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Endangered Species Act is on the Endangered List The Republican assault on Wisconsin’s environment ::BY A.J. MACDONALD
magine that you’re on a trampoline. The only thing protecting you from a bed of nails is a net, and you’ve got people cutting holes in that net.” That’s how Bill Davis, director of Wisconsin’s Sierra Club John Muir Chapter, describes our relationship with the flora and fauna vital to our human existence, much of which is protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Those imminent holes? The unprecedented volume of proposed changes that have been hurled toward the ESA over the past few months. Since its inception in 1973, the ESA has been, in large part, left well enough alone by Democrats and Republicans alike. Perhaps most famously credited with saving the iconic American bald eagle and touting a 99% success rate in preventing extinction, the ESA has been highly effective under uncontroversial, bipartisan support. Until now. Dozens of alterations or new bills have been introduced since July that would weaken ESA protections. Until this barrage of propositions, the ESA has seen just four amendments in its 45 years of existence. out to be incredibly valuable that we didn’t know about, and that is constantly happening,” he says. He can testify firsthand to the significance of that truth. “In 1997, my younger sister died of breast cancer,” Davis says. “At that time, particularly when she was diagnosed in ’92, the most effective chemotherapy for her kind of cancer was something called Taxol, a derivative from the bark of the Pacific yew tree, which is an endangered species. So, the amount of Taxol was incredibly limited; you obviously didn’t want to wipe out the species.” Responsible for prolonging the lives of hundreds of thousands of cancer fighters each year and included on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines, Taxol remains one of the most popular chemotherapy treatment options to date. Should economic interests be prioritized over conserving fragile species, we risk losing life-saving resources. Such predicaments may arise if certain changes to the ESA take effect. Key proposals include: The removal of the phrasing, “without reference to possible economic or other impacts of such determination” originally
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“The arsenal of attacks aimed at the Endangered Species Act will place in jeopardy a vital array of endangered Wisconsin species, including the lynx, whooping crane, peregrine falcon, rusty patched bumblebee and American marten,” says Jodi Habush Sinykin of Midwest Environmental Advocates. “Each of these species plays an integral part in Wisconsin’s ecological landscape; how are we supposed to place a ‘price tag’ on the survival of any one of them? Wisconsinites need to stand up for the ESA before it is too late.” While every species plays a vital role in an interconnected system crucial to sustaining the human species, Davis adds that the gravity of loosening protections for already vulnerable species may lie in the unknown. “There are these examples where we find things that turn
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included regarding the listing of species as endangered or threatened. This could mean that economic interests carry weight when ESA-listing decisions are being made. Alterations to how threatened species, or those at risk of becoming endangered, are treated. Instead of receiving the same level of protection as endangered species (as has always been practice for all but marine species), threatened species’ protections would be determined on a case-by-case basis. How “critical habitat,” or areas necessary to the continued survival of a species, is treated. Originally, this could be areas both occupied and unoccupied currently by the species but vital to its future conservation; the change would mean currently unoccupied areas would not automatically receive protection as critical habitats. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service brought forth the above proposals; additional proposals include nine amendments referred to as the “ESA Modernization Package” by the Republicans who introduced it (or the “Expanded Extinction Package” by environmental organizations) and the “Poisoned Pollinators Provision,” which would prohibit regulation of the types of pesticides most harmful to bees at state and local levels. Altogether, these proposals translate to less consistent and reliable protections for species, with multiple opportunities to favor economic or other interests over the species’ needs throughout the process of determining protections. Organizations endorsing the Expanded Extinction Package include those that use land for actions like mining, hunting, developing highways, farming and livestock management. Organizations opposing the proposals include Earthjustice, the Endangered Species Coalition (ESC), the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club. Public comment was accepted through Monday, Sept. 24, for the changes proposed by FWS and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Leda Huta, ESC executive director, anticipates that we will see a final version this winter or spring at the latest. Four of the nine amendments proposed by Congress were passed by the House Natural Resources Committee on Thursday, Sept. 27. These bills need to pass the U.S. House and U.S. Senate to become laws and won’t be considered by the latter body until after the midterm elections. So, what could all this mean for southeastern Wisconsin? Take, for example, the rusty patched bumble bee (bombus affinis). This bee is endangered and calls Milwaukee County home. Should it be lost, we’d see a dramatic decline in the volume of thriving flowers and crops that the bee plays a vital role in sustaining. We would see other animals struggle, like birds and rabbits that rely on the vegetation supported by bees, and we’d see produce price hikes, even if its quality suffers. More than 200 plant and animal species are listed as endangered or threatened in Wisconsin; more than 1,000 are so listed throughout the Great Lakes region. With the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ science department eliminated in 2017, those most capable voices in defending the biodiversity that we depend on are no longer another level of defense against that everimpending bed of nails Davis speaks of. Just how many more pokes can our protective net take? Comment at shepherdexpress.com.
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hen Milwaukee Alderman Cavalier Johnson goes to his neighborhood Pick ‘n Save, he can grab some sushi, artisanal cheese and pizza or other types of hot food to go. If he doesn’t mind putting up with a bit of a crowd, he can go almost any time of the day and find a bustling store. Yet, long waits at checkout aren’t much of a concern. People with smaller shopping hauls can breeze through one of the store’s new self-checkout lanes. Those with longer lists rarely need to worry about a shortage of cashiers. All of this would be unremarkable if it weren’t for one big consideration: Johnson’s neighborhood Pick ‘n Save (5700 W. Capitol Drive) is smack dab inside a hulking shopping center that has largely been abandoned by other retailers in recent years. Walmart left the Midtown Center (as the shopping complex is called) in 2016; Lowe’s got out in 2009. Rather than following their lead, Kroger decided to spend $2 million on the Midtown Center store, not long after its acquisition in 2015 of Pick ‘n Save and other brands formerly owned by Roundy’s. The money has
not only added things once found almost exclusively at stores in affluent neighborhoods—a sushi and hot-food bar and artisanal cheese shop— it has also brought features like home delivery and much-needed additions like selfcheckout lanes and refurbished décor. Johnson said that, before the changes, the store was dangerously close to fitting the stereotype of an inner-city grocery store: outdated and sometimes dirty, poorly stocked and understaffed. Now, he said, “It’s unrecognizable, in a good way.”
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To Johnson, the project is proof that the main reason why more retailers don’t come into neighborhoods like his isn’t a lack of business prospects or concerns about crime.
More than anything, it’s a simple unwillingness to take a chance. “When Walmart left, that took another grocery option from the people who live in that neighborhood,” he said. “But when Kroger saw that, they didn’t say, ‘The well is running dry around here, so we better leave, too.’ They wanted to make sure this wasn’t a food desert.” The phenomenon of “food deserts”—heavily populated parts of urban areas where healthy food is nonetheless hard to find—has received quite a bit of attention from academics and others in recent years. A study, released in 2017 by economists at New York University, Stanford University and the University of Chicago, further confirmed the common perception that fruits, vegetables and other sorts of healthy fare tend to be scarce in places that are poor. The study, titled “The Geography of Poverty and Nutrition: Food Deserts and Food Choices Across the United States,” found that 55% of all U.S. ZIP codes with a median income less than $25,000 fit the definition of food deserts. But, even amid such depressing statistics, there are reasons for optimism. Johnson noted that Kroger isn’t the only company that’s refurbishing grocery stores in Milwaukee’s inner city. Aldi, which operates a discount chain, is spending $37 million to remodel 23 stores in the Milwaukee area, including one in Johnson’s Second Aldermanic District. Kroger itself has separately sunk $1 million into another one of its inner-city stores, at the corner of North 35th Street and West North Avenue; the company obviously wouldn’t be doing this if it didn’t think its business prospects were good in such locations. But Kroger also says that it’s thinking of more than just the bottom line. As James Hyland, vice president of communications and public affairs for Roundy’s puts it, “The residents of the Central City neighborhood of Midtown have been loyal to us over the last 16 years, and we see the value others might not see in Milwaukee’s Central City and its Midtown neighborhood. Where others have withdrawn, we’ve doubled down.” Skeptics might say all this is being done more for looks than actual concern for residents. But, as Johnson notes, it’s hard to say a company that’s put so much money down is faking it. Rather than worrying that Kroger might not live up to its promise, Johnson said his bigger concern is to get other companies to follow the grocery store giant’s example. “I think we need to spread the word more about good things that are happening in these neighborhoods, that there are good quality shopping options,” he said. “The more we speak about them, the more it makes people think, ‘I haven’t been there in a while. Maybe I ought to go back.’” Comment at shepherdexpress.com. n SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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::SAVINGOURDEMOCRACY ( NOV. 8 - NOV. 14, 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, drinking-discussion get-togethers and any other actions that are directed toward fighting back to preserve our liberal democratic system.
Thursday, Nov. 8
Dave Zirin on Race/Racism, Sports and Activism @ Diederich College of Communication (1131 W. Wisconsin Ave.), 7:30-9 p.m.
Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation, will give a talk on race, racism, sports and social activism at Marquette University’s Johnston Hall. After the talk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist James Causey will join Zirin for a conversation moderated by Pulitzer Prize winner and Marquette faculty member Dave Umhoefer.
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What’s So Evil About George Soros? ::BY JOEL MCNALLY
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here’s always been something highly suspicious about Republicans vilifying Jewish investment banker and philanthropist George Soros as some sort of evil mastermind behind a diabolical web of international political conspiracies. Sure, Soros is a major financial donor to Democratic Party politicians, but, since when have Republicans ever been opposed to billionaires making enormous contributions to political campaigns? After all, Republicans were enthusiastic supporters of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United decision that unleashed unlimited campaign donations from billionaires allowing a tiny group of ultra-wealthy individuals to gain overwhelming influence over American politics. Many may be surprised to learn Soros’ superPAC contributions of $39.4 million to Democrats since 2010 ranks him at the very bottom of the Top-10 list of billionaire political donors. Republicans aren’t complaining about No. 1, because that’s rightwing casino owner Sheldon Adelson, whose campaign contributions of $287.5 million to Republicans are more than seven times what Soros has given to Democrats. Other rightwing Republican billionaires shelling out more to their own favorite politicians than Soros has over the past eight years include Illinois industrialist Richard Uihlein—a major funder of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s career, contributing $59.9 million—and hedge-fund managers Paul Singer ($41.9 million) and Robert Mercer ($40.9 million). So, if Soros isn’t a satanic demon for contributing to Democrats, which, after all, is still legal in America even under Donald Trump, what is it that makes Soros so nefarious? The media also describe Soros as a major contributor to “liberal causes,” but that, too, is a misnomer.
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WPR Politics Podcast @ Gathering Place Brewing Company (811 E. Vienna Ave.), 7:30-9 p.m.
Wisconsin Public Radio will record a live version of its “WPR Politics Podcast” at Gathering Place Brewing Company. WPR Capitol bureau chief Shawn Johnson, Capitol reporter Laurel White and host John K. Wilson will talk about the midterm elections, take questions and share their experiences covering state and national politics. You can purchase tickets at eventbrite.com.
Saturday, Nov. 10
Green Party of Greater Milwaukee Monthly Meeting @ Milwaukee Public Library (3912 S. Howell Ave.), 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
The Green Party of Greater Milwaukee holds their public monthly meetings on the second Saturday of every month. All are welcome to learn about opportunities, action planning and more within the party.
Peace Action Wisconsin: Stand for Peace @ the corner of 16th Street and Wisconsin 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.
Sunday, Nov. 11
‘The Blood is at the Doorstep’ Screening @ First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee (1342 N. Astor St.), 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Erik Ljung’s documentary on the aftermath of the Dontre Hamilton’s death at the hands of a Milwaukee Police Department officer will be screened at the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee. After the free screening, there will be a Q&A with Dontre’s mother Maria Hamilton.
Monday, Nov. 12
Harambee Police and Resident Listening Circles @ Bader Philanthropies (3300 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive), 6-8 p.m.
Across the Red and Blue Divide: You Voted, Now What? @ Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery (901 W. Juneau Ave.), 6:30-9 p.m.
A week after election day, the Millennial Action Project, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WUWM and the Zeidler Center for Public Discussion will host a free panel discussion and community conversation moderated by WUWM’s Mitch Teich and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Molly Beck. Registration is required to attend. Register at www.millennialaction.org. 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. Comment at shepherdexpress.com. n
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A primary U.S. focus of Soros’ Open Society Foundation is criminal justice reform to reduce mass incarceration. An Open Society grant created the Milwaukee County Day Reporting Center—an alternative to incarceration that’s reduced recidivism for two decades by providing adult education, job training and alcohol and drug treatment to low-level offenders. I know because Kit Murphy McNally, my wife—then executive director of the Benedict Center—received the multi-year grant to organize community support and educate county officials about the value of the successful program. Creating more effective and less expensive alternatives to prisons once may have been a
liberal cause, but, as prison populations and their financial and human costs have soared, it’s become a bipartisan issue. The “Right on Crime” movement promotes prominent conservatives— the Bush brothers, George and Jeb, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, conservative columnist George Will and others—supporting positive alternatives. Believe this when you see it: Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and crown prince of the White House, is charged with preparing a bipartisan criminal justice reform agenda for the Trump administration. His first obstacle may be convincing the president to stop leading his hate rallies in chants of “Lock ‘em up!” aimed at Soros and prominent Democrats for engaging in… democracy. That’s the most bizarre reason for the vitriolic attacks on Soros. The best description of Soros’ political ideology at age 88 isn’t liberal, it’s pro-democracy. Soros survived the Holocaust as a Jewish child growing up in Hungary. After World War II, when his country was controlled by the Soviet Union, he fled to England where he was educated at the London School of Economics, becoming an American citizen in 1961. After earning a fortune from international investments and currency speculation in the early ’90s, Soros’ first philanthropic concern was democratizing Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. He made large financial contributions to build democracies in Poland and Czechoslovakia and continues to fund opposition to authoritarian governments in Eastern Europe and elsewhere. Soros, who admired the anti-communist agenda of Ronald Reagan, calls it promoting American ideals and the rule of law.
Democracy Under Threat
Even before Trump publicly smooched the backside of Russian President Vladimir Putin before the entire world in Helsinki, Finland, the Republican Party was moving away from the principles of democracy to win elections. Voter suppression and corrupt gerrymandering are basically dirty tricks to deny the will of the voters in a democracy. Then there’s anti-Semitism, and the open hostility of modern-day Republicans toward the democratic ideal of equal rights regardless of race, religion or national origin. Steve King, an eight-term Republican congressman from Iowa, recently endorsed a far-right, neo-Nazi party in Austria, declaring—probably correctly—that the party would be considered Republican if it were in the U.S. Trump publicly attacked Soros, falsely accusing him of paying a band of Latino immigrants dominated by women and children walking north through Mexico to escape poverty and gang violence. Trump claimed the group somehow endangered American lives. Trump reiterated those attacks even after one deranged supporter mailed a pipe bomb to Soros and another murdered 11 Jews in a Pittsburgh synagogue to protect Americans from Trump’s fabricated Jewish-funded threat. There is nothing dangerous or un-American about the pro-democracy causes Soros supports. Perhaps one day both major U.S. political parties will once again be pro-democracy. Comment at shepherdexpress.com. n SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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NEWS&VIEWS::ISSUEOFTHEWEEK Ironically, the organizers of Milwaukee’s Veterans Day parade have refused to allow the local Veterans for Peace chapter to take part in the parade. They say the organization’s name itself is “political.” Yet, they invite politicians who have never served in the military to join the parade. When he signed the Veterans Day resolution, then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower asked Americans to “remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly… and let us reconsecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain.” The last part of that message seems to have been lost.
Celebrate Peace, Not War, on Armistice Day, Nov. 11
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rmistice Day, the annual holiday held on Nov. 11, was a day to celebrate the end of a bloody war and promote world peace. But since it became Veterans Day, it often seems to be more of a celebration and display of militarism. This year, the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, is a time to reclaim the day for peace. It is not incompatible to honor veterans while promoting an end to war. Veterans for Peace and a coalition of peace and justice organizations will observe Armistice Day in the Downtown Milwaukee City Hall rotunda at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11, with a public program of speakers and music. The original Armistice Day in 1918 marked the end of World War I, which claimed 38 million dead and wounded, roughly half of them civilians. The world was horrified by the carnage. It was to be “the war to end all wars.” But, a century later, our country is involved in wars around the globe that never end. In 1954, Armistice Day officially became Veterans Day. It since has morphed into a flag-waving display of patriotism that often seems to honor the military and war as much as it does those who served. We were spared, this year, from Donald Trump’s idea for a huge parade of troops, weaponry and a display of military might. But, on a smaller scale, we see parades that not only salute those who served but that also glorify war.
On Nov. 11, 1918, Wisconsin citizens joined in the jubilation at the war’s end, probably with relief and mixed emotions. Wisconsin had been a voice for peace as the war began. Our state’s members of Congress opposed entering the war, with nine of its 11 House members voting against it, and Sen. Robert M. (“Fighting Bob”) LaFollette the highestprofile supporter of neutrality. Because of his stance, LaFollette was reviled, hanged in effigy on the UW-Madison campus and denounced as a traitor. With its high percentage of citizens with German heritage and a socialist city government, Milwaukee was torn apart by the conflict and resulting anti-German hysteria. German Americans were suspect, issued ID cards and barred from some industrial parts of the city. A German name was enough to provoke harassment. The Germania building was renamed, and sauerkraut became “liberty cabbage.” (Remember “freedom fries”?) More seriously, citizens who made what sounded like unpatriotic or antiwar comments could be reported and charged with violating the Espionage Act. Victor Berger, a prominent socialist newspaper publisher, was charged for his anti-interventionist views and was twice denied a seat in Congress to which Milwaukee voters had elected him. His conviction eventually was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, and he served in the House of Representatives after the war finally ended—and it was not a crime to speak for peace. Join us as we speak for peace a century later. Bill Christofferson served in the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam and is a member of Milwaukee Chapter 102 of Veterans for Peace. Comment at shepherdexpress.com.
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or more than a decade, Tenuta’s has provided If you’re just in the mood for pizza, Tenuta’s makes one of the best thin crust the Milwaukee area with traditional Italian pizzas in the Milwaukee area. The cracker-thin crust lends a satisfying crunch dishes in a cozy corner of Bay View. Its founders, to the well-balanced toppings. If you’ve ever worried about ordering toppings Cesare and Antonia Tenuta, moved to the United on thin crust pizza for fear it will make the dish soggy, you can have confiStates in 1961 from the southern tip of Italy, and dence that Tenuta’s will get it right. So, go ahead and add peppers or spinach they brought some amazing recipes with them. If and olives, though I might be a tad neurotic about it because Racine, my you’ve already visited this seasoned establishment, hometown, takes thin crust pizza pretty seriously. you probably already have an old favorite. If you’ve managed to save room for dessert, go for the tiramisu ($8). It’s big When visiting for the first time, start with the burrata ($12)—a enough to share, but you may have a hard time splitting it fairly. From the delicious cheese and cream mixture is waiting for you inside a espresso dusting on top to the cream filling, this dessert is smooth, delicate fresh mozzarella pouch. Served with crostini, speck ham and basiland oh, so good. parsley pistou, this delectable appetizer has Tenuta’s provides friendly service and offers a wide varia tendency to disappear almost immediately ety of cocktails, beer and wine. Their prices are reasonable Tenuta’s Italian upon delivery. Tenuta’s dinner menu features a and align with fine dining. This is a delicious night out. Restaurant good variety of traditional first-course and secTheir dining space feels like an old-school restaurant that 2995 S. Clement Ave. ond-course dishes. For your main course, I suggest you try you’ve always known but where you’ve never grown tired 414-431-1014 • $$ the Peposo ($21). Tender, black pepper braised beef short of sharing good food and warm memories. Tenuta’s also CC, FB, RS ribs add richness to a plate of porcini mushroom risotto. offers catering and hosting private events. Reservations Handicap Access: Yes This dish is lush with flavor. are not only accepted, they’re recommended.
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Grocery shoppers looking for a healthful breakfast or fruity afternoon pickme-up might consider El Rey Foodmart (1320 W. Burnham St.). Other locations of Milwaukee-based El Rey Foods serve egg-based morning entrees at their Taco Loco in-store eateries, but the South Side Foodmart has a juice bar. Liquid nourishments aren’t its only offerings, though, as some of the fruit salad-like treats—which may be had at South Side snack shops such as Myra’s Jugos y Frutas—also make the menu. The escamocha represents well those offerings. Strawberries, papaya, mango, green grapes, green apple and pineapple are layered in parfait fashion and given spritzes of heat and salty tang via a sprinkling of chili powder and spritz of apricot-based chamoy. Granola lends carbs and crunch to other items, such as the bionico. Among the unmixed juices (such as carrot and beet) are combinations with Mexican flair, including a green combination including cactus mingled with standbys like spinach and celery. And, though this is no Baskin-Robbins franchise, the Foodmart’s mangonada includes ice cream with the flavor of its eponymous fruit. A few seats at the bar offer rest and the possibility of camaraderie for customers not intent on take-out or wanting to nosh while they shop.
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ilwaukee has experienced a satisfying boom of excellent new bakeries in recent months, each filling a special niche. For fans of American classic cookies and cakes like grandma used to bake, Jaceleen Latin-Kasper, co-owner of Batches (401 E. Erie St.), strives to keep their sweet and savory offerings fun and approachable. “We say we’re not the healthy bakery,” laughs Latin-Kasper. “People like sugar and butter. We try to offer a wide range of breakfast items, and we’re known for having good scones and muffins. We’re trying to bring more variety into the breakfast breads and to keep the menu more on the fun side.” Latin-Kasper owns Batches with Dan Jacobs and Dan Van Rite—owners of DanDan, a Chinese restaurant located across the street from Batches. Latin-Kasper is their pastry chef and had ideas about growing their plated-dessert program, so when corner store space became available in the newly constructed Domus apartment building, Latin-Kasper approached “the Dans” with the idea for Batches. Open since February, Batches operates as the pastry commissary, supplying bakery for its own needs as well as for the plated-dessert programs of both DanDan and EsterEv—Jacobs’ and Van Rite’s tasting menu restaurant. Latin-Kasper was previously with SURG Restaurant Group and apprenticed under executive pastry chef Kurt Fogle. When Fogle left to open Bass Bay Brew-
house, Latin-Kasper took over pastry operations. She had always enjoyed baking and found it to be a relaxing outlet. “With Batches, we’re getting back to basics with cakes, cookies and pies,” she said. “With plated desserts, I kind of moved away from that and into fancier techniques, which is also enjoyable, but now I can get back to the root of what inspired my career in the first place.” Batches features a layered cake inspired by candy bar flavors like peanut butter, chocolate and caramel. Latin-Kasper noted that their confetti cake—a play on classic Funfetti cake mix— has been popular with customers. The cake is available by the slice ($4) or whole ($35). Cookies ($2.50) are moist and chewy, and they come in flavors like confetti sugar, with colorful sugar sprinkles mixed into a classic sugar cookie that’s crispy on the outer edges. The chocolate chip cookie is generously loaded with mini-chips, and the newly introduced Karma Chameleon has a delicate balance of peanut butter and molasses. There are limited gluten-free choices such as the banana chocolate muffin ($3), and vegan options include brownies ($3) and a vegan cheesecake ($6 slice) that has a cashew base blended with coconut milk, producing a smooth, silky texture similar to traditional cheesecake. Homemade ice cream is available by the scoop or pint. Batches also makes waffle cones in-house. Savory standouts include the cheddar scallion scone ($3), which is flaky with a hint of cheddar cheese, complemented by an oniony bite of scallion. Quiche is made in-house every day with seasonal vegetables. Sandwiches and salads round out the lunch menu. For a hot beverage, Batches serves Anodyne coffee. Latin-Kasper plans to expand the savory offerings, and soon they will begin taking orders for Thanksgiving and Christmas pie sales. Thanksgiving options will include traditional pumpkin, maple bourbon pecan and Dutch caramel apple. Batches is closed Mondays; open TuesdayFriday, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information, visit batchesmke.com. SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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BEYOND ‘PRIDE AND PREJUDICE’ The Rep revisits Jane Austen with ‘Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley’ ::BY HANNAH KLAPPERICH-MUELLER hat does the world look like when it’s run by women?” asks Kimberly Senior. She is directing the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s holiday production of Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley with the first all-female production team the company has ever seen. The designers, stage management, dialect coach and directing team are all part of the storytelling powerhouse that Senior assembled to tell this new version of how Austen’s characters may have chosen to craft their own lives and stories beyond the pages of Pride and Prejudice. Senior made a promise to herself that she would spend two years working exclusively with women designers, and Miss Bennet continues her streak of making good on that promise. She is committed to “bringing up” the next generation of women in the male-dominated field of theatrical design and mentions that part of her goal is to foster the natural relationships amongst fellow professionals that happen when working on a team—a networking opportunity that does not exist unless you’re in the room in the first place. The play is by Lauren Gunderson, the most-produced living playwright in the U.S., in part because of the success of this particular script. Miss Bennet was onstage at nine different regional theaters during the 2017-’18 season and has found its way to many more this year. Why? Senior speculates that this is a production that audiences need given the current state of the world. “Our lives are so fraught, sometimes what you need is just to get in a room, in the dark with a bunch of strangers, and laugh.” Humor abounds amidst the quick wit of the familiar characters who fill the play. No one knows what to
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‘Austen Belongs to Everyone’
This is a period show, but a modern play. The creative team has crafted costumes, sound and a set for a world which has one foot in the past and one in the present. Senior describes it as a chance to examine how we’re living in the present moment by looking back at where we’ve come from. The cast also reflects an honest look at the world; five members of the cast of eight are actors of color. Senior says simply, “Austen belongs to everyone.” The designers play with sound, color and silhouettes to evoke the style of Austen’s time while resonating with the modern language of make of Elizabeth’s decorating experiments, and Mr. the play and the characters as people with whom audiBingley puts on a hilariously brave face as he frets ences can relate. about Jane’s first baby on the way. Miss Bennet is full of Senior spoke about embracing the tension between the conversations Austen’s characters have in the back past and present in her version of the play. While rooms, behind closed doors. “It’s like the B-side of Pride people often think of characters from the past as being and Prejudice,” says Senior. as buttoned-up and straight-laced as In the play, Elizabeth is settled in as their long gowns and stiff shirts make the lady of Pemberley, and her family them seem, she speculates that “they is coming to visit for Christmas—the Milwaukee Rep were just as rowdy and raunchy as first time they will all be together in we are.” Miss Bennet: nearly two years. With the addition Miss Bennet is lively, fast-paced Christmas at of some surprise guests, the Bennet and has a sexiness which emerges Pemberley sisters have new challenges to tackle from each of the characters embracand a new potential romance on the Quadracci ing their true selves and throwing books. Miss Mary Bennet, who has Powerhouse off family expectations. And, with all been universally acknowledged as a Theater that, there is depth, too. It is a story of pedant and a bore, has grown up a Nov. 13 - Dec. 16 sisterhood and how to find the true bit since Austen devotees last saw her spirit of the holidays. The characters and has developed a fire all her own. learn how to take care of each other For the first time, Mary may meet her and encourage audiences to reflect match in someone as interested in on this question for themselves—how to move into studying the world’s mysteries as she is. Gunderson the new year with the most love and care possible. crafted a script with the charm and humor for which Nov. 13-Dec. 16 at the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater, Austen is beloved, and audiences will see that come to 108 E. Wells St. for tickets, call 414-224-9490 or visit millife in this production which explores history and literawaukeerep.com. ture from a woman’s perspective.
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AJR w/ Robert DeLong @ The Rave, 8 p.m.
Through their sound is decidedly modern—filled with electronic pulses and modern dubstep flourishes—there’s something old-fashioned about AJR, a New York pop trio formed by brothers Adam, Jack and Ryan Met. The trio’s pop sensibilities borrow from the spirit of The Beach Boys, and that devotion to classic pop earned them a fan in Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, who cameoed on their upbeat single “Sober Up” from their latest album, 2017’s The Click. The record fuses dance and alternative sensibilities.
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Jim James w/ Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff @ The Pabst Theater, 7:30 p.m.
Certainly the hair and the beard have something to do with it, but there’s always been something messiah-like about My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James, who looks as if he could’ve had a great career as some kind of cult leader if he hadn’t decided to dedicate his life to rock ’n’ roll. James’ first solo album, 2013’s Regions of Light and Sound of God, doubled down on the spiritual mysticism that shades his best work with My Morning Jacket, and 2016’s Eternally Even was even more intriguingly psychedelic, drawing from trip-hop, soul, prog-rock and world music. By comparison, his latest effort, this year’s Uniform Distortion, is more straightforward, a guitarheavy record in the spirit of My Morning Jacket’s early work.
FRIDAY, NOV. 9 The Music of Cream @ The Pabst Theater, 8 p.m.
Unlike other classic rock bands, Cream never reunited for an endless round of reuniontours. The influential blues rock trio broke up in 1968 and, save for some fluke reunion shows in 2005, they stayed that way. Any hopes of another reunion were put to rest when singer/bassist Jack Bruce died of liver disease in 2014 at age 71. That leaves the band’s progeny to carry on their legacy. For this show, drummer Ginger Baker’s son Kofi Baker and Bruce’s son Malcolm will be joined by Eric Clapton’s nephew Will Johns (the son of Led Zeppelin engineer Andy Johns) to pay tribute to the group’s music. It’s hardly the same as seeing the original group live, but the lineup is certainly more credentialed than most cover bands.
Colors & Chords @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 6 p.m.
Four musical acts will team up with prominent visual artists at this benefit for Islands of Brilliance, a Milwaukee non-profit that offers creative, tech-centric classes for children and young adults with autism. Test Rosa, Suitcase Junket, Golden Coins and Jay Anderson and Honey Voodoo will each perform a 40-minute set accompanied by an artist. There will also be food from vendors including The Tandem and Sabrosa Café.
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Taking over “The Daily Show” from Jon Stewart, who pioneered the brand of smart, loaded political comedy that now dominates late night television, was never going to be easy for anybody. And, sure enough, the Comedy Central institution has lost some of its cultural clout since it was taken over by South African comedian Trevor Noah in 2015. Each night it can be counted on to give, at best, the third- or fourth- funniest take on the latest political outrage, but if nothing else, Noah has proven a charismatic host, and he’s given the show a global perspective it lacked during the Stewart years. This week’s chaotic midterm elections should give Noah plenty of material to work with when he returns to The Riverside Theater for this pair of shows.
SATURDAY, NOV.10
Kneel to Neil: A Neil Young Tribute @ Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, 7:30 p.m.
Few figures loom larger in the folk community than Neil Young, a songwriter whose fusion of rock, folk and twang paved the way for countless acts. At the annual Kneel to Neil benefit, now in its 14th year, local folk, rock and country musicians cover Young’s songbook to raise money for 91.7 WMSE and Young’s Bridge School for handicapped children. This year’s marathon lineup includes Ramblin’ Deano (Waco Brothers), Viper & His Famous Orchestra, Saebra & Carlyle, The Cripple Creek Fairies (Platinum Boys/Sat. Nite Duets), Vincent Kircher (of Jaill), Lyric Advisory Board, RedHawks, The Carolinas, Chris Haise Band, Cat Ries (of NO/ NO) and Hello Death.
Alan Parsons Live Project @ The Pabst Theater, 7:30 p.m.
Roger Troutman and T-Pain are better remembered as pioneers of vocal manipulation, but long before their careers took off Alan Parsons was using the vocoder, incorporating it into his 1976 Alan Parsons Project song “The Raven.” Of course, as a dutiful prog-rock band, the Alan Parsons Project used all sorts of cutting-edge (and sometimes not so cutting edge) studio technology during the ’70s. These days, Parson—who earned his first studio credit when he was just 18 years old (on The Beatles’ Abbey Road, of all records)—continues to tour with an altered version of his signature band, now called the Alan Parsons Live Project. In 2014, the Alan Parsons Project released a “new” album, The Sicilian Defence, a chessthemed record that was originally recorded in 1979 but shelved by their label. SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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Flatley: Lord of the Dance @ The Riverside Theater, 8 p.m.
With its unique variety of Irish, tap and contemporary dance, Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance has dominated the world of dance since its debut in 1996. While Flatley retired from dancing in 2016, he continues to mentor performers touring worldwide. This performance, billed as Dangerous Games, updates the Lord of the Dance formula with large flat screens, elaborate lighting effects, acrobats and dancing robots. Who needs Flatley when you have dancing robots?
88Nine Labs: Music Hackathon @ Northwestern Mutual Cream City Labs, 10 a.m.
As part of Startup Week Milwaukee, Radio Milwaukee has teamed up with the Capitol260 Innovation Center for this hackathon, inviting developers, designers, students, engineers and musicians to generate ideas for music discovery and distribution and come up with ways to better connect fans and radio stations with their audience. Developers will have access to 14,000 audio streaming tracks from artists like Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and Rihanna to work with, and winning teams can take home prizes including $1,000 in cash, Summerfest Power Passes and a final-round interview to participate in gener8tor’s 12-week accelerator program.
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Clybourne Park—a 2010 play by Bruce Norris, written as a spin-off to Lorraine Hansberry’s classic A Raisin in the Sun—portrays fictional events set both prior to and in the wake of Raisin’s events. As The Washington Post described it, Clybourne Park “applies a modern twist to the issues of race and housing and aspirations for a better life.” Norris’ play went on to receive the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and 2012 Tony Award for Best Play. This wonderfully acidic serious-yet-comedic play about race and real estate focuses on the story of one house separated by 50 years. In 1959, the prospect of an African American family moving into an all-white neighborhood creates uneasiness; decades later, concerns about gentrification in the now predominantly black neighborhood create new anxiety and reflection. Those attending should know that Clybourne Park contains mature language. Nov. 9-18 at Marquette University’s Helfaer Theatre, 1304 W. Clybourn St. For tickets, call 414-288-7504 or visit marquette.edu.
The Tempest
The players and the stage are ready, and Prospero has been cued for his grand entrance to meet his enemies who have been washed ashore on the strange and fantastical island he rules over. With power beyond imagination, he must choose which story will truly set him free: One that ends in the revenge he craves, or one that ends in forgiveness. The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare set on a remote island, where the sorcerer Prospero plots to restore his daughter, Miranda, to her rightful place using illusion and skillful manipulation. UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts’ production will be directed by Michael Cotey. The Thursday, Nov. 15, performance will be an ASL-interpreted performance. ASL (American Sign Language) priority seating will be available. Nov. 14-18 in the Mainstage Theatre of the UWM Theatre Building, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd. For tickets, call 414-229-4308 or visit uwm.edu/arts/box-office.
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“The Voice of the Clarinet”
Frankly Music has assembled a fascinating concert program that surveys some of the best chamber music that focuses on the clarinet. Unlike many Frankly Music concerts, the voice will be heard in addition to purely instrumental sounds; the former courtesy of soprano Susanna Phillips. Wolfgang Mozart’s aria “Parto! Ma tu ben mio” is from his late opera seria La Clemenza di Tito (The Clemency of Titus), K. 621. Franz Schubert’s “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen” (“The Shepherd on the Rock”), D. 965, is a song for soprano, clarinet and piano composed in 1828 during the final months of his life. Gustav Mahler’s original song “Wir genießen die himmlischen Freuden” (“We Enjoy Heavenly Pleasures”) stems from his splendid Symphony No. 4 in G Major (1900); the song evinces a child-like vision of heaven. Finally, Contrasts is a 1938 composition for clarinet, violin and piano by Béla Bartók; it’s a three-movement piece based on Hungarian and Romanian dance melodies. Monday, Nov. 12, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 914 E. Knapp St. For tickets, visit franklymusic.org. SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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Mystery Solved at Village Playhouse ::BY HARRY CHERKINIAN
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ho dun it? Or, better put, who’s imagining who dun it? That’s the central question in Lucille Fletcher’s mystery, Night Watch. Did troubled, neurotic heiress Emily Wheeler (Jackie Benka) really see a dead man’s body through the window of her art-laden townhouse? (No Rear Window here; these are very close buildings in the sketchy Kips Bay section of Manhattan). Or, is she being tormented by her husband, John (Mark Wyss), who’s having an affair with her best friend and nurse, Blanche (Sandra Wyss)? And then there’s that snoopy maid, Helga (Karen Maio), with the highly questionable German accent. During the production, Elaine sees yet a second body through the same window—this time a woman slumped in a chair before the shade comes down. All within 24 hours. What’s a woman with all that money and time on her hands to do? Well, for starters accuse everyone around her, including the neighborhood deli guy (Clayton Mortl), constantly bother the police—who find nothing— until she agrees to visit a clinic in Switzerland at her husband’s constant “urging.” The cast makes the most of a script that doesn’t quite add up until the last few minutes of the play. It’s a clever premise and certainly one that we don’t see coming. Acting standouts include Mark Wyss as the “concerned” husband who manages to subtly convey his growing frustration and spousal concern while carrying on with his wife’s “best friend.” Through Nov. 18 at the Village Playhouse, 1500 S. 73rd St. For tickets, visit villageplayhouse.org.
‘Jealous Revolver’ is One Jazzy Crime Drama ::BY RUSS BICKERSTAFF
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abaret Milwaukee stages another stylish evening of variety with its latest show, The Jealous Revolver Pt. 2. Music, history and comedy mingle cleverly in a period drama staged at the historic Astor Hotel. The ever-jaunty Evan Maruszewski plays Richard Howling, the host of a 1940s radio show. A jazzy mood is set by Joe Makovec on keyboard and Scott Hlevenka on guitar. They are
joined by the comic three-part harmony of the Howling Singers: vivacious, liberated Marina Dove, alcohol enthusiast Lindsey Willicombe and proto-goth girl Haley San Fillippo. Set in a seedily stylized, Prohibition-era Milwaukee, head writer Jackie Benka’s central drama smoothly slides along episodically throughout the program. Michelle White and Casey Van Dam play Viv and Joey: a couple who have come into tenuous ownership of a speakeasy. White bears much of the weight of responsibility as a shrewd business owner. Van Dam is charmingly hapless as a crooner-turned-gangster in way over his head. Dennis Lewis is slyly sinister as a man thought dead at the end of The Jealous Revolver Pt. 1 who has returned for revenge. Though it’s all centered around the crime drama, Cabaret Milwaukee continues to assemble a well-balanced variety show, including some truly beautiful crooning by a pleasantly magnetic Cameron Webb, tap dance with Danielle Joy Webber and clever period comedy by Laura Holterman. The latter’s repressed housewife character, Mrs. Millie, is an endearingly comic throwback to another era as she dispenses dated household advice from the early 20th century. Co-directors Josh B. Bryan and Amanda J. Hull continue to assemble a really good show that has settled quite comfortably into a classy, historic hotel Downtown. Through Nov. 17 at the Astor Hotel, 924 E. Juneau Ave. For tickets, visit facebook.com/ cabmke.
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Miró Quartet’s Romance of Chamber Music ::BY RICK WALTERS
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rankly Music is known for bringing top musicians to town. Occasionally, it presents a visiting ensemble to perform without artistic director Frank Almond, as was the case last week with the return appearance of the Miró Quartet at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. There’s a reason the string quartet was asked back: It’s really good. The set-up was a little unconventional, with the cellist seated next to the first violin and the second violin across from the first. This group plays with highly refined and balanced ensemble and plenty of subtle inflections and nuances. The completely in-sync taper of the sound at the end of the phrase was continually noticeable and admirable. They called it a program of romance, since all three pieces were written when the composers were in love. Robert Schumann’s Quartet in A Minor was the first of three string quartets written in the year after his marriage to Clara Wieck. The music is full of earnest passion, well-rendered with clarity of intention by the players (Daniel Ching and William Fedkenheuer, violin; John Largess, viola; Joshua Gindele, cello.) Any music by Czech composer Leoš Janáček is a bit of a wild ride, taking unexpected turns constantly. He wrote his Quartet No. 2, Intimate Letters, as a “manifesto on love”—a musical depiction of his correspondence with a much younger woman. Shifts in texture 24 | N O V E M B E R 8 , 2 0 1 8
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and direction occur every few measures with urgent bursts of emotion. This music could only be played successfully by an accomplished group and must have required a great deal of rehearsal. It paid off in this colorful performance. Felix Mendelssohn’s Quartet in A Minor was written at age 17 when he was in love for the first time. There is sweetness and elegance in it, and parts of it have the fleet scurry common to this composer. It was so wonderful to hear the strings plucked so perfectly together in pizzicato. While sitting in that quietly attentive audience I realized how good it is to experience the civility of classical music in a time when the public discourse feels so disruptive.
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The Life and Death of American Steel at MIAD ::BY SHANE MCADAMS
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s you read this, the results of the midterm elections are final. You are either elated or dejected. A little of each, perhaps. The media is Wednesday-morning-quarterbacking, processing all the action for our pleasure as if they were post-gaming the Super Bowl. They are offering endless flourishes of purposeless second-hand commentary that will pass as legitimate news to many. The commentary itself is contributing to an ongoing feedback loop that’s reinforcing already entrenched positions, and you are left wondering if anyone in our society is still interested in first-hand information. It might be a good time to unplug the television and revisit some primary source accounts of history; perhaps The Complete Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant or Robert Graves’ Good-Bye to All That. You might also start by visiting the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design’s Layton Gallery to view the current exhibition, “Steel Genesis.” A photographic elegy on Pittsburgh’s steel industry curated by LaToya Ruby Frazier, the show features several photographs by Frazier and dozens more by Sandra Gould Ford, as well as some captivating supplemental prose and poetry written by Ford herself. While employed as an office worker at the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, Ford regularly entered the production areas to take photographs. Surreptitiously it turns out, as photography wasn’t permitted at the plant. She continued to snap shots even after the mill closed permanently, and her photographic collection amounts to a 40-year narrative arc that traces the steel industry from its mighty climax, through its slow decline and, ultimately, into its afterlife. The story is SHEPHERD EXPRESS
a natural allegory for the recent history of rust belt America. The life of a steel mill is especially conducive to metaphor, it turns out, and Ford takes full advantage of the opportunity. Through both prose (in the form of wall text) and photography, she captures the soaring vitality of the J & L plant in the 1970s followed by its tragic collapse decades later. Ford takes us inside Greek’s diner, which lived impossibly in the shadows of the fiery blast furnaces, and its “thick” coffee, consumed among “oily fumes.” We see the ramshackle front door of the establishment in one photo and the bubbling coffee urn itself in another. We are there. So granular and real, you can almost smell the burnt air. We are also there 20 years later looking at plaintive farewell messages scrawled on the plant’s walls: “goodbye mice and rats,” and “Pension Please.” As desperately sad as the personal implications of this saga are, the allegory of the plant as a living and generative organism is more powerful still. Ford’s description of the Open Hearth Furnace and ladles that “nursed that sloshing, volcanic brew toward the ingot molds” is visceral and organic. Her photograph of ingot molds sees them as a stack of cocoons or wombs, and her description of molten iron might as well be of blood. Ford’s textual and photographic accounts of the Hot Metal Bridge spanning the Monongahela River and bringing pig iron to the steel mill characterizes it as an artery connecting the tissue of a complex organism—a beast so formidable that it took decades to finally die after being mortally wounded. Even while individual organs failed, blast furnaces shut down one by one, it slumped on under its own inertia for years before collapsing entirely. Frazier’s photos and able curation function as a framework for Ford’s larger enterprise, offering aerial shots of the Pittsburgh sites where the steel plants once thrived as well as a wonderful portrait of Sandra Gould Ford herself. But it’s Ford’s work that ultimately forges the narrative. Ford has continued to document the site of her former workplace long after its demise because she believes it has a story to tell; a story about resilience and regeneration. Industrial behemoths like Jones and Laughlin Steel and the labor behind it helped fashion the steel skeleton on which American post-industrial muscle hangs. Understanding the history and biology of that since-crippled organism can tell us a lot about our current social and cultural circumstances. But don’t take my word for it, take it from someone who was actually there, in the belly of the steely beast, thankfully with a camera in her hand.
MIAD features MacArthur grant-winner, TED Fellow and photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier in the museum’s Fourth Floor Raw Space for her presentation, “Art as Transformation: Using Photography for Social Change.” Frazier draws from her award-winning book, The Notion of Family, and works of art by Frederick Douglass, August Sander, Julia Margaret Cameron and Langston Hughes to discuss how she uses photography to fight injustices such as poverty, health care and gender inequality, environmental contamination and racism. For more information, visit miad.edu.
Women’s Speaker Series: Elizabeth Berg Nov. 14 Lynden Sculpture Garden 2145 W. Brown Deer Road
Night of Miracles is a delightful novel about surprising friendships, community and the way small acts of kindness can change a life. Its author is Elizabeth Berg, who also wrote The Story of Arthur Truluv. Lucille Howard is getting on in years, but she stays busy. Thanks to the inspiration of her dearly departed friend, Arthur Truluv, she has begun to teach baking classes. A new assistant, Iris, it turns out, can’t bake but needs to keep her mind off a big decision she sorely regrets. Other complications ensue, leading to hard choices and uncertain futures. Berg will be at Lynden to discuss her book. For more information, visit lyndensculpturegarden.org.
Homeschool Day: Reclaiming Spaces
Nov. 15 Lynden Sculpture Garden 2145 W. Brown Deer Road
How do we understand the spaces we inhabit every day—our homes, communities, surrounding natural environments? What histories, memories and identities shaped these places and how we understand them? Answers to these questions may be found in the work of artists John Grade, Juliana Santacruz Herrera and Jan Vormann. In the studio, attending youth (ages 6-15 recommended) will create colorful felt sheets that are then taken outside (along with yarn and string) to repair worn or weathered spaces they find as they meander about the grounds. For more information, visit lyndensculpturegarden.org.
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TED Fellow. MacArthur “Genius” Grant Winner. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow.
Wednesday, November 14, 6 p.m.
Free admission. Seating is first-come, first-served. Doors open 5:30 p.m. Drawing from her book, The Notion of Family, and works of art by Frederick Douglass, August Sander, Julia Margaret Cameron and Langston Hughes, Frazier discusses how she uses photography to fight injustice such as poverty, healthcare and gender inequality, environmental contamination and racism.
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‘Beautiful Boy’
The Quietly Powerful ‘Beautiful Boy’
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::BY DAVID LUHRSSEN
eautiful Boy is drawn from a suggests itself: gateway drugs! But the conpair of memoirs on metham- founding reality is that marijuana doesn’t lead phetamine addiction, one by to methamphetamine any more than caffeine David Sheff and the other by leads to marijuana. his addict son Nic. However, the Crystal meth is the hardest of all hard drugs film is more dad’s story as it follows his often for the damage inflicted on the nervous syshopeless-seeming quest to bring Nic out of tem of Nic and other addicts. The first dose the blackhole in which he fell. turns black-and-white to Technicolor but the The acting is quietly powerful and convinc- user must raise the second dose to reach that ing. David is played by Steve Carell with all same rainbow and before long the colors fade the wearied weight of a father who fears he to a sickening shade of gray. has lost his son. Within minutes, it’s easy to At least in the film version of Beautiful Boy, forget that Carell’s métier has mostly been none of the usual reason are offered for Nic’s comedy, not despair. Timothée Chalamet embrace of meth. His background is affluent, (Call Me By My Name), co-starring as Nic, his college applications have been accepted, veers believably across the spectrum between he’s smart and creative, had a girlfriend, and defiance and misery. And although his parents are yes, he is also able to play divorced, he gets on well the beautiful boy his father with dad’s new wife and Beautiful Boy remembers. Director Fehis new siblings. And yet, lix van Groeningen neatly “stupid everyday reality” Steve Carell flips between the story’s is unsatisfying in a world Timothée Chalamet painful main line and dad’s where consumption in Directed by memories. one form or another is the Felix van Groeningen David always wanted to guiding principle. Nic just Rated R befriend as well as mentor wants to alter the texture Nic. There was no generaof reality. Beautiful Boy tion gap as they gun down touches on the false hope the highway with punkoffered by some rehab cenmetal blasting on the stereo or share a joint ters whose programs, in any event, are too in an especially candid moment when Nic expensive for the majority, and wrestles with speaks of his love for alcohol, pot and other whether the bond of some addictions is too drugs. They take “the edge off stupid every- strong to break. In a despairing moment, Daday reality,” he explains to his not-entirely vid asks whether anyone, even a loving father, unsympathetic dad. The conservative critique can save someone who refuses salvation? SHEPHERD EXPRESS
[ FILM CLIPS ] Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch PG The anti-social Grinch (voice of Benedict Cumberbatch) resides in Whoville with his loyal dog, Max. Focused on inventing contraptions to ease his daily chores, the Grinch is enraged when the Whos declare they are going to make Christmas three times bigger. Recruiting a rotund reindeer, the Grinch poses as Santa Claus in order to steal Christmas. But “Ho-Ho-Ho,” he hasn’t reckoned on little Cindy-Lou Who, intent on trapping Santa during his Christmas Eve rounds. This film recasts the Grinch as a cuddlier, more empathetic villain who even allows Max and the reindeer to sleep in his bed. No longer a mean, green machine, he’s probably just misunderstood. (Lisa Miller)
The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story R Lisbeth Salander, the title character of the acclaimed Millennium book series by Stieg Larsson, returns to this latest “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” tale, but, following the author’s death, she is scripted as a vigilante for abused women. Still a talented hacker, Lisbeth (Claire Foy) agrees to steal a program from the U.S. NSA computer system for what appears to be a good cause. Soon enough, Lisbeth is joined by journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Sverrir Gudnason) in protecting a little boy as they evade murderous thugs, explosions, gunfire and partake in wild car chases. Fans of Larsson’s Lisbeth take heed; she is reinvented for the fanboys. (L.M.)
Overlord R In this World War II horror movie, Americans sent to disable Nazi communications prior to the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, are overrun by Nazi zombies! The film, produced by J.J. Abrams, places African American soldier Boyce (Jovan Adepo) at the film’s moral center, ignoring the period’s historical racial segregation. Kurt Russell’s and Goldie Hawn’s son, Wyatt Russell, portrays Ford, another American soldier dropped behind enemy lines. Wearing its B-movie stripes with pride, the film excels at don’t-breathe visuals. Lapses in the movie’s self-awareness are all that prevent us from fully buying into its reimagined history. (L.M.)
[ HOME MOVIES / NOW STREAMING ] Get Shorty
Based on an Elmore Leonard novel, the entertaining Get Shorty (1995) riffs on the post-Pulp Fiction wise guys shtick. It stars John Travolta as a movieloving Miami loan shark whose pursuit of a small-time loser leads him to Hollywood and screenwriting. The comical cross-section of the criminal underworld and the entertainment industry features an all-star cast including Gene Hackman as a Hollywood producer, Danny DeVito as a star and Dennis Farina as one mean mobster.
“Elena Ferrante on Film”
Italy’s Elena Ferrante is one of the world’s bestselling authors, yet only two feature films have been adapted from her work. This Blu-ray set includes director Roberto Faenza’s The Days of Abandonment (2005) and Mario Martone’s Troubling Love (1995). In both, men behave badly and women react badly. Troubling Love is intriguing for its aura of mystery as the protagonist delves into her own memories and the troubled life of her mother, who just died.
Dragnet: Collector’s Edition
With its fanfare of doom theme music and rat-a-tat sub-Mickey Spillane cadences, the “Dragnet” TV series is easy to spoof. The 1987 movie, co-written by its star, wooden-faced Dan Aykroyd, has many humorous moments—albeit sometimes it’s tempting to think that the original was funnier for being so unfunny. Co-star Tom Hanks was still a newbie and looks incredibly young. Harry Morgan, costar of TV’s “Dragnet,” appears in the movie as Capt. Bill Gannon.
Gone Crazy
A low-budget movie industry producing for black audiences existed in apartheid-era South Africa. The director and crew of Gone Crazy (1983) were white but the cast was all black in a story apparently set in semi-autonomous “black homeland” of KwaZulu. The acting is amateurish and the screenplay preposterous. After the mayor’s house is firebombed, his wife calmly says, “We definitely need some coffee.” It’s one of several historically interesting apartheid flicks to surface on DVD. —David Luhrssen SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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1,000 Books to Read BeforeYou Die: A LifeChanging List (WORKMAN), BY JAMES MUSTICH
The canon of great books isn’t as fixed in stone as it once was. Have the classics been joined by a more diverse roster of great works? That’s one conclusion to be drawn from 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die. Depending on where you are in life, 1,000 might be too long a bucket list, but the titles chosen by James Mustich are all worth considering. As editor of the much beloved A Common Reader catalog, Mustich logged many hours in search of wisdom and delight in books. His perspective eludes the barriers of pseudo-academic theorizing in favor of making great works accessible, not obscure. His choices span millennia and cultures. Plato is here, but so is Maya Angelou. James Baldwin shares pages with Friedrich Nietzsche and the Bible with the Arabian Nights. Arranged alphabetically by author, 1,000 Books is enjoyable when read randomly for Mustich’s acute insight into the moral and political quandaries of writing—whether fiction or nonfiction. (David Luhrssen)
Noncompliant (NATION BOOKS), BY CARMEN SEGARRA For Carmen Segarra, the failure of regulators to regulate is personal. She came to work for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York after time spent in private banking, tasked with keeping an eye on Wall Street. She became a whistleblower, citing “a web of incompetence, corruption, rampant mismanagement, secrets and lies” inside her institution. No one should be startled by her revelations of the New York Fed’s cozy relations with Goldman Sachs. However, after being fired for challenging her bosses, she sued, setting out the surprising case that the New York Fed actually works against the Federal Reserve Board in the interest of its Wall Street friends. The reader of Noncompliant must swim against a sea of quotidian detail from her personal life (a film deal in the works?), but the core of her story is a disturbing look at power without conscience. (David Luhrssen)
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‘THE KINSHIP OF SECRETS’ IS A NOVEL OF WAR, MIGRATION AND SEPARATION ::BY JENNI HERRICK
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ll too often, entire families are torn apart by war, and the repercussions of their pain and separation last for generations. The Korean War ended with an armistice in 1953, but no peace treaty was ever signed, leaving the world with a modern reminder of the Cold War and forcing hundreds of unwillingly families to remain divided to this day. A new novel by Eugenia Kim brings readers a timely and poignant tale of one family’s struggle to maintain familial ties in the face of war, migration and separation. Imagine if the majority of your family traveled abroad in peacetime, only to have war break out at home while you are away, leaving you no safe way to return. Now, imagine that you had left one of your children behind in that wartorn country. This is the story at the heart of Kim’s novel, The Kinship of Secrets, a sweeping chronicle of a single family’s separation before, during and after the Korean War. It is a moving story of two sisters—one growing up in suburban America while the other struggles to survive without parents in a suddenly divided Korean peninsula—as well as a haunting story of the parents, whose guilt and sacrifice follow them as they struggle to build a new life in a foreign land. Kim is the author of The Calligrapher’s Daughter, which was identified as a best historical novel by The Washington Post. Kim is the daughter of Korean immigrants who came to America on the cusp of the Korean War, resulting in their own family separations. She will discuss The Kinship of Secrets with UW-Milwaukee professor Nan Kim at Boswell Book Co. at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13. Eugenia Kim SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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Taking the Next Steps OFF THE CUFF WITH FIRST STAGE’S JEFF FRANK ::BY JOHN SCHNEIDER For the first time ever, First Stage will produce a full-length Broadway musical, the Tony Award-winning Matilda, this January-February. It seemed a good time to ask artistic director Jeff Frank what’s going on there. How do you see First Stage now? We’re an organization, I think, that has done really great and meaningful work in 32 years, and part of what’s allowed us to keep our strength is a desire to keep getting better, knowing we haven’t arrived at our final destination. We tell each young person, and each older person, that works with us that we’re a place where they can take their next steps as artists and as individuals. With that being the philosophy, you challenge yourself as an organization to be doing the exact same thing. You’re expanding your school programs? The teachers have input into how we choose our season and how we can enhance their existing curriculum. So now we have literacy programs, enhancing literacy through dramatic exploration, in a significant number of schools. We’re also doing more specific actor training in schools, finding ways for young people to connect with an art, to discover “oh, this is my gift that I would never have known were it not for First Stage!” Or they come to see a play and see some-
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one like them up on stage and say, “I want to do that.” There are so many stories of those kids.
And new play development? We’re in our third season of our play-reading series, The Foundry—that idea of forging the next generation of new plays, new artists and new audiences. So now a piece that emerges from The Foundry that really challenges audiences will be a FORGE production with a complete run in the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center where we present a more intimate experience and have talkbacks and supportive breakout workshops for schools and public audiences. For me, the FORGE has become the place where we will do the latest and greatest thought-provoking, community building work, whether Jeff Frank it’s something we develop or something that’s just a really strong artistic piece that the community needs and that we need to do as artists. This winter, Locomotion will be our first FORGE production. It’s about the power of poetry and art. And in December, Girls in the Boat? That was part of our Foundry reading series. It’s the second original work that’s been developed especially for our Young Company. We were fortunate enough to have a strong connection with the Milwaukee Rowing Club so the cast is getting practical training in rowing. It’s all about the first U.S. Women’s Rowing team as they’re preparing for their first Olympics. We decided to do it with an entirely female cast, although some of the characters are male. Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is another world premiere? Yes. It’s a Theatre for Young Audiences version of the Broadway show that we’ve developed with Adventure Theatre in Maryland. In this casting, Huck and Jim are much closer in age. And in April, we’ll become the second theatre to do Tinker Bell which tells the Peter Pan story from her totally unique viewpoint. Why the full Broadway version of Matilda? It’s the perfect show for us. It’s about a young girl, who’s in really difficult circumstances, who finds out that even if you’re little you can do a lot—and that, sometimes, you have to be a little bit naughty. You can’t be complacent. You’ve got to step outside your comfort zone. You’ve got to take risks to create change in the world. That little bit of rebellion, I think, is admirable. So I think for an institution that believes that young people will change the world, we have to offer them guidance and nurture them toward becoming the best version of themselves. Then they can help the community become the best version of the community. And expand from there. So we’re taking a risk, stepping outside our comfort zone, doing something that’s twice as long as the things we normally do, adding rehearsals, adding training boot camps for the young actors. It’s a powerful, great piece that we should do, so we’re going to find a way to get it done and we’re doing to do it really, really well. For more on First Stage, visit firststage.org.
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The Bottle Rockets Have a Long History with Milwaukee ::BY ANDY TURNER
ou might want to brace yourself for news of significant national or cultural impact when The Bottle Rockets come to town this week at Shank Hall. In 2003, as The Bottle Rockets rolled into Milwaukee for a performance, the first blasts of the U.S. invasion of Iraq were shown on television. Two years earlier, news of George Harrison’s death circulated as the band played Brew City. Then last year, their fellow Missourian and rock ’n’ roll legend Chuck Berry passed away on a Saturday afternoon in March, just hours before The Bottle Rockets took the stage at Shank Hall. “There’s something in the cosmos that makes these different big things happen every time we are in Milwaukee,” says lead singer and guitarist Brian Henneman. But, perhaps expectedly, Henneman, a former roadie for Uncle Tupelo many gas stations ago, is more worried about bad weather hitting than bad news when they play Milwaukee. “We just pray it doesn’t snow,” he says. “If we keep the snow away, everything will be awesome.” In early October, The Bottle Rockets released Bit Logic on their longtime label Bloodshot Records. It’s their 13th album since their self-titled debut on Minneapolis-based East Side Digital in 1993—25 years ago. “The numbers are scary,” Henneman says. “You try to just keep working and you won’t notice it’s been 25 years.” Henneman says the songwriting for Bit Logic, which provides a sterling showcase for the band’s appealing blend of humorous, everyday observations and plainspoken wisdom, occurred over an inspired six to eight months. Untypically for The Bottle Rockets, they booked studio time at St. Louis’s Sawhorse Studios before they had finished writing the songs for the new album. “We work better with deadlines,” Henneman says. “Otherwise, the outside forces of day-to-day living can make time slip by fast.”
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The band also returned to collaborating more on songwriting, after Henneman wrote most of 2015’s South Broadway Athletic Club. “Saxophone,” bassist Keith Voegele’s co-write with Henneman, is very much an album highlight and the first appearance of the instrument of the same name in a Bottle Rockets song. Drummer and fellow original member Mark Ortmann joined with Henneman to write two songs, the funky title track (“this ain’t no high-tech train wreck”) and touching “Silver Ring,” which ends Bit Logic. Ortmann’s big drums kick off “Bad Time to Be an Outlaw,” an anthem that combines classic rock, soul and Merle Haggard guitar licks, takes on Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett, and offers, “My music’s good but my income sucks.” Henneman says it has quickly become a live favorite with fans. During a recent slate of shows, The Bottle Rockets were able to pull in all the songs from Bit Logic in their set. The classic country guitar sound of the album allows them to develop a game plan of what Henneman sees The Bottle as “clean and tight” at the beginning and “dirty and loose” Rockets at the end. Shank Hall “We’re like a plane on a runway that just keeps rolling and rolling and rolling and then it takes off and flies Thursday, away,” he says. Nov. 8, 8 p.m. During writing songs and doing live shows with The Bottle Rockets in 2017, Henneman contributed to the first album of his longtime side project Diesel Island, which also features Ortmann. Henneman says he was like a “studio cat” because he would come back from the road, record a guitar solo on the Diesel Island album and head back on the road. In addition to The Bottle Rockets and Diesel Island, Henneman also works at a guitar shop. “In the modern economy, I guess you have to have two or three jobs to make a living. I guess I’ve made it because I make a living doing all musical things,” he says. “Yay,” Henneman adds. The Bottle Rockets play at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at Shank Hall.
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Soul Low Signed Off in Good Cheer ::BY EVAN RYTLEWSKI
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t’s hard to imagine any band replacing Soul Low. At a time when indierock was falling out of favor, they were the rare guitar band that stirred real excitement, and for many young fans the group was a gateway into the Milwaukee music scene. For a good stretch of the decade, the jittery quartet was also one of the most active acts in the city, a band you could end up seeing several times in the same month without going all that far out of your way. Like summer street festivals or beer gardens in actual parks, frequent Soul Low shows were just one of those perks of living in Milwaukee, and they made every one of them a party. Over the last year, though, the band dialed back their schedule considerably as members relocated to different cities, so it wasn’t too much of a surprise when they announced they were calling it quits this fall. But first, they said goodbye with a brief three-city farewell tour that culminated with a pair of final shows at the Cactus Club on Saturday, including an all-ages afternoon show that dispelled any notion that alcohol is a prerequisite for a lively crowd. Welcoming a packed audience hyped-up on nothing but cans of La Croix and bottles of Sprecher Root Beer, the band quipped about the show being “part three of a four-part funeral,” but the set was far from a funereal affair. The group was as jovial as ever, as they raced through a saxophone-splashed set that favored the faster, quirkier corners of their catalogue (though they also took Nosebleeds’ mercurial magnum opus “Frenemies” for a spin, too). Even on what could have been a somber occasion, the band went down cracking jokes and spitting fire. It’s how they deserve to be remembered. As if to offer some extra consolation, the bill featured two local openers who are not going anywhere anytime soon. Amanda Huff kicked off the day with a solo set of passionate, grippingly emotive ballads, singing each as if it were the theme to a James Bond film then cutting the tension with some chipper stage banter. Whips, meanwhile, reaffirmed themselves as one of the city’s most electric live acts, making every rocker crack like the band’s namesake. Milwaukee’s music scene may be down one great band, but it’s still in very good hands.
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Rocket Paloma Take Center Stage ::BY LAUREN KEENE
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o the naked eye, rock music and showtunes don’t share many parallels. The former is a genre created by reckless young people with a lust for life, while the latter is mostly consumed by refined adults craving high culture. But if you take a look past the surface level, the two styles—and lifestyles— have a lot more in common than you’d think. Just ask Rocket Paloma frontwoman Joey Kerner. From drama geek to rock ’n’ roll star, Kerner has long had a knack for taking center stage. Her interest in performing music began while she was studying theater at Cardinal Stritch University, where she was enrolled in a music composition class. It wasn’t until moving abroad that she purchased her own guitar and became a self-described “songwriting machine.” “[Writing music] is where my curiosity has brought me,” Kerner says. “It has been a really fulfilling way to express myself and collaborate with others. I get to be myself; I don’t have to be other people.” Upon returning to Milwaukee, Kerner dipped her toes into the local music scene for the first time. Kerner says the Milwaukee music community was heavily focused on folk and bluegrass when she first began performing solo shows around the Riverwest neighborhood. She was inevitably inspired to expand her solo endeavor into a full-fledged rock outfit. After meeting her bandmates through friends, she says everything began falling into place. The fourpiece band released their first EP together in March 2017. Rocket Paloma’s sound is often described as progressive and folky, the latter Kerner attributes to her early days as a solo performer. Even though the prog-folk genre is SHEPHERD EXPRESS
most often associated with 1970s groups like Strawbs and Jethro Tull, Kerner cites more contemporary acts like Arcade Fire among the group’s most prominent influences. Their unique progressive-folk sound is a “happy accident,” according to bassist Jon Blohm. “A lot of our stuff early on had this kind of folk base to it,” says drummer Bob Schaab. “As we started writing and collaborating more together, we started writing things with more progressive elements like longer songs and odd time signatures. It all just kind of blended together.” After a few EPs and singles, the band released their debut-full length Mother Mountain on Sept. 21. The album clocks in around an hour, featuring energetic, funky tunes like “Ghosted” and epic, theatrical ballads like the 10-minute title track. Schaab stresses the importance of listening to the album from beginning to end. “We’re very, very big on the album as the thing, not just focused on singles,” he says. “We think the whole body of work should flow into each other.” Kerner agrees. “I think it really takes you on an adventure, kind of like a guided tour,” she says. “It’s a history of how we came to be; there’s so many cool twists and turns to us as a band and how we do stuff, and how we’ve developed over time. When you’re really listening to it, you go someplace instead of skipping around.” A transition from theater to prog-rock may sound odd, but given the dramatic elements of each genre, perhaps it comes as a likely career move for Kerner. She’s able to belt Freddie Mercury-style falsettos with ease, and it’s not hard to imagine Kerner belting out Broadway standards like “Memory” and “Don’t Rain on My Parade.” Between Kerner’s one-of-a-kind voice and the dual-guitar stylings of Kerner and lead guitarist Jack Beyler, Rocket Paloma has a sound unlike any Milwaukee band. Even though their music may not be licensed by Stephen Sondheim any time soon, the band will certainly continue to receive a standing ovation in Milwaukee. Rocket Paloma’s music is streaming at rocketpaloma.bandcamp.com.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Anodyne Coffee (Walker’s Point), LittleBoyBigHeadOnBike w/ Fuzzysurf & Genau (all-ages, 8pm) Cactus Club, Motherfolk w/Michigander Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), The New Pioneers Company Brewing, Faux Fiction w/Jake Simmons & the Little Ghosts, and SIN BAD County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Acoustic Irish Folk w/Barry Dodd Jazz Estate, Bram Weijters / Chad McCullough Duo Lucky Joe’s Tosa, Matt MF Tyner Mason Street Grill, Mark Thierfelder Jazz Trio (5:30pm) O’Donoghues Irish Pub (Elm Grove), The All-Star SUPERband (6pm) On the Bayou, Open Mic Comedy w/host The Original Darryl Hill Pabst Theater, Jim James Solo Tour w/Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff Pabst Theater, Adam Devine Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Keith Pulvermacher (8pm); In the Fire Pit: Michael Peterson w/Jay Matthes (8:30pm) Public Table, Jonny T-Bird & Big Dad Riverside Theater, Itzhak Perlman with Rohan De Silva Riverwest Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Raise the Roof! benefit: FTAM Productions Special Rounding Third Bar and Grill, World’s Funniest Free Comedy Show Saloon on Calhoun with Bacon, Amplified Artist Sessions 1-Year Anniversary Showcase Shank Hall, Bottle Rockets The Bay Restaurant, Sherwood Alper & Jeff Stoll The Landing Food & Spirits, Larry Lynne Solo (5:30pm) The Packing House Restaurant, Barbara Stephan & Peter Mac (6pm) Transfer Pizzeria Cafe, Martini Jazz Lounge: Manty Ellis Trio Turner Hall Ballroom, PRETTYMUCH w/Gunnar Gehl Up & Under Pub, A No Vacancy Comedy Open Mic
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9
American Legion Post #399 (Okauchee), Hot Off The Grill Band American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), Chris Vesche (6:30pm) Angelo’s Piano Lounge, Julie’s Piano Karaoke Anodyne Coffee (Walker’s Point), Nineteen Thirteen Cactus Club, Windhand w/Satan’s Satyrs, Moon Rats & DJ Luke Jordan Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Sin Dealers (8pm); DJ: The Nile & Stephen (10pm) Club Garibaldi, Caution: Radiograffiti Label Night w/Baseck, Nullsleep & guests ComedySportz Milwaukee, ComedySportz Milwaukee! Company Brewing, Anna Burch County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Traditional Irish Ceilidh Session Harbor Lite Yacht Club (Racine), Rev. Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys w/Westside Andy & Big Al Green Iron Mike’s (Franklin), Jam Session w/Steve Nitros & Friends Jazz Estate, La Chazz Forty year Anniversary (8pm), Late Night Session: Sam Winternheimer Group (11:30pm) Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Ex Fabula StorySlam Lakefront Brewery, Brewhaus Polka Kings (5:30pm) Los Mariachis Mexican Restaurant, The Jammers Mamie’s, The Bluesters Mason Street Grill, Phil Seed Trio (6pm) Miramar Theatre, Spite w/Shadow Of Intent Falsifier, Orthodox & Depths Of Hatred (all-ages, 5:30pm) Nice Ash Cigar Bar (Waukesha), Robert Allen Jr. Band Pabst Theater, The Music of Cream: 50th Anniversary Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Rudy ’N Vee (9pm); In the Fire Pit: Michael Peterson w/Jackie Brown (9:30pm) Quarters Rock and Roll Palace, The Safes Rave / Eagles Club, Thrice w/The Bronx & Teenage Wrist (all-ages, 8pm), AJR w/Robert DeLong (all-ages, 8pm), After The Burial w/The Acacia Strain, ERRA & Make Them Suffer (all-ages, 7pm) Rebellion Brewing (Cedarburg), Matt MF Tyner Riverside Theater, Trevor Noah Riverwest Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Raise the Roof! benefit: Mke Jazz Vision All-Stars Shank Hall, Nicki Bluhm w/Gill Landry Tally’s Tap & Eatery (Waukesha), Rebecca and the Grey Notes The Back Room at Colectivo, Chicago Farmer & Edward David Anderson 34 | N O V E M B E R 8 , 2 0 1 8
The Bay Restaurant, Harold Stewart & Friends The Blind Horse Restaurant & Winery, Robert Allen Jr. Band (5pm) The Packing House Restaurant, The Barbara Stephan Group (6:30pm) Turner Hall Ballroom, Colors & Chords: Testa Rosa, Golden Coins, The Suitcase Junket and Jay Anderson & Voodoo Honey (6:30pm) Up & Under Pub, King Solomon
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Alioto’s, Georgia & JoAnna Marie (6:30pm) American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), Our House Cactus Club, Deeper Than Rap: A Hip Hop Function Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Lonesome Bill Camplin Castillo’s Family Restaurant, Jesse Aron Variety Show & Dinner Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Sat. Nite Duets w/WAVY V (8pm); DJ: Lipschtick & LoFi (10pm) City Lights Brewing Company, Derek Byrne & Paddygrass Club Garibaldi, The Lilies ComedySportz Milwaukee, ComedySportz Milwaukee! Company Brewing, Molotov Ball w/Joe Canon, Nutritious and Delicious, & DJ DRiPSweat and oldmanmalcolm Crush Wine Bar (Waukesha), Dave Miller Blues & Jazz Trio w/ Mike Cascio & Hal Miller Cue Club of Wisconsin (Waukesha), Ten Feet Tall Fox & Hounds Restaurant, Rev. Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys w/Westside Andy George’s Tavern (Racine), Heartsfield Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Vocals & Keys Jazz Estate, Johannes Wallmann CD release (8pm), Late Night Session: Tommy Antonic Trio (11:30pm) Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Trashfest Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, “Kneel to Neil” Fundraiser for WMSE & Neil Young’s Bridge School w/many performers Lucky Chance, Groove Epidemic w/One Race Human & Loud Library Mainstream Bar & Grill (Waukesha), Joe Kadlec Mason Street Grill, Jonathan Wade Trio (6pm) Matty’s Bar & Grille (New Berlin), Fall Music: Marr’Lo Parada McAuliffe’s Pub (Racine), Big Brother’s Big Sister’s Fundraiser w/On My Own & Waiting For CJ Miramar Theatre, Manic Focus w/LWKY & Blue Future (allages, 10pm) Moose Lodge 49, Tom Sorce Nice Ash Cigar Bar (Waukesha), Jude and The Acousti-Dudes Orchard Inn (Menomonee Falls), Shelly Mack & the Reunion Pabst Theater, Alan Parsons Live Project Plymouth Church UCC, The Coffee House presents Eccentric Acoustic Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Andrea & The Mods (9pm), In the Fire Pit: Michael Peterson (9:30pm) Public Table, Mambo Surfers Rave / Eagles Club, Lary Over (all-ages, 8pm) Richy’s D.S. Bar (Big Bend), The B Side Band Riverside Theater, Flatley: Lord of the Dance Riverwest Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Raise the Roof! benefit: MKE NEW WAVE (5pm) Riverwest Public House, Therapy Drones w/cream vellum & Hopper’s Luck Route 20 Outhouse (Sturtevant), John 5 w/Hellzapoppin Circus Sideshow Revue (ages 18-plus, 7pm) Saloon on Calhoun with Bacon, 33 RPM Shank Hall, Tweed w/Gervis Myles (formerly Tweed Funk), & Craig Baumann and The Story Silver Spring House, “Bluz & BBQ” w/Rick Holmes & Robert Allen Jr. The Back Room at Colectivo, Mason Jennings The Bay Restaurant, Karen Cameron Trio The Cheel (Thiensville), Matt MF Tyner & Rolf Wessel Duo The Packing House Restaurant, Mauree! (6:30pm) Up & Under Pub, Concrete Roots w/Spare Change Trio
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American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), The Classics (1:30pm) Angelo’s Piano Lounge, Live Karaoke w/Julie Brandenburg Anodyne Coffee (Walker’s Point), Dickie and Dave Tamkin Best Place @ the Historic Pabst Brewery, Nelson Devereaux album release w/Paper Holland & Caley Conway Band Cactus Club, Milwaukee Record Halftime Show: Tarek Sabbar (11:30am)
::ALBUM Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Annie B. w/Cheryl Janda (8pm); DJ: Sheppy (10pm) Dugout 54, Dugout 54 Sunday Open Jam Jazz Estate, Chris Trapper Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Maria Carrelli Band w/Derek Pritzel and the Gamble Pabst Theater, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band w/The Peterson Brothers Riverside Theater, NBA Youngboy Riverwest Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Raise the Roof! benefit: Seed Sounds #45 Rounding Third Bar and Grill, The Dangerously Strong Comedy Open Mic Route 20 Outhouse (Sturtevant), Eve To Adam w/Lydia Can’t Breathe (ages 18-plus, 8pm) The Packing House Restaurant, Mauree! (4pm)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13
Club Garibaldi, WMSE Live Local (6pm) Jazz Estate, Sweet Sheiks Kim’s Lakeside (Pewaukee), Robert Allen Jr. & Friends (6pm) Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Songwriter’s Anonymous Milwaukee w/John Sieger 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) Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Al White (4pm) Riverside Theater, REO Speedwagon Riverwest Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Jazz Jam Session Silver Spring House, Rick Holmes Plays the Blues Transfer Pizzeria Cafe, Transfer House Band w/Dennis Fermenich Turner Hall Ballroom, Yung Pinch
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14
Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Anna Stine & Robert Bell Caroline’s Jazz Club, Jimi Schutte American Blues Conway’s Smokin’ Bar & Grill, Open Jam w/Big Wisconsin Johnson Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, Ex Fabula StorySlam (5pm) 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, Devin Drobka CD release Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Polka Open Jam Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Acoustic Open Stage w/feature Justin Jagler (sign-up 8:30pm, start 9pm) Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) Miramar Theatre, Brew City Bass Presents: The Floozies, SoDown & RECESS (9pm) Paulie’s Field Trip, Wednesday Night Afterparty w/Dave Wacker & guests Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Al White Rave / Eagles Club, Justin Courtney Pierre w/Pronoun (allages, 8:30pm) Shank Hall, El Ten Eleven w/Thunder Dreamer Sunset Grill Pewaukee, Robert Allen Jr. & Friends (6pm) The Bay Restaurant, Keith Pulvermacher (6pm) The Cheel (Thiensville), The Dan Lloyd + Experience (6:30pm) The Packing House Restaurant, Carmen Nickerson & Kostia Efimov (6pm) Turner Hall Ballroom, Myles Kennedy & Co. w/Walking Papers
Ben Sidran ‘Ben There, Done That: Live Around the World 1975-2015’ (SUNSET BLVD RECORDS) Racine native Ben Sidran recently donated his musical archives to his alma mater, UW-Madison, just in time for another generation of music lovers to discover his low-profile genius. The three-CD set Ben There, Done That: Live Around the World 1975-2015 compiles selections from four decades of performances around the globe. Sidran has worn many hats, from his days playing with the Steve Miller Band (Sidran co-wrote “Space Cowboy”) or as an NPR radio host, author and college professor. This collection features Sidran the pianist, vocalist and bandleader. Fronting combos that feature lean arrangements, the CDs are grouped into three chapters, and all selections are previously unreleased live recordings. The varied eras represent Sidran’s onstage persona as bebop hipster, groove merchant and pop stylist. His evolution can be neatly summed up with his recollection: “When I came up, you couldn’t learn this music going to school. I mean, they didn’t teach it. Back in the ’50s and ’60s, if you wanted to play bebop piano or understand what was going on, you had to put on the records and listen to them a thousand times and try and figure it out. And it was really not easy, man; it was like trying to learn a language from scratch. Like, what if you were on one side of a wall and on the other side they were talking some language that you didn’t know? You would have to listen and try and listen again and again and, gradually, you learned the language.” Saxophonist Bob Malach serves as musical foil on many of the cuts, and Ben’s son Leo plays drums, adding an intangible element of rhythm beyond DNA. The limited-edition set’s booklet includes a wide-ranging interview with Sidran, as well as essays and notes from his fellow travelers. —Blaine Schultz
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The Aftermath of Date Rape
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en years ago, I was date-raped. I never told anyone because I was drunk when it happened and blamed myself. I still have flashbacks of that night, but I try to put it out of my mind. I’m engaged to a great guy who really loves me, but sometimes he does things that set me off and remind me of the assault. I lash out at him and he has no idea why. I’m afraid I’m going to drive him away if I can’t get a grip on this. What should I do?
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Thank you for feeling brave enough to share your experience. You are, unfortunately, far from alone. The recent Brett Kavanaugh U.S. Supreme Court hearings have ignited a firestorm of stories like yours, often being told for the first time by women who have felt encouraged and inspired by the testimony of Christine BlaseyFord. Conversely, the blowback of personal attacks she has encountered feels like a giant step back for survivors, and it is devastating for assault victims to witness. Compassionate observers can’t help but feel horrified by the insults, mocking and discrediting we’ve seen BlaseyFord thus far endure. If this is information you’ve carried for 10 years, how did you come to feel you could reveal it? My guess is that Blasey-Ford’s story has affected you, and that there’s safety in anonymity, which is why you’ve chosen this venue to take a baby step out of your secret. However, you’re on the brink of starting a new life with a man you love, and you need to consider whether you want to bring this secret into your marriage. Here are some things to consider before you tie the knot. Tell your story to one trusted person in your life. Choose a friend or anyone you think could hear your story and supportively respond to how it’s impacted you. If this feels too close and scary, call a sexual assault/domestic violence hotline and talk, anonymously, to a skilled listener. Will telling your story make it go away? Sadly, no. But simply speaking it out loud helps bring it out of the secrecy zone in your head and heart and allows
you to move it one step away from continuing to create havoc in your life. Many survivors have found that others have an unrevealed story of their own to tell: #metoo, #whyididntreport. Knowing you’re not alone is powerful, and the power of this movement for survivors is critical to transforming our increasingly divisive cultural climate. Tell a therapist. Having intrusive memories and replaying the event in your head is awful. There are some proven techniques, though, that can help you integrate this traumatic experience in a way that gives you a sense of control over the information versus having hard memories pop up randomly, triggered by some innocent remark or gesture by your partner or by reading the latest news. Search for a therapist who specializes in trauma or is trained in EMDR (a well-researched and proven modality for dealing with traumatic memories). Tell your partner. You’re about to commit to a man who you want to believe will support you and have your back until death do you part. Don’t you think it would be important to know if he’s truly that loving and understanding guy who can hear your life-changing story and respond to it in a way that makes you feel validated? If you’re worried that he’ll judge or blame you—as you have judged and blamed yourself—now would be the time to find that out and determine if you need some coaching on how to integrate this important life event into your relationship. You don’t want to drive him away with your seemingly irrational behavior, so giving him the backstory of what informs your sometimes weird reactions to things he does will be helpful to both of you. Survivors, by definition, figure out a way to survive, and you’ve been busy—consciously and unconsciously—managing this information in private for a long time. It takes great bravery and resilience to keep on living when an assault on your body, mind and soul stuns and numbs you. And now, all the media reports about the ridicule and dismissal of sexual assault survivors, as well as the politicizing of an extremely personal issue, only intensifies the distress. Summon a new level of bravery and start sharing your story. Figure out how to own it in a different way, so you don’t go on feeling that this trauma owns you. The saying “speak truth to power” applies here; bringing your story, your truth, out of hiding can be liberating.
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WORD FIND This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 29 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.
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Bays Beach Bicycle Birdlife Bligh Boat Charm Convicts Danger Diving Explore Fletcher
Fun Georgian Glade Haven Hike Hills Ideal Liqueurs Love Markets Mount Bates Museum
Ocean Origins Pacific Penal settlement Pines Quiet Rock Sleepy Swim Tax-free Tiny Wataweih
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::FREEWILLASTROLOGY ::BY ROB BREZSNY SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I am not currently a wanderer or voyager or entrepreneur or swashbuckler. But at other times in my life, I have had extensive experience with those roles. So I know secrets about how and why to be a wanderer and voyager and entrepreneur and swashbuckler. And it’s clear to me that, in the coming weeks, you could benefit in unforeseen ways from researching and embodying the roles of curious wanderer and brave voyager and savvy entrepreneur and prudent swashbuckler. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.” That brilliant formulation came from poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Does it seem so obvious as to not need mentioning? Bear with me while I draw further meaning from it, and suggest you use it as an inspiring metaphor in the coming weeks. When it rains, Sagittarius, let it rain; don’t waste time and emotional energy complaining about the rain. Don’t indulge in fruitless fantasizing about how you might stop the rain and how you’d love to stop the rain. In fact, please refrain from defining the rain as a negative event, because after all, it is perfectly natural, and is in fact crucial for making the crops grow and replenishing our water supply. (P.S. Your metaphorical “rain” will be equally useful.) CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation,” writes activist and author Elif Shafak. “If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven’t loved enough.” I bring this to your attention because you’re in a phase when your close alliances should be activating healing changes in your life. If for some reason your alliances are not yet awash in the exciting emotions of redemption and reinvention, get started on instigating experimental acts of intimacy. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I suspect you will be an especially arousing influence in the coming weeks. You may also be inspiring and disorienting, with unpredictable results. How many transformations will you unleash? How many expectations will you dismantle? How many creative disruptions will you induce in the midst of the daily grind? I hesitate to underestimate the messy beauty you’ll stir up or the rambunctious gossip you’ll provoke. In any case, I plan to be richly amused by your exploits, and I hope everyone else will be, as well. For best results, I will pray to the Goddess of Productive Fun, begging Her to ensure that the commotions and uproars you catalyze will be in service to love and kindness. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson wasn’t always a wild and crazy writer. Early in his career he made an effort to compose respectable, measured prose. When he finally gave up on that project and decided he could “get away with” a more uninhibited style, he described it as being “like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.” I foresee a metaphorically comparable development in your future, Pisces. ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1994, Aries pop diva Mariah Carey collaborated with an associate to write the song “All I Want For Christmas Is You.” It took them 15 minutes to finish it. Since then it has generated $60 million in royalties. I wish I could unconditionally predict that you, too, will efficiently spawn a valuable creation sometime soon. Current planetary alignments do indeed suggest that such a development is more possible than usual. But because I tend to be conservative in my prophecies, I won’t guarantee anything close to the $60-million figure. In fact, your reward may be more spiritual in nature than financial. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): An interactive post on Reddit.com asked readers to write about “the most underrated feeling of all time.” One person said, “When you change the sheets on your bed.” Another extolled “the feeling that comes when you pay all your bills and you’ve still got money in the bank.” Others said, “dancing under the rain,” “physical contact like a pat on the back when you’re really touch starved,” and “listening to a song for the first time and it’s so good you just can’t stop smiling.” I bring this to your attention, Taurus, because I suspect
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that the next two weeks will bring you a flood of these pleasurable underrated feelings. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer,” wrote Gemini author Henry Lawson. Do you have any methods for making yourself feel like you’ve drunk a few beers that don’t involve drinking a few beers? If not, I highly recommend that you find at least one. It will be especially important in the coming weeks for you to have a way to alter, expand, or purify your consciousness without relying on literal intoxicants or drugs. The goal: to leave your groove before it devolves into a rut. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Study the following five failed predictions. 1. “There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom.”—Robert Millikan, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1923. 2. “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.”— Western Union internal memo, 1876. 3. “Rail travel at high speeds is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.” —Dionysius Lardner, scientist, 1830. 4. “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”—Ken Olson, president of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977. 5. “Most Cancerians will never overcome their tendencies toward hypersensitivity, procrastination, and fear of success.”—Lanira Kentsler, astrologer, 2018. (P.S. What you do in the next 12 months could go a long way toward permanently refuting the last prediction.) LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): German scientists have created cochlear implants for gerbils that have been genetically modified, enabling the creatures to “listen” to light. The researchers’ work is ultimately dedicated to finding ways to improve the lives of people with hearing impairments. What might be the equivalent of you gaining the power to “hear light”? I understand that you might resist thinking this way. “That makes no sense,” you may protest, or “There’s no practical value in fantasizing about such an impossibility.” But I hope you’ll make the effort anyway. In my view, stretching your imagination past its limits is the healing you need most right now. I also think that doing so will turn out to be unexpectedly practical. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here’s useful wisdom from the poet Rumi. “Our defects are the ways that glory gets manifested,” he said. “Keep looking at the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you.” Playwright Harrison David Rivers interprets Rumi’s words to mean, “Don’t look away from your pain, don’t disengage from it, because that pain is the source of your power.” I think these perspectives are just what you need to meditate on, Virgo. To promote even more healing in you, I’ll add a further clue from poet Anna Kamienska: “Where your pain is, there your heart lies also.” (P.S. Rumi is translated by Coleman Barks; Kamienska by Clare Cavanagh.) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Artist David Hockney is proud of how undemanding he is toward his friends and associates. “People tell me they open my e-mails first,” he says, “because they aren’t demands and you don’t need to reply. They’re simply for pleasure.” He also enjoys giving regular small gifts. “I draw flowers every day and send them to my friends so they get fresh blooms.” Hockney seems to share the perspective expressed by author Gail Godwin, who writes, “How easy it was to make people happy, when you didn’t want or need anything from them.” In accordance with astrological omens, Libra, I suggest you have fun employing these approaches in the coming weeks. Homework: When they say “Be yourself,” which self do they mean? 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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or some folks, Disneyland and Walt Disney World are more than amusement parks. Take Jodie Jackson Wells of Boca Raton, Fla. In 2009, after her mother died, Wells smuggled in some of her ashes to Disney World and spread them on a favorite spot of her mom’s along the “It’s a Small World” ride. Later, she leapt over a barricade at Cinderella’s Castle and flung ashes from both hands as she cavorted on the lawn. “Anyone who knew my mom knew Disney was her happy place,” Wells told The Wall Street Journal. However, for the theme parks, the spreading of ashes presents a constant cleanup challenge, referred to by the code “HEPA cleanup” among custodians. Alex Parone of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., sprinkled his mother’s ashes in a flowerbed, then boarded “It’s a Small World.” “I was still crying. That song kept playing over and over again, and there are those happy little animatronic things. I remember thinking, ‘this is weird.’” But according to Disney, all this ash-spreading at its parks is “strictly prohibited and unlawful,” and the Anaheim Police Department confirmed that spreading ashes without permission is a misdemeanor. By the way, when cremation residue is found on rides, they have to be shut down; riders are told there are “technical difficulties.”
Putin Porn According to a recent inspector general’s report, an unnamed employee of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) invited malware into the government agency’s computer system by visiting more than 9,000 porn websites on his work computer. The Washington Post reported on Oct. 30 that many of the websites were Russian, and the malware spread to the entire network at the USGS. The Office of the Inspector General made recommendations to the USGS about preventing future malware infections; a spokesperson for the office said the employee no longer works at USGS.
Catholicism on the Go If “Pokémon Go” has overextended its wel-
come, maybe you’re up for the Vatican’s “Follow JC Go,” a new augmented-reality mobile game in which players collect saints and other notable Bible figures as they move through the world. Pope Francis has approved the game, which asks players to answer questions about the characters and donate to charities to earn game currency. The Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera reported on Oct. 21 that the app is available only in Spanish, but other languages are on the way.
The Secrets of Dentists Construction workers in Valdosta, Ga., were rattled on Oct. 30 when they tore down a second-story wall in a turn-of-the-20th-century building to find about 1,000 human teeth secreted inside. The T.B. Converse Building, constructed in 1900, was originally home to a dentist, Dr. Clarence Whittington, reported the Valdosta Daily Times. In 1911, Whittington was joined by Dr. Lester G. Youmans. Ellen Hill, director of Valdosta Main Street, said two other Georgia towns have had buildings, also home to dentists’ offices, where teeth have been found in the walls. “I’m not sure if it was a common practice” to deposit extracted teeth in the walls, she said.
What’s “Ewww!” in Vietnamese? Doctors at the Hai Duong Hospital in Hai Duong Province, Vietnam, treated a man who arrived complaining of pain in his ear. Using an endoscope to look inside his ear canal, they found the cause: A large cricket was digging around in his ear duct. United Press International reported on Oct. 26 that the doctors were able to successfully remove the cricket.
Bookstore Chain When October Books, a shop in Southampton, England, got ready to move just up the street into a new building on Oct. 28, about 250 people showed up as volunteers to form a human chain, handing the shop’s more than 2,000 books 160 yards from one location to the other. “It’s amazing. The power of community coming together and achieving something like this,” said Jani Franck, who participated in the chain. October Books was forced to move after a rent increase in its old building. “It was a tremendous show of support, and we’re moved and incredibly touched by it,” Clare Diaper, who works at the store, told The Guardian. © 2018 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION N O V E M B E R 8 , 2 0 1 8 | 37
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