A&E Feature

Beautifying Milwaukee Through Rain Gardens

Homeowners can help to reduce pollution, improve water quality

This spring, those who would like to make the environment a greener place need look no further than their yards. Thanks to a novel approach to reduce storm water, we can all become eco-friendly gardeners. Rain gardens were invented in 1990 as a means to reduce storm water in a cost-effective way. Bioretention, which is the holding and filtering of storm water in plant systems, was the solution Larry Coffman, head of environmental...


A&E Feature

Party at the Garage!

Motorcycling can be rather intimidating for women looking to try the sport for the first time. There’s the pressing question of where to begin. Do you buy the riding gear first, then the bike, or the bike, then the riding gear?

News Features

What's the Matter with Democrats?

Ever since Thomas Frank published his book "What's the Matter With Kansas?" Democrats have sought a political strategy to match the GOP's...


On Music

Adebisi Partners with Mz Stylez for 80's Babies Mixtape

Hip-hop blogger makes nice with Milwaukee rapper

Hip-hop blogger and Sirius radio host Mz Stylez is a tough critic, as Milwaukee rapper Adebisi learned last year when he submitted one of his tracks to her for review. In a vicious, four-minute YouT...

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Dining
Mr. Perkins’ Home Cooking
By Jeff Beutner
Sláinte!
By Sarah Biondich

News
Poll

Allowing people to carry guns in public remains a hot issue. Would you feel safer if many of the customers in coffee shops, grocery stores or restaurants you patronize were carrying guns, whether in the open or concealed?

 

 

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News Features

New Day Care Background Check Law May Not Be Constitutional

Licenses are being revoked for nonviolent, decades-old misdemeanors

Legislators and the state Department of Children and Families may have gotten positive headlines when creating a law that allows the state to permanently revoke child care provider licenses based on a wide range of offenses. But 2009 Wisconsin Act 76, which went into effect Feb. 1, may not be constitutional...



Sports
Impossible Dream? Now’s the Time for It
By Frank Clines & Art Kumbalek
No Cap on Complexities in This Year’s NFL
By Frank Clines & Art Kumbalek
The Original High Def Sure Has Gotten Pricey
By Frank Clines & Art Kumbalek
Curl Up and Enjoy a Sport for the Masses
By Frank Clines & Art Kumbalek
Ballyard Brainstorms Are Springing to Mind
By Frank Clines & Art Kumbalek
Art for Art's Sake

Welcome, Losers

I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So yeah, damn it, it’s happened again. I’m talking about that bullshit Daylight Saving Time, and I’m not...

 
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