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4 Jailed for being pregnant Beer here! Authorities are rounding up preg- nant women suspected of drug A guide to abuse and throwing them in jail. the state’s craft-brewing festivals page 12 8 Seeding the future Wisconsin activists are fighting the corporate takeover of com- mon seeds and trying to ensure they remain in the public domain.

23 Backstage at the Derby A fascinating museum, insight- ful tours and a very dirty party offer different ways to experience Churchill Downs.

28 Nature’s powerful berries Among nature’s most flavorful gifts, summer berries pack a Photo: Max Siker surprising nutritional wallop. Lakefront Brewery president Russ Klisch. The Milwaukee-based company is Wisconsin’s second-largest craft brewer. 2 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014 News with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg subjects to stick pins in to com- busted for performing a sex Theater Pride house, and it got to me like “voodoo dolls” to indicate edy web- act with a black transvestite For the first time in its it gets kids and teenagers” levels of aggressive feelings sites, com- prostitute in the back seat 130 years, Playbill will alter who are attacked. Trump toward their significant oth- ics’ ratings of a car. Frazier Glenn Cross, its iconic black-and-yellow had tweeted that Novak ers. The researchers found of comedy 73, was arrested over the cover in honor of Pride. The should “sue her plastic sur- people with lower blood club audi- incident in Raleigh, North logo will become rainbow- geon.” Novak also took issue sugar were more prone ences, native-born famous Carolina, in the 1980s, hued at all Broadway and with Ellen DeGeneres’ joke to piercing their dolls. So, comedians, concentrations according to WTVD-TV. The off-Broadway theaters in — “Good job, sir” — direct- snack to avoid snapping or of funny tweeters, frequen- station uncovered reports of June. ed at Liza Minnelli. sniping. cy of humor-related Web the incident while looking For mALES only searches and comedy clubs into Cross’ background in Sit, beg, convict? personal Super buff guys in span- Big catch per square mile. connection with the anti- Cumberland County, New waste water dex briefs rolling around Bjørn Frilund, 64, a mas- Semitic killings. Jersey, recently summoned A Culpepper, Virginia, together on the floor, ter baiter in the village of Albrewquerque? IV Griner to jury duty. Prob- man was sentenced to one moaning and groaning. Eidsbygda, Norway, recently We’ve heard all about Teaching prejudice lem is, the prospective juror year in jail and ordered to Sound kind of gay? None- found a big pink dildo in a the Blue Sky meth, but who A teacher in Ohio’s Fair- is 5 years old and a German pay $5,000 in damages theless, pro wrestlers with cod he netted. He says the knew about the chili pepper field School District got an shepherd. Officials think the after admitting he spiked the WWE recently pressed fish probably thought the beer? Livability.com, which early but unwanted start computer was attempting to his colleague’s coffee at their sweaty near-naked dildo was a small octopus exists to rank places, says to his summer. The school summon the dog’s owner, a wastewater treatment bodies together for cheer- and ate it. Albuquerque, New Mexico, district fired Gil Voigt after Barrett Griner IV. plant with his urine. The co- ing male crowds in the ultra is the best “unexpected he told a black high school worker never drank the cof- homophobic nation of Saudi 2nd City chuckle beer city” in the United student that the nation Hollywood fee, because it smelled like Arabia. The WWE is wildly Did you hear the one States. Don’t despair Madi- didn’t need another black harassment urine. The contents of his popular in the region. But about Milwaukee ranking son and Milwaukee — that’s commander in chief. Voigt, Actress Kim Novak says personal coffee pot tested women, beware. Ticketmas- 34th out of 50 on the list not the same as “best beer who’s had a history of prob- she was crushed by the positive for urine and feces. ter warned on its website of America’s funniest cities city.” lematic remarks to students, bullying that took place at that WWE matches in Saudi from the Humor Research claims he was misquoted the Academy Awards this No prom date Arabia are “for males only.” Lab at the University of Mixed feelings and that what he told the spring. In a letter condemn- A Pennsylvania high Colorado-Boulder? Coming The former KKK grand kid was that the nation can’t ing remarks by Donald school student who asked Feeling hangry? in at No. 33 was Oklahoma dragon accused of gunning afford another president like Trump and others about her Miss America to prom dur- Researchers with Ohio City, Oklahoma, and Nash- down and killing three peo- Barack Obama, “whether appearance, the 81-year-old ing a question and answer State University studied 107 ville, Tennessee., was at No. ple outside a Jewish com- he’s black or white.” What Novak, who served as an session at his school not married couples for three 35. Meanwhile, Chicago munity center and a retire- WiGWAG knows is the Oscar presenter with Mat- only got turned down but weeks, measuring blood took first place in the survey, ment community in Kansas nation doesn’t need any thew McConaughey, said, also received three days of sugar and asking the test which was based on visits City, Kansas, was once more teachers like Voigt. “For days, I didn’t leave the in-school suspension. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 3 4 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014 Pregnant women shackled, jailed for alleged substance use By Lisa Neff of her pregnancy, even had a court-ordered attor- Staff writer though the woman had been ney but she had no counsel. A pregnant woman tum- declared brain dead and had At the hearing, without bles down a flight of stairs previously indicated to her testimony from any medical and is arrested for attempt- family that she did not want expert, Beltran was ordered ed feticide. to be kept alive artificially. to spend 78 days in a drug A pregnant woman about One bill, authored by Ber- rehab facility, where, she to be released from prison ceau, would ensure pregnant maintains, she went without is re-incarcerated when the women’s advanced medical adequate health care or pre- judge learns she is pregnant directives are respected. natal care. and HIV-positive. “Pregnant women are not The federal civil rights A pregnant woman second-class citizens and complaint is pending in the informs health care work- deserve the same rights as U.S. District Court in Mil- ers that she previously used everyone one else,” Ber- waukee. drugs but kicked her habit ceau stated. “Major medi- Beltran is represented by and is clean. She’s hand- cal decisions, as outlined attorney Linda Vanden Heu- cuffed, shackled, taken in advanced directives, are vel, who has said locking up to court and ordered into very personal decisions that the woman was not in the detention at a drug treat- should be left up to individu- interest of a future child and ment facility. als and their families, not “most certainly tramples All of these incidents hap- politicians.” pened. A second measure, intro- The last one occurred duced as Assembly Joint ‘Criminalizing pregnancy for Tennessee families,” said passed in 2006 and intend- in Wisconsin last summer, Resolution 111, would affirm Cherisse Scott, CEO of Sis- ed to deter people from leading to the filing of a fed- “that pregnant women be outcomes scares women away terReach. “It was promoted bringing children to places eral civil rights lawsuit in afforded all the rights of by prosecutors against the where controlled substanc- Milwaukee and helping to non-pregnant people.” from prenatal care and drug recommendations of medi- es are distributed or pro- inspire two state legislators And the third bill, writ- treatment.’ cal professionals, (it) per- duced — like meth labs. to offer a trio of bills aimed ten by Taylor, would ensure mits arrest and incarcera- Since 2006, more than at protecting the rights of pregnant women who are tion of women who cannot 100 women have been pregnant women. alleged to have used drugs the rights of Ms. Beltran, a Women and a co-counsel in guarantee that their new- arrested. In mid-March, Demo- have the right to counsel woman who was not in fact the case. “This kind of dan- born is in perfect health and Research shows is that cratic state Reps. Chris before being detained. using any controlled sub- gerous, authoritarian state (it) creates a separate and policies that deter women Taylor and Terese Berceau This last measure is a stances at the time of her action is exactly what hap- unequal law for women, from seeking prenatal care of Madison introduced the response to the forced arrest.” pens when laws give police allowing their arrest if they are contrary to the welfare Pregnancy Protection Pack- detention last summer of The complaint challenges officers and other state are pregnant and struggling of the mother and fetus and age, which was not passed Alicia Beltran of Jackson. a 1997 Wisconsin law that actors the authority to treat with addiction.” that incarceration or the in the 2014 session but will Beltran, seeking prenatal “takes away from a preg- fertilized eggs, embryos and Thousands had called threat of detention are inef- be reintroduced next ses- care, told a health-care pro- nant woman virtually every fetuses as if they are already on the governor to veto the fective in reducing drug or sion. vider that she had previous- right associated with consti- completely separate from legislation, which is in con- alcohol abuse. In the headlines when ly used drugs but was clean. tutional personhood — from pregnant women. flict with the more progres- There is a long list of Taylor and Berceau offered Several days later, Beltran the most basic right to phys- The complaint lists a sive safe harbor law that medical and mental health the bills was a battle in was handcuffed in her ical liberty to the right to series of violations, includ- was enacted to lessen the organizations that oppose Texas, where hospital offi- home, shackled and taken refuse bad medical advice,” ing the rights to: threat of punishment and punishing and prosecuting cials had refused to remove to a holding cell. She was stated Lynn Paltrow, execu- • Physical liberty encourage pregnant women pregnant women for alleged 33-year-old Marlise Muñoz then brought before a judge, tive director of the National • Due-process notice to seek treatment if needed. risky behavior. The list from life support because where she found her fetus Advocates for Pregnant • Privacy in medical The Tennessee measure includes: decision-making is a new breed of law, but • The American Medical • Carry a pregnancy to since 1973 and the Supreme Association term Court ruling in Roe v. Wade, • American Academy of • Abortion advocates for pregnant Pediatrics • Privacy in medical and women have documented • American College of personal information the use of other measures Obstetricians and Gyne- • Freedom from illegal to arrest, detain and force cologists searches and cruel and medical procedures in hun- • American Public Health unusual punishment dreds of cases involving Association • Equal treatment under pregnant women. • American Nurses Asso- the law. On April 18, the Alabama ciation Four states — Wisconsin, Supreme Court upheld the • American Society of Minnesota, Oklahoma and conviction of Sara Hicks, Addiction Medicine South Dakota — have laws who gave birth to a healthy • March of Dimes that explicitly permit detain- baby who tested positive for • American Psychiatric ing pregnant women alleged cocaine in 2008. The court, Association to have used alcohol or in an 8-1 decision, affirmed • American Psychological drugs, according to NAPW. its prior ruling that “child” in Association On April 29, Republican Alabama law includes fertil- • National Perinatal Gov. Bill Haslam made Ten- ized eggs and that women Association nessee the first state to can be arrested for using a • Association of Maternal enact a criminal law explic- controlled substance while and Child Health Programs itly permitting the pros- pregnant. • Center for the Future of ecution of women for their The legislation used to Children. pregnancy outcomes. prosecute Hicks, the chemi- “This law is bad medicine cal endangerment law, was pregnant next page WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 5 pregnant from prior page discrimination ordinances. Milwau- Milwaukee County is the economic kee County will join 17 states and engine of our state. A fair and inclu- Many of the organiza- arrest and separation from Milwaukee more than 100 communities across sive Milwaukee County strengthens tions have opposed laws children they already have America … who have all passed simi- our state.” such as those in Wiscon- feel as though abortion is County adds lar fully inclusive non-discrimination The county’s website said the sin and Tennessee for more the only way to keep their gender identity to protections.” update expands the nondiscrimina- than two decades, arguing current families together.” “County Executive Chris Abele has tion policy “to ensure equal opportu- such measures not only Jennifer Roth was among nondiscrimination been an excellent partner in mov- nity to all persons from all segments infringe on women’s rights those who campaigned ing our county towards equality and of Milwaukee County in contracting, but also scare women away against the Tennessee ordinance fairness. I thank him for his support employment and promotional oppor- from medical care, treat Pregnancy Criminalization The Milwaukee County Board of of my legislation. This inclusive res- tunity and equal access to public ser- addiction as a moral failing Law. She is the president Supervisors voted on April 24 to olution will modernize Milwaukee vices.” and lead women who want of All Our Lives, which she amend its nondiscrimination ordi- County’s existing policies and help The City of Milwaukee has similar to give birth to instead described as a “pro-wom- nance to ban bias based on gender protect against discrimination. The protections for transgender people undergo abortion proce- an, pro-life organization.” identity and gender expression. implementation of this type of change in its nondiscrimination ordinance, as dures. In a letter urging Haslam The ordinance protects those who will enhance our competitiveness as do Madison and Dane County. The “Criminalizing preg- to veto the measure, Roth work for the county and also those Milwaukee County seeks to build a state, though it was the first to ban nancy outcomes scares wrote, “We fear that the who work for companies that do busi- talented workforce.” bias based on sexual orientation, does women away from prenatal effect of this law will be ness with the county. She continued, “I am proud of the not protect transgender citizens in care and drug treatment,” to discourage vulnerable In a statement, Marina Dimitri- Milwaukee County Board for taking its nondiscrimination law. However, said Farah Diaz-Tello, a women from seeking care jevic, chair of the county board, said, a stand against discrimination and a recent poll found growing support staff attorney with Nation- that would benefit them- “Thank you to my colleagues on the ensuring that all residents have the for ensuring transgender civil rights al Advocates for Women. selves and their babies, county board for voting today to end same access to our resources, ser- throughout the state. “Women who cannot afford and even to provide an discrimination and to update our non- vices, and employment opportunities. — L.N. private treatment for their incentive for abortion. That addiction and who fear doesn’t foster life.” Chick-fil-A wants to open in Madison Chick-fil-A, the Bible Belt-based fast-food chain whose charitable wing funneled millions of dollars to organiza- tions working to demonize gays and lesbians, is seeking approval from Madison’s Urban Design Commission to open a restaurant in Madison’s West Town Mall at 423 S. Gammon Road. Chick-fil-A’s red-bricked façades are a common sight in Southern states. But Racine is the only Wisconsin city where a Chick-fil-A cur- rently operates. The rapidly expanding company has its sights set on Wisconsin, however, with other projects scheduled in Brookfield at 12575 W. Capitol Ave., and in Greendale at an undisclosed location later this year. Those two Milwaukee suburbs are strongly conserva- tive. But Madison, the state’s most liberal city, seems an odd choice for the controversial fast-food giant, which is famous for serving breasts of factory-farmed chickens on a bun and for remaining closed on Sundays so that its employees can attend church. In 2012, LGBT people and their allies boycotted the chain and staged protests at several sites after chief operating officer Dan Cathy made remarks condemning same-sex couples. Opposition to the company made Cathy and Chick-fil-A iconic heroes to evangelical Christians who want to halt same-sex marriages and re-criminalize homo- sexuality. But when Chicago and Boston denied permits for the privately held company to build restaurants in those cit- ies, Cathy agreed to stop making official donations to hate groups and organizations with anti-gay missions. Such contributions from WinShape Foundation, the company’s charitable arm, ended soon afterward. But due to the nearly impossible task of tracing bundled contributions to political action committees, donations made by the Cathy family are shielded from public view. So far, there has been no organized LGBT effort to stop Chick-fil-A’s expansion plans in Wisconsin, including in Madison. —Louis Weisberg 6 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014 Hulsey’s gubernatorial bid sparks a lot of questions

By Louis Weisberg cited for disorderly conduct. His version of Hulsey’s in his basement making a chicken Staff writer the story, however, was that he intervened Observers say he was suit,” said Dane County Democratic Chair Everyone has a lot to say about state Rep. to protect two little girls from the boy, who a bright, energetic Mike Basford. “This stunt doesn’t deserve Brett Hulsey, especially Hulsey himself. he said was splashing them. He claims the respect and attention that would be due But no one knows what to make of his that Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, a political and effective to a serious candidacy. The bottom line is unexpected entry into the Democratic enemy, engineered the whole incident to that there is only one serious candidate for gubernatorial race — or whether it will discredit him. environmentalist before governor, and my job will be to work with affect the race. Hulsey has kept the story alive by refus- Democrats to elect her in November.” There’s one thing about Hulsey, how- ing to stop talking about it, said John “Sly” he went off the rails. Burke spokesman Joe Zepecki refrained ever, on which everyone agrees: He was a Sylvester, the colorful, popular radio host on from commenting on Hulsey’s candida- bright, energetic and effective environmen- 93.7 WEKZ-FM. Hulsey first claimed that cy. “Our focus remains squarely on Scott talist before he went off the rails a couple he was taking pictures of the sunset, not the Walker,” he said. “Mary Burke has a real of years ago and made headlines for some child, prompting some skeptical Madiso- plan to grow our economy, create jobs and rather bizarre antics. Reports of his erratic nians to check out whether it was possible perfect,” Hulsey said. “I’m running for gov- strengthen the middle class and a game behavior were alarming enough have sunk to shoot a sunset picture from the lake in ernor, not saint.” plan to beat Walker in the fall.” most politicians’ careers. July. It isn’t. Hulsey adroitly dodged further questions Hulsey’s candidacy presents a dilemma In fact, it’s widely believed that the Madi- Hulsey also appeared on Sly’s show and about his personal behavior and launched not only for Democratic officials, but also son Democrat chose not to seek re-elec- insisted that he’d deleted the pictures. But into a complaint about the way that the for conservationists. Hulsey, a state leader tion in the 78th Assembly District because he later turned up at a Democratic meeting Democratic Party of Wisconsin has united on environmental issues, runs an energy and he realized all the negative publicity had insisting that he had pictures from the inci- around candidate Mary Burke. He accused environmental consulting business called destroyed any chance he had of retaining dent that would prove his innocence. Democratic leadership of making a decision Better Environmental Solutions. He served his seat. Sly said Hulsey “was always kind of a that should have been left up to the Demo- for 17 years as an environmental educator Two members of the Madison Common minor irritant to people because he was so cratic voters. and advocate for the national Sierra Club. Council — Lisa Subeck and Mark Clear — dogged and wanted to get the spotlight. But But voters do, in fact, have two other can- That puts the club’s Wisconsin chapter in an are battling it out for the Democratic nomi- people didn’t think he was crazy. And issue- didates to choose from in the Democratic awkward position when it comes to issuing nation in the solidly blue district. Embar- wise he’s not stupid.” primary. its endorsement in the race. rassingly for Hulsey, Clear is his former Although Hulsey has provided some Hulsey is likely to attract a number of David Blouin, chair of the club’s Four campaign treasurer. “pretty entertaining” moments for Sly’s lis- Republican crossover voters. Since Gov. Lakes Group in Madison, said, “It’s pretty teners, “I kind of laid off after a while,” Sly Scott Walker faces no challengers, Republi- early in our (endorsement) process, and we Why? said. “He said he’s going to counseling. I cans are reported to be drooling over a pro- have a lot of factors to consider. Endorse- If Hulsey was afraid to run for re-election don’t know what the issue is. But I’ve got spective dirty-tricks campaign to increase ments are reserved for the best, most quali- to the Assembly, then what prompted him mental illness in my family, and I didn’t want Hulsey’s vote total and make Burke look fied candidates for office, and we’re still to run for governor? Several Democratic to push someone over the edge.” weak. reviewing records.” insiders interviewed for this story specu- Some of Hulsey’s fellow Assembly mem- Hulsey dismissed the notion that he’s a “We have endorsed Brett in his Assembly lated that it’s an act of retaliation against bers have been so terrified by Hulsey’s spoiler. races but a race for governor is clearly a his party for marginalizing him. An aide to aggressive behavior they’ve asked not to “Listening to Mary Burke, I just realized much bigger post,” Blouin added. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos reportedly be seated near him for safety reasons. An that at bare minimum she needs some The Wisconsin League of Conservation told WisPolitics that Hulsey’s bitterness has aide to Hulsey was reassigned after she told spring training,” he said. “She’s playing Voters had already endorsed Burke before taken him so far that he asked to join the Capitol Police she feared for her life when he more like the Bucks than the Brewers. Hulsey announced his candidacy. Republican caucus after Democratic lead- brought a box-cutter to his office, urged her “I have a get-Wisconsin-to-work plan. It’s ership blocked his efforts to offer amend- to seek self-defense instruction and threat- a real jobs plan, so I thought I’d put it out Implications ments to the state budget. Hulsey denies ened to bring a gun to work. there and see what happens.” Dennis Dresang, professor emeritus of that charge but has hinted he might run as Hulsey also came under fire for purchas- Hulsey’s challenged Burke to debates in political science and public affairs at UW- an independent. ing a red convertible with campaign funds. every one of the state’s 72 counties, and Madison, expects Hulsey to have a “pretty If Democrats have more or less censured Despite so many well-publicized inci- he intends to have someone in a chicken negligible” effect on the Democratic pri- Hulsey, it’s because of the alarming behav- dents swirling around him, however, Hulsey suit show up at every Burke appearance to mary. ior he’s demonstrated. In 2012, he flipped a was on the campaign trial soliciting sig- underscore her refusal. “There is a frontrunner, so he’s entering 9-year-old boy off a flotation device while natures for his nominating petitions when “While Mary Burke is tirelessly meeting the race late,” Dresang said. “Burke’s really swimming at a public lake on July 4. He WiG caught up with him by phone. voters around Wisconsin and rolling out got the momentum in terms of visibility and then intimidated the boy by taking pictures her plan to take back our state and bring the like. He doesn’t have statewide name of him. No saint back hope to the many people suffering due recognition.” Hulsey pleaded no contest after being “Like most people in Wisconsin I’m not to Scott Walker’s mismanagement, Brett hulsey next page WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 7

Photo: AP/Wisconsin State Journal/John Hart Wisconsin Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, makes his intentions to enter the state’s gubernatorial race official as he confirms his candidacy papers under oath with an elec- tions specialist with the Government Accountability Board in Madison on April 21.

HULSEY from prior page Dresang and his wife belong to a bike (him) as a source for trying to attack Mary club in which Hulsey is also a member. Burke, that comes off as an act of despera- Having known and respected Hulsey in the tion,” he said. past, Dresang said it’s been uncomfortable Like Burke’s supporters, Scott Walker’s to watch his unraveling. don’t know quite what to make of Hulsey’s “The disrespect he’s generated for him- entry into the Democratic gubernatorial self just gets enhanced by a quest for some- race. Colin Roth, a right-wing blogger, wrote thing that is really just beyond what is that “conventional wisdom says Hulsey’s achievable,” Dresang said. last-minute campaign for governor will “A large number of people who know him actually help Mary Burke. It may toughen are speculating about his mental health,” her up, boost her name ID, and could even Dresang added. “How else do you explain serve to make her positions seem more this change from someone who was an moderate to voters.” effective advocate for environmental issues Roth added, however, that Hulsey’s pres- and is now, if anything, very counterpro- ence in the race could prove to be a two- ductive. He’s just made himself a laughing edged sword for Burke. “This may all end stock. When you try to search for an expla- up working out just fine for (her). Or it could nation, I think illness does come right up make Burke look afraid, timid, and lacking in there to the top.” confidence,” he told his readers. Dresang said it’s for this reason that he “Hulsey said he wants to make the gov- doesn’t expect Republicans to try exploiting ernor’s race ‘more interesting,” Roth added. the situation with Hulsey. “That we are guaranteed. But take heart “If they take somebody who’s not really Democrats. This, after all, is what democ- respected and perhaps really sick and use racy looks like.” 8 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014 Wisconsin leads initiative to keep seeds public By Lisa Neff And companies aggressively defend their Staff writer property rights. Monsanto has sued farmers An online store opened in mid-April, in in 27 states and won more than $24 million time for vegetable growers to get seeds to in 72 judgments from farmers, according plant for a summer or fall harvest. What to CFS. makes the store unique is that it is an out- “Many public breeders don’t have the let for the Open Source Seed Initiative, a freedom to operate,” said Jack Kloppen- campaign affiliated with UW-Madison and burg, the author of First the Seed and a UW- established in 2011 by plant breeders, farm- Madison professor involved in the OSSI. ers, sustainable food system advocates, The initiative distributed its first seed educators and others concerned about the packets — 29 types of organic seeds are decreasing availability of non-patented available — on April 17. The launch occurred seeds. on the International Day of Struggle in Many of the big crop plants — specifi- Defense of Peasants’ and Farmers’ Seeds, cally field corn and soybeans — already which was marked with a rally on the uni- are restricted through patents, licenses and versity campus, followed by a teach-in. other forms of intellectual property protec- Participants in the events pledged to tion. So are an increasing number of veg- work to keep the seeds freely available to etable, fruit and small grain seeds. Those anyone who wants them. patented seeds cannot be shared, saved or “These vegetables are part of our com- even replanted by growers in the next year. mon cultural heritage and our goal is to The Center for Food Safety, a watchdog make sure these seeds remain in the public PHOTO: Bryce Richter/University of Wisconsin-Madison and advocacy group, says the No. 1 threat to domain for people to use in the future,” said Seeds are placed into packets for distribution from the Open Source Seed Initiative. seed biodiversity is this corporate takeover professor Irwin Goldman, a plant breeder of seeds. and UW-Madison horticulture professor Seed development and distribution in the involved in the effort. United States, until the last few decades, Goldman, Kloppenburg and others in the arising from them can never be owned by you transfer these seeds or their deriva- was largely under the purview of the pub- OSSI took a cue from the open source soft- anyone but the public, and that is important tives they will also be accompanied by this lic sector and augmented by hundreds of ware movement that provided alternatives to us as a commercial seed company with a pledge.” small seed-breeder businesses, which acted to proprietary computer software. The seed social mission at its core,” said Tom Stearns “It creates a parallel system, a new space mainly as distributors of publicly developed initiative was created to ensure that the of High Mowing. where breeders and farmers can share seed varieties. Today 10 top companies con- genes in at least some seeds can never be To spread the word about the effort and seeds,” Kloppenburg said of the initiative. trol 65 percent of proprietary seed, accord- owned, patented and held as intellectual to put the seeds into circulation, the OSSI “And because it applies to derivatives, it ing to the CFS. property. is mailing packets to first lady Michelle makes for an expanding pool of germplasm Goldman has described the OSSI as Obama, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack that any plant breeder can freely use.” something like a national park for seeds. and author Michael Pollan, who wrote in Goldman said the pledge is so short it The people’s park includes “Full Pint” bar- The Omnivore’s Dilemma that “the single almost reads like a haiku. ley from Oregon State University, “Mid- greatest lesson the garden teaches is that “It basically says these seeds are free night Lightning” zucchini from High Mow- our relationship to the planet need not be to use in any way you want. They can’t be ing Organic Seed Co., “Siber-Frill” kale and zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still legally protected. Enjoy them.” “Emerald Fan” lettuce from Lupine Knoll shines and people still can plan and plant, Farm, “Oranje” and “Sovereign” carrot from think and do, we can, if we bother to try, the University of Wisconsin, plus seeds find ways to provide for ourselves without Seeding a movement for broccoli, celery, cress, mustard, quinoa, diminishing the world.” squash and sweet peppers. Each packet is marked with a pledge. The pledge: “This Open Source “These seed varieties and new strains By opening the packet, “You pledge that if Seed Pledge is intended to ensure your freedom to use the seed contained herein in any way you choose, and to make sure those freedoms are enjoyed by all subsequent users. By opening this packet, you pledge that you will not restrict others’ use of these seeds and their derivatives by patents, licenses or any other means. You pledge that if you transfer these seeds or their derivatives, you will acknowledge the source of these seeds and accompany your transfer with this pledge.” The store can be found online at www.opensourceseedinitiative. org/store. The introductory package, selling for $25, includes an assortment of 15 seed packets, including “Midnight Lightning” zucchini, “Red Ursa” kale, “Gatherer’s Gold” pepper, “Joker Lettuce” and more. — L.N. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 9 10 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014

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At the environmental group 350.org, Walker in a potential general election by co-founder Bill McKibben expressed just three points. disappointment that the administration The Harvey Milk continues to consider the issue instead Ain’t Mellencamp’s America Forever Stamp from of deny the permit: “It’s as if our leaders John Mellencamp wants conservative the U.S. Postal simply don’t understand that climate Republican Gov. Scott Walker to know Service. change is happening in real time — that he supports union rights. He says Walker it would require strong, fast action to do should think about that before using his PHOTO: Courtesy USPS anything about it.” songs on the campaign trail. When Walker launched his re-election campaign with a In other national news … series of rallies, one of the songs played while his supporters waited for the gov- Obama administration delays • Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who Photo: Courtesy ernor was “Pink Houses.” The song, first decision on Keystone XL may run for president in 2016, says a The U.S. Department of State has notified Mary Burke is the frontrunner in released in 1983, contains the lyrics, “Ain’t state jail in Baltimore will no longer auto- federal agencies that they have more time to the Democratic race for governor in that America, home of the free. Little pink matically comply with federal requests submit reviews on the proposed Keystone Wisconsin. She recently received an houses for you and me.” In 2010, when to hold immigrants past their release XL pipeline. The agencies, according to the endorsement from the Wisconsin the National Organization for Marriage date for possible deportation. The Dem- State Department, need that time because League of Conservation Voters. played “Pink Houses” at events opposing ocratic governor said the Baltimore City of the uncertainty created by the litigation same-sex marriage, Mellencamp also had Detention Center will now consider the in the Nebraska Supreme Court, which his publicist notify the group saying he was severity of the charges a person is fac- could affect the pipeline route. opposed to its agenda and suggested it ing when reviewing U.S. Immigration and Burke wins endorsement The State Department said it would pick a different song to play that is more in Customs and Enforcement requests to from conservation league use the extended period to “review and tune with its views. hold immigrants through the “Secure The Wisconsin League of Conservation appropriately consider the unprecedented Communities” program. Voters celebrated Earth Day by announcing number of new public comments, its endorsement of Mary Burke for • On Harvey Milk Day, which is a state approximately 2.5 million, received during Wisconsin governor. holiday in California on May 22, the the public comment period that closed on “Mary Burke is whip smart, a good White House will hold a ceremony to March 7.” listener and knows how to make the tough dedicate the Harvey Milk Forever Stamp. The announcement triggered a decisions,” said WLCV board president A second dedication ceremony for the flood of reactions, especially from the Roger Larson. “I was especially glad to stamp will take place on May 28 in San environmental community, which has been see how deeply she personally values Francisco, where Milk fought for equal- fighting the proposal through litigation, Wisconsin’s natural resources. Voters can ity, served as an openly gay supervisor petitions and demonstrations. trust that Mary Burke will be a leader on and was assassinated. air, water, and land protection.” • The Boy Scouts of America revoked The group said Wisconsin needs strong its agreement with the Rainier Beach leadership and 21st-century solutions to United Methodist Church because the natural resource challenges. Photo: Courtesy Seattle-area church refused to oust “Mary Burke is the kind of leader that John Mellencamp. Geoff McGrath as the leader of its troop. will follow in Earth Day founder Gaylord The Boy Scouts had revoked McGrath’s Nelson’s footsteps. She is more interested membership because he is openly gay. in solving problems than engaging in In other regional news … — Lisa Neff partisan politics,” said executive director Kerry Schumann. • Cook County, Ill., has issued its 1,000th Burke, in a recent survey of voters by marriage license to a same-sex couple. Public Policy Polling, was trailing Scott Clerk David Orr said he issued the mar- riage license on April 18 to a couple from Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood. • Scott Walker’s public union restrictions have survived a review by a federal Looking for the appeals court. The restrictions stripped most public workers of nearly all their Wisconsin Gazette? collective bargaining rights. Two unions representing city of Madison and Dane County public workers filed a lawsuit in 2011 alleging the law violated their right to freely assembly and equal protection. Further appeal seems likely. • Illinois has announced $1.6 million for more than two dozen environmental and education projects aimed at helping to conserve and protect Illinois’ 63-mile Lake Michigan shoreline. • Scott Walker recently signed a bill Ask the owner/manager of your local that puts outside agencies in charge of supermarket, bookstore, coffee shop or investigating officer-involved deaths. restaurant to add WiG to the other free The measure’s supporters say the new publications they distribute. Ask them requirements will counter claims that to call 414-961-3240 or send us the police protect their own from conse- name of the location and we’ll call them! quences of using deadly force. — Lisa Neff and Louis Weisberg WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 11

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In other organizational news … • Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce has named the winners of its annual business awards. MillerCoors is the Cor- porate Partner of the Year. A2Z Design of Appleton is the LGBT Business of the Year. Sugar Doll of Stevens Point is the Allied Business of the Year. Colin Gor- man of PNC Bank in Whitefish Bay is the Business Leader of the Year. The winners receive their honors on May 7 at a cel- ebration at Hotel Metro in Milwaukee. For more, go to www.wislgbtchamber.com. Photo: Americans Against Fracking Lance Bass — environmentalist, activist • Retired Army Lt. Col. Jennifer Pritzker and entertainer — will perform at the Gay receives the Frank Kameny Award dur- Games this summer in Cleveland. ing the National LGBT Bar Association’s Lavender Law Conference in New York Gay Games organizers City in August. Pritzker is the chair and announce opening ceremony founder of the Pritzker Military Museum Lance Bass, Broadway actress Andrea & Library, president and founder of the McArdle and the Pointer Sisters will Tawani Foundation, president and CEO headline the opening ceremony of the 2014 of Tawani Enterprises and a leader in the Gay Games in Cleveland this August. movement for transgender equality. For The ceremony takes place on Aug. 9, more, go to lgbtbar.org. and organizers expect more than 400 • Fashion Affair 2014, presented by Roots performers to join the headliners and a Salon and Spa, takes place at 8 p.m. on parade of athletes at Quicken Loans Arena May 2 at Potawatomi Bingo and Casino. in Cleveland. Tickets begin at $21, and the event ben- The games are Aug. 9–16. efits the Penfield Children’s Center. For For more, go to www.gg9cle.com. more, go to eventbrite.com. • Voces de la Frontera’s May Day March to Stop Deportations takes place in Milwau- kee on May 1, with marchers assembling at Fifth and Washington. For more, go to www.vdlf.org. • The Nature Conservancy received a $1-million grant from the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to protect and restore coastal wetlands, including St. Martin Island. The project area is a key bird migration corridor that extends from the northern tip of the Door Peninsula in Wisconsin to Michigan’s Garden Pen- insula and includes the Grand Traverse Chain of Islands. For more, go to nature. org/wisconsin. • Distinguished Young Woman of Wis- Photo: Courtesy consin Astha Berry joined other young Darren Young. women in April in celebrating National Be Your Best Self Week, a national outreach World Wrestling event. She visited the Boys and Girls Entertainment says: NOH8 Clubs of Greater Milwaukee on April 23 When professional wrestler Darren to inspire other young people to lead suc- Young came out as gay in 2013, World cessful, productive lives. For more, go to Wrestling Entertainment executives and www.distinguishedyw.org. stars rallied to support him. — Lisa Neff Now the NOH8 Campaign announces the participation of WWE executives, superstars and divas in the photographic silent protest created by celebrity photographer Alan Bouska and his partner Jeff Parshley. While California’s Prop 8 has been Join WiG on overturned and same-sex couples can marry in the state, the NOH8 campaign created to Facebook and follow respond to Prop 8 continues to grow. For more, go to www.noh8campaign.com. us on Twitter. 12 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014 Belly up to the bar — it’s beer festival season By Michael Muckian Contributing writer With Milwaukee Beer Week (isn’t that every week?) winding to a close on May 3 and Madison Craft Beer Week firing up on May 2, one thing is perfectly clear: Beer season is upon us. Wisconsin’s brewing heritage is cel- ebrated with outdoor festivals throughout summer and fall. As a public service to the state’s storied beer drinkers everywhere, WiG offers below a list of many of the Photos Above & Left by Melissa Miller events on tap. Have your designated driver ready — he or she gets a discounted entry fee at most festivals — and prepare to celebrate with beers of the region and the season.

May 2–11 Madison Craft Beer Week, Madison The more accurate title for this event would be “Madison Craft Beer Ten Days.” The citywide celebration features special beers from across the state and around the nation and involves most of the Capi- tal City’s bars, brewpubs and restaurants. Unique to this festival is “Common Thread,” a special beer jointly created by area brew- eries. This year, 12 different brewers partici- pated in production of a Bohemian Pilsner that’s sure to be memorable. For more infor- mation, go to www.madbeerweek.com.

May 2 Waterford’s Brewfest IV, Falls. Billed as “the best festival you never bands take over the Leach Amphitheatre Waterford heard of,” the event features 200 hand- on the banks of the Fox River for the 19th July 26 Area businesses located in this Racine picked beers, meads and ciders from around annual Brews ’n’ Blues, a craft beer, home- Milwaukee Brewfest, County village have come together with the the world. Tickets are $40. Info at www. brew and music festival presented by the Milwaukee local Lions Club to sponsor this one-day wobfest.com. Oshkosh Jaycees to benefit community Still in the planning stages at press time, event. For more, go to www.waterfordbrew- charities. Tickets are $35 in advance, $45 the fifth annual Milwaukee Brewfest at 1600 fest.com. June 14 at the gate. Info at http://jcioshkosh.org/ N. Lincoln Memorial Drive on the city’s lake- Door County Beer Festival, brews-n-blues. front will cover much of the same ground May 10 Baileys Harbor as the Firkin Beer Fest — but this time with Belle City Brewfest, Racine Wisconsin’s picturesque peninsula opens June 28 Lake Michigan as a scenic backdrop. Info at Belle City, held at the Racine Civic Center, its arms to craft beer lovers for a one-day Appleton AleFest, Appleton www.milwaukeebrefest.com. offers a 28-brewer lineup that includes Pub- festival at Baileys Harbor’s Town Hall Park. Appleton’s Stone Arch Brew House helps lic Craft Brewing Co. and Rustic Road Brew- Brewers from Wisconsin and other states, host the Appleton AleFest at the city’s July 26 ing Co., both from nearby Kenosha. Entry is as well as a number of Belgian breweries, Memorial Park. A benefit for the Appleton Lac du Flambeau Lions Club $25 through May 2, $35 thereafter. Info at will be on hand to promote their products. Family Ice Center, the fest features a host Brewfest, Minocqua www.racinebeerfest.com. Memphis blues legend Earl “The Pearl” of state breweries, including Pigeon River Those who like their beer festivals backed Banks will provide the music. Tickets are Brewing Co. from Marion and Madison’s by stunning north woods scenery might May 18 $40 in advance, $45 at the gate. For infor- MobCraft, the world’s first “crowd-sourced” want to give the Lac du Flambeau Lions Club Wisconsin Micro-Brewers Beer mation, go to www.doorcountybeer.com. brewery. Tickets are $40. Get more infor- Brewfest in Minocqua a try. Held in Torpy Fest, Chilton mation at www.appletonalefest.com. Park in downtown Minocqua, the event Thirty Wisconsin breweries will come June 14 draws breweries from as close as Minocqua together for the 23rd annual Wisconsin Great Northern Beer Festival, July 19 Brewery, located right next door to the fest, Micro-Brewers Beer Fest at the Calumet Eagle River Milwaukee Firkin Beer Fest, to as far away as Quebec, Canada. No word County Fair Grounds in Chilton. Hosted by Perhaps the only beer festival to offer Milwaukee yet on this year’s entry fee, but the proceeds Rowland’s Calumet Brewing Co., the fest is camping is the Great Northern Beer Festival, Milwaukee craft beer fans thought it “was benefit local charities. Info at http://lacdu- attracting brews ranging from Hayward’s held at the Hi-Pines Campground. The event about firkin time” that they got their own flambeaubrewfest.com. Angry Minnow to Randy’s Fun Hunters from attracts brewers from around the state beer festival, which led to formation of the Whitewater. Tickets are priced at $40 and and offers a great opportunity to become Milwaukee Firkin Beer Fest in Cathedral Aug. 9 available in advance only. Info at www.row- acquainted with beers brewed in northern Park. (A firkin is a small keg or covered Great Taste of the Midwest, landsbrewery.com. Wisconsin. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 vessel used in the beer brewing and aging Madison at the gate — if still available. Info at www. process.) All the usual suspects from the Beer fests come and go, but The Great June 7 greatnorthernbeerfestival.com. Wisconsin craft beer scene will be there, Taste of the Midwest, sponsored by the Beer Barons World of Beer along with select brewers from California, Madison Homebrewers and Tasters Guild, Festival, Menomonee Falls June 21 Colorado, Massachusetts and Michigan. is the standard by which all others are Milwaukee’s premier homebrew club Oshkosh Brews ’n’ Blues General admission is $46. Go to www.mil- judged. Now in its 28th year, the Great Taste hosts the 11th annual World of Beer Festival Festival, Oshkosh waukeefirkin.com. at the Schwabenhof Pavilion in Menomonee More than 30 brewers and two blues BEER next page WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 13

BEER from prior page to http://greatlakesbrewfest.com. want to miss the Rails & Ales Brewfest at ticipate, with music provided by Westside Green Bay’s National Railroad Museum. A Andy and the Mel Ford Blues Band. Info at attracts up to 150 craft brewers from across Sept. 13 standard ticket ($35 in advance, $45 at the www.quiveysgrove.com/beerfest/beerfest- the nation. There’s also live entertainment, Thirsty Troll Brewfest, door) allows you to talk with area brewers main.htm. educational sessions and an entire tent MOUNT Horeb and winemakers while sampling dozens of devoted to cask ales. The $60 tickets go More than 25 brewers pouring over 100 their beverages. A premium ticket ($55 and on sale at noon on May 4 and will be gone beers will highlight the Thirsty Troll Brewfest available only in advance) buys you a three- Oct. 18 within an hour. Go to http://greattaste.org. in the Norwegian community of Mt. Horeb course meal aboard the museum’s 1939 Dells on Tap, Wisconsin Dells in south central Wisconsin, which bills itself restored dinette-lounge car “Silver Spirit.” Wisconsin brewers will close the season Sept. 13 as “The Troll Capital of the World.” Held at Tickets went on sale April 1, so call before with Dells on Tap, the annual beer festi- Great Lakes Brewfest, Racine the city’s Grundahl Park, the fest features the limited number of premium seats is sold val held in one of Wisconsin’s top vaca- Now celebrating its 10th year, the Great many area beers and is the only one with a out. Visit www.nationalrrmuseum.org. tion destinations. Smaller state breweries, Lakes Brewfest is the only Wisconsin beer mascot — Jorgen the Thirsty Troll. Visitors Oct. 4 including the Port Huron and Dells Brewing festival that takes place in a zoo — the like to have their pictures taken with Jorgen. Quivey’s Grove Beer Fest, Co., as well as nearby Blue Heron Brewery Racine Zoo, that is. Due to its timing and The entry fee is $32. For all the details, go to Madison from Marshfield, American Sky Brewing location, this fest features more beers from http://trollway.com/event/annual-thirsty- Before becoming known for saving Ten from Hudson, and Woodman Brewing from Illinois and Michigan breweries than many troll-brew-fest/. Chimneys, the historic Genesee Depot Woodman (pop. 96), offer a slightly dif- of the other Wisconsin festivals. General home of actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fon- ferent round of participants along with a admission tickets cost $49 and proceeds Sept. 20 taine, the late Joe Garton was a restaurateur lot of statewide favorites. Tickets are $35 benefit the Racine Kilties Drum & Bugle Rails & Ales Brewfest, Green who turned a circa 1855 stone farmhouse in advance or $50 on the day of the event. Corps. Tickets go on sale at noon on May Bay and barn into Quivey’s Grove, one of Madi- Find more information at www.wisdells. 1 and have sold out for the past eight con- Ever have the urge to sip craft beers while son’s better restaurants. Quivey’s Grove com/wisconsin-dells-attraction/wisconsin- secutive years, so make your plans now. Go examining historic trains? If so, you won’t holds an autumn beer fest, which celebrates dells-on-tap.cfm. its 21st anniversary this year. More than 45 brewers serving over 100 beers will par-

Sober as a (beer) judge By Michael Muckian next fest. Not only will the finish and lingers into Contributing writer you impress your sodden the aftertaste. Hop flavor Beer fans are a finicky friends, but you’ll enjoy should be derived from lot, and the Beer Judge your experience more. German noble hops. Certification Program Here is an edited ver- Mouthfeel: Medium- was created to make sure sion of what BJCP judges light body, medium to high the judges are qualified. look for when judging a carbonation. BJCP’s testing standards basic German Pilsner: Overall impression: A for would-be judges are Aroma: Typically fea- crisp, clean and refreshing rigorous. tures a light, grainy Pils beer that prominently fea- Founded in 1985, BJCP malt character, some- tures Noble German Hops already has tested 7,846 times Graham cracker-like bitterness accentuated by potential judges world- with distinctive flowery or sulfites in the water. Drier wide, and 4,909 of those spicy noble hops. Clean, and crisper than the origi- tested are currently active with no fruity esters. nal Bohemian Pilsner. Beer festival survival tips judges. But only 717 hold Appearance: Straw to BJCP offers similar the rank of national judge light gold, brilliant to very guidance for 28 beer and By Michael Muckian • Narrow your selection. A friend went or higher. clear, with a creamy, long- cider types, with three Contributing writer to a larger festival in pursuit of as many To date, certified lasting white head. to six different styles for If you’ve never been to a beer festival, saisons, or Belgian-style farmhouse ales, beer judges have ranked Flavor: Crisp and bitter, each type. For more infor- proceed with caution. For craft beer lov- as he could find. He had plenty of interest- 899,128 beers — and the with a dry to medium-dry mation about judging and ers, these events are kid-in-a-candy-store ing beers to drink and didn’t damage him- number keeps growing. finish. Maltiness is low to certification, visit www. opportunities. Be careful to keep track of self in the process. Criteria are different moderately low. Hop bit- bjcp.org. your consumption. • Try something new. This is not a place for each beer. Try adapt- terness dominates the It is possible to get the most from an to quaff your everyday favorites. Look ing BJCP criteria at your taste, continues through event and still remember it. The follow- for new, odd styles and new breweries to ing tips may help you and others to avoid broaden your beer education. That’s what becoming what organizers of Munich’s beer fests are — or should be — about. Oktoberfest call “bierleichen,” or “beer • Beware the high-octane monsters. corpses.” Increasingly, brewers are dabbling in new • Beer fests are about selection, not con- hybrids and experimental styles. Invariably, sumption. Even at most modest fests, you these beers come with high alcohol by vol- can’t sample everything. At 2 oz. to 4 oz. ume (ABV) levels that pack a punch. Try each, the pours are small, but they add up what interests you, but limit your intake. quickly. Pace yourself. You will thank yourself later. • Eat something to help absorb the alco- • Arrange for transportation home hol. Some beer fests offer food, while oth- before you arrive. You’ll need a designated ers don’t. Eat hearty before you arrive, and driver. If you don’t have one, you are toying you will be better prepared to imbibe. Eat with your life and the lives of others. Des- nothing and you may be courting disaster. ignated drivers get a reduced rate at most • Drink plenty of water between beers. festivals, while events like Madison’s Great Water will dilute your alcoholic intake, fill Taste of the Midwest arrange transporta- you up and slow down your consumption. tion through local taxi companies that will Alcohol dehydrates you, so you need water go anywhere in the city for less than $5. to rehydrate. Enjoy the festivals. 14 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014 { Editorial } WiG’s WEB PICKS Some of our favorite recent pictorials from Chelsea’s baby cyberspace While we don’t agree with them on baby, not carrying one. And the Clinton reproductive rights, we know there are and Mezvinsky families have every rea- many opponents of choice who are car- son to believe the fetus in question will ing, rational beings. They prove it’s possi- be born. They have the means to provide ble to disagree over an issue that touches the expectant mother with the best pre- on deep, personal feelings without call- natal care in the world. When the baby ing out the National Guard. is born, s/he will be showered with love, Unfortunately, a sizable proportion of attention, the best health care and, even- people who wear the “pro-life” mantle tually, the best education possible. exhibit traits you’ll find everywhere in the Unfortunately, this situation is far dif- DSM — the diagnostic manual for mental ferent from that of the majority of women health professionals. who choose to terminate their pregnan- The most disturbing thing about the cies. The path to reducing abortions is protesters who gather outside family not by forcing women to have babies, but planning clinics waving signs of muti- by creating a society where all children lated baby corpses (those are not actu- have the same chance to thrive that the al photographs of aborted fetuses) is Mezvinskys’ child will have. how little regard they have for the born. Unfortunately, the radical anti-choice Whatever personal traumas and neurotic crowd opposes virtually every public pol- disorders the “pro-lifers” channel into icy that would make that remotely pos- the “unborn” end rapidly at the bottom sible. They’ve defunded Planned Parent- of the birth canal. hood clinics all over the country — clinics Thus it was surprising when the fring- that provide family-planning, prenatal es of the anti-choice movement went and post-natal care to women who oth- bonkers over the announcement by erwise could not afford it. Chelsea Clinton and her husband Marc The same crowd generally opposes sex Mezvinsky that they’re expecting. We education and the use of prophylactics, thought they liked fetuses! But instead which could prevent countless unwant- of congratulating the happy family, they ed pregnancies. They detest economic had a field day accusing former Secretary policies that would help women get the of State Hillary Clinton of orchestrating resources they need to provide for their her daughter’s pregnancy for political families — policies such as equal-pay purposes — an accusation that seems legislation, affordable childcare services, logistically impossible. health insurance, nutritional assistance The bulk of their criticism, however, for women living in poverty, early child- hinged not on politics but rather on the hood education programs — the list goes argument that it’s hypocritical for women on. to have babies if they believe women Right-wing abortion foes dismiss those shouldn’t be forced to have babies. They kinds of programs as “socialism” and were outraged that the Clintons issued a “big government.” Which begs the ques- baby announcement, insisting that call- tions: How do they characterize a society ing a fetus a baby runs counter to the that forces women to bear children they pro-choice movement’s differentiation don’t want and can’t afford — and then between a fetus and a baby. throws those children and their mothers In fact, the Clintons announced that under the bus? Chelsea Clinton Mezvinsky was having a

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[email protected] WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 15 ON THE RECORD Easy ways you can help the planet Use alternative forms of pany. tal issues, from mining and “They weren’t human. I don’t transportation whenever Get politically active and industrial farming to water see them as human. I see them Opinion possible — biking, car-pool- vote. Wisconsin’s 2013–14 pollution, energy efficiency, as vermin. I was doing my civic ing or public transportation. legislative session just ended nuclear power and plant duty.” JamakAya The Department of Transpor- and Mother Earth took more and wildlife preservation. All — Statement by BYRON tation is now seeking pub- hits from the GOP-controlled these groups allow you to sign SMITH, 65, captured on an audio Here are some practical ways to observe Earth Day lic comment on the future of Senate and Assembly. The up for alerts, which keep you recorder just before he shot and killed two teenag- state transportation funding. Wisconsin League of Con- updated on issues and pro- ers who broke into his home in the central Minne- throughout the year. Turn off electronic devices Post your comments on the servation Voters will post vide avenues for action. sota city of Little Falls on Thanksgiving Day in 2012. WisDOT website or speak its biennial scorecard on its The Sierra Club has a Police found the recording, which was played for you are not using and unplug them. Clean and replace the out at hearings in Green Bay website this summer, just in statewide chapter and a jurors during his trial on April 21. Prosecutors say (May 7), Oshkosh (May 8), time for voters to see their dozen local chapters you can Smith sat near the recorder and spoke his thoughts filters on your furnace and air conditioner regularly. Those West Allis (May 20) or Keno- representatives’ records and connect with. Visit http:// as he waited for the teens to enter his basement, sha (May 21). Google “Trans- to make decisions for the fall wisconsin.sierraclub.org/ where he cornered them. actions will reduce carbon emissions and your monthly portation Moves Wisconsin” elections. Look for the score- about. Sierra Clubs are com- energy bill. for details. card at: http://conservation- mitted to “explore, enjoy “I was just not prepared for such a negative reac- Have your utility conduct voters.org. and protect the wild places tion and it just caught me off guard.’’ Recycle as many household wastes as possible. Call your a home energy audit. The The league has endorsed on earth.” While serving as — Screen legend KIM NOVAK, 81, referring to the results will give you practi- Democrat Mary Burke for watchdogs over the environ- ridicule heaped on the actress’ physical appearance local department of public works or your private waste cal ways to bolster insulation governor over Scott Walker. ment, they sponsor hiking, at the Oscars. The gorgeous star of such 1960s clas- and become more energy effi- Its members believe Burke canoeing, camping and other sics as Vertigo, Novak condemned what she called disposal company to learn what they accept. Encourage cient. Ask your utility about is far more environmentally adventures that enhance your the “bullying” she received from Donald Trump and (and urge it to move toward) conscious and will work for appreciation for the outdoors others just for aging. them and your legislators to expand recycling programs. clean energy options. renewable, locally-generated and enable you to connect Recycle all electronic Get a solar energy assess- energy initiatives; the expan- with other nature lovers. “We don’t want Finland to be represented on ment for your home. The sion of organic farming; new Being an environmen- homeland and international shipping with homo- devices and hazardous wastes properly. TVs, com- technology has become more technologies for safer han- talist isn’t just a long list of erotic themes. The sexual orientation of the men in affordable, with rebates, tax dling of livestock waste and “shoulds.” It offers solidarity the images doesn’t leave much room for interpreta- puters, cellphones, etc., con- tain chemicals harmful to the credits and financing avail- wastewater; stricter regula- with other committed people tion.” able. Solar power cuts your tion of sand and open pit min- and the satisfaction of know- — An FINNISH PETITION calling on the nation’s environment. Contact your public works department or energy costs considerably ing; and the creation of more ing you are doing what you government to halt plans to create a Tom of Finland and does not despoil the plan- clean energy jobs. can to respect and nurture a commemorative stamp. log on to http://cleansweep. wi.gov. This site includes et like gas, coal and nuclear Get involved with the livable planet. Get involved dates and locations of spe- power. The Sierra Club works league, Clean Wisconsin or today! “It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast with H&H Solar Energy Ser- the Sierra Club. The websites that you’re associating with black people. Do you cial collections for household, pharmaceutical and other vices out of Madison, an of each have information have to?” experienced, reputable com- about current environmen- — DONALD STERLING, owner of the Los Angeles hazardous wastes. Clippers, ranting at his mistress for posting a picture of herself with Magic Johnson on Instagram. An audio recording of Sterling’s tirade was obtained by TMZ. The NBA banned Sterling for life and fined him Eliminating voter hours is undemocratic $2.5 milion. place solely on weekdays For the 2012 election, the are eligible to vote should from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. weather was cold and wet in have the opportunity to do “I’d like to think if anyone were out there drown- This legislation is an Wisconsin, and we still had so with as much ease as ing, I’d save them. I used to be a pretty good swim- Opinion unnecessary fix to a voting 70-percent voter turnout. their government can afford mer, I grew up in Hawaii.” U.S. Rep. Ron Kind system that isn’t broken. If Wisconsin should be taking them. — PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA responding to anything, elected officials pride in that, not putting up a reporter’s question in South Korea about whether Gov. Scott Walker should be working on ways obstacles that will reduce U.S. Rep. Ron Kind is a he’d save Vladimir Putin’s life if the Russian presi- recently signed the Wiscon- to increase participation in turnout. Regardless of back- Democrat who represents dent was drowning. sin legislature’s partisan, our democracy, not reduce ground, income, age or ZIP southwest Wisconsin. anti-democratic bill (Wis- it. code, all Wisconsinites who “It was exciting and just a major, major compli- consin Bill 146) to reduce ment. I was happy for all the girls who would see me voter turnout. It’s a bill that on it and feel a little more seen.” restricts the hours for vot- — LUPITA NYONG’O commenting on her selec- ing early on weekdays and tion for the cover of People magazine’s “World’s eliminates early voting on Wisconsin early voting hours Most Beautiful” cover for 2014. Nyong’o won an weekends altogether. Oscar in February for her performance in 12 Years This was the second time a Slave. Wisconsin Republicans have set limits on early voting “I want to commend (Sen. Herb Kohl) for work- since Walker and GOP law- ing so diligently to keep our NBA franchise, the makers took control of state Milwaukee Bucks, right here in Milwaukee, and for government in January 2011. passing the baton to new owners who are every bit In 2011, the Wisconsin as committed to team’s success and the success of Legislature cut early voting the community as Kohl himself.” from three weeks, includ- — MILWAUKEE COUNTY BOARD ing three weekends, to two SUPERVISOR DAVID BOWEN in a weeks, including one week- press statement applauding U.S. end. This time, under the Sen. Herb Kohl’s handling of the legislation as rewritten sale of the Milwaukee Bucks. by Walker, early voting in clerk’s offices could take 16 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 17

WiGOUT!Wisconsin Gazette entertainment Overnight sensation Steve Grand to play PrideFest By Gregg Shapiro one second, forget Contributing writer that they made all I first spoke with gay singer/ this possible. songwriter Steve Grand in July 2013, when he burst on the scene When you per- with his YouTube video “All- formed in Chicago American Boy.” The song, a sweet, in advance of your catchy, country-influenced num- Northalsted Mar- ber, quickly logged more than 1.5 ket Days appear- million views. Grand, who has the ance, your family, body and looks of a Men’s Fitness over the country and play and including your par- cover model, sang the heck out have people show up. In that ents and grandmother, were pres- of it. year before “All-American Boy,” ent. What do they think of your Less than a year later, with a when I was playing in a jazz club career? couple of more songs and music in Chicago, every night I played They’re having a great time with videos under his belt, Grand it was a new challenge to win it. They’re so happy for me and so launched a Kickstarter campaign over that audience. Just me and proud of me. It’s a beautiful thing. to raise money for his debut the piano and the microphone. This life has been such a journey album. His goal was to raise more That’s all I had to work with. I in so many ways. One of them is than $80,000 in one month. But never take it for granted when I watching my parents do a 180. he quickly overshot the mark, rais- get in front of an audience who What they were taught to believe ing almost $120,000 in one day is excited before I even play my from their faith was that homo- alone. Grand’s impressive musical first note. sexuality was a sin. They can’t help talents coupled with his unexpect- that that was the environment in edly humble charm have inspired Have you been offered any which they grew up, that that was a devoted fan base, known affec- work outside of music, such as their world. But it’s a testament tionately as the GrandFam. on TV in Glee or in a movie to a parent’s love that because of An unknown before he post- musical? their own son, they were able to ed his debut song, Grand ended Yes, there have been some reexamine these beliefs. the year 2013 on Out Magazine’s offers relating to film and peo- Out100 list. He took a break Photo: Courtesy ple doing their own small or On June 7 you are perform- from recording in California to Steve Grand’s combination of talent and underwear-model looks big-budget projects. People have ing at Milwaukee PrideFest. What talk about the past year and his made him an overnight sensation. He’s performing at PrideFest Mil- asked me if I want to act, but right are you most looking forward to upcoming appearance at Milwau- waukee on June 7. now I just want to focus on my about that? kee PrideFest. music. I’m working hard every day. First of all, it’s a really incredible We really have to get this (album) line-up. The fact that I’m going Gregg Shapiro: When you look themselves, has grown so much. and do something that I love. For out for the fans by late May. to be on the same stage as Mary back at the past eight months, They’re so positive and supporting that, I feel so blessed, so humbled. Lambert is incredible. I look up to what is the one event that stands of each other. Not only are they I also feel that honoring the rela- Since we spoke last July, you her so much. She’s an amazing art- out for you as the most memo- there to support the music, but tionship that I have formed with have released two more singles, ist and songwriter. I have so much rable? they’re there because they care my fans is the most sacred thing “Stay” and “Back to California.” respect for her. It’s also going to Steve Grand: It’s so hard to say about each other. to me. Do you plan to include those be the first time ever, since I went just one. There’ve been so many songs, as well as “All-American out as a solo artist, that I’m going incredible things that have hap- What makes you believe they Have you met people and gone Boy” on your album? to have a band behind me. It’s a lot pened. For one, the continued sup- care about each other? places that you didn’t expect? Yes. It’s part of the whole story. of work putting it together, find- port of my fans, who I love so It’s apparent if you go on my I have met some incredible peo- I have a whole library of music ing the right people. I’m working much. When I was on my little (Facebook) wall. They write to ple. Very early on I met Edie Wind- to choose from. I’ve been writing on that in addition to the album. tour they came out in droves. It each other. People have made sor, not too long after the repeal of songs for a long time. The whole I’m really excited to have my fans was so incredible to meet them friends on my wall. It’s a really DOMA. It was amazing. She is a album will be 12 (original) songs, hear a lot of the songs (that are) at each and every show. I remem- beautiful thing to watch. hero and an inspiration to me. I’ve but those have to be on there. I going to be on my record once it ber a specific show in San Diego also met Mariah Carey and Elton want to show a full body of work, comes out. It’s going to have a lot at Urban Mo’s, and we packed You’d been working hard at your John. I did a show with Lance Bass. where each song stands alone, and more energy and a lot more power. the place. Everyone brought such craft for a number of years before He’s an extremely sweet guy. Elton together they all tell a story and a I really think it’s going to be cool. great energy to the room and there you became an overnight sensa- has been my musical hero since I bigger picture. was so much love in the room tion. Were you prepared for all was a little kid, and I got to meet Is Milwaukee a place you’ve and this outpouring of support. the attention? him before a show and give him Why did you decide to go the visited? It felt like a little family. I started It’s something you can’t pre- a hug. He knew who I was and Kickstarter route? I think this will be my very first my Facebook page when my video pare for. I didn’t expect this to the he said he was keeping an eye I wanted my fans to be my label. time in Milwaukee. I’m really excit- went up on July 2, and the day degree that it’s happened. I take on me. That was really exciting. I wanted to keep my music and ed. I have a special place in my after my birthday (a couple of it day by day. I stay focused on After college I (was) struggling as message as pure as possible. I heart for Wisconsin. That’s where days ago), it passed over 100,000 all I have to be grateful for, which a singer/songwriter and playing at don’t want anything getting in the I would go for my Boy Scout sum- “likes.” The “GrandFam,” as I love is really a lot. I get to pursue my churches. It’s been incredible to be way of that. I’m staying indepen- mer camp. to call them and they love to call dream. I get to wake up every day able to go to all of these places all dent for that reason. I don’t, for 18 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014 Neon Trees are more pop than psychology By Bill Lamb orientation. But until this ‘There were Contributing writer year, he consistently denied On their just released the rumors, pointing to a some raised new album Pop Psychology, two-year relationship with Utah’s Neon Trees explore a girlfriend that nearly eyebrows over angst in relationships from resulted in marriage. Their a number of points of view, breakup is the subject of the the lyric, ‘I’m ranging from teenage lust band’s song “Our War” on to friends. Rarely has it all the first album Habits. sick of always sounded so catchy and fun. There were some raised operating out While “Living In Another eyebrows over the lyric, “I’m World” seems to be the only sick of always operating of fear.’ song to directly address lead out of fear. I’m sick of being vocalist Tyler Glenn’s recent called a fag because I’m coming out, it sounds like queer,” from the song “Teen- he’s spent some time self- age Sounds” on the group’s reflecting since the band’s most recent album Picture remaining in their same- last album Picture Show. Show. Glenn explained gender relationships. However, with nearly all the line by saying he was the songs set to up-tempo being “bratty” and reflect- Love and texting 1980s-influenced pop, Pop ing on having been called a Pop Psychology puts one Psychology is an easy, pleas- “fag” since age 11 because foot in the contemporary ing listening experience. of dressing differently and world when it examines The album’s title car- listening to different music. relationships from a tech- ries multiple meanings. It He told a radio station that nological point of view. reflects the fact that many he could only imagine how “Love in the 21st Century,” of the songs dive into per- frightening it would be to which kicks off the album, sonal angst that makes actually be gay. details the hazards of love Photo: Ryan Russell the pop music here more But finally Glenn address- in a social media world. It’s Neon Trees appears appears in Madison at Wisconsin’s Majestic Theatre on June 24, “psychological” than Neon es the issue head on with followed by “Text Me in the then hits the Summerfest stage in Milwaukee on June 26.. Lead singer Tyler Glenn Trees’ past work. However, the song “Living in Another Morning” which ultimately recently came out as gay. the candy-coated ’80s pop World,” saying, “I guess I’ve concludes, “When all the approach keeps thing zip- always been this way. It’s other boys just want your ping along in a fashion that been hard for me to say.” sex, I just want your texts ultimately hitting No. 1 on gonna get everything you Trees trademark. never dwells too long on As a practicing Mormon, in the morning.” With the alternative radio stations want in this world, first Do not turn to this album deep concepts. Glenn probably had a hard- retro ’80s atmosphere of and reaching No. 13 on the things first, get what you for impressive depth, but if “I Love You (But I Hate er-than-usual time with his the music, the songs clev- Billboard Hot 100. Neon deserve,” the song tells the you listen closely to Glenn’s Your Friends)” is a good coming-out process. He has erly point out that despite Trees’ debut album Habits band’s story. It begins with lyrical musing, you might example. The band seems acknowledged “terrible” the advance of technology, was a moderate success. Glenn leaving Utah to head catch multiple moments ready to dive into some- things said by church lead- romantic relationships are In late 2011, the band to southern California with of self-realization that will thing a bit deeper with the ers in the past. just as much of a minefield released “Everybody Talks,” guitarist Chris Allen. “First resonate with your own life words, “I thought you had But in an interview with as they have been in the the first single from the Things First” breaks down experiences. a thing for fancy boys.” But the Associated Press, he past. group’s sophomore album for a poignant moment with In May, Neon Trees begin ultimately the song seems commented that he’s been Neon Trees first came Picture Show. That single the words, “It began when I a North American tour in more concerned with a surprised at how accepting to widespread attention in also began a very slow learned how to face myself, support of Pop Psychology. catchy sound that could church leaders have been. 2008 after being asked to march up the charts, ulti- and I’m still deciding if I’m The group appears in Madi- have been ripped from the They continue to state that accompany The Killers as mately reaching No. 6 on something else.” son at Wisconsin’s Majestic Talking Heads’ Little Crea- homosexuality is a sin, but a an opening act on the lat- the Hot 100. But the music quickly Theatre on June 24, then tures era. number of out gay Mormons ter’s concert tour. The sin- Pop Psychology closes perks back up and, in keep- hits the Summerfest stage in A number of Neon Trees have reported recently that gle “Animal” was released with the anthemic “First ing with the album title, it Milwaukee on June 26. fans have speculated in the they are being welcomed in 2009 and began a long, Things First.” Anchored returns to the friendly sing- past about Glenn’s sexual back to the church while slow climb up the charts, by the line, “You are never along energy that is a Neon WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 19 Against Me! brings ‘Transgender Dysphoria’ live to Milwaukee By Bill Lamb worrying what the response Blues sounds tightly woven Contributing writer of her wife Heather would and coherent, just like the After a childhood of deal- be. The couple has a daugh- work of a solidly established ing with gender dysphoria, ter Evelyn, and they have band. Laura Jane Grace grew up to decided to remain married. Against Me! hit the road be the leader of a success- Grace was born the son of this spring to present new ful punk band. That band — army Major Thomas Gabel, songs from Transgender Dys- Against Me! — appears live and during her early life she phoria Blues live along with in Milwaukee at The Rave on moved with her family from some of the group’s favor- May 14. base to base. When she ites. The cathartic, anarchic Formerly known as Tom was 11, her parents divorced, energy of the band’s shows Photo: Andrew Zaeh Gabel, Grace is considered and she went to live with her has not changed. In fact, the first major rock star to mother and grandmother in Grace’s predominantly male If you venture out come out as transgender. In Florida. It was around this fan base seems to have to the show at The Rave the Clash to Bruce Spring- center onstage represent her first public comments time that Grace began real- eagerly embraced her and May 14, expect loud music steen. But the words and a truly unique moment in about her transition to Roll- izing that she was female. continued to support the steeped in the musical les- the story behind them from music history. ing Stone nearly two years Lacking the kind of informa- group. sons of rock’s past — from the woman who’s front and ago, Grace said she was tion about transgenderism “hoping people will under- you can find today on the stand, and hoping they’ll be Internet, she says her only fairly kind.” experience of transgender The first major break- identity was through the through for Against Me! films The Crying Game and came with the 2007 album Silence of the Lambs — films New Wave. It was the band’s featuring what Grace refers first break into the upper to as “the sad tranny and half of the Billboard album the scary tranny.” chart. Rolling Stone named Grace’s tales of bullying it one of the top 10 albums during her teen years are of the year. far too familiar, and she Included among the songs channeled the anger and was “The Ocean,” which frustration into a musical contains the lyrics, “And if project. Against Me! began I could have chosen, I would as a solo exploration, but have been born a woman. by age 18 she had formed a My mother once told me touring band. she would have named me Flash forward 15 years, Laura.” No one paid much and this past January attention to those lines then. Against Me! released Following 2010’s White Transgender Dysphoria Crosses, an even more suc- Blues, which deals directly cessful album, the closet with gender dysphoria. But door began to open. The it’s not all autobiographical. band launched its own stu- On first listen, the dio and label — Total Treble 28-minute, 10-track album — in 2011. Shortly after- goes by quickly with music ward, Against Me! began that is very approachable recording what became for fans of the punk genre. Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Grace sings with the venom and Grace announced to the and spirit she’s always pos- group and the public that sessed, and many of the she was transitioning. songs are injected with “I felt like I drop-kicked catchy hooks. But when them in the face,” Grace told you look a bit deeper at the Rolling Stone. “We had the words, the struggles with most awkward hug ever, and rage and self-destruction then they left.” are apparent. Grace began hormone Transgender Dyspho- therapy, announced plans to ria Blues peaked at #23 undergo electrolysis treat- on the Billboard album ments, and before long the chart, the most success- four-piece band had lost ful yet for Against Me! It two members, leaving only has received strong critical Grace and guitarist James acclaim for its brave lyr- Bowman. Despite all the ics and engaging populist turmoil in the band, Grace punk sound. Despite the has said the most terrifying group’s personnel upheav- aspect of coming out was als, Transgender Dysphoria 20 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014 Famed harpsichordist Jory Vinikour performs C.P.E. Bach in Milwaukee May 10

By Michael Muckian There’s also a pre-concert event that takes Contributing writer a looks at the sons of Bach. It may not have been love at first sound, Early music’s purview is western classical but Jory Vinikour admits he was attracted composition up to and through the Baroque to the harpsichord from the first moment he era. The period is dominated by the music heard it played. of Mozart, Handel and, especially, Johann “As a child I would go to the library and Sebastian Bach, the father of C.P.E. Bach. listen to record after record,” says Vinikour. At the time of J.S. Bach’s death in 1750, “I always loved the earlier repertoire and the popularity of the son outshone that especially the harpsichord, but the opportu- of the father, Vinikour said. C.P.E. Bach’s nities to hear harpsichord music growing up expressive and often turbulent music is in Chicago were rare.” described as empfindsamer Stil ­— or “sensi- Vinikour has devoted his life to filling that tive” ­— applied the principles of rhetoric musical void, becoming a virtuoso on the and drama to musical structures. The com- instrument — a precursor of the piano. He poser’s predilection for sturm und drang, lit- earned a 2013 Grammy Award nomination erally “storm and stress,” was characteristic for Best Classical Instrumental Solo. of German music and literature of the day, Vinikour is to showcase one of his favorite Vinikour explains. harpsichord compositions on May 10, when “C.P.E. Bach’s music helped bridge the he performs Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach’s Baroque era and the Classical and Roman- “Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor, WQ. tic periods that followed,” says Vinikour. 23.” The performance, part of Ensemble “His compositions advanced the keyboard

Music Offering’s C.P.E. Bach 300th Anniver- language to very expressive levels. He was Photo: Courtesy sary Celebration, takes place at the Cathe- enormously prolific, but his music isn’t Jory Vinikour at his harpsichord. dral Church of All Saints, 818 E. Juneau Ave., played much these days.” Hopkins University in Baltimore. He finished in Milwaukee. Vinikour first studied with piano prodigy his piano degree at Mannes College of In addition to Vinikour, baroque flautist Emilio Del Rossario while attending high Music at The New School in New York City, Linda Pereksta will perform C.P.E. Bach’s school in Chicago. From there he went on where he also earned a master’s degree in ‘This is a very “Flute Concerto in G Major, WQ. 169.” to study at the Peabody Institute of Johns harpsichord. Vinikour subsequently pursued but never expressive, very finished a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey. accessible work. C.P.E. Looking for the Instead, he moved to Paris in 1990, as a Fulbright Scholar, to study harpsichord with Bach is just crazy with Huguette Dreyfus and Kenneth Gilbert. His invention, and the work Wisconsin Gazette? 2013 Grammy nomination was for The Com- plete Harpsichord Works of Rameau (Sono 6 has so many interesting Feb. 23– s Jan. event Luminus), showcasing the work of Jean- n ming tow upco the of Philippe Rameau, who was considered one harmonic elements.’ calendar ut onrated O A cu of the most important French composers ’ 6 an. 2 ANCESun., J aple ugh S a st DiCaprio on greed thro is t the 23 series bu ‘WINTERD Jan. nces ths, than Oscar-nominated actor hurs., erda mon nce T Wint early sona n of ’s on’s e re ratio Leonardo DiCaprio disses WM eas mor o y. 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Can 1 ee h one, W 50 auk big r, 1721 than Milw s the ente re ua his i C om mo (Antig ut t Expo li fr ous to — b ino’s chi obvi late) i Cas ures the ed S m- tom feat rom oad nu event f he L high nt The rants, nd T irdly u wa restau nt a we If yo ou “This is a very expressive, very accessible a strings, the harpsichord is a “plucked” key- r area u (the le). ets y Resta cure xamp 15 g ite Latin obs for e s, $ qu re bs, dnes isn’t e he mo h pu ma f that or th t Iris chili es; i ds f o er of the pl goo tw b in ce sam ed get t join -oun cann can ce a to hree two you van ht, t in and n ad eig bring rce ets i gh, Fo tick ’ S enou ask er T I E T Ord R I S ger les. O : C H Hun mp . work,” Vinikour says. “C.P.E. is a wonder- a board instrument. It’s similar in operation OT s om P H re owl.c mo hilib kec 0 1 4 m 3 , 2 vas. r y 2 can n u a on | J a e oil O M dic E. C Eury E T T and G AZ NSIN 2) Orpheus C O 180 WIS (1734- to the spinet, with an inner structure that ful composer — just crazy with invention 8 New War on Poverty 9 Hoosiers show heart 10 Workers rising up 21 W Gandolfioody Sez 25 Madison Ballet Fifty years after Lyndon Indiana lawmakers stall Wisconsin GOP defeats aGaetano Tom Strini praises The Repertory performance Johnson launched the War a measure to enact a proposal to hike the mini- Rep for authenticity in explores new themes and on Poverty, Democrats constitutional ban against mum wage and proposes a presenting the music of dance styles seek to renew it. marriage equality. seven-day work week. Woody Guthrie. plucks rather than strikes the strings. The — and the work has so many interesting 20th century saw the reemergence of the harmonic elements and so much to hear.” Ask the owner/manager of your harpsichord, particularly in performance of Vinikour expects audiences to walk away local supermarket, bookstore, early music works. having discovered a new composer and new The Milwaukee-based Ensemble Music composition. With any luck, audiences will coffee shop or restaurant to Offering has been promoting early music in also leave with a new appreciation for the add WiG to the other free general and the works of J.S. Bach in partic- harpsichord. publications they distribute. ular for more than 15 years. The group has Ask them to call 414-961-3240 gained prominence as a leading Midwest or send us the name of the authority on the baroque and classical peri- On stage location and we’ll call them! ods, receiving numerous national education Ensemble Music Offering’s upcoming awards and frequent airings on Wisconsin concert, C.P.E. Bach’s 300th Anniversary Public Radio. Celebration, is scheduled for 8 p.m. May “Many listeners like a bit of change in 10 at the Cathedral Church of All Saints, their musical diets,” Vinikour says. “The 818 E. Juneau Ave., Milwaukee. For more wisconsingazette.com sound of harpsichord and even baroque information, visit www.ensemblemusi- strings have drawn more listeners, and the caloffering.org. WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 21 Theatre Gigante retells ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ By Matthew Reddin Contributing writer Isabelle Kralj and Mark Anderson, of The- atre Gigante, have taken the Shakespear- ean classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream and turned it completely upside down to see what shakes out of it. Milwaukee audiences can see too, when the artistic duo’s new adaptation opens May 9. Kralj and Anderson admit they came up with the clever name Midsummer in Midwin- ter before anything else. But they’d planned from the beginning to diverge from Shake- speare’s text in more than name. “We knew we weren’t going to do Mid- summer,” says Kralj. “We were going to do our own thing.” The core of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is its examination of love and how making the right or wrong choice in it can change your life, according to Kralj. So they decided their adaptation had to deal with that issue, which led them to their main characters: Two pairs of middle-aged couples and two young lovers, who all converge on a North Woods cabin on a midsummer evening. Kralj is hesitant to unveil too many details of their storyline, saying their divergence moments. from the source material will work better as “(For the regulars) there’s no struggle in a surprise to the audience. But she acknowl- adapting to our style of creating and work- edges the age differences in the play are ing,” she says. more purposeful than incidental. But even as this production retains the Unlike Shakespeare’s original, where the stylistic cohesion common to Theatre mature couples are pushed to the periphery, Gigante, it breaks new ground. Anderson Midsummer in Midwinter puts them in the says they’re drifting farther into the realm of middle of the action. Kralj says focusing on farce than before, playing their characters them allows her and Anderson to show that with cartoon-like brushstrokes. there are more similarities than you might “We had fun making these choices,” he anticipate between their love affairs and says, “feeling liberated and at ease. Why those of their younger counterparts. not?” “Love when you’re 20 is looked on as The Theatre Gigante production is also different than love in your 40s, but it really breaking new ground by blending both live isn’t,” she says. and pre-recorded music to accompany the Her production’s six lovers are joined by a acting and dancing onstage. The latter half group of woodland wanderers much smaller consists of compositions by experimental than the group who peopled Shakespeare’s toy band artist Frank Pahl. It will be comple- comedy. Replacing the original “mechani- mented by singers Amanda Huff and Daniel cals” is the lone character Nick, who’s lost Mitchell, who’ll perform original works live in the woods on his way to a poetry slam. during Midsummer in Midwinter. The tribe of fairies is represented by Puck (perhaps a character’s imaginary friend), and two assistants are played by dancers Edwin Olvera and Jessie Mae Scibek. Many of the show’s cast members are On stagE Theatre Gigante regulars, which made the Midsummer in Midwinter opens rehearsal process much easier. Kralj and May 9 and runs through May 17 at Anderson were able to put together a first Kenilworth Studio 508, 1925 E. draft with the actors already in mind, lead- Kenilworth Place, Milwaukee, with ing to minimal rewrites. Kralj says it’s easier performances at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to work with artists who understand the are $25, $20 for seniors and $15 for manner of direction she and Anderson have students. Order at 800-838-3006 or cultivated in their careers, which focuses theatregigante.org. on specific movements and little subtle 22 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014 Tours, museum recreate Derby Day excitement By Anne Siegel Contributing writer Although you might not be able to attend the Kentucky Derby this year, you can expe- rience Churchill Downs excitement year- round. Within its gates there’s a fascinating museum that’s certain to awe racing enthu- siasts and non-enthusiasts alike. One of the country’s most famous race- tracks, known for its emblematic tall, white spires, Churchill Downs has been the center of Kentucky horseracing since 1875. You can lose a full day taking in the Derby’s storied history. Seats cost $3,000 apiece on Derby Day (May 3 this year), but the museum is far more affordable. And the museum crowds are far lighter than on Derby Day, when thousands pack the stands to experience “the greatest two minutes in sports.” In early spring, the excitement of Derby Day was already beginning to show at the Downs, located just five miles outside of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. The air was filled with hammering and the buzzing of chain saws while workers installed tempo- rary seating that’s used only for the Ken- tucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks, a race for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies held the day prior to Derby Day. While fillies are eligible to run in the Kentucky Derby (and a few have tried), the Kentucky Oaks is Photo: Churchill DownS strictly limited to the female horses. This year’s pace of construction was especially brisk as a new section running back for the Green Bay of 1,400 permanent seats was Within the gates of Churchill Downs Packers) at Churchill Downs. He installed at one end of the track are a museum and tours loaded said that he lives in Louisville (comparable to a football stadi- now and has traded footballs for um’s end zone). It’s estimated that with fascinating behind-the-scenes race horses. the $7-million project will more This tour is one of several that than pay for itself in just a few glimpses of the storied racetrack. are offered daily by the Churchill years. Downs Museum (except for the That’s because many Derby day of the Oaks and the Derby). ticket holders are prepared to pay The museum’s entrance is eas- far more than the $3,000 going tors (limited to 15 per tour) inside Million- ily visible from the front gate rate per seat. There’s an enormous, glassed- aire’s Row and the exclusive floor above, — its name is emblazoned on a wall in shiny in area called Millionaire’s Row, located where you can catch a glimpse of the swank gold letters. More than 210,000 visitors almost directly across from the finish line. but tasteful reception area where the Queen trot through the museum each year. The Above it is an area for the most rarified of of England sits her royal arse when she tours are limited and should be booked in visitors, including wealthy political leaders visits. advance. (as if there were any other kind these days), Wisconsinites might get a peek of one One of the don’t-miss tours is included athletes, and entertainment celebrities and of their hometown celebrities while visiting with regular museum admission ($14 for moguls. Churchill Downs. This writer spotted an adults, $6–$11 for children). It takes viewers A new behind-the-scenes tour takes visi- amiable Paul Hornung (retired Hall of Fame down the “chute” where all the Derby hors- es walk from a showing area outside the track onto the track itself. The area is paved with “bricks” made of recycled rubber, to keep the horses from injuring their feet. The track seems enormous at ground level. Visitors can get their photos taken at trackside. Most folks are surprised to learn that Churchill Downs has more than 100 horses stabled there year-round. The regular walk- ing tour includes a visit to see the resident thoroughbred, who has a pony pal for com- pany. To see a racing thoroughbred (and pos- sibly, a Kentucky Derby winner), there’s the Barn and Backside Tour. This one-hour tour, conducted on an air-conditioned bus,

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PHOTO: DerbyMuseum Kentucky DERBY from prior page rant for stable workers, trainers, etc., and If you are interested in the two tours takes guests back to the stables. One might a church that holds services on Mondays mentioned above plus regular admission, see horses getting a bath or being fitted (since races often are held on Sundays). you can get a package that shaves a few for new “shoes.” Many of these gleaming, There are dormitories and, of course, a fit- dollars off the price. And you’ll still have gorgeous horses cost millions of dollars, ness center. time to explore the museum itself, which so don’t expect to get out of the bus to pet The newest offering, Inside the Gates offers state-of-the-art interactive exhibits. one. However, the experienced guides know Tour, contains many of the features men- Unfortunately, flooding in 2009 required a a great deal about the track’s history and tioned above. This 75-minute tour includes a complete re-do of the museum’s main floor. even why racing horses wear certain pieces stop at some original murals painted on the Millions of dollars were spent to recreate of equipment (such as nose pads and eye walls of a main area within the building. One what you’ll see there today. guards). That will give visitors a few fun mural is of famous trainers, and the other Inside the museum, visitors can experi- facts to share at a Derby Day party. one is of famous jockeys (if you can only rec- ence all the aspects of racing. One of the Speaking of parties (see story below), ognize jockey Willie Shoemaker, don’t feel interactive games allows you to “race” your it’s not just women who wear eye-popping bad. He’s the one most visitors remember). friends atop a life-size thoroughbred. You Derby hats. Men typically wear hats, too. Our guide told some colorful stories have to maintain a jockey’s stance (not Traditional hats worn by both sexes are about those characters (and many were real easy) and position your horse on the track available at the terrific gift store. The staff characters), as you admire the workman- with your thumbs. Another exhibit allows won’t mind if you model a Derby hat for a ship of the murals. you to “call” a race, like the real announcers quick photo (the women’s hats cost about Don’t be surprised to see automated bet- do. There’s a wonderful, 360-degree movie $100–$130). The men’s hats, typically straw ting machines basically everywhere within that puts you right in the middle of racing fedoras or gambler’s hats in tones of cream Churchill Downs. It’s still possible to place action. and white, cost a bit less. a $2 bet. In some of the restricted areas To enter the museum, you pass through a Another aspect of the Barn and Backside (which you won’t see unless you’re the guest real starting gate identical to the one used Tour is a chance to see the veritable vil- of an sheik who owns horses there), are at the Derby. You’ll gain a new appreciation lage contained within the racing grounds. beautiful, carved dark-wood betting cages. for the tight space where jockeys prepare In addition to rows and rows of elaborately Visitors can place “live” bets, as they did in before they hear a buzzer and the call, adorned stables, there’s a 24/7 restau- the “old” days before technology took over. “They’re off!”

The Derby’s annual infield party has Mardi Gras flair By Anne Siegel encouraged. Last year, one gentleman Contributing writer showed up in a three-piece-suit, topped by One woman last year If you’ll be among the millions of TV view- a horse mask that covered his entire head. wore a straw cowboy ers who are watching (or who watched) There’s occasionally someone dressed as the Kentucky Derby on May 3, there’s an Batman or Gumby. hat decorated with two aspect of the Derby action you’ll prob- Many infield-goers wear imaginatively ably never see: the freewheeling sideshow designed hats that tend to be more tacky plastic horses doin’ within the racetrack itself. Much like New than stylish. For instance, one woman at last Orleans during Mardi Gras, the Churchill year’s race decided to wear a straw cow- what comes naturally. Downs’ infield becomes a playground for boy hat decorated with two plastic horses grown-ups on Derby Day. About 80,000 “doin’ what comes naturally.” Another revelers are packed within its boundaries, woman sported a Wisconsin cheese-head and many are ready for “the best party of decorated with plastic daisies. the year,” according to a veteran infield- The infield antics are so well known goer from Louisville. within Louisville that the infield experience It is important to note that very few is mentioned (briefly) in official marketing among the infield crowd will see a live materials. Although the materials note that horse. And they could care less, as a well- the infield is where people “indulge in all heeled Kentuckian told me. They are far things fun, freewheeling and a little frisky,” more interested in the beer stands, which it goes far short of spelling out what really also sell the traditional mint juleps (laced happens here — such as women stripping with Kentucky bourbon, of course). Horse off their shirts and occasional sex-in-the- racing action, if one is interested, can be grass romance. viewed from an enormous Jumbotron video A recent crackdown on items allowed screen across the track from the more into the infield — including coolers, grills respectable areas of Churchill Downs. and tents — was partly designed to put While national TV cameras focus on the a damper on full-scale partying. However, “proper” side of Derby action — showing the imaginative infield crowd was not to be images of celebrities and elegantly dressed deterred. In 2013, when a light rain contin- women sporting their elaborate Derby ued all day, some infield-goers were irked hats — the infield is a bit more, shall we by the fact that umbrellas weren’t allowed say, informal? The infield visitors are col- inside the gates. So, they created an inter- lege kids, and they dress accordingly. The esting diversion. They placed tarps on the attire skews more toward the casual, with ground, tossed bags of ice on top, and T-shirts and cut-off shorts the preferred created an adult-sized variation of the Slip- outfit of the day. High heels are out, while n’-Slide. Even the “horse head guy” gave it a cowboy boots and flip-flop sandals are try. And so did some women stripped down definitely in. There’s a practical reason for to their bras (or at least that’s how far they this: The heavy traffic tends to make the went for local videographers). infield muddy, especially if there’s been But don’t expect such scenes to be heavy rain (as in 2013). played out on national television. Instead, PHOTO: DerbyMuseum Kentucky However, unique costumes also are you’ll have to send your imagination racing. PHOTO: DerbyMuseum Kentucky 24 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014

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Photo: Courtesy Photo: Courtesy Photo: Courtesy From Chicago. From Straight and Butch. Four.

‘Chicago’ burns with talent cago is holding up better than the city it’s ing insight into the film. You’ll also find the men toward gay men, and for that, it should When Kander & Ebb’s Tony Award-win- named for. Bill Condon’s inspired Oscar- deleted “Class” scene, and much more. be commended. ning musical Chicago finally hit the big screen nominated screenplay transforms wannabe in 2002 after a few failed attempts (includ- performer Roxie’s musical numbers into Straight and gay, uncensored ‘Four’ lacks authenticity ing proposed versions rumored to star Liza effective flights of fancy. As inmates, Roxie Butch Cordora, host of the gay Phila- Four, the full-length feature film debut Minnelli and Goldie Hawn), it was a massive and Velma compete for the spotlight and delphia TV talk show In Bed With Butch, is by writer/director Joshua Sanchez, is an success. The winner of six Oscars, including the sympathies of the public and the press. the main subject of the 2010 documen- adaptation of award-winning gay playwright best picture, Chicago seemed to signal the They sing and dance to their (and our) tary Straight and Butch. The program airs on Christopher Shinn’s first play. An intimate return of the big-screen movie musical. hearts’ content. Here TV beginning May 30 and continuing portrait of four characters’ lives intersect- Neither of the lead actresses in the film Supporting players John C. Reilly (as Rox- through June, which is Gay Pride Month. ing on the fourth of July, the film features Chicago — Renée Zellweger and Catherine ie’s “invisible” husband Amos), Queen Lati- The film begins in 2008, when the slightly solid performances, but the film as a whole Zeta-Jones — was known for her musi- fah (as warden Mama Morton), Christine narcissistic Cordora sets out to create a cal- comes off as self-conscious. cal stage work. But under the direction of Baranski (as newspaper columnist Mary endar of pictures that pair him, naked, with The story begins with restless gay teen Rob Marshall, the duo glittered as murder- Sunshine) and Richard Gere (as unscrupu- straight men. The documentary follows the June (Emory Cohen) arranging online to ous jazz-age mamas Roxie Hart and Velma lous lawyer Billy Flynn) all make the most process through to its completion. hook up with a bisexual, African-American Kelly, respectively — and Zeta-Jones took of the Kander & Ebb songs, including “The The images were shot by a handful of married man named Joe (Wendell Pierce). home an Oscar for her work. Cellblock Tango,” “All That Jazz,” “Mr. Cel- different photographers in a variety of set- They meet near a payphone (remember Now available in a Blu-ray+DVD+Digital lophane,” “Razzle Dazzle” and “Nowadays.” tings. Gervase Peterson, of Survivor and Big those?) and drive off in Joe’s BMW con- HD/Ultraviolet Diamond Edition, with more Special features include commentary by Brother fame, happened to mention that his vertible. June, an only son, is reserved and than two hours (!) of new content, Chi- Marshall and Condon, which offers fascinat- girlfriend shaved his head for him when he admits to not being out to his parents. Joe, got out of the shower. So, a shot was set up who is outgoing and fatherly, appears to be in which Butch shaved Gervase’s head. The genuinely interested in the boy, although his subject’s personal stories also influenced interest could be sexually motivated. the shots with tattooed Bill, pizzeria propri- Across town, Joe’s obedient and respon- etor Angelo and Eric, a professional cook sible daughter Abigayle (Aja Naomi King) and massage therapist. The best looking is at home taking care of her sick mother. of the subjects, Eric, whose father was gay, Abigayle believes Joe is out of town at a was also the most comfortable with Butch in work-related conference. Abigayle and Dex- front of the camera. ter (E.J. Bonilla), an athletic classmate with As the project gained momentum, the bad grades and a police record, meet at a photo shoots became more inventive. nearby basketball court. Butch and one of the subjects recreated the Both couples end up having sex, but famous Annie Leibowitz Rolling Stone maga- instead of making them more comfortable zine cover featuring a naked John Lennon with each other, it has the opposite effect. and a clothed Yoko Ono. Another subject Everything comes to a head in a diner park- joined with Butch to create a version of Lei- ing lot, where Abigayle spies her father get- bowitz’s infamous k.d. lang and Cindy Craw- ting into his car with June in the passenger ford barber chair shot for Vanity Fair. Perhaps seat. the most universally famous image paid In Four, issues of race, class and sexuality homage is the Beatles’ Abbey Road album collide with the characters’ desires for an cover, featuring Butch with three naked authentic life. But Four itself feels inauthen- straight men. tic and stagey. Unfortunately, Straight and Butch is nei- DVD bonus features include commentary ther as interesting nor titillating as it could by Sanchez and Cohen, as well as a behind- have been. Still, it does a decent job of por- the-scenes featurette. traying the change in attitudes of straight WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 25 Operatic super power returns to Milwaukee Opera Theatre

By Matthew Reddin the superhero Fortuna (Samantha Sostrich). Contributing writer Her special super-hero power is her ability There’s only one superhero-slash-opera to manipulate time. singer out there, and her origin story is set But, alas, her efforts are torn asunder in Milwaukee. by the sudden appearance of a very British And so is her triumphant return, as Mil- supervillain (Nathan Wesselowski) and his waukee Opera Theatre revives its acclaimed three schoolgirl assistants (Katy Johnson, operetta Fortuna the Time Bender vs. The Lisa Buchmeier and Rana Roman). She must Schoolgirls of Doom, an original work that draft a local citizen, Joe (Jonathan Stewart), artistic director Jill Anna Ponasik commis- to be her sidekick, despite his lack of super- sioned Jason Powell to write in 2009. The powers. two crossed paths in an Alchemist Theatre Ponasik and Powell say they’ve been for- production of Powell’s sci-fi comedyInvad - tunate to have their entire cast (includ- er? I Hardly Know Her! Ponasik performed in ing Melissa Kelly Cardamone as Joe’s girl- the production, and the two hit it off so well friend Elizabeth and Diane Lane as Narra- that she asked him to write MOT’s first full- tor) return for the Fortuna revival. They’ve length production. enjoyed the opportunity to polish a few of Powell says the two threw around differ- the original production’s rougher scenes. ent ideas, but his interest in comics eventu- Ponasik says she brought Christopher Elst ally determined the choice. At the time, back to improve some of the fight scenes, Powell was not only a fan of comics but also for example. And cast members are trying a blogger on the subject. out new ways to finesse their performances, Since Powell’s knowledge of opera was she adds. limited to Gilbert and Sullivan, he says half- The May performances at Alchemist jokingly, Fortuna is laced with lyrical and Theatre are not the first in which the cast melodic allusions to their work. A very has reunited to recreate the magic. Thanks successful staged reading led to a 2012 to a successful Kickstarter campaign, MOT production at the Alchemist that slowly brought the cast together last year to pro- built into a series of sell-out performances. duce a complete studio recording of Fortuna. The production was so well received, in The album has served as something of a fact, that the theater added a Sunday night promotion for the upcoming Fortuna revival, show that sold out within four hours of its according to Ponasik. announcement. Ponasik is counting on the people who’ve The story of Fortuna unfolds in Anyville, a told her how much they want to see Fortuna city recently cleansed of all crime thanks to return or how much they regret missing it the first time to help make the revival a suc- On stage cess. The show, she adds, has wide appeal, Milwaukee Opera Theatre’s revival of drawing in opera buffs, comic lovers and Fortuna the Time Bender vs. The School- average Joes and Joannes. girls of Doom opens Thurs., May 8, and “I haven’t hardly met anyone who didn’t runs through May 24. Tickets are $22, like it,” she says. but $10 for students. Order by phone at Universal likability is a superpower that 800-838-3006 or online at brownpap- no performance company should turn down. ertickets.org. 26 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014 Neil Patrick Harris crushes it in new production of ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’

By Mark Kennedy AP drama writer It’s obvious from the first moments of the new Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch that star Neil Patrick Harris is doing something special. And it’s not just trying on a new role. He is lowered to the stage in a jumpsuit and ferociously feathered blond wig and immediately begins the show’s first rock- punk song, getting down on all fours, grind- ing into the microphone stand or licking the guitarist’s strings. The crowd inside of the Belasco Theatre, Photo: Courtesy where the show opened April 21, loses its Kathy Griffin,” he comments after putting mind, and why not? “Thank you! Thank you, tongue to wood). you’re so sweet,” Harris says. “I do love a Mayer harnesses both beautifully, allow- warm hand on my entrance.” ing Harris in a jean miniskirt to explore his Before our eyes, Harris is opening another natural exuberance but keeping the show chapter in his exceptional show business about Hedwig, a feisty piece of show busi- career with this 90-minute show and he sim- ness flotsam or, as she admits, an “interna- ply crushes it, holding nothing back, soften- tionally ignored song stylist.” Harris sings ing no edges, making no nice. with real feeling, whether it’s a torch song The bravura performance has earned Har- on a stool while dressed in a little cocktail ris a Tony nomination. The show received a dress or rocking out a head-banging tune by total of eight. attacking the scenery. Doogie Howser is long gone; the macho, Mitchell may not be Hedwig anymore, but tie-wearing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your he has given Harris new dialogue perfectly Mother has left the building. That guy in The suited to the new star. There are digs at Smurfs film franchise is nowhere to be found, the ultra-hip Jane Hotel in New York, John especially not strutting around in a pair of Mayer and dating site ChristianMingle, as gold stilettos. well as a new recurring joke about Broadway Harris plays Hedwig, a transgender East itself: Hedwig makes fun of the fictional Hurt German performer who explains her tortured Locker: the Musical, which “opened last night path from Berlin to a mobile home in Kansas and closed at intermission.” (Not to worry, to New York. Along the way, she has lost a old jokes like the fragrance “Atrocity By Hed- piece of her manhood (the remainder is the wig” are still there.) rest of the show’s title.) Other updates include some great, trippy The show has a renovated book by John projections by Benjamin Pearcy and a set Cameron Mitchell — who also played the by Julian Crouch that features a rusting car, first Hedwig — and songs by Stephen Trask front and center onstage, plus a fabulous grid that straddle the line between rock ‘n’ roll of wig mannequins. and traditional musical theater. A cult off- The five-piece rock band is headed by Broadway hit in 1998, Hedwig led to a 2001 Lena Hall, a Broadway veteran who also, feature film and has seemingly been waiting appropriately, leads the band The Deafening. for Harris ever since. In drag most of the night, Hall shows musical Director Michael Mayer has been twice versatility and comic chops. blessed. He has an undervalued score — But it will come as no surprise that while some of the 10 songs here like “Wicked Little Hall has an understudy, Harris does not. And Town,” “Origin of Love” and “Wig in a Box” that’s perfectly right: Rarely does a role fit a deserve to be on iPods everywhere — and performer so well. Harris is funny, twisted, a stunning leading man who is willing to eat poignant, outrageous, bizarre, silly and very, cigarettes and lick the stage (“Tastes like very human. Photo: Courtesy Neil Patrick Harris in the new Broadway production of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”

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Small fruits pack nutritional punch By Michael Muckian similar in appearance but differ- they break the bank on Vitamin Contributing writer ent in color and flavor. Each berry C, offering 160 percent of the The word “berry” conjures is made up of about 100 “drupe- minimum daily requirement per pleasant images: sweet, ripe lets.” The U.S. is the fourth-larg- cup — more than the average strawberries, perfectly round est raspberry producer, after Rus- orange. little blueberries, succulent rasp- sia, Poland and Serbia. A mix of berries with a fillip of berries — summer’s tastiest and The first garden strawber- whipped cream on top is one of most nutritious gifts. For bota- ries may have been cultivated the best ways to enjoy them. But nists, however, the word brings a in 18th-century France, although for those who want a little more, slightly different image to mind. rudimentary cultivation went on here are some favorite recipes: The botanical definition of among indigenous peoples in “berry” is a fleshy fruit produced Chile 300 years earlier. Referenc- Blueberry cream by a single plant ovary. Grapes, es to wild strawberries and their muffins blueberries and cranberries fall medicinal uses can be found in Ingredients into this category, but so do ancient Roman literature. Today 4 eggs tomatoes, avocados, bananas strawberry cultivation goes on 2 cups white sugar or sweetener and watermelons. worldwide, and the U.S. leads the 1 cup vegetable oil Cherries and olives fall into globe, producing more than 1.3 1 tsp. vanilla extract a category known as “drupes,” million tons of strawberries in 4 cups all-purpose flour produced from a single-seeded 2011. California is the top straw- 1 tsp. salt ovary with a hard, stony layer. berry-growing state. 1 tsp. baking soda Strawberries are not really ber- The nutritional values of ber- 2 cups sour cream ries at all, but rather an “accesso- ries rank them as “superfoods,” 2 cups blueberries ry fruit,” the edible part of which which means you should enjoy is not generated by the plant’s then as often as you can while the Directions ovary. season lasts. Preheat oven to 400 degrees, Blueberries and cranberries, a Blueberries have 2 grams of grease 24 muffin cups or line significant Wisconsin cash crop fiber and 10 grams of natural with paper liners. In a large that’s harvested in the fall, share sugar. They’re good sources of bowl beat eggs, gradually add- the same family and are native to Vitamins A and C, as well as ing sugar. Continue beating while North America. Blueberries are calcium and iron. Although they slowly adding oil. Stir in vanilla. cultivated as far north as Canada offer the same vitamin and min- In a separate bowl, blend flour, and as far south as Georgia, but eral content, raspberries tip the salt and baking soda. Stir dry Michigan is the top U.S. producer scale on dietary fiber with 7 ingredients into egg mixture of the fruit. grams of fiber and 4 grams of alternately with sour cream. Gen- Raspberries come in red, black, sugar. tly add blueberries. Scoop batter purple and blue varieties, with Strawberries swing back the into muffin cups and bake for 20 variant species producing golden other direction with 2 grams of minutes. or yellow raspberries that are fiber and 8 grams of sugar, but BERRIES next page WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 29

BERRIES from prior page Raspberry Cantaloupe Smoothie Ingredients OUR 1 cup raspberries ½ cantaloupe, peeled, seeded and cubed 1 cup plain yogurt 2 tbsps. sugar or sweetener Directions Combine ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into glasses, garnish with a whole raspberry or cantaloupe wedge and serve.

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this, they’re taking from the very alder is elected in 2015. A dozen companies quartered in southeast Association. The station was people they revere, and damaging have applied for the position. Wisconsin that have consistent awarded the prestigious overall the business they hope to become Farley has been active in civic financial growth and demonstrate excellence award as well as the a part of.” affairs as head of the now-defunct a commitment to good business breaking news award for its cov- Chris Farley Foundation and practices. The Wilson Center and erage of the Children’s Hospital through various city boards and other winners will receive their shooting last November. The two commissions. He also ran unsuc- awards at a luncheon scheduled wins both qualify WISN for the cessfully for Madison School for Friday, June 6, at the Country national competition in June. Board in 2010 and a city council Springs Hotel. Tickets can be pur- Other local stations that seat in 2011. chased at waukesha.org. received awards are WITI-6, which While he identified previously won for investigative reporting, Photo: Courtesy as a Republican, he now claims to news series and use of sound/ Milwaukee Art Museum. lean Democratic. A committee will video, and WTMJ, which won two recommend an applicant to the radio awards for breaking news Wisconsin Historical full body, which will then vote on it. and feature reporting as well as for Museum exhibiting best TV news website. first collection of Paul Seifert works The Wisconsin Historical Muse- um in Madison is currently dis- playing the first-ever exhibition of works by Wisconsin folk artist Paul Seifert. Seifert, who painted watercolors of Richland City area Photo: Courtesy farms and scenes from the late Photo: Courtesy NBC adding Wehr, 1870s to the early 1900s, was vir- Frank Lloyd Wright Lipinski to Kentucky tually unknown until scholars dis- tower opens to public Derby Photo: thewrap.com covered his works in 1950, nearly Frank Lloyd Wright fans now Hot off their successful gigs Robin Roberts gets 30 years after his death. He’s now have the opportunity to take a at the Winter Olympics and the honorary doctorate considered a leading folk artist look at one of his most unusual Academy Awards, former figure Southeastern Louisiana Univer- of rural scenes, and his paint- buildings: an industrial tower with skaters-turned-announcing team sity will honor ABC’s Good Morning ings are highly desired by collec- a tree-like design. Building owners Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski are America out co-host Robin Roberts tors – although museum officials SC Johnson are opening the build- bringing their sense of style to the with an honorary doctorate at its say they have never before been ing for public tours. Photo: GLAAD Kentucky Derby. NBC announced Whoopi says pot relieves her pain spring commencement on May 17. exhibited together. The 17 paint- The 15-story tower, SC Johnson’s April 22 the duo will comment Roberts is a 1983 communica- ings of Wisconsin in Watercolor: former research and development on the fashion and party scene tions graduate and former bas- The Farmscapes of Paul Seifert” will center in its Racine headquarters, Whoopi Goldberg says at horse racing’s signature event she’s in love with her ketball star at Southeastern. After remain on display through Aug. is considered one of the coun- on Sat., May 3. Their addition is graduating, she entered the broad- 30. try’s most important examples of marijuana-vaporizing considered a reflection on how pen. casting field and eventually joined cantilevered architecture. The first the Derby has become one of the ESPN, hosting “SportsCenter” and In her new column for The Den- ‘Wicked’ composer, floor appears like a tree trunk, and most female-friendly sports tele- contributing regularly to “NFL Pri- ver Post’s Cannabist website, the others fight sheet higher floors thrust from the core vised. Last year’s Derby was the metime.” She joined Good Morning Oscar-winning entertainer writes music piracy like branches. second-most-watched in 25 years, America in 2005. that her “vape pen” relieves the While most discussions of Wright completed the structure and 51 percent of the viewers were Diagnosed with breast cancer devastating glaucoma headaches musical piracy focus on illegal for the company in 1950, at a time women. in 2007, Roberts underwent a she suffers without overwhelming downloads of songs, several musi- when SC Johnson was in the pro- bone marrow transplant to treat her with a marijuana high. cal theater composers, includ- cess of developing four of its most Fish Fry & A Flick pre-leukemia in 2011. Southeast- Goldberg’s debut column ing Wicked composer Stephen successful products: Raid bug kill- returns ern students started a program appeared April 17. Schwartz, have begun a fight to er, Glade air freshener, Off insect The now-annual Point Fish Fry & to educate the public and recruit She writes that marijuana eases stop the piracy of sheet music. repellant and Pledge furniture pol- A Flick series, sponsored by Point potential donors for patients with the pressure, pain and stress of At a forum hosted by the Drama- ish. Researchers ultimately moved Brewery, will return to Discovery leukemia and other blood dis- glaucoma, and her vaporizing pen tists Guild on April 21, Schwartz out of the building in 1982 to a new World this summer — with two eases called “Swabbin’ 4 Robin” allows her to get the right amount and other composers, including facility. The building stood vacant additional opportunities to mix and recruited a record number of in small sips. Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five until this year, after completion of a delicious Friday fish fry with a potential donors for the nonprofit Goldberg says she’s discreet Years), Lin-Manuel Miranda (In a five-year, $30-million renovation. blockbuster projected on a mega organization Be the Match. about using the pen if she’s in the Heights) and Stephen Flaherty The tower and an adjacent admin- screen. Films will be shown every No doubt about it jurisdictions where medical mari- (Ragtime), discussed the prob- istration center also designed by other week beginning in mid- Fox 2000 is developing a sequel juana is illegal lem and wrote personal letters to Wright are in the free tours, which July. The roster of films will be to the 1993 hit comedy Mrs. Doubt- offenders describing the impact begin May 2. announced May 19. Entry is free, fire, which starred Robin Williams. their piracies have on their indi- Wilson Center earns but tickets must be purchased re award from Waukesha The follow-up will be penned by vidual incomes and the industry Chris Farley’s brother for the fish fry. The event’s dates “Elf” writer David Berenbaum. as a whole. The Dramatists Guild’s seeks to be Madison County Business are July 18, Aug. 1, Aug. 15, Sept. 5 Alliance The 62-year-old Williams would Anti-Piracy Committee has not alderman and Sept. 19. reprise his role as Mrs. Doubtfire, The Sharon Lynne Wilson Cen- publicly assigned a dollar value The brother of late comedian and Chris Columbus would return ter for the Arts announced April 21 to the cost of sheet music illegally Chris Farley wants to be a Madison WISN wins regional to direct and produce the film, in that they’ve been awarded 2014’s traded online. But the committee alderman. Murrow Award for which Williams played a strug- Community Distinction Award says that well-known composers The Capital Times reports that overall excellence gling actor who disguised himself by the Waukesha County Busi- have tens of thousands of pieces Tom Farley is looking to fill a seat Local ABC affiliate WISN as Scottish nanny to spend time ness Alliance and media partner of music available to download. recently vacated by Sue Ellingson 12 announced Apr. 22 that it’s with his kids, who lived with his BizTimes Media LLC. The award, Committee chair Craig Carne- to deal with a family emergency. received two regional Edward R. former wife Sally Field. The origi- given in conjunction with the lia said he believes most offend- The Madison City Council will Murrow awards, given out by the nal film made over $400 million alliance’s 2014 Top 10 Business ers are simply “people that don’t appoint a placeholder until a new Radio Television Digital News worldwide. really understand that by doing of the Year Awards, recognizes WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM | May 1, 2014 31 WORLD WAR II ACROSS scholasticism 20. Damp 1. Low life? 50. Box office failure, e.g. 22. Operations, as in mili- 6. Hot springs 52. One of Five Ws tary 9. Nerd 53. Bread portion 24. Hang up the phone 13. _____ International Air- 55. Corn spot 25. *Churchill/Roosevelt/ port, Kyrgyzstan 57. Entertain, as in idea Stalin meeting site 14. *It ended in 1945 61. *WW II consequence 26. Bedazzle 15. *Peninsula, location of 65. Love intensely 27. New Zealand parrots El Shatt WWII refugee 66. Snake-like fish 29. Type of sign camps 68. Open-mouthed 31. Boors lack this 16. March celebrants 69. *He defeated Max 32. In no manner 17. “Much ___ About Noth- Schmeling before enlist- 33. American Mennonite ing” ing 34. *Like France under 18. Bond 70. In the past PÈtain 19. *Russian soldiers, en 71. In the buff 36. Eight furlongs masse 72. Formerly 38. Involving two parts 21. *Ribbentrop’s co-signer 73. Rin tin tin, e.g 42. Selfie 23. ___-tzu 74. Done for success 45. *Axis opponents 24. Absorbed 49. “Word” in French 25. “Yakety ___” DOWN 51. *Germany’s invasion 28. Short skirt 1. Gulf V.I.P. target 30. Geo-spacial positioning 2. Filly’s mother 54. Beforehand system, for short 3. Blyton or Bagnold 56. J. _____ Hoover 35. Genesis man 4. Primary 57. Tall one is a lie 37. Cell phone button 5. Hindu retreat 58. Carbon monoxide lacks 39. Wynonna Judd’s mother 6. Go to and fro this 40. Mischievous Scandina- 7. Mouse turf 59. Y’all vian god 8. Enophile’s sensory con- 60. Court order 41. Dress up or deck out cern 61. Heidi’s shoe 43. Elegant and stylish 9. Drunkard 62. Boat track 44. ___-__-la 10. “Get __ __!” 63. “Planet of the ____” 46. Russell Crowe’s 2014 11. *Post WWII military alli- 64. Co-written, produced role ance and directed by Warren 47. Comedy Central’s 12. *Battle of ____, encircle- Beatty “____.O” ment of Russian troops 67. Bigheadedness 48. One of the founders of 15. Arabic ruler 32 WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM May 1, 2014 Out on the town May 1 – May 14 A curated calendar of upcoming events

‘Nancy Drew and Her ‘Songs for a New World’ Biggest Case Ever’ 7:30 p.m. on Fri., May 2, and Sat., May 3 May 2 to June 1 Greendale Community Theatre is well known for its big summer and winter pro- Teen detective Nancy Drew makes her ductions, but this May, the company presents its first spring show:Songs for a New first appearance in a First Stage production World. The first produced work by Jason Robert Brown, the show is best described with this adaptation by Jeff Frank and John as a theatrical song cycle. It’s a minimalist work for a small cast that follows six per- Maclay, which finds her stumbling into a formers playing multiple characters who are, in Brown’s words, “hitting the wall and brand-new mystery. In the vein of the clas- having to make a choice, or take a stand, or turn around and go back.” At Muskego sic stories by Mildren Wirt Benson (writing Lakes Country Club, S100 W14020 Loomis Road, Muskego. Tickets are $10, and can as Carolyn Keene), Frank and Maclay have be ordered at 414-423-2790 or greendaletheater.org. A pre-show dinner option is crafted a clever tale of a mysterious girl, her available. For more about that, call Muskego Lakes Country Club at 414-425-6500. family’s secrets and a series of clues that draw Nancy closer and closer to the truth — and to danger. At the Marcus Center’s Todd Wehr Theatre, 929 N. Water St. Tickets range from $12 to $32. Phone 414-267-2961 or visit firststage.org.

Photo: mirandacrispin.com The Paris cast of Songs for a New World.

Photo: Gloria Hafemeister Dirk Hildebrandt, farm manager at Old World Wisconsin, poses next to an antique wagon he acquired for the historic attraction.

Old World Wisconsin Opening Day Sat., May 3 After a long, cold winter, Old World Wisconsin springs back to life, once again re-cre- ating the long-past world of late-19th century Wisconsin, when settlers began developing the land we now call home. Populated with historic buildings relocated from across the state and featuring a village of re-enactors portraying early settlers, Old World Wisconsin is the world’s largest museum dedicated to the history of rural life. Old World Wisconsin is open weekends only from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through May 18, at which point it opens daily through the summer. Located just outside Eagle, Wis., at W372 S9727 Hwy 67. Admission is $16, $14 for students and seniors, and $9 for children 5 to 17. Family tickets are $43. Visit oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory.org for more information.

Madison Antique Showcase and Sale 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sat., May 3; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sun., May 4 The 17th annual Madison Antique Show- case and Sale takes over the Alliant Energy Center this weekend. The event features 55 dealers from across the Midwest, selling art, Americana, pottery, furniture, folk art and vintage goods. There are also food and festivities to enjoy. If you have antiques to Maifest 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sat., May 3; after-party from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. sell, take them along from 1 to 5 p.m. on Celebrate spring’s (sort-of) return at this festive, Germanic celebration of May at Essen Saturday or 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday to Haus. This annual, outdoor, family-friendly festival features live contemporary and polka have them appraised. Admission for the music, a traditional Maypole dance, a local art display and activities for kids and adults. two-day event is $6. At 1919 Alliant Energy Essen Haus, an authentic Bavarian restaurant, co-hosts the event with the Dane County Way. Visit madisonantiqueshow.com for Humane Society, which benefits from 15 percent of the profits from food and beverage more details. sales. At 514 E. Wilson St., Madison. Admission and parking are free.

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Museum Mile Day 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sun., May 4 The museums of the self-titled “Milwaukee Museum Mile” join forces for the weekend to encourage patrons to come out for Museum Mile Day, a sim- ple and affordable way to see all five institutions in a single afternoon. Partici- pating venues are the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, Charles Allis Art Museum, Museum of Wisconsin Art at St. John’s on the Lake, Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum and North Point Lighthouse at Lake Park. All sites offer free or reduced admission for the day, as well as light refreshments, free tours and a shuttle bus to transport visitors from place to place. The museums are also partnering with the UWM Creative Trust’s Moving Pictures program, which presents live interactive performances reimagining a piece of art at every gal- Fitz and the Tantrums 7:30 p.m. on Tue., May 6 lery. For more information, visit milwaukeemuseummile.org. Fitz and the Tantrums have swept like a whirlwind through popular music ever since releasing the bombastic debut, the Motown- and soul-influenced Pickin’ Up the Pieces, in 2010. The group’s latest release More Than Just a Dream is in many ways less ambitious and ‘Mom’s Night Out’ 6:30 p.m. on Weds., May 7 more self-conscious than the freshman outing. Nonetheless, it’s the basis for an exemplary concert. If you haven’t seen the sextet live, don’t miss this soon-to-become rare opportu- Mother’s Day isn’t until May 11, but if you want some private “mom time” before that, nity to see Fitz and company in Madison, because it’s on stage, not in the studio, where sign up for “Mom’s Night Out,” sponsored by Dishcrawl Milwaukee. The “premier walk- this group comes memorably to life. Having already sold out the Barrymore, the original ing food tour” provider is partnering with City Moms Blog Network and My Milwaukee venue where the group was to appear in Madison, the show’s been moved to the larger Mommy to offer a variety of specialty food samples, goodie bags and the opportunity to Capitol Theater at the Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State St. With special guest Night meet and network with other local parents. At Kasana, 241 N. Broadway, Milwaukee. Tick- Terrors of 1927. Tickets are $25 to $28. Call at 608-258-4141 or go to overturecenter.com. ets are $30. For more, mouse over to dishcrawl.com. And hurry!

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‘Fortuna the Time Bender vs. The Schoolgirls of Doom’ May 7 to May 24 Milwaukee Opera Theatre’s most famous production returns, in all its superheroic, operatic glory. Fortuna, an opera commissioned from Jason Powell in 2010 and first performed in 2012, tells the story of Anyville, a town that’s been cleansed of crime until the evil headmaster and his schoolgirls of doom cross the Atlan- tic to challenge the time-bending Fortuna, who must recruit an ally from the average citizenry of Anyville to vanquish her foe. Although this sounds like an unorthodox premise for an opera, Superheroes are red- hot right — and so is this production, complete with its original cast. At the Alchemist Theatre, 2569 S. Kinn- ickinnic Ave., Milwaukee. Tickets are $22, $10 for student rush. Order at 800-838-3006 or online at milwau- keeoperatheatre.org.

‘Midsummer in Midwinter’ 7:30 p.m. on Thurs., Fri., and Sat., May 9 to 17 Taking Shakespeare’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream and turning it upside-down to make it a contemporary midwinter farce? That’s just the sort of thing you’d expect from Theatre Gigante, which has spent more than 25 years developing its own distinct style Photo: milwaukeeopera.org of theater and movement. The troupe’s season concludes with this adaptation, which ‘I Hear America Singing’ May 9 to June 1 takes the basic idea of Shakespeare’s original play — confused lovers lost in the woods — and applies it to a new crop of characters, young and old alike, with farcical results. At Famous opera composer and Milwaukee native Daron Hagen agreed to write, Kenilworth Studio 508, 1925 E. Kenilworth Place. Tickets are $25, $20 for seniors, $15 for arrange and direct this musical review, so expect something spectacular from I students. Ring 800-838-3006 or visit theatregigante.org. Hear America Singing, staged by Skylight Music Theater. The show features three old friends (played by Robert Frankenberry, Carol Greif and Rick Pendzich) who reunite at an audition for a revival of an old-time musical called — you guessed Isthmus a la Carts 4 to 8 p.m. on Fri., May 9 it — I Hear America Singing. As they trade stories and reminisce, they thread in a mix of classic Civil War and World War I-era tunes, as well as new compositions The food carts and trucks of Madison will once again queue up at the lakeside setting by Hagen. The proceedings lead to what the Skylight’s advertising describes as of Olin Park, 1156 Olin-Turville Court, for another installment of Isthmus a la Carts, an no less than a “revolution of the heart.” At the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. afternoon celebrating the city’s street food scene. Patrons can enjoy sample-sized portions Broadway. Tickets range from $13.50 to $67. Give a call to 414-291-7800 or go from more than a dozen of the best roving restaurants, as well as craft brews from spon- to skylightmusictheatre.org. sor Leinenkugel’s. The event wraps up promptly at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20. Check it out at isthmusalacarts.com.

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‘8 is Enough’ 7 p.m. on Mon., May 12 Frank Almond will wrap up the 10th anniversary season of Frankly Music with a pair of mesmerizing octets, considered some of the greatest in the canon. The works by Schubert and Mendelssohn will be performed by a collection of Almond’s colleagues, many from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, joined by violinist David Kim, the concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra. After a season of multiple triumphs and the terror of having the Lipinski Stradivarius stolen from him, Almond is sure to present a cathartic and powerful evening. At Wisconsin Lutheran College, 8815 W. Wisconsin Ave., Wauwatosa. Tickets are $39, $10 for students. Go to franklymusic.org.

Neko Case 7:30 p.m. on Wed., May 14 She may have taken up with coun- try music since leaving her collabora- tors in The New Pornographers, but Neko Case has always done things on her own terms. With her latest album The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You, she reaches her most emotionally raw places yet, explor- ing autobiographical and observed moments through song. She’ll open up to Madison audiences at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State St., per- Nickel Creek 6:30 p.m. on Sat., May 10 forming on the same bill with the San Mandolin player Chris Thile, fiddle player Sara Watkins and guitarist Sean Watkins Francisco folk band The Dodos. Tick- — much better known as the progressive bluegrass trio Nickel Creek — hadn’t played ets are $28.50 in advance and $32.50 together in seven years before reuniting recently to celebrate the trio’s 25th anniversary. So at the door. Call 855-704-8976 or you can imagine their show together at the Riverside Theater is going to be nostalgic and visit madisonorpheum.com. enthusiastic. But seats are still available to hear the trio perform the biggest songs from their past, such as “The Lighthouse’s Tale” and “This Side,” as well as tracks from their new album A Dotted Line. The Riverside Theater is at 116 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee. Tickets — $35 and $45 — can be purchased at 414-286-3663 or pabsttheater.org.

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