December 1990
Volume 15
Number 12
Features
Holidays With Spirit
Giving to those in need (and those close to you) can five the holidays more meaning. Plus, just-right meals to share with friends and family for holiday get-togethers.
By Carolyn Kott Washburne and Willard Romantini
The Devil on Nob Hill
As director of the state’s largest teachers’ union, Morris Andrews chews up his opponents and sets the state’s educational agenda. Is the state making too many deals with this devil?
By Bruce Murphy
Milwaukee Dictionary of Cultural Literacy
“Humidery,” the boy mayor, the bridge to nowhere … What are the things that make Milwaukee special — the things you need to know? This A to Z dictionary will make you an instant expert on the city.
By Stephen Filmanowicz with George Gonis, Michael Horne and Eric A. Johnson.
The White Minority
Probably no more than a dozen people with albinism live in Milwaukee. They face discrimination and the loneliness that comes from being different. Here, five albinos tell us what it’s like to be “white like me.”
By James Romenesko
Departments
Outfront
A local thing.
By Judith Woodburn
Letters
Through rain, sleet and snow, you send us letters and we print them.
The Insider
The deal that sent a few Radio Doctors spinning, Milwaukee’s tribute to Mayberry, Ask the Insider, reviews of the new Boston Store and Theatre X production and the track record of the newspapers’ greyhound handicappers in Pressroom Confidential.
Edited by Stephen Filmanowicz
Metroscene
Christmas festivities at City Hall and the Charles Allis, holiday music at St. Paul’s, the Fishman Collection at the Art Museum and The Desire of the Moth For the Star at Theatre X.
By Dawn Behr and Christine Grant
Dining Guide
Don’t leave your next meal to chance. Leave it up to us. Plus Critic’s Choice and restaurant news, including where the stars dine when they’re in town.
By Willard Romantini
Columns
Restaurants
Outside the spotlight of this year’s “in” place, a few good restaurants have opened or improved. We take a look at Evergreens in Brookfield and the Olive Tree in Shorewood.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
Having trouble figuring out where the year’s developments are leading us? Just ask the Answer Man.
By Bruce Murphy
On the Cover: Photograph by Mike Huibregtse.
