October 1993
Volume 18
Number 10
Features
1993 Readers’ Choice Awards
The votes are in: Hold on to your toques for the results of your turn at playing restaurant critic, with the best service, sandwiches, seafood and much more.
Compiled by Willard Romantini
Great Expectations
Faced with a circulation drop and an uninspired staff, The Milwaukee Journal made an uncharacteristic move by hiring an outsider as its new editor. Mary Jo Meisner looks promising, but will the job-hopping editor be around for the long haul?
By James Romenesko
Saint and Scoundrel
Harry John was a paradox: As founder of the De Rance Foundation, he was both a philanthropist who loved the poor and an intolerant fanatic obsessd with control. Even in death, he sought what the courts and his family denied him in life.
By Paul Wilkes
The Colonel’s Cure
An immigrant whose near-fatal illness was “cured” by the “healing” powers of a Waukesha spring turned out to be a genius who peddled spring water with evangelical zeal, by George Heinemann.
Departments
Outfront
Hair Shirt Catholicism.
By John Fennell
Letters
The many shades of perception.
The Insider
Cebar’s colossal CD collection, a coin cache, a monument of mounds, a Clinton healthcare reformer, a stock market sleuth revisited, reviews and more.
Edited by Stephen Filmanowicz.
Performing Arts
Three small theater sompanies enrich Milwaukee’s booming arts scene.
By Bruce Murphy
Dining Etcetera
A face-lift at Timmerman Field’s Skyroom, new management at Nashota’s Red Circle Inn, the Middle East by way of the East Side, the city’s tempin alleys and a bakery for sensational sandwiches.
Endgame
Wisconsin’s U.S. senators battle for the title of “Mr. Twightwad.”
By Bruce Murphy
Special Advertising Sections
“A State That Works,” sponsored by the Wisconsin Department of Development. Fall Home & Remodeling Show, sponsored by Milwaukee/ NARI Home Improvement Council and the Milwaukee Board of Realtors.
On the Cover
Illustration by Eric Hanson.
M Magazine
Main Events
Jofrey’s gyrating dance, a Bohemian coffeehouse and a jazz chanteuse named Charlie Parker.
Calendar listings
At your fingertips, a listing of the latest events in art, music, theater, dance and much more.
Sound Gossip
A former Platter calsl Milwaukee home, the return of the saxophonist and a local ska band.
Restaurant Guide
Your guide to area eats, news from the dining beat and an ethnic cheap spot for lunch.
