s degree in computer science, then a master’s degree in computer science from UW-Madison. She now works at the UW Foundation. “I had strong parents and societal influence on how important science and math skills are for a future career at an early age in China — if you are a girl or a boy,” she says. “Coming here offered the opportunity for computer science

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work. But there is an obvious glass ceiling, no matter how hard you work and how good you are.” When asked what roadblocks she has had to face, Meng Xie minces no words. “A lack of role models and career mentors is the biggest obstacle in my career. Software programming tends to be a male-dominated career, and it is hard for a minority female to break in. A strong female player gets less acknowledgement and promotion opportunity than the average male. I have to work very hard, stay very focused, and learn new skills constantly. I missed out on a lot of fun time just being a girl, and relaxing.”

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Kari Myrland has degrees in sociology and archaeology, but has been in technology for more than 25 years. Recently she was responsible for IT functions at the UW Foundation and at Promega. “My tech career started in telephony and network sales,” she says. “Later I had the opportunity to lead the software development division at Berbee. Through both experiences I found myself at the intersection of business strategy and technical solutions.” She doesn’t think that the main issue is the inherent sexism in technology, though: “The biggest obstacles have been fear and doubts about my own ability.” n

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Tech pioneers: Kendra Kreutz, Meng Xie and Kari Myrland (from left) have found success in the male-dominated STEM professions.

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$862 million in damages to UW-Madison after a U.S. jury rules that the tech giant infringed on a patent held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Reuters reports. The patent, granted in 1998, is for technology that improves chip efficiency. n Newly appointed state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley registered the website “justicerebeccabradley.com” even before applications were due for the position, the AP reports. It’s like they’re not even trying to pretend anyone else had a shot.

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Walker should focus on state’s lagging economy That would be one way to go “big” and “bold” BY LARRY KAUFMANN Larry Kaufmann is an economic consultant based in Madison.

During his short-lived presidential bid, Scott Walker told audiences he wasn’t afraid to “go big and go bold” as governor. So now that he’s committed to serving out his second term, what big and bold initiatives are on his agenda? The Legislature’s political issues du jour don’t really fit the bill. While there’s certainly merit in reforming the Government Accountability Board and John Doe process, this is “inside baseball” stuff that appeals more to political junkies than ordinary citizens. If the governor wants to act really big and bold, he should address an issue almost no political figure in the state is brave enough even to acknowledge: the decades-long, systematic underperformance of the Wisconsin economy. This problem is actually well known among business and civic leaders. It was documented in the insightfully titled report Be Bold Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Competitiveness Survey, released in 2010, the year Scott Walker was first elected governor. Among other things, this study revealed that Wisconsin ranked 42nd in growth in per capita income over the preceding 30 years. This means Wisconsin’s income and economic growth have consistently been more sluggish than 41 other states since (at least) the early 1980s. There are some indications this troubling trend has reversed under Gov. Walker, but there is still plenty of room for improvement. The same report, commissioned by the nonprofit Wisconsin Economic Development Association and other groups, identified work force skills and the education system as the two biggest obstacles to advancing economic development in the state. Developing the workforce and transforming education are also listed as two of the governor’s top three Wisconsin priorities, and both clearly feed into the other main objective of “Developing Our Economy.”

Over the last four years, several new policies and programs have been implemented in Wisconsin that are designed to enhance workforce skills and educational outcomes at all levels. One common theme among these initiatives is the importance of enhancing flexibility in job training and educational approaches. The “UW Flex Option” is in fact specifically cited as an innovative, first-of-its-kind approach for allowing adult students to earn college credit more efficiently. These efforts are a good start, but, other than the importance of greater flexibility, they’re not united by any clear, cohesive vision. A more coordinated and carefully defined statewide approach to educational policy could greatly improve Wisconsin’s vocational and higher education systems and the contribution each makes to economic and social progress. This is particularly true now, because post-secondary education itself is in a state of flux due to the disruptive impact of information technology in learning. Wisconsin’s colleges, universities and vocational schools will be much better positioned to benefit from these technological trends, rather than being blindsided by them, if state policies anticipate and plan for the future. Education reform is also complicated by the sprawling nature of Wisconsin’s higher

education establishment. The current system includes two major research universities (UW-Madison and UWMilwaukee); 11 traditionally non-research campuses, whose missions are now quite similar to the research institutions; 13 two-year UW campuses; UW-Extension; and 48 two-year technical colleges within 16 technical college districts. With 33 senators and 74 higher education campuses, one prominent commentator has noted that Wisconsin has an average of more than two campuses per Senate district, which “helps explain the political difficulty of reforming higher education.” Reforming education, enhancing workforce skills and enabling each to improve the state’s subpar economic growth therefore involves a host of nettlesome, complex and interrelated issues. Working through these issues and developing a clear strategy for Wisconsin’s long-run educational policy would be challenging under the best circumstances. These circumstances don’t exist at the Capitol, where parochial politics and rank partisanship make it impossible to achieve consensus on a long-term vision and action plan for reform.

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Gov. Walker should therefore cut through this institutional red tape and convene a blue ribbon panel to address these issues. The panel would be composed of recognized educational, vocational and business leaders in the state. Its mission would be to report back in no more than two years with a comprehensive vision, framework and action plan for reforming the state’s higher education system and maximizing its contribution to long-term economic growth. When organized and directed appropriately, blue ribbon panels can provide a clear, practical path forward. Membership on the panel should be drawn from across the political and ideological spectrum, both to enhance the credibility of its recommendations and ensure it draws on the widest possible base of knowledge. The panel should also be chaired by someone with a proven track record of effective management and an ability to achieve results, in either the private or public sector (ideally, both). While Wisconsinites are justly proud of their universities, times are changing rapidly, and the evidence suggests campuses can do more to foster economic development. Few initiatives from the governor would be bigger, bolder and perhaps more unexpected than putting a process in place that will transform and modernize the state’s higher education system and maximize its contribution to economic development. n

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Regarding “Eureka”: The animal food industry causes harm and death on a massive scale to produce food that we do not need in our diets. Praise is not the proper reaction to researchers and universities who try to profit from that business. Rick Marolt (via email)

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companies are particularly hard to capitalize and sustain until their products are ready for market. Improving our startup landscape will take time and resources, but is under way, and UW-Madison and WARF are playing a big part. D2P — Discovery to Product — is one such initiative. Among others, we might mention the WARF Accelerator Program, the Entrepreneurons series and UpStart curriculum on the UW-Madison campus, the Law and Business Entrepreneurship Clinics, and the creation of 4490 Ventures, a local venture capital firm capitalized with $30 million from WARF and SWIB, who together founded the new entity. Leigh D. Cagan Chief technology commercialization officer Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) (via email)

I am writing in regard to Marc Eisen’s thought-provoking feature “Eureka! UW Is (Finally) Learning How to Push Its Research to Market” (10/8/2015). Technology commercialization is critically important for the UW-Madison campus and Wisconsin. In recent years the university has produced about twice as many technology startups per year as were referenced in the article — 24 over the last three years comes to eight per year, not four. That said, launching new companies based on breakthrough technologies from university labs is a challenging enterprise anywhere. It is especially challenging in Wisconsin, where access to the other two critical enablers for startups — early-stage high-risk capital and a deep bench of proven entrepreneurial talent — is far more limited than in Silicon Valley, Greater Boston and other regions that are home to other top research universities. These disparities aren’t small or of minor consequence — they range from a factor of 10 to hundreds. If one normalizes for these immense differences, by looking at startups per $100 million of instate risk capital or startups per 100,000 of technology employment base, the record from UW-Madison and WARF is hardly one of failure — it reflects productive leverage of our limited regional entrepreneurial resources. It is also important to know that UWMadison’s innovation portfolio is heavily

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front of a packed audience at the Central Library’s Community Room.

“Those are the moments when, if you’re not in the room and you hear about it later, you feel like you missed something,” says Conor Moran, director of the Wisconsin Book Festival, who was there that night. “We always want events where a lot of people get together and create some energy.” The festival, a free four-day celebration of reading and writing organized by the Madison Public Library and held at venues in downtown Madison, generates plenty of energy. This year’s event happens Oct. 22-25 and offers something for everyone — not just academics and bibliophiles. Among the many highlights will be presentations by Pulitzer Prize winners (Maraniss and fiction writer Adam Johnson), a National Book Award recipient (Timothy Egan), a Newbury Medal winner for children’s literature

(Madison-based Kevin Henkes) and a former U.S. secretary of labor (Robert Reich). But things almost didn’t turn out this way. When the Wisconsin Humanities Council opted in 2012 to no longer oversee the event it began in 2002, the library emerged as the most likely successor — even though it was in the midst of a $29 million renovation of the Central Library at 201 W. Mifflin St. “We were talking about taking on a large project that had this iconic attachment to our community, right after we would be opening our new doors to the public,” says Greg Mickells, director of the Madison Public Library. “There were a lot of ‘should we’ and ‘should we not’ discussions. Eventually, we realized the significance of what this event meant not only to the Madison community but also as a symbol of literacy in the city.”

The 2013 Wisconsin Book Festival took place mere weeks after the Central Library’s grand opening and made fast use of the facility’s expanded public spaces, technology features and second entrance. The festival is funded in large part by the Madison Public Library Foundation, which contributed approximately $300,000 over the first three years of the library’s oversight, as well as an increasing number of sponsors and partners. The foundation recently committed to funding the festival for another three years, through 2018.

Fewer days (four instead of five), venues (eight to 10 instead of 35 to 40) and events (70-plus instead of 130-plus) also have made the festival more manageable and practical. “One of the biggest challenges was that we didn’t have the capacity to host the festival the way the Wisconsin Humanities Council did,” says Tana Elias, digital services and marketing manager for the Madison Public Library. She says earlier festivals included many academic authors, which might have given the impression — right or wrong — that it was not an event for the masses. One way to change that impression? Last year’s festival featured a one-of-a-kind event, titled “Science of the Supper Club,” which could only happen in Wisconsin. Complete with appetizers and demonstrations, the celebration spotlighted the food, culture and history of the state’s storied supper club tradition with three Wisconsinbased food-and-beverage authors. “I’ve noticed at book festivals everywhere — and perhaps a bit more at the Wisconsin Book Festival — that audiences are diversifying, and people seem passionate about soaking it all in,” says Maraniss, a part-time

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last year in support of his bestselling novel, Shotgun Lovesongs. On Oct. 24, he will read from a new short story collection, Beneath the Bonfire, and also preview his new novel, The Faithlessness of Men â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about three generations of families traveling to a Boy Scout camp in northern Wisconsin. Like Maraniss, Butler has a long history with the Wisconsin Book Festival. He lived in Madison for 10 years, while the event was evolving, and volunteered as an author escort. Butler says one of his favorite book festival memories was hosting Harvey Pekar, the famous comic book writer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He and I spent the afternoon together at Lake Monona eating pizza and talking about his family and his fame,â&#x20AC;? says Butler. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He passed away five years ago, and I feel really fortunate to have had that opportunity.â&#x20AC;? Other cities around Wisconsin have their own book festivals, including Appleton, Edgerton, Mineral Point and Waukesha. But the event in Madison is the most comprehensive, and the only festival in the state that will be on TV. After filming just a bit of the festival last year, C-SPAN will provide 12 straight hours of coverage from the festival this year, broadcasting live from Central Library on Oct. 24. â&#x20AC;&#x153;C-SPAN is going to feature what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re presenting and broadcast it to the nation,â&#x20AC;? Moran says, sounding a little stunned. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a testament to the role of the Wisconsin Book Festival in our city and our state.â&#x20AC;? n

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Short fiction is well represented at this year’s festival. In addition to Wisconsin’s own Nickolas Butler (Beneath the Bonfire), Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Adam Johnson (The Orphan Master’s Son) will shine the spotlight on Fortune Smiles, his new collection of post-millennial stories that delve deep into love and loss, natural disasters, the influence of technology and how the political shapes the personal.

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Jerry Apps, the 81-year-old historian, naturalist and novelist who splits his time between Madison and Wild Rose, has been part of nearly every Wisconsin Book Festival. This year is no different. He will read from Whispers and Shadows, his collection of succinct and stand-alone autobiographical essays, and also participate in a joint event with the Wisconsin Science Festival to talk about his latest book, Wisconsin Agriculture: A History.

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A former goth kid fills one of the festival’s few nighttime slots. Author, storyteller and performer David Crabb wrote a solo stage version of his life and then adapted it for a memoir called Bad Kid. He will talk about growing up gay in Texas in the ’80s while listening to Taylor Dayne, Rick Astley and Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam. And because he’s also a comedian, you know this event will be laugh-out-loud funny.

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Time travel: Where would science fiction be without it? Wesley Chu’s novel Time Salvager lines up all the tropes (tricky gadgets, a toxic abandoned Earth, a damaged loner with a dangerous job) and mixes them into a new cocktail that satisfies our never-ending cravings. Chu’s a funny guy, though, so Time Salvager includes a generous shot of humor to make the whole thing go down with a smile.

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Two former newspapermen with the long-gone Milwaukee Sentinel, Ron Legro and Avi Lank, have kept busy in recent years documenting the efforts of Frank A. Kovac Jr. — an amateur astronomer who built a two-ton rotating globe planetarium in Wisconsin’s north woods. Located two hours north of Madison, off U.S. Highway 8 between Rhinelander and Crandon, the Kovac Planetarium is the subject of the duo’s inspiring book, The Man Who Painted the Universe.

A library-hosted book festival wouldn’t be complete without an event that celebrates — what else? — libraries. Wayne Wiegand’s justpublished book, Part of Our Lives, does exactly that. An author, historian and academic, Wiegand attended the University of WisconsinOshkosh and UW-Milwaukee, and he taught at UW-Madison’s School of Library and Information Studies from 1987 to 2002. While there, he established what is now called the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture.

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From The New Yorker’s “Comma Queen” to Madison’s most famous children’s author, this year’s Wisconsin Book Festival features more than 70 book-related events, geared for all ages. Isthmus asked book critics Becky Holmes and Michael Popke to preview some events they’re looking forward to.

CENTRAL LIBRARY, COMMUNITY ROOM 301 & 302, OCT. 24, NOON

Mary Norris has spent more than 35 years copyediting The New Yorker and earning the nickname “Comma Queen.” Between You & Me is a delightful discourse on the most common spelling, punctuation and usage challenges faced by writers. Sassy and smart, Norris turns reading about grammar into entertainment — even explaining when it’s okay to use the f-word in print. She also stars in a series of enlightening videos devoted to the English language.

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ANOTHER TIME AND PLACE: JENNIFER CHIAVERINI AND MARY MCNEAR CENTRAL LIBRARY, THE BUBBLER, OCT. 24, NOON

Never underestimate the ability of a book to divert, to inspire, to restore. Jennifer Chiaverini, author of the wildly popular Elm Creek Quilt series, has recently begun telling the stories of women during the Civil War. Her latest book is Mrs. Grant and Madame Jule, the story of first lady Julia Grant (wife of Ulysses S. Grant) and her personal slave, known as Madame Jule. Mary McNear’s Butternut Lake books, about small-town life in northern Minnesota, are known for their sweet depictions of second-chance love. Moonlight on Butternut Lake is the third installment in this series. Both authors deliver emotional content in entertaining packages.

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Baseball in October — there’s nothing like it. Gary Cieradkowski, an awardwinning graphic artist and baseball historian, will step up to the plate and talk about The League of Outsider Baseball, a handsome history of players from obscure corners of the sport, with illustrations that pay homage to the old tobacco baseball cards manufactured in the early 20th century. As a New York Mets fan, Cieradkowski also might have something to say about Major League Baseball’s 2015 postseason.

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DAVID MARANISS CENTRAL LIBRARY, COMMUNITY ROOM 301 & 302, OCT. 24, 1:30 PM

Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story is an intimate and emotional portrait of Detroit in the early 1960s, when Lyndon Johnson called the city “the herald of hope in America” and the U.S. automobile industry was at its height. Author David Maraniss regards this book as the middle volume in a 1960s trilogy, set between his earlier works Rome 1960 and They Marched into Sunlight; fans of Maraniss’ singular approach to nonfiction can dive into these books in any order. Maraniss, a three-time Pulitzer winner, is a Madison native and is best known in these parts for his popular biography of Vince Lombardi.

ADAM BENFORADO CENTRAL LIBRARY, COMMUNITY ROOM 301 & 302, OCT. 24, 3 PM

In his first book, Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice, Drexel University criminal law professor Adam Benforado reveals how existing legal structures in the United States fail victims and society as a whole. He cites flawed assumptions about how law enforcement assesses risk, why criminals commit crimes and how eyewitness memories work.

THE LIMITS OF TRUTH CENTRAL LIBRARY, THE BUBBLER, OCT. 24, 4:30 PM

Where do fiction and nonfiction intersect? That’s one of the frustrating questions that “nonfiction” writers Matthew Gavin Frank and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire assistant English professor B.J. Hollars will attempt to answer while discussing their own work. Frank’s The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour Through America’s Food mashes personal and cultural history, and Hollars admits he made up 25% of the drowning incidents chronicled in Dispatches from the Drownings: Reporting the Fiction of Nonfiction.

EVAN THOMAS CENTRAL LIBRARY, COMMUNITY ROOM 301 & 302, OCT. 24, 4:30 PM

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Former Newsweek editor-at-large Evan Thomas interviewed 35 one-time aides of Richard Nixon and ploughed through recently released tapes and archival material to present a new examination of our country’s most infamous president in Being Nixon: A Man Divided. Fellow historian and bestselling author David Maraniss will interview Thomas in what promises to be a lively and relevant discussion.

MATTHEW THOMAS CENTRAL LIBRARY, THE BUBBLER, OCT. 24, 6 PM

We Are Not Ourselves, Matthew Thomas’ epic 640-page debut novel about life, love and loss among the middle class of 20thcentury America, became an instant bestseller in 2014 and landed on many year-end best-of lists — even drawing comparisons to The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen’s acclaimed turn-of-the-millennium novel.

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Mark Smith’s new book, Secular Faith: How Culture Has Trumped Religion in American Politics, published 10 days before his Wisconsin Book Festival appearance, couldn’t be timelier. By charting the political development of five contentious issues in American history — slavery, divorce, homosexuality, abortion and women’s rights — he argues that U.S. Christians today have more in common morally and politically with atheists than with their Christian predecessors in previous centuries.

ROBERT REICH CENTRAL LIBRARY, COMMUNITY ROOM 301 & 302, SATURDAY, OCT. 24, 7:30 PM

Political economist, professor and perennial TV talking head Robert Reich’s new book, Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few, lays out the ways capitalism no longer serves the middle class as it did during the decades after World War II. Ever a populist, Reich argues that government has allowed a small minority of the very rich to set the rules and stack the deck in their favor; he reminds us that as citizens, we must identify who the government is for, then set policies that reflect that goal.

WILLIAM BOSTWICK CENTRAL LIBRARY, THE BUBBLER, OCT. 24, 8 PM

What would the Wisconsin Book Festival be without an appearance by an author who writes about beer? This year’s distinguished guest is William Bostwick, beer critic for The Wall Street Journal, whose 2014 book, The Brewer’s Tale, traces the history of beer back to Babylonian times and is now available in paperback. Bostwick doesn’t make as many references to Wisconsin as you’d think, but he does write about Milwaukee and the beers that made it famous.

In August, Madison became the first “City of Distinction” to be recognized by the global Little Free Libraries movement, which embraced the “Take a Book/Leave a Book” phenomenon when it was begun by two Wisconsin men in 2010. Author Margret Aldrich, a former Utne editor who built her own Little Free Library in front of her Minneapolis bungalow, has written a charming book on the topic, The Little Free Library Book.

ANDREW MARANISS CENTRAL LIBRARY, COMMUNITY ROOM 301, OCT. 25, 12:30 PM

Andrew Maraniss, son of renowned Vince Lombardi biographer and fellow Wisconsin Book Festival presenter David Maraniss, scored big with Strong Inside, the sports-meets-civilrights story of Vanderbilt University student Perry Wallace, the Southeastern Conference’s first African American basketball player. The book debuted on two New York Times bestseller lists and stayed there for months in 2014. “My love of sports and my love of writing came from my dad,” Maraniss told Isthmus in June.

MARYROSE WOOD CENTRAL LIBRARY, CHILDREN’S SECTION, OCT. 25, 1:30 PM

The Unmapped Sea is the fifth installment in Maryrose Wood’s series The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place. Comparisons to Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events immediately come to mind; however, Wood’s books offer a fresh take on a tried-and-true formula that combines whimsy with suspense. Found running wild in the forests around Ashton Place, the children — along with their plucky governess Miss Lumley — solve mysteries and learn manners in Victorian England. In The Unmapped Sea, they explore the wolfish curse on their family. Aimed at the older elementary school audience, these books are also read-aloud pleasures for younger children.

Switching genres for authors who’ve already enjoyed success in another writing style can be tricky — especially when that new style takes the form of an intimate memoir. Biographer Blake Bailey turns his eye on his own life and family in The Splendid Things We Planned. Similarly, novelist Kate Christensen chronicles her culinary discoveries upon relocating to Maine in How to Cook a Moose. Bailey and Christensen will jointly discuss their motivations for choosing to write their memoirs.

SARAH VOWELL CENTRAL LIBRARY, COMMUNITY ROOM 301 & 302, OCT. 30, 7 PM

In Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, Sarah Vowell uses her quirky voice to entertain us with tales from those parts of history that bored us in high school: presidential assassinations, the Pilgrims and now, the Marquis de Lafayette. According to Vowell, Lafayette was motivated to help George Washington defeat the British by his love of glory, his belief in the enlightenment and by a deep desire to get away from his in-laws. Vowell, a former contributing editor at This American Life and frequent guest on The Daily Show, combines humor and scholarship to delightful effect in her latest book. n

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Jake Eugster and Nathan McGree, the purveyors of Stoughton’s legendary Screamin’ Acres — rarely stop thinking about how to improve it. As McGree jokingly puts it, “We put in 365 days for 38 hours of scares.” New this year is a lengthy wooden crawlspace that’ll have you twisting and ducking a lot more than just spider webs. But the Acres hardly needed augmenting — the eye-popping, head-tripping 3D-effects section where you won’t be able to tell what’s real and what’s illusion until it’s way too late could stand as an individual haunt on its own. Screamin’ Acres is all about the high-impact set pieces. Festivities start off with an actor-packed slaughterhouse and go from there. Spooky stretches through fields of 10-foot-tall corn are just as unnerving, as you wait for something to jump out and grab you. (And it will.) After spending a horrifying hour

treading the Acres, I’m sure of two things: Ghouls on stilts can move frighteningly fast, and I’m never looking at teddy bears the same way again. HAUNTED BARN 755 Hwy. 51, Stoughton thehauntedbarnstoughton.com

Kris and Larry Twining pulled the plug on their long-running Haunted Barn two years ago because it got too big, says Kris Twining. “We were doing so much, we weren’t doing anything well.” But the itch to scare the bejesus out of people doesn’t die easily: The Barn’s back with a vengeance this year — a focused and very scary vengeance. The outdoor elements have been ditched in favor of focusing on the barn itself, a tightly packed experience featuring 35 surprisingly aggressive actors who aren’t afraid to get their scarred, crazed and gory faces right up in

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Without live actors, haunted houses would be little more than oversized Halloween displays. They bring them to life, so to speak. Which is why the horror-lovers among us are grateful that the everincreasing number of haunts in the area feature guys like Ryan Olstad, the gent who plays The Butcher. He’s a cleaverwielding creepazoid you meet about halfway through Wisconsin Scaryland. You’ll remember him for the spider-like way he ducks under tables and sticks to you like menacing glue. “I try to avoid actually touching people,” says Olstad. “If I’m up on someone real fast, that’s usually enough to scare them. The best part is, they can’t see me...until I want them to see me.”

Conversely, you’d have to have had your eyes gouged out to miss Psycho the Clown, one of the characters who spooks the entry queue at Screamin’ Acres. Psycho — a heavy-metal harlequin in leather — is actually Sid Soltis, a 41-year-old former bouncer and karaoke host. Soltis loves to let Psycho “out of the box,” as he puts it, but confesses he’s thoughtful about whom and how he spooks. “It’s about reading your audience, about that first reaction,” he says. “It all rolls from there.” Soltis preps Psycho’s playful/menacing mood by rocking out to either AC/ DC or Pantera. “Putting on the paint is what flips the switch,” he says. Since your scare-time is limited, we previewed four of the most scream-inducing local options. Here’s what to expect.

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All that and a bag of chips Small plate “street foods” enliven the menu at the latest Pasqual’s BY ROSEMARY ZURLO-CUVA

Walking into the tailored, urban-loftmeets-the-Southwest decor of the new Pasqual’s Cantina on East Washington Avenue might be initially disconcerting. The quirky desert iconography I’ve always associated with Pasqual’s locations — turquoise and pink walls, wobbly farmhouse tables — is gone. Instead, an impressively large wraparound bar dominates the main dining room, set off nicely by a high ceiling and exposed Cream City brick walls. The subdued color palette makes a more sophisticated nod to the Southwest. Like your hippie cousin getting a haircut, a suit and a job, Pasqual’s appears to have grown up. The genius of Pasqual’s — and the reason the restaurant has had such staying power in a competitive market — is that it works well for a cheap date night as well as a meal with the family where Mommy and Daddy can enjoy a big margarita while the kids get their mini cheese quesadillas. Predictability has been an asset for this local chain that signifies Southwest-flavored comfort food to a generation of Madisonians. The salsas and chips, arguably Pasqual’s claim to fame, are excellent and still house-made; the standard tacos, burritos, quesadillas, beans and New Mexican rice are reasonably priced and served in generous portions; and the nachos are every bit the guilty pleasure they ought to be. The new Cantina, while preserving the old favorites, has created some new smallplate dishes clearly designed to please the happy hour crowd. Called “Street Food” on the menu, the five singly-served tacos and Oaxacan shrimp mini tostadas offer some new and welcome flavors. The taco cerdito combines pork carnitas with grilled sweet onions, a bright chimichurri, smoky chile morita and the surprise tang of feta. Another successful combina-

tion comes with the taco irie — jerk chicken covered with peppery-sweet pineapple salsa, grilled jalapeño and a bit of cream on a corn tortilla. For the mini tostadas, served three on a plate, the flavor of the grilled shrimp is not overwhelmed by layers of black bean puree and a tomatillo avocado salsa. On the regular menu, the tacos come with mildly hot New Mexican rice, with more than a hint of smoked chile and your choice of black beans or pinto bean mash. New on the menu, the tacos banderas deserve to become a favorite. Chicken breast marinated in green chiles comes wrapped in a flour tortilla with strawberries and arugula, with chevre crème and a splash of balsamic vinaigrette. The result? Tart and creamy, with hints of the strawberry sweetness and light heat. The Cantina also puts out a respectable fish taco, grilled anchoflavored cod served in a flour tortilla with crunchy slaw and salsa picante. Among the old standbys, Pasqual’s quesadillas have always been a highlight. Generously filled, they hold together without overdoing the cheese and are grilled to a perfect crispness. The black bean soup makes a great lighter meal with a hunk of blue corn bread. And for those who want more in the way of veggies, there is the Kalefornian salad, a toss of kale and arugula in an orange and jalapeño vinaigrette, topped with roasted beets, avocado and pine nuts. A full array of margaritas and other drinks from the Latin American bar tradition lead the Cantina’s cocktail menu. The house margaritas are made with fresh lime and other juices, and though the recipe may be a bit too heavy on the agave syrup for some palates, they still go down pretty easily. The pint glass serving size justifies the $8.75 price. A nice, less sweet alternative might be the Mayora Reserva margarita. Made with El Mayor tequila blended with fresh lime juice, agave and blood orange liqueur, it arrives a pleasing shade of sunset pink in a rocks glass.

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The Robin Room, bartender Chad Vogel’s lounge slated for 821 E. Johnson St., is finally making progress. In its original alcohol license application with the city, October was the projected opening. But Vogel is just now starting the buildout, having been sidetracked in a Catch-22 situation with the city regarding the physical state of a rear parking lot — one that customers can’t actually park in. At any rate, Vogel and the landlord are making the fixes to the lot, and no, you still won’t be able to park there. Vogel cheerfully describes himself as absorbed in HVAC and plumbing issues and not thinking much about design or asethetics, much less the cocktails or the food menu (“snacky-type stuff”) — yet. “The space is prohibitive for a full kitchen,” says Vogel. He likes the vibe of a drinks-centered space where the practical needs of a restaurant (big tables, for instance) don’t get in the way of people meeting for a cozier, darker, more intimate gathering. He envisions the Robin Room as “kind of like Maduro without the smoke. After five years at Maduro, I’m kind of done standing in smoke.”

Expect nice things from the Robin Room. Jake Morrison, who lately designed Estrellón, is the architect. Currently, Vogel describes the space as looking like “1950s high school science lab meets art deco.” Vogel hopes to open the Robin Room by mid-December or early January. Vogel’s other project, Barmadillo, the 1956 Airstream/mobile cocktail bar, closed up shop for the summer season Oct. 3 with a stint at Stalzy’s Deli. Barmadillo is now headed to spend the winter in Austin, Texas, where co-owner JR Mocanu, formerly bar manager at Merchant, will take charge. This summer, Barmadillo served craft cocktails at events from weddings to street fairs, from Detroit to Washington Island. “We can produce cocktails as good as or better than a hotel’s, without electricity, in a field,” says Vogel. He’d like to get the Barmadillo into the Austin music-film-tech fest South By Southwest as a vendor, though he’s not sure what the chances are: “People don’t really get it until they see it.” n

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Eats events Twice the slice REAP Food Group’s popular Pie Palooza fundraiser is back on Oct. 18 at the Goodman Center, 149 Waubesa St., with four timed seatings from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Pies both sweet and savory come from restaurants and bakeries all over the area. You get two slices of pie (your pick), salad and a beverage. We have our eye on that French Canadian Pork Pie from Gates & Brovi. Advance tickets $18 through reapfoodgroup.org, $20 at the door.

Atwood rules Madison Eats’ “Atwood Brew and Chew Tour” takes place Oct. 20 and 27 and Nov. 3 and 10 at 6 p.m. It showcases the best of this historic, walkable, food-and-drinkrich neighborhood. Tickets through madisoneats.net ($48).

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Cathy Durham loves trying something new in the kitchen and says cooking classes often come through on that score. “My favorite classes are the ones that tackle something I’m totally clueless about, like cooking with a pressure cooker, or the ones centered around an entire meal,” Durham says, noting that she uses those complete menus when she invites guests for dinner. Durham regularly attends classes at Orange Tree Imports on Monroe Street and at All Through the House in Stoughton. Other regulars at cooking classes say they love getting new recipes and learning new techniques like making perfect sauces or wielding a knife like an Iron Chef. I sat in on a class at Orange Tree on Indian cuisine where the instructor, Neeta Saluja, revealed the secrets of making perfect saffron rice. “You need to wash and soak the rice first. And some people say you must not take the lid off the pot while it’s cooking,” Saluja says, as she adds cardamom, cumin seeds and other spices to sizzling ghee (clarified butter) without measuring anything. “But you really have to check to see if you need to add more water to get just the perfect fluffy consistency you want.” Good tips. Now I know why my rice is gelatinous. I haven’t been washing it to remove the extra starch or checking the texture as it simmers. Saluja, who learned how to cook from her mother, also demonstrated how to make a pungent chicken curry and a spicy potato dish. Then we opened a bottle of wine and feasted. Another cooking instructor, Susie Feest (who teaches at Orange Tree and

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All Through the House and is a pastry chef at Bunky’s Cafe), specializes in baking and sweets, and says she especially enjoys teaching handson classes. “It’s more fun, and they get to take home something that they made themselves,” Feest says. “I love seeing the look of pride on their faces as they walk away with a beautiful assortment of treats. It is a look that says ‘I can’t believe I made these!’” Most classes run from $40 to $60, although some, like the classes offered by Madison School & Community Recreation and Madison College, are less expensive. Cooking classes are popular, and, since class sizes are limited, most fill up just a few days after the schedules are announced. Keep track of new offerings at these cooking schools.

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VOM FASS 3248 University Ave, 608- 204-0300 Classes are held in the kitchen at Whole Foods, 3313 University Ave. The next one on Nov. 12 will center on Thanksgiving. WHITE JASMINE EVERYDAY COOKING 608-437-1250 Focuses primarily on private lessons. WILLY STREET CO-OP 1221 Williamson St., 608-251-6776, and 6825 University Ave., 608-284-7800 A couple of classes a week is the norm, some tailored to kids.

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Long a house favorite, this soup could convert even carrot haters with its notes of coconut (from coconut milk), fresh ginger and curry spices.

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they sit around and mellow. I found Magic Dragon early in its tapping, and the aroma and flavor were intense. The downside is the brewer may have trouble keeping up with demand. Hop Haus may run out of this batch, but Hoechst will be making more. Citrus from the grapefruit and mango come in early and never leave. Overall, the selection of hops and the spicy warmth of the beer’s strength blend very well. Magic Dragon finishes at 8.2% ABV and an estimated 90 IBUs. It’s available in the brewpub for $5.25/10-ounce glass, $10/32-ounce growler (refill), and $16/64-ounce growler (refill).

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On Sunday, Oct. 4, at 5:11 p.m., I tweeted: “And, mercifully, the Brewers’ 2015 season is over.” The less said about a season in which the Brewers lost 94 games — including their final three games, at home against the playoff-bound Chicago Cubs — the better. Amazingly, the Cincinnati Reds performed even worse down the stretch, winning only one of their last 10 games and finishing at the bottom of the National League Central. The other three teams in SCOTT PAULUS/MILWAUKEE BREWERS the division all reached the postseason, including the St. Prince Fielder, Brewer in spirit, is in the playoffs Louis Cardinals, the only team as designated hitter with the Texas Rangers. in all of baseball to notch 100 wins. The next two best teams in the ma The Brewers’ front office has shown a knack jors? The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cubs. for trading away talent that flourishes on other If the Brewers are to become serious teams. I’m not sure what that says about Milwaucontenders again, they’ll need to start from kee, but this year’s playoffs feature several former scratch. And that process has already beBrew Crew members. Of the eight teams still gun, with Milwaukee dismantling its lineup alive at the time of this writing, only one — the piece by piece over the past few years. Look New York Mets — did not currently have a former for more changes during the offseason. Brewers player, coach or manager on its roster.

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Roots rockers Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors draw inspiration from a family tragedy BY MICHAEL POPKE

When Drew Holcomb was 17 years old, his younger brother, Jay, died suddenly from complications related to spina bifida, just a few days shy of his 14th birthday. “I heard all these platitudes from people that he was in a better place, and I couldn’t relate to that,” Holcomb says, hours before he and the Neighbors took the stage at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas earlier this month. “Music was the medicine that helped me get through that experience.” Holcomb grew up to become a folkinfluenced roots rocker, an Americana singersongwriter whose tunes sound just as honest and comfortable on critically acclaimed TV shows such as How I Met Your Mother, Criminal Minds and About a Boy as they do onstage and on record. He married his longtime musical partner, Ellie Bannister, and the couple formed a band — with two of their neighbors — and recorded a series of albums, each generating more buzz than the previous one. In January, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors released Medicine, a sturdy and reassuring record that is the group’s highestcharting and best-selling album yet. Its title reaches all the way back to 1999, taking inspiration from Jay’s death. The music of Radiohead, Van Morrison and David Gray was the medicine Holcomb

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors will bring their power-to-heal songs to the Majestic Theatre on Sunday, Oct. 18. By year’s end, the Nashville-based band will have played about 140 shows in support of Medicine. “We’re not going to wait around for radio to get our music heard,” he says about building a grassroots fan base, album by album. “We’re known as a bluecollar band that goes out and works hard. Our fans are people like us, who believe in the music and want other people to hear it, too.” On Medicine, recorded live with everyone in the studio over eight productive days, ERIC RYAN ANDERSON Drew Holcomb and the Holcomb fronts “a blue-collar band that works hard.” Neighbors sing about everyday living: loyalty, hardship, marriage, friendship, alienation, faith. Half of took while grieving. “Listening to those artists the band’s live set comes from the new album, was like opening a door for me, leading me and at least four songs on Medicine have been down a lot of different paths,” he says. “That’s featured on television shows. the great thing about music. It has the power Holcomb says the first series to use his to bond people together. It’s an unexplainable music was Army Wives, which aired on Lifetime connection that helps people feel like they’re from 2007 to 2013, and the band bought its not alone.”

A class act Igudesman & Joo combine masterful musicianship with comedy sketches BY SANDY TABACHNICK

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Igudesman & Joo are names you might expect to see on the door of a law firm. But defying expectations is the name of the game for this classical music comedy duo. Violinist Aleksey Igudesman and pianist Hyung-ki Joo will appear at the Capitol Theater on Friday, Oct. 23, with their hysterical mash-up, “And Now Mozart”— which may or may not include any Mozart. They’re a worldwide sensation, partly because each show is tailor-made. In a phone interview while on tour in Norway, Joo told Isthmus that he and Igudesman carefully plan their skits while still allowing for flexibility and improvisation. “We feel the temperature of the audience, and we might change things a bit according to that, but we basically stick to the plan,” he says. But two things are certain: These guys are hilarious, and they’re superb musicians. “And Now Mozart” includes comedy sketches that pair classical music with pop, rock and other genres. The skits include a fitness workout, a GPS guide through a

The two met in the mid-’80s at the Yehudi Menuhin School in England when they were both 12. Joo continued his music studies at the Manhattan School of Music, while Igudesman went to the Vienna Conservatory. “Mentally we’re still 12,” says Joo. “As teenagers, we prepared sketches for Christmas parties, but when we sat down and decided to be a duo, that was 11 years ago.” Since then, their videos have garnered more than 40 million hits on You Tube, and superstars Billy Joel, Joshua Bell, Roger Moore (James Bond) and pianist Emanuel Ax have performed with them. Their ultimate goal in all this is to make classical music accessible to wider audiences, and they’ll do the near impossible to achieve it. At the end of “And Now Mozart,” Gloria Gaynor’s disco hit “I Will Survive” is played as a classical violin solo that morphs into an operatic recitative that morphs into “Dido’s Lament” by Purcell, then into Pachelbel’s Canon in D, then into rap, reggae, the Beatles. . .and a little Mozart — maybe. n

first van after placing a song on Parenthood, which used “Live Forever” during its first season. “Hourglass,” from 2011’s Chasing Someday, is featured in the recent Katherine Heigl film Jenny’s Wedding. Producers have always chosen previously recorded and released songs, rather than asking for something new for a specific scene, Holcomb adds. “A producer once told me, ‘When you write the right song on the right record, it will do the work for you,’” he says. “That’s one of the truest things I’ve ever heard.” Now that the Holcombs have started a family, Ellie no longer tours with the group (although her voice is so critical to the band’s sound that she is featured on Medicine, and she also made recent forays into Christian music). Her absence onstage means the rest of the band needs to bring the backing-vocals firepower. Keyboard player Grant Pittman and drummer Jon Womble join the core trio of Holcomb on vocals and guitar, lead guitarist Nathan Dugger and bassist Rick Brinsfield. “We definitely don’t want to try to replace Ellie,” Holcomb says. “She’s irreplaceable.” n

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Romping with an ogre CTM’s Shrek the Musical is polished and energetic BY GWENDOLYN RICE

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Children’s Theater of Madison opened its 50th anniversary season with the exuberant musical Shrek, an evolution of the Dreamworks film that enchanted movie-goers with an illtempered green ogre and its send-up of classic characters from childhood nursery rhymes. This polished, energetic production, which runs at the Overture Center’s Playhouse through Oct. 25, is a shorter version of the Broadway musical aimed at younger audiences. It’s a tuneful romp into an alternative universe where an ugly misfit and a feisty heroine choose to live happily ever after. As Shrek, Dan Jajewski fills the Playhouse with his strong baritone, also contributing nice harmonies to his donkey sidekick and to his love, Fiona. His version of the grumpy ogre, hampered by a headpiece that resembles an ill-fitting bathing cap, is world-weary but one-dimensional. By contrast, Sherrick Robinson, who plays

Donkey, threatens to steal every scene. He channels Eddie Murphy’s fast-talking style, delivering the funniest lines in the show. Mari Borowski delivers a thoroughly charming performance as the newly freed Fiona. A Disney-esque princess with a clear soprano and loads of sass, she carries the emotional heart of the story. Young performers Fiona King, as a sprightly Peter Pan, and Flynn Marcus, as a whiny Pinocchio, shine in small, featured roles. Lily Mefford and Saskia den Boon also captivate as younger versions of the redheaded, emerald gown-clad Fiona. Brandon Ribordy’s clever and economical scene design transports audiences to the pages of a storybook. Columns transform effortlessly from trees in the forest to castle towers. All the musical numbers are invigorated by inventive choreography by Ryan Cappleman, a multiple Tommy Award-winning choreographer for area high school musicals. Even with the homegrown talent, the production feels a bit packaged:

Prerecorded music for the songs is piped in through the sound system, and the elaborate and entertaining costumes are rented, so they exactly match the movie and the other Shrek merchandise. Only the dragon puppet, beautifully realized by Monica Cliff, is original to this production. With its mix of low humor (there are lots of gags about bodily functions) and decidedly adult jokes, Shrek is a fun show for older children and parents, but perhaps not ideal for little ones, who may not understand seeing a Big Bad Wolf who tears off his grandma disguise to reveal his preferred ensemble, a sparkly, hot pink disco dress. Shrek ultimately celebrates a contemporary message of individuality, wrapped in the trappings of the Brothers Grimm. This dancing ogre and his lively companions assure audiences of all ages that it’s okay to “let your freak flag fly.” n

Real-life horror Walk with a Vampire explores challenges for women with disabilities BY GWENDOLYN RICE

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Walk with a Vampire, produced by Encore Studio for the Performing Arts, is not your average Halloween season horror show. It’s actually much more frightening than that. Based on the experiences of former Encore member Jennifer Denson, it is the story of a young woman with a cognitive disability and her abusive relationship with a paranoid schizophrenic who believed he was a vampire. As the play begins, Denson’s alter-ego Sarah (played with understated earnestness by Jennifer Scott) sneaks into her best friend’s apartment to get away from her crazed boyfriend and the cops who are chasing them after a meat robbery gone awry. Covered with the beef blood that the

would-be vampire likes to drink, Sarah ditches her coat while her friend Alex (a determined Dawn Cieszynski) sleeps through several snooze alarms. When she wakes up, Alex is unable to explain to her social worker or the police how she came to possess the incriminating trench coat. As the plot unfolds, the audience gets a glimpse into Sarah and Dawn’s world. Neither likes their jobs at a workshop for the developmentally disabled, illustrated colorfully by a dozen cast members doing repetitive, menial tasks in a somewhat chaotic atmosphere. Christie Stadele gets consistent laughs as Ellen, a disgruntled worker who constantly comments “It’s like the army around here.” And neither woman is fazed by spending a night in jail in the “retard” room, or by being tak-

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There is a world of cinema to see, and so few options in our city to see it. Yes, there are the blockbuster palaces on the edges of Madison, but the old downtown art houses have closed or transformed into concert venues. Sundance offers two or three of its screens for independent films, but the remainder go to Hollywood fare. For filmgoers who crave variety, there is the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s annual Spotlight Cinema series, which gives us an idea of what’s going on beyond the usual multiplex fare. Each Wednesday night through Nov. 18, Spotlight features documentaries and foreign films in MMoCA’s lecture hall, with selections from Iran, Taiwan, Thailand, Europe and the United States. Michael King, who has curated the series with Tom Yoshikami since 2010, says their goal is “to provide a very up-to-the-minute snapshot of the best of international cinema.” A recent coup was their Oct. 7 screening of Jafar Panahi’s Taxi. One of 2015’s most acclaimed films, it played Madison just days after premiering in New York City. According to King, the film is “still weeks away from opening in Chicago, Philadelphia and Boston.” For most viewers, this will be the only chance to see this crop of movies on the big

screen — and in some cases to see them at all, unless one plans to do some major spelunking on the Internet. Unfortunately, MMoCA does not have the resources for multiple showings. Limited screening schedules are becoming more of the norm in Madison, but King sees an upside to this trend: making movie-going into an event again. “You don’t get four chances a day, like the old days,” he says. “Seeing an art film in Madison has become like seeing a band that comes through town — you make plans to see them the night they’re here. Nobody complains when the bands don’t hunker down for weeklong residencies, but it is a shift in expectations for filmgoers.” The Wisconsin Film Festival and UW’s Cinematheque are proof that Madison has a hunger for these types of films and that it is — for now — open to appointment viewing. King says the format can fuel excitement and produce “an energy in the room due to everyone coming at once and experiencing the film together.” Spotlight Cinema tickets go on sale in the museum lobby at 6:30 p.m. the night of the performance; $7 for the general public and free for MMoCA members. For those craving to see what lies beyond Hollywood and Madison, here is a look at the five remaining movies in this year’s series.

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Hou Hsiao-Hsien, one of Taiwan’s most respected directors and a leading figure in its New Wave cinema movement, spent nearly a decade crafting his first wuxia (medieval martial hero) epic. This would be like Stanley Kubrick trying his hand at a western, a concept as unexpected as it is intriguing. For

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Back to the Future: A 1985 teen is accidentally sent 30 years into the past and must unite his parents in order to save his own existence. AMC Star, Oct. 21, 4:29, 7 & 9:30 pm. Back to the Future Part II: Marty McFly time travels to Oct. 21, 2015 (!) and then must revisit 1955 without messing up the space-time continuum. Palace & Point, Oct. 21, 7 pm. The Chambermaid: A hotel worker lives vicariously by hiding in guestsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rooms...until she reveals herself during an S&M session. Ashman Library, Oct. 17, 6:45 pm. Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Inferno: This 1911 adaptation of Danteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Divine Comedyâ&#x20AC;? was the first feature-length Italian production. Cinematheque Oct. 17, 7 pm. New Animated Realities: Starlight Cinema showcase. Union South Marquee, Oct. 22, 7 pm. The Short Films of John Roberts: No, not the chief justice; the Milwaukee-based visual effects artist. Central Library, Oct. 19, 6:30 pm. Zulu: A small band of British soldiers defends a fort against an apparently endless stream of warriors. Cinematheque, Oct. 16, 7 pm.

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Conor Oberst Friday, Oct. 16, Barrymore Theatre, 8 pm At 35, Conor Oberst has been in the public eye for nearly half of his life. He’s performed as Bright Eyes and with Monsters of Folk, Desaparecidos and the Faint. He helped found Saddle Creek Records, one of the most important independent labels of the last decade. He’s even been hailed as the “next Bob Dylan” and has been nearly as prolific. But most importantly, Oberst has translated the angst of youth and the wisdom of a troubled soul into timeless, poetic music. With Larkin Poe, High Up.

Xu Bing, Background Story: A New Approach to Landscape Painting Thursday, Oct. 15, Chazen Museum of Art, 6:30-8 pm (reception)

Chinese-born Xu Bing’s first U.S. exhibit was in 1991 at the Elvehjem (now Chazen) Museum of Art. He returns with a multimedia installation focused on his recurring themes of language, cultural discord and points of serenity despite the social struggles in our times. Viewers will discover a new approach to the traditional Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains imagery using shadow painting, light boxes and interactive technology. On display through Jan. 10.

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Essen Haus: Big Wes Turner’s Trio, Americana, 9 pm.

During the U.S. occupation of Japan at the end of World War II, more than 100,000 Japanese women married American soldiers. This University Theatre production of Velina Hasu Houston’s play examines the lives of five Japanese women transplanted to the Western plains. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (7:30 pm) and Sunday (2 pm), Oct. 16-18. Through Nov. 1.

High Noon Saloon: Dub Foundation, Unity, 9 pm. Ivory Room: Vince Strong, Nicky Jordan, piano, 9 pm. Majestic Theatre: The Underachievers, Pouya & the Buffet Boys, Kirk Knight, Bodega Bamz, rap, 9 pm. Merchant: Prognosis Negative, rock, free, 10:30 pm. Mickey’s Tavern: DJ Evan Woodward, free, 10 pm.

Dress for DAIS: Annual Domestic Abuse Intervention Services benefit fashion show, 6:30 pm, 10/15, Overture Center lobby, with refreshments, live auction, raffle. $40/$20. 251-1237.

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Crescendo: Frances Luke Accord, Chris Dupont, 7 pm.

Harmony: Backroom Harmony Band, Josh Harty, 8 pm.

The Amazing Acro-cats: Circus tricks & music performed by kitties, 8 pm on 10/15-16, 5 & 8 pm on 10/17 and 2 & 5 pm, 10/18, Bartell Theater. $25-$20 (a portion benefits animal rescue). 661-9696.

UW Women’s Soccer: vs. Michigan, 2:30 pm, 10/15; vs. Michigan State, 1 pm, 10/18, UW McClimon Track/Soccer Complex. $5. 262-1440.

Club Tavern, Middleton: Pat McCurdy, free, 9 pm.

The Frequency: Undlin & Wolfe, Seasaw, Christopher Gold, 9 pm.

Olin Park High: Attack of the Rabid Rabbit: Madison Metro Jaycees haunted house, 7-10 pm, 10/15-17, 2224 & 29-30 ($9) and 3-6 pm, 10/31 ($5), Olin Park. facebook.com/madison.h.house.

WIAA State Girls Individual Tennis Tournament: 10:30 am on 10/15, 9 am on 10/16 and 8:30 am, 10/17, Nielsen Tennis Stadium. $6/session. 715-344-8580.

Thursday, Oct. 15, Shannon Hall, 8 pm

Brink Lounge: Alison Margaret Quintet, free, 8 pm.

UW Homecoming: Through 10/17, campus area. Friday: Parade, 6 pm, from Gilman Street along State Street; Multicultural Homecoming Welcome Reception, 7-10 pm, Pres House; Pep Rally, 7:30-8:30 pm, Library Mall. Saturday: Badger Huddle tailgate, 8:30 am, Field House (RSVP); Football vs. Purdue, 11 am, Camp Randall. More events: uwhomecoming.com.

Diary of Anne Frank: Memorial Theater Company, 7:30 pm, 10/15-17 & 22-24, MHS-Theater 300. 347-9761.

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Isthmus On Tap Next: Free public tasting/voting for wheat homebrew competition (winner will be Isthmus beer brewed by Wisconsin Brewing Co.), 5-7 pm, 10/15, Hop Cat. Tickets: isthmus.com/ontapnext.

Thursday, Oct. 15, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

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Phil Hanley is a sarcastic yet thoughtful standup from Vancouver. Now living in New York City, he is a co-host of the Stand Up NY Labs podcast We Know Nothing. With Tamer Kattan, Charlie Kojis. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), Oct. 16-17.

Hollander Cafe Grand Opening: Food sales donated to local charities, 11 am-2 pm & 5-10 pm, 10/15-18, 726 N. Midvale Blvd. RSVP: cafehollander.com/hilldale.

Rated Her: Stand-up by Gretchen Olson, Clare Dickerson, Carson Leet, music by Madison Malone, Dana Perry, Aarushi Fire, 8 pm, 10/15, Frequency. $5. 819-8777.

L EC T URES & S EMI N A RS John Waters: WUD Distinguished Lecture Series & LGBT Campus Center LGBTQ History Month keynote features the director & author, 7:30 pm, 10/15, UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall. 262-1143.

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St. Louis-based composer and improviser Eric Hall’s electronic soundscapes and abstract animated video projections create a show where sound and image are inseparable. Chicago’s Werewheels make uneasy lo-fi psych rock with repetitive riffs, distant echoey vocals and spiraling synth freakouts. With Tar Pet and Stephen & His Echo.

The Bad Plus and Joshua Redman Sunday, Oct. 17, Shannon Hall, 8 pm

The Bad Plus are one of contemporary jazz’s most important and uncompromising acts. They’ve released 11 records since 2001, covering everyone from Nirvana to Stravinsky and pushing the boundaries of instrumental music with their ultra-expressive original tunes. Here the piano-bass-drums trio is joined by acclaimed saxophonist Joshua Redman, who, after a 20-plus year career as the leader of his own band, takes the Bad Plus into a new era as a quartet.

Electric Six Saturday, Oct. 17, High Noon Saloon, 9:30 pm

When Electric Six released their single “Gay Bar” in 2003, many wrote them off as a novelty act, forever tied to one silly song. But the Detroit dance-punks have released a staggering 12 albums since, most recently the Kickstarter-funded Mimicry and Memories, a two-disc opus that includes a dozen classic rock covers and a sequel to 2008’s Sexy Trash. With Yip Deceiver, Rio Turbo.

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SOJA Saturday, Oct. 17, Barrymore Theatre, 9 pm

Combining everything from reggae to Latin fusion to D.C. hardcore, there’s a little something in SOJA for everyone. And that’s just perfect for a band that seeks to be the voice for, well, everyone. Frontman Jacob Hemphill says he “wants to speak for the people who don’t have microphones.” With J Boog.

Teen Daze Saturday, Oct. 17, The Frequency, 10 pm

Teen Daze is closely associated with the chillwave genre, but Jamison, the one-name man behind the project, is trying to move beyond it. Dubbing his new sound “soft psychedelic,” Jamison debuted it with recent album Morning World, a collection of pop gems closer in spirit to the Beach Boys than Washed Out. With Heavenly Beat, Double Ewes. Alchemy: DJs Trichrome, Vilas Park Sniper, 10 pm. Brink Lounge: Ryan McGrath Band, country, 9 pm. Cardinal Bar: Grupo Candela, DJ Fernando, 8 pm. Claddagh, Middleton: Scott Wilcox, free, 8 pm. Club Tavern, Middleton: Love Monkeys, 9 pm. Come Back In: Mad City Funk, free, 9 pm. Crescendo Espresso Bar: The Wells Division, Chris Plowman, Joe Kopel, 8 pm.

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UW Memorial Union-Play Circle: Cotito, free, 8 pm.

Drew Holcomb’s classic folk rock would sound just as fitting in 1970s Laurel Canyon as it does in modern-day Nashville. See page 31. With Penny & Sparrow.

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Bourbon Street Grille, Monona: Madison Jazz Jam, free (all ages), 4 pm.

Shrek the Musical: Children’s Theater of Madison, 10/925, Overture Center-Playhouse, at 2:30 & 7 pm Saturdays (2:30 pm only 10/24) and 2:30 pm Sundays, plus 7 pm, 10/23. $35 ($23 ages 12 & under). 258-4141.

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

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Frequency: Bronze Radio Return, Roosevelts, 8 pm.

Spoken For: 8:30 pm, 10/17, Harlem Renaissance Museum, with comedy by Tom Farley, spoken word by Lolo Carter, prose by JW Basilo, theater by Evy GildrieVoyles. $7 donation. 239-0921.

Immanuel Lutheran Church: Charanga Agozá, Gliceria González Abreu, Laura Lydia González Abreu, Cuban String Ensemble students, plus lecture by Juan de Marcos González, free, 5 pm.

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Westside Neighbor to Neighbor Craft & Gift Market: Offerings from local crafters, 9 am-3 pm, 10/17, Point of Grace Community Church, plus artists & authors, plant swap (9-10 am), silent auction fundraiser for a new community center. 273-3779.

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Tricia’s Country Corners: The Retro Specz, rock, 9 pm. UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: Javier Calderon, classical guitar, UW faculty concert, free, 7:30 pm.

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UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: UW University Bands, free, 2 pm; UW Chorale, Concert Choir, Madrigal Singers, University Chorus, Women’s Chorus, free, 5 pm.

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FUN D RA I S ERS Pie Palooza: Annual REAP Food Group fundraiser, seating hourly 9:30 am-12:30 pm, 10/18, Goodman Community Center. $20 ($18 adv.) includes two slices, salad & beverage. RSVP: reapfoodgroup.org. 310-7836.

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St. Bernard Catholic Church: Retro Swing Band, 1:30 pm. Up North Pub: Gregg “Cheech” Hall, free, 7 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Tone Cluster, Tone Madison podcast recording, free, 6 pm; Gomeroke, 9 pm Tuesdays. Malt House: Onadare, Irish, free, 7:30 pm. Oregon Library: Mike Schneider, polka, 6:30 pm. Up North Pub: The Lower Fifth, free, 8 pm. UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: UW Concert Band, UW School of Music concert, free, 7:30 pm.

B O O KS Charlotte Zolotow Lecture: Annual address, given by children’s book author Yuyi Morales, 7:30 pm, 10/20, UW Union South-The Marquee. 229-2081.

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Arlo Guthrie Wednesday, Oct. 21, Shannon Hall, 8 pm

Arlo Guthrie, the son of legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie, quickly proved his own talent with “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” the first song on his 1967 debut album and a nearly 20-minute folk epic of Vietnam-era paranoia. Inspired by an incident that began on Thanksgiving Day 1965, the song cemented Arlo as an icon of the era’s counterculture.

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Neon Indian Wednesday, Oct. 21, Majestic Theatre, 8:30 pm

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1855 Saloon and Grill, Cottage Grove: Ken Wheaton, fingerstyle guitar, free, 6 pm Wednesdays. Brink Lounge: Aaron Williams & the Hoodoo, 8 pm. Brocach-Square: Irish Open Jam, 8 pm Wednesdays.

more an amalgam of folk, rock and country, but even then she remains unpredictable (her last album, Songs from a Movie, was orchestral). For this show, Carpenter will play acoustically, putting an emphasis on the songs that have won her five Grammys and earned her a spot in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. With Rose Cousins.

High Noon Saloon: DJ Nick Nice, Ghost Socket, Igneous, plus “Back to the Future” trivia, costume party fundraiser for Authentic Intuition, 7 pm. Ivory Room: Josh Dupont, piano, free, 9 pm. Liliana’s, Fitchburg: Cliff Frederiksen, free, 5:30 pm. Luther Memorial Church: Bruce Bengtson, organ recital, free, noon Wednesdays. Malt House: Don’t Spook the Horse, free, 7:30 pm. Middleton-Cross Plains Area Performing Arts Center: Middleton Community Orchestra, works by Copland, Stravinsky and Ravel, 7:30 pm. Monona Terrace: Mike Schneider Band, free, 5:30 pm.

Merchant: Chris Plowman, free, 10:30 pm.

UW Memorial Union-Der Rathskeller: Trapo, Re8idence, Lucien Parker, free, 9 pm.

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In this untold story of the witches of Oz, two young women — a bookish girl with green skin and a peppy blond — were enrolled in Shiz University. Elphaba is desperate to keep a low profile, while Glinda wants nothing of the sort. See for yourself why this high-flying Broadway blockbuster is so “Popular.” ALSO: Thursday, Oct. 22 (2 & 7:30 pm). Through Nov. 1.

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Book Sale: 9 am-8 pm on 10/22-23, 9 am-7:30 pm on 10/24, 1-5 pm, 10/25, Central Library. 266-6300.

Majestic Theatre: Trevor Hall, Will Evans, Christina Holmes, 8:30 pm.

UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: Wisconsin Brass Quintet, UW faculty concert, free, 7:30 pm.

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Book Sale: 4-8 pm on 10/21 ($5 admission), 10:30 am-7 pm on 10/22-23 and 10:30 am-2 pm, 10/24 ($4 bag sale), UW Memorial Library. 265-2505.

Liquid: Michal Menert & the Pretty Fantastics, staRo, Marcelo Moxy, Willdabeast, electronic, 9 pm.

The Red Zone: Dog Fashion Disco, Psychostick, 8 pm.

Claddagh, Middleton: John Masino, free, 6 pm.

Heritage Tavern: Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble, jazz, free, 8:30 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line, Beth Kille, 8 pm.

Mickey’s Tavern: Mal-O-Dua, French swing, 5:30 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJs Brook, Siberia, fetish night, 9 pm. The Frequency: The Fine Constant, Sirens, Growing, The Faith Hills Have Eyes, 9 pm.

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Wisconsin Science Festival: Workshops, exhibits, film screenings, demonstrations & hands-on activities for all ages, 10/22-25, UW Discovery Building & other locations. Free (materials/admission fee for some activities). wiscifest.org. 316-4382. Dane County TimeBank Tenth Birthday Party: 7-10 pm, 10/22, Art In Gallery, with sing-along, speakers, potluck & cake walk. Donations. 663-0400.

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Gallery Marzeń is one of Madison’s newest formal art galleries. Housed in a 100-year-old building on Atwood Avenue, it’s a gorgeous and friendly spot to experience rotating exhibits of fine art of all media, most of which is created by Wisconsin-based artists. Owner Margaret LeMay wants Marzeń—which means “of dreams” in Polish, a nod to her heritage — to be “a place for all people” with a come-as-you-are feel.

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