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Vinyl Cave: Battle Axe by Billion Dollar Babies
by Bob Koch on 08/01/09 at 8:00 am | At one time, the moniker Alice Cooper referred to an entire band and not just singer Vincent Furnier, who eventually appropriated the name as part of the group's genius knack for marketing. |
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A Book A Week: Testimony by Anita Shreve
by Becky Holmes on 07/31/09 at 6:00 pm | Why did Testimony have to be so sad? It is really heartbreaking. Well, it turns out that in Anita Shreve's world, if you commit adultery, very bad things happen to you. |
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MadTracks: 'The Hidden Face of Eva' by Chris Bocast
by Jessica Steinhoff on 07/31/09 at 3:00 pm | Songs like "The Hidden Face of Eva" -- a track off Chris Bocast's newest album, Stratagem, made in collaboration with the Romanian percussionist MJ Catalin -- shows that as in the case of our planet, there's much to be found beneath its outer crust. |
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Beer Here: Snake Hollow IPA from Potosi Brewing Company
by Robin Shepard on 07/31/09 at 1:00 pm | The opening of the Potosi Brewing Company and National Brewing Museum in July 2008 marked a return to beer making that extends back to 1852, a heritage that includes well-known brews like Good Old Potosi, Holiday and Pure Malt Beer. Today, the new brewpub has a version of all three of those, but the one addition to that very old lineage is an IPA called Snake Hollow. |
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The Week on Forum: State symbols, fist fights, and the decline of Madison
by Clare Milliken on 07/31/09 at 12:00 pm | Forons were buzzing with local happenings this week, from budding sports leagues to waste removal services and motorcycle routes. What was once a fracas appears to be, at least for now, a space to enjoy our city. |
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Blaska's Blog: 'And I'm keeping him hungry'
by David Blaska on 07/31/09 at 9:27 am | It’s boom times for fence builders and mean dog breeders here on the Southwest side.
Part 1: 'He could go either way'
Part 2: 'Lord of the Flies'
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The Week[end]: July 31-August 2, 2009
by on 07/31/09 at 8:30 am | Usher in the final month of summer this weekend with a medley of parties and live performances. The calendar includes: the Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival; Art in the Park and Africa Alive; a t-shirt release party for Shane Shane and the 48-Hour Film Project screening; the latest Madtown Throwdown; a book reading by Jessica Max Stein; and more live music by Doomtree, Alessio Bax, Flatbear with The Record Low, Sherwood, and The Cajun Strangers. |
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Madison Snaps -- July 31, 2009
by on 07/31/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Cyanobacteria Close B.B. Clarke Beach Again” was photographed by Peter Patau. |
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Meadowood Neighborhood Center quickly becoming valuable resource
by Clare Milliken on 07/30/09 at 5:00 pm | The Meadowood Neighborhood Center opened its doors in the middle of the Meadowridge shopping center on Raymond Road at Whitney Way six months ago, and ever since, its popularity has grown steadily. |
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Shake it up at the Isthmus Martini Shaker
by on 07/30/09 at 3:00 pm | Do you prefer yours shaken or stirred? Celebrate summer and enjoy unique and delicious martinis citywide starting next Monday at six different Madison bars and restaurants with the Isthmus Martini Shaker. |
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Torture, abduction and Bette Davis in debut season of Forward Theater Company
by Jennifer A. Smith on 07/30/09 at 1:27 pm | Madison's newest theater group, Forward Theater Company, has announced its 2009-10 season schedule, only four months after the company's formation. |
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Dane County Farmers' Market: Artesian Trout Farm
by Clare Milliken on 07/30/09 at 1:00 pm | Chuck and Jenny Anderson started raising freshwater fish at their Artesian Trout Farm back in 1981, and are longtime vendors at the Dane County Farmers' Market. Based north of Westfield, the farm is home to an artesian well that offers a year-round supply of cool water for raising rainbow trout. |
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Blaska's Blog: 'Lord of the Flies'
by David Blaska on 07/30/09 at 11:55 am | Brian Frick, president of the Park Ridge neighborhood association, says he'd be happy to meet me for coffee if he could get a good night's sleep. The night before, an all-night party kept him awake. About 60 people were playing music, drinking in the street, smashing bottles, using drugs, and arguing.
Part 1: 'He could go either way'
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Madison Snaps -- July 30, 2009
by on 07/30/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “information” was photographed by Beth McConnell. |
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Tammy Baldwin, an Overture outlook, and Potosi Brewery in the July 31 edition of Isthmus
by on 07/30/09 at 6:00 am | What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow. |
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Madame Fromage: Culture magazine
by Tenaya Darlington on 07/29/09 at 3:00 pm | Culture, a magazine devoted to serving, making and savoring cheese, debuted last autumn, but I stumbled across an issue only recently, and now I have a new love. How I missed the first issue -- on blues, no less -- means that I must have my head in a curd vat. Clearly, I need a subscription. |
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Blaska's Blog is taking back the 'hood
by David Blaska on 07/29/09 at 1:52 pm | Officer Hanson's domain consists of about 250 housing units -- and many of those are owner-occupied, single-family residences. It is a patchwork of neatly trimmed, immaculate yards next door to hard-packed bare dirt lost to the litter of empty bottles and snack food wrappers. Littering brings a $298 ticket but enforcement is difficult. |
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Madison Etsy explorations: Late summer sales in lean times
by Megan Larson on 07/29/09 at 12:00 pm | In a troubled economy, it is handy to have your eye out for a good deal. As any recessionista would say, looking fabulous for less isn't hard as long as you know where to look. And lucky for you, I've got my finger on the Etsy pulse. |
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Wilmington on DVD: Repulsion, Anita O'Day, Powell and Keeler, and Fast and Furious
by Mike Wilmington on 07/29/09 at 10:00 am | Repulsion, Roman Polanski's first English-language movie, and also the first of his many collaborations with the reclusive, brilliant French screenwriter Gerard Brach, is one of the scariest films ever and also one of the great '60s black-and-white film noirs. |
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Madison Snaps -- July 29, 2009
by on 07/29/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “aria photography” was photographed by Craig Wilson. |
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Tim Bruer's 'startling and improper' gesture draws complaint from council clerk
by Joe Tarr on 07/28/09 at 4:11 pm | Tammy Peters was just doing her job, taking minutes for the Madison Common Council on July 7. Then something unexpected happened. "All of a sudden, I saw this big hand coming at my face," says Peters, the council clerk. |
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Basford's Spin City: Soglin and a 'weak council,' Kurt Schlicht's priorities and how Berg got to Germany
by Mike Basford on 07/28/09 at 1:15 pm | Power dynamics are more affected by political capital and the Mayor, more by virtue of his/her celebrity and how it's used than anything else, has significant capital built in. |
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Win tickets to the state fair, Sleeping in the Aviary, JJO Band Camp, and more!
by on 07/28/09 at 1:00 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: the Wisconsin State Fair; JJO Band Camp at Willow Island; Rising Gael at the Frequency; Doomtree, and Sleeping in the Aviary and Pale Young Gentlemen at the High Noon; Daniel Johnston at the Barrymore; and more! |
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Cheap Trick brings histrionics, good humor to Barrymore Theatre performance
by Kenneth Burns on 07/28/09 at 11:20 am | The concert was a benefit for Kirk "Wheel" Dyer, a longtime Cheap Trick associate who is being treated for cancer. |
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Madison Snaps -- July 28, 2009
by on 07/28/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “young love at Library Mall” was photographed by Ron Wiecki. |
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Madison eats agenda: National Mustard Day, Fiestas Patrias, and DIY jelly
by Clare Milliken on 07/27/09 at 11:00 am | The coming week, in events that get to your heart through your stomach. |
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Madison Snaps -- July 27, 2009
by on 07/27/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “201_365” was photographed by Chris Bianchetti. |
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The Week: July 27-30, 2009
by on 07/27/09 at 7:00 am | Send July out with a little live music. Shows in Madison this week include Cheap Trick, Disappears, Luke Polipnick, the final COTS of the season, Rising Gael, and Freighter. |
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Operatic highlights, Broadway trivialities at Madison Opera in the Park 2009
by John W. Barker on 07/26/09 at 11:29 am | With the rain holding off virtually to program's end, this year's Opera in the Park benefited from beautifully mild weather, drawing another audience of enthusiastic thousands gathered at Garner Park. |
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Vinyl Cave: The Baroques by The Baroques
by Bob Koch on 07/25/09 at 12:00 pm | Okay, everyone, you know the tune, so sing along: When you say Wis-con-sin -- you said psychedelia! Doesn't quite seem to work, does it? |
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