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FEATURES
Best Ethnic Restaurants
Leaving on a jetplane, in your stomach. There’s no need to pack anything but your appetite for these global goodies.
By Ann Christenson
Setting a High Bar
A charter, a voucher and Reagan walk into a classroom. High school kids in Milwaukee have more options than ever. We look at three schools with one common theme: student success.
By Maureen Post | Photos by Sara Stathas
What Will Happen to the Marcus Center?
A whole lot of questions, fiscal and otherwise, surround the future of our performing arts venue. We survey the current challenged — “bollixed circumstances,” as one county supervisor put it.
By Larry Sandler
Home Plates
Managing editor Daniel Simmons’ April letter to our readers.
By Daniel Simmons
INSIDER
Star Defense
The next chapter in Frank Jude’s complicated life.
By Matt Hrodey
The Joneses
How to meet neighbors you never knew and borrow their stuff.
By Claire Hanan
Catching Fire
Photo: Aaron Cergol and his hand-built forge.
By Matt Hrodey | Photos by Adam Ryan Morris
Playing With Blocks
The man charged with “rebuilding” the Brewers.
By Kyle Lobner
Event Horizon
By Tom Tolan
Decisions, Decisions
The hottest lips leaning in for a kiss on April 5.
By Matt Hrodey
CULTURE
Audio Animators
The music-video maestros helping put Milwaukee’s sound on the map.
By Kevin Mueller
Wilde Space
By Paul Kosidowski
Mascar-y
Artist Melissa Ebbe finds inspiration in the zombie apocalypse.
By Zach Brooke
Gear Galore
Boots, backpacks and knives abound at this Whitefish Bay retailer.
By Joan Kazan
News Dump
Check out our predecessor, Let’s See, which was published from 1956-1972.
By Claire Hanan
Air Head
Photo: Hand-crafted diving helmets made in the Third Ward.
By Claire Hanan
New Wave
Twins Larry and Lee Williams are living the surfer’s dream — in Sheboygan.
By Kristine Hanson
Fast Five: Olson House
By Jonathan Powell
Agenda
April’s cultural happenings and athletic adventures.
By Claire Hanan
War Secrets
By Paul Kosidowski
PERSPECTIVE
Paper Cuts
A longtime journalist ponders whether to recommend a reporter’s life to the young.
By Bill Lueders
DINING
The Grater Good
Cohabiting businesses Iron Grate BBQ and Hawthorne Coffee Roasters draw from each other’s strengths.
By Ann Christenson
A Significant Dip
By Molly Rippinger
Cocktail Hour
Bourbon replaces Wisco’s beloved brandy in this simply solid old fashioned.
By Ann Christenson
All the Brew Ha Ha
The owner of the city’s first “self-brewery has lots of foamy advice. Some snippets:
By Ann Christenson
POINT OF VIEW
A Milwaukee teacher, Luke McAvoy, earlier told his college football teammates he’s gay. Recently he told the world his secret, too.
By Amber Jorgenson