December 2009
Volum 34
Number 12
Features
Our Greatest Churches
In this “city of churches,” we named 25 specimens of such beauty and historical significance, we stand in awe.
By H. Russell Zimmermann
Local Color
Its identity once primarily Polish, the near South Side has emerged as a neighborhood of great racial diversity. Our writer captures this area’s transformation.
By Barbara Miner
Prisoners of Rock ‘N’ Roll
British power-pop rock band Badfinger was off to a blazing start in the late 1960s. Things quickly went, um… bad. The lowest point in the group’s erratic career was a stranger interlude in Milwaukee.
Departments
Outfront
Transformation.
By Bruce Murphy
You’ve got a voice, too.
Events
Two thriving music groups, a gastro rock star, the Rep’s take on Ann Lander,s Merge’s emergence.
Insider
Green goodbye, Wisconsin caviar, a healing garden.
First Person
Living accordion to the heart.
Pressroom
The details behind a talk-radio sidekick’s pink slip.
Reviews
Clean canines and germaphobic Warhol.
The Mil
The importance of being earnest.
Savvy
Home
Repurposed, recycled, rebeautified.
Shopping
Indulgences for human and beast alike.
Real Estate
Classic homes that hold their value.
Health
What? A common hearing malady among women.
By Caroline Goyette
Arts
Is jazz’s golden age over? We hope not.
By Michael Drew
Dining
Two worthy, but wildly different places to eat – Hotel Metro and Victor’s on Van Buren.
By Ann Christenson
Endgame
Does Mark Neumann have the goods to beat Scott Walker for governor?
By Marc Eisen
