Nottingham Cooperative

Nottingham Cooperative

Nottingham Cooperative (or Nottingham as referred to by its residents) is a 21 room housing cooperative located at 146 Langdon St. in Madison, Wisconsin, on the shore of Lake Mendota. The house was incorporated in February 1971 by a group of lawyers and students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Currently, the membership is composed of a mix of about 20 students and non-students. Unlike many other housing cooperatives near the campus area, Nottingham is not part of the Madison Community Cooperative. Former and current residents of Nottingham sometimes refer to themselves as "Hamsters."^{[citation needed]}

History

The house was originally built in 1927 for the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity by Kansas architect Clarence E. Shepard (1869 - 1949.) Shepard was the premier architect of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie School in Kansas City, although 146 was built in the Mediterranean Revival Style. At that time, this Spanish style of architecture was popular on the west coast, especially in Hollywood, but rare in the Midwest. Nottingham's tile roof is one of the more obvious features of Mediterranean Revival. Past owners include the fraternities Sigma Phi Epsilon (1927–1939) and Phi Sigma Delta (1940–1942), an all-girls dormitory called Shoreland House (1943–1951), and the fraternity Pi Lambda Phi (1952–1970). Having officially begun in February 1971, Nottingham celebrates its 40th year of cooperation in 2011.

Events

Over the years Nottingham has hosted many events, usually held in the ballroom. Nottingham collects no money for these shows.^[1].

Notable national bands that have played at Nottingham

• MDC (1983) ^[1]
• Die Kreuzen (1983) ^[1]
• Hüsker Dü (1984)^[1][2]
• Stanley Jordan (1984)
• Poster Children (1996)^[3]
• Bikini Kill (1994)^[1][4]
• Wolf Eyes (2003)^[5]
• Cock ESP (2003,04)^[6]
• Paul Flaherty^[7]
• Trad, Gras och Stenar^[8]
• Jackie-O Motherfucker^[8]
• No Neck Blues Band^[8]
• Costes (2003)^[1][9]
• Eugene Chadbourne (2004)^[1][10]
• Ghost Mice (2004)^[11]
• Panicsville (2004) ^[12]
• Nautical Almanac (2005) ^[13]
• Finnish Psych-Folk collective (Islaja, Lau Nau, Kuupuu, Tomutonttu, Taikuri Tali) (2005) ^[14]
• Old Time Relijun (2005) ^[15]
• Flying Luttenbachers (2006)^[16]
• Fuck the Facts (2006) ^[17]
• Envy (2006)^[18]
• Upsilon Acrux (2007)^[19]

Notable local bands that have played at Nottingham

• Killdozer (1983) ^[1]
• Tar Babies (1983,84)^[1]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Albertoni, Rich, "Live from our Living Room: The free-spirited Nottingham Co-op reemerges as an avant-garde performance venue", The Isthmus, p.16. January 30, 2004, Madison, Wisconsin.
2. ^ "Hüsker Dü Performance Dates". http://www.thirdav.com/hd_discog/dates.html. 
3. ^ "Poster Children Tour Dates". http://xcodesign.com/pkids/tourdates/. 
4. ^ "Bikini Kill Newspaper Articles". http://www.madison.com/archives/simple_search.php?var_start_pos=0&var_ft=1&var_is_start=1&keyword_field=bikini+kill&pub_code_field=wsj+tct&from_date_field=10%2F12%2F1994&to_date_field=12%2F31%2F1994&var_articles_per_page=10&Search=Begin+search.html. 
5. ^ "Trin-Tran past shows". http://www.trin-tran.com/showings.html. 
6. ^ "Cock ESP past shows". http://www.cockesp.com/performances.html. 
7. ^ Paul Flaherty and Chris Corsano Other Live Performances
8. ^ ^{a b c} "Midwest experimental music this weekend". http://www.zornithology.com/zorn-list/2003/10/1.html?Midwest%20experimental%20music%20this%20weekend. 
9. ^ "Costes Holy Virgin Cult Tour". http://costes.org/usindex.html. 
10. ^ "MotherFools Coffeehouse performance archive". http://www.motherfools.com/archive.php?uri=archive&archiveyear=2004. 
11. ^ "Joann Riedl past shows". http://www.joannriedl.com/shows_2004.html. 
12. ^ "Nihilist Records news, 2003-12-10". http://www.nihilistrecords.net/news.php. 
13. ^ "Nautical Shows". http://heresee.com/nauticalshows.htm. 
14. ^ "Amis, Matt, "America Braces for Finnish Psych Folk Invasian", Pitchfork Media". http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/35033/America_Braces_for_Finnish_PsychFolk_Invasion#35033. Retrieved 2006-12-15. 
15. ^ ""Confrontational Dance Music Takes Over the World", LosingToday.com". http://www.losingtoday.com/news.php?id=111&news_alpha=o. 
16. ^ "Flying Luttenbachers on Tour, Avant Music News". http://www.somnius.com/amn/2006/07/18/flying-luttenbachers-on-tour-2/. 
17. ^ "Fuck the Facts show listing". http://www.madhc.com/cgi-bin/shows.cgi?action=view&id=1792. 
18. ^ "Envy with Sleeping People". http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/99411/. 
19. ^ "Upsilon Acrux Brings Prog Fever to the Nation". http://www.prefixmag.com/news/upsilon-acrux-bring-prog-fever-to-the-nation/11598/. 

External links

• Nottingham Myspace page