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Milwaukee Taps Water Technology’s Growing Potential

GLOBAL WATER CENTER TURNING OUR CITY INTO THE ‘WATER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD’ ::BY MARY SUSSMAN

n the early 20th century, Milwaukee was known as the “Machine Shop of the World,” while simultaneously enjoying a long run as the “Beer Capital of the World.” But these nicknames are long out of date, and Milwaukee has been casting about for a post-industrial identity. In the 1990s, “City of Festivals” was tried. Recently, however, Milwaukee has developed a 21st-century industrial identity as the “Water Capital of the World.” Almost overnight, it has become a go-to destination for companies and countries that want to solve their water problems.

Since 2013, delegations from 74 countries have visited the Global Water Center (GWC) at 247 W. Freshwater Way (formerly West Pittsburgh Avenue). The Water Council’s Global Water Center has been instrumental in bringing together regional companies old and new that are producing 21st-century water technologies. It also is encouraging cuttingedge water research that Marquette University and UW-Milwaukee are conducting, as well as supporting an incubator program for start-ups.

David Garman, chief technology officer for the Water Council and associate vice chancellor for water technology, research and development at UWM, says the cluster of water technology companies in Milwaukee is probably the biggest in the world. “You can go around the world, and it’s hard to find anything comparable,” he says.

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In 2014, the Wisconsin Historical Society, which has long collected history as it unfolds, opened a field office at the GWC. “In 2014, when we saw that the Water Council was gaining momentum and looked at the work that the Water Council was doing, we really felt it could be historic for the City of Milwaukee and far beyond to the state and nationally,” says Kristen Leffelman, field services representative for the society. (Leffelman is archiving documents and taking oral histories from the founders of the Water Council and from GWC tenants.)

“The work of trying to build a global water hub was and continues to be something that Milwaukee hasn’t seen before,” she says. “Whether or not that effort ultimately succeeds, the City of Milwaukee has seen a lot of growth from this, particularly in Walker’s Point. The Global Water Center was one of the first buildings to be repurposed in Walker’s Point; the area is really blooming around it.”

A UWM report found that more than $211 million was invested in the new water technology district in northern Walker’s Point between 2011 and 2014. Dean Amhaus, president and CEO of the GWC, estimates that another $250 million may have been invested after 2014. Developers have taken advantage of historic tax credits to rehab old industrial buildings. Many new lofts and apartments provide living space, and small shops and restaurants have proliferated. In June, Cermak Fresh Market opened a 46,000-square-foot grocery store at South First Street and East Greenfield Avenue in a new shopping mall, Freshwater Plaza, near UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences.

A Water Cluster Discovered In 2008, when the Water Council was forming as a loose consortium of legacy business and community leaders in Milwaukee, it was big news when Vandewalle & Associates, a consulting firm researching the business climate in Milwaukee, “discovered” that there was a cluster of water businesses in Milwaukee. “It’s not that we created a cluster; we found a cluster,” says Amhaus. “So, when people talk about us ‘becoming’ a freshwater hub or capital, we already were that because of the long history of companies which were already here.

Some of them have been in operation for 120-130 years.”

The reality of the “water cluster” in Milwaukee helped the Water Council forge an identity and a mission. In 2009, it formally established itself as a non-profit, and in 2013, it opened the GWC in a fully renovated building, which had once been a box factory. The building immediately attracted tenants and became a hub for legacy and start-up water technology companies, as well as a few nonprofits. Early on, the Water Council lobbied for the School of Freshwater Sciences to be built. (It opened in 2014.) Since 2013, the GWC has become a growing hub for large and small water technology companies—local, national and international—as well as a major water research center and an incubator for water start-ups. Today, Milwaukee’s water cluster includes more than 150 companies.

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Global Water Center Fosters Start-ups Home to more than 50 companies and two university labs involved in research, development and commercialization of water technology, the GWC is also home to the BREW Accelerator (Business Research Entrepreneurship in Wisconsin)—a Water Council program that funds water technology start-ups that show promise in solving a problem or filling a need in the marketplace. Such start-ups can receive a $50,000 convertible note and greatly discounted office space at the GWC for one year.

In the past, skeptics have not always believed the Water Council’s claim that Milwaukee is the Water Capital of the World—dismissing it as wishful puffery while pointing to a lack of noticeable accomplishments. Today, it would be hard to ignore its tangible accomplishments. In the past four years, for example, the BREW Accelerator has funded 33 water start-ups that resulted in more than 100 contracts, pilot sites and memos of understanding, raising almost $3 million in additional investment capital. The 2016 winning start-ups alone have five issued patents and seven pending patent applications. The program has resulted in 65 jobs and 38 internships.

David Garman says that a number of BREW Accelerator winners have already moved well beyond the early startup phase. They may have succeeded in attracting venture capital for further research and development, licensed their products to other companies and/or marketed their products independently. After five years, “you normally reckon that if you get 20% of your start-ups as being very successful, you are doing very well,” Garman says. “And there’s another group of entrepreneurs—about 40%—who can make a living, but they don’t become high-fliers. We believe that it takes at least five years, maybe even seven years, before you can assess where the water start-ups are going to go,” he says. “With other companies, in other industries, you look at a three-to-five-year period of assessment.”

Garman says that because the BREW Accelerator began awarding start-up grants and office space at the GWC in 2013, the most recent winners are still in the early startup stage and will require more time to develop. Since then, almost one third of the BREW Accelerator winners have advanced beyond the early start-up phase, he says. These companies include Milwaukee-area firms such as Corncob, Inc., Microbe Detectives, NEW Works, OptikTechnik and Radom, as well Madison-based Pellucid Water, suburban Chicago’s Nano Gas Technologies and Oxymem—a Dublin, Ireland-Milwaukee joint venture.

BREW Accelerator winners have produced a wide array of products, including water filters and membranes, biogas conversion technology, rainwater harvesting systems, water softening technology, water purification systems and green infrastructure. Other products include in-pipe hydropower systems, water sterilization devices, water leak sensors, a water conservation rebate system, DNA water sequencing technology, non-invasive pipe inspection, oil and gas industry water purification technologies, water particulate sensors and solar water treatment systems.

A BREW Accelerator winner in 2015, José Ramirez, who founded OptikTechnik with UWM research professor J. Rudi Strickler, says that their company was born in the lobby of the GWC out of a conversation they had. “You hear about the back of the napkin. It was literally like that,” says

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Ramirez. “OptikTechnik was born right there in the Global Water Center, and then we had the good fortune of winning the BREW contest a couple of months after. For us, the GWC has been vital.”

Ramirez and Strickler also developed a relationship with Veolia, which has an office at the GWC. Veolia manages wastewater treatment for the MMSD (Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District) and has allowed the inventors to test their sensors at the plant. Veolia also has shown interest in licensing the technology once testing is completed. OptikTechnik produces optical sensors that permit the automation of chemical conditioning of wastewater, a process that is now done manually.

University Labs Partner with Industry As associate vice chancellor for water technology, research and development at UWM, David Garman oversees the university’s labs on the seventh floor. Garman set up the labs in 2014 with some of the $5.2 million in funding he received from the UW system, sharing the funds with the Freshwater School. The GWC Water Technology Accelerator (WaTA) labs are designed to have close interaction with industry, he explains. The researchers all have dedicated research grants from or related to industry. Around 75 people, including faculty and UWM students, work full- or part-time in the labs over the year, and in these labs, scientists have developed technological solutions to some of the water problems that plague us most.

In one lab, for example, a water sensor for lead (and other heavy metals) is in the final stages of development. Lead has contaminated the water in Flint, Mich., raising concerns about lead contamination in cities across the country.

Distinguished professor Junhong Chen began his initial research on the sensor in 1995, originally intending to develop a sensor for air pollution. Now in the final stages of development, his device has been licensed by A.O. Smith and Badger Meter, also tenants at the GWC, for use in water tanks and meters. It can be hand-held or installed in tanks, meters or faucets to detect heavy metal contamination that may occur between a water treatment facility and a home.

Garman estimates the potential market for this sensor at “several hundred million dollars per year.”

In another lab, a solid-state pH testing device is being developed, an improvement over the fragile glass detectors currently in use. The device can detect acidic and alkaline contamination in water. Negotiations for licensing are ongoing. Down the hall, a device for testing ballast water in seagoing vessels is being developed.

Such a device could help prevent pathogenic bacteria or invasive species from entering a water system (think zebra mussels); a French company is funding the research.

In yet another lab, a material that absorbs phosphorus and nitrogen from fertilizer is in the final stages of development.

The material captures these chemicals—preventing them from entering a water system; the nitrogen and phosphorous can then be reclaimed and reused as fertilizer. Excess phosphorus from fertilizer causes algae blooms, which can cause fish die-offs and contaminate the water supply. A variation of this novel material also can absorb such things as Atrazine, an herbicide commonly used on corn, as well as Metformin, a widely used drug for Type 2 Diabetes. These substances have been detected in significant concentrations in our water systems. The absorbent material has been licensed and negotiations for additional licenses are underway.

In the Marquette University labs on the sixth floor, researchers collaborate with UWM as well as industry and public utilities such as MMSD. The Marquette researchers are focused on wastewater treatment, rainwater harvesting, desalination, water law and policy, as well as public art.

Tapping the Potential of Growing Markets Garman believes that the increased wealth of the middle class in Asia and worldwide infrastructure replacement will drive demand for water technology in the future. He says that estimates of that market are upwards of $400 billion in sales per year globally. “If that market grows at the rate of everything else, and we keep our share, Milwaukee might be able to maintain and possibly increase its percentage to

HOME TO MORE THAN 50 COMPANIES AND TWO UNIVERSITY LABS INVOLVED IN RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF WATER TECHNOLOGY, THE GWC IS ALSO HOME TO THE BREW ACCELERATOR (BUSINESS RESEARCH ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN WISCONSIN)—A WATER COUNCIL PROGRAM THAT FUNDS WATER TECHNOLOGY START-UPS THAT SHOW PROMISE IN SOLVING A PROBLEM OR FILLING A NEED IN THE MARKETPLACE. somewhere around 5% of that over the next 10 years,” he says. Such estimates would put Milwaukee’s share at between $12 and $20 billion annually in revenue for its water technology companies, based upon a market share in the range of 3-5%.

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edicated to challenging government abuses and protecting individual freedoms, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a steadfast advocate of free speech, religious freedom, citizens’ right to privacy and women’s rights. Its presence is not only necessary but comforting in these uncertain times. With myriad issues preying on the minds of many, ACLU of Wisconsin’s new executive director, Chris Ott (who replaced the long-serving Chris Ahmuty), shared his thoughts with the Shepherd Express about the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, LGBTQ rights, immigration and the role of his organization in preserving America’s democracy. Ott, a Wisconsin native, formerly served as communications director of the Massachusetts ACLU for 10 years and led the LGBTQ rights organization Fair Wisconsin in the early 2000s.

What is your opinion of the Trump administration’s voter fraud investigation—specifically its information requests?

The real threat to our elections is voter suppression, not fraud, and we see that in Wisconsin in some really alarming ways. Wisconsin has its voter ID law, to which the ACLU has an ongoing challenge in court. We have seen some of the worst partisan gerrymandering. The U.S. Supreme Court has taken a case from Wisconsin to look at that very issue. And then, on top of those very serious threats, the Trump administration has made this grab for voter data. These are attacks on American democracy, and we say “Hell no!” to this kind of thing.

We really appreciated the way that the Wisconsin Election Commission (WEC) has clarified what Wisconsin law says about this. Under Wisconsin law, certain kinds of voter data are already made available, and they have been for some time, so that’s nothing new. But the WEC stopped there and explained that they don’t have the ability to produce more information than that.

Going into the 2018 elections, does this raise red flags?

Yes, absolutely. The so-called “Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity” is a complete sham. It appears to be designed to sell this lie that Donald Trump’s been telling that the reason he lost the popular vote by almost three million votes had something to do with voter fraud, and there’s just no evidence of that.

In addition to that, he actually put in charge of this commission Kris Kobach, Secretary of State of Kansas, who some people call the king of voter suppression. It’s extremely troubling what they’re doing, and we have to stop that. This commission, to me, is like if we asked Russian identity thieves to run American credit reporting bureaus.

Are we seeing rollback with protections for LGBTQ individuals—specifically regarding school-age youth?

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threats that we need to keep an eye on. Some of the things we have seen have been steps back for the protection of transgender students. Barack Obama’s Justice Department had done some very positive things in that regard, and the Trump administration has walked back from those. It turned out to be kind of a PR stunt—allowing religious organizations to discriminate against LGBTQ people and others on the basis of their religious beliefs. What they ended up putting out there was more just a kind of piece of rhetoric than actual policy changes. But still, we need to watch that. And, of course, the courts are very important—especially the make-up of the U.S. Supreme Court. At least in terms of marriage equality, we made a major breakthrough two years ago when we won that nationwide. But one thing we say at the ACLU is that the battles never stay won, so we need to guard that one, too.

And then there is the issue that we never resolved in most places, and that is workplace discrimination. In too many places in the country, it is still legal for employers to discriminate against LGBTQ people, and despite the threats that we face, we need to keep pushing forward to put protections in place to prevent that kind of discrimination.

Which issues do you feel are being ignored by the media and the public?

From the ACLU’s standpoint, the threat to civil liberties and civil rights that we’ve seen since the Trump administration moved into the White House and during the campaign last year have actually been a wakeup call, I think. It’s taken a lot of people, including people in media, out of complacency.

I think that there has been, in general, pretty good coverage of the threats that we face, but I guess maybe the problem now is [that] there are just so many of them.

The New York Times recently reported that since President Trump has taken office more than 65,000 undocumented immigrants have been arrested, and agents are encouraged to arrest undocumented immigrants without serious criminal records. Is there any recourse for this? Where do you see this going?

It’s hard to talk in any detail about whether there’s any recourse in the case of at least 65,000 people; each case might be unique.

That said, the ACLU has fought the crackdown on immigrants without serious criminal records since even before the Trump administration. During the Obama administration, for example, so-called “mandatory detention” was used to detain immigrants with relatively minor prior convictions and to put them into deportation proceedings. The ACLU has successfully fought back against that. The case that I have the most familiarity with comes from Massachusetts, where I used to work, called Gordon v. Johnson.

On a somewhat related note, the ACLU of Wisconsin recently sent letters to sheriffs in every Wisconsin county, filing open records requests to find out what ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has asked them to do and to advise them of their options.

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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, Aug. 17

Waukesha County Democratic Party Monthly Meeting @ Waukesha County Democratic Party Headquarters (336 Wisconsin Ave., Waukesha), 7-9 p.m.

about the issues that they care about and get them involved in different events happening in the community.

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

This month, several candidates and potential candidates considering a run against F. James (Jim) Sensenbrenner in Wisconsin’s Fifth Congressional District will join in the meeting.

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.

Saturday, Aug. 19

Fish Fry to Support Randy Bryce @ Clifford’s Supper Club (10418 W. Forest Home Ave., Hales Corners), 5-7 p.m.

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

Acción Ciudadana de Wisconsin, Latino Voting Bloc of Wisconsin and Citizen Action of Wisconsin are coming together to organize a weekly Saturday campaign of knocking on doors and phone banking to get people thinking about the 2018 elections. Volunteers can go out and talk to voters

Randy Bryce, who will be challenging Speaker of the House Paul Ryan for Wisconsin’s First Congressional District seat, will make an appearance at Clifford’s Supper Club in Hales Corners. Tickets range between $50-$150 and include an all-you-can-eat fish fry and a beer or soda.

Tuesday, Aug. 22

Sensenbrenner Office Visit-Education Edition @ Jim Sensenbrenner’s office (120 Bishop’s Way Suite 154, Brookfield), 4-6 p.m.

In light of Donald Trump’s Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ agenda of privatizing public schools with the diversion of tax money to religious private schools, Indivisible Tosa is bringing their concerns to Rep. Sensenbrenner and his staff. Participants are encouraged to bring their school-aged children as a reminder of why we fight for quality public education.

Wednesday, Aug. 23

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

Every Wednesday, Bounce Milwaukee offers a space to organize (and a free drink to anyone who brings evidence of resistance action in the past week—including protest signs, emails to elected officials or a selfie at the capital).

To submit to this column, please send a brief description of your action, including date and time, to savingourdemocracy@shepex.com. Together, we can fight to minimize the damage that this administration has planned for our great country.

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You Don’t Think Donald Trump Will Last a Full Term Last week we asked if, for whatever reason, you believed Donald Trump will fail to complete a full term in office. You said: Yes: 69% No: 31%

What Do You Say? Would white supremacists, neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan pose the same threat they do now if a mainstream Republican were president instead of Donald Trump?

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t hasn’t been difficult to write about major political issues in Milwaukee and Wisconsin even though, as many friends know, more than a year ago my wife, Kit, and I moved to Charlottesville, Va. In the era of dangerous political extremism in which all of us are now living, Americans everywhere are facing exactly the same issues. That is especially true after the deadly, violent weekend in Charlottesville that has many friends asking us what we got ourselves into.

One of my best friends in life e-mailed from California: “Nice place you moved to. Got your white hood yet?” I assured him, yes, he was right.

It’s a very nice place. That’s exactly why it’s suddenly a target of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and more ugly, racist, anti-Semitic, white supremacist hate groups than most decent Americans ever knew existed. White supremacists don’t like progressive Southern college towns with community leaders who vote to move a sacred statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a Downtown park and change the name of Lee Park to Emancipation Park.

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But folks in Wisconsin and everywhere else aren’t going to be sheltered from these vile groups for long; they’re coming out from under their rocks. Take it from David Duke, the virulent racist former Imperial Wizard of the KKK you probably thought was dead. He’s not. He was in Charlottesville Saturday to stoke the violence.

“We are determined to take our country back,” Duke vowed. “We are going to fulfill the promises of Donald Trump. That’s what we believed in.

That’s why we voted for Donald Trump.” Klan members and other white supremacists coming to Charlottesville, often openly carrying handguns and long rifles, weren’t wearing their silly white hoods this time. Now many wore silly red hats bearing the slogan: “Make America Great Again.”

The Lee protest was just an excuse for nearly 20 hate groups from around the country to throw themselves a “Unite the Right” hate rally in Charlottesville. The real purpose was to brandish guns, spread fear in the community and listen to each other spewing racial and religious hatred. That was clear the night before the rally when torch-bearing marchers gathered outside a church across from the University of Virginia, which was founded by Thomas Jefferson, shouting threats at out-of-town and local clergy attending a service inside making plans to help keep the peace.

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variation, “Jews will not replace us!” They even revived an historic Nazi German slogan, “Blood and soil!” popularized by Adolf Hitler’s agriculture minister equating farming with racial purity.

And, yes, they shouted: “Heil Trump!”

Could there be a more perfect example of hopeless losers than an angry mob of ignorant racists creating an ugly scene on a university campus to proclaim their desperate desire never to be replaced by more intelligent, more tolerant, better educated young people? They will be, and America will be better for it.

What About Trump?

There’s an obvious bond between white supremacists and the president whose successful, openly racist campaign revealed their numbers to be far greater than many decent people realized.

When a white supremacist from Ohio sped his car into a crowd of pedestrians sending bodies flying into the air, killing one woman and seriously injuring 19 others, not even that was enough for the president of the United States to condemn white supremacists and neo-Nazis—also known as his core supporters. Instead, Trump issued a generic, inaccurate message: “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides.” There was only one side displaying white racial and religious hatred in Charlottesville and committing deadly violence.

Every decent American is on the other side.

Even Republicans were embarrassed. Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner said it best: “White nationalists, white supremacists, they’re not a part of anybody’s base. They’re not a part of this country. They’re a part of hatred, they’re a part of evil, and we need to stand up to that.”

But a few individual Republicans calling on Trump to say certain words doesn’t change anything; Trump’s words never mean anything, anyway. Steve Bannon, a driving force behind the white supremacist “alt-right,” remains Trump’s chief political strategist. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in charge of investigating domestic terrorism in Charlottesville, continues to dismantle civil rights enforcement and back voter suppression. House Speaker Paul Ryan, one of those Republicans attacking the white supremacists in Charlottesville, jitterbugs frantically back and forth between criticizing Trump and his ugliest supporters and passing legislation to please them.

But until the Republican Party actually ends its once subtle but now open pandering to the racial and religious bigotry of white supremacists and neo-Nazi extremists, those violent hate groups will be coming soon to a community near you.

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That’s because our job growth has trailed the national average for 22 straight quarters, every single quarter since Gov. Scott Walker created the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). There is real desperation because there is real need. But that doesn’t mean we need to give away the farm (literally) for the big fish that falls into our lap. We can work hard and build the businesses we have with investments in education, training, infrastructure and our assets as a state—like the environment.

We all love Wisconsin because it is such a beautiful area in which to live, raise a family and retire. Every corner of our state has pristine natural areas we all use for recreation, hunting and other leisure activities. Sacrificing those natural areas as a part of the Foxconn deal is foolish. Directly putting our water, air and environment at risk is bad public policy. The give-away-our-environment attitude with this deal also opens the door to exempt future economic development deals from environmental approval rules and is simply unacceptable. We have dozens of examples of Wisconsin businesses that have grown and flourished without dumping waste and diverting streams and sacrificing Great Lakes waters.

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Next, we need to examine the deal. Is it really the best we could get for our taxpayer investment, or does it reflect the political desperation some leaders feel because of their own failures? Any taxpayer-funded investment should demonstrate the best return on investment we can get, build family supporting jobs to replace the union living wage manufacturing jobs we have lost, and have real recovery claw backs if the business packs up and moves, or if they automate and eliminate jobs in the process. Gov. Walker and WEDC do not have an awesome track record with recovery when companies outsource jobs, and the potential replacement of supported jobs with automation is a brave new world for all of us.

The deal does have benchmarks before funds are released, which is good, but lacks claw backs if jobs are outsourced or automated; the new state Assembly version is just the same. Claw backs require businesses to pay back taxpayer costs if the business fails to keep the contract. Wisconsin needs to be able to at least try to take on Foxconn if they damage our environment and our economy. Foxconn is not a Wisconsin company building their future here; it is a Taiwanese company looking to avoid President Donald Trump’s tariff threats, and we are just the state with the best deal for them.

We cannot let the relentless pursuit of jobs take away what makes Wisconsin our home. We can do better.

If you would like more information on Foxconn and special session Senate Bill 1, contact my office by phone at 608-266-6670 or via e-mail to sen.erpenbach@legis. wi.gov.

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n 2012, things weren’t going well for Trueman McGee. He was overweight and laid off from his construction job, so he decided to make some lifestyle changes. Adapting to a better way of eating led to a new career as a food entrepreneur— Funky Fresh Spring Rolls—in which he puts unique healthy twists on a traditional favorite.

McGee refers to March 1, 2012 as his ‘rebirthday’. “That was the day after some of my favorite wrestlers won state titles, and I decided to take control of my life,” he reflected. McGee wrestled during his teens at Milwaukee Tech (now Bradley Tech) high school and later coached wrestling at Pulaski High School.

McGee started working out at the Lakefront.

A friend gave him a tractor tire that he could use for a variety of boot camp-style workouts. When a passer-by asked what he was doing, McGee replied, “I’m getting tired.” By July 2012, McGee was 50 pounds lighter and training other people through non-traditional, outdoor workouts with objects recycled from around the city, such as tires and old water hoses.

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ness, he found that people wanted to eat healthier. “I came up with a sweet potato and black bean burrito. It was delicious, but something told me it would taste better in an egg roll. I didn’t deep fry it, but instead grilled it in healthy oils, and it was a hit.”

McGee played around with different flavors such as chicken and kale, and broccoli-chickenmushroom. He switched to spring roll wrappers, which are thinner than egg roll wrappers and cost less. By 2015, he was getting more calls about food than fitness, and he realized that he had a sustainable business model. Like naming his personal training business, finding a moniker for the spring rolls venture came easily. “‘Funky’ means something different, and I wanted to work in ‘fresh’, too,” he said.

By the end of 2016, McGee had sold over 32,000 spring rolls and was expanding his presence at farmers markets and events. He no longer coaches wrestling or works as a personal trainer, and instead sells his spring rolls at farmers markets in Shorewood, Waukesha, Brown Deer, Enderis Park and area events.

There are four standard spring roll flavors: sweet potato and black bean, with onions, peppers and cilantro; buffalo chicken and kale; the chicken club; and the chicken broccoli and mushroom. Several rotating flavors including honey sriracha chicken and asparagus (chickpeas are substituted for a vegetarian version), and chicken curry and quinoa. And don’t forget the dipping sauce—McGee makes his Funky Fresh Sauce with Greek yogurt.

In keeping with his health-conscious mission, Funky Fresh Spring Rolls are grilled, not fried, at a lower temperature so as to not damage the oils.

There are also salads like the Mean Green with massaged kale, and quinoa bowls. McGee uses local ingredients whenever possible.

McGee’s efforts have not gone unnoticed. Last year, he placed second in the Rev-Up MKE competition. In April, Funky Fresh Spring Rolls was among the top 10 winners in the FedEx Small Business Grant, where he won $7,500 in grants money and an additional $1,000 in FedEx office services. He’s considering expanding Funky Fresh Spring Rolls into grocery stores, opening a take-out store or restaurant, or a food truck.

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This past week, the uniforms and their nicknames appeared on the MLB shop online (after all, why do anything cool if you can’t try to make a bunch of money off of it, right?) and inspired a social media frenzy of sharing the coolest nicknames (Scooter Gennett’s choice of “Ryan,” his given name, was a particular favorite). Our local nine have a decent share of cool monikers as well. Slugger Eric Thames will wear “Sang Nam Ja,” Korean for “badass.” Michael Blazek (if he makes it back to the big league by then) will go with “Jus Blaze,” which should be popular with the NORML crowd. Bespectacled second baseman Eric Sogard will wear “Nerd Power,” a theme that dates back to his days playing in Oakland.

Since what we like to do here at Brew Crew Confidential is look at the present through the past, it is only fitting to wonder what Brewers of ages past might have worn on their backs had they the chance to do so. One’s attention drifts immediately to the franchise legends.

“The Kid,” “Molly” and “Hammer” are all too obvious. Hank Aaron could have done as the Mariners’ Kyle Seager did. Seager will wear “Corey’s Brother” as a reference to his brother, who stars with the Dodgers. Aaron could have worn “Tommie’s Brother” as a reference to his own brother, who had a brief big league career and, at the time Hank was a Brewer, was a hopeful to be the first black manager in Major League history.

Robin Yount might have had a little fun with the long-standing rumor that his middle name (almost always just listed as “R”) is actually Rachel. Yount might have worn “Just R” or something like that, or he could have gone with “Rachel” and confirm all those whispers. As for Paul Molitor, a few unflatter-

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More Fun with Nicknames Using straight nicknames can be fun, too, but it works better with some of the team’s lesser-known players. Slugger Jeffrey Leonard’s fierce demeanor earned him the nickname “Penitentiary Face,” which, when paired with his “0” uniform number, would look pretty frightening indeed. Glenn Braggs, who was said to entertain ladies “until the cows came home,” was dubbed “MooMoo.” Jim Gantner could go with “Gumby” or “Klinger,” both evidently assigned to him

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Darryl Hamilton became a fan favorite with the nickname of “Hambone.” John Jaha was known as “Jaws” when he first came up. Former pitcher Al Reyes was called “Hot Nuts”

by Bob Uecker for reasons that remain unknown. Hall of Famer Don Sutton could have really tested the limits of acceptability by going by his nickname of “Black and Decker,” which would be both an on-uni ad and reference to his reputation for illegally scuffing the ball with sandpaper.

Of course, you don’t need a nickname to have fun with this promotion. How about Chuck Carr wearing “Chuckie Hacks” as a reference to his infamous comment in May 1997 that helped in getting him released.

Geoff Jenkins, best known early in his career for looking like a certain Packers QB, could have worn “Favre” and attracted a lot more autograph seekers. Joe Winkelsas, who threw seven innings for the Brewers in 2006 (seven years after throwing a handful of pitches in a single appearance for the Braves), could have worn “Garbage Man,” a job he actually did between his major league stints.

There is no word yet if managers will be included the nickname promotion, but past Brewers skippers could have certainly had some fun with it. How about “Mr. Black” for Tom Treblehorn? Treb is married to former Summerfest director and Milwaukee mainstay Bo Black and was the rare example of a big league manager less prominent in his team’s hometown than his wife. Ned Yost could have donned something like “I Heart Sac Bunts” to show his disdain for advanced thinking in baseball strategy (not that he didn’t already do so in every game he managed here). Phil Garner, who had a pretty cool nickname in “Scrap Iron,” would have done better to go with “Mr. July,” a reference to his appearance in the July 1984 issue of Playgirl (google it if you dare).

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hat arts program serves 1,000 elementary through high school students from 215 schools, 60 communities and 14 counties in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois? It’s Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, shortened to MYSO by all familiar with it. Among at least 140 youth orchestra organizations in the U.S., MYSO has the biggest budget, at approximately $3,000,000 for the 2017-18 season. The Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra claims to reach more young musicians, but a large percentage of its student numbers reflect instruction SYSO provides in the public schools. By the definition of after-school outreach, MYSO is the largest youth orchestra program in the country.

Founded in 1956, MYSO is headquartered in the Brewers Hill area at Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, which it shares with First Stage Milwaukee. There are 10 orchestras or string ensembles at various levels, a wind ensemble, two flute choirs, a brass choir and a percussion ensemble. Beyond classical, MYSO has two steel pan bands and five jazz combos. Progressions, an innovative strings program for third and fourth graders, is especially focused on deliberate diversity, recruiting from 50 MPS, charter and choice schools. MYSO Executive Director Linda Edelstein states, “After two years of intensive study, with 270 hours of instruction, 100% of Progressions graduates go on to successfully audition for one of the MYSO orchestras or string orchestras.”

MYSO is one of the few places in the city that brings together kids from every economic level and from every ethnic group. In a notoriously segregated city, it is a beacon of hope and progress. In 2015 MYSO won the highest honor for after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs, the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, presented by First Lady Michelle Obama.

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Average student tenure at MYSO is five years, but some stay as long as 10 years. Many MYSO alumni have gone on to become professional musicians, with most others continuing with music as a major avocation.

Every student must pay something to participate, but many are on scholarship. Edelstein reports that “in 2003 financial aid support was $16,000; this year it’s $350,000 in scholarships to help with membership fees and lessons. One of our ideals is that no student is turned away because of inability to pay.”

MYSO kids are clearly inspired and transformed by the experience. Anna MacDougall, a 16-year-old violinist, said, “Because of MYSO I don’t think my life would have been the same had I lived in any other city.” When asked what she likes about MYSO, 17-year-old violinist Queila Griffin of Racine gives an excited reply. “What’s not to like!? It’s an absolutely awesome opportunity! And I get professional-level instruction there.” Emily McCabe, an 18-year-old violist from West Bend, called MYSO “really challenging…MYSO holds you to a higher standard, with high expectations. It makes you a better player.

And I’ve made some of my best friends there.” Both Queila and Emily mentioned that a highlight was being coached by Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond, MYSO artist-in-residence for the past three seasons.

Almond states, “One of things that has been most satisfying about it is working with all the ages and levels of kids. It’s very meaningful to work with a child playing the most rudimentary music, and after giving some input you can tell you kindled some kind of spark.” Though some MSO musicians work with MYSO in various ways, including a rehearsal where students play side-by-side with professionals, there is no formal relationship between the two organizations.

MYSO offers a tour every other year to its advanced players. This July, 81 musicians went on a week long tour to Argentina and Uruguay with conductor Margery Deutsch. A memorable concert was played in Buenos Aires to a cheering audience. The American ambassador to Uruguay attended the Montevideo concert and commented that she was very proud to see her country so well represented. Carter Simmons, longtime MYSO artistic director, described a coming together of cultures in Rosario, Argentina. “The director of the local youth orchestra program brought his kids, and in between our rehearsal and concert, the Argentinians and Americans played together impromptu for about an hour … tangos, jazz standards, whatever. The language of music bound them almost instantly to one another.” Not surprisingly, perhaps, the Latin-flavored music, including a famous tango, created some of the biggest audience ovations. Simmons said, “In Argentina people were crying when they heard us play ‘Libertango’ by their own Astor Piazzolla.”

When asked about his work at MYSO, Simmons gave a heartfelt reply. “I can speak for everyone here in saying that we absolutely love the kids and their families. That we can give them an excellent musical experience here every day is the greatest of rewards.”

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If whiskey, potatoes and leprechauns still dominate your thoughts when you think of Ireland, allow Milwaukee Irish Fest to introduce you to the full scope of Irish customs, art and folklore. Over its four-day run this weekend, visitors can experience Celtic culture through a full lineup of live music (including a stage that exclusively features harp music), traditional Irish play performances, delicious Irish cuisine, Irish dance lessons and a Celtic Canine Area—the latter featuring some of Ireland’s most popular dog breeds (and, yes, you can pet them). There will also be tug-of-war matches, miniature golf and other games. (Through Sunday, Aug. 20.)

You can take his album title literally: Fast-rising R&B star Khalid was a teenager when he released his debut album, American Teen, this spring. The record received rave reviews from critics who praised the 19-year-old singer’s tender take on alternative R&B, as well as from the radio, which has given his breakout single, “Location,” regular airplay. “Young Dumb & Broke,” Khalid’s follow-up single, has been climbing up the charts all summer. To judge from the way he sold out this concert, his first headlining show in Milwaukee, it seems like this young singer is likely to have real staying power.

Milwaukee Irish Fest @ Summerfest Grounds

Khalid @ The Rave, 8 p.m.

Midwest Original Music Festival @ Croatian Park, Franklin, 11 a.m.

Milwaukee Punk Fest @ multiple venues

For decades, older punk fans have been arguing that the genre’s glory days are long over. Milwaukee Punk Fest, however, can attest to the fact that there are still plenty of new ideas percolating in the genre with its lineup of 60 punk acts scattered across four venues and six days. This weekend’s attractions include three nights of music at The Local (FridaySunday), with Midwest punk bands Horrible, Court Cau$t, Dirty Reggae Punx, Tiger Sex and Northside Creeps, and a night of live comedy Thursday at Brewed Café, featuring comedians Tyler Menz, David Louis, AJ Grill, Addie Blanchard and Carter Deems. Never let it be said that punk doesn’t have a sense of humor.

The City of Franklin has rounded up more than two dozen bands, spanning alternative, hard-rock, country, prog and indie-rock, for its inaugural, three-day Midwest Original Music Festival at Croatian Park, 9100 S. 76th St. Performers include CircleSwitch, The Racing Pulses, Mixed Company, Life in a Tree, Blame it on Cain and American Zeros, among many others. The festival runs from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday. One-day tickets are $8 on the festival’s website.

Guitar Festival Week @ The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center

More than 75 performers from 19 countries will flock to the Wilson Center this weekend for its annual Guitar Festival. On Friday and Saturday, the venue will host semi-final and final competitions in four categories—Classical, Fingerstyle, Jazz and Rock-Blues—all of which are free and open to the public. The event will also feature three nights of headliners: The Beijing Guitar Duo on Thursday, Aug. 17; Antoine Dufour and Mike Dawes on Friday, Aug. 18; and Kevin Eubanks (longtime guitarist for Jay Leno’s Tonight Show Band) on Saturday, Aug. 19.

Mike Zito @ Shank Hall, 8 p.m.

Breadfest IV @ Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, 9 p.m.

Breadking is a loosely (sometimes very loosely) affiliated network of Riverwest bands and musicians running the gamut from indie-rock, punk and folk. For the latest installment of the collective’s annual Breadfest, a host of acts associated with the collective (or at least friends of friends of the collective) will park at Linneman’s Riverwest Inn for three nights, where the lineup will include Work, Cairns, The Fatty Acids, Tigernite, Mouse Corn, Faux Fiction, Liam O’Brien’s Faithless Followers and others. Each night features four or five acts. Single show tickets are $7, and a weekend pass is $15.

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Mike Zito

Mike Zito is a lifelong patron of blues and country music. He’s released a dozen albums, beginning with his 1998 debut and is best known to some as a co-founding member of the blues-rock group Royal Southern Brotherhood, which he formed in 2011 with Cyril Neville and Devon Allman. He’s also made his mark as a producer, working on records by Samantha Fish, Albert Castiglia and Laurence Jones. Since 2012, though, he’s been on a musical journey all his own with backing band The Wheel. Zito’s 2014 album, Gone To Texas, earned him a nomination for a Blues Music Award in the Rock Blues Album of the Year category.

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King Cardinal @ Company Brewing, 10 p.m.

Denver-based Americana group King Cardinal is the vision of founder Brennan Mackey who, on a whim, left his old life in Chicago in the dust to pursue music in Denver. Mackey put out King Cardinal’s self-titled first EP as a solo project, taking influence from strippedback country rock artists like Ryan Adams and Steve Earle. The EP garnered him an invite to perform at Telluride Bluegrass Festival alongside Lake Street Dive and Punch Brothers and got him noticed by a group of musicians who would later join him in King Cardinal.

The now five-piece band put out Once a Giant in 2015 and are gearing up for a new album led by the swanky singles “Seventeen” and “Metronome.”

SATURDAY, AUG. 19 HarborPark Jazz Rhythm & Blues Festival @ Harbor Park, Kenosha, 1 p.m.

Smooth jazz saxophonist Euge Groove headlines the latest installment of Kenosha’s HarborPark Jazz Rhythm & Blues Festival. Other attractions at this year include Waukegan blues artists Terry James and the Blue Flames, Milwaukee’s CNJ Latin Jazz Quintet and, for the first time ever at the event, some reggae courtesy of Madison’s Natty Nation. There will also be a live cooking demonstration. General admission lawn seats are $25 in advance and $35 at the gate.

IndiaFest Milwaukee @ Humboldt Park, 11 a.m.

Back for its fourth year in Bay View’s Humboldt Park, IndiaFest invites the community to celebrate the culture and heritage of India with live music, a parade, fashion show and traditional dance. There will be a wide variety of authentic Indian dishes, including dosas, a crepe-like pancake, and biriyanis, a heavily spiced chicken and vegetable rice dish, as well as vendors selling clothing, jewelry and art. The event will also highlight local talent with the third-annual Wisconsin Singing Idol competition and will once again end with a bang: a Bollywood Beats & Fusion dance party celebrating some of the more modern sounds of India.

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Bernstein Banquet Southwestern Suburban Symphony honors a legend ::BY JOHN JAHN

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ndoubtedly, he would have found fame somehow, but the story of Leonard Bernstein’s rise is classic serendipity. When conductor Bruno Walter came down with the flu shortly before a live radio broadcast of the New York Philharmonic in 1943, in stepped 25-year-old Bernstein. The New York Times carried the story on its front page, in part saying: “It’s a good American success story. The warm, friendly triumph of it filled Carnegie Hall and spread far over the air waves.” What followed was a lifetime of music making at the very highest artistic levels.

Maestro Christine Flasch leads the Southwestern Suburban Symphony in a wide-ranging all-Bernstein concert honoring one of America’s leading composerconductors. As she states, it will include “full orchestra, five soloists from New York, Chicago, Tampa, Fla., and Milwaukee in semi-staged versions” of excerpts from Candide, West Side Story, On the Town, Peter Pan and more.

“A Bernstein Banquet” will be performed on Sunday, Aug. 20 at 3 p.m., at the Saber Center for the Performing Arts, 8222 S. 51st St., Franklin.

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Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

The two stars of the original touring production of this horror parody, Jeremy C. Welter and Mark Hagen, come to Milwaukee and present their campy take on the 1962 film of the same name (which starred Bette Davis and Joan Crawford). Interestingly, Walter and Hagen switch roles on alternating performances. “Whatever happened to uplifting family shows? Whatever happened to inspiring theater works of optimism or shows that left you with positive morals and uplifting messages?

Well, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? is none of the above!” says Off the Wall’s Dale Gutzman, who, instead, promises audience members “not a single redeeming feature in this revival of our smash hit comedy thriller.”

Aug. 16-27 at Off the Wall Theatre, 127 E. Wells St. For tickets, call 414-484-8874 or visit zivacat.com/offthewalltheatre.

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DanceLAB Teen

The next Danceworks concert features the company’s Youth Performance Company (DYPC) in pieces these youthful terpsichoreans have devised themselves, as well as works that have been developed by students from Danceworks’ upper-level technique classes. DYPC Artistic Director Gina Laurenzi works in collaboration with the dancers to create, as Danceworks says, “a concert that dives into their world of dreams and nightmares,” featuring both “new choreography and structured improvisations [that] draw from music, poetry, artwork and their own experiences.”

Performances take place on Saturday, Aug. 19 at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Danceworks Studio Theatre, 1661 N. Water St. For tickets, call 414-277-8480 or visit danceworksmke. org/purchase-tickets.

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MCT’s ‘Deathtrap’ is a Non-stop Thrill Ride ::BY HARRY CHERKINIAN

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ow almost 40 years old, there’s good reason why Deathtrap remains Broadway’s longest-running thriller: It’s a nonstop thrill ride for the audience. And Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s solid staging only underscores the fun in being frightened and outwitted just when we think we know what’s going on.

“Nothing recedes like success,” laments renowned playwright Sidney Bruhl to his wife Myra. Poor Sidney hasn’t had a Broadway hit in 18 years; now one of his seminar students, Clifford Anderson, has written a great play first time out. Yep. It’s called Deathtrap. What would someone actually to do be a success… again? Lie? Steal?

Murder? Deathtrap not only entertains and thrills for its two-and-a-half hours (with 15 minute intermission), it raises questions as to who we really are.

The five-member cast serves the play well, as does director Michael Cotey. Unlike the strictly serious 1982 movie with star casting, Cotey and company pull out the underlying humor in this very clever mystery.

As Sidney, Bill Watson perfectly captures the cultivated arrogance—as well as the deep-seated insecurity—of a man reduced to living off his wife’s money. Susan Spencer, best known for her singing prowess, gets her acting chops just right with the tightly wound, Stepford Wife-ish Myra. In separate comedic turns, Mary Kababik is hilarious as psychic Helga Ten Dorp, and David Sapiro makes Sidney’s uptight, too-proper lawyer, Porter Milgrim, a stark focus of comic relief given the grim goings on. Even his laughter elicits our laughter. And when these two fine actors finally get a scene together late in Deathtrap, we ask ourselves: Who knew murder could be so funny? But it’s Di’Monte Henning’s enigmatic yet engaging performance of the ambitious Clifford that really galvanizes this production. There are many layers to Clifford, and Henning deftly reveals them in frightfully surprising ways.

Whodunit? I’m not telling. That would spoil all the scary fun of seeing Deathtrap.

Through Aug. 27 at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway. For tickets, call 414-291-7800 or visit milwaukeecfhambertheatre.org.

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he small stage at Inspiration Studios lends an intimate atmosphere to Sabley Sabin’s first original play, everyone’s stories are true, a threeact play exploring the depth of human connections, isolation, truth and love. You can almost feel the actors’ breath on your face, propelling you into the world Sabin is weaving before your eyes.

Don’t you ever wonder how it feels to be in another person’s head, to see things through the eyes of someone with different sensitivities, different experiences, different doubts, fears, tastes...? In everyone’s stories are true, Sabin makes us jump from one mind to the other, catching glimpses of people’s thoughts along the way in every life we encounter in this ethereal journey.

The play doesn’t follow one storyline or set of characters, but rather is a string of snippets showing us the daily lives of its many characters.

Every time the lights go out we get another story, another time, another discussion. We barely get the chance to know the characters before they are already gone, replaced by others.

We meet a man who admitted to smoking pot to his life insurance company and discusses the value of integrity; another discusses happiness and regrets after burying his brother; and what about that girl who realizes her life is cluttered with paper and wants to go back to what really matters? She will get a smile out of you! As a former drama teacher, Village Playhouse’s Alexis Fielek does a great job directing a varied cast made up of veterans and newcomers. Although their performances are sometimes unequal, it is hard to hold it against the actors, who are all volunteers.

The show peaks in its second act, in which actresses Jessie Barr, Jordyn Rose Stewart and Mary Lynn Ferwerda tell the story of a woman longing for love, but terrified of it. The powerfully written tale of a relationship and the quirks of the human mind getting in its way is strengthened by its brevity—although it is like being given a treat and having it taken away before fully enjoying the intricacies of its taste.

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snagged the last seat in the Danceworks theater for the opening performance of Danceworks on Tap’s new show, What’s Tappenin’? As more folks arrived, they sat on the floor in front, filling it. Founding Artistic Director Amy BrinkmanSustache welcomed the crowd and asked if any were new to a DOT show. Almost no one was. Aficionados all, they whooped and applauded explosively for each act in the tight, intelligent, perfectly executed hour of entertainment that followed.

I set my critical faculties aside five numbers into the show when guest artist virtuosos Bob Balderson and Lamont Johnson, wearing shades, black hats and vests sporting red carnations, tapped an old-school vaudeville-style duet and traded licks to Natalie Cole’s rendition of “Almost Like Being In Love.”

The evening’s opener was a rhythm-focused pure tap dance by Brinkman-Sustache for seven of DOT’s skillful 10-woman troupe—a conversation in a language of feet and floor as social and compelling as a good drum circle.

Brinkman-Sustache has an educator’s heart. Tap’s African American genesis and contradiction-filled place in the history of race relations were quietly honored. Charismatic spoken word poet Kavon Cortez Jones, a black Milwaukeean of 22 years, performed second. In dancing speech and rhythmic arm gestures, he delivered an original love poem to Milwaukee’s East Side. Later in the show, he returned with four DOT dancers in a format alternating spoken rhythmic poetry and tapping feet. The subject was universal connection. A sophisticated tap dance by longtime DOT virtuosos Annette Grefig and Rachel Payden to blues singing by Melody Gardot followed.

Three “Interludes” during the show compared tap with hip-hop dance; a theme first raised in Danceworks’ annual hip-hop showcase two weeks ago. The young hip-hop prodigy Gabi Sustache and the grown-up Nikki Platt, a tapper from the age of 2, showed how each style builds rhythmic energy. Along with a reminder of the contributions of black people to mainstream culture, my conclusion was that tap makes the greater demands; perhaps because the style’s longer history is so multifaceted.

As if to make that point, Brinkman-Sustache, Sustache and Grefig, holding parasols, tapped to a remix of Gene Kelly singing “Singin’ in the Rain” (“Tapping in the Rain”). Then, guest Ryan Cappleman nailed a swinging rendition of “Cheek to Cheek” on piano (“Cheek to Cheek to Cheek to Cheek”) as Platt, Payden and guest Liam Alba sang in a rehearsal scene that transformed into a Broadway-style tap quartet with split-second costume changes.

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Hitman Darius Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson) and ace bodyguard Michael Bryce (Ryan Reynolds) are longtime enemies until Kincaid agrees to turn state’s evidence, and Bryce is assigned to guard the man who, as Bryce claims, “nearly killed me 28 times.” While trying to get his client from England to The Hague in time to testify, Bryce is regaled with tales of Kincaid’s loving devotion to his wife and fellow assassin, Sonia (Salma Hayek). As killers dispatched by a Russian warlord named Vladislav Dukhovich (Gary Oldman) repeatedly assail Bryce and Kincaid, the unlikely pair survive the attacks—despite the nonstop bickering that outlines their dysfunctional bromance! Clearly made for one another, it’s a question of waiting for them to see the obvious. (Lisa Miller)

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‘An Inconvenient Sequel’

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Climate for Al Gore’s Sequel ::BY DAVID LUHRSSEN

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he drip, drip of melting glaThe message of An Inconvenient Sequel ciers continues, the ice flows is simple: 14 out of the 15 hottest years on are cracking in the warmer-than- record have occurred since 2001. The result usual seawater and the ocean of rising mercury is felt in a new “storm of laps at the curbstones of coastal the century” every other month, widespread Florida towns. The climate change pictured in flooding alternating with droughts, wild fires Al Gore’s Oscar-winning 2006 documentary, consuming woods and fields. It’s not about An Inconvenient Truth, has only worsened polar bears, even though they might be the along with America’s political climate. Tem- first to go. It’s about us. peratures are rising and a hothead with a preThe problem with An Inconvenient Sequel schooler’s understanding of sciisn’t the message but the promence occupies the White House. inence given to the messenger.

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth Gore has worked hard at raising An to Power comes at a crucial time awareness of the issue but he Inconvenient for the climate crisis. The dehas become an issue. At moniers are louder than ever, even ments, An Inconvenient Sequel Sequel though denying the long-term threatens to become a commerAl Gore human impact on the world’s cial for Gore at a time when the Directed by weather is akin to believing that fight to reverse climate change Bonni Cohen the Earth is flat and the sun remust be seen as a movement in and Jon Shenk volves around the Earth. The which Gore can play a welcome professional liars at Fox News part. The declining conditions Rated PG keep spewing crap, guffawing of the world’s climate, and its about global warming every disastrous potential for civilitime a cold front passes through; zation and even human life, is, the Koch brothers continue to fund corrupt as Gore stresses, one of the great ethical and politicians and crank academics; the world spiritual issues of our time. It demands the keeps spinning toward disaster. wisest strategies and the shrewdest tactics.

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Molding a screenplay by first-timer Rebecca Blunt, Steven Soderbergh perfectly casts muse Channing Tatum as dim bulb Jimmy Logan, who’s obsessed with a get-rich-quick scheme.

Having worked construction on the venue, Logan talks one-armed friend Clyde (Adam Driver) into helping him attempt to relieve their local NASCAR racetrack of millions of dollars. The duo seeks help from jailed Joe Bang (Daniel Craig), who is experienced in blowing up bank vaults.

Neatly exploring big sporting events, Soderbergh’s cast gamely marries screwball comedy with daring action. The film’s setting provides ample opportunity to skewer the redneck goose that lays golden egg after golden egg. (L.M.)

STEP PG

Between “The Wire” on one hand and a real-life police killing and violent upheaval on the other, Baltimore can seem like a city of no hope. Director Amanda Lipitz documents another side of Baltimore through an inner-city all-girls charter college prep school and the hope engendered by its step (dance) team. We learn about several of the girls, their difficult lives and their dreams of getting out of poverty through education.

The aggressive choreography of step dancing teaches them discipline, self-respect, respect for others, team work and the idea that they can succeed. It’s an enlightening film. (David Luhrssen)

Brigsby Bear PG-13

Brigsby Bear is a cliché about following your dream, even if the dream began as a nightmare. In this odd, almost endearing tale, James (Kyle Mooney) is raised by his parents in a hermetically sealed underground home after an unnamed apocalypse, homeschooled in part by the only TV series he ever knew: a children’s show produced by his parents called “Brigsby Bear.” At age 25, the police raid the house; turns out there was no apocalypse and James had been kidnapped as a newborn. The awkwardness of his adjustment to the “real world” is handled well but is complicated by his obsession with “Brigsby Bear.” And then, not improbably, someone posts episodes online, and he becomes a mini-celebrity. And then, he decides to shoot new episodes. Is “Brigsby Bear,” as his birth father says, “a tool used by sick people to imprison a kid” or the stimulus to that kid’s imagination? Both, the film concludes with giddy enthusiasm, and yet a queasy ambiguity remains concerning the artifice of art and the inability of some people to escape their past. (David Luhrssen)

[HOME MOVIES/OUT ON DIGITAL] La Seduzione

Before a word is spoken, editing, facial expression and the music’s melancholy tone show a homecoming for a man lost in familiar places. Soon enough, the protagonist of this 1973 film by Italy’s Fernando Di Leo rekindles an old flame left behind years before. But then, the soft focus romantic-sex comedy takes a Lolita turn when he falls for her pubescent daughter. More emotionally complex than Stanley Kubrick’s scenario, La Seduzione critiques male attitudes toward sex.

Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

In the last decade of her life, Hannah Arendt was one of the world’s most misunderstood intellectuals. But after her death, her core ideas about bureaucracy, ideology and morality have only grown more resonant. Ada Ushpiz’s documentary explores the controversy surrounding her description of the “banality of evil” surrounding Adolf Eichmann and her warnings against the danger of conformity, and the totalitarian mindset. In her view, Eichmann’s superficiality, his normalcy, left him open to evil.

Varieté

Silent film was reaching the zenith of its artistry by the time of German director Ewald Andre Dupont’s Varieté (1925). A lost masterpiece of seduction and jealousy, painstakingly restored for its Blu-ray release, Varieté depicts hostility, humor, desire and despair visually—through powerful acting and artful editing. Much credit goes to the highly mobile play of light against shadow by cinematographer Karl Freund (Metropolis) and a cast headed by Emil Jannings and Lya de Putti.

“The Carol Burnett Show: The Best of Harvey Korman”

Comedian Harvey Korman played in several movies, notably Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles, but might be best remembered as the virtual co-star of “The Carol Burnett Show” (1967-1978), for which he won four Emmys. The latest installment of Burnett DVD issues focuses on Korman in a variety of settings. Included are song and dance numbers, skits where he usually played Burnett’s grumpy husband and even a drag routine, high-heeled, sequined and singing like one of the Andrews Sisters.

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Photocopies Gone Astray in Shane Walsh’s ‘Xpressor’ ::BY KAT KNEEVERS

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omewhere in your life there has been a dodgy photocopier, the one where the lines blur and there are always streaks in some odd spot. Maybe you played with it and flipped a page just as the scan was happening, just to see what would come out. So it is with the paintings by Shane Walsh at The Alice Wilds in Walker’s Point.

The title of the exhibition is “Xpressor,” which sounds like a means of distillation. This is true for these pieces, done in 2016 and 2017. In black, white and variations of gray, Walsh runs his brush over canvas, translating impressions of misstepped photocopies into compositions

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Deb Marett’s ‘Famous’ Honors Everyday Celebrities ::BY TYLER FRIEDMAN

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istorians hundreds of years hence may categorize the present as “the Kardashian age”—a decadent era during which people became famous for their single-minded pursuit of fame Painting of Olu Sijuwade by Deb Marett itself. With a suite of 13 portraits, artist Deb Marett aims to redefine what it means to be famous. As the watchword of the project has it: “everyone is famous to the people whose lives they have touched.”

“Famous” is currently on display at West Allis’ Inspiration Studios through Aug. 27. On Sunday, Aug. 20, from 3-4:30 p.m., visitors will have the opportunity to hear from and about three of Marett’s meritorious subjects. Writer and historian Jim Schaap will speak about Diet Eman, a Dutch resistance worker credited with saving the lives of hundreds of Jews in Nazi occupied Netherlands during World War II. Musician and activist Olu Sijuwade is a former police officer who also happens to be African American and is now employed as a non-violent confrontation counselor working to break the chain of domestic violence. By day, Nick Demske works at the Racine Public Library. By night, Demske is a poet who has published two collections and curates the BONK! performance series in Racine.

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that borrow techniques of sampling, remixing, paste-up and collage in a purely non-figurative manner.

The strength of Walsh as an abstract painter, in this body of work as well as previous suites, is his eye for composition and nuance. The paintings, all untitled, are inspired by amalgamations of photocopies gone astray, but with an eye for wayward marks that become points of reference to the history of expressive abstract painting in the 20th century. These serve as anchors of context and familiarity, but they also are new, living in the present as monuments to something of analog surprise.

Walsh’s balance of precision and improvisation is admirable. The paintbrush may flourish with wide marks of abandon, yet knife-edge lines of decision are present as well. Throughout “Xpressor,” mercurial toner is replicated, where grays lie in varying density and black has its own shade of character. Walsh carries forth with a DIY spirit in the way that elements are abruptly cut, as though comprised of alternate papers with mistaken pages, brought together in a final cohesion through the artist’s orchestration.

In the scope of this work, there is variation and evolution, from the smaller pieces on unprimed canvas to the later paintings on a large scale with grounds of glistening white. The subtext that is most striking is the synthesis between undying forms of replication, from the mechanics of the ordinary office machine to the centuries embodied by the painter’s art.

Through Sept. 3 at The Alice Wilds, 900 S. Fifth St., Suite 102. See shepherdepress.com for a video interview with the artist about this exhibition.

Shane Walsh, Untitled, 2016

“Family Workshop: For the Birds”

Lynden Sculpture Garden 2145 W. Brown Deer Road

It’s the epidemic no one’s talking about: Each year between 100 million and 1 billion North American birds are killed by flying into windows.

To reduce fatal collisions between birds and the Lynden Sculpture Garden’s window-rich environs, the institution invites families to join a workshop on Sunday, Aug. 20, from 12:30-2:30 p.m., in which artistic, bird-shaped decals will be crafted to hang on the windows, warning birds away like an aircraft marshaller. The event is free for members or with admission to the sculpture garden.

The Mary L. Nohl Suitcase Exhibit

MIAD’s Frederick Layton Gallery 273 E. Erie St. Each year the late Mary L. Nohl’s well-endowed fund disburses much-needed money to local artists through several programs. Best known is the Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists (currently exhibited at the Haggerty Museum of Art through Sept. 17). The Nohl Suitcase Export Fund defrays travel costs for Milwaukee artists to travel the world exhibiting their work. More than 30 artists who have received the award will display their internationally recognized work in a showcase at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design from Aug. 21 through Oct. 8.

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MIDWEST WRITERS GATHER AT BOSWELL FOR ‘MICRO & MEMOIR, POETRY & PROSE’ ::BY JENNI HERRICK

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he most memorable and thoughtprovoking literary characters are often those whose narratives beautifully balance themes that are both intensely personal and strikingly universal. No matter the genre, when readers can extrapolate the experiences in stories to their own realities, a deep connection is forged between reader and an author’s creative creations. A quartet of uniquely talented authors, writing in the styles of prose, poetry and memoir, will visit Boswell Book Co. to share intimate human stories of both fact and fiction.

Locally based Robert Vaughan, who leads writing workshops at Red Oak Writing in Milwaukee, The Clearing in Door County and at locations nationwide, is the author of five books, including his recently released collection, Funhouse. This eclectic assortment of flash fiction, short fiction and lyrical poetry includes imaginative tales filled with haunting characters and exploding emotional outbursts.

For Chicago-based writer Ben Tanzer, his latest release takes an enlightening look at the seemingly lighthearted topic of being cool. In Be Cool, Tanzer transposes his own recollections of a lifetime spent trying to be cool against a foil of cultural complexities that influence each generation in their attempts at “coolness.”

UW-Milwaukee doctoral student Caitlin Scarano’s new poetry anthology, Do Not Bring Him Water, comes alive through well-crafted personal stories of growing up in Alaska and in undisputed depictions of the ubiquitous trials of womanhood. Each poem is striking in its descriptive beauty as well as its intense focus on themes such as loss, loneliness and resilience. Milwaukee native Lee Krecklow’s short fiction has appeared in numerous publications and he has also dabbled in film and journalism during his career as a writer. In his fulllength fictional debut, The Expanse Between, Krecklow profiles a reclusive writer whose obsessive observances of his neighbor takes a sinister turn when what he sees no longer matches his expectations of how things should be.

All four authors will speak about their latest writing projects at the “Micro & Memoir, Poetry & Prose” event at Boswell Book Co., 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 21.

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Storytelling at the Pfister Hotel

Off the Cuff with Pfister Narrator Nicole Mattke ::BY JEAN-GABRIEL FERNANDEZ

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aking a living as a writer is a dream for many. It’s daily life for Nicole Mattke, the current Narrator-inResidence at the Pfister Hotel. Well known for supporting local talent, the Pfister employs a new Milwaukee-based author every year. The Narrator’s job is to interact with hotel guests, collect their stories and put them on a blog.

Award-winning author Nicole Mattke, poet and mother of two sets of twins, was chosen to be the hotel’s 10th narrator, succeeding Dominic Inouye.

What is the role of Pfister Narrator?

As the Narrator, I spend time in the Pfister talking to guests and writing their stories. I narrate the life and rich history that the Pfister houses on the Pfister blog. I also host literary events at the Pfister, including a monthly book club—second Thursday of each month, 7-9 p.m.— and seasonal parties based on classic books. We have events for Alice in Wonderland, The Polar Express and Sherlock Holmes in the works.

What are your daily tasks?

I roam around the hotel and try to capture the stories around me. I post stories to the Pfister blog twice each week. Right now, Margaret Muza [Pfister Artist-in-Residence, featured in a previous Off the Cuff in the Shepherd Express] and I are doing a weekly series together where she takes someone’s tintype and I talk with that guest and write their story. At the end of the year, we plan to co-host a gallery night together of all these tintypes and corresponding pieces of writing.

How does being the Narrator influence your personal life?

I have to be in the hotel 10 hours a week. I have two sets of twins, so being the Pfister Narrator is a wonderful chance for me to hone my skills as a writer and develop my passion for writing outside my “regular” life of being a mom to four young children.

What do you think of the Pfister’s Narrator- and Artist-in-Residence Programs?

There is no other job like this in Milwaukee, and possibly anywhere! I’m so grateful for the opportunity to spend so much time in such a gorgeous, historic place so rich with story. To spend time with people, writing and books here is a dream. I love how the Pfister allows their Narrator and Artist so much creative freedom to develop the position according to our individual interests and art.

Visit the Pfister’s blog at blog.thepfisterhotel.com to read Nicole Mattke’s stories.

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Does any particularly striking story you encountered as a narrator come to mind?

A particularly fun and lighthearted piece I’m working on this week is about all the beloved dogs that stay at the Pfister. Recently, I loved talking to a couple as they got their tintypes taken about how they met and fell in love late in life. I will also always remember bringing my twin 4-year-old sons here and getting their perspective on this beautiful hotel.

What does it take to get such a job?

There was an extensive application process that involved submitting pieces of writing, a video, a creative proposal and a panel interview. I was glad that the process was so involved because it showed how seriously the Pfister takes these residencies and how deeply they value well-crafted writing for their blog.

What previous experience do you have with writing?

I have a creative writing degree from UW-Madison. In previous jobs, I’ve been responsible for a variety of types of writing, including curriculum and grant writing. I’ve published poetry and won a national poetry prize for a five-poem series, blogged in many places and been a part of many writing collectives. This is the first position I have where I can write with so much freedom.

Nicole Mattke

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If You Got It, Flirt It Dear Ruthie,

Every time my girlfriend and I go anywhere…movies, theaters, restaurants… she flirts with other men right in front of me. So now I have started to do the same right in front of her. Do we belong together, or should we break up and find other people?

—Flustrated Dear Flustrated,

While your email has a calm tone, I’m concerned because the subject of your message is “Flirtatious Whore.” Maybe I’m cuckoo-bananas, but it sounds like you’re harboring a little animosity. That said, two wrongs don’t make a right, sweetie, so lay off the flirting yourself. If you want to stick with this gal, let her know how her behavior is affecting you. If she continues to flirt with other men in front of you, then kiss her goodbye and find someone with a personality that better fits with yours…and someone who isn’t a whore.

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Aug. 16: Opening night of ‘Whatever Happened to Baby Jane’ at Off the Wall Theatre (127 E. Wells St.): If you loved the FX series “Feud,” join me for this hilarious horror parody at one of the city’s best-loved black box theaters. I switch roles every night with co-star Jeremy Welter, making this a comedy you’ll want to see twice. To learn which nights I play Baby Jane/Bette Davis and which performances I’m Blanche/Joan Crawford, call 414-484-8874 or swing by offthewalltheatre.com. There, you can order tickets for the show, which runs through Aug. 27.

See fatdaddyball.com for registration and more. Be sure to hit the after-party at D.I.X., starting at 5 p.m.

Aug. 16: Dude Looks Like a Lady Night at This Is It (418 E. Wells St.): It’s time for a turnabout at This Is It. What does that mean? In addition to 2-4-1 drink specials, your favorite bartenders are entertaining you in drag from 9 p.m. to midnight. Don’t miss the girls, the glam and the great times at this party, cohosted by the kids at Swell.

Aug. 20: Limp Wrist Record Release and Show at After Gallery (2225 N. Humboldt Ave.): Limp Wrist, the self-described “Queer, hardcore, punk band,” offers up an all-ages concert to kick off their recent record release. A $10 door charge includes access to the four opening acts starting at 3 p.m.

Aug. 17: Fashion 411 at Museum of Wisconsin Art (205 Veterans Ave.): Community favorite Bjorn Nasett and local fashionista Jordan Dechambre review the latest fads and faux pas in the style world. They’ll answer your fashion questions and more during this 6:30-7:30 p.m. happy hour. That’s right, folks! I said, “happy hour!” Grab a glass of bubbly and enjoy this change-ofpace evening.

Aug. 18: Tommy Odetto Concert at Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co. (224 W. Bruce St.): Join the growing number of cheese heads, trying to turn Tommy Odetto into America’s next rock star. This 8 p.m. to midnight party includes a concert by Tommy, a silent auction and a raffle for a guitar autographed by members of Nirvana. See tommyodetto.com/mke for tickets (which are limited in number).

Aug. 19: Courage MKE Volleyball Tournament at Fat Daddy’s (120 W. National Ave.): Come out and play or sit back and watch the fun! It’s a co-ed volleyball tournament to benefit Courage MKE! Registration opens at 11 a.m. at $150 per team.

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Aug. 19: Woof’s King Street Pride Block Party at Woof’s (114 King St., Madison): Don’t let summer end without one more pride celebration! This year the boys at Mad City’s L/L bar hooked up with the guys at Mr. Wisconsin Leather to host the annual block bash. The 4-11 p.m. fest includes DJs, beverages and the sort of scenery that’ll have you barking “woof” all night!

Aug. 20: Red Hot and Leather Ball at The Wherehouse (818 S. Water St.): Join the Brew City Sisters for their second annual fundraiser that combines drag and leather with fundraising for ARCW. In addition to a drag show, you’ll find a silent auction, free food, raffles and more! Grab your finest red wardrobe or loveliest leather and hit the 4-9 p.m. ball!

Aug. 20: Miss Hamburger Mary’s Pageant at Hamburger Mary’s (730 S. Fifth St.): The kitschy burger joint hosts its first pageant with this 8 p.m. contest. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the competition starting at 8 p.m. Seating is first come, first served (with a $5 admission), so call 414-488-2555 and hold a table early.

Aug. 22: 50 & Better Dining Club at Antigua (5823 W. Burnham St.): Meet new friends, try new foods and check out this new LGBTQ dining club for those over the age of 50. Hosted by the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, the diner club starts at 6 p.m. Yummy, yummy in my tummy.

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Making America Great in Charlottesville?

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::BY PAUL MASTERSON

ast week I attended the Shepherd Express’ LGBTQ Progress Awards dinner. The event honored those activists, artists and philanthropists who, even before Stonewall in some cases, pursued equality regardless of personal consequences. It was inspiring. A few days later, Charlottesville happened.

Ostensibly, the “Unite the Right” marchers were in Charlottesville, Va., to protect a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the name of Southern heritage. Instead they glorified the heritage of hate. Wearing red “Make America Great Again” caps, dressed in camouflage, SS basic black, or in natty white knit shirts and khakis, they carried Nazi flags. Many were armed with assault rifles. Taking inspiration from Adolf Hitler’s failed Reich and encouraged by the rhetoric of the current regime, they screamed Nazi slogans. Ex-Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard David Duke celebrated, saying “This is why we voted for Trump.”

Of course, there was violence. A Nazi sympathizer rammed his car into counter-demonstrators and killed a 32-year-old woman, Heather Heyer.

In response, Dear Leader delivered an evasive message that failed to specifically condemn Nazi terrorism. In feigned indignation for the violence he has inspired, he blamed it on “many sides.”

There is no equivalence between morally bereft, racist hate and the social justice of a true democracy. He avoided mentioning his Nazi base, the real perpetrators of the Charlottesville terrorism.

This was of no surprise since he never bothered to condemn the Minneapolis mosque bombing.

In that case, one of his surrogates claimed the attack was likely a false flag.

Due to the president’s campaigns, actions and speech, Heyer’s blood is on the president’s

hands. It is also on the hands of those who supported his election.

GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign have condemned him for encouraging hate. But more importantly, how have LGBTQ Republicans responded? Not at all, really. Peter Thiel, the gay venture capitalist billionaire oligarch and regime donor ($1.25 million), now, admittedly, has second thoughts. He has also been criticized for his support, which Netflix CEO Reed Hastings called “catastrophically bad judgment.”

Speaking of bad judgment, what have we heard from our local gay Republicans? Again, nothing. They have yet to apologize for the selfishness that inspired their fundraisers and propelled hate and vulgarity into the White House, bringing this plague upon us. To be honest, we haven’t heard from our LGBTQ leaders who indulge them for donations either. It’s shameful.

Anyway, one of the award recipients was BESTD Clinic that has been on the forefront of LGBT health and the fight against HIV/AIDS for decades. I mention it because one prominent gay personality blithely promotes unsafe bareback sex in his mansion basement porn studio.

Maybe he should offer an act of contrition— perhaps a check to BESTD Clinic for the same amount he raised for that shitgibbon’s election.

He could throw another soiree and ask those same guests who paid $1,000 to pose for a smugly grinning photo with Don Jr. for another thousand to stand next to a portrait of Charlottesville martyr Heather Heyer.

Meanwhile, they should take a wrecking ball to Charlottesville’s Confederate statue, melt the scrap and cast it into a memorial to her, the Portland train heroes, to the massacred of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, the victims of lynchings and to all the rest.

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They have yet to apologize for the selfishness that inspired their fundraisers and propelled hate and vulgarity into the White House, bringing this plague upon us.

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Milwaukee’s Female Takeover Puts Women on the Same Side ::BY EVAN RYTLEWSKI

ne of the most romanticized ideals in rap music is the “greatest rapper alive”—the notion that one artist, through sheer talent, gets to claim the Iron Throne. It’s a myth, though. Rap has never been a winner-takes-all endeavor. In truth, there’s plenty of room in the pasture for everybody, as evidenced by the literally dozens of nearly indistinguishable, mumbly male rappers all sharing the limelight right now.

If only women rappers were treated the same way. Too often the media covers women hip-hop artists with a tokenism their male counterparts are never subject to. In the eyes of the press, there really can only be one reigning woman at one time. That’s been the case at the national level—as this summer’s highly hyped Nicki Minaj/Remi Ma feud illustrated—and it’s also true at the local level, where women artists are similarly pitted against each other. That mindset never made sense to Milwaukee rapper and singer Kaylee Crossfire.

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“When I first started doing music in the city I didn’t see too many female rappers, and the ones that I did see that were dope, I feel like people tried to divide us, tried to cause that tension,” Kaylee says. “I decided I wanted to link up with these girls who were so dope and so talented and so unique, and luckily they agreed to do it, so we made a video called Female Takeover.” That 2013 video—featuring Kia Rap Princess, Lady Sabo, Remedy Da’Kure and Young Key—made an impression on those who saw it.

“We came together and we did this dope thing this city hasn’t ever seen before, with five females going hard and slaying a track,” Kaylee says, “and it received such a great response that my partner Key asked, ‘Why don’t we turn this into a dope showcase?’”

In addition to rapping, their first Female Takeover Showcase featured singers, dancers and a fashion show. It was followed by a second Female Takeover Showcase in 2015, which Kaylee says drew an even bigger turnout. The event will return for its third installment on Sunday, Aug. 20 at The Point, 906 S. Barclay St. “People can expect a range of female talent, right down to our caterer, who is this amazing woman,” Kaylee says. “It’ll be a combination of live performances from some of the top ladies in the city, female rappers, female singers, some amazing dance teams, a hair show, multiple fashion shows from top boutiques and designers in the city. All the ladies have been working really hard to deliver something amazing.

“It’s a family event, an all-ages event, so we really want the youth to come out, especially our young ladies,” Kaylee continues. “It’s a chance for them to see you can do something great.

We’re also donating a portion of our proceeds to Pearls for Teen Girls, which does a lot for youth in the city.”

Kaylee says that, especially for the younger talent on the bill, the event is a chance to hone their craft. “This is about artist development for the newer ladies working with us, so we’ve been really dedicating all our time and energy to preparing,” she says. “You know, most of the time when people throw events here, they’re not really planning rehearsals or anything. Oh no, not us. We’ve got rehearsals going on a few times a week, because we want the ladies to understand that rehearsals are important, and they can be what make you stand out from other individuals. You can perform on stage, or you can PERFORM. ON. STAGE., you The Female know what I mean?”

Takeover Mostly, though, Kaylee says she’s Showcase trying to create the type of event she Sunday, Aug. 20 would have liked to have seen when 5-9 p.m. she was younger. “I honestly can The Point remember when I was a young girl, and I went to a show and saw another amazing performer,” Kaylee says. “I still remember her name, ShebaBaby, and it was my first time seeing a female artist really light up the stage, and I remember thinking I wanted to be just like her. She was so cool, dominant and fierce! That’s the experience I want to give ladies with this event—I want them to come and see somebody on stage and think, ‘I want to be like her!’

The Female Takeover Showcase runs Sunday, Aug. 20 at The Point, 906 S. Barclay St., from 5 to 9 p.m. Find more information at facebook.com/female-takeover-showcase.

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Elvis Presley

A Boy from Tupelo: The Complete 1953-1955 Recordings (RCA/LEGACY) One could be forgiven for listening to some of Elvis Presley’s early recordings and thinking: This guy should never have gone far. And then, suddenly, come revelatory tracks that still ring out nearly 70 years on. A Boy from Tupelo is the most complete collection of those early recordings, made in the Sun Records studio under the tutelage of producer Sam Phillips or taped from radio broadcasts in 1954 and ’55.

Packaged with an extensive booklet lavish in prose and photos, the three-CD box set contains much that has never before been released. The essential tracks have, of course, been in circulation all these years, albeit they were never properly collected onto an album until 1976’s Sun Sessions. That material is contained on Disc One, along with four songs Elvis paid to record in 1953 and ’54, vanity records that caught Phillips’ ears for reasons that have been mythologized into legend.

What did the producer actually hear in young Elvis’ sweet country croon, replete with the resigned fatalism that once characterized the songs of white rural America? Certainly, no trace of rock ’n’ roll was evident. The great moments of Disc One come when Elvis embraced the already nascent if unnamed genre of rockabilly. “That’s All Right” swings with sudden confidence, a sense of ease; “Good Rockin’ Tonight” briefly touches ecstasy; the psychotic “Baby Let’s Play House” crosses to the danger zone. But then there’s the lonesome Rodgers and Hart cover, “Blue Moon,” eerie when draped in Phillips’ reverb.

Disc Two with its multiple outtakes is of interest to popular music scholars who hope to trace Elvis’ work process in Phillips’ studio. Disc Three, mostly recorded on country music’s second most popular radio show, “The Louisiana Hayride,” captures an already adept vocalist capable of holding his own at the mic without the aid of Phillips’ echo chamber. “Well, sir, we just stumbled upon it,” he told the announcer when asked how he found his “folk music” style.

Boy From Tupelo is a gift for fans of early Elvis who want to follow his moves step by step.

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Amelia’s, Jackson Dordel Jazz Quintet (4pm) Angelo’s Piano Lounge, Acoustic Guitar Night Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), The New Pioneers Caroline’s Jazz Club, The Misha Siegfried Band Catalano Square Third Ward, Ayre in the Square Concert: Claire Kelly & Ben Wagner (6:30pm) Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Platinum Boys w/Bottom Feeders (8pm); DJ: Andy Junk (10pm) Clarke Hotel (Waukesha), Ginni & JoAnna Marie County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Acoustic Irish Folk w/Barry Dodd Drexel Town Square (Oak Creek), Concerts on the Square: Wait for Morning (6pm) Harry’s Bar & Grill, Kyle Feerick (6pm) Italian Community Center, Doo Wa Wa (6:30pm) Jazz Estate, Father Sky Album Release Show Jazz in the Park (Cathedral Square Park), Fresh Faces of Milwaukee Jazz w/Foreign Goods & Roxi Copland (6pm) Kelly’s Bleachers (Big Bend), Thursday Night Acoustic Open Jam w/host Michael Sean Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Breadfest 2017: Work, Cairns, Action Jelly, Scarecrow Dave, & The Meatcurtains Mason Street Grill, Mark Thierfelder Jazz Trio (5:30pm) Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel a la Carte: The Stray Cat’s Lee Rocker Nines American Bistro of Mequon, ninesLive!

Packing House, Barbara Stephan & Peter Mac (6pm) Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Geoff Landon & Friends (8pm), In the Fire Pit: Kris Crow Band Band (8:30pm) The Bay Restaurant, VIVO w/Warren Wiegratz Transfer Pizzeria Cafe, Carlos Adames Group w/Louis Lopez Village Hall Park (Waterford), Waterford River Rhythms: Kashmir (6:30pm) Von Trier, Robin Pluer & The R&B Coquettes Vretenar Memorial Park (St. Francis), Larry Lynne Band

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 Angelo’s Piano Lounge, Piano Night Anodyne Coffee Walker’s Point Roastery & Cafe, Tommy Odetto Fundraiser Cactus Club, Waveless w/Charmist, Blue Unit & Sundial Mottos Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Katie Scullin Solo Caroline’s Jazz Club, 4th Street Elevator Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: The Locals w/The Zimmer Effect (8pm); DJ: The French Connection (10pm) Clarke Hotel (Waukesha), Dick Eliot Jazz Guitar (6pm) Company Brewing, King Cardinal w/Thistledown Thunders & Caley Conway County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Traditional Irish Ceilidh Session Croatian Park (Franklin), Midwest Original Music Festival Five O’Clock Steakhouse , Ali & Doug Duo Frank’s Power Plant, The Disappointments w/OC45, Mud Dog & Nacho Montana Iron Mike’s (Franklin), Jam Session w/Steve Nitros & Friends Jazz Estate, Kevin Hayden Group (8pm), Late Night Session: Late Night Session: Steve Peplin/Neil Davis Duo (11:30pm) Jokerz Comedy Club, Dave Dyer Kim’s Lakeside (Pewaukee), Burgundy Ties Lakefront Brewery Beer Hall, Brewhaus Polka Kings (5:30pm) Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Breadfest 2017: The Fatty Acids, Tigernite, Mouse Corn & Calliope Mamie’s, Kenny J Mason Street Grill, Phil Seed Trio (6pm) Mia’s (Waukesha), The B Side Band Milwaukee Ale House, Fender Bender Milwaukee Athletic Club, AURA Music Series on the Rooftop Deck: Bassel & The Supernaturals Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel a la Carte: Rusted Root Orson’s Saloon (Cudahy), Open Mic Packing House, Carmen Nickerson & the Carmen Sutra Trio (6:30pm) Pam’s Fine Wines (Mukwonago), Rebecca & The Grey Notes (6:30pm)

Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Kirk Tatnall (9pm), In the Fire Pit: Larry Pascale (9pm) Potbelly Sandwich Shop (East Side), Texas Dave (noon) Rave / Eagles Club, Khalid Shank Hall, Mike Zito Site 1A, Claude Von Stroke w/Uncle Ryan, Angel Eyes & Captain St. John’s Lutheran Church (Oconomowoc), Maple Road Blues Band (5:30pm) The Bay Restaurant, Peter Donalds Up & Under Pub, Zen Franklin Urban Harvest Brewing Company, Book Club Comedy Show Von Trier, Matthew Skoller w/Eddie Taylor Jr. Band

SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 Angelo’s Piano Lounge, Piano Night Bootz Saloon, Steven Scott Cactus Club, Ought w/Soul Low & Dorth Nakota Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), John Stano w/Dennis Waltman Caroline’s Jazz Club, The Paul Spencer Band w/James Sodke, Larry Tresp, Aaron Gardener & Dave “Smitty” Smith Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: The Cut-Outs w/Kyle Linehan (8pm); DJ: WarLock (10pm) Club Garibaldi, Khazaddum w/Cardiac Arrest, House of Atreus & Dr. Shrinker ComedySportz Milwaukee, Laughing Liberally Milwaukee Company Brewing, Vol 3: Ain’t No Thang, But A Chicken Wang’80s & ‘90s R&B Party Croatian Park (Franklin), Midwest Original Music Festival: Blame it on Cain (9:45pm) Five O’Clock Steakhouse , Kirk Tatnall Frank’s Power Plant, Dodgeball Club w/Wildlife Cinema & Bandoleer Bacall HarborPark (Kenosha), HarborPark Jazz Rhythm and Blues Festival: Natty Nation (2:45pm), Terry James and the Blue Flames (4:15pm), CNJ Latin Jazz Quintet (5:45pm), Euge Groove (7:30pm) Hideaway Bar & Grill (Okauchee Lake), Debbie’s 7th Annual Breast Cancer Ride w/The Brew City Rockers & The Itchy Duo (5pm) Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Vocals & Keys Hops & Leisure (Oconomowoc), The B Side Band Jackson’s Blue Ribbon Pub (Downtown), Spare Change Trio Jazz Estate, BarkerzMillion Sextet (8pm), Late Night Session: Gypsy Jazz w/Scott Hlavenka & Friends (11:30pm) Jokerz Comedy Club, Dave Dyer Laura’s Donges Bay Clubhouse (Mequon), Jude and The Dudes (5pm) Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Breadfest 2017: Faux Fiction, Layers&Layers, Liam O’Brien’s Faithless Followers & Lady Cannon Mason Street Grill, Jonathan Wade Trio (6pm) Milwaukee County Zoo, Everclear Packing House, Lem Banks, Jeff Stoll, Alvin Turner & Omar (6:30pm) Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In the Fire Pit: Norm Stulz with Adam Murray Rave / Eagles Club, Farruko w/Lary Over (all-ages, 8pm) St. Louis Catholic Church (Caledonia), Larry Lynne Band (6:30pm) The Rock Sports Complex, Summer Concert Series in Umbrella Bar: 5 Card Studs Trinity Three Irish Pubs, Dan Harvey w/DJ Zovo Up & Under Pub, Sultry Sounds of the Underground Urban Harvest Brewing Company, Said & Done: Unsung Heroes

SUNDAY, AUGUST 20 After Gallery, Limp Wrist w/Lifes, Detenzione, Nuclear Family & Law/Less (all-ages, 3pm) Angelo’s Piano Lounge, Live Karaoke w/Julie Brandenburg Caroline’s Jazz Club, Rock ‘n’ Roll Reunion - Sixties & Seventies Milwaukee Greats (1pm) Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Mandy Rowden w/Sugar Ransom (8pm); DJ: John Riepenhoff & Sara Caron (10pm) Croatian Park (Franklin), Midwest Original Music Festival

Iron Mike’s (Franklin), Jammin’ Jimmy Open Jam (3pm) Jazz Estate, Leo Sidran Quartet Milwaukee County Zoo, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel a la Carte: Unity (3:30pm) Rave / Eagles Club, Buckcherry w/The Missing Letters (allages, 8pm) Root River Center, Altered Five Blues Band (2pm) Rounding Third Bar and Grill, The Dangerously Strong Comedy Open Mic The Tonic Tavern, Sunday Matinee Live Music Series (4pm) Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Cafe Sopra Mare: Jack Grassel jazz guitar (10:30am) Von Trier, On the Patio: Frogwater (4pm)

MONDAY, AUGUST 21 Italian Community Center, Pete Sorce & Swing Explosion (6:30pm) Jazz Estate, Latin Jam Session w/Cecilio Negron Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Poet’s Monday w/host Timothy Kloss & featured reader Annie Grizzle (7:30-10:30pm) Mason Street Grill, Joel Burt Duo (5:30pm) Paulie’s Pub and Eatery, Open Jam w/Christopher John Shank Hall, Current Swell w/The Mike Benign Compulsion Up & Under Pub, Marshall McGhee and the Wanderers Open Mic

TUESDAY, AUGUST 22 C Notes Upscale Sports Lounge, Another Night-Another Mic Open Mic w/Darryl Hill Chill On the Hill (Humboldt Park), Misha Siegfried and His Band w/Don Linke & the Olivia Gonzales Quartet (6pm) Frank’s Power Plant, Duck and Cover Comedy Open Mic Highbury Pub, Sweet Sheiks Italian Community Center, Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys (6:30pm) Kilbourn-Kadish Park, Skyline Music Concerts: Tweed Funk (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) The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Jazz Jam Session Transfer Pizzeria Cafe, Transfer House Band w/Carl Storniolo

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23 Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Irish Session Caroline’s Jazz Club, Harvey Westmoreland w/Knee Deep Blues Jam Conway’s Smokin’ Bar & Grill, Open Jam w/Big Wisconsin Johnson District 14 Brewery & Pub, Wednesday Open Mic Hot Water Wherehouse, Larry Lynne Band Iron Mike’s (Franklin), Danny Wendt Open Jam (6pm) Italian Community Center, Hothead Caravan (6:30pm) Jazz Estate, Record Session: “The Cape Verdean Blues” w/ Nick Lang Trio Kochanski’s Concertina Beer Hall, Polka Open Jam Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, Acoustic Open Stage w/feature Mikey Mo (sign-up 8:30pm, start 9pm) Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) Oak Creek Community Center, Outdoor Summer Concert Series: Cold Sweat and the Brew City Horns Packing House, Carmen Nickerson & Kostia Efimov (6pm) Paulie’s Field Trip, Humpday Jam w/Dave Wacker & Mitch Cooper Pere Marquette Park, River Rhythms: Celtic Pipes Rock (6:30pm) Pewaukee Lakefront Park, Waterfront Wednesdays: Valerie B and The Boyz (6pm) Potbelly Sandwich Shop (East Side), Texas Dave (noon) Tally’s Tap & Eatery (Waukesha), Tomm Lehnigk Washington Park, Summer Concert Series: Dead Man’s Carnival & Brewcity Fire Brigade (6pm) Zeidler Union Square, Westown Farmers’ Market: Michael Tinker Tierney (11:45am) SHEPHERD EXPRESS

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The Big Moon kicked off the night with goofy vibes and catchy, Brit-pop songs. It might have been their first time in Milwaukee, but they seemed entirely at home, even giving the city an unofficial new slogan: “Laughing. Crawling. Milwaukee.” It’s a phrase that also sums up the night. The sense of apprehension that might otherwise have been induced by their off-kilter lyrics and heavy organ effects were offset by constant jokes and infectious giggle fits. During “Bonfire,” frontman Juliette Jackson joined the crowd to dance and goof around, literally crawling hands-and-knees through the room at one point.

The crowd gave The Big Moon a warm welcome back later when they joined Marika Hackman for her set, as they did on her latest album, I’m Not Your Man. Hackman sang murky love songs backed by three guitars, bass, drums and stunning harmonies from The Big Moon’s three vocalists. The songs were bolder and more playful than their studio versions—less eerie but just as affecting. She stuck mainly to up-tempo numbers like “Good Intentions” and “Boyfriend,” keeping the atmosphere light and paying just as much attention to the audience as it was to her. “Did someone just hiccup?” she asked mid-set (seriously, in the middle of a rock show, she heard that), halting the beginning of a new song to try and scare the hiccups out of an audience member with loud noises.

She treated attendees to some older songs, too, playing “Cinnamon” from her first EP and the fan-favorite “Ophelia.” It was interesting to see her new take on these tunes; she performed them more in the style of her new album, trading their acoustic guitar and folk qualities for electric guitar, a crunchier sound and an adamant attitude. Then, after all the humor and strength she displayed throughout her set, Hackman was still able to pull the room with her in a hairpin mood change when she played “Gina’s World.” The performance was quiet and halting.

It’s not often that you see five women killing on stage at a rock gig and, unfortunately, even less often that the whole room takes them seriously. All silliness aside, the depth of talent Marika Hackman and The Big Moon revealed to Milwaukee last night was no joke.

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::FREEWILLASTROLOGY ::BY ROB BREZSNY LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “If you love someone, set them free,” said New Age author Richard Bach. “If they come back, they’re yours; if they don’t, they never were.” By using my well-educated intellect to transmute this hippy-dippy thought into practical advice, I came up with a wise strategy for you to consider as you re-evaluate your relationships with allies. Try this: Temporarily suspend any compulsion you might have to change or fix these people; do your best to like them and even love them exactly as they are. Ironically, granting them this freedom to be themselves may motivate them to modify, or at least tone down, the very behavior in themselves that you’re semi-allergic to.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1892, workers began building the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. But as of August 2017, it is still under construction. Renovation has been and continues to be extensive. At one point in its history, designers even changed its architectural style from Neo-Byzantine and Neo-Romanesque to Gothic Revival. I hope this serves as a pep talk in the coming weeks, which will be an excellent time to evaluate your own progress, Virgo. As you keep toiling away on behalf of your dreams, there’s no rush. In fact, my sense is that you’re proceeding at precisely the right rate.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In accordance with the astrological omens, I hereby declare the next two weeks to be your own personal Amnesty Holiday. To celebrate, ask for and dole out forgiveness. Purge and flush away any non-essential guilt and remorse that are festering inside you. If there truly are hurtful sins that you still haven’t atoned for, make a grand effort to atone for them—with gifts and heart-felt messages if necessary. At the same time, I urge you to identify accusations that others have wrongly projected onto you and that you have carried around as a burden even though they are not accurate or fair. Expunge them.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): How many countries has the United States bombed since the end of World War II? Twenty-five.

But if America’s intention has been to prod these nations into forming more free and egalitarian governments, the efforts have been mostly fruitless. Few of the attacked nations have become substantially more democratic. I suggest you regard this as a valuable lesson to apply to your own life in the coming weeks, Scorpio. Metaphorical bombing campaigns wouldn’t accomplish even 10% of your goals, and would also be expensive in more ways than one. So I recommend using the “killing with kindness” approach. Be wily and generous. Cloak your coaxing in compassion.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You know about the Ten Commandments, a code of ethics and behavior that’s central to Christianity and Judaism. You may not be familiar with my Ten Suggestions, which begin with “Thou Shall Not Bore God” and “Thou Shall Not Bore Thyself.” Then there are the Ten Indian Commandments proposed by the Bird Clan of East Central Alabama. They include “Give assistance and kindness whenever needed” and “Look after the well-being of mind and body.”

I bring these to your attention, Sagittarius, because now is an excellent time to formally formulate and declare your own covenant with life. What are the essential principles that guide you to the highest good?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Here’s a definition of “fantasizing” as articulated by writer Jon Carroll. It’s “a sort of ‘in-brain’ television, where individuals create their own ‘shows’—imaginary narratives that may or may not include real people.” As you Capricorns enter the High Fantasy Season, you might enjoy this amusing way of describing the activity that you should cultivate and intensify.

Would you consider cutting back on your consumption of movies and TV shows? That might inspire you to devote more time and energy to watching the stories you can generate in your mind’s eye.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In more than 40 cartoon stories, the coyote named Wile E. Coyote has tried to kill and devour the swift-running flightless bird known as the Road Runner. Every single time, Wile E. has failed to achieve his goal. It’s apparent to astute observers that his lack of

success is partly due to the fact that he doesn’t rely on his natural predatory instincts. Instead, he concocts elaborate, overly complicated schemes. In one episode, he camouflages himself as a cactus, buys artificial lightning bolts and tries to shoot himself from a bow as if he were an arrow. All these plans end badly.

The moral of the story, as far as you’re concerned: To reach your next goal, trust your instincts.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You temporarily have cosmic permission to loiter and goof off and shirk your duties. To be a lazy bum and meander aimlessly and avoid tough decisions. To sing off-key and draw stick figures and write bad poems. To run slowly and flirt awkwardly and dress like a slob. Take advantage of this opportunity, because it’s only available for a limited time. It’s equivalent to pushing the reset button. It’s meant to re-establish your default settings. But don’t worry about that now.

Simply enjoy the break in the action.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “To disobey in order to take action is the byword of all creative spirits,” said philosopher Gaston Bachelard. This mischievous advice is perfect for your use right now, Aries. I believe you’ll thrive through the practice of ingenious rebellion—never in service to your pride, but always to feed your soul’s lust for deeper, wilder life. Here’s more from Bachelard: “Autonomy [comes through] many small Promethean disobediences, at once clever, well thought-out, and patiently pursued, so subtle at times as to avoid punishment entirely.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Congratulations!

I expect that during the next three weeks, you will be immune to what psychoanalyst Joan Chodorow calls “the void of sadness, the abyss of fear, the chaos of anger, and the alienation of contempt and shame.” I realize that what I just said might sound like an exaggeration. Aren’t all of us subject to regular encounters with those states? How could you possibly go so long without brushing up against them? I stand by my prediction, and push even further. For at least the next three weeks, I suspect you will also be available for an inordinate amount of what Chodorow calls “the light of focused insight” and “the playful, blissful, all-embracing experience of joy.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The coming days would an excellent time to celebrate (even brag about) the amusing idiosyncrasies and endearing quirks that make you lovable. To get you inspired, read this testimony from my triple Gemini friend Alyssa: “I have beauty marks that form the constellation Pegasus on my belly. I own my own ant farm. I’m a champion laugher. I teach sign language to squirrels. Late at night when I’m horny and overtired I may channel the spirit of a lion goddess named Sekhmet. I can whistle the national anthems of eight different countries. I collect spoons from the future. I can play the piano with my nose and my toes. I have forever banished the green-eyed monster to my closet.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Your education may take unusual forms during the coming weeks. For example, you could receive crunchy lessons from velvety sources, or tender instructions from exacting challenges. Your curiosity might expand to enormous proportions in the face of a noble and elegant tease. And chances are good that you’ll find a new teacher in an unlikely setting, or be prodded and tricked into asking crucial questions you’ve been neglecting to ask. Even if you haven’t been particularly street smart up until now, Cancerian, I bet your ability to learn from uncategorizable experiences will blossom.

Homework: What thing do you yearn for that would also benefit other people? Testify by emailing truthrooster@gmail.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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The Naked Truth Nakedness does leave one a bit vulnerable, as Travis Tingler, 32, found out on July 16 as he stood unclothed outside his girlfriend’s house in Manitowoc, Wis., shouting and threatening to hurt the people inside. When police arrived, they tried and failed to get Tingler back into his pants, so they handcuffed him. As they struggled to put him in the police car, Tingler picked up a lighter from the ground and a probe from an officer’s stun gun struck the lighter, igniting Tingler’s chest and beard hairs. An officer was able to pat the fire out.

Summers are hot in Lawrence, Kan., and Christopher Carlson, 34, of Riley took advantage of the warm temperatures on July 30 to stroll down a sidewalk in the busy college town in his birthday suit—twice. Police first arrested Carlson around 2 p.m. in downtown Lawrence for indecent exposure, after which he paid his $500 fine and was released. He caught a taxi from the Douglas County Jail back to the downtown area, where he stiffed the driver, left his clothes in the car and resumed his in-the-buff constitutional.

Local business owner Meg Heriford said: “Our customers were not alarmed. It was more like, ‘Hey, there’s a naked guy!’”

Wayward Sausages

The Adair family of Deerfield Beach, Fla., were startled awake on July 15 by the sound of something meaty crashing onto their roof. When they investigated, they found two packages of Italian pork sausage in their yard and three more packages on their roof. The sausages were in bags marked with the name of a land-clearing company in Alabama. Austin Adair called the company to inquire about the wayward sausages, but “the guy had no idea what I was talking about and probably thought I was crazy,” he said. The mystery remains unsolved.

The Job of the Researcher

Sexing certain species of turtles used to be an invasive process, sometimes requiring surgery on the little guy or gal. But Donald McKnight, a doctoral student at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, has perfected a method that speeds up the process; it also, apparently, somewhat pleases the shelled reptile. McKnight uses a vibrator to stimulate the underside of the turtle, which causes a male to “reveal himself,” sometimes in as little as four seconds. McKnight did his research in Oklahoma on threatened western chicken turtles. © 2017 Andrews McMeel Syndication

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In Green Bay, Wis., the Spartans of Vincent T. Lombardi Middle School won’t be playing football this year because of a lack of coaches.

Jim Van Abel, principal of the school named after the revered coach of the Green Bay Packers, told parents in a letter that the district had been advertising for coaching positions since April, to no avail. Student Alex Coniff said last year about 55 students played on the school’s two football teams.

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The Englishman’s problem is that he found cigarette butts under his daughter’s bed. “I didn’t know she smoked,” was his complaint. The Frenchman then says that he’d found cognac bottles under his daughter’s bed. “I was not aware that she drank,” he confessed. And the Irishman says his situation is the toughest—he’d found condoms under his daughter’s bed. “Ah lads, what kind of father am I that I did not know my daughter even had a dick?”

Ba-ding!

Anyways, these days I’m liking my chances to be your next president more and more, what the fock. If elected, I abso-focking-lutely ought to represent a gentle return to some kind of normalcy, I kid you not.

(Hold on, I got a phone call. It’s my buddy Little Jimmy Iodine. I got to take this ’cause he owes me some dough. Smoke ’em if you got ’em. Be right back.)

“Hey Artie, you got two bucks you can spot me?”

“You got to be jerking my beefaroni, Jimmy.”

“Yeah yeah, I know I owe you but listen, I’m short of dough and if you give me a couple bucks I can buy a Powerball ticket that’s guaranteed to win the $430 million jackpot. Then, we take that dough to Potawatomi and double it on the 25-cent slots—then we split it and I can pay you back that fiver I owe you from before, plus you got enough dough to run for president, not to mention a nice down payment on that used Buick Park Avenue you’re always talking about, ain’a?”

“So Jimmy, how are you so sure you can win this Powerball? The odds are one in 292, 201, 338.”

“But I got the numbers, Artie. Got ’em but good ’cause I did some research. You ever heard of this writer, some kind of William S. Burroughs?”

“Yeah, wrote the book Naked Lunch, died at the age of 83 in 1997 to serve as a lesson to the young people that a drugged and vagabond kind of lifestyle of lurid dissipation more than often snuffs out even the best of us too soon. So?” “He died in August, Artie—it’s August now— plus it’s the 20-year anniversary. I did some research ’cause I saw that book in a used bookstore the other day and I wondered how a lunch could be naked. Didn’t add up. Lunchers can be naked ’cause they’re people. But lunch is food and food doesn’t wear clothes, ain’a? And then it hit me: This year is also the 40-year anniversary of the unconfirmed death of Elvis Presley, August 16. And then I remembered that the Memphis minstrel’s middle name was Aaron, and that Aaron was also the surname of the first man to go past George Herman Ruth’s total of career

baseball home runs. And I wondered, could there be another connection between the King of Rock & Roll and the Sultan of Swat besides that they were both known to dine like pigs? I rushed to my baseball encyclopedia and there it was: Babe Ruth passed away on an August 16, the same date as the man who starred in Viva Las Vegas.”

“Jimmy, I got to go.”

“Wait, Artie. Then I heard about some closet Nazis who are celebrating the 30-year anniversary of nutty Rudolf Hess who hung himself in Spandau prison at the age of 93 on August 17, 1987—Rudy Hess, Hitler’s deputy and Nazi solo peace negotiator who parachuted into Scotland in 1941 and said, ‘Hi, my name’s Rudy. Want to surrender?’”

“Powerball numbers, Jimmy?”

“For starters, think of the anniversaries I just mentioned, Artie—20, 30, 40—plus the name connections. Then chew on this: Bill Burroughs was born February 5, 1914; Babe Ruth, February 6, who then first stepped onto a major league team with the Boston Red Sox in 1914. Burroughs was once cleared of obscenity charges in Boston. Babe played right field. Rudy Hess flew in out of left field. Bill did drugs, shot and killed his wife in Mexico. Elvis did drugs, shot and wounded his career in Fun in Acapulco. OK, Middle East connection: Rudy was born in Egypt; Bill regurgitated Naked Lunch onto the page in Morocco; in the bible there’s a Book of Ruth; Elvis starred in Harum Scarum. Also, Rudy spent years and years in Spandau. Elvis spent years and years in Spandex…”

“Numbers, Jimmy.”

“Piece of cake, Artie: 16-17-20-30-40. Powerball is 8, for August, eighth month of the year. See you on Easy Street, pally.”

All right listen, I got to run up to the Pick ’n Save, so I can’t finish the essay for you’s. Yeah, campaign financing is a bitch, but once I’m in the White House I’ll be set for life, so what the fock ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.

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