Pick a candidate, any candidate Six Democrats vie for gig in 81st Assembly race Vikki Kratz on Thursday 08/28/2008 Democrats in the 81st Assembly District are spoiled for choice this fall. Six candidates are running for the seat being vacated by veteran lawmaker Dave Travis. All six have solid liberal credentials, with a background in community activism. And they tend to think alike on many issues — every single one wants to trash the current school funding formula, increase support for the UW System and pass a statewide smoking ban. >More
A preview tour of the Goodman Atwood Community Center View photos inside and outside the refurbished facility David Medaris on Thursday 08/28/2008 3:35 pm When the Goodman Atwood Community Center re-opens on Tuesday at the old Kupfer Iron Works Building on Waubesa Street, visitors can expect to find a work in progress. But what a piece of work it is. For the first time in memory, all of the center's programs -- including the Lussier Teen Center and the New Loft -- will be reunited under one roof. >More
Brett Favre fun for everyone in Madden NFL All-Play for the Nintendo Wii Zac Shipley on Thursday 08/28/2008 11:09 am, (8) Recommendations Brett Favre, a sure bet for the Football Hall of Fame and legendary quarterback for the Green Bay Packers was selected to be the athlete featured for the cover of Madden 2009. Of course we're all well aware by now how the tribute to the temporarily retired player panned out, but how is the game itself? >More
Man on Wire: Balancing act James Marsh's film documents audacity Kent Williams on Friday 08/29/2008 "There is no why," Philippe Petit told reporters on his way to jail, back in 1974. Calm, yet ecstatic, the 24-year-old Frenchman had just spent 45 minutes on a wire suspended between the two towers of the World Trade Center. He'd crossed back and forth eight times, turning and running the other way when the police made a grab for him. At one point, he went down on one knee and raised an arm, bowing to the sky gods. Later, he reclined on the wire, head to toe, as if needing to catch his breath. >More
Don't pooh-pooh the fufu Africana brings West African cuisine to Madison Linda Falkenstein on Friday 08/29/2008 Ever since Yirgalem, the beautiful Ethiopian restaurant on Monroe Street, closed a few summers back, I've been looking forward to a new African restaurant in Madison. Now the east side gets a chance to welcome Africana Restaurant and Lounge, on Atwood, serving West African cuisine. It's a simple storefront, but the vibrant walls of deep pumpkin go well with the vintage terrazzo floor, and the wooden bowls and plates make for a natural, casual atmosphere. >More
Scads of CDs There's a spate of new releases from local acts Tom Laskin on Friday 08/29/2008 Judging from the abundant number of summertime releases by Madison-area musicians, very few local players are worried about the slumping market for recorded music. Here at Isthmus, we've received a dozen new CDs by local acts over the course of August, a month that usually sees half the city's population take off on vacation. >More
Morning stars A crabby critic takes aim at coffee-time talkers John Mendels(s)ohn on Friday 08/29/2008, (1) Comment, (1) Recommendation Israel and Iran have just declared war on each other, the Russians have landed on Mars and removed all our flags, and a Middleton man refuses to eat omelets not made with free-range eggs! Those headlines after this look at the weather. >More
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