August 1992
Volume 17
Number 8
Features
Fun With Kim & Connie
Combining jazz, funk, rock and cabaret music, the group known as Mrs. Fun is having lots of, well, fun. But can they go platinum?
By Dave Luhrssen
The Vanishing Ethic
Across the country, Wisconsin is known for its work ethic. But is there any evidence to support this claim? The truth about Wisconsin’s workers – and management.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
1992 Best Of
More finds and scads more superlatives from a city that continues to surprise us with its high-quality foods, stores, people, places and things.
By Ann Christenson
Sometimes a Father
The other half of the story behind Milwaukee’s rating as the city with America’s highest teen birth rate. Why do boys become fathers, and why so often in this town?
By Stephen Filmanowicz
Departments
Outfront
Good, better, best.
By Bruce Murphy
Letters
Readers get if off their chest and onto our pages.
The Insider
A fond farewell to DJ Obie Yadgar; salary secrets of local nonprofit administrators; jazz, blues, tavern and coffeehouse reviews; plus Pressroom Confidential and Plenty of Horne.
Edited by Bruce Murphy
Metroscene
What to look for in August – from ethnic festivals to the Haviland china show, from State Fair to guitarist Manty Ellis to a Pro Beach Volleyball tournament.
Edited by Ann Christenson
Dining guide
A soup-er cookbook, more restaurant news and our dining listings.
Columns
Getaways
A travel two-fer: a trip to Lake Geneva and its clear, spring-fed waters and, nearby, Wisconsin’s Taj Mahal, the Yerkes Observatory.
By James Hazard
Restaurants
The shock of the new: hands-on dining at Genghis Khan Mongolian B-B-Q and the continental splendor of Scott Shully’s new cafe.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
The Milwaukee Police Department has just ordered 2,300 semiautomatic weapons. Should we feel safer or be worried?
By Bruce Murphy
On the Cover
Illustrations by Keith Ward.
