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A preview tour of the Goodman Atwood Community Center
by David Medaris on 08/28/08 at 3:35 pm | When the Goodman Atwood Community Center re-opens on Tuesday at the old Kupfer Iron Works Building on Waubesa Street, visitors can expect to find a work in progress. But what a piece of work it is. For the first time in memory, all of the center's programs -- including the Lussier Teen Center and the New Loft -- will be reunited under one roof. |
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Brett Favre fun for everyone in Madden NFL All-Play for the Nintendo Wii
by Zac Shipley on 08/28/08 at 11:09 am | Brett Favre, a sure bet for the Football Hall of Fame and legendary quarterback for the Green Bay Packers was selected to be the athlete featured for the cover of Madden 2009. Of course we're all well aware by now how the tribute to the temporarily retired player panned out, but how is the game itself? |
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Madison Snaps -- August 28, 2008
by Kristian Knutsen on 08/28/08 at 10:00 am | Today's image is titled "tee #1" and was photographed by Ryan Wisniewski. |
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Water towers, morning TV, and Africana Restaurant in the August 29 edition of Isthmus
by on 08/28/08 at 6:00 am | What can you find in this week's Isthmus? Highlights from the latest issue follow. |
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Bravo brings Top Chef: The Tour to Madison
by Kyle Nabilcy on 08/27/08 at 6:44 pm | Near the conclusion of the most recent season of the hit food show Top Chef in June, Bravo announced that a tour promoting the reality program would be making 23 stops in 19 cities throughout the summer. On Wednesday, Top Chef: The Tour hit Madison, and I was fortunate enough to be one of the attendees. |
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The Planski: Waiting for Barack at the Denver National Carnival
by Ben Manski on 08/27/08 at 4:40 pm | I don't know what to make of the scene here in Denver. There are too many scenes. Tens of thousands of riot police deployed throughout the Denver metro area, patrolling the Qdobas, McDonalds and strip malls for miles around, keeping an eye out for crusty punks with anarchist tendencies, seemingly oblivious to the Neo-Nazis leafleting parked cars with flyers promising solutions to the "Negro Problem." |
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Tammy Baldwin and Jim Doyle take the stage at DNC in Denver
by Kristian Knutsen on 08/27/08 at 2:33 pm | Tuesday was a big day for Wisconsin at the Democratic National Convention, with two prominent officeholders speaking formally before the assembled delegates and media in Denver. Governor Jim Doyle and U.S. Representative Tammy Baldwin each took the stage at the Pepsi Center to speak on the second day of the convention, which culminated in remarks by New York Senator and close presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton. |
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Hamann Charcuterie shop to open in Madison
by Linda Falkenstein on 08/27/08 at 12:29 pm | The locally produced sausages of Hamann Charcuterie have up until now been the purview of Northsiders or other foragers savvy enough to be shopping the Northside Farmers' Market on Sunday mornings. Nicholas Bruns, maker of top-drawer sausages -- like the divinely spiced bratwurst that don't ooze grease when you bite into them -- has been selling since May of this year at the Northside Farmers' Market only, but is planning to open a shop at the Northside Town Center (a.k.a. Sherman Plaza) in the next couple of months. |
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Alternative takes on the DNC in Denver: Hillary Day
by Jason Joyce on 08/27/08 at 11:40 am | Day two of the Democratic National Convention was Hillary Clinton Day, according to the network television outlets that restricted their coverage to what happened inside Denver’s Pepsi Center immediately before, during and after she addressed the delegates. |
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Madison Snaps -- August 27, 2008
by Kristian Knutsen on 08/27/08 at 11:00 am | Today's image is titled "'What are YOU doing up this early?!'" and was photographed by Angela Richardson. |
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Day three at the DNC, the Big Ten Network, Chicago at APT, and more in Madison Miscellany
by on 08/27/08 at 12:00 am | Wisconsin politicians and delegates continue to speak up at the DNC in Denver, the World Stem Cell Summit approaches, three UW students killed in early morning car crash, a farewell to Marc Eisen, interviews with Murder By Death, the jukebox at the Malt House, Poetry Slam Inc. issues statement on NPS 2008, Chicago builds presence at APT, Charter picks up Big Ten Network programming, and much more can be found in this latest round-up of online social media in Madison and Dane County. |
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DNC watch parties bring Obama nomination to Madison
by Kristian Knutsen on 08/26/08 at 1:14 pm | More than 75,000 people crowding into Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver will get the opportunity to watch Barack Obama accept the presidential nomination at the apogee of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night. As many millions more will be watching the candidate's speech on television, though, the campaign is seizing on its supporters excitement for the occasion and facilitating convention watch parties throughout the nation. Madison supporters certainly won't be missing out on the excitement. |
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Brews and movies at the Capital Brewery Bier Garten
by Robin Shepard on 08/26/08 at 12:18 pm | If you're feeling that we're on the downhill side of summer, a warm evening in a local beer garden is a great way to make the most of those waning days. Taking that one step further, how about dinner, beer and a movie at Capital Brewery? About a half-dozen times from May through September, movies are shown on Saturday nights in the Middleton brewery’s beer garden. |
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Win tickets to The Dandy Warhols at the Barrymore
by on 08/26/08 at 10:47 am | The Isthmus Guest List is back with another round of free tickets to amazing concerts, shows and more fun events around Madison. This week's contests include tickets to: The John Masino Band and LUBE at The Club Tavern; Lorenzo’s Music at The Frequency; Tender Meat at the Project Lodge; The Mighty Short Bus, Cherry Pie, and Bad Medicine at The Bean; The Derek Trucks Band, Great Big Sea, Christian Finnegan, and Chris Trapper at the Majestic; The Dandy Warhols, Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, and Suzanne Westenhoefer at the Barrymore; and more. |
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Madison Snaps -- August 26, 2008
by Kristian Knutsen on 08/26/08 at 10:00 am | Today's image is titled "Support Local Artists" and was photographed by Emily Mills. |
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Baldwin and Doyle at the DNC, the MMSD fall referendum, and more in Madison Miscellany
by on 08/26/08 at 12:00 am | Tammy Baldwin and Jim Doyle speak at the Democratic National Convention, Cieslewicz offers warning about tough 2009 city budget, a statement from CAST in favor of the fall referendum for the MMSD, students set to return to UW for fall semester, memories of the Orton Park Festival, and much more can be found in this latest round-up of online social media in Madison and Dane County. |
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Alternative takes on the DNC in Denver: Day one
by Jason Joyce on 08/25/08 at 10:35 pm | Catch up on the Democratic National Convention in Denver with quick round-up of reporting and blogging alternative weekly newspapers. |
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University Square Food Court opens at UW-Madison
by Linda Falkenstein on 08/25/08 at 6:05 pm | Soooo, the new University Square food court is open. The highly designed area is not on the ground floor, but a flight up, with large windows overlooking Vilas Hall. The eating area is furnished with bright green, IKEA-style plastic chairs, retro mid-20th century modern lighting, flat screen televisions, and four fast food franchises: Sbarro, Quiznos, Nori Japan and Stir Fry 88. |
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Goofy fun at Trek Urban Assault Ride
by David Medaris on 08/25/08 at 3:34 pm | It's true that the Trek Urban Assault Ride could be called a bike race. Some of the two-person teams participating in the event on Sunday were vying for prestige at the front of the field, along with prizes such as New Belgium bikes. But even more than a race, the ride is perhaps best described as an amusing spectacle. |
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On the Agenda: Free land for the city, learning about Family Care and a public safety update from Chief Wray
by Vikki Kratz on 08/25/08 at 1:06 pm | The committee will vote on a plan to reject the Army's offer of free land on Park Street for a homeless shelter. Instead, the city wants to buy the land from the federal government, then use it for private development. The city will also take land on Nakoosa Trail, currently owned by the Water Utility and appraised at more than $400,000, and give it to Porchlight for a shelter. |
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Mayor Dave's weekly whereabouts: Digging Denver
by Jason Joyce on 08/25/08 at 11:49 am | Quick! Name one thing Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and pot activist Ben Masel have in common. |
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Madison Snaps -- August 25, 2008
by Kristian Knutsen on 08/25/08 at 11:36 am | Today's image is titled "Mad City Ski Team" and was photographed by Michael Leland. |
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Blaska's Blog: Only the finest ingredients
by David Blaska on 08/25/08 at 11:00 am | Now that Blaska's Blog has won the silver medal in Isthmus’ "Madison’s Favorites" poll, Blaska's Blog world headquarters is being inundated with requests for tours of our production facilities. Schools, senior citizen centers, fraternal organizations, better government groups, Tony Galli of TV-27, the Federal Trade Commission and the morbidly curious are lined up to see how this popular blog is manufactured. |
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The Week: August 25-28, 2008
by on 08/25/08 at 6:00 am | Live large over this final full week of summer, as the season departs with a strong roster of live music by Lee "Scratch" Perry, Beaten by Them, Jana Hunter, Chuchito Valdés at Jazz at Five, Jsan & the Analogue Sons, Walls of Jericho, and Joe and Vicki Price. |
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Wisco pols hit the DNC, Safety 24/7 on campus, the Main Depot, and more in Madison Miscellany
by on 08/25/08 at 12:00 am | Tammy Baldwin and Mark Pocan speak up at the Democratic National Convention, another arrest account from the Witness Against War vigil at Fort McCoy, late summer speed traps, the UW launches new student safety website, Caden Biosciences shutters, the family photos of the last local owner of the State Journal, eating at the Main Depot, a report from the Urban Assault Ride, Bret Bielema gives first presser of the season, and much more can be found in this latest round-up of online social media in Madison and Dane County. |
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Jazz and jam reunite at the Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest in Fitchburg
by Tea Krulos on 08/24/08 at 10:21 am | The fifth annual Midwest Gypsy Swing Fest, held on Friday and Saturday at a farm in Fitchburg, felt more like a family picnic of talented jazz musicians than a festival. They played at Art in the Barn, with plastic chairs and bales of hay set up for seating. There were no aggressive sponsors, and the bathroom was located through the horse stall, next to a horse named Ringo. |
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Weekend bike rides, The Treats, Wexford Ridge gardening, and more in Madison Miscellany
by on 08/24/08 at 12:00 am | Weekend bike rides, a live show by The Treats, the summer garden program at Wexford Ridge Neighborhood Center, the Mallards alumni game, and much more can be found in this latest round-up of online social media in Madison and Dane County. |
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The Planski: ¡John Wiley, presente!
by Ben Manski on 08/23/08 at 10:43 am | They say no good deed ever goes unpunished. And so I say to former UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley, though I know he will grit his teeth to hear it, "Thank you." |
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Brian Solomon, the MMSD referendum, Inka Heritage, Bridges on the Green, and more in Madison Miscellany
by on 08/23/08 at 12:00 am | Brian Solomon considers basic government services, city budget cuts and the Madison schools referendum, the UW Marching Band sets up on campus, Matt Tegenkamp a memorable meal at Inka Heritage, Friday night fish fry at Bridges on the Green, finishes 13th in 5,000 meters finals at Beijing Olympics, and much more can be found in this latest round-up of online social media in Madison and Dane County. |
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The Planski: En route to the launch of the U.S.S. Obama
by Ben Manski on 08/22/08 at 8:42 pm | Driving down to O’Hare early morning, bound for Denver, my wife and I had the radio on, listening for campaign news. “This is it, this is the moment” Pause. The suspense builds. “The announcement is coming.” |
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