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The Week[end]: November 6-8, 2009
by on 11/06/09 at 6:00 am | Feast upon yet another array of fine arts entrees around Madison this weekend The calendar includes: the return of the Tales from Planet Earth film fest; productions of Carmen, Dog Sees God, and All About Eve and a performance of Under the Big Top; live music by the George Maurer Duo, The Sounds, El Ten Eleven, The Mountain Goats, Mount Eerie, the Ancora String Quartet, Ami Saraiya, Ace Frehley, Emancipator, Cursillistas, and Old Crow Medicine Show; and for dessert, Pie Palooza. |
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A Book A Week: Caravaggio's Angel by Ruth Brandon
by Becky Holmes on 11/05/09 at 6:00 pm | I am very picky about writing styles. Have you noticed? I don't like (and won't read) badly written books. I will, however, sometimes read a decently written book with a lousy plot. Ruth Brandon's Caravaggio's Angel fits into this category. I am a sucker for art mysteries and picked this up by chance. |
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Vinyl Cave: Where does all this stuff come from, anyway?
by Bob Koch on 11/05/09 at 5:00 pm | In Madison, we're lucky to still have a wide variety of places where those who want to browse for music can do so the old fashioned way, in person. Occasionally, there's even special events that draw hordes of serious and casual collectors, such as St. Vincent de Paul's annual collectible record sale, which started Thursday and runs through Saturday. |
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Dane County Farmers' Market: Gentle Breeze Honey
by Andrea Parins on 11/05/09 at 3:00 pm | Gentle Breeze Honey is a full beekeeping operation and honey-processing farm in the rolling countryside of Mount Horeb. Eugene Woller and family have been selling at the Dane County Farmers' Market for 18 years. |
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Blaska's Blog says Baa, baa, baa
by David Blaska on 11/05/09 at 2:59 pm | We now have a president who is purely the product of the government sector. As blissfully ignorant of how to create wealth as any Progressive Dane collectivist. That divide is showing up as Obama socializes the American economy while Europe steps back from the enervating socialist experiment. |
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Band to Band Combat field pared to eight, your questions answered!
by Jason Joyce on 11/05/09 at 9:45 am | One week ago, the Band to Band Combat ballot featured 38 songs from 38 bands. That's a lot of music and you're forgiven if you didn't listen to every song. But there's no doubt that eight songs are significantly easier to listen to than 38, especially if you're doing that listening at work. The expectation here is for some informed decision making, voters! |
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Madison Snaps -- November 5, 2009
by on 11/05/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “fog at ATM” was photographed by Steve Salt. |
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00s music, Jeremi Suri, Kids & Parents, and Oysy Sushi in the November 6 issue of Isthmus
by on 11/05/09 at 6:00 am | What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow. |
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An inside look at the Obama visit to Madison
by Lynn Welch on 11/04/09 at 6:17 pm | "This is a culminating event for them,” Wright librarian Amy Owens said of the visit. "They followed the election last year and have been following his career. This will be something they’ll never forget. Think about what you remember from middle school." |
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Remarks by the President on Strengthening America's Education System
by on 11/04/09 at 6:17 pm | Remarks by the President on strengthening America's Education System |
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Remarks by the President and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in Discussion with Students
by on 11/04/09 at 6:17 pm | Remarks by the President and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in Discussion with Students |
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Blaska's Blog celebrates a comeback
by David Blaska on 11/04/09 at 4:24 pm | What a difference a year makes in American politics! As Tommy G. Thompson would say, "Isn't it great to be a Republican!" And you know what, kids? It really is! You should try it some time. |
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Madame Fromage: The Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin is worth checking out
by Tenaya Darlington on 11/04/09 at 2:00 pm | I'm so impressed by The Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin Press, 2009), a new book by James Norton and Rebecca Dilley, I hardly know where to begin. |
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Obama visits Madison: The words on the street
by Bill Lueders on 11/04/09 at 1:00 pm | Today's Wisconsin State Journal contains a charming letter from some Madison school boosters toasting the many excellent reasons President Barack Obama decided to visit Wright Middle School in Madison. These include: "Wright is both a successful charter school and has one of the most diverse student bodies in the Madison school district." It's also a security fortress. |
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Madison Etsy explorations: The Fairy Garden
by Megan Larson on 11/04/09 at 12:00 pm | Halloween may have come and gone but that doesn't mean the little ones have to stop playing dress up. Playing princess has never been easier or more adorable than with a tutu from The Fairy Garden. With only a little tulle and a little sparkle, shop owner Heidi Duss has created an invitation to the magical world of make-believe for your child. |
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Wilmington on DVD: North by Northwest, Food, Inc., noir classics, The Taking of Pelham 123
by Mike Wilmington on 11/04/09 at 10:00 am | North by Northwest is Alfred Hitchcock's great romantic/comedy/thriller -- with Cary Grant at his witty, seductive, impeccable best as "wrong man" Roger Thornhill, an overly smug Madison Avenue adman who gets mistaken for an elusive spy. |
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Madison Snaps -- November 4, 2009
by on 11/04/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “storm brewing” was photographed by Monique J. Isham. |
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What we learned in the All Together Now Madison reporting project
by Bill Lueders on 11/03/09 at 4:00 pm | All Together Now, the collaborative reporting project by Madison media, is probably the first time something like this has ever been done. It's not likely to be the last. |
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Coffee Bytes is a ground-level java stop at University Square
by Andrea Parins on 11/03/09 at 1:00 pm | Owned and operated by two UW-Madison graduates, Coffee Bytes has students in mind with many study nooks, relaxing recliners, free wifi and great campus location at the still relatively new University Square complex. It is not located in the second-floor food court, but right off the street across from the University Theatre. |
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Win tickets to Dog Sees God, Jill Sobule & Erin McKeown, The Fiery Furnaces, and more!
by on 11/03/09 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: Dog Sees God at the Bartell; Band to Band Combat at the Frequency; Jill Sobule & Erin McKeown, Quarantine, Digital Leather, and Haley Bonar at the High Noon; In This Moment at the Annex; The Sounds and The Fiery Furnaces at the Majestic; and more! |
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Madison Snaps -- November 3, 2009
by on 11/03/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Organic Egg Co-op” was photographed by Dana O'Shea. |
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Blaska's Blog encourages Babs to come clean
by David Blaska on 11/02/09 at 4:33 pm | In my last blog, I opined that Barbara Lawton owes her supporters and her political party an honest reason for her volte face." Absent that, "speculation is bound to continue" for her sudden decision last week to quit the race for governor. |
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Madison eats agenda: Food-A-Rama, a herb fair, Polish Christmas, Fest-of-Ale, Pie Palooza
by Andrea Parins on 11/02/09 at 4:00 pm | The coming week, with events that get to your heart through your stomach. |
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Madison Music Scene and Heard: Project Lodge, The Relics, Bach in a Backpack
by Bob Koch on 11/02/09 at 12:00 pm | Music/art space the Project Lodge was relatively quiet over the summer after the founders moved back to Portland, Oregon. But a group of new owner-coordinators have worked through the transition process, and the venue's calendar is beginning to fill up. |
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Emily Mills: Welcome to the Monkey House
by Emily Mills on 11/02/09 at 9:36 am | For The Daily Page, however, my goal is pretty simple, and I've created a clever and not at all menacing acronym for it: KILS, or "Keep It Local, Stupid." I want to peel back the many layers of the delicious and sometimes tear-inducing onion that is Madison area politics and culture, and I'd love some company. So if it's got a solid local angle or connection, you can be sure I'll do my best to process, analyze and shake my fist at it. |
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Madison Snaps -- November 2, 2009
by on 11/02/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “fall terrace” was photographed by Ralph Grunewald. |
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The Week: November 2-5, 2009
by on 11/02/09 at 6:00 am | The arts are well-represented across the board in Madison this first week of November. The calendar includes: a performance of The Rap Canterbury Tales, a readings by Jennifer Chiaverini, and a talk by Dave Eggers with Valentino Achak Deng; a gallery opening featuring Orestes Larios Zaak and Gregorio Perez Escobar and a cabaret performance by Elizabeth Ward Land; and, live music by Bishop Allen, Ghostface Killah, Needtobreathe, Bassnectar, Tiempo Libre, The Bouncing Souls, and White Denim. |
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Among the ghouls: A photographic ride-along with a costumed Madison Critical Mass on Halloween Eve
by Christopher Guess on 10/31/09 at 2:15 pm | Between 70 and 100 bikers in all manner of costumes descended on Madison’s downtown Friday night, shutting down parts of John Nolen Drive, East Washington Avenue and University Avenue and other streets for portions of the night. |
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Sufjan Stevens, Osso and DM Stith explore wild things and concrete jungles at Project Lodge
by Jessica Steinhoff on 10/31/09 at 10:51 am | People often joke that the Midwest is a few years behind the coasts when it comes to adopting the newest cultural trends, overlooking that many of these innovations stem from the Midwest in the first place. A fine example is the work of Sufjan Stevens, who visited the Project Lodge Friday night to share his film about the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. |
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Religion is a drag in StageQ's charming, irreverent The Stops
by Jennifer A. Smith on 10/31/09 at 10:18 am | Meet Ginny, Euglena and their friend Rose in StageQ's latest production, The Stops, directed by John-Stuart Fauquet. It's a giddy musical blend of drag show and church-lady comedy à la Church Basement Ladies. |
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