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Win tickets to O.A.R. and more!
by on 08/25/09 at 12:00 pm | The Isthmus Guest List is back with another round of free tickets to amazing concerts, shows and more fun events around Madison. This week's contests include tickets to: O.A.R. at Overture; Adelitas Way at the Orpheum; Joshua Radin at the High Noon; Kings of Leon at the Bradley Center; and more! |
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Kennedy Center chief speaks at Overture Center
by Jennifer A. Smith on 08/25/09 at 11:18 am | Despite the dismal economy, this is no time for nonprofit arts organizations to think small. So said Michael Kaiser, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. in a talk at Overture Center. |
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Madison Snaps -- August 25, 2009
by on 08/25/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “alone at the top” was photographed by Kaisang Tenzin. |
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Shades of grey in Mezzotints exhibit at Chazen
by Jennifer A. Smith on 08/24/09 at 3:09 pm | If you can get past the somewhat corny pun in its title, Mezzotints: Prints of Darkness, the newest exhibition at the Chazen Museum, is a worthwhile introduction to a fascinating medium. |
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Blaska's Blog rejects the race card
by David Blaska on 08/24/09 at 2:10 pm | I have not talked much about race in these blogs. Nor will I. Sure enough, Lisa Veldran, president of the Meadowood neighborhood association, has injected the race issue like a plague bacillus into the bloodstream of a very healthy event. |
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Madison eats agenda: From Arlington to Arcatao, and King Street in between
by Linda Falkenstein on 08/24/09 at 11:00 am | The coming week, in events that get to your heart through your stomach. |
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Madison Snaps -- August 24, 2009
by on 08/24/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Masamba Dance at Summer Samba Fest” was photographed by Nataraj Hauser. |
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The Week: August 24-27, 2009
by on 08/24/09 at 6:00 am | It's the last week of the last month of summer. The season has some life left in it, though. The calendar includes: an "Arts in Crisis" presentation; the season closer for Jazz at 5; more live music from Two Cow Garage, Those Darn Accordions, and The Nod; and, the opening of Long Day's Journey Into Night at APT. |
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Four Seasons Theatre presents a good-looking and -sounding Evita
by Katie Reiser on 08/22/09 at 10:06 am | It's been 30 years since Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's musical Evita opened on Broadway. In that time, like it or not, the iconic image of Argentine first lady Eva Perón, arms outstretched on the balcony of the Casa Rosada, has permeated our consciousness, along with the accompanying song "Don't Cry for Me Argentina." |
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Vinyl Cave: Missed the Bloodshot Beer-B-Q in Madison?
by Bob Koch on 08/22/09 at 8:00 am | Free tickets for the showcase of Bloodshot artists at the High Noon Saloon may be long gone, but this is of course a party for a record company, which means a more permanent musical experience is available for those who don't make the show. For vinyl fans, it's been an embarrassment of riches lately. |
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Blaska's Blog: The exit strategy
by David Blaska on 08/21/09 at 3:04 pm | Madison's public schools are bleeding students to surrounding districts -- particularly Verona, Monona, McFarland and Middleton -- because parents want to escape the Madison schools' drug abuse, violence, gangs and negative peer pressure. |
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Tammy Baldwin says health care fight is 'getting tougher and tougher'
by Joe Tarr on 08/21/09 at 1:09 pm | U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin told a small group of people at a meeting Thursday that she still believes a public health plan is possible, but is not as optimistic as she once was. |
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Beer Here: Pine Marten Red Ale from the Great Dane Hilldale
by Robin Shepard on 08/21/09 at 11:00 am | You could say this is one weaselly beer. The Great Dane at Hilldale just tapped Pine Marten Red Ale, a brew that pays tribute to the reddish-brown weasel that roams Wisconsin's North Woods. Brewer Don Vasa has made a beer that shares a few qualities, in a good way, with this rare and endangered little creature. |
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The Week[end]: August 21-23, 2009
by on 08/21/09 at 9:00 am | Summer is waning, but the season burns brightly this weekend with the Midwest Gypsy Swing Festival and the Madison Roots Festival. The fun also includes: a live broadcast by Thom Hartmann, Dane Dances, and the Mallards alumni game; a production of Evita; the opening of a mezzotints exhibit at the Chazen; a Bitch Magazine benefit with DJ Raja and a performance by the Madtown Hellcats with the Wake; more live music by Bob Parins, Tantric, Needtobreathe, Twista, Rookie of the Year, The Rural Alberta Advantage, and The Cool Kids; and, a musical celebration of Jeff Hickey. |
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Madison Snaps -- August 21, 2009
by on 08/21/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Get Your Beads!” was photographed by Will Ringland. |
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The Progressive seeks support to continue publishing
by David Medaris on 08/20/09 at 4:40 pm | When Matt Rothschild, the editor and publisher of The Progressive, issued an urgent appeal a few days ago, the magazine's future appeared dire indeed. "Let me put it to you straight,' he wrote. "We desperately need to raise $90,000 in the next two weeks to keep going." |
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MadTracks: 'Doug's Gone Manic' by Kitty Rhombus
by Jessica Steinhoff on 08/20/09 at 1:00 pm | Using jagged rhythms, angular guitar melodies, dissonant-yet-funky basslines and a truckload of nervous energy, Kitty Rhombus explores what a manic episode bordering on psychosis might feel like in "Doug's Gone Manic," a track from the new album When the Walls Fell that the band is releasing next week. |
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Off limits, Ken Lonnquist, and the Annual Manual in the August 21 edition of Isthmus
by on 08/20/09 at 11:00 am | What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow. |
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Madison Snaps -- August 20, 2009
by on 08/20/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Monona Terrace” was photographed by Peter Patau. |
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A Book A Week: Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies
by Becky Holmes on 08/19/09 at 6:00 pm | I thought this book was a novel about a crumbling marriage. It turns out that it's a true story about a crumbling marriage, which makes it a little weirder to read. If it were a novel it would fit squarely into the "domestic fiction" category that I love so much. Is there such a thing as "domestic nonfiction?" |
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Madison's Favorites 2009 revealed in Isthmus Annual Manual
by on 08/19/09 at 3:00 pm | Highly anticipated every year, Madison's Favorites -- everything from eats and recreation to entertainment and shopping, along with everything in between -- will be revealed in the Isthmus Annual Manual, hitting the streets on Thursday, August 20. |
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Mad Rollin' Dolls wrap up summer with an outdoor bout at the Duck Pond
by Melissa Faliveno on 08/19/09 at 2:00 pm | If you are a longtime fan of the Mad Rollin' Dolls, you might recall a rainy night at the Duck Pond late in the summer of 2006. It wasn't a Madison Mallards baseball game you triedto see through the veil of steady drizzle, though, it was a roller derby bout, played on a portable track in right field. |
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Wilmington on DVD: The Class, Kagemusha, Hannah Montana, The Last House on the Left
by Mike Wilmington on 08/19/09 at 10:00 am | This riveting film -- Palme d'Or winner at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival -- becomes a microcosm of current French society, its volatile divisions and surprising common grounds. |
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Madison Snaps -- August 19, 2009
by on 08/19/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “It's Busy Down There in the Big Hole on Dayton Street” was photographed by Peter Patau. |
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Pontoon Porch makes for a party atop Lake Monona
by Kristian Knutsen on 08/18/09 at 9:00 pm | Summer may be winding down, but the season is still young for enjoying a Pontoon Porch atop the waters of Lake Monona. This small but growing fleet of party barges, docked at the East Side Club on Monona Drive, offers a comfy way to enjoy some time out on the lake. |
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Win tickets to The God Damns, Pistol Pete, and more!
by on 08/18/09 at 12:00 pm | The Isthmus Guest List is back with another round of free tickets to amazing concerts, shows and more fun events around Madison. This week's contests include tickets to: Madtown Hellcats Burlesque, The God Damns, and Pistol Pete at the Frequency; Shinedown at the Orpheum, and more! |
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Madison Snaps -- August 18, 2009
by on 08/18/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Badgers” was photographed by Michael Leland. |
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Madison eats agenda: Sun Prairie Sweet Corn, Potosi Brew Fest, and Madison Locals
by Kristian Knutsen on 08/17/09 at 2:00 pm | The coming week, in events that get to your heart through your stomach. |
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Blaska's Blog: Be not afraid
by David Blaska on 08/17/09 at 1:43 pm | There’s a basketball hoop at Orchard Ridge Park off Flad Avenue that is right under some neighbors’ noses. Some boys are mouthing the M-F word and now the neighborhood association is petitioning the city to move that hoop.
Part 10: One landlord at a time
Part 11: What would our fathers have done?
Part 12: How far can/should we go?
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Madison Snaps -- August 17, 2009
by on 08/17/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “sprinkler” was photographed by Melody Hanson. |
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