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
