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hen it was established 51 years ago, the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) was focused on one particular Downtown Milwaukee building. Nowadays the scope has widened to the entire city.

“The Performing Arts Center [now the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts] was being built in 1967, and Milwaukee’s business leaders were concerned whether the city’s arts groups could sustain that performance space,” says UPAF’s president and CEO, Deanna Tillisch. “We have evolved over the past half-century. There’s a greater awareness of the underserved. The arts are a great vehicle for bringing people together in a common experience.”

UPAF’s 2018 Giving Campaign will launch on Monday, March 5, with an event at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater—one of 30 regional arts groups and facilities supported by funds raised by UPAF through workplace campaigns, individual and corporate donations, and events such as the popular Ride for the Arts in June. In 1967, UPAF member groups were simply expected to give excellent performances in the city’s grandest venues. In the new millennium, they are also expected to take their performances out into the metro area and to fill gaps left by the declining state of arts education in many schools.

According to Tillisch, some $600,000 was allocated in 2017 to member and affiliated groups for outreach to schools, involving 100,000 students. “An arts education has a material impact on lives,” she continues.

“Many of those 100,000 children live below the poverty line. Our groups also bring a different dimension to education that schools don’t usually have the ability to do. First Stage did a seven-week literacy program at La Casa Esperanza’s K-4 school using theater to help teach reading and writing.” Last year, UPAF raised a record-breaking total of $12,312,885.

The March 5 event, called “Making the Case for UPAF,” was going to feature a Q&A with Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry—husband and wife and professional collaborators on TV’s long-running series, “L.A. Law.” Tucker was sidelined by unforeseen health concerns in the final days before the event, forcing the couple to postpone their Milwaukee visit until UPAF’s June 13 season finale at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino.

Both Tucker and Eikenberry have long résumés in film and television. As Tucker, a member of the Milwaukee Rep from 1967-1970, recalls, “The Rep was my second job out of school. I did five or six shows a year for three years. I rehearsed one during the day and played another in the evening. I was in heaven—and I got my feet under me. Acting became something I knew I was able to do. It was a crucial part of my development.”

Arts Education Hones Life Skills He speaks to the importance of the arts—and not just for artists. “Taking all the funding from arts education is a disgrace in this country, and we will pay for it dearly,” he insists. “A nation can learn who and what it is through the people that express themselves

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She recalls attending a panel discussion with a group of Millennials. “The question we asked was: ‘How to increase your engagement?’ The answer was: ‘Show us how it’s made!’ In this era of transparency, they are interested in how the pieces fit together.”

“I call it ‘behind the proscenium,’” Fantle adds.

“The makeup artists, costume and scenery designers, the stage managers—they’re all artists. We want to open the curtain a little more.”

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through art.” He lists the skills an arts education teaches: “Trusting ones instincts, leaping into the void, using both sides of one’s brain, playing well with others.”

Eikenberry, whose earliest experiences in theater occurred while attending high school in Madison, adds, “Kids need a chance to develop as whole people, not just test-takers. As a theater student, I learned so many things that have helped me in my life. I’m excited to be part of UPAF’s fundraiser because they have been so effective in raising much-needed funds for the arts and because so many of the member groups are helping to get the arts to Milwaukee’s kids, who aren’t as fortunate as I was to have arts education in schools.”

For its first 49 years, UPAF went dark at the end of its three-month annual spring fundraising campaign.

2017 saw the inauguration of its first Performing Arts Awareness Campaign (PAAC)—a two-month effort to attract new audiences for the arts in general. Last fall’s campaign included pop-up performances by member groups during Gallery Night, podcasts sponsored by Radio Milwaukee and “Facebook Live,” with volunteer art world novices posting unfiltered responses to plays and concerts. “Our intention was to go beyond core patrons to the next circle of people who are interested in the arts but not sure about going to the symphony or the theater,” says UPAF’s chief marketing officer, Dave Fantle. He hopes to expand the PAAC this fall.

During what UPAF hopes will be Milwaukee’s “Year of the Artist,” the organization will, as Tillisch says, “put a face on what we fundraise for. It’s great to talk about a particular theater company, but we also want to spotlight the talent onstage and behind stage.

It’s more than brick and mortar. It’s about people.”

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Getting your savings automated before you are busy with your baby is also helpful. Experienced parents will tell you college quickly becomes a short-term goal. It’s not too early to talk with someone who can help you explore savings options for college.

For example, you might consider a 529 college savings plan. With such a savings plan, your earnings are free from federal income tax when used for qualified college education expenses. You do not need a lot of money to start a 529, and there are no federal gift taxes on contributions up to a set amount. You can find 529 plan specifics online. Your tax consultant can give you specific tax implications. Another tax-deferred option is a Coverdell Education Savings Account (ESA) which has

a lower annual contribution limit but can also be used for elementary and high school expenses.

You mentioned other expenses. I also recommend opening a few other savings accounts before the baby is born. You can name these accounts to give you a chance to start putting money toward “daycare” or other expenses that will come along as your family grows.

A good idea to grow your savings is to set up automatic deposits to these accounts each time you are paid. It makes saving regular and easy. But this is not a set-it-up-andforget-it scenario. Successful savers increase the amount of regular deposits yearly. Just pick a month and increase your deposit every year so your savings are more likely to keep up with future needs.

Actually, these are good savings fundamentals for anyone before a life change. Multiple savings accounts for different purposes and regular contributions to them help anyone feel more prepared for the coming change and more confident in the ability to withstand unforeseen expenses. And when you set these accounts up, fund them and experience the impact, you will be create a true savings story you can share to help your child with her or his own money. What you do as parents becomes an example, and you’ll be setting a good one with these savings habits.

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

Thursday, March 1

Voter ID and What You Can Do @ UW-Milwaukee Lubar School of Business Room N140 (3202 N. Maryland Ave.), 6:30-8 p.m.

Molly McGrath from the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project will provide training on how Wisconsin’s voter ID law impacts voters and how we can work together to provide accurate information and assistance to voters who need IDs.

Saturday, March 3

The ACLU: A History of Religious Freedom @ Summit Credit Union (10015 W. Greenfield Ave.), 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Kristin Hansen, development director at the ACLU of Wisconsin, will join the Southeast Wisconsin FreeThinkers to talk about the ACLU and how they have fought for religious freedom, which also includes the important freedom from religion. There will

be free donuts and coffee.

Voter and Civic Engagement Campaign @ Acción Ciudadana de Wisconsin (221 S. Second St.), 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Acción Ciudadana de Wisconsin, Latino Voting Bloc of Wisconsin and Citizen Action of Wisconsin have organized a weekly Saturday campaign of knocking on doors and phone banking to get people thinking about the 2018 elections. Volunteers can go out and talk to voters about the issues that they care about and get them involved in different events happening in the community.

Peace Action Wisconsin: Stand for Peace @ The corner of Capitol Drive and Oakland Avenue, noon-1 p.m.

Every Saturday from noon-1 p.m., concerned citizens join with Peace Action Wisconsin to protest war and “Stand for Peace.” Signs will be provided for those who

need them. Protesters are encouraged to stick around for conversation and coffee afterward.

Abortion Access Benefit Show @ Riverwest Public House Cooperative (815 E. Locust St.), 6:30 p.m.-1 a.m.

This benefit concert, which features performances from Dumpster Doves, Six Wives of Richard, Scarecrow Dave, NeoCaveman and Anthony Deutsch, will raise money for Affiliated Medical Services, Wisconsin’s only independently owned clinic.

Tuesday, March 6

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock @ Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum (2220 N. Terrace Ave.), 5-7 p.m.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock will come to Milwaukee for an evening reception to support the Wisconsin State Senate Democrats.

Light appetizers will be served. There is a suggested contribution of $50 and sponsor

levels ranging from $250-2,500.

Wisconsin Gubernatorial Candidate Forum @ Milwaukee Area Technical College (700 W. State St.), 6-8:30 p.m.

In this “speed dating”-style forum, citizens will get the opportunity to find out where Wisconsin’s candidates for governor stand on issues that matter to them in an up close and personal way.

Wednesday, March 7

Is Campus Protest Protected Free Speech? @ UWM Union Ballroom (2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.), 1-3 p.m.

University of Chicago Law Professor Geoffrey Stone will address the question: “How does the principle of freedom of expression—and the law of the First Amendment— apply in the context of higher education?

What speech must be tolerated? What are the boundaries of counter-protest?”

To submit to this column, please send a brief description of your action, including date and time, to savingourdemocracy@shepex.com.

Together, we can fight to minimize the damage that the administration of Donald Trump and others of his kind have planned for our great country.

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You Want Restrictions on AR-15 rifles Last week we asked if Congress should put restrictions on the AR-15 and similar weapons.

You said: n Yes: 89% n No: 11%

What Do You Say? Should Democrats make gun control a defining issue in the upcoming midterm elections? n Yes n No Vote online at shepherdexpress.com. We’ll publish the results of this poll in next week’s issue.

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know I’m not the only one thinking about this. I keep trying to imagine Miss Murphy, my first grade teacher, shooting it out with a mass murderer armed with a military assault rifle spraying the hallways with hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Make Miss Murphy’s day. It just doesn’t track. It’s absolutely insane. Of all the nonsensical proposals to try to stop the regular school shootings that keep repeating themselves over and over in America, arming teachers with deadly weapons is undoubtedly the dumbest idea. A teacher’s job is to teach students, not shoot them.

It’s no surprise the dumbest possible idea has been seized upon as the perfect solution to school shootings by Donald Trump—a president always searching for simple-minded answers to complicated problems, preferably those that can be illustrated with cartoons so he won’t have to read anything. If you want serious, intelligent proposals on what to do to protect school children from mass shootings, you have to listen to the students who survived the St. Valentine’s Day massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Nothing concentrates the mind like hiding in a classroom closet listening to the screams of your dying friends and teachers being slaughtered in the hallways. The kids focused immediately on the real source of the problem: a deadly weapon designed for soldiers to kill as many human beings as possible on an enemy battlefield that had no place in their school building or in their community.

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Those high school kids were so bright, articulate and media savvy that, within days, they were dominating TV demanding that adult politicians actually do something to keep weapons of mass murder out of the hands of the likes of an expelled, 19-year-old student who legally bought an AR-15 military assault rifle to kill 14 classmates and three teachers in their school.

The Parkland kids, idealistic enough to believe adult politicians should protect their communities, called for outlawing military assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines and demanded their elected officials stop accepting blood money from the NRA (National Rifle Association). They’re now organizing high school students nation-

ally for a march on Washington, D.C., to be held on Saturday, March 24, and local demonstrations on that day around the country. It’s a brand-new political force in the fight for intelligent gun laws.

In the past, victims of school shootings often were either too young or too dead to stand up to the NRA, which funds politicians who are more worried about protecting the gun lobby from laws restricting gun sales than protecting school children from being ripped apart by military assault rifles. The NRA used to buy itself friendly politicians in both political parties. But when President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden led a Democratic movement for common sense gun regulations after the Newtown, Conn., slaughter of 20 beautiful 6 and 7 year olds, it was Republicans who joyfully kept raking in large NRA political contributions for opposing sensible gun laws.

People forget that the real foot soldiers in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s were children. In Milwaukee, Alderwoman Vel Phillips repeatedly introduced laws against housing discrimination, and Father James Groppi led marches in support of those open housing laws. But, just as in other civil rights demonstrations around the country, the marches, led by the NAACP Youth Council, were often made up of school children— black and white. The idealistic passion of young people and their basic sense of right and wrong led them to successfully challenge what their beaten-down parents had long accepted as an unchanging, racist status quo.

Ending Access to Deadly Weapons Today, that perfectly describes the futility many adults feel about U.S. politicians ever doing anything to end ready access to deadly weapons no matter how many bodies pile up in schools and other public places. Why should the reaction to just another horrific school shooting be any different?

Republicans (including Trump) immediately tried to shift the conversation away from guns to mental health. That shouldn’t really help Republicans whose consistent priorities include increasing access to guns and reducing the availability of health care.

The great thing about young people getting involved in America’s gun debate is, in the words of songwriter Peter Case, they are “too young not to understand” when they’re being fed a line of unadulterated cow flop. Trump and some Republicans are now pretending to consider an almost infinitesimal break with the NRA threatening to possibly, maybe— wow, get this—raise the age to purchase military assault weapons all the way from 18 to 21.

The simple truth is that military assault weapons have absolutely no legitimate use in civilian society at any age for either hunting or self-defense. There’s no season to bag large numbers of humans, and no one in America has any rational fear of being attacked by an army. As the kids shouted in unison at a recent rally: “We call B.S.!”

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irth Cost Recovery (BCR) is a government-sponsored collections process in Wisconsin that takes money away from unmarried parents to reimburse Medicaid-paid birth expenses. County child support agencies pursue unmarried fathers, often minority and low-income fathers who typically lack legal representation, to collect birth expenses through judgments, garnishments and tax intercepts. Married parents on Medicaid face no such consequence. The vast majority of states across the country abandoned or strictly limited birth cost recovery actions to avoid hurting children and families. In contrast, Wisconsin leads the nation in vigorously pursuing unmarried fathers for these medical bills.

Wisconsin collected more than $16 million in birth costs in 2016. From 2011-2016, Milwaukee County’s total birth cost collections amounted to more than $21 million, accounting for 20% of the statewide total. The county retained $3.2 million. Birth cost judgments disproportionately impact low income and minority populations and siphon money from low-income households with infants even if both parents live together and are well below Medicaid-qualifying income levels. This is wrong.

BCR is Not Child Support!

No dollars collected from BCR go to the families. Instead, these collections support government agencies. Local child support offices keep 15% of collections as a “bounty,” with the remainder going to the state and federal government. BCR is not about collecting child support from deadbeat dads; it’s about collecting government support from mostly unrepresented, low-income fathers without evaluating parental support contributions. The legal process, judgments and garnishments promote a cycle of poverty and financial pain that makes it practically impossible for families to advance out of debt.

Wisconsin’s pernicious BCR policy harvests resources from already financially strapped families and discourages some fathers from assuming an active role in parenting and family support. Worse yet, the policy creates enormous family stress and deters mothers from securing Medicaid benefits and seeking out critical prenatal care. The results of delayed prenatal care can be devastating, leading to poor birth outcomes and increased risks of infant mortality.

The unintended consequences of Wisconsin’s BCR policy—perpetuating family poverty, contributing to parental discord and lack of paternal support and delayed entry into prenatal care—may contribute to Wisconsin’s dismal infant mortality rate.

Although Medicaid birth cost recovery is only one piece of the puzzle exacerbating infant mortality, it is a piece we can change. What, then, can be done?

Increased Discretion Child support agencies must exercise increased restraint and discretion about the decision to pursue birth cost recovery orders.

Support Intact Families Child support agencies must not pursue orders where the father is a member of an intact family unit at the same time of paternity establishment, and he contributes to the support of the mother and child through income or in-kind services.

Proactive Education and Outreach In order to maintain Medicaid eligibility, mothers are required to provide information about fathers in order to establish and enforce child support obligations—including BCR efforts. Child support agencies should help educate mothers about “Good Cause” exemptions from child support cooperation requirements and reduce the burden for mothers to establish proof of good cause.

BCR policy discourages prompt prenatal care, deters fathers from participating in family support and drains resources from low-income households. The consequences for child and maternal health outcomes exacerbate social service needs for years into the future. Now is the time for Wisconsin to join the vast majority of states that recognize the harms to low-income, unmarried families caused in part by aggressive BCR collection efforts. Birth cost recovery is not child support.

Robert A. Peterson Jr. is the executive director of ABC for Health, Inc. Comment at shepherdexpress.com.

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Cubanitas Brings Cuban Cuisine to Oak Creek

famous appetizer of fried thin plantains and guacamole ($9.50) transports you to the island. The lively music and energy of the room gives a warm party atmosphere. Cubanitas’ happy hour is from 3-6 p.m. Monday-Friday. They also offer daily food specials that you won’t want to pass up such as Cuban baby back ribs with guava sauce on Tuesday or Cuban pot roast stuffed with chorizo on Wednesday.

The menu’s appetizers and side orders are fun for sharing. The empanadas ($3.50) come per piece with several options for fillings. They are heavily stuffed and surrounded by a thin crispy shell. It’s hard to choose which of these fried turnovers was my favorite. Each has its own unique flavor. The wellseasoned shredded chicken with sweetness from raisins and brine from olives ::BY ALISA MALAVENDA was a delightful combination, as was the spinach and Manchego oozing with melted cheese. The croquettas de jamón ($1.25 or three for $3) were crunchy he popular Downtown restaurant Cubanitas, on the outside with a creamy potato interior dotted with ham. All the sides are Milwaukee’s only entirely Cuban restaurant, has vegetarian and include yuca frita, tostones, rice, beans and the sweet plantain opened a second venue in Oak Creek. preparation platanitos maduros ($2.50-$5.50).

The restaurant’s décor of Cubanitas offers a long list of sandwiches served bright orange walls display on their signature Cuban bread. Their famous Cubafamily photos celebrating no ($9.50) of roast pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles strong, beautiful women CUBANITAS and a mustard aioli is both traditional and amazing. who share the heritage of owner Marta Pair it with a cup of their black bean soup, sopa Drexel Town Square Bianchini and also remind us of the wonde frijoles negros ($4.50) topped with sour cream derful contributions of Cuban Americans 7973 South Main Street, Oak Creek and chopped onions and all one can say is “mucho to the culinary world. Bianchini contin414-574-5260 | $-$$ gusto!” It was pure pleasure. ues to bring the simple food and flagetbianchini.com/cubanitas-dts There are a few delicious dulces to end your meal. vors of Cuba to the Milwaukee area, Handicap access: Yes The flan ($4.50) was creamy with the caramel topusing fresh ingredients and inspiring CC, FB, SB, GF ping dripping down the side, key lime or creamy recipes from her family collection.

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With ample parking outside and ample elbowroom within, Mulligans Irish Pub (8933 S. 27th St., Franklin) flies the Irish colors proudly. It’s a sports bar with TVs on mute serving Guinness, Harp, Magners and Smithwick’s along with its Irish-accented pub food and entrées. They feature a half dozen fish fry choices plus a combo platter year round on Friday but during Lent, the fryers are also working on Wednesday. Some of the catches served up at Mulligans are less common, such as bluegill ($14.95) or beer-battered Canadian walleye ($14.95). The coating is thin and crispy and the thick, creamy tartar sauce is housemade (as is the coleslaw). For potatoes, you can chose between potato pancakes, beer-battered fries or colcannon mashed potatoes, chunky complete with skins. The portions are generous.

Great Pie (and More) at Honeypie ::BY TARA LOVDAHL

The relaxed atmosphere at Honeypie (2643 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.) directly reflects the food. It’s trendy, but the idiosyncratic charm exudes a warm familiarity. Honeypie offers daytime, nighttime and brunch menus, and as their name suggests, baked goods are winning items. If you go for dinner, consider the chicken and biscuit pie. The rich, delicate biscuit is enveloped by a tangy stew in harmonized proportion. Another popular entrée, the cornish pasty features seasonal fillings in a buttery, flaky pie crust. It comes with a salad or fries that have me reaching for more even if I promised myself I’d stop when full. The beverage menu includes several signature drink concoctions and a sufficient beer and wine list. Honeypie takes pride in sourcing their menu from local farmers and making eco-friendly choices, such as serving their drinks without straws. The key lime pie’s creamy filling is light, and the brightness of the citrus packs a full flavor profile alongside the salt and butter of the crumble crust.

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What you may not know, however, is that they’ve recently started serving a Friday fish fry.

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In August 2017, Points East Pub decided to diversify their portfolio by adding a fish fry to their menu. Served only on Friday, the fish includes three to five pieces of freshly beer-battered cod and comes with coleslaw, lemon wedge, tartar sauce, and your choice of French fries or house-made potato pancakes (garnished with green onions) with applesauce or sour cream. All of this can be yours for $11.25.

You can wash it all down with one of their nine rotating taps, seven permanent taps or their vast selection of bottles and cans. If beer isn’t your fancy, Points East Pub has a full bar, highlighted by a wide selection of whiskeys and vodka.

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Winslow Homer ‘Coming Away’ at Milwaukee Art Museum NEW EXHIBIT FOCUSES ON AN AMERICAN ARTIST IN ENGLAND ::BY KEVIN LYNCH

hy did Winslow Homer—arguably the greatest 19thcentury artist of the American experience—need to brave the Atlantic Ocean’s tempestuous waves and sail to England in 1881? He’d become increasingly famous for his true-to-life paintings of the Civil War and early Reconstruction. And weren’t the British who we fought for our beloved, hard-earned independence?

Nobody knows for sure why he went.

His artwork comprises almost all the documents we have of a private, reclusive man’s life. Some critics see him as a kind of Melvillian Ishmael, instinctively needing “to see the watery part of the world.” After time in London, he gravitated to the humblest and hardiest part of England, a remote coastal fishing village, Cullercoats, near Newcastle.

Perhaps, after American dramas subsided, Homer needed new challenges and subjects and more selfedification of the larger world. The Milwaukee Art Museum’s exhibition, “Coming Away: Winslow Homer & England,” aims to show that he also found his long perspective, his biggest-picture vision, in Cullercoats among the rolled-up sleeves, flopping fish and dripping nets.

Among the revelations were the fisherwomen, who formed the backbone of a tough life, turning the men’s labors into sustenance and commerce. Homer came to profoundly understand the violent beauty of the sea, and the stoic humans braced against crashing waves and other elements. His trip brought better understanding of his home“Coming Away: land whose people were imbued, Winslow Homer unlike the Brits, with “the American & England” dream” and New World bounty.

Milwaukee Homer began to strip away the “new Art Museum Eden” myth of America of which he, March 1-May 20 like most other artists, earlier partook.

The trip was “transformative,” says Brandon Ruud, MAM curator of American Art, who conceived the exhibit with curator Elizabeth Athens of the Worchester Art Museum, from which this extraordinarily promising exhibition will travel. Ruud quotes a contemporary Boston critic, who praised Homer’s art for “giving the truth, coolly confident that the poetry would be found in that.” Realism bled into atmospherics. Ultimately the sea was Homer’s greatest subject, Ruud says. After returning home, he moved to another

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seums and libraries before venturing to Cullercoats.

Inspired by the epic British painter J.M.W. Turner, Homer became a virtuoso of watercolor, pushing that medium into uncharted waters. Photographs of Greek Parthenon sculpture, scholars surmise, helped him further model heroic and mythical figures. In Hark!

The Lark, three women, loaded with goods, stand on a hill, ostensibly listening to the bird’s cry. Yet this scene suggests far more through closely observed facial portraits—their eyes, dark and hollow, stare aloft, but their stout bodies brace for something. They convey wary optimism as they gaze high across a distant horizon.

Or is it some precipitous foreshadowing in the clouds, equally plausible in such transfixed faces?

Ruud concurs that these, and other Homer works of the period, amount to no less than a proto-feminism rising from this male American artist, right as the women’s suffrage movement gained power.

Yet finally, in some of Homer’s early 1890s images from the Maine peninsula, the humans recede into solitary figures amid craggy rocks and swirling tempests.

One senses vast loneliness. Like Melville, Homer strove to evoke the encompassing indifference of Nature to human existence.

“Because this trip was so transformational, his work became more meditative and abstract,” Rudd says. “At the same time, he still does some detailed work, as of old.” Homer’s later work presages the gritty realism of the Ashcan School, and even abstract expressionism, “so with the modern era dawning, Homer is wrestling with his legacy.”

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remote location, Prout’s Neck, a tiny Maine peninsula with which the sea often has its wild ways.

The show is book-ended by two great paintings from the 1881-’82 Cullercoats period—MAM’s mythical, almost mystical Hark! The Lark (Homer’s personal favorite of his own paintings) and the brine-in-the-face drama The Gale from Worchester’s collection. Both depict women.

Of course, the classic damsel-in-distress trope arises in some images with this largely self-trained genius’ astonishing flair for drama. The exhibit includes the famous, breathtaking The Lifeline, in which a sailor rescues a neardrowned woman from a sinking ship. The two dangle over the snarling sea, transported along a British-invented pulley contraption called the breeches buoy. This scene also radiates symbolism and strong erotic overtones. Their limbs entwine and a soaked dress hugs the contours of a woman bereft, or in rapture?

And yet, far more often, Homer’s British and later work depicts strong women who are as courageous, in their ways, as men. In The Gale, a mother, with a terrified toddler peering from a papoose, braves the angry shore, hoping for some sign of her husband’s ship.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 1 Lorde w/ Run the Jewels and Tove Styrke @ BMO Harris Bradley Center

New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde was only 16 years old when she recorded her Grammy-nominated debut album Pure Heroine, but that didn’t stop its hip-hop-inspired lead single “Royals” from becoming an international hit and making Lorde the youngest act to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart since Tiffany in 1987. In case there was any doubt, Lorde proved she wasn’t a one-hit wonder on her sophomore album Melodrama, an even more critically acclaimed, pop-centric album that featured some of her strongest, most pointed songs yet and cemented her as one of the most important artists of her generation. For this tour, she’s joined by the rap duo Run the Jewels (RTJ), who have now released three albums of feral, hard-knuckled hip-hop, each of which has been ravenously devoured by their cult following. Their songs should sound especially massive clashing against the walls of the soon-to-be-demolished Bradley Center.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 3 Yonatan Gat w/ Gallery Night and Soup Moat @ Cactus Club, 9 p.m.

If you never caught a Monotonix show, you missed out. The American record label Drag City signed the eccentric Israeli garage-rock group Monotonix largely on the strength of the group’s wild live show. The group disbanded in 2015, but their energy lives on in guitarist and founding member Yonatan Gat’s solo work, which builds on the psychedelic punk of his former project while putting his blistering guitar even further front and center. In 2015 he released his debut full-length album, Director, as well as the Steve Albini-produced EP called Physical Copy.

African Drum and Dance Conference @ Silver Spring Neighborhood Center

Spearheaded by the Ina Onilu Drum and Dance Ensemble and The Village Drum Company, the Gathering of the Drummers Drumathon returns to Milwaukee’s Silver City neighborhood for a second year. The only drum conference in the United States focusing on West African drums, the event will feature two days of drum and dance performances, as well as drum and dance classes taught by West African instructors, for both adults and children. (Also Sunday, March 4).

Nightmares on Wax w/ Air Credits @ The Pabst Theater, 8 p.m.

Better known by his stage name Nightmares on Wax, British DJ George Evelyn has spent much of his career ahead of the trends. A trip-hop pioneer, he was one of the first DJs to fuse electronica and house music to hip-hop, and one of the first recording artists on the renowned electronic label Warp Records. Over the years his Nightmares on Wax project has evolved from a DJ-driven enterprise into more of a collaborative band effort. While still grounded in hip-hop, his new album Word of Science: The First & Final Chapter draws heavily from classic soul, funk and R&B.

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Julian Lynch and Apollo Vermouth w/ Big Syn, So Zuppy and Peacebone @ High Dive, 9 p.m.

Two of Wisconsin’s most consistently fascinating experimental artists, Julian Lynch and Apollo Vermouth work from very different raw ingredients, with Lynch preferring acoustic instrumentation and repurposed folk sounds and Apollo Vermouth tending toward synthesizers and ambiance. It should be interesting, then, to see what they come up with during their collaborative set at the top of this bill, which also features several experimental pop acts from around the Midwest, including Chicago’s Big Syn.

Paula Poundstone @ The Pabst Theater, 8 p.m.

Nightmares on Wax

With her gentle observations on children, cats and the absurdities of everyday life, Paula Poundstone was one of the more visible comedians of the ’90s, appearing regularly on HBO, “The Tonight Show” and “Hollywood Squares.” She’s still a fixture on late-night TV, but these days many of her fans know her from the radio, where she’s a frequent panelist on NPR’s “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me” news quiz. She’s also an author. Last year she followed up her 2006 There’s Nothing in This Book That I Meant to Say, which included ruminations on her career and motherhood, with a new book of autobiographical comic anecdotes, The Totally Unscientific Study Of The Search For Human Happiness.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 6

Betty Who w/ Pretty Sister and Spencer Ludwig @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 8 p.m.

A big viral hit can open a lot of doors. Australian electro-pop singer Jessica Newham, better known by her stage name Betty Who, discovered that first hand in 2013 after a video of a man proposing to his boyfriend in a Utah Home Depot with the help of his choreographed friends charmed the internet. The cast was dancing to Betty Who’s perky track “Somebody Loves You,” which quickly shot up the iTunes charts. Days later, the singer inked a contract with RCA Records, which released her album the following year. In 2016 she scored her biggest hit yet, with a trancy, uplifting cover of Donna Lewis’s 1996 pop hit “I Love You Always Forever.” The track peaked at number one on the dance charts, and cemented her diehard following in LGBT circles. She returns to Milwaukee after a member show headlining the opening night of PrideFest last year.

Robert Cray Band @ Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, 8 p.m.

South City Revival

For most of his career, blues guitarist Robert Cray has been almost as fascinated by soul music—and in particular the punchy sounds of Memphis soul—as he has been by electric blues. Those soul influences have been even more pronounced on his latest records, especially last year’s Robert Cray & Hi Rhythm, which Cray recorded with Grammy Award-winning producer Steve Jordan and Hi Rhythm Section, the band that helped create the unmistakable sound of Memphis’ Hi Records, best captured on classic albums by singers like Al Green, Syl Johnson and Ann Peebles.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 3 South City Revival and Motel Breakfast @ Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, 9 p.m.

Grounding their rootsy rock ’n’ roll and alt-country in bluesy licks and weepy pedal steel guitar, the Chicago quintet South City Revival recall bands like The Record Company in their bearhug embrace of traditional American music. Last year the group released its self-titled debut EP, 21-minutes of rustic rock that sounds right out of a particularly bustling roadhouse. They should fit right in here in Milwaukee, where this style of country-twinged rock always goes over well.

SUNDAY, MARCH 4 Tyler, The Creator w/ Vince Staples and Taco @ The Rave, 7:30 p.m.

Few rappers from the last decade have been trickier to pin down than Tyler, The Creator, the figurehead of the Los Angeles hip-hop collective Odd Future and also its most difficult artist. On a series of compelling but difficult albums, Tyler lashed out at the world, often in vulgar, homophobic terms. But his latest album Flower Boy adds another ripple to his image: Many fans and critics read the album as Tyler’s way of coming out as gay or bisexual, a reading he hasn’t explicitly confirmed or denied. Whether that absolves him in the eyes of listeners offended by his previous work remains to be seen, but it’s one of his strongest albums, and features some inspired guest spots from Lil Wayne, A$AP Rocky and Frank Ocean. On this tour he’s joined by Vince Staples, a rapper loosely associated with Odd Future who released one of the most compelling albums of 2016 with his Def Jam debut Summer ’06, a complicated, Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City-esque account of growing up amid the background of drugs, gangs and violence. He followed it up last year with a more overtly arty, electronic album, Big Fish Theory.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 Kyle Kinane @ Turner Hall Ballroom @ 8 p.m.

If you watch Comedy Central, you’ve heard Kyle Kinane before. Since 2011, he’s served as the station’s commercial announcer. And if you watch the station enough, you’ve probably seen him, too. The Chicago stand-up has been featured on “Comedy Central Presents,”“Drunk History” and “@midnight,” as well as the animated oddity “TripTank.”

Cord-cutting comedy fans, meanwhile, may know him from his many podcast appearances on shows like “WTF with Marc Maron,”“The Nerdist Podcast” and “Getting Dough with High.” In 2016 he released his third comedy special, “Kyle Kinane’s Loose in Chicago.”

Ex Fabula: Karma @ Sugar Maple, 7 p.m.

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Attendees never know quite how any given Ex Fabula “StorySlam” will play out. At each event, interested storytellers place their names in a hat. A select number will be picked to tell an autobiographical five-minute story, based on each installment. For this installment at the Bay View beer bar Sugar Maple, that theme with be “karma,” so expect plenty of tales with ironic twists. Not interested in going on stage? The audience can also submit very short stories written on slips of paper, which the night’s emcee will read to the crowd.

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Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s ‘The Brothers Size’ is a Stark Parable for the Times We Live In ::BY HARRY CHERKINIAN

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In Tandem’s ‘Outgoing Tide’ Broaches the Ebb and Flow of Family and Love

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While issues such as self-determination and loss of dignity are certainly central, this isn’t a drama only for those facing a similar situation. Graham’s marvelously natural dialogue gently teases out topics as disparate as the lasting power of throwaway comments our parents make to us in our childhoods and the shifts in societal conventions related to marriage. This being a realistic depiction of a modern family, there’s humor to be had, too, in the form of inside jokes, pet peeves and “Don’t tell your mother” lines.

Production elements stunningly support the show’s sensitive navigation of comedy and tragedy. Jonathon Leubner’s sound design provides light interludes between some of the weightier scenes, while also furnishing the show with the soundscape of its Chesapeake Bay setting. Holly Blomquist’s lighting likewise includes beautiful atmospheric effects, while also visually delineating the script’s many flashbacks.

Steve Barnes’ set is a perfect reflection of Gunner’s irrepressible mind: The forms are clear even when the joinders between grow hazy. Thus we find a fully realized interior and exterior of the family’s oceanside cottage with multiple levels and few walls between spaces.

Under Chris Flieller’s direction the talented performance ensemble—James Pickering as Gunner, Susan Sweeney as Peg and Simon Jon Provan as Jack—brings similarly expert treatment to the script’s nuanced ebb and flow of psychological and relational dynamics. Pickering sparkles as a man who has always been in control of his life and family and finds nothing more horrifying than having to depend on others and face “looking foolish” before those he supports. Sweeney’s Peg is the recognizable mid-20thcentury mother and wife who “spent her whole life making concessions.” While archetypal, she’s also a fully realized character grappling with the very human fear of being left alone after the long-established cast and setting of her life are upended. Provan’s Jack is a heartrending portrait of an only child—especially compelling for the number of secrets and unresolved pain he carries through the play’s two-day timeframe. !"#$%&'()*+($!*,# is an exploration of the kind of love we sometimes mistake for hatred: the love of family with its unique power to make us reflect on all other connections we make in our lives. In Tandem’s production gracefully navigates this channel to raise more questions than it answers while simultaneously providing engrossing entertainment. !"-)&("$./-0"$12$/'$'"#$!#+'"$3'-##'$!"#/'-#4$562$78$19'"$3'8$:)-$'*0;#'<4$0/==$>1>?6@1?1A@1$)-$ B*<*'$*+'/+,#C'"#/'-#8)-(8 22 | M A R C H 1 , 2 0 1 8

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For the brothers Size—older, responsible Ogun and his younger, aimless brother, Oshoosi—their brotherly ties slowly tighten around each other, changing one another’s lives. This taut, powerful production grips the audience from start to finish, conjuring a savage poetry that playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney has constructed that remains in memory long after the lights come up.

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Oshoosi has been out of prison a short time trying to make his way—and make sense—of the world. Ogun wants him to work, be responsible, productive. But fellow prison inmate, Elegba, is that nagging “demon” whispering in his ear, drawing him back into the world Oshoosi knows all too well.

The four-member cast is superb: Travis A. Knight fills the stage with his commanding presence as Ogun desperate to help his brother, all the more desperate watching him slip away. Knight conveys every detailed nuance, verbal and non verbal, of a man in great inner turmoil, trapped by his own responsibility and need to connect to his last remaining family member.

Andrew Muwonge is a perfect balance of naive boy and grown man, keeping us guessing as to what he’s really thinking. And as the suave, smooth Elegba, Marques Causey is fascinating to watch, a streetwise “serpent” in a gritty Garden of Eden. Jahmés Tony Finlayson is The Egungun, mystical musician and storyteller who casts a spell on this haunting performance using his own “junkyard” of instruments that add to the underlying tension.

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Sunset Playhouse describes their upcoming production of Into the Woods as “a new take on Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale,” and aptly so. By combing through many fairytales’ colorful characters and putting them together into a fascinating story about a young couple who find out that they can’t have children because of a witch’s curse, Sondheim and Lapine created a delightful, Tony Award-winning musical. Characters emerge from our own childhood memories and bookshelves—from classics like Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella and more. As for those Tonys, in 1987, Woods won several, including Best Score, Best Book and Best Actress in a Musical.

Sunset Playhouse is going “into the woods” an extra mile with their upcoming production, of which there will be two. The first is the adult-cast version as part of their professional Furlan Auditorium Production season; the second will be Into the Woods Jr. as part of their Children’s Theater Series with casting derived from their very own School for the Arts. (John Jahn) Into the Woods runs March 1-18 and Into the Woods Jr. runs March 18-19 at Furlan Auditorium, 2533, 700 Wall St., Elm Grove. For tickets, call 262-782-4430 or visit sunsetplayhouse.com.

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More a play with songs than an actual musical, 12 Ophelias by American playwright, translator, songwriter and editor Caridad Svich (b. 1963) centers on William Shakespeare’s character (Ophelia) from his immortal Hamlet, but this is not your traditional build on the Bard. Here, Ophelia rises from the water and dreams of things such as…Pop-Tarts. She’s not in Denmark but in a neoElizabethan Appalachian setting. In 12 Ophelias, Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude, doesn’t run Denmark as queen but rather runs a brothel. Hamlet, himself, is not so much a prince as “a rude boy.”

Directed by Bill Watson, this UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts production of 12 Ophelias is thereby described as “a play full of wonder, sensation and seduction” taking place “in a hard-knocks Appalachian community” during “a summer full of sex, drugs and rock and roll.” (John Jahn) March 7-11 in the Mainstage Theatre of UWM’s Theatre Building, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd. For tickets, call 414-229-4308 or visit uwm.edu/arts/event/12-ophelias.

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Want to hear a secret? Have one to tell? PostSecret: The Show was created

by Internet phenom Frank Warren who set up a secret-telling blog open to one and all to share their most intimate secrets with the world. Warren, in collaboration with an award-winning team of theater professionals, assembled an immersive journey through some of the juiciest and most human secrets he was told into a most fascinating crowd-sourced narrative. Thursday, March 1, in the Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall, 929 N. Water St. For tickets, call 414-273-7206 or visit marcuscenter.org.

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The Highland Community Players hold a reputation as one of the city’s wildest theater groups. Operating from MPS’ parent-directed Montessori school, Highland Community School, the group creates original experimental children’s plays such as this one about kids’ TV game shows that questions how far we’re willing to go to come out on top. Three dozen fourth, fifth and sixth graders comprise the cast but the audience is very much part of the plot. Performances are 6:30 p.m., March 7-9 at at Highland Community School, 1706 W. Highland Ave.

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Women Who Dance will also premiere a work by Kuepper and the all-women company, named 2017’s Best Dance Company by Shepherd Express readers. It will show how these grown-up dancers communicate and create collaboratively. “I don’t have to have all the answers because I know I can rely on the women around me,” Kuepper says. The all-women Panadanza Dance Company will also perform. Their Respira y Baila employs a variety of Caribbean, Central and South American dance styles to tell women’s stories. And there will be guest performances by Cadance Collective on Friday and Earthstrong Women’s Collective on Saturday. (John Schneider) Performances are 7:30 p.m. March 2-3 and 2:30 p.m. March 4 at Next Act Theatre, 255 S. Water St. In the lobby on Saturday, a Maker Fair of women-owned businesses begins at 6:30 p.m. Panadanza offers a samba lesson at 1:45 p.m. on Sunday. Call 414-277-8480 ext. 6025 or visit danceworksmke.org.

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Though the title of the Kettle Moraine Symphony’s next concert is “A New American Frontier,” the music is classic Americana, and that on the lighter side of things. No difficult listening here, to be sure, as the orchestra plays Leroy Anderson miniatures such as Bugler’s Holiday and Clarinet Candy. Works by Aaron Copland and John Williams also appear on the program. There will also be a performance by Elizabeth Rhinehart—winner of the senior division of the Moraine Area Private Music Teacher Organization’s annual concerto competition. Sunday, March 4, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 1044 S. Silverbrook Drive, West Bend. For tickets, call 262-334-3469 or visit kmsymphony.org.

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A “Carnival show” evoking Brazil and Cuba takes place as the Bembé Drum and Dance youth performance ensemble joins with professional dancers and musicians from Milwaukee’s Latino arts scene. Bembé Drum and Dance is an Afro-Latino percussion-based performing arts program for Milwaukee school-age youth. In this music and dance event, you can join them on a tour of annual Carnival celebrations that take place south of the border. Friday, March 2, at Latino Arts Auditorium, 1028 S. Ninth St. For tickets, call 414-384-3100 or visit bembedrumanddance. mivoz.com.

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For “FOLD,” opening March 1 at the Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, curator Annemarie Sawkins organized an exhibition of accordion-fold books, from the 1970s through the present, from the extensive collection of artist publications assembled by Stephen Perkins, artist and senior academic curator of art at UW-Green Bay. The zig-zag layout of accordion-fold books presents artists with a panoramic canvas rich in possibilities for sculptural invention.

On Thursday, March 22 at 7 p.m., Max Yela, Head of the Special Collections Department at the UW-Milwaukee Libraries, will present a selection from UWM’s bookarts collections to illustrate the expressive potential of accordion-fold books.

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Ceramic art can be divided into two main categories: functional and aesthetic. While adept at crafting cups, plates and other functional pieces (which are also quite beautiful—the categories are not mutually exclusive), Corbin specializes in large ceramic sculptures of human figures that resemble Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s dandies of La Belle Époque. “Katheryn Corbin: Migrant” exhibits the sculptures and sawdust-fired vessels created during Corbin’s tenure as the Lynden Sculpture Garden’s artist-in-residence.

The nearly life-sized figurative ceramic sculptures of migrants find the artist reckoning with the contemporary political climate. The exhibition opens with a reception on Sunday, Feb. 25, from 3-5 p.m.

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[FILM CLIPS] Death Wish R

Paul Kersey (Bruce Willis) is a Chicago ER doctor when his wife and daughter are horrifically assaulted in their home. After police fail to turn up any suspects, Kersey decides to do it himself. Dressed in a hoodie and under cover of darkness, Kersey deals out his brand of justice, mercilessly gunning down any bad guys he encounters. As usual, Willis’ particular skill set is playing the reluctant hero armed with superior sarcasm. Essentially a remake of the 1974 Charles Bronson film, the public’s right to dish out justice where otherwise there is none is a debate that never grows old. (Lisa Miller)

A Fantastic Woman R

The agonizing wait in the sterile white corridors brings only bad news for Marina: Her partner, Orlando, whom she had just rushed to the hospital, is dead. And that’s not the end of trouble for her, starting with questions about her legal name. Marina (Daniela Vega) is a trans woman, and the thin veneer of civility shown by most of Orlando’s family (including his ex-wife and sons) soon dissolves into hostility and cruelty. In his Oscar-nominated feature, Chilean director Sebastián Lelio tells much of the story visually. A Fantastic Woman is a treat for cineastes with its many mirrored reflections and ellipses.

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Gnome Alone PG

After moving into a dilapidated house with her single mom, Chloe (voiced by Becky G.) discovers its numerous garden gnomes are actually alive. Along with her neighbor and friend, Liam (Josh Peck), she is persuaded to help the gnomes battle alien Troggs, little orbs with short legs and huge mouths intent on consuming everything in their path. The annoying gnomes attempt to fight off the super-annoying Troggs using a cannon that shoots globs of green slime. Fear the merchandising possibilities! (L.M.)

Red Sparrow R

Her problematic Russian accent aside, Jennifer Lawrence is a showstopper as operative “Red Sparrow.” Trained to seduce men both emotionally and physically, Dominika Egorova (codename “Red Sparrow”) proves adept at extracting information sought by Soviet intelligence. To locate a Russian mole, she is ordered to make American spy Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton) fall for her. Romance blooms and loyalties change—or do they? Adapted from a bestseller penned by ex-CIA agent Jason Matthews, the twisty plot satisfies—save for one twist that misses the mark. Despite such flaws, Lawrence’s portrayal always keeps us watching and (mostly) guessing. (L.M.)

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Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), a third-year medical student, is having roommate problems. And since he attends Miskatonic University, can weird science and gruesome experiments be far behind? In this blood-splattered 1985 adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story, the weirdly saturnine roommate, Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs), is reanimating dead human tissue—and dead people—with terrible results. Director Stuart Gordon, a one-time UW-Madison theater major, was important for his work with Chicago’s Organic Theater.

Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno

When a jealous husband gazes onto a lake and sees his wife in a boat with another man, the water turns blood red. French director Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno (1964) was a dazzling visualization of obsession. But the project collapsed in confusion, leaving behind 13 hours of film, most of it seen for the first time in this documentary. Interviews with cast and crew suggest Clouzot went off his head trying to juggle Inferno’s many facets.

The Covered Wagon

The Covered Wagon (1923) was the western that set the standard—blazed the trail if you will—for things to come. It catches the dusty grime of a wagon train rolling toward Oregon in the 1840s and encapsulates the American mythology of “lion-hearted” pioneers who “carved a splendid civilization out of uncharted wilderness.” The western lingo was spelled in intertitles (“I’m mighty well pleased, ma’am”) and many of the genre’s stock characters were already fully sketched.

Roaring Abyss

In tin-rooted dance halls, village commons and parks, traditional music flourishes across Ethiopia. Director Quino Piñero ventured beyond that nation’s cities and into the countryside where ancient harps and pipes are still played against the hypnotic rhythms of hand-slapped drums, where vocal groups sing with an urgency strangely reminiscent of rap and a brass band bends its European instruments to the demands of East Africa. Interviewed are people who make no separation between music and life.

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Munich 1919:

Diary of a Revolution (POLITY), BY VICTOR KLEMPERER

In November 1918, Munich—like the rest of Germany—was swept up in revolution as World War I ended and the Kaiser fled into exile. The revolution soon devolved into civil war, and in Munich, the conflict paved the road to the rise of an unknown soldier returning from the front, Adolf Hitler. Another soldier home from war, Victor Klemperer, resumed his academic career in the midst of armed struggle between left and right. His diaries have become a valuable eyewitness account of Nazi Germany. Munich 1919, the first publication of his recollections of 1918-1919, provides a wealth of detail and sharpeyed observations on a short phase of time little understood but formative for the terrible history to come. Sympathetic neither to the far left nor right, Klemperer was a moderate unswayed by emotions on either side. (David Luhrssen)

Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan (CHIN MUSIC PRESS MERCURIA PRESS),

BY JIM ZACK DAVISSON Cats are the most mysterious of household pets: They are nocturnal creatures; they are capable of love as well as contemptuous indifference to humankind; they seemingly have the power to disappear. In the West, they are associated with witchcraft. In Japan, according to Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan, felines have a dangerous agency all their own. Illustrated with traditional woodcuts depicting cats in fearsome, vampiric poses, folklorist Zack Davisson collects many old tales of killer felines, cats that kept returning despite the best efforts of owners to lose them, creatures capable of cursing people who crossed them. In recent decades, Davisson adds, cats have mellowed into a more benign presence in manga and anime. Hello Kitty, anyone?

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Now, The New York Times bestselling author has turned her pen to grown-up fairy tales in her short-story collection Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories.

This beautifully crafted collection of nine stories unravels complicated narratives and delves into universal themes of love and death. Set in a world that is both eerily familiar and stunningly original, Barnhill has brought readers uncanny characters facing issues from death to sexuality, infused with both the most familiar of human struggles and the best of our hopeful spirit.

Barnhill makes her home in Minnesota, where she is a teaching artist at COMPAS, a statewide community arts program. Boswell Book Co. and the Lynden Sculpture Garden will welcome the award-winning author for its upcoming Women’s Speaker Series event at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 1 at Lynden. This ticketed event comes with a signed copy of Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories.

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You are invited to our Milwaukee Women’s Leadership Luncheon

::HEARMEOUT ASK RUTHIE | UPCOMING EVENTS | PAUL MASTERSON

::RUTHIE’SSOCIALCALENDAR Feb. 22: Bianca Del Rio at Turner Hall Ballroom (1040 N. Fourth St.): One of RuPaul’s greatest funny ladies brings her sharp-tongued hilarity and quick wit to Cream City with the “Blame It on Bianca” one-woman show. Tickets to the 8 p.m. comedy concert are $42.50 and can be found at pabsttheater.org.

featuring Ashley Brundage, Inclusion Consultant and VP at PNC Financial Services Group

March 2: 2018 Women Leaders Conference at The Pfister Hotel (424 E. Wisconsin Ave.): Be all you can be during the ninth annual conference that puts the spotlight on leadership, wellness and change. Your $395 registration allows you to choose from 15 sessions, attend keynote speeches and network. Visit uwm.edu/ sce/conferences/women-leaders/ for tickets, schedules and more. The event runs 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Wednesday, March 28 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Saz’s South Second 2nd

838 S St Milwaukee, WI $30 for Chamber members $40 for non-Chamber members Register online at www.WisLGBTChamber.com

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Get Your Geek On Are you a geek? A dweeb? A nerd? Maybe you’re in love with an anime nut or perhaps your bestie is a Trekker. Whether you’re an active part of geek culture or simply a bystander, this is the week for you! It’s Geek Week in Milwaukee (March 5-9), hosted by UW-Milwaukee. To learn more about this neat, nifty yet utterly nerdy week, visit uwm.edu/ studentinvolvement/campus-traditions/geek-week/ or “like” UWM Geek Week on Facebook. Which reminds me, let’s read a letter about nerd love on the brink of going bad.

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I’m in love with a self-described “cosplay geek.”

While at first, the entire thing was sort of weird, I’ve come to appreciate this culture, made new friends and fallen head over heels with this awesome cosplay geek. My friends don’t get it, suggest I dump him and think I’m turning into a dweeb. Not sure if they’re really my friends anymore. What do you think?

—Geek Love !"#$%,-."$+%

Let your geek flag fly...or at least, let your geeklover flag fly! It sounds like you’re gosh-darn happy, sugar, so go be happy. Maybe this guy isn’t the Prince Charming you thought you’d be with, but he’s the honey bunny the universe sent you and the sweet potato you’ve fallen for.

Don’t give your amigos the cold shoulder but ask for their support and acceptance. Love your guy for what he is and enjoy the hell outta this special, fun and exciting time with him. In fact, check out some of the Geek Week events in my social calendar and geek out all week, darlin’!

March 2: Pride Night with the Milwaukee Bucks at BMO Harris Bradley Center (1001 N. Fourth St.): Celebrate diversity, inclusion and basketball during this change-of-pace pride night! For tickets to the 7 p.m. game, visit nba.com/bucks/ tickets/pridenight. Hooray sports! Do the thing! Score the points!

March 3: Gardens & Gears Steampunk Wonderland Faire at Mitchell Park Domes (524 S. Layton Blvd.): Steampunk meets Alice’s Wonderland in this annual garden party. Come dressed for the theme or simply enjoy the $8 day, featuring live entertainment, vendors, craftsmen and creative artists. Food and cocktails are available for purchase. Doors open at 9 a.m.

March 3: Cosplay Dance Party at UW-Milwaukee (2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Wisconsin Room): It’s time to get your geek on! The UWM Geek Culture Corp hosts this annual cosplay event with DJs, dancing, food, raffles and a costume contest.

The 6-11:30 p.m. night is free and open to anyone over 18.

March 3: Trek Wars at D.I.X. (739 S. First St.): A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away....a gay bar had an idea to host an intergalactic night of fun. Now, they’ve brought that idea to Brew City, and you’re invited! Whether you’re a Star Wars fan, a Trekker or an old-time Trekkie, this themed night of drink specials, dancing, drag and more promises to set your light saber aflame. Don’t miss the 10 p.m. out-ofthis-world craziness.

March 3: MiMi Marks at LVL Dance (801 S. Second St.): The cast of the Transformation Showgirls welcomes home breakout girl MiMi Marks during this special show. Seen on the realty show “I Am Cait,” winner of international pageants, staple at Chicago’s famed Baton nightclub, and subject of documentaries and films, MiMi hits the stage at 10:30 p.m. The evening involves an $8 cover charge.

March 4: Battle of the Bitches: Jackie Beat vs. Sherry Vine at Hamburger Mary’s (730 S. Fifth St.): Don’t miss your chance to see the dynamic duo of drag— Jackie Beat and Sherry Vine! Their live performances of song parodies make a hilarious 8 p.m. show, framed within a tongue-in-cheek competition. See why they’re taking the country by storm when you purchase your $25 ticket at brownpapertickets.com.

March 5: Queer Anime Double Feature at UWM LGBT Resource Center (2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.): It’s Geek Week at UWM, and this showing features back-to-back episodes of “Yuri!!! On Ice” and “The Legend of Korra.” The 2-6 p.m. event is open to all and includes snacks. Email peerout@uwm.edu with questions.

March 7: Ruthie’s Birthday Bingo Bash at Hamburger Mary’s (730 S. Fifth St.): It’s my birthday! Let’s party! You’re invited to tip back a few with me (both cocktails and burgers) with my 8 p.m. bingo bash. Play 10 rounds of bingo and you might win hundreds of dollars in prizes. Call 414-488-2555 for reservations. See you there!

Want to share an event with Ruthie? Need her advice? Email DearRuthie@ Shepex.com.

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SSBL’s softball season begins in May and runs through July. SSBL is expecting 12-13 teams with team registration fees as low as $100. This is also the year of the 40th Dairyland Classic, the league’s annual international tournament. It takes place Oct. 5-7. SSBL is planning special attractions like an SSBL History display. To celebrate this special anniversary, the goal is to host 40 teams, a significant increase over past years.

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The Big Gay 5K Run/Walk fundraising event for the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) takes place Thursday, June 7.

Organized by the Milwaukee Gay Sports Network (MGSN), plans are to expand the Veterans Park event to include Milwaukee’s greater sport’s family. A PrideFest Pride Sports Area is in the planning stages and hopes are to collaborate with the Brewers and Admirals organizations to expose people to health and wellness through sports and to generate interest in LGBTQ sports. SSBL and MGSN will also participate in the Pride Parade.

Aurora Health Care-sponsored Brewers Pride Night has now been scheduled for a Thursday, June 21 game against the St. Louis Cardinals (their Pride Night takes place in August).

Launched last year, SSBL’s Kickball takes place Thursday nights, July through August.

Another season highlight is the return of the Ozabooboo Golf Classic. Named after SSBL and NAGAAA Hall of Famer Arturo Olazabal, the fundraiser supports the Cream City Foundation. The Tournament takes place on Saturday, Aug. 11.

Autumn softball, Fall Ball, begins after Labor Day. Teams are randomly drafted to break down barriers between groups and to allow folks to meet others within the community they might not otherwise get to know.

Last year, SSBL and MGSN Miller Park concession volunteers worked 42 games, raised $72,000, and were named Nonprofit Group of 2017. This year, they’ve committed to work every game. The program raises funds for the league and players with 75% dispersed to individual volunteers as reimbursement for sport-relevant costs, like players’ fees, tobacco cessation products and sports-relevant travel. It benefits the league by involving those who might not otherwise be able to participate.

The season culminates with “Halloween at Sea,” a seven-day Caribbean cruise, open to “all LGBTQ Cruisers and Allies” and features our own Dear Ruthie as MC. That sounds like a cruise to remember. !"#$%&'("#)*+&"'%"'%,,-.%*'/%!0,1%)*2% 3$%("4'/%"'%+5$%6#"4789%8":&*;%)$/&*%8&+$8< M A R C H 1 , 2 0 1 8 | 31

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FEATURE | ALBUM REVIEWS | CONCERT REVIEWS | LOCAL MUSIC

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here’s no sugarcoating it: Winters are bleak in Milwaukee. The cold weather and short days have a way of cutting us off from such basic necessities as social interaction and sunlight, and unless you’re into outdoor sports, there really isn’t all that much to do. It’s hard to be at your best when there isn’t even really an incentive to shower or leave your house. Stephen Strupp was feeling that crunch a few years back when he was writing the songs that would become his Soda Road trio’s debut album, Varsity of Winter.

“I was definitely not in the best state I’ve ever been in,” recalls the songwriter. “It was a couple of winters ago, when the Polar Vortex was in full effect, and it was before I was hip to things like taking a vitamin D supplement. I wasn’t taking care of myself in a responsible enough way.” Strupp escaped his funk, but it left him with a batch of songs he didn’t know what to do with—songs far more melancholy than anything he’d recorded on his 2014 solo debut, Danke Für Das Gilt, or on his many albums as a former member of the Milwaukee indie-rock band Sat. Nite Duets.

“I guess I went through what a lot of people go through when they write songs or make something in a specific moment,” he says. “When I was recording the

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album, I had kind of moved on from those feelings, but I still wanted the album to be specific to that time period—which I felt conflicted about, because I was making myself relive some feelings that I would rather move on from. I don’t know if I’ll write something that way again. It was definitely a learning experience.” Even after he’d recorded the album, with a band lineup featuring Midnight Reruns’ Graham Hunt and drummer Ben Mitchell (since succeeded by Sam Reitman, also of Midnight Reruns), Strupp second guessed releasing it. “There’s already so much sadness out in the world, I didn’t want to be adding to that pile,” he says.

Save for the almost Elliott Smith-esque melancholy of its title track, however, Varsity of Winter isn’t nearly as dispiriting as its origins. It’s a sharp, tuneful set of easygoing power-pop, a bit mellower than recent releases from Sat. Nite Duets or Midnight Reruns perhaps, but still a delight on the ears.

Strupp doesn’t let the rawer subject matter dampen his usual wordplay, either. “I lift weights but they’re too heavy/ Rather lift lines from Tom Petty,” he sings over a tipsy Soda Road melody on “Four White Horses.” On other songs, he retreats to reassuring childhood memories. “Teach Yourself Zen” Tonic Tavern recounts a childhood vacation at Epcot; “Christmastime Wednedsday, and Christmas” celebrates the one thing about winter Feb. 28 Strupp genuinely loves—the holidays. (“Christmas comes 8:00 p.m. only once a year, but I wish that it came more,” he sings, a childish sentiment that holds true in adulthood).

“I don’t think it’s a deliberate thing,” Strupp says of the wistful nostalgia for his youth that continually creeps into his songs. “It’s just a way of finding comfort, and I think I was exploring innocence in a way with those childish memories. I was going through a time when I was filled with these feelings of regret, heavy feelings, and I guess maybe trying to make sense of that by rewinding, looking back at my early days.”

Asked what it is about those childhood memories he finds so reassuring, Strupp takes a long pause. “Honestly, I’m not totally sure,” he says, before a second, even longer pause. “I really don’t know. But I guess I come away from them realizing that I’m still the same guy inside as I’ve always been.”

Soda Road play Tonic Tavern on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. Varsity of Winter is streaming at sodaroad.bandcamp.com.

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Amelia's, Jackson Dordel Jazz Quintet (4pm) American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), Bobby Way Solo Angelo's Piano Lounge, Acoustic Guitar Night BMO Harris Bradley Center, Lorde w/Run the Jewels and Tove Styrke Cactus Club, Psychotic Reaction w/Limp Wizurdz, Wood Chickens & Duckling Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Song Circle w/Tricia Alexander Colectivo Coffee (On Prospect), Donny McCaslin Company Brewing, Natty Nation's Milwaukee Bob Marley B-day Bash w/Grateful Dub & DJ Avets County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Acoustic Irish Folk w/Barry Dodd Gibraltar Mke, Alex Wilson Blues Guitar Jazz Estate, Alex Norris Quartet Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Feed the Dog w/Monsters of Grass Mason Street Grill, Mark Thierfelder Jazz Trio (5:30pm) Miramar Theatre, Autograf w/Ramzoid & Edamame (all-ages, 9pm) Pabst Theater, Anthony Jeselnik: Funny Games Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Phil Norby (8pm), In the Fire Pit: Dizzy Reed & Alex Grossi w/Michael Sean (8:30pm) Rounding Third Bar and Grill, World's Funniest Free Comedy Show Route 20 Outhouse (Sturtevant), Route 20 Bluegrass Jam (6pm) Shank Hall, George Shingleton The Bay Restaurant, Pat McCurdy The Packing House Restaurant, Barbara Stephan & Peter Mac (6pm) Transfer Pizzeria Cafe, Martini Jazz Lounge Turner Hall Ballroom, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong w/Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers Up & Under Pub, A No Vacancy Comedy Open Mic

FRIDAY, MARCH 2

58 Below (Kenosha), Cactii w/Alex Vina American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), Dean Richards American Legion Post #69 (Mayville), The Ricochettes Angelo's Piano Lounge, Julie's Piano Karaoke Anodyne Coffee (Walker's Point), Nickel & Rose w/Father Sky Cactus Club, City Elites w/J-Wingo & Benji Franco Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Kaia Fowler Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Lori Borealis' 40th B-Day Celebration w/Sordid Details & Mood Vertigo (8pm); DJ: Miss LaFontaine (10pm) Clarke Hotel (Waukesha), Dick Eliot Jazz Guitar (6pm) ComedySportz Milwaukee, ComedySportz Milwaukee!

County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Traditional Irish Ceilidh Session Frank's Power Plant, The Dewtons w/The DUIs, IDFK & The Ridgelands acoustic

Iron Mike's (Franklin), Jam Session w/Steve Nitros & Friends Jazz Estate, Jeremy Cunningham Quartet (8pm), Late Night Session: Jonathan Greenstein (11:30pm) Lakefront Brewery, Brewhaus Polka Kings (5:30pm) Linneman's Riverwest Inn, The Thriftones w/Driveway Thriftdwellers Mamie's, Stokes & the Old Blues Boys Mason Street Grill, Phil Seed Trio (6pm) Miramar Theatre, Dead Man's Carnival w/Prof. Pinkerton & The Magnificents Pabst Theater, Nightmares on Wax w/Air Credits Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Alyssia Dominguez & Jeremy Zima (9pm), In the Fire Pit: Dizzy Reed & Alex Grossi w/ Michael Sean (9:30pm) Rave / Eagles Club, Why Don't We (all-ages, 7pm) Rock Country, 5 Card Studs Shank Hall, Nick Moss Band w/Dennis Gruenling The Bay Restaurant, Rick Aaron & The Men in Black Trio The Iron Horse Hotel, Joe Kadlec (6:30pm) The Packing House Restaurant, Chanel LeMeaux & The Dapper Cads w/Jeff Stoll (6:30pm) Turner Hall Ballroom, Colin Quinn: One In Every Crowd Up & Under Pub, Hey Captain Knight

SATURDAY, MARCH 3

7 Mile Fair (Caledonia), The Blues Disciples (12pm) Alioto's, Georgia & JoAnna Marie American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), Elwood and the Eccentrics Angelo's Piano Lounge, Piano Night Cactus Club, Yonatan Gat w/Gallery Night & Soup Moat Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Les Martin (8pm); DJ: Theresa Who (10pm) Club Garibaldi, The Yawpers w/Devil Met Contention Club Timbuktu, Nwa Na Agbe ComedySportz Milwaukee, ComedySportz Milwaukee!

Cue Club of Wisconsin (Waukesha), Crank the Radio Delafield Brewhaus, Stage Hoggs Frank's Power Plant, Miltown Kings presents: The Freshman Class Harry's on Brady, 5 Card Studs High Dive, Julian Lynch and Apollo Vermouth w/Big Syn, So Zuppy & Peacebone Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Vocals & Keys Jazz Estate, Marcya Danellie Quartet (8pm), Late Night Session: The Dave Stoler Trio (11:30pm) Kam's Thistle & Shamrock, Tangled Lines Presents: Fools and Barstools Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall, South City Revival & Motel Breakfast Linneman's Riverwest Inn, The Bill Camplin Band Mason Street Grill, Jonathan Wade Trio (6pm) Mezcalero Restaurant, Larry Lynne Band

Miramar Theatre, We Came As Romans w/The Plot in You, Oceans Ate Alaska, Currents & Tempting Fate (all-ages, 5:30pm) Pabst Theater, Paula Poundstone Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: 3D (9pm), In the Fire Pit: Dizzy Reed & Alex Grossi w/Michael Sean (9:30pm) Racine Downtown & River North (Venues for Thoughts for Food), Thoughts for Food: A Multi-Venue Benefit Concert for the Racine County Food Bank Riverside Theater, MIGUEL w/Sir & Nonchalant Savant Shank Hall, Bonifas Electric Band The Cheel (Thiensville), Mambo Surfers The Coffee House, Food Pantry Benefit: Eron Laber, Paul Smith & Andy Jehly, J. P. Spencer, and David Kaye & The Electric Mustache The Packing House Restaurant, Lem Banks, Jeff Stoll, Alvin Turner & Omar (6:30pm) The Point, "Elton John and Dean Martin" w/Tom Weiland & Brian Harris Turner Hall Ballroom, ZOSO: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience Up & Under Pub, Groove Gun

SUNDAY, MARCH 4

7 Mile Fair (Caledonia), The Blues Disciples (12pm) Angelo's Piano Lounge, Live Karaoke w/ Julie Brandenburg Cactus Club, Desmond Jones w/Hot By Ziggy Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Paul Setser, Dan Wisniewski & Tal Deering (8pm); DJ: Trail Boss Tim Cook (10pm) Dugout 54, Dugout 54 Sunday Open Jam Hops & Leisure (Oconomowoc), Full Band Open Jam Iron Mike's (Franklin), Jammin' Jimmy Open Jam (3pm) Jazz Estate, Jason Seed Stringtet Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall, Best Westerns (2pm) Miramar Theatre, Cdot Honcho (all-ages, 5:30pm) Rave / Eagles Club, Tyler The Creator w/Vince Staples & Taco (all-ages, 7:30pm) Rounding Third Bar and Grill, The Dangerously Strong Comedy Open Mic Shank Hall, Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers w/The Black Moods The Jazz Gallery, Jazz Gallery Pianofest (12pm) The Tonic Tavern, Third Coast Blues w/Jim Liban & Little Rev (4pm)

MONDAY, MARCH 5

Jazz Estate, Jazz Estate Jam Session Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Poet's Monday w/host Timothy Kloss & featured reader Alaina Rose (sign-up 7:30pm, 8-10:30pm) Mason Street Grill, Joel Burt Duo (5:30pm) Paulie's Pub and Eatery, Open Jam w/Christopher John

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bingo Hall: Bingo Anniversary Bash w/Kris Crow Band (11:30am & 4:30pm) The Roadhouse (Dundee), Open Jam w/Craig Omick & Friends, Jeff Arnold, Ricky Orta Jr & Ronn Gilbert Up & Under Pub, Open Mic w/Marshall McGhee and the Wanderers

TUESDAY, MARCH 6

C Notes Upscale Sports Lounge, Another Night-Another Mic Open Mic w/host The Original Darryl Hill Club Garibaldi, WMSE presents Local/Live w/Xposed Dead Horses (5:30pm) Frank's Power Plant, Duck and Cover Comedy Open Mic Jazz Estate, Extra Crispy Brass Band Mamie's, Open Blues Jam w/Carole & Craig Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) Miramar Theatre, Tuesday Open Mic w/host Sandy Weisto (sign-up 7:30pm) Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bingo Hall: Bingo Anniversary Bash w/Bound For Branson (11:30am & 4:30pm) Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In the Northern Lights Theater: Robert Cray Band Shank Hall, Y&T w/Electric Revolution The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Jazz Jam Session Transfer Pizzeria Cafe, Transfer House Band w/Dennis Fermenich Turner Hall Ballroom, Betty Who w/Pretty Sister & Spencer Ludwig

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7

Conway's Smokin' Bar & Grill, Open Jam w/Big Wisconsin Johnson Jazz Estate, Duo Night w/MRS. FUN Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall, Polka Open Jam Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Acoustic Open Stage w/feature Adam Margolis (sign-up 8:30pm, start 9pm) Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) Morton's (Cedarburg), Third Coast Blues w/Perry Weber & Benny Rickun (6:30pm) Nomad World Pub, 88.9 Presents "Locals Only" Paulie's Field Trip, Humpday Jam w/Dave Wacker & Mitch Cooper Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bingo Hall: Bingo Anniversary Bash w/Al White & Friends (11:30am & 4:30pm) Shank Hall, Random Rab Sugar Maple, Ex Fabula: "Karma" Tally's Tap & Eatery (Waukesha), Tomm Lehnigk The Cheel (Thiensville), Soulfoot Mombits (6:30pm) The Packing House Restaurant, Carmen Nickerson & Kostia Efimov (6pm) Turner Hall Ballroom, Kyle Kinane

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): On Sept. 1, 1666, a London baker named Thomas Farriner didn’t take proper precautions to douse the fire in his oven before he went to sleep. Consequences were serious. The conflagration that ignited in his little shop burned down large parts of the city.

Three-hundred-twenty years later, a group of bakers gathered at the original site to offer a ritual atonement. “It’s never too late to apologize,” said one official, acknowledging the tardiness of the gesture. In that spirit, Aries, I invite you to finally dissolve a clump of guilt you’ve been carrying…or express gratitude that you should have delivered long ago…or resolve a messy ending that still bothers you…or transform your relationship with an old wound…or all of the above.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Committee to Fanatically Promote Taurus’s Success is pleased to see that you’re not waiting politely for your next turn. You have come to the brilliant realization that what used to be your fair share is no longer sufficient. You intuitively sense that you have a cosmic mandate to skip a few steps—to ask for more and better and faster results. As a reward for this outbreak of shrewd and well-deserved self-love, and in recognition of the blessings that are currently showering down on your astrological House of Noble Greed, you are hereby granted three weeks’ worth of extra service, free bonuses, special treatment and abundant slack.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): No one can be somewhat pregnant. You either are or you’re not. But from a metaphorical perspective, your current state is a close approximation to that impossible condition. Are you or are you not going to commit yourself to birthing a new creation? Decide soon, please. Opt for one or the other resolution; don’t remain in the gray area. And there’s more to consider. You are indulging in excessive in-betweenness in other areas of your life, as well. You’re almost brave and sort of free and semi-faithful. My advice about these halfway states is the same: Either go all the way or else stop pretending you might.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Appalachian Trail is a 2,200-mile path that runs through the eastern United States. Hikers can wind their way through forests and wilderness areas from Mount Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia. Along the way they may encounter black bears, bobcats, porcupines and wild boars. These natural wonders may seem to be at a remote distance from civilization, but they are in fact conveniently accessible from America’s biggest metropolis. For $8.75, you can take a train from Grand Central Station in New York City to an entry point of the Appalachian Trail. This scenario is an apt metaphor for you right now, Cancerian. With relative ease, you can escape from your routines and habits. I hope you take advantage!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Is 2018 turning out to be as I expected it would be for you? Have you become more accepting of yourself and further at peace with your mysterious destiny?

Are you benefiting from greater stability and security? Do you feel more at home in the world and better nurtured by your close allies? If for some reason these developments are not yet in bloom, withdraw from every lesser concern and turn your focus to them.

Make sure you make full use of the gifts that life is conspiring to provide for you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “You can’t find intimacy—you can’t find home—when you’re always hiding behind masks,” says

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the coming weeks, you could reach several odd personal bests. For instance, your ability to distinguish between flowery bullshit and inventive truth telling will be at a peak. Your “imperfections” will be more interesting and forgivable than usual, and might even work to your advantage, as well. I suspect you’ll also have an adorable inclination to accomplish the halfright thing when it’s impossible to do the perfectly right thing. Finally, all the astrological omens suggest that you will have a tricky power to capitalize on lucky lapses.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): French philosopher Blaise Pascal said, “If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.” American author Henry David Thoreau declared, “There is no remedy for love but to love more.” I would hesitate to offer these two formulations in the horoscope of any other sign but yours, Scorpio. And I would even hesitate to offer them to you at any other time beside right now. But I feel that you currently have the strength of character and fertile willpower necessary to make righteous use of such stringently medicinal magic. So please proceed with my agenda for you, which is to become the Smartest, Feistiest, Most Resourceful Lover Who Has Ever Lived.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The state of Kansas has more than 6,000 ghost towns—places where people once lived, but then abandoned. Daniel C. Fitzgerald has written six books documenting these places. He’s an expert on researching what remains of the past and drawing conclusions based on the old evidence. In accordance with current astrological omens, I suggest you consider doing comparable research into your own lost and half-forgotten history. You can generate vigorous psychic energy by communing with origins and memories. Remembering who you used to be will clarify your future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s not quite a revolution that’s in the works. But it is a sprightly evolution. Accelerating developments may test your ability to adjust gracefully.

Quickly shifting story lines will ask you to be resilient and flexible. But the unruly flow won’t throw you into a stressful tizzy as long as you treat it as an interesting challenge instead of an inconvenient imposition.

My advice is not to stiffen your mood or narrow your range of expression, but rather to be like an actor in an improvisation class. Fluidity is your word of power.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s the Productive Paradox Phase of your cycle. You can generate good luck and unexpected help by romancing the contradictions. For example: 1. You’ll enhance your freedom by risking deeper commitment. 2. You’ll gain greater control over wild influences by loosening your grip and providing more spaciousness. 3. If you are willing to appear naive, empty or foolish, you’ll set the stage for getting smarter. 4. A blessing you didn’t realize you needed will come your way after you relinquish a burdensome “asset.” 5. Greater power will flow your way if you expand your capacity for receptivity.

Homework: What good old thing could you give up in order to attract a great new thing into your life? Testify at freewillastrology.com.

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