UP: Dean Bakopoulos. The Madison novelist wins a prestigious Guggenheim fellowship. Bakopoulos, whose debut novel, Please Don't Come Back From the Moon, was named a "notable" book by The New York Times in 2005, received $49,000 from the fellowship. Other local fellowship winners: UW chemistry professor Laura L. Kiessling, UW associate physics professor Gary Shiu, UW composer Laura Elise Schwendinger and UW economics professor Barbara (Bobbi) Wolfe.
DOWN: Overture Center. The arts center's trust fund falls into partial default, dipping to $98.9 million at the end of March. Local philanthropist Jerry Frautschi, who originally donated $205 million to help build the facility, will now pay up to $5 million in debt service to cover the default. Officials say the Overture's day-to-day operations are unaffected.
