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BREAKING GOOD

Mosaic project helps inmates piece their lives back together.

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POWER PLAY

Is nuclear energy back on the table?

10 TECH MICHAEL CUMMINS

PAT DILLON 15 COVER STORY WHEN PAT DILLON read that the federal government was planning to cut short the prison sentences of thousands of nonviolent men and women incarcerated under the country’s decades-old War on Drugs, she decided to take a closer look at what typically awaits felons released in Dane County. She already had some idea through her participation as a Circle of Support member with the Madison Urban Ministry. As her cover story shows, former prisoners struggle to find housing, employment and social services.

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Developer Robbie Bach preaches “civic engineering.”

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MICHAEL CUMMINS, a business analyst who majored in political science at UW-Madison, has joined our opinion page rotation. He says his motivation for writing is simple: “Like almost everyone, I want what’s best for my city, state, country and world.” He leans libertarian, but keeps an open mind. “In a political climate that often mistakes ideological curiosity for wishywashiness, I actually believe that a static set of opinions is a sure sign of intellectual atrophy.”

ARMS CONTROL

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OBSTACLE COURSE

After release, inmates face a new round of challenges.

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SPEAKING OUT

Empty Playground is a story of abuse, and healing.

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43 EMPHASIS ERICA KRUG 23 FOOD & DRINK ERICA KRUG’S first job was as a pop vendor at Camp Randall during Badgers football games.

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Brandy Blackwood, left, works on a mosaic at St. John’s Lutheran Church while organizers Julia Weaver, left center, Marcia Yapp, right center, and participant Dawn Hudson look on.

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In a small room at St. John’s Lutheran Church on East Washington Avenue, Brandy Blackwood wields a small grinder, smoothing the edges of broken ceramic pieces on a large mosaic art project.

“I’ve only used a screwdriver before — nothing like this,” she says of the tool as she rounds off sharp points on the broken plates and cups. The 32-year-old mother of six hasn’t worked on a mosaic like this since her last high school art class. But she’s not here for a class.

Blackwood is one of a handful of women from the Dane County Jail work-release program who meet every Wednesday at the church to create public art as part of the Backyard Mosaic project.

Created in 2004, the project aims to bring women together to explore their spirituality and creativity in an atmosphere of sobriety, says co-facilitator Julia Weaver.

The women sign out of the jail as volunteers and “work with their hands and talk with each other,” says Weaver, who is also a jail chaplain. “It’s a safe place for them to share what they’re going through.”

Nurturing creativity is just one of the project’s goals. “We try really hard to connect them with the resources they need in the community,” such as help for addiction, mental illness and therapy, says Weaver.

The women also tackle other art projects, making vases, candleholders and decorative journals.

“We want to help the women stay out of jail and give them a place they feel normal after coming out of jail,” she says. “Art can heal. They come in, start working and some creative energy kicks in.”

The sessions are stress-free and inviting.

“We’re a small group, and we work slowly,” says Weaver. “Almost all of the women tell me they aren’t artists when they first come in — and that doesn’t matter.”

It’s a popular program, with newcomers showing up almost every week. Others regularly stop coming because they’ve been released or moved. Those women often leave behind unfinished work, which others then complete.

The mosaic is being created as a gift for EVP Coffee on the east side, which provides free coffee for the group. The three-by-four-foot work reads: “Welcome to this refuge. Serving kind-

ness, love and truth.” It will be installed this spring, and Weaver hopes to hold a fundraiser at EVP selling some of the women’s creations.

Previous projects include small mosaics inside and around the garden of St. John’s and a large mural at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church on the south side.

A loom was also recently donated, and Weaver hopes to teach women to make blankets with it.

Mosaics are a symbolic art form for the women, Weaver says. “With the mosaics, you’re taking all of these broken pieces and making something beautiful.”

For inmates like Blackwood, who is serving time for a drunk driving conviction, working on art at the church stands in stark contrast to doing time at the jail. “There’s nothing to do in there but watch TV,” she says. “And all of the conversations are loud and obnoxious.”

She also hopes to take what she’s learning at Backyard Mosaic home when she’s released in a couple of weeks.

“I think I can learn some things that my kids will like doing,” she says. “It would be good to do this with them.” n

Number of women from Dane County Jail who are allowed out on work release: 32 Number of women who have worked with Backyard Mosaic since its founding in 2004: MORE THAN 200 Number of pieces used in current mosaic: ROUGHLY 1,500 Hours of labor: MORE THAN 25

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Nuclear options Scientists join Republicans in push to diversify energy choices in Wisconsin

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It isn’t often that Republicans and scientists land on the same side of an issue these days.

In Wisconsin, the two groups have clashed on such issues as banning fetal tissue research, cutting scientists from the Department of Natural Resources and reducing state funds for higher education. But the party known for anti-intellectualism and climate change denial is joining forces with scientists to lift a decadesold moratorium on the construction of new nuclear power plants in Wisconsin.

It’s a move that local energy experts say will position the state to meet the carbon emissions reduction guidelines set forth by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan.

However, some environmentalists worry about dangerous nuclear waste and say that policymakers should focus efforts on renewable energy sources like wind and solar.

Under current law, state regulators are barred from approving new nuclear power plants unless there is a federal facility to store nuclear waste and the new plant is not a financial burden for ratepayers. No such federal facility exists. A proposal from Rep. Kevin Petersen (R-Waupaca) removing those provisions made it through committee with bipartisan

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Now, it moves on to the Senate. A spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald did not respond to an Isthmus request for comment on the status of the bill. Gov. Scott Walker has said he supports lifting the moratorium.

The bill provides an “interesting opportunity� for bipartisan action, says Paul Wilson, a UW-Madison professor of nuclear engineering and interim chair of the Nelson Institute’s Energy Analysis and Policy certificate program. “There are a lot of different interests that kind of coalesce around nuclear energy,� he says.

The technology offers a stable, reliable source of electricity, making nuclear power a strong candidate for providing “base load� energy, which is the minimum amount of power needed to satisfy consumer demand.

That fits into the business-friendly platform favored by many Republicans, and nuclear energy’s capability to reduce carbon emissions aligns with Democrats’ environmental interests.

Several Wisconsin energy utility companies support the legislation, although none have plans to build nuclear power plants anytime soon.

Alliant Energy spokesman Scott Reigstad says the company is focusing on transitioning its energy generation mix away from large, coal-fired plants and ramping up natural gas generation, which produces 50% to 60% less carbon. Alliant also owns wind farms and hydroelectric dams and has seen growth in customer-owned renewables, like solar panels.

Madison Gas and Electric recently launched a renewable energy initiative, Energy 2030, which aims to supply 30% of its retail energy sales from renewable sources by 2030. The plan makes no mention of nuclear power, says Dana Brueck, MGE spokeswoman.

The bill also places nuclear power on the state’s list of energy priorities, ranking it the fourth most desirable energy source, below “combustible renewable energy,� but above nonrenewable combustible energy resources. To Wilson, that’s the most significant part — opening the door to discussing nuclear as an option for clean energy production in the future. “The biggest issue is, if we continue to disallow nuclear energy in Wisconsin, the number one consequence is that we will burn more fossil fuels,� Wilson says. “That may not be the consequence people are after, but it is the consequence in the real world.�

Environmental groups agree on the need to cut carbon emissions. But many say renewable energy sources like wind and solar offer a cheaper option for generating power.

“In contrast, the risks of climate change are much greater and harder to manage,� says Paul Meier, a scientist at the Wisconsin Energy Institute at UW-Madison.

Meier conducts research using simulated models to predict the impact nuclear power plants would have on carbon dioxide emission levels. He says there are three ways to reduce pollution: reduce energy use, capture emissions or change fuel sources.

Energy conservation efforts are cost-effective, but the impact is limited, Meier says.

There are capture and sequestration methods, but the current potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is “effectively zero,� he continues. That leaves the third option. “Wisconsin’s future [carbon TODD HUBLER dioxide] emissions are going to be higher without new nuclear “If we want to reduce customers’ bills, en- power plants,� Meier says. “At a minimum, ergy efficiency is the answer,� says Mitch Brey, Wisconsin as a state needs to keep its oporganizer for renewable energy advocacy tions open. Now is the time to start having group RePower Madison. He says that instead that conversation.� of exploring nuclear options, the Legislature should focus on reducing the state’s dependen- Wisconsin is among the first states to concy on coal. Wisconsin is one of the biggest coal template expanding nuclear energy, but consumers in the nation — more than 60% of other states could soon follow suit, says the net electricity generation came from burn- Kristy Hartman, a program principal with ing the fossil fuel in 2013, according to the U.S. the National Conference for State LegislaDepartment of Energy. tures who studies nuclear energy policy.

Renewable energy is also safer than nucle- “We are seeing a growing interest in ar power, say environmentalists, who fear the nuclear legislation,� she says. prospect of nuclear catastrophes like those that Including Wisconsin, there are 13 states occurred at Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and with conditional restrictions in place on the construction of nuclear power plants. MinFukushima. “There’s a saying that when you have a so- nesota has an outright ban. But some states, lar spill, it’s called a sunny day,� says Elizabeth like Washington, are exploring the potential Ward, a program coordinator with the Sierra of small modular reactors — facilities that Club-John Muir Chapter. produce about one-third of the energy of Ward says nuclear power plants are unlikely a traditional 1,000-megawatt power plant. to help Wisconsin meet the EPA’s Clean Power Others, like Virginia, are expanding educaPlan goals by the 2030 deadline. Facilities are tion and training for workers in the nuclear costly and time-consuming to construct, and industry. utility companies have no plans to build in the Hartman says the EPA’s Clean Power Plan is a driving force behind the new near future. “There’s no way we could see a proposal, push to explore nuclear energy. Nuclear approval and construction of a nuclear power power advocates also touted the technolplant by that time,� she says. ogy’s potential to combat climate change Ward also warns of a possible “unintended at the recent COP21 climate conference in consequence� of the legislation. She believes Paris. if the moratorium is lifted, it would “strongly A number of states, particularly in the signal� to the U.S. Department of Energy that Northeastern part of the U.S., have faced Wisconsin is open to storing nuclear waste. or are facing nuclear power plant closures, President Barack Obama halted plans to store leaving them in an “in-between� situation spent nuclear fuel at Yucca Mountain in Ne- as they seek to maintain energy production vada, but the DOE has also identified Wiscon- levels, Hartman says. These same states sin’s Wolf River Batholith as a possible site for are also looking at how to comply with the EPA’s new emissions goals — finding that a repository. “That does not bode well,� Ward says. nuclear might be their best option for clean Despite concerns, nuclear power experts energy. maintain that the power source is safe — or Says Hartman: “There’s certainly an oprather, that the risks are manageable. portunity for nuclear to come into play.� n

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The injury was painful enough. But the stressful situation went from bad to worse when a hospital staff member asked an insensitive question about Karcher’s gender. “I’m not sure what you are — are you male or female?’� Karcher recalls being asked. “And I’m just there really needing my ankle to be fixed.�

It’s likely the staffer didn’t mean to offend, but for people like Karcher, a transgender man, interactions like that are all too common. A national survey found that 50% of transgender people reported having to teach a medical provider about proper care for trans health. For many transgender people, it’s an uncomfortable conversation.

But for individuals recovering from trauma, dealing with an uneducated provider can be a major setback to recovery. “Imagine somebody who is experiencing an intense amount of trauma, anxiety and oppression walking into a space and being treated poorly and being asked accusatory questions,� Karcher says. “They might not have the capacity or the willingness or the strength to sit with those questions and answer them.�

Karcher is an art therapist in Madison who specializes in helping LGBT survivors of domestic and sexual violence. There’s been a recent push to take trauma into account when providing care and services to people. But Karcher says that often these providers fail to recognize culture and identity when helping individuals recovering from trauma. “It’s important to understand, contextually, what people are walking [into therapy] with,� he says. “When you don’t show that you’re welcome and inclusive of LGBTQ folks, you run the risk of the assumption of the opposite.�

When meeting with new clients, he takes care to start by using reflective, nongendered language. His intake forms have blank spaces for both a client’s preferred name and their legal name, and he asks what pronouns a person prefers. It’s a helpful educational tool for cisgender clients, too, but it’s a real benefit to transgender individuals — many of whom are accustomed to discrimination. “There’s almost some relief, some relaxation in body posture,� Karcher says. “People thank me for asking those questions.�

It seems a logical approach to counseling, but this emphasis on culturally informed therapy has been surprisingly slow to catch on in the mental health community, Karcher says. Last year, he gave the first local presentation explaining best practices for treating the LGBT community at the Conference on Child Sexual Abuse in Madison.

Art therapist Owen Karcher specializes in helping LGBT survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

“The person asking for proposals thought it was really exciting,� he says. “They haven’t had this topic before.�

Some local mental health professionals are stepping up efforts to better understand the unique ways that trauma can affect other marginalized groups.

Fabiola Hamdan, a Dane County social worker, says Madison is “a long ways behind� when it comes to serving the mental health needs of the area’s Latinos, Hmong, African Americans and other groups. But recognizing the conflicts and history associated with each culture is essential to providing proper mental health care.

Hamdan, along with Celia Huerta, a Spanish-English bilingual therapist with the Rainbow Project in Madison, has for the past two years given presentations on working effectively with Latino families and survivors of trauma.

Huerta says she’s seen a recent increase in the number of workshops that focus on serving minority populations — a push she says represents an important step forward for mental health care.

There’s a shortage of bilingual therapists in Dane County. Interpreters are available, but most Latinos feel more comfortable with a native speaker, Huerta says. Understanding a client’s cultural background helps providers pick up on subtle signs and behaviors

that might not be obvious to non-Spanish speakers. “It’s kind of shocking, but one out of two Latinos are dropping out of mental health services,� Huerta says. “Here in Dane County, it’s attributed mainly to differences in culture.�

Hamdan echoed that concern: “I hear from a lot of agencies that Latinos are dropping out [from treatment] and underutilizing services — probably because they don’t feel comfortable and they don’t feel like they’re being understood.�

Many Latinos find that the dominant culture in the U.S. is formal, impersonal and “institution-oriented,� Huerta says. Latinos generally respond better to a more “personoriented� approach and appreciate it when a therapist takes time to chat at the beginning of an appointment, adds Huerta. Issues like immigration, deportation, employment and family dynamics are also important to approach through a culturally competent lens.

LASUP, a Latin American support group, includes between 40 and 50 social service agencies that meet monthly to discuss community concerns and share information among providers. But more effort is needed, Huerta says. “Agencies could benefit from doing more outreach, hiring more minority service providers, offering incentives and looking for people outside the community,� she says. “It will take more work, but I think it can be done.� n

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legislation didn’t go over too well, so why not try something similar for K-12 schools? Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) and Rep. Robert Brooks (R-Saukville) introduce a bill that would allow concealed weapons permit holders to carry guns on school grounds.

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ic Party sends out a press release blaming Gov. Scott Walker for a “dramatic decline” in Wisconsin’s ACT rank last year, claiming the state went from second to 41st. But the party needs some remedial math — they compared scores from two different groups of students. n Madison Police Chief Mike Koval says it’s time to get tough on “big-city” problems following a gang-related shootout in broad daylight on Madison’s far east side over a drug deal gone bad.

MONDAY, JAN. 18 n Z! Haukesness, a local

activist and community organizer, accepts the 2016 City-County Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award.

Haukesness is an advocate for transgender, African American and homeless communities.

table for the Judge Doyle Square redevelopment project. Two Chicago developers, Beitler Real Estate and Vermilion Enterprises, resubmit proposals that include a hotel, retail space, restaurants, apartments, parking and bicycle facilities. n In his first State of the State address since his failed presidential bid, Gov. Walker touts Wisconsin’s budget surplus and unemployment rate while promising to help citizens find work and earn college degrees faster. But will it help him shake his abysmal approval rating?

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Gov. Scott Walker raised some $6.4 million for his gubernatorial campaign in 2015, but he ended the year with about $20,000, according to a year-end campaign finance report.

Russ Feingold, on the other hand, has raised another $2.7 million in his bid to reclaim his U.S. Senate seat.

Milwaukee County Judge Joe Donald once served as a reference for state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley, WisPolitics reports.

Donald, who is running against Bradley for the high court this year, said he was “bamboozled” by his rival.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 19 n When he says his ca-

reer was garbage, he means it in the best possible way. George Dreckmann, Madison’s refuse and recycling kingpin, retires after 26 years with the city.

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It’s shaping up to be another tough year for Wisconsin dairy farmers, with milk prices down about 19% from last year. And that’s down more than 41% from a peak in September 2014, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

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Madison will host a whirlwind tour of philanthropic talks and meetings by Robbie Bach, former president of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division, on Jan. 28. Bach led the division responsible for Xbox and Xbox 360, phenomenally successful video game platforms that feel distinctly un-Microsoft. Bach’s new calling is to preach the gospel of becoming “civic engineers” in our communities. He himself has engaged civically by getting involved with the Boys & Girls Club of America.

In his book, Xbox Revisited, he proposes a “3P Framework” — Purpose, Principles and Priorities — arguing that lessons from his Xbox experience can help solve social issues we face offline. Bach, who lived in the Milwaukee area as a youth, and now calls Medina, Wash., his home, is waiving his regular speaking fees, underscoring his own message. He answered some questions from Isthmus via email in advance of his visit. For a schedule of his tour, see this item at Isthmus.com.

The “silo” approach seems to have worked well to free the Xbox team from restrictions brought on by Microsoft as a larger corporate entity. Is this the future of product development at Microsoft, or do teams need to be more integrated?

There is never a simple answer on this topic. So much of what needs to be done is situational. In some cases, projects require a great deal of coordination and sharing across various groups and functions. At other times, something very precise and focused in a specific area of expertise is required. During my 22-plus years at Microsoft, the company was successful utilizing both of these approaches — and naturally failed using both of these approaches as well. I think both the successes and failures are likely to continue into the future.

Robbie Bach urges young people to “develop strong civic

What kinds of career paths do you think are the most promising for young people today? Of course, I’m thinking mostly about technology.

There is certainly great opportunity for those who develop an aptitude and/or formal degree in the broad fields of computer science and engineering. That has been true for quite some time, and I don’t see that changing in the near future. That said, I think we view these opportunities too narrowly when we only focus on technical disciplines. For example, there is tremendous demand now for strong designers, both in software and in hardware. Designers have become essential members of product teams and are key to producing great customer experiences.

Likewise, as we progress in the areas of big data and software as services, those with data analytic skills will play an important role and be in high demand. The technology can make it possible for us to gather so much data — but that isn’t really that helpful if we don’t have the tools and skills to analyze the data effectively.

We have a gender imbalance in STEM careers. Any thoughts about how to encourage young women to pursue these paths and what the challenges/rewards are?

There is no quick solution to this imbalance.

The most important thing is to encourage girls to explore math and science when they are young. They need to understand that these subjects are important to their future and that doing well in them is “cool.” This is especially true during the highly formative years in fifth through ninth grades — these are years when the pool of candidates in the STEM fields gets

habits rather than think you have to change the world.”

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narrowed unnaturally. It is equally important that girls and young women understand that excelling in STEM does not pigeonhole them into computer programming or engineering.

These skills are valuable in a wide variety of careers including health care, business management, teaching, research and marketing, to name a just a few. They need to be the foundation for any educational path and really are core to your future, whatever direction you decide to take it.

Civic responsibility can seem difficult on top of a career, especially for young people.

Does your book address easy ways to get involved?

For those early in their career, the most important thing to do is to explore and find an area where you have deep passion. That could be in health care, human services, youth development, education, transportation, government issues, international development or many other areas. The topic is much less important than finding the passion. Once you have a focus area identified, you can then determine how best to pursue that, given the current state of your personal and professional lives. The way you pursue your “civic engineering” work will likely evolve over time as your career and family life develop — and that is as it should be. At the beginning you

might only be able to volunteer occasionally — but that will lead to other opportunities.

When you are young, the important thing to do is develop strong civic habits rather than think you have to change the world while you work full time. Every bit of civic work we do builds on top of the other work being done — and as our passion is developed, we will naturally find ways to scale our impact.

Is there more of a practical or spiritual driver to your most recent recommendations on civic engagement?

I don’t think the two things are mutually exclusive at all. Certainly my faith and spiritual life influence the work I do in civic engineering and motivate and sustain me as I pursue various projects. At some level, doing social impact work requires a certain level of passion and commitment — and for many, including me, that is a faith-based passion. With that said, much of my motivation is quite practical (indeed, perhaps self-interested) and focused on making communities better because that enhances all of our lives. Put another way, we all have to find a way to translate our passions and desires into strategies and concrete plans we can pursue to achieve our goals. Without that level of practicality, it is very difficult to drive real change in our communities. n

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A free society comes with costs In the discussion on gun control, consider that government can be a dangerous thing

BY MICHAEL CUMMINS Michael Cummins is a Madison-based business analyst.

For those who believe that guns are the scourge of our nation, the situation is bleak. President Obama’s recent executive actions will do little to curb violence, even according to many “gun safety” supporters. And forget about Congress.

No substantial gun legislation will pass as long as sparsely populated red states continue to send two senators each to Capitol Hill.

But as much damage as people do with them, guns are not our biggest menace. We should be glad that most American adults have the option of being armed. Put another way, we should be glad that we live in a country where the government does not have all the guns.

I am not personally fond of guns. And I am not among the libertarian types who believe that government is inherently evil. I don’t even believe that government is a “necessary evil.”

Government is just plain necessary. I have seen enough of human nature to know that private individuals would routinely violate the rights of others absent an organized system of deterrence.

But the men who founded our nation knew something that modern-day Americans often forget: Government can be a dangerous thing, too.

Countless times throughout history, men have taken hold of governments and turned them into tools of oppression, or even mass murder.

Whether you agree that an oppressive government could ever take hold in the United States, there is no denying that the possibility was on the mind of those who ratified the Second Amendment. In The Federalist No. 29, Alexander Hamilton discussed citizen militia as a potential check on an abusive “standing” governmental army. He wrote that such an army “can never be formidable to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens...who stand ready to defend their rights and those of their fellow-citizens.”

During the ratification debates, shortly before the Second Amendment was introduced, Noah Webster declared that “[b]efore a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every king-

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dom in Europe.” The founders — with no exceptions I have seen — were certain that physical power should not be completely concentrated within the government.

Those were different times, of course.

But if U.S. citizens have finally and permanently tamed government through force of democracy, then it’s a very recent accomplishment. There are black people alive today who remember being absolutely tyrannized by government in the South.

Civil rights pioneer Ida B. Wells famously advised that “the Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home.”

But racially biased Jim Crow disarmament laws made many Southern blacks sitting ducks for abuse. Of course, those laws were instituted by the tormentors themselves.

(By the way, those who think we are completely over racially disparate disarmament practices should examine ”stop and frisk” statistics from America’s big cities.

Guns are still being confiscated from black people at a disproportionate rate.)

If government having all the guns still sounds like a good idea, please consider

that we might be one terrorist attack or stock market crash away from having Donald Trump as commander in chief of the very “standing army” that unsettled the founders.

Whether or not Trump is ultimately electable, his already surprisingly successful candidacy has exposed a rich vein of easily exploitable fear in the U.S. electorate. If this particular megalomaniacal demagogue goes down in heartily deserved flames, how long will it be before another like him emerges, since we now know that a substantial

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number of voters can be won over through an express hostility toward the rule of law?

Unfortunately, U.S. government as we know it — as a servant of the people rather than the other way around — is a more tenuous thing than its long durability, thus far, might suggest.

Progressive icon Hubert Humphrey recognized this, observing that “[t]he right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, and one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.” Humphrey did not define what he meant by “possible,” but developments since his time have not been encouraging. We have come to a point where our representatives barely care what we think, according to a recent study.

The notion that private gun ownership could still be a vital part of America’s system of checks and balances has drawn some ridicule in recent months. Surely, the awesome firepower of a U.S. government gone rogue would quell any civilian resistance. But the whole idea is to ensure that such a confrontation will never happen. Bullies size up the strengths and weaknesses of potential prey before engaging.

They are often deterred by the least indication that a potential target has the means to resist.

While I recognize that mass access to firearms comes at a serious cost, all of the freedoms we enjoy as an open society have downsides. The ongoing American experiment is based on the idea that a free country is better than an unfailingly safe one. n

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Finger-pointing Re “Rep. Bob Gannon Must Go,” Madland (1/13/2016): Be upset with the fleecing of our state by the GOP! I wish flipping off was all they did because that would be better for all of us!

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check to see that you are registered at your current address. If not, come to any Madison library (or DeForest, Oregon and Verona libraries) on Saturday, Jan. 23, from noon to 4 p.m. Bring proof of your address. This is also an opportunity to learn about the new photo ID requirement, or for help getting an ID. This “Check Out Voting” event is a project of the Dane County Voter ID Coalition, the Madison City Clerk and the libraries.

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The University of Wisconsin AsthmaNet group is inviting people to join the SIENA research study.

The whole system needs an overhaul. Get rid of the fanatics.

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Get out the vote “On the Dotted Line” (1/14/2016) describes the difficulties that Rob Dz had in getting on the ballot for the office of county board. The major problem was that many of the nomination signatures were from outside the district. Perhaps Isthmus could help future candidates by pointing to the website myvote.wi.gov, which is run by the Government Accountability Board. After clicking past the opening screen, use the “address search” button on the left side to check the district for any address.

In fact, this is a very useful site for all citizens. Put down this newspaper now, and

For many years Joel Gersmann gave a rundown in Isthmus of the books he read in the past year. Most were esoteric. Citizen Dave has chosen a much more popular spread of books (“Between the Covers,” 1/14/2016), but I would appreciate if Isthmus would invite a woman to prepare an annual list as well/instead. My experience as a bookseller was that women bought a lot more books and tended to read more. Perhaps we would see some fiction choices on a women’s list.

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After 20 years in prison, Rudy Bankston persevered to find housing and employment and reacclimate socially. He now works helping resolve student conflicts at Memorial High School.

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This was just the first of many complications Bankston, who eventually moved to Dane County, would have to cope with after 20 years in prison.

Wisconsin holds an estimated 22,000 people behind bars — including the highest percentage of African American males in the country. Many of these people were locked up as part of the government’s War on Drugs in the ’80s and ’90s, which brought about mandatory sentencing laws for people convicted of even nonviolent drug-related offenses.

There’s now a national push to rethink those sentencing mandates. President Barack Obama has commuted the sentences of 89 nonviolent felons. Thousands more may be released through the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, legislation that reassesses severe mandatory minimum penalties in the federal criminal justice system.

In Dane County alone, 500 to 700 inmates are released annually. Some have support systems waiting to help find housing, jobs and services. Many do not.

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and some area nonprofits are trying to fill in the service gaps to keep people from ending up back behind bars.

For those getting out of prison, the challenges are numerous: finding housing and work, coping with mental illnesses and drug addictions, adjusting to a world that has changed, as well as tuning out the lure of criminal life.

Some individuals will do the work and acclimate. Others will founder.

STATE DEPARTMENT of Corrections communications director Joy Staab did not make anyone from DOC available to talk to Isthmus about the department’s efforts to aid prisoner reentry and reduce recidivism.

Staab did provide literature outlining several of the department’s initiatives. Windows to Work is an employment program geared at helping inmates find jobs and reducing recidivism. According to the literature, “471 different program participants obtained 661 epi-

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Rudy Bankston lay still in his Milwaukee County Jail cell anxiously listening to noises: doors clanking open then slamming shut, footsteps approaching and dissolving into the distance. Bankston’s release was imminent, but exactly when was uncertain. Every sound triggered heightened anticipation.

It’s sometimes impossible for inmates to know the actual day or time they’ll be released from a county jail. The moment is often sprung on them. It can happen at any hour of the day or night.

Bankston had been agonizing about his release for days since being transferred out of the state’s Fox Lake Correctional Institution.

He was sentenced, at 19, to life in prison for first-degree homicide, the result of a shooting in Milwaukee that left one young man dead and a second injured. From 1995 to 2014, it looked as if Bankston would die behind bars. But in 2015, Bankston had a new lawyer who presented new evidence pointing towards his innocence.

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Finally, at 3:30 a.m. Bankston stood a free man in the jail lobby, wearing clothes left behind by other inmates and holding $25, a portion of the canteen funds that his loved ones had sent during his short stay in the county jail.

With no means to contact his family or friends, Bankston approached a man seated in the lobby to borrow a cell phone. But once it was in his hands, Bankston realized he had no idea how to use it — he’d spent so many years behind bars, the device was alien to him.

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sodes of employment” during fiscal year 2015 through this program.

Opening Avenues to Reentry Success, or OARS, provides mentally ill inmates case management services to aid in providing housing and services when they’re released.

It served 147 people last year.

The state also contracts with Michigan-based Northpointe Inc. to provide assessments of both risk and needs of inmates released.

“Risk scores of general and violent recidivism enable staff to operationalize the risk principle, targeting medium- and high-risk offenders for service,” the state’s literature states. “Likewise, criminogenic need profiles allow staff to prioritize and focus on the driving need factors behind criminal behavior.”

A 2014 corrections department report found that 14% of the people who leave Wisconsin’s prisons are convicted of another crime and return to prison within a year; 30% return after three years. But that does not account for people who return to prison for parole violations. Recidivism rates specifically for Madison and Dane County are not available.

State Rep. David Bowen (DMilwaukee) says the state needs to do more to help those reentering society get their lives back on track.

“The quicker the state can get its act together the better,” says Bowen, who sits on the Assembly’s Committee on Corrections. “We have lives on the line and need to make sure that we can save those individuals who want to get back on the path of opportunity, and we don’t always do that.”

Bowen says problems are deeply systematic and start while people are still in prison. The corrections facilities are simply too far away from most inmates’ loved ones as

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Rep. David Bowen says the state needs to do more to help people adjust to life after prison.

“We have lives on the line.”

well as community programs and services, isolating those who are locked up.

“If they don’t have access to the community programs’ facilities, it’s difficult to provide that link,” Bowen says. “We make it very hard for the community programs to work with us when our facilities are so far away.”

Bowen wishes the state would allocate more money for rehabilitation. Of the state’s $1.1 billion annual corrections budget, less than 1% goes toward the Transform Milwaukee Program, which houses the Transitional Jobs Program, the state’s most significant program that links ex-offenders to jobs.

But Bowen sees little political will to reform or invest in programming.

Parisi, who chaired the Assembly’s Corrections Committee when he was in the Legislature, says the other problem is what happens after inmates are released.

Many struggle and eventually end up back in prison.

“We need to look at what the reasons for failure are, and there are many,” Parisi says. “When we break it down and look at what the issues are and how to address and do something about them, we see things like inability to find housing, challenges finding employment, challenges people have with alcohol and drug addiction, and mental health issues.”

WHEN BANKSTON GOT OUT OF PRISon last spring, he moved into his mom’s house in northwest Milwaukee. Within hours, some bad influences came calling.

“I’m standing in front of a barber shop...and he pulls up in a slick car, jumps out and says, ‘Man, what’s up,’ hugs me, goes in his pocket for cash, peels off a few bills, slaps them into my hand and says, ‘Welcome home, G, I need your leadership.’”

The old friend told him he had a lead on where they could get heroin to sell. Bankston quickly replied: “You done lost your mind.” The encounter made Bankston realize he had to get out of his old neighborhood.

Through a cousin, he met Carolyn Moynihan Bradt, who lives in Verona. She offered her home up to Bankston and also gave him a job managing her rental units.

Many others are less fortunate. If they don’t have family to take them in, those returning from prison often struggle to find a place to live. This is especially true in a city like Madison, with scarce affordable housing and a very low apartment vacancy rate.

Criminal convictions often disqualify people for housing assistance programs.

“We see people come out of prison who have...a couple thousand dollars because they had a job inside, but they can’t find housing because of their criminal conviction,” says Linda Ketchum, executive director of Madison Urban Ministry (MUM), which offers programming for the recently released. “If it’s available it’s not within their price range because they usually get jobs that are minimum wage, maybe $9 an hour.”

Jenny Hanson, a YWCA Housing First coordinator, helps find housing for people facing challenges, including mental illness, disability and poverty.

Having a criminal record makes it nearly impossible. Even the financial backing of the YWCA fails to sway most landlords.

“I can offer a landlord to sign the lease and pay rent in full for the duration of the lease, give the security deposit, but still, because of criminal backgrounds, I’ll get denied over and over and over,” says Hanson. “I can even offer more than rent; I can offer to landlords that the agency will assume full responsibility for all the lease terms, damages to the apartment, etc., and essentially we’re talking very little risk to the landlord.”

She adds: “What I’m seeing is having a criminal record as being the single biggest barrier to my families getting housing.”

In his 2015 budget, Parisi set aside $500,000 to purchase permanent housing specifically for people reentering in Dane County. This past October, the county awarded that money to Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development, a faith-based organization that works to empower African American residents. The center currently owns two transitional housing units for reentering men, says Anthony Cooper, director of reentry services at Nehemiah.

One facility is emergency or temporary housing and one can be used as permanent housing. Nehemiah housing programs are for men only, with 32 currently enrolled.

The county funds will be used to purchase two additional multi-unit buildings for permanent housing.

This year’s county budget includes another $500,000 to fund additional housing for those reentering.

FRANK DAVIS SPENT MONTHS PREparing for his reentry in 2007 after 19 years in prison.

Unlike the county jail Bankston was released from, the Department of Corrections releases most prisoners on a Tuesday, giving some measure of predictability. But while inmates may know their day of release, many don’t know where they’re headed. Davis was first told he’d be relocated from Wisconsin to Kansas City where he had family, and far from Madison’s street influences that had landed him in prison.

While working in the Columbia Correctional Institution’s library, Davis painstakingly researched jobs in Kansas City. Without the benefit of the Internet, he set up job interviews and arranged for housing. But it was all for naught — three weeks before his release date, the DOC decided to release him to a halfway house in Madison. He was forced to devise a new plan.

Frank Davis, who was released in 2007 after 19 years in prison, now attends college and works full time. Above, on his wedding day with bride, Felicia, and his mother-in-law, Brenda Hodges.

“I was determined to succeed,” says Davis, who served 19 years for a conviction of first degree sexual assault at the age of 18.

The day after his release, he took a bus to Madison’s far west side to interview for a job he found in the paper. When they handed him an application and told him to come back, he pleaded to have the interview that day. He explained his recent release and his need for housing, and promised he’d outperform the rest of the company’s employees. He was hired. Today Davis is a full-time Madison College student, works in the tool and die industry and is a devoted husband and father.

Davis sees himself as one of the lucky ones. There just aren’t that many employers willing to hire convicted felons.

The trouble starts when applicants come across a question asking them to check a box if they’ve ever been convicted of a felony.

Even if employers don’t ask the question, it’s very easy to find out if someone has committed a

crime in Wisconsin. Landlords and employers routinely check Wisconsin’s Circuit Court Access Website, or CCAP, when screening applicants.

“CCAP makes it so easy to discriminate against people who have prior criminal records,” says Jerry Hancock, a former director of the Wisconsin Crime Lab and Dane County deputy district attorney, and current director of the Prison Ministry Project, a restorative justice program that brings crime victims into prisons to share stories that build empathy.

Hancock adds: “You can go on it and get a three-word description of someone that does not tell you the whole story, but those three words are often used to deny them a job or a place to live.”

Bankston was overwhelmed by “the box” when he first filled out job applications last year.

“First you write all of this positive stuff about yourself, college credits and good things you’ve done,” Bankston says. “Then you get to that box and it can knock the wind out of you.”

Bankston persevered. Last month he was hired by the Madison school district as community liaison for James Madison Memorial High School. In the school’s “Peace Center,” Bankston oversees a relaxed, communal-style room where students can work through conflicts that in the past could have resulted in suspension.

Samantha Southward, below with her daughter Isabella, was able to achieve her goals with help from Madison Urban Ministry’s Circle of Support program.

His years in prison, when he worked as a mentor to other inmates and trained in restorative justice conflict resolution, gave him experience for the job.

SEVERAL STATES HAVE BANNED employers from asking questions about criminal history — a growing movement known as “Ban the Box.” Wisconsin has not yet signed on, but there has been some movement on this front. The state Legislature is now considering a bill that would ban the box from applications for state employment.

One of Parisi’s first initiatives as county executive was to ban the box on county job applications.

In 2014 he created a county jail reentry coordinator position to help newly released people find work, housing and services. Jerome Dillard, a prison reform advocate, is the first to hold the position.

The county is also taking steps to address mental illness among inmates at the Dane County Jail — illnesses that may have led them there and often lead them back because of a lack of continuity in prison to community care.

Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney says that 80% of the inmates at the Dane County Jail struggle with drug or alcohol addiction. He says only recently has the county begun to connect services within the jail with services on the outside.

Lynn Green, director of Dane County Human Services, says the county now funds continuing treatment for both mental illnesses and addictions for inmates after they’re released.

“We [already had] programs that are targeted specifically to the jail population,” Green says.

“But one of the concerns is that you identify people with mental health and substance abuse issues, and when they get released back into the community, the progress they made while they were in jail doesn’t stick.”

To assist the transition from jail to work, the county got a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to develop a Jail Based Job Center.

Funds in the 2016 budget expand the existing reentry program. Part of the program is an assessment tool that matches job services to inmates. Those job services will continue once they’re released.

Parisi explains “We’re looking at what they need to be successful so each sentenced inmate will have an individualized plan of action to be worked on, both while they’re in the jail and when they get out.”

WHEN BANKSTON WAS IN PRISON, he would routinely see inmates get released, only to return a short time later. He started chatting up these returnees, trying to understand what went wrong for them.

Now that he’s out, Bankston knows that the allure of street life is often the toughest part of readjusting. While leaving a parole officer meeting recently, he met a newly released man and agreed to give him a lift.

“He’d been out less than a week, up for the last five days hustling in the streets any way he could, from robbing to selling drugs,” Bankston says. “I felt a strong sense of hopelessness for him. He confessed to having no support whatsoever. It seemed like he was mentally ill-equipped to transition back on his own. The man was lost, just 26 and had done eightplus years with no guidance.”

Bankston adds: “I hate to say it, but he was clearly on his way back to prison.”

There are nonprofit organizations that offer help.

John Givens runs a reentry program at Madison Urban Ministry that he says has a 93% success rate.

Formerly incarcerated himself, Givens travels to area prisons with community volunteers and briefs soon-to-be released inmates about MUM’s services.

He guarantees to his clients that MUM can find anyone a job if they want one and will even buy each job-seeker three new suits in which to interview.

One of the program’s most successful components is its Circle of Support group, where volunteer community members commit to supporting a person getting out of prison — referred to as a “core member.” Each group meets once a week for six months. (Editor’s note: the author has volunteered with MUM as a Circle of Support member, although she is not currently active with the program.)

One core member, Samantha Southward, is on the road to success. Last February, Southward was released from the Dane County Jail after committing check fraud. She took advantage of the resources offered to her. Southward found daycare for her 3-year-old daughter, learned how to search and apply for jobs, and secured tuition donations to enroll at Madison College. The job hunt has been slow.

Southward was accepted into the YWCA’s Third Street Program, recommended by Circle of Support members, where she receives wrap-around services for herself and her daughter.

The community support has been invaluable. “Because of the Circle of Support,” Southward says, “All of the goals I wanted to get done, I’ve gotten done.”

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Dane County Executive Joe Parisi: “ We need to look at what the reasons for failure are, and there are many.” the hurdles former prisoners face when released. He says the focus at meetings has shifted from bold intimidation toward support.

“We have the policing down pat, but when we work with such a highrisk group of individuals with such a wide range of criminogenic needs, it exposes the need for improved case management, an overall social worker-type look on each individual case,” Patterson says. “It feels like we’re doing good but always feels like we could be doing better.”

A notification meeting was held on Oct. 13, with nine men, recently released from prison, ordered to attend the gathering at United Way. Each had been tagged with a serious criminal background, collectively contributing to more than 279 charges with 57 victims. Eight of the nine were men of color.

Several family members and friends of the participants attended the meeting. Bankston went out of curiosity. Although agreeing that these people needed intervention, he watched the meeting in a more critical light.

“I just thought that it was too stereotypically made-for-TV and that most of the government characters read from scripts instead of spoke from the heart,” he says.

“One talked about wanting to see the guys do well and turn their lives around, but then he turned around and assured them that his agency would do anything and everything in its power to take them down if they continued on the criminal path.”

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Wray announced with much fanfare a new gettough-on-crime effort, which emphasized that a relatively small group of people, through repeat offenses, was responsible for a high number of serious crimes.

“It’s clear that under the current system, many are arrested time and time again with no significant change in criminal behavior,” Wray said.

The idea was to have those recently released inmates at high risk for committing more violent crimes meet with a group of Madison’s most senior law enforcement officers at a “notification” meeting.

The Special Investigation Unit’s record on these interventions has been mixed. Since 2011, there have been nine notification meetings with 99 participants. Of those, 47 have been convicted of new crimes and 66 have been arrested though not necessarily charged.

John Patterson, Special Investigation Unit supervisor with the Madison Police Department, says the experience has taught the department more about

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“I refuse to be a victim” The author of Empty Playground speaks out against abuse

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Harty’s secret ate away at him. His shame and self-loathing led him to alcoholism. Even after he came out as a gay man in his early 20s and got sober in his mid-30s, the pain did not go away. Perhaps it never will.

But Harty, now 58, has in recent years found liberation from his need to keep secrets. Now he is committed to telling what happened. Exactly.

In 2010, as he neared the end of a five-year run as artistic director of Madison’s Broom Street Theater, Harty wrote Invisible Boy, a play about childhood sexual abuse based on his own experiences as a child in southwestern Wiscon-

sin. It was one of 23 full-length plays he’s had produced, mostly at Broom Street.

His courage was liberating to others. About half of the two dozen cast and crew members of Invisible Boy revealed that they, too, were molested as children. Audience members broke down in tears and shared their own stories at talkbacks.

Harty, one of the co-founders of the Ten Percent Society, a UW-Madison LGBT student group, was drawn to the cause. He helped organize an all-day Paths to Healing Conference, which has been held in Madison each year since

2013. He developed presentations, including “Healing Through Creative Expression,” which he’s given to audiences across the country. As Harty wrote a few years ago in an online article for The Progressive, “I am not a trained professional in the field of child abuse, but I am an expert.”

Now Harty is the author of a brave new book, Empty Playground: A Survivor’s Story, which documents the abuse he endured and the still-ongoing journey it launched. The

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The first time it happened, Callen Harty was 9 or 10 years old. He told his mother about it, how his older brother had touched him “down there.” Her reply: “Oh, you shouldn’t let him do that to you.”

Her response, shifting blame on him, was shaming. He never told her again, and the abuse, including anal rape, continued until he was 17 and his brother was 23, married and with children of his own. For years, Harty never told anyone. And when he did, it was that something happened, not exactly what.

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The reverse side of the dim sum menu features about 100 more appetizers and dinners. There are standards like hot and sour soup, kung pao chicken, beef lo mein, chicken corn soup and shrimp fried rice, but also less frequently seen offerings like jellyfish with Szechuan sauce, pork stomach with hot chilis, live lobster, fish heads with soy sauce, and teaflavored pigeon. For vegetarians, there is a nice section with veggie-braised tofu, stir-fried green beans and hot and sour potato.

The spicy beef brisket entrée arrives in a searing-hot clay pot, sauce bubbling. Cabbage, water chestnuts, whole dried red peppers and bok choy enliven the stew. Tender chunks of beef are buttery-soft, but too much of the beef is tangled in fatty tissue. The sauce is a

sublime taste experience, which is certainly aided by the beef fat, but at $18, the kitchen would do well to strip more of the fat off the brisket itself.

Dishes arrive when they arrive, with no sequencing, clearing for entrees or other trappings of the Western table. Service is cheerful but somewhat inexperienced at times.

As dim sum is traditionally eaten in the morning, like a weekend brunch, it makes a good springboard for other activities.

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At Nani, start with an order of hot green tea. Tea is the traditional accompaniment to dim sum, the specialty here.

Along the Silk Road in the Chinese province of Guangdong (Canton), tea houses were set up to accommodate increasing numbers of travelers. The tea houses began offering small plates (as opposed to full meals) as a digestive. The tea ritual (yum cha) goes hand in hand with dim sum, though it’s westernized here, arriving in a silver pot, not with a traditional tea service.

Waves of smiling servers flow through the capacious dining room, but they do not wield the wheeled carts laden with food common to many dim sum restaurants, which is fine — the food comes hotter this way.

The menu/placemat arrives with a pen, with the dim sum side facing up (there’s a dinner menu on the flip side). The color photos of dim sum dishes are helpful for figuring out what to order. Simply write a quantity next to your selections, as when ordering sushi, and the menus are whisked away, to be replaced with real versions of the small dishes. This is great fun for kids and adults.

Family style, or “order a bunch of stuff and share it,” is the way of dim sum. Little jars of crystallized sugar, garlic-chili paste and soy sauce are within arm’s reach at each table.

A good first pick is har gow, or dumpling, the test of a good dim sum restaurant. Nani’s shrimp dumpling is tender, subtle, with sweet, mild-tasting crustaceans.

Pan-fried green chive cake arrives in a smoking-hot cast iron pan set in a wooden frame so it can be placed on the table. Puffy vegetable pork buns get the same cast iron treatment — wipe them in the garlic chili paste and swoon. Pork pan-fried pot stickers are flecked with Napa cabbage and also do well with a dab of garlic chili paste (little share plates are provided for sauces).

A pan-fried water chestnut cake is substantial and surpassingly nutty. Baby cuttlefish are stiffer than calamari — the almost alien-looking pods with tentacles are tangy, with a saline rush. This is a truly exotic dish for most Americans.

Then there are more traditionally Cantonese preparations that use the whole animal: braised pork belly with lotus root, salty pork bone with dried vegetable congee, chicken feet with abalone sauce.

Deep-fried sesame balls have a soft interior. These were so addictive, I wanted to eat 10 of them. The lotus seed paste bun is filled with lotus jam, almost like apple butter. This puff pastry can be eaten for dessert, as can the sesame balls and the sweet rice crepe with deep-fried Chinese doughnut. The rice crepe is wrapped around the doughnut and deep-fried.

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Kombucha... from a keg Fizzy fermented tea is now available fresh on tap

BY ERICA KRUG

It’s an old story. You overindulged during the holidays and the new year brought resolutions. More vegetables! Less meat!

If 2016 also finds you cutting back on alcohol, your options around town just got a little more interesting. Locally brewed NessAlla Kombucha is popping up on tap at several eateries around town, including Mermaid Café, Alchemy, the Side Door Grill and Tap and A-OK Sunshine and Spirits. It will soon be available on tap at both Willy Street Co-op locations.

Kombucha, a fizzy drink made from fermented tea, is reputed to have many health benefits. It’s made with a SCOBY (symbiotic culture/colony of bacteria and yeast); the yeast and bacteria work together to eat the caffeine, tannins and sugar in the tea and turn it into the effervescent, tangy beverage known as kombucha. Although kombucha is fermented, its actual alcohol levels remain low, so that the drink is classified as non-alcoholic.

NessAlla, one of the first craft kombucha breweries in the country, was started

by Alla Shapiro and Vanessa Tortolano in 2008. Their product has grown in popularity over the last few years as they’ve educated Madison about the drink. Popular in Russia, where Shapiro lived until she was 7, and on both coasts of the U.S., kombucha has been slow to make its way to the Midwest.

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Isis Newman of the Mermaid Cafe fills a growler of fresh NessAlla Kombucha.

blend of Rishi Teas from Milwaukee. Their seasonal blends, which appear four times a year coinciding with the solstices and equinoxes, are made with seasonal wild herbs.

This winter’s blend, made with hibiscus, ginger and cardamom, has lots of vitamin C and a bright, ruby red color to brighten the gray winter days.

Kegs of the seasonal blend, a specialty blend and the lemongrass ginger flavor will be available at

both Willy Street Co-ops by Feb. 1. Customers can bring growlers and fill from the taps.

Shapiro and Tortolano say kombucha on tap, as opposed to bottled, is fresher, less expensive and produces less packaging waste.

Gwen Johnson of A-OK Sunshine and Spirits says having kombucha on draft is “novel and exciting — our customers love to see what flavor we have fresh from week to week.”

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Some bars are serving their kombucha straight-up — the Side Door Grill & Tap and the Hop Garden in Paoli both pour NessAlla’s Juniper Hops blend. But other taverns are creating kombucha-forward cocktails. At the Tip Top Tavern, look for the Romantic Side, a blend of bitters, gin and this winter’s seasonal blends.

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House of Brews is looking forward to big changes in 2016. It’s planning at least four lagers, all new additions to its seasonal releases. Up first is a winner, a smooth malty doppelbock called Jailhouse Bock.

The doppelbock is a full-bodied beer that should feature malty sweetness, especially lightly toasted caramel and chocolate malt character. Fruity esters can be common but not overwhelming; hop bitterness is evident but not excessive. Jailhouse Bock is a straightforward doppelbock — it’s all about malt. The recipe includes a combination of eight different ones, creating a beer that’s deep bronze, almost black, with rich, smooth sweetness.

This ranks as one of my favorite House of Brews beers. It’s just right with a hearty meal of comfort foods rich in earthy flavors, like a roasted veggie stew or roasted meats.

While this beer is sweet, there’s a pleasant dryness to the finish that allows it to remain clean and avoid becoming cloying or sticky.

Madison has no Hawaiian restaurant, so the food side of this benefit for epilepsy research will be our only opportunity to revel in Kahlua pork sliders, sushi rice salad, coconut shrimp, Key lime pie and more. It’s at Union South, 6:30 p.m.-midnight. Tickets ($60) at lilysfund.org/luau.

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This is a doppelbock that fans of the style should be sure to try.

House of Brews Jailhouse Bock finishes around 8% ABV. It’s currently on draught at the brewery ($4.50/glass, $14/growler refill), and it can be found at a handful of local taverns. By February, it will be available in 22-ounce bomber bottles for around $7-$8.

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Not to be confused with “Pi Day,” (that’s March 14), National Pie Day celebrates the pastry-crust-anchored, sweet-fillinged dessert without involving any puns or math. The Hubbard Avenue Diner, 7445 Hubbard Ave., Middleton, will have filled its pastry case. All slices are discounted; there will be a pie trivia contest, and anyone wearing a Hubbard Avenue Diner pie T-shirt gets a free slice.

Fishing for Dinner Wed., Jan. 27 (registration deadline)

The Wisconsin DNR, with a little help from the UW-Madison Fishing Team, will be teaching a four-session class for newbies on how to fish.

Held at Union South, on Lake Monona and at Willy Street Co-op West, the class is free, but you do need to be a novice to the sport. Classes are Feb. 2, 9, 13 and 17. See info at 1.usa.gov/1PeLLUt or call 608-266-2272.

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Oyster brew from Bent Kettle Okay, a platter of oysters next to Guinness is not that uncommon, and there’s even Island Oyster Stout from Harpoon Brewing of Boston — but oysters blended with a hoppy beer? And in the Midwest? It’s a reality: An oyster IPA is among the latest new beers from Bent Kettle Brewing of Fort Atkinson.

“I bought fresh whole oysters from a local seafood purveyor and added them toward the end of the boil,” says Bent Kettle’s Mark Cook. The hops in the beer T include Amarillo and Mosaic, which leave an estimated 67 IBUs; it finishes at 6.5% ABV. The beer will appear at a special tapping at HopCat Jan. 23.

Bent Kettle is stepping up its produc- P tion overall after debuting its first offerings last summer. At last weekend’s Isthmus Beer and Cheese Fest, it offered six beers, including Disregarde, a Biere de Gardestyle brew made with Vienna malt; Making Mischief, an oatmeal brown ale; and Night Sweat, a black IPA with chipotle peppers and molasses. These draught-only beers are turning up in Madison’s craft beer hangouts. Bent Kettle’s flagship, Insolence, is available locally in 16-ounce cans. The amber rye Go Fasters will start appearing in cans at the end of the month.

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Knaack started his brewery in Marion in 2013. “Everybody said we were nuts doing this in a town of 1,200,” he says, but growth has been steady.

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Sweet Mullets changes hands After four years, Mark Duchow is bidding Sweet Mullets Brewing Co. in Oconomowoc goodbye. Duchow has long been a fixture among brewers in the Midwest, having made beer for such brewpubs as Milwaukee’s Water Street Brewery in the early 1990s and the Grumpy Troll Brewpub in Mount Horeb.

Duchow is selling Sweet Mullets to Chad Ostram, who has already taken over in the brew house. Ostram says he wants to continue to offer a wide range of beers and maintain the pub’s eclectic feel. A native of Fond du Lac, Ostram has most recently been employed in the IT sector. Duchow is moving to Chicago and looking at brewing opportunities there.

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Drink your vegetables Carrots and rum shine in the What’s Up, Doc? from Tavernakaya

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The traditional izakayas of old were casual pubs where Japanese businessmen could relax and enjoy an after-work sake or beer.

At Tavernakaya, 27 E. Main St., the classic concept gets a modern makeover and offers an inventive, curious cocktail program to match the diverse, street-food and night market-inspired menu. The gastropub is closed for repairs, but here are some drinks to dream about until it reopens Jan. 28.

The cocktail offerings make good use of spirits, never repeating a star ingredient. But the standout on the menu is the What’s Up, Doc? — a sweet, refreshing and somewhat unexpected concoction of Plantation 3 Star White Rum, carrot syrup, creme de menthe and a squirt of lime. It comes bright orange and shaken to a perfect froth. The rum, which blends spirits from Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados, adds complexity, while the sweet carrot and the refreshing creme de menthe add a bright finish.

Another hit was the Mono No Aware — a Japanese saying that translates to “the pathos of things.” This spirit-driven cocktail is heavily herbal and floral thanks to Sichuan peppercorn-infused gin; Cocchi Americano, an Italian aperitif, adds a satisfying, elegant bitterness. Garnish with a red pepper and enjoy while feeling wistful about the impermanence of life. n

A nod to everyone’s favorite carrot-chomping wabbit with the What’s Up, Doc?

It’s High Cold Season in Wisconsin, and winter’s getting real. Only the strongest among us will avoid succumbing to the swarms of viruses and bacteria making their way through the population. We need a drink that’s the equivalent of a superhero.

And it exists: Behold the elixir known as the Ginger Dragon, available at Espresso Royale, 224 and 650 State St. Its list of ingredients is so simple (and healthful) that your grandma would approve: ginger (steeped nice and strong inhouse), lemon and honey. That’s all. A hot toddy with ginger instead of booze.

I tested my belief that the drink is “magical” on my editor, who was recovering from a sinus infection and sounded like vintage Debra Winger. She liked it! Naturally, I had to get one for myself, “to make sure it’s not poison,” as my mom used to say when snatching a bite of something.

Whether you’re sick or not, the lemon/ honey mixture soothes the throat and the ginger opens up the nasal passages. If deliciousness is magic, I rest my case.

Stay healthy. Rest. Drink lots of fluids.

And consume this holy elixir.

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Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy probably is still trying to figure out what happened in Phoenix last Saturday night.

Despite starting as underdogs, the Packers tied the Arizona Cardinals in an instant classic NFC divisional playoff game with a Hail Mary pass from quarterback Aaron Rodgers to wide receiver Jeff Janis (and an extra point kick by Mason Crosby). But just three plays and 65 seconds later, the Cardinals scored a touchdown in overtime for the 26-20 win and a date with the 17-1 Carolina Panthers in the NFC Championship Game.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how we should sum up this frustrating season: The Green Bay Packers simply werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t good enough. The best teams in the NFL donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to rely on Hail Mary pass completions to win or tie games.

Not only did the final seconds of regulation time in Phoenix recall what happened in Detroit on Dec. 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the famous Rodgers-to-Rodgers Hail Mary that saved Green Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but it also continued the Packersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; streak of dramatic season-ending playoff games.

At many points throughout this season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; when offensive starter after offensive starter

went down with an injury, when running back Eddie Lacy lost his mojo, when McCarthy made the mistake of ceding play-calling duties to an underling or when a mid-season crisis threatened to derail a 6-0 start â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a seventh straight playoff berth seemed unlikely.

Yet despite losing their final two regular-season games by a combined score of 58-21 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including a Dec. 27 blowout in the desert, when the Cardinals embarrassed the Packers, 38-8 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Green Bay still made the playoffs.

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The season is done, and we all can exhale.

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Sales have averaged a little more than one copy per day. “It’s going to take quite a few years to be a million-seller,” he jokes.

But still he is gratified, believing the book will spur others to confront their own abuse. “I can’t begin to tell you how many people have come out to me as the first person they’ve told that they were abused as children,” he says.

Written simply and with shattering honesty, Empty Playground is a compelling read, and surprisingly uplifting. It builds to a necessary confrontation with his brother that took place just days before the book was published. (He recorded the encounter that same day on his blog, “A Single Bluebird.”) But even before then, Harty had achieved, through years of hard work, a kind of peace with his past.

“I refuse to be a victim,” he writes early on. “I am a survivor. And I want all victims to become survivors. I also want there to be no more victims.”

That will take some doing. Harty cites statistics showing that one in every four girls and one in every six boys are sexually abused as children. Harty calls this category “a brotherhood and sisterhood that no one wants to belong to but which has an uncountable number of members.”

His prescription is to bring the topic into the light. “We need to have real conversations about the issue of child sexual abuse,” Harty writes. “Only when we face it squarely can we even begin to dream of ever ending

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Harty calls on state lawmakers to pass the Wisconsin Child Victims Act, which would remove the statute of limitations for bringing civil suits over child sexual assault, as other states have done. A bill to accomplish this was introduced in September; past incarnations have drawn opposition from the Wisconsin Catholic Conference and died in committee.

And Harty wants Wisconsin to adopt Erin’s law, which would require schools to teach students to report anyone who tries touching their private parts. A bill to this effect was introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature early this month; similar laws are already on the books in 26 states.

After all these years, Harty says he’s not interested in suing his brother or having him criminally prosecuted.

But he believes “some people need to do that to move on with their healing.”

He has forgiven his brother, who he hopes will someday apologize and “forgive himself.” As he writes in his book, “I know there is goodness in him, too.”

In the meantime, the release of Empty Playground continues the journey that began for Harty when he was just a little boy. “I’m hoping it gets into the hands of the people who need it,” he says. “I’m hoping other abuse survivors like me don’t have to get into their 50s and 60s to come to terms with it and get past it.” n

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love and loneliness. “Die Forelle” tells of the demise of a happy trout.

Another concert highlight will be Fischer and Lutes performing the towering “Allegro in A minor,” a piano duet Schubert wrote during his last year of life. Lutes says “Allegro,” like other Schubert duets, requires elaborate choreography and gentle forbearance.

Other performers include opera diva and alumna Jamie-Rose Guarrine, UW voice professors Mimmi Fulmer and Paul Rowe, faculty violinist Soh-Hyun Park Altino (and cellist husband Leo Altino) and faculty violist Sally Chisholm. Horn professor Daniel Grabois, adjunct clarinet professor Wesley Warnhoff and current University Opera director David Ronis will also participate.

In the spirit of the original 19th-century events, the hosts hope to create an occasion less formal than traditional concerts.“We try to re-create that atmosphere of friendliness (gemütlichkeit) and spontaneity and to involve many performers in the process,” says Fischer. “We have seating on stage for those who want to be close up, adding to the feeling that this might be occurring in someone’s living room.” n

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Little is known about the private life of Franz Schubert, although information about his public persona is abundant. He was born in Austria on Jan. 31, 1797 and studied composition with imperial kapellmeister (conductor) and composer Antonio Salieri. When Schubert died in 1828 at the tender age of 31, he left behind a treasure trove: nearly 1,500 works spanning multiple genres.

Beethoven, who wasn’t easily impressed, thought Schubert had the divine spark.

Nearly 200 years later, the best way to know Schubert is through his music. Around the world, audiences still celebrate the composer with Schubertiades, named after the events in Viennese homes where Schubert and his friends gathered to perform and hear his latest compositions.

In Madison, the tradition has been taken up by pianists Martha Fischer, a professor at the UW School of Music, and her husband, Bill Lutes, the school’s emeritus artist-inresidence. Fischer and Lutes will host the city’s third annual Schubertiade on Saturday, Jan. 30, at UW-Madison’s Mills Concert Hall at 8 p.m. The concert, underwritten by donor Ann Boyer, will feature Schubertian naturescapes on the themes of water, winds and woodlands.

“Schubert grew up in an age of burgeoning Romanticism, with its worship of nature,” says Lutes. “He has a remarkable way of evoking our rich emotional and spiritual responses to those phenomena, through an enormous range of textures, harmonies and glorious melodies.”

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Beat goes on Former Madisonian appears with Vocalosity

BY LAURA JONES

Chesney Snow has found his voice.

A beatboxer (vocal percussionist) and actor who spent his teenage years in Platteville and attended Edgewood College in the late ’90s, Snow is returning to Madison on a tour with Vocalosity, which plays at the Overture Center on Jan. 28-29. Vocalosity was created by Deke Sharon, the impresario behind Pitch Perfect and The Sing-Off. It’s a high-energy act featuring 12 vocalists performing arrangements of current hits using only their voices. “A cappella,” Snow says, “creates a bond between people. The first drum is the heartbeat, and we all have one.

We all have the capacity to be music.”

Snow moved to Wisconsin from Chicago as a high school freshman. His mother was escaping an abusive boyfriend and Snow recalls they threw all their belongings in their car and just left. They moved into a women’s shelter outside of Platteville.

Growing up in southwest Wisconsin as a young African American teenager wasn’t easy. “When we first moved, I was against it, because back in those days, there weren’t many black kids,” says Snow. He describes the experience as “culture shock,” but says the family was eventually accepted. “Going through it really shaped and informed the toughness of my skin. It was good for me and good for the community.”

After graduating, Snow studied theater at Edgewood College, which he calls “refreshing and beautiful.” He lived in dorms overlooking Lake Wingra and learned valuable artistic and technical skills that helped him gain employment once he made the leap to New York City; in addition to performing, he knew how to hang lights and work the sound board.

But once he was in the competitive struggle for roles, the young actor became disillusioned. “I was at an audition for a McDonald’s [commercial], and I remember the director asked me, ‘Can you make the McChicken sexy?’” says Snow. “I had an epiphany. Is this really what I want to do with my life in this art?” Snow took a break from auditioning, choosing to focus instead on beatboxing, percussion made with the voice, lips and mouth, to create sounds similar to a drum machine, turntable or even specific natural sounds like bird calls. It felt like a purer art form, with less separation between him and the audience.

Snow says he had always been inspired by hip-hop culture and had a natural inclination to beatbox; it wasn’t something he so much learned as practiced, sometimes five hours a day in his apartment, the way other musicians study their instruments — recording himself, listening back and detailing various sounds.

“If you look at children, they’re always making sounds,” he says. “Their voice is a conduit to their imagination. Beatboxing is innate.”

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Actor/beatboxer Chesney Snow studied theater at Edgewood College.

In 2010, the idea of working with legendary musician Herbie Hancock drew Snow back into the theater: He auditioned and won a part in a Hancock-produced musical called iChoose, The musical toured high schools in five different states and three countries, using rap, dance and dialogue to help students in high-conflict zones learn nonviolent coping skills. The show was transformative, says Snow: “We would get messages from school administrators saying we deescalated conflicts that same day.”

Later, Snow was cast as Boxman — the beatbox role — in an a cappella musical featuring characters on the New York City subway called In Transit, written in part by Frozen composer Kristen Anderson-Lopez.

The ensemble won the 2011 Drama Desk award, and the production team is reworking the show for a Broadway run.

Outside the proscenium, Snow has continued to pursue his own path. He founded the World Beatbox Association, and served as executive producer for a film about the 2010 American Beatbox Championship titled American Beat Boxer, which is now a part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He also works with an organization called BEAT that teaches beatboxing at the Lavelle School for the Blind in New York City, using the form not just to make music, but also to help children with multiple disabilities learn speech.

Snow says the goal of his work is to get all people to feel empowered to use their voices.

“So much of our work in the arts is about deprogramming the don’ts and shouldn’ts people learn at a young age. [Vocalosity] is more than just a spectacle for the eyes.” n

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UW Cinematheque films honor experimentation Saturday: Arabian Nights, one of 2015’s most audacious film projects.

Friday: Hitchcock/Truffaut, an affectionate tribute to the towering figures of cinema.

BY JAMES KREUL

Cinephiles, prepare to test your mettle.

You’ll need almost eight hours of screen time this weekend: 80 minutes for a tribute to the most famous interview in cinema history, and 380 minutes for one of the best films of 2015.

On Friday, UW Cinematheque screens Hitchcock/Truffaut, Kent Jones’ affectionate ode to the legendary book-length interview between master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock and French New Waver François Truffaut (Friday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m.). On Saturday, Cinematheque showcases the only local screening of Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes’ threepart, six-hour epic, Arabian Nights.

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The book, now popularly known as Hitchcock/Truffaut, changed how many regarded Hollywood cinema because of the filmmakers’ insightful and practical discussion of how to tell stories visually with style.

I cherish my copy, purchased almost 30 years ago. (The book was published in France in 1983; the English translation came out in 1984.)

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Other filmmakers, mostly American and French males (including Martin Scorsese and Olivier Assayas), talk about how the book changed how they watch and understand movies.

Jones argues that Hitchcock’s films freed Truffaut as an artist, and Truffaut reciprocated by liberating Hitchcock from his reputation as a light entertainer. For those unfamiliar with Hitchcock (particularly younger audiences), Jones provides a vivid introduction to Hitchcock’s films and ample motivation to read Hitchcock/Truffaut.

But to use the old cliché: The book is better. Jones gives short shrift to the relationship between Hitchcock and Truffaut (and the role of collaborator/translator Helen Scott) and relies too heavily on commentary from contemporary filmmakers. I’d rather hear Hitchcock and Truffaut discuss one of Hitchcock’s lesser films than hear James Gray (The Immigrant) or Arnaud Desplechin (A Christmas Tale) discuss his best.

There’s fascinating material here, thanks to access to the original interview recordings, which capture moments, for example, when portrait photographer Philippe Halsman invites Hitchcock to “direct” the book’s publicity photos. Despite veering from his central topic, Jones reminds us just how shocking Psycho was

in 1960, and he assembles an engaging discussion of the critical rehabilitation of Vertigo.

I just wanted more Hitchcock and Truffaut.

Hitchcock once lamented to Truffaut that he should have experimented more with narrative form. Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes need not worry about such regrets after making Arabian Nights, one of the most ambitious, audacious and satisfying films of 2015 (Saturday, Jan. 23, 1 p.m.).

Gomes appears literally buried up to his neck and seemingly overwhelmed in an early cameo in this wildly ambitious epic that explores the socioeconomic realities of austerity-stricken Portugal.

For Gomes, storytelling is an urgent matter, just as it was for Scheherazade in the original One Thousand and One Nights. She needed to tell stories compelling enough to keep her alive. If the tales of contemporary Portugal are not told, Gomes suggests with Arabian Nights, the Portuguese people might lose what little agency they have left since the economic crisis of 2008.

Gomes tells these stories — some somber, some absurd — with an urgency akin to U.S. writers during the Great Depression. Opening titles explain that stories were collected when “the country was held hostage to a program of economic austerity executed by a government

apparently devoid of social justice.” These stories transform through shifting narrative modes — fiction, nonfiction and hybrids — providing many cinematic delights.

Arabian Nights is never simply a political tract. It borrows from bawdy folk tales, the theater of the absurd, neo-realism and cinema-verite. Volume One, The Restless One has relatively abrupt shifts, but afterward, Gomes allows the stories time to breathe.

Although presented as three films (Volume Two, The Desolate One was Portugal’s entry for the Academy Awards), I put myself at a disadvantage watching them separately. The delay, for example, diluted a beautiful visual rhyme between the end of The Desolate One and the beginning of Volume Three, The Enchanted One. When Scheherazade belts out “Perfidia” on a mountaintop in The Enchanted One, you realize that almost anything Gomes tries here will mesmerize you.

Gomes dedicates Arabian Nights to his young daughter, hoping she’ll watch the film when she’s old enough and will “derive from it what she well pleases.” I came away with the same feeling I had reading Hitchcock/Truffaut 30 years ago: excitement for what the cinema can be. n

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The film list New releases The 5th Wave: Another round of alien attacks is imminent, and Cassie (Chloë Grace Moretz) must try to save her brother.

Anomalisa: In this stop-motion puppet movie co-directed by screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, customer-service expert Michael sees the same face and hears the same voice, over and over again. Michael snaps out of it when he suddenly hears the voice of Lisa — differentiated, musical — a miracle.

The Boy: A nanny is surprised when her new charge is a doll, and even more surprised when she begins to suspect it’s alive.

Dirty Grandpa: Uptight dude (Zac Efron) is conned into driving pervy elder (Robert De Niro) to spring break.

Recent releases 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi: Many folks chuckled over Michael “Transformers” Bay taking on the controversial 2012 terrorist attacks in Libya, but it turns out he was prepared to take the job pretty seriously. Bay focuses on the six-man team of military contractors protecting the CIA facility that comes under siege after terrorists overrun a nearby diplomatic outpost. Strictly as action filmmaking, it’s an impressive piece of work, balancing the chaos and uncertainty of the situation.

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The Forest: A young American woman travels to Japan to search for her missing twin sister, who reportedly ventured into the preternaturally lush Aokigahara Forest near Mount Fuji. Despite the ghostly apparitions and the hallucinatory visions, the movie never really gets out of the woods.

To find out more about how you may be able to participate, call:

263-BONE (263-2663) and ask for the “TAILORED Study”

Norm of the North: A talking bear (voiced by Rob Schneider) finds his calling when he travels to New York with three playful lemmings to discourage a developer from building a new subdivision in the Arctic. Only those children desperate for an animated-bear fix need to see this.

Ride Along 2: It was nearly two years ago to the day that the first installment of this comedy starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart as mismatched cops came out. If you enjoyed that vehicle, then by all means, flag down the new jalopy: It rides the same and the upgrades are kept to a minimum.

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The Martian The Revenant Room Sisters Spectre Spotlight

The Good Dinosaur

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Hateful Eight

Trumbo

Inside Out

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Bridge of Spies

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Fri to Thu: (1:50, 5:00), 8:15

Tokyo Story: An older couple travel to visit their children and meet only indifference. Union South Marquee, Jan. 28, 6:30 pm.

The Peanuts Movie

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Fri & Sat: (1:15, 4:00), 6:45, 9:30; Sun: (11:25 AM, 2:10, 4:55), 7:40; Mon to Thu: (2:10, 4:55), 7:40

The Man Who Fell to Earth: Dearly departed David Bowie delivers an otherworldly performance as an extraterrestrial being who lands in New Mexico in this eerie ‘70s-era classic. Union South Marquee, Jan. 21, 6:30 p.m.

The Big Short

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CC & DESCRIPTIVE NARRATION Fri: (1:40, 4:20), 7:05, 9:20; Sat: (11:10 AM, 1:05), 7:05, 9:20; Sun: (11:15 AM, 1:40, 4:20), 7:50; Mon to Thu: (1:40, 4:20), 7:50

Four Moons: A quartet of tales following males in love and/or lust. OutReach, Jan. 27, 6:30 pm.

Ant-Man

• 2016 Oscar Shorts – 1/29 • Perfect Shorts – 2/12 • Mustang – 2/19 • Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict – 2/26 • A War – 3/4 • Hitchcock/Truffaut – 3/11 • Embrace of the Serpent – 3/18

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Fight Club: A violent way to channel male aggression gets out of hand. Union South Marquee, Jan. 21 (9:30 pm) and Jan. 22 (11 pm).

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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

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Modern Mod Thursday, Jan. 21, High Noon Saloon, 8 pm In its four-year existence, Modern Mod has become Madison’s most beloved bedroom pop band, releasing one full-length album and landing a gig with Matt & Kim along the way.

The teenage group has a knack for infusing pop-rock with a splash of sun and a handful of hooks. They’ll take the stage for the last time here, and will surely be missed. With Surgeons in Heat, Post Social, Trophy Dad.

picks

PICK OF THE WEEK Essen Haus: Tom Brusky, free, 8:30 pm.

First Unitarian Society: Noon Musicale: Rozan Anderson, Willy Walter, bassoon; Scott Ellington, Ruth Dahlke, oboe/English horn, free, 12:15 pm.

thu jan 21 MU S I C Alchemy Cafe: The Pine Travelers, free, 10 pm.

Badger Bowl: Scott Wilcox, Duncan Peterson, 8 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJ Fernando, 10 pm.

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

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

Frequency: Alex Kostka, Spell, Christopher Gold, 9 pm.

Great Dane - Downtown: Beat Chefs, free, 10 pm.

Harmony Bar: Backroom Harmony Band with Evan Murdock, Teddy Davenport, Derek Pritzl, Corey Mathew Hart, 8 pm.

Ivory Room: Jim Ripp, Nicky Jordan, dueling pianos, 9 pm.

Kiki’s House of Righteous Music: High Plains Jamboree, (RSVP: righteousmusicmgmt@gmail.com), 8 pm.

Merchant: Old Soul Society, free, 10 pm.

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

Natt Spil: DJ Foundation, free, 10 pm.

Tip Top Tavern: Kurt Funfsinn, guitar, free, 9:30 pm.

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Great Dane - Hilldale: DJ Samroc, free, 9 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Rock Star Gomeroke, 5 pm; Ifdakar, Baghdad Scuba Review, 9:30 pm.

T HE ATER & DANCE Confessions of a Wannabe Soccer Mom: An Unconventional Journey Into Womanhood: One-woman show by Dina Nina Martinez, 7:30 pm on 1/21 & 8 pm, 1/22, Brink Lounge. $20. 661-8599.

ONE: an evening of solos: Dance pieces by Janelle Bentley, Alyce Finwall, Maureen Janson, Abbey Laufenberg, Olivia Rivard, Susan Douglas Roberts & Liz Sexe, 7:30 pm, 1/21, Gates of Heaven. $10. 234-2286.

The 800th Annual Salvation Swing-Off: Through 1/30, Broom Street Theater, 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays. $11. 244-8338.

ART E XHIBITS & EV ENTS TetraPAKMAN (aka Victor Castro): “The Point of No Return,” 1/21-3/4, Madison College-Downtown Gallery 211 (reception 4-6 pm, 1/21). 258-2437.

Ivory Room: Eben Seaman, Josh Dupont, Peter Hernet, dueling pianos, 8 pm.

Knuckle Down Saloon: Smilin’ Bobby, blues, 8 pm.

Tommy Stinson

Lakeside Street Coffee House: Madison Classical Guitar Society Showcase, free, 7 pm.

Friday, Jan. 22, The Frequency, 9 pm

Legends: Cool Front with Jon French, 9:30 pm.

Tommy Stinson has had an enormous impact on rock ’n’ roll. The bass guitarist helped form the Replacements at the age of 13, and he was just 24 when the pioneering alternative rock band disbanded in 1991. Since then, he’s released multiple solo records, became a member of Guns ’N Roses and even showed up on the rock remix of Puff Daddy’s “It’s All About the Benjamins.” With the American Dead.

Majestic: Rod Tuffcurls & the Bench Press, 9 pm.

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Thursday, Jan. 21, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

You might not recognize this standup comic’s name, but you’ve probably seen his face. He’s performed on Conan, had a role in The Wolf of Wall Street and has appeared in Taco Bell, Honda and Miller Lite commercials. Rothbart was named one of Variety’s “10 Comics to Watch” in 2013. With Danny Solomon, Fritz. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), Jan. 22-23.

Friday, Jan. 22, Capitol Theater, 8 pm

Adam Neiman is among the most recognized and accomplished pianists today, having performed as a soloist and with symphony orchestras across the globe. In 2015, he became an assistant professor of piano at Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, and here, along with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Neiman will be performing Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Poulenc’s Piano Concerto.

Mr. Robert’s: The Begowatts, Johnny Likes Noize, Nate Meng, free, 10 pm.

The Red Zone: Gunner Scott Band, Teddy Davenport, Kaia Kalise, country, 8 pm.

Tip Top Tavern: Brother Rye, free, 10 pm.

Unhappy Sixth “Birthday,” Citizens United: 6:30 pm, 1/21, Brocach-Square, with Mike McCabe, John Nichols, music by The Sundogs. 316-1792.

Tricia’s Country Corners: The Retro Specz, 9 pm.

Tuvalu Coffeehouse, Verona: Steven Graham, Keith Hampton, free, 7 pm.

Up North Pub: Karen Wheelock, free, 8 pm.

fri jan 22

Barry Rothbart

Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse: Yid Vicious, 8 pm.

River Arts Center, Prairie du Sac: Sweet Dreams & Honky Tonks, 7 pm.

POL I T I CS & ACTIV ISM

Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra with Adam Neiman

Mickey’s Tavern: Battlerat, Wood Chickens, Negative Example, free, 10 pm.

Rex’s Innkeeper, Waunakee: Kristi B Band, 8:30 pm.

Yellow Rose Gallery Open House: 7-11 pm, 1/21, Yellow Rose Gallery. artonstate.com.

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Merchant: DJ Vilas Park Sniper, 10:30 pm.

VFW Post 7591: Dollar Bill & the Bucks, 7:30 pm.

Wil-Mar Center: Rich Bauman, 8 pm.

Pat McCurdy Friday, Jan. 22, Union South’s The Sett, 9 pm

Pat McCurdy hails from Milwaukee and is a regular in the Upper Midwest, playing more than 300 shows a year. The singer-writer is always engaging, and since he never plays with a prepared setlist, no two performances are alike. Kinda like snowflakes.

Alchemy Cafe: Miles Over Mountains, free, 10 pm.

Bos Meadery: The Sigourney Weavers, 6:30 pm.

Brink Lounge: Eugene Smiles Project, rock, 9 pm.

Cardinal Bar: Samba Novistas, free, 5:30 pm; DJ Millbot, La Bomba Waters birthday, 9 pm.

Club Tavern, Middleton: Cherry Pie, ‘80s rock, 9 pm.

Delaney’s: Bob Kerwin & Doug Brown, free, 6 pm.

Willy Street Pub and Grill/The Wisco: The Ferns, The Malcolmexicans, The Earthlings, rock, 9 pm.

B O O KS / S PO K EN WO RD Kim Starr: Discussing “Sedona’s Story. Our Autistic Daughter’s Journey into the Spirit World,” her book, 4 pm, 1/22, Sequoya Library. 266-6385.

Word Power! Open Mic: For ages 13-19, 6:30 pm, 1/22, Goodman Community Center-Loft. 241-1574.

A RT EXH I B I TS & EV EN TS Wisconsin Regional Art Program: 1/20-3/4, River Arts Center Gallery, Spring Green (reception 5-7 pm, 1/22). 643-5215.

Marianne Faribanks, Kevin Ponto: “Impractical Weaving Suggestons” and “Protean Guise,” respectively, 1/22-2/21, UW Nancy Nicholas Hall-Design Gallery (reception 5:30-7:30 pm, 1/22). 262-8815.

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HAPPYOKE WINTERFIRE Rock Star

Ifdakar Baghdad SCUBA Review

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Saturday, Jan. 23, Union South’s The Sett, 9 pm

UW Men’s Tennis: vs. Northern Illinois, 5 pm, 1/22, Nielsen Tennis Stadium. 262-1440.

Madison Capitols: USHL vs. Team USA, 7:05 pm, 1/22-23, Alliant Energy Center-Coliseum. $20.50$12.50. 267-3955.

UW Men’s Hockey: vs. Minnesota, 8 pm on 1/22 and 7 pm, 1/23, Kohl Center. $24/$20. 262-1440.

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HOM E & GARDEN Remodeling Expo: National Association of the Remodeling Industry Madison Chapter event, 2-7 pm on 1/22, 9 am-6 pm on 1/23 and 10 am-4 pm, 1/24, Marriott-West, Middleton, with vendors, seminars & demonstrations. $5. nariexpo.com. 222-0670.

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Paul Cebar & Tomorrow Sound Saturday, Jan. 23, Harmony Bar, 9:45 pm

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For an event like Black Sabbath’s final world tour, some monumental support is necessary. Enter Rival Sons, who Ozzy Osbourne calls “one of the best up-and-coming bands in their genre.” The Southern California rockers’ soulful grooves provide a funky counterpoint to Sabbath’s punishing metal, while never losing their rocking backbone.

They’ll be spending a night off from that tour in Madison for this free show.

Fourth Friday Milonga: 8 pm-midnight, 1/22, Italian Workmen’s Club. $5. 238-2039.

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Mad City Pond Hockey Championships: Play begins at 5 pm on 1/22, 8 am on 1/23 and 10 am, 1/24, Esser Pond, Middleton. Rain dates 1/29-31. madcitypondhockey.com. 698-0073.

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Paul Cebar has been a prominent member of Milwaukee’s music scene since the ’70s, pumping out tunes and leading bands like R&B Cadets and Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans. Today, he’s the frontman of Paul Cebar and Tomorrow Sound, a soulful, funky, Latin- and Caribbean-influenced troupe that has stolen the hearts and inspired the dancing of many a Wisconsinite.

Smooth vocals, slick sax playing and tight grooves are Tomorrow Sound specialties.

Pete Seeger: The Storm King Saturday, Jan. 23, Capitol Theater, 8 pm

When Pete Seeger died in 2014 at the age of 94, the world lost an irreplaceable talent.

The Storm King celebrates the late folk singer through his words and voice, set to live music and video installations put together

by Grammy-winning producer Jeff Haynes.

Combining Seeger’s own music with an eclectic mix of jazz, African and East Indian music, the show is a perfect tribute to one of music’s most towering figures.

Yonder Mountain String Band Saturday, Jan. 23, Orpheum Theater, 8 pm

Since 1998, Colorado-based Yonder Mountain String Band has been combining elements of bluegrass with jam band aesthetics to create a sound that’s as much traditional as it is, well, new. So it makes sense that the group has a diverse group of fans, ranging from dreadlocked festivalgoers to buttoned-up politicians (YMSB played the 2008 Democratic National Convention in their home state). How’s that for mass appeal? With Trout Steak Revival.

Chill Harris Saturday, Jan. 23, Majestic Theatre, 10 pm

Corey Baker, the nomadic producer known as Chill Harris (formerly Kill Paris), has gone from holding production seminars at music shops to being one of the most sought-after names in electronic music. His funk- and glitch-inflected grooves have led to collaborations with EDM heavyweights like Robert DeLong and Lindsey Stirling and gigs at pretty much every festival under the sun. With Illenium, Affair.

Badger Bowl: Angels & Outlaws, country, 9:15 pm.

Barrymore Theatre: Zac Matthews Band (album release), Abandon Drive, country, 8 pm.

Bos Meadery: Slipjig, free, 6:30 pm.

Brink Lounge: Dan Bern, 7 pm; Undercover, 9:30 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJ Rumba, 10 pm.

Club Tavern, Middleton: Madison County, 9 pm.

Come Back In: MadCity Radiators, free, 9 pm.

Crystal Corner Bar: The Sharrows, Feed The Dog, Old Tin Can String Band, 9:30 pm.

Essen Haus: Brewhaus Polka Kings, free, 8:30 pm.

The Fountain: Eric Doucette, 8 pm.

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Pete Seeger: The Storm King Vocalosity: The Aca-Perfect Concert Experience

JAN 30

Overture’s Frostiball

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The Sound of Music

FEB 11–14 FEB 21

STOMP MUMMENSCHANZ The Musicians of Silence MadCity Sessions: The Gomers

FEB 25 FREE | FEB 27

Trinity Irish Dance Co.

FEB 27

Duck Soup Cinema: Speedy

MAR 1–6

Motown The Musical

MAR 6

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood LIVE!

MAR 8

National Geographic Live: Stranger in a Strange Land

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Ahn-Core Ahn Trio!

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David Sanborn Electric Band

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High Noon Saloon: The Exile Project (Beatles “White Album” tribute), The Low Czars, 9 pm.

Ivory Room: Jim Ripp, Connor Brennan, 8 pm.

Knuckle Down Saloon: Cash Box Kings, blues, 9 pm.

Lazy Oaf Lounge: Four Wheel Drive, 10 pm.

Liliana’s: John Widdicombe & Stan Godfriaux, 6:30 pm.

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

Mickey’s Tavern: Enhasa, free, 10 pm.

Mr. Robert’s: The Modesty Blasters, Vespa Woman, State Maps, free, 10 pm.

Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ: Black Marigold, woodwind quintet, free, 7 pm, 1/23. Also: 2 pm, 1/24, First United Methodist Church.

Leo Kottke with very special guest

Steve Forbert Tickets $36 advance

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ZAC MATTHEWS BAND SUNDAY, FEB. 14 - 1 PM 15th ANNUAL

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ONE NIGHT ONLY Stephanie Miller’s COMEDY & VARIETY FESTIVAL Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour TUE. & WED., APR. 12-13, 7 PM WEDNESDAY, MAR. 2 - 7 PM

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Tickets on sale at Sugar Shack, Star Liquor, MadCity Music, B-Side, Frugal Muse, Strictly Discs, the Barrymore, online at barrymorelive.com or call & charge at (608) 241-8633.

Our House: Harmonious Wail, House concert (RSVP: annedave@chorus.net), 7:30 pm.

Overture Center-Overture Hall: Bruce Bengtson, Gary Lewis, Samuel Hutchison, Madison Symphony Orchestra Concert Organ series, 7:30 pm.

The Red Zone: Cold Kingdom, Haliwel, Fall II Rise, Hey, Captain Midnight, 9 pm.

Rex’s Innkeeper, Waunakee: Kristi B Band, 8:30 pm.

Tip Top Tavern: Charlie Painter Trio, jazz, free, 10 pm.

Tricia’s Country Corners, McFarland: Ryan McGrath Band, 9 pm.

Tuvalu Coffee, Verona: Field & James, free, 7 pm.

UW Humanities Building-Morphy Hall: Ensemble Duniya, percussion, free, 8 pm.

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The Whoa Show!

Saturday, Jan. 23, Broom Street Theater, 11 pm

This second installment of the brand-new “Whoa Show!” is headlined by David Fisher, whose witty and self-deprecating comedy won him the crown in the the Madison’s Funniest Comic competition in 2013. The Madison-focused bill will also feature performers like Ian Erickson and KC Phillips, helping you keep your laughs local.

Lily’s Luau: Annual Lily’s Fund for Epilepsy Research fundraiser, 6:30 pm, 1/23, UW Union South-Varsity Hall, with tropical feast, music, dancing, auctions. $60. RSVP: lilysfund.org.

K I D S & FA MI LY Kids in the Rotunda: Music by The Handphibians, 9:30 & 11 am and 1 pm, 1/23, Overture CenterRotunda Stage. 258-4141.

Kids Day: Annual family concerts by David Landau, 11 am & 1 pm, 1/23, High Noon Saloon. $5. 268-1122.

Underwater Archaeology: Drop-in maritime-themed activities for ages 4-12, 10 am-2 pm, 1/23, Wisconsin Historical Museum. Free. 264-6555.

Respecting Reptiles: Madison Area Herpetological Society visit for all ages, 10 am-2 pm, $8 admission, 10 am, 1/23, Madison Children’s Museum. 256-6445.

Children of the Rainforest: Southeast Asian music/ dance by Zhong Yi Kung Fu Association, 10:30 am & 1:30 pm, 1/23, Olbrich Gardens. $5 ($3 ages 3-12).

246-4550.

Caricature Drawing: Free event, 10 am-1 pm, 1/23, DreamBank. RSVP: dreamfearlessly.com/dreambank.

286-3150.

DA N C I N G Cabin Fever Square Dance: Potluck 6 pm, dance 7 pm, 1/23, Wil-Mar Center, with music by Grandpa’s Elixir. $5 donation. facebook.com/grandpaselixir.

Wisconsin Tango Social: With DJ Marquis Childs, 7-10 pm, 1/23, Cardinal Bar. $3. 622-7697.

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SP ECIAL EV ENTS Folklore Village 100th Birthday celebration: 1/23, Folklore Village, Dodgeville, with Rep. Sondy Pope presenting citation recognizing “Year of Jane Farwell,” 4-6 pm (free); dancing, music, stories & potluck dinner 6:30-11 pm ($7). 924-4000.

THEATER & DANCE Beyond Ballet II: Dance Wisconsin, 7:30 pm, 1/23, Overture Center. $25. 258-4141.

ART EXHIBITS & EV ENTS Simone and Max: “Select a World,” 1/23-2/19, Arts & Literature Laboratory (reception & ALL grand opening 6-9 pm, 1/23). allgallery.org.

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AZHA + Spires That in the Sunset Rise Sunday, Jan. 24, Arts + Literature Laboratory (2021 Winnebago St.), 7 pm

Experimental musician Kathleen Baird returns to Madison for an intimate night of music, performing a duo set with Andrew Fitzpatrick as AZHA, and reassuming her role in Spires That in the Sunset Rise (pictured) for a rare collaborative set featuring Julian Lynch and Ian Adcock. Local synth drone act Conjuror rounds out the bill.

UW Women’s Basketball: vs. Minnesota, 11 am, 1/23, Kohl Center. $7. 262-1440.

Brocach Irish Pub - Square: An Blas, Irish, free, 5 pm.

UW Women’s Hockey: vs. North Dakota, 2 pm on 1/23 and 1 pm, 1/24, LaBahn Arena. $5. 262-1440.

High Noon Saloon: The Minotaurs, Wad, Tippy, 8 pm.

Mad Rollin’ Dolls: Exhibition bout 4:15 pm, Quad Squad vs. Vaudeville Vixens & Reservoir Dolls vs. Unholy Rollers 6 pm, 1/23, Alliant Center-Exhibition Hall. $15 ($12 adv.; $6 ages 4-10; a portion benefits Sheltering Animals of Abuse Victims). madrollindolls.com.

F UNDRAISERS Freeze for Food: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Wisconsin-Madison’s annual fundraiser for Colombia Support Network, with 5K run/walk at noon and 10K run, 1 pm, 1/23, Vilas Park Shelter (registration 11:15 am/noon respectively). $25. RSVP: rpcvmadison.org.

The Frequency: Night Rod, Bossk, 9 pm.

Natt Spil: DJ Landology, free, 10 pm.

S PO K EN WO RD Winter Festival of Poetry: Readings by Coral Bishop, Fran Rall, Fabu, Fran Wiedenhoeft, Dominic Holt, Tom Boswell, 2 pm, 1/24, Fountain. 242-7340.

K I D S & FA MI LY UW Arboretum Family Nature Program: “In, On and Under the Snow” topic, 1:30 pm, 1/24, Visitor Center.

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Natt Spil: DJ Ted Offensive, free, 10 pm.

A RTS N OT I C ES Make Music Madison Planning Kickoff: 6 pm, 1/25, Chocolaterian Cafe. RSVP: eventbrite. com/e/20418454146.

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Opus Lounge: Madison Malone, free, 9 pm.

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Jazz at the Red Slipper: Annual Stoughton High School Band Boosters benefit dinner, 6 pm, 1/25, Stoughton HS, with music. $12 ($10 adv.; $7/$5 students). 877-5745.

MU SI C Brink Lounge: Tom Kastle, Mark Croft, 7 pm.

Crystal Corner Bar: Bing Bong, rock, free, 9:30 pm.

The Frequency: The Jimmy K Show, Max Ink Radio podcast recording, free, 7 pm.

Malt House: Dollar Bill and the Bucks, free, 8 pm.

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SP ECTATO R S P O RTS UW Men’s Basketball: vs.Indiana, 6 pm, 1/26, Kohl Center. $41-$26. 262-1440.

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Hey Marseilles Thursday, Jan. 28, High Noon Saloon, 8 pm

Ryan Bingham Wednesday, Jan. 27, Majestic Theatre, 8 pm

Alchemy Cafe: Jon Hoel Trio, jazz, free, 10 pm.

Brink Lounge: Ervin Allen, Sandy Andina, Dave Schindele, 7 pm.

Buck & Honey’s, Sun Prairie: Nine Thirty Standard, free, 6:30 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJs Wyatt Agard, Dub Borski, 9 pm.

The Frequency: John Raymond, 8:30 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Earl Foss & the Brown Derby, 8 pm.

Ivory Room: Josh Dupont, piano, free, 9 pm.

Umphrey’s McGee Thursday, Jan. 28, Orpheum Theater, 8 pm

After almost two decades as a band, with nine studio records in their catalog, Umphrey’s McGee has entered the upper echelon of cult bands, joining their jamming brethren the Grateful Dead, Phish and Widespread Panic as leaders in the improv rock world. Presenting upbeat pop melodies, complex instrumental work and penning elaborate, freely changing compositions, Umphrey’s creates a progressive, theatrical stage show that is all their own. With Joshua Redman, Tauk. ALSO: Friday, Jan. 29, 8 pm.

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“Academy Award winner” isn’t a descriptor that’s used often for musicians, but it applies to Ryan Bingham. The New Mexico-born former rodeo cowboy won Oscar gold in 2010 for “The Weary Kind,” a wrenching tune from the film Crazy Heart.

Bingham has continued to record throwback country rock both with his band (the Dead Horses) and as a solo artist. His most recent album, Fear and Saturday Night, was released last January. With Bird Dog.

Mixing indie pop and folk with classical instrumentation, Hey Marseilles fits the bill of “quirky Seattle band.” But unlike many of the city’s other bands, Hey Marseilles doesn’t try to hide their ambition. They’ve embraced the poppier elements of their sound, working with L.A.-based megaproducer Anthony Kilhofer. The results include “West Coast,” a grandiose track that bridges the gap between the band’s humble beginnings and their future as kings of the airwaves. With Bad Bad Hats.

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Essen Haus: Zweifel Brothers, free, 9 pm.

The Frequency: Devil To Drag, German Art Students, Devil’s Share, Cowboy Winter, 7 pm.

Great Dane - Downtown: DJ Phil Money, free, 10 pm.

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Ivory Room: Jim Ripp, Michael Massey, piano, 9 pm.

Majestic Theatre: Trippy Turtle, 9 pm.

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Merchant: Prognosis Negative, rock, free, 11 pm.

Mickey’s Tavern: Mal-O-Dua, French swing/Hawaiian slack key, free, 5:30 pm.

Mr. Robert’s: Mark DeGro, free, 10 pm.

Overture Center: Vocalosity, 7:30 pm. See page 30.

UW Memorial Union-Play Circle: Musical Theater Open Mic, with Four Seasons Theatre, free, 8 pm.

Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center: Verona Area Concert Band, “Blue,” works by Brubeck, Handy, Mackey, Ticheli & Gershwin, free/ donations, 7:30 pm.

include Lynda Barry’s funny-scary ink drawings on coffee stains piece called Pariedolia — Catch Me and Claim Your Reward (pictured) and Nancy Mladenoff’s flashe on paper work, the flat, droll and leggy Dum Dum Girls. On display through April 17 at Pleasant T. Rowland Galleries and Leslie and Johanna Garfield Galleries.

UW Art Department Faculty Quadrennial Exhibition Thursday, Jan. 28, Chazen Museum of Art’s Mead Witter Lobby, 6-8 pm (reception)

Every four years, the work of UW art department faculty members is showcased in a wide-ranging exhibit. The 2016 show features glass, photography, painting, sculpture, furniture making and other forms. The works

Thursday, Jan. 28, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

Ian Edwards is a Los Angeles-based standup and writer who’s performed on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam and written for ABC’s Black-ish and CBS’s Two Broke Girls. His debut album, 100% Half Assed, was released on Conan O’Brien’s label in 2014. Edwards is a regular guest on The Joe Rogan Experience and also hosts two podcasts of his own. With Bronston Jones, Ian Erickson. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), Jan. 29-30.

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This Pulitzer Prize-winning comedic drama follows three underpaid employees as they care for a struggling movie theater in Massachusetts. Filled with small moments that speak to big ideas, the play has been lauded as a “must-watch” story filled with poignant observations.

Catch a pre-show talkback at 6:30 pm to learn even more about this Forward Theater performance. Through Feb. 14.

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Robots from apple boxes, a “beehive” as a home for kids’ messages, and a portrait project that includes packing foam, zip ties, nuts and bolts (clockwise from top left).

Will scrounge for recyclables Madison Art House helps kids create art with materials headed for the dust heap

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artists. She also wants to help Le keep fees nominal, so all kids can participate.

“Le brings out an appreciation in kids that art is everywhere,” Bromley says. “It’s in the way things are packaged. It’s in how they, as artists, will package [these] things into something else.”

Le collects materials from local businesses.

Paper from a shredder can become pom-poms, Clothespin people made from donated materials by kids at the Ronald McDonald House.

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for instance. One workshop used shoeboxes and cardboard foot molds from Berkeley Running Company to create robots. Another used coffee filters and marketing cutouts from Whole Foods to make flower arrangements. She’s excited that companies support her concept.

Le first practiced sustainability as a sixthgrader in Holland, Mich., sewing doll clothes from fabric scraps and clothing bits passed on by her mother.

As a young woman, she became a fashion designer for Liz Claiborne, Garan and the Gap in New York City before returning to the Midwest for a job designing boy’s apparel at Dodgevillebased Lands’ End. Still in the planning stages is a project called Fashion Playground, which Le is working on with Gregory St. Fort, executive director at 100State.

Fashion Playground pairs a stylist or fashion design mentor with a child to create an ensemble from recyclable, reused materials in a mini-Project Runway scenario. St. Fort has staged these before in New York City. Le hopes to collaborate with area community centers and expects the event will take place this spring. n

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If one person’s trash can be another’s treasure, then one person’s recyclables can become someone else’s art. With that in mind, Tu Le founded Madison Art House last year to cultivate children’s artistic ideas through pieces created from recyclable materials.

The idea came to Le after she noticed her kids coming home from Shorewood Elementary with art made from recyclables. Her daughter began urging her not to throw all the family’s rejects into the recycling bin, but instead save some for projects.

Le wants to show that the process of making art is sometimes more important than the end result. Classes encourage “letting [kids] really be free,” she says.

Madison Art House is mobile; Le does popup workshops across the Madison area at such venues as Whole Foods, Ronald McDonald House, the Monroe Street Farmers’ Market and the Goodman Community Center.

Le would like to find a permanent location for Madison Art House. “It could be a great

place for kids to do homework, some space to do art on the wall and a spot where they can be calm, be alone or collaborate on art together,” says Le, a mother of four who moved to Madison in 2010.

One of Le’s biggest supporters is Joyce Bromley, curator at Gallery 800 UBD, a venue that showcases works by Madison

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Playing with fire Karner Blue Candle teaches the craft

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Karner Blue hosts a range of candlemaking classes; they cost $20-$50, depending on the type of candle being made, from votives to tapers and pillars. Votives are the most popular and most often requested as the theme for a party class, which Karner Blue will host as well.

If you want to make more than a few candles, setting up a small operation at home is easy, provided you have a safe place to work (where spills will not reach anything flammable) and an indirect heat source (like a double-boiler on a hot plate).

A couple pounds of wax and a scent can cost as little as $20. Thinking about going into business for yourself? Purchasing everything necessary will set you back about $300. Luckily, Karner Blue rents equipment if you’re just dabbling.

Bersch collaborates with larger perfume houses to create her own scents, all 67 that you’ll see sold in-house. They are a combination of essential oils and other binders. It can take up to four years to develop a scent, says Bersch. She started selling candles made with her first two scents, banana nut bread and cappuccino hazelnut, in coffeehouses around town before opening her first store, Candle Cocoon, on Old University Avenue, in 1999. Candle Cocoon lives on as a website that sells candle-making supplies.

The Monroe Street shop sells the candles Bersch makes herself, along with DIY supplies. It also functions as a gallery store for glassware, jewelry, soap and candles made by some of her clients and former students.

Bersch is conscious of her business’ impact on the environment. In working with her manufacturers, she ensures her scents are environmentally friendly. She minimizes the use of phthalates (also known as “plasticizers”) and solvents in her candles. These ingredients are thought to cause headaches and bronchial problems. She’s worked to source North American glassware for her containers and ensure it meets safety standards. All her soy for soy wax is U.S.-grown, and she is encouraging several companies to develop an organic soy wax.

Bersch sells her signature scents, from moss to Dragon’s Blood.

“We can do better,” she says. Candlemakers “need to have some sort of organic option.”

Karner Blue is also making a difference by helping out its namesake, the Karner Blue, the most endangered butterfly in the Midwest. The business donates a portion of the profits from the sale of its “Flutter Dyes” (candle coloring, shaped into the form of a butterfly) to the Sand County Foundation, which recently announced the butterflies are rebounding in some areas.

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No place for old dildos

BY DAN SAVAGE

I am no longer sexually active, but I have a significant collection of sex toys from earlier years. I’m thinking of getting rid of most of them, and it seems such a waste for them to end up in the landfill. What’s an environmentally responsible way to dispose of dildos? I wish there was a place I could donate the dildos where they could be used again. Many of them are quality silicone types, they’ve never been used on a person without a condom, and they’ve been thoroughly cleaned. I’d be happy to donate them to impoverished dildo users in need, if only I knew where to send them.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Your question comes up frequently, RRR, and there really isn’t a satisfactory answer.

In Seattle, where I live, a community tool bank recently opened in my neighborhood — but they don’t collect and lend the kind of tools you’re looking to donate. I’ve heard about dildo graveyards in other cities (spots in parks where people bury their used sex toys), but burying sex toys isn’t environmentally responsible. And while high-quality dildos can be cleaned and safely reused, most people are pretty squeamish about the idea.

Which is odd, considering that we routinely reuse actual cocks that have been enjoyed by others — so why not the fake ones?

But even if I can’t tell you what to do with your dildos, RRR, I can tell you what not to do with them: Do not ship your used dildos to the anti-government militia currently occupying a federal wildlife refuge in rural Oregon. After militia members asked supporters to send them supplies — via the U.S. Postal Service — their spokesperson complained bitterly about all the dildos they were get-

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ting in the mail. So if you decide to put your used dildos in a box and send them somewhere, RRR, please make sure the address on the box doesn’t read: Bundy Militia, c/o Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, 36391 Sodhouse Lane, Princeton, OR 97721.

I understand that monogamy is not something people are good at — and that’s fine. In fact, most of the people I know are in healthy poly or monogamish relationships. Here’s the thing: I’m monogamous.

Not the “I’m attracted to other people but won’t act on it because it makes me uncomfortable or believe it’s wrong” kind of monogamous, but the “I genuinely have zero desire to fuck anyone but my partner” kind of monogamous. Fantasizing about others is fun, so is looking, so is porn and role-play. But I want to do those things with one partner and one partner only in a monogamous, intimate relationship. Here’s the kicker: I’d like my partner to feel the same way. I don’t want someone to enter into a monogamous relationship with me if in their heart/groin they’d genuinely like to fuck other people. Am I a lost cause?

One 4 One You value monogamy, you want a monogamous commitment, and you want someone who feels the same. That great, O4O, and you have my full support. But you do acknowledge that fantasies about others can be fun, as can looking, as can porn (watching others) and role-play (pretending to be others). So while you may wanna fuck other people — hence the looking and fantasizing and role-playing — you have no desire to actually fuck other people.

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If you’re having a hard time finding partners who want what you want — a monogamous commitment without the stress of maintaining the monogamous pretense/facade/fraud, i.e., pretending they don’t at least think about fucking other people — either you’re living in some sort of poly parallel universe where nonmonogamy is the default setting or you’re not giving others the same benefit of the doubt you’ve given yourself. You wanna fuck other people and you don’t seem to think that disqualifies you from making, honoring and genuinely wanting both a monogamous commitment and a monogamous sex life.

If you’re breaking up with people for admitting to the same things you’ve admitted to in your question — you might think about fucking other people, but you don’t want to actually fuck other people — then you’re the reason your quest to find a partner has been so frustrating.

A few weeks ago, you answered a letter from Seeks Discreet Call Service, a woman in an open marriage who was having Tinder hookups in hotel rooms while traveling for work. She was concerned about her safety and wanted to have someone check in on her, but she couldn’t tell her partner about her hookups (DADT arrangement) or her friends (she’s not out about her open marriage). She specifically asked if there was an app that might help, and you told her there wasn’t an app for that.

You were wrong, Dan! There are actually several apps. PCWorld published a roundup of a few of them a couple of years ago (“5 Personal Safety Apps That Watch Your Back,” by Amber Bouman), and there’s an app called Kitestring (kitestring.io) that has gotten some glowing reviews. The gist is that you use the app to set a timer, and when it goes off, you have to alert the app that you are okay. Otherwise, the app automatically contacts emergency services or a predetermined contact and lets them know you are in trouble at your location.

So technology does have a solution for SDCS’s problem!

Technological Enhancements Can Help Man, I really blew that response—so thanks to TECH and everyone else who clued me in to Kitestring, StaySafe, Watch Over Me, bSafe, and all the other apps out there that are exactly what SDCS was looking for. n Email Dan at ail@savagelove.net or reach him on Twitter at @fakedansavage.

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