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Charting a Course: Our favorite 18 mini golf holes in the area (with video and slideshow)
Don't think that all mini golf courses are the same or that if you've seen one mini golf hole, you've seen them all. I can attest to that. One day last week, I spent seven hours traveling all over Dane County and part of Green County playing seven different courses in 90-degree heat, looking for the area's 18 best mini golf holes. read story
Bon Appetit Cafe, a menu in motion
Many former UW-Madison students had their first encounter with falafel and hummus at the "Mediterranean Lunch" cart on the State Street Mall in the mid-1990s. Greg Johnson, a partner in the cart, continues to introduce foreign cuisine to the public at Bon Appetit Cafe, the restaurant that evolved from the cart. read story
CD Reviews: Wilco, Daniel & the Lion, and Whitney Mann
It may lack the emotional undercurrents of something like "Being There," or the musical complexity of "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." But damned if "Wilco (the album)" isn't the most purely enjoyable album the Chicago rock band has ever made. read story
Art in the Barn: Hay Bales and chirping crickets await performers at Fitchburg venue
Guitarist Cliff Frederiksen is used to strumming in dark, noisy clubs where people come just as often to be seen and entertain themselves as to listen to his music. On Saturday, July 18, he'll play an entirely different venue -- a barn, with hay bales and blankets instead of bar stools, with chirping crickets instead of chattering co-eds. It's the seventh year of Art in the Barn, a one-night summer festival hosted by Bill and Anne Conzemius on their sprawling Fitchburg ranch.c read story
Off the Wall: Catherine Forde-Quint's new exhibit
Cat owners will immediately recognize the inquisitive posture of this young feline, one of a series of cats on canvas by Catherine Forde-Quint. read story
Wii misfires on bid for shooter game
At the end of the ponderous monologue that opens The Conduit, Michael Ford, the game's gruff and secretive hero, tells us, "I'm probably the only one left who knows the truth." read story
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