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he prevalence of people being poisoned by lead in their homes has recently gained widespread attention in Milwaukee with definitive remedies still at bay. Those impacted by lead here and elsewhere are disproportionately people of color. Nonetheless, lead toxicity is just one issue relating to what’s termed Environmental Justice.

Other issues include access to healthy food, green spaces, trails, transit, swimmable water, deep-well pools, safe housing and healthy air quality. Numerous groups and individuals here are focused on one or more environmental justice issues. In seeking solutions, starting points include documenting inequities and increasing community awareness—especially among people with the power to help fix such problems.

The environmental justice movement began in the 1980s, following studies revealing that a disproportionate number of polluting industries, power plants and waste disposal areas were located in communities with high ratios of people of color or lower incomes. Advocates sought to ensure fair distribution of environmental burdens among all people regardless of their background. Those addressing environmental injustice invariably say its roots are complex and intertwined with racism and segregation. In hyper-segregated Milwaukee County, the challenges can be daunting. Tackling them requires many-pronged approaches, and efforts often overlap.

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Numerous scholars and students at UWMilwaukee have been conducting research about environmental justice. The Milwaukee Environmental Justice Lab at UWM is a “multidisciplinary consortium of university and community scholars engaged in documentation, analysis and action on difficult environmental issues facing our communities.” Ryan Holifield, associate professor of geography at UWM, is the lead editor of the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice, a 2017 collection of 50 original articles contributed by more than 90 leading scholars.

According to Arijit Sen, a professor in UWM’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning, “Environmental justice claims need to be supported by clear evidence and an explanatory process. There are three forms of EJ claims: procedural, distributive and claims of recognition.” In this context, recognition refers to the political struggle for the acceptance and respect for “difference” in terms of ethnicity, age, gender and so forth.

Students doing research through Sen’s Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School directly engage with people within communities being studied. They gain first-hand knowledge about how and why “some people do not have a voice or power to influence decisions being made” that affect their daily lives and health. “Because the roots of environmental injustices tend to be structural, procedural and historical, individuals often have difficulty understanding how they can help make needed changes,” Sen says.

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August Marie Ball has been connecting people in Milwaukee to green jobs and hands-on service to public lands for 14 years. Ball works with youth and ecologically focused organizations to “create equitable pipelines and policies that promote diversity, inclusion and retention of people of color in the environmental field.”

Initially, she coordinated Milwaukee’s chapter of the Conservation Student Association, a national nonprofit organization, until local funding dried up. She then worked as Milwaukee County Parks’ community engagement coordinator for about two years. Ball now leads Cream City Conservation and Consulting. The Urban Ecology Center was one of the first organizations locally to enlist August’s support in developing equitable programming.

Speaking about environmental justice at a recent local Sierra Club meeting, Ball said that white people still hold 97% of leadership positions in green organizations. Overall, those employed in green jobs still overwhelmingly identify as white. According to Ball, it will take more than good intentions to change those stubborn statistics: “Genius is equally distributed.

Access is not.”

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Accepted but inaccurate narratives must also be debunked, said Ball, who describes her background as “part black, part Choctaw and part ‘regular,’” humorously referencing whiteness as the norm. Green 2.0, a 2014 national report on the lack of diversity in the mainstream environmental movement, identified “unconscious bias, discrimination and insular recruiting” as the top three barriers to increased diversity.

One “myth” expressed by white people is that “people of color are just not interested in working for environmental organizations or don’t have the relevant skills.” In fact, Ball said, a key limiting factor is that most organizations primarily recruit talent through referrals. She asked Sierra Club attendees to each think of five people they see regularly not related to them. “How similar are the demographics of those people to your own?

A key drawback of networking is that most people’s associates are clones of themselves.”

Although that’s normal—an aspect of “tribal safety”—Ball said it’s not conducive to promoting diversity. Growing a more-inclusive work force requires going beyond usual networking and ways of thinking about difference. “We must be actively anti-racist. It’s not enough to think racism is bad.”

Ball said another myth is that “Black and brown people are too busy being poor to care about the environment.” Extensive research data reveals that they actually care more.” That includes passing down generational knowledge and indigenous lore. Also, throughout history, African Americans have been at the center of environmentalism. Brenda Coley and Kirsten Shead, co-executive directors of Milwaukee Water Commons, recently outlined the contributions of some of those leaders in an op-ed in Urban Milwaukee. Historic figures include George Washington Carver, Harriet Tubman and Charles Young, while nationally recognized leaders today include “Planet Walker” John Francis and Milwaukee’s urban-agriculturalist Will Allen.

Rethinking Mainstream Environmentalism David Thomas, coordinator of the Sierra Club’s Great Waters Group and Nearby Nature project, summarizes some of the club’s racial blind spots relative to membership, mission and priorities. He says the organization was founded in 1892 to “provide outings for wealthy white men. Our group must now create inclusive relationships or become irrelevant.” To increase awareness about environmental justice issues, Thomas encourages members of the predominantly white group to “patiently build authentic relationships, not be missionaries.” He recommended self-study of white privilege and reading books such as

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White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo. When thinking about any injustice, such as barriers to accessing green space, he said, “We need to ask, ‘Who created this problem?’ and ‘Whose responsibility is it to fix it?’”

Sierra Club’s Nearby Nature is an environmental justice and equity initiative “to build healthier and more resilient communities everywhere.” Six local campaigns were funded in 2018 across the U.S. The club’s Great Waters Group is focusing its efforts in neighborhoods stressed by poverty and racial injustice, particularly in Milwaukee’s 30th Street Corridor and Lincoln Creek Greenway. Nearby Nature is currently redefining its mission given its new relationship with the Midwest Environmental Consortium.

Thomas also cites a 2017 study by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy titled Reconnecting Milwaukee: A BikeAble Study of Opportunity, Equity and Connectivity. It revealed that “Milwaukee’s exemplary trails, including the Oak Leaf Trail and Hank Aaron Trail, serve as critical infrastructure for city residents, connecting communities and offering transportation and recreation benefits to those who use them. But the benefits that trails bring are not equitably shared…”

Neighborhoods experiencing inequality in Milwaukee—“those where a concentration of the population lives under the poverty line, is unemployed, does not have a high school degree, does not own a vehicle and is either African American or Hispanic—disproportionately lack access to biking and walking facilities,” the study found. That lack affects access to employment centers and schools as well, not just recreation. A coalition led by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s Route of the Badger project began meeting in 2017 to focus on the long-term goal of a “Rails-WithTrail” recreational trail along the 30th Street Corridor.

Dealing with the dire consequences of lead poisoning has spurred numerous local interventions. Dominican Center, a community development organization based in the Amani neighborhood, recently partnered with Hunger Task Force on a campaign titled “Well-Fed Means Less Lead.” It focused on increasing awareness about lead issues and knowledge of measures to prevent and deal with toxicity, including by eating foods that slow the rate of absorption of lead. The campaign included radio, TV and billboard ads to build awareness. The Dominican Center is now working to install filters on faucets in Amani homes that have lead-based laterals.

These efforts are just a few among many focused on environmental inequities in Milwaukee. Achieving the goal of environmental justice will require the collaborative engagement, creativity and political will of many.

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udahy may be famous for bacon, industry and bars, but the working-class city just south of Milwaukee is steadily attracting young professionals and business owners. According to city officials and politicians, Cudahy’s affordable housing, proximity to Lake Michigan and Downtown Milwaukee and nearby freeway access appeal to residents and business owners.

The average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Cudahy ranges from $850-$1,000 per month, compared with Bay View’s $1,500, according to Brian Biernat, Cudahy director of economic development and zoning and inspections.

“We are seeing a significant increase in interest from small arts-and-crafts entrepreneurs that are getting priced out of Bay View,” he says. “Right now, the affordability factor is definitely working in our favor.”

Among those entrepreneurs is Nick Woods, a member of the Milwaukee punk band, Direct Hit. Last month, Woods and a handful of investors opened X-Ray Arcade, a live music venue and mini arcade, which they opened in the former Metal Grille and Vnuk’s Lounge at 5036 S. Packard Ave.. In November, local artist Madeline Glaspey announced plans to open an art school and gallery in a former Cudahy funeral home at 3701 E. Layton Ave. Residents Miranda Kay Levy and her husband, Michael Adler, purchased a 100-year-old home in Cudahy about a year ago, a decision both are happy with.

“Surprisingly, it was bigger than most houses we looked at in Milwaukee [and was] half the price; and it had a garage! It was like the opposite of sticker shock,” Levy says, adding that she enjoys patronizing the city’s businesses, including nearby thrift stores and small corner bars and restaurants. With nearby Bay View’s home prices steadily increasing, Adler says, “Moving into Cudahy wasn’t just a smart decision for us today, but it was an investment in what Cudahy could be like in the future.” The couple have a 3-yearold son and Adler, who grew up on Milwaukee’s South Side, wants him to grow up in “a diverse, working-class neighborhood” similar to his own.

Finding quality daycare has not been a problem.

“We could have been part of the ‘white flight’ to the suburbs, but I wanted to make sure [my son] wasn’t insulated from the things that I love about the city,” he says.

Renaissance on Packard Avenue

Several years ago, Packard Avenue, Cudahy’s downtown area, underwent a $3 million renovation, which included adding plants and bioswales (a sort of channel implemented to manage storm water and protect it from pollutants), according to Cudahy First District Alderman Justin Mo8 | MARCH 7, 2019

ralez. Biernat adds that the city “wants to provide for new retail development opportunities.”

Efforts will focus on shrinking retail space for properties at Packard Plaza and the soon-to-be former Kmart (6077 S. Packard Ave.) and adding residential buildings instead.

The five-year non-expenditure—or “coolingoff” period—of Tax Incremental District #1 (implemented in 1994), has put a strain on Cudahy’s financial resources, Biernat says. Since 2016, the city has been unable to use these funds.

Changes made in 2017 to state law allow the city to create an environmental Tax Incremental District (TID). “A TID is a very efficient way,

CUDAHY MAYOR JOHN HOHENFELDT SAYS THE CITY IS STRIVING TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES WITH INCENTIVES, INCLUDING SUBSIDIZED RENT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. “WE’RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS SUPPORT THESE SMALL BUSINESSES,” HE EXPLAINS. in terms of a financial mechanism, to deal with infrastructure cost,” Biernat continues. Cudahy has applied for a $750,000-$1 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency, and Biernat is optimistic the city will receive the grant, “which will assist the city with ongoing planning requirements and brownfield (land specifically developed for industry use) remediation.”

Over the decades, Cudahy has faced its share of economic challenges. Many big box stores on one of the city’s main streets—including J.C Penney’s in Packard Plaza (5656 S. Packard Ave.), Pick ’n’ Save (5851 S. Packard Ave.)

and Kmart—have closed or will close. City officials maintain that several factors have led to a decrease in retail services. Moralez says that, since 1970, the city’s population has dropped by more than 4,000, in large part to manufacturing job losses. “This overall diminishes support for local retail services,” he says.

Also, many of Cudahy’s buildings, some of which are a century old, need significant renovation, compared to newer buildings in Greenfield, Franklin and Oak Creek, Moralez says.

According to Oak Creek Mayor Dan Bukiewicz, one of the economic advantages Oak Creek has over Cudahy is the amount of land available for development, whereas Cudahy’s land is fully developed. “In other words, we had clean slates,” he says. Businesses and healthcare facilities in the area, including Associated Bank and Aurora Health Care, along with hotels and newer residential buildings, spurred demand for the recently built Drexel Town Square complex and IKEA store in Oak Creek.

Like Cudahy, Oak Creek is located on Lake Michigan but is also directly accessible by freeway, bringing in visitors from all over the Metro Milwaukee area. But to compare Oak Creek to Cudahy would be unfair, the mayor emphasizes.

Both South Shore suburbs “have their own identity. We don’t have to all be the same,” Bukiewicz says. The area “has so many things to offer.” However, Bukiewicz feels that Oak Creek can serve as a model to other South Shore communities which hope to increase business development. “We work very hard to listen to our citizens as to what they hope to see in the city,” he adds. “We view our comprehensive plan closely and review it regularly.”

Signs of a Progressive Future

Currently, Cudahy is home to a number of thriving small businesses, including City Lounge, Cudahy Pancake House, Jen’s Sweet Treats and Cudahy Burger Joint. Recently, the Milwaukee Transit Archives Museum moved to 4763 S. Packard Ave., a space that was vacant for more than five years. Cudahy Mayor John Hohenfeldt says the city is striving to attract new businesses with incentives, including subsidized rent for business owners over a period of years.

“We’re trying to make sure our residents support these small businesses,” he explains.

Since 2013, three businesses, including Lala’s Mexican Restaurant, have received $50,000 grants from the city’s retail incentive program.

Lala’s owner, Alicia Guerra, plans to build a new restaurant to replace her current location at 3470 E. Layton Ave. to land owned by the city’s Community Development Authority, reported Hohenfeldt, which is at Layton and Packard Avenues. Guerra has presented the city with a letter of intent good through March. “As leader of a local government, I’d rather work with an existing business than have another dark storefront,” says Hohenfeldt.

Moralez believes that recent laws protecting LGBTQ rights—including one banning the detrimental practice known as “conversion therapy”—signal a progressive future for the city. “We really have a change of the guard in Cudahy, so to speak. Moves like this transition a new era,” he says.

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ANTIBIOTICS AND DENTAL PROCEDURES Dear Dr. Murphy,

I had been going to the same clinic for the past 35 years until recently. I never had to take an antibiotic prior to prophylaxis until the last time I was there exactly a year ago. They refused to treat me, even though they hinted (not demanded) that this could be coming during my last four visits. The demand started about the same time a new dentist bought the practice from the retiring dentist.

I can’t take Amoxicillin due to an allergic reaction. I had taken Clindamycin on a couple of occasions, albeit reluctantly, due to an abscess prior to a root canal. I don’t like taking pills to begin with, let alone being forced to take them because they might be nice to have. Due to the new antibiotic crisis (because of “super-bugs”), I have read that the ADA, etc. no longer recommend taking antibiotics for pretreatment prior to prophylaxis for most patients. But even so, I was told to get a prescription for antibiotics from the last doctor I had seen as they don’t write prescriptions for them! I stopped at one dentist’s office recently, asking what their antibiotics policy is.

It read like a page out of an old textbook. Even though the ADA has been releasing the new findings and recommendations periodically, nobody seems to be getting the message.

I got a new shoulder exactly one year ago, and I know the orthopedic association is starting to adopt the same policy as the ADA regarding prophylaxis. My shoulder doctor is oldschool and not quite ready to go along with the latest methods.

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So, basically, I’m between a rock and a hard place right now. I need to line up a new dentist.

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Thanks in advance for your opinion. I can definitely understand that this has been frustrating for you, and you’re right, many of the guidelines are based on old studies and recommendations. In general, over the last several years, there has been a trend AWAY from antibiotic prophylaxis before dental procedures. In the past, patients with a history of some orthopedic surgeries and cardiac conditions were required to take a dose of antibiotics one hour before any dental treatment that might introduce bacteria into the blood stream. The previous thinking was that the antibiotics would prevent any bacteria in the blood from resulting in infection of the joint or heart.

More current studies have considered the potential of antibiotic resistance and the actual numbers of infections that have been attributed to dental procedures. For most patients, we now DO NOT require antibiotics to be taken before dental appointments. However, it is not a black-and-white decision; many factors must be considered. For instance, is the patient immune compromised, a poorly controlled diabetic, do they have a previous history of joint infection and are they taking any other medications that could increase their risk?

In your situation, it is the orthopedic surgeon that I would look to regarding any question about the necessity of antibiotics before dental treatment. As a dentist, I don’t have detailed information on the surgery, the health of the joint or if there were any issues with healing. If the surgeon’s office

confirms that the patient does not need to pre-medicate, then I am comfortable proceeding. I have had offices simply fax me a letter stating that antibiotics are not required, and I have also had cases where, because of extenuating circumstances, they DID recommend antibiotics. It would be extremely unusual for a dentist to be unwilling to follow this recommendation.

I would call your surgeon and explain the situation. Even if he is “old-school,” he is the one best positioned to determine your risk for infection.

Unfortunately, if your surgeon says you need the antibiotics, then your dentist is also “between and rock and a hard place.” If you were to have dental work completed without the antibiotics that the surgeon recommended, and it resulted in infection, your dentist would be responsible.

Ultimately, it is your health (and your shoulder). You may find that there is no need to expose yourself to extra medication, or you might find that the benefits outweigh the risks in protecting your new joint!

-Dr. Stephanie Murphy

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Laughing Liberally Milwaukee is a monthly progressive political comedy show hosted by comedian, satirist and progressive talk radio host Matthew Filipowicz. This month’s show features Vickie Lynn, Marcos Lara, Stevie Leigh Crutcher, David Schendlinger, Kristin Lytie and sketch comedy groups Broadminded Comedy and The Accountants Of Homeland Security.

Talking About Race: How Power and Privilege Shape Public Discourse @ Shorewood Public Library (3920 N. Murray Ave.), 6:30-8 p.m.

Sue Robinson, author of Networked News, Racial Divides: How Power and Privilege Shape Public Discourse in Progressive Communities, will speak about the obstacles to public dialogues surrounding racial inequality and opportunities for better discourse in mid-sized, liberal cities.

Friday, March 8

‘Say Her Name’ Screening @ King Drive Commons Art Gallery (2775 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), 6-9 p.m.

To celebrate International Women’s Day and the Global Women’s Strike, Welfare Warriors, a local nonprofit, will host a screening of Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland at the King Drive Commons Art Gallery. A panel discussion will follow the screening.

Saturday, March 9

Citizen Action of Wisconsin Co-Op Assembly @ Candelas Bar (2537 W. National Ave.), 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

The theme of Citizen Action of Wisconsin’s winter assembly is “A State Budget for All,” where the group will launch their push for progressive issues in 2019. Co-op members and supporters will discuss the fight for a state budget that works for all and the effort to elect a fair Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.

Every Saturday from noon-1 p.m., concerned citizens join with Peace Action of Wisconsin to protest war and, literally, “Stand for Peace.” Signs will be provided for those who need them. Protesters are encouraged to stick around for conversation and coffee afterward.

Laughing Liberally @ ComedySportz Milwaukee (420 S. First St.), 8-10 p.m.

Sunday, March 10

Milwaukee Budget Action Workshop @ Wisconsin Black Historical Society (2620 W. Center St.), 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

At this half-day workshop, participants will learn about how the budget process works, as well as how to testify before the Joint Finance Committee, create an effective personal narrative, build teams and develop tactics to create long-term change.

Judge Lisa Neubauer Meet & Greet @ Casablanca Brookfield (17800 W. Bluemound Road), 6-8 p.m.

Judge Lisa Neubauer will hold a meet and greet at the Brookfield Casablanca location as she continues her campaign to become the next justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The event is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted but are not required.

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How to Save Social Security for Everybody ::BY JOEL MCNALLY

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ocial Security is the most popular government program in the history of American democracy as a result of its overwhelming success in fulfilling Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s promise that it would protect Americans from a “poverty-ridden old age.”

That’s why I was surprised when I began teaching at UW-Milwaukee, a few years ago, and I learned many young adults today don’t believe they’ll receive any Social Security benefits when they reach retirement age. Why wouldn’t the government’s most successful and popular program, now 84 years old, still be around for them?

It wasn’t difficult to trace the source of that bleak pessimism. Many had bought into the dark, apocalyptic future then being peddled by one of their state’s most prominent politicians, Republican Congressman Paul Ryan.

As House budget chairman, Ryan repeatedly created draconian budgets slashing Social Security, Medicare and other social programs benefitting all Americans. He argued their increasing costs were producing unsustainable budget deficits destroying the American economy.

Everyone now knows Ryan reversed himself in his final term in Congress after Republicans elected President Trump. House Speaker Ryan enthusiastically championed the largest increase in deficit spending in U.S. history, a $1.5 trillion Republican tax cut going overwhelmingly to multimillion-dollar corporations, millionaires and billionaires.

Ryan then retired from Congress leaving it up to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to raise the new Republican argument for slashing Social Security and Medicare to reduce rising budget deficits resulting from those enormous tax cuts. Republicans don’t have any problem with government programs creating budget deficits as long as the benefits go to their wealthy friends.

‘Saving’ Social Security is Easy

When I found out college students were concerned Social Security wouldn’t exist in the future because of the cost, I enjoyed showing them mathematically how easy it was to adjust Social Security payroll taxes so there would be plenty of money for them. And most of them wouldn’t have to pay a dime more during their lifetimes. I began by writing a dollar figure on the board. The number changed slightly each year. For 2019, it would SHEPHERD EXPRESS

be $132,900. That’s this year’s Social Security payroll tax cap. That means everyone in the U.S. has to pay Social Security taxes on the first $132,900 of their income. It also means the overwhelming majority of working Americans have to pay Social Security taxes on 100% of their income.

But not everyone, of course, in this American age of extreme income inequality. We won’t actually know Donald Trump’s annual income until a House investigating committee gains access to president’s tax returns to learn how Trump’s presidency is filling his own pockets. But during a 2016 debate with Hillary Clinton, Trump said his previous year’s income was $694 million. If that is true—which is always questionable whenever Trump speaks—Trump would have paid this year’s total contribution to Social Security in the first 40 minutes of the year.

Focusing on the payroll cap always led to a class discussion about why there was any payroll cap at all on Social Security taxes.

Why should most ordinary Americans be required to pay Social Security taxes on all their income while the wealthiest paid those taxes on only a tiny fraction of their income? Both liberal and conservative students questioned the fundamental fairness of that. The slogan of a growing movement among Social Security activists is simply “Scrap the Cap.” Current Democratic bills to reform Social Security taxes by Connecticut Congressman John Larson in the House and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Senate keep current caps, but then resume collecting Social Security taxes again on higher incomes to include extreme wealth. Larson’s bill would start taxing for Social Security again on incomes over $400,000. Sanders’ bill would start Social Security taxes again at $250,000 and also apply to stock dividends and capital gains, recognizing the super wealthy often receive more from those sources than from payroll income.

Since Democrats won control of the House, the national political conversation is no longer limited only to issues Republicans want to discuss publicly. That’s why voters now have one representative body of Congress not only discussing universal background checks for gun purchases and whether President Trump can spend billions of tax dollars Congress refused to appropriate, but actually voting “Yes” on background checks and “No” on presidential tyranny.

Now, the national conversation on the future of Social Security is no longer confined to doomsday scenarios from Paul Ryan about a bankrupt system turning America into a smoldering economic ruin. Instead, it’s now about how to adjust Social Security taxes to include millionaires and billionaires so benefits can be increased for all retirees, including younger workers whose companies no longer provide pensions that once supplemented retirement income.

There is absolutely no reason democracy’s most successful program protecting Americans from a “poverty-ridden old age” shouldn’t continue into infinity and beyond.

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hen Pat Wilborn learned about aquaponics 12 years ago, it opened his eyes to a sustainable way of farming and he knew immediately that this was something he wanted to pursue. “I bought into the concept and decided it was time to give something back,” says Wilborn.

He and his wife, Amy Otis-Wilborn, first built a small aquaponics model in their home in Port Washington, and after refining the process, they eventually built a 3,500-gallon aquaponics system called Port Fish. The nonprofit has a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model and also sells their larger fish to local restaurants. But most importantly, Pat Wilborn explains, the farm is a teaching device.

Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture (fish farming) and hydroponics (farming without soil). The system works in a cycle: Fish create waste, which is then used to fertilize the water where the plants grow. When the plants take in those nutrients, they clean the water, which in turn is transferred back to the fish tanks. Or as Wilborn states: “You feed the fish, they create waste, plants grow.” Simple enough.

It’s hugely beneficial for the environment because it conserves water, fertilizes plants with natural fertilizer, has no run-off into rivers and lakes, and the list goes on. But unfortunately, aquaponics is not used on a large commercial scale despite the environmental benefits because it is expensive, something that the Wilborns realized when they started their first aquaponics experiment. They make some revenue with their CSA and restaurant fish sales, but they continue to put money into their organization to keep it running. The Wilborns, however, look at their venture in a different way. “It’s not a money-making opportunity,” says Wilborn, “but an opportunity to expand the capacity of knowledge.”

Traditional agriculture techniques must adapt to our changing climate, and people need to be educated about possible solutions. That is why the Wilborns and James Godsil of the Sweet Water Foundation (a supporter of Port Fish) strongly believe that aquaponics should be taught in schools. Port Fish has been working with the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) and Johnson Controls to install an aquaponics system in Browning Elementary School. Located in the greenhouse on the school grounds, the small garden is expected to be finished next month and incorporated into the curriculum. Pat Wilborn’s intention is to help the school staff be self-sufficient in terms of maintaining the garden. The greenhouse allows the students to get out of the classroom and learn by getting their hands dirty—literally. “They have to get over the fact that they don’t know anything about it and just start poking it,” says Wilborn. When the children are physically involved in the growing process, they get a chance to see where their food comes from and how to lead healthy lifestyles.

Aquaponics has given Pat and Amy a healthier outlook on life and encouraged them to change their diets to whole-food and plant-based diets. In 12 years, they have built a sustainable farm, a strong connection to their community and a space for learning. Wilborn smiles while standing in his greenhouse and says, “The people that come through here benefit, I benefit, the community benefits.”

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Positive Energy, Social Ambiance at Bay View Clubhouse ::BY SHEILA JULSON

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ay View Clubhouse, a cannabidiol (CBD) shop and lounge, is the brainchild of Melissa Freytes, who had a vision to open a business that was more than just a CBD store. Freytes had sustained nerve damage from an injury that occurred five years ago, and during most of that time she had been prescribed strong medications that made her feel high and unable to function—and she still felt pain. She used CBD to help ease painful inflammation, and she knew CBD could possibly help others struggling with physical and mental health issues.

Freytes shared her business idea with long-time family friend Chela Maldonado, who heard about CBD, became curious and wanted in. Freytes and Maldonado opened Bay View Clubhouse Feb. 2 at 2481 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., in a storefront in the Avalon Theater building. Freytes, a Bay View resident, liked the building and wanted to keep her new business close to home. Her parents also own property in the area.

“Because this is a safe haven, I wanted to give it a home-like feel,” Freytes says of the relaxing space that embodies organic, feng shui harmony, decorated with soft hues, a couch, a natural wood coffee table, plants and two large screen TVs. There’s a table for Sunday game nights and snack dispensers on the walls.

“It’s a safe space where people can come in and talk to other people,” Maldonado adds. “We want them to learn about our CBD products, but we also want to serve as a resource for people struggling with mental health issues and have information available for them.”

Bay View Clubhouse carries CBD tinctures and muscle gels from Milwaukeebased Allay; Dousman-based Green Crown Extracts’ full spectrum CBD oil; Green Roads’ CBD-infused tea and coffee; CBD for Life cosmetics and pain relief products, including pain spray, lip balm, eye cream and shampoo; and Suzie’s Pet Treats, formulated to relieve arthritis and anxiety. They also have flavored pre-rolls, syrup, gummies and snacks.

Maldonado said they plan to add more items, particularly locally sourced and rare products not found at other CBD retail outlets. They are in the process of compiling a lab book, so customers can review the content and sources of their products.

Although there’s been minimal research done in the United States to prove the human health benefits of CBD, Freytes and Maldonado concur that word-of-mouth has been the most powerful tool in promoting CBD as an alternative to addictive prescription painkillers, with no side effects. With Wisconsin’s hemp industry taking hold, along with Congress legalizing hemp through passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, they’re optimistic about hemp’s future but also warn that many people are already jumping on the bandwagon. Several times per week, someone who has started a CBD company and wants Bay View Clubhouse to carry their product approaches them in person or via social media. Maldonado said they turn many of them down due to lack of transparency, and she advises consumers to also use caution and avoid cutting corners by purchasing cheaper grab-and-go CBD products.

“Some people come in here and ask, ‘what should I get?’ But we ask, ‘why are you coming in here? Do you just want to try CBD, or do you have a condition you need help with?’” she says, “Always research your product. If you want quality, you have to pay for quality. Fast food is cheap and convenient, but it’s cheap for a reason. You want to make sure you’re not getting the McDonald’s version of a CBD product.”

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Debunking Five Myths About Cannabis Tony Evers’ plan to decriminalize cannabis and legalize medical marijuana ::BY JEAN-GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

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rohibiting marijuana “doesn’t make our state any stronger or safer, and in the end, it hurts our kids, our families and our communities,” Gov. Tony Evers said in a speech on Monday, Feb. 18. In that same speech, he announced plans to decriminalize possession of 25 grams or less of cannabis for personal consumption, as well as the complete legalization of medical marijuana in the state.

While this is wonderful news, some Wisconsinites might fear potential consequences due to some exceedingly long-lived myths about cannabis/marijuana—some of the most common of which follow.

n Decriminalization (and eventual legalization) means that more people will start consuming cannabis.

Studying the experience of Colorado— which was compiled in an October 2018 government-mandated study called “Impacts of Marijuana Legalization in Colorado”— makes an interesting case against this myth.

Colorado’s government concluded that the state “is not experiencing an increase in youth usage of marijuana,” and due to an increased effort in awareness, “the proportion of students trying marijuana before age 13 went down from 9.2% in 2015 to 6.5% in 2017.” Regardless, along with alcohol, marijuana is one of the most commonly used drugs in the country. The latest federal survey on drug use found that nearly half of the American population used marijuana at least once despite its illegal status; it could hardly be any more popular.

n There will be more DUIs.

As Colorado shows, accepting cannabis as a part of life means that traffic officers can be better trained to detect it, making roads safer.

The percentage of DUIs with “marijuana-only impairment has stayed steady, at around 7%,” according to Colorado’s government, and the state’s “DUI cases overall were down 15%” since cannabis was legalized.

n Crime will increase.

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legalization did not particularly influence crime. Since the legalization of marijuana, the state has seen a significant decline in property crime and a slight increase in violent crime— but both changes are within expected variations and cannot be attributed to cannabis.

n Marijuana is a gateway drug.

“This is a bit unclear, and it’s important to note that the true gateway drugs are alcohol and tobacco. Use of those substances almost always precedes cannabis use,” explains Randall Brown, addiction expert and director of the University of Wisconsin Hospital’s Center for Addictive Disorders. “The vast majority of those who use cannabis do not move on to harder drugs. Mechanisms for that movement through substances are quite complex and involve individual genetic predispositions, environment of upbringing, childhood trauma, abuse, peer network, exposure to drugs and a host of other individual and social factors.”

n Marijuana is addictive.

Marijuana does not cause the same kind of physical addiction that other drugs can, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. It is, however, true that regular users can become dependent on it, as using marijuana is so pleasant that some people habitually use more than is reasonable.

“Cannabis can provide relief from some symptoms of illness,” Brown explains. “Users often report relief from anxiety, and repeated use to relieve those symptoms may create a form of psychological dependence. This occurs in about 8-9% of regular users.” Withdrawal symptoms are very mild, even after decades of heavy daily use: “Symptoms can include nausea, anxiety, insomnia and headaches,” according to Brown. “Symptoms of possible cannabis withdrawal (e.g. irritable or anxious mood, perspiration, nausea and sleep disturbances) have been described in association with the use of very high doses, but their clinical significance is uncertain,” the World Health Organization adds.

Alcohol, on the other hand, causes serious physical addiction. Alcohol withdrawal can cause delirium, seizures, fever, and it can even be fatal, yet it is legal.

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Beef mandu ($8), a Korean dumpling, came six to an order. The filling of ground beef, scallions and vermicelli noodles had a nice tang thanks to chopped kimchi.

They’re steamed before being pan-fried to a light, golden crust. They go well with the black vinegar dipping sauce. Szechuan spicy wontons ($8) are filled with pork, ginger and greens and served in a shallow bowl with bright orange chili oil over the whole thing. There’s also some broth in the bowl, but I’d rather just have had more of the chili oil for a blistering heat. ::BY LACEY MUSZYNSKI Non-dumpling (or dumpling-adjacent) appetizers include Indian samosas ($8), with an onion-heavy potato filling; whole fried chicken wings ($12) with a cumin hen I learned that Tony Ho was opening a dumprub; and fresh spring rolls ($6) with shrimp and pork. Five types of ramen ($13-$14) ling and noodle restaurant, I was eager to get are offered, all with homemade noodles: shoyu, shio, miso, tonkotsu and vegetarthere. He had long been the chef of RuYi, arguably ian shitake. Bowls are large, with an abundance of noodles and chashu pork belly, the best restaurant at the Potawatomi Hotel and which is braised until almost falling apart and sliced thickly.

Casino, especially since chef Jason Gorman left Dream You can get the same springy noodles in yakisoba ($13), a stir fry in a dark, Dance in 2011. Now, chef Ho is at the helm of his own umami-rich sauce, along with a large amount of chashu pork, chicken, beef, tofu or place, Momo Mee, where the din of slot machines has shrimp. Break the fried egg on top to release its runny yolk into the noodles. A bed been exchanged for a simple, Zen-like dining room and bar. of wheat noodles hold a topping of ground pork with Szechuan peppercorns, spicy Dumplings are the star attraction and easily overshadow bean paste and chili oil in dan dan noodles ($12). The pork was sweet, dry and may the noodle and rice dishes (except for one in particular, but I’ll require some salt. Similarly, the curry fried rice ($12) seemingly lacked any salt at all get to that later). Xiao long bao ($12; aka soup dumplings) are (and might need a boost to the curry spices as well). the dumplings everyone is talking about. By my count, this is However, it was also a rice dish that stole the show: salt and pepper shrimp only the second restaurant in the city to offer them. To make ($16). The aroma of garlic that hits you as soon as it reaches your table means your them, dumpling dough is wrapped around a small pork meatball companions may insist on sharing. The sizable portion of large shrimp are plump and chilled pork stock. When steamed, the gelled stock melts, creating a logicwith a pleasing crunch and coated in a light batter speckled with black pepper and defying, soup-filled dumpling.

Szechuan peppercorns. Simple sides of seasoned, steamed bok choy with bits of The xiao long bao, served right from the bamboo steamer, comes with inred pepper and white rice make perfect companions to the flavor-filled shrimp. This structions from your server on how to avoid burning yourself with hot broth if dish will bring you back again and again. you’ve never eaten them before. Honestly, it’s easier than As for beverages, about a dozen sakes are offered, and it sounds: Pick up a dumpling gently, put it in your spoon, the drink menu includes short, helpful descriptions of each nibble a little hole in the top and suck out the broth. Then, Momo Mee one, but if you’d like a personal recommendation on drinks just pop the dumpling wrapper and pork in your mouth.

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Kyle Denton and Serena Marinelli of Tippecanoe Herbs

COMMUNITY HERBALIST PROMOTES FOOD AS MEDICINE ::BY SHEILA JULSON

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yurveda, a holistic healing system developed in India more than 3,000 years ago, theorizes that food is medicine and medicine is food. Herbalist Kyle Denton and his wife, Serena Marinelli, of Tippecanoe Herbs (321 W. National Ave.) know that herbs and wild plants can be beneficial and also taste great.

Denton grew up in Superior, Wis., with an appreciation for nature. He later studied ayurvedic medicine at the now-closed Kanyakumari Ayurveda & Yoga Wellness Center. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In ayurveda, there are lots of herbs from India that arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t around here, so I studied herbs from traditional western herbalism so I could combine both traditions into one landscapeâ&#x20AC;? he said. He began working with clients under Simpler Times Herbs.

Marinelli grew up using herbs in Bergamo, Italy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In Italy, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a different mindset about herbalism. Every small town has an apothecary,â&#x20AC;? she said. She had studied panchakarma, an ayurvedic cleansing and rejuvenating process. She and Denton began making teas and apothecary items, and in 2015, they renamed Simpler Times Herbs to Tippecanoe Herbs; Tippecanoe is a nod to Dentonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthplace of Tippecanoe County, Ind. They sold teas and tinctures at farmers markets before opening a store in Walkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Point in 2017.

The store has an old-time apothecary feel, with wooden shelves lined with jars of herbsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;some familiar and some unusual.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all medicinal herbs,â&#x20AC;? Denton explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some are exotic, and some are kitchen herbs like cinnamon or cayenne. Because the theory of Ayurveda is that food is your medicine, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a whole bunch of herbs you can cook with.â&#x20AC;? Tippecanoe Herbs blends 11 different herbal teas formulated for aiding digestion, preventing colds or improving focus, but Denton keeps them approachable by adding flavorful ginger, cinnamon or peppermint. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I always try to get herbs that have been harvested within this past year so theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re super-fresh and rich in color,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chipotle Chaga Cocoa Mix, an immune system booster, and Adaptogen Roots Brew, a coffee substitute three years in the making. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Herbs called adaptogens are really helpful for adrenal system and easing stress, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really good balance to the effects of coffee,â&#x20AC;? he said. He often mixes Adaptogen Roots Brew with coffee for a satisfying half-and half blend. Flame Cider, their best seller, blends herbs with apple cider vinegar and honey for digestive and immune health. Denton said it makes a good complement to salads or as a marinade to give food that extra medicinal shine.

Tippecanoe Herbs holds workshops at the store during winter, such as Making Your Own Bitters, on March 17. During mild seasons, Denton leads herb walks through wild areas of city parks to highlight wilderness within the city and teach participants how to identify herbs and wild plants. The herb walks begin in April to coincide with Earth Day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You become familiar with these plants, so you can say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;oh, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s my friend, stinging nettle.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; We learn a lot in this beautiful backdrop of the city, and I talk about how to use plants as medicine. I tell stories and make it fun and funny,â&#x20AC;? he said. Once people learn to identify wild plants for culinary and medicinal purposes, they can go to their backyards or wild areas, with permission, to forage responsibly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We also teach people to be ethical and learn to appreciate nature,â&#x20AC;? Marinelli added.

After a hard Wisconsin winter, Denton and Marinelli look forward to a bounty of spring greens such as dandelion; the roots can be used to brew a coffee substitute, the greens enhance a spring salad and the flowers can be used in cookies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Violets are also one of the best things to add to a salad. They have a delicious, sweet flavor and a wonderful texture,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are things people can find in their yards and easily use as food and medicine, without going on an expedition.â&#x20AC;?

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‘THINGS DON’T HAVE TO BE THE WAY THEY ARE’

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Milwaukee Art Museum ponders desire in ‘Image Model Muse’ ::BY HARRY CHERKINIAN

he was born in Vancouver, Canada, and now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. But there is a Milwaukee connection for Sara Cwynar and her artwork in the upcoming Milwaukee Art Museum exhibition, “Sara Cwynar: Image Model Muse.”

At 39, Cwynar has already created a name for herself as an emerging contemporary artist, working in the areas of photography, collage and film, among others. Her MAM exhibit is her first solo exhibition in the U.S., and it’s easy to understand her growing national and international reputation (she won the Art Basel Fair 2016 Baloise Prize) upon viewing her work.

Cwynar asks us to reexamine how beauty has evolved over time and challenges us to consider how capitalism and commercialism have created a standard for what is commonly considered to be “beautiful.” These are “systems of power,” as she calls it, that create, and control, consumer desire.

“The work from the collection gives some context for where I am working from, particularly in terms of the history of representations of women,” she explains. “This exhibit is actually a continuation of another exhibit I did in Minneapolis of the same title. In the Milwaukee space, we have a lot more room, so I am expanding the work on view and showing other works from the collection adjacent to my own work.”

MAM curator Lisa Sutcliffe has followed Cwynar’s work and artistic evolution since 2012, when Cwynar first came to her attention. “As a curator, I’m always looking,” explains Sutcliffe. “I remember her using visual language and using that language with many different themes and how it fit together.” Sutcliffe points out that MAM has been a “platform” for a number of emerging artists. In Cwynar’s case, she just happened to come across our town in some local archived photos.

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The “Milwaukee connection” to Cwynar’s work was found on eBay, in the archives of former commercial photography business Graphic Studio. She reworked those vintage images to bring them into the present. “I reworked a still life of a transparent phone with a new text that talks about contemporary politics and speech, the idea of ‘transparency’ and speaking clearly, and the question of who gets to speak,” Cwynar explains. “I was using these old photos almost as vessels to talk about things happening in the current moment.”

Speaking of “vessels,” her work also includes a very familiar Milwaukee-based image: the Miller Beer logo. Using photos from that same archive, Cwynar reworked the images which feature large male hands demonstrating Miller Beer packaging.

A cornerstone of the exhibit are three films she’s made that visitors will be able to view; these are Soft Film (2016), Rose Gold (2017) and Cover Girl (2018).

The trilogy resonates with her views and span the personal to the theoretical, focusing on the value of objects to the pressures on women to be “beautiful.”

“Soft Film is definitely a precursor to Rose Gold in that it is more specifically about Sara value, how arbitrary it is, Cwynar: about feminism and power Image dynamics and the idea that the way we value objects can Model be connected to the way we Muse value humans under capitalMilwaukee ism,” Cwynar explains. “Rose Art Museum Gold looks more specifically at technology, a semiotics of March 8 advertising and the way that - July 21 color has a history, has an emotional valence and can be used to sell things. In a sense, it begins where Soft Film left off.” The most recent film, Cover Girl, is an obvious play on the classic makeup brand and features Cwynar’s muse, Tracy, who is also in a number of still-life portraits. “Cover Girl is kind of a separate project in a way,” she explains, adding that “it is more about pressures on women to conform to certain images.”

Given that this is her first solo exhibition nationally, what would Cwynar like visitors to consider upon viewing her work? “I would like them to think about what it feels like to live under capitalism, and how a lot of the decisions that seem inevitable and predetermined could be different,” she says. “Things don’t have to be the way they are.”

Sara Cwynar: Image Model Muse is on view March 8 through July 21 in the Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum. For more information, visit mam.org.

Sara Cwynar, Tracy (Cezanne), 2017, Dye sublimation print on aluminum mounted on Dibond, 43 x 54 in. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST, COOPER COLE, TORONTO, FOXY PRODUCTION, NEW YORK. © SARA CWYNAR

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Pay The Devil PHOTO BY JAMIE AULT

John Fogerty PHOTO BY NELA KOENIG

THURSDAY, MARCH 7 John Fogerty @ The Riverside Theater, 8 p.m.

As the lead singer and primary songwriter for Southern-rock pioneers Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty had already created a rich musical legacy when he struck out on his own in 1973. Though his efforts since then, including the 1985 commercial smash Centerfield, have not done much to expand on that legacy, they haven’t done much to tarnish it either. Fogerty’s blend of early rock, country twang and pop hooks sounded as welcome as ever on 2009’s The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, the follow-up to his 2007 comeback album Revival, even though it’s doubtful that those discs will age as well as Creedence’s late-’60s-early-’70s output. Fogerty himself seems to know that people mostly want to hear the hits, which is why he recruited acts like Foo Fighters, Dawes, Kid Rock, Keith Urban and Jennifer Hudson to help him update some Creedence classics on his most recent disc, 2013’s Wrote A Song For Everyone.

A Folk House Kegger @ Burnhearts, 7 p.m.

Once a year Burnhearts celebrates the spirit of wild house parties with its Punk House Kegger concerts. This coffeehouse-style show puts a softer, more intimate twist on that format, with a lineup of folky musicians, poets, comedians and storytellers. It’ll feature music from Jeff Falk, King Courteen and Amanda Huff, as well as words from Leah Delaney, Steph Kilen and Kavon Cortez-Jones. Dana Ehrmann and Carter Deems will provide the stand-up, and human statue Alice Wilson will stand very, very still. Come for the art and stay for the beer: Solemn Oath Brewery will be doing a tap takeover, showcasing more than a dozen beers, including End All IPA, Grape Brandy BA 83 and Coconut Beverage of Champs.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8

Milwaukee Gospel Jubilee @ Marcus Center, 7:30 p.m.

For decades, Milwaukee’s rich gospel scene was a secret to nearly all but the faithful who attended the churches where this music can be heard each Sunday. That’s been changing in recent years, thanks in part to the organization Milwaukee Gospel and its annual fundraiser for Progressive Community Health Centers, which for six years running has spotlighted a variety of vocal ensembles, many of which have roots that span generations.

Hosted by Milwaukee gospel singer and community volunteer Julia Prescott, this year’s concert features six acts: Holy Hill Praise Dancers, Sounds of Faith, Arias Walker, Spiritual Tones, Queens of Harmony and Voices of Faith.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 8

Pay The Devil w/ Steering Ships with Empty Bottles, Beaumong James and the Wild Claims and Eoin McCarthy @ Walker’s Point Music Hall, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee’s Pay The Devil specialize in an especially rough and rustic form of bluegrass, eschewing the gloss and gusto of many modern roots acts in favor of fiery performances and shanty singalongs. The group’s new sophomore album To Hell With Luck features more first-person tales about unlucky souls whose fates are sealed by the simple fact they’re in a Pay The Devil song. The band shares this release show behind the album with the hard-driving Milwaukee Americana outfit Steering Ships with Empty Bottles, country showmen Beaumont James and the Wild Claims and songwriter Eoin McCarthy, of Whiskey of the Damned.

Kasim Sulton’s Utopia @ Shank Hall, 8 p.m.

A true journeyman, bassist and singer Kasim Sulton has toured and recorded with acts including Blue Öyster Cult, Meat Loaf, Hall & Oates, Cheap Trick and The New Cars, but his most celebrated work was with Utopia, the progressive-rock band he shares with Todd Rundgren.

Although they haven’t released a studio album since 1985’s P.O.V., that band still tours periodically with a lineup that includes Sulton, Rundgren and drummer John “Willie” Wilcox, but since 2017, Sulton has also toured with his own version of the band, called Kasim Sulton’s Utopia, which features a different supporting cast.

Joybird w/ Nickel&Rose and Xalaat Music @ Anodyne Coffee, 8 p.m.

Expanding on the solo sound of her 2016 debut as Joybird, Long Time Exhaling, Chicago singer-songwriter-fiddler-banjoist Jess McIntosh took a more collaborative approach on Joybird’s new sophomore album Landing, an expansive folk LP shaded with electric guitar, doboro, clarinet and horns. McIntosh sings of hope, trust and healing, and gives voice to idealists feeling burned out by the weight of the world on the record’s poignant closer “My House.” Joybird shares this Milwaukee release show with the folk duo Nickel&Rose and Xalaat Music, an African folk project featuring Senegal native Yaya Kambaye and his brothers Abdou and Mamadou.

Jim Jefferies @ The Riverside Theater, 8 p.m.

Angry and brash, but with a genuine sense of humility, Australian stand-up Jim Jefferies made a name for himself in England, where he was dubbed “Britain’s most offensive stand-up comic” by Q Magazine. His sometimes vulgar routines can overshadow how thoughtful his comedy often is, however. Jefferies’ 2009 HBO special I Swear to God proved to be his breakout; he’s since followed it up with a series of comedy specials and the canceled-too-soon FX series “Legit,” a loosely autobiographical show that found the comedian living with his alcoholic roommate Steve and Steve’s younger brother Billy, who suffers from advanced muscular dystrophy. He can currently be seen on Comedy Central’s “The Jim Jefferies Show” and his third Netflix comedy special, “This is Me Now.” SHEPHERD EXPRESS

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SATURDAY, MARCH 9 Twista w/ Do or Die, Crucial Conflict, Psychodrama and Shawnna @ The Rave, 9 p.m.

Chicago rapper Twista is among the fastest alive, having once held the Guinness World Record, clocking in at a dizzying 11.2 syllables per second. Though others have since wrestled that record from his hands, Twista is still among the best-known and most successful of the triple-speed rappers. Twista released his most recent album, Crook County, in 2017, but his current “Mush Music Class of ’96” tour promises a fair amount of nostalgia. He’ll share the bill with veteran rap acts Do or Die, Crucial Conflict, Psychodrama and Shawnna.

The Funny As Ish Comedy Tour Starring Mike Epps @ Miller High Life Theatre, 8 p.m.

If it weren’t for Chris Tucker declining to return to his role as Smokey for the sequel to the 1995 cult classic Friday, the world might not know Mike Epps the way it does today. Although he has been featured for his stand-up on Def Comedy Jam several times throughout his career, Epps is best known for his on-screen work opposite Ice Cube, which began with Next Friday and continued with Friday After Next and All About the Benjamins.

At this comedy tour, Mike Epps is joined by fellow comedians Sommore, Lavell Crawford, DC Young Fly and Earthquake.

Thriftones w/ Sister Species and Caley Conway @ Pabst Milwaukee Brewery and Taproom, 9 p.m.

Longtime staples of Milwaukee’s Americana scene, folk-rock luminaries The Thriftones are joined by a pair of evocative folk and indie acts on this show at the Pabst Milwaukee Brewery and Taproom. Fronted by sisters Emily and Abby Kastrul, the eight-piece Minneapolis chamber-pop group Sister Species explores heartache and self-care on their vibrant new sophomore LP titled Heavy Things Do Move, an album driven by bold trumpet harmonies. And opening the night is Milwaukee songwriter Caley Conway, formerly of the alt-country project Lucy Cukes, who specializes in achingly personal songs about matters of the heart.

SUNDAY, MARCH 10

WMSE’s Rockabilly Chili @ MSOE Kern Center, 11 a.m.

Milwaukee’s independent radio station 91.7 WMSE hosts plenty of fundraisers throughout the year, but none are more cultishly anticipated than its annual Rockabilly Chili content, now in its 17th year. Once again more than 50 Milwaukee-area restaurants and chefs will compete against each other for honors in five categories (including best meat chili, best vegetarian chili and most unique chili) at the city’s most prestigious chili cookoff. There will also be beer from Lakefront Brewery, Miller Park-style racing chili peppers, a children’s area and music from the Dick Satan Trio. Tickets are $15 (or $12 in advance) and include four chili samples (five if you buy in advance); additional sampling tickets are a buck each. Attendees who bring two or more non-perishable food items to donate to Hunger Task Force will receive a couple extra sampling tickets, too.

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As You Like It

Have you ever uttered “all the world’s a stage?” Or how about the assertion that you can have “too much of a good thing?” If you have, then you were quoting lines from William Shakespeare’s 1599 pastoral comedy As You Like It, which will be performed by First Stage’s Young Company. It has been grist for the artistic mill for centuries, having been produced on stages around the world and adapted for radio, film and musical theater.

When Rosalind is banished from her uncle’s (Duke Frederick) court, she must flee into the Forest of Arden with her cousin, Celia, and the fool, Touchstone. There, they encounter clowns, noblemen and Rosalind’s new love, Orlando—who will need to learn a few things before he will deserve her. One of Shakespeare’s greatest and most beloved comedies, As You Like It is filled with music, love and humor, and it reminds us of those things that are (or should be) most important in our lives. As You Like It is suggested for families with young people ages 12 and older. (John Jahn) March 8-24 at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 W. Walnut St. For tickets, visit firststage.org.

The Moving Archive —What is Remembered

Fresh from hosting Wild Space Dance Company’s newest premiere, the handsome new art space called The Warehouse will host another experimental dance installation, this one by Maria Gillespie/The Collaboratory. With her dance artist collaborators Joelle Worm and Chanteé Kelly, and composer/cellist Janet Schiff performing live, Gillespie’s piece responds to On Belonging, the visual art exhibition by interdisciplinary artist Nirmal Raja (textile, sculpture, video) and photographer Lois Bielefeld which begins a three-month run at the space. On Belonging is a response to the city of Milwaukee

by Raja, a native of India who has made her home here, and Bielefeld, a lifelong resident.

Gillespie, who re-located from Los Angeles in 2012 to join UW-Milwaukee’s dance faculty, has added greatly to the city’s dance scene as co-founder of the choreographic and music improvisation group Hyperlocal MKE and now The Collaboratory.

“The performance is a kinetic response to the concepts deeply embedded in and communicated by the works in On Belonging,” Gillespie said. “Themes I am exploring in the choreography—migration, memory and the body as auto-ethnographic archive—are themes in Lois’ and Nirmal’s work. The dancers are exploring how memory is constituted in the body.”

7 p.m., March 9 at The Warehouse, 1635 W. Saint Paul Ave. Admission is free, but reservations are required. For tickets, visit eventbrite.com or hyperlocalmke.com.

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Cirque Mechanics was founded in 2004 by Chris Lashua. The troupe quickly established itself as a premier American circus with a unique approach to performance, inspiring storytelling and innovative mechanical staging. Cirque Mechanics, although inspired by modern circus, finds its roots in the mechanical and its heart in the stories of American ingenuity. Its shows are rooted in realism, displaying a raw quality that is rarely found in most modern circus performance companies.

As the Cirque Mechanics website explains, its “stories are wrapped in circus acrobatics, mechanical wonders and a bit of clowning around.” 42FT—A Menagerie of Mechanical Marvels is the company’s latest invention. It dares you to leap into the circus ring and experience the timelessness of the evolving circus art form. The show’s unique interpretation of the traditional and its story full of the lore of the historic one-ring circus creates a welcoming place. (John Jahn) Sunday, March 10, at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 W. Capitol Drive.

For tickets, call 262-781-9520, email boxoffice@wilson-center.com or visit wilson-center.com.

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t’s a terrible thing,” says James Callifer late in The Potting Shed. “To have nothing in you.”

Graham Greene’s psychological drama, which Acacia Theatre Company opened last weekend, is a mystery on a number of levels. James has been ostracized by his family for nearly 30 years, based on a secret of what occurred in the potting shed when he was 14 years old. He turns up, uninvited to see his dying father and continues to be rejected by all, including his own mother.

So, what really happened that day? The Callifers are a family of atheists, with the dying patriarch having made a successful living from it. James remembers nothing from his past, only that he was sent away at 14. His return begins the journey toward what is “the truth” of what actually took place that day in the potting shed.

When Greene wrote the play in the mid 1950s, the well-known author had recently “accepted” Catholicism and it affected his writing from that point on. The Potting Shed is his testament to that “acceptance,” pitting faith against apostasy, prayer against proof, spirituality against... nothing.

Originally written in three acts, this production spends the 65-minute first act slowly peeling back the layers of the secret buried at its core. It’s the second act where all is revealed (no spoilers here) and director Therese Goode skillfully builds the suspense to its shocking climax, when James confronts his alcoholic priest uncle who has lost his faith. It was Father William who was there with James that day in the shed.

(And given our 2019 sensibilities, it’s not that).

Veteran Acacia actor David Sapiro turns in a mesmerizing performance in this pivotal role, unlocking buried memories for both men and guiding James back to feeling something, “alive” within himself. As James, Dennis Lewis is just as powerful; deeply troubled yet determined to find his way as he searches for “the truth.”

The rest of the 11-member cast is just as solid; Glenna Gustin in a complex role as James’ mother, manages to elicit our empathy despite the outright rejection of her child. Paige Landrum brings some welcome comic relief as James’ young nieceturned-sleuth, Anne. Regardless of our own beliefs, The Potting Shed asks us to consider and search out our own “truths.” Only by doing so can we truly live.

Through March 10 at Concordia University’s Todd Wehr Auditorium, 12800 N. Lake Shore Drive. For tickets, call 414-744-5995 or visit acaciatheatre.com.

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he great challenge of any ensemble comedy is to emotionally draw-in an audience.

Director Dustin J. Martin and the cast at Sunset Playhouse succeed in this beautifully with John Patrick’s The Curious Savage. The endearing 1950 play about an eccentric old woman named Ethel who is committed to a sanatorium features a lovingly developed cast of fractured people struggling against the concerns of the outside world.

Paula Garcia plays a mystery in plain sight as Ethel. Garcia is a gracious presence onstage making the best of living with a group of people too emotionally fractured to make it on the outside. Her cold, detestable family includes Jim Stahl as her gruff politician step-son Titus and a delicately awkward Jim Mallmann as her youngest son. Becky Cofta perfectly plays the all-too-real stereotype of privileged wealth as Ethel’s middle step-child Lily Belle.

The cold dysfunction of Ethel’s family is played against the whimsical warmth of the residents at the sanitarium. A carefully modulated cast of characters rapidly becomes Ethel’s surrogate family, including an energetic Kristen Carter as a girl named Fairy May, Kerry Birmingham in the role of a fragile man who suffered the shock of an airplane crash during military service and Diane Kallas as a shattered woman who speaks only in lists.

As Ethel settles-in, things get complicated.

The family’s substantial fortune has gone missing and only Ethel seems to know where it is. Martin and company carefully juggle the complexities of a missing fortune and of a woman recovering from her own misfortune in a comedy of satisfying dramatic depth.

Through March 17 at Furlan Auditorium, 700 Wall St., Elm Grove. For tickets, call 262782-4430 or visit sunsetplayhouse.com.

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o you love the fairy tales that children’s movies tell your kids? Well, these princesses don’t, and they all have a bone to pick with Disney. The hosts, Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty, pull the audience along for a night of hilarity in Disenchanted!, a new musical comedy by Outskirts Theatre at the Waukesha Civic Theatre.

Samantha Paige, Emma Losey and Gabriella Ashlin play Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty respectively, but we also get to meet Belle (Francesca Steitz), Mulan (Jennifer Clark), Pocahontas (Ashley Rodriguez), Rapunzel (Megan Wilson) and other princesses who came to expose Disney’s lies. Through surprisingly well-choreographed songs, we learn there were no “happy ever after” for these princesses. While the little mermaid (played by Caitlin Pilon) fell to alcoholism after she abandoned her life for a man and a pair of legs she needs to shave twice per week, she retains enough wit to make you die of laughter. Another highlight of the show is Ashley Levells, in the role of Tiana, who offers some of the best vocal performances, although all princesses sing magnificently.

The show sets itself apart thanks to the quality of its writing and its high production value. There is no narrative to speak of, besides princesses unearthing realistic consequences to their respective movies, but Disenchanted! does touch on real issues. The show takes itself just seriously enough to talk about the representation of women as weak, helpless damsels in distress, as well as the promotion of eating disorders by Disney, while retaining enough distance to have Cinderella parade with a “Intermission: Go pee” sign around the stage.

Parents beware: This is not a show for your kids. Although most swear words are censored, this is a mature show with somber themes. The jokes are sometimes salacious, sometimes violent, but woefully inappropriate for children; parents who need a break from their child’s Frozen obsession might be the show’s target audience. If you want an example of the show’s humor, picture Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) singing about the sexualization of women in children’s shows while playing with the audience using breast-shaped balloons, during a performance titled “Big Tits.”

Director Ryan Albrechtson did an exceptional job putting this show together, filling the theater to the brim through word of mouth. The songs are beautifully performed, and the humor is spot on. While the musical lasts two hours, you will be craving more by the time it comes to an end.

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A ‘Royal’ Exhibition at Villa Terrace

OPENINGS: “On Belonging”

::BY SHANE MCADAMS

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he British public’s relationship to their royal family has always confounded me. My angsty teen music led me to believe the queen ran a fascist regime without the promise of a future, but memories of Charles and Diana’s 1981 wedding—which I remember vividly because it was broadcast on a Wednesday morning and prevented me from watching Bozo the Clown—told a much more sympathetic story. I continued to wonder whether the royals were benignly seductive or part of a sinister dynasty that only crack cultural anthropologists like Johnny Rotten could decipher.

“Moving Images: British Royal Portraiture and the Circulation of Ideas” at Villa Terrace (through June 2) tells us that the Windsors are less autonomous moral agents than reflections of their subjects’ values. That reflected image was carefully managed and widely distributed. The exhibition unpacks the story of how royal portraiture was groomed, crafted and supervised over the last two centuries with scores of royal family photos, both formal and informal, official and unofficial. The preponderance of imagery is tightly choreographed “official” portraiture, sometimes on post, or cabinet, cards from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Thus, we see more images of Queen Victoria, Edward IV and Prince Albert Victor than of the Duchess of Cambridge or Prince Harry.

As a reflection of British culture and, by extension, of Western ideals, these images happen to give a reliable picture of evolving modern values.

Reacting to what the museum catalogue text calls the “licentious behavior” of George III and IV, Queen Victoria presented herself as the “virgin” queen. An 1887 albumen print of her in a flowing brocade dress, hands in lap and gaze averted, is indeed a picture of modesty. By contrast, masculine posturing is strong in a 1910 silver gelatin print of King Edward IV and Queen Alexandra by W. & B. Downey, and another work from a year later of Edward’s son, George, taken after the untimely death of his father. Both men are frontally photographed, jaw forward in full military regalia, suggesting the ancient landed virtues of duty, honor and service that tradition has required of their station. Their stern comportment comes with a cutting irony, given the hideous wars soon to come.

The vestiges of martial values endured even as the traditional function of the aristocracy obsolesced. A photograph of King George VI from 1936 in a Royal Guard bearskin hat testifies. Still, it is telling that there are no photographs in the show of George V in the days immediately following the Great War, and the photos between World Wars I and II have a much different emotional tenor. Marcus Adams’ silver gelatin print of Queen Mary holding up the toddler (and eventual queen) Elizabeth in 1927 captures familial tenderness where conviction and tradition would’ve prevailed a few decades earlier.

We see another gap in coverage during and shortly after World War II. This might be expected given the trauma and tumult. Buckingham Palace did strictly control its image before the days of telephoto lenses and digital photography, but where guest curator Lynne Harper’s omissions collide with wartime circumstances are unclear. She does include fascinating video footage of Princess Elizabeth addressing the kingdom calmly and compassionately during The Blitz in 1940. The self-possessed future queen exhibits a parental calmness and guidance that would ultimately become the greater symbolic function of the crown. Other post-war photographs do this in slightly different ways, such as one from the 1960s of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip casually strolling on castle grounds behind a familiar corgi. They’re a little stiff, but casual, modern and otherwise very ordinary; like the rest of us, only without the bad stuff.

The British Commonwealth is technically one of the last constitutional monarchies around, but even that monarchical power is now mostly symbolic. Symbolic power is still power, soft though it may be—especially in the 21st century, where the ability to worm into our consciousness through mass and social media carries more agency than having the title of viscount or the right to hunt fox on public lands.

If you’re unsure of this transfer, have a look at the number of followers @kensingtonroyal, or just ask my mother what Kate Middleton’s been up to recently. She’ll tell you what’s hot in the tabloids and what she and her in-laws have been tweeting about.

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“On Belonging”—an exhibition exploring themes of identity, race and history—opens at The Warehouse in the Menomonee Valley’s Design District. It is the culmination of collaborations started in June 2017 between two nationally recognized artists—photographer Lois Bielefeld and interdisciplinary artist Nirmal Raja. Bielefeld is a Milwaukee native, and Chennai, India-born Raja has lived in Milwaukee for almost three decades. Products of their artistic collaboration to be seen explore different perspectives on the city they live in.

A public opening reception for “On Belonging” takes place 5-8 p.m. on Friday, March 8. For more information, call 414-252-0677, send an email to info@thewarehousemke.org or visit thewarehousemke.org.

“Linger On: Mark Ottens” March 9-Date TBA Portrait Society Gallery 207 E. Buffalo St., Suite 526

Portrait Society launches a new show, “Linger On: Mark Ottens,” with an opening reception from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 9. Ottens will also conduct an informal walkthrough at 4 p.m., and beverages and light appetizers will be available. This will be his first solo show at the Portrait Society, and it will include early Chicago Imagist-influenced work from his years at the School of the Art Institute and the University of Illinois at Chicago. For more information, call 414-870-9930 or visit portraitsocietygallery.com.

Tuesdays in the Garden: An Outing for Parents and Children Tuesday, March 12 Lynden Sculpture Garden 2145 W. Brown Deer Road

(top to bottom) Maker unknown, likely W. & D. Downey, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1840-1910), Albumen print, ca. 1901, Gilbert A. Milne (Canadian, 1914-1991); Queen Elizabeth II (1926-), Prince Philip (1921-), Duke of Edinburgh and consort to Elizabeth, Silver gelatin print, ca. 1960’s, 1945 Dorothy Wilding (British, 1893-1976); Queen Elizabeth II, half-plate film negative, 1945, signed “Elizabeth 1945”

The 40 acres that house the Lynden collection of monumental outdoor sculpture are also home to many birds, insects, frogs, mammals and plants. Naturalist Naomi Cobb offers a nature program that explores a different theme each month that considers the changing seasons and provides an opportunity for those with young children to engage in outdoor play and manipulation of art materials. March’s theme? Signs of Spring! Aren’t we all ready for some of those? The outing takes place 10:30-11:30 a.m. To register and for more information, call 414-446-8794 or visit lyndensculpturegarden.org.

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Her family has strange secrets, including her aunt’s guarded warnings about wandering far from the house. Asha also glimpses hoodoo spirits in the night.

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Burt Lancaster wasn’t old when he starred in The Midnight Man (1974) but he was seasoned, comfortable inside his skin—a professional among a stick figure supporting cast. Lancaster plays a college cop (redeeming his life after a felony conviction) suspicious that a campus murder investigation involves a frame-up and a cover-up. He’s entirely convincing as a “got to do it my way” guy in the midst of a story adrift in the era’s generation gap.

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Artistic growth was once prized in rock music. However, most of the “artists” interviewed for the documentary Band vs Brand seem happy (or resigned) to fixed images and narrow definitions. Trademarked dinosaurs, stamped with logos, roam the concert circuit selling T-shirts, not albums, nostalgia, new music.

A few worry that there should be “integrity” and avoid “selling out too much.” For some name “brands,” all original members are dead but someone still collects the proceeds.

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During the 1970s, New York’s Antonio Lopez infused the customarily straightforward craft of fashion illustration with the bright narratives of pop art. Lopez drew for Vogue and Elle and made himself essential in the glitzy disco-powered demimonde of high fashion. Filmmaker James Crump’s entertaining, revealing documentary showcases the exuberant pursuit of pleasure that drove an era.

Archival footage is augmented by interviews with photographer Bill Cunningham and actress Jessica Lange. Lopez died from AIDS in 1982.

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Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine (KNOPF), BY EMILY BERNARD

Emily Bernard’s highly personal essays draw from life with her husband, adopted daughters, extended family and in-laws. She is black, her husband is white, and her circle includes a woman who confesses that Bernard is her only black friend.

Race, the morphing yet consistently troubling question in American history, is unavoidable in Bernard’s life and present on every page. What troubles her through much of Black is the Body is “how hard it is to tell the whole truth.” Storytelling and narratives are crucial yet inevitably omit as much as they include. She has little patience for the buzzword “diversity,” calling it “a way out of—as opposed to a way into—complex and textured conversations about race.” Black is the Body is hopeful in comparing the experiences of past generations with those of her daughters who have a better opportunity to take pleasure in difference than their predecessors. (David Luhrssen)

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Not many graphic books come with Amnesty International endorsement, but Guantánamo Kid falls into their line. Author Jérôme Tubiana, a distinguished journalist, interviewed the subject of this book for material. Mohammed El-Gharani is a black Chadian immigrant in Saudi Arabia who says he went to Pakistan for school. He may have been one of many innocent bystanders traded for money to U.S. forces after the 2001 Afghanistan invasion and sent to Guantánamo. Illustrated in simple black and white by prolific graphic novelist Alexandre Franc, Guantanamo Kid is a story of gratuitous brutality countered by troublemaking by prisoners with little else to do. El-Gharani was fortunate in receiving a trial and more fortunate still that the prosecution’s case was absurd. However, he was released into a future as uncertain as that of Guantánamo’s remaining inmates. (David Luhrssen)

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ince moving to New York in 2008, onetime Shepherd Express intern Andrea Bartz found success writing for Psychology Today, Martha Stewart’s Whole Living, Glamour and other magazines. The Milwaukee expat’s first novel, The Lost Night (published by Crown, a Random House imprint), is a sharply written story of murder and memory that catches the beat of everyday life. The Lost Night concerns an alleged suicide and the chance reunion of friends that leads to unsettling possibilities.

“I’m fascinated by the idea that we’re a product of our memories, yet our memories are these diaphanous, malleable things, and we can forget entire chunks of time, thanks to heavy drinking, brain damage or disease, or even just the brain letting a memory go,” Bartz explains. “How does that forgetting impact the present? How do the memories, and the gaps in those memories, help determine who we are in the present? In The Lost Night, my protagonist, Lindsay, marvels that of all the possibilities spinning out of any point in the past, her choices took her on this path, to this present moment, to this person she’s become.”

In the story, Lindsay finds that her memory of the night of a close friend’s death conflicts with the recollections of others. “We absolutely construct our memories the same way we construct our realities,” Bartz continues. “Lindsay explains that when we remember something, we’re not remembering the actual event, we’re remembering the last time we pulled up that memory—a photocopy of a photocopy. There’s plenty of research showing how unreliable and vulnerable to influence our memories are. Yet whatever we remember feels like the gospel truth, and we march along presuming we’ve got our recollections straight.”

The death at the heart of The Lost Night is set in 2009, the nadir of the Great Recession.

“I enjoyed capturing the differences between 2009 and today, because it was this odd in-between time in terms of technology,” Bartz says. “Instagram and iPads hadn’t been invented. We had Twitter, but no hashtags—no way to organize the info. Most people didn’t have smartphones yet, so we pulled out digital cameras and Flip cams and saved stuff to our devices instead of ‘The Cloud.’ So it was fun to examine the unique challenges of scuba diving in the past when all of the documentation of 2009 is sort of frozen in time.”

Bartz rebukes those who say the novel—and for that matter, reading itself—is dead. “I don’t think books are going anywhere,” she says. A few stats out there back me up. Libraries are seeing an uptick in checkouts, and sales and indie bookstore are booming, for example.

We’ll always be hungry for the entertainment and enlightenment we can get through powerful storytelling, and books can provide that with a relatively low barrier to entry—for both the writer and the reader. I couldn’t have told Lindsay’s tale of reckoning and redemption through a series of essays or listicles; it had to be long-form prose. I didn’t have the budget or manpower to tell the story on a big or small screen or the skills to produce a serialized podcast or something.

“Books are how we tell stories directly from the author’s brain to the reader’s, and anyone who insists the novel is dead hasn’t been paying attention, because in the last year alone, books like Circe and An American Marriage absolutely have entertained millions of readers and sparked thoughtful dialogue.”

Andrea Bartz will discuss The Lost Night at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 15, at Boswell Book Company, 2559 N. Downer Ave.

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can’t guarantee that Scott Walker lost because Laughing Liberally exists, but there’s correlation and causation—it could be the reason. And if it is, you’re welcome,” jokes Matthew Filipowicz, a comedian and animator.

After high school, Filipowicz moved from Nebraska to Chicago, New York, Portland and then Boston, before he and his wife settled in Milwaukee two years ago. The couple recently became parents.

After moving here, Filipowicz founded the local chapters of Drinking Liberally, a social meet-up group, and Laughing Liberally, a diverse monthly comedy showcase that celebrated its two-year anniversary show last month.

Tell us what Laughing Liberally Milwaukee is all about.

It’s a monthly progressive political comedy show. We have a rotating batch of a couple dozen comedians who cycle through.

They’re diverse. I generally have a rule for a show—I’m a white cis dude, I only have one other white cis dude performer for shows, so when people come to the show they won’t only see a straight male perspective. We have racially diverse lineups, gender diverse lineups, transgender comics regularly—it’s a show I think expresses the values of what I want to bring forth as a progressive. It also makes

the show a lot more interesting to me. I’m sure you’ve seen comedy shows where it’s all white dudes with beards (laughs). And they could all be funny, hysterical, but there’s sort of a limited perspective in a show like that.

Can you speak about the importance of comedy when Donald Trump is in the White House?

Some of the old adages about comedy and satire go back to the days when the court jester wouldn’t be beheaded for saying what a peasant would say. That he could say it and make people laugh gave him a certain amount of shielding.

I’ve been a comedian-activist for quite some time. Something I’ve always said is that comedy is like a gateway drug to activism.

We’re not going to be the people marching in the street that are needed to make change, but we can maybe be someone who introduces a concept to someone that gets them in. Because, when you laugh, there’s something that happens where your defenses go down, so you’re open to ideas through laughter. It stimulates a different part of the brain.

Comedy is not something that will save the world, but it can help. There is also value, in my opinion, of entertaining the troops.

People talk about preaching to the choir like that’s an awful thing, but getting the choir happy, excited and tuned up is a skill.

Is it difficult to write material about the Trump administration?

It seems like there’s something ridiculous happening every day.

It’s really hard. When I tell people I do political comedy they’re like “oh, Donald Trump makes your job easy, huh?” No. One approach to satire is you see something bad in the world and then you go into the land of illusion and make-believe, and you make up something worse to draw attention to the thing that makes it bad.

Donald Trump starts at worse.

This is a true story—about four months ago, I was trying to think of a punchline to a joke about Trump, and what I came up with was “what is he going to do next, deregulate asbestos?” And literally the next day, he deregulated asbestos! It’s hard to come up with something more absurd than what he gives you.

Laughing Liberally Milwaukee takes place monthly, the next ones being March 9 and April 13 at 8pm at ComedySportz Milwaukee (420 S. First St.). For more information, visit laughingliberallymilwaukee. tumblr.com.

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::RUTHIE’SSOCIALCALENDAR March 6—Opening Night The Phantom of the Opera at Marcus Performing Arts Center (929 N. Water St.): One of the most popular figures in musical history haunts Cream City once again when the Phantom’s tour buses roll into town. Whether you’ve enjoyed this musical for years or have yet to hit the haunted opera house, don’t miss this new production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber masterpiece. The show runs through March 17, with tickets ranging in price from $40 to $130. See marcuscenter.org for more.

March 8—MGHA Classic Drag Show Fundraiser at FIVE Nightclub (Five Applegate Court, Madison): Like drag shows? Like hunky hockey players? Like Madison? Well, you better fasten your seatbelt because your wildest (and weirdest?) fantasy is about to come true! Head to the capital for this change-of-pace drag show that dresses up six hockey players, all for the good of the Madison Gay Hockey Association. (Who knew?)

The fun starts at 8 p.m.

March 8—Fired Up Friday at Walker’s Pint (818 S. Second St.): Every Friday, this wellknown women’s bar offers a new way to kick your weekend off the best way possible.

This week, enjoy karaoke at 9:30 p.m., drink specials and more. If you haven’t been to Walker’s Pint lately, this is a great way to check it out!

March 9—Lesbian Pop Up Bar at Bay View Bowl (2416 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.): For one year, the team at Lesbian Pop Up Bar has been bringing the fun to hot spots around the city. Help them celebrate a year of good times with this special Pop Up! The good times start at 7:30 p.m. with lanes already reserved for Glow Bowl. Mention “Lesbian Pop Up Bar/Milwaukee” to receive $4 bowling games with free shoes.

March 9—Living in Oblivion: ’80s Underground Party at Studio 200 (200 E. Washington St.): Once upon a time, new-wave bands such as Depeche Mode, Psychedelic Furs, The Smiths, The Cure and others ruled a dark, yet lovely underworld populated by kids who just wanted to be themselves. While their music may not be played much today, they are not forgotten, and you can relive these glories years at this 21+ dance party. The no-cover party runs 9 p.m. to bar close.

March 10—Leprechaun and Lion and Lamb Beer Bust at Kruz (354 E. National Ave.): Get a jumpstart on St. Paddy’s Day when you hit up this Sunday Funday at one of the city’s hottest Levi/Leather bars. The 3-7 p.m. party is always a good time with raffle prizes, friendly faces and more. Dress to match the theme and you’ll receive five free raffle tickets.

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My mother is elderly and widowed, and my siblings and I struggled to find a handyman that we trusted, could afford and found dependable. We were lucky to find “Russ.” My mother adores him and considers him a close friend. He really knows what he’s doing, and he’s always there to shovel, mow, fix things, etc. He’s a great guy, about my age. That’s the problem!

I’m a gay man, and I developed feelings for “Russ” over the last few years. I feel like I need to ask him if he’s gay and see if there’s a spark between us. On the other hand, I don’t want to ruin the relationship between him and my mother (and our family), and I can’t lose this great handyman who helps my mother in so many ways.

What if I make a move that unsettles him to the point he quits? Do I suffer in silence? Do I risk losing this great handyman? Do I go for it and maybe find my Mr. Right?

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Stop! In the name of love, just stop! Put your mother’s feelings first. Remember, this is your mother’s buddy. “Russ” is someone your mom enjoys having around and spending time with.

Are you sure you want to do anything that might jeopardize that friendship? How many friends does your mother have right now?

If in the end, you feel that love will conquer all, I’d suggest you move slowly. Start by simply letting “Russ” know you’re gay. His reaction will likely point you in a direction of where to take things next. If he’s bothered by your sexuality, he’s clearly not the friend you thought he was, and keep him at a yard stick’s length.

March 10—Daylight Savings Cabaret at This Is It! (418 E. Wells St.): Everyone’s favorites songstress and piano man share their musical stylings when they hit the stage at the new performance space at This Is It!. Karen Valentine and Gino De Luca start their show at 5 p.m. while cute bartenders tempt you with the bar’s legendary drink specials.

March 10—Dining with DEBUTantes at Hamburger Mary’s (730 S. Fifth St.): Finally!

A regular show devoted to debuting the talents of new entertainers in our community! Get your heels wet, girls, and join this brand-new show. Show friends, family and Milwaukee what you’ve got or simply sit back and enjoy this new show from the city’s kitschy burger joint. Call 414-488-2555 for a reservation to this new 7:30 p.m. show.

March 13—Youth TGNBNC Support Group at Milwaukee LGBT Community Center (1110 N. Market St.): The city’s community center offers oh-so many programs and services in Milwaukee, and this is yet another one. This free, open support group for transgender, non-binary and non-gender-conforming youth starts at 4:30 p.m. and runs for 60 minutes. Stop by mkelgbt.org for more on this wonderful support group and others the center offers.

Ask Ruthie a question or share your events at dearruthie@shepex.com. Follow her on Instagram @ruthiekeester and Facebook at Dear Ruthie. Don’t miss season one of her drag reality show on YouTube—“Camp Wannakiki!”

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been foolishly squandered. The act could end his career, but the greater collateral damage on the LGBTQ community, and LGBTQ people of color in particular, may be immeasurable.

For all the damage done, it shouldn’t be lost on anyone that the art of the hoax is deeply ingrained in human nature as a tactic to achieve whatever desired outcome. In fact, the “boy who cried wolf” tale goes back two-and-a-half millennia to fabulist Aesop, credited with its earliest telling. That certainly doesn’t excuse Smollett, but he hasn’t set a precedent, either.

There’s Olympian Ryan Lochte, of course, who pulled a similar stunt in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,during the 2016 Olympics, claiming muggers disguised as police attacked him and fellow athletes. The 12-time Olympic medalist suffered certain consequences for his “crywolf” escapade, losing lucrative sponsorships and receiving a 10-year suspension from competitive events. Yet it seems the handsome, allAmerican jock is already on the road to rehabilitation. He recently appeared on the reality show “Big Brother Celebrity Edition” and it’s been suggested he may compete in the 2020 Olympics after all.

The differences in the two cases are clear.

The most obvious is the straight white Olympian’s status as international icon versus the actor’s comparatively limited fame. And then

there are Smollett’s dual fatal flaws of being both black and gay that deny him the ready forgiveness given to the affable Lochte.

Actually, both their hoaxes are mere bagatelles compared to the history of lynchings of African Americans based on false accusations, like those of 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. in 1944 or Emmett Till in 1955. Today’s everpopular “feared for my life” or “gay/trans panic” legal defenses still easily acquit murderers of people of color and LGBTQs. Speaking of mendacity, lies by the U.S. president, now documented at more than 8,000, coupled with hate-crime hoaxes articulated in Republican fear-mongering rants about “changing demographics” or the “MAGA” catchphrase itself, recently led conservative commentator David Brookes to dub their effect “morally numbing.”

Meanwhile, speaking of rehabilitating the morally numb, the Baraboo boys who gave the Nazi salute in a class photo and lied about it, have since taken a field trip to a museum to learn about the genocide of the Jews. I’m sure Remedial Holocaust Studies look better on a college application than membership in the Hitler Youth Glee Club. But then, I suppose that depends on the college.

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Why I Am Proud to Be a Latina Woman ::BY CARMEN MURGUIA

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elebrating Women’s History Month always gets me revved up feeling muy lista (very ready) for whatever comes my way—and I like it like that! I stand tall, I stand bold, I stand firm, I stand feminine, I stand beautiful.

I stand up for myself and for my fellow hermanas (sisters), I stand for my mother and for my ancestors with a fist in the air.

I think of Sandra Cisneros in red lipstick behind the wheel of a red pickup truck. I think of Ana Castillo in botas de vaquero (cowboy boots) walking the streets of Chicago. I think of Gloria Anzaldúa, the scholar who opened the eyes of a 23-year-old me with her book, Borderlands/La Frontera. I think of Albita, who in her sexy Cuban ways had me singing out, “Que manera de quererte, que manera!” (“What a way to love you, what a way!”) I think of La India, princess of salsa, encouraging me to stand up to men who tell lies when she could not. I think of Carolina Herrera, who showed me that a girl can grow up to run an empire, design elegant clothes, flawless under the pressures of a male-dominated industry. I think of the gavel struck by the Honorable Sonia Sotomayor.

Being a proud Latina woman also doesn’t mean I’m limited to only thinking about other Latinas; after all, I was raised in a household that valued diversity and nationalities and cultures and races. So, I also think of activist Angela Davis and balle-

rina Misty Copeland, Rabbi Alysa Stanton and Princess Grace of Monaco, author Amy Tan and astronaut Mae Carol Jemison, comedians Ellen Degeneres and Margaret Cho, WNBA star Kayla McBride and Serena and Venus Williams, whose talents are on and off the courts.

I am a proud Latina woman. It hasn’t always been this way.

The messages I received early on contradicted my difference as a girl who liked being a girl. It was brought to my attention by boys and adults (both men and women) around me that girls were second-class citizens, girls were not as important as boys, girls had their place and boys didn’t; I was told that girls were designed for cooking, cleaning up after the boys and, one day, strive to marry a man who would take care of me and my needs so long as I wasn’t too demanding and played the role of wife, girlfriend, lover and friend. There wasn’t even a decent term to describe all of who I was as a girl when it came to playing tag or basketball, climbing mountains and trees, riding my bike from morning until the streetlights came on—the word was opposite of who I was as a child, a teen and young adult and how I moved through the world: tomboy.

The origins of “tomboy” come from the mid-16th century, it actually was a name for male children who were rude and boisterous. But by the 1590s, the word underwent a shift toward its current, feminine usage: a “wild, romping girl; a girl who acts like a spirited boy.” Many girls, of course, exhibit both girly and boyish traits and the infinite shades in between. Nevertheless, the tomboy is an overlooked part of how American society understands gender, race, class and sexuality.

How could this term possibly define me? It was confining, but I lived within those confines and accepted them as my own.

Tomboy was smooth. Tomboy was tall. Tomboy was masculine. Tomboy was cool. Tomboy fought back. Tomboy was not

always me, just sometimes. Tomboy was too masculine to the girl who also enjoyed certain dresses (i.e. not too frilly) that I couldn›t wear if I was going to wear the badge of tomboy.

Tomboy was not the girl who enjoyed writing love letters for her friends in high school. Tomboy was not soft and sensitive and pretty and sexual and sensual and emotionally in touch with all senses that made sense. It meant being flat chested and muscular, not curvy and flowing through life with muscles.

As I got older, I started to outgrow the term tomboy because I embraced my power that I found in my entire body as a female: I learned to touch myself and be in touch with my power within, no longer without, because I was no longer blocked by all that boyishness that I once thought was all of “me.” I learned that if I wanted to wear a skirt and blouse it did not take away from my masculinity—in fact, I could carry both!

All my upbringing as a Latina came through, especially that I loved my lipstick with blue undertones and fuchsia toe nail polish that glossed like a boss. I could be tall and smooth and cool and collected and dance cumbias and merengue and move my hips and not have to always lead, I could be led if I felt like it. When I spoke to other girlfriends in Spanish or Spanglish, I could do so in that beautiful sing-song way Mexicans speak and use the term girl and muchacha, or deep and smooth like my American side. Something as fun and simple as high-fiving my sisters and brothers no longer felt weird or uncomfortable.

(You see, high-fiving was seen as something the guys did, not women; at least that was my experience.)

I am a proud Latina woman. I am proud to once again celebrate this throughout the month of March and beyond and particularly on Friday, March 8, International Women’s Day! Join my sisters and me as we honor and pay homage to the women within, no longer without. And quite simply, I like it like that!

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was like I was happy here and then I just kept being happy. I’d always be like, ‘I’m ngland native Aymen Saleh was grabbing coffee the leaving it a week,’ then, at the end, I’d be like, ‘but actually I had a really good week. I morning after playing his first show in Milwaukee when don’t need to go for another three days.’ It was always like that.” he saw the Highbury Pub, a soccer bar displaying the While Milwaukee might seem like an unlikely landing spot for a musician, eslogo of his preferred club Arsenal, and a thought crossed pecially for an international artist with a new record to promote, Saleh says the his mind: “I could live here.” city suits him. “I understand why a lot of musicians wouldn’t move to Milwaukee, As fate would have it, he’d soon need somewhere to live anyway. His indie-pop band Holy Pinto, previously a two-piece with because it’s not a major market, to use that awful term,” he says. “But for me it’s different, because I grew up in Canterbury in England, which is a small town of like his friend Ryan Hurley, was about to be cut in half as his bandmate 45,000 people, so in way Milwaukee was an upgrade.” left the touring life behind for a real job. Hurley delayed entering He also discovered a community here, making friends and finding acts to the work force just long enough for the two to record one final play shows with and musicians to fill out his live band. “Being in Milwaukee, you album together, Adult, a tender, good-humored record about the have a lot more music here than people give it credit for,” he says. “You have a creeping pressure of adult responsibilities. lot of great shows, a lot of great radio stations, a lot of great venues. There is In hindsight, Saleh realizes, it was inevitable that the a good scene here, and a scene where you can have friends and know most bandmates would go their separate ways. “There were people, but not know everyone.” definitely times when we were on the road together, and He admits that he was probably more primed than most touring I could tell he had one eye not totally on the musicians to be awed by Milwaukee, though. One of his favorite bands wheel—little moments where he’d be like, from here: Maritime, who he namechecked on Holy Pinto’s 2016 ‘I miss my girlfriend’ or ‘I want to be making Holy Pinto hails debut Congratulations, an album that also opens with a nod to Prommore money’ or ‘I want to be not sleeping on a Cactus Club ise Ring’s “Stop Playing Guitar.” floor right now,’” Saleh says. “He was the personification of the desire to Maritime, in particular, was one of the bands that helped Saleh’s be an adult, or to be what people expect you to be once you reach a Saturday, tastes evolve away from the pop-punk of his youth to toward the precertain age. And I’m still not there.”

March 9, cise, neatly manicured emo-pop of Adult. “I just saw Maritime as a bit With no clear next move, Saleh winged it. “I didn’t have any 7 p.m. of a benchmark,” Saleh says. “They are the heart of what I do. I grew up plans, but I had this valid U.S. visa, so I was like, ‘Why not go there with punk and grew into indie rock.” and figure it out? I’m just going to get a one-way ticket flight, and In fact, if there’s one way that Milwaukee hasn’t met Saleh’s expecI’m going to buy a used van when I get there.’” Saleh recalls. “So I tations, it’s that he’s been living here for more than a year and somehow hasn’t put a mattress in the back of the van and was just living there. I headed down managed to see Maritime yet. “It’s so annoying!” he laughs. “I hope I get to see to Texas where I figured it’d be warmer.” them soon. I had a friend who asked me, ‘I’m hanging out with someone from the There was one thing Saleh hadn’t accounted for: life in a van is really, really borPromise Ring, want to come?’ And I was like, ‘I”ll pass on that.’ I don’t need to haunt ing. “I’m not good at being alone,” Saleh says. So, when a friend invited him back to someone at a social event. Just get Davey an acoustic guitar and put me in the Milwaukee, he took him up on the offer, crashing with members of the pop-punk room! That’s all I want.” band Telethon at their house in Bay View.

Holy Pinto plays an album release show Saturday, March 9, at Cactus Club with ReAt first, he slept on the floor. Then he graduated to a real room with a futon. He tirement Party, Pierre, Clem and DJ DRiPSweat at 7 p.m. never planned on staying, exactly. It’s more like he just never decided to leave. “It

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an hype and branding sustain a career lasting the better part of a half-century? If so, that hasn’t been the case for KISS. The hard-rocking quartet’s kabuki makeup and extra-human personas made glam approachable to kids for whom David Bowie was too androgynously exotic and Gary Glitter too ham-fistedly corny. Though the bombast of their greasepaint, flash pots and costumes may have been the initial draw for many to the band, Friday’s Fiserv Forum date on their “End of the Road” tour evinced the band’s gift for enough hooks and anthemic escapism to make the gimmicks pay off.

Set production—including two stages and cranes by which bassist Gene “Demon” Simmons and rhythm guitarist Paul “Starchild” Stanley rode over the near-capacity audience—gave the group’s true believers in KISS Army and KISS Kruise gear a theatrically memorable send-off to an act whose aficionados’ loyalty is roughly tantamount to the critical derision they have received since their mid-’70’s debut. But critics be damned: The force of their fans’ will landed the band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, despite the hatred Stanley claims the hall’s brass has for them. The same popular endearment has made Milwaukee a regular stop for the band since their 1975 Riverside Theater debut.

Stanley’s between-tune musings resonated somewhere between that of a carnival barker genuinely sold on his hustle and a somewhat humbled dude grateful for being able to make such a great living plying such silly, over-the-top showmanship. Those glimmers of humility contrasted with the nearly uniformly aggressive music undergirding the evening’s attitudinal and literal pyrotechnics.

They opened with “Detroit Rock City” and “Shout It Out Loud,” both from 1976’s Destroyer, and the 18 numbers that followed touched on many of their studio albums, including the makeup-free, career-revitalizing 1983-’97 tenure that firmly positioned KISS as a forerunner of the gaudy-in-its-own way hairspray metal that stole much of the act’s luster.

The libidinal streak present in “I Was Made For Loving You” informed a fair amount of the back catalog KISS revived this night, including “Lick It Up” and “Love Gun.” Simmons’ shtick was more amusing when he mythologized his monstrous alter ego on “War Machine” and “God of Thunder.” Stanley’s best moment on the mic may have been singing lead on their first album’s ode to inebriation, “Cold Gin.” Guitarist Tommy Thayer, sporting the Space Ace guise once donned by Ace Frehley, got his time to shine soloing on “Gin,” too. Eric Singer, taking the place of original Catman drummer Peter Criss, not only showed off his percussive chops with a solo on deep track “10,000 Years,” but also sang lead on the night’s one respite of lower key tenderness, “Beth.” In the grandiose manner that informs most everything about KISS, a grand piano made its way to the stage for that song alone.

As a probable matter of course, the set ended with the statement of purpose with which they’re most associated—“Rock and Roll All Nite.”

As the lights went up, though, their remake of Argent’s “God Gave Rock and Roll To You” gave the crowd a KISS equivalent of a benediction.

And the band its attempt at divine imprimatur? Either way, KISS was bound to make a spectacle at the end of their road.

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Not long after the release of Whiskey Dear, Martha Cannon put Lady Cannon on the backburner. The separation between her and her husband changed the dynamics of the band and Cannon contemplated walking away from making music altogether. “It didn’t really work out well after we separated,” she says. “I didn’t want to play music anymore.”

She grappled with uncertainty, but it was through spur of the moment jam sessions with drummer Devin Drobka that Cannon began playing music again. “He would come over my place and we would just play, and then he sort of just started pulling other people into it.”

Lady Cannon was revived with a new assemblage of local jazz musicians like cellist Pat Reinholz, guitarist Andrew Murray Trim and bassist Barry Clark (who also plays in Milwaukee indie-folk outfit Field Report alongside Drobka), all of whom are featured on the band’s upcoming release. “It’s a whole different game playing with trained jazz musicians. They work the songs so

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ilwaukee-based singer and songwriter Martha Cannon jokes about the irony behind the title of Lady Cannon’s new record, Fortune’s Darling, due March 8. “The songs and experiences contained in them are not lucky. They’re not fortunate,” she says. “[The phrase] is something I heard in a bar. I wrote it down and found it in a notebook later.

I don’t even remember where it was said. I just loved the way it sounded.”

Fortune’s Darling, which was recorded and completed about two years ago, is the long awaited follow up to 2012’s Whiskey Dear. The record exhibits that same kind of folk with fervid intensity heard in the band’s debut, as Cannon delves deep into tales of yearning and heartache.

But the reconfiguration of the band’s lineup adds another exciting layer to Lady Cannon’s style of Midwestern Americana. On “Run Away,” Cannon sings “Do you remember when you wanted me to write a song about you? Well, baby—this is fucking it.../I hope you get what you deserve, you deserve so much,” before swells of strings and percussion take over the closing verse. Songs like “Somebody’s Baby” and “Wild Beast” showcase Cannon’s honeyed vocals juxtaposed with her sharp, candid form of songwriting.

Cannon has called the Midwest home for about a decade, but she hails from Pomeroy, Wash., a small town 30 miles west of the Idaho border, with a total population of just a little under 1,400. “I grew up on a very little farm and it was very picturesque,” says Cannon. “We didn’t have television until I was in middle school. I feel like I was kind of raised by nature.”

The town is starkly contrasting with some of the more well-known sonic landscapes synonymous with the Pacific Northwest. “It’s not Seattle,” she jokes. “In the country, you have conservative talk radio, oldies and top 40. My dad had some really cool records. I feel like his musical taste helped me be interested in music.”

It was through her dad’s collection that Martha was introduced to everything, from Black Sabbath and ’70s Welsh rock like Budgie to Nirvana. “Other than singing in church choir, there were no women that I knew of that did anything musically. It just didn’t seem like something people did.” It wasn’t until her mid-20s that Cannon started singing and figuring out how to play guitar. “I sort of just fell into it,” she says.

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differently. It’ll just be me singing with like two chords, and they make it into this beautiful thing that’s got layers and textures.”

Cactus Club Though Cannon reveals that Friday, some of the hesitation in releasMarch 8, ing the record around the time 9 p.m. it was originally completed was due to feeling like the project had no “cohesive feel,” its structure of loosely connected vignettes makes it all the more intriguing. No two songs sound alike—take the poppier, almost shoegaze-like “The Time You Took the Bartender Home” or the gritty “The Axe Fits the Shape of My Heart.” The lush instrumentals throughout Fortune’s Darling playfully dialogue off of each other, as if they’re in conversation, as Cannon recounts a few escapades, along with falling in and out of love.

Lady Cannon plays Cactus Club on Friday, March 8, at 9 p.m. with Hello Death and Half Gringa.

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By James Barrick

Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

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74. Wings 75. Screwball comedy 76. Habitation on a height 77. — -ball arcade game 78. Half score 79. NCAA event: 2 wds.

81. Riser 82. Concluding stages 84. Funny guy 85. Lessened 86. Father of Phobos and Deimos 87. Stage area 89. Seurat or Pompidou 91. Cattle breed 94. Stone fruits 95. Map 96. Woman of rank 99. Force to walk 103. Moonfish 104. Early harpsichord 105. Fish in a net 106. Sushi wrapping 107. Make over 108. Distances 109. Competent 110. Take a dip DOWN 1. Prosciutto 2. Kind of forensic profiling 3. Hill 4. Immunogens 5. Prize 6. Pile up 7. Big cat’s thatch 8. Degree-holder, for short 9. Between xi and pi 10. Dress and Da Vinci 11. Nottingham’s river 12. Aide: Abbr.

13. “Matrix” role 14. Kobold 15. Tony and Oscar 16. Ephron or Zehetner

17. Faction 18. Tennis Hall of Famer 24. Dangle 26. Bottle part 28. Rally of a kind: Hyph.

30. Inroads 31. Ark’s terminus 32. Parade group: 2 wds.

33. Falsify 34. Species 35. Drug-yielding plant 37. River in Italy 38. Proceeds 39. John Philip Sousa: 3 wds.

40. Madrid money 41. Urge 43. Kind of pool 44. Gladden 45. Clumsy fellow 46. Horse with a saddle 51. Traditional garb (Var.) 53. Unknown author: Abbr.

54. Drills 57. Ada County city 58. Bike for two 59. Armies 60. Crooked 62. Set afire 63. Nocturnal creature 64. Related maternally

65. Old Greek anatomist 66. Chagall and Jacobs 67. Editor’s mark 68. Tent 69. Races 71. Worries 72. Mortise counterpart 75. Stardom 76. Word heard at parting 77. Ancient Greeks 79. Fen 80. Checks 83. Cowboy on the pampas 85. Malware program 87. Coeur d’— 88. Pretender 89. Monstrous one 90. Score in golf 91. Omnia vincit — 92. Nucha 93. Commencement participant 94. Irritated state 95. Fiddler — 97. Ology 98. Unclose, to poets 99. Govt. agcy.

100. Run-in 101. — de coeur 102. A pronoun

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WORD FIND This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 26 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

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ACROSS 1. Video format 5. Temptress 9. Gasoline rating 15. Looped handle 19. Sapiutan 20. Nurse 21. Tidbit 22. Ills 23. Border region 25. “Beware the — — —” 27. Movement 28. Perfume 29. Speak 30. Great shortages 33. Original thing 34. Go quickly 36. Cousin to a chimp 37. Limousine 38. Tread 42. Diner’s preference 43. Ceremonial music: 2 wds.

47. “Ben- —” 48. Curves 49. Set right, in a way 50. Big artery 51. Withered 52. Slangy affirmative 53. Saw 54. Word with dress or baby 55. O.T. book 56. Ore of antimony 58. Roger Rabbit et al.

59. Badger 61. All’s opposite: 2 wds.

62. Kind of card 63. Nether 64. Prodding (with “on”) 66. “Water Lilies” painter 67. Remedies 70. Takes 71. Items in a shoe 72. Like the White Rabbit 73. “With it”

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::FREEWILLASTROLOGY ::BY ROB BREZSNY PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Who was the model for Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic painting Mona Lisa? Many scholars think it was Italian noblewoman Lisa del Giocondo. Leonardo wanted her to feel comfortable during the long hours she sat for him, so he hired musicians to play for her and people with mellifluous voices to read her stories. He built a musical fountain for her to gaze upon and a white Persian cat to cuddle. If it were within my power, I would arrange something similar for you in the coming weeks. Why? Because I’d love to see you be calmed and soothed for a concentrated period of time; to feel perfectly at ease, at home in the world, surrounded by beautiful influences you love. In my opinion, you need and deserve such a break from the everyday frenzy.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Genius inventor Thomas Edison rebelled against sleep, which he regarded as wasteful. He tried to limit his time in bed to four hours per night so he would have more time to work during his waking hours. Genius scientist Albert Einstein had a different approach. He preferred ten hours of sleep per night, and liked to steal naps during the day, too. In my astrological opinion, Aries, you’re in a phase when it makes more sense to imitate Einstein than Edison. Important learning and transformation are happening in your dreams.

Give your nightly adventures maximum opportunity to work their magic in your behalf.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Danish flag has a red background emblazoned with an asymmetrical white cross. It was a national symbol of power as early as the 14th century, and may have first emerged during a critical military struggle that established the Danish empire in 1219.

No other country in the world has a flag with such an ancient origin. But if Denmark’s Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who’s a Taurus, came to me and asked me for advice, I would urge him to break with custom and design a new flag—maybe something with a spiral rainbow or a psychedelic tree. I’ll suggest an even more expansive idea to you, Taurus: create fresh traditions in every area of your life!

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): On June 7, 1988, Gemini musician Bob Dylan launched what has come to be known as the Never Ending Tour. It’s still going. In the past 30-plus years, he has performed almost 3,000 shows on every continent except Antarctica. In 2018 alone, at the age of 77, he did 84 gigs. He’s living proof that not every Gemini is flaky and averse to commitment. Even if you yourself have flirted with flightiness in the past, I doubt you will do so in the next five weeks. On the contrary. I expect you’ll be a paragon of persistence, doggedness, and stamina.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The otters at a marine park in Miura City, Japan are friendly to human visitors. There are holes in the glass walls of their enclosures through which they reach out to shake people’s hands with their webbed paws. I think you need experiences akin to that in the coming weeks. Your mental and spiritual health will thrive to the degree that you seek closer contact with animals. It’s a favorable time to nurture your instinctual intelligence and absorb influences from the natural world. For extra credit, tune in to and celebrate your own animal qualities.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Between 1977 and 1992, civil war raged in Mozambique. Combatants planted thousands of land mines that have remained dangerous long after the conflict ended. In recent years, a new ally has emerged in the quest to address the problem: rats that are trained to find the hidden explosives so that human colleagues can defuse them. The expert sniffers don’t weigh enough to detonate the mines, so they’re ideal to play the role of saviors. I foresee a metaphorically comparable development in your future, Leo. You’ll get help and support from a surprising or seemingly unlikely source.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Imagine a stairway that leads nowhere; as you ascend, you realize that at the top is not a door or a hallway, but a wall. I suspect that lately you may have been dealing with a metaphorical version of an anomaly like this. But I also predict that in the coming weeks some magic will transpire that will change

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everything. It’s like you’ll find a button on the wall that when pushed opens a previously imperceptible door.

Somehow, you’ll gain entrance through an apparent obstruction.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Not all of the classic works of great literature are entertaining.

According to one survey of editors, writers and librarians, Goethe’s Faust, Melville’s Moby Dick, and Cervantes’ Don Quixote are among the most boring masterpieces ever written. But most experts agree that they’re still valuable to read. In that spirit, and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you to commune with other dull but meaningful things.

Seek out low-key but rich offerings. Be aware that unexciting people and situations may offer clues and catalysts that you need.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Many of you Scorpios regard secrecy as a skill worth cultivating. It serves your urge to gather and manage power. You’re aware that information is a valuable commodity, so you guard it carefully and share it sparingly. This predilection sometimes makes you seem understated, even shy. Your hesitancy to express too much of your knowledge and feelings may influence people to underestimate the intensity that seethes within you. Having said all that, I’ll now predict that you’ll show the world who you are with more dazzle and flamboyance in the coming weeks. It’ll be interesting to see how you do that as you also try to heed your rule that information is power.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian actress and producer Deborra-Lee Furness has been married to megastar actor Hugh Jackman for 23 years. Their wedding rings are inscribed with a motto that blends Sanskrit and English, “Om paramar to the mainamar.” Hugh and DeborahLee say it means “we dedicate our union to a greater source.” In resonance with current astrological omens, I invite you to engage in a similar gesture with an important person in your life. Now is a marvelous time to deepen and sanctify your relationship by pledging yourselves to a higher purpose or beautiful collaboration or sublime mutual quest.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 1997, a supercomputer named Deep Blue won six chess matches against chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. In 2016, an artificial intelligence called AlphaGo squared off against human champion Lee Sedol in a best-of-five series of the Chinese board game Go. AlphaGo crushed Sedol, four games to one.

But there is at least one cerebral game in which human intelligence still reigns supreme: the card game known as bridge. No AI has as yet beat the best bridge players. I bring this to your attention, Capricorn, because I am sure that in the coming weeks, no AI could out-think and out-strategize you as you navigate your way through life’s tests and challenges. You’ll be smarter than ever. P.S.: I’m guessing your acumen will be extra soulful, as well.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): At regular intervals, a hot stream of boiling water shoots up out of the earth and into the sky in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park. It’s a geyser called Old Faithful. The steamy surge can reach a height of 185 feet and last for five minutes. When white settlers first discovered this natural phenomenon in the 19th century, some of them used it as a laundry. Between blasts, they’d place their dirty clothes in Old Faithful’s aperture. When the scalding flare erupted, it provided all the necessary cleansing. I’d love to see you attempt a metaphorically similar feat, Aquarius: harness a natural force for a practical purpose, or a primal power for an earthy task.

Homework: Think of the last person you cursed, if only with a hateful thought if not an actual spell. Now, send them a free-hearted blessing.

Go to realastrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 877873-4888 or 900-950-7700.

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Devil in the Details

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astor Alph Lukau of Alleluia International Ministries in Johannesburg, South Africa, is facing lawsuits after a stunt in which he appeared to resurrect a dead man on Feb. 24. Sowetan News reported that a video of the incident shows Lukau placing his hands on the man’s stomach as he lay in the coffin, when suddenly, the man begins to gasp for air and sits up. “Can you see what happened!?” Lukau exclaims in the video. “This man died since (sic) Friday, he was in the mortuary. Devil, I told you wherever I find you, I will kick you out!” Fellow pastor Rochelle Kombou added that Lukau “completed the miracle by praying, because prayer is the key.” The lawsuits, meanwhile, stem from the misrepresentation of the situation to three funeral parlors, whose services were sought by church officials. A coffin was bought from one, and the hearse was later hired from another.

Patella Protection Filipino Angelito Oreta, 55, has an unusual method of protecting himself and his home from thieves and attackers. His friends and he raid fresh graves near Manila to steal kneecaps from corpses. Oreta uses a scalpel to remove the patella, then soaks the bone in coconut oil for several days to dissolve the skin.

Once dried, the bones can be found scattered around his home… or worn around his neck.

“The benefit that the guardian angels from the patellas will bring is that they will help your livelihood,” Oreta explained to Metro News.

“The kneecaps are used for protection, or they will also work as a shield.” Oreta also gives the kneecaps as gifts.

Why, you say? The old filling station was the setting for the 1974 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The Gas Station opened as a restaurant in 2016, serving barbecue and souvenir merchandise to film buffs. Manager Ben Hughes said the Coke machine in the movie is the same one that’s now in the restaurant, and they have a van parked outside that’s an exact replica of the one in the film. Now, he tells KVUE TV, fans can stay in one of four minicabins right behind the restaurant. But Hughes promises the staff won’t try to scare you: “We want to make sure that everybody that comes out has a good time... not just freakin’ out or anything like that.”

Silence of the Gams A Manchester, England, woman named Joan has a unique project in mind for a custom clothing designer. It seems Joan, 55, is anticipating having her leg amputated because of peripheral arterial disease, reported the Daily Mail, so she posted on Sewport.com requesting help to “create something beautiful and useful,” that is, a handbag, using the skin from her soon-to-be severed limb. She has budgeted about $3,900 for the project, which she envisions as a “medium-sized handbag with a short strap and a section down the middle that will be made from my skin,” she explained in the post. “I know it’s a bit odd and gross, but it’s my leg, and I can’t bear the thought of it being left to rot somewhere.” There are no laws against her keeping the limb, although there is paperwork to fill out. Boris Hodakel, founder of Sewport.com, reports that, shockingly, no designers have yet come forward to help with Joan’s request.

Awww…

Hotel Leatherface

On Feb. 13, Nina Harris of Kentucky told her husband, Allan, that she wanted tulips for Valentine’s Day. As she explains it, he then responded “Yes, I know.” When I got up, I had my first cup of coffee, and he said, ‘Oh, your turnips are here.’ And I said, ‘Turnips?!’”

Nina told WPVI TV. Allan’s story is slightly sweeter: “I put the turnips in the bucket that says ‘I Love You’ on it,” he said. “I went in there, got her coffee and said, ‘Here you go!’”

Allan, who admitted he wasn’t really listening when Nina requested tulips, later made it up to her by getting her the flowers as well as candy and balloons.

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::ARTFORART’SSAKE

Clock and Bull ::BY ART KUMBALEK

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’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So listen, I got a full-up platter here, I kid you not. First, let me remind you’s that we got the Daylight Saving Time bureaucracy focking with the American people once again to the tune that we lose an hour of precious time come this Sunday. That stolen hour’s got to come from somewhere so I figured it may as well be the hour I would’ve spent pumping out this essay, what the fock.

And now that it’s the Lenten season, even as a lapsed Catholic but good, I still feel obligated to give up something, which right now is going to be finishing this essay, you betcha.

But before I go, let me tell you that I came across an enchanting article the other day on this Vox website with a headline which read: “Why parrots can talk like humans: Our closest mammal relatives haven’t been able to replicate human speech, but parrots do it easily.”

And naturally, I was reminded of a little story that goes something like this: A very elderly lady, nearly blind, had three sons who wanted to prove who was best to her, probably to get their mitts on her dough when she died, what the fock.

Son Number One buys her a 15-room mansion,

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thinking this would be the best thing that any of them could offer her. Son Number Two buys her a beautiful brand-new Rolls-Royce with on-call chauffeur included, thinking this would surely win her approval. And Son Number Three thought hard how to top his brothers, so he buys her a $30,000 parrot that had been training for 15 years to memorize the entire Bible. You could ask the goddamn parrot any verse in the Bible, and he could quote it word for word. What a gift!

So wouldn’t you know, the old lady goes to the first son and says, “Son, the house is just gorgeous, but it’s much too big for me. I only live in one room, and it’s too large to clean and take care of. I really

don’t need the house, but thank you anyway.” And she says to the second son, “The car is wonderful.

It has everything you could ever want, but I don’t drive; besides, I think the chauffeur’s a pervert, so please return the car.”

Then, to Son Number 3 she says, “I just want to thank you for your most thoughtful gift. That chicken was delicious.” Ba-ding!”

OK, how ’bout one more on the theme of conversant members of the Animal Kingdom: This guy Wally is driving up to his cottage by Crivitz there and he sees this sign by a farmhouse: “Talking Dog for Sale.” So he figures what the fock, rings the doorbell and this guy tells him that the dog

is in the backyard. So Wally goes out back and sees this mutt sitting there in a lawn chair. “You talk?” he asks. “Does a bear shit in the woods?” the mutt says. “You got to be jerking my beefaroni,” Wally says, “so, what’s the story?”

Dog looks up and says, “Well sir, I discovered my gift as a pup and thought maybe I could help the government so I could earn some nice coin and buy my own food that would be better than the crapout-of-a-bag I’d get from some fockstick owner. So I got in touch with the CIA and in no time they had me flying from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, ’cause no one figured a dumb dog would be eavesdropping the conversation. I was their most valuable spy for eight years in a row—56, my time. But flying around the goddamn globe all the time became one fat drag. I knew I wasn’t getting any younger and I wanted to settle down. So I signed up for a job at an airport to do some undercover security work, which was mostly wandering near suspicious characters and listening in on their conversations. So, to make a long story longer, I uncovered a score of nefarious dealings there and was awarded a whole bunch of medals.

Settled down with some bitch, had a mess of puppies and now I’m retired.”

Wally is abso-focking-lutely amazed. He goes back to the farmhouse and asks the owner what he wants for the dog. Owner says, “Ten bucks.” Wally says “done deal” but asks, “This dog is in-fockingcredible, so why the hell on earth are you selling him?” Owner says, “Did that dog tell you about the CIA? Yeah, right. That mutt is so full of shit. You can’t believe a focking word he says and I’m sick of it.”

Ba-ding! ’cause I’m, Art Kumbalek and I told you so.

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