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Sconnies in Cajun country, Part 3: Early in the morning at Lafayette's Blue Moon Saloon
by Andy Moore on 04/24/09 at 2:16 pm | The rumor was that Dave Matthews would be among hard funking Marc Broussard's sidemen Thursday night. The name could be heard as you walked through the thick crowds. |
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Basford's Spin City: Grand Old Retreads
by Mike Basford on 04/24/09 at 12:30 pm | You remember Mark Neumann, don't you? He was the man who took the serious enterprise of running for the United States Senate and reduced it to millions of dollars of on-air shrieking about cow farts and Russian monkeys in space. |
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The Week on Forum: Self-respecting Madisonians, open carry, and air pollution
by Clare Milliken on 04/24/09 at 12:00 pm | With the exception of a planning for a jaunt to Atlantic City, the forum stuck to the local scene this week. While some bitched about city policy, gun laws and sky-high insurance, others found solace in pizza, Bloody Marys, and the promise of an 80 degree day. |
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The Week[end]: April 24-26, 2009
by on 04/24/09 at 11:00 am | Spring doesn't get any busier or more fun than this in Madison. The calendar for this final weekend of April includes: Odyssey Con IX, the Capital City Jazz Fest, the Crazylegs Classic, and Isthmus Green Day 2009; an anniversary show by Cycropia Aerial Dance and Spring Flight by UW Dance; performances of The Green Room and A Moon Between Two Houses; and a wealth of live music by Richie Havens, Nanci Griffith, the WCO, Backyard Tire Fire, the Perlman Piano Trio, Nick Moss & the Flip Tops, and Rocco DeLuca & the Burden. |
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Blaska's Blog: The furious nibbler
by David Blaska on 04/24/09 at 10:08 am | What does it mean when Elizabeth Burmaster is your party’s star government crusader? Your Senator Jefferson Smith via Jimmy Stewart? |
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Madison Snaps -- April 24, 2009
by on 04/24/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Sun powered wind” was photographed by Emily Mills. |
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Isthmus Green Day 2009: Smart choices, simple changes
by on 04/23/09 at 6:00 pm | The second annual Isthmus Green Day will be held at Monona Terrace on Saturday, April 25. It is designed to help every person, no matter what his or her circumstances, become a little greener and have fun doing it. |
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Isthmus Green Day 2009 schedule of events
by on 04/23/09 at 6:00 pm | Here's your complete schedule of events for Isthmus Green Day on Saturday, April 25, opening at 9 a.m. and running through 6 p.m. at Monona Terrace. |
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Sconnies in Cajun country, Part 2: Bellying up to the buffet
by Andy Moore on 04/23/09 at 4:12 pm | I'm married to a vegetarian and have a son at home who's one, too. I love them dearly but I love cajun food because it revolves around eating so many different kinds of animals. |
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I can has veggie cheezburger?
by Linda Falkenstein on 04/23/09 at 4:00 pm | Meat lovers do sometimes complain about the taste of veggie burgers, but I find that people -- at least around Madison -- are happy to eat a veggie burger without feeling a need to declare themselves vegetarians. |
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Team Unicorn laces up as Mad Rollin' Dolls head into 2009 semis
by Melissa Faliveno on 04/23/09 at 3:00 pm | Team Unicorn is a non-sanctioned travel team, meaning it's non-WFTDA-ranked and plays similarly non-sanctioned teams from all over the country. Simply put: They do it for the love of derby. And the love of unicorns. And rainbows. And sparkly tights. |
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Sconnies in Cajun country: On the plane to Lafayette
by Andy Moore on 04/23/09 at 2:12 pm | As you read this, I'll be deplaning in Lafayette, Louisiana, the site of the five-day Festival International de Louisiane. I'm part of a team of Marquette neighborhood organizers who come to Lafayette to work with music agents and other promoters from around the country, using the festival in Lafayette as a giant audition. |
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Dane County Farmers' Market: Frey Family
by Clare Milliken on 04/23/09 at 12:00 pm | Welcome to a weekly feature on vendors at the Dane County Farmers Market. This week's focus is the Frey family, whose seasonal rotation entices the senses and sparks nostalgia for many passersby. Maybe it's the cheery flowers that keep them so happy. On second thought, maybe it's doing exactly what they love for 37 years. |
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Burgers, Morlino, dumate, Sofra, and the Green Guide in the April 24 edition of Isthmus
by on 04/23/09 at 9:00 am | What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow. |
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Madison Snaps -- April 23, 2009
by on 04/23/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Take a seat” was photographed by Angela Richardson. |
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West Madison residents gather to address coyote encounters
by Jason Joyce on 04/22/09 at 11:16 pm | After two hours of experts talking about urban coyote behavior and neighbors sharing their stories of encounters during a community meeting Wednesday night at the Lussier Community Education Center on Gammon Road, one west side Madison resident had heard enough. |
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Cieslewicz calls for Madison to be 'bold and aggressive' in State of the City address
by Joe Tarr on 04/22/09 at 4:20 pm | Mayor Dave Cieslewicz gave his annual "State of the City" address at the Madison Rotary Club monthly luncheon Wednesday, trying to strike a balance between both somber warnings and confidence in city leadership. |
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Concerts on the Square is on for summer 2009
by Kenneth Burns on 04/22/09 at 4:11 pm | Local music lovers can walk with an extra spring in their step, at least till the end of July. The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra announced Wednesday that despite the ensemble's ongoing dispute with its musicians, this summer it will proceed with the full slate of Concerts on the Square performances, as scheduled. The series begins June 24 and features weekly Wednesday-evening concerts through July 29. |
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Wilmington on DVD: The Wrestler, Frost/Nixon, In the Realm of the Senses, and Precinct 13
by Mike Wilmington on 04/22/09 at 12:00 pm | I'm not sure Mickey Rourke isn't the best of them all. Certainly he seems to be suffering the most for his art here -- very convincingly, and with physical and emotional courage, giving us the very image of an over-the-hill wrestler, desperately trying to hang on and come back. |
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Madison Etsy explorations: Aunty K's Crocheted Guyz
by Megan Larson on 04/22/09 at 11:00 am | Recently I was shopping for a children's gift and found it hard not to be overwhelmed by the vast number of branded toys reaching out to grab my attention. I am not a Barney fan and frankly, I've never seen Dora the Explorer. |
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Madison Snaps -- April 22, 2009
by on 04/22/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “2009 Season of the Dane County Farmers' Market Opened Today” was photographed by Peter Patau. |
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Blaska's Blog: Back from the dead
by David Blaska on 04/21/09 at 1:20 pm | Been some big changes here at the Blaska Research Center and Experimental Work Farm. Basically, I have come back from the dead. How is that for a post-Easter theme? No, I do not expect to ascend bodily into heaven any time soon, but I was getting pretty ripe. |
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La Mexicana satisfies in Sauk City
by Linda Falkenstein on 04/21/09 at 1:00 pm | Sauk City does have a McDonald's and a Culvers and a Pizza Hut, and a few family restaurants and a supper club. But if I'm anywhere near Sauk City, it's hard for me to resist a stop at La Mexicana, a grocery and small restaurant combo on Water Street, just around the corner from where Highway 12 crosses the Wisconsin River. For the highway-number-challenged, this is the way from Madison to Devil’s Lake. |
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Win tickets to Isthmus Green Day, MC Chris, Josh Kelly and Ryan Cabrera, Mustard Plug, Unicycle Loves You, and more!
by on 04/21/09 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: Isthmus Green Day; Marionetas de la Esquina, Tapestry Dance Company, and Second City at Overture; Dobet Gnahore at the Wisconsin Union Theatre; Rocco Deluca and the Burden, Josh Kelly and Ryan Cabrera, Colin Hay with Chris Trapper, Serena Ryder, and Dan Deacon at the Majestic; MC Chris, Mustard Plug, Robbie Fulks, and The Bellrays at the High Noon; Unicycle Loves You at The Frequency; and more. |
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Madison's Dean Health uses coach-speak in layoffs
by Dustin Beilke on 04/21/09 at 9:41 am | I started to understand the concept of pre-emptive dishonesty during Mike Holmgren's tenure as head coach of the Green Bay Packers. |
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Madison Snaps -- April 21, 2009
by on 04/21/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “rocking the firehouse” was photographed by Beth McConnell. |
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MadTracks -- 'Maybe, Baby, I Still Want You' by the Home Demo Vixens
by Jessica Steinhoff on 04/20/09 at 2:00 pm | Every now and then, you need something you can swing to: not the kind of swinging that involves bored couples and a bowl full of keys, or even the kind that involves a playground, but something you can move to with carefree enthusiasm. |
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Dane County Farmers' Market opens its 2009 season
by Clare Milliken on 04/20/09 at 1:00 pm | Saturday's sunny, 75 degree day was the perfect backdrop for the opening of the outdoor Dane County Farmers' Market. |
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The Week: April 20-23, 2009
by on 04/20/09 at 11:00 am | Spring is marching along, and with it flows a steady stream of live music through town. The calendar this week includes: shows by Natty Nation, Peelander-Z with Birthday Suits, The Sideshow Tragedy, Billy Branch, Maria Taylor, Extra Golden, Valient Thorr, Girlyman, Great Lake Swimmers, Wayne Hancock, and Perpetual Groove; a talk by Seth Pollak and Jenny Saffran; and standup by Louis C.K. |
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Youthful energy in University Theatre's successful Hair
by Bruce G. Bradley on 04/20/09 at 10:44 am | In Vilas Hall's Mitchell Theatre Saturday night, the passion and energy of the beautiful young cast of Hair had a remarkable effect on a packed audience, fully half of whom could remember the events from the first time around. |
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