Content referencing Steve Marcus
Wisconsin Center Accused of Censorship
Eliminating literary art installation in preparation for Republican National Convention?
Apr 11th, 2023 by Bruce Murphy
New Riverfront Restaurant Planned for Harbor District
Benson's Restaurant Group plans new concept at River One.
Jan 27th, 2022 by Jeramey Jannene
A Weekend Sculpture Milwaukee Tour
Become a member and get half-off tickets for unique guided tour of world-class art.
Jul 18th, 2019 by Gabrielle Barriere
Join the Sculpture Milwaukee Guided Tour
Our first tour of 23 art works in Sculpture Milwaukee 2019, half off for our members.
Jun 4th, 2019 by Gabrielle Barriere
Nonsense In Front of City Hall
The sculpture by Tony Cragg is a great work — but not for the reasons you might expect.
Jan 18th, 2019 by Tom Bamberger
Sculpture Installed Outside City Hall
18-foot-tall work by Tony Cragg, an anonymous gift, was in the 2017 Sculpture MKE exhibit.
Apr 30th, 2018 by Jeramey Jannene
The Return of Sculpture Milwaukee
A big success last year, the outdoor exhibition returns, with more than 20 works on Wisconsin Avenue.
Apr 27th, 2018 by Rebecca Amyx
New Restaurant Comes to The North End
Plus: a taqueria comes to Brady Street and Big Boy returns, for just one night.
Aug 3rd, 2017 by Alexandra Mucks
Downtown Sculpture Project Being Installed
Massive sculptures being installed on Milwaukee's main street.
May 16th, 2017 by Jeramey Jannene
City Leaders Plot New Urban Placemaking Effort
With some creative use of grant money, the Greater Milwaukee Committee is helping neighborhoods update their image by ‘Urban Placemaking’
Sep 9th, 2014 by Michael Horne
The Resistible Rise of Public Art
More and more of it is scattered about the city. But how much of it does anyone actually like?
Mar 21st, 2014 by Tom Bamberger
Can Wisconsin Avenue Be Saved?
A city task force hopes to revive the street but the obstacles are many.
Aug 8th, 2013 by Bruce Murphy
The $1 Million Art Project
Steve Marcus’ plan to bring world class sculpture to Milwaukee is expensive. Is it a good idea?
Jul 18th, 2013 by Bruce Murphy
The Kerry Rally
Senator John Kerry paid another visit to Milwaukee on Monday, August 2nd at a public rally in Pere Marquette Park. Gates to the park opened at 4:30 p.m. while the presidential candidate was still racing across Lake Michigan on the Lake Express ferry. Access to Kerry these days requires a thorough screening by security personnel, so by 6 p.m. a line stretched from Plankinton and Kilbourn, the park’s entrance, across the river to the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, at which point it headed north, wrapped itself around the building, headed east on E. State Street and finally tapered off at N. Edison Street. For pictures click here. The line moved slowly as security guards checked the attendees, emptied pockets, etc. Once inside the secure enclosure, the crowd was able to buy bottled water and pizza from Amazon Pizza, a fun new spot on W. Wells St. However, many people never made it to the security screening, and they simply camped out along the riverfront, enjoying the event from the Marcus Center riverwalk. It made for a nice sight for cameras, since Candidate Kerry, speaking from a raised platform on the north end of the park, would gesture from time to time toward those on the distant shore. Alas, milwaukeeworld had almost resigned itself to distant coverage of the event, but as it turns out there was a special entrance to the event, and we designed to make it ours. Joe Klein and I headed to Kilbourn and N. Third Street where an officer was in place to tell us that we could not advance to the press table set up in our sight, but out of our reach. Meanwhile, he waved in such prominent figures as Sen. Herb Kohl, Rep. Sheldon Wasserman, Steve Marcus and others, all of whom had red tickets, while we had none. Providentially, Margaret Henningsen showed up on the scene with an extra red ticket, which we begged for and received. The red ticket made us legit for the officer, and we proceeded through our screening, after watching several of the people mentioned above get screened themselves. (Steve Marcus does not look like a guy who gets frisked a lot.) Inside the gates of the special section, where the red-ticketed people go, we were treated to a fascinating caste system in which our “Kerry Edwards From Sea to Shining Sea Believe in America Tour” Press pass marked us as scum. The real media stars, and there were dozens of them, were members of the “Traveling Press.” The Traveling Press spends its time apart from the regular press, and they dine together in a fancy tent. The food was from Chef Pat’s catering. Pat Houlihan said the campaign kept changing its meal plans, but he settled on roast pork sandwiches, a couple of salads, pretzels, soft drinks and Miller Beer. The Traveling Press drinks very little beer, which in the end turned out to be a blessing for Chef Pat’s weary and thirsty crew. The […]
Aug 3rd, 2004 by Michael Horne
Why Did Chief Jones Protect a Man With a Violent Record?
Earlier this week, Milwaukee Police Chief Jones used his power to protect Wendell Jones, the husband of County Supervisor Elizabeth Coggs-Jones.
Dec 7th, 2001 by Bruce Murphy
