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8 Jobs debacle 16 Potty politics 28 Dinner party Ashley Furniture deal in North Wisconsin Republicans A chef’s touch adds Carolina shows how Scott have their some Mediterranean Walker’s job-creation ageny minds in flair to a fall harvest bungled another deal, costing the toilet feast. Wisconsin jobs. with their latest plan 35 The year’s final films to harass 20 Pet therapy We break down the transgender Therapy dogs raise blockbusters, award con- students. patients’ spirits, which tenders and indie flicks helps with their healing. you’ll be talking about. 2 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015

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The media harlots of the anti- relief that it wasn’t won’t confirm it, but an audio- es and telling each other ‘Do this’ A regular guest commentator on gay Westboro Baptist Church were an ISIS group but a forensics expert with 30 years of and ‘Do that,’” a mom who was Fox News is being held on charges not about to let the Kim Davis meeting of hirsute do- experience studied both voices present told the San Jose Mercury of falsely claiming he worked as controversy go without getting gooders. The co-found- and said he’s “100 percent” cer- News. “My son asked me, ‘Why an “Outside Paramilitary Special in on the publicity. Davis glowed er of the Swedish chapter of the tain the two are the same. Ben- are they hurting the ladies?’ And I Operations Officer” for the CIA in the national spotlight in Sep- Bearded Villains said the incident nett, who won’t divulge her age, said, ‘Don’t worry, it’s OK.’” for nearly three decades. Federal tember by going to jail rather ended with police acknowledging fell into voice work by accident in authorities arrested Wayne Sim- than issuing marriage licenses to their mistake and even ignoring the 1970s. Mayor Claus mons, 62, after a federal grand same-sex couples, citing her reli- the brotherhood’s illegal parking. The voters of North Pole, Alas- jury indicted him on charges of gious beliefs. Westboro members Bearded Villains promotes equal- Subway spinach supply ka, recently elected a write-in major fraud, wire fraud and mak- staged a protest at the office of ity and does charity work. This is the stuff urban legends candidate to the city council. His ing false statements to the govern- the “fake Christian” (their words), are made of, but not the stuff Ital- name is Santa Claus and he’s the ment. Prosecutors say Simmons accusing her of adultery, divorce Please, don’t shoot the ian sub sandwiches should con- former president of the North Pole had a “significant criminal history, and general harlotry — and not of bears tain. A man claims a sandwich Chamber of Commerce. including convictions for a crime the media kind. Gun advocates pressured the ordered at a Subway in Lincoln of violence and firearms offenses.” city of Houston into forcing the City, Oregon, contained a dead Married on the run Bare not necessity Houston Zoo to lift its ban on mouse. The customer said his Stephanie Reinhart wanted a Trump mask hot And now we’ll really find out long firearms and are taking aim friend asked a Subway employee short and sweet ceremony. Mark in Mexico who was buying Playboy for the at other zoos with longstanding to add spinach to his Italian sub. Jockel wanted a big wedding sur- Two of the hottest Halloween articles. 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In the wake of yet another rash of high- repeal bill shortly after the National Rifle berg and Graham Kunisch that Badger Authorities have said more than 500 profile mass shootings, Democratic law- Association’s call in April for an end to such Guns was negligent and overlooked obvi- firearms recovered from crime scenes makers in Wisconsin held a news confer- laws. The NRA’s legal action institute said ous signs that the gun was being sold had been traced back to Badger Guns ence on Oct. 14 calling for the reinstate- the law had become an unnecessary incon- to a “straw buyer,” a younger man who and Badger Outdoors, making it the ment of a law mandating a 48-hour waiting venience for handgun dealers and buyers. could not legally purchase the weapon. “No. 1 crime gun dealer in America,” period before purchasing handguns. Gov. Scott Walker signed the repeal of The case has drawn attention because according to a 2005 charging document In June, GOP lawmakers repealed the the waiting-period law just one week after it could set gun law precedent in finding from an unrelated case. A former federal waiting-period law, which had been on the a racist gunman killed nine African-Ameri- that gun shop owners can be held finan- agent has also said the shop fails to take books for 40 years. can people attending a Bible study meeting cially responsible for a crime committed necessary precautions to prevent straw “This (reinstatement) bill is one small in a church in Charleston, South Carolina. with a weapon purchased at their store. purchases. step in a larger effort to try to curb gun Walker defended his timing, which pro- Attorneys defending the owner and Norberg and Kunisch were shot after violence in our communities,” said state gressives criticized. operators of Badger Guns and its prede- they stopped Burton for riding his bike on Sen. Nikiya Harris Dodd, D-Milwaukee, in “If we pulled back on this, it would have cessor, Badger Outdoors, said in closing the sidewalk in the summer of 2009. A a press statement. “The 48-hour waiting given people the erroneous opinion that arguments that their clients didn’t act bullet shattered eight of Norberg’s teeth, period is a proven method to reduce impul- signing the law today had anything to do negligently when they sold the weapon. blew through his cheek and lodged into sive actions by those who are looking to with what happened in Charleston,” Walker James Vogts and Wendy Gunderson said his shoulder. He has remained on the harm themselves or others.” said. “This allows Wisconsin’s law to catch their clients and the clerk who sold the force but says his wounds have made The Democratic effort, however, has vir- up with the 21st century.” gun were deceived by the straw buyer. his work difficult. Kunisch was struck tually no chance of succeeding in Wiscon- Between 2008 and 2014, the NRA spent The officers’ lawyer, Patrick Dunphy, several times, losing an eye and part of sin’s Republican-controlled Legislature. $3.5 million to support Walker, according to told jurors there were several tipoffs that the frontal lobe of his brain. He says the Only nine states and the District of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. should have been sufficient to cancel the wounds forced him to retirement. Columbia require waiting periods for hand- Wisconsin’s Republican leadership has sale, including improperly marked forms — WiG and AP reports gun purchases, ranging from three days to made the expansion of gun ownership and two weeks, according to the Law Center to gun owners’ rights a priority since taking Prevent Gun Violence, a gun-control advo- over all aspects of state government in cacy group. 2010. Gov. Pat Lucey signed the waiting-period In June, in addition to overturning the bill into law in 1976 to provide a cushion of waiting-period law, Wisconsin’s Republican time for people to cool off before acting out majority also passed two bills expanding violently during times of intense personal the state’s concealed carry law. One mea- crises, such as jealous rages. The cooling- sure allows active-duty soldiers stationed off period also was designed to discourage for at least a year in Wisconsin to obtain suicides, particularly impulsive suicides. a state concealed carry license. The other Wisconsin’s Largest Personal Injury Law Firm More than half of all deaths by suicide enables former police officers who worked in the United States are carried out using out-of-state but now reside here to apply firearms, according to the U.S. Centers for for a federal concealed carry license if they Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, obtain annual training through the Wiscon- ® more people die of self-inflicted gunshots sin Department of Justice, sparing them • 9 American Board of • 16 Best Lawyers than shots fired by others. Although more a trip back to their former state to obtain Trial Advocates in America people attempt suicide by overdose, they the training. www.abota.org www.bestlawyers.com are successful only 3 percent of the time. Also in June, Republicans pushed • 4 American College of • 32 Super Lawyers®/ Suicide attempts using firearms succeed through a law allowing off-duty, retired Trial Lawyers Rising Stars 85 percent of the time. officers to carry guns at schools. The law’s www.actl.com www.superlawyers.com “For those considering an impulsive vio- chief Senate sponsor, Sen. Van Wanggaard, lent act, handguns have the deadly appeal R-Racine, said it would create another line • 3 International • 22 Certifi ed Civil of being both highly lethal and accessible,” of defense for students and teachers if a Society of Barristers Trial Specialists said state Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh. shooter attacks them. www.isob.com www.nblsc.us “Contrary to popular belief, suicides most Opponents said allowing non-uniformed • 2 International Academy of • 23 AV Preeminent often take place in a relatively brief time officers to carry guns at schools could scare frame of intensified vulnerability. For some- Trial Lawyers Rated™ Lawyers by students and allow non-officers to carry www.iatl.net one considering hurting themselves or oth- concealed weapons without school admin- Martindale-Hubbell ers, the 48-hour waiting period provides a istrators being able to interfere. They also www.martindale.com time to cool off and reconsider.” said officers who are mentally unstable Republicans counter that the waiting could create deadly situations in schools. • 2 Inner Circle of Advocates period inconveniences law-abiding citi- www.innercircle.org zens. They argue that the waiting period was enacted because background checks in 1976 required digging through file cards by Over 75 Years of Helping Wisconsin’s Injured hand. Today the state Department of Jus- FIND US ON TWITTER! tice can perform online background checks almost instantaneously. @wigazette HABUSH.COM 800-2-HABUSH | 800-242-2874 6 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 Shipwreck graveyard proposed as marine sanctuary By Lisa Neff igan along the Wisconsin coastline from resources”: effect, bolstering conservation of the larg- Staff writer Port Washington to Two Rivers. The sanc- • Wisconsin’s two oldest known ship- est freshwater system in the world and Treasure lies at the bottom of Lake Mich- tuary — the southern boundary is about 27 wrecks. expanding recreational, educational and igan. miles north of Milwaukee — would include • At least 14 intact shipwrecks. tourism opportunities. In some places, the treasure is found 10 80 miles of shoreline. • 15 shipwrecks on the National Register feet under the blue-green water. Elsewhere, “The nominated area contains an extraor- of Historic Places. overdue opportunity a diver needs to go deep into the cold, dinary collection of 39 known shipwrecks, • At least three shipwrecks with stand- NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanc- freshwater lake to find the historical riches. 15 of which are listed on the National Regis- ing masts — a Great Lakes rarity. tuaries serves as the trustee for national Wisconsin’s sunken wealth is not in gold ter of Historic Places,” said John Broihahn, • The best-preserved shipwreck in the marine-protected areas totaling 170,000 or silver, but in shipwrecks — schooners state archeologist for the Wisconsin His- state. The steam tug Robert Pringle still square miles of water from Washington and tugs, barges and canallers, many of torical Society in Madison. WHS is dedi- “reportedly has nautical charts stowed in state to the Florida Keys. them built in the 19th century and once cated to preserving historic shipwrecks and drawers in the wheelhouse,” according to However, the government has not des- engaged in the economic expansion of the facilitating “responsible” diver access to the the nomination papers. ignated a national marine sanctuary since United States. sites. It is at the forefront of the campaign The site also contains the palace steamer 2000 and only one sanctuary is in the Great On Oct. 5, via a video message played to establish the sanctuary. Niagara, which was carrying about 300 pas- Lakes — Thunder Bay in Lake Huron. at a conference in Chile, President Barack “This designation,” Broihahn said, “will sengers, many of them immigrants arriving So it seemed a sink-or-swim proposi- Obama declared his support for a new allow us to focus on protecting these to settle in the Midwest. Sixty died when tion in October 2013, when Baldwin urged marine sanctuary to preserve and feder- underwater museums, which are physical the ship caught fire and sank into the lake NOAA to re-open the public nomination ally protect the integrity of many of these reminders of the men and women who in 1856. process for the first time in 20 years. shipwrecks. made a living, and sometimes died, working “A lot of people, their connection to the “Having the vision and support of Sen. “This major announcement will protect on the lake.” lake is the shore, the beaches and dunes. I Baldwin throughout this process has been and preserve some of Wisconsin’s most really encourage people to look into what’s critical,” said Rolf Johnson, CEO of the Wis- treasured places and boost our local tour- Submerged out there in the lake, in the water,” said Gary consin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc. ism economy,” said U.S. Sen. Tammy Bald- More than 1,000 shipwrecks are on the Kettle, a recreational diver from Milwaukee. “The senator understands how important win, a Democrat from Wisconsin and a bottom of the Great Lakes. The wrecks “The history that’s out there. And the beau- this sanctuary could be to our economy and leading advocate of the sanctuary effort. serve as time capsules for historians and ty. Some of the best diving in the country.” to opening up new educational opportuni- The Wisconsin sanctuary proposal and archeologists. Consider that everything on The sanctuary site may contain as many ties for our citizens.” one for Maryland are under review, with the board a ship that sank in 1849 is from that as 84 other shipwrecks. In June 2014, the Obama administration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin- year or earlier — tools, clothing, books, The site, said Broihahn, covers “a major announced marine sanctuary nominations istration taking public comments into Janu- maps, charts, cargo. shipping highway directly involved in the would be considered. ary 2016. The WHS says the proposed marine expansion of the United States.” And, in December 2014, Gov. Scott The Wisconsin sanctuary would encom- sanctuary contains “an extraordinary col- A sanctuary designation helping pre- pass an 875-square mile area of Lake Mich- lection of submerged maritime heritage serve these shipwrecks would have a ripple MARINE next page

Collecting comments Did you know? NOAA now is asking for public input on the proposed Wisconsin-Lake About 22 percent of Wisconsin is Michigan National Marine Sanctuary. under water. The state’s lakes and Public meetings are Nov. 17 at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Mani- rivers contain thousands of archeo- towoc, Nov. 18 at the Wilson House in Port Washington and Nov. 19 at the logical sites, including shipwrecks, University of Wisconsin-Sheboygan. the remains of trading posts, lumber NOAA also is collecting comments online at www.regulations.gov through mills, quarries and other structures. Jan. 15. The docket number for the project is NOAA-NOS-2015-0112. Source: wisconsinshipwrecks.org Mail comments to Ellen Brody, Great Lakes Regional Coordinator, ONMS Northeast and Great Lakes Region, 4840 S. State Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48108

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MARINE from prior page Walker submitted the “Lake Michigan — Rivers witness to many shipwrecks.” Wisconsin National Marine Sanctuary” Two Rivers and other communities on nomination, prepared by the historical the mid-Lake Michigan coast have strug- society and the state coastal manage- gled with the loss of marine industry jobs, ment program with endorsements from but have succeeded in reclaiming water- historical societies, museums, tourism fronts for recreation, education and tour- bureaus, environmental groups, cham- ism. They’ve revitalized downtowns and bers of commerce, universities, school invested in libraries, museums, trails and districts, elected officials and also various tourism initiatives. recreational groups representing fishers, Manitowoc boasts a federally recog- divers, yachters, kayakers and sailors. nized port, a maritime museum and is the The thick nomination package also docking site for the S.S. Badger carferry included statements from some residents that crosses the lake to Ludington, Michi- on the coast, such as Pat Wilborn of Port gan. Washington, who encouraged a designa- Port Washington has a deep-water har- tion and boasted about his city’s churches bor, an award-winning lakeside park and and community groups, a diversity in lib- the Port Exploreum, which focuses on eral and conservative thinking and in gen- maritime history. eral a good quality of life in a “nice place Two Rivers is home to one of the last to live.” commercial fishing companies on Lake “This is really a grassroots movement,” Michigan, as well as dive shops, the Great Broihahn said of the support. Lakes Coast Guard Museum and the Rog- ers Street Fishing Village. Visitors to any Economic impact of these locations can expect to hear News that NOAA was moving forward about the Rouse Simmons, aka the “Christ- with the proposal thrilled many, but the mas Tree Ship,” a three-masted schoo- most enthusiasm could be found in the ner that disappeared in a wintery gale in coastal communities of Port Washington, November 1912. Sheboygan, Manitowoc and Two Rivers. “As a community pursuing redevelop- Greg Buckley, Two Rivers city manager, ment that will turn our face back to the said, “Our community’s history is written water, we see the establishment of the on the water: The two rivers that reach national marine sanctuary as a huge asset, their confluence at our harbor on Lake in terms of drawing visitors to our area IMAGE: Courtesy Wisconsin Historical Society Michigan and the big lake itself, where our and increasing public appreciation for our A map of the proposed Wisconsin-Lake Michigan National Marine Sanctuary. location on Rawley Point has made Two marine resources,” Buckley said.

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Part of the initial phase in North Carolina According to an investigation conducted included job training provided by Ashley to ‘It seems that even Analysis by One Wisconsin Now, 60 percent of prospective workers. the companies that received grants from By comparison, Ashley added 300 after his privatized By Louis Weisberg WEDC were Walker contributors. employees at its Wisconsin locations in Staff writer Arcadia and Whitehall through 2014. commerce department Last year, Gov. Scott Walker’s job-cre- Better luck down south “It seems that even after his privatized ation agency struck a deal with Ashley Fur- Engulfed by bad publicity, Ashley decided commerce department agreed to give mil- agreed to give millions niture Industries Inc. that would have led to to decline the $6-million tax credit and lions to a company run by his campaign to a company run by his a loss of 2,000 jobs. instead looked south. donors, that Scott Walker has failed Wis- The Wisconsin Economic Development According to a recent story in Business consin again,” Ross said. “Rather than cre- campaign donors, that Corporation, which Walker chaired at the North Carolina, Ashley plans to create 454 ate jobs in its home state, the company time, offered Ashley a $6-million tax credit new jobs in that state during the next five has decided to cut and run on expanding in Scott Walker has failed in 2014 for agreeing to invest $35 million to years and invest upward of $8.7 million Scott Walker’s Wisconsin.” expand its headquarters in Arcadia. But, as there through the end of 2019, the maga- Since the Ashley Furniture scandal, Walk- Wisconsin again.’ part of the deal, WEDC accepted the com- zine reported. er has stepped down as chair of WEDC, pany’s plan to eliminate nearly half its labor Not only did North Carolina get far more which even Republicans have declared a force of about 4,000 workers in the state. jobs than Walker’s team negotiated, but disaster. Company president Todd Wanek North Carolina appears to have gotten a explained that he couldn’t find the kind of better overall deal for less money than Corporate culture claiming she was grilled about her religious skilled workers he needed in the area near WEDC was willing to pay. North Carolina The case raises a broader question about beliefs and then fired. According to court the company’s Whitehall plant. offered tax credits of $4.6 million from 2016 WEDC’s approach: Is Ashley Furniture the filings, former employee Isabel Perez said So how could a jobs agency negotiate a through 2027. kind of employer that Wisconsin should she was told that she didn’t fit in with the deal to kill jobs? It turns out that Wanek According to Business North Carolina, support? company’s “culture.” and members of his family made dona- Ashley’s latest deal with the state comes Earlier this year, Ashley was hit with Perez said the furniture store’s manager tions totaling $20,000 to Walker about two on top of “the initial phase of development a $1.8-million fine from the U.S. Labor “spoke in tongues,” a state of babbling hys- weeks after the deal was struck. where it committed to create 550 jobs and Department’s Occupational Safety and teria induced by religious fervor, which Pen- “Pay-to-play certainly comes to my mind invest $80 million between 2012 and 2015. Health Administration for safety violations tecostal Christians believe is the result of and I know I’m not alone,” said Scot Ross, Ashley exceeded these commitments by in Wisconsin. More than 1,000 worker inju- possession by the Holy Spirit. Two manag- executive director of the progressive group creating more than 1,100 jobs.” ries were officially recorded at the Arcadia ers at the store told Perez that God ordered plant in three and a half years. All of the them to let her go. incidents were serious enough to have been The same store was sued in 2013 for reported by someone other than the injured alleged harassment of two Muslim employ- employee. ees, who said they were repeatedly accused “Ashley Furniture has created a culture of being terrorists and were tormented with that values production and profit over work- racial slurs. er safety, and employees are paying the The two employees were fired after they price,” U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez complained about the verbal abuse. said in a strong statement. According to the website Back2Stone- In early 2013, the company came to wall, the Waneks support the Christian- national attention for a discrimination suit. right organization FamilyLife, an anti-gay A lesbian worker sued the Ashley Furni- group that lobbies against same-sex mar- ture HomeStore of Secaucus, New Jersey, riage and LGBT civil rights. 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The Future is Near! 10 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 Scott Walker’s campaign burned through $90,000 a day, left with $1 million debt By Louis Weisberg operation when his polling numbers went Walker has promised to pay back trav- Law School poll released in September. Staff writer into a steep decline in key early voting el costs for the taxpayer-funded security Many Walker loyalists contend that if Gov. Scott Walker burned through states and donors began to balk, according detail that traveled with him as he cam- not for his unbridled spending, Walker $90,000 a day during his short-lived race to The Associated Press. paigned. His administration said in mid- would have been able to remain in the race. for the presidency and left his campaign October that $67,000 in security costs The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran a story about $1 million in debt. Frenzied spending remained unpaid. the morning Walker quit the race insisting Walker raised about $7.4 million in his The Wall Street Journal reported that In the wake of the Walker campaign’s that his high favorability ratings outside of campaign during the third quarter of this Walker’s debt stretches to more than $1 crash, Wiley’s management has come Wisconsin augured well for his campaign. year and spent about $6.4 million of it million beyond his cash on hand when under withering criticism from Republicans, Meanwhile, Walker’s fundraising was on before dropping out 71 days after his cam- unpaid bills are included. particularly Walker loyalists. They contend par with other Republican contestants. paign’s official launch, according to finance That debt is not surprising. that Wiley encouraged Walker to go too Carly Fiorina reported raising $6.8 million reports filed with the Federal Election Com- Walker paid his campaign manager Rick big too soon and failed to prepare him during the third quarter. U.S. Sen. Marco mission. Wiley nearly $52,000 for three months adequately for unscripted appearances. Rubio brought in $6 million. Reports filed by presidential candidates of work, which equals about $208,000 a Wiley’s alleged persona as an overgrown On the other hand, Ben Carson raised in mid-October cover July through Sep- year. Campaign communications director party boy — and not in the sense of political $20 million, Jeb Bush hauled in $13.4 million tember. Walker officially entered the race Kirsten Kukowski was paid about the same parties — didn’t sit well with the Christian and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, a longshot candi- in mid-July, although he traveled the coun- amount. extremists who were among Walker’s most date, wrangled $12.2 million in donations. try extensively the first six Also on the payroll were Walker’s two ardent supporters. On the Democratic side, where the presi- months of the year, partly sons, who were paid about $1,500 a dential field is less crowded, Hillary Rod- using Wisconsin taxpay- month to campaign for their dad. Woulda, coulda, shoulda ham Clinton raised $28 million and U.S. ers’ money. He dropped The recently released FEC report Walker said recently he would not run Sen. Bernie Sanders collected $26 million. out of the race on Sept. 21. shows Alex Walker was paid $4,819 for president again as a sitting governor, The FEC figures include only direct contri- Walker reportedly left between June 30 and September because it’s too difficult to do both. His sec- butions to campaigns and not money raised the race because fundrais- and Matt Walker was paid $4,824. ond gubernatorial term runs through 2018. by super PACs. PACs support campaigns ing couldn’t keep up with Walker spokesman Tom Evenson With his presidential campaign behind with TV commercials and other promotion- his massive campaign told the AP that Matt and Alex had him, Walker has not indicated whether he’ll al media. According to federal law, they’re operation, which grew to part-time jobs at campaign head- seek a third term as governor. His current barred from coordinating their activities around 90 staffers. He quarters and returned to school favorability ratings are under water: 57 per- with campaigns, although the Wisconsin decided to drop out rather when the fall semester began. Both cent of Wisconsin voters saying they disap- Supreme Court ruled on July 16 that such than take on debt or sig- sons were frequently by Walker’s prove of his job performance, while only 37 coordination is legal under Wisconsin law. nificantly scale back his side when he campaigned. percent approve, according to a Marquette

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By Lisa Neff nonconsensual sexual contact due to phys- Staff writer ical force or incapacitation decline from About 11.7 percent of students across 27 freshman year to senior year. universities reported experiencing noncon- • Nonconsensual sexual contact involv- sensual sexual contact by physical force, ing drugs and alcohol constitutes a signifi- threats of physical force, or incapacitation cant percentage of the incidents. since they enrolled. • A little fewer than half of the students The incidence of experiencing sexual surveyed witnessed a drunk person head- assault and sexual misconduct among ing for a sexual encounter. Among those female undergraduate students was 23.1 who reported being a witness, most did percent. The rate was 5.4 percent for male not try to intervene. undergraduates, according to the Campus Last year, when the White House Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Miscon- launched the “It’s on Us” campaign to keep duct released by the Association of Ameri- women and men safe from sexual violence, can Universities. the administration encouraged people Twenty-seven universities, including the to take a personal pledge that includes a Flossie University of Wisconsin-Madison, partici- promise “to intervene in situations where pated in the survey, which took place in consent has not or cannot be given.” the spring and involved more than 150,000 Other elements of the pledge: to rec- undergraduate, graduate and professional ognize that non-consensual sex is sexual students. assault, to identify situations in which loves Tai Chi. “Our universities are working to ensure sexual assault may occur and to create their campuses are safe places for stu- an environment in which sexual assault is After retiring, Flossie was feeling lonely and looking for a way to stay dents,” said Hunter Rawlings, president of unacceptable and survivors are supported. active. Thanks to the United Way-funded program KOACH (“strength” in AAU, an organization of 62 private and pub- lic research universities. “The primary goal UW-Madison: It’s on Us Hebrew) at the Jewish Community Center, Flossie found a way to meet new of the survey is to help them better under- Earlier in October, UW-Madison joined people and stay physically active within the community. stand the experiences and attitudes of their the “It’s on Us” campaign, displaying its students with respect to this challenge.” commitment to the effort at the Badger’s Last year, 94% of older adults who attended United Way-funded The survey, one of the largest to date homecoming football game on Oct. 17. dealing with campus sexual violence, looked In addition, a series of “It’s on Us” vid- programming made new friends and left the program feeling supported. at whether survivors of sexual assault and eos — featuring UW athletes Vitto Brown, sexual misconduct reported incidents to Corey Clement and Sydney McKibbon, The best part of KOACH is Flossie is no longer alone. Today the 82-year-old the university or another organization, such athletic director Barry Alvarez and men’s is stronger and her schedule is jam-packed with water aerobics, Tai Chi as law enforcement. It revealed that rates of hockey coach Mike Eaves — will be played reporting were low, ranging from 5 percent at home games at Camp Randall Stadium, Classes and games of rummy that help her live a healthy, engaged life. to 28 percent, depending on the specific the Kohl Center and LaBahn Arena. type of behavior. “We are pleased to join with the campus Learn more about how you can get involved at UnitedWayGMWC.org Students said they did not report inci- in raising awareness of this issue,” said dents because they felt “embarrassed, Alvarez. “We are constantly educating our ashamed or that it would be too emotional- staff and student-athletes about creating ly difficult.” Another explanation: Students an environment in which sexual assault is said they “did not think anything would be unacceptable and survivors are supported, UnitedWayGMWC.org done about it.” and this is a great way for us to share that Other findings in the survey: message.” @UnitedWayGMWC • Rates of sexual assault and miscon- More than 40 student leaders at UW- duct are highest among undergraduate Madison, along with University Health Ser- /UnitedWayGMWC females and those identifying as trans- vices, the Division of Intercollegiate Athlet- gender, genderqueer, non-conforming and ics, the UW Police Department and the questioning. Division of Student Life took the “It’s on UNITED WAY of GREATER MILWAUKEE & WAUKESHA COUNTY • The risk of the most serious types of Us” pledge. 12 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 Should the smoking age be 21? Some legislators say ‘yes’ By Jenni Bergal chusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Stateline Utah, Vermont, Washington and the Dis- While a growing number of states have trict of Columbia, according to the Prevent- turned their attention to marijuana legal- ing Tobacco Addiction Foundation, an advo- ization, another proposal has been qui- cacy group aimed at keeping young people etly catching fire among some legislators from starting to smoke. Iowa and Texas — raising the legal age to buy cigarettes. considered measures to increase the legal Nearly a dozen states this year have age to 19. None of those bills passed. And considered bills to boost the legal age for just last week, a Pennsylvania legislator buying tobacco products. introduced a bill to up the age there to 21. This summer, Hawaii became the first state to approve increasing the smoking Cities Act First age from 18 to 21 starting Jan 1. A similar In almost every state, including Wiscon- measure passed the California Senate, but sin, the legal age to buy tobacco products stalled in the Assembly. And nearly a dozen is 18. Four states — Alabama, Alaska, New other states have considered bills this year Jersey and Utah — have set the minimum to boost the legal age for buying tobacco. at 19. “It really is about good public health,” Anti-tobacco advocates say that hik- said Democratic Hawaii state Sen. Rosalyn ing the smoking age to 21 is a fairly new Baker, who sponsored the legislation. “If approach in their effort to reduce young peo- you can keep individuals from beginning ple’s tobacco use. Only recently has there to smoke until they’re at least 21, then you been substantive research on the topic. anti-smoking groups and local high school ed illnesses, making it the leading cause of have a much greater chance of them never That hasn’t stopped a growing number of students. That coalition, joined by teens preventable death in the country. becoming lifelong smokers.” local governments from taking action. As of from across Hawaii, continued its fight at Supporters say hiking the legal age to late September, at least 94 cities and coun- the state level, and legislators heard the Personal Choice 21 not only will save lives but also will cut ties, including New York City, Evanston, message, said Baker, whose bill also includ- Opponents say that raising the smoking medical costs for states. But opponents say Illinois and Columbia, Missouri, had passed ed e-cigarettes. age to 21 would have negative consequenc- it would hurt small businesses, reduce tax measures raising the smoking age to 21, Supporters of raising the smoking age say es for businesses, taxpayers and 18-year- revenue and violate the personal freedom according to the Campaign for Tobacco- that a turning point was a March report by olds who should be free to make a personal of young adults legally able to vote and Free Kids. the Institute of Medicine, the health arm choice about whether they want to smoke. join the military — an argument also made One of those communities is Hawaii of the National Academies of Sciences, Smokers’ rights groups, retailers and when the drinking age was raised to 21. County, the so-called “Big Island” of Hawaii, Engineering and Medicine, which predicted veterans’ organizations are among those Measures to raise the smoking age to 21 where the law changed last year after a that raising the age to 21 would cut smoking who’ve opposed such legislation. also were introduced this year in Massa- grassroots effort by health care advocates, by 12 percent by the time today’s teenag- “If you’re old enough to fight and die for ers are adults. It also would result in about your country at age 18, you ought to be able 223,000 fewer premature deaths. to make the choice of whether you want The institute’s report also supported to purchase a legal product or not,” said health care advocates’ argument that pre- Pete Conaty, a lobbyist for veterans groups venting or delaying teens and young adults who testified against the California bill. from experimenting with smoking would “You could enlist in the military, go to six stop many of them from ever taking up months of training, be sent over to Iraq or the habit. About 90 percent of adults who Afghanistan and come back at age 19 and become daily smokers say they started a half to California and not be able to buy a before they were 19, according to the report. cigarette. It just doesn’t seem fair.” “Raising the age to 21 will keep tobacco Opponents say it’s wrong to compare cig- out of high schools, where younger kids arettes with alcohol. “If you smoke one or often get it from older students,” said John two cigarettes and get behind the wheel of Schachter, state communications director a car, you’re not driving impaired,” Conaty for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. said. Supporters also point out that 21 became Opponents also say taxpayers would the national legal drinking age after Presi- take a financial hit if the smoking age is dent Ronald Reagan signed legislation in raised. In New Jersey, where a bill to hike 1984 that forced states to comply or risk the smoking age to 21 passed the Senate losing millions of dollars in federal high- and remains in an Assembly committee, a way funds. That has resulted in reduced legislative agency estimated a $19 million a alcohol consumption among young people year loss in tax revenue. and fewer alcohol-related crashes, nation- In California, an analysis by the Senate al studies have found. appropriations committee estimated rais- “Smoking kills more than six times as ing the age to 21 would cut tobacco and many people as drinking.” said Rob Crane, sales tax revenue by $68 million a year. president of the Preventing Tobacco Addic- That would be offset by what the analysis tion Foundation. said could be “significant” health care cost On Sept. 30, Democrats in the U.S. Sen- savings to taxpayers — reaching as much as ate announced they were co-sponsoring $2 billion a year. a federal bill that would ban the sale of Stores that sell tobacco products and tobacco products to anyone under 21. e-cigarettes also fear the effect. Bill Dom- U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said restrict- browski, president of the California Retail- ing tobacco sales to adults 21 or older ers Association, suggested that raising the would save lives and promote healthier smoking age would simply drive young peo- communities. ple to the black market. Supporters of the bill said that in the last “If you raise the age, people under 21 50 years, nearly 21 million people in the will find the cigarettes somewhere else,” United States have died from tobacco-relat- he said. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 13 Progressives fear Trans-Pacific trade pact jeopardizes climate talks Opponents of the TPP argue that the By Lisa Neff The TPP’s environmental chapter might Staff writer look nice on the surface, but will be hollow deal is great for Wisconsin Congressman Mark Pocan on the inside.” and 42 other House Democrats wrote the The White House says the TPP is intend- corporations but bad president in mid-October, cautioning him ed to encourage trade among the United that the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact States, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, for small business, could undermine efforts to address climate Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, family farmers, change. Peru, Singapore and Vietnam, in part by Pocan, a progressive Democrat from reducing tariffs. organized labor and Madison, urged the administration to The deal is highly secretive and details refrain from adopting trade rules, includ- have not been published, though WikiLeaks the environment. ing those in the TPP, that empower foreign says it leaked a version of the agreement investors to challenge governments’ envi- earlier in October. ronmental regulations. As the president promotes the TPP to “In recent years we have witnessed an the American public and members of Con- alarming rise of international trade and gress, opposition continues to grow. Labor Opponents of the TPP argue that the investment disputes related to renewable unions, environmentalists, social justice deal is great for corporations but bad for energy and climate policies,” the represen- and human rights groups oppose the TPP. small business, family farmers, organized tatives wrote to the White House. So do many Democrats in Congress and, as labor and the environment. The letter was dispatched following of October, all the Democratic candidates “Two-fifths of the global economy will PHOTO: Courtesy news that the negotiators on the Trans- for president. be covered by corporate courts, meaning U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis. Pacific Partnership had reached an agree- Hillary Clinton, who had previously pro- a huge rise in governments being sued for ment in Atlanta. moted the TPP, announced on Oct. 8 her protecting the public interest from corpo- At the U.S.-based Sierra Club, execu- opposition to the deal. “I appreciate the rate greed,” said Nick Dearden of Global tive director Michael Brune said the TPP hard work that President Obama and his Justice Now, a democratic social justice Public Citizen, a national consumer “would empower big polluters to challenge team put into this process and recognize organization in the United Kingdom. advocacy group, forecast massive opposi- climate and environmental safeguards in the strides they made,” Clinton said in a Meanwhile, AFL-CIO president Richard tion to the TPP in 2016, when it reaches private trade courts and would expand statement. “But the bar here is very high Trumka called the TPP a bad deal that “will a congressional vote and when election trade in dangerous fossil fuels that would and, based on what I have seen, I don’t not bring economic stability to working battles intensify. increase fracking and imperil our climate. believe this agreement has met it.” families.” 14 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015

Editorial Please recirculate & recycle this publication. GOP obstructionists strangling the justice system Due to partisan gridlock, millions of Americans are not get- harm from judicial obstructionism today that’s likely unprec- ting their day in court. Political gamesmanship has stalled the edented. Increasing wait times for defendants — including, nation’s judicial system to such an extent that U.S. citizens of course, innocent defendants — translates into exponen- tially higher legal fees and irreparable life disruptions, such P r o g r e s s i v e . A l t e r n a t i v e . can no longer count on their constitutional right to a fair and speedy trial. as lost incomes, jobs and families. Extended wait times force The Wisconsin Gazette is published every The United States currently has the largest backlog of fed- innocent people to languish in jail for longer periods. The other week and distributed throughout the eral criminal and civil cases in American history, according to situation is particularly acute for prisoners awaiting appeals, Milwaukee area, Madison, Racine, Kenosha, a recent article that appeared in the congressional publica- since appeals courts have been hit the hardest by the Senate’s and 40 other cities statewide. To have tion Roll Call. Since Republicans took control of the Senate in failure to act. WiG delivered to your address, contact January, the number of vacancies in the federal judiciary has The nation’s criminal justice system is already bro- [email protected] or call 414- tripled to more than 80 — and 30 of them are considered ken. As WiG reported Sept. 10 in the story “Wisconsin’s 961-3240, ext. 101. emergencies, according to authors Anisha Singh and Pete criminal justice policies trap people of color in prison WiG Publishing, LLC. © 2015 Haviland-Eduah. (Singh is with the Center for American Prog- system,” sentencing for non-violent offenses is ridicu- 3956 N. Murray Ave. Shorewood, WI 53211 ress, Haviland-Eduah is a masters candidate at the Gerald R. lously harsh and unequally applied, racial profiling by Ford School for Public Policy at the University of Michigan.) police is rampant, prisons are overcrowded and self-per- CEO/Principal petuating, and parole almost invariably leads back to jail. Leonard Sobczak The two writers say the Senate is on track this year to con- [email protected] firm the fewest judicial nominees since 1953. The situation is Meanwhile, the courts have lost the trust of the people. more critical in some states than in others. In Pennsylvania, They’re so transparently partisan that the outcomes of cases publisher/Editor in Chief where there are seven judicial vacancies, the average felony can be accurately predicted by considering who appointed Louis Weisberg trial takes more than a year. the presiding judges — or, in Wisconsin, who paid for their [email protected] The blame, of course, lies at the doorstep of Republican elections. Senior Editor Senate obstructionists. Senators who belong to the GOP’s Now, on top of all that, petulant GOP senators are holding Lisa Neff, [email protected] extremist tea party faction have predicated their agendas the system hostage with their petty, kindergarten behavior. on thwarting President Barack Obama at every turn. Their Voters should insist their representatives take care of the ARTS EDITOR nation’s business, not hold it back out of spite. That’s what Matthew Reddin favored method is refusing to approve his nominees, especial- [email protected] ly his judicial and ambassadorial nominees. They don’t seem voters are paying for with their taxes. But, unfortunately for to care that such childishness hurts the nation. America, it’s the voters who are ultimately responsible for Business development GOP senators who once took their positions seriously are the Senate’s reckless behavior. Too many voters insist on it in Manager now falling in line behind the extremists. They’re so afraid of the name of ideological purity. And too many others simply Mark Richards taking a vote that could be seen as cooperating with Obama aren’t paying attention or considering the repercussions of [email protected] that they’ve given the inmates charge of the asylum to avoid a so many unfilled benches — at least not until the situation Business manager/ political challenge from their right flank the next time they’re affects them. 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ON THE RECORD Opinion Sanders moves debate left who will further divide the gall Act. This is the 1933 law money into jobs and infra- JAMAKAYA country (OK, those are my that separated commercial structure. “I don’t think any candidate between words) or choose a states- banking from investment The media seems sur- now and the Republican convention is With competition for the 2016 presidential election man or woman who has put banking and securities trad- prised at the crowds and going to get the necessary number of growing fiercer every day, careful thought into policies ing. It deterred the type of donations Sanders is 1,188 delegates to get the nomination. … one can be energized or dis- that will improve the lives of speculation and financial attracting. Will Americans I think we’re going to have a convention in gusted by the candidates all Americans. shenanigans that brought really support a social- which nobody has enough votes.” and the media coverage. Clinton has always on the Great Depression. ist? Polls show that most — Former Wisconsin GOV. TOMMY THOMPSON But it’s hard to be bored. impressed me with her Glass-Steagall protect- Americans react negatively telling Milwaukee right-wing radio personality Charlie I was glad for the first campaigns to ensure health ed consumers pretty well to the word “socialism,” Sykes that he believes Republicans will end up having a Democratic candidates’ care for Americans and to until Congress repealed it yet they support socialist brokered convention next year. debate because it took the stand up for women’s rights in 1999. That Clinton dis- institutions like Medicare, focus off the Republicans at home and abroad. She dains even a discussion of public utilities, universities “I’m just getting started.” for a while. It gave U.S. Sen. promoted and advanced its revival reinforces criti- and libraries. — PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA telling listeners at a Bernie Sanders a chance to many progressive policies cism that she is too cozy I don’t know if Bernie fundraiser about his post-presidential plans. introduce himself and his as first lady, U.S. senator with big banks and wealthy Sanders can win the nomi- ideas to an audience of mil- and secretary of state. campaign contributors. Her nation or the presidency, “Instead of celebrating Columbus, who is more accu- lions and Hillary Clinton a She has remained dedi- remarks against whistle- but I’m grateful to him for rately credited with initiating the trans-Atlantic slave chance to remind Ameri- cated to public service blower Edward Snowden charting a bold, alternative trade than with discovering America, this bill observes cans why she has been despite constant vilification indicate she will champion course for our country. the importance of indigenous peoples to our society. such a forceful figure in U.S. from right-wing opponents. continued surveillance and In recent decades, an Our children especially deserve a state that recognizes politics for more than two She was slow to sup- privacy violations by our alliance of unprincipled the truth so our schools can teach the same.” decades. port gay marriage, but I national security agencies. corporations, conservative — State REP. DAVID BOWEN, D-Milwaukee, in a Clinton captured the have no fear that a Clinton Bernie Sanders spoke media and fundamentalist statement announcing that he’s circulating legislation contrasts between the par- presidency would turn back passionately against U.S. zealots has pushed the U.S. to recognize Oct. 12 as Indigenous Peoples Day rather ties best for me when she the clock on LGBT rights. intervention abroad and the far to the right, threatening than Columbus Day. noted that in the Democrat- The most impressive thing need for reversing income principles of freedom and ic debate, no one bashed about Clinton is her com- inequality at home through equality. Liberals have been “Racism exists because we have a sin problem in immigrants, denigrated mand of both domestic and tax hikes on the rich, an in defensive mode for too America, not a skin problem. #DemDebate” women, name-called, international issues and her increased minimum wage, long. — MIKE HUCKABEE live tweeting during the first blamed others, lied a blue ability to articulate those free college tuition and By pushing policy dis- Democratic presidential debate. streak or indulged in an ego positions effectively. universal health care. He cussions to the left, Bernie trip. She made clear the I was disappointed, how- promises to address racism Sanders is widening our ever, in her dismissal of Ber- in our justice system and intellectual horizons and “White supremacists post to social media and stud- choice in this presidential nie Sanders’ proposal to re- high rates of incarceration. helping to re-balance our ies now posit that mass killings are contagious. Violence race: elect a bullying, unin- implement the Glass-Stea- He wants to funnel more political system. begets violence, and through the power of the Internet, formed talk radio jock clone a meeting hall is no longer needed. Formal organization- al structures are unnecessary. Connections are made, and messages spread, through the push of a button.” — JOHN CARLIN, assistant attorney general in charge Opinion State is open for corruption of the U.S. Justice Department’s National Security Divi- influence over our elec- races, this bill allows: lic have not had a chance sion, speaking at George Washington University. Rep. Mark Spreitzer tions and decisions made • Individuals and corpo- to fully comprehend and in our state and local gov- rations to spend unlimited debate the changes. We “It is scary that people believe this, but it’s not Throughout 2015, Repub- ernments. The bill would money in coordination saw similar tactics when unusual. Human beings have this propensity to believ- licans have forced radical also allow individuals to with political candidates Republicans attempted to ing, falling for every single apocalyptic doom that they policy proposals through spend unlimited amounts and without public disclo- throw out the public’s right are told is happening. It’s just absurd and it’s all based the Legislature at breakneck of money campaigning sure, as long as they avoid to access public records this on bogus, bohunk computer modeling. There’s not one speed in order to ensure in state or local elections words such as “vote for,” summer. shred of scientific data.” their complete control of without having to tell any- “vote against,” “elect,” or We, as legislators, should — RUSH LIMBAUGH mocking climate change as an state government. one who they are. “defeat”; be addressing our state’s outrageous apocalyptic conspiracy theory to his radio The Republican-con- • Assembly Bill 388 will • Any individual or cor- urgent problems: crumbling audience. trolled Assembly fast- dismantle the Govern- poration to spend unlimited roads, how to bring back our tracked three bills that ment Accountability Board, money independently of suffering middle class, and “I saw something on Facebook (that said), ‘How increase opportunities for Wisconsin’s nonpartisan a political candidate more lifting up struggling schools. about every time somebody wants to buy a gun, we put political corruption, make it watchdog agency run by than 60 days before an These bills are a distrac- them through what we are talking about putting women harder to investigate politi- six former judges and election, with no public tion and an attack on Wis- through with having an abortion?’ So it’s like, ‘Are you cal corruption, and make it responsible for overseeing disclosure, expressly advo- consin’s tradition of clean, really sure? Are you really sure? Watch the short film on almost impossible to pros- elections and ethics. Its cating to elect or defeat a transparent government. what could happen if you get a gun. It’s like, come on.” ecute political corruption: replacement will be two candidate; If you are concerned about • Assembly Bill 68, — AMY BRENNEMEN, star of HBO’s The Leftovers, politically appointed com- • Individuals or corpo- these proposals and the future what I’d call the “Corrupt of our democracy, you must talking to HuffPost Live. missions. rations to give unlimited Politicians Protection Act,” While all three proposals money to political parties take action now. Talk to your allows politicians to avoid neighbors and friends and “(Republicans) don’t mind having big government to combine to create a new cul- and legislative campaign accountability for their ture of political corruption, committees, further contact your lawmakers today. interfere with a woman’s right to choose and to try to actions by exempting politi- Find out more at the legisla- take down Planned Parenthood. They’re fine with big the rewrite of our campaign empowering partisan legis- cal crimes from investiga- finance laws is most alarm- lative leaders. ture’s homepage: http://legis. government when it comes to that. I’m tion under Wisconsin’s ing. This bill will create huge Just as alarming is the wisconsin.gov/ or call the leg- sick of it.” islative hotline at: 1-800-362- John Doe anti-corruption loopholes and opportunities speed with which Republi- — HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON dur- 9472. law. for unlimited spending that cans are rushing these bills ing the first Democratic presidential • Assembly Bill 387 re- State Rep. Mark Spreitzer, apply as equally to our non- through. These bills make represents the 45th Assembly debate in Las Vegas. writes Wisconsin’s cam- partisan local elections as major changes to our laws, District. paign finance laws to give to our state races. but legislators, members corporations even greater In either state or local of the media and the pub- 16 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 Wisconsin GOP Celebrating Senior Living! plays potty politics By Lisa Neff Staff writer ‘All this bill does is single out Two Republican lawmakers, seeking transgender and intersex to rollback reforms in 60 Wisconsin students for increased scrutiny school districts, are pushing a bill to ban transgender students from using restrooms and harassment, directly and locker rooms that correspond with their jeopardizing their safety.’ gender identity. The measure — a proposed mandate that school districts designate facilities exclusively for one biological sex or the nondiscrimination policies, protecting all other — is being circulated for co-sponsors students. by state Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, The Janesville School District, for example, and state Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater. has a policy allowing transgender students “This bill reinforces the societal norm in to use bathrooms and locker rooms our schools that students born biologically assigned to the gender with which they male must not be allowed to enter facilities identify, if parents and principals give the designated for biological females and vice OK. Meanwhile, in the Madison School versa,” Kremer wrote in a memo. District and at Shorewood High School, Meanwhile, Democrats Sondy Pope, a policies provide for transgender students representative from Cross Plains, and Nikiya to use the restrooms and locker rooms that Harris Dodd, a senator from Milwaukee, correspond to their gender identity. Ask About Our Exclusive Charter Club Specials! are seeking co-sponsors for a measure that None of these districts have reported an would require the Wisconsin Department incident of a non-transgender student being of Public Instruction to develop a model harassed by the presence of a transgender Call Today! (414) 436-0311 policy protecting the rights of transgender student, according to GSAFE, a Wisconsin students. The measure also would require organization that advocates for LGBT school districts to adopt a policy. students. A leisurely life of socializing with new friends, participating in The Democratic lawmakers wrote in a “All this bill does is single out transgender memo, “Recent actions in our state and and intersex students for increased scrutiny stimulating activities, enjoying delicious chef-prepared meals, nationwide indicate that many individuals and harassment, directly jeopardizing their hopping onto convenient transportation, and receiving hassle-free do not have a clear understanding of the safety,” said GSAFE education and policy care when you need it, is just around the corner. Our bright and unique issues faced by transgender youth. director Brian Juchems. Adopting a school board-wide policy is Juchems noted that the language in the bustling community will offer independence, freedom, safety, necessary to ensure a safe, equal learning “bathroom bill” is the same as the language security, and a new social circle. environment for transgender students.” in a draft policy circulated by the right-wing Civil rights groups, education Alliance Defending Freedom. Whether you choose our assisted living apartments for discreet, organizations and Democratic lawmakers “Instead of looking outside our state, our understanding care when you need it, or our memory care that denounced the bill by Kremer and Nass as Legislature should look at the sample policy mean-spirited, reckless and discriminatory. drafted by the Wisconsin Association of is dedicated to the unique needs of older adults facing memory “This bill is an unnecessary solution School Boards,” suggested Juchems. challenges, there will be a safe place for everyone in our community. in search of a problem,” said Megin In 1982, Wisconsin became the first state McDonell, the interim executive director to outlaw discrimination based on sexual of Fair Wisconsin, the state’s largest LGBT orientation. 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its clinics that make fetal tissue available to draconian sentencing laws born of the their freedom. The justices are consider- for research, but will no longer accept failed drug war.” ing whether to extend to older cases a three-year-old ruling that struck down reimbursements to cover the costs of • BACK TO COURT: The U.S. Court of automatic life sentences with no chance transporting the tissue. Planned Parent- Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a of release. hood president Cecile Richards wrote, comprehensive decision in Hassan v. City “Planned Parenthood’s policies on fetal of New York, recognizing that New Jersey • STASHING THEIR CASH: In 2014, the tissue donation already exceed the legal Muslims who have been subjected to 500 largest American companies held requirements. Now we’re going even fur- the New York City Police Department’s more than $2.1 trillion in accumulated ther in order to take away any basis for program of blanket, suspicionless surveil- profits overseas to avoid U.S. taxes, attacking Planned Parenthood to advance lance had a valid claim of discrimination according to a recent study by Citizens an anti-abortion political agenda.” on the basis of their religion. The decision for Tax Justice and the U.S. PIRG Educa- • BAN THE CHEW: California Gov. Jerry reverses a district court ruling dismissing tion Fund. About one quarter of that Brown, D, recently signed a bill banning the case. amount ($549.7 billion) is hoarded PHOTO: Pixabay abroad by 10 tech companies alone. SMOKING HOT SALES: Retailers sold the use of chewing tobacco in all Cali- • HONORING HARVEY MILK: Salt Lake Apple has parked the largest amount more than $11 million of marijuana dur- fornia ballparks. So a practice dating to City could soon have a street named of cash outside the United States — a ing Oregon’s first week of legal recre- the days of Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb now after pioneering gay whopping $181 billion — followed by ational sales, outpacing the early business seems headed toward the sport’s endan- rights leader Harvey Microsoft ($108.3 billion). done in other states that have legalized gered species list. Although California Milk. City officials have pot, according to the Oregon Retailers is only one state, it is home to five of been working with • FLAGGING RACISM: About 400 people, of Cannabis Association. Recreational pot Major League Baseball’s 30 teams. Team LGBT leaders on the including civil-rights leader Myrlie Evers- became legal in the state on Oct. 1. owners have been pressing for a ban for initiative, which would Williams and Mississippi-born rapper years. place Harvey Milk Bou- David Banner, took part in a rally outside • BOTTLE BROUHAHA: The U.S. Forest levard near thorough- the Mississippi Capitol calling on the Teachers not Service was sued on Oct. 13 for allow- fares named for civil state to remove the Confederate battle loving McDonald’s ing Nestlé to continue to bottle millions rights icons such as emblem from its state flag. Three men McTeacher’s Nights of gallons of water from the San Ber- Martin Luther King Jr., holding large flags with various Confed- The National Education Association nardino National Forest with a permit Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez. erate emblems watched the rally from a and more than 50 state and local teachers distance across the Capitol lawn. that expired 27 years ago. The Story of • AT THE HIGH COURT: The U.S. Supreme unions are calling on McDonald’s CEO Steve Stuff Project, the California-based Cour- Court recently heard arguments about Easterbrook to end McTeacher’s Nights. age Campaign Institute and the Center whether hundreds of inmates imprisoned — from WiG and AP reports The unions and educators are concerned for Biological Diversity filed the lawsuit, for life for murders they committed as about McDonald’s kid-targeted marketing. challenging Nestlé’s 4-mile pipeline teenagers should have a chance to seek On McTeacher’s Nights, McDonald’s that siphons water from San Bernardino recruits teachers to work behind the coun- National Forest’s Strawberry Creek to ter and serve burgers, fries and soda to bottling operations in Ontario, California. their students and their students’ families. In 2014, an estimated 28 million gallons The corporation heavily brands the were piped away from the forest to be events, even going so far as to provide bottled and sold under Nestlé’s Arrow- uniforms and branded shirts for teachers head brand of bottled water. to wear behind counters. In return, McDon- LGBTLGBTLGBT • FREED BY FEDS: The U.S. Department ald’s donates a small portion of the night’s of Justice announced that 6,000 federal proceeds. prisoners will be released Oct. 30–Nov. 2, The unions say the events take advantage some to halfway houses. They are eligible of cash-strapped schools and use teachers for release due to changes in sentenc- to sell junk food directly to their students in ing laws made retroactive by the U.S. Weddingeddingedding order to create brand loyalty. WW Sentencing Commission. More prisoners will be released in the coming months In other national news … and years. 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Walker used private animals and other tributes left at crime email accounts scenes and accident sites — into some- Emails obtained by WKOW-TV in Madi- thing more lasting. They want publicly son show that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker funded individual tributes to replace the and his top advisers used private email temporary displays. Collective tributes to accounts to send hundreds of messages victims of gun violence are fairly common early in the Republican’s term in 2011. around the nation, but Rhonda Barner, WKOW reported recently that in who has worked as a survivors’ advocate response to an open records request, Walk- for decades, said she knows of no city er’s office turned over nearly 1,000 pages of that does what Milwaukee is considering emails sent by top aides in 2011. by honoring homicide victims with indi- Walker spokeswoman Laurel Patrick says vidual memorials. the emails are an “extremely small number” • ID LIMITS: A federal district court given the volume sent and received and in mid-October rejected a request to they were retained and released in accor- increase access to the ballot for Wis- dance with the law. PHOTO: Lisa Neff iSUIT: A federal jury has found Apple Inc. infringed on a technology patent held by the consin voters. The American Civil Liber- Dozens of the emails WKOW received ties Union sought to expand the list of were never sent to an official state account Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which protects the University of Wisconsin’s intellectual property. The U.S. District Court jury in Madison rejected claims from the acceptable identification to include IDs until they were forwarded to the govern- for veterans and students attending ment email of Walker’s legal counsel four technology giant that the patent was invalid and that no infringement took place. The foundation sued Apple in February 2014 claiming the company used the foundation’s technical colleges, as well as out-of-state years after the emails were originally writ- driver’s licenses. ten and two months after the station’s open patented technology in what were then its latest processors, which power iPhones and records request. iPads. • STORAGE SPACE: The city of Madison and Dane County are considering col- GOP Debate headed laborating on a plan to set up storage to Milwaukee between July and September. Johnson posting the plans online, presenting them lockers for the homeless in public parking brought in $1.4 million. during student orientations, text messag- The Republican Party’s 2016 presidential structures. Dane County supervisors are es and campus-wide email alerts. Each contenders will meet on the debate stage in • UNFAIR HOUSING: The U.S. Depart- already weighing a proposal to put those state technical college has an all-hazards Milwaukee on Nov. 10. ment of Housing and Urban Development lockers in the county garage and they plan that deals with shooters as well. Fox Business Network will host the announced on Oct. 14 that it is charging want the city to designate more space. prime-time affair in the Milwaukee Theater. the owner and managers of Applewood • GLOBETROTTING GOV: Newly • TARNISHED RETAILER: Milwaukee The Wisconsin faceoff is the fourth presi- of Cross Plains, an apartment complex released records show two of Repub- Bucks center John Henson said he was dential debate sanctioned by the Republi- in Cross Plains, with violating the Fair lican Gov. Scott Walker’s international racially profiled outside a Whitefish Bay can National Committee. Housing Act for failing to take action to trips in 2015 cost state taxpayers nearly jewelry store, prompting an apology from stop several tenants from harassing a $147,000. Wisconsin Economic Develop- the store owner, who said the incident In other regional news… neighbor, who has cerebral palsy, and her ment Corporation records show Walker’s was a misunderstanding. Henson said daughter with Down’s syndrome. Apple- trade mission to Europe in April cost • FEINGOLD OUTRAISES JOHNSON: workers at the shop where he’d intended wood Apartments is a 55-plus senior $117,300. His trade mission to Canada Democrat Russ Feingold raised about $1 to look at a watch locked the door during housing complex with 15 units. in June cost $29,470. Expenses included million more than Republican incumbent normal business hours and told him to hotels, transportation, parking, telecom- Ron Johnson during the three-month • CAMPUS CAUTION: Each University leave. Henson, who is black, said he was munications, hospitality gifts, networking fundraising period ending in September. of Wisconsin System campus has a so- then questioned by police officers about events and meals. That was the first full quarter that Fein- called “all-hazards” plan that details how the vehicle he was driving and what he gold was an announced candidate in the to handle crises, including gun violence. • IN REMEMBRANCE: Milwaukee victims’ wanted to purchase. He called the inci- expected 2016 rematch between the two The campuses share the plans with fac- advocates are leading a push to make dent “degrading.” candidates. Feingold raised $2.4 million ulty and staff in several ways, including ad hoc memorials — flowers, stuffed — WiG and AP reports WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 19

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PHOTO: Pixabay WEDDING BLISS: The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce holds its second annual Wisconsin LGBT Wedding Expo 11 a.m.–2 p.m. on Nov. 8 at the Hilton Milwaukee City Center. For more, go to wislgbtchamber.com.

Groundwork Milwaukee wins • WALKING TO DEFEAT ALS: The environmental justice grant ALS Association-Wisconsin reports The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the Oct. 11 walk-a-thon in Milwaukee recently announced the award of four envi- raised a record-breaking $485,000 ronmental justice grants totaling $115,100 to and included more than 7,000 people. nonprofits to develop solutions to environ- Walks throughout Wisconsin in 2015 mental problems in low-income and minority generated more than $735,000 to communities in Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit support patient services and pro- and Granite City, Illinois. grams. For more, go to www.vsals.org. Groundwork Milwaukee Inc. will receive • ECO EXTRAVAGANZA: The League $30,000 to train teens and young adults from of Conservation Voters of Wisconsin the 30th Street Corridor to build 15 rain gar- holds the Green Tie Gala at 5:30 p.m. dens and install 15 rain barrels to collect on Oct. 28 at Discovery World in Mil- stormwater runoff and prevent flooding. waukee. Former U.S. Reps. David Obey The program will demonstrate how green and Tom Petri are the guest speakers. infrastructure can lessen the effects of climate For more, go to conservationvoters. change. org. In other community news … • CONTINUED LEARNING: Now in its 13th year, the Odyssey Project at • JESSE EISENBERG AT BOSWELL BOOKS: UW-Madison offers a two-semester Oscar-nominated actor and prolific writer college humanities class for adults Jesse Eisenberg will read from his new short dealing with single parenthood, home- story collection, Bream Gives Me Hiccups, at lessness, addiction, incarceration, 7 p.m. on Oct. 30, at Milwaukee’s Boswell depression, domestic abuse and other Book Company, 2559 N. Downer Ave. The barriers to education. It provides 30 event is free and open to the public. low-income students with free tuition, • ON THE COURT: The Milwaukee Gay Vol- textbooks, child care and a weekly leyball Association’s indoor season begins dinner. For more, go to news.continu- on Nov. 1 and goes through Feb. 14. ingstudies.wisc.edu. Matches are played at Beulah Brinton Com- • GOOD FOOD FOR THE SOUL: Feed munity Center, 2555 S. Bay St. in Bay View. Your Soul, a charitable art auction, For more information, go online to benefits Feeding America Eastern www.milwaukee gayvolleyball.com. Wisconsin. The event is 7:30–11 • RECIPE FOR DIVERSITY: Chai Point Senior p.m. on Nov. 7 at Flux Design, 811 E. Living in Milwaukee offers a variety of public Vienna Ave. Volunteers who work in programs — Jewish history lessons, cooking the interior design and architecture demonstrations and arts and culture work- industry organize the event. Since its shops. For more, go to jewishseniorliving. inception in 2004, Feed Your Soul has org. raised over $365,000 to help feed the hungry in Wisconsin. For more, go to • FIRST RUN: The inaugural Milwaukee Run- fysmke.com. ning Festival is scheduled Oct. 31–Nov. 1. Running events for all ages and abilities • SAVE THE DATE: Milwaukee Pride include a mile race, 5K race, half marathon announced the dates for PrideFest and a marathon that counts as a Boston Milwaukee 2016: June 10–12 at the qualifier. There’s also a Health and Fitness Summerfest grounds on the lakefront. Expo with food, vendors and trick-or-treat The 2015 event drew 32,822 people. for the kids. For more, go to Milwaukee Run- For more, go to pridefest.com. ning Festival on Facebook. — Lisa Neff 20 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 Pet Use of therapy dogs found to raise patients’ spirits By Howard Greninger Terre Haute Tribune-Star When 11-year-old therapy dog Moe sees a red bandanna, he knows it’s time to go to work. For the past three years, Moe has been certified through Therapy Dogs Interna- tional to work in Terre Haute Regional and Union hospitals and in a Hamilton Center, Indiana, behavioral clinic. “Moe wears the bandanna (with a TDI seal) when he goes to the hospital. It is similar to a service dog wearing a vest, to let people know the dog is working,” said dog owner Linda McQuiston, a registered nurse and assistant professor of nursing at Indiana State University. “Moe can sense if someone is really stressed. In a group situation, he will pick out someone and sit with them and cuddle up into their lap or will put his head on their hands. If he senses you are not into that, he just moves on,” McQuiston said. Therapy Dogs International, founded in 1976 in New Jersey, is a volunteer orga- nization dedicated to regulating, testing and registering therapy dogs and volunteer handlers to visit nursing homes, hospitals and other institutions. As of 2012, about 24,750 dog/handler teams are registered with TDI. Moe is the only certified TDI ani- mal in Terre Haute actively visiting at this time, according to McQuiston. The true benefit of a therapy dog is porarily) reduce cortisol levels,” an immu- tal group with a dog present during a blood Moe, a silver miniature poodle, visits relieving a human’s stress. “There are stud- nosuppressant associated with stress and collection procedure had lower levels of hospitals one day a week, spending as little ies that show therapy dogs decrease blood pain, McQuiston said, referencing a 2015 cortisol than children without a dog pres- as 10 seconds to as much as 10 minutes pressure and increase relaxation,” McQuis- study conducted by Pain Service and Pallia- ent. Both groups had parents present during with patients. Moe works for an hour to an ton said. tive Care at the Meyer Children’s Hospital the procedure. Cortisol is a so-called stress hour and a half while in a hospital or clinic. “Research shows (therapy dogs can tem- in Florence, Italy. Children in an experimen- hormone linked to many health issues. THERAPY next page

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Goats clear land for dog park A new dog park in Rhode Island got Study: People act a lot like their dogs some help from a group of land-clearing specialists: goats. We’ve all heard the old cli- ity Data Insights — Americans dog is three times more owners say dogs can feel Organizers used a herd of the ravenous ché that people look like their tend to love dogs who they likely to be one as well. embarrassment and 93 per- ruminants to clear brush from a plot of dogs. perceive to be just like them. If you identify as a lifelong cent are certain they’ve seen land in Portsmouth that eventually will be But would it surprise you learner, then there’s a 72 per- their dog smile. turned over to man’s best friend. to learn that people and PEOPLE CHOOSE cent chance your dog will be Kim Cipolla tells WJAR-TV the 17 goats their dogs tend to social- DOGS WHO ACT good at learning new tricks. DOGS STRONGLY ate around the clock over an area about the ize, eat and learn new skills JUST LIKE THEM INFLUENCE THE size of two football fields. in very similar ways, too? Sixty-six precent of extro- DOGS DISPLAY EMOTIONS OF THEIR The goats ate everything from poison According to the “Natural verted people have extro- COMPLEX EMOTIONS, HUMAN PARENTS ivy to thick brush and thorns. They even Balance Canine Personal- verted dogs and there’s a JUST LIKE WE DO According to 79 percent dug up a buried fire hydrant, perfect for a ity Study” — a survey of 1,015 65 percent chance that an Dogs’ personalities are of dog parents, their dogs dog park. U.S. dog parents conducted introverted dog will have an highly nuanced and pet par- consciously and actively Cipolla says employing goats is cheaper by Natural Balance Pet Foods introverted human parent. ents believe that dogs expe- attempt to comfort them. than a bulldozer and construction crew in conjunction with Learndip- If you’re a choosy eater, your rience many emotions that Fifty-five percent report and environmentally friendly. She says it’s are all too familiar to humans. that their dog looks at them “animals helping animals.” To truly understand the emotional lives of dogs, Natural Balance and If you’re hurt or late com- with loving eyes that com- Now that the goats have finished, com- Learndipity Data Insights conducted a survey of 1,015 U.S. dog parents. ing home, then you’re likely municate deep emotion. mittee members are completing the job. What they learned is doggone fascinating. to believe, as 90 percent of Fifty-two percent say their dog all dog parents do, that your is able to accurately sense Canine teeth extravaganza pup is worried about you. when they are sad. Dog owners from the Boston area gath- Seventy-nine percent of dog — from WiG ered the weekend of Sept. 12 in an attempt to break a world record. believe their believe their dogs Attendees of the Somerville Dog Festival dogs SMILE get EMBARRASSED attempted to break the Guinness World Record for most people brushing their dog’s teeth simultaneously. The record is 268 dogs, set in Hong Kong in 2012. believe their believe their dogs Toothbrushes and toothpaste were pro- Dog parents who say their Dog parents who say dogs WORRY feel HAPPINESS Dog parents who say vided. dog actively attempts to their dog looks at them their dog senses when comfort them. with loving eyes. they are sad. The event also raised money and care items for shelters. The results have yet to be announced as of press time. — AP THERAPY from prior page On average, he sees 10 patients, but some was 12 weeks old. She took Moe to visit Indiana Jones as McQuiston is an avid days may only see five patients who want a cousin who had cerebral palsy. Moe fan of the movie series, is already “good to spend the maximum time with Moe. would stay with her cousin for an hour citizen” certified, the first step toward “Hospitals are not really your own envi- and help her exercise her hand. “He was becoming a therapy dog. ronment. They take all your belongings never fussy and was very calm,” she said. “I think therapy dogs are something and then stick you with needles,” McQuis- McQuiston later learned of Therapy that we as nurses can do to go above and ton said. “To be able to see that we can Dogs International and decided Moe beyond just working in clinics,” McQuis- calm people down is very rewarding, and would be a good candidate. Now, she is ton said. you notice a difference in their demean- hoping to train her 9-month old golden or. (Patients’) shoulders are not slumped retriever named Indy to become a TDI- This is an Associated Press member down and they no longer seem withdrawn.” certified therapy dog. Indy, named after exchange story. McQuiston encourages her students to consider becoming therapy dog own- ers. “Unlike service dogs, you own therapy dogs. They are your dogs and live with you. I want students, and even recreational ther- Now apists I work with at the hospitals, to know there are alternatives to medicines and you Offering don’t always have to give people drugs, but Acupuncture! can use animals to relieve stress.” With that in mind, Moe goes to work with McQuiston every day while the assis- Services include: tant professor is teaching on campus. Moe • Canine and feline medicine can be a stress reliever to the students dur- ing test weeks. “Many students will come • State-of-the-art diagnostics and see Moe and say they need their ‘Moe • Dentistry fix,’” before taking a test, McQuiston said. Relieving stress can be exhausting and • Emergency and critical care even a therapy dog needs time off. “Moe • Surgery can have a very stressful day, especially after a lot of activity in a group situation. • Anesthesia and pain management So sometimes when he gets home, he goes under a chair and doesn’t want to be www.oakcreekvetcare.com bothered,” McQuiston said. “He is 11 years old after all.” McQuiston first realized Moe had the 414-301-9113 [email protected] potential to be a therapy dog when he 8000 S. Howell Ave. Oak Creek, WI 53154 22 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 23 ut on the town October 22 – November 5 A curated calendar of upcoming events

‘Dracula’ Oct. 23 to Nov. 1 ‘Carnival’ 8 p.m. Oct. 24 ‘And Now Mozart’ Over the years, there have been a lot of Present Music is staging a good old- 8 p.m. Oct. 23 different interpretations of Dracula on stage fashioned masquerade, and the guest list Love Mozart? Hate Mozart? Never and screen. For theirs, Theater RED (in is stacked. Musicians from the Milwaukee met the guy? No matter — you’ll collaboration with West Bend community Symphony Orchestra, including associate still enjoy virtuoso magicians Alek- theater Musical Masquers) goes back to the concertmaster Ilana Setapen will mingle sey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo’s narrative’s roots, with a dramatic adapta- among Present Music artists. Quasimondo irreverent take on Wolfgang’s legacy. tion of the vampire tale that hews closely to Physical Theater will join to show off their Blending classic Mozart pieces with the details of Bram Stoker’s original novel. theater/dance hybrid style. And the most contemporary works to create comic That means a dedication to its Victorian special guest of all — Grammy-winning masterpieces, this violinist and pianist period, and an emphasis on the seductive, pianist Cory Smythe — will perform Robert provide an opportunity to either expe- mysterious nature of Dracula himself. At Schumann’s Carnaval, along with his own rience the classical works you love in a UW-Washington County’s Theater on the original compositions and improvisations. new way or learn to appreciate a genre Hill, 400 University Dr., West Bend. Tickets A festival afterparty will follow, because a you’re not as familiar with. Either way, are $19, $16 for students and seniors. For good carnival can’t stay contained for long. the laughter is universal. At Overture more information or to order, visit the- At the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Center, 201 State St., Madison. Tickets aterred.com. Broadway, Milwaukee. Tickets are $15, $25 are $35 to $45 and can be purchased and $35, with half-price tickets for students. at 608-258-4141. Visit presentmusic.org to order.

‘Biophony’ 8 p.m. Oct. 24 In Biophony, Alonzo King’s latest work, it isn’t just the exquisite dancing that’ll enrapture you. King and composer Rich- ard Blackford are collaborating with nat- ural soundscape artist Bernie Krause, who’s spent the last 40 years traveling the world with microphones, collecting the sound of entire ecosystems. Those vast archives come together in Biophony to reveal nature in suspension, the danc- ers of King’s LINES Ballet company sug- gesting animals dancing without ego, immersed in their song, unaware of being watched. At the Wilson Center, 19805 W. Capitol Dr., Brookfield. Tickets range from $42 to $73 and can be purchased at 262-781-9520 or wilson-center.com.

‘Grand Guignol’ Oct. 29 to Nov. 8 For the Halloween season, Off the Wall Theatre is resurrecting some high-class horror. With Grand Guignol, artistic direc- tor Dale Gutzman has assembled four short plays in the style of the eponymous Paris theater of the early 20th century, The Midtown Men known for its realistic, gruesome plays 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27 (Green Bay) and Oct. 28 (Wausau), 8 p.m. Oct. 29 (Madison) and as an inspiration for Universal’s clas- sic horror films. For Gutzman’s Guignol, Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and J. Robert Spencer have all strutted he’s selected a diabolical play set in an the boards as members of Jersey Boys, the jukebox musical that celebrates the lives and asylum, a drama about a French brigade music of The Four Seasons. But when their time as crooners was over, they decided not to trying to survive the Boxer Rebellion in put down the microphone. Instead, they formed the Midtown Men, the first vocal group China, a Guignol classic called “The Kiss” formed from the cast of a successful Broadway show. The quartet will perform a collection involving both a lover’s tryst and sulfuric of classic ‘60s hits, moving beyond the sound of the Four Seasons to include works by acts acid, and a terrifying musical adaptation like the Beatles, the Rascals and the artists of Motown. The group will pass through Wis- of the opera Pagliacci, featuring a jealous consin at the end of the month, checking off a bunch of gigs throughout the week (they’ll clown who believes his wife is cheating also be in Milwaukee this November). At the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts, 2420 on him. At 127 E. Wells St., Milwaukee. Nicolet Dr., Green Bay; Grand Theater, 401 Fourth St., Wausau; Wisconsin Union Theater, Tickets are $25 and can be ordered at 800 Langdon St., Madison. Tickets are $35 to $55 in Green Bay, $55 to $75 in Wausau, and 414-484-8874 or offthewalltheatre.com. $33 to $58 in Madison ($17 for UW-Madison students). Visit weidnercenter.com, grand- theater.org, and uniontheater.wisc.edu for details. 24 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 ut on the town

‘Julius Caesar’ Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is a story about the rank-and- file who defeated a leader, not the leader himself. This par- ticular production is about the rank-and-file offstage too. It’s being produced by the nonprofit group Feast of Crispian, which seeks to help post-deployment veterans overcome traumatic and reintegration issues through the works of Shakespeare, and will feature an all-veteran cast. Given the skills to succeed by local theater artists, these veterans will present Shakespeare’s tale of duty, honor, ambition and betrayal in a unique light. At Next Act Theatre, 255 S. Water St., Milwaukee. Admission is free, and a talkback will follow all performances. Visit feastofcrispian.org for more details.

‘The Game of Love and Chance’ Oct. 30 to Nov. 22 Autumn is in the air, but American Players Theatre isn’t done for the year quite yet. Their now-annual fall show ‘Hadelich Plays Beethoven’ this year is The Game of Love and Chance, a French period Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 comedy in which a young woman switches places with her The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will welcome back maid to secretly learn if the other half of her arranged mar- acclaimed violinist Augustin Hadelich for this delightfully riage is worthy of her — all the while unaware her potential un-spooky late October concert. While he’s here, Hadelich husband has done the same with his valet. It’s exactly the will perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, one of the world’s “sparks fly” romantic comedy APT excels at, especially best-known concerti. Beforehand, music director Edo de with former artistic director David Frank at the helm. At the Waart will lead the orchestra in Carl Nielsen’s Fifth Sym- Touchstone Theatre, 5950 Golf Course Rd., Spring Green. phony, a short modernistic work composed in the wake Tickets start at $45 and can be ordered at 608-588-2361 or of World War I. At the Marcus Center, 929 N. Water St. americanplayers.org. Tickets range from $27 to $107 and can be ordered at 414- 291-7605 or mso.org. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 25 AA curated curated calendar calendar of of upcoming upcoming events events OctoberOct. 22 – 8 Nov. - 22 5

Freakfest 7 p.m. Oct. 31 Barbara Furtuna 8 p.m. Oct. 31 (Milwaukee), 3 p.m. Nov. 1 (Madison) Nobody does Halloween quite like Madison, and the reason is Freakfest. Off the coast of France, there’s an island This annual costume and music party called Corsica — and it’s home to a unique has taken over State Street for the last style of polyphonic choral music, cultivated over 10 years, ending a less-organized tradi- hundreds of years. At the end of the month, one tion of rowdy, unsanctioned debauch- of the style’s greatest practitioners, Barbara Fur- ery that usually required police action. tuna, will visit Wisconsin. The male a cappella Each successive year has built its repu- quartet will perform a program of intricately tation as the place to be on Oct. 31. interwoven songs, all inspired by that Corsican Part of the reason for that is the exem- tradition. At Alverno College’s Chapel of Mary plary musical acts that get booked Immaculate, 3401 S. 39th Ave., Milwaukee and — this year, guests include headliners the UW-Madison Memorial Union, 800 Lang- Timeflies and Misterwives on the main don St., Madison. Tickets are $30 at Alverno stage, as well as local Wisconsin acts and $25 at the Memorial Union (with discounts GGOOLLDD, Chris LaBella and The available for UW faculty, students and union Mascot Theory. Visit host.madison. members). Visit alvernopresents.alverno.edu or com/freakfest for additional details. uniontheater.wisc.edu to order.

Keep reading for … ‘Illusion to Resolution’ ‘Footsteps, Shadows & ‘America’s Test Kitchen LIVE’: The host 1 p.m. Oct. 31 Whispers’ Nov. 5 to Nov. 8 of one of the country’s favorite cooking What happens when you combine a con- Danceworks’ resident dance-makers open shows brings his flair to Milwaukee. Nov. 3. temporary dance company with a tradi- their season with a set of works designed to See page 32. tional Indian dance company? You get Illu- travel mysterious, secretive roads. But they sion to Resolution, an Indo-Western dance won’t do it alone. For this contemporary ‘Silent Sky’: A Wisconsin-born astro- production by Kalaanjali Indian Dance Com- program, they’ll also be working with guest nomical pioneer finds herself challenged pany and Kanopy Dance Company. The choreographer Dawn Springer (recently by the male-dominated world of science in show combines the best of both worlds into returned to Milwaukee after a decade in this Midwestern premiere. Nov. 5 to 22. See an afternoon of melharmony — a hybrid New York City), composer Allen Russell and page 34. compositional form that considers the aes- the Tontine Ensemble, a modern classical ‘Wicked’: The ‘Wizard of Oz’ prequel fol- thetics of melody-driven Indian classical quartet featuring Russell. At Next Act The- lowing the women who will become Glinda music with harmonic Western systems. At atre, 255 S. Water St., Milwaukee. Tickets the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West Overture Center, 201 State St., Madison. are $22, $27 for premium seating and $16 passes through Madison and Milwaukee. Tickets are $19, $50 for VIP seating. Visit for students/seniors. Visit danceworksmke. Through Nov. 2, Madison; Nov. 4 to 15, Milwau- overturecenter.org or call 608-258-4141 to org or call 414-277-8480 to order. kee. See page 36. order. MSO Composer Institute: This workshop series for emerging composers returns for a third year, culminating with a public per- formance of their works by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Nov. 4. See page 44.

WITBIER. DOPPELBOCK. LAMBIC. SCHWARZBIER. WE BREW A BEER ‘Shaping Sound’ 7:30 p.m. Nov. 4 It’s hard for a 21st-century choreographer to rise to a level of fame that includes name FOR EVERY TASTE. recognition, but Travis Wall is probably about as close as you can get. Wall started as a performer on the second season of reality TV program So You Think You Can Dance, earn- ing a second-place trophy at the age of 18, but it was in subsequent seasons that he truly blossomed, choreographing routine after routine and even picking up an Emmy this year. Now working with a team including fellow SYTYCD alumnus Nick Lazzarini and other collaborators from his Oxygen reality show All the Right Moves, Wall’s new company and show Shaping Sound mashes up every dance and music style under the sun, resulting in a dynamic, explosive performance. At Overture Center, 201 State St., Madison. Tickets range from $30 to $60 and can be purchased at 608-258-4141 or overturecenter.org. 26 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015

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Rethink brats on a bun with this easy baked pasta By J.M. Hirsch AP food editor BRATWURST PASTA BAKE In a large saucepan over medium-high, melt the butter. Add Ready to bring Oktoberfest home? Start to finish: 1 hour | Servings: 8 the onions, peppers, apples and cumin seeds, then cook, partially covered, for 15 minutes, or until the onions are lightly browned and We start with that most ubiquitous of German sausages: the brat- For the caramelized onions: tender. Stir in the brown sugar, then cook for another 2 minutes. wurst. Here in the United States, we tend to think of brats as having a 2 tbsp butter singular taste, although Wisconsin does offer some variations. But in Add the beer and mustard, then stir to release any brown bits stuck 2 large yellow onions, thinly sliced to the pan. Remove from heat, cover and set aside. Germany, bratwursts can vary widely in flavor (peppery to mild), meats 2 green bell peppers, cored and (pork, veal and beef are common), even size (foot-long, spiraled and Meanwhile, heat a grill to medium-high and bring a large pot of sliced salted water to a boil. Heat the broiler. Lightly mist a 9-by-12-inch squat are just the start). 3 large apples, peeled, cored and In Germany, brats generally are grilled. But here we like to braise them baking dish with cooking spray. sliced Add the penne to the boiling water and cook according to pack- in beer, then slap them on a bun, maybe with onions. That is pretty tasty, 1 tsp cumin seeds age directions. Drain and set aside. but I wanted to rethink this classic sandwich as a weeknight dinner. 1 tbsp brown sugar While the pasta cooks, grill the bratwursts, turning for even For ease and speed, I did the bratwursts on the grill. Of course, you 12 oz German beer cooking, until they reach 165 F at the center and are lightly charred could do them on a grill pan or in a skillet if you don’t feel like heading 1/4 cup spicy German mustard outside, about 10 minutes. Let the sausages cool slightly, then cut outside. While the brats cook, you caramelize a mess of onions, pep- into 1-inch chunks. Add the pasta and bratwursts to the pan of pers and apples, creating a lightly sweet complement to the peppery For the sausages and pasta: onions and toss well. Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking sausages. After the mixture cooks down, I deglazed the pan with a bit of 1 pound bratwursts dish, spreading it evenly. beer and stir in a smidge of hot mustard. All the classic flavors. 1 pound penne pasta In a small bowl, mix together the breadcrumbs and melted butter, The sausages and the onion mixture then get tossed with pasta and 1-1/2 cups panko breadcrumbs then scatter evenly over the pasta. Broil on the oven’s middle shelf piled into a baking dish. Some buttery breadcrumbs are scattered over 3 tbsp butter, melted for 2 to 3 minutes, turning the pan as needed for even browning. the top, then you pop the whole thing under the broiler for a few minutes Sour cream, to serve Serve with sour cream. to crisp.

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Duck à l’Orange Start-to-finish: 2 hrs, 15 min Season duck with sea Servings: 4 salt and olive oil. In a heavy cooking Ingredients: pot, sear duck meat on 2 legs and 2 breasts of medium heat allowing the Mulard duck duck fat to melt and the 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil skin to get crisp. 2 cups of fresh squeezed Once browned on all sides, add orange juice, white orange juice wine, Grand Marnier, Limoncello, zest of oranges, bay 1/2 cup Grand Marnier leaves and peppercorn. 1 tbsp Limoncello Bring to boil then reduce heat and let simmer for Zest of 2 oranges about 2 hours until meat falls off bone. Pull the meat out of the sauce and strain the sauce 1 cup dry white wine to get rid of the pepper corn and the bay leaves. 2 bay leaves Reduce sauce and finish with whisking the butter. 5 whole toasted pepper- Pour 1/3 cup of the orange sauce on the plate, place corns the duck thigh or breast and serve with your favorite 1 tbsp sea salt vegetable. 2 tbsp unsalted butter WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 29

HARVEST from prior page pared Normandy style. The main course was duck à l’orange, a Large plates with single small cuplike fall favorite. Prepared in the classic method, indentations in their centers appeared with the lean duck quarters had been braised in single large sea scallops nestled in a puree white wine, citrus zest and Limoncello, then of carnival squash blended with Calvados grilled to a golden brown. The meat was off- butter, made with the French apple brandy, the-bone tender and the flavor profile clean, and accented with two leaves of a Brussels yet complex. spout head. The U-10 scallops, so named because The Dessert they weigh in at under 10 scallops per The meal was capped with Honeycrisp pound, were succulent and seared at the apple and Bartlett pear mini-tarts topped edge, with the squash providing subtle with almond and cinnamon Chantilly cream undertones that blended well with the sur- and served with a blend of fresh seasonal prisingly delightful sprout leaves. berries. The tarts, prepared by Sakka, were The salad, served next, drew heavily from delightful in their flakiness and sweet fla- Fgaier’s Tunisian heritage. A blend of per- vors. simmon slices, pomegranate seeds, salted With the exception of the charcuterie, on cashews, Medjool dates and Carr Valley which we admittedly gorged ourselves, all Vanilla Cardona cheese were served on a the portions were modest in size, yet broad bed of spicy arugula and dressed with a and appealing in their flavors. clementine and honey vinaigrette dressing. Each bite offered a different combination The Last Bite of bright, delightful flavors that teased the The best thing about fine cuisine expertly palate and pleased the senses. prepared comes in its ability to blend the In keeping with the meal’s quasi-Europe- flavors of continents and cultures in ways an influences, those of us of age received that make everyone happy. If global diplo- an ounce of Calvados to sip as a palate macy were half as effective as Fgaier’s cleanser. cooking, the world would be a more peace- ful — or at least better fed — place.

Normandy-Style Coquilles St. Jacques Start-to-finish: 40 min To prepare the scallops, season them with salt, pep- Servings: 5 per and finely chopped rosemary. In a hot skillet, add 1 tbsp of olive oil. Sear scallops on both sides for one Ingredients: minute until nice and brown. Set aside. 8 large fresh sea scallops Peel the carnival squash. Boil the squash in a pot 1 sprig of fresh rosemary of water with a pinch of salt and the garlic cloves for 1 tbsp olive oil about 20 minutes, or until the squash is tender and 1/2 small carnival squash ready to mash. Move the boiled squash to a bowl and add 1 tbsp. of 2 tbsp heavy cream butter, the heavy cream, salt and white pepper. Whip 2 garlic cloves until smooth and creamy. 4 oz Calvados, or other Bring the Calvados or other apple brandy to boil. apple brandy When the brandy has been reduced by about two- Sea salt thirds, turn off the heat and whisk in the remaining 3 Pepper (both black and tbsp. until reaching a creamy texture. Adjust season- white) ing with pinches of salt and nutmeg. To assemble and 4 tbsp unsalted butter serve the dish, start by placing the squash puree on a Pinch of nutmeg plate. Place the scallops on top, and top the dish with Steamed Brussels sprouts the Calvados butter. Garnish with Brussels sprouts leaves (optional) leaves if desired. 30 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 WICKED IS FLYING BACK TO MILWAUKEE

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Matthew, how did you ever come across so many unusual events? I had been collecting these weird stories for a while. While doing research in newspaper archives, I’d come across these strange headlines and odd stories that I didn’t really know what to do with. I started using them on my boat tours.

Your style is entertaining but always respectful of the people who lived these events. Did you have in mind the classic bestseller, Wisconsin Death Trip? That’s kind of the tone I was going for. There are other books like this, too, but most of them are kind of done in a more cheeky style. I didn’t want to treat it that way. I wanted to look at it more with the tone that they did at the time these events happened, to maintain that weird fascination when these stories were part of everyday life.

You cover Milwaukee from 1846 to 1946? That was just the heyday of this kind of journalism. Once you pass Photo: Wisconsin Historical Society the 1950s and ’60s the stories are more — if you want Prigge’s book features stories from Milwaukee’s first to call it, “professionalized” journalism. And also I didn’t century of existence, including tales of the “Badlands,” want to get into anything too recent because a lot of the a gambling hub on the side of the new Bucks arena; the stories are downers about premature deaths and murders crash of the S.S. Columbus in 1917; and a fire at the David- and suicides and bastards and things like that. Putting son Hotel on Third Street that claimed the lives of more some distance between the reader and things in the book than two dozen firemen. makes it a little more palatable. They would print the person’s name and the address, and Milwaukee Mayhem is available in bookstores. For Its organization seems designed for easy reading of they put in the alleged reasons behind these acts, and a story or two before bed. Yeah, I wanted it to function information on Prigge’s upcoming appearances, includ- they’d talk to the neighbors. It was very, very gossipy. I ing book signings, visit mkemayhem.com/events. as something you can pick up and thumb through or, think these stories were what most newspaper readers preferably, read cover to cover. I didn’t put the stories in would turn to first. chronological order. I tried to have them flow from one license. She served underage people, it was one of the few to the next. I encourage the reader to go through from Are there sites related to your stories that readers beginning to end, because I think there’s a story within the places in the city where black and white people danced can go see? There’s not too much standing. But it’s inter- together, and there was a lot of sordid stuff that was story, just in the way they’re ordered. But all the stories esting just to know where the vice stuff was in relation to stand on their own. allegedly going on. She ran this tavern in defiance of the the bars and restaurants downtown, and city hall and the city for years. She’d be raided, arrested, they’d give her a river. Even the site of the new basketball center — that In researching period newspapers, did you get a sense fine, she’d pay it and after leaving the courtroom go right was right in the heart of what they called “The Badlands,” back to running her bar. They could not get her to close that Milwaukee was a different kind of city back then? with all the brothels and dance halls and opium dens. I think the writing was — they were very aware of the this place down! That part of the city got a lot more boring over the last One of the lines from the newspaper was something various “tribes,” if you will, the ethnic neighborhoods. century. Especially going back in the 1860s and ’70s, they usu- like, “She’s the one who runs the city; the mayor and the ally would have referred to, “this German resident of this city council work for her.” The last time she was convicted Besides adventure and horror, you include stories for running a house of ill repute, she married one of the area,” or “this person was a Polish person.” I think the that are funny. Yes, my favorite is about a character in ethnic divisions were prominent. jurors from her trial and then left town forever. the 1870s. She was called “Rosina Georg, The Queen of Nights.” She inherited a saloon — a dance hall — from her In some ways she’d be a hero today. Yes. The newspa- And it was a much smaller city then, too. Yeah, the husband when he passed away. small town thing kind of shone through, in that a big part pers didn’t condemn her. They treated her as a folk hero- Sometime early on during her ownership they passed ine. Of course, anybody who’s good for a couple stories of a newspaper was devoted to local gossip. The story in a licensing law to run taverns. They wanted to deny her a my book on the rash of suicides in the 1870s, for example: every month — they wouldn’t pass judgment on that! 32 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 ‘America’s Test Kitchen’ cooks up quite the stage show By Michael Muckian home cooks have a fear of failure. By doing to enter the test kitchen. Videos Contributing writer extensive testing, trying almost everything, and photography highlight the Christopher Kimball, host of the PBS and by showing and discussing our mis- presentation by Kimball and co- series America’s Test Kitchen, would like you takes, we can bring home cooks into our presenter Dan Souza. However, to know that he ties his own bowties. He kitchen and make them comfortable with there is little cooking that goes on also admits he has no personal experience the process and the recipe.” during the presentation. as a celebrity chef or in any kind of com- America’s Test Kitchen’s approach is one “We have tried it and watch- mercial cooking whatsoever. of simple show-and-tell, Kimball explains. ing someone cook onstage is like That would make him a strange choice The show employs some 40 cooks in its watching paint dry,” Kimball says. for his hosting role, were it not for his 25 own test kitchen, several of whom appear ”We do have contests, taste tests, years’ experience in food journalism, which regularly on the air. Recipes are discussed, weird science experiments and ultimately led him to his other gig: editor- dissected and tested in ways that are acces- even Dan Souza jumping at a Vel- in-chief of Cook’s Illustrated. The culinary sible to cooks without professional culinary cro wall wearing Velcro suit. How- magazine promotes recipes and techniques training. He says that’s the show’s secret to ever, we have not road tested this useful to home cooks who want to realisti- success. idea yet.” cally develop their kitchen capabilities. “For the most part, we stay away from The videos also show things That same goal also drives America’s professional dishes and chefs’ recipes that do not work, including a now Test Kitchen, which operates as a television because that is a totally different type of infamous episode of NBC’s The show, radio program and, increasingly, an cooking,” Kimball says. “The challenge with Today Show featuring a recipe online outlet. Next month, it finds another all recipes is to figure out how the home gone awry. Unlike episodes in the medium to educate — live shows. On Nov. cook plans on messing up a dish. They make PBS series, the stage show does 3, Kimball will be hosting America’s Test substitutions, skip steps, change techniques not seek to replicate the work of Kitchen LIVE at Milwaukee’s Riverside The- and rarely follow a recipe as written.” area chefs and adapt it for home ater, an evening in which he’ll reveal the Correcting those mistakes before they cooks, nor does it offer a kitchen show’s inner workings. happen — and in the process promoting gadgets segment like one seen in The evening-long look inside the test successes while easing the frustrations of the series. kitchen was originally scheduled for the home cooks — is the main course offered The purpose of the stage show Pabst Theater, but was moved to the much by Kimball and his colleagues. is to expose audience members as larger Riverside due to a groundswell in “At the heart of what we do is an authen- much as possible to the test kitch- ticket demand. Such interest supports Kim- tic process,” Kimball says. “What we do on en process and make them more Photo: Kate Kelley ball’s notion that more people are cooking radio, TV and even onstage is not about successful in their own kitchens, Christopher Kimball (center) and his America’s Test than ever before, driving up the demand for showmanship. It’s about bringing our audi- Kimball says. Part of that success Kitchen team design their recipes to ensure home affordable, accessible recipes. ence into our very real test kitchen.” for any cook is taking the proper cooks’ success. “The concept is simple,” Kimball says. The stage show coming to the Riverside approach with the proper tools, “Most recipes don’t work and therefore offers audience members a variety of ways he adds. “Preheat your pan properly so you are cooking with heat,” Kimball says. people are cooking. And you can keep that “Use a sharp knife and buy a good knife quinoa on the shelf.” sharpener. Use enough salt and check all of your seasonings before serving for those recipes which can be modified before serv- ON STAGE ing.” America’s Test Kitchen LIVE featuring The show also does not predict food Christopher Kimball is coming on Nov. trends, something to which Kimball has a 3 to the Riverside Theater, 116 W. Wis- personal aversion. consin Ave., Milwaukee. For tickets call “I pretty much hate trends,” he adds. 414-286-3663 or visit pabsttheater.org. “The only trend I really like is that more

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Fewer know of the debt he “Henrietta Leavitt was a brilliant scientist tastic girl-power story, there is nothing owes to Henrietta Leavitt, one of many and astronomer who made some funda- man-bashing about the play.” female astronomers operating in relative mentally important discoveries,” says For- Gray says the play also offers high obscurity at the Harvard College Observa- ward artistic director Jennifer Uphoff Grey, production values, an original piano tory in the early 20th century. directing the production. ”Not surprisingly, score performed live onstage and a Madison’s Forward Theater Company there is very little known about her personal cast that, in addition to Haden, boats aims to shift that focus with its first show life, so the playwright took the facts we do Colleen Madden, Carrie Hitchcock, of the 2015–16 season. Playwright Lau- have and then imagined the rich life from Michael Huftile and Liz Cassarino. ren Gunderson’s Silent Sky, running Nov. there.” Playwright Lauren Gunderson also Leavitt (Clare Haden), the Massachu- will make an appearance in Madison. setts-born daughter of a Congregational The Atlanta-area native will give a Church minister who relocated his family to presentation, “Survival of the Storied: preach in Beloit, graduated from Radcliffe Why Science Needs Art and Art Needs College before joining a group of women Science” on Oct. 24 at the Wisconsin employed by Harvard professor Edward Institutes of Discovery, 330 N. Orchard Pickering to measure and catalogue the St. on the UW-Madison campus. The brightness of the stars. 50-minute presentation will explore The women, who were not allowed to the ways that science and story share a touch the telescope, were computers in the structure that begs for heroism, action, original sense of the word — working from surprise, mystery and wonder. glass photographic plates to compute the It’s a concept that could well distances and characteristics of the heav- describe Silent Sky, Gray says, with its enly bodies. emphasis on how analytical and cre- Kink 101 Pickering hired the women because he ative perspectives benefit each other. found the work of male astronomers less “There is a real desire to tell the Wednesday, Nov. 4, 8:30 pm accurate and unsatisfactory, Gray says. As unknown stories of women in science a woman of some means, Leavitt was ini- who have been overlooked,” says Gray. Pelvic Prowess: tially not paid for her efforts, but eventually “History, science and art intersect at Sunday Morning Yoga worked her way up to a wage of 30 cents the same time and I love that. It’s a Sunday, Nov. 15, 10:00 am per hour. fantastic, beautiful story.” Silent Sky is one of a growing number of Men Below The Belt efforts to tell the story of women’s con- tributions to scientific development, Gray Friday, Nov. 20, 8:30 pm says. She adds that the play is a story well told, with dimensions that reach well Forward Theater’s about race, class, family and sex, all Sex For Surivors beyond the play’s scientific content. 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‘Spectre’ ‘Room’ ‘Beasts of No Nation’ Opens Nov. 6, wide release Currently screening, wide release Currently screening, Netflix and limited release The latest James Bond film — and, possibly, the last All 5-year-old Jack knows is “Room,” the small space Cary Fukunaga is clearly winning the break-up with for Daniel Craig — brings back the villainous organization where he’s lived since he was born and his mother’s lived True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto. His follow-up, about Spectre, previously vanquished by a combination of Sean since she was kidnapped seven years earlier. This haunt- a young boy who becomes a child soldier in West Africa, Connery and complex copyright litigation (don’t ask). ing tale of a mother’s struggle to keep herself and her son is receiving lots of early buzz despite a boycott from the Post-Casino Royale reboot, the organization is master- alive (adapted by its original novelist Emma Donoghue) country’s theater chains due to its simultaneous release minding a global conspiracy that threatens MI6 and Bond is a shoe-in for nominations, both as a whole and for Brie on Netflix and in theaters. It’s their loss. Limiting it to will have to stop its scheme by defeating an enemy tied to Larson, the rising star who anchors the film. It’s also sure small, intimate houses — potentially including your own his past (Christoph Waltz). to be a disturbing yet moving experience. — will increase the impact of this sobering, stunning film.

‘The Hunger Games: ‘Spotlight’ ‘James White’ Mockingjay – Part 2’ Opens Nov. 6, wide release Opens Nov. 13, limited release Opens Nov. 20, wide release The Catholic Church’s sexual abuse scandal can be Perhaps the most truly independent film of these three, The biggest fantasy franchise since Harry Potter takes tracked back to charges against five priests in Boston and James White offers us Girls’ Christopher Abbott as the its last shot this November, bringing Jennifer Lawrence’s journalists at The Boston Globe who weren’t content to let aimless, troubled 20-something of the film’s title. Over a time as Katniss Everdeen to an end. Finishing the story that be the end of the story. Led by a star-studded cast scant, tight 85 minutes, we watch as he’s forced to either begun in the series’ third film last year, Katniss will lead a (Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Lieve grow up or face the consequences, as his cancer-stricken full-scale revolution, storming the Capitol to assassinate Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci), Spotlight has per- mother (Cynthia Nixon) faces her final days. the leader of her corrupt dystopia (Donald Sutherland). haps the strongest Oscar buzz so far.

‘Star Wars: Episode VII – ‘The Danish Girl’ ‘Carol’ The Force Awakens’ Opens Nov. 27, wide release Opens Nov. 20, limited release; Dec. 18, wide release Opens Dec. 18, wide release Tom Hooper’s Les Miserables follow-up couldn’t be Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara form a powerful duo They’ve promised us that this time, the new trilogy more different. The Danish Girl tracks Lili Elbe (Eddie Red- in Carol, as an older, married woman and a young pho- won’t suck. Set decades after the overthrow of the Empire mayne), one of the first-known recipients of sex reassign- tographer/department store clerk in the 1950s who are in a galaxy still ravaged by war, old allies (Harrison Ford, ment surgery, and her wife Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikan- romantically drawn to each other. With the two of them Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill) will encounter both new der) as they navigate Lili’s transition. The film’s casting leading the way, the film was expected to be powerful, heroes (John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac) and has come under some scrutiny — with many criticizing but it’s received a festival response well in excess of what new adversaries (Adam Driver, Andy Serkis, Gwendoline the choice of Redmayne, a cisgender man, to play a trans even its artistic team expected. Christie). woman — but its story is undeniably groundbreaking. — Matthew Reddin 36 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 ‘Wicked’ lends its themes to anti-bullying campaign By Julie Steinbach culture can relate to intimately. So as musi- Contributing writer cal has become more of a cornerstone in Wicked’s reign as one of the most popular society, the show has partnered with an and lucrative stage shows in history contin- organization called BullyBust to help school- ues 12 years on, with crowds eagerly packing aged children learn about bullying through theaters on Broadway and on tour. the story. The program trains students to Two of those theaters will be in Madison identify bullying in their school communities and Milwaukee, where Alyssa Fox will take and work to diffuse it. the stage to portray Elphaba, the Wicked Fairy tales and social morality have been Witch of the West. linked for centuries, and Wicked is truly just Over the course of Wicked, and the novel the latest example of this tradition. of the same name, Elphaba begins as a In Wicked, Elphaba’s ultimate best friend gifted, strong-willed and intelligent young was first her enemy, a so-called “popular woman, but is increasingly painted as an evil girl” named Glinda. As both Elphaba and witch by those around her. Their fear and Glinda mature, their relationship develops misunderstanding is initially prompted by into a close friendship as they learn more one unmistakable difference — her green about each other. skin. “That absolutely can happen in real life “Elphaba was born as someone who is if people open themselves up to each other immediately different from everyone around and accept each other despite their differ- Photo: Joan Marcus her and got a lot of criticism for just being ences,” Fox says. “You can be two completely Alyssa Fox currently portrays Elphaba in the national tour of Wicked. who she is on the outside because she’s different people who disagree on things but green,” says Fox, who has been playing still be really wonderful friends.” Elphaba since January and has been with the As a prominent social climber at their a really great example for social leaders in on that subject a lot in the show, (where tour since 2011. school, Glinda, with a turn of phrase or schools these days. One person can take a there is) somebody who is seen as ‘the other’ “I think I relate to her a lot,” she adds. “I simple action, can sway the position of other stance and be accepting and other people and as ‘the scapegoat’ and people end up was a little bit of a different kid. I was very students. Taking the first step and speaking will catch onto that kindness.” making those people the enemy.” sensitive and quiet and shy. I had different out can likewise be the first step for students The show not only works to bring the issue When asked what one lesson could be interests than other people and I got made to be positive forces for equality in real life. of bullying in schools to light, but also touch- taken away from this particular theme in the fun of too for that and that’s something I “As Glinda changes the temperature es upon cultural and racial stereotyping as show, Fox responded that, “The important really can put myself into as the character around her, because people look up to her, well as abuse and mistreatment. There are thing is to not ever consider yourself to be onstage.” if she does something kind for Elphaba and characters of many creeds and colors who over someone else, likewise, no one is under It isn’t easy for Elphaba to be green — and brings her into the community then every- are persecuted throughout the show by the you — we are all equal, we’re all human that’s something that victims of bullying one else rallies around that,” says Fox. “It’s overwhelming group-think of the residents and we’re all fighting our own battles. That of Oz. speaks volumes, because if one person steps “The show was written in that time after up then it opens the doors for everyone else 9/11 when a lot of judgments were being too.” made,” says Fox. “Wicked definitely touches

ON STAGE The national tour of Wicked will appear at Madison’s Overture Center, 201 State St., through Nov. 1, and Milwaukee’s Marcus Center, 929 N. Water St., Nov. 4 – 15. Tickets in Madison are $33 to $135, while tickets in Milwaukee are $42 to $152. Visit overture- center.org or marcuscenter.org to order tickets.

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Sauk County and neighboring areas needn’t for residents to live. To be effective, placemaking initiatives In Reedsburg and Baraboo, fledgling non- look far for good evidence that officials are “The entire creative placemaking effort is need to grow from the ground up, accord- profits work to build stronger communities beginning to understand the role the arts can … one of the keys to the economic develop- ing to Sherry Wagner-Henry, director of the and vital economies via the arts. play in revitalizing communities. ment, future of this county,” Krueger says. Bolz Center for Arts Administration at the And in the tourism juggernaut of Wis- “Sauk County is one of only three coun- Keeping and attracting young people is University of Wisconsin-Madison. consin Dells, officials seek to transform a ties in the state, and the only rural county, essential to the county’s economic future, “It has to be authentic, it has to be right magnet for summer vacationers into a year- that has a public arts funding program,” Katz and that’s not accomplished the way it once for the place that it’s happening,” Wagner- round destination with a new arts district. says. “Sauk County is a hotbed of this kind of was, Krueger says. Henry says. In those places and elsewhere in rural development because it has all the assets.” Studies show that young adults, those in The Bolz Center, founded in 1969, is the Wisconsin, “the arts,” loosely interpreted, The assets include a landscape at the their 20s and 30s, make decisions based oldest arts administration graduate training star in a movement driven by 21st-century edge of the Driftless Area — the portion of on different values than their parents and program in the country. Its graduates — cultural and economic forces. the Midwest not leveled by prehistoric gla- grandparents. many are artists themselves — deal with the “We’re in an interesting historical moment ciers — that mixes the rugged and pastoral Krueger says young people embarking business side of the arts, and may find work right now,” says Anne Katz, executive direc- but doesn’t end there. on careers once gladly accepted job offers as managers or artistic directors for theater tor of Arts Wisconsin. “The economy is “You’ve got all these creative people, without much consideration of where they’d or dance companies. changing and we’re living it.” you’ve got beautiful landscapes, you’ve got live. “You took the job and hoped you liked Wagner-Henry says graduates are find- Arts Wisconsin is a Madison-based non- this history — let’s do something with that,” the location,” Krueger says. ing more jobs lately within community arts profit founded in 1992 to help lead and Katz says. Today, young job candidates are likely to foundations. advance the state’s “creative economy.” Marty Krueger, chairman of the Sauk weigh location more heavily, in many cases “There’s a big movement right now. … Katz, who has led the organization since County Board of Supervisors, acknowledged deciding where they want to live before find- It’s this whole idea of creative placemak- 1995, said the economic crash that began in that Sauk County’s arts grants result in occa- ing employment — and that’s even more true ing,” Wagner-Henry says. “It’s about artists 2007 and the Great Recession that followed sional pushback from residents. for those with an entrepreneurial bent. becoming involved with urban planning and in 2008 and 2009 marked a turning point in “My answer to them is we cannot not Krueger says selling the placemaking idea community development.” the way municipal planners looked at eco- afford it,” Krueger says. “This is not just a to local officials concerned with what hap- Both Katz and Wagner-Henry say there’s nomic development. grant. It’s an investment.” pens within their own boundaries is an ongo- no better local example of creative place- Previously, communities focused econom- ing challenge. making than one born in Reedsburg that has ic development efforts almost entirely on PLacemaking “If we really work together and not be con- begun to spread across Sauk County. bringing factories and other large businesses In recent years, Krueger has championed cerned whether the person locates in Reeds- The organizers of the Fermentation Fest to town. Increasingly, though, the vital eco- “creative placemaking,” a relatively new and burg or Baraboo or Sauk (Prairie) but that ARTS next page WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 39

ARTS from prior page and Farm/Art DTour (best thought of as “I admire events that are unfolding like the two parts of a single event) label it “a live Fermentation Fest,” Whipple said. “Not only culture convergence” — a phrase that deftly are they a great example for us, but they’re intertwines the multiple meanings of culture near us and we will get some of the benefits as they relate to agriculture, biology and the from that.” humanities. Whipple said the recent construction of The Fest and DTour grew from a seed the Woodside Sports Complex near Maus- planted in 2010 when a Reedsburg nonprofit, ton, which draws youth sporting events from the Wormfarm Institute, secured a grant across the Midwest, offers its own place- to bring a Smithsonian Institution exhibit making possibilities. to town. Wormfarm later formed a public- The potent mix of arts and marketing private collaboration with the city to create hasn’t escaped notice in Wisconsin Dells, the event. where they know some things about tourism. “The word ‘culture’ comes from Latin Last month, Dells officials unveiled a meaning to till the soil,” says co-founder multi-year, $40-million plan to create a River Donna Neuwirth. “Culture and agriculture Arts District. are inextricably linked — we have just forgot- “It’s more than branding. It’s really about ten. Wormfarm’s work since we formed in revitalization for the downtown area,” says 2000 has been about reimagining what this Romy Snyder, executive director of the Wis- intersection looks like in the 21st century.” consin Dells Visitor & Convention Bureau. The Institute seeks to “build a sustainable The Dells, whose trademarked slogan future for agriculture and the arts by foster- is “The Waterpark Capital of the World!” ing vital links between people and the land,” would like to be known as more than a Mid- according to the organization’s website. Photo: Eric Baillies west magnet for summertime vacationers. The Fest and DTour, now in its fifth year, is Heath Matysek-Snyder’s “Kominy-Tractor,” a tractor integrated into a stack of wood for “Diversification is always a good thing,” a colorful and potent mixture of ideas, food, the 2012 Farm/Art DTour. Snyder says. education, entertainment and public art that Officials hope to build on the natural can’t be neatly boxed. beauty of the Wisconsin River, the original “This event is mutifaceted and often dif- Dells tourist attraction, with a revitalization ficult to grasp,” Neuwirth said. “I think that is “We know that we are filling the lodging community and what we’re able to offer plan that includes ideas such as outdoor its strength. People are never more engaged establishments,” Koenecke said. these local artists,” executive director Lind- movie theaters, an amphitheater cut into the than when brows are furrowed and they are Reedsburg resident Joann Mundth Doug- sey Giese Juarez says. hillside and more — all with the goal of creat- puzzling over something.” las is one of many volunteers who’ve worked Koenecke says the Fest and DTour has lent ing a 12-month destination that showcases And there’s much to puzzle over along on behalf of the Fermentation Fest and Farm/ a unique identity to the Reedsburg area that visual, musical and culinary arts. the 50-mile, self-guided Farm/Art DTour Art DTour. complements those in other Sauk County The future vitality of small-town Wis- course that this year included a mile-long Last year, she founded Reedsburg Arts- municipalities. consin, Whipple says, rests with those who clothesline and a farm field converted to a Link, a nonprofit aimed at fostering commu- Spring Green has American Players The- understand that creating experience is the musical instrument with chimes of varying nity via the arts. atre, the House on the Rock, a popular art key to economic development in an age pitch crossing the rolling terrain. “We’re working toward a community fair and the connection to famed 20th centu- when automation means fewer people will “An idea like that doesn’t play everywhere, that’s vibrant with arts activity year-round,” ry architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Sauk Prairie work in industry, and where digital commu- but they created something that was very Mundth Douglas says. nications allow knowledge industry workers specific to the people and the community,” The organization’s projects have included to choose where they live. Wagner-Henry said. installation in a new Reedsburg park of a for- “Public art is part “Our Main Streets are changing and they’ll mer Farm/Art DTour work — a John Deere of the soul of never return to what they once were as retail Economic Impact combine modified with illuminated stained centers,” Whipple says. “They’re beginning The Fest and DTour may defy pithy expla- glass panels — and a recent community the community,” to become our entertainment districts. Any nation, but evidence suggests visitors get mural project. community that is not exciting in some way it — and like it. In Baraboo, Mayor Mike Palm spearhead- Palm said. “We — they’re dead, because they will never be “Last year, we had people from 14 states ed formation of an ad hoc Public Arts Com- able to attract or keep talent.” and five countries show up,” says Kristine mittee in 2012 that eventually morphed into need public art in That’s especially true in rural areas, Koenecke, executive director of the Reeds- a standalone nonprofit. A newly completed Whipple says, where there’s a “tremendous burg Area Chamber of Commerce. community mural is one of the Baraboo order to celebrate opportunity for those in the arts.” Because the Fest and DTour play out over group’s recent projects. who we are.” “Artists are key players in how regions a wide area, the event has many points of “Public art is part of the soul of the com- grow and attract people who have choices,” entry and visitors experience it in many munity,” Palm said. “We need public art in Neuwirth says. ways. That makes precise participation data order to celebrate who we are.” People who have choices often are the tough to come by. Also underway in Baraboo is a $3 million has Bald Eagle Watching Days and the Cow ones with the ideas that can invigorate a The Reedsburg Area Chamber of Com- restoration of the historic Al. Ringling The- Chip Throw. Baraboo has its historic con- local economy. merce building serves as the official event atre. Built in 1915 and referred to as “Ameri- nection with the Ringling Bros. Circus, the “It’s not quick, and it doesn’t bring 500 headquarters, and visitors are encouraged to ca’s Prettiest Playhouse,” the building stands annual Big Top Parade & Circus Celebration jobs in one fell swoop, but it really does bring begin there. But not all do. as a centerpiece of the community’s arts and the historic Al. Ringling Theatre. solid entrepreneurship and innovation to a Organizers combine counts of visitors programs, frequently hosting local plays and And Reedsburg now has the Fermentation community that you can build on,” Katz says. who begin their visits at the chamber with other performances. The building is closed Fest and Farm/Art DTour. “Everybody’s trying to figure it out as they go survey numbers gathered at various event during renovations, which are expected to be “It has given us a little more visibility to a along. But there are dozens or hundreds of locations aimed at estimating what percent- complete in February. different kind of market that may not have initiatives, programs, art centers and totally age of visitors don’t stop at the chamber to “I would argue that the theater itself is art thought about Reedsburg in the past,” Koe- cool things happening that give me hope.” reach overall visitor estimates. — the actual structure,” Palm says. necke says. Katz says residents and local officials are Those estimates for the first four years In Sauk Prairie — the adjacent Wisconsin at the forefront of the change. of the event show it’s growing at the rate of River cities of Prairie du Sac and Sauk City — Developing Efforts “Now we’re just trying to get the state’s about 4,000 visitors per year. the nonprofit River Arts, founded in 1997 to From his desk in Juneau County, Terry attention,” Katz says. “Wisconsin is missing Data about the ripple effect the event raise funds to build the Sauk Prairie School Whipple, executive director of the Juneau a huge opportunity if it doesn’t start invest- creates in the local economy is even tougher District’s River Arts Center, created an art County Economic Development Corp., has ing in this creative economy.” to come by, but Koenecke said anecdotal gallery, River Arts on Water, four years ago. watched the growing success of the Fest and An AP member exchange story. evidence abounds. “I’m proud of what we’re doing in the DTour with keen interest. 40 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 ‘New Hanji’ joins modern craft with Korean tradition By Kat Minerath seemed like a valuable thing for Milwaukee.” Contributing writer That prior showing of these pieces “Paper changed everything,” notes Chel- occurred in South Korea at the Jeonju Hanji sea Holton, co-curator of New Hanji: A Kore- Festival. At Villa Terrace, a historic venue an Paper Tradition Re-Imagined, the latest with a similar attentiveness to both present exhibition at Villa Terrace Decorative Arts and past, the show represents a melding of Museum. The invention of paper around the traditional and current artistic trends. year 100 A.D. in China opened a new world The Milwaukee-based artists, to varying for documentation, as well as for art. degrees, have used paper mediums previ- Hanji art was originally developed in Korea, ously in their work. They found that having before spreading to other civilizations. The learned of this material, they were each handmade hanji paper is produced from the using it in new work. Viewers also will see inner bark of mulberry trees and is renowned that there are identifiable approaches that for its durability. Hanji can be treated like connect their past endeavors with this medi- regular drawing paper, but its versatility also um. allows for it to be used in the production of Jessica Meuninck-Ganger has for a long textiles and ornaments, molded as decora- time used a combination of drawing and tions for vessels or carved and attached to video in her installations. In “Trace,” foot- furniture. age of Milwaukee neighborhoods passes by Photo: Kat Minerath Taking this ancient material as a starting in ephemeral light behind small, sculptural Jessica Meuninck-Ganger’s “Trace” juxtaposes footage of Milwaukee neighborhoods point, five artists from Milwaukee and four buildings made of hanji. It is meant to evoke with small buildings sculpted out of hanji paper. from Korea incorporate it into contemporary thoughts of the transitory nature of spaces. art. Holton says hanji is enjoying something An adage about hanji proclaims that it lasts work is featured in the exhibition. into dramatic billows of round and sharply of a renaissance as it is adopted in the West for 1,000 years. Could the same ever be said Master Kim, as she is known, was drawn pierced shapes in “Earth Between In and and revived in its native land. about today’s built environments? The sense into the traditions of hanji through an inter- Yeon.” One artist, co-curator Rina Yoon, is the ori- of the present is simultaneously fragile and est in handmade paper objects such as sew- One Buddhist concept Yoon frequently gin point for New Hanji, Holton says. “(Yoon) nostalgic. ing boxes. For her study of these and her comes back to in her work is inyeon. She had taken a couple of trips back to Korea in Paper’s three-dimensional possibilities endeavors in their recreation, she was given says, “The body returns to the earth and the last five years or so, and she took a group are explored by Christiane Grauert’s Block the Presidential Award of Excellence by the emerges from it. The earth and the body are of students to Korea in 2012 along with all of series. Tall and angular, her skyscraper-like South Korean government in 2009. separate and one at the same time.” the Milwaukee artists in the exhibition. They forms are a translation of Hong Kong archi- In the world of fashion, Korean artist Yang In her capacity as an art historian and studied the techniques and all started to tecture. The carved spaces of the windows Bae Jeon has become interested in the study writer, Holton traveled to Korea with the art- incorporate hanji. Rina organized an exhibi- are done with a process learned from Hae- of traditional garments associated with ists as well as students in order to produce tion in 2013 that went really well — and this mija Kim, a master of the technique whose funerary practices. In the interests of eco- scholarly research for this project. One of the logical and other concerns, Jeon’s work in strengths of this exhibition is that curatorial the making of hanji burial shrouds has been approach, which introduces visitors to the influential and an example is on display here. context and process of this traditional craft. Yoon also synthesizes the body and meth- It wraps multifaceted artistic endeavors ods of artistic construction in her work. She together, connected through knowledge of uses jiseung, a process of paper coiling in the past and the fibers of hanji which reach large wall pieces that produce cloud-like far beyond their point of cultural origin. forms in brilliant white. They originate as pieces molded from her body, transformed

On Display New Hanji: A Korean Paper Tradition Re-Imagined continues through Jan. 3 at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, 2220 N. Terrace Ave. Visit villaterracemuseum.org for more details.

Galleries get into the spirit of the season ‘Fear 12’ ofrendas, or altars, which commemorate Art Bar, 722 E. Burleigh St. deceased loved ones at this time of year. Through Nov. 2 The ofrendas are made by members and Ever since its opening, Art Bar has held community groups, each a distinct por- this yearly exhibition where artists pres- trait to honor and revive the memory of ent visual images of all things sinister and those who have passed on. strange. This year’s display ranges from sci-fi fantasy digital art to prints, paintings Day of the Dead Ofrendas and assemblages delving into the dark Latino Arts Gallery, 1028 S. Ninth St. corners of the psyche. Oct. 28 – Nov. 20 Located inside the United Community 2015 Dia de los Muertos Exhibition Center, the Latino Arts Gallery will host Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, a display of ofrendas, honoring the tra- 839 S. Fifth St. ditions of the community. An opening Through Nov. 21 reception will be held on Nov. 6 from 5 For 23 years, WPCA has held an annu- to 7 p.m. al exhibition featuring the traditional — Kat Minerath WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 41 Photography, science, spiritualism collide at JMKAC By Michael Muckian of course, do artists. Both artists and sci- Contributing writer entists thrive in the state of the unknown Ask Alison Ferris about the purpose and because it is from there that the idea or the power of photography, and the curator for form originates. the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan may come off sounding more How many photographers and their professorial than poetic. works were considered for the exhibition? But Ferris’ tone is very appropriate for I don’t honestly have numbers, but I can say two new arts center exhibitions — one that I looked at a lot of work before making pending, the other already on display — the final selections for the exhibition. The that illustrate a juxtaposition between the selected works characterize invention and camera’s use as a scientific tool and pho- imagination as it relates to science and tography’s evolution as an artistic medium. art — and that’s a lot of territory to cover Photography and the Scientific Spirit, open- in an image! ing on Oct. 30, focuses on 72 images from All the photographs in the exhibition are 17 photographers that illustrate scientific contemporary and most have been made methods in artistic ways. The exhibition in the last 10 years. The show opens with is one of a four-part series that operates a selection of Berenice Abbott’s scientific Photo: JMKAC Photo: JMKAC under the tagline, “Life Lit Up: Science and photographs from the 1940s to 1960s. She Works like “Orange Battery” demonstrate Seeing is Believing consists of a collection Self as Seen through the Lens in Four Exhibi- was a pioneer of sorts in using photography both the camera’s use as a scientific tool of photos seemingly depicting ghosts and tions.” to illustrate scientific phenomena. Many and photography’s evolution as an artistic other spiritual beings, gathered by writer Seeing is Believing: Photographs from the of the photographers in the exhibition cite medium in Photography and the Scientific Arthur Conan Doyle. Collection of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a small- Abbott’s work as informing their own. Spirit. er exhibit that opened on Oct. 11, offers a series of 15 images from the Sherlock Is there a connective thread, either visu- Holmes creator’s personal archive. The ally or conceptually, that runs throughout A number of artists invent or alter pho- bition, which features spirit photography. images, from the early 20th century, pur- the exhibition? The artists express the rela- tography’s chemical or mechanical process- There’s an interesting connection between portedly prove the authenticity of ghosts tionship between science and photography es and even build cameras, as in the case of the two exhibitions because spiritualists and visitations and are from a time when in a number of different manners. For some, Chris McCaw. McCaw’s hand-built, large- viewed the camera as an objective scien- public interest in spiritualism was at its the artists themselves take on the role of format cameras are outfitted with powerful tific tool that could produce evidence of the height, making it uniquely appropriate for scientist — indeed a number of the artists lenses typically used for military surveil- spirit world. the Halloween season. studied science or are practicing scientists lance and aerial reconnaissance. Instead of A description of the exhibit notes that WiG caught up with Ferris to find out in addition to being photographers. They film, McCaw inserts expired vintage, fiber- the images are from the collection of the more about Photography and the Scientific perform creative scientific experiments and based gelatin silver photo paper directly famous British author Arthur Conan Doyle, Spirit and Seeing is Believing. capture them using photography. into the camera. now held at the Harry Ransom Center at the Caleb Charland expands upon a classic Pointing the lens at the sun, McCaw University of Texas at Austin. In this selec- How did Photography and the Scientific grade school science project: the pota- exposes the paper for periods of time rang- tion, viewers will see disembodied heads Spirit come about? Does its title have a to battery, creating electrical current by ing from 15 minutes to 24 hours. Such long hovering in the air above photographic specific meaning?I started noticing that inserting a galvanized nail into one side of exposures intensely magnify the sun’s rays, subjects or glowing on the sleeves of the a number of contemporary photographers a piece of potato and a copper wire in the which literally burn through the surface of sitters’ jackets. In even more unusual pho- were creating very compelling images other side. In one work, Charland electrifies the paper, thus making tangible, in scored tographs, we see “evidence” of ectoplasm incorporating science. When I started a chandelier hanging in apple trees using markings, the trajectory of the earth’s orbit produced by a female medium. researching, I just kept coming across more the power of the fruit. In another, he lights around the sun. Ultimately, this exhibition shows that it photographers working this way. a floor lamp in a field by using the potatoes was not simply faith in the veracity of The title was inspired by a quote from growing underground. What aspects of the exhibition may be the scientific photographic process that Walt Whitman: “I like the scientific spirit David Goldes’s images are inspired by most surprising to viewers? Perhaps what led to the kinds of credulity spirit photog- — the holding off, the being sure but not his research into pre-photographic 19th will be most surprising is how visually stun- raphy enjoyed; it was a desire to believe in too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas century drawings of electrical experiments ning the works in the exhibition are! I hope the existence of ghosts. Doyle, a commit- when the evidence is against them: this is performed by scientists such as Humphrey that viewers leave thinking about how both ted spiritualist in the early 20th century, ultimately fine — it always keeps the way Davy and Michael Faraday. Goldes’s photo- art and science are creative enterprises. amassed hundreds of these photographs, beyond open — always gives life, thought, graphs explore electrical experiments of his which he believed substantiated the exis- affection, the whole man, a chance to try own invention that use simple household What can you tell us about Seeing is tence of the afterlife. over again after a mistake — after a wrong objects. Believing? I also curated that smaller exhi- guess.” Other artists work directly with scientists and make art in response to their discover- How do science and photography — and ies. 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The origin story of Brooklyn-based alter- WiG had the opportunity to talk with native pop band MisterWives reads almost bass player Will Hehir and drummer Etienne like a fairy tale. The band came together near Bowler about their Milwaukee memories, the end of 2012 when solo singer Mandy Lee their upcoming show and the band’s ever- went looking for a group to provide backing evolving performances. onstage. She met drummer Etienne Bowler The band first performed in Milwaukee and bass player Will Hehir. at the Rave last October, opening for Twen- Eventually expanded to a group of five, ty One Pilots in what Hehir calls “one of MisterWives (a gender-reversed play on the the coolest shows of the tour.” Only a few Mormon polygamist term “sister wives”) months later, the band was back, opening played their first live show on Feb. 1, 2013, in Summerfest’s U.S. Cellular Stage for Walk New York City. The following day they were the Moon. Photo: COURTESY signed to the independent label Photo Finish To say that the year has been a whirl- Five-piece indie band MisterWives will play a third Milwaukee show this year on Oct. 28. Records. Less than two years after the sign- wind for MisterWives is an understatement. ing, MisterWives released Our Own House, a Bowler particularly remembers the week of Top 40 U.S. album. Feb. 24. “When our album was released, it headlining tour of the year. Bowler says the people playing their instruments,” Bowler On Oct. 28, MisterWives take the stage at came out the first day of the tour,” he says. band has played 115 shows this year and, says. He and Hehir add that performing “I remember we did Good Morning America, “We’re still just kind of pinching ourselves.” everything live means the band can rein- Late Night with Seth Meyers and Live with Hehir says MisterWives’ music is “a mix vent the songs on the spot. So fans who On STAGE Kelly & Michael. We did three TV shows, of many genres. I would say if we had to pick caught the band at the Rave or Summerfest MisterWives will perform at 8 p.m. on our album came out and we played Union three it would be pop, dance and soul.” He shouldn’t expect the same show at Turner Oct. 28 at Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. Transfer in Philly on Feb. 26, and it was sold continues, “We’re a six-piece band live. …We Hall. Fourth St., Milwaukee. Tickets are $20 out, and we were just like ‘Oh my God, this all have influences and bring it to the table If Bowler had to pick a single song as his and can be purchased at 414-286-3663 is incredible.’” and it really has a genre-crossing sound.” favorite, it’d be “Our Own House,” the title or pabsttheater.org. Since then, MisterWives traveled to Bowler says he’s particularly influenced track from the debut. “Live we incorporate Europe and Japan, as well as returning now by the drumming of Stewart Copeland of a drum breakdown in the middle of the to North America for the band’s second The Police, and says the band tends to be bridge,” he says. “We spent a lot of time inspired by other groups who blend pop with orchestrating a four-part drum pattern with other genres, including No Doubt, The Killers Will, me, Mandy and Mark. At that moment and Walk the Moon. we finish, people cheer — and that for me is Both Bowler and Hehir give credit to Lee one of the best moments of the set.” as a driving force in creation of the band’s MisterWives tour into November, and the music. Bowler says, “Each song (Lee) writes band members are already looking toward is different and unique. We follow her lead what comes next. “Mandy has started writ- and take whatever she brings to us and try to ing a couple of songs,” Bowler says. “It’s do what is most appropriate for that song.” tough for her on the road, but after the tour is One element that sets a live MisterWives done, we’re going to buckle down, take some show apart is that everything is live — no time off, and let her write.” backing tracks included. “It’s all organic,

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Zedd Deerhunter :: ‘Fading Frontier’ 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at Alliant Energy Cen- If you are a Deerhunter fan who fell in love with the band’s ter, Madison. $35, $40 day-of-sale. shimmering, introspective haze on Halcyon Digest and then felt alliantenergycenter.com. a bit confused by 2013’s chaotic Sure, you could plan to spend Monomania, Fading Frontier will bring your pre-Halloween Friday freez- you back to the fold. Recorded in the ing on the streets, getting an extra aftermath of lead vocalist Bradford day of tricking and treating and all Cox’s post-car-accident hospital- that jazz. Or you could show your The Avett Brothers ization, Fading Frontier is controlled “true colors” and party with Zedd, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Weill Center, Sheboygan. $57 to $77. weillcenter.com. and beautiful without sacrificing an the electronica artist whose debut The Avett Brothers have been through Wisconsin a bunch in 2015. emotional, beating heart. “Living My last year made him a star practi- But if you’ve missed your chance to catch these indie folk rock stars so Life” is particularly gorgeous with cally overnight. He’s celebrating the far this year, they’ll give you one more shot at Sheboygan’s Weill Cen- its atmospherically nostalgic look at release of his sophomore album ter. And you should take it. The band’s been touring in support of their the loss of years gone by. The single True Colors and has a multisen- exceptional 2013 album Magpie and the Dandelion for quite some time “Snakeskin” is one of the most up- sory, visual experience planned to and should be releasing another record, their 12th, in early 2016. So if tempo tracks, but it reigns in the intensity with tight, punchy go with it. You can always hit State you stop in to celebrate what’s come before, you might get a glimpse of production. Seven albums on, Deerhunter continues to be a Street the next night. what’s coming next. vital component of the alt-rock community. — Bill Lamb 44 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 Third annual Composer Institute brings artists of the future to Milwaukee

Photo: Claire McAdams Photography Gity Razaz is one of five emerging composers asked to join the MSO’s Composer Institute.

By Kirstin Roble Beaser among her composition influences. Contributing writer The piece that will premiere with the MSO, UWM UNION CINEMA OCTOBER 24TH For the Milwaukee Symphony Orches- “In the Midst of Flux …”, is a tone poem tra’s latest concert, every piece on the pro- influenced by Middle Eastern music. THE YEAR WE THOUGHT ABOUT LOVE gram will be brand-new — and from some “This piece is really about transforma- brand-new composers. tion,” explained Razaz, “I wrote this piece An inspiring documentary about a LGBT+ youth theatre troupe. With a Nov. 4 marks the symphony’s third annu- in 2008 and, at that time, I was thinking performance and talkback from Wisconsin’s Proud Theater to follow! al MSO Composer Institute concert, the a lot about the idea of life and death. For culmination of a multi-day workshop for instance, the phoenix legend is that the young and emerging composers. The five phoenix catches fire, dies and then rises composers selected for this year’s event from the ashes. It’s such an interesting and will arrive on Nov. 2, where they will work beautiful concept about rising out of dark- with MSO staff and musicians for two days ness. I wanted to capture that.” on their world premieres, which will be pre- Other composers with this year’s insti- sented on Nov. 4. tute include Daniel Allas, Saad Haddad, This year’s institute marks the first Youngwoo Yoo and Patrick O’Malley. appearance of Patrick Castillo, a composer While the institute offers a great oppor- who became the administrator of the pro- tunity for a handful of composers, Castillo gram in January. He said he’s excited to be acknowledged there are many more tal- a part of it. ented composers who did not get selected. “I’m in the position right now of oversee- “I encourage those who applied and didn’t ing the continuing development of the pro- get selected to re-apply. It’s so important to gram,” explained Castillo in a recent phone get your music out there,” said Castillo. OCTOBER 25TH UWM UNION CINEMA interview, adding that he’s learning the “There was so much talent in the submis- ropes after replacing the previous adminis- sions — many of those who applied need to DESERT MIGRATION trator. “It’s pretty amazing to be part of the keep doing so. They have great potential.” A documentary portrait of a group of HIV+ men who find, in the desert, process to make all of this happen.” Razaz echoed the sentiment: “I tell stu- an oasis of sustenance and support. A moving, meditative work of Castillo was on the selection committee dents to keep getting out there and not to for this year’s event and said narrowing it get discouraged. I also remind them why consolation. down to five was tricky. they do this — because they love the craft. “There were so many talented compos- Composition is such a truly special art form, ers that could have been selected,” he said. which is what I remind students and even “We had a great, diverse crowd this year. myself when disappointment happens.” In the end, we picked the pieces that could make the compelling program.” One of the composers, Gity Razaz, said she’s excited and humbled to be part of the ON STAGE institute. “This is my first really big scale The five works featured at this year’s orchestral event, which is an honor,” said MSO Composer Institute will be per- Razaz in a recent phone interview. “I’m formed at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 4, at the excited to work with the MSO and visit Mil- Helene Zelazo Center, 2419 E. Kenwood waukee for the first time.” Blvd., Milwaukee. Admission is free, but The Julliard graduate counts teachers tickets need to be reserved at 414-291- Samuel Adler, John Corigliano and Robert 7605 or mso.org. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | October 22, 2015 45 G i with Dr. Sterling Asterix W CLASSIFIEDS Astro Logic

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