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I visit the snapping turtle every day, though she was confirmed dead more than a week ago. Parts of her shell are now starting to decay, along with some spots on her neck, but otherwise she is remarkably intact.

She sits upright in a shallow portion of the Vilas Park lagoon, just below one of the bridges. Grayson Doss, a veterinarian at the UW vet school, surmises the turtle might have sought out a warm, sunny spot when she was not feeling well.

It is a warm and sunny Saturday morning when I first spot her from a bridge in the park.

Others are gawking at her as well. She already looks dead, but one couple says they have seen her tongue move.

I return that night, and she is still not moving. The next day I call the Four Lakes Wildlife Center at the Dane County Humane Society for an expert opinion, and Jason Kingstad, an intern, offers to drive out to take a look.

I arrive at the park about 20 minutes before Jason. The weather has turned bitterly cold and the wind is fierce. The snapping turtle is still there, pretty much in the same position. I stand below the bridge on the banks of the creek to wait.

After a few minutes something hard and dark skims the surface. It looks to be another large snapping turtle, making his rounds on the bottom of the creek.

The moment Jason arrives, the turtle mounts the inert one. I have a moment of relief, thinking this is all just some kind of mating ritual and my

snapping turtle is alive and well after all.

But turtles are known to mate vigorously and there is little action. After watching for a couple of minutes, Jason is certain my turtle is dead. He has a net with him, but decides to just leave the turtle in the creek and “let nature take its course.”

I fetch my neighbor Karolyn, who has a camera with a heavy-duty zoom lens, and return to the bridge. Her daughter, Carson, also comes along.

When Karolyn, a big softie, sees the scene she is heartbroken. “He’s grieving,” she says, figuring the two had been longtime mates.

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“The way the top turtle is biting the neck and grabbing the shell with both his left fore and hind limbs, it seems as though the alive turtle is attempting to mate with a turtle he does not realize is dead,” says Doss after looking at a photo I send him.

Doss is right. Six days after that first encounter, my snapping turtle is again sought out by a live turtle. This time, though, the male turtle goes at it a bit more aggressively.

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Narcan to the rescue District attorney’s office wants to make overdose drug more available

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On May 23 last year, a man in an alternative sentencing program came into the City-County Building on Carroll Street for a required urine test.

Immediately after taking and passing the test, he shot up with heroin in the second-floor bathroom. As he was leaving the building, he overdosed, passing out near the elevator doors.

James Sauer, who works in the Dane County District Attorney’s deferred prosecution unit, was one of the first to find the man, who was limp and unresponsive. Sauer suspected he had overdosed, since he was showing typical signs.

“I recall his face appearing very white, and probably most noticeable was the start of opioid overdose breath[ing], which I can’t describe to you in words,” Sauer says. “You have to hear it to know what I’m talking about.”

Emergency medical technicians were called, and they administered a dose of naloxone, better known by its trade name, Narcan. The man survived.

The District Attorney’s office wants more people to have access to naloxone and recently began requiring addicts in the county’s Opiate Initiative to train on how to use it.

And, in a partnership with the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, the office is indirectly offering up to five doses of the drug to the recovering addicts.

Narcan is becoming much more available around the country. But its use has not come without controversy.

Pat Hrubesky, director of the Dane County Deferred Prosecution Program, says the DA’s office has moved ahead with the program.

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Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne started the Opiate Initiative in 2013 to deal with the growing problem of heroin addiction.

The DA’s office was seeing an influx of people charged not just for possessing or selling drugs, but for crimes related to opioid and opiate addiction, like burglaries, robberies and fraud. “A lot of retail thefts are opioid related,” Hrubesky says.

In the past, if those people were convicted of possessing 3 grams or less of a drug like heroin, they could face a $10,000 fine and up to three years in prison.

The Opiate Initiative was started to keep some of those people out of prison while helping them recover.

“Our program is focused on solid case management,” Hrubesky says. Participants are required to meet weekly with Sauer, the

case manager, take frequent random drug tests, be in a treatment program and make restitution. They may also be required to do community service and get involved with community groups.

And now they’re being required to attend a class on how to use naloxone. Although those who overdose won’t likely be able to give it to themselves, it’s hoped that increased training and availability of Narcan among opiate users will save lives.

Sauer describes his work with the Opiate Initiative as “intense, rigorous; probably the hardest work I’ve ever done.”

He usually oversees about 45 people, with weekly one-on-one visits where he attempts to get their lives back on track. Often, participants are homeless and jobless and have burned bridges with family and friends.

“By the time I see them, things have really unraveled, and I have to pick a place where I feel I can make some positive impact,” Sauer says. “A lot of individuals need to start out with opiate medication to remove the daily need to get drugs, the struggling with withdrawal symptoms.”

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elevators was not in the Opiate Initiative program. But Sauer’s clients are at heightened risk of overdosing.

“One of the biggest risks to people with opioid addiction is when they’re [leaving] a controlled environment,” says Dr. Randall Brown, director of the Center for Addictive Disorders at UW Hospital and Clinics. “If they leave that controlled environment and use their regular dose, they’re at risk of overdose because their tolerance isn’t as high.”

Naloxone works, Brown says, by going to the opioid receptor in the brain, “kicking the opioid off of the receptor and getting the person to start breathing again.”

“It’s a very safe medication,” Brown adds.

“At one point the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] was considering making it an overthe-counter drug.”

But Brown says some worry that making the drug available increases “the potential for failure” in the form of a drug relapse.

Brown says he “can see the tension for a treatment provider wanting to encourage abstinence,” but still supports offering Narcon as an option.

The drug comes in two different forms, a nasal spray and an injection. It is al-

ready available for people in Dane County through the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, which runs a needle exchange program.

Last year, the state helped make naloxone more accessible with a law that allows certified first responders, not just licensed EMTs, to carry and administer it. That gave police officers the green light to carry the drug.

The DA’s office had also asked if it could have the drug in case of emergencies, but the county’s corporation counsel does not think that would be legal.

“Although it might be a great idea for your organization to be able to administer naloxone in an emergency situation, in my opinion, Wisconsin law is not broad enough to cover your employees,” wrote assistant corporation counsel David Gault in a Feb. 23 email to Hrubesky.

“The legislature has limited authorization and immunity to only EMTs and certified first responders.”

In a phone call with Isthmus, Gault says his opinion was based on a limited scope of whether county employers who aren’t first responders can administer the medication. He says he is not familiar with the Opiate Initiative program run by the DA’s office and couldn’t give an opinion on it.

Last week, the Dane County DA’s office mandated its first training program, through the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, for participants in the Opiate Initiative. Three more are planned.

As part of the training, the center made up to five doses available to participants. Multiple doses are offered because one may not be enough to revive someone.

“No one is required to take [the drug],” Hrubesky says. “If they want it, it’s provided.”

She says some basics are stressed in the training, which acknowledges how hard it is to kick an addiction. “Practice good self-care, don’t use alone, if you’ve been in jail for a few days don’t use the same amount when you get out of jail.”

Many users have already overdosed, Hrubesky says, noting “We’ve had some of our participants who have ‘died’ six times.”

Both Hrubesky and Sauer have heard the complaint that dispensing naloxone encourages drug use, but they don’t buy it.

Sauer believes the training drives home the reality of how dangerous opioids can be.

“If anything, it’s bringing a momentary stop action to their use and making them think,” he says. “This is our way to say, ‘we’re paying attention to this, we care about you, we want you to be alive and get that treatment and get on with your life.’” n

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Nick Simmons is ecstatic. If everything goes as planned, in a few months he will be moving back into the Lothlorien housing co-op, the massive house on the shore of Lake Mendota that burned in September 2013, leaving 34 people temporarily homeless.

“I look forward to swimming in the lake, to replanting our vegetable garden and raspberry bushes, to cooking dinner and eating it on the picnic tables in the backyard,” Simmons writes in an email. “And I especially look forward to those kitchentable conversations.”

Last weekend, members of Madison Community Cooperative — which includes 11 housing co-ops, including Lothlorien — voted to rebuild the damaged house. The move ends a year and a half of uncertainty and conflict over its fate.

Taylor Kestrel, MCC’s membership officer, says although the vote has yet to be certified, members appear to have approved rebuilding by a vote of roughly 100 to 20. Kestrel says construction could start next month, with people moving back in as soon as Aug. 15.

After the 31-unit house — located at 244 W. Lakelawn Place in the historic Langdon neighborhood — burned, the board contemplated selling the property, valued at approximately $1.6 million. Rebuilding costs were first estimated to be over $1 million, fueling a push to sell and using the funds to buy property elsewhere. But others wanted the group to hold onto the land.

Debate over what to with the house sparked a crisis within the group, with some houses withholding rent in protest. MCC’s paid staff first went on strike and eventually quit.

Kestrel believes the Lothlorien dispute was more a symptom of dysfunction with the group than the cause. “The Loth fire operated as a polarizing force,” Kestrel says.

“I feel like it’s complicated in terms of why staff left and where the conflict is.”

MCC is still in the process of rehiring a full-time staff, Kestrel says.

In recent months, a few things have changed to make renovating Lothlorien seem more feasible. MCC got new estimates for renovation, with the lowest coming in at $480,000 from Advanced Building Corporation, according to Steve Vig, MCC’s coordinating officer.

And a settlement with the insurance company netted more than originally expected, around $360,000. According to MCC’s analysis, the money can be used to “repair the building...and maintain a healthy cash reserve, without increasing rent to members.”

Much still needs to be worked out, Kestrel says. It’s uncertain who will move into the house once it’s ready.

Simmons says many former members are eager to return. “It’s a Madison institution, and like any institution, like any of our other cultural assets that make Madison Madison, it needs to be preserved and loved and, if necessary, defended when its existence is threatened.”

At a time when Madison is experiencing both a boom in high-end housing construction and a shortage of affordable housing, co-ops offer a more sustainable alternative.

“Downtown is in danger of losing its character,” Simmons says. “Lothlorien is like a vitamin supplement for that old Madison character.” n

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More than 1,000 kids rally at Memorial High School for a Youth & Unity Summit held in honor of Tony Robinson.

It’s a mixed bag for Madison’s struggling nightclubs: FIVE Nightclub will stay open after supporters raise more than $40,000, while Inferno Nightclub announces plans to close May 2.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 n Members of the Wisconsin Educational Approval Board, which oversees for-profit colleges, implores GOP legislators not to eliminate their board at a Senate workforce development committee meeting. n After 10 hours of jury deliberation, former Dane County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Steele is found not guilty by mental defect in the August murders of his wife and sister-in-law.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24 Madison Mayor Paul Soglin vows to crack down on homeless people engaging in dangerous behaviors after a serious increase in drifters over the past two weeks.

Among the problems mentioned: several instances of “feces-laden pants” found on Frances Street.

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More than a million chickens will be euthanized after bird flu cases are confirmed in Wisconsin.

SUNDAY, APRIL 26 n It’s only April, but Gov. Scott Walker has been out of state for at least 56 days so far this year.

Critics wonder how an absentee governor can effectively run a state — particularly during a contentions period of budget debate – but Scooter says it’s cool.

He has two cell phones.

MONDAY, APRIL 27 n The Madison School Board elects James Howard and Mary Burke as president and vice president, respectively.

The board is under fire for possibly violating state open records law while discussing a way to close the nearly $15 million budget gap in closed session.

TUESDAY, APRIL 28 Soglin blasts Uber after two drivers with the ridehailing app are accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward female passengers over the weekend. Talk about Uber-gross. n West High School girls basketball coach Shelton Kingcade, a former star athlete at West, flees from police attempting to arrest him on suspicion of sexual assault of a child. n

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Noel Tautges loves playing video games so much that he imagines a career designing them.

“I’m obsessed with playing video games, but sometimes when I feel motivated I like to code outside of school,” says Tautges, an eighth-grader at Eagle School, a private school in Fitchburg for gifted children.

At the school’s annual “Market Day” on Dec. 5, when students spent part of an afternoon buying and selling homemade wares like cookies and Christmas ornaments, Tautges hawked something less tangible: a video game he created in which a player must dodge space debris, laser attacks and combat drones. Tautges says he wrote the code for the game in about 15 hours using JavaScript. He charged classmates $2 for the game, which they accessed through a hyperlink he emailed them.

For years the teaching of programming concepts and languages has been a part of Eagle’s curriculum. Jack Maloney, a computer teacher there, says once students have become proficient with the keyboard, they start writing code.

These would appear to be welcome developments given the projected shortfall in the number of computer science graduates the country produces. From 2012 to 2022 there will be approximately 1 million more U.S. tech jobs than computer science graduates to fill them, according to a report from the nonprofit Code.org. The cost in lost salaries will approach $500 billion.

Eagle isn’t the only school teaching coding.

Code.org offers a free introduction to coding called Hour of Code (HOC). Steffenie Williams, a computer and technology teacher at St. James Catholic School in Madison, says the entire school (except the 4-year-olds) tried HOC in December.

“I was shocked,” Williams says. “There’s a few kindergarteners who have just clicked with this program, and that’s all they want to do. I’m like, ‘we’re going to play another game,’ and they’re like, ‘no, we want to code.’”

Madison’s Marquette Elementary has had students participate in HOC twice. School librarian Maegan Heindel says that she started an after-school club at Marquette called Genius Hour that’s focused on “coding projects and game creation.”

Marquette is unlikely to make coding a bigger part of its curriculum in the near future, says Heindel, because state and district stan-

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dards make it challenging. “The focus is on literacy and math,” she says. “Things are pretty tightly scheduled.” Private schools like St. James and Eagle do not face these same constraints.

But state government does seem to value coding instruction. In 2013 Gov. Scott Walker signed Act 63, allowing computer science coursework to count toward math credit for high school graduation.

Kids who want to learn how to code but whose schools lack resources can sign up for extracurricular events to learn from local experts.

Fractal, an enrichment program for kids housed within Sector67, sponsored a winter

camp. Campers ages 6 to 12 picked what to work on from a list of choices, including building a computer game with Scratch, a youth-oriented language for creating puzzles, animations and interactive stories.

Kacie Conroy runs KIDS GET IT!, a series of workshops introducing children 11 to 14 to information technology careers. The organization sponsored a web camp on Dec. 5 in which kids worked in teams to define ideas for new products and create mockups.

Ideas included transportation devices like a hyperloop and a solar-powered hoverboard, as well as a “cyber mom” to help out around the house. Teams worked with developers from local companies like Epic Systems and Adorable IO to write the code for actual websites based on their mockups.

Conroy, who works as a senior business analyst at Middleton’s Yahara Software, says mentorship opportunities abound in Madison because of an abundance of tech professionals.

“There’s a lot of local support for educating kids about IT because I think a lot of people see that Madison is becoming a mini IT hub,” she says. “Employers understand that they’re fostering potential future employees.” n

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Leave the driving to us Metro driver Jerry Jackson is my hero (“Victim of Success,” 4/23/2015). Reminds me of my Mom and Dad waiting in silence for me to figure out that the car isn’t going to start, let alone go anywhere, until I fastened my seatbelt. Good stuff. Go Jerry!

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The article on Madison Metro was very well written and informative. Thank you for good journalism.

Marlene Hardick (via email) Cash-strapped with ridership booming?

Bruce Frey (via Facebook) Their hands are tied on expansion without being able to establish an RTA. Yogeth Chawla (via Facebook) Cash-strapped? Maybe if you stopped paying the drivers over $75k/year....

Jacob Porter (via Facebook) Didn’t realize the complaint system also takes compliments. Good to know.

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Different strokes To your reader from Merrimac who likes to read Isthmus while visiting but doesn’t like Savage Love: Don’t read it (Feedback, 4/23/2015). You can enjoy the rest of the paper just fine and know that part of what makes Madison fun to visit for you is that it represents a different walk of life from what you are familiar with. Take what you like but don’t worry about what you don’t.

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Big Brother Re the Overture Center’s new ticketing system, Tessitura (“Transforming Ticketing,” 4/23/2015): As a frequent patron and supporter of the Overture Center, I am appalled that it and all its resident companies are now no better than the NSA in relentlessly surveilling us, our accounts, our contacts and now whenever we enter the theater. Where were president and CEO Ted DeDee’s ethics when he said [paraphrasing the New York Metropolitan Opera, which created the software], “Gee would’t it be a great thing if we somehow linked our ticket purchasers with our donor records and have one database?

And track all interactions with all constituents?” Or Bach Dancing & Dynamite director Samantha Crownover’s, when she said, “Tessitura will allow me to see on my smart phone who enters the concert hall and where they sit”? I expected more from an esteemed public cultural institution and can no longer continue to support one that treats its patrons in this manner.

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Perhaps potentially lost data centers are simply collateral damage (“Missed Opportunity,” 4/23/2015). Sustainable energy conflicts with Gov. Walker’s agenda and higher priorities.

Perhaps he considers jobs denied by environmentally friendly companies a small price to pay for jobs to be gained from sand mining and the likes of Gogebic Taconite.

The governor is doing incalculable damage to this state with his reckless development and anti-environment policies. My own “thing” is climate change, and he is certainly contributing to that. He has stifled development of sustainable energy while protecting the electric utilities’ outdated 20th century business model. By nixing high-speed rail he perpetuated our dependence on private automobiles and the internal combustion engine.

Wisconsin is seeing warming temperatures and the altered precipitation patterns associated with climate change. Our forests are already stressed, and things will get worse. What does that mean for jobs in tourism? We are suffering agricultural losses and water shortages, and depleting our groundwater. What does that mean for our agricultural economy and the food supply? We are experiencing more frequent heat waves and air pollution warnings. What does that mean for public health?

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It would be hard to find a more unpopular idea than the proposal to spend $150 million in state money to support a new Milwaukee Bucks arena. A recent Marquette Law School poll found state residents oppose the idea by more than a 4-1 margin, with 79% against it and only 17% in favor.

Even in the Milwaukee media market, 67% of those polled objected to subsidizing another pro sports team.

Looming over the effort to bail out the Bucks is the specter of George Petak, the Republican state senator from Racine who was recalled from office in 1996 for supporting the state plan funding Miller Park. But baseball is more popular in Wisconsin than NBA basketball, and then-Brewers owner Bud Selig was not wealthy, while the Bucks’ owners, Marc Lasry, Wes Edens and Jamie Dinan, are among the wealthiest people on the planet, with a combined net worth of more than $5 billion. That makes this sports subsidy even tougher for taxpayers to swallow.

The strategy of Gov. Scott Walker and Republican legislators has been to describe the bailout as not really a net tax. Thus, Walker’s spokeswoman Laurel Patrick says, “Governor Walker’s focus is on protecting taxpayers by maintaining the current reve-

nue stream,” namely the income taxes paid by Bucks players. “Without progress on a new arena, the Bucks will leave Wisconsin in 2017, costing the state nearly $10 million a year in lost revenue collections.”

But there are two problems with that rationale. For starters, any business could thereby demand a subsidy; they, too, have workers who pay taxes and many could also threaten to leave the state. Doesn’t this open the door to offering taxpayer bribes to many businesses?

Secondly, the $10 million in annual income taxes retained by keeping the Bucks in Wisconsin will be more than offset by the project’s cost to taxpayers. Assuming the arena lasts 30 years (the Bucks current venue, the Bradley Center, is 27 year old), the taxes retained would amount to $300 million. Meanwhile, the state plan calls for the $214 million state subsidy (when you add in $64 million in interest payments), a $30 to $70 million subsidy by the city and county government in Milwaukee, plus various valuable tax exemptions.

The state proposal awards the team a sales tax exemption on “building materials, equipment and supplies used” to construct the arena. It is expected to cost $500 million, and assuming the cost of materials is, say, $300 million, that exemption would be worth about $17 million.

The proposal calls not for an NBA arena,

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but a “Sports and Entertainment District,” and specifies that a property tax exemption, in addition, will be extended to “parking lots, garages, restaurants, parks, concession facilities, entertainment facilities, transportation facilities and other functionally related or auxiliary facilities or structures.” It would appear that nearly anything the Bucks owners develop in the area will be exempt from property taxes, including the arena, a proposed practice facility, public plaza, beer garden, probably any Bucks apparel and merchandise shops and who knows what else.

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that value times the current Milwaukee property tax rate ($29.97 per $1,000 of value), that equals a property tax payment of nearly $21 million per year.

Over the likely 30-year life of the arena, that’s a total property tax exemption of $629 million. (That estimate might be high as property tax assessments for new buildings are typically set below construction costs. On the other hand, it applies the current tax level for all 30 years of use, while the buildings’ value and taxes are likely to rise over time.)

The proposal also specifies that the “income of a sport and entertainment district would be exempt from the state corporate income and franchise tax.” This language is very broad and would seem to include any revenue-generating facilities, shops and restaurants the Bucks develop within the district. Given the state corporate income tax of 7.9%, this exemption could be quite significant over the course of 30 years.

All told, the full 30-year cost of the arena could be well in excess of $800 million. The Bucks owners and Republican legislators have cited the project as a boon to downtown Milwaukee, but so far any proposed development cited by the team appears eligible for the property tax exemption.

This could relegate a huge swath of downtown, up to 30 acres of developable land, to a massive nonprofit that pays no taxes while eating up city services (police, fire, garbage collection, snow removal, etc.) and whose bars and restaurants could take away business from taxpaying businesses in the downtown area.

It’s a proposal that would likely outrage most state taxpayers, except that newspapers (which gain readers and revenue by covering pro sports) have done such a poor job explaining the project’s true costs.

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Dedicated to direct action: Matthew Braunginn, A’tira Banks, M Adams and Brandi Grayson (from left).

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Fiery activist group praised and panned for disruptive protests in name of racial equality

BY ALLISON GEYER

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Dozens of protesters with the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition marched on March 19 to a mayoral forum at the Barrymore Theatre, where two white, progressive mayoral candidates were preparing to debate the issues facing the city of Madison. There was no question the city’s racial inequalities would be on the agenda.

Deep disparities are considered by many to be liberal Madison’s secret shame.

And the officer-shooting death a few weeks earlier of unarmed biracial teenager Tony Robinson dealt a crushing blow to the city’s already disenfranchised community.

Protesters marched down the aisles of the theater holding a banner declaring “Black Lives Matter.” The rallying cry has emerged nationally in response to what many see as a pattern of systematic state violence against African American citizens that fails to take account of lost lives.

What did they want? “Justice!” When did they want it? “Now!” And if they didn’t get it? “Shut it down!”

Protesters made good on their promise, shouting interruptions while candidates Paul Soglin and Scott Resnick attempted to answer questions. The debate moderator pleaded with protesters for quiet and order; Soglin more than once sat down mid-sentence, refusing to compete with the chants and heckles.

The group’s disruptive presence at the debate prompted complaints — including from those who consider themselves allies of the group’s message and objectives. “[The actions] of the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition seemed designed to turn supporters into opponents,” Madison resident Carl Landsness wrote in a letter to The Capital Times. “I felt assaulted, disrespected, depleted, frustrated and disgusted.”

In response to the criticism, Brandi Grayson, one of the coalition’s founding members, posted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” on the group’s Facebook page.

“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed,” King wrote. “Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was ‘well timed’ in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation.”

King also wrote of his “grave disappointment” with the “white moderate” — the individual who is “more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: ‘I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action.’”

Grayson says she often thinks about King’s time in Birmingham and his message to white moderates when she hears criticism of the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, a grassroots group that has been raising awareness about racial inequality and social justice issues since fall of 2014.

Lately, their tactics have become as hotly debated as the issues they seek to address. While some find the group to be selfserving and opportunistic, Grayson sees the group’s mission as a continuation of King’s work for social justice.

“When [people] see us in action, all they see is angry black people,” says Grayson, 35.

“But we’re a direct action organization. Our basis is disruption. If we play by the rules, we will continue to be silenced.”

Young, Gifted and Black is in some ways a misnomer.

The group is certainly youth-oriented — middle school, high school and college-aged students walked out of class to join the numerous marches in the weeks following the Tony Robinson shooting. And many more youth have attended direct action training sessions at UW-Madison. But key organizers of the group range in age from their mid-20s to mid-30s, with members up to 40 and older.

Members are passionate, with a capacity to inspire and mobilize — and to piss certain people off. Many are African American

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were murdered, would you be quiet?’ or identify as such, but Asian, Latino and white allies also have a strong presence in the group.

Group leadership is also deliberately feminist and “conspicuously queer,” com-

mitted to dismantling patriarchy as well as combating racial inequality. Organizers say these are characteristics that set the movement apart from older iterations of civil rights activism.

But perhaps what unites many of the core members is a shared experience of discrimination that fuels a desire to change what they see as an unjust world.

Grayson grew up on the South Side of Chicago amid violence and chaos. Her grandmother was addicted to alcohol. Her mother was addicted to drugs. She was a caregiver for her younger siblings, but she soon fell victim to her surroundings. By age 9, Grayson had been indoctrinated into a gang. At 13, she had her first baby.

“Our environments are what shape us,” says Grayson, who moved to Madison with her mom when she was 10. “I’ve been through so much.”

After she had her baby, Grayson knew she needed help. She reached out to Briarpatch Youth Services about seeking permanent foster care for herself and her child.

With her foster family’s support, Grayson attended UW-Madison. But there she felt isolated and overlooked as one of the only African American students in her classes.

“I felt like something was wrong with me,” she says.

She found inspiration studying African American culture and history. She campaigned to bring more diversity to the university’s student government organizations and developed leadership skills that would prepare her for her eventual role with Young, Gifted and Black.

By age 22, Grayson became a foster mother herself to give back to the system that helped her change her life. More than anything, Grayson says, the experience of being a parent motivated her to fight for social justice.

“I ask myself, what do I have to change to make the world safe for me and my children?” Grayson says. “We cannot lose hope.”

Struggles with poverty motivate Eric Upchurch to fight for social justice.

Matthew Braunginn’s activist roots go deep — his father, Stephen Braunginn, was president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Madison and a co-founder of Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice.

Braunginn, 29, characterizes previous efforts to combat racial disparity and racism as “lip service” and “half attempts” that didn’t address the root causes of problems plaguing minorities. He graduated from Purdue University and now works for the UW-Madison PEOPLE Project — a college readiness program for minority and low-income students.

He joined Young, Gifted and Black to confront institutionalized racism directly.

“Racism is more than just being hateful,” he says, adding that many white people have a “poor understanding” of the minority experience and how implicit biases exist throughout the society.

“It’s almost worse that Madison is liberal,” he adds.

Braunginn is biracial, but he identifies as black. He says his ethnic ambiguity has been a source of stress and confusion — unable to truly “pass” as either black or white, he has struggled with discrimination and uncomfortable questions about his race. He says his identity struggles led him to abuse opioids in his teens and early 20s.

Braunginn sees similarities between himself and Tony Robinson — a biracial teen who, according to family members, also struggled to fit in. Robinson’s uncle Turin Carter says Tony took hallucinogenic mushrooms the day he died, seeking a spiritual journey. Braunginn says he’s done similar things, but because of his “privilege” he was able to get help and learn from his mistakes — a chance Tony never had.

With that privilege comes an obligation to work toward achieving social justice, says Braunginn. “If you can do it, you should do it.”

studied race and class systems at Macalaster College in St. Paul before returning to Madison, where she works as a writer and educator.

“Madison gives people the opportunity to explore diversity — or hide from it entirely,” she says.

She’s a mother, a lesbian and an activist who, like other Young, Gifted and Black members, was spurred to action after unarmed black teen Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. But as a white person, she knows that she plays a support role in the movement: “I take on a role of reaching out to the white community.”

As a lesbian, she knows what it’s like to be in the minority and to face discrimination. The fact that Young, Gifted and Black has a strong LGBT cohort is no accident, Bell Bern says.

“This is fundamental to all other battles,” she says. “My liberation is tied up in yours.”

Through her outreach, Bell Bern has been surprised by the number of white people who are oblivious of how racism permeates society — and why it’s so important to question the system and demand reform.

“Even the people who ‘get it’ don’t quite get it,” she says. “We have to swallow our egos.”

Allison Bell Bern also comes from a family of activists — her mother took part in student free speech demonstrations at University of California-Berkeley in the 1960s, and her father is involved with promoting organized labor and green spaces in Madison. Bell Bern, now 35,

Even before Young, Gifted and Black formed, community members began to speak more openly about inequality following the publication in 2013 of the damning Race to Equity Report, which highlighted the egregious racial disparities in Dane County.

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But Grayson remembers the disappointment she felt when she looked into the overwhelmingly white crowd of people who showed up for a meeting called by the Rev. Alex Gee at Fountain of Life Church to discuss race issues in Madison.

The support and solidarity from the white community was appreciated, but where was the response from those who were most affected, she wondered.

Later, at a rally organized by Boys and Girls Club of Dane County CEO Michael Johnson after the killing of Brown in Ferguson, Grayson noticed the same demographic. Once again, she says, it was mostly white liberals who showed up to mourn the loss of an African American life.

“Michael Johnson failed to reach out to the black community,” says Grayson.

She believes the fight for racial equality must first start from within the African American community, but she says black leaders “kept saying no” when she contacted them after the town hall meetings with ideas for organizing. Johnson disputes Grayson’s claim, saying that he’s willing to work with all people.

Grayson, however, says the time was right for a radically new grassroots approach.

“This has to start with us,” she says.

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Eric Upchurch has known the pain of hunger, the stress of homelessness, the shame of arrest.

The 27-year-old activist came to UWMadison in 2006 on an academic scholarship, but halfway through his freshman year his parents fell on hard times, in danger of losing their home.

He sent most of his scholarship money to his family and used what was left over to start a business. He wound up broke. That began a “period of survival,” Upchurch says.

Unable to afford groceries or a meal plan, he resorted to stealing food from Walgreens.

“I remember feeling like...if I walk out of here with all this food, and a police officer stops me, what am I going to do?” he says.

“I would just have to run.”

The son of a pastor, Upchurch was raised with a strong moral code and trained to be

a youth minister. He teaches meditation and preaches mindfulness. Yet poverty led him to compromise his ideals. By his sophomore year, his family was still struggling. Unable to pay rent, he was evicted from his apartment and was sleeping on friends’ couches. He got caught up in a counterfeiting operation and was eventually arrested on campus and charged with two felonies.

Upchurch’s criminal past still haunts him.

Although he was able to graduate, he’s been denied jobs because of his record. Still, living through those years of turmoil provided a different sort of education and inspiration.

Through his involvement with advocacy groups like Briarpatch Youth Services, Freedom Inc., Operation Welcome Home and now as a leader with Young, Gifted and Black, he’s working to empower disenfranchised communities.

“I’ve been blessed and lucky in my life,” Upchurch says. “I’m still surviving.”

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Since forming, Young, Gifted and Black has made youth education a focus, partnering with UW-Madison to bring a series of lectures on race and politics to campus and hosting outreach and training sessions to recruit a new generation of activists. And the group has directly engaged local government.

One of its first goals was to stop a proposed $8 million Dane County Jail project.

After months of effort, the group helped convince the Dane County board to propose a comprehensive jail reform resolution that addresses racial disparities in incarceration, mental health reform and safety needs in the jail while prioritizing the needs of minority communities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been able to challenge the decision making at the local level,â&#x20AC;? Grayson says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is working.â&#x20AC;?

But the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disruptive, in-your-face tactics have cost them support. The group has derailed government meetings with chants and outbursts, browbeaten public officials and shut down Madison streets for hours at a time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an awful, terrible, destructive cause,â&#x20AC;? says David Blaska, a conservative Madison blogger who has written numerous posts critical of Young, Gifted and Black (or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Young and Foolish,â&#x20AC;? as heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s branded them) and organized a counterprotest against the group in January. He claims the coalition is more interested in conflict than achievement and has called Grayson a â&#x20AC;&#x153;demagogueâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Joe McCarthy with a bullhorn.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;She has hijacked the movement,â&#x20AC;? says Blaska, a former Isthmus contributor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She is not helping anyone.â&#x20AC;?

But it is not just conservatives questioning Young, Gifted and Blackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tactics.

Madison Police Chief Mike Koval has criticized the group over its demands to bar his officers from the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s African American neighborhoods and to release 350 African American inmates locked up in the Dane County Jail for â&#x20AC;&#x153;crimes of poverty.â&#x20AC;?

In a blog post Koval called the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request that the Madison police department have no â&#x20AC;&#x153;interactionâ&#x20AC;? with African American communities â&#x20AC;&#x153;untenable.â&#x20AC;? And he challenged members on whether they truly represented the wishes of neighborhood residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suffice to say, that is NOT the message I get when I go to community forums â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in fact, quite the contrary!â&#x20AC;?

Koval wrote this on Jan. 12, two months before the March 6 officer-involved shooting

of Robinson. The Young, Gifted and Black Coalition saw the killing as the latest in a trend of white law enforcement officers using deadly force against unarmed black men and boys.

The group immediately mobilized protests.

Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne has yet to announce whether heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll charge police officer Matt Kenny, who killed Robinson, with any crimes. But Young, Gifted and Black has not waited for the release of investigative reports, calling Kennyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s action a â&#x20AC;&#x153;murder.â&#x20AC;?

Members have also used incendiary language when talking about what will happen if Kenny isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t charged. At a March 17 Common Council meeting, Grayson warned: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know the facts, and when they come out, this city will erupt. This city will fucking erupt. And the blood and whatever takes place after that will be on your hands and the mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands.â&#x20AC;?

At a news conference weeks later, though, Braunginn lashed out with frustration at a reporter who questioned whether demonstrations would be peaceful when the DAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s charging decision is released. He said the media were the only ones talking about violence. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not planning for violence. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where this is coming from. We have not perpetrated any violence,â&#x20AC;? Braunginn said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why are we going to be asked if we are going to be violent, when the state continually [perpetuates violence]?â&#x20AC;?

And since Graysonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s declaration before the council, the group has struck a conciliatory tone. It has asked people to gather at the scene of the shooting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 1125 Williamson St. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; after Ozanne makes his announcement, bringing food and musical instruments and poems for impromptu performances. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We want to channel whatever weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling that day, our energy, into a positive form of protest for justice,â&#x20AC;? the group said in a statement.

City officials are preparing for the decision day as well, with plans in place for traffic control and a police presence during the expected gathering. Ozanne has not indicated when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll reach a decision, other than to say heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give at least 48 hoursâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; notice.

On April 14, as part of a national day of protest against police brutality, Young, Gifted and Black protesters blocked traffic on East Washington Avenue for more than eight hours. At around 6:30 p.m., police arrested several people to end the blockade.

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Group members accused the officers of using “violent” tactics while detaining protesters, claiming that police slammed protesters to the ground and dragged them away from the demonstration. Both police officers and protesters filmed the arrests, but the interpretation differs. Koval dismissed the accusations, saying that his officers acted professionally.

In an interview with Isthmus, Koval talked about civil disobedience and the delicate “dance” that goes on between protesters and law enforcement. It’s a balancing act, he said, between the First Amendment rights of protesters and the rights of citizens affected by the demonstrations.

“We have taken a very measured approach, not wanting arrests to get in the way of the message that people are trying to promote,” Koval says. “But can that go on in perpetuity?”

With the disclaimer that he was “not making a veiled threat,” Koval pointed out that the loop of civil disobedience often ends with the arrest of those who choose to engage with police. Mayor Soglin, well-known for participating in student anti-war protests in the 1960s and ’70s, has also offered his thoughts on the proper way to protest.

“In the true spirit of civil disobedience, there is to be no resistance,” Soglin said at a news conference after the April 14 protest.

When asked whether he thought YGB’s tactics helped or hurt their social justice mission, Soglin said, “I’m not going to make observations or give them advice on what to do. I’m sure they’re not looking to me for that in any way.”

Instead, he pointed to the work city officials have been doing for years to address racial inequality in Madison in the areas of housing, employment, education and criminal justice. “It’s been frustrating that a lot of this work is not acknowledged,” he said.

“Black Lives Matter,” the declaration guiding Young, Gifted and Black, and groups like it, is a simple and powerful affirmation, says Will Jones, a professor of history at UW-Madison. “It’s a recognition that there’s a dehumanization going on that should be addressed.”

And those who march behind the Black Lives Matter banner see themselves as doing an extension of Martin Luther King Jr.’s work — work that is not necessarily appreciated, accepted or understood, but work that is worth doing because it is essential and just.

“I think it’s hard for people to really accept the fact that black and brown people are in a state of emergency,” Grayson says.

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Mitchell has been disappointed with the progress Dane County has been made to reduce disparities, even after a 2009 task force put forth several recommendations for action.

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi acknowledges one of the biggest challenges is “turning focus into concrete action,” but says progress has been made.

He points to initiatives like the driver’s license recovery and restorative justice programs and Dane County’s new “Access to Opportunity” plan as examples of work

being done to reduce poverty and improve quality of life for disenfranchised community members.

Still, Mitchell and others are frustrated at the pace of progress. “That’s the reason [YBG] has to be so vocal,” Mitchell says.

“Policy doesn’t change without some kind of demand.”

Grayson has been sharply and publicly critical of established black leaders, who she sees as part of the system. She recently refused an invite from the Boys and Girls Club’s Michael Johnson to participate in a youth forum he organized with funding from outside groups. She called it a “minstrel show” and him a “torchbearer of white supremacy” in a Facebook post.

Johnson sidestepped the criticism in his Facebook response and defended the youth forum, saying he was able to educate more than 1,000 children and their parents — the majority of whom were African American.

In an interview with Isthmus, Johnson says he supports the group’s in-your-face approach.

“I think you always need voices like theirs when you have system issues the way we [do] in Madison,” he says. “Their voices need to be heard.”

There’s no “cookie cutter” approach to enacting social change, Johnson adds. With some leaders choosing to work within the established system and others opting for a more grassroots approach, the combined efforts are both necessary to achieve results.

“I choose to show my radicalism through action by helping kids graduate high school and go to college, by helping young people find jobs, by setting up funds to help families in need,” Johnson says. “That’s just one of multiple approaches to addressing these kinds of issues.”

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BY KATIE REISER Few people know that the UW’s new School of Human Ecology building houses such an impressive textile collection. But Barbata has shown that she excels at making such connections, including with her weekly “Community Conversations,” which have brought together dancers, musicians, visual artists, arts leaders, activists, stilt walkers and educators.

Carolyn Kallenborn, who is on the faculty of the UW’s design studies department at UW, first encountered Barbata’s work at an exhibit in Oaxaca, Mexico. “I had this immediate reaction,” says Kallenborn. “I just wanted her to come play in our sandbox because we have a really great sandbox.”

Born in Mexico City in 1958, Barbata now splits her time between Brooklyn, N.Y., where she has an art studio, and Mexico City, where she is an associate professor of social art at the

Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado “La Esmeralda” (founded by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera). She is a member of Mexico’s National System of Artists, and her paintings, drawings and installations are in major collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But she is equally well known for her longterm projects like “Transcommunality,” which began in 2002 in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The project focused on moko jumbie, traditional West African stilt walking. The art is beautifully chronicled in the 2013 book Laura Anderson Barbata: Transcommunality: Interventions and Collaborations in Stilt Dancing Communities.

“Intervention: Wall Street,” one of Barbata’s best-known public art performances, involved a collaboration with the Brooklyn Jumbies, a stilt walking drum and dance troupe. During the 2011 Occupy protests in New York’s financial

district, the diminutive Barbata strolled and danced in front of the Jumbies, who wore enormous business suits and danced on skyhigh stilts. She passed out chocolate coins to onlookers, who were both bewildered and delighted. Barbata says she works with stilt walkers and is learning to walk a tightrope, but does not perform on stilts: “I feel it is important for me to be on the ground. My role is to be the bridge — the link between people on the ground and those on stilts.”

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After donning white gloves, Laura Anderson Barbata and her students enter a climate-controlled classroom in the School of Human Ecology to examine an array of hats pulled from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection. Barbata, who is wrapping up a semester-long residency at the UW Arts Institute, marvels over the hats, noting the embellishments, shapes and craftsmanship.

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Over the last couple of years, Madison’s suburbs have witnessed a proliferation of glossy, high-production-value beer-and-burger joints: Headquarters in Oregon; Mr. Brews Taphouse in Waunakee, Middleton and Verona; the 1855 Saloon and Grill in Cottage Grove. Good for Sun Prairie, finally getting in on the action. Willy Ty’s provides comfortable pub food in an area that’s clearly demanding it.

Willie Ty’s closest neighbor is the Sun Prairie Ice Arena, to which the restaurant is actually attached. The next closest is Sun Prairie High School. So the restaurant is already a community presence with built-in family traffic — and is reaping the benefits, if the steady crowd is any indication. Tapping into that young pool for serving staff is a good idea, but the crew out on the floor is very green as a result.

The menu feels as big as Willie Ty’s spacious physical footprint. The specialty is a cheesestuffed burger that Minnesotans might know as a Jucy Lucy. The basic, here called the Gooey Louie, is indeed very gooey, but bland. The Drunken Mushroom variant is better, with more salt, a more interesting cheese, and red winebraised mushrooms.

There’s a flavorful herb-marinated chicken breast sandwich, skimpy but with a lot of promise. You don’t expect to see something like the accompanying celery root and apple slaw in this kind of sports bar atmosphere. The brisket sandwich was on point, with good portion size and flavor. What I do wish for is a little fat with my brisket.

However, a whole menu section — griddled cheeses — goes all-in on fat, butter and cheese.

These are the brawniest, messiest grilled cheese sandwiches you’ll ever see. Traditional fillings like pesto and turkey are ample enough; mac and cheese with Frank’s hot sauce is just ridiculous, and will make your neighbors stare at your plate as it goes by. But they’re improbably good, and the tomato bisque that comes with the griddled cheese sandwiches (at no extra charge, admirably) is ideally seasoned for

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Willie Ty’s menu is dunk-centric. There are, count ’em, eight different house-made aiolis, and if you’re feeling sporting you can order a sampler of all eight.

It’s probably overkill, but there are some winners in there. Roasted garlic, basil and paprika are the three most traditional aiolis, and they’re rich and flavorful.

Honey orange zest doesn’t appear to be an aioli at all.

The horseradish would be good on that brisket sandwich. Roasted red pepper and sriracha lime are tasty but, like the house-made ranch, too thin.

The thinner sauces make a fine fried food dipping medium, though. Willie Ty’s french fries are thick, with nice contrasting interior and exterior textures, and the batter on the fried cheese curds is crisp and salty, which I like. The best thing about the curds, though, is their startling freshness; nobody’s fried curds squeak more than Willie Ty’s.

As the menu moves farther from its core sandwiches and burgers, some items falter. Fish tacos, not really a starter but on the menu there, straddle the line between hard- and soft-shell and hold up to moisture well, but the tilapia is fishy and overcooked.

Avocado hummus came out as avocado puree on pita points, and very little of it.

In-house baking is an admirable pursuit, and the roasted corn and jalapeño cornbread is definitely adorable — little pepper stems top the muffins like elfin caps — but the end product doesn’t quite improve on boxed grocery store cornbread.

The only dessert on the menu is a crumb cake billed as shareable, but to keep this behemoth between two people is still a bit gluttonous. It’s a warm, brick-sized loaf with four scoops of ice cream, way too big and at the same time lacking the crumby, coffee-cake quality its name implies. Damned if we didn’t eat quite a bit of it, though.

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A week just isn’t enough Ten killer events from Madison Craft Beer Week

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With more than 380 events during a week that lasts, improbably, 11 days, even the most dedicated beer fans can use some help in navigating the crowded (overcrowded?) schedule. These are our don’t-miss picks.

(Complete schedule at madbeerweek.com.)

First tapping of Common Thread 2015 Thursday, April 30, at Wisconsin Brewing Company, Verona, 5-9 p.m.

Meet many of the brewers — over 14 from across the state — who made this year’s version of the commemorative collaborative beer, a Belgian Tripel.

Canwood Derby Friday, May 1, at Craftsman Table & Tap, 6712 Frank Lloyd Wright Ave., Middleton, 6-9 p.m.

Make use of your empties at this adultbeverage version of a pinewood derby. Car kits are available through the restaurant before or at the event. The cars cannot weigh over 6 ounces and must be built using an entire American craft beer can.

Inaugural Red debut Friday, May 1, Memorial Union, 3-5 p.m.

The first collaboration between WBC and UW-Madison food science students will be tapped on the Terrace.

Cask Ale Festival Saturday, May 2, East Side Club, 11 a.m., $35

More than 15 breweries will bring unique, limited brews to the Cask Ale fest. All-day sour sessions will also occur at the Malt House, the Blue Moon and One Barrel.

“We Is Oliphant” Saturday, May 2, Next Door Brewing, 2439 Atwood Ave., 5-10 p.m.

Meet irrepressible young brewers Matt Wallace and Trevor Wirtanen from Oliphant Brewing of Somerset, Wis., as they take over the taps at Next Door.

Bomber Bottle Bombardment Sunday, May 3, and Monday, May 4, 674 S. Whitney Way

Vintage Brewing will sell bottles of its eclectic beer creations from the past 3-4 years in 22-ounce bottles. The pub doesn’t regularly bottle, but brewmaster Scott Manning is opening his cellar for beers that are “unavailable elsewhere and will never be available again.”

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Thursday, May 7, 2001 Atwood Ave, 4 p.m.-2.a.m.

The Hop Garden takes over taps at One Barrel, with the Hop Garden’s Rich Joseph and One Barrel’s Dan Sherman and Peter Gentry. They’ll infuse beer with local Cascade, Crystal or Nugget hops by using “Hop Randalls,” which produce a lightly flavored beer. Sample all of them side-by-side.

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Friday, May 8, Overture Center’s Capitol Theatre, 7 p.m.

One Barrel, the Harmony Bar and Next Door Brewing. The three teamed up to brew a beer, and at each location different hops will be added to the beer for a unique twist on presentation. Have all three and qualify for a special pint glass with all three logos.

For those who can’t seem to get enough of New Glarus’ Spotted Cow, now there’s the movie, The Tale of Spotted Cow. Tickets ($15) includes a pint of New Glarus beer and a special 8-ounce pour of brewmaster Dan Carey’s newest sour called Wild Bitter. Q & A with Deb and Dan Carey, too.

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Atwood pub crawl Saturday, May 9, 2000-2400 blocks of Atwood Ave., 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

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Imagine a feature-length documentary about the craft beer industry that doesn’t include Wisconsin. Tough to picture, isn’t it?

That’s why the East Coast makers of Brewland will be in the state (Madison, mostly) for five days beginning May 2.

Originally, the crowd-funded Brewland was to focus on brewing in Vermont, a state that ranks high nationally in the number of craft breweries per capita. “Within a week, we looked at each other and said, ‘There’s a huge story here. And Vermont’s not it.’ This story is on a national level,” says the film’s 30-year-old, Boston-based co-producer, Christopher Cross. “And it’s a story worth telling.”

Highlights of Brewland’s Wisconsin visit (which coincides with Madison Craft Beer Week) will include interviews with New Glarus Brewing’s founder and president Deb Carey; reps from MobCraft, considered the world’s first completely crowd-sourced

Members of the Brewland crew; co-producer Christopher Cross second from right.

brewery; Tom “The Barrel Guy” Griffin, who provides barrels to brewers; and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, one of several co-sponsors of the Small BREW Act which would reduce the tax burden on craft breweries.

Also on the itinerary is a tour of Potosi’s National Brewery Museum and a “Welcome Brewland to Wisconsin” event at the High Noon Saloon on Sunday, May 3, 1-6 p.m. ($7). Those attending will meet members of the documen-

tary’s crew — who will be conducting onsite interviews — and be able to purchase some of the area’s finest craft beers, including Iron Brigade Stout from Next Door Brewing Co., Aloha Dankeschön

by MobCraft, and this year’s Common Thread. Waukesha County’s Overserved Gentlemen will provide music, and Slide and Fried & Fabulous food carts will be serving.

“Wisconsin has a lot to offer our narrative,” Cross says. “The craft beer industry there is very community- and people-based. People put their heart and soul in it.”

Wisconsin will be one of at least seven states the Brewland crew will visit during its final filming tour, which also includes stops in Illinois, Colorado and California. Post-production is slated for summer, with plans for a late-2015 release.

Even when the filmmakers expanded the focus nationwide, Wisconsin wasn’t on the Brewland itinerary, for financial and logistical reasons, Cross says. Then Hops Museum founder Erin McWalter convinced him a trip to the Badger State would be worth the extra effort.

“The idea of not having Wisconsin involved in this film seemed wrong,” says Emily Locke, owner and CEO of Hive, a new startup teaming with the Hops Museum to host the event.

Cross also is looking forward to trying some beers here. Although the Heady Topper double IPA brewed by The Alchemist in Vermont is his current favorite, he has high hopes for Madtown: “I’m ready for something to knock my socks off.” n

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Every time the NFL draft approaches, I think back to that long weekend I spent in Madison 15 years ago, waiting to see my name come up on TV. I had just finished my fifth year at Wisconsin with a 2000 Rose Bowl win against Stanford on New Year’s Day. I didn’t have a lot of time to celebrate before turning my focus to getting drafted in the NFL. I started the process in mid-January by heading to both the Hula Bowl in Hawaii and the East-West Shrine game, then held in California. I met with scouts and practiced for a few weeks at each game. Then I was invited to what is known as the Combine in Indianapolis, a place where draft hopefuls are given a very thorough evaluation by the NFL’s key decision makers. They weigh you, measure you and see how much you can bench press.

It was an exciting time for me, a huge NFL fan. I had two goals: get in front of anyone who wanted to talk to me and collect as much gear as I could. It was an exhausting three days. After being prodded and pulled at, I felt good about how everything went, but had no clue where I might eventually land.

By March, the predictions started coming from draftniks and sports writers: I would be picked up, likely between the fourth and seventh rounds.

The start of draft weekend 2000 fell on Saturday, April 15. My brother and a few friends came over early Sunday morning to the Mifflin Street apartment I shared with some of my Badger teammates to watch the draft on TV. One of my friends brought over a spreadsheet mapping out when some of the other offensive linemen were expected to be drafted. Every time someone jumped ahead of me, my friend would throw the papers on the floor.

Through this whole process, I found

the NFL coaches and personnel decision makers to be part salesmen and part poker players. The New England Patriots made me believe that they were going to use their fourth-round pick on me. They didn’t, drafting instead tackle Greg Randall. After that brief disappointment, the Detroit Lions called to say they intended to either draft me or a cornerback in the fifth round. They went with CB Todd Franz. My cell phone (yes, we had crude cell phones back in 2000) then went silent for the next two hours.

The fifth round passed, and then the sixth. After the 10th pick in the seventh round went by, my phone started ringing again. But now the calls were from teams that wanted me to consider signing as an undrafted free agent. My hopes were pretty low. I had family and friends hanging around, and we were just plain worn out. By now it was about 3 p.m. and we had been at it since 10 a.m.

Thirty minutes later the phone rang and it was the Seattle Seahawks — they had a pick in the seventh round that they were going to use on me. I was excited and relieved that my journey would end with a great opportunity to play in the NFL. But before Seattle selected, a 920 area code popped up on my phone — it was a representative from the Packers calling to say they were selecting me with their next pick, just a few choices before Seattle.

With the 18th pick in the seventh round — pick 224 — I was given a chance.

After that rollercoaster ride, I would report to work at Lambeau Field within four days to start my NFL career. If I had to do it all over, I would have gone out and played golf and never watched a minute of the draft on TV. I learned there are some things you can control and some you can’t, so you’d better just enjoy the ride. I wish all the 2015 draft hopefuls good luck and good fortune as they sit through their draft experience. I suggest doing it on a boat somewhere where you can’t watch ESPN. Just remember to keep that cell phone handy. n

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Making women’s football legit Madison Blaze meet the Nebraska Stampede in home opener

BY MICHAEL POPKE

Madison has been home to a women’s football team for nearly a decade. The city’s current team, the Madison Blaze — a player-owned group of nearly 40 participants between the ages of 21 and 51, with varying levels of organized sports experience — are 2-0 in the Midwest Division of the Independent Women’s Football League.

The women all have full-time jobs and pay to play for the Blaze. “We don’t make any money,” admits Pam Close, project manager for a software company and a middle linebacker, who owns the Blaze along with teammate Tiffany Loomis and one non-player. “We’re not owners as much as guardians. We’re trying to make sound financial decisions so this team is here year after year.”

The Blaze are reigning division champs and will host IWFL newcomers the Nebraska Stampede at their home opener Saturday, May 2, at Middleton High School’s Breitenbach Stadium.

Women’s football in Madison dates back to 2006, when the Wisconsin Wolves won two consecutive conference titles in

MADISON BLAZE AND THE IWFL

Sheena Hirschfield at quarterback marshalls the Madison Blaze in a 2014 game.

the now-defunct Women’s Professional Football League. The Wolves moved to Wausau in 2010, and the IWFL’s Madison Cougars (seriously?) emerged in 2011. New ownership and a much-needed name change came in 2013, and the Blaze work hard to promote women’s

football as a serious endeavor.

“The Lingerie Football League has discredited what we’re trying to do,” says head coach Rick Heuer, a former youth football coach; he and his Blaze coaching staff are the only males involved with the team.

“We’re trying to make women’s football a legitimate sport.”

“People think we play a different game from what they see on Sundays, and we do,” Close says. “But we also run the same offenses and defenses, and we want to win. Those women out there are giving everything they’ve got.”

Founded in 2000, the IWFL consists of more than 1,600 players on 36 teams, including the Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Warriors and the Minnesota Vixen.

Other teams with fun names include the Connecticut Wreckers, the Pittsburgh Passion and — coming in 2016 — the Oklahoma City Banshees.

Teams mostly follow NCAA men’s football rules. Many women play both offense and defense. Blocking below the knees is prohibited.

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With the weather warming up and final exams still a couple of weeks away, UWMadison’s third annual Revelry Music and Arts Festival offers students and civilians an early taste of summer.

This year’s festival, which takes place May 2, boasts a whopping 21 studentfriendly acts on three stages. The headlining stage is at Library Mall, shifting 90 degrees from its previous location on Langdon Street to create additional room. Organizers anticipate selling 10,000 tickets, up from 6,000 last year, making Revelry the largest student-run event on the UW-Madison campus. Prices are $10 for UW-Madison students and $30 for the general public age 18 and over, but increase to $15 and $35, respectively, the day of the event. rd you’ll need a ticket to gain en1st & 3Though Wednesday of Each Month trance to the Library Mall grounds, there is hosted by the Ad Hoc String Band free admission additional – Donationsfor Appreciated – performances at the Memorial Union Terrace stage (see page 37). It is the only location where alcohol will be allowed. Revelry will also feature student art installations, food vendors and a silent disco.

Here is a look at the six headlining acts performing at Library Mall:

Open Bluegrass Jam

Chance the Rapper and the Social Experiment 9 pm Chance the Rapper was billed as the fifth act during Revelry’s inaugural year, when the 21-year-old delivered a solid, entertaining afternoon set a mere week after he dropped his career-launching Acid Rap mixtape.

Though the Chicago native hasn’t released anything more than some odd one-off tracks and guest verses since 2013, he is part of a select group of rappers today who get tapped to head major festivals. Chance will be performing with his backing band, the Social Experiment, a hip-hop collective that blends blues, jazz and soul.

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YouTube star status: 8/10 stars. Chance’s guest appearance on Justin Bieber’s “Confident” has over 136 million views.

The Chainsmokers 7:30 pm This marks the Chainsmokers’ first appearance in Madison. The electronic dance DJ duo will surely feel right at home among the students on Library Mall: Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall are rich in millennial cultural capital, thanks to their dance floor hits “#SELFIE” and “Kanye.”

YouTube star status: 10/10 stars. The video for “#SELFIE” has over 320 million views.

AlunaGeorge 6:15 pm AlunaGeorge may have gotten their big break as featured performers on Disclosure’s house hit “White Noise,” but their own mesh of R&B, trip hop and electronic beats is just as deserving of acclaim. Between Aluna Francis’ sweet and sensual vocals and George Reid’s infectious, uncluttered production, this London duo has mastered move-to-it music.

YouTube star status: 6/10 stars. Their guest appearance on “White Noise” has over 27 million views.

Mick Jenkins 5:15 pm Like Chance the Rapper, Mick Jenkins is an upand-coming MC hailing from Chicago. Jenkins’ fourth mixtape The Water[s], which he released

Dave Eick

Saved by the crowd?

Wisconsin’s LGBT community has stepped up to try to save FIVE Nightclub, one of a handful of gay clubs in Madison.

Dave Eick, owner of FIVE, announced on April 15 that he would be closing the bar at the end of the month. FIVE, an institution in the gay community for more than two decades, had been dealing with financial troubles since 2013.

After Our Lives Magazine shared Eick’s call for help on its Facebook page, Eick received a slew of supportive messages and donations from people across the state.

A GoFundMe page has raised $15,259 to

date, and Eick says the club is less than $10,000 away from being able to stay open.

“What this place was for me is the first place I ever, in my entire life, felt comfortable,” Eick says, adding that he is hopeful the club will survive, thanks to the outpouring of support. “I don’t know how to describe it,” he says. “It’s just amazing and humbling.”

Chance the Rapper

last August, thrust him into the national spotlight. His 2013 track “Pyrite” features UW-Madison’s own Lord of the Fly. YouTube star status: 4/10 stars.

Jenkins’ video for “Martyrs” has almost one million views.

Until the Ribbon Breaks 4:10 pm Though the majority of this year’s headlining Revelry acts get their sounds from bending and blending genres, none stirs the musical pot quite like Until the Ribbon Breaks. Though initially the solo project of Pete Lawrie-Winfield, it has grown into a trio that has a little something to offer everyone in attendance.

YouTube star status: 3/10 stars. The video for “Romeo (Rescore)” has nearly 500,000 views.

Nick Hakim 3 pm Nick Hakim is a contemporary R&B artist, a smooth singer and guitarist capable of healing your heartbreak while rehashing his own.

A Washington, D.C., native who now resides in Brooklyn, N.Y., Hakim released two excellent EPs last year, Where Will We Go Pt. 1 and Where Will We Go Pt. 2.

YouTube star status: 2/10 stars. Hakim’s guest appearance on GIZMO’s “Lift Me Up” has nearly 84,000 views. n

Goodbye, Inferno As patrons of FIVE celebrate, Madisonians are saying goodbye to Inferno Nightclub, another 20-year fixture. Inferno’s owner, Apollo Marquez, announced the club will close its doors on May 2, after a final, sold-out “Leather and Lace” event.

“In all honesty, Inferno was the place where a lot of us grew up,” says DJ Eurotic, aka Matt Fanale, the club’s spokesperson.

“It’s where we found our voices. It’s where we made lifelong friends.”

He credits his lifetime of memories to Marquez: “[He] turned what was once a lovably grungy dive into a ridiculously respectable venue, hosting club nights for every left-of-mainstream style imaginable over the years, from breakcore to dancehall to jungle and techno.”

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The heartbreaking classic Strollers Theatre’s Death of a Salesman deserves revisiting

BY GWENDOLYN RICE

Death of a Salesman, the classic play by Arthur Miller, is the tragic story of Willy Loman, a man who pursued “the wrong American dream” and suffered greatly for it. The traveling salesman can no longer support his family, command the respect of his peers, or look forward to a promising future for his sons. He contemplates suicide rather than live with his failure.

The Strollers Theatre production, which plays at the Bartell Theatre through May 16, follows the end of Loman’s career and life.

The role of Willy Loman is complex: His desperate, frightened mind vacillates between the past and the present, his successes and disappointments, the truth and the inflated stories he creates. As Willy, Coleman (who goes by one name) brings a heavy world-weariness to the part, punctuated by moments of frustration and despair. Unfortunately, he does not vary his delivery to indicate Willy’s state of mind. Clearer distinctions between his lucid moments, his paranoid musings and his manic declarations would have added more levels to the character and variation to his scenes.

As Linda, Willy’s long-suffering wife, Jamie England is all heart. Her devotion and admiration for her husband are unshakeable, even as her fear for Willy’s future causes her to lash out at her sons, Biff and Happy. England’s initial reaction to Willy’s death and her stone-faced resolve at his funeral were truly chilling moments in an emotion-filled evening.

Coleman (left) as Willy Loman and Christopher Purdy as Howard Wagner.

Jordan Peterson brings a quiet brooding to the disillusioned Biff, the former goldenboy athlete who believed in Willy’s grandiose dreams. His sullen disappointment in their mutual failings finally explodes at the end of the play, revealing enormous pain along with real love for the father he once idolized.

Rounding out the family, as Happy, Joshua Paffel oozes the charm and charisma of a master salesman that his father lacks. The perennially overlooked younger brother, he glad-hands and smiles, fabricating stories to woo women into meaningless encounters, trying to keep peace in the rapidly disintegrating family.

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Britton Rea pours a great deal of personality into two smaller roles: Bernard, the nerdy nextdoor neighbor who transforms from a math geek to a very successful lawyer; and the waiter who is Happy’s go-to man when he is out on the town. Likewise, as Bernard’s father, Charlie, Joseph Lutz brings an affable, gentleness to his role as Willy’s friend, protector and foil. Christopher Purdy cuts a menacing and debonair figure as Uncle Ben, the almost mythical older brother who struck it rich in the diamond mines of Africa as a young adventurer.

Christopher William Wolter’s direction of this epic is inventive, but at times it is too literal

and generally uneven. Wolter opens the play with a scene that does not appear in the script, an expressionistic glimpse into Willy’s mental state as he aborts a business trip. As he creeps home in his car, driving 10 miles per hour late at night, he is overcome by his own fears and delusions, accompanied by the cruel laughter of the rest of the cast. It’s interesting, but unnecessary in a play that is already three hours long.

Another odd choice was to cast Jamie England as both Willy’s wife, Linda, and the woman he has an affair with while on the road. England makes strong body language and vocal choices to differentiate the characters, but it’s still more confusing to blend the two women in Willy’s life than to let them inhabit their own spaces.

Finally, Wolter allows the play to be overwhelmed by its set pieces. The scenes, painted by Shannon Heibler in the garish, dripping colors of graffiti, are evocative: Generic high-rise buildings close in on the Loman home, blocking out the sun and stars while consuming the green space that Willy craves. But the extensive and frequently noisy scene changes involving multiple tables, chairs, beds, desks, pillows, blankets and tablecloths disrupt the action of the play. In a few instances Wolter attempts to fill these blackouts with snippets of story, but they were inconsistent and half-hearted.

Despite these challenges, Strollers’ strong cast demonstrates that the play truly deserves the title “classic.” Death of a Salesman is perhaps Arthur Miller’s best work, and it is as relevant and thought-provoking as it is heartbreaking. n

Too much hilarity Madison Opera’s production of The Barber of Seville overburdened with gags

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Madison Opera finished its season with a hilarious, if overwrought, production of Rossini’s beloved comedy The Barber of Seville at Overture Hall.

From the overture onward, maestro John DeMain set a tone of crisp and propulsive vitality that perfectly matched the music’s ebullient character. He assembled a splendid cast of actors and singers, all in good voice. Emily Fons was a spirited and vocally deft Rosina.

As her suitor, Count Almaviva, tenor John Irvin negotiated his high range with confidence.

Baritone Will Liverman was more clownish than swaggering as Figaro, the scheming barber. He sometimes became a little blurry in rapid runs, but is an apt comedian. Baritone

Alan Dunbar was particularly stylish as the fumbling Dr. Bartolo, Rosina’s possessive guardian.

As the venal Don Basilio, Thomas Forde lacked the requisite bass range and color, but was a good character player. The role of the maid Berta was artificially enlarged in the production, but rising local star Chelsea Morris delivered her one aria with superb vocal flair. Fleshed out by a few female extras, the male chorus was solid and fully caught up in the action.

In staging the opera, director Doug ScholzCarlson demonstrated an imaginative flair for stage action, but he provided too much of a good thing. The set, with moveable units, was rich and evocative — and splendidly functional.

The costumes and decor were handsome. Constant details of movement, often ideally matching the rhythm of the music, were delightful,

The cast delivered excellent, spirited performances.

often brilliant. But there were simply too many of them — super-comedy spread with an earth mover. Bodies were constantly moving on and off the stage, doing farcical things in mountainous excess. The major solo numbers were overladen with sight gags and turbulent motion that became distracting. In the old days we called that scene stealing; now it is apparently the way to keep audiences awake.

JAMES GILL

This was troppo buffo, too much of a funny-business riot. One hates to carp at what was plainly meant to be a fresh and entertaining realization of a comic classic.

But this production just ran away with itself.

The Friday evening audience loved it, so I must be a killjoy. For those who love really comic comedy, this production will stand as a Madison Opera success. n

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Barbata is a respectful and curious observer, which may be why people are eager to participate in her projects. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the things I find so exciting and beautiful about life is that each individual has so much inside, so much knowledge,â&#x20AC;? she says.

On a trip to Venezuela in the early 1990s, Barbata traveled to the Amazon region where she became fascinated with the indigenous Yanomami tribeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collaborative approach to canoe making. She told them she wanted to learn how to build canoes and asked what she could offer in exchange.

They said they needed paper. She said she would teach them how to make paper. Then, she told them, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can tell your own story in your own words.â&#x20AC;?

Barbata says that she â&#x20AC;&#x153;never excelledâ&#x20AC;? at canoe making, but the papermaking and subsequent bookmaking project was a success. Only 50 copies exist of the handcrafted book, Shapono, which won a â&#x20AC;&#x153;best book of the yearâ&#x20AC;? award in Venezuela and is housed in major libraries around the world, including the Library of Congress.

The May 2 STRUT! event is the culmination of Barbataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residency and her â&#x20AC;&#x153;Community Arts Practiceâ&#x20AC;? course. She says the event â&#x20AC;&#x153;has put into action new relationships that are enriching for all parts.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lauraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art is really about engaging and collaborating with existing artists, performers and cultural groups,â&#x20AC;? says Laurie Rossbach, art studio manager at the Madison Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum, which is a partner in the event.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;STRUT! is not intended to be kind of parade that you just sit along the sidewalk and watch,â&#x20AC;? adds Rossbach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;STRUT! is by and for the community. We are encouraging everyone to come out and join the parade.â&#x20AC;?

The museum will be lending masks, puppets and decorations, and is promoting fun DIY projects outlined on the STRUT! website, including making a shaggy skirt out of recycled materials. The Handphibians, Black Star Drum Line and Forward! Marching Band will provide live music, and everyone is invited to dance or march along with the Jumbies and at least 40 local stiltwalkers.

The UWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Walker says he is eager to see â&#x20AC;&#x153;all the different communities in this wild, beautiful city get a chance to express themselves and strut their stuff.â&#x20AC;?

Although Barbataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residency is coming to a close, she hopes the collaborations she fostered through her college course, lectures and workshops will endure after she is gone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ideally, this exchange of knowledge and this exercise in reciprocity will have a long life.

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The four girls are full of energy as they rehearse a dance they’ve choreographed to Beyoncé’s “Flawless.”

But when they get the giggles, Tiffany Merritt-Brown, a senior in the University of Wisconsin’s dance department, urges them to focus: “Don’t let the laughter distract you from the dancing,” she says. “Come on...I believe in you.”

Taleah Cameron, Precious Owens, Jada Shaw and Destiny Madge, who range in age from 11 to 14, are part of the Performing Ourselves dance Taliyah Moses program for girls who attend some of rehearses for the Madison’s community centers.

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The community center groups are as The girls, who also rehearse in Lathrop signed one of the words to use as a creative Hall, talk with Brown about how to maintain prompt. their formations and which poses to strike.

In less than 45 minutes they make signifi The Kennedy Heights girls worked on cant progress in refining the movements and control. “When we pose we are showing moving together as a group. how to keep in control of our bodies,” says Cameron.

Kate Corby, an associate professor of For the upcoming performance, the indance at UW, came up with the concept of Performing Ourselves in 2011 when she realized structors also conducted mini-interviews with the dancers, asking them to complete that her “little sister” with the Big Brothers the thought, “I dance because...”

Big Sisters program, a sixth-grader, had few The girls’ responses will appear in a video appealing options for physical activity. Corby that will accompany the performance. One collaborated with Mariah LeFeber, associsaid it was “cool.” Another said it relieved ate lecturer in the dance department and a dance/movement therapist, to design a dance stress. One response was more poignant: “It’s the only thing I have to look forward to.” and wellness curriculum for girls in local community centers. They secured funding for an Corby says the UW student teachers initial matinee performance featuring girls have also benefitted from working with the from Kennedy Heights Community Center. girls. Many have gone on to teach dance in public settings after graduation.

In just four years, the program has grown to six community center sites; this year’s “The unexpected gift is that it has performance involves more than 50 girls, shaped their undergraduate experience and ranging in age from 7 to 14 from the Boys & education. It has also given them something Girls Club of Dane County, the East Madison on their resume that makes them really viCommunity Center, the Goodman Comable,” says LeFeber. munity Center, Kennedy Heights, the Lussier Merritt-Brown says the girls are developCommunity Education Center and the Vera ing abilities that will benefit them later in life Court Neighborhood Center. Cameron, Ow— “things like negotiating conflict, commuens, Shaw and Madge attend programs at nicating ideas clearly, compromising, workKennedy Heights. ing in a group, being a leader and being a follower, respect and boundaries of personal LeFeber says it is especially important to space (physically and otherwise). They can offer dance to girls in underserved communicarry that over into their behavior at school ties: “Dance doesn’t have to be set apart in an and interactions with other people.” ivory tower. We are all meant to move, and we all have a story to tell with our bodies.”

For now, the girls seem most excited The program, which pays UW-Madison about performing on a real stage in front of friends and family. The Kennedy Heights dance students as instructors, aims to teach girls are particularly enthusiastic about their technical dance skills. But LeFeber says it also help girls “develop a sense of belonging” favorite section of the dance — a series of high, turning kicks — and a new addition, a and resiliency skills. volunteer makeup artist who will be avail The program uses pediatrician Kenneth able prior to the performance. Says Corby: Ginsburg’s “7 C’s theory” (competence, con“There will be glitter.” n fidence, connection, character, contribution,

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It’s different from other performance genres. The format tends not to change much. One artist, one microphone, words.

When it’s not working, it can be especially hard to watch. But when it works, there’s no entertainment experience quite as rewarding as standup comedy. It’s the only one that, in live settings, renders me helpless, makes me double over and laugh uncontrollably until I am weeping. This is a gift. That kind of laughter is cleansing.

It’s also mysterious, and the documentary Misery Loves Comedy is useful as an attempt to unravel the mystery, to understand what makes standup work and why comedians do what they do. This is the feature directorial debut of actor-comedian Kevin Pollak, who interviews dozens of people, several of them prominent comics, like Larry David, Whoopi Goldberg and Jimmy Fallon. There are several comedians in the film whose fame doesn’t quite approach that level: Amy Schumer, Marc Maron, Jim

Gaffigan, Mike Birbiglia. And Pollak talks to lots of famous people not best known for standup: Tom Hanks, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Judd Apatow, Sam Rockwell, Jason Reitman, Kevin Smith — and William H. Macy, who says, “I wouldn’t do standup if you put a gun to my head.”

The result is intriguing, but it is a hodgepodge. Pollak organizes this material into chapters on topics such as comedic influences and what it’s like to bomb. So we mainly hear people talking in snippets, which slows down the film’s momentum. True, there are many funny moments, like Jason Alexander’s description of an especially mortifying moment at an awards show. There also is a lot of poignancy, especially when actor Freddie Prinze Jr. discusses his father, who was a rising comedian and sitcom star before he took his own life in 1977, at age 22.

Pollak dedicates Misery Loves Comedy to Robin Williams, whose suicide is still so painful to contemplate, and the film partly is about testing the hypothesis that comedians are disproportionately unhappy. Pollak gets at the

theme here and there, as when Maria Bamford discusses being in a psychiatric ward, and he addresses it systematically at the end, when comics appear to be responding to the proposition that people have to be miserable to get into comedy. The sequence feels choppy and awkwardly structured, and it reveals the limitations of Pollak’s approach. I think he interviewed too many people in not enough detail, and the effect resembles one of those breezy VH1 specials about pop culture.

The film made me think of an unheralded documentary I reviewed and enjoyed many years ago: American Storytellers, which examined the process of filmmaking in interviews with just four directors (John McNaughton, Harold Ramis, John Sayles and Forest Whitaker). That’s a good number.

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Showtimes for May 1 - May 7

Blood, Sweat and Beer: Documentary about craft brewing. Union South Marquee, May 5, 7 pm.

The Limits of Control: A mysterious courier collects instructions from various distinctive individuals. Central Library, May 7, 6:30 pm.

Penton: The John Penton Story: Slimey Crud Motorcycle Gang hosts a screening of a documentary about the off-road motorcycling pioneer. Barrymore Theatre, May 2, 6:30 pm.

The Saragossa Manuscript: Nine interconnected tales are anchored by the moral test of an officer in the Napoleonic Wars. Cinematheque, May 1, 7 pm.

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Dope: Sneak preview of coming-of-age drama.

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Speedy Ortiz Friday, May 1, The Frequency, 9 pm Hailing from Northampton, Mass., Speedy Ortiz is one of the brightest bands to come out of a recently booming East Coast punk scene.

The rock quartet’s dirty guitars and sharp wit shine through on their new release, Foil Deer, which dropped April 21. With Krill, Two Inch Astronaut, Proud Parents.

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Hurray for the Riff Raff Thursday, April 30, High Noon Saloon, 8 pm

Hurray for the Riff Raff’s brand of Americana is some of the most authentic and heartfelt circulating in the current folk revival scene. Led by frontwoman Alynda Lee Segarra, the band writes tunes for those outside the mainstream, although it garnered widespread approval with a major-label debut, Small Town Heroes. With Making Movies.

Barrymore Theatre: The Schwag, Melvin Seals and JGB, Evergreen, Grateful Dead tribute, 7:30 pm.

Brink Lounge: Madison Malone, Sam Sardina, Sam Sklar, Dizzy Joan, free/donations, 7 pm.

Buck & Honey’s, Sun Prairie: Brandon Beebe, 6:30 pm.

Cardinal Bar: DJ David Muhammad, 10 pm.

Central Library: Paul Dietrich, Greater Madison Jazz Consortium concert, 7 pm.

Crescendo: Katie Dahl, Emily White, folk, 7 pm.

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Crystal Corner Bar: The N’achos, rock, free, 9:30 pm.

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Essen Haus: The Midwesterners, free, 9 pm.

Frequency: Brendan Kelly, Sam Russo, punk, 8:30 pm.

Froth House: Ritt Deitz, Mitch Deitz, free, 7 pm.

Inferno: Peelander-Z, Lords of the Trident, Sparklefuck, The Moguls, rock/metal, 8 pm.

Ivory Room: Jim Ripp, Josh Dupont, piano, 9 pm.

Kabul: Bill Roberts Combo, jazz, free, 9 pm.

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Legally Blonde Memorial Union Shannon Hall, 7:30 pm

Don’t underestimate the power of a bombshell.

UW Theatre’s production of the movie-turnedBroadway-musical about a Harvard law student is bound to be a sparkly riot. ALSO: Friday (7:30 pm) and Sunday (2:30 pm), May 1 & 3.

Mamma Mia!: Broadway ABBA musical, 7:30 pm on 4/30, 8 pm on 5/1, 2 & 8 pm on 5/2 and 1 & 6:30 pm, 5/3, Overture Center-Overture Hall. $99-$40. 258-4141.

Kehl School of Dance: Student recital, 6 pm on 4/30-5/1 and 11 am & 3:30 pm, 5/2, Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center. $12. 819-6501.

DeForest Area High School Drama’s “Little Shop of Horrors”: Musical, 7 pm on 4/30-5/2 and 2 pm, 5/3, DeForest Area Performing Arts Center. $5. 842-6600.

Strollers Theatre’s “Death Of A Salesman”: Arthur Miller’s iconic tragedy, 4/24-5/16, Bartell Theatre, at 7:30 pm Thursdays-Fridays and 4/25, 5/2, 6 & 9, plus 2 pm, 5/16. $20. 661-9696.

Middleton High School Drama’s “Pippin”: Musical, 7:30 pm, 4/30-5/2, Middleton-Cross Plains Area Performing Arts Center. $10. 829-9770.

Madison Theatre Guild’s “[title of show]”: Broadway musical about writing musicals, 4/24-5/9, Bartell Theatre-Drury Stage, at 7:30 pm Thursdays-Saturdays, plus 2 pm, 5/3. $20. 661-9696.

Broom Street Theater: “The Nails”: Kella Winter takes a job with a company composed entirely of talking animals, 4/24-5/16, at 8 pm Thursdays-Saturdays ($11); “The Point of It All”: Exploring the nexus of love and addiction, 10:30 pm on 4/30-5/2 & 5/7-9 and 5 pm, 5/3 & 10 ($9). 244-8338.

Merchant: Prognosis Negative, free, 10:30 pm.

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Mickey’s Tavern: Cowboy Winter, Gnarly Davidson, Shitstorm, rock, free, 10 pm.

Joe DeRosa, Mike Lebovitz, Geoffrey Asmus: 8 pm on 4/30 and 8 & 10:30 pm, 5/1-2, Comedy Club on State. $15-$10. 256-0099 (Kyle Kinane moved to October).

Mr. Robert’s: Stone Room, Chunkhead, free, 10 pm.

PICK OF THE WEEK BOOKS

Alchemy Cafe: Grupo Balanca, Brazilian, free, 10 pm.

Book Sale: 5-8 pm on 4/30 ($5 admission), 9:30 am7 pm on 5/1 and 9:30 am-3 pm, 5/2, Ashman Library.

824-1780.

Bayou: Cajun Spice, 6:30 pm; DJ Chamo, 10 pm.

RSVP for A Room of One’s Own’s 40th Birthday Party: 7-9 pm, 5/2, A Room of One’s Own Bookstore, with music, refreshments. $10 benefits the Literacy Network.

RSVP by 4/30: www.roomofonesown.com. 257-7888.

Book Sale: Rare/unusual titles, fine bound classics, 1-6 pm, 4/30, Pinney Library; Friends of Pinney Library annual meeting follows at 6 pm, with talk by Wisconsin Poet Laureate Kimberly Blaeser at 7 pm. 224-7100.

LEC T URE S & SE MINAR S Civil Rights in an Age of Extremism: UW Havens Center panel discussion in honor of “The Nation” magazine’s 150th anniversary, 4 pm, 4/30, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. 262-1420.

Humanities Without Boundaries: UW Center for the Humanities lecture, “No Condition is Permanent: Living in the Extreme in Sierra Leone,” by Thierry Cruvellier, Room L160, 7:30 pm, 4/30, Elvehjem Building. 263-3412.

SP OKEN WORD Nathaniel Mackey: Felix Series of New Writing poetry readings & music, 7 pm, 4/30, UW Memorial LibraryRoom 126. Also: Brown bag discussion, noon, 4/30, Helen C. White-Room 7191. 263-3760.

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Cardinal Bar: Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Quartet, free, 5:30 pm; DJs Diz, Nate Manic, Wyatt Agard, Lovecraft, Foshizzle, house, 9 pm.

Chief’s Tavern: Frankie Lee, Chuck Bayuk and Tom Dehlinger, free, 6:30 pm.

Edgewood College-St. Joseph Chapel: Women’s Choir, Chamber Singers, Campus-Community Choir, 7 pm.

Essen Haus: David Austin, free, 8:30 pm.

First Unitarian Society: Kangwon L. Kim, violin, Micah Behr, viola, and Mark Bridges, cello, free, 12:15 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Rock Star Gomeroke, 5 pm; White Empress, Vermillion, The Faith Hills Have Eyes, Black Box Warning, metal/rock, 9:30 pm.

Inerno: DJ Vilas Park Sniper, reggae, 9 pm.

Ivory Room: Peter Hernet, Vince Strong, 8 pm.

Knuckle Down: Charlie Brooks & the Way It Is, 9 pm.

Lakeside Street Coffee House: Madison Classical Guitar Society Showcase, free, 7 pm.

Locker Room Sports Bar: The Keepers, free, 9 pm.

Majestic Theatre: Nabori, DJ Chamo, Latin, 8 pm.

Mickey’s Tavern: Linear Downfall, Myrmidons, The Minotaurs, experimental rock, free, 10 pm.

Monona United Methodist Church: Philharmonic Chorus of Madison, free, 7:30 pm.

Mr. Robert’s: Daylight Robbery, Split Feet, Gonzo Rongs, The Labuans, rock, free, 10 pm.

Overture Center-Capitol Theater: Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, with guest Bryan Wallick, piano, 8 pm.

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Stoughton Opera House: Hot Club of Cowtown, western swing, 7:30 pm.

Merging Madison Music Festival

Tricia’s Country Corners: Whiplash, rock, 8 pm.

Friday, May 1, Madison College Truax Campus, 2-9 pm

The Architectural Technology Club of Madison College is hosting this inaugural event, which celebrates how music, food and art invariably influence and build upon each other. In addition to local food carts and regional fine artists, the schedule includes music from Steez, Xanadu, Trap Saturn, WheelHouse, Spare Change Trio, Madison College Jazz Ensemble and TR Goodbody.

Tempest: Bill Roberts Trio, jazz, free, 9:30 pm.

Up North Pub: Just Merl, free, 8 pm.

UW Humanities-Mills Hall: Masters Singers, 8 pm.

S PEC I A L EV EN TS Madison Craft Beer Week: Tastings, brewer meet & greets and more (including various free events), 5/110, at Madison area locations. Schedule: www.madbeerweek.com.

Madison Circus Space Open House: 6:30-10 pm, 5/1, 2100 Winnebago St., with circus activities for all ages, Wheel Spectacular show at 7 pm. Donations. madisoncircusspace.com.

Dairyland Classic Dog Show: Badger & JanesvilleBeloit kennel clubs’ all-breed show & obedience trials, 5/1-3, Jefferson County Fair Park. $5/car admission. www.badgerkennelclub.com.

Salamone Figure and Portrait Studio: Paintings, 5-9 pm, 5/1, Winnebago Studios. 233-7637.

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Mad City Fire on Ice: Madison Firefighters Hockey Club tournament to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation, 4:30-11 pm on 5/1, 8:30 am-6:30 pm on 5/2 and 8:30 am-3 pm, 5/3, Madison Ice Arena, with allages open skate 1:30 pm Saturday, raffle, silent auction. Free admission. www.madisonfirehockey.com.

Not Always a Parent Friday, May 1, Mary Dupont Wahlers Theatre, 1480 Martin St., 8 pm

Encore Studios, Wisconsin’s only professional theater company for people with disabilities, presents a funny and poignant show exploring the unique challenges and opportunities faced by parents and caregivers of adults and children with disabilities. It promises to be as entertaining as it is true-to-life. ALSO: Saturday, May 2 (2 & 8 pm). Through May 16.

Young Shakespeare Players’ “Romeo and Juliet”: 6 pm on 5/1 and 1 pm, 5/2, YSP Playhouse. Free. www.youngshakespeareplayers.org.

Madison College Performing Arts: “Gruesome Playground Injuries”: Calamities continue to draw two friends together, 7:30 pm, 5/1-2, Madison CollegeTruax Studio Theatre. Free. 443-9727.

SP OKEN WO R D Spring Fling: Poetry by Andrea Potos, Rosemary Zurlo-Cuva, Eve Robilliard and Katrin Talbot, music

by Ancestra, dance by Daniyah, refreshments, 7 pm, 5/1, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.

Madtown Poetry Open Mic: With Ron Czerwein, 8 pm, 5/1, Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse. 255-4730.

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KI D S AN D FAM ILY PlayTime Productions’ “Snow White”: Fairy tale adaptation, 7 pm, 5/1, Overture Center. 437-4217.

POL I T I CS & ACTIV ISM May Day in Madison: Annual rally for labor rights, immigration reform & fair treatment for all, gather 3:30 pm, 5/1, Brittingham Park, for march to 5 pm rally at Capitol. 866-476-0884.

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Revelry Music and Arts Festival Saturday, May 2, Library Mall and Memorial Union Terrace, 12 pm

In addition to the headlining musical acts that will perform on Library Mall (see page 28), this annual year-end student celebration will highlight a number of local artists on the Memorial Union Terrace and “Wisco Disco” stages. Local performers include Modern Mod (2 pm), Dolores (3 pm), *hitmayng (4:45 pm), and CRASHprez and Lord of the Fly performing together as Lordprez (7:30 pm).

Alfredo Jaar: It Is Difficult Friday, May 1, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 7:30 pm

The UW’s Center for the Humanities continues its fascinating “Humanities Without Boundaries” lecture series with Alfredo Jaar, a Chilean-born installation artist whose work often explores politics, violence and power. Jaar speaks about his current projects, which continue his quest to bring heightened focus and public awareness to global societal issues.

A RT E X H IB ITS & E VE NTS Gallery Night: Receptions, demonstrations & artists’ talks, 5-9 pm, 5/1, at 65+ venues around Madison.

Locations: See page 48, or mmoca.org. 257-0158.

Jean Azemore: Photographs, 5/1-6/4, UW Hospital & Clinics-C5/2 Surgery Waiting Room. 263-5992.

(n)either (n)or: 5/1-9/10, UW Elvehjem Building Curatorial Lab (reception 5-8 pm, 5/1). 263-2340.

Mike Anderson: Photographs of UW School of Music subjects, 5/1-6/30, UW Fluno Center. 441-7117.

Rick Langer: “The Chambered Nautilus: A Journey Into Sacred Geometry,” photographs, 5/1-6/7, Tamarack Gallery (receptions 5-9 pm, 5/1 & 8). 237-6330.

Theo Streibel: “Street Photography: Manhattan & Vegas,” noon-4 pm Sundays, 5/3-24, PhotoMidwest (receptions 5-9 pm on 5/1 and 7-9 pm, 5/7). photomidwest.org.

Saturday, May 2, The Frequency, 7 pm

The five multi-instrumentalists of Cereus Bright came together in the Southern heartland of Knoxville, Tenn., to begin putting out energetic folk-rock akin to the Avett Brothers and the Heat and the Heart. They’re now on their first headlining tour after supporting groups like the Infamous Stringdusters, Count This Penny and more. With the Oarsman.

Girls Rock Camp Superheroes Saturday, May 2, Red Zone, 7 pm

Girls Rock Camp Madison is an intense, week-long day camp for aspiring young female musicians. This family-friendly fundraiser (the nonprofit’s biggest of the year) encourages you to come dressed as your favorite superhero. Entertainment comes courtesy of all-female ska band Supervillain Fire Drill, power-pop trio Gin, Chocolate & Bottle Rockets and local disco superstars VO5.

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Andrew Bethard: Glass works, 5/1-31, The Gallery at Yahara Bay (reception 5-9 pm, 5/1). 275-1050.

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Living the Dream Initiative Launch Part​y: Fundraising campaign for student entrepreneurs, 7-9 pm, 5/2, Central Library, with musical performances, dream station, entrepreneur meet & greet. Free. www.facebook.com/madisondreamers. 843-6509.

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Cardinal Bar: DJ Danny, 9 pm.

4/24 Infamous Stringdusters Cold Fusion, Middleton: Pops Fletcher and the Huck4/25 Delta Rae sters, blues, free, 9:30 pm.

Come Back w/ In: The Blues Party, free, 9 pm.

4/26 Kiesza Betty Who Crystal Corner Bar: Electric Spanking, Double Dubbs, 5/2 Fuego: Starring Nabori Material Boys, jam rock, 9:30 pm.

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Vermillion The Faith Hills Have Eyes Black Box Warning 9:30PM $8 ADV, $10 DOS 18+

Kentucky Derby Party!

North Country Drifters

Noh Life / New Nature Collective Them Flavors

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Welcome sun ‘Brewland’ To may Wisconsin 3 1-6pm $7

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Fighting With Jessie A Cancer Benefit

Venus in Furs / Deal Breakers / The Bottles +Raffle and Potluck Provided by Bluephies 7:30pm $10 sug. Don.

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Tickets on sale at Sugar Shack, Star Liquor, MadCity Music, B-Side, Frugal Muse, Strictly Discs, the Barrymore, online at barrymorelive.com or call & charge at (608) 241-8633.

R. Ring is the Breeders’ Kelley Deal and Ampline’s Mike Montgomery, a duo with guitar and keys. While their music is a pretty bare-bones affair, they don’t like to put a label on their sound. The band will be producing an extremely limited handmade 12-inch LP with screen-printed artwork exclusive to this tour. With Vanishing Kids.

Badger Bowl: Cherry Pie, rock, 9:15 pm.

701A E. Washington Ave. 268-1122 www.high-noon.com

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Celebrate Mother’s Day with Live Readings By Local Writers Laurel Bastian - Sujhey Beisser - Takeyla Benton - Eileen Cecile Beverly Davis - Melissa Falcon Field - Ann Garvin - Danielle Goldsmith - De’Kendrea Stamps - Amanda Struckmeyer - Michelle Wildgen - LTYM Founder ANN IMIG will read and emcee Launched in Madison in 2010, LTYM 2015 is national with shows 38 other cities across the country.

Tickets $16 advance. 10% of Madison ticket proceeds and additional fundraising at the event will benefit the Simpson Street Free Press. www.listentoyourmothershow.com/madison Tickets at regular Barrymore outlets PLUS Happy Bambino, Century House Gift Shop & Dragonfly Hot Yoga (Middleton location).

Saturday, May 2, The Frequency, 9 pm

Bandung: Mideast by Midwest Salsa, 8:30 pm.

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Alchemy Cafe: Sortin’ the Mail, bluegrass, free, 10 pm.

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Honoring the Life, Times, & Legacy of Joe Hill on the Centenary of His Execution featuring BUCKY HALKER - JP WRIGHT ANNE FEENEY JAN HAMMARLUND LIL REV - DAVID HB DRAKE STEVEN LEE RICH DAVID SEWELL & MOE HIRSCH

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Tickets $8 advance, $10 d.o.s. Tickets available on-line, by phone and at the door night of show. Everyone attending the film is invited to stay afterwards for a party with a cash bar in the Barrymore lobby.

Atwood Ave. near the Barrymore is reserved for motorcycle parking.

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Summer Patio Series

Tallgrass Brewery Craft Beer Week Party

The Wells Division 6pm FREE

The 4onthefloor Rodeo Bums 9pm FREE

First Unitarian Society: Festival Choir of Madison, works by Aaron Copland, 7:30 pm.

Harlem Renaissance Museum: Verona High School Jazz Band, Stoughton Area Jazz Collective, 7 pm.

High Noon Saloon: North Country Drifters, Kentucky Derby party, 4 pm: Noer the Boy, Fooki Wonton, Bokken, Dense City, Swagu, Equator Club, Aztek, Stones, “Noh New Flavors” release party, 10 pm.

Inferno: DJs Mike Carlson, WhiteRabbit, Alistair Loveless, final Leather & Lace (and Inferno), 9 pm.

Ivory Room: Peter Hernet, Jim Ripp, Josh Dupont, dueling pianos, 8 pm.

James Reeb Unitarian Universalist Congregation: Roy Zimmerman, political-themed songs, 7:30 pm.

Knuckle Down: Laura Rain and the Caesars, 9 pm.

Lakeside Street Coffee: Kristy Larson Trio, 7:30 pm.

Lazy Oaf Lounge: Chaos Revolution Theory, 10 pm.

Saturday, May 2, Lathrop Hall’s Margaret H’Doubler Performance Space, 2:30-4:30 pm

Witness the Madison community at its best in this inspiring show. Featuring roughly 50 local girls who attend movement and performance classes at six regional community centers, this showcase highlights original choreography by the girls and their teachers. Come watch as they use movement to show what dance means to them. See page 32.

B O O KS Free Comic Book Day: Worldwide comic book giveaway, 5/2, with participants including Capital City Comics (251-8445); Westfield Comics West (8334444) & East (633-5555). freecomicbookday.com.

Mixed Greens: Authors Adria Cimio, Lisa Barr, Andrea Lochen, Ann Garvin, T.E. Woods, Katie Moretti, Susan Gloss Parsons, Sonja Yoerg, Amy Guertin Reichart, Pam Jenoff, Greer Macallister, Kathryn Craft, Erin Celello, Kristin Woodson Harvey, 11 am4 pm, 5/2, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.

A RT E XH I BI TS & E V E N TS Madison Potters Guild Sale: Seconds & remainders (and perennial plants), 8 am, 5/2, 7702 Terrace Ave., Middleton. 556-3748.

Spring Potters Tour: Clay Collective self-guided tour, 10 am-5 pm, 5/2-3, at studios in Cambridge, Johnson Creek, Lake Mills and Milford. Free. Map: theclaycollective.org.

A RTS N OTI C E S Whad’Ya Know?: Live radio broadcast, 9:30 am, 5/2, Monona Terrace. 262-2201.

Make Music Madison Registration: Performers and venues sought for annual outdoor event (set for 6/21), through 5/8: makemusicmadison.org.

Majestic Theatre: DJ Nick Nice, ‘80s, 9 pm.

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Mother Fool’s: Maury Smith (CD release), 8 pm.

El Dia de los Ninos: Latino Children & Families Council and Latino Health Council event (in Spanish), 10 am-2 pm, 5/2, Goodman Community Center, with hands-on kids’ activities & entertainment, food, information fair. Free. 246-2967.

Mr. Robert’s: Johnny Likes Noize, Candy Apple Crush, rock, free, 10 pm.

Overture Center-Capitol Theater: Madison Youth Choirs, boy choirs, 7 pm. Also: Girl choirs 3 pm and high school ensembles, 7 pm, 5/3.

Stoughton Opera House: Mama Digdown’s Brass Band, 7:30 pm.

Saturday Science: “Science and Art of Breakin’,” demonstrations & activities, 10 am-noon, 5/2, UW Discovery Building. 316-4382.

Tempest Oyster Bar: Tony Barba Trio, free, 9:30 pm.

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UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: UW Choral Union with UW Symphony Orchestra, 8 pm.

Madison Tango Society Milonga: With performance

by Fabian Salas and Lola Diaz, 8 pm-midnight, 5/2, Overture Center-Wisconsin Studio. $20. 238-2039.

SP ECIAL EV ENTS Strut!: Procession by local arts groups, UW artists-inresidence and community, 2 pm, 5/2, around the Capitol Square; dance-off 3-4:30 pm, Madison Children’s Museum; and meet and greet with Laura Anderson Barbata, Brooklyn Jumbies 5 pm, Edgewater-The Cafe.

Free. Rain: UW Shell. artsinstitute.wisc.edu.

Maifest: Outdoor spring celebration, 11:30 am-8 pm, 5/2, Essen Haus, with music by Jason Rowe noon, Goodtime Dutchmen 4 pm, kids’ activities, Maypole dance lesson 4 pm; afterparty with David Austin Band 8:30 pm. Free admission; 15 percent of profits benefit Dane County Humane Society. 255-4674.

F UNDRAISERS Vegan Bake Sale: Alliance for Animals benefit, 9 am-1 pm, 5/2, Goodman Community Center. Bakers needed: joshhjacobson@gmail.com. 257-6663.

REC REAT I O N & GA MES Lake Monona Run/Walk: Annual 20km & 5km circuits, 9 am, 5/2, from Winnequah Park, Monona (registraiton 7:30 am), followed by party with music

by WheelHouse. $50/$35 benefits area charities.

RSVP: www.lakemonona20k.com. 316-5755.

S PEC I A L I N T ERESTS MadCity Bazaar: Artisans, vintage items, food carts, 10 am-4 pm, 5-2/3, East Washington Avenue at First Street. www.madcitybazaar.com.

Atwood Tool Library Grand Opening: 10 am-2 pm, 5/2, 2165 Linden Ave., with demonstrations and activities by various community organizations. tools@ sustainableatwood.org.

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Flea Market: 8 am-1 pm Sundays, 4/26-9/27, McGaw Park, Fitchburg. Free admission. 287-8948.

mon may 4 MUSIC Frequency: Zeta June, Flowpoetry, Dudley Noon, 8:30 pm.

Up North Pub: Gin Mill Hollow, free, 8 pm.

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NEEDTOBREATHE Sunday, May 3, Orpheum Theater, 7 pm

This Grammy-nominated Christian rock band is joining musician friends Ben Rector, Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors and Colony House for a summer-long â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tour de Compadres,â&#x20AC;? which includes this sold-out stop at the Orpheum. Their 2014 record Rivers in the Wasteland reached No. 1 on Billboardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rock Albums chart.

Deliver Us From Temperance! UW Department of German revival of Milwaukee playwright Christian Essellenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1853 comedy, 7:30 pm, 5/4-6, Memorial Union-Play Circle. Free. RSVP: 262-2192.

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Bethany United Methodist Church: Philharmonic Chorus of Madison, free, 2 pm.

Edgewood College-St. Joseph Chapel: Edgewood College Saxophone Quartet, Guitar Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, 2:30 pm.

High Noon Saloon: Venus in Furs, Deal Breakers, The Bottles, rock, 7:30 pm.

Madison College-Truax Campus, Mitby Theater: Madison Community Show Choir and Chorale, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Something for Everyoneâ&#x20AC;? concert, 2 pm.

Segredo: Madeon, Antics, The M Machine, 9 pm.

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UW Humanities Building-Mills Hall: UW Concert Band, 1 pm; UW University Bands, 4 pm.

FO O D & DRINK Breakfast on the Farm: Annual UW Association of Women in Agriculture event, 8 am-noon, 5/3, Stock Pavilion, with music, Bucky Badger, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; activities. $7 ($5 students). www.awamadison.org. 231-3702.

The Empire Brass in Recital with the Overture Concert Organ and Organist Douglas Major

ART E X H IB ITS & E V E N TS Paula White: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cuba Today: Caminando Por La Calle,â&#x20AC;? photographs, 5/3-8/31, Steep & Brew-State Street (reception 5-7 pm, 5/3). 256-2902.

Grateful Dead Meet Up at the Movies Monday, May 4, Point Cinema, 7 pm

Still waiting for a miracle? Pull out the tie-dye and head to the multiplex for a chance to relive the glory days when Jerry Garcia still roamed Alpine Valley. Previously unreleased footage from a July 19, 1989, concert commemorates the Deadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50th anniversary.

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Marquette-Atwood Neighborhood Art Walk: Annual self-guided tour of artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; studios, 11 am-5 pm, 5/3; maps: facebook.com/marquetteartwalk. 286-1776.

SP ECTATOR SP ORTS Blondes vs. Brunettes: Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association benefit flag football game played by women, 1 pm, 5/3, Keva Sports Center, Middleton. $10. Players RSVP: ($250 pledge minimum): www.alz.org/scwisc.

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Great Glasses Play Day: Free admission for kids with prescription glasses, 2-4 pm, 5/3, Madison Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Museum. 256-6445.

RECREATION AND GAMES Walk MS: Annual Multiple Sclerosis Society fundraiser, 10 am, 5/3, Warner Park (registration 9 am).

Pledges encouraged. RSVP: walkmswisconsin.org.

Madison Sail Expo: Demos and talks by local sailing clubs, 10 am-2 pm, 5/3, Brittingham Park shelter. madisonsailexpo.com.

Moving for Mental Health: Annual Chrysalis benefit 5K run/walk and 1-mile walk, 11 am, 5/3, Tenney Park Pavilion (registration 10:30 am), with music by WheelHouse. $30 ($25 adv.; $10 ages under 18).

RSVP: workwithchrysalis.org. 256-3102.

Agent Orange Tuesday, May 5, High Noon Saloon, 8 pm

High Noon is turning 11, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no better way to celebrate than with Agent Orange, one of the first bands to mix surf guitar sounds with the angst and urgency of the punk rock mentality. Though the band has gone through a number of lineup shifts in recent years, it remains a must-see live show for old punks and young punks alike.

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Ivory Room: Jim Ripp, piano, free, 9 pm.

Spring into Choice: Annual NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin fundraiser, 5:30-7:30 pm, 5/5, Old Sugar Distillery, with talk by UW Professor Jenny Higgins. $35 donation. RSVP: facebook.com/prochoicewisconsin.

Up North Pub: Lost Highway All-Stars, free, 8 pm.

Taste of Willy Street: Annual Greater Williamson Area Business Association fundraiser (for Common Wealth Development) featuring food by neighborhood businesses, seating at 5:30 & 7 pm, 5/5, Wil-Mar Center. $17 ($15 adv. at Willy Street Co-op; $8/$7 ages 12 & under). 256-3527 ext. 18.

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Cinco de Fido Dog Jog: Dane County Humane Society benefit 5K/1-mile run/walk for canines/humans, 6 pm, 5/5, Lake Farm County Park-Shelter #2 (registration 5:30 pm), with post-race tacos and music. $30 ($20 ages 12 & under). 833-9191.

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Vetiver Thursday, May 7, The Frequency, 8 pm

Vetiver is the ongoing folk project of Andy Cabic and his rotating cast of supporting musicians. The group’s latest record, Complete Strangers, was fleshed out in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. As its name implies, the collected songs recall different times, places and moods but can be mistaken for nothing but a Vetiver work. With Eric Johnson (Fruit Bats).

Alchemy: DJs Radish, Dr. Funkenstein, free, 10 pm.

David Bazan Wednesday, May 6, The Shitty Barn (Spring Green), 7 pm

David Bazan left his band Pedro the Lion in 2005 and has spent the last 10 years penning songs as a search for meaning, including documenting his own personal fall on 2009’s Curse Your Branches. The singer-songwriter is currently wrapping up the second volume of his singles series, “Bazan Monthly,” and this performance is sandwiched between two living room tours. With Advance Base.

Joe Hill Roadshow Wednesday, May 6, Barrymore Theatre, 7 pm

It is widely believed that Swedish-born labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill was framed for murder. He was executed by firing squad in 1915, but not before making an indelible mark on the American folk tradition. This event features plenty of Joe’s iconic songs plus original material from local and touring artists honoring the legend.

Aer Wednesday, May 6, Majestic Theatre, 8 pm

This young duo from Boston’s suburbs mix reggae, indie rock and acoustic rock into a unique brand of hip-hop. They are no strangers to history, having covered tunes by the Isley Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers in concert. With Jez Dior, Packy.

Alchemy Cafe: Boo Bradley, blues, free, 10 pm.

Boardman and Clark Law Firm: Milwaukee Hot Jazz Club, Jazz at Five benefit concert, 6 pm.

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High Noon Saloon: The Wells Division, free, 6 pm; 4onthefloor, Rodeo Bums, Wil-Mar Ctr benefit, 9 pm.

UW Memorial Union-Fredric March Play Circle: Jack Quartet, “In the Dark” by Haas, 8 pm.

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35mm: A Musical Exhibition Thursday, May 7, Goodman Community Center, 7 pm

Don’t miss the Midwest debut of this dazzling musical, which features songs inspired by the photography of New Yorkbased professional Matthew Murphy. The Music Theatre of Madison production runs the gamut from funny to delightful to terrifying, with each number telling a different story. ALSO: Friday (7 pm) and Saturday (8 pm), May 8-9. Through May 16.

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This larger-than-life comedian has attracted attention with his filthy style and bold material, which covers everything from religion to obesity. Fresh from the release of his latest comedy special, 2015’s Unruly, he’s also planning a 2016 memoir that will detail his rise from his poverty-stricken Arkansas upbringing to the auditorium-filling standup routines he performs today. ALSO: Friday and Saturday (8 & 10:30 pm), May 8-9.

S PO K EN WO RD Ronnie Hess, CX Dillhunt: Poetry reading, 6:30 pm, 5/7, Mystery to Me. 283-9332.

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The Atwood Tool Library is a new example of the sharing economy

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Madison’s newest library will have its grand opening on Saturday, May 2. It’s not a place for the latest novel and Internet access, though. The Atwood Tool Library is “just like a regular library,” says Jessica Ray, its director, but “you check out tools, instead.”

Similar libraries can be found in cities across the country, including Dubuque, Duluth, Manhattan, New Orleans, Phoenix and San Francisco. Ray first encountered one in Portland, Ore., where she moved from Madison with her partner several years back.

When the couple decided to move back to Madison in 2013, Ray asked herself what she could do to give back to the community.

She decided to start a tool library.

With the help of volunteers, the library (a partner project with Sustainable Atwood) has so far collected more than 400 tools.

The library had a “soft open” at the end of March. As long as you live in the area and pay $20 a year (or $200 for a lifetime membership), “you can come in and check out home repair or bike repair or gardening and

landscaping tools,” Ray says. Tools include those for carpentry and woodworking, gardening, painting, plumbing and more.

The tool library has another mission: “To show people that we can all share,” says Ray. She has another, private motivation. “My dad, a couple years ago, was diagnosed with cancer,” says Ray. “He couldn’t work as much. He’s been a carpenter all his life. He had to end up selling all of his tools in order to pay the bills.” Ray remembered this as she was beginning the library. “What I can do is try to help other families who might be in a situation like this, or something similar,” she says. Her father died in January.

“It’s pretty important to me to get it up and running and be successful,” says Ray. Grand opening festivities will

be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Sustainable Atwood’s quarters in Zion Lutheran Church, 2165 Linden Ave. Demonstrations on the featured theme of gardening will come from area master gardeners, Madison Greenhouse Store, Dane County Seed Library and others. For more information see sustainableatwood.org/tool-library. n

Reclaiming lumber Williams Woodworks creates handcrafted furniture from salvaged material

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“I’m into benches and tables,” says Jim Williams, of his handcrafted pieces. “Everybody needs a place to sit and a place to eat.”

Williams, owner of Williams Woodworks, makes furniture from lumber that would otherwise go to the dump or get shredded. He discovered his joy of woodworking in a shop class at West High School.

After high school, Williams moved to California, eventually landing a construction gig in San Francisco. Later he moved to Chico and found himself helping to hose off houses in the Oakland Hills fire, then rebuilding the same houses. That’s when he discovered salvaging. He’s also worked on reconstruction at the Sierra Nevada brewery; there he started stockpiling leftover wood and using it for his own projects.

Even now that he’s back in Madison, many of his favorite woods come from California, including old-growth Douglas fir and Claro black walnut.

Williams has connected with a few Madison-area building contractors to get leftover materials like wood and steel. One of his

favorite nearby finds was a whole tobacco barn, built in 1862, which workers unearthed below an old candy factory they were tearing down in Cambridge. Williams was able to procure beams made out of Southern yellow pine, trees that no longer grow in our area since they were overharvested back in the 1920s.

“I dig the history,” says Williams. He was especially excited about obtaining more Southern yellow pine, mixed with elm, from the floors of the old Royster-Clark building on Dempsey Road.

After the salvaging, Williams usually mills the wood clean and then either sells it as is or uses it to create his original pieces. While he prefers to use his own materials and designs, he’s also open to working with what his customers bring him. Prices vary from $300 to $3,600 for larger pieces.

“Each piece is unique, but most people can tell when it’s made by me,” says Williams, describing his style as “simple and sturdy.” Williams’ workshop at 72 N. Bryan St. (off Milwaukee Street) will be open 5-9 p.m. on May 1 as part of Gallery Night. Otherwise he is open by appointment; contact him at 608-514-2289 or jwbenches@gmail.com. n

Jim Williams in front of a dramatic crosssection of walnut (right), and one of his modern pine tables (above).

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BY DAN SAVAGE

My partner is 31 years older than I am. I know the math: He’ll be 60 when I’m 29.

But that isn’t the problem. The issue is he’s been a lifelong bachelor and never been monogamous. He’s fucked hundreds of women and is close friends with a lot of his former fuck buddies. Because of our four-year friendship before we hooked up, I know a lot about his sex life.

The problem isn’t jealousy — and it isn’t knowing he’s fucked every woman he’s friends with or that he fucked someone else after declaring his love for me. It’s that I know too much. We both feel vulnerable at times — him because I’m still in contact with one ex, and me because I feel like I’m fighting his past preference for no-strings-attached relationships. He tells me this relationship is different and he loves me in a way he hasn’t loved anyone before. But I still feel like because of how many people he’s been with, and how many of these amazing, beautiful, young fuck buddies are still in his life, I’ll never attain any sort of primacy.

Notable Age Gap Gets In Newbie’s Grill At some point in the future, your partner is going to be 60 and you’re going to be 29, NAGGING, which means you’re somewhere in your 20s and he’s somewhere in his 50s, right? (Math is hard!) And since you two were friends for four years before he realized you were the only woman he wanted to stick his dick in for the rest of his life — pay no attention to the woman he dicked during the brief interlude between telling you he loved you and the aforementioned realization — that means...um...

Math is hard, like Barbie says, especially when you don’t have all the relevant data.

The same goes for giving advice.

Answering your question without knowing your actual ages is difficult, because it makes a difference whether you’re 21 and he’s 52 (which means this man befriended you when you were a high school student) or you’re 28 and he’s 59 (and you met this man after you got out of college). Likewise, it would help to know how long you two have been together. Three months? Three years?

Essentially, you’re asking me to game out the odds for both long-term success and monogamous success (and, yes, those are two different things), and that’s hard to do without knowing your ages and how long you’ve been together. Because I would definitely give your relationship slimmer odds of long-term success if your partner were the kind of middle-aged man who befriends and eventually beds high school students. Conversely, I would give your relationship fatter odds of long-term success if you were three years into it and your partner had been successfully monogamous all that time.

That said, NAGGING, cheating and breakups regularly happen in the absence of significant age gaps and friendship networks composed exclusively of ex fuck buddies.

(Since people tend to partner with — and cheat on and be cheated on by — people in their same age demographic, cheating and breakups almost always happen in the absence of significant age gaps. But that is correlation, not causation — and sophistry, too!) There are no guarantees. Your partner may revert to nonmonogamous form at some point and either cheat (boo!) or ask for permission to open up your relationship (yay?). You could find yourself in a caretaker role in 10-plus years and find yourself asking him for permission to open up your relationship. Or you guys could stay together and stay faithful until death comes for one of you — most likely your partner, leaving you plenty of time to hook up with your ex, if he’s still available.

Oh, shit—blah blah blah, I haven’t answered your question. You’ll obtain primacy — or realize you’ve already attained it — after a significant chunk of time has passed.

So give it more time. Either it will work out or it won’t. But even if this relationship isn’t a long-term success, it can still be a shortterm success. Good luck. n Email Dan at mail@savagelove.net or find him on Twitter at @fakedansavage.

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