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Blaska's Blog receives an official notice of drug activity
by David Blaska on 07/24/09 at 3:00 pm | No, not Stately Blaska Manor. This notice of drug activity was forwarded to me by Ald. Thuy Pham-Remmele and it is good news, indeed. Our Madison West District Police made a bust on Balsam Road Thursday. That takes one thug off our streets and into the sheriff's house downtown -- until The Kathleen fits him with an ankle bracelet, anyway. |
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Beer Here: Bully Porter from Gray Brewing Company
by Robin Shepard on 07/24/09 at 1:00 pm | Bully Porter uses a bulldog on the label, a reference to the family pet belonging to Fred Gray's grandmother, Margaret Gray. Fred says the dog, known as Bully, was a slobber dog -- a mouth-watering image for his porter! |
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The Week on Forum: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., jury duty, and the health care debate
by Clare Milliken on 07/24/09 at 12:00 pm | Nostalgia reverberated this week, as forons celebrated the life of Walter Cronkite, bygone summers and social liberalism of yore. If it weren't for a even-keeled few keeping the rest on track... oh, wait. |
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Dane County DA dismisses all charges against 'bike thief'
by Bill Lueders on 07/24/09 at 10:48 am | On Friday morning, Assistant Dane County District Attorney Brian Asmus contacted Isthmus to relate that he intends to dismiss all charges against Kelley Howe, 50, who was arrested on after trying to recover his own stolen bike. |
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Madison Snaps -- July 24, 2009
by on 07/24/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Dizzy” was photographed by Michael Leland. |
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The Week[end]: July 24-26, 2009
by on 07/24/09 at 6:00 am | Summer fun overflows once again this weekend, starting with the trio of WaunaFest, Atwood Summerfest, and Opera in the Park. The calendar also includes: Art Lives Here and openings at the Chazen and MMoCA; a Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration; Old Times at APT; a Mad Rollin' Dolls bout; a MAMAs showcase; more live music by Dwiki Dharmawan, Corey Smith, dumate, Retribution Gospel Choir, Monte Montgomery, The Riverdales, Birdlips, and The Kominas; book readings by Maryann Lesert and Woody Tasch; and, the opening of Restaurant Week. |
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A Book A Week: Love Falls by Esther Freud
by Becky Holmes on 07/23/09 at 6:00 pm | Esther Freud wrote Hideous Kinky, a good book that became an even better movie. Love Falls would be a good movie too, but it's a lousy book. |
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Roller derby and philanthropy are inseparable in Madison
by Clare Milliken on 07/23/09 at 12:50 pm | Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Porchlight, Inc., the Make-a-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin and Project Home are just a few of the recipients of the Dolls' largess. |
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Dane County Farmers' Market: Butler Farms
by Clare Milliken on 07/23/09 at 12:00 pm | Butler Farms has offered its fresh sheep milk cheeses at the Dane County Farmers' Market for almost fifteen years. Janet and Bill Butler tend their flock on fields located in rural Whitehall in Trempealeau County, and transform ewe's milk into numerous cheeses, including feta, aged tomme (similar to brie), fresh brebis (similar to chevre), ricotta, camembert and Clonboo, a raw cheese. |
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Madison Snaps -- July 23, 2009
by on 07/23/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “C Worthy” was photographed by Craig Wilson. |
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Green Freiburg, Brian Strassburg, and Lake Vista Cafe in the July 24 edition of Isthmus
by on 07/23/09 at 6:00 am | What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow. |
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Jeff 'The Dude' Dowd talks movies, Madison, and the Mallards
by Kristian Knutsen on 07/22/09 at 6:00 pm | "Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude." The voiceover drawled in the opening sequence of The Big Lebowski couldn't have been more prescient about the cult of fandom that has flowered around both the movie and the man who inspired the iconic character, Jeff Dowd. |
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Madison man's effort to recover stolen bike draws felony theft charge
by Bill Lueders on 07/22/09 at 2:57 pm | Kelley Howe gets through just about all of it. His arrest. The night in jail. Being charged with three crimes, including a felony. His ailing mother's shock to see his mug shot on the news. The theft of his own bike. The parking ticket. But when he gets to the part about his cat, Howe breaks down. |
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Blaska's Blog delivers: Chief Wray, you have mail
by David Blaska on 07/22/09 at 11:31 am | I am a big fan of Madison Police Chief Noble Wray. The man must walk a tightrope between an ultra-liberal Common Council, an increasingly restive population of crime and quality of life victims, and -- I suspect -- the better instincts of his own uniformed officers. |
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Wilmington on DVD: Coraline, Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29, Watchmen, The Great Buck Howard
by Mike Wilmington on 07/22/09 at 10:00 am | Other big-budget studio movie genres may often seem overblown and underthought, but feature animation still seems to be in a kind of modern Golden Age. That certainly goes for Henry Selick's Coraline: a delightful, sharp, whimsical, wittily imagined and wondrously executed feature cartoon for adults and the smarter or more sophisticated kids. |
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Old 97s connect, once again, with Madison at the Barrymore
by Andy Moore on 07/22/09 at 9:41 am | A nearly full house of 800-plus at the Barrymore Theater cheered Miller alone on stage for a 10-song set Tuesday night before he was united with his band mates while, outside, a chilled, misty evening took shape more like a mild Hallow's Eve than a hot summer night on the town. |
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Madison Snaps -- July 22, 2009
by on 07/22/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Maxwell Street Days” was photographed by Peter Patau. |
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MadTracks: 'Ups & Downs' by dumate
by Jessica Steinhoff on 07/21/09 at 1:00 pm | For some musicians, songs are almost exclusively about the music, whether it's beats, harmonies or a hook in the chorus. For the Madison hip-hop crew dumate, the music's important, but so is the message. |
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Madison Restaurant Week focuses on summer ingredients
by Linda Falkenstein on 07/21/09 at 12:00 pm | Pity the poor Madisonian who chooses the week of July 26-31 to vacation out of town. That’s when Madison Restaurant Week returns in its summer incarnation. Thirty area restaurants will feature prix fixe menus, $25 for a three-course meal. A handful also offer a three-course lunch for $15. |
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Win tickets to Heavy Hands, Disappears, Rising Gael, Doomtree, and more!
by on 07/21/09 at 11:00 am | 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 Riverdales at the Majestic; Disappears, Doomtree, and Sleeping in the Aviary and Pale Young Gentlemen at the High Noon; Monte Montgomery at the Club Tavern; Heavy Hands and Rising Gael at the Frequency, JJO Band Camp at Willow Island, the Wisconsin State Fair, and more! |
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Madison Snaps -- July 21, 2009
by on 07/21/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “The Sprockettes in Madison 4” was photographed by Chris Bianchetti. |
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Monroe Street Bistro to become jacs
by Linda Falkenstein on 07/20/09 at 1:13 pm | The Monroe Street Bistro, 2611 Monroe Street, open less than a year, has closed its doors. But it's just temporary, to complete its transformation to jacs (that's right, lowercase, no apostrophe). "There will be a lot of changes," says general manager Rebecca Mergen. |
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Madison eats agenda: Taste of Sun Prairie, classes for kids, and the Kickapoo County Fair
by Clare Milliken on 07/20/09 at 12:00 pm | The coming week, in events that get to your heart through your stomach. |
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Madison Savoyards bring flair to The Yeomen of the Guard
by John W. Barker on 07/20/09 at 10:40 am | In its 47th summer presentation, Madison Savoyards again mounts a Gilbert and Sullivan production of professional quality. Notably so, too, in perhaps the richest, both musically and dramatically, of the 13 G & S collaborations, The Yeomen of the Guard. |
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Ed Schultz harangues for health care at Barrymore
by Josh Wimmer on 07/20/09 at 10:31 am | A cynic might call Ed Schultz a left-wing version of Rush Limbaugh. But although elements of the comparison ring true, Schultz's live radio broadcast from the Barrymore Theatre last night showed there are salient, if subtle, differences between the liberal commentator and his Republican counterparts. |
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Madison Snaps -- July 20, 2009
by on 07/20/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Light at the End of the Tunnel” was photographed by Peter Patau. |
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The Week: July 20-23, 2009
by on 07/20/09 at 7:00 am | A bounty of live music ushers in the second half of summer in Madison. The calendar this week includes: Black Diamond Heavies, the Old 97's, Reverend Horton Heat, a "Spanish Nights" edition of COTS, The Bastard Trio, Lollipop Factory, Chimaira, J. Wail, and Backyard Tire Fire. |
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MadTracks: 'Pray for the Dead' by Something To Do
by Jessica Steinhoff on 07/19/09 at 12:00 pm | The five guys in the ska group Something to Do also channel the political consciousness many punk groups are known for -- plus the driving tempo and thick guitar that make hardcore exciting -- in their song "Pray for the Dead." However, they do it without losing the zany energy and absurdity of their genre. It's activism you can skank to. |
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Vinyl Cave: Beware by Bonnie Prince Billy
by Bob Koch on 07/18/09 at 8:00 am | If there's a dictionary definition of "indie" music, the ever-inscrutable and prolific Will Oldham should be pictured with the listing, despite the fact that what he creates is in most ways not indie rock -- or alt-country, or freak folk, or whatever other convenient tag is in the current vernacular to pigeonhole a songwriter or band. |
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Beer Here: U.S. Pale Ale from Capital Brewery
by Robin Shepard on 07/17/09 at 1:00 pm | Capital Brewery and its brewmaster, Kirby Nelson, are well known among fans of German lagers, especially those who like the smooth, malty styles of Oktoberfest, doppelbocks and maibocks. Fans of the brewery also know that Nelson makes a handful of ale beers with brews like Rustic Ale and U.S. Pale Ale. Both are both clean tasting and very drinkable, but the pale ale caught my attention on a beer-buying excursion over the recent Fourth of July weekend. |
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