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Post by Christian Neuhaus on 5/21/2013 10:30am

R. Peter Hunt and Kristin Hammargren in "Grueseome Playground Injuries" at Sector 67. Photo by Stephanie Claire Birr.

“Wrong” and “gruesome” aren’t among the words I would normally use to introduce Madison’s newest theatre company, but Theatre in All the Wrong Places made its Madison premiere with Rajiv Joseph’s 2009 play “Gruesome Playground Injuries” last weekend. One of the company’s goals is to “explore non-traditional performance venues” and the performance took place at community workspace Sector 67.

Post by dane101 on 5/21/2013 5:57am

Today is May 21, 2013. On this day in 1992, the second-to-last episode of The Tonight Show Staring Johnny Carson, featuring guests Robin Williams and Bette Midler, aired. Carson had no guests on his final episode.

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Post by Scott Gordon on 5/17/2013 10:00am

Madison Arts Reads, May 17, 2013

The response to the upcoming Make Music Madison event has been equal parts enthusiasm and wariness. Isthmus' update on MMM's city-wide efforts follows suit, noting that it sounds fun, but also seems incongruously stealthy. "If there was a billboard, I whisked right past it. If there was a radio ad or Facebook campaign, my social network was tuned in elsewhere," Jessica Steinhoff writes.

Speaking of big outdoor-music events, the Madison Mallards' Pondamonium fest won't be coming back in 2013, despite its big debut last summer.

Post by Mark Riechers on 5/16/2013 10:00am

Argus

This week the Arts Extract Podcast gives you the first in a two-part preview of the Madison area’s outdoor entertainment options.

Post by Fareed Guyot on 5/14/2013 9:00am

East High Aviation program in doubt but airplane ride promise to students by deceased teacher fulfilled by friends

This post originally ran on Willy Street Blog.

A promise of the departed was fulfilled by his friends Saturday (May 11) as students of Erik Anderson were given airplane rides at the Dane Country Regional Airport. Anderson taught Aviation classes at Madison East High School and music at Sherman Middle School for 11 years before he died suddenly in his classroom last September.

Known by students and colleagues alike as having the unique ability to connect and motivate the most troubled students, Anderson reveled in teaching Aviation at East and promised to take any student that was interested for a ride his airplane, which he kept at his home on the Waunakee Airport.

Post by dane101 on 5/14/2013 6:00am

Today is May 14, 2013, the 40th Anniversary of the launch of Skylab, which was the first U.S. space station. Skylab crews proved humans could live and work effectively for long periods of time in space. After attempts to correct its orbit were unsuccessful, Skylab mostly burned up reentering Earth's atmosphere on July 11, 1979 over Australia.

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* WSJ (Paywall): Madison startup joins prestigious TechStars incubator

* Isthmus: Mercury Players Theatre considers a Wisconsin town’s reactions to Ed Gein in The Arsonists

* MJS(Paywall): Measure requiring 4 work searches per week for jobless benefits advances

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* DC: Students, faculty reflect on consequences of ending Minnesota-Wisconsin reciprocity

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