March 1983
Volume 8
Number 2
Features
The Glamour Gamble
The Milwaukee Ballet was in an artistic and financial shambles when Ted Kivitt took its reins. His plan for reviving it would either save the ballet, or drive it out of business for good.
By Bruce Murphy
Beaucoup Bucks to Small Change
A comprehensive look at local salaries, including everyone from corporate CEOs to parking lot attendants – and lots of people in between.
Compiled by James Romenesko
Trouble is Their Business
Unlike their TV counterparts, real-life private investigators work on cases that rarely have neat, gift-wrapped conclusions. Here are two of them.
By Kevin Bjerregaard
Southern Comfort
Why do many of the South Side’s wealthiest and most successful businessmen eschew the opportunity they have to social climb their way to more prestigious parts of town? The answer is rooted in the very old-world values that helped make them successful.
By Perry M. Lamek
Departments
Letters
Inside Milwaukee
A behind-the-scenes look at Milwaukee’s only family-run theater . . . how the county is encouraging students to drop out of school . . . why The Journal has suddenly become more colorful.
Sure Things
A tantalizingly authentic French bakery, books that read themselves, and a new way to buy 100 percent natural fruits and vegetables.
By Judith P. Woodburn
Arts and Entertainment
Calendar
Compiled by Molly Malloy
Restaurant Listings
Milwaukee Classified
Columns
Out Front
Wine
The latest challenge to Cabernets — Pinot Noir.
By Michael Muckian
The Fine Arts
Three approaches to developing “performer’s mystique.”
By Bruce Murphy
Restaurants
A rare find: fresh seafood in the Midwest
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
What happened when life imitated TV art at Channel 6.
By James Romenesko and Frank Kuznik
ON THE COVER
Larry “The Legend” Johnson, photographed by Tim Waite; styling by Lynn Martin; top hat courtesy of the Hook and Eye costume shop.
