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All’s Well on Farwell

by Judith Ann Moriarty

Sara Hasslinger hands me two business cards. One reads, “diversified artist specializing in murals, signs, decorative finishing, and more.” The second touts “The Beehive,” a salon/spa at 1547 N. Farwell Avenue, where she’s establishing herself as a designer of hair.

Posted inCommentary & Opinion

TTN: Bus TV for You and Me

by Carrie Trousil

Milwaukee is the second city after only Orlando, that corporate slattern of America, to have televisions installed on its public buses. Quite honestly, it doesn’t seem that many Milwaukeeans really appreciate this parallel with the land of Mickey Mouse. In fact, people seem to find it intrusive.

Posted inMusic & Events

This Weekend in Riverwest 12/12-

RIVERWEST POTTER RETURNS: Ginny Zipperer

LGBT Community Center, 5 to 9 p.m.

For those of you who remember Mudlark Pottery once located

in Riverwest, Ginny Zipperer will host a show of her

pottery and pottery of the Mata Ortiz village in Mexico….

Posted inArts & Entertainment

Nuts and Balls: An XXX-Mas Craft Show

by Judith Ann Moriarty

Ho. Ho. Where can you find an XXX-Mas Reindeer Cock Cozy with silvery balls that jingle-jangle, stately nutcrackers depicting ex-cop chief Arthur Jones, Marilyn Figueroa, and Mayor John Norquist, or a wee Madonna that explodes when you light a firecracker inserted in her nether parts?