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77 Square is the definitive arts, culture and entertainment guide for Madison, Wis., and the surrounding area.
Jane Burns
December 2
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He likes being one of the 'Guys'
Ernie the Moocher may bum his share of bait, beef jerky and beer, but he is not a thief, actor Lee Becker says. Yet Ernie has managed to steal a few scenes of the popular "Guys on Ice" musical, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater production that runs through Dec. 14 at the Mitchell Theater in Vilas Hall. more >>
Jane Burns
November 24
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It's a boom housing market for Madison's gingerbread man
For Dave Bowden, there is no such thing as a housing crisis. He's building them, he's selling them and people love them, especially in the winter and over the holidays. more >>
Jane Burns
November 18
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Q&A with Cultural Affairs Commission director
When Karen Crossley took the job as the director of the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, she was quickly asked if two things would stay in place -- the commission's annual calendar and its annual poster. more >>
Jane Burns
November 10
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Store manager devotes her bargain-shopping skills to a good cause
It doesn't take a fancy, expensive store to make Terri Rorek happy. In fact, just the opposite. As manager of the new Boomerangs Resale Store in the Northgate Shopping Center, Rorek gets to combine her love of thrift stores with helping the community. more >>
Katjusa Cisar
November 5
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Promoter brings new life to the new Loft
At 22, Tom Klein is really more into indie and college rock these days. But as the booker for Madison's all-ages music venue, The Loft, he understands and appreciates what the under-18 set wants to hear. more >>
Jane Burns
October 28
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A Frank talk with Freakfest's music organizer
It's oddly appropriate that Dave Maynard is spending the week before Freakfest on tour with Metallica. A week's worth of bringing thrash metal to the masses provides a little warm-up for the annual State Street Halloween festival, now in its second year of being a joint operation between the city and Maynard's employer, Frank Productions. more >>
Katjusa Cisar
October 20
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Madison Horror Fest welcomes B-movie scaremeister
You might not know Kenneth J. Hall's name, but you've probably seen his special effects on-screen -- like the giant octopus prop he made for Tim Burton's "Ed Wood" -- or perhaps seen him as an actor, most notably as a sleazy record label head in the hip-hop mockumentary "Fear of a Black Hat." more >>
Samara Kalk Derby
October 7
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Madison author doesn't let cancer take away her edge
Gail Konop Baker, a 45-year-old mother of three in Shorewood Hills, had just finished writing her second unsold novel in 2006 about a woman diagnosed with breast cancer. Then she got her own breast cancer diagnosis. more >>
Adam Mertz
September 30
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Stadium Bar owner: UW game days second to none
For a half-dozen or so Saturdays each fall over the last 15 years, Jim Luedtke has been at the epicenter of one of Madison's great traditions -- a University of Wisconsin football home game. more >>
Lindsay Christians
September 22
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Q&A with composer Fred Ho
It's not easy to define the artistic endeavors of Fred Ho, the latest artist brought to campus by the UW-Madison Arts Institute. Ho, sponsored by the Asian American Studies department and the School of Music, is a composer, a performer of poetry, a jazz virtuoso on the baritone saxophone, an activist and, for the past two years, a survivor of a particularly malicious cancer. more >>