Parks Department administrators and other county department heads — except the Sherriff’s Department — were asked to cut millions from their budgets. With only 348 out of 443 Parks positions filled, there wasn’t much room to make cuts…
September 2003
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September 2003
Through sept 26 CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM: Paintings and Drawings by Will Kolstad. sept 21-oct 26CHARLES ALLIS ART MUSEUM & VILLA TERRACE DECORATIVE ARTS MUSEUM: Andre Ferrella’s organic digital images. 1 MONDAY BREMEN CAFE: Open Mic. 8 PM. COA: Adult Basic Education/GED: 8:30-2 PM. Free. Call Wendy Green at 263-8383, ext. 105 to enroll. Creative […]
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Cleveland Miles: An Unorthodox Approach to Music Stardom
by Brian Kalish
While the end goal is the same for this Riverwest-based urban rock outfit, Cleveland Miles is taking a decidedly unorthodox approach. Instead of playing shows to establish his band, Miles is making an album and banking heavily on the success of his newly-launched website and airplay on the nation’s most popular college radio stations — not to mention healthy dose of luck — to propel him into the limelight.
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In Memoriam: Death of a Corner Drugstore Captures the Last Days of Oriental Drugs
by Jeremy Berg
For those with fond memories of the East Side’s one-time most popular eatery/pharmacy/hardware store/cultural melting pot, Brooke Maroldi’s Death of a Corner Drugstore offers delights just by showing footage of Oriental Drugs and its customers and staff. Yet while the first section of the video, entitled “What did you get at Oriental Drugs?,” paints a portrait of the staff and customers and offers the expected encomiums to milkshake quality and food prices, it also opens the door to a much more serious inquiry. As one patron asks, “What’s the marketplace economy if a place that’s always busy can’t stay afloat?”
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Celebrating Wisconsin’s Literary Artists
by Thomas Durkin
In a ceremony held at the Woodland Pattern Book Center last month, the Wisconsin Arts Board awarded seven literary artists with 2003 Artist Fellowship Awards.
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