http://www.thedailypage.com/arts Arts content from ISTHMUS | The Daily Page webmaster@isthmus.com (Webmaster) Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:05:34 CDT Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22936 http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22936 If the atmosphere in Madison has been a little overheated of late in the wake of three unsolved murders, then Rae Meadows' new novel, 'lt;i'gt;No One Tells Everything'lt;/i'gt; (June, MacAdam Cage), should fit in well with the zeitgeist. The novel, Meadows' second, is not so much a typical murder mystery as it is a mystery of people -- who they are, how they function, how they communicate -- with a murder at its center. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22989 http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22989 Something magical happened in the woods at American Players Theatre's opening-night performance of A Midsummer's Night Dream. It wasn't just that torrential rains paused, nor was it that the cloud of hovering mosquitoes didn't seem to be biting. It was that William Brown's deftly directed production was as inspired and beautiful as it was funny. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22990 http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22990 The third edition of Queer Shorts, presented by StageQ, is subtitled All You Need Is Love, a fitting epithet for the 11 brief comedies and dramas that constitute a most enjoyable evening's entertainment. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22991 http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22991 Morgan Spurlock's 30 Days (Tuesday, 9 p.m., FX) invites participants to immerse themselves in a world very different from their own. It's a daring social experiment that delves into topical issues, sometimes with painful results Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22930 http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22930 Billed as the sequel to perhaps the greatest action sword-slicing game ever, Ninja Gaiden II has ratcheted up the gore. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22870 http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=22870 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:12:03 -0500 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=23084 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=23084 At the dawn of interactive entertainment, videogames were played in parlors called 'quot;arcades.'quot; Home equipment was prohibitively expensive, but for a few quarters one could play any variety of space shooters, puzzlers and sports simulations at the arcades. Home gaming has long been affordable and convenient, but something is missing from the arcade days: competition. Online gaming has brought players together worldwide, but the local camaraderie has been missing. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:08:35 -0500 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=23083 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=23083 The outpouring of SOLVE and R.I.P. SOLVE graffiti in Madison is one measure of the esteem in which Madison East High School alumnus Brendan Scanlon was -- and still is -- held by his friends and admirers in the street-art community. The 24-year-old artist, known as SOLVE, was stabbed to death in Chicago in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 14. A suspect was arrested and has been charged with first-degree murder in the case. But you can't murder an artists legacy. Sun, 18 May 2008 11:07:34 -0500 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=22686 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=22686 The new Madison Slam Team has a message for the 80 plus teams coming to town to compete in the 2008 National Poetry Slam this August: consider yourselves on notice, and beware a formidable showing from them. Eleven local poets went toe to toe on Friday night at the Inn on the Park to compete for five spots on the Madison team for this year's National Poetry Slam. Wed, 14 May 2008 14:22:06 -0500 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=22639 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=22639 You can't help but laugh at 'lt;i'gt;Spamalot'lt;/i'gt;. Even those of you whose Monty Python knowledge is a bit rusty will be moved by this touring musical comedy, which is, according to the playbill, 'quot;lovingly ripped off'quot; from the film 'lt;i'gt;Monty Python and the Holy Grail'lt;/i'gt;. Mimes doing the Macarena, bad French accents, fart jokes aplenty -- honestly, what's not to laugh about? Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:08:57 -0500 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=22009 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=22009 Playwright and director Callen Harty throws a lot at us in Broom Street Theater's 'lt;i'gt;Leprechaun'lt;/i'gt;, which follows an American couple touring Ireland in celebration of their first anniversary. Some of it is crazy fun, but some of it is crazy annoying. At points during the performance I had to shut my eyes for a few seconds to steal a little peace and quiet. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:29:20 -0500 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=21976 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=21976 Mutilated cats, blinded cows, a man's nose fed to his cocker spaniel; brace yourself. You might find PETA picketing the Bartell. 'lt;i'gt;The Lieutenant of Inishmore'lt;/i'gt;, Martin McDonagh's boisterous send-up of feckless Irish terrorists and soppy Irish sentimentality, is an uninterrupted 85 minutes of bloody black comedy. Outrageous, but very funny. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:24:13 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=21828 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=21828 'lt;i'gt;Badger'lt;/i'gt; is a comic book character and series created by Mike Baron back in 1983. The star of this series is Norbert Sykes, a regular guy who suffers from multiple personality disorder, and one of Norbert's personalities is Badger, a costumed superhero who battles evil on a regular basis. What's particularly fun, though, is that much of the action is visibly set right here in good ol' Madison. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:04:16 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=21820 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=21820 What might bring a comic-book neophyte into cozy Capital City Comics on a cold winter day? There's a new superhero in town. Again. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:43:34 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=20642 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=20642 The National Poetry Slam 2008 may be many months away, but Madison organizers are already laying the groundwork for a lively and successful festival. Held in Austin, Texas over the last two years, the competition is moving to Madison in 2008 and 2009 after Wisconsin organizers successfully won a bid over many other applicant cities around the nation. Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:05:45 -0600 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=15712 http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=15712 Poetry slams are intense. Filled with politics, hurt, laughter and always music, they have an energy and emotional involvement that can be compared to an amazing concert you just danced for hours at. And the finals for the inaugural UW Collegiate Slam on Tuesday night at the Wisconsin Union Theater were an impressive display of the young creative talent the state has to offer in a genre that is becoming more and more popular.