Isthmus: July 14-20, 2016

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Residents plot a new direction for the north side

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ON A ROLL

East Side Club’s bocce league is all fun and games.

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TOGETHERNESS

All for one and one for all in new housing co-op.

MACE THE LAKE ERICA KRUG

TOMMY WASHBUSH

AAN AWARD ISTHMUS DESIGNER Tommy Washbush came up with a winner for the cover of our 2015 Summer Times Music Preview. First he landed a gold Milwaukee Press Club award for best special section design, and now he’s won first place for editorial design in the annual contest run by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. AAN is a trade organization representing 114 alt publications throughout North America; Isthmus has been a member almost since its beginning in 1978.

4 SNAPSHOT STYMIED AT FIRST by a league waiting list, Erica Krug now plays bocce ball with a bunch of other women whose partners all play on a men’s baseball team called Los Banditos. Usually the men cap off their evening with a drink at the bar. “We got tired of them having all of the fun, so we decided to start a team of our own,” says Krug. “We call ourselves ‘Banditas.’ We have a lousy record, but we have so much fun.”

Post-fireworks disturbance highlights tension between cops, community.

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UW researcher makes a new kind of glass. Now what?

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12 OPINION

GOT GAME?

State Dems need to step up if they want to beat GOP.

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FUTURE’S SO BRIGHT

Scrappy north side has a winning strategy.

21 RECREATION

RUFFIN’ IT

Fri. & Sat. (8 am-6 pm) & Sun. (10 am-5 pm), July 15-17, State Street It’s the most wonderful time of the year — no, not Christmas, but Maxwell Street Days. Enjoy the urban pleasures of downtown, while stocking up on consumer items at rock-bottom prices.

Off-leash adventures with Doggy by Nature.

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22-25 FOOD & DRINK

Sun., July 16, Lewis Nine Springs E-Way trailhead, 1947 Moorland Rd., 9 am

LOUD AND PROUD

Brassy Lucille is noisy but nice.

26 SPORTS

Summer’s here, time to get off your butt and enjoy a naturalistled nature walk in the Capital Springs Recreation Area. Bring your binocs and observe the woodland, grassland and marsh flora and fauna; you might even find some errant squirtles and zubats.

NO LIMITS

Para-athletes junior nationals come to Middleton.

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Midwest Fire Fest celebrates flame-based arts.

30 MUSIC NATHAN J. COMP

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COVER STORY NATHAN COMP moved to the north side a couple of years ago.

After news broke that Willy Street Co-op would open a store there, Comp started thinking how the area had changed since he was a kid in the ’80s and ’90s. Says Comp: “I grew up on the south side, and even we thought north Madison — or far east side, as we called it, before someone looked at a map — was dicey and tough, and south Madison, in those days, was pretty tough too.”

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Dogs of War learn to use their inside voices.

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WHAT A DRAG!

Kinky Boots is flashy, trashy fun.

34 SCREENS

THE MISFITS

Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a quirky buddy comedy.

48 EMPHASIS

PLAY SPACE

Revel is a crafting haven for millennials.

IN EVERY ISSUE 8 MADISON MATRIX 8 WEEK IN REVIEW 12 THIS MODERN WORLD 13 FEEDBACK 13 OFF THE SQUARE

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

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Sat., July 15, McKee Farms Park, 8 am

Pick one of three fun-filled routes in this fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County, followed by a post-ride party with prizes and frozen custard. Sign up and pledge at bike4bgc.com or just show up to cheer on the participants.

Garden party Sun., July 17, Troy Gardens (500 Troy Drive), 3-7 pm

Troy Gardens, which resembles paradise this time of year, hosts a Sunday afternoon garden party with food carts and beer on tap from Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company. Plunk down a chair or blanket and enjoy a picnic while being entertained by Truly Remarkable Loon and Mami Wata.

This is what democracy looks like Wed., Thurs. & Sun., July 20, 21 & 24, Goodman Community Center, various times; Tues., July 26, Worthington Park, 6-8 pm

The Goodman Community Center is hosting four public conversations to get input on how the organization can best serve the community. A free meal and childcare are provided. Sign up in advance to make sure you have a seat at the table.

Contact Edith at 608-204-8038 or edith@goodmancenter.org.

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Alex Wagner throws a bocce ball while Pat Morrow, Jan Barwick and Carol Veloskey (from left) observe.

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Pat Morrow arrives early at the East Side Club’s bocce court to get a few practice throws in. She knows she’ll need it.

Morrow’s team, “Plum Crazy,” will face off against the eighth-ranked team this Tuesday evening in the club’s popular 64-team bocce league.

“So the pressure is on,” Morrow says in her subtle Southern accent.

But Morrow doesn’t let the challenge get in the way of having fun, as she holds a margarita in a plastic cup in one hand and a green bocce ball in the other. “Bocce at the East Side Club provides me with an opportunity to be outside with a beautiful view of Madison from Lake Monona,” she says.

The players start to arrive around 6 p.m. on a postcard-perfect June day. Some make a beeline for the tiki bar. Others check the handwritten schedule for court assignments and to chat with league organizer Gary Spaeni, who is perched on a picnic table next to a grill where brats are available for purchase.

Bocce was played as early as 5000 B.C. by Egyptians using polished rocks. Italian immigrants brought the game to the United States in the ’40s.

To play, you need a set of balls, typically four

green and four red, and a smaller white ball called the “jack.” One team throws the jack, and then play alternates, with players trying to roll their balls closest to the jack. Points are awarded to the team with the balls nearest the jack, and the game lasts until someone reaches 11 points.

Originally from Oklahoma, Morrow met her bocce teammates — Alex Wagner, Judy Brown and Jan Barwick — at UW Hospital, where they all worked in the psychiatry ward.

Wagner and Brown, both cancer survivors, are now retired. “Pat’s the baby,” Wagner teases. In addition to bocce, the women knit and play cards together. “There is something that bonds you when you work on psych,” says Wagner.

Spaeni grew up in Madison and learned about the game on a trip to New Zealand. He started the league in 2008 and expanded it to two nights, Mondays and Tuesdays, in 2011 in order to expand it to 64 teams. Since 2012, there has been a waiting list for new teams to join.

Spaeni, retired from the Dane County Juvenile Court Program, says that the coolest thing about the league is the demographic. “There are people from age 25 to 85,” Spaeni says. “And everybody

gets along.” Spaeni, his wife and another couple set up the courts each week, and Spaeni keeps the stats for the 12-week season.

Morrow explains to her teammates that although they know me as their competitor from a previous night (I play bocce, too), tonight I am here as a reporter to write about “all us old bags from UW Hospital.”

Morrow is the only one on the team who had ever played bocce before league play started on June 7. Yet, her teammates are naturals.

And they cheer just as much for their opponents as their own team.

Spaeni says that there are a lot of people who play bocce at the East Side Club who had never participated in league play of any kind before, and that often “they are the most enthusiastic.”

“Here anybody can be as good as anybody,” Spaeni says. “At least once a night someone makes a good throw.”

This evening Plum Crazy wins the first game and loses the next two. But Morrow keeps a different kind of score: “For me, every time I play I am a winner.” n

NUMBER OF TEAMS THE LEAGUE STARTED WITH IN 2008: 12 NUMBER OF TEAMS IN 2016: 64 EARLY ROMAN GAME EQUIPMENT: Coconuts brought from Africa and later balls carved out of olive wood.

REASON SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES BANNED BOCCE CENTURIES AGO: As the game gained popularity, it began to threaten national security because it took time away from archery practice.

HOW THE GAME REGAINED POPULARITY: After unifying Italy, Giuseppe Garibaldi held the first Bocce Olympiad in Athens, Greece, in 1896.

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Perennial’s members are still working on the house, with hopes to move in by midSeptember. While they were talking to an Isthmus reporter in front of the house, a woman pulled up in her car to welcome them to the neighborhood.

“Something like that has happened every single day we have been working here,” Hinahara says. “Different people have been stopping by and saying they are excited to see people who are excited to live here and fix this place up. A lot of people have been asking what a co-op is.”

Member Amy Stoddard says the building is between two very different neighborhoods.

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“Something that I think is very exciting is the opportunity that we have, because we kind of reside in both worlds or cross some of those boundaries,” Stoddard says. “I hope to incorporate and soften that edge and the cultural boundaries between these different groups.”

The group also hopes to foster strong relationships with the neighborhood and empower everyone to make improvements and even start their own co-ops.

Durgin says he’s committed to the project — and the community — for the long haul.

“For most of human history people have lived in groups where they build relationships over their entire lives and stay close to them in villages and tribes,” he says. “Over time, with the development of our modern civilization, people have become a lot more isolated, and the nuclear family became a thing.”

Durgin says his time in MCC has made him realize how much more can be accomplished when a group shares food, emotional support, child care and house maintenance. “People working together and supporting each other can get a lot done and live really good lives through that power of community,” Durgin adds. “If a group of people are committed to being intentional and supporting each other, it can lower a lot of the stresses of modern life.” ■

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Hinahara says working with MCC would have made financing easier, but with 10 people able to contribute to the 20% down payment for the building, they were able to do it on their own.

MCC co-president Glyphia Doulas has lived in Madison co-ops since 2005. She says the independent co-ops that came together to form MCC did so to expand the movement. She’s happy to see another independent co-op forming.

She also sees MCC as a training ground for people who want to start their own coops, since they can learn the ropes from “staff people who are engaged to do certain necessary functions of the co-op.”

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Gabrielle Hinahara has lived at Ambrosia Co-op for three years. While she’s loved the communal living experience Madison Community Cooperative houses offer, Hinahara wants something a little more settled.

“Right now in Madison, most of the co-op housing is downtown, and there tends to be a lot of students and pretty quick turnover,” Hinahara says. So she and a handful of friends have decided to branch off and form Perennial Co-op at the corner of Lake Point Drive and Hoboken Road on the city’s south side.

The group is hoping to take cooperative living to the next level, Hinahara says. “We were looking to...really be rooted in a neighborhood and have long-term members.”

Housing cooperatives are well established in Madison. In 1968, members of several independent co-ops came together to form Madison Community Cooperative (MCC), which now includes 11 houses. But when it comes to housing, one size does not fit all.

The members establishing Perennial hope to expand the model into something they can grow and mature with. Mark Norton, who has lived at Ambrosia for five years, says he values the MCC community and all he has learned from it. Now he wants to settle down without giving up the communal lifestyle.

“I want to be in the community and the house the way a single family would be almost,” Norton says. “Where it’s like you are a homeowner and you live with your family and know people in the neighborhood and are involved and want to do it positively, but instead of being a single family, we are coming together to be a nontraditional family.”

Smoky Mountains in March 2015, they had a conversation that launched them into action.

They talked about how they could never see themselves living in single-family homes and about all the things they loved about living in an MCC co-op. But they also talked about what they would like to be different.

“After that trip it all sort of came together,” Hinahara says. The group — which has grown to 10 people — chose the south side because it wanted a neighborhood that is diverse, familyoriented, near downtown and affordable.

Durgin, an AmeriCorps employee, had worked in the neighborhood with Growing Power and the Bridge Lake Point Waunona Neighborhood Center. “There was more going on on the south side that we wanted to get involved with,” Hinahara says.

While touring the community center, the four noticed a vacant home across the street that had been carved up into apartments. Peeking in the windows, they became intrigued.

Norton tracked down the property owner to see if he was interested in selling. The owner had bought the house in a foreclosure sale and was eager to help the group. But getting approval from the city took much longer, Hinahara says. They were required to get a conditionaluse permit, which took about three months.

The owner was willing to wait, Hinahara says. “We weren’t changing the occupancy or anything on the exterior. Literally, all we were changing was instead of [having] four separate units, we would all be living together. Because of that it was a very expensive and complicated process,” she says.

Hinahara was frustrated by the red tape. “I felt like we have had to educate everybody we are working with on what the heck a co-op is,” Hinahara says.

The group had contemplated establishing the house through MCC but decided to go solo instead, says Norton. “We wanted to come together and live together, but if we had done it in MCC we would have to give up a lot of control to their ways of doing things.”

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■ MADISON MATRIX BIG CITY

Gov. Scott Walker tells reporters he’s standing by Donald Trump for president: “Even though Donald Trump wasn’t my first pick, as I said, anyone is better than Hillary.” Wait, who was his first choice?

A Chilean pickpocket ring moved through Madison four months ago, allegedly swiping wallets at area Panera Bread restaurants, the Wisconsin State Journal reports.

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Nurse Tina La Haise has founded the nonprofit Health Community Kitchen in order to provide a week’s worth of healthy, organic food to patients facing a chronic illness.

The meals are provided for little or no cost to the families, The Cap Times reports.

Weak enforcement of pollution laws is blamed on staff shortages at the Department of Natural Resources. The Legislative Audit Bureau found that 14.2% of the DNR’s jobs are vacant.

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Dave Mahoney announces that one of his deputies attempted to harm himself on July 6 after going home and finding his terminally ill wife dead. The 60-yearold woman died of natural causes; Mahoney did not release the man’s name.

■ A woman is beaten and choked to unconsciousness by a man outside a gas station at 318 S. Park St. Passersby intervened and scared off the assailant. The woman later told police she knew her attacker and that the two had been in a dispute over money.

■ Sen. Steve Nass (R-Whitewater) threatens that an “offensive” article assigned by a UWMadison sociology lecturer could have “budget ramifications”

for the entire UW System next year, the AP reports.

The article, assigned for a class on sexuality, is about gay men’s sexual desires, which Nass apparently thinks is icky.

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Citizen reports that one of the police officers injured in a mass shooting in Dallas July 7 was a 2015 graduate of Madison College. Gretchen Rocha, 23, who graduated from the Dallas police academy in June, received minor shrapnel injuries but was released Friday morning, her father, Craig Bayer, told the paper. “She’s actually going in to work tonight,” he added.

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Peter Anderson sides with Enbridge Energy, ruling that the Canadian oil pipeline company cannot be required by the county to carry spill insurance. But the fight isn’t over yet. The issue will return to court Sept. 27 to determine whether the county would have approved pipeline expansion without the insurance requirement.

TUESDAY, JULY 12 ■ About 30 signs bearing a

message in support of the Madison Police Department are stolen from yards in the Meadowood neighborhood on the city’s southwest side, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. Organizer Dave Glomp vowed he would replace the signs. “I’m not going to let the bad guys win.”

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Fundamental divide Disturbance after Shake the Lake highlights tension between community and police

BY DYLAN BROGAN

Jayda Robbins-Reed, 14, had just finished watching the fireworks show at Shake the Lake when all hell broke loose.

Robbins-Reed noticed a “couple of girls” who she did not know get into a fight alongside John Nolen Drive, just west of Monona Terrace. A crowd of kids gathered to watch. And then the police showed up. In an attempt to stop the fight, police officers used pepper spray.

“Everything immediately went crazy,” says Robbins-Reed of the June 25 incident. “More people started fighting.

Some people started screaming because they were in pain. People are running and shouting.”

The young teen says she and other bystanders were also hit with the noxious spray. “My face was burning, my arm was burning,” she says. “I called my mom in tears and said, ‘I was just maced by the police.’”

Robbins-Reed says after police used pepper spray, she helped a girl who looked to be 9 or 10. “She was like six feet away from police. My face really hurt, but you could tell she was in a lot more pain than I was.”

According to Madison police, 50 or more people of “mixed genders and ages” were brawling. After “verbal commands to stop fighting” were ignored, officers Richard Bruess and Benjamin Schwartz quickly deployed MK-9 OC spray, a strong type of pepper spray designed to disperse unruly crowds.

The police department did not release a report on the incident, and it did not make it to the news. Nor was it captured on video.

Police Chief Mike Koval and his officers have since defended their approach in interviews with Isthmus, while accounts from several witnesses are critical of the police response. The narratives differ more in tone than substance, however, reflecting a fundamental divide over police tactics that is in play in communities across the country. Were the police stopping teenagers from assaulting each other and preventing further harm to others in the area? Or did officers overreact because of the color of these young people’s skin? It depends on who you ask.

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turbance. In his report, Schwartz writes that after people started leaving the scene, the girl returned and “charged” him.

“I then raised the MK-9 OC canister at [the girl] and dispelled an approximately one-second burst of the MK-9 OC canister at [her], which was directed toward her face area. After [she] had been sprayed, she began to recoil and walked away toward the sidewalk.”

After six mounted officers arrived, the girl, whose name has not been released because she is a minor, was handcuffed and put in a squad car.

Schwartz says she initially resisted being handcuffed. Bottled water was provided to the teenager because she complained of “burning and irritation to her face and eyes,” according to the report. She was released after being cited.

Jashia Thompson contacted the police department following the incident. As noted in the police report, she contacted Bruess to “get answers on why her 14-year-old sister” was pepper sprayed.

“Thompson may be referring to the young juvenile I saw on the ground crying that was tended to by other officers for the spray she received,” Bruess writes in the report. “She [also] wanted the name for all of the mounted patrol units, as she saw one of them get off one of the horses and spray someone in the face with [pepper spray].”

Central District Capt. Carl Gloede confirms that six officers mounted on horses arrived at the scene after the two patrol officers. But he denies that any of the mounted officers used pepper spray.

The day after the July 7 mass shooting in Dallas that left five police officers dead, Koval was asked whether divisiveness between law enforcement and the community had reached a tipping point.

“Quite to the contrary,” Koval said at a news conference at the Municipal Building. “I think it’s

issues like this that create a greater coalition for everyone’s appreciation of those that are hurt, injured or suffering, whether they wear a uniform like mine or whether they are being dealt with by the police.”

Koval’s comments came after a week of national outrage over police shootings of black men in Falcon Heights, Minn., and Baton Rouge, La. Closer to home, a viral video of 18-year-old Genele

“ It just seemed like [the police] were pepper spraying a crowd of black people.”

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Laird being arrested at East Towne Mall June 21 was called “horrifying” and “gut-wrenching” by members of the Common Council. The next week, residents in the Marquette Neighborhood grappled with the death of a mentally ill man. Michael Schumacher, a 41-year-old Fitchburg man, was shot and killed after allegedly advancing toward officer Hector Rivera with a four-prong pitchfork outside a home on Morrison Street.

When asked about the incident, Koval says lights and sirens from police squads as well as verbal warnings from officers did nothing to break up the alleged brouhaha.

“That’s when [the officers] made the decision to deploy the pepper mace, and it was as if — literally — the Red Sea had parted,” says Koval. “It did have that desired effect.”

Koval acknowledges that conditions were less than ideal for using pepper spray. A brewing storm was kicking up wind that may have led to “collateral exposures.” But he defended his officers’ actions, saying that those involved in the alleged fight “could have been roundhoused to the point where they might have had fractures or lose consciousness.”

“You’re constantly balancing all of those safety issues for everyone,” says Koval. “It’s difficult. It’s mercurial. It’s very dynamic. I’m glad that the initial [pepper spray] dosing was sufficient to calm the waters.”

Koval says that all Madison police officers are tased and subjected to pepper spray during training so they know the pain that is inflicted by these devices. Koval says when recruits are asked which they’d rather endure, “100% say ‘Tase me, bro.’”

“It’ll be a five-second ride that [you] won’t forget,” he says of being tased. “But at the end of five and onetenth seconds there is no residual.

There’s no carry-over. The voltage ends. Conversely, if you’ve been pepper maced, this could protract itself for up to 45 minutes.”

Robbins-Reed doesn’t understand why she had to go through that.

“I don’t know who started what,” says the 14-year-old. “All I know is that I was in extreme pain. Pain that I had no fault for.” n

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Shane Quella witnessed the incident after Shake the Lake while sitting in traffic on John Nolen Drive. “I don’t know if someone was fighting or what was going on. It just seemed like [the police] were pepper spraying a crowd of black people,” says Quella.

One citation for disorderly conduct, a municipal ticket, was issued to a 16-year-old girl as a result of the dis-

All of these incidents spurred protests in Madison during Art Fair on the Square this weekend and outside the Dane County Public Safety Building Monday morning.

Although the Shake the Lake incident didn’t make the evening news, word and rumor spread about it on social media, fueling suspicion about the police tactics and motives. One woman who witnessed the scuffle wrote on Facebook: “It was just odd to me in light of the racial tensions going on that nobody posted about a large fight involving black folks and the police.”

Gloede apologizes for not putting out a release, saying, “We should have and we didn’t.”

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Molecule Man UW chemist makes a glass breakthrough — but will it find a market niche?

BY NATHAN J. COMP

People tend to think of science as a straight line that begins at a discovery and leads directly toward its obvious use. Steve Jobs may have “given” us the iPhone, but it was the multidisciplinary research by scientists around the world that gave us the integrated circuits that made a company like Apple possible in the first place.

“Steve Jobs was a great entrepreneur, but he wasn’t an inventor,” says Eric Schatzberg, a UW-Madison science and technology historian. “He had the vision to see what was practical with the technologies that were out there.”

For years, intellectual property attorneys have advertised a “path” to take researchers from lab to market. The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce has held seminars aimed at providing scientists with “key skills” needed to “translate academic research into commercial uses.”

And President Barack Obama’s budget includes a “roadmap” for accelerating the “transfer of federally funded research...to the marketplace.”

Unfortunately, scientific discovery often is as incremental as it is unpredictable. Mark Ediger, while a grad student at Stanford 33 years ago, discovered during an experiment that required perfect stillness that the molecules packed in organic glass twist and bend. It sparked a career studying and working with glass.

“Turns out that glass was a lot more interesting than I realized,” says Ediger,

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Mark Ediger, a UW-Madison chemistry professor, makes organic glass in a vacuum apparatus.

whose interest is in carbon-based polymer glass, as opposed to the silicate glass used for windows and fiber optics.

While making glass films for an experiment at the UW 20 years later, Ediger and his team inadvertently invented an organic glass with a molecular packing order far different from any the world had seen.

“We spent a long time disbelieving that we had made a glass that was different,” he says. The new materials are so unique, Ediger says, “we’re just learning what their properties are.”

Ediger figured out how to control the molecules’ orientation so they emit 50% more light without requiring additional energy, a finding that may be useful in cellphones.

Ediger admittedly doesn’t think much about the potential commercial side of lab science. “I can’t really say the extent to which the things we’ve discovered have influenced the technology or not,” he says. “There is no way to check.”

Inventions are never just one thing. Prior to Thomas Edison “inventing” the lightbulb, others first had to discover electricity and also that its

current could make a wire glow, Schatzberg explains. At least 20 others had discovered incandescent lightbulbs; Edison just happened to invent one that worked.

“He also had more resources than any other inventor in the world at that time,” he says. “But it also took a lot of other things to happen, because the practical application wasn’t something that was super-obvious.”

Schatzberg says initiatives like Obama’s lab-to-market can do good so long as they recognize there is nothing automatic about creating useful technologies from basic or applied science.

“The problem is that there is this huge gap between lab work and producing something useful; commercializing lab science is an incredibly complicated process,” Schatzberg says.

“Insofar as academic research is useful to practical purposes, it’s because the overall enterprise is aimed at practical purposes.”

Ediger’s next challenge is increasing the photostability of organic molecules, which, a significant fraction of the time, fall apart after absorbing light, meaning the screens of computers, smart devices and TVs become muddier with age.

“So the question we have been asking is, ‘Can we increase the photostability of materials if we pack them so tightly the molecules don’t fall apart anymore?” he explains. “We can...by packing them very tightly, efficiently, perfectly.” ■

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BY RUTH CONNIFF Ruth Conniff is editor of The Progressive.

It’s been a pretty terrible five and a half years for Wisconsin Democrats. Hard to believe the Dems controlled both houses of the state Legislature and the governor’s office as recently as 2009. When Scott Walker swept into power riding the anti-Obama backlash of 2010, Republicans took over all three branches of state government, redistricted the state to hold onto control, and launched their historic attack on unions, public schools, reproductive rights, voting rights, environmental regulation, open government and our general quality of life.

You know the rest of the story.

The Dems failed at two attempts to unseat Walker. They failed to stop the overwhelming assault on civil society. And now, with another round of elections fast approaching, progressives still talk about “messaging” and “building a bench.”

Republicans, in contrast, despite their fascinating meltdown at the national level, are running the table in Wisconsin. They have a lot of young people in high places, including House Speaker Paul Ryan and party chairman Reince Priebus. Walker’s presidential run was a bust, but that hasn’t stopped him from ramming through the further privatization and pillaging of the state, with a lot of help from millions of dollars invested by the Bradley Foundation, the Kern Foundation and Americans for Prosperity.

I don’t want to be a total downer, but things are not looking great for Dems, progressives and anyone else who likes the idea of functioning public schools, a great university system, clean parks, nice lakes, health care or the right to vote.

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along with Emerge Wisconsin, New Leaders Council and Wisconsin Progress — three groups that are doing the hard work recruiting and training candidates to try to take back citizen control of our government.

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But what do you say to young people who are willing to devote their time to local community service when, at the state level, there appears to be very little infrastructure to bolster the opposition against a right-wing juggernaut?

I asked the panelists at the forum this question, and they looked pained. But then they started talking about some of their favorite candidates, and about the dedication of these young teachers, farmers and community activists to local issues. Most get involved in public work by running for nonpartisan offices, and at the very local level, they make common cause with their

neighbors — including conservatives — on doing what’s best for their communities.

It occurred to me that if we can bring that community spirit up the chain to higher office, it would fix a lot of what has been going wrong in our state.

But first, the Dems need a couple of Hail Marys.

They need to run a charismatic candidate for governor who can win this time. Not only would that be a significant psychological victory, it is the only real chance for changing Republican-gerrymandered districts in 2020 — the next census year. Unless Walker is defeated in 2018, there will be a whole generation lost to further consolidated Republican power. The Assembly and Senate will draw the districts, but the governor can veto them.

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These two possible victories — getting a new governor and beating back voter suppression — are critical to rebuilding our progressive state and giving the nascent progressive bench a chance to get in the game.

Finally, we need elected leaders and state officials who are committed to supporting the talent that we have. One word that came up repeatedly when I talked to veteran staffers and organizers frustrated with the lack of traction on our side was “lazy.” Ouch. Mark Pocan, who has traveled the state and now travels the nation supporting his fellow progressives, models an alternate vision. It’s scary how much the progressive side of politics in Wisconsin looks less like a team than like a collection of individuals.

Considering the significant infrastructure on the other side, that just won’t work.

This is a state that is still majority Democratic, though redistricting masks it. It is still a progressive state, although we are losing ground as quality of life declines and people move away.

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This letter isn’t so much about Police Chief Mike Koval as it is about a familiar tone in the items Isthmus chooses to print about him.

I am reminded of a feeling I had when Isthmus reported on the Ho-Chunk Nation’s plan to build a casino south of Madison [in 2004]. The focusing of information on gambling addiction and statistics was surprising, as though a tribal nation was being held to some separate invisible standards the entire tavern, bar, club and liquor store industry were not. I’m not out to attack anyone’s business or choices; I just couldn’t help feeling Isthmus was carrying someone’s agenda for them to keep the casino from happening. It feels the same with Chief Koval.

While the opinion story and articles may seem newsworthy, why do I feel like I am not reading news (“Utter Fatigue” and “Seeking Guidance,” 7/7/2016, “Former Police Chief Rips Koval’s ‘Bullying,’” 6/30/2016, “Chief Koval Must Go,” 6/16/2016)? Is the information regarding the chief being reported to us, gossiped about him or planted in us?

It seems to me that Isthmus wants him gone.

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Re: “Keeping the Homeless Out of Sight, Out of Mind” (Madland, 7/8/2016): This

should be a non-starter. While I understand the desire to free up park benches, almost all homeless people cannot and will not pay any fines incurred, and do we really want to expend police resources at night writing meaningless tickets? A better approach would be to create an area or two to congregate homeless people, perhaps add a few dozen park benches on the east side of the City-County Building that is designated as a safe zone for the homeless.

David Hannes (via Facebook) Now that they’ve been pushed out of downtown for a while, you can see folks panhandling outside of town near the Beltline. How this helps anyone, I have no idea.

Maybe a day shelter and better services is a more appropriate use of time and energy.

Camille Lore (via Facebook) Maybe you could have the police stop using the sidewalks as personal parking spots. #soglinsgottogo.

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When Pierce’s Market quietly announced last September it was closing its grocery store in Northside Town Center, community leaders understood what that meant for low-income north-siders.

“When we were looking for a grocer 10 years ago, there were some bites, but we never hooked anything until we identified Pierce’s,” recalls Abha Thakkar, then associate director of the Northside Planning Council.

Pierce’s, however, didn’t move in for nearly two years. During that time places like McDonald’s, Walgreens and Family Dollar the primary sources of sustenance for those

By Nathan J. Comp became without the means to shop elsewhere. With Pierce’s departure, it appeared north Madison was destined to become a food desert once again.

Thakkar says the council had courted Willy Street Co-op back in 2006 to run a store, but couldn’t make it happen. “We felt Willy Street Co-op was the best fit,” Thakkar says. “But they had never done a second store at that point...and what we needed was something very different from Willy East.”

What a difference a decade makes. On Aug. 15, Willy Street Co-op will open its third store, Willy Street North, with a grand opening celebration slated for mid-September. T

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Northside Planning Council’s Abha Thakkar, right, leads a tour of the FEED Kitchens incubator.

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The initial concerns many north-siders expressed following the co-op’s January announcement have faded in favor of excitement. With thousands waiting for the co-op to ease their troubles, its managers are feeling the pressure. During a walkthrough of the unfinished store on July 1, co-op communications director Brendon Smith tempers expectations.

“We felt it was more important to provide the neighborhood with groceries than wait until everything was perfect before opening,” he says.

Under normal circumstances, it takes up to 24 months to site, plan, staff and stock a new store. Willy Street North will have done it in fewer than eight.

That “get ’er done” spirit is emblematic of the hardscrabble determination that has empowered the north side to guide its own destiny and remains a primary source of a pervasive north-side pride.

“We’re a scrappy group,” Thakkar says, proudly. “Sometimes we north-siders are like an ornery family, but we’re family. We come together with a very strong vision of what we want.”

In many ways, the arrival of Willy Street North marks the arrival of north Madison’s future. The revitalization that began more than 20 years ago with the formation of the Northside Planning Council has primed its resourcerich corridors for a full-fledged revival.

“People in Madison really think in terms of east and west,” says Ruth Rohlich, a city

business development specialist and northside resident. “The north has a very rich and proud history. People here know there is something very special about it.”

At a time when meat-processing giant Oscar Mayer is less than a year away from ending its 96-year reign as the area’s preeminent symbol of working-class identity, the council’s legacy of organizing people around food is now part of its strategic long game to make north Madison a destination for more than just Mallards games.

“Food is at the heart of how we relate to one another,” says Thakkar. “It is a very intuitive thing to organize around.”

North-siders speak wistfully about Oscar Mayer closing early next year. But the gloom-and-doom prognosticating that often presages major transformation hasn’t taken root.

“I don’t fear these changes,” says Christopher “Jonesy” Jones, a bartender at Drackenberg’s Cigar & Cocktail Bar, in Lakewood Plaza Shopping Center. “The north side tends to regulate itself; it can take care of itself.”

North-siders’ confidence that things will work out speaks in large part to the work that the Northside Planning Council has done over the last 23 years organizing and revitalizing more than 20 neighborhood associations. Although the average north-sider may be unfamiliar with how the council’s hand steers the quality of life in this part of town, its fingerprints are found in nearly every corner of civic life.

“They know what businesses are coming in, what developments are happening, what beer Ale Asylum is brewing,” says David Bruns, president of Sherman Plaza Inc., a private company that owns the Northside Town Center, formerly Sherman Plaza.

North Madison is a gem in a city full of them, but some residents still recall the violence that spurred the formation of the council in the early 1990s, as squatters and street gangs followed crack cocaine into Madison-area neighborhoods like Somerset Circle and Simpson Street. The violence was particularly fierce in Vera Court, one of several isolated apartment communities along the Northport corridor.

Since 1976, Pat Butler has lived in Vera Court and its surrounding areas, which, she says, felt cut off from the city proper back when the Madison Police Department was still centralized and community policing was in its infancy.

“We had no connection to the surrounding areas,” she says. “We were a desperate group of people who were just existing, as our area became infested with drugs and gang members.”

At the time, coalitions of neighborhood associations known as planning councils had been effective in curbing drug-related violence in cities like Minneapolis. Planning councils were often tasked with building a community center and publishing a community newspaper.

Although the Northside Planning Council wasn’t the only one to form in Madison

during the 1990s, it has always been among the most effective.

“They had very strong individuals who organized this, and they became really established very quickly,” recalls Jule Stroick, a city planner.

The council helped save Vera Court as it did other north-side neighborhoods by supporting the community leaders who already were fighting back. The cleanup effort in Vera Court began with a woman named Darlene Horner, aka Big Mama.

“From School Road on down Troy Drive, that was Big Mama’s area,” Butler recalls.

“Big Mama was always out there talking to everyone, flagging people down, and telling the kids to pull their pants up.”

As it established rapport with the Big Mamas in the isolated neighborhoods and apartment communities along Northport Drive and Packers and North Sherman avenues, the council’s leadership became adept at balancing its advocacy for marginalized residents with its role as a partner to north-side businesses and a point of contact for city officials.

Thakkar, 41, worked for the council from 2001 to 2010, returning as its executive director last July. She says the council has earned bragging rights.

“We have this tremendous legacy of what organized people can do without a lot of wealth at their disposal,” she says. “I think people look at us and see what is possible, and based on our history, a lot is possible.”

“The Northside News is really what created the north side,” Thakkar says. “Until then there wasn’t a [cohesive] identity. Of course, we’re the only ones who know that; most of the city isn’t aware we exist.”

David Bruns, 63, speaks of the horse-drawn buggies that used to deliver bottled milk to the singlefamily homes that had sprung up around the eightstory meat-processing plant that rose above the trees of his family’s 98-acre farm.

“The farm was located about where the city library is,” he says, referring to the Lakeview branch of Madison Public Library. “A lot of the people who bought those homes worked for Oscar Mayer or Webcrafters.”

Bruns is nostalgic for a bygone north-side era, when his father “used to hunt ducks literally where the Duck Pond is now,” he says, referring to the section of the Mallards ballpark where beers are drunk from a bottomless cup.

As a child in the late ’50s and early ’60s, Bruns milked some of the last cows to graze the property before Sherman Plaza went up in 1966. Three of the Plaza’s original tenants remain: the hardware store, the library, and Sherman Plaza Barbershop.

Kroger’s, the plaza grocery store from 1966 until roughly 1976, was replaced by Kohl’s grocery store. In 1998, Kohl’s and Bruns entered into a new lease. Kohl’s moved into a larger Sherman Plaza storefront whose facade improvements Bruns privately financed as part of the new arrangement.

After Roundy’s purchased six Madison Kohl’s food stores in early 2003, it reopened all but the north-side store under its Copp’s subsidiary since Copp’s already had an Aberg Avenue location.

Roundy’s has let the storefront farther north sit vacant ever since.

“We became a food desert,” says Bruns.

Few things can stall a neighborhood’s progress like the blight of an empty grocery store. But a noncompete clause in the Kohl’s lease prevented another grocery store from opening at Northside Towne Center.

Madison’s Common Council eventually passed an ordinance prohibiting noncompetes for grocery stores, but it wasn’t retroactive.

In the end, Roundy’s acquiesced, but capped the store size at 25,000 square feet. The Northside Planning Council, after an exhaustive search, convinced Pierce’s to move in. However, the costs of running a store outside of its distribution network — it was Pierce’s only Madison location — meant that some prices were out of reach for poor residents. It’s a challenge inherent to selling groceries on the north side: Larger stores don’t have the customer base to be sustainable, but smaller ones are often too expensive.

“We’re never going to get the low costs you see at a store like Woodman’s that has the volume,” says Thakkar. “We’re stuck with that size store.”

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desert” after Kohl’s grocery store closed in 2003.

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What began as the council’s Northside News newsletter has evolved into a 28-page bimonthly newspaper praised for its quality and tenacity.

“They send it to out to 13,000 households. You don’t see that anywhere else,” says Stroick. “It is the crux of bringing those neighborhoods together; it is a conduit into how to participate in the community at different levels.”

The Northside News has unified neighborhood groups, isolated apartment communities and the north side’s business community under the common identity of “northsiders.”

The paper is so widely read that the ad revenue it generates from area businesses has at times brought the 501(c)(3) perilously close to showing a profit.

The council has also changed how Madisonians see their city. Prior to the council’s branding crusade, north Madison was lumped with an all-encompassing east side.

Every north-sider, it seems, has a vision for the 29-acre Oscar Mayer property. Some want it added to the north side’s impressive portfolio of greenspace (think Warner Park, Cherokee Marsh, Governor’s Island).

Others see a transportation hub, given its proximity to outbound depots for air, rail, bus and freight traffic. The Northside Business Association supports commercial development, while the council would endorse a mixed-use project.

“The city really wants to see employment — manufacturing if possible — on the property,” says Matt Mikolajewski, director of Madison’s Department of Planning, Community and Economic Development. “What T

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The council played lead roles in establishing the Warner Park Community Recreation Center and neighborhood centers in four north-side communities, including Vera Court.

It has mediated disputes between property management companies and tenants, been a consensus builder on hot-button issues and secured funding for beautification projects.

There have been some bumps. The council and its board of directors have butted heads over the years with the Northside Business Association, but the groups are in a different place now, says association president Margo Dixon.

“The people on the council now understand the success of the north side is also dependent on business,” says Dixon, who owns a UPS Store at Northgate Shopping Center. “It’s taken us a while to get to this point, but we do work well together.”

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Pennsylvania-Packers Avenue to According to various neighborremain an employment corridor. hood surveys, violent crime isn’t Although a mixed-use project a top concern for north-siders. might be permissible, density reNorth-side police Capt. Jay Lengstrictions would still apply, says feld says a majority of police calls city land-use manager Jay Wendt regard quality-of-life issues, like Commercial development noise disturbances and speeding. isn’t always a win-win, either.

“It’s pretty quiet over here,” he says.

Businesses, especially retail, ofA resident of Kennedy Heights ten pass on the north side for the Apartments, Butler is at a loss for regional draw of the East Towne words at how much north Madison area. “Mom-and-pop shops aren’t has changed since her mentor, “Big likely on the first floor of a brandMama,” offered a glimpse of what new building, because they can’t north-siders were capable of. afford those rents,” Wendt says.

“I’m just following in her footMaking north Madison a dessteps,” says Butler, who became a tination, some say, will require an council board member in April. emphasis on its role in the upcomShuttles to east-side grocery ing Public Market as a Food Innostores — secured by the counvation Corridor. The initiative aims cil with a city grant after Pierce’s to leverage the city’s “food assets” closed — will be available even as part of a broader economic deafter the co-op opens. “Not everyvelopment strategy. one will be able to afford the co-op, There is a basis for this. In because it can be expensive,” Butler Lakeview Library now sits on the site of the former Bruns family homestead (date unknown) . what now seems like uncanny says. “People will still need to go to prescience, the council’s greatest Woodman’s.”

Butler believes the co-op could be successes have been food-related underAs the council continues to improve the ous contracts were renegotiated, the countransformative for low-income residents, takings such as Troy Community Gardens, north side, Thakkar continues to improve cil’s board members rolled up their sleeves who statistically are more likely to suffer the Northside Farmers’ Market and FEED the council, relocating its International — even cleaning bathrooms and sweeping from diet-related health issues like diabeKitchens incubator.

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Who let the dogs out?

Craig Michaels hikes with pups in a new kind of canine daycare

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lets the dogs out of the SUV; tails wagging, they fall into formation and start down the trail. They know exactly where to go.

Throughout our hike the dogs run free, at times bounding through tall grass or down a ravine to a freshwater spring. But they always return to the trail, falling back in line. Michaels walks alongside, occasionally snapping his fingers or calling out, “Here pup,” or “C’mon Rosie.”

Rosie, a fluffy golden retriever puppy with giant paws, eventually runs out of gas and gets put on a leash so she doesn’t fall behind. The doodletype dog she lives with, Maggie, has been running ahead and back to check on her. Within a few

minutes Rosie gets her second wind, and by the end of the hike, she’s leading the group of dogs.

We hike for over an hour up and down the hilly landscape. Right before getting back to the truck, the dogs run back down to the spring to drink and splash around while Michaels sits on a rock and pets whichever pup comes close to him.

What’s obvious early on is that Michaels trusts the dogs and they trust him.

In 2006, Michaels, originally from Milwaukee, was living in Los Angeles working as a graphic designer. “And then one day we all lost our jobs,” Michaels says.

Shortly thereafter, he was playing pickup basketball when one of the other players told him that he should work as a dog trainer and hiker, like him. Michaels told him that he needed “a real job.” But he decided to join him for a day — and that was it. “I knew right away that this was what I was going to do,” Michaels says.

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It’s just before 2 on a Friday afternoon when Craig Michaels picks me up in front of the Atwood Avenue storefront for his dog training and hiking business, Doggy by Nature.

There are already several dogs in the back of the Chevy Tahoe, including Michaels’ tiny, ewok-looking dog Chuy, who immediately plops down in my lap. We make a couple more stops and then head out of town.

There are now nine dogs, ranging in size from a large hamster (Chuy) to a small horse (Rio), with us in the truck, plus Carl, Rae, Maggie, Rose, Cooper, Lola and Roxie.

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She’s loud, spicy, popular and a bit of a challenge

BY KYLE NABILCY

It can be harder than you’d think to get a pizza at Lucille, nominally a pizzeria. The building, beautifully remodeled from its former lives as a bank and, more recently, Isthmus headquarters, is now host to one of the bigger scenes the Madison restaurant community has witnessed lately. And when I say “scene,” I mean standing room only and bouncers at the door during the weekend late-night shift.

Like its similarly clubby big brother, Merchant, Lucille is owned by Joshua Berkson and Patrick Sweeney and helmed in the kitchen by executive chef Evan Dannells. Daily drink specials, a live music stage, DJ nights and acoustics that’ll stomp on even a casual weeknight dinner conversation might convince you that this was never meant to be a restaurant at all, were it not for the fact that there’s some exceptional food to be had.

The “tavern snacks” section snazzes up bar food with shareable plates. Fried mozzarella curds do not say “cheese curds” to me, but the seasoned breading is crunchy, and there’s a ton of sweet marinara for dunking.

Similarly, crisp fried asparagus has a pleasant tempura thing going on, and tender meatballs use even more marinara than the curds (though they’re good enough that they don’t need much sauce).

Tavern wings, on the other hand, are aggressively breaded, not nearly as meaty as they look, and what’s there is tough.

If you’re looking for an easy bar meal, proceed directly to the tavern burger (or its Sunday night special variant, the cheese-stuffed Juicy Lucy). The twin patties are modest, with both frizzled edges and a flavorful, yes, juicy interior. This burger excels even without condiments, though the pickle slices are lovely. It’s one of the best burgers on the Square, of the many found there.

The sleeper hit of the Lucille menu is the steel pan pizza. It’s a hybrid of Sicilian-style (popularized locally by Rocky Rococo) and

Detroit-style deep dish, which Little Caesars is currently trying to bring to national prominence. At Lucille, it’s available only from 5 to 10 p.m., or as a lunch special, when it’s served in a smaller pan.

The Tiki is a fine example of what the steel pan offers. Sweet tomato sauce, a craveinducing ring of darkly caramelized cheese around the exterior of the crust, savory ham and ripe pineapple, plus a scattering of tiny edible flowers — an adorable lei reference. Unnecessary pickled jalapeños were, at least, not of the nuclear variety that obliterate any other subtler flavors.

This kind of pizza is fairly novel in Madison, certainly more so than the wood-fired variety also served here. If Lucille scaled back some of its entertainment elements and devoted more resources to offering the full steel pan menu throughout the day, it could inhabit a unique place of pizza prominence in Madison.

But quality wood-fired pies are also flying out of the oven from late morning to nearly midnight. Lucille trumpets the length of its dough’s fermentation, a 36-hour slow rise, and the crust certainly has a nice structure and chew.

I liked the simplicity of the Fontina, with Underground Food Collective culatello and ample cheese. The Primavera is a fine spring pie, with sliced green beans and fresh shelled peas and a little too much chili flake. Spicy pizzas are trendy now, and half of the wood-fired pies feature a pepper hotter than bell. Three of the seven steel pan pies include banana peppers — which I love, but still.

The Mushroom and Black Garlic pie turns down the heat, presenting instead the darkest white pie I’ve encountered, not the delicate affair you might expect. Its diverse cast of ingredients register salty, funky, creamy, smoky and sweet notes, and I want this to be on the permanent menu.

The wood-fired pizzas, like this mushroom and black garlic pie, are flying out the door.

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A homemade cherry or raspberry “Pop-Tart” from this laid-back neighborhood cafe will change your mind about needing to try the new A&W root beer version from Kellogg’s.

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Beer buzz MobCraft taproom opens in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point

BY ROBIN SHEPARD

MobCraft opened its new brewery and taproom in Milwaukee rather quietly over the Fourth of July weekend. The social-mediasavvy brewery posted a few Instagrams of the pedicab that it was offering to bring Summerfest attendees to the new space at 505 S. Fifth St. The industrial-looking space features the popular “garage door” windows that can be rolled up to create an instant patio feeling. A long bar is made from wood reclaimed after renovations at Milwaukee’s Turner Hall.

Thirteen MobCraft beers are on tap, with a half-dozen guest taps. (No food is served, but the brewery is next door to the legendary Conejito’s Place, where the Mexican food is plentiful, cheap and comes on paper plates.) Opening weekend beers included Helles Ginger Bock, Rhubarb IPA, Mystique (a double IPA aged in bourbon barrels), Sour Support and Crimson Commander (an IIPA).

MobCraft hopes to have its 30-barrel brew house up and making beer within the next week. There’s also a separate aging room for production of sour beers.

The taproom is open 3-10 p.m. MondayThursday, noon-midnight Friday and Saturday and noon-10 p.m. Sunday. Brewery co-owner Henry Schwartz calls it a soft opening phase leading up to an official grand opening in August (a date that’s yet to be set). MobCraft announced a little more than a year ago it would be leaving Madison, where it launched in 2013, and building a new 14,000-square-foot brewery in the trendy Walker’s Point neighborhood.

MobCraft had been making its beers at House of Brews on Madison’s east side.

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shifted, Schwartz says the move doesn’t mean his brewery will be forgetting Madison: “We’re bringing in a Madison sales representative to make sure we get even more beer on tap there.”

MobCraft will also continue to support the Forward Festival this summer and a fundraiser for the Madison Public Library in the fall.

The great outdoors Two Madison-area brewpubs are heading outside. Next Door Brewing, 2439 Atwood Ave., recently installed a beer garden. Brewery owner Aric Dieter picked up a hammer, and brewmaster Bryan Kreiter drove the bobcat while constructing a cedar arbor that covers a seating area for about 15 patrons. “We get lots of calls asking if we have outdoor seating, so we’re confident it will be a big draw,” says Kreiter.

Next Door also recently hired Bill Bugiyne as head chef and announced an expanded food menu that began this week.

There’s a patio in the works for Rockhound Brewery at the corner of Park and Drake Streets, too. Brewery owner Nate Warnke has applied for permits that will allow sidewalk seating along Drake Street for roughly a couple dozen patrons. Look for that to happen in August.

It takes several Capital Brewery’s current brewmaster Ashley Kinart teamed up with former brewmaster Fred Scheer in May to make an imperial pilsner as part of the Middleton brewery’s 30th anniversary. It will be released in the brewery’s beer garden on July 14.

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The Tip Top Tavern, 601 North St., is a classy spot in the east side’s Eken Park neighborhood. It’s full of poets, lovers, dreamers and a bar manager with a hankering for professional wrestling. Moreover, it’s become a meeting place for the neighborhood — the bar fills quickly with regulars around 5 p.m.

The Tip Top’s new summer cocktail menu features four drinks named for pro wrestler “signature holds” (my companion explained this tidbit to me, and it was corroborated by our server; otherwise the names would have been lost on me). I considered ordering the Huracanranna, made

with fruit juice, chili shrub and Campari, but eventually settled on the Texas Cloverleaf, Tip Top’s take on the classic Manhattan. It’s made with Central Standard Oak Whiskey, Cocchi vermouth and Bittercube Corazon bitters, finished with an orange slice. Instead of forcing me to tap out, this straight booze drink went down easy, delightfully well-balanced and smooth. Milwaukee-made Central Standard Oak Whiskey is aged for only a short time in a previously unused and uncharred oak barrel, which results in a lighter, less intense whiskey.

If the main event calls for summer sippers, the Tip Top’s kayfabe cocktails are heavyweight contenders.

— ERICA KRUG

You don’t have to wrestle with the Texas Cloverleaf.

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In another collaboration, the brewers from Wisconsin Brewing Company dropped by the Hop Haus in June to make a double IPA that’s expected to be served soon at both breweries and at the Hometown Brewdown Beer Festival in Verona July 16. It’s part of a fundraiser for the local ice rink. The beer is called Menace II Sobriety, and is a “SMaSH” (Single Malt and Single Hop) beer made with German pilsner malt and Mosaic hops. It comes in at an estimated 90 IBUs with a warm alcohol background at 8.8%.

And yet another joint venture involved Page Buchanan of House of Brews and Scott Manning of Vintage Brewing. The two made an IPL (India Pale Lager) called “My Own Private IPL.” It’s made with Idaho-grown malt and an experimental hop called Idaho 7.

The beer is expected to be released on Aug. 12 at the “Mob the House” party at House of Brews. Supplies will be limited; however, it’s expected to appear around town on tap and in bomber bottles.

What’s with all the interest in collaboration brews? “Experimentation, new ideas, and we’re not just rehashing stuff we do every day,” says Manning.

Beer to watch for: Black Cloud Belgian dark ale Black Cloud falls into the general category of Belgian dark ales. Color can be all over the map in these beers, but Belgian yeast will be showcased in most. In both aroma and flavor, that means a range of floral, earthy, musty and fruity notes. Hops are used as an accent, mostly for balance as opposed to bitterness.

Black Cloud fits somewhat loosely into the category, but that was brewer Aran Madden’s intention. He doesn’t really like

his beers to be strictly categorized. There’s really quite a bit of a robust Belgian Dubbel character here, though its Midnight Wheat stands out too, adding dark color and smooth, soft touches of toffee. Just enough hops push this one into the low 40 IBU range. It’s not harsh; rather, it has more of a dry resiny bitterness from the ChinookColumbus combo. Soft cheeses that have some earthy mustiness of their own are a nice blend with Dark Cloud. It finishes at 7% ABV and sells in six-packs for $9-$10.

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More beers to watch for: Octopi Brewing is releasing a version of its 3rd Sign Jungle IPA infused with grapefruit.

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Lucette Brewing’s newest beer is an India Pale Ale called Harmonia, which started appearing in Madison stores this week.

House of Brews is set to bottle Citradel this week. It’s a new Double IPA made with a pound of citra hops in every barrel. n

Eats events Sleight of Hand Choose Your Own Cellars Wine Dinner [Beer] Adventure Tuesday, July 19

A five-course meal prepared by local chef Patrick McCormick will be paired with wine from Sleight of Hand Cellars of Walla Walla, Wash.

On the menu: seared sea scallops, ricotta gnudi, grilled peaches, smoked chicken agnolotti and fig brûlée. At Oliver’s Public House, 2540 University Ave., 5-9 pm. Call 608819-8555 to reserve tickets ($65).

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The adventure kicks off with a coffee and beer lesson at 5:30 pm that includes samples of the brewery’s 2014 Bourbon County Street Coffee Stout. A cheese and beer pairing follows at 7 pm.

The final adventure features a live art installation from graffiti artist Revise CMW to the beats of Chicago’s Bric-A-Brac Operators. At Robinia Courtyard, 829 E. Washington Ave. All adventures are free, but registration is encouraged: chooseyourownbeeradventure.eventbrite.com.

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Learn the basics of making your own kombucha, tepeche and other fermented beverages at Willy Street Co-op East, 1221 Williamson St., 6-8 pm (also at Willy Street Co-op West on July 28). Call 608-251-6776 to reserve a spot ($10/ members/$20 nonmembers).

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For the first time in the event’s 33-year history, the Adaptive Sports USA’s Junior Nationals competition is coming to the Madison area — and Sauk Prairie native Gregg Baumgarten couldn’t be more excited.

“There really haven’t been opportunities for young kids with physical disabilities in Wisconsin to get involved in parasports,” says Baumgarten, who now lives in Gilbert, Ariz., and is both the national chair of Adaptive Sports USA’s board of directors and director of Junior Nationals.

The event will bring more than 200 athletes between the ages of 7 and 22 with a variety of physical disabilities to Middleton High School July 16-22.

Participants qualified for Junior Nationals in regional competitions around the country, including at the Dairyland Games, Wisconsin’s first-ever qualifying event for disabled athletes, held at Sauk Prairie High School in May. Among the 23 participants were 12-year-old wheelchair racer Kari Craddock of Richland Center and 7-year-old wheelchair racer and shot putter Hayden Smith of

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Verona — both of whom will compete at Junior Nationals. There will be as many as eight competitors from Wisconsin at the games.

Spectator admission is free to all events, which include track and field, swimming, archery, powerlifting, table tennis, air gun and paratriathlon. “It’s great to have people out

there cheering these kids on,” Baumgarten says. “It’s an inspiration for everyone.”

Recognition of parasports has been increasing since the emergence of Tatyana McFadden, a former Junior Nationals competitor whose legal persistence as a high school wheelchair racer in Maryland led to greater accommodations nationwide for para-athletes. And NBC and NBCSN plan to broadcast an unprecedented 66 hours of Paralympic Games coverage from Rio this September.

“There’s much more awareness now, and more people realize that these competitors are amazing athletes,” Baumgarten says. “I think the United States is catching up to other countries in the Paralympics movement.”

Statewide, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association has provided inclusion opportunities for high school athletes with physical challenges for years — “which makes our mission even more critical,” Baumgarten says. “These sports require lots of training, and with greater opportunities when they’re younger, these kids are going to be pretty accomplished athletes by the time to they get to high school.” n

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But he found that people weren’t as receptive to the idea. “A lot of people are stuck on kennels or dog walking,” Michaels says. “But I wanted to help change the dog culture here.”

Michaels met his first client, Marissa Johnson, at the dog park. Johnson, one of the owners of Grampa’s Pizzeria, says she was busy working on opening the restaurant at the time and couldn’t take her dog to the park every day. She looked at dog walking services but “knew that wouldn’t be enough for Carl. He loves to run free and play with other dogs.”

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Cambridge has long been known for its pottery scene. Visitors from nearby Madison and further afield have flocked to the village to shop and visit artist studios at the annual Earth, Wood and Fire Studio Tour and the popular Spring Pottery Tour.

The village also ran two arts-related festivals for 30 years — Cambridge Pottery Festival and the Cambridge Arts Fair. Now, the organizers of the inaugural Midwest Fire Fest, July 23-24, hope to ignite interest in the flame-based arts while engaging visitors at a deeper level.

“These days, people want to get out and experience and do interesting things, and not just shop for stuff,” says Laurie Struss, a glass artist and co-founder of the festival.

“We want to show the public what goes into making art,” adds Struss. “When we buy art, we don’t just pay for the final piece. We pay for all the time and experience that an artist puts into their lifetime of creation.”

According to Mark Skudlarek, artistic director and a co-founder of the festival, hundreds of clay artists were once employed by national retail and wholesale distributors based out of Cambridge during the “country home” decorating trend of the 1980s. After the hype cooled, many potters remained in Cambridge and opened their own studios.

Skudlarek has owned and operated Cambridge Wood Fired Pottery since 1988.

The festival he helped put together will feature an iron pour where visitors can carve their own molds; a public firing of clay pots and a massive clay statue; and demos of knife forging, glass blowing and blacksmithing. Live bands and fire dancers will perform

throughout the weekend, and Underground Food Collective will cater a fire-cooked dinner for ticketholders.

A Saturday highlight is an iron pour orchestrated by Alisa Toninato of Madison’s FeLion Studios. In a three- to four-hour process, nearly a ton of melted iron, made of recycled radiators and bathtubs smashed into chips, will be heated with highly refined carbon in a furnace. When red-hot iron spews out, it will be poured into sand molds etched by festival-goers. The pour requires a team of at least 30 people, and volunteers are expected from throughout the region.

“There’s nothing fast in making something from scratch,” Toninato says. “The foundry process is very intense.”

Also on Saturday, clay artists will demonstrate a pit firing — the earliest form of a kiln. A 10-by-10-foot pit dug into the ground will be lined with bricks and sawdust. Clay pots thrown by the Clay Collective, a group of nine Cambridge-area potters, will be nestled inside and covered with more sawdust. Then the pit will be lit to reach temperatures of 1,800 degrees. The cooled pots will be available for purchase Sunday.

During Saturday’s “Big BonFiring,” a six-foottall sculpture of “Firezilla,” a fire-breathing dragon head made with more than 2,000 pounds of clay, will be fired on a platform in a specially constructed kiln. The kiln will be opened at the high temperature of 2,200°F to display the firing process.

In addition to the interactive demonstrations, the festival also includes vendor booths with pottery, glass, jewelry and knives available for purchase.

Midwest Fire Fest takes place in Westside Park in downtown Cambridge, approximately 20 miles southeast of Madison. For more information and a full schedule of events, see midwestfirefest.com. n

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Unplugged Dogs of War go acoustic with new album

BY STEVEN POTTER

It’s said that necessity is the mother of invention. But in the case of the Madison band Dogs of War, necessity is the mother of innovation.

After getting numerous noise complaints at their studio behind a north-side tattoo shop, the rap-rock collective needed to figure out how to keep playing while they scouted for a new practice space.

“The cops were continually getting called, and we just didn’t want to deal with it anymore,” says Dustin Harmon, the group’s bassist and sound engineer.

Their solution was simple: go acoustic.

And in what Harmon calls “a beneficial accident,” the band was so happy with their experiment, they decided to make an allacoustic album.

Dogs of War will drop the new record, a seven-track EP titled Unleashed, at a release show July 22 at the High Noon Saloon. Promoted as “Madison Unplugged,” the night will also include local artists Charles Grant, Chris LaBella, 3rd Dimension and beatboxer XL Big. The five-member crew is well known to the Madison music scene. In 2015, behind their self-titled EP, Dogs of War picked up Madison Area Music Awards for Best Hip-Hop Album and Hip-Hop Performer of the Year. The group played at this year’s MAMAs and won again for Hip-Hop Performer of the Year.

Unleashed is a mix of new material and retooled older tracks by Dogs of War and

the members’ various former groups. Unplugging has helped the members learn more about each other and their work.

“Only after we played [our old songs] a few times acoustically did we really learn how to play them electrically,” says guitarist and lead vocalist Anthony Salas. “Once we dialed it back, we really understood it better.”

Dexter Patterson, who raps as Tefman, agrees. “We’re so used to playing loud and at the electric pace that going acoustic was superintimate,” he says. “The focus is on the music, the content of the lyrics. We’re letting the emotion of the songs breathe a little bit.”

The group also includes Samhain Bane, another MC, and drummer David Payne.

While the volume may be turned down on the new album, the content certainly isn’t. The tracks cover Dogs of War’s usual variety of heavy topics, including absentee fathers, alcoholism and drug abuse. But they also lighten it up with songs about parties, having fun and raising children.

Salas says much of the lyrical content comes from personal experience. “It offers other people a way to relate to something they don’t want to talk about,” he says. “Some of this is a part of my life that I’ve never dealt with but always wanted to get out.”

While the shift to playing acoustically isn’t permanent, Salas says it opens the group up to more and different gigs, such as coffee shops.

“This is our way of saying what we want, but it’s accessible to a different crowd,” he says. “Another avenue for us to express the same message.” ■

From le : Samhain Bane, Tefman, David Payne, Anthony Salas and Dustin Harmon.

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Summertime classics Willy Street Players launch their July concert series

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It’s only their second season, but the Willy Street Chamber Players have established themselves as a lively part of Madison’s summer culture.

The July 8 opening concert at Immanuel Lutheran Church on the east side, was up to the young ensemble’s best standards.

The first piece was an arrangement by Beth Larson, the group’s violist, of the Intermezzo from Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana. Scored for a sextet of three violins, viola and two cellos, it captured the feeling of the piece even without the fullness of an orchestra.

Next came a work for string quartet, “Entr’acte,” by the young American composer Caroline Shaw. Taking inspiration from Haydn, it explores new possibilities of quartet texture and part writing — some intriguing, some less successful. But it would be interesting to hear more of her work.

The big event was one of my favorite

The spirited young ensemble explores new territory.

chamber works, Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence. The composer sketched the piece during a visit to Florence and completed it when he returned to Russia. The beautiful and energetic sextet evokes the famous Italian city as well as the composer’s homesickness.

Throughout the concert, experienced and

omnipresent violinist Suzanne Beia served as mentor, playing the first violin part with great flair. As a whole, the six players delivered brilliant and satisfying performances.

The ensemble will continue its format of shortened programs (a little over an hour) and at unconventional times, usually on Fri-

day evenings at 6 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church (1021 Spaight St.).

The next concert, on July 15, will include a Fantasie for violin and piano by Schubert, and another string sextet, Schönberg’s “Transfigured Night.” The ensemble performs at noon on July 22, playing music by Beethoven, Shostakovich and Philip Glass. On that same evening, the ensemble will be at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art for a special presentation of George Crumb’s avant-garde work, The Black Angel, accompanied by video art created by Helen Hawley.

The final concert, on July 29, includes a concerto grosso by Corelli, Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet and Georges Enescu’s Octet.

In addition to the excellent core ensemble members, the players have invited an impressive roster of guest musicians to join them throughout the remaining concerts.

July is a busy month for music and culture, but the Willy Street Chamber Players should not be overlooked. ■

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Glittery transformation Kinky Boots brings fabulous song and dance

BY GWENDOLYN RICE

The Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots came strutting into Overture Center this week, full of high kicks, glitter, bouncy pop melodies and attitude. The top-notch cast — led by Adam Kaplan and J. Harrison Ghee — provides plenty of heart for the fabulous but predictable story about celebrating differences.

Based on a true story, Kinky Boots follows the transformation of a men’s shoe factory in Northampton, England. On the edge of bankruptcy, the company is reinvented and revitalized when it begins to create well-made products for a niche market — boots for drag queens in outrageous colors and designs.

Charlie (Adam Kaplan) is heir to his family’s shoe business, but would much rather leave the small midlands town for the bright lights of London. After his father dies unexpectedly, Charlie must return to Price & Son to figure out what to do with the factory.

After a chance encounter with Lola (the towering, gorgeous J. Harrison Ghee), a performer in need of some sturdy stilettos, the two hatch a plan to create better footwear for drag queens.

There are some typical hate- and feardriven rumblings from the workers on the floor, questioning masculinity and sexuality.

(A scene where Lola has to choose which

J. Harrison Ghee (center) brings down the house as Lola, the outrageous drag queen.

bathroom to use feels particularly topical.) But Lola seems to overcome these naysayers easily — maybe a bit too easily in light of current events.

But this is not an issues play; it is a celebration, and the most vibrant parts of the musical focus on Lola and her bevy of “Angels” singing and dancing with equal parts sex and sass.

The story, which takes several inexplicable and ridiculous detours in the second act, is thankfully upstaged every time the captivating drag queens take the stage.

A memorable dance number (that aired on the 2013 Tony Awards) involves the whole cast displaying feats of athleticism and grace by gliding and dancing atop sections of the factory’s conveyer belts.

The uncomplicated and catchy score, composed by ’80s pop icon Cyndi Lauper, lets the girls — and the rest of the cast —have a lot of fun. And the ballads in the second act allow Charlie and Lola to shine vocally, infusing every note with strong, raw emotion. Lola’s solo “Hold

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Me in Your Heart” practically brought the opening night house to its feet.

The positive energy and outstanding performances poured into this sometimes uneven story are worth the price of admission. On the subject of social change, one character reminds audiences that accepting differences may be slow, but it is possible.

He sings triumphantly in the final number, “You change the world when you change your mind.” n

Cranial adventures A New Brain takes the audience on a strange trip

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During the opening night curtain speech for Music Theatre of Madison’s production of A New Brain, executive director Meghan Randolph admitted this is the show she has wanted to produce from the moment she founded the company 10 years ago.

After seeing the quirky musical, which runs through July 16 in the Fredric March Play Circle at the Wisconsin Union, it’s easy to see why. The show by William Finn and James Lapine is, by turns, funny and depressing, ridiculous and morbid, touching and silly.

Inspired by an episode in Finn’s own life, the story focuses on Gordon Schwinn, a struggling composer in New York who writes songs for a children’s TV show that features a giant frog as its main character. After Gordon suddenly collapses during lunch with a friend, he is diagnosed with a rare brain condition that might end his life. While in the hospital, he battles his overprotective mother and the medical establishment while experiencing hallucinations involving the dancing, singing frog. He also faces the

Dee King as Mr. Bungee (left) and Dennis Yadon as Gordon.

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prospect that he will lose the opportunity to share his music with the world. Plus, it seems like his boyfriend, Roger, would rather be out sailing than spend time with him. It’s no wonder Gordon feels like he’s going crazy.

A New Brain excels at dark comedy and is populated with strange and delightful characters.

As Mr. Bungee, the amphibious children’s enter-

tainer and relentless boss, Dee King attacks the role with maniacal energy, threatening to steal every scene he’s in. J. Adam Shelton pirouettes his way through the show as Richard, the sassy nurse. His gorgeous voice and exuberance make his number “Eating Myself Up Alive” the comedic high point of the show, even if the song is somewhat disconnected from the overall story.

As Gordon, Dennis Yadon is the straight man amid the circus going on around him. His warm, honest portrayal of the troubled composer provides a realistic baseline to the story — his fears are universal and affecting. Kurtis Hopp also turns in a stunning performance as Gordon’s partner Roger, including his delivery of a heartbreaking song: “Really Lousy Day in the Universe.”

The score is filled with imminently hummable tunes, and as an ensemble, the cast of 10 delivers impressive vocals — harmonizing well and, for the most part, filling the space with their strong, distinct voices.

Toward the end of the 95-minute show, the plot wavers a bit. Characters aren’t fully fleshed out, story arcs aren’t satisfactorily resolved, and the choreography seems recycled. But the music and the performances remain entertaining to the end.

Music Theatre of Madison should be congratulated for (in the words of the company’s founder) “bringing the weird stuff” to Madison for the past 10 years, including this bouncy homage to illness, recovery and making the most of life. n

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Mickey Mouse is investing in arts education.

Overture Center for the Arts has been awarded a $100,000 grant to help area schools produce student versions of Disney musicals.

“It is a big deal,” says Ray Gargano, Overture’s director of programming and community engagement. “There are only about 12 cities in the country that Disney partners with.”

The program was developed by the New York-based Disney Theatrical Group to create sustainable theater programs in elementary schools that otherwise wouldn’t have the resources. The grant funds two years of programming for schools to produce 30-minute musicals designed for elementary school performers. The shows are adapted from the classic Disney films 101 Dalmatians, Aladdin, The Aristocats, Cinderella, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Sleeping Beauty and Winnie the Pooh.

Overture will select up to five area public elementary schools to participate. There is no cost to the schools, but they need to demonstrate that more than 50% of students qualify for free and reduced lunch.

The schools will participate in a 17-week musical theater residency led by artistic personnel trained by Overture and Disney. In addition to providing materials and guidance, the program offers professional

development for teachers, who learn how to produce, direct and choreograph shows. The program will culminate in a public performance at the Overture’s Capitol Theater.

Scoring a partnership with Disney wasn’t easy. “We’ve come a long way,” says Gargano. “The preparedness that we have accrued over the last few years to be eligible for a program like this is pretty amazing.”

Overture had to demonstrate that it had the capacity to maintain the elaborate program. Gargano says Overture has been training about 55 teaching artists who will partner with educators in the schools to produce the shows.

Lisa Mitchell, senior manager for education and outreach at the Disney Theatrical Group, says the program has repercussions beyond creating entertainment. “Musical theater fosters deep learning and important life skills — from collaboration and creativity to empathy and confidence,” says Mitchell.

Disney Musicals in Schools was launched in 2010 in response to concern that under-resourced public elementary schools were not afforded equitable access to the arts. After successfully offering the program in New York City schools, Disney began partnering with organizations across the country.

The Madison-area program will begin in January 2017. Applications for schools will be available this fall. For more information, visit overturecenter.org/dmis. ■

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In Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Ricky Baker is a 12-year-old juvenile delinquent who has been sent to live with a couple deep in the wilds of New Zealand. After he runs away from his foster home, events spiral out of control, causing Ricky and his foster father — a grizzled mountain man — to become the focus of a nationwide manhunt.

The boy is a wannabe gangster with a flair for misdemeanors. The old man would rather be left alone. Wilderpeople is not the first movie in which a curmudgeon reluctantly becomes a father figure, nor will it be the last. But writer-director Taika Waititi tells the story spectacularly, deftly avoiding clichés.

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The two heroes share an effortlessly cranky rapport. After a 40-year career as a dramatic actor, Sam Neill finally gets to prove his flair for comedy as the irascible foster dad Hec, and young co-star Julian Dennison holds his own as the hip-hop- and haiku-spouting Ricky. The biggest laughs, though, come from Rachel House as the delusional gung-ho social worker on their trail.

The movie’s clockwork-perfect timing is more reminiscent of the British comedies of Edgar Wright (Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) than the modern American style of filmed improvisations. Waititi knows how

Ricky (Julian Dennison, le ) and Hec (Sam Neill) share an effortlessly cranky rapport.

to use the camera and the editing room to amplify the comedy, and to drop dramatic scenes into the action without throwing off the tone of the movie.

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It’s been available to download in the U.S. for only a week, but the OMG stories surrounding Pokémon Go are piling up higher than a king-sized Snorlax.

There’s the woman who found a dead body while trolling for rare Pokémon in Wyoming and reports of criminals using the game as lure to rob players. UW-Madison police issued a warning for local players to avoid wandering into traffic.

The app turns the real-world universe into a place to hunt for Nintendo’s ubiquitous pocket monsters, and it’s taken over the world — and Madison — like an Articuno hurricane move. Pasqual’s at Hilldale, for example, is a Pokéstop that dispenses Pokéballs to catch more critters.

For most of Madison, Pokémon Go is an opportunity to shake our heads at yet another thing that’s driving all of us to jam our faces into smartphone screens. That’s a

fair criticism, particularly if some oblivious Pokémon trainer just cluelessly slammed into you on State Street. But such a reaction discounts the positive social aspects of the experience. In a way, Pokémon Go captures the same kind of camaraderie you’ll find at a convention or a sporting event — a shared sense of community that comes from a common interest.

It’s getting kids — and adults — outside and moving around their environments, which is a hell of a lot more than Wii Fit or any of the original Pokémon games ever managed to do.

Given all that, it’s a bummer the app’s also apparently a Titanic-size security risk if you’re logging in using your Google account, as the game’s sketchy user agreement gives the app full access

to nearly everything within. It’s doubtful the developer was looking to engineer a massive data grab, but if you want to keep playing and still maintain your privacy, you could try setting up a burner Google account.

The eye-rollers among us may not want to hear it, but we’re a long way from done with Pokémon Go. Two big features long loved by Pokémon vets — the ability to trade Pokémon with and battle other players — have been teased by the developer as future additions. Assuming the game isn’t derailed by those troubling privacy concerns, expect the screen-staring to continue. Those things aren’t going to catch themselves.

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The film list New releases Ghostbusters: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones are saddled with underwritten parts in this slackly plotted reboot, but the force of the actresses’ individual personalities and their irresistible camaraderie lift this film up from its middling story and scripted jokes.

The Infiltrator: The true story of Robert Mazur, a customs agent who went undercover to stop a money laundering scheme involving Pablo Escobar. The narrative requires a lot of characters, and it almost can’t help getting bogged down in the details. But director Brad Furman is smart to focus on Bryan Cranston as Mazur, whose skill and decency keep us invested.

Recent releases Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates: The paper-thin story by Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O’Brien includes some pretty funny zingers (some of which were probably improvised), but they’re the type of jokes that dominate most of today’s dumb-ass comedies in which characters are primarily defined by a lack of inhibition or inappropriate conduct.

The Secret Life of Pets: In this overly tame animated feature, Louis C.K. is the voice of Max, a loyal if unadventurous terrier who embarks on an adventure through New York City with a rescue mutt named Duke. Comedian Kevin Hart gives voice to Bunny Snowball, a fuzzy bundle of class outrage.

Sultan: Biopic about wrestler/mixed martial arts specialist Sultan Ali Khan.

Swiss Army Man: A man (Paul Dano) stranded on a deserted island after a boating accident finds potential salvation when a corpse (Daniel Radcliffe) washes ashore. If you can reveal something profound about the way discomfort leads us to hide ourselves from others, and do so while parading fart and boner jokes, you’ve got something special going on.

More film events Fireworks Wednesday: Celebratory explosions of Persian New Year are the backdrop to emotional blowups in a marriage. Cinematheque, July 15, 7 pm.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The galaxy’s problems, it seems, weren’t magically whisked away with the deaths of Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine some 30 years ago. Breese Stevens Field, July 15, 8:30 pm.

Dazed and Confused: Richard Linklater’s classic comedy follows junior high and high schoolers on the last class day of 1976. Memorial Union Terrace, July 18, 9 pm.

Clerks: Kevin Smith’s 1994 film about a day in the lives of two convenience-store clerks.

Majestic, July 19, 7:30 pm.

Best in Show: Christopher Guest’s mockumentary about dog show competitors. Edgewater Plaza, July 19, 8:30 pm.

Dr. No: Sean Connery’s first outing as James Bond. Robinia Courtyard, July 19, 9 pm.

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La Fête de Marquette Thursday, July 14, Central Park, 7-10 pm Now in its 11th year, the Fête has become a mainstay of the Madison’s summer festival season, bringing in artists from all over the world and happy Francophiles from all over the city. There’s plenty of food, drink and elbow room for dancing to music from Louisiana, Haiti, West Africa and, of course, France. ALSO: Friday (4:15-11 pm), Saturday (11 am-11 pm) and Sunday (10 am-10pm), July 15-17.

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Bos Meadery: Ellie & Cam, soul, free, 6 pm.

Up North Pub: Catfish Stephenson, free, 9 pm Thursdays.

Bowl-A-Vard Lanes: Vinyl Thunder, classic rock, free, 6 pm.

UW Memorial Union-Terrace: Francophone DJ, free, 9 pm.

Christy’s Landing: Open Mic w/Shelley Faith, 8 pm Thursdays.

Club Tavern, Middleton: Madpolecats, free, 9 pm.

Come Back In: Teddy Davenport, free (on patio), 5 pm.

Nashville may be the world’s country music capital, but not all Nashville musicians are playing country. Myzica is an effervescent indie pop duo that creates songs that “bound along with chipper spunk” rather than adhering to any twanging, melancholy clichés. With Madison synth-pop duo Oh My Love.

Dean House: Middleton Jazz Band, free/donations, 7 pm.

Edgewater Hotel: Ryan McGrath Band, free (plaza), 6 pm.

Edgewater Hotel-Sky Bar: Seabird, DJ Nick Nice, 6 pm.

The Frequency: In Dying Arms, It Lies Within, Sea of Treachery, 9 pm.

Gray’s Tied House, Verona: Just Merl, free, 6:30 pm.

Great Dane-Downtown: DJ Mike Carlson, 7 pm Thursdays.

Harriet Park, Verona: MUD Music, free, 6 pm.

High Noon Saloon: JP Cyr & His Radio Wranglers, free (on the patio), 6 pm; Good Morning V, Fistful of Pistol, Johnny Likes Noize, 8 pm.

Hop Garden, Paoli: Old Black Joe, free, 6 pm Thursdays.

Ivory Room: Katy Marquardt, piano, 9 pm.

Knuckle Down Saloon: Blues Jam, free, 8 pm Thursdays.

Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: Ken Wheaton, fingerstyle guitar, free, 5:30 pm Thursdays.

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Louisianne’s, Middleton: Jim Erickson, jazz, free, 6 pm Thursdays.

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Roadshow for Rhinos: Touring nationwide songwriting contest for an album benefiting rhinos, 4-8 pm, 7/14, Cambridge Winery Tasting Room-Madison, with music by Gabe Burdulis, David K & the Roadshow Rodeo Band, talks, appetizers. $20. 612-998-5253.

Tip Top Tavern: All Good Things, folk, free, 9 pm.

Tricia’s Country Corners, McFarland: Frank James & Bobby Briggs, country, free, 8 pm Thursdays.

Cardinal Bar: DJ Chamo, Latin, 10 pm.

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The Bayou: Johnny Chimes, free, 5:30 pm Thursdays.

Brink Lounge: Common Chord, Americana, free, 7 pm.

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Natt Spil: DJ Radish, free, 10 pm.

Nau-Ti-Gal: Riled Up, free (on the patio), 5:30 pm.

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Otto’s: Michael Hanson Jazz Group with Bill & Steve Roberts, free, 5:30 pm.

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Plan B: DJs Brook, Lizzy T, 9 pm Thursdays.

Rennebohm Park: Capitol City Band, free, 7 pm Thursdays.

Rotary Park, Stoughton: The Rotation, rock, free, 6 pm.

Whole Foods Market: Northern Comfort, free, 5 pm.

FAIRS & F ESTIVALS Madison Early Music Festival: “Shakespeare 400: An Elizabethan Celebration,” through 7/16, UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: Dance, 7:30 pm, 7/14 ($10); Participants’ concert, 1 pm, 7/15 (free; no lecture); Sonnets 400, 7:30 pm, 7/15; Advanced Loud Band & Opera Workshop participants concert, 2 pm, 7/16 (free; no lecture); All-festival concert, 7:30 pm, 7/16; pre-concert lectures one hour prior, Elvehjem-L140. $25/concert.

Related events: madisonearlymusic.org. 265-2787.

La Fete de Marquette: Annual Bastille Day celebration (benefits Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center), 7/14-17, Central Park, with French-themed food, arts & crafts.

Thursday: Willy Street Co-op annual meeting 5:30 pm, Primitive Culture 7 pm, Cyril Neville & Royal Southern Brotherhood 8:45 pm. Friday: Sun Stage: Melisande 5:15 pm, Sweet Crude 7:15 pm, Bonerama 9:15 pm.

Musique Electronique/Moon Stage: Wangzoom 4:30 pm, Lukewarm 5:30pm, Surf ‘n Turf 6:30 pm, Eddie C 7:30 pm, Kid Koala 9:30 pm. Bistro Tent: Johnny Chimes & Gatur Bait 4:15 pm. Saturday: Sun Stage: Cajun Strangers 2:30 pm, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers 4:45 pm, Ginkgoa 7 pm, George Porter Jr. & Runnin’ Pardners 9:15 pm. Music Electronique/Moon Stage: Stuart Stotts 11 am, Goongoo Peas 1 pm, Madison Circus Space 2:15 pm, Limanya Drum & Dance 3:45 pm, Niki Kitz 5:30 pm, Brian Gillespie 6:30 pm, Sassmouth 7:30 pm, Stacey Pullen 9:30 pm. Bistro Tent: Robin Pluer with Mrs. Fun 12:30 pm, Robin Pluer 1:45 pm. Sunday: Sun Stage: Mama Digdown’s Brass Band 12:15 pm (fest grounds), Revelers 1:30 pm, Flow Tribe 3:45 pm, Papa Diouf 6 pm, Tab Benoit 8:15 pm. Moon Stage: Revelers 10 am, Les Poules a Colin 11:15 am & 5:15 pm, Mal-O-Dua 12:45 pm, Krar Collective 3 pm, Ginkgoa 7:30 pm. Free admission; volunteers also needed: wil-mar.org. 257-4576.

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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) Thursday, July 14, Shannon Hall, 7:30 pm

In a University Theatre production of a show The New York Times dubbed “pithier than Python,” three brave actors tackle 37 of the great playwright’s texts in a 97-minute, nonstop farce. Take a deep breath before entering the theater.

ALSO: Friday and Saturday (7:30 pm) and Sunday (2 pm), July 15-17.

Willy Wonka Jr. Thursday, July 14, Overture Center’s Playhouse, 7 pm

Children’s Theater of Madison presents the scrumdidilyumptious tale of the candyman’s search for a worthy heir to his chocolate fortune. It’s based on the Roald Dahl story and features songs from the 1971 Gene Wilder film. But this “junior” version is probably less spooky for the young’uns. ALSO: Friday, July 15, 7 pm.

The Comedy of Errors: Shakespeare, 7:30 pm on 7/14 & 20 and 3 pm, 7/16, American Players Theatre, Spring Green. $75-$47. americanplayers.org. 588-2361.

The African Company Presents Richard III: Carlyle Brown’s unique take on the backstage play, 7:30 pm on 7/14 & 20 and 3 pm, 7/16, APT-Touchstone Theatre, Spring Green. $75-$54. 588-2361.

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Kinky Boots: Touring Broadway musical, 7:30 pm on 7/14, 8 pm on 7/15, 2 & 8 pm on 7/16 and 1 & 6:30 pm, 7/17, Overture Center-Overture Hall; post-show meet the artists program, 7/14. $125-$40. 258-4141.

Bar Games: A killer engineers a hostage situation in a local watering hole, 7/1-23, Broom Street Theater, at 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays. $11. 244-8338.

Million Dollar Quartet: Dinner theater musical, through 8/21, Palace Theater, Wisconsin Dells, at 11:30 am & 5:30 pm Wednesdays, 11:30 am Thursdays & Sundays and 5:30 pm Fridays-Saturdays. $49.95$19.95. Schedule: dellspalace.com. 253-4000.

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S PEC I A L EV EN TS Blooming Butterflies: Live insects, 10 am-4 pm, 7/14-8/7, Olbrich Gardens’ Bolz Conservatory, plus display of preserved specimens; meet collector’s son, Jeff Capps, 2:30-4:30 pm Fridays. $7 ($3 ages 3-12). Related events: olbrich.org. 246-4550.

Summer Soiree: Fitchburg Chamber networking social, 4-7 pm, 7/14, Oak Bank, 5951 McKee Road, with music by WheelHouse, refreshments. 288-8284.

Be a Kid Again: PACK young professionals group social, 6-9:30 pm, 7/14, Vilas Zoo, with “summer camp” themed activities, movie, refreshments. $50/$25 (ages 21+). RSVP: vilaszoo.org. 258-9490.

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Local improv and kombucha queen Vanessa Tortolano hosts a talent-filled showcase featuring local comedians Cynthia Marie, Jake Snell, Lucy Tollefson, Jason Punswick and Jared Steffen, plus music by kick-ass rockers Meghan Rose (back from New York City) and SHESHE’s Dana Perry.

BOOKS Book Sale: 9 am-6 pm on 7/14-15 and 9 am-4:30 pm on 7/16, Central Library. 266-6300.

ART EXHIBITS & EV ENTS Catherine Forde-Qunt: Furniture works, through 7/31, The Gallery at Yahara Bay (reception 5-9 pm, 7/14). 275-1050.

Lewis Del Mar Friday, July 15, Live on King Street, 7 pm

Lewis Del Mar is actually two guys — guitarist Danny Miller and drummer Max Harwood — and they play a brand of experimental folk-pop that sounds like an amalgamation of alt-J, Arctic Monkeys and Chet Faker. The duo just released a debut EP on Startime International, an imprint of Columbia Records. Catch them now before they blow up. With Madison’s “dream goth pop” heroes Neens and Night Moves.

Rocket Bureau Friday, July 15, Mickey’s Tavern, 10 pm A series of singles by mysterious Madison power pop outfit Rocket Bureau began turning up on Bandcamp at the start of 2014. Recently gathered on the CD Phantoms Ringing 67-73, the singles series is a solo home recording project of Kyle Motor, leader of like-minded rockers the Motorz and more recently seen playing bass for the August Teens and drums for Brown Derby. Motor has recruited some compatriots to bring Rocket Bureau to the stage for the first time at Mickey’s.

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KJ Forest & Alice Sullivan: “Souvenirs,” photographs, 7/1-8/31, UW-Extension Lowell Center (reception 3:30-7:30 pm, 7/14). 577-3300.

SP ECTATOR SP ORTS PDGA Amateur & Junior Disc Golf World Championships: Professional Disc Golf Association tournament, through 7/16, at Capital Springs, Elver & Hiestand courses in Madison; Token Creek, DeForest; and Bird’s Ruins, Marshall. Free spectator admission. pdga.com.

Madison Mallards: vs. Rockford, 7:05 pm on 7/14; vs. Kenosha, 4:05 pm, 7/17; vs. Kalamazoo, 7:05 pm on 7/21 and 6:35 pm, 7/22, Warner Park Duck Pond. $46-$8. Daily promotions: mallardsbaseball.com.

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DJ/turntablist Eric San, aka Kid Koala, who also performs a free 9:30 pm set at the Central Park festival. Kid Koala takes sounds you can hear elsewhere at the Fête — the squawk and smooth stretch of a jazz saxophone, the plunk of a blues piano, a funk-based guitar riff — and sends them through the DJ funhouse, building new aural architecture out of loops, scratches and scribbles. With DJ VPS. Babe’s Restaurant: Rod Ellenbecker’s American Standard, free, 7 pm.

Badger Bowl: Plugged In & the Scrap Metal Horns, 8 pm.

The 800th Annual Salvation Swing-Off: Purgatory dwellers compete in a dance-off to make it to heaven, 7/8-17, Broom Street Theater, at 10:30 pm Fridays and 2 pm Saturdays-Sundays. $15. 244-8338.

Guys In Ties: Improv, 7 pm, 7/15, Fitchburg Library, proceeds benefit library. $20 ($15 adv). 729-1788.

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The multimedia-inspired Arts + Lit Lab hosts readings on the theme of “transformations” in its Watershed Reading Series.

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Chief’s Tavern: Frankie Lee, Tim Haub & Doug DeRosa, blues/old-timey, 6:30 pm.

Club Tavern, Middleton: Four Wheel Drive, free, 9 pm.

Come Back In: Dead Sea Squirrels, free (patio), 5 pm.

Edgewater Hotel: Jawbone Bell, free (plaza), 6 pm.

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Ivory Room: Katy Marquardt, Peter Hernet, Nicky Jordan, dueling pianos, 8:30 pm.

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

Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: Rand Moore Quartet, jazz, free, 6:30 pm.

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Mother Fool’s: Dan Phelps, The Afterwhile, 8 pm.

Mr. Brews-Downtown: Brad Hennig, free, 8 pm.

Natt Spil: DJ Phil Money, free, 10 pm.

Pooley’s: Daniel Anderson Trio, free (patio), 7 pm.

Red Rock Saloon: Ben Bradford, country, 10 pm.

Rex’s Innkeeper, Waunakee: Universal Sound, classic rock, 8:30 pm.

Sprecher’s Restaurant and Pub: Blue Zone, 7 pm.

Tempest Oyster Bar: Compact Deluxe, free, 9:30 pm.

Tip Top Tavern: Gin Mill Hollow, folk rock, free, 10 pm.

Tyranena Brewing Company, Lake Mills: Oak Street Ramblers, bluegrass, free, 6 pm.

Up North Pub: Paul Matushek, free, 8 pm.

UW Memorial Union-Terrace: Cajun Strangers, 9 pm.

Veterans Park, Cambridge: The Tooles, free, 6:30 pm.

The Wisco: Retrobus, classic rock, 8:30 pm.

Wisconsin Brewing Company, Verona: The Wells Division, free, 6 pm.

Beauty & the Beast Jr.: First Act Children’s Theatre production, 4 & 7 pm, 7/15, Edgewood College-The Stream theater. $7 ($5 kids). 358-9572.

An Ideal Husband: Deception and blackmail as portrayed by Oscar Wilde, 8 pm on 7/15, 6 pm on 7/17 and 7:30 pm, 7/19, American Players Theatre, Spring Green. $75-$47. americanplayers.org. 588-2361.

Eurydice: Sarah Ruhl’s retelling of the myth of Orpheus from his wife’s perspective, 8 pm on 7/15 and 7:30 pm, 7/21, APT-Touchstone Theatre. $75-$54. 588-2361.

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Friday, July 15, Overture Center’s Promenade Lounge, 6-8 pm

Overture stacks up a full roster of openings into one night for maximum art power. Exhibited through Sept. 4, check out Rhea Ewing and Terry Emmrich’s Against Entropy in Gallery I; Todd Anderson and Bruce Crownover’s The Last Glacier in Gallery II; Jordan Adams and Justin Bitner’s Dichotomy of Juxtapositions and Crooked Ruin in Gallery III; and Barbara Landes/Paul Sullivan, Caryn Ann Bendrick and Marissa Mackey’s Hair Trigger Eternities in the Playhouse Gallery.

John Craig, Valerie Mangion: Prints and paintings, 7/15-8/28, Overture Center-James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy (reception 5:30-7:30 pm, 7/15). 265-2500.

Jacqueline Geary Zakrzewski & Patricia Geary Vance: “Two Sisters’ Art Show,” 7/15-17, Wyoming Valley School Cultural Arts Center, Spring Green (reception 5-7 pm, 7/15). 588-2544.

Connie Morrison, Carol Naughton: 7/6-10/3, River Arts on Water, Prairie du Sac (reception 5:30-7:30 pm, 7/15).

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Africa Matters: U.S. Efforts to Maintain Interest in & Support for the Continent: UW African Studies Program lecture by U.S. Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Melissa Clegg-Tripp, 10:30 am, 7/15, Education Building-Room 159. 262-2380.

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Grace Episcopal Church: No Name Stringband, noon.

Vinyl Sale: 6-7:45 pm on 7/15 ($10 admission) and 9 am-4 pm, 7/16, Lakeview Library. 512-6666.

Ivory Room: Katy Marquardt, Peter Hernet, Luke Hrovat-Staedter, dueling pianos, 8:30 pm.

Maxwell Street Days: Sidewalk sales, 8 am-6 pm on 7/15-16 and 10 am-5 pm, 7/17, State Street. 512-1342.

Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: John Widdicombe, Mike Powers & Joel Engelland, free, 6:30 pm.

KIDS & FAM ILY Reading with the UW Comics Club: Class for ages 6 & up with Bubbler artist-in-residence Josh Duncan, 4 pm, 7/15, Central Library. 266-6300.

Mariner’s Inn: Ron Denson, free, 6:30 pm.

Mezze: Charlie Painter & Friends, jazz, free, 9 pm.

Mickey’s: Midwest Beat, Pollinators, Bad Wig, 10 pm.

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Paoli Schoolhouse: Mark Croft, free, 6 pm.

Parched Eagle Brewpub: Gin Mill Hollow, free, 7:30 pm.

Pooley’s: John Masino Band, rock, free (patio), 7 pm.

Sprecher’s Restaurant & Pub: Old Farm Dog, 7 pm.

Tempest Oyster Bar: Mal-O-Dua, free, 9:30 pm.

The Red Zone: Desolate, Breech, Ultrea, Disappearance, 8 pm.

Tip Top Tavern: The Sigourney Weavers, free, 10 pm.

Tricia’s Country Corners, McFarland: Pacific Coast Highway, 9 pm.

Tyranena Brewing Company, Lake Mills: The North Westerns, country, free, 6 pm.

UW Memorial Union-Terrace: Sweet Crude, 9 pm.

Wisconsin Brewing Co., Verona: Piano Fondue, free (canceled if rain), 6 pm.

Femi Kuti Saturday, July 16, Majestic Theatre, 9 pm

As the son of the legendary Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti knows a thing or two about how to make good music. And while he specializes in the same genre — Afrobeat — as his father, Femi has embraced the alternative community. He’s toured with Jane’s Addiction and Red Hot Chili Peppers, and collaborated with Common and Mos Def. His most recent album, No Place for My Dream, was released in 2013.

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T H EAT ER & DA N C E Madison Contemporary Vision Dance: Free performance by Sumer Intensive students & company members, 7 pm, 7/16, Overture Center. 258-4141.

Death of a Salesman: Arthur Miller’s iconic drama, 8 pm, 7/16, American Players Theatre, Spring Green. $75-$47. americanplayers.org. 588-2361.

CO MEDY Monkey Business Institute: Improv: all ages, 5:30 pm; and 8 pm & 10:30 pm Saturdays, Glass Nickel-Atwood. $10-$6. monkeybusinessinstitute.com. 658-5153.

S PO K EN WO RD Urban Spoken Word: Poetry slam, music by MTrane Plus, 7 pm, 7/16, Genna’s Lounge. $5. 332-4643.

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A RT EXH I B I TS & EV EN TS Paoli Gallery & Print Shop Grand Opening: 10 am6 pm, 7/16, 6894 Paoli Road, with music by Congress of Four 1 pm. 845-1535.

Cuba: The Exhibit: Photographs, noon-4 pm Saturdays, 7/16-8/26, PhotoMidwest, 700 Rayovac Drive (reception 7-9 pm, 8/4). photomidwest.org.

Stacey Pullen Saturday, July 16, High Noon Saloon, 10:30 pm

This ticketed La Fête de Marquette afterparty stars Detroit techno guru Stacey Pullen, who also plays a free 9:30 pm set at the Central Park festival. Pullen got his start in the Motor City’s techno scene in 1990, and his fusion of techno, garage and house has influenced many electronic artists in the decades since. With UMI. Bos Meadery: Bootsy La Vox, free, 7 pm.

Cafe Carpe, Fort Atkinson: Howard Levy & Corky Siegel, blues/jazz, 8:30 pm.

Captain Bill’s, Middleton: Casey & Greg, free, 6:30 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJ Fernando, 10 pm.

Club Tavern, Middleton: East Wash Jukes, free, 9 pm.

Come Back In: Mad City Funk, free, 9 pm.

Edgewater Hotel: WheelHouse, free (plaza), 6 pm.

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

Fountain: John Slock, Andrew Tsai, free, 8 pm.

The Frequency: Chris Plowman, Morgan Rae, burlesque by Mercury Stardust, O.D. Kimani, Baby Bear, Aurora A’leur, Emilay Ulayta, 10 pm.

Mount Horeb Art Fair: 150+ exhibitors, 9 am-5 pm on 7/16 and 10 am-4 pm, 7/17, Main Street Trollway, plus music, food, silent auctions & more. 437-5914.

S PEC TATO R S PO RTS Adaptive Sports USA Junior Nationals: Athletes ages 6-22 compete in various events, 7/16-23, Middleton High School. Schedule: juniornationals2016. com. 255-2537.

BMX Racing: Practice 4 pm, racing 5:30 pm, 7/16, Madtown BMX, DeForest. Free admission. 566-0403.

Madison 56ers: Premier League of America men’s soccer vs. Minnesota United Reserves, 7 pm, 7/16, Breese Stevens Field. $8. 217-5453.

S PEC I A L EV EN TS Hometown Brewdown: 35+ breweries, noon-5 pm, 7/16, Hometown Festival Park, Verona. $40 ($10 designated driver); proceeds benefit local nonprofits. hometownbrewdown.com.

L EC T URES & S EMI N A RS Atomic Veterans: Veterans for Peace-Clarence Kailin Chapter talk by author Lincoln Grahlfs, 2 pm, 7/16, Capitol Lakes-Grand Hall. madisonvfp.org.

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Dairyland Cowboys & Cowgirls: Two-steps/line dancing, 6-10 pm, 7/16, Five Nightclub. 255-9131.

USA Dance-Madison: Ballroom dance, 7:45-10 pm, 7/16, Prairie Athletic Club, Sun Prairie. $12. 836-4004.

Troy Gardens Summer Festival: Annual all-ages event, 3-7 pm, 7/17, Troy Gardens, with entertainment by Truly Remarkable Loon, Mami Wata, food carts, beer. Free admission. 240-0409.

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ENV IRONM ENT Summer Birds & Plants: Friends of Capital Springs walk, 9 am, 7/16, Capital Springs Rec Area (meet at 1947 Moorland Road). friendsofcapitalsprings.org.

UW Arboretum Night Walk: “Midsummer Delights” topic, 8 pm, 7/16, Visitor Center. 263-7888.

SP ECIAL INTERETS MadCity Bazaar: Artisans, vintage items, 9 am-3 pm, 7/16, Trinity Lutheran Church. madcitybazaar.com.

UNIDOS Against Domestic Violence Anniversary: Annual fundraiser, 5:30 pm-midnight, 7/22, UWExtension Lowell Center, with awards, music, food. $50. RSVP by 7/17: unidosagainstdv.org. 256-9195.

EN V I RO N MEN T Four Lakes Sierra Club Summer Picnic: Annual event, 10 am-3 pm, 7/17, Mendota County Park, with park clean-up 10 am, potluck noon (bring side dish).

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Babe’s Restaurant: Robert J, Americana, 6 pm.

Bos Meadery: Open Mic, free, 2 pm Sundays, 2 pm.

Edgewater: Madison Malone, free (on plaza), 6 pm.

Essen Haus: Jerry Armstrong, free (patio), 4 pm.

Frequency: R.Ariel, Midas Bison, Queenager, 9 pm.

Funk’s Pub, Fitchburg: Open Jam with Mudroom, free, 8 pm Sundays.

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Alchemy Cafe: DJ Samroc, free, 10 pm Mondays.

American Legion Post 385, Verona: Paoli Street Pickers, country/bluegrass, free, 12:30 pm Mondays.

The Bayou: Open Mic, free, 8 pm Mondays, 8 pm.

Come Back In: Josh Becker, free (on the patio), 5 pm.

East Side Club: Bluegrass Jam, 6:30 pm Mondays.

The Frequency: Trap Saturn, Snailmate, 8 pm.

Harmony Bar: David Landau, 5:30 pm Mondays.

High Noon Saloon: Pitchfork Radio Launch Party with Twin Peaks, DJ Real Jaguar, free (RSVP: ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1236897), 6 pm.

Julep: Big Pinky, free, 6 pm.

Grace Episcopal Church: Madison Sacred Harp Singers, shape-note singing (all invited to sing), 3 pm.

Majestic Theatre: Going Furthur (documentary), The Grasshoppers, Flowpoetry, 8 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Banditos, Little Legend, 8 pm.

McKee Farms Park, Fitchburg: People Brothers Band, Madison Music Foundry, free, 6 pm.

Hop Garden Tap Room, Paoli: Scott Archer, free, 2 pm.

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From Montreal, Les Poules à Colin are five childhood friends whose parents happened to be Québécois folk musicians; today they are updating traditional sounds for another generation. After playing La Fête over the weekend, the group is sticking around to visit the Crystal on Monday night, with local bluegrass band Sortin’ the Mail opening. ALSO: Tuesday, July 19, Bos Meadery, 7 pm.

Java Cat: Nick Matthews, free, 9:30 am Sundays, 9:30 am; Jeff Larsen, fingerstyle guitar, free, 1 pm.

Mr. Robert’s: Open Jam, free, 9:30 pm Mondays.

Liliana’s: Cliff Frederiksen, free 10:30 am Sundays.

Up North Pub: The Wang Show, free, 8 pm.

Maduro: DJ Nick Nice, free, 10 pm Sundays.

Warner Park: Soggy Prairie Boys, free, 6 pm.

Natt Spil: DJ Foundation, free, 10 pm.

The Rigby: Madison Jazz Jam, free (all ages), 4 pm.

Tip Top Tavern: Open Mic, free, 9 pm Sundays.

Tofflers, New Glarus: Jessi Lynn, free (patio), 2:30 pm.

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

Village Park, Waunakee: Waunakee Community Band Festival, free concert also including bands from McFarland, Reedsburg, Stoughton & Sun Prairie, noon.

Natt Spil: DJ Jamie Stanek, free, 10 pm.

S PEC I A L EV EN TS Circus Celebration: Circus World performers, 6 pm, 7/18, 30 on the Square. 512-1340.

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Capitol Square: Concerts on the Square, “Reel Sound,” Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, free, 7 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJs Brook, Siberia, fetish night, 9 pm.

Come Back In: Shelley Faith, free (on the patio), 5 pm.

DreamBank: Soggy Prairie Boys, free, 5:30 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Cato, Tiny Dinosaur, 8 pm.

Ivory Room: Connor Brennan, piano, free, 7:30 pm.

Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: Cliff Frederiksen & Ken Kuehl, jazz, free, 5:30 pm Wednesdays.

Malt House: Don’t Spook the Horse, free, 7:30 pm.

Opus Lounge: Alison Margaret Jazz Trio, free, 9 pm.

Otto’s: Gerri DiMaggio, free, 5:30 pm Wednesdays.

Quaker Steak & Lube, Middleton: Lube, free, 5:30 pm.

YOUR Lunchtime Live Tuesday, July 19, Capitol Square, noon

Madison Central Business Improvement District is bringing the free summer concert series back to the King Street corner of the Square, every Tuesday at noon through September. This week features Madison roots rockers the Mark Croft Band.

Alchemy Cafe: Ted Keys Trio, free, 10 pm Tuesdays.

Breese Stevens Field: Natty Nation, The Beat Chefs, Madison Parks Foundation benefit, free, 6:30 pm.

Cardinal Bar: Ben Sidran, Louka Patenaude, Nick Moran, Todd Hammes, jazz, free, 5:30 pm; New Breed Jazz Jam, free, 9 pm Tuesdays, 9 pm.

Come Back In: WheelHouse, free, 5 pm Tuesdays.

Crystal Corner: David Hecht & the Who Dat, 9 pm.

Essen Haus: Brian Erickson,, 6:30 pm Tues.-Weds.

Free House Pub, Middleton: The Westerlies, Irish, free, 7:30 pm Tuesdays.

Frequency: Warseid, Ashbringer, Haunter, Opia, 8 pm.

High Noon: Cindy Set My Hair on Fire, Supertanker, 6 pm; Gomeroke, free, 9 pm Tuesdays (through 7/26).

Shitty Barn, Spring Green: Walter Salas-Humara, Brett Newski, 7 pm.

Uno Chicago Grill-Crossroads Drive: Northern Comfort, bluegrass, free, 6:30 pm.

Up North Pub: MoonHouse, free, 8 pm.

VFW Post 7591-Cottage Grove Road: Jerry Stueber, free, 6 pm Wednesdays.

CO MEDY Open Mic: 9 pm Wednesdays, Comedy Club on State. $2. 256-0099.

FA I RS & FEST I VA L S Dane County Fair: 9 am-11 pm, 7/20-24, Alliant Energy Center, with carnival, entertainment, exhibits, food; Main stage headliners (7 pm): Kent Jones, DJ Luke Nasty, 7/20; Bobaflex, Red Sun Rising, Through Fire, 7/21. $8/day. danecountyfair.com. 224-0500.

K I D S & FA MI LY Summer Library Carnival: Activities for all ages, 10:30 am-1:30 pm, 7/20, Central Library; and 11:30 am1:30 pm, Philosopher’s Grove; also, Justin Roberts performs 10:30 am & 2 pm, Overture Center. 266-6345.

Hilldale: Northern Comfort, free (west plaza), 5 pm.

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Library Park, Belleville: Squirrel Gravy, free, 6:30 pm.

Community Cafe: Discussing GCC future planning over meal: 7:30 am on 7/20, 5:30 pm on 7/21 or 4 pm, 7/24, Goodman Community Center; or 6 pm, 7/26, Worthington Park. Free; childcare available.

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Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: Marilyn Fisher, Dan Barker & Ken Kuehl, jazz, free, 5:30 pm Tuesdays.

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Bowl-A-Vard Lanes: The Trailer Kings, free, 6 pm.

Louisianne’s, Middleton: Johnny Chimes, New Orleans piano, free, 6 pm Tuesdays-Wednesdays.

Malt House: Onadare, Irish, free, 7:30 pm.

Mason Lounge: Five Points Jazz Collective, free, 9 pm Tuesdays.

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Neighborhood House: Bluegrass Jam, 7 pm Tuesdays.

Olbrich Gardens: Bird’s Eye, 7 pm.

Otto’s: Westside Andy & Glenn Davis, free, 5:30 pm Tuesdays, 5:30 pm.

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Village Park, Waunakee: Ron Denson Band, 6:30 pm.

FOOD & DRINK Goose Island’s Choose Your Own [Beer] Adventure: 5:30-10:30 pm, 7/19, Barolo/A-OK patio, with coffee/beer class 5:30 pm, cheese/beer pairings 7 pm, The Bric-A-Brac DJs & live art by Revise CMW 8:30 pm. Free. RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/26331991696.

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The Kickback Thursday, July 21, The Frequency, 6:30 pm

The Kickback is a somewhat nomadic band. Originating in South Dakota, the group wasn’t filled out until bandleader Billy Yost moved to Chicago in 2009 and found his collaborators through Craigslist ads. The result is an angular, poppy sound that calls to mind uptempo indie rockers like the Killers and Tokyo Police Club. Their debut album, Sorry All Over the Place, was released in 2015. With August Hotel.

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Chief’s: Hoot’n Annie, string band, free, 8:30 pm.

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High Noon Saloon: BingBong, free (patio), 6 pm; Lo Marie, The Civil Engineers, Royal Jelly, 8 pm.

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

Lisa Link Peace Park: Trap Saturn, free, 5 pm.

Majestic Theatre: Dub Foundation, Birds Eye, Flowpoetry, free, 9:30 pm.

Mickey’s Tavern: Mal-O-Dua, free, 5:30 pm; Tunic, Coordinated Suicides, free, 10 pm.

Monona Terrace Rooftop: LoveMonkeys, 7 pm.

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Paoli Schoolhouse: Back 2 Back, free, 6 pm.

The Red Zone: Beak Nasty, Apple Country, Dub Borski, Utter Filth, 8:30 pm.

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Cra hour Revel helps millennials escape the pressures of adulting

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One of Sarah Van Dyke’s motivations for opening Revel was to give people a place to shake off “adulting” for a moment.

“The word ‘adulting’ is a very millennial thing, but you see it all over the place: ‘I have to adult today. I have to go to work,’” says Van Dyke, 35. “I think life can be kind of monotonous, if you let it. You go to work, have dinner, put your kids to bed, and the day is done. You haven’t really done anything fun.”

Making it easy for people instead to “come and have this fun experience” at this DIY craft bar was the idea behind Revel, says Van Dyke.

Once at Revel, patrons “don’t have to buy supplies to do the project that they pinned on Pinterest. They don’t have to come up with the idea of this signature cocktail themselves.”

Everything is laid out for patrons to “have the experience in an easy and fun way.”

Van Dyke, who has a hospitality and IT background, says millennials tend to value experiences over possessions. Thus the idea for the “chic community center” began to take shape. She took inspiration from DIY shops in Denver and San Francisco, and a Minneapolis workshop space called Lab

Paper flower classes include instruction on creating large garlands and also smaller versions that can be used as napkin rings.

Minneapolis. Van Dyke’s sisters Grace Stafford and Mary Johnston, who also live in the Madison area, offered ideas and support.

The 2,200-square-foot event spot, located across the street from the Madison Children’s Museum, opened on June 4.

Contractors stripped and built out the spot to Van Dyke’s specifications, creating an “inspiration wall” and craft bar big enough for art projects, snacks and cocktails. A long table at the room’s center seats 20 people.

Van Dyke wants to help people get away from the monotony of a 9-to-5 work routine.

After-work craft bar “drop-in” hours are open for self-guided project making and drinking.

Projects always on hand include decorative magnets, keychains, paintings, frames and more. Most cost between $10 and $20.

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During a recent drop-in session, several women sipped wine and cocktails, caught up with each other and created colorful tassel necklaces.

The shop provides all the supplies and instructions; staff members are close by to lend a hand if problems arise.

Revel also holds workshops. Upcoming topics include customizing an etched set of wine glasses (along with a wine tasting), watercolor painting, and making canvas totes (appropriately enough, on Saturday mornings during the farmers’ market season).

Van Dyke also plans to rent out Revel’s space for private events and parties.

“I wanted to create a place where people can come and have a social experience and take something away,” she says. And not just a necklace or some magnets. Ultimately, she hopes her customers leave “changed and inspired.” ■

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Straight up don’t think it is a fantasy. I believe there is something that separates us from the animals, and that’s called integrity and selfcontrol. I am happily married to a beautiful woman. I am a singer in a band, I get hit on all the time, but I don’t act on it. Because some of us have a conscience and don’t betray the ones we’ve made a COMMITMENT TO. I wish HAD the best of luck, but I hope he moves on and finds someone who will appreciate him.

Monogamous And Proud In Portland

BY DAN SAVAGE

I’m in my mid-40s, straight, never married. Ten months ago, my girlfriend of three years dumped me. The breakup was amicable. Last week, I wrote her a letter saying that I still love her and want us to get back together. She wrote me a nice letter back saying she doesn’t feel passion for me and we’re never getting back together. Over the past few months, I’ve started dating another girl. She’s pretty, smart, sexy, and kind. If I proposed, she’d probably say yes. I want to get married. The problem is that I don’t have the passion for her that I had for my previous girlfriend. So do I “settle” for Girlfriend #2 or start my search all over?

How many married people “settle” for someone who is a good person but not their true love?

No Clever Acronym There is no settling down without some settling for. Also, NCA, while passion is a great feeling — totally intoxicating — it also tends to be ephemeral. It’s a hard feeling to sustain over the long haul, and marriage is theoretically the longest of long hauls.

You felt strongly about your ex, but she didn’t share your feelings. You don’t feel quite as strongly about your current girlfriend, but you would like to be married — to someone, maybe her — and Girlfriend #2 seems like a good candidate. I wouldn’t suggest proposing, as you’ve been seeing her for only a few months and most sane women view early, impulsive proposals as red flags.

And finally, NCA, the specter of a “true love” waiting for us out there somewhere snuffs out more good-and-loving-andtotally-worth-settling-for relationships than anything this side of cheating.

JOE

My girlfriend has started seeing other partners. It makes her happy, and in turn I’m happy for her. It’s taking me a bit of time to adjust to the new situation, but she’s happier than she’s been in ages. We love each other and are crazily compatible. Today she came back from a hotel with bite marks on her breasts. I know she’s been with a few people over the last few weeks, but being reminded of it each time I look at or touch her makes me uncomfortable. What’s more, the guy who did it knew she was part of a long-term couple.

Do I need to get over it for the sake of my girlfriend or do I make an issue of hickeys?

Boy Really Unnerved In Seeing Evidence If you and the girlfriend have a don’t ask, don’t tell policy about her hookups with others, BRUISE, then hickeys and other kinds of slowfading marks violate the spirit of that agreement.

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Those kinds of marks amount to a nonverbal “tell.” You have a right to calmly point that out to your girlfriend, and she has a responsibility to remind/warn her outside sex partners that leaving slow-fading marks on her breasts, neck, thighs, forehead, insoles, eyelids, etc., is out of bounds.

For your part, BRUISE, don’t inspect your girlfriend post-hookup for the kinds of marks that fade quickly after sex, as that would amount to a nonverbal ask.

I have to put my two cents in about Heartbroken And Devastated, the man who discovered that his wife has been cheating on him the entire time they have been together (Savage Love, 67/7/2016). Her constant and selfish betrayal is egregious. She is selfish and a slut.

Not to mention that she could have given him an STD, AIDS, you name it. I disagree with you about the concept of monogamy — I

I have a few questions for you, MAPIP, but first: I agree that HAD’s wife betrayed him in an extreme and egregious way, and I made that clear in my response. (“The scale, duration, and psychological cruelty of your wife’s betrayals may be too great for you to overcome.”) Now here’s my question for you: What did you make a COMMITMENT TO? Was it to your wife or was it to an ideal? Did you commit to a fallible human being or did you commit to a principle?

Let’s say your wife screwed up and cheated — which happens all the time, it could happen to you (you do realize you’re whistling past the world’s most densely populated graveyard) — and let’s say it was a far less egregious betrayal than the one HAD is suffering through. Let’s say it was a one-off, years from now, or maybe a two-off.

Would you stay and try to save your marriage, or would you leave your wife? Staying and trying to save your marriage says, “I committed myself to this person”; leaving says, “I committed myself to this ideal.”

If your ideals are more important to you than your spouse, I think you’re doing marriage wrong. But you’re free to disagree. n Email Dan at mail@savagelove.net or reach him on Twitter at @fakedansavage.

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