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LIGHT MY FIRE
City crew ignites part of a conservation area.
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PATH LESS TRAVELED
A new career-oriented Madison schools program is alarming some parents.
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COVER STORY MICHAEL HIRSHON holds an MFA in illustration as visual essay from New York City’s School of Visual Arts. His work has appeared in The New York Times and Washington Post, among other publications. Thanks to his wife, who is pursuing a master’s degree at UW-Madison, he moved here in May. His first Isthmus illustration, for a story on the World Dairy Expo, ran in October. He says the six stories that make up this week’s cover story were a treat to illustrate. “These exciting adventures covered so many different places and emotions; images just sprang to mind. I gauge the quality of my assignments based on the random things I get to draw — I think giant turkeys, bamboo forests and shipwrecks make for a pretty good list.”
EMPHASIS WHAT COULD GO wrong when waiting in line with kids for a moment with Old Saint Nick? Plenty, of course, even in the best of circumstances. But if you have a child with autism, the noise and bustle of the mall likely preclude such an outing at all. Some inventive folks have come up with a work-around, as Candice Wagener reports this week: meet-and-greets with Santa in a quiet and relaxed setting.
Madison looks at how to boost downtown retail, while Community Pharmacy struggles.
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UNITED AT HOME
Local officials must stand up to extreme policies from Trump.
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TALES OF DERRING-DO
Adventure comes in many forms.
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Light it up
CAMPUS GREENS
Salads Up brings chopped salads and wraps to lower State.
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BEAUTIFICATION
LGBTQ youth paint a tribute to a street artist.
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POWER OF LI
Choreographer/dancer Li Chiao-Ping debuts new political works.
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Friday, Nov. 25, Henry Vilas Zoo, 5:30-9 pm There’s a new holiday lights display in town. Zoo Lights at the Vilas Zoo debuts Friday night, with more than 300 light displays. A special display is designed to raise awareness of Type 1 diabetes, which claimed the life of the zoo’s namesake. Most of the animals will be tucked away for the evening, but you might be able to catch a peek at Santa Claus. Admission is $7 and includes carousel rides. The lights will be on Thursdays through Sundays until Jan. 1. The long-running free Holiday Fantasy in Lights at Olin Park, which is open from dusk until dawn, runs through Jan. 2.
The UW breaks ground on a dramatic new venue.
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R.I.P. SHARON JONES
The soul powerhouse leaves behind a moving documentary.
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OPINION WITH MUCH OF THE media riveted on every move of Presidentelect Donald Trump, his developing cabinet and unfolding policies, Alan Talaga reminds us of the importance of local government. Going forward, he says it will be important to pay attention to state and local issues even when D.C. is a major distraction — particularly if the move to convert Medicaid and other federal funding into block grants is successful.
An understanding Santa lets kids with autism take their time.
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The Black Business Expo returns with a special Black Friday edition. Holiday shoppers should make their lists, check them twice, and plan to skip the malls to support local African Americanowned businesses. Also, don’t miss guest speaker Ajani Carr, the youth entrepreneur behind Building Bosses, at noon.
Known unknowns Tuesday, Nov. 29, UW Discovery Building-DeLuca Forum, 5:30 pm
“What We Know, What We Missed, What’s Next: Making Sense of the 2016 Election” sounds like a lot to tackle in one program, but the Center for the Humanities is taking a crack at explaining the Trumpocalypse with a multidisciplinary approach. The panel brings together faculty from the departments of law (Alta Charo), political science (Katherine Cramer), journalism (Lucas Graves), history (Sergio Gonzalez) and sociology (Erik Olin Wright), with moderation by Wisconsin Public Radio host Steve Paulson.
Toddlin’ town blues Friday, Nov. 25, Overture Center-Rotunda Stage, 9:30 & 11 am, 1 pm
What better way to keep real-deal Chicago blues music alive than to perform it for an audience of toddlers? In an Overture Center programming stroke of genius, the Cash Box Kings will jack up moms, dads and children alike with the howling harmonica and vocals of band leader Joe Nosek. Also, watch for ace guitarist/sideman Joel Paterson, who toddled up State Street himself while growing up on Madison’s near east side. It’s a special Friday edition of the Kids in the Rotunda series; Saturday at the same showtimes, Truly Remarkable Loon will entertain on the Rotunda Stage.
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Paul Quinlan starts forest fires. He also burns prairies and areas around marshes. As conservation resource supervisor for the Madison Parks Division, it’s his job to keep the city’s natural habitats healthy. For that, fire is his “favorite management tool.” In mid-November, he and three conservation workers set out to stimulate new vegetation growth and eliminate invasive plant species by burning a section of the Asher Woods forest inside Edna Taylor Conservation Park on the city’s southeast side. After measuring the wind and going over a tactical map that lists the ignition area, projected burn progression, fire break points and preferred wind direction — as well as the nearest emergency medical centers, in case something goes wrong — the crew splits into two. Heading in opposite directions along the path, each team drives a heavy-duty fourwheeler equipped with a 60-gallon water tank on the back. Before they get too far apart, they stop the vehicles and a crew member gets out, grabbing a large metal canister called a drip torch. Quinlan lights the wick and turns it upside down close to the ground. As he does this, fuel drips through the torch’s looped piping and over the burning wick, dropping small globs of burning fuel onto the ground. Within seconds, fire spreads, crackling as it consumes dead leaves, small twigs and branches. The crew steps back to survey the low, wide flames and make sure the smoke is getting plenty of lift so as to not be a nuisance to nearby homes, schools and businesses. Happy with the initial results, the crew spreads the fire in 10- to 20-foot increments, sporadically stopping to watch its progress. The fire spreads at about five feet per minute. It rarely gets more than a foot high and leaves behind a swath of charred, ashy black earth in its wake. The crackles get louder as the fire spreads through denser material. Occasionally, the crew members — dressed in yellow, fire-resistant, fleece-like shirts and pants and hard hats — take the drip torch into the burn area to re-ignite spots that went out or to pour the burning fuel in areas thick with debris. They take care to make sure the lowburning fires move quickly around live trees to avoid a bigger fire. When the fire reaches an area overgrown with the invasive species known as reed canary grass, the flames reach their highest level. Since this grass is still alive and green, a dense, full smoke fills the air when it burns. Soon after the grassy area is burned through, the two fires have nearly met each other, completing the circle of the planned burn area in about three hours. As the fire dies — having run out of debris — the crew makes
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sure the fire is out, sometimes spraying water or a special chemical foam. This will likely be the crew’s last “prescribed burn” of the year. Quinlan prefers the term “prescribed” to the more commonly used “controlled burn.” “It’s much more than just starting a fire and making sure it doesn’t get out of control,” he says. “[We plan how] the fire will respond to air temperature, humidity, wind and the topography of the land.” Nearby fire departments, schools and residents must also be alerted beforehand. The technique of setting slow-burning, lowlevel fires to clear out fallen leaves, dead vegeta-
tion and non-native plants is not only quick and cheap, but effective. Burning off dead and unwanted plants “allows the sun to reach the ground and warm the soil faster next spring, [which] enables seeds to germinate and the seedlings to get established without competition from older plants,” says Quinlan. “It makes it easier for the sun to reach the new growth.” It’s also an age-old technique. “Native Americans have used fire to manage this landscape since the last ice age,” he says. “This ecosystem was shaped by fire.” ■
Successive rainless days needed before burning: 3 TO 4 Water on-hand: MORE THAN 700 GALLONS (300 EACH ON 2 TRUCKS; 60 EACH ON 2 FOUR-WHEELERS) City conservation parks strategically burned: 6 Burns planned this year: 11 Drip torch fuel mix: ABOUT A GALLON OF 4-TO-1 GASOLINE/DIESEL MIX
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Pathways pilot program to debut Some parents are upset by school district’s career-focused initiative BY JENNY PEEK
When Susan Hagness, whose daughter attends Hamilton Middle School, heard about the Madison school district’s new Personalized Pathways program, she became worried. The idea behind the pathways model is to get students thinking about what they want to do after school, so that they will better understand why their classes are relevant and how to realize their dreams. However, it also evokes concerns over “tracking,� when students are sorted into groups according to their perceived abilities. One parent sounded this alarm on TheGreen, a Regent neighborhood listserv, noting, “It seems to be pigeonholing students into one of a small number of vocationally inspired tracks.� Madison school officials insist the plan isn’t tracking, but nevertheless, concerns remain. Hagness was initially worried that her daughter’s education could simply become too narrowly focused. “My main concern is about pathway themes that are overly occupation-centric,� says Hagness. “I want my daughter’s high school experience to broaden her horizons, not narrow them down based on a choice she made at age 13.� She wasn’t the only alarmed parent. More than 60 came to a Nov. 16 meeting at Hamilton Middle School, concerned and confused about the program. Alex Fralin, chief of secondary schools, admitted to parents at the meeting that the district could have done a better job in informing them. But Fralin stressed that course standards and curriculum aren’t changing, and that the program is meant to allow students to have “more voice and choice� in their education.
These GPAs follow students into high school. For ninth-graders from Wright, the average GPA in core subjects dropped to 1.83, with 79 percent of students receiving at least one D or F in their first year of high school. Ninth-graders from Hamilton perform much better, averaging a 3.25 GPA, with only 19 percent receiving a D or an F. According to the study, many of the students falling through the cracks are students of color. Out of all Madison students to begin ninth grade in 2010, African American students were more than 30 percent less likely to graduate in four years than their white peers. Cheatham argues that Personalized Pathways can help close this gap. “Pathways is an equity strategy,� says Cheatham. “We’re obligated to ensure every child walks across that graduation stage with a postsecondary plan in hand. The pathways plan holds onto and honors the things that are working and strategically addresses the problems that are preventing too many of our students from graduating ready for college.� The 2017-2018 optional pilot pathway, consistent across all Madison high schools, will focus on health careers. Under the program, students work with their families, teachers and community members to chart academic and career goals and explore interests. For the first year of the pilot project, schools are hoping as many as 150 students participate. Throughout high school, they will take the core classes of English, history and science, along with an additional semester-long health science occupations elective, with other students in the pathway. The other class periods will be filled with math, physical education and two electives. The school works to connect students with professionals in careers they’re interested in. And the students are organized into “small learning communities.�
Parents at the Hamilton meeting were overwhelmingly skeptical of the program. They had a lengthy list of concerns, fearing there would be less course flexibility, fewer electives, that it would stress already exhausted educators, and that their kids would be guinea pigs in an educational experiment. Parents at other schools have been more receptive, school officials claim. “The biggest theme that we’re picking up on is that parents are very curious,� says Sean Storch, principal at La Follette. “The big concern that we’ve heard from most parents is, ‘what if my kid can’t get in?’� Storch believes Pathways will help ease the transition for kids from middle to high school. “The most important thing that the pathway program does is that it shrinks the size of high school for our kids,� Storch says. “The pathway seeks to replicate some of those strengths of middle school in which kids are really tight with their teachers and each other.� Administrators say students will still have access to electives. “That is a misconception that is out there,� says Cindy Green, director of curriculum and instruction. “Across all four years, children will still have the same opportunities; the pathway is not taking away opportunities for electives.� Hagness had some, but not all, of her concerns alleviated at the Nov. 16 meeting at Hamilton. “I think it’s premature to ask rising freshmen to choose one career-oriented or industry-sector pathway that will be the singular focus of experiential learning activities over the next four years,� Hagness says. “I was pleased to see that the first pathway offered at West — ‘health equity for social justice’ — has a broader societal perspective, and I hope that all of the subsequently introduced pathway themes will follow this model.� Some parents are concerned by the attitude of other parents. Susanne Treiber, mom of a Hamilton seventh-grader, a sophomore
at West, and a West graduate now in college, first heard about pathways through the neighborhood listserv. “Someone posted an announcement — it was more of an alarmist approach — that said there is an upcoming meeting at West, and that they were taking away our electives to make way for this new program,� says Treiber. She and her husband attended that meeting — before attending the meeting at Hamilton — and were surprised to hear people expressing negative perspectives, including some she found to be misinformed. “We walked out before it ended due to a person who pretty much sabotaged the meeting and was extremely disrespectful,� Treiber says. “After the meeting there was continued dialogue via email, and I was just trying to take in information, as I wasn’t ready to make an opinion yet, but there was plenty of bias.� Treiber urges parents to trust that the district has their kids’ best interests in mind with the program. “Our teachers are so awesome,� says Treiber. “If the principal feels that the teachers are capable and that the teachers have volunteered to be part of this, then I think we should put our trust in them and let them do their job.� n
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The move to pathways began in 2013 when Jennifer Cheatham became superintendent of Madison schools. A comprehensive review of coursework and the high school experience in Madison found that inconsistency from middle school to high school has led to opportunity gaps. This is particularly true depending on the middle school students attend. Teachers in the study were able to identify which feeder schools their students came from based on their success in high school. The differences are alarming. The average GPA for eighth grade students in core subjects across MMSD is 2.84. Both Jefferson and Hamilton middle schools exceed the average, topping out at 3.17, whereas Wright Middle School dips to 2.27.
“Through smaller learning communities we can make sure that we know every child, and can intervene early if a child is struggling and that every child has a meaningful relationship with an adult,� Cheatham says. In the 2018-19 school year, the district plans to add a second pathway at all the schools, although a theme hasn’t been decided — arts and STEM pathways are being considered. After the first two years, the school board will vote on whether to make the program mandatory for all students.
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While Community Pharmacy struggles, Madison ponders how to help local stores BY JAY RATH
A plea in May brought more business to longtime independent Community Pharmacy, but the boost petered out after a month and the store continues to struggle. A variety of factors are to blame, especially decreased insurance reimbursement, which threatens the entire industry. But, says Scott Chojnacki, a member of Community Pharmacy’s marketing team, “We’re not leaving. We’re in a position of maintaining, sustaining. We’re going to have to find a way to increase our customer base. There’s no way around it. No business can just continue without changing, if it doesn’t grow.” If enacted, recommendations in a new study may help. The city of Madison has been concerned about the health of downtown independent retail for some time. A draft report, reviewed by the Downtown Coordinating Committee on Nov. 17, offers a number of strategies, ranging from marketing to incentives. “I think we’re really excited to think about what kind of action items we can take from this report and start working on,” says Rebecca Cnare, urban design planner with the city’s Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development. Some of Community Pharmacy’s struggles are related to the pharmaceutical industry, while other problems are the same ones facing all brick-and-mortar retail stores, especially in places like downtown, where rents are high and parking generally more expensive. Community Pharmacy has two locations. The downtown branch, near the intersection of State and West Gorham streets, has seen its customer counts go down each of the last few years. Its year-old Middleton Store has cut back pharmacy service, offering it only from 3 to 6 p.m. weekdays. “Anytime you put a pharmacy in, it’s not going to be gangbusters right away,” says
Chojnacki. There’s been an uptick in business, however, since Mallatt’s, a venerable local pharmacy, closed two stores and ended retail prescription business at two others. “Bottom line — the insurance companies have put us out of business,” says Mike Flint, Mallatt’s CEO. “Reimbursements for prescriptions in the retail pharmacy world are below our cost.” It’s the same at Community Pharmacy. “In the last year we’ve seen our reimbursements go down 7 percent,” says Chojnacki, “which is really, really significant when you consider how much it takes to run a pharmacy and pay pharmacists and have all those drugs on hand.” It’s not just the mom-and-pops that are feeling the sting. “Declining reimbursement rates have been impacting and posing challenges to the entire retail pharmacy industry, both independent pharmacies and national chains, for a number of years,” says Scott Goldberg, senior manager of media relations for Walgreens, based in Deerfield, Illinois. At Community Pharmacy, “We are doing our best to pursue how that can be changed, but it seems the only way we can make inroads is by political means., says Chojnacki. “Basically what we’re looking for is transparent and fair pricing for drugs. Right now, there’s no system in place where that is happening. If that could happen it would be possible for independent pharmacies like us to survive and thrive.” Other factors are also hurting business, such as the rise of online pharmacies that deliver drugs via registered mail. And there’s the simple fact that, believe it or not, many people don’t know that Community Pharmacy fills prescriptions. “I hear that all the time,” he says. “We’ve been around for 44 years, and the prescription pharmacy has always been a part of our store.” Community Pharmacy began in 1972 as part of student government at the UW-
One thing that hasn’t helped Community Pharmacy yet is the surge in people living downtown. “There was a great deal of excitement about that in the long term for us,” Chojnacki says. “Most people do their prescriptions and their shopping in a very small area. My sense is that we’re not reaching them — certainly not as much as we had hoped to.” With fewer customers and fewer dollars, the store doesn’t have the advertising budget it used to have. “We’re far more limited in reaching our potential customers,” says Chojnacki. “That’s obviously not what you want to have happen when you’re trying to climb your way out of something.” Community Pharmacy is trying to compensate for its low advertising budget by emphasizing social media, like its Facebook page. The store also has an electronic newsletter. But what really sells the store is the experience of being there, Chojnacki believes. “I would encourage people, if they have any friends or family who would benefit from the products we sell here, to actually show them the store. Show it themselves,” Chojnacki says. “I just have to think once people actually talk to us, see how knowledgeable we are, see how much we can help — that makes a difference.” Fostering “the development of retail that serves everyday household and personal needs” is one of many strategies offered in the new Downtown Coordinating Committee report, prepared by Minneapolis’ Tangible Consulting Services with support from Perkins+Will Inc., based in Chicago. “Ensuring a Vibrant Downtown Retail Destination: A Retail Assessment and Strategy for Downtown Madison” includes State and King streets and the Capitol Square. The $50,000 study was prepared for the committee and Central Business Improvement District and took six months to complete. The Common Council is expected to consider the report early next year. “In the end it turned out to be a kind of menu of strategies,” says Cnare. “Now is when the work begins.” The study suggests several strategies to help local retailers. Some are simple, such as coordinating business hours, branding and marketing the business district, encouraging businesses in basements and upper levels (which are cheaper to rent), and improving “user experience of parking facilities.” Bigger ideas include assisting retailers in buying their space, giving developers incentives (like tax abatement) to favor local stores, and creating “retail laboratories” to help emerging entrepreneurs get established by giving them a place to have “pop-up businesses.” It also recommends attracting a more diverse mix of residents in downtown housing. “[The study] will be used to help guide discussions in terms of figuring out what our community priorities are,” says Cnare. “I think there are some low hanging fruit in the document that everybody’s raring to go on, and some things that are going to be harder. But that’s okay because it gives us a chance to talk about those things.” ■
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■ WEEK IN REVIEW BIG CITY
On Facebook Live, Gov. Scott Walker says his first priority is ensuring Wisconsinites get the “education and training they need to succeed.” No word on whether Walker intends on finishing up his degree at Marquette University.
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan’s approval is at an all-time high. According to Gallup, nearly 48 percent of Americans approve of Ryan despite (or perhaps because of) his on-again, off-again relationship with President-elect Donald Trump.
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mous by the Netflix’s Making a Murderer, was supposed to be home for Thanksgiving for the first time in nearly a decade. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit grants an emergency motion, at the request of Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, to keep him in prison. Dassey’s conviction for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach was overturned in August by a lower court.
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President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. attorney general — Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions — is making marijuana advocates paranoid. At a Senate hearing in April, Sessions said “good people don’t smoke marijuana.” Guess he never met Ben Masel.
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Beltline is struck and killed by vehicles early Monday morning. He is later identified as 26-year-old Dustin Dilks of Madison.
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One reason to be thankful this Thanksgiving? You’re not a turkey — 46 million of the meaty birds will be eaten on Thanksgiving. Gobble, gobble indeed.
Madison rules the 2011 redistricting maps are unconstitutional. Drawn by GOP lawmakers in secret, one of the judges on the panel writes the maps constitute “an unconstitutional political gerrymander.” Both sides now have 30 days to file briefs on how to remedy the maps.
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risi complains about the Board of Supervisors giving itself a 33 percent pay raise. On Thursday, the board voted to hike supervisor annual pay from $8,200 to $10,900 by 2020. Supervisors also increase the salaries for the full-time board chair and the county executive. Parisi says: “The last thing the county’s elected officials should be doing right now is giving themselves a raise.”
Foundation ranks UWMadison sixth among all U.S. universities, private and public, for its volume of research. It’s the first time the university hasn’t been in the top five research universities since 1972.
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— but not yet convicted — seems to violate our whole innocent-until-proven-guilty principle. Madison could lose out on federal funding for taking this stand, but it is a stand worth taking. I’m glad Soglin and Koval made the announcement, but I’m just a little sad it only happened after a bunch of other cities took the lead. I feel like the Soglin of the 1970s would have been leading the charge. Which brings us to the Madison Common Council. Last week, the entire council, along with Mayor Soglin, unanimously sponsored and passed a resolution reaffirming Madison’s commitment to values of inclusion, equity and justice. It was a nice moment of togetherness and purpose for a mayor and council that were in the process of brutally clashing over the budget. In a macro sense, it was an important statement for a city that has struggled to live up to those lofty values listed in the resolution. In addition, I’ve seen several alders on social media listening to constituent concerns
and answering questions to the best of their ability. It reminded me how many strong voices we have on the council right now. Over the last few elections, our city has built up an impressive list of alders. For the first time in the 15 years I have lived in Madison, we have a council that looks close to what Madison looks like. They are diverse in age, from
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Three days after the election, Mayor Paul Soglin held a press conference where he only briefly called President-elect Donald Trump out for his hateful speech on the campaign trail. Soglin offered few words of comfort to address constituents’ fears. Instead, the mayor expressed mild hope for a Trump presidency. To be fair to Soglin, many liberals were trying hard to extend an olive branch in those first few days before Trump announced his cabinet appointment of hate-speech publisher Steve Bannon. At the Nov. 11 press conference and in at least two blog posts, the mayor has decided to spend his time calling out the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton for errors made in the campaign. Now, the mayor makes good points in these postmortem think pieces. It just doesn’t feel like the place he should be directing his energy. Tens of thousands of people have written election postmortem think pieces. There’s countless opinionated blog writers, but there’s only one mayor for the city of Madison. Compared to the ample time the mayor had available to knock the Clinton campaign, the lack of attention paid to Madison’s many diverse communities and the very real, very raw fear they were feeling was glaring. It seems like the mayor needed external motivation to respond. After mayors from New York to Seattle came out to say they would continue to avoid reporting nonviolent civilians to immigration officials, the mayor and Police Chief Mike Koval joined the chorus and said that the city of Madison would not change its policies towards working with immigration officials. They stated that Madison would continue to be a kinda-sorta sanctuary city where cops don’t report people to immigration unless they are charged with a violent crime. It was a nice statement, even if punishing people who have been charged with a violent crime
young campus-area alders, like Sara Eskrich and Zach Wood, to the more — ahem — mature alders. They are more diverse in ethnic background, religion, sexuality, gender. How many other local legislative bodies have two people like Samba Baldeh, a Muslim immigrant, and Mike Verveer, a very white guy, come together to reaffirm a commitment to educating citizens about civil rights? There aren’t really any conservatives, but, come on, they have absolute control over the state and the nation. Trust me, we feel their voices whether we want to or not. Many of our alders are members of groups that will be targeted, in speech or in action, by the Trump administration. As Trump continues to fill his inner circle with more and more dangerous extremists, the city of Madison and other municipalities will likely have to face more tough choices on immigration and other public policy issues. The council should take the lead in making these tough choices. Mayor Soglin should guide and advise these alders; he is an incredibly smart man with a lifetime of political experience. I still expect the council and the mayor to get into dust-ups over liquor licenses and budgetary amendments. But when it comes to a federal government against nearly everything Madison stands for, I expect our council and our mayor to stand together and speak in one voice. n
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ince he was a child, Andy Elkins’ extended family has taken many excursions into the untrammeled wilderness between northern Minnesota and Ontario known as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It’s a tradition he carried on as a leader of his son Ethan’s Boy Scout troop and with his wife, Kathryn, and daughter Emily. But everything changed for Elkins in 2003 when his car flipped and rolled near Monroe and he suffered a traumatic brain injury. Less than a year later, he hit his head installing a soda fountain while working for Coca-Cola Company. “I had serious balance and cognitive speed issues, nausea. And I ended up having visual triggers from that,” says Elkins, who grew up and and lives in New Glarus. These triggers — including fast motion, bright lights, loud sounds, snow and flashing lights — were everywhere. Elkins received a disability diagnosis and went through “all kinds of therapy,” but his recovery reached a plateau. Instead of being an intrepid adventurer, he had to stop working, and he couldn’t drive. In 2015, Elkins finally found some relief in a study at the UW-Madison’s Tactile Communication Neurorehabilitation Laboratory (TCNL) where he was treated with a device that retrains brain waves called a Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator. After completing the study, Elkins felt good enough to revive a lifetime dream — crossing the “border route” of
the Boundary Waters. This journey involves 200 miles of wilderness travel, traversing five rivers, 43 lakes and more than 10 miles of portage. It’s a challenge few people undertake. And when they do, they usually travel in canoes. But Elkins set a high bar for himself: He wanted to use a standup paddleboard, which he had found to be a helpful addition to his physical therapy regime. He began soliciting donations of gear and money and also set up a small charity called Silver Paddles as a fundraiser for the UW lab that helped him. “I was inspired to give back, pay forward,” says Elkins. Then he began assembling a support team that included his son Ethan, now 22, who lives in Whitewater. On July 30, after practice runs in Governor Dodge State Park, the six-person team departed for a 14-day journey from Crane Lake to Grand Portage, Minnesota. The logistics were daunting. Andy and Ethan captained the paddleboards (sturdy inflatables from Red Canoe), while the other four shared two canoes. In addition to the watercraft, they needed to carry 14 days of food and supplies, including fuel for stoves and rain gear. They had to “double portage” because of the weight of the packs and watercraft. “It was a pretty serious challenge,” says Elkins. “What we ended up doing was taking our gear 500 feet, stopping, resting, picking up and taking it another 500 feet and leapfrogging that way.”
And so they continued, across lakes, rivers and forests. Elkins’ symptoms, triggered by playing a card game, held up the expedition for a half-day. One of the most harrowing moments on the trip was being caught between two fast-moving thunderstorms. Elkins was surprised to find that the paddleboards were better off in high waves than the canoes. Elkins says his brain injury has reduced his ability to multitask, and this journey tested his mental and physical skills in equal measure. In the Boundary Waters, there’s really no turning back. “You have to designate your entry point, but then they don’t track you after that. You’re on your own,” says Elkins. “There are no low-flying airplanes allowed and no means of emergency exits — that is what scares away most people.” “I think we all had questions if we’d make it, including myself,” he says. Most stressful, he says, was that he would likely be “the person that would cause the failure of the crossing.” The trip ended in mid-August, and one of the things that pleased Elkins the most is completing his “Mount Everest” with his son: “I couldn’t have been more proud of him or happier to take him. He was excellent company and also knew the most about my condition and the most about the Boundary Waters. He was a great asset. It was a big bonding time.”
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BY JUDITH DAVIDOFF crewmates went to the rescue, eventually transferring all of the people from the fishing boat to Ladybug. They stayed aboard for four days before transferring to the Fezzano. Reis says his crew later contacted the U.S. Coast Guard to learn the fate of those rescued; they had suspected the boat was illegally heading to the U.S., and they were right. The rescued men were eventually sent back to the Bahamas. At the time of the rescue, Reis and his crewmates had been at sea for about two years. It was June 2002. Reis was born in the United States but grew up in Rio de Janeiro. His father was from Brazil, his mother from West Allis. The two met in college in Wisconsin. Reis says his mother followed his father back to Brazil after graduating from college, though she did not know a word of Portuguese. He credits his adventurous spirit to them.
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arajo Reis, his girlfriend, Laurie, and another couple set out from Madison on a 37-foot catamaran to sail around the world. They were looking for adventure. Along the way they saved some lives. The crew first heard about a boat in distress at about 1:30 a.m. “It started as a crackle,” recalls Reis, who was sleeping in the cabin of “Ladybug” when word about an ailing boat came in on the scanner. “As we got closer, it got clearer.” They soon learned the disabled vessel was a 48-foot wood fishing boat from Haiti with eight people on board. The boat, anchored just off Lobos Cay, Bahamas, was taking on water. A freighter in the area, Fezzano, was too large to approach the boat. After a couple of hours, Reis and his
“Between the two of them, that’s where I got the bug,” he says. Reis returned to Wisconsin for college at UW-Madison, where he earned a degree in electrical engineering. He learned to sail with Hoofers and fell in love with the sport. He soon became a sailing instructor, graduating to larger and larger boats. He found freedom in sailing, especially at night: “Everything gets quieter, the senses get more acute. The stars come out. I thought, ‘this is wonderful. Who gets to do this?’” In 1999 he and some friends decided to sail around the world. They spent a year saving enough money to buy a boat (they bought and later sold the boat for $100,000) and finance two years at sea. They spent the first year in the Caribbean and sailed most of the rest of the world in the second year. Most of their adventures were less dramatic than a boat rescue, involving things like navigating customs and immigration in the Third World countries where they stopped. But that’s where the magic often happened. Reis says it was not unusual to show up in a village and be invited to whatever wedding was going on. “Those are the days you are going to remember,” he says. They also ended up having many guests on board. “We invited 400 different, complete strangers on the boat,” says Reis, who kept a log of visitors. “It was a great day for them, and for us.” He says his travels put a lot of things into perspective, including the pursuit of material goods. He says you don’t necessarily need great wealth to pursue a sailing adventure, but making certain choices can help. He doesn’t own a car, for instance. Reis advises those with adventure dreams not to wait. He and his friends were in their 30s at the time, but most of the sailors they met were retired. “Invariably the vast majority said they wished they had done it at our age,” he says. “It’s an experience you take for a lifetime. It changes your attitude forever.” “Those were happy years from life,” he adds. “You quickly realize maybe the money is not as important for quality of life. The notion of accumulation of wealth is good for business, but not necessarily for your life.”
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omewhere high above the Atlantic Ocean, Jess Schuknecht played out the scene in his head for the umpteenth time: He’d arrive at London’s Heathrow airport early Sunday morning. Traverse the English countryside up to Coventry by bus. Then, show up — unannounced and in a foreign land — at Sarah Schwartz’s 21st birthday party. It was a romantic gesture so grand, so completely insane, it would surely sweep her off her feet. Jess spent the rest of the flight putting together a scrapbook professing his love. It contained ticket stubs, pictures and other mementos from the magical summer he and Sarah had just spent together. “I don’t know what sparked the idea. But I remember thinking, this is going to be awesome,” says Schuknecht, recalling the daring scheme. The year was 2002. Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” was blowing up the summer pop charts. Jess, 25 at the time, was a hotshot at Comedysportz Madison. Sarah was a house manager at the improv comedy club. It wasn’t long before they were hanging out nearly every day. “We had a really good friendship and were pretty much inseparable. We liked the same stuff. We just had a great time together,” says Schuknecht. “At some point, it seemed like it was becoming something more.” Jess and Sarah saw movies together. Shared countless meals. Went to Chicago to see concerts. They even traveled to Spring Green to see Shakespeare. As mild June days slid into hot August nights, Jess’ affection for Sarah grew., “People definitely thought we were dating,” says Schuknecht. “We were spending so much time together, it was like we were a couple. There just wasn’t any physical component to the relationship.” When fall arrived, Sarah left to study abroad for a semester at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England.
But Jess wasn’t about to let a few thousand miles stand in his way. Barely a month after Sarah’s departure, he used a credit card to buy a $600 plane ticket for a 60-hour trip he’d never forget. “All I had was a backpack, a change of clothes and a few gifts,” says Schuknecht. The plan seemed kismet. On Sarah’s birthday, her beloved Washington Redskins were playing the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field — just 45 minutes away from Jess’ hometown of Chilton. He knew through email exchanges that Sarah would be celebrating at Varsity, the only pub in town airing the American football match. “Before I left, I had a Redskins jersey with her last name and the number 21 made up,” says Schuknecht. “Kind of perfect, right?” He arrived in Coventry exhausted but with enough time to recover with a quick nap. The sun was setting over the West Midlands when he awoke. He changed into his other pair of clothes. The hour was upon him. After slipping in undetected, Jess waited in a booth while a waitress delivered the Redskins jersey to Sarah. Attached was a card saying another surprise awaited her in the back of the bar. From the other side of the pub, Jess saw a look of disbelief come across Sarah’s face as she read the note. “She started walking around, not knowing what she’s even looking for. And it takes her a minute before she notices me,” says Schuknecht. “She stops. Sees me and it was like her brain couldn’t process it right away. Like, there’s no way I could possibly be in this bar, halfway across the world, where I shouldn’t be.” The shock took a minute to wear off but soon Sarah was introducing Jess to all her new friends. They, too, were astonished that Jess traveled 4,000 miles simply to wish a friend
a happy birthday in the flesh. The Brits raised their pints to Jess with toasts of “Righto” and “Kudos my good man.” All of Sarah’s chums seemed delighted by Jess’ unexpected visit except for Dudley Tredger, who just so happened to be a world-class fencer. Dudley was slated to represent her Majesty at the Commonwealth Fencing Championship the following month in Australia. “When we shook hands, we kind of eyed each other up. It was like we were both saying, ‘I know what’s going on here. You aren’t fooling me,’” says Schuknecht. As Packers running back Ahman Green sprinted up the middle for a 24-yard touchdown, Jess caught Dudley plant a “definitely not just friends” kiss on Sarah. She responded in kind. “He was a pretty boy. And by that, I mean he was prettier than me,” says Schuknecht. After socializing for a few hours, Sarah told Jess she had to head home. She was tired from having watched Dudley dominate the competition in a fencing tournament earlier in the day. It started to rain when Sarah gave Jess a hug goodbye. During the embrace, Sarah discovered the scrapbook Jess had made during the eight hour flight from Chicago to London. It was concealed in the back of his waistband. He had mentally rehearsed presenting the handmade declaration of his love at just the right moment. It was destined to be the final domino that would tip this close friendship into true romance. But after witnessing her necking with a champion fencer, he knew the gift — if not the entire trip — wasn’t such an awesome idea after all. Caught, Jess reluctantly handed her the scrapbook. He then told Sarah, “Maybe hold off reading this until I’ve left the country.”
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Turkey, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Japan — all while working remotely. When Conley left the States he had a job at a startup called Townsquare, a transactional online real estate company. But the startup soon went under — a distressing turn of events, even under normal circumstances. With his planned income source gone, Conley turned to freelance web design and development to fund his travel. It was enough to keep him afloat, but he quickly learned the difficulty of juggling projects, customer expectations and time zones. “With all the highs came a lot of lows too,” he says. He found comfort com-
miserating with others in the Remote Year group: “Everybody went through something like [I did].” The experience was a bit like a study abroad program for working adults; some of Conley’s favorite moments were the meals he shared with people from other cultures. “We talked about everything — politics, how people treat each other, what does dating look like in other countries, how long do people live with their parents,” he says. “To be able to have those discussions in those settings was amazing.” Conley learned a lot during his Remote Year. There were the tangible lessons — how he prefers to travel, how
to earn a living while abroad, what types of work he prefers — but he also learned how to get over a lingering, guilty feeling that his decision to travel the world was, in some way, selfish. “Am I just indulging myself, or am I doing something larger for other people?” Conley recalls wondering. He reconciled these worries by sharing the experience with his family and friends, encouraging them to make time to explore the world. “Travel is the best form of education,” he says. “I want to share that with people so they understand why I find it so important. Because to some extent, you have to do what you believe in and lead by example.”
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ike many millennials, Andrew Conley dreamed of seeing the world after college. So when he graduated from Indiana University in 2010 and landed his first job as a project manager at Epic Systems Inc. — a position that’s nearly 95 percent travel — he was excited to begin his new life on the road. Each week, he packed a carry-on and jetted off to service Epic customers around the country. He was logging thousands of frequent flier miles and visiting exciting cities, but the demanding onsite work schedule didn’t leave much free time to experience the local culture. Conley left Epic in 2013 to serve as executive director of 100state, a downtown Madison coworking space and tech-focused entrepreneurial hub. But he still had an itch to travel. So in 2015 when he heard about a new program called Remote Year, which allows participants to spend 12 months traveling the world while working their regular jobs remotely, he was intrigued by the opportunity. “To me, it sounded like 100state on wheels,” says Conley, 28. “I was really interested in that concept of exploring new ways of working and the freedoms that allow people to be remote — and taking that to the extreme.” Conley was one of more than 25,000 people who applied for a spot in Remote Year’s inaugural cohort and was accepted along with 74 other so-called digital nomads. About half the group were freelancers and entrepreneur-types — the kind of participants Conley expected to see — but the rest came from the “normal corporate community,” he says. Remote Year provides guidance and resources to people with traditional office jobs to help them figure out a way for them to telecommute. The participants pay $5,000 down and a monthly fee of $2,000, and Remote Year takes care of the rest — lodging, workspaces with 24/7 WiFi access, travel between destinations and community activities while on the road. Participants are free to come and go as they please. Conley skipped the first month of the program while he wrapped up his tenure at 100state, then flew out on July 4, 2015, to meet up with the group. (Pro tip: Conley says Independence Day is a great day to find cheap flights.) For the next eight months, he explored Croatia, Slovenia,
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ames Mills is a chronicler of outdoor recreation and the environment. His 2014 book The Adventure Gap profiles African American outdoor enthusiasts and reports on the first all-African American ascent of Denali. He’s been a guide and outfitter and participated in everything from mountain climbing to backcountry skiing. Yet Mills, who lives in Madison, says that he makes it a point “to avoid drama. People assume that those who do what might be considered adventure are implicitly putting themselves in danger. I don’t think that’s true.” He acknowledges the element of risk is exactly the point of an “epic adventure” for some, but feels that many times these exploits happen because people are reckless. Nonetheless, Mills has found himself in dicey situations. “I was on a rope team when one of our partners fell into a crevasse. I was at the Grand Canyon and in the middle of the class 4 rapids, one of our oars broke. My wife and I went
climbing for the first time and we had to do a rappel in the dark in the middle of an electrical storm.” These things happen, says Mills, but he objects to the “look-at-how-brave-and-tough-I-am” school of adventure storytelling: “Back in 2013, I got a casting call to be in the Discovery Channel show Naked and Afraid, and I turned them down. It was clear to me they were deliberately trying to make adventure more dangerous than it actually is.” Mills worries that shows like that and Bear Grylls’ Man vs. Wild “dissuade the average person from doing something as simple as going on a high-altitude hike. Because they don’t want to be on the wrong end of a bad situation, like a bear attack.” Mills prefers to remember the first time he saw an unobstructed night sky, on San Bernardino Peak in Southern California. “I was probably about 14 or 15. We had made a long, very arduous hike. It was a very clear night. We’re in our sleeping bags, and I rolled over and looked up, and the sky was so thick
with stars it was almost white. It was one of those clear views of the Milky Way you never get to see because of the light pollution in the city. I could actually see satellites and more shooting stars than I have ever seen in my entire life at one time.” At that altitude, over 10,000 feet, “the clouds were actually below us,” says Mills. “When dawn came, you could see all the other mountain tops also above the clouds. They looked like a series of islands, floating on a sea of white clouds.” On a hike like this, as Mills describes it, “You can actually climb out of the distractions of life.” At high altitudes, where the atmosphere is thinner, visibility is enhanced. “What oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere do to protect us from solar radiation also prevents the beauty of stars from peeking through sometimes. Light and air, two things that are critical for human survival, can actually obstruct some of your ability to see things,” says Mills. “There’s something to be said for having an experience that makes that kind of thing possible.”
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efore Mali Moore embarked on a 55-day expedition in far northern Canada with seven other women in 2003, she was given a crash course on bear etiquette. Mali and her friends — on a trip organized by Camp Manito-wish in Boulder Junction, where they worked — knew they might see not just black bears and grizzlies, but also the fearsome polar bear. “With polar bears, there’s not really anything you can do,” says Moore. “But we had been taught not to make eye contact with them.” That advice would prove easier said than done. The group started the canoeing trip in Wollaston Lake in northern Saskatchewan. They then traveled down the Cochrane River, the Thlewiaza River, to Nueltin Lake, up the Thetin River, down the Kognac and Tha-anne rivers and finally into Hudson Bay. With their trip almost at an end, the eight had seen only one bear, a grizzly, without incident. Although they were camped on the shore of the Hudson, it was low tide and the water was several miles from their camp. The group set up their tents around their canoes and gear. It was storming and loud, but Moore and her two tent mates heard something outside. “We heard the paddles cling,” Moore says. “We thought it was a fox or something.” One of the women looked outside and saw a bear, but could not tell what kind. When Moore peeked out, there was no doubt. “When you see black bears, it’s darker than dark. When you see a polar bear, it’s this white glow. I said, ‘That’s definitely a polar bear.’ “We yelled to the other tents,” she adds. “The next tent heard us but didn’t believe us. But then they saw the bear as it was walking to our tent.” And then the world’s largest land predator poked its head and front paw inside Moore’s tent, about three feet from the women. All three did exactly what they were told not to do: They looked the bear in the eyes. “You can’t not make eye contact when its head is in the tent. But it didn’t attack.” The bear disappeared from view, but they knew it was nearby. All of the women eventually converged together in one tent. They had a shotgun, but since it was rusted from the salty air, they were unsure
whether it would fire. They began trying to reach help on a satellite phone and a radio. They also fired a flare in the bear’s direction, but he ignored it. For about eight hours, a frightful standoff ensued. Moore feared for the worst. “I really thought somebody is going to die. I didn’t think it would necessarily be me, and I didn’t think it would be all of us, but I thought, there’s no way we can all get out of this.” At one point, Moore had to go to the bathroom, so she huddled just outside the tent. As she relieved herself, she watched the bear. “It almost looked like a human, digging in our bags,” she remembers. “At one point it laid down with its head on the pack like a pillow. It would eat, but always keep an eye on us. And it would circle us.” Moore believes the group’s food, which the bear readily devoured, might have spared them. It was food that didn’t have to be killed. Eventually, two members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrived on four-wheelers. The officers fired warning shots and fireworks, but the bear didn’t budge. Finally, they lit a stick of dynamite and tossed it at the bear. When it blew, the bear appeared stung and it ran away. The officers chased the bear on their ATVs and the bear was soon out of sight. Unable to evacuate the group on two ATVs, the Mounties suggested a safer camping spot. But the women had had enough. Camp Manito-wish back in Wisconsin arranged for a team from Arviat, about 30 miles away, to come get the group. Moore says that all eight women suffered from post-traumatic stress over the incident. She became obsessed with polar bears, and for years felt defined by the encounter. “I don’t understand why nobody got hurt,” she says. She suspects higher powers might have played a role. Her grandmother, who had died years before, had been very involved in Camp Manito-wish. “When I went on this trip, I felt like maybe I was doing it for her. And so her spirit was maybe with me,” she says. “One of the leaders, one of her best friends, had died just before this trip started. So I felt like we were being protected.”
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Hand-Crafted Entrepreneurship Meeta will discuss her art practice, her work with artisans in rural Rajasthan, India and her sustainable fair trade textile and craft business, Bindaas Unlimited. This event presented by: Bolz Center for Arts Administration Office of Diversity and Inclusion Wisconsin BBA
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Tactile Textiles: Colors and Culture New works by students in Meeta’s Tactile Textiles – From 2D to 3D course will be unveiled as part of The Bubbler @ Madison Public Library’s Night Light series. Rubedo, a collaborative dance piece created by Li Chiao-Ping Dance in response to Meeta’s work, will be performed twice. The exhibition Tactile Textiles: Colors and Culture will be on display in the Madison Room from December 2-6. This event presented by:
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The art of acceptance A new mural will celebrate LGBTQ youth STORY AND PHOTO BY STEVEN POTTER
Through a new mural project, Gilkison and other transgender and queer teens aim to send a message that affirms their self-worth and beauty. The teens have begun work on a 10-by-40foot public art installation, organized by the ArtWrite Collective. The mural, on the side of the gallery Art In (1444 E Washington Ave.), will greet drivers and others traveling toward the Capitol where East Washington Avenue crosses the Yahara River. The initial design work and canvas preparation began earlier this month; the group hopes to have the mural mounted and installed by the end of the year. The mural design will feature a dark starscape background with the phrase “you are beautiful” written in connected, cursive letters that will blend through a rainbow of colors. Each of the letters will feature images, such as pictures of animals, shapes and local landmarks. “[The ‘you are beautiful’] mural can be interpreted by all audiences and a specific group
as well,” says Alaura Seidl, one of the project organizers and an artist with ArtWrite, a group that works to merge activism with art. Wendi Kent, another ArtWrite artist, hopes the mural sparks curiosity among people who walk or drive by. “[We’re hoping] that people who may not be sensitive to LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] issues see it and wonder why it’s here and who it speaks to,” says Kent. “And for the people that need to see it and hear it the most, it’s there.” Kent pushed the idea of a mural after being surprised by the lack of public art in Madison, especially when compared to her hometown of Austin, Texas, known for its many public art displays and murals. “I moved here in 2010, and one of the first things I noticed was there was almost no street art,” she says, adding that she hopes the mural becomes a photo destination like the “I love you so much” message on the side of Jo’s Coffee in Austin.
The mural will also serve as a memorial to Madison native and East High grad Brendan Scanlon, better known as street artist SOLVE, who was part of a street art collective that put up similar “you are beautiful” murals around Chicago. The artist was murdered after a party at his Chicago home in 2008. Scanlon’s father, Bill, believes his son would have approved of this project, saying, “Brendan thought blank walls, like the one the YAB mural will be on, to be unnecessarily ugly. He wanted to have art applied or apply it himself to them to displace the ugliness and provide beauty.” Street art featuring “you are beautiful” began as a personal project started by Chicago artist Matthew Hoffman back in 2002 and has since spread worldwide. Similar
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In addition to the usual challenges of being a teenager, Piper Gilkison must also navigate life as a transgender person. “I deal with a lot of people that don’t understand what it is [to be transgender] or what I’m supposed to look like,” says the 16-year-old. “It’s hard to find beauty in yourself in a world where they tell you you’re not beautiful,” says the teen. When attending James Madison Memorial High School, Gilkison faced “a lot of microaggressions and people acting like I just don’t exist” before transferring to Malcolm Shabazz City High School, an alternative for students who don’t feel they fit in at traditional high schools. In and out of school, Gilkison spends a lot of time drawing, making sculptures and writing poetry. “When you’re in a marginalized community, you have to find a creative way to express yourself,” says Gilkison.
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I ordered the SoCal Surf (romaine and arugula, avocado, roasted shrimp, olives, onions, roasted red pepper and wasabi ranch dressing). As a wrap, this combo transformed into a baby food burrito. Lettuce merged with the avocado, and everything was drowned by the wasabi dressing. The ingredients in the Fresh Prince wrap (romaine and arugula, apple, avocado, carrots, cranberries, edamame and carrot ginger dressing) didn’t disintegrate as much, but overall it was tame — no peppery bite from the arugula, no payoff from savory playing against sweet. The breakfast wraps, with an RYAN WISNIEWSKI omelet-style egg wrapped around cheese, greens and a few add-ons, turn out better. The concept of cool salad greens inside of hot egg takes a little getting used to, but my Olympus (egg, spicy feta spread, olives, spinach, tomato and lemonherb vinaigrette) was likable enough. Salads Up also serves two housemade soups monthly on a rotating basis. November’s tomato bisque comes out chunky, like an undercooked fresh tomato sauce. It’s good that it tastes of fresh tomato, but a bisque it is not. The other, broccoli cheddar, is brothy — not super-cheesy, but tasty. Fresh pressed juices, in an ever-changing cast of combinations, are refreshing. The kitchen needs to give greater consideration to combining ingredients to maximize flavor. While the fare at Salads Up is healthier than the usual fast-food options, the Good Food cart and Forage Kitchen prove that there’s much more potential in wraps and salads. ■
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The big problem at Salads Up is that when a salad doesn’t have much flavor to begin with, flavor distribution is beside the point. Salads Up features seven signature salads and a build-your-own option. The Yia Yia (spinach, chickpeas, cucumber, feta, olives, quinoa, tomatoes and lemon herb vinaigrette) managed to carry no spinach flavor, despite the fact that the salad is made up almost entirely of spinach. Its light sprinkling of quinoa isn’t worth bothering with; the feta and olives create the only punch, along with a lemonherb vinaigrette. Kale holds up to the chop better than fragile spinach, but it too was bland — weird, since kale is normally assertive. My add-ons for this build-your-own included beets and roasted cauliflower, no wallflowers, but neither emerged in the flavor distribution. Not even the carrot ginger vinaigrette added any zip. Salads Up also serves its salads as wraps, toasted in a panini press. That’s how
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Tour four restaurants in historic buildings in downtown Middleton: Louisianne’s Etc., the Village Green, the Free House Pub and the Hubbard Avenue Diner. Tour includes 9+ tastings of food and cocktails. Tickets ($75) at capitalcityfoodtours.com. Tour starts at 7464 Hubbard Ave., 6-8:30 pm.
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It’s been over a year since A Pig in a Fur Coat, 940 Williamson St., expanded to include a small bar. The cocktail program is going strong with a new bar manager, Alisha Pauly, at the helm. When Pauly took over this past August, she set out to update some of the drinks on A Pig’s menu, including the Outdoorsman — an old fashioned made with bacon-infused bourbon, maple syrup and orange bitters. Pauly brightened the drink by adding peach purée and lemon juice, and renamed it the Lumberjill. What is bacon-infused bourbon, you ask? It’s not strips of bacon floating in vats of bourbon. Pauly says it’s made through a process called “fat washing,” wherein any fatty
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“Weight of Things” implores the audience to take better care of the planet.
weightless feathers. She stood again, deflated as her arms bumped against her body. The title piece, “Weight of Things,” had the cast of five dancers sporting bright blue wigs and 1940s style bathing suits with sheer plastic miniskirts, looking like sexy, futuristic humanoid robots. The curtains were pulled back, allowing the audience access to the inner workings of the theater space. Recorded text implored us to shape up and take better care of our planet (timely, considering Stephen Hawking’s warning that we need to find a new home base), but it felt a bit clunky and scoldy at times. Five of the six pieces on the program had text (performed live, recorded or a combo of the two). I admit I have a low tolerance for spoken word in dance. I see why Li used it in each case, but it still overwhelmed me. At one point in the cluttered aural and visual landscape of the final dance, a recorded voice said “silenzio,” and I so craved that. In several pieces, Li addressed our current political landscape head on. If the recent election had gone another way, this concert would have felt quite different: The audience might have erupted in a spontaneous cheer at key points in “Woman in Glass,” and “E Pluribus Unum,” would have
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Li Chiao-Ping Dance began a new season with Weight of Things, a powerful performance with some indelible moments and plenty of sociopolitical commentary. The Nov. 17 concert at Lathrop Hall’s Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, began with 2014’s “Tendrils,” an unabashedly pretty piece for five dancers and the lightest of the works on the program. That lovely lightness was enhanced by flutist Laura Flazon’s warm and inviting tones as she accompanied Eve Beglarian’s score. “in media res,” Li’s 2015 solo, all took place as she maneuvered around a small table, which is set in a simple square of light. I’ve probably used these words before to describe Li: athletic, inventive, strong, cerebral and witty. This dance underscored all of these qualities. Liz Sexe was dressed like a precocious child in an abbreviated dress of white ruffles in “Woman in Glass,” a new work that Li choreographed for Sexe’s recent concert. Sexe is a ballsy dancer, taking risks and daring herself to fall before settling down to share a somewhat didactic monologue about society’s perceptions of women. In the premiere of “Rubedo,” for Lauren Gibbs, Brianna Z. Kauer and Rachel Krinsky, the dancers moved through stately poses on a long stretch of red fabric (from UWMadison’s artist in residence Meeta Mastani) placed diagonally across the stage. The dancers created skirts for themselves from the fabric, and throughout, we heard audio of students from the UW course “Tactile Textiles: From 2D to 3D” describing their class projects. In Li’s new solo, “E Pluribus Unum,” she appeared in a severe black overcoat slowly leaking white feathers as she moved with a new passion and determination to a recording of Charlie Chaplin from The Great Dictator. At the end, Li dropped to the floor in a futile attempt to gather up the nearly
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The UW-Madison officially broke ground on its new music venue Oct. 28, unveiling a dramatic design for the facility, which will be built in phases at the corner of Lake Street and University Avenue. Construction begins next month, and completion of phase one, the Hamel Music Center, is expected by January 2019, though a “soft opening” may occur earlier. Phase two, which will include offices and other spaces, has yet to be scheduled. The project’s final cost is estimated at $55.8 million, all of it raised by donations. The project’s architectural firm is New York-based Holzman Moss Bottino. Malcolm Holzman was a principle with Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, which designed the Madison Civic Center, predecessor to the Overture Center for the Arts. “There is continuity in the work we are doing,” says Holzman, noting the firm is following design principles it established many years ago. In effect, the design will turn the music center inside out.
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From the outside, a quarter of the center will appear to be wrapped in a gigantic curtain, separating to reveal a grand glass entryway. “The notion is that the lobby space will light up in the evenings and be an invitation to come in, both day and night,” Holzman says. A large rehearsal space will also be visible from the outside; passersby will be able to see ensembles at work. That transparency is a far cry from the university’s current home for music, art and history, in
the nearby Humanities building, designed in the Brutalist style. An angular fortress of concrete, it was completed in 1969. There will be two presentation spaces, the largest seating 650 and an orchestra of 140, as well as a balcony for the chorus. A smaller recital hall, on the corner, will feature a four-story wrap-around window. Wallpaper for the recital hall will be based on prints by local artist William Weege, UW
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A soulful documentary honors the late R&B wonder BY CATHERINE CAPELLARO
Few singers had the ability to deliver a song with as much authentic power and soul as Sharon Jones, the charismatic frontwoman of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings. Sadly, Jones died Nov. 18, at age 60, after a recurrence of pancreatic cancer, which she had battled since 2013. There’s ample proof of the singer’s remarkable talent and resilience in Miss Sharon Jones!, one of 2016’s most exciting films. I caught it when Jones was still alive during its abbreviated run at Sundance in August. Now you can rent it on Amazon — and I hope it makes it back into theaters, even though it will be a different experience, knowing how her story ends. An in-your-face look at her fight with cancer, throughout this intimate portrait, Jones is completely upfront about what she had to overcome. In some ways, her cancer diagnosis was really just another challenge. Her life was always about believing in herself — and in the music — despite what the outside world was telling her. “They said I was too fat, too black, too short and too old,” says Jones, echoing the words of a record label executive. The former Rikers Island corrections officer was born into a poor family in Augusta, Georgia (James Brown’s hometown); the family moved
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Satan vs. Jesus The Found Footage Festival returns with new oddities
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Get ready to experience a new crop of weird America’s discarded video tapes. On Nov. 26, Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher return to the Barrymore Theatre with a fresh box full of videos for the Found Footage Festival. The two have been collecting oddball videos since 1991, when they happened upon an industrial film called Inside and Outside Custodial Duties. Since then, their quirky sense of humor has helped get them jobs with The Onion and the Late Show with David Letterman, but they never stopped looking for the sideshow-freaky wonders of poorly made videos. By 2004 they began sharing their collection with the world in the Found Footage Festival. The centerpiece of this year’s festival will settle one of history’s greatest debates: “We found a lot of tapes from the ’80s about the dangers of Satanism, but we found even more Jesus videos, so you’ll see montages of each,” says Prueher. “Who will come out on top, Satan or Jesus? Our show will decide once and for all.” The battle of good versus evil will be just one of many strange delights at the festival, which will also include selections from The Late Show’s own extensive VHS collection. “I worked there for several years, and, when the show was
shaking gyrations, we understand the significance of losing this part of herself. As Jones holes up (painting by numbers!) in a restful retreat in upstate New York with a nutritionist friend, her team (managers, bandmates) waits anxiously in the Brooklyn studio, knowing they need to plan for any outcome. They have a new album, and a tour planned. And they need Sharon to make it happen. We see her tantrums, her despair, and feel the burn of the chemo, the emotional pain of wondering if her body is going to fail her — potentially putting a group of talented musicians out on the street. At one point, Jones makes her way up the stairs of a dilapidated storefront church in Queens. She takes two steps and rests, heaving from exertion and the effects of chemo. Five minutes later, the church band kicks into a funk/gospel beat, and Sharon is alive: twirling, leaping, shrieking like she’s possessed, singing like a goddess. I came away regretting that I never got to see Sharon Jones perform live. If you did, that’s another reason to be thankful. This film, with its luminous hero and lifeaffirming message and soundtrack, will make you glad you’re alive. n
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closing up shop last year, my old colleagues were kind enough to donate Dave’s [Letterman’s] entire VHS collection,” says Prueher. While searching through hundreds of hours of video, they discovered such oddities as Mickey Rooney’s acting tips (he “yells at you for 45 minutes”), Burt Reynolds attempting an Indian accent and something with the intriguing title The Modern Goat. As a bonus for this screening, they will be showing excerpts from The Dundee Project, a documentary about a small-town UFO festival they made with American Movie subject, the cult film director Mark Borchardt. Stoughton natives Pickett and Prueher always make a point of stopping in Madison. “We love showing off our finds to a hometown crowd of friends, family and, usually, Art Paul Schlosser.” n
Animal House: National Lampoon’s antic comedy about a feud between a college dean and a troublemaking fraternity. Barolo, Nov. 29, 8 pm. La Relacion: Film by Milwaukee filmmaker Samuel Kasper, based on the true story of a 16th-century shipwrecked crew lost in the New World. Central Library, Nov. 30, 6:30 pm. Lost Highway: A man framed for murder becomes (literally?) a new man in prison in this confusing epic from David Lynch. Bos Meadery, Nov. 30, 7 pm. Black Narcissus: Five nuns open a convent in the Himalayas, and it’s not an easy adaptation for anyone. Central Library, Dec. 1, 6:30 pm. Rifftrax Holiday Special Double Feature: Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett and “Weird Al” Yankovic take down Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (featuring Pia Zadora!) and a collection of holiday shorts. Point and Palace-Sun Prairie, Dec. 1, 7 pm. Roundabout Theatre Company: She Loves Me: Musical starring Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi and Jane Krakowski. Point, Dec. 1, 7 pm.
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Harmony Bar: Max Capacity & the Sellouts, 8:30 pm. High Noon Saloon: Last Crack, Go Play God, Autumn Grey, 8 pm. Hody Bar, Middleton: Four Wheel Drive, free, 9 pm. Ivory Room: Jim Ripp, Michael Massey, piano, 8 pm. Majestic: Orquesta Salsoul, Edi Rey y Sus Salsera, Grupo Atlantico, DJ Rumba, Latin Music Fest, 8 pm. Opus Lounge: Benjamin Lodahl, free, 9 pm.
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Free Thanksgiving Meal: 11 am-1 pm, 11/24, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church-Raymond Rd. (271-6633); 1-4 pm, 11/24, Calvary Gospel Church (228-8751); Noon, 11/24, Lakeview Lutheran Church (244-6181); Noon-3 pm, 11/24, First Congregational United Church of Christ (233-9751); 4:30-6:30 pm, 11/24, Luke House (256-6325).
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Saxophone wonder Clay Lyons, a Madison native and graduate of the Berklee College of Music, has been breaking into the NYC jazz scene lately, and he plays on Bon Iver’s latest album. Catch him in his stomping grounds with local veterans Nick Moran (bass) and Michael Brenneis (drums).
Coyote Friday, Nov. 25, Harmony Bar, 9:45 pm
With a classic set of influences that range from the Grateful Dead to Fleetwood Mac, Coyote is a bit of a throwback. The Madison quartet only formed this past summer, but it’s already prepping a debut LP and touring the Midwest. Joining them is Sweet Delta Dawn, a similarly psychedelic but slightly weirder Madison band, and VB, the nom de plume of Wisconsin musician Patrick Van Bibber.
The Illusionists
Cardinal Bar: Nathan Gerlach, free, 5:30 pm; VO5’s “Sparkle Friday,” 9 pm.
Wednesday, Nov. 23, Overture Hall, 7:30 pm.
Club Tavern, Middleton: Pilot, free, 9 pm.
Even when you know there’s a catch involved, magic is still pretty awe-inspiring. The eight tricksters of the Illusionists are able to blow your mind in several ways. Each with his own specialty (like the Sherlock Holmes-esque Deductionist or the death-defying Escapologist), they bring an intricate, high-tech act to the stage that will amaze you in more ways than you can count. ALSO: Friday-Saturday (2 & 8 pm) and Sunday (1 & 6:30 pm), Nov. 25-27.
Rucksack Jamboree Friday, Nov. 25, Majestic Theatre, 8 pm
At their core, folk songs are timeless stories. So it makes sense that these artists are choosing to present their work as a combination of intimate storytelling and musicianship. Rucksack Jamboree will include storytelling and songs from Adam Greuel (Horseshoes & Hand Grenades), Sarah Vos (Dead Horses, pictured), Chicago Farmer, Joseph Huber (.357 String Band), and Pat Ferguson (the Smokin’ Bandits).
The Frequency: Beretta, Meat Faucet, Bonfyre, 9 pm. High Noon Saloon: Lynda & the Zeros, 6 pm; Natty Nation, Aaron Kamm & the One Drops, DJ Trichrome, 9:30 pm. Hody Bar, Middleton: Footloose, free, 9 pm. Lucky’s Bar & Grille: Sam Lyons Band, 9 pm. Merchant: DJs Landology, Zukas, disco, free, 10:30 pm. Also: 10:30 pm, 11/26. Mr. Robert’s: Seth Lambert, Griffin Randir, The Flyaways with Party Marty, rock, free, 10 pm. Tip Top Tavern: Skyler Nahn, free, 10 pm. Up North Pub: Teddy Davenport, free, 7 pm. VFW Post 7591: U.S. Silver Dollar Band, 7:30 pm.
Drew Michael + Chris Redd Friday, Nov. 25, Comedy Club on State, 8 & 10:30 pm
Drew Michael is a narcissist. Chris Redd (pictured) is a former kinda-thug who likes antagonizing his cousin. We have a huge nerd who compares dating cycles to playing Ocarina of Time, and we have a featured player from Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping telling stories about how Californians have no idea what Chicago cold is like. Which is which? Who knows?! Leave your leftovers alone and come to this show to find out. With Kevin Bozeman. ALSO: Saturday, Nov. 26, 8 & 10:30 pm.
T H EAT ER & DA N C E The Undertow: A grieving psychiatrist and troubled rock star try to recover in this play by Michael Tooher, 11/18-12/10, Broom Street Theater, at 8 pm ThursdaysSaturdays. No show 11/24. $11. 244-8338.
S PEC I A L EV EN TS Ice Rink Opening & Tree Lighting Celebration: Free skating, 2-9 pm, 11/25, Edgewater, with mascots, music & kids’ activities; lighting at 6 pm. 535-8200. Hmong New Year Celebration: Southern Wisconsin Hmong Association event, 11/25-26, Alliant Energy Center-Exhibition Hall, with entertainment, food, competitions, flea market. hmongmadison.com. Downtown Holiday Open House: Annual event, 9 am-4 pm, 11/25-27, State Street & the Capitol Square, with kids’ activities, trolley rides (starting 10 am). Info: visitdowntownmadison.com. 512-1342.
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has shared the stage with Chet Atkins and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Also on the bill are gypsy jazz veterans Harmonious Wail, local fixtures for almost three decades, featuring smoky vocals from Maggie Delaney-Potthoff.
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Bos Meadery: Ari Shagal, piano, 6:30 pm. Brink Lounge: Briana Patrice Bruckner Trio, free, 8 pm. Cardinal Bar: DJ Fernando, Latin, 10 pm.
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Doc DeHaven Tribute
Whad’Ya Know?: Podcast recording with hosts Michael Feldman & Stephanie Lee, noon, 11/26, High Noon Saloon. $10. 268-1122.
Sunday, November 27, Coliseum Bar, 1-5 pm
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Come Back In: Mad City Funk, free, 9 pm. Crystal Corner Bar: The Mersey Brothers, 9:30 pm. Frequency: Joshua Powell & Great Train Robbery, 9 pm.
The jazz world lost a treasure earlier this year when Doc DeHaven, longtime jazz trumpeter and music educator, died. This all-star event is organized by Doc’s son-in-law, Dave Cooper, one of the finest trumpeters around, and his grandson John. Expect appearances from many local luminaries, including Cliff Frederiksen, Angela Babler and June Dalton. Naturally, the proceeds will fund a scholarship.
Harmony Bar: Clyde Stubblefield All-Star Band, 9 pm. High Noon Saloon: “The Last Waltz” Tribute, 9 pm. Hody Bar and Grill, Middleton: Trailer Kings, free, 9 pm. Liliana’s: John Widdicombe & Larry Stout, free, 6:30 pm.
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Middleton-Cross Plains Area Performing Arts Center: Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, with Isthmus Brass Ensemble, Middleton High School Choir, 2 & 8 pm.
Saturday, Nov. 26, Club Tavern (Middleton), 9 pm
Madison native Sam Lyons can’t stop kicking out bouncy earworms, and now he’s got a hot-off-the-presses new EP, Let’s Go. He recorded it in New York City with another former Madisonian, Grammynominated, Oscar-winning producer Leo Sidran. The infectious tunes are bound to get everyone dancing and singing along.
Tip Top Tavern: Charlie Painter & Friends, free, 10 pm.
Saturday, Nov. 26, Brink Lounge, 8 pm
Now here’s something to be thankful for: a visit from Chicago’s Don Stiernberg, one of the world’s leading jazz mandolin players. He’s played on more than 50 albums and
Art and Craft Fair: Annual event, 9 am-3 pm, 11/26, VFW Post 7591-Cottage Grove Rd. 712-2505.
UW Football: vs. Minnesota, 2:30 pm, 11/26, Camp Randall Stadium ($75); pre-game tailgate noon, Field House, with music by Pat McCurdy (free). 262-1440. Matt Kenseth Autograph Signing: Wristbands distributed at 10:30 am, signing at noon, 11/26, Smart Toyota, 5901 Odana Road. Free. 229-1199.
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With a history dating back to 1985 (including a 12-year period of inactivity between 1995 and 2007), Liverpool’s extreme metallers are not for the weak of heart. Considered pioneers of so-called grindcore — an abrasive, corrosive mix of punk, metal and industrial — Carcass became known for gruesome lyrics and album covers. The band has toned down the gore over the years, but 2013’s Surgical Steel still includes songs about cadavers and blood clots. With experimental black-metal band Deafheaven and Virginia headbangers Inter Arma.
Tony Monaco Trio Sunday, Nov. 27, Brink Lounge, 7 pm
Monaco has been an indefatigable proponent of jazz organ for decades, first gigging as a teen and later while running various family businesses. More recently, Monaco has been focused strictly on music, both as a player and as an educator. This Live at Rick’s concert will feature his trio out of Columbus, Ohio. Frequency: Girl Named Nino, Pablo Gordy, 8:30 pm.
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Sunday, Nov. 27, Majestic Theatre, 8 pm
Stuff Your Stockings Merry Makers Market: Locallymade crafts & more, 10 am-5 pm, 11/26, Art In Gallery, with music. stuffyourstockings.wordpress.com.
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Harmony: Cajun Strangers, 6 pm (dance lesson 5 pm). Oakwood Village-University Woods: Oakwood Chamber Players, 1 & 3:30 pm. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church: Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble, chamber music, 3 pm.
A RT EX H I B I TS & E VE N TS Harmony Bar Art Show: Benefit for Clean Lakes Alliance, 11 am-3 pm, 11/27, Harmony Bar. 249-4333.
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recall Madison’s citywide celebration of music, where hundreds of musicians, amateurs and professionals alike, share their talents with the public. This showcase features Eric de los Santos (pictured), Sunspot, Lo Marie, J. Marsden, Your Mom and the Kelsey Miles Band. Cardinal Bar: Darren Sterud Orchestra, jazz, 6:30 pm. Harmony: The Muggs, Pinney Library benefit, 5 pm. Majestic: Drake White, WheelHouse, 7:30 pm. Overture Center: Carol Sing, with Madison Symphony Orchestra oganist Samuel Hutchinson, free, 7 pm. Up North Pub: The Lower 5th, rock, free, 8 pm.
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UW Humanities Building-Morphy Hall: UW Early Music Ensemble, free, 8:30 pm.
T HE AT E R & DANCE RSVP for Kloepper Concert: Annual UW Dance Department showcase, 8 pm on 12/3 and 2:30 pm, 12/4, Lathrop Hall-Room 549. $10 advance in-person sales only, noon-3 pm, 11/29 & 12/1, at Lathrop. 262-1691.
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Gaza: From Blogging to Cooking and Everything In Between: Madison-Rafah Sister City Project conversation between “Gaza Mom” author Laila El-Haddad & professor Nevine El Nossery, 4:30 pm, 11/29, The Crossing: dwallbaum@gmail.com.
Monday, Nov. 28, Orpheum Theater, 7 pm
After penning hits for Drake, Rihanna and other chart toppers, the suave Canadian crooner PartyNextDoor is stepping out from behind the curtain and into the spotlight in a major way. This should be a great date-night show, with smooth, slow jams about love and lust like “Come and See Me” and close-dancing jams like “Not Nice.” With Jeremih.
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Monday, Nov. 28, Overture Hall, 7:30 pm
If ever a Christmas tradition deserved to have “steamroller” in its name, it is this Chip Davis-helmed multimedia juggernaut, making its 32nd annual holiday season tour. The show will include players from Madison Symphony Orchestra and other local musicians. High Noon: Clyde Stubblefield All-Star Band, 6 pm. Malt House: Barley Brothers, string band, 7:30 pm. Up North Pub: The Pine Travelers, free, 7 pm.
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Copeland Wednesday, Nov. 30, Majestic Theatre, 8 pm
When Copeland called it quits in 2009, they took with them a catalog of thoughtful, piano-driven indie pop. But you can’t keep a good band down for long: the Floridians re-formed in 2014 to release Ixora, their fifth full length. In all of its heartfelt, mathy goodness, it’s clear the band never missed a step. With Rae Cassidy, a Milwaukee native who formerly served as frontwoman of indie buzz band San Fermin.
Cork ’n Bottle String Band Wednesday, Nov. 30, High Noon Saloon, 5:30 pm
FRI. DEC. 16 - 8PM Tickets on sale online at barrymorelive.com, by phone at 608.241.8633, and at the Barrymore Box Office on night of show.
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A Madison happy hour institution (appropriately named for an east-side liquor store), CBSB marked 20 years of musicmaking this summer. Following a series of secret rehearsals on a nearby farm, the six-piece bluegrassers will introduce a new bass player at Wednesday’s show. Cardinal Bar: DJ Foundation, 9 pm.
Tuesday, Nov. 29, High Noon Saloon, 6 pm
The Frequency: Andy Shauf, Chris Cohen, 8:30 pm.
Remember summer? If you’re thinking ahead to the June 21 solstice, you’ll
Monona Terrace: Ladies Must Swing, free, 5:30 pm.
starring former Madison Mayor
Opus Lounge: Shawndell Marks, free, 9 pm.
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Jim Sheldon just wanted his son to sit on Santa’s lap. But Sheldon could not imagine bringing his child, who has autism, to the hectic mall for this holiday tradition. Then he read about a program out east that offered a toned-down Santa for children with autism and other special needs and immediately set to organizing a similar program in Madison. With the help of his sister, Julie, Sheldon launched Quiet Santa in 2012, serving 20 children in a designated space at Meriter Hospital. “Every year we’ve nearly doubled the number of families we’ve seen,” says Sheldon. The group soon outgrew the space at Meriter; they currently hold Quiet Santa over two days at the Center for Families, 2120 Fordem Ave. The event is free, thanks to an all-volunteer staff and the sponsorship of agencies including Wisconsin Early Autism Project and the Autism Society of South Central Wisconsin, several businesses and private donations. This year’s Quiet Santa is slated for Dec. 3 and 4 and is open to any family with a child who has special needs; siblings are or call included. Families are required to register in advance to help ensure there’s time for everyone to see Santa. There are no set appointment times, though. “With something like this, you don’t
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Caregiver needed. $15/hour. Call Virginia at (608) 216-0238, if interested and for available hours.
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Caring People Needed! Energetic, dependable and fun people desired to assist the elderly in Madison. Non-medical companionship and in-home care. Flexible hours. Home Instead Senior Care: (608) 663-2646. Looking for a caregiver to assist with light housekeeping and personal cares. Looking to fill limited term for part time evenings and overnights. Please contact (608) 222-5929. Man in Waunakee looking for a part time caregiver. Hoyer transfers. $11.66/hr. Call Mark at (608) 849-9571.
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