February 1995

February 1995

February 1995 Volume 20 Number 2   Features Ace Attorneys Welcome to the third installment of one of our most widely requested articles. Some say a good lawyer is hard to find. Actually, it’s as simple as eyeballing our list of lawyers with the most muscle, as selected by their peers. By James Romenesko   A Cultural Chasm Since the fall of Saigon, some 7,000 Hmong have settled in Milwaukee. Their transition into American society has been anything but smooth, as they grapple with the tensions associated with a contemporary foreign culture and the erosion of their native traditions. By…

February 1995

Volume 20

Number 2

 

Features

Ace Attorneys

Welcome to the third installment of one of our most widely requested articles. Some say a good lawyer is hard to find. Actually, it’s as simple as eyeballing our list of lawyers with the most muscle, as selected by their peers.

By James Romenesko

 

A Cultural Chasm

Since the fall of Saigon, some 7,000 Hmong have settled in Milwaukee. Their transition into American society has been anything but smooth, as they grapple with the tensions associated with a contemporary foreign culture and the erosion of their native traditions.

By Carolyn B. Alfvin

 

Iron Legacy

The late Cyril Colnik wasn’t an innovator in ornamental ironwork, yet wealthy locals embraced him. The prolific smithy’s work is still in demand, but calling a Colnik a Colnik is no easy matter.

By Thomas Connors

 

Special Advertising Sections

1995 Greater Milwaukee Auto Show.

By Scott R. Weinberger

Medical: Living Well in the Golden Years

By Carolyn Bucior

 

Departments

Outfront

Surviving in a foreign culture, by John Fennell

 

Letters

Railing on Watts and no cowtowing.

 

The Insider

Power politics, process service with a smile and groovy buses.

Edited by Stephen Filmanowicz

 

Pressroom Confidential

Behind the shake-up on the Journal sales staff.

By James Romenesko

 

The Watchful Eye

Salary secrets revealed and ornery ad blab.

By James Romenesko

 

City Slants

Writer rhetoric, busting a move at Eso 2 and a juicy café.

Edited by Bruce Murphy

 

Portraits

A UFO expert is loquacious about Roswell and reticent regarding his past.

By Gillian Sender

 

Dining Etcetera

A valley of the dolls (and ingenious food) and another trattoria trip.

 

Endgame

Honoring a former mayor.

By Bill Lueders

 

Cover

 Photograph by Chris Corsmeier.

 

Main Events

Fun with Bernard Shaw, a Wild homecoming and a spiffy spin-off.

 

Feature: Balancing Act

Meet Next Act Theatre’s dashing David Cecsarini.

 

Last Seen

Shocking Sherlock, gator punk and an exhibit of reprocessed images.

 

Sneak Peeks

Malle’s Vanya; a mad monarch.

 

 

Sound Bites

A new radio format spells success.

 

Restaurant

A mystical meal, Water Street rattlings and, oh yeah, your definitive dining resource.

 

Food: Chocolate Dream

Valentine sweets for your honey.