Marketplace - June 5, 2009
Cop a crazy cupcake
This Sunday, the Cream City Collectives hosts a Crazy Cupcake Competition featuring creative, local cupcake lovers showing off their outlandishly delicious and decadent pastries.
Tags: cupcakes, crazy cupcake competition, cream city collectives, tool shed, riverwest co-op, beans & barley

Arts & Entertainment - May 24, 2009
Gay punk rocker writes memoir
In the early '90's, Jon Ginoli started the first openly gay rock / punk band called Pansy Division. Ginoli writes about this experience in his new memoir, "Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division." He will read from his autobiography -- and play acoustic Pansy Division songs -- at Tool Shed on Tuesday, May 26 at 7 p.m.
Tags: pansy division, jon ginoli, tool shed, lgbt, punk rock

Living - March 13, 2009
Unhealthy STD rates plague Milwaukee
Recent studies pegged Milwaukee as having one of the highest rates of specific STD incidences in the country. High rates of Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis are alerting public health officials to a need for increased preventative education.
Tags: tool shed, gonorrhea, chlymydia, syphilis, cream city medical, geof swain, national association of county and city health officials

Living - Nov. 6, 2008
OnMilwaukee.com Recommends: Nov. 6, 2008
We've got a song in our heart this week in the editorial office. It's a bunch of songs, actually. We're recommending solid music by Ryan Adams and the Cardinals (pictured), Adele and Dennis Brown, along with a tasty pie, an incredible burger and, well, let's just say that no recommendation would be complete without a novelty condom.
Tags: ryan adams, cardinology, kilawat, big boy burger, tool shed, denis brown, the niney years, adele, elegant farmer, apple pie in a bag

Marketplace - Oct. 28, 2008
The Tool Shed to relocate
Four years ago, Milwaukee welcomed its first woman-owned erotic boutique, The Tool Shed, to the Riverwest neighborhood. Today, new owner Laura Anne Stuart announced she is moving the business to the East Side.
Tags: tool shed, erotic boutique, sex shop, adult toy store

Kids & Family - Oct. 8, 2008
Workshop spices up mom's and dad's sex life
The Tool Shed hosts a free workshop called "Sexy Mamas & Hot Daddies: Maintaining Your Sex Life With Kids in the House."
Tags: Tool Shed, sex, erotic boutique, sex toys, parenting

Marketplace - Aug. 18, 2008
New toy buzzes into The Tool Shed
The Tool Shed, an erotic boutique, celebrates the arrival of the "world's most technologically advanced vibrator" with a special event this Saturday.
Tags: SaSi, Tool Shed, adult toy shop, Hundred Grasses Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine

Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 18, 2007
OMC Recommends: Stuff we like right now
It's time for another installment of "OMC Recommends," a periodic look at cool things that we like and think you should know about.
Tags: Szatkowski, Belleview Barber Shop, Tool Shed, Paul Newman, Santa Cruz, Seinfeld

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 21, 2006
I wanna be a Brew City Bruiser
Since the very first time I heard about the Brew City Bruisers, Milwaukee's first all-girl roller derby league, I wanted to join. I must admit, my desire to be on the team has nothing to do with skating.
Tags: Brew City Bruisers, roller derby, Tool Shed

Milwaukee Buzz - June 27, 2006
Hot off the press: Erotic magazine called Blam!Blam! busts out
The mission of Blam!Blam! -- a new sensuality magazine created by two local women -- is pretty simple. "We want to turn women on," says creative director Jenna Leskela. A release party for the first issue takes place this Saturday, July 1.
Tags: Blam!Blam!, Tool Shed, Woman's Touch, Art Bar, Nerve House, erotica, Leskela, Scifers

Milwaukee Buzz - June 16, 2006
Sex shop swaps owners
Molly Cassidy is relinquishing her role as co-owner of The Tool Shed, 804 E. Center St., after two years of running the female-friendly sensual shop.
Tags: tool shed, brew city bruisers

Milwaukee Buzz - Nov. 22, 2005
Brewcity Bruisers bring girl-on-girl action to the rink
When Chicago’s Windy City Rollers take the rink, more than 3,000 spectators show up to watch the all-girl roller derby team raise hell. This spring, Milwaukee will have its own team of rowdy, freewheelin’ females to root for. They're called the Brewcity Bruisers.
Tags: Molly Cassidy, Tool Shed, roller derby, rollerskating, Talia Malitz, Cris Marks, Nessun Dorma

Marketplace - Nov. 7, 2005
"A Woman's Touch" comes to Milwaukee
A Woman's Touch, a new sensual gift shop that opened in the Third Ward this weekend, is as discreet inside as it is outside. Located on the ground floor of an office building, there isn't a buzzing neon sign or a plethora of pick-ups parked in front.
Tags: Tool Shed, adult toys, naughty, Cuddle Party, sex, A Woman's Touch, Myrtle Wilhite, Barnard

Marketplace - Dec. 29, 2004
Tool Shed nails up the "open" sign
"It isn't dark or scary here ... we wanted to create a healthy environment where sex and sexuality are out in the open," says Molly Cassidy, co-owner of The Tool Shed, an erotic boutique that opened last week.
Tags: Tool Shed, sex toys, erotic, Eilis O'Herlihy, Molly Cassidy, feminist

Marketplace - April 28, 2004
Tool Shed will provide erotic fix for women
Ladies, it's tool time! You heard it here first: Milwaukee will soon have a female-friendly erotic boutique called The Tool Shed, similar to California's Good Vibrations.
Tags: Tool Shed, erotic, sex, women