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			<title><![CDATA[&#39;Express&#39; scores by sticking to same old (good) story]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308581</link>
			<description><![CDATA[&quot;The Express&quot; doesn&#39;t reinvent the wheel when it comes to inspirational &quot;based-on-a-true-story&quot; sports movies, but that was a wheel that didn&#39;t need to be reinvented. In fact, it&#39;s to its credit that the film doesn&#39;t try to self-consciously break the mold set by &quot;Remember the Titans,&quot; &quot;Hoosiers&quot; and a zillion others, but focuses on telling its own story predictably but earnestly. &quot;The Elmira Express&quot; was the nickname given to running back phenom Ernie Davis, who led ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Thomas]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:51:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Soak up some more eco-doom with &#39;Flow&#39;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308580</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Global warming. Two major wars. A financial meltdown. The chance that John McCain gets elected and then chokes on a pretzel. Yeah, we really don&#39;t have enough to worry about these days. So why not grab a Pellegrino and see &quot;Flow,&quot; Irena Salina&#39;s documentary about the end of the world&#39;s water supply as we know it?  Salina&#39;s grim, eco-apocalyptic film travels up and down many different waterways, from a river in upstate Michigan to the Ganges River ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Thomas]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:51:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Excited that Stephin Merritt&#39;s playing in Madison? He isn&#39;t]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308803</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Stephin Merritt doesn&#39;t like choices. He only wears clothing in the white-to-brown palette (&quot;so I don&#39;t have to stare at my closet for an hour&quot;), bases each of his records on a different theme or production style (&quot;so I have fewer decisions to make&quot;) and prefers recording to the unpredictable experience of performing live music. Choices invite chaos, and for a musician who has worked with genres as varied as rock, opera, country, musical theater and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katjusa Cisar]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:03:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Schlitz throwback brew pours into Madison]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308792</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Long-maligned Schlitz beer unveiled its newest version of beer Thursday to a tough crowd in downtown Madison, and the verdict by most drinkers was that it was much better than the swill Schlitz formerly called beer.   The new brew, Kyle Wortham of the company&#39;s marketing department explained, is actually the closest the company could come to the recipe used for its renowned brew of the 1960s.   Current Schlitz brewmaster Bob Neuman rounded up as ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Miller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:58:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Seen: The sacred waters of Lake Mendota?]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308660</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A floating tribute to the water deity Mami Wata (pidgin English for &quot;Mother Water&quot;) set sail on Lake Mendota on Saturday to kick off the upcoming Chazen Museum of Art&#39;s &quot;Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits in Africa and Its Diasporas.&quot;Local artists and art organizations painted sails for the regatta, which was organized with help from Hoofer Sailing Club. A parade of lighted boats wrapped up the event.Running from Oct. 18 ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Photos by Kris Ugarizza]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:19:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Local theater trains actors for the stage, and life]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308760</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Local theater groups typically distinguish themselves by the plays they stage, whether it&#39;s musicals, classics, comedies or edgy drama. But Madison&#39;s Encore! Studio for the Performing Arts has the unique charge of both producing theater and providing vocational training for actors who have cognitive and developmental disabilities.  Funded partly by the Dane County Department of Human Services and private donations, Encore launched with almost nothing.  &quot;When we started, it was so bare bones,&quot; said KelsyAnne Schoenhaar, founder, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsay Christians]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:49:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Laughing stock: Comics feed Madison&#39;s appetite for stand-up]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308578</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Madison stand-up comedy scene sometimes seems more like a drama than a comedy: petty disputes, politicking, and an ideological divide over censorship.  It also has rumbles of a thriving scene on the brink. Out of a core group of about 20 Madison comics performing in a handful of venues, a few are booking new venues and plotting new endeavors. In human development years, comic David Freeman reckons, the scene is about 18 -- &quot;College age, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katjusa Cisar]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:48:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Funny or not, here they are: Regular comedy acts around the city]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308586</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The comedy scene in Madison ranges from the comedy club to the rock club, and from the banal to the sublime. Here&#39;s a look at some of the recurring comedy events happening around town:  Showman&#39;s Talent Showcase and Laughs  Sept. 17, The Frequency  David Freeman (aka &quot;Showman&quot;) hosts this &quot;free-for-all variety splash&quot; every other Wednesday. About a dozen people turned out for the hourlong show. It&#39;s a supportive and laid-back atmosphere -- the sound guy laughs loudly and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katjusa Cisar]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:12:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blogger turned author Lander has the right &#39;stuff&#39;]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308584</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Madison almost made the list of &quot;Stuff White People Like.&quot; But Christian Lander, the author of the blog (www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com) and now book by the same name, went with Portland, Ore., instead.  &quot;I thought about writing it as an entry. I feel like a lot of people end up in Madison for school, whereas Portland is a very conscious choice,&quot; he said.  Choice is a crucial component to his list of Stuff White People Like, which he ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katjusa Cisar]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:49:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Around the bubbler: What&#39;s on tap for the week of Oct. 10]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308579</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Throw down!  If your idea of a good time is watching people beat each other up, you&#39;re going to want to head to the Alliant Energy Center on Friday night for the next Madtown Throwdown.  Doors open at 6:30 p.m. at Exhibition Hall and the punches and kicks start flying at 7:30 p.m.   The mixed martial arts competition, which started in August 2004, is held four times a year in Madison. The most recent on July 25 ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:19:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Trees cuisine in full splendor in DeForest]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308610</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ On my first visit to Trees, my companion asked owner Jim Fredrickson, who seated us, why the restaurant was named Trees. And he told us it was because it was located in &quot;DeForest.&quot; Ba-dum-bum.  It&#39;s a corny pun, but you won&#39;t hold the play on words against Jim and Tina Fredrickson for long, because the restaurant, which celebrated its one-year anniversary Aug. 1, is simply delightful.   Trees is a fine dining restaurant, with linen tablecloths and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samara Kalk Derby]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:59:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bruce Workman brings Old World artistry to Wisconsin cheese]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308577</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Bruce Workman is a master, seven times over, of his craft.  Workman is certified as a master cheesemaker for seven varieties of cheese, more than anyone in the United States (and he&#39;s going for two more). He&#39;s especially renowned for creating an award-winning Old World-style Emmentaler (Swiss) cheese through his Edelweiss Creamery Cooperative in Monticello.   &quot;He is the nicest man, and the Emmentaler is just truly a great cheese. The taste the appearance the workmanship in ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Troller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:04:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Let&#39;s Eat for $7.70: Join the brunch bunch at Crema Cafe]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308603</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Luckily for local diners, chef Steven Buchholz has taken his experience cooking at upscale restaurants in Milwaukee and Marigold Kitchen in Madison to create a delicious, imaginative brunch menu at Crema Cafe.  Buchholz, also the owner, brings a passion for cooking to the 15-month-old Crema Cafe. The cuisine is affordable and reflects the seasons. Buchholz works closely with local farmers and food providers for the ingredients.  Crema&#39;s new weekly Sunday brunch menu features a number of dynamite, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Troller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:46:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sedaris delivers laughs you can believe in at Overture Hall]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308523</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ &quot;This next one refers to what we&#39;re all missing,&quot; David Sedaris told the full house Tuesday evening at a reading in Overture Hall.  Many in the audience cheered and clapped, because they immediately knew that the author was referring to the presidential debate on television.  In the piece that followed, as biting as it was thoughtful, Sedaris challenged the very notion that undecided voters could exist this late in the election.  &quot;Who are they? I can&#39;t quite believe ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katjusa Cisar]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:25:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rundgren is still rocking -- and raising a ruckus]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308467</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ He&#39;s back, and this time Todd Rundgren is mad.   &quot;We&#39;ve had eight years of lying, cowardice, avarice, perversion, hypocrisy, and yes, stupidity,&quot; the just-turned-60 performer, songwriter and producer said to cheers during his show Tuesday night at the Barrymore Theatre. &quot;And anybody that doesn&#39;t think so, well, you can wait out in the lobby until the show is over.&quot;   There were no takers.   And anyone hoping to see a greatest hits set may have been ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[PJ Slinger]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:19:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cheeky Rosebud magazine blooms in Cambridge]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308454</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the mid-1980s writer John Lehman went on a road trip with a friend to San Francisco. While there, the pair sought out City Lights Books, the independent bookstore co-founded by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, which Lehman described as the ultimate &quot;beatnik shrine.&quot;  At the time, Lehman wasn&#39;t able to articulate exactly what it was that he wanted to do to make his own literary mark, but visiting the famous bookstore was a high point in ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Lee SchroederSpecial to The Capital Times]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:24:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Original recipe Schlitz returns]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308344</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Schlitz, the once wildly popular &quot;beer that made Milwaukee famous,&quot; is making a nostalgic comeback to Madison on Thursday.   Scheduled to be delivered in &#39;60s era muscle cars, both bottles of the brew and Schlitz on tap will make their local debut at -- appropriately -- the Old Fashioned, 23 N. Pinckney St., on the Capitol Square.  Jennifer De Bolt, general manager of the restaurant and bar, said the reintroduction of the beer would include $1 ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Troller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:51:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rocker Lowe satisfied with career arc]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308342</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Nick Lowe is doing the math. When he first started playing rock music in 1968, he was 18 years old, and rock &#39;n&#39; roll as a genre had been in existence for about 16 years. How much longer, he thought at the time, could it possibly last? &quot;Back then, I thought I&#39;d missed the boat,&quot; Lowe said in a phone interview from his home in London. &quot;I thought it was all over. But when you think ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rob Thomas]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:55:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Learn about the birds and the bees in Madison rock]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308345</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Two local bands are joining up Thursday night, Oct. 9, to celebrate new albums. Local jangle rockers the National Beekeepers Society just released the darkly catchy &quot;Pawn Shop Etiquette.&quot; And a song off Sleeping in the Aviary&#39;s new &quot;Expensive Vomit in a Cheap Hotel&quot; got a hat tip this month on Paste magazine&#39;s CD sampler (along with fellow Madisonians Pale Young Gentlemen, who also just came out with a new album). The show starts at 10 ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katjusa Cisar]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:38:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Century House celebrates 60 years with expansive new showroom]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308291</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Century House is still a house, and it&#39;s still a furniture store. It just happens to have a close relative now living up the street.  The Scandinavian furniture store and gift shop business has two things to celebrate this month: its 60th anniversary, and the grand opening of a new 10,000 square-foot showroom across University Avenue, previously occupied by Famous Footwear. Century House Gifts &amp; Furniture is at 3029 University Ave.; Century House Home &amp; ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jane Burns]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:51:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Top of the Queue: DVDs for the softie inside every sports fan]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308290</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Supposedly, there is no crying in baseball. Or football. Or a sports broadcast.  Try telling that to anyone watching a handful of recent sports-themed DVDs. Sports might be popular because people can root root root for the home team, obsess about statistics, draft their own players or wear a really cool cap.  But at their essence, they tug at our emotions. That&#39;s why ESPN uses such overbearing orchestral music every time it has a heart-warming ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jane Burns]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:52:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison author doesn&#39;t let cancer take away her edge]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308289</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ 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.  Soon after, Baker begin writing about her personal experience with cancer in a column called &quot;Bare-Breasted Mama&quot; for the online magazine Literary Mama. She parlayed those personal essays into a boldly titled book of non-fiction, &quot;Cancer is a Bitch: ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Samara Kalk Derby]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:50:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ani DiFranco and her fans get happy]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308093</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Ani DiFranco is in a really good mood these days.  &quot;I&#39;ve got myself a new mantra,&quot; she sings. &quot;It says: Don&#39;t forget to have a good time!&quot;  In a mostly mellow, laid-back performance in the Wisconsin Union Theater Sunday night, DiFranco predictably (and thankfully) brought out some favorites and debuted several new songs. Her latest album (the 20th, not including live albums), &quot;Red Letter Year,&quot; was released on Sept. 30.  DiFranco, a longtime activist and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsay Christians]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:52:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cardinals&#39; jam soars late into the night]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=308094</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Cardinals put on a sprawling three-hour show Sunday night at the Overture Center and probably would have kept playing into hour four if someone hadn&#39;t stepped out from backstage around 11:15 p.m. to tell lead singer Ryan Adams that they&#39;d run over.  He turned to the audience in disbelief and announced, &quot;We totally lost track of time. We got fined.&quot; After a huddle with the band to decide the last song, he ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katjusa Cisar]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:52:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Max Raabe turns Overture into a dance hall]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=307917</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ In an evening punctuated by dry, witty banter (the bandleader&#39;s) and sparkling instrumental flourishes (the band&#39;s), Max Raabe and the Palast Orchester reincarnated popular favorites of the 1920s and 30s with panache and humor.  Skillfully employing a single arched eyebrow and a smooth, candy-coated baritone, band leader Raabe opened Friday&#39;s concert at Overture Hall with a seamless five-song set. In the &quot;Overture Presents&quot; season, their stop in Madison was part of the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsay Christians]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:47:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dancers show dark side in Kanopy production]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=307921</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ If you&#39;re going to dance to 1980s Metallica, even slightly muted strings versions, edginess is key.  Projecting edginess takes a lot of energy, and on Friday night, members of Kanopy Dance Company pulled it off in &quot;After the Fall.&quot;   With contributions from six different choreographers, and danced by Kanopy&#39;s primary and secondary companies, &quot;After the Fall&quot; was the anti-storybook ballet. It&#39;s for every dancer who ever longed ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karyn Saemann]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:30:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[LaMontagne shines through bashfulness]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=307918</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Ray LaMontagne is a very reclusive and unassuming man. He rarely grants interviews, won&#39;t talk about his personal life and is sometimes so hobbled by shyness that he performs in the dark.  But Friday night at the Wisconsin Union Theatre, LaMontagne&#39;s bolder side shone through. He charmed the sold-out crowd with bashful stories in between bittersweet songs that ranged from soaring folk rock to hushed, tortured love songs. As the ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katjusa Cisar]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:14:00 CDT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New name, menu for Pasqual&#39;s in Verona]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/tct/entertainment//index.php?ntid=307738</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Quiches, sweets, yogurt, salads and small plates of cafe-style food are taking the place of quesadillas and tacos at the Pasqual&#39;s location in Verona at 100 Cross Country Road.  Now known as the Gallup Coffee and Bake House, the refocused coffee shop is still under the ownership of local restaurateur Benjamin Roberts and is open from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. every day.  In addition to the name change and new menu, Circolo Catering -- ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Troller]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:29:00 CDT</pubDate>
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