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Isthmus on the isthmus: Checking out the Mason Lounge on Park Street
Ben Reiser on Thursday 11/18/2010
The affable owner and bartender talk about their approach to opening a new beer bar in the old Bennett's space, including decor and unexpected rules for patrons. >MoreJC Brooks and the Uptown Sound headline epic bill of soul and rock at the Frequency
Andy Moore on Thursday 11/18/2010 10:27 am, (1) Like
"It'll be a test of endurance for the staff, that's for sure," says We Are Beatrice guitarist Mike Bacsi. The endurance test he mentions is a nine-hour, five-band stretch of music Bacsi's band leads off at the Frequency on Saturday, Nov. 20. Seven dollars at the door means 78 cents per hour. >More

News: Progressive Dane looks ahead to spring 2011 elections after fall disappointment
The Sconz: Brunch Links: November 18
The Sconz: Madison Common Council turns staffing debate into existential dialogue
Blaska's Blog: Blaska's Blog: I see London, I see France ... without leaving the airport
News: Dave Glomp to run for Madison city council in District 20, Thuy Pham-Remmele undecided

Biddy Martin's bold agenda
UW chancellor says the university is in jeopardy unless the state allows a new approach
Vic Feuerherd on Thursday 11/11/2010, (1) Like
One can't avoid the irony in Biddy Martin's words as she speaks of her youth in rural Virginia some 50 years ago. She's recalling the post-Jim Crow era of the South, a time when the shackles of segregation and separate-but-equal were loosening yet racism remained rampant. In her words, "virulent racism." >MoreUW Institutes for Discovery will serve campus and community
'An engine for creativity'
Alicia Yager on Thursday 11/11/2010
Visitors entering the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery at the UW-Madison at its Dec. 2 grand opening will encounter a striking blend of the past and the future. The past is represented by the Mesozoic-themed garden, the fossils embedded in the floor tiles and the scientific trivia walls located in the Town Center on the first floor. As for the future, visitors simply need to look up at the top three floors through glass walls at researchers working on health care breakthroughs. >More

Tell All: Sex under Republicans
Recreation: All the way to Merrimac
Opinion: Fickle voters call the shots
Opinion: A victory that can't last

Eats

Blowin' Smoke food cart to serve winter barbecue to downtown Madison
Square lunchers eager for a change of pace
Linda Falkenstein on Wednesday 11/17/2010 2:00 pm, (1) Like
Blowin' Smoke Barbecue features Kansas City-style barbecue, says owner-chef Robert Bishop. That means slow-smoked and dry-rubbed, with a ketchup-based, sweet sauce "with maybe a little kick" but not a super amount of heat. Bishop serves the sauce on the side, the meat in hamburger-style buns. Available are beef brisket, pork, ham, chicken, turkey and pastrami. The pastrami has been the biggest hit, somewhat to Bishop's surprise. >MoreBeer Here: Back Forty Bock from New Glarus Brewing
Robin Shepard on Friday 11/12/2010 2:00 pm, (2) Likes
New Glarus Brewing just released its latest beer, Back Forty Bock. It's a brew for those who enjoy seasonal bocks, with their malty tones of caramel and chocolate and their deep amber and bronze color. For local enthusiasts in the over-50 crowd, this beer will bring back memories of the winter releases of bock beers from breweries like Stevens Point, Potosi, Leinenkugel's, and Huber. Brewmaster Dan Carey's latest creation is in the spirit of those iconic Wisconsin bock beers. >More

Leave pie behind with savory pumpkin pancakes and persimmon date sauce (recipe)
Willy Street Co-op finally opens its second location in Middleton
Cookbook cues: Shefzilla: Conquering Haute Cuisine at Home by Stewart Woodman
Beer Here: Hopperbolic from Furthermore Beer
Los Gemelos in downtown Madison excels at tacos

Ricardo Flores' 'Que Color Tiene El Amor' is gorgeous highlight of Kanopy Dance concert
University Theatre's well-intended Yum Yum Room doesn't connect
A Book A Week: Hellhound on His Trail by Hampton Sides
Madison Opera general director Allan Naplan is Minnesota-bound
Arts Beat: Broom Street Theater names Heather Renken new artistic director

Retro Technology Night:Madison Children's Museum, 5:00pm

Delta Spirit, Darker My Love, The Fling:High Noon Saloon, 9:00pm

Unum Machina, Betray the Pharaoh, Look I'm Burning, Bound for Severance:Frequency, The, 9:30pm

Hot Pink Delorean, Chris V, DJs Kinn, Wyatt Agard:Annex, The, 10:00pm

Holiday Fantasy in Lights:Olin Park

WIAA State High School Football Championships:Camp Randall Stadium
Theater and Dance
Strollers Theatre's "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde":Bartell Theatre

Forward Theater Company's "In the Next Room, or the vibrator play":Playhouse, Overture Center

Next Stop is Vietnam: The War on Record, 1961-2008:Wisconsin Veterans Museum

Anthony Bourdain:Overture Hall, Overture Center, 7:30pm
>> Go to The Guide

Music

Next stop is Madison: Wisconsin Vets Museum explores Vietnam War era through music
Bob Koch on Monday 11/15/2010 4:00 pm, (1) Like
A longtime leader in carefully compiled sets has been Bear Family in Germany, one of the pioneers of multi-disc sets dedicated to single artists or labels in rock and country music. The label's 35th anniversary year included one of their most elaborate productions ever, the 13-CD set Next Stop is Vietnam: The War on Record, 1961-2008. The collection will be the starting point of a symposium about music during the war, running November 18-20 at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and Monona Terrace. >MoreOpen-mike performers risk utter humiliation
Home of the brave
Laurie Stark on Thursday 11/11/2010, (5) Likes
There's something about open mikes that strikes fear in the bravest of hearts. For many performers, it's petrifying to bare their souls for crowds of dispassionate half-drunks more invested in the bottoms of their PBRs than in the earnest folk singer onstage. I am awkwardness-averse, and observing such scenes gives me no secret thrill. >More

MadTracks: 'Been Thinkin a Ways' by Whitney Mann (video)
Vinyl Cave: The Complete Mythology box set by Syl Johnson
With Madison Symphony Orchestra, cellist Alisa Weilerstein balances nuance and passion
Segredo brings live bands to a massive interior

Screens

Wilmington on DVD: The Kids Are All Right, Chaplin, Clash of the Titans, Lottery Ticket
Mike Wilmington on Wednesday 11/17/2010 10:00 am
The Kids Are All Right is the kind of top-quality medium-budget movie they should definitely make more often in Hollywood: a smart, realistic, humane script with lots of savvy contemporary observations, and good parts for excellent actors. The actors, a first-rate ensemble -- especially Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo -- have a ball, and director/co-writer Lisa Cholodenko fills scene after scene with Cassavetsian realism/spontaneity and Hal Ashby-style L.A. humor and sparkle. >More

God of War: Ghost of Sparta and Super Scribblenauts are must-have games for PSP and DS
Arts Beat: UW Cinematheque welcomes new directory Jim Healy
Arts Beat: Four Star Video Heaven celebratest 25th anniversary
TV news dumbs it down in Morning Glory
Inside Job gets worked up about the financial crisis

For Colored Girls (R)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (PG-13)

Inside Job (PG-13)
It's Kind of a Funny Story (PG-13)

Last Train Home (NR)
Les Miserables in Concert: The 25th Anniversa ... (NR)
Life As We Know It (PG-13)

Megamind 3D (PG)
Megamind: An IMAX 3D Experience (PG)
Metropolitan Opera: Don Pasquale (NR)
Morning Glory (PG-13)

Saw VII (R)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (PG-13)

Star Cinema (Fitchburg)
Sundance Cinemas (Madison - West;)
UW Cinematheque (Madison - Downtown)
UW Memorial Union (Madison - Downtown)

New Madison minister, Jane Esbensen, does not believe in God
Emily's Post: Wisconsin high-speed rail supporters fight back
Emily's Post: Walker waffles on the train, RoJo observations, and the GOP 'mandate'
Blaska's Blog says Madison schools need a Caire package
Beer Here: Back Forty Bock from New Glarus Brewing
Pie Palooza 2010 celebrates local food... oh, and pie! (slideshow and recipes)
Looks like Walker is getting on a train

How I spent my high-school career day with Russ Feingold

Willy Street Co-op needs to rethink driveway plan for Jenifer Street
Why Russ Feingold deserves your vote
MadTracks: 'Turn the Light On' by the Lucas Cates Band
Principal for a Day discovers extraordinary challenges and achievements at Madison's Lincoln Elementary School
Anthony Bourdain talks Medium Raw, Madison dining, food politics, and more
Emily's Post: Will Dane County vote yes or no on medical marijuana?
Beer Here: Diablo from Ale Asylum
In its new digs, Encore Studio stages the pointed musical Found Money

Madison Common Council turns staffing debate into existential dialogue

Brunch Links: November 18
Blaska's Blog: I see London, I see France ... without leaving the airport
Student leftists announce for City Council
Wisconsin GOP faces establishment v. Tea Party dilemma

The Forum: Madison's talking about:

Who's serving Turkey Day dinner? (1)
2010-2011 Badger Men's Basketball Season Started Saturday (1)

A Little Touch of Unibummer In the Night - 11/21 (3)
When Univ Ave construction is done (39)
NY wants to take our high speed rail funds (65)
Madison allows 18 year old to gamble in a casino disguised (78)
Registration for Band to Band Combat 2010 is open! (56)
Willy West Disappointment (35)
Deranged Dem Denounces Dancing, Deputies Dispatched! (19)

The affable owner and bartender talk about their approach to opening a new beer bar in the old Bennett's space, including decor and unexpected rules for patrons. >MorePie Palooza 2010 celebrates local food... oh, and pie! (slideshow and recipes)
Sarah Karon on Thursday 11/11/2010
At the Goodman Community Center last Sunday morning, Miriam Grunes is monitoring a corps of volunteers, clad in aprons and white toques. Positioned nearby are baking carts, shelves laden with pies, quiches, stratas and tarts. The 6th annual Pie Palooza is about to begin. >MoreIsthmus on the isthmus: Scenes from west side Madison on Halloween (video)
Ben Reiser on Monday 11/01/2010
As dusk turns to dark on Halloween, Ben Reiser captures the sights and sounds as kids take to the streets in his west side Madison neighborhood. >More MORE VIDEO >>