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Articles

Two Crows back with three plays

Jan 7, 2025 | isthmus.com | Andy Moore

Marcus Truschinski remembers standing in front of Arcadia Books in Spring Green one morning in 2014, minding his own business. It was just a couple days after he appeared as Algernon in American Players Theatre’s production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Suddenly a guy in a van wheels up and shouts out the window “‘Hey! Were you Algy? You were fucking awesome!’” How many towns in the U.S. with a population of barely 1,500 support a world class theater company?
Renovations on the Atwood Music Hall begin

Dec 5, 2024 | isthmus.com | Andy Moore

The hustle and hum of construction workers now fills the barren auditorium at 1925 Winnebago St. that will soon become Madison’s newest large music venue. After first seeing the inside in 2020, Toffer Christensen bought the building in September 2023. Renovation financing was finalized this fall. Now that work is at last underway, the Atwood Music Hall is scheduled to open in June.
‘The Foe and the Fallen’ vinyl release and on stage at the Bur Oak

Nov 4, 2024 | isthmus.com | Andy Moore

Ken Fitzsimmons is a musician with a history problem. Lucky for him he can merge the two interests as he did in 2019 when he produced The Greatest War: World War I, Wisconsin, and Why It Still Matters. It was a bombastic rock ’n’ roll history lesson that sold out the Barrymore Theater on the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day. The musical production employed actors, multiple musical ensembles, a video screen — the works — and represented hundreds of hours of research, composition and rehearsals.
The Edge of Performance: How Quality Fitness Supplements Fuel Extreme Athletes

Oct 28, 2024 | lifestyleandtech.co.za | Andy Moore

Every second counts. In the world of extreme sports, where grit meets gravity and endurance pushes human limits, athletes face a constant test of strength, resilience, and recovery. Whether they’re racing through the punishing courses of HYROX or navigating the twists and drops of downhill racing, competitors know one truth: their bodies are the ultimate machines. But even the most finely-tuned machines need the right fuel to perform at their best.
Teacher’s lounge

Jun 11, 2024 | isthmus.com | Andy Moore

As much fun as it is to see a child get revved up for a birthday, it’s even more of a kick to see a grown-up delight in one. My wife, Peggy, is a birthday person in the best childlike way. This is why it’s so satisfying to make simple things happen to make her birthday happy. Like planting a surprise sheet cake in the teacher’s lounge at Mendota Elementary, where she’s been subbing.
Madison musician Ben Majeska of Majeska Mondays at the Up North celebrates with a 50th show

May 6, 2024 | isthmus.com | Andy Moore

This month, guitarist Ben Majeska will come off a festival tour and have a week to prepare for a three-hour set of songs he’ll perform with three different bands on the same night. That’s actually a lot of time for rehearsing compared to some of the past 49 editions of the kamikaze-style spectacle known as Majeska Mondays, a monthly residency that pulls national, regional and local musicians off the road and onto the stage for a one-night-only jam.
Rapid rise

Apr 11, 2024 | isthmus.com | Andy Moore

The Spine Stealers’ music brims with the kind of mixed fortune you might hear sputtering from a transistor radio behind the counter at a last chance West Texas gas station. The duo of Emma O’Shea and Kate Ruland claims the influence of Jewel and Canadian folk legend Basia Bulat, but when they play I think of the searing, emotional presence of Texas trailblazer and songwriter Kimmie Rhodes.
Kevin Willmott II plans to open his Gamma Ray Bar in the old Frequency space

Apr 8, 2024 | tonemadison.com | Andy Moore

Kevin Willmott II’s life is coming full circle. About 20 years ago the bandleader, bar manager, and champion storyteller was 14 and on a visit to Madison from his hometown of Lawrence, Kansas. That’s when he performed at the old Slipper Club at 121 W. Main St. (which became The Frequency and then BarleyPop Live). The teenager never would have guessed that he would eventually sign the lease for the space to create a nightclub of his own. Willmott signed that lease just last month.
Tag Evers returns to show promotion

Dec 10, 2023 | isthmus.com | Andy Moore

Tag Evers’ career in the music promotion business is a 45-years and counting endeavor that’s introduced dozens of artists to Madison and raised more than $100,000 for charities. For Evers, it’s a job that blends passion and doggedness. It’s resulted in more than 2,500 shows in Madison. But it’s been a timeline with several starts and stops. After a three-year hiatus, Evers returns to promoting in Madison on Feb. 7, 2024. That’s when True Endeavors will present Nickel Creek at the Overture Center.
Back to Bovre

May 30, 2023 | isthmus.com | Andy Moore

On a February morning 10 years ago, Madison lost a true original. That’s when singer, songwriter, friend to many, and devoted family man Marques Bovre passed away. He handled his two-year journey with a cancerous brain tumor with courage, intelligence, wonder, humor, respect and irreverence; the same kinds of things his songs explored and revealed in life.