May 2006
Volume 31
Number 5
Departments
Outfront
Stories – bizarre, gripping, appetizing.
By Bruce Murphy
Voices from beyond our walls.
Events
An opera for Verdi lovers. Hotcakes in Riverwest (that’s art, not food) and a disquieting play about infidelity.
Insider
A nixed school and Brew City Bruiser. Freeway ferment and sound survival.
Pressroom
Our daily paper needs a sports columnist – bad.
By Alex Runner
Reviews
Butter churns, Alaska-vision, corned beef and Chablis music.
Gossip
Local people – and turtles – doing interesting things.
Column: Murphy’s Law
The sobering consequences of school choice.
By Bruce Murphy
Column: In Public
Lessons learned from storefront churches.
By Tom Bamberger
Savvy City
Style
Duds for the whole family.
Where to Shop
For home furnishings, shoes, creative kids’ stuff.
Real Estate
Elm Grove’s French chateau, and the buy-vs.-rent debate.
Column: Health What guys need to think about their bones.
By Janine S. Pouliot
Dining
Four quick-bite reviews and our better-than-ever restaurant listings.
Endgame
An influence peddler who represents the sick union of campaign donations and politicians.
By Erik Gunn
Features
Keepers of the Flame
The annual story that has cemented us as “serious about dining.” As in, 25 top restaurants and 5 hot newcomers serious.
By Ann Christenson
Blood Simple
Freed from prison after a DNA test proved his innocence. Steven Avery is back in jail, charged with an even more heinous crime. The most encompassing take on this freakish tale yet.
By Kurt Chandler
The Good Soldier
Meet a former Lebanese military man who lost a leg and found a new calling in life.
By Alex Runner
