May 2004
Volume 29
Number 5
Features
The “It” List
Every year in dining land should be more exciting than the last. How’s ’04 shaping up? Famously. Get current with our annual top restaurants story
Ann Christenson
Artful Dodger
The highs of art dealer Michael Lord can be matched by his lows. More about the enigma who faces criminal charges and civil lawsuits from galleries, friends, and even family
By Debra Brehmer with additional research by Michael Horne
A Second Chance
Meg, Tony, and Sam have endured scarring horrors. Failed by their birth parents and the child welfare system, the three struggled but eventually found the support they needed. Many others haven’t been so lucky. Read this startling wake-up call.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Departments
Outfront
A little skinny for you
By John Fennell
Letters
The forum for yeas and nays
This Month
Previews of the hot social-butterfly tickets
Edited by Charlene Mills
Insider
Intriguing people and places – tracking down the “Butcher of Racine,” helping the abused, eating at Miss Katie’s, hiring a homemaker
Edited by Natalie Dorman
Pressroom Confidential
Why bigwigs and PR flacks love to drop bombs on Fridays
By Peter Robertson
Inside Views
From this side, Milwaukee looks pretty progressive.
Edited by Ann Christenson
Insider Travel
Three wildly opposing adventures – big city to state park
By Mario Quadracci
Arts
“Performance art” should be called “testing the limits”
By Pegi Taylor
Your Health
The “carpenters” of the OR: They can rebuild you. They really have the technology
By Carolyn B. Alfvin
Dining Guide
Choose a restaurant from hundreds and see our monthly spotlights
Endgame
A Harley-Davidson museum in Menomonee Valley? If so, we got problems
Barbara Miner
