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ENTERTAINMENT // EAA NOSE ART
EAA NOSE ART WWII Aircraft Art Exhibit EAAIRVENTURE Museum BY GEORGE HALAS More than 30 pieces of nose art from actual World War II combat aircraft are making their first-ever trip outside their home museum, with the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh chosen as the first public display location for this rare collection. The collection from the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) headquarters in Dallas, Texas, made its debut on Veterans Day after a month of preparation in the EAA museum’s Eagle Hangar, which honors the people and aircraft of World War II. The artifacts have been designated by the National Trust for Historical Preservation as an official project of Save America’s Treasures, which seeks to preserve historic structures, art and published works throughout the nation. It will be on display at EAA throughout 2016. “This collection is simply incredible; there’s no other way to put it,” said Bob Campbell, director of the EAA AirVenture Museum. “We’re honored to be the first museum chosen by the CAF to receive this priceless collection on loan. It tells a unique story of the common soldier and airman during World War II, how this artwork was created, what it meant to these young men mostly between 18 and 25 years old, and the individual tales of these aircraft that returned along with those that didn’t.” The nose art was common on the
bombers and fighter aircraft of the era, and displayed the creativity of crews at air bases around the world. As was the custom during World War II, some of the nose art depicts slogans or places, but many of them included drawings of young women (or mothers, such as “Enola Gay,” and “Memphis Belle”) in poses from chaste to extremely provocative. Some of the most risqué art has been moved to the Eagle Hangar’s “Top Secret” area, which also includes a surplus atomic bomb casing from the end of the war. Each piece of artwork in the collection, which arrived in six semi-trailers in late September, includes an interpretive panel that describes the aircraft from which the artwork came, its history and any backstory details to further enrich the visitor experience. “It’s difficult to put into total context today what pressure and danger the Allied crews faced during the war, but this nose art was deemed by commanders as an important part of the morale for these units,” said Keegan Chetwynd, CAF museum curator. “When we began the plan to move our museum from Midland, Texas, to the Dallas area, we didn’t want these artifacts simply stored away in a warehouse, because it’s important that their stories be told. EAA and its museum was the first place that we believed would display this art with the respect and context that it truly deserves.” EAA plans several events throughout the coming year that features the nose art collection and tells more of background behind each piece. The EAA AirVenture Museum is located just off Interstate 41 at the Highway 44 exit in Oshkosh. The Museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EAA members receive free museum admission year-round. For more information, call the EAA AirVenture Museum at (920) 4266108 or visit www.eaa.org/museum.
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FOOD & DRINK // BREWMASTER
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The Stone Arch brew team pulled together once again to come up with a unique beer to sample and write this fine article. Often we go shopping at a nearby beer store to see what jumps into our cart. Other times we reach into our Tap Room cooler and write about a beer that we proudly offer to our guests. This month we chose the latter method and pulled out Dorothy’s New World Lager from Toppling Goliath located in Decorah, Iowa. This is a relatively new offering for us and we are certainly glad we are able to inventory it. Right smack dab during another busy day in the brewery, Steve brought to the team a sample of Dorothy in tall, stemmed glassware. It may have not been a good choice considering we were bottling, filtering and brewing beer in our fast-paced brewery. Glass doesn’t pair too well with stainless steel and concrete but it sure worked well for the beer itself. You see, glassware plays a lot into the whole tasting experience and the glass in which you imbibe should not be overlooked. This particular vessel stands tall with a wider bottom portion just above the stem and it narrows as it reaches the top. The shape allows the aromatic features of the beer to “float” above the surface so when it is
brought to your mouth, your nose is in the glass as well and can’t help but to be enveloped with the aromas. Feel free to practice this at home. The appearance was inviting with golden tones of brilliancy and a soft white head that wasn’t exceptionally stable. The foam quickly disappeared, but lacing appeared on the sides of the glass as you drank it. Very enticing appearance from the get-go. The nose was soft. What is meant by that you ask? Soft malt, soft hops, soft yeast, a gentle scent of lemon and other floral attributes. Grassy and acidic notes popped up with a clean hop note and almost a grassy scent. Overall very clean and just as enticing as the appearance. Our absolute favorite part of writing this article is compiling the tasting notes from the brew team. The flavors we all pick out are amazingly diverse but as we read through them it all comes full circle as we go back and sample the beer. Yes, we continue to taste the brew during the writing phase too. Here are some words directly from the tasting notes sheet we issue with the sample; Brian writes “I did not expect so much malt flavor to shine through. The hops are even tempered all the way through. The finish is my favorite as the hops continue to sing their song”. Andy notes “Slightly creamy mouthfeel, prickly, malty sweet, with notes of pear and biscuit”. Steve writes “Crisp and clean from the beginning with a malt and mineral middle”. Tom adds “Starts with a light but noticeable malt flavor that flows smoothly to a nice medium hop/bitter finish”. Dorothy’s finish was quite a bit more streamlined. Amazingly clean, crisp, sweet and floral. Other key words that appeared were yeasty, refreshing, gentle and pleasing. All four ingredients are showcased nicely
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in this beer. The malt is most evident in flavor and aroma. Yeast appears in the aroma and finish. Hops float all the way through and the water is a bit minerally and can be detected in the flavor. The interesting thing to note from Dorothy is that she is only 11 IBU’s (International Bitterness Units). That is quite low on the overall scale, but well in the perimeters of a California Common which this beer is classified. She weighs in with 5.5% alcohol by volume. Dorothy was named after the founder of Toppling Goliaths’ grandmother and is “Classic beauty” as their website claims. We are willing to back that claim as well! Let’s move on to Toppling Goliath. Many have not heard of these folks from
Decorah, Iowa YET. But soon they will. The fine folks of Toppling Goliath are rapidly growing. From their modest start in 2009, brewing three times a day on their under-sized nano-brewery kicking out 15 gallons per batch to their 10 barrel (310 gallon) system that was relocated from Washington State to their current four vessel, 30 barrel (930 gallon) system with a new state-of-the-art filling line. It won’t be long for Toppling Goliath to appear throughout our great state. Currently they are self-distributed to select locations throughout Iowa, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota and Illinois. FINAL WORD: A super clean, refreshing brew and well worth the extra effort in finding them. Cheers!
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FOOD & DRINK // FROM THE WINE CAVE
From the Wine Cave BY KIMBERLY FISHER Chefs today, whether those in a restaurant or you at home, are experimenting with unique food and wine combinations to keep their lives interesting. The ever changing world of wine, along with an ever widening diversity of available ingredients in cooking helps make this exploration worth a try. There are rules one can live by, but I often like to refer to them as guidelines to help you formulate your own idea. FLAVOR PAIRING – Congruent or Complement Congruent pairings have shared compounds that combine together to intensify flavors. Complementary pairings oppose and counteract each other to create balance. Tips to keep in mind when pairing: Acidic Foods – Foods with high acid make lower acidic wine taste flat. Match high acid food with high acid wines for best combinations. Rich Foods – A high tannin red wine
acts a palate cleanser to rich, fatty proteins. Pairing steak with a high elevation Cabernet Sauvignon works well as the fat of the meat is tamed by the tannins in the wine. Spicy Foods –There are two roads you can travel. If you like spice, heat it up with a spicy red zinfandel. If you want to feel refreshed a cold sweet wine with low alcohol will counteract the burn of the spice. Sweet Foods – Sweet foods often make dry wines taste bitter if the level of sweetness doesn’t match the sweetness of the dish. It is always best to match sweet foods with sweet wines. TASTING WINE If you were to take a one hole punch snapshot of your tongue, how many taste buds would you find? Of course everyone’s palate is different, but there are three basic types of palates to discern from. Nonsensitive – 10-25%. If you are nonsensitive, you can handle spicy food and love the rich, bold flavors. Bitterness doesn’t bother you because you can’t taste
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it all. Average Taster – 50-75%. If you are an average taster, you can taste bitterness. You are able to love most wines and by simply savoring the flavors, you will be able to pay attention to nuances. Hypersensitive – 10-25%. If you are hypersensitive, everything tastes intense, salty, sweet, sour and bitter. When you hypersensitive, you are also a sensitive eater. TASTING IDEAS Blind Tasting - Practice blind tasting with your friends. Start with a single varietal and place it in a brown bag. By not pre-judging a wine, you are able to expand on your senses as well as to improve your vocabulary to describe wine. Regional Comparison - Try the same variety over several regions to see how geography influences flavor. Incorporate regional cuisine with this technique. Vintage Comparison - Find a series of vintages from a producer from a specific region and see how different years can
compare. If you aren’t able to get multiple vintages from the same producer, work on finding wines from the same year, and different regions and work on those comparisons. Quality Comparison - Put together a lineup of similar wines that vary in price to see how quality varies. Heading into the new year of 2016, put together a plan to try new wine, and cook with new ingredients. Try to use wine as an integral part of your cooking. Drink wines to educate your palate and to create your own pairings. Imagine you are a painter, and this is your canvas to create whatever you want. Use what you know and make a plan to learn more by allowing your palate to guide you. By the time you get through, you may make it to super taster! Kimberly Fisher is Director of Fine Wine Sales for Badger Liquor & Spirits
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Foxy Finds FINE ARTS // FOXY FINDS
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‘Blumen Ast’ original acrylic painting by TanjaMona, a Fox Cities emerging artist who was born and raised in Germany. Says TanjaMona, “I have always had a passion for art from a young age on. I am now in a place in my life where I enjoy the freedom of expression and live my passion.” $150. Found at Avenue Art and Co., a unique shopping destination in Appleton, where you will find great home accessories, whimsical garden decor, original art work, posters, prints and art supplies along with custom picture framing for business and home. Additional one-of-a-kind pieces by this artist are on display at Beatnik Betty’s Resale Butik in downtown Appleton. Sip your favorite hot beverage or soup in ultra cozy style with these dramatic red and white “Sweater” themed pottery pieces. Available at The Fire - Pottery, Mosaic & Glass Fusing Studio in downtown Appleton. Cable-knit inspired texture helps you keep your grip even while wearing mittens! Round bowls and cups are $19.99 each, $23.99 for tall mugs.
What host or hostess wouldn’t love this charming natural floral arrangement in a re-usable wood “no place like home” Wisco box? So cute, you will want one for yourself, too! $75. Other seasonal/themed arrangements can be custom created upon customer request. Found at Branching Out & Company in Appleton, a destination marketplace for flower design, events, home décor & gifts.
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Modern-industrial flair meets vintage elegance with this eye-catching spherical Enge Chandelier. Eclectic style that gracefully illuminates all variety of decorating schemes. 36” x 36”. $1,595. Find this and other stunning re-purposed light fixtures, accessories, home décor and furniture items at Urban Evolutions, Inc. in Appleton.
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ENTERTAINMENT // JANET PLANET
BY GEORGE HALAS At least one knowledgeable reviewer considers the 2010 release, “Janet Planet Sings The Bob Dylan Songbook, Vol. 1” to be an important and significant – as well as a very good – album, but it was largely overlooked by the critics. December will see the release of the follow-up, “Janet Planet: Just Like a Woman,” featuring big band arrangements of those Dylan songs. “A few years ago a dear friend of mine, Kyle Knoke, came to me with this idea of doing an album of “jazzy arrangements” of Bob Dylan tunes,” Planet said. “At first I was hesitant because, to be honest, I knew a few Bob Dylan tunes as a kid but never delved in to his poetry, his musicality, or even his historic significance like so many Dylan fans have.” The critics may have missed it, but musicians did not. “After we recorded “Janet Planet Sings The Bob Dylan Songbook Vol. 1” and put it out on the internet, the saga began,” Planet continued. “A big band director in Norway heard the CD online and coincidentally, called (the late) Fred Sturm, head of Jazz Studies at Lawrence University, with whom he had worked in the past. The director from Norway had no idea that Fred was a dear friend of ours, much less that we lived in the same community. The director said ‘have you ever heard of this singer, Janet Planet?’” Fred was blown away. “Of course. I know her well!” “That was the beginning,” Planet said. “A plan emerged to arrange all 13 songs from the original release for big band. The big band in Norway is made up of professionals and some part-timers, so the arrangements had to hit a mark of being on a certain level for this band. In other words, it couldn’t be too difficult to play, yet
still needed to be musical. Tom Washatka, Fred Sturm and Matt Turner went to work taking these tunes and arranging them for a 17-piece band.” Planet began attracting other parts of the planet as well. “The other component of international connection is the fact that much of the post production was done via email,” she said. “Darryl John Kennedy, a native of Wisconsin who now lives in Egypt, came to the Fox Jazz Fest when we headlined two years ago. Long story short, he is very knowledgeable, and works on movie scores and produces pop singers in Egypt. He not only became a good friend, but helped
and small groups of investors, but never crowds of people. We finally put together a campaign and launched it online. To be honest we were skeptical. We thought, if it works, great, if not, we’ll start saving.” It became a success. “We raised enough to pay musicians and studio time,” Planet said “and we recorded it at Lawrence University because of the technical capabilities. Tom put together a group of musicians from Wisconsin. Keeping it local.” In addition to their stellar playing, the Washatka’s are both music educators. “We’ve already performed many of the arrangements at the University of Min-
me through some difficult vocal times. He is also an expert on essential oils. He gave me specific instructions with oil mixtures that helped me to sing and, take the best care of my instrument. He also introduced me to some vocal warm ups that I still use today.” Ultimately, great ideas need money. “An undertaking such as this has been, yet again, a learning experience for me and my husband, Tom Washatka,” Planet explained. “How do we get these arrangements recorded? Where do we find a budget for this? A former vocal student of mine told me to try Kickstarter, an online crowd funding website. My student said, ‘people want to be involved in the process, they’ll want to help finance, it’s about the collective,’ getting more people involved, giving what they can.” Tom and Janet have always done things themselves. “And we had a hard time with the concept,” Planet said “because we rarely ask anyone for any help, much less financially. We’ve had executive producers in the past
nesota, a great start because Minnesota is Dylan’s home state,” she said. “The educational aspects emerge on many levels. At U of M, we were part of workshops that discussed the poetry of Dylan and the orchestration that accompanies the lyric. We were also able to speak on what we do as career musicians who have and continue to own and operate our own recording studio and record label. Then, we were on a panel that included students of composition and a Dylan expert. That was igniting to say the least. We spoke on the concepts of bringing America’s original art form, jazz, and America’s true original, Bob Dylan, together. The arrangements are playable by good college bands and in some cases, high school-level big bands.” There is more education to come. “I’ve yet to have a chance to mentor singers to sing the book,” she said. “It’s extremely challenging on many levels and takes quite a bit of knowledge of jazz, folk and blues, to do so. The ranges of the arrangements, both texturally and dynamically, are very challenging.”
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Planet is proud of bringing world focus to the Fox Cities. “Mostly, it’s about the fact that we are locally grown,” she said. “The world is small, yet the appreciation of the arts in our community can often be over-looked. Everyone is local, somewhere. The fact that the world came to us, and that this project could make some noise is intriguing, because to our knowledge, nothing like this has been done to this extent before, and that is also good for our community. Dylan and big band jazz? Only in Wisconsin!” There were highlights along the way. “One was working with our friends in the band,” Planet said. The project brought together some of the best players in the area, including trumpet players John Shipper, Jim Doherty, Kevin Short and Marty Robinson, trombonists Ken Skitch, Claude Cailliet, Bill Dennee and Dave Sawall, saxophonists Woody Mankowski, Marc Jimos, John Greiner, and Steve Johnson as well as Washatka. Turner played piano, Tom Theabo and Kelvin Kaspar contributed their superb guitar playing while bassist Andy Sachen and drummer Danny Lueck rounded out the rhythm section. Planet also appreciates the bigger picture. “I have to add, that everything we do in this community is with heart, hard work and the curiosity to continue to learn, take chances and share,” Planet said. “Musicians do that. The science of music is about vibrations, the humanity of music is about connection and community. What we contribute to our own community, and how we share our passions is what connects us and makes us whole. Because it’s a small world, isn’t it?” For updates and the actual release date, follow Janet Planet on Facebook.
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ENTERTAINMENT // WIFEE AND THE HUZZBAND
Merry Christmas from WiFEE & the HUZzBAND BY LARRY KAY If you’ve already had your fill of “Santa Claus is Coming To Town,” “White Christmas” and the never ending cavalcade of holiday music that becomes virtually inescapable this time of year, take heart - WiFEE and the HUZz BAND are poised to release a new Christmas song that’s sure to vault to the top of your personal holiday hit chart. “Everywhere It’s Christmas Time Again,” is an instant Xmas classic with a timeless Phil Spector-meets-Motown feel, but with an infectious, bouncing groove that keeps it firmly rooted in the present day. Longtime WiFEE and the HUZz BAND fan, Little Steven Van Zandt is considering adding the song for special holiday airplay on his “Underground Garage” radio show, which airs on weekly the Sirius/ XM channel of the same name (Channel 21 for those of you keeping score) and on nearly 200 radio stations worldwide. “Everywhere It’s Christmas Time Again,” will be backed with a cool and clever (but not kitschy) rendition of the forgotten holiday classic, “I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas,” and will be available on 45 rpm vinyl and CD, with cover art by nationally known hot rod artist Doug P’gosh. Doug’s custom cover seamlessly melds aspects of traditional hot rod art, lowbrow art, ‘50s/’60s counterculture, and of course everything that is WiFEE and the HUZz BAND. From the love story of Ruby and Coopy to the band members piled on top of each other in a tall finned black Cadillac (and looking like extras from a Rat Fink comic) and Santa’s littlest chihuahua doing his best to pull the whole thing, it’s impossible to ignore.
In conjunction with the release of the record and one-of-a-kind artwork, the band will be offering limited edition signed and numbered posters of the cover for sale, along with T-shirts, and stickers. They will also be launching a crowd funding program in the next few days to help make all of this possible, and would like to encourage anyone who is a fan of live local music and WiFEE and the HUZz BAND to visit their website, wifeeandthehuzzband. com to find out more information! And, if all that isn’t enough, the band’s song “She Won’t Go,” has been nominated to be crowned as “Coolest Song of The Year 2015,” on Little Steven’s Underground Garage! “She Won’t Go,” debuted on the Underground Garage this past summer, as the “Coolest Song in the World,” the week of July 11th and remained in heavy rotation through the end of September. To win the title of “Coolest Song of The Year 2015,” the band is enlisting the help of families, friends, fans and listeners. Now through Sunday, December 27th, you’ll be able to vote for “She Won’t Go,” once a day, so every fan, family member and casual acquaintance can vote. In addition to the voting, fans over 21 can also enter for the chance to win a trip to the The Hard Rock Hotel Cancun. First place prize will receive: round-trip airfare for 2, a 4-night stay at the Hard Rock Hotel in Cancun, Mexico including food and beverage and $500 in resort credits. (You can only vote for the “Coolest Song of The Year” once every 24 hours, but you can enter the Hard Rock Hotel Cancun contest as many times as you like.) The “Coolest Song of 2015” winner will be announced on January 1st, during Kid Leo’s “Year End Review of 2015,” show on Sirius XM-21 where Kid Leo will play all 50 of the “Coolest Songs” of 2015.
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ENTERTAINMENT // DOBIE MAXWELL
“Nick of Time” BY DOBIE MAXWELL One of the last remaining celebrities of my childhood has died, and it hurts. I am in mourning. Growing up in Milwaukee in the 1970’s, “All Star Wrestling,” was a weekly local TV institution that had ratings higher than any other program with the possible exception of anything related to bowling and/or polka music. It was part of the local culture and the wrestlers were iconic figures. In Milwaukee there was a hometown hero known as “The Crusher.” Legend had it he “trained” for his matches by running up
and down Wisconsin Avenue (Milwaukee’s main drag) carrying a beer keg on his shoulder and smoking cigars. He’d dance a few polkas to work on his cardio too. Everybody loved The Crusher in Milwaukee. No wait, that’s not correct. They ADORED him to the point of bordering on flat out worship. Crusher’s legendary interviews on TV were what I lived for as a kid, as he promised to rid Milwaukee and the world of “bums,” and “turkey necks.” The Crusher was revered as highly, and probably higher than any other “athlete,” and nobody doubted he was able to beat anyone up who crossed his path, including Muhammad Ali himself. Had he chosen to play for the Green Bay Packers, we had no doubt he would stomp on all those nasty Bears, Vikings and Lions and lay them out
with his infamous “Crusher Bolo” super punch. He was always announced as having “100 Megaton Biceps,” even though nobody ever had any idea what exactly that meant. How many megatons are needed in a bicep? Was there a standard requirement from the government on how many were needed to constitute wrestling toughness? One of The Crusher’s most bitter rivals in the ring was the underhanded dastardly and conniving super villain, the universally despised “Wicked” Nick Bockwinkel. Billed as being from Beverly Hills, California along with his oily manager and perpetual shadow Bobby “The Brain” (but constantly referred to by fans as “The Weasel”) Heenan, Bockwinkel held the AWA world’s championship belt for what seemed like forever – much to the chagrin of everyone possessing moral values. Bockwinkel’s arrogant swagger, perpetual sneer and slicked back golden locks infuriated fans to the boiling point. In his condescendingly articulate pre-match interviews he would rarely raise his voice yet thoroughly insult Milwaukee’s blue collar working class population by referring to them as “humanoids,” then boast smugly of what terror he would inflict on his next opponent in the upcoming matches at the Milwaukee Auditorium. His disrespect was borderline blasphemy. Tickets always just happened to be available, and I frequently spent the last of my paper route money as did my childhood best friend Timbo, with the specific mission to boo him loudly and see our hero The Crusher leave the ring wearing that championship gold around his thick waist. Once inside the actual ring, Bockwinkel’s rooster like cocky bravado immediately shrunk into blatant cowardice and he and his partner in crime Heenan had all they could handle to keep from getting their heads ripped off their shoulders and handed to them by The Crusher or Verne Gagne or any one of a number of virtuous crusading good guys who fought by the rules and played fair. But somehow, someway just when the referee happened to turn his head for only a few seconds Bockwinkel or Heenan would pull some deviously sinister stunt to turn the tide of the match and the evil reptile
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would slither from the ring beaten to within an inch of his life - but still champ. This process consistently happened over and over, but I always knew the next time he’d finally get his comeuppance and have to forfeit his ill-gotten championship belt to an upstanding citizen who deserved it - maybe even my hero The Crusher. I was bound and determined to witness it if it was the last vision my eyes ever saw. The price of a ticket was but a tiny obstacle to overcome. Eventually, like when the hammer drops about Santa, I found out the ugly truth... that the matches were all prearranged, and the wrestlers didn’t really hate each other. It rocked my world, but only for a short while. I loved it all the more when I found out it was all a show and I learned to really appreciate a terrific performance when I saw one. Those guys were able to make a crowd POP. Years later as I started in standup comedy I also found part time work as a ring announcer for a local Milwaukee wrestling promotion that featured wrestlers who had worked as human chum to get beaten
by the AWA wrestlers in Minneapolis. They were the stars of their own organization. I eventually bought the business from the guy who owned it and wrestled in the AWA as Tom “Rocky” Stone. His real name is Steve Hall and his father Redd Hall was a local radio announcer, and just happened to be the ring announcer for the live matches I attended as a kid. Small world. I eventually promoted my own live events in the area and got to understand how the wrestling business worked. Without the bad guys or “heels,” there could be no good guys or “baby faces.” Amazingly, I also saw that the bad guys in the ring always seemed to be the nicest people outside of it and vice versa. I’d trust my wallet with most of villains, but very few of the fan favorites. I have no idea why this is true, but it absolutely is. Maybe it’s the fun of being able to play the role opposite of what one is in everyday life, but I see this as the rule rather than the exception. It works in real Continue on Page R14
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ENTERTAINMENT // DOBIE MAXWELL
Continued form Page R12 life too. “Good guys” like Bill Cosby often portray a wholesome image to the pubic when in fact a whole lot of “heel” is going on behind the scenes. It’s a trait in the human animal. After my wrestling promoter adventure days, I eventually got into morning radio and ended up working at a local Milwaukee rock station and we had Nick on for an interview because a cousin of his who lived in town happened to own a car dealership ,and was having a grand opening event and put on matches featuring live appearances by many of the AWA wrestlers of my childhood. Nick was just as smooth and articulate in his interview on the air as he always was, and he was a huge hit with our listeners. When we were finished I asked him if he would mind coming on weekly to do “Nick’s Picks”
where he would do football predictions for the weekend of games. I told him he could do or say whatever he wanted within reason but the one rule was he had to perpetuate his heel role and pick against the beloved Green Bay Packers each week. The Packers were brutal that year and he riled up the masses beautifully just as he did when he was wrestling. Years later as luck would have it I happened to be passing through Las Vegas at the same time Steve Hall happened to be in town, and he was pretty good friends with Nick. He asked if I’d like to have lunch with Nick, and he certainly did not have to ask twice. I couldn’t wait to meet him. Nick showed up right on time, tan and in a sport coat looking like he could still get into the ring that night. He was in his 70’s but his handshake was firm and he smiled like a movie star. He just “had it,” and I was completely in awe before we sat at our table. This was what a star looks like.
He said he fondly remembered the radio bit and how much fun he had because I knew how to lead him. He couldn’t have been nicer, and then proceeded to regale us with an ample supply of super stories about his matches everywhere including some in Milwaukee I’d attended as a kid. It was like Christmas and an audience with The Pope combined to have the chance to hang out with such an enormous personal icon, and it didn’t hurt that the food was terrific too. But I’d have gladly eaten three giant cans of liver flavored Alpo to have a chance to bask in all that charisma. I didn’t talk much at first, but as we got going I asked some questions and even made him laugh a couple of times. What a thrill that was! I think I was floating about ten feet above my chair, and the whole time I couldn’t help thinking how surreal it was to be at the same table enjoying a meal with someone who at one time I was sure was the epitome of all things evil. It made me chuckle. Somewhere well into the conversation after the three of us were very much at ease and having fun I vividly remember blurting out ,”You have NO clue as to how many times I scraped up my last little bit of paper route money to come down to that arena to boo the living hell out of you.” The great Nick Bockwinkel looked up from his meal staring me straight in the eye and with the exact same understated arrogant sneer he used so effectively on TV all those years, and proudly uttered without a bit of hesitation, “THAT’S the whole idea, son!” And he went back to his meal. I shall not ever forget that magnificent lunch, nor will I forget the fantastic entertainment Nick gave me, whether I realized it at the time or not. He was playing a role, and I was suckered in just like everybody else who watched All Star Wrestling back in those days - and I love him for it. Nick Bockwinkel was one of the alltime greats of professional wrestling both in the ring and out. A classier gentleman I have never met, and our lunch will always be a highlight of my life. I’m sure he and The Crusher have already had a few laughs knowing they pulled one over on all of us for all those years. They were true masters of their craft, and they enriched my childhood. Thanks champ! This particular humanoid will always fondly remember your true greatness.
Dobie Maxwell is a stand up comedian from Milwaukee. To read more of his musings, visit dobiemaxwell.com
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ENTERTAINMENT // POSTCARD FROM MILWAUKEE
The Velvet Underground The Complete Matrix Tapes BY BLAINE SCHULTZ Back in September, when word leaked out that Loaded, the Velvet Underground’s fourth and final studio album was getting the deluxe reissue treatment. I emailed a record company contact to get the lowdown. But I forgot that Loaded was released on a different label than the previous three albums. My contact Todd reminded me of this but suggested we keep in touch because Polydor/Universal was going to release something I might find interesting. This was a late Friday afternoon, I wasn’t sure what coast Todd was working from but thought I’d give him a call. He said that they would be doing a project on the Matrix tapes, but couldn’t offer many details at that point. But like his email said, “Keep in touch.” Hmm -- Matrix? -- the jazz-fusion group from Appleton, with ties to Lawrence University? Maybe Todd thought the Wisconsin connection would make sense. Then a bomb went off in my head. The Matrix was a San Francisco club where the Velvet Underground played in 1969. After the band had called it a day, Paul Nelson at Mercury Records released a live transcendent, face-melting two LP set comprised of material recorded at the Matrix and also a club in Dallas called the End of Cole Avenue. For years rumors circulated the Matrix tapes had been recorded on multi track and were even better than what had been released in 1969. The Complete Matrix Tapes captures the Velvets’ performances on November 26 and 27, 1969. The 26th was the day President Nixon signed a bill authorizing the Vietnam draft lottery and the 27th was Thanksgiving. By this point the band had become road dogs and long since shed the novelty tag of “Andy Warhol’s group,” that initially saddled them. It is 1984 and my roommate Norm just bought used copies of Loaded and Live 1969 at a store that specializes in comic books. The owner has a small rack of his own LP’s he is unloading. The University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire is half a continent away from San Francisco, but the Velvets live album was our main soundtrack. It sustained us then. Today it still works wonders. The previously unreleased Matrix material is a near-revelation. Like a jazz band that reinterprets its repertoire each night of a residency, the Velvet Underground are playful, experimenting with the resilience of their material. “Sister Ray” clocks in at just under 37 minutes. Bassist Doug Yule recalls Lou Reed adding new verses to
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songs or shifting perspective. “New Age,” Reed said, “had three different iterations – the same song looked at in a different way.” In the early 1980’s the late Robert Quine played guitar with Reed, but in 1969 he was at the November 27th Matrix show, recording it on cassette for his own reference. “People have asked me. ‘Were you aware that you were preserving something historic?’ I definitely was.” It is March 13, 1996 and my buddy
Mickey and I are in Austin, Texas where Lou Reed is playing his first concert in Texas since perhaps 1974. The day after the show we chat with David Fricke who wrote the liner notes for the Velvet Underground reissues. On the drive down we had located the building that once housed The End of Cole niteclub. We had it bad. Like any great works of art, the live Velvet Underground continues to reveal itself. On the The Complete Matrix Tapes “White Light/White Heat” sounds like Chuck Berry in the Twilight Zone, it simply levitates. Modern music still has not caught up. We hear the soul of the band, Sterling Morrison’s jagged riffing on “Venus in Furs,” the power of drummer Maureen Tucker’s tribal thump on “Ocean,” and vocal innocence on “After Hours.” We feel the taut R&B punch of “There She Goes,” (with an intro riff swiped from Marvin Gaye) and throughout the performances Doug Yule’s bass runs and organ parts now find a better place in the mix. The manic energy of Reed and Morrison’s amphetamine guitar strumming is contrasted with the small club intimacy of the band’s all but overlooked lyricism. It’s one hundred years from today, and everyone who is reading this is dead. I’m dead. You’re dead. And some kid is taking a music course in junior high and maybe he’s listening to the Velvet Underground because he’s got a to write a report on classical rock & roll, and I wonder what that kid is thinking. Elliott Murphy – 1969.
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ENTERTAINMENT // CONCERT WATCH
Straight to the HEART at the Riverside BY JANE SPIETZ Sisters, Ann and Nancy Wilson led the iconic rock ‘n roll group Heart to success in the ‘70s, during a time when female artists were not readily welcomed into the music scene. Heart flew up the charts with major hits like “Crazy on You,” “Barracuda,” “Magic Man,” and “Straight On.” It was a winning combination from the start with Ann’s incredibly powerful lead vocals and Nancy’s virtuoso guitar stylings. Heart’s accomplishments continued on with classics like “These Dreams,” ‘What About Love,” “Never,” and “Alone.” Recent album chart successes include Red Velvet Car and Fanatic, released in 2010 and 2012 respectively. Heart was inducted into the rock ‘n roll Hall of Fame in 2013 and continues to tour widely to the delight of its fans. The Wilson sisters are accomplished musicians, singers, and song writers. They have achieved individual success as well. Ann performed on “Almost Paradise,” from the film Footloose, “Surrender to Me,” from Tequila Sunrise and other motion picture themes. Nancy wrote and performed the scores to numerous motion pictures including “Almost Famous,” and “Jerry Maguire.” Together, Ann and Nancy put out their memoir, “Kicking and Dreaming: a Story of Heart, Soul and Rock and Roll,” which was on the New York Times Best Sellers list for several weeks in 2012. In May 2015, they put out a children’s book, “Dog & Butterfly,” based on their hit song of the same name. I spoke to Ann Wilson recently as the members of Heart were in Las Vegas enjoying a day off during their current tour. Jane Spietz: What influences steered you and Nancy toward your careers in music? I know that your family played a large part in this. Ann Wilson: Yeah, our family was always really musical. Our mother always played Judy Garland, Harry Belafonte, the Limelighters, the Kingston Trio, opera, operetta, classical music. I played in the school band. I think I really lit up to music when the English invasion occurred - the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Although before that, I had been a pretty big fan of R&B. Ann Peebles, Aretha, Fontana Bass, and some of those types of ladies. When we started trying to write our own music, it took a while before we found our own voice.
JS: Early on you and Nancy encountered sexist attitudes from those who felt that a female rock ‘n’ roll band couldn’t make it in the music business. AW: The way it was set up back then, there was allowed to be one female artist played on the radio per hour. If it was Joan Baez, that was her hour. Or if it was Susie Quatro or Melanie, etc., then you are out of luck. That’s how it started. There was a disco craze going on then so most of the time there were disco divas on the air. There were no real rock women. That was something
everything that’s wrong if we elect the wrong people. And, if people don’t get out and vote, that’s an issue. JS: You and Nancy released your memoir, “Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll,” in 2012. What was the inspiration for that? AW: We wanted to tell our story and have it not be a whitewash. We wanted to tell the real story, tell a woman’s story, and our family’s story, and not have it be just another trashy rock book. Lots and lots of people have wanted to write Heart books, but I waited until we could work with Charles Cross. I had read his book about Nir van a a n d Kurt Cobain, and his book about Jimi Hendrix. I thought that those two stories were told really in a classy way, and in a way that was dramatic and honest Photo by Norman Seeff without being that had to take root and build and grow sleazy. Charlie is from Seattle and both of over time. And with some pushing. It took a those artists were from Seattle, as we are. So, few years for women to be accepted as even Charlie had a good sense of place. I think it legitimate, let alone artists. worked out really well. JS: At the 2012 Kennedy Center JS: Along the same literary lines, I’d like Honors tribute to Led Zeppelin, you and to hear about the children’s book that you Nancy were asked to perform “Stairway to and Nancy penned. Heaven,” as the finale. Robert Plant, Jimmy AW: Yes. We’ve both been parents, and Page, and John Paul Jones were visibly we’ve both spent a lot of time reading books moved, and you brought the entire audience to our children. We saw the value in writing to its feet. a book that not only kids would like, but AW: That was quite an experience, never also one that the parents could read over and to be forgotten. over and over again, and enjoy as well. We JS: President Obama and First Lady thought, which one of our songs is the most Michelle were in attendance at that event. childlike, and it was “Dog & Butterfly.” So I know that you are big fans of theirs. We we chose that for our book. have another election coming up. I’m not JS: You have been taking a different path going to ask you tell us which candidate you with The Ann Wilson Thing. That has to be like, but do you feel that you and Nancy so exciting. might plan to throw your support behind AW: Yeah, it is. The Ann Wilson Thing the eventual nominee in the 2016 presiden- is totally different from Heart. We play no tial election? Heart music. It has a different mindset to AW: Absolutely. We can’t go around it. We try to play songs that say something, blaming politicians for being at fault for and that are relevant. We do a lot covers.
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WHAT: Heart WHERE: Riverside Theater, Milwaukee WHEN: Monday, December 7, 2015 COST: Tickets: $85, $70, $60, $50 INFO: pabsttheater.org/show/ heart2015 www.heart-music.com/welcome Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Tim Buckley. It’s just really a whole different way for me to stretch out and use my voice and my emotions. It’s really a great thing for me. So refreshing. We’re very stripped-down with this. We’re not making Heart money or anything. We’re doing it for love, really. It’s a whole lot of fun to go do whatever we want with no expectations. JS: You are involved with numerous causes and philanthropic efforts. Please touch on one that is near and dear to your heart. AW: I think that Planned Parenthood is one of the most important ones we have. To get people to understand the purpose of Planned Parenthood is first and foremost. It’s not just an abortion clinic. It helps people in that regard, but there’s so much more that’s available from them. Breast exams, physicals, all kinds of childcare, pediatrics, obstetrics. So much more than what the opposition would paint it as. I think it’s very important to get the truth out about Planned Parenthood. It affords the best of care. JS: What do you and Nancy wish for the future of Heart? AW: I wish for Heart that it can keep moving forward in an evolving way. That it can maintain relevance in the world. If not, I hope that it can bow out gracefully. We’re not thinking of doing that at the moment. I want to be involved in something that is real, and really has something to say. Something that doesn’t chase radio hits or pop image. I just want to make great music with Heart, and feel good about it. JS: We are very much looking forward to Heart performing at the Riverside Theater in Milwaukee on Monday, December 7. AW: There will be rock ‘n roll, ballads, a lot of singing. It’s a big rock show. It’s going to be new stuff, old stuff, some surprising covers. It’s going to be very uplifting, and fans are going to be very glad they went.
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CALENDAR // LIVE MUSIC
DECEMBER 2015
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DECEMBER 3 HAPPY ENDING DEJA VU APPLETON 9:00 PM KITTY CORONA MENOMINEE CASINO KESHENA 8-12:00 PM STAGE HOGGS ACOUSTIC WORLD OF BEER MIDDLETON 9:00 PM DECEMBER 4
SLIPPERY NOODLE INDIANAPOLIS 8:30 PM DAN TULSA BAND STONE HARBOR STURGEON BAY 8:30-12:00 MILES OVER MOUNTAINS THE COLD SHOT APPLETON 10:00 PM “THE QUEENS W/ REV. NORB & THE ONIONS, HOLY SHIT!, JETTY BOYS” THE LYRIC ROOM GREEN BAY 9:30 PM AARON VORASS THE SHINERY NEENAH 7:00 PM BOOMBOXX THE SHORT BRANCH NEENAH 10:00 PM UNWRITTEN CONSENT WISEGUYS GREENVILLE 9:30 PM BOBBY EVANS DUO WORLD OF BEER MIDDLETON 9:00 PM BIG AND TALL WORLD OF BEER APPLETON 9:00 PM
GREEN BAY 7:30 PM CHARLES WALKER BAND DECEMBER 6 DEJA VU APPLETON 9:00 PM “HOLIDAY IN GRAND CRANKIN YANKEES STYLE FEATURING HOLLY FAT JOES SAUNDERS, SOPRANO” FOND DU LAC 9:30 PM CENTRAL WI SYMPHONY RABID AARDVARKS ORCHESTRA HEADLINERS STEVENS POINT 4:00PM NEENAH 9:30 PM HITS BRUCE KOESTNER LCO CASINO HEIDEL HOUSE HAYWARD 2-6:00 GREEN LAKE 7-10:00 DECEMBER 8 CHASIN MASON THE HAIR BAND HITCHING POST THE COLD SHOT APPLETON KOHLSVILLE 9-1:00 9:30 PM HYDE DECEMBER 9 JACKSON POINT SPORTS GRILL “TONY WAGNER, DANNY SEYMOUR 9:00 PM JARABECK & DREW HICKS THE PRESIDENTS - WED. WITH WAGS” JIMMY SEAS WHEELHOUSE GREEN BAY 9:00 PM WAUPACA 8:00PM THE COUGARS DECEMBER 10 KOUNTRY BAR CRAIG HAWKINSON AND APPLETON 9:30 PM SPECIAL GUESTS HITS DÈJA VU LCO CASINO APPLETON 9:00 PM HAYWARD 9-1:00 LONESOME RED & THE DIAMOND AND STEEL BLUE STRINGS LEAP INN FREEDOM 9:30 PM THE COLD SHOT APPLETON 9:30 PM KITTY CORONA STAGE HOGGS ACOUSTIC MENOMINEE CASINO WORLD OF BEER KESHENA 8-12:00 MIDDLETON 9:00 PM 6 FIGURES
BIG MOUTH ANDUZZIS HOWARD 9:00 PM STEVE & MARK BECKETS OSHKOSH 8:00 PM HEATBOX CRANKY PATS NEENAH 10:00 PM “ANASTASIA LEE, MARK RINGWELSKI & THE PEGUERO SISTERS” CUP O JOY GREEN BAY 7:30 PM THE 151’S DEJA VU APPLETON 9:00 PM DECEMBER 5 JANET PLANET ROOFTOP JUMPERS LAWRENCE MEMORIAL ANDUZZIS EAST CHAPEL GREEN BAY 9:00 PM APPLETON SPITFIRE RODEO HITS ANDUZZIS SPORTS CLUB LCO CASINO GREEN BAY 9:30 PM HAYWARD 9-1:00 “THE POLAR PROJECT, KITTY CORONA PLANK ROAD PUB COLLIN & CHRIS MENOMINEE CASINO DE PERE 8:30 PM UNPLUGGED” KESHENA REPLICA APPLETON ST. SPORTS BAR 8-12:00 DAPHNI & DOOZEY REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL &GRILL WITH DAPHNI OSHKOSH 9:00 PM APPLETON 7:00PM MILL CREEK FINE LINE APPLETON 10:00 PM ANDY’S AUTOMATICS SAND BOX BECKETS DANA ERLANDSON GREEN BAY 9:00 PM OSHKOSH 8:00 PM MONA ROSE WINERY BAD HABITZ NO STONE SOUP BAND GREEN BAY 7-10 PM SARDINE CAN BRIDGE BAR BAD HABITZ GREEN BAY 9:00 PM FREMONT 8:00PM MS BAR CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE LITTLE CHUTE 9:30 PM “HOLIDAY IN GRAND SLIPPERY NOODLE STYLE FEATURING HOLLY DRIFTWOOD INDIANAPOLIS 8:30 PM SAUNDERS, SOPRANO” REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL POUNDING FATHERS CENTRAL WI SYMPHONY OSHKOSH 8:00 PM SLUGGERS ORCHESTRA UNITY APPLETON 9:30 PM STEVENS POINT 7:30PM SARDINE CAN STAR SIX NINE GREEN BAY 9:00 PM CLOVERTON CHRISTMAS STONE TOAD CUP O JOY CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE MENASHA 9:00 PM R20 | SceneNewspaper.com | December 2015
BAZOOKA JOE STURGEON BAY YACHT CLUB STURGEON BAY 8:00 PM THE LOOSE SCREWS THE COLD SHOT APPLETON 10:00PM THE 4THONTHEFLOOR W/ LIVER KILLERS THE LYRIC ROOM GREEN BAY 9:30 PM RED LIGHT SAINTS THE SHORT BRANCH NEENAH 11:00 PM BRIAN JAMES WORLD OF BEER MIDDLETON 9:00 PM
ROSETTI & WIGLEY ISLE CASINO WATERLOO IA 9-1:00 CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE MILWAUKEE ALE HOUSE MILWAUKEE 9:30 PM THE PRESIDENTS REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL OSHKOSH 8:00 PM R2 SARDINE CAN GREEN BAY 9:30 PM THE HOOK UP THE COLD SHOT APPLETON 10:00 PM BRUISER QUEEN THE LYRIC ROOM GREEN BAY 9:00 PM BOXKAR THE SHORT BRANCH NEENAH 10:00 PM BIG AND TALL WORLD OF BEER MIDDLETON 9:00 PM DECEMBER 12
JOHNNY WAD ANDUZZIS - HOWARD HOWARD 9:30 PM WILDSIDE BACKSTAGE BAR FOND DU LAC 9:00 PM RINGS BECKETS OSHKOSH 8:00 PM NASHVILLE PIPELINE CAPITOL CENTRE APPLETON 9:30 PM BURBILLIES CRANKY PATS NEENAH 10:00 PM THE NEVERCLAIM CUP O JOY GREEN BAY 7:30 PM TWEED FUNK DEJA VU APPLETON 9:00 PM RABID AARDVARKS FAT JOES FOND DU LAC 9:30 PM HAZ/SOUTHERN GYPSY HEADLINERS NEENAH 9:30 PM DECEMBER 11 BILL STEINERT GRAND UNION HEIDEL HOUSE ANDUZZIS EAST 7-10:00 GREEN BAY 9:00 PM GREEN LAKE HURRY UP WAIT THE POCKET KINGS HORTONVILLE LANES BECKETS 9:30 PM OSHKOSH 8:00 PM HORTONVILLE ROSETTI & WIGLEY HITS ISLE CASINO CIMARRON WATERLOO IA 9-1:00 MENASHA 9-1:00 FOLLOW SUIT MARK SMEBY KOUNTRY BAR CUP O JOY 9:30 PM GREEN BAY 7:30 PM APPLETON BIG AND TALL BOBBY EVANS BAND LADDERHOUSE DEJA VU 9:00 PM APPLETON 9:00 PM LITTLE CHUTE ADAMS WAY THE POLAR PROJECT LEAP INN EMMETT’S FREEDOM 10:00 PM APPLETON 9:30PM DANA ERLANDSON
MACKINAWS GREEN BAY 7:30-11:00 PM THE BOMB PLANK ROAD PUB DE PERE 8:30 PM DIAMOND AND STEEL REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL OSHKOSH 9:00 PM HORSESHOES & HAND GRENADES SENTRY THEATER @1800 STEVENS POINT 7:30PM BOXKAR SLUGGERS APPLETON 9:30 PM DAVE OLSEN BAND STONE HARBOR STURGEON BAY 8:30-12:00 RPM STONE TOAD MENASHA 9:00 PM JAM FUNK ALL STARS THE COLD SHOT APPLETON 10:00 PM BAD HABITZ THE SHACK FOND DU LAC 9:00 PM GRAND UNION THE SHORT BRANCH NEENAH 10:00 PM STAGE HOGGS ACOUSTIC WORLD OF BEER APPLETON 9:00 PM REDFISH REMIX WORLD OF BEER APPLETON 9-12:00 DOUBLE DOWN WORLD OF BEER MIDDLETON 9:00 PM CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE WOUTERS SPORTS BAR LITTLE SUAMICO 9:00 PM DECEMBER 13 THE COUGARS ANDUZZIS SPORTS CLUB GREEN BAY 11:00 AM JOHNNY WAD ANDUZZIS SPORTS CLUB GREEN BAY 6:30 PM RPM KROLLS WEST GREEN BAY 11:30 AM ROAD TRIP STADIUM VIEW GREEN BAY 7:00 PM CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE THE BAR HOLMGREN WAY GREEN BAY 6:30 PM DECEMBER 16 PAT MCCURDY ANDUZZIS SPORTS CLUB GREEN BAY 8:00 PM DECEMBER 17 REVEREND RAVEN 1001 CLUB GREEN BAY 8:00 PM ROB ANTHONY DÈJA VU APPLETON 9:00 PM DIG DEEP
CALENDAR // LIVE MUSIC THE COLD SHOT APPLETON JIM COUNTER WORLD OF BEER MIDDLETON
9:30 PM 9:00 PM
DECEMBER 18 REVEREND RAVEN & THE CHAIN SMOKING ALTER BOYS BECKETS OSHKOSH 8:00 PM BUFFALO STOMP BAND BRIDGE BAR FREMONT 8:00PM ADAMS WAY CASH AND SWILLIES KAUKAUNA 9:30 PM BIG CEDAR BLUEGRASS CHRISTMAS CUP O JOY GREEN BAY 7:30-10:00 PM DAVE OLSEN BAND DÈJA VU APPLETON 9:00 PM CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE MILL CREEK APPLETON 9:30 PM BOXKAR MILWAUKEE ALE HOUSE MILWAUKEE 9:30 PM BAZOOKA JOE NORTHSTAR CASINO BOWLER 8:00 PM THE DEL RAYS REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL OSHKOSH 8:00 PM THE JIMMYS SADOFF PAC FOND DU LAC 8:00 PM DAPHNI SARDINE CAN GREEN BAY 9:00 PM THE COUGARS SHOOTS BAR SUAMICO 9:00 PM HITS SILVER CRYST WAUTOMA 8-12:00 THE BLUES DISCIPLES SLIPPERY NOODLE INDIANAPOLIS 8:30 PM GREEN SCREEN KID SLUGGERS APPLETON 9:30 PM GREAT BLUE NORTHERN THE COLD SHOT APPLETON 10:00 PM CRANKIN YANKEES WISEGUYS GREENVILLE 9:30 PM ZAKK ABITZ WORLD OF BEER MIDDLETON 9:00 PM DECEMBER 19 BAD HABITZ 10TH FRAME APPLETON 9:00 PM DIAMOND AND STEEL ANDUZZIS - HOWARD HOWARD 9:00 PM THE PRESIDENTS
ANDUZZIS EAST GREEN BAY 9:00 PM JANET PLANET BECKETS OSHKOSH 8:00 PM THIRD WHEEL BAND BRIDGE BAR FREMONT 8:00PM NATTY NATION CRANKY PATS NEENAH 10:00 PM RANDY STONEHILL CUP O JOY GREEN BAY 7:30 PM A-TOWN UNPLUGGED DÈJA VU APPLETON 9:00 PM CHASIN MASON FAT JOES FOND DU LAC STAR SIX NINE FOX HARBOR PUB & GRILL GREEN BAY 9:00 PM CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE GRAVEL PIT SPORTS BAR AND GRILL KIEL 9:00 PM NASHVILLE PIPELINE HEADLINERS NEENAH 9:30 PM FRAN STEENO HEIDEL HOUSE GREEN LAKE 7-10:00 BIG MOUTH & THE POWER TOOL HORNS JIMMY SEAS GREEN BAY 9:00 PM GRAND UNION LEAP INN FREEDOM 9:30 PM BAZOOKA JOE NORTHSTAR CASINO BOWLER 8:00 PM R2 PLANK ROAD PUB DE PERE 8:30 PM EMINENCE REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL OSHKOSH 9:00 PM THE COUGARS SAND BOX GREEN BAY 9:00 PM FOLLOW SUIT SARDINE CAN GREEN BAY 9:00 PM HITS SILVER CRYST WAUTOMA 8-12:00 THE BLUES DISCIPLES SLIPPERY NOODLE INDIANAPOLIS 8:30 PM HYDE SLUGGERS APPLETON 9:30 PM BOXKAR STONE TOAD MENASHA 9:00 PM CEMETERY GATEZ TANNERS KIMBERLY 7:00 PM VESPA WOMEN / SONS OF KONG / BACKER
THE COLD SHOT APPLETON 10:00 PM “KURT GUNN, THE RAGLANDERS, FEED THE DOG AND THE CHOCOLATEERS” THE LYRIC ROOM GREEN BAY 8:00 PM REVEREND RAVEN THE SHORT BRANCH NEENAH 10:00 PM SWITCHBACK THRASHER OPERA HOUSE GREEN LAKE 7:30 PM CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE WAVERLY BEACH MENASHA 6:30 PM BIG AND TALL WORLD OF BEER MIDDLETON 9:00 PM DECEMBER 20 REVEREND RAVEN SMILING MOOSE NEW HOLSTEIN 6:15 PM DECEMBER 22 THE HAIR BAND THE COLD SHOT APPLETON
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DECEMBER 23 THE SWINGING JOHNSONS DÈJA VU APPLETON 8:00 PM ALS SHOW THE LYRIC ROOM GREEN BAY 9:00 PM “MAMA, PLATINUM BOYS, HOLLY AND THE NICE LIONS, REV. NORB AND THE ONIONS” THE LYRIC ROOM GREEN BAY 9:30 PM DECEMBER 25 HITS MENOMINEE CASINO KESHENA 8-12:00 BOBBY EVANS THE COLD SHOT APPLETON 10:00 PM DECEMBER 26 NASHVILLE PIPELINE 21 GUN ROADHOUSE LEDGEVIEW 9:30 PM ANNEX ANDUZZIS - EAST GREEN BAY 9:30 PM TIN SANDWICH BECKETS OSHKOSH 8:00 PM HOWLING AT THE MOON BRIDGE BAR FREMONT 7:00PM SLY JOE AND THE SMOOTH OPERATORS DÈJA VU APPLETON 9:00 PM THE PRESIDENTS FAT JOES FOND DU LAC December 2015 | SceneNewspaper.com | R21
CALENDAR // LIVE MUSIC ADAMS WAY HEADLINERS NEENAH 9:30 PM FRAN STEENO HEIDEL HOUSE GREEN LAKE 7-10:00 DIAMOND AND STEEL HORTONVILLE LANES HORTONVILLE 9:30 PM HYDE JJ MALONEYS KAUKAUNA 9:30 PM HITS MENOMINEE CASINO KESHENA 8-12:00 SONIC CIRCUS REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL OSHKOSH 9:00 PM CRANKIN YANKEES SARDINE CAN GREEN BAY 9:00 PM STAR SIX NINE SLUGGERS APPLETON 9:30 PM KITTY CORONA STONE HARBOR STURGEON BAY 8:30-12:00 HURRY UP WAIT STONE TOAD MENASHA 9:00 PM THE HOTT SAXXX ENSEMBLE THE COLD SHOT APPLETON 10:00 PM CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE
THE SHORT BRANCH NEENAH 10:00 PM THE COUGARS WATERING HOLE GREEN BAY 9:00 PM DECEMBER 30 DIAMOND AND STEEL POTAWATOMI CASINO CARTER 8:00 PM “TONY WAGNER, JOHNNY BURGIN & TONY MENZER WED. WITH WAGS” WHEELHOUSE WAUACA 8:00PM DECEMBER 31 STONE CROW BACKSTAGE BAR & GRILL FOND DU LAC 8:00 PM SLY JOE & THE SMOOTH OPERATORS BECKETS OSHKOSH 8:00 PM BUFFALO STOMP BAND BRIDGE BAR FREMONT 8:00PM DANA ERLANDSON CHEFUSION† GREEN BAY 7:00-10:00 PM MILES NIELSEN & THE RUSTED HEARTS CRANKY PATS NEENAH 10:00 PM JAZZ ORGY DÈJA VU
APPLETON 9:00 PM POUNDING FATHERS EDGE OF DELLS RESORT WISCONSIN DELLS 10:00 PM STAR SIX NINE FAT JOES FOND DU LAC 10:00 PM DIAMOND AND STEEL FOX HILLS BENCHWARMERS SPORTS BAR MISHICOT 9:30 PM HURRY UP WAIT FRATELLOS OSHKOSH 9:00 PM ASK YOUR MOTHER HEADLINERS NEENAH 9:30 PM SONIC CIRCUS HEIDEL HOUSE GREEN LAKE 9:00 PM FRAN STEENO HEIDEL HOUSE GREEN LAKE 7-10:00 6 FIGURES JACKSON POINT SPORTS GRILL SEYMOUR 9:00 PM UNITY JIMMY SEAS GREEN BAY 9:00 PM WILDSIDE KOUNTRY BAR APPLETON 10:00 PM CRANKIN YANKEES
LEAP INN FREEDOM 9:30 PM GRAND UNION NORTHSTAR CASINO BOWLER 9:00 PM QUIET STORM OSTHOFF RESORT ELKHART LAKE 9-1:00 CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE OUTPOST SHERWOOD 6:00 PM DAPHNI PLANK ROAD PUB DE PERE 9:00 PM THE COUGARS POTAWATOMI CASINO CARTER 9:00 PM FOLLOW SUIT REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL OSHKOSH 10:00 PM 2 HOURS NOTICE SAND BOX GREEN BAY 9:00 PM EMINENCE SARDINE CAN GREEN BAY 10:00 PM RPM SLUGGERS APPLETON 10:00 PM CAT 5 ST BRENDANS IRISH INN GREEN BAY 9:00 PM BOOMBOXX STONEYARD GREENVILLE
GREENVILLE 10:00 PM BAD HABITZ THE BAR LYNNDALE APPLETON 9:00 PM BOOGIE AND THE YO YO-Z WAVERLY BEACH MENASHA BOURBON COWBOYS WHISTLE INN NICHOLS 9:00 PM VIC FERRARI WILD ROSE CASINO EMMETSBURG IA BIG AND TALL WORLD OF BEER APPLETON 9:00 PM JANUARY 1 THE BOMB SARDINE CAN GREEN BAY
RPM HEADLINERS NEENAH 9:30 PM POUNDING FATHERS LEAP INN FREEDOM 9:30 PM COOKEE...TIMELESS MUSIC MACKINAWS GREEN BAY 7:30-11:00 THE BOMB REVS BOWL BAR AND GRILL OSHKOSH 9:00 PM CONSULT THE BRIEFCASE SARDINE CAN GREEN BAY 9:00 PM DOOZEY SLUGGERS APPLETON 9:30 PM JANUARY 3
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ENTERTAINMENT // CHRISTMASES PAST
Christmases Past BY MICHAEL MENTZER I never know when it will happen…I simply know that it will. There have been plenty of times, I confess, that I told myself I didn’t care as much about Christmas as I once did…that it was not as meaningful or emotional or uplifting as it was 10 years ago, or 25 or 50. I’ll drive from place to place or take a walk one day and it’s just like any other day, maybe even a bit more boring or drab. Then it all changes. I don’t understand why. I’ve tried over the years to figure it out, but it’s beyond my mental and emotional abilities. There were times I chalked up the changes in perception to lights and decorations, holiday music, the apprehension of little children for the Big Day, a more tolerant feeling in general about people, especially the ones who otherwise rub us the wrong way, and maybe the fact that people step out of character and let down their guard for a few days out of the year. I admit that I don’t get it. So I welcome it, whatever it may be, for however long it lasts. Literary genius Long ago, I reached the conclusion that Charles Dickens was a literary genius and that his book “A Christmas Carol” represented a masterpiece of messages that truly changed people’s lives, though it was not well received when it was published, and it took the passing of generations before it was acclaimed. I welcome and relish Christmas Past, but admit the other two characters scare the breath out of me. I see them in the news all the time in all sorts of ways and in all parts of the world. In a way I realize they’re somehow tied to the past, but they are so much more frightening in the Present moment and in the specter of what yet will come. Christmas Past exudes a feeling of comfort and care and sometimes heartache and tears, but the uplifting kind, not the bitter variety. There is a simplicity in the Past that makes us think we understand it. I’m not so sure…not sure how simple it was or how understandable it may have been. But there is comfort in it. Influential traditions In all honesty, there are no outstanding, earthshaking, life-changing Christmas
events in my life…wait, I take that back; there is one for sure. There are plenty of little events though that have worked their magic on me. One of them known and shared by my five brothers and sisters was the tradition in our family that no one could go downstairs on Christmas morning until Dad called us. It never dawned on any of us back then how much sacrifice and work on their part went into that simple Christmas morning tradition. One of my first memories of those mornings — probably when I was 4 or 5 — is the sound of Dad stoking the old coal furnace as heat banged and boomed its way through the ducts into the first floor. It took hours for heat to reach through the upstairs bedrooms. Years later when the coal furnace no longer existed, the youngest in the family pointed to a circular mark on the oak woodwork in the dining room and wondered what it was. Hardly anyone today would know that the circular outline is where a hand-cranked damper connected by chains to the furnace was located, and that our Dad was a master at making it coax heat from red fire-breathing chunks of coal into the house all winter long. The people who now live in our family home have no clue. To them I’m sure it’s just an unfortunate mark on the beautiful woodwork which Dad refinished when he and Mom bought the house 66 years ago in the midst of the post-war baby boom. Flashes of Christmas Past Flashes of Christmas Past visit me in memories of walks to Midnight Mass, wingtip shoes, currant biscuits, solitary walks along Lake Monona and the Yahara River on Christmas afternoon (I could still walk that path with my eyes closed), a Live Nativity presentation in a barn, the strains of “Stille Nacht” and “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” and a diamond ring promise to the woman I married 46 years ago. For years, grade school through high school, Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve was a family tradition. My younger brothers and sisters knew they were no longer, “little kids” when they were finally allowed to attend Midnight Mass. In the early days we walked eight blocks back and forth to church. It seems almost impossible to me today, but we didn’t have a car, and never gave it a second thought.
The church at midnight always seemed hot and holy, bright with candles and carols, and spiced to the brim with the fragrance of incense so overwhelming it lingered in our clothes for hours. On the walk home, I remember passing the homes and stores where I delivered the morning newspaper. I don’t remember snow in those days as much as I recall the vault of a bluish–black velvet sky, and twinkling stars much brighter than other nights… probably just my imagination. Wingtip shoes My Dad always wore wingtip shoes on Sundays, Christmas and Easter. The rest of the week he wore heavy leather boots at the factory where he worked. He prized those wingtips and they shined, often because I shined them. He held me to a high standard, and when I became older my younger brother took over. We share a common bond tied by a seemingly simple task. There are times after all these years that I think I may have walked in his shoes in a figurative sense as a father, grandfather, worker, homeowner. But knowing his story better now that he’s gone, I realize that it’s difficult to truly walk in the shoes of almost anyone from the Greatest Generation. Currant biscuits At home after Mass, we sat around the dining room table in our usual places and savored homemade currant biscuits. My Mom and our grandmother (Mom’s Mom) baked bread at least a couple times a week for the nine of us. In those days we had currant biscuits only on Christmas. In reality they were no different from the normal biscuits they made every week, except that they had currants, like miniature raisins, in them. What made them truly special was the fact they were shared only after Midnight Mass. For us, it was almost sacred in a fun and significant way. Those simple biscuits were like communion made by the women of our family in their own kitchen. Live Nativity Music always plays a role in memories this time of year. We’ve had the uplifting pleasure in recent years to witness the Live Nativity presentation at Villa Loretto in Mount Calvary. The event is held in the barn with spectators packed into bleacher seats along
the outer walls. The smells are earthy. Farm animals are featured. It is humbling and emotional to be there considering the message that is being sent. I remember on one occasion catching an emotional glimpse of an old man in the audience singing “Stille Nacht,” and then dabbing his eyes with a red bandanna handkerchief. I wondered how many times he had sung that German-language version of “Silent Night,” as a boy and as a man, and how many years he had farmed in the Holyland, and what it all meant to him. ‘I’ll Be Home’ There is another song that has captured my consciousness in recent years. I’ve known it for years, but only recently has it drawn an emotional response. It was first performed in 1943 in the midst of World War II as if an American soldier serving overseas were writing to his family about being ‘home for Christmas.’ It makes me think of historic Christmas battles at Trenton in the Revolutionary War, and World War II in the bloody Battle of the Bulge that helped to give birth to, and safeguard a nation and a way of life. It seems so uncharacteristic to speak of war and battles in relation to peace and salvation. It’s another aspect of the overall story that I don’t understand, but accept nonetheless. I tend to think that what I’m comfortable with will remain the same, that traditions will never change and that people who are close to me will always be nearby. I know that’s not realistic, but I’m stunned at times by the changes that occur. Memories provide perspective and comfort amid the changes, and the realization that changes are inevitable. My parents have passed. The wingtips and currant biscuits are long gone. The Greatest Generation is fading into history. Our children are grown. We watch our grandchildren and wonder. A simpler time is no more. The lyrics of that 1943 song ring strong and true over seven decades: “I’ll be home for Christmas, if only in my dreams.” That will never change no matter which generation takes the stage. Michael Mentzer, now retired after a 40-year newspaper career, writes a monthly column for Scene.
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DECEMBER 2015
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December 1 - 31 and Dec 25, open Jan 1. Deck the Halls
www.thepaine.org
Oshkosh Public Museum Admission is free for all children under 18, and adults receive special admission of $3.50 per person.
Celebration of Lights
This annual extravaganza will feature the historic Sawyer home decorated as only the wealthy could do. Holiday “dressings” as reported in periodicals and newspapers of the decades from 1880 to 1919 are recreated to delight and perhaps provide inspiration. www.oshkoshmuseum.org
Nutcracker in the Castle: Selfguided Tours Paine Art Center and Gardens 11:00 am
Presented within the historic mansion, the Paine’s original production of the Nutcracker fairy tale immerses audiences in the fantastic scenes of the beloved holiday story. From the opening Party Scene with a giant Christmas tree to the magical Land of Sweets and the enchanting Sugar Plum Fairy, the tale unfolds throughout elaborately decorated rooms with a mesmerizing array of sights and sounds. Self-guided Tours are offered Monday through Saturday during the daytime and do not require a reservation. No Self-guided tours on Sundays; closed Nov 26
Menominee Park 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Daily The cost: $8.00 per vehicle Bus Loads $1.00 per person
Quietly nestled along the shores of Lake Winnebago, in beautiful Menominee Park in Oshkosh, lies a single mile stretch that transforms into illuminated holiday wonder each year since 2001. Oshkosh Celebration of Lights is no longer a local best-kept secret.
December 4 TEENAGERS FROM OUTER SPACE Time Community Theater Doors open Friday at 6:30 pm with showtime at 7 pm
The Time Community Theater is a volunteerbased, non-profit theater established to provide an affordable venue for the arts that contributes to the revitalization of downtown Oshkosh. www.timecommunitytheater.com
The Backlot Comedy House Improv Comedy Show 9 pm $10 | Ages 21+
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revitalization of downtown Oshkosh. www.timecommunitytheater.com
EAA’s Christmas in the Air EAA AirVenture Museum 11:00 am
Join us for a day full of holiday cheer as you travel throughout the EAA Enjoy some Improv! How AirVenture Museum winter our show works: give the wonderland. Enjoy treats suggestions and our actors and refreshments then create scenes and characters roam the museum to find based off those suggestions! more than 20 local musical, It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink choral, and dance groups minimum! performing on various stages, including the fan Stand Up favorite Those Funny Little Comedy Open People!
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10:30 pm FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity to test out some comedy material on mic, on stage, in front of a room of your peers. Join us at the Backlot and get your name on the coveted list. Once on the list, you can both max and/ or relax until your name is likely mispronounced by the host of the evening, then it is your chance to drop five minutes of original comedy. Don’t do comedy – come watch! It’s FREE! Hey, there’s no drink minimum, so why not? www.thebacklotcomedyhouse.com
December 5 DIE HARD Time Community Theater Doors open Friday at 6:30 pm with showtime at 7 pm $3 at the door.
The Time Community Theater is a volunteerbased, non-profit theater established to provide an affordable venue for the arts that contributes to the
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Amidst all the fun, don’t miss the arrival of Santa Claus as he flies in by helicopter at noon to visit with all of the children! Have your picture taken with Santa, or take your own family photos in staged areas throughout the museum.
Family Discovery Gallery Paine Art Center and Gardens 11 am to 4 pm $9 Adult, $5 Youth Free for members
Abuse Services 13th annual Race for the Light is a fun-filled run / walk through Oshkosh. Come enjoy a beautiful race route featuring festively decorated homes, carolers and musicians, as well as over one million lights and displays from the Celebration of Lights in Menominee Park.
Oshkosh Gallery Walk Downtown 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Held the first Saturday of each month in downtown Oshkosh, the Gallery Walk features dozens of local art galleries and businesses showcasing the talents of local, regional and touring artists in a variety of mediums.
Celebrating Sinatra with Bryan Anthony and the UW Oshkosh Jazz Ensemble Grand Opera House Tickets: $44/$40/$36/$32/$26/$20
Celebrating Sinatra’s 100th Birthday — a little early! Bryan Anthony has With over a dozen “hands fronted the Nelson Riddle on” exhibits, the Family Orchestra, the Tommy Discovery Gallery encourDorsey Orchestra and now ages children to look, touch, joins Oshkosh’s premier and create in new and fun jazz ensemble for a Sinatra ways. On Saturdays, the celebration! Whether you Paine offers activities in call him a jazz singer with the space that explore art, pop sensibilities or a pop architecture and gardens. vocalist steeped in jazz, he’s Look at the Paine’s programs staked his artistic identity calendar for descriptions of in the songs that emanated upcoming activities. from Broadway, Hollywood www.thepaine.org and Tin Pan Alley in the first half of the 20th century. Race for the Bryan Anthony joins the Lights UW Oshkosh Jazz EnsemBoys & Girls Club of Oshkosh ble, under the direction of 4:30 pm Marty Robinson, one of the Christine Ann Domestic area’s premier jazz ensembles
and a popular guest of The Grand stage. www.grandoperahouse.org
The Backlot Comedy House Improv Comedy Show 9 pm $10 | Ages 21+
Enjoy some Improv! How our show works: give the suggestions and our actors create scenes and characters based off those suggestions! It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink minimum!
Stand Up Comedy Open Mic 10:30 pm FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity to test out some comedy material on mic, on stage, in front of a room of your peers. Join us at the Backlot and get your name on the coveted list. Once on the list, you can both max and/ or relax until your name is likely mispronounced by the host of the evening, then it is your chance to drop five minutes of original comedy. Don’t do comedy – come watch! It’s FREE! Hey, there’s no drink minimum, so why not? www.thebacklotcomedyhouse.com
December 6 The Nativity Collection Algoma Blvd. United Methodist Church 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Be awed by the beauty and diversity of a collection of more than 1,000 nativity sets at the Algoma Boulevard United Methodist Church’s Nativity Collection this Christmas. This is one
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of the largest permanently displayed collections in the entire world. The 1,000plus, sets were gathered by one church member, Mildred Turner, a retired kindergarten teacher from Omro.
Tickets: $44/$40/$36/$32/$26/$20
The Celtic Tenors are the most successful, classical crossover artists ever to have come out of Ireland to provide you with a night to remember. Whether playing a neighborhood cathedral or major concert halls in Pet Memorial international cities, such Benefit as New York, Amsterdam Oshkosh Humane Society or Shanghai, you are sure 2-3:30 pm to enjoy a professional, Remembering our Pets: sparkling and most of all, A Memorial Event. This good-humored performance. will be a wonderful time This group genuinely of sharing and connecting with others, in remembering loves what they do and you experience it shining our special pets that have through in each rendition of passed on. There will be a photomontage, personalized beautiful Celtic songs like the haunting “Danny Boy” ornaments to hang on the and exhilarating classics like Christmas tree, drinks and snacks provided. This event “Nessun Dorma”. www.grandoperahouse.org is free and is open to all! Please consider a tax deductDecember 11 ible donation to the shelter as Creature Comfort Clinic Time Cinema: LLC will match donations Free Fridays: ELF up to a total of $1500. Time Community Theater RSVP: vet@creaturecomfortclinic.com or 920-3859810
December 8 EAA Skyscape Theater Royale presents: Air Force (1943) EAA AirVenture Museum 6:30 pm
Doors open Friday at 6:30 pm with showtime at 7 pm
The Time Community Theater is a volunteerbased, non-profit theater established to provide an affordable venue for the arts that contributes to the revitalization of downtown Oshkosh. www.timecommunitytheater.com
Step back in time and experience the golden age of Wright Brothers cinema at EAA’s Skyscape Memorial Theater Royale, a free Banquet series of classic aviation EAA AirVenture Museum film screenings at the EAA 6:00 pm AirVenture Museum in Tickets for the banquet are $55 Oshkosh, WI. www.eaa.org
December 10 Celtic Tenors Christmas Grand Opera House 7:30 pm
for EAA members and their guests, $65 for nonmembers, and include the reception, a full-service dinner, and evening program.
Erik Lindbergh, CEO of Powering Imagination and grandson of pioneering aviator Charles Lindbergh,
will be the keynote speaker Oshkosh. at EAA’s annual Wright www.timecommunitytheBrothers Memorial Banquet. ater.com www.eaa.org
The Backlot Comedy House Improv Comedy Show 9 pm $10 | Ages 21+
The Backlot Comedy House Improv Comedy Show 9 pm $10 | Ages 21+
Enjoy some Improv! How Enjoy some Improv! How our show works: give the our show works: give the suggestions and our actors suggestions and our actors create scenes and characters create scenes and characters based off those suggestions! based off those suggestions! It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink minimum! minimum!
Stand Up Comedy Open Mic 10:30 pm FREE | Ages 21+
Stand Up Comedy Open Mic 10:30 pm FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity This is your opportunity to test out some comedy to test out some comedy material on mic, on stage, material on mic, on stage, in front of a room of your in front of a room of your peers. Join us at the Backlot peers. Join us at the Backlot and get your name on the and get your name on the coveted list. Once on the coveted list. Once on the list, you can both max and/ list, you can both max and/ or relax until your name is or relax until your name is likely mispronounced by the likely mispronounced by the host of the evening, then it host of the evening, then it is your chance to drop five is your chance to drop five minutes of original comedy. minutes of original comedy. Don’t do comedy – come Don’t do comedy – come watch! It’s FREE! Hey, watch! It’s FREE! Hey, there’s no drink minimum, there’s no drink minimum, so why not? so why not? www.thebacklotcomedywww.thebacklotcomedyhouse.com
Decmeber 12 GREMLINS Time Community Theater Doors open Friday at 6:30 pm with showtime at 7 pm $3 at the door
The Time Community Theater is a volunteerbased, non-profit theater established to provide an affordable venue for the arts that contributes to the revitalization of downtown
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December 13 Christmas Carol Sing at the Grand Grand Opera House 6:30 pm
This annual event – now in its 30th year – features the Oshkosh Area Community Band and the madrigal singers from Oshkosh North, West, and Lourdes High Schools. The audience is
invited to join the madrigals in singing their favorite carols. A free will offering will be taken to benefit the Salvation Army in Oshkosh. www.grandoperahouse.org
December 18 The Backlot Comedy House Improv Comedy Show 9 pm $10 | Ages 21+
Enjoy some Improv! How our show works: give the suggestions and our actors create scenes and characters based off those suggestions! It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink minimum!
Stand Up Comedy Open Mic 10:30 pm FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity to test out some comedy material on mic, on stage, in front of a room of your peers. Join us at the Backlot and get your name on the coveted list. Once on the list, you can both max and/ or relax until your name is likely mispronounced by the host of the evening, then it is your chance to drop five minutes of original comedy. Don’t do comedy – come watch! It’s FREE! Hey, there’s no drink minimum, so why not? www.thebacklotcomedyhouse.com
December 19 Hmong Oshkosh New Year Celebration Sunnyview Expo Center 8:00 am Free – day time admission, $5.00/$7.00 at the door for evening activities. Advance
tickets sell during daytime events on site.
The Hmong Community of Oshkosh will hold it’s 32nd annual traditional New Year Celebration on 12/19/15 at Sunnyview Expo Center. Activities: Traditional ball tossing, folk songs, music, dance, other entertainment and food.
The Backlot Comedy House Improv Comedy Show 9 pm $10 | Ages 21+
Enjoy some Improv! How our show works: give the suggestions and our actors create scenes and characters based off those suggestions! It’s fun! Plus there’s no drink minimum!
Stand Up Comedy Open Mic 10:30 pm FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity to test out some comedy material on mic, on stage, in front of a room of your peers. Join us at the Backlot and get your name on the coveted list. Once on the list, you can both max and/ or relax until your name is likely mispronounced by the host of the evening, then it is your chance to drop five minutes of original comedy. Don’t do comedy – come watch! It’s FREE! Hey, there’s no drink minimum, so why not? www.thebacklotcomedyhouse.com
December 26 Meet the Artist Jambalaya Arts, Inc. 6:00 pm
Calling all art enthusiasts! On the last Saturday of
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every month, Jambalaya Arts Inc. is giving you an opportunity to meet the artists who are showing their work during the month. This is your chance to interact with the artists who are featured during the local Gallery Walks (taking place the first Saturday of every month). Come down and get to know your local artists, ask them questions, learn about their techniques, inspirations and other projects! www.facebook.com/jambalayaartsinc
The Backlot Comedy House Improv Comedy Show 9 pm $10 | Ages 21+
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HARMONY WITH Stand Up Comedy NATURE Open Mic Oshkosh Convention Center 10:30 pm FREE | Ages 21+
This is your opportunity to test out some comedy material on mic, on stage, in front of a room of your peers. Join us at the Backlot and get your name on the coveted list. Once on the list, you can both max and/ or relax until your name is likely mispronounced by the host of the evening, then it is your chance to drop five minutes of original comedy. Don’t do comedy – come watch! It’s FREE! Hey, there’s no drink minimum, so why not?
keynote address “Rivers and Drifts: Natural Process in Designed Places” will provide a wealth of information and inspiration for home gardeners.
The all-day natural landscaping conference also includes nine other speakers on the whole spectrum of native plants and natural landscaping topics will be present, as
well as vendors and exhibitors and a silent auction. For more information, visit http://www.towardharmonywithnature.org.
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In celebration of the 20th Toward Harmony with Nature Conference, Wild Ones Fox Valley Area is pleased to present Dr. Darrell Morrison, one of the country’s most distinguished native landscape designers and educators. Dr. Morrison landscape designs include two of our country’s most admired landscape gardens; the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, TX and the Native Plants Garden at the UW Arboretum. His
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Featuring the Commemorative Air Force WWII Nose Art Collection November 11, 2015-December 2016 30+ pieces of nose art from actual World War II combat aircraft. Featuring the artistic expressions and stories of the young men and units that flew these aircraft in combat during the war. Parental Notice: This gallery contains historical images of aviation nose art that parents may find unsuitable for younger children.
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