July Issue

July Issue

FeaturesThe Provocateur Imagine an ad featuring a pregnant teenage boy.Or a baby screaming for 50 seconds straight (to drive home the dangers of shaking an infant). Shocking? That’s the point. While Serve Marketing is edgy, some question whether the agency’s motives are purely altruistic. by Kurt Chandler Top Salons Hairstylists are like gurus for tresses. The best – and you’ll find the city’s cream here – have their loyal disciples. We’ll tell you how they do it, including the trends and trendsetters catering to men and women. by Cristina Daglas Choo Choo Crazy Some people might call them train geeks…

Features
The Provocateur
Imagine an ad featuring a pregnant teenage boy.Or a baby screaming for 50 seconds straight (to drive home the dangers of shaking an infant). Shocking? That’s the point. While Serve Marketing is edgy, some question whether the agency’s motives are purely altruistic. by Kurt Chandler


Top Salons
Hairstylists are like gurus for tresses. The best – and you’ll find the city’s cream here – have their loyal disciples. We’ll tell you how they do it, including the trends and trendsetters catering to men and women. by Cristina Daglas

Choo Choo Crazy
Some people might call them train geeks – just a little obsessive about building, running, talking, thinking about model railroading. This is their story. by Erik Gunn


Departments
Outfront Our tinkering tradition. by Bruce Murphy
Mail Giving a pen the old college try.
Events BBQ for the ear, rocking out with Yoda and the summer festival news you can use.

Insider Time for Lyme literacy, a 24-hour biking bonanza and roadside produce in the city.
First Person
A mixed martial artist. Say that three times fast.
Pressroom
Milwaukee’s not important enough for the state’s public radio?
Reviews
Five reasons to read this page.
The Mil Halle Berry’s ex; a local YouTube sensation.


Savvy
Home The sea inside.
Shopping
A shop called … Dirty Earth.
Real Estate Time to buy that vacation home?

Health The old culprits – fruit juice, soda, sippy cups – attacking kids’ teeth. by Julie Sneider  

Arts
New chief curator Brady Roberts is bringing more levity to the Milwaukee Art Museum. by Tom Bamberger 
 
Dining Pastiche Bistro’s French immersion in Bay View. Ryan Braun tries to score as a restaurateur. by Ann Christenson 
 
Endgame Not all local parks and pools have a generous benefactor to save them. by Kurt Chandler