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New Day Care Background Check Law May Not Be Constitutional

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

New Day Care Background Check Law May Not Be Constitutional
By Lisa Kaiser
Legislators and the state Department of Children and Families may have gotten positive headlines when creating a law that allows the state to permanently revoke child care provider licenses based on a wide range of offenses.

day care

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

“That same year, I was charged with public assistance fraud for failure to disclose the gift,” she testified in an affidavit. “I went to court and was told that I would be on parole for two years and had to pay back some of the welfare money I received.

Fallout from UW-Milwaukee Protest

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Lisa Kaiser
Last week, UW-Milwaukee students participated in a national day of action to protest the escalating costs of higher education, and to request that UWM Chancellor Carlos Santiago meet with them and consider taking a pay cut to share the burden of budget cuts.

The Politics of Earthquakes

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Joe Conason
If the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti carry any message for those of us fortunate enough not to live in those places, perhaps it is that government regulation could save your life—while right-wing ideology may kill you someday.

Don’t Want No Stimulation

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Joel McNally
Now we know why Republicans aren’t very much fun on dates. Forget the Rolling Stones singing about getting no “Satisfaction.”Republicans don’t even want no “Stimulation.”

Issue of the Week

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Here’s a reminder for the folks who don’t think health care reform is necessary: An estimated 2,400 Wisconsin residents will die prematurely this decade if health care reform is not enacted, and 3,500 Wisconsin residents have died from a lack of health coverage since 1995, the last time Congress attempted to enact comprehensive reform.

Boris Doris

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

New Digs: Political junkies, concerned citizens and get-outthe-vote workers jammed into the just-opened Third Ward offices of Organizing for America (OFA) to gear up for the ongoing fight to change our nation for the better.

Mr. Perkins’ Home Cooking

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Mr. Perkins’ Home Cooking
By Jeff Beutner
Milwaukee has remarkably few soul food restaurants, which is surprising since Southern home cooking is so flavorful and enjoyable. One such restaurant that has passed the test of time in our city, however, is Mr. Perkins’ Family Restaurant, a small, modest diner that is open for breakfast and lunch.

Time to Discover Triskele’s

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Time to Discover Triskele’s
Triskele’s (1801 S. Third St.) is one of Milwaukee’s best-kept dining secrets. It sits in a former corner tavern on a quiet residential street not far from the Allen-Bradley Clock Tower. The menu has seen many changes since the place opened a few years ago.

Sláinte!

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Sláinte!
By Sarah Biondich
Our nostalgic claim to Irishness finds us huddled against the brisk mid-March chill on a pre-dawn sidewalk waiting for the doors of the local Irish pub-ofchoice to open for St. Patrick’s Day.

A&E

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

A&E
By Steve Spice
Many contemporary composers fail to realize that opera is not a play with music or a score for a film, but a hybrid drama using the full potential of the human voice to ignite emotions within the musical score that would otherwise remain unrealized.

elmer gantry

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

The Sinclair Lewis novel has been simplified to a love story between the opportunistic huckster Elmer Gantry and the devout evangelist Sharon Falconer set against a riveting regional background of Southern tent-style revivalism.

Milwaukee’s Ward Irish Music Archives

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Milwaukee’s Ward Irish Music Archives
By Sarah Biondich
With an impressive compilation of 40,000 recordings and music artifacts ranging from 78 rpm phonograph records, LPs and concert memorabilia to musical instruments, sheet music and songbooks, Ward Irish Music Archives (WIMA) has made Milwaukee home to the largest public collection of Irish music in America.

This Week in Milwaukee

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

This Week in Milwaukee
The once radical marriage of Celtic music and punk no longer seems so radical these days, as The Pogues-inspired punk bands that emerged in the ’90s have shown some unlikely traditionalist tendencies.

Gere, Cheadle, Hawke Form ‘Brooklyn’s Finest’

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Gere, Cheadle, Hawke Form ‘Brooklyn’s Finest’
By David Luhrssen
Movie dramas built from separate stories of overlapping lives are usually cut to measure and often made of flimsy material. In other words, they resemble a blueprint for a plot more than a story from real life.

Film Clips

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Complete film coverage online at expressmilwaukee.com.

Well-Balanced Drama in Rep’s ‘Radio Golf’

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Russ Bickerstaff
Any politician trying to make meaningful change is in for a tremendous challenge, as noble ideals become complicated by real-world concerns. Playwright August Wilson examines this idea in Radio Golf, the final play in Wilson’s exhaustive 10-part series exploring the lives of African Americans in the 20th century.

First Stage’s ‘The Wiz’ Is Worth the Journey

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

First Stage’s ‘The Wiz’ Is Worth the Journey
By Harry Cherkinian
The Wiz had the children in the audience at First Stage Children’s Theater enthralled throughout the show, from the moment Dorothy took to the stage with a real-live Toto in her arms to the finale 90 minutes later when her long, strange trip through Oz brought her full circle to Aunt Em and Uncle Henry.

Skylight Goes Hollywood (And the Ukraine)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Russ Bickerstaff
The straightforward opening act offers a celebration of old Hollywood musicals. It’s set in the lobby of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in the 1930s. In costumes designed by Shima Orans, who did a breathtaking job on Skylight’s recent production of South Pacifi c, the ensemble will perform a musical revue that pays tribute to fi lms of the era.

Museum of Wisconsin Art Recognizes Truman Lowe

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Museum of Wisconsin Art Recognizes Truman Lowe
By Peggy Sue Dunigan
Truman Lowe’s artistic legacy branches out from northern Wisconsin—Black River Falls, to be specific. In this scenic town, sculptor Lowe grew up in the Ho- Chunk community and attended Black River Falls Mission School. Lowe’s heritage has influenced his renowned artwork and professional teaching at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Devil and Mr. Casement: One Man’s Battle for Human Rights in South America’s Heart of Darkness

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

The Devil and Mr. Casement: One Man’s Battle for Human Rights in South America’s Heart of Darkness
Sir Roger Casement is remembered chiefly as an Irish patriot, hanged by the British for treason for his part in the rebellion of 1916. As Jordan Goodman reminds us, Casement had previously been known as a British diplomat with a conscience, “the most universally lauded investigator of human rights abuses of his day.

A Closer Look at ‘The Worst Car in History’

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

A Closer Look at ‘The Worst Car in History’
By Roger K. Miller
It was the little car that couldn’t, and the most enjoyable part of Jason Vuic’s book, The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History (Hill & Wang), is the jokes that were made about it:

MATC-Mequon Discusses Sinclair Lewis’ ‘Babbitt’

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

MATC-Mequon Discusses Sinclair Lewis’ ‘Babbitt’
Long before Oprah started her signature book club, readers all over the country would gather in groups to discuss their favorite books. Milwaukee Area Technical College-Mequon continues the tradition with a book discussion event of its own on March 17, when MATC instructors David Racer and Terry Thuemling analyze Babbitt, the Sinclair Lewis classic.

America’s 20th Century in Music at MSO

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

America’s 20th Century in Music at MSO
By John Jahn
When commissioned by the eminent conductor Walter Damrosch for a new orchestral work for his New York Philharmonic, little did composer George Gershwin (1898-1937) know that he would produce one of the most endearing and durable American symphonic works.

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s World-Class Beethoven Performance

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s World-Class Beethoven Performance
By Rick Walters
When listening to classical music, acoustics and where you sit in the hall are almost as important as the performance itself. At the Sunday afternoon Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concert I was seated in row J on the main floor, about eight or nine rows closer than my regular seats.

Slovenia’s Vlado Kreslin in Milwaukee for ‘Three Other Sisters’

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Slovenia’s Vlado Kreslin in Milwaukee for ‘Three Other Sisters’
By John Schneider
Isabelle Kralj has received five grants from the Slovenian government and the U.S. Embassy to create new works in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with dancers and composers from the European nation. In 2006, she created a performance using the music of Vlado Kreslin, Slovenia’s most beloved singer/ songwriter.

Music

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Music
Ramble John “RJ” Krohn, better known by his stage name RJD2, still remembers the moment that inspired him to begin creating the instrumental hip-hop compositions that would become his signature.

RJD2

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

RJD2
“In the mid- to late-’90s, you had these labels like Mo’ Wax and Ninja Tune releasing this music that was actually coming from a perspective of looking down on hip-hop,” RJD2 says. “That was a common discussion at the time, that hip-hop had become too simple and too limited, but it wasn’t something I necessarily agreed with.

CD Reviews

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

CD Reviews
While not a songwriter herself, Gainsbourg knows how to pick her creative partners. Her first album, recorded when Gainsbourg was just 13, was conceived by her father, the infamous Serge, and her second by a committee of Jarvis Cocker, Air, The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon and producer Nigel Godrich.

Concert Review

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Concert Review
Capitalizing on the golden opportunity of their Milwaukee appearance being up-sized from Turner Hall Ballroom to the Riverside Theater, The Avett Brothers and The Low Anthem played with a purpose on Saturday night as admiring concertgoers let loose in celebration.

Dana Coppafeel, Team Player

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Dana Coppafeel, Team Player
By Evan Rytiewski
Dana Coppafeel estimates that he’s spent 15 years, about half his life, in the Milwaukee rap scene. He’s been one of the city’s most ubiquitous rappers for so long it’s a bit surprising that until this month he had never released a solo album, but he says he never saw the need for one.

Helping Pit Bulls in Brew City

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Helping Pit Bulls in Brew City
By Tea Krulos
After being frustrated with the lack of programs for pit bull owners in southeastern Wisconsin, Michelle Serocki started the Brew City Bully Club

No Cap on Complexities in This Year’s NFL

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

No Cap on Complexities in This Year’s NFL
Now that it’s gone, let’s be candid: The NFL salary cap baffled all us fans. A player’s salary and his “cap number” never seemed to be the same; trades became rare because they required intricate calculations of “cap.

SHEPHERD EXPRESS LISTINGS

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

88 Keys Piano Bar, Robert Allen Jr. the Zoot Suits (6:30-10pm) Aloft Hotel, The David Miller Duo w/guests (6pm) Bad Genie Rock Lounge, Milwaukee’s Own Bavarian Inn, Brew City Big Band Open Rehearsal (7:30-9:30pm) Bremen Cafe, Open Mic (9pm) Brocach...

Am I Having an Affair With a Sex Worker?

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

By Laura Anne Stuart, MPH
I think I’m having an affair with my prostitute. For the past two years, I have been seeing a prostitute twice a month.

SHEPHERD EXPRESS LISTINGS

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

O’Keefe’s House of Hamburg, Dr. Chow’s Love Medicine (9pm) Packing House, Jeff Stoll (8pm) Papa’s Social Club, Walking Backwards Piano Blu (Pewaukee), Luke Edgewood (5:30-8:30pm), The George Busateri Band (9pm) Potbelly’s (Brookfield), John Criston...

News of the Weird

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Pastor John Renken’s Xtreme Ministries, located in Clarksville, Tenn., is one of a reportedly growing number of churches that use “mixed martial arts” to recruit wayward young men to the Christian gospel. Typically, after leading his flock in solemn prayer to a loving god, Pastor Renken adjourns the session to the backroom for fights.

Free Will Astrology

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I used to have an acupuncturist who, as she poked me with needles, liked to talk about her understanding of Chinese medicine. Once she told me that every human being needs a “heart protector,” which is a body function that’s “like a holy warrior who serves as the queen’s devoted ally.

Makes No Census

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Makes No Census
I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world, ain’a? So listen, it occurred to me the other day that if I want to serve America’s Dairyland as its next governor or U.S. senator, or both what the fock, I better get my ass in gear, I kid you not.

Bizarre Bazaar

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Newer building in the lower east side 1018 E Knapp St. Studio, 12 bdrms available now. Walking distance to Metro Mart, Bally’s and East Point shopping. Heat/water included. FREE underground parking, internet in select units; fitness center/ computer room.