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77 Square is the definitive arts, culture and entertainment guide for Madison, Wis., and the surrounding area.
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Blog: Hey, Watch It!: One more film for the ideal Westgate Cinemas sendoff
Blog: I Don't Get It: iDGi: Cable subscribers again rate Discovery Channel No. 1
For the 15th straight year, Discovery Channel is the favorite cable network, according to the annual Beta Research Cable Subscriber study evaluating basic cable networks, Multichannel.com reported. History and ESPN were second and third. Thirty percent of those surveyed named more
Blog: I Don't Get It: iDGi: Fitch Ratings warns on cable and telecom outlook
Fitch Ratings on Wednesday pointed to difficult times ahead for the cable and telecommunications industry as unemployment and home foreclosures balloon and it faces an uncertain regulatory landscape under a new president, the Associated Press reported. The ratings agency said the sector more
Features: What's hot in wine: fun labels and good values
Working in a wine shop close to the holidays is a bit like being thrown into the middle of a basketball game when you thought you were playing golf. Normally, wine shop jockeys can take their time with each customer, discussing pairings and flavor profiles. But starting around Thanksgiving, it's a different story. more
Features: B-movie legend Campbell brings 'My Name is Bruce' to Madison
You can keep your Oscars, your Golden Globes, your handprints in wet cement in front of Mann's Chinese Theater. Actor Bruce Campbell has himself a real movie star honor. more
Blog: I Don't Get It: iDGi: Greener surfing?
Tweaking your Web browser so it doesn't run a lot of flashy Web graphics will cut your computer's energy use while cruising the Internet. Whether it's significant is a matter of perspective, according to a report by PC World. The story reports that Robert Hansen, more
Blog: I Don't Get It: iDGi: National honor for state Charter exec Washa
Lisa Washa, vice president and general manager of Charter Communications' Wisconsin operations, has been recognized by CableFax Magazine as being among the top 100 influential and successful women leaders in the cable industry. The list was published in the Nov. 20 online and print more
Reviews: Let's Eat For $7.70: Keep the tropics in mind with Jamaican jerk
If your memories of summer are fading fast and the gray gloom of winter is starting to get you down, eschew those traditional wintertime foods and head to David's Jamaican Cuisine in Monona for a taste of the tropics that comes in at just under $7.70 for lunch. more
Reviews: Mickey's more than a bar, with a first-class menu
Living on the near east side for the last decade, I've always been more of a Crystal Corner girl than a Mickey's one. But now that Mickey's Tavern has the lure of food -- really good food -- I'm reconsidering that allegiance. more
Restaurants: Vientiane Palace II to open on Regent Street
Pad Thai, curried squash and other dishes with a south east Asian flavor will be available once again on Regent Street when Vientiane Palace II opens its doors soon on Regent Street. more
Blog: I Don't Get It: iDGi: Home equipment could give 10x boost to cell capacity, report says
Indoor 3G base stations called Femtocells installed by consumers will boost cellular network capacity more than 10-fold without causing interference, according to research carried out by the Femto Forum, IDG News Service reported. Femtocells are designed to give indoor coverage for more
Blog: I Don't Get It: iDGi: Wisconsin's Internet speed is s l o w
Wisconsin ranks a lowly 45th in the U.S. in Internet speed in a study involving thousands of Internet users by PCMag.com. Wisconsin's average speed is 402 kbps, not much more than half No. 1 Nevada's 781 kbps. The more
Blog: Capital Eats: Love it? Hate it? CHEW on fruitcake
Does any food product -- except, perhaps, lutefisk -- get less respect than fruitcake? For its Dec. 3 meeting at the Goodman Community Center, the Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW) will welcome Art Bartsch, chief innovation officer for The Swiss Colony and an unabashed more
Books: Zuzu's Petals singer blossoms as memoirist
Last summer, when Laurie Lindeen was in Madison doing a reading at Borders from her memoir "Petal Pusher," she looked out in the audience and saw people from every phase of her life growing up here: high school friends from La Follette, punk rockers from the '80s, old neighbors who remember what her mom's casserole tasted like. This fall, "Petal Pusher" came out in paperback. more
Qs: 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
Blog: I Don't Get It: iDGi: Netbooks hot on Cyber Monday, Amazon reports
Netbooks dominated the Computers & PC hardware bestsellers list on Amazon.com on Cyber Monday in the U.S., the biggest online shopping day of the year, IDG News Service reported. Netbooks took seven of the top 10 spots on Amazon.com's computer bestseller list by the end of the day more
Features: Feel the burn with Toki Wright at the Inferno
Emcee Toki Wright once walked out on Al Franken after the Minnesota Senate hopeful told a joke about Iraqis at a $200 per plate dinner. Wright brings that same sense of not-gonna-put-up-with-it moral outrage to his sociopolitical rhyming. more
Features: Filmmaker captures spirit of Chicago's underground social movements
If you watched short clips at random from filmmaker Marc Moscato's collection "A Not Too Distant Past," you might wonder what they could possibly have in common: a woman's hand dipping a tampon into a glass of gasoline; a man describing his lust for the police during riots at the Democratic National Convention; a Black Panther talking about the struggle for civil rights. more
Blog: I Don't Get It: iDGi: FCC commissioner in digital TV transition meeting in Milwaukee Tuesday
The transition of broadcast television from analog to digital in February is the subject of a town hall meeting Tuesday in Milwaukee featuring Federal Communications Commissioner Michael J. Copps. Copps' trip to Milwaukee and Green Bay on Tuesday and Wednesday is part of the more
Restaurants: Tutto owner opens Bucatini trattoria in Middleton
With a local owner, a focus on regional specialties and a casual atmosphere featuring a brick, wood-fired oven and an extensive pizza menu, Bucatini is a new Italian restaurant trying to succeed in the space formerly occupied by Romano's Macaroni Grill at Greenway Station. more
Blog: I Don't Get It: iDGi: Free wireless broadband across U.S.?
The Federal Communications Commission will vote later this month on a plan that includes free wireless broadband across the country, USA Today reported Monday. If approved at the FCC's Dec. 18 meeting, free broadband could become reality within a year, the paper more
Blog: I Don't Get It: iDGi: Time Warner exec nixes Charter acquisition talk
Charter Communications Inc. is not a cheap acquisition target, the chief financial officer of Time Warner Cable Inc. said Monday at the Reuters Media Summit, Reuters reported. Charter's stock fell 3 cents per share Monday to close at 16 cents per share, but the St. more
Blog: I Don't Get It: iDGi: The cheapest and easiest way to make a phone call
When it comes to things I don't get very well but wish I did, Skype is at the top of my list. I've kept my landline phone for a variety of reasons, including easy recording of interviews and a relative who doesn't own a cell phone and watches Clifford the knucklehead (my dog) more
Artful Living: Artful Living: A library of garden delights
"Art and the Gardener: Fine Painting as Inspiration for Garden Design," Hayward's 10th book on garden design, is a radical departure from Gordon Hayward's previous work. more
Books: What are you reading?
"Just finished 'Soul of the Rhino,' an exceptionally enjoyable and informative work by Hemanta Mishra, a Nepalese conservationist, who spends his entire life protecting the Asian rhino in its Himalayan habitat. more