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Kenosha Mayor Focuses on Revitalization How a declining factory town was turned around by sound public-private policy ::BY ELIZABETH ELVING ohn Antaramian is Kenosha’s current and longestserving mayor. He was first elected in 1992, serving four consecutive terms before stepping down in 2008.

Eight years later, he ran again, winning in a landslide and resuming the role in the spring of 2016. Antaramian’s return comes at a time of rapid growth and rich potential for the city, and he has many plans for how to make the most of it. “There are so many opportunities right now,” he says. “I was excited to come back.”

Kenosha County has attracted a lot of industry in recent years, and Antaramian says there’s a lot more coming. The arrival of companies like Amazon—which opened its enormous “Fulfillment Center” in 2015—have helped lower the unemployment rate and make the county one of the top areas in the U.S. for job growth. As mayor, Antaramian is encouraging these developments and paving the way for more. One of the top priorities of his new term has been negotiating a boundary agreement with the neighboring village of Somers and town of Paris that will allow the city to incorporate 3,300 acres of land west of Interstate 94. “That’s what we’re classifying as our growth corridor,” Antaramian explains. “Our ability to grow is a major issue for us.”

Also on the mayor’s list of priorities is cleaning up the former Chrysler Engine Plant and building a research facility in its place; investing in housing and attractions in downtown Kenosha (like the historic Heritage House Inn, which is being transformed into a boutique hotel); and revitalizing the older neighborhoods with updated infrastructure. “I’m a big believer that the strength of the older neighborhoods is what propels the city in the long term,” he says.

While Antaramian’s work is focused on the future, the lifelong Kenosha resident has plenty to say about what makes his hometown special now. “It’s a great place to live; a great place to raise a family,” he says.

“We’re one of the safest cities around, and we sit in an ideal location for people who want more of an urban type of living, but not an extremely large community.”

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“a great advantage to the community,” enabling people to live in Kenosha and work in Illinois. It’s also helped make Kenosha more of a “Chicago market” than a Milwaukee one. Antaramian suggests that this dynamic has prevented a lot of Milwaukeeans from visiting or following events in Kenosha. As a result, he says, they might not realize how the city has changed over the years, or what it’s become. “It’s a small city that actually looks very big,” the mayor says. “We have a lot of things that people look at as big city activities, but happening in a smaller community.”

To really see what he’s talking about, Antaramian suggests spending a Saturday in downtown Kenosha. The area boasts four museums: the Kenosha Public Museum, Dinosaur Discovery Museum, Civil War Museum and the Kenosha History Center, which collectively rank among the state’s top tourist draws. There’s also a farmers market (the year-round Kenosha HarborMarket) that attracts thousands of people every week and a popular electric streetcar. During the summer, there are weekly festivals on the lakefront.

“A lot of the new people coming in are surprised at what we have here now and the opportunities that have arisen,” Antaramian says. “This community has grown dramatically in extremely positive ways.”

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e’re a changing town. We’ve opened up for tourism,” says Chris Allen, executive director of the Kenosha History Center.

“It’s a lot cleaner than it used to be. Thirty years ago, if we were standing here, you’d smell paint.”

We’re standing outside the Southport Lighthouse, an 1866 Cream City brick tower on a hill overlooking Kenosha harbor. Thirty years ago, we’d be looking down on a smelly but bustling international port, Jones Island in miniature, abutting an industrial hub where assembly lines produced cars and fire engines, and tanneries made leather goods. Only short stretches of the coastline, packed with terminals and warehouses, were accessible to the public.

Change came to Kenosha without anyone asking for it. The closing of the AMC plant cost 15,000 jobs.

Many of the city’s other manufacturers also closed, leaving behind a harbor with no cargo to ship or receive. But if the large numbers of well-paid union jobs may never return, the upside of deindustrialization has been favorable to the environment and caused its residents to reimagine what Kenosha could become.

Nowadays, the city’s shoreline is a necklace of jade and amber, of green parks vying with sandy beaches.

Dilapidated structures have been razed and replaced with condos, and many of the architecturally impressive buildings have been repurposed.

The north side of the harbor area, called Simmons Island after the long-gone Simmons mattress factory, is a good place to begin a day trip to the city. Facing it from the south is Harbor Park, site of the lakeside Kenosha HarborMarket every Saturday through Oct. 14 (moving indoors at the nearby Rhode Center for the Arts during the cold months). The farmers market features carefully chosen produce, cheese, meat and fish vendors along with arts, crafts, live entertainment and pizza hot from the oven. The lakefront includes a sculpture walk, a boardwalk and a long cement pier leading to the firehouse red North Pier Lighthouse, which continues to guide boats through the dark, but has also become the site of an artist-in-residence program.

Walking Around Downtown Commercial fishing has vanished along with manufacturing, but charter fishing and recreational boating flourish from the harbor’s two marinas. And while Kenosha looks out onto Lake Michigan, there’s plenty to do on dry land in the city’s downtown, starting with a concentration of museums more or less in walking distance of each other. The Kenosha Public Museum is built around a winding walk-through exhibit whose dioramas afford a tour of Southeast Wisconsin from the age of mighty reptiles and wooly mammoths through the Potawatomi and early European settlers. The nearby Civil War Museum is dedicated to a conflict whose core issues await their final resolution. The Dinosaur 8 | OCTOBER 12, 2017

Discovery Museum claims the largest collection of lifesize dinosaur casts in the U.S.; specifically, the largest collection of meat-eating theropods. The Kenosha History Center houses many items once manufactured in the city, including cars. The Southport Lighthouse and the lighthouse keeper’s house are open for tours seasonally.

You don’t have to travel to San Francisco to hear the “ding! ding!” of vintage trolleys and streetcars. A flotilla of the vehicles running on tracks and overhead electric wires circulate through Kenosha’s downtown area, but the low-slung downtown is compact enough to take in during a long walk.

Everywhere you turn, up pops an owner-operated coffee shop, boutique or restaurant.

Common Grounds is an attractive café with deck seating overlooking the lake. The Coffee Pot has a cool neon coffeepot sign out front and a boutique hotel upstairs. The Buzz is Kenosha’s answer to the Walker’s Point Fuel Café with a high ornate ceiling and whirring overhead fans, beer on tap, a liquor department and deli and plenty of hot coffee drinks.

Many specialty shops fill the downtown’s old storefronts. Sandy’s Popper, which began as a booth at the HarborMarket, sells popcorn and ice cream. Sugar Box started as an ice cream truck. Elsie Mae’s Bakery & Cannery offers personal-size fruit and potpies. The Modern Apothecary, filled with the welcoming scent of essential oils, is an herbal-natural shop as well as a working pharmacy. The Apothecary is an example of how Kenosha has actually gotten ahead of Milwaukee for business innovation.

Kenosha also has at least one restaurant the likes of which are unknown in Milwaukee. Mike’s Donuts and Chicken serves a unique take on American comfort food with, yes, donuts and chicken, breakfast and a full bar. Mike’s Sportsbook and Meat Bar has rooftop seating. The attractive Wine Knot is a wine bar and bistro that could blend into any trendy big city neighborhood anywhere in the world. Just north of downtown, the Union Park Art District includes four galleries nestled amid a neighborhood of old Victorian houses, among them an artist co-op, Lemon Street Gallery, featuring work by Wisconsin artists in many media.

Despite the fluorescence of new businesses, Kenosha’s heritage remains strong in the form of longrunning family affairs such as Mars Cheese Castle, Tenuta’s Deli & Liquor and Jack Andrea soda fountain.

Meridith Jumisko, public relations manager for the Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, attributes the city’s turnaround from Rust Belt to tourist destination to a variety of sources, starting with the foresight of the city’s mayor, John Antaramian, during a previous term in office, and continuing through a gamut of local partners committed to building a new Kenosha. “Everyone works together to build community,” she says.

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Mars Cheese Castle a Kenosha Landmark ::BY SHEILA JULSON The 80-foot Mars Cheese Castle sign, easily visible from I-94, not only prompts road trip conversation, but also serves as a symbol of all things great about Wisconsin foods. Originally opened in 1947 by Martha and Mario Ventura Sr., Mars Cheese Castle was moved to a new location (2800 W. Frontage Road) nearby the original spot in 2011. Mars Cheese Castle is a foodie destination for some of the finest cheeses, sausages, bakery, condiments, wine and beer, along with its café and bar.

The 46,000-square foot store was constructed to look like a castle and features brick turrets, a drawbridge entrance and a watchtower that houses the wine department. The store lives up to its name, offering more than 300 cut and wrapped cheeses from Wisconsin and Europe. The in-house bakery crafts sweet and savory products including Mars’ renowned sharp cheddar cheese bread. Maple syrup, mustard and sauces line the aisles, as do candy, snacks and crackers. Wisconsin craft and microbreweries are represented, along with imports from the Netherlands, Germany and elsewhere. Door County wines are just some of the Wisconsin vinos available, along with wines from France, Italy and Germany.

The café’s Reuben sandwich weighs in at half a pound of corned beef, Swiss cheese and sauerkraut. The café also serves beef sandwiches, grilled cheese, spicy sausages and more.

Tuscany Bistro Serves Lunch, Dinner on the Way to Kenosha ::BY DAVID LUHRSSEN They’re playing Frank Sinatra as we walk in—a good omen for an Italian restaurant.

Tuscany Bistro (7410 118th Ave., Kenosha) is located near I-94/41 next to a Super Cuts in a strip mall labyrinth. But while most mall restaurants are chain-run, a pair of Kenosha chefs, father-daughter Guglielmo and Theresa Ianni, own Tuscany. The atmosphere is a stucco-wood Tuscan simulation, and the menu reflects present-day trends with an eye on Italian American favorites.

Tuscany Bistro recently opened for lunch, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday through Friday, and is open daily for dinner at 4 p.m.

The lunch menu features a half-dozen appetizers, four sandwiches, a half-dozen pizzas and the same number of pasta dishes. For an appetizer, try the calamari, lightly breaded and tender. The sandwiches—which include Italian preparations of chicken breast and pork loin, a meatball bomber and a veggie panino—are amply stuffed into fresh ciabatta rolls.

The salads come in bowls as big as gondolas.

The nine-inch pizzas, big enough to share, favor a unique assortment of toppings. Among them, a vegetarian pizza, the Chicago Beef with giardiniera, the self-explanatory Pizza Con Prosciutto and Pizza Diavola with stringy mozzarella, sliced soppressata (an Italian salami) and red-hot Calabrian chilies that rival anything at most local Mexican restaurants for heat.

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This collection features Barbee’s writings from the front lines of the civil rights movement, along with his reflections from later in life. Books will be available for purchase from Woodland Pattern, and there will be a book signing following the talk.

Saturday, Oct. 14

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

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

Peace Action Wisconsin: Stand for Peace @ The corner of Howell and Howard avenues, noon-1 p.m.

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

SHETalks WETalk Milwaukee @ Diverse & Resilient (2439 N. Holton St.), 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

This two-day workshop takes participants on a deep, honest and truthful dive in the issues of race, racism, whiteness and white supremacy (also on Sunday, Oct. 15).

Sunday, Oct. 15

White Supremacy Teach-In @ First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee (1342 N. Astor St.), 9 a.m.-noon The First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee is developing a special service for Oct. 15 devoted to overcoming white supremacy and developing the resources for overcoming racism.

Tuesday, Oct. 17

On the Table Conversation @ YWCA Southeast Wisconsin (1915 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive), noon-1:30 p.m.

This conversation will focus on the prevailing impact of race and racism, and its role in Milwaukee’s most economically disadvantaged communities.

‘Milwaukee 53206’ Screening @ St. Sebastian School and Parish (1747 N. 54th St.), 5:30-7:30 p.m.

St. Sebastian School and Parish, along with Safe & Sound, have organized a screening of Milwaukee 53206, a one-hour documentary that “chronicles the lives of those affected by incarceration in America’s most incarcerated zip code through intimate stories of three 53206 residents.”

Human Trafficking and the Opioid Epidemic @ New Berlin Public Library (15105 Library Lane, New Berlin), 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin have organized a night of presentations on two major issues the people of Wisconsin face: human trafficking and the opioid epidemic.

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he most sickening ritual we repeat over and over in this country is the debate with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and progun Republicans on one side and decent people who want to stop mass murders resulting from the easy access to deadly weap-

ons of mass destruction on the other. These debates take place after every single gun massacre in America, and the outcome is always the same: The NRA and pro-gun Republicans end up passing laws making it even easier for anyone in this country to obtain weapons to commit mass murder, instead of harder.

So, let’s just skip that worthless debate after the largest mass shooting in American history—this one murdering 58 Americans and wounding nearly 500 more in Las Vegas. Instead, let’s start with one thing about guns all Americans can agree upon. I’m serious. There actually are such things.

Here’s the one I would suggest: No one in this country should be able to shoot 550 people at a time.

The beauty of starting with that proposition—and I dare anyone to offer a rational argument explaining why he or she would

disagree—is that it wipes out nearly all of the lame justifications for failing to act after every American gun massacre.

What about the Second Amendment? Well, what about it? When the Second Amendment was adopted in 1791 in the age of blunderbusses, there were no guns capable of shooting 550 people at a time. To do so back in 1791 would have taken months—not the 10 minutes Stephen Paddock shot into a crowd of thousands of country music fans.

The ‘Well-Regulated Militia’ The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution begins with words explaining its intent to maintain “a well-regulated militia.”

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A government allowing the shooting of 550 people at a time is a lousy regulator.

Preventing the shooting of 550 people at a time also takes away the argument that somehow the ability to wipe out enormous numbers of people is necessary for individual gun owners to protect themselves in their homes.

Recently, a totally unprincipled politician succeeded in winning the presidency by fabricating outrageous lies designed to stir widespread fear of immigrants of other races and religions. But not even that shameless liar dared suggest his supporters needed to fend off 550 Latino gang members and Muslim terrorists storming their homes to rape and kill their families.

And all those worries about a zombie apocalypse? That show is totally made up. Even if it could happen, zombies lurch around slowly.

Nobody needs the $200 little “bump stock” doodad Paddock used to convert his semiautomatic rifles to fire like machine guns—100 rounds in seven seconds, according to an internet ad. Preventing anyone from shooting 550 people at a time exposes the silliness of other arguments about why intelligent gun regulations don’t work. If Paddock didn’t have his guns, he could just kill people with a knife or even a rock. Good luck stabbing 550 people at a country music concert. With a rock, you’d be lucky to hurt more than one.

OK, but what about people who have no intention of hurting anyone? They just collect guns that can shoot 550 people at once as a hobby or for target practice. Well, they’re just going to have to find a more acceptable hobby.

Stamps and coins are nice.

Even the NRA and its Republican political hostages seemed to realize their arguments against meaningful gun regulations didn’t make sense any more after the shooting of 550 people at one time. For a fleeting moment, the NRA even appeared willing to consider regulating that deadly little doodad. Not a single gun, mind you, and certainly not any of those military assault weapons Paddock amassed: weapons specifically designed to kill large numbers of human beings during warfare that have no legitimate purpose in civilian life.

Those weapons already were capable of killing 550 people at once. Paddock’s little doodad just sped up the process.

The NRA’s brief support for regulating bump stocks turned out to be fake. The NRA opposes any federal law prohibiting use of those deadly devices. It will just let its friends in the Trump administration regulate them “differently.” Of course, that also means the NRA’s pet politicians can reverse government restrictions at any time. The NRA’s real fear is a “slippery slope” of sensible gun laws. The NRA is terrified laws passed to prevent the shooting of 550 people at a time could lead to laws preventing the shooting of 400 people, then 200 people and, eventually, even those 20 beautiful children at Newtown.

Let’s all hope the NRA is right for once, and let’s start with all Americans agreeing no one in this country should be able to shoot 550 people at a time.

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In addition to the millions of dollars that the Potawatomi have already invested in their Milwaukee Casino, hotel and entertainment venues (creating nearly 3,000 jobs), they are planning a major expansion over the next year by building a second hotel. Milwaukee is Wisconsin’s most visited entertainment destination in part because of the Potawatomi’s casino and great music and entertainment venues.

We applaud the Potawatomi for being the first to step up on this major project for Milwaukee because, as with any new and innovative project, there are unfortunately always the naysayers. Leading the naysayers are some very negative, opportunistic aldermen who continue to attack the street car project either because they truly don’t understand that great cities need various amenities like the street car and other cultural institutions, or they just want to pander to the worst of their constituency, their angry Trump voter base.

Fortunately, there are forward-looking corporate leaders like the Potawatomi who understand the importance of additions to Milwaukee like the street car. Going forward, we expect to see other forward-looking corporate citizens also get behind the street car.

We applaud the Potawatomi and all of the future sponsors of the street car and other Milwaukee amenities.

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pitcher). Azteca’s signature margarita ($12) is a premium mix of añejo tequila, fresh lime juice, blue agave nectar and Grand Marnier.

Once you’ve gotten the very important job of choosing a drink out of the way, it’s time to peruse the Mexican and Tex-Mex menu. It’s smaller than many Mexican restaurants, with only a half dozen apps, a few soups and salads, a few combination plates, some seafood and 23 house specialties—they’re numbered for easy ordering. It’s certainly not a small menu, but abridged compared to some.

Cochinita Pibil ($13.95) stands out in a menu of things like quesadillas ($9.99$13.99) and chimichangas ($10.75-$11.75). The dish is a specialty of the Yucatan region of Mexico. Pork is cooked slowly, wrapped in banana leaves and seasoned with achiote and orange. The tender shredded pork is served in a neat mound on a piece of banana leaf with pickled red onions, black beans, rice and tortillas.

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OLF PEACH IS NESTLED ATOP BREWERS HILL OVERLOOKING DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE. It’s a great place to snap a picture before sitting down for brunch. The name Wolf Peach comes from the Latin word for wild tomato, Lycopersicon. In folklore it was said that witches used the wolf peach (or wild tomato) to conjure werewolves. Wolf Peach shows homage to these legends through tomato-based cuisine.

Each time I came to Wolf Peach for weekend brunch, there was always a gathering of people out front before the restaurant’s 10 a.m. opening. Everyone was talkative. Wolf Peach’s motto “como viene” (“as it comes”) communicates the feeling. As a customer I never feel I have to be fancy. There isn’t an expectation to dress a certain way; I come casual, but I could have also dressed up.

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n her 1909 classic, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, author Beatrix Potter wrote, “It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is soporific.” There’s nothing sleepy, however, about any plant-based foods when prepared creatively. Melanie Manuel of Beatrix Foods—the name a nod to Potter, Manuel’s favorite childhood author—crafts scratchmade vegan delicacies for pop-up events and catering, with a brick-and-mortar location in the works for spring 2018.

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a farm in Kansas, and Manuel has pleasant memories of picking fresh vegetables and watching her grandmother cook and bake, often without using recipes. Manuel also comes from a military family that often lived abroad, so she was influenced by world cultures and cuisines.

After visiting a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) booth when she was 16, Manuel became a vegetarian and never looked back. “I always grew up with animals,” she says, “most were rescues—the more pathetic, the better—and my grandpar-

ents had animals on their farm.” In addition to ethical reasons behind going vegan, Manuel also felt the positive health benefits of eating a plant-based diet.

An appreciation for Midwestern sensibility, along with Milwaukee’s Lake Michigan shore, arts and culture, and vast green space, led Manuel to settle in Milwaukee. As a teacher who always cooked and catered on the side, Manuel met other vegetarians and vegans, and realized there is a market here for “rabbit food, reinvented.”

Her first vegan pop-up event was a success. “It was amazing. All these people came, and I sold out of food in an hour. I met new people, and I’ve been doing this ever since,” she said. She enjoys creating vegan versions of traditional meat dishes, but also playing with vegetables and bringing out new flavor combinations.

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The pop-up event model has worked well and helped Manuel develop a brand identity.

Most Beatrix Foods’ events are themed and have previously included an Italian night, and taco night at Eagle Park Brewing.

Attendees at Garlic Fest this past June had the chance to try Manuel’s vegan arancini (fried risotto ball) filled with almond ricotta and topped with tomato sauce. Other event hits include Korean barbecue jackfruit sliders, chocolate stout cupcake and vegan brats, the latter of which were part of a brat and Chicago hotdog faceoff for a Brewers event.

For catering, Manuel tries to tailor food to what the client wants. Beatrix Foods has catered for Mandel Group’s events at their condos and Downtown developments, as well as for bridal showers and parties. Manuel also leads cooking classes and offers private consults for people who want to switch to a vegan lifestyle, but aren’t sure where to start.

Manuel has been seeking locations for a brick-and-mortar eatery on the East Side, or in Shorewood or Walker’s Point. She plans to offer a full cocktail menu, weekend brunch and take-out, with specials such as fishless fish fry Fridays. “I want to have a combination of elevated food and to be internationally inspired and playful, with some indulgence on stuff that vegetarians and vegans can’t get everywhere, but that omnivores would still like and appreciate,” she said.

Upcoming events include a four-course Octoberfest event on Monday, Oct. 23 at The National (839 W. National Ave.); and Beatrix Foods’ one-year anniversary party on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at Draft & Vessel (4417 N. Oakland Ave.), which includes a vegan hot dog eating contest to raise money for Milwaukee Pets Alive.

Manuel is happy with her relocation to Milwaukee and is grateful for the community support. She also found a new furry friend— Alastair, a white floppy-eared bunny adopted from a farm in Viroqua.

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hile it’s certainly worrying that the Green Bay Packers’ pass defense continues to struggle, a healthier offense can cover up many defensive deficiencies and on Sunday afternoon a virtuoso performance from Aaron Rodgers and rookie running back Aaron Jones did just that. The Aarons rallied the team from a substantial deficit in one of the most thrilling games of the season, but they could be in trouble next week against Minnesota’s superb defense.

The Defense is Not Deep Let’s start by giving credit where credit is due. The Packers’ run defense was excellent, and while Ezekiel Elliott did rack up 116 yards, he took 29 carries to do it. Until the final drive, he had runs of more than four yards on just three of 20 carries, regularly putting Dallas in tough spots. Blake Martinez continued his outstanding season in run support, and the defensive line held up quite well against one of the NFL’s finest offensive lines. Even the pass rush played well, regularly pressuring Dak Prescott and forcing him to extend plays with his legs. The problem for the Packers is that Prescott is very good at doing so, and even before cornerback Kevin King left the game with a concussion, Dallas tore through the secondary like a hot knife through butter.

No Packer corner or safety stood out, and almost everyone had an embarrassing moment. Quinten Rollins, now in his third season, simply cannot keep up with NFL-caliber receivers and often appeared to be standing still. Damarious Randall had one of the plays of the game with his third quarter pick-six; however, the interception itself was caused by a lucky bounce off of receiver Terrance Williams, and Randall picked up an inexcusable taunting penalty after scoring. Randall didn’t play a terrible game, but high-profile mental mistakes continue to be an issue, and on the second-to-last play of the game he very nearly let Cole Beasley get behind him for a 75-yard touchdown.

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Aaron Squared Aaron Jones exceeded all expectations in his first start—racking up 125 yards on just 19 carries and hauling in a very difficult nineyard catch that even a wide receiver would have struggled with. Jones gained seven or more yards on nine of 19 carries, and those big plays were crucial. While the offensive line wasn’t quite back to normal with David Bakhtiari sitting out, they played well enough to give Aaron Rodgers time, and his receivers did not disappoint. Martellus Bennett and Lance Kendricks both made big plays down the field, and Davante Adams had one of his best games as a professional, catching seven of his 11 targets for 66 yards and, more importantly, two touchdowns. His game-winning catch was a thing of beauty, and he is now clearly among Rodgers’ most trusted targets.

Next Up: The Vikings The bad news for the offense is that Jordy Nelson suffered a late hamstring injury. The severity is not yet known, but any time a wideout has a hamstring injury, it’s cause for concern. It is especially important to have a deep receiving corps against Minnesota because, to the extent Minnesota has any weaknesses on defense, it is at the back end of the depth chart in the secondary.

Xavier Rhodes is one of the best corners in the NFL and has shut down the number one receiver of all Viking opponents so far—including the Saints’ Michael Thomas, the Steelers’ Antonio Brown and Tampa Bay’s Mike Evans. That said, as impressive as Rhodes has been, the Vikings have been vulnerable to slot receivers and secondary receivers. The ideal Packers game plan would likely include sacrificing Jordy Nelson to Rhodes while Davante Adams and Randall Cobb work on Terence Newman, Trae Waynes and Mackensie Alexander. If Nelson can’t go, that puts a lot of pressure on Cobb and Geronimo Allison—the latter coming off one of his worst games of the season.

The Viking offense is in rough shape, having lost star rookie runner Dalvin Cook to an ACL tear and playing backup QB Case Keenum, but they still possess a ruthless defensive line, and it’s easy to imagine a scenario where Aaron Rodgers is under constant pressure with no one open. Hopefully that hamstring heals quickly.

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MILWAUKEE’S EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE CO-OP INVESTIGATES NON-HUMAN LIFE Cooperative Performance presents ‘The Performance Ecology Project’ ::BY JOHN SCHNEIDER he renowned Japanese theater director Tadashi Suzuki shares a history with Milwaukee. In a three-way partnership with UW-Milwaukee’s Professional Theater Training Program (PTTP) and the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in the 1980s, he brought his company here, introduced his celebrated actor training method and directed an unforgettable Japan-Milwaukee production of Euripides’ The Bacchae. His training program is as disciplined as ballet. The exercises combine Asian martial arts, drumming and meditation practices, among other things, and demand a total physical and mental commitment to the life of every moment.

Five years ago, the young Milwaukee actress Kelly Coffey enrolled in a Suzuki class at the Rep taught by Neal Easterling, an actor in the Rep’s Education Department. In Coffey’s words, “It brought everything I’ve learned about acting and movement together. I wanted to do more of it and I thought other people would want that. So I said to Neal, we should continue these classes somewhere in the community and maybe even perform. He was, like, yeah, and talked about starting a company. I hadn’t dreamed of that. So I said, ‘Sounds great, how does that work?’”

Easterling suggested creating a co-op for performing artists who want to originate work because “That hasn’t been done before,” Coffey said. Thus, Cooperative Performance Milwaukee was conceived as an experiment. Four and a half years later, the company has shortened its name to Cooperative Performance and constructed an exciting mission statement that emphasizes “the creation of original works and innovative performances unattainable through traditional means of production; to inspire deeper thought and discussion about the issues concerning our communities—both local and global. We achieve this by creating collaborative and cooperative networks, providing platforms for artist education and feedback, and utilizing unconventional forms that integrate diverse perspectives and artistic disciplines.”

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Don Russell, a founding member and the current board chair, explained how it works. “We’re a non-profit and a cooperative which is a strange hybrid. What we’ve developed is a company with member owners and a very active board of directors, elected by the members, to guide it. Our season is chosen through a process where any artist member can pitch a project. We do this in January. Anybody in town can come and watch and vote for their favorites. Members get five votes, non-members get two votes. The shows with the most votes go to the board, which functions like an artistic director in a traditional theater. They look at which projects align with our mission, are financially viable and, most important, have the most votes. That’s how we operate as a co-op. Profit from ticket sales are divided among the makers of that performance. We don’t limit casting to members; most of our performers are non-members. People become members because they believe in the mission.”

On order to give patrons an active voice, there are patron members as well as artist members. All members pay small annual dues for four years, after which no dues are required. “We want Milwaukee to be flooded with experimental avant-garde performance work,” Russell continued. “Anybody who donates to us is donating to that ideal. We’re a very poor company but that actually supports our ideal because we’re not beholden to anybody.”

Jeff Grygny is an artist member and a playwright, theater critic and educator deeply versed in Buddhist meditation practices.

He conceived the upcoming fall show, The Performance Ecology Project. Brian Rott, co-founder of the experimental Quasimondo Milwaukee Physical Theatre, directs a cast of three actors, a dancer, a musician and two poets.

On five recent Saturdays, Grygny and Rott took their cast into the wilds of the Milwaukee Rotary Centennial Arboretum between the Milwaukee River and the Riverside Branch of the Urban Ecology Center. There, professional teachers led “field sessions” in yoga, tai chi, meditation, contemporary dance and clowning. The cast then stayed on in the woods watching insects, birds and mammals and noting their observations and reflections in journals. These became the stuff of Grygny’s script, edited by Rott as he and his cast fashioned a music, theater and dance performance that will take place indoors and outdoors at the Urban Ecology Center. The subject: our relationship to non-human life, and perhaps, by extension, the future of the planet.

Suzuki classes, open to all, continue Mondays from 7-10 p.m. through Nov. 27 at the Underground Collaborative, 161 Wisconsin Ave. Actor Mark Corkins, who continued to work with Suzuki after graduating UWM’s PTTP program, teaches the class now, together with Russell whose practice combines that training with other contemporary techThe Performance niques. Classes begin again in February. The season Ecology Project continues in February with Oct. 15, 20, 22, 25, 28 & 29 Coffey and Russell’s Ellis, deUrban Ecology veloped with writer AlejanCenter - Riverside dra Gonzales, about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Milwaukee immigrants. The stories will be gathered at a public workshop at Alverno College on Saturday, Oct. 21 from 9-11:30 a.m. You’re invited.

Story submissions can also be emailed directly to Coffee through Oct. 31: kcoffee@cooperformke.com. Visit facebook.com/coopperformance/ for submission-writing instructions.

The Performance Ecology Project runs Oct. 15, 20, 22, 25, 28 and 29 at the Urban Ecology Center-Riverside, 1500 E. Park Place. Call 414533-7308 or visit cooperativeperformance.org.

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Beet Street Harvest Festival @ Wentworth and Potter avenues, noon-6 p.m.

Last year, Bay View neighborhood staples Goodkind, Palomino and the Cactus Club came together to present their spin on a traditional harvest festival, with all the pies, pumpkins and seasonal trappings you’d expect—but with much more exciting music and a much more interesting beer selection. This weekend, the Beet Street Harvest Festival returns for its second year for a day of baking contests, craft cocktails and rare keg tappings, as well as music from WMSE and Radio Milwaukee DJs and headliners Milo (who released one of the year’s most provocative hip-hop albums, Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?!), Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas, Dogs in Ecstasy and Gas Station Sushi. After the festival ends at 6 p.m., there will be an after party at the Cactus Club featuring the Oozing Wound, Kia Rap Princess and Sex Scenes.

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A.J. Croce @ South Milwaukee PAC, 7:30 p.m.

Given his pedigree, perhaps it was inevitable that A.J. Croce would make a career out of music. The Nashville musician is the son of two singer-songwriters, Ingrid Croce and the late Jim Croce (of “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” and “Time in a Bottle” fame). Although his father died in a plane crash just two years after he was born, the elder Croce’s music has always loomed large over A.J.’s work, which is why he’ll pay homage to it at this show, which will include some of his father’s songs as well as songs that influenced both him and his father, in addition to the pianist’s own pensive tunes.

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Milwaukee Paranormal Conference @ multiple venues

Buddy Guy @ The Pabst Theater, 8 p.m.

Quite possibly the most famous surviving blues legend of his era, even in his 80s Buddy Guy remains a sought-after collaborator, celebrated for his blistering electric guitar playing. With all of the attention paid to his guitar, though, it can be very easy to overlook what a talented Guy is, something he’s demonstrated repeatedly in recent years. His 2010 album, Living Proof, was one of his most explicitly autobiographical works and became his highest-charting album ever. He followed it up in 2013 with the soulful, double-disc Rhythm & Blues and 2015’s Grammy-winning Born to Play Guitar.

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You’ve probably already forgotten about The Internship, the dreadful 2013 Owen Wilson-Vince Vaughn comedy premised on the idea that Google is such a fantastic place to work that people will do anything they can to land a job there. For Steven Markowitz, though, there was more to life than a job at Google. Better known by his stage name, Hoodie Allen, Markowitz left the company to pursue a career in rap, working the college market hard with releases like Bagels and Beats and Making Waves, which gained him the 2009 MTVU’s Best Music on Campus Award. He’s come a long way from the scrappy indie-rock samples of his earliest mixtapes. His new album, The Hype, features lush, modern electronic production and features from guests including Scott Hoying of Pentatonix, Goody Grace and Wale.

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We’ll spare you that “X-Files” quote, but mankind has always been fascinated by the unknown—some of us more than others. Each year, truth searchers, UFO believers and cryptozoologists of all stripes come together for the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference, a good-humored celebration of all things eerie and unexplained. The weekend kicks off Friday with paranormal investigations at the Milwaukee Theatre (now the Miller High Life Theatre), a midnight magic show at the Brumder Mansion and a night of music, comedy and burlesque at the Riverwest Public House. Saturday features a paranormal film fest at the Times Cinema, a variety of haunted tours (including a bigfoot hike and ghost tours of the Third Ward and Waukesha) and UFO presentations at the Shorewood Village Center, then ends with an event called The Jabberwocky’s Ball at the Local. Sunday is for the conference itself—a day of speakers, panels and workshops at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center.

For the full schedule, visit milwaukeeparacon.com.

(Through Sunday, Oct. 15.)

Hoodie Allen w/ Luke Christopher and Myles Parrish @ The Rave, 8 p.m.

The most successful offshoot of the pioneering ’90s stoner-rock group Kyruss, Queens of the Stone Age have always had something of an open-door policy for guest musicians.

Leader Josh Homme filled the group’s 2013 album, …Like Clockwork, with guests, including Trent Reznor, Mark Lanegan, Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters, Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys and Dave Grohl—an early advocate of the group who drummed on about half the album.

Elton John even appeared on the thing. Homme must have gotten it all out of his system on that album, though. For Villains, the group’s seventh and latest album, he kept the cameos to a minimum, making for one of the group’s most streamlined albums, but also one of its leanest and glammiest.

Los Sonidos Unidos: A Milwaukee Benefit Concert for Mexico and Puerto Rico @ Turner Hall Ballroom, 5 p.m.

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While the president continues to cover for his slow response to the crisis and insist that Hurricane Maria wasn’t “a real catastrophe,” even as it claimed the lives of dozens and left almost the entire island of Puerto Rico without necessities like power and clean water, good Samaritans around the country are doing their part to help out. Milwaukee has responded with this benefit concert for Mexico and Puerto Rico, which will feature music from the Latino Arts Strings Program (a band with members from De La Buena), Bahia Bombazo with the Pandanza Dance Company and Cache, as well as good food from local restaurants Cubanitas, Café el Sol, Antigua Latin Café and WWBIC Coffee with a Conscience. Entry is a donation of $20.

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The daughter of folk greats Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle and the sister of opera-pop savant Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright was born into a shockingly talented family, yet she rarely seems burdened by expectations. Her albums are free and confident, marked by acid-tongued songwriting and deviations from typical folk and rock tropes. She also has a gift for culling interesting collaborators. 2012’s Come Home to Mama featured collaborators that included Sean Lennon and Yuka Honda, as well as Wilco’s Nels Cline and Dirty Three drummer Jim White, while last year’s Goodnight City featured songwriting assists from Beth Orton, Glen Hansard, Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs and Rufus Wainwright, who penned the closer, “Francis.”

The Obsessed w/ Cobalt and Prezir @ Cactus Club, 8:30 p.m.

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To say The Obsessed have had a turbulent history is an understatement. Since they formed in the late ’70s, the cult metal band has struggled to get their music released and to maintain a stable lineup. After a planned 1985 debut for Metal Blade was shelved, it took them until 1990 to release a full-length album. Following the commercial failure of their acclaimed third album, 1994’s The Church Within, the band broke up for a second time, but last year, singer-guitarist Scott “Wino” Wenrich resurrected the group, albeit with yet another new lineup that’s already seen some turnover. Next month, Relapse Records will reissue the group’s long out-of-print 1990 self-titled debut album as a two-CD set.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18 Amos Lee @ The Pabst Theater, 8 p.m.

After working as an elementary school teacher for two years, Philly musician Amos Lee quit to devote himself to his soulful blues songwriting. His 2003 EP drew interest from fellow jazz composer Norah Jones and earned him an opening spot on her 2004 tour. Their rapport fostered future professional relations, particularly on his self-titled debut album, which was produced by Jones’ bassist and included her vocals and instrumentation. 2013’s Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song, which included guest vocals from Alison Krauss and Patty Griffin, widened his musical territory, featuring considerably more pep than its predecessors, while last year’s Spirit drew heavily from the spirit of ’70s soul and contemporary R&B. SHEPHERD EXPRESS

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The plot, characters and music of the 1992 feature film Sister Act, which starred Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith and Harvey Keitel, seem ripe for the live stage. Odd, then, that it took 14 years for that to transpire. And, yes, the play has been a success, too.

It would be hard to fail given the quality material; Sister Act was one of the most financially successful comedic films of the 1990s (it grossed $231 million worldwide).

Elm Grove’s Sunset Playhouse presents the stage musical of Sister Act—with its fine original music by composer Allan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater—which was nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It features the songs “Take Me to Heaven,” “How I Got the Calling,” “I Could Be That Guy” and the finale, “Spread the Love Around.” Sunset’s production casts Ashley Levells in the role of Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg’s role). (John Jahn) Oct. 12-Nov. 5 at the Furlan Auditorium, 800 Elm Grove Road. For tickets, call 262-7824430 or visit sunsetplayhouse.com.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The Musical As Off the Wall Theatre’s Dale Gutzman explains, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream is often called William Shakespeare’s most erotic play. It deals wisely and cleverly with the mishaps caused by our desires and our refusal to admit to the darker sides of our natures.” Indeed, the characters and what they do in this play are eye opening today; they were certainly that and more when the audiences of 1596 first saw it.

But, as director Gutzman is quick to point out, this will not be a straight Shakespeare adaptation, but rather one that has been “mixed into a delightful cocktail of songs by Cole Porter.” And, yes, Porter songs like “In the Still of the Night,”“Be a Clown” and “At Long Last Love” seem most apropos to a timeless tale of love and intrigue, in which “the fairies cast their spells, the mechanicals rehearse their simple play, and the lovers woo and war…” Gutzman explains. Porter’s torchy love songs accompany the midsummer mayhem and madness. This Off the Wall production features David Flores, James Strange and Lawrence J. Lukasavage among a cast of 14 others. (John Jahn) Oct. 18-29 at Off the Wall Theatre, 127 E. Wells St. For tickets, call 414-484-8874 or visit zivacat.com/offthewalltheatre.

Bel Canto Chorus opens its 87th season on Sunday, Oct. 15 with a choral piece written by its own music director, Richard Hynson, almost two decades ago, Evensong.

Revisiting the piece has the composer-conductor reflecting on the work’s genesis. “I needed to find a new, unaccompanied work to balance the rest of the programming for the season,” he recalls. “I turned to words that had been a regular part of my life while a choirboy at the Washington National Cathedral—the Anglican Evensong Service. I used every part of the service: the prayers, psalms and canticles, as my libretto.” Its performance is in recognition of Hynson’s 30th year with Bel Canto.

The concert program also includes the Mass in G Minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

At the time of its composition in 1921, it was the first mass to be written in a distinctly English manner since the 16th century. Also, there’s Alleluia by Grammy Award-winning American composer Eric Whitacre (b. 1970), a choral work he adapted from October—a concert band piece he composed in 2000.

Two vocal soloists, baritone Jonathan Laabs and soprano Emily Pogorelc, will appear as soloists in the concert. (John Jahn) Oct. 15 at the Basilica of St. Josaphat, 2333 S. Sixth St. For tickets, call 414-481-8801 or visit belcanto.org.

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Don Juan Don Juan, the superbly shameless Spanish anti-hero, is the subject of this play at UW-Parkside. The college’s production is based on the 1665 French five-act comedy written by Molière. Don Juan (aka Dom Juan) was somewhat scandalous at the time; its subject matter offended both church and royalty. All the more reason to see it! Oct. 13-22 at UW-Parkside’s Main Stage Theatre. Visit uwp.edu for tickets.

Music for the Last Queen This Great Lakes Baroque concert features music from the court of Marie “let them eat cake” Antoinette—the last queen of France who was convicted of high treason and executed by guillotine on the Place de la Révolution on Oct. 16, 1793. Enjoy some of the music she surely must have lost her head over, such as the lovely works of Armand-Louis Couperin, Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, Nicolas Séjan and others. Friday, Oct. 13 at North Shore Congregational Church. For tickets, visit greatlakesbaroque.org.

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Utilizing Anthony Hope’s novel, Wisconsin playwrights Ryan Schabach and Dan Klarer have come up with a fine adaptation of The Prisoner of Zenda, a tale about the kidnapping of a man who would be king. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre will present a staged reading of this literary classic (famously made into a feature film in 1937). Monday, Oct. 16 in the Skylight Bar & Bistro of the Broadway Theatre Center.

Pay-what-you-can tickets are available at the door (no reserved seating).

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ot Mikado’s stage director, Austene Van, writes in her message to those attending her show that she wishes for them “to let [a] sense of joy wash over you. Let yourself be transported by the show’s blues, jazz, gospel, swing and Big Band music.” That it is very easy to do, for the Skylight’s season opener is a delight for the eyes, the ears and—especially in these tense times—the heart and (metaphorically speaking) the soul.

While the show is set in Harlem of the 1940s, the plot and characters are those of the original Gilbert and Sullivan classic The Mikado, which is set (ostensibly) in late-19th-century Japan. This makes for a bit of confusion as the characters are undoubtedly Americans of the mid-20th century; their language, clothes, dance and music styles make that most abundantly clear.

So, why are they still named Nanki-Poo, Pooh-Bah, Pitti-Sing and so forth? Well, this is actually a Big Band Era nightclub putting on a show of The Mikado updated for the hep-to-the-jive audiences of that time. Frankly, this is an odd admixture; I wish more was done to explain this setting and the characters. What we have here, then, are actors portraying actors acting out The Mikado. Personally, I found David H. Bell’s approach in Hot Mikado somewhat lacking and muddled for this reason. But, plot aside, what else do we have here?

Thankfully, we’ve Skylight’s excellent cast and superb on-stage music ensemble.

Stand-outs include the comedic ebullience and perfect timing of Chris Klopatek as Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner. There’s also the precise acting and top-notch bluesy voice of Jamecia Bennett as femme fatale Katisha. Michael Penick makes Nanki-Poo a thoroughly engaging character, and Ryan Cappleman (Poo-Bah) displays many theatrical gifts; his vivid facial expressions and voice impersonations as he takes on multiple personas almost make his very being transmogrify before your eyes with each movement and inflection.

Finally, Hot Mikado’s quintet of band musicians set my foot atappin’ and head a-swingin’ several times; they kept things moving at a jazzy pace through to the rapturous grand finale—plot be damned!

Through Oct. 15 at the Broadway Theatre Center’s Cabot Theatre, 158 N. Broadway, through Oct. 15. For tickets, call 414-291-7800 or visit skylightmusictheatre.org.

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hitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you!” sing a pair of children to their favorite car, and that’s likely to be the audience’s impression, too, after they’ve seen Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, a musical that opens First Stage’s season.

Based on the 1968 film starring Dick Van Dyke as eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, this musical is intended for children ages 6 and older. Director Jeff Frank leads the large cast (32 children, split into two casts) through a fantastical storyline highlighted by famous tunes from the film. In addition to the “Chitty Chitty” song, there are also versions of the film’s other tunes, including “Toot Sweets” and “Truly

board. Ryan Schabach as the Drama Professor (with a degree from MATC), is pretentious, mincing and generally outré, superficially the Coach’s opposite in all things. Yet here, again, we find a passionate artist and educator with real desire to communicate great stories through outlandish theatrics. As the Student Teacher, Chris Goode is a hilarious cross between Valley boy and jock, whom the other two ridicule for his supposed stupidity, but who’s really the best read of the bunch.

All three of these actors are commendable for creating wildly different characters united by a shared love for their work expressed under the most ridiculous of circumstances. Their relaxed poise in circus-style physical comedy is a joy to behold. Kudos as well to deck crew member Catarina Erba who keeps the incredibly fast and elaborate costume and prop changes running smoothly.

The script from the Reduced Shakespeare Company was written in 2002 and is peppered with cultural references that director Chris Flieller and the rest of the In Tandem team have done a great job updating and bringing home to roost in Milwaukee. The script is also praiseworthy for its thoughtful yet lighthearted approach to weighty topics such as literary censorship and gender and racial politics within the canon.

Rick Graham’s set design—a wacky dreamscape of an ill-funded high school multi-purpose room with slanted doors and a basketball hoop, as well as Kathy Smith’s costumes—attractive, versatile and ingeniously rigged for split-second changes—do much to bring this adventure through literature to life as well.

Through Oct. 29 at In Tandem’s Tenth Street Theatre, 628 N. 10th St. For tickets, call 414-271-1371 or visit intandemtheatre.org.

Scrumptious.” The last song is a tuneful tribute to the inventor’s love interest, Truly Scrumptious (the lovely Malkia Stampley). Milwaukee Ballet’s Michael and Jayne Pink provide snazzy choreography.

The complicated plot is carefully unwound for the benefit of young children. Potts, a widowed inventor (Jackson Evans), is trying to scrounge enough cash to buy a rusty old racecar for his kids. Otherwise, the car is going to be sold to a scrap dealer (Rick Pendzich).

During Potts’ attempts to raise money, he meets Truly Scrumptious. The children (Jack Trettin and Paige Landrum) are immediately drawn to her kindness.

There must be villains, of course, to foil Potts’ intentions. A spy from the fictitious country of Vulgaria gets a lot of laughs as she (Sara Zientek) bungles the job with “help” from her partner (Nathan Wesselowski). They report to the Baron (masterfully played by Drew Brhel), who is as visibly excited as a 7 year old as his birthday draws near. On opening night, many children in the audience shrieked with laughter at the Baron’s antics. Elyse Edelman plays the Baroness.

The highlight of the props department is a fullsized replica of the famous car. Set designer Martin McClendon and properties master Nikki Kulas supervised the car’s design and construction. One cannot use any word but “fantabulous” (coined by Caractacus) to describe this magnificent vehicle. But can the car become a boat and even an airplane, as it does in the film? See the show and find out.

Through Nov. 5 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts’ Todd Wehr Theater, 929 N. Water St. For tickets, visit firststage.org or call 414-273-7206.

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The Foreigner R Jackie Chan portrays Quan Ngoc Minh, an Asian restaurateur seeking justice in the wake of his daughter’s senseless death. The proprietor of a London eatery, Quan is also a retired assassin. Learning the “New IRA” killed his daughter, Quan seeks information from tight-lipped Liam Hennessy (Pierce Brosnan), a terrorist-turned-power-hungry politician. To enact his revenge, the film observes gentle,

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shuffling Quan transform into a dexterous super-soldier. It’s going to be a bad day for Hennessy who

he 20th anniversary of the Milwaukee Jewish Film Festival is an opportunity to reflect on the changing meaning of Jewish film. To be sure, the looming facts of the last century can’t be ignored. Three of the festival’s eight films have Holocaust themes. And yet, there is also a movie about hummus, the creamy chickpea spread that is the common heritage of Jews, Muslims and Christians of the Middle East.

There’s also a satire of the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict; an examination of traditional gender roles; a comedy of mismatched romance; and, as usual in the festival’s recent years, a documentary on prominent Jewish-American artists.

“The quality and depth of film has grown,” says Chad Tessmer, chief marketing officer at the Jewish Community Center, adding that and the festival has grown “to meet that demand—and join our partners throughout this community who are making Milwaukee a destination for film, culture and conversation.”

Although each entry has a Jewish theme, the program’s origins span the continents with films produced in Hungary, Germany and Italy as well as Israel and the U.S. All films will be screened at the Marcus North Shore Cinema. For more information, visit jccmilwaukee.org.

keep Quan at bay. Bad plan! (Lisa Miller)

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juggles the competing interests of his beliefs and politically correct posturing, all while attempting to

Happy Death Day PG-13 This latest variation of Groundhog Day finds coed Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) repeatedly reliving the day she is murdered while attempting to discover her killer’s identity. At first, the lackluster script makes us hope she’ll rip off the killer’s mask already, but the sorority queen bee can’t gain the upper hand despite changing her routine and confiding in others. An adaptable killer discovering new ways to do his victim in provides the most fun... Consequently, I’m rooting for the murderer, which must be a bad sign. (L.M.)

Marshall PG-13 This film documents African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice to be, Thurgood Marshall, as a young attorney. Set in Bridgeport, Conn., where, in the 1940s, Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) partners with Jewish lawyer Sam Friedman (Josh Gad) to defend a black man accused of raping white socialite Eleanor Strubing (Kate Hudson). While the case is more than it appears, the story unfolds like a history

Fanny’s Journey 7:30 p.m., Oct. 22

In the style of young adult historical fiction, and drawing inspiration from actual events, French director Lola Doillon depicts the flight of Jewish school children from France to Italy and on to Switzerland—always a step ahead of the Nazis.

Hummus! The Movie 1:30 p.m., Oct. 23

Israeli documentarian Oren Rosenfeld turns his cameras on the power of food, a dish popular throughout the Middle East, to bring contentious people together in a competition to make the best hummus.

Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George’s Creators 7:30 p.m., Oct. 23

Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s documentary includes archival footage and interviews with and about the husband-and-wife team, of H.A. and Margret Rey, behind that irrepressible monkey, Curious George.

1945 7:30 p.m., Oct. 24

Hungarian director Ferenc Török dramatizes one of the less recognized evils of the Holocaust: the willingness by some non-Jews to steal the property of the victims.

The 90 Minute War 1:30 p.m., Oct.25

If competitive sports is a little like war anyway, then maybe Israeli director-satirist Eyal Halfon has the right idea: How about a soccer match between Israeli and Palestinian teams to decide who wins the struggle for the Holy Land?

Women’s Balcony 7:30 p.m., Oct. 25

A box-office hit in Israel, Women’s Balcony is a gentle comedy about Orthodox Jewish women standing up to a fanatically ultra-Orthodox rabbi, which affirms the values of community as well as tolerance.

Let Yourself Go 1:30 p.m., Oct. 26

Mind collides with body when an austere Freudian psychiatrist falls in love with a wild physical trainer in this quirky Italian comedy previously featured at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival.

Bye Bye Germany 7:30 p.m., Oct. 26

Is it drama or comedy—this period film by director Sam Garbarski (based on Michael Bergmann’s novel The Traveling Salesmen) of Holocaust survivors who elect to stay on in Germany after the defeat of Nazism? In real life, nearly 4,000 Jews actually opted to live in the country that persecuted them.

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lesson rather than as a study of those rising to meet extreme challenges. Despite missed opportunities, the period setting offers many rewards. (L.M.)

[HOME MOVIES/OUT ON DIGITAL] “Green Acres: The Complete Series”

If it hasn’t already been done, someone should write a book on the odd lot of ’60s television shows that caricatured a rural America invisible to most Americans. “The Beverly Hillbillies,”“Petticoat Junction,”“Hee-Haw” and “Green Acres” depicted a comical Ruritania where technology and fashion halted during the Hoover administration. The modern world might as well have been another planet.

“Green Acres” (1965-1971) is out in its entirety, all 170 episodes spread across 24 DVDs. Its peculiar plot involved a pompous nitwit New York lawyer (Eddie Albert) who drags his sexy cosmopolitan wife (Eva Gabor) to Hooterville, where he purchases a rundown property and lives his dream of becoming a yeoman farmer. He’s delusional, oblivious to the manure he’s stepped into. The locals, parents and grandparents of the Hillbilly Elegy crowd, are loafers and dumbbells when they aren’t crooks, squeezing every dime out of the gullible city slicker-cum-gentleman farmer.

Rolling Stones: From the Vault: Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015

An entire classic album, performed live in its entirety, has become almost requisite for veteran bands regrouped and on tour. In 2015 The Rolling Stones took their turn; this DVD/CD set catches them in concert, warming up with “Start Me Up” and a few other tunes before proceeding through one of their great albums, Sticky Fingers. The motors of the Stones’ well-oiled engine were firing on all cylinders for “Brown Sugar,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” et al.

Glory

Tsanko, a simple speech-impaired man who loves animals, trudges to his railroad job one morning and finds millions in bank notes strewn across the tracks. When he turns the money over to the police, he’s branded as a hero. And then everything goes wrong in this droll Bulgarian comedy-drama as Tsanko is yanked into the clutches of urban professionals. The underlying humor speaks to lack of communication and social dishonesty in a tale worthy of Dostoyevsky.

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Gregory Martens’ ‘Out from the Darkness’ is Macabre, Ironic, Funny ::BY KAT KNEEVERS

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ne of the exciting things about drawing is that it can show you places that have never existed and bring you face to face with the unreal.

Gregory Martens’ exhibition at Grove Gallery, “Out From the Darkness,” travels lands that are sometimes macabre, but often ironic and humorous. All of the drawings, prints and paintings on view carry Martens’ remarkable stamp as a draftsman and storyteller.

Most are black ink on paper, with supple skill in creating dense creations with characters both real and fantastic. For the artist, this body of work is a representation of breaking free from constraints, or as he puts it, “letting go of the influence and pressures of academic training and practice and just trying to channel the teenaged kid back in the 1970s who loved drawing for endless hours and listening to rock and roll on the 8-track.”

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scape of the imagination. They gain attention through the act of drawing. They represent the things of Martens’ mind; as he says, they are all “vying for some place in my psyche, longing for center stage in the next picture I make.”

He is an artist whose work is very contemporary, and echoes the work of artists like R. Crumb while channeling predecessors like the Renaissance masters Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci. Mirror Mirror is unerringly current and political, showing Donald Trump looking into a bathroom mirror while a vile monster gazes back. It recalls the story of Dorian Gray and a piece by Ivan Albright that hangs at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Martens’ quip about regaining a sense of freedom is not about nostalgia, but instead regaining that feeling for the present. Traditional technologies like drawing have as much relevance as ever, as they are creations where anything is possible and anything may be drawn from out of the darkness.

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Fantastic Fantastical Creatures at Inspiration Studios ::BY TYLER FRIEDMAN

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antasy has played an important role in art since prehistory. Among the depictions of cave lions, cave bears and mammoth (oh my!) in the painted caves of the Upper Paleolithic are found occasional humananimal hybrids that have mystified archaeologists like a fly in their theoretical ointment. Whatever its meaning, the impulse to invent fantastic creatures is carried over in the hellscapes of Hieronymus Bosch and Marc Chagall’s iconography.

“Mythos Fantasia,” at Inspiration Studios through Oct. 30, finds emerging Milwaukee artist John Zieloski working in a similar vein. “I call this work my fantasia period,” Zieloski explains, “The paintings in this collection are derived from impressions left in my mind’s eye

by James Cameron and Tim Burton movies such as Terminator and Avatar.

I choose to paint mythological creatures because, in a sense, they represent humanity’s creativity and imagination … back to the beginning of history.” An artist reception will be held on Saturday, Oct. 14, from 6-9 p.m.

John Zieloski, Chimera Pride

Kohl’s Art Generation Family Sundays: Día de los Muertos Milwaukee Art Museum | 700 N. Art Museum Drive

Look. We both know that Sparky didn’t go to live on a farm upstate. So why shelter Junior from the ineluctable certainty of death? Why not spend Sunday, Oct. 15, at MAM for Kohl’s Art Generation Family Sundays: Día de los Muertos? From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., families will be given a crash course in the tradition and visual vocabulary of Día de los Muertos, the Mexican holiday celebrating the lives and memory of our dearly departed, through hands-on art activities. There will also be performances by Latino Arts’ Mariachi Infantil and Mariachito Sol, and the Milwaukee-based Dance Academy of Mexico directed by Marina Croft.

“Back to School”

Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum | 2220 N. Terrace Ave. It’s a disarmingly charming idea: Present the current work of esteemed local artists situated alongside pieces that they created back when they were in school. Such is the conceit of “Back to School,” on display the Villa Terrace from Oct. 12 through Jan. 28. The juxtaposition of past and present allows viewers to not only appreciate each artist’s maturation but, more interestingly, to suss out what has remained stable in each artist’s approach.

During the opening night reception, there will a panel discussion at 7 p.m. on how the development from student to professional offers insight to an artist’s current work.

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‘DEATH OF AN ASSASSIN’ UNCOVERS STRANGE EPISODE IN U.S. HISTORY

John Sterr and Shana McCaw

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hat do Robert E. Lee, the world’s longest cold case (of murder by assassination), and a company of German immigrant soldiers in the Mexican-American War have in common? These seemingly disconnected pieces of history all center around one man, an infamous assassin who murdered a mayor in the Stuttgart district of Germany in 1835, deftly circumvented arrest by fleeing to America and soon after died heroically in defense of Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Veracruz.

In a never-before-told story, this unnamed assassin and his historical flight from Europe to the battlefields of America come together in an unrivaled true-crime mystery. In her book Death of an Assassin, Ann Marie Ackermann closely and methodically follows the fascinating lives of both the murderer/German immigrant soldier and the not-yet-famous general who would go on to become a dominant figure in the Civil War. She recounts a fascinating and long-forgotten story from history and transforms it into a spellbinding narrative made rich with its investigative detail and extensive research.

Ackermann is an American lawyer who relocated to Stuttgart more than a decade ago to better investigate this mystery, and her exhaustive research efforts have resulted in a wide-reaching tale that stretches from 19th-century European murder and violence across the Atlantic to the earliest battles of Lee’s military career. She will appear at the Wauwatosa Public Library, on behalf of Goethe House Wisconsin and cosponsored by Boswell Book Co., at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14.

Honoring the Past, Looking to the Future

OFF THE CUFF WITH CHARLES ALLIS-VILLA TERRACE’S JOHN STERR AND SHANA MCCAW ::BY DAVID LUHRSSEN

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wo of Milwaukee’s most beautiful and architecturally significant mansions, originally tenanted by industrial barons during the age when Milwaukee was the “machine shop of the world,” have been maintained for decades as museums by Milwaukee County. Under the guidance of Executive Director John Sterr and Senior Curator Shana McCaw, the Charles Allis Art Museum and Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum have been transitioning from their old role as repositories of beautiful objects into institutions that engage the community more widely. Off the Cuff sat down with Sterr and McCaw around Villa Terrace’s antique dining room table overlooking Lake Michigan to discuss past, present and future.

The current exhibition at Villa Terrace, “Back to School,” features recent work by Milwaukee artists coupled with pieces they did while they were art students. Where did that idea come from?

SM: My husband [and co-curator] Brent Budsberg threw out the idea of showing how an artist’s work changes over time, and how their education influenced them—or not! The more we talked to people, the more we realized how fun the idea was. And it fills the slot at the beginning of the school year.

Are you linking the museums more and more to education and local schools?

JS: For example, we have a program with Rufus King High School’s international baccalaureate program to give students a snapshot of the museum field and what it’s like to be a professional artist. The program is focused more on Charles Allis—the students critique masterworks and the Allis Museum has many.

You’re also opening an exhibit at Villa Terrace by the great grandson of the mansion’s original owner, A.O. Smith?

JS: Roger Smith’s “Drawings & Watercolors.” He never actually lived in the mansion but he was here on holidays—Thanksgiving, Christmas…

SM: He remembers running around the garden, climbing around the house, getting into mischief.

You’re honoring the past and looking toward the future?

SM: You hit it on the head. We’re not interested in clearing the rooms and turning Villa Terrace or Charles Allis into white cubes. The family history is important. I don’t know if we’re beyond the idea of purely decorative arts museums, but we’re trying to expand the meaning for people of going into historical buildings—to experience the spaces in new ways. In both museums, the whole house is an artifact, but we can bring in contemporary art and performance to create a different experience.

JS: Our mission is to serve the entire community. We want a sense of collaboration—not to be walled off from the community.

SM: The shows we’re planning are meant to reinterpret the space, to find new stories about the objects in our collections, to connect schools in the area with the legacy of these buildings. We ask ourselves: What are the audiences in our community? We can’t be insular.

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Put On Your Sunday Clothes…

And Shut the Hell Up

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hether you’re anxious for Halloween or simply looking to mix up the workweek, you’ll find lots of reasons to get dolled up and party. Halloween haunts Cream City early with a zombie pub crawl, Wonderland galas and Friday the 13th party. You’ll also find a fashion show, theater night and fancy-smancy fundraiser.

Take a look at my social calendar, grab your favorite duds and head out for a night of fun.

Hope to see you out! Until then, let’s read a message from a dame who got dressed up for a wedding but then didn’t like what she saw.

Dear Ruthie,

I recently attended a wedding ceremony between two men. It was lovely in every way, but one thing rubbed me the wrong way. One of the grooms walked down the aisle with his father at his side. The man’s mother sat in the first row of the ceremony.

Shouldn’t the man have had both parents walk him down the aisle? And if not, why the dad and not the mom? The mom is friend of mine, and I really want to ask her about this. Doesn’t the whole thing seem strange to you?

—Wedding Watcher Dear Nosey,

What’s strange to me is your desire to stick your nose in other people’s business! Don’t worry about who walks who down the aisle, girl! If the groom’s family was fine with it, you should be too. After all, you said the day was lovely in every way, right? You don’t have a dog in this fight, sugar, so forget it and mind your own beeswax?

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Coming Out in 2017 ::BY PAUL MASTERSON

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ecently, when a high school student asked our senator, Ron Johnson, if health care was a right or a privilege, he replied “I think it’s probably more of a privilege.” He then asked, “Do you consider food a right? Do you consider clothing a right? Do you consider shelter a right?

What we have as rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We have the right to freedom. Past that point, everything else is a limited resource that we have to use our opportunities given to us so that we can afford those things.”

Never mind that food, shelter and health care are required to sustain life, or that the cited right to freedom implies freedom from fear of the loss of life if we lack of those “resources.” As for the pursuit of happiness, that relies on freedom from fear. Yet, in Ron Johnson’s Republican world, those rights are reserved for those who can pay for them, otherwise, you do live in fear. So, if you’re African American you fear extrajudicial execution; if Latinx, you fear deportation; if a woman, you fear loss of reproductive rights; and, if LGBTQ, you fear discrimination, bashing

::RUTHIE’SSOCALCALENDAR Oct. 11: Project ReUnited at InterContinental Milwaukee (139 E. Kilbourn Ave.): Sashay your keester over to the InterContinental for this annual bash that celebrates the designers from “Project Runway,” local fashionistas and others. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the runway show starting at 7. General admission tickets (standing room only) go for $100 with reserved seating starting at $150. Visit unitedwaygmwc.org for the details.

Oct. 11: Stonewall Dinner at Hyatt Regency Green Bay (333 Main St., Green Bay): “Remembering the past, celebrating the future” is the heartwarming theme to this inaugural dinner hosted by the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Enjoy a dinner, cash bars and keynote speaker artist and actress Rachel Crowl during the 5:30-8 p.m. function. Tickets start at $40, and can be found at eventbrite.com.

Oct. 12: Opening night of ‘Sister Act’ at Sunset Playhouse (800 Elm Grove Road): Join Deloris Van Cartier, Mother Superior and handful of nifty nuns as they get your toes tapping with this family friendly musical. Based on the 1992 film of the same name, Sister Act run through Nov. 5. Visit sunsetplayhouse.com for tickets and show times.

Oct. 13: D.I.X. Does Friday the 13th Hosted by Trannika Rex at D.I.X. (739 S. First St.): Celebrate Friday the 13 (both the date and the movie) with this scary soiree hosted by the crew of this popular Walker’s Point watering hole. Drink specials, a DJ and drag queens slash through the 10 p.m. party to scare up the start of a wild weekend.

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Oct. 14: Zombie Apocalypse Pub Crawl in Walker’s Point: This may be the fourth year zombies hit the streets of Milwaukee, but it’s the first time they’ll haunt Walker’s Point! Registration starts at 4 p.m. at Hamburger Mary’s (730 S. Fifth St.), before hoards of undead hit the streets at 5 p.m. After terrorizing participating bars, the walking dead invade the Monsters Ball at Mary’s Beercade for costume contests and more. Advance tickets are $25 and include a T-shirt. Search “MKE Zombie Apocalypse 2017” at brownpapertickets.com for more.

Oct. 14: Big Night Out at Italian Community Center (631 E. Chicago St.): If you haven’t been to this annual fundraiser for the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, then check out the gala this year. The 5:30 p.m. celebration includes a Bartolotta dinner, live entertainment, cash bars, silent raffles and so much more.

Nab your tickets via mkelgbt.org/events/big-night-out/.

Oct. 14: The Jabberwocky’s Ball at Club Anything (807 S. Fifth St.): Grab your favorite Mad Hatter and join Milwaukee’s Paranormal Conference as they host this 8 p.m. Wonderlandthemed night. You’ll enjoy tarot card readings, a costume contest, freak shows, belly dancers, drag kings, DJs and more for your $10 door charge.

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

(physical or psychological) or worse.

Living in fear isn’t freedom and certainly prevents pursuing happiness. Speaking of which, this past week, LGBTQs were repeatedly told that we are not equal or worthy of that right to happiness. In the U.N., a resolution passed condemning the executions of LGBTQs. The United States voted against it.

Then, the Department of Justice announced the 1964 Civil Rights Act does not protect transgender people from discrimination. And, as if to ice the cake, it also released a memo empowering discrimination against LGBTQs in the name of religion, essentially elevating religious beliefs (read: Christian) above the rule of law. There’s also been a spate of anti-gay scrubbing going on. Just as the White House website removed all LGBTQ references on Inauguration Day, we have now been removed from the 2020 census and, according to Julie Bock, senior vice president of programs at Pathfinders, a Milwaukee youth services organization, references to LGBTQ youth have been removed from federal grant applications.

Ironically, Wednesday, Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day. Just a year ago, its celebration was almost reduced to a shrug because some believed our progress had made the act of coming out a given. Sure, there were still lots of closeted people, but especially younger people seemed no longer encumbered by the pervasive fears of the past. Now, in light of government-encouraged and -endorsed animus, one can understand a renewed reluctance for people to come out. Who would honestly want to expose themselves to hate and discrimination? But that’s precisely the strategy. This is what theocracy looks like.

Now, more than ever before, it is paramount for us to be visible. And, for the moment, we are. Last weekend SSBL held its annual international gay softball tournament, ARCW’s AIDS Walk raised more than $400,000, and the LGBT Community Center’s Big Night Out fundraiser and the LGBT Film/Video Festival are in the offing.

Can we maintain the momentum to resist oppression? We’d better. Going back in the closet is not an option.

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A$AP Ferg Reveals the Man Behind the Trap Lord ::BY EVAN RYTLEWSKI

ike the best releases from New York’s fashion-minded A$AP Mob collective, A$AP Ferg’s 2013 debut, Trap Lord, was a striking aesthetic statement—dank yet immersive and peppered with strange, celestial production flourishes.

Even more fascinating than that sonic backdrop, though, was the largerthan-life character the Harlem rapper created for himself, the Trap Lord, a wrathful, all-powerful deity, equally weird and menacing.

That fantastical persona was such a perfect platform for Ferg’s wild imagination and oddball charisma that it came as a shock when he abandoned it completely for his second album, 2016’s Always Strive and Prosper. On the surface, that sophomore outing looked like the last thing anybody wanted from an A$AP Ferg album, a commercial compromise that swapped out his debut’s rag-tag assortment of collaborators for a roster of A&R-approved sure things like Chris Brown, Big Sean and Rick Ross. We’ll never know how many listeners never even made it through the Skrillex cameo on the second track.

The old adage about never judging a book by its cover should also apply to rap album tracklists because, despite its generic packaging, Always Strive was one of the most revealing, vividly written rap records in recent memory. This time, the only role Ferg played was himself, the real Darold Ferguson, a driftless teen who worked his way out of a job at Ben & Jerry’s and into rap’s top tier.

“I wanted to make it the documentary of my life,” Ferg says of the record. “In order to get into A$AP Ferg or Trap Lord, you have to know who I am, so I had to walk you through my life before the fame.

“I felt like it was something I had to do in order to move forward,” he explains. “I gave them the character of Trap Lord. I gave them the persona, the shell. It was my ego, Trap Lord. But I wanted to give them the human being, somebody who was baring themselves to the public and who was vulnerable, so people could relate to me—then I can be the Trap Lord and this aggressive guy. But with Trap Lord, that persona is so one-dimensional. I had to give them all dimensions of me.”

There’s nothing remotely novel about a rapper charting his rise from humble beginnings; it’s some of the most well-trodden territory in hip-hop. But Ferg’s telling of his success tale is distinguished by his novelistic attention to family. He pop-

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ulates the album with relatives: his mother; his grandmothers; his uncle Psycho—a wild card who roamed the neighborhood in an army coat with a .22 caliber in his boot, sometimes fighting in the park for money.

Ferg dedicated the album’s most moving song, “Grandma,” to his late grandmother, remembering her not just as the loving maternal figure that less detail-oriented rappers tend to commemorate their grandmothers as, but as a complicated human with concerns beyond her family, from ailments to relationship woes.

“It was actually the first song I recorded on the album,” Ferg says. “It was just me thinking of my grandmother and knowing that everybody is going to lose their grandmother, or most likely have lost their grandmother, so I knew they would relate to that song. But before I knew that, I just wanted to make a song for my grandmother, because she meant so much to me.”

Ferg still raps a fair amount about his family on his new A$AP Mob mixtape, Still Striving, and he’s never more compelling The Rave than when he does so. But, aside from its sobering closer, Thursday, “Tango,” about the aftermath of his father’s death, the Oct. 12, tape is considerably less sentimental than its predecessor.

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It sounds a lot closer to the Trap Lord sequel some fans probably wanted the last record to be: 49 minutes of hard beats and cold raps.

The tape is also absolutely flooded with guest features, a product, Ferg says, of his open-door policy in the studio. For a guy who sure attracts a lot of features, though, Ferg insists he’s not a huge fan of them.

“I would rather not put anybody on my albums,” he says. “Because less people means more me. People want to hear a Ferg album because they want to hear me.

They don’t want to hear the Migos or anybody. I would rather it not be that way, but it just turned out that way.”

During our conversation, I mention how features can rob artists of their individuality. When rappers pull from the same pool of producers and guest spots, their music can start to bleed together. He agrees.

“That’s why I’m just interested in working with the A$AP Mob and the people that we associate with nowadays, because we have done a lot of features,” Ferg says.

“And you’re right, people do lose their identity, and I feel that kind of happened with us a little bit.”

I ask if that’s why, after a few years where members mostly dedicated themselves to solo endeavors, A$AP Mob has been making more of a concerted group push right now with their new album, Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy, and their current group tour.

“Exactly,” he says. ‘We back on our old A$AP shit.”

A$AP Mob headline The Rave on Thursday, Oct. 12, with openers Playboi Carti, Key! and Cozy Boys.

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f you’re a fan of classic hip-hop, you’ve no doubt noticed the occasional elaborately programmed package tour coming to town, usually sporting such a litany of well-loved but past-their-prime acts that it’s a wonder they can fit them all into one show. They always seem promising. Of course, who wouldn’t want to catch some of the biggest names of the Golden Age, and all in one go, no less? But, more often than not, they achieve such a high level of variety by sacrificing any kind of substance whatsoever, offering up bite-size installments of greatest hits nostalgia and little else.

On the surface, this “Experience the Legends” tour, featuring venerable rap staples Too Short, Scarface and DJ Quik, along with special guests Twista and Trina, would seem to fall into a similarly overstuffed, oldschool obsessed category, but it didn’t take long into Saturday’s lengthy bill to realize this wasn’t just some kind of throwback cash-in. Far from simply reliving their glory days, all involved seemed intent on proving that they’re as vital as ever.

Since Trina, best remembered for her bawdy turn-of-the-millennium debut, The Baddest Bitch, was sidelined thanks to a cancelled flight, the evening began with notoriously speedy Chicago MC Twista, who took to the stage as much of the excited, sold-out crowd was still finding their way into the enormous Miller High Life Theatre (known as the Milwaukee Theatre until earlier this year). Once the audience reached critical mass, however, Twista quickly had them dancing in the aisles with a setlist that focused on songs from his early-aughts heyday—such as the Kanye West collaboration, “Overnight Celebrity”—but also made plenty of room for newer material, like 2015’s “Gucci Louis Prada,” which provided the most dramatic demonstration of his tongue-tying lyricism and rapid-fire delivery.

After a short break came a sort of split set from Scarface and DJ Quik, who, backed by a live band, took turns rocking the mic, sometimes joining forces for classic cuts like “Mary Jane” or the Quik-produced “Bitch Betta Have My Money.” The pair’s easy-going chemistry, combined with the full band (which Scarface occasionally led on bass guitar) and the cognac they were sipping, created a palpable party vibe, which culminated with a couple-dozen women being pulled onstage to dance, causing the duo to retreat to the drum riser just to be seen among the throng.

The excitement only increased with Too Short’s entrance. One of the true West Coast originators, Short’s unapologetic raunchiness may have cost him the kind of mainstream exposure many of his contemporaries enjoyed, but that ultimately did little to prevent him from becoming one of the most recognizable voices in the entire genre, and Saturday’s in-your-face performance made it easy to see why.

An impressive exercise in cramming as many songs as possible into a small amount of time, there was little from Short’s decades-long career that wasn’t touched on—from raw ’80s-era tracks like “Freaky Tales” to more recent entries such as “Blow the Whistle.” While some classic rap tours may disappoint, these particular legends are still very much worth experiencing.

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ark Sheppard admits that his first experience in a real band sort of spoiled him. Around the turn of the century, Mark and his brother Nick made up half of the fondly remembered post-hardcore quartet Forstella Ford, a group that played hundreds of shows and toured Europe at a time when few Milwaukee bands were doing all that much outside of the city.

And then, around the mid-’00s, the band called it quits for reasons that seem pretty silly in

hindsight.

“At the time we just thought we were getting pretty old,” Mark says. “We were 24 and just sort of thought the band was expensive; we should just think about getting real jobs. We just kind of got burned out. Of course we realize now at 38 that 24 isn’t old at all.”

Mark says he spent the better part of a decade trying to get another band together with his brother, though it was hard to find the right people, and after the relative success of Forstella Ford, most of their options didn’t seem all that appealing. Mark went on to play in a pair of heavy local bands—Stock Options and Volunteer— but it was only after his brother and he linked up with singer-guitarist Eric Madl that he found an outlet for some of the musical ideas that he and Nick had been kicking around together.

The trio bonded over a love of metal—specifically metal’s shoegaze-inspired offshoot post-metal—and bands like Neurosis and Cult of Luna. The three run with it in their new band, Dead is Dead. Last month, they released their debut album, Constraints of Time, a suite of six frequently gloomy but periodically beautiful dirges about a world gone to hell, including several epics that stretch past the seven-minute mark. It’s heavy enough to thrill metal diehards, but like Deafheaven, it’s dynamic and melodic enough to play outside of the usual metal circles, too.

Madl says the band tries to avoid overt politics, but that he couldn’t help but write about the way a lot of us feel in 2017.

“I write a lot about anxiety and depression, so it’s a catharsis for me to try and get it all out,” he says. “But some of it was post-election blues, too, just coming to terms with what’s happened. For me, I listen to NPR all day long, so I get the same newscast read at me three different times, and it just hammers home certain things about humanity constantly. You’ve got to get it out.”

The album came out only a few weeks ago, but Madl says they’re already at work on another one, which he predicts should expand on the already incredibly intricate, grand-scale compositions of their debut.

“We’ve got one new complete song that we’ve got to revisit,” he says. “It’s like 14-17 minutes depending on how we play it out, so it’s a cumbersome task to revisit that stuff. It’s two distinct parts with multiple movements in between. And we’ve got other material we’ve been working on. We want to do a double LP for the next album, just because it’s an undertaking.”

Also on the band’s to-do list: touring as much as possible, though Mark concedes logistics make it all but impossible for them to play out as much as Forstella Ford did back in the day.

“We are trying to play out as much as we can, it’s [that] we have limitations with our jobs. Also, all three of us drive Honda Civics, so right now we have to rent a van if we want to go and play shows, so we try to time it out so we can play it a couple at a time.” And, while Mark adds that you can fit a surprisingly decent amount of gear into a Honda Civic, he says a sedan doesn’t cut it when you’ve got a drum kit to tote.

“Eric plays through two amps, too, so he’s got quite a bit of gear,” Mark says, “and our bassist had an 8-by10, so we really have a lot of gear for a band that doesn’t have a van.”

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Anodyne Coffee (Walker's Point), Them Coulee Boys w/ Armchair Boogie District 14 Brewery & Pub, Jim Liban Combo w/Roger Brotherhood Shank Hall, Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials Angelo's Piano Lounge, Piano Night Jokerz Comedy Club, Patrick Garrity Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Joe Richter (9pm), In the Fire Pit: Brynn Marie w/Amileigha & Jeremy from Rebel Grace (9:30pm) Miramar Theatre, Melvv (ages 17-plus, 9pm) Rave / Eagles Club, Los Temerarios w/Los Humildes, Los Fugitivos, Grupo Mojado & Jose Luis Davila (all-ages, 8pm), Amine w/Towkio (all-ages, 8pm) Mason Street Grill, Phil Seed Trio (6pm) Lakefront Brewery Beer Hall, Brewhaus Polka Kings (5:30pm) Up & Under Pub, Mike Maher Band Potbelly Sandwich Shop (East Side), Texas Dave (noon) The Bay Restaurant, Larry Moore Trio American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), Elwood and the Eccentrics The Tap Room (South Milwaukee), Joe Kadlec ComedySportz Milwaukee, ComedySportz Milwaukee!

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Red Dot Wauwatosa, The Mike Benign Compulsion w/Twin Brother Clarke Hotel (Waukesha), Dick Eliot Jazz Guitar (6pm) The Packing House Restaurant, The Barbara Stephan Group (6:30pm) Club Garibaldi, Rager Before the Rut: Matt Woods and the Natural Disasters, Cory Call, Driveway Thriftdwellers & Zach Pietrini Band Great Lakes Distillery, Something Wicked This Way Comes w/ Jude and the Acousti-Dudes Colectivo Coffee (On Prospect), Noah Gundersen w/Silver Torches Pabst Theater, Buddy Guy Frank's Power Plant, Zombiefeast 2017: Fetch The Pliers, Ratbatspider, VexNation & Split Switch McAuliffe's Pub (Racine), The Biscaynies w/Ghost Machines, Lonely Joe Lonesome & C-Sides acoustic Smith Bros. Coffee House (Port Washington), Paul & Andy LIVE Jazz Estate, Darren Sterud NOLA Tribute (8pm), Late Night Session: Mitch Shiner (11:30pm) Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Old Earth w/Chris DeMay (8pm); DJ: era & The Nile (10pm) Cafe Carpe (Fort Atkinson), Kira Hooks w/Kaia Fowler Cactus Club, Crocodiles w/Saint Pe (Black Lips), Vincent Kircher (Jaill) & Surgeons in Heat Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Xposed 4Heads w/Mortgage Freeman & Scrimshaw Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall, Delilah DeWylde Site 1A, Moon Boots w/Asher Gray & Nico House of Guinness (Waukesha), Mojo Crew w/Colin Loman Mamie's, Kenny J. & The Shadows Caroline's Jazz Club, Paul Silbergleit Quintet The Local/Club Anything, Earth Angel IV w/Harry Cross

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14

Up & Under Pub, Morangutang Jokerz Comedy Club, Patrick Garrity Art Bar, John Underwood Club Garibaldi, DRI Fire On Water, DSO after-party w/Cactii Cue Club of Wisconsin (Waukesha), Built On Sin Hilton Milwaukee City Center, Vocals & Keys Shank Hall, Animation (A Tribute to RUSH) The Bay Restaurant, Sherwood Alper Mason Street Grill, Jonathan Wade Trio (6pm) Company Brewing, Nostalgic Visuals Hurricane Relief Hip Hop Show w/Cigarette Break, Mike Regal & Kareem City Rave / Eagles Club, Hoodie Allen w/Luke Christopher (all-ages, 8pm), MisterWives w/Smallpools & Vinyl Theatre (all-ages, 7pm), Chappell Roan (all-ages, 6:15pm) Angelo's Piano Lounge, Piano Night ComedySportz Milwaukee, ComedySportz Milwaukee!

Route 20 Outhouse (Sturtevant), Bluegrass Sampler V: KR Bluegrass, The Dillweeds & Bluegrass Express (5pm) American Legion Post #449 (Brookfield), Hat Trick Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, In Bar 360: Mirage III (9pm), In the Fire Pit: Brynn Marie (10:30pm) Fox Point Farmers Market, Holly Haebig and Jeff Bray (10am) Cactus Club, Beet Street daytime outside party: Milo, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, Dogs Ecstasy, and Gas Station Sushi (12pm), Beet Street nighttime after party: Oozing Wound, Kia Rap Princess, Sex Scenes & guests (9pm) The Packing House Restaurant, Joe Jordan & The Soul Trio (6:30pm) Three Cellars (Oak Creek), Front Porch Rockers Waupun City Hall Auditorium, The Ricochettes

Alioto's, Georgia & JoAnna Marie Pabst Theater, Al Stewart Urban Harvest Brewing Company, Hasenpfeffer w/Good Landers Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall, 34th Annual Trashfest: Tribute to Chuck Barris and The Gong Show Colectivo Coffee (On Prospect), Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet Riverside Theater, Dark Star Orchestra Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Mood Vertigo w/Jake Simmons (8pm); DJ: Mil-DewJays (10pm) Jazz Estate, Jim Paolo Quartet Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Tigernite w/Ahab's Ghost & She Rides Tigers Delafield Brewhaus, Fuzzknuckle Site 1A, Claude Von Stroke w/Uncle Ryan, Angel Eyes & Captain Miramar Theatre, ill.Gates w/Champagne Drip & ZeroGravity (ages 17-plus, 9pm) Caroline's Jazz Club, The Paul Spencer Band w/James Sodke, Tim Hanrahan, Aaron Gardner & Dave "Smitty" Smith

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15

Rounding Third Bar and Grill, The Dangerously Strong Comedy Open Mic Shank Hall, Jared James Nichols Iron Mike's (Franklin), Jammin' Jimmy Open Jam (3pm) Turner Hall Ballroom, Los Sonidos Unidos :A Milwaukee Benefit Concert for Mexico and Puerto Rico Circle-A Cafe, Alive at Eight: Paul Setser & Charlie Wiggins (8pm); DJ: John Riepenhoff & Sara Caron (10pm) Pabst Theater, Graham Nash

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16

Mason Street Grill, Joel Burt Duo (5:30pm) Linneman's Riverwest Inn, Poet's Monday w/host Timothy Kloss & featured reader Matt Cook (7:30-10:30pm) Up & Under Pub, Marshall McGhee and the Wanderers Open Mic Rave / Eagles Club, Jon Bellion w/Travis Mendes & Blaque Keyz (all-ages, 8pm) Paulie's Pub and Eatery, Open Jam w/Christopher John Cactus Club, Billy Dreamer w/Snailmate, Coolzey & WC Tank

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17

Frank's Power Plant, Duck and Cover Comedy Open Mic C Notes Upscale Sports Lounge, Another Night-Another Mic Open Mic w/Darryl Hill Miramar Theatre, Tuesday Open Mic w/host Sandy Weisto (sign-up 7:30pm) The Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts, Jazz Jam Session Transfer Pizzeria Cafe, Transfer House Band w/Dennis Fermenich Mason Street Grill, Jamie Breiwick Group (5:30pm) Shank Hall, Martha Wainwright Hot Water Wherehouse, Ex Fabula asks “What Could Go Wrong?”

Turner Hall Ballroom, Donavon Frankenreiter w/Matt Grundy Mamie's, Open Blues Jam w/Marvelous Mack Cactus Club, The Obsessed w/Cobalt & Prezir

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18

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Adjoining squares in the grid’s 3x3 boxes have a greater-than sign (>) telling you which of the two numbers in those squares is larger. Fill in every square with a number from 1-9 using the greater-than signs as a guide. When you-re done, as in a normal Sudoku, every row, column, and 3x3 box will contain the numbers 1-9 exactly one time. (Solving hint: try to look for the 1’s and 9’s in each box first, then move on to the 2’s and 8’s, and so on). psychosudoku@gmail.com

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::FREEWILLASTROLOGY ::BY ROB BREZSNY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I am more interested in human beings than in writing,” said author Anaïs Nin, “more interested in lovemaking than in writing, more interested in living than in writing. More interested in becoming a work of art than in creating one.” I invite you to adopt that perspective as your own for the next 12 months, Libra.

During this upcoming chapter of your story, you can generate long-lasting upgrades if you regard your life as a gorgeous masterpiece worthy of your highest craftsmanship.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Scorpio actress Tara Reid told the magazine Us Weekly about how her cosmetic surgeries had made her look worse than she had been in her natural state. “I’ll never be perfect again,” she mourned. I bring this up in the hope that it will inspire you. In my astrological opinion, you’re at a tuning point when it’s crucial to appreciate and foster everything about yourself that’s natural and innate and soulfully authentic. Don’t fall sway to artificial notions about how you could be more perfect than you already are.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I didn’t go to work today. I woke up late, lingered over a leisurely breakfast and enjoyed a long walk in the autumn woods. When I found a spot that filled me with a wild sense of peace, I asked my gut wisdom what I should advise you Sagittarians to attend to. And my gut wisdom told me that you should temporarily escape at least one of your duties for at least three days. (Escaping two duties for four days would be even better.) My gut wisdom also suggested that you get extra sleep, enjoy leisurely meals and go on long walks to spots that fill you with a wild sense of peace. There you should consult your gut wisdom about your top dilemmas.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A snail climbed to the top of a big turtle’s shell as it was sleeping under a bush. When the turtle awoke and began to lumber away in search of food, the snail was at first alarmed but eventually thrilled by how fast they were going and how far they were able to travel. “Wheeee!,” the snail thought to itself. I suspect, Capricorn, that this little tale is a useful metaphor for what you can look forward to in the coming weeks.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “If these years have taught me anything, it is this,” wrote novelist Junot Díaz. “You can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.” That’s your plucky wisdom for the coming weeks, Aquarius. You have arrived at a pivotal phase in your life cycle when you can’t achieve liberation by fleeing, avoiding or ignoring. To commune with the only kind of freedom that matters, you must head directly into the heart of the commotion. You’ve got to feel all the feelings stirred up by the truths that rile you up.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): J. Allan Hobson is a scientist of sleep who does research at Harvard. He says we dream all the time, not just at night. Our subconscious minds never stop churning out streams of images. During the waking hours, though, our conscious minds operate at such intensity that the lower-level flow mostly stays subliminal. At least that’s the normal state of affairs. But I suspect your dream-generator is running so hot right now that its stories may leak into your waking awareness. This could be disconcerting. Without the tips I’m giving you here, you might worry you were going daft. Now that you know, I hope you’ll tap into the undercurrent to glean some useful intuitions. A word to the wise: The information that pops up won’t be logical or rational. It will be lyrical and symbolic, like dreams.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his book The Logic of Failure, Dietrich Dörner discusses the visionaries who built the Aswan Dam in Egypt. Their efforts brought an abundance of cheap electricity to millions of people. But the planners didn’t take into account some of the important effects of their innovation. For example, the Nile River below the dam no longer flooded its banks or fertilized the surrounding land every year. As a result, farmers had to resort to chemical fertilizers at great expense. Water pollution increased. Marine life suffered because of the river’s diminished nutrients. I hope this thought will motivate you to carefully think through the possi-

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I guarantee that you can avoid the logic of failure and instead implement the logic of success. But to do so, you’ll have to temporarily resist the momentum that has been carrying you along. You’ll have to override the impatient longing for resolution.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you primed to seek out new colleagues and strengthen your existing alliances? Are you curious about what it would take to infuse your best partnerships with maximum emotional intelligence? From an astrological perspective, the next nine weeks will be a favorable time to do these things. You will have opportunities to deepen your engagement with collaborators who cultivate integrity and communicate effectively. It’s possible you may feel shy about pursuing at least one of the potential new connections. But I urge you to press ahead anyway. Though you may be less ripe than they are, their influence will have a catalytic effect on you, sparking you to develop at an accelerated rate.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I was satisfied with haiku until I met you,” Dean Young tells a new lover in his poem “Changing Genres.”

But Young goes on to say that he’s no longer content with that terse genre. “Now I want a Russian novel,” he proclaims, “a 50-page description of you sleeping, another 75 of what you think staring out a window.”

He yearns for a story line about “a fallen nest, speckled eggs somehow uncrushed, the sled outracing the wolves on the steppes, the huge glittering ball where all that matters is a kiss at the end of a dark hall.” I bring Young’s meditations to your attention, Gemini, because I suspect that you, too, are primed to move into a more expansive genre with a more sumptuous plot.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Statistical evidence suggests that Fridays falling on the 13th of the month are safer than other Fridays. The numbers of fires and traffic accidents are lower then, for example. I find this interesting in light of your current situation. According to my analysis, this October’s Friday the 13th marks a turning point in your ongoing efforts to cultivate stability and security. On this day, as well as the seven days before and seven days after, you should receive especially helpful clues about the future work you can do to feel even safer and more protected than you already do.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Too much propaganda and not enough real information are circulating through your personal sphere.

You’re tempted to traffic in stories that are rooted more in fear than insight. Gossip and hype and delusion are crowding out useful facts. No wonder it’s a challenge for you to sort out the truths from the half-truths! But I predict that you will thrive anyway.

You’ll discover helpful clues lodged in the barrage of bunkum. You’ll pluck pithy revelations from amid the distracting ramblings. Somehow you will manage to be both extra sensitive and super-discriminating.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A journalist named Jenkin Lloyd Jones coined the term “Afghanistanism,” which he defined as “concentrating on problems in distant parts of the world while ignoring controversial local issues.” I want to urge you Virgos to avoid engaging in a personal version of Afghanistanism. In other words, focus on issues that are close at hand, even if they seem sticky or prickly. Don’t you dare let your attention get consumed by the dreamy distractions of faraway places and times. For the foreseeable future, the best use of your energy is HERE and NOW. Homework: How could you change yourself in order to get more of the love you want? Testify by going to realastrology.com and clicking on “Email Rob.” Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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ou may have seen the widely distributed weird news story about the Mad Pooper, a woman who has been seen defecating on lawns in Colorado Springs, Colo. According to station KRDO, on Sept. 25, an unidentified man claiming to be a spokesman for the Pooper posted (and has since removed) two videos in which he tried to justify her movements and win sympathy for her. In the videos, the spokesman says the unidentified Pooper is not responsible for her actions because she has suffered a traumatic brain injury and has had gender reassignment surgery, leaving her unable to control herself. He also claims her actions are protected by the First Amendment, in response to which Colorado Springs attorney Jeremy Loew called foul. “Defecating in someone’s yard is definitely not protected under the First Amendment, and it is actually a crime.” Loew went on: “People all over the world are talking about this, and police will catch her.”

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Death Wish Coffee—a cold-brewed, canned coffee the company touts as “fiercely caffeinated” (as much as four-and-a-half times more caffeine per ounce than regular coffee) and with a skull and crossbones logo—recalled its 11-ounce cans on Sept. 20 because they could possibly contain the deadly toxin botulin. Company founder Mike Brown, 37, said no incidents have been reported, but he is very serious about the safety of his product. “I know our logo and name might not seem like it reflects that,” Brown told The Washington Post. Production has been halted, and customers can request refunds from Death Wish’s website.

People Different From Us Mermaid Aries, 18, of Bromsgrove, England, likes to wear her specially made mermaid tail when she swims at local pools. But the Dolphin Centre in Bromsgrove has banned her from using the flipper because, “they worry I might hit someone with my tail or might get into trouble in the water and drown,” Aries (real name Leia Trigger) told the Worcester News on Sept. 22. “It is my ambition to become a professional mermaid that attends children’s parties and other events. The only problem is that I have nowhere to swim.”

After the story made national headlines, the Perdiswell Leisure Centre stepped up. Aquatic development officer Vanessa Bale welcomed

Aries to the pool, offering her “early mornings and late evenings.” Aries is thrilled: “I am absolutely ecstatic. I never thought I’d be able to swim with my tail ever again.”

An anonymous bidder in the U.S. has purchased a pair of Adolf Hitler’s boxer-style underwear for about $6,700, according to auctioneer Bill Panagopoulos of Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City, Md. The drawers, with a size 39 waist and “A.H.” embroidered on them, apparently were left in the Park Hotel Graz in Austria in 1938, Panagopoulos told Metro News on Sept. 24. He supposes that the buyer will frame the underwear and hang them on a wall in his or her home, commenting: “It would be the most talkedabout relic in the house.”

The Farce is Strong A black-and-white photo depicting the 1945 signing of the Charter of the United Nations in San Francisco prompted the recall and reprinting of Saudi social studies textbooks because it pictures Saudi King Faisal seated next to the Jedi master, Yoda. The photograph was created by 26-year-old Saudi artist Abdullah Al Shehri, who mixes pop culture icons into historic photographs. Shehri told The New York Times in September he inserted Yoda into the photo because he reminded him of the king.

“He was wise and was always strong in his speeches,” he said. “I am the one who designed it, but I am not the one who put it in the book,” he quickly clarified.

Crime Goes Better With Coke The manager at Rally’s Restaurant in Henderson, Ky., was busy preparing for the day’s business on Sept. 25 when a man dressed in a Coca-Cola bottle costume robbed him at gunpoint, stealing more than $500. The Coke bottle bandit then left the restaurant without hurting the manager and headed north in a gray minivan, according to TV station WFIE.

High Crimes Police in Cumbria County, England, responded on Sept. 23 to a call for help from 3,210-foot Scafell Pike (England’s highest mountain), where four men ran into trouble while hiking. However, their problems didn’t stem from dehydration or a painful fall. Instead, the group had become “incapable of walking due to cannabis use,” police told The Guardian. A police spokesperson commented: “Now having to deploy rescue, air support and ambulance to rescue them. Words fail us...”

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