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CULT CLASSIC

Fans re-create Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights.”

6-10 NEWS

CRUEL AND UNUSUAL

Former judge creates obstacle course for gay couple in surrogacy case.

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6 NEWS WHEN VIRGINIA COUPLE Jay Timmons and Rick Olson were seeking a surrogate to carry their child, they settled on Wisconsin because they believed the state clearly allowed same-gender couples to become parents through this process. But as editor Judith Davidoff reports, they were stymied in their efforts by former Dane County Judge James Troupis.

Davidoff explores whether the conservative Troupis — who compared surrogacy to human trafficking — showed bias against the same-sex couple.

COVER STORY SUMMER INTERN Rachael Lallensack joined the staff effort this week to produce our collaboratively written cover. A recent graduate of UW-Madison and a former editor at the Badger Herald, she paid homage to her alma mater with a piece on the university’s 80-year-old bell tower. In her time with us, she’s also written on domestic partnerships, Monroe Street reconstruction and Madison’s upcoming review of the police department.

LIFE SUPPORT

Union activists fight to save civil service.

12 OPINION

STICK A FORK IN HIM

Scott Walker’s future is dim.

15 COVER STORY

UPS AND DOWNS

Our fair city, from different perspectives.

23, 30-31 ART

FRACTURED FAIRY TALES

Artist’s childhood obsession makes for a compelling exhibit.

M.I.A.

Whatever happened to the Capitol Theater sign?

24-28 FOOD & DRINK

Sign o’ the times Thurs., July 21, Orpheum Theater, 9 pm

GLOBETROTTERS

Two new carts offer food from Puerto Rico and Tibet.

YELLOW GOLD

Will the Dairy State win big at cheese conference?

29 SPORTS

Take a trip into Madison’s past when the Orpheum Theater flips the switch to turn on its gorgeous new replica sign for the first time.

The 55-foot-high “blade sign” re-creates the 1920s original, and will be lit up with 2,000 energy-efficient light bulbs.

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4 SNAPSHOT PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER Sarah Rose Smiley, who shot the mostly female dancers featured in this week’s Snapshot, says she’s often asked why her work predominantly features women. She answers that her creative process is about storytelling, and she finds women’s voices and their stories “the most enchanting.”

She says she is also determined to let women tell their stories, not tell them for them. “Photography is another opportunity for me to help expose women’s voices.”

Chad Clifton to be inducted into GB Hall of Fame.

Road trip!

30 BOOKS

Fri., July 22, Madison Children’s Museum, 6-10 pm

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Memoir recounts author’s love affair with the great north.

30 MUSIC

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32 SCREENS

FAB FOUR

New Ghostbusters breaks the mold.

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44 EMPHASIS

WATER WORLD

Simply Swimming just keeps growing.

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Experience the majesty of southwest Wisconsin with a screening of Mysteries of the Driftless, a locally produced, Emmy Award-winning documentary. The executive producers will be there to answer questions and preview their upcoming feature-length film, Decoding the Driftless.

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Out on the wiley, windy shores of Lake Mendota, a crimson-clad company of dancers whirled and kicked in joyful unison as the otherworldly wail of British art-pop legend Kate Bush soared from rigged-together boombox speakers.

It was a dress rehearsal for the Madison installment of “The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever” — a global event held in nearly two dozen cities across 12 countries on July 16, with fans gathering en masse for flash mob-style re-creations of the music video for Bush’s 1978 debut single, “Wuthering Heights.”

“Channel your inner Kate. That’s the most important part,” Melissa Marver, a UW-Madison graduate student and lifelong dancer, told the workshop of about 25 performers of all shapes, sizes and gender expressions on Saturday afternoon at James Madison Park. “You don’t have to be perfect, because you’re already perfect for this.”

“Wuthering Heights” and its corresponding dance and music video have become iconic in their sounds and imagery: Bush as the ghostly specter of Catherine Earnshaw in a flowing red dress, dancing alone in a misty woodland clearing, keening for her beloved Heathcliff.

The cult classic reached new heights when a performance art group called Shambush assembled more than 300 people in Brighton, England, for the first “Wuthering Heights” tribute in 2013. The Madison event is thought to be the first ever held in the Midwest, and since it’s in the westernmost time zone, it would be the “grand finale”

of the worldwide “Wuthering heard about the event on SIGNATURE KATE BUSH Heights” celebration, organizer Facebook. He offered up his MOVES: Wuthering Katie Schaag said. technological expertise to triple spin, zombie “I love Kate Bush, and I’ve alhelp with the audio setup walk, ghost fingers, ways loved that idea of public art and stuck around to dance backwards pterodactyl bringing people together,” said “because it seemed like the AMOUNT OF RED Schaag, a UW-Madison graduate natural thing to do.”

LIPSTICK APPLIED: student and multi-disciplinary Elegant in his floor-length artist. She saw Facebook posts for red skirt and bold, smoky eye So much!! a “Wuthering Heights” event in makeup, Walter said he adFEELINGS: Joy, anguish, Berlin and felt inspired to orgamires Bush’s independent, power, vulnerability, nize something local. “It feels like unapologetic creative spirit. friendship, femininity, we’re creating this utopian fan“She didn’t get permission fabulousness tasy space, and [with the events or reassurance that what she around the world] it’s like we’re was doing was safe,” he said, SPIRIT OF KATE BUSH: all dancing together in spirit.” adding, “I feel like, if you Infinite Other local fans were dehave some weird thing that lighted to learn that the event you want to do, you have to was in the works. Gwendelara Hendee, who go do it. You have a moral obligation to moved to Madison about a year ago, saw a fli- share it with the world.” er while shopping at the Willy Street Co-op. “I Asked if he feels creatively starved in thought, ‘No way, are you serious?’” said Hen- his day job, he answered: “Doesn’t everydee, a former dance teacher. “I had to explain body?” to my spouse why I absolutely had to go...and Michelle Greenwood, 53, learned about why I was having a spaz.” the event via Tone Madison and showed up At James Madison Park, dancers wore in- to watch the performance. A Kate Bush fan dividualized variations on the “Wuthering since the ’80s, Greenwood said hearing the Heights” frock — a Korean hanbok robe paired music transports her to a specific time in with bike shorts, a leotard worn over spandex her life. But even now, decades later, she leggings, a fringy flapper dress, a men’s dress said this modern re-imagining of “Wuthershirt and slacks, a South American-style pon- ing Heights” — and its fierce, puzzling, cho — all perfectly color-coordinated in shades rapturous celebration of femininity — “just of red. Accessories included long brown wigs, makes sense.” black sashes, flower crowns, green eyeshadow Added Greenwood: “With how difficult and red lipstick. the last few weeks have been, it just seems Robert Walter, a 25-year-old web devel- important to find time for these joyful oper and information technology worker, things.” n

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Was judge pushing anti-gay agenda?

Walker appointee rapped for treatment of same-sex couple in surrogacy case

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A former Dane County judge appointed

by Gov. Scott Walker likened surrogacy to “human trafficking” and took highly unusual steps that added tens of thousands of dollars in costs for a gay couple seeking to add to their family.

Judge James Troupis’ actions, which included denying parental rights to the couple, were overturned by another Dane County judge and have also been appealed to the state Court of Appeals. And they arguably violated the ethical standards in place for members of the judiciary.

Troupis, who has since left the bench, in August 2015 appointed a Waukesha County law firm that employs an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage to assist in the case. That resulted in hefty additional legal fees for Jay Timmons and Rick Olson as they attempted to become the legal parents to their infant son, born to a surrogate in Wisconsin. And the couple says the judge wreaked emotional havoc on their family by keeping the child’s legal status in limbo for 10 months.

In early July, Dane County Judge Peter Anderson vacated Troupis’ order, giving Timmons and Olson parental rights to Jacob, who will be a year old in August.

Troupis had already terminated the parental rights of the surrogate, who never contested the contract she had with Timmons and Olson.

Anderson raised serious concerns about his former colleague’s conduct in the case, calling it “harsh,” “weird” and “faulty,” according to an online account by Timmons of his family’s ordeal.

Anderson said Troupis’ decision also contained a “manifest error” of the law, Timmons wrote.

Kevin St. John, one of the attorneys for the couple, did not return a call seeking comment on the appeal or whether his clients intend to file a complaint against Troupis with the Wisconsin Judicial Commission. The code of judicial conduct prohibits judges from, among other things, performing their duties with bias or prejudice.

“A judge may not, in the performance of judicial duties, by words or conduct, manifest bias or prejudice, including bias or prejudice based upon race, gender, religion, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status, and may not knowingly permit staff, court officials and others subject to the judge’s direction and control to do so.”

Timmons and Olson live in McLean, Va., a high-end suburb of Washington, D.C. Timmons is president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers, which, according to his bio, is the “largest manufacturing association in the United States representing small and large manufacturers in

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every industrial sector.” Timmons also formerly worked for several Republican lawmakers.

The couple, who also have two young daughters, received a gift of two frozen embryos from friends about two years ago. After spending about a year researching legal issues, they sought out a surrogate in Wisconsin, believing state law here clearly allowed a same-gender couple to be recognized as parents of a child born through surrogacy. According to court documents, the surrogate was paid $35,000.

About two months before the expected birth, on June 25, 2015, reserve judge Sarah O’Brien held a hearing on the couple’s petition for parental rights. O’Brien’s interim order awarding them parental rights was expected to be finalized upon Jacob’s birth.

But when Troupis inherited the case, he had different ideas. He held a hearing July 30 and took the rare move of appointing a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of the child, according to documents obtained through the Court of Appeals. Even more unusual, the judge went outside of Dane County to pick Mark Knutson, an attorney in Waukesha County, who is a member of the Christian Legal Society.

Knutson, in turn, assigned work on the case to associate Erik Krueger, a graduate of Liberty University Law School, a private, evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Va. The school’s mission, according to its website, is to “equip future leaders in law with a superior legal education in fidelity to the Christian faith expressed through the Holy Scriptures.”

Krueger’s hostility to same-sex marriage is no secret. In a 2013 article for the Liberty Uni-

versity Law Review, “God Versus Government: Understanding State Authority in the Context of the Same-Sex Marriage Movement,” Krueger argued that the state should reject gay marriage and only sanction “true marriage.”

“First, there is no theological basis for samesex marriage,” he argued. “True marriage is the antithesis of same-sex marriage. To authorize

In a ruling, former Dane County Judge James Troupis asked if surrogacy arrangements violate “human trafficking laws.”

same-sex marriage is anathema to Christians and begs an unprecedented cultural backlash. It makes a mockery of marriage.”

By the time Knutson finished his work for Troupis, he had racked up $90,000 in fees. In an appeal of Troupis’ decision to the state Appeals Court, filed concurrent with a reconsideration request at the circuit court level, St. John asked the judges to determine whether these fees were excessive.

“In an uncontested petition involving parental rights to a child, a guardian ad litem typically charges between $300 and $1,500 for his or her services,” wrote St. John, a former deputy attorney general under J.B. Van Hollen. “Did the circuit court err in approving $90,000 in fees over Petitioners’ objection that the fees charged were unreasonable?”

St. John also asked whether the guardian ad litem should have been disqualified based on bias because he “assigned work on the matter to an associate attorney whose professional writings are openly hostile to same-sex families and those who implement laws relating to same-sex families and where parties seeking a determination of parental rights are a same-sex married couple?”

Knutson said he could not comment on the case. Troupis did not return a phone call. But Troupis defended Knutson in his ruling, calling the work of the guardian ad litem and his office “nothing less than exceptional.”

As a Madison attorney, Troupis made headlines in 2011 for representing Supreme Court Justice David Prosser in the 2011 recount and later for helping Republican lawmakers redraw voter boundaries to benefit the GOP. Walker appointed him to a Dane County Court seat in May 2015; his term ran through July 2016 but he stepped down in May. Soon thereafter it was revealed he was applying — again — for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. He came up empty a second time.

Soon after Jacob was born, Timmons and Olson attempted to dismiss the guardian ad litem, but Troupis denied the motion.

The couple were awarded temporary placement of Jacob, but would spend the next 10 months traveling between Virginia and Wisconsin to attend depositions and court hearings.

While the laws on surrogacy in Wisconsin are far from defined, a 2013 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision did offer some clarity. In Rosecky v. Schissel, the court said that surrogacy agreements, even when a surrogate uses her own egg, are enforceable as long as they are in the best interests of the child.

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But Troupis argued in his March 25, 2015, written decision that he lacked statutory authority to make Timmons and Olson the legal parents of Jacob.

He focused on their lack of a genetic tie to the child. “[T]he child here was a gift from another couple, made possible by payment to an agency and to a mother. Can any such agreement be made without violating human trafficking laws?”

“While this couple is extraordinary,” Troupis added, “how can a decision here to give them parental rights without procedurally approved predicates not lead to horrifying abuse later when the next child is not so lucky in those who are the purchasers?”

Troupis did terminate the surrogate’s parental rights. But he reaffirmed the temporary placement of Jacob, denying the request from Timmons and Olson to be named the child’s legal parents and for Jacob’s birth certificate to be amended.

Troupis also called out the lawyers involved in the case, which include Lynn Bodi of the Madison-based Law Center for Children and Families and Karl Kliminski of Boushea, Segall and Kliminski, for engaging in “forum shopping essential to ‘selling’ Dane County Wisconsin for commercial surrogacy.” And he warned that attorneys on future surrogacy cases have an “ethical obligation” to present his ruling when seeking parental rights for their clients.

In recounting his family’s legal fight for Jacob, Jay Timmons wrote that Troupis caused his family “unfathomable emotional duress.”

“Rick and I — together for 25 years and married for eight — learned the hard way that two fathers hoping to grow their family still can be subjected to unimaginable cruelty seemingly motivated by bigotry and prejudice.”

The couple, according to Timmons, took out second and third mortgages to pay for the “legal melee” that erupted once Troupis took over the case. “Objections and motions. Deadlines and delays. A stream of lawyers — 11 in all,” he wrote. The psychological and physical toll was also high. “Endless, unnerving, sleepless nights. Continual nausea so acute we could barely eat. Rick left a stable 16-year job to focus full-time on managing legal issues.”

The couple ultimately prevailed, but Timmons said they are forever changed by the experience. “The heartache and pain induced by officers of the court who deliberately distorted facts and abused their authority to deny us equal treatment under the law will continue to haunt us.” ■

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American leaders and Mayor Paul Soglin unveil a 15-point plan to address violence in Madison. The Focused Interruption Coalition initiative includes a review of police practices and increased summer internship opportunities for youth. Soglin pledges $750,000 in the next city budget to fund the programs. n   The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. scraps a proposal that would have barred its board of directors from divulging information about its taxpayer-funded operations and disciplined them for speaking to reporters; the move follows news stories critical of the proposed gag order, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports.

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Not dead yet

BY ALLISON GEYER

When Anthony Reeves started his job as a statistician for the Wisconsin Department of Health Services in 2001, his workplace was a different place than it is today.

He had about 30 co-workers, and there was a real sense of collegiality, he says.

But the department has since dwindled to around 10, with about half departing within the last five years. Perhaps more significantly, the mood has changed.

“Morale is much lower,” Reeves says.

“People are less open, and the collegiality that you need to train new people is just not there. I would not want to be somebody who’s coming on board now.”

Reeves attributes much of the shift to Act 10, which restricted the collective bargaining rights of most public employees. That was followed this year with an overhaul of Wisconsin’s 111-year-old civil service system, effective July 1. As those changes are rolled out in phases over the summer, Reeves fears things will only get worse.

“Everybody’s scared,” he says.

Supporters of the civil service overhaul — which includes replacing the civil service

exam with a resume-based hiring system and making it easier to hire, fire and discipline state employees — say it will make the system more modern and efficient. But opponents fear the changes will diminish worker protections and usher in corruption and political cronyism.

A group of activists, including many union representatives, formed the Wisconsin Coalition to Save Civil Service in response to the legislation. And even now that the new rules are being implemented, the group is not giving up its fight to restore worker protections.

“You can’t kill an idea,” says Gary Mitchell, a retired state employee and international vice president of AFSCME. “As long as there’s the idea that people are interested in having the best government, the best services, we’re going to keep fighting.”

Union officials have launched an online resource for state employees to report and monitor how the civil service changes are being implemented. The confidential “Ask-a-Steward” tool allows workers to submit questions and concerns, and seek advice about workplace issues. Union representatives will monitor the site and try to respond within 24 hours.

Bill Franks, a retired state employee and longtime union activist, says workers should be

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it’s right here.”

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Union activists vow to revive civil service

on the lookout for things like co-workers being disciplined, unqualified people being hired, accelerated retirements or unfilled positions.

Changes in quality of public service, decline in regulatory function or the shifting of permanent jobs to contractors should also be noted.

“You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to fathom what might be some of the results and consequences,” Franks says. “We’ve [already] heard about bullying activities, snitch activities, forms of intimidation.”

The goal of the online tool is to help union activists work collaboratively to support state workers. If an issue is serious enough, the unions will help workers connect with legal representation.

“The union has always been the place where you could have a confidential discussion with a steward,” Mitchell says.

“Now we’re trying to offer a place that’s more 21st century.”

Days before the new law went into effect, union activists got together to hold a New Orleans jazz-style “funeral” for civil service, held on the 111th anniversary of when the original protections were put in place. But activists say it’s not dead yet — it’s just in a coma.

“Many of us remember the system as it exists,” Mitchell says, “and as long as that memory is still out there, it’s not dead.” ■

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Madison’s new Planning Division director, Heather Stouder, is already getting rave reviews.

“Positive to the extreme,” and “jubilation” is how Common Council president Mike Verveer feels about her appointment, which was confirmed by the council on July 19.

“Heather will be an excellent director for the Planning Division,” agrees Ald. Marsha Rummel. “She is well known by residents in my district, and I believe most people who know her are thrilled by her appointment.”

Rummel adds that Stouder “got a round of applause when I introduced her as the new director at a recent neighborhood meeting.”

The Planning Division, where Stouder has worked since 2008, is part of the Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development. Recent leaders of each were blamed for poor staff morale and internal strife. By contrast, Natalie Erdman was acclaimed when she was confirmed as department director a year ago. Reporting to Erdman, Stouder will now manage a staff of about 25.

The job is a huge step up for Stouder, who has never managed professional staff.

“I’ve supervised a lot of volunteers, but this will be really a good learning experience,” Stouder says. “We obviously have a fantastic professional staff. They’re really going to be driving the vision.”

Stouder says that the planning process can be transformative.

“We’re a very attractive city,” she says.

“But Madison doesn’t work well for everyone. There’s a major racial equity issue that I think has really come to the forefront of a lot of minds in the city.”

She believes an effective planning process can address the city’s social and economic inequities.

“In a lot of ways [the future] is about trying to make sure we’re providing choices and opportunities for people from all sorts of different backgrounds. We’re limited in the way we can do that,” Stouder says. “We can’t dictate the market, but we can fill in the gaps and help decision makers to invest where maybe the market isn’t investing. So I think planning does play a role in social equity and racial justice.”

Stouder grew up in the Indianapolis area, where she attended Butler University and in 1998 graduated with a biology degree. After that she served in AmeriCorps in Portland, Ore. It was a formative experience.

“I learned a lot about myself and a lot of other issues that I hadn’t really even touched on in high school and college,” Stouder recalls. She was starting to think of how to address urban environmental and social-behavioral issues.

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Heather Stouder: “I think planning does play a role in social equity and racial justice.”

“I thought, ‘Planning. That might be where it all comes together,’” she says.

Stouder enrolled at UW-Madison and in 2004 graduated with master’s degrees in both urban and regional planning and land resources. In 2004 she became a transportation planner with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization.

Stouder returned to Madison in 2006 to work as community planner for MSA Professional Services, a consulting firm. Two years later she was hired by Madison.

Stouder initially worked reviewing developments, where controversies often arise as residents and developers battle over their visions for the city.

Mayor Paul Soglin says Stouder is adept at finding compromise. “She has done an outstanding job of shepherding complex developments through the process,” Soglin says.

She has helped craft a neighborhood plan for the Royster-Clark site and worked on updating the city’s zoning code.

Stouder didn’t immediately apply for the director job. “I had to give it a lot of thought with my wife,” she says.

She says some of the past controversy within the department and division is a “little bit overblown.”

“I think we have a very good, very resilient staff. We by and large love our jobs.

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BY DAVE CIESLEWICZ Dave Cieslewicz is the former mayor of Madison.

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to give birth to their own ambitions. Vos has already broken with the governor on transportation funding, a major issue.

4. He’ll face Trumped-up charges. Walker spoke at the GOP convention when more sensible Republicans wouldn’t even get near Toledo, much less Cleveland. Wisconsin was the last state The Donald lost in the primaries leading up to his nomination. The closer he gets to Trump, the more toxic radiation Walker will absorb. He may soon be positively glowing, but not in a good way.

5. His “bold” policies are just not working.

Some Wisconsinites held their noses and stuck with Walker through his gutting of public- and then private-sector unions, his dismantling of environmental protections and his defunding of public education at all levels. But while our cherished environment and our once great public education system suffer under Walker, none of his policies have resulted in any kind of robust

growth. The Walker economy is lackluster. He’s still nowhere near creating the 250,000 privatesector jobs he promised in 2010. Voters gave him a pass on that in 2014 because they credited him just for trying. But after eight years of coming up short, their patience will have run out.

But here’s the bad news. While it seems increasingly likely that there will be no third term for Scott Walker, that doesn’t mean that the next governor will reverse his policies.

First, there is no clear strong Democratic candidate out there. Instead, the Dems have a whole lot of B-teamers, any of whom could

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Gov. Scott Walker’s approval rating is at an all-time low of 38%, but he is showing every sign that he intends to run for a third term in 2018. Here are a handful of reasons why I believe he either won’t make the race or will lose if he does.

1. The bad vibrations just keep on happening with him. When Walker’s approval ratings first took a nosedive, the view was that this had something to do with restiveness over his presidential ambitions. But the bad numbers have remained consistent at around 40% for almost an entire year since he aborted his bid. Apparently, the only thing Wisconsinites like less than having this governor out of state is having him at home.

2. He’s no Tommy Thompson. The primary reason for Walker’s bad numbers is that his support among independent voters, especially in the north, has plummeted.

Walker needs to win them back, but there’s little chance that he will. Walker is just not the kind of crossover candidate that Tommy Thompson was. Tommy looked comfortable in a snowmobile suit. Walker is a tassel loafer Republican. Smug, self-satisfied, he still holds his support among country club types in the Milwaukee suburbs, but he never played that well outstate. There’s no reason to think that he will now.

3. There will soon be blood in the water.

The Republicans don’t lack for ambitious pols. If his weak numbers continue much longer, look for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, Attorney General Brad Schimel and — who knows? — maybe even the great Tommy himself, to start helping bury Walker

make the jump to the major leagues, but none of whom are assured of doing so. The old cliché is that you can’t beat somebody with nobody. It remains to be seen if the Democrats can find a somebody. In the absence of that, welcome, Gov. Vos. Second, the Wisconsin gubernatorial election is always in the wrong year. Unless the Democrats can find some way to get their voters to the polls in a nonpresidential year, the Republican candidate, no matter who it is, will always have a built-in advantage.

That’s no guarantee of success, of course — Jim Doyle got elected twice in the off-year — but it’s a leg up. And it will be even harder for Dems if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, as the president’s party usually takes it on the chin in the midterm elections.

And third, unless a court overturns the masterful gerrymander that the Republicans pulled off after the last census, there’s little chance that even a Democratic governor would have a Democratic Legislature to work with. At best, that governor could stop more bad things from happening and maybe leverage a few good policies through the budget. But otherwise, any real progress would have to wait until a fair redistricting can take place after the next census. That means we would have to look forward to the Legislature that convenes in 2023.

But first things first. Imagine a Wisconsin finally free of Scott Walker. With each passing poll, that seems more and more likely. ■

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I was disappointed that your recent cover story (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Residents Plots a New Direction for the North Side,â&#x20AC;? 7/14/2016) did not reference the Northside Community Co-op, an attempt by residents to start a homegrown food cooperative in 2005 in the model of Regent Street Co-op, Yahara River Co-op and the south sideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Allied Community Co-op â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all neighborhood-driven markets that have received financial support from the Willy Street Co-op to foster truly local food sources.

A decade ago, the Willy Street Co-op chain chose not to invest in the Northside Community Co-op, saving their resources for multimillion-dollar expansions in less blue-collar areas. Now that the Great Recession has paved the way for the arrival of wealthier, young professionals, the $42 million-a-year Willy Street brand will swoop into the north side, trying as well to reach out to affluent shoppers in Waunakee, DeForest, and Sun Prairie and capture commuter traffic on Northport.

We north-side residents need a store that works like the Northside Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market, not like a supermarket chain. We need local products that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t travel so far and drive up costs.

We need a local store where neighbors come together after church and before the game to catch up. We need a store that welcomes all north-side residents by lowering prices, like the farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; markets do by doubling the dollars of shoppers with food stamps.

Jackson Foote (via bicycle)

It is interesting that when discussing cooperative living, articles tend to focus only on the larger-scale formal cooperatives when there are easier ways to do it (â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Forever Home,â&#x20AC;? 7/14/2016).

In the 1970s, faced with the high costs of housing in Chicago, my family and another family decided to buy a two-flat together. Each would have their own living space but share maintenance, garden and the common areas.

We wanted to do a co-op, but the legal fees and bank hesitation caused us to instead buy it as tenants in common (yes, the bank made us communists).

When we moved in we were surprised to find a wide range of similar cooperative living arrangements on the block. Some were like us, friends sharing a two- or three-flat. Some were more traditional arrangements, multigenerational families (often Chinese or Middle Eastern) co-owning and sharing a living space. There was also a house of gay men and a three-flat totally inhabited and redesigned for people who were deaf.

If approached thoughtfully, there are a lot of benefits other than economic to cooperative housing: working together on maintenance, children having more adult role models, etc.

George Hagenauer (via email)

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We don’t have majestic mountains or deep valleys. No Sears Tower or underground mall. But there are some swell places to take in the view or go subterranean. Here are a few of them.

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Stefany Delifer, project engineer with J.H. Findorff & Son Inc., is probably telling me something important right now. I can’t hear a word of it. She’s drowned out by the deafening, guttural buzz of four cement trucks outside The James, a new campus high-rise being built on West Gilman Street. Delifer points towards the entrance of the construction site. I have to lean in close to decipher her next instructions.

“See that guy in orange?” says Delifer.

“His name is Skippy, and he’ll show you how to get up there.”

Skippy — I never did learn his last name — is all business. He motions to follow and starts walking without me. We head down a ramp to the building’s underground parking lot. To climb up the 270-foot crane, you first have to go below the earth’s surface.

We traverse a few bends and arrive at the base of the imposing structure. Steel trusses surround a hole cut in the ceiling.

The crane’s cloud-high mast is fixed to the ground on a concrete slab. A ladder sits at the center of the metal cage. Skippy radios the crane operator to let him know a visitor is heading up to his workplace in the sky (see the journey at Isthmus.com).

Rung by rung, I make my way up the crane tower. A stack of 10-foot ladders connected by metal floor gratings is the only route to the top. It’s 13 floors to the operating cabin and the catwalk atop the counter-jib (the short arm of the crane).

It isn’t long before Madison’s cityscape emerges. l can see sailboats on Lake Mendota near the Red Gym, a throng of morning commuters on University Avenue and the white dome of the Dane County Veterans Memorial Coliseum beyond Monona Bay. The long horizontal jib or working arm starts moving as I scale further up the tower. The ladder — my only connection to the ground — shakes as the crane slowly swings into a

new position. I glance down from the terrifying height and tighten my grip.

After 10 minutes of climbing, I reach the slewing unit (the gear and motor that allow the crane to rotate 360 degrees).

“Come on up,” says Craig Glover, the crane’s operator. He isn’t wearing a hardhat or yellow vest like the other workers. There’s no danger of any tools falling up here. One last ladder, through the center of the skewing unit, and I’m on the surprisingly roomy crane platform.

It provides an awe-inducing, unobstructed view of the city. To the west is Bascom Hill. To the east is the State Capitol. Sunlight sparkles off Lake Mendota and Lake Monona. We float above it all perched upon the best balcony in town.

“This is such a pretty city. There aren’t many places you get to see both lakes,” says Glover. “Watching the weather and the seasons change from up here is probably the

best part about the job. You can spot a storm approaching from miles away.”

Cranes perform a remarkably simple but crucial role in building skyscrapers. Glover’s job is to use the massive machine to hoist materials, tools and anything else workers might need from one part of the construction site to where it’s needed. He spends his entire work day up in the sky. Findorff specifically told me not to ask how he goes to the bathroom.

“You can probably figure it out,” he says.

Glover, a member of Operating Engineers Local 139, has been operating cranes for over two decades. He’s worked on the Edgewater Hotel, The Hub on State Street and the sprawling Epic Systems campus in Verona.

“My favorite memory was at 100 Wisconsin Avenue,” says Glover. “I was 220 feet up in the air and watched a blizzard come through beneath me.”

— DYLAN BROGAN

CAPITOL TUNNEL The tunnel that connects the State Capitol to the Risser Justice Center on East Main Street was built in 1999 during the Capitol’s renovation. No one gave it much thought for about a decade. But the tunnel took on mythical proportions in 2011, when tens of thousands of protesters descended on the Capitol to oppose Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining measures. The governor avoided the crowds by using the tunnel, and it was even rumored that his office arranged to transport supporters through the passage to attend his March 2011 budget address — a claim later denied by state lawyers in court papers.

Sen. Fred Risser (D-Madison), who recently arranged a private tour of the tunnel

for Isthmus, says Walker still avoids meeting the masses this way. “He can park and then take the east elevator to his office without walking in the Capitol,” says Risser. “I have served with 12 governors,” adds Risser, who was first elected to the state Legislature in 1956. “He’s the first governor that does not walk around the Capitol and meet people.

He’s quite inaccessible.”

But Walker spokesman Tom Evenson says that is not true. “He walks into the Capitol like everybody else.”

Aside from the palace intrigue, the reality of the tunnel is pretty mundane. Well lit, with concrete walls and floor, it is, by design, wide enough for a golf cart to pass

through. It is used mainly to transport goods and mail to the Capitol and to keep the Square free from trucks and other blight.

“The tunnel was built basically to get rid of all the dumpsters around the Capitol,” Risser notes more than once.

It’s also a place for surplus supplies.

Items are stacked neatly against one wall, leaving the other side free for travel. There are some old wooden desks, a bookcase and what looks to be a chunk of marble from the Capitol. Potential thieves are warned: “It’s okay to look…. The video recording camera and Capitol Police are looking too. Smile.”

— JUDITH DAVIDOFF

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The tunnel was built in 1999 as part of the renovation of the Capitol.

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MADISON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ROOFTOP You don’t have to be in the 1% to get a milliondollar view of the Capitol Square and Lake Mendota. But you might have to navigate around some chicken poop and lurching toddlers. My vote for the best view in Madison is the wonderland of art and nature that covers the roof of the Madison Children’s Museum.

As you exit the oversized elevator to the Rooftop Ramble, the first wonder awaits. Look up to see the colorful painted glass mural by Spring Green native Richard Haas, whose Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired art is now obscured by the Monona Terrace Convention Center.

Since the museum opened in 2012, the rooftop flora has flourished. Greenery sprawls over the edge of the sturdy railings, and edible plantings yield currants, squash, carrots, peas and herbs.

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At the corner overlooking the Capitol Square, which museum director of education Kia Karlen calls the “prow of the ship,” two long metal necks spiral from “The Lovebirds,” an immense sculpture commissioned for the museum from the Baraboo-based scrap-metal genius, Dr. Evermor.

The body is formed by a repurposed cheese kettle and designed so it can function as a bat house — no confirmed residents yet, though. At the foot of the sculpture, tiny construction workers plow Tonka trucks through troughs filled with gravel, while enjoying a bird’s eye view of the construction underway at ground level.

A small flock of fancy chickens lives in a rooftop coop; some enjoy wandering privileges, much to the delight of squealing youngsters. Next door is a flock of homing pigeons trained to return to the museum when released elsewhere. Kids attending the July 31 Mallards baseball game will be able send messages back to the museum.

“We know how important it is to connect kids with nature and to encourage them to spend time outside,” says Karlen. “We’re trying to demonstrate how you can create nature wherever you live, even if you don’t have a yard.”

You don’t have to bring a youngster to visit the Madison Children’s Museum, but if you feel awkward about it, watch for Adult Swim events. That’s when so-called grownups get to play on all three floors and the rooftop — with cocktails! The museum also rents the rooftop for private events and hosts High Tech Happy Hour on Aug. 18.

Says Karlen: “Sometimes I’ll pop up here after we’ve closed, and it feels like a private paradise.”

— CATHERINE CAPELLARO

The museum commissioned “The Lovebirds” (above left) from Dr. Evermor and relocated a mural by Richard Haas.

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You may have glimpsed them while heading out of town on Highway 14, jutting like giant Tinkertoys above the hills to the south. Madison is home to not one but four ski jumps (five if you count an abandoned one), and what you’re seeing are the tallest two.

The jumps are maintained by the Blackhawk Ski Club and are used year-round. They have plastic landing mats and steel tracks for training when snow is scarce. The four in use are 5, 15, 30 and 60 meters — the dimension refers to a designated jump distance, not the height of the jump itself — on two separate hills.

On a recent summer day, the paths are covered in wildflowers and have a sleepy, deserted feel. The only sounds come from buzzing bees and the faraway voices of a couple of mountain bikers. (The area is home to a network of off-road bike paths.) The jumps are vertiginous: The largest has 230 steps, and the steep climb to the top is not for the faint of heart.

Speeding down it at 60 miles per hour? I’ll pass.

To get there: Take the Beltline to Old Sauk Road, turn right on North Pleasant View Road, then left on Blackhawk Road. The entrance is down a mile and a half on the right. Take a left at the fork to reach the base of the lower jumps (four-wheel-drive-only in winter); take a right for the upper jumps. Bonus: For those who love old Trachte buildings — the locally made equivalent of Quonset huts that are scattered throughout the area — there’s an excellent exemplar on the lower hill with a terrific mural dedicated to the 2008 women’s ski jumping team.

— MICHANA BUCHMAN

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The vertigo-inducing view from the top of the 30 meter jump (left); the 60 meter jump and the abandoned 80 meter jump (above).

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Ten graduating classes from 1917 to 1926 gave the tower to the university. The bells come from England, France and the Netherlands.

Compared to a piano or violin, a carillon is low maintenance, with little need to tune or polish. The last time the bells were serviced was three decades ago, Anderson says.

The biggest bell tips the scale at nearly 7,000 pounds. It registers a B-flat on a musical scale, while the smallest bell weighs 12 pounds and chimes a G note almost five octaves higher than that.

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To get to his instrument, Lyle Anderson must first climb more than 80 stairs.

Anderson is the UW-Madison carillonneur, and he plays carillon bells. Each Sunday at 3 p.m. during the academic year, he ascends to the floor below the belfry to play for an audience he can’t see.

“You’re up there isolated, you don’t see the audience. You can’t be a performer that lives for the applause,” Anderson says, adding that personal passion is what drives many carillonneurs to play. “It pleases them to make music for themselves. I play music that fits my taste.”

Positioned atop Bascom Hill at an elevation of 950 feet, the University of Wisconsin Memorial Carillon reaches 85 feet above the surface of the hill itself. The belfry, which turned 80 this year, provides a great view of Picnic Point to the west and a slight view of the Capitol if you tilt your head at the right angle to look between the bells.

Anderson’s view, from where he plays, is less spectacular.

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CITY’S HIGHEST/ LOWEST POINT I am often confused by what people mean when they refer to the top and bottom of State Street.

The street seems more or less flat, and I never can remember which is which. The State Cartographer’s Office reports that the elevation difference between the two ends of the street is 34 feet. This is not, in my opinion, what counts as a “hill” — not when stretched over six blocks.

For all its great charms, Madison does not have much in the way of natural peaks and valleys to glean a variety of perspectives. There are no grand lookouts where you can gaze at the city in all its glory.

The office’s AJ Wortley confirms my impression. “Dane County in general still falls in the glaciated zone,” he says. “The fact that we had a big layer of ice on top of us...really flattened out the landscape.

So it came as no surprise to me to learn that the city’s highest natural elevation is a mere 353 feet above its low point. According to the Cartographer’s Office, the city’s low point — 43° 6’ 7.2’’ north latitude and 89° 19’ 12’’ west longitude — is on the east side, at the intersection of Regas Road and Corporate Drive, near the bike path that wraps around Starkweather Park. It is 836.9 feet above sea level. The high point is at the far west side of town, 43° 3’ 21.6’’ north latitude and 89° 32’ 16.8’’ west longitude. This spot is 1,190 feet above sea level.

I decided to bike out there to take a look.

Unfortunately, I picked one of the hottest days of summer to go. Cycling up sections of Old Sauk Road and Pleasant View Road in 92-degree heat forced me to concede that Madison, in fact, does have hills.

Madison’s peak is somewhere along Pleasant View Road, a bit south of Mineral Point Road.

I doubt I locate the exact spot — my cellphone’s compass isn’t that accurate — but I know I’m near it. The road is lined on both sides with corn fields. It’s pretty up here, and there is a view, but on this hazy afternoon it doesn’t stretch that far. I can see suburban houses and the Beltline, not the lakes. I can’t be sure, but I may see a faint glimpse of the Capitol.

Yet Madison’s tallest hill is upstaged by a ginormous radio tower perched on it. I look around for a few minutes and then head back on my bike.

Fortunately, the trip home is mostly downhill.

An underground wonderland for performers and music fans alike.

KIKI’S HOUSE OF RIGHTEOUS MUSIC Walk down the narrow wooden staircase of Kiki Schueler’s eastside home and find a subterranean wonderland for music fans.

The walls are plastered with show posters, and other music-themed ephemera are displayed in nooks and crannies around the room.

The intimate space for Kiki’s House of Righteous Music is special for performers as well. Audience members often hang on every guitar chord or harmony vocal — a nice contrast with commercial bars where talking tends to be a distraction.

The space is small enough that occasionally concerts are completely unamplified, a rare treat to hear in itself. Performers are also often more inclined to tell the stories behind the songs in the friendly confines of the basement, and more likely to hang around to talk to everyone after the show.

Touring acts also get to stay at Kiki’s if need be, and all donations collected for the show go to the performers. Many perform-

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ers are repeat visitors; Schueler says the current leader is Jon Dee Graham, who played his 15th show at Kiki’s in July.

Since her first house concert in 2005, Schueler has hosted more than 190 shows. Not much has changed. “I have more sold out shows, but I still have some that only a dozen people come to. Probably the biggest change from when I started is that more folks are hosting [other house concerts], and more bands are willing to play them.”

The next concert, on July 29, features rockin’ trio the Figgs, who put on a fabulous show in the basement in September 2015. “We have played many house concerts over the years. Kiki’s is right up there with the best,” says guitarist Mike Gent. “We are really happy she wants us back, and are looking forward to our show there this month.”

Shows at Kiki’s are invitation only, but it’s easy to get an invite; just join the mailing list by contacting Schueler at righteousmusicmgmt@gmail.com.

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MEMORIAL UNION TURNTABLE LOADING DOCK When Alumni Park opens next spring between the Memorial Union and Red Gym, it will offer a serene place to congregate, with a beautiful view of Lake Mendota. But there will be a lot going on just below its surface — even if you can’t see it.

The semi-trucks and stinky trash that used to jockey for space on the old surface parking lot adjacent to the Union will now be hidden from view, thanks to the construction of an underground loading dock, slated for completion later this summer and part of the ongoing

Memorial Union Reinvestment project. But it’s apparently so top secret that Isthmus was denied access to view and photograph it.

Union officials are happy to share details of the structure, however. Moving the loading dock underground serves two purposes: It allows for the ground-level Alumni Park to be built — more than 100 years after campus planners envisioned green space between Library Mall and Lake Mendota — and it conceals the 350 deliveries and waste collections that take place each week at Memorial Union

and nearby buildings such as the Red Gym and Pyle Center. A tunnel system connects these locations.

“Even if a park had not gone on top of it, it’s great to get all that out of view,” says Mark Guthier, director of the Wisconsin Union since 2001.

One of the most visionary aspects of the facility is a rotating railroad car turntable, which will make it possible for trucks to back into one of three loading bays by a simple push of a button.

“It’s kind of an architectural marvel,” says Guthier.

Wisconsin Union communications director Shauna Breneman notes that city of Madison ordinances prohibit delivery trucks from backing off city streets. “The turntable device allows deliveries to the underground dock to meet this requirement,” she says. It’s a very confined space, but vehicles will be able to enter, unload and exit without ever shifting into reverse.

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Thousands of rare books and priceless literary artifacts are housed on the ninth floor of UW’s Memorial Library.

UW-MADISON’S SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY There were plans to add a 10th floor, but construction was scaled back.

Glass cases in the display area hold rotating exhibits. This summer, each member of the Special Collections staff got to pick one and fill it with their personal favorites. Papyrus scrolls from ancient Egypt, illuminated manuscripts from Medieval times, textbooks owned and annotated by Sir Isaac Newton and the country’s largest collection of “tiny magazines” are just a few of the treasures waiting up above. This fall, the theme shifts to Shakespeare, with an exhibit displaying the Bard’s Second, Third and Fourth Folios.

The event is tied to the First Folio exhibition at the Chazen Museum of Art in November.

“It really is a living history,” Barribeau says. “It’s a connection with the past that’s very immediate.”

Visitors are often surprised when they learn about the existence of the Special Collections library, but Barribeau is hoping that might change. Staff has made an effort to spread the word throughout the university, and in the last few years more classes have been taking the elevator up to the ninth floor.

“It’s fun to see the students when they suddenly realize what’s in front of them,” Barribeau says. “They’re like, ‘Wait — this book is from 1495?’”

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They call it “the attic.”

Cool, peaceful and softly lit, you might never think to go to the ninth floor of UWMadison’s Memorial Library. But the space is home to the Special Collections library, a treasure trove with thousands of rare books and priceless literary artifacts, carefully curated and cataloged by a team of students and librarians.

“It’s not a museum, it’s a working collection,” says Susan Barribeau, an English language humanities librarian and literary collections curator. “It’s a teaching collection...it’s a collection to be used.”

There’s a secure elevator to take you all the way up and strict rules once you get inside — no bags, no food or drink and, most importantly, no pens. The picture windows, which provide a panoramic view of Lake Mendota, cast a dim light because they’re treated with anti-UV film to protect the ancient tomes from the sun’s harmful rays.

Formerly known as the Rare Book Department, the collection was previously housed in the Wisconsin Historical Society and on the fourth floor of Memorial Library. In 1990, the library added its eighth and ninth floors to house the Special Collection. The eighth floor contains secure, climate-controlled vaults, and the ninth floor houses the exhibition room, a teaching area, staff offices and more vaults.

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Stigliani’s “Drawing” (acrylic, colored pencil and wax on rice paper).

Miniature transgressions A childhood obsession blooms in Claire Stigliani’s puppet world

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was a child in Vienna, Austria. Her father — a scientific researcher looking into the effects of the Chernobyl disaster — bought her an antique puppet theater as a last-minute gift from the airport in what was then Czechoslovakia.

Stigliani was fascinated by the mini-stage and became obsessed with making dolls.

After years of focusing primarily on painting, Stigliani returned to the idea of miniature theater. She began by first creating a single drawing.

She then built a puppet theater (along with all the figures and props) from that drawing. Later, she made a small film with the puppets in the set before turning the film stills into paintings.

Stigliani says she was attracted to the idea because it allowed her to create sets for her films.

“I think of them as moving paintings,” she says.

As a painter, Stigliani found she could generally only work for about four hours at a time.

But creating the puppet theaters revived the endless energy she had while making dolls as a child. She found herself working 12 hours at a time. “The studio can be like hell or it can be like a heaven,” she says. “With this show, I loved being with this work and in the studio.”

Half-Sick of Shadows revolves around three stories: the biblical telling of Adam and Eve; a Grimms’ fairy tale, “The Snow Child,” as reimagined by the writer Angela Carter; and an Alfred Lord Tennyson poem, “The Lady of Shalott.” In each of these stories, a woman transgresses and faces terrible consequences.

Stigliani’s work is filled with images of women working alone, viewing their domains through

mirrors, television or computer screens and photos. A fourth installation re-creates Stigliani’s studio, and within that, even smaller renditions of the other sets in the show. “In the end, the work cannibalizes itself,” she says.

There’s a homespun quality to Stigliani’s puppet theater and videos. Obvious strings move and lift each hand. Wide-lined faces are painted on with an almost childlike hand. But these imperfections are part of Stigliani’s vision. At the opening night lecture at MMoCA, she said, “I wanted this show to invoke sympathy rather than skill.

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4) explores stories of female transgression through a distinctive, multistep process that begins with a drawing, transforms into puppet theater and video, and finally ends in her dense, layered paintings.

“There’s a way that this process weaves together my life and fantasy life. My puppets move between the two,” says Stigliani, 32, a former MFA graduate student at UWMadison who now lives in Long Island, N.Y. Stigliani first played with “miniature theater” — or puppet theater — when she

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East of Madison, where Highway N crosses I-94 near Cottage Grove, a cluster of new development surrounds the offices of Johnson Health Tech. The landscape has the look of acres that have recently been cornfield; out here, lunch options narrow to the SchoolGrounds Cafe (a charming little coffeehouse) and an Arby’s.

But on Wednesdays, the Puerto Rican food cart El Coqui has been parking on nearby Commerce Parkway and serving hefty plates of slow-roasted pork (pernil) or grilled chicken (pollo asado), with a handful of sides to choose from. In front of me in line last week was a woman originally from Puerto Rico who’s driven out here to order everything on the menu and take it back to Madison with her.

It’s completely understandable, because I honestly can’t say which is better, the chicken or the pork. (If you ask, you can have a combo plate with some of each.) Then choose either

white rice and pink beans or arroz con gandules (rice with pigeon peas and bacon). Again, hard to choose. The former is pure comfort food; the latter is more like a dirty rice, but still not terribly spicy. Both are terrific. For a second side, I can’t tear myself away from the superb maduros, sweet fried plantains, though you can also get yuca fries or potato salad.

The other option is a handmade empanadilla, a fried hand pie. Last week it was dessert-like, filled with guava jelly and cream cheese.

Justin Weger, owner of the cart, started vending last summer. He shares

Sha kam datse, Himalayan red rice and carrot-radish salad from dZi Li le Tibet.

cooking duties with Lola Torres, the sister of a friend (“They’re like family,” says Weger). He does the meat; she does the sides, both made from Torres family recipes.

Good news; you don’t have to make a special trip to Cottage Grove for all this. El Coqui has been doing lunches at Hewlett Packard, 313 Blettner Blvd., on Mondays; Hy-Cite, 5525 Nobel Drive, Fitchburg, on Tuesdays; and BMO Harris Bank, 4501 Vernon Blvd. (near Hilldale), on Thursdays, with occasional nights at Hop Haus in Verona and appearances at area festivals.

Check the El Coqui Madison Facebook page for sites. dZi Little Tibet, Madison’s newest food cart (it opened June 24), is just about as challenging to catch up with. The cart

— the only eatery in town devoted to Tibetan cuisine — was a long time coming, says co-owner Namgyal Ponsar. Ponsar, who works full time as a nurse, has lived in Madison for about 10 years.

She always thought it would be good for the local Tibetan community (she estimates it’s about 550 strong) to have a way to celebrate their country and rapidly disappearing cuisine. Now she has opened the cart with her brother, Tharten Tsering, who recently moved to Madison from New York. They also grow some of the ingredients for their food at the gardens at the Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability.

The menu focuses on the traditional Tibetan dumpling, the momo — the country’s unofficial national dish. These come in beef, chicken and tofu versions, although in Tibet they would most likely be made only with yak or beef, says Ponsar. The family makes the dough for the dumplings by hand and grows the scallions in the gardens. They’re different from Chinese dumplings in that momo dough is thicker and Tibetans seldom if ever use pork as a filling. The accompanying hot sauce is also homemade.

Ponsar says they make it with jalapeños to resemble a Mexican salsa; the traditional

Tibetan sauce would be made with a much hotter red pepper.

Entrees are the Bhutaneseinfluenced sha kam datse (beef jerky, scallions and potatoes in a blue cheese sauce, served with a carrot and radish salad and Himalayan red rice) and sha phag-shi (a spicier and sweeter stew with beef, pumpkin and garlic). The family dehydrates its own jerky; the result is chewy but not gristly, with a depth of beefy flavor. The blue cheese is just an approximate for what would be a yak cheese in Tibet. Overall, Ponsar says, Tibetan and Bhutanese food tends to be very spicy, and they’ve toned things down for a more general audience here. The sha kam datse wasn’t very spicy to me; after I added some of the green hot sauce, the whole dish seemed to come together. dZi Little Tibet has been vending some noons at the American Center and some evenings with Let’s Eat Out neighborhood dinners. Check its daily schedule at facebook.com/dZiLittletibet.

Finally, sad news in cart land: Zen Sushi will remain out of commission until further notice while owner Megumi Lawrentz continues to seek a replacement cart on the used market.

The colorful original, decorated with strings of paper cranes, was discovered to have unrepairable problems last spring. Stay tuned. ■

Eats events A Night at the Barn Friday, July 22

A celebration of local food and music at the Shitty Barn in Spring Green, benefiting the REAP Food Group.

Ticket includes fare from the Roth Cheese Food truck and produce from Fazenda Boa Terra Farm.

Minneapolis band Rogue Valley and the Sharrows of Madison headline the fundraiser. At Shitty Barn, 506 E. Madison St., Spring Green, 6:30 pm.

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New Orleans Cocktail History Saturday, July 23

Elizabeth Williams, author of Lift Your Spirits: A Celebratory History of Cocktail Culture in New Orleans, shares classic cocktail recipes native to the Big Easy. Learn the backstory behind the Sazerac, the Hurricane and the Herbsaint. At Barnes & Noble, 7433 Mineral Point Rd., 11 am-1 pm.

Lobster boil Thursday, July 28

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“The Oscars of Cheese” How will Wisconsin fare at the Des Moines ACS conference?

Another contest, another chance for Wisconsin cheesemakers to kick butt and take ribbons.

Summer is an exciting time in the cheese world because of the annual American Cheese Society conference, which this year is July 2730 in Des Moines. While Wisconsin hosts the world and U.S. contests every year, ACS moves around; it was last held in Madison in 2013.

This one is dubbed “The Oscars of Cheese” because the judging criteria are a little different from the others, although like the rest, it awards a “Best of Show.” The two Wisconsin-hosted contests are judged technically, by how each entry matches up to the standard of its style of cheese.

The ACS, on the other hand, also judges on aesthetics. It’s where creative cheeses that don’t fit a certain standard might fare better.

“The exposure really helps the smaller players,” says Patrick Schroeder, prepared foods manager at the Willy Street Co-op.

Schroeder cites Winnimere, a soft cheese made by Vermont’s Jasper Hill Farm, as a good example of the unique cheeses that fare well at ACS. The cheese took top honors when the contest was held in Madison.

“That’s a cheese I can tell people, ‘Before you die, you should try Winnimere,’” Schroeder says. “It’s a perfect example of the art of cheesemaking.”

The ACS contest awarded 99 ribbons to Wisconsin cheesemakers last year. Who will win this year? Who should win? Insiders have a few ideas of who might rise to the top among the 1,800 cheeses that will be heading to Des Moines.

Jeanne Carpenter, Metcalfe’s Market Will win: Carpenter, who alse writes the Cheese Underground blog, likes North Fork from Redhead Creamery in Brooten, Minn. It’s

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a whiskey-washed, moldy, stinky Frenchstyle Munster. “Alise Sjostrom is an up-andcoming American rock star cheesemaker,” Carpenter says.

Should win: Wischago, Hidden Springs Creamery, Westby. Carpenter hopes cheesemaker Brenda Jensen’s spin on traditional Manchego gets its due. Jensen has cleaned up at ACS, winning more than 75 awards in 10 years. “She’s long overdue for ACS Best in Show,” Carpenter says.

Patrick Schroeder, Willy Street Co-op Will win: Holland’s Family Cheese of Thorp has gained so much attention for Marieke Penterman’s Goudas that maybe the top prize will land in her hands, he says.

Should win: Schroeder would like to see the big award go to the Dunbarton Blue or Red Rock cheddar-blue from Shullsburg’s Roelli Cheese Co. “He’s working so hard to make his cheeses known,” Schroeder says of cheesemaker Chris Roelli.

Liz Dueland, Metro Market Will win: Dueland, cheese specialist at Metro Market, thought Roth of Monroe had a shot at taking another top award with its Private Reserve Alpine-style cheese. Roth’s Grand Crux won the World Championship

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Should win: Sartori Parmesan, from Plymouth, Wis. First, Dueland put imported Parmigiano Reggiano up against mass-market Parmesan cheese in a taste test with customers, and the imports won. Then she put the Sartori Parm up against the imports, and her customers loved the nutty, mellow Wisconsin-made cheese. It might be time for Sartori to win big, she says.

C.J. Bienert, the Cheese Shop of Des Moines Will win: A view from outside the Dairy State seemed worth pursuing. Even so, Wisconsin looms large; Bienert thinks Uplands Cheese Co. of Dodgeville has a chance to win its fourth Best of Show with its Pleasant Ridge Reserve. “Some of the batches we’ve had this year have been amazing,” he says.

Should win: Bienert goes local, with the goat cheeses from Reichert’s Dairy Air of Knoxville, Iowa. Two of their products, Robiola di Mia Nonna and Robiolina di Reba, have taken top honors at U.S. goat cheese competitions. Bienert hopes the homestate favorite gains new fans. ■

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Oh, peas Heritage Tavern has a way with gin and a special market ingredient Some people respond to gin the way I do to truffle oil: Nope, nope, too fragrant. I think truffle oil smells like manure, but I love gin. To me, gin’s best qualities are both strong and silent. Gin brings a lot of its own flavor to a drink, even as it blends well with other ingredients. A tasty example of gin’s powerful yet supporting role is the Oh Snap!, a verdant new item on the summer cocktail menu at Heritage Tavern, 131 E. Mifflin St. The main ingredient in this dazzling green drink is market snap peas. After juicing a bushel of them, then straining them several times, bartenders balance that sweet vegetable extraction with lemon. The result is deliciously fresh.

But think about it: What other spirit could complement — and support — a velvety blend of juiced peas? I wouldn’t trust tequila with that kind of viscosity. I’m not sure a dry variety of gin would even pass muster.

In fact, bartenders at Heritage use St. George Botanivore, a multilayered gin that blends juniper berries with a big basket of other herbs and fruits, including bay laurel, star anise, fresh cilantro and several other things I wouldn’t recognize in a botanical lineup. Doesn’t matter, though. Once again, the gin stands alone.

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Look for a dish that complements the mild bitterness of the hops. It’s well suited to pasta dishes made with tomato sauces that have a touch of spicy heat. When pairing this beer with cheese, I like the mustiness of soft brie.

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Chad Clifton, left tackle for the Green Bay Packers between 2000 and 2011, has been no stranger to Wisconsin since he retired holding the franchise’s No. 2 spot for most games played by an offensive tackle (165, behind Forrest Gregg’s 187). The two-time Pro Bowler was in Rhinelander last month, where his 8- and 10-year-old sons attend Camp Deerhorn, and he still visits Packers team physician Patrick McKenzie.

Clifton will make another return to the state when he’s inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame July 23 in the Lambeau Field Atrium. Free safety and former teammate Nick Collins (2005-11) and longtime radio broadcaster Russ Winnie (1929-46) also will be honored.

“Obviously I’m very excited,” Clifton says from the farm he owns south of Nashville. “Thinking about all the great Packers that came through and played on that field, it’s very humbling. I felt like I had a great career in Wisconsin, but I didn’t realize it was going to be Hall of Fame-worthy.”

Clifton blocked for Peyton Manning at the University of Tennessee in the ’90s and helped the Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. All told, he was part of eight Green Bay playoff teams.

But perhaps he’s most remembered for being on the wrong end of a blindside hit from Tampa Bay defensive tackle Warren Sapp late in the 2002 season. “I remember the play,” says Clifton. “It was

an interception. I was doing a slow trot over to the sidelines. All of a sudden out of the corner of my eye, I see a player — not even realizing it was Warren Sapp at the time — getting ready to lay me out.”

Clifton was hospitalized for almost a week and couldn’t walk on his own for more than five weeks. He missed the rest of the season but came back to start all of Green Bay’s 18 games in 2003, including playoffs.

After that game with the Buccaneers, Packers head coach Mike Sherman took Sapp to task face-to-face for the cheap shot; Sapp fired back with “Put a jersey on!”

“I definitely tip my hat to Coach Sherman,” Clifton says. “I think the incident made me a better player. I didn’t want that to be the end of my career so early into it, so I trained harder than ever that offseason to get back.”

Clifton says the incident is still a conversation starter to this day. “I was in the mall a couple weeks ago, and the guy behind the checkout counter said to me, ‘Hey, Chad Clifton. Man, Warren Sapp really cleaned you up a few years ago, didn’t he?’”

Clifton laughs. “‘Yes, he did. I appreciate you bringing that up.’”

Another question Clifton gets a lot: What was it like playing with two of the game’s greatest quarterbacks, Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers? “Everybody called Brett ‘the gunslinger’ because he had that mentality where he was going to go out and give it every single thing he had,” Clifton says. “Aaron does that as well, but his play is a little more methodical. He has a plan for each and every moment that happens out there on the field. Both of them have the strongest arms I’ve ever been around, and it was an absolute joy to play with them and be able to tell my kids and friends what that was like.” ■

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Saying goodbye is never easy — particularly when you’re saying it to several million fans after doing your thing for nearly two decades.

But buh-bye is on the front burner for Motion City Soundtrack, who announced an indefinite hiatus in March and bring their “So Long, Farewell” tour to the Barrymore Theatre on July 28. It’s one last raucous Moogstand for old times, if you will.

You’d be hard-pressed to get crazily coiffed frontman Justin Pierre to admit it, but it’s been a tremendous run for MCS, who formed in Minneapolis way back in 1997 and were one of the underappreciated cornerstones of the power pop-punk wave of the early to mid2000s, eventually releasing six albums and becoming the poster kids for the Warped Tour.

Although they never scored a bona fide breakthrough radio hit, tracks like “Hold Me Down” and “The Conversation” are still two of the most heart-punching breakup ballads you’ll ever ache to hear, and “Everything Is Alright,” their most recognizable tune, is OCD encapsulated in three and a half minutes. The band’s songs, a bittersweet mix of the self-deprecating and the experiential peppered with clever turns of phrase and plenty of pop-culture references, still bounce and kick as hard as ever.

“I always saw it as a nice creative shortcut,” says Pierre of Motion City Soundtrack’s fondness for pop-cult name checks like Will and Grace, Veronica Mars and Captain Picard.

“If you reference something everyone knows, it gives you 50 words by only using two.”

For the first time in his lengthy musical career, Pierre’s found himself taking to heart some of the observations found in Girl in a Band, the 2015 memoir written by Sonic

Youth’s Kim Gordon, about the nature of the link between a band and an audience.

“I tend to be in my head a lot when I perform,” says Pierre. “I’m counting out all the parts. Am I going to hit this note? I’m constantly doing math equations.”

Now, he says, he’s trying to focus a little less on the particulars and a little more on the crowd and the moment.

“I’ve gotten a little sloppier, but I’m having more fun,” he says.

Pierre is uncomfortable talking about the band’s impact on fans and ensuing generations of musicians — Boston’s Modern Baseball is one oft-cited disciple — even though he went through the same cycle himself, growing up burning through Sonic Youth, Superchunk and the Flaming Lips before synthesizing what he heard into what he created with MCS. “I just never thought I’d be in a band that would have that effect,” he says. “It makes me feel awkward, but I can accept it.”

It wasn’t creative burnout that brought MCS to its current farewell pass. Several of the members, including Pierre, have young kids and want the chance to fully experience that part of their lives. Pierre had to catch his toddler daughter’s first steps on a YouTube video, and he doesn’t want to repeat the experience.

“Continually being half in and half out of our families’ lives, it hit us all at the same time [that] we can’t tour anymore,’” he says.

Lest MCS fans despair utterly, Pierre confides that the musical production may continue, even if the touring gigs don’t. The band still has plenty of material stockpiled, including alternate versions of tunes dating back to I Am the Movie, the band’s 2003 full-length debut.

Says Pierre: “As far as anything else goes, it’s wide open.” ■

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While the huge replica Orpheum sign has been wowing passersby, just across State Street, another refurbishment is underway.

The exterior renovation of the Overture Center’s Capitol Theater renews a mystery: Whatever happened to the Capitol’s own massive vertical sign? It’s out there somewhere, and Overture officials would love to find it.

The Capitol Theater was one of the last created by prestigious Chicago theater architects C.W. and George Rapp. More than 6,000 people attended festivities when it opened on Jan. 21, 1928. The Orpheum, designed by the same team, had opened about 10 months earlier, on March 31, 1927.

Capping the faux-Moorish vaudeville and movie palace was a “surprise jewel tower,” which, when illuminated by “several thousands of lamps [could] be seen for several miles,” according to the Wisconsin State Journal at the time. Much of the renovation work has focused on that tower.

The theater, formerly part of the Madison Civic Center, was threatened with demolition

when the old Civic Center was expanded and converted to Overture in 2004. Public outcry saved it. Overture completed a minor renovation at the time but delayed further work until the organization could find bricks to match the originals. Termed “old Chicago pink,” they haven’t been produced for decades. Finally, Overture contractor J.H. Findorff and & Son Inc. scavenged enough brick from demolition sites — more than enough, in fact. Overture will retain all the extra in case future work is ever needed.

Even the color of the original mortar has been matched. “I’m very particular about my building,” says Glenn Weihert, Overture facility operations director. He’s not joking; his relationship with the theater began in 1983, when he worked as second-shift custodian.

A trip up the scaffolding affords new perspective on exquisite details not entirely visible from the ground level, including gargoyles set at each tower corner. Decorations inside turquoise coves are bas-relief, portraying stylized dragons and flowers sprouting from an urn. Framing arches consist of enameled cement tiles, rich with scalloped blossoms and scrollwork.

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sign, which rivaled the Orpheum’s in terms of size and ornamentation.

“It was put in storage somewhere,” probably in the 1970s, Weihert says. He’s sure of that much, but “it got lost somewhere. We hope it didn’t go to the scrap pile.” Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Isthmus.

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landscapes where survival is everything. Along the way, Braverman provides glimpses of her future self.

The stories are told largely in flashbacks, and it isn’t until late in the book when she begins to find a deep acceptance of the events that have shaped her life.

It’s a deeply satisfying experience when she finally explores her relationship with dogs, describing a dogsledding race in such exquisite detail that I found my pulse pounding.

In recent years, Braverman has taken up residence here in Wisconsin. She shares a farm with her husband, horses and a sled dog team, and she is training to race the Iditarod.

I’m grateful to Braverman for eloquently describing what so often stays beneath the surface. And I’m glad she found home. n Blair Braverman reads from Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube at A Room of One’s Own on Sunday, July 24, at 2 p.m.

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The prologue to Blair Braverman’s riveting memoir, Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North, opens at a bonfire on a Norwegian fjord, where Braverman, an American and then 24, is drinking cider with the locals.

“How did you find her?” someone asks the man who invited her.

“The hard answer,” writes Braverman, “stretched back 15 years and 4,000 miles, through blizzards and open tundra, smothering ice caves and the pulsing northern lights, many nights alone and some, unmercifully, not.”

Braverman’s book is the story of her quest to become “tough.” Before even starting college she signs up for a Norwegian “folk school” dedicated to teaching arctic survival, and she learns to drive dogsleds, enduring pain and sleeping outdoors in subzero temperatures. She spends two summers during college living on top of an Alaskan glacier (only accessible by helicopter) as a guide for a dogsled operator.

And she returns again and again to the tiny village of Mortenhals, in northern Norway, where she forges ties with the eccentric owner of a tiny “near-store” and inserts herself into the rhythms of a community she comes to think of as a second home.

Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube is great storytelling. Braverman’s love of the northern landscapes sparkles throughout, and her compassionate renderings of the people she grows to love are deeply affecting. As she recounts her adventures — inner and outer — she reveals a vulnerability beneath her tough exterior and a self-awareness beyond her years.

Surrounded by men and masculine culture, she wrestles with fear that her toughness, demonstrated by her actions, does not run deep enough to protect her.

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My reaction to the idea of an all-female Ghostbusters reboot? I am desperate for movies about women doing all sorts of things â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including silly stuff like engaging in experimental particle

physics, playing around with total protonic reversal and saving New York City â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but I would also like women to get their own stories and the opportunity to create their own iconic characters. I knew that even if this remake turned out to be completely amazing, any success would

teaming up, along with Holtzmann and come with an asterisk. There would always Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones), to hunt down be the â&#x20AC;&#x153;realâ&#x20AC;? Ghostbusters, and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;girlâ&#x20AC;? the ghosts suddenly showing up all over Ghostbusters. Women deserve better than to town. Wiig and McCarthy have toned be constantly tagged as the lesser, the other, down their sometimes over-amped comic the not-quite-as-good. personas here, making it less easy to de I still believe all that. But I am getting termine which characters from the original to have my feminist cake and eat it too, films Gilbert and Yates are shadows of. As because holy moly, Saturday Night Live bawith the authentically fresh Holtzmann, dass Kate McKinnon has gone and created they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t attempting to imitate anyone, an instantly iconic new character in gleewhich does actually distinguish this movfully reckless physicist and tinkerer Jillian Holtzmann, simultaneously a snappy dress- ie from the spate of far more reprocessed reboots, remakes, and do-overs weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been er, a devil-may-care snarkster, a master of subjected to of late. the mysteries of the universe and a creator Unlike with the 1984 movie â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in which of cool crap that goes boom. Holtzmann is ghosts started appearing at precisely, by clearly the analogue here for Harold Ramisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pure coincidence, the same moment when Egon Spengler from the 1984 movie, but a new business came into existence to deal she is nothing like him. She is nothing like with them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; there is actually a reason any female character The Movies have ever baked into the story about why ghosts are seen. She is powerful in a way that has now popping up, which is what prompts nothing to do with her appeal to men, all the formation of Gilbert and Yatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s project, too frequently the only power women onwhich is not an entrepreneurial effort but screen are allowed to deploy. She is brainy a scientific research endeavor to capture comic mayhem that is a touch of Back to and study them. And baked into that reason the Futureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Doc Brown and a whole lotta is the feminism of this new Ghostbusters. the Doctor (of Doctor Who, that is). She is (Sorry, boys who are afraid of girls: This is an the authority of science combined with the unabashedly feminist movie. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still sufreedom of no-fucks-given, and she is not per-fun, promise!) There are a few not-realthe sort of woman we typically see women ly-throwaway lines of dialogue about nasty granted the cultural permission to be. comments the women receive online, as in This new Ghostbusters would be worth response to videos of ghosts they post on hailing for Holtzmann alone, but, happily, YouTube; these comments are nearly identithere is much more to cheer. The snappy cal to some the mere idea of this movie itself script, by director Paul Feig and Katie has generated. But far more incisive is the Dippold, zings from the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening villain of the piece, a literally basementmoments with cunning, snappy verve, dwelling creep (Neil Casey) who justifies often out of left field: Pay close attention the bad things he is doing as his way of to the commentary offered, in the openstriking back at bullies. Contrast this with ing scene, by the tour guide of a historic Gilbert and Yatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tales of being denigrated NYC mansion that soon turns up haunted. for their deliciously dorky oddness. Guy The plot follows a similar track to that of $XWKRUL]HG SDLG IRU )ULHQGV RI $QG\ 0LWFKHOO treated badly wants to end the world; gals the 1984 movie, with Columbia University 3DW (LVHQEDUW 6DPPDWDUR WUHDVXUHU treated badly turn their pain into something physics professor Erin Gilbert (Kristen positive, and fďťżind themselves in a position to Wiig) and the more paranormally inclined save the world. n academic Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy)

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Ice Age: Collision Course: It’s almost always a bad sign when a film franchise suddenly sends an otherwise earthbound core character into outer space. While not exactly a horrible movie, this fifth installment of the prehistoric buddy comedy may be the series’ extinction-level event.

Kabali: An indentured laborer fights his plight in the days before Indian independence.

Lights Out: Director David F. Sandberg expands a two-minute short to feature length, telling the story of a Los Angeles family tormented by a malevolent entity that can only take physical form in the dark. He does his best to maximize his creepy premise, including finding many creative ways for the protagonists to generate light when threatened, but he’s ultimately undone by the need to create a detailed backstory.

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Streets Without Cars: The Urban Experiment of State Street: Wisconsin Public Television documentary. Robinia Courtyard, July 26, 9 pm.

Greed in the Sun: Rocco (Jean-Paul Belmondo) hijacks a Sahara Desert gun shipment; his buddy Herv (Lino Ventura) is sent to bring it back.

Cinematheque, July 27, 7 pm.

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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.

Madison duo Seasaw celebrates the release of a new album, Too Much of a Good Thing, which adds some pop electronics to the folk base and vocal harmonies of Meg Golz and Eve Wilczewski. The release show will feature a full band also including Evan Murdock, Thomas Skibsrud, Dan Stoffels and Andrew Golz. With Barbara Hans, Melkweed, Neens.

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Badger Bowl: Scott Wilcox, 8 pm.

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Come Back In: The Rascal Theory, free (on patio), 5 pm.

Dean House: Capitol Chordsmen, free/donations, 7 pm.

Edgewater Hotel: Faux Fawn, free (on the plaza), 6 pm.

Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged): University Theatre, 7/14-31, UW Vilas Hall-Mitchell Theatre (note corrected location), at 7:30 pm ThursdaysSaturdays & 2 pm Sundays. $20-$10. 265-2787.

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The Bricks Theatre: That’s What She Said: 7:30 pm on 7/21 and 8 pm, 7/22, Brink Lounge. $15. 358-9609.

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

Gray’s Tied House, Verona: Billy/One Man’s Blues, 6:30 pm.

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

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Ivory Room: Jim Ripp, Michael Massey, piano, 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, French swing/Hawaiian, free, 5:30 pm; Tunic, Coordinated Suicides, free, 10 pm.

Monona Terrace Rooftop: The LoveMonkeys, free, 7 pm.

Mr. Robert’s: Dixie Duncan, We the Fierce, Langston & Co., free, 10 pm.

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

Otto’s: Michael Hanson Jazz Group, free, 5:30 pm.

Paoli Schoolhouse: Back 2 Back, folk/rock, free, 6 pm.

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Tempest Oyster Bar: Paul Dietrich, free, 9:30 pm.

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

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

Up North Pub: Catfish Stephenson, 9 pm Thursdays.

UW Extension Pyle Center: The Sparks Band, free (on the rooftop), 4 pm.

UW Memorial Union-Terrace: Milkhouse Radio, free, 5 pm; Limanya Drum & Dance Ensemble, free, 9 pm.

The Bodega: Farmers, artisans, antiques, food carts, kids’ activities, music by Heavy Looks, Post Social, 4-8 pm, Free admission. breesestevensfield.com.

Thursday, July 21, Edgewood College Amphitheater, 6:30 pm

Prince Caspian: C.S. Lewis adaptation by Lamppost Players Children’s Theater, 7 pm, 7/21-22, Bethany Evangelical Free Church. Free/donations. 256-6282.

Into the Woods: Cambridge-Deerfield Players Theater, 7 pm on 7/21-23 and 2 pm, 7/24, Cambridge Historic School. cdplayerstheater.com.

Dane County Fair: 9 am-11 pm, through 7/24, Alliant Energy Center, with carnival, entertainment, exhibits, food; Main stage headliners (7 pm unless noted): Bobaflex, Red Sun Rising, Through Fire, 7/21; Orquesta Salsoul del Mad, 7/22; Madison County, 7/23; Reyes Del Norte, El Grito contest, 7/24 (noon). $8/ day ($3 ages 6-11). danecountyfair.com. 224-0500.

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The Tragedy of Macbeth Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy, but it still delivers plenty of drama as the title character attempts to fulfill the prophecy of a trio of witches and claim Scotland’s throne. This is the Madison Shakespeare Company’s first production of a full-length Shakespeare play in three years, and it’s presented at Edgewood College’s outdoor amphitheater, located on campus behind the Stream fine arts building. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs. ALSO: Friday (6:30 pm), Saturday (2 & 6:30 pm) and Sunday (6:30 pm), July 22-24.

Orpheum Sign Lighting: Renovated blade sign re-lit for the first time, 9 pm, 7/21, 216 State St. 250-2600.

fri jul 22 Josh Blue Thursday, July 21, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

The audience is sure to hear some rousing stories from Josh Blue’s past as a missionary, his currently expanding family and recent touring shenanigans. The affable (and laughable) comic won NBC’s Last Comic Standing competition in 2006. With Geoff LaFleur, Adam McShane. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), July 22-23.

SP ECTATOR SP ORTS Madison Mallards: vs. Kalamazoo, 7:05 pm on 7/21 and 6:35 pm, 7/22; vs. Lakeshore, 7:05 pm, 7/26-27, Warner Park. $46-$8. 246-4277.

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Citizen Cope Friday, July 22, Orpheum Theater, 7 pm

Clarence Greenwood, aka Citizen Cope, has earned comparisons to Marvin Gaye but isn’t just a super-soulful songwriter.

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Greater Madison Jazz Consortium’s popular club-hopping event visits four venues just off the Capitol Square. Dixie Sizzlers and Red Hot Dixie start the night at 5 pm at the Rigby, while next door at Maduro, Goodie Two Shoes and a trio of Louka Patenaude, Mike Cammilleri and Tony Castañeda kick off at 6 pm. At Genna’s, the New Breed holds court beginning at 7:30 pm, featuring vocalists Jan Wheaton, Lynette and Gerri DiMaggio. The evening ends with music at the Frequency at 9:30 pm by Good Trouble (pictured) and Wilder Deitz Group.

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Essen Haus: Gary Beal Band, free, 8:30 pm.

Fountain: Lucas Cates Band, rock, free, 8 pm.

The Frequency: Future Thieves, Keeps, 7 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Lynda & the Zeros, 5:30 pm; Dogs of War, 3rd Dimension, Chris LaBella, Charles Grant, XL the Big Human Beatbox, 10 pm.

StageQ production is set in the early 1960s at a retreat in the Catskills for men who want to dress and act like women. Harvey Fierstein’s script is based on true stories and explores the political and gender dynamics of people trying to live openly and authentically. ALSO: Saturday and Thursday (8 pm), July 23-24. Through Aug. 6.

A RT EXH I B I TS & EV EN TS Austin Moule & Andres Torres: “Push/Pull,” paintings, 7/22-8/6, Arts & Literature Laboratory (reception 7-9 pm, 7/22). 556-7415.

S PEC I A L EV EN TS Adult Swim: Enjoy the museum kid-free, 6-10 pm, 7/22, Madison Children’s Museum, with “Summer Road Trip” theme, craft projects, trivia, nature programs. $15 ($12.75 adv.; 21+ only). 256-6445.

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Indigo Girls Saturday, July 23, Barrymore Theatre, 8 pm

Last June, folk rock duo Indigo Girls released their 16th studio album, One Lost Day. Almost 30 years after they began releasing records as Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers haven’t slowed down.

The band says One Lost Day has a feeling of music composed across time, not just in time. The themes of loss of innocence and coming of age will connect fans with their spiritual roots. With Great Caesar.

Immanuel Lutheran Church: Willy Street Chamber Players, noon.

Liliana’s, Fitchburg: Hanson Family Jazz Band, 6:30 pm.

Louisianne’s, Middleton: Johnny Chimes, New Orleans piano, free, 6:30 pm Fridays-Saturdays.

Lucky’s Bar & Grille, Waunakee: Blue Zone, free, 7 pm.

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: Willy Street Chamber Players, video art by Helen Hawley, 8:30 pm.

Majestic Theatre: I Prevail, The White Noise, My Enemies & I, 8 pm.

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UW Memorial Union-Terrace: Johannes Wallmann Quintet, jazz, free, 5 pm; Conundrum, free, 9 pm.

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Wisconsin Brewing Company, Verona: David Hecht & the Who Dat, free, 6 pm.

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Wendy Schneider’s thrilling documentary covers the rise of the studio that recorded such ’90s classics as Nirvana’s Nevermind and features more than 100 music cuts — all of which need to be licensed and paid for. This fundraiser is the last chance for the Madison audience to see the director’s cut, and the first chance to put in a bid for a special vinyl pressing of a companion album. Local hero Butch Vig is Skyping in, and rockers will get a chance to remember the glory days.

Allen Centennial Gardens: Doug Brown Group, 4 pm.

Essen Haus: Meet the Beetles, free, 4 pm.

The Frequency: Lucid Empathy, Among the Essence, 8:30 pm.

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Hangar Dance: Annual event with Ladies Must Swing, 6-10:30 pm, 7/23, Wisconsin Aviation. $20 benefits Badger Honor Flight. 698-8944.

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Blair Braverman currently resides in northern Wisconsin and works a long-distance dogsled team called Mountain Dogs Racing. Before moving here, Braverman left California for Norway to learn to drive sled dogs and worked in Alaska as a tour guide.

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FOOD CARTS Saturday & Sunday Flying Cow Wood Fired Pizzas + Moravian Ladies Pies + S’mores with Friends of the Library + the Cambridge Fire Department Pig Roast: Sunday 11–2 FIRE FEST DINNER by UNDERGROUND CATERING Tickets at midwestfirefest.com

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High Noon: Clyde Stubblefield All-Star Band, 6 pm.

Julep: No Name String Band, free, 6 pm.

Overture Center-Overture Hall: Brit Floyd, 8 pm.

Warner Park: Cajun Strangers, free, 6 pm.

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Crystal Corner Bar: Thistle & Thorns, Madison Action for Mining Alternatives benefit, 8 pm.

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David Liebe Hart Monday, July 25, The Frequency, 8 pm If you’re familiar with the alternative comedy program Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job!, you’re probably aware of David Liebe Hart and his tendency for bizarre puppetry and outsider music.

What people may not be aware of is just how long Liebe Hart has been active in the Hollywood scene — appearances on The Gong Show in the 1970s and a subsequently reported alien abduction set off his unconventional career. Expect an “onslaught” of original music and a veritable cornucopia of puppetry. With Beefus, Wood Chickens, Ion, Anthony Siraguse.

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Miike Snow Tuesday, July 26, Majestic Theatre, 8 pm No, Miike Snow is not a man’s name.

Formed by Swedish musicians Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg and American songwriter Andrew Wyatt, Miike Snow began as an experiment rather than a band. The question: Is it possible to create left-leaning pop music that combines clear, sparse songwriting and hook-laden, muscular mainstream production? The answer: Yes, and it’s an electric combination.

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Natt Spil: DJ Evan Woodward, free, 10 pm.

Capital Brewery: Dan Law & the Mannish Boys, 6 pm.

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

Capitol Square: Primitive Culture, free, noon.

High Noon Saloon: Cowboy Winter, Chuck Lorenzo, 6 pm; Gomeroke, free, 9 pm Tuesdays (through 7/26).

Hilldale Shopping Center: Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Quartet, free (west plaza), 5 pm.

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Bad Bad Hats Thursday, July 28, East Side Club, 6-9 pm

Bad Bad Hats is a Minneapolis-based rock trio that released its catchy, cutting debut full-length, Psychic Reader, last July. In addition to receiving praise from outlets like NPR and Pitchfork, the group was named Minnesotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best new band by alt-weekly City Pages and performed at a Minnesota Twins game in June.

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Bowl-A-Vard Lanes: Grey Matter Mechanics, 6 pm.

Capitol Square: Concerts on the Square, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eastern Elements,â&#x20AC;? Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra with guest Chitravina Ravikiran, free, 7 pm.

Beloved R&B and soul singer Diana Ross has one of the most impressive musical rĂŠsumĂŠs of all time: She nabbed 12 No. 1 singles as lead singer of the Supremes; she was a recipient at the 2007 Kennedy Center Honors and earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012; and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sold more than 100 million albums worldwide.

Opening is Rhonda Ross, daughter of Diana Ross and Motown founder Berry Gordy.

Barrymore Theatre: Motion City Soundtrack, A Great Big Pile of Leaves, Rozwell Kid, 8 pm. See page 30.

Central Park: Central Park Sessions: Literacy Network (and other nonprofits) fundraiser, Beth Kille Band 5 pm, Nikki Hill 6:30 pm, Marcia Ball 8:30 pm.

Dean House: KG & the Ranger, free/donations, 7 pm.

Edgewater Hotel: Jessica Martindale, free, 6 pm.

The Frequency: The Red Plastic Buddha, Killer Moon, The Ferns, 9 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Pine Travelers, 6 pm; Ghost Socket, Sky Urchin, Instead We Smile, I Am Dragon, 9 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJ Dub Borski, 9 pm.

Lisa Link Peace Park: The Begowatts, free, 5 pm.

Come Back In: Field & James, free, 5 pm.

Mickeyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tavern: Come Holy Spirit, Minotaurs, 10 pm.

DreamBank: Ryan McGrath Band, free, 5:30 pm.

Mr. Robertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: Compact Deluxe, free, 10 pm.

Harmony Bar: Bonobo Secret Handshake, Workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rights Center benefit, 5:30 pm.

UW Memorial Union-Terrace: Ida Jo, free, 5 pm; The Mascot Theory, Future Stuff, free, 9 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Castle, Brimstone Coven, Tubal Cain, 8 pm.

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Ivory Room: Jim Ripp, piano, free, 7:30 pm.

Malt House: Jim Schwall, free, 7:30 pm.

Isthmus On Tap Next: Free public tasting of home brew & Wisconsin Brewing Company samples, 5-7 pm, 7/28, Lucille. RSVP: isthmus.com/ontapnext. 251-5627.

{P R E S E N T S Adult Swim: Summer Road Trip Friday, July 22, 6 –10 p.m. Ages 21+ Celebrate summer escapes and the call of the open road!

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Another lap Simply Swimming expands with new space in Middleton suits ($100-$500) that require assistance taking on and off. She also now has a dedicated meeting room for her work with area swim teams. The store works with over 40 teams (nine out of 13 All-City teams, eight Tri-County teams, multiple teams from smaller leagues, and several USA Swimming Teams like Sun Prairie Aquatics Club and Badger Aquatics Club). Simply Swimming also provides team suits, logo T-shirts/sweatshirts and gear to area high schools Verona, Memorial, Madison West, Edgewood and, starting in fall, Middleton High School.

This community of swimmers keeps Mather going each day. Her goal is not to be the biggest swim store in the Midwest but, rather, the biggest service provider.

This includes the proper fitting of equipment. Goggles, for instance, can be hard to fit to face shape, and they come in diffrent styles, depending on what kind of swimming is being done. Suits, too, come in a variety of styles, materials and fits.

BY CANDICE WAGENER

CANDICE WAGENER

The store now carries more casual items, like learn-to-swim suits, swim diapers, floaties and more.

After 13 years, Susie Mather has returned home.

In May, she moved her store Simply Swimming from its 2,000-square-foot location on Mineral Point Road to the much larger 5,300-square-foot space at 6649 University Ave. in Middleton.

Her parents, Pat and Bob Fass, bought the building in the mid-1970s and operated a bike shop there until it moved next door a decade later. The space was then rented to Middleton Sport and Fitness, whose owners were ready to retire last fall.

“As a little girl I remember thinking, ‘This is the biggest space in the world,’” says Mather. She recalls her entire family painting and scrubbing the space from top to bottom before the bike shop opened in 1976.

Now in her new larger digs, Mather carries more specialty swim items, has larger dressing rooms to accommodate people with disabilities, and offers an entire room dedicated solely to high-performance compression

Mather hopes to add more swim teams but also to reach non-team customers, including fitness swimmers, water exercisers, health club athletes and triathletes.

She already carries suits for casual swimmers and vacationers.

The bigger space gives Mather room to add more fashion swimwear to the mix. For offseason vacationers, Simply Swimming will always have suits available, any time of year.

Just last summer, Mather, disabled by serious back and hip pain, was thinking about throwing in the towel and closing her business permanently after the fall season. That is, until the Middleton storefront became available again in October and Mather took an earnest look at her options. After hip replacement surgery in January, Mather was back to work in nine days and expanding her business less than four months later.

“Any type or level of swimming, we can handle it,” says Mather. ■

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28 Part of one of the Ten Commandments 35 He followed Peyton as Super Bowl MVP 36 Boutros BoutrosGhali’s birthplace 37 “TMZ” subject

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25 “Chop-chop!”

27 Available without a prescription, for short 28 Achilles’ vulnerable spot 29 With more “years young” 30 Well out of medal contention 31 Distiller ___ Walker 32 Northern California town that once had a palindromic bakery 33 “___ Out” (musical based on Billy Joel songs) 34 “Chicago” actress Zellweger 38 Growing planes?

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47 AKA, before a company name 50 “___ doin’?” (Joey Tribbiani greeting) 51 Got the highest score, in golf 54 Leave out 55 Jacob’s Creek product 57 Fast money sources 58 “The New Yorker” cartoonist Addams, for short 59 “In memoriam” bio 61 Burlap material 62 Administered by spoon 63 Catch sight of 65 What Elmo calls Dagwood in “Blondie” 66 “Wooly Bully” opening number?

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A tale of two Peters

BY DAN SAVAGE

I’m sorry if my English is wrong. I’m writing from Germany, where I am being heartbroken and not knowing how to go on. I’ve been seeing a guy for a couple of months and slowly falling in love with him. “Peter” has always been very open to me about himself, his failed relationships and his commitment issues. He talks frequently about his ex-boyfriend from five years ago and how being left created a deep fear of being left once again. He also had a relationship that ended a year ago.

Yesterday he told me he’s still in love with the guy from one year ago but that his love is unrequited. He also told me that he values what we have but he can’t stop loving this other guy. And he can’t promise me that this will change. I am in love and heartbroken at the same time, hopeful and fearful, and unable to get up for the last couple of days. Deep down, I fear I will get hurt. I already am hurt. I’m falling for someone who’s not able to love me back, who’s stuck in the past, but who wishes to change that in order to let me into his life.

Should I stay and wait for Peter to get better even if it hurts to know he’s in love with someone other than me? Or should I leave him as so many others have and hurt him?

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Peter could be lying to you.

That’s probably not what you wanted or expected to hear, HELPME, and you’ll find some more hopeful/less cynical advice further down, I promise. But when a guy with “commitment issues” tells you he’s struggling with the emotional fallout of a relationship that ended five years ago and still hopelessly in love with someone he hasn’t seen for a year... you have to entertain the possibility that he could be lying to you.

You always have to entertain that possibility — with new loves, old loves, blue loves.

When someone tells us they have “commitment issues,” we’re primed to hear this: “This boy is incapable of committing until healed (by a therapist, by a new love, by the passage of time).” But sometimes what they mean is this: “I have no interest in committing — not to you, not to anyone, not now, not ever.” But instead of owning up to that (because people who want to remain single are viewed as damaged?) or telling you he’s not seeking anything serious (because you might leave him, and he’s not done with your ass?), Peter invents/inflates a pair of past loves that render him incapable of loving you the way you deserve to be loved and blah blah blah and off the hook. Not a child-man who won’t commit, but a victim who would commit if he could commit but—sob!—he can’t commit.

JOE NEWTON

But, hey, maybe he’s telling you the truth.

Maybe he’s in love with Mr. One Year Ago. So tell him he can love you and love the other guy at the same time. Established gay throuples, stable straight poly quads, bi men with GFs and BFs, married lesbians who U-Hauled an adorable baby dyke — there are examples everywhere you look these days of people in love with more than one romantic partner. I don’t see why a person can’t be in love with someone and still in love with an ex — think of it as a sort of semi-posthumous/semi-poly relationship. You’ll be pioneers.

Give Peter permission to love his ex (pathetically and abstractly) while loving you too (intimately and tactilely), HELPME, and you might be able to love a commitment out of him.

I’m a gay male in my late 20s. My little sister’s husband, “Peter,” is my age and bisexual. I’m not one of those gay men who think bi guys don’t exist. And I know bi guys are just as capable of being monogamous as other guys — which isn’t that comforting when you think about it — and I don’t have a problem with my bi brother-in-law being bi. More importantly, my sister doesn’t have a problem with it. But whenever I’m alone with Peter, however briefly, he starts telling me how much he misses dick. He wants to hear about the last “really great dick” I sucked and tells me he misses sucking dick. I smile and say dick is great for sure and make a halfhearted attempt to change the subject. The last time it happened was after my grandfather’s funeral. I’m pretty sure Peter wants to suck my dick, and I’m tempted to let him. I know it’s a bad idea, but Peter is hot. This is torture. What should I do?

Boy Is Lost Stop smiling, work harder to change the subject, avoid being alone in a room with Peter, and repeat after me: “My sister might be able to forgive her husband for sucking a dick, but she’ll never forgive him — or me — if that dick is mine.” ■ Email Dan at mail@savagelove.net or reach him on Twitter at @fakedansavage.

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