Isthmus: Sept 15-21, 2016

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VOL. 41 NO. 37

FAIR PLAY

LAUREN JUSTICE

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MADISON, WISCONSIN

A new center promises high-quality child care for all

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Laboratory of Oligarchy

Tuesday, September 20 at 7pm Discovery Building Town Center 330 North Orchard Street

Lewis Friedland Professor of Journalism

Part of a monthly series on thoughtprovoking public issues. Visit: discovery.wisc.edu/crossroads

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■ CONTENTS

■ WHAT TO DO

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MAD CITY REDUX

Designer of iconic T-shirt returns to his roots.

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KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE

Residents fear new development might shade out solar panels on some homes.

10 TECH LAUREN JUSTICE

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MAGGIE GINSBERG

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COVER STORY IT’S ONE THING to tell. And another to show. Maggie Ginsberg draws an intimate and detailed portrait of an experimental child care center in Madison in part because she was able to observe operations up close — she literally went along for the ride as children were transported from home to school. The daily rituals performed during the bus ride are key to making sure these kids, whose tuition and transportation are subsidized, feel safe as they transition from home to school.

COVER STORY PHOTOGRAPHING CHILDREN, who are trained to stop what they’re doing and smile at the camera, is tough enough.

Put kids on a bus that is constantly moving and going over bumps, and you have your work cut out for you.

Lauren Justice nevertheless managed to capture candid shots for our cover story that perfectly illustrate the caring and intentional environment the folks at the Playing Field are trying to create at their new child care center.

HOUSE HUNTERS

Madison startup Abodo expands its market reach and snags more investments.

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PROTECT WHO?

State government has lost sight of its role.

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QUALITY FOR ALL

Children who can pay — and those who can’t — learn together at new child care center.

22-26 FOOD & DRINK

AMERICAN PIE

Sugar River Pizza scores with local focus, inventive varieties.

28 SPORTS

X-COUNTRY ON BIKES

World comes to Waterloo for Trek CXC Cup.

21, 30 MUSIC

DYNAMIC DUO

Lou and Peter Berryman release a monster songbook.

32 ART

The Bubble Caddy cometh!

Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 17-18, 800-1000 blocks of Williamson Street We say goodbye to another summer of festival fun with the annual blast of music and “Keep Madison Weird”-ness that is the Willy Street Fair. Saturday entertainment is 2-9 pm, featuring a satellite stage from Madison World Music Festival, acoustic performers and DJs. Sunday kicks off with the parade at 11 am, followed by music and entertainment of all kinds (and for all ages) until 7 pm.

WARTIME MEMORIES

This is what democracy looks like

An Overture exhibit reunites former Army photographers.

34 BOOKS

Saturday, Sept. 17, Breese Stevens Field, 9 am-6 pm

TMI?

Lithium Jesus is truly a tell-all.

36-37 SCREENS

GOP BULLIES NATHAN J. COMP

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SNAPSHOT WHEN NATHAN COMP was a kid in Madison, he says it seemed like everyone had a “Mad City” T-shirt. “They were kind of taboo because of the nudity and weed smoking, which now seems banal and everyday,” he says. Comp catches up with James McKiernan, who created the iconic shirt in 1974.

Starving the Beast is a dispiriting doc about gutting higher ed.

52 EMPHASIS

BOOMBOX ANYBODY?

Rewind Decor has something for everyone.

IN EVERY ISSUE 7 MADISON MATRIX 7 WEEK IN REVIEW 12 THIS MODERN WORLD 13 FEEDBACK 13 OFF THE SQUARE

38 ISTHMUS PICKS 53 CLASSIFIEDS 54 P.S. MUELLER 54 CROSSWORD 55 SAVAGE LOVE

PUBLISHER Jeff Haupt ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Craig Bartlett BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Mark Tauscher EDITOR Judith Davidoff NEWS EDITOR Joe Tarr ASSOCIATE EDITOR Michana Buchman FEATURES EDITOR Linda Falkenstein ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Catherine Capellaro STAFF WRITERS Dylan Brogan, Allison Geyer CALENDAR EDITOR Bob Koch ART DIRECTOR Carolyn Fath STAFF ARTISTS Todd Hubler, David Michael Miller, Tommy Washbush CONTRIBUTORS John W. Barker, Kenneth Burns, Dave Cieslewicz, Nathan J. Comp, Aaron R. Conklin,

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A co-op of one’s own?

Tuesday, Sept. 20, A Room of One’s Own, 7:30 pm

In January the owners of A Room of One’s Own announced plans to sell the iconic downtown bookstore. One possible future could be a cooperative model, and potential participants are invited to a talk on how an existing business can make the transition, by UW Center for Cooperatives development specialist Courtney Berner.

Forward ho!

Wednesday, Sept. 21, Memorial High School, 7 pm

West-side neighborhood group Team Gold and Wisconsin Center for Advanced Postsecondary Education are hosting “Moving Wisconsin Forward: Reinvesting in the University System,” a forum featuring UW System President Ray Cross, former state Sen. Dale Schultz, state Rep Diane Hesselbein and other speakers. Short presentations will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Wheeler Report president Gwyn Guenther.

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Ruth Conniff, Michael Cummins, Marc Eisen, Erik Gunn, Mike Ivey, Bob Jacobson, Seth Jovaag, Stu Levitan, Bill Lueders, Liz Merfeld, Andy Moore, Bruce Murphy, Kyle Nabilcy, Kate Newton, Jenny Peek, Michael Popke, Steven Potter, Adam Powell, Katie Reiser, Jay Rath, Gwendolyn Rice, Dean Robbins, Robin Shepard, Sandy Tabachnick, Denise Thornton, Candice Wagener, Tom Whitcomb, Rosemary Zurlo-Cuva ADVERTISING PRODUCTION MANAGER Todd Hubler ADVERTISING MANAGER Chad Hopper ADVERTISING ASSISTANT Laura Miller ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Lindsey Bushart, Peggy Elath, Lauren Isely WEB ANALYST Jeri Casper CIRCULATION MANAGER Tim Henrekin MARKETING DIRECTOR Chris Winterhack EVENT DIRECTORS Kathleen Andreoni, Courtney Lovas ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR Kathy A. Bailey OFFICE MANAGER Julie Butler SYSTEMS MANAGER Thom Jones ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Carla Dawkins

It’s been a dispiriting year for progressives, but Fighting Bob Fest, the annual celebration of people power, is just the infusion of energy needed to keep democracy alive and kicking. The list of luminaries includes Tammy Baldwin, Russ Feingold, Mark Pocan, Rep. Keith Ellison, comedian John Fugelsang, raconteur Jim Hightower, plus Madison journalists Ruth Conniff and John Nichols. Bring your sense of hope.

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The spirit of Mad City

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BY NATHAN J. COMP n PHOTO BY CHRIS COLLINS

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The year was 1974, the city, Madison.

A young progressive named Paul Soglin was finishing his first year as mayor. David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs Tour played the Dane County Coliseum. A laughingstock of college football — the Wisconsin Badgers — stunned the nation with a last-minute upset over the No. 4-ranked Cornhuskers.

And an aspiring graphic design student created a T-shirt that, 42 years later, still evinces the spirit of the “Mad City.”

“It was the first T-shirt I’d ever done,” recalls 66-year-old UW-Madison alum James McKiernan. “I got $100 for that piece of artwork, and it was like the best money I’d ever seen as an artist.”

McKiernan, who is now retired after 40 years in graphic design and illustration, has turned to producing and selling his iconic and once ubiquitous T-shirt. He brought his post-retirement hustle to Orton Park Fest in August, where he sold dozens of the shirts.

A sign informs customers that McKiernan is the one who designed the shirt, whose beauty is in its subversive, comic simplicity.

Using pen and ink, McKiernan hand drew Mad City’s stylized art deco font, with Lady

Wisconsin standing nude in the space between the words Mad City.

Asked why he removed Lady Wisconsin’s Greek garb and passed her a joint, McKiernan blushes a bit. “I did because...I did it because I was that kid.”

Inspiration for the shirt came from a local radio DJ who coined the nickname Mad City.

Being the early days of T-shirt culture, McKiernan’s friend suggested printing the phrase on one. Once finished with the illustration, they printed 300 shirts, each one McKiernan numbered by hand and sold.

Martin’s Clothing Store and Tailor Shop offered to buy McKiernan’s design. That same year, Martin’s launched Madison Top Company to manufacture the shirts for retail. In addition to doing so, the company trademarked the phrase Mad City for use on apparel.

“They’ve been continuously printing this T-shirt since,” he says.

After college, McKiernan moved California to continue his art education, ultimately settling in Long Beach, where he established a design shop, Studio M, which specialized in corporate and entertainment design for companies such as Disney and Universal Studios. Despite Stu-

UPCOMING T-SHIRTS: Designer for Madison Top Company’s upcoming line featuring Madison landmarks.

dio M’s success, McKiernan time the festival ended he became increasingly down will have sold 50 to 60 tees. about having sold the rights His Artisan Street Vendor to his Mad City design. Since permit means he can set up 1974, thousands, if not tens shop on the Capitol Square, FORMER BANDMEMBER OF: of thousands, of the T-shirts State Street and around Underculture, The Sills have sold.

Camp Randall, where he ORDER MAD CITY TEES ONLINE: “Every time I came back expects the red tees will sell madcityapparel.com to Madison I saw people well on Badger Saturdays. wearing the shirts, and it After expenses, he pockSELLING T-SHIRTS ONLINE: kind of annoyed me,” he ets about $10 per shirt. “...is a hassle. I’ll give you a says. “It’s a matter of ego; Looking back on his caprice break in person.”

I’ll admit that. I want to be reer, McKiernan considers associated with this thing.” himself “very lucky.”

McKiernan moved back to Madison about a “This is one of the first things I ever did,” decade ago. The tees he sold at Orton Park last he says of his Mad City design. “Then I went month were an updated version of the original. out and worked and did the same kind of “With my extra 30 years of experience, I tidied thing my whole career. Now I’ve come full some things up that had been nagging me and circle back to this.” started printing them myself,” he says.

An older gentleman arrives to scan the McKiernan pays Madison Top Company merchandise. With a shirt hanging from his $1.50 for each T-shirt he sells, money that goes forefinger and thumb like clothespins, he to support the screen-printing shop at Madi- glances at McKiernan. son College, where McKiernan briefly taught “So you’re the guy?” a screen-printing course before retiring.

McKiernan leans back in his lawn chair, Sales were steady on a drizzly Saturday af- grinning slightly. ternoon at the Orton Fest. He expected by the “I’m the guy.” n

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Sunblock What happens when new development shades existing solar power installments?

BY MIKE IVEY

The couple went all solar in 2007 and reduced their monthly Madison Gas and Electric bill to $0 (not counting the $19 fixed connection fee) as one of some 430 MGE residential or small commercial customers with solar generators. But they’re still years away from recouping their initial $15,000 investment.

“This is a great time to install solar because of all the incentives out there, but people aren’t going to do it if it doesn’t pay off,” says Winkle, a UW software engineer and small business owner.

If the Jade Garden proposal goes forward as proposed, Winkle maintains it will cut into the amount of electricity he can generate by at least 3 percent. He admits that might not seem like much but makes the comparison to a 3 percent drop in any kind of investment, like a 401(k) or savings account.

“The margins are so tight on residential solar as it is,” he says. “We’re not against the development, and I think everyone wants to see a new building there, just not something that is going to loom over the neighborhood.”

Legally, Winkle’s argument is a tough nut. State statutes do allow for solar customers to collect money if a new building blocks their sunlight, but they put the onus on homeowners to pursue their case in court.

And Madison ordinances do not specifically allow for consideration of solar installations when assessing development proposals — unlike Boulder, Colorado, which since 1982 has prohibited new buildings that would block sunlight.

Still, Natalie Erdman, director of the city Planning, Community and Economic Development department, says that even with the surge in urban development in Madison there are only a handful of cases where new buildings would adversely affect residential

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So who has a right to Madison’s precious sunshine?

It’s a key question over a proposed apartment project on South Park Street that would cast shadows on existing or future rooftop solar installations in the adjacent Bay Creek Neighborhood.

Madisonians are notorious for opposing development based on things like traffic, parking or whether new buildings fit with the “character of the neighborhood.”

But the solar energy issue is proving tricky in a city that is subsidizing residential solar projects at the same time it’s encouraging — and in most cases allowing — real estate developers to erect bigger buildings next to single-family homes.

“I’d like to think we can have both; more solar and higher-density development,” says Jeanne Hoffman, Madison’s facilities and sustainability manager.

In the Park Street case, the owner of the Jade Garden is looking to demolish the worn one-story restaurant building and construct a five-story, 39-unit apartment with 10,000 square feet of first-floor commercial space.

The $7 million proposal includes a new Chinese restaurant along with 52 parking spaces for tenants and patrons.

While the development potentially conforms to the new city zoning code that generally allows taller buildings on major thoroughfares, it runs counter to guidelines approved by the Bay Creek Neighborhood Association, which is calling for a maximum of three stories. Any final decision rests with the city Plan Commission.

At five stories, the Jade Garden development would definitely cast longer shadows — especially on winter afternoons — on the solar installation on the back roof of Jim Winkle and Bonnie Schmidt’s modest two-story home on Emerson Street, three doors down from the development site.

Jim Winkle and Bonnie Schmidt fear a proposed apartment will cast too much shade on the solar panels they installed on their house at a cost of $15,000.

solar projects. “In part, that’s because our planners have encouraged development that steps down as it approaches a single-family neighborhood,” she says.

For example, the new Ideal Apartments on Drake Street are five stories along Park Street but scale down to two stories as the development extends back into the neighborhood.

Erdman says the city remains strongly supportive of solar energy and encourages developers to look for creative solutions, including possibly moving an existing solar installation from a home to the roof of the new building, where the panals could get more light.

Clean power advocates would certainly like to see some changes, especially considering Madison in 2007 was named one of 25 “Solar America Cities” by the U.S. Department of Energy. While the state’s 2009 renewable energy law signed by former Gov. Jim Doyle did provide some protections for existing solar and wind installations, stronger local regulations are needed, says Michael Vickerman of Renew Wisconsin, which is contracting with the city to run the MadiSUN program. Expanded in June, that effort now provides up to $20,000 in lowinterest loans along with a group buying pool to help lower the cost for homeowners. So far, 350 households signed up to get more info on MadiSUN with 12 signing contracts. The goal is to get 15 by Nov. 1.

“With the development fever going on in Madison, we are only going to see more of these cases come up like in Bay Creek,” says Vickerman.

Nationally, the laws regarding solar energy and new development are vague, says Seth Zuckerman, director of Climate Solutions, a Seattlebased clean energy nonprofit. He says many states do allow owners of existing installations to negotiate an easement to keep their sun access from being blocked.

“But in practice it doesn’t always work out that way,” he says.

Alan Fish, who is representing Jade Garden owner Sue Juiang, isn’t convinced the Bay Creek

neighbors have much of an argument when it comes to sunlight. He notes that the computer studies show just a small increase in shading from the development. “To be honest, the trees in the backyards block more sun than our building would,” he argues.

Fish maintains a five-story building is needed to provide the number of apartment units necessary for the project to make financial sense. The development site is narrow, he notes, making it difficult to reduce the height and maintain the density.

But any loss of sunlight would discourage Bay Creek resident Steve Keidl from moving forward on a planned solar installation. He’s already invested some $6,000 in a special electrical system and roof reinforcements while renovating an older home on Emerson Street.

Keidl also installed $12,000 worth of passive solar windows on the south facing-side of the house and is convinced the new building will make it hard to recoup those costs.

“It’s hard to estimate how much [the development] would extend the payback period, since my house will be in total darkness after noon in the winter months,” he says.

The wooden-fronted building at the corner of South Park and Emerson streets has housed Jade Garden since 2000 but dates to the 1930s, when it was Bee’s Tavern. Madison restaurateurs Jimmy and Tony Schiavo operated Bee’s from 1969 to 1985 when it became Antonio’s Restaurant.

The redevelopment plan includes the restaurant and three adjacent parcels all the way south to the gas station at the corner of Park and Olin Avenue. Developers are continuing to work with neighbors on the project, and Ald. Sara Eskrich, who represents the area, says a Sept. 8 meeting provided some good give and take.

“I’m encouraged,” says Eskrich, who has not yet taken an official position on the project. n

■ MADISON MATRIX BIG CITY

UW-Madison alum Mark Crosby alerts the Wisconsin State Journal to a sizzling hot sports scandal: Some of the letters in the Camp Randall Stadium end zone were accidentally painted upside-down.

The great thing about flying direct to Orlando from Madison during the winter is?

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel files a notice of appeal in the case of Brendan Dassey, whose murder conviction was overturned last month. Schimel disagrees that Dassey’s conviction was coerced.

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Wisconsin Badgers basketball star Bronson Koenig, a member of the Ho-Chunk nation, is traveling to North Dakota to protest the construction of an oil pipeline on sacred tribal land.

Gov. Scott Walker, aka your thrifty dad, proposes a sales tax holiday for the first weekend of August next year.

Seeing the plane’s reflection off the frozen surface of Lake Mendota Looking at your dry, cracked skin and envisioning what it’ll look like wet and sunburnt Everything

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n WEEK IN REVIEW THURSDAY, SEPT. 8

TUESDAY, SEPT. 13

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14

n It’s official: Dane

n Card skimmers —

n Two out of every five house-

County supervisors vote 33-2 to approve a “living wage” ordinance overhaul, which will gradually increase compensation for government employees and contractors to $15 per hour.

SATURDAY, SEPT . 10 n Less than a week into

holds in Dane County are unable to afford basic needs like food, housing, child care, health care and transportation, according to a report from the United Way of Wisconsin. n Thought you’d heard the end of the John Doe scandal?

Think again. British newspaper The Guardian publishes 1,500 pages of leaked documents from the now-closed investigation detailing how Gov. Scott Walker solicited millions of dollars in donations from corporations, including the lead paint industry, during the 2011 and 2012 recall efforts.

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the fall semester, the UW-Madison campus has already had its first case of hateful graffiti.

Three swastikas, drawn on three different white boards on dorm rooms in Sellery Hall, are reported to university officials. A university spokesperson says the perpetrators were not UW students, but friends visiting from another college.

devices that criminals attach to card swipe machines to steal banking information — have been found on five gas pumps at locations throughout Madison, the Wisconsin Department of Trade, Agriculture and Consumer Protection reports. In total, 15 skimmers were found in Wisconsin over five weeks. n The race between U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson and challenger Russ Feingold is turning into a real mudslinger, with each candidate accusing the other of ethics violations. But will anything stick?

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Cohousing out of Union Corners project

BY ALLISON GEYER

After more than two years of planning and negotiation, Union Corners developer Gorman & Co. has split with a group seeking to bring a cohousing community to the city’s east side. Instead, the developer is proposing a 50-unit senior housing complex aimed at “grandfamilies,” or grandparents raising their grandchildren.

Ted Matkom, Gorman’s Wisconsin market president, spoke highly of the cohousing group and their mission, but he says the project “didn’t fit within [Gorman’s] timeframe for the option period of the land.” The cohousing project is essentially a condominium development, he explains, and if the units failed to sell, Gorman would be unable to attempt another project on that land.

“We just kind of ran out of time,” Matkom says.

The group formerly known as Union Corners Cohousing has since rebranded as CohoMadison and is in the process of securing a new site for the community somewhere on the city’s east side, project manager Greg Rosenberg says. The group is planning to announce its new location this Sunday at the Willy Street Fair.

The Union Corners grandfamily housing development appears to be the first of its kind in Madison, but Matkom says there’s considerable demand for this kind of living arrangement, both locally and throughout the state. Gorman built its first grandfamily development in Milwaukee in 2010: Villard Square, a 47-unit complex with supportive services. The development has been well received, Matkom says.

“There is a lot of need in that community for camaraderie,” he continues. “What we’ve created in Milwaukee is a bunch of grandfamilies that have literally never moved since it was built in 2010.”

In Wisconsin, there are more than 25,000 documented grandfamilies, and within the Wisconsin foster system, 34 percent of children are being raised by relatives or grandparents. In Madison, 680 children under the age of 18 live in a home where the grandparents are the household heads, according to 2010 census data. Of these, 553 children live in homes where the grandparents are responsible for them.

“We’re doing a market study research to formalize [our proposal], but we’ve talked to several grandfamily-type network support groups,” Matkom says. “They’ve actually contacted us to say, ‘Please think of this type of housing.’”

Grandparents raising grandchildren are generally a bit younger than the typical senior housing demographic, so the Union Corners development is aimed at individuals 55 and older, many of whom are still working. And instead of offering traditional assisted-living services, the facility will focus more on intergenerational programming and support. Gorman has tapped Lutheran Social Services to provide wraparound services for both children and older adults. Examples include financial literacy, job training and caregiver trainings.

Matkom says the Union Corners area is an ideal location for grandfamilies, citing the close proximity of the UW Health clinic, child care opportunities at the future Red Caboose location and planned retail.

CAROLYN FATH

Senior housing aimed at “grandfamilies” proposed

A UW Health clinic (pictured) is expected to open next month at Union Corners.

Developer Gorman & Co. is also working on housing, retail and a grocer for the site.

An organic grocery store, Fresh Thyme Market, was initially slated for the site, but Matkom says negotiations fell through — “they couldn’t make the numbers work.” Matkom is in discussion with a few other grocers who are interested in the site. He can’t divulge which ones yet, but he’s confident the neighborhood will approve.

“I guarantee the [grocery stores] we’re talking to, people will like,” he says.

Matkom also praised the neighborhood advocates who have helped shape the vision for the Union Corners development.

“It’s not always easy being a developer in those neighborhoods, because people care so much,” he says. “But in the end, the project is that much better because of it.” n

Quicksand Koval quiet on cruel jokes scribbled in police station

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BY DYLAN BROGAN

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Chief Mike Koval is staying silent on a “poor attempt at a joke” discovered in the Madison Police Department’s Central Precinct. The city’s top cop has declined multiple requests for comment on a list of ideas for dealing with problems at the top of State State that was on a whiteboard just down the hall from his office.

Unlimited heroin laced with fentanyl, frequent carpet bombing and sprinklers that shoot out pepper spray were among the suggestions included on the “brainstorming” list.

The State Street corner is a frequent hangout for people who are homeless and a nexus of complaints from merchants and others.

Isthmus obtained a photo of the whiteboard via an anonymous source last week; the police department has verified its authenticity.

Mayor Paul Soglin has also declined to comment on the matter.

The list starts with what appears to be serious ideas for dealing with the trouble spot: installing sidewalk cafes; removing the short wall that runs parallel to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum; adding decorative spikes to planters; putting in sculptures not conducive to sitting.

From there, the suggestions devolve into cruel humor: planting poison oak, poison sumac, wild parsnip and thorny bushes; bringing in Burmese tiger pits, quicksand, turkey buzzards and swarming bees; making the site an official crying-baby location or city compost site; and turning the top of State Street into an “organic lava flow.”

Madison police Lt. Brian Austin says the list was started to get input on strategies that could reduce problems in the area. An investigation is underway to determine the officers or employees who added suggestions that were not legitimate. He’s unsure

Suggestions on an MPD whiteboard for dealing with people, some of whom are homeless, who congregate at the top of State Street.

what if any consequences will come of the internal review.

“We are talking to officers, and [the investigation] is progressing,” says Austin, who hopes to have the probe wrapped up in a week or two.

Former Madison police chief David Couper says if this had happened under his watch his reaction would have been, “Ouch. We’ve got to make sure this never happens again.”

“A police department has to realize that anything that doesn’t build trust and support

within the community has to be addressed,” Couper adds. “We can’t just blow this off and say, ‘Oh aren’t we funny boys and girls.’ It just isn’t sufficient anymore.”

Austin doesn’t excuse the comments, but says humor is how some people deal with stress.

“There are times, places and manners of expressions where humor is acceptable. And then there are incidents where it’s not,” says Austin. “This is clearly a situation where we can’t have a breach in our decorum. I think everyone understands that.” n

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Swinging for the fences Apartment search platform Abodo expands national market

BY ALLISON GEYER

Like so many tech startups, Madison-based apartment search platform Abodo was conceived with hope that its technology could help solve a vexing problem — one its founders experienced personally.

CEO and co-founder Alec Slocum, a 2010 UW-Madison graduate, now laughs at his “irrational” decision to move to a different rental every year he was at the university — a common practice among students seeking to mix it up with new neighborhoods and roommate configurations.

Back in those days, apartment hunting in Madison was a “grueling, ridiculous process,” Slocum says. There was no central database to view available listings, so renters had to comb through property management websites, seek out rental listing pamphlets, troll Craigslist or walk around neighborhoods trying to spot “For Rent” signs.

“We felt like this [industry] is so, so far behind,” says Slocum, who came up with a solution. “Let’s take this process, which is totally analog, and make it digital.”

Slocum, along with his childhood friends Adam Olien and Chad Aldous, launched in 2012 what would eventually become Abodo — a website called MoveInMadison, which focused on rental properties in the UW-Madison campus and downtown areas. In the first year, about 40 percent of the UW-Madison student body used the website, Slocum says, thanks largely to word-of-mouth.

As the website was gaining traction among renters, property managers started taking notice too, recognizing the platform’s potential to increase their exposure. More companies started paying to include their listings. As business continued to grow, investors grew interested. Slocum’s company went through

Alec Slocum co-founded the apartment search platform Abodo in 2012. It has steadily grown from three people to 29 and recently announced $4.8 million in new investments.

the gener8tor startup accelerator program in spring 2013, and began eyeing expansion into other markets.

“That’s when we really started on this path of going from being a localized, small business to wanting to take a larger swing at this industry,” Slocum says. “The question

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for us was, ‘Does the same problem exist in other cities?’”

Turns out it does. The platform expanded to four cities in 2013: Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis and Columbus, Ohio.

Like Madison, these cities are all home to large universities as well as young renters preferring to live downtown.

“Not to compare us to Facebook, but it’s the same approach,” Slocum says. “Find the university, get a lot of traction, and allow the platform to extend itself out from there.”

Abodo has now expanded into 35 cities across the country and has more than

500,000 individual renters using the platform every single month. Its staff has grown from the three founders to 29 people working in the company’s West Main Street headquarters. And the growth seems poised to continue. Abodo recently announced the completion of its Series A financing, which brought in $4.8 million from 4490 Ventures, American Family Ventures and Flyover Capital.

“Our plan is to expand into at least 60 cities by the end of 2017, and we expect our staff to double,” Slocum says.

With that expansion, Abodo has also improved its platform capabilities, adding search functions and innovative features that reflect the needs of today’s renters and property owners. Over the next few months, they’re rolling out a consumer review platform to allow renters to leave feedback about properties and management companies. They’re also introducing a free, semi-automated “concierge service” that allows prospective renters to chat with a local expert about neighborhoods and properties. They’re also exploring fixes for other “pain points,” such as handling digital payment for landlords.

As Abodo continues to expand nationally, it’s rapidly gaining on its competitors — websites with names like Rent.com — most of which have been around for decades and have wadvertising budgets in the tens of millions.

Slocum says Abodo has scaled up to about a quarter of those big companies’ users. And while he believes Abodo could become ubiquitous, his goal remains the same as when he started the company.

“Ultimately, we think in terms of solving problems,” he says. “We think the population that is underserved by existing products is that younger demographic. And that’s the future of rentals.” n

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Failure to protect The state of Wisconsin has forgotten its duty to citizens

BY ALAN TALAGA Alan Talaga co-writes the Off the Square cartoon with Jon Lyons and blogs at isthmus.com/madland.

DAVID MICHAEL MILLER

I can’t blame the Republicans who currently control state government for all of these problems. Well, maybe I can blame them for the DNR; they’ve messed that up pretty badly and by design. The rest are all systematic failures that haven gotten worse over time. None of them happened overnight.

The attacks on the city of Milwaukee have occurred over a generation, under Democratic and Republican administrations. It was the Doyle administration that turned the Veterans Home at King into a profit-generating cash cow.

But I do blame Republicans in power for not doing enough to try to solve these problems or at least make things better. Gov. Walker is already preparing for his 2020 presidential run.

He has pledged $4.5 million for Milwaukee to help with job training. It’s a nice gesture, but not the kind of money he gives to billionaires who want a new stadium.

Going beyond Walker, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) appears to be most

concerned with booking more conservative guest speakers for the UW System. Attorney General Brad Schimel would rather focus on federal lawsuits against the Obama administration than looking into illegal dumping into our lakes and rivers.

These scandals rarely come to light through official state government channels. Some of that is typical of the one-party government where

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BY TOM TOMORROW

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We’ve had some pretty ugly news lately in Wisconsin.

Children have been criminally abused and neglected at the juvenile detention facility Lincoln Hills School. An investigation continues to reveal horror stories — guards pushing kids to fight one another, children attempting suicide.

The quality of care for veterans was gutted at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King.

Veterans who fought for this country have been left in constant, unnecessary pain, denied even the simple pleasure of a coffee shop to socialize in. Excess funds meant to take care of the elderly and disabled instead were redirected to other programs.

The Department of Natural Resources is so lax on enforcement that emission and pollution standards are practically run on the honor system, foolishly endangering the longterm health of two of our state’s most vital economic sectors — agriculture and tourism.

Tension in Milwaukee has reached a boiling point, the culmination of decades of segregation and mass incarceration.

And just this week, The Guardian reported that Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill making it harder to sue lead paint manufacturers around the same time that a lead paint maker donated to a pro-Walker dark money group.

Together, they show a pattern that should embarrass each and every Wisconsinite — the state of Wisconsin is failing to protect its citizens.

It is a breakdown of the most basic components of the social contract. When looking at the health of our state, people can parse job numbers and debate economic statistics. But when state facilities can’t maintain the basic health and welfare of children and elderly war heroes, I can’t feel good about the direction this state is headed in.

Republicans have held virtually all the power since 2011. Democrats and Republicans alike tend to put oversight on the backburner when their party holds a monopoly on power: Digging up dirt on scandals taking place under the current administration’s watch only helps the opposition.

But the Republicans have taken this a step further. They have gutted the Government Accountability Board and replaced it with the toothless Ethics and Elections Commissions, which only makes it easier for state government to keep these embarrassments hidden away.

Democrats have been trying to get an audit of the Veterans Home at King for years, but Republicans blocked it until a recent investigative report by The Capital Times. This example isn’t an outlier. The public learned about most of these scandals through outsiders looking in — the tireless efforts of local media, passionate advocates who refuse to back down, a federal investigation.

These are all spotty avenues for disclosure, allowing abuse and mismanagement to go on for far too long before action is taken.

We need people in state government who are going to look for problems before they become headlines. We need people who will put the maintenance of basic functions of state government above their personal ideological crusades.

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Rules of engagement Maybe Dave Cieslewicz’s article was intended to create some controversy and spark a reaction (“Right to the Road,” 8/25/2016). In me, it has.

As a cyclist, I sometimes experience driver behavior that feels threatening and/or disrespectful. As a driver, I sometimes experience cyclist behavior that feels threatening and/or disrespectful. All roadway users should behave with caution and regard for human life.

While I should expect all users to follow all laws, it’s unreasonable to suggest that I, or any other user, should not take preventative measures to ensure that our lives and the lives of others aren’t negatively affected due to some unforeseen circumstance.

There is a lot cyclists can do to make sure they’re seen. It’s really simple: 1. Always on. Use lights front and rear, day and night. Cars have daytime running lights.

Bikes should too.

2. Biomotion. Highlight your body’s moving parts with fluorescent and reflective fabrics.

People take notice of things in motion. As a cyclist, your feet are almost always moving.

3. Contrast. Using the right gear for the right time can make a huge difference. Fluorescent doesn’t work at night. Reflective doesn’t work in the day.

4. Defensive behavior. Act like people don’t see you. Make eye contact. Communicate your intent. Don’t sporadically change direction without knowing the consequences.

Until the world is perfect, it’s everyone’s responsibility to take some preventative measures to ensure the safety of ourselves and those around us.

Michael Browne Co-founder, Ghost Bikes movement (via email) George Hagenauer (“Feedback,” 9/1/2016) makes some very curious observations and arguments. He seems to think that bicycles should only use roads that are safe and “designed for bicycles,” and concludes that this rules out all but bike trails and city streets.

He claims that rural roads in general are in bad repair, lacking shoulders, and have hills, blind curves, and 55 mph traffic! Many of them do indeed have hills and curves (that’s what makes them fun to ride on!), but otherwise my experience does not match his observations at all.

I commute daily on city streets in Madison, and also ride recreationally on the rural

roads on many weekends. I find the rural roads to be in better condition for the most part, to have shoulders that you can actually use (city streets, even the ones with bike lanes, are often lined with parked cars, forcing bikes out into the main traffic lanes), and to be safer. Rural roads that are narrow, curvy, and hilly (the best ones for recreational cycling, in my opinion) tend to be quiet back roads with lower speed limits and little or no traffic, and the 55 mph roads tend to be major highways which are generally not hilly or curvy — and which usually have good shoulders! I can’t think of a single rural road in Dane County that combines all of his phobias. The few roads that really are unsafe for cyclists are avoided by most cyclists. Surprise, surprise! In general, we do not seek death.

Dennis J. Kosterman Former president, Bombay Bicycle Club of Madison (via email)

The naked truth As an anthropologist who has lived in two Pacific Island societies where women did, and still do in time and place, go topless, I found Steven Potter’s “Au Naturel” (Snapshot, 9/8/2016) puzzling.

The puzzle for me is how women in Madison can achieve gender equality by baring their breasts. If in Madison women’s breasts are sexual triggers for men, how does exposing their breasts make women men’s equals economically, socially and culturally?

The logic of those participating in GoTopless Day seems to be that 1) women’s bodies are shameful and sexual because they have breasts and, thus, women need to cover their breasts, and 2) men can be topless in public because they have no breasts. Biology refutes this thinking: Men and women have breasts.

Women’s breasts are larger because women have more estrogen.

What would have been a paradigm change for me would have been if the women kept their tops on and the men sat in the pubs bare-breasted. The article would have then carried statements from participants and bystanders that the men are baring their breasts to show their lack of complicity with cultural notions that make women hide their breasts because women’s breasts are socially defined as “shameful or sexual.”

Diane Michalski Turner (via email)

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Strapped in for the bus ride to school, John Moore, with teacher Luke Muentner, waves goodbye to his mother.

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Bear from a bag up front — right near the posted Morning

’round, but that’s not the song that’s playing overhead —

Message reminding parents they can handle this, they’re

it’s “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” with a few key words

safe, keep breathing — and hands the well-worn stuffed

changed: Twinkle, twinkle little star, what a wonderful

animals to their families, who give the bears hugs and

child you are. With bright eyes and nice round cheeks. In-

kisses before handing them back, saying their goodbyes

telligent person from head to feet. Driver Mary Petit pushes

and de-boarding. Petit’s been driving a school bus for 19

play on the CD just before pulling into a south-side apart-

years, but she’s never had a route quite like this.

ment complex parking lot, where three sleepy toddlers and

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Over the last year, driver Mary Petit has picked up children living in cars, homeless shelters and hotels.

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“Class” with teacher Muentner starts as soon as 3-year-old Rikyla, and the other children, board the bus for the ride to school.

assistant teacher at the Playing Field. “Let’s make sure your body is safe.” He buckles in both the kids and the bears, and the little yellow school bus is off again, where it will make three more stops across the city before arriving at the Playing Field, a year-old early childcare center on Mineral Point Road with a unique dual mission: to provide high-quality care to a mix of socioeconomically and racially diverse children ages zero to 3 (with 4- and 5-year-olds, starting this fall); and to fully implement Conscious Discipline, a research-based, social-emotional curriculum that emphasizes safety and connection and uses everyday conflict to teach self-regulation.

The kids on this bus are those who can’t afford transportation to school, and they’re on their way to meet those who can; private-pay classmates whose parents are thrilled not only by the high-quality care their kids get at the Playing Field, but who also see value in its mission. The Playing Field was founded by executive director Abbi Kruse just three weeks after the UW School of Human Ecology’s Preschool Laboratory vacated its space (and with it, her job) in the lower level of Bethany United Methodist Church. It began the 2016-17 school year with 29 families: 12 Early Head Start-funded kids, 14 privately funded, and three others whose tuition was cobbled together with a mix of child care subsidies and scholarship funds. A new bathroom is being built so that teachers — called “Brain Builders” here — can help children bathe if they don’t have housing, and a kitchen remodel — helmed by a staff cook creating nutritional meals from an on-site garden — may give some kids their only meals of the day.

One of those private-pay kids waiting at the school for the bus is Patrick, who’s 18 months old; he was one of the Playing Field’s first students. “He likes to give his friends hugs when he leaves,” his dad, Matt, will tell me later. He’s a data analyst, and his wife, Tam, is a grad student (they requested their last name be withheld to protect Patrick’s online identity). “And it’s nice because his friends are white and they’re black,” says Matt a bit sheepishly, because he knows it sounds simple — but it’s not. Racism is personal for Matt, whose Japanese American grandfather was imprisoned in 1940s U.S. internment camps, and to Tam, whose Vietnamese parents immigrated to America just before the Vietnam War made their welcome less than warm. They like that, at the Playing Field, they don’t have to choose between racial or economic diversity and quality programming.

Child care is a big expense for everyone, but communities of color — particularly in Madison, where gaping racial disparities are well documented — are hit particularly hard. As Kruse puts it, “There are centers

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“LUUUUUKE,” CALLS 3-YEAR-OLD Rikyla from her seat, and Muentner appears before she’s finished enunciating his name. He floats from row to row as each child boards, performing an “I Love You” ritual on each Bye-Bye Bear, a little song that covers the Conscious Discipline bases of eye contact, touch, presence and playfulness — looking directly into the bear’s eyes, singing to it and tickling it. If Rikyla gets upset later or misses home, she can snuggle with this bear and remember this moment, or her mom kissing it goodbye.

Two rows up, 2-year-old, blond-headed, bespectacled Ezra is warily eyeing 3-year-old Christopher, who is holding Ezra’s purple truck. “Ezra is being such a good friend letting Christopher use your car, thank you so much!” says Muentner, defusing the situation. “Don’t worry, Ezzy, Christopher is keeping your car safe.”

Like any skilled child care professional, Muentner seems endlessly patient, and every moment is teachable; more subtle, but clearly deliberate, is the constant reframing of language around safety and connection. When Ezra takes his glasses off, instead of simply telling him to put them back on, Muentner reminds Ezra that when he can see, his body is safe. Every song on the Conscious Discipline CD playing overhead retools its lyrics around this same message; the old woman still lives in the shoe with lots of kids, but now she knows exactly what to do: hold them, rock them and tuck them in bed. Humpty Dumpty still has a great fall, but this time the queen’s horses and king’s men have no problem putting him together again.

It’s not like safety is a given for these kids. The six children riding the Early Head Start-funded bus today all have housing but, over the past year since the center’s opening, Petit has collected kids camped out in cars, hotels and homeless shelters.

They’re all sweet kids, but several acted out at first. “I’m sure it was just the shock of what they were going through,” she says.

Homelessness and poverty are stressful, compounding traumas, and, of the 3,500 people experiencing homelessness in Dane County this year, nearly half are children.

When Petit first started picking up 3-yearold Armoni last year from a hotel parking lot, he regularly bit his friends and teachers.

But within weeks, he was as friendly, empathetic and engaged as you can imagine.

“He did a complete turnaround,” says Armoni’s mom, Mary Gray, whose son Anthony also attended the Playing Field. She and her boys experienced homelessness for two months after leaving a domestic violence situation — and nearly all of their belongings — in another state. The three slept in her car, on a park bench and at the Salvation Army

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“There’s a very different thing between reading about it through a spreadsheet and when you’re meeting them in person,” says Matt, whose problems are put in perspective when he’s hanging out with other school parents and learning what they’re going through. He also thinks the “soft skills” his son learns at the Playing Field about basic, empathetic human interaction will serve him just as well as science and math, if not better. “I think it’s important for me to remember that there is this breadth of human experience in Madison that you don’t often necessarily see.”

Matt, like the other private-pay parents at the Playing Field, wants his kid to see it from the start. Children play and parents socialize at the school’s monthly Family Fun Nights, where Kruse, center director Michelle Henner and their staff of 12 full- and part-time teachers share some Conscious Discipline training for parents to practice at home, or the science that supports it. They eat dinner together and talk about how at birth, the brain is 25 percent of its adult size, but by age 2, it’s 85 percent. Or that for optimal brain development, 46 percent of a child’s time should be eye-to-eye, face-toface with an attuned, attached caregiver.

That’s why the Playing Field has lowerthan-required teacher-student ratios and why, on this hour-plus bus ride, “class” is already in session.

Travis Wright, an assistant professor of multicultural education at UW-Madison, says that while access to high-quality child care is often out of reach for families experiencing homelessness or high mobility, it is potentially one of the most important supports for children and their families. He also notes that diverseincome preschool communities, like the one at the Playing Field, have tremendous potential. “Mixing the strengths of children from different types of backgrounds allows them to develop broader perspectives and multiple skill sets,” he says.

Moreoever, education is not just about learning, Wright adds. It is about building society and social networks.

“Spaces that bring people from mixedincome backgrounds together allow families with low incomes access to social networks and opportunities that could give them a leg up or way out and allow families with more privilege to challenge their stereotypes about families navigating poverty.

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before a child care subsidy connected her with the Playing Field so that Mary could find work and, within two months, an apartment. It was a full week before she even had the chance to go inside the school her boys were already gushing about; once there, she couldn’t believe how nice it was, or how frequently the teachers texted cute pictures or called to check in on how she was doing. Most unexpected of all, she’s connecting deeper with her boys through the Conscious Discipline practices her kids insist on doing at home.

“I’m not gonna lie; I never would do parental time, I guess. I was spending lots of time with them but I would never do the itsy bitsy spider or the little tickle thing. I’m not an emotional person,” she says. “I come here to the family fun nights, and it’s a big change for me because I’m learning more things about parenting.”

Child care veteran Abbi Kruse founded the center, which emphasizes safety, connection and conflict management in its curriculum.

PARENTS INCLUDED

THESE CHANGES IN PARENTS (SPEcifically, “social emotional competency changes,” according to its website) are precisely what Conscious Discipline proponents aim for — and it goes for kids and teachers, too. The idea is to infuse a whole school climate with behavioral changes that promote empathy and resiliency, and emphasize problem-solving skills over rewards and punishments.

The Playing Field is the only center in the area pursuing full implementation of Conscious Discipline (a three-year process involving full staff training in Florida, where Dr. Becky Bailey developed it in 1996), but other centers may incorporate parts of it, says Kruse. She’s the only certified Conscious Discipline instructor in Madison (one of only three in Wisconsin) and she’s held trainings for Preschool of the Arts, University Avenue Discovery Center, all UW early

childhood programs, Early Head Start and Head Start sites in Dane and other counties, Madison College and more. The Conscious Discipline website is peppered with peerreviewed academic articles both directly and indirectly related to its practices.

Day to day, the Playing Field classroom might not look much different from any other quality child care center. But it’s as if the staff wears Conscious Discipline glasses through which they view and respond to every normal interaction. When conflict arises — as it does with any group of toddlers, but especially those under stress —

those moments are used to help kids and caregivers respond better.

“It’s not like you get out the lesson and you’re like okay, today we’re gonna learn about blah blah blah,” says Kruse. “You put kids in a classroom with different points of view and different perspectives and different needs, and then you use those moments of conflict or upset to teach new skills, and those skills include compassion and empathy.”

Take this morning, for example. After the bus arrives and the toddlers enter their classroom, they’ll each put a photo of themselves in a box while taking a pledge,

out loud, to be safe. Throughout the day, if somebody isn’t — say they stand up on a table, or hit another child — their classmates or teacher will remind them they “forgot to be safe” and ask if they’d like to go back to the box and promise again. It’s like hitting a do-over button, says Kruse, instead of receiving a consequence that could set a negative tone for the whole day.

“We have kids that I know would have been kicked out of other programs,” says Kruse, and she’s thinking about Armoni, whose teacher texted Kruse a photo of him pouring his own water into another child’s bucket because she had spilled hers. Just yesterday, he’d given his Bye-Bye Bear, unprompted, to a little boy who’d forgotten his. He’s just so sweet and he’s come so far, she says. “This is a kid who, six months ago, couldn’t even be within two feet of anybody without biting them.”

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rolls on, past the “ascushkin” workers building a “lellow” house and — the ride’s most anticipated crescendo — a line of superheroes pasted on the Mallatt’s Pharmacy building’s windows on Monroe Street. Everybody asks about the empty rear-facing car seat up front, usually occupied by baby Naomi, who’s home sick today; after the kids get to school and make their safety pledges, they’ll pin her picture to the Wish Well board and send deep breaths and floating hearts

Parent Mary Gray says her son, Armoni, “did a complete turnaround” after attending the Playing Field.

They did it with the help of the church, who is not officially affiliated but whose members couldn’t help but notice the cool thing happening downstairs. They’ve provided all kinds of support, from generous rent terms (as low as $1 per month for the first four months) to organizing scholarship money and donating gift cards and supplies. The Preschool Lab also donated left-behind equipment, and Kruse secured grants and donations from Madison Community Foundation, the city of Madison, Trek Bicycles and the School of Human Ecology. A family specialist with Reach Dane works with local agencies such as the Road Home and Salvation Army to connect Kruse with potential students. Tuition also supports the center: Private-pay families pay monthly rates ranging from $1,040 to $1,700, depending on the age of the child.

This fall for the first time, in the interest of preserving continuity for the kids, the Playing Field is enrolling 4- and 5-year-olds, although they’re not eligible for the Early Head Start funding. All the kids that turned 3 before July 31 lost their Early Head Start transportation funding and aged out of the Playing Field; for now, at least two are returning with the help of scholarship funds, cab and city bus service, and teachers volunteering to give rides. Because one of the Playing Field’s core practices is to keep kids with the same teacher through the years, their fundraising efforts will now focus on this age group. It’s not a perfect system, and Kruse is still figuring it out as she goes along — but the momentum is definitely behind her.

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“Who’s gonna have a great day?” shouts Kruse, breaking the silence brought on by the breathing exercise. She grins as the kids huddle up, place their tiny hands in the center like forming a single, crackling firework and wait for her cue. “Ready?” she asks, and then, together — “Greaaaaaat day!” — they shoot their little arms into the sky before shuffling off to different classrooms, each a shiny little spark, gently settling. ■

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to her with their minds. Deep breathing is a frequent practice at the Playing Field, and this school is like one big exhale for Kruse.

Kruse is not on the bus today, but she rides twice a week to stay connected with parents she might not see otherwise. When she walked into her first child care job 13 years ago, she was struck by how dirty and gloomy it was. A former kindergarten teacher and curriculum designer, she’d never worked in early education. “The staff was really crabby, they didn’t want to be there, and I saw a staff person put an 8-month-old in time out because he wanted to be held all the time,” she says.

Kruse started speaking out and taking over; hauling garbage, scrubbing floors, painting walls. Within two months, she was the director. Over the next two years, she turned over more than half the staff and began the process for city of Madison accreditation. But then something unfortunate happened: The solution became part of a new problem.

“Once they got that city accreditation and the five stars, and privately funded families noticed,” says Kruse, “all of the low-income kids were displaced out of that center.”

After six years in two different preschools, Kruse took a job at Dane County Parent Council (now called Reach Dane), the Early Head Start and Head Start grantee for Dane County, conducting professional development for 300 teachers countywide.

In 2014, she went to work for the UW School of Human Ecology’s Preschool Laboratory, a decades-old research project with a mission to develop and provide high-quality early education programming.

“I really saw the best. The best teachers, the best resources,” she says. “What was really sad to me was that it was all the kids who had the best of everything anyway.

There weren’t any kids who were in generational poverty.”

In 2014, Reach Dane approached Kruse with a $150,000 Early Head Start project grant to place 16 kids (ages zero to 3) experiencing homelessness at the Preschool Lab, where they flourished. But mid-school year, just before Christmas, Kruse learned that budget restructuring meant the Lab would expand its UW campus facility and close its Mineral Point Road doors in August 2015. Although the Lab offered her a position in the new site, she couldn’t shake the idea that this was her opportunity to build an early child care center that combined Conscious Discipline (which she’d learned about during a 2011 training stint in an Oklahoma state pilot program to raise quality in centers serving low-income residents) with the evidence-based practices of the Preschool Lab, and also made it accessible to those who couldn’t afford it — especially if she could keep the Head Start grant.

“We had like 21 days between when the Preschool Lab left and when the Playing Field had to open,” says Kruse, because the grant required a specific start date. “I don’t know how we did it, but we did it.”

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music pretty much full-time for 40 years has been a wonderful and unforeseen gift, but it is fabulous to stay home and do nothing, too.”

Lou and Peter, accordion and guitar, respectively, began performing together while they were both in high school in Appleton, rotating through several instruments and several bands. Since settling on a duo act, they’ve appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, performed at hundreds of folk festivals and clubs and released more than a dozen albums. Their work has been performed by artists ranging from Garrison Keillor to Peggy Seeger, half-sister of the late folk superstar, Pete Seeger.

“We’re both turning 70 next year, and travel is becoming a less enjoyable thrill-ride for us,” says Peter. “But we still love to play and will keep on keeping on, though closer to home. We also have other interests that we are champing at the bit to pursue.”

One of these is creating works for the stage. Madison Repertory Theatre, now defunct, produced a musical based on their work in 2004, called Love Is the Weirdest of All. Another musical revue, More Later, was performed at New York’s Cornelia Street Café in 2014.

They both also want time to explore visual art. “I want to make videos and animations for our music,” says Peter. “And we want to spend as much time as we can with our spouses. Then there’s the leaking basement, the bad porch step, the dusty refrigerator coil....”

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After four decades of performing, Lou and Peter Berryman want to kick back just a smidge.

At a special event on Sept. 24 at the Brink Lounge, the Madison-based comedic folk duo will release a new, expanded edition of their songbook — and it may be their last.

The Berrymans, whose friendship “survived a brief marriage,” as they put it, are looking forward to spending less time touring nationally.

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Sugar River Pizza is a family affair. Sarah Thomas and her mom, Deb Watterson, opened the first location in Belleville in 2009. Since they planned to keep operations small, the storefront offered only delivery and carryout. But the two women quickly realized how much they enjoyed the restaurant business. In 2013, Watterson’s husband, Daryl, retired so they could open up a New Glarus location. And in March, Thomas left her full-time position at Epic so that she and her husband, Ross, could open up a Verona location.

The family’s focus is on quality local ingredients and scratch cooking; their pizza dough and sauce are made daily. They source meat from Usinger’s in Milwaukee, cheese from Silver Lewis Cheese Factory in Monticello and flour from Lonesome Stone Milling in Lone Rock, just to name a few. The menus are nearly identical at all three locations, though Belleville serves grinders — essentially melts served on French bread — rather than sandwiches.

The appetizer menu is extensive, though heavy on fried food. A sampler platter at New Glarus allowed us to try several of the choices in one shot, including “Green County’s finest” cheese curds — I have yet to try other cheese curds within the county lines, but I’ll take their word for it. They were crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside, as they should be, and delivered with a side of ranch for dipping. Also on the platter were Sriracha Bites, a tasty twist on popcorn chicken, although I couldn’t really identify a Sriracha flavor, which was my main impetus for ordering.

The Grissini breadsticks, sprinkled with herbs and drizzled with olive oil, were dense comfort food, and could easily work as a meal for younger diners or those with a smaller appetite.

There are a variety of salads on the menus, and many come in small and large sizes, giving you the option to squeeze one in before your main course or make it your main course. The Greek salad at the Verona location featured an assortment of greens, thinly sliced green peppers, grape tomatoes, Kalamata olives and crumbled feta cheese. The house-made balsamic vinaigrette, which comes on the side, is excellent.

The taco salad there made for a good entrée, coming with a huge serving of seasoned ground

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beef, black beans, diced tomatoes, bacon, onions and shredded cheddar. This is a hearty salad, and not meant for light appetites.

Among the sandwich offerings, I tried the Reuben on flatbread at the New Glarus location and was underwhelmed. Maybe I’m too much of a purist, but I need my Reuben on rye bread. Plus, the sandwich was made with pastrami instead of corned beef.

Sugar River’s strongest showing, perhaps not surprisingly, is the pizza. Diners can choose to build their own from an array of ingredients, sauces and three crust styles — thin, thick or handtossed, which is the one I would recommend.

The real winners are the specialty pizzas. You can find some expected options like the Mac ’n’ Cheese, Kickapoo Taco and Meat Lovers pizzas. A real dazzler is the Steak pizza, generously loaded with chunks of T-bone and Porterhouse steak, sautéed green peppers and mushrooms, caramelized onions and mozzarella cheese. There is a “special” steak sauce lying underneath it all; bring your appetite for this one.

Also delicious is the Bacon Cheeseburger pizza, which is as close to a burger as a pizza could get — even accompanied by a side of pickles. If I had it my way, the pickles would have been chopped and added to the pizza just before serving.

The Baked Potato pizza was another unique pie, with a homemade ranch sauce as the base, topped with crispy waffle fries, diced red onions, bacon and cheddar cheese. You could make it vegetarian by eliminating the bacon. There are also four dedicated vegetarian options, including the Mediterranean, with a pesto sauce and Kalamata

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Under an Elm, a new pop-up dinner company, is doing its first event. The eight attendees for this five-course meal will be chosen by lottery. Tickets ($30) are half off. Menu highlights: country loaf bread and pickled vegetables served with cultured cream butter and honey, chicken liver paté with melon, beef heart with mushrooms, and smoked lake trout set over vegetables with fish fumet and dashi broth. At 1321 E. Johnson St., 7-8:30 pm. To sign up visit tinyurl.com/underanelm.

Take a trip around Lake Monona while tasting locally made products. Vendors include NessAlla Kombucha, Bos Meadery, Roth Cheese, Karben4 Brewing and Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier. At the Machinery Row port, 601 Williamson St., 6:30-9:30 pm. Tickets ($48) available at bettyloucruises.com. For more info call Madison Eats Tours: 608-628-8927.

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Bay Area, which had just old signs that hang througha few craft breweries at the time. He started out the bar. home brewing in the early 1980s, immersing Lucky’s opened the bar a few weeks himself in the Bay Area’s home-brew culture. ago, but the new 10-barrel brew house is still being assembled, with hopes of making Soon he was offered the job as the first brewmaster for the Marin Brewing Company, just beer by late October. across the bay from San Francisco. Marin was Veteran brewer Grant Johnston is one of the West Coast’s first brewpubs in the managing the brew house. Johnston has modern era of craft brewing. been making beer for more than 30 years,

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I’m not one who usually gets excited about coconut beers.

Most tend to push the beer into the background. However, there’s a sweet spot when it comes to finding the right way to blend coconut and dark roasted chocolate malt.

Bent Kettle Brewing’s K’Paui gets close to that for me.

The porter is a brown to deep black ale that offers a range of caramel, chocolate, toffee and roasted coffee flavors, depending upon the type and amount of dark malts used by the brewer.

The origins of the style are traced to the 1700s, when it was a favorite beer of the porters who worked the shipyards in London. Today’s craft brewers distinguish their version as American Porter when most of the ingredients, especially the hops, are U.S. grown.

Bent Kettle founder Mark Cook wanted a beer that would be “like a candy bar in a glass.” He has achieved that goal. The beer has a rich malty core that provides lots of chocolate and roasted toffee to combine

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A Red Ale is expected to one of the first brews made on premises. Given the pub’s proximity to Camp Randall, it will likely become a permanent offering.

He returned to Madison in 2008 and met Ripley about a year ago. It wasn’t long before the two were working together and planning their brew house.

Getting to be part of startup and equipment installation is a real advantage to successful brewing. For Johnston, Lucky’s is the third brew house that he’s help design from the early stages.

Johnston’s first brews are expected to include a wheat ale, pale ale, IPA, an Irish Stout or Porter and a Red Ale (given the proximity to Camp Ran-

dall, that one is expected to become a staple).

Over time, Johnston will add in a complete range of styles from Belgians to wild rice beers.

“I’ve found that it’s important to have rotating, interesting blends of flavors to make customers happy, and me too,” he says. Despite so much time brewing around the Bay Area, don’t expect Johnston to get carried away making West Coast hop monsters: “I like those styles, it’s what all the kids are doing these days, but there is more to beer than hops.” n

Seasonal symphony Sangria bianca from Nostrano blends flavors of summer and fall There’s something almost magical about September in Wisconsin. It’s an in-between time, with warm, golden days and crisp, cool evenings; the final bounty from backyard gardens intersects with the anticipation of the autumn harvest.

At Nostrano, there’s a cocktail on the menu that perfectly captures this seasonal switch: their elegant and refreshing sangria bianca. A variation of the traditional red sangria, this version uses white wine and combines flavors of summertime stone fruit with bright citrus and apple notes of fall.

A crisp, citrusy Selbach Riesling provides a pleasantly tart base for the cocktail, and a blended French Bastille whiskey adds a boozy (and surprisingly fruity) kick. Fresh nectarine lends the cocktail’s dominant flavor, which is enhanced by a high-quality apry, or macerated apricots in sweetened brandy. The result is complex and sophisticated, yet totally satisfying.

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Some parties never get old.

As Green County Cheese Days heads into its second century, it is clear that a good party is best kept simple.

“Cheese and beer make people happy,” says Noreen Rueckert, coordinator of Cheese Days. “You throw in some yodeling and alphorns and you’ve got a festival.”

But it’s a party that differs from the state’s many other community festivals. For one, it is intensely focused on food. It has a century of tradition behind it. It is prepared for like D-Day. This isn’t Verona’s Hometown Days with lederhosen; it’s a tradition that cuts to the core of a county.

While other communities might throw a beer or cheese festival because it seems like fun, those products drive the economy in Green County. It’s home to a dozen creameries making more than 50 varieties of cheese, including the World Championship Cheese Contest-winning Grand Cru Surchoix by Monroe’s Emmi Roth USA, 180-pound wheels of Emmentaler made

by Edelweiss Creamery in Monroe and the infamous Limburger made by Monroe’s Chalet Cheese Company.

Throw in beer from New Glarus Brewing and Minhas Craft Brewery, and the festival, which runs this year Sept. 16-18, definitely has a local flavor.

Not every town can capitalize on culinary tourism the way Monroe can, says Rueckert. “Cheese and beer is our thing. We own that. If [your town] just has a couple chain restaurants or something, maybe you should stick with biking.”

Cheese Days began in 1914 when some Monroe businessmen attended Sauerkraut Days in Forreston, Illinois, and thought maybe they could come up with a cheesier option. A crowd estimated at 3,000 to 4,000 showed up for the first party in Monroe, where firefighters and other volunteers whipped up 13,000 cheese sandwiches in the garage of what is now the Minhas brewery.

Over the years, variety has added to the fun — Swiss wrestling, accordions, yodelers, parades, fun runs, skydivers, a theme song and a mascot named Wedgie. And way more cheese.

A Saturday cheese event will feature the award-winning Grand Cru Surchoix. There will

be sampling, as well as beer tastings, wine and cheese pairings, cheese and chocolate pairings, and other food-related activities.

The biannual celebration pulled out all the stops for its 100th anniversary in 2014, and drew about 100,000 people (an estimate based on beer sales). The attendance keeps growing, thanks to the food frenzy that now spreads via social media.

“It’s amazing where people come from,” Rueckert says. “Some have a connection to Monroe through their family; other people are kind of random and will say, ‘Oh, I’m here from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and I heard about this.’”

Many head straight to the long lines for the festival’s signature fried cheese curds.

The curds are the one big community fundraiser for the event, with 270 volunteers from the Monroe Optimist clubs breading and frying 7,000 pounds of curds from nearby Maple Leaf Cheese and turning them into 25,000 orders that sell for $5 each.

“We tell people, get a beer, find a friend, and get in line,” Rueckert says. “It’s absolutely crazy, but it is the hottest ticket in town.” n

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Chances are you’ve eaten a mushroom grown by Diane and Jamie Ramsay. They supply mushrooms to a myriad of Madison restaurants including the Old Fashioned, L’Etoile, Graft and Salvatore’s Tomato Pies.

The Ramsays have also operated a stand at the Dane County Farmers’ Market for over two decades. At their family farm in Merrimac, the couple grow shiitake, lion’s mane and king trumpet mushrooms, as well as yellow, gray, brown and pink oyster mushrooms.

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“You have the gray and brown oysters, which are mild and sweet. Then there is the yellow oyster, which is more intense, like the shiitake,” says Diane.

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Now in his fourth season as a local cyclocross rider, Schuster will be both a participant and a staff volunteer at the fourth annual Trek CXC Cup at Trek Bicycles headquarters, 801 W. Madison St. in Waterloo, Sept. 17-18. Local, regional and international riders will be among the estimated 750 competitors in a field that includes such elite athletes as defending world champion Wout Van Aert and 12-time reigning national champion Katie Compton.

The event serves as a warmup for the two U.S. stops on the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup circuit organized by the Switzerlandbased Union Cycliste Internationale: CrossVegas in Las Vegas on Sept. 21 and Jingle Cross in Iowa City, Iowa, on Sept 24.

“We got really lucky that we have the world coming to Waterloo,” Schuster says.

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From Athens, of Montreal, and digging Madison The psychedelic glam-pop act is pumped for the Majestic

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The weird, sexy glitter circus known as of Montreal is rolling into Madison, a place where the band feels right at home.

“I like Madison. It’s a progressive town with a big college,” similar to the band’s native Athens, Georgia, says Kevin Barnes, of Montreal’s androgynous founder and driving force. “The Halloween show we had in Madison [in 2013] was epic.”

That’s quite a compliment coming from the the offbeat, artsy, psychedelic glam-pop act, famous for frenetic, rainbow-colored performances. The band plays the Majestic Theater on Sept. 20.

This year marks of Montreal’s 20th anniversary. The band’s had at least that many rotating members in those two decades, with Barnes being the sole constant.

The band’s 13th record, Innocence Reaches, released in June, is an upbeat, rhythmic infusion of electronic dance music.

Barnes says photography inspired him during the making of Innocence Reaches. In particular, the work of Steven Arnold, a protégé of groundbreaking surrealist Salvador Dali, inspired Barnes’ vision for videos and performances.

Oddly festooned dancers, kaleidoscopic projections and costume changes are routine during an of Montreal performance. “It’s like a celebration for a few hours every day,” Barnes says.

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Like that of its muses, of Montreal’s music is as informed by sexuality as it is by art. Though it’s not new territory for him, Barnes is outspoken about disrupting gender norms, calling gender identity politics a “hot topic.” “There are fascists around the country making laws and trying to claw their way into people’s lives,” he says.

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Barnes’ 11-year-old daughter inspired the second track, “it’s different for girls.” The song outlines the pressures of patriarchy on women in a man’s world. Its raucous drag show-style dance party video features a coyly smiling Barnes in a blond wig and his trademark light blue sparkly eyeshadow. Meanwhile, a non-

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Army photographers Peter Finnegan and Bob Seitz parted company in 1971, in Vietnam. They returned from a war that most wanted to forget, and their work was forgotten, too. The two Wisconsin natives even lost track of each other.

“The Vietnam War and Its Lasting Impact,” a new exhibit in the Playhouse Gallery of the Overture Center for the Arts, reunites the two photographers with their wartime images. The exhibit, which runs Sept. 10 through Oct. 16, is presented by Overture and Housing Initiatives, a Madison nonprofit that provides housing for people who are homeless, including veterans.

Seitz shot mostly black-and-white, Finnegan in color. More than 60 photos are featured. Their subjects vary widely.

“Just GIs doing their job, the civilians, life in the field, but no dead bodies,” says

Finnegan, who, with Seitz, was stationed in Biên Hòa, near Saigon. “Lots of children in a war-torn country.”

Seitz, who lives in Tomahawk, and Finnegan, a Madison resident, both served in the Army Second Field Force and worked as photographers for Hurricane, an Army magazine.

“I would go out in the field with the reporters and the writers,” recalls Finnegan. “The Army would pick out what they wanted, and the rest were basically for the cutting room floor.”

Finnegan regularly gathered his unused color slide film. “I’d wrap them in tissue paper and send them back to my mother in Fennimore,” he says. “She put them up in this old trunk up there in my room — which, by the way, stayed the same as it was from the time I left high school.”

But once he returned to the States, nobody wanted to hear Finnegan’s war stories. “I got back here and tried to assimilate back in from Vietnam. I just kind of left it behind me and let it go.”

Now retired, Finnegan worked for many years for Professional Pest Control in Madison. In 1998 his daughter Meagan was studying the Vietnam War in her East High School history class. She urged him to take out the trunk full of film.

“I started going through some of that stuff and thought, ‘These are really good.’ A lot better than I remembered,” says Finnegan. “How do I share these with other Vietnam vets?”

He’s since been showing around 100 of his many photos at veterans’ events around the Midwest. In 1999, he exhibited at Overture’s predecessor, the Madison Civic Center. Capital Times critic Jake Stockinger wrote, “These hauntingly powerful images easily hold their own against the published work of famous professional photographers from that era.”

Seitz has never contributed photos to an exhibit before. “Recognizing and remembering the war has helped me and other veterans with our healing, a process that never seems to be complete,” he writes in a press statement. “For

others both young and old, my work sparks curiosity and interest in a time that is still meaningful and relevant.”

The photographers were reunited by chance after a friend alerted Finnegan to some prints by Seitz that were hanging on the wall of an Army surplus store in Tomahawk. “Staff at Housing Initiatives knew each of the photographers, and learned that they’d served together but hadn’t seen each other since the war,” says Dean Loumos, the program’s executive director. The two were reunited by phone, and then in person at Housing Initiatives’ office.

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In 1992, Charles Monroe-Kane heckled the president of the United States. It was during George H.W. Bush’s news conference at an economic summit in Munich, to which the then-22-year-old environmental activist had finagled a pass.

His less-than-brilliant plan was to stand up and shout, “The homeless in the trees are mourning your economic decisions. Repent, dear King, or go to Hell,” and get arrested.

Instead, he flubbed his line, and Bush invited him to ask an actual question. He came up with something about nuclear power.

Years later, in an interview with Ira Glass for This American Life, Monroe-Kane looked back on this episode with embarrassment and regret. The Madison resident, who now works as a senior producer for the Wisconsin Public Radio-produced program To the Best of Our Knowledge and host of Director’s Cut, wishes he had said something more profound. “I still haven’t come up with what I should have said,” he admits. “And that really makes me sad.”

Monroe-Kane tells this tale about halfway through Lithium Jesus: A Memoir of Mania, published by the University of Wisconsin Press, and at that point I was still rooting for him. By the end of the book, I was sick of him.

Raised in a nomadic family that prized eccentricity, Monroe-Kane plunged headlong into religion when he was a teenager.

He traveled to far-away places in need of salvation, such as Haiti and the Philippines.

Later, as a young adult, his wanderlust continued, and he spent several years in Prague.

Often accompanying him on these journeys were the voices in his head — faint, fleeting, frightening. (Originally considered schizophrenic, Monroe-Kane was ultimately diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder.) His portrait of mental illness is alternately heartbreaking and exhilarating.

He achieves a few triumphs, like starting a record label and helping start Europe’s first internet cafe. He also experiences some crushing defeats, as he embraces a series of dangerous passions: Jesus, activism, drugs, sex, more drugs (Ecstasy, LSD, meth), more sex (orgies, polyamory, S&M). He doesn’t struggle with his addictions so much as indulge them fully. His account is lurid, often distasteful and occasionally pornographic, like when he tells how he “slammed Carey up against a wall and sodomized her as hard as I could.”

Hey, WPR guy: TMI. Writing about mental illness and addiction are well-worn genres that can open new avenues of understanding. But Monroe-Kane evades empathy by being so resolutely self-

Monroe-Kane dwells on lurid tales of excess.

centered and self-indulgent. He fancies himself “a sentimental dreamer” and a “helpless romantic,” but for the most part seems less idealistic than obnoxious. The best he manages are cloying appeals for pity, as when he muses, “The tabs on my tongue or the pills in my throat, the bong hits, the bottles drunk, the anonymous pussy...with each act a part of me was lost.”

Boo blanking hoo.

That Monroe-Kane has emerged from this wreckage as something of a success is a triumph. How he did that and what his new life is like might have been a more uplifting story. But it’s one Monroe-Kane largely ignores, as he dwells on the debauchery. And that really makes me sad.

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Beating up on higher ed Starving the Beast documents the Republican assault on public universities

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In early August, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (no relation) floated the idea of replacing college professors with screenings of educational documentaries. The nation mocked his buffoonery, not seeing this for what it is: an accidental exposure of the GOP’s long game.

Though he would add comic relief, Johnson does not appear in Starving the Beast, Steve Mims’ new documentary about efforts to overhaul state universities in Texas, North Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana and Wisconsin. The Republicans want to run educational institutions like for-profit businesses, where research and the dispensing of knowledge are demoted — if not expelled.

Starving the Beast, which premiered at this spring’s Wisconsin Film Festival, is a horrorshow that could be lumped in with Hostel and Saw as torture porn. But unfortunately, it’s not fictional. The film, which opens at Sundance Cinemas on Sept. 16, documents a barrage of collegiate defeats perpetrated by people who don’t understand why anyone would want to study anything as useless — which is to say, not monetarily enriching — as English or history.

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If you love education, watching this onslaught of losses is as painful as watching a nerd get slapped for 94 minutes. Starving the Beast offers few victories for higher ed, and when it does, it’s usually universities meekly thanking lawmakers for a minor adjustment to otherwise massive cuts. Happily, the film employs impishly delightful Democratic operative James Carville to champion public universities.

Mims also allows some of the villains to state their case, including Jake Sandefer, who wrote Seven Breakthrough Solutions, published by the conservative think tank Texas Public Policy Foundation, which underpins the anti-intellectual crusade. Universities to Sandefer are like Dalmatians to Cruella de Vil: things to be gutted. The film also relates how Gov. Scott Walker fought successfully to weaken the UW System, gut the Wisconsin Idea and remove tenure protections.

If Sen. Johnson’s (seriously, no relation) videos-as-professor plan is ever put into place — and this movie makes this entirely unreasonable plan seem reasonably within the GOP’s grasp — the first documentary on the new UW’s syllabus should be Starving the Beast.

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The documentary covers Gov. Scott Walker’s attack on unions and tenure.

UW educational researcher Noel Radomski, who appears in Starving the Beast, will be on hand for Q & A sessions after the 6:45 screenings at Sundance on Sept. 16 and 17.

Greatest hits Renée Zellweger’s earthy charm is the best thing about Bridget Jones’s Baby

BY SCOTT RENSHAW

Bridget Jones herself might have aged a decade as Bridget Jones’s Baby unfolds, but the new installment, directed by Bridget Jones’s Diary director Sharon Maguire, feels almost proudly stuck in the vibe of a late 1990s/early 2000s romantic comedy, with all the accompanying formulaic (and only sporadically satisfying) shenanigans.

The setup alone feels like the kind of high concept that went out with flip phones. In this film, Bridget (Renée Zellweger) is still a singleton in London as the story opens, as regularly frustrated with her personal life as she is successful at her job as a TV newsmagazine producer. But at the age of 40-something, an unexpected complication enters her life. Bridget is pregnant.

And since nothing about her personal life could possibly involve simple solutions, the father could actually be one of two people. Was it Jack (Patrick Dempsey), a millionaire online-dating mogul with whom she had a one-night stand at a music festival? Or was it Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), the on-again/off-again flame who reentered her life after he separated from his wife?

If you noticed the absence of Hugh Grant from this incarnation of a Bridget-based romantic triangle, that’s because his Daniel Cleaver has been written out of this installment, and the loss is a significant one. Even in the often-excruciating Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Grant’s

Zellweger as the unlucky-in-love Bridget.

Cleaver gave a naughty spark to a story that was often based in how many humiliations Bridget could bounce back from. Dempsey’s Jack brings none of the same insouciance, resulting in a situation where he and Firth’s Darcy are two basically decent guys bumping awkwardly against one another, rather than providing genuine friction. Only a small role for Emma Thompson (also co-credited with the screenplay, along with Jones author Helen Fielding) as Bridget’s obstetrician provides anything close to the same edgy energy.

There’s more humor in one of her withering glances than in most of the rest of the movie.

That’s because Bridget Jones’s Baby is far less interested in offering new jokes than in

breaking out a greatest hits collection of everything audiences might have once adored about the bumbling, unlucky-in-love-andeverything-else Bridget. You can bet that there will be at least one occasion in which Bridget’s rear end is embarrassingly the center of everyone’s attention, and that she will babble her way ineptly through some public speaking occasion. Even more reliably, this latest installment continues the series’ impressive tradition of using the single most obvious pop-song music cue for every occasion. If you expected Bridget to jump around to anything besides “Jump Around” or to interact with an Italian restaurateur to anything besides “Mambo Italiano” or to have her oddball double-dads situation scored to anything besides “We Are Family,” then you just don’t know these movies very well.

Of course, those who do know these movies very well are mostly interested in revisiting Bridget’s life, and Zellweger still knows how to give the character an earthy appeal. But her life and her problems belong in another era — one where movie heroines have sassy gay BFFs to offer advice, and one that demands a traditional resolution to Bridget’s eternal quest for a happily ever after.

We need more stories about the interior lives of women past the age of 40, but it helps if these stories don’t already feel obsolete. n

Film events Life Is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara: Documentary about the last colonized country in Africa. UW Memorial UnionFredric March Play Circle, Sept. 15, 5:30 pm.

The Beatles: Eight Days A Week - The Touring Years: Documentary about the Fab Four by Ron Howard. Point, Sept. 15, 7 pm.

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The Fits: A new dance troupe member struggles to fit in. UW Union South-Marquee, Sept. 15, 7 pm.

Digimon Adventure tri-Chapter 1: Reunion: Anime premiere. Palace-Sun Prairie & Point, Sept. 15, 7 pm.

The Conjuring 2: Sequel based on the “real-life” Enfield Poltergeist that rattled Britain’s nerves from 1977 to 1979. UW Union South-Marquee, Sept. 15 (9:30 pm) and Sept. 17 (11 pm).

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Finding Dory: This follow-up to Finding Nemo shifts much of its action to an aquatic park. UW Union South-Marquee, Sept. 16 (2 pm), Sept. 17 (8:30 pm) and Sept. 18 (3 pm).

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Bombay Beach: A documentary following three generations of a poor Southern California community. Hawthorne Library, Sept. 16, 7 pm.

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Obsession: Director Brian De Palma’s homage to Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. UW Cinematheque, Sept. 16, 7 pm.

The Italian Job: A heist movie that’s satisfyingly smooth. Elver Park, Sept. 16, 7:30 pm.

Sing Street: A 15-year-old student at an Irish Jesuit school starts a band in this endearing toetapper from John Carney, the writer/director of Once. UW Union South-Marquee, Sept. 16 (8:30 pm), Sept. 17-18 (6 pm).

Body Double: An actor crosses into porn to catch a killer in this elaborately perverse Brian De Palma thriller. UW Cinematheque, Sept. 16, 9 pm.

Ghost in the Shell: The Puppet Master infiltrates the cybernet in this classic Japanese animated feature that inspired The Matrix. UW Cinematheque, Sept. 17, 7 pm.

Back to the Future: A 1985 teen (Michael J. Fox) must unite his high-school-aged parents to save his own existence after being accidentally sent 30 years into the past. Owl Creek Park, Sept. 17, 7:30 pm; Point, Sept. 18 (noon), Sept. 19 & 21 (7 pm).

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Hold Back the Dawn: An American teacher is seduced by a European emigre in Mexico.

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Scarface: Director Brian De Palma’s berserk reimagining of the gangster film stars an out-ofcontrol Al Pacino. UW Union South-Marquee, Sept. 19, 7 pm.

The Hundred-Foot Journey: An Indian man and his food-focused family clash with the proprietor of a celebrated French restaurant (Helen Mirren). Madison Senior Center, Sept. 20, 1 pm.

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War: Advance screening of new PBS documentary by Ken Burns. First Unitarian Society, Sept. 20, 7 pm.

North by Northwest: Cary Grant stars as a man mistaken for a government agent by foreign spies. Robinia Courtyard, Sept. 20, 7:30 pm.

The Happening: A plague causes suicides in this thriller from director M. Night Shyamalan. Central Library, Sept. 22, 6:30 pm.

Charulata: Indian director Satyajit Ray’s 1964 film chronicles the awakening of a neglected wife. UW Union South-Marquee, Sept. 22, 7 pm.

The Nice Guys: This buddy-detective thriller stars Ryan Gosling as a private detective searching for a missing girl. UW Union South-Marquee, Sept. 22 (9:30 pm), Sept. 23 & 25 (6 pm).

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The Kills Friday, Sept. 16, King Street (by Majestic), 7 pm It’s a big finish for this summer’s Live on King Street party with international garage rockers the Kills, composed of American Alison Mosshart (also of the Dead Weather) and Brit Jamie Hince. Since forming in 2000, the duo has specialized in their own brand of angular, minimalistic garage rock, including this year’s Ash and Ice. With LA Witch, GGOOLLDD. And when they wrap up, be sure to check out Majestic’s after-party, which will be toplined by Scottish indie darlings Frightened Rabbit, with support from Chicago emo revivalists Into It. Over It.

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Lisa Link Peace Park: Trend-N-Topic & the Xclusive Movement Dance Team, free, 5 pm.

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

Lucille: DJ Brook, free, 10 pm Thursdays.

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

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

Troyboi Thursday, Sept. 15, Majestic Theatre, 9 pm

Madison World Music Festival Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 15-17, Memorial Union Terrace and Willy Street Fair

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Be sure to get over to Memorial Union’s Shannon Hall lobby before 3:30 pm on Friday to check out the sand mandala created by Tibetan monks. Friday from 3:30 to 5 pm is the Closing Ceremony and Dispersal of the Sand. Meanwhile, the frenzy of global music will continue on the Memorial Union Terrace and at the Willy Street Fair. Among the many highlights: Rajab Suleiman & Kithara (pictured, Zanzibar), Alsarah & the Nubatones (Sudan/U.S.) the Villalobos Brothers (Mexico) and A-Wa (Israel).

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The Falcon Thursday, Sept. 15, The Frequency, 9 pm

Composed of members of the Lawrence Arms, Alkaline Trio and the Loved Ones, the Falcon represents some of the best punk has to offer — and their most recent album, this year’s Gather Up the Chaps, is the proof. With their new Red Scare labelmates and Eau Claire’s own Arms Aloft, Help Desk and the DUIs. See Q & A with Brendan Kelly (who also tweets as Nihilist Arby’s) at Isthmus.com.

When asked what kind of music he makes, Troyboi’s answer is simple: #MyStyle. While that may not technically be a genre, the multitalented southeast London musician and producer is making waves in the electronic music scene with his blend of hip-hop and trap-inspired EDM and his collaborations with the likes of Diplo and Flosstradamus. This show, as the youths say, is gonna be lit AF. With Gent & Jawns, Jean Le Duke.

Alchemy Cafe: Pine Travelers, Americana, free, 10 pm.

Brink Lounge: Lipbone Redding, Boo Bradley, 7 pm.

Capital Brewery, Middleton: Dave Larson Jazz Quintet, free, 6 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJ Jo-Z, Latin, 10 pm.

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

Christy’s Landing: Open Mic with Shelley Faith, free, 8 pm Thursdays.

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

Fitchburg Library: Old Gray Cats, free, 6:30 pm.

Fountain: Durango McMurphy, free, 8 pm.

Harmony Bar: Backroom Harmony Band, 8 pm.

High Noon Saloon: SpareTime Bluegrass Band, free (on the patio), 6 pm; D.R.I., Deathwish, The Crosses, No Hoax, punk, 8 pm.

Mr. Robert’s: Artysts, Fear of Moose, free, 10 pm.

Natt Spil: DJ Umi, free, 10 pm.

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

Sprecher’s Restaurant and Pub: Thirsty Jones, 6 pm.

Stoughton Library: Black Marigold, free, 7 pm.

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

Tofflers, New Glarus: The Jimmys, blues, free, 8 pm.

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

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

Up North Pub: Catfish Stephenson, 9 pm Thursdays.

UW Extension Pyle Center: All That Jazz, free (on the rooftop), 4 pm.

UW Humanities-Morphy Hall: Molly Gerbrian, free, 7:30 pm.

Williamson Magnetic Recording Company: Little Legend, Christopher Gold, Oedipus Tex, 8 pm.

World of Beer, Middleton: David Hecht, 7 pm.

FAIRS & F ESTIVALS Madison World Music Festival: Annual showcase, 9/15-17, UW Memorial Union Terrace (unless noted).

Thursday: Enyedi-Salamon Ensemble 8:15 pm. Friday: Mandala closing ceremony 3:30 pm, Rajab Suleiman & Kithara 5:30 pm, Alsarah & the Nubatones 7:30 pm, Dhol Foundation 9:30 pm. Saturday (at Willy Street Fair): Femina 2:30 pm, A-Wa 4:45 pm, Otimo 7 pm, Villalobos Brothers 7:30 pm; Mystical Arts of Tibet 8 pm (Shannon Hall), A-Wa 9:30 pm.

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Jin-Wen Yu Dance: WAVES Thursday, Sept. 15, Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space in Lathrop Hall, 8 pm

WAVES opens the UW-Madison Dance Department’s 90th anniversary season.

Yu’s played a key role in helping the department — the first to offer a dance degree — remain innovative and well-regarded.

Two alternating programs offer several of Yu’s signature works alongside newer pieces, including a solo “Late Winter” and duet “Fine without me/you?” Yu, who’s still a marvel of sinewy grace, and two of the best interpreters of his work, Yun-Chen Liu and Collette Stewart, will all be performing his solos. Also on the bill is “Mask” from Taiwanese guest choreographer Chien-Kuei Chang. ALSO: Friday (8 pm) and Saturday (2:30 & 8 pm), Sept. 16-17.

Laughter on the 23rd Floor: Strollers Theatre production of Neil Simon comedy, 9/9-24, Bartell TheatreDrury Stage, at 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays (2 pm only on 9/24), plus 7:30 pm, 9/21. $20. 661-9696.

A Behanding in Spokane: Madison Theatre Guild, dark comedy by Martin McDonagh, 9/9-24, Bartell Theatre, at 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays (2 pm only 9/24) and 2 pm, 9/18. $20. 661-9696.

Esther’s Descendants: A ghost attempts to guide her family into a brighter future, 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 9/9-10/1, Broom Street Theater. $11. 244-8338.

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Handsome Family Jenny Zigrino Thursday, Sept. 15, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

Hot off her big-screen debut in this year’s Fifty Shades of Black (and upcoming Bad Santa 2), Zigrino brings her devilishly sweet standup to town. Her disarming charm makes her sudden, swift punchlines that much more effective, and her confidence turns self-deprecation into self-appreciation, lending a positive vibe to her sharp observations. According to her Conan appearance last year, she knows Jesus pretty, uh, intimately. It’s a great story, and it’s not her only one. With Jon Stringer, Mike Mercury. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), Sept. 16-17.

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Farm to Flavor: Dinner hosted by various UW organizations, 6:30 pm, 9/15, Dejope Hall-Mendota Room, with small plates by local chefs, talk by Ken Greene (Hudson Valley Seed Library); also, plant breeding showcase, 4:30-6:30 pm, Allen Centennial Garden (free admission). $40 ($35 adv.). RSVP: isthmus. boldtypetickets.com/events/35711364. 609-6165.

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UW v. Nebraska Cornhuskers 2 pm Madison County

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UW v. Illinois Fighting Illini (Homecoming) 5 pm The Jimmys UW v. Minnesota Gophers Useful Jenkins

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Happy things don’t happen in songs by Handsome Family, the wife-and-husband team of Rennie (who writes the lyrics) and Brett Sparks (who sings them). In the duo’s Southern gothic folk, poodles get crushed by cars; a neighbor dies of anorexia and cops steal her TV while her boyfriend weeps on the fire escape; people jump from the Golden Gate Bridge to feel weightless; and others wake up in ditches with bullets in the bellies. And yet, their music has a morbid sense of joy.

This is music written by and for people who can’t stop staring into the abyss, hoping that somehow singing about it will prepare them for the inevitable. Or in Rennie’s words: “Sometimes I burn my arms with cigarettes just to pretend I won’t scream when I die.” With Kalispell.

Isthmus On Tap Next: Free public tasting of home brew & Wisconsin Brewing Company samples, 5-7 pm, 9/15, Freiburg Gastropub. RSVP: isthmus.com/ontapnext.

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Friday, Sept. 16, The Frequency, 9:30 pm

Carrie Newcomer Friday, Sept. 16, First United Methodist Church, 7:30 pm

Singer/songwriter Carrie Newcomer is debuting her 15th album, The Beautiful Not Yet, as a benefit for Madison/Dane County Courage to Teach, a local organization that runs weekend retreats for local educators. The Boston Globe called Newcomer a “prairie mystic,” and Rolling Stone says she has a “penchant for exquisite melodies.” Come get inspired.

Frightened Rabbit Friday, Sept. 16, Majestic Theatre, 11:30 pm

The Kills may be the main event for the Sept. 16 edition of Live on King Street, but the members of this Scottish five-piece headlining the after-party are no slouches, either. Frightened Rabbit has spent the last decade making jangly, melancholy indie rock that’s won them heaps of critical acclaim on both sides of the pond (and everywhere else in the world, too). Painting of a Panic Attack, their most recent album, was released earlier this year. With Chicago emo revivalists Into It. Over It. Alchemy Cafe: Kikeh Mato, Afropop, free, 10 pm.

Bos Meadery: DJ Kayla Kush, reggae, free, 7 pm.

Brink Lounge: Caravan Gypsy Swing Ensemble, 8 pm.

Capital Brewery, Middleton: Moon Gypsies, 6 pm.

Cardinal Bar: Samba Novistas, free, 5:30 pm; DJs WhiteRabbit, Siberia, 9 pm.

Cargo-E. Washington: Half Rose:Half Nelson, 7:30 pm.

Chief’s: Frankie Lee, Tim Haub, Doug DeRosa, 6:30 pm.

Club Tavern, Middleton: The Volcanics, 9 pm.

Crossroads Coffee, Cross Plains: Marilyn Fisher & Paul Hastil, jazz, 7 pm.

Crystal Corner Bar: Hometown Sweethearts, 9:30 pm.

Delaney’s: Bob Kerwin, Phil Porembski, Peter Weil & Kevin Adler, jazz, free, 6 pm.

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Fisher King Winery, Mount Horeb: Lucas Cates, rock, free, 6:30 pm.

UW Women’s Soccer: vs. Ohio State, 7 pm, 9/16, UW McClimon Complex. $5. 262-1440.

High Noon Saloon: The Rousers, rock, 6 pm; Phun, playing “Gamehendge” by Phish, 9:30 pm.

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Hody Bar, Middleton: Midlife Crisis, rock, free, 9 pm.

Ivory Room: Vince Strong, Dan Rafferty, Michael Massey, dueling pianos, 8 pm.

Knuckle Down Saloon: Coral Creek, 9 pm.

Liliana’s: John Vitale, Brian Mott & Ken Kuehl, 6:30 pm.

Liquid: XXYYXX, Wei and Woo, Pathways featuring Ezkiel, Hipp, 10 pm.

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Stoughton Opera House: The Steel Wheels, 7:30 pm.

Tavernakaya: DJ Nick Nice, free, 10:30 pm.

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

Tip Top Tavern: Tani Diakite & the Afrofunkstars, free, 10 pm.

Tuvalu Coffeehouse, Verona: Kurt Funfsinn, free, 7 pm.

Up North Pub: Shelley Faith, free, 7 pm.

THEATER & DANCE Boeing-Boeing: A Parisian tries to juggle three fiancees, 9/16-24, Edgewood College, showing 7:30 pm Fridays & Saturdays and 2 pm on 9/24. $12. 663-6710.

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It’s a gorgeous, groovy mood piece that will inspire you to check out what the band has to offer live. With Surgeons in Heat, Gloss Coats.

Friday, Sept. 16, Arts + Literature Lab (2021 Winnebago), 8 pm

The Arts + Literature Lab’s guests for this literary salon include some serious Midwest talent: Minneapolis-based poet Michael Bazzett, and a husband-wife team from Chicago (pictured): Kathleen Rooney, poet, novelist and founding editor of Rose Metal Press, and Martin Seay, author of The Mirror Thief.

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Red Rock Saloon: Madison County, country, 10 pm.

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Wauktoberfest: Annual fall festival, 9/16-18, Endres Manufacturing grounds, Waunakee, with food, music, kids’ activities, vendors & more; beer tasting Saturday 2-6 pm ($30). wauktoberfest.com. 849-5977.

Natt Spil: DJ Vilas Park Sniper, free, 10 pm.

Rex’s Innkeeper, Waunakee: Broken Wheel, 8:30 pm.

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Book Launch: Radical Friday, Sept. 16, A Room of One’s Own, 7 pm

Madison author E.M. Kokie gets into the head of a young survivalist in her new YA book, Radical. The provocative novel explores themes of gun ownership, gender identity and sexual identity.

Publisher’s Weekly calls it “an unsettling story that’s both timely and necessary.”

Alex Bledsoe: Discussing Chapel of Ease, his new novel, 7 pm, 9/16, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.

Ghastly Saturday, Sept. 17, Majestic Theatre, 9 pm

Armed with a bizarre sense of humor and an even weirder backstory (he grew up on a goat farm in the middle of the Arizona desert), Ghastly is a bit of an oddity, even in the chaotic, neon-tinted world of dance music. The DJ otherwise known as David Lee Crow has earned praise from scene heavyweights like Skrillex, Diplo and Zomboy, and has collaborated with Jauz, Mija, and Lil Jon, to name a few. Put on your dancing shoes, Madison. With Yacht Club, Hipp, Nickle.

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Alchemy: DJs Vilas Park Sniper, Trichrome, free, 10 pm.

Bos Meadery: Sortin’ the Mail, bluegrass, 6:30 pm.

Brink Lounge: Antique Nouveau, jazz, free, 8 pm.

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

Cardinal Bar: DJ Chamo, Latin, 10 pm.

Club Tavern, Middleton: Mad City Funk, free, 9 pm.

Come Back In: Field & James, free, 9 pm.

Edgewater Hotel: Mark Croft Band, free, 2 pm.

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

First Unitarian Society: Ancora String Quartet, works

by Beethoven, Turina & Tchaikovsky, 7:30 pm.

Fisher King Winery, Mount Horeb: Greg Thornburg, guitar, free, 6:30 pm.

Fountain: Jon Slock, free, 8 pm.

Grace Episcopal Church: Mark Croft, free, noon.

Harmony Bar: Feed the Dog, 9:45 pm.

Headquarters, Oregon: Distant Cuzins (CD release), Surround Sound, rock, 7 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Mike Servito, Tinhead, 10 pm.

Hody Bar, Middleton: 5th Gear, country, free, 9 pm.

Ivory Room: Dan Rafferty, Jim Ripp, Luke HrovatStaedter, dueling pianos, 8 pm.

Kiki’s House of Righteous Music: Dressy Bessy (RSVP: righteousmusicmgmt@gmail.com), 9 pm.

Knuckle Down Saloon: Altered Five, blues/soul, 9 pm.

Liliana’s Restaurant, Fitchburg: John Widdicombe & Stan Godfriaux, jazz, free, 6:30 pm.

Liquid: Davilla & DJay Mando, 10 pm.

Lucille: DJ Phil Money, free, 10:30 pm.

Urban Spoken Word: Poetry slam, music by MTrane Plus, 7 pm, 9/17, Genna’s Lounge. $5. 332-4643.

Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ: Martha Gallagher, harp & stories, 7 pm.

Madison Story Slam: All welcome to share “scars� themed stories, with host Adam Rostad, 7 pm, 9/17, Wil-Mar Center. 395-4095.

Our House: Ann Reed, house concert (RSVP: annedave@chorus.net), 7:30 pm.

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St. Ann Parish Festival: Annual fundraiser, 9/17-18, St. Ann Catholic Church, Stoughton. Saturday: 5K run/walk 8:30 am ($16), Youth-a-Palooza 2-5 pm, music by Mike and Jamie McCloskey 6 pm. Sunday: Silent auction 9 am-1:30 pm, country store & cafe, antique car rides raffle. Free admission. stannparish. weconnect.com. 873-7633.

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Willy Street Fair: Annual event, 2-9 pm on 9/17 and 11 am-7 pm, 9/18, 800-1000 blocks of Williamson Street, with street performances, food, arts & crafts.

Saturday: World Music Fest stage: Femina 2:30 pm, A-Wa 4:45 pm, Otimo Dance 7 pm, Villalobos Brothers 7:30 pm; Folk stage: Kendra Swanson 2 pm, Macyn Taylor 3 pm, MoonHouse 5 pm; Willy Beats stage: Mike Carlson 4 pm, Golden Donna 4:45 pm, Savile & Steve Mizek 5:30 pm, Jason Kendig 7 pm, Mike Servito 8 pm. Sunday: Parade 11 am; Main stage: Drew Landry 1 pm, Natty Nation 2:30 pm, Primitive Culture 4 pm, The Jimmys 5:30 pm; Folk stage: Bill Camplin & Randy Sabien 12:15 pm, Kelley McRae 2 pm, Common Chord 3:30 pm, Brother Rye 5 pm; Culture stage: Yid Vicious noon, LuLu Quintet 1:30 pm, Sadira & the Riad Dance Co. 2:30 pm, Atimevu Drum & Dance 4:30 pm, Charanga Agoza 5:55 pm; WORT stage: Wood Chickens noon, Neens 1:10 pm, Lurk Hards 2:20 pm, Me En You 3:30 pm, Control 4:40 pm, The Grovelers 5:50 pm; Kids’ stage: Black Star Drumline noon, Homing pigeons 12:45 pm, Unicyclists 1:30 pm, Eastside Youth Performers 2:15 pm, David Landau 3 pm, Other Brothers 4 pm, raffle drawing 6:30 pm. cwd.org. 257-4576.

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

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Whadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Ya Know?: Podcast recording with music by the Rousers, hosts Michael Feldman & Stephanie Lee, noon, 9/17, High Noon Saloon, $10. 268-1122.

Tempest Oyster Bar: Rick Flowers, free, 9:30 pm.

Tip Top Tavern: Sugar Still, free, 10 pm.

Triciaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Country Corners, McFarland: Whiplash, 9 pm.

Tyranena Brewing, Lake Mills: Kristy Larson Trio, The Kissers, Cash Box Kings, free, 1-10 pm.

THEATER & DANCE Madison Contemporary Vision Dance: 2 & 7 pm on 9/17 & 2 pm, 9/18, Overture Center-Playhouse. $16.

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An Ideal Husband: Deception and blackmail as portrayed by Oscar Wilde, 3 pm, 9/17, American Players Theatre, Spring Green. $75-$47. 588-2361.

Eurydice: Sarah Ruhlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus from his wifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perspective, 3 pm on 9/17 and 7:30 pm, 9/22, APT-Touchstone Theatre, Spring Green. $75-$54. americanplayers.org. 588-2361.

King Lear: Shakespeareâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tragedy, 8 pm, 9/17, American Players Theatre, Spring Green. $75-$47. 588-2361.

ART EXHIBITS & EV ENTS Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (an) Original?: Exhibit of translators works, 9/17, Arts & Literature Laboratory (Google hang-out with translator Jamie Richards 11 am; comics captioning workshop for kids 3-5 pm; panel discussion by translators 6 pm). 556-7415.

Beading Culture: Raised Beadwork and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin: Native American beadwork, 9/16-11/6, Overture Center James Watrous Gallery. wisconsinacademy.org/gallery. 265-2500.

SP ECIAL EV ENTS Troy Gardens Fall Festival: All-ages event, noon-3 pm, 9/17, Troy Gardens, with potluck (bring a dish to pass), apple cider pressing. Free admission. 240-0409.

Trek Cyclocross Collective Cup: Bike races begin 8 am, 9/17-18, Trek headquarters, Waterloo. Spectators free ($40 to race). trekcxccup.com.

UW Football: vs. Georgia State, 11 am, 9/17, Camp Randall Stadium ($50); pre-game tailgate 8:30 am, Engineering Mall, with music by Retro Specz (free).

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H O ME & GA RD EN Eggs, Honey & Roses Tour: Self-guided chicken coop/garden walk (formerly Tour des Coops), 9 amnoon, 9/17, Tenney-Lapham neighborhood, starting from 459 Sidney St. Free. Maps: tenneylapham.org.

PO L I T I C S & AC T I V I S M Fighting Bob Fest: Annual progressive gathering, 9 am-6 pm, 9/17, Breese Terrace, with speakers including Russ Feingold, Tammy Baldwin, Mark Pocan, Jim Hightower, Ruth Conniff, many more. Donations. fightingbobfest.org.

Community Conversation with Monica Moorehead: Meet the Workers World Party presidential candidate, 1-3 pm, 9/17, Villager Mall. workersworldparty.org.

DA N C I N G Dairyland Cowboys & Cowgirls: Two-steps/line dancing, 6-10 pm, 9/17, Five Nightclub. 255-9131.

USA Dance-Madison: Ballroom dance, 7:45-10 pm, 9/17, Prairie Athletic Club, Sun Prairie. $12 (lesson 7 pm). 836-4004.

Wisconsin Tango Milonga: 8 pm-midnight, 9/17, Tempo Ballroom & Latin Dance Studio. $10 (beginner lesson 7 pm). 622-7697.

L EC T URES & S EMI N A RS Radio: Unlocked: Urban Community Arts Network seminar for musicians on the radio submission process, 2-5 pm, 9/17, Madison Media Institute. Free.

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

Cafe Carpe, Fort Atkinson: Hayward Williams, 7:30 pm.

Club Tavern, Middleton: All that Jazz, free, 10 am.

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

Hop Garden, Paoli: Jim White & Shannel, free, 2 pm.

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Knuckle Down Saloon: Tracks Outta Town, Harpo John and the All-Nighters, blues/rock, 2 pm.

In support of his latest EP Kingdom, a follow-up to 2013’s LP Half of Where You Live, the London-based knob twiddler Gold Panda brings his unique samples-meetblender style on tour. On his most recent releases, Gold Panda has often shelved the blender and begun to channel Four Tet and other contemporaries, focusing on shaping those obscure samples into stretched-out melodies over 4/4 rhythms.

Whether his set leans toward the chopped Ravi Shankar samples or the frenetic side, you can be certain there will be no shortage of head nodding throughout the evening.

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

Lone Girl Brewing Co., Waunakee: Moxie, free, 4 pm.

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

Natt Spil: DJ Greenhouse, free, 10 pm.

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

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

Tricia’s Country Corners, McFarland: Frank James & the James Gang, country, 3 pm.

T H EAT ER & DA N C E Endgame: Samuel Beckett looks at the brittle nature of relationships, 6 pm on 9/18 and 7:30 pm, 9/21, APT-Touchstone Theatre, Spring Green. $75-$54. americanplayers.org. 588-2361.

Arcadia: Tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard about a young woman and her tutor, 6 pm, 9/18, American Players Theatre, Spring Green. $75-$47. 588-2361.

S PEC TATO R S PO RTS UW Softball: Red-White scrimmage, 11:30 am, 9/18, UW Goodman Softball Diamond. 262-1440.

UW Women’s Soccer: vs. Penn State, 1 pm, 9/18, UW McClimon Track/Soccer Complex. $5. 262-1440.

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Viva Mexico Festival: Annual celebration, noon, 9/18, Alliant Center, with music, folkdance, contests, food, exhibits & more; car caravan begins 10 am, Villager Mall. Free admission. lamovidaradio.com. 441-3768.

S PEC I A L EV EN TS Java Jive: Annual brunch & coffee tasting to benefit Rape Crisis Center, 9 am-12:30 pm, 9/18, Brink Lounge, with music, raffle, silent auction. $35 ($30 adv.). RSVP: danecountyrcc.org. 251-5126.

Dogtoberfest: Dane County Humane Society fundraiser, 11 am-5 pm, 9/18, Capital Brewery, Middleton, with music, dog costume contest. $10 donation. 838-0413.

Bunny Day: Wisconsin House Rabbit Society event, 11 am-4 pm, 9/18, Dane County Humane Society, with presentations on rabbits & their care, rabbit toy exhibit, Bunny Boutique & adoptable rabbits. $7 donation. wisconsinhrs.org.

Mighty Con Madison: Comic book convention, 10 am-5 pm, 9/18, Monona Terrace, with special guests. $5 (ages 12 & under free). geekinccomics.com.

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Margaret Glaspy Sunday, Sept. 18, Frequency, 8 pm

Margaret Glaspy is like your best friend who just happens to be a budding rock star.

Drawing from the raw, jagged aesthetics of artists like Liz Phair and Courtney Barnett, the New York-by-way-of-California

Eloquence & Eminence: Free UW lecture series, “Christianity in India: From Beginnings to the Present,” by emeritus professor Robert Frykenberg, 2 pm, 9/18, UW Extension Pyle Center. 262-3733.

FUN D RA I S ERS Friends of Black Earth & Mazomanie Library Fundraiser: 2-5 pm, 9/18, Roxbury Tavern, with music

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Mickey’s Tavern: Reality Something, free, 10 pm.

Stoughton Opera House: Music Appreciation Series, with Goldberg String Trio, free, 3 pm.

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BOOKS

Paula Becker: Discussing “Looking for Betty MacDonald: The Egg, the Plague, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and I,” her new book, 7 pm, 9/20, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.

Nisi Shawl: Reading from “Everfair,” her new novel, 7 pm, 9/19, A Room of One’s Own. 257-7888.

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Jeremy Scahill: Reading from “The Assassination Complex,” his new book, 7 pm, 9/19, Central Library.

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ART EXHIBITS & EV ENTS

Wet Plate Photography: Free demonstration by David Rambow, 5 pm, 9/19, 30 on the Square. 512-1340.

PhotoMidwest Black & White Special Interest Group: “265 Shades of Grey,” photographs, through 10/31, UW-Extension Lowell Center. 577-3300.

Gleam: Art in a New Light: Sculptural art featuring light, illuminated viewing ($13) 7:30-10:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, 9/1-29; 6:30-9:30 pm, WednesdaysFridays, 10/5-28, Olbrich Gardens. 246-4550.

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History Sandwiched In: Brown-bag lunch program, with “The History of Camp Randall Memorial Park’s Cultural Landscape” topic, 12:15 pm, 9/20, Wisconsin Historical Museum. $3 donation. 264-6555.

Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past & Present: UW Department of Sociology lecture series: “ALEC: the Dark Partner in Authoring Wisconsin Legislation,” by Lisa Graves, 6 pm, 9/20, UW Extension Pyle Center.

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What’s Happening to the Neighborhood Tavern?: The Capital Times panel discussion, 6:30 pm, 9/20, High Noon Saloon. Free. 268-1122.

Academy Evenings: “Cultivating Creative Economies,” lecture by Minnesota Citizens for the Arts executive director Sheila Smith, 7 pm, 9/20, Overture Center-Wisconsin Studio. RSVP: wisconsinacademy. org. 263-1692.

National Geographic Live: Chasing Rivers: 7:30 pm, 9/20, Overture Center-Capitol Theater. $40-$30.

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S PEC I A L I N T ERESTS Wedding Trends Unveiled: 4:30-8:30 pm, 9/20, Madison Club. $10 ($7 adv). wedplan.com. 233-7001.

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of Montreal Tuesday, Sept. 20, Majestic Theatre, 8:30 pm

The exuberant, rainbow-colored, genderbending circus created by Kevin Barnes of Athens, Georgia, brings delicious, disco-inspired music to the masses. Check out the latest video release, “it’s different for girls,” to see a cameo from former Madisonian Shane O’Neill, frontman of the now defunct Screamin’ Cyn Cyn & the Pons, in a raspberry beret. With Ruby the Rabbitfoot. See story, page 30.

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

Capital Brewery, Middleton: Sam Lyons, free, 6 pm.

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Richard Diller: Discussing “Firefly: A Skyraider’s Story,” his book, 6:30 pm, 9/19, Verona Library. 845-7180.

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

Capitol Square: David Hecht & the Who Dat, free (King Street corner), noon.

Cardinal Bar: Ben Ferris Group, 6 pm; New Breed Jazz Jam, free, 9 pm Tuesdays.

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

Crystal Corner Bar: David Hecht & the Who Dat, R&B/reggae, 9 pm.

Essen Haus: Brian Erickson, free, 6:30 pm TuesdaysWednesdays.

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

Julia Jacklin Wednesday, Sept. 21, Frequency, 8 pm

Growing up in Australia’s Blue Mountains, Julia Jacklin always thought she’d be a social worker. But an early fascination with Britney Spears put her on a different path; she now an exciting new voice in the world of alt-folk. With intensely personal lyrics and a vocal delivery that put her somewhere on the spectrum between Fiona Apple and Angel Olsen, Jacklin is truly a voice that needs to be heard. Her debut album, Don’t Let the Kids Win, was released this year. With Dash Hounds, Automatically Yours.

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One of them is an alt-country luminary who’s also been a pro surfer, a preacher and a fashion model. The other is a Denverreared clarinetist who first cut his teeth playing in anarcho-folkies DeVotchKa. Together, they’re Jim White and Paul Fonfara, one of the more eclectic and engaging pairs in modern Americana.

And now they’ll be taking on the Shitty Barn, bringing their colorful personalities and colorful songs with them.

Bandung: Louka, 7 pm.

Brink Lounge: Scott Mickelson, 7 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJ Ashoka, 9 pm.

Coliseum Bar: Andy Schumm, 6 pm.

Thursday, Sept. 22, High Noon Saloon, 8 pm

Madison’s finest (and loudest) bands will be sharing the stage to celebrate the release of Brainerd’s new album, Devil Star.

The long-running death-punk squad will be joined by hardcore rock ’n’ roll power trio Whisky Pig, The Gran Fury and punk quartet Not Dead Yet, who are playing one of their first shows in months. Grab your earplugs — this one’s going to be a riot.

High Noon Saloon: Tin Can Diamonds, Kyle Henderson & the Blues Invasion, Karen Wheelock, 6 pm.

Alchemy Cafe: Hetzler/Kutz/Ferris/Koszewski, 10 pm.

Opus Lounge: Teddy Davenport, free, 9 pm.

Stoughton Opera House: The Twilight Hours, 7:30 pm.

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

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

The Frequency: Greys, Buildings, Tyranny is Tyranny, rock, 8 pm.

Up North Pub: MoonHouse, free, 8 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Gin Mill Hollow, free, 6 pm.

SP ECIAL EV ENTS

Lisa Link Peace Park: Gin, Chocolate & Bottle Rockets, free, 5 pm.

Little Black Dress Affair: UW Carbone Cancer Center benefit, 5-9 pm, 9/21, Hilldale Shopping Center, with cocktail reception 6 pm, fashion show 7 pm, food samples, business specials. $25 ($20 through 9/4).

RSVP: hilldale2016lbdaffair.eventbrite.com. 238-6640.

Oktoberfest: Verona Road Business Coalition event, 4-7 pm, 9/21, Hy-Vee Fitchburg, with music by Greg Anderson Polka Band, yodeling, Bucky Badger visit, food &beer. $12 ($10 adv.). veronaroad.info. 712-1980.

Step Forward for Kids: Wisconsin Council on Children & Families fundraiser, 5-7 pm, 9/21, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art rooftop, with Giraffe Awards, Madison Music Makers, silent auction, refreshments. $75. RSVP: wccf.org. 284-0580.

B O O K L AU N C H F O R

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Brink Lounge: Madison Jazz Orchestra, 9 pm.

Majestic Theatre: August Burns Red, Erra, Silent Planet, Make Them Suffer, 7 pm.

Merchant: Johnny Chimes & Gatur Bait, free, 10 pm.

Sprecher’s Restaurant and Pub: Dave Weld & the Imperial Flames, 6 pm.

CO MEDY Jake Snell, Deon Green, Nick Hart: Plus music by Big Tooth & the Throat Pokers, 8 pm, 9/22, Brink Lounge. $20 ($15 adv.). 661-8599.

Mark Normand, Kevin White, Anthony Siraguse: 8:30 pm on 9/22 and 8 & 10:30 pm, 9/23-24, Comedy Club on State. $15-$10. 256-0099.

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Someone’s Gotta Do It: Forward Theater Company monologue festival, 7:30 pm on 9/22-23 and 2 & 7:30 pm, 9/24, Overture Center-Playhouse. $25.

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Retro hip Rewind Decor has vintage wares at every price point

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Have it all: Kick back in a vintage orange telescope rocking chair while listening to tunes on a Sears Clock-o-graph record player, in a room decorated with a le er from an old Shell Gas station.

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Morgan Miller spends every Monday through Thursday traveling around Wisconsin, stalking estate sales and auctions, even the occasional St. Vinnie’s and Goodwill store. He searches for the beautiful, nostalgic and curious. He buys everything interesting that catches his eye.

“I’m no hoarder, though” says Miller, proprietor of Rewind Decor, a welcome addition to the string of home goods stores poised to turn Williamson Street into Madison’s design district. “As much as I grow attached to many of the pieces I pick up, I’m a minimalist at heart. I don’t want to keep these things.” Continues Miller, “I’m just happy to now have a place for these things to pass through me.”

Open only Friday through Sunday, what Rewind Decor’s storefront may lack in size (it measures a cozy 300 square feet), it more than makes up for with its impressive selection of merchandise, making good on its tagline “Pausing somewhere between high design & kitsch.” From an original Alexander Calder lithograph celebrating the 1965 grand opening of the Los Angeles County Museum, to numerous pre-painted paintby-numbers pieces executed by artists far less renowned, the store pays tribute to both the high- and low-brow.

Rewind Decor also carries a carefully edited selection of furniture that would be at home in the residence of any east-side hipster, as well as nostalgia-inducing board games and puzzles, including some of the choicest Rubik’s Cubes and View-Masters the 1970s had to offer. The store also show-

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But what really sets Rewind apart from other vintage décor dealers is not only plenty of vintage turntables, but also, in a not-so-subtle nod to its name, an admirable selection of 1980s boomboxes. “Vinyl is still big, but cassettes are poised for a comeback,” says Miller. And if your nondigital collection of music has thinned over the years, Rewind is a great place to replenish — especially if your tastes tend toward Elvis, Madonna or John Coltrane.

The Willy Street storefront represents just a fraction of Miller’s collection. The curio curator, a Madison native with more than 16 years of experience as an art dealer in Hawaii, Los Angeles, Barcelona and Las Vegas, also maintains a 2,000-square-foot showroom of larger items, much of it furniture from the midcentury, Hollywood Regency and postmodern periods.

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I’m a woman who watches porn — we do exist — and I have a mad crush on a male porn star named Small Hands. Unfortunately, his videos focus less on his handsome face and more on some girl’s ass.

Do! Not! Want! Is there a way to ask a porn star to please make a few movies in a certain way? I would like to see some movies that feature less of her and more of him!

Salivating About Male Performer’s Lovely Exterior “I work with anyone I get hired to work with.

I don’t have just one co-star,” said Small Hands, porn star, filmmaker and composer.

But the ass you’re referring to, SAMPLE, the ass Small Hands has been seen with most, is the one that belongs to his fiancée, Joanna Angel, the porn star/director/producer who pioneered the “alt-porn” genre.

“I got into porn because I started dating her,” Small Hands told me after I read him your question. “I’ve been performing for three years, and my GF has been in the game for 12 years. She really put alt-porn on the map — she was the first girl with tattoos to appear on the cover of Hustler magazine.”

(Please note: “Alt-porn” has nothing to do

with “alt-right.” The alt-right is about racism, anti-Semitism, and orange fascists — and alt-porn is about tattoos, piercings and sexy fuckers.)

Regardless of whose ass it is, SAMPLE, you want to see less girl ass and more Small Hands face. Could he make that happen for you?

“Plenty of performers have clips-for-sale stores on their websites, and some make custom video clips for fans,” Small Hands said. “But I can’t provide special clips for this fan — as much as I would love to — because running our company and editing the films and composing music for them doesn’t leave us much time for anything else.”

If you want to watch porn that focuses more on guys, Small Hands recommends “porn for women” or “porn for couples.”

“I strongly dislike these terms,” said Small Hands, “as I feel they are outdated, sexist and stereotypical. No one — man or woman — should tell a woman which kind of porn is for her and which kind isn’t. Any pornographic film that a woman finds arousing or entertaining is ‘porn for women.’ But these films do tend to give the guys a little more screen time. Also, there’s always gay porn, which focuses 100 percent on men, so no worry about seeing a lady butt in those movies.”

While we’re on the subject of porn: If you look at Small Hands’ Twitter account — or the Twitter account of any porn performer working

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today — you’ll notice that most have “NO ON 60” as their avatar. Proposition 60 is a ballot measure in California that is ostensibly about protecting porn performers by requiring them to use condoms and mandates penalties for companies and performers that don’t.

“It’s really meant to drive the porn industry out of California under the guise of performer safety,” said Small Hands. “Among the other problems with this thing is that it could make performers’ private information public. So it’s not really about our safety at all.”

The San Francisco Chronicle urged its readers to vote no on 60 in an editorial published recently.

“The initiative, however well intended, does not fully reflect the realities of the industry,” the editors wrote, citing industry-standard STI screenings, the growing number of people who self-produce porn, and the emergence of drugs regimens (PrEP) that provide more protection against HIV infection than condoms.

But the biggest problem with Proposition 60 is how it could endanger porn performers.

“The measure gives private parties the right to sue a porn producer if state health officials don’t take action, a proviso that invites legal bounty hunting,” the SF Chronicle continues. “Also performers, who often use screen names, could have their identities and addresses made public, a feature that invades privacy and could lead to harm from porn-addled stalkers.”

If you’re a reader who lives in California, please vote no on 60. If you’re a reader who doesn’t live in California, please encourage your friends and relatives living in California to vote no on 60. And if you’re an editor at the SF Chronicle, please retire the term “porn-addled stalkers.” (While some porn stars have indeed been stalked, porn doesn’t cause an otherwise healthy, non-abusive, and sane person to become a stalker.) n Email Dan at mail@savagelove.net or reach him on Twitter at @fakedansavage.

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