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Whether it’s crafts, produce or people watching you seek, Milwaukee’s various farmers markets offer a colorful, local selection.
Homegrown Goodness
By Laura Bulgrin
laura.bulgrin@marquette.edu
If your mind’s still on summer despite fall conditions, try visiting a local farmers market for food, art and ambiance that will remind you of warmer times. Milwaukee features several markets every week that are worth checking out, both for the experience and for the benefits of buying locally grown produce. Kia Thao, owner of Kia’s Flowers, grows flowers on her farm in Plymouth, Wis. and sells them at the East Town Market. She recommended farmers markets because the wares are healthier for you than store bought products. Produce sold at the markets is often organic, which some experts say is healthier than non-organic produce. However, a study released in July 2009 sponsored by the Food Standards Agency of Britain suggested that organic food is no
healthier than food produced in a non-organic fashion. Some farmers may grow organically but are not USDA certified. Janeen Wederich, co-owner of Satellite Crêpes, sells crêpes at both the East Side Market and the Westown Farmers Market. She endorsed shopping locally, like at farmers markets because the dollar turns over and stays in the community. “I think buying local is even more important than (buying) organic,” Wederich said. Emily Krueger, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said this was her second time at the East Town Market. “I like buying locally to support the Milwaukee community,” she said. S o m e
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offered advice to those visiting a market for the first time. Bob Petzold, owner of Petzold Farms, is a vendor at the East Town Market. “Come early,” Petzold said. “Each person has different qualities and different prices.” “Look for quality products,” Thao said. “Look for things that will last.” For the best advice on product longevity, it’s often wise to ask farmers or producers themselves. Produce prices are comparable to those at local grocery stores, and are sometimes lower. A box of four to five medium zucchini sold for an average of $2 at the East Town Market last weekend. A few of Milwaukee’s outdoor farmers markets near Marquette are highlighted below. East Side Green Market Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Oct. 10 Located in the parking lot of Beans and Barley, 1901 E. North Ave. T h e East
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Side Green Market features sellers touting everything from handmade clothing to cucumbers. The market’s official web site lists 15 food vendors and 19 craft vendors, although not all vendors attend each week. It’s a good option for both browsing and grocery shopping. “I come to this market because it is my favorite part of town,” said Byron Jackson, owner of Man’s Best Friend, a gourmet hot sauce company. “I like the energy of the East Side.” Rachel Muza, who makes dresses under the name Owl Eyes Clothing and Design, sells them at the East Side Green Market with her mother, Linda Muza. “It is good for people watching,” Muza said. “I make the dresses, she makes the bags, all out of recycled materials.” East Town Market Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. through October Cathedral Square Park, 520 E. Wells St. More than 80 Wisconsin farmers, craftsmen, bakers and chefs make up the East Town Market, according to its Web site, making it the largest of the four listed. It also kicks off earliest, making it great for the rare college student who doesn’t sleep in on weekends. Unique to this market is “Battle of the Chefs,” where four chefs from four different restaurants compete against each other to make the perfect dish
for judges. They’re given $50 to purchase ingredients from the market. “Every chef is given four mystery ingredients,” said Brendan Moore, general manager of Fratello’s Waterfront Restaurant, 102 N. Water St. All four ingredients must be used, which can be daunting, considering past competitions have featured peanut butter, chicken livers and ground buffalo. Outdoor Urban Market Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Oct. 17 Located outside the Milwaukee Public Market, 400 N. Water St. The smallest of the four markets, the outdoor Urban Market sells mostly art, jewelry and handicrafts rather than produce and food like the others. On Aug. 29, only three vendors were selling at the market. Rachelle Gerbasi sells 100 percent soy wax candles here that she makes in her home studio. She said six to 10 vendors sell at this market each Saturday. Westown Farmers Market Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Oct. 28 Located in Zeidler Union Square, 301 W. Michigan St. Westown Farmers Market, the closest to Marquette’s campus, offers cheese, flowers, produce, prepared foods, art, jewelry and more. It hosts various types of entertainment throughout the market season, including chef demonstrations, live music and a pumpkin carving event on Oct. 28.
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Microwave Raspberry Sauce
Laura’s Recipe
of the Week with Laura Bulgrin
You will need: 1 pint fresh raspberries 3 tablespoons sugar, possibly more to taste 1 teaspoon honey 3-4 drops lemon juice (optional)
This seasonal recipe is great for those living in dorms or apartments. It requires only a microwave, bowl, fork and a few ingredients. Fresh raspberries can be purchased at most of the markets above. The berries generally sell out early and will only be available for a few more weeks, weather pending. Method: 1. In a medium-sized microwave safe bowl, add the berries and sugar. 2. Mash berries with the fork about 15 times. Stir until evenly incorporated. 3. Place bowl with berries and sugar in the microwave on high for 4 to 6 minutes. Watch the bowl to prevent boil-over. 4. Cool sauce. Stir in lemon juice and honey. Add more sugar if desired.
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scene? Stand up!
All sorts of funny welcome at Mikey’s By Jessie Mahne jessica.mahne@marquette.edu
It’s 8 p.m. on a Tuesday night and Mikey’s Skylight Room, 811 N. Jefferson St., is booming with laughter and energy. The dim lighting, smooth rock music and perfectly prepared food and drink not only make the audience of about 30 feel instantly comfortable, but also make them wonder why they haven’t come here to watch comedy before. This feeling is good if this is your first time performing solo in front of a live audience. This feeling is good when you have a new joke ready to be released into the wild and matched with a true audience reaction. This feeling is good if you’re a college kid who lives to entertain others and who dreams of working alongside professional comedians. This feeling is The Stand Up at Mikey’s Skylight Room.
Wes Shaver, creator and pro- as Shaver’s, every type of humor ducer of The Stand Up, intro- is appreciated. duced the idea to Mikey’s almost Geoff LaFleur was the featured a year ago. comic last week. “Wes approached me and did it “Without a doubt, all styles the right way,” explained General are welcome. That’s the good Manager Noah Heaney. “We just thing about it,” LaFleur said. He gave him a stage and room and followed Shaver’s hilarious old said, ‘Go to town.’ Everything school set with a high energy, else has been his artistic tweak on self-deprecating act about his unwhat he thinks is a great room and canny resemblance to Brett Favre a great restaurant.” and Toby from “The Office.” Shaver said the Milwaukee “It’s a little bit more expericomedy scene is too limited, es- mental of a place, a little bit more pecially for college-aged comics. intimate,” LaFleur said. “This is “It’s hard for young people to a place where you can just try find opportunities; this is why I out new stuff and get some stage created this,” explained Shaver. time.” “We’re offering a great space, Not only is The Stand Up great awesome food, cocktails and an for Mikey’s, but it’s also helpful awesome atmosphere for any to the talented yet little-known kind of comedian.” Milwaukee comedy scene. And he really means any kind “Milwaukee is a little bit behind of comedian. culturally,” Nick Kosevich, bar The lineup on Tuesday, Aug. 25 manager and director of enterwas filled with variety. Shaver tainment and nightlife at Mikey’s purposely presents four comics explained. “I was a stand-up cowith completely median for two years, different styles Some clubs only so I’m stoked to have for every show comedy here.” so people are not want a Mitch And that is what’s bored with only Hedburg, a Dane most important about one type of hu- Cook. We want The Stand Up. It’s mor. meant to be a place “Some clubs everyone. for aspiring Milwauonly want a Mitch kee comics to have a Wes Shaver place to play and to Hedberg, a Dane Cook. We want Creator/Producer, The Stand Up experience sharing everyone,” Shavthe stage with proer said, who perfessional travelling formed that night as well. Shaver comics. studied theater at Cardinal Stritch “The initial goal of this show University and developed a clas- is always going to be for young sic “old school” type of humor people to get opportunity, and to which is hard to find anywhere, always have a nice blend of vetlet alone in a mid-twenties profes- erans and new people,” Shaver sional. But to a crowd as diverse said. “Mikey’s is a room for ev-
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‘This place, quite frankly, is boss’ Molly Gamble Milwaukee, I think I’ve fallen for you. Over the years, this city has earned some major heartstrings and living at home for three months plucked them big time. Don’t get me wrong, there were some pleasant distractions, like Chicago baseball, “(500) Days of Summer,” a job I loved and even a vacation in Spain. But, still, I really missed you. There’s a famous bar in Chicago called The Hideout, surrounded by factories and the City of Chicago Fleet Management Facility. It’s not so much hipster as it is working class, which is beautiful. The Hideout extends a warm welcome to both city workers and artsy folk, and the place looks like it may fall apart with the next lake effect snow. It has stuffed fish on plywood walls with fake wood grains. They serve $1 cans of Old Style and good bands, artists, writers and talent walk in the door every time you turn around. The place, quite frankly, is boss. This criteria alone is enough to love a place, but it’s The Hideout’s compatibility with Milwaukee that seals the deal. As I sat in the room lit by Christmas lights, I thought of how Milwaukee and The Hideout would be friends. They have a lot in common: no frills, no pretensions. It’s a place where snobbery goes to die. I love it when a bar is more famous
for its authenticity and blue-collar feel than the drink specials. Milwaukee doesn’t really have a bar as well known as The Hideout, maybe because there are too many just like it. There’s a lot to love here, both big and small, and I’m glad to be back. I’ve missed going to shows at Turner Hall where you can sit at a small table with those great little candles flickering all around the room. I’ve missed movies at Downer and Oriental Theaters, two old school venues that beat commercial megaplexes any day of the week. I’ve missed frozen custard, Alterra coffee and Lakefront brews. Now I’m back, throwing darts terribly off-target at Wolski’s while two of my favorite albums of all time play back-to-back throughout the bar. I’m back to marking events in my planner like Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, a band that just made Rolling Stone’s “Artists to Watch” list, playing a show that’ll shake the floorboards at Club Garibaldi, 2501 S. Superior St., for 10 bucks on Saturday. The 10-member band is from California, and their concerts have been compared to folk-rock hippie revivals—listen to the song “Home” and you’ll understand why. I’m looking forward to experiencing how a hippie revival feels in an old Italian bar on Milwaukee’s south side. This city, like The Hideout, isn’t for everyone but is for every one, and that’s cool. I hope this crush doesn’t end, Milwaukee. I have a feeling it won’t, because there will always be more cool restaurants, bands, art and people to fuel the fire. It’s good to be back. molly.gamble@marquette.edu
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Refined Haggerty shows off Pop Art No experience needed to participate in museum’s programs By Kaleigh Ward kaleigh.ward@marquette.edu
The Haggerty Museum of Art has much to offer students this semester. Facilities Services completed maintenance and repair work over the summer, and two lively exhibitions are currently on display. Museum staff has also worked to reinstate student programs, such as Student Fridays, this year. Lynne Shumow, the museum’s curator of education, said Student Fridays will be starting again on Sept. 25. “It is a program that I sponsor with Art Club,” Shumow said. “Three Fridays in a row we hold free drawing classes for students from 1 to 3 p.m.” Shumow said participants don’t need former experience, as the instructor is a recent graduate of Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and can work with students of different skill levels. “This is a good way for students to get to know the museum,” Shumow said. “We found that the hands-on projects were really exciting.” Student Fridays will be held at the Haggerty Museum of Art on Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and Oct. 9. The program is open to all Marquette students and instructed by Jeff Sama. Interested students can contact Lynne Shumow to register. The museum is currently displaying two exhibitions that are particularly attractive to younger visitors. “Jump Cut Pop” features works from different artists and was inspired by the Pop Art Movement. The followers of this movement fuse and collage various images to comment on a wide variety of issues and to draw subtle comparisons. The Haggerty’s Director, Walter Mason, said the recent repair work helped draw visitors’ attention to the artwork. “We hope everyone is now looking at the art instead of the building, and that is what we’ve noticed so far,” Mason said.
Mason said the current exhibitions are tremendous and the video on display knocks students out. Works in “Jump Cut Pop” were created from the mid-1960s to 2008, and some were drawn from the museum’s permanent collection. Shumow said a number of the works contain some potent political and social messages. “Martha Rosler is a very big war activist, and the exhibition shows the work she started in the 1960s and completed recently,” Shumow said. Shumow said Rosler’s first work is based on the Vietnam War and the more recent work is based on the Iraq War. Rosler’s juxtaposition of the two presents some striking similarities and suggests the same things are happening over and over, Shumow said. “Jump Cut Pop” also features works by Eduardo Paolozzi, Tadanori Yokoo, Jane Hammond, Cliff Evans and Nobu Fukui. The exhibition will show until October 4. Another print-based exhibition on display is titled “Whatever is There is a Truth,” which is comprised of Robert Rauschenberg’s prints. Though Rauschenberg’s works display characteristics of Pop Art, he did not subscribe to any particular art movement. “This is a series of prints we recently acquired,” Shumow said. “The bulk is based on the ‘Stoned Moon’ series that he did when the Apollo Mission went to the moon.” Shumow said there have been many positive reactions to the exhibitions, and those that spend time viewing tend to notice the political and social content of the works. Jerry Kohn, assistant director of Facilities Services, acted as project manager for the work completed at the Haggerty this summer. He said the project was completed in one month and consisted mostly of refinishing most of the gallery floor and repainting many of the museum’s walls. “I think the museum staff and the director were happy with the results, it helped brighten up the gallery, which had become a little dark over time,” Kohn said. Museum staff highly encourage students to discover what the museum has to offer. “I think if students just walk in the door they’d be surprised,” Shumow said. “We’re here for the students, it’s their museum.”
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“Jump Cut Pop,” currently on display, features works inspired by the Pop Art Movement, some with political and social messages.