FEATURES
No Occupancy
Photography and text paint a sobering picture of abandoned houses in Milwaukee.
By Matt Hrodey / Photos by Adam Ryan Morris
Natural Selection
Cathy Stepp has made some controversial moves as state DNR secretary. Is the department drifting away from its mission?
By Maggie Ginsberg-Schutz
Taking Stock
Pair these engaging excerpts from chef Sandy D’Amato’s new memoirs, Good Stock: Life on a Low Simmer, with a nice glass of wine and a comfy chair.
In Memoriam
Betty Ewens Quadracci
INSIDER
Goodwill’s Good Deal
The local arm of the nonprofit giant pays many of its disabled employees less than minimum wage and vigorously defends the practice.
By Abby Callard
Happily Ever After?
City officials once foretold a decimation of neighborhood libraries. Then they changed their tune.
By Larry Sandler
One for the Little Guys
In the Affordable Care Act era of health insurance coverage, one David goes up against an army of Goliaths.
By Carolyn Kott Washburne
Perfect Scents
From spices and orange to cashmere and cassia, these winter fragrances run the gamut of tastes to keep you heavenly scented all season long.
By Claire Hanan / Styled by Lizzy Lovas
PERSPECTIVE
My Father the G-Man
His dad’s sharp sense of humor left scars. But when dementia and cancer closed in, father and son made peace by reviving escapades of the old man’s glory days.
By Joel Kriofske
EVENTS
Where the Wild Things Are
For Debra Loewen, dance performances are all about location, location, location.
By Paul Kosidowski
DINING
Ardent Desire
Chef Justin Carlisle has created an ambitious little restaurant – a place where he does it all on his own terms.
By Ann Christenson
Tea-ry Eyed
The Pfister Hotel pays homage to that harbinger of gentility – the afternoon tea.
By Ann Christenson
Chefrigerator: Dan Van Rite
The fridge is a window to the soul. The chef’s soul. We asked our very first fridge subject, Hinterland’s Dan Van Rite, not to purge or clean his home fridge before we snapped some pics. Our consensus: suspiciously neat.
By Ann Christenson
POINT OF VIEW
Laura Gordon
Actor/director Laura Gordon, on theater’s place in the world, what bugs her about, well, actors and more.
By Kurt Chandler