New Year’s Eve with the Dead Man’s Carnival

New Year’s Eve with the Dead Man’s Carnival

While some clinked champagne glasses and sang 'Auld Lang Syne', we watched in morbid fascination the high-flying, comedic freakshow that is Dead Man's Carnival.

Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 3. January 2011

Weekly Bookmarks – Monday, 3. January 2011

Distinctiveness: A Big Secret to Cities’ Success By Alex Marshall New DNR Deputy Secretary Wanted A Weaker Great Lakes Compact By James Rowen Rules tie up Milwaukee Public Schools real estate By Becky Vevea California solar firm, 620 jobs coming to Wisconsin By Paul Gores Hotel Milwaukee By Brewtown Gumshoe UPAF gains high-level support to put Ride for the Arts over the Hoan By Tom Held Light Rail Transforming Cities, Guiding Development By JJ Sutherland Tea Partiers See a Global Conspiracy in Local Planning Efforts By Willy Staley Best of 2010: New Transit Systems By Garrett Bradford Gorman & Co. to Begin Pabst Redevelopment By Matthew Myers Site preparation work underway for The Moderne By Real Estate Weekly Ex-Shell president sees $5 gas in 2012 By Laurie Segall Want a safe place to raise kids? Look to the cities By Carla Saulter Dream Neighborhoods By Chris Timmerman Marriott proposal set for Jan. 10 historic commission hearing By Tom Daykin Big-Box Retailers Move To Smaller Stores In Cities By Franklyn Cater States building with Wisconsin’s rail money By Joe Lanane Court approves Park Lafayette sale By Sean Ryan Strapped Cities Hit Nonprofits With Fees By Ianthe Jeanne Dugan Urban farming 2.0: No soil, no sun By Jennifer Alsever ‘Fuel apocalypse’ to come: Gas could top $3.75 by spring, analyst says By Brett Clanton

Bruisers talk trash and take names [Video]

Bruisers talk trash and take names [Video]

It’s a new season for the Brewcity Bruisers, and TCD's Derby Little Secrets is back, leaner, meaner and better than ever

Bones of Truth

Bones of Truth

The Portrait Society prepares to open its annual winter exhibit with Linda Wervey Vitamvas' "Chapel of Bones"

The Year That Was: TCD’s top news stories of 2010
The Year That Was

TCD’s top news stories of 2010

TCD's picks for the news stories from 2010 that affected us most profoundly

Design in Your Life: Packing up Christmas
Design in Your Life

Packing up Christmas

Christmas by Krebs cares about design. Which is to say: It cares about you.

Open Call

Open Call

Marquette County seeks artists for "The Hidden History Mural Trail," a public art project highlighting the beauty of the region.

Threads: Looking forward to new fashion in the New Year
Threads

Looking forward to new fashion in the New Year

The ladies of Threads share their favorite trends of 2010 and forecast the hottest styles of 2011.

ADversary: Favorite commercials of 2010
ADversary

Favorite commercials of 2010

After a disappointing batch of Super Bowl ads, the outlook for TV advertising seemed grim. Not so! My picks for some of the funnier ads of 2010.

Stripwax: The Top Ten LPs of 2010 (!!!)
Stripwax

The Top Ten LPs of 2010 (!!!)

Superchunk, Elvis Costello, The Magnetic Fields and more: Jeff Moody counts down the official Stripwax Top Ten LPs of 2010.