July/August 2016

voice of
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July/aug 2016
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CENTRAL PARK
SESSIONS
Page 8
ORTON PARK
FESTIVAL
Page 11
HiGHLiGHTS: Common Wealth news 3
marquette neighborhood association 4 • Wil-mar neighborhood Center 6
Willy street Co-op news 15
ATWOODFEST
Page 12
LA FÊTE DE MARQUETTE BECKONS FROM CENTRAL PARK
“Family Fête” and an added stage oFFer something For everyone!
M
adison’s biggest and most iconic free music festival take
between the vintage Ferris wheel and the brand-new rock climbanother spin through Central Park July 14 - 17!
ing wall are an array of activities and games. Little ones can visit
Festivities begin
the ball park, the
on Thursday, July 14
three bounce houses,
at the Willy St. Coan arts and crafts tent,
op’s Annual
and more! Face paintMembership Party.
ing, air-brush tattoos,
More than 5,000
and a lemonade and
Co-op owners are
root beer stand from
able to dine and
Lakepoint Realty offer
drink before the
fun at a slower pace.
Music
business meeting at
TaB BENoiT The Overture’s Kids
kid koala
Schedule
5:45 p.m. At 7:00
in the Rotunda joins
page
p.m., the music
Family
Fête for a spe7
begins!
cial Summer Session
Friday afternoon
on Saturday from
will again offer the
11:00 a.m.- 5:00
beloved Hurray For
p.m.
Heartland Happy
We know our
Hour, with $2 beer
guests work up true
and wine from 4:30
appetites! Dine on
p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
food from local venFriday also kicks off
dors offering cuisine
our Grand Prize
from around the
Wheel; for every
world, including Lao
spin a win! A $10
Laan Xang, Jamerica,
ticket gives each
Double S BBQ,
spinner a chance to
Underground
win: a $30 Made in
Butcher, Buraka,
Madison prize from
Café Costa Rica, and
RP’s Pasta Company,
many more. Be sure
CYRil NEVillE aNd RoYal SoUTHERN BRoTHERHood
Chocolate Shoppe
to stay refreshed with
Ice Cream, One Barrel Brewing Company, Underground Meats, a cold brew coffee from Let It Ride, a shaved ice, and local beer
La Fête merchandise, or two chances to win one of the four
and wine for all tastes.
$1,000.00 prizes!
Having two full stages allows La Fête de Marquette to schedFriday-Sunday offers the newest, exciting attraction: “Family
ule more diverse and overall accomplished artists. The “Sun
Fête”! Family Fête takes the fun to new heights: stretching
See LA FÊTE DE FESTivAL page 6
Williamson•Marquette
Gazette
Voice of the Neighborhood
July/Aug 2016
Volume 36 Number 4
Circulation: 3,000
NEiGHBORHOOD NEWS
JOiN THE MNA STREET TREE COMMiTTEE
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MNA STREET TREE
COMMiTTEE
he Marquette
One of the ways
Neighborhood
to resolve this conIf you are interested in working on
Association board
flict between the
preserving and enhancing our street trees
has created a new
canopy street trees
committee to
and the power lines
address the existing
is to underground
4th mondays oF month
and developing
the
utilities. This is
5:30 p.m. Wil-Mar Center
threats to the
an effective but
ContaCt: Street Trees Committee Chair
trees, especially the
extremely expensive
John Coleman: [email protected] solution. The Street
large canopy
trees, which line our
Trees Committee
streets. The MNA
has been forwardStreet Tree Committee met for the first
ing a compromise solution which has
time last November to discuss how to
become known as “partial undergroundminimize tree loss, maximize tree planting ing.” In this scenario only the highest
& health, and find the most effective
voltage primary power line is placed
ways to achieve these goals.
underground; the poles, transformers and
The committee has focused on raising
cable, phone, and secondary lines would
awareness of the current tree replacement
remain above ground. This is radically less
policy which dictates that all trees planted expensive than full undergrounding, but
under primary power lines will be replant- accommodates the replanting of canopy
ed exclusively with low-growing ornamen- trees with only minimal pruning being
tal trees. This policy is known as Right
necessary.
Tree, Right Place and has been used by
We are currently developing and pursuthe city forestry department for years.
ing a number of funding avenues to pay
As large canopy terrace trees have been
for partial undergrounding in the area of
taken down one-by-one for various reaJenifer Street that will be reconstructed
sons, those trees under power lines have
this upcoming summer. The committee
been replaced with species of maximum
decided to focus on this project area
growing heights of 15-20 feet. A mature
because it has garnered a lot of attention
canopy tree in contrast grows to a height
through public meetings and because the
of 50-70 feet.
ash tree removal funds here are tied to the
It was hard to see the impact of this
street reconstruction budget. If we are
policy when it was being implemented
successful we hope Partial Undergroundgradually, but now in the face of the
ing to accommodate replanting canopy
looming loss of thousands of trees from
street trees can become implemented in
Emerald Ash Borer, in some cases whole
other parts of the neighborhood and city.
blocks are being clear cut.
— Leslie Schroeder
COMMON WEALTH NEWS
COMMON WEALTH
1501 Williamson Street
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 256-3527
Mission
Common Wealth builds a connected community for all in Dane County through affordable
housing, youth and adult job support and
training, business incubation, and engagement.
Goals
• to provide job training, placement, financial
education and mentoring for disadvantaged
teens;
• to promote the creation of new living wage
jobs for low-to-moderate income people
while improving the local business climate;
• to create affordable housing for people with
limited incomes;
• to preserve and improve older housing stock
while preserving the community’s socioeconomic diversity; and
• to involve the people living and working in
our neighborhoods in community-building
activities.
THANK yOU TASTE OF
WiLLy STREET PARTiCiPANTS
T
hank you to the following restaurants
and purveyors who are participating
this year’s Taste of Willy Street:
• Bahn Thai
• Banzo Shuk
• Batch Bakehouse
• Buraka
• El Sabor de Pueblo
• Eldorado Grill
• Ground Zero Coffee
• Ha Long Bay
• Jamerica
• Lao Laan-Xang Restaurant
FRIENDS NEEDED
A
VOLUNTEER
Staff
Marianne Morton, Executive Director
Rachel Darken, Youth Programs Director
Stefan Davidson, Finance Director
Diane Eddings, Housing Manager
Mark France, Rehabilitation Specialist
Sarah Hole, Facilities Director, Madison
Enterprise Center & Main Street Industries
David Hornemann, Maintenance &
Rehabilitation Specialist
Tyson Jackson, Youth Employment Specialist
Paul Jasenski, Housing Development Manager
Shelli Lawler, Administration Assistant
Liz Machesney, PASS AmeriCorps Member
Andy Miller, MACLT Manager
Jill Oelke, Housing Specialist
Naiya Patel, PASS AmeriCorps Member
Mike Sweitzer-Beckman, Development Manager
Parveen Verma, Youth Employment Specialist
Stephanie Bradley Wilson, Byrne Criminal
Justice Innovation Grant Manager
John Wroten, Southwest Madison Housing
Community Organizer
ssist with a craft project,
serve a meal or just engage in
conversation with the young at
heart whose health is frail. Or
be an escort on van trips into
the community.
Weekdays from 8 a.m to
4:30 p.m. Come help make
someone’s life happier and
emotionally healthier.
To view “A Life Transformed”
and “The Best Day” go to
www.stmarysmadison.com
and click on “Patient Stories”.
2440 Atwood Ave
• Lazy Jane’s Cafe
• Madison Sourdough
• Mickey’s Tavern
• Nature’s Bakery Cooperative
• The Roman Candle
• Star Liquor
• Umami Ramen & Dumpling Bar
• Underground Food
• Willy Street Co-op
• WISCO
We are also grateful to the Wil-Mar
Neighborhood Center for donating space
for this event.
Thank you to all the volunteers who
helped serve food and clean up, as well as
special thanks to Yanglee Vang, a 1998-99
participant in the Youth-Business
Mentoring Program at Madison East
High School who spoke about her experience of immigrating here in middle
school and getting her first few jobs
through our program.
Madison,WI 53704
(608)249-4450
Board of Directors
George Swamp, President
Connor Sabatino, Vice President
Rudy Moore, Treasurer
Rudy Moore, Secretary
Jerusha Daniels, Harper Donahue IV,
Leslie Freehill, Joann Kelley, Connie Kilmark,
David Kohli, Bob Paolino, Lucas Roe, Shaya
Schreiber, Laura Sorensen, Kate Stalker,
Daniel Steinbring, Kate Nardi Sullivan
Visit us at www.cwd.org
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MARQUETTE NEiGHBORHOOD ASSOCiATiON NEWS
PRESiDENT’S REPORT
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Meetings held
third Thursday of the month,
7:00 pm at Wil-Mar
Purpose:
The primary objective of the
organization is to improve the
neighborhood through citizen
participation.
Board of Directors:
Lynn Lee, President
[email protected]
Colleen Hayes, Vice-President
[email protected]
J. Cheema, Treasurer
[email protected]
Mike Soref, Secretary
[email protected]
John Coleman, Nick Draeger,
Renee Lauber, Jesse Pycha-Holst,
Jack Kear, Anne Walker,
Amanda White
Fund Raisers:
Orton Park Festival
Waterfront Festival
Sponsor Peat/Piper Scholarship
Membership:
$5/year/household
$20/year/business
To become an MNA member, send
your check with name, address, phone
and email to: Marquette
Neighborhood Association, P.O. Box
3223, Madison, WI 53704
www. marquette-neighborhood.org
t's festival season in Marquette!
Although Marquette Neighborhood
Association is working hard to bring you
Waterfront Festival and Orton Park
Festival, we are also working on important neighborhood issues that protect and
enhance the vibrancy of our 'hood. These
are just 3 of the important issues MNA is
working on:
Feedback to Madison Metro
on the Willy St. bus re-routing
enifer Street reconstruction is well
underway and while no one likes the
sight of downed trees or traffic control
blockades, you might be enjoying one
aspect of the project – how about the bus
detour? For the duration of the reconstruction project, Madison Metro is sending buses that previously rolled along
Jenifer down Williamson Street instead.
This temporary solution gives neighbors a
unique opportunity to test out an alternative transit plan for our neighborhood.
Do you hate it? Do you love it? Do you
wish that buses would run down
Williamson Street forever? It’s important
to let Madison Metro know! Share your
feedback on the bus detour. You can use
the form on their website
(mymetrobus.com), leave a comment on
their Facebook page, or send a Tweet to
@mymetrobus. They want to hear from
you!
J
MNA's Green Spaces
committee works to save
trees in our parks
NA will soon launch a new initiative, Save The Trees campaign, to
raise funds to adopt and preserve Ash
trees in our neighborhood parks. City
Parks allows Ash trees to be adopted by
concerned residents, who can then treat
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the tree for Emerald Ash Borer. Treatment
costs $250/tree and lasts 2-3 years before
needing a new treatment.
MNA has dedicated $5,000 to start the
campaign. Our goal is to raise a total of
$20,000 to cover treatment to preserve 70
large Ash trees in Yahara River Parkway
and BB Clarke Park, in addition to supporting the efforts of the Friends of the
Yahara Parkway at Yahara Place Park.
We ask neighbors to join with us and
help save our beautiful trees! To learn
more or donate to help us adopt the trees,
please visit our website at www.marquette-neighborhood.org. You can also
look for our campaign at our local festivals this summer.
MNA creates new grantmaking program for
neighborhood initiatives that
support at-risk families and
seniors
NA has made available a total of
$5,000 in 2016 to assist at-risk
Marquette families and seniors by providing funding support to neighborhood
projects and non-profit organizations.
Programs that will be given funding priority include: affordable housing, at-risk
youth mentoring and other youth support
programs, emergency funding for families
in crisis, and housing/meal support for
low-income seniors. The MNA
Neighborhood Enhancement Committee
began this program in 2015. MNA is
dedicated to not only continuing the
grant-making fund, but expanding it in
the future. The grant application deadline
is August 1, with grants being distributed
in fall 2016. Visit MNA's website at
www.marquette-neighborhood.org to
download the application.
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NEiGHBORHOOD NEWS
DANE ARTS MURAL ARTS DEDiCATES THREE NEW MURALS
D
AMA artists have been hard at work
in three Dane County communities:
• On April 26 community
members celebrated with
DAMA lead artist Emida
Roller who worked with
alternative high school
students from the SAIL East program
and with Lindbergh Elementary
School students to create a magnificent
exterior mural at Lindbergh School on
Madison’s far north side.
• On Thursday May 26 community members celebrated lead artist Alicia Rheal’s
work with Prairie Phoenix Academy
alternative high school students in creat-
ing murals on four sides of the concession stand at Angell Park.
• On Thursday June 2 community members celebrated lead artist
Emida Roller’s work with Clark
Street Community School alternative high school students and
Sauk Trails Elementary School students
in the creation of a mixed media mural at
Sauk Trails School.
Stay in touch with Dane Arts Mural
Arts by visiting daneartsmuralarts.org.
Read our blog, check out our calendar,
and donate to our cause! — Sharon Kilfoy
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WiL•MAR NEiGHBORHOOD CENTER NEWS
LA FÊTE DE
MARQUETTE FESTivAL
GEoRGE PoRTER JR & RUNNiN PaRdNERS
Continued From Page 1
Stage” on Ingersoll St. offers music ThursdaySunday. The “Moon Stage” just off of Brearly
St. hosts Musique Electronique on Friday and
Saturday evening, The Kids in the Rotunda
Summer Session, Sunday morning’s acoustic
café and world music and encore acts all day
Sunday.
La Fête de Marquette is produced by the
Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center and is presented by the Willy Street Co-op. Proceeds from
La Fête benefit emergency food programs and
more for the Wil-Mar Neighborhood Center.
There are plenty of opportunities to get
involved and give back at La Fête this year;
visit wil-mar.org/lafete for more info!
July 14th-17th
Central Park
www.wil-mar.org
July 14th
Event Space • Fitness & Well-Being
Classes • Emergency Food Services &
Food Pantry • Affordable Child Care
& Summer Camps • Community
Place-Making
Director:
Gary Kallas: [email protected]
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Food Car ts
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Climbing Lakeppoint
Realil ty
Wallll
Biike Racks
Bik
Lemona
em de
Rootbeer
Popcorn
Obstacle Course
Kids
Art
r s & Crrafts
Wizard Castle
F ce
Fa
Painting
Mist
Station
July 15th
4:30pm- 6:30pm
Hurray for
Hear tland Happy Hour
$2 Beer & Wine
Balloon
Bounce
Bounce
Family
Fête
Restrooms
July 16th
11am - 5pm
Kid’s in the Rotunda
Summer Session
Moon Stage
Ferris Wheel
SOUTH INGERSOL STREET
July 17th
Sun Stage
10am - noon
Acoustic Café
Moon Stage
July 15th-17th
Family Fete!
Games, Rides & More!
BAR
BAR
Food
Vendors
Prize Wheel
hocolat
e
Diane Coccari, Colleen Hayes,
David Hecht, Bob Hemauer,
Heather Klinkhammer, Carla Mason,
Sean Ottosen, Steve
Silverberg, Samantha Skar,
Susan Valtierra
Restrooms
Ball
Park
EAST WILSON STREET
Board of Directors:
Bruce Woods, President
Todd Jensen, Vice President
Rob Hetzel, Treasurer
Shaun Abshere, Secretary
SOUTH
OUTH BREARLLY STREET
INGERSOL
ENTRANCE
Development/Program Director:
Beatrice Hadidian:
[email protected]
Willy St . Co-op
Annual Membership Par ty
4:30 - 8pm
Dinner for Ticket-Holders
5:45 - 7pm
Business Meeting
BAR
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“A Place For All People”
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BREARLLY
ENTRANCE
La Fête
de Marquette
CAPITTA
AL CITY TRAIL
953 Jenifer Street
Phone: 257-4576
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WiL•MAR
NEiGHBORHOOD
CENTER
Moon Stage
Sh o pe
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Ar ts & Craft
Vendors
Presented by the
Bistro
Tent
Produced by the
wil-mar
neighborhood
center
Restrooms
S. FEW STREET
Skate
Park
Music Schedule
11Th AnnUAL
La FÊte De Marquette Festival
ThURSDAY, JULY 14
4:00 pm to 10:00 pm
SATURDAY, JULY 16
11:00 am to 11:00 pm
SUnDAY, JULY 17
10:00 am to 10:00 pm
BISTRO TENT
BISTRO TENT
INGERSOLL ST. SUN- STAGE
Willy Street Co-op
Membership Meeting
12:30 Robin Pluer with Mrs. Fun
1:45 Robin Pluer (extended set)
INGERSOLL ST SUN-STAGE
INGERSOLL ST. SUN-STAGE
5:30
7:00
8:45
Primitive Culture (Wisconsin)
CYRIL NEVILLE AND
ROYAL SOUTHERN
BROTHERHOOD (Louisiana)
FRIDAY, JULY 15
4:15 pm to 11:00 pm
BISTRO TENT
4:15
Johnny Chimes & Gatur Bait
INGERSOLL ST. SUN-STAGE
5:15
7:15
9:15
Melisande (Quebec)
SWEET CRUDE (Louisiana)
BONERAMA (Louisiana)
BREARLY ST. MOON-STAGE
Musique Electronique
4:30 Wangzoom
5:30 DJ LukeWarm
6:30 Surf ‘n’ Turf
7:30 Eddie C
9:30 KID KOALA
2:30
4:45
7:00
9:15
Cajun Strangers (Wisconsin)
Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco
Hellraisers (Louisiana)
GINKGOA (Paris)
GEORGE PORTER JR
& RUNNIN PARDNERS (Louisiana)
12:15 Mama Digdowns Brass Band
(Grounds)
1:30 the Revelers (Louisiana)
3:45 Flow Tribe (Louisiana)
6:00 PAPA DIOUF (Senegal)
8:15 TAB BENOIT (Louisiana)
BREARLY ST.
MOON-STAGE
Overture Presents: Kid’s in the
Rotunda on the Road
11:00 Stuart Stotts
1:00 Googoon Peas
2:15 Madison Circus Space
3:45 Limanya Drum &
Dance Ensemble
Musique Electronique
5:30Niki Kitz
6:30Brian Gillespie
7:30Sassmouth
9:30STACEY PULLEN
ToP: BoNERama
aBoVE: GiNkGoa
lEFT: STaCEY PUllEN
BREARLY ST.
MOONSTAGE
Acoustic Café
10:00 the
Revelers
11:15 Les Poules
a Colin
12:45 Mal-O-Dua
3:00 Krar
Collective
(Ethiopia)
5:15 Les Poules
a Colin
(Quebec)
7:30 GINKGOA
(Paris)
(encore
performance!)
July/Aug 2016 7
NEiGHBORHOOD NEWS
JOiN US AT CENTRAL PARK SESSiONS
T
he third season of The Central Park
Sessions will be outstanding as the
concert series moves back to embrace its
original concept of Thursday (with one
Friday thrown in) evening shows. To
make this work we need an audience that
comes to the park hungry and thirsty and
ready to appreciate a wide variety of sensational music. This year we will start up
on July 28 with The Honky Tonk Session
featuring the amazing talent of Marcia
Ball, and finish on September 8 with The
Portlander Session highlighted by our
great friends MarchFourth! Of course
there will be great food and drink and the
profits and raffle proceeds will help out a
large group of area nonprofits. The Literacy
Network has seamlessly
assumed the producer
role in The Sessions
loose-knit hierarchy as
GWABA (Greater
Williamson Area
Business Association) is
very fine, with fewer
responsibilities this season, and will continue as
a welcoming organization and keeper of the
website flame. The
LitNet does many
events, has 501c3 status,
has a large staff that can
deal with contracts etc.,
maRCia Ball
an accountant on call, a
director, Jeff Burkhart,
who is a musician and comfortable on
stage and a clientele from all over the
world. Now expanded to six Sessions all at
Central Park we can tout this great group
of performers.
soul dynamics mixed with the strength,
passion, and honesty of blues shouters of
the past, steers the driving guitar from
Matt Hill, and a tight rhythm section
provided by Ed Strohsahl (bass) and Joe
Meyer (drums, percussion), to create a
breath of fresh air with their authentic
approach to American roots music.
A well-established presence on the
Austin, Texas, music scene, pianist-singer
Marcia Ball performs a jubilant, heartfelt
brand of Louisiana-Texas rhythm and
blues, supper club soul, and old-time rock
‘n’ roll. Part James Booker and part
Professor Longhair, with the sultry, bluesy
vocal delivery of T-Bone Walker tossed in
THE HONKy TONK
SESSiON: JULy 28
- To benefiT The LiTeracy
neTwork
he award winning Ameranouche
(pronounced uh-Mare-uh-noosh)
plays a passionate style of music they call
“Gypsy Flamenco Swing.” The name is
derived from two words: American and
Manouche, the gypsy tribe of guitarist
Django Reinhardt. The rip-roaring
ensemble is a super force of hot acoustic
Gypsy inspired music mixing Flamenco,
Bebop and Jazz swing influences. Played
on traditional French jazz guitars, the
— To benefiT The Urban LeagUe
of greaTer Madison
hose who have seen Carolina native
Nikki Hill sing her butt off agree—
this isn’t just another newcomer on the
scene, this is a ‘whiplash’ moment. Where
did this fireball come from? Why haven’t I
heard of her before? If you haven’t heard
of Nikki Hill yet, you soon will, and once
you see her perform, you won’t forget her.
Nikki’s unique voice with raw rock and
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for good measure, her rollicking style has
won the six-foot tall Ball notice on the
thriving New Orleans R&B circuit.
THE SMALL WORLD
SESSiON: AUGUST 4
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music is rhythmic, vigorous, and elegant.
Gypsy Flamenco Swing is about coming
together and celebrating our shared
humanity. Ameranouche is committed to
connecting deeply with its audience and
sharing joy and peace through its live
shows and recorded albums.
Sasha Masakowski has received vast
acclaim from critics, fellow musicians, and
general audiences alike throughout the
U.S. Her reputation as a daring, fearless
improviser and charming, creative interpreter has led to reviews such as, “The
future of jazz is in great hands! Whether
she’s singing a great standard or an
obscure samba, her musical fearlessness is
a joy to hear”
(Leah Chase, jazz
vocalist).
Well-versed in
the rich history of
New Orleans
music, she comes
to the stage with a
world of knowledge in her mind,
and a direct line to
the audience’s
heart. Sasha will
front an eightpiece ensemble for
our enjoyment.
DakhaBrakha
is a world-music
quartet from Kyiv,
Ukraine.
Photo By alan messer
Reflecting fundamental elements of sound and soul,
Ukrainian “ethnic chaos” band
DakhaBrakha create a world of unexpected new music. The name DakhaBrakha is
original, outstanding and authentic at the
same time. It means “give/take” in the old
Ukrainian language. Accompanied by
Indian, Arabic, African, Russian and
Australian traditional instrumentation, the
quartet’s astonishingly powerful and
uncompromising vocal range creates a
trans-national sound rooted in Ukrainian
culture. At the crossroads of Ukrainian
folklore and theatre their musical spectrum is intimate then riotous, plumbing
the depths of contemporary roots and
rhythms, inspiring “cultural and artistic
liberation”. They will get us dancing for
certain.
NEiGHBORHOOD NEWS
THE iRiSH EyES SESSiON:
AUGUST 11
-To benefiT The oMega schooL
uala Kennedy’s origins as a player
and singer of traditional music in
Ireland shine through. Old traditional
ballads of love, loss and immigration, are
recomposed by Kennedy and continue to
find resonance in the modern world,
while two of the songs reworked and
sung in Irish Gaelic, attest to her love of
the national and first official language of
Ireland. The Irish Times described Nuala
Kennedy as “a flute player and composer
of remarkable finesse, fearless of the
unknown”.
Dervish is one of Ireland’s most exciting tradition-rooted bands. With its combination of virtuosic instrumentation,
N
Cat Stevens appeals, then Daby Touré is
your man.” - The Times (UK)
here are certain people in life who
have such a unique energy that it
demands to be shared. Whether he
appears solo or with his full band, Daby
Touré never fails to astound audiences
with his ethereal voice, masterful guitar
work, and catchy original songs. He illu-
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high-energy arrangements and the ultrasweet vocals of Cathy Jordan, Dervish
continues to weave its own path in
Ireland’s great musical heritage. The allinstrumental album, The Boys of Sligo,
was released in 1988 and featured Martin
McGinley on fiddle, and helped to establish the group as a working ensemble.
Following the album’s release, the group
added Jordan on vocals and adopted the
name Dervish. McGinley was subsequently replaced by Shane McAleer, a fiddler
from County Tyrone who had won the
All-Ireland Championship in 1990.
THE SAHARAN SESSiON:
AUGUST 12
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“From the first time you hear it, prepare to
hum along, tap your toes, and be mesmerized by Daby’s infectious brand of global
soul-tinged pop.”- BBC
“If the idea of an African Nick Drake or
LA SESióN
ESPECTACULAR:
AUGUST 18
- To benefiT cenTro
hispano
onsieur Periné is one of
the leading bands in
Colombia‘s thriving new music
scene. The group’s latest album
Caja de Musica was just nominated by the Latin Grammy’s for
“Best New Artist”
(which the band won)
and “Album of the Year”.
Rooted in gypsy jazz
music and celebrating
Django Reinhardt,
Monsieur Periné’s fresh
style adds a variety of
Latin elements to the
mix. While incorporating genres like cumbia, son, bolero, tango
and samba, the band performs on traditional South American instruments like
the charango, bandoneon and Latin percussion. Monsieur Periné’s airy yet virtuosic instrumental foundation connects
1930’s Paris with the youthful spirit of
modern Bogota. With the help of the
illustrator Jose Arboleda and their own
fashion designer, the band has created a
world of their own that comes to life in
their music, their artwork and of course
their performances.
Palenke Soultribe, a live electronic
production collective, is taking electronic
music to new heights by deconstructing
Afro-Colombian rhythms and blending
them with modern beats, catchy bass lines
and synthesized arpeggios. Now based in
Los Angeles, Palenke Soultribe (PST) puts
on energetic shows, and is consistently
releasing musically interesting albums and
remixes; always pushing the envelope
visually and conceptually. PST enjoys
working as a collective, inviting guest producers, singers, songwriters and instru-
M
daBY ToURé
FaToUmaTa diaWaRa
dedicate herself to her passion: music. She
worked to complete an album’s worth of
songs and started recording demos for
which she composed and arranged all of
the tracks, as well as playing guitar, percussion, bass, and singing lead and harmony vocals. She’s an incredible woman
who will knock us out with her brilliant
performance.
minates the darkest
of concert halls
with his joyful performances and
infectious love of music. A marvelous lyricist, composer of accessible melodic
hooks, endearing performer and virtuoso
guitarist, Daby Touré reaches deeply into
the hearts of listeners with his approachable and unique style of music. Daby is a
child of many worlds. A musical and linguistic polyglot, he creates an elegant
sonic mixture that merges the linguistic
inflections of the six languages he speaks.
He taught himself the basics of guitar and
from an early age felt instinctively that his
destiny was to become a musician.
Born in Côte d’Ivoire to Malian parents, Fatoumata Diawara is noted for her
“sensuous voice”, she has performed or
recorded with Malian and international
greats such as Oumou Sangaré,
AfroCubism, Dee Dee Bridgewater,and
the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou.
Diawara bought a guitar and started to
teach herself and to write down her own
compositions. She made the decision to
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mentalists to their shows and to contribute on their albums.
THE PORTLANDER
SESSiON: SEPEMBER 8
the medley with something sublime by
Arvo Pärt. There is no telling what is in
store for our Sessions audience, but it will
certainly be unique and entertaining.
MarchFourth! is a mobile big band
spectacular, consisting of a brassy pack of
saxophones, trombones, and trumpets, a
- To benefiT The river aLLiance
Independent” and “Orchestra” are not
two words you often hear in
the same breath. Nevertheless,
that’s exactly what The Portland
Cello Project is: an “indie cello
orchestra”. The always changing
cello ensemble, The Portland
Cello Project (or, PCP, as their
fans affectionately call them), has
had a meteoric rise in the vibrant
Portland music scene. The group
has a deep-rooted philosophy of
building a stronger music community – a belief that collaboration is
the ironic cornerstone of indeamERaNoUCHE
pendent musicianship — that has
led them to collaborative performances
raucous drum/percussion corps, anchored
with a veritable “who’s who” list of
by a mobile and wireless electric bass. The
Portland musicians. PCP performances
sound is huge, melodic, and dynamic,
are unique and eclectic, as likely to mix a
taking audiences on a musical journey
Salt-N-Pepa cover with Bach and follow
around the globe. MarchFourth! writes
and performs its own material, and also
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draws inspiration from an eclectic range
of worldwide influences, such as Eastern
European gypsy brass, samba, latin, funk,
afro-beat, big-band, jazz, and rock music,
as well as television, film, circus, and
vaudeville. Stilt-walkers, unicycles, fire
eaters, puppets, flag twirlers, burlesque
dancers, clown antics, and
acrobatics are just some of the
things you’ll see accompanying
this eclectic big band.
To augment and complement our touring guest artists
we have chosen the finest local
groups that suit the genre of
music in store each session.
The Beth Kille Band will
bring their legion of fans to
the park to get The Honky
Tonk Session off to a fine
start. The irrepressible Kissers
will lend their many talents to
The Irish Eyes Session on Friday, August
12, and will probably stick around for the
Irish Jam/after party from 10:00 p.m. to
11:00 p.m. on The Great Lawn. The
Saharan Session will lead off with Kikeh
Mato Afro Pop, featuring master drummer Mandjou Mara and Limanya Drum
and Dance Ensemble. The Tony
Castañeda Latin Jazz Sextet will have an
audience streaming to the park for La
Sesión Espectacular and Better Yeti (formerly The Mustache) will get us into a
Portlander state of mind. Should be great
fun times six.
NEiGHBORHOOD NEWS
ORTON PARK FESTivAL: AUGUST 25-28, 2016
T
he Marquette Neighborhood
Association proudly presents the
longest-running free-music festival in
Madison. The festival takes place at beautiful Orton Park (1100
block of Spaight Street)
on the near-eastside of
Madison.
Long-time Orton Park
Festival fans will tell you
the music is great, the
food is fabulous and the
crowds are just the right
size and then add: “it’s
also a fabulous setting
under towering oak
trees.” A very cool festival during the last dog
days of summer!
Cycropia Aerial Dance kicks off the
four-day festival with a performance from
under the park’s great bur oak on Family
Night, Thursday, August 25. They go on
at 7:30 p.m., following the 5:30 p.m.
pizza and ice cream social.
Please visit the Orton Park Festival
webpage, http://marquette-neighborhood.org/festivals/orton-park-festival/, for
performer schedule information.
As always, Orton Park Festival will fea-
ture a number of terrific local restaurant
vendors, as well as craft beer and wine
tents. Kids games, the cakewalk and the
ever-popular MNA auction will return as
well.
Tips for First Timers: Orton Park is
located in the heart of a residential district, attendees encouraged to ride their
bike to the event and please, no carry-ins
please leave the dog(s) at home
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alike have succeeded in making
AtwoodFest an important
community gathering and a
fun party celebration. Bands
across three stages include a
Kids Fest.
More information, maps,
and volunteer opportunities
can be found at www.atwoodfest.com or email
[email protected]. See you
the last week of July at
AtwoodFest, sponsored by
Monona State Bank.
AtwoodFest is proudly presented by the Wil-Mar
Neighborhood Center (
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Theater, and SASY (SchenkAtwood-Starkweather-Yahara
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PLANNiNG WELL UNDERWAy
FOR UNiON CORNERS COHOUSiNG
I
n 2014 I attended my first meeting
about cohousing. After two years of
meetings and potlucks and tours of
cohousing communities, it is finally time
to make real movement toward building a
community at Union Corners (E. Washington Ave. and Milwaukee St.). Currently there are about 25 households, ranging
in size from one to six members, actively
meeting and/or contributing money in
order to make this dream come true.
Why Cohousing?
Building a community requires a leap
of faith. Cohousing is an intentionally
inclusive cooperative lifestyle that balances
privacy and connection. In addition to
large shared group spaces, like a commercial kitchen, group dining room, lounges,
workrooms, guest rooms, recreational
spaces, garden and whatever else we
choose to share together, each condo-style
apartment or townhouse has its own private kitchen and all the other amenities of
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www.thecrystalcornerbar.com
a privately owned home. We
shared a vision of community that
kept us going, frankly, in the face
of nothing. Without land, or
drawings, or the basic notion of
where to begin, it was time to get
professional help.
This spring, we raised over
$40,000 from among ourselves.
Using that seed money, we hired a
consultant and pay for professional services. That seed money will
be included in the cost of developing the property and become equity for the lenders.
Greg Rosenberg, lead housing
consultant for the Jones Payne
Group, is our advisor on building
our cohousing development. He
has a rich background in housing
developments. He helped create the
Troy Gardens Cohousing community, and he knows how to run the
gauntlet of city approval. Working
with Greg and our architect, we are
starting to get the answers we need
to recruit more families.
UPCOMiNG
COHOUSiNG EvENTS
For anyone interested in cohousing
WorkshoP & PotluCk lunCh
August 13: 10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m.
PotluCk suPPer July 29: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Aug 26: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
more inFormation
Facebook: UnionCornersCohousingMadison
Website: www unioncornerscohousing.org
Email: [email protected]
Phone: Dee at 608-259-1958
so many questions, so
FeW ansWers (so Far).
Talking to neighbors about this
community, a first question is
“How much will they cost?” We
will not know until we get more answers.
However, affordability guidelines will provide financial assistance for some units,
based on family income. Other units will
be at the market rate. We need to secure
the right to develop the land from the
Gorman & Company, the developer who
is actively building on most of the Union
Corners property owned by the city. We
also need to negotiate the number of units
with the city. Based on our preferences
and other values like sustainability and
aging in place, we will get to design the
building to fit our own vision. Another
important question is “How many units
are left?” The answer: All of them are left!
Because this will be new construction,
it will not be cheap. However, because the
shared space will provide the community
we seek, the private space need not be as
large as in a regular home. For example, I
will not need to use my private kitchen to
can 20 pounds of tomatoes at a time - I
will have a commercial kitchen, and company while I work. Kids can come home
to welcoming community members before
a parent gets home at the end of the day.
Visitors can stay in guest suites instead of
extra bedrooms. I might eat out less when
I share a meal or two during the week.
Come Join us.
Union Corners cohousing members
will be at upcoming neighborhood festivals and markets. On the second Saturday
each month, we conduct a communitybuilding exercise and informal potlucks
from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. On the last
Friday of the month we hold a purely
social potluck supper. The potlucks are a
good chance to meet and talk with active
cohousing members in a relaxed setting.
— Carol Weidel
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[ loh’kuhl-ee grohn ] – adjective
1. Contemporary expression describing a
person that has resided in an area long
enough to know about all the unique
shops, restaurants, coffee shops and
more that make the Atwood/ Williamson
area such a vibrant community.
2. A diminishing description for a bank
that resides and invests in the same
community as the customers it serves.
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WiLLy STREET CO-OP NEWS
WHAT’S NEW AT WiLLy STREET CO-OP
Willy street Co-oP–north
s you may have heard, the Co-op’s
Board of Directors approved opening
a store in the former location of Pierce’s
Northside Market. Willy Street Coop–North is expected to open later this
summer. It will be approximately twice
the size of Willy East and will carry
almost all of the products that store does
plus an additional selection of conventional products. We’re planning to bring
in whole pallets full of a number of
organic and natural foods; that buying
power will help lower the price of those
products at all Willy Street Co-op stores.
If you have questions, please email us
at [email protected]. Watch our
website, social media and newsletter for
updates.
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Willy Street
Grocery Co-op
Willy East:
1221 Williamson St.
Madison, WI 53703
Willy East Customer Service:
608-251-6776
Business Office: 608-251-0884
Fax: 608-251-3121
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected] (pre-ordering)
Website: www.willystreet.coop
Store Hours: 7:30 am to 9:30 pm,
every day
Deli Hours: 8 am to 9 pm, every day
Mission Statement: The Williamson
Street Grocery Co-op is an economically and environmentally sustainable,
cooperatively owned grocery business
that serves the needs of its owners and
employees. We are a cornerstone of a
vibrant community in south-central
Wisconsin that provides fairly priced
goods and services while supporting
local and organic suppliers.
oWner Bond drive
s part of the Willy North project, we
are conducting an Owner Bond
Drive. The goal is to raise $1.5 million by
August 1. Willy Street Co-op Owners
may buy Bonds for $500 each, up to
$50,000 total; the Co-op then issues an
IOU (a.k.a. Owner Bond) that will pay a
stated rate of interest and promises to pay
the original principal and interest at
maturity.
We held similar Bond drives to open
the first Co-op store, to open Willy East
in its current location and to open Willy
A
West. For more information, see
willystreet.coop/owner-bonds. If you are
interested in helping support the Willy
North project but are not interested in
buying an Owner Bond, there are still
plenty of ways to help: becoming a Co-op
Owner, paying off any remaining equity
on your Ownership account, giving the
gift of Ownership to someone else, and
shopping at our stores.
reCent Community donations
f you know of a nonprofit group that is
looking for a donation, please ask them
to fill out our Donation Request Form at
willystreet.coop/donation-request-form.
Here are a few of the many local nonprofits we donated to in April and May:
• Common Wealth
• Mendota Elementary School PTO
• Workers Rights Center
• Wisconsin Land and Water
• Wisconsin Women in Government
• Slow Food-UW
• Urban League of Greater Madison
• Isthmus Montessori Academy
• East High School Band Program
• Emerson Elementary School
• Madison Public Library - Hawthorne
and Pinney branches
• Willy Street Chamber Players
• Clark Street Community School
• Access to Independence
• Lapham Elementary
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General Manager:
Anya Firszt, 251-0884
email: [email protected]
Board of Directors:
Holly Fearing, President
Daniel Ramos-Haaz, Vice President
Holly Bender, Courtney Berner,
Mike Engel, Mike Martez Johnson,
Kathy Kemnitz, Dave Pauly,
Miguel Zamora
SCHOOL’S OUT!
E-mails: [email protected]
goes to the General Manager and
Executive Assistant as well as the Board
of Directors; [email protected]
goes to Board members only.
FIND AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER ACTIVITIES FOR ALL KIDS
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mostmadison.org
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