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			<title><![CDATA[Local farm couple picked for national Slow Food festival]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285996</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Ken and Sherrie Ruegsegger, a Blanchardville farm couple who raise and market grass-fed beef and pastured pork, have been nominated by the local chapter of Slow Food Wisconsin to represent the Badger State at the Slow Food Nation festival in San Francisco this summer.  For over a decade, the international Slow Food movement has promoted and celebrated food that is fresh, local and sustainably raised. It encourages stronger connections between farmers and those who buy and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Troller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-12T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Roller derby finals photo gallery]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285808</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Quad Squad defeated the Reservoir Dolls 98-87 in the championship game of the The Mad Rollin&#39; Dolls&#39; fourth season Saturday at Fast Forward Skate Center in Madison.  It was the second title for the Quad Squad in the past three years.  In the third-place game, the Unholy Rollers defeated the Vaudeville Vixens. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[&#39;MAMA&#39;s going to make it all all right&#39;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285805</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Malfunctioning gear, squabbling bandmates, declining CD sales&nbsp;-- no matter what local musicians have to deal with, at least &quot;MAMA&#39;s going to make it all all right.&quot;  So sang the Gomers to kick off the fifth annual Madison Area Music Awards at the Barrymore Theatre on Saturday night, a chance for Madison musicians to honor each other and raise money for local music school programs. (The Capital Times&#39; 77 Square was a sponsor of the MAMAs.)  Last year, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Thomas]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAMA 2008 winners]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285811</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ GENRE AWARDS  Blues Song of the Year  The Mud Angels  Blues Album of the Year  Westside Andy/Mel Ford Band  Blues Artist of the Year  The Mud Angels  Classical Song of the Year  Ben Johnston-Urey  Classical Album of the Year  Ben Johnston-Urey  Classical Artist of the Year  Randal Harrison  Country/Bluegrass Song of the Year  The Rowdy Prairie Dogs  Country/Bluegrass Album of the Year  The Rowdy Prairie Dogs  Country/Bluegrass Artist of the Year  Spare Time Bluegrass Band  Electronic Song of the Year  The Dorothy Heralds  Electronic Album of the Year  Null Device  Electronic Artist of the Year  Sensuous Enemy  Folk/Americana Song of ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-11T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[World equestrian champ makes jump to nursing]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285644</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ When Tara Streff puts her mind to something, there&#39;s no doing it halfway.  A world equestrian champion by age 17, Streff has applied that same drive, discipline, determination and passion to her career in nursing.  One might think Streff, after spending years with horses, would have chosen to become a veterinarian after graduating from Monroe High School in 2002. But she knew in her heart that she wanted to help people.  &quot;After seeing the birth of a horse, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark Lundey]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drama, intrigue, and a blood-soaked bride]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285742</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Madness and murder, suicide and a blood-soaked bride. Isn&#39;t that the stuff of which all great operas are made?  Madison Opera would like to make that case, and the quality of the company&#39;s production of &quot;Lucia di Lammermoor,&quot; which opened Friday before an Overture Hall crowd of about 1,800, could create a whole new appreciation for viscera in the operatic canon. Those expecting familiar high levels of quality from the company were once again not disappointed ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Muckian]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-10T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[&#39;World&#39;s Largest Coffee Break&#39; takes a sip for fair trade]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285527</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ It&#39;s being billed as the &quot;World&#39;s Largest Coffee Break.&quot;  On Saturday, local residents can sip coffee -- Fair Trade, of course -- with thousands of others across the globe to show support for fair trade practices during several local events celebrating World Fair Trade Day.  The World Fair Trade Festival at Hometown Junction Park in Verona, 300 S. Main St., and A Greater Gift, 2701 Monroe St.,&nbsp;will participate in a global sip-a-thon at 2 p.m. These will ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn Welch]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-09T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Overture unveils &#39;08-&#39;09 season lineup]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285437</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ As it looks forward to its fifth season of events, Madison&#39;s Overture Center -- the state&#39;s largest performing arts presenter -- wants to extend its appeal to both seasoned arts-goers and the general public.  More cutting-edge events, more children&#39;s shows and more classical music, as well as the introduction of cabaret-like dinner theater on the stage of the Capitol Theater, are some of the highlights of the &quot;Overture Presents&quot; performance series for the 2008-09 season.  The events ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Stockinger]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Women on wheels: Roller derby grows up]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284798</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Panic hit Madison&#39;s roller derby league the day before its April semifinals. The fire marshal was cracking down on crowd capacity at its upcoming bout, reducing the limit from 1,000 to 600 people. More tickets than spaces had been sold, and the league fired off e-mails and blog posts urging fans to show up early or risk getting shut out. An hour before the doors opened, a long line had already formed across the parking lot ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By Katjusa CisarSpecial to The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Soprano takes Madison Opera to limit with notorious &#34;Mad Scene&#34;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284754</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ How does a perfectly sane person -- if an opera singer can said to be perfectly sane -- portray insanity?  That&#39;s the challenge that faces soprano Luz del Alba and the entire Madison Opera as it tackles its first-time production of Gaetano Donizetti&#39;s &quot;Lucia di Lammermoor&quot; this weekend at Overture Hall.  &quot;Lucia,&quot; based on the 1819 Gothic romance by Sir Walter Scott, contains one of the most extreme and famously show-stopping moments in all of opera: the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Stockinger]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[There&#39;s old school, and then there&#39;s really old school]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284865</link>
			<description><![CDATA[What do a 92-year-old retiree from Northhampton, Mass., and a 19-year-old breakdancer from Seoul, South Korea, have in common? They were both meant for the stage.  Taken separately, both the documentaries &quot;Young@Heart&quot; and &quot;Planet B-Boy&quot; offer different sides of the same coin -- a group of ragtag but dedicated amateurs persevere on their way to the big stage. The fact that both music-themed documentaries are opening in Madison on the same day is a nice bit of ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Thomas]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Author explains food as soul&#39;s nourishment]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284751</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Think pyramids of custard, drenched with hot fudge. Hot beef and mashed spuds, swimming in gravy. Fries slathered with ketchup. Gooey caramel. Fresh bread. Eclairs. Cream, whipped.  What is your epicurean passion, or your weakness? Which food is your reward, or secret guilt?   Insightful author Elizabeth Berg understands how culinary excess -- or treasured table rituals -- can become a crutch, a pacifier or an awakening. The tales in her newest collection of short stories, &quot;The ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Bergin]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RP&#39;s Pasta builds on success with its Fork & Spoon Cafe]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284753</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ RP&#39;s Pasta Company is one of the Madison food scene&#39;s big success stories.  The company started selling its pasta to the Blue Marlin and Pasta Per Tutti in March 1995. That summer it also began to take part in the Dane County Farmers&#39; Market, where you can still find owner Peter Robertson every Saturday.   RP&#39;s has tripled its sales in the last two years, finishing last year at $1.1 million. Its Ecco La Pasta pasta flour ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samara Kalk Derby]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[MAMAs are music lover&#39;s baby]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284866</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When he was 9 years old, Rick Tvedt got into the music business. &quot;Every weekend, my dad would back the car out of the garage, and we would go in there and practice,&quot; Tvedt said. &quot;The only thing we weren&#39;t allowed to do was open the door, because we were so terrible. But sometimes we&#39;d do it anyway, and then play until the cops came up the driveway.&quot;  Bashing out covers of &quot;Sunshine of Your Love&quot; and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Thomas]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Van Sant revisits teenage wasteland in &#34;Paranoid Park&#34;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285430</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ I don&#39;t know what&#39;s more surprising: that director Gus Van Sant has made yet another movie about the lives of disaffected Portland teenagers, or that he&#39;s pulled it off one more time with &quot;Paranoid Park.&quot;  The re-release of his no-budget first film &quot;Mala Noche&quot; last fall (which also played at the Orpheum) showed that throughout his career Van Sant has gone back again and again to the same sorts of characters in his films, beautiful, stoic ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Thomas]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hot rod heaven: Classic cars to take over State Street]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284749</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Madison is better known as a hotbed of rabid bicyclists than collectible car enthusiasts.  But throngs of people -- about 20,000 -- came out to gawk at classic cars last May during the first Cars on State event. The&nbsp;success was a surprise to&nbsp;organizers, and bodes well for this year&#39;s show on Saturday.  &quot;You don&#39;t have to be into cars to appreciate looking at them,&quot; said Hawk Schenkel, organizer of the downtown event. &quot;When you see 50- to ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn Welch]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[OK to let this &#39;Life&#39; pass you by]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285005</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ It&#39;s not every day you come across a movie that insults your intelligence and appalls your sense of decency at the same time, but Vadim Perelman&#39;s &quot;The Life Before Her Eyes&quot; regrettably strikes the balance between stupidity and offensiveness.  There have been a few other movies built around a Columbine-style high school massacre, like &quot;Elephant&quot; and &quot;American Gun,&quot; but at least those films were interested in dealing seriously with such a tragedy. &quot;Eyes&quot; just uses it ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Thomas]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[George Segal exhibit brings in $80,000 grant for MMoCA]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285422</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Madison Museum of Contemporary Art awarded $80,000 NEA grant for Segal show  The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art has been awarded an $80,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Arts to support the upcoming exhibition &quot;George Segal: Street Scenes.&quot;  The award is one of 13 NEA &quot;American Masterpieces&quot; visual arts grants awarded nationwide.  &quot;George Segal: Street Scenes&quot; will premiere at the museum, located in the Overture Center in Madison, from Sept. 13 to Dec. 28 before ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacob Stockinger]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-08T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Around the bubbler: What&#39;s on tap this week]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285011</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Clue Crew in Madison  No question about it: &quot;Jeopardy!&quot; was a big hit when it came to Madison last month. Now those &quot;Jeopardy! College Championship&quot; episodes taped at the Kohl Center are finally hitting the airwaves this week, with UW-Madison senior Suchita Shah getting to show what she knows in today&#39;s broadcast.  If Shah survived that -- or ended up a big money-winner -- she&#39;ll be in next week&#39;s semifinals.   &quot;Jeopardy!&quot; airs at 4:30 p.m. on ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hats on parade (with photos)]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284874</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra&#39;s Kentucky Derby-themed fundraiser at the Madison Club on race day, May 3, brought out a splendiferous array of millinery frippery and finery.  About 175 horse racing and chamber orchestra fans attended the fourth annual event, which included a live broadcast of the annual run for the roses; a silent auction, dinner and dance; and obligatory mint juleps. The 2007 event raised about $40,000 for WCO, and organizers said they anticipated this year&#39;s ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Troller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Kills: Duo does blues rock with modern flair]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284867</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A sad future may be in store for us, where the unemployment lines are filled with bass players and rhythm guitarists (most of the keyboardists are already there). With rock &#39;n&#39; roll duos like The Black Keys, The White Stripes and The Kills making some of the best music of recent years, other rock bands might seriously be thinking of doing some downsizing. The nifty thing about the UK&#39;s The Kills (Jamie &quot;Hotel&quot; Hince and Alison ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Thomas]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Owner&#39;s dream is realized in Booked for Murder]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284975</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Sometimes fate has a way of intervening and making everything work out perfectly. At least that&#39;s what Sara Barnes thinks about the events that led to her new career as owner of Booked for Murder, a small independent book shop specializing in mysteries.  Barnes, who purchased the west side bookstore in early April, came to the business through a long and winding route. Her journey started in 2006 when she was laid off from her job ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Lee Schroeder]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[How roller derby works]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284940</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Mad Rollin&#39; Dolls describe derby as the love child of &quot;hockey, track, show choir and Quidditch (the fictional sport in the Harry Potter series).&quot;  Here&#39;s how it works, basically:  Teams face off in &quot;jams&quot; that can last up to two minutes. Skating always runs in a counterclockwise direction around the oval track. One whistle blow starts a pack of eight skaters around the rink. Two whistles set off the two &quot;jammers,&quot; one skater from each team ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katjusa Cisar]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tegan and Sara not perfect, but close enough]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=285149</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ For most acts, flubbed songs and forgotten lyrics would be set killers. Long-winded digressing stories would kill the tempo of the evening and snarky comments to each other and the crowd would dampen the mood. Luckily, Tegan and Sara do things their own way. The Canadian identical twin indie rock duo entertained an enthusiastic and sometimes raucous crowd at a sold out Barrymore Theatre on Tuesday night. It was by no means a perfect performance, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[John WiedenhoeftSpecial to The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-07T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[&#39;Hamburger America&#39; author to visit Dotty&#39;s Saturday]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284994</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The tour de hamburger is coming to Madison on Saturday.  Writer and documentary filmmaker George Motz, who traveled 39 states in pursuit of the perfect burger, will be at Dotty Dumpling&#39;s Dowry at 6 p.m.  Motz will be peddling his new book, Hamburger America, which tells the story of his cross country eating odyssey.   Two local entries -- the Dotty burger and the Plaza burger -- made his top 100 list. Fans of the Blue Moon and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Troller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-06T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[&#39;Public Enemies&#39; on Capitol Square: Photo gallery]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=284838</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Filming for the movie &quot;Public Enemies&quot; continued Monday on the Capitol Square near East Washington Avenue.The movie, scheduled for release in 2009, is an adaptation of Bryan Burrough&#39;s book &quot;Public Enemies: America&#39;s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34.&quot; It stars Johnny Depp as John Dillinger.... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>2008-05-05T05:00:00Z</pubDate>
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