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COVER STORYL4 Parma

FINE ARTSR8 Foxy FindsL12 The DrawL16 Teaching and Creating

FOOD & DRINKR2 BrewmasterR4 From the Wine CaveR6 Tricia’s TableL10 Uptown

ENTERTAINMENTR10 Live from JapanR12 Dobie MaxwellR22 Buddhist AdvisorR24 Cinema BeneathR30 Postcard from Milwaukee

R32 The Spanish InquisitionR36 Testicle FestivalR38 Concert WatchR40 CD ReviewL20 Crazy Cool Crazy Todd

NEWS & VIEWSR14 Right Wing NutR16 The View from the Leftfield

SeatsR18 Media RantsR20 Rohn’s Rants

OUTDOORSL8 Urban BeekeepingR26 Rob ZimmerR34 Packer Shanty

GREEN CHOICESR28 Seeing Green

EVENT CALENDARSR42 Live MusicL22 Lawrence UniversityL23 The Big Events

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Located between the pointed peaks of the Alps and the green slopes of the Apennines, Parma is the heart of the food valley in Italy. Many incredible foods are produced in and around Parma, including Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese and Prosciutto Di Parma. The people of Parma have refined palates and truly appreciate the beauty of a good meal served in good company. This description graces the entrance of the Fox Valley’s newest food destination, Parma.

When you arrive at Parma, you first encounter a warm and inviting décor. Walls of bottled wine form the entrance to two distinct environments from which to choose—an Italian Gastro Pub or Fine Italian Dining. Prior to arrival, patrons should have some idea of what type of fare they are seeking.

The Gastro Pub offers a high-end beer and food menu includ-ing gourmet burgers, stone fired pizza, finger foods, soups, and boards, which offer delicious meat and cheese selections. The inviting pub has a wall of 60 craft beers on tap to choose from, including IPA’s, Ales, Dark Ales, Porters, Stouts, Black Beers, Lagers, Ciders, Fruit and Nitro Beers. This is for sure the largest

selection of finely crafted swill within 100 miles. Five televisions complete the room to enjoy sporting events. The relaxed environ-ment is ideal for conversation and friendly gatherings.

The fine Italian dining side of the enterprise has the largest selection of premium bourbon, scotch, and whiskey and the larg-est selection of wine by the glass you’ll find. The food served on

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this side of the restaurant includes the finest of Italian inspired offerings. The Culinary Institute of America-trained chef, who later spent two years learning his signature Italian preparation in Italy, has delivered this cuisine to the Fox Valley to take pleasure in.

No matter which side of Parma you decide to experience, the food is farm to table. Relationships with area farmers ensure the freshest ingredients are used to fashion delicious seasonal and sustainable Italian cuisine. Soups prepared from scratch, pasta entrees cre-ated fresh, and other specialties complete the menu, including seafood flown in daily, and grass fed all natural beef. The menu is seasonal with five to six changes in selection based on what is being harvested from farmers around the state. Well-trained servers provide their experience in preparation and pairings, insisting on the ultimate dining experience.

As the weather warms up, consider enjoying one of 60 patio seats that will soon be available. Parma does not take reservations, except for parties between 10 and 50.

Parma awaits your arrival for what will be an unforgettable dining experience. Parma is located at 3775 W. College Avenue.

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BY LORI PALMERI

Did you know the honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the Wisconsin State insect, designated in Chapter 326 of State statutes? According to the Department of Natu-ral Resources, “In 1977, the third grade class of Holy Family School in Marinette was studying the legislative process, hands-on. With encouragement from the Wis-consin Honey Producers Association, they asked the Legislature to select the honey bee as the state insect.

Forbes Magazine featured blogger, Tom Barlow’s interview with Dr. James Tew of Ohio State Univer-sity’s Honeybee Laboratory, about “urban beekeeping, “… in cities like Denver, Minneapolis, Helena, Mon-tana, New York City” and, I add to that list, closer to home, Madison, Milwaukee, La Crosse, Eau Claire and

Green Bay (2010 repealed ban on beekeeping). Barlow observed, “This effort supports rehabilitating our nation’s ailing bee population as well as contributing to local food production. However, those that are allergic to bee stings are not so thrilled…” that is, about bees in the city, for fear of any bee sting, not just the docile honey bee.

Public education opportunity #1: There is a distinct difference between a honey bee and a wasp or other aggressive stinging insects.

The public education component requires facing those fears and looking at the different kinds of bees, and as Barlow and Tew opined, “…what protections can be put in place to minimize even the unlikeliest of harm. Typically stings occur from wasps, yellow jackets or hornets seeking food at the picnic or having their nest disturbed. They can and do sting repeatedly.

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However, a honey bee does not want to sting you because it will die after stinging since they lose their stinger in the process which is attached to their digestive system.”

Despite a small percentage of the popu-lation concerned with bee sting allergies, the last five year estimates now indicate there around 100,000 beekeepers, up 10% to 15% since the early 2000’s across the country.

Dr. James Tew of the Honey Bee Labo-ratory at Ohio State University is inspired by the numbers of amateur urban beekeep-ing he has encountered , “They are valu-able contributors”, he said, “to the recent stabilization, if not growth, in the world bee population”. And, many of these are hobbyists, operating in urban settings.

Barlow’s blog went on to report, “Tew sees urban beekeeping as part of a couple of movements, the green and the locavore. The concern over colony collapse disor-der, he believes, worried those who value the balance of nature, and some urban devotees have taken it upon themselves to help reestablish bee colonies. The locavore movement, valuing foods locally grown, also helped inspire amateurs to try their hand at beekeeping.

Urban beekeeping is not, however, without its downside, at least among those who fear that bee stings could lead to anaphylactic shock and death. In fact, a number of communities still have laws on the books forbidding residents from having their own hives, although many are being reversed. The numbers don’t support the fear, however; sources estimate annual deaths from bee stings at around forty people per year.” Some best management practices could mitigate the perceived threat.

Tew said there are some simple steps that a beekeeper can take to minimize the potential for harm from a hive; “… by fencing the hive to five or six feet, bees are forced to climb upon departing the hive, and mischievous children are kept at a distance. Since bees most commonly sting near the hive in defense of it, this reduces the likelihood of such an event. The docile bred honey bees are non-aggressive. They just want to be left along to do their work…” that is, producing neighborhood local honey.

So, if the little honey bee is Wisconsin’s state insect – why are they not allowed to be kept in most Wisconsin cities by local

ordinance? Some Wisconsin cities have passed urban beekeeping ordinances allow-ing apiaries, like Madison, Milwaukee, LaCrosse and Eau Claire, and Green Bay. And, it looks like Fond du Lac is on track to be the next city to pass such an ordinance. As of April 13, the FDL Plan Commis-sion reviewed the zoning code for setback requirements and the issue is expected to go back to City Council in early May. That is just in time to get hives in before it’s too late at the end of May for this region.

Last year, as a member of the Oshkosh Sustainability Advisory Board, I worked with a local group of citizens, including Brian Humboldt, gardener with the Seeds of Change Community Garden on Jef-ferson Street, and an avid beekeeper from Pickett, Jon Dudzinski, to bring forth a recommendation to Oshkosh City Council for an ordinance allowing urban beekeep-ing. However, it never made it past the SAB because the Council representative would not support it due to personal aller-gies. Clearly, public education is needed to bring the discussion to a reasonable level in Oshkosh. Responsible hive management and public education can and do ensure benefits for all.

Eau Claire and LaCrosse have both encountered controversy in enacting the ordinance allowing beekeeping in their cities within the last year. However, Fond du Lac City Council Vice President, LeeAnn Lorrigan and Councilwoman, Karyn Merkel both say they anticipate the new ordinance going through with-out controversy. It may be that education helps. The UW Extension in Fond du Lac happens to offer a beginner beekeeping course for $50 and is well attended each year according to registration staff. It also helps that the local fire department Lt. Todd Shippee is also a beekeeper and has had experience with swarm removal.

Even Madison initially had some issues with an alderperson that was allergic and the education process prevailed. There are numerous urban hives thriving today.

In recent years, Appleton passed urban agriculture zoning ordinance. In 2012, the issue of whether t o a l l o w b e e s w a s decided, by amendment

to the urban agriculture ordinance, bees are allowed on areas designated as urban farms. In Appleton, urban farms are considered a permitted use in agricultural, industrial, central business, and commercial districts, and a special use requiring council approval in residential and public institutional dis-tricts. The city issues annual permits for raising honeybees. Neenah is considering allowing mason bees, but does not allow honey bees.

Why is urban beekeeping (and urban farming) important in Wisconsin cities? In the case of Appleton, while reviewing the Riverview Gardens project, the Commu-nity and Economic Development Depart-ment noted that it advanced several goals in Appleton’s 2010- 2013 Comprehensive Plan, including economic development, the viability of regional food production and processing, and leadership in sustain-ability.

In order for Wisconsin and (other Midwest) cities to be resilient, sustainable and have the ability to respond to potential produce and grocery challenges expected, as a result of water and drought issues in say, California, we need to take seriously our local food security and promote local food production where ever possible. City planners and elected officials, in serving to protect the “health, welfare, and safety of the general public” are called upon to think beyond the big box as a source for serving population health and nutrition.

This includes not only honey produced from urban beekeeping, but the pollina-tion by the bees enhances food production in the urban community and backyard gardens

Meanwhile, in the rural outskirts of the Fox Valley, Jon Dudzinski and his crew from Lotnix, LLC are building 105 bee-hives for rural distribution in East Central W i s - consin. At a friend’s family barn in Ripon, on a Sunday

afternoon, they assemble the hives in hopes of providing local honey to surrounding cities, along with lip balm they make.

The hives have to be placed in May, or else it will be too late for the region for them to be productive. They also hope to create a local mead, or honey wine, with the harvesting of the honey crop. On average each hive, which has 10 frames within it, will produce 70 lbs. of honey in one season. It takes a half pound of honey to produce one bottle of wine. They also hope to “overwinter” the bees in California to help with the almond crops, as well as spare them a Wisconsin winter, which can at times be extreme enough to be fatal for the hives. Their goal is to double the number of hives in the area each year. And as natural pollinators, these bees will facilitate healthy gardens for further food security in the region. Local grocers are

already in line for their anticipated honey crop and regional retailers can’t

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Urban Apiculture Facts• Keeping bees in urban areas increases

vegetable production in gardens as well as seed production in native wildflower gardens.

• Keeping gentle European honeybees will dilute the aggressive behavior common in feral honeybee colonies.

• Honeybees are being kept in at least 5 locations in the City of Milwaukee.

• Honeybees are being kept in virtually every large urban area in the world including New York, Boston, San Francisco, Detroit, Toronto, London, and Paris.

• More people die per year from light-ning (100) than from insect stings

For more information, contact Linda Reynolds, 414-256-4652, [email protected].

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young men would welcome the opportu-nity if invited, into the urban environment for next year’s expansion.

According to the East Central Wiscon-sin Beekeepers Association, overall, honey production was down 21 percent last year, dropping Wisconsin from 10th to 15th among honey-making states. Nationally, production was up 20 percent. Surround-ing states were up as well.

Agriculture officials say there are things people can do to help, for example using less pesticide and growing plants native to the area. “That will help actually forag-ing insects like bees and other pollinators to get their nectar,” said Vijai Pandian, a horticulture educator with University of Wisconsin-Extension.

In the Midwest region, Mills Fleet Farm is getting into the beekeeping business. For the first time, two of its three dozen stores, including the one in Grand Chute are taking orders for “live honey bees.”

Urban Apiculture: Is bee-keeping fit for urban areas?

The June, 2012 issue of the Biofortified , an independent educational non-profit organization incorporated in Wisconsin has made it their mission to strengthen the public discussion of issues in biology, with par-ticular emphasis on genetics and genetic engineering in agriculture. They printed the following position statement for public consumption, by Karl Haro von Mogel. PhD, UW Madison geneticist.

“There are several issues relative to keeping bees in urban settings, including pros and cons. It is often argued that hon-eybees in cities are a danger to public health and well-being, a nuisance when they are active or swarming, and that they prevent one’s neighbors from enjoying their own property. It is also sometimes argued that bees belong outside of town because they are associated with farms.”

Arguments in favor include that hon-eybees are not dangerous, are no more a nuisance than the average neighbor’s barking dog, benefit the gardens of other citizens, and provide educational oppor-tunities. Furthermore, encouraging more hobby beekeepers could help stem the tide of collapsing colonies, raise awareness of this issue, and produce honey for people. There is a growing and important interest

in urban farming and gardening, and bee-keeping fits very well in that trend.

Nevertheless, the most vocal opponents of urban beekeeping are not swayed by educational opportunities or safety argu-ments based on the experience of beekeep-ers. They may often be allergic to bees, misunderstand their gentle nature or the conditions in which stings actually occur. Honeybees only sting when defending the hive or their own selves. Unless you are disturbing a nest, practically the only way you could get stung is by stepping on a bee with bare feet in a park, but since bees can fly up to five miles from their hive to visit

flowers, this can happen whether or not the bee hives are physically within the city. In fact, most “bee stings” that people get are actually wasps, which are far more aggres-sive and can sting again and again with impunity. Honeybees sting once and die. If you are allergic to bee stings, it would be best to keep an Epipen with you at all times, no matter where you are, and wear shoes.

Issues with public nuisance, and enjoy-ing one’s property are easily mediated by the proper regulations. Obviously, if I put one of my hives right on the edge of my property, or in front of a public sidewalk with the entrance facing everyone else – I would be imposing on other people, and increasing the likelihood of someone accidentally disturbing the nest. The trick is to get the bees to go up once they leave the hive, and they won’t run into anyone. My back yard is sunny and open, while all my neighbors have trees and other barriers

between their yards and mine. As a result, all of my bees fly straight up about 30 feet before they go anywhere else. Not every yard is so ideally suited for beekeeping, but all it takes is a 6 foot high fence, dense foli-age, or earthen wall to accomplish this. You could even put the hive on a rooftop high above anyone who could be affected.

Bees also need to visit water sources, and could annoy neighbors who have swimming pools. By putting a consistent water source in your own yard near the bees, they will leave your neighbors alone. I use a bird bath on the other side of the garden.

Von Mogel says, “… It is believed that the large number of urban beekeeping bans currently in place are actually the result of an aggressive strain of bees that used to be

prevalent throughout the US. Early in the imported beekeeping history of

this country, an aggressive and cold tolerant German breed of hon-

eybees was widespread in both kept and feral hives. This breed has become quite rare today,

as it was not disease-resistant, and beekeepers switched to Ital-

ian, Carnolian, Russian, and other breeds. All bees are not the same…”

( and a local beekeeping class or UW Extensionist could likely enlighten the

willing to learn public).Von Mogel advocates, “ Even the best

arguments against keeping bees in urban areas can be mediated with the right rules, and the function of government is to find that middle ground where beekeepers can keep a few hives safely on their property, and the rights of everyone else are also pro-tected. There are many different flavors of beekeeping ordinances across the country, some with restrictions on the number of hives you can have, some have licensing fees, and some make you get permission from a large proportion of your neighbors (which can mean an absurdly large number of people depending on the radius). Almost all require a barrier and a water source, and distance requirements from nearby buildings and public walkways. City by city, regulated urban beekeeping is coming back.”

Are the Fox Cities and Oshkosh ready to not just allow, but encourage urban honey bee keeping in support of our state insect, facilitating future local food secu-rity? Or, will we live in fear and ignorance

about a natural community-building pro-cess that could be nurtured; support local food, and promote healthy gardens across the region. As a community, we should at the very least, have a public conversation on whether it is beneficial for Oshkosh to revisit a very outdated ordinance.

Lori Palmeri is an urban consultant, creative re-maker, and resident of the central city neighborhood of Middle Village, Oshkosh since 2008. As a UW Oshkosh alumna, she served the City’s neighborhood identity and association education renaissance, received her Master’s degree in Urban Planning from UW Milwaukee, and serves as a local organizer and advocate for neighborhood revitalization. She has worked in central city neighborhoods in Southeast and East Central Wisconsin since 2010.

Hive InspectionThe Wisconsin Apiary program

offers hive inspections beginning in May through July and again in the fall. The inspections are offered at no-charge to you. Contact Elizabeth Meils, State Apiarist, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, PO Box 8911, Madison WI 53708-8911, (608) 224-4572, [email protected].

The Wisconsin State Agriculture Department - You can also find infor-mation for selling honey, links to honey producer and beekeeping groups and other information related to the care of honey bees and control of insects and diseases. At http://datcp.wi.gov/Farms/Bees_and_Honey

WI Honey Producers AssociationOrganized in 1864 by Wisconsin

beekeepers. The association links com-mercial and hobby honey producers as well as promoting the use of honey and hive products and supporting scientific research related to beekeeping and honey production.

East Central Wisconsin Beekeepers Association

Jeff Champeau Serving Fond Du Lac and

Green Lake Counties Web Site:

http://ourbeeblog.blogspot.com E-mail: [email protected]



BY JEAN DETJEN. ARTFUL LIVING

As spring blossom petals drop down to nourish the soil beneath their branches, a new 5,200-square-foot artistic gathering space will be opening its doors. Envisioned to be “the creative vortex of the commu-nity,” The Draw will be taking over the old Riverside Paper building nestled along the Fox River in Downtown Appleton next month.

John Adams, curator and manager of The Draw, wants the renovated space to be a “playground” for art as a place for all to be a part of the creative energy summoned and nurtured. “We want people to feel

this is a place to come and hang out and take in the energy of what’s going on, get immersed in art, books, music, poetry and more.”

Inspired by the well received Feather & Bone “Lumberwoods” themed pop-up art gallery, Adams organized during this past summer’s Mile of Music festival, the ambi-tious local artist, film and music maker is passionate about his vision for the new space that he expects will be an evolving creation in its own right.

The expansive main floor gallery will be the primary hub for people to gather, engage, and share art. It will also be rent-able for special events centered around cre-

ative expression. The space should accom-modate anywhere from 75 to 100 people.

Couches and comfortable seating conducive to conversation will be added, as well as a Euro-style coffee/refreshment counter with a pass-through window and awning. Visitors on-site will also have com-plimentary access to The Draw’s free W-Fi. Installation of a surround sound system with connective piping is also in the plans.

Private studio space, business offices and meeting rooms will take up the second floor and lower level. The basement floor door will feature access to a dock on the adjoining river.

According to Adams, one-year leases

for all 15 available creative studios at The Draw have been spoken for. The eclectic range of tenants will include a painter, printer, web designer, body art/tattoo artist, graphic designer, photographer, videographer, musician, video projection specialist, stained glass artist, and sculptor.

Adams says he “hopes the building can evolve and shed new light on the arts we haven’t fully experienced in the area,” adding that “It takes a community too get behind the project and show their sup-port.”

Fortunately, the show of support has been tremendous so far. “Neighbors pop in

FINE ARTS // THE DRAW

A Place to Bring Creative Ideas to the Table

“Your mind is the canvas upon which you are the artist. What will you paint on your canvas today?”— James A. Murphy, The Waves of Life Quotes and Daily Meditations

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all the time to welcome us. Curious passers-by want to know what’s going and really seem excited about what we’re doing.”

Bountiful appreciation has been extended to the many enthusiastic commu-nity volunteers who have given a hand with everything from financial backing, physical labor, design assistance and beyond. There is still a great deal of work to do before doors officially open.

“Together, we are learning as we go. This is an ongoing collaboration and an evolving dialogue. The space will ultimately represent the community’s creative needs and wants.”

As their website states, “The Draw combines workspaces and offices of digital and fine artists, a modern art gallery and a place to collaborate. The flexibility to adapt to the needs of the community and the artists is what makes The Draw unique. From pop-up restaurants, to fashion shows, storytelling nights and music, if you have an event/idea this may be the place to be!”

If Harold and his purple crayon were here in the Fox Cities, one could imagine his delight with such a place. Perhaps he would ride down the river in his boat, landing at The Draw’s water splashed dock, following a moonlit path to the door, then drawing a ladder where he could peer in the windows to see all the magical happenings swirling around inside. Would he add his own art to the walls, inside and out? Would he sketch music notes to dance about the space? How far would his imagination take him?

How far will yours take you? What do you wish to create?

The path to The Draw beckons. Wel-come, creative souls of the community… welcome in!

The Draw is located at 800 S. Lawe Street in Appleton. Check out The Draw’s website for more information about how to get involved: thedrawappleton.com

A tribute haiku…

DRAW INriverside lifeblood,

creativity surging —a palette now shared

John Adams, Curator and Manager of The Draw, preparing the gallery space for a Spring public opening.

The former Riverside Paper Corporation is on the cusp of new life as a “creative vortex.” Images courtesy of Graham Washatka/Graham Images and Photography



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FINE ARTS // ALAN SCHROEDER

BY SHERRI THOMAS

Pottery studios are typically located in a warehouse, school art room, garage or building. So when Alan Schroeder told me his pottery studio, Cornerstone Kiln, is on the 2nd floor of downtown Appleton’s City Center, I asked him to repeat it. After hear-ing his story of why the studio is in City Center, it’s obvious that he’s found the best place to be.

Alan Schroeder has been creating func-tional pottery and artistic clay creations for 40 years. It began with a fine art degree at UW-Stevens Point where he was intro-duced to working with clay. After gradu-ation, Schroeder completed his education

credits and moved to Appleton to teach art and coach track and football. Later, he acquired a Master’s Degree in Ceramics from UW-Oshkosh. “My professor, Paul Donhauser, gave me the confidence that I needed to do this, and I worked with him to get my graduate degree. He’s the one who first told me I could sell my work. And so I did my first art fair at the Paine Art Center,” explains Schroeder. Since that event, he has continued to sell at art fairs. A list of art fairs where he’s exhibiting at is on his website alanclayworks.com.

After retirement from formal education, Schroeder was asked to teach children clay/pottery work at the Children’s Museum which is located at the west end of Apple-

ton’s City Center. “It’s a great location, and has a complete clay studio” Alan said. This eventu-ally led to Schroeder taking over the studio to teach all ages and abilities of clay workers along with charter school students. The charter school, Valley New School is located in City Center and was a natural fit to make clay work part of their curriculum.

The west wing of the City Center building also houses dance and martial arts studios.

Schroeder’s Cornerstone Kiln complements the Center’s educational emphasis and is easily accessible for

everyone. This is also part of what makes his studio location the best place to be.

It’s obvious that Schroeder loves to teach and his students reflect that. “When my students come in, they call it ‘Therapy Time.’ It’s an awesome environment where people can move away from all the stuff out there that’s so much a part of life,” Schroeder said.

His studio rule is: Any pot you don’t think worth keeping, you have to keep because we can do something with that. “Some of the best things they’ve created have been made from something that was initially a reject. It makes it one of a kind.”

Alan also enjoys encouraging people to do something they thought they couldn’t do. “My goal is to help give artists con-fidence in their work and think ‘I belong here.’ The biggest complaint from stu-dents is how quickly the time goes by and how they don’t want to leave. “

When not teaching, Schroeder can be

Teaching and Creating

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FOOD & DRINK // BREWMASTER

BY STEVE LONSWAY

Our beer selection for this month once again came from bottle stock at the Stone Arch Tap Room. It is the first imported beer our team decided to write about and we are all glad we did! Hardcore IPA from Ellon, Scotland based Brew Dog, a release from their “Amplified series”. This time around, our entire brewery team of 8 got to sample this Scottish offering. It was really neat for me to page though the tasting notes from each team member and compile them all into this article. It still amazes me, after so many years in the beer industry, how differently people per-ceive flavors and aromas

The amber colored long neck bottle boasts a label that is a simple dark green with reverse white in a dis-tressed print. Explicit Impe-rial Ale, as it is explained as well as the fact it is a product of Scotland. The side panel explains some fun numbers it took to create this beer including mention of the 9,900,000,000 yeast cells it took to make it all come together. With a best before date of 08/15/2026, we certainly didn’t have to rush to drink it, matter-of-fact I wish I had the patience to cellar this bad boy for several years to enjoy the inevitable changes it will incur.

This sample was poured into several snifter-style glasses. The pour allowed perfect foam formation consisting of a mixture of loose and tight bubbles from the CO2 and an ivory colored head. The head height was right where it needed to be at around two inches – very inviting! The appearance is a tad bit hazy which is typical in highly hopped beers. The color is a rich copper and reddish hue.

The nose this beer expels got so many

different associations from our team, I could have written this entire article on the nose alone. Lively citrus, malty, bready, piney, resinous, sweet, nutty, tangerine, Skittles, freshly shampooed carpet, just to name a few. With orange and fruity the

most common notes. Quite complex to say the least.

The taste/flavor wasn’t too far behind with fun associations. Strong, caramel, bitter fruit, earthy, nutty and a little bit of oxidation is what we all agreed on as to what you can expect when enjoying this beer. With grand amounts of Maris Otter Malt and obvious huge hop additions of Centennial, Columbus, Simcoe, Amarillo and Citra, this beer comes across the taste buds as pretty balanced, maybe a bit light on the hop tones even at 125 IBU’s (again; this coming from a group of hop hounds).

Important to mention is the belief of many experts that anything over 100 IBU’s is not perceived by the majority.

This beer finishes dry from the elevated alcohol content of 9.2% abv and still carries through with big citrus and caramel tones.

Overall this beer has a strong, complimen-tary balance with good body and a mellow warming sensation. Taylor was fortunate enough to be enjoying an Indian dish for lunch at the time of sampling and seemed to think the pairing was staged because of how perfect the beer paired with the spices.

Now let’s learn more about the Scot-tish blokes who brought this brand to the states. It all started back in 2007 when two 24 year olds and their trusted canine companion begged and borrowed cash and converted it into stainless to start their dream in Fraserburgh, Scotland. Their first

year produced 1,050 hectolitres of beer (895 U.S. barrels) with the two founders/stakeholders (and again their dog) at the helm. Year two they pushed the envelope by brewing the U.K.’s strongest beer and the media storm that followed help them

persuade the banks to loan them more cash for stainless and a new bottling line. Finishing out the year of 2008 at 4,050 hl and up to nine employees and “1 dog”.

After a very suc-cessful on-line offer-ing of stock dubbed Equity for Punks and brewing the world’s strongest beer (at 32% abv), 2009 showed growth to 24 employees and 9,500 hl of beer produced. 2010 brought beer a n d t a x i d e r m y together when Brew Dog released a 55% abv beer that the bottle was cleverly hidden inside a taxi-dermy squirrel. This subsequently became the world’s most expensive beer and their business growth continued.

With help from crowd funding, gimmicky brews (like brewing under water), exporting to 55 countries, the addition of tied-house bars and a very successful TV show named Brew Dogs, 2014 production numbers grew to 90,000 hl. They now employ 358 people, own 26 tied-house bars and have 14,568 shareholders, yet still only one dog.

FINAL WORD: Search this beer out, buy two. Drink one tonight with Indian fare while you whisk through the pages of their website and stash the other in your cellar for later enjoyment.

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FOOD & DRINK // FROM THE WINE CAVE

BY KIMBERLY FISHER

May Day… May Day… Next on our journey of investigating the big six, it is time to see what the reds have in store by exploring Cabernet, Pinot Noir and Merlot, this time with another twist.

Cabernet Sauvignon is King. It is a grape that ages into subtle splendor, and is a world traveler. When its tiny dark blue berries are coupled with great winemaking, Cabernet Sauvignon can produce some of the longest lived and the most intrigu-ing wines in the world. Cabernet from Bordeaux can produce some of the world’s costliest wines in the world and yet you can find an amazing value such as those offered by a Petite Chateau, Chateau Picau Perna. This Cabernet based wine gives you structure and depth and blends with the addition of a bit of Merlot, ensures you won’t break your wine budget. Cabernet Sauvignon from Argentina deserves to be mentioned as that nation’s high altitude has an affect on grape growing that along with a unique climate showcases a specific style and quality of wine.

Terrazes from Mendoza, Argentina harnesses quality over quantity. With an average rainfall of 8 inches a year, the vines

have to work harder to get their nutrients which leads to a wine that showcases ter-roir. If you were to travel to Paso Robles, which is located in the Central Coast of California, you find Cabernet Sauvignon takes on two personalities. On one side of Highway 101, it is hot with no direct access to cooling ocean breezes. Here the soils are deep, fertile and produce subtle fruit. On the other side, the soils are more calcareous, the vineyards are cooled by marine influence and you will find wines such as those of Justin, who pioneered Cabernet Sauvignon grape growing, long before Cabernet was cool in the area.

Pinot Noir is an extremely elusive grape as it is very sensitive to terroir and ripens early. When planted in warm climates, it ripens too fast and can lose its fascinating

flavor compounds. Pinot Noir’s perfect place on earth lies in Burgundy where it can convey intricate flavors. Another great Pinot growing area is Oregon where the climate is similar to Burgundy. One pro-ducer that was a pioneer in the Willamette Valley is Erath winery. Another producer and region to explore across the globe is Villa Maria located in Marlborough New Zealand. This region is best known for Sauvignon Blanc, but try Pinot Noir from this area and you will be hooked.

Merlot is often used as a blending partner. It ripens earlier that Cabernet Sauvignon in cooler vintages, and it lends to more alcohol in warmer climates. It has bigger berries and thinner skins than Caber-net which lends to less tannic, more opulent wines. The traditional style of Merlot is plump, soft and plummy. Matanzas Creek Merlot from Bennett Valley California takes plantings from the original clones from Pomerol located in Bordeaux and produces an amazing bottle of wine. Merlot from the Wahluke Slope in Washington comes from a warmer climate showcasing brilliant bright fruit. A good example that is reflec-tive of this warmer climate style comes from Chateau Ste Michelle and that winery’s Indian Wells offering.

These last two months we have explored the big six grapes. These grapes can vary according to location, soil, aspect, barrel treatment, terroir and types of clones. Don’t stop with one varietal if you decide you don’t like it. Continue to walk down the path and see what else awaits you. By doing a comparison tastings like these, you will be amazed at the differences, the similarities and the passion that goes into taking these majestic grapes and turn-ing them into something so amazing… WINE!

From the Wine Cave

Seeing is smelling for a camera system developed by scientists in Japan that images ethanol vapor escaping from a wine glass. And, perhaps most importantly, no wine is wasted in the process.

Kohji Mitsubayashi, at the Tokyo Med-ical and Dental University, and colleagues

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nated a mesh with the enzyme alcohol oxi-dase, which converts low molecular weight alcohols and oxygen into aldehydes and hydrogen peroxide. Horseradish peroxide and luminal were also immobilized on the mesh and together initiate a color change in response to hydrogen peroxide. When this mesh is placed on top of a wine glass, color images from a camera watching over

the mesh on top of a glass of wine can be interpreted to map the concentra-

tion distribution of ethanol leaving the glass.

Different glass shapes and tem-peratures can bring out completely

different bouquets and finishes from the same wine. So Mitsubayashi’s team

analyzed different wines, in different glasses – including different shaped wine glasses, a martini glass and a straight glass – at different temperatures.

At 13°C, the alcohol concentration in the centre of the wine glass was lower than that around the rim. Wine served at a higher temperature, or from the martini or straight glass, did not exhibit a ring-shaped vapor pattern. ‘This ring phenomenon allows us to enjoy the wine aroma without interference of gaseous ethanol. Accord-ingly, wine glass shape has a very sophis-ticated functional design for tasting and enjoying wine,’ explains Mitsubayashi.

Wine scientist Régis Gougeon, from the University of Burgundy, France,

says the work is really interesting when considering its experimental setup, which allows for a rather straightforward and inexpensive detection of ethanol. ‘Bearing in mind the flavor enhancer properties of ethanol, this work provides an unprec-edented image of the claimed impact of glass geometry on the overall complex wine flavor perception, thus validating the search for optimum adequation between a glass and a wine.’

In the future the system could help indicate the best wine glass and precise temperature to serve a certain wine.

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FOOD & DRINK // TRICIA’S TABLE

BY TRISH DERGE

I know it sounds simple, and it actu-ally is...but there are a few tips I’d like to pass along to you on how-to make the best hard-boiled eggs. There are several cooking method variations, but no matter which you use, there are common mistakes you should try to avoid.

1. Using the wrong size potDon’t try to cram too many egg

in a pot. Not only will the eggs cook unevenly, but there’s more risk of an egg cracking.

Trish’s Tip: Eggs should sit in a single layer and have enough space to move around.

2. Starting with boiling waterIf you’re about to place uncooked

eggs in a pot of boiling water, stop!Hard-boiled eggs should always

be started with cool water. Bringing the water and eggs up in temperature together helps promote even cooking and prevents cracking.

Trish’s Tip: Place the eggs in a sauce-pan and cover with cold water.

3. Using eggs that are too freshHard-boiled eggs can be difficult

to peel, and this is especially true when

they’re made using eggs that are too fresh. As eggs age, two things happen that make them easier to peel. First, they lose mois-ture through small pores in the shell, and the air pocket at the tip of the egg gets larger. I don’t want to get too scientific here, but the pH level of the egg’s whites rise as they age, which makes them adhere less strongly to the shell.

Trish’s Tip: For hard-boiled eggs that are easier to peel, use older eggs. Buy your

eggs a week or two before you plan to boil them.

4. Overcooking themEver found that the yolk has a gray-

green tint? A slightly stinky sulphur-like odor? A rubbery white? Dry, crumbly yolk? All of these are results of an overcooked hard-boiled egg.

Trish’s Tip: Put the eggs in a saucepan, cover them with cold water, bring to a boil.

Then, remove the pan from the heat, cover it, and let it sit for 10 minutes for firm yet creamy hard-boiled eggs, or up to 15 minutes for very firm eggs.

5. Not using an ice bathIn theory, it seems like the eggs should

be finished cooking when the timer buzzes. But, in reality, that’s not the case. Even once the eggs are removed from the water, they’re still hot. The heat from carryover

cooking will continue to cook the eggs, risking overcooking.

Trish’s Tip: Not only is an ice bath your ticket to stopping the cooking immediately, but it will also help sepa-rate the egg membrane from the shell, making it easier to peel. Once the eggs have finished cooking, drain the water from the saucepan and transfer the eggs to an ice bath. Let them soak until they’re fully cooled.

Egg Salad is Easy... Right?

Trish’s Easy-Egg Salad1. Place six eggs in a sauce pan, and cover with cool water

2. Bring water to a boil, and cook 7 to 10 minutes

3. Remove from heat, and rinse with cold water, or place in ice bath

4. When cool, crack and remove the shell, then slice and chop the eggs into pieces in a medium size bowl

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ENTERTAINMENT // LIVE FROM JAPAN

BY JAMES PAGE

GAME OF THE MONTH:Double Dragon NeonDeveloper: WayForwardESRB: TeenRelease Date: 09/11/2012System: PC/PlayStation 3/Xbox 360

Rating:Graphics: 3.0 out of 4.0Game Play: 3.0 out of 4.0Personal: 2.0 out of 2.0Total Score: 8.0 out of 10.0 Player’s Page: Double Dragon Neon

Pop in a cassette tape and travel back in time to the 1980’s. Visit a world of neon, leather, hair picks, and violence. This place, and story are not unfamiliar to long time video game fans, but it has been a long time since anyone has visited this bleak and depressing city. This place is home to

the martial artists Billy and Jimmy Lee and Billy’s girlfriend Marian. As in any city, the inhabitants try their best to live their lives in peace but that is not always possible especially in a city riddled with crime.

In the past Marian has been kidnapped on numerous occasions requiring Billy and Jimmy to come to her rescue.

Flash forward to the current day and nothing much has changed since the world was originally introduced to the beat‘em up style of the Lee Brothers. One can easily see the dominance of 80’s music has been maintained, the cassette tape is still the most popular media format, and everyone is still hell bent for leather. Unfortunately

for Marian, the various gangs in the city continue to want to kidnap her and keep her for themselves. This case is proven in a recent encounter on the streets of the city. Marian was standing on the sidewalk when she was approached by members of the Shadow Warriors gang who attacked and kidnapped her, and now it is up to Billy and Jimmy to rescue her once again,

from the clutches of an evil gang with an unknown purpose.

Double Dragon Neon is a relaunch of the classic side scrolling beat‘em up series Double Dragon. Maintaining the basic actions of punch, kick, and jump players will need to fight through multiple waves of enemies to reach the end of a stage and confront the boss. Players will not have to rely on their brawn alone to overcome the forces of the Shadow Warriors because they will be able to use various weapons such as knifes, whips, bats, and hair picks found lying on the ground or taken from enemies. The game can be tackled solo, but it is meant to be played cooperatively and is easier and more fun when two friends are

sitting on a c o u c h filling the shoes of the Lee Broth-ers.

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while trying to add new elements which have been developed and accepted by the industry since the release of the original. The game improved upon the original games by adding a stage select menu, super moves, and in stage shops. The player will be able to acquire new super moves and passive stat improvements by obtaining

cassette tapes which are dropped by ene-mies or purchased in shops. These moves and stat improvements can be leveled up by collecting multiple copies of the same cassette tape and by collecting ore which can be used to increase the number of each cassette tape which can be held.

Although many game play elements have been improved from the originals the game maintains some of downsides of the genre. The movement of the characters tends to be a bit sluggish and jumping can be tricky if the player does not take a run-ning start. Playing through the game solo will be a bit difficult due to the number of enemies, but this is offset by the cassette

tape leveling system introduced by the developers. Due to the 2D layout of the game fighting enemies can be difficult due to the need to line up attacks with the enemy’s location, but this can be easily overcome with a bit of practice.

Double Dragon Neon immerses the player in the world of the 1980’s with a nice mix of graphics and music. Rich and vibrant colors help to recreate the distinc-tive color patterns of the 80’s, but at the same time the colors are slightly muted to help simulate the atmosphere of a dreary city. The soundtrack remixes a number of songs from the original games while adding new and upbeat characteristics. This helps to create a bridge between the old and new while helping to remind players of the sounds of classic arcades.

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I sadly admitted technology passed me by years ago, but now it’s getting ridiculous. The last straw was broken last week when my neighbor invited me over to sample some of his barbecue –another area in which I lack severely but that’s another tale for another time. One crisis per day.

My neighbor has two teenage sons that think I’m extremely funny – I think. It’s either that or they are constantly laughing at me instead of with me. I’d like to give myself the benefit of the doubt but a recent incident made me start to lose hope. I think I need to pack my bags and move to an Amish colony immediately. I could use a fresh start, and the beard would help hide my shame.

The event in question started innocently enough. I walked into the house and saw a basketball game on the living room television screen. All I did was ask who was winning and was informed it was the older son Jeremy. When a quizzical look occupied my face even more quizzical than usual, younger son Ryan dropped the crushing blow. “Uh…it’s not the TV. It’s a video game.”

Excuse me? The graphics on video games are now so well developed I actually mistook it for a real game? I was so embarrassed I wasn’t able to maintain eye contact with the boys. I felt like a puppy that had been caught pooping on the carpet and all I could think of was how to slink out of the room and act like it never happened. I was half expecting the boys to rub my nose on the TV.

Thankfully there was no mention of it at dinner, but I still felt like a total jackass. Video games have never been my thing, and I don’t really know why. It’s only the biggest

explosion of fun in the history of human-kind, and I was born into the generation that was able to watch it all happen.

I can still remember when “Pong” was the talk of the neighborhood. Everybody thought it was the second coming of George Jetson, and expected cars to start flying shortly thereafter. How did they manage to pack all that fun into one game? Blip. Blip. My heart can’t take it. Stop already!

That was about sixth grade on my per-sonal time cycle, and my whole generation got hooked on the concept of video games at once. Nobody could have predicted then just how huge it would all eventually become, but one thing for sure is nobody would have mistaken Pong for a real tennis match. It was all so laughingly primitive, and shows just how close to monkeys all of us still are.

Next up in my generation’s techno play world was a hand held football game made by Mattel, the fine folks who brought us Hot Wheels and Barbie. The football game wasn’t really football but rather a new series of blips on a smaller screen. They also had an auto race game, but at least in my neigh-borhood that never really caught on. The football game did, and it was a huge hit.

The reason it likely became so widely popular is all it had to follow was the highly forgettable “Electric Football” game by a long out of business company called Tudor. Boys my age all recall having to take ten minutes to set up their team of tiny plastic football players on a metal “field.”

Then when both teams were in position, a switch was flipped and a “play” allegedly happened. The field vibrated and the play-ers all went in separate directions – usually headed for the sideline out of embarrass-

ment that kids had to suffer through this miserable excuse for actual football.

To top off the realistic experience of it all, the “football” ended up being a piece of lint stuck in between the arm of a running back. If we really wanted to go nuts we could have our quarterback attempt a forward pass by flicking that piece of lint in the direction of one of the other players.

All it had to do was hit the player any-where and it would be a completed pass. I know it sounds funny now, but this was the cutting edge of sports for millions of kids that now have kids of their own who will never be able to commiserate. We are the generation that has to suffer in silence.

Another stinko sports spoof was the hockey game that was played with a series of rods that had to be manipulated to make the players move. The “puck” was a magnet that got whacked around the “ice” and maybe once every month or two the magnet might actually find its way into the net for a “goal.” There was no electricity involved, but this was just as useless as Electric Football.

Probably the worst of all the sports games was “BAS-KET” by Coleco. This was an insult to our intelligence and consisted of a cardboard “court” and two baskets where an ordinary ping pong ball would land in one of several holes that had a lever that would flip the ball up to the general direc-tion of a basket. There was no defense, and stopped being fun after five minutes.

Every kid I know got this game for Christmas, and we all grew weary of it simultaneously. It would have been more fun to throw snowballs at moving cars – which we eventually did. That’s the ultimate thrill...when an old man that looks like Fred Mertz’s father threatens to kick your butt.

As my high school years arrived, so did Atari and video arcades in the mall. Alladin’s Castle was the ultimate hangout for the video game clan, but that’s when I started to lose interest. I did enjoy a pinball game now and then, but I didn’t let it take over my life like so many of my friends did.

Pretty soon I was out of high school and then I had to play the ultimate game – how to keep my bills paid every month. That’s a lot harder than Pac Man or Frogger or Tetris or any of the games that hooked millions and became the gateway drug to the games of today. Who’d have thunk it?

I sure would hate to be a video game designer today. How can anybody top what’s out now? My generation was easy to fool, as we had never seen anything before. Those two little blips on a Pong game were an out of this world cosmic mystery, and it grew from there. Every game was a new adventure, and it blew the minds of those playing. Now, five year-olds are bored with it all.

Eventually it will have to come full circle, don’t you think? There will be a video game that has an attachment of a real ball or something and two kids will actually have to get together to throw it around in the yard. Then before long some other kids will join in and who knows, maybe some actual baseball or basketball or football will get played. There’s a novel concept for the future. It doesn’t help now though. I still feel like I got cheated out of fun, and I’m not thrilled about it.

Dobie Maxwell is a stand-up comedian from Milwaukee. To find his next hell-gig visit dobiemaxwell.com

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We have heard complaints about the “do nothing congress” for the past several presidential administrations. Indeed, we frequently see that congressional approval numbers flirt with historically low positive rates. This has occurred whether the major-ity of congress has belonged to democrats or republicans.

The American people have often

decried the inability of congress to stop the bickering and work together to get things done. At the same time, we hear of politi-cians campaigning on the platitude that they will be willing to reach across the aisle. Still little improvement seems to come out each new session of congress.

So where does the dissonance come from and, how might it be corrected? We must first understand that the Constitu-tional Convention created two houses of congress, in part, to make it difficult, but not impossible to quickly pass legislation.

The problem as I see it, is that we have unwavering loyalty to political party at

the expense of all other priorities. I am not speaking so much about commitment to political ideology, or philosophical worldview, as I am of an administrative apparatus of coercion.

Our first president, George Wash-ington, warned us of this in his Farewell Address. Washington’s sentiments epito-mized the perspective of the Founders in general.

“Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner a g a in s t t h e baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.

This spirit, unfortunately, i s i n s e p a -

ra b l e f r o m our na ture , having its root in the strongest p a s s i o n s o f t h e h u m a n

mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed; but, in those of the popular form, it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.

The alternate domination of one fac-tion over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a fright-ful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual;

and sooner or later the chief of some prevail-ing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.”

So while party loyalty forms out of the lesser angels of the human condition, it was viewed as a destructive force by the Found-ers. What is missing today is zeal toward the specific branches of government, which assures a robust operation of separation of powers.

Congress today, seems to have devolved into the weakest branch of government, because members have not vigorously exercised their checks over the judicial and executive branches. Courts have been allowed to legislate from the bench through activism that ignores the jurisprudence of original intent. They have permitted judges to act as philosopher-kings. Likewise, con-

gress has permitted itself to be outflanked by increasing numbers of executive orders which circumvent its constitutional role.

Again, Washington comments on this state of affairs.

“It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its admin-istration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one depart-ment to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which pre-dominates in the human heart, is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing

it into different depositaries, and constituting each the guardian of the public weal against invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern; some of them in our country and under our own eyes. To preserve them must be as necessary as to institute them. If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the custom-ary weapon by which free governments are destroyed…”

In the Constitution, congress has a remedy to limit the jurisdiction of courts. “In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with

such Exceptions, and under such Regula-tions as the Congress shall make.” Article III, Section 2, Clause 2

Congress has the ability to impeach judges as well, but when is the last time you heard of that happening?

Congress has checks on presidential authority as well. The chief problem is that congress can not unite as a body, zealous of their particular powers and duties, but fragments itself according to party affilia-tion. If a judge legislates from the bench to accomplish what has failed legislatively, the portion of congress that has affinity with the judge’s decision will approve of the actions, rather than dissent with the usurpation. It is likewise with overreach by the executive branch.

As long as this practice continues, people will feel betrayed by their represen-tatives and disapproval will be high.

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Judging by the look on his face or the tone in his voice as Indiana Governor Mike Pence tried to fend off some decidedly pointed questions from ABC’s George Stephanopolous that Sunday in late March, you would have thought that the Governor had found himself in the middle of a real firestorm and not just the verbal one that had accompanied Indiana’s passage of its very own Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) earlier that month. Doing his best to defend a statute that a substan-tial number of American citizens, both individual and corporate, were convinced provided a license to discriminate against members of the LBGTQ Community, Governor Pence kept telling us two things. First, RFRA statutes are common. The federal government passed one as far back as 1993 and that one passed almost unani-mously and was signed by none other than Bill Clinton. Nearly 20 states have fol-lowed suit. Barack Obama, he reminded us, had voted for the Illinois version of the law. Second, the law was not intended to permit discrimination. It was intended to protect the freedom of Americans of deep and abiding religious faith to act on that faith as is their first amendment right. The first of these arguments is disingenuous. The second pretty much glides past disin-genuous to dishonest.

Start with Governor Pence’s contention that RFRA statutes are common. Yeah. But consider the history of the first one,

the federal statute that everybody loved, even Bill Clinton. It came about, and it came to get such universal support because most people believed that the Supreme Court had significantly diminished reli-gious freedom, hence the name of the law. To keep it short, from 1963 to 1990 if a citizen challenged a government action as interfering with his or her religious free-dom, the government taking that action had to prove that it had a “compelling state interest” (usually public health or safety) that required taking that action despite its impact on the challenging citizen’s religious liberty.

In 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court – in an opinion written by relative newcomer to the Court, Antonin Scalia – did away with the “compelling state interest test” in favor of a far less restrictive test requiring only that the action in question have a legiti-mate secular purpose and be administered in an even handed way. It did not, in other words, single out religion. The federal RFRA was to restore the “compelling state interest test.” Nothing more. The state versions of RFRA were to do the same because the Court held that the Federal RFRA did not apply to state actions. To add to the Governor’s disingenuousness, virtually every one of the RFRA’s passed in the last 20 years were passed before the Supreme Court granted religious liberty to certain kinds of corporations in the Hobby Lobby case. If corporate personhood conveys religious liberty rights on “closely held corporations” of the size and scope of

the Hobby Lobby folks, it surely conveys those same rights on a small bakery, a floral shop, or a free-lance organist, incorporated or not. That means that Indiana’s RFRA really is cut out of a different cloth.

Governor Pence might not have been aware of the history of the various RFRA’s floating around, but he had to know that one of the underlying purposes of Indiana’s version was to allow people – corporations are people remember – to act on their faith in the marketplace, even if that faith said that some people could not or should not be served in or by their place of business. He held the bill’s signing ceremony in private, surrounded by what one Indiana journalist referred to as a who’s who of Indiana religious conservatives. Beyond that, no discussion of the law by its sup-porters can go more than three sentences without reference to the example of the baker who doesn’t want to prepare a cake for the wedding of two gay people. Don’t forget that supporters of the law raised almost $1,000,000 on line to support an Indianapolis Pizzeria on record as having said that it would not cater a gay wedding. The intention of the law may have been the protection of religious freedom, but in the minds of a great many people in Indiana – possibly including its Governor – the freedom they expected to see exercised was the freedom to treat the LGBTQ Commu-nity differently than any other community. Sounds a bit like discrimination, doesn’t it?

The weakness of Governor Pence’s arguments notwithstanding, there is a real

issue of religious freedom to be considered here. Millions of deeply religious Ameri-cans want to be able to live their respective faiths in all aspects of their lives, even their work/business lives. But letting them do so creates so many problems for a society that recognizes rights in addition to reli-gious rights.

In some sense we have to start with ground zero, when does a belief system become a religion due the protections of the first amendment? What about the guy in Indiana who wanted to proclaim himself Archbishop of the Church of Cannabis? But far more to the point, of course, what about the rights of others, including that most fundamental right, equal protection of the laws? Our hypothetical baker can’t deny a wedding cake to an African Ameri-can couple, a Muslim couple, a couple in which one of the two is in a wheelchair. And on it goes. There were once plenty of wedding cake bakers who would have refused a cake to a mixed race couple and done it on religious grounds. We decided they cannot. We are pretty far along in the process of deciding that today’s bakers cannot deny a cake to a gay couple. I fully realize that an awful lot of truly religious Americans believe that to be forced to do that will violate their religious rights. But should their religious rights trump the human rights of others? My answer remains No. I understand the conflict, but alas, I see no middle ground.

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Mainstream American journalism, as the Media Rants column has been ranting about for more than 12 years, occasionally meets standards of excellence but more typically runs on a spectrum from medio-cre to insanely bad. Political journalism is probably the worst of the lot (too often it meets Joseph Goebbels definition of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play) with science and business reporting tied for second. That CareerCast recently ranked newspaper reporter as the worst job of 2015 (#200 out of 200), with broadcaster coming in at #196 is no excuse.

Mainstream sports journalism? I wish I could wax eloquently about it with a verbal dexterity and grace equivalent to the awesomeness of a Lebron James layup. Unfortu-nately the quality of sports journalism (to the extent that such a thing even exists) requires only one blunt descriptor: SUCKS. Unless of course your idea of quality sports journal-ism is mindless cheerleading, bland press conferences, inability to tell the difference between real and manufactured scandals, and so-called experts screaming at each other on cable television. If that’s what we mean by quality sports journalism, then without question we have the best in the world.

Poor sports journalism is not strictly a modern phenomenon. The late Howard Cosell complained about it in the 1970’s. Cosell is most remembered for being one-third of the original ABC Monday Night Football broadcast team and for his theatrical banter with heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali. Less remem-bered is the fact that Cosell saw sports as

more than just entertainment or distrac-tion. His interviews with Ali during the champ’s Vietnam War draft refusal period and subsequent suspension from boxing raised the bar for what should be legitimate sports news; in his 1973 autobiography Cosell recounts how the ABC network received complaints along the lines of, ‘Get that nigger-lovin Jew bastard off the air.’

Cosell in 1973 lamented the general absence of journalism in sports coverage, both in broadcast and in print. Not much has changed, as can be seen in the treat-ment of three recent sports stories that cry out for competent journalism: (1) Chris Borland’s retirement from football, (2) The Chicago Cubs treatment of prospect Kris Bryant, (3) The NCAA final four basket-ball tournament in Indianapolis.

Chris Borland’s Retirement: Refusal to Tackle the Elephant in the Room. When 24-year-old Chris Borland announced his retirement from the San Francisco 49ers this year (he was one of four players under age 30 to retire in 2015) after citing the possibility of future head trauma and

diminished quality of life, he presented the mass media with a golden opportunity to give urgency to the issue of the National Football Leagues many decades long attempt to cover up the dangers associated with the sport. Remember how the major media for decades minimized or ignored the dangers associated with cigarettes? The rush to get Borland and others out of the

headlines as quickly as possible is eerily similar.

Kris Bryant: The Media’s Uncritical Acceptance of the Business of Sports. Baseball’s spring training is supposed to be the time when players compete for spots on the major league roster. So when Chi-cago Cub third base prospect Kris Bryant hit 9 home runs in spring, he appeared to be a lock to make the big league squad. Bryant may be on the team by the time you read this, yet the Cubs sent him down to the minor leagues for at least the first 12 days of the season so as to guarantee that he could not become an unrestricted free agent until 2021 at the earliest. In other words, the integrity of the game came in

second to the owner’s bottom line. This is of course not unique to the Cubs; in fact it is typical across franchises in all profes-sional sports. What’s distressing is the media’s almost uncritical acceptance of the business side of sports, resulting not only in lower quality play (i.e. delaying the big league arrival of prospects like Bryant), but also making it easier for owners to raise

ticket prices at will while having the audacity to ask taxpayers for money to refurbish stadiums or build new ones. Absent a critical media, sports team owners can get away with just about anything.

The NCAA Final Four: Sports Media Called For Blocking Foul. In an epic case of bad timing, the Indiana legislature passed a homo-phobic version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act during the height of March Madness in Indianapolis. The legislation in its original form would allow private businesses to refuse to serve gay, lesbian, and transgender persons on religious grounds. Massive protests erupted in Indianapolis, and even all four Final Four coaches signed on to a statement rejecting discrimination in any form. Yet moving the games out of Indianapolis was never seriously considered. Why? Because sports reporting mostly blocked any seri-

ous discussion of that issue, leaving it for the serious news to handle.

There are some great sports journalists out there. Mark Fainaru-Wadas and Steve Fainarus work on football’s concussion crisis and other issues is extremely well researched, provocative, and powerful. Dave Zirins Edge of Sports column brings a sense of social justice and moral clarity to sports. Regrettably, the Fainarus and Zirin are the glaring exceptions to the general rule of suckiness.

Tony Palmeri ([email protected]) is a professor of communication studies at UW Oshkosh.

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In May, we Republicans will gather in La Crosse for our annual convention; which reminds me that back in March I took to social media to commemorate the birthday of the Republican Party.

I wrote: “On this date in 1854 a group of abolitionist met in Ripon Wisconsin to form the Republican Party. 11 years later they’re dream to end slavery would be realized with the passage of the 13th amendment to the Constitution.”

The response from liberals wasn’t surprising, “That was Lincoln’s Republican Party. Today you guys are a bunch of religious zealots, corporate sellouts, racist, homophobic, sexist, knuckle dragging, anti-science, war mongering, treasonous, backwards thinking goofs!”

This onslaught of liberal compassion and desire to coexist with a different view point got me to thinking about the two political parties and their histories. I’ve written about the great history of the Republican Party; it’s why I’m a Republi-can today. Great leaders like Lincoln, Ever-ett Dirksen, Thaddeus Stevens, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan.

I’ve never written about the history of the Democrat Party. It’s a history the public schools don’t want to teach, the media doesn’t discuss, and most American’s don’t know. It’s a history of treason and racism; it’s a history of shame!

Kill those IndiansDemocrat President Andrew Jackson

signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, forcing the relocation of five Indian tribes, known as the trail of tears. The Supreme Court ruled against Jackson, but Jackson was a Democrat, and the law doesn’t apply to Democrats. Today liberal’s pretend to atone for this human tragedy by opposing Indian nicknames for sports teams.

SlaveryThe party of James Buchanan and

Roger Taney wasn’t exactly anti-slavery. In fact, when slavery was threatened, Democrats, lead by Jefferson Davis, com-

mitted treason and created a new country, a Democrat utopia called the Confederate States of America.

Democrats opposed Lincoln, opposed the war, and wanted peace at the expense of tearing apart America and allowing a slave holding Confederacy. Democrats opposed the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments too.

KKKFollowing the Civil War black Ameri-

cans were voting Republican and electing black Republicans to congress, this atrocity so outraged democrats that they formed the Ku Klux Klan to keep blacks from the polls, thus returning the democrat party to the party of dominance for a hundred years in the south.

The KKK was a great place for Democrats to launch political careers, and allowed the Democrat Party to install Jim Crow laws to help keep the “colored” man in his place. These laws would remain in place until the late 1960’s, when Repub-licans were finally able to splinter the Democrat majority, and get Civil Rights Bills through the congress!

Segregate the black kidsFor decades Southern Democrats segre-

gated schools, “Separate but Equal” schools

for white and black kids, today Democrats continue to segregate kids; having climbed into bed with the education establishment to oppose school choice. The choice initia-tive, started here in Wisconsin by Governor Tommy Thompson, allows poor black kids an opportunity at a better education. Alas, Democrats stand in the school house door, demanding that those black kids attend failing, crime ridden, hell holes of inner city public schools, while Democrats send their children to the best private schools we have.

It’s as if Democrats want an ignorant black population.

Death to AmericaDemocrats seem to have affection for

America’s enemies: from secession in 1861, to defending communist spy Alger Hiss, to releasing terrorist prisoners from GITMO, Democrats are always helping the enemy.

In the 1960’s Democrats got stuck in Vietnam, only to run off and protest the war on Richard Nixon’s first day in office. Then, in the 1970’s Democrats cut funding out from under President Ford to ensure a communist victory in Vietnam. During the 1980’s democrats repeatedly undercut President Reagan, with secret letters from Senator Ted Kennedy to General Secretary

Yuri Andropov, to John Kerry meeting with Daniel Ortega to help communism spread to Central America.

In 1991 former President Jimmy Carter traveled to the UN to undercut President Bush’s attempts to build a coalition to unseat Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, and just like with Vietnam. Democrats sup-ported removing Saddam Hussein in 2002, only to run off and protest the war when the going got tough.

Today’s Democrats led by President Obama, are implementing policies to turn our military victories into defeat, while surrendering the Middle East to ISIS, assuring those who hate America a safe haven to expand their empire, while at the same time Democrats are working to allow Iran a nuclear bomb!

Same ‘ol partyThe same Democrat Party that put

Japanese-Americans in internment camps, opposed Civil Rights, destroyed black families and America’s inner cities with welfare payments, is the same party that today opposes school choice for poor kids, wants to amend the First Amendment to shut down opposing political speech, all the while they’re nationalizing the internet, healthcare, school lunches, and mucking up the Middle East

It’s the same Democrat Party that defends Bill Clinton’s treatment of women, defended Ted Kennedy’s murderous drunken behavior, defended slave owner’s treatment of blacks, defended FDR’s treat-ment of Asian-Americans, and Andrew Jackson’s treatment of Indians.

From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama, the Democrat Party has a history of shame.

Rohn W. Bishop is a monthly contributor to the Scene. Bishop, a former Waupun City Council member, currently serves as treasurer for the Republican Party of Fond du Lac County Contact Rohn: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @RohnWBishop

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And who will It be?Will it be a screaming little slimy

lump, jerking in uncoordinated manner and beautiful only to the people directly responsible for creating it? People who are just now investing their entire lives in its growth and development? People who immediately look it over carefully for signs of wholeness and health, and who would be devastated by any tiny flaw it might exhibit?

Or would it be a shriveled and aged thing, long used to the point where it would offer little or no future. Would it strike terror in the people it encountered, aghast at the wasted ugliness of age and decay brought to the doorway as a direct sign of death: age, moaning its last gasps of life as they gurgle out of a body in the throes of death?

Or, would it be somewhere in-between, showing those answering the door an image of robust life, offering the glow of a creature in the midst of life, offering noth-ing but striking beauty as in the smiles of true life, borne of midlife true existence, a creature in its prime, giving the image of growth and simple being?

So, we have the juxtaposition of birth and death, with life between, the baby just born and the grim reaper. Would the archetypes of life looking at us in its truly infinite beauty--the glory of birth and the image of decay?

Throughout the ages, we are offered steadfast symbols of a baby born, so beau-tiful in its ugliness only seen by parents who gave it life, gestation, and the pain first played against the impossibility of the birth canal; then the ugliness of impend-ing death, a sight frightful in the personal horror only seen by those close to the end . These are longtime images of the mysteri-ous beginning and end of days.

We generally associate encounters with archetypes of birth the death with the night. We imagine a knock at the door as a booming, “Knock, knock, knock, come to us,” disturbing our slumber, causing us

to pad down the hallway to our front door, wondering, “who, or what, could it be?” Or, we associate being awakened in the night with an announcement of someone dying. There is deep apprehension associ-ated with that knock, bringing us news of a baby about to be born or the news of someone dying.

As a two-edged symbol of life-death, in Buddhist monasteries, it is common to place little leftovers, like dessert treats, being left out for the “hungry ghosts,” to help themselves to goodies, much like western children leaving treats for Santa on the mantle overnight.

So, we have a stage set m e t a -

p h o r i -c a l l y f o r both darkness and light coming to our door. Again, it’s like the phone ringing at 3:00 am; we answer, expecting the worst. And usually, it is the worst. We awake abruptly to horrific news of death. But is it so horrific? Death comes inevitably and surely. It isn’t something to be feared. On the most healthy and enlightened level, death is just like any moment of life: a breath, or not. Traditionally, we are taught that death brings eternal judgment, and facing that judgment, we fear punishment for all our misdeeds.

The great Judgment Day: something to fear, whereby we are put before a vengeful

God who knows of every little transgres-sion we made in our lives. It knows of our shunning kids in elementary school, mis-treating insects, lying to our parents with disrespect, straying from a committed rela-tionship, on and on. We imagine a mighty God taking us to task for every bad thing we’ve done.

Then of course is the question of hell. Is it there? Are we doomed to eternal suf-fering? From the perspective of a Judgment Day, it’s pretty much all negative and fear-ful. If we’re Roman Catholic, just missing taking Holy Communion at Easter, our

“Easter Duty,” brings hell and eternal damnation.

There is of course the other side, the side of

all the good we’ve done. The side

of us bringing blessing and

happiness to the wor ld and its crea-tures. Even t h o u g h the s e a re most defi-

nitely real, we dwell not

so much on goodness at Judg-

ment, but rather, at our transgressions.

How strange it is that we judge ourselves more negatively

than positively.But the summoning in the night brings

the greatly anticipated arrival of another kind of visitor. This visitor, often comes in the night; indeed, we often associate its arrival in the depth of the night, startling the home with a cry of, “It’s time!” And the bags, packed and waiting for this moment of excitement, are taken up for a hurried ride to the local hospital or the home birth-ing room. While the first visitor’s imminent appearance is associated with fear, this arrival’s emotions connote joy and expecta-tion. Naturally, we’re talking here of birth in the arrival of the second visitor.

There is so much cliché associated with these two arrivals, it would be funny if it weren’t so tied with deep emotion. In other words, death brings slow mourning. Birth offers us joyous dancing. Both ushering’s imply a boat. The most famous of these boats bringing life is little Moses riding quietly in his reed basket; whereas the Grim Reaper arrives silently to take us away from earthly life in his ominous raft, across the river Sauran to the land of eternal death. Whether the newborn, pink with happi-ness, arriving on the banks of a new life or the old, stinking, decaying death, taking us into the netherworld pulling us on a raft into the knowing sea of eternal mystery of death. Each boat has its commonalities as it takes us to a new land.

It is profoundly interesting that the two greatest mysteries associated with our humanly life involve being conveyed across water. But truly, out bodies reside in water. A great percentage of our literal being is composed of water, which has throughout history involved water. And there is no escaping the human story of water, as both a building block of life and a means of decomposing our corporeal body by water, the universal solvent. It takes our bodies apart as it works it magic of undoing the life water has built for our bodies.

This column is laden with so many cli-chés it is nearly funny. But from a linguis-tic perspective, how can we paint a word picture of life and not fill our proverbial cup with the great metaphors of life, by not acknowledging the absolute impor-tance water plays in birth and death. Do complete the sewing of our garment into a whole, can we not say with certainty that our very existence is a weaving of water. From before our being born, the great mys-tery, to the Grim Reaper’s coming to get us with his dark raft, we are faced with the greatest mysteries: where were we before we were born; and where are we going after we die?

John Price-Kabhir, is a retired public school educator and a writer. He is an ordained householder in the Rinzai Zen tradition. He welcomes your input at 920-558-3076 or [email protected].

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With a much trumpeted, late in the game, return to the strange environs of the fabled world of Twin Peaks, Washington at an apparent stand still between chief archi-tect David Lynch and new host network Showtime, I see no better time to pay a quick revisit to the original, legendary series and its most recent home video rebirth. So, while Lynch threatens to turn his back on a proposed 9 part, 25 year’s since an update on whomsoever still remains above ground from the cast, the fine cats at Paramount have, in recent months, sought to grace us all with something undeniably attractive

called ‘Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery’. This enticing, all Blu Ray box set (10

discs in total) collects together the com-plete (to date) run through of the quirky highs and murky (and often nightmarish) lows of Lynch and conceptual partner Mark (‘Hill Street Blues’) Frost’s intricately fabricated slice of life in the extreme upper Pacific Northwest.

We are presented with all of the 29 parts of the under two season long run of the once stratospheri-cally hip prime time melo-drama that first introduced the pop culture universe to Special Agent Dale (Kyle MacLachlan) Cooper, his eternally disem-bodied assistant Diane (represented only ever by a tiny cassette recorder), Cooper’s philosophy on the value of a damn fine cup of java and how this agent (and his assorted peers) would come to play a crucial role

in aiding the wonderful yet far from conventional Twin Peaks locals in finding a solution to the shocking murder of their girl most beloved, Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee).

Also stuffed inside the set’s elaborately designed packaging is the highly polarizing ‘prequel’ feature film follow up, ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’. With this separately concocted film, David Lynch set to the task of flesh-ing out the explicit particulars that led a seemingly innocuous ‘good girl’ like Mrs. Palmer down the path of rank deprivation

that was to ultimately place her in harm’s way in the very worst fashion. The film also swapped out certain characters from the series (for various reasons) and introduced new key players into the T.P. mythos, including Special Agents Chet Desmond (singer Chris Issak) and Sam Stanley (a pre-24 Kiefer Suther-land) and greatly made use of the content freedoms an MPAA sanctioned R-rating granted.

The legacy of ‘Twin Peaks’ as a whole, from inauguration to this point today, is one of swift rise and fall in the crit-ically fickle context of the public eye with the (at the time) ill advised prequel landing D.O.A. in theaters in late summer 1992. Yet, as a born-to-be ‘Cult Classic’ is wont to do, ‘Twin Peaks’ refused to lay down

and die a quiet death. The whole thing gave rise to clubs, c o n v e n -t ions (one of which is spotlighted within the set’s special

features, more on that stuff in a bit) and fervent campaigns to unearth unseen materials (primarily from ‘Fire Walk With Me’) that were said to hold more overall worth than your average ‘Deleted Scenes’ supplement. The fan-love pushed the saga

forward, spawning several home video releases (VHS and DVD) before arriving at this most rewarding confection I am blathering on about here.

Now, the basic storyline should prove familiar to many who’ve dabbled at all in the realm of David Lynch or cult screen curiosities in general. If not, here goes; one foggy morn-ing, the body of town princess Laura Palmer is discovered washed ashore and wrapped in plastic by gentle old Pete Martell (played by ‘EraserHead’ lead man Jack Nance) which in turn sets off a chain of twisty events entwining the citizens of Twin Peaks with the All American Powerhouse known as the F.B.I. Thus the arrival of the relentlessly chipper Agent Cooper to the base of operations of one Sheriff Harry S. Truman (Michael Ontkean) and his stable of goofy but dedicated cronies. These none too battle tested, bumpkin type police offi-cials turn out to be just the kind of support group our golden boy Cooper was greatly hoping for. The bulk of the first portion of the series details the convoluted specifics of the homicide investigation with growing supernatural influence transpiring across the stomping grounds of a passing carnival of strange and unique personas who love, fight, frustrate and continually work to confound expectations as the inevitable (if sadly premature) network mandated reveal of Laura’s killer looms on the horizon.

Once the murderer is given a proper

face though, things begin to fracture and the narrative starts to veer all over the damn place. Sure, a new plot device/villain is slotted in as a long standing rival of Cooper’s, one Windom Earle (Kenneth Welsh), arrives deep into the second season to dole out the sadistic head games, but the ensuing episodes became a great deal more, well, episodic. Apparently this was somewhere around the time both Lynch and Frost were becoming

immersed in new big screen projects (‘Wild At Heart’ and ‘Storyville’ respectively) so it was all largely left up to the hands of various writers and a wild assortment of directors (among them, Tim ‘River’s Edge’ Hunter and Diane Keaton, doing her

very best odd duck Lynch impression) to carry the load, and the results truly did vary. A sudden succes-sion of guest star bits were added to help maintain some semblance of a creative spark (most of note, future X-Files heartthrob, David Duchovny, as an

F.B.I. Agent dressed up in slick feminine attire) but regardless of all this tireless overexertion, the series had clearly lost a major chunk of its mojo and several plot

points came off as irrefutably forced (such as a beauty pageant sub-plot) and accord-ingly, the public interest waned. Pity, as the project as a whole comes across a bit like a small screen masterwork left incomplete (the final episode does provide a fitting cliffhanger). So perhaps the rumblings of a rekindling of that Twin Peaks fire should not seem so surprising, even this many moons on.

This here super-duper box set has so much to share beyond just the series and its companion film. Apart from providing all of Twin Peaks tale in a pristine HD transfer there is a boat load of nuggets from archival and more current sources that work to break the phenomena of the thing down in ‘in depth’ measures. Cast and crew members help to, somewhat enlighten upon the steps it took to make

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a bit of prime time television history with a collection of new and older interviews and on set asides. Most triumphantly, the long lusted after ‘Fire Walk With Me’ cut foot-age portion (arranged here by Lynch him-self as a 90-minute segment meant to stand on its own) is not likely to elect much in the way of disappointment. Many key ideas and supporting characters receive expanded screen time, including odd bits pertaining to David Bowie’s enigmatic agent Phillip Jeffries and a whole bunch more footage of the prophetic dwarf (Michael J. Anderson) who dwells in that, mostly red, ‘other place’.

Still further elements that never made it anywhere near the final release cut of ‘Fire Walk With Me,’ finally have their day too; Sheriff Truman, his stoic, Native Ameri-can deputy Hawk (Michael Horse) and the impossibly dense lovebirds Andy (Harry Goaz) Brennan and Lucy the receptionist (Kimmy Robertson) are on hand as they all originally had filmed cameos, as did Pete Martell and the lovely Josie Packard (Joan Chen). The resolution of the whole damn thing (perhaps the entire Twin Peaks universe in total) may have originally held

a more cosmic, time melding agenda than viewers were previously aware of, according to a few revealing sequences on display here. Yes, the wait for this missing stuff is finally over, and the rewards do measure up.

Elsewhere in the set, David Lynch enacts his own fond (albeit expectedly eccentric) memories of the project in features both semi-vintage and brand new in which he picks his own cranium as well as those of several key cast members (Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Grace Zabriskie and others) from the program both in and out of character. There are also plenty of old school promo spots, photo stills of anything from on set action to long obscured trading cards of the show and both the domestic and international (stand alone and slightly longer) versions of the pilot episode that set it all in motion.

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Over the past few years, you may be aware of increasingly urgent news regarding the status of the honeybee and native bee populations throughout North America.

Numbers of both honeybees, as well as native bees, such as bumblebees and others, have declined seriously in recent years.

Many area resi-dents are looking for ways to help. Thank-fully, there are many things we can do to help maintain or restore populations of these beneficial and important insect spe-cies.

Bees for beginnersDenise Wagner

of Black Creek, was concerned about the lack of bees near her rural Outagamie County property. She called on the experts at Honey Bee Ware, a specialty store in Greenville that provides education and supplies for those interested in maintaining healthy honeybee popula-tions on their property.

“We started thinking of keeping bees after watching a PBS program about colony collapse disorder and the plight of honeybees,” Wagner said. “One theory for the cause of colony collapse disorder was pesticides.”

This prompted Wagner and her hus-band to cease renting a portion of their land for farming, thereby preventing pesti-cide use on that piece of property.

“The year after, we stopped renting some of our land to a farmer for crops and the field came back with a lush stand of clover,” Denise said.

From there, the Wagners went to work creating a valuable and safe pollinator habitat.

“With that, we started to plan our first

hive,” she said “in addi-tion to the clover, we also have a large wildflower patch of coneflowers in summer and purple asters in fall, although honey-bees will travel quite far

to find pollen and nectar.”

Honeybee school“I attended a beginner beekeeping class

in March sponsored by Honey Bee Ware, a family-owned beekeeping supply and bee-keeper education business in Greenville,” Wagner said. “The instructor was engaging and presented the information with subtle humor. With about 60 people attending that class, it was evident that interest in beekeeping is ramping up. One classmate came all the way from Manistique, Michi-gan, so I feel lucky to live minutes from the store which carries everything I could possibly need to keep bees.”

Honey Bee Ware provides everything necessary to keep bees, including the bees themselves, which Wagner expects to arrive the first week in May.

From there, her bee-keeping adventure will continue to grow.

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Pollinator gardensIn addition to raising bees

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Pol l inator gardens are becoming increasingly popular throughout our area. More than butterfly gardens, pollinator gar-dens are designed with specific plantings to attract and provide valuable, safe nectar for pollinat-ing species, including bees.

Utilizing pesticide-free native perennials is especially important when growing a pollinator garden. Providing a wide assortment of host plants increases the number of pollinators you can attract and help maintain throughout the growing season.

Providing blooming plants that are rich in nectar and span the seasons from spring right through late fall is important.

Early flying native bees and honey bees often do not have access to blooming wild-flowers when they first emerge in March and April. The same situation may occur late in the fall if warm weather persists. Therefore, it is important to include late-blooming wildflowers in your palette of plants, as well.

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Last month I wrote about the first appearance in Wisconsin bats of “white-nose syndrome.” Most of you have prob-ably heard about this disease, a highly contagious fungus that attacks bats as they winter over in their hibernacula––usually caves or mines––where ideally they remain in a state of torpor until spring when insect food again becomes available.

The white-nose syndrome fungus (Psuedogynoassus destructans) infects the bats’ faces and wings, and through the pri-mary effects of the infection and secondary effect of causing the bats to become active in winter kills them by starvation and dehydration.

Since 2007 when the disease was first discovered in New York State, it has spread through 25 states and five provinces of Canada, killing millions of bats. It was long expected in Wisconsin and finally was observed on a few northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) in a cave in Grant County.

None of the other 85 caves and mines inspected showed signs of the disease, but given its virulence, the US Fish and Wild-life Service is putting a plan into action under the Endangered Species Act.

Though a highly restrictive endangered species designation was considered, it appears the USFWS will list the species as “threatened.” Under the threatened desig-nation, the service will adopt a 4(d) Rule that will go into effect on May 4, 2015.

This rule will allow a much greater range of activities in and near the bats’ habitat than would have been allowed had the bats been listed as endangered.

Still, most all activities of any poten-tially disturbing type would be prohibited within a quarter mile of known northern long-eared bat habitat, depending on time of year. In winter this zone would surround caves and mines that the bats use as hiber-nacula. In summer it would include areas of the forest around known bat maternity roosting sites, usually trees, especially those with shelter such as cavities or loose bark.

These roost trees are where the bats give birth and nurse their pups until they are ready to fly.

Given that most bat habitat is in for-ested areas, many of them in private hands, and in caves, many of them undeveloped, these new regulations will not affect a great many people. But those for those affected, the effects will be significant.

Brian Kleist, vice-chairman of the Wisconsin Speleological Society, which is an organization of cavers, people who are skilled and equipped for cave exploration, brought this issue to my attention. When he first called me, over a month ago, it was uncertain whether the USFWS would go for the threatened or the endangered designation.

The caving community was alarmed because an endangered designation might close down caving completely, perhaps in most of the eastern US. I remember when I began floating Ozark rivers in the seven-ties, we often visited caves that were shown on our maps. Within a few years we found most of those caves were gated off with steel bars and posted with a sign that said they were sites used by the Indiana bat, which had been declared endangered. My interest in caves was casual, so I shrugged it off, but many people are dedicated, and for them this was serious.

Kleist said his group members were not only recreationists; they also spend time maintaining caves for visitors and restor-ing caves in eastern Wisconsin that had been filled with sediment by the glaciers. By chance I had observed them at work at Cherney Maribel Caves County Park near Manitowoc. What they were doing was hard, dirty work shoveling sand and gravel that had been packed into these old cav-erns by the Ice Age thousands of years ago.

The DNR maintains, he said, that humans are a vector for transmission of white-nose syndrome, but the pattern of its spread suggested the bats themselves had spread it. The cavers are scrupulous about following USFWS decontamination protocols and are working to improve bat habitat by opening up more cave space.

When I suggested that people might see their arguments as self-interested, he acknowledged that could be true, but he felt they have good evidence on their side. When I asked who else might be affected by these regulations, he said loggers might be required to stay at least a quarter mile from any bat habitat all year long. I left off with him saying I would write an article about white-nose syndrome and a follow-up about how the new regulations might affect his group and others.

Unfortunately, though I had a follow-up conversation with Bryan Kleist, I was unable to reach the DNR people who would be able to comment on this until too late for press time. That will have to wait for next month. But I still wanted to talk to people about the effect on logging, which is a major industry in Wisconsin.

To that end I contacted Scott Sawle, president of the Lake States Lumber Asso-ciation. In a phone conversation he told me that the USFWS had not finalized their 4(d) rule and so he could not comment in great detail, though the general outlines were known. He said his organization was relieved they hadn’t settled on the endan-gered species designation for the bats, as that would have been far more restrictive. Still, the threatened designation will be, “just one more regulation we have to deal with.” It will keep loggers out of the woods for another 15 days a summer and limit areas where logging can be done, since they will need to stay well away from any roost-ing sites during the summer months and possibly a quarter mile from hibernacula year-round.

That creates a problem since known roosting sites already cover a fair amount of wooded area, and the bats change from year to year the sites they use. Another concern is that more bat species might be listed, increasing further limitations on logging activities. The rules may also affect power line and railroad right-of-way maintenance.

The loggers understand the bats have value, but their activities are not the cause of the white-nose problem. “The industry

is already struggling,” Sawle said. Already they are restricted by rules about oak wilt and wood turtles, and in most places they can’t work during deer season. How can someone maintain a business requiring an investment of several hundred thousand dollars if, “they can only do it six or seven months a year?”

The only person from the DNR I could reach in time to comment for this story, Drew Felkirchner, deals with forestry issues, not bats as such. He confirmed that the interim rules do exclude logging activ-ity within a quarter mile of hibernacula, but he stressed these are interim rules. Public comment will be accepted until May 4, which is when the interim rules will go into effect. The finalized rules may not be completed until near the end of the year.

He also confirmed that “take,” killing of species individuals, would not be pro-hibited as long as it was done in the normal process of logging. He added that if white-nose syndrome progressed as it has other places, there might not be many roosting trees left to avoid, as no bats will be around to use them. “This has killed up to 98 or 99% of the bats in some populations.”

The loggers of west and southwest Wis-consin are not Weyerhaeuser or Georgia Pacific. They are for the most part small operations that buy standing timber from farmers who would like to make some extra money. Though they didn’t bring in white-nose syndrome, they have to live with the environmental regulations designed to manage it.

In the long run, the disease will either drive the bats to extinction or they will adapt and carry on. Given the resilience of life in general, I would suspect the latter, but in the meantime, efforts to save the bats, as necessary as they may be, have profound effects on certain relatively small groups of people.

Next month we will look at what the cavers, people who explore some of the strangest and most interesting environ-ments on Earth, will have to do or not do in response to these new rules.

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BY BLAINE SCHULTZ

Last August over 200 artists performed at over 60 venues in downtown Appleton.

Twenty five years ago Rebel Waltz released their album Rubber Walls, to a small but dedicated following. To quote Lou Reed, “Those were different times.”

Think about it. If you were around three decades ago and wanted to hear cutting edge music in the Fox Valley your choices were limited. Forward thinking arbiters like a few Menasha skate punks led the way to weeknight record spins at gay bars, or the Thirsty Whale in Appleton or Lefty’s in Green Bay. WAPL even played a few hours of Punk/New Wave each week. The odd college r ad io p rog r am from Lawrence, UW-Green Bay or UW-Oshkosh might spike the airwaves.

Eventually the soldiers took up arms. Fun With A t o m s ( Gre e n Bay), East Side Kids (Appleton area), Second Childhood and Twistin’ Egyptians (Oshkosh) may not have been the first but they were all gaining a bit of a local audi-ence.

By 1987 Rebel Waltz had joined the pack. Bassist Timm Buechler and child-hood buddy Jeff De Goey (guitar) added Jeff “JJ” Verner (guitar) and drummer Dave Moore, then set their indefatigable work ethic in motion. They chalked up many late-night drives from Kimberly to Oshkosh, doing the work that would result in high energy shows and recordings.

According to DeGoey, by the time the band called it a day, “we had written a couple hundred songs between the four of us. Playing three sets a night was no prob-lem and became a regular gig. Not bad for a couple kids from Westside elementary.”

With their name a nod to the Clash, Rebel Waltz boasted three songwriters.

Buechler and Verner operated from a more melodic approach adding vocal harmonies and jangly guitars, while DeGoey’s impas-sioned vocals perfectly matched his edgier, anguished guitar playing. Moore was simply a fantastic drummer who tied the jigsaw puzzle together.

Boasting a discography that spanned cassettes, 7” singles, LP’s and compact

discs , Rebel Wa l t z h a s chosen Record S t o r e D a y 2015 to reissue their Rubber Walls LP plus additional cuts from the ses-

sions.Constantly honing new material the

band remained in fighting shape. Situ-ated two hours from either Milwaukee or Madison, in those pre-internet days Rebel Waltz was patient and took things one step at a time.

Buechler offers his take on the band’s sense of accomplishment. “I am proud of the effort the guys put into this band to build our success. More miles than money indeed. We played anywhere and every-where we could just to try and build our fan-base. We worked our asses off to make things happen for us,“ he said. “I also like to think that we were a very good live band who played with a ton of energy and pas-sion, which turned into good reviews and word-of-mouth, so there were usually more people there the next time we played.”

DeGoey echoes the sentiment. “Rebel Waltz was a band that made its own original music in its own time. We have

known so many great bands that have done the same. Venison/Drunk Drivers in Eau Claire; Ripp Winkler in Oshkosh; Uncle Eddie/Droids Attack in Madison; Die Kreuzen/Go Go Slow in Milwaukee; Andrew Johnson with Happy/Haunted Heads and countless other great original Wisconsin bands who made their own music in their own time.”

In the twenty years since Rebel Waltz came to a halt (aside from odd reunion per-formances) the members have kept busy: Verner with Andy’s Automatics, Moore with Scrap Heap Kings, DeGoey with The Catastrophe and Buechler with solo work, tours with Peter Case, Paul Collins and The

Lyres, as well as gigs with Half Empty.“We all have continued to participate

in the great evolution of original music,” DeGoey says. “ I consider original music to be a giant centipede….one pair of legs gets the music from the pair ahead of it and passes it on to the pair behind it. To be a pair of legs in the great chain is the ultimate reward.”

For Buechler, the memory of a night in Chicago defines Rebel Waltz.

“We were wined and dined in Chicago one night in 1993, with the chance to sign with an independent label to release an album with a collection of our older songs,” he said.

“We had about 20 new songs at this point and wanted to release the new music instead of rehashing the past. As much as I wanted to sign that deal and fulfill the dream of signing a record contract, it didn’t happen. What I’m getting at is that Rebel Waltz was always looking forward as a band and we didn’t have a lot of interest in taking a step back, just to take it to a national level. For better or worse, we lived in the moment as a band. Knowing that, it feels good to look back and have no regrets.”

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May arrivals are not just for flowers. Hillary Reynolds will be gracing the Fox Cities with a new album and a musical career in full bloom.

“In May, I’ll be coming back home for a couple of shows,” she said. “On the 14th,

I’ll be opening for The Ball-room Thieves at The Vox Concert Series in Marshfield and, on the 17th, I’ll be in Appleton to help celebrate the 20th anni-versary of Appleton North High School. It should be a fun night. Cory Chisel is a fellow alum and we’re planning on singing a few tunes together.”

If the opportunity presents, she will almost certainly sit in with Baba Ghanooj, the family band that includes her father, Ric Reynolds on guitar, aunt Marci Beau-coup on keyboards, mandolin and vocals and uncle Fran Rademacher on guitar, mandolin and harmonica.

Ric Reynolds saw it early.“When she was two, three years old,

she would get into the music of whatever Disney movie was out – I remember “The Little Mermaid” in particular – and she would sing all the parts with vibrato,” he recalls. “We didn’t know she had perfect pitch until later.”

“My family,” she said, “has played a major role in my musical background, being my first collaborators in learning the language of music even before I knew how to speak.”

“She got her voice from her mother and her ear from me,” Ric said. “We speak the same language.”

While there are loyal Inquisitors who double as fathers wondering “is that even possible?” it seems that it’s hard-coded in the DNA.

“My dad and his siblings played bar gigs all over Wis-consin, my favorite being the Harbor Bar on the Chain O’ Lakes,” Hillary recalls. “My parents sang in the church choir and my mom had a killer voice. Grandpa Reynolds would sing Frank Sinatra tunes for me and my cousins before bed – he

also has killer voice - and Grandma Reynolds was a concert pianist.”

The DNA apparently included strands of moon dust and spice.

“Through nurture and nature, I was born with a soul full of music. Before taking proper lessons for piano at age seven and joining the Lawrence Arts Academy Girl Choir at eight years old, I wrote my first song at recess called, “Man on the Moon,” she continued. “Yes, to this day, I still remember the chorus. On weekends, I would sing along and choreograph some pretty awesome moves to the Spice Girls with my cousins in my bedroom. We called ourselves the Cousins Club & wrote all of our hits in my *Nsync notebook.”

Reynolds waited until she was much older to begin performing.

“My first gig was when I was 11. I sang “God Only Knows” at my aunt’s wedding,” she said. “My first paid gig was at Copper Rock Cafe as a freshman in high school. That gig taught me that caffeine filled vanilla chai lattes plus nerves do not mix!”

“There’s still an out of tune upright piano living at the downtown location,” she added. “I played that piano a number of times because I didn’t have any sort of

rig when I started gigging.”“After high school, I moved to Boston

and went to Berklee College of Music, where I met the great loves of my life - my band.”

The development of the music and the sound have been not always been smooth.

“My musical career is open. It has taken a few years to feel that way,” she said. “My mom died months before the release of my first full length album, “Since September”, due to breast cancer complications and in the eye of the storm, I found myself in a Brian Wilson spell, spending weeks in my bed, paralyzed by grief, deeply contemplat-ing quitting music. Losing her filled my heart with insurmountable doubt”

“My therapy became an EP release called “Your Love.” It was through five recorded tracks and my soul’s expression of grief that gave me peace and the ability to move forward with my career,” she said. “It has been a long road to healing - some days still suck, but through my own vul-nerability, I’ve been able to cut the bullshit and connect with life because of an experi-ence that has broken my heart open.”

Touring has its benefits as well.“I’ve toured for the last five summers

with my band - again, the loves of my life,” she said. “We’ve played to sold-out crowds across the country and we’ve also played to a toothless one-man crowd at a dive bar in Kentucky. It was definitely one of the creepiest sets I’ve ever played. I have a tour journal that has the highs and lows logged from the road.”

“The best part about releasing “The Miles Before Us” has been letting the music sink into the hearts of fans and then playing shows to a singing crowd. That connection is so powerful.”

“When I’m not on the road, I’ve done jingles for everything from Disney to Sony to air conditioners. Recently, I’ve been wrapping up production on a duo project called ‘The Arrow & The Bow’ with a fellow Midwestern soul, Hannah Christianson. Together, we explore the healing and heart opening power of music, meditation, yoga, and travel,” she said. “Our music blends the worlds of folk, pop,

and alternative, and our raw lyrics offer an honest expression and insight into the human experience.”

“Two summers ago,” she added, “we toured Ireland & Scotland. A couple of the tracks on the EP were written there.”

Her creativity and songwriting are on-going.

“My creative process is unpredictable, sometimes a bit manic,” she revealed. “I wrote the track “Pretending I’m in Love” on our way to the first Mile of Music in the car with a guitalele. I started writing it somewhere in Pennsylvania and by the time we got to Indiana, Jeff, my drummer was in the front seat, my guitarist was in the back seat with me strumming along and then the song was finished.

“Braver Than We Think” was born on my way back from a writing session in Colorado. My cellist and songwriting partner, Trevor, picked me up from the airport and within five minutes of the car ride, I told him I had a song inside me that was going to be written that day. Sure enough, I called my favorite collaborator to come over and help me with the odds and ends, and the song was done. When muse strikes, I listen and create.”

Her collaboration with Chisel recalls a special moment for Ric Reynolds.

“At the first Mile of Music, she opened for Cory Chisel at the Lawrence University Chapel,” he said. “She needed a bass player. It was a father’s dream to share a stage of that stature with his daughter.”

Hillary and the band are still based in Boston.

“I’m glad every time she comes home. She’s so far away. I wish she could get home more and that we could collaborate more,” Ric said. “I know that for her to achieve her career goals, it’s probably not going to happen based out of the Fox Cities.”

“I am very proud,” he added, “of how she has grown from a trained musician into artist. She puts her heart and soul into it. I’d listen to her album even if I did not know whose it was.”

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Bill Casper’s sturgeon shanty may trace its origin to the humblest of beginnings but it is destined for historical greatness.

Those who wander the vast expanse of Lake Winnebago’s field of ice during the sturgeon-spearing season each February no doubt know of Casper’s distinctive shanty in the shape, design and hue of a Green Bay Packers helmet.

Tens of thousands of people have seen it on the ice of Big Winnie, or on Highway 151 and neighboring roads on its way to or from its off-season haunts, or maybe in Washington, D.C. on a site between the U.S. Capitol and the Washington Monument during a two-week stretch in 1998 when Wisconsin celebrated its 150th anniversary as a state.

Casper, his family and a circle of close friends have speared sturgeon in the Packer shanty for nearly a half century.

The winter of 2015 marked the famed shanty’s last season on Winnebago, not far from where Bill and his wife Kathy make their home along the East Shore between the lake and the historic limestone ridge of cliffs and rock that reaches from Fond du Lac County all the way to Niagara Falls in New York.

A NEW PERSPECTIVEThe old shanty is about to begin its

retirement…in a style reserved for only a chosen few.

“I’ve been told I can’t fish alone any-more,” Casper said recently as he recalled some of his favorite sturgeon memories. “My balance isn’t the greatest,” he noted, adding that he’ll be 85 when the next stur-geon spearing season rolls around.

“So I fished in the shanty with a friend of ours, Theresa Mayer, this season…the last time.”

Mayer took a photo of the shanty awash in early morning tones on Casper’s last day of the season amid the colors that only the Winnebago ice and a Wisconsin winter sun can conceive.

A framed photo of that setting has a special place on the living room wall at the

Casper home.It’s an emotional

image for a number of reasons. The emotion is evident in Bill Casper’s face and his eyes and in a long silence that he needs before he contin-ues his story.

MUSEUM POINT OF VIEW

“That shanty i s iconic. It has character, legitimacy, authenticity,” said Joe Kapler, a curator at the Wisconsin State Historical Society and the person who will be instrumental in eventu-ally placing the Casper shanty on permanent display at the Historical Society Museum on the Square in Madison.

Then, after thinking a bit more, he finds the word he really wants. “It has provenance,” Kapler added. The word even has an appropriate, elegant sound to it.

Kapler points out that Casper’s Packer shanty embodies “so many levels” of state history and storytelling.

It speaks of the Packers themselves; the birth of professional football; Coach and General Manager Vince Lombardi; the Ice Bowl Game against the Dallas Cowboys in 1967 (the year Casper built his shanty); the “frozen tundra” in the sense of 215 square miles of arctic Lake Winnebago desert; outdoor recreational pursuits; hunting, trapping, fishing and spearing; prehistoric sturgeon (Hiawatha’s Mishe-Nahma, the king of fishes); the founding of Sturgeon for Tomorrow by Bill Casper and others; the sense of community in shanty villages on the lake and within the comfortable homes and colorful towns that dot the Holyland of northeastern Fond du Lac County and beyond; practicality and folk art in the form of steel ice chisels, spears,

sturgeon decoys, ice skimmers, gaff hooks, old-fashioned saws and countless artifacts handed down through generations; con-servation and preservation; fish biology; water quality; and the social phenomenon that somehow binds all of those aspects together.

IN PERPETUITY“Just think of the layers it all involves,”

Kapler added. “You can call that shanty an artifact in itself. It deserves to be preserved in perpetuity.”

What he’s saying is that the shanty deserves to be on permanent display for the educational and historic benefit of the people of Wisconsin and any other state for that matter.

Kapler intuitively grasped that simple fact when he first learned of Casper’s shanty and saw it nearly 13 years ago as a rookie museum curator.

“I just knew it…I could see it…the value it had,” Kapler said

He recalls talking with Casper and

saying to him, “Keep us in mind when the time comes.”

The time is now. Within a year or two, the shanty will be placed on permanent display at the State Historical Society. A special exhibit will be built. It will be photographed endlessly and cataloged. Interviews will be conducted. Videos will be produced, and no doubt, there will be examples of sturgeon mounts available, along with all the related sturgeon artifacts that Casper and his family have used over the years.

What is on the shanty walls today will be there decades from now. The wood stove will be there, and the special Lake Win-nebago maps and placemats from Sturgeon for Tomorrow banquets will remain. He hopes to add an antique hand saw if some-one can provide one and contact him.

A special sturgeon decoy made and painted by Bill Casper’s sister, Mary Lou Schneider, will accompany the shanty to the museum. Schneider’s decoys and other artistic artifacts are prized by countless outdoor enthusiasts and collectors in the Fond du Lac area.

She fashions the decoys and artifacts in her workshop on the farm overlooking Lake Winnebago where she and Bill grew up.

FINDING THE PROPER PLACE“We’ll probably have to knock out a

wall to get it in the museum,” Kapler said of the shanty.

“I don’t know all the details yet. We’re working on it,” he said.

The shanty will be a museum main-stay for 50 years or longer, Kapler hopes, adding, “We’ll take the best care of it we can.”

If it makes it to 2067, the shanty will note the century mark, an age matched by some of the sturgeon speared and netted each year in the Winnebago System.

As many as 80,000 people will see the shanty every year, Kapler said, pointing out that 30,000 fourth- and fifth-graders annually visit the museum on class trips as part of their study of Wisconsin history.

Bill Casper’s Iconic Packer Shanty

OUTDOORS // PACKER SHANTY

Bill Casper and his Green Bay Packer fishing shanty that’s headed for Madison. Photo by: Theresa Mayer

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OUTDOORS // PACKER SHANTY

“It would be ideal if people could actually go inside the shanty, to see what a real spearing shanty is like,” Kapler noted. “We’ll give it some thought.”

Until the permanent museum display is completed, Bill Casper’s shanty will be available for viewing by the public at loca-tions in the state.

“We’re not prepared to make that announcement yet,” Kapler said. “We’ll be letting the public know when we know.”

For Bill Casper, it’s almost like watch-ing a member of the family or an old friend leaving for a faraway destination and knowing they’ll never return to their old stomping grounds.

The shanty is about to answer a higher calling, but that doesn’t make it any easier for the heart and soul to process.

BUILDING AN ICONCasper recalls the day he saw a bunch

of curved rafters his old friend Bernie Baker from Giddings & Lewis was trying to get rid of.

“I ended up buying them for a dollar apiece,” Casper said. “I had an idea what I was going to do. I wanted an arched roof and so that’s what I built.”

A machinist at Giddings & Lewis, Casper had the know-how to get the job done with a combination of wood frame,

metal and mechanics. It’s surprisingly roomy, with dimensions of 12 feet in length, six feet in width and more than six feet at its greatest height.

He and Kathy’s four children — Shar-ron, Mike, Barb and Nick — were young-sters when it was built, and they spent many hours in the comfort of their Dad’s shanty.

It was Kathy’s idea to transform the shanty shape into a Packers helmet.

“It looks like a helmet,” Kathy remarked at the time. “Why don’t you make it a Packer helmet?”

She is surprised to this day that none of the Green Bay TV channels ever focused on the shanty for a story.

After all, it became one of the most rec-ognized and sought after structures on the winter lake-scape every season. In a sense, it was famous.

STURGEON FOR TOMORROWTen years after the shanty was built,

Casper led the founding of Sturgeon for Tomorrow, a conservation and preservation organization that spawned a number of other chapters.

The organization has helped make the Winnebago System arguably the healthiest, most prolific sturgeon fishery and habitat in the world. Winnebago sturgeon are being utilized to save and foster sturgeon

populations across the nation and around the world.

Sturgeon for Tomorrow volunteers known as the Sturgeon Patrol are instru-mental in protecting vulnerable spawning sturgeon throughout the system, and local fish biologists lead the way in propagating the species for generations to come.

“We’ve come a long way,” said Casper, who earned the nickname Sturgeon General for his leadership abilities. “We’re almost at the million dollar mark,” meaning that the organization is close to donating $1 million to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for sturgeon improvement proj-ects.

For his leadership and devotion to the organization, Casper is a recipient of the Outdoor Life Conservation Award, a distinction shared by some of modern history’s acclaimed conservation leaders, including Wisconsin’s Aldo Leopold.

Casper points out that the Smithson-ian Institution in Washington, D.C., also wanted his Packer shanty for permanent display.

“That was quite an honor that they wanted it,” Casper said. “But I just felt it belonged in Wisconsin.”

That’s perfectly understandable. It has its lifeblood here…and its treasured memo-ries are rooted here.

UNCLE AMBROSE“I was 8 years old the first time I went

sturgeon spearing,” Casper recalled. “I went with my Uncle Ambrose Langenfeld. And when I was 14 — that’s 70 years ago — my Uncle Ambrose gave me his shanty and his spear. That was my first shanty.”

His uncle’s antique spear and one of his uncle’s ancient decoys will be going with the Packer shanty to Madison.

With a sense of amazement, Casper added, “Would you believe that Paul Langenfeld, my cousin…Ambrose’s son, got the last sturgeon to be speared in my shanty! Paul was born the winter Uncle Ambrose gave me my first shanty. Amaz-ing!”

The final installment of the Casper shanty is yet to be scheduled. There will be a dedication and Bill Casper and his family will be there, God willing.

The Packer shanty will enjoy a place of honor at its final resting place in a museum on an isthmus between Mendota and Monona.

And 80,000 people will visit it each year.

What an auspicious ending and what an eventful beginning!

Michael Mentzer, now retired after a 40-year newspaper career, writes a monthly column for Scene.

Twenty five hundred people will jour-ney to Dundas, Wisconsin on Saturday, May 16th for the annual Testicle Festival. That’s right… Testicle Festival, where large numbers of people come to enjoy a true delicacy, deep-fried testicles.

According to Linda Fassbender, owner of 2 of a Kind, one of two drinking holes in Dundas, “We skin’em, slice’em, bread’em, and fry’em, and I can only say that if you ain’t afraid to try’em...you’ll love’em.” That day more than 240lbs of testicles will be prepared for the masses to enjoy.

“It takes experience and skill to prepare a good tasting nub. You don’t want it to be stringy, too juicy, or chewy, it has to be tender and prepared with our secret spices to have the perfect succulent treat,” say

Fassbender.“We have people from all over the state

and from all walks of life come to this yearly event. We have a large number of motorcycle enthusiasts, local farmers, and people who love live music join in, and each year the event gets bigger and bigger,” explains Tara Erickson, the owner of the other bar across the street appropriately named, The Nut Haus.

The Testicle Festival was first held at Debbie’s Dundas Inn starting back in the early 90’s, and as the crowd grew, the bar across the street took in the overflow. Today Fassbender and Erickson have decided to work together to make the event even better. “People who attend will only have to pay one cover charge. For

$5 you’ll enjoy some great live music and eat as many testicle nuggets as you want,” Erickson said.

The street between the two bars will be closed this year for the first time since the event started about 25 years ago. And the two establishments will be working together to host this unique event.

“This year we have a 100x60-foot tent that will be erected for the live music. We have two bands scheduled to play. The first band called the 18 Days Band will play from 3:30 – 7:30 p.m., and the second band will be Half Empty starting at 8:00 till around midnight,” explained Erickson. “This is usually the first festival of the year for most, and we have it rain or shine. We will start serving about 11 in the morning

for the early testicle enthusiasts and keep frying until we are out of nuts.”

In addition to testicles, each of the establishments will be serving “regular food.” Hot turkey and beef sandwiches served on a Kaiser bun will be available at The Nut Haus, and Two of a Kind will have its complete menu available for those inter-ested in different fare. Both places promise to have plenty of ice cold beer on hand.

Dundas is located in Calumet County in the town of Woodville. It is an unincor-porated community that really has just two bars in it. It is located on the corner of St. John Rd. and Dundas Rd. You’ll see the tent from there. Be careful it is rumored the testicles are an aphrodisiac and make people do crazy things. Enjoy.

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BY JANE SPIETZ

Watch out for the up and coming Lake Street Dive (LSD). This super talented indie pop-soul quartet is well on its way to great things. Members Rachael Price (lead vocals/ukulele/guitar), Mike “McDuck” Olson (trumpet/guitar player/vocals), Bridget Kearney (standup bass/vocals) and Mike Calabrese (drums/vocals) met in 2004 and begin perform-ing together while they were students at the New England Conservatory of Music. Olson says the name of the band origi-nates from the abundance of dive bars located in a neighborhood in his Min-nesota hometown. The band submitted a recording of a tune penned by Kearney to the John Lennon Songwriting Contest in 2005 and she won in the Jazz Category. LSD used the winnings to record their debut CD, in this episode, in 2006.

LSD’s big break came in 2012 after the four gathered around a single microphone on a Boston street corner and performed an inspiring cover of the Jackson Five’s “I Want You Back.” It was posted on YouTube and went viral after Kevin Bacon tweeted it. In December 2013, iconic producer T Bone Burnett requested LSD to contribute musically to the performance of Another Day, Another Time show, featuring music from and inspired by the Coen Brothers’ film Inside Llewyn Davis.

Although their original common denominator was jazz, LSD’s music now additionally blends in influences of the British Invasion and soul, pop, and folk. The beautiful simplicity of their mostly acoustic instrumentation further highlights their exceptional talent. All four perform vocally and take turns with songwriting. They are huge fans of the Beatles. Their 2012 EP, “Fun Machine,” contains great covers of McCartney & Wings’ “Let Me Roll It,” Hall & Oates’ “Rich Girl,” George Michael’s “Faith” and The Drifters’ “This Magic Moment.” The band has also put together fun Halloween tributes to the B-52s, the Mamas & the Papas, Fleetwood Mac,

the Starland Vocal Band and ABBA. As a personal disclosure, I am a huge ABBA fan and thought that LSD did a great rendition of “Take a Chance on Me” in 2010! The title song of their new album, Bad Self Portrait, was written by Kearney and takes a jab at selfies with references to loneliness and regret.

As lead vocalist and the focal point for the group, Rachael Price’s amazing voice is strong yet smooth, exuding hints of Bonnie Raitt and Amy Winehouse. Price belts out songs with natural enthusiasm

and fullness, wrapping effortlessly around each note. Members of LSD exhibit an easy kind of comfortableness with each other but don’t let that fool you. They are tightly knit and totally on target with their exquisite four part vocal harmonies and instrumentation. LSD has been performing across the U.S. and Europe and sold out concerts are common these days. A performance with Grace Potter & the Nocturnals at Red Rocks is well worth watching on YouTube. They recently completed a tour to Australia and New Zealand. The band has been receiving critical acclaim. In 2014, LSD was named one of this year’s “artists to know” at Bonnaroo and Rolling Stone called LSD “this year’s best new band.” Do not miss an opportunity to see LSD in concert – you won’t be disappointed.

I connected with Mike “Mc Duck” Olson not long ago to learn more about LSD.

Jane Spietz: How did the Australia/

New Zealand tour go?Mike “Mc Duck” Olson: Fantastic.

Great crowds, lovely festivals, and marsupi-als. What more can a band ask for on their first time to a new hemisphere?

JS: How did the four of you get together and start up Lake Street Dive?

McD: That’s my doing. I wanted to play in a band, like a real band, not just jam with random, different people all the time. I had a few startups going, but LSD was the one that stuck. Which is was cool, cuz it was the only one that had a singer, and none of us were really writing a lot of original music with lyrics, so this really forced us to expand, and quickly.

JS: How would you describe Lake Street Dive’s musical style?

McD: We like to say we live at the intersection of the British Invasion and Soul music. We’re massive fans of both styles, and can’t help but have those things shine through in our writing and playing styles.

JS: Talk about Lake Street Dive’s love of the Beatles and their influence on the band’s music.

McD: Well, in our humble opinion, the Beatles are the best rock/pop band of all time. They were great musicians, great writers, great arrangers, and in the rela-tively short time they were around, they changed their sound more ways than you can count, but it always sounded like the Beatles. I think we are chasing their legacy (isn’t everyone?) in that we don’t want to be hampered by one sound, and hope that we can retain a band personality even if we are writing and playing in ways we haven’t even imagined yet.

JS: A tweet by Kevin Bacon helped your YouTube cover of the Jackson Five’s “I Want You Back” go viral in 2012! Share the story about that experience.

McD: Talk about surreality. When it happened, my first reaction was “wait, is Kevin Bacon a real person?” It’s so easy to think that nothing you ever do will ever have an impact on the life of someone like him. It’s like we live on two different planets. But getting access to his followers and fans was a major windfall for us, and it came at the same time as a few other big things, like getting shared on a few big blogs, like Wimp and World Star Hip Hop, of all things. I don’t know if we’ll ever understand how things like this happen, but the stars really aligned for us two years

ago, and we’ve been grateful of it ever since.

JS: Talk about the experience of playing Bonnaroo for the first time last year.

McD: Well, it was hands down the biggest thing we’ve ever been involved in. It was pretty amazing, walking around and experiencing what is, essentially, a mid-sized city devoted exclusively to the consump-tion of music. Talk about a com-

munity. But we had an excellent time, interacting not only with the fans, but with the other bands and musicians and festival organizers. Also, Elton John. Hello? Amaz-ing. We hope to go back again!

JS: What can your fans expect when you play at Turner Hall in Milwaukee on May 27?

McD: We’re trying to mix up the show a little bit this year, because we’ve played every major market in the country at least once in the last year two years, and we want our fans to be excited each and every time we come back! We are also working on a new record, so you’ll for sure hear a few new songs, but we don’t want to give the whole thing away, so we’ll probably be reaching further back into our catalog and playing so old favorites, maybe some new covers...who knows! We’re brainstorming ways to make it fun and fresh but still the same old LSD.

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There are rumors that a wise guy reviewer once answered the question “what kind of music do you like?” with “I like good music.”

“Good music” seems like the best way to describe the offerings on “The Miles Before Us” by the Hillary Reynolds Band because it’s otherwise hard to nail down the rich combination of styles and influ-ences that are woven together in unique and creative ways. “Miles” is an album that will sound very good on first listen and gets better as the nuance and textures are revealed subsequently.

Reynolds’ versatile voice and her lyrics are the constants shared by the 14 compo-sitions on this CD. Her voice gives texture and additional meaning to her rumina-tion’s on love and its attendant heartaches.

The opening cut, “Took Me A While” sounds like it should be the first track on an album by a female singer-songwriter who understands that “it’s never been so

real.” Reynolds’ sense of irony emerges in “Pretending I’m In Love,” as she awaits “someday, someway, we’ll speak the truth.”

One of the aspects of the band that makes the sound unusual is the excellent but understated cello playing of Trevor Jarvis. It sets the tone for a country-flavored ballad, “Honey Come Home” that features nicely blended harmony vocals. Jarvis is credited as a co-writer on that tune and “Can’t Let You Go,” which follows and laments “can’t stop even though I know you’re no good.”

Guest mandolinist Forrest O’Connor provides the fuel for the bluegrass-flavored “I Surrender” which also features some excellent guitar work by Connor Reese. Bassist Chris Mewhinney sets a solid foundation for Reynolds’ and her hopeful longing in “Braver Than We Think.”

“What It Is” is perhaps the most radio-friendly song on the CD, a pleasant mid tempo pop tune that seems to accept that “we don’t have to make it more than what it is.” Rich harmonies and Jarvis’ cello fills

highlight “Balloon and Kite,” which notes “that’s what love is about.” Reynolds’ “does not want to fall asleep alone tonight” on the acoustic guitar-accented “Crossing The Line,” then gently asks “take my heart when you leave in the morning” in “This Love Is Ours.”

Co-writer Reese contributes under-stated but lyrical guitar to Reynolds’ almost whispered vocals on “How.” She teams with Jarvis and his cello to create a poignant angst on “I Don’t Know Who Else To Call” as she begs “save me from my worried mind.”

The band steps the energy up a notch and sets a slow, bass-accented blues groove on top of Jeff Hale’s tasteful drumming to shape the lyrics on “Looking For A Way Back.”

This reviewer is convinced that Reyn-olds and her band mates saved the best for last with “Keep On Driving,” which departs lyrically into more metaphysical territory as Reynolds’ notes that “the future is in the dawn, I gotta keep driving ‘til I get

where I belong.” Jarvis’ cello highlights a fine band effort.

While the tunes on this CD are now a staple of the band’s set list, Reynolds, like many artists, is already looking to what’s next.

“This album will always hold a special place in my heart,” she said. “The Miles Before Us” was one big DIY project from preproduction to the release date to the road. It hasn’t even been a year - but the cruel thing about my songwriting process is this: in order to allow space for new inspiration and songs, I can’t think about the finished record anymore. It’s a little annoying given the fact that I spent all last year with an amazing creative team bringing that record to life and now all I can think about is the next time Trevor and I will get together to finish a new crop of songs.”

THE MILES BEFORE USHillary Reynolds Band

ENTERTAINMENT // CD REVIEW

BY GEORGE HALAS

With Red Gold, Kevin Fort delivers a strong, consistent album of originals and standards that will have fans of piano jazz that stays true to bebop, while incorporat-ing modern elements, considering a trip to the Windy City.

Fort is a Chicago-based jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who has worked with such notable musicians as John Clay-ton, Bill Watrous, Ramsey Lewis, Wayne Bergeron, and Rick Baptist. For this recording, he has assembled a top-notch trio that includes Doug Hayes playing bass and drummer John Deitmeyer.

The album has a pleasing pace that enables Fort and company to explore a number of emotional soundscapes. The band kicks the energy up a couple of notches on Irving Berlin’s I’ve Got My Love

To Keep Me Warm, flawlessly and smoothly executing from start to finish while show-casing Fort’s technical brilliance as well as a right-on-the-money solo by Hayes. The Leslie Bricusse-Anthony Newley composi-tion, Cheer Up, Charlie, follows as Fort, et al, gently slow the tempo and guide the listener into a relaxing sonic easy chair.

The trio’s best work comes on the Fort originals. As a composer, he writes in a way that provides plenty of room for Hayes and Deitmeyer to contribute enthusiastically to the melody and the tempo. Fort’s playing is equally energized and the result is that the originals are the highlights of the album. The title piece, Red Gold, is an up tempo expression of joy – you can almost see Fort having fun playing this one – and Hayes contributes a melodic bass solo that adds another dimension to the composition. Dietmeyer keeps his solo work comfortably

within the structure and his choices resulting in perfect touches.

Coastin’ In is another Fort original that features a combination of a unique melody with a high-energy, take no prisoners approach and satisfying contributions from Hayes and Deitmeyer. Fort initially lays back then builds the tempo in a way that you don’t sense it, until you feel your toes tapping or fingers snapping. Another excellent Hayes solo gives way to Fort and Dietmeyer trading fours in a way that highlights their excellent chemistry and Dietmeyer’s ability to apply very taste-ful rhythmic flourishes without going over the top.

In many ways, Fort saves the best for last with Whirled and Whirled Above, a composition with a variety of textures and nuance. He uses Hayes to set a unique tone

a n d follows with what is argu-ably his best playing on the album. Fort is one of those rare piano players who can temper his technical brilliance in the service of the composition, but it is not hard to hear that his playing is something special.

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MAY 5

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MAY 6

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MAY 7

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MAY 16

MARK TE TAI DUOCANNOVA’SNEENAH 6:00 PMCORY CHISELTHE SOURCEMENASHA 6:30 PMJOHNNY WADOLD MILL PARK - PELLADAYSPELLA 7:30 PMHALF EMPTYTWO OF A KINDDUNDAS 7:30 PMCARAVANCIMERRONMENASHA 8:00 PMKURT STEIN & THE CON-SPIRACYBECKETS RESTAURANTOSHKOSH 8:30 PMREVEREND RAVENSLIPPERY NOODLEINDIANAPOLIS 8:30 PMDIAMOND AND STEEL10TH FRAMEAPPLETON 9:00 PMTHE POUNDING FATHERSDEJA’ VUAPPLETON 9:00 PMGRAND UNIONFOX HARBOR PUB & GRILLGREEN BAY 9:00 PMWILDSIDEIZZYS PUBBERLIN 9:00 PMUNITYJIMMY SEASGREEN BAY 9:00 PMROCKERWATERING HOLEGREEN BAY 9:00 PMCONSULT THE BRIEFCASEWOUTERS SPORTS BARLITTLE SUAMICO 9:00 PM

STAR SIX NINEFAT JOESFOND DU LAC 9:30 PMBOURBON COWBOYSHEADLINERSNEENAH 9:30 PMTHE COUGARSKOUNTRY BARAPPLETON 9:30 PMNASHVILLE PIPELINESTONE TOADMENASHA 9:30 PMVIBES FOR THE TRIBESCRANKY PATSNEENAH 10:00 PMRABID AARDVARKSPAULIES PUBWEST ALLIS 10:00 PMFRAN STEENOHEIDEL HOUSEGREEN LAKE 7-10:00LITTLE VITO & TORPEDOESRIVERSIDE CASINORIVERSIDE IA 8:30-12:00VIC FERRARIWHITEHALL FIREMENS DANCEWHITEHALL 9-12:30

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MAY 22

MOLLY CONRAD/ MICHAEL THEROUXCANNOVA’SNEENAH 6:00 PMTBACIMERRONMENASHA 8:00 PMBUIDING SEVENLYRIC ROOMGREEN BAY 8:00 PMLLOYD’S BASEMENT SHOWLYRIC ROOMGREEN BAY 8:00 PMMOLLIES WAYLYRIC ROOMGREEN BAY 8:00 PMSWEETALKLYRIC ROOMGREEN BAY 8:00 PMSLY JOE AND SMOOTH OPERATORSBECKETS RESTAURANTOSHKOSH 8:30 PMTHE LATELYDEJA’ VUAPPLETON 9:00 PMPOUNDING FATHERSSARDINE CANGREEN BAY 9:00 PMCONSULT THE BRIEFCASESKINNY DAVESMOUNTAIN 9:00 PMPHOCUSTHE SOURCEMENASHA 9:00 PMDAN TULSA DUOWORLD OF BEERAPPLETON 9:00 PMTHE BLUES DISCIPLESMILWAUKEE ALE HOUSEMILWAUKEE 9:30 PM

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MAY 23

BOURBON COWBOYSVETERANS MEMORIAL PARKCRIVITZ 3:30 PMADAMS WAYBLIND SQUIRRELSHAWANO 6:00 PMCHRIS WHITE TRIOCANNOVA’SNEENAH 6:00 PMR P MVETERANS MEMORIAL PARKCRIVITZ 7:30 PMSAM BROWN AND THE BRINKCIMERRONMENASHA 8:00 PMROOFTOP JUMPERSGAMEDAY SPORTS BARAPPLETON 8:00 PMKEVIN FAYTE ROCK AND ROLL TRIOBECKETS RESTAURANTOSHKOSH 8:30 PMTHE COUGARSSTONE HARBORSTURGEON BAY 8:30 PMDARKDEJA’ VUAPPLETON 9:00 PMCONSULT THE BRIEFCASEOUTPOSTSHERWOOD 9:00 PMEARL BURROWSTHE SOURCEMENASHA 9:00 PMRAPID IMPULSEWATERING HOLEGREEN BAY 9:00 PMTHE BOMBBEAR LAKE CAMPGROUND & RESORTMANAWA 9:30 PMBOXKARCLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 9:30 PMDAN TULSA DUOMINESHAFTHARTFORD 9:30 PMKITTY CORONAHEIDEL HOUSE

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MAY 24

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VIC FERRARIINDIAN CROSSING CASINOWAUPACA 9:30-1:30

MAY 25

TEQUILA TANGOGAMEDAY SPORTS BARAPPLETON 4:00 PM

MAY 26

JOHNNY WADTHE SOURCEMENASHA 6:30 PM

MAY 27

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MAY 28

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found in his studio working on pieces to get ready for an art festival or gallery show. There he experiments with shapes and glazes. “I love doing functional, traditional work that people buy as an impulse because they love that mug, bowl or covered jar...even if I don’t find it to be very creative. I make hand-built items which allow me the freedom the potter’s wheel doesn’t. I can explore the feel of clay and glazes in a whole new way. Basically, if it isn’t sym-metrical and round, it’s hand-built.”

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Appletonian “Crazy” Todd Van Ham-mond isn’t your typical music fan. When he loves a musician, it’s full tilt love. Some would say he gets a tad possessed when his favorite performers are the subject of con-versation. But he’s far from crazy. And he’s someone to whom the local music com-munity and beyond ought to pay tribute.

A professed “psycho fan” of alt-rock/post-grunge The Verve Pipe since the 90’s, Van Hammond was always looking for opportunities to engage with the artists behind the stage. He’d visit message boards and email the band site regularly to seek live show opportunities whenever he could and learn whatever he could about the music he couldn’t get enough of.

Lead singer and guitarist Brian Vander Ark (BVA)’s solo gigs weren’t large or well publicized. That didn’t stop Van Hammond from taking to the road to frequently see him perform in Milwaukee, Madison, Chi-cago, and Michigan where BVA (who hails from Grand Rapids) frequently toured.

Van Hammond recalls a memorable Fall 2003 trip to see his idol do a live show

in Muskegon, Michigan in a little tavern on the lake shore. “I drove ten hours to see him. The cover was $3. Solo singer-songwriter shows weren’t heavily attended back then but I loved the intimacy of the performances.”

He was shocked afterward when he got an email from BVA himself asking if his “psycho fan” had made it to see the show. “I told him I was there right up in front. He actually seemed kind of hurt that I didn’t say hi or talk to him after driving so far to see him. At that point I realized Brian had been fielding all the emails per-sonally which was really cool. I made sure to talk to him when I saw him after that.”

Van Hammond continued to take in as many live BVA solo shows as he could. Familiarity grew between fan and performer. “Hey, Todd, what do you want to hear?” he was asked at a particularly memorable show where a play of his favor-ite track ‘1229 Sheffield’ was granted upon request. “I just HAD to hear it live. It was awesome. Brian also wrote out the set list for me at that show.”

A dialogue was in process that evolved further into more lengthy conversations

and internet chats between shows. In the summer of 2007, BVA sent out an email to his fan base looking to book house shows for fans and their family and friends. This was the beginning of his Lawn Chairs and Living Rooms (LCLR) home tours. The artist wanted to tour and engage beyond smoky taverns and pubs with late night shows that weren’t always reaching his target audience. He was looking for a dif-ferent, more meaningful way to reach out to his fans.

“I started Lawn Chairs and Living Rooms House Concerts out of necessity. The Verve Pipe wasn’t touring or record-ing and I needed a way to make a decent living as a musician. Coffee houses and sports bars weren’t paying the mortgage. I sent an email out to my fans to book me in their home, eliminating the middle man. I said I would consider any offer. I booked 52 shows that first 24 hours. I used to do 4 shows a day on the weekend, but have since slowed down, since the band is play-ing and recording more.”

Van Hammond jumped at the oppor-tunity. “The idea resonated with me right away. How could I not be excited about

the chance to see one of my favorite artists playing my favorite songs for my family and friends right in my own house?!” But there was a glitch. He had to get his wife Jen to agree.

“When I brought the idea to my wife she wasn’t into it at all. She envisioned a loud rock concert with a trashed house.”

He begged for weeks, trying to get her to change to mind. No luck. Possessed by something, he booked a show on the sly, taking his chances at retaliatory silent treat-ment or worse. “How could I pass on this opportunity?” he asked himself. “I just had to make it happen!”

Another challenge was figuring out how to finance the show. “I had a ticket for The Police - who I always wanted to see - at Wrigley Field which I sacrificed.” Cash from the sold ticket, a generous donation from a friend, and a “great deal” from BVA provided the seed of possibility.

“Like a drug dealer, he gave me the first show cheap, then got me coming back.”

Sixteen people were in attendance at that first show. “Jen was blown away by the experience…she saw the light and got that this was not as much a concert as it was

Crazy Cool Crazy Todd and the Art of House Concerts

Brian Vander Ark (BVA) performing at the Van Hammond’s first house concert in 2007.


story telling with an acoustic guitar and singer.”

The Van Hammond’s booked another show two months later, Todd making sure to capture audio for every home event and video for most. He mailed a copy to BVA who loved the vibe of what was captured so much that he asked his “Superfan” if he could sell the live recordings at other shows on his circuit. “Brian told me these were the best representation of what a house concert is supposed to be. It was exactly what he was trying to promote. The quality of the sound was great and you could hear people interacting, making comments, laughing and engaging on a very personal level.”

Van Hammond graciously agreed to his friend’s request and the $5 CDs sold like hotcakes.

The following Summer, BVA heard his friend was looking for work and saw a mutually beneficial opportunity. He asked Van Hammond to take over his LCLR bookings and social media/website duties. A new partnership was formed which even-tually expanded to Van Hammond taking on the role of tour manager.

“I used to have someone help me book the shows but he got tired of it very quickly. It’s a lot of going back and forth with people via email. (Ask Todd.) Todd and Jen did everything right at their shows. Respectful crowd, nice setup, etc. I knew he was a fan of mine and the band, and he has great organization skills. Plus he had

that Midwestern work ethic that I love. We hit it off right away.”

The two hit if off so well that they road-tripped together during a Wisco/Michigan tour with actor/musician/playwright Jeff Daniels, throughout which Van Hammond earned the nickname “Vitamin D.”

“Todd agrees to work for pennies, as long as I keep him swimming in whole milk.”

The bond between the two continued to grow alongside expanding house show bookings. Relationships were built with hosting communities as well. Van Ham-mond’s involvement in Appleton’s Mile of Music Festival Artist Recruitment Team (ART) helped solidify a Feature Stage spot for BVA during the inaugural fest.

To date, the Van Hammond’s have

showcased BVA nine times at their home, a.k.a. Club Jen, Jen’s Attic, or Jen’s Living Room, with local opening artists introduced along the way. Their hos-pitality recipe typically includes seating for up to 40 guests who are tradi-tionally graced with Todd’s Famous Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms. Friends bring beverages and snacks to share.

Respectful listening is the mantra, with break

time scheduled for artist merch purchases, conversation and refreshment. Doors usu-ally open at 7, with music starting at 8. The schedule is rather loose and organic, with one long set or two, and 1-2 social time breaks in between. Things normally shut down before the clock strikes 12.

Accomplished Fox Cities musicians featured at Crazy Todd’s House Concerts include Eric Krueger & Marty Paschke (of Leading the Blind), Andrew Johnson, Christopher Gold, Jordin Baas, Nicole Rae & Bill Grasley (of The Traveling Suitcase).

Other national artists showcased include Bob Walkenhorst (of The Rain-makers), Jimmy Newquist (of Caroline’s Spine), Purgatory Hill with Pat MacDon-ald (of TimBuk3) & MelanieJane, and Channing & Quinn.

Van Hammond’s next dream performer includes frontman and lyricist Justin Sul-livan of the British band New Model Army which he hopes to charm into his living room one of these days. He’s just crazy enough to think it could happen. And it just might if Sullivan knows a good thing when he sees it.

Musicians who have fans like Van Hammond ought to consider themselves very lucky indeed. So are those who have the privilege to call him friend.

Says Van Hammond, “If you’re a fan of an artist and love witnessing live music, you will never have a show as special as one played in your own living room.”

Thank you, Crazy Todd, for showing us how it’s done.

ENTERTAINMENT // CRAZY TODD

PAUL HILLMER, GUEST: I’ve been a huge fan of The Rainmakers and singer Bob Walkenhorst since the 1980’s. Based out of KC, I always had to drive down there to see him and came to find the out there were others in the area who were also big fans, including a brother-in-law of my wife’s college friend. Since then I have become close friends with Todd who has hosted Bob three times. It has been a incredible experience and has spun out new friendships for myself and my wife and a new music circle. I never thought I’d see the day that Bob would play Appleton along be with playing in front of me in a house of a friend. Mind blowing!

ANDY WITTIG, GUEST: Crazy Todd brings people together. 4-5 years ago, meeting Todd and Jen through mutual friends over drinks and stuffed mushrooms... a chance comment from me of “You dig Caroline’s Spine too?? That’s one of my favorite bands!” with a response

of “Jimmy Newquist plays at my house!” turned me into the happy person all of my music scene friends know today. Todd’s house concerts, namely first seeing Jimmy play there, was the start of building my music family. I always know that it’ll be fun for me to head out for live music (even on my own if my wife can’t get out). Thanks to Todd and Jen and their house shows for lighting that fire and passion for live local music in me.

FELICIA LYONS RASHID, GUEST: I have had the privilege to attend two of Todd’s house concerts. It was like having an out-of-body experience! Not only do you get to visit and enjoy drinks and snacks with other like-minded lovers of music, you have the privilege of sitting in a comfortable living room with a quaint group of friends that all turn off their cell phones and turn on their ears! It’s like having a front row seat at the most popular concert in town! We all tune in and hear the

voices and music of angels! I get so caught up in the moment that I feel like I am the only one the musi-cian or band is playing to! Every moment is a captured moment in my memory! I always make sure to get a few photos as well! It’s an opportunity everyone who loves music would want to be a part of! You also have the BEST host and hostess in the whole Fox Valley!

KENT WAUSH, GUEST: A few years back I spent a weekend and compiled a list of my top 50 songs of all time…my favorites of all time I guess. Thanks to Crazy Todd and his house shows I have seen and met the man that penned #2 on the list. CT and his house provided me a privilege that I never would’ve imagined… that being seeing such an intimate show with one of my heroes, Jimmy Newquist, and then actually getting the chance to meet and talk with him too... never in my life did I envision that ever happening to me.

CRAZY TODD FAN MESSAGE BOARD:

RELATED LINKS:Brian Vander Ark - ‘The Freshmen’

- Lawn Chairs & Living Rooms 2012 house concert. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95BO4ShhryE. (All video and editing by Marc Golde. Audio via Crazy Todd.)

Full playlist of Crazy Todd’s House Concerts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?l ist=PLMMNAAAJaCrN_Oa5PpmS2UUtoOkpjVlrb

More info on LCLR: http://bri-anvanderark.com/blog/how-to-book-house-concerts-and-make-great-money-at-them/


CALENDAR // LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

May Events at Lawrence University1 Lawrence University Economics Colloquium: “English Ability and the Health

Insurance Coverage of Immigrants,” Marcus Dillender, economist, Upjohn Insti-tute; Thomas Steitz Hall of Science, Appleton, 4:30 p.m.

1 Lawrence University Evening of Baroque Dance; Warch Campus Center, Appleton, 6:30 p.m.

1 Lawrence University Indian Fusion Music Concert; Harper Hall, Appleton, 7 p.m. Admission charged.

1 Lawrence University Jazz Series Concert: Robert Glasper Experience; Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, 8 p.m. Adults: $30/25; Seniors: $25/20; Students: $20/18. 920-832-6749.

2 Lawrence Academy of Music Senior Recognition; Harper Hall, Appleton, 11 a.m.

2 Lawrence Academy of Music Student Recitals; Harper Hall, Shattuck Hall, Appleton, 12:30 p.m.

2 Lawrence Improv: Optimistic Feral Children Show; Cloak Theatre, Appleton, 8 p.m.

3 Lawrence Academy of Music Student Recitals; Harper Hall, Shattuck Hall 156 and 163, Appleton, 11:15 a.m.

3 Lawrence University Faculty Jazz Quartet with guest percussionist Michael Spiro; Warch Campus Center, 4 p.m.

3 Lawrence University Faculty Recital: Matthew Michelic, viola, and Anthony Padilla, piano; Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, 11:15 a.m.

6 Lawrence Improv: Optimistic Feral Children Show; Cloak Theatre, Appleton, 8 p.m.

9 Lawrence Academy of Music Piano Recitals; Harper Hall, Shattuck Hall 156 and 163, Appleton, 12:30 p.m.

10 Lawrence Academy of Music Chamber Ensembles Recital; Harper Hall, Appleton, 2 p.m.

13 Improvisation Group of Lawrence University Concert; Harper Hall, Appleton, 8 p.m.

14 Lawrence University Honors Convocation: “Is it Warm in Here? The Intractable Challenges of Climate Change,” David Gerard, associate professor of economics, Lawrence University; Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, 11:10 a.m.

14-16 Lawrence University Theatre: “The Rimers of Eldritch” by Lanford Wilson; Stansbury Theatre, Appleton, 8 p.m., with an additional 3 p.m. performance on 5/16.

15 Lawrence University Artist Series Concert: Kronos Quartet; Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, 8 p.m. Adults: $30/25; Seniors: $25/20; Students: $20/18. 920-832-6749.

17 Lawrence University Cello Studio Recital; Harper Hall, Appleton, 3 p.m.

17 Lawrence University Flute Studio Recital; Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, 5 p.m.

17 Lawrence University Comedy Show; Cloak Theater, Appleton, 6:30 p.m.

17 Lawrence University Composition Studio Recital; Harper Hall, Appleton, 8 p.m.

18 Lawrence University Presentation: “Structuring Silence: Music History Pedagogy and the Absence of Performance,” Daniel Barolsky, associate professor, Beloit College; Harper Hall, Appleton, 4:30 p.m.

19 Lawrence University Bavarian Opera Broadcast: “Der gelbe Klang,” “Spiral Pass” and “Konzert fur Violine und Orchester”; Warch Campus Center cinema, 12:30 p.m.

20 Lawrence University Presentation: “From Third World Strike to Research Justice: Ethnic Studies and the Transformation of U.S. Higher Education,” Julia Chinyere Oparah, professor of ethnic studies, Mills College; Main Hall 201, Appleton, 4:30 p.m.

20 Lawrence University Viola Studio Recital; Harper Hall, Appleton, 6:30 p.m.

20 Lawrence University Jazz Band Concert; Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, 8 p.m.

21 Lawrence University Music for All Concert: Riverview Gardens Community Center, Appleton, 5:30 p.m.

21 Lawrence University Opera Scenes; Stansbury Theatre, Appleton, 8 p.m.

22 Lawrence University Senior Art Major Exhibition Opening; Wriston Art Center, Appleton, 6 p.m. The exhibition runs through July 5.

22 Lawrence University Performance: “What then is time?,” featuring music, perfor-mance art, visuals and dance; Warch Campus Center, Appleton, 8 p.m.

23 Lawrence University New Music Series: Lawrence Wind Ensemble with guest composer Joel Puckett: Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, 8 p.m.

24 Lawrence University Jazz Recital: Jonathan Fagan, piano, and Ben Phillips, trum-pet; Harper Hall, Appleton, 1 p.m.

24 Lawrence University Guitar Studio Recital; Harper Hall, Appleton, 3 p.m.

26 Lawrence University Performance: Bad Recital Ideas Convention; Warch Campus Center, 9 p.m.

27 Lawrence University Viking Bassoon Ensemble Concert; Harper Hall, Appleton, 8 p.m.

28 Lawrence University Art @ Noon; Wriston Art Center, Appleton, 12 p.m. 20-minute guided tours of the current exhibition.

29 Lawrence University Choirs Concert; Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, 8 p.m.

30 Lawrence University Jazz Ensemble Concert; Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, 8 p.m.

31 Lawrence University String Chamber Music Recital; Harper Hall, Appleton, 1 p.m.

31 Lawrence University Percussion Ensemble Concert; Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, 3 p.m.

31 Lawrence University Horn Ensemble Recital; Lawrence Memorial Chapel, Appleton, 6 p.m.

31 Lawrence University Flute Studio Recital; Harper Hall, Appleton, 8 p.m.


ENTERTAINMENT // SERIOUSLY FUNNY

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Nov. 2014 - Oct. 31, 2015NEON: Darkness ElectrifiedHistory Museum at the CastleAppleton WI, 54911920 735 9370myhistorymuseum.orgNEON:Darkness Electrified, features more than 20 vintage neon advertising signs from local collector Jed Schleisner. Explore the history and science behind the glow of the tubes.11-4 Tu-Su

March 30 - May 03Lawrence University Wriston Art Center Galleries ExhibitionWriston Art Center GalleriesAppleton WI, 54911920) 832-6621www.lawrence.edu/s/wristonA memorial tribute to Lawrence’s late studio art professor, Alice King Case. Text-based drawings by Martin Brief, who digs deep into the meaning of words in his artwork. New additions to the galler-ies’ collection set in relation to the liberal arts: science, humanities, arts and social sciences.Tu–Fr: 10 - 4Sa and Su: noon - 4

Now through August 30William Morris: Native Species The George R. Stroemple CollectionBergstrom-Mahler Museum of GlassNeenah WI, 54956920 751 4658

bmmglass.comThe exhibition is thirty-eight blown-glass vessels, inspired by nature and Stroemple’s own collection of Japanese Meji ceramic vessels. The work reflects Morris’ extraor-dinary combination of skill, passion, and artistic vision.Tu-Sa 10 - 4:30Su 1 - 4:30

Now though May 17SECURA Fine Arts Exhibition-35th Annual Trout Museum of Art, TheAppleton WI, 54911920 733 4089www.troutmuseum.org/Exhibitions/35th-Annual-SECURA-Fine-Arts-ExhibitionJoin us for one of Northeast Wisconsin’s top competitive, juried fine arts exhibitions featuring work from some of our region’s most talented artists. Free Exhibit.Tu-Sa 10 - 4Su Noon - 4

May 1-31Spring Baby Farm Animal ToursMulberry Lane FarmSherwood WI, 54169920 989 3130www.MulberryLaneFarmWI.comSpring comes to life at the farm. Baby chicks, baby ducklings, baby kid goats, baby lambs, baby piglets, baby calves, baby ponies, baby kittens, baby bunnies... oh baby, do we have babies! Tours include: Milk a cow, ride a pony, enjoy a hay ride, catch a chicken, kiss a pig, cuddle a kitten & more.Closed M & Tu

W 10am-1pmTh 10am-1pmF 10am-1pmSa 10am-3pmSu 10am-3pm

May 1-6Wisconsin Timber Rattlers BaseballFox Cities StadiumAppleton WI, 54913920-733-4152www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t572The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, single ‘A’ affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.5/1/15 6:35pm QC5/2/15-5/3/15 1:05pm QC5/4/15-5/6/15 6:35pm CR

May 1Young Audiences: The Beat Goes On with The Fox Valley Symphony OrchestraTrout Museum of ArtAppleton WI, 54911920 733 4089www.troutmuseum.org/Events/Young-AudiencesThe FVSO percussion section will dem-onstrate a variety of cool instruments used in concerts and play a percussion perfor-mance. Get a close up with the instruments at the Heid Petting Zoo, and complete a fun art project to take home. Admission is Free but reservations are required 920-733-408910am-Noon.Children must be accompanied by an adult.

May 2Appleton Downtown Winter Farm MarketCity Center Appleton WI, 54911920-954-9112www.appletondowntown.orgFeaturing veggies, meats, baked goods, homemade soup & dip mixes, handcrafted items, jewelry, rugs & more including glu-

ten free items. PLUS, enjoy all that Down-town Appleton has to offer!Saturdays, 9 -12:30

Community Wheelchair Wash and Health FairFox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton WI, 549121-800-362-9900www.onlineregistrationcenter.comPeace of mind and a piece of the latest technology await visitors at the Fifteenth Annual Fox Valley Community Wheel Chair Wash and Health Fair8 - noon

Fox Valley Symphony ConcertFox Cities Performing Arts CenterAppleton WI, 54911920-730-3760www.foxvalleysymphony.comBruch: Violin Concerto No. 1, op. 26 in G minor with Yuliya SmeadTelemann: Trumpet Concerto in D with Michael HenckelLiszt: Les Preludes S. 97, Symphonic Poem No. 3Mozart: Cosi Fan tutte, K588: Overture7:30 - 9:30pm

Globally Sound Fair Trade’s 8th Annual World Fair Trade Day CelebrationGlobally Sound Fair TradeAppleton WI, 54911920-993-9989www.globallysound.comA global celebration bringing together thousands of people committed to build-ing healthy, sustainable communities. Teaming up with Appleton Downtown’s Giving Hope benefiting cancer research & patient support thru the American Cancer Society. • Silent Auction • FREE Coffee & Tea • Win a $50 Gift Card10am-4pm

No Tomorrow Festival 2015 / Appleton, WIVFW Hall 2778

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MAY 2015

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CALENDAR // THE BIG EVENTS

Appleton WI, 54911920-475-3407www.facebook.com/events/3363702532129MDC & Channel 3’s only WI appearances!ALL-AGES! Full bar w/ ID.Doors at 3pm. Music at 4pm.TICKETS: $20 ADV (link below) / $22 DOSwww.notomorrowfestival.bigcartel.com

May 4Monday Morning Matinee9:30 am - 11 amAppleton Public LibraryAppleton WI, 54911920-832-6173www.apl.orgFeaturing Toy Story. Computer-animated story of cowboy Woody, the favorite toy of the play-chest, and his jealousy when Buzz Lightyear, the new favorite toy (who thinks he’s real) moves in.This film series is designed for persons with cognitive dis-abilities but anyone may attend. Refresh-ments served

May 5-10Jersey BoysFox Cities Performing Arts CenterAppleton WI, 54911920-730-3760foxcitiespac.com/events/jersey-boysJersey Boys is the Tony®, Grammy® and Olivier Award®-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. Jersey Boys is not recommended for all ages. Rec-ommended for ages 12+.Tu 5/5/15 7:30-10pmW 5/6/15 7:30-10pmTh 5/7/15 7:30-10pmFr 5/8/15 7:30-10pmSa 5/9/15 2-4:30pmSa 5/9/15 7:30-10pmSu 5/10/15 1-3:30pmSu 5/10/15 6:30-9pm

May 6 Breakfast with Mom!6 - 7:30pmThe Wire Whisk

Appleton WI, 54913920 739 3663www.thewirewhisk.comShow mom just how special she is with this tantalizing breakfast menu to share with the family or treat mom to breakfast in bed. Classic Eggs Benedict, Belgian waffles with red berry coulis plus, Fresh fruit skewers. $35

May 7 Pies, Pies, and More Pies!6 - 8 pmGivens Farm LLCHortonville WI, 54944920-427-2380www.givensfarm.com~~A gluten free workshop featuring the rec-ipes of Donna Klaussen, Mudd Creek LLC.Everyone associates the autumn as the start of pie season baking everything from apple, pumpkin and pecan pies. Making pies are difficult enough, but making a gluten free pie is even more challenging. It’s not easy re

Thursday Afternoon @ the Movies4 - 6 pmAppleton Public LibraryAppleton WI, 54911920-832-6173www.apl.orgFeaturing ‘Good-bye My Lady’. An old man and a young boy who live in the south-eastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog. Co-sponsored by Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Fox Valley Region. Refreshments served. Free.

Wisconsin Volunteer Coordinators Association 2015 ConferenceRadisson Paper Valley Hotel & Conference CenterAppleton WI, 54911920-832-5515http://www.wvcasite.com/annual-conferenceWVCA is a statewide professional orga-nization advocating for coordinators of volunteer services through educational sup-port & resources.The association provides annual volunteer management training at the Wisconsin Volunteer Coordinators Association’s Conference each spring.

WVCA 2015 volunteer management con-ference, ‘Building the Future’ will run from May 7, from 7:30 am-5pm on Thursday and 7:30am-1:30pm on Friday, May 8, at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel & Confer-ence Center in Appleton.

May 8-10Scheels Flatgrass Regional Soccer ShowdownMemorial ParkNeenah WI, 549569208302977www.scheelscommunity.com/events/scheels-flatgrass-regional-soccer-showdown-2/The Scheels Flatgrass Regional Showdown is the premier early season competitive tournament in Neenah, Wisconsin host-ing nearly 200 teams. Come and visit the Scheels tent for any last minute needs! For more information, please visit: www.flat-grassregionalshowdown.comGame and Scheels Tent Times:Friday:games begin at 6pmSaturday: games begin at 8am, last one starts at 6:30pmScheels tent open 8am-5pmSunday: games begin at 8am, last one starts at 4pmScheels tent open 8am-4pm

May 9Appleton Downtown Winter Farm MarketCity Center Appleton WI, 54911920-954-9112www.appletondowntown.orgFeaturing veggies, meats, baked goods, homemade soup & dip mixes, handcrafted items, jewelry, rugs & more including glu-ten free items. PLUS, enjoy all that Down-town Appleton has to offer!Saturdays, 9am-12:30pm

Sole Burner 5K Walk/RunCity ParkAppleton WI, 54911920.321.1361main.acsevents.org/site/TR/CommunityFundraisingPages/CFPFY10Midwest?sid=3890&type=fr_infor

mational&pg=informational&fr_id=54446American Cancer Society 5K Walk/Run to raise money to fight cancer.7-8:45am - Registration7:30am - Team Photos Begin (appointment must be made)8:15am - Thrivent Financial Kid’s 1K FUN RUN8:30am- Thrivent Financial Kid’s 1 Mile FUN RUN8:30am - Kerntke Otto McGlone Wealth Management Kid’s Activities9:00am - ThedaCare Cancer Care 5K Run9:05am - ThedaCare Cancer Care 5K Walk9:15-10:15am - Alta Resource Finish10:15am - Award Ceremony

May 10 Free Mothers on Mother’s Day10am - 3pmMulberry Lane FarmSherwood WI, 54169920-989-3130wwwMulberryLaneFarmWI.comMoms are FREE on Mother’s Day at Mul-berry Lane Farm! Cuddle the baby kid goats, baby lambs, baby calves, baby chicks, baby ducklings, baby kittens, baby bun-nies, baby, baby, do we have babies! That’s why we celebrate all Moms on Mother’s Day. One Mom FREE per paid general admission. No other offer

May 11-17Wisconsin Timber Rattlers BaseballFox Cities StadiumAppleton WI, 54913920-733-4152www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t572The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, single ‘A’ affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.5/11/15 6:35pm CLI5/12/15 12:05pm CLI5/13/15-5/14/15 6:35pm CLI5/15/15 6:35pm KC5/16/15-5/17/15 l:05pm KC

May 12An Evening in Italy



Givens Farm LLCHortonville WI, 54944920-427-2380www.givensfarm.comGivens Farm is excited to be featuring The Olive Cellar and Dalla Terra Pasta for an evening in Italy. Have you dreamed of visiting Italy? Are you looking for a fun evening away from your usual routine? Or do you simply have a love for Italian food? Join us! During this workshop you will be6-8pm

May 14America’s Pitch TankFox Cities Performing Arts CenterAppleton WI, 54911(920) 730-3760foxcitiespac.com/events/americas-pitch-tankAmerica’s Pitch Tank is a competition for entrepreneurs, inventors and business own-ers. Finalists will pitch their idea to a live audience and a panel of business experts, including Kevin Harrington, an original Shark Tank judge. If you’re focused on innovation, you won’t want to miss this event.6:30pm

Memorial Day RemixThe Wire WhiskAppleton WI, 549139207393663www.thewirewhisk.comUpdate your Memorial Day menu with new recipes from Chef Terri Milligan. Hot dogs and brats are always a staple, but consider adding some new items to kick your Memorial Day menu up a notch: Tequila-laced Gazpacho shooters with grilled shrimp, Black pepper pasta salad with frizzled prosciutto, aspar6:00pm-7:30pm

Thursday Night @ the MoviesAppleton Public LibraryAppleton WI, 54911920-832-6173www.apl.orgFeaturing Whiplash. Andrew Neyman is an ambitious young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conserva-

tory. Refreshments served. Free admission. Rated R.6-8pm

Young Audiences: Music from Head to Toe with newVoicesTrout Museum of Art, TheAppleton WI, 54911920-733-4089www.troutmuseum.org/Events/Young-AudiencesSing, dance and make music with your whole body. Then, head up to the studio to express yourself by creating a fun self-portrait to take home. Admission is Free but reservations are required due to limited capacity. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For reservations call 920-733-4089.4:15-5:45pm

May 15Art On The Town - Photography Downtown AppletonAppleton WI, 5920-954-9112appletondowntown.orgThe newest feature in the newly expanded schedule! Downtown Appleton’s galleries, studios & stores host artists so you can experience your favorite or a brand-new form of art! Look for the bright yellow ban-ners! Monthly special features.6-9pm

Lawrence University Artist Series - Kronos QuartetLawrence Memorial ChapelAppleton WI, 54911920-832-6749go.lawrence.edu/performingartsFor more than 30 years, the Kronos Quar-tet—David Harrington, John Sherba (vio-lins), Hank Dutt (viola) and Sunny Yang (cello)—has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless explo-ration with a commitment to expanding the range and context of the string quartet.8pm

Ralphie May

Fox Cities Performing Arts CenterAppleton WI, 54911(920) 730-3760foxcitiespac.com/events/ralphie-maySince his debut on season one of ‘Last Comic Standing’ audiences can’t get enough of the larger than life comedian with a no nonsense point of view and the ability to connect with a diverse audience by pointing out society’s hypocrisies.7:30pm


Fox Cities Community Art DayHoudini PlazaAppleton WI, 549119207334089www.troutmuseum.org/education/educators-fortheartsBring your family together for a day of free fun and art! Create your own artwork to take home, contribute to collaborative community art projects, and check out the pop-up gallery featuring artwork from local students. Free and Open to the Public.Drop-in anytime between 10 am & 1pm

Frog-Tastic CelebrationHeckrodt Wetland ReserveMenasha WI, 54952920-720-9349www.heckrodtwetland.orgCelebrate frogs with a frog craft, live frogs, froggy activities, and a spring frog hike. $3/person1-3pm

Outagamie County Master Gardeners Plant Sale

UW-ExtensionAppleton WI, 54914920-687-1494www.ocmga.netSale offers a wide variety of new types of perennial and annual flowers, shade plants, vegetable plants, house plants, grasses, and garden compost all at reasonable prices.8am-2pm

Paper Valley Garden Club plant sale1718 S.Kernan AveAppleton WI, [email protected] raised support student scholorships, public gardens and club activities. Assorted perennials, annuals,houseplants, herbs and garden accessories will be available.8am-4pm

Saturday Night Dance920-225-1700Come dance the night away at the Thomp-son Community Center. Music by Vicki will entertain all night long while partici-pants dance to the variety of music. Don’t miss out on the fun! Non-alcoholic carry ins allowed. Cost is $87 - 10pm

Spectrum SaturdayBuilding for Kids Children’s MuseumAppleton WI, 54911920-734-3226http://www.buildingforkids.org/events--pro-grams/autism-spectrum-saturdaysSpectrum Saturday is a program designed to give families with children on the autism spectrum a lower sensory experience in the museum. Admission is free to children and their families on the autism spectrum until 10:00 am but you are invited to stay as long as you like.9am-10am

Things That GO!Pierce Park Appleton WI, 54911920-475-6779www.facebook.com/ThingsthatGoFoxCitiesThe Things That GO! event is a family event where children can explore over 50



different types of vehicles. We will also have music,food venders and various entertain-ers.Cost is $4/person. 10am - 2pm

Wisconsin Truck Drivng ChampionshipsFox Valley Technical College, WI608-833-8200 ext 12witruck.org/eventsThis is a competition for professional truck drivers consisting of a written test, pre-trip inspection and an obstacle course. The pub-lic is welcome to watch the obstacle course competition at no charge.Course Competition 7:30am-2pm

May 17 An Evening with Heart7:30pmFox Cities Performing Arts CenterAppleton WI, 54911(920) 730-3760http://foxcitiespac.com/events/heartRock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson first showed the world that women can rock when their band, Heart, stormed the charts in the ‘70s with hits like “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” “Straight On,” and so many more.

Fox Cities Vintage Fashion ShowRadisson Paper Valley Hotel & Conference CenterAppleton WI, 54911920.731.7834www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-vintage-fashion-show-tickets-16204973512The Community Clothes Closet brings you the fashions of the 1950s, 60s, 70s, & 80s in the Fox Cities Vintage Fashion Show. You can shop for vintage clothes, partici-pate in silent auctions, and enjoy historic fashions as models strut and prance down the runway. Get your tickets early!2-4pm

Nature’s Images Spring Art Fair1000 Islands Environmental CenterKaukauna WI, 54130

920-766-47331000islandsenvironmentalcenter.orgArtists displaying nature related photogra-phy, paintings, sculpture, crafts from natu-ral materials, botanicals and herbs. Celtic harpist, food, pcnic area. Great ambience.10am-4:30pm

May 18Monday Morning MatineeAppleton Public LibraryAppleton WI, 54911920-832-6173www.apl.orgFeaturing Pinocchio. The magical tale of a little wooden boy who’s dream is to become real. This film series is designed for persons with cognitive disabilities but anyone may attend. Refreshments served. Free. Rated G.9:30-11am

Thompson Community Center Chorus Concert and PotluckThompson Community CenterAppleton WI, 54914920-225-1700Come listen to the voices of the Thompson Community Center. Performances from the Young at Heart Singers and Hallelujah Chorus. Each choir will perform silly songs as well as some of their favorites. Please bring a dish to pass.Noon-2pm

May 20Let’s get Grilling- Indoors!The Wire WhiskAppleton WI, 549139207393663www.thewirewhisk.comSpring is here but summer weather is still around the corner, so bring grilling indoors with cast iron grills and grill pans. Chef Tim will review care, cleaning, seasoning and cooking with cast iron and serve up a mouth-watering menu of: Grilled chicken teriyaki, Grilled kale spring salad with cha6-7:30pm

May 20 & 22

Storybook Stars presents How Do Dinorsaurs...? by Yolen10-11, 2:30-3:30, 23rd 2:30-3:30Building for Kids Children’s MuseumAppleton WI, 54911920-733-3226www.buildingforkids.orgJoin us in Mielke Family Theater for listen-ing to the story read-aloud, meeting the star of the book, and making a take-home craft. Free with museum membership or daily admission.

May 21Jazz at the TroutTrout Museum of Art, TheAppleton WI, 54911920-733-4089http://www.troutmuseum.org/Events/Jazz-at-the-TroutGreg Gatien featuring Zach Harmon (Sax-ophone and Drums)Cost: Members: $12, Non Members $20, Students $5.Doors open at 6:30pm, performance begins at 7:30pm.

Thursday Afternoon @ the MoviesAppleton Public LibraryAppleton WI, 54911920-832-6173www.apl.orgFeaturing You’re Looking at me Like I Live Here and I Don’t. Optional discussion after the screening. Lee Gorewitz lives in a care facility for Alzheimer’s patients, but she is not simply waiting to die. Refreshments served.4:30-6:30pm

May 22 - July 05Lawrence University Wriston Art Center Galleries ExhibitionWriston Art Center GalleriesAppleton WI, WI920) 832-6621www.lawrence.edu/s/wristonSenior Art Show featuring the work of Law-rence senior studio art majors, including ceramics, drawings, graphic novels, instal-

lations, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture and video.Tu–Fr: 10am - 4pmSa and Su: noon - 4pm

May 22-26NCAA Division 3 Baseball ChampionshipFox Cities StadiumAppleton WI, 54913920-733-4152www.ncaa.com/championships/baseball/d3The NCAA D3 Baseball Championship, where the top eight teams from across the country compete to determine a national champion, will take place at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium. TBD closer to event.


Family Studio: Sunflower CollageTrout Museum of Art, TheAppleton WI, 549119207334089www.troutmuseum.org/Events/Family-StudioCreate art as a family with this fun opportu-nity to engage in hands-on creative projects and includes materials. Bring your family and celebrate friendship learning about Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, then work together and create your own sunflower project to take home. Cost: $5/person.Drop-In from 9:30am-1pm. Children must be accompanied by an adult

May 25Appleton Memorial Day Parade



DAILY FRESH FISH!

Downtown AppletonAppleton WI, 54911920-954-9112www.appleton.orgMemorial Day Parade from Downtown Appleton to Riverside cemetery for Memo-rial Day ceremonies9-11am

May 28Smoking Food at HomeThe Wire WhiskAppleton WI, 549139207393663www.thewirewhisk.comYou don’t need an expensive outdoor smoker to start adding smoky flavor to recipes. Use a stove-top smoker or soaked wooden planks to bring different flavors to some food favorites. Chef Terri Milli-gan will demonstrate the use of these easy smoking tools while creating the following recipes: Smoked6-7:30pm

May 29Tennessee River Tribute to AlabamaFox Cities Performing Arts CenterAppleton WI, 54911(920) 730-3760foxcitiespac.com/events/tennessee-riverTennessee River’s tribute to Alabama offers a walk down memory lane with more than a decade of hits that span the career of Ala-bama and is sure to give audiences a reason to sing along and dance...again.7:30pm

May 29 - June 1Wisconsin Timber Rattlers BaseballFox Cities StadiumAppleton WI, 54913920-733-4152www.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t572The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, single ‘A’ affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.5/11/15 6:35pm CLI5/29/15-5/30/15 6:35pm BEL



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May 30An Evening with Johnny MathisFox Cities Performing Arts CenterAppleton WI, 54911(920) 730-3760http://foxcitiespac.com/events/johnny-mathisCelebrating his 59th year in the music industry, Johnny Mathis is Columbia Records longest-running artist. A sublime vocalist whose approach to pop music eclipses passing fads and trends, Mathis has performed songs in an incredible variety of

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Appleton Downtown Winter Farm MarketCity Center Appleton WI, 54911920-954-9112www.appletondowntown.orgFeaturing veggies, meats, baked goods, homemade soup & dip mixes, handcrafted items, jewelry, rugs & more including glu-ten free items. PLUS, enjoy all that Down-town Appleton has to offer!Saturdays, 9am-12:30pm

Chocolate FestCommercial Club ParkHortonville WI, 54944920-419-2885foxwestchamber.comChocolate Fest is an annual family friendly festival at Commercial Club Park in Hor-tonville and includes games, chocolate, crafts, music and concludes with an impres-sive fireworks display at dusk!9am-11pm

Scheels 5th Annual Happy Trails Run/Walk or BikeTelulah Park

Appleton WI, 54915920-788-9545www.scheelscommunity.com/events/scheels-5th-annual-happy-trails/Join Scheels and the Fox Cities Greenways for a family fun run/walk (10am) or bike ride (8am) along the Fox River in Appleton, Kimberly and Little Chute. 6K run or 11.5 mile bike participants receive a free t-shirt if registered by May 18th. Register at foxci-tiesgreenways.org or active.comEvent day registration begins at 7:30am - 11.5 mile bike ride begins at 8 am6K run/walk begings at 10am - Free Kids Bike Rodeo begins at 10am


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Waterfront Restaurant & Bar

at theClear

Water

May Events Saturday, May 23 • 9:30 PM

Boxkar – They truly are a “Harbor” favorite, their songs have the appeal and realness of

Matchbox Twenty, with the swagger of Aerosmith. This group will have you on the dance

floor early and often!

Sunday, May 24 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND DOUBLEHEADER

3:00 PM R2 – If you missed them last Labor Day you don’t want to this year. They had the

crowd fired up and asking for more. The band will play outside on the Floating Stage.

9:30 PM Rooftop Jumpers – The hottest band to hit Central Wisconsin in some time.

Featuring former artist’s from Saturday Morning, Hindsight and Spin, this band packs a punch!

Saturday, May 30 • 9:30 PM

Adam’s Way – This Rock cover band will blow you away with an electrifying 50 song set

from the 70’s through today.

Sunday, May 31 • 3 PM

Swing Crew – One of the most popular audience participation bands in Wisconsin.

The band will play outside on the Floating Stage.

SUNDAYS

Live Music outside on

our floating stage from

3pm until 7pm.

MONDAYS

Trivia Night! Sign in at

7pm and the games

begin at 8. (Starting

mid June) Prize for the

winning team is a bar tab!

Happy Hour 4-6pm!

TUESDAYS

Dinner special:

tequila lime chicken

Happy Hour 4-6pm!

Live music on the deck

by candlelight starting at

dusk mid June-August.

WEDNESDAYS

Happy Hour 4-6pm!

Perch Dinner 5-9.

THURSDAYS

Happy Hour 4-6pm!

Steak Night!

FRIDAYS

Come in for our Great

Friday Fish Specials

(4 pm - 10 pm).

SATURDAYS

Live music (band)

every Saturday starting

at 9:30 all Summer long

(through August).

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