This story ran 11/27 on Dane101.com

The Alcohol License Review Committee met Monday, where only a few items actually made it to a vote, but in the process, the troubled Orpheum acquired a new license, the committee gave up on mediating noise complaints at Whiskey Jack’s Saloon, and a longtime manager at the decades-old Main Street Depot received permission to inherit the business’ license from his employers.

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Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street

The foreclosed Orpheum Theater advanced closer to opening its doors in time for a planned “small” 800 to 1,000-person gathering on New Year’s Eve, a goal Frank Productions co-owner Fred Frank revealed Monday night in addition to concerts already booked for February 2013.

Frank Productions, which manages the Halloween FreakFest event and books concerts at several Madison venues, is managing the building for Monona State Bank in the months before the property goes up for auction. Frank appeared Monday night to request a license to serve alcohol, which he said would occur only in conjunction with booked concerts…

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