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REMATCH

Ron Johnson and Russ Feingold compete for U.S. Senate seat.

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PUBLIC COMMENT DAVID MEDARIS WE WERE SADDENED THIS week by the death of David Medaris, a valued colleague and indelible presence who started contributing to Isthmus when he was just a teenager. A full remembrance will be in next week’s issue and on Isthmus.com.

Polco wants to upgrade civic engagement for the digital age.

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DON’T CHEER YET

Democrats must turn out to polls for victory in down-ballot races.

17 COVER STORY

LOVE AT FIRST FOLIO

APT’s founders come back to share their stories.

24-26 FOOD & DRINK

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What if the Badgers stopped making mistakes?

HOLLY HENSCHEN GREW UP ON a family farm in central Illinois.

As a child she developed a deep interest in ancestral artifacts, often combing through the closets and attic of the farmhouse where she unearthed books, photographs and postcards that belonged to the generations before her.

This week she writes about how members of Wisconsin’s Oneida tribe have connected with their ancestors by reviving an Iroquois beading style that builds on inherited traditions.

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Esperanza Spalding explains the strange concept behind Emily’s D+Evolution.

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James Watrous Gallery features beadwork from the Oneida Nation.

Fun with science Thursday, Oct. 20-Sunday, Oct. 23, UW Discovery Building and many other locations Wisconsin Science Festival is back with more than 200 events for all ages happening in 34 cities and towns statewide. Ground zero is at UW-Madison’s Discovery Building, with more than 20 hands-on activity stations. Highlights include Science Arcade Night, with activities ranging from board games to vintage arcade games to virtual reality (6-9 pm, Oct. 21) and the Science Storytellers Jam (8:30-10:30 pm, Oct. 22). For the complete schedule, visit wisconsinsciencefest.org.

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AS RELAYED IN HER COVER THIS week, Gwendolyn Rice was inspired to a life in the theater after seeing her first Shakespeare performance at American Players Theatre in 1986. She was 16 at the time. Now a professional writer and playwright based in Madison, Rice profiles the founders of APT, who have returned to Madison as part of an anniversary celebration of Shakespeare.

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A Woman’s Touch celebrates 20 progressive years.

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Want to bring the kids (12 and under) downtown to trick or treat? Members of the Madison Downtown Business Improvement District have designated more than 70 locations for stops and special activities. Highlights include performances on the hour by Wayne the Wizard at Overture Center’s Rotunda Stage; art and craft projects at DreamBank, MMoCA and Capitol Kids; giant mummy construction at Madison Children’s Museum; and science experiments at Madison Science Museum.

Head trip Monday-Saturday, Oct. 24-29, Memorial High School, 201 S. Gammon Road

The Madison school district’s planetarium is pulling out the lasers and Pink Floyd jams for its weeklong fundraiser that also includes Halloween-, Led Zep- and Beatlesthemed shows. Just $4; complete schedule at planetarium.madison.k12. wi.us/lasershows.

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“Left rear...lower her left rear. Right up and in a little. Let’s... is she a little light in the left rear?”

Photographer Cybil Fisher takes a practiced look at the Brown Swiss standing under the bright lights and gives her crew further instructions. “Left front straighter. Where it’s at.”

A team of five cow wranglers places the cow’s legs in what is, for a Brown Swiss, an attractive and perhaps even demure position. Her front legs don’t block her rear legs, and she seems on the verge of motion — as if she has paused only momentarily on her way to some particularly tasty grass.

Inside a large white tent behind the Dane County Memorial Coliseum during the World Dairy Expo, the cow is posed in front of a painted backdrop of blue sky, wispy clouds and impressionistic fall foliage just starting to turn to muted reds and yellows. The bright lights are diffused by umbrella-style reflectors, creating the illusion of daylight.

“Right rear ahead a half,” Fisher says.

One assistant adjusts the cow’s halter, a process Fisher likens to “a tailor customizing a suit,” while another holds the tail slightly away from the cow’s body. A third applies a few touch-ups of black spray paint to the cow’s hooves.

These people will be cropped or edited out of the final portrait, with the exception of the halter-holder, who by convention remains in the finished photo, says Fisher.

Finally an aide standing in front of the cow attempts to get her attention by making warbly, bird-like sounds and waving evergreen fronds in the air.

Cybil Fisher Photography: CYBILFISHER.COM Number of cows Fisher will photograph during the five days of the World Dairy Expo: 750-800

“Nose down, nose down,” says Fisher from behind her camera, removed from this tableau by about 30 feet.

The cow is restless and not holding still for her moment in the spotlight. “There’s a fly on her!” Fisher says. “I thought so. Tap her nose.”

The cow settles; the evergreen-waving assistant tries a different diversion — he has at his disposal a stuffed orange monkey on a stick, a stuffed cow and a bucket of feed. A scoop of feed sliding into a plastic pail does the trick. Fisher squeezes off a few shots and says, “Let ’er go.” The cow is led out of the tent, and the next model is ushered in.

Fisher specializes in photographing dairy cattle. She travels a lot, both for fun and for work, and says that when she tells an airplane seatmate that she’s a dairy cattle photographer, the response is invariably “I didn’t even know that was a job.”

It’s definitely a niche business. “Different qualities in the breed can be emphasized in the photo,” says Fisher. “That’s hard to know how to do across multiple species.” These are not sentimental pet shots; they’re advertising, used when selling the animal or for breeding purposes.

Fisher started right out of college, working for Agri-Graphics of New Glarus for six years. “I thought, I’ll do this for a few years until I figure out what I want to do with my life,” says Fisher. But the chance to travel continued to appeal to her.

She started her own business, based in Green Bay, in 2002.

Fisher isn’t the only cow photographer at the World Dairy Expo. There’s a second tent and a third business taking outdoor shots with Willow Island as the backdrop.

Turnaround on finished photos: 2½-3 WEEKS Hours a day she will spend in postproduction after World Dairy Expo: 18 Number of crew assistants she hires for World Dairy Expo: 12-15 Cost of a professional cow photograph: ABOUT $150 PER ANIMAL

Fisher prefers the controlled environment of the tent.

“These shows go late at night, so this way I can go until 10 o’clock. Or there’s no problem if there’s inclement weather.”

Plus, big dairy shows are busy places with a lot of distractions: “Inside the tent, there’s less for her to look at.”

She’s worked with her share of unruly cows. “Not fun,” says Fisher. “Sometimes we’ll bring in another animal for her to be like a buddy. Or rub her neck, or there are certain areas to scratch.”

Her favorite breed to photograph is the Jersey. “I think it’s because their center of gravity is lower, so they’re more comfortable, not as awkward. Also, they’re a naturally curious breed. They love noise, they’re alert.”

The next Brown Swiss is now under the lights. “She has a funny muzzle,” Fisher observes. “She always looks like she’s sneering. Right front wider.”

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The recent Marquette Law School The road to reelection has been poll has Libertarian Party presidenuphill for Republican first-term tial candidate Gary Johnson at 9 perU.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. The Wiscent and the Green Party’s Jill Stein at consin electorate has historically 3 percent. favored Democrats in presiden But Gilbert says the relatively tial years. His opponent Russ high poll numbers for third-party Feingold, who served in the Sencandidates in the presidential conate for 18 years, is widely known test aren’t translating into votes for throughout the state and has been Anderson. He received 4 percent Ron Johnson Phil Anderson Russ Feingold campaigning full-time for more support in the last Marquette Law than a year.

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But while Feingold has led in the polls tic spending and promises to reduce government “Feingold and [Ron] Johnson since he declared his candidacy in May regulation. He does want to spend more on the are not as unpopular as the two major-party 2015, the race appears to be tightening. An military which he claims was “hollowed out” dur- presidential candidates,” says Gilbert. “So Oct. 12 Marquette Law School poll shows ing the Obama administration.

Gary Johnson is benefiting from factors that Johnson just two points behind Feingold, Johnson would “scrap” the tax code and has Phil Anderson doesn’t have.... It’s hard to less than the poll’s 3.7-percent margin er- also signed Grover Norquist’s “no new taxes” say what, if any, effect Anderson is having ror. The same poll shows Democratic presi- pledge. He’ll push to repeal the Affordable Care on the Senate race.” dential candidate Hillary Clinton increasing Act in favor of a health care system guided by her lead in Wisconsin to seven points over the “power of the free market.”

In an Oct. 14 interview with conservative Republican presidential candidate Donald Feingold advocates for a higher minimum talk show host Charlie Sykes, Johnson floatTrump. wage and paid family leave. He opposes the ed the idea that ticket-splitters may be his Can Ron Johnson win even if Wisconsin Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, is critical path to victory. “She’s going to need somegives its 10 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton? of “corporate loopholes” and pledges to repeal body in the Senate to keep a pretty close “It seems unlikely but it’s not out of the tax preferences for the oil and gas industry, end watch on her and be a check-and-balance realm of possibility,” says Craig Gilbert, vet- tax inversions and close the carried interest on her power,” Johnson said. eran Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter loopholes used by hedge fund managers and Johnson — who declined numerous and author of the Wisconsin Voter Blog. professional investors. He’s also a supporter of requests for an interview with Isthmus — “You can’t say [Johnson and Clinton can’t pay-as-you-go legislation, a rule that requires claims the Republicans are already providboth win], it’d just be pretty remarkable if it Congress to offset spending that increases the ing that check on power by refusing to give did happen.” federal budget. Feingold champions college af- Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Trump has put Wisconsin Republicans fordability as well as state and federal partner- Merrick Garland, an up or down vote. “Inin an awkward position. House Speaker Paul ships on infrastructure improvement and vows stead of a lame duck president and Senate Ryan (R-Janesville) uninvited Trump to his “high-speed broadband for all.” nominating and confirming, a new president annual Fall Fest rally held in Elkhorn and is Even in a normal year, these distinctions might and Senate — elected by the people only a refusing to defend his party’s nominee. have made for a tight senate race in Wisconsin. But few months from now — should make that Similarly, Johnson has disavowed com- Trump has upended the usual calculus. important decision,” Johnson said in May. ments made by Trump and didn’t appear Johnson’s margins, Gilbert says, “haven’t Feingold counters that Johnson’s refusal at the Republican nominee’s Oct. 17 Green been that different than Trump’s margins. In to vote on Garland’s confirmation “disqualBay rally. Johnson hasn’t rescinded his en- order to win, he would need that to change if ifies him from being in office.” dorsement of Trump but he also doesn’t Trump loses in Wisconsin.”

“This is a totally partisan move that mention him in campaign speeches. At the shows Senator Johnson has no respect for first debate between Johnson and Feingold The race is further complicated by another the Constitution whatsoever,” says Feingold on Oct. 14, Johnson stood by the nominee, player: Libertarian Phil Anderson. in a phone interview with Isthmus. if not all his actions.

A manager of Green Cab, the Fitchburg resi- While in office, Feingold was in a similar “I’ve been very consistent in how I’ve been dent is the vice-chair of the Dane County Lib- position. In 2001, Democrats were threatdealing with our Republican nominee and I ertarian Party. He unsuccessfully challenged ening to filibuster President George W. say I’m supporting the areas of agreement,” state Rep. Robb Kahl (D-Monona) in 2014. He Bush’s nominee for attorney general, John Johnson said, noting common ground on says he’s attracting voters based on his anti-war Ashcroft. Feingold broke with his own party economic policies, securing the border and stance and support of marijuana legalization. to stop the procedural block. defeating ISIS. “Certainly, appointing judges Anderson bumped into Johnson while cam- At his Oct. 17 Green Bay rally, Trump to the Supreme Court as opposed to super paigning at the Racine County Fair in August. said the media was “poisoning the minds legislators. And certainly supporting some- After posing for a picture with his opponent, of the voters.” There was no mention of one who will change Washington, that’s cer- Anderson says Johnson urged him to drop out. Johnson or any other Republican during tainly what I went there to do. But, I’ve not “He turned to me and said, ‘You know, you’re his 50-minute speech. He predicted his own been shy about disagreeing with our nomi- having a pretty bad effect on my campaign,’” re- victory in Wisconsin on Election Day. nee. I’m not going to defend the indefensible.” calls Anderson. “He said, ‘This is a really impor- “You know why I’m here? I’m here because tant election and I hope you reconsider because everyone’s calling me. Everyone’s calling sayThis year’s senate race is a rematch of the we can’t let Senator Feingold get elected.’” ing we’re going to win Wisconsin,” he said to 2010 campaign, when Johnson unseated The Johnson campaign denies this claim. 3,000 supporters. “It’s not so traditional for a Feingold. The candidates offer the typical Johnson spokesman Brian Reisinger said in a Republican to be in this position. Mostly they contrast between Democratic and Repub- statement. “Ron had a brief conversation with him say, well, we are going to have to skip Wisconlican platforms. and took a photo, but he never asked him to drop sin. Not me. We are going to win Wisconsin.”

Johnson is again running as a political out- out of the race.”

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Speaking to a group of young Republicans in Madison, House Speaker Paul Ryan warns of a nightmare scenario if the GOP loses control of the U.S. Senate: Bernie Sanders would chair the budget committee. That should motivate some millennials.

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ployees in the battle against Black Friday creep: CBL & Associates Properties, owner of West Towne and East Towne malls in Madison and the Janesville Mall, announces that the shopping centers will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.

A fourth term for Gov. Scott Walker? Not if Tonette has anything to say about it.

Scooter tells the crowd at a Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce lunch that his wife would “kill him” if he served beyond another six years. Wonder if the liberals will survive that long?

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Seven years after a police raid, the owners of downtown bathhouse The Rising Sun are charged with conspiring to keep a house of prostitution.

Scott Foval, a Madison-based liberal operative, is fired from the national Democratic group Americans United for Change after edited video surfaces that appears to show him bragging about recruiting agitators to disrupt Donald Trump rallies.

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for hikers, snowshoers and cross-country skiers and is named for retired chemist Steve Morton, who donated the land. n Gov. Scott Walker says Wisconsin ended the most recent fiscal year with a $313.8 million surplus. But the annual fiscal report from the state Department of Administration is based on incomplete data.

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at an informational forum warn of deep, disruptive cuts to educational programming and staff positions if voters reject the district’s referendum request. The district wants to exceed the state-imposed revenue limit by $26 million, phasing in the increase over four years.

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compares himself to Donald Trump, saying they are both “change agents.” Johnson has not wavered in his support for the GOP presidential nominee. n Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne clears Madison police officer Hector Rivera of any wrongdoing in the fatal June 30 shooting of Michael Schumacher, a mentally ill man who broke into a near east side home and was armed with a garden pitchfork.

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The youth vote Often ignored, but with the power to swing elections

BY STEVEN POTTER

Teenagers disagree with their parents on almost everything. Even politics. Tamaya Schreiber Poznik did, at least initially. “[Before the primary], my parents didn’t like Hillary [Clinton] but she was appealing to me because she was going to be the first female president,” says the West High School senior. “Then my parents said they were supporting Bernie Sanders because his ideas were a lot better and I remember being like ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t believe you don’t like her.’”

After learning more about the candidates, she came around to her parents’ side and not only supported Sanders, she volunteered for his campaign. But now, Schreiber Poznik is back with her original choice.

“With the way things are, a vote not for Hillary would be a vote for [Donald] Trump. So, at this point, you just have to do what you have to do,” she says.

“I do like some of her views and policies though, so it’s not all that bad.”

Campaigns usually don’t spend much — if any — time or money pleading their candidate’s case to high school students. When asked for initiatives or plans to reach out to these students, neither of the Trump or Clinton campaigns in Wisconsin replied with any specific efforts.

Still, many high school seniors like Schreiber Poznik, who turned 18 in early October, will vote on Nov. 8. And although the youth turnout has historically been fickle and mercurial, when young voters do vote, their collective ballots have considerable power.

Voting-age high school students are part of the 18- to 29-year-old demographic — known generically as “the youth vote” — that has swayed recent presidential elections, says Peter Levine, associate dean at Tufts University and the founder of the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

“If Mitt Romney had even just tied Barack Obama with the youth vote, instead of losing badly, in just four states, Top Name Brands he would be president,” saysArmour, Levine. “So, Nike, Under Adidas, won Converse you can say that Obama because of & More... the youth vote.”

Likewise, when young voters don’t turn out, it makes a difference. “The Democrats did really well in 2012, when they had strong youth turnout, and they did very badly in 2014 when there was very weak youth turnout,” he adds.

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“We looked at the states where the youth vote can have the most impact and Wisconsin is right up there in the top 10,” says Levine.

According to the Madison school district, almost 750 of the district’s 2,100 seniors — just over 35 percent — will be voting age on Nov. 8. That’s up from the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections when 33 and 32 percent of high school seniors could vote. Statewide, the Department of Public Instruction estimates

that almost 18,500 high school seniors — just more than 29 percent — will be voting age by the election.

Although many students can vote, they’re not necessarily thrilled by their options. “A lot of my students are really discouraged about the candidates,” says West High government and history teacher Carla Geovanis. “That’s what makes this election different from recent elections — I have a lot fewer students excited by either candidate.”

Sam Thorson, a senior at East who turned 18 in mid-September, is among the unimpressed. Not trusting either candidate, he’s unsure who he will vote for. “With Trump, you just don’t know what he’s going to say or do or if he means it or not,” he says. “With Hillary, you don’t really know if she’s telling us the whole truth.”

Another 18-year-old East High student, Kalea Kruser, is also undecided. “I want to vote. It’s an American tradition and it’s es-

pecially important as a person of color because we didn’t always have this right,” she says. Having grown up under President Obama, Kruser “expected someone like him to be running.”

“I didn’t think it would be like this at all,” she says.

Several students want the candidates to address other issues. “If [Clinton] brought something up like Black Lives Matter or Planned Parenthood [funding] that was more relevant to us...I think that would get [young] people more interested,” says Schreiber Poznik, who plans to volunteer for the Clinton campaign.

West senior Déjon Noel, who turned 18 in September, also wants to see other issues addressed. “When talking to my friends, we’re all really upset with police brutality and guns on the street,” he says. “These are things that need changing now, but [the candidates] aren’t talking about that much.”

Schreiber Poznik notes that the major parties seem to be trying to reach her demographic by discussing student loan debt and college affordability. “We’re not going to see the effect of that, if she does get it passed — it’s going to take a lot of years for that to actually happen,” she says.

Levine agrees the issue has limited appeal. “There’s only a small fraction of the youth vote that’s focused on college affordability,” he says. “Some people are not going to college, some are going and are not having trouble affording it, some are going to community college and it’s already affordable — it’s way too narrow.”

“The youth care about so much more than just college affordability,” he adds.

“They care about violence, jobs, the minimum wage, even daycare is an issue for many of them.”

In two sections of East High’s U.S. government class, teacher Nick Adams asked students to list the issues important to them for this election. Among the most popular topics were immigration, police brutality, public assistance and welfare, climate change, women’s health care and gun control.

Adams offers his students two electionrelated projects: volunteer for a campaign or work at the polls on election day, then write about the experience. “You get paid, get your final project work done and you get to miss school,” Adams tells the class.

Thorson says he’s taking the offer: “I think it will be a good experience to see people taking part in government, get informed and see how it all works.” n

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Nick Mastronardi is baffled by the ways small governments try to engage constituents. “It’s crazy. They’re pursuing so many fractured communication channels, like landline use, when most younger people are just on cellphones,” Mastronardi says.

“They’ll do postcard or email surveys and send out maybe 10,000 of those, but like 10 people respond.”

And even when governments try digital media, they fail to grasp how it works.

“They’ll try to message through Facebook or Survey Monkey, where it could be one person taking the survey with 10 different accounts,” Mastronardi says. Overall, he adds, “It leaves citizens confused about where to participate, so they just don’t.”

Convinced he knew a better way, Mastronardi quit his job at Amazon in May 2015 and founded Polco, a crowdsourcing company that he hopes will encourage greater citizen participation in local government.

Polco creates web-based surveys for municipalities so constituents can give input without having to show up to a meeting. The polls are created in the form of a widget, which can be displayed on any website. Information about a possible new homeless shelter, for example, could have the poll running alongside it, asking residents whether they support the proposal.

Polco then collects the data and presents the information to officials.

Mastronardi founded the company in Texas but moved with it to Madison a year later. “With the university and the Capitol, and the young people wanting to get more engaged, and a good tech community, it’s just the perfect place for what we’re doing,” he says.

Pedersen (left) and Mastronardi say Polco offers government officials a way to get resident feedback. Give it a shot: Answer the sample poll, right, at isthmus.com.

He argues that his company will save governments time and money by replacing outdated or unreliable methods of getting resident feedback. His company addresses a persistent problem for democracies — how to get people engaged. When people don’t get involved, he says, it skews the input officials get.

Alex Pedersen, Polco’s chief operating officer, says this dynamic played out around the country in cities he researched. The effect is so common, in fact, that the nickname STPs — same 10 people — has become commonplace among municipal officials.

“It’s generally the same people every week [at local government meetings] — they’re extremely passionate and tend to disproportionately influence policies,” Pedersen says.

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In Dane County, Polco may offer people more access to government, says county clerk Scott McDonell. For residents of a relatively large county, making the long drive to a county board meeting in Madison can be a challenge, he says.

“A county government doesn’t get the attention in the media that a city or national government does, and that’s always been a source of frustration for us,” McDonell says. “We have an almost $600 million budget annually and a desire to engage the public in a rather large county. Any way that we can reach people and

solicit information — that’s something we’re striving for.”

Dane County has done a “soft launch” with the platform, asking residents questions about homeless services, borrowing for a new jail, and whether officials should research the effects of the state’s new voter ID requirement. But McDonell doesn’t expect the county to fully incorporate the platform on its website until after the November election.

Mastronardi says he hopes to eventually broaden Polco to the private sector and, and eventually, scale internationally.

“The main goal is to just get people involved,” he says. “A more informed [public] really leads to better public policy.” n

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Hold the champagne Trump may be toast, but Democrats still need to turn out for down-ballot races

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spiracy theory. Republicans are accusing Smith of misusing government resources because somebody sent some campaign emails to his mayoral email address, even though Smith replied telling the sender to stop doing that. Holding Smith responsible for these emails is akin to holding me accountable for the spam emails that land in my inbox from The Gap. Weird, manufactured scandals like the ones in the Olsen/Smith race come out when races are tight. Both sides are trying to find some advantage in a close race that could determine who controls the state Senate next year. These relatively quiet local elections end up having large impacts but they get drowned out by the cacophony of the presidential race.

Turnout matters. In 2012, the mid-October Marquette poll had Tammy Baldwin and Tommy Thompson polling within the margin of error in that Senate race, a clear parallel to this year’s Feingold/Johnson race.

Baldwin ended up winning by six points because Democrats turned out to the polls.

The presidential election season is abysmally long. It is easy to forget that we still have state and federal governments that need to get things done come January. In order to pass progressive policies over the next two years, Democrats need a wave of support, not just a safe Clinton win.

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The latest Marquette University poll revealed that Donald Trump’s hateful campaign is tanking in Wisconsin. That matches a nationwide trend of a Trump freefall as numerous sexual abuse allegations have surfaced against the Republican presidential nominee. The poll aggregators at FiveThirtyEight, as of Oct. 17, give Hillary Clinton a greater than 85% chance of winning the election.

At the tail end of one of the ugliest, most soul-draining presidential campaigns in recent memory, it’s tempting for Democrats to sit back and relax. The drive to knock on doors and get people to the polls can let up when the lead becomes comfortable. But, with less than three weeks to go until Election Day, this is a terrible time for progressives to get complacent.

First of all, a small part of me worries that Trump voters could be underrepresented in the polls. Backing Trump is pretty embarrassing right now and something a number of voters won’t do in public. In the Marquette poll, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson had the support of 11 percent of Wisconsin poll respondents. But how many of these folks are really going to vote Libertarian on Election Day? Even if Trump is totally done for, there are still plenty of other races Democrats should be worried about. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, who is still backing Trump, pulled within two points of opponent Russ Feingold in the latest Marquette poll. All of those Gary Johnson supporters are boosting Johnson’s numbers. Those Johnson and Johnson voters, not to be confused with the baby shampoo company, are a sizable constituency that shouldn’t be ignored.

Then, there are the significant state Senate races around Wisconsin. In particular, the battle between Sen. Luther Olsen (R-Ripon) and Waupaca Mayor Brian Smith has become toxic.

Democrats are alleging that Olsen engaged in a convoluted pay-to-play scandal. Which is odd because there are plenty of bad votes Dems can criticize Olsen on that don’t require a con-

On the national level, President Hillary Clinton is going to need a supportive Congress to pass any progressive policy. Returning Russ Feingold to office is absolutely essential if Democrats hope to have a Senate majority.

A big Democratic election will also whittle down the Republican majority in the House.

Some models show the potential for a Democratic House majority, something that was highly unlikely even a few weeks ago. To make that happen, Democrats will need to turn out en masse to support Tom Nelson against Mike Gallagher in Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District. Heck, in a wave election, dairy farmer Sarah Lloyd could even take down Rep. Glenn “Martin Luther King Jr. Day shouldn’t be a holiday” Grothman in the 6th District.

Here in Wisconsin, the Republicans who control state government are already laying out their 2017 agenda, as confident and presumptive in their assumed victory as the villain in an 1980s ski movie. They are already planning new ways to drain money from public schools around the state. Rep. Jesse Kremer (R-Kewaskum) plans to reintroduce a discriminatory bathroom bill that ostracizes transgender students. A Democratic-controlled state Senate puts an end to six years of single-party rubber stamp state government.

Defeating Donald Trump is important but Democrats will only achieve a real victory by beating the candidates further down the ballot who support Trump’s policies and agenda. n

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Boathouse dreams Yes, Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1893 Lake Monona boathouse would be a terrific counterpoint to Monona Terrace, as David Mollenhoff suggests in Marc Eisen’s “Lake Effects” (10/13/2016). I well remember telling David in the 1980s about pinning down the then forgotten location of the boathouse, and I remember, too, his instant enthusiasm about seeing it built.

But since then the owner of the design, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, has sometimes been diffident about giving permission for building hitherto unbuilt Wright designs, especially if they are going to be used for purposes other than those originally intended.

And what would the boathouse’s purpose be in 2016 or 2020? Certainly not to house boats and canoes as Wright envisioned in 1893, snugged into place with his nifty crane invention. Certainly not to offer an outlook over the lake via its circular, open promenade, now vastly superseded by the Terrace itself, and adjoining parks and paths.

Wright also had clearly envisioned it as a beacon for travelers coming by train into Madison, a large, welcoming tourist attraction that advertised the city’s lakes and recreational potential. But travelers don’t arrive by train anymore. Some will come

by car along the causeway, and Wright’s Monona Terrace serves the beacon function better than the boathouse ever could.

I had suggested to David that it become a Wright-related visitor and orientation center, but that function is met in part by the Terrace and would require creation of a city or county bureau and considerable funding. I also thought the boathouse could house models of Wright’s numerous buildings and unrealized projects for Dane County — well over 30 of them. These would be costly, running $30K or $40K each, depending on size and complexity.

Obviously, the boathouse could combine a lot of functions. But its purpose has to be thought through carefully before the city or county seeks permission from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to build it. And the architect must be chosen with equal care should this dream be realized. And I hope it is.

May I live to see the boathouse built, and may I be granted permission by my physicians and the municipal authorities who run the place to take a sip of champagne on the upper deck while watching sailboats race on Lake Monona as Frank Lloyd Wright intended way back in 1893.

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On a chilly fall afternoon in 1986, my mom and I climbed the hill at American Players Theatre for my first experience with live Shakespeare — The Merchant of Venice — with Randall Duk Kim in the title role.

I was 16 years old, and completely spellbound. It was a life-changing experience: That was the moment I decided to major in theater in college, to pursue my passion professionally.

Kim has since landed Hollywood roles in The Matrix Reloaded and Kung Fu Panda, but he is best known here for his masterful performances of Shakespeare classics, and for founding an esteemed outdoor theater in the unlikely, pastoral setting of Spring Green. In 1979, Kim, Anne Occhiogrosso and Charles Bright established American Players Theatre, which has since grown to become one of the country’s premier classical companies ➡

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Kim and Occhiogrosso’s visit will draw attention to the Madison stop of “The First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare,” which opens at the Chazen Museum Nov. 3, as part of a worldwide year-long celebration commemorating the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death.

The exhibition will bring the rare texts to museums, universities and public libraries in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. At the Chazen, the hallowed book will be open to the pages that contain Hamlet’s famous “To be, or not to be” speech.

For longtime APT theater-goers, the names Kim and Occhiogrosso are synonymous with respect and reverence for Shakespearean plays in the First Folio.

When the couple began the Spring Greenbased company, they were committed to creating productions that were uncut and true to the original text.

Saldivar says Kim and Occhiogrosso planted the seeds where the garden would flourish: “We now have companies in all four corners of the state producing Shakespeare, filling the summers with sounds of his plays. How impressive is that for a legacy?”

Lessons from the Bard For Kim and Occhiogrosso, the First Folio has been an essential guidepost: “There’s a tendency to look at it as a dusty old book that has to stay under glass,” says Occhiogrosso. “We want to communicate that it is a working document. It is still very much alive for us.” The couple is particularly excited about talking to audiences and UW-Madison students about the essential lessons for actors and directors found in the First Folio. “It has really been a map

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. Although they have long departed APT and Wisconsin, Kim and Occhiogrosso were at the top of the invite list for this fall’s Shakespearean celebrations, says Norma Saldivar, a theater professor who recently served as interim director of UWMadison’s Arts Institute.

“As I started to explore the history of Shakespeare in Wisconsin, it was impossible not to acknowledge the impact they had on the state,” says Saldivar. “The APT founders have inspired generations of theater artists and audiences to bring these stories — with their characters and beautifully complex language — to life.”

After several phone conversations, Saldivar convinced the couple to return here for a performance of their original work: The Pleasure of His Company: Our 40 Year Love Affair with William Shakespeare and the First Folio.

The one-night only event on Oct. 21 at the Union Theater allows the APT founders to present personal recollections, signature classical dramatic scenes and stories of Shakespeare’s influence on their lives and careers over the decades. The show is also a tribute to the First Folio, Shakespeare’s original manuscripts, which they emphatically cite as the most authentic and reliable version of Shakespeare’s texts.

As the show reflects, Shakespeare has served as the daily mission and inspiration of the couple throughout their lives: “It’s always the work. I start doing research on a play every morning,” says Occhiogrosso.

“That’s our life, our stimulation, our joy. I wouldn’t trade it for the world. We get to spend every day of our lives with a master playwright who understands the human condition better than anyone.”

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Shakespeare’s original manuscripts will be on display at the Chazen Museum Nov. 3.

for us. It’s been the tool, the fire under our work,” Kim says.

The First Folio, published in 1623, was the initial collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, meticulously compiled by two of Shakespeare’s fellow actors, John Heminges and Henry Condall. Of the 36 plays it contains, half had not been previously published, including Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Antony and Cleopatra, The Comedy of Errors and As You Like It. Researchers believe that 750 or fewer copies of the First Folio were printed; 235 survive today, of which 82 are in the Folger Shakespeare Library’s collection in Washington D.C., which is loaning copies for the traveling exhibit.

“Seven years after Shakespeare’s death, Heminges and Condall took extreme pains in order to collect the plays and put them in one volume. In some cases they had to buy back the royalties. And they were vigilant about how it was printed. Despite a few printer edits, the text itself is really cared for,” said Kim. Over time, Shakespeare’s texts have evolved to include edits, additions and corrections by scholars, mostly made to make the plays easier for readers to understand. Stage directions were added. Irregular lines were changed so they fit into iambic pentameter. Punctuation was altered so lines flowed more like sentences, and words that seemed randomly capitalized were corrected to lower case. And while subsequent editions were superior grammatically, Kim feels a great deal of the author’s intent has been lost, making it harder for actors and directors to understand how the plays should be performed.

“We look at the First Folio as a musical score,” Kim says. “The punctuation, how it’s laid out on the page tells us when to take pauses, which words to hit. A colon means the actors should move on stage. A

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“What we wanted to do was create a sanctuary for the plays.”

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Kim, The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1985. period is a place to check in with another performer.”

“We’ve both spent years studying it,”Occhiogrosso adds. “It gets us to ask questions like, what’s going on in this scene? What’s happening to these characters? It continues to be an exciting area of investigation, even all these years later.”

Shared love Occhiogrosso met Randall Duk Kim in the late ’60s when she was a senior at Hunter College in New York City. “He was brought in as a guest artist, and we performed in a production together,” she recalls. “Then he came back the next year to teach a class. We found we shared a love for Shakespeare and other classical playwrights.”

“ We get to spend every day of our lives with a master playwright who understands the human condition better than anyone.” —Anne Occhiogrosso

The Vision for APT

Occhiogrosso, Twelfth Night, 1987.

was little more than a hole in the ground.

I remember walking up the hill every day, watching it gradually take shape. I remember rehearsing in the granary in downtown Spring Green, having a dress rehearsal cancelled because of enormous swarms of merciless attacking mosquitoes.”

Finally, opening night arrived on July 18, 1980.

“There was no spare money for a concession stand, so it consisted of three wooden wire spools with wooden planks serving as the counter,” recalls Rose Ellen Schneider, the house and concession manager that summer. “I had to transport coffee pots and jugs of water up the hill in my car. We were scrambling. Only a third of the seats were installed and nearly 400 people were expected. Audience members arrived and didn’t understand that APT was an outdoor theater located some distance from the parking lot. A number of ladies climbed the gravel path to the theater in high heels. It was slightly short of chaos but, finally, all were seated. Chuck Bright walked on stage to welcome the audience. He apologized for the inconvenience and asked for patience. ‘We are a baby theater, taking its first steps,’ he said.

‘We hope you enjoy our production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.’”

Later that night, the audience rose to their feet for the theater’s first standing ovation.

Word spread quickly about the quality of APT’s work. In subsequent seasons, the theater mounted a steady stream of Shakespearean comedies, histories and tragedies. And as the years progressed, more classic authors were showcased,

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Kim had studied theater at the University of Hawaii, where he met the late Charles Bright. The pair started a theater company called the Ensemble of Theatrical Artists. Bright and Kim were later hired to be part of the touring production of Hair.

“Randy introduced me to Chuck and the rest is history,” says Occhiogrosso, adding that the three of them worked together as a team until Bright’s death in 2011.

By the mid-1970s Kim was gaining a national reputation as a classical actor. Occhiogrosso was directing productions and leading acting workshops in New York and San Francisco. Charles Bright worked for the Kennedy Center as the director of sales and promotion.

Ultimately, it was the trio’s devotion to the fidelity of Shakespeare’s words

that led them to found American Players Theatre, after nearly 10 years of planning.

“Randy was working in regional theater and doing versions of a lot of classic plays that had been drastically cut or updated,” says Occhiogrosso. “We would talk about scenes he was having trouble with in rehearsal, and realized that the reason the actors couldn’t make the necessary connections was due to all the things that had been left out.”

In 1978 Kim was rehearsing the title role of Hamlet at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis and “he was really frustrated because the script was cut to pieces,” says Occhiogrosso.

This experience reinforced their belief that to tell the stories Shakespeare wrote, they needed to work with the plays in their entirety, in their original form.

His time at the Guthrie also convinced Kim that Midwestern audiences were careful listeners. The trio began seriously looking for a site to establish a new company in Minnesota, Wisconsin or Illinois. They looked at 49 different properties before finding their home in Sauk County.

“It just so happened,” says Occhiogrosso, “that the woman who owned a property we were looking at in Spring Green was very involved in community theater.

As we toured the farmland she mentioned that she had always wanted to see a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream on her hill.”

With $4,000 to their names, Bright, Kim and Occhiogrosso founded what would become one of the premier outdoor classical theaters in the country. “We believed in what we were going to do,” she said.

“We had a press conference with coffee cake and chocolate covered strawberries and told the world.”

It was an ambitious mission. “What we wanted to do was create a sanctuary for the plays, for a company of actors dedicated to studying, training, and performing great playwrights like Moliere, Chekhov, Ibsen, and, of course, Shakespeare,” says Kim. “It’s so rare to have stories that transcend time or place. The great playwrights and the great plays are almost sacred – they should be treated with fear and trembling.” He pauses. “Sophocles, Lear, that’s what I wanted to see. Like a ballet company where the performers are so dedicated to it, they will break their bodies to achieve greatness.”

“And for the audience, we imagined a place where people could come to recreate – to leave the city to take care of their souls,” adds Kim. “With no compromises, only respect for the texts. We wanted to say to an audience, ‘you’re going to see the play uncut, the world of play in its entirety – and you’ll get it.’ And they did.”

APT’s inaugural season in 1980 included just two plays: Titus Andronicus and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Kim was the theater’s artistic director and lead actor; he played Puck in Midsummer. Occhiogrosso took on the duties of resident director, and Bright worked as the managing director, overseeing administrative work behind the scenes. The company initially hired two dozen actors, both Equity and non-union, who worked long days rehearsing and attending classes.

In The Book of Lore, a hardbound collection of stories from artists, staff and patrons about APT’s first 25 years, actor Geddeth Smith writes about the early days.“When we arrived for rehearsal, the theater itself

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While APT’s artistic reputation soared over the next decade — in 1985 it was nominated for a regional Tony Award — the financial outlook for the company was often dire. By January 1986 the company had amassed a $600,000 debt and announced it would close. But there was substantial outcry from the community and theatergoers across Wisconsin and fundraising committees formed to save the theater.

With a $405,000 loan from the state and thousands of individual contributions, Kim and Occhiogrosso persevered for another five years, clinging to their original mission in the face of persistent budget concerns.

Life After Spring Green

In 1991, after 12 years at APT, Kim and Occhiogrosso headed to the East Coast.

After weathering many budgetary and administrative challenges, they say they were ultimately discouraged that the theater’s board had not fully supported their original mission — to advance study of classic texts and provide rigorous actor training while producing exceptional productions of complete First Folio scripts. At that point David Frank took the reigns of the company.

The couple moved to Great Meadow, New Jersey, and Kim began working on Broadway, where he performed in The King and I, Golden Child and Flower Drum Song. He also appeared onstage with the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Public Theater, Lincoln Center, Delacorte Theater, the American Place Theatre and the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.

His numerous television and movie credits include playing The Keymaker in The Matrix Reloaded, and Master Oogway in the animated franchise Kung Fu Panda.

As a director, dramaturg and actor, Occhiogrosso also found new opportunities.

She began coaching acting students, taught at the Stella Adler Conservatory and New York University and worked with the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park.

“We were surprised when we got to New York, because our reputation pre-

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“When I was in The King and I, the chorus members would want to study Shakespeare with us in their off hours, so that’s what we did,” Kim adds. “We set up classes for 10 at a time in our living room.”

As for the future, Kim has a bucket list of roles he would like to play — or play again.

And he continues to share a “mutual joy in the work” in his marriage to Occhiogrosso.

“Work throws down challenges that we’re happy to take up. We share that and have always shared that,” he says. In 2010, after living and working together for decades, Kim and Occhiogrosso were married.

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Before Bright died in 2011, the three founders attended the 2003 ceremony where Kim was inducted into the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.

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I was most intrigued by the new, inventive, non-sushi dishes on the “Dine” section of the menu, which borrow from Japanese, French and new American culinary traditions and seem to occupy an interesting space between appetizer and shareable entree. Wagyu beef tartare comes topped with a subtle white truffle caper vinaigrette and is served alongside horseradish flan.

Spread the spicy custard on a crispy wonton strip and top it with the beef, making sure to get some fried shallot, parmigiano reggiano and a bit of quail egg in there to make the perfect bite. The brandy-cured foie gras, served on crostini with red onion marmalade and peach-basil jam, was luscious to the point of being too much. Slices of tuna tataki are lightly seared, giving the fish a deeper, meatier flavor, complemented exquisitely by smoked soy and tender enoki mushrooms. Umami abounds.

I was pleased to see the restaurant kept all the classic sushi, sashimi and signature rolls I had grown to love at the old location. My all-time favorite, chu-toro (fatty tuna), served sashimi-style (without rice), was perfection — buttery smooth, dense and rich, arranged into a beguiling rose shape. For the adventurous, another favorite is uni (sea urchin). It can come as sashimi, but I like it sushi style, as the rice provides a stable base for the delicate, custard-like roe. Golden-yellow in color, RYAN WISNIEWSKI sweet and briny in taste, this is the good stuff.

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The co-owner of the El Grito food cart wasn’t shy about expressing his dissatisfaction with the results of the 2016 city of Madison food cart review. In an Oct. 12 blog post Joshua Barraza notes inconsistencies in the number of reviewers that visit each cart and the undue weight of seniority points that dampen the chances of new carts to land well trafficked spots on the Library Mall/ Capitol Concourse. This year, 60 carts were vying for roughly 40 prime spots.

Barraza tells Isthmus that he and his partner Matthew Danky were “stunned” by the cart’s low ranking of 49. He is curious about the food knowledge of the city’s review panel, which amounts to around 20 volunteers, each of whom must visit 80 percent of the carts. (Full disclosure: I was a member of the

panel this year.) Barraza thinks that food professionals should make up more of the panel.

Jennifer St. Cyr of the Pickle Jar, which like El Grito probably scored too low (48) for a Library Mall/Capitol Square site next year, says there’s no way her cart can make a go of it without that central location. St. Cyr thinks the majority of the review panel should be food professionals, journalists or chefs. “I like having people who work around the carts participate, but it should be less than half the total judges and they shouldn’t be allowed to judge for more than two years in a row,” St. Cyr says. She says the system does not seem to take into account that she sources high quality ingredients from Wisconsin and makes her barbecue and pies from scratch.

She also argues that when an existing cart changes its concept and menu entirely, it should

not retain its seniority points.

That situation occurred this year as FIB’s second cart morphed into Orchid, a soup and salad concept.

Seniority points can make a big difference in a cart’s ranking. All of this year’s top 10 had from five to the maximum seven points for seniority.

St. Cyr also wishes carts could get written feedback. “Nothing is more frustrating than getting a ridiculously low food score and no reason why.”

Christine Ameigh, owner of Slide Food Cart (which ranked 14 this year) and organizer of the cart support group Let’s Eat Out, says that it’s an anxious and stressful week for cart owners.

“Basically there are 20 people in control of your small business,” she says.

Ameigh supports some kind of system to allot key sites to the city’s food carts, but un-

derlines that before things can change, someone has to come up with a workable alternative to present to the city’s vending oversight committee, which is in charge of making any changes to Madison’s current rules.

El Grito’s Barraza says he plans to attend the city’s vending oversight committee meeting on Oct. 26 to voice concerns with the process.

One idea that’s been floated is a lottery where each year 15 sites would be up for grabs, with a three-year site guarantee.

Ameigh commends the stability of this plan. The system has become more crucial as Madison reaches what Ameigh terms cart saturation: “If too many open, no one earns enough money.” n

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When he was just 13 years old, Gabriel Garcia Lopes got his first taste of the barbecue business, working at a kabob place in his hometown of Adamantina, Brazil. A little over a decade later, he’s bringing authentic Brazilian barbecue to Madison with his catering company Braze.

“In the town where I’m from, there are a lot of farms and cattle. Our hobby there is barbecue. That’s where my love of grilling comes from,” says Lopes, a graduate of Madison East High School and the Madison College culinary program.

The 24-year-old chef started Braze earlier this year. He exclusively uses a 15-skewer rotisserie grill — imported from Brazil — when catering events. It’s a revolving grill with the skewers set at an angle. Lopes grills the traditional Brazilian beef cut known as picanha, short ribs, tri-tip served with roasted butter, chicken thighs seasoned with herbs and artisan sausage that he makes himself from locally sourced pork. He also roasts beets, zucchini, eggplants, asparagus and other local vegetables from Vitruvian Farms in McFarland.

“If you want something different we can do chicken hearts, too. People think they won’t like it. But then when they try one, they can’t stop eating them,” says Lopes.

What defines Brazilian barbecue is an emphasis on the flavor of the meat itself, not sauces applied afterward.

“The meat should be really good and tasty,” explains Lopes. “As we are grilling the meat, we are also smoking it. That’s why we mainly use hardwood chips from fruit trees.”

Engaging with the chef as he’s grilling and serving meat right off the skewer is all part of the authentic Brazilian barbecue experience.

“It’s not just serving food; it’s kind of like a show. People are watching the meat being grilled, taking pictures and having a good time,” says Lopes. “It’s also about sharing. When he takes something off the grill, everyone has a little bit. So you’re never full. You just keep eating and eating and eating. You never get bored at a Brazilian barbecue.”

For the time being, Braze is a side project for Lopes. He currently works as a chef at UW-Madison’s Union South.

But he sees the catering gigs he’s doing now as a stepping stone to one day opening up his own 30-seat restaurant.

“I love Madison. When someone says, ‘Do you miss home?’ I say, ‘No. My home is here.’”

Lopes can be reached via facebook. com/brazebbq.

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Beer buzz: Keeping Wisconsin beer’d Door County Brewing to expand in Baileys Harbor and Showaki is on pace for at least a 50 percent increase in production for 2017.

The party will feature the release of a pair of imperial stouts: Osiris, a 9 percent ABV version aged with oak staves, and its non-oaked counterpart, Osiris Afterlife, which features dates, honey and lactose and ends up strong at 11 percent ABV. The first two beers in 3rd Sign’s new barrelaged program will be unveiled, too: Dark Star, also called Batch #01, is a brown ale aged in whiskey barrels, and White Dwarf (Batch #02) is a wheat beer aged in Chardonnay barrels.

BY ROBIN SHEPARD

You can take it with you The new brewhouse and taproom will overlook Lake Michigan.

North. “The brewery has a great sense of what they are good at, like farmhouse ales, and they sell extremely well.”

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Construction is expected to begin in November on Door County Brewing’s new home in Baileys Harbor at 8099 Highway 57, the site of what was once the local post office. Brewmaster Danny McMahon is hoping he’ll be serving beer there by Memorial Day, 2017.

McMahon recently received approval for construction of the 6,200-square-foot brewery with a 15-barrel brewhouse and bottling line. It also includes a taproom for 150 people and outside seating that overlooks Lake Michigan. McMahon plans to keep more than a dozen of his beers on tap there and he’ll also be able to increase availability of special and limited releases throughout the state. Even without the expansion, Door County has been having a good year, with production up nearly 33 percent from 2015.

Locally, the brand has been getting a lot of play at the two Willy Street Co-op locations that sell alcohol, north and Middleton, where the beer is a bestseller. “Door County [has] the individuality and uniqueness that consumers are looking for,” says Dave Andrews, assistant manager at Willy

draught beer) on Oct. 22 from 2-10 p.m. at the brewery, 1131 Uniek Drive. “It feels like it’s been more than a year — the pace has been non-stop,” says owner Isaac Showaki. In its first year the brewery turned out over 12,000 barrels of beer (contract beers made for others, along with its own in-house 3rd Sign label). Contract brewing is growing rapidly

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Off Switch first appeared as pilot batch #013 last July. Part of its allure comes from a new variety of hops, Skyrocket, from Mazomanie’s Gorst Valley Hops. They are similar to the piney-tasting Chinook, only with a more assertive tropical fruitiness.

Off Switch is a strong beer made with a touch of Belgian candi sugar that adds alcohol while keeping the body of the beer on the lighter side of the style — which means that it can be very deceiving at 9 percent ABV. This is a beer you’ll want to drink fresh; don’t even think about aging it. I noticed the bold, bright orange-tangerine hop aroma right away. There’s an initial wave of tropical hoppi-

ness that eventually allows a resiny bitterness to emerge as the flavor profile unfolds. The hops are assertive, but not palate-wreckers; there’s a crisp cleanness overall. This beer is lighter and smoother than what I was expecting for a double IPA. Even so, watch out for its high alcohol content. I like this beer for its light tropical hoppy notes.

Currently, Off Switch sells in bomber bottles for around $9/each. If you want to find it, your best bet is to go to the brewery’s taproom. By mid-November, 12-ounce bottles are expected to be included in Ale Asylum variety packs.

—ROBIN SHEPARD

If you’ve traveled by way of the Dane County Regional Airport lately, you may have noticed that Metcalfe’s Market has opened a small store there and is selling New Glarus beer. The brewery has gained a national mystique because it sells only in Wisconsin. Bars from Minnesota to New York have gotten in trouble for allegedly making beer runs to Wisconsin and reselling the beer out of state. The airport kiosk means you can carry on a gift six-pack or two to eager out-of-state beer pals. n

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The “cozy factor” at Forequarter, 708 E. Johnson St., increases exponentially as temperatures start to drop. The latest fall menu, aglow in candlelight on a recent October evening, lists two new cocktails, the Maize en Place (rum, corn, cream, cinnamon and nutmeg) and the American Pie. The bistro’s beverage director, Mark Bystrom, says that the American Pie was a collaborative effort by the bar team to recreate a Corpse Reviver No. 1, essentially a manhattan made with Calvados.

The use of an apple brandy seemed appropriate (it is fall in Wisconsin, after all). After a few failed attempts, including a batch made with pimento dram (an allspice liqueur), sweet vermouth was swapped out for house-made bianco vermouth. Pear eau de vie was added to balance the apple brandy. Add amaro, rye whiskey and four dashes of orange bitters and voila, and you have an American Pie. With its fruit flavors from the brandies and mellow cinnamon from the vermouth, the drink is a nod to the dessert, not the movie or the song of the same name. It’s served straight up in one of Forequarter’s unique bar glasses and is a tasty reminder that practice makes perfect.

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The Wisconsin Badgers football team is halfway through its toughest schedule in years. After facing four teams ranked in the Top 10 — beating two of them (No. 5 LSU and No. 8 Michigan State), letting its guard down against No. 4 Michigan and taking No. 2 Ohio State to within one play of a second overtime on Oct. 15 at Camp Randall Stadium — it’s easy to ask “what if.”

What if head coach Paul Chryst hadn’t swapped fifth-year senior quarterback Bart Houston, who led UW to a 16-14 victory over LSU at Lambeau Field on Sept. 3, for redshirt freshman Alex Hornibrook, whose first-ever start resulted in a convincing 30-6 defeat of Michigan State in enemy territory on Sept.

24? Hornibrook threw one interception and another almost-pick in Saturday’s 30-23 loss to the Buckeyes, and he tossed a critical interception against the Wolverines the previous week.

What if the Badgers’ bye week had come in between the Michigan State and Michigan games, rather than the Michigan and Ohio State games? Would the break have helped propel UW toward victory against the Wolverines and Buckeyes? Watching the Badgers play Ohio State, especially in the first half when they held OSU to two field goals, it

was clear an additional week of preparation almost paid off.

What-ifs are nothing more than excuses, though. And as Chryst told his dejected team after Saturday’s crushing loss on national television: “There are no moral victories. You guys are too damn good for that.”

The Badgers, ranked No. 8 heading into the Buckeyes game and now at No. 10, are damn good — way better than most people expected. All you needed to do was read Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer’s lips after his post-game interview with ESPN sideline reporter Sam Ponder on Saturday, when he looked around Camp Randall and proclaimed “Wow” on his way to the locker room.

I don’t think that man says “wow” very often.

The Badgers (4-2 overall, 1-2 in the Big Ten) now face a slightly softer schedule, at least compared to the first half of the season.

Of UW’s next six opponents, only one (No. 8 Nebraska) is currently ranked, but all save Minnesota have overall winning records.

Wisconsin meets Iowa (5-2 overall, 3-1 in the Big Ten) on Oct. 22 in Iowa City at 11 a.m., and they again will need to play their best football of the season to avoid any more what-if scenarios. ■

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It turns out that’s the one that Yo-Yo Ma played [on the episode].

BY MICHAEL POPKE

Neil Fallon, lead vocalist and guitarist for Clutch, turns 45 years old two days before the heavy rockers hit the Orpheum Theatre on Oct. 27.

When he started the band in 1991 with the same three high school classmates from Germantown, Md., who still share the stage with him today, he didn’t expect Clutch’s grip on American rock music to be so strong a quarter-century later.

“We never saw it coming,” Fallon says of Clutch’s longevity, which includes 11 studio albums since 1993 — including 2015’s Psychic Warfare, the band’s second consecutive release to hit No. 1 on Billboard’s “Hard Rock Albums” chart, following 2013’s Earth Rocker.

“But our fan base is for life. I once heard [Rush vocalist and bassist] Geddy Lee talk about Rush fans in the same way as Clutch fans. They almost feel a sense of ownership, as if this is ‘my band.’ We’ve established an emotional connection with our fans.”

With thick, roiling riffs that blur elements of metal and funk with muscular vocals, Clutch took its early influences from the likes of Faith No More and Swans, gradually evolving into a smart, groove-laden band with something to say — and one that doesn’t slot neatly into either the “rock” or “metal” genres.

Psychic Warfare doesn’t make categorizing Clutch any easier. The album, a crimethemed concept inspired by sci-fi author Philip K. Dick, namedrops Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Stevie Nicks and the Cyclops. And it boasts such song titles as “Sucker for the Witch,” “Decapitation Blues” and the dark country closer “Son of Virginia.” Collectively, these songs play like a collection of short crime noir stories featuring deeply flawed characters.

“I have a love-hate relationship with concept records. They can be satisfying, like Dark Side of the Moon, or heavy-handed, like Kilroy Was Here,” Fallon says, adding with a

And that’s when you started playing strings, at age five?

I wanted to play that thing — I thought it was called a violin. My mom hunted around and found a loaner for students who couldn’t afford them.

Seven or eight years ago, I was doing a local news program and the host said we have a little surprise and they played an excerpt from that episode. The seed was planted. It was only a matter of time. It was inevitable.

You’ve played at the Oscars, the Grammys, the Nobel Prize ceremony and the White House. What’s your favorite kind of gig?

All playing counts. It doesn’t matter how someone sends the message “I love you.” If it’s in lights in Times Square, a whisper in your ear, in an email or a text — if the sentiment’s true, it doesn’t matter how you receive it, or how you send it. I feel the same way about sharing music with people. It really doesn’t matter. It’s music being made and it feels good to me.

chuckle that this is the first time he’s ever referenced Styx in an interview.

Although Clutch has been on the road for much of 2016, Fallon found time to record the self-titled debut from Dunsmuir, a new band featuring former Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell drummer Vinny Appice and Fu Manchu bassist Brad Davis.

Next year, Clutch will focus on recording its 12th record — and Fallon has no idea what it will be. “I honestly don’t know, and that’s the fun part,” he says. “It can also be the most frustrating part.

But when you get that eureka moment, there’s nothing else like it.” n

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Who’s Emily and what is her “D+Evolution?”

In Oct. 2013, I experienced this knock at the door, this creature, that I needed to explore. We don’t know what Emily is, where she came from. She just busted out and was all about moving and letting the lava flow and being loud and breaking the curtain and dancing and playing and inviting these grownup musicians to get silly and play with her.

The people she meets begin to teach her what it’s really like here. She tries to understand what they’re saying but the more she hears, the more she finds herself repeating what they’ve told her.

She’s not satisfied with the rules and laws. She politely declines and she continues to have her own inquisitive journey. The people who are teaching her start asking questions and they realize she has something to teach us. They realize they, too, want to break down constructions in a way that’s more beautiful, more fun, more liberating and they learn the ultimate message about what being in that world can be. n

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The exhibit of raised beadwork, on display at the James Watrous Gallery on the third floor of the Overture Center through Nov. 6, shows how modern Wisconsin artists are reinvigorating a cultural tradition and making it their own.

Iroquois raised beadwork, a 3D style popularized in the 1850s in New York state and Lower Ontario in the form of souvenirs, helped the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) make a living. The Oneida, one of Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, relocated to Wisconsin in 1820, and with the move, lost some of the connection to the traditional arts.

In the early 1990s, Karen Ann Hoffman, an Oneida whose work is on display in the exhibit, saw an ad in a tribal newspaper for a class taught in northern Wisconsin by two citizens of the Cayuga Nation from New York. The class sparked a revival of the beading style, creating a way for the citizens of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin to build bonds with each other.

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teaches five beadwork apprentices, ages 11 to 50. In recognition of the emerging beading scene in Wisconsin, the International Iroquois International Beadwork Conference, traditionally held in Canada or New York, convened in Green Bay this year.

“Beading Culture” showcases examples of the early raised beadwork, including purses and sewing cases, which were sold as trinkets. These pieces tend to stick to one color, typically white, with the name of the location, such as Niagara Falls, and the year.

Wisconsin Oneida beadwork on display shines with the colors of the rainbow

in traditional motifs infused with modern cultural symbols.

“There is a movement to find personal expression and design a local tradition,” says Jody Clowes, director of the James Watrous Gallery.

Modern Iroquois raised beadwork includes functional pieces, including caps, bags and regalia for powwows. Bead artists also create art pieces, including jewelry boxes and water urns.

Wisconsin Oneida raised beadwork integrates nontraditional motifs: bright red strawberries, revered for the fruit’s healing properties, and glistening, jewel-toned hummingbirds, signifying the transmission of knowledge. Other work at the exhibit depicts colorful sandhill cranes, woodpeckers and other flora and fauna native to Wisconsin.

In Wisconsin, nearly 75 percent of native people live outside of reservations and trust lands.

Raised beadwork has brought some Oneidas together to learn, teach and celebrate their culture.

“This has really strengthened my connection not only with the folks who still live on the reserve, but with all these wonderful Oneida people throughout the state,” Hoffman says.

“My hope is that someday there will be enough of a voice, enough of an understanding, enough of an artistic depth that we create a specifically Oneida style.” ■ BEADING CULTURE TOUR WITH MELANIE HERZOG Saturday, October 22, from 1–2 p.m.

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A rousing season opener Violinist Ilya Kaler brings new life to Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

BY JOHN W. BARKER

Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra opened its season with a strong program and a magnificent guest soloist, Russian violinist Ilya Kaler.

The Oct. 14 concert at Overture Hall began with the Symphony No. 5 in D, one of eight “Little Symphonies” that were originally conceived as overtures to dramatic works.

The composer was the Englishman William Boyce (1711-1779). I grew up listening to — and loving — early recordings of the entire set. This one calls for trumpets and timpani.

It’s a real rouser and, I suspect, an ear-opener for many in the audience.

Next came a warhorse, Tchaikovsky’s famed Violin Concerto, brought to new life

by Kaler. This violinist has the work in his blood and his bones. He is able to make every note count, even the tricky ones, expressing freedom in rhythm and volume — not for vulgar display but for realizing the music in full. This was perhaps the work’s most ex-

traordinarily beautiful and convincing performance I have ever heard.

Kaler played an For a change, the encore was as ababsorbing encore of sorbing as a full concerto. Kaler played Bach’s Partita No. 3. a movement from Bach’s Partita No. 3 in E for unaccompanied violin. He applied all his artistry to shaping Bach’s music into a beautiful gem.

This concert stands out for introducing us to Ilya Kaler; we must have him back.

But there was still more. After the intermission, we heard Schubert’s Symphony No. 4 in C minor, written when Schubert was 19 and For this concert, the WCO roster included only being influenced by Mozart’s G-minor 20 string players, which diminished the richness and Beethoven’s C-major Symphonies. of the Tchaikovsky piece even as it allowed the Though this piece has often been overaudience a chance to hear the ingenuity of Tchaishadowed by Schubert’s bucolic Fifth and kovsky’s wind writing. But the “imbalance” was a his last two symphonies, the composer blessing for the Schubert, because we heard clearly really found his orchestral voice in this how well the precocious young composer had score for the first time. All praise to mastered the effective use of the woodwinds. ■ Sewell for programming it.

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Putting the party back in politics Andrew W.K. seeks to motivate, empower with new political movement

BY ALLISON GEYER

Back in March, party-rocker Andrew W.K. made headlines when he, seemingly out of nowhere, announced he was forming a new political party: The Party Party.

Was it satire? A publicity stunt? Absolutely not, insists the 37-year-old musician, who has become known as a “party philosopher” for his ardent promotion of the benefits of partying in all its glorious forms.

To spread the gospel of the Party Party and to engage the citizenry, W.K. has launched a nationwide speaking tour, which stops in Madison at the High Noon Saloon on Oct. 27. Isthmus spoke with W.K. about his hopes for the movement and why partying might just be the antidote to a poisonous election season.

You announced the launch of your political party, “The Party Party,” about five months ago. What’s been happening with the movement since then?

What we were offering really scratched an itch that a lot of people had been looking to scratch. It’s almost like a soothing therapeutic ointment, if you will, or maybe a medi-

cated lotion. Because if you scratch an itch too much, it can become irritated and infected.

This is a real bonafide effort. However, in the beginning, my expectations were humble.

Worst case, I thought it would be a political party of the spirit.

Our country is grappling with some stressful issues — racism, police shootings. Can partying help with serious issues like that?

To me, it helps with everything. The power of partying is activated gratitude and energized enthusiasm about getting this chance to exist. It’s about looking at life as something worth celebrating and worth worshiping. When you’re in that state of gratitude, it’s simultaneously humbling and empowering. And as we go through these challenges, they’re something that will inspire us to grow.

On your website, there’s a petition to seek “official” status for the Party Party. What’s the status?

To get on the ballot in a state like California, you would need about 300,000 signatures.

We’ve been approaching the six-digit mark, but that’s for the whole world. I don’t think that we are even one percent of the way there in terms of actually being a nationally recognized political party.

But sometimes, working outside of the system — especially if the system is something you’re trying to address — can be more effective. I really want this to be something people can participate in, even if they’re a member of an existing party.

I’m a big fan of your motivational “Party Tips” on Twitter. How do you come up with those?

First of all, thank you for saying that. Thank you for allowing them to mean anything to you.

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Little Sister is a quietly vibrant look at a modern family

BY CRAIG JOHNSON

The word logic is not used enough when talking about movies. When we talk about a film not making sense or not being believable, it is usually because it isn’t logical. Logic is what saves the quietly vibrant new film Little Sister, showing Oct. 26 at MMoCA, from becoming yet another bland, quirky indie dramedy.

On paper, Sister sounds bland and quirky: Colleen (Addison Timlin) and Jacob Lunsford (Keith Poulson) were goth kids, but now he’s a soldier and she’s a nun who wears hip sunglasses. Their crazy mom (Ally Sheedy) calls Sister Colleen back home after years of absence to help deal with Jacob, who has returned home injured from the war. And it’s Halloween! Can the nun’s faith keep her strong enough for her family?

In a lesser movie, these characters would be mere devices, but director Zach Clark (who also wrote and edited) takes these people seriously.

They are built on subtle choices and history: Colleen and Jacob’s mother is unstable and unreliable, so the siblings rebelled, choosing a form of rebellion (goth punk) with a strict set of stylistic guidelines (costumes, music, decor) that gave them the order they craved. It makes sense that when they grew up they chose lives with structure — in the church and the military.

Even things that should be garish make sense: The nun sits in her former bedroom, where the walls are painted blood red and coated with Satanic images. It could have been a cheap gimmick, but we understand that she still finds peace in her youthful fortress of solitude. Her only correction to the room is turning her inverted cross

right-side up. And it makes sense that her mother — who exudes more resentment than love — never redecorated the room, hoping her prodigal child would return.

Faith, duty, patriotism, family, vegetarianism, activism, infidelity, recreational marijuana and the goth lifestyle are all treated with respectful humor by Clark and his cast.

Timlin brings a mature dignity and youthful confusion to Colleen, while Poulson projects crumpled pride as he constantly gets the backhanded salute from people who call him a hero of a needless war.

Most effective is Sheedy as the sad and scary mother. It is jarring to see the iconic messed-up teen from the’80s playing the next generation’s messed-up mother. But, the more you think about it, it’s only logical. ■

The silent war Thank You For Your Service explores the mental health crisis among veterans

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For every U.S. soldier killed on battlefields in Iraq or Afghanistan in 2012, another 25 veterans died by their own hands. More than 6,500 veterans commit suicide every year — a death toll that has long since surpassed the total number of soldiers killed in combat since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

These harrowing statistics were laid out in a 2012 New York Times op-ed by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Nicholas Kristof, who writes about human rights, health and global affairs. The piece caught the eye of film producer Gerry Sprayragen and director Tom Donahue, who were inspired to create a film exploring the public health cri-

sis that has become an epidemic — and, many argue, one of our nation’s greatest shames.

The resulting documentary film, Thank You For Your Service, premieres in Madison on Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Barrymore Theatre. The screening is made possible by the Madison Arts Commission, Housing Initiatives and a number of other nonprofits focused on mental health and veterans services.

The screening will be followed by a discussion moderated by Dean Loumos, executive director of Housing Initiatives, which will highlight how the issues raised in the film relate to members of our local community and the crisis of homelessness in Madison. ■

Local activists are hosting a screening to call a ention to the high suicide rates among U.S. veterans.

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The In-Laws: Farce in which the children of a CIA operative (Peter Falk) and dentist (Alan Arkin) are getting married; screenwriter Andrew Bergman will talk about the film. UW Cinematheque, Oct. 20, 7 pm.

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April and the Extraordinary World: Alternate universe animated fantasy depicts a sort of steampunk France in 1941, in which a teenage girl seeks her missing scientist parents. UW Union SouthMarquee, Oct. 21 (6 pm) and Oct. 23 (3 pm).

Creature from the Black Lagoon: A strange being lurks in the Amazon jungle, and scientists want to bring it back to civilization. Pinney Library, Oct. 21, 6:30 pm.

Vincent, Francois, Paul & the Others: Middleaged friends struggle with individual problems during the week but reunite for weekend relaxation. UW Cinematheque, Oct. 21, 7 pm.

Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni: Live simulcast starring Simon Keenlyside. Palace-Sun Prairie & Point, Oct. 22, 11:55 am; encore Oct. 26, 6:30 pm.

Book Trailer Festival: Screening of book trailers submitted by Dane County teens for the Teen Book Trailer Contest. Fitchburg Library, Oct. 22, 2 pm.

Wings of Desire: An angel (Bruno Ganz) seeks a way to become human when he falls in love with lonely trapeze artist (Solveig Dommartin). UW Cinematheque, Oct. 22, 7 pm.

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National Theatre: Frankenstein: 2011 production directed by Danny Boyle. Point, Oct. 25, 7 pm.

Thank You for Your Service: See article, page 36. Barrymore Theatre, Oct. 25, 7 pm.

War on Trial: UW Havens Center Social Cinema screening of documentary about peace activists on trial in Australia. Union South-Marquee Theater, Oct. 26, 7:30 pm (master class on cinema verite shooting by director David Bradbury 5:30 pm).

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Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls: Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett lampoon the 1962 cult classic. Point and Palace-Sun Prairie, Oct. 27 (7 pm) and Oct. 31 (7:30 pm).

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Oct. 20-23, various venues It’s the most literary weekend of the year, with a whole posse of authors and events to feed the mind and soul. In these troubling times, it’s good to know we can laugh with standup comedian Phoebe Robinson (pictured), author of You Can’t Touch My Hair...And Other Things I Still Have to Explain (Thursday, 9 pm, Central Library). Bring the next generation to hear former Isthmus editor Dean Robbins read from his new picture book Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women’s Right to Vote (Saturday, 10:30 am, Wisconsin Historical Museum). Put your thinking cap on to hear Mark Greif, author of Against Everything (Saturday, 4:30 pm, Central Library), where he addresses timely topics, including the rise and fall of the hipster and the impact of the Occupy movement (See interview, isthmus.com). And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. See last week’s Wisconsin Book Festival special section or wisconsinbookfestival.org for a full schedule.

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Charles Scott + John DeHaven

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Thursday, Oct. 20, Capitol Theater, 7:30 pm

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The winners of Overture’s 2015 Rising Stars talent competition have hit the big time. Part of the prize package is a chance to perform in one of Madison’s most distinguished venues, the Capitol Theater. The show features Charles Scott, a 19-year prodigy who headed to Nashville to continue his quest to create the perfect pop song, and trumpeter/vocalist John DeHaven (pictured), who has toured with Bon Iver and Capillary Action, now pulling together collaborators for his own act.

Thursday, Oct. 20, Comedy Club on State, 8:30 pm

What would happen if Jack Black and SNL’s Bobby Moynihan had a child and raised it solely on Patton Oswalt CDs and Prozac? That child might grow up to be something like Sean Patton, whose highenergy comedy is something to behold.

You might hear about his encounters with subway creeps, “classic” New Yorkers or how he mispronounced the spice cumin as a joke...for years. ALSO: Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21-22, 8 & 10:30 pm.

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Turkeyfest Thursday, Oct. 20-Saturday, Oct. 22, various venues

This year Turkeyfest extends its reach to the Capitol Square. Thursday at the Frequency (9 pm) features the most diverse lineup, including electronic sounds from Samantha Glass and Cave Curse, a rare set by guitar rockers Squarewave and the scarifying roots music of Those Poor Bastards. On Friday Mickey’s Tavern (10 pm) will host a garage rock pile up featuring locals Fire Retarded and New Orleans combo BottomFeeders. Hosts the Hussy can be caught Saturday at the Crystal Corner Bar (9 pm), along with the weekend’s headliner, the inimitable Nobunny. Come for the rabbit mask and potential shenanigans, but stay for bubblegum hooks sinking deep into your brain..

Bos Meadery: Jason Moon, 6:30 pm.

Mason Lounge: Brennan Connors & Stray Passage, jazz, free, 8:30 pm.

Merchant: No Name String Band, free, 10 pm.

Mr. Robert’s: Gary David & the Enthusiasts, 9 pm.

Tempest Oyster Bar: Paul Rowley, free, 6 pm.

Tip Top Tavern: Tos Hopkins, folk, free, 9 pm.

Kate Corby & Dancers: Compass Thursday, Oct. 20, UW Lathrop Hall’s Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, 8 pm In 2011, Dance magazine declared UW-Madison assistant professor Kate Corby a choreographer to watch. Her smart and challenging work reflects her democratic process of generating dances through improv sessions. Compass will include her newest work, a duet for Ben Law and Chih-Hsien Lin, a real-life couple exploring the push/pull of their relationship. And Chicago-based Hedwig Dances presents a reworked version of Trade Winds, a collaboration with Cuban artists. ALSO: Friday (8 pm) and Saturday (2:30 pm), Oct. 21-22.

Billy Elliot: Verona Area Community Theater, 7:30 pm on 10/2022 and 2 pm, 10/22-23, Verona Area High School $15. vact.org.

Commander: StageQ, 8 pm on 10/20-21 and 2 pm, 10/22, Bartell Theater. $20/$15. bartelltheatre.org. 661-9696.

Playscapes: 10/14-11/5, Broom Street Theater, at 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays. $11. 244-8338.

Passing the Mic Festival Thursday, Oct. 20 - Saturday, Oct. 22, Overture Center-Promenade Hall and other locations This 12th annual Wisconsin Book Festival event features a packed weekend of performances and author appearances on the theme “Hip-Hop Education in the Classroom and Beyond.” Kicking it off Thursday will be a hip-hop arts showcase featuring UW First Wave Scholars, hosted by Toni Blackmon (pictured), an actor, writer and rapper who was the first hip-hop ambassador to the U.S. State Department. Friday night is a First Wave poetry reading session hosted by prominent education scholar Gloria Ladson-Billings, followed by a performance from Blackmon and Senegalese rap sensation Xuman. Saturday includes the Hip-Hop Education Summit (registration closed), book talks by Jeff Chang, Chris Emdin and Brian Mooney, and evening performances

by Xuman, Rain Wilson, Myriha Burton & others. More info and schedule at omai. wisc.edu/passing-the-mic-festival.htm.

A RT EXH I B I TS & EV EN TS Markus Brunetti: 9/2-12/31, Chazen Museum (artist talk 5:30 pm, reception 6:30-8 pm, 10/20). 263-2246.

Stitching History From the Holocaust: 9/11-11/13, UW Nancy Nicholas Hall-Ruth Davis Design Gallery (panel discussion 7 pm, 10/20). 262-1162.

FO O D & D RI N K Isthmus On Tap Next: Free tasting, 5-7 pm, 10/20, The Rigby. RSVP: isthmus.com/ontapnext. 251-5627.

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Overture Center-Overture Hall: Madison Symphony Orchestra with violinist Henning Kraggerud, 7:30 pm.

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by Randall Duk Kim & Anne Occhiogrosso, 7 pm, 10/21, UW Memorial Union-Shannon Hall. Free, but tickets required: uniontheater.wisc.edu. 265-2787.

STS9 Friday, Oct. 21, Orpheum Theater, 8 pm

The synth and percussive-driven soundscapes of the group formerly known as Sound Tribe Sector 9 are as hypnotic and funkadelic as ever. Given that its latest release, The Universe Inside, is inspired in part by the Golden Records NASA included in its ’70s-era Voyager spaceships to give alien cultures a taste of our music and culture, you might find your perfect space jam.

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B O O KS Melissa Range: Discussing “Scriptorium: Poems,” 7 pm, 10/21, Half Price Books East. 244-1189.

A RT EXH I B I TS & EV EN TS More Time Than Life: Works based on traditional Mexican art, 10/14-11/19, Gallery Marzen (reception 5-8:30 pm, 10/21, artist talk at 7 pm). 709-1454.

Title/Tidal: Books Arts & Water: Exhibit of artists’ books with a water theme, through 10/30, UW Elvehjem Building-Kohler Art Library (Talk by Sarah FitzSimons & Steve Carpenter 3:30 pm, reception 4:45-6 pm, 10/21). 263-2258.

S PEC I A L EV EN TS Age of Disruption Tour: “Disrupt Dementia” performance (designed for those living with dementia/ allies), 2:30 pm; “Life’s Most Dangerous Game,” 7 pm, 10/21, Barrymore Theatre; lobby displays open between shows. $20/performance. 241-8633.

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The Dragon: UW Theatre for Youth production, 7:30 pm on 10/21, 25-28 and 2 pm, 10/29-30, Memorial Union-Play Circle. $10. 265-2787.

Helado Negro Friday, Oct. 21, Frequency, 6:30 pm

Helado Negro isn’t so much a band as an art project. The brainchild of EcuadorianAmerican artist Roberto Carlos Lange, the Brooklyn-based outfit specializes in experimental, ambient sounds and penetrating lyrics, which switch intermittently between English and Spanish. The result is a haunting, eclectic spectacle that’s unlike anything you’ve heard before. Helado Negro’s most recent album, Private Energy, was released in October. With DJ Boyfrrriend, Sola.

Adult Swim: 6-10 pm, 10/21, Madison Children’s Museum, with “Wonka Wonders” theme, experiments, crafts, chocolate. $15 (21+ only). 256-6445.

L EC T URES & S EMI N A RS Our Funny University: Talk by screenwriter Andrew Bergman & CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg, 7:30 pm, 10/21, UW Union South. 262-3193.

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St. Lucia Friday, Oct. 21, Majestic Theatre, 9 pm

Born in South Africa, trained in Liverpool and based in Brooklyn, New York, St. Lucia is the definition of a modern international pop star. The musician, born Jean-Philip Grobler, has made two albums of soulful synthpop, most recently this year’s Matter. He’ll be joined

by Baio, the brainy electropop side project of Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio, who last released The Names in 2015.

Arts & Literature Laboratory: Pino Forastiere, 8 pm.

The Frequency: Droids Attack, The Faith Hills Have Eyes, The Dividing Line, 10 pm.

High Noon Saloon: The Pine Barrens, rock, 5:30 pm; The Main Squeeze, Pho, 9:30 pm.

Liquid: Vicetone, Milk N Cooks, RCKT PWR, 10 pm.

Joan Baez Saturday, Oct. 22, Capitol Theater, 8 pm

If anyone embodies the term living legend it’s Baez, both for her music career and her parallel life as a crusader for human rights. Her fall tour will introduce some new songs and raise awareness about the Innocence Project and Innocence Network, organizations working to exonerate the wrongfully convicted.

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■ ISTHMUS PICKS : OCT 22 - 26 Bloody Mary Fest: Competition by local mixologists using 100 Mile Sauce Company mix, 10 am-2:30 pm, 10/22, Red Zone, with celebrity judges, unlimited sampling, games. $45; portion of proceeds benefits local nonprofits. party. 100milesauce.com. 535-9095.

Clucks in the Courtyard: Heartland Farm Sanctuary fundraiser, noon-3 pm, 10/22, Robinia Courtyard, with appetizers from Julep, Barolo & Black Locust Cafe, beer & wine, music, silent auction, animal guests. $20 ($10 kids). 920-328-8280.

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Aziza Saturday, Oct. 22, UW Memorial Union-Shannon Hall, 8 pm

Depending on the language, the name Aziza translates in English to powerful, gorgeous or precious. These are all apt descriptors for this new jazz supergroup that includes legendary British bassist Dave Holland, saxophone master Chris Potter, innovative West African guitarist Lionel Loueke and drummer Eric Harland. The quartet collaborated on the eight original songs featured on their self-titled debut album, released Oct. 14.

Earth, Wood and Fire Studio Tour: Self-guided, 10 am-5 pm, 10/22-23, Cambridge, Jefferson, Johnson Creek & Lake Mills. Free. earthwoodandfiretour.com.

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Art In: TVEDTanic, The Strangebyrds, 8 pm.

Bos Meadery: Mark Lint’s Dry Folk, 7 pm.

Brink Lounge: City Electric, Your Mom, Jonny Likes Noize, Sunspot, Cactus Joe, Heather Rae, Anderson Brothers, Devil’s Share, Raine Stern, 1:30 pm.

Crystal Corner: Turkeyfest: The Hussy, Nobunny, Wood Chickens, Trampoline Team, Real Jaguar, 9 pm.

Frequency: Sunflower Bean, The Lemon Twigs, 7 pm; Deal Breakers, Help Desk, Half Empty Glass, 10 pm.

Harmony Bar: Megan Bobo & the Lux, Charles Walker Band, 9:45 pm.

High Noon Saloon: DJs Eurotic, WhiteRabbit, Alistair Loveless, Vampire’s Ball, 9 pm.

Orpheum: Post Malone, Jazz Cartier, Larry June, 7 pm.

Overture Center-Overture Hall: Hymn Sing, 11 am.

Grouplove Sunday, Oct. 23, Orpheum Theater, 8 pm

This could, in fact, be your fantasy: Touting a brand-new set of sunny, bounce-a-riffic songs from their latest album, Big Mess, the quirky Cali-based quintet seem more than ready to further cement their status in the indie-rock firmament. You can say you were there when. With MUNA, Dilly Dally.

Willy Street Pub/Wisco: Dan Law & the Mannish Boys with Chris “Blues SUPERNOVA” Covino, 9 pm.

THEATER & DANCE

Stupid F*cking Bird Saturday, Oct. 22, UW Vilas Hall Hemsley Theatre, 7:30 pm

UW-Madison’s Department of Theatre and Drama begins its season with an irreverent and modern look at one of Anton Chekhov’s most famous plays, The Seagull. The characters and their romantic entanglements are taken straight from the source material, but the storytelling is innovative, exciting and funny — all words which are not generally associated with Chekhov. It will be a fun night of theater, whether you’re a Seagull fan or a newbie to Russian drama. ALSO: Thursday-Friday (7:30 pm, preview), Sunday (2 pm, ASL interpreted) and Thursday (7:30 pm), Oct. 20-21, 23 and 27. Through Nov. 6.

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The American Girls Revue: Children’s Theater of Madison musical, 1:30 & 4:30 pm, 10/22-23, Overture Center-Playhouse. $38 ($26 ages 17 & under). 258-4141.

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SP ECIAL EV ENTS A Taste of Perfect Harmony: Perfect Harmony Men’s Chorus fundraiser dinner, 6:30 pm, 10/22, Orchard Ridge United Church of Christ, with entertainment, silent auction. $30. 849-3861.

WORT-FM Record Riot: Collectible/used vinyl, noon3:30 pm, 10/22, High Noon Saloon. 256-2001.

Taiwanese Culture in Madison 2016 Opening Reception: Taiwanese Assn. of Madison event, 10/22, MMoCA: “Wansei Back Home” documentary 2 pm, reception 4 pm, “Panay” 5 pm, Q&A with directors 7 pm. Free. madabouttaiwan2016.wixsite.com/home.

Cass McCombs + Delicate Steve Sunday, Oct. 23, The Frequency, 8 pm The humorous and tender tunes of underrated singer-songwriter Cass McCombs (pictured) take on new life in his live shows, where McCombs gets to show some attitude and play guitar solos. Speaking of guitar solos, don’t miss openers Delicate Steve, whose joyous electric-guitar-as-lead-singer approach consistently delivers delightful results.

Teenage Fanclub Sunday, Oct. 23, High Noon Saloon, 8 pm

In 1991, SPIN magazine got a heap of backlash for failing to choose Nirvana’s Nevermind as their album of the year. Instead, they went with Bandwagonesque, the third album by Scottish power-pop crew Teenage Fanclub. It’s awash in distorted guitars and sing-along hooks, much like the rest of the legendary indie rockers’ canon. Don’t miss the chance to see these ’90s icons in action. With Sam Evian.

Edgewood College-St. Joseph Chapel: Women’s Choir, Chamber Singers, free, 2:30 pm.

Harmony Bar: Cajun Strangers, 6 pm.

Mickey’s Tavern: TsuShiMaMiRe, We Are the Asteroid, punk, free, 10 pm.

Monona Terrace: John Proulx Quintet (Chet Baker tribute), David Tull & Jack Wood, jazz, 7 pm.

Stoughton Opera House: Heather Masse, 7:30 pm.

wed oct 26 MUS I C

COME DY Steve-O: 7:30 pm, 10/23, Barrymore. $25. 241-8633.

A RT EX H I B I TS & E VE N TS PhotoMidwest Landscape Group: “The World Around Us;” and Nature Interest Group: “Images from Nature,” 10/3-31, UW Health Sciences Learning Center (reception 1-3 pm, 10/23). 263-5992.

mon oct 24 MU SI C Frequency: Searchlights, Native/Tongue, 8:30 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Dogs of War, Tani Diakite & the Afrofunkstars, Tony Castañeda Latin Jazz Band, benefit for Standing Rock protesters, 6 pm.

UW Humanities Bldg-Morphy Hall: Caroline Davis & Caili O’Doherty with UW Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Composers Group, free, 7:30 pm.

SP ECI A L EV EN TS Theresa Caputo: “Long Island Medium,” 7:30 pm, 10/24, Alliant Center. $39.75. 800-745-3000.

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Mac Miller Wednesday, Oct. 26, Orpheum Theater, 7 pm

As one of those rappers who never stops touring, Mac Miller is known for drug-laden, frat party anthems like “Weekend” (Feat.

Miguel), “Knock Knock” and the now-regrettable “Donald Trump.” His pop radio success often overshadows some pretty decent punchlines, deep insights and deft delivery.

mewithoutYou Wednesday, Oct. 26, High Noon Saloon, 7:30 pm

For the last 16 years, mewithoutYou has been letting its freak flag fly high. The Philly art-rock quartet combines esoteric spoken word vocals with a musical combination of art rock and post-hardcore — basically, they’re the emo scene’s resident bohemians. They last released Pale Horses in 2015. With Into It. Over It. (their second Madison appearance in as many months), Needle Points.

Brink Lounge: Joe “Snare” Vosen, Dave Schindele, John Max Jacobs, 7 pm; Brother Sun, 8 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJ Dub Borski, 9 pm.

The Frequency: Galactic Cowboy Orchestra, Honor Monsters, Fin Zipper, 8:30 pm.

Opus Lounge: Benjamin Lodahl, free, 9 pm.

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The Felice Brothers

UW Women’s Soccer: vs. Rutgers, 7 pm, 10/26, UW McClimon Track/Soccer Complex. $5. 262-1440.

Tuesday, Oct. 25, High Noon Saloon, 8 pm

As the whiskey-soaked Americana of the Felice Brothers has barrel-aged over the past decade, the New York folk rock band continues to reward barroom crowds with wistful ballads and raucous barn burners. If you’re hankering for fiddle solos, here’s your band.

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Frequency: Johnny Sin, Voodoo Truckers, Number One Band Very Good, Brash Menagerie, 8:30 pm.

Orpheum: Charlie Puth, Hailey Knox, 8 pm.

UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: Pro Arte Quartet, free, 7:30 pm.

Judy Melinek & T.J. Mitchell: Discussing “Working Stiff: Two years, 262 Bodies and the Making of a Medical Examiner,” their new book, 7 pm, 10/25, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.

A RT EX H I B I TS & E VE N TS Dane Arts Calendar Reception: 6 pm, 10/25, University Club, with music by Willy Street Chamber Players, refreshments. Free, but RSVP required: daneartscalendarreception.splashthat. com. 266-5915.

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Sat, Oct. 22 • MMoCA, 227 State St 2-4 PM Taiwanese Cinema: Wansei Back Home (director Ming-Cheng Huang) 4-5 PM Grand Opening and Reception of “Taiwanese Culture in Madison 2016” 5-7 PM Taiwanese Cinema: Panay (directors Cheng Yu-Cheih and Lekal Sumi Cilangasan) 7-8 PM Q&A with Directors

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When Dr. Myrtle Wilhite and Ellen Barnard opened their sex-positive shop, A Woman’s Touch, in 1996, this type of store was a rare breed.

The co-owners made sure to talk with the community before opening and they received overall a positive reception. “The fact that we are a doctor and a social worker, and women, seemed to legitimize the business from the start,” says Barnard, who is the social worker.

And the store, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this month, has become an institution in Madison. Although the number of sex-positive adult entertainment shops is growing nationally, A Woman’s Touch is still alone in this market in offering products and education in a safe, inviting space. Despite its name, its customer base includes men and women in equal numbers.

In 2013 the store moved from its original site in the Gateway Mall on Williamson Street to a quiet building on Livingston.

Barnard and Wilhite purposely chose to locate away from a high-traffic area like State Street so all customers would feel comfort-

health issues, including able coming in. Visitors postpartum and postto the shop are greeted menopausal difficulties initially by soft products with intercourse. Some like books, cards and women came to the candles “emphasizing store because their doccommunication in relator had sent them. tionships,” says Barnard.

“We discovered there Customers journey furwere huge needs,” says ther into the shop to find Barnard, who adds that more adult toys, videos doctors were often at a and sensual products. loss for advice to give.

As part of the anCAROLYN FATH Wilhite and Barnard niversary celebration, set out to provide anPioneer sex educators Wilhite (left) A Woman’s Touch will swers. They have crehold some of its most and Barnard. ated multiple brochures popular workshops, like in response to frequently asked questions, on “Couples Massage” and “Sexy after Menoeverything from “Cervical Self-Examination” pause,” in October. to “Still Juicy: Maintaining Sexual Health The store has changed over the years. through and beyond Menopause.”

Lingerie sizes now reflect the sizes and Their passion for these educational isshapes of real women’s bodies, lubricants sues keep Wilhite and Barnard going strong. must meet strict FDA standards and sex toys But when they decide to retire, they will are made only out of body-safe materials. ensure the store continues.“When it’s time But what’s evolved the most for Wilhite and for us to move on, we will work very hard to Barnard is the education and outreach they find someone to take it over,” says Barnard. provide to the community.

“It’s really nice to know it’s important to The impetus of that initiative was women people that way.” n who were experiencing a spectrum of sexual

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The Trump Talk

BY DAN SAVAGE

Waiting to pay for my groceries at the market this evening, this guy, stinking of booze, says to my 9-year-old daughter, “Sweetheart, can you put the divider thing there for me?” First, why is some leering grown man calling my child “sweetheart”?

He then thumps two huge bottles of vodka down on the belt. I move closer to my daughter; he then reaches his hand over me and wraps his hand around her arm, saying, “Now, you be nice to your Mommy, sweetie.” I pluck his hand off. “Do not touch my child,” I say. My other hand is pressed against my daughter’s ribs, and I can feel her heart POUNDING. “You have a beautiful daughter,” he says. The cashier, whom we know, a guy, looks at me, eyebrows up. I roll my eyes.

So pissed. We leave.

“I hated that man,” my daughter says once we get in the car. “He smelled bad, I wanted to hit him, if anyone ever does that to me again I’m going to scream.” Here we effing go: “Sometimes you have to be hypervigilant,” I tell my daughter, “because some gross men out there feel they are entitled to touch us.”

And then I share my story: “When I was a little girl…” I don’t even remember the first time it happened to me. I don’t remember the last time some pervert rubbed up against me. But that’s what you have to deal with when you are a girl. We have to learn to brush this shit off, to make sure that this endless assault course of predators doesn’t take one bit of your pride, your confidence, or your sense of peace as you walk through this world. I am so angry.

We should call this the “Trump Talk.”

The depressing conversation that every parent needs to have with their little girl about revolting, predatory, entitled men.

The Trump Talk.

Mother And Daughter Discuss Enraging Realities

Regarding your suggestion, MADDER, I’ve received roughly 10 million emails begging me to do for Donald Trump what I did for Rick Santorum: My readers and I redefined santorum (“the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex”) and some wanted us to do the same for Trump.

People even sent in suggestions: trump is the streak of shit a large turd sometimes leaves on the bottom of the toilet bowl; trump is the snot that sometimes runs out of your nose when you’re giving a blowjob; a trump is a guy so hopelessly inept in bed that no woman (or man) wants him, no matter how rich he is. The suggested new meanings all struck me as trivial and snarky—and I don’t think there’s anything trivial about the racism, sexism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, and violence that Trump has mainstreamed and normalized, and I’m not inclined to snark about it.

And, besides, “trump” already has a slang meaning: It means “to fart audibly” in Great Britain—and that definition is already in the Oxford English Dictionary. And it frankly didn’t seem possible to make Donald Trump’s name any more revolting than he already has.

But then your e-mail arrived, MADDER, and I set aside the column I was already working on to rush your idea into print.

Because your suggestion—that parents call the conversation they need to have with their daughters about predatory and entitled men the “Trump Talk”—is just as fitting and apt as the “frothy mixture” definition of santorum. It’s not trivial and it’s not snarky. It has gravitas, MADDER, and here’s hoping “Trump Talk” isn’t just widely adopted, but universally practiced.

Because no little girl who gets groped on a bus or in a grocery store or on a subway or in a classroom should ever have to wonder if she did something wrong.n Email Dan at mail@savagelove.net or reach him on Twitter at @fakedansavage.

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I’m sorry about what happened to your daughter at the grocery store—but I’m glad you were there with her when it happened.

A lot of women I know, including some very close friends, were your daughter’s age the first time it happened to them, MADDER, but they were alone. Tragically, many assumed that they had done something wrong, that they had invited this on themselves somehow, and most didn’t go to their parents for fear of getting into trouble. And when it happened again, some became convinced they were indeed to blame, that they were bringing this on themselves somehow, because they thought it wasn’t happening to anyone else, just them.

I want to live in a world where this sort of thing doesn’t happen to anyone’s daughter, MADDER, but until we do: Every little girl should be so lucky as to have a trusted adult standing by ready to intervene when it does happen. I only wish the grocery store clerk had intervened, too.

JOE NEWTON

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