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March 7, 2013 | Vol. 4, No. 9 Prominent marriage allies Bumper Crop petition court By Lisa Neff brief against Prop 8 was Staff writer wished for and arrived at the Dozens of friend-of-the- court on deadline Feb. 28. court briefs from prominent “The government seeks to and popular allies have been vindicate the defining consti- submitted in advance of the tutional ideal of equal treat- U.S. Supreme Court oral ment under the law,” said arguments in two same-sex U.S. Attorney General Eric marriage cases, Holder. “Throughout history, The arguments take place we have seen the unjust con- March 26-27. sequences of decisions and One case involves a chal- policies rooted in discrimina- lenge to Proposition 8, the tion. The issues before the California constitutional Supreme Court in this case amendment banning same- and the Defense of Marriage sex marriage. The other Act case are not just impor- involves a challenge to the tant to the tens of thousands federal Defense of Marriage of Americans who are being Act that defines marriage as denied equal benefits and the union of a man and a rights under our laws, but to woman. The court is expect- our nation as a whole.” ed to release opinions in late Other friends on marriage June, with Justice Anthony equality include: Kennedy expected to be the • More than 200 members key vote in both cases. of Congress who signed a The first filings came from brief against DOMA. Among opponents of marriage equal- the signatories is openly gay ity, including the National U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., Association of Evangelicals, who said, “Having been hap- the Church of Jesus Christ of pily married for more than Latter-Day Saints, Westboro five years, I look forward to Baptist Church, U.S. Confer- a time when my partner and ence of Catholic Bishops, I will be treated equally to Family Research Council, every American in a ‘tradi- ‘My truck is like the Eagle Forum, a group of tional’ marriage by our gov- Republican senators and a ernment. The march toward coalition of attorneys gen- full equality is unending, but a big T-shirt’ eral from states that ban gay I am confident we will be By Lisa Neff Cone decided to adorn his Lexus Columbus an illegal alien?” “Occupy marriage. able to put this discrimina- Staff writer with the sticker after the mass shoot- Milwaukee,” “Earth First,” “Coexist” But in the final week of tory relic behind us in the The lyric “Saw a Deadhead sticker ing of children and teachers at Sandy and more. the submission storm, amicus near future.” on a Cadillac” went through Paul Hook Elementary School in December. “First car. First bumper stickers,” briefs calling on the court • More than 130 Republi- Cone’s mind when he affixed the “I had to respond to the idiots in she said, describing the rite-of-passage to overturn Proposition 8 can leaders who signed a brief black-and-white bumper sticker to his the NRA. I feel that strongly about that comes with leaving for college and and the federal marriage against Prop 8, including Mary 2010 Lexus RX350. the need for gun control reform, and being liberated from borrowing the ban came from varied par- Bono Mack, Alex Castella- The Lexus is a sweet car – pearl I knew she wouldn’t mind,” Cone said family cruiser. “I had to drive my dad’s ties – the president, Demo- nos, James B. Comey, Gary white with leather seats and wood as he leaned against the freshly washed car with the George Bush sticker for crats, Republicans, NFL play- Johnson, Stephen Hadley, Jon interior trim. Cone, of Milwaukee, has SUV, which stood out among the salty, years. Hope he needs to borrow mine ers, Hollywood celebrities, Huntsman, James Kolbe, Ken been known to pet, talk to and boast dusty autos in the parking lot of Beans someday.” corporate America and civil Mehlman, Steve Schmidt, Wil- about the vehicle. Now, stuck promi- & Barley, 1901 E. North Ave. Citizens have any number of ways rights leaders. liam F. Weld, Christine Todd nently on its rear bumper is a black Nearby, Melissa Wilson, of Milwau- to express themselves publicly these The Obama administration Whitman, Meg Whitman and sticker with white text that reads, kee, hauled two bags of groceries to days, but people use bumper stickers filed as an LGBT friend in Clint Eastwood. “HOW MANY ARMED PSYCHO- a 1998 Saturn S that someday might to label themselves and express their both cases – the brief against • More than 300 com- PATHS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE be held together by its stickers: “What identification with causes and commu- DOMA was expected, the panies signed onto briefs A GUN LAW?” a long strange trip it’s been,” “Was nities in a physical way that tweets and BUMPER page 10 COURT page 11 2 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 News with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg Partisan pre-heating highlighting influential sup- Fire Island chief ranger Lena Doe done dining when the port, including among con- Koschmann said officials A secret investigation Public Policy Polling, a women servative leaders in the U.S. responding to complaints into illegal campaign activity Democratic polling firm, heard an The ad featured a clip of about public sexual activity by former aides and asso- surveyed U.S. voters in late explosion. Bush endorsing equality in will start enforcing a nudity ciates of Wisconsin Gov. February on the critical an old CNN interview. Her ban on the barrier island. Scott Walker, R, closed at question of who they’d vote Ex-pope spokesperson said Bush Koschmann observed that the end of February without for in a presidential race shocked at wasn’t asked to join the Superstorm Sandy severely any charges against Walker, between Ronald McDon- vatican gays campaign and wanted out eroded the beach dunes, the Republican darling of ald and the Burger King. An Italian newspaper of the ad. The Respect for which means a more wide- the national conservative Seems royalty can’t win – reported that Pope Bene- Marriage Coalition obliged. open view. movement and a possible McD beat the BK. On other dict XVI’s decision to retire contender for the 2016 questions, Dems like bagels was prompted in part by Life Outta Inside GOP nomination. Why is PHOTO: DC Comics and KFC while Republicans the exposure of a clandes- imitates art Inside Out, a religiously WiGWag in the mood for Batwoman proposes like doughnuts and Chick- tine gay “network” operat- “Nude Men from 1800 based nonprofit in Ohio, “All the President’s Men”? to her girlfriend in the fil-A. Dems are cool with ing inside the Vatican. The to Today” – an exhibit of allegedly fired a single current issue of the vegans, Republicans have a paper reported that some 300 paintings, photographs, mother because she was Cotton DC Comic. negative opinion of them. gay insiders were being drawings and sculptures pregnant. The ACLU is rep- or nylon? And Dems prefer regular blackmailed. The pope alleg- focused on the bare male resenting the woman in a Austin, Texas, has imple- Gotham girls pop while Republicans favor edly learned about the gay at Vienna’s Leopold muse- federal Equal Employment mented a policy intended to In the latest DC Com- diet soft drinks. network from the cardi- um – gave many goose- Opportunity complaint reduce the number of bags ics’ “Batwoman,” the crime- nals who investigated last bumps. More than 60 that said the organization littering the land and water- fighter also known as Kathy .45 caliber year’s so-called “Vatileaks” people attended a special was hostile toward her and ways and promote a Bring Kane proposes marriage to cooker scandal. The Vatican issued a after-hours showing of the other pregnant women – Your Own Bag campaign. Capt. Maggie Sawyer, her A St. Petersburg, Fla. generic denial and attacked exhibit in the nude. The married and unmarried – It isn’t the first anti-plastic secret girlfriend. The comic woman was injured when the press. Associated Press reported creating a “culture of fear.” bag ordinance. San Fran has also contains what DC at least one round of .45 a mostly male crowd. The organization, which been discouraging the bags described as “the massive caliber ammunition explod- In and out has a focus on youth, says since 2007. Seattle and Los conclusion to the current ed in her friend’s oven. A Former first lady Laura No ‘bare’ on its mission is to create Angeles ban them and D.C. storyline as Batwoman and police report said the visit- Bush asked to be removed barrier island “positive change from the attaches a fee. Still, retailers, Wonder Woman struggle ing woman was hungry and from a marriage equality Sunbathers on Fire Island, Inside Out -– through Jesus with the encouragement of to defeat Medusa and a decided to cook waffles in ad that’s part of a $1 mil- N.Y., will be going home Christ.” right-wing groups, are suing horde of villains!” the oven. 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OQ8488_WisconsinGazette_Oct_18_2012.indd 1 10/5/2012 1:23:31 PM 4 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 ‘Q Program’ turns 20 The Inaugural By Lisa Neff Staff writer TV viewers 20 years ago were tuning into “Murphy Brown,” “Northern Expo- Reviving sure” and “Law & Order.” And, in Milwaukee that year, there was a new program gaining fans, a cable show called “The Queer Program.” the Dream “Murphy Brown” ended its run in 1998, “Northern Exposure” in 1995 and “Law & Order” in 2010, but “The PHOTO: Courtesy Mike Lisowski/Kate Sherry Q Program” is still on the air, Michael Lisowski in a photograph circa 2007, Celebration with Michael Lisowski and which was taken just before the show, featuring “D” as hosts. The program, an interview with Aiden Bay, went on the air. nd which viewers can see on Friday, March 22 2013 cable TV or the Web, live or taped, provides a forum for Harley-Davidson Museum, 401 W. Canal Street, Milwaukee What has been the flag backdrop in upper left local news and commentary, biggest change? corner. Queer still says it all! interviews and call-in con- At first, many of our shows versations about LGBT life were replays of taped Queer Two decades ago, and issues. Funders include Nation and ACT-UP protest if people were on the the Gay People’s Union, The segments here in Milwaukee. Internet, they were G/L Community Fund and Dan was an active member – on dialup. Now you’re the Cream City Foundation. instigator – in both. streaming the program A 20th anniversary party Technically, it still is the on the Web. including the presentation of the first for the show takes place simplest format for TV pro- It’s great! Now our faithful 7:30-10 p.m. on March 15 gramming – DVDs instead viewers who don’t have cable at the Milwaukee Gay Arts of VHS tapes now. And we can catch us. I just thought Bayard Rustin Center, 703 S. Second St. still promote organizational about that: How can they be WiG connected recently and community events, have faithful viewers if they haven’t with Lisowski to look at two guests both LGBT and not, had cable? Leadership Award decades of “The QP.” and celebrities – some in their own minds. . What can people “The Queer Pro- Aside from the changes in expect at the anniver- gram” turns 20. How co-hosts, the real change has sary party? many of those years been the positive growth and I literally just got a confir- TICKETS have you been with the development of our queer mation from John McGivern program? communities that we try that he and his partner will be AVAILABLE I came up with the idea in to bring to our viewers on there. John and I go way back NOW! 1991 with Dan Fons. I was a weekly basis. Our queer to seminary days together. I Join us in working with Mark Behar communities have blossomed plan to honor all the queer congratulating and Bryce Clark on the first in many fantastic ways, and public access cable pioneers 5:30 – 6:30 pm Reception LGBT bi-weekly cable series. “The Queer Program” has in our community who will Denise Crumble During the ongoing Jeffrey covered this transformation- – hopefully – be there: Tri- for her persistence Dahmer investigation … it al process over the past 20 Cable Tonite, BESTD Clinic, 6:30 pm Dinner & program was like six degrees of sepa- years. Gay By God’s Will and Boys in working to ration in the gay community. of Desire. Also any former make the dream Everyone knew someone We hear “queer” co-hosts, sponsors, program 2013 marks Bayard Rustin’s of justice a reality for LGBT who knew someone who less and less. Do you guests. Don’t worry, no 101st birthday and the 50th knew one of the victims. people. Her leadership in the think it is important to long speeches. I’m working anniversary of the historic March There were rumors, gossip keep that identity, that on a compilation of vintage of Washington, of which he was small and large opportunities and uncertainty. I thought it term in play? “Queer Program” segments the major organizer. Bayard to create change is exemplar. It would be great if we could It’s funny, I’ve rarely been to view. And, of course, food. have a weekly live call-in Rustin was an openly gay man in assures us all that our rights and asked that – actually more A mingling of the past and a fiercely homophobic era. He is TV show. Then Milwaukee years ago than now. I used present. It will be fun. our well-being are not forgotten, credited with bringing nonviolent Access Telecommunications to wear a T-shirt on the Authority developed MPact, civil resistance theories learned even when we are not there. show that I got at the 1993 whereby people could from Mahatma Gandhi to the D.C. March on Washington: SPONSORS: produce live weekly – or “Incite Queerness” – black On the ‘air’… African-American Civil Rights whenever – TV programs in T-shirt with big bright-orange “The Queer Pro- Movement. a much simpler format. It letters. Back then “queer” gram” broadcasts 6:30- Reviving the Dream Celebration FOUNDATION wasn’t until late 1992 that was an in-your-face approach 7:30 p.m. on Mondays will include the presentation of MPact live programming got we used to force an issue on Time Warner chan- for more information, call Rachel off the ground. We aired a Diverse and Resilient Leadership or get attention. In 1992, I’m nel 96 and AT&T Uverse 414.390.0444 few pilots and then the Dah- Awards honoring individuals and sure it turned a few viewers’ channel 99. The show mer trial took over public organizations for their leadership heads. Now I wear a bur- also streams on milwau- Diverse & Resilient, Inc. 2439 N. Holton St. access programming. Our in, and on behalf of, Wisconsin’s gundy-ish polo shirt on the keecommunitymedia. Milwaukee, WI 53212 | 414.390.0444 first live weekly series show LGBT community. www.diverseandresilient.org/give program with “Queer Life” com. premiered Nov. 4, 1992. and “Q” logo with a rainbow WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 5 Milwaukee LGBT Center rebounds By Lisa Neff the board, which now con- Staff writer sists of 13 people. At their annual meeting Board directors Martin Feb. 28, Milwaukee LGBT Palicki, Peter Larson and Community Center board Anne Perry Curley detailed members and staff sounded the changes of the past year like collaborators on proto- with a PowerPoint presenta- typical purple prose: “It was a tion. One slide summed up dark time.” They were “dark the situation a year ago: Deep days.” in debt. Leadership in turmoil. Such were their descrip- Many feeling alienated. Bank- tions of the center a year ago, ruptcy looming. But, referring when it seemed everything to a town hall meeting last was anything but centered. winter that attracted more But the board members than 200 people and a surge and staff who welcomed a in volunteer commitments, crowd to the membership the next slide proclaimed, meeting stressed that in one “The community came back.” year the center has moved In the past year, the center David Lauersdorf, who volunteers his photography skills PHOTOs: Lisa Neff beyond crisis to bright times. established an advisory coun- at the center, documents the annual meeting held on Paul Williams, co-president of the Mil- “It’s a big deal,” said board cil, expanded its board, signed Feb. 28. waukee LGBT Community Center board. co-president Paul Williams. on new managers, cut costs, Co-president Jennifer renegotiated and reduced its ship and programs, to retire awards to the Cream City award for WiG on behalf of else, I can assure you.” Morales added, “This past debt, adopted new bylaws, the debt and to bring back Foundation for its support publisher Louis Weisberg and The meeting closed with year has meant a year of developed a donor campaign, the annual gala. of the center and motivating CEO Leonard Sobczak. the election of new mem- enormous change.” boosted its membership, Next, the center’s Tom donors and to the Wiscon- Paul Fairchild, CCF execu- bers to the board of direc- The two welcomed dozens extended its outreach and Hanley and Karen Gotzler sin Gazette for its coverage tive director, accepted the tors – Jason Laha, William who gathered in the com- marketing, secured a clean presented awards to volun- of the center’s struggle and award for the foundation, Martin, Andy Petroll and Britt munity room for a 90-min- audit report, added to its teers, with praise for all and encouraging its resurgence. observing that a vibrant Wegner – and the ratification ute program that included events and programs and plaques for several – Amy Morales described the LGBT community can’t exist of current members Denise a review of 2012, a forecast strategically planned. Lepke, Katie Obbink, Jeremy newspaper as a critical friend without the center. Cawley, Kaas Hume, Valery of 2013, award presentations, The directors also Hanson and Stan Palkowitz. that “called the center out He called the center’s Meyer, Warren Scherer, Tina call outs, commentary and reviewed goals, which include Williams and Morales on the bad news.” Sales rep rebound extraordinary: “This Owen, as well as Palicki, Cur- the election of members to continuing to grow member- then presented leadership Dan Dashner accepted the doesn’t happen anywhere ley, Larson and Williams.

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About 800 people – not including 100 in Attendees saw 17 performances at the an overflow room – attended the University event emceed by Isis, who told the crowd, “If of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Annual Drag Show you don’t know the storied history of drag in on Feb. 23 in the student union, 2200 E. Ken- the LGBT-plus community, go read a book!” wood Blvd., to worship their favorite drag UWM students, UWM alumni and staff personalities and raise $1,500 for Project Q, made up about 90 percent of the performers. a “for youth, by youth” program of the Mil- One drag duo joined in the show from UW- waukee LGBT Community Center. Whitewater. – Angela C. McManaman

PHOTO: Alan Magayne-Roshak TOP: Getting campy on campus COMMUNITY Briefs with the UWM Annual Drag Show. TOP RIGHT: A crowd arrives for the show on Feb. 23 in the union. LEFT: Isis emcees the celebration of drag at UWM to benefit Project Q, a youth program at the Milwau- kee LGBT Community Center.

PHOTO: Michael Goelzer Reviving the Dream Diverse & Resilient CEO Gary Hollander joins Milwaukee Health Com- missioner Bevan Baker, Bayard Rustin Leadership Award recipient Denise Crumble and Diverse & Resilient board chair Sarah Morgan in preparing for the inaugural Reviving the Dream Celebration. The event takes place on March 22 at the Harley-Davidson Museum, 401 W. Canal St., Milwau- kee. For details go to www.diverseandresilient.org/give.

D&R promotes HIV testing tion 6-9 p.m. March 23 to cheer champions of at All Peoples Church “freedom of expression in the arts, a hero for Diverse & Resilient, continuing to encour- public schools and an emerging civil liberties age testing to reduce rates of HIV, went to youth leader.” Honorees include David Cec- church on Sunday. sarini and Next Act Theatre, Barbara J. Miner The Milwaukee-based group joined pastor and Michael Freytes. The celebration takes Steve Jerbi at All Peoples Church, 2600 N. place at The Hamilton, 823 E. Hamilton St., Second St., on March 3, when Jerbi under- Milwaukee. For more, visit www.aclu-wi.org. went an HIV test at the 11 a.m. service. The Milwaukee LGBT Community “Churches need to be raising the epidemic Center hosts its first LGBT family potluck issue of HIV/AIDS,” Jerbi said. “And part of picnic 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on March 10 at the that happens by taking away the stigma of center, 1110 N. Market St., Milwaukee. A $5 testing. If the only message people are hearing donation is requested, as well as a dish to from churches is abstinence and sex within share. The center is providing soft drinks, marriage, we are failing to deal with the reali- hamburgers, veggie burgers and hot dogs, and ties facing our community. We need to also promising fun and games for everyone from talk prevention and protection. We need to toddlers to adults. Call 414-271-2656. encourage testing.” LGBT Dreamers are benefiting from For more about D&R’s work, visit www. a fund established by three dozen LGBT journey2accept.org. For more about All Peo- groups. The goal is to help young people get ples, visit allpeoplesgathering.org. the $465 needed to apply for relief. To date, the LGBT Dreamers Fund has raised more In other news… than $100,000 to help 200 young people. For The ACLU of Wisconsin Founda- more, visit lgbtdreamersstories.com. tion holds its annual Bill of Rights Celebra- – Lisa Neff WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 7

Wisconsin Senate passes REGIONAL Briefs controversial mining bill Walker’s proposed tax her candidacy Feb. 24 and began circulating cut benefits wealthy nominating petitions on March 7. The election By Lisa Neff claimed the legislation “legiti- bill, it is much more likely Scott Walker’s proposed state income tax takes place in Oconomowoc in June. Shiner Staff writer mately and responsibly pro- that these types of chemicals cut would give more money back to the rich says, “If elected I will be the first LGBT to be The Wisconsin Senate on motes independent Wiscon- will show up in our lakes and than the poor, despite the governor billing it elected to any chair position of the Demo- Feb. 27 voted 17-16 – along sin families” and provides streams and in the drinking as a boon to the middle class, a new analysis cratic Party of Wisconsin. This could be a big party lines – for a controver- “environmentally responsible water of families up north.” shows. moment in LGBT history for this state.” sial mining bill that critics say mining in our state.” State Sen. Bob Jauch, a Experts add that the cuts are so small that The Humane Society of the United weakens environmental stan- The state GOP also Democrat from Poplar, said they will do little, if anything, to stimulate the States and Dr. Jana Kohl, granddaughter of dards, won’t generate many cheered the vote, with exec- the state was playing Santa state’s lagging economy. the founder of the Wisconsin-based Kohl’s, jobs and threatens air and utive director Joe Fadness Claus to Gogebic Taconite. A family of four making $80,000 would want the department store to go fur-free. The water in the pristine Penokee saying, “The state Senate has The Sierra Club refers to save $106 a year under the tax cut, while proposal has been filed in the form of a pro- Hills. worked diligently to ensure the mining bill as the “Bad those earning $374,000 or more a year posed shareholder resolution that asks Kohl’s As WiG went to press, that environmentally safe and River Watershed Destruc- would save $285 annually, according to a Wis- to adopt a policy stating that the company the Republican-controlled fiscally sound mining legisla- tion Act.” consin State Journal report Feb. 22. plans to ban animal fur sales. Assembly was expected to tion will become a reality Shahla Werner, director of The Institute on Taxation and Economic The National Organization for pass the bill, sending it on here in Wisconsin.” the club’s John Muir Chapter Policy conducted the analysis for the Wiscon- Marriage says it will spend $500,000 to to a supportive Gov. Scott But the Senate’s action had in Madison, said state law- sin Budget Project. defeat Republican lawmakers in Minnesota Walker to be signed into law. plenty of critics who work at makers were putting their Meanwhile, a new Public Policy Polling who vote to legalize same-sex marriage. The In the Senate, one Republi- the Capitol and who serve as hopes for job creation in the survey of state voters showed that Walker’s group contributed more than $2 million to can, Dale Schultz of Richland Capitol watchdogs. 21st century on 19th cen- approval rating is on the decline. Last fall, he last fall’s failed campaign to ban gay marriage Center, voted against the bill, State Sen. Dave Hansen, a tury technology while ignor- had an approval rating of 51 percent and a in Minnesota constitution. which was introduced to Democrat from Green Bay, ing the opportunities with disapproval rating of 46 percent. In the most Chicago sports enthusiast Bill open the way for Gogebic said, “Taconite processing today’s clean energy tech- recent survey, the Republican governor had Gubrud recently announced the found- Taconite to build an open from mining is the largest nologies. an approval rating of 48 percent. Disapproval ing of the National Gay and Lesbian Sports pit iron-ore mine in north- source of mercury in the “Wisconsin has a real was at 49 percent. Hall of Fame and plans for a first induction ern Wisconsin. He also voted Lake Superior basin. We all opportunity to create hun- ceremony in September. Gubrud, years ago, against a similar bill last year. know the problems this cre- dreds of thousands of clean In other news… founded Out at the Ballgame at Wrigley Field Senate passage of the ates for infants, children and energy jobs that protect Democratic activist Jamie Shiner, and enticed the Chicago Cubs to advertise in measure was hailed by the adults. Lead and arsenic, two clean air and water while who made history in 2012 as a transgender the LGBT press. right-wing, anti-gay Wiscon- other contaminates from employing local Wisconsin- Democratic National Convention delegate, is sin Family Action. The group’s mining, are both harmful to ites,” she said. running for second vice-chair of the Demo- president, Julaine Appling, humans. And thanks to this wisconsingazette.com cratic Party of Wisconsin. She announced – from WiG reports

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Let The administration anew the war on women and sexual diversity. me be clear: FemSex is a space dedicated to In January, the Gender and Sexuality collective discussion based on student expe- reaffirmed bigoted Resource Center at Marquette agreed to riences and does not teach any curriculum, sponsor a student-led, student-facilitated push any agenda, condone any behavior or ideals. 12-week workshop, which engages partici- act as therapy. pants in an exploration of social forces The syllabus for FemSex says the work- that Marquette has rescinded its sponsorship through the lens of female sexuality. The mis- shop “encourages exploration of identities” of FemSex, for reasons much larger than the sion of FemSex at Marquette is: “To provide a and “fosters introspection and encour- workshop alone. I see the act as indicative of safe space for exploration, encourage honest ages participants to develop empowered, cultural, systemic oppression that thrives at dialogue, facilitate collective learning, engage informed relationships with themselves and Marquette, perpetuated and maintained by and grapple with the social forces that inform others.” Thus, at its core, FemSex is about the university’s administration. It is an attack individual experiences, and build allyship.” introspection, discussion, exploration and on women and sexually diverse students and Four weeks later, motivated by a letter self-empowerment – are those anti-Catholic represents a refusal to advocate for their from former Marquette Republican president now? right to safe space for discussion on campus. Ethan Hollenberger, President Rev. Scott R. The administration at Marquette betrayed The administration needs to accept and Pilarz and Provost John Pauly have demanded student trust by failing to do its due diligence affirm that gender and sexually diverse stu- that the GSRC officially withdraw support regarding the claims that had been made dents deserve the same privileges as every from the workshop. The GSRC is a space about FemSex and by refusing to engage with other student on campus. founded for “the pursuit of dialogue, growth, students and advocate for their interests in By rescinding sponsorship of FemSex, and empowerment around issues of gender, the matter before pulling sponsorship. Marquette not only reaffirmed bigoted and sex, and sexuality.” Implicit in the demand If the administration truly cares about oppressive ideals, it also shamed and silenced is the university’s message to its students Marquette University being safe for diverse the identities and experiences of its students. that dialogue about gender, sex and sexual- students, it must affirm those students in the Marquette cannot continue to assert itself ity is not welcome among students at the form of support. The GSRC serves as a safe as a valuable, progressive member of the university. space on campus only nominally, since any Milwaukee community while denouncing the The Marquette administration acted programming dedicated to honest dialogue identities and experiences of its own stu- on the belief that FemSex is anti-Catholic of gender and sexuality is quickly crushed by dents, condoning homophobia and sexism because it deals with topics such as sexual- the administration. 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BestD_WI Gazette_0213.indd 1 2/16/13 10:22 AM  WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 9 LGBT-inclusive Violence Against NATIONAL Briefs AP Stylebook: Husband, wife, Women Act passes Congress regardless of sexual orientation The AP Stylebook – the guide most U.S. news organizations Lisa Neff of crime, and increased edu- members of the LGBT com- use for writing and editing copy – has made clear its position Staff writer cation for the courts and law munity. The bill also reau- on the use of “husband” and “wife.” The U.S. House on Feb. 28 enforcement. thorizes the Trafficking Vic- A new stylebook entry says, “Regardless of sexual orienta- passed the already Senate- The reauthorization also tims Protection Act, provid- tion, husband or wife is acceptable in all references to indi- approved Violence Against prohibits any program or ing critical support for both viduals in any legally recognized marriage. Spouse or partner Women Act, which contains activity funded by the bill international and domestic may be used if requested.” the first federal non-discrim- from discriminating based on victims of trafficking and For about a week, there had been some confusion and con- ination protections for LGBT actual or perceived sexual helping ensure traffickers are troversy over the style for “husband, wife” after the release of people. orientation or gender identi- brought to justice.” a memo explaining AP generally uses partners or couples to Anti-violence advocates ty and includes LGBT victims The president, who was describe people in same-sex marriages or civil unions. hailed the 286-138 House in two key grant programs. preparing to sign the legisla- vote as an example of what LGBT people experience tion as WiG went to press, In other news… Republicans and Democrats domestic violence at roughly thanked three people who Thirty-seven U.S. senators urged the president to can accomplish when they the same rate as others, yet led the efforts to pass the issue an executive order banning anti-LGBT discrimination work together. Eighty-seven a 2011 study by the National legislation – U.S. Sen. Patrick PHOTO: COURTESY by federal contractors. The order is seen as a way to provide House Republicans voted for Coalition of Anti-Violence Leahy and U.S. Reps. Nancy U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, protections pending passage of a bill by Congress. the bill. Programs found more than Pelosi of California and Gwen D-Milwaukee, led the An Indiana school district suspended a teacher who “There need not be a par- 61 percent of LGBT vic- Moore of Milwaukee. campaign in the House said she believes gays have no purpose in life. The superinten- tisan divide on LGBT issues, tims are turned away from Moore, along with Dem- for an LGBT-inclu- dent said the teacher was put on leave out of concern “for and this vote shows that we shelters. The NCAVP policy ocrats John Conyers and sive Violence Against the safety and security of everyone in our buildings.” can come together to find committee, which includes Louise Slaughter, introduced Women Act. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled that the non- common sense solutions to Milwaukee-based FORGE, the Senate version of the biological mother of children in a same-sex relationship has issues facing our community,” lobbied for the legislation. VAWA on Feb. 27 to pro- the same parental rights as the biological mother. The case observed Chad Griffin, presi- The president, in a state- vide an alternative to the thought no one would notice involved women who separated after having two children. dent of the Human Rights ment on Feb. 28, said the new House Republicans’ proposal, their bill fails to adequately The Montana Senate backed a bill to strike an obsolete Campaign. legislation would do more which Democrats said was protect LGBT, Native Ameri- state law that criminalizes gay sex. The State Supreme court The act, first introduced “by continuing to reduce written behind closed doors can, campus and sex traf- ruled the law unconstitutional in 1997. in 1994, helps survivors of domestic violence, improving and contained watered-down ficking victims and actually Lambda Legal sued a Florida school that punished a domestic violence by pro- how we treat victims of rape protections. weakens current law.” teen for participating in a National Day of Silence by wearing viding funding for shelters, and extending protections to Moore, before passage of a T-shirt with the message “DOS April 20, 2012: Shhhhh.” She investigation and prosecution Native American women and the bill, said, “I guess they wisconsingazette.com also refrained from talking in class. – Lisa Neff

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“The Cycles of Silence” Breaking the cycle of male sexual abuse Meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday • 7-8:30 PM 2923A South Delaware, Bay View Contact Karl at [email protected], or through our website www.spiritualhealthnetwork.org Diverse Music Visit our Facebook page for a Diverse city www.radiomilwaukee.org 10 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 Seen and read: ‘Ordain Women or Stop Dressing Like Them’ BUMPER from page one posts cannot match. legal skirmishes over bum- “It’s a message that has ‘For those per stickers, specifically value because it has perma- … without First Amendment defenses nence and a physical pres- of motorists arrested on ence,” Cone said. “The Inter- wealth or obscenity charges. net stuff is forgotten in a day, A Florida woman, for or an hour.” power, a example, was arrested in The bumper sticker, 1999 for a bumper sticker according to histories on bumper that stated, “Fuck you, you the Web, developed with the fucking fuck.” The charge debut of the Model A Ford sticker may against her was dropped, but in 1927 – the earlier Model be one of the a Georgia man, James Dan- T lacked a bumper. The first iel Cunningham, had to go bumper stickers were made few means to his state Supreme Court of aluminum or cardboard to appeal his conviction for and attached to the auto available driving with the bumper with wire. Forest P. Gill, a silk- sticker “Shit Happens.” The screen printer in Kansas City, to convey court sided with Cunning- Mo., is credited with first ham, finding that “the peace using adhesive in the 1930s a message of society is not endangered so the motoring messages to a public by the profane or lewd word could become practical and which is not directed at a widespread. audience.’ particular audience.” On March 1, after the late Photo: Lisa Neff A federal court also February snow had fallen A clear message on a cloudy, snowy day on the East Side in Milwaukee. ruled in favor of truck-driv- from many bumpers, WiG er Wayne Baker, who was found stickers on about one stopped by an Alabama public in every four vehicles parked ratio was more like one in or Stop Dressing Like Them,” on cars in Milwaukee. safety officer and ordered three, and those bumpers “My comedy channel: Fox A bumper in Avenues The bumper-watcher said on the streets of a half-dozen she’s noticed fewer stickers to remove offending language Milwaukee neighborhoods. tended to be more crowded. News. My news source: West displayed a Mickey on a bumper sticker that A Subaru parked on North Comedy Central,” “Dance Mouse decal, “Wall Drug of in the past decade. Around Marquette Univer- So have sticker manufac- said, “How’s My Driving? Call sity and the University of Cramer Street on the East Local,” “Love my teachers” South Dakota” and two sets 1-800-2-EAT SHIT!” Side sported bumper stickers and “Recall Walker,” one of of the Grateful Dead’s Danc- turers, used car dealers and Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the car wash attendants, who Baker scratched out the proclaiming: “Ordain Women the more common stickers ing Bears. sticker and then filed a fed- In the Historic Third speculated there are sev- eral reasons for a possible eral lawsuit. U.S. District Ward, a minivan with two Judge Myron H. Thompson, in car seats displayed a collec- decline. For one thing, a lot Habush Habush & Rottier S.C.® of auto models no longer his decision, said the sticker tion of badges – “Mom on wasn’t offensive and “is also Board,” “Be good, be green” have distinctive bumpers; for ATTORNEYS AT LAW another, people who lease protected speech under the and “Choose Choice.” First Amendment because it In Walker’s Point, many cars want to avoid penal- ties for damage caused by has serious literary and polit- compacts and coupes, trucks ical value. Although surely and SUVs, sported blue-and- stickers. And some motorists Over 75 Years of Helping have concerns that stickers not a likely candidate for a yellow equal signs and rain- literary prize, Baker’s bumper bow Pride decals, as well as might provoke vandalism. Wisconsin’s Injured Also apparently on the sticker has serious literary a variety of Barack Obama value as a parody of stickers re-election stickers, includ- decline are sales of specialty license plates that provide, such as ‘How’s My Driving? ing a crayon-like one on a Call 1-800-2 ADVISE.’” Ford pickup that said “Dogs for a price, an opportunity Wisconsin’s largest Personal Injury Law Firm to drive a message. Surveys Thompson also observed, against Romney.” “For those citizens without “I did that with Seamus show a decline in specialty with 13 offices throughout the State. plate sales in recent years wealth or power, a bumper in mind,” the truck’s driver, sticker may be one of the Shelli Anderson, of Racine, in Oklahoma, Tennessee and Florida, possibly due to the few means available to con- said, referring to the dog that vey a message to a public Appleton Green Bay Kenosha Lake Geneva Romney placed in a carrier economy, too many plates on the market or drivers decid- audience.” on top of the family wagon That’s something Wilson Madison Milwaukee Racine Rhinelander Sheboygan for a 12-hour vacation drive ing they don’t want govern- ment interfering with their thought about when she in 1983. donated a dollar for the Stevens Point Waukesha Wausau West Bend Anderson makes her own messages. Legal battles have erupted “Occupy Milwaukee” sticker stickers on CafePress.com that she added to an older- and changes the slogans and in recent years in Oklahoma, North Carolina, Virginia and model car. “Free speech that’s sayings on her truck several almost free,” she said. times a year. Indiana over what groups can Just click for help 1-800-2-HABUSH “My truck is like a big participate in specialty plate T-shirt,” she said. “I love bum- programs and what messages Habush.com (1-800-242-2874) per stickers, always have. I the plates can convey. Indiana like to have them and read lawmakers are considering them. I see a really good one, a bill to limit the number that gets the driver a toot on of specialty plates following Visit WiG: the horn. I see one I don’t controversy over a plate for wisconsingazette.com the Indiana Youth Group, a No Fees or Costs Unless We Are Successful like. So, OK, I’ve flipped the Updated all day. finger to a few.” support group for gay teens. 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SET, Photo: Pete Souza/White House President Barack Obama, outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Attorney General Eric Holder after the State of the Union address. DON’T MISS THESE SHOW HIGHLIGHTS: COURT from page one heard. Protect marriage.” ‘Our In late February, the U.S. • 10,000 Sq. Ft. of Garden Landscapes against DOMA and Prop 8. Conference of Catholic Bish- opponents • DIY Seminars with Companies in the Prop 8 ops sent American dioceses brief include Apple, Face- a letter urging priests to will also be HGTV’s Carmen De La Paz book, Xerox, Verizon, Cisco encourage parishioners to and Levi Strauss. Employers attend or show solidarity for marching – • Daily Chef Demos hosted by calling on the court to over- the anti-gay effort. Foodie Kyle Cherek turn the federal ban include Meanwhile, longtime gay ignore them.’ Google, Starbucks, Amazon rights activists David Mixner • Gardening Clinics with Melinda and Citigroup. and Cleve Jones have encour- Myers & Other Master Gardeners • NFL players Brendan aged a “National Equality Ayanbadejo and Chris Action” outside the court • NEW Sustainable Solutions Area Kluwe, two high-profile on March 26-27. The activists GROW! advocates for equality. They aren’t proposing a national • Plus, Enter to Win a $1,000 CD from wrote, “When we advance march, but they are endors- the idea that some people ing a gathering. “If you can Discrimination Act and Unit- should be treated differently be in Washington, D.C., ing American Families Act because of who they are, there will be peaceful and as well as marriage equality. demeaned in public as lesser civil demonstrations of sup- Our opponents will also be beings, not worthy of the port for the cases at the marching – ignore them.” same rights and benefits as Supreme Court on March The activists also encour- others despite their actions 26 and 27,” they wrote in a aged “peaceful demonstra- as good citizens and neigh- joint statement. “While there tions for LGBT equality in bors, then we deny them you can also visit your mem- every city and town across equal protection under the bers of Congress to lobby our country at sunset” on laws. America has walked for the Employment Non- March 25. this path before, and coura- geous people and the court brought us to the right On the docket result. We urge the court to The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in repeat those actions here.” Hollingsworth v. Perry – the Proposition 8 case – on In anticipation of the his- March 26. The question presented: “Whether the Equal toric hearings, activists on Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment prohibits both sides are planning dem- the state of California from defining marriage as the HOURS: MARCH 15-17 & 20-24 onstrations. union of a man and a woman.” Fridays & Saturdays: 10am to 8pm • Sundays: 10am to 5pm presented by For March 26, the anti-gay The court will hear arguments in U.S. v. Windsor on Monday/Tuesday: Closed • Wednesday/Thursday: 4pm to 8pm National Organization for March 27. The question presented: “Whether Section Marriage is planning a Mar- 3 of DOMA violates the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee TICKET INFO: riage March. A NOM poster of equal protection of the laws as applied to persons Adults: $8 • Children 12 & Under: Free • Active Military: Free with ID asks, “Do you believe that of the same sex who are legally married under the laws every child deserves a mom of their state.” and a dad?” and invites oppo- – L.N. 414.778.4929 | MKEHGS.COM | WISCONSIN EXPO CENTER nents of gay marriage to “be 8200 WEST GREENFIELD AVENUE, WEST ALLIS

HGR19489-AD4_wiGazette_ReadySetGrow.indd 1 3/1/13 4:44 PM 12 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 WiG’s WEB PICKS { Editorial } Some of our favorite recent pictorials from cyberspace False promises, faux surplus During his campaign for governor, Scott Walker made many promises that he promptly abandoned after taking office. We can’t fault him for that – empty prom- ises are part and parcel of our political process. The centerpiece of Walker’s campaign, however, was the vow to create 250,000 jobs by November 2014. Given the miniscule role governors actually play in the economy, that was an audacious boast. But a surprising number of voters took him at his word. Meanwhile, Walker was clearly betting that the nation’s economic crisis had bottomed out, and he was positioning himself to take credit for a recovery that seemed inevitable at the time. Obviously, things didn’t work out the way Walker had planned. So while his party focused the Capitol on everything but legislation to bolster the economy – laws to bust unions, restrict access to abortion, allow guns anywhere and everywhere, eliminate pay equity protection for women, cut funding for health care and educa- tion, eliminate alternative energy projects, etc. – he moved his goal post from creat- ing jobs to eliminating the state’s debt. Walker claims not only to have achieved that goal, but also to have amassed a surplus from which he plans to provide tax breaks to stimulate the economy. This, like the promise to create 250,000 jobs, makes a wonderful sound bite, but it’s equally disingenuous. First of all, the notion that a tax cut averaging $83 annually per household could stimulate economic growth is laughable. Apparently the millions they’ve hauled in from out-of-state billionaires have removed Wisconsin Republicans so far from financial reality that they don’t know what things cost. Here’s a hint: The cuts are not enough to have any impact on the economy, according to the experts, particu- larly at a time when federal payroll taxes have risen significantly. But even more upsetting than the governor’s hollow economic-growth strategy is the fact that there is no real budget surplus. During his campaign, Walker insisted that he’d use generally accepted accounting principles “to balance every state budget, just as we require every local government and school district to do.” But Walker’s vaunted budget surplus is not based on GAAP accounting but rather on gimmicky cash accounting procedures. According to cash accounting procedures, there was money left over in state accounts after all the bills for 2011-13 were paid. But that method of accounting does not take into consideration the GAAP debt increase of at least $320 million that has accrued since Walker took office. By taking the last budget’s operational surplus and giving it back to taxpayers in meaningless increments, Walker is increas- ing that debt level. Walker should have used the excess operational money to reduce some of the harmful cuts he made to education and health care in his draconian prior budget. Or he could have paid down the state’s debt. Instead he chose to use the money in a reckless manner that gives him a sound bite for his next campaign but provides no benefit to the people of Wisconsin. Even worse, in addition to implementing minimal tax cuts, Walker says he’ll use some of his “surplus” to fund unnecessary road-building projects, thus spreading the faux wealth to political backers who will return some portion of it to his own campaign trough. That’s just the sort of self-serving trickery that’s characterized every move of Walker’s political career. Wisconsin deserves much better.

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“Can demonic spirits attach Opinion go scot-free. its little piece of sovereign aid of the Catholic Church, themselves to inanimate objects, JAMAKAYA Despite all its hymns of territory and loads of lucre. stole their victims’ children the answer is yes.” praise to Mary, the Catho- The church had no problem and placed them with Fran- – Televangelist PAT ROBERT- With the outrageous lic Church is a corrupt and turning its back on demo- coist families where they SON responding on the “700 Club” amounts of media attention woman-hating boys club that cratic values as it has never were purged of liberal sen- to a viewer questioning her mom’s over the “election” of a new exists to accrete wealth, practiced them. The Italians timents and raised to be advice to pray over secondhand sweaters. pope to head the Roman oppress women and per- finally had the good sense to good fascists. A generation Catholic Church, I have been petuate ignorance. It is an shoot and then hang Musso- of elderly Spaniards learned “We don’t celebrate our dependence on the gov- suffering from what Elizabeth archaic, reactionary remnant lini, but his cronies still rule only recently that the “par- ernment, we celebrate our independence from the Cady Stanton used to call a of the Dark Ages, when sin from the Vatican. ents” who raised them were tyranny of the government.” “woman’s rights convulsion.” caused disease, torture com- In Spain in the 1930s, the actually the killers of their – Wisconsin Gov. SCOTT WALKER, speaking at the Actually, it’s broader than pelled “devotion” and bribes Catholic Church joined Fran- real parents. Family values Reagan Dinner in Milwaukee in late February. that, more like a “human secured salvation. The church co’s militarists and wealthy have always been a relative rights convulsion,” and it’s is, in the words of its own landowners to crush pro- concept to the Catholic “They establish homes and lives together, support inspiring my annual anti- classic libel against gay peo- gressive Spaniards loyal to Church. each other financially, share the joys and burdens of Catholic diatribe. Hell hath ple, “intrinsically disordered.” the new democratic govern- Now the church’s sex raising children, and provide care through illness and no fury like an ex-Catholic. The Roman Catholic ment. These very Catholic crimes, involving tens of thou- comfort at the moment of death.” It is beyond me how any- Church has a long history fascists embarked on an sands of victims worldwide, – The OBAMA ADMINISTRATION arguing that one in 2013 can support of organized torture and alli- organized campaign of rape have been revealed. Volumi- gay relationships bear the same hallmarks as straight an institution so saturated ances with the most repres- against the women in loyalist nous documents and billions relationships in its brief against California Prop 8. by misogyny that it threat- sive regimes in the world. I’ve areas of Spain. Like fascists of dollars in legal settlements ens with excommunication written about the horrors everywhere, they reveled prove that Catholic leaders “Due to new information that has been brought to anyone who even discusses of the Inquisition and the in cruelty. After beating and covered up the crimes and my attention, I have decided to cancel my… upcoming the possibility of women church’s suppression of sci- raping them, they force-fed blamed the victims. Yet the appearance.” priests; a church so twisted ence. How about its alliances women huge quantities of Vatican adamantly denies that – NFL player TIM TEBOW’s tweet announcing that in its conception of sexual- with Benito Mussolini and castor oil and marched them its male exclusiveness, its cel- he was canceling an appearance at Robert Jeffress’ ity that it forbids women Francisco Franco? through the streets where ibacy rules or its hermetic, Dallas mega-church. For his condemnation of gays and to use birth control while The Vatican obtained its they stumbled and soiled hierarchical culture have any- Jews, Jeffress has been likened to the Rev. Fred Phelps willfully enabling thousands position of international themselves while their right- thing to do with the crimes. of Westboro Baptist Church. of priests to commit sex statehood via the Lateran wing Catholic countrymen “Good” Catholics who crimes; a church that muzzles Treaty with Mussolini in cheered. think that they or a new “These school administrators, you know I mean its most effective good shep- 1929. The deal was for the After murdering their pope can somehow reform you think of them as what the Nazi concentration herds – nuns – while allowing church to give a free hand to democratic opponents, the this evil institution are delu- camp guards must have been like where they are its criminal brotherhood to the dictator in exchange for victorious fascists, with the sional. doing this horrible evil and they are just taking orders or something, they believe in it. People need to rise up because it is only going to get worse.” – BRIAN CAMENKER of MassResistance talking Fox pans military equality about efforts to protect transgender students. Opinion erty Law Center. For those of that they’re actually going you who are not familiar with beyond even what they said Reading such “It was the best beach we had for New Yorkers, and JASON BURNS it’s not easy to be a nudist in New York.” Sprigg, he believes in deport- they’d do at the time that a site is bound – FELICITY JONES, co-founder of Young Naturists I recently read an article ing LGBT people and wants ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ was and Nudists America, referring to the decision to by Shannon Bream that was reinstatement of laws punish- repealed.” He seems to to give a enforce laws against nude sunbathing on Fire Island. posted on the Fox News ing homosexual behavior. believe that progress should website. I know that read- In Bream’s article, Sprigg be restricted to just the progressive “Here’s the elephant in the room for the teams and ing such a site is bound to is quoted saying, “I think this repeal of written discrimina- it shouldn’t matter, but we have to step aside from the give a progressive heartburn, (extending some military tion in the Uniform Code of heartburn. rest of reality and walk into the unique industry that but about once a week I do benefits to same-sex cou- Justice. is the NFL. Teams want to know whether Manti Te’o it anyhow. The article was ples) does qualify as discrimi- However, even after repeal, is gay.…They want to know because in an NFL locker about the recent decision of nation against opposite sex we still have a long way to room, it’s a different world. It shouldn’t be that way.” outgoing Defense Secretary couples who are essentially go. Transgender people still – MIKE FLORIO of NBC Sports referring to NFL Leon Panetta to extend cer- in the same position, unmar- are prohibited from military recruiting. tain benefits to same-sex mil- ried but living together.” service. That situation must itary couples. While I applaud Sprigg’s comment is misguid- be corrected – and I’m confi- “I think we’ll be the first league to definitely accept the secretary for his commit- ed and blatantly ignorant, as dent that will happen in time. it. I think it will come and go a lot easier than people ment to equality for those straight unmarried couples No person should be dis- think.” who choose to serve in our who are living together have qualified from serving their equal treatment for the – Seattle Sounders defender MARC BURCH, volunteer military, Bream the option of getting married. nation because of their gen- nearly 14,000 individuals dis- speculating that the Major League Soccer will beat the should be embarrassed by Meanwhile committed same- der identity or expression. charged under DADT? NFL, the MLB, the NHL or the NBA in welcoming an her article. sex couples, at the federal In her article, Bream The U.S. Supreme Court openly gay player. The article uses pejora- level and in many states, do also cites a Department of will hear oral arguments on tive language, which in no not. What Panetta wants is Defense report from 2010, the federal Defense of Mar- “Thanks for the kind words, everyone. It feels a bit way serves to educate the to extend equal benefits to before the repeal of DADT, riage Act on March 27, and odd to ‘come out’ as a straight guy.” broader community. Instead, all who volunteer to risk that said offering benefits to a favorable ruling later this – “Shameless” star CAMERON MONAGHAN on it furthers dangerous stereo- their lives for the nation’s same-sex military couples year could nullify this debate. Twitter. types about the LGBT com- protection, regardless of who would be in “stark contrast Meanwhile, I’m sick and munity and repeatedly cites they love. to the military’s ethic of fair tired of Faux News skewing as the “topic expert” Peter Sprigg goes on to assert, and equal treatment.” If I the facts, fostering fear and Sprigg of the Family Research “This administration is using could ask one question of encouraging people to stand Council, identified as a hate the military for social engi- Bream it would be: Where against the core American group by the Southern Pov- neering. I think it’s significant was this ethic of fair and value of equality. 14 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 Illinois poised to legalize gay marriage By Lisa Neff Senate on Valentine’s Day. newspapers in the state, which ‘The Staff writer Before the committee have published editorials calling Tish Campbell and Karen vote, the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss for passage of the bill. momentum we Rhodes of Rock Island, Ill., are III of Chicago’s Trinity United The business community planning to wed next Septem- Church of Christ told legisla- and some faith communities are seeing on ber. The women, partners for tors that Senate Bill 10 “allows also have lobbied for the legis- 23 years, just need 60 votes, for justice and equality for all lation, working with a coalition this legislation a governor’s signature and an families, without creating a situ- called Illinois Unites for Mar- agreement on whether to wear ation of separate but equal.” riage – which is led by Equality is truly gowns or tuxedos before they “We stand united and in sol- Illinois, the ACLU of Illinois and can say, “I do.” idarity in affirming the principle Lambda Legal. inspiring.’ “We’re almost there,” said of equal protection under the “The Illinois House of Rep- Campbell. law for all citizens of the Unit- resentatives has to bear in So is Illinois, which is poised ed States of America,” Moss mind that shortly it will be to become the 10th state to testified. “We believe that the voting on a policy that affects legalize same-sex marriage. values that ought to inform our the freedom of their fellow those of marriage. “The momentum we are public engagement as residents Illinoisans to be able to marry That option never appealed seeing on this legislation is of Illinois are the principles that the person they love without to Campbell or Rhodes. truly inspiring,” said sate Rep. unite us rather than the beliefs interference by the state,” stat- “That saying about a rose Greg Harris, the openly gay that distinguish us.” ed Bernard Cherkasov, chief smelling as sweet by any other Democrat from Chicago who Kellie Fiedorek of the Alli- executive officer of Equality name? Well, maybe. But mar- is sponsoring the Religious ance Defending Freedom testi- Illinois. “We expect each rep- riage is sweeter than civil Freedom and Marriage Fair- fied against the bill. She said the resentative to vote with the unions,” Rhodes said. ness Act in the House. “Illinois measure did not protect reli- rising tide of history in favor She added that she and is very close to treating all of gious freedom and promoted of the bill.” Campbell are leaning toward its families equally under the discrimination against people Sixty votes are needed to wearing gowns. AP Photo/Seth Perlman law.” of faith. send the bill to Quinn, who Illinois Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, On Feb. 26, the House Exec- A recent Crain’s/Ipsos poll has said he’s eager to sign the speaks with lawmakers on the House floor utive Committee voted 6-5 to shows Illinoisans support mar- legislation. 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Colorama MAM exposes the evolution of color photography

PHOTO: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division By Peggy Sue Dunigan Marion Post Wolcott’s “A crossroads store, bar, juke joint and gas station Lisa Hostetler, former we all use photography to in the cotton plantation area, June 1940.” Contributing writer MAM curator of photogra- document personal history.” In William Eggleston’s pho- phy, and Katherine Bussard, Every day, millions of images tograph “Greenwood, Mis- assistant curator of photog- are transmitted from tablets spreads that brought vivid slim woman clad in a one- shot a cover photograph of sissippi, 1973,” white elec- raphy at the Art Institute of and smartphones. images of distant places to piece red suit and a tight, a woman with an open tur- tric cords travel to a dismal Chicago, collaborated on the The world has been click- a domestic audience. Two white cap holding a red-and- ban around her hair peering power source and a lone exhibition of more than 200 ing out color prints since National Geographic photos white beach ball above her into a mirror while applying light bulb hangs from the ceil- objects. Featured are framed 1907, with introduction of in MAM’s exhibit, “A Strik- head. Edward Steichen, one lipstick. The muted palettes ing – a decadent red ceiling. photographs, slide shows and the autochrome. The inven- ing Pose in the East Indi- of the first photographers to in those fashion spreads chal- Eggleston’s avant garde commercial photos created tion transformed the course an Dance” and “Poetry of experiment with color pho- lenged the brighter hues typi- print is included in the Mil- by renowned photographers, of American culture because Motion and Charm of Color” tography, took the picture. cally used for advertising in waukee Art Museum’s sensu- including Ansel Adams, Walk- life and love in the home and portray exotic costumes After those initial intro- commercial magazines. ous “Color Rush: 75 Years of er Evans, Jan Groover, Bar- workplace could finally be and culture by posing Indian ductions, fashion and home Anton Bruehl expanded Color Photography in Amer- bara Kasten, Saul Leiter and captured in blooming color. dancers. magazines continued the the trend with photographs ica.” The exhibition, which Nicklolas Murray. National Geographic was Fashion magazines, most color trend. Louise Dahl- for Vanity Fair, while Life covers the period 1907-1981, In an exhibition gallery one of the first major pub- notably Condé Nast publica- Wolfe photographed an ele- Magazine published patri- explores the once experi- talk, Hostetler observed, lications to document the tions, began to embrace the gant model in a red-green otic color spreads during mental medium as fine art “There are so many appli- world in color. In 1916, the color process after Vogue, on dress against a sandy desert World War II. Life’s multi- instead of merely new tech- cations that it’s harder for magazine embraced auto- July 20, 1932, featured its first for Harper’s Bazaar in 1938. nology. the public to understand chrome, publishing color color cover – a picture of a Then, in 1941, Dahl-Wolfe COLOR page 18 18 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 Fine art photographers began to see color’s promise COLOR from page 17 new way of looking at the prints that examines Ameri- room behind a curtain, the ple-page, colored photo world ... through a window of ca’s burgeoning metropolises installation carries a warning essays entranced the public abstraction by manipulating by catching unique personali- due to Goldin’s raw, uncen- throughout the 1950s. the color.” ties eating snow cones, look- sored vision. Also in the 1950s, Walk- Two “Color Rush” prints ing out of broken windows Goldin’s provocative imag- er Evans, known for images by Harry Callahan celebrate and sitting in isolation on es portray life, love and loss documenting the Depres- the diversity in fine art steps. Stephen Shore also on the edge in New York sion, submitted color pho- photography. Callahan’s sil- focused on isolation when City’s debased environments, tographic stories for Fortune ver dye print “Abstraction, he photographed America on overflowing with cigarettes, Magazine. His subtle rusty 1943-1947” evokes emotion his iconic 1970s road trip. drinking and drugs. Inter- reds and dusty earth brown by weaving waves and rib- His example in “Color Rush” twined relationships of every shades of rural American bons of pink and red hues is the work “Presidio, Texas, sexual age and orientation landscapes contrasted with without any representa- 1975,” which depicts a soli- come to the screen. Unmade the vibrant colors of movie tional images. Alongside Cal- tary landscape. beds covered with empty, publicity shots that reflected lahan’s “Abstraction” hangs Color photography grew white sheets and artfully PHOTO: Library of Congress/Prints & Photographs Division the “Golden Age of Tech- his “Detroit, 1951,” which in popularity with the use of placed pillows reflect the lov- “At the Vermont State Fair, Rutland, September nicolor.” portrays a Ragsdale Beauty Kodachrome, a film Ameri- ing or unloving acts commit- 1941,” by Jack Delano, is in “Color Rush.” Early on, many fine art Shop window adorned with cans could easily purchase ted in these ordinary places. photographers dismissed a neon pink sign advertising to record their holidays and A soundtrack accompanies incorporating color as “too poodle cuts and cold wave vacations to view at home. the installation. “Memories amateur, experimental and permanents for $2.95. Nan Goldin upends the are Made of This” plays as the porary photographer, Cindy acceptance since its incep- commercial,” but they even- After the rise of Abstract domestic slide show in her viewer sees headstones and Sherman, presents “Untitled tion and incorporating color tually began to see color’s Expressionism in the 1940s, not-to-be-missed, seminal gravesites, including a tiny #77,” a print from her “Rear contributed to the confu- promise, following in the the Pop Art movement installation that was featured marker that reads “BABY.” Screen Projections” series, sion. As Hostetler explained, footsteps of Steichen, Stieg- arrived in full-blown, living at a 2010 Museum of Modern Directly across from in which her transformed “Color was too literal to be litz and László Moholy-Nagy. color in the next decade. Art exhibition – “The Bal- the exhibition, two women self-portraits explore stereo- real, too close to reality to Moholy-Nagy, a Hungar- Color photographers were lad of Sexual Dependency” photographers display their typed female roles under- have expressive potential.” ian working in America with being criticized for using (the title was taken from individual take on chang- scored in the movie industry. But “Color Rush” proves color (and featured in the abstraction or, on the other a Bertolt Brecht song in ing culture. Susan Meiselas While the world always that assertion to be false. MAM exhibition) believed extreme, for shooting realism “The Threepenny Opera”). exposes the color of war has existed in color, pho- there would come a “time and “being too literal” to be At MAM, Goldin’s 720 slides, in her poignant photographs, tography has only presented when color would be under- considered fine art. which require 42 minutes to taken from her book “Nica- life in color for 100 years. Visit WiG: stood for its own sake not “Projects: Helen Levitt view, loop continuously on ragua, June 1978 to 1979.” Photography defined as an wisconsingazette.com as a symbol or object, ... a in Color” features 40 slide a screen. Hidden in a dark Another renowned contem- art form has struggled to gain

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Smoke gets in your rye Creativity marks over-the-top whiskey dinner

By Michael Muckian Contributing writer Restaurants go to great lengths to successfully pair food with wine and, increasingly, with the budding number of craft beers. But cocktails are meant to be sipped as aperitifs to stimulate the taste buds for the meal to come, right? We found out otherwise during a recent dinner at Mer- chant, a farm-to-table restaurant and retail establishment just off Madison’s Capitol Square. There, the bar- tending team of J.R. Mocanu and Samuel Gauth- ier blended Wild Turkey bourbons with multiple ingredients into a swirl of cocktails paired with creative courses by Chef Michael Liotta. What we drank was as complex as what we with smoked honey and “crushed” ate – a credit to the relatively new mixology potatoes. The meat was succulent, movement that’s every bit as concerned with the while the greens retained a smoky ingredients as is any good chef. character that would come into play In both cases, at Merchant, the results were in a big way with the accompanying impressive. beverage. Wild Turkey was the spirit of choice owing to Our attention was drawn to the the dinner’s guest of honor, Eddie Russell, master bar, where one of the staff was blow- distiller at the Lawrenceburg, Ky., facility. Russell, ing what we thought may have been a self-described bourbon ambassador, guided din- nitrogen “smoke” onto the cocktail ers through the Wild Turkey brands as we sipped PHOTOS: Peter Wynn Thompson Photography glasses. They’re chilling the glassware, and supped. we thought. We were wrong. A group of about 60 attended the Sunday night affair. “It fresh Beauty Heart radish. The accompanying cocktail blended The cocktail that arrived included used to be just Kentucky girls who drank bourbon,” said Rus- its base of Russell’s Reserve bourbon with an orange-thyme “bacon-fat-washed” Wild Turkey Rye blended with sherry, sell, obviously pleased with the number of women attending. claret, fresh lemon and orange juices and Cocchi Americano hickory-smoked spiced demerara and Bittercube orange “Now it looks like that applies to everyone.” Italian aperitif. bitters. Gauthier said he took leftover bacon fat from the The evening’s esthetic was country cooking with a touch This cocktail came on quite a bit stronger, with pronounced kitchen and rendered it down to liquid form. He next whisked of game food, Merchant co-owner and host Joshua Berkson citrus flavors. It proved a fine match for the tender, woodsy- it with the rye whiskey. He chilled the mix until the fat con- told the crowd. There was, however, no actual wild turkey on tasting rabbit and bright splash of the radish. gealed, then removed and discarded the solid fat, leaving the the menu. The next course proved be one of the evening’s favorites. rye with significant flavor overtones from the pork. The evening kicked off with an appetizer course featuring The Salad Paysanne – country salad – was a wonderful blend And the smoke? It was real smoke, which gave the cocktail Wild Turkey-glazed meatballs, buttermilk hush puppies and of shredded frisee, braised golden beets and a house-cured a campfire aroma. The drink was heavily smoky on the pal- pimento cheese toast. The trio was paired with a cocktail ham hock and wild boar crepinette astride a bed of warm, ate, with the sweetness of the rye, sherry and sugar coming featuring Wild Turkey American Honey Liqueur blended with black baby lentils. It all worked very well together, including through. You either loved the drink or found it unpalatable. apple-cranberry syrup, Bittercube blackstrap bitters, the the frisee, something I tend to remove from my salads. We found it fascinating, especially in the way it complimented wine-based French aperitif Byrhh and Champagne. The accompanying cocktail began with the dangerously the dish. The meatballs were plump and their glaze semi-sweet, strong Wild Turkey 101, adding fresh lemon juice, Lillet Blanc, Our remarkable evening finished with butter pecan semi- and the hush puppies large and flavorful. The crostini that what we assume was a homemade beet-tangerine cordial and freddo – frozen mousse – served with Snickerdoodle cook- formed the cheese toast’s foundation were a little hard, but absinthe. The licorice notes, so prevalent on the nose, disap- ies for dipping. Also, shots of Wild Turkey Rare Breed barrel the pimento was ripe and luscious under a thin cap of melted peared altogether on the palate, and the cocktail’s complexity, proof whiskey and Kentucky Single Spirit Barrel 101 were cheese. The cocktail with the bourbon-honey underscore was with as many ingredients as the salad, strengthened a course served neat. alluringly sweet and strong, the Champagne’s effervescence that was a symphony of flavor and texture. Serving bourbon neat or on the rocks is Russell’s preferred serving as an excellent palate cleanser. But it was during the next course that things got really method of consuming the spirit he distills, he said. At one “Potted rabbit” was the next course, with a dark leporide interesting, at least on the cocktail side. time, we would have agreed, but at dinner at Merchant, our shank shredded and served beside a dressing of whipped Liotta served a large shank of buttermilk-fried pheas- minds were opened to cocktail possibilities the likes of which mustard and sour cream with crostini and several slices of ant nestled in cider and pancetta-braised collard greens we had never dreamed. 20 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 Instant Irish By Michael brisket boiled with cabbage, Muckian (formerly carrots and potatoes equals O’Mochaidhean) instant Irish-ness. Contributing writer The Irish were one of Fans of true Irish cuisine – many groups that salt-cured and, yes, there are a few – often meats before refrigeration turn up their noses at people was invented in order to have who celebrate St. Patrick’s Day staples to last them over the with corned beef and cabbage. long, wet winters. Cabbage and Not authentic, they sneer, in root vegetables were plenti- the same way chop suey is an ful, of course, and the dish we

unnecessary American nod to know today most likely began Photo: Shutterstock traditional Chinese food. as traditional Irish bacon and Irish soda bread. They’re right, but they’re cabbage. country’s most popular hearth- staple – the potato. Introduced also wrong. The corned beef A salt-cured slab of unsliced side breads. Baked loaves are to Ireland in the 16th cen- we know today probably back bacon, usually cut from “cakes,” while flattened wedges tury, the lowly spud became a never appeared on Irish menus an Irish family’s own hog, was baked on the stovetop are popular food among the poor. before gaining favor on this boiled with cabbage, potatoes called “farl.” As a complex carbohydrate, side of the Atlantic. But it does and sometimes carrots, onions There are variations, includ- the potato is high in minerals have its roots in the Auld Sod, and turnips grown in the family ing “wheaten bread” (made and vitamins, including Vitamin which makes sneering a wee garden. The bacon was then with whole wheat), “treacle C, as well as in the amount bit daft. sliced and the dish served with bread” (made with molasses or of energy produced per unit Corned beef has nothing to some of its own boil and, occa- treacle and sugar), ”damper” acre of crop. The failure of the do with corn, either. Rather, sionally, a white sauce made of (an Australian derivative pre- potato crops in the 18th and it describes meat that has flour, milk, butter and parsley. pared outdoors over an open 19th centuries led to famines been cured with “corns” of To most Irish families, this was flame), “seedy bread” (add car- in which a million people died salt. There are several styles high living. away seeds to the basic ingredi- and an equal amount emigrated of salt-cured beef, but the one Second only to bacon and ents) and “spotted dick” (soda to other countries, but the associated with Ireland’s most cabbage in popularity comes bread made with raisins that’s potato remains central to Ire- famous holiday is made from Irish soda bread. The “soda” is also the name of an English land’s cuisine today. brisket or round steak “wet- baking soda, not a soft drink, pudding with dried fruit). Other traditional dishes you cured” in a brine of salt and blended with flour, salt and We’ve already referenced may want to try: the appropri- spices. In the minds of many, buttermilk to make one of the the ever-popular Irish IRISH page 21

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Try traditional with boxty IRISH from page 1 Irish Boxty Crubeens ately named “blaa” (Ireland’s equiva- Ingredients (Pig’s Trotters) lent of a Parker House dinner roll), 1 9-ounce russet potato, peeled, cut Ingredients “boxty” (Irish potato pancakes), “cru- 6 pigs trotters (from the hind legs) beens” (also known as “pig’s trotters” into 1-inch pieces 1 onion stuck with 6 cloves or boiled pigs feet, most often served 1-¼ cups grated peeled russet as bar food), “colcannon” (potatoes potato (about one 9-ounce 1 carrot potato), squeezed dry in kitchen mashed with cabbage or kale) and into 1 cup mashed potatoes. Gradually mix 1 bay leaf towel “disheen” (a “black pudding” of milk, in enough buttermilk to form texture of firm 12 peppercorns salt, fat and breadcrumbs boiled with ¾ cup all-purpose flour mashed potatoes. Salt animal blood). 1 teaspoon baking soda Heat a heavy large skillet over medium- 1 bunch parsley If you want to get really authentic, ½ teaspoon salt high heat until hot. Brush with oil. Drop 1 you might think about making fulacht 1 sprig thyme ½ cup (about) buttermilk heaping tablespoon potato mixture into fiadh, a term that refers both to an Preparation Vegetable oil skillet. Using back of spoon, flatten mixture archeological site and a dish prepared into 2-inch round. Repeat, forming four more Combine pig’s feet, onion, carrot, at such sites. Traced back to the Preparation: rounds. Cook over medium-low heat for bay leaf, peppercorns, salt, parsley Bronze Age, a fulacht fiadh was gen- Preheat oven to 300°F. Cook cut about 3 minutes until boxty is golden brown and thyme in a heavy pot or Dutch erally a hole in the ground in which potato in saucepan of boiling salted on bottom and slightly puffed. Turn and cook oven and pour in water to barely venison and other wild game were water until tender, about 15 minutes. another 3 minutes until second side is brown. cover. Gently bring contents to a boiled in water heated by hot stones. Drain. Return to saucepan and mash. Transfer to baking sheet; keep warm in oven. boil. Reduce heat and simmer for If you’re planning on hosting an Irish Transfer mashed potato to large Repeat with remaining potato mixture in at least 3 hours. Crubeens may be dinner, please note that this one takes bowl; reserve any remaining mashed batches, brushing skillet with more oil as eaten hot or cold. a while to prepare, even after you dig potato for another use. Mix grated necessary. – Recipe courtesy of www. the hole. potato, flour, baking soda and salt – Recipe courtesy epicurious.com. homecooking.about.com. 22 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013

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Dance Earthy, ethereal dance at Overture Collaboration in the arts ers coming together and ‘I watched merging,” Edgerton says. MICHAEL MUCKIAN often yields surprising results, in the best cases creating “You can’t define that spiri- Alonzo a whole greater than the tuality. It’s something you feel sum of its parts. This sea- when you’re watching. It’s the challenge son’s collaboration between unspoken energy in a live Hubbard Street Dance Chi- performance.” and push cago and San Francisco-based Hubbard Street and LINES his dancers. LINES Ballet offers a blend of first got together three years the former’s earthy athleti- ago, after Edgerton saw a I wondered cism with the latter’s ethe- rehearsal by the ballet troupe real neo-classicism that well in San Francisco. what he proves the thesis. “I watched Alonzo chal- “Azimuth,” a new collab- lenge and push his dancers,” could do with orative work by LINES cho- Edgerton says. “I wondered reographer Alonzo King, is what he could do with Hub- Hubbard the focal point of the perfor- bard Street’s dancers.” Street’s mance, which opened to rave “Following the Subtle Cur- reviews in Berkeley, Calif., rent Upstream,” the first col- dancers.’ in February. The combined laborative effort between the troupe performed the work two troupes, enabled Edg- again in Chicago and will erton to get to know King’s bring its third performance style and methodology. The to Madison’s Overture Cen- two troupes met this past ter for the Arts on March 20. summer at the University of of dance, which has fueled “Azimuth” will share the California-Irvine, where for- a continuing number of stage with “Rasa,” a dance mer Edgerton dance part- engagements, first at the for- conceived by King, and “Lit- ner Jodie Gates runs the mer Civic Center and now tle Mortal Jump,” created dance program, to begin the at the Overture Center. The by Hubbard Street resident process that would result in university’s influence and its PHOTO: Overture Center for the Arts choreographer Alejandro “Azimuth.” student body bring the nec- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and San Francisco-based LINES Ballet Cerrudo. The performance, “There is a need for dance essary education and energy have collaborated for a performance at Madison’s Overture Center for the which will mark Hubbard to be open and share work to dance appreciation, Edger- Arts on March 20. Street’s 15th visit to Madison, for collaborative impact,” ton says. is a true collaborative effort Edgerton says. “It’s the wave “People seem to have that stresses the similarities of the future and, so far, audi- gained awareness in what to rather than the differences ences have loved it.” look for and how to approach between companies, accord- Edgerton anticipates that dance,” he observes. Sam Cooke had 29 Top 40 ing to Glenn Edgerton, Hub- the other two works on In fact, the proper approach bard Street’s artistic director. the program also will draw to dance may be critical in hits including “Cupid”, “What has resulted from a strong reaction. While developing the necessary “You Send Me”, the collaboration is a jux- he admits to not knowing appreciation for the esthetic, “Twistin’ the Night Away”, taposition of dancers,” says enough to comment on he explains. The worst way Edgerton, a former dancer King’s “Rasa,” he feels strong- to approach modern dance is “Wonderful World” with the Joffrey Ballet who ly about the power and grace intellectually and in search of and “A Change is joined Hubbard Street in of Cerrudo’s “Little Mortal a story, because that’s not the 2008. “Hubbard Street has a Jump.” art form’s purpose. Gonna Come”. more modern esthetic and “‘Jump” takes you on a “Approach dance like you LINES a linear, neo-classical journey from the lightheart- would the symphony, and Come relive the esthetic. Some of the LINES ed and playful to a dance allow your imagination to be dancers are elongated and duet that’s more substantial swept away in the moment,” magic in this look like Alberto Giacometti and with greater depth of Edgerton says. “You have to dynamite tribute sculptures to me, but mostly emotion,” Edgerton says. embrace dance in an emo- you can’t tell the difference The stage is set with four tional state to appreciate the to the definitive between the two troupes large boxes that become part spirituality, the beauty and soul singer. when they are together on of the dance, he explains. the drama. That is what you stage.” Through movement and should take away from a per- Azimuth is a word that creative lighting, the boxes formance.” describes an angle that exists evolve from opportuni- within a sphere, something ties to obstacles, alternately Edgerton says character- strengthening and depleting izes the nine-movement the dancers. On stage work. King capitalizes on the “The boxes and their light- Hubbard Street strengths of both companies ing add a sense of drama Dance Chicago and to create what reviewers for even at the end of the work, LINES Ballet unite in Berkeleyside, an online news which is quite powerful,” says a single performance site, described as “a physical Edgerton. “Audiences love it March 20 at Madison’s pilgrimage, anthropological and it’s been a wonderful Overture Center for MARCH 22 - 24 • VOGEL HALL in its suggestion of heavenly piece to showcase the com- the Arts. For more, visit bodies and an evolutionary pany.” www.overturecenter. culture.” Audiences in Madison have Marcus Center for the Performing Arts com. “‘Azimuth’ has a real been especially responsive 414.273.7206 • MarcusCenter.org • Ticketmaster.com sense of spirituality, of danc- to Hubbard Street’s brand WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 25 Chronicling Cash Theater the Milwaukee production, which ‘n’ roll, country and gospel. As the “Cash in his biography asks MICHAEL MUCKIAN closes May 5. author of more 1,000 songs and whether this life (or traditional Maltby’s background reads much dozens of recordings, he is con- values) still exists anymore,” Malt- Richard Maltby Jr. has a lot like those of his subjects. The son sidered one of the most influential by says. “I don’t know if it does, to say about Broadway musical of well-known orchestra leader musicians of the 20th century. He but it surely lives in our American revues, and not all of it is positive. Richard Maltby Sr., he was born in died in Nashville in 2003, less than psyche. I found in the songs a He has composed multiple revues Ripon, Wis., his mother’s home- four months after the death of vision of America that was surpris- and won the only Tony Awards town, but spent his first two years wife June Carter Cash. ing and touchingly real.” ever given to musical revues for in the back of a Plymouth touring Like the previous subjects of It’s that understanding that two of them – “Ain’t Misbehavin’” with his parents. He attended Yale Maltby’s revues, Cash is a char- informs the narrative elements of in 1978 and “Fosse” in 1999. By his University and worked with class- acter of legendary status, which “Ring of Fire.” The Rep version own estimation, he is the king of mate David Shire on musical the- sometimes masks the truths about features a cast paired down from musical revues. ater productions. Their 1968 song his life. The show’s narrative is 10 to five, and no single performer “The reason that I am the king “The Girl of the Minute” landed designed to educate even the plays Johnny Cash. The narrator of musical revues is that I hate them on Broadway, where Maltby musician’s greatest fans. (Jason Edwards) is the one chosen musical revues,” says the Broad- has prospered ever since. “I like to have people hear songs to speak some of Cash’s words. way director, producer, lyricist and The lead character’s biographi- they think they know and real- But the story, like its character, screenwriter. “The standard revue cal background also plays an ize that they contain much more looms too large to be entrusted to consists of disconnected songs and important role in “Ring of Fire.” than they first thought,” Maltby a single performer. comedy sketches, and I don’t find “This is, if not Cash’s life, then explains. “With the Cash songs, “What surprised me most is PHOTO: Michael Brosilow them interesting.” the life that Cash lived,” Maltby what struck me was his sense of that Johnny Cash’s life, taken as a Eddie Clendening is in “Ring What Maltby does find interest- says. “In this show, unlike “Ain’t basic American values, the ones whole, was a kind of spiritual jour- of Fire: The Music of Johnny ing are the characters and stories Misbehavin’” and “Fosse,” I have we cherish in our mythology.” ney,” Maltby says. “He was, in his Cash.” behind the songs. “I look for the included some dialogue and spo- The singer’s rocky life – mul- way, always searching for his soul, kind of emotional content that a ken material, just to make this tiple marriages, seven arrests for and I think he found it.” book musical has and embed it into clearer, and to lead people to misdemeanor infractions, drug and a series of songs,” he says. listen to the words of the songs.” alcohol abuse – is an almost text- That’s the secret to the Milwau- The Man in Black, born in Kings- book example of the musician’s life On stage kee Rep’s production of “Ring of land, Ark., in 1932, emerged as on the road. In Cash’s case, strong The Milwaukee Rep’s production of “Ring of Fire: The Music of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash,” part of the Memphis rockabilly personal values and a religious faith Johnny Cash” runs through May 5 at the Stackner Cabaret. For more which opened March 1 at the movement that included Elvis Pre- to which he was devoted paved a information, visit www.milwaukeerep.com. Stackner Cabaret. Maltby created sley and Jerry Lee Lewis. Cash real-life road to redemption that the show in 2006 and is directing went on to make his mark in rock strikes a chord with listeners.

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6 S Talkin’ ’bout HO Books FLORENTINE OPERA W COMPANY S his generation GREGG SHAPIRO WILLIAM FLORESCU | GENERAL DIRECTOR ! Writer John Basil grew up target audience. However, in New Jersey, but Milwaukee as the three main charac- will never be anothe is in his DNA. “My father ters are teenagers, deal- There r May Quee graduated from Marquette ing with timeless teen n lik and growing up in our house, problems – and then e... you’d think it was the only some – I also thought school that ever existed,” that the book had LBER the Whitefish Bay resident crossover potential to A T says. “I had Marquette tun- the Y/A genre. • nel vision after they won the national championship in As a father, ERR basketball in ’77. Marquette do you give out H IN was the only school I wanted advice the way G to attend; the only one I even that Neil’s father njami applied to.” Al does? by Be n Britten • Basil’s first novel, “Let Me Yes, but not as Wear Your Coat,” is a tale well as Al. While not 8, 10, 12, 13, taking on racism, homosexu- always patient, Al rch 15 & ality, bullying and sports dur- oftentimes allows a at the Marcus 1 M gel Hall Center fo 7, In Vo r the 2 ing the 1970s. “I went through Neil to make mis- PHOTO: courtesy Perfo 01 rmi 3 a number of re-writes to takes and gives his son just The cover of John ng Art ensure that I got it right,” enough cues to allow him to Basil’s new novel. s the author says. “It may have solve his own problems. taken longer to produce, but it was worth it. I was pleased Bullying is one of the ing to learn calculus before with the end result.” subjects of the book. you knew basic math skills. TICKETS I recently spoke with Basil In some cases, bullies Ultimately, I decided that gui- START AT about his novel, which is are being bullied them- tar was more my speed – available in paperback and as selves. How do you although I haven’t done Pete an e-book. think that that cycle Townshend justice either as $ can be broken? the source for my inspiration 30! John, what inspired I think it starts with soci- on that instrument. I’ve seen you to write “Let Me ety producing more well them in concert a few times Wear Your Coat”? adjusted people, who are and without being too blas- I had the seed of an idea accepting of others with phemous, each one was like in my head for years, and it differences and don’t feel a religious experience. finally came together enough threatened by them. Sadly, I where I could commit fingers don’t know if that cycle can Bobby Thorne, the to keyboard and not stare ever truly be broken. bully figure in the at a blank computer screen book, is the proverbi- for hours on end. Inspiration You write about al thorn in Neil’s side. “sly and sophisticated… a wonderfully painful lesson came from my experience baseball and basketball Did you intentionally freshman year of high school in detail. Do you have a name him Thorne? in choirboy singing gone astray and the occasional – feeling like an outsider at a preference? Yes. At the risk of being school whose student body Baseball was the only too transparent, that was stiff flourish of Edwardian England.” largely consisted of privi- sport I played competitively intentional. leged, entitled rich kids. Marc, through high school, but now – Bernard Holland, The New York Times the main character Neil’s that I have a family and less Have you started adopted African-American time on my hands, my rooting working on your next Performances of Albert Herring are sponsored by: brother, is a composite char- interests in sports have been book? The United Performing Arts Fund acter, mainly inspired by a distilled to solely Marquette Yes. Set in 2000-01, the Joseph R. Pabst • Opening Night and Outreach Events Sponsor boy from the inner city who men’s basketball. narrative revolves around Nita Soref • Title Artist Sponsor for Rodell Rosel (Albert) our family hosted for a few a recent college graduate, BMO Harris Private Bank • Friday, March 15 Performance Sponsor summers in the ’70s. Neil is a fan of The who is having a difficult time William J. Radler • Community Outreach and Guest Artist Sponsor Who and the title of adjusting to life after school along with additional support from: Do you consider the book comes from a – jobless, living away from his “LMWYC” to be in the Who song. Do you feel friends and back with his par- Young Adult genre of the same way as Neil ents. I liken it to the paroled fiction? about The Who? characters in “Shawshank I don’t believe “LMWYC” I do. Like those who recall Redemption” and the cul- can be pigeonholed into one where they were when JFK ture shock they experienced genre. Because the book is was assassinated, I remember upon re-entry into society. ©2012 Florentine Opera Company, Inc. Albert Herring artwork by Ryan Strock - produced through a partnership with Visual Resource Design Group at MIAD. set in the late 1970s/early where I was the moment I The plot will also draw from 1980s, I originally considered heard that the Who’s iconic my 9-11 experience. adults who grew up in that drummer Keith Moon died. call 291-5700414 ext. 224, or visit: era – who would appreciate He inspired me to want to the pop culture references play the drums. But because of that period that I included his style was so original and Visit WiG: www.Florentineopera.org in the narrative – to be my unorthodox it was like try- wisconsingazette.com

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hoods and classy restaurants. Those familiar Travel First, some fine dining with Madison MICHAEL MUCKIAN The hallmark of any city’s sophistication is its dining will recognize It doesn’t take the giant M scene, and Ann Arbor does kindred spirits on the outside of Michigan not disappoint in terms of Stadium – dubbed The Big its restaurants’ variety, scope in Ann Arbor. House for its capacity to seat and depth of talent. more than 111,000 scream- There is the expected ing football fans – to under- cross-section of ethnic eater- stand in what shadow the ies, such the Blue Nile Ethio- Michigan city of Ann Arbor pian Restaurant and Ayse’s sits. Turkish Café, but that’s just ment that helped the Lansing Home to the University the beginning. native earn a place on the of Michigan, one of the Uni- Lena, 226 Main St., offers a “Top Chef” TV show. With versity of Wisconsin’s Big 10 pan-Latin American approach its noisy ambience and fam- sports rivals, Ann Arbor is as to nouvelle dining, with Chef ily-style dining, Frita Batidos close as it comes to being Gabriel Vera drawing primar- offers some of the best culi- Madison’s unofficial sister ily on the cuisines of Ven- nary fun you can have, espe- city. Although not the seat of ezuela, Peru and his native cially if you enjoy plantains state government and small- Ecuador for inspiration. A prepared many ways. er than Madison, Ann Arbor blend of French and Italian also hosts a world-class uni- country cooking dominates Even better versity with a student popu- the menu at The Earle, 121 microbreweries lation roughly the same size W. Washington St., under Wisconsin is justifiably as the UW. the seasoned hand of Chef proud of its craft-brewing And Ann Arbor, like Madi- Shelley Caughey Adams. Chef scene, but it doesn’t hold a son, was a volatile hotbed of Brandon Johns’ farm-to-table tap handle to Michigan, the anti-war activity during the esthetic guides the creative, self-described “Great Beer Vietnam era – home to the sustainable cuisine at Grange State.” radical Students for a Demo- Kitchen and Bar, 118 W. Lib- More than 125 breweries cratic Society and rock bands erty St. and brewpubs dot The Mit- The Stooges and The MC5. Most interesting of all ten and its upper half, with MAKE A SURE BET—KNOW YOUR LIMIT. And today in Ann Arbor, may be Frita Batidos, 117 W. eight pouring beer in Ann those familiar with Madi- Washington St., with Chef Arbor. 1721 WEST CANAL STREET • MILWAUKEE, WI 53233 • 1-800-PAYSBIG • PAYSBIG.COM • OPEN 24/7 • MUST BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OLD TO ENTER CASINO; son will recognize kindred Eve Aronoff’s nod to Cuban Best known, perhaps, is 18 TO PLAY BINGO • WINNERS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL TAXES • MANAGEMENT RESERVES ALL RIGHTS GAMBLING PROBLEM? CALL 1-800-426-2535 spirits among its performing street food. Aronoff’s ear- Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales, which brews beer in nearby ©2012 FOREST COUNTY POTAWATOMI COMMUNITY, WISCONSIN arts companies, quirky retail lier restaurant, Eve, was a stores, delightful neighbor- white-tablecloth establish- TRAVEL page 29 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 29 Delightful neighborhoods to explore

TRAVEL from page 28 20 may be the world’s first and 12 More than -2 Dexter to serve at its res- 01 only “Chai PA.” 3 taurant at 311 S. Main St. 125 breweries Brewmaster Ron Jeffries is Culture known for his creative cask- that is non- and brewpubs conditioned and Belgian-style consumable beers. Did you know that south- dot The At Grizzly Peak Brewing ern Michigan and northern Co., 120 W. Washington Ave., Indiana were once the center Mitten. brewmaster Duncan Wil- of America’s mastodon popu- liams’ beers run the gamut lation? You would if you visit- from Steelhead Red to Pure ed UM’s Museum of Natural Michigan IPA to Six Tap, a sea- History, 1109 Geddes Ave., sonal beer brewed with 25 where director Amy Harris pounds of candy corn added shares her insights at what is to the boil. known locally as “the dino- At Wolverine State Brew- saur museum.” ing, located near The Big Not far from there, the The Band. House, brewers Oliver Kelsey Museum of Archaeol- When an artist is too Roberts and Karl Hinbern ogy, 434 S. State St., hous- big for The Ark, there is the specialize in lagers, which es a collection of 100,000 acoustically perfect Hill Audi- demand a longer process objects from ancient Medi- torium on the UM campus. that they believe results in terranean cultures. Highlights With a seating capacity of lighter, more refreshing beer. include a replica room from more than 3,500, it is Michi- At Arbor Brewing Co., ancient Pompeii and what gan’s largest indoor perfor- 114 E. Washington St., own- is thought to be the only mance venue and host to the ers Rene and Matt Greff see surviving examples of leather UM symphony, choirs and brewing as an art and an tunics worn as armor by the philharmonic orchestra. educational opportunity they ancient Roman warriors. And when all else fails, share with thirsty Michigan- Music plays an important there are the unique stores ders. A UM student from role in any college social typical to a university town, India was so taken with his scene, and Ann Arbor’s best- including Ten Thousand Vil- lessons that upon returning known spot is The Ark, 316 lages, 303 S. Main St., a fair home he convinced his family S. Main St., an acoustic music trade store featuring arts and to bankroll what is thought venue carved from the linge- crafts from the developing to be the first Indian micro- rie department of a former world; and The Vault of Mid- brewery. This past fall the department store. Described night, 219 S. Main St., a comic Greffs helped establish an by management as “a listen- book store with a whole lot Arbor Brewing outpost in ing room,” The Ark has host- more. But that’s a sentiment Bangalore, adapting recipes ed John Hiatt, Leo Kottke, Taj that also describes all of Ann to local tastes, including what Mahal, Lucinda Williams and Arbor.

Young and Wild (Joven y Alocada)

Thursday, March 7, 7pm $5 UWM Union Theatre

PHOTO: VisitAnnArbor.org FOR MORE INFORMATION: ARTS.UWM.EDU/LGBTFILM The Big M at Michigan Stadium, home of the Wolverines, in Ann Arbor. 30 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 American Lit crossword puzzle ACROSS 57. T. Williams’ fading Southern 22. Brewpub offering 1. Sweeney Todd’s weapon belle 24. John Updike’s alma mater 6. Recluse from “To Kill a 60. J.D. Salinger’s young cynic 25. Harper Lee’s Atticus _____ Mockingbird” 63. Pilaff or plov 26. Gem State 9. Dumbfounded 64. ET carrier 27. Live it up 13. “Fear of Flying” author Jong 66. Unbroken 29. Bleats 14. Unit of electrical resistance 68. Dadaist Max _____ 31. Occupation featured in 15. Groom, to a bird 69. Rip off “The Help” 16. Brightest star in Cygnus 70. Savory taste sensation 32. Terminated 17. Anonymous John 71. Kind of moss 33. They’re found at checkout 18. Shadow 72. Affirmative English rock 34. Truman Capote’s party girl 19. Covered with scabs band 36. Garden starter 21. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 73. Torn down 38. Toy block mysterious millionaire 42. Jack Black’s “_____ Libre” 23. Nada DOWN 45. Blow out the candle, e.g. 24. Circle overhead? 1. Like Stephen Crane’s Badge 49. Sigma ___ Epsilon 25. Douglas ___ of Courage 51. S 28. Lowest brass 2. Mars, to the Greeks 54. Shylock’s practice 30. Catch in a net 3. Brass component 56. Swelling 35. Bad day for Caesar 4. Home to largest mammal 57. ____ Straits 37. Grey, of tea fame 5. John Updike’s “____, Run” 58. Arm bone 39. Spanish saint 6. Stephen King novella “The 59. Cat-headed Egyptian 40. Church section ____,” adapted into “Stand goddess 41. Poe’s talking bird by Me” film 60. Gremlins 43. Bucolic poem 7. Exclamation of surprise 61. Timeline divisions 44. Chirp, as in bird 8. The end 62. What one goes by 46. ”Twilight” series, e.g. 9. They’re missing from Venus 63. ___ rally 47. “The farmer in the ____” de Milo 65. Wicked Witch of the West 48. Bonnie and Clyde’s doing 10. He played Sergeant Joe to Dorothy Gale 50. Mythical bird, pl. Friday 67. Jack-in-the-box part 52. Without professional help, 11. Suggestive of supernatural acr. 12. Piece of evidence 53. Sound of impact 15. Capers or charades 55. Tint 20. Gloomier

Visit WiG: www.wisconsingazette.com Updated all day. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013 31 Ongoing Win Wells’ “Gertrude Stein and a Companion” and Brian WiGOUT Hill’s musical “The Story of My Life” run in repertory on the Evjue Stage, Bartell Theatre, 113 E. Mifflin, Madison, through March 9. Visit stageq.com. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents “Underneath The ON THE Lintel” by Glen Berger, through March 17 at Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway. Call 414-291-7800. Ken Ludwig’s comedy “Be My Baby,” runs through March 17 at TOWN The Racine Theatre Guild, 2519 Northwestern/Highway 38, Racine. Edited and compiled by Gregg Shapiro Call 262-633-4218. In Tandem Theatre presents the Milwaukee-set “Beast on the Florentine Opera presents gay composer Benjamin Britten’s Leonard Cohen Moon” by Wisconsin playwright Richard Kalinoski through March “Albert Herring” through March 17 in Vogel Hall, Marcus Center 24 at Tenth Street Theatre, 628 N. 10th. Visit intandemtheatre.org. for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water. Call 414-273-2787. “Pinkalicious the Musical” runs through March 24 in the Bel Canto Chorus presents Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “All-Night March 15, Friday Todd Wehr Theater, Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Vigil” and the world premiere of its newly commissioned work, “At Water. Call 414-273-2787. All Times and at Every Hour (Morning Prayers)” by Alexander Leonard Cohen brings his Old Ideas World Tour to the “Ring of Fire: The Songs of Johnny Cash” runs through May Levine, at 3 p.m. in St. Joseph Center Chapel, 1501 S. Layton. Milwaukee Theatre, 500 W. Kilbourn, at 8 p.m. Call 414-566-1375. 5 in the Stackner Cabaret, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, 108 E. The Frequency, 121 W. Main in Madison, welcomes singer/ Wells. Call 414-224-9490. songwriter Kat Edmonson at 7:30 p.m. Call 608-819-8777. Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells, presents “Real March 11, Monday Milwaukee Ale House, 233 N. Water, presents Rocky Mountain Pirates,” through May 27. Call 414-278-2702. Envisioning The Seen, hosted by Historic Milwaukee, is at 5 Oysters Band at 9:30 p.m. Visit ale-house.com. p.m. at The Pabst, 144 E. Wells. Call 414-286-3663. EDM/hip-hop violinist Lindsey Stirling strings listeners along at March 16, Saturday 7 p.m. at Turner Hall Ballroom, 103 N. Fourth. Call 414-286-3663. A free screening of “Penelope: A Theatrical Odyssey,” a Sara Watkins performs at 6:30 p.m. at the Majestic, 115 King, documentary about The Penelope Project, begins at 7 p.m. in the Madison. Call 608-251-2582. UWM Union Theatre, UWM Student Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. Ed Asner stars as “FDR” in the one-man show at the Milwaukee Call 414-229-4070. Theatre, 500 W. Kilbourn, at 8 p.m. Call 414-566-1375. Celtic quartet Craicmore performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Schauer Arts & Activities Center, 147 N. Rural, Hartford. Call 262-670-0560. March 17, Sunday Young and Wild Festival City Symphony presents Not an Irish Concert at 3 p.m. March 7, Thursday at The Pabst, 144 E. Wells. Call 414-286-3663. Queer twin sister singer/songwriters Tegan and Sara come to March 18, Monday Milwaukee at 7 p.m. at The Pabst, 144 E. Wells. Call 414-286-3663. The Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival Monthly Screening Linneman’s, 1001 E. Locust, hosts Poets Monday beginning at presents “Young and Wild” at 7 p.m. in the UWM Union Theatre, 7:30 p.m. Call 414-263-9844. UWM Student Union, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. Call 414-229-4070. Mary Poppins Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood, Madison, welcomes comedian March 19, Tuesday and actor Bill Burr at 8 p.m. Call 608-241-2345. March 12, Tuesday Majestic, 115 King in Madison, welcomes Angel Haze and Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood, Madison, hosts a screening of Major Lazer at 9 p.m. Call 608-251-2582. March 8, Friday the documentary “Girl Rising” at 7:30 p.m. Call 608-241-2345. The “electric trio” – Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell and Perfect Harmony Men’s Chorus presents its annual fundraiser, Fox Cities Performing Arts Center and Celebrating Abilities Richard Thompson – play The Pabst, 144 E. Wells, at 7 p.m. Call Keep Calm and Cabaret On, at 6:30 p.m., at West Side Club of presents Justin Hines at 7 p.m. at Fox Cities Performing Arts 414-286-3663. Madison, 437 S. Junction Road, Madison. Call 608-271-5599. Center, 400 W. College Ave., Appleton. Call 920-730-3760. Hang ten with surfer Kelly Slater in the movie “Ultimate Wave Skylight Music Theatre presents “Pump Boys and Dinettes” Milwaukee Repertory Theater, 108 E. Wells, presents “A Raisin Tahiti” in the Dome Theater, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. through March 24 in the Cabot Theatre at Broadway Theatre Center, in the Sun” through April 14 in the Quadracci Powerhouse. Call Wells. Call 414-278-2702. 158 N. Broadway. Call 414-291-7800. 414-224-9490. Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water, presents The stage musical version of Disney’s “Mary Poppins” runs March 20, Wednesday Jack Hanna’s “Into The Wild LIVE” at 7 p.m. Call 414-273-2787. through March 17 at Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State, Madison. Call 608-258-4141. Boldt Arts Alive! series presents ScrapArtsMusic at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, 400 W. College Ave., Appleton. March 9, Saturday March 13, Wednesday Call 920-730-3760. Ensemble Musical Offering presents “The Art of the Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State in Madison, welcomes Countertenor” at 8 p.m. at Cathedral Church of All Saints, 818 E. LaCage 801 S. Second, hosts the Entertainer Spotlight Show, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago & LINES Ballet Unite, at 7:30 Juneau. featuring female impersonators, at 11 p.m. Call 414-383-8330. p.m. Call 608-258-4141. Comedian Amy Schumer is at The Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells, Jamie Brewick Group performs at 5:30 p.m. at Mason Street Starfucker (aka STRFKR) plays Turner Hall Ballroom, 103 N. at 7 p.m. Call 414-286-3663. Grill in The Pfister Hotel, 425 E. Mason. Call 414-298-3131. Fourth, at 7 p.m. Comedy Café, 615 E. Brady, welcomes comedian Rondell The Blueburg Café in the Cedarburg Cultural Center, W62 N546 Sheridan at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Call 414-271-JOKE. Washington Ave., Cedarburg, hosts a Plug and Play Open Mic March 14, Thursday night at 7 p.m. Call 262-375-3676. Grab the mic and set your inner diva free at 10 p.m. when Safe March 10, Sunday Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, 400 W. College, Appleton, House, 779 N. Front, hosts its clandestine karaoke night. Call presents “Monty Python’s Spamalot” at 7:30 p.m. Call 920-730- 414-271-2007. The Jewish Community Ticket for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s 3760. presentation of “Underneath the Lintel” by Glen Berger, features New Orleans pianist Davell Crawford presents “The Genius a 2 p.m. talkback with JCC Jewish Educator Jody Hirsh at Broadway of Ray Charles” at 7:30 p.m. at South Milwaukee Performing Arts Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway. Call 414-291-7800. Center, 901 15th, South Milwaukee. Call 414-766-5049. 32 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | March 7, 2013