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TAG, YOU’RE IT!

Risking arrest to watch an artist at work.

7-10 NEWS

BEARING WITNESS

Abortion-rights activist documents clinic protests.

12 TECH

SUNNY-SIDE UP

Will state approve MGE community solar project?

14 OPINION JAMES HEIMER 17 COVER STORY JAMES HEIMER’S first illustra-

tion for Isthmus was for the 2013 fall music guide. An editorial illustrator and printmaker, he is a faculty member at Hussian College and Antonelli Institute in his native state of Pennsylvania.

LOST BOYS

Gov. Walker et al. abandoned Lincoln Hill teens.

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MEAN STREETS

Briarpatch’s new shelter helps homeless youth.

21, 31-32 MUSIC

BAD RAP?

The Frequency rescinds hip-hop ban.

PAYING IT FORWARD

JENNY PEEK 17 COVER STORY

MAMA Cares helps musicians in distress.

WHEN JENNY PEEK started exploring mental health issues among Madison schoolchildren, she spoke to one teacher who mentioned that several of her students were homeless. Jenny shifted her focus to homeless youth, particularly those who identify as lesbian, gay and transgender. A millennial and Madison native, she says she was surprised to find that there are still parents in her liberal hometown who kicked their children out of the house for being gay.

Protomartyr gets revved up over the Motor City.

DETROIT SHOUT-OUT 23-26 FOOD & DRINK

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Micro-diner makes the most of a small menu.

PASS THE RELISH DISH

Supper club cookbook celebrates state cuisine.

28 SPORTS

SHOOTING STARS

Earth is ready for its close-up Wed., March 16, Barrymore Theatre, 7 pm The River Alliance of Wisconsin presents the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, 10 inspirational, entertaining and often heartbreakingly beautiful films with an environmental focus. Among the titles: “The Last Dragons,” “Soil Carbon Cowboys,” “Noatak: Return to the Arctic.”

Green day Sun., March 13, Capitol Square

Everybody’s Irish today, so head downtown for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and associated events (“Most Freckles” and “Largest Clan” contests, meet-a-leprechaun). The day begins at 10 am with the Shamrock Shuffle 10K and 5K runs and 2-mile walk; parade is at 1:30 pm. Sure and begorrah.

Three area girls’ teams vie for state championship.

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the stigma of abortion while still at the La Crosse Tribune caught our eye when interviewing her for a staff writer position. She takes a different look at the issue this week, with a profile on Wendi Kent, who documents abortion clinic protests in a photojournalism project called “Faces of the Fight.”

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An interview with Whad’Ya Know’s Michael Feldman.

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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT

Tina Fey gives war the SNL treatment.

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A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY

Couples head for the hills to get hitched.

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Like most good stories, this one begins in the parking lot of a Hy-Vee. I am meeting veteran Madison graffiti artist ATER to shadow him on a night job. A towering streetlight hums as I step out of the car to greet him.

I had been instructed to wear dark clothes and shoes that won’t fail in a sprint or on rough terrain. In the event I was arrested, ATER’s identity was not to be disclosed. “Because if you did give me up,” ATER casually warns, “I’d have to whup your ass.”

He cracks a playful smile, but it’s clearly not an empty threat. With my ass literally on the line, I decide not to ask ATER’s legal name.

ATER grew up in Madison and started tagging with his friends regularly in high school in the late ’90s. “Telephone poles, bus stops, utility boxes,” he says. “We’d bomb whole blocks back then.”

While society may view his scrawl as vandalism, he sees it as beautification. “In terms of aesthetics, I always thought of my [tags] as improvements,” ATER says. “I never saw it as destruction.”

ATER’s plan for this evening is to paint his moniker on a freight train. These mobile canvases are seen by thousands across the country but also offer concealment when parked, allowing an artist to work undetected.

“Unlike a wall or a billboard, a train piece can last for years,” says ATER. “Writers quickly

learned that if you don’t cover up the [identifying] number on the cars, they probably won’t be painted over. We’re not trying to make anybody’s job harder.”

We wait until the street is empty before heading onto the tracks. ATER knows of a quiet section along the line that eventually runs through the heart of Madison. We walk into the dark uncertain if any unattended train cars lie ahead.

“I’ve been chased a lot,” ATER says softly as we venture down the rails. “But usually the only ones you see out here are other writers.”

Before long, four hopper-style freight cars, old and imposing, rise out of the darkness.

The only source of light is the soft glow of distant street lamps bouncing off the overcast sky. We can see the ground, but all details a few feet away are blurred and gray. The spot is hidden on one side by a steep hill and by tall shrubs on the other side.

One of the cars already has a weathered graffiti piece from PAPER & PACE, emblems of writers ATER knows and respects. ATER cautiously scopes out whether any railroad workers are around. The coast appears to be clear.

He quickly goes to work. The lack of light makes it challenging. Yet in minutes he lays down the white fill of his piece across half the car. He then puts a hot pink background

around the edges. The blazing hue appears dull as slate in the dark. No movement is wasted as the cans hiss and rattle.

By necessity, ATER’s art is usually executed in seconds. The illegality of the work isn’t a restriction but an essential component of the art. Works are created under the influence of adrenaline, and mastery is only achieved after years of lonely nights lurking in the shadows.

“There’s a romanticism to it that’s addicting,” ATER says. “I don’t go out like I used to, but no real writer ever gives it up. Hard to let go of the rush.”

The detail work is left until the end, as ATER slows his pace for the black outline that will make his letters pop. He then steps back and examines his creation. After a few more flourishes, he scrawls “the Great” next to the waisthigh A-T-E-R. The work is done.

Fearful that light from a camera would attract attention, ATER scurries down the tracks, leaving me to document his art. The blinding flash announces my presence. As I fumble in the dark to adjust the camera’s setting, it is even more apparent that ATER worked from feel and memory.

Eventually, I follow the tracks to rejoin ATER. I find him emerging from the brush right before the tracks meet the street we entered on.

“Pretty fun, right?” ATER says. “We should do it again real soon.” n

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An anti-abortion protester yells at a client and escorts entering a health clinic in Englewood, New Jersey. The photo is part of series taken by Madison’s Wendi Kent, below.

She says every demonstration is different.

Some are vocal, some are passive. Some clinics provide volunteer escorts to shield patients from picketers, while others have opted to forgo escorts in an effort to minimize attention on the clinic. But while the tactics differ from place to place, Kent has found that the protesters have a common thread: religion. Many of the protesters Kent has met in her travels are engaged in a peaceful, prayer-based demonstration, but Kent believes that any presence at a clinic site constitutes harassment.

“That alone is intimidating,” she says. “I don’t think they see that.”

Kent’s advocacy for reproductive justice stems from her personal history. She became pregnant at age 13 and was not offered abortion as an option. She remembers being somehow aware that abortion carried a stigma, and was afraid to bring it up when she went to the doctor to confirm her pregnancy.

She gave birth and tried to be a parent to her daughter, but it was difficult. Facing an unsafe home environment, she gave the child up for adoption and began living on the streets of Austin. While homeless, she became addicted to heroin. She was eventually arrested and spent a year in a juvenile detention center, where she kicked heroin cold turkey. She got out at age 17 but was still a ward of the state, so she was ordered into a drug rehab facility — a place she describes as “tougher than jail.”

“I don’t know what drove me [to get clean],” she says. “I didn’t want to turn out like the junkies that I knew. I thought that maybe there was a chance I could still be happy, that I could maybe have a normal-ish life.”

After completing rehab, she got married, at age 18, to another former addict, but he began using again. She left him and got work in Austin as a cook and a barista. She befriended

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one of the coffee shop regulars — a grad student at UT-Austin — and eventually married him.

“He pretty much saved my life,” Kent says.

They moved to Madison about five years ago, a few months before the Act 10 protests.

The massive demonstrations further fueled her political activism. A self-described “serial volunteer,” she has also been active in organizing to support the local LGBT and homeless communities and has also organized a program to spread accurate information about abortion.

Meanwhile, she plans to continue her photography project and visit as many clinics as she can. She hopes to continue the momentum from the buzz her work has created this year, but she worries that people might stop paying attention.

“I’m mostly concerned that after this 15 minutes of fame, people are going to forget about it,” Kent says. “I want to show that there are a hundred more clinics that go through this every single day that they’re open. Every clinic deserves to be seen.” n

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In the battle for reproductive freedom, anti-abortion activists aren’t shy about bringing the fight to their adversaries.

They routinely picket women’s health clinics, spread false information about abortion at crisis pregnancy centers and have publicly outed abortion care providers, making them targets of threats, harassment and even deadly violence.

Wendi Kent, a Madison-based photographer and activist, remembers seeing a “wanted-style” poster made by the Pro-Life Action League featuring the name and photo of a friend, who was identified as a “pro-choice journalist.”

Though Kent had been involved in reproductive justice advocacy for several years, seeing the poster highlighted a stark truth — abortion advocates are routinely identified, but anti-abortion protesters operate in relative anonymity.

The realization prompted Kent to begin documenting protests at abortion clinics in an ongoing photojournalism project called “Faces of the Fight.” Over the past two years, she’s visited abortion clinics in nearly a dozen cities throughout the country in an effort to shine a light on the protest tactics of the groups and individuals engaged in clinic demonstrations and the motivation behind their movement.

“I would like for these people to see themselves,” says Kent, 36. “I don’t think they understand what they look like.”

Kent’s project recently drew national interest after two of her friends, who are writers, interviewed Kent and published articles on The Daily Dot and RH Reality Check in January. The story was later picked up by Huffington Post Women and The Washington Post. Kent was also interviewed about her work — and her personal backstory — on the popular anti-slut-shaming podcast, Guys We Fucked.

Kent is not in it for self-promotion. “It was shocking,” she says of the media attention. “I don’t really care about talking to people about myself, but the whole point is to get these images out there.”

Kent opts to document abortion clinics on a “typical day,” rather than during the larger demonstrations that take place on significant dates, like the anniversary of Roe v. Wade or during the 40 Days for Life vigil. That way, the images represent the everyday reality of what women face when seeking abortions or reproductive health care. Kent says she’s been pleased with the way her message has hit the mark — she’s received feedback from people who say they are opposed to abortion but disagree with picketing clinics.

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Though she stresses that she’s still settling in, Kenney and her board are on top of some upcoming concerns, including the impacts of reconstruction of the Capitol Square over the next two years.

Also on their radar are the pressures of development.

“We’re talking about things like the projects coming in with larger [population] density,” she says. “How are you going to put another condo development in there if you can’t even get water to them?” n

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Kenney was not looking for a new job, but then the BID position came along.

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Tiffany Kenney, the new BID executive director, hopes a consultant study will identify “what people want to see downtown.”

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Tiffany Kenney, the new head of Madison’s Central Business Improvement District, recognizes that the city’s downtown could be undergoing a dramatic transformation.

The possible shift away from retail toward more and more restaurants and bars has both city officials and business owners fretting.

But Kenney, who was named executive director of the BID on Jan. 4, believes data will show the way. The city is assembling a request for consultants’ proposals to study the downtown business market.

“What we’re looking for is what people want to see downtown,” she says. “I think it will be good for us to have that information, so we can actually respond to the trends.

Not to get super-cliché about it, but obviously there’s a trend with millennials, who are saying they want more ‘experiences’ than ‘things.’”

“So if that’s what we hear, and if that’s what downtown might mean, then we would go in that direction.”

The Central Business Improvement District is probably familiar to most from its information kiosks and free “Visit Madison” guides with maps of the isthmus. BIDs are enabled by state statute, allowing property owners and businesses to share the costs of addressing problems and advancing economic opportunities.

“The main goal is to create a welcoming, safe environment for people, to keep retail growing and strong, to keep restaurants busy and full,” says Kenney. “As I’m getting my feet wet here, I’m definitely seeing

how the marketing background that I have can help drive that, because a lot of what they were missing was just a way to communicate.”

Kenney replaces Mary Carbine, now managing director of the UW-Madison Alumni Park Place and Pier project, adjacent to the Memorial Union.

A native of Fort Atkinson, Kenney studied at UW-Madison from 1995 to 1999, earning degrees in marketing and public relations, with an emphasis on women’s studies. Her husband, Vincent Kenney, works at Catalyze, a health care technology startup based downtown. They live on the southeast shore of Lake Monona, near Paunack Park, just inside Madison’s border with the city of Monona.

Kenney served for seven years as communications director for the Madison Area Builders Association. She worked on local events such as the Home Products Show and Parade of Homes. She credits the association for giving her experience in political communications, though she herself did not lobby.

“During that time I got to meet with a lot of people who were in development, a lot of people who were property owners, property managers, people who, well, were developing the downtown, as well as home builders,” she recalls.

From there Kenney moved to the marketing team at Morgan Murphy Media, which includes Madison Magazine, WISC TV3 and Channel3000.com. She served as the magazine’s director of marketing and special events, developing Madison Restaurant Week and the Madison Food and Wine Show.

“All those experiences gave me interaction and really great relationships with people within the city leadership and within retail and restaurant communities,” she says. After eight years she

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Department of Corrections Secretary Jon Litscher vows in his confirmation hearing to restore trust in the troubled agency, which is under federal investigation for allegations of abuse at Lincoln Hills youth prison. n In the same hearing, Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-Brookfield) helps save the life of a woman who showed up to give testimony.

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Keep on the sunny side Dane County will get its first community solar project — if the state approves

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Adam Gusse, vice president of H&H Solar in Madison, hopes his employees can start putting solar panels on the roof of Middleton’s Municipal Operations Center this June. Construction would take a month and a half and result in a solar panel array that would provide 500 kilowatts of power to up to 250 homes currently served by Madison Gas and Electric.

The project just needs approval from the Public Service Commission.

MGE expects the PSC to rule on its proposal for a solar energy pilot program by the end of the month. While community solar projects have cropped up across the state, MGE’s project would not only be the first in Dane County but also the first south of the Wisconsin Dells.

Bradley Klein, an attorney at the Environmental Law and Policy Center in Chicago, says Wisconsin has lagged neighboring states when it comes to adopting solar energy. Minnesota, in particular, is already operating community solar projects on a large scale.

“In Wisconsin, for one reason or another, it’s been hard to get the commission excited about this in the way that we’re seeing in many other states across the country,” he says.

But Klein says the MGE proposal is “a good sign” for the state, and that creating strong, stable policy to help the market grow should be a priority.

Few utilities were prepared to invest in solar energy until the price dropped by 60% over the past four years, which is driving utilities to consider owning solar themselves.

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Michael Vickerman, program and policy director at RENEW Wisconsin, an organization that advocates for renewable energy, says MGE is very interested in solar energy.

“What they would really like to do is just start building solar,” he says. “But right now, the PSC’s position is, ‘Utilities don’t need more generating capacity.’ If there’s no need for these arrays, then the next thing they’d look at is, if a utility goes ahead and builds them, will this add costs to other ratepayers?

That’s the lens through which they look at these very modest proposals from investorowned utilities.”

RENEW Wisconsin commends electric providers who are trying to offer a choice despite what Vickerman calls a “vacuum of policy” in Wisconsin with respect to the environmental and economic benefits of solar energy. Because the benefits haven’t received proper consideration, he says, people who want solar energy will have to pay a little more, at least initially.

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Customers who choose to participate in community solar arrangements typically pay an initial subscription fee, which can be a few thousand dollars depending on the investment size, to fund construction.

Each month, the project’s energy output is measured, and customers receive reductions on their bills based on the amount of energy generated from their shares of the array. It usually takes more than 10 years for monthly discounts to cover the initial investment. But for many, it’s an easy way to support clean energy.

MGE’s proposed project is slightly different: Instead of selling shares of the array, MGE would own it and sell customers shares of the array’s output. Under this arrangement, smaller investments would be possible, and upfront costs would be significantly lower, around $380 for an average household subscription of 2 kilowatts.

Participants would pay a level rate of $0.12 per kilowatt-hour for energy produced from the panels; the default rate is around $0.095 per kilowatt-hour. However, the solar rate would be locked in for 25 years.

Eight community solar projects currently exist in the state, six of which are rural co-ops not regulated by the PSC. Dairyland Power Cooperative, which is based in La Crosse, and Xcel Energy have both announced plans for solar projects that would nearly double the capacity of solar energy in the state.

Gusse says the project, if approved, will build on the growth of solar energy in the state and generate even more interest: “It will be exciting to see if it gets through the approval process.” n

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n OPINION

Beyond negligence Scott Walker and his administration failed to protect abused teens at Lincoln Hills

BY BRUCE MURPHY Bruce Murphy is the editor of UrbanMilwaukee.com.

If Walker knew about it, why didn’t he act to solve the problems?

Lincoln Hills for Boys is the state’s only remaining correctional facility for youthful male offenders aged 14 to 21. Its mission is to house them securely while providing education and rehabilitation services. But in recent years, as former Department of Corrections employee Jamie Taylor told the Lakeland Times, Lincoln Hills has had a “Fight Club Culture,” where there are youth “on almost a daily basis that have been assaulted by another youth.”

The problems at Lincoln Hills, as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has documented, include youth who’ve been victimized through sexual assault, strangulation, suffocation and other physical abuse, including having their arms broken. Staff has used pepper spray to cause bodily harm or discomfort and intimidated victims and witnesses.

These horrors have prompted an FBI investigation of Lincoln Hills and its sister institution, Copper Lake School for Girls, to determine not only if laws were broken, but if there was a pattern of civil rights violations against inmates. “Wisconsin could find itself facing the same kind of formal federal civil rights investigation being conducted into police departments in cities such as Ferguson, Mo.,” as the Journal Sentinel has reported.

Gov. Scott Walker has claimed he only recently learned about the problems at Lincoln Hills, but there is a mountain of evidence suggesting otherwise. Back in February 2012, Walker received a letter from Racine County Circuit Judge Richard Kreul about Lincoln Hills, as the Journal Sentinel has reported. The letter included a copy of a memo detailing the beating and sexual assault of a boy and the failure of Lincoln Hills staff to notify law enforcement and child protective services. “The indifference in this sordid tale is absolutely inexcusable,” Kreul wrote.

Walker, however, says he never saw the letter.

We are supposed to believe his staff didn’t feel this horrific story — from a judge! — was im-

portant enough to give the governor a quick summary, much less suggest he read it.

Nor, apparently, was Walker aware that Racine County officials, in response to the situation, decided to stop sending youthful offenders to Lincoln Hills. That’s a red flag to state officials that something is seriously wrong.

Nor, apparently, was Walker aware of complaints about Lincoln Hills from union representatives. Rick Badger of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees told the Journal Sentinel its members have for years complained to the state about “multiple youth-on-youth assaults and assaults on Lincoln Hills staff and failing to report these violent incidents to local law enforcement, as required by law.”

And back in November 2014, Thomas Wanta, administrator of the Milwaukee County Division of Delinquency and Court Services, told the Journal Sentinel that his agency, Milwaukee County prosecutors and Circuit Judge Mary Triggiano met with state Department of Corrections officials about an allegation that inmates’ arms had been broken. Yet this, too, wasn’t shared with the governor?

Then there was Rep. Mary Czaja (RIrma), who met with DOC administrators

in March 2015 to discuss her concerns, as the Wisconsin State Journal reported. Czaja gave the newspaper a DOC report for fiscal year 2014 that showed there were 16 assaults on its staff, 12 of which were referred to law enforcement, seven of which resulted in injuries. Half occurred at Lincoln Hills.

After weeks of the governor insisting none of this was shared with him, the Journal Sentinel did a public records request asking the Walker administration for documents related to Lincoln Hills. The documents showed Walker’s office “was told multiple times over the past year about problems...including claims of violence against youths and staff...and the need to

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improve sexual assault safeguards,” the newspaper reported.

When you pile up all the evidence showing state officials and the Walker administration had known for years of the horrors going on at Lincoln Hills, you have to ask, why wasn’t something done? Perhaps because they didn’t want to devote more resources to the problem.

In 2011, the Walker administration shut down the Ethan Allen home in Wales and transferred the inmates to Lincoln Hills. As the State Journal reported, that meant Lincoln Hills had far more inmates in 2014 — 241 — than it or Ethan Allen had housed before, 160 and 184, respectively. But the shuttering of Ethan Allen and a correctional facility for girls dropped state costs from $49.5 million in 2011 to $25.9 million in 2015, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.

The situation at Lincoln Hills raised huge questions about this strategy and left an opening for advocates of more social service funding to argue that Walker’s priorities were all wrong.

So the problem was simply hushed up. For more than a year, and more likely ever since 2012, when that letter arrived from the Racine judge, the complaints were not addressed.

This goes beyond negligence and suggests a complete disregard for the health and safety of the teen boys in state custody. The first and most important rule for public officials is to protect the lives of those they serve. By this simple standard, Walker has failed, and heartbreakingly so for those teen boys and their families. n

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However, I am disappointed that this pantry is the only one in the Madison school district. Food insecurity is a widespread problem here in Madison, with food deserts reaching all areas of the city. This should be an expanded district resource offered at more schools.

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LGBTQ+ youth are at greatest risk

By Jenny Peek

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Weeks before Magnus

HOMELESS Instead of finishing high school and planning his future, Magnus was left wondering where things went wrong and how he ended up homeless just because of his sexual identity. Although he felt completely alone, Magnus wasn’t an anomaly.

Homelessness is growing in both Madison and around the country. Data indicates that it disproportionately affects youth who are LGBTQ+, an acronym for those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, with a “plus” added for those who are questioning or don’t quite match any of those identities.

According to a June 2015 report by the Williams Institute, “Serving Our Youth 2015: The Needs and Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth Experiencing Homelessness,” roughly 20% of youth using homeless services identify as gay or lesbian, 7% as bisexual and 2% as questioning their sexuality. Yet, LGBTQ+ youth make up only 7% to 8% of the United States population.

June Paul, a doctoral student with UWMadison’s Institute for Research on Poverty, says the statistics aren’t surprising.

“I think that a lot of youth who end up on the streets either overtly came out and were displaced because their parents were not accepting, or they

feel like they can find a community of people that understand them better, so they take the chance by running,” says Paul.

Unlike adults, who can go to a handful of emergency shelters, minors in Madison have had no place to go (unless they are accompanied by a guardian). Until now.

Briarpatch Youth Services opened Dane County’s first overnight youth shelter in October 2015. While the shelter aims to help a variety of youth, none may be more vulnerable than those who are LGBTQ+.

To fully understand the extent of homelessness in Dane County, who is suffering and who is at risk, extensive data is needed. Unfortunately, detailed and consistent local data is unavailable.

The federal government requires runaway and homeless youth agencies to collect administrative data on LGBTQ+ identification, but they don’t require most other human service programs,

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turned 16, he worked up the courage to tell his mom that he is gay.

She took the news well, but when his father found out weeks later, he responded with disgust, yelling, “You’re not gay!

Get the fuck out of here.”

“It was a hard time to begin with for my family, and with me coming out on top of it, it just made my dad go over the top,” says Magnus, who asked that his last name not be published to protect his privacy. “He got really upset, and he was like, ‘Get the fuck out!’ I was just like, ‘Screw you, this is who I am.’ So I left.”

Magnus, who grew up in Madison, spent the next several months homeless, bouncing from couch to couch, being let in by his friends’ parents who either understood or didn’t have the heart to turn him away.

While Magnus no longer had to worry about his dad, living away from home posed different problems. The stress and anxiety left no time or energy for studying.

“Around that time my grades dropped, and I stopped going to school altogether,” says Magnus. “I was really conscious that I wasn’t doing the best. It was around that time that I started with alcohol and drug abuse, trying to cope with everything.”

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like Child Protective Services, to do the same, leaving it up to the states to decide what data is important.

Wisconsin, then, leaves it up to counties to decide what data to collect, says Paul, whose dissertation is on LGBTQ+ foster youth. “In this state, the vast majority of counties still don’t collect this information,” Paul says.

Dane County does not require agencies — apart from ones mandated by the federal government — to collect data on LGBTQ+ identity.

What the county does know is that 10.9% of all seventh- to 12th-graders in Dane County identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual or are questioning their sexual orientation. Data from the county’s high schools show that 1.5% of teens identify as transgender.

Jani Koester is a resource teacher and program staffer for the Madison school district’s homeless services program, Transition Education Program, or TEP. She says that as of March 1, the district had identified 1,262 students in 4K through 12th grade who have experienced or are experiencing homelessness. Of those, 81 were “unaccompanied,” meaning they were homeless without being with a parent or guardian. The count will continue through the end of the school year. Last year, the final tally was 1,414.

“We are way ahead of where we were last year, so whether that trend continues or not, our chart looks steep,” says Koester. “What I can say is that it hasn’t slowed down. It feels like there are more, the numbers tell us there are more, and because there are more there’s always going to be more of everything else.”

Magnus usually had a couch to crash on at his friends’ homes, but having a place to sleep and feeling welcome were two different things.

“My friends’ parents, they looked out for me, gave me a bed to sleep in, but I knew my being there was straining their relationship with their kids, and I always felt like I was a burden in their home,” Magnus says. “I felt very secluded and alone in those times.”

When he felt like he’d worn out his welcome, Magnus would simply stay out all night.

“There were points in time where I wouldn’t sleep for a couple of days because I had nowhere to go.”

One night, after driving around with friends, Magnus told them he had nowhere to sleep. “I was in a car with three or four people, and they were just like, ‘you don’t have a place to go, I’m not going to leave you,’ so we drove around for the whole night,” Magnus says.

Thai Tomlinson, a senior at Shabazz City High School, says Magnus is not alone. Some nights, her Facebook page is filled with posts of friends looking for a place to crash.

“I see at least a couple of people on Facebook who are just posting statuses every single night that are like, ‘Is there anybody’s house I can stay at? My mom’s crazy, I can’t be here right now,’” Tomlinson says.

Tomlinson was almost in a similar spot. After coming out to her mom as a sophomore in high school, the two began arguing relentlessly until she realized she needed to get out.

“Especially on nights where my mom and I started fighting and I didn’t want to stay there,” she says. “I would have had to skip out on school to go to my [extended] family who lived out of town, just because my mom and I couldn’t get along.”

Thankfully for her there was Blythe Gamble and her daughter, Soulja Gamble, Tomlinson’s girlfriend, who took her in.

Since Briarpatch Youth Services opened its doors in 1971, it has been trying to address the lack of services for Dane County’s at-risk minors.

The organization has long provided counseling, parental support and other services. But it wasn’t until Oct. 1 that the organization raised

Cedric Johnson says Briarpatch’s new shelter took in a homeless youth just hours after opening on Oct. 1.

ing for kids with nowhere to go. She searches secluded encampments, railroad tracks and State Street. And she chases down tips from coworkers, previously homeless kids she helped and the chronically homeless.

“They’re really hard to help because they’re afraid,” Sereno says. “They don’t trust because they’ve been made to not trust.”

Sereno uses the relationships she’s built with Madison’s chronically homeless to vouch for her. Having that bridge can be the difference between getting teens help and letting them fall through the cracks.

Steve Starkey, executive director of OutReach, is thrilled to see the shelter up and running, especially since Briarpatch is operating it.

“Briarpatch Youth Services is great for the homeless teen work that they do, but especially for LGBTQ+ youth because there isn’t anybody else doing it,” he says. “Adults are vulnerable, the clients we see here are vulnerable, but teens, they’re not even the age of majority, they have no legal standing. They have nothing, they are impossibly vulnerable.”

As the stress and anxiety of being homeless began to overwhelm him, Magnus turned to drugs and alcohol for comfort.

“My addiction really started to go; I would be out every night, not be in contact with my family for weeks,” Magnus says. “My friends were my support, but they were egging my addiction on as well. They were the ones saying, ‘Let’s go get fucked up, let’s do something, let’s make you not feel bad.’ I still felt shitty, but I felt happy [even though] it was a fake happy.”

Koester of the Madison school district says these coping mechanisms are common among

youth who lack a safe home and a support system. Homeless youth are prone to abusing drugs and alcohol. Others steal. Some survive by being exploited for sex. Many shut down emotionally. School attendance drops, grades fall, and mental health takes a huge hit.

“Homelessness in and of itself is a trauma, but homelessness isn’t typically a trauma by itself; usually there’s something that’s happened: domestic violence, eviction, loss of a job, argument about lifestyle,” she says. “Kids can probably handle one trauma, but then they lose their home, their relationships and their safety net. If the first trauma doesn’t affect them, the second one typically knocks them off of their feet.”

Lack of acceptance of sexual or gender identity is often the breaking point for many youth, Sereno says. “The biggest reason youth are ending up on the streets is because caregivers won’t accept sexual orientation or gender identity to where it becomes so overwhelming for them that it’s ‘if I don’t leave I’ll kill myself,’ and ‘I left so I’ll kill myself,’ leaving them in this completely hopeless situation either way,” she says.

Some face discrimination in other ways, for their race or a disability. For Paul, helping teens affirm their identity is key to their wellbeing.

“When you conceal who you are because you’re afraid, you become socially disconnected,” Paul says. “I know that as a queer person, having access to affirming services is really important. If you can’t disclose who you are, it’s really hard to get the help that you need.”

Even in a progressive city like Madison, there aren’t many support groups for LGBTQ+ youth. Briarpatch’s Teens Like Us program, a weekly drop-in group, is one of the few. Proud Theater is another. Magnus credits Proud Theater with getting his life back on track.

“They really helped me grow as a person, come out of my shell and just explore who I was,” says Magnus. “When I got there, everyone was so polite and kind, and I just got the best vibe that that was going to be my family now.”

Magnus is now taking classes to get his GED. He has a part-time job at Ella’s Deli and is hoping that with his high school diploma and a steady job he can get a place of his own soon.

He’s living back at home with his parents.

While things are still strained with his father, they’re doing better. “We’ve had this unspoken rule between me and him where we don’t talk about certain things that we don’t want to talk to each other about, and we usually keep our feelings towards each other to ourselves, and we cooperate all right now.”

Between 30% and 40% of the youth Briarpatch works with identify as LGBTQ+, and Johnson hopes its services help bring stability to their lives.

It’s something that hits Johnson, who is gay, on a personal level. In high school

in Rockford, Ill., Johnson also participated in an LGTBQ+ group, and he remembers those in the group who lacked the support at home he was lucky to have.

“I attended the group until graduation, and within that time there were a lot of kids who started to disappear,” says Johnson. “I knew their stories involved parents who said, ‘I’m going to kick you out,’ or ‘I’m going to run away because it’s not safe for me.’ When I first started working at Briarpatch I thought about those people and wondered where they are today. Are they even alive? This job is one way for me to honor those people and do some good.”

Doing good may be as simple as trying harder to ensure vulnerable teens feel accepted.

Paul co-facilitates Briarpatch’s Teens Like Us group, and while LGBTQ+ issues are being talked about more and more, she says there’s still a long way to go.

Something as simple as ensuring schools, businesses and public places have gender-neutral bathrooms could make a big difference in making sure people feel accepted, Paul says.

“If you have somebody who identifies as transgender and they don’t feel comfortable going into a bathroom that’s designated for males or females, are you prepared for that?” Paul asks.

Over the past few years, Madison’s high schools have made a point to add genderneutral bathrooms for their students. East High School has a multi-stall bathroom that anyone can use regardless of gender identity, and Memorial, Shabazz, West and La Follette all have single-stall genderneutral bathrooms. Yet only a few middle schools have gender-neutral options.

“If I had to go to the bathroom and I was transgender, where would I go? The male or the female?,” Paul adds. “You have to make that choice every time, and that over and over, not even so subtle message that there’s no place for you, that’s what a lot of the kids really struggle with.”

Beyond bathrooms, teens who have lost the support of their families and closest friends because of their gender or sexual identity need an outlet, a safe space to be themselves.

Blythe and Soulja provided that for Thai when she couldn’t turn to her mom, Magnus found Proud Theater, and Johnson continues to push Briarpatch to fill that void for other Madison LGTBQ+ teens.

While only a fraction of the work has been done to ensure Madison’s most vulnerable youth are safe, organizations like Briarpatch continue to bring homelessness out of the shadows.

“Youth homelessness in Madison is invisible,” Johnson says. “The more this becomes a topic and people become comfortable talking about it, it could really go a long way in opening the door for youth to reach out and get help.” n

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enough money to open the county’s first emergency overnight shelter for minors.

Cedric Johnson, the development and communications director at Briarpatch, says opening this shelter is a day that he has been waiting for.

“The need for runaway youths and homeless programs has increased over time,” Johnson says. “Within the first couple of hours of the shelter being open, we had a placement.”

As of the end of January, 27 youths had used the shelter for a total of 114 nights.

Briarpatch’s Runaway and Homeless Youth Program provides an array of services to Madison’s most vulnerable youth, including temporary shelter, one-on-one counseling, family counseling, case management and a 24-hour help line.

It was Briarpatch that helped Blythe and Tomlinson’s mom come to an agreement, allowing Tomlinson to legally move in with Blythe and Soulja.

Briarpath’s new building sits a few blocks from the Alliant Energy Center on Rimrock Road. The organization moved into the space in March 2014 after realizing the central, downtown location couldn’t meet its long-term needs and goals. The new building boasts a modern touch, with big windows, exposed brick and chestnut siding.

Inside, down a long, narrow hall, is the door to Madison’s first overnight youth shelter.

Youth can stay at the shelter for up to 28 days. The shelter, which has four rooms with two beds each, can accommodate eight people at any given time. While the bedroom walls are bare, each bed has a homemade quilt made by area churches that teens can take home with them once their shelter stay is over.

The shelter opens up to a large kitchen and community room, complete with overstuffed black leather couches, stainlesssteel appliances and a chore sheet, with daily tasks — including sweeping floors, washing dishes and cooking dinner — assigned to everyone staying there.

If the teens don’t know how to cook or do laundry, staff members show them how, teaching them life skills.

The communal room includes board games, Netflix and a computer with Internet. Teens that stay in the shelter also have full access to the other services Briarpatch provides.

For youth who don’t have the support to make it to Briarpatch on their own, the organization’s Street Outreach teams meet them where they’re at.

Robin Sereno, the street outreach specialist for Briarpatch, says gaining trust is often the toughest part of the job. Every day for the last year she has scoured the city look-

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individuals. A boycott was threatened, and some called him a racist. Others sided with Sampson, saying he had little choice in the matter.

Now that the dust has settled, Sampson is rescinding the ban and replacing it with a plan.

“I spoke too soon and threw the baby out with the bathwater. I was angry. Seeing someone get staples put in their head is traumatic.

I made a statement, and it was a mistake, and I apologized,” he says. “I’m open to booking hip-hop again. Hopefully, some of these issues we’re having will begin to be addressed in the community at large.”

His plan requires more work on his end as well as increased responsibility from fans when they witness violence.

“I want to develop a booking process where there are several layers of vetting,” he says.

“We’re going to move forward — meeting with promoters, rap artists — and we’re looking to develop the hip-hop scene as it matures.”

Sampson says audiences for other music genres tend to handle incidents better than hiphop fans. “Any other fight I’ve ever had in this building, no matter what kind of show it was, people make sure the troublemaker is account-

ed for and held accountable. I’m not seeing that at these hip-hop shows when there’s been a violent incident,” he says, adding that he hopes to hold the first meeting to flesh out his plan later this month.

Pacal Bayley, a Madison native and platinum-selling producer who goes by DJ Pain 1, is experiencing déjà vu.

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Darwin Sampson was livid after a fight at a March 2 hip-hop show left one of his staff members needing staples for a head wound after being struck by a bottle.

So livid, in fact, that the next morning the Frequency co-owner imposed a one-year ban on all hip-hop concerts at the West Main Street venue. “I’m pissed,” Sampson said at the time. “I don’t want to do this — I have to. My staff doesn’t feel safe.”

Once news broke online, hip-hop fans erupted. Some chastised him for blocking an entire genre of music based on the actions of

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New directions A-OK Sunshine & Spirits may be the world’s first micro-diner

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A-OK Sunshine & Spirits, the coffee shop arm of the Robinia Courtyard complex at 829 E. Washington Ave., is the most modest of the three eateries there. (The other two are Julep, which serves upscale Southern cuisine, and Barolo, an elegant wine bar. Aaron Mooney is executive chef for all three.)

It’s also the hardest to characterize. It’s not quite a coffee shop — the “& Spirits” part of the name hints at its transformation in the evening to a bar of sorts — but in between time, it’s also a diner. Or rather, a self-described “micro-diner.” So far as I can determine, A-OK is the only micro-diner in the world (although there is a restaurant in Pittsburgh named Micro Diner, and its menu is a lot more macro than A-OK’s).

Following this decade’s zest for curation, A-OK serves a carefully selected roster of diner hits. This is not the multi-page menu at Denny’s. If you’re the indecisive sort at breakfast, this is a win. For the lighter appetite, choose from a quiche of the day and assorted pastries. These are joined by a substantial egg, hash browns, bacon/sausage and biscuit “country breakfast”; corned beef hash with eggs; and biscuits and gravy.

If you’re treating yourself, head straight for the lush biscuits and gravy, with its creamy, not too salty milk gravy studded with crisp breakfast sausage. The biscuit retains a crisp exterior with a yielding center, good for soaking in the gravy.

Corned beef hash features big shreds of St. Patrick’s Day-worthy corned beef brisket mixed in with hash browns. That’s not exactly my definition of what corned beef hash is (everything diced in smaller cubes), but to be fair, the menu does describe the dish as corned beef with hash browns, and it couldn’t be more delicious. This comes with perfectly cooked sunny-side-up eggs. The only thing missing from the plate is toast and jelly. I’m no toast fanatic, but this rich platter needs to be offset with something plain and a hint of sweet. At $12 for the plate, it seems like toast could be wedged in there somewhere.

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Pastries have varied in quality. A blueberry muffin with nuts and extra sugar glazed on top was great, avoiding the bland, sugary whiteness of so many blueberry muffins. But a scone tasted like baking soda, and a red velvet cupcake, while prettily frosted, was dry and flavorless.

A-OK is run by the same folks who operate Johnson Public House and Kin-Kin coffee, so carefully timed pour-overs are the order of the day. But don’t dismiss the batch brew, which manages to both replicate and upgrade the flavor and feel of classic diner coffee — generally a little thinner than a pour-over but still a nice cup of coffee, with no burned notes.

At lunch, look for specials, like a brisket sandwich, or soup, like a recent Cajun-spiced vegetarian navy bean, full of veggies. Other options are a Cobb salad and a BLT. The only food served after 3 p.m. is the diner burger. It, like A-OK’s version of diner coffee, somehow manages to replicate a clas-

sic diner burger while tasting much better.

A-OK’s burger is a cousin to the Plazaburger, with dill pickles, American cheese and small squares of translucent onion (alas, no Plaza sauce). Fries, which come with the burger, are skin-on, crispy and a cut above most diner fries.

The diner theme is continued with a range of phosphates (sodas flavored with syrups) and milkshakes. Craft beers are on tap, too (right now Capital Maibock and several from One Barrel), and in the evening it’s a nice spot to grab a booth, some fries and a couple of pints. Classic cocktails are offered, too.

Can a place that’s not quite a coffee shop, not quite a diner and not quite a bar function as all those things? Potentially, yes. Staff is laid-back and friendly, and seems primed to recognize, even curate, a crop of regulars. The space, with its diner counter, booths and a more secluded back room for chatting, studying or working, has a lot of potential for an intimate neighborhood hangout. I’m willing to bet that in an Egg McMuffin world, there’s a place for the micro-diner. n

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Go west Salted Root digs in at Froth House spot Salted Root, 11 N. Allen St., sits unobtrusively off Regent Street near West High School at the former home of the Froth House.

Owners Emily and Justin Beck opened Salted Root last December. The name indicates how they hope the shop will become rooted in the community, as well as bring some new flavor to the neighborhood.

Salted Root is warm and inviting. The soft red, yellow and green hues inside are calming, but the space is still vibrant with bright, mismatched upholstery on stools lined up along two bars. Local artists’ paintings, photography and other artwork are displayed; adult coloring books and Mason jars filled with colored pencils are stocked

on shelves, begging for customer use. Salted Root offers breakfast sandwiches and pastries from area producers like Gotham Bagels and Batch Bakehouse.

And, of course, don’t forget about the coffee. Salted Root uses beans from Madison roaster Just Coffee, so its classic latte tastes fresh. A good latte has a prominent espresso flavor discernable through all the creamy steamed milk, and Salted Root’s fits the bill. Dairy-based drinks not your thing?

There are plenty of other options — from Americanos to tea to hot cider — as well as three drip coffee varieties in airpots near the counter. The coffee shop’s proximity to West draws teenagers doing homework, but it’s a good hangout for anyone.

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The Taste of the Market breakfast is always special, but this session — with chefs John Jerabek of Fresco and Bethany Pieters of Salvatore’s Tomato Pies, making Sal’s pies with DCFM ingredients — is one not to miss. From 8:30 am until the food runs out (usually about 11 am), at the Madison Senior Center, 330 W. Mifflin St., $8.50/$5.

Twenty-one local cooks compete for top honors at this scholarship fundraiser for the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Chefs from Kipp’s, the Great Dane and Bonefish Grill will judge, in addition to a People’s Choice award; 2-5 pm at Kromrey Middle School, 7009 Donna Dr., Middleton. Tickets ($25 advance only) at kappapsi-omega-chapter-alphakappa-alpha-sorority.com.

Feed the arts Saturday, March 12

This “Empty Bowls” fundraiser includes soup, salad and bread; plus you take home a locally handcrafted ceramic bowl.

Proceeds ($15/person, $35/ family of four or more) benefit three area school art programs: Shabazz High School, O’Keeffe Middle School and Gompers Elementary. From 4 to 7 pm at Warner Park Community Recreation Center, 1625 Northport Dr.

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More than fish fries The Wisconsin Supper Club Cookbook collects iconic recipes

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Much has been written over the years about what properly constitutes a “supper club,” the home of what might be considered Wisconsin’s very own cuisine.

“The concept of the supper club is something we certainly embrace as our own,” says Mary Bergin, longtime state travel writer and the author of the new Wisconsin Supper Club Cookbook: Iconic Fare and Nostalgia from Landmark Eateries (Globe Pequot Press).

“Supper clubs do exist outside of Wisconsin, but I know of no other state where it’s embraced so much as being a part of us,” says Bergin. “That makes it part of a regional foodway and something we can choose to work to elevate.”

Bergin has collected treasured recipes from 40 of the state’s landmark supper clubs.

She first contacted the restaurants to see if they would share a recipe, a process she likens to throwing a potluck, “hoping not everyone brings a dessert.” But the range of appetizers, soups, salads, sides and, of course, desserts

balanced quite nicely.

“Again, like a good potluck, somtimes they magically come together,” Bergin says.

Then she plotted her route and took off on several epic road trips to photograph each restaurant.

Next phase: testing each and every recipe.

Bergin has found many must-make-again favorites, including Hungarian mushroom soup from the Edgewater in Jefferson and the pumpkin cheesecake from the Chippewa Inn in Hayward.

The book is a fascinating guide to Wisconsin’s incredible range of unique, home-grown restaurants, from rustic Northwoods tavernstyle spots to the frankly over-the-top white Naugahyde booths of the Hob Nob in Racine.

One supper club, Turk’s Inn, went out of business in 2013; another, the Red Mill near Stevens Point, just closed at the beginning of this month. Are supper clubs an endangered species in the 21st century? “It all depends on

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Three chefs collaborate at Pizza Brutta The red-brick wood-fired oven is the focal point of Pizza Brutta’s kitchen, which normally is used to turn out exquisite Neapolitan pizzas .

On Sunday night, three members of the Madison Area Chefs Network took advantage of the quick cooking time of the oven to also swiftly prepare a selection of small plates that somehow kept pace with the crowds that rushed in when the doors opened at 5 p.m. The Chef Week event was named, appropriately, “Al Forno Night.”

“You can cook anything — shellfish, mussels, clams — in three, four minutes,” says Francesco Mangano of Osteria Papavero, who joined Joe Gaglio of Gotham Bagels and Derek Lee of Pizza Brutta for the event.

The special menu featured one salad, five small plates — some large enough to serve as an entrée — and three pizzas. All the pizzas used Brutta’s legendary crust, made only with flour, water, sea salt and yeast.

A table favorite was the Cozze e Vongole, a small plate of mussels, Manila clams and potatoes served straight from the oven in a cast-iron dish; crispy discs of chorizo gave the dish an extra kick.

I’m glad I gave the Indivia e Mortadella a try.

The small plate was surprisingly light, with a layer of béchamel sauce and Parmigiano cheese covering thin slices of mortadella, and chunks of endive — not crunchy, but not mushy either.

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the supper club and its willingness to listen to its most loyal of customers about what they want,” says Bergin. She cites Toby’s in Madison as a spot that draws people in for lunch and dinner; owner Roxanne Peterson is “certainly doing something right.”

But with increased competition, maintaining that loyalty isn’t easy. “People all have stories about the supper clubs they like now or the ones that don’t exist anymore but they wish did,” Begin says. She cautions against taking a favorite eatery for granted.

A “We’ll go there for our anniversary next year,” instead of dining at a spot more regularly might not be enough, she cautions: “If we care about something we take care of it.”

Bergin will be part of a roundtable sponsored by the Chicago-based Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance. Its supper club “immersion” experience, April 8-9 in Racine, will also feature Wisconsin food historians Terese Allen and Jim Draeger and documentary filmmaker Holly De Ruyter. “It’s an indication that people outside of Wisconsin have an interest in supper clubs, too,” Bergin says. n

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Light but no lightweight Next Door’s new blonde ale will be its next bottled beer The blonde ale is an American style that emerged as an alternative to premium U.S. lagers. It’s a catch-all category of lightbodied, light-colored ales and is considered an introduction to American craft beers.

Brewmaster Bryan Kreiter thinks that “there are a lot of people who want to get into craft beer and are frustrated with the many hop-forward, highly bitter and strong beers.” This is an alternative, a pleasant, middle-of-the-road beer that offers solid flavor while remaining crisp, clean and well-balanced. Hüll Melon hops lend a unique, albeit faint, hint of melon and strawberry in both aroma and flavor.

That ends up giving the beer a softer, slightly sweeter hoppiness.

Make sure to drink it very cold to bring out its crisp and clean flavor qualities. Like most blonde ales, this is a beer that is intended to be enjoyed fresh, much like its lager cousin, the pilsner.

By the time it’s released in six-packs, Next Door’s newest blonde ale will have an official name. Right now, Kreiter isn’t saying

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To Old Fashioned stalwarts, there’s only one way to make the iconic Wisconsin cocktail: muddled oranges and cherries, Angostura bitters, Korbel brandy and lemon-lime soda. Top with ice, garnish, serve and repeat — bonus points if it’s consumed in a supper club or an ice fishing shanty.

But at Estrellón, the newest Tory Miller restaurant, bar manager Michael Lu has elevated the classic to show-stopping new heights, thanks to the exceptional WhistlePig 10-year rye whiskey that anchors the drink.

WhistlePig, a Vermont distillery which ages and bottles Canadian 100% rye mash whiskey, debuted its 10-year rye in the mid 2010s to unprecedented acclaim and expanded to the Wisconsin market in August 2015. It’s rich, complex, spicy and strong (seriously, it’s 100 proof). Get ready for people to be obsessed with rye the way they were with bourbon a few years ago.

With such a special ingredient, the $18 price tag makes sense, and Lu says the Old Fashioned is a top seller — Estrellón

what he’ll call it because he hasn’t received trademark or label approval yet. The beer finishes at 4.5% ABV. It currently sells in the brewpub for $5/pint.

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March Madness has begun.

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state boys’ basketball tournament starts on St. Patrick’s Day at the Kohl Center, and the girls’ tournament tips off this weekend at Green Bay’s Resch Center.

Three area girls’ teams — Stoughton, Verona and Madison Edgewood — are bouncing up U.S. Highway 41 with the goal of winning a state championship.

But by the time you read this, at least one might already have been eliminated in semifinals action.

Such is the cruelty of high school basketball in March, when a team like 24-2 Stoughton — which advanced to the state tournament for the first time since 1998 after Union Grove missed a final shot as time expired, giving the Vikings an emotional 35-34 sectional final win — could fall to Onalaska (21-5) on Friday afternoon in a Division 2 semifinal.

To avoid that fate, the Vikings will need to score more than 35 points against Onalaska; the Hilltoppers reached the semis by shooting 60% from the field in the second half of their 59-52 win over Hortonville.

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The Crusaders are on a roll following a signature win over defending state champion Whitewater and an overtime victory against previously unbeaten Marshall. Edgewood cruised past Prairie du Chien, 51-35, en route to Green Bay. Verona easily beat Big Eight Conference rival Janesville Craig, 63-45, on the way to its first state tournament since 2010. The 23-3 Wildcats will take on Appleton North (22-4) in a Division 1 semifinal Friday night and are led by junior Alex Luehring, whose name already may be familiar to basketball fans in Green Bay; she committed last fall to play at UW-Green Bay upon graduation.

This year’s run to a state championship is likely bittersweet for Verona. Many current Wildcats were teammates with Ebony Nettles-Bey, who fought a high-profile battle with soft-tissue cancer during her junior and senior seasons and died in November at age 18.

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Banding together For Madison musicians fallen on tough times, MAMA Cares In a matter of weeks, Robert J. Conawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son went from being a healthy young boy to a patient undergoing emergency brain surgery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the scariest thing Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever been through,â&#x20AC;? says Conaway. But the 12-year-old, who had contracted a serious infection, pulled through after the Jan. 6, 2015, surgery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my miracle boy.â&#x20AC;?

Money was not on Conawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mind while his sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life was at risk, but inevitably, the medical bills piled up and had to be paid. That task was made all the more challenging because Conaway missed 20 days of work and six or seven shows with his local roots-rock group, the Moon Gypsies.

But help was on the way. Rick Tvedt, treasurer of the Madison Area Music Association and a longtime friend of Conaway, partnered with fellow Moon Gypsies member Chris Wagoner to organize a fundraiser at the High Noon Saloon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really just a gesture of friendship from us and solidarity from the music community,â&#x20AC;? says Tvedt, adding that the High Noon donated space for the event.

At the event, with hundreds in attendance, organizers presented Conaway with a check from an anonymous benefactor for $10,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the most humbling, amazing time of my life to have that kind of support,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was overwhelming.â&#x20AC;?

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Evans says that is a concern his group canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shoulder alone: â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has to be addressed by the city.â&#x20AC;?

He first reached out to the city in 2009. Through UCAN and the Madison Arts Commission, Evans worked with Madisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alcohol License and Review Committee to establish a set of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Entertainment Best Practices,â&#x20AC;? which call for venue owners to thoroughly research performers and promoters, properly anticipate crowds, hire adequate security and market to a diverse audience. If the guidelines were followed and a violent incident occurred, the venueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s liquor license would be less likely to be put in jeopardy.

Mark Woulf, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director of food and alcohol policy, says the ALRC adopted these best practices last July but hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t started distributing them yet to current or new venues seeking liquor and entertainment licenses.

The next step is for the city to create a task force to specifically address the lack of venue options for local rap artists and other musicians, a move that was recommended by the ALRC last summer. Gloria Reyes, the interim director of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Civil Rights, says that her department will house the task force and that staff will begin recruiting members. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ad Hoc task force will be composed of 11 members appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the [city] council no later than this summer,â&#x20AC;? she says, adding that the task force will likely include a promoter, live music venue or manager, music venue property owner, musician/DJ, student representative,

Madison Police Department staffer, and members representing ALRC and Madison Arts Commission.

Reyes says one goal of the task force is to increase the diversity of entertainment options for all residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need venues that provide for cultural diversity in music that includes hip-hop, R&B and other forms of entertainment,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Evans is cautiously optimistic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t become a task force that gets created and nothing happens, because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tons of musicians that want to do shows,â&#x20AC;? he says.

More support of the local scene benefits not only fans but artists as well, Evans says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In order to make it in this business, you need a local support system because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where you get your start,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you try to go somewhere else and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the support of where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re from, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll wonder why no one from your hometown booked you. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a red flag.â&#x20AC;?

The Madison rap scene is getting recognition elsewhere but has hit a roadblock here at home, he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have rap artists from here who are getting featured in some of the biggest music websites and magazines in the music industry, but they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t [get] a local show here.â&#x20AC;? n

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given up on deejaying in Madison because of it,â&#x20AC;? says Bayley, who performed at the March 2 event. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People seem to have amnesia all of a sudden and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember that this is how itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been in Madison for decades.â&#x20AC;?

Sampson notes that his venue is one of only a couple that host shows for local rap artists who are just starting out, which is part of the reason for the uproar when he instituted the ban. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those are the kind of artists that [the Frequency] should be supporting, [so the artists can then] move onto bigger venues like the High Noon [Saloon],â&#x20AC;? says Sampson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re like a stepping stone for artists.â&#x20AC;?

For years, Bayley and others have been advocating for more inclusion of local rap artists at Madison venues through the Urban Community Arts Network, a group that hosts the annual Madison Hip-Hop Awards Show and promotes rap around the city.

UCAN vice president Mark â&#x20AC;&#x153;ShaHâ&#x20AC;? Evans says the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s venue owners are leery of hosting local rap shows because if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an incident like one at the Frequency, they could lose their liquor license, which puts them out of business.

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Touched by the generosity, Conaway made a promise: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to find a way to pay this forward.â&#x20AC;?

Shortly after, Tvedt and Conaway teamed up to launch MAMA Cares, a charitable organization committed to supporting often-underinsured musicians facing medical expenses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure if we did not have insurance, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be bankrupt by now,â&#x20AC;? Conaway says.

MAMA Cares awarded its first check from the Jacy Ray Fund â&#x20AC;&#x201D; named after Conawayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s son â&#x20AC;&#x201D; late last year to Charlie Brooks, the longtime blues-

man and R&B singer. Brooks, years into his battle with cancer, died in January.

As more applications for the Jacy Ray Fund roll in, the fundraising must ramp up. MAMA Cares held its kickoff event on Feb. 13. The low-key but elegant evening at the Brink Lounge featured the Moon Gypsies and served to raise awareness â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as well as about $350 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for the program.

Tvedt says the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preliminary fundraising goal is $15,000, but organizers hope to surpass that and might extend the effort to support musicians facing housing crises or theft.

The kick-off event served as early notice of a much bigger fundraiser planned for Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day weekend. The organizers hope to get as many venues and bands as possible on board for the citywide event, with stations set up all over town to collect donations.

So far, through business partnerships and less formal fundraising events, MAMA Cares has raised nearly $4,000. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to help [musicians] with whatever theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going through,â&#x20AC;? says Conaway. And that feeling of support is just as crucial as the monetary support. As a MAMA Cares handout states, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is Madison, and we take care of each other.â&#x20AC;?

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Fans who live to dissect song lyrics aren’t exactly surprised that Joe Casey, the gravelvoiced frontman of Detroit post-punk band Protomartyr, is no fan of the soon-to-becompleted Detroit Events Center — future home of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings! — or the Little Caesars Pizza CEOs who somehow convinced the taxpayers of the downtrodden Motor City to front the majority of the $627 million price tag.

The references are all over Protomartyr’s latest single, “Dope Cloud,” which is anything but a woozy paean to a stoner’s paradise: Catch the sneering nods to “the spoils of the pizza king,” the “largesse of the Lombard Bank” and the “halls of gold.”

“Everybody’s like, ‘It’s gonna save Detroit,’” says Casey, speaking by phone recently from New Orleans as the band prepped to head west to Houston for the front leg of its current tour. Protomartyr plays the Frequency on March 13, the final show before the band hits the SXSW festival in Austin. And even though Casey reveals that the song was actually inspired by a scene near the end of a 1940s-era movie — The Song of Bernadette, of all things — the chorus has the, um, blunt answer to the citizens of his native city: That’s not gonna save you, man.

The songs on The Agent Intellect, Protomartyr’s third album in as many years, are jam-packed with razor-sharp insights like these. The key is deploying the aural persistence to savor them through the relent-

less, driving grind of the band’s guitars and Casey’s full-throated delivery. Particularly when the band plays live.

“I mumble enough during a show that you generally hear what you wanna hear,” Casey jokes.

Casey turns serious, however, when he talks about how the band’s current album — a punk-soaked mix of the philosophical, the observational and the spiritual — came together.

“Our guitar player [Greg Ahee] came up with different parts that melded into each other,” says Casey. “I thought, well, maybe we should connect them lyrically. The lyrics always come second to the music. You never know when your last record’s gonna be. Usually, I’m just trying to figure out what works, and I thought maybe I could sneak in more personal stuff.”

Boy, did he ever. The personal/regional thread is unmistakable, from cynical childhood memories of the pope’s historic visit to the Silverdome (“Pontiac 87”) to the deeply affecting “Ellen,” a song written about Casey’s mother, who recently slipped into Alzheimer’s disease, from the perspective of his late father who, in an echo of current events in Flint, just happened to work for the Detroit water department.

“I’m not an expert on many things, but I lived my whole life in Detroit,” says Casey of his troubled town. “I like talking about it in songs. I don’t have a prescription to fix any of it — I’m just spouting things.”

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Sexton (1928-1974) was a Pulitzer Prizewinning Massachusetts writer who suffered from mental illness most of her life. The former model and mother of two wrote about her difficulties in her work, winning wide acclaim as a “confessional poet.”

The opera is based on her 1971 book of the same name, which retells Grimm’s Fairy Tales. It’s also an autobiographical work in which Sexton deals with her struggles with depression, reports sexual abuse at the hands of her father and claims an erotic relationship with her great-aunt.

“She treats adult subjects pretty candidly,” says David Ronis, UW-Madison’s interim director of opera. “She was institutionalized a few times in her life and eventually committed suicide. There are allusions to all of these things in the poetry in the show.”

The subjects, sadly, are timeless, but Ronis has chosen to stage Transformations as a period piece: He’s setting it in 1973 in a group therapy situation, in which Anne Sexton is the facilitator.

“Essentially, there is no real setting specified in the score,” says Ronis. “Different productions have employed different concepts — I saw a review of one production that had set it in a Studio 54-style disco. The original 1973 Minnesota Opera production was set in an abstracted psychiatric ward.”

Ronis says he chose a group therapy meeting to emphasize Sexton’s role as facilitator.

In addition to painful topics, Transformations also contains a lot of wicked humor, with references to pop culture going back to the 1940s, including Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. Susa’s score directs the actor portraying Rumpelstiltskin to have “a voice like Truman Capote.”

The Minnesota Opera premiere was in 1973, a year and a half before Sexton’s suicide at the age of 45. In 1976, University Opera staged the Madison premiere of Transformations. The current production will be conducted by Kyle Knox, who also led Madison Opera’s recent production of Little Women.

Transformations features sopranos Erin Bryan, Nicole Heinen and Cayla Rosché; mezzo-soprano Rebecca Buechel; tenors Dennis Gotkowski, Michael Hoke and William Ottow; baritone Brian Schneider and guest bass-baritone Benjamin Schultz.

University Opera will host a free pre-performance panel discussion Friday, March 11, at 6 p.m. at UW’s Music Hall. Panelists will include Ronis and Karlos Moser, emeritus director of University Opera.

Transformations will be performed on Friday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, March 13, at 3 p.m., and Tuesday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. For tickets or more information visit music.wisc.edu/event. n

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“I wasn’t ready” Michael Feldman hopes for another show after Whad’Ya Know? cancellation spends way too much time with our dog, Bella!”] Last I heard the email was broken, so that’s either good or bad.

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When Michael Feldman got to Wisconsin Public Radio on Thursday, he was called into a meeting, only to learn that the station was ending the 31-year run of his comedy quiz show, Whad’Ya Know?

“It was a done deal: You have three months to clean out your desk. I was surprised,” says Feldman. “I was sort of in a coma.”

The press release had already been written, announcing a final live show on June 25, with a blank space where Feldman’s comments would appear.

Feldman provided a gracious quote for the release, which was circulated to the press late Thursday afternoon. “It’s the listeners at home and those who show up that make the show. I am just a conduit,” Feldman wrote.

Mike Arnold, associate director and director of content at WPR, says the decision was “incredibly difficult,” citing precipitous declines in the national audience for the show. “Carriage on stations has declined anywhere from 60% to 67%,” says Arnold. The press announcement points out that at its peak, Whad’Ya Know? had more than 1.5 million listeners on more than 300 stations. Now it is closer to 100.

The station hasn’t yet decided what will replace the show, which aired from 10 a.m. to noon CST on Saturdays.

Isthmus spoke to Feldman — a former WORT volunteer and English teacher at Madison’s Malcolm Shabazz City High School — about his reaction to the news, his love affair with the audience and his hopes that he will someday host a show with a similar format.

What would you like to happen now?

I suggested that the problem is that national carriage is down, but there’s no reason we can’t take it back to Wisconsin. We might have to slim down, but it’s much cheaper to do a Wisconsin show. We have an audience.

What kind of reaction did you get to that suggestion?

I think the feeling is that the era is passed.

Looking back, what was your favorite part of hosting the show?

It’s the audience. I’m really embarrassingly emotional about it. I go up before the show and there are people eating doughnuts and they’re with their 87-year-old mother. I’m so glad to be part of their lives. They say you can’t take the audience home with you, but in a sense you do. It’s like your extended family.

At its peak, Whad’Ya Know? had more than 1.5 million listeners.

You were very gracious in the press release. Are you obligated to say only nice things right now?

No, I can say whatever I want.

Were you ready for this?

I wasn’t ready. It’s like your skin — you get used to it. I feel bad, and I felt bad for my audience as much as me. I have no particular expertise, other than the ability to make weird associations. The show was about the audiences and what they say and how they react, and I’m grateful. I’m in my third generation of listeners: parents, and now kids and

grandkids who were forced to listen while being schlepped to soccer. There’s a lot of people who have bucket-list missions to see the show. How can they tear apart a family?

Has there been a lot of audience outrage since this announcement?

Yeah, there’s been a deluge. People started writing on our Facebook page, and my daughter Ellie got involved, and started answering people, saying to write the station [“My dad is NOT ready to retire and lord knows he already

You’ve had some astounding guests over the years: Kurt Vonnegut, David Foster Wallace, Anne Lamott. Who stands out for you?

My personal favorite would be Kurt Vonnegut. I taught his books as a high school English teacher: Cat’s Cradle, Slaughterhouse 5. To talk to him about his background and how he got into writing — “To feed my goddamn family” — I love that. He was just hilarious. That was a big one. I always like talking to Calvin Trillin, someone with a drier wit than me.

What do you see in your future?

I’d like to keep working, and I’ve only had two offers: Bethel food pantry; the only thing I thought of was giving something back. And somebody said crossing guards — they get disability, health insurance. I still have a taxi license. And a teaching license. But I really would like to host a show. I hope to be back in one form or another. n

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot ventures into uncharted territory

BY ERIC D. SNIDER

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, about a news producer challenging herself by becoming a war reporter in Afghanistan, is also about Tina Fey challenging herself by headlining a movie that’s not an all-out comedy and doesn’t pair her with a familiar co-star. In both cases, the venture into uncharted territory is a success, though not without its hiccups. The journalist finds selfactualization, and Tina Fey proves she’s a real live movie star. Everybody wins!

Based on Kim Barker’s memoir, The Taliban Shuffle, the comedy was written by 30 Rock writer/producer Robert Carlock and produced by Saturday Night Live godfather Lorne Michaels — comfortable collaborators for Fey, who optioned the book two years ago with an eye toward playing the lead. The fictionalized version of Kim Barker, named Kim Baker, is new to the business of foreign correspondence when she arrives in Kabul in 2003 for what she expects will be a three-month stint. The journalists’ housing has a dorm-like atmosphere (“Jump Around” is bumping when we’re first introduced), and the only other woman around, BBC reporter Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie), is glad to see her.

Thankfully, the film quickly moves past the jokes about Kim being unfamiliar with military lingo and local customs, and establishes her as a competent, albeit frazzled journalist. The commander of the Marines she’s embedded with, Gen. Hollanek (Billy Bob Thornton), takes her seriously much sooner than his type of character usually does in movie situations like this.

The unnamed TV network Kim works for has provided a hunky Kiwi security guard (Stephen Peacocke), a cameraman (Nicholas Braun) and a “fixer” named Fahim (Christopher Abbott, for some reason) who helps Kim navigate Kabul.

Fahim observes that Kim seems to be getting addicted to the rush of covering live, dangerous news stories (and here the film backs up to inform us that before she came to Afghanistan, Kim was in a complacent rut).

Fey plays a fictionized version of Kim Barker, who wrote a memoir about her experiences as a war correspondent.

Kim’s three-month stint turns into an open-ended stay. This decision isn’t exactly caused, but certainly isn’t discouraged, by the breakup of her long-distance relationship with a boyfriend (Josh Charles), who, the minute we met him, we knew she wasn’t going to keep anyway. As one of a small number of females in the press corps, Kim has plenty of options for a fling, including with an abrasive Scottish photojournalist named Iain (Martin Freeman). She’s also hit on regularly by Afghanistan’s gentlemanly new attorney general, Ali Massoud Sadiq (Alfred Molina, for some reason), whose advances she finds amusing.

With its specific focus on a single character with a limited viewpoint, the movie isn’t about the war (much less the politics behind it) but about how covering it provides Kim with an opportunity to find herself. This narrow perspective puts the

film at risk of treating the war too lightly, as nothing more than the backdrop for some American woman’s personal journey. There are twinges of such insensitivity — casting Westerners as the two major Afghan characters doesn’t help — but for the most part, directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (I Love You Phillip Morris, Crazy Stupid Love) treat the violence of war with the weight it deserves, sometimes to shocking effect.

Fey was smart to choose as her first semi-serious role a character not far removed from her 30 Rock and SNL personas.

In a lot of ways, Kim Baker is the nonfarcical version of Liz Lemon, the real-world counterpart to a cartoon, and Fey handles the dramatic moments well. She and the film both are just serious enough to be taken seriously, even if you can tell they’d prefer to be funny. n

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It also appears to be Netflix’s way of testing out various comedians to see who might be able to handle their own sketch show. The cast members all have a variety of comedic acting backgrounds and improv experience, including standouts like Orange Is the New Black’s Lauren Lapkus, Saturday Night Live’s Tim Robinson and Broad City’s Paul W. Downs, who I am hoping will show off his bizarre and hilarious sense of humor. I’m pleasantly surprised that Netflix is investing in the rich art form of improv.

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The Boy and the Beast: This thrilling, if overlong, animated epic from director Mamoru Hosoda is part Karate Kid, part Japanese folklore. It posits a parallel Tokyo ruled by beasts, overseen by aging Lord Soshi (voiced by Masahiko Tsugawa) and rife with kendostyle battles over who is best to succeed him.

Zootopia: Easily one of Disney’s more imaginative CGI offerings in a while, Zootopia uses the classic tropes of anthropomorphized animals and comic references to pop culture touchstones to slyly puzzle out what it means to be “civilized.”

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Hitchcock/Truffaut: Documentary about the influence of Francois Truffaut’s book transcribing his interviews with Alfred Hitchcock.

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More film events Another Dawn: Film noir from Mexico in which an unhappily married woman descends into the underworld to help an old flame/union activist.

Cinematheque, March 11, 7 pm.

Dancing in Jaffa: Documentary about ballroom dancer Pierre Dulaine teaching Jewish and Palestinian Israelis to dance and compete together.

Temple Beth El, March 17, 7:15 pm.

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In the Palm of Your Hand: A shady fortune teller (Arturo de Córdova) is blackmailing his female clients. Cinematheque, March 11, 9 pm.

Krisha: A woman returns home for Thanksgiving after many years away from her family. Sneak preview: Union South Marquee, March 12, 3 pm.

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Rocco and His Brothers: Restored version of director Luchino Visconti’s story of farm kids trying to find a new life after moving to Milan.

Cinematheque, March 12, 7 pm.

Smiles of a Summer Night: One of the great erotic comedies involving a worldly actress, her inept lawyer-lover, his overly romantic son and impressionable young wife, a lusty servant girl, a jaded Don Juan and a fierce countess. Audiences at the time ignored the dark undertones and reveled in the sex and the laughs, making this film Ingmar Bergman’s first international success.

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Line Breaks Festival: “Perform the Word” Friday, March 11-Sunday, March 13, Overture Center Thanks to the innovative First Wave Scholars program, UW-Madison has become a creative powerhouse in turning out hip-hop artists. This 10th annual festival features three days of music, spoken-word performances and workshops. Friday’s lineup includes First Wave student performers and “Explosions,” a solo show by Eli Lynch. And on Saturday, don’t miss Dasha Kelly (pictured), a prolific author and spoken-word star who has toured the U.S. and Canada and appeared on Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. Check out the full schedule at linebreaks.wisc.edu.

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Touring on their first album in seven years, 2016’s The Catastrophist, Chicago art rock legends Tortoise put their ever-transforming instrumental music on display. Taking hints from punk, prog, dub and jazz, Tortoise’s music possesses emotional depth and exceptional technical playing, creating a groovy and angular aesthetic that has influenced a generation of experimental rock musicians. Plus, they have a local connection: Drummer Dan Bitney played in ’80s punk band Tar Babies. With Mind Over Mirrors.

Lily & Madeleine Thursday, March 10, The Frequency, 9 pm

When these Indianapolis-raised teenage sisters began uploading cover videos to YouTube in 2012, they had no grand ambitions. Nevertheless, their ethereal harmonies and deep musical bond quickly garnered attention, and they soon found themselves touring with their own material.

Their third album, Keep It Together, was released last month. With Shannon Hayden.

Michelle Wolf has been performing standup for only five years, yet she’s already a writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

The up-and-coming comedian — who used to work on Wall Street — also has a web series via Comedy Central (Now Hiring), wherein she interviews applicants for a job at a fictional tech company. With James Hodge, Rachael Soglin. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), March 11-12.

In Madison Theatre Guild’s production of the Theresa Rebeck play, every character is desperate to get his or her hands on a very rare set of stamps issued in the mid-19th century by a tiny British colony in the Indian Ocean.

A sharp production with an excellent cast, the show sheds light on the frailty of human relationships. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (7:30 pm), Sunday (2 pm) and Thursday (7:30 pm), March 11-17. Through March 19.

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Droids Attack Thursday, March 10, High Noon Saloon, 9 pm

One of Madison’s most beloved bands is back with a vengeance. The stoner metalheads are celebrating the release of their fourth full-length, Sci-Fi or Die, which they describe as “a rich landscape of titanic riffs and an apocalyptic alien landscape.” With Oshkosh’s ATTALLA and Madison’s the Gran Fury.

Mr. Robert’s: Seisma, Chunkhead, free, 10 pm.

Tip Top Tavern: Eric Doucette, free, 10 pm.

UW Humanities Building-Morphy Hall: UW Blue Note Ensemble, Latin Jazz Ensemble, free, 7:30 pm.

FOOD & DRINK Chef Week: Madison Area Chefs Network and Isthmus present special collaborations by 30+ local culinary artists, through 3/13, at various restaurants; Sunday Funday street foods celebration benefits Community Action Coalition, 3-7 pm, 3/13, Graze & L’Etoile ($100). Schedule: isthmus.com/chefweek.

Thursday, March 10, Bartell Theatre, 7:30 pm

Smart People Thursday, March 10, Vilas Hall’s Mitchell Theatre, 7:30 pm

This University Theatre production explores the intersection of race and scientific research, examining questions such as whether racism can be hard-wired into our genetics. Renowned Chicago director Chuck Smith took the helm for this one, and playwright Lydia Diamond is a force of nature: an African American woman with a slew of masterful dramas to her credit.

Alicia Keys produced her play Stick Fly on Broadway in 2011. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (7:30 pm) and Sunday (2 pm), March 11-13.

As part of its “British Invasion” season, Strollers Theatre Company tackles George Bernard Shaw’s hyper-talky comedy of manners. The action takes place in a greenhouse atrium of an English country home belonging to John Tarleton, who’s made a fortune selling underwear.

His daughter is about to wed a clever but simpering aristocrat. The show has plenty of witty banter and memorable characters. ALSO: Friday, Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday (7:30 pm), March 11-17. Through March 26.

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Brian Freeman: Discussing “Goodbye to the Dead,” his new book, 7 pm, 3/10, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.

Essen Haus: Dale Dahmen & the Beats, free, 8:30 pm.

Gustavo Fares, Katherine Steichen Rosing: “In Omni Terra: of the earth,” 3/11-4/29 Gallery Marzen. 709-1454.

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The Frequency: Help Desk (CD release), The Gusto, The American Dead, 9:30 pm.

Jenie Gao: “Our Relationship with Power,” 2/263/19, Arts & Literature Laboratory (artist at work 4-7 pm, 3/10-11). allgallery.org.

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Crafting Words: Poetry by Sam Corfman adapted into ceramic works by Juliette Walker, 3/6-10, Central Library (reception 7-8:30 pm, 3/10). 266-6300.

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This dark comedy is a Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play, written by Bruce Norris as a spinoff from Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking drama A Raisin in the Sun and set in the same Chicago neighborhood 50 years later. A Madison College Performing Arts production. ALSO: Saturday (7:30 pm) and Sunday (2 pm), March 12-13.

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Overture Center-Capitol Theater: The Ahn Trio, 8 pm.

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Mr. Robert’s: Chaos Revolution Theory, free, 10 pm.

Madison Capitols: USHL vs. Sioux Falls, 7:05 pm, 3/11; vs. Youngstown, 4:05 pm, 3/13, Alliant Energy Center-Coliseum. $20.50-$12.50. 267-3955.

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

The Sustainability Sideshow: Carnival-themed Sustain Dane & MCM fundraiser, 7-11 pm, 3/11, Madison Children’s Museum, with “trashion” show, music, games, refreshments. $25 ($20 adv.; ages 21+ only). madisonchildrensmuseum.org. 256-6445.

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Hody Bar, Middleton: Primitive Culture, free, 9 pm.

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An Exhibition of Work That Shapes Each Course in Our Program: 2/29-3/29, Madison College-Truax Gallery (reception 3-7 pm, 3/10). 258-2437.

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First Unitarian Society: Peter & Joseph Ross, free, 12:15 pm.

The Werks Friday, March 11, High Noon Saloon, 9:30 pm

The turn of the year was a rollercoaster for the Werks. The Dayton, Ohio-based jam rockers released a new album, Inside a Dream, in November but lost longtime keyboardist Norman Dimitrouleas on Jan. 9 when the 33-year-old passed away in his sleep. His bassist brother, Dino, is on a leave of absence from the band and has been replaced by SassafraZ’s Jake Goldberg. With Ifdakar, Sweet Delta Dawn, Flowpoetry.

Alchemy Cafe: Nuggernaut, funk/jazz, free, 10 pm.

Alt Brew: DJs Atom Hall, Waterz, 9 pm.

Badger Bowl: Paul Filipowicz, 9:15 pm.

Brink Lounge: Perfect Harmony Men’s Chorus, fundraiser concert, 7:30 pm. Also: 7:30 pm, 3/12.

Brink Lounge: Common Chord, Americana, 8 pm.

Cardinal Bar: Samba Novistas, free, 5:30 pm; DJs Ben Silver, Lovecraft, Ashoka, Wangzoom, 9 pm.

Cargo-East Washington: County Highway PD, 7:30 pm.

Crescendo: Gin, Chocolate & Bottle Rockets, 7 pm.

This rising, Toronto-based folktronica artist is expected to release his debut full-length album this year via Columbia Records. His first single, last year’s “2 Heads,” reached No. 5 on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart. With Ria Mae.

Natty Nation Saturday, March 12, Barrymore Theatre, 8 pm

Wisconsin’s premier roots rock group celebrates the release of its new record, Divine Spark, with supporting help from F.Stokes (who also plays on the album), Shonn Hilton & Shotgun, Megan Bobo & the Lux and DJ Trichrome.

The Wizard of Oz Friday, March 11, Overture Center’s Playhouse, 7 pm

The Wizard of Oz is one of the most beloved stories of the 20th century: As a book, it received widespread critical acclaim, and the 1939 big-screen adaptation is one of the most recognized films of all time. As a musical, it’s still being adapted for the stage today, including this Children’s Theater of Madison production. ALSO: Saturday (2:30 & 7 pm) and Sunday (2:30 pm), March 12-13. Through March 26.

Oklahoma!: Musical, 7 pm, 3/11-12, West High School. $10. eventbrite.com/e/21835425345.

Transformations: University Opera production retelling classic fairy tales through the eyes of someone struggling with depression, 7:30 pm on 3/11 & 15 and 3 pm, 3/13, UW Old Music Hall; panel discussion 6 pm, 3/11. $25. 265-2787.

Alonzo King LINES Ballet: 8 pm, 3/11, UW Memorial Union Theatre-Shannon Hall. $49-$27.50. 265-2787.

SP OKEN WORD Oscar Mireles, Matthew Guenette, Cherene Sherrard: 8 pm, 3/11, Arts & Literature Laboratory. allgallery.org

The Apologists Saturday, March 12, Mickey’s Tavern, 10 pm

The Apologists — who in 2002 became the first electric act to play at Mickey’s — return to celebrate vocalist/guitarist Marty Mulhern’s 60th birthday. Minneapolis-based power trio Wastrels opens, featuring Mulhern’s son Ben on drums.

Badger Bowl: Cherry Pie, ‘80s rock, 9:15 pm.

Brink: Rebecca Nebula & Patchwork Monkey, 9 pm.

Buck and Honey’s, Sun Prairie: Nine Thirty Standard, blues/country/rock, free, 6:30 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJ Chamo, Latin, 10 pm.

Chocolaterian Cafe: Cajun Spice, free, 7:30 pm.

Club Tavern, Middleton: Vinyl Thunder, rock, 9 pm.

Come Back In: The Contractions, free, 9 pm.

Crystal Corner Bar: Underground Day One, Deal Breakers, Louka, Local Love Fest show, 9:30 pm.

The Frequency: Beast of Bray Road, The Hullmen, The Rotten Tommys, The Grovelers, 10 pm.

Gray’s Tied House, Verona: Ryan McGrath Band, 8:30 pm.

Harmony Bar: The Mersey Brothers, U2 tribute, 9 pm.

Hody Bar, Middleton: Killer Cars, rock, free, 9 pm.

Kiki’s House of Righteous Music: Dressy Bessy, German Art Students, house concert, 9 pm.

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

Liquid: Candyland, Fight Clvb, 10 pm.

Majestic: Hippie Sabotage, Alex Wiley, Kembe X, 9 pm.

Malt House: Larsen & Larsen, classical, free, 3 pm.

Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse: Eddie Danger, 8 pm.

Mr. Robert’s: Instead We Smile, Bonnie Wickham Trio, free, 10 pm.

Nau-Ti-Gal: The Scrubbers, 8 pm.

The Red Zone: Haunted & Hopeless, Breech, Samyaza, Punch Cabbie, H1N1, 8 pm.

Rockdale Bar & Grill, Cambridge: Cool Front, 8 pm.

Spring Prairie Lutheran Church-Prairie Coffeehouse, DeForest: Susannah Sasman, Joe Godat & Mike Bjork, free, 7 pm.

Stoughton Opera House: John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band, 7:30 pm.

Tavernakaya: DJ Wangzoom, free, 10:30 pm.

Tempest: Bill Roberts Trio, jazz, free, 9:30 pm.

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Protomartyr Sunday, March 13, The Frequency, 8:30 pm

There’s a lot about Protomartyr that could be described as “striking.” From their jagged post-punk instrumentation to frontman Joe Casey’s straining, impassioned vocals to the fact that Casey is 10 years older than his bandmates, the Detroit quartet is an enigma. Their most recent album, 2015’s The Agent Intellect, is filled with raw, howling jams that blur the line between melancholy and ferocity. See page 32. With Fire Retarded, Luggage.

Brink Lounge: Celtic Cultural Center/Celtic Music Assn. benefit, with The Currach, Trinity Academy of Irish Dance, SlipJig, Cashel Dennehy Dancers, 3 pm.

Cargo-East Washington: Jamie Guiscafre, free, 2 pm.

Great Dane-Downtown: The Kissers, free, 2 pm.

Harmony Bar: Cajun Strangers, 6 pm (lesson 5 pm).

UW Memorial Union-Play Circle: Dervish, 4 & 7:30 pm.

Tuvalu Coffee, Verona: Ajaminus, free, 7 pm.

Warner Park Community Recreation Center: Waunakee Community Big Band, free, 3 pm.

ART E XHI BITS & EV ENTS Tim Mulcahy: Photographs, 3/3-4/30, UW-Extension Lowell Center (reception 2-4 pm, 3/13). 577-3300.

PhotoMidwest 2016 Member Show: 3/5-4/2, UW Hospital (reception 1-3 pm, 3/13). 263-5992.

KI D S & FAM ILY Waisman Center Children’s Theater: Yonim, 1 pm, 3/13, 1500 Highland Ave. $2 ($1 kids). 263-5837.

Good Hops Beer & Wine Tasting: Middleton Baseball & Softball Commission youth program fundraiser, 5-9 pm, 3/12, Holiday Inn-West, with silent auction, raffle, food. $45. mbscwi.org. 445-3611.

Feeding the Arts: Empty Bowls Project soup/salad dinner benefit for school art programs, 4-7 pm, 3/12, Warner Park Community Recreation Center, with kids activities. $15 donation. 245-3690.

Boogie with Bernie’s: Annual Bernie’s Place Child Care Center benefit, 2-5 pm, 3/13, High Noon Saloon, with The Gomers kiddy-oke, silent auction. $5 donation ($20/family). 263-1725.

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The second overall seed in this year’s NCAA tournament, the Badgers host Mercyhurst in the quarterfinals. The two schools met in the 2009 championship (Bucky won!), and the winner here advances to the Frozen Four for a March 18 game in Durham, N.H.

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Tricia’s, McFarland: Frank James & Bobby Briggs, 3 pm.

Tricia’s Country Corners: MadCity Radiators, 9 pm.

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Olbrich Gardens: KG & The Ranger, 2 pm.

UW Humanities Bldg.-Mills Hall: University Bands, free, 2 pm; UW Symphony Orchestra, free, 7:30 pm.

Kris Hermes: Discussing “Crashing the Party,” his new book, 4:30 pm, 3/12, Rainbow Books. 257-6050.

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Legends of the Leprechauns: Free radio-style play by Heartline Theatricals, 6:30 pm, 3/14, Monona Library (222-6127); 6:30 pm, 3/15, Sun Prairie Library (8257323); 6:30 pm, 3/17, Middleton Library (827-7403).

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Murder Mystery Tuesday, March 15, Bartell Theatre, 7:30 pm

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Vintage ties the knot with earthy Rustic, rural weddings still on the rise

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Flowers, aloft, provide color and at the same time soften barn rafters. Suspended wire hearts lit with tiny bulbs sprinkle light across wooden floors.

Moss provides a nest for votive candles on rustic tables. If you’re attending a wedding this year, chances are you’re going elegant country.

“England is really the trendsetter,” says Nicki East of Enhancements in Dodgeville. There, the style shows a reverence for the past as well as the rougher edges of the landscape — and a fascination with fairy gardens.

East, a wedding florist for more than 10 years, says these elements morphed into the current wedding passion for all things timeless and earthy. Tree branches, especially birch, are popular as part of the décor, as are actual tree stumps, used as accents. Moss may hang from light fixtures. You might even see deer antlers.

Pinterest, the product-photo sharing site, has led the way in spreading the look, says East. Barn weddings, for instance, are still popular, with the number of rentable rural event sites in southern Wisconsin continuing to grow.

“It’s not so country cute, but vintage with a rustic edge,” East says. Her shop showcases the

trend with balls of moss under domed glass lids for table ornamentation, for instance.

East says the earthy influence is seen in the flowers carried by brides and bridesmaids as well.

“They want the flowers loose and flowing, like they were just picked from Grandma’s garden,” says East.

If brides want a bit of swank, she suggests adding goblets and candelabras to the dinner table.

East’s biggest challenge right now is sorting out how to hang and power chandeliers in outdoor tents and still make it look vintage and earthy.

The woodsy look has redefined the setting, the aisle, the bouquets and the wedding dress itself.

Brandi Nehmer of Brandi’s Bridal Galleria in New Glarus says that the old preference of satin for church weddings, with chiffon relegated to the beach, has been left behind. Chiffon now makes up about 70% of the bridesmaid dresses she sells.

As for bridal wear, “The gown drives the atmosphere, and this year brides are coming in looking for the whimsical, soft and earthy,” she says. The preferred fabrics are lighter-weight, even sheer tulle. Sleeves may have a see-through effect, with lace that looks tattooed. Beading is popular for outdoor weddings, says Nehmer, because “outside the dress will ‘pop’ in the sunshine.” n

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Paradise Park in Cottage Grove is one of several area destinations at which to hold a rustic celebration.

Michelle Hauge and her husband, Kerry, bought his family’s 20-acre farm more than two decades ago and transformed the woods and cropland into lush gardens for outdoor wedding celebrations.

“There are lots of ferns,” says Hauge.

Paradise Park features a rustic wooden bridge over a small ravine connecting to a woodland trail, ponds and other water features. The bridge is covered in moss, she adds, and is a much-sought-after spot for the ceremony and photos.

Hauge says Paradise Park bookings for 2016 are down slightly. “It’s competitive,” she says of the growing demand for outside rural wedding venues.

East says two-thirds of her brides come from Madison, seeking a setting that’s comfortable and unfussy. Her barn venue bookings are up this year for one simple reason: “There are more barns available.”

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ADA-compliant, 150-year-old barn, grounds N3540 Hwy. 22, Poynette; 608-635-4344 barnharvestmoon.com

100-year-old barn, 200 acres; equine center 2505 Hwy 78, Mout Horeb; 608-845-1502, ext. 2234 www.centurybarn.com 1870s horse barn, 14 acres 9736 Blue Valley Rd., Mount Horeb; 608-220-7500 bridlebarnandgardens.com

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We are now accepting applications for part time or half time positions selling outdoor and casual furniture in the summer and assisting in our sportswear and clothing department in the winter. This is a year round job with flexible shifts ranging from 15-30 hours per week. If you enjoy working with people, have a flair for color and design and love the great outdoor please stop by our store and apply in person. Chalet is a fun and friendly place to work and we’ve been a member of the local community for over 35 years. We sell the best quality brand name merchandise and provide a high level of personalized service. Chalet is locally owned and we have a great appreciation for our employees and customers. We offer a generous base salary plus commission, paid training, and a nice benefits package.

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Please stop by the store and apply in person: Chalet Ski & Patio 5252 Verona Road Madison, WI 53711 608-273-8263

Taco John’s of Monona is looking for people who enjoy working in a fun team work environment along with the fast pace of the restaurant industry. We are currently hiring for all shifts. We offer a flexible schedule, food discounts, room for advancement and more. Apply any of the following ways: in store, send resume to 9216@ quikserve.com or online at tacojohns.com Volunteer with UNITED WAY Volunteer Center Call 246-4380 or visit volunteeryourtime.org to learn about opportunities The Road Home Dane County s looking for overnight volunteers to spend the night at our host site with the families in the shelter program. The shelter program consists of 13 host sites where the families reside for one week at a time, from Sunday evening to the following Sunday morning. Overnight volunteers will get your own private room to sleep in.

Make a life-saving difference each day you volunteer as a Transportation Specialist for American Red Cross Blood Services. Distribute blood to area hospitals as routine or “STAT” deliveries, transport blood and blood products from blood collection sites to the laboratory for processing, deliver equipment to local blood drives, and deliver blood to area hospitals. Volunteers drivers are needed 24/7. You choose the hours and days that work best for you.

United Way 2-1-1 is seeking new volunteers to staff our telephone lines, answering questions about resources available in the service area. Training is provided. If you are looking for an opportunity to learn more about community resources and would like to assist people in finding ways to get and give help, United Way 2-1-1 may be the place for you!

WELLIFE Mind Body Spirit EXPO April 2-3 10am-6pm At the Sheraton Hotel FEATURES ARTS CRAFTS • WELLNESS • WORKSHOPS • HEALERS, ENERGY• PSYCHIC- READERS, COACHING, TRANSFORMERS, AURA PHOTOGRAPHY AND MORE... 608-256-0080 • www.wellife.org The Wisconsin Vintage Guitar Show will Be Sunday March 20th from 10am-5pm at Madison Turners Hall 3001 S. Stoughton Rd. BUY,SELL,TRADE,BROWSE! All Guitars, basses,banjos, and mandolins are welcome! Admission is $7, $6 if you bring a guitar to show or sell, $5 for kids.

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I had given up on relationships after a failed marriage and another partner trying to kill me (no joke). Then, after five years single, abstinent, and lonely, I met a man who frustrated me, turned me on and was understanding about my trust issues. I’m excited about a future with him — except for two things. First, he says he loves me but he’s not sure yet if he wants to spend the rest of his life with me — he’s not sure if I’m “The One.” He also has needs I’m not able to fulfill.

It may not seem like a big deal to most people, but swallowing is out for me, as I was orally raped when I was a teenager.

I’ve worked my way up to enjoying giving head, but come in my mouth makes me cry. And I can’t give head after anal. He says these are the things that make him come the hardest.

I’ve asked him if my inability to provide these things are a “deal breaker” for him, and he says no, but when we get into bed, he talks about me doing them the entire time we’re having sex. I’ve asked him to stop, and he says he will, but it doesn’t stop. He will also have sex only in the positions he likes, and if I ask for something

different, he’ll just stop having sex with me, leaving me frustrated.

If letting him go so he can find the right person to fulfill his needs makes him happier, then I feel it’s the right thing to do, as much as it would hurt.

Failing At Intimacy/Love You need to let this guy go for your own happiness and sanity.

I know you were alone for a long time — alone and lonely — and you know who else knows that? Your shitty boyfriend, FAIL, and he’s leveraging your desire to be with someone against your right to sexual autonomy and your need for emotional safety. You have an absolute right to set your own limits, to rules things in and out, and to slap “not open for discussion” labels on some things. Ruling two things out — swallowing and ATM — particularly for the reasons you cite, is perfectly reasonable. If he can’t accept that, if he’s going to hammer away at those two things endlessly, that should be a “deal breaker” for you.

You see his inability to determine if you’re “the one” as a separate issue, FAIL, but it’s of a piece. He’s refusing to make you the one — “the one” is an act of will, not an act of God — in hopes that you will submit to his sexual demands. I have a hunch that swallowing and

ATM aren’t really the things that make him come the hardest. If it was anal and cunnilingus you couldn’t do, FAIL, then those would be his favorite things.

Because the issue here isn’t whether he’s “sure” you’re the one or the sex acts that make him come the hardest.

This is about him controlling and degrading you.

DTMFA.

Please ignore KISSES and write as much as you want (Savage Love, 3/3/2016)! I read your column because I like what you write!

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