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War Against Transgender People: The Wisconsin Front THE MOVE BY BADGER STATE GOP TO ROLL BACK TRANS RIGHTS ::BY PAUL MASTERSON

hen the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriages in June 2015, the political focus of the LGBTQ community shifted to other issues including the struggle for equality for transgender people. Under President Obama’s administration, federal support of transgender rights gained momentum. It seemed, despite opposition in certain states, that this neglected group would finally enjoy the same rights as everyone else. Events such North Carolina’s passage of its transphobic HB2 (known as the “Bathroom Bill”) brought widespread condemnation.

Boycotts by sports teams, corporations and tourism forced a partial repeal. Even popular reality shows entered into the debate. There, transgender bashing incidents resulted in widespread audience condemnation of the offender.

Then came the 2016 presidential election. Despite polls indicating a growing positive shift in the national attitude toward transgender issues, Republican control of all three branches of government has begun to roll back advances.

One reason is the re-invigorated conservative support for states’ rights, backed by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, giving states more power to legislate in private lives. A Republican Party platform also addresses Title IX. Originally intended to create equal opportunities for women, under Obama Title IX protections broadened the interpretation of gender. The GOP platform specifically attacks that expanded interpretation because it includes sexual orientation and “other categories”—including transgender people. Claiming, “They [the Democratic Party] are determined to reshape our schools—and our entire society—to fit the mold of an ideology alien to America’s history and traditions,” the platform does not veil the GOP intent to undo the progress towards universal equality for LGBTs. November’s Republican victory instantly impacted transgender rights. Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler went so far as to paint transgender people in the military as a threat to America comparable to “North Korea and Putin and ISIS.” Meanwhile, the Pentagon agreed to a six-month delay in transgender enlistments.

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Wisconsin has already jumped into the new wave of anti-transgender sentiment. Kenosha trans high school student Ash Whitaker had already won a historic lawsuit against his school board to allow him access to the men’s bathroom. In a unanimous decision announced May 30, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed the lower court ruling against the Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD). However, the celebration would be short lived. Just weeks later, supported by KUSD board member Gary J. Kunich who had ardently argued against Whitaker’s case, KUSD appealed again, this time to the U.S. Supreme Court. In online social media posting in March, when the Whitaker debate and his campaign for reelection to the school board were at their peaks, Kunich used the “privacy and safety” refrain to underscore his opposition.

KUSD’s attorney, Ronald Stadler of Milwaukee, said in a Kenosha News statement, “I think it is very important for the Supreme Court to weigh in on the issue because it is affecting schools all across the nation.”

In response, Kenosha County Supervisor Dayvin Hallmon immediately published a seven-point argument against the appeal. His Point 6 clearly cites the clinical realities facing trans individuals and rises beyond the emotional reactions that often come with the politicization of issues or framing them in the context of a religion-based morality. Hallmon cited a 2008 resolution by the American Psychological Association that “encourages legal and social recognition of transgender individuals consistent with their gender identity and expression” and “supports efforts to provide safe and secure educational environments…that promote an understanding and acceptance of self and in which all youths, including youth of all gender identities and expressions, may be free from discrimination, harassment, violence, and abuse.” He also noted a 2017 statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics on protecting transgender youth, which reads, “Transgender children should be supported, nurtured and cared for, whether in their homes, in their schools or through policies enacted at the state and federal levels.” Hallmon added, “The decision of the KUSD school board to appeal this case to the SCOTUS is in violation of the scholarship of our medical professionals.”

Hallmon also noted the pragmatic and financially responsible argument, arguing KUSD can’t afford enough school supplies for its students, let alone pursue a Supreme Court case requiring a private lawyer. He was quick to point to the “coincidence” that Republican White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus resides in the Kenosha and that Kenosha is in House Speaker Paul Ryan’s congressional district.

State Employees Fight for Insurance

Transgender state employees have waged their own battle for years over health insurance. Medical needs resulting from their transgender identity were not covered.

But in 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the “Rule to Improve Health Equity under the Affordable Care Act,” banning health insurance providers from excluding clients on the basis of gender identity or expression.

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To comply, the Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF), the agency that administers health insurance and other benefit programs, required insurers to provide trans related services effective Jan. 1, 2017. Cary Costello, a sociology professor at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, received a letter to that effect. Both he and his wife are trangender. In his blog, TransFusion, he recounted their relief that they would finally be covered. Then came the November election. According to Costello, private conversations between the ETF and insurers followed. “Soon, Governor Scott Walker and our anti-LGBT activist state attorney general, Brad Schimmel, were voicing their opinions that the federal bullies who had forced the state to offer trans medical care had no more influence, and the state should reassert its noble, sovereign right to discriminate.”

The ETF then requested the Group Insurance Board (GIF) for a ruling on whether a “rescission of coverage” would amount to “breach of duty” to Wisconsin’s state employees. As Costello puts it, “the GIB basically ruled ‘No, go for it, once Trump is inaugurated.’”

The state responded quickly. On Feb. 1, the ETF reinstated “the exclusion of services related to gender reassignment.” Also in February, transgender state employees received an email from the ETF. According to Costello: “I came across an email from my university human resource specialist, opening with a cheerful ‘Hello!’ it informed me the ETF had changed their policy on gender transitioning … It stated that in order to ‘maintain a gender change,’ I had to provide additional documentation for myself and for my wife.

“We were being detransitioned by the state, though I’d legally transitioned nearly a decade ago, and my wife started her transition in the 1990s. And we did not have the additional documentation demanded. Reading this email caused an immediate feeling of shock at the attack on our identities. But let me note that reverting our gender markers to what they were years ago does more than emotional or psychological damage.”

Shortly thereafter, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed its claim against the

State of Wisconsin on behalf of two transgender University of Wisconsin-Madison employees, Alina Boyden and co-plaintiff Shannon Andrews. Both have been denied medical coverage for treatment of gender dysphoria. Based on the 2016 ruling, Boyden presumed she would be covered as of Jan. 1 and scheduled medical treatments the next business day. A federal judge granted an injunction Dec. 31, 2016. Andrews transitioned in 2015 but has since had her insurance claims rejected.

The ACLU bases its suit on the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, interpreted as barring discrimination on the basis of transgender status unless there is a an important government objective. The suit also cites Title VII prohibition of “sex discrimination with respect to an employee’s ‘compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, including discrimination in the terms of an employer-sponsored health care plan.” Finally, it refers to Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which bars sex discrimination in any health program or activity that receives federal financial assistance or is administered by a federal agency.

The complaint further accuses the ETF and GIF of discrimination by “unequal treatment by categorically depriving them of all medical care for gender dysphoria,” a medical condition codified in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

If the denial of services were based on the high cost of medical care for those with extraordinary health issues, the state’s exclusion would naturally extend to the obese, diabetics, those who are HIV positive or who suffer from congenital or other pre-existing conditions. But, in both cases, the focus is solely on transgender employees.

Democrats are fighting back. On June 1 the State Assembly’s Mark Spreitzer and JoCasta Zamarripa along with State Sen. Tim Carpenter introduced a measure to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression.

Given Republican control of the state government, the effort will probably not succeed.

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isconsin STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) jobs will increase at double the rate of other occupations over the course of the next decade, offering higher incomes and lower unemployment than other occupations, according to Change the Equation’s 2017 Vital Signs report. But there remains apprehension among some Wisconsin employers as to whether the Wisconsin workforce can meet the need.

“What we’re hearing from businesses primarily is that they are concerned about the amount of STEM talent and the future pipeline of workers they’ll need,” says Rich Merkel, executive director of STEM Forward, an independent Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging children and teens in STEM programming. “Businesses are in a very competitive environment, the pace of technology has changed, the marketplace is increasing. I think businesses are under more pressure than ever to keep up not only with their competitors but with their customers.”

Guided by a board of directors comprised of local education and business leaders, STEM Forward has focused on STEM education and outreach since the early 1990s. Programs and events include but are not limited to the Future City Competition, the Day of Engineering, the Engineers Week Banquet, the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest and MPS STEM Partners, a program devoted to providing MPS students

with access to Milwaukee’s business community through projects and activities.

In response to the demands of STEM employers there has been a proliferation of STEM programming in Wisconsin schools.

Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), for instance, has made great strides in STEM education. A collaborator of STEM Forward, MPS now has STEM programs in 37 schools and reports great STEM interest among students despite national trends.

“We see a lot of interest in STEM at the elementary schools, middle schools and high schools,” says Eric Radomski, senior manager of career and technical education at Milwaukee Public Schools. “We have people asking all the time to put Project Lead The Way, our biggest program, in their schools. And interest among girls is high; 47% of students in our STEM programs are female.”

Unfortunately, there can be a disconnect between what students aspire to and what they are prepared to achieve. For instance, according to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction 2015-2016 Accountability Report Card for the district of Milwaukee, MPS received a 35.9/100 in student achievement and 16.8/50 for mathematics achievement. The statewide average, however, met expectations, with 67.5/100 in student achievement and 33.9/50 in mathematics achievement.

Moving forward, both Merkel and Radomski believe that access and education is the right path for students. “Looking to our neighboring states Iowa or Michigan where they have a formal state agenda and organization to facilitate STEM learning across the state, including appropriations from the state budget, we are really behind,” says Merkel.

“For example, in Iowa a Governor’s STEM Advisory Council has divided the state into six quadrants through their universities; each of these regions is implementing a dozen or more STEM programs. They evaluate these STEM programs on an annual basis and as a result, through ACT testing, they’ve seen marked gains in terms of student participation and performance in STEM. In Wisconsin, the state agenda or organization dedicated to coordinating STEM is less structured. We’re really bringing about the next generation of engineers and scientists. We have to get this right.”

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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, party-building meetings, drinking/discussion get-togethers or any other actions that are directed toward fighting back to preserve our liberal democratic system.

Thursday, July 13

Building a Progressive Era @ South Shore Park Pavilion Terrace (2900 South Shore Drive), 6-8 p.m.

Marina Dimitrijevic, county supervisor and state director; Matthew LaRonge, chair, Democratic Party of Wisconsin Progressive Caucus; Solana Patterson-Ramos, membership chair, Democratic Party Milwaukee County, and ACLU staff member; and attorney Lillian Cheesman will panel a discussion on whether the Democratic Party can help build a progressive era.

Drinking Liberally West Allis @ Studz Pub Sports Bar & Grill (6833 W. National Ave.), 6:30-9 p.m.

Drinking Liberally West Allis meets on the second Thursday of the month and is a time for like-minded people to get together to discuss the resistance, or just unwind and have a good time.

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Peace Action Wisconsin: Stand for Peace @ The corner of Farwell and North Avenues, noon-1 p.m.

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.

Sunday, July 16

Fair Elections Town Hall @ North Shore Presbyterian Church (4048 N. Bartlett Ave.), 4:30-5:30 p.m.

At this forum organized by Grassroots North Shore, experts will speak on the issues at hand regarding the Gill V. Whitford redistricting case that will go before the U.S. Supreme Court later this year.

Wednesday, July 19

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

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.

Drinking Liberally Wauwatosa @ Cranky Al’s (6901 W. North Ave.), 6-8 p.m.

Wauwatosa progressives will be able to meet at Crankny Al’s for beer and conversation. Drinking Liberally Wauwatosa meets on the third Wednesday of every month.

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ow did the idea that everyone living in America, whether they’re U.S. citizens or not, should be protected by the police ever become controversial? That has always been the job description of police in democracies. Our police don’t require victims of crimes to show their papers before they provide assistance or open an investigation.

So why do Milwaukee activists suddenly fear local officials may be caving in to the anti-immigrant policies of Donald Trump and his racially tone-deaf U.S. Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions to sic local police on minority residents suspected of violating federal immigration laws?

The source of the current anxiety over policing is some very bad people who have gained power nationally.

At a time when major urban police departments, including Milwaukee’s, are finally taking steps to improve police accountability with body cameras and better training, Trump and Sessions are doing everything possible to sabotage reforms and preserve the unequal, racially biased policing of the past.

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or Tom Barrett and Police Chief Ed Flynn really do know better. They publicly oppose the Trump administration’s hateful policies of harassing and intimidating immigrants because they know their job is to make life in their city safer for every resident.

“The city’s policy has been and will continue to be that it does not enforce immigration laws,” said Jeff Fleming, Mayor Barrett’s spokesman.

“Milwaukee police officers will not ask for documentation that may reveal immigration status during police operations.”

Flynn explained why before several hundred people at a meeting of the immigration rights group Voces de la Frontera in January. “It is our opinion, our strongly held belief that our responsibility is to protect the residents of our city,” he said. “To protect them, they must trust us. They must be willing to report crimes. They must be willing to be witnesses.”

Flynn was even more graphic in criticizing Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke for volunteering his county deputies for federal training in tracking and detaining undocumented immigrants when Clarke was sucking up to Trump for a job. Flynn said the job of law enforcement “is to protect and serve the residents of our community. And you can’t do that if you’re terrifying them and trying to round them up.”

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So if Barrett and Flynn believe what they say,

what’s the controversy over some subtle changes in the wording of police policy? The kindest explanation is they were just some cowardly, bureaucratic, weasel words written by a lawyer to fend off a baseless threat to federal funding.

There’s nothing like threatening to cut off federal funds to panic already hard-pressed, underfunded urban governments, especially in Wisconsin where the Milwaukee area’s portion of shared state revenue continues to evaporate into the Walker ether.

Days after his inauguration, Trump signed an executive order threatening to strip federal funding from cities that refused to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. A federal judge has since issued a temporary injunction against withholding funds already appropriated

by Congress.

But in April Sessions demanded from 10 state and local governments—sanctuary cities and urban areas protective of diverse racial populations including Milwaukee County—proof that they would share immigration-related information with the federal government.

Sessions’ letter suggested the county and city could lose more than $900,000 in Justice Department funds they share. County Corporation Counsel Margaret Daun responded that the county was in full compliance with federal law and would vigorously legally challenge any attempt to halt federal funds.

The city’s response was wimpier. The City Attorney met privately with the Fire and Police

Commission to suggest rewording policy to reduce any threat to federal funding. Then somehow without the Commission ever holding a public hearing or taking a vote, those changes were made.

Such a sketchy, questionable procedure understandably raised suspicions in the community and a strong objection from Marisabel Cabrera, an immigration attorney on the Commission, who called the changes both undemocratic and unnecessary because the city was already in compliance with federal law.

Local officials around the country maintain there’s nothing in federal law that requires police to collect the citizenship status of those they encounter. And why should there ever be? The only people who might think otherwise are misinformed right-wing ditto heads who’ve been led to believe people living in the country who aren’t citizens don’t deserve police protection.

That’s never been true. America is just like other civilized nations. If we become victims of a crime in another country, we expect to be able to go the police and receive help. If we can’t, we know we are in a very bad, very corrupt country.

Believe it or not, our laws, legal protections and nearly all of the rights and freedoms in our Constitution apply to everyone living in this country whether they are citizens or not.

That’s the way it’s always been in decent, civilized countries.

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Lost amid the manufactured furor over a handful of protests of right-wing provocateurs appearing on campuses in other states—and whether Wisconsin students ought to be threatened with expulsion if their activism offends older, white GOP politicians—are the challenges students of color face, and have faced for generations.

Right now there are 664 African Americans out of 31,407 undergraduates at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the entire UW system, there are 4,640 African Americans out of 151,895 undergraduate students.

Yet rather than asking why the percent of African American students is so alarmingly low, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, is fast-tracking a bill to create safe spaces on Wisconsin campuses for right wing purveyors of racism, misogyny and xenophobia.

As a person of color studying at the overwhelmingly white UW-Madison, I believe policymakers also ought to hear my story and consider my experience, and the stories and experience of other students of color, before telling us whose voices are and aren’t being heard.

I am a scholar in UW-Madison’s PEOPLE program, a scholarship for historically disenfranchised communities in Wisconsin. Ever since my first summer on campus in seventh grade, I have been told to be on my best behavior, lest we make white people uncomfortable with our brown voices.

As a UW-Madison student, I have been told I am only here because I am black, and in a discussion section, someone even said I am an affirmative action enrollee, implying I took a more qualified white person’s seat and therefore should not speak.

It is a reality many African American students have to live with on campus. Most African American students never forget their first time walking into a lecture hall filled with hundreds of students and being the only black face. It is a chilling and isolating feeling. The voices of people of color on campus are often discouraged, overlooked and silenced.

The conservatives’ campus speech bill would make it worse. If, after a disciplinary hearing, a student’s behavior has been found to interfere “with the expressive rights of others,” he or she can be suspended; a third violation results in expulsion. That means students of color speaking up for ourselves making fellow white students uncomfortable could face retaliation in the form of facing suspension or expulsion.

And for extreme cases, for every protest of right-wing speakers Vos points to, I can point to a hate crime perpetrated against a student of color on a college campus. In May, Bowie State University graduate and Army Lieutenant Richard W. Collins III was stabbed to death by a person who pledged to white supremacy on social media. In 2017, colleges and universities have reported increases in white supremacy groups and hate crimes on campuses nationwide. Even at UW-Madison, a student was found recruiting for a white supremacy group.

If someone like Charles Murray comes to town, promoting his “academic research” alleging a black student like me is genetically inferior to my white peers, I would hope that the university to which I pay tuition and the government of the state in which I live and pay taxes would support my right to speak up and defend myself.

Vos has done nothing to fully understand why students of color have protested speakers, nor at any time has he addressed the hate crimes, inspired by these hateful ideas, students of color have endured. Instead Vos is attempting to pass a law so that students will be suspended or expelled for speaking up for themselves.

Savion Castro is a UW-Madison student and One Wisconsin Now research associate.

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ITH URBAN FARMING GROWING IN POPULARITY IN MILWAUKEE, about a dozen commercial urban farmers have joined together to form the Milwaukee Farmers Union.

Founded in 2014, the group is seeking ways to make urban farming more efficient, sustainable and profitable.

This year, Groundwork Milwaukee became the lead stakeholder, with Outpost Natural Foods hosting and sponsoring the group.

“The purpose of the Milwaukee Farmers Union is to remove barriers for urban farmers and any small local farmer that wants support to help grow their business,” says Nick DeMarsh, food system developer at Groundwork Milwaukee.

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ers develop an infrastructure to share growing, packaging and processing space and tools, as well as education in business, hands-on farming skills and food safety. He says efficiencies in marketing could be realized through enhanced access to a customer base. The group also might be able to realize economies through bulk purchasing of seeds and packaging material.

Outpost supports the Farmers Union because of its broad mission to support local farmers. “Our mission is to have a sustainable, diverse and healthy community for our owners,” says Jessy Servi Ortiz, sustainability manager at Outpost Natural Foods. If the Union continues to grow and expand, Outpost might eventually purchase food from the farmers. “We think it is a potential viable livelihood for members of our community. We hope it is successful,” Ortiz says.

In DeMarsh’s view, Milwaukee’s urban farmers provide increased access to healthy food and reduce CO2 emissions and fossil fuel use because of reduced transportation. Along with many urban farmers in the Union, DeMarsh uses rainwater harvesting systems to water his crops, a practice with environmental benefits.

“How much cleaner could our lake be if we had more urban farms?” DeMarsh asks. “Typically, we don’t associate farming and clean water. But if you’re doing it on a small scale, and you’re doing it the right way, and you’re doing it in a city, where we have to treat that water because it would be runoff otherwise, then that’s a huge benefit. Policymakers really need to consider how much they want urban farming to proliferate, for the jobs, sure, but not just for the jobs alone.”

DeMarsh believes that a growing market exists for locally grown and organic food.

“The challenge is that we as taxpayers, as a society, have subsidized through the federal government, large-scale mono-cropping agribusiness,” he says. “We have very strong competition that we’re up against. But a lot of people recognize that, so I think there’s a market for locally grown food.”

DeMarsh, an urban grower of organic herbs who sells chiefly to local restaurants, says that since 2011, his crop production capacity has tripled.

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t’s All-Star week for the Brewers and Major League Baseball. This year’s game will be hosted by the Miami Marlins, the first time the game has ever been played in Florida. The Marlins had to wait nearly a quarter century to host the game.

The Milwaukee Brewers, however, had to wait just five seasons to play hosts to the baseball world. The year was 1975.

The Brewers were awarded the ’75 game in November of 1972. By the close of the Brewers’ third season, the team was a prime candidate for hosting duties. Only Philadelphia had gone longer among major league cities since last hosting a Mid-Summer Classic (they were due to get the game in 1976, the year of the American Bicentennial), and an upcoming All-Star game could force the club the make much-needed updates to Milwaukee County Stadium. Despite hosting a young team, the venue was among the oldest in the league. In preparation for the game, the Brewers and Milwaukee County footed the bill for new lighting, press box improvements and two seating expansions.

But it was not just the hosting of the All-Star game that had Brewers fans buzzing in 1975.

They had added home run king Henry Aaron in an off-season trade, and the team burst out of the gate with a swagger that belied their string of five straight second-division finishes. They started the season 19-11, holding a four-game lead on the division in mid-May. They fell out of first by the end of the month, but rebounded in June and held first place as late as July 4. By the time of the break, they had slipped into third place, but still sat at a respectable 46-42. Two players, George Scott and Aaron, were chosen as American League All-Stars. A third, 19-yearold Robin Yount, just missed the team, finishing second in fan voting to Bert Campaneris as the AL’s starting shortstop.

Hall of Famers Crowd the Field With Mickey Mantle and Stan Musial—both of whom (with Aaron) had played in the 1955 All-Star Game at County Stadium—serving as

honorary captains, a total of 17 future Hall of Famers populated the two rosters that evening.

During the pregame introductions, fans heartily booed Campaneris for getting Yount’s starting spot and gave Henry Aaron a prolonged standing ovation. Although, the Milwaukee Journal later noted, the loudest boos of the night were saved for Wisconsin Gov. Pat Lucey, who sat in a special box beside Rep. Clement Zablocki and Milwaukee Mayor Henry Maier.

Henry Kissinger and Glen Campbell Were On Hand Aaron might have been the famous person in the park that night, but the most powerful was Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who was on hand to throw out the first ball. With Secret Service agents prowling the concourses and stadium roof, Kissinger sat in a Brewers cap with his wife and baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn, putting away three hot dogs and a pair of beers. The best-dressed man was probably Glen Campbell, who sang the National Anthem in a buckskin leisure suit.

With a crowd of more than 51,000 on hand—the largest ever in the stadium’s 22-year history (so large, in fact, that many concession stands sold out of beer)—the NL jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on back-to-back homers from Steve Garvey and Jimmy Wynn. An inning later, St. Louis speedster Lou Brock went station-to-station, scoring on a Johnny Bench single. The Americans tied it in the sixth on a three-run homer by Carl Yastrzemski. The AL had lost 11 of the last 12 games and had visions of breaking the streak as they carried the 3-3 tie in the ninth inning. But the Nationals got to a pair of future Hall of Famers in their half of the frame, smacking two hits off of Catfish Hunter, followed by a two-run single and sacrifice fly against Goose Gossage to put the score at 6-3.

San Diego’s Randy Jones shut down the AL in the bottom of the inning to seal a 6-3 win.

Brewers president Bud Selig, who admitted beforehand that the team would probably lose money on the game (the gate take went into the league’s central fund), called the festivities “a storybook evening” and said the team was thrilled about the whole experience—even though their hometown heroes (Aaron and Scott, who combined to go 0-3) took the collar. Unfortunately, the young Brewers club could not ride their wave of enthusiasm into the second half of the season: they went 22-52 after the break, leaving them with the second-worst record in the AL on the year. It would take 27 years, and a brandnew ballpark, before an MLB All-Star game would return to Milwaukee.

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The perfect July temperatures, the food and wine, the replica Eiffel Tower, the je ne sais quoi, the ooh-la-la! Come down to Cathedral Square for a festival unlike any other.

The fun begins at 1 p.m. Thursday with a French-themed cake from the Metro Market for the first 1,000 guests. It’s the perfect time to take a break and satisfy your sweet tooth whether you work in the area or not. At 5:30 p.m., Bastille Days sponsors Beechwood Distributors and Milwaukee Brewing Company will unveil a new beer that’s a nod to all things French. They will be sampling the beer, too, so get there early to sip some suds. It all happens at the Madison Medical Affiliates Beaux Arts Stage.

Then, at 9 p.m., it’s time to Storm the Bastille with a run-walk that reenacts the revolutionary storming of the Bastille in Paris. The customary 5K run/two-mile walk sponsored by Associated Bank is a nighttime romp through Downtown. The race contestants will dash it out before enjoying the opening night of food, drink and music. Registration is $20 in advance; $25 race day (visit bastilledaysfestival.com to register).

Come to race or just watch on Thursday; fun is in store for all. Then, plan to come back for the weekend. There’s so much to do and see; you won’t want to miss a day.

Bastille Days is a street festival where you can peruse art and shop for jewelry, clothes, bags and more all while listening to music and eating scrumptious food—much of it with a distinctly French or Cajun flare—and while sipping wine, beer or perhaps a margarita with a French twist: Chambord. You’ll find an eclectic mix of music, dance and other performances on several stages.

There’ll be roaming buskers around every corner, and the Carnival of Curiosity & Chaos will be performing their daring feats nightly in Cathedral Square Park.

There’s nothing more French than chalk drawings. You’ll be transported to Paris when you view the unique chalk drawing under the 43-foot Eiffel Tower replica created by professional chalk artist Seth Sanders.

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OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM BASTILLE DAYS 2017 INCLUDE:

The ever-popular Waiter-Waitress Races on Sunday, July 16 at 3 p.m. The obstacle course tests the skills of servers laden with trays of full wine glasses. Hilarity ensues.

Daily food, beer and wine demonstrations with local chefs, brewers and sommeliers, featuring French and Cajun themes.

Music, music and more music on the One Call, That’s All Stage, Madison Medical Affiliates Beaux Arts Stage, Cathedral Square Stage, Kilbourn East Stage and Kilbourn West Stage.

Ticketed wine tastings on Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. (purchase tickets on the website below).

Crêpes, wine and gifts, include Provençal fabrics, cards, soaps and art.

Beignets! Once again, the Alliance de Française de Milwaukee will be crafting these delightful French donuts—airy bites of goodness served with powdered sugar or cinnamon and sugar. Trust me: Don’t forget the beignets!

The best part? Entry is free! Can you say c’est si bon?

Bastille Days runs 11 a.m.-11 p.m., July 13-16 at Cathedral Square, 520 E. Wells St. You can find a complete list of events for Bastille Days at eastown.com.

The Big Easy comes to Milwaukee for Bastille Days, too. If you couldn’t make it down south for Mardi Gras, you’ll want to catch any or all of the three Mardi Gras-themed parades on Friday, July 14, headed by the Extra Crispy Brass Band. CajunCreole sound and authentic New Orleans style take over the streets of Milwaukee. Let the good times roll, y’all! Catch the parades at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m.

Throw up your skirts, kick your legs up, sashay your skirts, do the cancan! Or, you can just watch the professionals do it. Madame Gigi’s Outrageous French Cancan Dancers will perform the shocking, sassy and fun dance on the attorney David Grubersponsored One Call, That’s All Stage. You might also Bastille find yourself wooed by the Days Tamarind Tribal Belly Dancers; 11 a.m. they’ll be twirling their hips on 11 p.m. the Madison Medical Affiliates Beaux Arts Stage.

July 13-16 There’s something for the Cathedral kids, too. The ninth annual Square Kids Day from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 15, features myriad activities to inspire your children and you. There’ll be ballet posing and stretching, mini French lessons with the Alliance de Française de Milwaukee, magic, art activities, extreme juggling, a caricature artist and other hands-on activities. Plus, for $5, you can eat a French-inspired breakfast.

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::THISWEEKINMILWAUKEE FRIDAY, JULY 14 City Limits Fest @ City Lounge, 5:30 p.m.

Though Milwaukee isn’t exactly known as a haven for contemporary country music, it still has a huge following here. Each year, Cudahy’s City Lounge does its part to help feed the demand for country shows with its City Limits Fest, which this year includes two days of young country artists. Friday’s lineup is headlined by singer Granger Smith, who will be supported by Earl Dibbles Jr., Beaumont James, The Piss Poor Players and The Incident. On Saturday, the band Parmalee tops a lineup that includes RaeLynn, Jay Matthes and Myles Wangerin.

Diana Ross w/ Rhonda Ross @ BMO Harris Pavilion, 8 p.m.

Motown superstar Diana Ross began her career as the leader of the iconic ’60s girl group the Supremes before becoming one of the most influential pop-soul singers around by the early ’70s, and still to-date. Her best hits include “I’m Coming Out,”“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Endless Love” and “You Are Everything,” all of which contributed to her Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2012 Grammys. Ross’ daughter, singer-songwriter and actress Rhonda Ross, will open for her legendary mother with her own style of jazzy neo-soul music.

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With the possible exception of the Art Stop and anything related to parking, nothing fires up Bay View residents quite like the South Shore Frolics—the annual old-school celebration at South Shore Park. For longtime Bay View residents, it’s one of the neighborhood’s great traditions, but in recent years, newer arrivals to the neighborhood have cast it as something of a nuance, grumbling about the sometimes rowdy crowds. The festival’s parade has been canceled this year due to a budget shortfall, but other festivities, including a Friday fish fry, Sunday classic car show and an art show, will go on as scheduled. Both Friday and Saturday night will conclude with a massive “Atomic Fireworks” display on the beach. (Through Sunday, July 16.)

Josh Ritter @ The Back Room at Colectivo, 7 p.m.

Folk singer-songwriter Josh Ritter has been turning heads with his literary lyrics and expressive performances. In 2016, he collaborated with the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir on the renowned musician’s first solo album in 10 years, and novelist Stephen King commended Ritter’s album The Animal Years as “the most exuberant outburst of imagery since Bob Dylan’s ‘A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.’” In preparation for a new album, Ritter’s been testing unfinished songs on tour this year, getting audience feedback and tweaking them accordingly. As such, each show is a little different and attendees get the chance to hear songs that will never sound quite the same again.

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Thriftones w/ Avon Dale @ Bremen Cafe, 9:30 p.m.

Possibly the loudest of the city’s many annual summer traditions, this year’s Milwaukee Air & Water Show returns for another two days of zipping, zooming, roaring displays from military and competitive aircraft. This year, the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team, Firebirds X-Treme Team, One Aviation Eclipse Demonstration Team, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels and stunt pilot Bill Stein will be among the many showboats making East Siders close their windows.

Milwaukee Air & Water Show @ Bradford Beach, 10 a.m.

Milwaukee’s own Thriftones are known for genre-diverse tunes that sound both familiar and surprising. Their music is at times funky, bluesy, soft and aggressive, depending on the tune. Self-described as “folkadelic,” the four-piece folk-rockers have been a staple in the local music scene since 2011. The Memphis, Tenn.-based rock band Avon Dale will open for them at this show.

Bastille Days @ Cathedral Square Park

One of the largest French-themed festivals in the country, Bastille Days returns for its 36th year this weekend for another four days of live music, French and Cajun cuisine, roaming buskers, food demonstrations and wine tastings. As always, the event will kick off with a Thursday 5K run-2K walk and will feature a 43-foot-tall replica of the Eiffel Tower. (Through Sunday, July 16.)

Brandy Clark w/ Nora Collins @ Shank Hall, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY, JULY 14 AURA Music Series: Abby Jeanne @ Milwaukee Athletic Club, 8 p.m.

Summerfest is done for the year, but another music series is just getting started. For the next eight weeks, the Milwaukee Athletic Club will host a series of free, 21-and-older shows on its gorgeous rooftop. Performers for the AURA Music Series will include a mix of local and national bands, including Goldford, Listening Party and Sidewalk Chalk.

For this inaugural installment of AURA’s 2017 season, Milwaukee soul-rock singer Abby Jeanne will show off her incredible, Janis Joplin-sized voice.

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Brandy Clark is a country singersongwriter and four-time Grammy Award nominee. Big-time country stars like LeAnn Rimes, Sheryl Crow, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Kacey Musgraves and The Band Perry have recorded Clark’s songs, but she’s a solo draw in her own right. She’s on tour now to support her second studio album, Big Day in a Small Town, which has sold out venues across the country. It’s the follow-up to 2013’s 12 Stories, the album that won over critics and fans alike and topped many best-ofthe-year lists.

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SATURDAY, JULY 15 Gathering on The Green: Daya @ Rotary Park, Mequon, 7:30 p.m.

This weekend, Mequon’s Rotary Park hosts two concerts with two very different target demographics. For music fans of a certain age, Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald will co-headline a bill on Friday, July 14 at 8 p.m., but the event has lined up a decidedly more contemporary act for Saturday, July 15: rising pop singer Daya. The teenage singer landed a hit with her slinky 2015 single “Hide Away,” but it was as a featured artist with The Chainsmokers that she scored an even bigger smash, “Don’t Let Me Down,” which took home a Grammy this winter for Best Dance Recording.

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“I had a dream once or so I thought / I’d be a pilot or an astronaut,” Elvis Costello sings on “Oh Well.”“I had a dream like that until I found / Even an astronaut goes into the ground.” These lyrics may be true, but Costello’s prolific music will surely live on forever. The new wave rocker entered the music scene 40 years ago this month with My Aim Is True, and rock ’n’ roll hasn’t been the same since.

Costello mixed a moody persona with nerdy social incompetence and pop music mastery into a combination the world ate up. Fans attending his shows these days can look forward to set lists comprised of some of his greatest hits as well as a sampling of the rarer, underrated treasures in the musician’s vast discography.

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David Dondero w/ Lady Cannon & King Courteen @ Cactus Club, 9 p.m.

Not all great musicians get the consideration they deserve. Indie rock artist David Dondero is one underappreciated talent who, despite acclaim from critics—including NPR, who labeled Dondero one of their 10 “best living songwriters”—really hasn’t garnered an exceptional listening or fanbase. His 20-year-span in the business has been a thriller, though, for both himself and any fans paying enough attention to ride along.

Dondero released Inside the Cat’s Eye to stellar reviews this year and is showcasing its beautiful songs on this tour.

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Shrek Meets 101 Dalmatians SMPAC summer Youth Theatre offers two kid-friendly shows If you’re looking for something a little different to entertain your kids (or nephews, nieces, et al.) this summer, why not take them to one or both of the kid-friendly live musical theater productions taking place at the inviting South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center? The SMPAC’s Youth Theatre students (variously aged 6 to 18) will be performing DreamWorks’ Shrek—The Musical Jr. and Disney’s 101 Dalmatians—Kids.

As SMPAC’s Michelle Majerus-Uelmen says, “Beauty is in the eye of the ogre in Shrek—The Musical Jr., based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks animated film and fantastic Broadway musical.” Similarly, 101 Dalmatians—Kids is “based on the classic animated film” and is “a fur-raising adventure featuring Cruella De Vil, Disney’s most outrageous villain and 101 of the most adorable heroes to set their paws onstage.”

Junior students (6-11 years old) will perform in Dalmatians; Senior students (12-18) will comprise Shrek’s cast.

July 15 at 1 and 6 p.m. (Dalmatians); July 28-30 (Shrek) at South Milwaukee PAC, 901 15th Ave., South Milwaukee. For tickets, call 414-766-5049 or visit southmilwaukeepac.org.

King John

Even fans of The Bard may not have ever read, seen or even heard of King John, one of William Shakespeare’s lesserknown plays. It’s a history play in which he staged crucial events during the reign of King John (r. 1199–1216), one of England’s most execrable monarchs. The story of the loathsome and error-prone John may sound familiar in today’s American political landscape, but the creative team behind this Voices Found Repertory production has opted not to belabor such parallels. As they supportively put it, “Certainly we find ourselves in an ugly point of history, but if Shakespeare has anything to say about ugliness, it’s that it will, eventually, pass.” It is, indeed, somewhat comforting to know that, as bad as things may be, history shows us we’ve been down so many analogous roads before.

July 12-22 at The Underground Collaborative, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave. For tickets and more information (including about the “King John Art Exhibition”) visit voicesfoundrep.com.

Hello, Dolly!

It’s always interesting to trace the artistic lineage of well-known musical and theatrical pieces. Take Hello, Dolly!, for example. There’s the Oscar-winning 1969 film with Barbra Streisand in the title role. This came from the 1964 musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and book by Michael Stewart (with Carol Channing in a career-making performance) that won 10 Tony Awards (a record Dolly held for 37 years). That musical was based on Thornton Wilder’s 1955 play, The Matchmaker, which itself was a revamped Wilder farce of 1938 called The Merchant of Yonkers. Clearly there’s a fascinating and entertaining story here. A live performance of the glorious Herman and Stewart musical takes to the stage this month in a Sunset Playhouse production starring Liz Norton as widowed socialite-cum-matchmaker Dolly Levi.

July 13-Aug. 6 at Furlan Auditorium, 800 Elm Grove Road.

For tickets, call 262-782-4430 or visit sunsetplayhouse.com.

Always…Patsy Cline

Country music fan or not, it’s likely you’ve heard at least one of legendary songstress Patsy Cline’s recordings.

Her huge crossover hits such as “Crazy,”“I Fall to Pieces,” “Sweet Dreams” and “Walking After Midnight” can be heard anywhere from radio to film soundtrack—even now, more than half a century after her tragic death at the age of 30.

Always…Patsy Cline is a character portrait and tribute as told through her friend, Louise Seger (Anne Mollerskov). In this Racine Theatre Guild production, Kate Potter-Barrow portrays Cline. An instrumental quintet provides accompaniment for the songs.

July 14-23 at Racine Theatre Guild, 2519 Northwestern Ave. For tickets, call 262-633-4218 or visit racinetheatre.org.

The Wayward Women

Subtitled, An Amazon Sex Comedy in Elizabethan Verse, this new comedy by Jared McDaris (per Theater RED) “pits hapless men against powerful amazons!” To explain a bit further, the plot involves two men who arrive (by mischance) upon the shores of the island of Amosa, where traditional gender roles are totally opposite from what they’ve known heretofore. The men quickly find themselves pawns in a game of one-upwomanship.

Theater RED continues: “With overt nods and subtle allu-

sion to [Shakespeare], The Wayward Women is a comedypastoral about generational norms, fluid morality (and gender roles) and good old-fashioned sex.”

July 12-22 at The Alchemist Theatre, 2569 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. For tickets, visit theaterred.com.

This Other Love

“She made a great impression on me,” says Patty McCarty of the central character of her play, This Other Love. “When I was growing up, we were poor, and Dorothy Day was the first person I knew in favor of voluntary poverty—a ministerial vow of renouncing material possessions.” Day, whom McCarty met when the former lectured at Marquette University in 1955, founded The Catholic Worker newspaper and wrote The Long Loneliness, an autobiography. Day’s stance on personal poverty and society (“some people say she would favor anarchy if she could be the chief anarch,” McCarty explains) made her part of the counter-culture of her day, and certainly something of an outlier in her own faith.

July 14-23 at Concordia University’s Todd Wehr Auditorium, 12800 N. Lake Shore Drive, Mequon. For tickets, call 414-744-5995 or visit acaciatheatre.com.

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Temo Flamenco Communication Intensive

This will be “a three-day event on the communication and interaction of flamenco guitar, vocals and dance with guest contemporary flamenco dancer Wendy Clinard,” says Marija Temo, flamenco guitar instructor at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. This is the first such event for our city and will include (as Temo explains) “coaching sessions, workshops, flamenco instructions, an improvised performance and a flamenco juerga.” “Juerga?” you say. Yes. That means it’s time to party! The event is open to everyone from the passingly curious to the most ardent aficionado of all things flamenco.

July 14-16 at The Cathedral Church of All Saints, 818 E. Juneau Ave. The July 15 Flamenco Juerga takes place at Gibraltar, 538 W. National Ave. Visit marijatemo.com for detailed information and to sign up.

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Merry Maid Marion in Door County

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avid Farr’s The Heart of Robin Hood finds a suitably sylvan home this summer as Door Shakespeare brings it to an outdoor stage in Sister Bay. The Farr adaptation of the ancient legend is only just over half a decade old. Though the thief’s name is firmly planted in the title, Farr focuses on Maid Marion as action heroine.

Taylor Harvey is charismatic in the role of a woman languishing in castle walls as her father is away fighting the Crusades. There is great injustice in England that she wants to combat, but she is unable to do so in her role as daughter of nobility.

Harvey’s wild-eyed, silent expressiveness serves to amplify the character’s sense of compassion and adventure. She has an earnest sense of compassion and aggression in the role that keeps her performance authentic—even when Farr’s dialogue feels a bit awkwardly amplified for the sake of the action.

Torsten Johnson is playfully super-heroic in the role of Robin Hood. As the play opens, he and his men steal from the rich to distance themselves from an unjust society. Marion’s compassion initially clashes with his desire to keep out of the affairs of others, but the story’s events gradually bring them together in a satisfying reframing of the traditional legend.

The flow of action occasionally falters, but the whole of the ensemble is sharp enough to keep the rhythm of everything rolling on pace. The cast balances out around the edges quite nicely. Demetrios Troy is sinister as Prince John, who looks to wrest political control from Marion’s father while he is away. Mark Corkins compellingly transforms from foppish aristocrat to adventure hero as Marion’s friend, Pierre.

The Heart of Robin Hood runs in rotation with Twelfth Night through Aug. 19 at Björklunden in Sister Bay. For tickets, call 920-839-1500 or visit doorshakespeare. com.

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ormer Milwaukee Repertory Theatre Artistic Director Joseph Hanreddy directs an outdoor show in Door County this summer.

Hanreddy’s talent for bringing together disparate elements into a cohesive ensemble makes for a richly rendered staging of the romantic comedy Twelfth Night with Door Shakespeare.

There’s a distinctive “Old Milwaukee Rep” feel to the production. Longtime Rep actors Mark Corkins and Deborah Staples are featured in a cast that also includes Milwaukee favorite Norman Moses. Mark Corkins is particularly witty as the aggressively iconoclastic Sir Toby Belch. Corkins’ commanding presence serves the role well as it plays around the corners of the comedy’s central love triangle. Deborah Staples conjures a compellingly breathless portrayal of Olivia as she falls for a young man she can never have. Elyse Edelman plays charming shades of frustration in the role of a woman pretending to be a boy whom Olivia comes to love, but who is really in love with the man who loves Olivia. (Shakespearian romance is never easy!)

Hanreddy allows a somewhat tragic counterpoint to the romantic comedy with darker shades of Norman Moses as Malvolio. Moses conjures crisp precision for the role of the servant who secretly loves Olivia. As Sir Toby and company conspire to make a fool of him, we feel the folly of love unravel the core of a man undone by his own passion.

Music is quite famously mentioned in the opening line of the play. It ties together the rhythm and action of the comedy as contemporary acoustic sounds to the songs of Feste the Jester played here with an earthy, organic charisma by composer and music director Scott McKenna Campbell.

Twelfth Night runs in rotation with The Heart of Robin Hood through Aug. 18 at Björklunden in Sister Bay. For tickets, call 920-839-1500 or visit doorshakespeare.com.

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Optimist Theatre’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’

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his summer’s free, outdoor Shakespeare offering from Optimist Theatre is a lighthearted and cathartic counterpart to last summer’s political powerhouse, Julius Caesar. With its current production of Much Ado About Nothing, the classy and public-minded company invites audiences on a deftly executed romp in the realm of lords and ladies dressed like Casablanca-era resort folk. Although, as the curtain speech assured, this piece primarily aims for laughs, director Tom Reed also notes its present relevance for its exploration of “fake news.” We find our lords and ladies utterly taken in by rather puerile emotional manipulation, but—perhaps less like our present reality—everything is neatly sorted out in the end.

Colin Gawronski’s lighting, Christy Seibers’ costumes, Megan B. Henninger’s sound design, Ron Scot Fry’s set and Paul Terrien’s musical composition join forces to create a beachy world for our foolish but generally well-meaning characters. The laid-back environs are not only pleasant to take in as an audience member, but aptly suit the thrust of the story, suggesting that we are often most vulnerable to lies when we think ourselves most able to relax.

Strong characterizations come from all of the principals with many little gems of performance to be found among the supporting cast as well. Todd Denning imbues Benedick with a level of sheer goofiness not often found in this role. Paired with Kelley Faulkner’s Katherine Hepburnesque spitfire take on Beatrice, the logophilic sparring at the heart of the story is well realized.

Where these two supply much of the show’s comedy, Candace Thomas and Di’Monte Henning as the straight romantic leads Hero and Claudio, counter well with gravitas and sincerity.

Moments of pure joy come in the form of a beautiful setting of “Sigh No More” performed by a female trio led by Kat Wodtke on ukulele, and the hilarious physical antics of the night watchmen as they take direction from the incompetent Dogberry (James Pickering making an engaging comic turn). Kudos as well to Emmitt Morgans for his dual roles of Borachio and Friar, which are well differentiated and compelling. Scot Fry likewise brings great humor to the show in his brief moments as Dogberry’s accomplice, Verges, who walks with an entertaining bowlegged gait and uses an ear horn.

Reed’s direction is astute throughout. Particularly clever are the overheard-conversation sequences in which Benedick and Beatrice crawl, scuttle, climb and even do “the worm” all over the stage attempting to avoid detection by their friends, who, fully aware of their presence, loudly discuss how each of the combative lovers pines for the other.

Although opening night at the Marcus Center’s roofed but unwalled Peck Pavilion saw rainstorms and chilly winds, the audience maintained good spirits. With Much Ado, Optimist has deservedly hit home with its loyal Milwaukee audience yet again.

Through July 22 in the Peck Pavilion, on the river side of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water St. Seating is first come-first serve. For more information, visit optimisttheatre.org.

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Baby Driver R This action flick, directed and written by Shaun of the Dead’s Edgar Wright, features a young savant of a car driver known as Baby (Ansel Elgort). Hired by ambitious crime boss Doc (Kevin Spacey) to pilot the getaway car for Doc’s heists, Baby continuously plays music that soothes him as he drives. His choices, an eclectic assortment of songs, lend the film emotional heft while controlling its tone. Heart-stopping car chases give way to love when socially awkward Baby falls for diner waitress Carla. Hoping to start a life with her, Baby agrees to one final heist.

With Doc bringing on board crazed criminal Bats (Jamie Fox), a difficult caper soon becomes ultra-dangerous. (Lisa Miller)

Maudie PG-13 Maud Dowley was a beloved, unschooled Canadian artist whose naïve paintings of birds and flowers eventually found an audience. She was “born funny” in an early 20th-century small town, severely arthritic and dismissed as stupid and incapable while really quite shrewd and adept. Irish director Aisling Walsh’s dramatization stars Sally Hawkins as Dowley and Ethan Hawke as her companion, the illiterate fish peddler Everett Lewis. Their performances are strong and real, worthy of Oscar recognition. The film is slow, sweet and endearing, as unhurried as the pace in mid-century Nova Scotia. (David Luhrssen) ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’

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psychopath. Although lacking Brando’s depth and mystery, Harrelson eventually manages to fill his loose canon of a character with a quality more consistently maintained by the movie’s simians. He becomes sympathetic.

The remnants of the U.S. Army are the bad guys throughout. “Monkey Killer” is chalked on a helmet in the platoon that ambushes the apes as the movie begins. Humans aren’t to be trusted, except for a mute, golden-haired girl who turns up along the way and accompanies Caesar and his apes-de-camp, Luca (Michael Adamthwaite) and Maurice (Karin Konoval), on their quest.

Caesar is seeking to kill the colonel after Special Forces take the lives of his wife and child.

The opening action sequence is well choreographed and the 65-millimeter cinematography brings visual richness to a movie set largely at night under a pale, spooky moon or in dark snow forests. The colonel’s headquarters, where apes are kept as slave labor, is one part Schindler’s List and one part late-medieval depiction of hell. ::BY DAVID LUHRSSEN The plot is wobbly, succumbs to melodrama, loses momentum and climaxes with a de rigueur lanet of the Apes 2.0 is about scimeltdown of fire and destruction that adds many ence gone amok. In an ill-conceived experiment, our first cousins unnecessary minutes to a movie that had already in the animal kingdom are elevated lost its rhythm. Lifting up War for the Planet of the Apes are the simian characto human intelliters, enhanced by performance gence. Soon enough, they prove capture and Oscar-worthy smarter than most people by esprosthetics. They communicate War for caping their cages. Next thing with sounds and signs (their the Planet of you know, the franchise taps dialogue is subtitled). Scowlanxiety over a pan-species panthe Apes ing Caesar speaks English in demic. The “Simian Flu” takes Andy Serkis down-low gravel tones remidown much of humanity, even niscent of Clint Eastwood in a Woody Harrelson as moderate ape leader Caebad mood. Their society is well Directed by sar battles the militant Koba, conceived and the personalities Matt Reeves a monkey out for vengeance of individual apes are sharply against the cruelty of man.

Rated PG-13 drawn. Those enhanced simIn War for the Planet of the ians can do anything we can Apes, Koba has already died, do but haven’t lost a monkey’s but Caesar (Andy Serkis) is still fighting—this time with a rogue Special Forces agility in scampering up trees—a handy attricommander, Col. McCullough (Woody Harrel- bute when the going gets tough. As a leader of son). Channeling Marlon Brando’s Col. Kurtz, apes, Caesar, the compassionate warrior, proves Harrelson plays his colonel as a shaven-headed to be a better man than most of us.

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Wish Upon PG-13 The dog was wary of the present dad brought home—always a bad sign! Clare (Joey King) is the recipient of a curious Chinese “wishing pot” in the form of a music box. Whimsically at first, she makes wishes with horrific, if sometimes seemingly advantageous, results. Wish Upon is a horror movie scary for its insistent fatalism. It’s also an interesting high school film with the old cast of posh nasty girls and outcasts from the decaying side of town—except nowadays the kids ride bikes to school, learn Chinese and torment each other digitally. Wish Upon also works as a contemporary fairy tale of obsession, shallow values and the multiverse. (D.L.)

[HOME MOVIES/OUT ON DIGITAL] n Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape

This succinct, informative documentary produced by the National Gallery of Art explores the career of Joan Miró. Although one of Spain’s signal contributors to modern art, Miró was fiercely Catalonian, steeped in the region’s traditional religious iconography along with its landscape and Antoni Gaudi’s curvaceous architecture. Included are interviews, still photographs and home movies, but much of the screen time is devoted to Miró’s surreal paintings, many of them depicting ladders ascending the spheres of consciousness.

n Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

The Mexican kingpin demands the head of a young man called Alfredo Garcia—it’s a grotesque errand that envelopes a soulful outlaw (Warren Oates). The 1974 film by Sam Pekinpah verges on self-parody with its several Gotterdammerungs of slaughter in slo-mo. Embedded in the plot are perennial Pekinpah themes such as manhood achieved through violent self-defense. Oates is well cast as the conflicted romantic and dead-ender grasping for his last chance at a big break.

n The Hound of the Baskervilles

The gothic landscape of Arthur Conan Doyle’s story seems purpose-made for Hammer Studios, best known for baroque visual overkill and lurid melodrama. The 1959 Hound of the Baskervilles begins with the backstory of cruel aristocrats and their accursed legacy before introducing Hammer’s A-team, Peter Cushing as the neurotic but sharp-minded Sherlock Holmes and Christopher Lee as the coolly arrogant Sir Henry Baskerville. It’s a “two-pipe problem,” the great detective declares in this memorable Holmes adaptation.

n The Wild, Wild West Revisited / More Wild, Wild West

Boasting advanced technology in a frontier setting, the television series “The Wild, Wild West” (1965-1969) was a foretaste of steampunk delivered with a wink. A pair of TV movies (1979, 1980) reunited intrepid Secret Service agents James West (Robert Conrad) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin) to foil nefarious plots against the 19th-century world order.

It was a brain-and-brawn team with West as the fist-fighting ladies man and Gordon as the dandy and gadget-maker.

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Everyday Magic at Jewish Museum Milwaukee’s ‘Adolph Rosenblatt Retrospective’ ::BY KAT KNEEVERS

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efore there was Instagram and Snapchat, there was an artist who made sketches in clay, crafting iconic images of everyday Milwaukee. In fired ceramic, he cast vignettes of favorite haunts like the Oriental Theatre balcony, the Gay Gardens restaurant and others, documenting life through sculpture.

“Moments and Markers: An Adolph Rosenblatt Retrospective” at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, presents the work of this artist who took life around him as the inspiration for his art.

Rosenblatt (1933-2017) had an early interest in art and, when of college age, assembled a portfolio that was seen by the esteemed German-born American artist Josef Albers (1888-1976), who

opened doors for him to enter Yale Art School.

Rosenblatt eventually landed in Milwaukee, becoming a respected member of the art community and professor emeritus at UW-Milwaukee.

All along, he continued to create sculptures and paintings reflective of life around him.

The monumental Oriental Pharmacy Lunch Counter is a centerpiece of the show. In threedimensional form, Rosenblatt reproduces the lantern light fixtures and the horseshoe counters inhabited by patrons. Everybody converses, glances at others or gets lost in their own space.

They all have Rosenblatt’s characteristic touch as the details of their clothing and faces are richly textured and toned. It is a capsule of the landmark establishment where denizens of all walks of life came to meet and eat.

On a more intimate scale, Sauna presents a quintet of men and women of a certain age in bathing suits lounging on benches with languid attitudes that comes with comforting dry heat.

They casually chat, unconcerned about their personal appearance and fully attentive to their companions. Like all of his pieces, it is so very different from the hypersensitivity to image that characterizes today’s selfies and social media posturing, adding an additional aura of authenticity and importance to this exhibition.

As a retrospective, the dozens of pieces in the show are instructive and offer insight into the earlier paintings and sculptures by the artist. But most of all, “Moments and Markers” is a glimpse into a chapter of a neighborhood—its personalities coming alive again through the artist’s touch.

Through Aug. 27 at Jewish Museum Milwaukee, 1360 N. Prospect Ave. For more information, visit jewishmuseummilwaukee.org.

Lace and Death at Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts ::BY TYLER FRIEDMAN

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wo exhibitions opening on Thursday, July 13, at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts find the folksy art form entangled in uncommonly heavy themes.

Some might say that quilting itself symbolically defies death. Odds and ends of fabric, otherwise useless, are given a second life as shards in fiber art’s equivalent of stained glass. “In Death” has more than 20 contemporary fiber artists from across the U.S. meditating on the exhibition’s titular theme. Installed in the WMQFA’s repurposed farmstead dating back to the 1850s, “In Death” aspires to make viewers reflect on their own feelings about death.

“Lace: Works of Adornment” marks the public debut of the WMQFA’s Lois Markus Lace Collection. Displaying finely wrought examples of garment lace, the exhibition recalls a time when the labor-intensive fabric was shorthand for socio-economic status, as reflected in the antiquated dichotomy between “lace curtain Irish” and “shanty Irish.”

Detail of “Lace: Works of Adornment”

“Faces of a Fish Empire”

Milwaukee Public Central Library | 814 W. Wisconsin Ave. When Tom Kutchera died at the end of March 2016, he left behind several albums of portraiture of employees at the Empire Fish Company, where Kutchera worked from the 1960s through 1995. Kutchera’s sons have turned their father’s photos into a book, Faces of a Fish Empire: A Visual History of Empire Fish Company and the Decline of Commercial Fishing in Wisconsin, which, in addition to its arresting images, tells the story of cultural shifts and technological advances that have altered our relationship to Lake Michigan and its culinary bounty. A Kutchera photo display, “Faces of a Fish Empire,” is currently at Milwaukee’s Downtown Central Library through the end of July.

“Midsummer Festival of the Arts”

John Michael Kohler Arts Center | 608 New York Ave., Sheboygan Small wonder that Milwaukee is known as the “City of Festivals.” After seven months of hibernation-inducing winter, the siren song of sun-softened cheese curds and effervescent beer draw us eagerly outdoors. With Summerfest ended, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s “Midsummer Festival of the Arts” (July 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and July 16, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.) will help stave off festival withdrawal. Expect the standard fare: 135 artists’ booths, live music, art-making activities, food trucks and, as an added attraction, free admission to JMKAC. Adolph Rosenblatt, Oriental Pharmacy Lunch Counter, Painted ceramic and wood, 1987 PHOTO COURTESY OF JEWISH MUSEUM MILWAUKEE

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Off the Cuff with artist Daniel Fleming ::BY JUDITH ANN MORIARTY

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he Gallery of Wisconsin Art (GOWA) rises from the remains of a former West Bend tire shop. The 6,000-square-foot space opened June 3 and has tony neighbors, for instance, the Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA), directly to the north. Soon, they’ll be connected by a strip of land enhanced

by Jim Shields of HGA Architects. Their proximity is a win-win.

Milwaukee artist Daniel Fleming’s big, bodacious paintings are in GOWA’s lower level—gutsy, experimental and the opposite of serene landscapes like the Gibson Byrd painting one floor above. A Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) graduate, and a former Shepherd Express designer and illustrator, Fleming changed course when he switched his major from painting to design. The change taught him to be analytical.

Graphic designers are usually pretty structured aren’t they? That said, you greatly admire the paintings of Anselm Kiefer whose work is darkly political.

I grew up looking at modern and post-modern work, so I’ve never felt restricted by materials or styles. I start out with a concept, but I paint and repaint and end up far from where I thought I was headed.

Are your paintings political?

Well, I get more out of art, far more, if it has a message beyond just being attractive or interesting. Of course, artists don’t need to be political, but why, when you can push culture forward, would you choose not to?

OK, so you’ve chosen to push culture forward. In what way does your work reflect that choice?

My messaging is more aimed at exploring differences rather than reinforcing them.

From that standpoint, I’m not so much purely political as I am socially minded.

When you aren’t painting in your home/studio on Milwaukee’s East Side, what occupies your time?

I have a job as an artist and designer in Glendale for Black Forest, LLC, a MercedesBenz restoration firm. Have you heard of “Disc Gulp & Drinking?” That’s a game I designed. It’s produced here. As a kid in Rochester, Minnesota, I drew cartoons with my dad. A doctor, he often drew images, in order to better explain things to a patient. My cartoons were dinosaurs and goofy stuff. At one time, though, I did want to be a cartoonist or graphic novelist.

To learn more about Fleming’s work, visit danielflemingart.tumblr.com.

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Author finds ‘Conflict and Community in an Integrated Neighborhood’::BY JENNI HERRICK

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ociologist Evelyn M. Perry grew up in Whitefish Bay, but she spent the three years from 2007-2010 living in Riverwest conducting ethnographic fieldwork in an attempt to understand what has allowed this locally famous, racially and economically diverse community to maintain relative stability in an otherwise highly segregated city. An artsy Milwaukee neighborhood, which in 2016 was voted “one of the best midsize neighborhoods for living well” by real estate website Trulia, Riverwest boasts unique urban landmarks in the form of funky galleries and established restaurants set alongside unique bars and cafés.

However, it is Riverwest’s ethnic and racial diversity that makes it stand out in the midst of Milwaukee’s otherwise segregated cityscape, and it is this theme that Perry explores in detail in her book Live and Let Live: Diversity, Conflict and Community in an Integrated Neighborhood. In her debut publication, Perry, a sociology professor at Rhodes College in Memphis, shares the detailed and tenderhearted qualitative data she gathered through in-depth interviews with 60 Riverwest community members.

Perry has always been fascinated by urban enclaves and her comprehensive analysis demonstrates how nonconformity coupled with direct communication can foster successful, integrated cities. In addition to examining the benefits of integration, Perry’s research also conceptualizes innovative ideas to foster more such communities across the country.

While Live and Let Live provides a hopeful image of democratic, integrated and racially mixed communities, Perry remains a realist who also questions whether a segregated, Midwestern city like Milwaukee can positively transform and reduce inequities through integration alone. Perry will discuss her research in conversation with WUWM’s Mitch Teich at Boswell Book Co., 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 18.

BOOK |HAPPENING Steven Spingola

6-8 p.m., July 19 Rosati’s Pizza | 690 Westfield Way, Pewaukee In recent years more than two dozen young men have turned up dead in Wisconsin, most of them college students pulled from lakes and rivers with high blood-alcohol levels. Rumors have circulated about a serial killer preying on male students, but Steven Spingola is having none of it. The retired Milwaukee Police Department homicide detective has written up his investigation into the string of deaths in a succinct book, Staggered Paths: Strange Deaths in the Badger State.

Spingola holds that most deaths aren’t strange at all, considering Wisconsin’s love of strong drink and the culture of binge drinking that has taken hold on campuses. “The elimination of a mass murderer as a suspect does not negate the possibility of foul play in at least three days,” Spingola concludes. Several other deaths strongly suggest suicide. But many resulted from the sheer negligence of drunken youths out for a tear. Spingola will sign copies of Staggered Paths at Rosati’s Pizza.

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My neighbor is a total bitch, but so is my boss and one of my co-workers. Lately my sister (who is also my best friend) has been a major bitch.

I’m not sure if there’s something in the water or if there is a full moon or what. I started thinking it was me! Is it me? All these people can’t be bitches, or can they?

Un-bitch-ify my life, Sad Sue Dear Suzie,

Stop your bitching! Not everyone around you can be unpleasant, so you just might be the common denominator, sugar pie. The fact that you realize the problem could be you is a great step. A little self-reflection can go a long way.

You might also want to think of everyone with an invisible backpack strapped to their backs.

What’s in those backpacks? Who knows! That’s the whole point! Everyone is carrying around something you know nothing about. Maybe it’s parenting a troubled child. Perhaps their backpack is loaded with a difficult marriage or stress from a recent divorce. Maybe their backpack is full of money issues or struggles with depression.

In other words, everyone is carrying some emotional baggage you know nothing about. Before labeling someone as Queen “B,” take a moment and remember he or she could be carrying something heavy you know nothing about.

July 12-14: ‘Vicki Lawrence & Mama: A Two-Woman Show’ at Northern Lights Theater (Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, 1721 W. Canal St.): Vicki Lawrence works double duty in this production that mixes Vicki’s beloved character Mama with stand-up comedy, music and recollections of “The Carol Burnett Show.” Enjoy matinees at 2 p.m. and evening shows at 8 p.m., but see paysbig.com/shows first. Tickets range in price from $35 to $45.

July 12: Opening night of ‘The Wayward Women’ at The Alchemist Theatre (2569 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.): Imagine a world where women rule and men are the “gentler” sex.

That’s what you’ll find with this Elizabethan comedy from Theater RED. Written by Jared McDaris and directed by Christopher Elst, the fun-loving show includes numerous nods to the Bard, questions gender roles and offers a bit of sexual innuendo. Visit theaterred. com for show times and $18 tickets. The production runs through July 22. Monday, July 17 is artists’ night.

July 13: Opening Day of Bastille Days at Cathedral Square Park (812 N. Jackson St.): Ooh, la, la! From wine tasting to can-can girls, and from marketplace finds to incredible foods, there’s something for the Frenchie in everyone with this popular street fest that runs through July 16. Bring the kids early in the day or party the night away with friends. (Bastille Days closes at 11:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.) See easttown.com for details, schedules and more.

July 13: Opening Night of ‘Hello, Dolly!’ at Sunset Playhouse (800 Elm Grove Road): Can’t get to New York to see Bette Midler belt out this Broadway smash? Why not take in this local production instead? A cast of Milwaukee favorites heads up the Jerry Herman classic that promises to keep your toes tapping and your tickle bone laughing. Visit sunsetplayhouse.com for more on the production that makes a summer splash through Aug. 6.

July 14: Diana Ross ‘In the Name of Love Tour’ at BMO Harris Pavilion (639 E. Summerfest Place): Stop…in the name of love! You’ll be in the middle of a chain reaction when the legendary Diana Ross brings her latest tour to Cream City. Celebrate the diva’s hits from decades of her remarkable career at Wisconsin’s most incredible outdoor theater. Swing by pabsttheater.org for tickets to the 8 p.m. concert.

July 15: Screening of ‘Major!’ at Milwaukee LGBT Community Center (1110 N. Market St.): This documentary is back by popular demand! Enjoy the film that follows the life of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a remarkable Trans woman who has been fighting for the rights of the Trans community for 40 years. Hosted by FORGE, a discussion follows the free 2 p.m. viewing.

July 16: Miltown LGBT Families Summer Picnic at Estabrook Park Playground and Beer Garden (4600 Estabrook Drive): Pack a blanket, grab the kids and head to the park for a family friendly day of rainbow love! This 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. picnic includes food, crafts and games for the kids, family photos and a silent auction. Call or text 562-4727081 for additional information on this annual party.

July 16: Makers Market at Colectivo Coffee (2301 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.): Come for the coffee…stay for the market! More than 30 vendors offer their finest during the 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. bazaar that features everything from jewelry and candles to candies and soaps.

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The Fourth of July That Came and Went Trump administration backtracks on LGBTQ issue ::BY PAUL MASTERSON

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omeone asked why I hadn’t written something to commemorate the Fourth of July. Last year, for the occasion, I wrote of all the advances towards equality we had enjoyed since Stonewall and, especially, since 2008. That’s when President Obama began his two-term, head-over-heels marathon ending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, enshrining the Stonewall as a national historic site, formally recognizing June as LGBT Pride Month and the Supreme Court decided in favor of marriage equality.

This year, however, the Fourth just came and went. We had just celebrated Pride and Stonewall’s 48th anniversary. But, ominously, there was no Presidential Pride Month Declaration.

Instead the POTUS attended an evangelical religious conference.

Milwaukee had a highly successful PrideFest with record attendance of 37,682. On Sunday there was a Solidarity Rally for the Equality March in Washington, D.C. Only several dozen attended. The same day, our largest Pride Parade on record stepped off. One woman marched, perhaps unofficially, calling out “Remember Orlando.” She was the Parade’s only politically vocal presence. LGBTQ advocate, Minnesota’s Democratic Senator Al Franken was in town for a book signing. But he didn’t show up at PrideFest or the Pride Parade. I know, he’s a busy man and probably had to rush off to another signing somewhere. But for that, gay political satirist Randy Rainbow SHEPHERD EXPRESS

was PrideFest’s main stage MC. He was in the Parade, too. He passed me by in a blue convertible behind the PrideFest contingent. It took me a moment to recognize him. He made no regal waves. Admittedly, it was a hot day.

Also during Pride Month, a federal court upheld Mississippi’s Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act. The ironically titled legislation permits discrimination in the name of “sincerely held beliefs.” Beyond permitting discrimination by religious agencies, it allows government employees to opt out of issuing same-sex marriage licenses and private schools or businesses to make their own bathroom policies. Surgeons can refuse to perform gender reassignment procedures. While the ruling purportedly guarantees services, like the issuing of marriage licenses or emergency medical care, there seems to be no recourse should no local court or hospital staff be willing to provide them.

Then came the Fourth. This year, in addition to its traditional reading of the Declaration of Independence, NPR tweeted the entire text.

Some supporters of the current regime responded with rage. Not recognizing our most famous national document from 1776, they thought its references to tyrants were about them. They’re so vain.

Meanwhile, in Poland, dear leader choose not to visit the Memorial to the 1943 Jewish Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Some of his followers greeted the affront to humanity unapologetically, ranting, “Of course, he didn’t go.

Fake News! The Holocaust Never Happened!”

It’s no coincidence the administration has defunded an anti-Nazi program of the Department of Homeland Security. Ironically, a Louisiana Republican congressman used his visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp Memorial to make a selfie video as a political advertisement, presenting the Holocaust as a metaphor for the consequences facing the embattled white Christian culture.

So no, I couldn’t muster ebullient reflections on the Fourth of July or our unalienable rights.

In fact for me, this year’s fireworks suggested a siege rather than a celebration.

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Melvins Make a Different Kind of Movie Soundtrack ::BY MICHAEL CARRIERE

eached at the decidedly non-rock star time of 7 a.m., Melvins vocalist/guitarist Buzz Osbourne, aka King Buzzo, is more than excited to talk about A Walk With Love and Death, the band’s recently released double album (“I do a lot of blow,” Osbourne jokes in explaining both his reputation as an early riser and as an animated interviewee). A Walk with Love and Death is the group’s first double album in their 34 years together. Yet the album also serves as another first for the hardrock pioneers: The “Love” side of the album is the soundtrack to a Melvins-produced, Jesse Nieminen-directed short film. More than 20 albums into their career, a film soundtrack now has a place in their diverse catalog.

For Osbourne, the decision to work with film came easily.

“Movies,” he explains, “are one of my passions and when I watch them I listen to the music and think about what I would do.” At the same time, Osbourne has little time for the traditional approach to soundtracks—and believed that the music he makes with the Melvins “is tailor-made for soundtracks.” Yet it wasn’t as if the band was attending red-carpet premieres and hanging out with Hollywood directors. “We didn’t know anyone who wanted us to do a soundtrack,” Osbourne admits. “And we certainly weren’t going to track anyone down.” Faced with such a dilemma, Osbourne, along with band members Dale Crover (drums) and Steven McDonald (bass), did what anyone well versed in the tenets of D.I.Y. would do. They decided to make the movie themselves.

The result is a 33-minute short film that Os-

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bourne, with tongue firmly in cheek, describes as “Holy Mountain meets Mary Poppins.” If the soundtrack is any indicator, the film will be a chaotic affair: The “Love” side is a blur of recorded conversations, electronic blips and guitar noise. Asked if such sounds may turn off old and new Melvins fans alike, Osbourne is insistent that such concerns don’t influence his creative process, particularly when it comes to crafting music meant to speak to the youth market. “I don’t like young people,” Osbourne, who is now 53 years old, explains with a laugh. “I didn’t even like them when I was young.”

This does not mean that the band has gone out of their way to alienate listeners. In fact, the studio album component of A Walk With Love and Death— the “Death” side—is the band’s strongest showing since 2006’s (A) Senile Animal. From the slow burn of album opener “Black Heath” to the raging “Euthanasia,” the nine tracks on “Death” showcase three veteran musicians at the top of their respective games. As Osbourne notes in describing the

relationship between “Love” and “Death,” the film soundtrack’s “weird shit is a way of cleansing your palate” while recording a more traditional album.

And the band has employed this strategy to strong results before. Prick, the band’s 1994 collection of similarly experimental soundscapes, finds itself sandwiched between two of the band’s most inspired albums, Houdini (1993) and Stoner Witch (1994). A similar dynamic is at play with A Walk With Love and Death.

It is heartening to see a band continuing to look ahead at such a point in their career. “Our [back] catalogue is great,” Osbourne concedes, “but I don’t spend a lot of time revisiting it.” And while the band will continue to play fan favorites, OsMelvins bourne sees such songs Monday, July 24 as reference points, Turner Hall reflective of how he Ballroom feels about them in the here and now and “how they can sound now, as opposed to how they sounded then.” At the same time, Osbourne is more concerned with what comes next for the band. “I have a plethora of nightmarish ideas on things we can and cannot do,” he concludes. Here’s hoping he’s right.

Melvins play Turner Hall Ballroom on Monday, July 24 at 8 p.m. with opener Spotlights.

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ven more so than most of the great indie-rock frontmen of the ’00s, James Mercer used to carry himself like the stage was the last place he wanted to be.

In the band’s early years, he’d often perform near the side of the stage, as if to divert attention away from himself, and he’d stand silent between songs, letting his more gregarious bandmates handle the joking around and stage banter that typically falls on a band leader’s shoulders.

Over the years, though, as the band’s lineup has repeatedly turned over, Mercer has come to terms with the truth that The Shins are no longer a band in the traditional sense—they’re a solo project disguised as a band, and they’re his lone responsibility. Maybe he’s changed his attitude toward performing or maybe he’s just learned how to play the game, but the Mercer who took the stage Sunday night at Summerfest’s BMO Harris Pavilion wasn’t the same meek songwriter who previously recoiled from the spotlight. He’s grown into an infinitely bolder, chattier, more confident performer than he was 10 or 15 years ago, and

he came to deliver a rock show. If he wasn’t actually enjoying himself up there, then he did a hell of a job faking it.

Along with songs from the band’s latest album, this year’s very good Heartworms, nuggets from the band’s nearly flawless first two records Oh, Inverted World and Chutes Too Narrow made up the vast majority of the set, and between Mercer’s bravado and his crack backing band, most were beefed up considerably from their studio versions.

Even humble tunes like “Mine’s Not a High Horse” and “Girl Inform Me” took on real muscle: The guitars snarled, while the drums boomed through the cavernous venue as Mercer shamelessly worked the crowd, leading clap-alongs, pantomiming lyrics and pushing his megawatt falsetto to its limit, backed by a light display right out of a Muse concert.

For extra grandeur, two or three of his backing band members accompanied him on violins for softer numbers like “Mildenhall” and “New Slang.”

As part of his charm offensive, Mercer repeatedly complimented the city—the band took the stage to the “Laverne & Shirley” theme song—and flattered the crowd by telling them they got to be among the first to hear the band’s next single, “Half a Million.” He gave that number the hard sell, explaining the inspiration behind it then joking that he was doing the bidding of Columbia Records by pushing it. It was the only time Mercer suggested he was performing more out of obligation than passion—a reminder that for all his enthusiasm, he’s still a guy on a payroll with a job to do and a product to promote. Regardless of what was driving him, though, Sunday night he played the part of a rock star like an old pro.

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he title of Xposed 4Heads’ newest album, Urgency Squad, conveys a message through its initials: It’s about the United States—aka the “U.S.”— and, at the same time, it’s a way of talking about us: all of us below the 1%.

Clearly, beyond all the humor and synth-pop retro robotics, the Milwaukee band has a lot on its collective mind. In a way, Urgency Squad brings the band back to its ’80s roots in spoofing the greedy mores of the Reagan era. But back in the day, Xposed 4Heads was more a concept than an actual band, and it manifested itself through a series of satirical cassettes that received much airplay on WMSE. After decades of dormancy, the 4Heads regrouped in 2012 for “Lest We Forget”—a night of punk-new wave memories at Turner Hall. “It was supposed to be a fun one-off,” says vocalist Mark G.E., “but we got offers.”

G.E.’s prankish spirit was all over their 2015 album, Choose to be Human, featuring the current lineup of veteran local players Kelp Chofs and Carter Hunnicutt on synthesizers alongside guitarist Bob Jorin and drummer Andy Stilin. The music on Urgency Squad continues in the Devo vein with analogue electronics upfront, deliberate monotones and irresistible melodies pulled along on snappy electro-charged beats. If the ’80s Xposed 4Heads was essentially G.E.’s one-man musical comedy, the 21st-century iteration is fully a group effort. “Everything supports everything else,” Hunnicutt explains. While the lyrics belong to G.E., “we spread the music around,” Hunnicutt continues.

Every 4Head member is a multi-instrumentalist and engineer with Xposed production ideas, albeit G.E., Jorin and Hunnicutt concur that Chofs 4Heads is often the member most responsible for the final sonic resolution Saturday, of each number. “We all have home studios—we can all write songs July 15, from start to finish, but we’d miss out on that chemical something that comes when live musicians work together,” Hunnicutt says.

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“It’s maturity,” Jorin begins, “that makes us broad-minded. Instead Miramar of serving our egos, we serve the music. We ask ourselves what the Theatre songs need and we end up with something bigger than any of us could have done on our own.”

The importance of us-ness is the vital current running through the lyrics of Urgency Squad. The album snaps at complacency, the mindless reactions inside the echo chambers of the worldwide web, the fake news and fake cheer of a society of dislocated individuals divided by a false consciousness of reality. “I worked hard to combine catch phrases, marketing terms, clichés, in a way to make them satirical,” G.E. says. His lyric to “Right Sized” concerns the corporate lingo employed when firing people—it’s supposed to make the victim feel good to know that with his departure, his workplace is no longer over-staffed. “Fly in the Ointment” is the album’s fight song. “Mediocrity is like an infection,” it warns, urging listeners to resist, to change the rules, to become “the irritating flaw,” “the kink in the system,”“the disappointment… the fly in the ointment.”

Heavy thoughts are delivered entertainingly, on record and on stage. An Xposed 4Heads’ show involves costumes, props, shtick—it’s a performance. As G.E. puts it: “There are no songs for leaving the room to get beer. Our show is a crescendo that keeps going up, up, up.”

8 p.m., July 15 at the Miramar Theatre, 2844 N. Oakland Ave. The Quilz will open the show.

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::ALBUMS Stax Classics: Booker T. & The MGs Stax Classics: Carla Thomas Stax Classics: Sam & Dave Stax Classics: Otis Redding

(RHINO) In the 1960s the Stax R&B label was often described as closer to the roots than its Motown rival, yet listen to “Green Onions” by Booker T. & The MGs. It’s the sound of the inner city on a hot summer night—funky, organ powered, solid as the toughest rock band. “Green Onions” is the lead track on the latest compilation from Booker T., whose MGs, Stax’s house band, were heard on many tracks from a new series of CD and LP reissues.

In a reversal of the usual American order of the day, Stax’s stars were African American but behind them stood integrated ensembles such as The MGs. The music pushed from the roots to define the soul sound of the ’60s. The “Stax Classics” series offers a cross-section of hits by leading artists including the quietly seductive yet sometimes sassy Carla Thomas; the magisterial Otis Redding, capable of profound tenderness as well as forceful assertion; and the mighty, joyful singing duo Sam & Dave.

“Stax Classics” is a good way of assembling a well-curated collection of soul music essentials.

—David Luhrssen

Ricky Phontaine The Itis

(PRETTY GOOD MUSIC) Ricky Phontaine, a Milwaukee rapper with an alias adapted from a minor character on Martin Lawrence’s ’90s sitcom, debuts as an album artist with his artistic persona fully formed. That persona delivers on the tensions and contradictions endemic to hip-hop. In his amiably declamatory flow, Phontaine glamorizes drug dealing and boasts of disrespectful sexual conquest from one side of his mouth while warning against substance abuse and wondering what’s become of youth from the other.

Producer Uno Ontha Beatz spans harsher trap music sensibilities to the sort of pop R&B gentleness that could spell crossover breakthrough. It may work best to hear The Itis as a sort of concept album, wherein Phontaine goes from gangsta braggadocio to concerned citizenship—kind of. In an increasingly competitive local hip-hop landscape, it will at least be interesting to hear how Phontaine develops from The Itis.

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MUSIC::LISTINGS THURSDAY, JULY 13

Amelia's, Jackson Dordel Jazz Quintet (4pm) Angelo's Piano Lounge, Acoustic Guitar Night Bremen Cafe, Thriftones w/ Avon Dale Cactus Club, Cheap Fantasy w/Black Thumb & DJ Apollo Vermouth Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), The New Pioneers Caroline's Jazz Club, Inner Wave Tropical Jazz Trio County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Acoustic Irish Folk w/Barry Dodd Enderis Park, Inda Eaton w/Tangled Lines (6pm) Frank's Power Plant, Avenues w/Devils Teeth, Divided Heaven & Marc Allan Harley-Davidson Museum, Leroy Airmaster w/Little Maddie & Jonny T-Bird Harry's Bar & Grill, Kyle Feerick (6pm) Italian Community Center, Groove Therapy (6:30pm) Jazz Estate, Charlie Sepulveda and The Turnaround Kelly's Bleachers (Big Bend), Thursday Night Acoustic Open Jam w/host Michael Sean Linneman's Riverwest Inn, The Monolithis w/Canyon Spells & Hot By Ziggy Mason Street Grill, Mark Thierfelder Jazz Trio (5:30pm) McAuliffe's Pub (Racine), J.R. Moore Miller Time Pub, Joe Kadlec Nines American Bistro of Mequon, ninesLive!

O'Donoghues Irish Pub (Elm Grove), The All-Star SUPERband (6pm) Pabst Theater, Toad The Wet Sprocket w/Beta Play Packing House, Barbara Stephan & Peter Mac (6pm) Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Dave Wacker Duo (8pm), In the Fire Pit: Georgia Overdrive (8:30pm) Rave / Eagles Club, AJR w/Rozes (all-ages, 8pm) Revere's Wells Street Tavern (Delafield), Burgundy Ties Shank Hall, Professor Louie & The Crowmatix Stoneridge Inn (Hales Corners), Julie Nelson (6pm) The Back Room @ Colectivo, Josh Ritter The Bay Restaurant, George DeJong The Corners of Brookfield, Concert at The Corners: Spare Change Trio (6pm) The Landing at Hoyt Park, Paul Rebek Village Hall Park (Waterford), Waterford River Rhythms: Dan Trudell (6:30pm) Von Trier, Li'l Davy Max

FRIDAY, JULY 14

Angelo's Piano Lounge, Piano Night BMO Harris Pavilion, Diana Ross "In the Name of Love Tour" w/Rhonda Ross Cactus Club, EMAAD w/Munch Lauren, Hiii Tribe, Renz Young, Mayyh3m & Hot Science Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), The Bill Camplin Band Caroline's Jazz Club, Adekola Adedapo & The Paul Spencer Band w/Aaron Gardner Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: David Ryle (8pm); DJ: era & The Nile (10pm) City Lounge, City Limits Music Festival: The Incident (5:30pm), Beaumont James (6:15pm), The Piss Poor Players (7pm), Granger Smith w/Earl Dibbles Jr. (8:30pm) Clarke Hotel (Waukesha), Dick Eliot Jazz Guitar (6pm) County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Traditional Irish Ceilidh Session Five O'Clock Steakhouse , Charles Barber Frank's Power Plant, Donoma w/Heavy Hand, Jab Jugular & Old Wolves Iron Mike's (Franklin), Jam Session w/Steve Nitros & Friends Jazz Estate, Matt Ulery's Loom (8pm), Late Night Session: Cameron Webb and Anthony Deutsch (11:30pm) John's Dock (Racine), Jonny T-Bird & the MPs Jokerz Comedy Club, Rodney Lumpkins Lakefront Brewery Beer Hall, Brewhaus Polka Kings (5:30pm) Linneman's Riverwest Inn, R. Mutt w/The Paul and Dave Project Mamie's, Kenny J. & The Shadows Mason Street Grill, Phil Seed Trio (6pm) Mia's (Waukesha), The B Side Band (6:30pm) Milwaukee Ale House, Paul Rebek (6pm), The Hook Up (9:30pm) Milwaukee Athletic Club, AURA Music Series on the Rooftop Deck: Abby Jeanne

O'Donoghues Irish Pub (Elm Grove), Generation Gap w/ Zim & CP (6pm) Pabst Theater, Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live!

Packing House, Ellen Winters Group w/Johnny Rodgers (6:30pm) Pizzeria Piccola, Kirk Tatnall solo (6pm) Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Keanen Kopplin Duo (9pm), In the Fire Pit: Rosie & The Rivets (9pm) Potbelly Sandwich Shop (East Side), Texas Dave (noon) Rave / Eagles Club, La Zenda Nortena y Los Amos w/Los Enamorados (all-ages, 8pm) Site 1A, TokiMonsta St. Mary Catholic Faith Community (Hales Corners), Parish Festival: Eddie Butts Band The Bay Restaurant, Karen Cameron Trio Turner Hall Ballroom, Last Podcast on the Left Up & Under Pub, Tangled Lines album release w/Chris Haise Urban Harvest Brewing Company, Big Hot Robot Village Hall Park (Waterford), Waterford River Rhythms: Rush Tribute Project (6:30pm) Von Trier, Jim Liban Combo w/Roger Brotherhood

SATURDAY, JULY 15

Angelo's Piano Lounge, Piano Night Bender's Bar (Silver Lake), The Blues Disciples Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Macarus Family Caroline's Jazz Club, The Paul Spencer Band w/James Sodke, Larry Tresp, Andy Spadafora & Neil Davis Chic Underground Lounge, Kenny Walker Band w/Harvey Scales Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Bright Lights Big City (8pm); DJ: WarLock (10pm) City Lounge, City Limits Music Festival: Myles Wangerin (4pm), Jay Matthes (5:15pm), RaeLynn (6:45pm), Parmalee (8:30pm) Delafield Brewhaus, FuzzKnuckle Five O'Clock Steakhouse , Kirk Tatnall Fly By Saloon, Jonny T-Bird & the MPs Fox Point Farmers Market, Holly Haebig and Jeff Bray (10am) Frank's Power Plant, The Debasers w/Starlight Riot & Eponymous Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Vocals & Keys Jackson's Blue Ribbon Pub (Downtown), Keith Pulvermacher Jazz Estate, Scott Napoli Quartet (8pm), Late Night Session: Soul Session with Bryan Cherry (11:30pm) Jokerz Comedy Club, Rodney Lumpkins Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Taylor Whitaker Band w/The Grasping at Straws & Nathan Kinneman Mamie's, Chicken Fry: Robert Allen Jr. (noon), Pee Wee Hayes (4pm) Mason Street Grill, Jonathan Wade Trio (6pm) McAuliffe's Pub (Racine), Wildlife Cinema w/Sleepersound Milwaukee Ale House, Chris Schmidt Duo Miramar Theatre, Xposed 4Heads album release party w/ The Quilz Packing House, Lem Banks, Jeff Stoll, Alvin Turner & Omar (6:30pm) Port Fish Day (Port Washington), Blues Stage: Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin' Altar Boys (2:30pm), Eddie Butts Band (6pm). Main Stage: Vinyl Groove (12:30pm) Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Christopher's Project Rave / Eagles Club, Arcangel w/DJ Ecko (all-ages, 8pm) Shank Hall, Brandy Clark w/Nora Collins Slinger House (Slinger), Joe Kadlec The Rock Sports Complex, Summer Concert Series in Umbrella Bar: This Side Up Three Cellars (Menomonee Falls), Front Porch Rockers Trinity Three Irish Pubs, The Dirty Boogie w/DJ Zovo Up & Under Pub, Marshall McGhee and the Wanderers Urban Harvest Brewing Company, Hasenpfeffer w/Very Special Episode

SUNDAY, JULY 16

Angelo's Piano Lounge, Live Karaoke w/Julie Brandenburg Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Moon-Eyed Man (8pm); DJ: John Riepenhoff & Sara Caron (10pm) Edgewater (Pewaukee), Joe Kadlec (3pm) Greendale Gazebo Park, Fair Webber Iron Mike's (Franklin), Jammin' Jimmy Open Jam (3pm)

Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Kenosha), Parish Festival: Eddie Butts Band Pershing Park (Racine), Salmon-a-Rama: The Blues Disciples (2:30pm) Riverside Theater, Elvis Costello & The Imposters Rounding Third Bar and Grill, The Dangerously Strong Comedy Open Mic Scotty's Bar & Pizza, Larry Lynne Solo (4pm) The Tonic Tavern, Sunday Matinee Live Music Series: The Hungry Williams (4pm) Turner Hall Ballroom, MattyBRaps w/The Haschak Sisters Von Trier, On the Patio: Milwaukee Hot Club (4pm)

MONDAY, JULY 17

Cactus Club, David Dondero w/Lady Cannon & King Courteen Champions Sports Bar (Kenosha), One Lane Bridge Open Jam Italian Community Center, Anita Stemper w/Tom Sorce Band (6:30pm) Jazz Estate, Latin Jazz Jam Session w/Cecilo Negron Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Poet's Monday w/host Timothy Kloss & featured reader Ben Farrell (7:30-10:30pm) Mason Street Grill, Joel Burt Duo (5:30pm) Paulie's Pub and Eatery, Open Jam w/Christopher John Up & Under Pub, Marshall McGhee and the Wanderers Open Mic

TUESDAY, JULY 18

C Notes Upscale Sports Lounge, Another Night-Another Mic Open Mic w/Darryl Hill Chill On the Hill (Humboldt Park), Charles Walker Band w/ Sam Guyton (6pm) Frank's Power Plant, Duck and Cover Comedy Open Mic Highbury Pub, Sweet Sheiks Italian Community Center, Cajun Strangers (6:30pm) Jazz Estate, Funk Night w/Angie Swan & Friends Kilbourn-Kadish Park, Skyline Music Concerts: Ahvant Soul (5:30pm) Mamie's, Open Blues Jam w/Marvelous Mack Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) Miramar Theatre, Tuesday Open Mic w/host Sandy Weisto (sign-up 7:30pm) Pabst Theater, Lake Street Dive w/Red Baraat Rave / Eagles Club, Sublime with Rome w/Less Than Jake (all-ages, 8pm) The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Jazz Jam Session Transfer Pizzeria Cafe, Transfer House Band w/Dennis Fermenich

WEDNESDAY, JULY 19

Caroline's Jazz Club, Harvey Westmoreland w/Knee Deep Blues Jam Company Brewing, Supper Club Series: Arsene DeLay District 14 Brewery & Pub, Wednesday Open Mic Iron Mike's (Franklin), Danny Wendt Open Jam (6pm) Jazz Estate, Record Session: Herbie Hancock "Headhunters" w/MRS. FUN Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall, Polka Open Jam Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Acoustic Open Stage w/feature Chuck Carroll (sign-up 8:30pm, start 9pm) Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) Miramar Theatre, Stage Right Pub: Acoustic Anarchy Nomad World Pub, Locals Only Packing House, Tracy Hannemann & Kostia Efimov (6pm) Paulie's Field Trip, Humpday Jam w/Dave Wacker & Mitch Cooper Pere Marquette Park, River Rhythms: King Solomon (6:30pm) Pewaukee Lakefront Park, Waterfront Wednesdays: Montage (6pm) Potbelly Sandwich Shop (East Side), Texas Dave (noon) Tally's Tap & Eatery (Waukesha), Tomm Lehnigk The Bay Restaurant, CP & Stoll w/Chris Peppas & Jeff Stoll (6pm) The Cheel (Thiensville), Steve Cohen & The Riccos (6:30pm) Washington Park, Summer Concert Series: Dramatic Lovers & Mark Waldoch w/The Celebrated Workingman (6pm) Zeidler Union Square, Westown Farmers' Market: Sean McGibany (11:45am)

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PSYCHO SUDOKU! “Sum Sudoku”

Put one digit from 1-9 in each square of this Sudoku so that the following three conditions are met: 1) each row, column, and 3x3 box (as marked off by heavy lines in the grid) contains the digits 1-9 exactly one time; 2) no digit is repeated within any of the areas marked off by dotted lines; and 3) the sums of the numbers in each area marked off by dotted lines total the little number given in each of those areas. Now do what I tell you—solve!! psychosudoku@gmail.com

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

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71. Rectify 73. Is worthy of 74. Old French coin 75. Seating area 76. — -memoire 77. Gadflies 78. Paint carelessly 79. Pindaric 80. Gather into clusters 83. Baseless 84. Break a sweat 86. Frailty 87. State of stagnation 89. Commedia dell’— 90. — melba 92. On the summit of 93. Liveliness 96. Metric measure 97. Loss of hair or feathers 101. Fastener: 2 wds.

103. Leeway: 2 wds.

105. Pisa’s river 106. Pilot’s “OK” 107. “— — Grows in Brooklyn” 108. Diminutive suffix 109. Check 110. Loop in a lariat 111. Raises 112. Pricey

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ACROSS 1. “The More — — You” 5. Tropical tree 10. Wrong 15. Phloem tissue 19. Mountain pool 20. Loaded 21. Roofed patio 22. Number prefix 23. Hyperbolize 25. Hired gun 27. Settles 28. Plainsong 30. Fourscore and ten 31. Regretted 32. Worship 33. Deposit in a mine 34. Obelisk, in printing 37. Drop 38. Halos 42. Concerning: 2 wds.

43. Disreputable lawyer 46. Away 47. Mallard genus 48. Student 49. Clair de — 50. Impertinent look 51. Calendar abbr.

52. More spartan 53. Dishonest ones 55. Golden- — 56. A cosmetic 58. Sweet or savory items 59. Barracks in a garrison town 61. “Lorna —” 62. Sword sticks 63. Farm machine 64. MLB player 66. Co-founder of Dadaism 67. Vodka cocktail 70. Fixes

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Anorthosite Aquifer Auger Ayr Azimuth Backfill Balmy Barrier Reef Base metal Biotite Bowen Cairns

Chalcopyrite Charm Coal Coral Costean Diving Dyke Ellis Beach Feasibility Ferrogabbro Free Geotechnical

Giru Heat Ingham Mango Rain Sarina Sunny Swim Towers Tully

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::NEWS OF THE WEIRD

::FREEWILLASTROLOGY ::BY ROB BREZSNY CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. “All life is an experiment.” I’d love to see you make that your operative strategy in the coming weeks, Cancerian. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, now is a favorable time to overthrow your habits, rebel against your certainties and cruise through a series of freewheeling escapades that will change your mind in a hundred different ways. Do you love life enough to ask more questions than you’ve ever asked before?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Thank you for contacting the Center for Epicurean Education. If you need advice on how to help your imagination lose its inhibitions, please press 1. If you’d like guidance on how to run wild in the woods or in the streets without losing your friends or your job, press 2. If you want to learn more about spiritual sex or sensual wisdom, press 3. If you’d like assistance in initiating a rowdy yet focused search for fresh inspiration, press 4. For information about dancing lessons or flying lessons or dancing-while-flying lessons, press 5. For advice on how to stop making so much sense, press 6.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The cereus cactus grows in the deserts of the southwestern U.S. Most of the time it’s scraggly and brittle looking. But one night of the year, in June or July, it blooms with a fragrant, trumpet-shaped flower.

By dawn the creamy white petals close and start to wither. During that brief celebration, the plant’s main pollinator, the sphinx moth, has to discover the marvelous event and come to gather the cactus flower’s pollen. I suspect this scenario has metaphorical resemblances to a task you could benefit from carrying out in the days ahead. Be alert for a sudden, spectacular and rare eruption of beauty that you can feed from and propagate.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): If I had more room here, I would offer an inspirational PowerPoint presentation designed just for you. In the beginning, I would seize your attention with an evocative image that my marketing department had determined would give you a visceral thrill. (Like maybe a photoshopped image of you wearing a crown and holding a scepter.) In the next part, I would describe various wonderful and beautiful things about you. Then I’d tactfully describe an aspect of your life that’s underdeveloped and could use some work. I’d say, “I’d love for you to be more strategic in promoting your good ideas. I’d love for you to have a well-crafted master plan that will attract the contacts and resources necessary to lift your dream to the next level.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I advise you against snorting cocaine, MDMA, heroin or bath salts. But if you do, don’t lay out your lines of powder on a kitchen table or a baby’s diaper-changing counter in a public restroom. Places like those are not exactly sparkly clean, and you could end up propelling contaminants close to your brain.

Please observe similar care with any other activity that involves altering your consciousness or changing the way you see the world. Do it in a nurturing location that ensures healthy results. P.S. The coming weeks will be a great time to expand your mind if you do it in all-natural ways such as through conversations with interesting people, travel to places that excite your awe and encounters with provocative teachings.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In late 1811 and early 1812, parts of the mighty Mississippi River flowed backwards several times. Earthquakes were the cause. Now, more than two centuries later, you Sagittarians have a chance— maybe even a mandate—to accomplish a more modest rendition of what nature did way back then.

Do you dare to shift the course of a great, flowing, vital force? I think you should at least consider it. In my opinion, that great, flowing, vital force could benefit from an adjustment that you have the wisdom and luck to understand and accomplish.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re entering into the Uncanny Zone, Capricorn. During your brief journey through this alternate reality, the wind and the dew will be your teachers.

Animals will provide special favors. You may experience true fantasies, like being able to sense people’s

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thoughts and hear the sound of leaves converting sunlight into nourishment. It’s possible you’ll feel the moon tugging at the waters of your body and glimpse visions of the best possible future. Will any of this be of practical use? Yes! More than you can imagine. And not in ways you can imagine yet.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This is one of those rare grace periods when you can slip into a smooth groove without worrying that it will degenerate into a repetitive rut. You’ll feel natural and comfortable as you attend to your duties, not blank or numb. You’ll be entertained and educated by exacting details, not bored by them. I conclude, therefore, that this will be an excellent time to lay the gritty foundation for expansive and productive adventures later this year. If you’ve been hoping to get an advantage over your competitors and diminish the negative influences of people who don’t empathize with you, now is the time.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “There is a direct correlation between playfulness and intelligence, since the most intelligent animals engage in the greatest amount of playful activities.” So reports National Geographic. “The reason is simple: Intelligence is the capacity for learning, and to play is to learn.” I suggest you make these thoughts the centerpiece of your life in the coming weeks.

You’re in a phase when you have an enhanced capacity to master new tricks. That’s fortunate because you’re also in a phase when it’s especially crucial for you to learn new tricks. The best way to ensure it all unfolds with maximum grace is to play as much as possible.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): It’s not your birthday, but I feel like you need to get presents.

The astrological omens agree with me. In fact, they suggest you should show people this horoscope to motivate them to do the right thing and shower you with practical blessings. And why exactly do you need these rewards? Here’s one reason: Now is a pivotal moment in the development of your own ability to give the unique gifts you have to give. If you receive tangible demonstrations that your contributions are appreciated, you’ll be better able to rise to the next level of your generosity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Other astrologers and fortunetellers may enjoy scaring the hell out of you, but not me. My job is to keep you apprised of the ways that life aims to help you, educate you and lead you out of your suffering.

The truth is, Taurus, that if you look hard enough, there are always seemingly legitimate reasons to be afraid of pretty much everything. But that’s a stupid way to live, especially since there are also always legitimate reasons to be excited about pretty much everything. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to work on retraining yourself to make the latter approach your default tendency. I have rarely seen a better phase than now to replace chronic anxiety with shrewd hope.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): At least for the short-range future, benign neglect can be an effective game plan for you. In other words, Gemini, allow inaction to do the job that can’t be accomplished through strenuous action. Stay put. Be patient and cagey and observant. Seek strength in silence and restraint. Let problems heal through the passage of time. Give yourself permission to watch and wait, to reserve judgment and withhold criticism.

Why do I suggest this approach? Here’s a secret: Forces that are currently working in the dark and behind the scenes will generate the best possible outcome.

Homework: Do you let your imagination indulge in fantasies that are wasteful, damaging or dumb? Stop it! Testify at freewillastrology.com.

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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Oh, Canada

$300,000 worth of off-the-books avocados. “It’s a big product here in California,” said Sgt. John Franchi. “Everybody loves avocados.”

hat could go wrong? Canadian company Bad Axe Throwing announced in June it is bringing its unusual entertainment concept to Denver. It’s “like darts, but on steroids,” says founder Mario Zelaya. Customers provide their own food and beer and learn how to throw axes at targets. “We’ll be bringing along the competitive league side as well. That means that folks in Denver can sign up ... and compete at a global level,” Zelaya said.

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Did you say French fries or FRESH fries?

Eiram Chanel Amir Dixson, 25, made a point of ordering fresh French fries at a Coon Rapids, Minn., Wendy’s drive-thru in May. When the exchange between the dissatisfied Dixson and a Wendy’s worker escalated, the employee threw a soda at Dixson, and Dixson fired back by spraying Mace through the drive-thru window.

Police charged Dixson with one count of using tear gas to immobilize.

Rachel Borch, 21, of Hope, Maine, was out for a run in June when a raccoon attacked her. Thinking quickly, Borch grabbed the animal and, despite being bitten, ran to a puddle on the trail and held its head underwater until it drowned. (BONUS: Borch’s father retrieved the dead raccoon and delivered it for rabies testing in a Taste of the Wild dog food bag.)

To beat June’s record heat, male students at Isca Academy in Exeter, England, protested the school’s no-shorts rule by wearing the same uniform skirts the girls wear. One boy said the skirts were “quite refreshing.” Another enjoyed the “nice breeze.”

And farther south, in Nantes, France, bus drivers adopted the same skirt-wearing strategy to oppose the bus company’s strict no-shorts policy. Temperatures in the region have reached record highs this year, and female drivers are allowed to wear skirts. The company responded by allowing “shorts that correspond to the uniform’s color scheme of black and beige.”

Too Much Time on Their Hands

Awesome! An industrious group of Russian mechanics created a huge fidget spinner by welding parts of three cars together in the shape of the ubiquitous toy. The Garage 54 team, based in Novosibirsk, tried spinning the creation with one person in each car, but eventually had better luck with just one driver. © 2017 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION

Why Not?

A driver in Zhenjiang, China, took drive-thru service to the next level on June 10 when he carefully pulled his tiny automobile through the front doors of a convenience store, requested a package of potato chips and a bottle of yogurt, paid for his purchase and reversed through the doors with the cashier’s guidance. Surveillance video shows the cashier waving and saluting as the car pulls away. He posited that the driver might have been avoiding getting out of his car in the rain.

Bright Ideas

Smoke bombs aren’t just for celebrating our nation’s birth! Mike Tingley of Grand Blanc Township, Mich., burned his garage to the ground on July 3 when he used smoke bombs to try to rid the structure of a wasps nest. When firefighters from three townships arrived, fireworks stored in the garage were shooting into the sky. “We really weren’t going to celebrate the Fourth of July so much,” Tingley said. His home, which was not attached to the garage, was not damaged.

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Ventura County, Calif., sheriff’s officers charged three produce workers with grand theft fruit after they were caught making unauthorized cash sales of avocados from a ripening facility. Joseph Valenzuela, 38, Carlos Chavez, 28, and Rahim Leblanc, 30, liquidated up to

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Slinging of the Bull ::BY ART KUMBALEK

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o listen, I’m back from my so-called vacation—can’t believe President Orange Circus Peanut didn’t give Alaska back to the Russians at the G20 Summit—just in time to land smack-dab in the middle of this so-called Bastille Days Downtown Drink Beer in the Street and Oui-Oui in Les Boulevard Fest. Focking swell.

Once again this fest coincides with the running-ofthe-bulls-shit they got going over in your Pamplona, Spain, which reminds me of an idea I had some years back on how our Frenchie-palooza could attract a more culturally diverse patronage (other than young white people walking around in circles)—a patronage that would be brave, not cowardly, in pissing away their spend-able francs on parlez-vous and what-not, what the fock.

I suggested our Downtown French shebang could garner the annual international attention and fervor like the “running of the bulls.” So why not during the Bastille Days we periodically let loose a couple, three rampaging bulls at the swell corner of Jefferson & Wells so as to attract the wealthy international traveler bent on confronting death? Hey, you tell me.

So yeah, I took a week off and now I’m back from my focking vacances, excuse my French. And why I go on a vacation, I can’t tell you. All I get from a vacation is a reminder of a definition for insanity: You keep

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repeating some kind of stupid-ass dead-end behavior, each time thinking: “O Lord, please let the outcome be a little better just this one time, would you, for christ sakes.” Yeah, I know that’s also the definition of newspaper-column writing, but I’ll deal with that another time ’cause I got other fish to fry.

You betcha, my vacations never turn out the way I’d prefer. You want to know what my vacations are like? I’ll tell you what they’re like. They’re like what happened to this guy I know. Here: One day this guy I know is on his way to lunch and walks right by a snazzy travel agency with a sign in the window that says, “Four-day cruise down the Murray River—$40 all inclusive!”

He can’t believe the price, and a nice relaxing river cruise was exactly what he had in mind for vacation that year. So he races into the agency, slaps two Jacksons down on the counter and tells the agent he wants to book a Murray cruise. Agent says, “Very good, sir,” whips out a baseball bat and knocks the guy stonecold out.

So he comes to and finds himself strapped to a floating log racing down a white-water river. A little ways down, he sees another guy strapped to a log rolling down the other side of the river.

“Forty-dollar Murray cruise?” he shouts out.

“Hey, you betcha,” says his fellow cruiser on the other side.

“This blows. I’ll bet we don’t even get breakfast,” he yells. “I don’t know,” says the other guy, “we did last year.” Ba-ding!

Anyways, my “week off” wasn’t to be one of those vacation vacations where you just sit around on your cushy butt spending dough in hopes to convince yourself you’re having a good time, no sir.

Listen, as a candidate to be your next governor of

America’s Dairyland, I’ve heard tell that our Badger State is one of these so-called “swing” states that could flip either way, especially for a presidential election.

So I thought it would be wise for me to tour outposts like your Ladysmith, Cadott, Cornell, Black River Falls, Solon Springs, Town of Barnes, and bamboozle the bumpkins with my glad-hand just like a regular would-be governator.

But I’ll tell you, “swing” is not the first word that comes to mind during a jaunt through these hinterland haunts, unless come Saturday night you hang yourself from a beam in the basement, just for something to do.

And it’s a mystery to me that candidates for office believe that a quick stop here, a pop-in there, can do very much to jack-up the opinion of elected representatives held by the bucolic wing of the electorate.

Cripes, I remember a story from some years ago that shows just how much work needs to be done to improve a would-be statesman’s standing with the cornfield crowd. I don’t know if this story’s true but here it

is anyways, what the fock: On Friday afternoon, the entire state legislature of a state located not-even-close to either coast was aboard the official state bus touring a remote rural area when the driver lost control and crashed the bus into a ditch. Sometime later, a local farmer sauntered by and upon finding the politicians lying in the road, buried them.

It was reported that county sheriffs then arrived on the scene just as the farmer finished tamping the dirt down over the last member of this state’s legislature.

Upon questioning the farmer about the wreck, a sheriff asked, “So you buried ALL the politicians? Were they all dead?”

The farmer reportedly answered: “Well sir, some said they weren’t, but you know how them politicians lie.”

Ba-ding! And thanks again to reader Ingrid Mae. When I’m governor, no taxes for you ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.

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