February 1984
Volume 9
Number 2
Features
TGIF: A Connoisseur’s Guide to Fish Fries
Our recommendations for that most venerable of Friday night institutions.
By Willard Romantini
The Importance of Being Larry
He combines in a single person the talents of an actor and the skills of a successful playwright. Obviously Larry Shue is a complicated man.
By Harry Cherkinian
The Defender
William Coffey may not be Wisconsin’s most flamboyant, most colorful or most famous criminal attorney.
He’s just the best.
By Doug Moe
How I Became a White Sox Fan
An essay on the meaning of life, death, Milwaukee, Chicago and . . . baseball.
By Tom Tolan
Lofty Ambitions
A look inside Milwaukee’s newest alternative living and work space.
By Judith P. Woodburn
Departments
Inside Milwaukee
Milwaukee’s most poignant, touching, and, well, steamy love stories . . . and a look at Milwaukee’s political wars.
Edited by James Romenesko
Sure Things
One-hundred percent natural baby clothes, a new way to keep an eye on your home, and a fuzzy way to send
a Valentine.
By Judith P. Woodburn
MetroScene
In the works for February: A startling play about women revisits Milwaukee, and an unusual new mural goes up.
Compiled by Heather J. Notch
Restaurant Listings
Milwaukee Classified
Columns
Out Front
By Betty Quadracci
CityLights
Those wacky guys from Shorewood are at it again.
By Perry M. Lamek
Restaurants
Fleur de Lis: the French connection.
By Willard Romantini
The Fine Arts
Winds of change blow for the Woodwind Arts Quintet.
By Bruce Murphy
Endgame
Why nobody cares about City Hall anymore.
By Charles J. Sykes
On the Cover
Photograph by James Schnepf.
