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Is Brad Schimel ‘the Worst Attorney General in Wisconsin History?’ ::BY MELANIE CONKLIN
egative stories blasting Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel’s work as blatantly partisan, wasteful, shoddy, inept and error-riddled are not hard to find. Progressive news sources have called on him to resign, and recently one labeled him the “Worst Attorney General in Wisconsin History.” But Progressives and Democrats aren’t the only ones horrified by the incompetent mess and partisan machine Brad Schimel has sought to make of the Department of Justice (DOJ) in his four years as attorney general. Here are a few examples of Brad Schimel’s actions where independent, neutral and even Republican observers take issue with his performance as Wisconsin’s attorney general.
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Botching a Lincoln Hills Investigation There has been a great deal of criticism of Schimel’s and Gov. Scott Walker’s work on this—the most damning from the governor’s former Corrections Secretary Ed Wall, who says Schimel “completely botched” the investigation into prisoner abuse, dangers and mismanagement at the troubled teen prison north of Wausau. He asserts Schimel was “completely disconnected,” and the DOJ investigation was “put on the back burner,” ignoring Wall’s request for more resources. Wall was eventually fired by Schimel, who now claims Wall is retaliating. Yet further proof of Schimel’s disregard for staff and youth at Lincoln Hills comes from the fact the Federal Bureau of Investigations has had to step in and take over the probe, which Schimel gave up. Suppressing Votes Schimel zealously supports vote-suppressing measures that make it a hardship for many students, people of color, low-income residents and the elderly to vote. He’s vigorously defends photo ID requirements, gerrymandering and a Republican law to cut down on early voting and curtail voting sites, targeting Madison and Milwaukee. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel called what Schimel was doing “defending the indefensible,” adding: “We urge Schimel to stop defending this blatantly partisan effort to tamp down the votes of the opposing party.” U.S. District Judge James Peterson agreed. Schimel also showed his ineptitude (to the chagrin of his Republican colleagues) when he blurted out the GOP’s dishonorable intentions to rig elections on WISN-AM, admitting the fact that Donald Trump and Ron Johnson would not have won their respective races for president and senator in Wisconsin without its photo-ID law. On gerrymandering, Republican critics of the practice Schimel defends include Ohio Gov. John Kasich and late Sen. John McCain of Arizona. “From our vantage point, we see wasted votes and silenced voices. We see hidden power,” Kasich and McCain wrote in a U.S. Supreme Court brief. Bungling John Doe Investigations Further proof, were any needed, that Schimel functions as Walker’s attorney rather than serving the people of Wisconsin is the vigor with which he pursued leaks on the investigations into potential illegal campaign coordination by Walker’s team during the recall election. The leaks led to shocking revelations of coordination, but Schimel brushed those aside. Instead, he blundered multiple times in his zeal to name the whistleblower. Indeed, Schimel’s report was so error-riddled that he had to correct it multiple times and was called out in a seven-page letter by the Republican and Democratic heads of the Ethics Commission. He also got a harsh spanking from Schimel continued on page 6 >
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel publisher George Stanley in the newspaper, noting that “the reasons Schimel gave for deleting the inaccurate information were as false as the [content] itself.” Still, Schimel stood by his report even while being forced to correct it, and he disclosed information from the secret probe—including 35 names—making himself a “leaker.” He also confused the two John Doe probes and even wrongly asserted there was a John Doe III. Walker might want a new lawyer. Spending Big on Swag From gold-plated coins with his motto “KAED” (“Kicking Ass Every Day”) to pistol cases, golf towels and custom-made fortune cookies, Schimel has spent
THE DAY BRAD SCHIMEL TOOK HIS OATH OF OFFICE IN JANUARY 2015, HE MADE WHAT HE LABELED A “SOLEMN PROMISE” TO PUT PARTISAN POLITICS ASIDE. UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE HE SPOKE THIS SOUNDBITE, HE WAS ALSO WELCOMING THE NRA INTO HIS OFFICE AND HIRING A WALMART AND WISCONSIN MANUFACTURERS AND COMMERCE LOBBYIST AS HIS DEPUTY.
$83,000 on self-promotional items. Schimel is his own critic here, having to tell the legislature’s budget committee that he didn’t know the cost and “wouldn’t do it that way again.” Earning the Nickname ‘Backlog Brad’ It’s easy to lose count of the number of times Schimel has falsely declared “mission accomplished,” saying the state’s plethora of backlogged rape kits has been completely tested— doing so again in just the last few weeks. In April 2017, it was one of just seven “Pants on Fire” ratings given by PolitiFact Wisconsin. In his first two years in office, Schimel had only tested nine but claimed it was hundreds and was called out for it by the Green Bay Press Gazette. Despite securing a $7 million grant for tests, there are still more than a thousand with results still pending. No wonder he got the moniker “Backlog Brad.” As an attorney general who ran for office saying he would “curb crimes against women,” his negligence does not stop with his callous attitude that may allow rapists to walk the streets. The time prosecutors wait for test results has doubled under Schimel, including DNA and toxicology reports. One delay resulted in a repeat drunken driver killing a man changing his tire along a highway while prosecutors were waiting for the lab to complete the blood tests. Issuing Gag Orders DOJ employees all must sign broad non-disclosure agreements that never expire and were put in place with suspect timing tied to Josh Kaul’s announcement he was running against Schimel and publication of Wall’s tell-all book on Schimel’s failures at the Lincoln Hills School. In 2015, Schimel voted to stop employees of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands from discussing the words “climate change.” (He did later soften that stance.) This caused the secretary of the board to quit after 11 years of service. Speaking of things Schimel didn’t want made public, he fought hard to keep law enforcement training videos he made from being released under the open records law. Fighting Against Environmental and Consumer Protections Maplight is a national nonprofit organization that tracks money’s influences on politics (in both parties). It sent an employee to Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) conferences who learned it hosts an on-line bulletin board it calls the “Briefing Room,” where big donors like the National Rifle Association (NRA) or pharmaceutical companies can post policy advice to Republican attorneys general.
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Politicizing His Office The day Brad Schimel took his oath of office in January 2015, he made what he labeled a “solemn promise” to put partisan politics aside. Unfortunately, while he spoke this soundbite, he was also welcoming the NRA into his office and hiring a Walmart and Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce lobbyist as his deputy. Things have gone ever further downhill from there. So far downhill, in fact, that 45 former DOJ assistant attorneys general who served under both Democrats and Republicans with a cumulative 900 years of service sent out an open letter on Schimel saying he puts partisan politics before the public good. It begins: “The Wisconsin attorney general’s office is a mess. The current attorney general, Brad Schimel, has blatantly politicized the office, dropped the ball on his role as the lead crime fighter in Wisconsin and abdicated the attorney general’s traditional role as ‘the people’s lawyer’ representing Wisconsin citizens’ interests in criminal and civil matters alike.” It ends with a statement that pretty much sums up the whole picture: “Brad Schimel does not merit a second term as attorney general.” Comment at shepherdexpress.com.
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Maplight sat in on a talk by former Deputy Attorney General Andy Cook (now a lobbyist) that opened the curtain on how Schimel operates Wisconsin’s Department of Justice. According to Maplight, Cook described how Schimel forced out the longtime director of its environmental protection unit. “He worked with environmental groups behind the scenes. And we had to, quite frankly, remove him after a while,” Cook reportedly told RAGA. “And we had one person in our office watch every case that unit was doing.” Cook also warned participants that, in Wisconsin, we “paid very close attention to what was going on in consumer protection and watched every case going through.” The former Nebraska attorney general said he enjoys taking clients he now lobbies for to Schimel because “Schimel’s been a pro at this. I show up with my client… he looks at my client and says, ‘Jon Bruning’s the best representative you could possibly bring in here!’ He makes me look good, and I appreciate it.” Notably, Schimel has settled cases with polluters like 3M with no fines, led the fight against environmental clean-air standards and blocked the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources from protecting drinking water with regulations on high-capacity wells. Kaul regularly points out that fines for polluters were more than halved between Schimel and his Republican predecessor, J.B. Van Hollen.
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Escuela Verde, Milwaukee’s ‘green school,’ is an education in sustainable energy ::BY MARY SUSSMAN
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t just got less expensive and a whole lot greener to turn on the lights and boot up the computers at Escuela Verde, 3628 W Pierce St. Going solar was a long-time dream for Escuela Verde (“Green School”)—a small, public, charter high school devoted to sustainability, student-led learning and restorative justice. The dream came true for the school when a new solar energy system went live on the school’s roof in August. The solar panels will supply about 40% of the school’s electricity. Founded in 2012, Escuela Verde moved to its present location in 2015. As a state-certified green school, it had to make sure that its infrastructure was sustainable. For a while, however, it seemed that the dream of going solar might be cost prohibitive. In 2014, the school obtained an estimate that topped $100,000 for a rooftop solar energy system. At the time, it seemed like a lot of money, especially since Escuela Verde was paying for the $300,000 abandoned building that was to become its new home in 2015. But then the school got lucky. A string of fortuitous events eventually led to the installation of the solar system at a cost it could afford. First, a local solar panel manufacturer that was going out of business donated some solar panels to the school. For a couple of years, the panels were stacked up on pallets in the basement, while Escuela Verde was trying to raise the money to build out the solar energy system. Things began to come together when Peter Murphy, solar program manager at the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA), contacted Pewaukee’s SunVest Solar on Escuela Verde’s behalf. MREA shares space with Escuela Verde, and Murphy knew about the panels in storage and the school’s desire to go solar. Catie Malcheski, project manager at SunVest Solar, says that Murphy also knew about some grant opportunities that might work well for Escuela Verde. Eventually, the school decided to partner with SunVest.
Finding the Funds The first step was to write grant proposals on Escuela Verde’s behalf, says Malcheski. One was for a Renewable Energy Competitive Incentive Program (RECIP) grant from Focus On Energy. The second proposal was for Solar For Good, facilitated by RENEW Wisconsin, which specifically targets Wisconsin nonprofits that want to go solar. Escuela Verde was awarded both grants, bringing the installation and equipment costs down from $42,000 to $25,000, an amount the school could afford. Malcheski says it was a complicated project to design. “The panels that were donated were all different,” she says. “They were different in dimensions and different in wattage. To wire those up is challenging. It was quite the feat. I must give credit to our vice president of operations, Adam Gusse, as well as the folks over at Current Electric.” While SunVest was the developer and designer of the project, it used Current Electric to physically install the system. Current 8 | SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Electric helped with the engineering and developed a solution so that all the panels could be used. “We expect to save $800 per month” in electric bills says Joey Zocher, an advisor at Escuela Verde. “We’re a small school, and that’s a ton of money.” If that savings materializes, Escuela Verde will recover its costs in a few years and could realize savings of close to $100,000 in 10 years. The school has a computer program connected to the solar arrays that allows students to see how much energy is being used by different configurations of panels and also to see how their use of solar energy impacts the environment. “Solar gets the kids to start thinking about energy and all the things they can do to conserve energy,” Zocher says. “That is something that everyone can bring home.”
Serving as a Model For Daniel Rodriguez, who graduated from Escuela Verde in June, the solar installation project landed him his first job. Last year, he got a scholarship from MREA to take weekend classes in solar energy installation which led to solar energy installer certification. Rodriguez then worked on the Escuela Verde installation and was hired as an installer by Current Electric. He donated part of his first check to the school. As a solar energy-using school, Escuela Verde now joins Riverside and Bay View high schools, and SunVest is currently constructing a 14-kilowatt array at Vincent High School in Milwaukee and is also building a 1,853-kilowatt, roof-mounted array at Madison Area Technical College; the latter will be the largest roof-mounted solar array in Wisconsin. As a pioneer in solar energy, Escuela Verde serves as a model for other schools and nonprofits that want to go solar. “I want to applaud Escuela Verde for taking the steps to actually walk the talk,” says Malcheski. “I want also to encourage others who are in the same boat and that have a similar mission to seek their options, see what they can feasibly do and perhaps find out about funding opportunities that they wouldn’t have known about otherwise.” On Saturday, Sept. 29, bike riders will travel about 25 miles on paved roads and bike paths to visit innovative wind, solar and biogas facilities throughout Milwaukee. Stops will include Escuela Verde, the biodigester at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino, Milwaukee Public Museum and the wind turbine at the Port of Milwaukee. Visit Renew Wisconsin at renewwisconsin. org for more information. Comment at shepherdexpress.com. n
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COSTS DECREASE BUT POLICY HOLDS BACK SOLAR ENERGY IN WISCONSIN In Wisconsin, the potential of solar energy has yet to be fully tapped. As costs come down for consumers, the popularity of solar energy increases. Catie Malcheski, project manager at SunVest Solar, says business is booming. “There’s been a really dramatic decrease in the cost of the panels,” she says. “Maybe the price of labor hasn’t come down, but the laborers are much more efficient based on their experience, and the technology has gotten easier to work with, so they are able to work faster, and the technology itself has increased in efficiency.” In 2017, SunVest employed 10 people and constructed 67 projects, for a total installed capacity of 5,023 kilowatts. So far in 2018, it employs 20 individuals and has constructed or is currently working on 69 projects, for an installed capacity of 10,464 kilowatts. Founded in 2009, SunVest is one of a handful of solar energy design-build contractors in Wisconsin and is one of the oldest.
We Energies Supports Solar
WEC Energy Group, Inc. (We Energies) is committed to working with individuals and businesses who want to go solar says Amy Jahns, senior communications specialist at We Energies. According to her, We Energies has more than 300 small commercial and industrial customers and more than 1,000 residential customers with solar systems. Numbers are increasing year after year. Jahns adds that We Energies wants to reduce carbon emissions, preserve fuel diversity and reduce costs to customers. “We’re really focusing on retiring our older, less efficient, coal-fueled units, building advanced technology natural gas units and investing in cost-effective, zero-carbon, renewable generation, like utility-scale solar.” We Energies closed the Pleasant Prairie coal-burning plant in November 2017, and in recent years converted the Valley Power Plant in Downtown Milwaukee and the Port Washington Power Plant from coal to natural gas. In 2017, We Energies produced its electricity from three sources: 26% from renewables; 53% from coal; 21% from natural gas, according to Jahns. Besides solar, its renewables include the two biggest wind farms in the state, a number of hydroelectric plants on the Michigan-Wisconsin border, as well as biomass. “Utility-scale solar in the past few years has increased in efficiency, and prices have dropped by 70%, making it a really cost-effective option for our customers,” Jahns says. “We are very focused right now on utility-scale solar.” By 2030, We Energies wants its energy mix to be 34% from renewables, 29% from coal and 37% from natural gas. “We are still continuing with our plan to reduce emissions by 80%, and we are well on our way to doing that,” Jahns says.
Policies Hamper Solar in Wisconsin
Wisconsin lags other states in solar energy production. According to Peter Murphy of MREA, Wisconsin has a lot to gain from solar-friendly policies in place in other states. “Policy truly is the only thing—not technology and not financials—that stands in the way of solar deployment in Wisconsin,” he says. “Two easy policies that Wisconsin could enact, following the states of Minnesota and Illinois, are community solar and third-party financing.” Community solar (sometimes referred to as “community solar gardens”) involves a large solar array—a small power plant, in effect—which serves multiple households, businesses and institutions. Third-party financing is an arrangement in which someone other than the property owner owns the solar array and charges the consumer less than what the utility charges. “If we had community solar and third-party financing like other states, Milwaukee and surrounding areas would experience a solar boom that would likely include options to help low-to-moderate income families reduce their electric bills. And renters, not just property owners, would be able to access the benefits of solar. There is no good reason why we don’t have these solarfriendly policies here,” Murphy says. SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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Thursday, Sept. 27
Close MSDF Picket @ Milwaukee County Courthouse (901 N. Ninth St.), 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
A swath of progressive organizations come together once a month to protest outside of the Milwaukee County Courthouse, demanding that the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility (MSDF) be closed. The groups cite a lack of access to sunlight, no outdoor recreation and several other conditions as reasons to close the facility.
Canvass and Phone Bank for Democrats @ Tom Palzewicz Campaign Headquarters (12201 W. Burleigh St., Suite 7), 4-8 p.m.
Tom Palzewicz, Julie Henszey and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin will host a weekly canvass and phone bank every Thursday from 4-8 p.m. until the Tuesday, Nov. 6, election. Volunteer opportunities include canvassing, phone banking and more.
WisPolitics Election Preview in Milwaukee @ The University Club of Milwaukee (924 E. Wells St.), 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Peace Action Wisconsin: Stand for Peace @ The corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and North Avenue, noon-1 p.m.
WisPolitics—a website dedicated to state political news coverage—will host an election preview at the University Club of Milwaukee. Keith Gilkes, a longtime advisor to Republican Gov. Scott Walker, and Tanya Bjork, a Democratic campaign consultant and senior advisor to the Barack Obama campaign, will discuss how Wisconsin’s incumbents might fare in next month’s voting.
MKE Monumental @ Escuela Verde (3628 W. Pierce St.), 6-8:30 p.m.
March on Milwaukee 50th, Still Waters Collective and the Frank Zeidler Center for Public Discussion have organized a talk around whose story is told by the statues and plaques we see in the community. The event is free and open to the public.
Saturday, Sept. 29
Black Women’s Empowerment March @ Pete’s Fruit Market (2323 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Every Saturday from noon-1 p.m., concerned citizens join with Peace Action Wisconsin to protest war and, literally, “Stand for Peace.” Signs will be provided for those who need them. Protesters are encouraged to stick around for conversation and coffee afterward.
Get the Lead Out Assembly @ Martin Luther King Jr. Library (310 W. Locust St.), 2-4 p.m.
A coalition of community organizations fighting for the removal of lead from Milwaukee’s water pipes will hold an assembly to discuss and strategize ways to get to a clean, lead-free future for Milwaukee’s infrastructure.
Tuesday, Oct. 2
Do Black Votes Matter? @ Brown Deer Methodist Church (2736 W. Brown Deer Road, Brown Deer), 6-8 p.m. Reggie Jackson, head griot of America’s Black Holocaust Museum, will explore the question, “Do black votes matter?” A Q&A and conversation will take place after Jackson’s presentation. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
This march, organized by UBLAC Milwaukee, will both honor the legacy of Vel Phillips and mobilize voters for the November elections. A rally will commence at 9 a.m. at Pete’s Fruit Market, featuring a speech by U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore.
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 Donald Trump and others of his kind have planned for our great country.
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Republicans Threaten Coverage of Pre-existing Conditions ::BY JOEL MCNALLY
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ust weeks before the Tuesday, Nov. 6, election, Wisconsin voters are learning about the serious threat from Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Attorney General Brad Schimel that could destroy affordable health care for millions of people with pre-existing health conditions throughout the state and across the nation. About 2.4 million Wisconsinites with preexisting conditions—and more than 100 million people nationally—could lose their health insurance or pay exorbitant prices as a result of a federal lawsuit led by Schimel and Texas Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton on behalf of Wisconsin and 19 other Republican-controlled states. That’s a spectacular election-year gift to Walker’s and Schimel’s Democratic opponents, Tony Evers and Josh Kaul, respectively, and in election challenges to Republicans throughout the country in what already was developing into an extremely favorable year for Democratic candidates. How did Walker and Schimel put themselves in such an unpopular position barely a month before Election Day? They fell in with a bad crowd: Republicans angry over their failure to destroy former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA), which provides subsidized health care for millions of previously uninsured Americans. When Walker authorized Schimel to lead yet another Republican lawsuit to try to get the ACA declared unconstitutional (even though the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court had twice ruled otherwise), Walker was simply tossing red meat to anti-Obama Republicans to bounce around federal courts for a few years before getting thrown out. But several things sped the case along. Republicans filed the lawsuit in Texas to take advantage of that state’s hostility toward Democratic laws, and it went to a Republican-appointed judge who’d previously ruled against the ACA. Then, Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions refused to present any defense of the federal law. Defending the law’s health benefits for all Americans fell to 16 Democratic state attorneys general intervening to prevent the Donald Trump administration from throwing the case.
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fits and subsidies under the ACA, which would throw the ACA into chaos as open enrollment began on Thursday, Nov. 1. At a minimum, Schimel and Paxton said, the judge should suspend the ACA’s most popular provision—the prohibition against insurance companies refusing to cover people with pre-existing conditions or charging them higher rates. The judge delayed any decision—keeping the threat alive such action could demolish protection of health care at any time. In an instant, the intention of Walker’s and Schimel’s Republican lawsuit to destroy every benefit of the ACA (including coverage of pre-existing conditions) was right out in the open for every voter to see. An immediate flood of dishonest doubletalk from Walker and his running mate, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, couldn’t hide the intent to completely destroy health care for those with the greatest need for affordable health insurance. If the Republican lawsuit led by Schimel destroys health care protections for those with pre-existing conditions—as Schimel’s legal team explicitly asked the judge to do—Walker and Kleefisch promised a special session of the state legislature would be called to instantly pass a state law protecting coverage of preexisting conditions in Wisconsin. After two years, we’ve learned every single Republican promise about easily replacing the ACA is a lie. Trump was going to magically cover more people for less money. Instead, every Republican bill destroyed health care for millions and would have sent prices skyrocketing for others. If it were easy for Republicans to fund a state system protecting everyone with pre-existing conditions, why hasn’t Walker been able to do so in eight years as governor with Republicans controlling the legislature? Just such a bill failed to pass the state senate earlier this year. The Alice-in-Wonderland explanation from Kleefisch: “Before this, there was not the ACA lawsuit and therefore the issue of urgency.” Get that? The state now urgently needs to create its own expensive system to protect health care for everyone with pre-existing conditions because Wisconsin’s lawsuit led by Schimel threatens to destroy those protections! Here’s an idea: If the state really wants to protect people with pre-existing conditions, why not simply drop the lawsuit state taxpayers are funding seeking to destroy all the federal protections of the ACA? That’s exactly what Evers, himself a cancer survivor like Kleefisch, has called upon Walker to do. “Scott Walker, if you’re watching, I have a challenge for you,” Evers said online. “If you want to protect the millions of Wisconsinites with a pre-existing condition, drop Wisconsin from this lawsuit today, because actions speak louder than empty political promises.” No one really expects Walker, who has turned down hundreds of millions of federal dollars to expand state health care, to do the right thing. So, there’s another more effective, more permanent alternative to protect health care for everyone in Wisconsin with pre-existing conditions: vote both Scott Walker and Brad Schimel out of office. Comment at shepherdexpress.com. n
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Scott Walker’s Bait and Switch on Pre-existing Condition Discrimination ::BY ROBERT KRAIG
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ecently, Gov. Scott Walker and Lieut. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch have been in the news and on campaign ads claiming that they will protect people with “pre-existing conditions.” We thought it was important to have a clear explanation of what they really mean by that assertion. Walker’s declaration that he would protect people with pre-existing conditions from discrimination is in sharp contrast to his actual record as governor, raising the specter that he is deliberately misleading voters in order to deflect a major campaign issue. According to the Associated Press last week, “Gov. Scott Walker pledged Friday to ensure those with pre-existing conditions would be covered in Wisconsin if the Affordable Care Act were repealed.” However, Walker’s actions on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and his record as governor, stand in sharp contrast to this pledge. Approximately 2.4 million Wisconsinites have a health condition that could be designated a “pre-existing condition” by insurance companies. Walker has repeatedly called for the unconditional repeal of the ACA over the last eight years, without any direction to Congress to continue to outlaw pre-existing condition discrimination. Walker recently authorized Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel to join a Texas lawsuit that would, if successful, strike down the preexisting conditions protections in the ACA, finding them to be beyond the powers of the federal government. He has repeatedly and strongly supported repealing (and striking down) the entire ACA—including its prohibitions on discrimination against people with health conditions. The outlawed insurance company practices include denial of coverage, revoking coverage after a patient is diagnosed with a serious illness, charging excessive rates that price people out of coverage and annual or lifetime limits. Walker would also repeal the ACA’s large tax credits which make coverage much more affordable for people with serious health conditions who are unable to work and have to purchase insurance on their own. Furthermore, during the congressional debate over ACA repeal last year, Walker floated the idea of allowing insurance companies to charge higher rates to people with pre-existing conditions. He also proposed that Wisconsin allow discrimination and go back to the days when only patients who have enough money to afford an expensive high-risk pool could get insurance coverage on their own. The policies were inferior to the coverage guaranteed by the ACA. For example, Wisconsin high-risk pool plans had lifetime limits, which is another way to discriminate against people with cancer and other serious diseases. The stated basis for Walker’s pre-existing conditions “pledge” is a bill he once touted in a state-of-the-state address, but which has not been acted on by Wisconsin lawmakers. Walker falsely claims it would prevent insurance companies from discriminating based on pre-existing conditions should the governor’s desire to see the ACA repealed or struck down ever come to pass. To the contrary, the bill would allow health insurance companies to trample on the rights of people with health conditions by charging exorbitant rates to anyone who has a gap in coverage. This provision would, in practice, re-legalize discrimination against people with health conditions who lose their insurance. This happens often to people with serious illnesses such as cancer who are unable to work and do not have the resources to pay high insurance premiums. Given the literal life-and-death importance of the issue, it is vitally important that voters know where candidates stand on pre-existing condition discrimination. Walker owes it to the people of Wisconsin to renounce his previous positions and explain exactly how he will guarantee that Wisconsin never goes back to the days when it was legal for insurance companies to discriminate based on health conditions. Robert Kraig is the executive director of Citizen Action of Wisconsin. Comment at shepherdexpress.com. n
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We Say Goodbye to the Wisconsin Gazette After Nine Noble Years The current issue of the Wisconsin Gazette was unfortunately their last issue. It is sad, especially in this period when our democracy is under threat and progressive policies are being reversed at both the state and national level, to see a progressive publication shut their doors. In November 2009 when the U.S. economy was going through the most severe downturn since the Great Depression, Leonard Sobczak courageous launched the Wisconsin Gazette as a statewide LGBTQ publication. Leonard, a successful and wellrespected businessman, has been very active in progressive politics and social issues for decades providing leadership on various social justice and human rights issues. Newspapers have had a long history of being a very necessary element to sustaining strong democratic institutions. Other media have contributed, but newspapers al-
ways played a special role. After all the issues with the Russians influencing our elections and their use of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg decided he had to address the nation, and for that he used newspapers, running fullpage ads in the national newspapers. Also, it is The New York Times, Washington Post and The New Yorker magazine that are the main sources of news that is holding the White House accountable. Leonard started the newspaper for all the right reasons—to provide more information and to foster a greater understanding of the issues of our times in Milwaukee and Wisconsin. Unfortunately, for financial reasons, he finally had to cease publication. As editor and publisher of the Shepherd Express, I can kind of understand how Leonard and his editor, Louis Weisberg, must be feeling right now. Publishing an independent progressive newspaper in our times
of Scott Walker and Donald Trump and in a time when many are arguing print is dead is challenging to say the least. I have known Leonard for decades, and, rather than try to explain the Gazette, I would like to use some of Leonard’s and Louis Weisberg’s quotes that I feel could do a much better job than any explanation I could provide.
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The Gazette had a good readership, but it all came down to the numbers, the financials. As Leonard points out, “Most of our advertisers benefited by making us part of their marketing strategy. Yet, we struggled from the start to secure enough advertising revenue to put us in the black.” He continues, “But excelling in our work and cultivating a large, faithful readership did not translate into revenue.” Unfortunately, virtually every independent newspaper owner has had to try to find additional revenue sources and usually also has to write personal checks to the publication to make payroll. Louis Weisberg, the Gazette’s editor and publisher, explained why the newspaper didn’t actively pursue other sources of revenue: “They would have stretched our resources even thinner, and the prospect of investing in such side businesses would incur yet more risk.” Weisberg also expressed concern over the loss to the community of another print publication going dark. “I also worry that the closing of yet another print publication will reaffirm local advertising agencies’ aversion to print, which is a medium they just don’t know how to utilize anymore,” he says. “We’re caught in a self-perpetuating cycle in which advertisers are abandoning print because they’re being told by ad agencies that
it’s dead, even though niche publications like ours remain popular with large swaths of readers—both in print and online.” Finally, on Weisberg’s strong defense of the importance of print and the bad rap he feels it is getting from many ad agencies, he points out that, “unlike digital media, print offers an aura of respectability that can enhance an advertiser’s image.” If it’s any consolation, Weisberg appears to be right on target. The latest advertising surveys from the highly regarded Borrell Associates showed that small and medium-sized businesses ranked newspaper ads the third most popular form of advertising behind only social media and email marketing and more popular than radio, television, magazines and direct mail. We are sad to see the Wisconsin Gazette end publication, and we are also sad about the employees at the newspaper who worked hard to produce the best product they could and who are now out of a job. We had a very friendly competition with the Gazette because we both knew that we had the same goals. Being independently owned, both the Shepherd and the Gazette were not afraid to speak truth to power and provide accurate and truthful information in an era of a lot of misinformation. Leonard Sobczak and Louis Weisberg, on behalf of Milwaukee, we thank you for all of the time, energy and money you put into the Wisconsin Gazette to provide another forward-looking voice in Milwaukee and Wisconsin for the past nine years. We will miss you. Louis Fortis Editor/Publisher Shepherd Express
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WHAT’S NEW in MILWAUKEE? Chicken wings and breakfast in Tosa —and a new beer hall—are on tap ::BY LACEY MUSZYNSKI A shiny, new beer hall has opened in Downtown Milwaukee, just in time for foot traffic from the shiny, new Fiserv Forum. The East Side gets a new chicken wing spot and a massive arcade bar, while Wauwatosa gets a new breakfast spot. Plus, a West Allis restaurant is giving back to the community through charity.
Glass + Griddle
1130 N. Ninth St. • 414-988-1551 glassgriddle.com • $$
A new beer hall-style restaurant has opened in a former Pabst Brewery distribution center next to the new Milwaukee Brewing space. Glass + Griddle is an expansive, bright space that includes an outdoor beer garden. Both executive chef Kyle Toner and chef de cuisine Dan Pope worked at the recently closed Wolf Peach. The menu focuses on snacks, sandwiches and burgers and incorporates byproducts from the brewery next door whenever possible. Brewery granola ($3), for instance, uses spent beer grain along with nuts and dried cranberries. Pretzel pierogi ($10) are stuffed with either brat or cheese curds; disco fries ($11) are topped with Italian beef. Falafel ($10), Italian roast pork with broccoli rabe, and a G + G fancy burger ($12) with beer cheese round out the sandwiches. Besides MKE Brewing beer, there are also cocktails, sparkling Rishi iced tea and kombucha on tap.
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A new chicken wing restaurant has opened in the former Cold Stone Creamery space on Oakland Avenue. The way Good Land Wing Co. plans to stand out in a sea of wing competitors is with a cooking process that involves no frying. All wings and sides are baked, and, indeed the restaurant’s tagline is “no fryers allowed.” Wings are available in bone-in, boneless and naked boneless, which is essentially a chicken breast. Sides include white cheddar mac and cheese, waffle fries and onion rings. Skillets, like a tater tot version topped with boneless chicken, and salads and wraps like the bourbon fire chicken with sriracha bourbon wing sauce, bacon and pineapple are also available.
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Public Table
5835 W. National Ave. • 414-488-2948 public-table.com • $$
A new pub located in a former storefront has opened in West Allis. Public Table is named after the restaurant’s main, communal table, which, along with the bar and other tables, is made from cypress reclaimed from brewery’s mash. The food menu is small and changes often based on what’s fresh and in season. Salads, sandwiches, flat breads and sliders make regular appearances. A Wisconsin cheese and cured meat board ($15) is designed for sharing, while an open-face flank steak sandwich ($14) with garlic aioli is meant for a single diner. Flat breads come with ingredients like roasted brie and mushroom ($12) or three cheese and tomato ($9). Braised pork belly tacos ($7.50) are topped with red cabbage slaw and sweet corn relish. Local beers, cold brew coffee, kombucha and cocktails are all on tap. According to the menu, each meal served results in a donation being made to Wisconsin’s Hunger Task Force.
MidTown Grill
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A breakfast-and-lunch spot has opened in the former John’s Sandwich Shop in Wauwatosa. MidTown Grill is owned by Mike Topolovich, who also owns popular nearby North Avenue Grill. The space will be familiar to many customers. It has a dining counter and a row of booths in a very similar layout to the North Ave Grill before it expanded. The menu focuses on breakfast, including crème brûlée French toast ($9) with macerated berries and crème anglaise, Southern turkey sliders ($9) with deep-fried turkey, over-easy eggs and cranberry sage relish on biscuits and a chorizo and avocado skillet ($11). For lunch, there’s an ahi tuna salad ($12), burgers ($9+), and a yard bird sandwich ($11) with fried chicken, Korean sweet chili gochujang and pickles. For dessert, try a milkshake ($6) like the s’mores made with graham crackers, chocolate sauce and marshmallow whip.
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Get Your English on at Red Lion Pub ::BY JAMIE LEE RAKE
Though “English cuisine” strikes some as an oxymoron, Red Lion Pub (1850 N. Water St.) belies the bad cultural baggage. Red Lion’s bangers and mash set a high bar—the English staple’s mashed potatoes are switched out for cauliflower and served with subtly seasoned sausage links, ale gravy and roasted seasonal vegetables (it was zucchini season on a recent visit) topping the mountain of white mash. A side of mushy curried peas adds even more flavor and color to the proceedings. Should a meal already that fulsome leave room for dessert, the sticky toffee delight is a fabulous way to end. The sponge cake is suffused with the titular candy, and chopped dates sit aside an equally hefty scoop of vanilla ice cream drizzled with hot caramel sauce. Per Red Lion Pub’s affinity for Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) soccer—evidenced by some of its decor and branded apparel—the place also opens for the popular sport’s weekend morning matches for brunch with selections such as a traditional eight-course English breakfast and a poutine variation with two eggs topping Canada’s famed combo of French fries and cheese curds. There may be no better way to get one’s English on in Milwaukee than by making a visit to the Red Lion Pub. SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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New Menu and Look for the Stackner Cabaret ::BY SHEILA JULSON
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lthough the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s Stackner Cabaret has built a solid reputation for producing quality shows, many have flocked to the venue early to enjoy their full dinner service before show time. This month, the Stackner Cabaret opened its 31st season with a new look, a revised menu and an expanded outer patio space with an additional bar and TV. The renovated space is brighter with a modern feel yet still retains an intimate ambiance. The venue now seats 186. Most of the kitchen equipment was upgraded, allowing executive chef Clifford Hull—a graduate of the culinary arts school at Kendall College and entering his seventh season with The Rep—latitude to both
offer new items and bring back old favorites such as seared scallops. “I wasn’t able to do scallops in a way that made me happy. The burners wouldn’t get hot enough to heat the pan and get the sear I wanted, so I took them off the menu. I think I almost lost my job because of it,” Hull laughed. “They were popular, but with the new kitchen equipment, I can get them hot enough to get a great crust on the surface with lemon caper butter sauce.” The expanded oven capacity allows pot roast and ribs to braise quicker, thus reducing service times. The “Anytime Menu” has been expanded, offering people snack choices like an artisan cheese and salami board ($15) or truffle popcorn flavored with rosemary and parmesan ($6). “We started the Anytime Menu last season, and I was shocked by how well it was received, especially the truffle popcorn,” Hull said. “We focused on adding more grab-and-go items in addition to the food.” The Anytime Menu and hot appetizers are also available at the outer patio space. Each menu category has six to eight options, including gluten-free and vegetarian choices. Hull had previously worked for caterers and at country clubs. “This operation is similar to country clubs as far as guests wanting a really nice experience, but we also hit many demographics, so I try to not be too unapproachable,” he said. “I go for center of the road with American comfort foods. On the Blue Plate Special [the chef’s daily choice for $16], you might see stuffed peppers or meatloaf, or sometimes we’ll do a stuffed chick-
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ing more Wisconsin-sourced items and switching outside dishes seasonally. The bar menu has Wisconsin beers like Miller, New Glarus, Sprecher and Lakefront and Wisconsin wines like Wollersheim’s Dry Riesling. Drink specials change per show with a corresponding themed drink. The current production, Songs for Nobodies, features a Manhattan. The Stackner Cabaret, located at the Patty and Jay Baker Theater Complex, 108 E. Wells St., isn’t a dinner theater but provides dinner service prior to each performance. Food orders must be placed at least 20 minutes before the show begins. For more information, call 414-224-9490 or visit milwaukeerep.com.
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::SPORTS A Brief History of the Milwaukee Brewers’ Postseason Appearances ::BY KYLE LOBNER
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arring a remarkable collapse, the Milwaukee Brewers are lined up for a historically significant event this week. They enter play on Monday with a two-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals and a 3 1/2 game lead over the Colorado Rockies for the National League’s top Wild Card spot. Unless they fall behind both in the season’s final six games, they’ll clinch just the fifth postseason appearance in their 50-year franchise history and their first since 2011. A combination of four Brewers wins and Rockies losses in the season’s final week is all that’s needed to extend the season for at least another few days. If the Brewers clinch a postseason berth this week, they’ll get a moment to add to the list that follows.
Oct. 3, 1981 The first Brewers team to ever reach postseason play did so under unusual circumstances. A player strike in the middle of the ’81 season led to the year being played in two halves, with the division champion from each half qualifying for MLB’s first-ever division series. The Brewers went 31-25 in the first half but 31-22 in the second half, edging Boston by a game and a half. The Brewers took a two-game lead with one game to play on Saturday, Oct. 3, of that season with a come-from-behind thriller against the Detroit Tigers. Hall of Fame pitcher Jack Morris held the Brewers scoreless across seven innings before the Brew Crew came through with two runs in the eighth inning on a walk, sac bunt, bunt single, RBI groundout, intentional walk and a Gorman Thomas sac fly. Rollie Fingers—who had entered the game in the previous inning—retired the side in order in the ninth to complete the victory and the Brewers’ playoff chase. Oct. 3, 1982 A year-to-the-day later, the Brewers once again took the field with the season on the line. They had gone to Baltimore for the season’s final weekend needing just one win in four games to clinch their first outright division title in franchise history but lost both halves of a doubleheader on Friday and a single game on Saturday to force a winner-take-all matchup on the season’s final day. The Brewers struck early in that contest as Robin Yount homered in the first inning to give the Crew a 1-0 lead. They tacked on individual runs in the second, third, sixth and eighth innings before finally blowing the game open with five runs in the ninth and winning 10-2. Future Hall of Famer Don Sutton outdueled fellow future Hall of Famer Jim Palmer for the victory.
Sept. 28, 2008 The Brewers clinched their first postseason appearance in 26 years and their first one as a member of the National League on a nail-biting day for the ages. First, they came from behind to beat the NL Central champion Chicago Cubs by a score of 3-1 on Craig Counsell’s seventh-inning, bases-loaded walk and Ryan Braun’s eighth-inning, two-run home run to clinch a share of the NL Wild Card. About 90 minutes later, however, the Brewers got a favor from the Florida Marlins, who scored two runs in the eighth inning to beat the New York Mets 4-2 and eliminate New York from postseason contention in what turned out to be the last MLB game at Shea Stadium. Former Brewer Wes Helms homered for Florida and scored the winning run. Sept. 23, 2011 With 20 games left to play in the 2011 season, the Brewers appeared poised to cruise to their first-ever NL Central championship as they beat the Cardinals 4-1 on Sept. 5 to open a 10 1/2 game lead in the division. What followed, however, was an 11-9 finish combined with a massive hot streak from St. Louis that powered the Cardinals into the postseason and kept Brewers fans in suspense into the season’s final week. The Brewers finally broke through on Sept. 23, when a three-run, eighth-inning home run by Ryan Braun powered them to a 4-1 win over the Marlins, and a Cubs come-from-behind win over the Cardinals gave Milwaukee its first division championship in the National League. Comment at shepherdexpress.com.
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What are your own favorite operas? Well, if you’re talking about my favorite opera that I wrote, I’ll give you the answer I always give: Whichever opera I’m working on and focusing on at the moment is my favorite. If you’re referring to operas written by others, I’d say all of Giuseppe Verdi’s works have inspirited me. What inspired you to go after this subject matter for Prince of Players? I don’t create the subject matter; I watched the film Stage Beauty, which was based on a play by Jeffrey Hatcher, and thought it was very good material for a libretto with an interesting array of characters and a very strong through-line dramatically. Dealing with the concept of identity, whether personal, professional, gender or relationship roles, provided me with a great deal of emotional treasure to mine. When you go to create an opera, what determines your subject choice? What always guides me is the simple question: Is this an ordinary day? Because an opera’s story cannot be an ordinary day. There must be crisis. And then resolution of some sort. Kynaston’s day begins as an ordinary one, then he loses his lover, is betrayed by his dresser and stripped of his stardom and the only profession he’s ever known. That’s a crisis.
Florentine Opera Presents a Tale of Identity in ‘Prince of Players’
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH COMPOSER CARLISLE FLOYD ::BY STEVE SPICE he Florentine Opera will open the 2018-’19 season with Carlisle Floyd’s 2016 opera Prince of Players. Floyd based many of his operas in Southern locales, among them his best-known work, Susannah, which was performed with great success by the company in 2012. The Milwaukee company has also staged Floyd’s Wuthering Heights, a tenderly romantic work inspired by the subdued intensity of the famous novel. It was recorded on a prize-winning CD based upon a 2011 Florentine performance. The composer was present at that performance and will most likely be on hand for Prince of Players. Although the Prince of Players’ scenario does not seem to lend itself easily to the musical stage, Floyd has shown a remarkable capacity to combine melody, a dramatic scenario and a carefully developed libretto. One waits with eager anticipation for what promises to be an unusual evening at the opera. Prince of Players is a story of Edward Kynaston (c.1640-1712), a popular Restoration actor whose career suffered a rapid decline resulting from Charles II’s edict that males could no longer perform female roles on stage. The opera follows Kynaston’s fall from stardom, his descent into the theatrical lowlife of the period and his struggle to regain his prestige against the colorful background of 17th-century London. In a recent interview, Carlisle Floyd spoke about his career and his sources of inspiration.
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What do you think is more important, the music or the libretto? Ultimately, the music is most important, but in the beginning stages of creating an opera, it’s the libretto. It must be a strong story, written well and economically. In the end, even if the music works, if the libretto is weak, the opera will not succeed. When you were creating Wuthering Heights, was the novel or the film your main inspiration? Certainly, it was the novel. You get much more of the story and character development. But I did not choose the subject matter; instead, it was presented to me by the fledging Santa Fe Opera Company as its first commission [1958]. Its general director, John Crosby, had atFlorentine tended a concert by my friend, soprano Opera Phyllis Curtain, and heard an aria that I had written for her from a scene I had Prince of taken from Charlotte Brontë’s novel. Players Afterward, he came backstage and told Uihlein Hall me he’d like to hear “the rest of the opOct. 12 & 14 era.” When I explained that there was no “rest of the opera,” he decided right then and there to commission one. Is there anything you’d like to add? Only that I am so grateful to the Florentine Opera and its underwriters for their commitment to record all my un-recorded operas and to included Prince of Players in this series. Being associated with the stellar reputations of the Florentine Opera, as well as the recording and distribution companies, makes this a very exciting and unforgettable project for me! The Florentine Opera performs Prince of Players Oct. 12 and 14 at Uihlein Hall in the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, 929 N. Water St. For tickets, call 414-291-5700 or visit florentineopera.org.
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Maker Faire @ Wisconsin State Fair Expo Center
Few words in the English language are more gloriously vague than “maker.” The term can apply to anybody who creates something—be it crafts, robotic gizmos, costumes, software or technological innovations. This free three-day event celebrates those who make and encourages others to do the same with a family friendly gathering that highlights the do-it-yourself spirit of our community. Exhibits at the event focus on technology, education, science, arts, crafts and more and include hands-on workshops for curious thinkers of all ages. Other attractions include a Wearable Art and Cosplay Fashion Runway Show on Saturday and a “fire-breathing, Heavy Meta Dragon art car,” which we can only hope is as awesome as it sounds. (Through Sunday, Sept. 30.)
Bay View Gallery Night @ multiple locations, 5-10 p.m.
Over the last couple of years, Bay View’s popular Gallery Night has ballooned into one of the city’s largest arts events, with more than 50 shops, restaurants and bars showcasing hundreds of artists. To help keep up with the demand, the event has added a new feature for this fall’s installment: a free shuttle with stops at four locations—Lincoln Warehouse, Highbury, Urban and the Hide House. It’ll run on a roughly 20-minute loop from 5-9 p.m. For the enormous lineup of businesses participating in this fall’s Gallery Night, visit bvgn.org.
Harvest Fair @ Wisconsin State Fair Park
Wisconsin State Fair Park will be bustling this weekend as it hosts its annual Harvest Fair, a celebration of all things seasonal, with pumpkin carving, pumpkin bowling, scarecrow making, pony and camel rides and contests, live music, farmers’ market and a pumpkin patch. And if you missed it at this year’s State Fair, you can also ride down the Giant Slide. (Through Sunday, Sept. 30.) 24 | S E P T E M B E R 2 7 , 2 0 1 8
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Willy Porter w/ Martyn Joseph @ The Pabst Theater, 8 p.m.
It’s funny how time flies. It’s been nearly a quarter century since Mequon songwriter Willy Porter released the record that would prove to be his breakthrough, Dog-Eared Dream, which spawned the single “Angry Words” and landed him tours with Tori Amos and The Cranberries. Porter will celebrate that album at this show, where he’ll be joined by bandmates from that era Dave Adler, Biff Blumfumgagnge and John Calarco, as well as special guests including Greg Koch and Mike Hoffman. Ticket holders will receive a will receive a free download of the Dog Eared Dream Silver Anniversary Edition rerelease, which includes unreleased bonus material.
Sky High Skateboard Shop’s 30th Anniversary @ Mad Planet, 9 p.m.
Bay View has changed considerably over the last three decades, but one constant has been the skate shop Sky High (2501 S. Howell Ave.). For years it has been a pillar of the local skateboarding and BMX communities, hosting art installations, video premieres and block parties. It’s the kind of place where old vets and upstart skaters alike come to hang out and socialize as much as they do to buy equipment and apparel. Expect to see some of the shop’s many regulars at this 30th anniversary celebration at Mad Planet, which will feature classic hip-hop from the Dope Folks DJs.
Vinyl Theatre w/ The Middle Ground @ The Rave, 8 p.m.
One of the Milwaukee music scene’s great success stories from the last decade, electro-rockers Vinyl Theatre first caught a major break when they landed a gig opening for Twenty One Pilots at the Rave in 2014, and from there, good fortune continued to rain on them. That fall, they signed to the legendary punk and emo label Fueled by Ramen, which released their debut album, Electrogram, and its 2017 follow-up, Origami. The band has since split from the label, but independence hasn’t slowed them down any. They released their latest album, Starcruiser, in August. SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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David Liebe Hart @ Riverwest Public House, 8:30 p.m.
If you’ve flipped through cable late at night, there’s a good chance you’ve come across David Liebe Hart and wondered, “Who the hell is this guy?” The outsider artist is a fixture of Adult Swim’s “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!,” on which he showcases his unorthodox puppetry and oddball songs. The show’s mock-public access vibe is a natural fit for Hart, who got his start as a puppeteer on a Christian public access show in Los Angeles. He returns to the Riverwest Public House for an event billed as a “music/puppets/video/ comedy extravaganza.”
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3 Carbon Leaf @ The Back Room at Colectivo, 8 p.m.
Even though Carbon Leaf forge their unique sound by using a legion of oddball instruments like bagpipes, mandolins and bouzoukis, their style is assuredly not “Brazilian polka-metal,” as guitarist Carter Gravatt has joked, but rather a dynamic blend of Celtic rock and bluegrass that has taken on some pop-rock wrinkles over the years. The band achieved surprising success early on as an indie band with their 2001 single “The Boxer,” which helped them land a record deal with Vanguard Records, though since 2010 they’ve been releasing records through their own independent label, Constant Ivy. The band will celebrate 25 years together on this tour.
Lil Xan w/ Phem @ The Rave, 8 p.m.
A pioneer of the somber yet strangely indifferent style of trap music that’s all the rage among rappers under a certain age, Lil Xan is one of the most polarizing rappers of the day, which is really saying something in an era where every popular rapper is polarizing. The 22-year-old released his debut album, Total Xanarchy, this spring, but more people know him for his various headlining-grabbing controversies—among them a highly publicized relationship with Noah Cyrus (Miley’s sister) this summer that was apparently faked by their record label. After the death of his hero, Mac Miller, earlier this month, Xan announced that he plans to retire from music, though it remains to be seen whether he’ll follow through or if the claim was just the latest round of news-making nonsense to come out of his mouth. Smart money says the latter. SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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The Eagle in Me: An Evening of Carl Sandburg
“With guitar in hand, Jonathan Gillard Daly takes his audience on a journey through the heart of America—including Milwaukee and Chicago—as he recreates Carl Sandburg’s traveling show, bringing Sandburg’s poetry, folklore and music to life,” says In Tandem Theatre’s Ann Barry about the company’s upcoming world premiere. The famous traveler, poet, hobo, journalist, salesman, singer, husband, father, political activist and performer lived in our city for a period and worked as secretary to Milwaukee’s first socialist mayor, Emil Seidel. The Eagle in Me not only unveils the Carl Sandburg that America came to truly love, but also the smaller moments of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s life. Daly’s brand-new piece is presented by In Tandem Theatre, which is teaming up with Literacy Services of Wisconsin to collect books during the run of the show in support of novice readers in our community. (John Jahn) Sept. 28-Oct. 21at the Tenth Street Theatre, 628 N. 10th St. For tickets, call 414-271-1371 or visit intandemtheatre.org/events/carl-sandburg.
Outside Mullingar
“Outside Mullingar is a charming romantic comedy,” says director Edward Morgan about the company’s opening production of its 29th season. “It’s a unique blend of playfulness and grit, wrapped in characters and language that are simultaneously fresh and familiar.” Inspired by playwright John Patrick Shanley’s Irish roots, Outside Mullingar’s story follows two middle-aged farmers struggling with their parents, the land, the elements and their secret yearning for one another. Next Act Theatre’s production features husband-and-wife team David Cecsarini and Deborah Staples as the central characters, Anthony Reilly and Rosemary Muldoon. Also featured are Carrie Hitchcock as Aoife Muldoon and James Pickering as Tony Reilly. Throughout the show’s run, “Images from Ireland,” a black-and-white photographic exhibit by local photographer F. Fischer that captures the dramatic Irish countryside, will be on display in the lobby. (John Jahn) Sept. 27-Oct. 21 at Next Act Theatre, 255 S. Water St. For tickets, call 414-278-0765 or visit nextact.org/subscription-series/mullingar.
Beethoven, Debussy, Martin
Violinist Margot Schwartz, cellist Scott Tisdel and pianist Stefanie Jacob, collectively known as the Prometheus Trio, embark upon the ensemble’s 19th season in residence at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music with both famous and obscure chamber works of three composers. The most famous piece is surely the Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 97 (1811) by Ludwig van Beethoven, better known as the Archduke Trio. The latter moniker simply has to do with the fact that it was dedicated to Austria’s Archduke Rudolph, an amateur pianist, friend and composition student of the legendary composer. Next is the Piano Trio in G Major (1880) by Claude Debussy, which was missing until it was discovered among the possessions of one of Debussy’s students more than a century after its composition. Finally, there’s the Trio Sur des Mélodies Populaires Irlandaises (1925) by Swiss composer Frank Martin, one of this fairly unfamiliar composer’s less-obscure works and one that is certainly a favorite of many a chamber music lover—a scintillating jewel from Martin’s early period. (John Jahn) Oct. 1 and 2 at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, 1584 N. Prospect Ave. For tickets, call 414-276-5760 or visit wcmusic.org/concerts-2/prometheus-trio.
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The Rep’s ‘In the Heights’ Reaches High ::BY DAVID LUHRSSEN
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ears before Hamilton became the hottest ticket in town, Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote about subjects closer to his time and place. Miranda’s musical In the Heights respected the life and lives of a particular New York City community, largely Latino, flying flags of a half-dozen Caribbean nations: proud, struggling, aspiring. When it arrived on Broadway in 2008, In the Heights injected much-needed vitality into the bloated carcass of American musical theater and earned its four Tony Awards. The Milwaukee Repertory Theater captures the life-energy of Miranda’s musical in a vibrant production whose sharp-elbowed kinetics, drawn from urban dance, simmers down to allow emotional introspection amidst the bustle. The protagonist, Nina, returns to Washington Heights from Stanford University on a sultry July 3 to face the disappointment of family and friends. She was the book-smart girl who was going to rise through education, but her “partial scholarship” was suspended. The two jobs she worked to pay for her books left her little time to read them. Despite a pair of love stories that add sizzle to the dance routines, In the Heights is about the “American Dream” and the struggle to swim against the current of low incomes. The show’s narrator, Usnavi (Ryan Alvarado), is hard-pressed to maintain his deli; his love interest, Vanessa (Stephanie Gomerez), can’t pay her rent; Nina’s dad, Kevin (Tony Chiroldes), can’t pay the bills to keep his cab company running. Even tagger Graffiti Pete (UJ Mangune) is hard-up for spray paint. However, Benny (David Kaverman), the African American cab dispatcher who loves Nina despite Kevin’s disapproval, is saving pennies to pay for his dreams. And, yes, it’s the story of immigrants hoping, like waves of immigrants before them, to build better lives for themselves and their children. Sophia Macias sang Nina’s role with the powerhouse projection of an “American Idol” champion, but even if Nina is the star of many scenes, she is always part of a larger ensemble of characters. The cast was in good voice as they sing, rap and dance their way through a day, a night and the morning after. The acting is also superb, especially Yassmin Alers as the neighborhood’s matriarch and keeper of dreams, Abuela Claudia. The elder woman doesn’t do much rapping, but Alers has the challenge of presenting a dignified yet fun portrait of a woman hobbled by age and slipping easily into memory. Director May Adrales keeps the many parts of In the Heights in sync as the cast movies through the simple but evocative set. Through Oct. 28 at the Quadracci Powerhouse, 108 E. Wells St. For tickets, visit milwaukeerep.com or call 414-224-9490. Emily Madigan, Nicolas Garza, Alexander Gil Cruz, Courtney Arango, Ryan Alvarado, Eric A. Lewis, Rána Roman and Eddie Martin Morales in The Rep’s ‘In the Heights’
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First Stage’s Dreamy ‘Caterpillar’ Dance
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irst Stage brings the work of popular children’s author Eric Carle to life with Jonathan Rockefeller’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show. A mixed cast of adults and children stage four of Carle’s books with the aid of more than 75 puppets and some fairly magical lighting by Craig Zemsky. The stories dreamily drift across the stage in just under one hour—a safe duration for the attention spans of even the youngest theatergoers. The puppets have such a startlingly accurate resemblance to Carle’s illustrations that it feels as though they might have been pulled directly from the illustrations on the pages of Carle’s books. Much of the appeal of Carle’s work lies in the simplicity of its steady, uncluttered rhythm. While this is perfectly good for a preschool children’s book, it could easily
‘Chapatti’ Takes an Intimate Look at Love and Loneliness ::BY ANNE SIEGEL
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t may take a few moments to warm up to the characters in Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s Chapatti. At first glance, they aren’t in the most hopeful of moods. In this gentle twohander by Irish writer Christian O’Reilly, these older adults must cope with the realities of their difficult, lower-class, everyday lives. A November romance is the furthest thing from their minds. Dan, played with wisdom and courage by James Tasse, can’t seem to get over the loss of his longtime love interest. He lives alone with only his dog, Chapatti, for company. Pet owners will recognize how Tasse’s character humanizes his dog’s actions and reactions to the point where he nearly forgets what it’s like SHEPHERD EXPRESS
come across as repetitious when playing out onstage. But the dreamy dance of the production and its faithfulness to the visual reality of Carle’s art keep the show captivating from beginning to end. The show opens as a student actor plays Carle’s The Artist Who Painted A Blue Horse. An artist paints animals of unexpected colors—all of which leap out from various corners in puppet form as a blank white stage fills with completed paintings. What follows are stagings of The Very Lonely Firefly and Mister Seahorse before closing with The Very Hungry Caterpillar, in which a delightfully charming Karen Estrada shepherds the iconic creature through a series of progressively bigger meals, ultimately leading to the show’s climactic metamorphosis. Through Nov. 4 at Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 W. Walnut St. For tickets, visit firststage.org or call 414-267-2961.
to talk to another human being. Cat-loving Betty is played with warmth, resourcefulness and a wry sense of humor by Jenny Wanasek. She first crosses Dan’s path in (where else?) a veterinarian’s office. She has a boxful of kittens who need a new home, and she is there to post a notice to prospective cat lovers. This set-up may sound sentimental and cloying but consider the fact that the first true interaction between Dan and Betty is over a dead cat. The cat belongs to Betty’s elderly employer, and Betty frets that the loss of this adult pet may mean that her employer lacks the will to survive. Dan and Betty go to hilarious lengths to try to remedy the situation. The intimate Studio Theatre is an ideal environment for this type of play since the audience becomes riveted by the characters’ every move. Both acting pros communicate as much facial movements and body language as they do with actual words. Director Michelle Lopez-Rios brings the two characters together slowly, as if in a slow waltz, and each moment they are together charms more than the next. Some of the material presented here is a series of monologues, while other scenes incorporate dialogue between the two characters. Lighting plays a major role in delineating these differences. During the final scenes, the characters spend more time together than they do alone. The audience silently cheers them on as they slowly realize that facing life together is certainly more promising than their formerly lonely ones. Through Oct.14 at the Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre, 158 N. Broadway. For tickets, visit milwaukeechambertheatre. com or call 414-291-7800.
‘Pippin’ Bears a Message Worth Hearing (and Seeing)
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epin (or Pippin) the Hunchback was the eldest son of Charlemagne. The latter, of course, is the (in)famous emperor who united much of Western Europe under his command and one of the outstanding personages of the Middle Ages. Oddly enough, their story fueled the imagination of composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz, but Pippin the musical plays nothing like a historical account. Schwartz used the idea of a son growing up under the immense pressure of being the heir to a legendary conqueror’s throne as the basis of a story about finding one’s own place in life and fulfillment. Its first act follows Pippin’s efforts to follow in his dad’s imposing footsteps—utterly failing to find anything akin to an up-and-coming, would-be warrior-king in his being. Not merely that, but an act of revolutionary patricide looms as he comes to despise his father’s ambitious bloodlust and militarism. This could all be the stuff of an epic tragedy, but Pippin is anything but. Coming as it did in the early ’70s, its anti-war message is clear but not overbearing. Its style is that of then-popular vaudeville, cabaret and Swing Era nostalgia (Cabaret was only six years old when Pippin debuted, and the popular film of that great musical was released the same year as Pippin, 1972). The music—intended by Schwartz to echo those by-gone times—now, itself, is of a by-gone era in music. Which is not a criticism! In fact, it’s rather delightful, if done properly; Skylight Music Theatre’s small orchestra proved more than up to that particular challenge. Kudos go to the show’s two absolute stars. These are Krystal Drake as the Leading Player; and Lucas Pastrana as Pippin. Both have great stage presence, move effortlessly through the material (and about the stage) and have remarkable voices. Drake, in particular, holds the entire show together. Todd Denning’s Charlemagne is also a stand-out performance; he’s expressive, convincing and menacing yet, somehow, likeably so. From acting to singing and from light design to choreography, Pippin makes for an enjoyable evening at the theatre—one in which, at one point, you’re encouraged to sing along to a highlight number presented with great ebullience by Elaine Parsons Herro. Through Oct. 7 at the Cabot Theatre, 158 N. Broadway. For tickets, call 414-291-7800 or visit skylightmusictheatre.org. Lucas Pastrana as Pippin, center, with cast in Skylight Music Theatre’s Pippin
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From Black Cat Alley to China Lights ::BY SHANE MCADAMS
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ne of Milwaukee’s under-heralded outdoor art sites is tucked away in the middle of the East Side, hidden from street view but for the sight of a mustachioed frog on the south face of a building on East Kenilworth Place. Site-specific art that is integrated seamlessly into the urban landscape is often the easiest to overlook and the most satisfying to stumble upon. Black Cat Alley’s sinister-sounding title somewhat belies the reality of its circumstances. Located between Prospect and Farwell just south of North Avenue, it is indeed an alley, and it may be visited by the occasional stray cat, but pinched between a Colectivo coffee outlet, the Oriental Theatre and a new amusement bar where one pays to throw axes, it’s more outdoor gallery and cultural theater than interventionist intersection. Indeed, the Alley is programmed with concerts, art shows and other social events. This past weekend, in fact, they celebrated “The Black Cat Alley Mural Festival,” featuring new murals by Ken Brown, David Najib Kasir and Byada Meredith. The site isn’t pretending to be 5Pointz, but its boast as a “unique street art destination” might make some purists nostalgic for the embattled streets of East Berlin or the South Bronx in the late ’70s. Recreating Pablo Picasso’s Montmartre, the Cedar Bar in 1951 or New York City in the ’70s is impossible. These are our cultural Gardens of Eden; we’re forever expelled from them. Culture depends on the germination of artistic experiments into future mythologies. Black Cat Alley’s seeds are the practices of local lifers like Stacey Williams Ng (of mustachioed frog fame), Brandon Minga, John Kowalczyk, Jeff Redmon and others who continue to propagate work and ideas that will shape Milwaukee’s culture for years to come. Across the river, south of the city in the Boerner Botanical Gardens, the shadowy fantasy of Black Cat Alley meets its theatrical match in the form of an incandescent spectacle of simulated Chinese culture on a Las Vegas, Walt Disney
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or, perhaps, well, a Chinese scale. The China Lights Festival offers glowing pandas feeding on illuminated bamboo shoots in the company of electrified pagodas and teams of mythical Chinese creatures lit up Griswold-style. On the night of its opening, the event slowly swelled to a dazzling phosphorescent crescendo of cartoons brightening against a shrinking, early autumn sunset. It was as sublime as anything James Turrell could ignite in his imagination. Nature and culture locked horns, and nature was vanquished in spectacular (and ironic) fashion. Historically accurate Chinese culture didn’t fare much better. Yet thousands of families, mine included, delighted in an astounding display of electrically engineered sensuality.
Where Does Art End and Simulacra Begin? So, what to make of such a sensational visual spectacle? And of visual experiences derived from more natural, historically and culturally authentic circumstances? From my end, it’s easy to point out deficiencies from inside the art world proper. But what about cultural examples less proximate; say, a farm-to-table restaurant in a gentrified downtown neighborhood or a chic moonshine distillery with an accompanying Appalachian roots band? Where does art
end and simulacra begin? These aren’t questions to answer but to ponder as an ongoing mental therapy. It’s like asking yourself what the meaning of life is; the question, itself, is a step toward supreme wisdom. On the final exam in my contemporary art class, I ask my students to make the case that Taco Bell’s Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Taco Supreme is both the best and the worst food ever imagined. There’s no objective answer, of course, but I always hope they’ll consider that something designed from volumes of focus-grouped data might be missing something essential. But also, I hope they won’t turn into righteous vigilantes for authenticity, forgetting that experience ends, finally, with a reception by living humans hoping to enjoy the fruits of history’s labor. I can’t stop thinking about this guy I saw playing air drums on the lip of a table at the strip mall sushi restaurant we went to after the China Lights Festival. The Ramones were playing. My cones and rods hadn’t even adjusted from the light show. It was truly surreal. I considered for a second that he might be imagining himself as Marky Ramone at CBGB in ’77. And that seemed just fine to me—as long as he knew that CBGB isn’t a T-shirt company owned by Hot Topic.
OPENING: Entanglement: Seeds and Papermaking Workshop Sept. 29 • Lynden Sculpture Garden • 2145 W. Brown Deer Road Lynden’s teachers-in-residence (Sue Pezanoski Browne and Katie Hobday) are offering a hands-on workshop for educators (suitable for all K-12 teachers) on this year’s theme—entanglement. This relaxed, informal workshop is designed to encourage open-ended experimentation with materials, processes and concepts (new materialism, principles of possibility, artful thinking routines) within the context of arts-integrated, place-based education. The workshop begins with seeds, moves through plant identification and then on to root systems and water resources. Participants will visit the pollinator garden to understand plants and the food chain and learn about practical uses of plants in medicine and art. A combination of artmaking, nature observation and practical skills, the workshop seeks to build connections across the curriculum between art and science. For more information, visit lyndensculpturegarden.org.
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THE EAGLE IN ME AN EVENING OF CARL SANDBURG CONCEIVED, WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY JONATHAN GILLARD DALY
September 28 - October 21 ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’
Michael Moore on America’s Meltdown in ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ ::BY DAVID LUHRSSEN
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ichael Moore, pointedly ironic as ever, opens Fahrenheit 11/9 with Hillary Clinton’s victory rally. Her joyous supporters believed they were witnessing history and they were—just not the outcome they counted on. That glass ceiling above the stage where she planned to give her acceptance speech remained intact. Down the street in Manhattan, the smaller Trump crowd went ecstatic as Fox News ticked off the wins: Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania. Trump and company shuffle onstage looking strangely saddened. The next President of the United States hadn’t even prepared a victory speech. Fahrenheit 11/9 is Moore’s idiosyncratic investigation into what happened. He has an odd and amusing hypothesis: Trump launched his campaign upon learning that NBC paid Gwen Stefani more money for “The Voice” than he received for “The Apprentice.” His presidential run began as an attention-grabbing bid for a raise from the network. But soon enough, Trump, always craving the center of attention, inhaled the adulation from the crowds as he riled them up with xenophobic tales of murderous Mexicans, cunning Chinamen and insidious followers of Islam. He found the loudest if not the largest audience of his showbiz career. Even after Trump slayed his GOP rivals with sharp arrows of snark, almost everyone predicted he would lose in November—even Fox News. It was especially unsettling given that Trump lost the popular vote but won through the creaky mechanism of the Electoral College. “He played the media for suckers,” Moore says and doesn’t let himself off the hook. Fahrenheit 11/9 includes footage of Steve Bannon SHEPHERD EXPRESS
(who distributed Moore’s film Sicko for home video) praising the Michigan rabble rouser and Jared Kushner extolling the maverick filmmaker at the Sicko release party he paid for. And then there’s old footage of Moore yukking it up with Trump on Roseanne Barr’s show. The mogul said he enjoyed Roger and Me but joked about Moore, “I hope he doesn’t do one on me.” During the 2016 campaign, Trump boasted that he had dinner with Moore but Moore claims they never broke bread. Another lie from a man immune to truth or is Moore editing reality? As always, Moore rambles widely within his subject. A slide show of Trump and pubescent daughter Ivanka in seemingly provocative poses (plus his backstage visits at Miss Teen USA) leads to the conclusion that Trump seldom saw much necessity in hiding anything (except when it came to Russia and taxes). This trails into Trump’s association with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, CEO of the world’s worst computer brand, Gateway, and determined to run his state like a business. Moore indicts Snyder for essentially poisoning the water of Flint for profit and trying to cover his crimes and finds worries about Snyder’s administrative coup, which supplanted democratically elected municipal officials with “emergency managers” beholden only to him. Most folks living under emergency rule were black. The Clintons, by the way, don’t leave Fahrenheit 11/9 with a clean record either. Moore charges Hillary with stealing the Democratic nomination from Bernie Sanders through overriding voters in many states with her super delegate cronies. And jolly old Bill’s policies of massive incarceration, deregulation of banks and a morbid devotion to free trade helped create the mess America is in. After a while, Fahrenheit 11/9 turns into a campaign vidFahrenheit eo for Alexandria Oc11/9 asio-Cortez and other rising candidates on Directed by the left of the DemoMichael Moore cratic Party. Then Rated R there are the trademark Moore stunts, including hosing the lawn of the Michigan governor’s mansion with water from Flint that elicit laughter but little else. Both fun and disturbing, Fahrenheit 11/9 spares neither party and delivers some surprising statistics: Americans by a large majority support regulating banks and guns and a whole raft of Bernie planks. Maybe the country will turn blue after this November?
Enjoy a delightful journey through the heart of America by one of its finest storytellers, Pulitzer Prize winning author, Carl Sandburg. Milwaukee's own Jonathan Gillard Daly recreates Sandburg's traveling show, bringing his poetry, folklore and music to life in this exciting world premiere. 628 N. 10th Street, Milwaukee InTandemTheatre.org | 414-271-1371
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Deep Red
David Hemmings (Blow Up) stars as a jazz musician in Italy who witnesses a bizarre murder and is drawn into the investigation. With Deep Red (1975) Dario Argento directed a stylish slasher flick. Though the dialogue lurches from lame to profound, every scene is visually interesting and—maybe it’s those red curtains, creepy cameras and awareness of unseen dimensions?—that suggests Deep Red’s influence on David Lynch. Italian prog-rock band Goblin provides an excellent score.
The Day of the Jackal
Charles de Gaulle was driven from power by the left, but a few years earlier, he was menaced from the right. Based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel, The Day of the Jackal (1973) is a fictional story of a right-wing plot against de Gaulle by a debonair, utterly amoral British assassin (Edward Fox) armed with many false faces and identities. Director Fred Zinnemann (High Noon) maintains suspense despite the audience’s knowledge that the scheme must surely fail.
Mountain
Mountains were once sacred spaces, but adventure increasingly supplanted reverence as climbing became a sport, not a pilgrimage. Reciting from Robert Macfarlane’s poetic Mountains of the Mind, Willem Dafoe narrates this documentary on the human urge to touch every summit. This sort of footage has been seen many times, but it’s still almost breathtaking to watch climbers on vertical cliffs or snowy peaks overlooking sheer drops. The Australian Chamber Orchestra lends solemnity with its score.
“Television’s Lost Classics Volume One”
Jazz music, dim lighting, urban poverty—it’s low-budget small-screen noir from a long defunct network series. The opening 1955 episode on this anthology includes many familiar names. The director, Sidney Lumet, went on to film Serpico. The star, a teenage John Cassavetes, plays the vengeful leader of a teenage pack. Van Dyke Parks, a Brian Wilson collaborator in the ’60s, was in the gang. “Lost Classics” is a fascinating glimpse into the beginnings of many careers. —David Luhrssen
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Hell Fest R When teen friends Natalie, Brooke and Taylor (Amy Forsyth, Reign Edwards and Bex TaylorKlaus) join their dates to attend a traveling, haunted, Halloween carnival, they are targeted by a serial killer. Because patrons are unable to distinguish the real thing from the “park experience,” the masked slasher murders in plain sight. Once the girls realize they’re on his list, the question becomes whether any of them will survive the night. As in real life, few adults patronize the park. Here, having better things to do is one advantage of growing older. (Lisa Miller)
Night School PG-13 It takes just three months to prepare for the GED test (ostensibly the equivalent of a high school diploma, which takes four years to earn). This amazing factoid doesn’t detract from the truth that educating adults is no easy task, at least for Terry Walker (Kevin Hart). His placement test shows he’s dyslexic, suffers from dyscalculia and is “just clinically dumb,” according to his teacher, Carrie (Tiffany Haddish), who points out “there’s no cure.” Her unorthodox teaching methods include quizzing students in the ring and using her mixed martial arts skills to dish out a smackdown for each wrong answer. Co-written by Hart, this light-hearted romp plays with the definitions of good ethics and of “the black voice.” (L.M.)
Smallfoot PG A list of rules prevent yetis from leaving their mountain top. However, all that changes when a human (known in yeti myth as a “Smallfoot”) mistakenly parachutes into yeti-ville. Spotted by Migo (voice of Channing Tatum), Smallfoot literally blows away, compelling Migo to undertake an epic quest to find him after The Stonekeeper calls Migo’s story a tall tale. Featuring fetchingly hairy yetis in pastels and white and the occasional inspired sight gag, Smallfoot is barely bearable; the overly complicated writing and hopelessly irritating human characters are simply cringeworthy, however. (L.M.)
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Blaming China:
Milwaukee Poet Anna Rodriguez’s ‘Gold Leaf Bones’
It Might Feel Good but It Won’t Fix America’s Economy
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(POTOMAC BOOKS), BY BENJAMIN SHOBERT Like much non-fiction published nowadays, Blaming China should have been a long magazine article, not a book. But boil away the alternate futurism and potted history, what remains is a provocative essay on the state of America. Benjamin Shobert argues that the 2016 election resulted from economic uncertainties among the middle class, which hadn’t benefitted from globalization and looks backward unreflectingly on a historical anomaly: America’s economic dominance post-World War II on a planet where no one else was left standing. “Trump is only the beginning,” Shobert writes. “Deeper, uglier, and more irreversible impulses are at work,” he adds. Trade wars? Shobert envisions a real war with China if diplomacy is replaced by belligerent rhetoric. (David Luhrssen)
Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories (W.W. NORTON), BY PETER KUPER Award-winning comics artist Peter Kuper has been adapting Franz Kafka’s stories into graphic novels since the graphic genre was new. For Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories, Kuper cites as a visual influence German Expressionism, the deeply etched and angular style that was contemporary with Kafka. For the text, Kuper recruited a friend to pen a fresh translation, closer to the author’s intentions than some recently minted renditions. Kafka’s stories are dark and well suited for the black and white of Kafkaesque, yet, as Kuper reminds us, humor flickers through the darkness. (David Luhrssen)
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ersatile Milwaukee artist and writer Anna Rodriguez has scheduled a release party at Voyageur Books in Bay View to promote her recently published volume of poetry. Because Rodriguez dislikes reading poetry out loud, she has asked several local artists and writers to share their own work with the audience. The event will feature performances by AB FAB (local singer/songwriter Abby Jeanne) and readings from local poets Kavon Cortez Jones and multimedia artists Bucko Crooks (aka “The Smudge”) and PF Flyer. Signed copies of Rodriguez’s book will be available for purchase. Rodriguez has worked as a photographer and videographer for area bands and performers, including Abby Jeanne, for two years. She has also collaborated on projects with “Project Runway” contestant Timothy Westbrook. Although Rodriguez truly enjoys working with other artists, she wanted to create something of her own. “I wrote the book because I feel I’ve spent so much time helping others that I haven’t had the time to be recognized,” she said. Rodriguez has been writing prose and poetry since age 10, and self-published a young adult fantasy novel, Eden and the Eastern Glow, in 2015. However, she feels that her primary strength lies in poetry. In Gold Leaf Bones, Rodriguez explores lost love, lost friends, and mortality. Her mother died when the poet was very young, an event that has influenced the author’s work. “I like to make people aware of mortality. That’s something that needs to be accepted,” said Rodriguez. Influenced by Sylvia Plath, James Joyce, and Charles Bukowski, the author weaves dark humor and clever wordplay into her writing, showcased in the poems such as “Dead Horticulture on a First Date” and “A Spoonful of Codeine Helps the Medicine Go Down.” Rodriguez emphasized that her poems are short, easily readable, and unpretentious. “My poetry is very accessible for people who don’t like poetry,” she said. The book is peppered with the author’s own illustrations, inspired by artist Aubrey Beardsley. Much of Rodriguez’s artwork is also inspired by her father, an American Impressionist painter. Currently working on an illustrated book for local band Yum Yum Cult, Rodriguez said she loves living in Milwaukee. “It’s a supportive community. It’s easy to keep track of what everyone is doing.” The Gold Leaf Bones book release party will take place from 6 p.m.-7:45 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, at Voyageur Book Shop, 2212 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. For more information, visit facebook.com/events/2041183692593093.
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Transitioning Year For LGBT Film Festival
OFF THE CUFF WITH UWM’S CARL BOGNER ::BY PARKER THOMPSON
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s we enter the fall season and await the annual LGBT Film Festival, many followers may be asking themselves, “WTF!?” No, not the term we are all aware of, but “Where’s The Festival!?” In its 33rd year, the film festival is transitioning into a long format of viewings spanning the course of the next 11 months. Carl Bogner, UW-Milwaukee instructor and director of the LGBT Film Festival, is trying this experiment to find the most sustainable way of continuing the festival. The approach gives faculty more time to prepare as well as reach out to the community. The hope is that these regularly scheduled viewings will continue a dialogue that can be put toward fall 2019’s programming. Whether it keeps this
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extended format or returns to its 11-day event, Bogner is certain the festival is here to stay. What was the reason for changing the format in running the LGBT Film Festival? I’ve always wondered about the ecology of the festival, given the resources we have. Everyone who has worked on the festival on [UWM’s] campus has had other duties. It’s not small work to program a film for one night, and it can be expensive. I’ve always thought it remarkable that the film department has hosted it the last 28 years, despite all the other things it has going on. Hopefully, this new format will allow us to work more efficiently with our community supporters and even forge new connections. I don’t see the film festival as over; I see it as working in a different format this year. How will the festival be different? Instead of our previous 11-day run of viewings, we will be breaking it up into one or two films per month for the next 11 months. I wouldn’t say we have an ongoing theme for the festival. Rather, each month’s films center around a different aspect of the LGBTQ community—especially those who don’t have as big a voice compared to others. This month, our two features focus on women’s music and women’s social spaces that promote community and advocate for
safety. Also, in November, we are partnering with the Jewish Museum Milwaukee for a screening about gays and lesbians that were targeted within the federal government. All the different films bring a wide range of energies with them and hopefully a diverse group of viewers. Over your 18 years of service, how have you seen the community grow in response to the festivals? The festival started with the mission of bringing representations to the screen that otherwise were not available. When I first started working on LGBT+ film festivals, a major concern that needed to be addressed was the AIDS crisis. As the years went on, the focus moved on to same-sex marriage and then to gays in the military. And now, I think, the “T” in LGBTQ has become better represented. Trans cinema has become more of a thing. It may be arrogant to say the rest of the world caught up with us. The world has changed, the arc of history favors progress, and the representations of gay, lesbian and trans people are more readily available. In the early years, outside of PrideFest, there weren’t many social spaces for people to gather besides bars. For there to be a welcoming space open to both younger and older people that the bar scene isn’t satisfying—I think the festival can do that. Is there a specific movie or documentary premiere you are looking forward to? One of the documentaries we are screening on Thursday, Sept. 27—Shakedown—features
a group of black women in Los Angeles during the underground lesbian scene that put on a show to create a social space but still understood it as an activist gesture. It’s an offered space by black women for black women. I’m really excited we get to bring that to town. The LGBT Film Festival kicks off at 6 p.m. Sept. 27 in the UWM Union Cinema, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd. For more information, visit uwm.edu/lgbtfilmfestival.
West Allis Players Presents Tennessee Williams’
Directed by Katherine Beeson
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I started dating a man only 3 months ago. Since then, his friends have been relentless in asking when we are going to get married. Once they start in on this subject, they continue to harass me about it to the point of ruining a good night. Maybe I will marry this man someday, but not now. It’s our decision, and his friends are just too much. For the record, my boyfriend told them to cool it, but his sly smiles show me he secretly wants me to pop the question. He’s really not doing anything to stop their incessant pestering.
Any Advice? Justin Just Asking Dear Justin,
Give his friends the finger! The ring finger! While it’s great that men can marry men, it’s up to them when they head down the aisle. Enjoy the honeymoon phase, get to know each other better and keep that early dating loving hot before it’s not. Tackle marriage when it feels right for you two guys and not your sweetie’s friends! Calmly tell your guy that his friends’ comments are upsetting you, stressing you and ruining your time with him. Suggest he have a firm discussion with his buddies (when you’re not around) and let them know the comments are unwelcomed, unappreciated and unacceptable and that you need the comments to come to end immediately. (And then give them the finger.)
::RUTHIE’SSOCIALCALENDAR Sept. 26—Opening Night ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ at Off the Wall Theatre (127 E. Wells St.): See this classic in a fascinating new light when director Dale Gutzman lends his extraordinary touch to this William Shakespeare favorite. Featuring a cast of Milwaukee’s best, this battle of the sexes (and wills) is not to be missed. Get your $25 tickets to any of the nine performances via zivacat.com/offthewalltheatre or call the box office at 414-484-8874. Sept. 27—Discover Courage MKE Benefit at Club Charlies (320 E. Menomonee St.): Hit the Third Ward for this installment of monthly introductions to Courage MKE. Learn how this charity helps at-risk LGBTQ youth in Milwaukee, try your luck at a raffle for a vacation package and more. The celebration starts at 5 p.m. and wraps up at 9 p.m. Sept. 27—Mikah in Milwaukee at Mount Caramel Lutheran Church (8424 W. Center St.): Join Mikah Meyer as he brings his nationwide cabaret show to Cream City. As seen on the “Today” show, Mikah Meyer set out on a three-year road trip, visiting 417 national parks and breaking LGBTQ stereotypes across the country. Through songs, stories and more, Meyer shares his lively, motivating and entertaining experiences during the 7:15 p.m. show. Arrive early for a 6:30 pre-concert reception. Sept. 28—Bay View Gallery Night (numerous locations throughout Bay View): It’s here! The biggest, baddest, craziest art crawl Brew Town has to offer unrolls its artsy-fartsy self out to the masses from 5-10 p.m. See bvgn.org for a complete list of participating galleries, business and restaurants as well as a map of events and shuttle services. Sept. 28—Harvest Fair at State Fair Park (640 S. 84th St.): If fall’s your “thang,” don’t miss this autumnal celebration. Plenty of live music, games for the kids, rides, shopping, food and beverages make this a fall fest you’d need to see to believe. Free admission makes this a great day event for the entire gang—with the adults taking things over as the Sun sets. Sept. 29—OctoBEARfest at Woof’s (114 King St., Madison): Couldn’t make Bear Week in P-Town this year? Miss the bear party in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico? Head to Madison for a Wisconsin-brewed bear bash you’ll remember all year long. Oktoberfest meets leather, muscle and fur during this 2-11 p.m. party. Grab your lederhosen and enjoy live polka music, a DJ, German food, craft beers and more. Ein Prosit, ein Prosit, der Gemütlichkeit! Sept. 29—Wisconsin Drag Awards at Re Mixx (8386 State Road 76, Neenah): It’s that time of year, again! Time to hear who won the most votes for the state’s favorite drag performers. Don’t miss this change-of-pace event that offers up the best Wisconsin has to offer. The ceremony starts at 9 p.m. Oct. 2—Latin Night at This Is It (418 E. Wells St.): DJ Marcus Angel takes control of the Cathedral Square hot spot for this 9 p.m. party. Special cocktails and deals on tequila wet your whistle during the lively event that’s sure to get your toes tapping and bring a smile to your face. Oct. 3—Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce Anniversary Celebration at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (333 W. Kilbourn Ave.): Enjoy a free business showcase of local organizations while commemorating the success of the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Mix, mingle, learn and share during the 5:30 to 8 p.m. party. Ask Ruthie a question and share your events at dearruthie@shepex.com. Follow her on Instagram @ruthiekeester and Facebook at Dear Ruthie. Listen to Ruthie every Friday on Energy 106.9 FM at 10:05 a.m. and watch Ruthie on YouTube’s new reality show, “Camp Wannakiki.”
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::MYLGBTQPoint of View
It’s Time for LGBTQs to Face Our Demons ::BY PAUL MASTERSON
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ast year, two visiting Canadian softball players, one gay, one straight, were found dead of a fentanyl overdose in their Downtown Milwaukee hotel room. We offered the perfunctory public “thoughts and prayers” as well as a solemn “killer drugs know no demographic,” but what could have been a moment for a greater community response was not to be. There were no subsequent billboard campaigns or PSAs published in the LGBTQ press, on community organization websites or elsewhere. Like the Second Amendment’s annual collateral mortality rate of thousands, drug deaths are shrugged off as part of the American reality. Overdosing is so common that bystanders live-stream Facebook videos of convulsing, vomiting or catatonic victims as entertainment. And, while it may be true that anyone is susceptible, studies show LGBTQs are proportionately more likely to abuse drugs than others. Stress, internalized homophobia, our social heterosexism’s stigmatization of LGBTQs (with its resulting mental health, emotional and legal issues) all contribute to the disparity. Drug use is so thoroughly imbued, accepted and embraced in our community that a popular drag queen’s name, Sharon Needles, is celebrated as just another witty word-play like Ginger Vidas or Kim Chi. Things began innocently enough back in the 1960s. Marijuana and hallucinogens were
considered mind-expanding conduits to some alternate consciousness or simply a fun way to spend a day. You dropped acid, attended a concert, went dancing or had hours and hours of incredible sex. Being high even enhanced an otherwise boring college lecture. There were occasional “bad trips,” or, rarely, a drugrelated death. But, the “that will never be me” mentality pervaded, and we ignored them, attributing such exceptions to an off batch or the individual’s bad luck. Heroine was a junkie’s drug of desperation, certainly not a trendy means to a psychedelic experience. Still, when guys in my college dorm got high and contrived an amusement by igniting a knotted plastic bag hung from a wire hanger hooked on the ceiling light, a bucket of water below it, and were mesmerized in stoned awe as flaming drops fell with a “zap” and “zished” as they hit the water, I had my personal Peggy Lee “Is This All There Is?” epiphany. My roommate, a doctor’s son from New York, never did. Years later, on an oppressively hot summer day, I saw him trudging along North Avenue, still wearing his once-fashionable vintage winter overcoat. Today, drugs are far more ubiquitous and dangerous. The sheer demand has suppliers mixing anything likely to induce an altered state. Heroin use is common. Home “kitchens” turn out methamphetamines and artisanal concoctions often containing fentanyl. Corporate greed has opioid producers devising distribution strategies to enrich themselves, stockholders and the prescribing doctors. Meanwhile, we consume with addicted abandon. As the TV ads go, side effects include risk of HIV infection when sharing needles or having unsafe sex and death. There is recourse. A national website, drugrehab.com/guides/lgbtq, offers insight into addiction and resources for treatment. Locally, the recently opened LGBT Health Clinic in Froedtert Hospital offers an outpatient drug and alcohol treatment program buttressed by after-care and long-term support for recovery. Now, it’s up to the community to finally confront and deal with it. Comment at shepherdexpress.com. n
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FEATURE | ALBUM REVIEWS | CONCERT REVIEWS | LOCAL MUSIC
Frankie Cosmos Finds Beauty in Math and The Mundane
::BY BILL FORMAN
f there’s anyone out there who misses the term “math rock” but doesn’t miss the conspicuously complicated music that came with it, Greta Kline has written some deceptively simple songs that may offer a degree of consolation. The 23-year-old singer-songwriter, who records with various musicians under the name Frankie Cosmos, has a thing for abstract mathematics, a subject that has likely sunk more high school GPA averages than any other. “I’m not particularly good at math, but I think that it’s really interesting,” said the exceedingly prolific New York musician, who has gone so far as to reference the Fibonacci Sequence in her song “Cow Meeting/Holy Moment.” “I recently have been writing a lot of songs thinking about triangles, and how lines in the geometric plane can only intersect once, if they’re straight lines. If you’ve got any two shapes—let’s say a square and a triangle—and you put them on the same plane, and you extend each line forever, their lines are going to intersect at certain points. And I think that stuff is really interesting from a philosophical standpoint. It’s kind of beautiful.” The same can be said for much of Frankie Cosmos’ recently released third album, Vessel, an 18-song, 34-minute exercise in temporal restraint. Kline, who happens to be the daughter of actors Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates, has a sweetly understated vocal style reminiscent of Young Marble Giants’ Alison Statton, as well as a knack for curious lyrics and lilting pop hooks that are made all the more memorable by the jangly twee-pop tones of bassist/vocalist David Maine, keyboardist/vocalist Lauren Martin and drummer Luke Pyenson. While Vessel is Frankie Cosmos’ third proper studio album, it’s actually the 52nd release from Kline, who has recorded under such Bandcamp pseudonyms as Ingrid Superstar, Little Bear, The Ingrates and Zebu Fur. Titles like Sunrise Over Interpositioned Buildings, Jared Leto Can’t Read, sMartyr and Much Ado About Fucking suggest the caliber and quirkiness of Kline’s sense of humor. But her lyrics can also be quietly poignant. “I don’t feel my body is a vessel,” she sings on the album’s title track, “but you seem to.” Elsewhere, Kline, Maine and Martin take turns on the refrain “Matters quite a bit/Even when you/Feel like shit/Being alive.” Since signing to Sub Pop Records, Kline has cut back on her constant flow
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of online solo tracks, but continues to write feverishly, even when her band is on the road. “When I’m home, I’m pretty much just at my house, staying in my little zone,” she says. “I actually write the most when I’m on tour, because I’m so stimulated by being in new locations, and meeting new people, and having all these interactions.” The strangest interaction so far—one among many, she says—was in Oslo, Norway, after Kline and her bandmates went out to dinner with the show’s promoter. “There was a dance competition going on in the next room, so my bandmates and I snuck in and started dancing with all these elderly people. It was really fun and weird—like we were the most out of place we could possibly be—and there was this really strange band that sounded like we were in Twin Peaks. It was such a strange feeling, the whole thing.” While the transition from lo-fi bedroom recording artist to a full-band approach has taken some adjustment, Kline is pleased with how it’s all turning out. “It’s fun to hear what my bandmates come up with, in Frankie terms of arrangements and making it into a bigger sound,” Cosmos she said. “The first time I did it was hard, because I didn’t Back Room know how to talk about music enough to ask for what I at Collectivo needed. I had to let go of needing to do it all myself, and get used to hearing the songs through someone else’s ears. Thursday, But it’s gotten easier now. It’s safe to just kind of let go, and Sept. 27, just trust the people around you, that they’re going to add 8 p.m. something that’s cool.” While Frankie Cosmos’ musical touchstones range from avant-disco cellist Arthur Russell to freak-folk forefather Michael Hurley, Kline takes her literary cues from the late Frank O’Hara, a member of the loosely knit New York School of poets that was active in the 1950s and early ’60s. Like Kline, O’Hara was insanely productive during his 40 years on this planet, as evidenced by a posthumous poetry collection that spans 568 pages. “A lot of his poems are kind of like taking the mundane, or seemingly small moments, and turning them into these meditative poems,” says Kline. “I think I was inspired by the idea of, like, ‘Oh, I’m just having lunch, but that could be a song.’” Frankie Cosmos plays the Back Room at Colectivo on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 8 p.m.
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Saturday, October 6 • 5-9pm • Racine Zoo 2131 N. Main St. Racine
Sample 16 Old Fashioneds while overlooking the beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline. Proceeds benefit the health and well-being of Racine’s Zoo. Because of you, there is a zoo! Tickets: Shepherdtickets.com SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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::CONCERTREVIEW
::::LOCALMUSIC
::BY EVAN RYTLEWSKI
M
oving back to Milwaukee after several years living in a New York was an adjustment for jazz drummer Devin Drobka. He’d been drawn to New York by its music scene, and it didn’t disappoint. “I felt so connected to the music that was going on there,” he says. “There’s a feeling making music that I feel like you can only really find in New York.” But eventually Drokba says the quality of life in New York wore him down. He got tired of barely scrapping by, and wanted to live in a city where he could afford to open his own private-lesson studio. He understood he’d be trading down for a far more modest music scene than New York’s, but even still, he was taken back by how little was going on in Milwaukee when he returned in 2012. “Moving back to Milwaukee, I was shocked by how much less people were doing even though the city is so much cheaper to live in,” Drobka says. “That was the hardest thing about moving back. I was like, ‘How come nobody is doing anything?’ I’d come from an incredibly expensive city where people were creating so much more. People’s rent would be $840 and they’re out there practicing and doing gigs constantly, but in Milwaukee their rent will be $300 and they’ll just be sitting on the couch.” Six years later, Milwaukee’s scene no longer seems quite so stagnant. Milwaukee’s once under-the-radar jazz scene has enjoyed a resurgence over the last half decade or so, thanks in large part to a handful of ambitious, hyper-prolific players, Drobka among them. He’s gigged across the city with a huge variety of bands and projects, among them Bell Dance Songs, Lesser Lakes Trio, Etudes Trio, Argopelter, Hanging Hearts and Soft Alarm, in addition to touring and recording with the folk-rock band Field Report. He also started the monthly improvised music series Unrehearsed MKE at the West End Conservatory, which presents performances from musicians who have never played together before. “From my experience what really makes a healthy music scene is you need people who want to create original music and who are always willing to make it at a very high level, so that the younger generation can see that and be like, ‘Man, I want to do that, too,’” Drobka says. “It’s the responsibility of artists to go out there and try to really make a connection with people. I sometimes play very challenging music, maybe free of time, or I’ll play with Field Report, where we’re playing songs. But the thing I’ve realized is if you’re honest in your vision and you respect the fact that people are
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ADAM MISZEWSKI
Leon Bridges
Leon Bridges Blended Modern with Classic at the BMO Harris Pavilion ::BY LAUREN KEENE SAM NEUFELD
Milwaukee Jazz Drummer Devin Drobka Flaunts His Versatility on ‘Amaranth’
there listening to what you’re doing and you take the time to talk to people and acknowledge that, that can really change a scene.” Despite his ubiquity as sideman, Drobka has released very little music under his own name, just a lone 2014 album he recorded in a friend’s basement studio. This week he releases something a little more formal for the Minneapolis label Shifting Paradigm Records: An album credited to Devin Drobka’s Bell Dance Songs titled Amaranth. He recorded the periodically avantgarde set at the New York studio The Bunker with Boston bassist Aaron Darrell and a trio of saxophonists, Chris Weller from Chicago and Patrick Breiner and Daniel Blake, both from Brooklyn. Even on his own record Drobka happily cedes the spotlight to his collaborators, and his compositions allow for maximum improvisation. Instead of playing up its knockout refrain, opener “Skip Skip” simply lets the saxophones run wild as Drobka nimbly accompanies each. “It’s this really simple diatonic theme, and when I play it with one sax it’s alright, but with three it’s like, ‘Whoa, here it is,’” Drobka says of the piece. “It’s this vision of an elephant and a mouse dancing together. I wanted it to have this Goliathan feel, and was like, ‘How do I get that?’ The answer was add more weight. Add more saxophones.” Drobka says it’s a relief being able to finally share these pieces, some of which he’d been working on for as long as eight years. “I had my good buddy put it to me this way: He says you don’t make music that’s that accessible, so just enjoy the path you’re on and people will accept it,” Drobka says. “It’s hard to have a record that doesn’t have a consistent pulse, but for me it was nice to have a chance to share with people some of the music I make, even if it’s just a narrow slice.”
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eon Bridges has one of those singing voices that is timelessly charming. Both smooth and soulful, punchy and playful, it’s equal parts Sam Cooke and Ne-Yo. This formula is virtually foolproof, and it comes as no surprise that Bridges has received significant airtime on Milwaukee radio stations and packed Milwaukee venues a few times in the past. His legion of adoring fans braved the crisp September air on Sunday night for an energetic BMO Harris Pavilion show that served as a reminder of how infectious Bridges really is. “Milwaukee, make some noise,” Bridges quipped with a twinkle in his eye, shortly after taking the stage. After a long pause and a dismal response, he persisted. “Make some more noise!” The crowd obliged as nearly everyone jumped up and began dancing. Bridges is an excellent dancer himself; the colorful stage lights followed him as he bounced around the stage during the instrumental break in “Bad Bad News.” Audience members in the front row could almost see their reflection in his (very trendy!) tiny circle sunglasses. Bridges’ sound has very obvious roots in ’60s and ’70s soul and funk records. Instead of completely imitating his legendary predecessors, however, Bridges pays a loving tribute to their work. Sure, he may not be quite as classically soulful or funky as some of them, but he doesn’t necessarily have to be. His carefully crafted, Motown-inspired tunes sound fresh due in part to their contemporary pop sensibility. Sometimes when artists try to pull off a very curated “vintage” sound and aesthetic, their entire brand can feel rehearsed and inauthentic. Bridges’ retro ambiance doesn’t feel forced or aggressive; in fact, it feels completely natural. One can’t help but wonder about how successful Bridges would have been during the Motown era, especially with such an irresistible voice. It’s safe to assume his talents would have been in good company alongside the era’s greatest hitmakers. Bridges had some help on stage. His trio of backup singers provided some much-appreciated silky smooth Supremes-inspired harmonies behind him, while the giant band performed without missing a beat. The impressive arrangement of both sights and sounds would have made Phil Spector proud; one could have cut through their stellar wall of sound with a sharp knife. The crowd remained on its feet for the duration of the show, and, despite the cold air, continued to twist the night away. They probably weren’t grooving to keep warm, though the light exercise probably provided some relief from the cool lakefront temperatures. When in the presence of Leon Bridges, it’s nearly impossible to stand still. SHEPHERD EXPRESS
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 27
Amelia's, Jackson Dordel Jazz Quintet (4pm) Art*Bar, Open Mic Comedy Cactus Club, Products w/Nastros w/Dirty Dancing & Dorth Nakota Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Ana Egge Caroline's Jazz Club, The Group w/Eddie Butts Company Brewing, Immortal Girlfriend w/Seasaw & LUXI County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Acoustic Irish Folk w/Barry Dodd Italian Community Center, Music in the Courtyard: FBI and the Untouchable Horns (6:30pm) Jazz Estate, Tim Whalen Trio Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Songwriters in the Round: Derek Sallmann, Ben Wagner, Michael McKinnon Lucky Joe's Tosa, Matt MF Tyner Mason Street Grill, Mark Thierfelder Jazz Trio (5:30pm) O'Donoghues Irish Pub (Elm Grove), The All-Star SUPERband (6pm) On the Bayou, Open Mic Comedy w/host The Original Darryl Hill Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Myles Wangerin Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, Woodland Dreams Ballroom: Old School Mix Party w/Chubb Rock Riverside Theater, Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco Rounding Third Bar and Grill, World's Funniest Free Comedy Show Shank Hall, Hadden Sayers The Back Room at Colectivo, Frankie Cosmos The Bay Restaurant, Julie Thompson N’ Troy The Packing House Restaurant, Barbara Stephan & Peter Mac (6pm) Transfer Pizzeria Cafe, Latin Sessions: Cecilio Negron Jr. Turner Hall Ballroom, Taste of Ireland (5:30pm) Up & Under Pub, A No Vacancy Comedy Open Mic Urban Harvest Brewing Company, Big Hot Robot Musical Improv
FRIDAY, SEPT. 28
Alley Cat Lounge (Five O'Clock Steakhouse), Ali & Doug Duo Ally's Bistro (Menomonee Falls), CP & Stoll w/Chris Peppas & Jeff Stoll Angelo's Piano Lounge, Julie's Piano Karaoke Anodyne Coffee , The Hungry Williams Art*Bar, Dax Odom & Malo Blu Bar & Lounge at the Pfister, Scott Napoli Quartet w/Mark Davis, Clay Schaub & Johnathan Greenstein (8pm, 9:30pm & 11pm) Cactus Club, Sean Rowe w/Girl Blue Cafe Bavaria, Cafe Bavaria Oktoberfest w/music Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Erik Koskinen Band Caroline's Jazz Club, Paul Silbergleit Quartet Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Long Live The Goat w/High Gallows (8pm); DJ: Fazio (10pm) ComedySportz Milwaukee, ComedySportz Milwaukee! Company Brewing, Alex Schaaf w/Lady Cannon & Father Sky County Clare Irish Inn & Pub, Traditional Irish Ceilidh Session Explorium Brewpub, Matt MF Tyner Frank's Power Plant, Bay View Gallery Night w/Ravi/Lola, Send Medicine & Beach Static Iron Mike's (Franklin), Jam Session w/Steve Nitros & Friends Jazz Estate, Roy McGrath Remembranzas Quintet (8pm), Late Night Session: Groove Grease (11:30pm) LVL Dance, Unify w/DJ Pierre, Hecubus, Rhapsodic & Kyle Kelevera Lakefront Brewery, Brewhaus Polka Kings (5:30pm) Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Indigo Dog Los Mariachis Mexican Restaurant, Larry Lynne Band Lucky Chance, 4th Fridays: Craig Omick & Friends All Star Open Jam w/Jeff Arnold, Don Woppert, Matt Oslund & guests Mamie's, Marvelous Mack Mason Street Grill, Phil Seed Trio (6pm) McAuliffe's Pub (Racine), YoYa Mezcalero Restaurant, The Ricochettes Miramar Theatre, Caspa w/WolfBiteR, Rilathon & Romy (allages, 9pm) Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Chris Schmidt Acoustic (9pm), In the Fire Pit: 76 Juliet (9pm) Red Rock Saloon, Raleigh Keegan Riverside Theater, Dark Star Orchestra Shank Hall, Wookiefoot 20 Year Anniversary Show SHEPHERD EXPRESS
The Baaree (Thiensville), Friday Night Live w/Val Sigal's Polka Express (6pm) The Back Room at Colectivo, Peter Mulvey The Bay Restaurant, Larry Moore Trio The Cooperage, Bacon, Bourbon & Blues w/Idle Minds and the Milwaukee Blues Rock Collective (5pm) The Packing House Restaurant, Tracy Hannemann Group (6:30pm) The Roadhouse (Dundee), The Jonny T-Bird Trio Up & Under Pub, Final Five Presents...
SATURDAY, SEPT. 29
Art*Bar, Ryan Human Big Head Brewing Company, Jonny T-Bird Black Husky Brewing, Polish Moon Polka Trio (1pm) Cactus Club, Flat Teeth EP release show w/Versio Curs & Live Tetherball Tonight Cafe Bavaria, Cafe Bavaria Oktoberfest w/music Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Open Stage Caroline's Jazz Club, The Paul Spencer Band w/James Sodke, Warren Wiegratz, Larry Tresp & Victor Campbell Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Florida Brothers w/Soup Moat (8pm); DJ: Mr. Action (10pm) City Lights Brewing Company, One Lane Bridge ComedySportz Milwaukee, ComedySportz Milwaukee! Company Brewing, S2D w/Pretty Beggar & Telethon Five O'Clock Steakhouse, Rafael Mendez Fox Point Farmers Market, Steve Cohen (10am) Glen Cafe, Jim the Piano Man (5pm) Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Vocals & Keys House of Guinness (Waukesha), Derek Byrne & Paddygrass Jazz Estate, Ken Thomson’s Sextet (8pm), Late Night Session: Brett Westfahl Quartet (11:30pm) Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall, The Cowponies w/South City Revival Mason Street Grill, Jonathan Wade Trio (6pm) Mezcalero Restaurant, Close Enuf Band Miramar Theatre, Chachuba Lost The Mountain Tour: Ifdakar w/Funk Summit Bass Team (all-ages, 9pm) Mueller's Linden Inn (Hartford), Scotch and Soda Pabst Theater, Willy Porter Band w/Martyn Joseph Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Brecken Miles Duo (9pm), In the Fire Pit: Ross Cooper w/Jackie Brown (9pm) Rave / Eagles Club, Bad Bunny (all-ages, 8pm), Vinyl Theatre w/The Middle Ground (all-ages, 8pm) Riverside Theater, Greensky Bluegrass w/Ghost Light Riverwest Filling Station, Eccentric Acoustic Shank Hall, PHUN (A Tribute to Phish) Silver Spring House, Rick Holmes Plays the Blues
Stingers, Cadillac Pete & The Heat w/Big Al Dorn (3pm) The Cheel (Thiensville), Steve Cohen, Eric Noden & Marc Wilson The Corners of Brookfield, Rock the Burbs: Plain White T’s, Listening Party & Abby Jeanne (6pm) The Packing House Restaurant, Maureè! (6:30pm) Up & Under Pub, Honey on the Biscuit Upper Lake Park (Port Washington), Matt MF Tyner (4:30pm) Urban Harvest Brewing Company, Mojo Dojo Comedy's 3rd Anniversary Spectacular (6pm)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 30
Angelo's Piano Lounge, Live Karaoke w/Julie Brandenburg Cactus Club, Milwaukee Record Halftime Show: Immortal Girlfriend (12pm) Cafe Bavaria, Cafe Bavaria Oktoberfest w/music Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Claude Bourbon Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Derek Pritzl and Friends (8pm); DJ: The Colonel & Edina Flo (10pm) Dugout 54, Dugout 54 Sunday Open Jam Frank's Power Plant, The Hybrids w/System Restore, Avenues & The DUIs Hops & Leisure (Oconomowoc), Full Band Open Jam w/host Mass Johnsons (6pm) Iron Mike's (Franklin), Jam Session w/Kenny Todd (3pm) Mad Planet, Cactus Club & Hear Here present: Kikagaku Moyo w/Moss Folk @ Mad Planet Rounding Third Bar and Grill, The Dangerously Strong Comedy Open Mic The Baaree (Thiensville), Sunday Funday w/Evan Christian (4pm) The Back Room at Colectivo, Fruition w/Daniel Rodriguez (of Elephant Revival) The Iron Horse Hotel, On the Patio: 5 Card Studs (1pm) Turner Hall Ballroom, Marcus King Band
MONDAY, OCT. 1
Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) McAuliffe's Pub (Racine), Parkside Reunion Big Band Miramar Theatre, Tuesday Open Mic w/host Sandy Weisto (sign-up 7:30pm, all-ages) Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Al White (4pm) Riverwest Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Jazz Jam Session The Baaree (Thiensville), Alive After 5: Scott Hlavenka & Co. (6pm) Transfer Pizzeria Cafe, Transfer House Band w/Brenda Smith
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3
Caroline's Jazz Club, Jimi Schutte American Blues Conway's Smokin' Bar & Grill, Open Jam w/Big Wisconsin Johnson Glen Cafe, Jim the Piano Man (5pm) High Dive, The Voodoohoney Pirates Iron Mike's (Franklin), B Lee Nelson Acoustic Jam Jazz Estate, MRS. FUN and Clay Schaub Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall, Polka Open Jam Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Acoustic Open Stage w/feature Tyler Weins (sign-up 8:30pm, start 9pm) Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) Pabst Theater, Danny Gokey w/Tauren Wells and Riley Clemmons Paulie's Field Trip, Wednesday Night Afterparty w/Dave Wacker & guests Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Al White Rave / Eagles Club, Lil Xan (all-ages, 8pm) Tally's Tap & Eatery (Waukesha), Tomm Lehnigk The Back Room at Colectivo, Carbon Leaf The Cheel (Thiensville), Dave Miller Blues/Jazz Trio w/Mike Cascio & Hal Miller (6:30pm) The Packing House Restaurant, Carmen Nickerson & Kostia Efimov (6pm) Westallion Brewing Company, Rick Holmes Pro Jam w/host Robert Allen Jr.
Cactus Club, Candace w/Haunter & Apollo Vermouth Jazz Estate, Jazz Estate Jam Session Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Poet's Monday w/host Timothy Kloss & featured reader Matt Cook (sign-up 7:30pm, 8-11pm) Mason Street Grill, Joel Burt Duo (5:30pm) Paulie's Pub and Eatery, Open Jam w/Christopher John & Dave Wacker Up & Under Pub, Open Mic w/Marshall McGhee and the Wanderers
TUESDAY, OCT. 2
Cactus Club, Doomstress w/Lost Tribes of the Moon & The Motherthing Frank's Power Plant, Duck and Cover Comedy Open Mic Jazz Estate, Extra Crispy Brass Band
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RUNNERS-UP
THEME CROSSWORD
By James Barrick
PSYCHO SUDOKU! “Kaidoku”
Each of the 26 letters of the alphabet is represented in this grid by a number between 1 and 26. Using letter frequency, word-pattern recognition, and the numbers as your guides, fill in the grid with well-known English words (HINT: since a Q is always followed by a U, try hunting down the Q first). Only lowercase, unhyphenated words are allowed in kaidoku, so you won’t see anything like STOCKHOLM or LONG-LOST in here (but you might see AFGHAN, since it has an uncapitalized meaning, too). Now stop wasting my precious time and SOLVE! psychosudoku@gmail.com 16 26 19
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16. Bone: Prefix 17. Soon after 21. Scatterplot, e.g. 23. Parts of churches 25. Eros or Eris 28. Kind of date 31. Spiked clubs 32. Entertainers of old 33. “— Bulba” 34. Stand 35. Postal designation: Hyph. 36. Aromatic plants 37. Saddled animal 38. Judge in hindsight: Hyph. 39. Stakes 40. Some votes 42. Loafers 43. Based on two 44. Begat 47. Goes stealthily 49. Unknown, in a way 51. Unbroken horse 52. Half-hearted 53. Finch 55. Educate 56. Misleading tale 57. Manservant 59. Noodles in broth 60. Ship’s crane
61. Marge Simpson’s sister 62. Drive 63. Strength 64. Wipe out 65. Annoyed 66. Hazard at sea 67. More agreeable 68. Music for a dance 71. Old Greek dramatist 72. Of a bishop’s domain 73. Crazy 75. Car 76. Commotion 77. Was in a rage 79. Off-limits 81. Invented 83. — Vecchio 84. Goes on 85. Mark with a groove 86. Old ruler 87. Sandwich 88. — homo! 89. Place near Thailand 90. Go — -free 91. Mackerel 92. Bridge seat 94. Managed care gp. 96. Tokyo, once 97. Itinerary: Abbr.
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WORD FIND This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 29 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.
Birds of a feather Solution:29 Letters
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ACROSS 1. Ruler: Var. 5. First Hebrew letter 10. Primary 15. Kiddie 18. “— 911!” 19. Motherless calf 20. Last Greek letter 21. Gee! 22. Renewed vigor: 2 wds. 24. Inferior: Hyph. 26. Tex-Mex fare 27. Foot soldier 29. Numb 30. At all 31. Signified 32. Tumbling feat 33. Tried a little of 36. Mata — 37. Prognosticate 41. Furthers 42. — - — man (burglar) 45. Compass pt. 46. Risotto base 47. Harpy 48. Word on a road sign 49. Recorded proceedings 50. Pother 51. Dollops 52. Weeds among grain 53. Certain drupes 54. Guards 56. Gave over 57. Ore deposits 58. Plummets 59. Part of REM 60. Challenged 61. Diagnostic images 62. Frenzied 63. Feign illness or injury 66. Memento 67. Rootless one 68. Disposed 69. Geller the illusionist
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::FREEWILLASTROLOGY ::BY ROB BREZSNY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Biologists are constantly unearthing new species, although not new in the sense of having just appeared on our planet. In fact, they’re animals and plants that have existed for millennia. But they’ve never before been noticed and identified by science. Among recent additions to our ever-growing knowledge are an orchid in Madagascar that smells like champagne, an electric blue tarantula in the Guyana rain forest, and a Western Australian grass that has a flavor resembling salt and vinegar potato chips. I suspect you’ll be making metaphorically comparable discoveries in the coming weeks, Libra: evocative beauty that you’ve been blind to and interesting phenomena that have been hiding in plain sight. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): There is no such thing as a plant that blooms continuously. Phases of withering and dormancy are just as natural as phases of growth. I bring this fact to your attention to help you remain poised as you go through your own period of withering followed by dormancy. You should accept life’s demand that you slow down and explore the mysteries of fallowness. You should surrender sweetly to stasis and enjoy your time of rest and recharging. That’s the best way to prepare for the new cycle of growth that will begin in a few weeks. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you were ever going to win a contest that awarded you a free vacation to an exotic sanctuary, it would probably happen during the next three weeks. If a toy company would ever approach you about developing a line of action figures and kids’ books based on your life, it might also be sometime soon. And if you have ever had hopes of converting your adversaries into allies, or getting support and backing for your good original ideas, or finding unexpected inspiration to fix one of your not-so-good habits, those opportunities are now more likely than they have been for some time. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): An 81-yearold Capricorn man named James Harrison has donated his unique blood on 1,173 occasions. Scientists have used it to make medicine that prevents Rhesus disease in unborn babies, thereby healing more than 2.4 million kids and literally saving thousands of lives. I don’t expect you to do anything nearly as remarkable. But I do want to let you know that the coming weeks will be a favorable time to lift your generosity and compassion to the next level. Harrison would serve well as your patron saint. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): On a spring morning some years ago, a smoky aroma woke me from a deep sleep. Peering out my bedroom window into the backyard, I saw that my trickster girlfriend Anastasia had built a bonfire. When I stumbled to my closet to get dressed, I found my clothes missing. There were no garments in my dresser, either. In my groggy haze, I realized that my entire wardrobe had become fuel for Anastasia’s conflagration. It was too late to intervene, and I was still quite drowsy, so I crawled back in bed to resume snoozing. A while later, I woke to find her standing next to the bed bearing a luxurious breakfast she said she’d cooked over the flames of my burning clothes. After our meal, we stayed in bed all day, indulging in a variety of riotous fun. I’m not predicting that similar events will unfold in your life, Aquarius. But you may experience adventures that are almost equally boisterous, hilarious, and mysterious. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I’ve got three teachings for you. 1. Was there a time in your past when bad romance wounded your talent for love? Yes, but you now have more power to heal that wound than you’ve ever had before. 2. Is it possible you’re ready to shed a semi-delicious addiction to a chaotic magic? Yes. Clarity is poised to trump melodrama. Joyous decisiveness is primed to vanquish ingrained sadness. 3. Has there ever been a better time than now to resolve and graduate from past events that have bothered and drained you for a long time? No. This is the best time ever. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Do you have any skills at living on the edge between the light and the dark? Are you curious about what the world might look like and how people would treat you if you refused to divide everything up into
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naked man opened the door to firefighters responding to a house fire in Niceville, Fla., on Aug. 27 and said “I’m sorry” before closing the door in their faces. James Cunningham, 53, later admitted to police he’d had two liters of vodka and had smoked marijuana before trying to bake cookies on his George Foreman grill, reported WPLG Local 10. The experiment went wrong when the grill and cookies caught fire, so he covered them with a dry towel, which also caught fire. Firefighters said if he’d been in the house any longer, he could have died from smoke inhalation.
And More from the Sunshine State New Jersey resident Gregory Lazarchick, 56, made a bad day worse on July 21 when he told greeters at Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., he’d been sent by al-Qaida to “blow the place up.” According to the Orlando Sentinel, the greeters told Orange County deputies Lazarchick complained of having a bad day before issuing his threat, but deputies found no bomb-making materials in his hotel room. The remorseful Lazarchick posted bond after his arrest for false report of a bombing.
What’s with Florida Already?! Known for his blond mullet and numerous social media rants, zoo owner “Joe Exotic” (real name: Joseph Maldonado-Passage) has been cooling his heels in a Florida jail since his arrest Sept. 7 for allegedly attempting to hire two people in late 2017 to kill an unnamed woman. According to the Orlando Sentinel, one of those “killers” was an undercover FBI agent, and Maldonado-Passage was indicted on federal murder-for-hire charges. It all started “many, many years ago,” said Carole Baskin of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Fla., who claims to be the “unnamed woman” Maldonado-Passage was hoping to have killed. She said he has threatened her repeatedly, even posting a video of himself online shooting an effigy of Baskin in the head. Tangentially, Maldonado-Passage was also a candidate in a three-way Libertarian Party primary run for governor this summer. He finished third.
I Smell a Rat At Kirby High School in Memphis, Tenn., things are quiet as a mouse... or a rat. Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dorsey Hopson told the Memphis Commercial Appeal he’s looking for a temporary home for the
school’s 800 students after closing it on Sept. 5 due to rat infestation. The problem started in mid-August, when district personnel uncovered a rat’s nest during a renovation project. Eighty rats were trapped at the school, and poison was set out. When students returned after Labor Day, poisoned rats began dying within the school’s walls, and the stench became overwhelming. Calling the situation an “unavoidable act of nature,” Hopson said he expects students to return sometime in early November.
How About a Therapy Chicken, Then? Lona and Joseph Johnson of Bellingham, Wash., survived the Las Vegas mass shooting last October and decided to get a dog to help with the trauma that haunted them after the incident. “We heard that dogs are good pets to help with the healing and PTSD, and so we bought Jax,” Joseph told the Bellingham Herald. But on Sept. 2, neighbor Odin Maxwell, 49, shot and killed Jax, telling police the dog was chasing his chickens. An investigation showed no chickens were harmed, and Maxwell was cited for discharging a firearm.
Dishing Out Porn Patricia Ann Hill, 69, of White Hall, Ark., called 911 on July 28 to report she had shot her husband, Frank, 65. But she had a motive: Patricia told Jefferson County Sheriff’s investigators she had previously disagreed with her husband’s purchase of a pornography channel on Dish Network, and she canceled the channel, telling Frank that if he reordered it, he’d have to leave. That day, reported the Pine Bluff Commercial, the Dish bill arrived, revealing that the channel had, indeed, been re-added, so Patricia confronted Frank in his “man cave” and told him to go. When he refused, Patricia fetched a .22-caliber pistol from the house and shot him twice, killing him. Hill was charged with capital murder and held without bond in the Jefferson County adult detention center.
Heart Attack on a Plate It’s one way to get a ride to lunch: Knox County, Ky., Sheriff’s deputies responded on Aug. 24 to a home in Corbin, where Kenneth Ray Couch, 35, had reportedly stolen a handgun. As they searched for Couch, they learned he had been transported to the hospital in an ambulance after staging a heart attack at nearby Dixon’s market. When police arrived at Baptist Health Corbin, WYMT reported, they found Couch in the cafeteria, which had apparently been his goal all along. Couch was arrested and charged with first-degree burglary and falsely reporting an incident. © 2018 ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION S E P T E M B E R 2 7 , 2 0 1 8 | 41
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’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So listen, right now I’m on hold with Social Security. It’s been at least about a day and a focking half by now and the hell if I’m going to put the phone down and maybe lose my well-earned place in line; so I’ll have to peck away at this essay one-handed. Could take some time, not to mention that the repetitive “hold music” is making me more than a bit queasy. I wonder if they ever tried this tactic with the terrorists down by the Guantanamo. Cripes, at this point I’ll confess to anything just to bring this ordeal to a close, what the fock. Anyways, so we still don’t know beyond a shadow doubt about Russian collusion and Trumpel-thinskin in the 2016 election, it seems. But from a historical perspective let me tell you that the other day I stumbled upon a re-broadcast of the old “The Dick Cavett Show.” One of the guests on the show was the great political satirist Mort Sahl (still with us). And here’s a quote by Mort from March 3, 1972, a few days after Dick Nixon’s return from his China jaunt: “The only way a Republican can be elected in this country, in my opinion, when the people are in their right minds, is if the Communists select him. The Republicans should be very glad that there are Communists around the world who will elect Republicans by embracing them.” Shazam! And for those Republicans who think President Orange Circus Peanut is the greatest thing since President Orange Hair, Mort could tell you this: “Washington couldn’t tell a lie, Nixon couldn’t tell the truth, and Reagan couldn’t tell the difference.” Ba-ding! Jeez louise, I’m still on hold and so not fully focking engaged here. Besides, this pecking away with one hand is for the focking birds, so what’s say we dip into Artie’s Joke Bag and just call it a day. Since it’s now football season, how ’bout this one: So this family of pro football fans from Chicago heads out one Saturday to do their Christmas shopping. While in the sports store, the young son picks up a Green Bay Packers jersey and says to his older sister, “Hey Sis, I’ve decided to become a Packer fan and I’d really like this for Christmas.” She can’t believe it, smacks him on the head and says, “You better go talk with mom.” And off he goes with the Green Bay Packer jersey in hand and says to his mother, “Hey Mom, I’ve decided I’m going to be a Packer fan, and I’d really like this jersey for Christmas.” The mother is outraged, smacks him on the head and says, “Go see your father.”
So the young lad finds his father and says, “Dad, guess what? I’m going to be a Packer fan, and I’d really like this Aaron Rodgers jersey for Christmas.” The father is so beside himself that he whacks his son on the head and says, “No son of mine is ever going to be seen in THAT piece of crap!” About a half-hour later they’re all back in the car heading toward home. The dad turns to the boy and says, “Son, I hope you’ve learned something today.” The son says, “Yes pop, I have. I’ve only been a Packer fan for about an hour, and already I’ve learned to hate you Illinois sons-of-bitches.” Ba-ding! Hey, considering the health care mess we’ve got these days—with these health insurance companies trying to figure a way to bill you for each and every breath you take—I say laughter is the best medicine, which reminds me of a little story: Guy goes to see his doctor for a checkup (a “checkup”—those were the days, ain’a?). “So Doc, think I can live to be a hundred?” Doctor says, “Well sir, do you smoke or drink?” “Neither done either one,” the guy says. The doctor continues, “Do you gamble, drive fast cars, fool around with loose women?” The guy says, “Never done any of those things, either.” “Well sir,” doctor says, “why the hell do you want to live to a hundred for?” Ba-ding! Got time for one more? A lesson for you’s thespians out there about commitment to the part: This guy walks into a pet store and says, “I’m playing Long John Silver in our community theater production of Treasure Island, and I’m looking for a parrot. Can you sell me one?” The pet-store owner says, “You don’t want a real parrot. It’ll squawk all the time and crap on your shoulder, and what if it flies off during the play?” The guy says, “But I really need to be as realistic as possible.” The pet-store owner says, “I’ve got a stuffed parrot you can use. Can you pick it up Thursday?” And Mr. Actor says, “Thursday? No can do. I’m scheduled to have my right leg amputated below the knee.” Ba-ding! Yes sir, still holding on the best I can ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.
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