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Milwaukee Restaurants Work to Reduce Food Waste LOCAL BUSINESSES FIND ALTERNATIVES TO DUMPSTERS AND LANDFILLS ::BY LACEY MUSZYNSKI p to 40% of the food supply in the United States will never be consumed.

That startling fact from the U.S. Department of Agriculture puts into perspective the monumental problem this country has with food waste. Most of that wasted food ends up in landfills, negatively impacting the environment. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, more food reaches landfills than any other type of waste.

Food waste comes from many sources. When you find a mushy, halfeaten cucumber in the bottom of your crisper drawer and throw it in the trash, you’re contributing to a landfill. Schools, hospitals, grocery stores, manufacturers, corporations and municipalities all produce food waste. If a building has food in it, some will be wasted. That is especially true for restaurants, whose business is food.

Restaurants in Milwaukee are tackling the issue of food waste head on.

Many chefs and restaurant owners feel compelled to find alternatives to throwing food in the trash because of their commitment to environmental concerns, according to Melissa Tashjian, founder of Compost Crusader, a local organic waste disposal and composting company.

“I think restaurant customers work with us because they are environmentally conscious and see an opportunity to make a positive impact in their community,” she says. Tied closely with that reasoning is the moral and ethical dilemma of throwing out nutritious food. Food is not going to the mouth of someone who needs it, and it’s contributing to our environmental crisis at the same time, which is a combination that many chefs just can’t accept.

So what’s a restaurant to do with their food waste? Many are taking a multipronged approach and dealing with organic waste in numerous ways. The most obvious is collecting all organic materials and composting them. Most restaurants don’t have the space or time to do their own composting, so that’s where companies like Compost Crusader come in. Tashjian started the company in 2014, which runs much like standard disposal services. The company offers four different size receptacles for organic material and food scraps, and restaurants pay a fee based on the size of the receptacle, frequency of pick up and distance traveled to the compost site, according to Tashjian.

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About 30% of Compost Crusader’s business comes from area restaurants. Most of those customers are able to divert 50 to 75% of their waste from the landfill, according to Tashjian. Once the organic waste is collected, it goes to Blue Ribbon Organics in Caledonia, which takes care of the composting. “We pay them, per ton, to take the material off our hands and they process it into a nutrient-rich soil amendment called compost,” says Tashjian. That compost is then sold back to Milwaukee County residents. In the past Compost Crusader has also made donations of finished compost to community garden initiatives such as Groundwork Milwaukee.

The cost of these specialized composting services can range from cost neutral—it costs the same as if restaurants were filling dumpsters bound for the landfill—to a bit of a premium. Melissa Buchholz, owner of Odd Duck and Hello Falafel, says it costs about $400 per month for two waste management services to collect the restaurant’s waste at Odd Duck alone.

One is a recycler and garbage disposal service, and the other is Compost Crusader. The added cost does not deter her, however.

“We think it is worth the extra cost to try to deal with our waste ethically and responsibly in a way that makes sense for our city and our planet,” says Buchholz. “It is more expensive to recycle and compost than it is to just throw everything in the garbage, but our motivation for doing so stems more from personal ethics than business profits for us, and we’ve been lucky to be successful enough to afford to do things in a more environmentally responsible manner.”

There are ways restaurants can address food waste and save money, however. Using every part of an ingredient will prevent unnecessary waste.

Reducing the volume of waste, whether a restaurant composts or not, will reduce costs. For example, at Odd Duck, Buchholz will use every part of a chicken: butchering it for meat, rendering the fat for cooking potatoes and using the bones and carcass for stock. There will always be some waste— bones, uneaten portions of customers’ plates and banana peels, for example—but repurposing perfectly edible “waste” can save money.

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Offering free meals, whether to a restaurant’s staff or to the general public, is another way of diverting food waste from the landfill. At Odd Duck, Buchholz has a daily free staff meal that she calls Family Meal. Odds and ends that would otherwise not be served to customers are transformed into a delicious staff meal.

Ronnie Oldham, chef at Balzac Wine Bar, takes the free meal concept one step further. After realizing that there was too much food waste leaving his kitchen, even after using a composting service and feeding staff, he implemented a new program coincidentally called Family Meal. On Sunday nights, anyone can stop in the restaurant after 10 p.m., order a drink, and receive free small plates made of food the kitchen would otherwise throw away or compost. It started as a deal for service industry folks as a way to open up dialogue about restaurant food waste, but has since been opened up to anyone who’d like to partake.

Since Oldham started Family Meal three months ago, he’s fed more than 500 people 70 different dishes. They’ve served everything from pork belly ends with farmer’s cheese made with Manchego rinds, croutons from stale bread and pickled peppers, to a cinnamon cayenne chocolate torte with ice cream made with leftover red wine.

The impact Family Meal is making on Balzac’s bottom line has been immediately apparent, according to Oldham. He estimates that by the end of the year, the restaurant will save approximately $500 in composting service fees, around $2,000 from repurposing edible “waste” and about $100 on garbage bags.

So, whether the motivation for examining a restaurant’s food waste is environmental or financial, big benefits can be had with a little more careful planning. “Just be cognizant of what is ultimately getting used and what is getting thrown away,” says Oldham. “Not only is it a good cost-cutting measure, but it makes an immediate impact on reducing waste, while helping the environment at the same time.”

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NEWS&VIEWS::SAVINGOURDEMOCRACY ( MAY 25 - MAY 31, 2017 )

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ach week, the Shepherd Express will serve as a clearinghouse for any and all activities in the greater Milwaukee area that peacefully push back against discriminatory, reactionary or authoritarian actions and policies of the Trump administration and other activities that promote social justice. We will publicize and promote actions, demonstrations, planning meetings, teach-ins, partybuilding meetings, drinking/discussion get-togethers or any other actions that are directed toward fighting back to preserve our liberal democratic system.

These Doors Stay Open (Part 2), 5 p.m.-2 a.m., @ The Local Club Anything (807 S. Fifth St.)

MKE Punk Fest is presenting a benefit show for Planned Parenthood with the goal of raising $5,000 for the women’s health organization. Urban Descent, TIGT, BxUxDx, Four 5 Dive and many more will perform.

Doors open at 5 p.m., with the show starting at 6.

There is a $5 or more suggested donation. The event is 21+.

Wednesday, May 31

Thursday, May 25

Feminism on Tap, 5-7:30 p.m. @ TG’s (4120 Seventh Ave., Kenosha)

Kenosha’s Drinking Liberally chapter is hosting Feminism on Tap, a happy hour with rotating hosts that provides a fun collaborative space for women’s rights advocates and community members to develop ideas.

Saturday, May 27

Peace Action Wisconsin: Stand for Peace, noon-1 p.m. @ Corner of LaFayette Hill and Lincoln Memorial Drive

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

Refuel the Resistance, 5-8 p.m. @ Bounce Milwaukee (2801 S. Fifth Court)

Every Wednesday, Bounce Milwaukee offers a space to organize, as well as a free drink to anyone who brings evidence of resistance in the past week, including protest signs, an email to an elected official or a selfie at the capital.

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 this administration has planned for our great country.

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You Believe Donald Trump Jeopardized America’s Safety

Last week we asked if you believe that by sharing highly classified information with the Russian government Donald Trump ultimately put American lives at risk. You said: Yes: 68% No: 32%

What Do You Say?

Rolling back Barack Obama’s reforms, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has directed federal prosecutors to seek the harshest sentences for drug offenses. Is it bad policy to fill the prison system with nonviolent offenders?

Yes No Vote online at shepherdexpress.com. We’ll publish the results of this poll in next week’s issue.

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How RightWing Success Destroyed David Clarke ::BY JOEL MCNALLY

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avid Clarke says he’s about to be promoted to a big, important job in the Trump administration that could possibly spread the public destruction from Clarke’s apparent abusive personality disorder far wider than his job as Milwaukee County Sheriff.

That’s frightening since the most recent horrific consequence of Clarke’s cruel policies was the dehydration death of a mentally ill Milwaukee County Jail inmate after Clarke’s jailers shut off water to the man’s cell to punish him for his annoying irrational behavior.

Clarke’s unfitness for public office has been well documented in this column and elsewhere.

Clarke has a lucrative moonlighting career in right-wing media entertaining white extremists who cheer an African American official for viciously attacking other black politicians and all those bothersome black demonstrators protesting deadly police shootings and other racial inequities.

Conscientious that Milwaukee leaders and citizens are simply relieved Clarke may soon be leaving local law enforcement regardless of the problems he might create in Trump’s government. That’s constantly on the verge of destruction anyway from the actions of all its other unqualified misfits including the president himself.

I’ve written plenty about the damage Clarke has inflicted on the lives of other human beings.

With his merciful exit, I still remember the early days when many people thought Clarke would be a much better, more decent public official than he turned out to be.

I met Clarke in 2002 shortly before most people ever heard of him. It was at a public forum on policing. Clarke went out of his way to introduce himself to me and profess admiration for my work. That was about to end.

Not long after, Republican Gov. Scott McCallum named Clarke sheriff to replace Lev Baldwin, who’d resigned in the midst of the Milwaukee County pension scandal, fleeing with a big chunk of money.

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es that included an airplane and a boat. What was not to like? Little did we know.

Democrats were encouraged that Clarke’s first campaign strategist beginning immediately (“There’s a New Sheriff in Town”) was Bill Christofferson, who’d run high-profile Democratic campaigns for Sen. Herb Kohl and Mayor John Norquist. “He looked me in the eye and lied to me when he asked me to do that campaign,” Christofferson wrote later. “Who would have guessed that he would turn out to be an egomaniac who would run the department like Captain Queeg of the U.S.S Caine, lashing out and punishing anyone who dares to disagree with him?”

Clarke’s Political Dirty Trick Clarke wasn’t remotely a Democrat. Running as one was a political dirty trick to win election in low-turnout Democratic primaries with the votes of some black Democrats and many rightwing Republicans. Republicans had no reason to run a strong challenger against Clarke in the higher turnout general elections.

It didn’t take long after that first election for Clarke to begin showing his extreme right-wing politics. I watched his actions and views grow increasingly outrageous over the years. One of our most memorable encounters was on my friend Eric Von’s radio show where Clarke and I debated an op-ed column he’d written for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel advocating destruction of Gov. Tommy Thompson’s W-2 welfare reform because it was socialist coddling of the poor.

There were many problems with Thompson’s “workfare” program depriving poor women of assistance to feed and clothe their children, but excessive kindness was not one of them. And Tommy Thompson was one of the worst socialists ever.

My wife, Kit, was the citizen representative on the Milwaukee Community Justice Council with Clarke and other officials controlling the criminal justice system including the mayor, county executive, district attorney, police chief, chief judge and others. All but Clarke supported ways to reduce racial disparities and over incarceration while increasing community safety.

The more Clarke appeared on right-wing talk shows, the more cruel and inhumane his political views became. Now they’ve reached the point Clarke thinks he’s on the brink of achieving his dream of a national pulpit from which to bask in the applause of a riveted nation. That is, of course, an absurd fantasy version of what is far more likely to be total evaporation into an enormous, anonymous federal bureaucracy.

The last-minute revelation of a plagiarized master’s thesis is unlikely to cause Clarke any problems. This administration plagiarized the first lady’s speeches from Michelle Obama.

Clarke would have a far bigger problem in a Trump administration with Trump himself. The only real talent Clarke has developed in politics is his ability to create a public spectacle by calling attention to himself with ridiculous, bombastic pronouncements.

In Trump’s presidency, only one man is allowed to attract the national spotlight by doing that.

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Trump’s Scheme to Cut the NEA

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F ANY ANY ONE PERSON would imagine that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is just an “extra” item that could be dropped without consequences, they are sadly misinformed about its value. I can speak as someone who came to America from Europe, where in most countries, a fair proportion of tax revenue is assigned to the arts. The rationale behind this is that the arts are regarded as an important part of a nation’s cultural identity, and that all people should have the opportunity to have access to them. Whether people go or not is their choice, but it’s a question of them being available.

So, if the proposed cuts to the already minimal funding for the NEA take place, then our present administration is saying that support for the nation’s cultural life is not their responsibility.

It is well established in America that without philanthropic support, many muchneeded programs would cease to exist. Charitable giving supports numerous health, educational and social programs, along with the arts. Eliminating public funding for the arts would result in a greater burden on the philanthropic community, and further deepen the disconnect within our communities between the quality of life and our elected government’s responsibility to administer for the “common good.”

The grants to arts groups given by the NEA ideally should result from a deep and involved application process—a good vetting process that would give the NEA an opportunity to have a more objective understanding of what’s happening in the country and how best to be able to support those endeavors. But, years of thoughtless cuts to the NEA funding have eroded the founding ethos of the NEA. The NEA is “dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education.”

Cutting federal funding for the NEA is a lose-lose prospect in all respects. We’re not even talking about huge amounts of dollars; that’s the sad thing. Instead of it being cut, it should be increased because the positive impact would be immeasurable within our communities. I’m not just speaking as a man in the arts or one who believes in the arts—I truly believe that we have to provide access to the arts for everyone.

Everyone should have an access point, should they chose to use it, and that access point should include community-based arts as well as the very best. The very best, that is often regarded as “art for the elitist,” is the prevailing excuse as to why the arts should not be funded by the government.

Nothing will ever replace the incredibly emotional experience of attending a live event, be that a sports event or an arts event. No sitcom or streaming event on the internet can be as impactful.

I regard the NEA as an investment in the people of our country for the future.

It’s about fostering inclusion and building community. America should want to be known for the quality of the arts supported by the government. America is filled with unbelievable creative talent and if there is no acknowledgement from the government that creativity matters, then we risk a greater disparity between the classes.

The philanthropic community already assumes the responsibility for funding the lion’s share of nonprofits, but their contributions, however valuable, should not replace the sense of common purpose that results in public support of the arts.

The threats issuing from Washington to cut the NEA indicate that our government places little or no value on the arts, as opposed to the incalculable amounts of money allocated in other sectors. If just a fraction of the money spent on these programs was allocated to the NEA, then the continuation of a vigorous, inclusive, community-based cultural life in America would be assured.

The author of this guest editorial, Michael Pink, has been the Artistic Director of the Milwaukee Ballet since 2002.

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Adult Education in Milwaukee OFF THE CUFF WITH LITERARY SERVICES’ GINGER DUIVEN ::BY EMILY PATTI How would you describe the need in the Milwaukee area for literacy services?

Unfortunately, the need is quite significant. The estimates right now are that two in five adults are reading at the lowest levels of literacy, meaning that they’re performing at a level of about a fourth grader.

So, the need is really great in the Milwaukee area for adult literacy programs as well as English language learning—which is another piece of what we provide. And, there is also a significant need for GED and high school equivalency credential preparation because our school system has such a high dropout rate and a low graduation rate that the number of adults in our community that don’t have that credential is quite high.

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Are there any trends in adult literacy to be aware of or that you see as significant?

One of them is that the demographics in our state and even in our country relative to the workforce are changing pretty significantly. At this point in time, it’s really crucial that we find a way to help every person in our community be ready and capable to fill job opportunities. We have a (pending) workforce shortage. I actually just returned for a conference in

Appleton, Wis., for the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, which is a federal law that will be taking effect as of Saturday, July 1. At the conference, one of the presenters was the chief economist for the state of Wisconsin. He was talking about these trends. It’s really important that the adults in our communities are given the best possible opportunities to improve on their skill sets that will put them on a path to a career so that we can fill all open positions.

How has literacy education changed with technology?

I would say it has in a couple of different ways. With the increased 24/7 access to literacy tools, practices and websites with good information, students can continue to build their skill sets outside of the classroom. Also, the GED exam changed in 2014, and for the first time those tests are now administered on a computer. So, for a learner to be successful at the GED, they must be able to use a computer proficiently and must be able to type at a relatively steady pace. Technology is definitely improving access to adult education, but also upping the ante for learners to be proficient in a digital environment. The digital environment as a whole has put up some additional challenges for people with literacy issues; people are finding themselves more and more marginalized.

What other organizations does Literacy Services of Wisconsin collaborate with?

One of our best partnerships is with an organization called WRTP/BIG STEP. Their work is involved with providing pre-apprenticeship training programs for people going into the construction trade or manufacturing jobs. We work really closely with them to help learners in our programs access WRTP/BIG STEP programs when they’re ready. Or, conversely, when people go to enroll with WRTP/BIG STEP but they’re not quite ready to be successful, we enroll them here and help them get ready. So, there is a really strong connection there in terms of meeting individual needs.

For more information on Literacy Services of Wisconsin visit literacyservices.org or call 414-344-5878.

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New in MKE

(left) Dillon James and The Tristan from MOD Pizza (right) Jerk Chicken and Waffles from Likkle Jamayka

Openings and Closings on Milwaukee’s Dining Scene ::BY LACEY MUSZYNSKI ong-awaited Caribbean and Italian restaurants have opened this month in Milwaukee, along with a sandwich shop and make-your-own pizza chain.

Dorsia

1301-07 E. Brady St. | 539-6826 dorsiamke.com | $$

A new Italian spot named after a fictional restaurant in the movie American Psycho has opened in the former Mimma’s space on Brady Street. Dorsia is owned by Geno Cataldo, whose family owns Jo-Cat’s Pub next door. The space was completely remodeled with a modern aesthetic, including dark gray walls in the bar and bright pop art posters. The focus of the menu is antipasti meant for sharing, along with homemade pastas.

Pasta dishes can be ordered as an entrée or as a flight of three or more. Bucatini ($13) is dressed with tomatoes, guanciale, Parmesan and basil. Crudo ($15) is an appetizer meant for sharing with raw scallops, hamachi, peppers and cucumbers. Brunch, cocktails and an extensive wine list are also available.

Boo Boo’s

405 S. Second St. | $

Richard Regner, owner of Soup Bros., has opened a sandwich shop named Boo Boo’s. Located right

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around the corner from Soup Bros. in the former Philly Way space, Boo Boo’s serves up a variety of hot and cold sandwiches for lunch and dinner. Regner will be baking the various breads used for the sandwiches, along with sourcing some from local bakeries. Sandwiches are priced between $8 and $9, and all include homemade fries. Classics like deli turkey, tuna salad with capers and grilled liverwurst with onions and mustard are on the menu, plus griddled items like cheesesteak. The tiny space including the enclosed patio has been remodeled, but with limited seating.

Takeout is a good bet.

Likkle Jamayka

235 S. Second St. | 210-2814 likklejamayka.com | $$$

A Caribbean restaurant has opened in Walker’s Point. Likkle Jamayka will focus on Jamaican cuisine but will include influences from around the Caribbean. Owner Adriel McFarlane is from Jamaica and moved to the U.S. six years ago. The menu is small, with 10 appetizers and salads, half a dozen entrées, sides and a few desserts. Seafood plays heavily, including appetizers like blue lump crab cakes ($14.25) with Cajun remoulade and fried conch ($14.75); the latter called “Jewels of the Bahamas” here. Jamaican patties ($8.25), a hand-held pastry filled with curried chicken and beef, are a favorite island food, as is the curried goat ($22.95) with snow peas, carrots and potatoes.

Classic jerk chicken gets a makeover here into jerk chicken and waffles ($23.75) with strawberry salsa and rum and coconut maple glaze. Lunch brings sandwiches and small plates, like the Caribbean delight ($13.75), a sandwich with smoked salmon and slaw served with sweet potato fries.

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National pizza chain MOD has opened in Shorewood. It’s the second location in the Milwaukee area, with a New Berlin location that opened last year. The fast casual restaurant uses an assembly line-style prep area, similar to other burrito chains. Pizzas are all the same price ($7.87), regardless of the amount of toppings. Gluten-free crusts and extra-thick crust pizzas are also available for an additional charge. Diners can choose from pizzas with names like Tristan with roasted red peppers, mushrooms and pesto, or create their own from more than 30 available toppings.

Closings The Hotch Spot on E. Kenilworth Place has announced that their last day will be Sunday, June 25 after getting a vacate notice from their landlord. Nearby, G-Daddy’s BBC on E. North Ave. has closed, along with Baba Ghanouj on N. Humboldt Ave. Thai Lotus in Silver City has also shut its doors.

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JAMAICAN GRILL at CLUB TIMBUKTU It’s almost like the African Diaspora in reverse now at Club Timbuktu (520 E. Center St.) as the men behind the Jamaican Grill & Kitchen food truck have taken over the kitchen most days at a venue that long specialized in cuisine from Africa. Several entrées are available in belly-filling, eye-catching presentations of proteins and sides. A recent visit’s sampling of curried chicken and goat reveals a variety of heat in the spices between dishes. An angled cut of fried plantain acts as a slightly sweet starch alongside thick, short grains of white rice with red beans and a cabbage salad that’s like the halfway point between coleslaw (similarly cut and including carrot slivers) and sauerkraut (warm, but not fermented). It’s good to see uniquely spiced, hearty Jamaican fare spread to Riverwest. (Jamie Lee Rake) 14 | M AY 2 5 , 2 0 1 7

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ith summer just around the corner, food trucks will soon be hitting the streets, bringing us our favorite sandwiches, pizza, tacos and more. Among the newest is The Rolling Cones, serving the tastiest components of savory cuisines of Americana and the world, neatly tucked into cone-shaped bread.

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by Mike Barber, who operates the food truck with wife Lu Ann, daughter Emily, son Matthew and his partner, Rolo. Barber is an accountant by profession but always loved to cook. Yearning to venture into something different, he wanted to start a food truck but wasn’t sure what to serve. During a visit to the Wisconsin State Fair, he saw a stand offering filled bread cones. “I didn’t try one, but I thought, ‘You can put just about anything you want in a bread cone,’” Barber said. “We’re the only truck in the area that has anything like this, so it seemed like the perfect thing.”

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ary 2016. The cones went over well, and Barber acquired a truck this past May. Meals served cone-style are attractive and easy to eat. There are no plates or trays to balance along with a beer or shopping bags while walking through a crowded festival. Barber also notes they’re more environmentally efficient because all that’s needed to hold the cone is a deli tissue.

The bread cones are made fresh by hand for every event. They come in white, rye and multigrain and are approximately the size and shape of a large ice cream waffle cone. Barber said popular fillings include pulled pork or chicken tinga. Comfort food varieties include macaroni and cheese with ham and bacon; chicken pot pie; sausage and meatball bomber; The New Orleans Roller—filled with seasoned Cajun shrimp, black rice, charred corn and red onions and topped with cotija cheese and avocado—and the Reuben, with corned beef, sauerkraut and Swiss cheese. They also have Hunan beef with peppers and onions.

Vegetarians will enjoy the Mediterranean filled with that region’s favorites, such as hummus and tomato, decoratively topped with a generous portion of feta cheese; a chana masala cone, filled with chickpeas, tomatoes, cilantro and Indian spices; and shepherd’s pie, made with soy crumbles in gravy, with peas, corn and onions and topped with cheesy mashed potatoes. A kid-friendly option consists of creamy mac and cheese with hot dog slices served in a smaller bread cone accompanied by a bag of chips and a juice box.

Three or four meat options and one vegetarian choice are typically available for each event.

Confirmed 2017 events so far include the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center Spring Fling (May 21); a Milwaukee County Zoo members-only event (June 6, 7 and 8); Kletzsch Park’s July 4 parade; and an appearance at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc (July 8). They also cater private events.

Barber enjoys getting The Rolling Cones truck out and meeting the people who enjoy their cones. “The people that eat at food trucks are the nicest people I’ve ever met, and they make it fun to do this,” he said.

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::SPORTS Forty-five Games In, Brewers in First Place It happened before but never ended well ::BY MATTHEW J. PRIGGE

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orty-five games into the 2017 season, the Milwaukee Brewers are alone in first place in the NL Central. This is the sixth time in franchise history that the team has held a part of first place at this arbitrary, almost-one-thirdof-the-way point in the season. The previous six seasons in which the Brewers

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1974: The Brewers were just four years old (and with an 18-year-old starting shortstop) when they finished their first 45 games just percentage points behind the Red Sox for first in the AL East. The Crew was a surprise bunch that year, riding the hot bats of Johnny Briggs and George Scott to a 24-21 record.

The Brewers clawed back into lone possession of first a week later, but dropped eight of their next nine to fall out of contention. The team finished at 76-86—15 games out of first place.

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til 1990 that the Brewers were again in first place after 45 games. Like the ’74 club, the ’90 Brewers started out at 24-21 to top out a sluggish AL East. The team had already cooled off after a 14-6 start. Free agent prize Dave Parker provided the offense (a .338 batting average) and Ted Higuera anchored the rotation (five wins and a 1.89 ERA) in what would be his last healthy season. The Brewers slipped out of first after game 47 and would never return. They finished the season with 74 wins—better than only the moribund Yankees in the American League.

YOUNG TEAM ON A TEAR 2007: The ’07 Brewers were a young bunch on an unexpected tear, running up a 2817 mark that put them 6.5 games up on the second-place Astros. While J.J. Hardy, Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks showed the fruits of the revamped farm system, the biggest surprise of the season might have been Tony Gwynn Jr., (.345 batting average with five steals) whose hot bat had forced him into the starting lineup. Third baseman Tony Graffanino was struggling so badly, however, that just days after game 45, the Brewers summoned top prospect Ryan Braun to the Bigs to take over at the hot corner. The eventual Rookie of the Year propelled the Crew to a lead as big as 8.5 games, but the team swooned down the stretch. A four-game winning streak in midSeptember put them in a first-place tie with

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the Cubs with two weeks to play, but they finished the year in second place, two games back.

2009: After losing mega-ace CC Sabathia from a team that had barely made the postseason in 2008, the Brewers opened 2009 with an unexpected swagger. They took over first place after game 45 with a 27-18 mark with Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder established as an MVP candidates and Yovani Gallardo taking strides towards replacing Sabathia as staff ace. The Brewers held a piece of first as late as the Fourth of July before being sunk by a genuinely terrible starting rotation. The ’09 squad finished with 80 wins, and their 45game triumph would probably qualify as the high point of the Ken Macha era.

2014: Carlos Gomez was a week removed from being a Sports Illustrated cover boy when the Brewers blew past the 45-game mark (at 27-18) on their way to the best firsthalf in franchise history. Anchored by slugging leadoff man Gomez, emerging superstar Jonathan Lucroy and up-and-comers Khris Davis and Scooter Gennett, the Brewers also had a pair of aces in Wily Peralta and Kyle Loshe. In what was one of the greatest collapses in team history, the 98-win pace of the first half of the season gave way to a 96-loss pace in the second half (including a brutal 3-16 stretch in late August and early September) and the Crew finished at 82-80, eight games behind the Cardinals.

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MILWAUKEE BALLET’S ‘MIRROR MIRROR’ RETURNS TO THE MARCUS CENTER ::BY JOHN SCHNEIDER

he hair-raising tale of Snow White dramatized by Michael Pink in his ballet Mirror Mirror hews closer to the folk tale of the Brothers Grimm than to the Disney film that scared me as a child. At its center is a mirror that reflects and amplifies the character of anyone who gazes into it.

It falls like a beautiful star into Snow White’s mother’s lap, only to doom her when it draws the ravenous Claudia to the peaceful apple-growing town founded and led by Snow White’s dad. Snow sees her mother murdered and her father charmed into marriage with Claudia all because this interloper wants the mirror. Why? Because it tells her she’s on top, that she’s the fairest in the land. But the demonic mirror has its own designs and Claudia is ultimately devoured by it. When Snow comes of age and the mirror names her fairest, Claudia loses control and seeks to kill the girl. In Pink’s telling, Snow finds refuge not with dwarves but with a group of society’s outcasts, including seven children. There’s she hunted by Claudia, twice killed and twice resurrected. It’s a moral tale of tyrannical narcissism in battle with something that can’t be killed, something akin to simple decency supported by community bonds.

Milwaukee Ballet’s voluptuous production was performed just four times in May 2014. It featured unforgettable sets and costumes by Todd Ivins, smashing lighting by David Grill and a musical score by Philip Feeney worthy of Tchaikovsky. Now thoroughly reconsidered, reworked and substantially recast, Mirror Mirror will return for four performances.

“The opportunity to revisit a major work is so rewarding because the skeletal structure is there and now I get a chance to really dive in and fill in the fine details,” Pink said. “The first time around, we had 24 rehearsal days to create Mirror Mirror from a blank slate.

It’s a testament to our artists that we did it. I defy any other company in the world to do what we do.”

“Seeing a production the first time,” he continued, “I make notes: OK, I’m missing moments there; I need to develop that more; this doesn’t make sense. I write it all down and when it comes back into rehearsal I just systematically work through all my notes. I’m changing a lot this time as I find we’re on a roll and I think, hmm, we need to go here, we need to go there. My hope is that this will be the definitive version.”

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Claudia stands beside Dracula among Pink’s most powerful choreographic creations. Both characters change from human to animal: in Claudia’s case, a raven. Pink’s Snow White is no sissy either but Claudia is the show’s tragic hero. And just as Pink’s Dracula rips up ballet conventions and his Peter Pan looks sadly at the passing of youth, Mirror Mirror has dance world references.

A giant mirror fills the wall of the rehearsal room where I watched Pink create a scene with Claudia (Marize Fumero alternates with Lahna Vanderbush) and the Demons of the Mirror (Patrick Howell, Barry Molina, Garrett Glassman and Wyatt Pendleton). While Pink, prompting, watched the dancers, they intently watched themselves in the mirror, inventing, adjusting and improving the look.

In this scene, a coat that will tighten around Snow White and suffocate her is conjured by the Demons for Claudia. The goal is to make the coat appear to float of its own will from the closet to Claudia’s shoulders in one continuous phrase that builds to an exultant birdlike pose with Claudia’s spine extremely arched and

the crimson underside of the garment forming wings.

It’s a demanding task for the men who must slide in creepy character along the floor while keeping the coat’s movement steady as it opens, closes, curves and rises in time to the music. The dancers are playful; they joke; they offer good ideas. The scene is seconds long but an hour later it’s still unfinished.

“There’s so much work within this,” Pink said. “There are two big steel trees that are 19 feet tall. The poor demon guys who have to live in these things, even now we’re rediscovering what they can do up there; it’s continuously evolving.

When I say go up the tree, I don’t say how you go Milwaukee up the tree; they find out Ballet how they go up the tree.”

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Marcus Center “My fingers are crossed for the that Mirror Mirror will start Performing Arts to have a life of its own now,” he said. “It’s worthy of any company in the world. There are dancers out there who, like our guys, could do amazing things with it. It’s a huge challenge. It’s not provincial, not parochial.”

7:30 p.m. June 1-3 and 1:30 p.m. June 4 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water St. For tickets, call 414-902-2103 or visit milwaukeeballet.org.

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For a band influenced by the fast, aggressive energy of ’80s post-punk, Wildhoney are shamelessly pop-forward. Their fuzzed-out guitar parts invite frequent comparisons to shoegaze bigwigs like Cocteau Twins, Stereolab and My Bloody Valentine. Unlike typical shoegaze, though, Wildhoney’s tunes are melody-driven and accentuated by vocals that stick—these are songs you can actually sing along to. If their performance Thursday matches the vigor of their studio tracks, you’ll get some head-banging in at the very least. Milwaukee acts Calliope and Haunter open.

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Travis Scott w/ Khalid @ The Rave, 8 p.m.

Whether or not you’re familiar with rapper-producer Travis Scott, you’ve likely heard his work before. In addition to topping charts in 2016 with his sophomore effort, Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, which features collaborations with Young Thug, The Weeknd and Toro y Moi, among others, Scott has produced tracks for music industry gods like Kanye West and Rihanna. He’s in the middle of what’s been an eventful tour. Earlier this month, he was arrested after an Arkansas concert for disorderly conduct, inciting a riot and endangering the welfare of a minor; then on Sunday, he set a world record for performing the same song, “Goosebumps,” a mind-numbing 15 times in a row, breaking Kanye West and Jay Z’s old record (they once played a song 12 times in a row).

WebsterX w/ Milwaukee Medley @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 8 p.m.

With his sputtery, expressive flow and ear for cloudy, psychedelic beats that make up their own rules as they go along, WebsterX has been one of Milwaukee’s most distinctive rappers for a while now. This spring, he released his debut album, Daymares, through the Chicago label Closed Sessions (home to acts like Jamila Woods, Kipp Stone and Kweku Collins). It’s the perfect showcase for his anxious, moody raps and an early frontrunner for Milwaukee rap album of the year. For this belated release show, he’s rounded up a huge cast of local rappers he’s calling Milwaukee Medley—featuring Boodah Darr, Klassik, Zed Kenzo, Mic Kellogg, Munch Lauren, Kane and Taj Raiden.

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Nashville groove masters Laurel & the Love-In want to kick off your summer with some heartfelt soul. The group’s latest album, Don’t Love Nobody, certainly has the potential to soundtrack a night of dancing and debauchery—its old-timey, rock ’n’ roll vibes are instantly familiar and warm, but pack a Southern punch in the same vein as Alabama Shakes. They’re joined on this bill by Milwaukee’s Dead Fortune and Pistols at Dawn.

SATURDAY, MAY 27

‘Blonde on Blonde’ Revisited: Bob Dylan 76th Birthday Tribute @ Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, 8:30 p.m.

Each year, Linneman’s Riverwest Inn hosts a handful of fundraising shows paying tribute to some of rock’s great songwriters. This weekend alone it’ll host two: On Saturday, John Sieger, Peter Roller, Chrissy Dzioba, Matt Davies, Devil Met Contention and others will perform one of Bob Dylan’s most beloved albums, Blonde on Blonde, for a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association. On Sunday, the venue will host its annual “Peace Through Music” John Lennon tribute, where a massive cast including The Cavewives, Acoustic Blu, Sam Llanas, The Fatty Acids, The Hanson Family, I’m Not A Pilot, Grasping at Straws, Mike Plaisted, Litmus Vinyl, The Tritonics, The Fainting Room, Myles Coyne and many others will raise money for Wisconsin’s Anti-Violence Effort.

Milwaukee Punk Fest Presents: “These Doors Stay Open” @ The Local, 5 p.m.

“These Doors Stay Open” is the second show in a series of four intended to help Milwaukee Punk Fest raise $5,000 for Planned Parenthood throughout ’17. While it is advertised as a show, the event is really more of a festival—its two stages will feature 13 punk acts from around Wisconsin and Michigan, including Green Bay’s This is Gonna Tickle and Menominee’s Four 5 Dive. Guests can also enjoy an 1800s-style photo booth and food from the Filipino food truck Lumpia City.

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SUNDAY, MAY 28 Tony Bennett w/ Antonia Bennett @ The Riverside Theater, 7:30 p.m.

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As anybody who has ever seen VH1 knows, music history is packed with great comeback tales, but few have been more remarkable than Tony Bennett’s. Popular throughout the ’50s and ’60s, the pop and jazz crooner fell upon hard times commercially and personally in the ’70s as he struggled to contemporize his sound for rock audiences.

Broke and rejected, he nearly died from a cocaine overdose in 1979. But he rehabilitated his image in the ’80s and by the ’90s was widely regarded as a national treasure— praised for reintroducing the classic American Songbook to younger audiences. Bennett celebrated his 85th birthday in triumph in 2011, as his Duets II album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts, making him the oldest artist ever to reach that position.

He repeated that achievement in ’14 with his collaborative record with Lady Gaga, Cheek to Cheek, netting him another Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

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Five O’Clock Steakhouse has organized this afternoon of cars and music to benefit two outstanding local veterans organizations: the Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Initiative and DryHootch Milwaukee. In addition to old cars, there will be prizes, a raffle, music from Sacred, NO/NO, Killer Clowns and Stories For Strangers. All guests who contribute the suggested donation of $20 will receive a $20 gift certificate for Five O’Clock Steakhouse in return.

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The South Side’s favorite concertina bar hosts this “Honky Tonk Matinee,” a daytime bill featuring a pair of lively, foot-stomping country acts. Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders hail from Chicago, where for 16 years they’ve been putting a punky spin on some of Nashville’s signature sounds. Milwaukee’s JP Cyr & The Midnightmen draw from a similar pool of rockabilly, honky tonk and Western swing sounds. The bill runs from 2-6 p.m. and costs $8, so you can easily be home in time for dinner.

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On their debut album, Ameri-Kinda, Texas alt-country revivalists Vandoliers paired ripping rock ’n’ roll with slick honky tonk tempos. Just a year later, they’ve returned with The Native, an album that further expands their sound to include all things Texas—from roadhouse rock to Western swing to Tejano. The songwriting is as indebted to the Lone Star State as the music, with songs about dive bars, pool halls, forgotten towns and the destinations that might lie beyond the vast spans of highway that line the state. The group is joined on this bill by Milwaukee country rockers Driveway Thriftdwellers.

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he enticing phrase “back by popular demand” is so often tossed into advertising (true or not) that it’s easy to just ignore as hype.

Every so often, though, it fits. In the case of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s recent production of Hall of Fame sports broadcaster Dick Enberg’s McGuire, it’s not hyperbole—the Rep’s recent eight-week run was quickly sold out.

The connections between Enberg, McGuire and Tony Awardwinning actor Anthony Crivello (who portrays the legendary coach) are serendipitous, indeed. Enberg was the TV announcer for Al McGuire’s Marquette basketball games in the ’70s—including the 1977 National Championship—and Crivello was captain of Marquette’s courtside cheerleading squad during the 1974-’75 season. All this helps lend authenticity and gravitas to the whole undertaking. McGuire returns for a limited engagement this month.

June 1-18 at Stackner Cabaret, 108 E. Wells St. For tickets, call 414-2249490 or visit milwaukeerep.com.

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ew musicals in the repertory have gained the respect among theater and music lovers as has Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, subtitled The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Fans of this landmark masterpiece—as well as anyone who wants an accomplished evening of theater—should make it to Skylight Music Theatre’s production, which opened last Friday evening and plays through June 11.

This musical horror story is of a London barber sentenced to an Australian prison on a trumped-up charge by Judge Turpin, who coveted the barber’s wife and took his daughter.

The barber, now calling himself Sweeney Todd, escapes and returns to London, determined to murder the judge in revenge.

Matthew Ozawa’s intelligent direction satisfyingly brings to life the many sharply drawn characters. Charles Murdock Lucas’ inventive set design uses three bi-level pieces, looking like rusting white metal, moved in various positions to create a fluid stream of scenes. Jason Fassl’s lighting design and Jason Orlenko’s costumes significantly add to the strength of the production.

Though I have seen scarier Todds, Andrew Varela carries off the title role with some style.

His voice doesn’t have the low vocal range the role requires. Christina Hall’s masterful account of the rich role of Mrs. Lovett is multi-dimensional, crafted with shading and detail.

She is a terrific singing actress. Randall Dodge’s elegant manner and handsome voice combined with his leering lust make him an ideal Judge Turpin.

Lucas Pastrana’s Anthony is played with fresh energy; his colorful singing voice gives this male ingénue character a little more presence than I’ve seen in other productions. Ryan Stajmiger is a vivid Toby. The crazy, observant Beggar Woman is a minor but showy role, played deliciously by Susan Spencer. The rest of the cast, as well as the ensemble, are up to the excellent level of the performance.

Sweeney Todd is very challenging musically and vocally. I’ve seen/heard productions that didn’t meet those challenges. This one does. Ben Makino’s music direction lifts the standard of the performance to a high level, which will fulfill the expectations of anyone who loves this score.

Skylight’s Sweeney Todd is performed at the Broadway Theatre Center’s Cabot Theatre, 158 N. Broadway. For tickets, call 414-291-7800 or visit skylightmusictheatre.org.

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A look ahead at blockbusters and minor threats ::BY DANIEL BARNES

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he summer movie season is always eagerly anticipated and even more eagerly forgotten, but the disaster known as the summer of 2016 will leave a lasting scar: Ghostbusters; Suicide Squad; Ghostbusters; Independence Day: Resurgence; people Tweeting about Ghostbusters; The Legend of Tarzan; and let’s not forget Ghostbusters. But summer hope springs eternal, and West Coast film critic Daniel Barnes managed to find 10 highly anticipated films that might just make for a better season this year.

Wonder Woman (June 2)

Finally! A female superhero movie helmed by a female director…was that really so difficult? Beyond checking off overdue boxes and rubbing Marvel’s nose in it, Wonder Woman could break out of the comic book bubble of bland mediocrity, if only because the character is more identified with bravery and sincerity than with wisecracking smugness or goth mopey-ness. It helps that the demi-goddess warrior princess is played by real-life demigoddess warrior princess Gal Gadot.

It Comes at Night (June 9)

Nobody watched Trey Edward Shults’ brilliant debut film Krisha, but apparently the right nobodies watched it, because it won the 28-year-old director a two-picture deal with highly respected indie outlet A24. This follow-up is a horror movie, and after seeing Shults turn a Thanksgiving family dinner into hell on earth, it will be fascinating to watch him plant two feet in the genre.

Baby Driver (June 28)

After a number of aborted projects, including a famously failed attempt to make AntMan, Edgar Wright finally delivers his first film since 2013’s The World’s End. I’ll take anything we can get from the maniacally creative Wright at this point, even if this romantic action musical looks like the sort of film that talented directors make when they have no idea what to make.

The Beguiled (June 30)

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A Ghost Story (July 7)

Ridley Scott’s pacesetting Alien (1979) had Sigourney Weaver and a monster the likes of which had never been seen. His sequel to the Prometheus prequel, Alien: Covenant, may be visually state-of-the-art, but it has an unmemorable cast and—yes!—monsters, lots and lots of bursting, leaping monsters. The crewmembers of the cargo ship Covenant are over their heads when lured by a ghost transmission to a previously unknown planet where videogamestyle action awaits. Michael Fassbender is suitably unanimated as the android who embraced the dark side. (David Luhrssen)

David Lowery provided one of last summer’s pleasant surprises with Pete’s Dragon, a project conceived as a cynical CGI remake, but imbued with love and optimism and oldschool Disney magic (no wonder it tanked).

His follow-up film, a supernatural love story starring Casey Affleck as a white-sheeted ghost trying to connect with his wife, received wide acclaim at Sundance.

Dunkirk (July 21)

Christopher Nolan is practically the only auteur permitted to make money-is-not-object, off-brand blockbusters anymore. That sucks, if only because Nolan seems inclined to make the sort of movies an important director is supposed to make (pretentious space epics and bloated World War II anything) rather than following his Memento muse. Still, this story of the Allied evacuation is probably our best chance for non-superhero-related IMAX awesomeness this summer.

Atomic Blonde (July 28)

A longtime stunt coordinator and one of the creative forces behind John Wick, David Leitch officially steps behind the camera with Atomic Blonde, starring Charlize Theron as an undercover agent kick-punching her way through a buffet line of Cold War-era stooges.

Leitch has Deadpool 2 lined up for next year, so hopefully we get one decent genre film out of him before that abomination kills us all.

Detroit (August 4)

Kathryn Bigelow reteams with The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty screenwriter Mark Boal for her first film in five years, a visceral ensemble piece about the 1967 Detroit riots featuring John Boyega, Anthony Mackie and John Krasinski. Sparked by racial injustice and inflamed by police brutality, the riots seem like the sort of historical event tailor-made for Bigelow’s brand of compellingly problematic cinema.

Wind River (August 4)

This is the second directorial effort from Taylor Sheridan, but the barely released 2011 genre film Vile was made before he became Wunderkind Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan, the Oscar-nominated scribe behind Sicario and Hell or High Water. Now there are legitimate expectations for this low-key mystery about a murder on a Native American reservation.

Logan Lucky (August 18)

Steven Soderbergh is very bad at retirement. He claimed to call it quits following 2013’s Behind the Candelabra, but he has been working non-stop ever since, most notably on his Cinemax show “The Knick.”

And now he even manages to beat the already overhyped Ocean’s Eight to the punch with his own heist movie, starring Channing Tatum and Adam Driver as brother thieves.

Alien: Covenant R

Baywatch R

This long-delayed adaptation of a cheesy ’90s TV series came to fruition after Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson agreed to star and produce. He plays Mitch, the veteran lifeguard mentoring disgraced Olympian Matt Brody (Zac Efron), who hopes to save his reputation via the PR he can earn saving lives. When a body washes up on their beach, the pair begins an investigation that uncovers a scheme to pollute the bay, engineered by criminal mastermind Victoria Leeds (Priyanka Chopra). Oh, did I mention it’s a comedy? Internet Movie Database users rate the TV show a five out of 10, making me wonder who’s excited for the movie other than Johnson?

The star should earn a significant piece of the film’s projected $50-million-dollar take over the Memorial Day weekend. (Lisa Miller)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales PG-13

Once again, Johnny Depp appears as eye-linered, bescarved pirate Jack Sparrow. Pursued by Captain Armando Salazar (Javier Bardem) and his ghost crew—who seek to wipe out all pirates— Sparrow races to acquire the Trident of Poseidon that will allow his escape by granting him power over the seven seas. Reporting that he collaborated on this, the fifth Pirates script, Depp needs the $40-million-dollar-plus bounty he’ll earn from this movie. According to sources cited in the Wednesday, May 10, Hollywood Reporter, Depp’s current financial woes stem from $2-million-dollar monthly bills to maintain his private island, a dozen homes and the 40 people he employs. The film’s five-and-a-half-month shoot wrapped in July 2015, but directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg shot additional scenes during March and April 2016. (L.M.)

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Nathalie’s ordered life as a philosophy lecturer begins to unravel. Her publisher is unhappy with her for not “making market expectations”; her mother is suicidal; and then one day, her husband, a fellow academic, tells her he’s leaving her for another woman. Isabelle Huppert leads the cast in fine, low-key performances. Emotions are etched on faces in this leisurely ramble through the life of a mind under pressure. French director Mia Hansen-Løve avoids every Hollywood expectation.

The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper (1972) was a movie of its time—the ’60s counterculture more than the medieval Germany of its setting. It stars Donovan as a wandering minstrel during the plague years whose piping can cure all ills, and Donald Pleasence as the greedy ruler he encounters. Donovan’s ballads sound more 1960s than 1340s, but director Jacques Demy endows the fairytale with bright colors and costumes. Donovan looks much at home in the Piper’s elfin garb.

Broken Arrow

Although some of it looks stilted from a 21st-century standpoint, Broken Arrow represented social progress when it was released in 1950. James Stewart plays a decent man angered by the genocidal war his countrymen are waging against the Apache and is determined to make peace. The odds are against him, especially given the understandable skepticism of Native Americans, but Stewart’s strong ethical sense gives him courage. Heavily made-up Jeff Chandler plays Cochise, the Apache leader.

“Ice: Season One”

The name doesn’t refer to Immigration and Customs Enforcement but to diamonds—cold, hard and illegally sourced. The cable show is the aesthetic descendent of Michael Mann’s Los Angeles crime dramas. The edges are hard as the men involved in the cocaine-fueled motel room meetings where deals go awry. Diamonds, like dope, are cash and carry business. Family ties are strained but hold. Among the show’s stars are Cam Gigandet, Ray Stone and Donald Sutherland.

—David Luhrssen

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rawing is a universal experience, but its variations are endless. The exhibition “Drawn Out,” on view at Portrait Society Gallery, presents intriguing and unexpected examples.

The act of putting a pencil to paper can be a cathartic thing, and for artist Todd Mrozinski it was a way of reengaging with art after he finished his year-long position as the Pfister Hotel’s Artist-in-Residence. His studio space at the hotel was largely public, and one of his major projects involved making delicately nuanced silhouette portraits. It was a way of painting light vis-à-vis its absence in shadow. His new drawings emphasize light, but in an altogether different way.

They are monumental drawings in graphite, involving powdered tone that is blended and rubbed away to make diaphanous clouds, ac-

cented by powerful, gestural lines. Some pictures frame the vast sky with arching trees that dwarf industrial buildings or open the velvet night sky with celestial lights. Mrozinski describes how he hadn’t really been drawing since his graduation from MIAD 10 years ago, but this tactile process is like a release and a refreshed beginning. These drawings have a free spirit yet follow tradition (think of John Constable’s luminous skies or Alfred Stieglitz’s thoughtful cloud photographs).

A very unusual approach is found in Mark Ottens’ brightly intriguing sketches done on cancelled checks. Some are boldly graphic, some cartoonish, but a reminder of the possibilities for decoration on any surface or scrap, no matter how artistically foreign. Drawings can happen anywhere and be anything.

Other engaging pieces on display are Melissa Lee Johnson’s alternately sharp, amusing and reflective pictures. Her contemporary narrative art is closely related to her tattooing practice.

Adolph Rosenblatt is represented by a series of abstract pastels, and a miasma of sketchy doodles is offered as part of the On the Wing project organized by Portrait Society Gallery. This endeavor provides sketchbooks and art materials to homeless and other individuals in need. It comes full circle as the sketchbooks will be exhibited next year, amplifying the voices of underrepresented people, speaking in the language of drawing and line.

Through June 4 at Portrait Society Gallery, 207 E. Buffalo St. For more information on the On the Wing project, visit portraitsocietygallery.com (clockwise from top left) Todd Mrozinski, Homage to Corot, graphite on paper, 41 x 91 in., 2016; Mark Ottens, Untitled (checks), ink on cancelled checks, each 2 3/4 x 6”; Melissa Lee Johnson, Cowboy Costume, Mixed media, 22 x 28”, 2016 SHEPHERD EXPRESS

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The author of Chicken Soup for the Soul lets her Midwest roots show in On a Clear Night. The essay collection includes reflections on a night in a North Woods cabin and kayaking on Wisconsin lakes, but it’s no travelogue.

Marnie O. Mamminga finds illumination in sharing “our similar everyday moments.” Her quotidian wisdom is expressed in perfect pitch with words well-chosen and a decided lack of drama. Some of her most moving essays concern aging—the realization that the flowers of youth have wilted and are pressed between wax paper. “But does that mean we have to look like duds?” she asks while searching for a dress to wear to her daughter’s wedding. (David Luhrssen)

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::BY JENNI HERRICK

ould it surprise you to learn that many of America’s most segregated cities are located in the Midwest? We are aware of Milwaukee’s high levels of segregation, where neighborhoods are largely divided along racial lines, and housing discrimination was sanctioned by law only a few decades ago. In Chicago, almost 75% of the city’s residents live in segregated districts. On Chicago’s South Side, an area fondly dubbed the “Heart of Black America” after hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved north to the city as part of the “Great Migration,” many residents live amid large pockets of poverty, violence and crumbling infrastructure.

A timely book by WBEZ journalist Natalie Y. Moore brings an illuminating perspective to the complex issues of modern-day segregation. In her debut, The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation, Moore’s narrative provides an informative and important look at the policies that keep communities segregated and shares a powerful window into the lives of individuals most negatively impacted by segregation and its effects.

Despite its diversity, Chicago has long struggled with issues of segregation and remains one of the most segregated major metro areas in the nation today. A South Side resident and longtime Chicago journalist, Moore will share her observations and research on the myriad ways that segregation continues to impact the city when she discusses her new book at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 28, at Boswell Book Co., 2559 N. Downer Ave.

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::UPCOMINGEVENTS May 24: Annual Meeting of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center (1110 N. Market St.): Free and open to the public, this annual meeting includes a review of the center’s financial status, special recognitions and the election of new board members (voting open to center members in good standing). If you have questions about the 6 p.m. gathering, call 414-292-3070 or e-mail mburns@mkelgbt.org.

May 25: Feminism on Tap at TG’s (4120 Seventh Ave., Kenosha): If you’re a women’s rights advocate, you won’t want to miss the monthly happy hour of likewise folks! This month, the ladies are celebrating Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech. Meet, mingle, support and celebrate the advancement of women’s rights in our state during the 5:30-7:30 p.m. event.

May 25: Life & Death of Harvey Milk: Discussion at Open Circle Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (10 Third St., Fond du Lac): Enjoy a short presentation on the extraordinary life of Harvey Milk (1930-1978), followed by a discussion regarding activism and future political needs concerning the LGBT community. Enjoy food and beverages at 6 p.m. before the discussion begins at 6:30 p.m.

May 25: Mare Chapman Book Signing at Boswell Book Co. (2569 N. Downer Ave.): Author of Unshakeable Confidence—The Freedom to be our Authentic Selves: Mindfulness for Women, Mare Chapman discusses patterns that she believes keep women from being their true selves. Books are available for purchase and signing during the 7 p.m. reading.

May 25-May 29: International Mr. Leather (IML) at Congress Plaza Hotel (520 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago): It’s time for the Midwest’s largest celebration of leather and fetish life! Whether you’re a Daddy, Bear, Pup or simply an L/L admirer, head down to Chicago for four days of manly man good times. From the marketplace and rave parties to workshops and discussion groups, you’ll find whatever floats your boat. (There’s even a yoga class!) See

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May 27: Walker’s Point Prom Pub Crawl (various locations): Grab a bridesmaid’s dress or dust off a velvet tux…it’s time for the prom! Join me as this walking pub crawl invades a new home, hitting bars from Fifth to First and National. Your $20 ticket gets you access to drink specials at the participating bars, concluding with the prom at D.I.X. Register at Hamburger Mary’s at 3:30 p.m. and enjoy a drink before hitting the streets. Proceeds go to Ruthie’s Kennel Club and Courage MKE. See brownpapertickets.com (“Walker’s Point Prom Pub Crawl”) for tickets, or purchase them at Hamburger Mary’s.

May 28: Rooftop Tea Dance at Hamburger Mary’s (730 S. Fifth St.): Ring in Memorial Day with me! Tea Dances are back in Brew City with this new monthly nod to the ’70s staple. Celebrate the music of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s to today with a DJ, mixed drinks and more. I’ll see you on the roof for the 4-8 p.m. “Sunday Funday.”

May 28: Bubbles & Beauties Drag Show at Karma Bar (600 E. Ogden): If you haven’t been to this way-cool hot spot, now’s a great time to check it out. Grab a bite to eat, then head downstairs to the Sutra Lounge as Nova D’Vine and her guests make it a Memorial Day to remember. The show starts at 6 p.m., but get there early to nab a seat and take advantage of the drink specials.

Call 414-213-6682 to reserve the best seats!

May 30: “Trixie Mattel: Ages 3 and Up” at Comedy Café (1033 N. Old World Third St.): Milwaukee’s favorite living doll returns home with her one-woman program! Don’t miss the “Drag Race” diva in this hilarious show that’s sweeping the country.

General admission to the 10 p.m. event is $25; premium seating plus meet and greet is $45. See ages3andupmilwaukee.eventbrite.com for tickets to the ages 21-and-up show. (The night also includes a two-drink minimum.)

Want to share an event with Ruthie? Need her advice on a situation? Email dearruthie@shepex.com. Be sure to follow her Facebook (Ruthie Keester) and Twitter (@DearRuthie).

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Randy Rainbow at PrideFest THE CALL OF CREATIVE RESISTANCE TO TRUMP ::BY PAUL MASTERSON

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f any good has come of the current regime’s first 100 odd days (each ever odder than the one previous), it’s the artistic response to them.

Whether in cleverly crafted protest posters, the parade of pussy caps, social media’s mocking memes or the skyrocketing ratings of late night comedians, our current political dystopia has launched a creative renaissance. It woke the somnambulant soul of “Saturday Night Live,” revived the cauterized Colbert (and even got him a threatened FCC investigation) and spawned Peter Grosz’s “The President Show” on Comedy Central. It also catapulted gay internet niche comic, Randy Rainbow, to international celebrity status.

Back in 2010, Rainbow’s first videos on “RandyRainbowsBlahg,” like “Randy Rainbow is dating Mel Gibson,” garnered a fair viewership of avid followers. Shot in his tidy New York apartment, his shtick used onesided phone conversations with another voice dubbed in. Often with his mother on the other end, Rainbow would inevitably be interrupted by an incoming call from his latest date, politician or the pope. Sometimes he’d burst into song, or just dish about the silly daily grind of living gay in the Big Apple. The Blahg rechristened as the “Randy Rainbow Show” as his au courant topicality became increas-

ingly political, he moved out of his apartment and into the streets. In one episode, “Gay Boy Scouts,” Scout Rainbow sells cookies door-todoor, pitching varieties like “Fierce Marys,” “Chocolate Daddies” and “Bossy Bottoms.”

Then, propelled by the gold mine of material the 2016 presidential campaign provided and buttressed by vastly improved and sophisticated production values, Rainbow took on the persona of a smart network news interviewer (think a very catty gay male Barbara Walters).

Using real clips of the POTUS, FLOTUS and others in split screen setups, he recreates those familiar, nauseatingly vapid TV exchanges with the rich and famous. Parody songs underscore the satire with awkward dead air and extended deer-in-the-headlights smiling stares add stinging sizzle to his subjects’ inevitable self-immolation.

Meanwhile, riding the wild wave of his success, Randy Rainbow will appear live and in person as the Miller Lite Main Stage host at our upcoming Milwaukee PrideFest. A star MC will be a first for the festival and, in the shadow of the looming political crisis for the LGBT community (and the world), a timely one. The question is whether millennial LGBTs, and the rest of us for that matter, are getting a motivating message for activism or merely a laugh.

We need the motivating message. The LGBT Community Center recently shared an article about the June 11 Equality March for Unity and Pride in Washington, DC. It added a caption “Sadly it is the same weekend as Wisconsin (sic) PrideFest.” Why sadly? Cities throughout the country are holding solidarity marches on the same day. Madison is and Milwaukee’s Pride Parade organizers, although not calling their event a protest march, have encouraged participants’ political expression.

It remains to be seen if the Rainbow resistance will make a difference. Still, I expect PrideFest’s traditional history exhibit, beyond celebrating our city’s 30th Anniversary of LGBT Pride, will remind us of our revolutionary roots and that the struggle is far from over.

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hen Warren Haynes started Gov’t Mule back in 1994, he didn’t envision it as being anything more than a one-off side project. He had a valid reason, since he was playing with the Allman Brothers at the time. But the band has lived on well beyond that simple expectation, as evidenced by their celebrating 23 years of existence this year. In those nearly two dozen years, they’ve accomplished a lot, including a large collection of music (10 studio albums and various EPs and live albums) and more than 2,000 shows played around the world.

“To survive 23 years is a major accomplishment,” says Haynes. “The four of us are still really close friends and love playing together but also really enjoy hanging out together.

That’s not something every band can say.”

On Friday, they’ll return to Milwaukee in advance of their latest album, Revolution Come…Revolution Go, which is out Friday, June 9. The band worked with longtime producer Gordie Johnson as well as Don Was on the album. Jimmie Vaughan also makes a guest appearance on the album version of the song “Burning Point.”

Haynes sees a lot of similarities in the chemistry of the band now with the original trio. “It’s kind of full circle to have the same sort of feeling about our chemistry that we did about the original trio,” he says. It’s no surprise then that he sees the band’s 10th album as the start of a new chapter. Revolution purposely is one of the most diverse sounding records the band has recorded, featuring a conglomeration of rock, blues, soul, jazz and country sounds.

“Being on the other side of our 20th anniversary, it kind of feels like a new starting point, like this is a new chapter,” Haynes says. “We’ve gotten through 20 years, now let’s see what the future brings…I think that’s the main reason why we decided to utilize as many influences as possible.”

“This record, maybe more than our past studio records, explores quite a few of our influences,” he adds. “It’s not necessarily that our influences are new to us. It’s just with each record we try to get to more of our influences because there’s so many. We’ve been influenced by so many different types of music, and I think that’s represented here. And even some directions we haven’t explored in the past.”

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Keeping things similar but also breaking new ground has always been important for making a Gov’t Mule album. “It’s always been important to continue moving into new directions and somehow hopefully keeping one foot in the past as well,” Haynes says. “Because you never want to stray too far from where you started out, but once you’ve done something, you’ve done it, so you don’t want to repeat yourself.”

The album also packs a punch lyrically. The band reconvened on Election Day, which just happened to fall during the period they had planned to start recording. While the songs were written before the election results, the album features several songs that examine the deep divide politically in the country and “the anger on both sides that was going to be there regardless of who won the election.”

“I think more of the political commentary on this record is more about the realization that it’s up to us to fix it,” Haynes says. “The people have to fix it. The government’s not going to fix it. In a weird ’60s sort of way, we have to all come together and work together and be on the same side to whatever extent we can. Otherwise it’s just going to get more and more divided.” For example, on the Joe Walsh-like, riff-driven “Stone Cold Rage,” Haynes sings about the two sides of the country going in opposite directions and “keeping each other from moving forward.”

“It has an in-your-face quality about it that matches the intensity of the lyric even though the lyric is a little tongue-in-check and a little humorous,” says Haynes. “Joe Walsh and I Gov’t Mule worked together recently, and I mentioned to him, ‘Hey, there’s a new song on the new Gov’t Friday, May 26, 8 p.m.

Mule record that has a Joe Walsh kind of hook Pabst Theater to it.’ Any time you use those strings, it’s a distinctive sound and something that evokes a lot of energy pretty quickly.”

Like the rest of the world, the results of the election shocked the band. But Haynes saw it as a “reason to dive head first into the music and focus on nothing else.” The new album also features some reflective and personal songs that touch on everyday life topics (“maybe even more than on the average Gov’t Mule album,” admits Haynes). “It’s music first and foremost,” he says. “It’s meant to make you feel good but also meant to make you think.”

Gov’t Mule performs at the Pabst Theater on Friday, May 26 at 8 p.m.

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f art flourishes in times of tension, the Donald Trump presidency should give rise to masterpieces.

Trump’s regressive policies, including stripping healthcare rights, defunding Planned Parenthood, closing borders and “reforming” the Affordable Care Act, have catalyzed protesters and performers alike.

Milwaukee musicians DJ Hostettler and Anthony Weber responded by curating Unpresidented, an anti-Trump compilation that allies Midwest bands against discrimination and political corruption. The heated compilation is the pumped-up sequel to last year’s Unintimidated: Wisconsin Musicians Against Scott Walker. The album features a wide range of music from noise rock to power pop and from hip hop to folk.

“We’re very supportive and excited about the idea of documenting discontent,” Hostettler says. “You know, letting listeners know that there are people out there that are just as fed up as them and have elected to make a difference in some small way.”

Unintimidated is not only meant to rally around but also to give immediate aid to Milwaukee locals who are directly affected by Trump’s policies. All proceeds go to Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and soup kitchens in Milwaukee.

Hostettler and Weber raised about $3,000 for these organizations with last year’s compilation and aim to outdo that number this year.

With help from Howl Street Recordings in Milwaukee, 16 bands recorded tracks for the compilation over the course of one jampacked weekend. Each band had a mere two hours of studio time in order to give the compilation extra urgency. Additionally, 11 other bands submitted tracks they had previously recorded. The finished product showcases 27 original compositions by Ahab’s Ghost, Pa-

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“We were actually kind of adamant about making sure that [the songs] were all originals,” Hostettler said. “We wanted the bands expressing themselves with their own unique voices.”

The idea for a protest compilation came from Hostettler and Weber’s frustration with the concept of internet slacktivism—where rants, article shares and other expressions of discontent garner “likes” but ultimately make no real difference. “We felt like the best way to take our anger about the status quo and do something constructive with it was to recruit all of our friends and bands to record protest music, which is something that we feel has kind of faded to the wayside over the past few decades,” Hostettler says.

Of course, a wide range of national artists have been pushing back against America’s defective political climate through song, from hip-hop outfit A Tribe Called Quest with “We the People” to pop icon Katy Perry with “Chained to the Rhythm.”

Unpresidented doesn’t just want to soundtrack history, though; it wants to make a tangible difference in people’s lives. “Ultimately, with a musical compilation full of protest music that hopefully raises maybe a couple grand for Planned Parenthood or whoever, we understand that amounts to a small drop in the bucket as far as making a difference goes,” Hostettler says. “But I hope that, if anything, [Unpresidented inspires people] to add their own drop into that bucket, because one small person can’t make a difference, but a large number of people who band together can. This is our little piece of that.”

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w/ The Sadies and Sammy Brue @ Turner Hall Ballroom MAY 22, 2017 ::BY JAMIE LEE RAKE

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ishing dryly witty, often autobiographical asides between his astutely written songs in his sport coat and faded jeans, Justin Townes Earle looked to be a candidate for “Grand Ole Opry” hosting duties Monday night at Turner Hall Ballroom.

Earle’s propensity for dropping F-bombs and lack of commercial country radio hits (probably for his idiosyncratic Americana) take him out of the running to helm that hallowed institution, but it’s not for lack of touching song craft nor country pedigree.

Named after esteemed singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt by his country-rooted dad, Steve Earle, Justin has a lot to live up to.

So far, so good on that living, too. Though he has had to overcome substance addictions similar to those in his father’s history, his decade of recording has yielded artistry and accolades rivaling his namesakes. That’s about as far as a comparison to his pop’s musical output goes, though.

It’s not that the younger Earle doesn’t produce worthwhile art about his life. He joshed about how weeks of touring allows his wife to become accustomed to sleeping in the middle of their bed, thus inspiring “Move Over Mama,” and he recalls his old Chicago neighborhood on “Rogers Park.” But the kind of chummy, garrulous asides, political ramblings and song descriptions his father shared when playing the same venue a couple of Novembers ago isn’t Justin’s strong suit.

If his father’s feistiness is a hereditary trait, then it comes as much through some of his quips as music. He chided an audience member giving him a bit of guff over his potty mouth and spoke of how his years playing honkytonks led to his current policy of not taking requests or tips. And, if someone’s going to give him the latter, Justin would prefer it be substantive enough to help him afford the upkeep of his rented tour bus—if not to actually purchase one of his own.

That attitude manifests itself musically, too, as on “15-25”—one of his hardest-rocking numbers yet, appearing on his latest album, Kids in the Street. That title appears to form a triptych in a commentary, perhaps, on the sort of dysfunctional family in which he was raised, along with 2013’s Single Mothers and 2015’s Absent Fathers.

Earle is as apt to sing of others’ hurt and misfortune as his own. He dedicated “White Gardenias” to the late jazz vocalist known for wearing the titular flowers in her hair, Billie Holiday, adding that there may be a lot of junkies, but not all of them are great singers. “They Killed John Henry” depicts another sort of harrowing vignette and formed part of a three-song solo acoustic set, including the tear-jerkingly tender “Mama’s Eyes” and a rendition of Paul Simon’s “Graceland.”

Throughout the rest of the set, Earle’s backing band was largely comprised of his second opening act, The Sadies. The Toronto quartet holds a geeky and glamorous visual appeal similar to Cheap Trick, but their collision of garage punk rave-up and fiddle-laden hardcore country is singularly their own. Co-lead singer-guitarist Dallas Good offered his band’s gratitude for their spot on the bill in a gentlemanly manner, enhanced by his shiny black suit and cuff-linked shirt.

Among the highlights of their 13 songs was when Dallas and his brother, Travis, played each other’s guitar fret boards while picking their own instruments.

First on the bill, Sammy Brue has a connection with the headliner (apart from Earle liking his music): He’s the lad appearing on Single Mothers’ cover. Coming on in what looked like the same glasses and hat, he had to be reminded to tell us his name, but 16-year-old Sammy Brue sang six of his own songs with a vulnerable maturity belying his youth. His forthcoming I Am Nice should be among the year’s roots music highlights.

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WORD FIND This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 21 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.

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Gardenia Grow Hedges Ixia Leek Lilac Lupins May Okra Onion Pansy Path Petunia

Phlox Pod Poppy Rakes Ripen Roses Snail Snapdragons Stocks Swede Vine Weeds

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::FREEWILLASTROLOGY ::BY ROB BREZSNY GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Generation Kill” is an HBO miniseries based on the experiences of a reporter embedded with American Marines fighting in Iraq. Early on, before the troops have been exposed to any serious combat, they’re overflowing with trash talk. A commanding officer scolds them: “Gentlemen, from now on we’re going to have to earn our stories.” Although you are in a much less volatile situation right now, Gemini, my advice to you is the same: In the coming weeks, you’ll have to earn your stories. You can’t afford to talk big unless you’re geared up to act big, too. You shouldn’t make promises and entertain dares and issue challenges unless you’re fully prepared to be a hero. Now here’s my prophecy: I think you will be a hero.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In your mind’s eye, drift back in time to a turning point in your past that didn’t go the way you’d hoped. But don’t dwell on the disappointment. Instead, change the memory. Visualize yourself then and there, but imagine you’re in possession of all the wisdom you have gathered since then. Next, picture an alternative ending to the old story—a finale in which you manage to pull off a much better result.

Bask in this transformed state of mind for five minutes. Repeat the whole exercise at least once a day for the next two weeks. It will generate good medicine that will produce a creative breakthrough no later than mid-June.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re being invited to boost your commitment to life and become a more vivid version of yourself. If you refuse the invitation, it will later return as a challenge. If you avoid that challenge, it will eventually circle back around to you as a demand. So I encourage you to respond now, while it’s still an invitation.

To gather the information you’ll need, ask yourself these questions: What types of self-development are you “saving for later”? Are you harboring any mediocre goals or desires that dampen your lust for life? Do you tone down or hold back your ambitions for fear they would hurt or offend people you care about?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Dear Dream Doctor: I dreamed that a crowd of people had decided to break through a locked door using a long, thick wooden plank as a battering ram. The only problem was, I was lying on top of the plank, half-asleep. By the time I realized what was up, the agitated crowd was already at work smashing at the door. Luckily for me, it went well. The door got bashed in and I wasn’t hurt. What does my dream mean? –Nervous Virgo.” Dear Virgo: Here’s my interpretation: It’s time to knock down a barrier, but you’re not convinced you’re ready or can do it all by yourself.

Luckily, there are forces in your life that are conspiring to help make sure you do it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): As long as you keep Syria, South Sudan and North Korea off your itinerary, traveling would be food for your soul during the next 28 days. It would also be balm for your primal worries and medicine for your outworn dogmas and an antidote for your comfortable illusions. Do you have the time and money necessary to make a pilgrimage to a place you regard as holy? How about a jaunt to a rousing sanctuary? Or an excursion to an exotic refuge that will shock you in friendly, healing ways? I hope that you will at least read a book about the territory that you may one day call your home away from home.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): By now I’m sure you have tuned in to the rumblings in your deep self. Should you be concerned?

Maybe a little, but I think the more reasonable attitude is curiosity. Even though the shaking is getting stronger and louder, it’s also becoming more melodic. The power that’s being unleashed will almost certainly turn out to be far more curative than destructive. The light it emits may at first look murky but will eventually bloom like a thousand moons. Maintain your sweet poise. Keep the graceful faith.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Life is inviting you to decode riddles about togetherness that could boost your emotional intelligence and earn you the right to enjoy lyrical new expressions of intimacy. Will you accept the invitation? Are you willing to transcend your habitual responses for the sake of your growth-inducing rela-

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tionships? Are you interested in developing a greater capacity for collaboration and synergy? Would you be open to making a vulnerable fool of yourself if it helped your important alliances to fulfill their dormant potential? Be brave and empathetic, Sagittarius. Be creative and humble and affectionate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “In youth we feel richer for every new illusion,” wrote author Anne Sophie Swetchine. “In maturer years, for every one we lose.” While that may be generally true, I think that even 20-something Capricorns are likely to fall into the latter category in the coming weeks. Whatever your age, I foresee you shouting something akin to “Hallelujah!” or “Thank God!” or “Boomshakalaka flashbang!” as you purge disempowering fantasies that have kept you in bondage and naïve beliefs that have led you astray.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “There are no green thumbs or black thumbs,” wrote horticulturalist Henry Mitchell in a message you were destined to hear at this exact moment. “There are only gardeners and non-gardeners.

Gardeners are the ones who get on with the high defiance of nature herself, creating, in the very face of her chaos and tornado, the bower of roses and the pride of irises. It sounds very well to garden a ‘natural way.’ You may see the natural way in any desert, any swamp, any leech-filled laurel hell. Defiance, on the other hand, is what makes gardeners.” Happy Defiance Time to you, Aquarius! In the coming weeks, I hope you will express the most determined and disciplined fertility ever!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I believe it may be the right time to tinker with or repair a foundation; to dig down to the bottom of an old resource and consider transforming it at its roots. Why? After all this time, that foundation or resource needs your fresh attention. It could be lacking a nutrient that has gradually disappeared. Maybe it would flourish better if it got the benefit of the wisdom you have gained since it first became useful for you. Only you have the power to discern the real reasons, Pisces—and they may not be immediately apparent. Be tender and patient and candid as you explore.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Sin” is a puerile concept in my eyes, so I don’t normally use it to discuss grown-up concerns. But if you give me permission to invoke it in a jokey, ironic way, I’ll recommend that you cultivate more surprising, interesting and original sins. In other words, Aries, it’s high time to get bored with your predictable ways of stirring up a ruckus. Ask God or Life to bring you some really evocative mischief that will show you what you’ve been missing and lead you to your next robust learning experience.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Attention, smart shoppers! Here’s a special spring fling offer! For a limited time only, you can get five cutesy oracles for the price of one! And you don’t have to pay a penny unless they all come true! Check ’em out! Oracle #1: Should you wait patiently until all the conditions are absolutely perfect? No! Success comes from loving the mess. Oracle #2: Don’t try to stop a sideshow you’re opposed to. Stage a bigger, better show that overwhelms it. Oracle #3: Please, master, don’t be a slave to the things you control.

Oracle #4: Unto your own self be true? Yes! Unto your own hype be true? No! Oracle #5: The tortoise will beat the hare as long as the tortoise doesn’t envy or try to emulate the hare.

Homework: How could you change yourself to get more of the love you want? Testify by going to realastrology.com and clicking on “Email Rob.” Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

NEWS OF THE WEIRD

The Entrepreneurial Spirit!

Le Plat Sal (The Dirty Plate) restaurant in the Marais district of Paris features specialties actually containing dirt—or as Chef Solange Gregoire calls it, “the mud of the earth that caresses our toes, the sand kissed by the sun and rocks.” Mused a Food Network host in April, “What’s left? People are already eating snout-to-tail, leaves-to-roots...” Gregoire extolled her four-star dishes, including pastry crust a la Mont Lachat rock and a Boue Ragout stew simmered with silt from the River Seine.

(NPR also noted that the founder of The Shake Shack was “quietly” planning a new American chain, Rock in Roll.)

Goldman Sachs analyst Noah Poponak’s 98-page paper (leaked to Business Insider in April) touted the wealth obtainable by capturing the platinum reputed to be in asteroids. The cost of an asteroid-grabbing spacecraft might have dropped recently to about $2.6 billion—a trifle next to the $50 billion worth of platinum Poponak said a single asteroid might contain.

(On the other hand, experts point out, such abundance of platinum might crash the worldwide price.)

The Twisted Ranch restaurant in the Soulard neighborhood of St. Louis, saw crowds swell in March after it revamped its menu with more than two dozen items made with ranch dressing (including ranch-infused Bloody Marys). As one satisfied visitor put it, “Ranch is everyone’s guilty pleasure.”

“transcranial direct current stimulation” as a way to put athletes’ brains into constant alert, and KQED Radio reported in May that about a third of the San Francisco Giants players have donned weak-current headsets that cover the motor cortex at the top of the head. The team’s sports scientist (bonus name: Geoff Head!) said players performed slightly better on some drills after the stimulation. (On the other hand, at press time, the Giants were still next-to-last in the National League West.)

The Aristocrats!

Recent alarming headlines: “U.K. woman who urinated on Trump golf course loses case” (London). “Fish thief on unicycle busted by DNR” (Battle Creek, Michigan). And, from the Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach), all in May: (1) “Man throws fork at woman in fight over dog poop.” (2) “Senior citizen punches husband for taking Lord’s name in vain.” (3) “Two people busted for creating fake football league, lawmen say.” (4) “Man denies defecating in parking lot despite officer witnessing deed.”’ © CHUCK SHEPHERD 2017

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(1) Police in Cleveland are searching for the woman whose patience ran out on April 14 awaiting her young son’s slow haircut at Allstate Barber College. She pulled out a pistol, took aim at the barber and warned: “I got two clips! I’ll pop you.” (She allowed him to finish up—more purposefully, obviously—and left without further incident.) (2) Barbara Lowery, 24, was arrested for disorderly conduct in Cullman, Ala., in May after police spotted her standing on a car, stomping out the windshield and smashing the sunroof. She said it was a boyfriend’s car, that she thought he was cheating on her, and that she had spent the previous night “thinking” about what to do, “pray[ing] about it and stuff.” (However, she said, “I did it anyway.”)

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Social critics and futurists suggest that the next great market for computerization (already underway) will be selling “human improvement” (alas, perhaps merely helping already successful people to even greater heights).

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’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So listen, how ’bout our County Sheriff “Hopalong� Clarke apparently getting a gig with Homeland Security? And once he begins his new job, the first thing that will be safer and thus more secure will be the inmates over by the county jail, I kid you not.

Anyways, as I’m sitting here today I’ve heard that the Powerball jackpot has risen $250 million, and whoever eventually wins, the rest of us losers can be comforted with the belief that there will be at least one American who can afford health care, what the fock.

And speaking of our county sheriff, for your benefit during this time of economic hardship for so many, allow me to kind of plagiarize myself in regard to winning and losing: For those who sometimes may need to count on a helping hand from the government, let me guess: At the last lottery drawing the numbers came up and you went down, didn’t you? You got suckered into purchasing another bum lottery ticket. Get over it.

Cripes, hard to believe any outfit that sells as many faulty products as our government lottery cartel does can stay in business but what are you going to do, ain’a? Take your ticket stub back to the clip joint you bought it from and ask for your money back? Ha! Forget about it. I already tried.

No dice. They acted like I was speaking some kind of foreign language. And come to think of it, at the

mini-mart I frequent, I was. English. Ba-ding!

But seriously, just because your lottery-financed dreams have been dashed down the dumper like yesterday’s undigested baloney sandwich doesn’t mean that you’ll feel any better by packing it in and stepping in front of the first bus that comes by, no sir.

Take some solace in the fact that at least you know you’re a loser. Know thyself, like they say in the Bible. Not like these supercilious dickweeds who pride themselves in not getting snookered into these lottery scams. I got one thing to say to them: If you don’t play, you can’t win, and when you don’t win—well, you lose, any way you look at it, loser.

But really, so big focking deal you lost in the lottery again, that now you can’t run away with the uber-stacked manicurist you’ve had your eye on over by the beauty parlor where the wife goes; that you can’t tell your know-it-all boss that you won’t be in for the next 30-focking years; that, damn it, you still have no pot to pee in; yeah, those new soles for your pair of dress shoes will have to wait, and so will the knob from the collection agency knocking on your door even as I write and you read.

But do you really think you’d be happier if any of those dreams had come true?

Yeah, probably, but just because the lottery numbers you so carefully picked mega-sucked does not mean that your life is as good as over. Hell no, not by a long shot. What it does mean is that your life will continue to stink, and the familiar does have its own comforts I’ve heard. Don’t worry, you still got plenty more losing ahead of you, so buck up, buddy.

And what’s so great about that? Hey, read your Bible sometime, mister. Somewheres in there it says, “The meek shall inherit the Earth,� or so I’m

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No sir, the Bible specifies the meek—another way of saying losers. That’s right. Losers. Just like you, and me. And just so’s you know how special that is, second place inherits two Earths. Ba-ding!

Hey, the losers are going to win the Earth, which may be a lot like winning a goddamn hippopotamus in that the first thing you got to ask yourself is, “What the fock am I going to do with that?�

And when you losers win the Earth, I imagine you’ll need to decide as to how you’ll want it: paid

out as one lump planet or as an annuity spread out over a period of years. Me, I’d go the annuity route. For my first payment, I’d take Tahiti and Fiji out there in the South Seas, introduce myself to the native gals and spend my time making sure they were comfortable. Next year, do I hear Monte Carlo?

So in conclusion, please remember that when you’re a loser you’ve got nothing but dreams. But when you’re a winner, your days of dreaming are done and if you don’t have dreams, what do you have? Fock if I know, but as soon as I inherit the Earth maybe I’ll have an answer for you’s, ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.

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