August 1983
Volume 8
Number 7
Features
The Day the Music Died
Contrary to popular belief, the demise of classical radio in Milwaukee was not inevitable. It’s only what one savvy entrepreneur wanted everyone to believe.
By Bruce Murphy
The Art of Business
Forward-thinking business leaders are carrying on a centuries-old tradition of art patronage right here in Milwaukee.
By Paula Nordland Giannini
Pressed for Success
How about trying a different kind of getaway this summer — one with a little spirit?
By Michael Muckian
Third Annual Fiction Contest
Somewhere in Wisconsin are a million prize-winning stories just waiting to be told.
The Empire that Junk Built
Just off I-94 in Racine County lies the 48-acre manifestation of one man’s dreams — a business fueled
almost exclusively by other people’s cast-offs.
By Judith P. Woodburn
Fourth Annual Guide to the Fine Arts
Everything a culture vulture needs to enjoy the upcoming season.
By Bruce Murphy and Molly Malloy
Departments
Letters
Inside Milwaukee
Some not-so-big changes in beerland, some tricky insurance incentives, a boxer hits the big time, and whatever happened to Whinny Wedges.
Edited by James Romenesko
Sure Things
Adventuresome victuals, a spook spray, and some special togs for tots.
By Nicki Kline
Calendar
Compiled by Molly Malloy
Restaurant Listings
Milwaukee Classified
Columns
Out Front
Nightbeat
Preppy passion and pathos at an East Side night spot.
By Perry M. Lamek
Restuarants
Oh, the joys of meat-free eating.
By Willard Romantini
The Fine Arts
Who said creative people were idiosyncratic?
By Bruce Murphy
Endgame
Bureaucratic boondoggling in a blue building.
By Charles J. Sykes
ON THE COVER
Photograph by James Schnepf; Milwaukee Ballet dancers Michelle Lucci (foreground); Michel Fons (left); and Catherine Yoshimura (right). Photographed on location at the Pabst Theater.
