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Riverwest Bars Fill the Music Void

by Eryn Moris

I remember a time when my right hand didn’t go a week without being marked by a doorman for a rock show. The five years I have lived here have been filled with countless evenings spent in the company of Milwaukee music lovers and our favorite local and national acts. For a small city in the Midwest, we’ve had it pretty good as far as our music scene is concerned.

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Wisconsin Home Grown Lunch: Healthy Choices for Schools

by Jan Christensen

Kids need healthy foods. Not cheap food, not convenient food. Food should be the top priority in the budget. As responsible adults, it’s our job to insist on it, and figure out how to make it happen.

There’s a great idea being fielded that offers an elegant, obvious solution to the problems of kids and food in schools. It’s called Wisconsin Home Grown Lunch, and it’s modeled on a number of farm-to-school initiatives that are springing up all over the country.

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Why Are You Wearing that Stupid Man Suit?

by Dan Wilson

Donnie Darko appeared on the festival circuit in 2001 to critical acclaim, and was picked up for limited theatrical distribution shortly thereafter. Typically playing in art houses and college theaters, the film played Milwaukee for two nights as part of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s Spring 2002 screening series. Through word of mouth, the film has developed a cult following, and movie-lovers across the country are counting it among their favorite films.