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A Book a Week: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
by Becky Holmes on 04/30/09 at 5:00 pm | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day was recently a movie starring Frances McDormand and Amy Adams. I finished reading the book more than a week ago but I put off writing about it hoping to see the movie first. I kept thinking it was going to come any day but then I discovered that someone in my family had hijacked the Netflix queue and High School Musical 3 arrived instead. |
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Mifflin Street Block Party worth its weight in consequences
by Clare Milliken on 04/30/09 at 2:00 pm | The Mifflin Street Block Party has a reputation as a binge-drinking bonanza -- a weekend to celebrate the end of the semester before buckling down for finals. The public outcry against the drunk fest is widely publicized, but what do the students think? Are the drinking tickets, the potential assaults and the inevitable property damage worth these 24 hours of debauchery? |
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Dane County Farmers' Market: Cherokee Bison Farms
by Clare Milliken on 04/30/09 at 12:00 pm | Cherokee Bison Farms owners Leroy and Cindy Fricke have been a familiar sight at the Dane County Farmers' Market since 1992. Making their mark on North Pinckney Street, their stand offers over 20 cuts of meat, including steaks, burgers, and the oft-remarked upon bacon, along with maple syrup and cold-pressed sunflower oil. |
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Matt Rothschild of The Progressive recalls 9/11
by David Medaris on 04/30/09 at 11:00 am | Matthew Rothschild, the editor and publisher of The Progressive, has devoted much of his writing for the last eight years to the direct and indirect consequences of Sept. 11, 2001. Where was he and what was he doing when he learned of the attacks? |
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Matt Rothschild of The Progressive taken out of context
by David Medaris on 04/30/09 at 11:00 am | Matt Rothschild on humanitarian interventions: "What do you do in a Bosnia, a Kosovo situation? It's a tough question. What do you do in a Rwanda situation? It's a hard one. I think Rwanda, the lesson of history is the U.N. should have been given the power to use military force and enough manpower to get it done. The Canadian commander said if he had, I think, 2,000 troops he could have saved 500,000 lives. And yet we are at a magazine that is almost pacifist." |
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Madison Snaps -- April 30, 2009
by on 04/30/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “ladyInTheLake” was photographed by Thom Jones. |
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The Progressive, funding creativity, and Garrison Keillor in the May 1 edition of Isthmus
by on 04/30/09 at 7:00 am | What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow. |
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Lists for lefties: The Nation Guide to the Nation by Richard Lingeman and The Nation editors
by Linda Falkenstein on 04/29/09 at 4:00 pm | The Nation Guide to the Nation -- billed as "The Essential Lifestyle guide for the millions of progressives from coast to coast" -- is excellent, despite that somewhat fluffy tagline. "A guide to all things left" is probably a better moniker. Published by Vintage, TNGTTN is useful, surprising, interesting and sometimes provocative. |
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Basford's Spin City: How relevant is the Madison Common Council?
by Mike Basford on 04/29/09 at 2:28 pm | As Wisconsin's state government continues it's misbegotten war on affordable housing, Madison's City Attorney goes Judicial Branch on the Common Council. Are they going to just sit there and take it? |
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Escape Java Joint moving down Willy Street
by Linda Falkenstein on 04/29/09 at 12:32 pm | Escape Java Joint owner Duane Erickson sounds slightly sleepy, but undaunted by the amount of work he has to do before this weekend. Escape is moving, and he says it's by choice. |
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Wilmington on DVD: Nothing But the Truth, Alain Resnais, Bride Wars, and Notorious
by Mike Wilmington on 04/29/09 at 11:00 am | The most effective of writer-director (and ex-movie critic) Rod Lurie's political melodramas is this absorbing legal thriller, obviously inspired by the case of the New York Times' Judith Miller (but widely departing from it). |
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The Thermals pop with conviction at the High Noon Saloon
by Kiki Schueler on 04/29/09 at 10:00 am | Surprisingly, it took The Thermals a little while to get warmed up on Tuesday night. When they took the stage at the High Noon Saloon, lead singer/guitarist Hutch Harris and bassist Kathy Foster were dressed appropriately for the slightly chilly spring night. By the third song on the set list "Let Go," Harris had shed his sport coat, and Foster's sweater followed soon after. The crowd however took a little longer. |
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Madison Snaps -- April 29, 2009
by on 04/29/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Indoor kite flying” was photographed by Emily Mills. |
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Beilke: So Mayor Dave is pro-business. Who isn't?
by Dustin Beilke on 04/28/09 at 5:21 pm | I attended UW-Madison back when there were actually still a few Marxists around, but I have yet to meet anyone who is not "pro-business." Everyone understands that businesses employ people and that jobs are important. |
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Fugu Asian Fusion now open in downtown Madison
by Linda Falkenstein on 04/28/09 at 2:00 pm | Fugu Asian Fusion, 411 W. Gilman St., is now open. The former site of the all-you-can-eat Yummy Buffet has been extensively remodeled for a slightly more upscale dining experience, but then, almost anything would be more upscale than the Yummy. |
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Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra settles strike
by Kenneth Burns on 04/28/09 at 12:56 pm | Spring weather has finally arrived, the stock market looks stable, and here's more good news: The musicians of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra have ended their strike. The settlement brings to an end the acrimonious dispute that, starting last October, all but demolished the chamber orchestra's indoor season. |
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Robbie Fulks brings a pallet-load of songs to the High Noon Saloon
by Andy Moore on 04/28/09 at 11:45 am | Robbie Fulks' self-imposed touring exile of the last year and a half has been hell for fans who swarm to his over-the-top stage shows. The drought ends this week as Fulks and his 50 Voice Doberman All Stars take the stage Friday night at the High Noon. |
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Win tickets to Tapestry Dance, Robbie Fulks, Serena Ryder, Dobet Gnahore, Dan Deacon, The Bellrays, and more!
by on 04/28/09 at 11:00 am | This week's contests include tickets to: Robbie Fulks, Gomeroke, The Bellrays, Phun and Elf Lettuce, Del tha Funky Homosapien, and Ronnie Baker Brooks at the High Noon; Serena Ryder and Dan Deacon at the Majestic; Dobet Gnahore at the Wisconsin Union Theatre; Tapestry Dance Company and Second City at Overture; and more. |
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Madison Snaps -- April 28, 2009
by on 04/28/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “making some sun” was photographed by Ralph Grunewald. |
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MadTracks -- 'AmeriKKKan Idol' (Radio Edit) by Kalo feat. DLO
by Jessica Steinhoff on 04/27/09 at 3:30 pm | Kalo, a Madison artist who creates hip-hop with a street flavor, recently teamed up with another local hip-hop favorite, DLO, known to some as one of the emcees from dumate and to others for 10-plus years of writing solo rhymes here in town. |
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Beer Here -- Hop Bock from Capital Brewery
by Robin Shepard on 04/27/09 at 1:30 pm | The Middleton brewery has really come of age lately with a string of small-batch experimental brews that provide even more reason to celebrate. Last fall, Nelson released Barbara Imperial Doppelbock, a limited release named after his wife. His latest creation is Hop Bock, based on the big malty German lagers for which Capital is renowned, only this beer offers a subtle, yet firm, kiss of hops in its aroma and finish. |
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Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra stages joyful return for Masterworks V
by John W. Barker on 04/27/09 at 11:06 am | Having the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra back with us again, in their scheduled season finale, was enough reason for joy. The more so in that they had lost none of their tight ensemble and confident sonority during their recent absence over contract disputes. |
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Madison Snaps -- April 27, 2009
by on 04/27/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “"Prairie Tapestry No. 1: Crane Clangor" by Glenn Wolff” was photographed by Peter Patau. |
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The Week: April 27-30, 2009
by on 04/27/09 at 7:00 am | April is bowing out as billed, but all this rain is accompanied by a flood of live music this week. Clubs around town will be featuring shows by the Dex Romweber Duo, MC Chris, The Thermals, Josh Kelley, Jucifer, Decibully, Peanut Butter Wolf, an all-star 100th anniversary concert for The Progressive, Horse Feathers, Mustard Plug, and Colin Hay; along with book readings by Martín Espada, and David J. Tenenbaum with Terry Devitt. |
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Sconnies in Cajun country, Part 6: A nice, round 12-hours straight of live music
by Andy Moore on 04/26/09 at 11:02 am | A man can only take so much live music and I admit I'm ready to come home. I also admit that I could eat cajun food forever and never miss another strand of pasta. |
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Highlights of The Progressive 100th anniversary bash
by David Medaris on 04/26/09 at 8:00 am | The Progressive magazine's centennial conference convenes May 1-2 at Monona Terrace a lineup of Progressive All-Stars so impressive that even the most avid fan might have a hard time keeping track of who's on first and what's on second. To help avoid such a scenario, we here at The Daily Page have perused the full program and compiled a pre-game highlight reel. |
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Sconnies in Cajun country, Part 5: Festival International de Louisiane takes full flight
by Andy Moore on 04/25/09 at 4:12 pm | 35,000. That was Friday night's crowd estimate at the Festival International de Louisiane here in Lafayette. I asked a cop in the men's room, that's how I know. All six stages cranking. The streets ran in rivers of partiers of all shapes and sizes. |
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Vinyl Cave -- Now We Can See by The Thermals
by Bob Koch on 04/25/09 at 8:00 am | Repetitive ranting over a bed of muddy distortion; that's what this listener thought about The Thermals when a friend spun their debut album at a party back in 2003. It didn't take too long to flip-flop on that early negative impression after their weirdly hypnotic music began to sink in, though. |
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Sconnies in Cajun country, Part 4: Exposure at the Louisiana International Music Exchange
by Andy Moore on 04/24/09 at 8:30 pm | The Red Stick Ramblers claim to play "everything Louisiana is known for" which is a ballsy boast. The Ramblers headline the Blue Moon Saturday night. We're there. |
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A Book a Week: Peony in Love by Lisa See
by Becky Holmes on 04/24/09 at 5:00 pm | Lisa See's books have such lovely covers! And her titles: Peony in Love, Snow Flower and The Secret Fan. Don’t they sound delightful? I think I have been avoiding them for these very reasons; I suspected they might not measure up to their marketing. And it's true that Peony in Love was not what I expected, but in a good way, to my surprise. |
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