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6 High Court brouhaha 7 Defiant clerk 23 Natalie Merchant 26 ‘Rope’ 28 Screaming Tuna The Supreme Court set off Boulder County Clerk With gray hair and a lot Give Dale Gutzman At Milwaukee’s first a firestorm with its ruling goes rogue and refuses more life experience, the enough rope and he’ll ‘green’ sushi restaurant, that businesses can deny to stop granting marriage Pabst-bound singer issues show you the underlying the emphasis is on health-care benefits based licenses to same-sex her first album of all-new homoerotic tension of the both flavor and seafood on their owners’ religions. couples. music in 13 years. classic thriller. sustainability. 2 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014 News with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg

and put her in coach. She friend of Jes- ever been accused of being Hairy experiment Stripped priest did the switch with no sica (Deborah Ann a body double or a robot.” A gender studies profes- The Vatican’s former fanfare and without the Woll) on HBO’s True sor at Arizona State Uni- ambassador to the Domini- soldier’s knowledge, but Blood, has left the Man hunger versity is offering female can Republic has been con- ESPN’s Numbers Never Lie show because he refused There was a lot of male- students extra credit if they victed by a church tribunal host Jemele Hill also was to play gay. Season 7 was to on-male biting going on stop shaving their legs and of sex abuse and defrocked. on the plane and turned to include a romance between during the World Cup. First underarms for 10 weeks and The sentence was the first Twitter to share his admira- his character and the openly Uruguay striker Luis Suarez keep a journal documenting against a top papal repre- tion. gay Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis). was banned for biting a their experiences. Professor sentative. Monsignor Jozef Writers and cast members member of the Italian team. Breanne Fahs wants to get Wesolowski was found Photo: Courtesy Burger King Bee-ing unkind of the show are reportedly It was Suarez’s second biting students thinking critically guilty by the Vatican’s Con- Research from Friends angry over Grimes’ reaction, ban. Then an English fan had about societal norms and gregation for the Doctrine of Wrapped in Pride of the Earth shows bee- especially given the show’s part of his ear bitten off by gender roles. the Faith and stripped of his Burger King ended LGBT friendly plants sold at Home overt LGBT undertones and another Brit while watching ability to perform priestly Pride month with the unveil- Depot, Lowe’s and Wal- homoeroticism. the June 19 match. British Memorial flight duties or present himself as ing of a “Proud Whopper” Mart are in fact pre-treated police have vowed to find A young woman named a priest. wrapped in rainbow paper. with pesticides that can be Too much tea at the biter and press charges. Amelia Rose Earhart took Inside the wrapper, BK print- deadly to bees. The group the party? a 17-day flight around the Suiting up ed, “We are all the same tested plants from big retail- Far-right Oklahoma Hateful gathering globe in a single-engine A wedding survey for inside.” And, in fact, the ers in 18 cities and found Republican Timothy Ray The World Congress of aircraft to honor her pio- The Knot and The Advocate “Proud Whopper” was the 51 percent contained neo- Murray refused to admit Families has decided to hold neering namesake Ame- shows that about 42 per- same as the regular Whop- nicotinoid pesticides. The defeat after losing his pri- its next major convention in lia Mary Earhart (the two cent of male and female per — a flame-grilled quar- European Union has banned mary challenge against Salt Lake City in October are not related). In one of same-sex couples are wear- ter-pound beef patty, sesa- three of the most common incumbent Rep. Frank Lucas. 2015. The WCF, classified as the great mysteries of the ing suits or tuxedos for their me seed bun, mayo, lettuce, of these pesticides because Even though Lucas won 82.8 a hate group by the South- 20th century, the first Ear- wedding day. About 91 per- tomato, pickles, ketchup, they can kill bees outright percent of the vote, Murray ern Poverty Law Center, hart went missing 77 years cent of same-sex couples onion and 670 calories. and make them more vul- insisted Lucas was dead. “It promotes anti-LGBT legisla- ago while attempting to fly know what their partner is nerable to pests and patho- is widely known Rep. Frank tion and spreads anti-gay solo around the world. The wearing in advance. And Angel in the sky gens. D. Lucas is no longer alive rhetoric around the world. younger Earhart tweeted on about 49 percent of male After spotting a U.S. sol- and has been displayed The conference will be the July 2, “On this day in 1937 couples and 20 percent of dier at the gate before her Vampire? OK. 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To apply, submit cover letter and resume to [email protected]. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | July 10, 2014 3 4 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014 Amid strong field, Marina Dimitrijevic is best choice to represent Milwaukee’s 19th Assembly District WiG staff concern to progressives, includ- On June 6, Milwaukee County ing environmental sustainability, Executive Chris Abele announced vote 2014 public transportation, public edu- to a cheering crowd at PrideFest Endorsement cation and rights for workers and that he was keeping the court- immigrants (Dimitrijevic is fluent house open that evening for same- ments includes spearheading the in Spanish). She’s the strongest sex couples to get married. Abele effort to extend domestic partner candidate to replace Richards. We didn’t want lesbian and gay cou- benefits for county workers. endorse her and expect a great ples who’d been waiting for years Now Dimitrijevic is a candi- future for her as a progressive to have to wait any longer after date in the Aug. 12 Democratic leader. a federal judge overturned Wis- primary to choose a successor Dimitrijevic’s other endorse- consin’s same-sex marriage ban for state Rep. Jon Richards in the ments come from Milwaukee earlier that day. 19th Assembly District. Richards is Mayor Tom Barrett, U.S. Rep. Gwen Among the first to arrive at the stepping down to run for attorney Moore, the Wisconsin Education courthouse to lend a helping hand general. Association Council, the Milwau- was Milwaukee County Board The district includes the East kee Teachers’ Education Associa- Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic. Side, downtown, the Third Ward, tion, Clean Wisconsin Action and She stationed herself at the doors Bay View and parts of River- more. To learn more about Dimitri- leading to the clerk’s office to hand west, making it not only one of jevic, go to www.votemarina.com. out numbers for couples seeking a the state’s most heavily progres- Photo: Courtesy The other candidates in the position in the growing line and to sive districts but also one that has Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic. race also have drawn prominent answer questions about required among the highest concentrations endorsements and have promising documentation and so on. of LGBT constituents. futures. They’re worth getting to It was not surprising to find know (in alphabetical order): Dimitrijevic faces three other district’s residents. progressives need representatives Dimitrijevic at the forefront of the Dan Adams, 31, a former Mil- challengers in the primary — each But Dimitrijevic is by far the who know the system well enough activity that night. LGBT equality waukee County Assistant District of them promising in his or her most experienced candidate in the to recognize and exploit opportu- is one of the issues she’s cham- Attorney, is the candidate backed own way. All three have compel- race, and experience counts more nities to work it. pioned in the decade since she by Abele. Adams is unique in that ling narratives to support their than ever for progressives in Madi- Moreover, Dimitrijevic has a became the youngest woman he expresses a willingness to work candidacies, and all three hold the son. The tea party majority rules proven track record of advocat- elected to public office in Milwau- progressive, pro-equality values the Assembly with an iron fist, and ing for the issues of most kee. Her long list of accomplish- supported by a majority of the ENDORSEMENT next page WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | July 10, 2014 5

ENDORSEMENT from prior page In the final weeks of the cam- state Rep. Sandy Pasch as the type paign, Adams signs have become of leader he hopes to become, and increasingly visible in the district. she has endorsed him. For more, go to adamsforassem- For more, go to votebrostoff. bly.com. com. Jonathan Brostoff, 30, is also Sara Geenen, 32, has run the running a strong campaign. He most low-key campaign of the four took leave from his current posi- contenders, primarily because tion as district director for Senate she’s the mother of a 4-year-old Democratic Leader Chris Larson and a toddler, as well as a labor in order to run for the Assem- union attorney. But she says being bly. In that position, as well as a working mother gives her a through involvement in managing unique perspective to take with other campaigns, Brostoff likely Photo: Courtesy her to Madison. Jonathan Brostoff. Photo: Courtesy knows Wisconsin politics better “It’s important to have people Photo: Courtesy Sara Geenen. Dan Adams. than any other candidate except Brostoff says. “The experiment from every walk of life represent- Dimitrijevic. ing the state, because the state with Republicans to ensure that has played out and it failed. The offers the case of a woman three Together with Larson, Brostoff has people from every walk of life,” Milwaukee gets its fair share of heart of it is to siphon off public months’ pregnant who’s already co-founded DemTEAM, which has she says. revenue and attention from Madi- resources into private hands.” distressed about finding day care trained more than 110 progres- Strongly pro-union, Geenan son. He stresses pragmatism over Brostoff, who has a gay older for her child or the family forced sive Milwaukeeans interested in grew up in a union family “with knee-jerk partisanship. brother, is an ardent equality sup- to live in substandard housing elected office. Among DemTeam’s headstrong beliefs in progressive Adams believes Milwaukee porter. The first of many volunteer because of their credit score, even success stories are current state values,” she says. Her endorse- has great potential for develop- positions he’s held was with Path- though they can afford better Reps. Daniel Reimer, Nikiya Harris ments include chapters of the ing a knowledge-based economy, finders, which provides services housing. and Mandela Barnes. United Steel Workers, the Team- and he says he’d work on bring- to homeless youth. Brostoff began Like the others in the race, Brostoff has run a robust cam- sters and the International Asso- ing capital together with the city’s volunteering with the agency at Geenan is a deeply committed paign that has focused increas- ciation of Machinists. educational institutions to make age 14. Among Pathfinders’ clients supporter of equality, quality pub- ingly on education. Like the other Growing income inequality that happen. are relatively large numbers of gay lic schools and the creation of candidates in this race, Brost- spurred Geenan to run for office, Philosophically, Adams casts and lesbian youth who are kicked family-supporting jobs. off says he’ll fight to get better she says, and her campaign has himself politically in Abele’s mold: out of their homes by disapproving “I think it’s important that you resources for Milwaukee’s public focused on “jobs, education and “We have the same outlook on parents. start to work incrementally to school system. He sees the grow- investing in community.” Geenan public service — it’s not about the Brostoff also has volunteered make change,” Geenan says. “It’s ing voucher movement as part of sees herself as an advocate for servant. It’s really about carrying for many other nonprofits. He important to keep advocating.” the problem. the working poor, people who are the water for the community and says running for office is taking For more, visit sarageenan.com. “I strongly believe that we need unable to move out of poverty not just the very vocal or the very his commitment to his community Primary day is Aug. 12. to not only not expand vouchers because all the rules are stacked powerful,” Adams says. to the next level. He cites retiring but sunset them here and now,” against them. As examples, she 6 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014 High Court ventures into minefield in Hobby Lobby case By Lisa Neff Supreme Court’s decision,” said Staff writer Hobby Lobby co-founder Barbara Everyone sing along on the cho- Green. She added, “The court’s rus, “The Court, I fear, has ven- decision is a victory, not just for tured into a minefield.” our family business, but for all who Just a day after the U.S. seek to live out their faith.” Supreme Court ruled on June 30 that “closely held” companies The dissent such as Hobby Lobby can refuse The court’s four liberal justices birth control to women based on — Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, religious grounds, the main points Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer in Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s — dissented. dissent inspired a song. Ginsburg said the decision to Ginsburg didn’t write about extend protection to for-profit cor- “slut-shaming geezers,” but sing- porations is “bound to have untow- er-songwriter Jonathan Mann ard effects” and she observed that drew many other lines directly closely held corporations can be from the justice’s 35-page dissent, any size, large or small, public or which points to all the dangers private. Cargill is considered a in Justice Samuel Alito’s majority closely held company. So is Koch opinion in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Industries. and Conestoga Wood v. Burwell. “Little doubt that RFRA claims Ginsburg called it a decision “of will proliferate, for the court’s startling breadth.” expansive notion of corporate personhood — combined with The majority its errors in construing RFRA —

Alito said Hobby Lobby, an invites for-profit entities to seek Photo: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Oklahoma-based company with religious-based exemptions from Demonstrators react to hearing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case June 30. a chain of 500 arts-and-crafts regulations they deem offensive to stores, and Conestoga Wood Spe- their faith,” Ginsburg wrote. The minefield erties Union. “Religious freedom allies were organizing for skir- cialties, a furniture company in She also said the Obama admin- The morning after releasing is a fundamental right, but that mishes at the polls in November, Pennsylvania, cannot be forced to istration had proven that the con- the Hobby Lobby decision, the freedom does not include the right in the courts, in Congress and at comply with the Affordable Care traceptive coverage in the Afford- court confirmed its decision and to impose beliefs on others.” the White House. Act mandate that health care able Care Act furthers the compel- left in place lower court rulings LGBT civil rights leaders raised “It is now the job of Congress plans, at no extra charge, cover ling interests in public health and in favor of Catholic-owned busi- concerns about what the ruling and the administration to ensure contraception for women as part women’s well-being. “To recapitu- nesses objecting to covering all 20 means in the fights for marriage women affected by this decision of a range of preventative benefits. late, the mandated contraception methods of government-approved equality and against workplace have equal access to contracep- Both companies offer employee coverage enables women to avoid contraception mandated in the discrimination. “It is more impor- tive coverage options without health programs that include birth the health problems unintended Affordable Care Act. tant than ever that states and Con- interference by their employer,” control, but the owners objected pregnancies may visit on them and And everywhere there was talk gress enact strong, clear nondis- said U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, on religious grounds to covering their children. And the mandate of war. crimination protections for LGBT D-Wis. “Every woman should have two intrauterine devices and two secures benefits wholly unrelated Republicans declared a battle people,” said Jennifer C. Pizer, access to comprehensive, afford- emergency contraceptive pills, to pregnancy, preventing certain victory in their war against Obam- of senior attorney with Lambda able health coverage and should Plan B and Ella. cancers, menstrual disorders and acare. “Today’s decision is a vic- Legal. be able to make the health care The question for the court: pelvic pain.” tory for religious freedom and Labor leaders said the decision decisions that work for her and Whether a for-profit corporation another defeat for an administra- was part of the war on workers. her family.” has religious rights under federal tion that has repeatedly crossed And NARAL president Ilyse And the chorus to “Ginsburg’s law or the Constitution. constitutional lines in pursuit of its Hogue said the decision “from five Dissent” goes: “One thing’s clear/ The court, which in several big government objectives,” said male justices is a direct attack This fight isn’t over/We gotta recent high-profile cases has ruled House Speaker John Boehner of on women and our fundamental stand together/For what we know in favor of corporate personhood, Ohio. rights. This ruling goes out of its is right.” ruled that closely held companies Christian-right leaders declared way to declare that discrimina- (For more, see “Reason for Out- — those with a few people owning a victory in the war on religious tion against women isn’t discrimi- rage in Hobby Lobby ruling,” page more than 50 percent — can hold liberties. “These families’ stand nation. …Today it’s birth control, 19.) religious views. for freedom benefits the many tomorrow it could be any personal Alito, writing for a majority that faith-based businesses faced with medical decision, from starting a included Chief Justice John Rob- the same awful choice of deciding family to getting life-saving vac- Out of enda? erts and Justices Antonin Scalia, between their faith and livelihood. cinations or blood transfusions.” A week after the Hobby Clarence Thomas and Anthony It also vindicates a higher prin- U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Mad- Lobby ruling, several lead- Kennedy, said the decision only ciple, showing that government ison, observed that 90 percent of ing civil rights groups with- applies to contraceptives and must tread carefully when it seeks businesses in the United States drew support for the Employ- “should not be misunderstood to to impose policies contrary to our qualify as closely held. “Thus, the ment Non-Discrimination hold that an insurance-coverage most cherished rights,” said Focus Supreme Court has limited the Act because of the religious mandate must necessarily fall if it on the Family president Jim Daly. personal health-care decisions of exemptions it contains. conflicts with an employer’s reli- Civil liberties advocates said women across the United States. ENDA would ban workplace gious beliefs.” the court had assaulted religious The right of women to make their bias based on sexual orienta- Also, Alito said he crafted a freedoms. “For the first time, the own choices about their health tion and gender identity. “narrow” decision that didn’t Photo: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez highest court in the country has care is fundamental and deserves The ACLU, Lambda Legal, decide the case on Hobby Lobby’s Monsivais said that business owners can absolute protection.” National Gay and Lesbian Task First Amendment arguments but A demonstrator stands outside use their religious beliefs to deny A week after the Supreme Court Force and more withdrew sup- rather under the Religious Free- the U.S. Supreme Court awaiting employees a benefit that they are ruling, the minefield was littered port. dom Restoration Act of 1993. the court decision on the Hobby guaranteed by law,” said Louise with fundraiser appeals from var- — L.N. “Our family is overjoyed by the Lobby case in Washington. Melling of the American Civil Lib- ied causes, and politicians and WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | July 10, 2014 7 Clerk defies Colorado ban on gay marriage By Lisa Neff the state of Colorado, which ’Couples across Staff writer is in the 10th Circuit, along Boulder County Clerk with Utah, Oklahoma, Kan- Colorado have and Recorder Hillary Hall sas, New Mexico and Wyo- displayed her independent ming, plus portions of the been waiting a streak in early July, defy- Yellowstone National Park ing a cease-and-desist order extending into Montana and long time.’ from the Colorado attorney Idaho. general and continuing to “Couples across Colorado issue marriage licenses to have been waiting a long same-sex couples. time to have their right to Hall began issuing the marry the person they love heard arguments against licenses to gay and lesbian recognized,” she said. the state’s amendment couples on June 25 after To date, same-sex cou- against same-sex marriage reviewing a decision from ples have filed three law- on July 2. A hearing in a the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of suits challenging the state second case was set to take Appeals in Denver in Kitch- ban on same-sex marriage. place as WiG went to press. en v. Herbert, an equality And on July 3, Democratic • A federal appeals court case out of Utah. Gov. John Hickenlooper and on July 1 ordered Indiana The appeals court in late Republican Attorney Gener- to recognize the marriage June upheld a U.S. district al John Suthers asked for an of a lesbian couple, one of judge’s finding that Utah’s injunction declaring the ban whom is terminally ill, on an amendment against same- unconstitutional. They also emergency basis. sex marriage is unconsti- requested a stay until the • In preparation for tutional. The appeals court nation’s highest court can another lawsuit, the Ameri- found that “those who rule on the matter, which can Civil Liberties Union of Photo: AP Photo/The Daily Camera, Mark Leffingwell wish to marry a person of could come in 2015. Wisconsin was reviewing the same sex are entitled Though Suthers asked for ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH: Julie Hoehing and Nancy Cooley embrace while daughter information from same-sex Lia Cooley looks on, after a marriage ceremony July 1 at the county clerk and recorder’s to exercise the same fun- the injunction, he warned couples who married fol- damental right as is recog- Hall of unspecified legal office in Boulder, Colorado. Colorado’s Constitution bans same-sex marriage, but a ruling lowing a federal district rul- from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver regarding a Utah case said states nized for persons who wish action if she continued to ing overturning the state’s to marry a person of the issue licenses. cannot prevent people from marrying based on their gender. That motivated Boulder ban. Some of the couples County Clerk Hillary Hall to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. opposite sex.” In other developments in married. Others were stuck Utah officials are chal- the drive for the freedom to in a waiting period when a lenging the ruling and could marry: stay was issued on June 13. take their defense as far as • A federal judge in Ken- The ACLU also asked the the U.S. Supreme Court, tucky ruled — for a second judge to vacate the stay which is why the appeals time — against the state’s since the state has yet to court issued a stay of its ban on same-sex marriage. file its appeal. decision. He stayed his ruling pend- As of July 9, there were But Hall said the appeals ing appeal. 76 marriage equality cases court opinion is binding on • A Florida trial court filed in 32 states or territo- ries. Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last June that On the docket the federal government Look for oral arguments in marriage equality cases must recognize same-sex from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee before marriages, there have been the Sixth Circuit of Appeals on Aug. 6. 22 legal victories for equal- Look for oral arguments in marriage equality cases ity. from Idaho and Nevada before the Ninth Circuit Court Follow marriage equality of Appeals on Sept. 8. developments, go to www. — L.N. wisconsingazette.com. 8 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014 Appeals court victory for same-sex marriage makes Supreme Court decision likely By Nicholas Riccardi and court to weigh in since ing stressed the urgency of Brady McCombs the Supreme Court. Utah, overturning gay marriage AP writers whose gay marriage ban bans rather than waiting for The first ruling by a fed- was struck down in the new laws to be written by eral appeals court that decision, is considering an elected officials. states cannot prevent gay appeal. Same-sex marriage The ruling came down Photo: WikiCommons couples from marrying is now legal in 19 states just minutes after a federal SUMMER VACATION: Before breaking for the summer, the U.S. Supreme Court makes it more likely the and the District of Colum- judge threw out Indiana’s ruled in a couple of closely watched cases. The court rejected a challenge to Cali- U.S. Supreme Court will bia and recent polls show a same-sex marriage ban. fornia’s ban on ex-gay therapy for minors without comment and ruled in a case from ultimately have to make a majority of Americans sup- But the legal significance Illinois that public sector unions can’t force nonmembers to pay dues. decision it has so far avoid- port equality for same-sex of the appeals court ruling ed: whether states have the couples. is far greater because it is ability to prohibit same-sex “This tees it up for possi- one level higher on the legal marriage. ble Supreme Court review,” food chain. At the Court … The court danced around said William Eskridge, a law Evan Wolfson, president Pickup v. Brown help a union cover collective bargaining that question a year ago professor at Yale Universi- of Freedom to Marry, said The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the costs. The majority said requiring when it issued a pair of ty. “When a federal appeals Utah’s legal victory was way for more states to ban psychological nonmembers who disagree with union rulings on gay marriage. court strikes down a major sweeter because of where counselors from subjecting kids to a positions to pay fees violates the First The high court’s caution state law, there is a lot more it originated — a conserva- harmful and discredited form of alleged Amendment. was evident in its rulings: pressure for the justices to tive, deeply religious state treatment called “ex-gay” therapy. AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka It upheld a decision strik- take that.” in the heart of the mountain The court on June 30 rejected a called the decision bad for unions and ing down California’s gay There is no guarantee West. challenge to California’s law protecting bad for all workers and the middle class. marriage ban but relied on that the Utah case will be “What is so powerful minors from conversion therapy, a type of The ruling applies to “partial-public technicalities rather than the one that makes it to the here is that we have the psychological counseling that has been employees” and did not go as far as finding a national right for top court. Five other appel- first federal appellate court rejected by all the major professional the plaintiffs wanted — they asked the same-sex couples to marry. late courts are consider- and ... it’s a case coming medical or mental health organizations justices to overturn a 1977 Supreme Court Then it struck down part ing similar cases, and any out of Utah affirming in the in the United States. Proponents of the decision that held that public employees of the Clinton-era federal of those could be the one strongest, clearest, boldest therapy maintain that counseling can who choose not to join a union can still Defense of Marriage Act, taken. The soonest a case terms that the Constitution help turn a gay kid straight. Opponents be required to pay representation fees, finding that same-sex mar- could be decided is 2015, guarantees the freedom to maintain that such counseling is as long as those fees don’t go toward riages from states where but often the Supreme marry and equal protec- discriminatory, offensive and dangerous political purposes. the practice was legal must Court waits for a split in tion for all Americans and to children. The National Right to Work Legal be recognized by the fed- appellate courts before all means all, including gay An appeals court upheld the law last Defense Foundation, which gets some eral government. considering an issue. couples,” he said. summer, rejecting a claim from Christian of its money from the Koch brothers and That decision triggered The appeals court rul- right advocates that the measure violates the Walton family, represented the home an avalanche of court deci- the free speech rights of counselors. health-care workers seeking to avoid sions upholding the rights The Supreme Court rejected the paying dues. of gays to marry, includ- Online: challenge without comment. Republican Gov. Scott Walker, whose ing a 2-1 ruling in Denver Ruling from 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, https:// “We look forward to more states assault on collective bargaining rights of from the 10th Circuit Court www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/13/13-4178.pdf joining California and New Jersey in public sector unions brought him national of Appeals, the highest preventing state-licensed therapists from recognition in 2010, saw reinforcement engaging in discredited practices that for Wisconsin’s Act 10 in the decision offer no health benefits and put LGBT written by Justice Samuel Alito. youth at risk of severe harm, including U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, Vet sues after burial with wife is denied depression and suicide,” said Shannon saw the court’s decision as a setback A U.S. Navy veteran filed Though federal veter- National Center for Lesbian Minter of the National Center for Lesbian for “labor unions to provide critical a civil rights lawsuit on July ans cemeteries allow the Rights, which is represent- Rights in San Francisco. support to maintain a stable and well- 7 after the Idaho State Vet- spouses of gay veterans to ing Taylor. “Denying these trained workforce,” but the “fight for fair erans Cemetery refused to be interred with their loved important protections to Harris v. Quinn wages and safe working conditions for allow her to be buried with ones, Taylor said she was committed couples is not On June 30, the court dealt a blow to America’s workers continues forward.” the ashes of her late wife. surprised to find the Idaho simply unjust, it is need- public sector unions, ruling 5-4 along Seventy-four-year-old cemetery — which is owned lessly cruel.” ideological lines that home health-care — Lisa Neff Madelynn Taylor filed the and operated by the state — Todd Dvorak, a spokes- workers can’t be required to pay dues to lawsuit in U.S. District Court does not. man for Idaho Attorney Gen- in Boise after she tried to Taylor’s situation is eral Lawrence Wasden, said make advance arrange- “among the most extreme Wasden hasn’t reviewed the ments to have her ashes examples of the harm lawsuit and couldn’t com- wisconsingazette.com interred with Jean Mixner, caused by state laws that ment on the case. Idaho FIND US ON TWITTER! whom she met on a blind deny respect to the mar- Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s @wigazette date in 1995 and married in riages of same-sex cou- spokesman Jon Hanian also updated all day. California in 2008 when gay ples,” said Christopher Stoll, declined to comment. marriage was briefly legal. a senior attorney with the — L.N. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | July 10, 2014 9 10 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014 10 must-do Wisconsin summer activities By Michael Muckian Kayak the Apostle into ridges, terraces and and spend an afternoon the Mississippi. Contributing writer Islands sea caves. The ideal way to exploring the back roads, Visit the Dick- Summer is here, and The Apostle Islands explore this otherworldly forests and beaches in one eyville Grot- except for heat, humid- National Lakeshore, a part setting is by kayak. Rent one of the state’s most unique to, a kitschy ity, mosquitoes, wood ticks of the U.S. National Park or bring your own and cre- destinations. Catholic shrine and road construction, this System, is just north of ate your own tour. made of junk is Wisconsin’s best time charming Bayfield on Lake When you’re done kayak- Indulge your ‘up glass and con- of year. What would make Superior’s southern shore. ing, take the Bayfield ferry north’ spirit in crete, and Villa it better still are these 10 It is a 21-island chain featur- to Madeleine Island, the Minocqua Louis, the museum essential Badger State activ- only permanently occupied Wisconsinites love to and national histori- ing rocky outcroppings that Door County cherries. ities: have been carved by water Apostle island. Rent a bicy- spend part of their sum- cal landmark in Prairie du over thousands of years cle once you land in LaPointe mers “up north,” and few Chien. You never know what places have the plethora of you’ll find around the next supper clubs, pine forests turn. Sac to the Mississippi, is and picturesque lakes as the rife with sand bars, mak- Minocqua area. The region, Explore the ing it largely un-navigable which includes Arbor Vitae, Driftless Area — except for canoes and Woodruff, Lake Tomahawk The Great River Road flat-bottomed crafts. Start and Manitowish Waters, is forms the western edge of south of the Prairie du Sac flush with small lakes, coves, the Driftless Area, a region dam and paddle past the inlets and beaches perfect in southwestern Wiscon- nude beach at Mazomanie, for boating, swimming, fish- sin that wasn’t scoured flat under the bridges at Spring ing, drowsing in the sun and by retreating glaciers mil- Green and all the way to all those other “up north” lenia ago. The landscape the Mississippi if you like. activities that remove the is noted for its deep val- On the way, camp out on a day-to-day stress and put leys, rocky outcroppings sand bar, picnic and go for your soul at ease. and steep, heavily forested a swim. hillsides. Residents from Drive the Great organic farmers to Amish Visit Madison’s River Road artisans to architect Frank Capitol Square History and nature blend Lloyd Wright have called the In addition to being Wis- against the backdrop of region home, and history consin’s most emblematic Photos: Travel Wisconsin the Mississippi River along and culture coalesce in one building, the State Capitol Kayaking in the Apostle Islands. Highway 35, also known of Wisconsin’s least famil- and its surrounding square as Wisconsin’s Great River iar, yet most photographic are home to a variety of sum- Road, which flanks the regions. mer activities. The square muddy river 250 miles hosts the state’s largest from Prescott in the north Canoe the lower farmers market every Satur- to Kieler in the south. The Wisconsin River day morning until October. 33 communities along the The Wisconsin River, the Wednesday nights through way exude small-town state’s longest, stretches early August, the Wisconsin charm and feature interest- 430 miles south from the Chamber Orchestra’s Con- ing attractions. Many stop pine forests at the Upper certs on the Square series by La Crosse Queen Cruis- Michigan border diago- entertains 30,000 picnick- es and board modern-day nally across the state. But ers with light classics. And replicas of old-fashioned the southernmost 93 miles, paddlewheel boats that ply stretching from Prairie du Must-do next page

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Cana Island Lighthouse.

Must-do from prior page Swing an ax with Michigan from Green Bay the lumberjacks in bustles with visitors. Pick there’s also Art Fair on the Hayward the region’s tart Montmo- Square in July, Taste of Mad- Logging was one of the rency cherries, browse ison in August, and other industries that helped estab- shops and galleries, enjoy festivities taking place in the lish Wisconsin, and starting the beaches and visit the shadow of the state’s most in 1960, it’s been celebrated 12 lighthouses that dot the historic structure, which at the Lumberjack World county. offers tours daily. Championships in Hayward. Scheduled this year for July Make your own Take in a festival 24–26, the Sawyer County Wisconsin memory or six in Milwaukee event is one of those rare Wisconsin is one of From ethnic and music state folk festivals that has America’s best-kept secrets. festivals to weekly con- gained a national reputation Whether your tastes run certs and street fairs, the and attracted international toward rural bike trails and Cream City explodes each participation. Hayward is small town cafes, beautifully summer with color, music, also home to the National restored opera houses and food, laughter and scores of Fresh Water Fishing Hall of breathtaking natural scenes, people celebrating almost Fame and its giant muskie metropolitan areas bustling every weekend of the sea- — have your picture taken with people or pristine wil- son. Almost 40 years ago, standing in its mouth. dernesses rustling with the late Mayor Henry Maier wildlife, Wisconsin offers declared Milwaukee the Tour lighthouses you memorable moments “City of Festivals” and the and pick cherries in at every turn in the road or population has done its best Door County bend in the river. The best to live up to that boast. Few Other than the kitschy Wisconsin vacation memo- cities its size are as festive Wisconsin Dells, Door ry is the one you make for and vibrant as Milwaukee in County is Wisconsin’s best- yourself, and it’s time to get the summer. known tourist mecca. All started. summer, the narrow pen- insula that separates Lake 12 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014 Deer ticks, Lyme disease among the hazards of Wisconsin summers

By Louis Weisberg northward and southward, she says. The into a debilitating chronic condition that to worsen until she suffered from numbness Staff writer arachnids are now found in eastern and lasts for years. and tingling in her hands and feet — a prob- Ah, summer in Wisconsin. Backyard bar- heavily populated southeastern Wisconsin, Even when treated, Lyme disease can lem she described to People magazine as becues and music festivals. Sidewalk dining where people didn’t have to worry about cause fatigue, body aches, migraines and “very disconcerting for a pianist and dancer, on streets festooned with colorful flower them in the past. fevers long after the initial course of antibi- to say the least.” baskets. Camping, hiking, mountain biking Not only is the number of ticks carry- otics is finished. Eventually, she told People, she devel- and fishing. ing Lyme disease on the rise, but also the Many doctors remain unaware of chronic oped night sweats, fever, nerve tremors, Deer ticks and Lyme disease. number of diseases carried by the ticks is Lyme, which is named after the Connecticut nightmares and migraines. She experienced According to the U.S. Centers for Dis- greater than previously believed. city where it was first identified. Activists dramatic weight loss that prompted rude ease Control and Prevention, Lyme disease, One glimmer of encouraging news is have battled with doctors and insurance remarks and speculation online that she which is spread by deer ticks (also known that the unusually harsh winter of 2013–14 companies in recent years to recognize was anorexic. Before she began treatment, as black-legged ticks) is the most com- appears to have diminished — or at least chronic Lyme disease and to prescribe and Gibson’s cognitive thinking was so impaired monly reported and fastest growing vector- delayed — the onslaught of deer ticks in pay for the prolonged treatment it requires. that she lost her sense of direction. borne disease in the United States. About the state. During a recent field trip to state A two-day protest by victims of chronic Gibson finally found what she called a 300,000 people are affected each year, forests in the northern part of the state, Lyme disease and people who were mis- “Lyme-literate doctor,” who put her on an according to the CDC. Paskewitz found 60 to 90 percent fewer diagnosed was staged May 22–23 at the intense round of antibiotics and other medi- Wisconsin lies within the disease’s pri- of the critters at the nymph stage than she Infectious Diseases Society of America cations. It was then that her slow recovery mary range. Ninety-five percent of the cases found at this time last year. The ticks are headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. finally began. reported in 2012 were in New England, the most infectious at the nymph, or pre-adult, Victims of the disease include 1980s pop mid-Atlantic states, Minnesota and Wis- stage of development, because they are so star Debbie Gibson, who headlined Fruit- Multiple infections consin, the CDC reported. tiny that they can easily evade detection — Fest in Madison this year. She had to cancel Another complication of diagnosing Lyme Since 1990, Wisconsin has identified not much larger than the tip of a pen. her appearance at last year’s FruitFest, and disease is that deer ticks can carry a host 28,446 confirmed, probable and estimated she later revealed via blog and to reporters of other infections that have similar symp- cases. The state saw steady growth in the Difficult to diagnose that she was suffering from Lyme disease. toms, and patients can be infected with number of cases from 1990 to 2011, when Most tick bites do not result in the trans- Gibson’s grim experience mirrors that of more than one pathogen from a single bite. 3,609 confirmed and probable cases were mission of Borrelia, the bacteria that causes many people who are infected. At least 14 infections are carried by various reported. There was a drop in 2012, the Lyme. Those that do tend to leave the defin- At first, she had a hard time obtaining an species of ticks. The most common ones in most recent year for which data are avail- ing mark of a bull’s-eye rash, which typically accurate diagnosis — an all-too-common Wisconsin are: able. appears 3-30 days after the tick bite. Other problem among Lyme sufferers. The symp- • Human anaplasmosis. There are about The increased presence of deer ticks in symptoms include rash, fever, headache, toms are similar to those of many other 500 new cases of this tick-borne disease Wisconsin and the growing number of ticks chills, muscle pain and joint pain. infections. So unless the patient lives in in Wisconsin each year, Paskewitz says. that are infected with Borrelia (Lyme dis- Some people who are infected never a heavily affected area, Lyme is not usu- Symptoms include a sudden onset of high ease) have made Wisconsin’s great out- become sick, and others exhibit no signs ally one of the first possibilities that doctors fever (102 degrees or more), chills, severe doors a more dangerous place than it was of the disease until it has progressed to consider. headache and muscle aches. The symp- a decade ago, according to UW-Madison later stages, making diagnosis difficult. Gibson, who thought she had mononucle- toms appear 1-3 weeks after an infectious professor of entomology Susan Paskewitz. Early diagnosis and treatment are critical, osis, said that Lyme was the last thing her The tick’s range also is expanding — both because untreated Lyme disease can evolve doctor suspected. Her condition continued TICKS next page WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | July 10, 2014 13

TICKS from prior page tick bite. Although people of all ages can get anaplasmosis, it is most severe in the elderly. If left untreated with a suitable Hidden gems antibiotic, it can result in organ failure and death. An infected tick must be attached at least 12-24 hours to transmit the Lesser-known state parks for camping, hiking and human anaplasmosis bacteria. • Babesiosis. Symptoms include high fever, muscle aches, swimming fatigue, headache and loss of appetite. Symptoms usually appear 1-6 weeks after a deer tick bite, but may take longer Wisconsin’s state park in some individuals. Most people infected with the parasite system is so well-known, will have mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. However, so well-publicized and people who are immune compromised may develop a severe, so widely admired that it possibly fatal, illness. might seem impossible • Ehrlichiosis. Symptoms, ranging from mild body aches to that a few individual parks severe fever and vomiting, usually appear within a week or don’t get the credit they two after the bite of an infected tick. If treated quickly with deserve. appropriate antibiotics, ehrlichiosis generally improves within Yet, there are definitely a few days. If not, it can result in life-threatening damage to less-traveled places the central nervous system. The disease did not appear in offering great trails, views, Wisconsin until 2011. camping and swimming. In addition to worrying about deer ticks, humans need to Some recommendations: know that other species of disease-carrying ticks are expand- ing their range in the direction of Wisconsin. For instance, Camping out most of the Lyme disease found in Wisconsin currently is Perrot State Park: carried by the deer tick, classified by entomologists as Ixodes Consists of more than scapularis. But ticks of the Ixodes affinis genus, which also 1,200 acres of land carry Lyme, have moved from the southeastern United States surrounded by bluffs. This into states as far away as Wisconsin and New York. is where the Mississippi Lone Star ticks, originally confined to the Southeast, have and Trempealeau Rivers increased their range as far north as northeastern Missouri. meet, and it is a perfect The Lone Star tick carries the deadly Heartland virus, which place to set up camp. The cannot be treated with antibiotics. park offers a multitude of The Wisconsin Department of Health Service strongly urges activities and amenities, people to seek medical attention right away if they develop including biking, canoeing signs or symptoms of any tick-related illnesses after spending and hiking. Be sure to hike time in areas where ticks are found. Early diagnosis and treat- to Brady’s Bluff for the ment are vital to preventing severe illness. views of the Mississippi “There are over 300,000 cases of Lyme each year and only River and Trempealeau 10 percent are picked up,” Dr. Robert Bransfield, clinical pro- Mountain. Or canoe fessor at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical school, told ABC in the calm waters News. “As a result, many people go on to late-stage symptoms of Trempealeau Bay. that could have otherwise been avoided.” W26247 Sullivan Road, Trempealeau. Rock Island: For a rustic camping experience in PROTECT YOURSELF Door County, take the While there is a vaccine to protect family pets against ferry from Washington Lyme disease, there’s no approved vaccination for humans. Island to Rock Island. The only protection for people is to avoid disease-bearing There are no bikes. There ticks. are no cars. But there are Experts recommend that people spending time outdoors 40 campsites. The park check themselves for ticks periodically and remove them also features 10 miles of immediately. It takes 24 to 48 hours for the tick to transmit hiking trails and 5,000 the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. The following pre- feet of beach. 1924 Indian cautions are advised for people spending time outdoors in Point Road, Washington. the summer: Hiking along • Know when you’re in tick habitat — brushy, wooded Amnicon Falls State Photos: Travel Wisconsin areas — where you will need to take precautions. Park: The park has nearly Amnicon Falls State Park has nearly 2 miles of hiking trails along the river. Features • Use a good tick repellent, such as a product contain- 2 miles of hiking trails of the land include stunning geologic formations, mini-pools and waterfalls. ing permethrin or DEET, and follow the manufacturer’s along the river. Amnicon instructions. Falls’ stunning geologic formations are the result Trail is a great place to the park’s magnificent beach with a 100-foot • Wear clothes that will help to shield you from ticks. of earthquakes from a enjoy the forested natural views. The park has four swimming area. The water Long-sleeved shirts and long pants are best. Tuck your half billion years ago. setting of the park. Expect overlooks with views of in Lake Geneva is among pants into the top of your socks or boots to create a Along with the prehistoric to see wildlife and unique the waterfalls and the Wisconsin’s finest. The “tick barrier.” rock formations, hikers vegetation, including deer, Willow River gorge. 1034 park also has a large picnic • Check frequently for ticks and remove them promptly. can see evidence of the coyote, thimbleberries and County Road A, Hudson. area, a lagoon for fishing This is an important step in preventing disease. ancient ocean that once Indian Pipe. 4279 County and more than 5 miles of covered Wisconsin, Road U, South Range. meadow and forest hiking • Remove the tick slowly and gently using a pair of twee- Diving in as well as volcanic Willow River State Park: Big Foot Beach State trails. 1452 S Wells St, zers. Folk remedies like Vaseline, nail polish remover material. The river trail The park offers camping, Park: The park consists Lake Geneva. or matches are not safe or effective methods of tick hike features mini-pools, fishing, canoeing and of more than 270 acres, removal. cascades and waterfalls. swimming, but its 13 miles with campsites wooded — Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services The Thimbleberry Nature of hiking trails showcase by tall oaks and a sandy Source: Travel Wisconsin 14 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014 1st camping trip? It’s gotten easier By Katherine Roth The first step, he said, is States is the online reser- generally runs from May to AP writer to do a little homework and vation service ReserveAm- October. Urbanites nostalgic about figure out where you’d like to erica.com, which includes In addition to offering childhood camping trips — go. The Best in Tent Camping campgrounds in state and some of the most stunning or wanting to try tent camp- book series (Menasha Ridge national parks, as well as scenery around, many state ing for the first time — are Press) reviews campsites in many run by regional agen- and national parks now offer often daunted by logistical 30 states. It’s loaded with cies and some private com- clean private showers, por- challenges, like figuring out detailed ratings that can panies. celain flush toilets, potable where to go and what to help you avoid blaring ste- The website, and a few water, electrical outlets, bring, as well as anxieties reos, convoys of RVs, poor others including smaller playgrounds, boating, swim- about diving headlong into maintenance and concrete networks of campsites, ming and hiking. Firewood the unfamiliar wilderness. slab platforms. Many other features detailed maps of is often available for sale, Fear not. For those more local guides, both online and each site. You can reserve and most individual camp- accustomed to navigat- in print, are also available. the precise spot where you’ll sites are equipped with ing highways than wooded Next, identify what’s pitch your tent, deciding picnic tables and fire rings. trails, a wealth of online essential to your comfort. how near or far you’d like These campsites are regu- Photo: www.technomixx.com resources, a new generation Maybe it’s back support to be from modern ameni- larly patrolled by rangers Solar phone charger by Technomixx. of camping equipment and (bring a cot). Or having ties and nearby trails, riv- and, contrary to what you’ll a national network of user- separate tents for kids and ers or other features. Some find at many big private friendly campsites make adults. Or bringing s’mores. areas can also be contacted campsites, RVs and mobile reserving a place to pitch Or earplugs: The wilderness directly. homes are limited and there for tent camping, some was a kid we had a big can- a tent easier than getting can be surprisingly noisy at Campsite fees are gener- are designated quiet hours. campgrounds provide cab- vas tent that was a real around highway construc- night. ally between $10 and $25 “There’s a real move- ins, which combine the joys event to set up. Now better tion closings. Before setting out, reserve a night, depending on the ment underway to make of camping and gathering tents are lightweight with “The main misconception a place to pitch your tent park, amenities and season. the outdoors more relevant around a campfire with the only a few flexible poles, and about camping is that it’s — ideally as early as nine Advance reservations, par- to city dwellers, and there convenience of beds, stoves are color-coded so it’s easier hard,” said Chuck Stark, a months before your trip. The ticularly for more coveted are a growing number of and refrigerators. Many, to figure out where things senior camping instructor at reservation process is now areas, are strongly recom- partnerships between out- however, require a seven- go.” the REI Outdoor School in similar to that of hotels , but mended. If you’re flexible doors organizations and city day minimum stay. New creature comforts Chicago. “When you start without the hefty price tag. about dates and locations, communities,” said Melanie New kinds of gear have include double-decker cots planning, it’s actually really Perhaps the single most though, many campsites MacInnis, assistant director made tent camping the old- (at least one model doubles straightforward. The key is important resource for can be reserved on shorter of the Sierra Club Outdoors. fashioned way easier than as a couch), sleeping bags to keep it simple.” campers in the United notice. The camping season The Sierra Club, which ever. Some major outdoors roomy enough for two, pop- promotes the enjoyment, outfitting stores offer gear up tents, small portable toi- exploration and protection rentals; classes in camp lets, solar-powered phone of the environment, has cooking and basic camping; chargers, and suitcase-size offices and chapters across and group trips, as well as kitchens and camp furniture the United States, includ- easy returns should you find that would look as comfort- ing in Wisconsin. The orga- your equipment isn’t quite able in a Milwaukee studio nization offers classes and what you’d hoped. apartment as in the great trips to teach beginners wil- “Tents are way easier to outdoors. derness skills like first aid, set up than they used to Some experts suggest camping and hiking. be,” said Stark, the Chicago starting out with just the If you’re not quite ready camping instructor. “When I basics: tent, sleeping bags and pads, and essential cooking supplies. Many sporting goods stores and online sites have lists of what to bring, as do camp- ing books and guides. And careful, organized packing at home definitely makes for a more relaxed and comfort- able adventure. “I think more and more people in cities are realiz- ing that camping isn’t scary at all,” said MacInnis. “It is really a lot of fun, and the wilderness is much more accessible than you think.”

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REGIONAL Briefs

la Frontera have been at the forefront of the push.

• U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, urged Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers to support full compliance with the U.S. Justice Depart- ment’s examination into potentially dis- criminatory practices in the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program. Pocan wrote, “Allegations made by families, Disability Rights Wisconsin, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin assert that private schools participating in the voucher program have instituted policies which create barriers for students with disabilities and intentionally block them from school admission. Additionally, concerns have been raised that some stu- dents with disabilities have been expelled or forced to leave voucher-funded schools as a result of school policies that do not accommodate their needs.”

• Law enforcement officials reported that at least 80 people were shot and nine of them died during Fourth of July weekend in Chicago.

Photo: AP/Nam Y. Huh • The worst case of alleged voter fraud PROUD TO BE: About a million people packed Chicago streets on June 29 for the firstG ay Pride Parade since Illinois legalized gay in Wisconsin’s history turns out to have marriage. The celebration included LGBT military veterans marching with a massive U.S. flag. been committed by a staunch Republican. Thirteen counts were filed against Robert Monroe, a 50-year-old health executive. Each count carries a penalty of up to Conservation league tallies Los Angeles, San Francisco and other cities place, the school, college and/or the public $10,000 in forfeitures and three-and-a- wins, losses vying to host the attraction. square because of their faith.” She’s one of half years in prison. Monroe is accused The Wisconsin League of Conservation “I am humbled to be joining such an three Republicans vying to challenge incum- of voting a dozen times in 2011 and 2012, Voters recently released its Conservation extraordinary museum community and to bent Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, who including seven times in the recalls of Scorecard for 2013–14. About 50 percent be creating the museum in a city that has a supports equality. Scott Walker and his GOP ally Alberta of the pro-conservation bills supported by long tradition of embracing the arts,” Lucas In a candidate forum, Mueller said a rul- Darling. group were signed into law. said in a statement. ing for marriage equality might set a prec- Of the biggest defensive measures, con- Lucasfilm’s visual effects division is based edent that any two people can marry, the • Cook County, Illinois, prosecutors servation interests were successful 75 per- in San Francisco, and Marin County is the Tomah Journal reported. The paper quoted recently secured guilty pleas from cur- cent of the time, according to a news release headquarters for Lucasfilm and Skywalker Mueller as saying: “We’ve got, for instance, rent or former gang members arrested for from the league. Sound. But Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel two sisters, and these two sisters want to human trafficking. The arrests were the “More than anything, this year’s Conser- offered Lucas a lakefront location close get married. They love each other. They result of a 2011 wiretap investigation tar- vation Scorecard tells the story of the power to other attractions, including the Shedd are committed to each other. They want to geting people who forced young women of individuals to successfully protect their Aquarium and the Field Museum of Natural spend the rest of their life together. …We and children into prostitution. air, land, and water. It’s their efforts that History. Meanwhile, San Francisco rejected can just do away with that state law (ban- prevented the terrible groundwater bill and Lucas’ first choice of a location near the ning incest) the same way we did away with • Minnesota’s law banning the use of both frac sand mining bills from ever seeing Golden Gate Bridge. sodomy law.” e-cigarettes in government facilities, the light of day,” said Anne Sayers, program Chicago also had a leg up because Lucas’ schools, day care centers, hospitals and director for Wisconsin League of Conserva- wife Mellody Hobson is from the city, which clinics went into effect on July 1. Minne- tion Voters. closed down Promontory Point along the In other regional news … sota also now prohibits minors from using The organization said highlights from Lake Michigan shore so the couple could tanning beds with ultraviolet lights. the session included bills to improve water host a star-studded party there after their • Alex Walker, the college-age son of Gov. quality and prevent toxins like lead and pre- California wedding. Scott Walker, acted as a witness at the • The Grosse Pointe Library Board in Gross scription drugs from contaminating drink- same-sex wedding of first lady Tonette Pointe, Michigan, unanimously voted to ing water, all of which passed with strong Wisconsin congressional Walker’s cousin. Records show Shelli stack the Metro Times alternative news- bipartisan support. The biggest attack on candidate says same-sex Marquardt and Cathy Priem married at paper out of sight after complaints that natural resources was passage of the open- marriage leads to incest the Waukesha County Courthouse on advertisements promoted human traffick- pit mining bill, which exempted iron mines Wisconsin Republican congressional June 9, and Alex Walker, 19, signed the ing. Metro Times editor-in-chief Valerie from having to meet most environmental candidate Karen Mueller warned voters marriage certificate as one of two adult Vande Panne said the library board’s laws. The measure passed despite huge that incest would become legal if a federal witnesses. decision is hypocritical, because books citizen opposition. appeals court upholds the June 6 ruling that with risqué passages, profanity and hate found the state’s ban on same-sex marriage • A Wisconsin coalition of elected offi- speech sit openly on library shelves. She George Lucas to build museum unconstitutional. cials, organizations and families contin- said complaints about sex trafficking in Chicago Mueller is a far-right Eau Claire attorney ued to urge an end to the immigration should be taken to police, not to librarians Star Wars creator George Lucas plans to whose practice focuses on cases opposing arrests at courthouses and other public or city council members. locate his future museum of art and movie abortion and defending people “discrimi- facilities. U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D–Mil- memorabilia in Chicago, which beat out nated against and harassed in the work- waukee, and Milwaukee-based Voces de — L.N. and L.W. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | July 10, 2014 17

community Briefs

Photos: WikiCommons Former baseball player Billy Bean is among the 2014 inductees into the National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame based in Chicago.

AIDS Ride registering In other community news … cyclists Registration is underway • The Wisconsin Humane Society is raising money for ACT 12, the Wisconsin with sales of a special issue tie-dyed T-shirt through AIDS Ride. July 20. For more, go online to wihumane.org. Cyclists will spend four • The National Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame days riding 300 miles to raise 2014 induction ceremony takes place July 11 in money for HIV/AIDS. The ride Chicago. Inductees planning to attend include Billy will take place July 31–Aug. 3. Bean, Wade Davis, Esera Tuaolo, Fallon Fox, Chris Riders with limited time Mosier and representatives from the Stand Up can opt for a century ride on Foundation and Nike. For more, go online to www. Aug. 2. gayandlesbiansports.com. The ride benefits the AIDS Network, which provides • Fair Wisconsin is seeking volunteers for its office in services in Crawford, Grant, Madison and for its presence in Pride celebrations Richland, Iowa, Lafayette, in Kenosha and Green Bay on July 12 and in Madison Juneau, Sauk, Dane, Green, on Aug. 10. For more, go online to fairwisconsin.com. Adams, Columbia, Rock and • ACLU of Wisconsin and Community Shares of Wis- Dodge counties. consin celebrate a 25-year-old partnership with a For more, go online to happy hour on July 22 at Echo Tap and Grill in Madi- http://www.actride.org. son. For more, go online to www.aclu-wi.org. • Sierra Club Wisconsin/John Muir Chapter holds a series of house parties in Iron River, Bayfield, Supe- Cuban benefit rior and Hayward to screen Wisconsin’s Mining Stand- Havana in Chicago raises off and organize opposition to the proposed taconite money for medical sup- mine proposal. For more, go online to wisconsin. plies and meals for people sierraclub.org. in Cuba. The event takes place July 19 at Sidetrack Video Bar in Chicago. — L.N. 18 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014 { Editorial } WiG’s WEB PICKS Cronyism underscores Walker’s contempt of government Gov. Scott Walker and his tea party looked into a secret wireless network acolytes despise government (even set up in Walker’s county office that his though Walker’s worked in it nearly his staff used to work on his gubernatorial entire career). They preach that govern- campaign while on the county’s dime — ment is inherently tyrannical, wasteful, without leaving behind a public record of inefficient and corrupt. Their overriding their activity. agenda is to eliminate as many govern- FBI agents raided Archer’s home in ment agencies and regulations as pos- 2011 as part of the now-closed probe. sible and turn public functions — from The investigation led to six convictions, school systems to prison systems to but neither Archer nor Walker was sewage systems — over to for-profit charged with any wrongdoing. corporations. Since then, Walker has kept Archer on The competition of the marketplace, his payroll, leaving himself open to criti- they argue, forces private enterprise into cism that he’s been buying her silence. delivering superior service at a better Certainly she’s in a position to know price than government does. where all the skeletons from Walker’s Some of But apparently government does Milwaukee County days are buried. our favorite serve one purpose: rewarding Walker’s Unabashed cronyism has been one cronies. The latest example is his hir- of the most distinguishing features of recent ing of longtime aide Cindy Archer as Walker’s gubernatorial term. In May, pictorials chief information technology officer for we reported that the University of Wis- the state public defender board, a job consin System had hired Walker’s con- from she never even applied for. To top it off, troversial longtime associate Jim Villa cyberspace Archer was given a salary of $113,459 to serve as vice president for university per year — that’s 31-percent higher than relations, a new post that appears to her predecessor’s. have been created expressly for him. Seven people made it through the reg- Villa, whose professional background ular process of applying for the position is in real estate, has been extensively — submitting resumes, filling out elabo- involved in Walker’s campaigns and has rate government application forms, pro- no reported background in higher edu- viding references, etc. The board chose cation. Yet he now earns $178,000 per two of them as finalists. year to oversee the university system’s But despite the hard work and hope lobbying and public relations efforts. those applicants might have put into Walker’s most egregious act of crony- applying for the position — and no mat- ism was giving a $81,000 job overseeing ter how qualified they were for it — they environmental and regulatory matters never had a chance. for the Department of Commerce to the That’s because government, like the son of one of his donors. Not only was private sector, often hires not the best Brian Deschane, who was in his mid- and brightest, but rather the best con- 20s, unqualified for the job, he had no nected. college degree and two drunken-driving The Archer case is particularly egre- convictions. gious. She was part of Walker’s inner Ironically, for those who want to dis- circle when he served as Milwaukee credit government, Walker is a dream county executive, and she was part of come true. the first John Doe probe. The probe

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ON THE RECORD Lesbian-themed summer reading “This is a personal matter between The Little Stranger to Eng- Blanche, is hard to relate one immediately called him and his pollster. It is none of lish country house dramas to, and there are too many police. Several others woke the public’s business what Walker Opinion like Rebecca and Brideshead one-dimensional villains to screams but saw nothing Revisited. I was captivated just this side of Snideley when they looked out their decides in the privacy of his own Jamakaya governor’s mansion.” by many sharp observa- Whiplash. I got fatigued by windows. — STEPHEN COLBERT mocking Wisconsin Gov. tions — for instance, the the piling on of issues like Genovese did not die Scott Walker for refusing to articulate his views on Sarah Waters has pub- multiple meanings of Vivian child abuse, the sex trade, alone. When her mutilat- same-sex marriage. lished five novels that have returning the ring to Kay economic exploitation, and ed body was discovered, been literary sensations and in The Night Watch and the racial, sexual and gender a neighbor held the still- “I’m pretty traditional guy, almost 60 years old. I bestsellers. Tipping the Vel- recurrent themes of laby- bias — these on top of dis- breathing woman in her think marriage is between a man and a woman. But vet is a lesbian romp across rinths, threads and twisting ease, jealousy, revenge and arms until the ambulance again if the voters decide that they want gay mar- the stages and back alleys in Affinity. This book is a murder! Frog Music should arrived. riage I’m not going to oppose it.” of late Victorian England. “must” for Waters geeks. have been pared down and These are compelling — U.S. SEN. RON JOHNSON telling CNBC’s Affinity and Fingersmith are Emma Donoghue, best toned down. disclosures in an otherwise Squawk Box that Republicans must stop focusing on riveting psychological and known for Room and Slam- Kitty Genovese: The Mur- flimsy book. Cook claims he social issues such as same-sex marriage in order to sexual thrillers. The Night merkin, has published Frog der, the Bystanders, the Crime unearthed “thousands of win elections. Watch is a World War II Music. It’s a whodunit That Changed America by pages” of new documents drama about love and loss, set in 1870s San Francis- Keven Cook clarifies many on the case but includes “An interracial gay couple, I mean that’s just weird and The Little Stranger is a co about the murder of a misperceptions about the no citations. The book is for America right now. We f**k and friends don’t great ghost story. cross-dressing frog catcher 1964 murder of Kitty Geno- filled with clumsy factual f**k. I have never f**ked one of my friends. Once I We have to wait until Sep- named Jenny Bonnet, an vese. One revelation is that errors and Cook speculates see you in that way, it doesn’t happen. But we do tember for Waters’ erotic independent cuss in the ilk Genovese was a lesbian. at times, making it hard to f**k.” thriller The Paying Guests. of Idgie Threadgoode of She was on her way home separate fact from fiction. — Rapper ANGEL HAZE telling the The Indepen- She declared, “There will be Fried Green Tomatoes. to her partner after a late Worse, Cook gives Times dent newspaper she and Ireland Baldwin, the model lesbians,” to the delight of The murder mystery is work shift when she was editor Abe Rosenthal a free daughter of Kim Bassinger and Alec Baldwin, are her core readers, who were compelling, and the solu- attacked. (Her killer tar- ride by failing to discuss lovers, not friends. Haze expressed annoyance with disappointed by the lack of tion is surprising. Yet I don’t geted a woman to rape and the journalistic ethics of a the media for refusing to recognize their interracial lesbians in her last book. think Frog Music is up to kill; sexual orientation was misreported story that has intimate relationship. In the meantime, Blooms- Donoghue’s excellent stan- apparently irrelevant.) haunted Americans and bury has published a Sarah dards. She set out to deal The Genovese case distorted our perceptions “Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign Waters essay collection with some serious issues became infamous due to of crime for half a century. of the nation’s moral decay. Individual achievement that offers fresh insights in a murder mystery, but a New York Times report is not a big factor in soccer.” into her work. wrote an overstuffed melo- that 38 witnesses did noth- — Far-right pundit ANN COULTER writing that One chapter in the col- drama. ing to stop the attack. The soccer is not a real sport. A real sport, she said, lection explores deception The flashback and flash- Times report was wildly requires individual achievement and “the prospect and the double narrators forward structure promotes inaccurate. Only three of either personal humiliation or major injury.” Coul- and meanings in Finger- suspense but becomes people were eyewitnesses ter blamed the nation’s interest in soccer on the late smith. Another compares confusing. The heroine, to part of the attack, and Sen. Edward Kennedy’s 1965 immigration law.

“It is just a building and Culver’s of Platteville is much more than that. It is the people and not the Reason for outrage in Hobby Lobby ruling building and we didn’t lose the people and so why should we allow the fire to cause that to happen?” of its several members.” federal laws, the justices Fifty percent of pregnancies — BRUCE KROLL, owner of the Culver’s Res- In other words, the com- have effectively changed are unplanned. No one is taurant in Platteville, explaining why he paid 40 Opinion pany stands separate from the definition of a corpo- forcing women to use birth employees $144,000 out of his own pocket while its owners. The advantag- ration. That should make control, and a corporation they waited six months for the restaurant, which Reprinted editorial es are many, the protec- CEOs and shareholders should not be able to force was destroyed by fire, to be rebuilt. All he asked in tion of owners’ personal shudder because it means the religious beliefs of its return was that they volunteer their time to help the Business owners should assets chief among them. a corporation is no longer shareholders on its employ- community. panic. Women should be The trade-off is that a cor- clearly separated from its ees. Morality should be left outraged. poration does not enjoy all owners. to the individual, not a cor- “In the voting booth, economic perception beats The U.S. Supreme Court the rights of a person. As Women should be out- poration. economic statistics every time.” on June 30 found in favor 3rd District Judge Leonard raged that those who hold a Justice Ruth Bader Gins- — Republican pollster WHIT AYRES predicting of Oklahoma-based Hobby Garth wrote in the joined controlling interest in a cor- burg wrote in her dissent, that his party’s advertising and the right-wing spin Lobby Stores Inc., which Conestoga Wood Special- poration may impose their “I would confine religious machine will easily convince voters that the econo- objected to an Affordable ties Corp. v. Burwell opin- religion on their employees. exemptions to organiza- my is still in the tank, despite the recent release of Care Act requirement that ion, “Incorporation’s basic Despite Justice Samuel Alito tions formed for religious the best job-creation report since the peak of the employers subject to the purpose is to create a dis- Jr.’s claim that the majority purposes, engaged pri- dot.com boom of the 1990s. law pay for contraception tinct legal entity, with legal opinion is extremely limited marily in carrying out that as part of employee health rights, obligations, pow- in scope, he failed to explain religious purpose, and not “There’s less partying. There’s less sex. Every- plans. Note that Hobby ers, and privileges different what will prevent a corpora- engaged substantially in one’s interested in politics and no one is having sex.” Lobby is a corporation, a from those of the natural tion controlled by Christian the exchange of goods or — Californian LARRY PETTIT commenting on the free-standing legal entity, individuals who created Scientists from opting out services for money beyond San Francisco Gay Pride Parade, which not a sole proprietorship it, who own it, or whom it of the ACA’s provision for nominal amounts.” took place on June 29. nor partnership. According employs.” vaccinations, which that We concur. to Black’s Law Dictionary, a In finding that the reli- religion opposes, or a cor- corporation is a legal entity, gious views of those who poration run by Jehovah’s “which is regarded in law control a for-profit corpora- Witnesses from declining to This editorial is reprinted as having a personality and tion may dictate the com- pay for blood transfusion in from The Journal Record of existence distinct from that pany’s ability to opt out of keeping with their beliefs. Tulsa, Oklahoma. 20 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014

GREEN GAZE

Poll: Voters want action on a decade as long as states try to protect it. global warming Environmentalists and the two Democrat- Registered voters are 2.5 times more likely to ic senators being challenged, John Walsh vote for a congressional or presidential candidate in Montana and Mark Udall in Colorado, calling for action to reduce global warming. And oppose the idea. They say they don’t want voters are three times more likely to vote against a a listing, either, but that the threat of one is candidate for federal office who opposes action to needed to push states to protect the bird. reduce global warming, according to the Yale Proj- Three environmental groups sued to force ect on Climate Change Communication in its newly the federal government to protect the bird released report, “The Politics of Global Warming.” after the government declined to list it as The project, which is under the university’s endangered in 2005. In a 2010 settlement, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, also the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to found: decide on listing by September 2015.

• Deep divisions exist within the Republican Photo: COURTESY Party on global warming, with GOP voters divided Greater Sage Grouse. scientists ordered to scrap over whether it is happening and, if they believe plan to protect wolverines the science, what to do about climate change. Scientists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife But about 88 percent of Democrats think global Chicken-sized bird could tip Service were ordered to withdraw a pro- warming is happening, 81 percent of Democrats balance in U.S. Senate posal to list American wolverines as endan- are worried about climate change and 82 percent An obscure, chicken-sized bird best gered, according to a leaked memo made of Democrats support strict carbon dioxide emis- known for its mating dance could help public by the Center for Biological Diversity. sion limits on coal-fired power plants to reduce determine whether Democrats or Republi- Fewer than 300 wolverines remain in the global warming. Photo: Gabe Skidmore cans control the U.S. Senate in November. lower 48 states and global warming over • 26 percent of Americans are willing to join or U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, The U.S. government is considering listing the next 75 years is predicted to wipe out already are participating in a campaign demand- addresses this year’s CPAC con- the greater sage grouse as an endangered 63 percent of the snowy habitat the animals ing political action to reduce global warming. vention in D.C. Rubio, a potential species. Doing so could limit development, need to survive, government scientists con- • 37 percent are willing to sign a pledge to vote presidential candidate in 2016, says energy exploration, hunting and ranching cluded. only for political candidates who share their views human activity isn’t contributing to on the 165 million acres of the bird’s habitat Based on those conclusions, the FWS on global warming. climate change, and he’s resisted across 11 Western states. finalized a proposal earlier this year and • 13 percent are willing to engage in non-violent pleas from coastal Floridians to take Apart from the potential economic dis- said the wolverine should be protected as civil disobedience against corporate or govern- political action to address rising sea ruption, the specter of the bird’s listing is “endangered.” ment activities contributing to global warming. levels. reviving America’s centuries-old debates But a memo signed by Noreen Walsh, — Lisa Neff about local vs. federal control and whether director of the Rocky Mountain Region of to develop or conserve the region’s vast the Fish and Wildlife Service, in May called expanses of land. for setting aside those conclusions and list- It has become a key issue in Senate races ing the Wolverine as threatened, not endan- because Republicans need to gain six seats gered. for a majority. That scenario would allow “The decision to overrule agency scien- the Republicans, who seem certain to main- tists and deny protection to the wolverine is tain control of the House, to essentially shut deeply disappointing and shows that politi- down Barack Obama’s legislative agenda. cal interference in what should be a sci- Two Republican congressmen running entific decision continues to be a problem for the Senate in Montana and Colorado, under the Obama administration, just as Steve Daines and Cory Gardner, are co- it was under George W. Bush,” said Noah sponsoring legislation that would prevent Greenwald of the CBD. “ the U.S. government from listing the bird for — from AP and WiG reports WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | July 10, 2014 21 WiGOUT! written by their more literary guests. Call it ‘Six Degrees of Ten Chimneys.’” Pierce can trace his own degree of separa- David Hyde tion from the Lunts. In 2001, he performed in a Los Angeles production of Richard Alfieri’s Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks opposite the late Uta Hagen, a Ten Chimneys regular who in some Pierce shares ways was discovered by the Lunts, Pierce says. “Uta played Nina in the Lunts’ production of Chekov’s The Seagull, and they took her under their wing,” Pierce says. “Uta, in turn, absorbed the Lunts’ incredible work ethic and devotion to his theatrical the theater. Because I got the chance to work with her, I benefited from that legacy.” The Lunts perfected some of their own act- ing techniques at Ten Chimneys, including their experience habit of overlapping dialogue with each other — a technique unknown during their day but one that’s used commonly now to make perfor- mances feel more authentic. The technique is & wisdom at challenging. Its seeming effortlessness requires strict calibration in order to move the play for- ward in an orderly fashion. There are other techniques that the pair developed when working together. Ten Chimneys “In order to memorize lines, they would sit opposite each other in chairs, recite the play to each other and, when one blew a line, the other one would bang their knees together and make them start again,” Pierce says. “I don’t think I will be doing that, since it often resulted Photo: Ten Chimneys in black-and-blue knees, but it certainly is a By Michael Muckian Tony- and Emmy Award-winning actor David Hyde Pierce is coming to Ten Chimneys. jumping-off point to talk about memorization.” Contributing writer The one thing Pierce says he doesn’t plan to Although he didn’t know it at the time, do is play teacher to the attending fellow, many David Hyde Pierce’s path toward acting in Genesee Depot, just west of Waukesha. The estate consists of an 18-room main of whom have more than 20 years of theatrical began when he was 6 or 7 years old and “Why was I chosen as master teacher? house, a cottage and a Swedish-style log experience. living in his hometown of Saratoga Springs, Because everyone else was busy,” quips cabin. The three buildings actually do have “This is not meant to be work for the fel- New York. Pierce, best known as Dr. Niles Crane, the 10 chimneys among them. lows,” Pierce says. “It’s meant to be a reward It was a performance of George Bal- fidgety younger brother of Kelsey Gram- From 1932 on, the Lunts spent their and a celebration for the work they have done. anchine’s ballet version of Shakespeare’s mer in the hit television comedy series summers living and entertaining their It’s a chance to learn from each and that applies A Midsummer Night’s Dream, danced to the Frasier. Pierce was nominated for 11 Emmy famous friends in the main house, where to each of us equally. music of Felix Mendelssohn, that captured Awards for the role and won four. impromptu actors’ workshops were part of “My approach has always been to put myself the boy’s attention. The music, the move- “Seriously, (former Ten Chimneys presi- the regular proceedings. with the best people,” he adds. “Then, no mat- ment and the characters — ranging from a dent and CEO) Sean Malone and I had That legacy is carried over annually for ter what happens, I know it will have been wood nymph to a man transformed into a been talking about this for several years, the eight to 10 actors selected to par- worth the time.” donkey — all captivated young Pierce. but I was always booked. (Current presi- ticipate in the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship, “If there was an ‘aha’ moment that start- dent and CEO) Randy Bryant was persis- which this year includes the Milwaukee ed it all, that was it,” says Pierce, now 55. tent and convinced me this would be a Rep’s Angela Iannone. The eight-day “In fact, I just attended a New York City good idea.” immersion program is built around two Ballet revival of the work for that reason.” From 1928 until their retirement in 1960, three-hour classes each day in various in person Since studying acting at Yale, Pierce’s Lunt and Fontanne, known collectively as rooms on the estate and in the modern Fans of David Hyde Pierce and local the- acting career has flourished, with roles in “the Lunts,” were Broadway’s reigning roy- facilities of the program center. ater buffs will have the chance to hear him film, television and onstage, including in alty. They counted among their closest Master teachers in the 6-year-old pro- share stories of his life in the theater at his Tony Award-winning role in the Broad- friends the most influential luminaries of gram have each focused on various acting 8 p.m. on July 18 at Ten Chimneys. Ticket way musical detective comedy Curtains. their era, including Charlie Chaplin, Lau- techniques. Alan Alda’s 2013 focus was prices range from $40 to $150. On the fol- Hyde has also been successful as a voice- rence Olivier and Helen Hayes, as well on improvisation, and Joel Grey’s 2012 lowing evening — July 19 — Hyde Pierce over actor. as playwrights Noel Coward and Robert emphasis was on musical theater. Pierce and the 10 actors participating with him in From July 13–20, Pierce will share his tal- Sherwood. plans to have his students examine the this year’s Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship pro- ents and experience with 10 fellow actors The Lunts’ career focused almost exclu- legacy of the Lunts. gram at Ten Chimneys will take the stage — top regional theater performers from sively on the stage, and during the height of “I have been immersing myself in the to demonstrate some of the acting tech- nine different states — as master teacher their fame, they only performed together. Lunts and all the talented guests that niques explored during their week together for this year’s Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship In 1913, Lunt received an inheritance at one time or other visited the estate,” at Ten Chimneys. Call 262-968-4110 for res- program at Ten Chimneys, the former that he used to purchase the Genesee Pierce says. “I want us to get in touch with ervations. For more information, visit www. summer home of celebrated Broadway Depot land on which his family formerly the roots of all that and look at the plays tenchimneys.org. thespians Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne picnicked. There, he built Ten Chimneys. for which the Lunts were famous or works 22 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014 David Hyde Pierce: ‘This just didn’t seem like America’ By Michael Muckian America to me.” Contributing writer Despite the law, Pierce’s marriage to Actor David Hyde Pierce first came out Hargrove was ultimately declared legal as gay in 2007 after winning a “best actor” because it predated the law’s repeal. In Tony Award for the musical Curtains. Dur- 2010, a federal court ruled Prop 8 unconsti- ing his acceptance speech, Hyde Pierce tutional under the Due Process and Equal thanked Brian Hargrove, his partner of 24 Protection clauses of the 14th Amend- years and a television writer, producer and ment. Once the appeals process had director. been exhausted, same-sex marriage was The couple married in California on Oct. reinstituted in California on June 28, 2013. 24, 2008. Eleven days later, their union The growing number of states legalizing was in legal jeopardy. same-sex marriage has encouraged Hyde “I remember the night very clearly,” Pierce. He believes that marriage is a fun- Pierce says. “I was shooting a film in L.A. damental right, and the disappointment he and came home late. Brian was already felt when Prop 8 passed has turned him upstairs in bed, asleep. I was sitting in the into a vigilant supporter. kitchen watching the election returns. I “The reason it keeps passing in state heard that Barack Obama had been elect- after state is that the rest of the country ed, and I was very happy because I had is slowly beginning to feel the way I did,” supported him. A minute later I heard that Pierce says. “Or they’re beginning to real- Proposition 8 had passed.” ize they wouldn’t want to be treated this Prop 8 removed the right granted some way. We make a lot of progress as a society years earlier allowing same-sex couples when we are able to see ourselves in each to marry in California. The proposition other.” passed by less than a margin of 5 percent. The pushback against marriage equal- Pierce was shocked. ity in Wisconsin saddens the actor, but he Photo: AP/Starpix, Amanda Schwab “My first reaction was, “But this is finds optimism in the current trend toward Actor David Hyde Pierce, right, and husband Brian Hargrove attend the Broadway open- America,” Pierce remembers. “I am sitting acceptance. Courts have issued 22 rulings ing of Evita, starring Ricky Martin, in 2012. in my own home wearing my wedding ring in favor of same-sex marriage and none and I just found out on television that the against it. Polls show the majority support state of California thinks that my marriage for marriage equality in the United States Pierce says. “In the same way we now look to hang in there and keep fighting,” Pierce doesn’t count. That the state came into keeps growing larger. at laws about interracial marriage, this will says. “There is only one way for this to go, my home and stood between me and the “Fifty years from now people will look at just seem hard to fathom. and it’s not a matter of if, but a matter of person I love. This just didn’t seem like the situation and say, ‘Are you kidding?’” “I’d say to the Wisconsin couples who when.” got married or are hoping to get married

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For more information, please contact the WiG office at 414-961-3240. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | July 10, 2014 23 Natalie Merchant coming to Pabst to support her first album in 13 years She’s stopped coloring By Bill Lamb hit single “What’s the Matter Here?” her hair and allowed it Contributing writer Two more 10,000 Maniacs studio Nearly 13 years ago, Natalie Merchant albums, 1989’s Blind Man’s Zoo and 1992’s to grow gray. Her new released Motherland, her last album of all- Our Time In Eden, were recorded with Mer- new material until this May. Motherland was chant. The group became a mainstay of music addresses middle released in the wake of 9/11, and, although alternative radio, but went without a pop age directly. recorded before the attacks, it was dedi- hit single until Merchant was on her way cated to the victims of the terrorist attacks out. Two months before the release of the that day. Merchant’s latest album, simply group’s MTV Unplugged album in late 1993 titled Natalie Merchant, is a sequel of sorts. and the release of Merchant’s powerful A great deal has happened in her life cover of Patti Smith’s “Because the Night,” es of women, and often their oppression, since then. She’s had a child, witnessed the she announced that she was leaving 10,000 throughout time. suffering brought on by Hurricane Katrina, Maniacs because she “didn’t want art by Despite Ophelia’s heavy concept, the and recently turned 50. She’s stopped col- committee anymore.” light first single released from the album — oring her hair and allowed it to grow gray. “Because the Night” soared to No. 11 “Kind and Generous” — became a favorite All of those events figure into her new on the pop chart in the United States and with fans. The song became Merchant’s music, which directly addresses middle age. became the defining 10,000 Maniacs per- third top 20 pop hit as a solo artist. Her fans have responded warmly to formance for many casual pop fans. Motherland followed Ophelia. Though Natalie Merchant. Her current tour in sup- Merchant took complete artistic con- Merchant has not released an album of port of the album stops in Milwaukee at trol for her first solo album Tigerlily, even new songs in more than a decade, she has The Pabst Theater on Friday, July 25. The financing the recording herself to avoid explored other musical paths. A particular warmth and honesty for which she’s known having to please a record label. Released in labor of love was the 2010 double album are particularly well suited to the intimate June 1995, Tigerlily was an instant success. Leave Your Sleep. Inspired by comments that setting of The Pabst. It included Merchant’s first top 10 pop hit her singing voice is particularly soothing to children, she put together a collection of Merchant blasted into the public con- “Carnival,” and the album ultimately sold PHOTO: COURTESY 19th- and 20th-century British and Ameri- sciousness in the late 1980s as lead vocalist over 5 million copies. Natalie Merchant. with the band 10,000 Maniacs. The group Her follow up, 1998’s Ophelia, was per- can poetry about childhood set to music. quickly became known for its polished, haps the most artistically ambitious project Merchant’s current concert tour is likely adult folk-pop sound. The 1987 album In yet in Merchant’s career. She based the to touch on music across her career. But My Tribe was the group’s critical and com- album around the character of Ophelia in she’s never been an artist who focuses on pleasing a crowd. The journey on which be shaped around the songs she currently mercial breakthrough — certified double William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The songs wants her audience to hear. platinum. It included the top 10 alternative on the album are meant to depict imag- she takes her audience at The Pabst will 24 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014

ART GAZE - Madison

Photo: Wisconsin Department of Tourism The scene at Madison’s Art Fair on the Square, the single largest annual fundraiser for the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Madison art fairs on, and off, the Square By Michael Muckian from cast-off materials he finds combing Fair Off the Square, which is scheduled this Contributing writer antique malls, thrift shops and estate sales. year for Nov. 15-16 in the exhibition hall at Madison’s Capitol Square and its envi- Galleries and museum shops in Kansas City, Monona Terrace, are designed to showcase rons play host the weekend of July 12 to the Chicago, Nashville and Sanford, Florida, rep- the work of WAAC members. city’s two largest annual arts events. Both resent his work. Off the Square’s 2014 poster and T-shirt provide great opportunities for purchasing This year’s fair includes 65 new artists feature a pen-and-ink sketch by Mark Muel- original art and supporting Wisconsin art- and 12 artists from the Madison area. The ler of Madison, this year’s featured artist. ists. Mad City Quilt Guild and Madison Art Guild The fair offers art in the full range of media, Art Fair on the Square, the single largest will have booths, as will local food vendors, including ceramics, 3-D mixed media, glass, annual fundraiser for the Madison Museum musicians and dance troupes. For more fiber, graphics, paintings, jewelry and more, of Contemporary Art, has drawn thousands information, visit www.mmoca.org. all produced by Wisconsin artists. For more of artists and art lovers for 56 years. Sur- information, visit www.artcraftwis.org. rounding the square July 12–13, Art Fair An art fair of one’s own on the Square will bring together 450 art- Art Fair on the Square is a juried event Decent docents desired ists and an anticipated 200,000 attendees that accepts one in four applicants. In 1980, Interested in learning more about modern to view and talk about art. Art patrons out sculptor Clarence Cameron and fellow and contemporary art while helping others will spend freely on paintings, sculptures, artist Aimee Wittwer were juried out of the to understand it? The Madison Museum of ceramics, clothing and a host of other show, so they decided to start an event of Contemporary Art is in search of docents to media. their own. serve as volunteer guides to the museum’s Artists participating in last year’s fair The pair founded the Wisconsin Artists galleries and exhibits. Docents help visiting reported average sales of $6,521 per booth, Annex Fair in Olin Terrace Park. The event groups understand the art on display and which totaled $2.7 million over the show’s began with only 22 exhibitors and little pub- answer questions from the public about the two-day run, according to MMOCA. Visi- licity, but it survived — and grew. In 1981, artists and their works. A 12-week training tors to the fair, many from out of town, organizers changed the event’s name to Art course is held on Tuesdays, 1-3:30 p.m., spent an additional $150 per day outside of Fair Off the Square. Sept. 23-Dec. 16. art purchases, giving the event roughly an Celebrating its 35th anniversary, this The course costs $25 for materials. Enroll- impact of $25 million in Madison. year’s Off the Square will showcase the ing in the course also confers MMOCA “Art Fair on the Square is the largest work of nearly 140 Wisconsin artists along membership status and a discount of 20 event produced by the museum, and it Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., which stretches percent at the museum store. generates financial support for the muse- from the Capitol Square to Monona Terrace For an application, visit www.mmoca. um’s free exhibitions and education pro- Convention Center. org and click “Get Involved/Docent Pro- grams,” said Erika-Monroe Kane, MMOCA’s Cameron also founded the Wiscon- gram,” or contact Sheri Castelnuovo, cura- spokeswoman. sin Alliance of Artists and Craftspeople, tor of education, at 608-257-0158 or sheri@ This year’s featured artist is Anthony designed to highlight the work of Badger mmoca.org. Applications must be filed by Pack, a 3-D mixed-media artist from Over- State artists and foster cooperation among Sept. 5. land Park, Kansas. His art is created by hand them. Both Off the Square and Winter Art WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | July 10, 2014 25

ART GAZE - Milwaukee

By Kat Murrell paper, canvas and in sculptural form. Contributing writer One of the most stunning is Jody dePew McLeane’s “Chorus Dancers.” This large ‘Art Shay: Working’ pastel draws us into a suspended moment Through Aug. 17 of dance. A dark-haired woman in a rust- Renowned documentary photographer colored dress bends to a moment in music Art Shay has had a career spanning seven while her upraised hands dissolve in a rhyth- decades. MSOE’s Grohmann Museum is mic clap. Her gesture and color draw us to hosting an exhibition of nearly three dozen the piece, but what is actually most capti- of his large-scale photographs depicting vating is her partner, a man in black who’s work environments in brawny, brash and turned to return our gaze. DePew McLeane colorful form. recreates in layered, blended strokes his Office workers slaving over hot copy sense of dignity, confidence and the years machines and desk jockeys typing on com- of intrinsic knowledge of the dancer’s art, puters are in short supply in this show. The expressed through his somber face and emphasis is on large industrial settings, subtle turn of body. Despite the title, the such as factories and the tough mainte- subjects’ costumes, poses and colors sug- nance of urban infrastructure. Demolition gest a pair caught up in the passionate crews tearing down buildings, utility work- rhythms of flamenco music, expressed elo- ers shoring up water systems, and elec- quently through color and gesture. tricians posed like acrobats on tall poles Milwaukee-based artist Colette Odya provide more stirring photo opportunities. Smith similarly employs pastel in large- Shay has a talent for capturing the sublime scale works, and her “Coming Ashore” scale of industry, built by our comparatively describes the sublime sense of nature in a small and fragile human bodies. balance of discreet drama and calm beau- Many images, particularly from the ty. Smooth blue water of a mountainous 1950s and 1960s, reflect an ethos of cel- stream pools in the foreground while the ebrating life as an assembly worker, con- background is framed by dark, pensive hills. nected to his fellow workers through daily The rocks appearing out the water have a toil. There’s an implied gender division. distinctly tangible quality, and a closer look Three photographs show female assembly reveals these to be collaged pieces, their workers putting together televisions, mak- weight and texture accented by heavy dark ing underwear, and packing tomatoes; but lines and the real shadows cast underneath aside from those, the factory landscape the attached pieces. of decades past was pretty much a man’s While the two-dimensional works on world. Shay’s interest, however, seems far view most obviously address the concept less about social commentary and more of gesture, Trenton Baylor’s “Flower #3,” about admiration for the fruits of physical a bronze-and-poplar table, spins the idea effort. The Latin phrase, nihil sine magno into three dimensions. The base of the table labore (nothing without great labor), was a Photo: Courtesy wavers like a flower stem, settling onto the motto Shay picked up during his studies at Jody dePew McLeane’s “Chorus Dancers,” on view at Katie Gingrass Gallery. floor in a spread of metallic roots. Pieces Brooklyn College. At Milwaukee School of like this also bridge the space between a Engineering’s Grohmann Museum, 1000 N. traditional art gallery and boutique shop. Broadway. Hills, New York. With his bandmates in Functional objects, like the many pieces of 1974, he adopted the Ramone moniker and ‘Gesture’ glass, jewelry and other decorative items ‘Jews Who Rock: 60 Years of they went on to legendary punk status. Through September on display, offer visual pleasure as well as Jews in Rock ‘N‘ Roll’ Though the installation of the exhibition Katie Gingrass Gallery is one of the oldest undercurrents circling around the notion Through Aug. 10 relies heavily on photographs and text pan- art venues in the city. The gallery operates of gesture and its varying interpretations. It might be hard to imagine bringing els, interesting memorabilia generates vari- in something of a boutique setting rather At Katie Gingrass Gallery in the Marshall together Bob Dylan, KISS and Paula Abdul. ety in the visual presentation. Album covers than a white-cube gallery space. The cur- Building, 207 E. Buffalo St. But the unifying Jewish heritage of those are on display as well as a small selection rent installation, titled Gesture, highlights musical artists is the glue that binds them in of instruments, including an early Moog artists who hold on to transient moments, Got a tip for Art Gaze? Email this show organized by National Exhibitions synthesizer. A bass from Howie Epstein of slowing down time through marks made on [email protected]. & Archives, LLC. The Jewish Museum Mil- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers fame is waukee is the perfect venue for this, as the on view, as well as plaques for records that museum’s permanent collection highlights reached gold and platinum status. the contributions and experiences of the If you are looking for a summer Jewish community in Milwaukee. Jews Who soundtrack based on this exhibition, the Rock works in a similar manner, showcasing museum has you covered. You can capture songwriters, musicians, promoters and oth- the auditory sensation of the show by fol- ers who are recognized internationally for lowing the Jewish Museum Milwaukee on their achievements. Spotify for their Jews Who Rock playlist. The exhibition is a bit like wandering Additionally, the museum is collaborating through a scrapbook. A photograph (or with UWM for a three-part program in July. other ephemera) represent each artist, and Presentation topics will include the music wall text provides their life stories in brief, of Tin Pan Alley, early rock, radio DJ Bob highlighting key points in their careers. Reitman musing about “My Thoughts on the Interestingly, birth names are also included, Mystery That is Bob Dylan (But I Could Be which helps draw back the ethnic sameness Wrong),” and prominent Jewish musicians of much of pop culture. Thus, Joey Ramone in pop culture from the ’70s to the present. is not only the lead singer of the Ramones, At the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. but also Jeffrey Hyman, a kid from Forest Prospect Ave. 26 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014 Off the Wall Theatre takes on homoerotic aspects of the classic thriller ‘Rope’ By Matthew Reddin — the thrill killing of 14-year-old Bobby Contributing writer Franks by well-heeled University of Chicago Gay-themed erotic thrillers are rare students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. enough in 2014, so audiences in 1929 must The play’s action centers on the med- have been shocked at the premiere run of dling of Rupert Cadell (Randall Anderson), Patrick Hamilton’s play Rope, about two an injured World War I veteran who sus- college-age male lovers who murder a fel- pects Brandon and Granillo of the crime and low student in an attempt to commit the attempts to pry the truth from them. perfect crime. “It’s called Rope because the tension Today, unfettered by the sensibilities twists tighter and tighter and tighter as and censors of 1929, productions of Rope this party goes on,” Gutzman says. The plot can overtly present the homoerotic ele- slowly narrows down to a confrontation ments implicit in the script and delve into between Rupert and the two murderers. the deeper questions the play asks about Gutzman says his interpretation of the human nature, says Dale Gutzman, who’s script explores the psychological nature of directing the play at Off the Wall Theatre. Brandon and Granillo’s relationship more Fans of Alfred Hitchcock’s tame 1948 film than the text explicitly calls for, emphasiz- version of Rope starring James Stewart will ing the dominant and submissive nature of Photo: Courtesy see a startlingly different interpretation of their dynamic. The strangulation that begins Off the Wall Theatre’s production of Rope. the work. The production marks the third time As originally written, Rope opens in dark- Gutzman has staged Rope, and the second “a tightness.” ness, with its two main characters Brandon time he’s presented it at Off the Wall. Minimal lighting that keeps the stage in ONSTAGE (Jeremy C. Welter) and Granillo (Mark Neu- Between then and now, Gutzman says he’s shadows adds to the production’s intensity, Rope opens at Milwaukee’s Off the fang) wrestling the body of the young man learned how to better utilize the space for Gutzman says. Wall Theatre, 127 E. Wells St., on July 17 they’ve just killed into a large trunk. Only dramatic effect. But Gutzman was largely drawn to the and runs through July 27. Performances moments later, they’re hosting the dead For this production, Gutzman makes his script because it rises above the average are 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and man’s family and friends for a dinner party, small theater even smaller, constructing a thriller philosophically. Hamilton poses an Saturdays and 4:30 p.m. on Sundays. serving them from a buffet placed on top of small drawing room for the set and then existential question, Gutzman says: Why Tickets are $25. Call 414-484-8874 or that trunk. seating the audience only a foot or two is this murder presented as so abhorrent go to offthewalltheatre.com. The plot is said to have been inspired by away from all the action. “I want there to when the slaughter of millions in World War the most sensational crime of the 1920s be a claustrophobia in the room,” he says, I earned medals for the killers? WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | July 10, 2014 27 ‘Old lion’ Kathy Bates still roaring By Mike Cidoni Lennox fancy shots and use all these wide lenses AP writer from a low angle, he’ll get nipped. (Laughs.) Kathy Bates calls herself “an old lion.” I have spent 50 years of my life learning The actress says she also plays one in about this craft. And I’m about to turn it the big-screen comedy Tammy, currently over to the kids that are coming up, which I in theaters. Bates portrays Lenore, a suc- will do, willingly. cessful entrepreneur who figuratively slaps sense into the film’s lovable loser of a titular But you’re by no means retiring. You character (Melissa McCarthy). couldn’t be much busier. I can’t believe it. The 66-year-old Misery Oscar winner Let’s face it. When (her TV series) Harry’s tells us more: Law got canceled and right after that I found out I had breast cancer and I had a double I must admit I’m surprised to find you mastectomy that summer, I was pretty low. in this movie. You’ve done a few light And I felt like I’d been kicked to the curb. comedies, such as Adam Sandler’s The And I didn’t know if I would ever work again. Waterboy. But we’re used to seeing you in And then, a year later, along came Melissa dramas. I’d heard they (the creative team of and (American Horror Story producer) Ryan McCarthy and husband Ben Falcone) want- Murphy. I’m just grateful for all that. A ed me for a part. I didn’t know what part. few months ago, I made the choice not to I told my agent, “I will play a giraffe with have (breast) reconstruction, because it green spots, whatever they say.” (Laughs.) occurred to me, “I don’t want to go back to bed. I don’t want to be on (the painkiller) What was the appeal of McCarthy? Even Oxycodone for two months. I’m having too when she gets outrageous, when she gets much fun.” on the most ridiculous jaunts and puts a bag on her head and all of that, you go with Ryan cast you in American Horror Story: it, because it’s real. It’s grounded in reality. Coven, and has said that you’ll appear in You almost believe, “Hey! I’d do that, too.” some capacity in the upcoming American Horror Story: Freak Show. I know I’m part As Tammy and her grandmother (Susan of the Freak Show. We live in Jupiter, Florida. Sarandon) careen out of control on their And it’s the 1950s. I know it’s going to be out Photo: Courtesy road trip, and in life, Lenore sets them there — a good place for an old lion to be. Sandra Oh and Kathy Bates play a lesbian couple in Tammy. both straight. She’s a role model. I think of Lenore as an old lion. It’s taken her many years to create her business, to have a life for herself and (partner) Susanne (Sandra Oh). They met in college and I think they came out when it was very difficult for les- ‘Tammy’ aims high, misfires bians to be accepted. By Jocelyn Noveck ated characters, some wacky side plots, a Most are misused. (Bates is a happy AP reviewer couple of famous faces sprinkled in, and exception.) (The gay-cinema historian) Vito Russo Meet Tammy. Boy, is she a mess. Angry, you’re off. The plot comes hurtling oddly, with would have loved that Lenore is inciden- profane and aggressive, then suddenly shy Only this is a much-anticipated, heav- weird rhythm and pacing, to an equally tally gay. Her sexuality isn’t the point of and sweet. Sometimes she’s funny, some- ily promoted feature-length film, and as odd ending. At least Tammy seems to the character. What I love about the way we times totally not. She can’t figure out what such, it can only be deemed an unfortu- know a little more about where she’s going. are portrayed in the film is that Susanne and she wants to do or be, or where to go. nate, though ambitious and intermittently Us? We’re still scratching our heads. Lenore are a normal, healthy couple, which Tammy is played by lovable Melissa enjoyable, misfire for McCarthy, so ador- says, “You can’t legislate who you love.” McCarthy in her first venture as producer, ably entertaining in better movies like Tammy, a Warner Bros. release, is rated star and co-writer with husband Ben Fal- Bridesmaids and The Heat. R by the Motion Picture Association of What are the ties that bind you to cone. Other recent comedies have been Tammy is full of name actors: Susan America “for language, including sexual Lenore? I am an old lion, too. I’m nipping at described as elongated Saturday Night Live Sarandon, Allison Janney, Toni Collette, references.” Running time: 96 minutes. the cubs quite a bit these days. When I get skits, but it’s especially apt here. Exagger- Kathy Bates, Sandra Oh, Dan Akyroyd. Two stars out of four. a young director who wants to do all these 28 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014

Screaming Tuna offers sustainable seafood By Michael Muckian half-dozen Midwest restaurants participat- Morimoto is also known for his Under- Contributing writer ing in the program. To become a partner, ground Omakase dinners that feature Neither bluefin tuna, a sushi staple, nor Screaming Tuna submitted its menu to a surprise variety of sushi and other the popular hamachi, a Japanese variety Seafood Watch for review and evalu- sample-size dishes. Omakase, of amberjack, is on the menu at Screaming ation. The California-based group which functionally translates Tuna Sushi & Asian Bistro, 106 W. Seeboth graded the menu, citing those fish to “chef’s choice,” is a popular St., in Milwaukee. Their absence is part of that fit in the “best choice” and alternative among New York the restaurant owners’ effort to keep the “good alternative” categories and sushi restaurants, but it’s rare two species, which have been severely over- pointing out those that fell into the in the Midwest. fished, from extinction. program’s “avoid” category. Bronstad says that every- The Walker’s Point restaurant is a com- In addition to removing hamachi one can learn to make sustain- mitted participant in the growing ocean and bluefin tuna from the menu, able seafood choices. conservation movement, according to Jeff Bronstad also eliminated escolar “The best thing consumers Bronstad, the restaurant’s co-owner and and Scottish salmon — all of which can do is to educate themselves general manager. are being fished at unsustainable levels. about what they’re eating,” he “It started over a year ago with a cus- In their place, the menu offers Hawaiian explains. “As purveyors, we should tomer who asked a lot of questions about kampachi and ahi (also known as yellowfin help educate our customers, who make the origin and sustainability of our seafood,” tuna), along with Atlantic albacore tuna the ultimate decision on what’s popular and Bronstad says. “We knew where our sea- and Verlasso salmon from Chile. The four Photo: Courtesy what they’re going eat.” food came from, but we had not given a lot fish provide comparable flavor substitutes, Sushi from Screaming Tuna. Those decisions will help determine what of thought to sustainability, and we began Bronstad says. seafood will be available for generations to to wonder why.” “As far as flavors go, customers don’t more than 40 rolls, Morimoto also prepares come. In March, after nearly two years in seem to notice the difference,” he says. dishes as diverse as a tuna pizza, topped business, Screaming Tuna formalized its “As far as their interest goes, not everyone with pico de gallo and served on a grilled commitment to seafood sustainability by cares about sustainability, but those who crust, and crab chipotle wontons. The menu becoming a partner with the Monterey Bay do are happy someone is addressing it.” also features filet mignon, stuffed pork ten- Aquarium Seafood Watch, a conservation Customer acceptance also has a lot to derloin and Thai curry chicken. ON THE TABLE program designed to help consumers and do with the talents of Jason Morimoto, 28, In April, Morimoto served a four-course Screaming Tuna Sushi & Asian Bistro businesses make seafood choices that will Screaming Tuna’s Japanese-Puerto Rican “smoked dinner” that included smoked oys- 106 W. Seeboth St., Milwaukee keep the oceans’ populations healthy and head chef. He brings his entire ethnic heri- ters, shishitos (Japanese sweet peppers) Phone: 414-763-1637 viable for future generations. tage into play in creating the restaurant’s and cheese, sushi rice with Spanish influ- On the Web: Screamingtuna.com Screaming Tuna is Seafood Watch’s first creative fusion menu. ence, and smoked chocolate ganache with Wisconsin partner and one of only about a In addition to 25 varieties of sushi and dried berries. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | July 10, 2014 29 Red Star offers craft cocktails in intimate setting By Matthew Reddin Contributing writer Red Star Cocktail Club faces an unusu- al conundrum. In order to be successful, the bar must draw clients. But drawing too large a crowd could distract from the desired ambiance of an exclusive and inti- mate craft-cocktail lounge. Bar managers Lance Lanigan and Drew Cyr say they’re off to a good start in achiev- ing the right balance. The classy bar’s historic speakeasy atmosphere, high-end service and complex seasonal concoctions have generated great word-of-mouth. Cli- entele has grown steadily since the bar opened in November 2013, they say, but it has not become overwhelming. Red Star has the backing of its downstairs neighbor Trocadero, where Cyr serves as manager while Lanigan helms the upstairs Photo: Courtesy bar. Much like the other restaurants owned The interior of Red Star Cocktail Club, above Trocadero at 1758 N. Water St. The bar by the Lowlands Group, including Cafe Cen- opens at 8 p.m. Thursdays–Sundays. Call 414-272-0205 or visit redstarcocktailclub.com traal, Cafe Benelux and the two Cafe Hol- to make reservations or for additional information. landers, Red Star has European roots. Lani- gan says co-owner Mike Eitel was inspired To complement its speakeasy atmo- very own. They’re also considering creating by upscale bars across the pond. sphere, Red Star has been hosting a semi- a literal cocktail club: Patrons could sign up Red Star is neither a straight bar nor a gay regular burlesque night. The next install- for and receive a variety of perks. bar — its orientation is refreshingly fluid. In ment, “Red, White & Burlesque,” takes Also potentially on the table is a regular a recent marketing campaign, the owner place on July 17. game night — open to everything from referred to it as a “straight-friendly” bar, a Cyr says they’re also considering offering classics like chess and Risk to more con- tongue-in-cheek but accurate descriptor. one-on-one cocktail-making classes, where temporary options like Mouse Trap or Cards But perhaps the most original aspect of they’d teach people to make two or three Against Humanity. the bar is that it stands alone in the craft classic drinks and then help them through “We want this to feel like people’s sec- cocktail genre. a mixologically concocted variety of their ondary home for drinking,” Cyr says. The drink menu features a few dozen drinks, each with a long list of components that the bartenders emphasize should be considered for flavor, not for the type of alcohol they contain. The menu is Red Star’s third already, and it’s been around for less than two months. And it might be on its way out as early as the end of July, Cyr says. “We went crazy with the spring menu,” he says, “so we want to revisit things we didn’t have time to on this menu.” Looking at the menu, it’s hard to imagine what else the bar could add. The diverse current assortment includes everything from a modified Tom Collins with cucum- ber and sesame to the “Lili St. Cyr,” a drink named for a burlesque dancer in Cyr’s fam- ily tree. At first sip, the Lili St. Cyr tastes simply flavored with watermelon juice — and then the ginger and balsamic kick in. Cyr and Lanigan want to ensure that their clientele never get bored. Creating cocktails is sort of a creative game for the duo. Every so often, they go out and purchase compo- nents they want to try playing with. They set them up along the bar and go to work. “It’s like being in a little cocktail lab,” Cyr says. Lanigan and Cyr are so committed to the details of their work that they create their own bitters rather than purchase them. “It’s truer to what craft is,” Cyr says. Despite all the craftsmanship, there’s no attitude at Red Star. More than any- thing, Cyr says, the two hope to distinguish themselves from the average craft cocktail lounge by being deliberately casual about their work. “This scene tends to be preten- tious,” Cyr says. “We don’t take ourselves too seriously.” 30 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM July 10, 2014 ‘Magical Thinking’ is author Joan Didion’s study of grief By Michael Muckian belief that if you hope for something hard Contributing writer enough and do all of the right things in Anyone who has lost a spouse under- response, a tragic event can be averted. stands there is no bottom to the well of To that end, Didion refused to give away grief. At best, one can only hope to come to Dunne’s shoes, because he might need terms with the loss and manage the emo- them if he returned. She is sane enough not tional wreckage. to believe in Dunne’s resurrection, but des- Author Joan Didion suffered such a loss perate enough to try anything to prevent her when her husband John Gregory Dunne, from sliding further into the vortex of grief. also a prominent writer, died of cardiac To say that Day is excellent in any role is arrest. Didion turned her grieving process almost a redundancy. Over the years, the into an award-winning book in 2005, and veteran actor has honed her craft to a razor- she adapted the book for the stage in 2007. sharp edge. Her Didion keeps emotion boil- Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking, ing at or near the surface. which opened in American Players The- As a writer, Didion understood how to atre’s Touchstone Theatre the weekend of bring her readers along and envelope them June 29, is a remarkable experience that in the narrative without full-blown bursts allows audiences to peer into the heart of of emotion. As an actor, Day also man- her agony. The one-woman show, featur- ages that monumental task, with the help of ing APT veteran Sarah Day as Didion, is an Brenda DeVita’s sensitive direction. unfettered, uninterrupted study in grieving Yu Shibagaki’s stage set is simply a series — a nearly two-hour monologue that lays of stylish, attractive platforms — three Photo: APT out the raw details of her loss. smaller ones dressed with lit candles flank- Sarah Day in APT’s production of The Year of Magical Thinking. The production continues The author’s considerable literary skills ing a larger center pedestal dressed with a in repertory at the Touchstone Theatre through Oct. 4. and storytelling gifts provide a framework table, a chair, a few books, a glass of water to support her desperate attempts at emo- and the actor. Victoria Deiorio’s original tional sobriety. Didion’s reaction to Dunne’s music is played so faintly that at first it death was delayed for the sake of their sounds as though it’s coming from some- after Dunne’s death. Touring with the book who understand that undergoing such expe- daughter Quintana, who lay in intensive where else, a reflection perhaps of Didion’s after its publication proved “therapeutic” riences and finding a way to heal from them care suffering from septic shock brought on fading memory. Such subtle touches enrich to the healing process, she said at the time. is only a matter of time. by pneumonia. It would be the first of mul- the production. APT’s expertly staged production pro- APT’s production of Joan Didion’s The tiple hospitalizations for the young woman. Didion wrote The Year of Magical Thinking vides a healing process of its own for those Year of Magical Thinking continues in the The author’s “magical thinking” has over a three-month period, completing the who’ve had similar experiences. It also Touchstone Theatre through Oct. 4. anthropological roots and is based on the work on Dec. 31, 2004, a year and a day offers some preparation for the rest of us,

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Skyline Music Series 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays through Aug. 19 ‘God of Carnage’ 7:30 p.m. July 10 to 20, 2 p.m. matinee on July 20 Riverwest’s entry into the free weekly music series genre kicks off this week, returning to Kadish Park for a summer of talented artists performing against one of The title of “newest theater group in Mil- the city’s most beautiful backdrops. Set at the new Selig-Joseph-Folz Amphitheater waukee” has been passed on once again, and sponsored for its eighth year by COA Youth & Family Centers, the Skyline Music this time to the artists of Umbrella Group, Series will feature some of Milwaukee’s favorite local artists, including RAS Move- a theatrical production company that will ment (July 15), Paul Cebar (Aug. 5) and 5 Card Studs (Aug. 12). Additionally, local support artists who might not otherwise be vendors will offer food and the Riverwest Artists Association will provide art activi- able to present full shows. The company’s ties for families. For a full schedule, visit coa-yfc.org. first foray is a doozy: Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage, a visceral play about two couples whose discussion about their sons’ undesir- able playground behavior quickly devolves into their own undesirable behavior. At Tenth Street Theatre, 628 N. 10th Street, Milwaukee. Tickets are $20, and can be purchased at umbrellagroupmilwaukee. com. Photo: Lukasz Janyst

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Art Fair On (and Off) the Square Bastille Days July 10 to 13 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sat., July 12; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sun., July 13 Milwaukee is so packed with festivals that when one ends, there’s always another on The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art hosts its 56th Art Fair on the Square this the way to cast away the post-fest blues. Batting cleanup for Summerfest is Bastille Days, weekend, an event that will bring more than 450 artists to Capitol Square (see page 24). one of the largest French-themed celebrations in the country — and a favorite among The museum provides a chance for painters, printmakers, sculptors, photographers and Milwaukeeans. The free, four-day festival, based in and around Cathedral Square Park, craft artists to exhibit their works amid a mix of music and dining options that together features an annual Storm the Bastille run/walk through the streets of Milwaukee (starting draw nearly 200,000 visitors. And if that isn’t enough to satisfy your art craving, a quick at 9 p.m. on Thurs., July 10), French and Cajun cuisine, four stages of music and a 43-foot jaunt down Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Boulevard takes you to Art Fair Off the Square, Eiffel Tower replica. Liberté, égalité and fraternité indeed. Visit easttown.com for a full a parallel exhibition sponsored by the Wisconsin Alliance of Artists and Craftspeople. schedule of events. Admission for both events is free.

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‘Welcome to Night Vale’ 8 p.m. on Mon., July 14 Welcome to Night Vale is one of the most fascinating broadcasts to come out of Inter- net radio. The fictional public radio show, airing biweekly, reports the faux-mundane developments in a supernatural, mysteri- ous Southwestern town named Night Vale. The serialized story has quickly built a cult following around its surrealistic plots and lead character Cecil’s originally unrequited love for the scientist Carlos. Recently Night Vale’s creators began performing shows live around the country — including, this week, at the Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells St. Musi- cal guest Eliza Rickman will join the Night Vale cast for an inexplicably creepy evening. Tickets are $25.25, and can be purchased at 414-286-3663 or pabsttheater.org.

Photo: Valerie Garner, Joyful Designs Dane County Fair July 16–20 The Dane County Fair once again takes over the Alliant Energy Center for five days of family-friendly entertainment. Joining the usual fair fare — carnival rides, a children’s petting zoo and deep-fried everything — are an air-conditioned shopping marketplace, the annual Fairest of the Fair competition and musical performances by performers such as Madison County and Kat Dahlia. At 1919 Alliant Energy Way, Madison. Admission is $8 daily, $3 for children 6 to 11. Visit danecountyfair.com for more information.

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‘Rope’ July 17–27 If you like how well Off the Wall normally uses its jewelbox theater space, then you’ll really love how they use it in Rope. Company director Dale Gutzman’s arranged things to keep you only a foot or two from the setting, the drawing room in the home of two college-age male lovers in post-WWI England (see preview, page 26). The play opens with them committing a murder for the sheer thrill of it, stuffing the body in a trunk and serving a buffet to their victim’s family on top of the trunk. At 127 E. Wells St., Milwaukee. Most performances are at 7:30 p.m., and tickets are $25. Call 414-484-8874 or visit offthewalltheatre.com to order.

Point Fish Fry and a Flick: ‘American Hustle’ 5 p.m. on Fri., July 18 The sixth annual Point Fish Fry and a Flick series opens for the season with one of the biggest movies of last year: the crime dramedy American Hustle. The film, loosely based on a late ’70s sting operation targeting political corruption, is the perfect starting film for the event, which mixes Wisconsin’s favorite Friday food choice with R-rated fun at Discovery World, where the film begins playing on an enormous screen just after dusk. At 500 N. Harbor Dr., Milwaukee. Admission is free, though the Bartolotta fish fry and Point bever- ages aren’t included. Other flicks in the series include Caddyshack, Ride Along, Ghostbusters and, of course, The Big Lebowski. Visit pointfishfryandaflick.com for more information.

Photo: Elena Elisseeva ‘Gypsy’ July 17– Aug. 10 Sunset Playhouse embraces the larger-than-life tale of the ultimate showbiz mother with its last production of its 2013–14 season. Based on the memoirs of preeminent strip- per Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy focuses on the title character’s mother, who’s recklessly driven to push her daughters toward fame as a way of bolstering her own fragile ego and sense of self-worth. It’s a sensational story that builds to a devastatingly powerful climax, and a piece of the theatrical canon that can’t be ignored. At 800 Elm Grove Rd., Elm Grove. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. most nights, with matiness at 4 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $25, $23 for seniors/students/military. Call 262-782-4430 or visit sunsetplayhouse.com to order.

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‘Live on King Street’: tUnE-yArDs 6 p.m. July 18 Photo: Matthew Murphy A free concert will always give you your money’s worth, but when it’s a free tUnE-yArDs concert, it’s even a better value. The experimental pop music project by New England native Merrill Garbus opens Madison’s Live on King Street summer music series, treating residents to her unique live style. She creates drum, instrumental and vocal loops on stage and then layers them on top of each other to produce a cascade of sound. Her new album, Nikki Nack, features the most polished implementation of her method thus far, but tUnE- yArDs is best experienced live. Live on King Street is a free music series, with performances by Cracker, Ziggy Marley, Deer Tick and The Head and the Heart later in the summer. Visit liveonkingstreet.com for more information.

‘The Phantom of the Opera’ July 23–Aug. 3 It’s already known as one of the most spectacular works of theater ever created, but Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of The Phantom of the Opera is allegedly even bigger than ever (see the preview in our July 24 issue). It’s currently touring the country after a UK venture that boasted stunning special effects and a cast/orchestra of 52, making it one of the largest productions in the world. Beneath all the bombast and pageantry lies the heart of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s greatest work: the story of a young, talented opera soprano who finds herself torn between a suitor from her past and her sinister but enchanting mentor, a deformed genius who will stop at nothing to win her love. Tickets range from $42 to $132, Photo: Courtesy and can be purchased at marcuscenter.org or 414-273-7206.

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