December Issue

December Issue

Features Our Greatest Churches In this “city of churches,” we named 25 specimens of such beauty and historical significance. We stand in awe. by H. Russell Zimmermann   Local Color Its identity once primarily Polish, the near South Side has emerged as a neighborhood of great racial diversity. Our writer captures this area’s transformation. by Barbara Miner Prisoners of Rock ’n’ Roll British power-pop rock band Badfinger was off to a blazing start in the late 1960s. Things quickly went, um… bad. The lowest point in the group’s erratic career was a strange interlude in Milwaukee. by Tom Matthews  …

Features
Our Greatest Churches
In this “city of churches,” we named 25 specimens of such beauty and historical significance. We stand in awe. by H. Russell Zimmermann

 

Local Color
Its identity once primarily Polish, the near South Side has emerged as a neighborhood of great racial diversity. Our writer captures this area’s transformation. by Barbara Miner

Prisoners of Rock ’n’ Roll
British power-pop rock band Badfinger was off to a blazing start in the late 1960s. Things quickly went, um… bad. The lowest point in the group’s erratic career was a strange interlude in Milwaukee. by Tom Matthews

 

Departments
Outfront Transformation. by Bruce Murphy
Mail You’ve got a voice, too.
Events Two thriving music groups, a gastro rock star, the Rep’s take on Ann Landers, Merge’s emergence.

Insider
Green goodbye, Wisconsin caviar, a healing garden.
First Person Living accordion to the heart.
Pressroom The details behind a talk-radio sidekick’s pink slip.
Reviews Clean canines and germaphobic Warhol.
The Mil The importance of being earnest.

 

Savvy
Home Repurposed, recycled, rebeautified.
Shopping Indulgences for human and beast alike.
Real Estate Classic homes that hold their value.

 

Health What? A common hearing malady among women. by Caroline Goyette
Arts Is jazz’s golden age over? We hope not. by Michael Drew
Dining Two worthy, but wildly different places to eat – Hotel Metro and Victor’s on Van Buren. by Ann Christenson
Endgame Does Mark Neumann have the goods to beat Scott Walker for governor? by Marc Eisen