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n 1988, seven Protestant parishes in Milwaukee’s inner city formed an organization that has used persuasion from their pulpits—and the force of their membership—to address the city’s unresolved social problems. That organization, Milwaukee Innercity Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH), had grown to nearly 40 member organizations representing Jewish, Islamic, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Unitarian congregations. In the years since its founding, MICAH has chalked up a long list of accomplishments in fulfillment of its motto: “To Do What Is Just!”

“I was part of the beginning,” recalls Rev. Marilyn Miller, president of MICAH and pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Reformation. Her work on behalf of justice and equity began within her own denomination “where pastors of color had different pay scales” than their white colleagues, but she had no doubt that those inequities were rooted in larger social problems.

“I was working for justice and that’s what you learned alongside the church: ‘You have to work for justice.’” She adds, “We work with the system but also agitate, which they sometimes don’t like.”

MICAH is part of the Gamaliel Network, a nationwide organization founded to “train community and faith leaders in building political power” and unite people of different ethnicities and religions in the pursuit of common goals for social change. “It uses Saul Alinsky’s organizational methods,” says Father Thomas Mueller, MICAH’s secretary and pastor of Saints Cyril & Methodious Orthodox Church. Alinsky was a 20th-century Chicago activist whose book, Rules for Radicals, remains an influential guide for community organizing. Alinsky stressed forceful non-violence and the importance of people working through organizations with shared values in pursuit of well-defined goals. As a community organizer in Chicago, the then unknown Barack Obama was inspired by Alinsky.

“MICAH isn’t a service organization,” Mueller continues. “It’s an advocacy group using methods that can involve tension. It can alienate politicians because we don’t ask for things. We demand them.”

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n environmentally sensitive natural area known as “Sanctuary Woods” will likely live on in Wauwatosa. The city’s Common Council voted recently to rezone 58 acres of the site as a conservation district. Since zoning is variable, more permanent legal protections are also being explored. ! "#$! %&'&$()! *&($%+! (,'#-(.&%! /#$! 0(1-.2($*! 3##,%! -#45 municated concerns to governmental officials about the site’s community significance. Several public meetings drew hun5 dreds of citizens calling for the woods’ preservation. This is the last parcel undisturbed by modern development within the Milwaukee County Grounds, which once comprised more than 1,000 acres north and south of Watertown Plank Road west of the Village of Wauwatosa.

The County Grounds was once home to numerous county institutions serving health and other community needs. Archi5 tecturally distinctive brick buildings originally were nestled within woods, fields and gardens. The area now known as Sanctuary Woods was originally designed as a parklike setting to provide respite for people living in an asylum built in the late 19th century. More recently, the woods became cherished for its habitat which attracts rare species of wildlife, including long-eared owls and flying squirrels. It also contains evocative remnants of stone staircases and other structures that were part of the original designed landscape.

Wauwatosa and Milwaukee County officials had proposed redeveloping, rather than conserving, much of Sanctuary Woods. In January 2017, the Life Sciences District Master Plan— commissioned by the city and county and developed

by GRAEF, a Milwaukee-based engineering firm—proposed high-density development, roads and minimal conservation.

For three years, citizens repeatedly told elected officials in Wauwatosa and Milwaukee County why this natural area, part of a broader environmental corridor, should be protected.

Members of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors and the Wauwatosa Common Council gradually supported con5 servation of the woods. It borders the recently created County Grounds Park—55 acres of open space that is now a Milwau5 kee County park.

Other parts of the County Grounds already have been re5 developed for other uses, including the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center, a housing development called the Echelon, several businesses, a hotel and a UW-Milwaukee research lab.

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imagination to suggest that any of the intended uses of the property are inconsistent with the retention of strategically situated, mature, beautiful trees. That the people who one day will work and live in this place would not have benefit5 ted by their healing presence.”

The Power of Advocacy

Persistent advocacy by citizens played a role in the charting of a positive path forward for Sanctuary Woods, according to Barb Agnew of the County Grounds Coalition. Agnew has led the ecological preservation of the County Grounds for about 15 years, including working to retain a migratory roosting site for monarch butterflies that was being threatened by development.

She says this habitat is recovering after intensive replanting and other efforts by Friends of the Monarch Trail.

Over time, members of the County Grounds Coalition con5 ducted extensive research about environmental issues and other community impacts of proposed development. Although most coalition leaders hailed from Wauwatosa, regional experts also provided research and support. In October 2017, Sanctuary Woods received national recognition when The Cultural Land5 scape Foundation (TLCF) included it on its annual “Landslide” list of threatened cultural landscapes. That helped increase vis5 ibility of the woods’ conservation value. A recent newsletter from TCLF reported on Sanctuary Woods getting “saved.” !Housing Development Proposed Nearby

A group of three investors operating as Samapa, LLC, is proposing to build a 147-unit, five-story housing development bordering Sanctuary Woods. Called the Watertown, it is being designed to provide rental units for medical students and oth5 ers. The investor group purchased the parcel from Milwaukee County, which includes a former food-services building that would be demolished.

Conserved natural areas in urban settings can be negatively impacted by nearby structures and other development, thereby

limiting their habitat value. To address those issues, Wauwa5 tosa’s Common Council has required that developers of the proposed complex meet with County Grounds Coalition mem5 bers to consider design elements to help protect wildlife. One proposal is a 20-foot buffer of evergreen trees between the de5 velopment and the woods.

At a recent hearing about the proposed development site’s rezoning, Dain Maddox, a member of the coalition, praised the council’s directive. “This mandate for collaboration is wise and fruitful. It’s a good model for us to consider when wrestling with complex, highly emotional issues. It encourages devel5 oping better ideas and promotes healthy community relation5 ships.” Other speakers expressed support, opposition and waitand-see perspectives. Several medical students endorsed the development’s concept. Some Wauwatosa residents opposed building a tall, high-density building so close to an environ5 mentally sensitive area.

Jonathan Piel, who identified himself as an amateur histo5 rian, raised concerns about potential impacts of artesian well injection-invasion points near the proposed development site, which are identified on historical maps. In a report about the city’s artesian well history, Piel included a historic sign that bragged about Wauwatosa’s “Good Schools, Artesian Water.”

Piel told the council he has observed water ingress “in all the tunnels in the area.” He also asked the council to be wary of the city assuming the risk of mitigating potential flood hazards for such development or increased development costs.

Peter Abbott, chairman of the County Grounds Coalition, said the group was encouraged by meetings with the develop5 ers but is holding off on taking a position. He urged that design commitments for protecting environmental habitat be memori5 alized in the planning and construction process.

People concerned with protecting Sanctuary Woods and other natural areas within the County Grounds recently began meeting to create a friends group. They are consulting with a local nonprofit organization called The Park People of Mil5 waukee County, which has assisted with the launching of park friends groups since 1977. Agnew said organizers are consider5 ing calling themselves Friends of County Grounds Park to re5 flect holistic concerns. She hopes that the group will be able to “continue to help put this piece of land back together.” Publicly owned parcels include open fields, an upland meadow, oak sa5 vanna, wetlands, streams and woodlands.

A Landscape’s Healing Powers

Sanctuary Woods and all of the County Grounds embody complex histories. Daniel has photographed and written about the County Grounds for many years, including a book, #$%& '(")!*+%%&,-*./0&12-*.345&64"!.3&-7&8-9%, and on his blogs, “Urban Wilderness” and “The Natural Realm:” Piel has informally led the chronicling of threads of County Grounds history for the past four years. He has compiled histor5 ic descriptive texts, maps and photos on the interactive website tosahistory13.wixsite.com/tosa, conducts frequent tours of the site and collaborates with others delving into local history. He said many people have found it inspiring to visit the site with others in order to learn more about its history and share their feelings about the place. Maddox said, “The cultural and social value of the woods has long been a critical part of its healing role for many within the community. Those aspects are part of its overall ecosystem.”

One unsolved mystery is the identity of the original land5 scape designer of the historic park-like landscape around the asylum, which included a lake, bridges and a sunken garden. The setting was long-featured in postcards and other civic promotions.

One proposal is for the woods to officially become joined with the existing County Grounds Park, which is part of the county’s park system. The future indeed looks promising for a landscape that has been valued by Milwaukee County residents since the 19th century. ,-;;%./&!/&4$%9$%23%<92%44:=-;:&n SHEPHERD EXPRESS

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Although Milwaukee’s come-as-you-are casualness has a certain charm, attention to physical appearances can co-exist with “authenticity.” We can raise our civic beauty quotient with some primping, thoughtful investments and consulting with aesthetic experts such as landscape architects. Let’s do neighborhood spruce-ups, as well as long-lasting public-realm improvements.

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Sure, imbibing beer and brandy are sacred rituals here, but being such a boozy city has its downsides. Let’s seek more ways to foster social connection and economic development beyond alcohol-based entertainment. Okay, we can wait till after New Year’s Eve to ponder this.

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Yes, we’re becoming known for too much speeding—including on our nationally renowned “pleasure-drive” parkways. After taking a chill pill, we’ll also be more likely to smell the roses, notice subtleties, read historic markers and pay attention to one another.

Praise Laudatory Efforts

Let’s do shout-outs for whatever enhances our community: initiatives, solutions and cultural expressions that expand belonging and increase understanding and connectivity. Conversely, let’s call out approaches or structures that support siloed thinking, bias, segregation, the perks of privilege or the invisibility of some.

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Every city’s personality is perpetually on display, regardless of intentional “branding.” It’s conveyed through landscapes, buildings and streets, through wide-ranging culture and in the ways people interact. Residents can try to discern and enhance civic character, but we can’t control it. Visitors’ perceptions will differ from one another and from those of locals.

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With all this limelight, our hometown will be viewed through many lenses. Metro Milwaukee will be seen from new perspectives, analyzed and featured in far-ranging media. We residents will be afforded myriad opportunities to engage, including behind the scenes. Let’s make the most of it.

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Are specific civic spaces welcoming and comfortable? Do signs assist navigation and openness, or convey messages that are confusing or exclude some people? Are there benches on major streets and in other public spaces? Who is absent within our gathering places?

Why not take a different route to work, drive surface streets more often and visit places off our beaten paths—whether restaurants, art galleries, libraries, parks or houses of worship?

Spontaneous conversations in public spaces can open eyes, doors and even hearts.

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Are we ready for intensive warts-and-all scrutiny of everything happening here?

Prepping for the highest-profile event in Milwaukee history is a chance to “get in shape,” individually and as a community. Combining self-reflection with civic improvements could be meaningful on many levels.

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hile emphasizing that she does not accomplish anything alone, founder and CEO of Cream City Conservation August Ball thinks social justice takes a whole community. “Movements don’t happen with one person,” says Ball. “We all have a place to play in this.”

After attending meetings for the parks department as the community engagement manager, Ball noticed she was one of the few, or only, women of color in the room.

Ball would sometimes work for free because of her identity. “I wanted to change that,” she says.

Believing that things could truly change, Ball founded Cream City Conservation (3628 W. Pierce St.). Through workshops, coaching and other methods, Cream City Conservation addresses social August Ball biases for environmental and community service organizations. Ball also noticed there was a disconnect between youth of color and the environment—not because of lack of interest but the design of the industry. Using the profits from consultations, the company also trains and employs young adults in the environmental industry. “[Social bias is] not a good person-bad person binary,” she says. “It’s a lack of awareness.”

Not noticing it at the time, Ball was able to retain many of her students while working in conservation. Her colleagues frequently asked how, and eventually Ball realized she could create Cream City Conservation. “It was by complete accident,” she says. When working with clients, she creates a culture to welcome underrepresented workers in the environmental industry instead of just encouraging companies to find new hires. “A lot of internal work...needs to happen before bringing in new staff of color,” says Ball.

Her passion for social justice stems from the death of her birth mom when Ball was 3 years old. After her mom was killed, Ball noticed that justice “can go unchecked for people who look like me.” Ball spent most of her childhood in the Philippines and returned to Racine, Wis., to finish school. She attended UW-Parkside and UW-Milwaukee studying sociology, community education and non-profit management.

Ball worked for the Student Conservation Association, a national environmental nonprofit, for nine years and served in the AmeriCorps, holding other positions along the way. Throughout her career, she has enjoyed watching people learn something for the first time, whether it is watching a 16-year-old getting excited about berries, or a 60-yearold man understanding social bias. “[I love] seeing the light bulb go on,” says Ball.

Now with her own business, Ball has hired former AmeriCorps members to run her programs at Cream City Conservation—something she says was always her dream. “It’s an honor to see students...now running their own programs,” she says.

Ball believes that perfection can sometimes get in the way of progress for social justice and that having hope can change the question from “What if?” to “How?” For more information about Cream City Conservation, call 414-322-8482 or visit creamcityconservation.org.

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Marsy’s Meet-Up @ Sweet Black Coffee, 2035 W. Fond du Lac Ave., 1 p.m.

Join the Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin (MLWI) team for a Marsy’s Meet-Up event in Milwaukee, featuring state Rep. David Crowley and Jason Fields. Learn about and discuss the proposed legislation—formally called Wisconsin Marsy’s Law Crime Victims’ Rights Amendment—to Wisconsin’s constitution to strengthen the rights of crime victims and help us to celebrate the common values that we all share. MLWI is partnering with Exposed: The Podcast (exposedwithlaverneandnatalie) to host a panel discussion about the crime victims’ constitutional amendment and how it would impact Wisconsin crime victims and communities.

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The Cash Box Kings $15

SistaStrings NICKEL AND ROSE

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Albert Lee

Miles Nielsen & The Rusted Hearts

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SATURDAY, DEC. 28

Peace Action of Wisconsin: Stand for Peace @ the corner of St. Paul Avenue and Water Street, noon-1 p.m.

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

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Pundamonium: The Milwaukee Pun Slam $10

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For many, Yuletide cheer, gatherings and gifts mark “the most wonderful time of the year,” rather than an interlude for personal reflection. But, for the downtrodden and beleaguered, those deeply wounded by losses, tragedies and other emotional and spiritual injuries, Christmas is not about good cheer. Rather than a time for joy, it evokes somber contemplation, remembrances and, too often, renewed pain.

So, for those who would rather not have a holiday buzz kill, you may wish to bail on reading further, or come back another time. There will be no It’s a Wonderful Life ending here.

While the holidays focus heavily on the joy of giving and receiving gifts, as well as the gatherings of family and friends, these often do little to assuage the pain among those beaten down by life. Poverty of spirit is not diminished by gifts, food, merriment or decorations, as Cathy demonstrated.

“For me, it’s the saddest time of the year,” she explained.

Widowed and several years past her only daughter’s untimely death from cancer, she finds relief when the holidays conclude and her normal routine resumes. For those bereaved or otherwise struggling, habits and purposeful activity can be both distracting and comforting. When we disrupt them, as on holidays, disquiet may set in.

“My daughter loved the holidays, and we always enjoyed the baking, shopping, wrapping presents and decorating. Now, all those things just stab at my wound,” she explained.

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She is not alone. If you’re depressed, chronically ill, bereaved, in a crazy-making family, or otherwise have your mental back to life’s proverbial wall, this time of year can prove particularly painful.

In part, this stems from the cultural expectation that we will all be of good cheer and embrace the so-called holiday spirit, regardless of our circumstances. When in a dark and painful emotional place, the surrounding contrast of Yuletide gaiety only deepens one’s pain. It creates an “if only” mindset, one in which those under siege wonder what might have been.

For Cathy, “if only” would have meant watching her daughter blossom in her own life and career, perhaps marrying and having children. That devastating loss left her needing the support of others in a big way. Sadly, it can be hard to come by this time of year.

“Around the holidays, some friends avoid me because they care too much, and it hurts them to see me struggling, or they feel awkward and don’t know what to say or how to help,” she explained.

Despite her magnanimous attitude and regardless of other people’s intentions, Cathy ends up feeling alone and out of sync with the festive folks around her, not to mention the culture at large.

“That’s why I turn down invitations to Christmas dinner, much as I appreciate them,” she told me.

“I’m not in a holiday mood, and it’s demoralizing to be with people who are and expect me to join in. Plus, I don’t want to bring them down.”

During the holiday season, the greatest gift we can give is our compassion and caring, made greater still when the recipient is someone who sorely needs it. Well-meaning as it may be, inviting someone like Cathy to join in the festivities sometimes invokes unintended and painful consequences. What can help is seeking that person out for quality one-to-one time on their terms.

“My closest friend gets it,” Cathy explained. “She visits with me throughout the holidays. She listens, doesn’t judge, and she understands my need to stay on the sidelines.”

One of my sisters reflects this mindset in her standard holiday greeting.

“Have a Christmas,” she says, leaving out the “merry,” which conveys an implied expectation of good cheer.

So, if you know someone like Cathy, perhaps the best response to John Lennon’s question would be, “I’ve been there when a loved one needed me.”

Have a Christmas.

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s a salesperson in the pet products industry, Brian Tuchalski, co-owner of Joint Venture CBD Shoppe (200 S. Silver Lake St., Oconomowoc) had first learned about how cannabidiol (CBD) can be beneficial to dogs and cats. “Then I started researching how CBD benefits humans,” he says. “I became intrigued, because I personally suffer from migraines and anxiety, so I thought I’d give it a shot to see how it worked for myself. I really liked the results.”

Tuchalski noticed that every day there seem to be more and more CBD products coming out, particularly geared toward health and beauty. He thought a small boutique, especially one in a high-end area, could really thrive. On Saturday, May 4, he opened Joint Venture CBD Shoppe, specializing in beauty care and cosmetic products such as facial cleansers and eye toner infused with CBD. “We wanted to go after a different clientele than your smoke shop-glass pipe-type store,” he remarks. Tuchalski says they strive to educate themselves and also give customers the experience that they walked out educated about CBD, even if they don’t purchase anything. “We want to educate the public that CBD isn’t drugs; it isn’t marijuana. There’s still that perception out there. This is an alternative to traditional drugs like aspirin. With the opioid crisis, there are alternatives to seek.”

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Like many CBD retailers, Tuchalski says he has also experienced challenges with merchant processors and advertising through social media sites. “We’re not selling drugs,” he emphasizes. “CBD is an extraction of a plant material that’s been used for thousands of years and that was deemed illegal in the United States for a very long time. Now, with more people understanding the benefits of CBD and that this is something beneficial to your body, another challenge is that this is kind of a craze, with shops popping up left and right. We want to set ourselves apart with a boutique ambiance and the good service you’ll receive.”

In addition to beauty care products, they carry tinctures, gummies, pet items, some smokable flower, pain creams and CBD-infused water. Joint Venture carries the Naysa brand exclusively. Tuchalski says he was impressed not just by the company’s quality and knowledge, but that they’re evolving and frequently bringing new products to market. He’s also looking to private-label a Joint Venture brand.

Tuchalski emphasizes the difference between marijuana and CBD. “If you look at the properties in the marijuana plant itself, there’s no CBD, but with hemp, that’s where the CBD is being extracted from. I tell people that CBD is for use in a daily regimen, like a multi-vitamin, whereas marijuana is for situational use.”

For people who do need marijuana to help relieve pain or other ailments, Tuchalski sees problems with it staying underground. “We hope and wonder; the surrounding states around us are going toward the legal side of things. I would like to at least see medical marijuana passed, because it could be beneficial to a lot of people, but it would also help curb things like underground vaping with THC cartridges that have been tainted with vitamin E and other things.

“It’s just like Prohibition with alcohol,” he continues. “It’s going to be around, but when you’re doing things that aren’t regulated, there are going to be issues. People will be cutting it wrong and producing it wrong, and that’s why you have misconceptions like, ‘This stuff is dangerous, and it’s hurting you.’

That’s all due to the underground production of the stuff.”

For more information, visit jointventurecbd.com.

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F THERE WAS ONE RESTAURANT TREND IN MILWAUKEE IN 2019, IT WAS NEW BEGINNINGS. A large number of established restaurants completed big remodels, renovations or reopenings this year. Bacchus, one of the Bartolotta Group’s flagships, got an almost two-month-long renovation for its 15th anniversary. Buckley’s got a huge expansion that nearly tripled its size at the beginning of the year, Dream Dance Steak in Potawatomi Hotel & Casino became Dream Dance Steakhouse with an expanded bar, arch of wine bottles and all new finishes, while the Lowlands Group’s Centraal Grand Café in Bay View got a complete overhaul with an expanded kitchen and 70 draft lines. Even tiny gas station favorite Chilango Express moved down the street to a bigger, renovated, full-service space.

There were also restaurants that reopened this year to much fanfare, like Crawdaddy’s Roadhouse. This is the second time it has reopened by the original owner, and the third time seems to be the charm as they’ve recaptured the same energetic atmosphere and some of the crave-worthy food. Another throwback West Allis restaurant, Pepi’s Pizzeria, also reopened in a new location after closing in 2016.

Pasta was popular this year, perhaps because Milwaukeeans were still seeking out comfort food. Egg & Flour Pasta Bar in the Crossroads Collective wowed everyone enough with its daily handmade pastas in a casual atmosphere that it is opening a standalone location next year. Ca’Lucchenzo, one of the best new restaurants that opened this year, also specializes in fresh pasta that you can watch being made as you eat. And Momo Mee, a noodle and dumpling restaurant, serves handmade Asian noodle dishes from yakisoba to dan dan noodles.

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Diners came into their own this year, perhaps because people can never seem to get enough nostalgia. Recently opened Wonderland in Riverwest is a playful take on an all-day diner, with vintage, colorful decor and classic diner fare with plenty of vegan options. Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern, while not a typical diner, has the same comforting feel with some unique brunch and lunch items.

Time of Transition

This was also the year of food halls in Milwaukee, with both Sherman Phoenix and Crossroads Collective opening up at the very end of last year, as well as the Mequon Public Market in June. Sherman Phoenix offers some great wings, pizza and ice cream, plus lots of support for the surrounding neighborhood and its residents. Crossroads Collective is trendy, with some top-notch barbecue, a speakeasy and some serious turnover in vendors. The Mequon Public Market, while relatively small, has some stalwart tenants, like Café Corazón and St. Paul Fish Company, plus some delicious Greek cuisine at Santorini Grill.

Chain restaurants did not go unnoticed by locals this year, who lost their collective minds about a few openings. Two restaurants in Brookfield—the promised land of chains—got loads of attention. Uncle Julio’s, a Mexican restaurant, opened at the very end of last year, and people were talking about it and its thin, easily breakable tortilla chips for months. Wahlburgers, a chain from the Wahlberg family of Hollywood, boy band and reality show fame, had long waits from the moment they opened. And in one of the most talkedabout openings in a long time, Lou Malnati’s, the Chicago deep dish pizza chain, opened a takeout location in Fox Point.

Unfortunately, turnover remained pretty high in 2019, and a number of notable restaurants closed, including Silver Spring House, Dino’s in Riverwest after over 50 years in business, Kindred on KK, St. Francis Brewery, Friday’s Front Row at Miller Park and Devon Seafood in Bayshore.

Finally, the one thing that rocked the restaurant world in Milwaukee most this year was the passing of Joe Bartolotta. He opened his first restaurant, Ristorante Bartolotta, in Wauwatosa with his brother Paul in 1993. He was one of the most influential people to shape Milwaukee’s early food renaissance, and his presence is greatly missed.

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A pub has opened in the former Maison space in Washington Heights. Neighborhood Draft is owned by Brian Felten, who also operates Tomkens in West Allis. The menu includes homemade bar favorites, including chicken wings ($6.75 for 5) and unique sauces that Tomkens is known for. Fries ($5-$6.25) are fresh cut and seasoned, fish fry bites ($7) are available every day, and there are taco-of-the-week specials. Fifteen local beers are on tap, and you can try your luck at the $2 mystery beer vending machine.

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A Mexican restaurant has opened in a former Subway on the west side of downtown.

Lazo’s Taco Shack is run by a retired Milwaukee police officer and his family. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in a casual setting with a full bar. For breakfast, there’s chorizo, egg and potato tacos ($11.95), huevos rancheros ($11.95) and chilaquiles ($12.95). The rest of the day, choose from chicken enchiladas ($12.95) with red or green salsa, a torta dinner ($11.50), steak fajitas ($15.95) and Lazo’s taco dog ($2.75), a hot dog wrapped in bacon with taco toppings in a tortilla.

on a residential street in Whitefish Bay. Donut Monster is owned by husband and wife team Jackie and Sara Woods. Previously, you could get their donuts at area farmers markets and other popups, but this is their first permanent location. Donuts ($2.75-$4.75) are made with local ingredients, fresh fruits and no artificial colors or flavorings. They come in varieties like PB&J with concord grape glaze, maple bacon, salted chocolate, lemon poppy seed and an old-fashioned glazed made with sour cream.

Breakfast sandwiches ($8-$9) are served on homemade English muffins with eggs, ham or bacon, cheese spread and avocado. Pilcrow Coffee is available hot and nitro.

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A Chicago-based, deep-dish pizza restaurant has opened in a strip mall in Fox Point.

Lou Malnati’s is a well-known chain known for its buttery pizza crust and chunky tomato sauce. The Malnati Chicago classic pizza ($9.25$24.25) includes a layer of sausage and extra cheese, while the Lou ($10.15-$26.25) includes spinach, mushrooms, slice tomatoes and garlic. Thin crust pizza, appetizers, salads and pastas also available. The restaurant is takeout and delivery only.

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A Peruvian restaurant has opened in a renovated space near Washington Heights. Triciclo Peru focuses on empanadas and has a large selection of pisco, the South American brandy.

Owners Mario Diaz and Amy Narr previously ran an empanada cart for two years, and this is their first permanent location. Empanadas ($5) have both traditional and creative fillings. Lima is filled with steak, raisins, olives and boiled eggs, while Cajamarca is stuffed with shredded chicken in a creamy yellow pepper sauce.

Vegetarian empanadas like Loreto with soy chorizo and potato, snacks like yuca fritas ($6) and brunch are also available.

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The Neapolitan, thin-crust pizza is among the best in the city and might be the oldest pizza recipe in Wisconsin. Make your own or choose from house selections like the Margherita and Calderone Works. Please the crowd and order the Calderone Special, their take on the SMO. This pizza is topped with sauce, mozzarella cheese, Italian sausage, mushrooms, black olives and onions. ::BY ERIN BRODERICK The pasta choices are plentiful and made in-house daily. Signature items include rigatoni alla bolognese ($17.95), linguine alla pescatora f you’re looking for authentic, Italian fare in downtown ($21.95) and penne con salsiccia ($17.95). Number one pick is the clasMilwaukee, Calderone Club is a must for dining. From pizza sic spaghetti al filetto di pomodoro con polpette ($16.95). A mountain and gnocchi to chicken marsala and eggplant parmigiana, this of spaghetti is topped with their famous tomato-basil sauce and two extensive menu takes you through the cuisine of Italy, no matter award-winning, baseball-sized meatballs—Gino’s mother’s recipe. If you where your taste buds want to go. can’t stand to share, meatballs come two to an order, so order a round A warm and cozy atmosphere, Calderone Club’s surroundings pay for the table. homage to its Italian heritage with murals of the old country, Sinatra on Find protein options on the entrée menu such as chicken marsala the sound system and a signed photograph of Tony Soprano himself, ($21.95), veal rib chop ($38.95) and braised branzino ($32.95). For a little James Gandolfini, hanging above the doorway. protein and a little pasta, go for the chicken piccata ($32.95). Pan-seared On any given night, you’ll find a packed dining room filled with reguchicken breast is covered in lemon, white wine and caper sauce perched lars and out-of-town guests. Chef and owner Gino atop a bed of angel hair pasta. Juicy, salty, lemony Fazzari is often spotted outside the kitchen in his and delightful. All dinner entrées come with a side signature tomato chef’s pants, talking and mingling Calderone Club salad and choice of potato or pasta. with friends and guests around the bar.

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s 2019 comes to a close, it’s time to take a look back at highlights of all the great theater that took place in our city. There were many wonderfully produced productions with career-defining performances as well as both regional and world premieres.

And, sadly, there were also some closings; in particular, In Tandem Theatre, which produced many fine works over the years, especially during the holidays. Just thinking of A Holiday Christmas Caroler and Scrooge in Rouge still brings plenty of smiles. In Tandem thrived and flourished under the astute direction and management of Jane and Chris Flieller. They’ll be missed by many.

Here’s a look at theater in Milwaukee during the past year and some of the many accomplishments.

The city had its share of premieres, including the first Midwest staging at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater of Milwaukee native Ayad Akhtar’s Junk, as well as the world premiere at First Stage of On the Wings of a Mariposa by local playwright Alvaro Saar Rios—also the first of its kind to be bilingual.

The year also brought us definitive productions of musicals such as The Rep’s captivating West Side Story and First Stage’s charming Elf: The Musical. Skylight Music Theatre bookended 2019 with highly entertaining stagings of Five Guys Named Moe and the recent Newsies based on the Disney film. Newsies’ director and Milwaukee native Molly Rhode is proving to be a formidable talent when it comes to directing large casts (think: her excellent staging a few years back of

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Skylight’s The Sound of Music).

On a national touring level, The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts brought us a newly revitalized production of Fiddler on the Roof, as well as the contemporary musicals Dear Evan Hansen and the excellent Come From Away—the latter based on the 9/11 attacks. And yet another staging of The Phantom of the Opera proved that the disfigured man in the white mask has held up very well since he first emerged from the shadows 33 years ago. And, is it even possible to forgo “the H-word”? Yes. That “H”— as in Hamilton—which set a precedent in Uihlein Hall with 32 performances.

There was—and remains—such an abundance of talented local actors that there were a number of ensemble performances that created a synergy within their productions; ditto West Side Story, Five Guys Named Moe and Newsies. But on the dramatic side, how exciting to see Voices Found Repertory stage William Shakespeare’s Henry V, with all the young actors in a tiny space and set during an undefined time period.

It all worked incredibly well, as did the ensemble work in Renaissance Theaterworks’ Photograph 51, with an outstanding lead performance by Cassandra Bissell.

Then, there’s the more intimate four-member cast of The God of Hell as staged by The Constructivists, and two plays with two characters that also merit special commendation: The Rep’s engrossing The Chinese Lady, featuring Lisa Helmi Johanson and Jon Norman Schneider, and Acacia Theatre’s staging of the popular

book and film, Tuesdays with Morrie, starring Drew Brhel and David Sapiro.

Next Act Theatre saved some of its very comedic best for the end of 2019 with its stellar staging of funnyman Neil Simon’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor, which was perfectly cast under the direction of Milwaukee’s very own Edward Morgan.

In terms of “intimate” theater (read: few actors), there were a number of outstanding shows with career-defining performances. There was Kelley Faulkner as country singer Patsy Cline in Always…

Patsy Cline; Bo Johnson as impressionist painter Mark Rothko in Red; Angela Iannone as the feisty, independent mother in The Velocity of Autumn; and Robert W.C. Kennedy and Cheryl Roloff as the longmarried farmer couple in The God of Hell. And, once again, audiences were treated to the perfect pairing of Matt Daniels and Chris Klopatek as astute butler Jeeves and his playboy boss, Bertie Wooster, respectively, in the latest installment, Jeeves at Sea. Two important plays about the Holocaust made their Milwaukee debuts; Wiesenthal: Nazi Hunter and The Last Cyclist. Los Angeles-based actor Tom Duggan wrote, acted and directed his one-person show about famous Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal (1908-2005) in a one-of-a-kind performance held at the Jewish Community Center (JCC).

The JCC also collaborated with the Holocaust Education Resource Center to stage The Last Cyclist at Cardinal Stritch University. The absurdist cabaret piece was written in 1944 but presumed lost until 75 years later. Then, a lone survivor of the Terezín (Theresienstadt) concentration camp recreated it from memory.

Director Mark Boergers assembled a solid cast of 12 for the production, which included Randall T. Anderson, Marcie Doherty-Elst, Leslie Fitzwater, Joel Kopischke, Laura Monagle and Nick Narcisi, as well as Stritch acting students Monte Kane and Amanda Richards, among others.

And, as for Milwaukee theater in 2020? One thing’s for sure: Another op’nin’, another show. Stay tuned!

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irst Stage artistic director Jeff Frank notes that James DeVita has been the company’s resident playwright for ages. “Thirtysome years,” DeVita affirms. !!"#$%" #$%" the first play. We didn’t have the title ‘resident playwright;’ we just started doing things together, hap& pened to do a few in a row, and some years later thought we should call it something.”

“Then, we started expanding our commitment to new plays,” Frank continues. “Jimmy’s super-busy, so sched& ules weren’t always aligning. Then I worked with Alvaro Saar Rios a couple times and really liked that relation& ship. And John Maclay, who’d been working for us for years in the Academy, did several adaptations. Then Alice Austin did her first work with us, and I realized, here is this cadre of wonderful artists that I’m continuing to learn from and with, and who really understand who First Stage is, with our commitment to age-appropriate casting and to plays that speak from a young person’s point of view with respect and a sense of the power of that narrative and the power of seeing themselves on& stage. The first thing I did was reach out to Jimmy, say& ing hey, as our resident playwright, are you okay if we expand that concept to include some others?”

“I was flattered that he even asked me,” DeVita replies.

“I said, well of course. I’m flattered to be in a group with these younger and more diverse voices that we’re getting on the stage, which we need.” And thus began a new fourmember First Stage Playwright-in-Residence program, rare in the nation.

“All of us are on this journey to expand our understand&

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ing of the world and our understanding of the craft,” Frank says. “So here is a collective of artists, all of whom bring different perspectives, histories and levels of artistry. But what does ‘in residence’ mean? It’s that feeling that we are at home when we work together. There’s a level of understanding, of family, of candor, which is super-help& ful in creating work. And my hope is that our collective networks will grow exponentially. Wherever they work, they’re meeting directors, designers and actors; as long as we keep communicating and sharing, we’ll grow in an understanding of all that can help make First Stage better than we are today.”

Theater for Young Audiences

Since First Stage is already widely recognized as a leading theater for young audiences in America, that’s an exciting prospect. How will it work? Frank will bring ideas for First Stage premieres to the playwrights indi& vidually. The playwrights will bring Frank ideas for plays they’d like to write, adapt or see at First Stage. They’ll offer advice on season selection, provide feedback in play development workshops and recommend other artists as good fits for the company.

“I rely on input from others.” Frank says, “The work is too important to think that I can do it in isolation. I preach to young people all the time that asking for help is a sign of strength, not weakness. Here are four artists that can help me and, hopefully, we help them in return.”

Saar Rios’ First Stage commissions include &'()*+%((, ,-./"0'1"2 and this season’s opener, 34*5/)*6%478*'9*"* &"1%:'8", a bilingual adaptation of Wisconsin writer Bar&

bara Joose’s novel, ;/'85*6%478. First Stage’s workshops with Milwaukee’s Latino community helped assure that the play spoke across languages and cultures. “There were genuine elements there that I was happy to take on,” Saar Rios says. “I want to support the stories of writers of color, too, especially women of color. I felt that because I would work with a Latina composer, Dinorah Marquez, we would make something that was our own and that would be beneficial on so many levels, and I love the fact that Barbara is based in Wisconsin.”

Maclay’s musical adaptation of Drew Daywait’s </)* ,)7)40* '9* ='.>?* @":)1?* A.%88'18 premieres in March.

Longtime director of the First Stage Theatre Academy and founding director of the Young Company, Maclay has written many world premieres for First Stage, including ='$%4*+''0, B4"5'() and C"5)*</)*;1)"5. “I know from working here that a lot of care is put into a play for 18 months before it opens. I’ve had huge moments in plays get solved in the workshop talkbacks. Something wonder& ful happens here, when amazingly skilled professionals work with really skilled, authentic young people.”

DeVita’s B()D* "40* 5/)* B#"E%47* ,)#'4"0)* A5"40" premieres in April. It tells the true story of Alex Flynn Scott, who, before dying of cancer at 8 years old, cre& ated a foundation to fight childhood cancer, raising mil& lions for research and support. Alice Austin’s ;%1(8*%4*"* !'"5 tells the history of the first U.S. Olympic women’s rowing team. It so inspired the young actresses in the First Stage Young Company premiere last season that several are rowers now.

For more on First Stage, visit firststage.org.

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Skylight Music Theatre and Milwaukee Opera Theatre collaborate to create an imaginatively reinvigorated performance of the gothic melodrama Ruddigore; or, The Witch’s Curse (to give it its full name), celebrating Skylight’s long history of producing the cherished works of William S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. This production features stage direction by Jill Anna Ponasik and Catie O’Donnell, music direction by Tim Rebers and choreography by James Zager. Ruddigore is one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Savoy Operas and the 10th of 14 comic operas they’d pen together.

Ruddigore premiered in London in 1887 and, admittedly, wasn’t an immediate sensation (being unfairly compared to Gilbert and Sullivan’s immensely successful The Mikado, which immediately preceded it). But, after a few changes, it achieved a run of 288 performances and became quite profitable. Reviews, likewise, improved. The Illustrated London News enthused: “Sir Arthur Sullivan has eminently succeeded alike in the expression of refined sentiment and comic humor. In the former respect, the charm of graceful melody prevails; while, in the latter, the music of the most grotesque situations is redolent of fun.” (John Jahn) Jan. 3-19 in the Studio Theatre of the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway. For tickets, call 414-291-7800 or visit skylightmusictheatre.org.

A.C.T. Combat Boot Camp 2020

Playwrights, directors and actors ages 15-19 will go through the theatrical version of boot camp at Waukesha Civic Theatre. They’ll have only four days to take original scripts from mere concepts to live performances. No, they can’t get a head start, either. All the topics, locations, directors and actors for these concept-to-performance plays will be, quite literally, pulled from a hat. As they aptly, succinctly put it: “No preparation; no mercy—just young artists flying without a net!” You’re invited to witness the final results. (John Jahn) Performances take place on Saturday, Jan. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at Waukesha Civic Theatre, 264 W. Main St. For tickets, call 262-547-0708 or visit waukeshacivictheatre.org.

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“Lost in Boston”

On their way to Broadway, hit shows sometimes cut great songs. Local favorites Joel Kopischke, Rána Roman and Ryan Cappleman bring to light these rediscovered gems from well-known classics, including West Side Story, Hamilton, Guys and Dolls, Wicked, Company, Waitress, South Pacific and many more in cabaret style and pizzazz. Kopischke has been performing professionally for more than 25 years, appearing with the Skylight, the MSO, First Stage, Melody Top and Northern Sky (among others). He’s the writer of one of Wisconsin’s favorite musicals, Dairy Heirs. (John Jahn) Jan. 3 and 4 at the Oconomowoc Arts Center, 641 E. Forest St. For tickets, call 262-560-3172 or visit oasd.k12.wi.us.

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“Centered”

Rightly among the finalists for Best Dance Company in the Shepherd Express’ current Best of Milwaukee competition, choreographer Morgan Williams’ still new Water Street Dance Milwaukee will present a major Sunday afternoon concert on its home stage, the Marcus Center’s Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall on Sunday, Jan. 5. The company is a Marcus Center resident. The concert will be a collection of original works made for the dancers and titled “Centered” to suggest that the group has stabilized, deepened its self-knowledge and grown confident in the style Williams calls “contemporary fusion,” based in both ballet and hip-hop.

In recent months, the company has presented several absolutely thrilling, free, salon-style performances at the small Daync Studio on the East Side. These have allowed the dancers to test new work-in-progress, polish existing repertory, intensify individual performances and heighten ensemble skills. Each featured live music by master composer and violinist Allen Russell. The professional company includes Nanya El Madyun Wilson, Allison Slamann, Ashley Tomaszewski, Alex Seager, Maddi McCormick, Sara Silvis, Anna Stachnik and EddieOmar Gonzalez. Williams choreographs and sometimes dances. “Centered” will also feature a work by Luis Antonio, past winner of Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet “Winning Works Choreographic Competition.” The youth company will perform, too. (John Schneider) 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, at the Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall, 929 N. Water St. Call 414-273-7206 or visit marcuscenter.org.

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Milwaukee Visual Arts Year in Review: 2019

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here are as many reasons to like art as there are to make it, especially in the contemporary art world, with its ever-pluralizing tastes and values. It is mind-blowing to consider that, once upon a time, pre-modern European academies maintained official qualitative hierarchies, with history painting at the top and still life at the bottom. Given the current lack of such objective standards, it might seem almost futile to try to announce the “best” art exhibitions mounted in any given year. But, as I tell my studio art students, “Postmodern subjectivity doesn’t end criticality, it only complicates it and demands context.”

With this in mind, I offer my list of Milwaukee’s best exhibitions with context and caveats, noting various ways in which each served the viewing public. So, in no particular order, here are some of the highlights of 2019.

SCULPTURE MILWAUKEE The sprawling urban intervention along Downtown’s Wisconsin Avenue was every bit as diverse as the setting for which it was designed. In order to capture the broadest audience imaginable (anyone walking the street), it featured everything from blue-chip trophies to site-specific surprises that electrified corporate spaces like only art can; most notably, Carlos Rol!n’s brilliant transformation of the Chase Bank lobby. We love it! Keep it here forever, please! We should root for and support this ongoing project and look forward to its herculean efforts year after year.

“INTO THE WOODS” AT THE MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART Tom Uttech is Wisconsin’s de facto artist laureate. His painterly blend of the natural and the supernatural in the service of Northwoodsy viewsheds is beautiful, brilliant and resoundingly local.

Obviously, there are innumerable perspectives and practitioners represented in Wisconsin, to the point that a thesis show at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design looks a lot like one in any other corner of the world, what with fiber optics and all. When the dusk of time settles, Uttech’s paintings of this region’s flora and fauna will tell us more about the local psyche than the average local artist’s Instagram feed. His retrospective, “Into the Woods,” which runs through Jan. 12, demonstrates the endurance of place and the practice of painting. It’s a dedication to a life’s vision that seems increasingly impossible in a fickle digital universe.

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Installation view of “The Land Describes Itself” at Green Gallery

“THE LAND DESCRIBES ITSELF” AT THE GREEN GALLERY In the age of Donald Trump, in a socially divided nation, ideas around personal identity have become increasingly politicized. In this climate, a defiance of norms often passes as an examination of them. Defiance may be socially necessary, but as an artistic motivation, it’s usually recriminatory and often less meditative. Sky Hopinka’s work navigates these choppy waters with grace and equanimity, sifting through layers of physical and mental space in ways other artists don’t, and words alone can’t. His sequential work especially maps personal onto cultural onto geological histories with hypnotic, formal rhythm and heavy, psychic gravity. The eponymous video at The Green Gallery was one of the most haunting sequences of moving images I’ve seen in years. I still replay moments from it every so often as I’m walking by Lake Michigan, thinking about eons against the cadence of waves tick-tocking on the shore like a comparative stopwatch.

“BOUGUEREAU & AMERICA” AT THE MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM In a flattened, Instagrammed world, it seems mid-sized cities like Milwaukee could benefit by mounting more shows that dip into its local artistic flavor. It’s standard for institutions to traffic in shows based on a predictable Janson-style canon, usually prepackaged to travel. “Bouguereau & America” seemed to be about the canon as much as drawn from it, featuring an artist who sits on the thinnest margins of modern art history. The show was co-organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Brooks Museum of Art; it underscored the value of tradition and why institutions might cling to it. Few shows generated the turnstile numbers or gaping mouths and in the face of utter suspicion by edgier art lovers, not to mention humans who appreciate women and children. That dynamic alone was enough to make the show notable. To be fair, William-Adolphe Bouguereau might have been the best technical painter ever, so a better lightning rod is difficult to imagine.

And these days, lightning rods are welcome.

“DRAPE WAVE” AT THE SKI CLUB This brilliant exhibition featured one of the most efficient, effective and amusing works I’ve seen in years. This collaboration between Jordan Tate and Rick Silva starred one of those inflatable wacky dancers writhing against a backdrop of Caspar David Friedrich’s romantic icon, “Wanderer Above a Sea of Fog.” The work exhibited the best of what surrealism and appropriation are capable of: pairing improbable contexts and creating something entirely unique. It was so informative that I reimagined my very understanding of the grammatical structures of comedy and conceptual art as I wrote my review.

I’ve since used it as the basis for a curatorial project about art and comedy.

Makes me think of a line from Brian Eno that the Velvet Underground didn’t sell many records, but everyone who bought one started a band. Some art makes you look, some art makes you think, and other art inspires you to actually produce something new.

Finally, other notables of 2019 include Jon Horvath and Hans Gindlesberger’s “Street Scene” at the Ploch Art Gallery at the Sharon Lynn Wilson Center for the Arts; Jenna Youngwood’s “Firmament” at The Alice Wilds; and David Harper’s “A Mouth-Shaped Room” at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum.

This new exhibition of contemporary painting and sculpture focuses on intense hue and abstraction. “CHROMA” will include new paintings by Derrick Buisch, Terrence Coffman, Ben Grant, Michael Hedges, Shane McAdams, Clarence Morgan, Jason Rohlf and T.L. Solien, as well as metal and glass sculpture by Jeremy Popelka and Richard Taylor.

“Color is a constant and continuous conversation amongst artists, a subject that very quickly transcends its rote charts and color wheels to become a force, a driver, a motivator, an endless riddle and, for some, a clear obsession,” writes Buisch. For more information, call 414-273-7313 or visit toryfolliard.com.

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With this show, Lynden continues its series of exhibitions exploring the small-scale works by artists in its permanent collection. Robert Murray (b. 1936, Canada) is represented on the grounds by Windfall, a painted metal sculpture he created in 1966. In this exhibition, curator Jonathan Lippincott brings together some of Murray’s working models, as well as some of his works on paper. Lippincott and Murray will be in attendance the final weekend of the exhibition for a gallery talk and reception.

Attendance is free to members or with admission to Lynden Sculpture Garden. For more information, call 414-446-8794 or visit lyndensculpturegarden.org.

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t’s always hard to write a year-end film list if you’re a film critic (or buff) in Milwaukee. The problem is that many movies acclaimed by critics on the coasts have not yet or will never be booked commercially in our city. Even Oscar nominees trickle into town during the early months of the new calendar. And so, to write about this honestly and not pretend that I have access to some Korean cult director beloved by the L.A. Times but unseen in these parts, I’ll stick to films that actually opened on Milwaukee’s big screens in 2019.

Also, I have trouble with the term “best-of” and would rather go with the more honest “favorites” of the year. I don’t claim godlike powers to proclaim what’s best and what’s worst. Like everyone, I have favorites but—as a critic—I have to support my choices with well-reasoned opinions.

Two of my favorite films from last summer were criticized for being long and slow by people with truncated attention. For those folks, four minutes of YouTube is like Lawrence of Arabia. The two “long” films from last summer, Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood and Ari Aster’s Midsommar, have little in common aside from length and leisurely pace—and the willingness to look deeply at a particular set of characters and situations. Jump cuts and quick editing are a valid style but so is an aesthetic (especially prominent in Midsommar) that slows down the passage of time and allows viewers to fully absorb the story and setting.

The year 2019 was good for films that creatively explored the grim psychology underlying our present-day world. Director Todd Phillips’ Joker isn’t just an origin story for a comic book character but an imaginative exploration of social and personal problems.

Victor Kossakovsky’s documentary, Aquarela, is a visual poem on the destruction of our world through climate change. Imagination was one draw for picking my favorites. The time-travel aspects of

‘Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood’

Danny Boyle’s Yesterday may be silly but served as a launch pad for a fascinating—and yes, imaginative—tale of pop culture and nostalgia.

And speaking of nostalgia, anyone who cares about Hollywood history should seek out the overlooked picture on the last days of the comedy duo Laurel & Hardy, played endearingly by Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly in Stan & Ollie. Also moving in its depiction of a star from Hollywood’s golden age, Judy starred Renee Zellweger as the doomed Judy Garland. Unlike the lip-synch practice in those golden years of moviemaking, the film’s star, Zellweger, actually sang her parts.

From the art house came at least two films exquisite in their cinematography and storytelling: Kenneth Branagh as William Shakespeare in All is True and Oleg Ivenko as Rudolf Nureyev in director Ralph Fiennes’ The White Crow. From the American indie sector comes Julianne Moore as the title character of Gloria Bell, a woman midway through middle age with an uncertain present and an even less certain future.

The Elton John biographical picture, Rocketman, was enjoyable despite historical infelicities. For people looking for fact-based films on music, at least three good documentaries surfaced in Milwaukee theaters this year. Hosted by Jakob Dylan (son of…), Echo in the Canyon sifts through the L.A. music scene of the ‘60s,

especially the influence of The Byrds and Brian Wilson and includes performances of period music by some of Jakob’s generational peers. David Crosby: Remember My Name is a surprisingly fascinating running dialogue between the singer-songwriter and director A.J. Eaton with stops on the way for places from the past.

Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love looks at the formative first chapter of Leonard Cohen’s long vocation as the troubadour of souls seeking the palace of wisdom along the road of excess. The lively Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is built on a priceless trove of archival footage and photos and is told in Ronstadt’s voice—with the help of a slew of collaborators such as Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt and David Geffen.

Departing from the grim themes of several favorite films of 2019 is an amusing yet serious dramatization of Mister Rogers, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Tom Hanks fully inhabits the cardigan-wearing figure familiar to millions who grew up with him—or grew up with the parodies. Rogers is easy to spoof, but Hanks dials it right. He gets that pinched but authentic smile, that awkward yet assured body language, that peculiar emotional essence. A Beautiful Day explores Rogers’ subversive mission.

Aware that American television existed largely to sell things, with kids shows mining an emerging market, Rogers used the medium instead as a way of giving children vivid examples of how to live.

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(SHOUT! FACTORY) Anne Bancroft played the disaffected housewife who seduced Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate (1967). That milestone movie is included among the eight Blu-rays in “The Anne Bancroft Collection,” and it’s not the only attraction. The set skips the bad flicks that caused her to renounce Hollywood for Broadway in the ’50s and hits all career highlights.

The collection begins with her cinematic debut, a substantial role with Richard Widmark and Marilyn Monroe in the psycho-thriller Don’t Bother to Knock (1952). Bancroft wrote and directed the prickly comedy Fatso (1980), a rare achievement at the time for women and an unusual subject (obesity) for Hollywood. In To Be or Not to Be (1983), she works with husband Mel Brooks on a worthy remake of the Ernst Lubitsch classic. Co-starring with Anthony Hopkins, Bancroft plays a woman besotted with books for their tactility as well as their words in 84 Charing Cross Road (1987).

n Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Melody Ivins (MAGNOLIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT)

Little Women PG In the latest Little Women, director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) deconstructs the chronology, shuffling the narrative in an occasionally confusing back and forth between places as well as past and present. The strong cast is headed by Lady Bird’s Saoirse Ronan as Jo and includes Florence Pugh as Amy and Meryl Streep as Aunt March. Gerwig keeps the focus on Little Women’s go-girl message.

Despite the Victorian skirts that envelop them, the sisters speak their parts in a contemporary key as Jo pursues the potential of women to rise beyond limited expectations. (David Luhrssen)

Spies in Disguise PG This family friendly animated feature relies on Will Smith’s likeability voicing suave secret agent Lance Sterling—until Lance drinks an experimental potion made by geeky Walter (Tom Holland) that transforms him into a cranky pigeon. To prevent villainous Killian (Ben Mendelsohn) from destroying the world, pigeon-Lance recruits Walter as help, but Walter’s inexperience is problematic.

Along the way, the one-joke plot lacks both risk and surprise. Adults will suffer through frenetic

After moving back to Texas, Molly Ivins constructed a good ol’ gal persona as a straight-shooting political commentator with a knack for nailing fools. As Janice Engel’s documentary shows, Ivins had no lack of fools to hammer. With a skin as tough as an armadillo, she was often the lone liberal voice in a loud red state. Death threats arrived.

Ivins was especially courageous in challenging the Iraq invasion when most of the media fell silent.

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n The Miracle of the Little Prince

Anthony Daniels once again reprises his role as C-3PO, making him the only actor to appear in

(FILM MOVEMENT) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) wrote only a few books, but one, The Little Prince (1943), became an enduring classic of children’s literature.

In her documentary, director Marjoleine Boonstra takes note of how widely The Little Prince has been translated and focuses on a surprising point: Through their popularity, some of those translations have helped keep alive indigenous languages threatened by the hegemony of Chinese, Arabic and Spanish in places like Tibet, Morocco and El Salvador.

action and sight gags geared toward 5-to-10-year-old children. (Lisa Miller)

Set one year after The Last Jedi, this chapter finds the Resistance battling the dictatorial First Order. The conflict between the Jedi and the Sith rages on as the Skywalker saga concludes. all nine Star Wars episodes. Carrie Fisher’s daughter, 26-year-old Billie Lourd, appears as Lieutenant Connix. Although Fisher died in 2016, she appears here via previously unused footage from episodes VII and VIII (2015 and 2017). While the dialog remains the same, the backgrounds from Fisher’s scenes have been changed. (L.M.)

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(MVD ENTERTAINMENT) Britain’s weekly Melody Maker was at the heart of rock’s most creative epoch. The paper shaped the careers of many British bands and was shaped in turn by the music it covered. The documentary, an entertaining trip in time when rock stars burned bright, includes interviews with staff recalling their access to the back stages, tour planes and homes of the stars. Melody Maker squandered its legacy in the ’90s by embracing bad pop music.

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arlier this year, Arts @ Large raised its profile by opening a gallery-studio-class space and café in a rehabbed historic Walker’s Point building (1100 S. Fifth St.). The organization offers programs specifically tailored to local schools that incorporate experiential learning through arts activities.

More than 20% of students in Arts @ Large’s programs have special needs; the majority of kids touched by the programs are faced with poverty and are non-white.

Off the Cuff sat down with Arts @ Large’s CEO Teri Sullivan (TS) and chief operating officer Sean Kiebzak (SK).

Did you found Arts @ Large?

TS: I’m one of the co-founders. Arts @ Large was created by Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) with funds from the U.S. Department of Education. And then, the money from the federal government ran out. We went to local foundations for help and became a nonprofit in 2005.

How would you describe your mission?

TS: We believe that every child—and now every adult as our focus has grown—deserves an education and lifelong learning that includes the arts. We strive everyday with participating K-12 students—and adults as well—to enrich lives and to use arts as a vehicle for social change, for providing equity. The arts can make significant changes in our community by telling stories.

Your Fabric of Milwaukee program must be a part of that…

TS: Yes. There are more than 7,000 immigrant and refugee students in MPS, and Fabric of Milwaukee uses storytelling through theater, music and dance to help immigrant and refugee students to hold on to what they want to retain from their own cultures while entering a new culture.

Not so long ago, immigrant students were punished in American schools for using their native language.

TS: We didn’t know it when we bought our building, but in 1938, this building opened as the Polish House, a community art center for children. In those days, children were told they could only use Polish at home. The Polish House was a way of telling their stories through the arts. The building has come full circle! We’re embracing the full fabric of Milwaukee—what makes up Milwaukee and how all of our stories add to that deeply woven fabric that makes Milwaukee a special place.

Sean, how did you become involved with Arts @ Large?

SK: I’ve been in my present position for more than a year, but I’ve been with the

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organization for 10 years. I started in arts education—my background is in music and environmental science.

You were instrumental in the 53rd Street Community Garden, correct?

SK: The 53rd Street School and the Yeshiva Elementary School were neighbors but didn’t do a lot together. So, we thought, “Why don’t we try to create a community garden?” We worked with Compost Crusaders and had students build Aldo Leopold benches—it’s a simple design for outdoor spaces indicative of environmental stewardship. I precut pieces of wood and brought them into classrooms where students could assemble them. Then we painted them. Making the benches continued over the years. Now, there are 75 Aldo Leopold benches peppered throughout the city. We go to school sites and help remove asphalt, replacing old pavement with green practices to avoid run-off.

Does Arts @ Large also have career development programs for students?

SK: We had paid interns from Bradley Tech working on the basement in this building. Our café is a career development program where students learn to become baristas and gain accreditation in the Serve Safe Program—it builds their resumes if they are interested in kitchen work. We have a program where students can earn a 10-hour OSHA certificate. We work with Educators Credit Union teaching financial literacy. Many of our students have never had a job or a bank account.

We are also working to find the best ways to have the most meaningful and lasting impact by supporting classroom teachers by encouraging them to use the arts in all curriculum areas in ways that are relevant to our community and our global society. We work with 200 teachers who, in turn, will work with thousands of students.

Are you working only with MPS? TS: Ninety-five percent of our work happens in MPS, but other schools are reaching out to us. MPS is our primary focus, but surrounding areas could benefit from this kind of work.

We are in a position to scale up to serve more schools. We stress the importance of licensed teachers working with community partners for making a richer school environment.

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::HEARMEOUT ASK RUTHIE | UPCOMING EVENTS | PAUL MASTERSON

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::RUTHIE’SSOCIALCALENDAR Dec. 27—New Year Reset at the Historic Miller Caves (4000 W. State St.): New year, new you! OK...OK... I hate it when people say that, too, but in this case, it’s true! Enjoy one of three (or all three) sessions that help you shed the stresses of 2019 and open yourself up to the excitement of 2020. Enjoy a yin class at 6 p.m., a reiki cleanse at 7 p.m. and/or an intention-setting mediation at 8 p.m. Every session concludes with a sound bath. Each session is $40 or register for all three for $99. See the event’s Facebook page for tickets.

Dec. 27—BoDeans at The Northern Lights Theater (1721 W. Canal St.): They’re baaaack! Voted best New American Band in 1987, the members of the BoDeans haven’t stopped rocking and rolling ever since. The popular group heads into Milwaukee for a post-Christmas concert that’s sure to keep you smiling on through New Year’s Eve. Nab your tickets (starting at $50) to the 8 p.m. show via ticketmaster.com.

Dec. 29—Dina Martina Christmas Show at Avondale Music Hall (3336 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago): One the kookiest gals on the drag circuit settles into the Windy City for a hilarious take on the holidays. If you are looking for glam, incredible vocals and jaw-dropping dance moves, this isn’t the show for you. But, if you’re looking for a laugh-out-loud night of warped fun, then Dina is your girl! See what this wonderful mess has up her tipsy sleeve for Christmas with an 8 p.m. show. Nab your $25 seats at etix.com.

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Dec. 30—Game Night at LVL Bistro (801 S. Second St.): Is it named La Cage? LVL? Bistro? Who the hell knows anymore?

Stop by and ask for yourself! In fact, why not stop in during this 4 p.m. game night and have a bit of fun, a few cocktails, pizza and more. It’s happy hour at 4 p.m., with specials on everything from beer and cocktails to pizza. Bring friends along, too, because the videogames and boardgames are free!

Dec. 31—Ringing in 2019 for 39 Hours at Harbor Room (117 E. Greenfield Ave.): You read that correctly. The New Year’s celebration kicks off at 11 a.m. at the Levi-leather bar, and the good times don’t stop until 2 a.m... on Thursday, Jan. 2! Enjoy dancing, DJs, food, hats, horns, champagne and more with the boys from Harbor Room.

Dec. 31—New Years with the Divas at Hamburger Mary’s (730 S. Fifth St.): Make it a New Year to remember with some of the top divas in the city, as well as an exquisite dinner, champagne toast and more. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the 8 p.m. show starring Jaida Essence-Hall, BJ Daniels and Marbella Sodi.

Your $30 ticket includes the show, as well as you choice of a prime rib, salmon, chicken or vegetarian entree. See brownpapertickets.com for the “New Year’s Eve with the Divas of Mary’s!” event.

Dec. 31—Roaring ’20s New Year’s Eve Party at DIX Milwaukee (739 S. First St.): Count down to the New Year with the kids at DIX. You can choose from drink packages ($15-$40), so simply swing by and party the night away. The bash starts at 9 p.m. with a one-of-a-kind photo booth, DJ, dancing and drag show. “Camp Wannakiki” star Sylvia Nyxx hosts the night of balldropping good times.

Dec. 31—Non-Pop New Year’s Eve at This Is It (418 E. Wells St.): Don’t know what a Non-Pop party is? New Year’s Eve is a great time to find out! Experience the intense music and visuals of Non-Pop, along with body painting and more. All the craziness starts at 10 p.m.

Jan. 1—New Year’s Day Boozy Brunch at The Iron Horse Hotel (500 W. Florida St.): It may be Wednesday, but it’s always Sunday Funday on New Year’s Day! Grab some grub and a little hair of the dog during this 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. brunch. Belly up to the buffet and mimosa bar when you call 414-831-4615 to hold a table for this $55 event.

Jan. 3—Jukebox Bingo at Walker’s Pint (818 S. Second St.): Bingo meets “Name That Tune” with this terrific take on game night. Join the women of Walker’s Pint for an 8 p.m. evening of laughs and friendship while you enjoy five rounds of fun. Prizes and frosty beverages round out the free-to-play night.

Jan. 4—Roll Train at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center (1110 N. Market St.): If you made a resolution to get healthy, be sure to start 2020 on the right… roller-skate? The community center offers this unique workout that’ll help you stay fit, improve balance, burn calories and have a great time doing it! Bring your roller-skates to the 11:30 a.m. intro-level class, and you’ll learn the basics for $7. The 12:30 p.m. class is ideal for beginners ($14); the 1:30 p.m. class is an advanced level of calorie-burning funkiness ($14). Become a member of the community center and receive discounts on these classes. Roll on over to mkelgbt.org for more.

Jan. 5—Snowshoeing Mitchell Park at The Milwaukee Domes (524 S. Layton Blvd.): Novice snowshoers and pros alike will love this frosty jaunt through the great outdoors. For $16, the Riveredge Naturalists will provide snowshoes for those interested in partaking and learning about this cold-weather hobby.

Afterward, enjoy the beauty of the Milwaukee Domes! Be sure to arrive no later than 1:30 p.m.

Ask Ruthie a question or share your events with her at dearruthie@shepex.com. Follow her on Instagram @ruthiekeester and Facebook at Dear Ruthie. Don’t miss her reality shows, Camp Wannakiki, Season Two and Camp Life, on YouTube right now. Comment at shepherdexpress.com. n

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FEATURE | ALBUM REVIEWS | CONCERT REVIEWS | LOCAL MUSIC

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As old traditions die, new ones are created. This year’s New Year’s Eve calendar features a host of new happenings that could become future staples. Here is a list of many ways Milwaukeeans can treat themselves on Tuesday, Dec. 31.

!"#$%&'!($)*+%& Skating @ Red Arrow Park, 10 a.m.

It’s been years since the city hosted Downtown fireworks, but that hasn’t stopped big crowds from gathering each year at Red Arrow Park, where there will be ice skating and concessions, including hot chocolate. The rink will be open 10 a.m. to 1 a.m.

The Harlem Globetrotters @ Fiserv Forum, 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

This Milwaukee New Year’s Eve tradition continues at Fiserv Forum. The “Sweet Georgia Brown”-loving, referee-flummoxing Harlem basketball team will keep their decades-long streak of Dec. 31 appearances in Milwaukee alive with their debut at Fiserv Forum. The Globetrotters will celebrate their fans by introducing “The Fifth Quarter,” a free, interactive, post-game autograph session where fans will have the opportunity to meet the Globetrotters stars up close and personal. Could this finally be the Washington Generals big year? They won in 1971!

Milwaukee Wave vs. Mesquite Outlaws @ UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, 3 p.m.

#,-$./'.0#)+&/'+"*.$*1 Milwaukee’s Biggest NYE Party @ Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, 8 p.m.

Go big at Potawatomi and party with your entire crew as top Chicago and Milwaukee DJs spin the hottest music. Enjoy exciting casino gaming like nowhere else and free structure parking. Tickets include a champagne toast, party favors, complimentary coat check and free structure parking; $49 in advance, $59 day of, $750 VIP Package SOLD OUT.

Greensky Bluegrass @ Riverside Theater, 8 p.m.

Greensky Bluegrass returns to the Riverside Theater to ring in the New Year. This show promises a high-energy display of bluegrass showmanship with a jammy spin on rustic roots music with instruments like the accordion, harmonica, fiddle, mandolin and dobro. Your toes will tap into the wee hours.

Dan Schneck Organ Trio and Hood Smoke @ Jazz Estate, 8:30 p.m.

The evening starts with the Dan Schneck Organ Trio at 8:30 p.m. and continues with Chicago’s funky, eclectic Hood Smoke at 10:30 p.m.

The Hullmen w/Aluminum Knot Eye @ Circle-A Café, 8 p.m.

The Riverwest punk venue Circle-A Café caters to music fans who prefer shows that begin at a somewhat reasonable hour, specializing in concerts that begin around 8 p.m. The Hullmen and Aluminum Knot Eye kick off the evening on a loud note, DJs will keep the music going for the rest of the night.

ComedySportz New Year’s Eve Match @ ComedySportz, 8 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.

Each New Year’s Eve, ComedySportz offers deluxe packages to its competitive comedy performances. The $45 admission includes free appetizers and unlimited soda and champagne. Both shows are family friendly, and each will end with a countdown (at midnight for the late show and 9:45 for the early show).

Stellar Spark New Year’s Eve featuring Seven Lions @ The Rave, 8 p.m.

Unlike the Globetrotters game, this one is up for grabs. It’s also a safe bet no player will throw a bucket of water or confetti at a lucky fan, but you never know. Tickets start at just $18.50.

Milwaukee’s longest-running New Year’s Eve EDM blowout returns for its 17th year with a headlining performance from Seven Lions. Mitis, Last Heroes, Athenis, Colton Duwe, Kedzie and Nate Derus are also scheduled. All ages to enter; 21+ to drink.

New Year’s Eve Celebration @ The Domes, 6 p.m.

Radiance NYE starring Excision @ Wisconsin Center, 6 p.m.

While the ultimate decision on how to proceed with the future of the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory will be up to the county, we have many reasons to cherish The Domes. Enjoy live music from Fox & Branch with family folk music, magician Rick Allen and fire dancing with Prismatic Flame. Dazzling light shows will brighten the Show Dome throughout the night. Kids will also love balloon twisting and face painting by The Real Clowns. The dance party in the Annex is back with DJ Mike Sherwood. At 9 p.m., everyone will be welcome to gather in the Annex for the Big Balloon Drop when 1,000 balloons will be released from the ceiling. Admission is $10, or free for kids 2 and under.

New Year’s Eve at Noon @ Betty Brinn Children’s Museum, 9 a.m.

The party begins at 9 a.m. with special activities and a ball drop at noon. Kids can create festive party hats and noisemakers in the Be a Maker space, get down and boogie with the New Year’s Eve at Noon dance party and join the countdown at noon with a ball drop. Celebrate the New Year with juice, animal crackers and Martin the GEICO gecko. Free with regular admission.

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Radiance NYE returns to the Wisconsin Center on New Year’s Eve. Renowned DJ and producer Excision will headline the show with support by Liquid Stranger, Wooli b2b Marauda, He$h, Calcium and Vampa. Must be 18+ to enter; 21+ to drink. Advance tickets start at $79.

The Gufs & Willy Porter Band w/special guest Brett Newski @ Pabst Theater, 6:30 p.m.

Start the New Year with favorite tunes from a pair of Milwaukee favorites, The Gufs and the Willy Porter Band. Milwaukee’s folk-punk guitarist Brett Newski opens the festivities. Tickets are $35.

Beyoncé vs. Rihanna vs. Lizzo Dance Party @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 9 p.m.

Years after hosting New Year’s Eve installments of The Get Down, Turner Hall

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Ballroom borrows another Mad Planet tradition as DJ Frank Straka brings his Beyoncé vs. Rihanna vs. Lizzo dance party to the historic venue. He’ll spin music from pop and R&B stars all night. Your $60 ticket includes an open bar, champagne toast and party favors; $80 VIP tickets include other perks, including a complimentary coat check, balcony access, an appetizer buffet and a fancier vodka option at the open bar.

New YAMS Eve w/DJ Bizzon @ Company Brewing, 10 p.m.

DJ Bizzon is one of Milwaukee’s great hip-hop DJs, but he’ll be drawing from far more than rap at this six-hour marathon New Year’s Eve spin, which promises to showcase six decades of music. The event will also include an appetizer buffet, a champagne toast at midnight, movie projections and a coat check. Tickets are $20.

New Year’s Eve Dance Party @ Mad Planet, 9 p.m.

DJ James Freshluggage joins Mad Planet for its annual New Year’s Eve dance party, which promises a night of music from the ’70s and ’80s through the present. It’ll feature complimentary food with a champagne toast and go well into the morning (4 a.m.)

A Roaring ’20s New Year’s Eve @ Ambassador Hotel, 8 p.m.

Playing off the Ambassador Hotel’s gleaming art-deco décor, the hotel’s Roaring ’20s New Year’s Eve party returns for a third year. There will be a speakeasy with gaming (and an LED TV as a prize), live music from the 11-piece Southport Sound and a midnight balloon drop and champagne toast. Overnight packages, including New Year’s Day brunch for two, are also available.

District’s NYE 2019 Latin Party @ District on Water, 9 p.m.

District turns over its dance floor to host Fredy Munoz and DJs Dmatic, Aztek, Danny Boy, Freddy, Rico and RJ for this Latin celebration of the new year. General admission is $30, but VIP options are available.

Enchanted Northwoods @ Uncle Buck’s on Third and Black Tie/Dress Ball @ Red Star Rooftop Lounge

The Enchanted Northwoods party inside of Uncle Bucks on Third will create a beautiful experience for you to dress to impress with that midnight kiss.

Upstairs in the Red Star Rooftop Lounge, take in a red-carpet experience while gazing at great views of Milwaukee’s Downtown. Music will be provided by

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some of Milwaukee premium DJs: Rutger Krueger, DJ ROC, Fred X, KHEK. VIP packages range from $275$500. Dress code will be enforced: Upscale Attire.

NYE 2019 @ No. 720, 10 p.m.

The DJ duo Wild N’ Reckless (featuring local club fixtures Mr. New York and DJ Eddie Reckless) will provide the soundtrack to this posh New Year’s Eve celebration on Milwaukee Street. VIP tables and bottle service are available.

Hustlers Ball NYE 2020 @ Revel Bar, 9 p.m.

Music by DJs Rutger Krueger, Cell, Gustav and Yogie guarantee a lively dance floor at this party, which will also feature a midnight balloon drop, party favors and chicken and waffles after 1 a.m. No cover before midnight; $5 after midnight.

New Year, Who Dis? @ Three Lions Pub, 8 p.m.

Shorewood’s Three Lions Pub hosts a dance party with music by a live DJ. There’s no cover but table reservations will be available, along with $50 VIP wristbands that include all-you-can-drink Absolut, Jameson, Malibu, Altos or rail cocktails, tap beer and house wine.

Bond Ball @ SafeHouse, 9 p.m.

Calling all agents, this is your final mission of 2019.

Join SafeHouse in celebrating the past year and ring in 2020 with a balloon drop at midnight; DJ Loki will be leading the dance party all night long.

NYE 2020 @ Site 1A, 9 p.m.

In a three-tiered New Year’s Eve celebration, start with Part One, 9 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. (with DJs Jaebea, BG Good and Mr. New York); Part Two, an after-party from 3:30 to 6:30 a.m. (with Moses, Tista and Pancake); and Part Three, a “Sunrise After Party” from 6:30 a.m. to noon (with Ares, Vega, Tanner Dixon and Captain). Tickets are $25 in advance and $80 for VIP.

Prof Pinkerton’s Irrelevant Orchestra Authentic 1920s Jazz band @ Shakers Cigar Bar, 11 p.m.

Revel in the intoxicating sounds of authentic 1920s jazz music in one of the city’s most notorious historic speakeasies. This evening will feature an eclectic assortment of early American roots music specially curated for the occasion by Prof Pinkerton.

The Get Down Soul and Funk New Year’s Eve Dance Party @ Enlightened Brewing, 9 p.m.

The Get Down, DJs Andy Noble and Brent Goodsell deliver ’60s and ’70s soul and funk as it was meant to be heard—on vinyl.

)#-"(&).#$)%/ New Year’s Eve @ Blu w/ Donna Woodall, 5 p.m.

The Pierre Lee Band w/Stephen Hull @ The Cheel / The Baaree (Thiensville), 9 p.m.

5 Card Studs @ Bacchus, 9 p.m.

Pants Off Dance Off: Royalty Edition For NYE! @ X-Ray Arcade, 9 p.m.

Beer Baron’s Ball @ Jackson’s Blue Ribbon Pub, 7 p.m.

Bobby McClendon @ Red Rock Saloon, 10 p.m.

NYE w/Spunback @ Vagabond, 10 p.m.

Marcell & Jake Williams @ Bar 360, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, 8 p.m.

Casino Royale—Shaken Not Stirred @ Iron Horse Hotel, 9 p.m.

Copacabana New Year’s Eve with the Sweet Sheiks @ Hotel Madrid, 5 p.m.

Party Like It’s 3199—New Year’s Eve Outer Space Bash @ Punch Bowl Social, 9 p.m.

New Year’s Eve with The Divas @ Hamburger Mary’s, 6 p.m.

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If you’re planning on using a ride-sharing service to get to the bars, you may be in store for some serious sticker shock.

You haven’t seen surge pricing until you’ve seen it on New Year’s Eve. Thankfully, there’s an alternative. For the 32nd consecutive year, Miller Lite is partnering with the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) in offering free rides on all routes, starting at 8 p.m. and running until the end of service, with many routes extending their service until 4 a.m. Do yourself and everybody else on the roads a favor by leaving your car at home.

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Milwaukee’s Klassik Paints a Panorama of Sound on ‘QUIET’ ::BY NAYELI PORTILLO

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n between all the chaos and clamor we come in contact with daily, moments of quiet have become a bit of a luxury, a much needed yet seldom pleasure many of us aren’t afforded. But for Milwaukee artist Klassik, they’re a necessity. His latest album, QUIET, is the culmination of these necessary moments. It’s an ethereal offering that sheds some light on the freedom that those periods of introspection can grant us when they’re exercised.

Back in March, Klassik—known for his style that’s not quite hip-hop, not quite R&B and not quite jazz, but rather a hybrid that weaves all of these together—put out the live album American Klassiks. It featured re-workings of songs from protest-folk singers such as Woody Guthrie and the national anthem—“This Land (What About Me?)” and “The Black-Spangled Banner”—brought to life through collaboration with local musicians Monique and Chauntee Ross of SistaStrings, and Johanna Rose and Carl Nichols of Nickel&Rose. The set of songs holds an added electrical charge as the all-star roster of Milwaukee-centric musicians transform Milwaukee’s history and ever-present narratives into these musical emblems of centuries-old Americana, catapulting it into 2019 (“From Californ-I-A to the New York island / This land was made for you... but what about me?”).

On his latest album, the Milwaukee artist sharpens his focus further. The meticulous, patient pace of QUIET’s opener, “M.Y.T.,” sets the stage as he sings “I’ve seen it in your eyes / I know there’s something that you feel, you wanna say...” against an unraveling of piano notes.

A clash of voices starts to take center stage, but Klassik is quick to cancel them out before they get any louder (“You’re making...too much...too much noise! Shh…) in what is a clearas-day proclamation about staking out your space in the overstimulating, always-connected conditions we’ve become accustomed to.

A similar thread runs through “Goals” (“See I don’t watch the news / cause it’s all despair

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“Reality Check” is the equivalent of a sneak attack and shows that Klassik isn’t here to play anyone’s game: “You’ve been busy running your mouth / I’ve been too busy running the show... Middle finger to your purgatory / My sheen gleams in sunbeams / I dream in color and in rhyme / But we’ve got no common themes... I’ve got no time for two-timers and halfsteppers.” The closer, “Spirit,” pairs gospel overtones with the allure of the Ross sisters’ cello and violin. In his own words—“Klassik is truly an old soul”—but his music says otherwise. He’s already a few steps ahead and per usual, is not bound to the restrictions of one genre, and this remains true in his latest work.

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SATURDAY, DEC. 28

THURSDAY, DEC. 26

Dr. Noah’s Ark—A Night of Stories and Songs to Benefit Underserved Local Animals @ Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, 7:30 p.m.

Winter Week @ Museum of Wisconsin Art

From Thursday until Sunday, Dec. 29, enjoy a great string of events that range from family friendly Winter Creation Stations to talks by canoe paddler Timothy Bauer who shares his Wisconsin water adventures. Artist Tom Uttech will speak of travel, his artistic process and what it’s like to be a contemporary landscape painter today.

Shorewood veterinarian Noah Arnold started a foundation called Save the Forlorn World (abbreviated as Save the F’n World) to help supplement the costs of care local underserved pets need. For this gig, Arnold will perform original songs and share stories about the animals his organization is helping.

Tree Down Yet? @ Circle A, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY, DEC. 27

For the last Saturday of the decade, the plan is simple: three bands, no waiting. The in-your-face roar of Resist Her Transistor will be followed by one horse town’s mercurial songwriting and Spud Bucket’s timeless sound. In fact, Spud Bucket’s “Fraction of a Reaction” has recently gotten airplay on East Orange’s WFMU-FM.

Holiday Stand-Up Comedy Show @ Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co., 8 p.m.

The show features noteworthy comics. Jeff Spankowski’s quick jokes and rapid punchlines make him a hit with audiences across the Midwest. Beneath Chris Schmidt’s polite facade beats the heart of a savage joke writer, as evidenced by his warped wordplay and twisted punchlines. Mike Berg’s comedy focuses on growing up middle class during late-stage capitalism. Topics typically covered include being a proud member of the boomerang generation, fastfood Twitter beefs and existential malaise. Judd Reminger tells outrageous stories and the corny short jokes of a selfproclaimed narcissist.

Meat Wave w/ Slow Walker, Convert, Saebra & Carlyle, So Zuppy @ Cactus Club, 8 p.m.

Truly alternative music is celebrated at Cactus Club with these five bands. Meat Wave are driving up from Chicago but will face stiff competition from Milwaukee DIYer So Zuppy and the dynamic Saebra & Carlyle. A backroom with this smorgasbord of sounds begs the question: If those walls could talk, what would they reveal?

Gabriel Harris Band @ Fire on Water, 7 p.m.

This Water Street club could easily become one of this city’s finest. Booking acts playing original music is always welcome. Case in point: Gabriel Harris Band’s groove and guitar sound.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra —‘Christmas Eve and Other Stories’ @ Fiserv Forum, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra will be bringing its Winter Tour 2019 back to Milwaukee, boasting all-new staging and effects in the show that started it all, “Christmas Eve and Other Stories.” It played to 12,000 people in five cities in 1999, eventually playing to 9 million fans over the course of 12 years.

BoDeans @ Northern Lights Theater, 8 p.m.

Three decades on, led by original member Kurt Neumann, the band that has roots in Waukesha returns to Wisconsin to play the Northern Lights Theater at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino.

The Goddamn Gallows w/ Primativs, Zör and Cashed @ X-Ray Arcade, 7 p.m.

The world-famous, train-hoppin’ hobos shack up at X-Ray Arcade for an unpredictable night of punk-rock gutterbilly, aka hobocore, aka gypsy-punk, with “a new strange recipe of seamless genre-bending profundities.”

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Donna Woodall @ Blu Bar & Lounge in the Pfister Hotel, 8 p.m.

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Singer-songwriter Donna Woodall’s blues, jazz and “soulful folk” could be compared to a blend of Carole King and Cassandra Wilson.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1

Polka Open Jam @ Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, 7 p.m.

The weekly event is scheduled as always, despite falling on the first day of the new year. Bring your accordion or concertina and kick up that lively polka rhythm at a venue that is as much Milwaukee history as an episode of “Around the Corner with John McGivern.”

FRIDAY, JAN. 3

Albert Lee @ Shank Hall, 8 p.m.

Guitarist Albert Lee played with Emmylou Harris, the Everly Brothers and—here’s the clincher—Eric Clapton. He started in the ’60s in London alongside the likes of Jimmy Page, and he carved a niche as a virtuoso player in country and country-rock circles.

SATURDAY, JAN. 4

Miles Nielsen and The Rusted Hearts @ Shank Hall, 8 p.m.

Rockford, Ill., has long been one of the heartland’s rock music hubs. Rockford’s Miles Nielsen has a heritage behind him as well—he’s the son of Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, but he has gone his own way musically with a soulful rock band that draws inspiration from the ’60s through the ’00s. Milwaukee’s superb Mike Benign Compulsion opens the show.

Bandoleer Bacall w/ Not the Cops and Loud Library @ Company Brewing, 10 p.m.

Bandoleer Bacall’s Bandcamp page pegs their sound in the vicinity of great, lost, homemade, four-track recordings of yesteryear. Not the Cops, on the other hand, add healthy doses of driving cacophony to their music. Loud Library offer up a melodic pop approach with experimental touches.

‘My First and Last Film’ @ The Sugar Maple, 4 p.m.

Milwaukeean Tracy Thomas’ debut film looks at life after 60. With the documentary, she discovers that “risks are meant to be taken, fear is something to push aside.” Her subjects share their wisdom that age is just a number. (Also, Sunday, Jan. 5, at 3 p.m.)

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8

American Blues w/ Billy Flynn, EG McDaniel, Jimi Schutte @ Caroline’s Jazz Club, 7:30 p.m.

Green Bay native Billy Flynn took a liking to the sound of Chicago Blues music in the ’70s. Since then, the guitarist has played and recorded with a long list of performers including Jimmy Dawkins and Otis Rush. Bassist Greg McDaniel, son of iconic guitarist Floyd McDaniel and Bessie Jackson, has shared the stage with the likes of Junior Wells and Buddy Guy. Jimi Schutte played drums with Luther Allison early in his career and has worked with Jim Liban for two decades.

Yacht w/ Juiceboxxx @ X-Ray Arcade, 7:3 p.m.

Yacht, the Grammy-nominated dance-poppers from Los Angeles, and Milwaukee rapper Juiceboxxx offer up an allages, mid-week mind-melting spectacle.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26

Caroline’s Jazz Club, The Group w/Eddie Butts County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Acoustic Irish Folk w/ Barry Dodd Jazz Estate, Blues Night w/Misha Siegfried Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Funk Yule w/Conscious Congress, Funkie Jesse, Bryan Cherry & Old Oaks Mason Street Grill, Mark Thierfelder Jazz Trio (5:30pm) McAuliffe’s On The Square (Racine), Open Mic Night Mezcalero Restaurant, Open Jam w/host Abracadabra Jam Band O’Donoghues Irish Pub (Elm Grove), All-Star SuperBand (6pm) Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: JyPsY Rock Country MKE, Robert Allen Jr. Band Rounding Third Bar and Grill, World’s Funniest Free Comedy Show Sazzy B (Kenosha), Gypsy Jazz The Packing House, Barbara Stephan & Peter Mac (6pm) Transfer Pizzeria Café, Martini Jazz Lounge: Rivera / Hamann Duo Up & Under, No Vacancy Comedy Open Mic Nite

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27

Ally’s Bistro, The Aaron Hetzel Trio Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. (Walker’s Point), Holiday Stand Up Comedy Show Boat House (Kenosha), Cucumber Band Bugsy’s Back Alley Speakeasy, Joe Wray Cactus Club, Sam’s B-Day w/Meat Wave, Slow Walker, Convert, Saebra & Carlyle, and So Zuppy Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Syd Hartha & the Monkey Minds Caroline’s Jazz Club, Paul Spencer Band w/James Sodke, Michael Ritter, Aaron Gardner & Dumah Saffir Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Soup Moat w/Nastos (8pm), DJ: Fazio (10pm) ComedySportz, ComedySportz Milwaukee!

County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Traditional Irish Ceilidh Session George’s Tavern (Racine), The Blues Disciples Harry’s on Brady, 5 Card Studs Iron Mike’s (Franklin), Friday Jam Session w/Steve Nitros & the Liquor Salesmen Jazz Estate, The Nathan Kay Group Lake Lawn Resort, Brian Fictum Lakefront Brewery, Brewhaus Polka Kings (5:30pm) Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, WURK w/The Peter Behlmer Experience & Hoppers Luck Lucky’s Bar & Grill (Muskego), Robert Allen Jr. Band Mamie’s, Pee Wee Hayes Mason Street Grill, Phil Seed Trio (6pm) Mezcalero Restaurant, The Falcons Pabst Milwaukee Brewery & Taproom, Blue Ribbon Comedy Show Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Bourbon House Rock Country MKE, Suave Shank Hall, The Cash Box Kings The Alley Cat Lounge (Five O’Clock Steakhouse), Cookie Dough The Cooperage, The Delta Routine w/Bryan Cherry Band The Packing House, Tracy Hannemann Group (6:30pm) The Steaming Cup (Waukesha), Kirsten Grace Union Park Tavern (Kenosha), The Lamplighters X-Ray Arcade, The Goddamn Gallows w/Primativs, ZOR & Cashed

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28

Boat House (Kenosha), Rodgers Randle and Company Cactus Club, The Holiday Experience w/PBG The Prince, Kia Rap Princess & Kaylee Crossfire, and Crystal Ranae Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Food Pantry Benefit w/ The Merry Horde Caroline’s Jazz Club, Paul Spencer Band w/James Sodke, Michael Ritter, Dave “Smitty” Smith & Warren Wiegratz Charmbiance Wine Art Bar, CP & Stoll w/Chris Peppas & Jeff Stoll Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Spud Bucket w/Resist Her Transistor & One Horse Towne (8pm), DJ: Swampy (10pm) SHEPHERD EXPRESS

City Lights Brewing Company, Derek Byrne & Paddygrass Coffeeville Company (Jackson), Kirsten Grace w/ Joseph Krechel (11am) ComedySportz, ComedySportz Milwaukee!

Company Brewing, Enter The Wu-TangTribute Show w/The Chambers County Clare Pub & Inn, Heartfire Duo Five O’Clock Steakhouse, Kirk Tatnall Jazz Estate, Michael Stryker Quartet (8pm), Late Night Session: Evan Paydon Group (11:30pm) Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Ten Penny Picassos w/Mood Stabilizer & Mas Verde Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Dr. Noah of Dr. Noah’s Ark: A Night of Stories and Songs MOTOR Bar & Restaurant, Bulleit Bourbon Presents BBQ & Blues (5pm) Mason Street Grill, Jonathan Wade Trio (6pm) Milwaukee Ale House, Robert Allen Jr. Band Pabst Milwaukee Brewery & Taproom, Blue Ribbon Comedy Show Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Ryan McIntyre Reefpoint Brew House (Racine), Jake Williams Rock Country MKE, Gabriel’s Crossing w/Dirty Canteen Route 20 (Sturtevant), Stetsin & Lace Shank Hall, SistaStrings w/Nickel&Rose The Cheel / The Baaree (Thiensville), Leroy Airmaster The Miramar Theatre, Champagne Drip w/Luzcid (all-ages, 9pm) The Packing House, Joe Jordan & The Soul Trio (6:30pm) Union Park Tavern (Kenosha), Low-reen & the Lazy Dogs w/Firehouse Up & Under, Dystopian Echo X-Ray Arcade, Edith’s End w/As Oak, Hanna Simone & Philip Zuccaro

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29

Cactus Club, Milwaukee Record Halftime Show: Future Plans (12pm) Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Derek Pritzl & Friends (8pm), DJ: Eric Mildew (10pm) Iron Mike’s (Franklin), Sunday Jam w/Rockbound (4pm) J&B’s Blue Ribbon Bar and Grill, The Players Jam Riverside Theater, Greensky Bluegrass w/Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Rounding Third Bar and Grill, The Dangerously Strong Comedy Open Mic Union Park Tavern (Kenosha), Cy’s Piano Jam (4pm)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 30

Jazz Estate, Curtis Crump Farewell Show/Jam Mason Street Grill, Joel Burt Duo (5:30pm) Paulie’s Pub and Eatery, Open Jam w/hosts Josh Becker, Annie Buege, Ally Hart or Marr’lo Parada Riverside Theater, Greensky Bluegrass w/Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Up & Under, Open Mic

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31

Bacchus, 5 Card Studs Brewtown Eatery, Blues & Jazz Jam w/Jeff Stoll, Joe Zarcone & David “Harmonica” Miller (6pm) Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), The Chris Hanson Band w/Robin Pluer Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Aluminum Knot Eye w/ The Hullmen (8pm), DJ: Lars (11pm) Company Brewing, New Yams Eve w/DJ Bizzon & Six Hour Of Yams Cue Club of Wisconsin (Waukesha), Jessie Marie & The Rippers JC’S Pub, Open Mic w/host Audio is Rehab Jazz Estate, Dan Schneck Organ Trio (8:30pm), Hood Smoke (10:30pm) Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts / Riverwest Artists Association, Tuesday Night Jazz Jam Mamie’s, Marvelous Mack Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) Milwaukee Ale House, Up All Night Pabst Milwaukee Brewery & Taproom, Radio Radio!

Pabst Theater, The Gufs Willy Porter Band w/Brett Newski

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In the Bingo Hall: Marr’Lo Parada (11am), In Bar 360: Marcell & Jake Williams (8pm) Rave / Eagles Club, Seven Lions at Stellar Spark NYE w/MitiS, Last Heroes, Athenis, Colton Duwe, Kedzie & Nate Derus (all-ages, 8pm) Red Rock Saloon, Red Rock NYE w/Bobby McLendon Riverside Theater, Greensky Bluegrass Route 20, The Boogie Men Shakers Cigar bar, Prof Pinkerton’s Irrelevant Orchestra Authentic 1920’s Jazz band The Cheel / The Baaree (Thiensville), The Pierre Lee Band w/Stephen Hull The Coffee House, Open Stage The Cooperage, New Yacht’s Eve w/The Docksiders The Packing House, Joe Jordan & The Soul Trio The Suburban Bourbon (Muskego), Larry Lynne Revue Transfer Pizzeria Café, Transfer House Band w/ Dennis Fermenich Turner Hall Ballroom, Beyonce vs. Rihanna vs.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1

Blu Milwaukee, New Year’s Eve 2019 Bremen Cafe, Nutricious & Delicious w/Ballstomper, Gullyboys Band & Tinyhands Iron Mike’s (Franklin), B Lee Nelson & KZ Acoustic Jam Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Polka Open Jam Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Acoustic Open Stage w/ feature (sign-up 7:30pm, start 8pm) Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) Paulie’s Field Trip, Wednesday Night Afterparty w/ Dave Wacker & guests The Sugar Maple, The Ghosts of Laura Palmer Final Show (12pm) Union Park Tavern (Kenosha), Open Mic with host Mark Paffrath

THURSDAY, JANUARY 2

Cactus Club, The Homecoming Show: Joshua Being w/Joshua Jenkins, Rich P & Taiyamo Denku County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Acoustic Irish Folk w/ Barry Dodd Jazz Estate, Jordan Rattner Trio Mason Street Grill, Mark Thierfelder Jazz Trio (5:30pm) McAuliffe’s On The Square (Racine), Open Mic Night Pabst Milwaukee Brewery & Taproom, Michael Sodnik w/ANDII & BANDII, and Cairns Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Kevin Kennedy is Special K Rounding Third Bar and Grill, World’s Funniest Free Comedy Show Sazzy B (Kenosha), Gypsy Jazz Shakers Cigar Bar, First Thursdays w/Professor Pinkerton’s Irrelevant Orchestra Sheryl’s Club 175 (Slinger), Acoustic Jam w/Milwaukee Mike & Downtown Julius The Packing House, Barbara Stephan & Peter Mac (6pm) Transfer Pizzeria Café, Martini Jazz Lounge Up & Under, No Vacancy Comedy Open Mic Nite

FRIDAY, JANUARY 3

Bremen Cafe, Cass Cwik & the Small Gas Engines, Head, Shawn Alan Hurd ComedySportz, ComedySportz Milwaukee!

County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Traditional Irish Ceilidh Session Crush Wine Bar (Waukesha), CP & Stoll w/Chris Peppas & Jeff Stoll Iron Mike’s (Franklin), Friday Jam Session w/Steve Nitros & the Liquor Salesmen Jazz Estate, Matthew Rotker-Lynn Trio Kim’s Lakeside (Pewaukee), The B Side Band Lakefront Brewery, Brewhaus Polka Kings (5:30pm) Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Mary Rodgers Trio w/S.S. Web Mason Street Grill, Phil Seed Trio (6pm) Old German Beer Hall, Steve Meisner Band Pabst Milwaukee Brewery & Taproom, Breaking And Entering Presents: The Pop Up #2 Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Ripple Effect Duo Shank Hall, Albert Lee w/Panalure

The Packing House, Carmen Nickerson & The Carmen Sutra Trio (6:30pm) Up & Under, Gentle Brontosaurus

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

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77. Put cargo aboard 78. Eat, drink and be merry 79. Lie 80. Great desert 81. Netherlands city 82. Roofing material 83. An Allman brother 84. Unleashes 85. Devoid of inhabitants 87. Paper quantity 88. — Madre 89. Beef portion 90. Neighbor of Switz.

91. Chanted 92. End of the quip: 6 wds.

102. Ampoule 103. Part of a housetop 104. Curses 105. Like a garage floor 106. Light shade 107. Catkin 108. Spikes 109. Applications 110. High point of land 111. Dimples 112. Fill with joy 113. Faction DOWN 1. Red-rind cheese 2. Christmastide 3. Tack room item 4. Cafe 5. Hard 6. Concern of dieters 7. Three-banded armadillo 8. Tableland 9. Foregoing 10. Warning 11. Like a skirt in shape: Hyph.

12. El — 13. “— —, Brute?”

14. Marine plant 15. Watch brand

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61. Vocations 63. Theater audience 64. Bete — 67. Paved way: Abbr.

71. Tuckered out 72. Headliner 73. Very, very bad 74. Mover and shaker 75. Extreme: Prefix 76. Tuscany city 78. Screwdriver type: Hyph.

79. Right 82. False coin 83. Do a domestic job 84. Twain’s Huck 86. Oval window 87. Searches 88. A neighboring state, to the French 90. Operative 91. Trapshooting 92. Bet in roulette 93. Agreeable 94. Sculls 95. Not at all exciting 96. Heated chamber 97. False god 98. Quechua 99. Like Solomon 100. Fish sauce 101. Greek portico

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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 30 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

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ACROSS 1. Bronte’s Jane 5. Rogue 10. Horn and Hatteras 15. Covered walkway 19. Member expenses 20. Candle 21. Having wings 22. Bulwark 23. Settled after flight 24. Obliterate 25. Buena — 26. An Olympian 27. Start of a quip by Rita Rudner: 6 wds.

31. Brooks and Allen 32. Dies — 33. Fantastic bird 34. Curio 37. Distend 39. Temporary digs: 2 wds.

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56. Sphagnum 57. Tower of — 58. Figure of speech 59. Good at learning 62. Part 3 of quip: 4 wds.

65. Game result 66. Roam and raid for plunder 68. Brainteaser 69. Bitter 70. Part 4 of quip 71. Dress — 72. Provoked: 2 wds.

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::FREEWILLASTROLOGY ::BY ROB BREZSNY CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Fifteenthcentury Italian metalworker Lorenzo Ghiberti worked for 28 years to turn the doors of the Florence Baptistery into a massive work of art.

He used bronze to create numerous scenes from the Bible. His fellow artist Michelangelo was so impressed that he said Ghiberti’s doors could have served as “The Gates of Paradise.” I offer Ghiberti as inspiration for your life in 2020, Capricorn. I think you’ll be capable of beginning a masterwork that could take quite some time to complete and serve as your very own “gate to paradise”: in other words, an engaging project and delightful accomplishment that will make you feel your life is eminently meaningful and worthwhile.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re wise to cultivate a degree of skepticism and even contrariness. Like all of us, your abilities to say NO to detrimental influences and to criticize bad things are key to your mental health. On the other hand, it’s a smart idea to keep checking yourself for irrelevant, gratuitous skepticism and contrariness. You have a sacred duty to maintain just the amount you need, but no more—even as you foster a vigorous reservoir of receptivity, optimism and generosity. And guess what? 2020 will be an excellent time to make this one of your cornerstone habits.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) finished writing The Divine Comedy in 1320. Today it’s considered one of the supreme literary accomplishments in the Italian language and a classic of world literature. But no one ever read the entire work in the English language until 1802, when it was translated for the first time. Let’s invoke this as a metaphor for your life in the coming months, Pisces. According to my visions, a resource or influence that has previously been inaccessible to you will finally arrive in a form you can understand and use. Some wisdom that has been untranslatable or unreadable will at last be available.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Denmark during World War II. In 1943, Hitler ordered all Danish Jews to be arrested—a first step in his plan to send them to concentration camps. But the Danish resistance movement leapt into action and smuggled virtually all of them to safety via fishing boats bound for Sweden. As a result, 8,000-plus Danish Jews survived the Holocaust. You may not have the opportunity to do anything quite as heroic in 2020, Aries. But I expect you will have chances to express a high order of practical idealism that could be among your noblest and most valiant efforts ever. Draw inspiration from the Danish resistance.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When she was 31, Taurus writer Charlotte Brontë finished writing her novel Jane Eyre. She guessed it would have a better chance of getting published if its author was thought to be a man. So, she adopted the masculine pen name of Currer Bell and sent the manuscript unsolicited to a London publisher. Less than eight weeks later, her new book was in print. It quickly became a commercial success. I propose that we make Brontë one of your role models for 2020, Taurus. May she inspire you to be audacious in expressing yourself and confident in seeking the help you need to reach your goals. May she embolden you, too, to use ingenious stratagems to support your righteous cause.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): 2020 can and should be a lyrically healing year for you.

Here’s what I mean: Beauty and grace will be curative. The “medicine” you need will come to you via poetic and mellifluous experiences. With this in mind, I encourage you to seek out encounters with the following remedies. 1. Truth Whimsies 2. Curiosity Breakthroughs 3. Delight Gambles 4. Sacred Amusements 4. Redemptive Synchronicities 5. Surprise Ripenings 6. Gleeful Discoveries 7. Epiphany Adventures 8. Enchantment Games 9. Elegance Eruptions 10. Intimacy Angels 11. Playful Salvation 12. Luminosity Spells CANCER (June 21-July 22): “There are years that ask questions and years that answer,” wrote author Zora Neale Hurston. According to my astrological analysis, Cancerian, 2020 is likely to be one of those years that asks questions, while 2021 will be a time when you’ll get rich and meaningful answers to the queries you’ll pose in 2020. To SHEPHERD EXPRESS

ensure that this plan works out for your maximum benefit, it’s essential that you formulate provocative questions in the coming months. At first, it’s fine if you generate too many. As the year progresses, you can whittle them down to the most ultimate and important questions. Get started!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Roman Emperor Vespasian (9–79 AD) supervised the restoration of the Temple of Peace, the Temple of Claudius and the Theater of Marcellus. He also built a huge statue of Apollo and the amphitheater now known as the Colosseum, whose magnificent ruins are still a major tourist attraction. Vespasian also created a less majestic but quite practical wonder: Rome’s first public urinals. In accordance with astrological omens, I invite you Leos to be stimulated by his example in 2020. Be your usual magnificent self as you generate both inspiring beauty and earthy, pragmatic improvements.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): When Virgo author Mary Shelley was 18 years old, she had a disconcerting dream-like vision about a mad chemist who created a weird human-like creature out of non-living matter. She set about to write a book based on her mirage. At age 20, she published Frankenstein, a novel that would ultimately wield a huge cultural influence and become a seminal work in the “science fiction” genre. I propose we make Shelley one of your role models for 2020. Why? Because I suspect that you, too, will have the power to transform a challenging event or influence into an important asset. You’ll be able to generate or attract a new source of energy by responding creatively to experiences that initially provoke anxiety.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libra-born mystic poet Rumi (1207–1273) wrote that he searched for holy sustenance and divine inspiration in temples, churches and mosques—but couldn’t find them there. The good news? Because of his disappointment, he was motivated to go on an inner quest—and ultimately found holy sustenance and divine inspiration in his own heart. I’ve got a strong feeling that you’ll have similar experiences in 2020, Libra. Not on every occasion, but much of the time, you will discover the treasure you need and long for not in the outside world but rather in your own depths.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Among his many accomplishments, Scorpio rapper Drake is an inventive rhymer. In his song “Diplomatic Immunity,” he rhymes “sacred temple” with “stencil.” Brilliant! Other rhymes: “statistics” with “ballistics”; “Treaty of Versailles” with “no cease and desist in I”; and—my favorite—“Al Jazeera” (the Qatarbased news source) with “Shakira” (the Colombian singer). According to my analysis of the astrological omens in 2020, many of you Scorpios will have Drakestyle skill at mixing and blending seemingly disparate elements. I bet you’ll also be good at connecting influences that belong together but have never been able to combine before.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Sagittarian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) embodied a trait that many astrology textbooks suggest is common to the Sagittarian tribe: wanderlust. He was born in Prague but traveled widely throughout Europe and Russia. If there were a Guinness World Records’ category for “Time Spent as a Houseguest,” Rilke might hold it. There was a fouryear period when he lived at fifty different addresses.

I’m going to be bold here and hypothesize that 2020 will NOT be one of those years when you would benefit from being like Rilke. In fact, I hope you’ll seek out more stability and security than usual.

Homework: Your imagination is the single most important asset you possess. Listen: soundcloud.com/ sacreduproar/you-are-a-prophet.

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olice in Tooele, Utah, conducting a welfare check on 75-year-old Jeanne Souron-Mathers on Friday, Nov. 22, found the woman dead of natural causes in her apartment. As they searched further, they came upon the body of her husband, Paul Edward Mathers, in a large freezer chest. With his body was a notarized letter, signed by Mathers and dated Dec. 2, 2008, stating that his wife didn’t kill him. “We believe he had a terminal illness,” police Sgt. Jeremy Hansen told Fox13. Paul was last seen alive on Feb. 4, 2009, at a doctor’s appointment at the Veterans Affairs hospital. Apparently, the couple made this plan so that Jeanne would continue to receive her husband’s government benefits, in addition to her own, after his death. A neighbor, Evan Kline, said: “The story was her husband walked out on her.” Officials believe she received at least $177,000 in benefits over 10 years.

What a Fruitcake!

It may not be the oldest fruitcake still (mostly) uneaten, but it could be the most beloved.

The Detroit News reported that the Ford family of Tecumseh, Mich., has been cherishing Fidelia Ford’s fruitcake since 1878—more than five generations. Julie Ruttinger, greatgreat-granddaughter to Fidelia, inherited the confection from her father, Morgan Ford, who kept it in an antique glass compote dish in his china cabinet until his death in 2013. It doesn’t much look or smell like fruitcake anymore (“Smells like old people,” Morgan once said), but Ruttinger is determined to keep Fidelia’s legacy alive. Each year, Fidelia made a cake that was meant to age until the next holiday season, but in 1878, she died before her cake could be enjoyed. When Morgan was buried, the family tucked a piece of the cake into his jacket pocket. “He took care of it to the day he died,” Ruttinger said. “We knew it meant a lot to him.”

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Wakanda Country Is That?

A sharp-eyed Twitter user spotted an unexpected country on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Tariff Tracker list: Wakanda—the fictional country from the movie Black Panther, which the USDA had added to its list of free-trade agreement partner nations. USDA spokesperson Mike Illenberg tersely told NBC News on Wednesday, Dec. 18, that “the Wakanda information has now been taken down.”

Juddering Jalopy A driver in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, caused an “enormous bang,” according to witnesses, on Saturday, Dec. 14, when he lit a cigarette in his closed car right after spraying air freshener. Nearby buildings shook from the impact, and the car’s front windshield was blown out, along with several windows of nearby businesses, the Manchester Evening News reported. The driver survived but sustained serious injuries. West Yorkshire Police said the situation could have been worse and reminded people to open their windows when using aerosol cans and open flames.

All That Glitters…

Slip-Sliding Away

Last year during the holiday season, former NASA engineer Mark Rober of Santa Clarita, Calif., created a glitter bomb exploding package in response to having a package stolen from his front porch. This year, Rober has a new and improved version: When it is touched, the BBC reported on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the box explodes in glitter and emits an unpleasant odor along with a soundtrack of police chatter. As a coup de grace, it also takes a video of the thief and uploads it to the Cloud. One of the sponsors for Rober’s project is Home Alone actor Macaulay Culkin.

Rober calls it a labor of love: “I have literally spent the last 10 months designing, building and testing a new and improved design for 2019,” he said.

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