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editor-in-chief Amy S. Johnson ajohnson@madisonessentials.com
arts
publication designer
Craig Clifford.................................50
Barbara Wilson
John/Christine Designs....................6
senior copy editor
community
Kyle Jacobson
Barbara Boustead.........................32
copy editor
Community Shares of Wisconsin....26
Krystle Engh Naab
Holiday Food Drives......................10
sales & marketing director
Perfect Fooding.............................48
Amy S. Johnson ajohnson@madisonessentials.com
The Spirit of Giving.........................18
sales & marketing manager Kelly Hopkins khopkins@madisonessentials.com
dining Lombardino’s.................................22
finance
graphic designers
Charitable Planning......................38
Jennifer Denman, Crea Stellmacher, Linda Walker
food & beverage Drumlin Ridge Winery....................40
administration Jennifer Baird, Lori Czajka, Debora Knutson
Lambic Disorder............................54
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contributing writers Sandy Eichel, Jeanne Engle, Dave Fidlin, Kyle Jacobson, Lauri Lee, Lauren Miller, Krystle Engh Naab, Derek Notman, Lori Scarlett, DVM, Alyssa Theder, Liz Wessel, Emily Winecke
The Woman’s Building....................44
photographer
Pet Rescue Groups.........................36
Eric Tadsen
nonprofit Days For Girls.................................14
pets travel
additional photographs A & L Kutil Enterprises, LLC: Laurie Kutil, Althea Dotzour Photography, Anthology, Badger Honor Flight, Barbara Boustead, Craig Clifford, Community Shares of Wisconsin, DAIS, The Diamond Center, East Madison Community Center, Green Concierge Travel, Diana Greenberg, Goodman Community Center, Kyle Jacobson, Laura Zastrow Photography, Luceo Boutique & Styling Co., The River Food Pantry, Samba Brazilian Grill, Larry Sanders
Giving Back: Honor Flights............58
well-being Making a Difference at DAIS.........34
including From the Editor................................4 Contest Information......................62 Contest Winners............................62
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Cover photograph—Chocolate Espresso Cake taken at Lombardino’s by Eric Tadsen. Photographs on page 3: top—Provided by The River Food Pantry. middle—taken at Blue Bar Quilts by Diana Greenberg. bottom—taken at Badger Honor Flight provided by Green Concierge Travel.
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For John and Christine Strobel, creating fine jewelry is not about making a sale— it’s about telling a story. In chatting with John and Christine, their dogma became obvious as every piece, every question, and every detail came with its own anecdote.
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For over 30 years, John/Christine Designs has been producing masterful works using a variety of fine metals and precious and semiprecious stones. Selftaught, John has been goldsmithing for 45 years, garnering numerous honors for his creations, including the prestigious Spectrum Award for gem setting and design and the Platinum Guild Award for his outstanding technical proficiency in metalsmithing. His style is distinct but difficult to define; his designs range from undulating organic curves to precise geometric edges. As a result, John/Christine Designs creations are meticulously rendered and immaculately crafted. After years of practicing and honing his skills, John is confident in producing even his most intricate pieces. John prides himself on his ability to actualize any client’s vision, even if they don’t know what they’re looking for when they come to the studio. While clients are encouraged to come in with
ideas of what they like and, as John explains is often an easier starting point, do not like, the majority of the design process evolves through conversation. John/Christine Designs both strives and thrives on forging meaningful connections with clients, which facilitate the best possible pieces. Every detail of a John/Christine design contributes to the encapsulation and retelling of the story that sparked its emergence. John recalls a piece in which he set three birthstones in a flowing, aqueousthemed gold setting—a gift for the wife and mother of the commissioner’s three children, all of whom the couple water birthed in their home. The piece forever captures that remarkable time in their
lives and will be cherished for years and generations to come. The couple travels the country extensively to fine art fairs to show their unique jewelry and to attend the world’s most prestigious gem show, which takes place in Tuscan, Arizona. Gem shows present a complete visual overload of glittering cut gems, raw stones, and minerals, filling visitors with the excitement of potential visions yet to be actualized. John honed his keen eye for particularly striking gems through courses at the Gemological Institute of America; however, Christine comes by hers intuitively. Sometimes inspiration strikes suddenly. John and Christine will be drawn almost prophetically to a stone, occasionally stumbling on an unexpected treasure for their own work or something that will aid a colleague in their own production. At the Tuscan
Each and every John/Christine Designs creation is unique.
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show, they have developed close connections with the world’s finest gem cutters. It’s this sense of community among fine craftsmen that has in large kept John and Christine in business all these years. Almost all of John/Christine Designs’ creations utilize a lost wax process, allowing greater ability to continuously alter a design as the final product evolves. Often spending over 10 hours carefully developing the wax model that will be used to make the piece of
jewelry, John is consistently thrilled by the challenge that each design presents. After all these years, he is still excited by, and in awe of, the casting process—as metal becomes molten and shimmers with a magic that only those who have worked with gold, silver, and platinum understand. Each and every John/Christine Designs creation is unique. Their pieces are as varied as the stories of the individuals that inspire them. John shares his knowledge with his clients, and they
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learn to understand the process. It’s not just making jewelry, it’s connecting, commemorating, and celebrating. Lauren Miller is an artist, writer, and gallery associate at Abel Contemporary Gallery in Paoli. She studied art history and critical theory at the University of Wisconsin–Madison both in graduate and honors undergraduate programs. She is pictured here with Scene of the Crime by Lisa Granlick at Abel Contemporary Gallery.
Photograph by Donna A. Miller
Photographs by Larry Sanders.
No stop to John/Christine Designs is complete without visiting their wonderful dog, Misty. Adopted from a local rescue, Misty is an integral member of the family. Her attentive personality and sweet, gentle disposition wins over anyone who meets her. Because of their love for Misty, John and Christine will continue their annual charitable pairing this season with OccuPaws by providing a generous donation from their holiday sales. This Madison-based nonprofit trains guide and service dogs for local residents, allowing those with disabilities to have greater mobility. Christine stresses the importance of small local businesses and organizations supporting one another, and will be hosting the OccuPaws benefit on November 16 at their new Middleton studio/gallery, located at 1835 Parmenter. The benefit evening will also serve as a grand opening, as John and Christine will have departed from their Paoli location after 16 years.
Lauren Miller
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HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVES Feeding the Greater Madison Community
Photograph by Laura Zastrow Photography at Goodman Community Center.
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by Krystle Engh Naab
East Madison Community Center, Goodman Community Center, and The River Food Pantry do a lot during the holiday season. Their representatives are always looking for help, and shared with me how anyone in the community can help year-round.
EAST MADISON COMMUNITY CENTER (EMCC)
EMCC provides a client-choice pantry for Dane County families on Tuesdays. Additionally, toiletries are offered on the second Tuesday each month and toiletries, clothing, and household items on the fourth Tuesday. EMCC has been providing programming, food pantry, and community garden for over 52 years. And over the past couple of years, De’Kendrea Stamps, assistant director, says EMCC has also been implementing a healthy and fresh foods pantry model. When they first introduced the plan, 10 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
they received some pushback, but clients now appreciate more fruits and vegetables because eating healthy can be more expensive. Always in need of volunteers, De’Kendrea spends a lot of time recruiting. EMCC’s food pantry serves 600 families, or 1,400 individuals, annually, and altogether, EMCC serves over 5,000 individuals each year through various programming. They have over 300 volunteers a year, with the highest demand during the holiday seasons, necessitating 10 to 15 volunteers to work the pantry each week.
One holiday event is a basket drive. Ten local churches provide up to 100 baskets containing the complete fixings for a Thanksgiving meal: turkey or ham, vegetables, and side dishes. One of two events, Holiday Seasons and Spice Drive or Spice Up Your Holidays, takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas and helps stock shelves with seasonings, spices, flour, oil, and other kitchen ingredients. The Annual Bowl-A-Thon is Saturday, November 10. This is EMCC’s largest annual fundraiser, and with the support of sponsors and the local
Photograph provided by The River Food Pantry.
Holidays are busy times, and figuring out what to serve at family dinners can be tricky. But for many it’s difficult, if not impossible, without the help of local organizations and community members who serve those in need.
GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER (GCC)
GCC boasts many great programming and resources in two historic buildings, Ironworks and Brassworks, on the same street. “The food drive is a big part of the identity of the program; we’re trying to build community, and the food drives have a big effect on that. It’s really fun and inspiring to see all these different groups and organizations come together to provide all the food,” says Sam. One of their most successful and enriching events is the Thanksgiving Basket Drive. For the past 29 years, it has become a tradition with many longserving staff and volunteers and their children returning year after year to assist with packing and distribution. Sam says, “The receipt of the baskets shows that the community cares; it’s
Photograph by Laura Zastrow Photography at Goodman Community Center.
Sam McDaniel, food pantry coordinator, who at the time of this writing has been in this position for nine months, continues to be impressed by the show of support from volunteers and fellow co-workers. Sam says most inspiring is “the chance to get to know the people who volunteer, an incredible group of people who give up their time because they choose to be here to help serve their community and make other people’s lives better.” The best part of his job, he adds, is witnessing these good deeds,
which “makes you feel better about the rest of the world because there is a huge group of people [volunteering] out of the goodness of their hearts. It’s a nice place to work.”
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community, it helps EMCC meet annual fundraising goals for their Minority Youth Academic Achievement Programs, which benefits hundreds of students by offering outstanding tutoring, mentoring, and educational programs for school-age children. It also funds scholarships for EMCC graduates to continue their education after high school.
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and that during the Thanksgiving Basket Drive they’ll have 600. The majority of the help needed is in packing and distributing the weekend before Thanksgiving. They’ll have a crew on standby those three days from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. handing out baskets to families. Most times, it’s a drivethrough setup at GCC to keep the flow going smoothly. not just that people are getting food, but that a large group of people came together to help.” Over 3,500 families registered for baskets in 2017, and a record-breaking outcome of 21,000 Dane County residents received them (including nearly 10,000 children). Sam says the program was only at 300 baskets 10 years ago. Food drives and donations are what help to fill baskets, as well as the overwhelming support of community members and volunteers. Sam says GCC has 30 to 40 regular weekly volunteers,
Cranksgiving benefits the GCC Fritz Food Pantry. Part bike ride, part food drive, and part scavenger hunt, Cranksgiving is hosted by Revolution Cycles on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Participants collect food at various grocery stores and deliver on their bikes to the GCC pantry.
Charles McLimans, president and CEO, says they need three resources to be successful: food, funds, and friends. The goal for The River Food Pantry is
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THE RIVER FOOD PANTRY: HELP OTHER PEOPLE EAT (HOPE)
connecting community to compassion, and this is apparent through their continual programming and support from the local community. The River officially opened its doors in 2006. Charles recognizes the importance of providing a place for struggling, working families to shop for essentials, like food and clothing, and in providing hot meals. They serve 1,000 families weekly, and the mission is food, resources, and faith to build a stronger community. They are ending hunger, especially childhood hunger. Charles says, “40 percent of children and 23 percent of seniors are part of the population served at the food pantry.” The River relies on their 200 to 300 weekly volunteers for their 50,000 hours of annual service. Charles says The River is “100 percent community supported, not government funded,” and their funding mainly comes from individuals, foundations, corporations, monthly sustaining donors, and
Photograph by Althea Dotzour Photography at The River Food Pantry.
community organizations. He advocates for community building through concerted efforts of its people—through food drives and volunteering, actions that have positive impacts on both the individual and community. “Going into extra innings” is how Charles describes working at The River during the holiday seasons. One event, the HOPE food drive, provides Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for families. People can donate $30 for a complete holiday meal, including a turkey or ham they’d like to see given to a family who shops at The River. Donations can be made online or in person, and donations must be received this year by Friday, November 9, to be served the following Friday at The River’s annual Thanksgiving Feast or distributed to families for their own Thanksgiving celebrations, and by Wednesday, December 19, for Christmas. Also, the 9th Annual Harvest Dinner for Hunger will be held on October 21 at Madison College. The dinner will include a delicious meal, silent auction, live music, and more. Details and how to purchase tickets or reserve a table are online.
East Madison Community Center 8 Straubel Court Madison, WI 53704 (608) 249-0861 eastmadisoncc.org
Goodman Community Center
Ironworks: 149 Waubesa Street Brassworks: 214 Waubesa Street Madison, WI 53704 (608) 241-1574 goodmancenter.org
The River Food Pantry 2201 Darwin Road Madison, WI 53704 (608) 442-8815 riverfoodpantry.org
Donating food and time should not only be considered during the holidays, but daily. Create memorable experiences by helping others to work toward The River’s vision of a fully nourished community, something we can all share in.
There is no sincerer love than the love of food. – George Bernard Shaw
Photograph by Barbara Wilson
Krystle Engh Naab is a freelance writer and copy editor for Madison Essentials.
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Days for Girls
A Simple Menstrual Pad Changes Lives for Girls in Impoverished Countries by Lauri Lee Universally, every girl gets their period and has a need for sanitary products. It’s a natural part of life. However, a menstrual equity gap exists for girls living in impoverished countries.
something as simple as a menstrual pad means the girls can receive an education and earn an income, which increases their opportunities to care for themselves and their families.
Celeste Mergens was working with an orphanage through a family foundation in Nairobi, Kenya. Postelection violence increased the number of children at the orphanage from 400 to 1,400. She discovered that due to an absence of menstrual supplies, the girls had to wait in their rooms on days when they were menstruating and sit on cardboard. They often went without food on these days, unless someone brought it to them. After missing 48 or more days of school per year, the girls often dropped out. Having
What was desperately needed in Kenya and many other parts of the world was access to feminine hygiene items. Celeste founded Days for Girls (DfG) in 2008 to address this situation. Looking for a sustainable solution, a cloth menstrual pad was designed that could be washed and reused.
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The patented reusable pad made by DfG requires very little water to clean, dries quickly, and lasts years with proper care. It’s part of a kit assembled by volunteers
in teams across the world. Helping make a difference in the lives of girls and women who live in impoverished countries resonates in many women’s hearts. Women across the world have helped the organization reach more than
one million women and girls in more than 116 countries. Locally, a DfG team meets monthly at Blue Bar Quilts, 6333 University Avenue in Middleton. The team stores their donated fabric and supplies here and sews from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month and an occasional Saturday. Blue Bar Quilts, which opened in April 2017, was co-founded by Gael Boyd and Diana Greenberg. When DfG team leader Nancy Jarvis approached them, the community-minded duo felt they were made for each other. The store seemed to have everything the nonprofit needed: 5,800 square feet of space on one level; a triple-wide ramp making the space accessible and easy to roll in sewing machines and equipment; a large classroom to accommodate 20 sewing machines; good lighting; a separate dye studio where the group can make a mess when adding color to plain fabric and panties; quilters who are expert seamstresses and enjoy making things for others; quilters who have extra fabric to donate; and a significant following and community reach to help with fabric donations, supplies, and money. “The volunteers love sewing with a purpose and enjoy talking and laughing as they work,” says Nancy. A typical week has 12 to 15 volunteers ranging from ages 10 to 85 who drop in as their schedules allow. You don’t have to be
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a seamstress to volunteer. Those who don’t sew cut the fabric and ribbon or help assemble kits. The quilters will sew the shields. The reusable pads are very well constructed to ensure they can last for three to four years. Volunteers sew an overlock stitch on the inside edge and reinforce the stitching. The soft flannel liners are designed to look like a washcloth so it’s not embarrassing to put on a clothesline. They are two layers thick in the middle so that when it’s trifolded it has six layers where it’s most needed. The liner tucks into a shield made of cotton fabric with a polyurethane-coated, waterproof layer in the middle. The shield snaps around the girl’s underwear to hold it in place. To hide stains, the reusable pad is made
with colorful fabric. If the donated fabric is white or light colored, it is taken to the dye studio. The pads are part of a DfG kit distributed in a drawstring cloth storage bag. The bag is made with fun patterns and colors so it doesn’t look like it contains menstrual supplies. The girls can store their supplies in it or wear it over their shoulders as a backpack. The kit includes a menstrual chart and pictorial instruction sheet, two shields, eight liners, two pairs of colorful underwear, and a washcloth. Two gallon-sized Ziploc freezer bags are also included along with a bar of soap to allow the items to be washed. The Middleton DfG team has made and sent 140 kits to Malawi and 40
kits to Manila in the Philippines; Bali, a province of Indonesia; and Ethiopia. This team has found that 40 kits fit into a U-Haul medium box, which is easiest to ship. Teams are empowered by DfG to use their own contact opportunities to distribute the kits on their own to places where they are needed. To help construct DfG kits, contact Nancy at middletonwi@daysforgirls.org to get more information. Most sewers bring their own sewing machine, but the group has a donated sewing machine and two sergers from The Sewing Machine Project in Monona along with various sewing supplies. Donations of colorful flannel and stainhiding fabric are always welcome. Fabric should be batik, geometric, floral, or quilt-type fabric. To comply with cultural restrictions, they’re unable to accept fabrics with camouflage, brands, or animals. Fabric donations can be dropped off at Blue Bar Quilts. No money is used for overhead so 100 percent of financial donations are used for kit materials. Donations are used to purchase underwear, washcloths, Ziploc bags, and soap, as well as covering shipping costs. Go to daysforgirls.org and specify that you’d like your donation to go to the Middleton, Wisconsin, team. Lauri Lee owns Communication Concepts, a marketing communications business in Madison. Photographs by Diana Greenberg.
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Photographs (L/R) provided by Anthology.
The Spirit of Giving by Dave Fidlin
The holiday season means different things to different people. For some, it’s wrapped in nostalgia and family; for others, it’s a joyful outward expression of religious beliefs. One of the universal hallmarks of the upcoming holidays, however, is the spirit of giving. Across Madison, local business owners embrace the spirit of the holidays throughout the year by rallying behind different causes—some that hit close to home and others that impact customers. Regardless of the specific benefactor, the local shopkeepers interviewed for this story say a motivator in their gestures is their love of Madison and the people that call the capital city home.
Anthology
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siblings, who grew up in the community, say they are invested in Madison, and that commitment extends beyond the walls of their store that sells homemade goods, craft kits, and similar items. Giving back, says Laura, is an extension of the philosophy she and Sachi created when they first opened their shop doors a decade ago. “The mission of Anthology is to facilitate creativity, so we focus our giving to correspond with that mission,” Laura says. “As lifelong residents of Madison, we emphasize paying forward to the community the ways that our creativity was fostered.” One organization near and dear to Laura and Sachi’s hearts is the Foundation for Madison Public Schools. While the city’s public school district is largely
sustained through taxpayer dollars, the foundation has long served as a volunteer-driven organization that provides funding and resources for programs the general operating budget cannot sustain. Laura says she and Sachi were encouraged to embrace their creativity at Madison’s schools from an early age— first at Crestwood Elementary School and, subsequently, at Jefferson Middle School. Laura and Sachi graduated from Memorial and West High Schools, respectively. “We are so grateful to all the ways that our public school art teachers provided opportunities for creative growth,” Laura says. The foundation is one of multiple creativity-themed organizations the sisters provide muscle to through
Photograph provided by Luceo Boutique & Styling Co.
The recipient organizations are disparate in scope, and, in some instances, have different target audiences in mind, but Laura says they all share the common bond of encouraging people to tap into the imaginations and sense of selfexpression. “We think it’s critical for our well-being to create,” Laura says. “There are a zillion different ways to express creativity.”
Luceo Boutique and Styling Co.
In July, Katie McKenzie reached a meaningful milestone any entrepreneur relishes—the one-year anniversary. Since she opened the doors to her contemporary, trendy apparel and accessories shop in Middleton, Katie says she wanted to find ways of giving back to the community.
The fashion theme fit hand-in-glove into Katie’s business and area of expertise, but the entrepreneur says she also wanted to do what she could to support a serious cause. She played a role in selecting some of the fashion pieces featured in the show. “It’s such a great event,” Katie says of the annual DAIS fashion shows, which have netted around $50,000 in donations to support victims. “It sheds light on such a horrible thing.”
Photograph provided by Luceo Boutique & Styling Co.
Anthology. In the past, they also have donated time, talent, and money to the Claire Aubrey Roberts Scholarship Fund at the Monroe Street Fine Arts Center, Madison Public Library Foundation, Art Cart of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and an assortment of neighborhoodbased organizations.
Katie also used the inaugural year of her business to support a similar fun fundraiser event—Wine Women and Shoes. Proceeds benefit breast cancer research and care at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center. Luceo has also been a fashion vendor at the Wine Women and Shoes events. From her vantage point, Katie says she was happy to help provide a deeper understanding of a cause that impacts people from all walks of life. “Cancer
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touches everybody,” Katie says. “Even though my part is so small, it just feels good to help in some way.”
Photograph provided by The Diamond Center.
As she goes full steam ahead into year two of her business, Katie says she is consistently on the lookout for future opportunities to give back to the community and, when possible, provide her expertise. “I’m always looking for these different kinds of opportunities,” Katie says. “There are a lot of good events in this community, and there will be more that I will be a part of in the future.”
The Diamond Center
Its roots were first laid in Janesville 30 years ago, but then The Diamond Center became part of the Madison community 15 years ago when it opened a second location. Steve Yeko Jr., coowner and vice president of the local jewelry operation, says philanthropy is an important part of the company’s business plan. “We like to help out our customers in any way we can,” Steve says. “We’ve had different customers come in—many who have been with
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230 State Street Madison, WI 53703 (608) 204-2644 anthologymadison.com us a long time—and we’ve been able to help raise money for different causes.” The customers’ needs over the years have varied, ranging from medical expenses to specific charitable events. Regardless of the specificity, Steve says he wants to do his part in ensuring clientele live happy, fruitful lives—and the gesture extends beyond the glistening beauty of a piece of jewelry. The Diamond Center also historically has supported a number of nonprofit organizations, including local YMCA branches and the nonprofit medical care provider Mercy Health. Alex Mootz, who serves as project manager at The Diamond Center, says giving back provides its own reward. But he also says the figurative lending of a hand makes an overall community’s ecosystem stronger in a big-picture sense. “We want to help out local businesses so they, in turn, can help us,” Alex says. “But any time you donate or support a local organization, you get something out of it.”
The Diamond Center 509 S. Gammon Road Madison, WI 53719 (608) 833-3377 thediamondcenter.com
Luceo Boutique & Styling Co. 6733 Frank Lloyd Wright Avenue Middleton, WI 53562 (608) 841-1501 luceoboutique.com
Dave Fidlin is a freelance writer who has a special affinity for Madison. Dave’s career spans nearly 20 years, and he’s grateful for the opportunity to learn something new each day through his professional pursuits.
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Lombardino’s ITALIAN CUISINE WITH A SENSE OF PLACE by K yle Jacobson
Going out to eat is an experience riddled with much more than the food itself. For example, consider the environment you’re in, providing a tailored charm laced with expectation. Then there’re aspects of comfort, company, and hospitality. On the northwest corner of Highland and University, a square white building, with its name plastered larger than life on the side next to an over-enthusiastic chef wearing a white toque, houses the historic Lombardino’s Restaurant. Inside, you’re greeted with the playful splashing of a miniature Trevi Fountain. Black roof tiles darken the room, and terracotta wallpaper acts as a backdrop for relief sculptures and small balconies amongst bright-colored paintings featuring Italian villas and the Grand Canal. A wrought-iron fence cuts the room in half, the bar on one side and the
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booths and tables on the other. Over the bar are murals of women and the foreign regions they live depicted in mosaic tile.
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It’s loud. It’s gaudy. And in its cacophony, it hits a note that regulars and tourists either can’t get enough of or somehow manage to ignore for the sake of some of the best Wisconsin-inspired Italian dishes anywhere. It’s been that way since co-owner and chef Patrick O’Halloran bought the place with Marcia Castro in 2000. Marcia moved to a partnership in another Madison staple, The Old Fashioned, and Michael Banas took the opportunity to embrace his new role as co-owner, which has further instilled the personage Lombardino’s holds to this day. True that Lombardino’s has been around since 1952, but the restaurant’s past exists only in kitschy décor. Patrick says, “For almost 18 years this has been our identity, but we have no knowledge of Matt Lombardino [the original owner].” The identity of Lombardino’s seems to have never really settled, and, almost as though paying homage to the building’s unshapen past, the menu is small and seasonal, with only a few dishes holding on year-round, earning that privilege by truly being something special. “We started out with a small, tight menu of some pastas, and we really delved into Pellegrino Artusi cookbooks that were, like, real original old-school Italian staples from Italy. We wanted to break from the Italian-American. Instead of spaghetti and meatballs, we wanted a real bowl of bolognese ragu from Bologna that was as authentic and simple as possible. We wanted certain dishes—we wanted this orecchiette pasta that traditionally is with olive oil and chili and anchovies, sometimes sausage, bitter broccoli, rappini...that didn’t fly, so we added brandy and cream in Wisconsin, and it’s been on the menu since the second week we had it on there.”
lot of relationships with local growers, from farms with fields of tomatoes to a guy that grows some damn good garlic once every couple of years. Lombardino’s lamb is exclusively provided by Pinn-Oak Ridge Farms. The
resulting dishes become part of a story that involves what’s going on outside right now, and I believe these stories are something that Lombardino’s takes a lot of pride in when creating their dishes and keeping the décor of the restaurant the way it is.
As beloved as the orecchiette is, locals still suggest eating the seasonals. Seasonal dishes at Lombardino’s engage with nature as a reflection of what’s fresh and growing right now. The result is a madisonessentials.com
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Seasonal dishes at Lombardino’s engage with nature as a reflection of what’s fresh and growing right now. Part of creating a story through food involves introducing new elements. Patrick and Michael visit Italy regularly, and the goal is to bring back something that inspired them. But there’s a trend in the old country. “No matter where you go,” Michael says, “they all are doing different simple things, and they would never think to ever serve one region’s cuisine in another region. They just don’t do it.” This is quite different than some restaurants that have come and gone in the area that almost insist things taste exactly like they do in another region. There’s a risk in ignoring sense of place, which is why the food at Lombardino’s has each layer examined from the angles of inspiration and relevancy. And when it comes to being relevant in Madison, I’ve always felt there needs to be something about a restaurant that’s going to make me come back time and time again, even as other facets are changing with the times. Perhaps an ingredient or a method of food preparation. Michael says, “It’s not like we’re trying to make sure that we’re exactly reproducing an Italian thing or an Italian-American thing. I mean, our meatballs aren’t like every other meatball. We make them ourselves and the mixes are definitely different than other meatballs. They’re our meatballs. We want them to be ours. The whole 24 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
point of it is that we want people, when we run meatballs on the menu, to be excited and come back because they want Lombardino’s meatballs.” What really stands as testament to Lombardino’s in Madison is not only that it’s still here, but that it’s been under the umbrella of the current owners for almost two decades. Patrick tells me a story that speaks strongly to why that is. “In the past we would do a lot of dinners where wine and food producers from
Italy would come and partner with us for a multicourse dinner, and I remember Franco Lombardi. He’s an olive oil producer from Tuscany. He walked through the back, he came in here, and he’s like, ‘ugh.’ He expected it to be really bad. Then, after dinner, he’s like, ‘You blew me away.’ So we do have this element of, like, we have kind of a shitty building on the outside, and we have kind of a goofy interior, which is not for everyone. ... We intentionally saved this décor, but Franco Lombardi was like, ‘The way you treated the food, the way
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you treated garlic.’ He’s on a tour around America eating in Italian restaurants. He’s like, ‘Everyone’s burning the garlic, and it’s bitter. You didn’t do that.’ He was just shocked that this goofy-looking spaghetti house turned out some decent food.’”
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And calling the food “decent,” especially considering how aesthetically loud the restaurant is, is putting it mildly. Because of the passion Patrick and Michael have for this restaurant, the way they tailor a night out around the food over anything else, Lombardino’s will continue to thrive in the foodie culture Madison has been embracing for years. Kyle Jacobson is a copy editor for Madison Essentials, and a writer and beer enthusiast (sometimes all at once) living in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Photographs by Eric Tadsen.
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COMMUNIT Y S H A R E S O F W I S CO N S I N Fosters Collaboration and Innovation by Emily Winecke In 1971, following years of community division and dramatic social change, a group of Madison activists sought new ways to pool community resources around civil rights, fair housing, and building a just economy. Their efforts led to the founding of what would become one of the earliest social action funds in the nation. And thanks to decades of collaborative thinking and innovation, that organization, Community Shares of Wisconsin (CSW), continues to grow and thrive today. 26 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
“At its heart, Community Shares has always been about empowering people to create social change in our community,” says CSW Executive Director Cheri Dubiel. “We believe the impact is greatest when everyone has a voice and gets involved—whether that’s through grassroots organizing or financial support.” Over the years, CSW’s member nonprofits have advocated on the most pressing issues facing our community,
and thousands of grassroots donors have helped fuel this work. When Wisconsin banned marriage equality for LGBTQ people, CSW members worked tirelessly for years to ensure Wisconsin LGBTQ residents would have that right. Now, many of those groups continue to advocate for equality for transgender people and to protect LGBTQ kids in schools. A reason CSW remains so vital is its collaborative structure. Despite growing
from just a handful of organizations in the early 1970s to now supporting 64 nonprofit members, every member nonprofit has a seat on CSW’s board of directors. Having such a large board presents challenges, but ultimately is a source of strength. “Being on the board brings us together as a nonprofit network,” says CSW Board President Wenona Wolf, who represents CSW member group Kids Forward. “We can share resources and bounce ideas off each other. This is important because many of us have small staffs and limited resources.”
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Collaboration also remains at the core of the way CSW supports its members. From its earliest days, CSW and its members collaborated to raise funds from thousands of grassroots donors who often gave smaller gifts. CSW’s fundraising programs include workplace giving, the Community CHIP® program at Willy Street Co-op, and Round Up at Capital Centre Market. In more recent years, as a younger generation began to shift advocacy movements to social media, CSW began exploring new ways to digitally connect social justice organizations and their supporters. “Social media has become an important advocacy platform, and more and more we’re seeing social change movements start or be reinvigorated on social media,” says Cheri. “In order to effectively serve our members, it became necessary to really think through how we could engage in a digital space. It was time to innovate.” In 2014, CSW launched The Big Share® —the first online day of giving in Madison. The Big Share creates a sense of excitement through events, matching incentives, and prizes that happen throughout a single day. CSW’s member nonprofits collaborate and compete to spread their messages through creative, often humorous, campaigns on social media, and supporters are encouraged to learn more, help posts go viral, and give for the first time. “The Big Share has helped raise the profile for our nonprofits,” says Wenona, who manages The Big Share campaign for madisonessentials.com
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Kids Forward. “The end result is more people standing up to make a difference in our community. That’s what the day is all about.”
The Big Share will return for its fifth year in March 2019, and CSW hopes to mark this anniversary by collectively raising $500,000 for social justice causes in a
single day. To get there, it will take a massive amount of community support and energy. But given CSW’s history, Cheri feels confident that the community can meet this ambitious goal. “Although The Big Share has been a huge source of innovation for CSW and our member groups, it ultimately brings us back to our roots,” she says. “The Big Share makes it easier for more people to learn about and support grassroots causes. It’s all about building community in new and creative ways.” As CSW looks to the future, the collaboration and innovation that make The Big Share possible have also fostered deeper conversations within CSW’s board of directors about the role CSW should play within the nonprofit community. Most particularly, exploring the ways that it can and should use its influence to better amplify the voices of those most impacted by injustice, especially communities of color. These conversations increased following the 2013 release of the Race to Equity Report by Kids Forward, which drew community attention to the significant racial disparities in Dane County and the way local institutions perpetuate those disparities. “As a mostly white-
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led organization, we’ve had some blinders up when it comes to systemic racism,” says Cheri. “The more we met with black and brown leaders in our community, the more we were hearing that we needed to look at our policies and procedures and see how they may actually be perpetuating disparities rather than solving them.” Following conversations at the board level, CSW launched the Inspiring Voices program, which aims to amplify the voices of black and brown-led initiatives outside of CSW’s membership that are working to advance racial justice. And earlier this year, CSW began partnering with black-led social change agency Mindfulness for the People (MFP), which provided CSW staff and board members training on compassion-based racial stamina building. The aim of this initial work is to direct more attention and resources to the work of black, brown, and Latinx leaders in the community while also increasing the capacity of all CSW member nonprofits to effectively engage
in racial justice work. “Nonprofits can’t exist the way they’ve always existed,” says Wenona. “The solutions that lead to real change, and a truly just community, will come from those closest to problems.” Cheri acknowledges that these efforts are just the beginning of what will likely be a long and meaningful process. “Ultimately, this is about us being more effective in our mission to support grassroots social justice work. We can’t be an
effective social justice organization if we aren’t intentionally addressing systemic racism.” To learn more about CSW and to support their work, visit communityshares.com. Emily Winecke is the communications and marketing director for Community Shares of Wisconsin. Photographs provided by Community Shares of Wisconsin.
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Fine chocolates made right here on Madison’s east side. Taking inspiration from the finest single-origin chocolates, Gail and her staff are constantly tasting, adjusting, and concocting signature truffles and treats to create the ultimate chocolate experience! 2083 Atwood Ave. • (608) 249-3500 gailambrosius.com
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Barbara BOUSTEAD
by Kyle Jacobson
There are so few we hold in high esteem, and they tend to be universally revered people we’ll never have the opportunity to interact with on an interpersonal level. People like Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King Jr., Bob Dylan, and other undeniable powerhouses in their respective fields. In very specific ways, they contribute to an enhanced vision humankind can share, sometimes coming at the expense of overlooking their flaws. But day in and day out, our community’s individual assets of personhood are not only overlooked, but completely unknown. And these people were born without a pause button. Barbara Boustead doesn’t use the word “retired” like most people. After being a clinical social worker in New Jersey, in 2002, she came to Madison and worked at Journey Mental Health Center in the Emergency Services Unit and volunteered for Madison Reading Project. During that time, she lectured and taught future social workers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and started her 32 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
own company, Mary’s Daughter. But in 2016, she needed to move to the next phase: working as a financial coach and business coach while continuing her “encore entrepreneurship” with Mary’s Daughter.
“And my mom asked, ‘Well, who does this for people when they don’t have someone like you to do this?’ “And I go, ‘I don’t know.’”
“After I retired,” Barbara says about her UW–Madison lecturing, which she left in 2011, “I thought ahead and said I wanted to do some other things. I’m not quite sure what yet. And then I was helping with my mom, who’s in Rockford bedridden, and I realized that the hands-on nursing care … is not my strong suit. But the financial paperwork and budgeting and putting things in order and calling the medical doctor or calling the creditor ... I’m a really good advocate as part of my social work background.
Barbara then started Mary’s Daughter, named after her mother, and developed her niche helping seniors and veterans with their bills and paperwork, making sure they’re not getting scammed or falling victim to other types of fraud. As she’s working, it’s not uncommon to get a client telling a story about when they were younger—one of those things some elderly people don’t get to do as much as they’d like. To Barbara, it’s always about helping. “My life is one of mission and service.”
“Creditors would call the house and they’d say, ‘Your mom owes money,’ or, ‘She hasn’t paid a bill,’ and my sister, who’s wonderful with the caregiving, wasn’t taking care of all that because it’s too much. And so I thought, ‘That’d be a good place for me.’
Her attitude toward life and helping others didn’t happen by chance. She can trace the origins of her communityoriented generosity to the moment. She was young, and her mother was working a lot just to provide the basics, so a local member of the community offered to
take Barbara to church. That’s where she started to see all these people helping one another and trying to raise each other up in their times of need. A world of giving. It’s also where she discovered her education wasn’t as limited as she’d believed. The potential to go to college was “like Neverland.” An opportunity arose at George Williams College to go with the YMCA to Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong to teach English. The problem was it would cost an amount of money Barbara couldn’t afford. But the church came together to ensure Barbara would be given the opportunity. When Barbara and I talked, it wasn’t about how great the trip was that sits front and center in her mind, but how amazing people can be when they come together to make something extraordinary happen. As Barbara strives to be her best self, she serves to her full ability. When it came to creating Mary’s Daughter, it was her recognizing a need in the community and seeing that she had spent a lifetime acquiring these skills. She has developed an acute understanding of how she can relieve a sense of struggle and worry for others in her community. “[I love] the idea that I can share what I think is one of the best-kept secrets around—that you don’t have to go it alone. If you’re a senior and someone is taking your money, say your grandson, but you feel like you don’t have any options because they’re the only the person you got. No. A person can be hired who won’t have to cost an arm and a leg and actually save you money because your accounts aren’t being bled because he’s buying a new car every other whatever or spending your money on gas. You might have more money than you think.” And, with Barbara, it never stops with simply being able to provide a needed service. “I’m involved with the Department of Aging with seniors because that’s another place where learning about what’s happening with seniors is great for me to know. And then I’m involved with the Alzheimer’s Association because, again, many of the clients have Alzheimer’s and dementia, and I thought I need to learn more about that.” She’s also part of a financial
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Making a Difference at by Alyssa Theder One in four women and one in seven men will experience physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. These statistics do not include other forms of abuse, such as emotional or financial, which means even more people endure abuse in their relationships. Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS) exists because it has to, and because of this, we work to empower those affected by domestic violence and advocate for social change through support, education, and outreach. DAIS was founded by a small group of committed volunteers over 40 years ago, and what started out as a help line in a church basement has transformed into the DAIS you know today—a 34 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
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public organization that offers a variety of crisis intervention services and prevention and education programs. Volunteers are the foundation of our organization and have supported countless women, children, and men through their darkest times. Last year, 200 DAIS volunteers donated over 10,000 hours to our organization and those we serve. We wouldn’t be able to provide our services and programs without volunteers, and the impact they have made in the lives of people who have experienced domestic violence in our community is remarkable. Kind, compassionate, and generous are often words used to describe volunteers, and images of helping
hands or smiling faces frequently represent them. Most people want to get involved or volunteer in order to give back to their community or make a difference in the lives of the people around them. At DAIS, we use words like believers, advocates, listeners, and supporters to describe our force of volunteers, and they help to create positive changes in the lives of those experiencing domestic violence in our community. They are beacons of light and they are survivors. Each DAIS volunteer participates in a 26-hour New Advocate Training, program-specific training, as well as observation shifts. We have conversations ranging from barriers to leaving an abusive relationship to the
root causes and prevention of violence. During these training sessions, people tend to share their own stories of abuse or maybe what a family member had to endure. A powerful support system is created, and it’s clear that these volunteers are committed to fighting for safety and justice for their loved ones. A long-time DAIS volunteer described her experience like this: “I see volunteering with DAIS as an opportunity to be a lifeline for people who might otherwise feel powerless and alone. We are stronger together than any of us are on our own.” We are all affected by domestic violence in some way, so it is our responsibility to advocate for and support those who are experiencing violence in their relationships. Here are some ways you can help support the work of DAIS and make sure survivors have the resources they need to live their best lives.
Volunteer DAIS offers a wide variety of volunteer opportunities ranging from working directly with our clients to sharing our mission at events in the community. Our client-based volunteers provide lifesaving services to survivors of domestic violence and their families. These positions include help line advocates, children’s advocates, community response advocates, support group facilitators, and shelter chefs. Our community-based volunteers use their professional skills and areas of expertise to support our clients and advance the organization’s
mission. These positions include career specialists, salon volunteers, donation room volunteers, front desk receptionists, DAIS ambassadors, and event committee members.
Make a Financial Donation Over half of our budget each year is funded by donations from generous members of the community. Your gift helps keep our doors open for survivors of domestic violence 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You can increase the impact of your gift by leveraging these opportunities: employee matching, monthly giving, making a stock gift, and giving through a charitable account or 401k.
Host a Donation Drive Host a donation drive in your neighborhood or workplace and collect essential items for our shelter residents. Examples of these day-to-day items include personal hygiene products; pajamas for women, men, and children; and diapers.
Adopt a Family Each year, during the holiday season, community members are matched with a DAIS family that has used our services in the past year and provide them with items from their wish list. Wish list items include gift cards for clothing and groceries, household items, and other gifts and toys for kids. By supporting DAIS in our work to empower those affected by domestic violence and advocate for social change,
you are joining a movement of survivors and allies that are working toward justice for victims of domestic violence across the country and worldwide. At DAIS, you’ll make a difference. Alyssa Theder is the volunteer & community engagement coordinator at DAIS. She has been with DAIS for two years and has supported the organization’s mission through development and community outreach. Alyssa lives in downtown Madison and is a proud Badger alumna. Photographs provided by DAIS.
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by Lori Scarlett, DVM
Pet Rescue Groups Did you know that over 120,000 Madison households have at least a dog or cat? A majority of those pets have come through a rescue or humane society, and many are not Wisconsin natives. In this season of giving and sharing, I’d like to highlight some of the local pet rescue groups in the area that depend on your support. There are many different rescue groups in the area. While their hearts may be in the right place, not all rescue groups do a good job caring for and placing animals in homes. If you are looking at rescue groups, RedRover, a group that helps people and their pets in crisis situations, has guidelines to consider. * The rescue organization should be a registered 501(c)(3) charity. This means all donated money goes to providing care to the animals and not into the organizers’ pockets. * A good rescue group has a board of directors and numerous volunteers. They should have adoption events or other ways of showing adoptable pets to the public. * You should be able to get answers to questions quickly and be able to talk with someone on the phone. * The organization should be able to provide answers about how they 36 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
operate, the number of animals they have, where the animals came from, how many annual adoptions they complete, how many foster homes they have, their annual budget, and their spay/neuter policy. * If they have a physical location, it should be clean and organized, and the animals should be healthy. Some groups only operate through foster homes. There shouldn’t be a large number of animals compared to the number of foster homes. * The rescue should be licensed through the DATCP as a Dog Seller. I see quite a few rescue dogs in my practice and, while mostly healthy, they can be nervous or anxious. When I was looking for a possible playmate for my dog, Scout, I went through Key to Happiness Rescue. Some of their Texas rescue dogs were adopted by my clients, and I was impressed by their good health and temperament. This group holds adoption fairs, and one of the foster moms brought several of her foster dogs to a dog wash fundraiser at Four Lakes Veterinary Clinic and ended up finding new homes for them. What impressed me the most was that I had to fill out an adoption application and have a home visit before they would consider placing a dog with me.
Apparently even veterinarians have to be approved. The group rescues dogs from high-kill shelters in Texas and Louisiana, and would even look for a specific type of dog to suit my family. They foster the dogs in their home state and provide training and medical care for a minimum of two weeks before transporting them to foster homes in Wisconsin to await adoption. I also like seeing dogs adopted through Lola’s Lucky Day. Lola’s was started by Wisconsin native Larissa Gavin, who saw many stray dogs while working in Houston, Texas. Many Wisconsin shelters often don’t have enough dogs for
There’s an adoption application to screen new owners. According to a recent Houston Chronicle article, “Lola’s Lucky Day’s core team of about 25 volunteers sends around 100 dogs to Wisconsin each month.” Larissa says transporting a dog costs approximately $350 plus medical expenses. The work is solely funded by individual and organization donations. Underdog Pet Rescue is another fosterbased rescue that places cats, dogs, and a few other small furry pets. According to the founder and executive director, Lauren Wojtasiak, Underdog takes in animals from high-kill shelters in the south, from Wisconsin shelters where there are medical situations causing the animals to be there too long, and even from some areas in Puerto Rico and China. These rescues are placed with a foster family, who takes care of their medical needs and makes sure they are spayed or neutered prior to adoption. They only take in as many animals as they have foster families. I have found that pets coming out of a foster family situation tend to be better matched for the adopting family. It’s helpful to be able to ask questions about the pet’s behaviors prior to and after adopting. They’re always looking for foster families; you can fill out an application on their website or look at other ways to donate.
Angel’s Wish also has a Verona adoption center, so you can see a lot of different cats and go home with the best one (or two) for your family. They’re always in need of cat litter, cat toys, catnip, and cat carriers. A more detailed wish list can be found on their website. Madison Cat Project is another good place to find a cat. If you have a barn and are looking for a mouser, they adopt semiferal cats too. They’re spayed or neutered, as well as vaccinated, so no worries about overpopulating your barn. They appreciate monetary donations. So if you’re a pet lover and want to make a difference with dogs and cats in our community, please think about our local rescue groups. While giving a pet as a Christmas present is not a good idea, may you find a way to connect with them through foster programs, food and litter donations, or monetary contributions. Lori Scarlett, DVM, is the owner and veterinarian at Four Lakes Veterinary Clinic. For more information, visit fourlakesvet.com. Photograph by Brenda Eckhardt
adoption. Our southern neighbors have more than they need and a high rate of euthanasia. Lola’s also rescues dogs from shelters, provides needed medical care, and transports them to Wisconsin in air-conditioned vans.
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Key to Happiness Rescue kthr.org
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If you’re looking for a cat, Angel’s Wish is a good place to start. According to their website, in 2016, they took in 658 cats and 5 dogs from nearly 20 different Wisconsin counties and a few from other states, and 627 cats and 4 dogs were adopted. The remaining rescues are in foster homes, waiting for you to adopt them, and some cats are fostered in a veterinary clinic. Four Lakes Veterinary Clinic has a cat in a multilevel cage in the cat waiting area, and Sauk Point Veterinary Clinic has a little room in the front with a glass door to allow passersby to see in. madisonessentials.com
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Charitable Planning Giving Positively Impacts You Financially and Personally Charity is something we’re all familiar with in one form or another. By definition, it’s something we do to help those in need. It can take many forms, and its impact can spread across the world. But did you know that giving can also positively impact your own financial situation and improve your life? As a Certified Financial Planner and president of a charitable organization, I have some insight and tips on how charitable giving not only benefits the recipients, but also those doing the giving. Personal Fulfillment If you’ve ever made a charitable donation, you understand the good feeling of giving to those less fortunate. And when I say give, I’m not referring to simply writing a check. Although a check is wonderful for recipients, it doesn’t offer much personal satisfaction or gratification to the donor. Don’t get 38 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
me wrong, one shouldn’t give simply to get something in return, but it’s my opinion that something is lost by not making it more personal. I’ve taken my wife and son to Ireland the last two summers. Both times we explained to our son how fortunate we are to travel and that it’s important to appreciate what we have and look for ways to give back. On each trip, my son gave to the homeless in Dublin. We took him to a store to buy fruit, and then he gave it to a group of people. It was a small gesture, but the smiles and looks of appreciation could not have been equaled any other way. It felt good to him to do something for someone else. The charity my wife and I run supports entrepreneurs in Wisconsin and South Africa. While they are worlds apart, we make a point to be personally involved in the giving process. Checks are
written, but that’s only a small part of the process. Giving should be done in a way that makes you excited—you should be passionate about it. We also make a point of visiting the recipients. While there are financial benefits to charitable giving (which I will get to later), being personally involved not only insures your hard-earned dollars are being used correctly, but that you’re able to see the effects of what you’re doing. Through our charity, we support the WI YES competition each June, which is a statewide competition among student entrepreneurs. It’s inspiring to see the energy and creative ideas they come up with, and supporting them is a great way to give to them and our community. We also support a high school in a South African township to help institute a new education technology that allows
the students to learn the most upto-date material with computers and smart devices instead of using books that are outdated. We could have just sent money, but instead I’ve made the trip to the school twice, helping the kids get set up on the new platform. To have conversations with them, see their smiles, and make new friends is such a great feeling—one you can’t get with a check.
is to pick two to three things you’re passionate about—they could be your church, a school, a shelter, a clean-water project in a third world country, etc. If you give to something you’re passionate about, you’ll be more involved. Being involved will bring you more personal fulfilment. At the same time, you’ll receive financial benefits from doing good. Seems like a win-win.
Financial Benefits of Charitable Giving Giving can help you financially in a number of ways.
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• Tax deductions—check with
your tax professional. Charitable contributions can, within IRS limits, be deducted. Generally, you can deduct up to 60 percent of your adjusted gross income for charitable contributions. This is a great way to reduce your tax liability while also supporting causes you are passionate about.
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have to give cash to benefit financially. Although there are rules for donating property, clothes, household goods, real estate, cars, etc., you can deduct the fair market value of these donations on your taxes. Make sure you keep detailed records of donations and how you determined the fair market value.
• Required Minimum Distributions
(RMDs) from your IRA—when you turn 70 1/2, you’re required to start taking money out of your traditional IRA, 401k, 403b, etc., retirement accounts. If you find yourself in a financial situation where you don’t need these retirement distributions, the IRS permits, with limits, that instead of taking your RMD personally, you can give the money to a qualified charity. By doing so, you’ll not only satisfy the RMD annual requirement, but the entire amount is tax free since it went to a charity. As always, consult your tax professional and financial advisor.
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Drumlin Ridge WINERY Experience Boutique-Style Wines BY LAURI LEE Boutique-style wine is like liquid art, and the personality of each is distinct due to the influence of the weather, soil, and fermentation process. And like a fine wine, the vision owners Dave and Brenda Korb had for Drumlin Ridge Winery fermented for years before the winery came to fruition. Dave and Brenda purchased the 13acre property on River Road between Waunakee and the town of Westport in 1989. The first cold-climate grape vines were planted around 1995, and in 2005, Dave and Brenda presented their winery idea to Westport. But due to economic concerns, they held off on their pursuit. 40 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
The grapes and Dave and Brenda’s passion grew until 2013, when the couple submitted a larger-scale plan. It was unpopular with the neighbors, so Dave and Brenda went back to their original ideas, and presented a revised plan that was approved in 2015. The artisan winery opened to the public March 18, 2017, to offer tastings to the public. Drumlin Ridge Winery sits atop a natural drumlin, created when glacier ice pushed the soil and it rose over a hill. The Korb family home and the winery are built into the side of the drumlin. Dave and Brenda designed
the two-story winery, inspired by visits to California, Michigan, and other Wisconsin operations. An architect worked with them to finalize the plans and create a Frank Lloyd Wright prairie feeling throughout the interior and exterior elements of the winery. The business logo motif picks up the theme with a stained-glass look that’s used for the wine bottle label and signs. The property’s picturesque landscape includes the grape vines, a small apple orchard, and pine forest. The 6,400-square-foot winery complements the setting with its sandy coloration and stone of the prairie-style, barn-like building, effectively merging the look of a California winery with the feel of a Wisconsin lodge. The prairie style of the tasting room is achieved through the cedar-planked high ceiling and an open floor plan. Wine barrels line the top of the wall behind the curved bar that sets the tone for a comfortable, relaxed ambiance that extends to the grand room. Plenty of seating is available to enjoy casual live music, sit around the outdoor fireplaces, and play Pétanque—a French-style bocce ball game. Guests can taste and sip wine while enjoying the smallplates menu, featuring artisan and European cheese boards, local meats, smoked salmon, and cheesecake with wine pairings.
Because people love a look behind the curtain, tours are provided daily 15 minutes after opening or by appointment. The informative 20-minute tour and PowerPoint presentation show and explain the winemaking process from start to finish. Participants tour the production area and underground cellar to see the winemaking equipment, how the grapes are destemmed and pressed, the difference between a white and red wine fermenter, and the various types of barrels and tanks. A birds-eye view can be seen through large glass windows while walking up the steps to the second floor, which is also accessible by elevator. This level features the tasting room with the bar, comfortable seating, a gas fireplace, and a meeting room. Dave and Brenda’s son Keenan helps operate the tasting room in addition to working with the grapes. A gift shop, operated by Brenda,
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features wine-related accessories, gifts, kitchen-related items, and local art. The exterior patio area includes beautiful landscaping and is surrounded by pine trees. Enthusiasts love boutique Wisconsin wineries. Our regional, cold-climate grapes and growing conditions provide varying nuances that make every wine different. Grapes grown here must be hardy to survive below-zero winters. Soil, rainy or dry weather conditions, sunlight, and airflow all affect the grape as it grows and determine its sweetness at harvest.
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The vintner evaluates the harvest and artistically creates the flavor profile for the wine. The juice is blended and fermented to make the most of the grape’s flavor. It takes skill to create a finished wine that is not too acidic, sweet, harsh, or soft. The best wines have a seamless sense of harmony and balance between the fruit, sugar, acid, and tannins so one component doesn’t dominate another. “I don’t throw all of the grapes together,” says Dave. “Although not every Wisconsin winery keeps them apart, I separate the different location picks into different bins and taste them to determine how
to blend them to complement each other. The end result will be five to six different wines with a unique character.” Thirteen varietals and 2,200 vines make up the 3.5-acre vineyard. Harvest time is usually the first or second week of September and lasts a couple of weeks. To get a premium wine, everything is handpicked so there are nice clusters in the bins. A high-quality destemmer is used to leave the grape whole, and then they are spread out on a sorting table to cull out any that are not up to standards. The winery’s first harvest in 2017 yielded just over 1,000 cases. More grapes will be produced as the vines mature, and the Korbs will work toward producing up to 6,000 cases in a season. An autumn wine-tasting tour in October is a fun way to experience our region and enjoy seasonal wines with the colorful foliage of the vines and trees. The mission at Drumlin Ridge Winery is to provide an uncompromised winery experience, not commonly found in the Midwest. Using a vineyard map, visitors can take a self-guided tour. To enhance the visit, wine tastings are encouraged to evaluate the color, bouquet, body, and mouthfeel to find a favorite or add a new wine to the list.
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THE WOMAN’S BUILDING by Jeanne Engle
The Woman’s Building, 240 W. Gilman Street, marks the significance of the advocacy, influence, and philanthropy of Madison’s late 19th and early 20th century women—women who made a difference in the civic life of the community long before being able to exercise their right to vote in 1920. The Woman’s Club of Madison was founded on February 22, 1893. Within a week, 96 women became charter members. These women came from some of Madison’s most prominent families: Tenney, Atwood, Olin, Vilas, Brittingham, Fairchild, and La Follette. The purpose of the Club, according to its bylaws, was “to promote agreeable and useful relations among women” and “to aid in the development of their intellect by the consideration and discussion of all subjects of interest, moral and social.” The Madison group was part of a national nascent women’s movement at the end 44 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
of the 19th century. Jane Cunningham Croly, an early woman’s club movement historian, wrote in the late 1890s that the typical member was “a wife and mother, alive to means of culture, interested in all means of progress, and eager to seize and multiply opportunities for individual and collective advancement.” She credits these early clubs with “elevating the entire social and intellectual atmosphere of their communities.” At first, the Woman’s Club of Madison programs centered around literature, history, music, art, and culture. However, after a presentation by Samuel Sparling in November 1900, the agenda changed. Sparling, founder and executive director of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, alderman, and university political science instructor, spoke on “How May Women Assist in the Government of Our Cities?” He circumvented the role of presuffrageera women who could only be involved in issues related to the home. After all,
what was a neighborhood or a city but a collection of homes? From this point forward, the Woman’s Club of Madison influenced the civic agenda of the city. The members organized themselves into departments and committees to examine and make recommendations on specific civic and social issues. The philanthropy department added to the effectiveness of the projects the Club undertook with real capital investment. The Woman’s Club funded the first children’s room in the city’s public library in 1901 and supplied books worth a total of $100. Its members campaigned for annual physical exams in public schools, in-school hot lunch programs, and kindergarten expansion. The Club worked to improve the sanitary conditions of the schools, school yards, and the surrounding areas. Members were instrumental in the building of Madison General Hospital (now Meriter).
As its membership and success grew, the Woman’s Club began discussions in 1899 to seek a permanent home. In 1905, Madison’s 18th mayor, Philip Spooner, donated the Gilman Street land to the Club. The women formed a separate Woman’s Club Building Association and hired architect Jeremiah Cady from Chicago to design their new home. The building cost $32,000 and featured kitchens, a dining room for 250, a 300seat auditorium with stage, reception room, dressing rooms, and other lecture and meeting rooms. Bowling lanes in the original plans Cady submitted were not built.
are most artistic … the whole effect is remarkably attractive.” The writer went on to say that the Milwaukee clubhouse is “recognized as a profitable investment and has a large place, not only in the club life, but also in the social life of its city.” And so it was with the Woman’s Club of Madison. Its building was not just for the Club’s own use, but for the community as well. The building was used frequently in its early years.
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As other event venues became available in the city, rental of the Woman’s Club building ceased. In 1973, the building was sold to the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Reed Design bought the building in 1986 and made extensive repairs, including new floors and HVAC system. Avol’s Bookstore occupied the building until 2003, when it was sold to a developer who wanted to build student apartments. The development was controversial. The Save the Woman’s Building group was founded and landmark status was granted.
The Woman’s Building was completed in 1907. The architecture is a combination of several formal design styles. The Spanish Colonial and Mission Revival styles are represented by the curved gable and the arched windows in the front. The main level of the building on the second floor is typical of Beaux Arts. Decorative motifs in the front and art glass windows on the sides are reminiscent of the Greek Revival and Arts and Crafts styles. The Woman’s Building was designated a Madison landmark in September 2004.
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This was the third such clubhouse built in the state. Others were in Oshkosh and Milwaukee. In 1907, following a board meeting of Wisconsin State Federation of Women’s Clubs that was held in the new Madison building, a reporter for the Waukesha Freeman wrote, “The interior decorations and furnishings [walls, ceilings, hangings, upholsteries]
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After nearly 125 years in existence, the Woman’s Club of Madison disbanded in 2017 due to declining membership. But not after making substantial donations to many area nonprofits, including the Madison Public Library, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Wisconsin Public Television, Wisconsin Historical Society, YWCA of Madison, Veterans Museum, SSM Health, Vilas Zoo, Porchlight, and Three Gaits among others. Today the spirit of the original Woman’s Club of Madison continues with the Metropolitan Woman’s Club of Madison, a nonprofit started in 1971 with much the same purpose as the first Woman’s Club of Madison. “Our members feel it’s important to continue the mission of scholarships and supporting charities,” says the current president, Peggy Wiederholt. “We award a $2,000 scholarship to a Dane County adult who is returning to college or technical school after a hiatus due to financial, family, and/or work-related demands. One or more nonprofits or service projects within the community are also selected to receive financial support. In addition, our members donate items to Briar 46 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
Patch and the Early Head Start Baby Bucks program.” Madison area women today continue to make a difference in the community as they work to improve the lives of others. Jeanne Engle is a freelance writer. Photograph by M.O.D. Media Productions
some of the aspects of the building the same—like the stage and the brick wall in the back,” says Shane Allen, the Grill’s general manager. Appropriately, the 90th anniversary of women’s suffrage was celebrated at Samba in 2010.
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For those of you following my story, welcome back! For those just tuning in, this series is about leaving a life of should. You know, I should be this, I should do that…we’ve all been there. So far, the segments have been pretty heavy. I promise, this one is a little lighter. It’s about food. What does food have to do with living a life of should? For me, it meant everything. Food was the daily canvas that I painted my perfect life on for all the world to see. Like singing, food was a vehicle to please others and prove to them my self-worth so they would love me and agree that I deserved to breathe air too. (deep sigh) And what could be more festive for the holidays than trying to prove our worth by making perfect food? 48 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
In my previous life of should, I made amazing food. Meticulous in detail and delicious. I made things over and over until they were perfect—large elaborate meals for crowds of people, gorgeously decorated placecards, amazing minidesserts that were unbelievably cute— all to show the world I was worthy because it was something I could do. I was all from scratch. I prided myself in being able to make darn near anything, from a decorated 80th birthday cake that looked like a basket full of flowers for a woman in the congregation to the perfect, and I mean perfect, sugar cookies and petit fours for a friend’s baby shower. I wanted people to think I was Martha Stewart without the staff (or the money). I spent hours slaving over
making everything perfect, and then I’d want people to think it was easy. “Isn’t she just brilliant!” It was never easy. It was hard, hard work. I didn’t learn any of this from my mom, who never really cooked or baked. For me, the knowledge was by hook or crook—I taught myself. Society led me to believe that one of the things women had to do to validate themselves was to cook and bake. I expected myself to not only work more than full-time hours, but to also keep the house perfectly neat and tidy AND make all of the food fabulous and look perfect AND make it look easy. Ha! The food that most exemplified this perfectionism for me was pie. Pie is an
unassuming baked good, but anyone who bakes pies knows that there is a lot of craft to making a good one and a lot of time to make it pretty. I learned to make pie by doing it over and over, most of which was a big fat fail. I made myself learn how to bake pies when I got married in my 20s. My spouse came from a long line of pie bakers and told me that they took pie with them in their school lunches as a kid. “How hard could it be?” I thought. Well, let’s put it this way, the person who coined the phrase easy as pie was a sadist, or as I like to say, “Making perfect pie crust is easy. After you’ve cried over the first 3,000 failed attempts, it becomes Zen.”
So do you! We never have to prove that ever—our self-worth isn’t up for grabs. When I let go of the idea that I had to do something to be worthy of love, I started to see all of the things about me that I appreciate. I still have mad cooking and baking skills, but I do it for different reasons now. I make something because I want to make it, not to impress others or to prove anything. And I will never sort pecans again, to this I swear. Sandy Eichel is a happy ex-should-er.
I had an old, washed-out 3 x 5 card with my mother-in-law’s recipe on it. Basic amounts, but lacking all the nuance for making a perfect crust. I tried and I tried and I cried and I cried. For some reason, I thought that if I couldn’t master pie, there was something wrong with me. That I was a lesser human because of my lack of abilities, or put another way, I had to prove my worth by what I could do and create. Over time, I cracked the code to the perfect pie crust and, when I was a Lutheran Pastor’s wife, actually had church ladies ask me to teach them how to make my crust.
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Guess what? Even when I presented the perfect pies at the Church Annual Dinner each year, I still didn’t feel loved or validated. People were impressed and some may have even liked me a little better because of my Mile High Apple Pie with tiny little apples made out of pie crust that outlined the crust. Maybe some of my friends and family thought more highly of me because I sorted all of the whole pecans for the top of the pecan pie into sizes and then used the same size pecan for each circular row that would go along the top so the pie would look perfect. But at the end of the day, I didn’t like me, and I couldn’t make myself happy by making other people happy or by impressing them. It came down to this—there was nothing that I could bake or do or create that would validate my self-worth. I now have worth simply because I do. madisonessentials.com
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Craig Clifford
THE IMPLICIT TRANSFORMATIONS OF CLONES AND TRINKETS BY KYLE JACOBSON Altering reality is accomplished through gradual shifts in perspective. Whether it’s changes in subgroups of society or an individual, those intimately observing the changes aren’t thrown off when considering how point A came to point B. Interestingly enough, those removed from the process still recognize the group or individual as the same entity even though they might see some of the changes as drastic. When viewed collectively, Craig Clifford’s sculptures capture this slow shift of ideas through his practice and subtle evolutions as an artist, some of them known only to himself. “My ideas are generated just through the process of working and curiosity.” An onlooker might see an explosion of ideas in a standalone piece, but Craig didn’t start there, and getting to that point was 50 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
accomplished by finding different ways of doing one thing—finding ways to ask the same question in different pieces. Being able to keep a motif front and center in his mind, Craig never takes a break from reimagining ways to take the piece he’s currently working on and envisioning a new approach. “I might think something as simple as ‘What if I change that to butterflies?’ or ‘What if I took some of that leaf pattern that’s on the base and I added more of that to the vessel itself?’” In some of his pieces, Craig simply imagined the sculpture hanging from the wall rather than sitting on a table. These explorations in results are made possible through the use of slipcasts, molds that are filled with liquid clay, so he can recreate that object over and over.
It’s common when looking at his work to find pieces using the same base, perhaps a cup or vessel, grow into unique versions of one another. Craig can use this technique to duplicate the smaller aspects of his pieces as well. Though some of his molds are purchased, he creates others through more organic means. “I’d go out into nature. I’d find a stick I really like. I would make a mold of that stick, and then I’d be able to use the stick a hundred times.” With a means to turn almost anything into a physical component of his sculptures, inspiration is nearly as abundant as potential figurines.
Some of the tips of their tail plumage then become sharply red while others have the marble turquoise. “I’m always interested in the idea of transformation. So with the roadrunners, for instance, they were
Roughly four years ago, Craig got it in his head to do something unique to his pieces. It’s pretty subtle, and even those who follow his work might not notice. “Up until that point, I might find the figurine, make a mold of it, and then slipcast that mold over and over again and use it repeatedly. Then I thought ‘Well, why make a mold of that figurine? Why not just use the actual figurine and see what happens?’”
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There’s a particular sculpture we discussed involving two roadrunners that were once a figurine. They sit center with a small cactus, their turquoise feathers look almost marble over their whiter beaks and breasts. Along their backs, the feathers mix with in a bit of gray that has the slightest hint of red.
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just a figurine I bought at a thrift store for a dollar. In my mind, at some point somebody owned it and liked it. Either somebody bought a present for their grandparent and gave them this roadrunner, or they bought it on a trip. It meant something to somebody for some period of time, and then they got sick of it and took it to the thrift store, and then I’m taking it and adding more value to it. ... I’m transforming it from this object nobody cares about into an object somebody hopefully cares about.” There’s something inherently poetic about this whole process. Craig changes an aspect of how he approaches his work so discreetly that few would recognize his turning of a figurine long forgotten into something admirable. From the ends to the means, every facet of creation progresses an evolution that Craig’s audience can sense but isn’t necessarily cognizant of. Aside from the objects that serve as muse and mold, there’s inspiration in each of Craig’s full-time jobs: artist, teacher, and family. His wife, Debbie Kupinsky, is also an artist, and inspires him to do things outside his norm, like making figurines by hand, when they work on a series of pieces together. Visitors of craigcliffordceramics.com can recognize Craig’s exploratory works and the influences they have when he returns to what he’s most comfortable with in slipcasting. Perhaps it’s teaching that more actively inspires Craig to attack his works with 52 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
his oft-repeated theme of “curiosity and transformation.” It goes back to when he was attending Orange Coast College in California and took a ceramics class as a break from his primary coursework. “As I was working on the wheel throwing pots and cups and bowls, I would show other people how to do it. ... I enjoyed watching them get better.” Add to this his view of the professor having it pretty good making and selling pots and taking summer vacations, and Craig found little reason to pursue otherwise. Teaching in Louisiana, California, Mississippi, and now at University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Craig has 16 years of inspiration under his belt. Looking at his pieces throughout that time makes transformation something tangible. His work lends itself to what it means to go from one idea to the next. Sometimes the amalgamation is additive to his ideas and identities past; sometimes it’s taking everything that’s inspiring Craig in the moment and seeing what happens when they’re put together, often thrust upon one another. All of his explorations make up something universal that his
audiences will be familiar with as they struggle to find solace in discovering for themselves just why that is. Kyle Jacobson is a copy editor for Madison Essentials, and a writer and beer enthusiast (sometimes all at once) living in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Photographs provided by Craig Clifford.
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Lambic Disorder by Kyle Jacobson
Through my years drinking, brewing, and writing about beer, I’ve had a lot of my assumptions corrected, opinions changed, and perspectives widened. One thing stressed time and time again is to minimize the wort’s exposure to outside elements. From the boil kettle to the fermentation vessel, the only time even outside air should touch the beer is when the yeast is pitched. Aside from that, keep it sealed. There’s a style, arguably over 5,000 years old, though it would not have a name until the late 1700s, that disregards this oft-repeated truth: Lambic.
variants. There’s also Meerts, Lambic’s little brother as Levi Funk of Funk Factory Geuzeria dubs it. Andrew Holzhauer, head of operations for Funk Factory, says, “Lambic is a protected term, kinda like Champagne. It can only be made in the Brussels area of Belgium along the Zenne river valley, so the agreement we came to with the Belgians is that we can call it Méthode Traditionnelle.” With complex variances and nuances in each batch, it isn’t hard to see why Belgians want a level of purity surrounding association between beer and style.
The Lambic style encompasses unblended Lambics, Gueuze [gooze], Mars, Faro, Kriek, and other fruited
That’s something else that’s pretty amazing about Lambics. With so many subtle things, so many variables that go
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into the beer’s production, even barrel to barrel, the beer is unique. “A lot of what we do,” Andrew says, “is build flavors, layer flavors, from different years and also taste through and say ‘What fruit would go really well with this? How can we best use this beer?’” I always like to look at beer as an artform. A talented engineer or architect has the opportunity to use a flexible amount of creativity when designing their next project. A brewmaster has that same access to creativity when designing a beer. But a blendmaster, as I call Andrew, is more like a painter in that he sees his creation develop throughout the process and alters direction based on a new understanding of what’s happening, always on their toes to make the fermenting beer the best it can be. Everything starts the same way. Pick your ingredients, make your mash, break it down, boil it, but then Lambics
take a drastic turn that, by design, can never be 100 percent reproduced. Some breweries have embraced the use of a coolship—a giant steel openfermenter tray. On Funk Factory’s coolship, resourcefully mounted to the top of a trailer, Andrew says, “We’ll take it out there [to the contract brewer], and they’ll run it boiling out of the kettle, skip the heat exchanger, go directly into the top, and this is what we leave outside overnight. So it’s the dead of winter, there’s no bugs out, a few birds, you’re just letting any yeast and bacteria drop into it. So it’s all spontaneous fermentation. We’re not pitching anything.” Though coolships are relatively new to America, they are a requirement for creating a Lambic. On the subject, Andrew and I laughed discussing the isolation of variables when fermenting exposed to the elements. Andrew says, “We track barometric pressure, wind speed, temperature.”
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“You guys are meteorologists?” I ask. “Somewhat. It’s trying to figure out are there certain conditions that really favor good beer because there are so many variables at play. You want to figure out
and really dial in on what are the ones that matter.” Even as I sit writing, drinking a kettle sour—limited in complexity when compared to Lambics, I can’t quite wrap my head around the style. Okay, a kettle sour makes some sense because it doesn’t completely relinquish control, allowing processes like pasteurization. But beyond that, everything seems like a headache. Though I won’t argue with the results.
And sour beers, kind of like the first time you fell in love...with loose morals and adrenaline, leave an impression. I still remember being in Boulder, Colorado, as my old friend from college took me down a dark alley to Avery Brewing Company’s old facility. We sat down, got a rather eclectic flight in both color and drinkware, and he handed me my first sour beer. The ensuing look I gave him, eyes watering and tongue gasping, questioned our friendship. I asked him why anyone would do this. I think I get it now. Why sour beers have become popular. It’s inserting a degree of separation between expectation and reality and embracing something that, though thousands of years old, has a lot of untapped potential. Andrew tells me about a beer-wine hybrid. “It’s one of the more intellectually satisfying beers. These days, I drink a beer and think, do I love it? It’s irrelevant. Do I love trying it? Do I love thinking about it? Do I love dissecting it? Yeah, I do.” As a drinker and a brewer of traditional styles, I enjoy taking apart a beer and imagining what the recipe looked like. With sour beers, there’s a new tier of questions asking what the wort encountered exposed to the air, how life in a barrel interacted with those elements, and if aspects of one barrel were merged with another to create something really satisfying, as is
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required in a Gueuze, which combines one-, two-, and three-year-aged beers. Levi Funk says it better than I could on why Lambic beers work in Wisconsin. “I see it as a natural fit to many celebrated aspects of Wisconsin culture. Obviously we have a rich brewing history, and beer has long since been part of our social culture. Yes, the beer culture is rooted heavily in Germanic styles, but even the Germans have sour beer styles. ... Wisconsin’s climate is perfect for this style of fermentation, so we are very fortunate here. Wisconsin is also proud of the bountiful fruit crops we have in this state, and our beers are able to marry those two worlds.” To the things we don’t understand but partake in nevertheless. Kyle Jacobson is a copy editor for Madison Essentials, and a writer and beer enthusiast (sometimes all at once) living in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Photographs by Kyle Jacobson.
Kyle Jacobson
Funk Factory Geuzeria
(funkfactorygeuzeria.com) is a great place to educate yourself on historic sour beers. In addition, Andrew recommends the specialty sours that come out at New Glarus Brewing, the pioneers for sour beers in Wisconsin.
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e ssential travel
GIVING BACK:
Honor Flights
by Liz Wessel
Over the past six months, I have been honoring elders in our family and close friends, and learning about how they served our country. Their generation, dubbed the greatest generation, is passing quite literally before our eyes. Because of these personal relationships and a desire to do more for my generation, I accepted an offer to attend a homecoming for a Badger Honor Flight in May. I knew that this would be a welcome home complete with flags and music from Ladies Must Swing (my friend’s wife was sitting in that night, also a vet). But I was not prepared for the crowd we found when we entered the Dane 58 | m a d i s o n e s s e n t i a l s
County Regional Airport—there were so many people of all ages. Personal hand-drawn signs welcoming home grandpa; a sister; uncle; or, like me, any and all honor flight vets. The welcome home team created a broad parade route through the airport lobby, and while we waited for veterans to arrive, couples periodically stepped out to dance to the music. Though it was well into midevening, no one was leaving. The band broke into a continuous medley of the music for each of the armed forces as the veterans started down the stairs to be honored by the crowd one at a time. It felt good to be able to say thank you in this way.
Badger Honor Flight was formed in 2009, with its first flight in 2010. A single flight carrying approximately 90 veterans and their guardians (personal escorts) costs $110,000, and guardians pay their own way. Since 2010, Badger Honor Flight has sent 31 flights serving just over 2,700 veterans. With three flights planned for fall 2018, they expect to reach the 3,000th veteran by November. Badger Honor Flight allows veterans to pick their guardian, which can be a relation as long as they meet the requirements. If a veteran does not have someone to go, a guardian can be provided from a pool in Washington
D.C. Badger Honor Flight also provides a guardian training session so that each person understands their role in making the day special and safe. A small army of volunteers drive the project from funding and planning to executing a flight. The volunteers plan a complete day from start to finish, which includes flights, meals, a companion or guardian, a medical team, participant shirts and jackets, charter buses in Washington D.C., and send offs and welcomes at both ends of the trip. A special and emotional part of the day is mail call on the way home. All of this is done to make the day the most memorable possible.
The itinerary carefully plans out visits to the most revered sites, leaving time for each veteran to linger at any particular site. The one-to-one ratio of veteran to guardian means that each vet can take their time and tour at their own pace at each memorial: Arlington National Cemetery, World War II Memorial, Vietnam Memorial, Korean War Memorial, Air Force Memorial, and 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon. Badger Honor Flight is part of Honor Flight Network, which emerged from two similar projects, each designed to bring aging World War II veterans to see the World War II Memorial completed in 2004. In 2005, Earl Morse, a pilot
and veteran himself, convinced other pilots to join him. On that first trip, 6 small private planes flew 12 veterans to Washington, D.C. for the first flight. By the end of the year, Honor Flight served 126 World War II veterans using a combination of small planes and commercial flights.
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The following year, Jeff Miller, inspired by Earl Morse, decided to organize flights on large commercial jets. By the end of 2006, Jeff’s organization, HonorAir, had flown more than 300 World War II veterans to the World War II Memorial.
The two organizations merged with the common mission of creating a day for veterans to come together in their communities, to fly or travel at no cost to themselves to Washington D.C., and then to spend the day visiting the country’s war memorials all the while being honored for their service. During this season of giving, I encourage you to consider one of the many ways you can give to Badger Honor Flight. This is not just a flight or a sightseeing trip, but a way to give back to those that gave to us. Liz Wessel is the owner of Green Concierge Travel, which has information for honeymoons and other ecotravel at greenconciergetravel.com. Photographs provided by Badger Honor Flight.
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THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP
Badger Honor Flight. Volunteer Volunteers are needed year-round for everything from making calls to veterans and their families to helping at fundraisers to helping with the send off and welcome home celebrations. Volunteer meetings are held the first Wednesday evening of each month. Meetings start at 7:00 p.m. at VFW Post 1318 at 133 E. Lakeside Street in Madison. Check the website for dates and a list of volunteer activities, or contact Doug at dougbhf@gmail.com.
Honor Flight Solo Program Recognizing Honor Flight Network does not have a hub in every corner of the country, the national Honor Flight organization has created several programs that provide some flexibility for travel and enable veterans from across the country to participate. Go to honorflight.org.
Donate or Attend a Fundraiser With flights being provided for free to veterans and yet costing $110,000, fundraisers are essential in providing this service and raising community awareness. Events are listed on the website or if you want to help with a fundraiser, contact dougbhf@gmail.com.
THANK YOU
Help a Veteran Sign Up Badger Honor Flight currently accepts applications from veterans of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. However, priority is given to those from World War II and those with terminal illnesses. If you are a veteran, you can complete and return the application at no cost. Or if you know of someone who is a World War II veteran or a veteran with a terminal illness, you can fill out an application on their behalf. If you have any questions or would like an application, go to badgerhonorflight .org, or email info@badgerhonorflight .org or call (608) 616-0243.
Other programs (hubs) in Wisconsin Appleton – Old Glory Honor Flight La Crosse – Freedom Honor Flight Milwaukee/Port Washington – Stars and Stripes Honor Flight Wausau – Never Forgotten Honor Flight
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Dane County Humane Society.................... 27
Home Elements & Concepts......................... 28
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Journey of Aging............................................. 15
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Madison Originials.......................................... 11
Olbrich Botanical Gardens........................... 60
dining, food & beverage Bavaria Sausage Kitchen, Inc....................... 21 Blue Agave Restaurant and Lounge........... 27
Our Lives Magazine........................................ 27 Stoughton Opera House................................ 16 WORT-FM........................................................... 20
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The Chocolate Caper.................................... 47
American Family Insurance DreamBank...... 2
Clasen’s European Bakery............................. 43
Capital Fitness................................................. 17
The Conscious Carnivore............................... 35
Coyle Carpet One.......................................... 47
Drumlin Ridge Winery..................................... 41
Elevation Salon & Spa.................................... 13
Fisher King Winery........................................... 59
Four Lakes Veterinary Clinic.......................... 37
Fraboni’s Italian Specialties &
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Monroe Street Framing................................... 29
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Gail Ambrosius Chocolatier.......................... 31
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Grape Water Wine Bar................................... 30 Imperial Garden.............................................. 57
shopping
J. Henry & Sons................................................ 17
Abel Contemporary Gallery......................... 51
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The Diamond Center........................................ 5
The Old Feed Mill Restaurant........................ 37
The Gingko Tree............................................... 30
Old Sugar Distillery.......................................... 56
Hallman Lindsay.............................................. 47
Oliver’s Public House...................................... 51
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Otto’s Restaurant & Bar.................................. 35
John/Christine Designs..................................... 7
Pizza Brutta....................................................... 21
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Quivey’s Grove................................................ 13
Lidtke Motors.................................................... 57
Riley’s Wines of the World.............................. 46
Little Luxuries.................................................... 47
Samba Brazilian Grill....................................... 46
Luceo Boutique & Styling Co........................ 19
The Side Door Grill and Tap........................... 46
Pegasus Games.............................................. 30
State Line Distillery.......................................... 31
Plum Crazy........................................................ 31
Sugar River Pizza Company........................... 33
Rutabaga Paddlesports................................ 43
Tempest Oyster Bar......................................... 42
The University Book Store............................... 47
Tipsy Cow.......................................................... 23
Wantoot............................................................ 45
Tornado Steak House..................................... 42
Woodland Studios........................................... 30
The University Club.......................................... 49 Vintage Brewing Co. ...................................... 39 Willy Street Co-op........................................... 11
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