FEATURES
For Love & Money
Same-sex couples from Wisconsin need only hop the border to neighboring states to legally wed. Considering economic ramifications alone, can our state afford not to legalize same-sex marriage?
By Abby Callard
The Importance of Being Brenner
It means dressing in costume, opening a gallery, ticking people off, and brewing beer. Have we left anything out?
By Howie Magner
Raw Deal
Got raw milk? It’s not legal to sell unpasteurized moo juice in our Dairy State. But that hasn’t stopped an underground raw market from thriving.
By Erik Gunn
INSIDER
Blooper Reel
There are no second takes in public life. Just ask Joel Kleefisch.
By Claire Hanan
Hold Fire
Republicans are playing it safe as they wind down another year in control of the state Legislature.
By Matt Hrodey
Fashionably Fit
How to turn a dull storefront into the workplace of your dreams.
By Rick Romano
Signs & Portents
Is someone, somewhere building a massive collection of stolen parking signs.
By Sarah Butler
Double Byline
A cozy partnership between the Journal Sentinel and Marquette spawns award-winning journalism and street-wise students.
By Jane Hampden
The Doctor Will Write You Now
A Columbia St. Mary’s program gives patients access to all – not some – of their medical records.
By Carolyn Kott Washburne
Layer It On
Layer for the weather, mix and match prints because it adds delightful dimension.
By Claire Hanan / Styled by Lizzy Lovas
PERSPECTIVE
The Piano Lesson
How 88 old keys found one new purpose.
By Kurt Chandler
EVENTS
Earthen Exploration
This month, clay and its sandy brethren will make the local art world spin.
By Debra Brehmer
DINING
Bowls of Broth
Is ramen all the rage? Shorewood’s Tochi makes Asian noodles seem as commonplace as spaghetti.
By Ann Christenson
Stilt House Rules
A new gastrobar injects quiet downtown Cedarburg with beer-fueled energy.
By Ann Christenson
Chefrigerator: Peter Sandroni
La Merenda’s Peter Sandroni brings his work home with him. The icebox reflects that — and the bounty of his family’s treks to wife Sonia’s native Colombia.
By Ann Christenson
POINT OF VIEW
Nikiya Harris
Talking topics with Nikiya Harris, a Democrat wading through the Repub-led state Senate.
By Barbara Miner