November 1999
Volume 24
Number 11
Features
The Shop Around the Corner
Turn left, walk a few paces and get ready to whip out your wallet. We’ve got some 75 specialty shops – kids clothes to home furnishings – give your spirit a life.
By Colleen Heather Rogan
Curious George
Everybody’s counting on George Karl to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to the playoffs, including Mr. Bundle of Contradictions himself. Now let’s see what makes coach Karl tick.
By Perry M. Lamek
Elementary Options
You’ve seen one grade school and you’ve definitely not seen them all. We visited seven top grammar schools and found that the “best” school is one that helps parent and child achieve their goals.
By Laura J. Merisalo
Street Sport
The local bar scene is fodder for some heavy-duty Freudian analysis. For the who, what where of watering holes from Brady to Second Street, walk this way. We suspect you’ll never look at a bar the same way again.
By Dan Murphy
Departments
Outfront
Pre-winter diversions.
By John Fennell
Letters
No return-to-senders here.
The Insider
A dirty job, a weird Elvis sighting, new Ballet steps and the return of a gheetar-toting country boy.
By The Editors
Pressroom Confidential
Why media insiders are growing critical of the MPD.
By Peter Robertson
Where Are They Now?
A familiar voice returns to report about local faces of the past.
By James Romenesko
City Slants
Books, music, clothes and other distractions we can’t live without.
Edited by Ann Christenson
In Public
More public art won’t satisfy our need for works that truly “move” people.
By Tom Bamberger
Health & Medicine
Depressive men who suffer in silence put their health gravely at risk.
By Carolyn Alfvin
Calendar of Events
Champagne fingers and Giselle legs; hurdy-gurdy and life on canvas.
Edited by Charlene Mills
Dining Etcetera
Two restaurants that know exactly what they’re doing.
By Ann Christenson
Restaurants
Let your fingers do the walking to one of more than 200 dining establishments.
Endgame
A public market Downtown? Read about a proposal that makes sense for our city.
By Kurt Chandler
On the Cover
George Karl photograph by James Schnepf.
