by Belle Bergner Q: I want to give up all meat products for Lent but dont want to completely eliminate protein from my diet. Can you recommend some environmentally low-impact fish? A: This is a great time to get eco-savvy about meat eating, including fish. Once Lent is over, try limiting your beef, pork, chicken […]
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Garden of the Month
by Jackie Reid Dettloff In this month when we celebrate Memorial Day we focus on a memorial garden. The plantings on the east side of Pierce School on the 2700 block of North Fratney were established more than a decade ago as a tribute to teachers at the school. Karen Zakszewski remembers that in one […]
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Brady Street Artisan Food Festival
copy & photos by Tim Lambrecht For those who are picking up this issue early, heres whats going on at the Brady Street Artisan Food Festival on July 30. The festival runs from 10 am to 10 pm, and is a celebration of local and regional agriculture, arts and crafts. A partnership with the Michael […]
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Out With the Old and In With the New Walgreens, That Is
by Jean Scherwenka In case you hadnt noticed, the vacant old Sentry and Ben Franklin stores on Oakland Avenue just north of Locust are finally coming down. Compared to the ghost town scene that lively businesses across the street have looked at for a while, empty space will be eye candy. But according to plans, […]
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Review: Willy Porter / Available Light
by Jeremy Berg How best to describe Milwaukees own Willy Porter? Well, put it this way: There are a lot of guys out there with acoustic guitars, but most of them arent buddies with Jethro Tull. Yes, Porter is well known as a singersongwriter and deservedly so but thats too narrow a label […]
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