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FEATURES
Hidden Milwaukee
Thought you knew everything about this town? All its secrets? We bet you don’t. And we have the treasure hunts, sleeper restaurants, ghostly old cemeteries and speakeasies to prove it.
Edited by Matt Hrodey
Going Coastal
Darling it’s better. Down where it’s wetter. Take it from me. The “Little Mermaid” anthem applies to a proposed marine sanctuary that would give federal protection to a stretch of Lake Michigan waters north of Lake Michigan that’s rich in shipwrecks. Mermaids, mermen, assemble.
By Zach Brooke
Skin in the Game
Jon Ferraro excels at running strip clubs, winning lawsuits and irritating City Hall. A look at the man who lives alone in a mansion with his pit bull and swears he views all those naked ladies the way the rest of us see wallpaper.
By Steven Potter
INSIDER
The Rock
What’s wrong with the Milwaukee County Jail?
By Casey Tolan
Fun to Stay
A south Side center is back from the brink.
By Zach Brooke
Scent of a City
There’s something in the air.
By Matt Hrodey
Drops in the Bucket
The city’s slush fund.
By Matt Hrodey
CULTURE
Adieu, Edo!
Edo de Waart’s MSO swan song.
By Paul Kosidowski
Close Shave
A sharp role for this Skylight Theater actor.
A Life in Images
An expansive retrospective devoted to artist Tom Bamberger.
By Pamela Hill Nettleton
Night at the Museum
Milwaukee Public Museum’s sleepovers for grownups.
By Kristine Hansen
Jane Eyre Revisited
An especially dramatic and dynamic Jane Eyre.
By Paul Kosidowski
Agenda
The merry month of May.
DINING
Tops of the Morning
Savor your weekend mornings at one of these eight great brunch spots.
By Ann Christenson
Bloody Good
Weekends call for “Bloody measures.”
By Ann Christenson
A Tippling Tradition
Welcome our new imbibing column, “Notes from Brandyland.”
By Robert Simonson
Ask Ann
“Ask Ann” your deepest dining questions. Our critic is here for you.
By Ann Christenson
PERSPECTIVE
A Work in Progress
What happens when our Girl About Town web columnist becomes New Mom? Ecstacy, agony and on-the-job breast milk pumping.
By Jenna Kashou