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Vinyl Cave: Live at the Circle A by Greg Cartwright
by Bob Koch on 10/03/09 at 8:00 am | Garage is a genre where the majority of its bands may remain outside the mainstream of pop culture but can become legends in their circle of influence. Greg Cartwright has become one of those near-mythical giants. |
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Chicago's failed Olympics bid: The bloggers respond
by on 10/02/09 at 2:37 pm | The timing of Friday's decision by the International Olympic Committee to hold the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro instead of Chicago coincided with the lunch hours of a ravenous blogger community who took a few minutes to respond to the news. Since holding the games in Chicago would have meant bike races in Madison, there were local reverberations. |
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UW Prof. Bill Cronon stars in Ken Burns' The National Parks on PBS
by Bill Lueders on 10/02/09 at 1:08 pm | What happens when a city's media are subjected to wave after wave of staffing and budget cuts? One consequence is that even obvious, important and interesting stories fall through the cracks. |
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Beer Here: Fallen Apple from Furthermore Beer
by Robin Shepard on 10/02/09 at 11:00 am | The fall apple harvest means fresh pie or cobbler to some. But Furthermore Beer offers a liquid alternative with its current seasonal beer called Fallen Apple, which just hit store shelves in Madison. |
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Madison mourns loss of Chicago bid for 2016 Olympics
by David Medaris on 10/02/09 at 10:48 am | Chicago has been eliminated in the first round of International Olympic Committee balloting to determine the host city for the 2016 Olympic Games. The announcement this hour from the International Olympic Committee meeting at Copenhagen lets the air out of the tires for anyone who had thrilled at the prospect of Madison serving as a satellite host for cycling events. |
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Madison Snaps - Friday, October 2, 2009
by on 10/02/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Wingra's Gold-tinged Underwater Wonderland Is More Visible Now” was photographed by Peter Patau. |
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The Week[end]: October 2-4, 2009
by on 10/02/09 at 6:00 am | October gets a rollicking start this weekend with the Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival, Gallery Night, the Madison Horror Film Festival, and Pipers in the Prairie. The calendar also includes: the "What is Human?" symposium, a talk by Evelyn Fox Keller, a production of The Revolt of the Beavers!, and a performance of Causeway by Kate Corby & Chris Walker on the UW campus; a talk by Elizabeth Gilbert; and, live music by Leo Kottke, the MSO, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Company of Thieves, The New Standards, All That Remains, These United States, Erin McCarley, Juliette Lewis, and Liam Finn. |
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Wisconsin Book Festival 2009: Bonnie Jo Campbell speaks
by David Medaris on 10/01/09 at 4:00 pm | Novelist and short-story author Bonnie Jo Campbell's new collection, American Salvage, traverses the bleak social and economic landscapes of rural Michigan, where methamphetamine labs are as common as unemployment. |
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Madison Snaps -- October 1, 2009
by on 10/01/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Transition area” was photographed by Matt Cook. |
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Urban trees, the Wisconsin Book Fest, and Kids and Parents in the October 2 issue of Isthmus
by on 10/01/09 at 6:00 am | What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow. |
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Downtown Madison Peace Park discussions grow tense
by Joe Tarr on 09/30/09 at 4:42 pm | In a meeting that was at times tense and antagonistic, people argued about the motives behind the redevelopment of Lisa Link Peace Park and what the city should be doing to help the homeless. |
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Mary Nohl: Inside and Outside uncovers Milwaukee's 'witch house' at Wisconsin Book Festival 2009
by Linda Falkenstein on 09/30/09 at 4:00 pm | Madisonians are familiar with large scale "outsider" folk art from the concrete sculptures of Waubesa Street's Sid Boyum that are now installed across the near east side. Other notable southern Wisconsin folk art sites include Nick Engelbert's Grandview (near Hollandale), and Dr. Evermor's art garden (near Sauk City). But less well known in Madison is work of Mary Nohl of Milwaukee. |
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Blaska's Blog riffs on bio-tech jobs TIF
by David Blaska on 09/30/09 at 2:08 pm | We've been reading about the proposed Edgewater Hotel expansion fueled by $16 million in tax incremental financing that the mayor and the biz community are advocating. And what kind of extra jobs would the hotel expansion provide? Largely, table busing jobs and parlor maids. |
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Wilmington on DVD: The Wizard of Oz, Monsters vs. Aliens, Away We Go
by Mike Wilmington on 09/30/09 at 10:00 am | Some movies appeal to just about everybody -- like the heart-stoppingly entertaining and wonderful 1939 musical that MGM made out of L. Frank Baum's American fairy tale, The Wizard of Oz, now released in a deluxe 70th anniversary DVD edition by Warner. |
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Madison Snaps -- September 30, 2009
by on 09/30/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “Pink Overload” was photographed by Frank LaRosa. |
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Madison Music Scene and Heard: Freakfest tickets, Hank III, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
by Bob Koch on 09/29/09 at 5:00 pm | A weekly update about upcoming concerts around Madison and notes about the local scene. |
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Kickshaw set to open in Fitchburg
by Linda Falkenstein on 09/29/09 at 4:00 pm | Kickshaw, billed as "American cuisine with a global influence" is set to open in the former Good Times and Fitch's Chophouse space on McKee Road in Fitchburg. The site, though convenient to Star Cinema and the growing retail area near Target, has yet to find a good match. |
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Wisconsin Book Festival 2009: Michelle Wildgen speaks
by David Medaris on 09/29/09 at 12:00 pm | In a wide-ranging interview, Michelle Wildgen discusses the genesis and evolution of her new novel, But Not for Long, and its characters, the challenges and rewards of writing it, real-life apprehensions and anxieties, courage and what she always carries with her. |
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Win tickets to Whip It, the Madison Horror Film Fest, the Milwaukee Symphony, and more!
by on 09/29/09 at 10:00 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: Whip It with the Mad Rollin' Dolls; the Madison Horror Film Festival; the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra at the Union Theater; Five Finger Death Punch at the Orpheum, Daughtry at the Alliant Energy Center; and more! |
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Madison Snaps -- September 29, 2009
by on 09/29/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “The Darker Side of Autumn” was photographed by Peter Patau. |
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SOLVE and his art live on at Madison East retrospective
by David Medaris on 09/28/09 at 6:00 pm | The fate of artists is to be outlived by their creative legacies. The tragedy of Brendan Scanlon, the Chicago artist and Madison native known by his street-artist alias of SOLVE, is that he was murdered before he could leave a more complete artistic bequest. |
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Blaska's Blog turns the screws on liberals
by David Blaska on 09/28/09 at 2:41 pm | In my never-ending search for Truth, Justice and the American Way I have stumbled -- like Jeff Wood doing a sobriety test -- on an odious web site called "Screw Liberals." |
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Madison eats agenda: Oktoberfest, a pie party, Ducktoberfest, and Java Jive
by Kristian Knutsen on 09/28/09 at 2:00 pm | The coming week, in events that get to your heart through your stomach. |
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Madison Snaps -- September 28, 2009
by on 09/28/09 at 8:00 am | Today's image titled “World Music Festival-Dragon Knights” was photographed by Nataraj Hauser. |
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The Week: September 28 - October 1, 2009
by on 09/28/09 at 6:00 am | Send September off this week with a calendar that includes: a talk by David Maraniss; stand-up by Mike Birbiglia; performances of Ulysses' Crewmen by Insurgent Theatre and Garden Party by TAPIT/New Works; and, live music by Mute Math, Red Wire Black Wire, and Monotonix. |
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Wisconsin breweries capture honors at 2009 Great American Beer Festival
by Robin Shepard on 09/27/09 at 6:00 pm | Capital Brewery and New Glarus Brewing were among the local beer makers winning awards at this year's Great American Beer Festival. The annual competition in Denver concluded on Saturday, drawing over 49,000 visitors to the three-day festival that includes awards in more than 75 categories. |
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Harry Whitehorse leads Effigy Tree homecoming (video)
by David Medaris on 09/27/09 at 8:00 am | A neighborhood, a city and a nation welcomed a tree home to Hudson Park on Lake Monona's north shore during formal rededication ceremonies Saturday afternoon for "Let the Great Spirits Soar," the extraordinary sculpture by Ho-Chunk artist Harry Whitehorse. |
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Comic-book fun in rambling Tales from the Dork Side at Broom Street Theater
by Amelia Cook on 09/26/09 at 9:23 am | Broom Street Theater's Tales from the Dork Side is a prime example of what the Broom Street people do well: fill their little Willy Street space with an overload of craziness. |
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Vinyl Cave: Mad 'Twists' Rock 'n' Roll from Mad Magazine
by Bob Koch on 09/26/09 at 8:00 am | Mad 'Twists' Rock 'n' Roll has never been released on CD, and when the LP does turn up it's nearly always been played to death. When a copy in good condition turned up recently I couldn't resist satisfying my longtime curiosity, and re-affirming my Mad fandom. |
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Beer Here: Altbier from the Great Dane Downtown
by Robin Shepard on 09/25/09 at 12:00 pm | What does the autumnal equinox inspire in the beer person? An altbier comes to my mind -- an indicator of the halfway point between summer and winter, a benchmark for the change of season. These beautiful deep copper-colored brews remind me of the colors of changing leaves. |
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