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https://shepherdexpress.com/food/eat-drink/kegels-inn-puts-the-steinholding-contest-in-stein-dine/ | Photo: Keen-Eye Photographs juliankegel.com
Steinholding
Steinholding
Join the fun and test your endurance when Kegel’s Inn hosts Stein & Dine’s Steinholding competition. According to the official rules: In the experience of the U.S. Steinholding Association, rules and enforcement are critically important to the legiti... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220401 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/food/lets-eat/celebrating-damascus-gate/ | Photo: Damascus Gate - Facebook
Damascus Gate dining room
Damascus Gate
Damascus Gate is a family-owned Halal food restaurant located at 807 W. Historic Mitchell Street, in a part of town that’s sometimes feels overlooked or forgotten. However, this casual sit down has some of the best Middle Eastern food around.
Livin... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220401 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/community-news/daily-wisconsin-covid-19-update-470-new-cases-no-deaths/ | Summary:
- 470 new cases
- No new deaths, 2 deaths added to system
- 12,790 total deaths;
- 180 hospitalized patients, 31 in ICU
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
On Thursday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported an additional 470 new COVID-19 cases. The state has averaged 360 new cases pe... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220401 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/cannabis/cannabis/in-1972-nixon-appointees-already-stated-the-obvious-marijuan/ | Image: Flickr via herb.com
1960s hippies smoking pot
Fifty years ago, what should have saved tens of millions of Americans from unjust arrests occurred and was promptly dismissed by President Richard Nixon. The National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, better known as the Shafer commission, delivered its report ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220401 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/books/milwaukees-april-author-round-up/ | This month, there are several new books and author appearances in Milwaukee that feature stories of change and times of upheaval.
At 7 p.m. on April 12, the Jewish Museum Milwaukee will host author Shirley Ann Higuchi, who will share her personal journey in uncovering her family history involving the Japanese American ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220401 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/happening-now/at-unsil-world-fair-kids-display-their-knowledge-of-nations-/ | Photo: United Nations Association - Greater Milwaukee - Facebook
2019 Milwaukee United Nations School of International Learning
2019 Milwaukee United Nations School of International Learning
In a democracy, the importance of a well-informed citizenry was recognized as long ago as ancient Athens. Today, with the whole w... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220401 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/mke-speaks/milwaukee-entrepreneur-ali-acevedo-brings-fashion-and-togeth/ | Photo by Isa Kregel
All Goods shirts
All Goods
T-shirts galore are organized by color and style. You can find Milwaukee Bucks gear, college crewnecks, and even Disney tees. The graphics are eclectic, and the vibe of the store is a whole aesthetic itself.
Located on South 72nd Street, All Goods is one of two locations o... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220401 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/visual-art/sculpture-milwaukee-elevates-the-landscape-of-our-citys-dow/ | Photo by Brian Pfister - Sculpture Milwaukee
Allison Janae Hamilton "The peo-ple cried mer-cy in the storm"
Allison Janae Hamilton "The peo-ple cried mer-cy in the storm"
Something remarkable has been happening around Milwaukee’s Downtown area the past five years. If you’ve been out and about you may have spotted outdo... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220401 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/food/lets-eat/el-tucanazo-brings-mexican-delight-to-a-neighbor-with-many-g/ | Photo via restaurantji.com
El Tucanazo
El Tucanazo
Among Milwaukee’s Mexican restaurants, the ambiance can range from borderline theme park to the bare bones vibes of standing outside of a truck, with tacos served on Styrofoam plates. Then there is El Tucanazo (3261 S. 13th St.), a restaurant that juts out from under a... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220401 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/community-news/daily-wisconsin-covid-19-update-458-new-cases-no-deaths/ | Summary:
- 458 new cases
- No new deaths, 8 deaths added to system
- 12,800 total deaths;
- 164 hospitalized patients, 32 in ICU
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
On Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported an additional 458 new COVID-19 cases. The state has averaged 371 new cases per ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220402 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/dance/milwaukee-ballet-pushes-the-art-of-dance/ | Photo by Rachel Malehorn
Milwaukee Ballet "PUSH"
Milwaukee Ballet "PUSH"
Milwaukee Ballet presented a trio of highly original contemporary one-act ballets at the Marcus Center last weekend, including two world premieres and the revival of a past favorite, all by rising international choreographers. PUSH was the program... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/dance/sarah-moore-takes-dance-into-new-realms/ | Image: Cooperative Performance - cooperativeperformance.org
Sarah Moore "One Universe"
Sarah Moore "One Universe"
For most dancers, the movements of the human body are the sole canvas on which they create their art. But for dancer Sarah Moore, movement is just the beginning, a framework and energy source through which ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/happening-now/times-cinema-reopens-this-weekend/ | Photo: Times Cinema - Facebook
Times Cinema exterior
Times Cinema
In 1978 I saw Madame Rosa at the Times Cinema—and for the first time saw wine and cheese served in a movie theater. The Times was an art house on Milwaukee’s West Side in those days. In the years since it has seen several manager-owners including Larry W... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/happening-now/wacky-aircraft-needed-for-red-bull-flugtag/ | Photo: Red Bull redbull.com
Red Bull Flugtag
Red Bull Flugtag
Engineering and aviation enthusiasts will get a chance to unleash their creativity, along with their inner daredevil, at the Red Bull Flugtag competition July 16 at Veterans Park.
The competition, which takes its name from the German word for “flying day,” w... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/milwaukee-history/how-james-camerons-true-story-of-a-lynching-led-to-milwauke/ | Photo: America’s Black Holocaust Museum - abhmuseum.org
America’s Black Holocaust Museum exhibit
America’s Black Holocaust Museum
Of the many racist atrocities visited upon Black people over the years in America, perhaps none was as heinous as lynching. Most of these cowardly acts—claiming untold thousands of victims—w... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/theater/likeable-lightweight-bubble-boy-musical-is-hilarious-fun-i/ | Photo: Bombshell Theatre Company - Facebook
Bombshell Theatre Company "Bubble Boy"
Joey Chelius in Bombshell Theatre Company's "Bubble Boy"
One of Milwaukee’s newest theater companies, Bombshell Theatre, made its impressive debut earlier this year with a wonderful production of the musical Funny Girl. Now the troupe is... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/theater/rachmaninoff-finds-his-voice-in-milwaukee-opera-theatres-pre/ | Photo by Mark Frohna
Milwaukee Opera Theatre "Preludes"
Natalie Ford as Natalya and Joe Picchetti as Rachmaninoff in Milwaukee Opera Theatre's "Preludes"
Milwaukee Opera Theatre stages a strange and tumultuous interlude for an artist with Preludes. Actor Joe Picchetti is magnetic as composer Sergei Rachmaninoff despera... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/film/film-clips/film-clips-april-4-2022/ | Ambulance (In Theaters April 8)
Director Michael Bay remakes a Danish movie into this overstuffed actioner featuring the director’s trademark odd camera angles and frenetically revolving shots. Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II portray adopted brothers Danny and Will, respectively. Danny is a career criminal, s... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/film/reviews/you-wont-be-alone-is-art-house-horror/ | Photo: You Won't Be Alone - Facebook
"You Won't Be Alone" movie still
You Won't Be Alone
Don’t come to You Won’t Be Alone expecting a conventional movie narrative. Instead of telling its story prosaically, You Won’t Be Alone is a visual poem set in forested, mountainous Macedonia during the 19th century around a villag... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/food/lets-eat/story-hill-bkc-puts-eclectic-locally-sourced-spin-on-contemp/ | Photo by Kames Photography
Story Hill BKC dinners
Story Hill BKC
Story Hill BKC has a story to tell. It involves house made and locally sourced ingredients with backup from their sister restaurant Blue’s Egg bakery a few blocks away. The Story Hill part of the name tells what Milwaukee neighborhood it’s in, and the BKC... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/lifestyle/art-kumbalek/from-the-city-that-always-sweeps_15/ | Painting image by sedmak - Getty Images
Art Kumbalek angel
I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So listen, as the too-long Lenten season culminates finally with a late Easter Sunday this month, let us pray, what the fock:
“Dear Lord, ol’ buddy, ol’ pal:
“Remember me? It’s been a while, ain’a? Y... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/community-news/daily-wisconsin-covid-19-update-208-new-cases-no-deaths/ | Summary:
- 208 new cases
- No new deaths added to system
- 12,799 total deaths;
- 147 hospitalized patients, 27 in ICU
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
On Monday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported an additional 208 new COVID-19 cases. The state has averaged 396 new cases per day in the... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/features/fostering-climate-resilience-economic-equity-in-milwaukee/ | Illustration by Ali Bachmann
Earth Day illustration
Climate scientists consider this decade a make-or-break time to avert full-on climate catastrophe. The National Climate Assessment—compiled by 300 experts—outlines the following climate-related threats facing Wisconsin and the Midwest: “Extreme heat, heavy downpours, ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/issue-of-the-month/ukrainians-are-giving-their-lives-for-democracy/ | Image: vladm - Getty Images
American flag as smoke
You have to be in awe as you watch Ukrainian people from all walks of life sign up to defend their democracy from an autocrat. A country with a small military and very few military aircraft led by a former actor/comedian are holding back a major military power. The Ukr... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/taking-liberties/media-obsession-with-bidens-non-gaffe-overshadowed-the-bi/ | Photo: Wikimedia Commons - www.kremlin.ru
Putin at Crimea rally in 2022
Vladimir Putin at Crimean reunification rally in 2022.
Seriously, is there anyone in America other than Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson who doesn’t agree with President Biden that Russian President Vladimir Putin should not remain in power?
Only in... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
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https://shepherdexpress.com/sports/brewers-on-deck/18-bets-for-the-season-ahead/ | Photo: Christian Yelich - Twitter
Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich
With Opening Day just a few days away, it’s time to make some predictions about the 2022 Milwaukee Brewers. For the fifth consecutive year I’ll do that with help from BetOnline, who has published a list of 18 proposition bets for the season ahead.
Afte... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/sports/bucks/bucks-week-ahead-playoff-ready/ | Photo via Twitter / Bucks
Jrue Holiday
It all comes down to this week for the Milwaukee Bucks in terms of playoff seeding. With an instant classic overtime win against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday night, the Bucks punched their ticket to the playoffs, on the strength of 44 points from Giannis Antetokounmpo, making him... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220404 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/cannabis/cannabis/police-keep-arresting-drug-users-ignoring-shift-in-law-enfor/ | Photo: Nastco - Getty Images
Marijuana plants from above
Police have a bone to pick with drug users, and only drug users, according to a new study by the Pew Charitable Trust, which found that while arrests are down across the board and prosecution for drug use has plummeted, arrests for minor drug possession remained ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/classical-music/the-festival-city-symphonys-season-finale-this-saturday/ | Stefan Kartman, the principal cellist of the Festival City Symphony, will be featured in the orchestra’s performance of Antonin (German publishers Germanized his Czech name to Anton) Dvorak’s Cello Concerto, op. 104 in B minor. Brahms, a master of orchestral composition, corrected the proofs of Dvorak’s score and suppo... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/supporting-milwaukee-arts/christal-wagner-artistic-director-of-danceworks/ | A wise mentor of mine once said, ”If you listen, the Dance will tell you what it needs.” The reason this is so personally profound to me is that within us there is an innate ability to trust our intuition as embodied sensing beings, whether it be in our own body or in a staged piece of work that we are sharing with our... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/theater/big-changes-at-next-act-theatre/ | Photo by Ross Zentner
David Cecsarini and Mark Ulrich in Next Act Theatre "Equivocation"
David Cecsarini (left) with Mark Ulrich in Next Act Theatre's "Equivocation"
Next Act Theatre announced that founding member David Cecsarini will step down at the end of the 2022-2023 season. Cecsarini has been with the company sin... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/theater/iron-county-asks-who-owns-america/ | Photo by June Xie
Gaetano Marangelli
Gaetano Marangelli
Iron County has a slightly forbidding ring, suggesting something dark and ominous, like a January snowstorm or a story by August Derleth. It’s a real place in northern Wisconsin, the forested setting of Gaetano Marangelli’s play Iron County, debuting at Milwaukee ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/food/eat-drink/stein-dine-food-offers-food-samples-and-more/ | Photo: That Taco Guy - Facebook
That Taco Guy nachos
We heard you!
Thanks to your feedback we have increased the food options at this year’s Stein & Dine.
Bring your appetite and sample six flavors of Vollwerth’s sausage: Original, Pizza, Honey, Cheddar Bacon, Cheddar Jalapeño and Hot & Spicy. shepherdexpress.com/food/... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/lgbtq/dear-ruthie/kissing-social-graces-goodbye/ | Photo Credit: Allen Halas
Ruthie
Dear Ruthie is proudly brought to you by C3 Designs — Award Winning Fine Jewelry. C3 Designs offers a variety of services performed in-house, including custom jewelry design, jewelry and watch repair, appraisal, pearl and bead stringing, engraving and flip guards. C3 Designs is the winn... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/lgbtq/my-lgbtq-pov/milwaukees-lesbian-community-impacting-lgbtq-progress-for-h/ | Image: nadia_bormotova - Getty Images
Women holding hands and Pride flag
April is a celebratory month for the lesbian community with International Lesbian Visibility Week, April 25 through May 2. In Milwaukee, the community has been a leading force in achieving LGBTQ equality with many early lesbian activists recognize... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/lifestyle/health/why-cant-i-lose-weight/ | Illustration by Michael Burmesch
Scale with footprints illustration
Mary came to me with several health problems, the most pressing of which was her 100-plus extra pounds. She had tried various programs over the years, sometimes dropping significant weight but then putting it back on. She wanted a new approach.
Many pa... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/lifestyle/home-garden/cutting-costs-on-home-improvements/ | Photo: cyano66 - Getty Images
Home improvement illustration
These days, prices are rising on just about everything, and home-improvement initiatives are no exception. Inflation and the effects of the pandemic continue to increase material costs and hamper the availability of items such as lumber. Last summer’s Consumer... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/music/music-feature/maxwell-street-band-brings-klezmer-music-to-the-polish-cente/ | Photo courtesy Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Music lovers in the Milwaukee area are fortunate that klezmer is coming to town. The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band will play at the Polish Center on April 10. Wear your dancing shoes and be prepared to laugh and cry. Or, pe... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/community-news/daily-wisconsin-covid-19-update-431-new-cases-no-deaths/ | Summary:
- 431 new cases
- No new deaths, 11 total deaths added to system
- 12,815 total deaths;
- 157 hospitalized patients, 26 in ICU
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported an additional 431 new COVID-19 cases. The state has averaged 401 new ca... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/hero-of-the-month/dontrell-corey-fells-shares-the-value-of-therapy/ | Photo by Erin Bloodgood
Dontrell Corey Fells
Dontrell Corey Fells
For Dontrell Corey Fells, co-founder of Black Space, therapy wasn’t always a pleasant experience. When he was a teenager in late high school, his mother passed away. “After that, there was just a young boy that wanted to be able to find somewhere to live... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/podcasts/laughing-liberally/laughing-liberally-milwaukee-episode-44-greg-bach/ | Laughing Liberally Milwaukee Episode 44: Greg Bach
Laughing Liberally Milwaukee is back, and host Matthew Filipowicz is joined by comedian Greg Bach. The two break down the controversy at Disney over a same-sex kiss in the upcoming animated film 'Lightyear.' That led to Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire launching DW Kids, and t... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/classical-music/an-impressive-sibelius-at-the-mso/ | Photo by Martin Cherry
Tracy Silverman violinist
Tracy Silverman
As resident conductor at Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Yaniv Dinur spends more time on the podium with the players than any other leader, including pops concerts, school concerts, and sometimes, classical subscription concerts. He has grown enormously as ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/food/eat-drink/james-beard-awards-recognize-milwaukee-chefs-restaurateurs/ | Photo: Bavette La Boucherie - bavettelaboucherie.com
Karen Bell of Bavette La Boucherie
Karen Bell of Bavette La Boucherie
Our fantastic dining scene in Milwaukee continues to be recognized nationally. Three local chefs have advanced to the final round of the esteemed James Beard Awards, in the best chef Midwest catego... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/lifestyle/out-of-my-mind/cant-forgive-there%E2%80%99s-another-way/ | Illustration by Michael Burmesch
Forgiveness heart
Forgiveness. For many of us, that proves a tough nut to crack. Often, when we harbor chronic resentment toward someone we feel has done us wrong, the emotional toxicity gradually intensifies. This mental toxin feeds on its host, not its target, which is why proponents ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220406 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/comedy/charlie-berens-brings-manitowoc-minutes-to-milwaukee/ | Photo: Charlie Berens - Facebook
Charlie Berens with Old Fashioned
Charlie Berens
“When we’re all laughing together, it becomes easier to listen to each other. I’m not saying comedy is an answer to all the world’s problems, but it can be a step in the right direction,” says a hopeful, and often hilarious, Charlie Beren... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220407 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/mke-speaks/milwaukee-photographer-captures-emotion-in-motion/ | Photo by Lotte Lillian
Newborn photo by Lotte Lillian
Newborn photo by Lotte Lillian
Lottie Royten is the genius behind the lens of Lottie Lillian Photography. You’ve likely seen her photos from different rites of ceremony in the greater Milwaukee area and beyond. From family and newborn photos to couples’ engagements ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220407 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/theater/the-temptations-come-alive-at-the-marcus-centers-uihlein-ha/ | Photo by Matthew Murphy
Ain't Too Proud Broadway show
Ain't Too Proud
The Temptations were one of the building blocks of Motown’s empire. Based on founder Otis Williams’ book, the stage production Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations recounts the rise (and in some cases fall) of this band of brothers ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220407 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/food/eat-drink/which-grapes-make-quality-wine/ | Image: RomoloTavani - Getty Images
Wine and grapes
Old World society says Harry Charles Albert David Duke of Sussex is nobility and Rachel Meghan Markle wasn’t. Old World society says Meghan Markle was a commoner. But Harry and Meghan got married, and they had a son, Archie, and a daughter, Lillibet.
More than 98% of t... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220407 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/lifestyle/art-kumbalek/lent-relief/ | Image: RomoloTavani - Getty Images
Art Kumbalek with Easter bunny
I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So listen, I’m eyeballing the monthly calendar I’ve got nailed to the wall in the kitchen of my dinky apartment and, lo and behold, I noticed there’s but a week and a half left to this year’s ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220407 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/music/shepherd-setlist/shepherd-setlist-april-6-2022/ | The Shepherd Setlist is a collaboration between the Shepherd Express and Milwaukee music website, Breaking And Entering.
Clayton – “Somehow Beautiful”
Clayton is fresh off of the release of his 2 pk project, with the video for lead track “Somehow Beautiful.” The song is a strong combination of his R&B tones and a littl... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220407 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/community-news/bliffert-lumber-powers-up-with-solar/ | Photo: Bliffert Lumber & Hardware
Bliffert Lumber solar panels
Bliffert Lumber solar panels
Bliffert Lumber & Hardware’s Riverwest location is committed to reducing its carbon footprint. In March, the first full month of solar energy production, they exceeded expectations with a calculated environmental benefit of 9,60... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220407 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/community-news/daily-wisconsin-covid-19-update-588-new-cases-one-death/ | Summary:
- 588 new cases
- 1 new deaths, 1 total death added to system
- 12,815 total deaths;
- 157 hospitalized patients, 26 in ICU
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported an additional 588 new COVID-19 cases. The state has averaged 412 new cas... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220407 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/cannabis/cannabis/marijuana-legalization-act-passes-the-house-likely-to-die-in/ | Image: traffic_analyzer - Getty Images
United States map with marijuana leaves
For the second time, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a marijuana reform bill that would end the federal prohibition on cannabis. It is the same bill as the first time, with two minor amendments.
The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestmen... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/ae-feature/grilled-cheese-sandwiches-and-cash-grants-for-milwaukee-art-/ | Photo: Milwaukee Artists Resource Network
Grilled Cheese Grant sign
The Grilled Cheese Grant
The Grilled Cheese Grant is an annual emerging artist exhibition program that fundraises for thesis projects of undergraduate seniors at UW-Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD). They have a kickoff event... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/books/lightning-striking-ten-transformative-moments-in-rock-and-ro/ | Who connects the dots better than Lenny Kaye? Equal parts writer, historian and musician, he compiled the original collection of garage bands with the double album Nuggets and has collaborated as guitarist with Patti Smith since her groundbreaking career began decades ago.
Kaye is the perfect choice for time-travelogue... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/books/rescuing-socrates-how-the-great-books-changed-my-life-and-wh/ | Roosevelt Montás was a teenage Dominican immigrant in New York when he discovered a stack of books left by a neighbor on the curbside as garbage. One of them was Plato’s dialogues on the last days of Socrates, the record of the thoughts of a philosopher who chose death over falsehood. The dialogues changed him, althoug... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/books/ways-and-means-lincoln-and-his-cabinet-and-the-financing-of-/ | After writing books about Wall Street and Warren Buffet, Roger Lowenstein turns to the economics of the Civil War in Ways and Means. He reminds us that few Northerners cared much about the fate of slaves and fought instead to preserve the Union—a word that conjured a vision of free white industrial labor and small farm... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/comedy/jimmie-jj-walker-is-still-dyn-o-mite/ | Photo: Cinnamon Studios via Jimmie JJ Walker - Facebook
Jimmie "JJ" Walker standup
Jimmie "JJ" Walker
“I’m a comic, not an actor,” Jimmie “JJ” Walker clarifies, reiterating, “I don’t know much about acting.”
Yet, it’s the acting role for which Walker acquired his quote-marked middle name. Walker portrayed JJ Evans—the ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/film/i-hate-hollywood/milwaukee-film-festival-returns-to-local-cinemas/ | Photo: Milwaukee Film - mkefilm.org
Oriental Theatre Milwaukee
The Oriental Theatre
Never saw John Carpenter’s version of The Thing in a theater? You’ll get a chance to jump from your seat when this year’s Milwaukee Film Festival showcases the 1982 science-fiction horror classic on 35mm.
The Milwaukee Film Festival is ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/food/lets-eat/pop-into-rileys-sandwich-shop-on-oakland-ave/ | Photo by Sandy Reitman
Riley's Sandwich Shop exterior
Riley's Sandwich Shop
I’ve been keeping a close eye on Riley’s Sandwich Shop (4473 N. Oakland Ave.) but haven’t found myself in Shorewood during the day to see what it’s all about. But I couldn’t wait any longer and I packed up my little dog and headed to Riley’s fo... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/lifestyle/sexpress/when-sex-toys-go-viral/ | Photo: The Tool Shed
The Rose sex toy
The Rose
It was early 2021 when the phone calls started. At first it was a trickle of a few per week, then growing to a steady stream of several calls per day. By autumn, our staff knew that the most frequently asked questions in our little sex toy shop would be about “The Rose,” a... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/music/album-reviews/disparate-parts-by-roxy-coss-outside-in-music/ | Jazz saxophonist Roxy Coss already had the compartmentalization of human life on her mind in the four-part suite that provides the nucleus of her quintet’s latest album, Disparate Parts. Coss was pregnant with her first child while plying her instrument to flesh out her own and—for the first time—her bandmates’ composi... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/music/album-reviews/fear-of-the-dawn-by-jack-white-third-man-records/ | For all of Jack White’s mystery and mythology—a good deal of it generated by the man himself—he has long been nakedly devoted to rock ‘n’ roll music. His fourth solo album, Fear of the Dawn, is another expression of that devotion.
It’s also a continuation of White’s peculiarly expansive primitivism, within which he sti... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/music/this-week/this-week-in-milwaukee-april-7-13-2022/ | Thriftones EP release show, Blades of Steel Metal Festival featuring Realm, conjunto music from Max Baca Y Los Texmaniacs, Shepherd Express Presents The 9th Stein & Dine and more—This Week in Milwaukee!
Thursday, April 7
Thriftones w/RESURRECTIONISTS + VSAL Moonwolf & The Federal Hippies @ Anodyne Walker’s Point, 8 p.m... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/community-news/daily-wisconsin-covid-19-update-524-new-cases-no-deaths/ | Summary:
- 524 new cases
- No new deaths, 2 total deaths added to system
- 12,820 total deaths;
- 152 hospitalized patients, 26 in ICU
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
On Thursday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported an additional 524 new COVID-19 cases. The state has averaged 420 new ca... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): To provide the right horoscope, I must introduce you to three new words. The first is "orphic," defined as "having an importance or meaning not apparent to the senses nor comprehensible to the intellect; beyond ordinary understanding." Here's th... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/puzzles/news-of-the-weird/news-of-the-weird-week-of-april-7-2022/ | Oops!
What do you get when you cross spring picture day, a green screen background and St. Patrick's Day? Completely memorable elementary school photos, of course! At Sugar Grove Elementary School in Center Grove, Indiana, picture day happened to fall on St. Patrick's Day, United Press International reported. And no ki... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
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https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/mke-speaks/joanne-johnson-sabir-on-economic-development-in-the-central-/ | Photo by Tom Jenz
Joanne Johnson-Sabir outside Sherman Phoenix
Joanne Johnson-Sabir outside Sherman Phoenix
The world seems frayed these days, torn by violence, inflation, war, woke-ness, COVID, smartphone addiction and just plain anger. Milwaukee’s central city is not immune. But for these Black residents, probably th... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/features/the-enduring-relevance-of-frederick-law-olmsted/ | Photo by Virginia Small
Lake Park steps
Lake Park
Frederick Law Olmsted, who faced many losses and health challenges throughout his life, always found respite in nature. And he believed that everyone should have equal access to restorative green places. According to biographer Hugh Howard, “Olmsted demonstrated an extr... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/features/yes-demands-school-lunch-justice-for-milwaukee-public-scho/ | Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES), the youth arm of immigrant/workers’ rights organization Voces De La Frontera, launched their “School Lunch Justice” campaign for MPS at a press conference on March 31 in anticipation of upcoming budget discussions.
MPS lunches are cooked in a central location and then reheated to ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/milwaukee-history/tiffany-windows-flemish-tapestries-and-beautiful-bells-at-st/ | Photo by Adam Levin
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church interior
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (914 E. Knapp St.) on the Lower East Side of Milwaukee was built in 1882. It was the second church built for Milwaukee’s pioneer Episcopal congregation. The Richardsonian Romanesque-styled church is well kno... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/mke-speaks/joanne-johnson-sabir-on-economic-development-in-the-central/ | Photo by Tom Jenz
Joanne Johnson-Sabir outside Sherman Phoenix
Joanne Johnson-Sabir outside Sherman Phoenix
The world seems frayed these days, torn by violence, inflation, war, woke-ness, COVID, smartphone addiction and just plain anger. Milwaukee’s central city is not immune. But for these Black residents, probably th... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/lgbtq/dear-ruthie/bombshells-bubbles-and-boys-oh-my/ | Dear Ruthie is proudly brought to you by C3 Designs — Award Winning Fine Jewelry. C3 Designs offers a variety of services performed in-house, including custom jewelry design, jewelry and watch repair, appraisal, pearl and bead stringing, engraving and flip guards. C3 Designs is the winner of the Jewelers of America 201... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/lifestyle/consumer-finance/theres-still-time-to-refinance-but-make-the-right-decision/ | Photo: SIphotography - Getty Images
Home refinancing illustration
One advantage to staying home during the pandemic is the amount of money you saved that otherwise would have been spent enjoying life. The fortunate among you have also spent some time appreciating the fact that you have a home and the safety and financi... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/lifestyle/home-garden/organic-gardening-in-3-easy-steps/ | Photo: Tatomm - Getty Images
Vegetables on wooden board
In a (biodegradable, all-natural) nutshell, organic gardening relies on tools and techniques that do not involve synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Instead, organic gardeners turn to natural and plant-derived options to improve the quality of the planting soil,... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/community-news/daily-wisconsin-covid-19-update-1-551-new-cases-no-deaths/ | Summary:
- 1,551 new cases
- No new deaths, 1 total death added to system
- 12,823 total deaths;
- 157 hospitalized patients, 26 in ICU
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
On Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported an additional 1,551 new COVID-19 cases. The state has averaged 568 new c... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/sports/brewers-on-deck/brewers-poised-to-continue-their-run-of-success/ | Photo: razihusin - Getty Images
Baseball bat hitting ball
Somewhere beyond all of this winter’s distractions, the Milwaukee Brewers are experiencing something of a golden era. They’ve made as many postseason appearances (four) and won as many division championships (two) in the past four seasons as they did in the near... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220408 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/classical-music/cosmo-reed-quintet-debuts-new-work-from-milwaukee-composers/ | Photo: UWM Peck School of the Arts
Cosmo Reed Quintet
The Cosmo Reed Quintet
UW-Milwaukee’s Cosmo Reed Quintet will premiere work by UWM composers Barbara Howe, Gavin Roberts, Adam Taylor, Ben Piette, Eli Drews, and Clark Hudec in concert this week at UWM’s Fine Arts Recital Hall.
The Cosmo Quintet is comprised of Sama... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220411 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/theater/the-musical-heart-of-a-raisin-in-the-sun/ | Photo by Ross Zentner
Skylight Music Theatre "A Raisin in the Sun"
Melanie Loren and J. Daughtry in Skylight Music Theatre’s production of A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 drama A Raisin in the Sun is filtered through the lens of the American musical in the Skylight’s production of Raisin. The 1970s musica... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220411 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/visual-art/the-pfister-hotel-has-a-new-artist-in-the-house/ | Photo: URBN
Christopher T Wood
Christopher T Wood
In late March, the Pfister Hotel chose “pataphysical illustrator”Christopher T. Wood as its 13th Artist-in-Residence. Succeeding conceptual abstract artist Nykoli Koslow, Wood began his one-year residency at the Artist Studio, located in the historic hotel’s lobby, on A... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220411 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/sports/bucks/bucks-draw-chicago-in-round-one-of-2022-playoffs/ | Photo via Twitter / Bucks
It came down to the final day of the regular season, but the Eastern Conference playoff picture has finally settled, and the Milwaukee Bucks have drawn the Chicago Bulls for the first round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs. The defending champions finished the regular season with a 51-31 record, secur... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220411 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/theater/milwaukee-chamber-theatre-powerfully-evokes-apartheid-era-wi/ | Photo by Paul Ruffolo
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre "The Island"
Dimonte Henning and Sherrick Robinson in Milwaukee Chamber Theatre's The Island
In The Island, John and Winston are cell mates, victims of racial and political oppression in apartheid South Africa of the early ‘70s. And in this powerful, highly charged produc... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220411 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/theater/the-last-hamlet-at-next-act-opens-this-week/ | Next Act Theatre - The Last White Man
Next Act Theatre will present the world premiere of Bill Cain’s newest play The Last White Man. It’s the fourth of Cain’s plays to be staged by the company in as many years, but the first it’s helped to develop. Eighteen hours of rehearsal with the playwright last December, and a p... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220411 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/film/film-clips/fantastic-beasts-the-secrets-of-dumbledore-in-theaters-april/ | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (In Theaters April 15)
David Yates directs this third “Fantastic Beast” entry that regains a sure creature-footing. Humans fare less well with the scattershot plot and too many unfocused characters. Creature-wrangler Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), along with a few others wi... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220411 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/music/concert-reviews/the-english-beats-dance-party-closes-the-weekend/ | Photo by Blaine Schultz
English Beat at Turner Hall April 10, 2022
The English Beat at Turner Hall
Near the end of Sunday’s English Beat show at Turner Hall, singer Dave Wakeling pointed the fans that had been cooling the band onstage, toward the audience. It was a fitting gesture from a guy who spent the evening testi... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220411 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/sports/brewers-on-deck/mike-brosseau-seized-the-moment-at-wrigley-field/ | New Brewers third baseman Mike Brosseau picked a good time to make a good first impression, as his first hit of the season will likely be replayed many times in the months ahead.
Brosseau entered Sunday’s game as a pinch hitter in the top of the seventh inning, just moments after the Cubs had tied the game on a wild pi... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220411 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/film/film-clips/film-clips-april-11-2022/ | Image ©Warner Bros.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (In Theaters April 15)
David Yates directs this third “Fantastic Beast” entry that regains a sure creature-footing. Humans fare less well with the scattershot plot and ... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220412 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/community-news/daily-wisconsin-covid-19-update-314-new-cases-no-deaths/ | Summary:
- 314 new cases
- No new deaths added to system
- 12,828 total deaths;
- 147 hospitalized patients, 27 in ICU
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
On Monday, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported an additional 314 new COVID-19 cases. The state has averaged 621 new cases per day in the... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220412 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/news/taking-liberties/republicans-are-determined-to-stop-teachers-from-educating-s/ | Illustration by Michael Burmesch
Attack on Education illustration
Many school teachers are frightened for their futures these days and they have a right to be. Republican politicians in Wisconsin and more than half our states are threatening teachers with serious consequences if they don’t stop educating students about... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220412 |
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https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/happening-now/black-shoe-and-delaware-north-bring-hometown-pride-milwaukee/ | Photo via Milwaukee Brewers
Peppered Brandy Burger powered by Story Hill BKC
Eating at the ballgame isn’t just about mustard on hotdogs anymore. The Milwaukee Brewers and Black Shoe Hospitality have announced a partnership that revamps food service during ballgames at American Family Field.
Milwaukeeans have become fam... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220412 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/supporting-milwaukee-arts/annemarie-sawkins-phd-independent-curatorart-historian-and-a/ | This year is a special one for me, as 2022 marks my 10th year as an independent curator, a career made possible in large part thanks to the art institutions across the country and here in Milwaukee that present exhibitions and to the donors, large and small, who fund them. While I have spent most of the last decade cre... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220412 |
https://shepherdexpress.com/culture/theater/milwaukee-rep-launches-titanic-its-biggest-musical-ever/ | Photo by Michael Brosilow
Milwaukee Rep - Titanic: The Musical
Milwaukee Rep - Titanic: The Musical
In 1912, the fabled ocean liner Titanic never made it to its destination in New York City. In 2021, it seemed as though the Milwaukee Repertory Theater would never launch its version of Titanic: The Musical. With the pan... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220412 |
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Saturday Softball Beer League
Saturday Softball Beer League
Nothing says spring hath sprung in Milwaukee like the ping of an aluminum bat smacking a chartreuse colored softball. So begins the Saturday Softball Beer League’s (SSBL) 45th season. Coming out of two seasons of coping with on... | true | true | both | shepherdexpress | 20220412 |
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