September 1990
Volume 15
Number 9
Features
Home Is (Still) Where the Heart Is
Steady as she goes seems to be the state of Milwaukee’s home market, but that doesn’t mean the area wants for hot spots or hot styles. Our annual real estate section has the lowdown, plus a neighborhood-by-neighborhood comparison of what your money will buy.
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Junkies
The clients at the 27th Street Clinic have arms covered with tracks and speak slowly, as if punch-drunk. Some are infected with the AIDS virus. Are these addicts — hooked on a powerful new form of heroin — the face of drug abuse in the ’90s?
By James Romenesko
Starting Over … Again
A year after starting a journal to record the turnaround in the UW-Madison football program, coach Don Morton lives in self-imposed exile. He avoids the fans who ridiculed him, the alumni who deserted him and the chancellor who’s out to show — without him — that football at Wisconsin can be as competitive as any department in the university.
By H.G. Bissinger
1990-’91 Fine Arts Guide
The curtain opens on … a complete list of the season’s fine arts offering, picks of great moments in the making and profiles of seven artists whose vision has helped shape the season.
Commentary by Bruce Murphy/Listings compiled by Elizabeth A. Hoffmann
The Look
New fashion arrivals: subtle but daring dress-ups for fall colors, handknit art sweaters and personalized videos that’ll make your bathroom a home salon.
By Christine R. Grant
Departments
Outfront
What’s new.
Letters
The soul of Astronautics and other mysteries.
The Insider
Cafe Melange’s whistler, truth and rumor on the campaign trail, the purple creeper that’s taking over the state’s highways, Pressroom Confidential, Insider Reviews and more.
Edited by Stephen Filmanowicz
Metroscene
An ethnic mix for September: black art at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Mexican art at Walker’s Point Center for the Arts and Russian art at the Haggerty.
By Dawn Behr and Christine R. Grant
Dining Guide
Debuting this month, a more-useful, more-entertaining Dining Guide, with news from the area’s kitchens, can’t-miss selections listed by specialty, location and price and the ever-popular Meal of the Month.
Columns
Wisconsin, D.C.
Is David Obey really driving U.S. foreign policy from his little House subcommittee?
By Louis Barbash
Restaurants
The female proprietors of Christino’s Corner House and An Uptown Cafe are out to show that old saying about “a woman’s place” has come full circle.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
MATC’s new head, Barbara Holmes, may be the last great hope to raise black achievement in Milwaukee.
By Bruce Murphy
On the Cover:
Photographs by John Nienhuis.
