FEATURES

Best Places To Work
On average, people will spend a third of their lives at work. Which employers make their staff happiest? We know.
By Erik Gunn | Photos by David Bader

Bittersweet
You can’t catch him, he’s the chocolate man… Despite the curmudgeon facade (is it real?), Jim Fetzer creates a fever with his confections, luring zealots to his King Drive story.
By Martha Bergland | Photos by Peter DiAntoni

Spring Fashion
The kind of clothes and accessories we’re all dying to break out now.
By Nichole Weresch

Behind the Curtain
Jeremiah Curtin, that is. He’s a hometown hero, of sorts, a 19th century author. And a fraud? So say today’s scholars.
By Cheryl L. Collins | Photos courtesy Milwaukee County Historical Society

Working Stiffs
Editor Kurt Chandler’s monthly letter to our reades.
By Kurt Chandler

EVENTS

Events: April
By Paul Kosidowski and Debra Brehmer

INSIDER

Driving You Wild
Are roundabouts coming around in Milwaukee?
By Megan Hablewitz

Final Chapter
Unemployed and uninsured, she was determined to put her life back together. But that wasn’t in the cards.
By Julie Sensat Waldren

Liquid Gold
Milwaukee’s hot new product is no desert mirage.
By Leah Dobkin

God and War
Pastor David Sorensen, 57, Staff Chaplain for the 1st Army Division West regional Support Group.
By Kate McCormack

Taking Care of Business
The “new and improved” Business Journal is scoring scoops and racking up readers.
By Erik Gunn

Reviews: April
By Jim Hazard, Dan Murphy, Ann Christenson, Debra Brehmer and Mary Van de Kamp Nohl

The Mil: April
By Sara Johnson & Contributors

SAVVY

Being Green
By Nicole Arata and Mary Van de Kamp Nohl

Safe at Home
By Nichole Weresch

Shopping
By Colleen Heather Rogan

Real Estate: Rocky Road
The Downtown condo market hits some bumps.
By Julie Sensat Waldren

HEALTH

What’s Up, Doc?
How to communicate effectively with your doctor and make the most of your checkups.
By Janine S. Pouliot

ARTS

Michaelangelo in Milwaukee
The Haggerty Museum has one of the only Pietà reproductions in the world. So why does it get so little respect?
By Debra Brehmer

DINING

Puerto Refreshing
The dream of mellow, comforting island food is no illusion.
By Ann Christenson

 

ENDGAME

Future Tense
How far have we come in the part 20 yeasr? All will we ever get to Mars.
By Kurt Chandler