Common Council Meeting
City Hall 200 East Wells St. Common Council Chambers Milwaukee, WI 53202 Agenda
Jun 28th, 2009 by Dave Reid
Zoning, Neighborhoods & Development Committee Meeting
The Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee reviews issues relating to city development, zoning, historic preservation, incremental tax financing, building codes and housing projects. The Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee meetings start at 9:00 a.m. and are held in the Room 301-B, City Hall, unless otherwise noted. Agenda
Jun 28th, 2009 by Dave Reid
Community & Economic Development Committee Meeting
The Community and Economic Development Committee hears matters relating to community development, block grants, job development, business improvement districts, city public relations, industrial land banks and revenue bonds, emerging business enterprises, recreation, cultural arts and the library system. The Community and Economic Development Committee meetings start at 9:00 pa.m. and are held in the Room 301-B, City Hall, unless otherwise noted. Agenda
Jun 28th, 2009 by Dave Reid
Zilber Park
The recently opened Zilber Park is a functional, and useful shared feature of The Brewery project. This park might not strike many people as a park in the Milwaukee sense of the word, meaning it has lots of grass and trees, but this is a creatively designed urban park that respects its location and creates an outdoor space ready for activation.
Jun 28th, 2009 by Dave Reid
The Winter’s Tale, told in the dead of summer
If the acting of Winter's Tale shines, then it's the APT stage design that intensifies the illumination. The production has been set in the late 19th (and early 20th) century.....Set changes are inventively pared down to the modified placement of a single and simple chair.
Jun 28th, 2009 by Michael Madden
An Open Letter to Skylight
An excerpt from Sarah Krieg Hwangs letter: Being a company with 501(c)(3) status means you benefit the public. If you benefit the public then shouldn't that public be informed? Don't they deserve it?
Jun 28th, 2009 by Brian Jacobson
Day Three with Cultural Zero
Those who wander around the Summerfest grounds near the lakeshore may happen across a tiny little stage that is getting no coverage whatsoever and isn’t even listed on the Summerfest website—the Refugee Stage.
Jun 28th, 2009 by DJ Hostettler
Peg O’ My Leg
Valley folks assumed she’d been born with one leg (poor Peg! unfortunate child!). She let them go on thinking so, because a birthing accident was way more glamorous than what really happened when she was three and wandered on two sturdy legs straight into the jaws of her Pa’s yellow and green Deluxe #313 John Deere corn picker. And though it was an event of tragic proportions, she took comfort in knowing far worse had befallen her best friend and playmate, Rolly, who’d lost an eye and all of his dimpled left hand in the same week she emerged from the corn picker minus one leg. As a matter of fact, the kin of the boy who lost both his left eye and his left hand (giving him a distinctly right-slanted view of life thereafter) slaughtered the 2,000-pound prize hog responsible for defiling wee Rolly. Those attending the gala Hogzilla Roast (including poor Peg on her lone leg) would fondly remember the smell of pigs’ tails and pork ribs (big ones!), mixed with the pungent mists hovering o’er the Nodaway River. Rolly’s missing left eye and missing left hand put him at a social disadvantage. This changed, however, when he was fitted with a blue glass eye and a hook. So improved was his mood that he eventually led The Valley Republicans, and by age ninety, was a wealthy preacher preaching righteousness and the inherent evil of hogs. Over the years, his hook came in handy when passing pork during Sunday Nite EverLife Church dinners, though mastering creamed corn was another thing entirely. As fine as Peg’s folks were, they somehow overlooked her need for a second leg. She hinted like crazy around Christmas time, but year after year, she was gifted instead with, not the needed new leg, but instead, a pair of Sonja Heine ice skates. Since she could only use one skate (and use it she did, to perfect the Figure 8, no easy trick), her good Christian parents donated the spare to The Annual Rummage-For-Christ at the EverLife Church. Go there today, and you’ll find (in a box in the church basement), ten skates suitable for right feet only, along with gloves suitable for right hands only, and assorted jackets, each with three sleeves. Valley folks cover all bases just in case. Anyway, eventually her uncle, Ed Splinter (a worker of wood, specializing in gnomes), got around to carving her a black walnut crutch. It carried her through her tender teen years when zits are bad, but missing parts are worse, plus it gave her the gumption to try out for the cheerleading squad. She’d already mastered jitterbugging, hurdle-jumping (but only the low ones) and running the 100 yard dash – barefoot on a cinder track – in three minutes flat, with her crutch. Her big disappointment was being cut from the Annual Water Ballet Ensemble, but without the requisite ten toes, she didn’t have a prayer. She aced the cheerleading tryouts, and tonight was the […]
Jun 27th, 2009 by Stella Cretek
A Tribute, Part Two
TCD's Senior Editor and Detroit native Amy Elliott waxes nostalgic about a trip to Hitsville, U.S.A. and the relationship between Michael and Motown.
Jun 26th, 2009 by Amy Elliott
Day One with Cultural Zero
Summarizing Summerfest's opening night with one easily-digestible anecdote.
Jun 26th, 2009 by DJ Hostettler
Milwaukee Film Announcement
If you attend the special preview screening of Public Enemies on June 30, you’ll be helping raise funds for Milwaukee Film. Film Wisconsin and the Milwaukee County Historical Society have generously agreed to set aside a portion of the revenues from tickets reserved through Milwaukee Film. We like to think it’s a deal Al Capone would approve of. Here’s all you need to do: Send an e-mail to info@milwaukee-film.org or call 414.755.1965 x203. Tell us your name and the number of tickets you want reserved. You’ll pick up your tickets and pay at the screening (tell them you booked through Milwaukee Film). When: 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 30 Where: Marcus Majestic Theater, 770 N. Springdale Road, Brookfield Cost: $25 Our goal is to sell 100 tickets, help us reach it! Book tickets for yourself or forward this info to friends.
Jun 26th, 2009 by Laura Heller
