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You probably know…

Sen. Baldwin’s signature issue has long been health care with a focus on the 2.4 million Wisconsinites with pre-existing conditions who could lose their health care if Republicans succeed in repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

But did you know…

As a 9-year-old girl, Baldwin spent three months in the hospital with a condition similar to spinal meningitis, followed by months at home in a full-body cast. (Diagnosis was delayed because she quietly endured severe back pain, until her fever spiked to around 107 degrees.) Cost was a struggle for her grandparents because she was not on their health insurance policy. After she recovered, they looked to clarify custody to insurance, which was nearly impossible. “I was a common preACA casualty…I had a pre-existing condition.”

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“I believe that every American should have access to affordable, quality health care,” says Baldwin, promising to protect that right.

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Health care and pay equity were the first issues Baldwin worked on as a recent college graduate, interning for Gov. Tony Earl in the mid-’80s. She was sure of her interest in government, having majored in political science (and a double major in mathematics) at Smith College. But, she had not decided if she wanted to work as staff or run for elected office. Watching the Dane County Board in action at age 24, she says she was hit with the realization, “I’m as smart as they are. I can do that.”

Sen. Tammy Baldwin

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TAMMY BALDWIN? ::BY MELANIE CONKLIN

o, you think you know Tammy Baldwin? Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin has lived much of her life in the public eye. Tammy—as most supporters casually call her—is personable. Meet her, and she’ll listen, ask questions, and she’ll encourage you to share your stories. Baldwin is running for a second term in the U.S. Senate, where she’s become known for her work protecting health care, serving veterans and taking on Wall Street and Big Pharma. She is among the most progressive Democratic senators, yet she’s also established a reputation for bipartisanship because she frequently works with Republicans to get things done.

During this midterm election, due to the raging opioid crisis in Wisconsin and her mother’s death last August, she revealed a story that is intensely personal: her mother’s mental illness and addiction to painkillers. To learn more about what inspires and motivates Sen. Baldwin, read on. She shares some insight on things you may already know about her and a few things that will surprise even Wisconsinites who have closely followed Baldwin’s career.

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Baldwin was the first woman from Wisconsin elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998, and the first woman from our state elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012.

But did you know…

Long before she shattered those glass ceilings, Baldwin was appointed to serve out a departing Madison Common Council member’s term after joining the county board during law school. She was at her first meeting listening to male voices questioning the fiscal responsibility of putting a bus stop at Madison Area Technical College’s Truax campus when there was one several blocks away on East Washington. Then, female voices chimed in, explaining that many women work during the day and take classes at night. This was a safety issue along those lengthy, dark blocks. The men were surprised; they hadn’t thought of that. For Baldwin, this stands out as the first time she saw the difference it made to have women at the table.

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Another path Baldwin paved, long after coming out in college, was becoming the first out lesbian to serve in Congress, and the first openly LGBTQ U.S. Senator.

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One of her most memorable accomplishments in local government was establishing and chairing Dane County’s AIDS task force after pushing to convince other elected officials that Wisconsin would soon have HIV/AIDS cases and needed to know how to best respond.

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Pres. Donald Trump memorably proclaimed during an April 2017 visit to Kenosha that he supported Sen. Baldwin’s proposal to require certain water infrastructure projects be built with American iron and steel. He even added, “I agree with her 100%.”

But did you know…

Baldwin estimates that Trump has signed 10 of her proposals into law.

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Baldwin was raised by her grandmother, Doris Green, and grandfather, biochemist David Green.

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Her grandmother was head costume designer in the UW Theater Department. “My grandmother was a really talented seamstress; she’d make Elizabethan costumes...I was kind of raised back stage with her. And, even before grade school, she taught me how to sew.”

Baldwin inherited her grandmother’s sewing machine. As a senator, she sews everything from Christmas gifts to suit jackets, designing them based upon something she sees that inspires her. “I’ve had some failures, but it’s ok, I can always go buy a suit at Banana Republic.” As crazy busy as she is, why this hobby? “I can see the results really quickly,” she responds, laughing. “Congress can be a little slow.”

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Baldwin worked with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on the RAISE Family Caregivers Act, which passed in January and requires the federal government to devise a strategy to support unpaid family caregivers nationwide.

fell and broke her hip, things declined further.

“I was in shock that she needed care beyond what I could provide, and when I asked if I could pick a good nursing home where she had friends, I was told she could only go to a few where there were beds available.”

But did you know…

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That policy work was informed by a very difficult time in Baldwin s personal life. s her grandmother’s caregiver, she watched her become increasingly frail, being preyed upon by y by night charitable groups and getting behind on bills she’d always been meticulous about paying. “By that time, I was in Congress, and I was paying her bills, arranging visitors and felt terrible guilt when I couldn’t be there,” she recalls. After her grandmother

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Baldwin cites her amendment to the Affordable Care Act that allows young people to stay on their parents’ insurance through age 26 as her proudest legislative accomplishment.

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s a local county official, long before fighting for debt-free college in Congress, she pushed to allow college students to qualify for public assistance if they needed it. “Prior to that, they didn’t qualify, because they were deemed to be choosing to be poor,” she says.

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Baldwin has frequently stood up to the National Ri e ssociation R , pushing for such commonsense gun safety measures as universal background checks, banning bump stocks and keeping guns out of schools. In fact, the NRA spent around $600,000 against her in the 2012 race. After the Pulse night club shooting in Florida in 2016, she read all 9 names of the dead on the Senate oor while displaying their photos. “Thoughts and prayers are important, but they are not enough,” she said. “We have to act…our silence is unacceptable.”

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Baldwin owns a Ruger SR9c pistol and says she enjoys target shooting and is a “pretty good” markswoman.

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Baldwin has worked to pass bills with several prominent Republicans; these include the late Sen. John McCain (protecting Veterans Administration whistleblowers); Sen. Marco Rubio (restitution of Holocaust-era property losses); and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (opioid prescription reform in the Veterans’ Administration as well as trade issues with China).

But did you know…

While in the Wisconsin Assembly, Baldwin authored a bill with then-Rep. Scott Walker that, she recalls, concerned campaign finance reform; it was later signed into law by Gov. Tommy Thompson, who would end up being her future political opponent. She told New York Times Magazine, “I feel deceived by this governor,” given how his views had changed.

You probably know…

This past June, Baldwin joined Seth Meyers to drink a New Glarus Spotted Cow beer on national television.

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Andy Samburg of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and “Saturday Night Live” fame is her third cousin, a fact noted on his b profile.

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Meet Political Newcomer Julie Henszey TOSA BUSINESSWOMAN MAKING A STRONG RUN FOR THE STATE SENATE ::BY MELANIE CONKLIN

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he clearest path to a Democratic majority in the Wisconsin State Senate goes through the fifth state Senate istrict cover ing Brookfield, lm Grove, most of Wauwatosa and West llis, northern ew Berlin and a sliver of ilwaukee. The contest to be decided this ovember is between ssembly Rep. ale ooyenga R Brookfield and politi cal newcomer ulie Hens ey of Wauwatosa. t s a race that echoes a storyline playing out across the nation.

The ultra right e tremism of governing Re publicans who refuse to stand up to the racism, misogyny and bullying of the Trump administra tion are being abandoned by a growing number of suburbanites. nd that train is being driven by women and previously uninvolved people like Hens ey, a business owner, mom, triathlete and outdoorswoman. Hens ey never paid much at tention to politics until the night onald Trump was elected in 1 . She describes her reaction as a traumatic, visceral response that felt like sinking into a deep, dark hole.

So, heeding her Republican mother s advice, she got involved, oining groups including ndi visible ilwaukee, ndivisible Tosa and Citi en

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ction s Health Care for ll Co op. She quick ly moved into leadership roles. ow she s one of the suburban women running for office to be on the frontlines of that change. We definitely saw in our recruitment that women are stepping up and saying, can do this in ways we haven t seen before, says state Senate emocratic Com mittee e ecutive director enni ye. This is a district where moderate women, in particular, are tired of the e tremism of the Republican arty.

It’s About Teamwork

Hens ey has campaigned full time all year, stepping away from her business in e ecutive coaching and as a certified wilderness guide who leads trips down into the Grand Canyon. olitics, she figures, can benefit from those teamworking skills n the Grand Canyon, create a space where trust can develop, and people can make decisions together. Then you can deal with ten sion that comes up. She compares the way Wis consin Republicans secretly cut deals to a guide taking two team members behind a boulder, coming out and announcing a done deal that is detrimental to the rest of the group.

While the suburban fifth is gerrymandered for Republicans to win, Trump only won this district by one percentage point, and Supreme Court us tice Rebecca allet came close to winning it this spring. Hens ey s themes of teamwork and in tegrity strike a chord at the doors. greet people and tell them that, if win, they would be my boss. ask, What would you want fi ed at the state level Her opponent, ooyenga, is a political insider who sits on the powerful legislative budget com mittee that has directed billions away from Wis consin roads, public schools, the University of Wisconsin and health care. He stands by his vote to spend billions on Fo conn and ta breaks fo cused on the wealthiest Wisconsinites. ou may remember him as the legislator who violated free speech rights when he stole an approved sign from the Capitol rotunda because he didn t like its anti Trump message. fter he was caught on videotape and the sign was found in his office, he made various contradictory e cuses, including blaming political opponents and saying his mili tary intelligence training taught him at signs on a curved surface are a safety risk. The sign was on an easel. To settle the case against him, ta payers paid , that he was eventually shamed into agreeing to pay back but only after media questioned why he had failed to do so.

Wisconsin has been ground ero of scorched earth politics, and we need lead ers who own up to their actions and take responsibility, says Hens ley.

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ISSUES FACING WISCONSIN VOTERS In legislative races this year, public education and health care are top issues. A third key issue is budget priorities, especially neglected Wisconsin roads that are among the worst in the nation. n Health Care: “I believe heath care is a right, not a privilege,” says Henszey. Kooyenga rejected federal money to expand health care and supports a lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act that could rip health care away from Wisconsinites with pre-existing conditions. n Public Education: Kooyenga backs spending taxpayer money on private school vouchers and has voted for massive cuts to public schools and the University of Wisconsin. Henszey says this requires taxpayers to fund two separate school systems, adding, “We are cutting the legs out from under the schools and jeopardizing our kids’ ability to learn.” n Infrastructure and Roads: This district is home to the Zoo Interchange, where pieces began falling off nine years ago. The project still isn’t finished, despite Gov. Scott Walker’s recent claims to the contrary. “It shouldn’t be that hard to fund something as important as roads and infrastructure before giving billions to Foxconn,” says Henszey. Kooyenga stands by his vote to give $4.5 billion to Foxconn instead.

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::SAVINGOURDEMOCRACY ( OCT. 18 - OCT. 24, 2018 ) The Shepherd Express serves as a clearinghouse for all activities in the greater Milwaukee area that peacefully push back against discriminatory, reactionary or authoritarian actions and policies of the Donald Trump administration, as well as others who seek to thwart social justice. We will publicize and promote actions, demonstrations, planning meetings, teach-ins, party-building meetings, drinkingdiscussion get-togethers and any other actions that are directed toward fighting back to preserve our liberal democratic system.

Thursday, Oct. 18

Canvass and Phone Bank for Democrats @ Tom Palzewicz Campaign Headquarters (12201 W. Burleigh St., Suite 7), 4-8 p.m.

Tom Palzewicz, Julie Henszey and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin will host a weekly canvass and phone bank every Thursday from 4-8 p.m. until the Tuesday, Nov. 6, election.

Volunteer opportunities include canvassing, phone banking and more.

Saturday, Oct. 20

Truth, Trust and Democracy @ Alverno College Christopher Hall (3400 S. 43rd St.), 9:45 a.m.-noon

A panel of professors, librarians, reporters and historians will discuss the challenges facing news consumers in a digital world where the lines between opinion and fact are sometimes hard to see, and anonymous sources are plentiful.

Medicare for All Canvass @ Shorewood Public Library (3920 N. Murray Ave.), 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

Milwaukee Democratic Socialists of America will meet at the Shorewood Public Library to train first-time canvassers at 10:30 a.m., then go door to door talking about Medicare for all starting at 12:30 p.m. Anyone is welcome to join.

Peace Action Wisconsin: Stand for Peace @ the corner of 92nd Street and North Avenue, noon-1 p.m.

Every Saturday from noon-1 p.m., concerned citizens join with Peace Action 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.

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, Addie Blanchard, Carter Deems, Kaitlin McCarthy, Kelly Katona and sketch comedy group The Accountants of Homeland Security.

Monday, Oct. 22

What Works for Us: Marijuana Policy @ Scene 1 Restaurant and Lounge (5526 W. North Ave.), 7-9 p.m.

On the ballot next month in Milwaukee County will be an advisory referendum on legalizing personal use of marijuana. State Assemblyman David Bowen will lead a conversation about the referendum and take back opinions to the state legislature, which could spur new laws on the subject.

Tuesday, Oct. 23

#CloseMSDF Picket @ Milwaukee County Courthouse (901 N. Ninth St.), 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Demonstrators will gather outside of the Milwaukee County Courthouse to further the cause of closing the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility (MSDF). The activists protest on the 23rd of every month, to bring attention to 23-hour-a-day lockdowns, which are common at the troubled facility.

The Walker’s Dead Ball @ LuLu Café and Bar (2261 S. Howell Ave.), 6-9 p.m.

Bay View’s Café LuLu and Bar will host a Halloween-themed fundraiser for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers. The event will include free food, cake and music. Tickets come in two tiers: $75 “Resistance Fighter” and $250 “State Savior.”

To submit to this column, please send a brief description of your action, including date and time, to savingourdemocracy@shepex.com. Together, we can fight to minimize the damage that Donald Trump and others of his kind have planned for our great country.

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A Category 5 Election Where Money Doesn’t Matter ::BY JOEL MCNALLY

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f you’re desperately looking for good political news these days— and who isn’t?—here’s some: A candidate who champions the issues voters really care about may matter more than money this year in the outcome of Wisconsin’s governor’s race.

That’s one conclusion that could be drawn from Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tony Evers continuing to run ahead of incumbent Republican Gov. Scott Walker three weeks before the Tuesday, Nov. 6, election despite Republican groups outspending Democrats two-to-one and Walker’s campaign outspending Evers four-to-one.

Supporters of democracy have always wanted to believe that, but wouldn’t it take a perfect storm in 2018 to create such a perfect political world Welcome to the first Category election threatening to sweep away a two-term Republican governor.

n Educator Running Against the Anti-Education Governor Evers—Wisconsin’s superintendent of schools—is the ideal candidate to take on Walker’s slashing of $1.17 billion in public school funding through 2016, the most devastating cut to education in the state’s history.

Walker added insult to injury by absurdly calling himself “an education governor,” which every school district knows to be a lie. Frustration over Walker’s enormous cuts to their schools prompted of voters statewide in a Marquette University Law School poll to support paying higher property taxes to pay for schools only preferred lower property taxes). n Health Care is a Life and Death Issue Republicans were so hell-bent on trying to kill health care for millions by repealing Pres.

Barack bama s ffordable Care ct C that they forgot to protect the lives of Republicans who have pre-existing conditions, just like Democrats. Walker authorized his Attorney General, Brad Schimel, to lead a federal lawsuit in Te as to destroy all the benefits of the C , which would force . million Wisconsinites with pre-existing health conditions to pay exorbitant prices or lose their health care. whopping 8 of voters statewide say protecting coverage of pre-existing conditions is very important to them, but Walker still refuses Evers’ demand that Wisconsin pull out of the lawsuit to destroy those protections.

n A Bad Time for Republicans to Continue Denigrating Women There’s never really a good time for an obnoxious president, who brags about groping women’s private parts, to put someone credibly accused of a drunken sexual assault on the U.S. Supreme Court, but a few weeks before midterm elections is the very worst time. Republicans pretend those who care about them sickened

by Brett Kavanaugh’s approval without a thorough investigation will be offset by male voters thrilled to have such a man on the court. That’s as insulting to men as it is to women. The Republican gender gap and decency gap have become vast chasms. n The Backdrop of Trumpian Awfulness The constant lying. The public sucking up to Vladimir Putin abroad and neo-Nazis and white supremacists at home. Racial and religious bigotry toward immigrants treated as vermin infesting our country. The inhumanity of tearing apart families at the border and caging their children.

No one really knows what despicable action Trump might take next, but everyone knows Republicans won’t stand up to him for fear of losing his most hateful supporters. The midterms are the only hope of creating a check on Trump by replacing Republicans with Democrats who will oppose Trump’s un-American demagoguery.

There’s your perfect storm of factors converging to create a growing blue wave washing over the Midwest Trump won two years ago. Voters are realizing Trump was lying about manufacturing jobs coming back to their small towns, and

farmers see his trade war destroying their markets and driving down crop prices.

Despite desperately spending vast sums of money, Republican candidates trail Democrats by double digits in governor and U.S. Senate races in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Last week’s Marquette poll, which erased a five point vers lead over Walker a month earlier to give Walker a tiny one-point lead, was an outlier. n BC arist College poll released the very next day gave Evers a 10-point lead over Walker among likely voters.

Republicans used to have a midterm voting advantage demographically because their voters—ostensibly better educated and more economically successful—voted in every election. It’s certainly no longer true of the hardcore Trump cult with less education they re the who will support Trump when he shoots Jeff Sessions in the middle of Fifth Avenue in New York. They’re the tail wagging the cowardly Republican dog.

Trump’s base is a fringe element. Their only loyalty is to Donald Trump—certainly not to pale Republican imitators who don’t get their blood boiling at raucous hate rallies. They may not even bother to vote when Trump isn’t on the ballot, which could leave this Category election to decent voters seeking checks and balances in the midst of turbulently unbalanced political times as Walker’s house collapses around him in the storm.

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Bread of Healing Clinic Finds Solutions for Health Care ::BY ERIN BLOODGOOD

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bout 20 years ago, Rick Cesar was working as a nurse in the Aurora Sinai Emergency Room, treating patients that often had no reason to seek care in an emergency room except for the fact that they had no insurance. The sad truth was that the ER was their only option for medical care, which is still the case for many people today. In the same hospital, Cesar knew a doctor, Tom Jackson, and a residency student, Barbara Horner-Ibler, who were both frustrated with the treatment system they were a part of.

Cesar, Jackson and Horner-Ibler watched as patients came in to the hospital to be treated for an illness, temporarily recovered from their symptoms, were discharged with a prescription and would start the process all over again a few

months later. These patients would not be cured; they were simply sent off with a quick fi . f pa tients do have health care, their level of care is dictated by what their insurance covers, which often limits follow-up appointments and other necessary treatments like behavior health assessments. These three health care providers came together to find a solution to these problems and make health care more accessible to those who cannot afford it.

In 2000, Cesar, Jackson and Horner-Ibler co-founded the Bread of Healing Clinic (1821 N. 16th St., in the basement of Cross Lutheran Church) with help from partners including Aurora Health Care and United Way. Although the clinic has grown to treat almost 2,000 patients and accommodate around 6,800 visits per year in three locations, it started much smaller. In the beginning, Cesar was stationed as a parish nurse at Cross Lutheran Church and began seeing a few patients a week to keep them out of the ER for needs like removing stitches and checking vitals after starting a new drug. Horner-Ibler then joined Cesar and prescribed medications to patients. She would leave her credit card on file at the pharmacy so that when patients went to fill their prescriptions, the pharmacist knew to put the bill on her credit card. Jackson became the medical director, and the clinic grew quickly with the needs of their patients.

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and behavioral problems. That is why all their patients interact with someone from their social work, behavioral health and medical team that are available at every location. But there’s more to health than that; there’s hope, explains Michele Cohen, the clinic’s behavioral health director. “I hold hope when other people can’t hold it for themselves, and that’s what this place is,” she says. “I’ve learned how much of a difference we can make in someone’s life by just listening, by just telling them the truth.”

The clinic’s health care providers are used to their patients telling them that no one cares about them, that they have been forgotten. These are fellow citizens of this city that feel alienated.

Bread of Healing was founded to show Milwaukee’s underinsured that “you need hope, and somebody does care,” states Cesar. “You have to be willing to accept people and understand you are not the one doing the favor. You’re going to learn more from people than anything. And if you can have a heart that’s open, and you can encourage caregivers to do that, it’s going to make them better practitioners and provide better care to the patients.”

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Middle Eastern Delights at Pita Palace ::BY LACEY MUSZYNSKI

hen you have one successful business, you’re only a hop, skip and jump away from a second. Al-Yousef Supermarket, a Middle Eastern grocer in Oak Creek, has a small but extremely popular restaurant counter hidden inside it. Owner Yousef Abdallah has decided to capitalize on that popularity with a standalone restaurant: Pita Palace Mediterranean Cuisine.

to order. You can get either one ($9.99) or both ($10.99) as an entree with rice, hummus and salad accompaniments. The chicken shawarma is especially tasty, with a thin glaze of creamy garlic sauce poured over top. Or try shawarma in an Arabic sandwich ($9.99-$10.99), wrapped in thin, chewy shrak bread along with pickles. It’s toasted, cut into pinwheels and served with fries.

Portions seem to be large across the board. Four plump lamb chops ($15.99) are grilled for a substantial serving or order a roasted half chicken ($12.99) that comes with hummus, baba ganouj, pickles and bread. If you’re not ready to eat Though it’s a counter-service restaurant, you wouldn’t guess that judging by the interior’s décor. The soaring ceilings, that much, grab a sandwich ($5.99-$6.99) instead, which are filled with various pickles, sauces and vegetables and your choice of meats, shawarma, or falafel. glimmering chandeliers and modern tile work make the space, The appetizer section is so long it’s divided into hot and cold sections. Defiwell, palatial. Head to the counter, peruse the menu on the TV nitely order falafel ($2.99-$4.99), which come in six and 12-piece portions and screens and order at the counter. When your food is ready, it’ll be are served with tahini. They’re fluffy on the inside and crunchy on the outside. brought out to you on real dishes—nothing disposable here, unless you order a Hummus can be ordered plain with pita ($5.99) or with a topping of shawarma self-serve fountain soda. The food, as presented, fits right in. Entrees sit atop piles ($9.99), which turns it into a substantial meal on its own. There are also a number of yellow rice, meats are garnished with minced curly parsley and hummus enof salads, including tabbouleh ($5.99) with parsley, mint and cracked wheat and a cases a pool of green olive oil, minced peppers and a sprinkle of deep red sumac. signature fattoush ($5.99) of leafy greens and vegetables mixed with crispy fried It’s all lovely and enticing. pita bread.

There is little difference between the menu at Pita Palace and the menu at If you’ve got a group, there’s a very tempting family menu. There are three size Al-Yousef Supermarket, except for the size. Mainstays are present at both, while options designed to serve four to 10 people ($45.99-$89.99). there are many added appetizers, meats and specials at Pita Each comes in a huge communal serving platter full of rice, Palace. If you’re unsure of what you might like, the Pita Palace various meats, grilled vegetables and garnishes, served with mixed grill ($12.99) is a logical place to start. The entree comes Pita Palace bread, salads and appetizers. They’re ideal for sharing in the with yellow rice tinged with warm spices, a dollop of humMediterranean cozy semi-circular booths. mus, warm pita and a simple salad of diced tomatoes, cucumDaily specials like lamb mansaf ($14.99)—a stew made with Cuisine ber, lemon juice and olive oil. On top the rice are three meats: fermented, dried yogurt—offer ways to try dishes that are shish kabob of beef, chicken shish tawook and kafta kabob 789 W. Layton Ave. less commonly seen here. Wash it down with Barbican, a nonmade with minced beef. The chicken chunks, which were ten414-988-8100 • $$ alcoholic, fermented beverage that’s popular in the Middle der and heavily seasoned, were the standout. Some pieces of Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

East. And finally, don’t be afraid to order more than you can beef were rather tough and bland, and I felt that the ground seven days a week eat; whether you opt for something familiar or branch out and beef kafta kabob was a little too sausage-like in texture. try something you’ve never heard of, you’re going to find a facebook.com/ Lovers of shawarma will be right at home here. Thin slices few new favorites—and have leftovers to take home. pitapalacemke of beef or chicken are roasted on a vertical spit and sliced off

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POW WOW: A TIME TO CELEBRATE ::BY JOHN JAHN

The Pow Wow is a celebration of Native American culture and traditions; a gathering in which Native American people come together to dance, sing and drum. But above all, it is an opportunity to socialize and strengthen the bonds between people from all backgrounds. Indeed, all of that—plus lots of traditional and Native American-themed food and stunning pageantry—can be enjoyed throughout the 14th-annual Forest County Potawatomi Hunting Moon Pow Wow, taking place Oct. 19-21 at the Wisconsin Center (400 W. Wisconsin Ave.). Admission to this event is free and open to everyone.

Performers from across the country will be in Milwaukee competing in traditional events for more than $100,000 in prize money. The Pow Wow also features Native American artisans, food vendors and crafts booths.

As for the food, all the traditional Native American items will be on sale, as well as snacks and beverages. Menu items include Indian-style and vegetarian tacos, frybread (with lots of options), buffalo burgers, fry dogs, wild rice casserole and soup, Cherry Berry desserts, vegetarian tacos, chili-cheese blanket dogs, corn soup, burritos, nachos and more. The Hunting Moon Pow Wow’s vendors this year are American Indian Grill (also a vendor at the annual Indian Summer Festival), Shalifoe Native Foods of Manistee, LittleWind’s Favorites of Oneida, KP’s Kettle Corn and Creative Creatures Foods.

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Ser!ous Bean Co. Puts the Fun in Baked Beans ::BY SHEILA JULSON

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espite the word “serious” being in the name of his product, Trey Taylor, director of marketing for Lakeside Foods, in Manitowoc, Wis., likes to have a little fun with his brand. Ser!ous Bean Company—the canned beans that Taylor and Matt Brown created under their Arkansas-based business, Good Eats Foods Company—puts an innovative kick into canned baked beans with avors like r. epper, Buckin’ Buffalo, Sweet & Smoky Chipotle and JW’s ri ed Cracked epper.

The name Ser!ous Bean came from one of their private equity investors who tried a sample of the product and exclaimed, “Wow, those are some serious beans!” Taylor related. He and Brown launched Ser!ous Bean Co. in April in 2,600 Walmart stores. This past June, Lakeside Foods acquired Good Eats Food Co., which allows Taylor and Brown more latitude to focus on marketing and product development. Taylor worked in the food and beverage industry for more than 20 years, and during his tenure with r. epper, he learned how people used the famous carbonated beverage in their barbecue sauces and marinades. t tenderi es meats and gives foods a unique avor and sweetness, Taylor said. t seemed like a good fit for baked beans.”

When Brown and Taylor worked together at

a canned food manufacturer that the latter described as “the behemoth of canned beans,” he noticed that how, despite that company having a good product, nobody had really challenged them. “We looked at canned beans and thought about what’s going on with craft beer and even the fun avors of artisan potato chips, and we thought that beans are a fun category—great for grilling and tailgating—so where were all the fun avors in the bean category Taylor and Brown developed Ser!ous Bean’s four avors, meticulously ad usting spice and heat levels until they achieved the desires tastes.

The r. epper Baked Beans blends a spicy kick with the sweetness of the different r. epper avors. The recipe for W s ri ed Cracked epper came from a friend in Arkansas who retired from a canned beans company that produced a recipe exclusively for restaurants. “It was a traditional baked beans recipe, and we put our own twist on it with cracked pepper,” Taylor said. The medium heat goes well with baked potatoes and nachos.

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The Buckin’ Buffalo Beans echoes the tangy, spicy and sweet avors of buffalo sauce. Taylor recommends it alone or as a dip blended with blue cheese or cream cheese. The Sweet & Smoky Chipotle into Beans with Tomatoes is slightly spicy, and the hearty smokiness of chipotle comes through. It goes well with Mexican dishes and can be used in soups and chili. ll four varieties are vegan, with no artificial preservatives or avors. The beans are sourced from growers in Wisconsin, Minnesota and orth akota, and the cans are B free. ach can has a batch number that indicates at which attempt they nailed the recipe. Taylor okes that “Ace”—the bean-shaped mascot on each can— dreamed from an early age about revolutioni ing canned beans.

As of September, Ser!ous Bean Co. can also be found in area ei er stores. There s an assumption that canned foods are laden with chemicals and preservatives, and maybe years ago it was, so canned food got a bit of a bad rep. But, home canning is on trend, and food manufacturers use the same process of high temperatures and water to make a tight seal. We can make canned food cool again.”

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::SPORTS The Days of the Thrifty Brewers are Coming to an End ::BY KYLE LOBNER

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egardless of what happens over the next few weeks, one thing is clear: The Milwaukee Brewers have stepped out of their “rebuilding” phase and now stand with both feet inside their window to contend.

Over the last two regular seasons, they’ve won 182 games, the seventh-highest total in all Major League Baseball and the third-most in the National League. To continue to contend, however, they’re going to have to spend like a contender.

The Brewers came into the 2018 season with an Opening Day payroll just under $91 million, a big step forward from $63 million expenditures in ’16 and ’17, but still ranked in the bottom half of baseball in that category. Mark Attanasio and company deserve credit for their willingness to spend to add additional pieces during the season, and David Stearns and company deserve credit for everything they’ve accomplished on a below-average budget, but their options are going to be limited this winter. n Guaranteed Money Several of the Brewers’ existing long-term contracts escalate, albeit slightly, for 2019.

Christian Yelich will receive the biggest scheduled raise, going from a $7 million commitment to $9.75 million next year. Chase Anderson (due a $1.75 million raise), Lorenzo Cain ($1 million) and Eric Thames ($1 million) will each also receive extra money in ’19, although those expenditures are offset a bit by smaller figures due to Ryan Braun (dropping from $20 to $19 million) and Jhoulys Chacín (down from $8.75 to $6.75 million). Despite Matt Albers’ disappointing season, the Brewers are also on the hook for $2.5 million for him again next year. MLB contracts are guaranteed, so, barring a trade, those seven players will be receiving $65.5 million from the Brewers. n Contract Options In the days following the 2018 season, the Brewers will have decisions to make on four contract options, some likely easier than others.

It seems likely they’ll opt not to pay Joakim Soria $10 million to return in 2019, and Jordan Lyles’ $3.5 million for next year probably isn’t happening either, although the Brewers will have to pay those two players a combined $1.25 million in buyouts. Jeremy Jeffress’ $3.175 million option is probably an easy call, as he would make more than that via arbitration if the Brewers declined it. Mike Moustakas will be the most interesting decision: He’s very quickly made himself a valuable member of the Brewers, and it’s not hard

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to picture a scenario where the organization exercises their half of his $15 million mutual option. (He may seek more money via free agency anyway.) So, that’s another minimum of $3.175 million, with a possibility of $18.175 million. n Arbitration The arbitration system is where things really start to get expensive for the Brewers. MLB Trade Rumors released their 2019 arbitration salary projections last week, and they show the Brewers with 15 eligible players (including Jeffress). All told, it would cost something in the neighborhood of $47.44 million to keep all of them.

There is one likely easy opportunity to cut costs in the group: Stephen Vogt is projected to receive $3.065 million for ’19, and there’s virtually no way the Brewers pay that given his injury situation.

Beyond that, however, the decisions get a little tougher. Jonathan Schoop made $8.5 million in 2018 and is projected to receive $10.1 million next year. The most likely move is probably non-tendering him to avoid paying that but doing so might be a painful admission of failure for an organization that gave up a fair amount to acquire him. Domingo Santana had a disappointing start to the 2018 season and spent much of the year in AAA. MLBTR projects he’ll make around $2 million if he stays with the Brewers, which would be a decent risk on a player who hit 30 home runs in 2017. And Erik Kratz may retire and save the Brewers his projected $1.7 million but sticking around to collect that money would nearly double the veteran backup’s career earnings.

Even if Vogt, Schoop, Kratz and Tyler Saladino (due a projected $1 million) do not return, that still leaves the Brewers with about $28.4 million needed to retain Travis Shaw, Corey Knebel, Jimmy Nelson, Hernan Perez, Junior Guerra, Zach Davies, Santana, Manny Pina, Dan Jennings and Xavier Cedeno. n Free Agency Assuming all the above holds true, the Brewers will have around $97 million committed to 18 players for the 2019 season ($112 million with Moustakas), and a minimum of seven open spots on the Opening Day roster. Filling those seven spots with players making the league minimum drives their Opening Day payroll to around $100.5 million, which would be the third-highest in franchise history.

That figure, however, assumes that the Brewers allow Moustakas, Soria, Schoop, Wade Miley, Gio Gonzalez, Curtis Granderson and others to leave and don’t replace them with any free agents. This would likely create some challenges—both on the roster and in public—if the Brewers give off the impression of not trying to take the next step to retain or improve upon this year’s roster. The team is going to have some tough decisions to make in the months ahead as it starts planning for 2019. Barring some kind of fire sale, however, the days of the organization being able to get away with being thrifty are fast coming to an end.

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Renaissance Theaterworks’ ‘Native Gardens’ Will Make You Laugh and Think ::BY JEAN-GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

fter seeing Native Gardens, the new play by Renaissance Theaterworks which will soon be playing in Milwaukee, I can make an accurate prediction: Every person who sees this show will leave the theater with a bright smile on their face. Native Gardens is a comedy depicting a botanical kerfuffle between two households over a two-feet wide stretch of land and a beautiful flower bed.

When the young and liberal Del Valle couple buys the home next to the Butley residence, two worlds clash. Pablo Del Valle (Andrew Joseph Perez) is Chilean, and his pregnant wife, Tania (Kelsey Elyse Rodriguez), is completing her PhD. On the other side of the ugly chain-link fence, their neighbors, Frank (Norman Moses) and Virginia Butley (Linda Stephens), are white, conservative and very proud of their beautiful English garden.

The two families have to face their differences when they discover that Frank’s prized flower bed is actually on the Del Valles’ property, which sends the Del Valles and Butleys into a spiraling conflict, exposing both couples’ notions of racism, sexism, class and privilege. The result is an hour and a half of hilarity. “The approach I am taking directing this is not that of the farce, sitcom or slapstick comedy. We are going for real situations that become humorously absurd,” director Marti Gobel says.

The script, written by award-winning playwright Karen Zacarías, is wonderfully served by the actors. Gobel claims she has “a room full of rock star actors,” and one can only agree after seeing the phenomenal performance the four of them offer. Perez plays anger brilliantly, while Stephens and Moses make us feel empathy for this elderly couple as decades of hard work are torn away from them. The audience is engrossed from the start, and when the show ends, only one thought remains: We want more.

For this first show of the season, Renaissance Theaterworks made a safe choice. Native Gardens is among the 10 most-produced plays of the upcoming theatre season according to American Theater magazine, which is fully deserved.

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Native Gardens is one of the all-too-rare plays that openly challenges prejudice and stereotypes. The humor is used wisely, as to make thoughtful discussion about very serious subjects more palatable.

Tania Del Valle proudly contradicts the Butleys’ belief that she’s Mexican, and Virginia Butley speaks honestly of the sexism she faced despite being a white defense contractor. Even Pablo, who used to be very privileged in Chile, has to face the fact he is now a minority in a country that doesn’t treat people like him kindly.

Karen Zacarías’ script shines most when it comes to its references to history. The Butleys have seized land that does not belong to them and claim ownership of it as they tended to the garden. The rightful owners, the Del Valles, have to choose between sharing their land or reclaiming what was taken from them. The horticultural feud between the two families mirrors the colonization of the New World, when European colonists thought that developing the soil made them the true owners of it.

The script masterfully depicts situations where no one is blameless. The Butleys worked the garden in earnest, thinking the land belonged to them. The Del Valles also judge their neighbors harshly based on preconceived ideas and fall prey to violent behaviors. The play shows mentalities that, despite all of them being fair, keep clashing and lead to disagreements, dehumanization and, eventually, war.

‘SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE’

Native Gardens will kick-off of Renaissance Theaterworks’ upcoming season, “She Blinded Me with Science,” which will focus on women in that field. “In Native Gardens, both women are scientists. Virginia is an engineer, and Tania is getting her PhD in anthropology,” explains artistic director Suzan Fete.

The next show is Photograph 51 (Jan. 18-Feb. 10), the story of physicist Rosalind Franklin, who was integral in finding the image of the DNA molecule. The play depicts the events leading to James Watson and Francis Crick getting a Nobel prize for the discovery of the structure of DNA after taking Franklin’s work without her permission.

The last play of the season Renaissance is Annie Jump and the Library of Theaterworks Heaven (Mar. 29- Apr. 21), the Native Gardens story of 13-year-old science Broadway genius Annie, who becomes the librarian of Heaven with the help Theatre Center’s of a human-shaped supercomStudio Theatre puter. The show will emphasize Oct. 9 - Nov. 11 the discovery of one’s place in the universe and utilize animated segments.

“The sciences are mostly propagated by men. We thought it was a great opportunity to showcase the roles that women have played that have helped the world,” Fete states in justification of this season’s theme.

“I’m hoping that it could help young women get interested in science. I think it is hard to see yourself in a place where there are no role models, but if you see people doing things, it is much easier to imagine you could do it too.”

Native Gardens runs Oct. 9-Nov. 11 at the Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theater, 158 N. Broadway. For tickets, call 414291-7800 or visit r-t-w.com.

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It’s the event film lovers look forward to all year: hundreds of film screenings spread across 15 marathon days at theaters around the city. Guests at this year’s Milwaukee Film Festival include Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley, actress Felicity Huffman, director Carrie Hawks, New York Times culture editor Aisha Harris, Arrested Development rapper Speech and actor Martin Starr, who is featured in Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary. Once again, the festival has picked a crowd-pleaser for its opening night screening on Thursday, Oct. 18: Science Fair, Milwaukee native Cristina Costantini’s upbeat documentary about students competing for the top prize at Los Angeles’s International Science and Engineering Fair. The film won the Sundance Festival Favorite award. Following that screening there will be an opening-night party at Good City Brewing featuring music from Rio Turbo and B~Free.

The Eagles @ Fiserv Forum, 8 p.m.

Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski might not have had much patience for them, but that puts the beloved Coen brothers character at odds with many Americans. After all these years, The Eagles’ 1976 greatest hits compilation is still the single best selling record in the history of the country, rivaled only by Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Buoyed by their never-ending play on classic-rock radio, The Eagles milked a fortune out of their on-again/off-again ’90s reunion tours, but it was only in 2007, after a 28-year absence, that they returned to the studio for a new album: Long Road Out of Eden, a continuation of the ’70s country-rock sound The Eagles will always be known for. It would prove to be the band’s final album with founding member Glenn Frey, who died in 2016.

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Widespread Panic @ The Riverside Theater, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCT. 19 Steven Page Trio @ Shank Hall, 8 p.m.

Steven Page was one of the two frontmen leading Barenaked Ladies before he left the group in 2009 to pursue a solo career. Since then his relationship with his former band has been rocky at times—he filed a claim against the band for withholding royalties from the group’s inescapable “Big Bang Theory” theme song—but this spring he performed with the group for the first time since their split at the Juno Awards to celebrate the group’s induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. It remains to be seen whether he’ll ever work with the band again, but in the meantime he released a new solo album this fall, Discipline: Heal Thyself, Pt. II.

Ranking right behind the Grateful Dead and Phish is the pantheon of influential jam bands, Athens, Ga., rockers Widespread Panic have been playing together since the mid-’80s, back when fans didn’t even have the internet to help them trade tapes. The band built their audience the same way that today’s younger jam bands do: through relentless touring. After decades on the road—including some epic annual stops in Milwaukee—the band announced in 2016 that they intended to tour less, shocking fans who’d grown accustomed to seeing them regularly. That announcement hasn’t stopped them from returning to Milwaukee for their customary run of October shows at the Riverside, though. (Through Sunday, Oct. 21.)

The Second City @ Marcus Center, 7:30 p.m.

For more than a half century, The Second City has been one of America’s most formidable comedy institutions, training stars from Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Amy Poehler and Jason Sudeikis. Just in time for the upcoming mid-term elections, the Chicago improv troupe returns to the Marcus Center for this show, “Made in America—Some Assembly Required.”

Pumpkin Pavilion @ Humboldt Park, 6 p.m.

Each year Bay View comes together to carve enormous quantities of pumpkins for its annual Pumpkin Pavilion celebration in Humboldt Park. Ahead of the mammoth lighting of 1000 pumpkins at 7 p.m., there will be a pet parade and costume contest and a performance from the Bay View High School Drum Line. There will also be magic shows and fire dancers later in the evening.

The festivities continue Saturday afternoon and night with horse-drawn hayrides, a screening of Beetlejuice, a 5K race, and music from the Dick Satan Trio.

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Abby Jeanne’s Cosmic Weekend @ The Cooperage, 5 p.m.

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Few Milwaukee musicians have had a bigger couple of years than Abby Jeanne, the soul-rock singer whose titanic voice has helped her grow a following well beyond the city. Jeanne curated this two-day mini festival at the Cooperage, which features performers from around the country as well as some local favorites. Nashville grunge rockers Bully headline Saturday night, joined

by The Shivas from Portland, Lucille Furs and DEHD from Chicago, and Milwaukee Immortal Girlfriend and The Quilz. Then on Sunday Jeanne herself headlines, following a day of music from punk legend Lydia Lunch, New York’s Fiona Silver, Milwaukee’s Amanda Huff and Saebra & Carlyle and Madison’s Proud Parents. There will also be multimedia art installations.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 20 Direct Hit! w/ The Copyrights and Telethon @ The Back Room at Colectivo, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee punk rockers Direct Hit are doing more than any other band to put the city’s punk scene on the map. The fall the group will release its latest album on Fat Wreck Chords, and to judge from early singles like ‘Welcome to Heaven� and “Pitch Black,� the record is shaping up to be another scorcher. And in news that’s just as exciting, the band plans to open up a new venue in Cudahy later this year at 5026 S. Packard Ave., in the spot formerly occupied by Vnuk’s and The Metal Grill. “We want it to be more of an allpurpose event space for DIY-minded people, not just a punk club or a metal club,� singer Nick Woods tells the Shepherd Express. “We’re trying to make it not just a place for live music, but a place that people who want to premiere their films can show them on a big stage with really good sound.

TUESDAY, OCT. 23

Ed Sheeran w/ Snow Patrol and Lauv @ Miller Park, 7 p.m.

There’s a little bit of drama around this one. As of press time, we can’t say for certain whether “Shape of You� singer Ed Sheeran’s concert at Miller Park will take place as scheduled, or whether it’ll be delayed because of the potential for Miller Park to host its first World Series ever this month. Needless to say, though, this is a very good problem for the city to have. If delaying an Ed Sheeran concert by a few weeks is the price to pay for a historic Milwaukee Brewers season, we’ll take it.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24

Polyrhythmics w/ Coventry Jones @ Shank Hall, 8 p.m.

There are certain styles of music you can only pull off with a large brass section, and the eight-piece Seattle ensemble Polyrhythmics dabbles in almost all of them, from the crisp funk of the Dap-Kings and the propulsive Afrobeat of acts like Antibalas and Fela Kuti. The group is touring behind their highly danceable latest album Octagon.

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Heinavanker

Vocal ensemble Heinavanker (the name originating from Renaissance artist Hieronymus Bosch’s Haywain Triptych—its allegoric scenes seemingly inspired from today’s life) is a unique meeting point for musicians active in different fields. Since 1996, Heinavanker’s members have delved into early sacred music as well as ancient Estonian runic songs and folk hymns. Their upcoming Milwaukee concert (titled “Terra Mariana”) takes place under the auspices of Early Music Now. On the program are 14 works. As is their wont, Heinavanker’s fine vocalists have selected several religious pieces to perform; these include Kyrie, Agnus Dei and Introitus by Johannes Ockeghem (d. 1497); Magnificat by Mikołaj z Radomia (fl. 15th century); and Salve Regina by the ensemble’s artistic director, Margo Kõlar (b. 1961). Other works include Estonian folk hymns and runic songs, Lamentatio by Maribrianus de Orto (c.1460-1529) and Gregorian music. (John Jahn) Saturday, Oct. 20 at St. Joseph Chapel, 1501 S. Layton Blvd. For tickets, visit earlymusicnow.org.

Lombardi

Vincent Thomas Lombardi (1913-1970) needs little introduction—least of all in the state where he coached its beloved professional football team to three straight (and five total) NFL championships in seven years—in addition to winning the first two Super Bowls. As much as we may know (or think we know) about legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, there’s still inspiration to be drawn from an intimate recounting of his life and times—by football fans and non-fans, alike.

Lombardi, a play written by Eric Simonson, follows reporter Michael McCormick through a week of the Packers’ 1965 season, whereby he discovers the coach’s passions and relationships both on and off the field with equally legendary players such as Jim Taylor and Paul Hornung, the press, and his wife, Marie. Throughout Lombardi’s run, Famous Faces—a sports memorabilia company—will be holding a silent auction at each performance, in which Packers mementos and keepsakes from past to present will be up for bid. (John Jahn) Oct. 19-Nov. 4 at Racine Theatre Guild, 2519 Northwestern Ave. For tickets, call 262-633-1250 or visit racinetheatre.org/production/lombardi.

Against the Grain: The Life & Times of Levi Fisher Ames

After discovering Civil War veteran Levi Fisher Ames’ woodcarvings of real and mythical animals at the John Michael Kohler Art Center, writer-director Ed Morgan enlisted his Theatre MXT colleagues John Kishline and Deborah Clifton, and Danceworks Performance Company’s choreographer Dani Kuepper and dancers, to create a multidisciplinary performance about this remarkable Wisconsin folk artist. Soon filmmaker Kym McDaniel, actor Kirk Thompson and designer Rick Graham joined the project. “Some events could only be told in dance,” Morgan explained. “Others needed language and realistic behavior. The film is a window into Levi’s mind and also connects the dancers to the actual carvings.”

Well-versed in folk traditions, Morgan found Ames’ carvings “raw, direct, fun and totally unpretentious,” he said. “Theatrical, too, the way he presented them in little shadow boxes, sometimes interacting. But it was the combination of Levi’s carvings and his own life that really grabbed me. Here’s a guy who comes home damaged from the war, teaches himself and just starts creating. He’s researching animals, photographing them, constantly carving out in his yard; the neighborhood kids are coming around and he’s teaching them and telling them stories. His vision expands again and he makes an amazing new life for himself as a 19th-century showman touring Wisconsin with a traveling tent. He drags his whole family into it. Through it all, he stays true to his artistic sense. He won’t sell any of his carvings. He’s determined the collection stay together after he dies. Now his work is one of the more important collections at the Kohler museum.” (John Schneider) Oct. 20-21 & 25-28 at Danceworks Studio Theatre, 1661 N. Water St. Call 414-277-8480, ext. 6025 or visit danceworksmke.org. For info on additional performances Nov. 9-10 at the John Michael Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, visit the JMKAC website or all 920458-6144.

Acts of Discovery

“Nobody could ever build a set like this,” Deb Loewen said about the warehouse on the corner of North Avenue and Bartlett Street. that will house her newest site specific performance, Acts of Discovery. A very rare-in-town Art Moderne structure built with care around 1946, it was a dairy distribution facility for many years. Most recently, it’s been a storage site for used books. Loewen, the founder/director of the well-named Wild Space Dance Company, keeps track of unusual local real estate transactions. When an interesting building changes hands, she’ll try to persuade the owners that a public performance belongs there during the transition. She’ll wrestle with the city over building codes and what she needs to do to keep the public safe. She’ll make the show a collective response to the architecture, atmosphere and history.

The first impression is of cream-colored tiled walls yellowing with age and huge glass-block windows glowing from outside streetlight. The vast, high-ceiling ground floor holds rooms of different shapes and sizes with wide doorways that open onto larger spaces. From any position, you can see a variety of settings. Audiences will move at least two times through the entire site, discovering small scenes in alcoves, traveling scenes, scenes behind scenes that echo other scenes, 360 degree views of scenes such as the choreographer sees as she walks around her dancers in rehearsals. Milk crates, milk products and a small cow are included for fun. It’s all about discovery, first for dancers, then for audiences. (John Schneider) Oct. 24-27 at 1633 E. North Ave. For information call 800-838-3006 or visit wildspacedance.org

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THEATRE

‘Mary Poppins’ Continues to Delight at Sunset Playhouse ::BY HARRY CHERKINIAN

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ractically perfect in every way.” When audiences hear that, we know exactly who that means: the wise, magical nanny who ies in on an umbrella and charms her way into the hearts of all she meets. It’s also an accurate description of the excellent production now charming audiences at the Sunset Playhouse. And, just in case you think you’re too big for your britches to see Mary Poppins, think again. There were plenty of “big kids” in the audience without little ones in tow. And they’re all the wiser—and delighted—for it.

Director Nate C. Adams has done incredible work with the talented, multi-faceted, 36-member cast, taking the recent Broadway musical adaptation and making it work beautifully in Sunset’s space, pulling off some technical marvels in the meantime. ary oppins does y nd very well, indeed, based on the squeals of delight from all the children at the recent Sunday matinee.

We all know the story of Mary and those rascally Banks children, Jane and Michael, their stern, aloof father, George, fretting mother, Winifred, and the wonderful assortment of characters like Bert the chimney sweep. The recent adaptation includes some new songs and characters, along with many familiar tunes from the beloved Julie Andrews ick an yke film classic. There s iss ndrew, George Banks’ nanny who ends up terrorizing the family.

Back comes ary to the rescue There are so many good performances and dance numbers throughout the performance that it’s a challenge to list them all here. But Briana Rose Lipor recreates Mary Poppins beautifully, from her soaring vocals to her detailed recreation the Mary we know and love. Eric Welsh is a delight to watch, start to finish, as he plays Bert and showcases much of the fancy footwork by choreographer Ashley Patin, especially in the chimney sweep rooftop dance-off, “Step In Time.” Brant Allen (Mr. Banks), Carrie A. Gray rs. Banks , lla Rose leefisch ane and Casey Westphal (Michael) impress individually as well as a family unit in need of some Mary Poppins intervention.

One of the show’s added numbers sums up the fun in seeing this production of Mary Poppins. “Anything Can Happen” and does, especially when that very special nanny ies in. That s when the real fun begins.

Through Nov. 4 at Sunset Playhouse, 700 Wall St., Elm Grove. For tickets, call 262-782-4430 or visit sunsetplayhouse.com.

For reviews of Alchemist Theatre’s Punk is Dead! and Cooperative Performance’s Coriolana, visit shepherdexpress.com. n

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First Stage’s Heartwarming, Gentle ‘Nate the Great’::BY ANNE SIEGEL

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light-fingered thief seems to have made off with a young girl’s painting in the world premiere of First Stage’s musical, Nate the Great. The show is based on ar orie Weinman Sharmat s book series featuring diminutive grade school detective ate. captivating performance by Seth Hoffman ate highlights an e cellent cast, which includes afia ohnson nnie , Bryn resselhuys Rosemond and Zephaniah Ponder (Harry, Annie’s little brother). First Stage shows are double-cast, with the “purple cast performing on opening night. ne of the cast s adult actors, lyse delman, appears as ate s mother, as well as their dog, Fang. ctor mi a eskie contributes by playing several minor roles.

Under the direction of iffer Clarke, delman e plores the humorous characteristics of a grown woman playing a dog. As a result, the children in the audience screamed with delight on Friday. The audience s laughter came to a peak as this talented pooch takes ate for a whirl around the stage during the song, Fang Tango. nother novelty number that drew squeals of laughter is ancakes, in which ate declares his love for his favorite food. t is an all out production number that s quite an eyeful for both young and older audience members.

The show’s music—by John Maclay (book and lyrics) and Brett Ryback (music)—keeps the scenario propelling along. Joanna Iwanicka’s intriguing set pairs a gray-and-white color scheme with changing light patterns above the crown molding. The characters, by comparison, are attired in brightly colored outfits by Lyndsey uhlmann that really pop against the monochromatic background. Parents will note that this heartwarming, gentle tale is best suited for children about 6-10 years old.

Through Nov. 11 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts’ Todd Wehr Theater, 929 N. Water St. For tickets, visit fi ststage o g or call 414-273-7206.

CLASSICALMUSIC

Playing Prince or Princess at the Florentine Opera ::BY RICK WALTERS

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arlisle Floyd is best known for his opera Susannah (1956).

His 12th opera premiered at the Houston Grand Opera in 2016 when the composer was 89, and with sets and costumes from that original production, Prince of Players was performed this weekend by the Florentine Opera.

The opera is based on Jeffrey Hatcher’s play Compleat Female Stage Beauty, which was adapted for the film Stage Beauty. The libretto by the composer concerns London actor Edward Kynaston (1640-1706), who specialized in playing female roles until King Charles II decreed that only women should appear on stage in the performance of female characters. Kynaston finds himself without a livelihood. He coaches SHEPHERD EXPRESS

his former dresser, Margaret “Peg” Hughes, and by the end of the opera is playing Othello to her Desdemona.

The opera seems to want to comment on gender roles and se ual identity, with ynaston first in a clandestine relationship with a nobleman (an obvious missed opportunity for a male male love duet), then later with Peg Hughes. But the dramatic issues remain without fine points. There wasn’t much logic to Kynaston saying he would never play a man onstage, only to do so without explanation and suddenly in a “naturalistic” style so different from the stylized acting for which he was renown.

Floyd succeeds where many opera composers fail with word settings, vocal writing and orchestrations, which don t overwhelm the singing. The score is pleasant enough, but most of it is rather prosaic and undistinguished. I don’t know why any opera composer would want to tackle setting to music the final scene of Othello, with Giuseppe Verdi’s masterwork casting such a long shadow over it.

The Sunday afternoon performance at Uihlein Hall made the best case for the piece. The simple, suitable sets by Shoko Kambara centered on a platform that was moved around, colored by the handsome period costumes by Gregory Gale.

As Kynaston, baritone Keith Phares was better than good as both a singer and actor. Soprano Kate Royal made as much as she could of Margaret, giving graceful arch to phrases. citing sounds came from tenors Chad Shelton (King Charles II) and Vale Rideout (Villiers).

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OPENINGS: “The San Quentin Project” Opening Oct. 18 Milwaukee Art Museum 700 N. Art Museum Drive

Midcentury Design in Play at Milwaukee Art Museum ::BY SHANE MCADAMS

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erious Play: Design in Midcentury America,” on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) through Jan. 6, announces itself as a paradox from the outset. And the baked-in contradiction between playful whimsy and serious rigor collide delightfully in this show, unloading a cascade of related issues about the circumstances of mid-century design and the visual future it hel ed define The exhibition is divided into three parts: “The American Home,” “Child’s Play” and “Corporate Approaches.” Off the bat, the show has a familiar spread of modern interior design: ovalene Eames coffee tables, wire-grid Bertoia chairs and futuristic womby loungers by Eero Saarinen. A wall of Irving Harper-designed atomic-age clocks eventually locates some legitimately far-out quirk in our clean-lined mid-century home. When your vintage-store nostalgia relents, you’ll be reminded of the clocks’ visual strangeness—and maybe of their place in a blustery, Cold War history. Despite their obedience to the predictable, purposeful and precise logic of modernism—and of clocks in general—the creativity at their heart pours out. A series of preparatory drawings for the clocks bears this out sweetly. These gorgeous, handmade, graphite renderings on paper offer a Bauhausesque demonstration of analog iterative design processes that will make post-Adobe children blush.

The most interactive, audience-minded notion of modernist creativity in “Serious Play” is enacted in the portion devoted to design for children. This makes sense because, in the case of children’s toys, the designed is designed for designing. The displays of Tinker Toys, Magnet Master 440’s and Builder sets make the show’s point clearly and directly.

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and offers a story that the textbooks often tell silently or leave out altogether. And who knew that Charles and Ray Eames made re ious films of toys that ma e es nderson s wor loo li e nouveau r alisme The five-minute e am le in the show, “Parade,” shouldn’t be missed.

Not as playfully on point as the design for children, but telling in its own right, is the final ortion dedi ated to orporate play. A comprehensive modernist makeover of the now defunct Braniff Airlines by designer Alexander Girard fills the final gallery s a e rom sou to eanuts, one an see modernist design’s high rococo moment laid bare in the 1965 VIP lounge—where elevated design merged with Madison Avenue before hitting the American bloodstream at large.

The wing-shaped maize-and-vermillion chairs, Herman Miller storage system and streamlined Braniff logo punctuate a long ar of modernist sim lifi ation, while the high-o tane color montages” announce a more extroverted esthetic coming down the hute These final rooms say less about lay and design than they do about the inevitability of high art to become institutionalized and popularized. It’s not total coincidence that I overheard a young man inside the galleries say that it looked like he was in an IKEA store.

His comment speaks to both the resounding success as well as the inadequacies of mid-century modernist design, in America and abroad; it was truly an international movement.

The term “midcentury design” and its fraternal twin “highmodern design” have since come to mean everything and nothing at all, dissolving indistinguishably over time into our utlery, storage ontainers, s hool lo s and offi e hairs f it s diffi ult now to lo ate the visual hanges of this history, it s even more diffi ult to lo ate the ethi al ones egularity, sameness and autonomy once symbolized the possibility of social and economic equality. Recall the giddy hope of the Pruitt-Igoe or Cabrini Green homes once represented. That idealism seems laughable today. Deep social wounds and traumas were beginning to fester in the 1950s and ’60s, when most of the work in this show was conceived. Knowing this, the less-is-more utopianism can seem like the visual equivalent of arranging deckchairs on the Titanic—lacking in vision at a time when vision was especially necessary.

However, by emphasizing the kinetics and interactivity of play over usual formal rhetoric, MAM’s “Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America” speaks up for a history that’s taken a beating and reminds us that the actions and motivations behind art will remain potent long after the products of a tion have solidified into histori al artifa ts (left) Alexander Girard (American, 1907–1993); Manufactured by Herman Miller, Inc.; Armchair (model 66310) with Checker textile by Alexander Girard, for Braniff International VIP lounge; ca. 1968 (right) George Nelson & Associates, Howard Miller Clock Co.; Paddle clock, model 7513; 1957

“The San Quentin Project: Nigel Poor and the Men of San Quentin State Prison” was created from Poor’s experience teaching visual literacy at the prison. Tracing the evolution of her social practice—from mapping exercises to essays and interviews—the works in this exhibition utilize personal narrative to illuminate and counter stereotypes the public holds about prison inmates. For more information, visit mam.org.

“Gallery Night and Day” Oct. 19-20 Historic Third Ward

Presented by the Historic Third Ward Association, the 31-year-old “Gallery Night and Day” is the premier art event in the city of Milwaukee, presenting an evening of gallery hopping and art viewing that begin on Friday evening and continues throughout the following Saturday. This year’s event showcases 36 venues throughout the Downtown Milwaukee area. Admission is free to all venues during event hours. During “Gallery Night and Day,” art enthusiasts can park for just $5 in parking structures at 212 N. Milwaukee St. and 225 E. Chicago St. For more information, visit historicthirdward.org.

“Out of the Vault and New Acquisitions” and “David’s Attic” Opening Oct. 19 David Barnett Gallery 1024 E. State St.

“Out of the Vault and New Acquisitions” features artwork being placed on view for the first time in years, including works by Della Wells, Carol Summers, Claude Wiesbuch, Lester Johnson—as well as newly acquired works by Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Mary Cassatt and others. “David’s Attic,” meanwhile, is a pop-up exhibition premiere hosted by The Rogues Artists Group—aptly being displayed on the gallery’s top floor. Finally, the Barnett Gallery inaugurates their new space, Gallery 1SW, which will be dedicated to recent artworks by contemporary artists.

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Come to MIAD for October Gallery Night & Day in the Third Ward Reception: October 19, 5 – 9 p.m. | Gallery open: October 20, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Last chance to see Mathew Hintz: Spirit of the Open Road Brooks Stevens Gallery

Opening this week Steel Genesis: Sandra Gould Ford Frederick Layton Gallery

Works of a licensed Harley-Davidson Motor Company artist and MIAD alum who passed away at age 41.

The works in the exhibition are for sale. Proceeds support Mathew’s family.

Artist and writer Sandra Gould Ford takes you on a journey of history, memory and experiences of the industrial working class, as well as the economic and social loss suffered when an area’s defining industry declines. Several works by LaToya Ruby Frazier also are featured.

On view through Dec. 8.

273 E. Erie St.

miad.edu/galleries

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Gallery exhibitions are free and open to the public.

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[ FILM CLIPS ] Bad Times at the El Royale R When seven strangers each arrive at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale hotel, they learn that half the establishment is located in Nevada, and the other half is in California. It’s 1969, and guests are asked in which state they prefer to rent a room. Loosely based upon Lake Tahoe’s Cal Neva, the El Royale is home to secret passageways and one-way mirrors. If the hotel isn’t as it appears, neither are the guests, each of whom hides a terrible secret. Over the course of one fateful night, each will be given a shot at redemption. Whether they grab it or lose their grip puts the suspense in this moody riddler. (Lisa Miller)

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween PG

‘Burning’

‘Nothing Like Seeing Movies on a Big Screen’ Milwaukee Film Festival screens cinema from around the globe at five venues

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::BY DAVID LUHRSSEN

he Milwaukee Film Festival continues to grow. The 2018 MFF will occupy theaters on all ends of town—south (The Avalon Theater), north (Fox Bay Cinema Grill) and west (Times Cinema). At ground zero, in the heart of Milwaukee’s East Side, MFF will occupy all three screens at the Oriental Theatre plus a new venue, the Jan Serr Studio Cinema on the top oor of UW ilwaukee s enilworth Open Studios.

“Four screens within a block of each other. t s an e citing development, says FF s ar tistic and executive director, Jonathan Jackson.

And that’s not all. By securing the lease on the Oriental Theatre earlier this year, MFF was able to shift its dates back a month, enabling it to program first release films that would oth erwise have been booked at the venerable New York Film Festival. “The overlap with New York was a serious restriction on our content,” Jackson continues. “I’m happy to report that moving our dates has allowed us to get more premiere films from the fall festival season.

Sprinkled through this year’s festival are award winners from other festivals as well as some possible Oscar contenders.” mong the plums at this year s FF are apa nese director Hiroka u ore eda s Shoplifters, which won the alme d r at Cannes and an other Cannes favorite, Burning by South orea s Lee Chang dong. FF also secured Everybody Knows by ranian auteur sghar Farhadi, star ring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem. “These are films the industry and critics will be talking about through the Oscar season,” Jackson says.

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Ogburn developed with an intern from Public lly, Gregory Thomas, called Teen Screen. c cording to gburn, a committee of 1 ilwau kee teenagers watched and discussed nine films and selected four of those submissions for the festival.

“They spoke very eloquently about their goals,” Ogburn says, recalling her discussions with the teens. They wanted to find stories that were not clichés—with unexpected characters that re ect their own lives. They wanted films that saw beyond school into family lives, work places. Some of those films don t e ist yet. nd they are not afraid of subtitles!”

Some films from many nations and genres will be screened during MFF 2018. Numerous filmmakers will be in town for the event and many special events are scheduled. And yet there are some people, the same ones who mindlessly declare that print is dead and retail is dead, who wonder Milwaukee about the future Film Festival of cinema in the era of et i and Multiple Venues Amazon Prime.

Oct. 18 - Nov. 1 “They were worried about the same thing when television became widespread,” Ogburn says.

Jackson expands on the theme. “The art house cinema audience is increasing annually. It’s not declining. He adds, For film festivals, it s also a matter of the celebration, the community, the vibrant atmosphere, the special guests. It’s such a coming together of people from all walks of life. And there’s nothing like seeing movies on a big screen.”

Milwaukee Film Festival runs Oct. 18-Nov. o o e in o ation, visit efil o g o daily highlights, visit shepherdexpress.com.

When a group of middle school friends open the locked Haunted Halloween book of author R.L. Stine (Jack Black), they unwittingly release Halloween monsters along with flesh-eating gummy bears and fire-breathing jack-o’-lanterns. To wrangle these ghoulish creations back inside the book, the kids seek help from a local Halloween guru (Ken Jeong), as well as Stine himself. Dark yet colorful in the Goosebumps books tradition, the film’s success depends upon striking an amiable balance between laughs and scares. (L.M.)

Halloween R John Carpenter’s franchise returns for its 11th outing on the original film’s 40th anniversary.

Jamie Lee Curtis reprises brave babysitter Laurie Strode, survivor of Michael Myers’ slasher rampage. Nick Castle returns as masked Myers, while younger James Jude Courtney performs the killer’s more physically demanding scenes. On Halloween Eve, Myers escapes prison to grow his body count via gruesomely inventive murders. Finally, he reaches Strode, now a 60-yearold, gun-toting granny intent on having her revenge. Pitting Strode’s pure determination against Myers’ pure evil, the film allows comic moments as both characters “take a licking but keep on ticking.” When it’s all over, we can only guess whether Curtis fortified Strode’s endurance with Activia or whether William Shatner makes a royalty from Myers’ iconic mask. I’d like to think she did and he does. (L.M.)

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Although hip-hop dancer Brandon (Dushaunt Fik-Shun Stegall) clashes with his dad over his music, they share the same goal: advancement through education. When Brandon arrives at LSU he kills at Zumba, excels at hard classes and overcomes social awkwardness with his skills on the floor. Will forming a new crew get in the way of his studies? The plot is thin, the tone is breezy and the moves—influenced by modern dance and martial arts—are cool.

n Boris Karloff Collection

Boris Karloff was always a class act even in low-class dramas. In his last years the actor who helped define horror starred in the four ultra-low budget flicks collected here. There are genuinely weird moments in these tales of science gone wrong and diabolic family legacies. Some will admire Dance of Death (1968) and Torture Zone (1968) for working within their limitations.

Karloff died before Alien Terror and Cult of the Dead surfaced in 1971.

n The Doctor from India

Director Jeremy Frindel (One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das) opens his documentary with a grand cinematic gesture—a long tracking shot of his subject, Vasant Lad, as the doctor proceeds from his car and up the steps to his free clinic. Lad introduced Ayurveda medicine to the west in the ’70s, a traditional Indian system valuing balance in all things. As Deepak Chopra remarks, it became mainstream in America because “it works.”

n La Familia

As Venezuela slid into tyranny over the past several years, its economy has more or less collapsed. And while it’s not a political film, the country’s increasingly desperate poverty clings to La Familia like grit. Pedro and his friends play hardball on the grimy streets of Caracas but before long push comes to shove and fun and games turn deadly. Pedro and his father must hide to escape retribution in this story of family under pressure.

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Getting Out the Youth Vote

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Donald Baumgartner and Kurt Chandler

OFF THE CUFF WITH NEXTGEN AMERICA’S GEORGE OLUFOSOYE::BY NYESHA STONE

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usinessman-turned-philanthropist Tom Steyer created NextGen America in 2013 to get young people involved in important issues such as voting.

Since then, NextGen America has established branches in 11 states. It is currently on 26 Wisconsin campuses and employs 60 staff members and “fellows” (college students that are considered part-time employees). The organization’s state director, George Olufosoye, is an immigrant from Nigeria who was raised in Milwaukee.

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::RUTHIE’SSOCIALCALENDAR Oct. 18—Opening Night of The Bad Seed at Sunset Playhouse (700 Wall St., Elm Grove): Don’t mess with Rhoda! That little bitch wants to put you in your place this Halloween. The team at Sunset Playhouse offers up this spooky tale directed by Michael Pocaro. Meant for mature audiences, the show runs through October 21. See sunsetplayhouse.com for tickets and show times.

Oct. 18—Opening Night of the Milwaukee Film Festival at Various Locations: More than 300 films, dozens of guest speakers, world premieres, parties and more make this 10th-annual film fest one for the books! You name the genre, and this popular event has something for you. See mkefilm.org for a complete listing of movies, venues and tickets.

Oct. 19—All Hallows Eve: A Victorian Masquerade at The Pfister Hotel (424 E. Wisconsin Ave.): Halloween gets a polished look with this free, family-friendly event. Grab a Victorian mask and hit the posh party that includes a costume contest, live music, parlor games and passed hors d’oeuvres. The spirited evening runs 6-10 p.m.

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My husband is totally into Halloween. I hate it. I feel we’re too old to play dress up and just generally hate the drunken parties (I’m not into the bar scene as it is.) We’ve actually gotten into fights about this, often on the day of the party. What can I do this year to get out of the Halloween cra e, avoid a fight and keep the peace in our house

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Dear Hallo-weenie,

get it, sugar. m pretty much wearing a costume several days a week, so Hallow een has lost a pinch of its luster for me, too.

But, what the hell ou only live once, right Toss on a novelty T shirt and make your hub by happy. n fact, use that at a meet in the middle” point.

Calmly remind your guy that Halloween is ust not your thing, but if he truly needs you by his side, tell him you ll attend the par ties in a simple Halloween novelty T shirt, an orange dress shirt or maybe a very simple, comfortable costume. Ask him that the two of you compromise to make the evening en joyable for both of you.

Or... just suck it up and make your honey pie happy for a night. fter all, the bewitch ing hour only comes once per year so give in and bring a ack o lantern grin to that guy of yours.

Oct. 19—Fetish Friday at Club Icon (6305 120th Ave., Kenosha): Grab your fetish gear and head south for this monthly bash. Get there by 9 p.m. for a free bondage class hosted by the Titans of the Midwest, a Levi-Leather group.

Oct. 20—Harvest Festival at the Milwaukee Public Market (400 N. Water St.): Celebrate the 13th anniversary of the Public Market (yes, I said “13th”), with this 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. block party. Enjoy pumpkin bowling, pumpkin beer tasting and other events along St. Paul Avenue, as well as food and live music. Haven’t been to this Brew Town landmark in a bit? Put this fest on your calendar!

Oct. 20—Walker’s Point Halloween Pub Crawl at Various Locations: You could win as much as $1,500 when this crazy bar crawl invades the Walker’s Point area near First and Second streets and National Avenue. Shuttles start running at 7 p.m. between 15 bars and restaurants, including Walker’s Pint, Woody’s, D.I.X. and Fluid.

Oct. 20—The Kraken’s Ball at Cactus Club (2496 S. Wentworth Ave.): Get a jumpstart on Halloween when the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference hosts this annual bash. A $10 cover charge gets you access to the sea-themed costume contest, dance floor, drag kings, local performers and more. The party starts at 9 p.m.

Oct. 21—Milwaukee Metropolitan Community Church Sunday Show Tunes at This Is It! (418 E. Wells St.): Join Dita Von and the Milwaukee MCC as they host this 2:30-5 p.m. Sunday Funday, featuring your favorite songs from the Great White Way. You’ll also enjoy bottomless mimosas and two-for-one drink specials. Best of all, This Is It! donates 25% of the bar sales back to the church!

Oct. 22—Opening Night Silence of the Clams at Hamburger Mary’s (730 S. Fifth St): Join me as I star in this hilarious parody of the Jodie Foster film that created goosebumps across the country. The 6 p.m. silly-spooky sendup is written by local playwright Anthony Torti and directed by Milwaukee favorite Jeremy Welter. Your $30 ticket includes a full meal and dessert as well as the show. See silenceclams.brownpapertickets.com for tickets to the comedy that runs through Oct. 25.

Oct. 23—Flyxx with Nyxx at Mary’s Arcade Bar (734 S. Fifth St.): “Camp Wannakiki” favorite Sylvia Nyxx hosts these weekly movie fests at the popular arcade bar. Eat, drink and be “Mary” with a free movie (The Evil Dead), free popcorn and free video games.

You’ll also find $2 off all flatbreads as well as two-for-one drinks. Join Sylvia for some fun this week!

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andering the moonlit streets of Bay View on a brisk fall night, you may find yourself in the eerie glow of s Halloween House at 9 S. Clement ve. nd, if you do, make a donation. t goes to a good cause ath finders, ilwaukee s youth shelter and services agency.

The haunted premises also serve as the home and business location for the couple behind the curtain, ndrew Reid and amie Beauchamp Reid. They began decorating their Halloween House nearly two decades ago with a small display. But, unlike the many rudimentary front yard graveyards and spider webs, theirs took a thematic turn, growing ever grander in scale and ever more comple . lans begin in the spring with a concept and preliminary sketches. Both their companies, ndrew s Realty and aimer s Floral, cover the construction e penses. They give a shout out to Bliffert Lumber that supports their effort with affordable materials.

We do something different every year, so it doesn t get boring, Reid says. t entails a new set of engineering problems. nimatronics add additional layers to the theme. eople like mo tion, whether lights creating illusion of move ment or actual movement. The displays look good day and night, but the scene really comes SHEPHERD EXPRESS

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alive in the dead of night with the lighting and atmosphere. o matter what we do, whether a popular movie or another theme, we always go for Halloween eyes.

The display is always theme based. t could be a popular sci fi film like Area 51, or a dark but whimsical take on the 19 s musical State Scare, complete with an 18 foot tall Ferris wheel. For the 1 election, the scene was a frightening debate between a banshee and the boogeyman the boogeyman won . Last year s theme, ust Buried, celebrated ndrew and amie s wed ding they were married the previous September with a hearse for two, drawn by skeleton horses in front of a spooky two story cathedral. This year s theme, aimer s Little Shop of Horrors, alludes to Beauchamp Reid s ower shop, and is up through ct. 1. nce the holiday is over, it all comes down.

But it s not simply for the fun of it and to cre ate neighborhood e citement for the holiday. The attraction is also a fund raising effort for ath finders. ccording to Reid, the idea was to help abused children. There was a personal connec tion, he e plains, knowing athfinders dealt with abused and homeless children, and that they specifically help LGBTQ kids, it was two birds with one stone. Being LGBTQ ourselves, we wanted to help our community. t was a natural e tension.

The effort has not gone unnoticed. ilwaukee media aside, the house on South Clement has even been featured nationally on Good orn ing merica. Locals anticipate the display, and some even come from out of state to admire it. ll are encouraged to donate. There s a cash drop bo located in front of the display, but donations may also be made online directly through the athfinders website these are ta deductible .

This year, the couple would like to match last year s , . Through their tireless efforts, they have raised nearly 1 , in the last three years.

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Herbo was a 16-year-old kid on the east side of Chicago when he received his first break in 2011. After hearing his music on YouTube, the Chicago business mogul Mikkey Halsted flew in from Los Angeles to meet with Herbo, who had been rapping under the name Lil Herb. The significance of their meeting was lost on Herbo at the time. “When I met Mick, I was still a kid in the streets. Some of the stuff he said seemed foreign to me,” explains Herbo. “We had a three-hour conversation that day, and I didn’t realize the imprint he made in music, especially in Chicago.”

Herbo, who just celebrated his 23rd birthday this month, admits to not taking his music career seriously as a teenager. “The second time I saw Mick he came to my house to meet with my parents, but I was in the back of my room smoking weed, not even in the conversation,” he laughs. “That’s how you could tell back then I was young and did not care about that shit at the time.” Over time, though, Herbo’s relationship with Halsted helped him develop not only as an artist, but as a businessman.

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In July, Herbo released his second full-length album, Swervo. It was produced entirely by the Atlanta producer Southside, who also worked with Herbo on his breakout mixtape Welcome to Fazoland and produced one of his more popular street singles, “Rollin,” from his 2015 mixtape Ballin Like I’m Kobe. Southside’s production on Swervo is a departure from Herbo’s debut album Humble Beast, which was rich with soul sampled beats.

“Working with Southside has helped my sound as an artist develop a lot because even when we did Welcome to Fazoland, he challenged me and gave me topics to cover and I completed them all like tasks,” Herbo says. “We grew together musically and I feel like I’m a completely different artist from Welcome to Fazoland, because Southside challenged me. When I started rapping, I didn’t even know how to record a hook.”

Another turning point in Herbo’s life was becoming a father this past April. He even speaks with us on the phone while holding his 6-month-old son Yosohn Santana, who chimes in occasionally with coos. “Fatherhood has impacted my music tremendously and I have to balance out my career with being a father, but everything revolves around him,” he says. On Swervo Herbo addresses Yosohn before he was born, dedicating the song “Letter” to him.

The internet played a huge role in Herbo’s rise, and continues to shape his career. During 2018’s South by Southwest music festival, Herbo went to Dallas radio station K104 for an interview when he was asked to freestyle over the classic Three 6 Mafia song “Who Run It.” His freestyle over a 19-year-old beat spread like wildfire and started a viral movement that became yet another milestone in Herbo’s career. Drake even direct messaged Herbo on Instagram to release the freestyle for streaming. The song is now one of Herbo’s most streamed.

The freestyle kicked off the “Who Run It” challenge where countless artists added their own freestyles over it, including even the creator of the original song, DJ Paul. “I wasn’t about to go to that interview at first but that day ended becoming a huge breaking point for my career,” Herbo says. “That goes to show you that the internet has a huge impact on music because you G Herbo can literally be nobody and have your viral moment or you can also The Rave say the wrong thing, so you have Thursday, to watch how you move on the Oct. 18, internet.”

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Herbo has matured in the aspect of giving back to the south side of Chicago as well as in the works of developing a creative media lab and music facility with Halsted and another business partner, Joseph Bowden. “I want the youth of the city to see that there is no limit to the things you can do,” Herbo says. “It’s not just sports. There’s also technology, music and engineering, and I want kids in high school to learn how to capitalize on these skills and really find themselves in their own community.”

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t goes without saying that the 1990s were an important time for music. Those who experienced the decade themselves can vouch for the massive roster of prolific artists who changed the course of music history during a mere 10-year timeline. From hip-hop to grunge, pop-punk to Pavement, the decade was full of tunes that still influence our Discover Weekly playlists today.

In 1993, 26-year-old Liz Phair solidified her place in ’90s music history with Exile in Guyville, her magnum opus that helped transform her tiny dive-bar shows into a Rolling Stone cover story. Phair is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her seminal album with her current Amps on the Lawn Tour, which made a stop at a sold-out Turner Hall Ballroom on Friday.

Phair may not have had the social legacy of some of her peers, but Guyville’s cult status is undeniable. The singer/songwriter has a special place in the heart of a generation of angsty, Clinton-era teenagers. Today, those teenagers are adults with full-time jobs and children, but that doesn’t mean their passion for Phair has wavered in the slightest.

Upon opening with “Supernova,” Phair was immediately connecting with her legion of supporters. Crowd members were dancing and singing beginning with the very first word of the song. In fact, there were several fans who continued to sing along to nearly every single song in her set. The five-piece band sounded extremely full, despite Phair’s slightly muffled vocal mix. At times, her voice was buried beneath layers of guitars and drums, making it difficult to decipher her lyrics and some of her witty stage banter.

Many would argue that Phair peaked with Guyville, and a slew of less-than-impressive follow up albums proved unpopular with both fans and critics. (Pitchfork gave her 2003 pop-heavy self-titled album a scathing 0.0 rating.) But Phair, who has always played by her own rules, slipped tracks from almost all of her albums into her set.

“Everything to Me” was a rousing, energetic performance of a mid-aughts pop track, while “6’1”” was a brooding, unique take on the Guyville favorite. Phair’s smile hardly left her face throughout the duration of the show, and her quips were lighthearted and goofy. She noted that she was “tripping balls” on cold medicine and compared the experience to the late Jim Morrison. Even while talking about bloated, deceased rock stars, Phair was still beaming.

To use the phrase “’90s nostalgia” while discussing Phair’s performance would, quite frankly, be insulting. Nostalgia often implies that something is better in memory than it is in actuality, and Liz Phair is still just as enthralling today as she was when audiences first fell in love with her. Give her another 25 years, and she’ll still be wielding a guitar like her very own weapon.

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n the first day of cto er the rewers played the u s in a one-game tie rea er to decide the ational eague entral ivision championship It also happened to be the last day Mike Fredrickson’s paintings would be hanging at Concordia University for his one man exhibit From The Farm To The City.

So the decision was made to multi-task.

We tuned the car’s AM radio to Bob Uecker’s call of the game and pointed the car toward Mequon. On the ride, our rambling conversation touched on Fredrickson’s new album Till the Cows Come Home, his paintings, crossing paths with Nick Lowe, and his career as songwriter, bandleader and touring bassist.

Fredrickson will play a CD release show for Till the Cows Come on Friday, Nov. 16 at Linneman’s Riverwest Inn at 8 p.m. The album is already available on streaming services.

With a discography that runs to well over a dozen albums, Fredrickson can boast a string of solo albums as well as member of the late, great Mosley’s. His resume also includes touring and recording with the likes of Robbie Fulks, Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound and The Spanic Boys.

He has played “Saturday Night Live” as well as the Grand Ole Opry “I hope this one grows on people,” Fredrickson says of the album. “I usually don’t like listening to my own CDs. But this one takes me on a journey and I can listen to it all the way through.”

Yet his own neuroses took over at times during the recording process. “All the way along I was kind of negative,” he says. “I thought, ‘This is never going to end,’ and it took like a year. I thought they were just pulling my leg and it would never be done.”

Produced by Mike Hoffmann, the album features stellar playing by guitarist Jason Klagstad. Fredrickson credits Hoffmann with selecting and editing the vast parts Klagstad came up with. “It could have been a completely different sounding album.”

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leadoff cut “You Think You Know Me” follows the pop template; “Cure Your Own” could have been an AM radio hit circa 1973 and “Missing You” is wonderfully colored by Dave Cusma’s trombone.

One of Fredrickson’s gifts is walking an artistic tightrope, balancing songs steeped in pathos with toss-away tunes he seemingly could write in his sleep.

“Watching You Undress” is nearly cinematic in its scope. The protagonist’s imagination or perhaps guilt have driven him to conjure thoughts of someone else with his girl, and how their moments play out. It recalls such great three minute psychological dramas as George Jones’ “The Window Up Above” or Tammy Wynette’s “Apartment #9.” As a bonus Bob Jennings does his best Floyd Cramer impersonation on piano.

The other side of the coin may be the album’s tour de force “Let’s Go Smoke.” An old osley s tune, the ippant, a y romp recalls Mel Torme’s hit “Comin’ Home Baby.” It features ripping guitar solos by Hoffmann and Guy Fiorentini and is driven by Jennings’ B3 organ and Fredrickson’s bassline groove.

Hidden in plain sight among this lineup of local standout musicians is the secret weapon, drummer Dave Braun. Within the pocket of the rhythm section, he will deftly drop a lick or fill that fits perfectly. n someone else s record a tune like Surfing in Sheboygan would be filler. Braun casually makes the listener notice.

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Charles Mingus Jazz In Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Selden (BBE MUSIC, 180 PROOF RECORDS) Prickly, iconoclast and genius are all terms that have been used to describe to the late bassist/composer Charles Mingus. By 1973 Mingus could have coasted on a reputation that included gigs with Charlie Parker; leading a band that toured the world; and launching his own record label.

Fortunately for jazz fans Mingus never stopped creating. Jazz In Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Selden documents a weeklong residency in Detroit collecting live radio broadcasts made in a workshop setting. Without a heavyweight soloist like Eric Dolphy or longtime foil, drummer Dannie Richmond, this band is something of a wild card in Mingus’ history.

Anchored by drummer Roy Brooks and trumpeter Joe Gardner (both Detroit natives), the band offers up energetic drive and swing. The rolling thunder of “Pithecanthropus Erectus” moves into a moody middle section that allows pianist Don Pullen to dive more heavily into free improvisation than Mingus’ bands typically waded. Pullen colors the tunes imaginatively throughout the album.

Saxophonist John Stubblefield would have a falling out with Mingus several months after these performances and this would be the only documentation of the two playing together. Yet after the bassist’s death when his wife (and Milwaukee native) Sue Mingus put together the legacy acts Mingus Dynasty and Mingus Big Band, Stubblefield would be a key member.

Perhaps due to the relaxed nature of the setting, most tunes on Detroit push past the eighteen minute mark. This is what instrumental interplay is all about.

Also included are on-air interviews offering a glimpse into community powered radio circa ’73.

—Blaine Schultz

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AJ ‘S Pub (Oconomowoc), Robert Allen Jr. Band Amelia’s, Jackson Dordel Jazz Quintet (4pm) Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Brooks Williams w/Rose Martin Caroline’s Jazz Club, J. Ryan Trio Company Brewing, Old Moon w/Blue Unit County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Acoustic Irish Folk w/Barry Dodd Fiserv Forum, The Eagles Jazz Estate, Blues Night: Father and Sons w/the Libans & Koenigs Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Open Jam: Roadhouse Rave Up Mason Street Grill, Mark Thierfelder Jazz Trio (5:30pm) Mezcalero Restaurant, Ultimate Open Jam w/host Abracadabra O’Donoghues Irish Pub (Elm Grove), The All-Star SUPERband (6pm) On the Bayou, Open Mic Comedy w/host The Original Darryl Hill Pabst Milwaukee Brewery & Taproom, Blue Ribbon Comedy Show Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Geoff Landon & Friends Public Table, Kyle Feerick Live!

Radisson Hotel (Menomonee Falls), Jonny T-Bird & Big Dad Rave / Eagles Club, Chris Lane w/Mason Ramsey & Gabby Barrett (all-ages, 8pm), G Herbo w/Southside & Queen Key (all-ages, 8pm) Rounding Third Bar and Grill, World’s Funniest Free Comedy Show Shank Hall, Reina del Cid The Bay Restaurant, Karen Cameron Trio The Packing House Restaurant, Barbara Stephan & Peter Mac (6pm) Transfer Pizzeria Cafe, Martini Jazz Lounge Up & Under Pub, A No Vacancy Comedy Open Mic

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), Bobby Way & JJ Brooks Angelo’s Piano Lounge, Julie’s Piano Karaoke Anodyne Coffee , Paul Cebar Tomorrow Sound Art*Bar, Matt Gabriel Big Head Brewing Company, Jonny T-Bird Caroline’s Jazz Club, The Paul Spencer Band w/James Sodke, Michael Ritter, Aaron Gardner & Victor Campbell Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: The Unheard Of w/Chain Drive (8pm); DJ: Daniel James (10pm) ComedySportz Milwaukee, ComedySportz Milwaukee!

County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Traditional Irish Ceilidh Session Cudahy Family Library, “A Harvest Tasting” w/5 Card Studs Frank’s Power Plant, Bootleg Bessie w/The Drunkardly Bros.

Iron Mike’s (Franklin), Jam Session w/Steve Nitros & Friends Jazz Estate, Alyssa Allgood Organ Quartet (8pm), Late Night Session: Joe Niemann Quartet (11:30pm) Lakefront Brewery, Brewhaus Polka Kings (5:30pm) Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Sleepersound w/Haunter & HiYAN Mamie’s, Harvey Westmoreland Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, The Second City Made in America Some Assembly Required Mason Street Grill, Phil Seed Trio (6pm) Miramar Theatre, Fright Night w/Kap G, BG GooD & The Homewreckers (all-ages, 9pm) Mo’s Irish Pub (Downtown), After Parties w/Big Something Pabst Theater, wellRED: From Dixie With Love w/Trae Crowder, Drew Morgan & Corey Ryan Forrester Paulie’s Pub and Eatery, Hot & Dirty Brass Band Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: 3D (9pm), In the Fire Pit: Xenoband (9pm) Public Table, Chrissy Dzioba Rave / Eagles Club, Lecrae & Andy Mineo w/Wordsplayed, nobigdyl. & WHATUPRG (all-ages, 7:30pm), Thunderpussy w/ Size 5’s (all-ages, 8pm) River Horse West (West Bend), The Red Flags w/Billy Dreamer & Anura Shank Hall, Steven Page Trio Sloppy Joe’s (Hubertus), Robert Allen Jr. Band The Baaree (Thiensville), Friday Night Live: Thiensville Hot Club (6pm)

The Back Room at Colectivo, Blue Water Highway The Bay Restaurant, Peter Donalds The Brass Tap, Tango En Fuego The Packing House Restaurant, Carmen Nickerson & The Carmen Sutra Trio (6:30pm) The Underground Collaborative, Insult & Battery: A Comedy Roast Battle Twisted Path Distillery, Ethan Keller Up & Under Pub, Ako

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20

American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), “Elvis Supports Pink” w/Elvis Prince & The Blue Suede Shoes Band & Jessica Rouer American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), Larry Lynne Band Art*Bar, A Western Edge Buck & Cheryl’s Bar & Grill (South Milwaukee), Acoustic Open Mic Night Cactus Club, Milwaukee Paranormal Conference Present: The Kraken’s Ball w/Sunspot, Hale O Malo & Ridire Quinn Caroline’s Jazz Club, The Paul Spencer Band w/James Sodke, Michael Ritter, Aaron Gardner, Neil Davis & Victor Campbell Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Law & Love w/Beach Static (8pm); DJ: WarLock (10pm) Club Garibaldi, Pineapple Migraine ComedySportz Milwaukee, Laughing Liberally Milwaukee Company Brewing, Brew City Bombshells Burlesque presents: Trick or Tease Cue Club of Wisconsin (Waukesha), Cherry Pie Frank’s Power Plant, Grindhouse Tease w/The Living Dead Kennedys, Primal Enemy, The Radiations & Night of Cups Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Vocals & Keys Jazz Estate, Nick Hempton Organ Trio (8pm), Late Night Session: Cody Longreen Trio (11:30pm) Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Punk Show: Radio Hate w/ The DUI’s & Habitat for Insanity Lucky Chance, Pre-Halloween Party w/Crush Point & Thrasher Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, The Second City Made in America Some Assembly Required Mason Street Grill, Jonathan Wade Trio (6pm) Matty’s Bar & Grille (New Berlin), Fall Music: The Novy Spinners Miramar Theatre, Dirt Monkey w/SubDocta (all-ages, 9pm) Mo’s Irish Pub (Downtown), After Parties w/Big Something Paulie’s Pub and Eatery, The Sensations Plymouth Church UCC, The Coffee House Grand New Home Sampler Concert w/Bill Camplin, Francesca & Elizabeth Kashinn Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Gabriel V2 (9pm), In the Fire Pit: Logan’s Run (9pm) Public Table, Roxie Bean Rave / Eagles Club, Troye Sivan w/Kim Petras & Carlie Hanson (all-ages, 7:30pm) Rockfield Live (Germantown), Robert Allen Jr. Band Shank Hall, Davina and the Vagabonds Silver Spring House, “Bluz & BBQ” w/Rick Holmes & guest The Back Room at Colectivo, Direct Hit & The Copyrights w/ Telethon The Bay Restaurant, Anne Davis The Cheel (Thiensville), R&B Coquettes w/Robin Pluer The Cooperage, Abby Jeanne’s Cosmic Weekend: The Quilz (6pm), Immortal Girlfriend (7pm), DEHD (8pm), Lucille Furs (9pm), The Shivas (10pm), BULLY (11pm) The Packing House Restaurant, Lem Banks, Jeff Stoll, Alvin Turner & Omar (6:30pm) Washington House Pub (West Bend), Washington House Open Jam w/Robert Allen Jr. (2pm) Yardarm Bar and Grill (Racine), The Blues Disciples (6:30pm)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21

Angelo’s Piano Lounge, Live Karaoke w/Julie Brandenburg Anodyne Coffee (Walker’s Point), Third Coast Blues Collective w/Greg Koch, Jim Liban, Jimmy Voegeli, Matt Liban & Kurt Koenig (4pm) Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Moon-Eyed Man (8pm); DJ: John Riepenhoff & Sara Caron (10pm) Dopp’s Bar & Grill, SheRocks Wisconsin Singer-Songwriter Session (12pm) Dugout 54, Dugout 54 Sunday Open Jam Iron Mike’s (Franklin), Jam Session w/Kenny Todd (3pm) Jazz Estate, Honest John

Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Law and Love w/Long Shot & Beach Static (2pm) Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Jeff Mitchell EP release w/Charlie Parr Mo’s Irish Pub (Downtown), After Parties w/Big Something Rounding Third Bar and Grill, The Dangerously Strong Comedy Open Mic The Baaree (Thiensville), Sunday Funday Open Jam: Andrew Gelles & Friends (4pm) The Cooperage, Abby Jeanne’s Cosmic Weekend: Saebra and Carlyle (3pm), Proud Parents (4pm), Amanda Huff (5pm), Fiona Silver (6pm), Lydia Lunch (7pm), Abby Jeanne (8pm)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22

Jazz Estate, Solo Piano Night: Anthony Deutsch Knights of Columbus (West Allis), Milwaukee Accordion Club (6pm) Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Poet’s Monday w/host Timothy Kloss & featured reader Kenneth Woodall (sign-up 7:30pm, 8-11pm) Mason Street Grill, Joel Burt Duo (5:30pm) Paulie’s Pub and Eatery, Open Jam: Christopher John & Friends w/featured band Shank Hall, Soft Machine w/Beledo The Astor Cafe & Pub, The Chris Hanson Band w/Robin Pluer (6:30pm) Up & Under Pub, Open Mic w/Marshall McGhee and the Wanderers

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23

Cactus Club, Oxymorrons w/Bonelang & Klassik Frank’s Power Plant, Duck and Cover Comedy Open Mic Jazz Estate, Neil Davis and Steve Peplin Duo Kim’s Lakeside (Pewaukee), Robert Allen Jr. & Friends (6pm) Mamie’s, Open Blues Jam w/Stokes Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) McAuliffe’s Pub (Racine), Jim Yorgan Sextet Miramar Theatre, Tuesday Open Mic w/host Sandy Weisto (sign-up 7:30pm, all-ages) Pabst Theater, Flying Bach Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Al White (4pm) Red Circle Inn, Dick Eliot & Gregg Shaffer (6pm) Riverwest Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Jazz Jam Session Silver Spring House, Rick Holmes Bluz Jam The Cheel (Thiensville), Jay Matthes (6:30pm) Transfer Pizzeria Cafe, Transfer House Band w/Dennis Fermenich

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24

Anodyne Coffee , Jeffrey Martin w/Anna Tivel & J.E. Sunde Cactus Club, UNCUT – Milwaukee Film After Party & Drag Show Caroline’s Jazz Club, Jimi Schutte American Blues Conway’s Smokin’ Bar & Grill, Open Jam w/Big Wisconsin Johnson Good City Brewing, Craft Brew Comedy High Dive, The Voodoohoney Pirates Hudson Business Lounge and Cafe, Jazz at Noon: Don Linke and Friends Iron Mike’s (Franklin), B Lee Nelson Acoustic Jam Jazz Estate, Joshua Catania Group Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Polka Open Jam Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Acoustic Open Stage w/feature Andy Pagel (sign-up 8:30pm, start 9pm) Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) Morton’s (Cedarburg), Andrew Gelles (6:30pm) Paulie’s Field Trip, Wednesday Night Afterparty w/Dave Wacker & guests Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Al White Shank Hall, Polyrhythmics w/Coventry Jones & Scott Summers Duo Sunset Grill Pewaukee, Robert Allen Jr. & Friends (6pm) Tally’s Tap & Eatery (Waukesha), Tomm Lehnigk The Cheel (Thiensville), Wiegratz & DeRose Jazz Duo (6:30pm) The Packing House Restaurant, Carmen Nickerson & Kostia Efimov (6pm) Turner Hall Ballroom, Pete Yorn

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Something bugging you? Find out what the Shrink thinks

Is Donald Trump Crazy?

The Shrink Replies,

Good question. Crazy as in “mentally ill” or crazy “like a fox?” Whether you’re a trained mental health professional or just a casual observer, it’s fair to say he’s wired differently than most of us. Whether or not you’re a fan, his election victory rocked everyone’s world—a pleasant surprise for some, and a mind-boggling blindside hit to others.

What continues to rattle us, though, is the daily drip of information that shows us how he thinks and operates in life. So, certifiably cra y or not, the things happening these days sure feel “crazy-making.” What irony. He’s the one doing wacky things, and we feel as though we’re losing our minds.

In a 1964 survey of psychiatrists, a majority believed that Barry Goldwater (the Republican Party’s candidate for president that year) was mentally unstable and unfit to serve if elected.

He won a defamation case against the journal that published the survey results. As a result, the American Psychiatric Association established a code of ethics (the “Goldwater Rule”), saying professionals shouldn’t diagnose people they haven’t actually evaluated personally.

In late 2017, however, a group of psychiatrists broke with that rule and published a book about their impressions of Donald Trump, their grave concerns about his overall mental health and the implications for our country (The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump). There’s not much in this book, however, that an observant layperson hasn’t already thought of, but it does validate that what we’re witnessing sure isn’t normal, and you’re not alone in worrying about his overall stability.

So, bottom line, is Trump crazy? You be the judge. Put on your own “Shrink Hat” and consider the following factors. n Google antisocial and narcissistic personality disorders and find the criteria that profes sionals use to diagnose them. Many of them are spot-on when you consider what we’ve publicly observed. For example, narcissistic personalities are grandiose.

They’re the center of the universe and have a way of making

everything about them. Antisocial personalities (a.k.a. sociopaths), on the other hand, have a similar self-absorption but couldn’t care less about how that affects others, to the point of ruthless brutality and devious manipulation. You’ll see a pattern of chronic lying and brazen hurtfulness woven into their interactions. “Malignant narcissists” are jealous, petty, punishing, calculating, angry and intolerant of criticism. We’re technically not diagnosing here, but it isn’t a stretch to see that many of the criteria for these disorders are evident to some degree when we observe how Trump reveals himself to the world. n What about immaturity or arrested emotional development? Think about the age of people who routinely call each other insulting offensive names. How old, generally speaking, are people who bully others? Who acts out when they don’t get their way or when others disagree with them? Who goes off in a corner, pouts and has tantrums? Beneath the bluster that Trump exhibits could be a scared, vulnerable child—emotionally crippled and ill-equipped for functioning in an adult world. The result of this is a shallow understanding of the world and reliance on things like the immediately gratifying release of tension and discomfort that, say, sending a tweet provides. Skills like logical thinking, reason, empathy and compromise that support sound leadership are sorely lacking. n How about “gaslighting”? This is an abusive behavior in which someone repeatedly says things that are patently untrue but communicates them in a way that might cause some to question their own sanity. You know, like the assessment of the large crowds at Trump’s inauguration?

Like the statements at press conferences that are consistently challenged by members of the press—who are, themselves, criticized and made to feel unpatriotic or oppositional for daring to dispute the “facts.” This is tear-your-hair-outcrazy if you ask me.

The most frequent adjective I hear people use when they describe Trump is “crazy.” Whether he’s truly suffering from a mental illness or pulling off the most brilliant con of all time, the result is the same for those of us who are living through this… historic time. The residual effects of his troubling manner disturb us to our core. The worst part of all of this is the sense that we’re doomed, and there’s nothing we can do to stop it.

So, it really doesn’t matter whether Trump is cra y or not. What matters is trying to find our own solace in the midst of this sea change. As those on the front line would remind us, only together can we create what’s needed to stop this madness. A good daily practice is to “be the change you wish to see in the world.” Good luck to us all.

On the Couch is written by a licensed mental health professional. Her advice is not meant as a substitute for mental health care.

Send your questions to onthecouch@shepex. com. Comment at shepherdexpress.com. n

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PSYCHO SUDOKU! “Sum Sudoku”

Put one digit from 1-9 in each square of this Sudoku so that the following three conditions are met: 1) each row, column, and 3x3 box (as marked off by heavy lines in the grid) contains the digits 1-9 exactly one time; 2) no digit is repeated within any of the areas marked off by dotted lines; and 3) the sums of the numbers in each area marked off by dotted lines total the little number given in each of those areas. Now do what I tell you—solve!! psychosudoku@gmail.com

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A local holiday Solution: 20 Letters

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::FREEWILLASTROLOGY ::BY ROB BREZSNY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “There are works which wait, and which one does not understand for a long time,” wrote Libran author Oscar Wilde. “The reason is that they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; for the question often arrives a long time after the answer.”

That’s the weird news, Libra. You have been waiting and waiting to understand a project that you set in motion many moons ago. It has been frustrating to give so much energy to a goal that has sometimes confused you. But here’s the good news: Soon you will finally formulate the question your project has been the answer to. And so, at last you will understand it.

You’ll feel vindicated, illuminated, and resolved.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Many seekers who read horoscope columns want common-sense advice about love, career, money, and power. So, I hope I don’t disappoint you by predicting that you will soon have a mystical experience or spiritual epiphany. Let me add, however, that this delightful surprise won’t merely be an entertaining diversion with no useful application. In fact, I suspect it will have the potential of inspiring good ideas about love, career, money, or power. If I had to give the next chapter of your life story a title, it might be “A Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Practical Magic.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In 1962, when she was 31 years old, Sagittarian actress Rita Moreno won an Academy Award for her role in the film West Side Story. In 2018, she attended the Oscars again, sporting the same dress she’d worn for the ceremony 56 years before. I think the coming weeks will be a great time for you, too, to reprise a splashy event or two from the past. You’ll generate soul power by reconnecting with your roots.

You’ll tonify and harmonize your mental health by establishing a symbolic link with your earlier self.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The Committee to Reward Unsung Good Deeds hereby acknowledges your meritorious service in the trenches of the daily routine. We praise your tireless efforts to make life less chaotic and more coherent for everyone around you. We’re grateful for the patience and poise you demonstrate as you babysit adults who act like children. And we are gratified by your capacity to keep long-term projects on track in the face of trivial diversions and petty complaints. I know it’s a lot to ask, but could you please intensify your vigilance in the next three weeks? We need your steadiness more than ever.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You need a special pep talk that’s best provided by Aquarian poet Audre Lorde. Please meditate on these four quotes by her. 1. “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation.” 2. “We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings.” 3. “You cannot use someone else’s fire. You can only use your own. To do that, you must first be willing to believe you have it.” 4. “Nothing I accept about myself can be used against me to diminish me.” 5. “The learning process is something you can literally incite, like a riot.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Warning: My horoscopes may interfere with your ability to rationalize your delusions; they could extinguish your enthusiasm for clichés; they might cause you to stop repressing urges that you really should express; and they may influence you to cultivate the state of awareness known as “playful wisdom.” Do you really want to risk being exposed to such lavish amounts of inner freedom? If not, you should stop reading now. But if you’re as ripe for emancipating adventures as I think you are, then get started on shedding any attitudes and influences that might dampen your urge to romp and cavort and carouse.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Humraaz is a word in the Urdu language. Its literal meaning is “secret sharer.” It refers to a confidante, a person in whom you have full trust and to whom you can confess your core feelings. Is there such a character in your life? If so, seek him or her out for assistance in probing into the educational mysteries you have waded into. If there is no such helper you can call on, I advise you to do whatever’s necessary to attract him or her into your sphere. A collaborative quest may be the key to activating sleeping reserves

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus author Roberto Bolaño suggests that the world contains more beauty than many people realize.

The full scope and intensity of this nourishing beauty “is only visible to those who love.” When he speaks of “those who love,” I suspect he means deep-feeling devotees of kindness and compassion, hard-working servants of the greater good, and free-thinking practitioners of the Golden Rule. In any case, Taurus, I believe you’re in a phase when you have the potential to see far more of the world’s beauty. For best results, supercharge your capacity to give and receive love.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Once upon a time you were walking along a sidewalk when a fairy floated by and whispered, “I’m willing to grant you three wishy-washy wishes for free. You don’t have to do any favors for me in return. But I will grant you three wonderfully wise wishes if you perform three tasks for me.” You asked the fairy, “What would those three tasks be?” She replied, “The second task is that you must hoodwink the devil into allowing you to shave his hairy legs. The third task is that you must bamboozle God into allowing you to shave his bushy beard.” You laughed and said, “What’s the first task?” The fairy touched you on the nose with her tiny wand and said, “You must believe that the best way to achieve the impossible is to attempt the absurd.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You Crabs tend to be the stockpilers and hoarders of the zodiac. The world’s largest collections of antique doorknobs and Chinese restaurant menus and beer cans from the 1960s belong to Cancerian accumulators. But in alignment with possibilities hinted at by current astrological omens, I recommend that you redirect this inclination so it serves you better. How? One way would be to gather supplies of precious stuff that’s really useful to you. Another way would be to assemble a batch of blessings to bestow on people and animals who provide you with support.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Chinese mythology tells us there used to be ten suns, all born from the mother goddess Xihe. Every 24 hours, she bathed her brood in the lake and placed them in a giant mulberry tree. From there, one sun glided out into the sky to begin the day while the other nine remained behind. It was a good arrangement.

The week had ten days back then, and each sun got its turn to shine. But the siblings eventually grew restless with the staid rhythm. On one fateful morning, with a playful flourish, they all soared into the heavens at once. It was fun for them, but the earth grew so hot that nothing would grow. To the rescue came the archer Hou Yi. With his flawless aim, he used his arrows to shoot down nine of the suns, leaving one to provide just the right amount of light and warmth.

The old tales don’t tell us, but I speculate that Hou Yi was a Leo. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You now have maximum command of a capacity that’s a great strength but also a potential liability: your piercing brainpower. To help ensure that you wield this asset in ways that empower you and don’t sabotage you, here’s advice from four wise Virgos. 1.

“Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.”—psychotherapist Anthony de Mello. 2. “Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”—poet Mary Oliver. 3. “I like to wake up each morning and not know what I think, that I may reinvent myself in some way.”—actor and writer Stephen Fry. 4. “I wanted space to watch things grow.”— singer Florence Welch.

Homework: Forget all you know about gratitude. Act as if it’s a new emotion you’re tuning into for the first time. Then let it rip. Testify at freewillastrology.com.

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 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So first off, a big honking thank you goes out to my old friend, the legendary political operative, artist and Brewtown treasure immy on ilwaukee, for sending my way the finely fashionable and timely headgear you see me sporting in the souvenir picture hereabouts. es sir, rt umbalek predicts that by the time you take a gander at this page, those Brewers of ours will be off to the World Series. So much winning, what the fock. nyways, don t have much time to whip out an essay for you s this week on account of having to get up over by the Uptowner tavern charm school to meet with the guys so s we can make plans about which movies we want to see at the ilwaukee Film Festival ct. 18 ov. 1 .

Sadly, noticed that there s no Russ eyer Tribute ight scheduled let alone a solo showing of Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, but did hear the festival has more than motion pictures ready to run through the pro ector, so m sure me and the fellas can find at least a couple, three we d like to see, you betcha. nd can tell you that once again there will be no productions from umbalek Studios to be seen at the festival, because either ran out of time or was too la y to finish them. But here s a couple,

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three pro ects plan to have wrapped up in time for ne t year s fest, kid you not Ex-Men: ’Til the Court Do Us Part. n this ick, e amine the men who enter holy matrimony and their subsequent mutant status. Certainly, they are no longer men. They are less than men. They are other. Sure, during the day at work, on the street, they have the ability to pass as men, but upon return to the wife they undergo a testosterone numbing transformation and revert to their mutant personas, which include ussywhip, Henpeck, oghouse. s mutant men, they re the ones who wear the leotards in the family. nd we ll recall the words of Helen Rowland in 19 s A Guide to Men Husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been e tracted.

Daddy Day Care: Please Don’t Flush the Toilet. light hearted comedy for the entire family. Gambling debts force me to start up an under the radar day care hideout for some e tra dough. First day, some snot nose tries to ush a bad guy action figure down the can, e cept uggernaut gets ammed down the pipe maybe halfway toward meeting the sewer so, the kid ushes again and now backing up all over the bathroom oor come the fecal remnants of the burrito supreme relieved earlier in the day from the night before. launch an interior monologue about how 8 year olds, instead of having so much time on

their hands so s they can dick with the toilet, ought to be out in the world a couple, three hours a day with a nice little ob to pick up a little spending money could use adult e asperation always plays big at the bo office see Spencer Tracy . The Russian mafia and a bunch of nuns get involved and hilarity ensues, what the fock.

lso, besides trying to secure funding for a picture that s destined to be my masterpiece Art Kumbalek Versus the Focking Martians and Whatever Else You Got: The Musical ve been working on a scene for an as yet named comedy, and it goes something like this So, this guy loses his hat and since it was a Sunday morning, decides to stop by a church to steal one off the hat rack. When he gets there, he can hear the priest giving a sermon on the Ten Commandments. Something in the sermon gives t e g y a as o insig t and after mass, he goes to confession to tell the priest what he was going to do: Guy: Forgive me father, for I have sinned.

Priest: Go ahead, son.

Guy: I lost my hat and I came to church today to steal a hat off the rack.

Priest: Is that so?

Guy: But then I heard you talking about the Ten Commandments, and I changed my mind.

Priest: Really? My son, did you make this decision when I was discussing the commandment: “Thou shalt not steal”?

Guy: No, father. It was when you started talking about “Thou shalt not commit adultery” that I remembered where my hat was!

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