January 2000

January 2000

January 2000 Volume 25 Number 1   Features That Was Then Look closely at the images in this photo essay – the all-male huddle, the marching nuns, the solitary tower, the player piano.  They represent a 100-year march across time, a passage from the way we were to the way we are.  Or perhaps simple the way we’ve always been.   The Outside Sundance favorite and critic’s pet, American Movie showed what two talented local filmmakers could do with a gazillion rolls of film and a next-to-nothing budget.  Here’s our behind-the-scenes look on the making of a Milwaukee masterpiece. By…

January 2000

Volume 25

Number 1

 

Features

That Was Then

Look closely at the images in this photo essay – the all-male huddle, the marching nuns, the solitary tower, the player piano.  They represent a 100-year march across time, a passage from the way we were to the way we are.  Or perhaps simple the way we’ve always been.

 

The Outside

Sundance favorite and critic’s pet, American Movie showed what two talented local filmmakers could do with a gazillion rolls of film and a next-to-nothing budget.  Here’s our behind-the-scenes look on the making of a Milwaukee masterpiece.

By Phil Hanrahan

 

Let’s Get Physical

Myth #1: Personal trainers are only for the rich and vain. Myth #2: You have to go to L.A. to find a good one.  Truth: Fitness gurus run the price gamut, they can tailor their efforts for even the workout inept and are part of a growing trend that has taken the city by storm

By Edith Brin

 

Departments

Outfront

Fresh eys

By John Fennell

 

Letters

We’ve got mail

 

Insider

Crystal ball projections, good gaffes and fortunate times, plus a guy whose sax is like a beloved son

By the Editors

 

Pressroom Confidential

Behind the revolving editor’s door at Shepherd Express Metro

By Peter Robertson

 

Where Are They Now?

How the world is treating Dave Schulz and Catherine Heenan

By James Romenesko

 

City Slants

Our editors have got it made.  After all, they just read book, get back rubs, and drink Polish martinis

By Ann Christenson

 

City Beat

Why St. Luke’s heart care ads are stirring up venom in the medical community

By Erik Gunn

 

Health & Medicine

New medical advances that offer hope for people with lackluster hearts

By Carolyn B. Alfvin

 

Calendar of Events

Options for those days and evenings when you really need to experience local culture

Edited by Charlene Mills

 

Dining Etcetera

Something new from the Eagan’ boys, and something older and dearer in Cudahy.

By Ann Christenson

 

Restaurants

John Ernst, Miss Katie’s and oodles of other places to dine

 

Endgame

Why Channels 10/36 needs to be freed from MATC

By Bruce Murphy