http://onmilwaukee.com/rss/rss_buzz.xml Milwaukee's Daily Magazine Milwaukee Buzz en-us Thu, 24 May 2012 15:30:38 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://onmilwaukee.com/images/layout/rss_logo.png http://onmilwaukee.com 144 30 Milwaukee doesn't need a strip club downtown. All it needs is some wholesome dancing that is a feast for the eyes, solace for the soul, and a lure for conventions. Like Dancing With The Stars. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/begellovesdancing.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/begellovesdancing.html?30271 Thu, 24 May 2012 15:03:00 CDT Your guide to getting started at Potawatomi Bingo Casino. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/beginnersgambling.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/beginnersgambling.html?30243 Wed, 23 May 2012 05:31:00 CDT So we have a new name for our arena downtown. That's nice, but it presents a problem for those of us who refer to the Bradley Center as the "BC." http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/davebegel/bmoharrisnickname.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/davebegel/bmoharrisnickname.html?30260 Tue, 22 May 2012 15:36:00 CDT The S/V Denis Sullivan, Wisconsin's flagship, returns to her port at Discovery World this Saturday, May 26. This is the 12th year the ship will make its summer home inside Milwaukee's harbor. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/svdenissullivan12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/svdenissullivan12.html?30240 Mon, 21 May 2012 11:46:00 CDT The Bradley Center will now be called the BMO Harris Bradley Center thanks to a new sponsorship deal. Other local companies added sponsorships as well in an announcement on Monday. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bmoharrisbradleycenter.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bmoharrisbradleycenter.html?30239 Mon, 21 May 2012 09:40:00 CDT Who says the art of letter writing is dead? http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/davebegel/lettertotombarrett.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/davebegel/lettertotombarrett.html?30224 Fri, 18 May 2012 11:03:00 CDT At one point, OnMilwaukee.com columnist Dave Begel was not going to vote in the recall election. His mind has changed. Find out why. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/begelwillvoteinrecall.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/begelwillvoteinrecall.html?30202 Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:00 CDT A big fan of behind the scenes visits, I've traversed catwalks soaring high over concert stages, descended into the basements of schools and gone pretty much anywhere folks with keys will let me go. But the trip to the top of the dome of the Basilica of St. Josaphat on 6th and Lincoln was a journey unlike any I've taken before. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/josaphatdome.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/josaphatdome.html?30078 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:03:00 CDT Would you go on a Dahmer tour? http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/dahmertoursparis.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/mollysnyder/dahmertoursparis.html?30193 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:02:00 CDT As far as I'm concerned, recall elections were designed to deal with politicians who have committed acts of gross malfeasance. People like former Sheboygan Mayor Jim Ryan, who was apparently in a constant state of breaking the law, come to mind. He was tossed out office, and rightfully so. But while some are alleging shady business on behalf of the governor, the reason most people want to recall Walker is because the http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/andytarnoff/fairrecall.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/andytarnoff/fairrecall.html?30183 Mon, 14 May 2012 14:14:00 CDT I've flown in airplanes plenty of times, but I've never taken a quick afternoon flight to Missouri and Colorado to refuel an airplane until two days ago. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/onmilwaukeecomstaffwriters/128thmediaflight.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/onmilwaukeecomstaffwriters/128thmediaflight.html?30170 Fri, 11 May 2012 17:33:00 CDT You may well be concerned about how you are going to get through the next month. Well, worry not. Here is the long awaited official Dave Begel Guide to Making It Through the Next Month With All The Campaign Crap We Are Going to Get. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/begelguidetocampaign.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/begelguidetocampaign.html?30149 Thu, 10 May 2012 14:17:00 CDT As part of its 45th anniversary celebration, Summerfest is holding a 45 Day Countdown to the Big Gig, with an array of prizes. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/45daycountdown.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/45daycountdown.html?30152 Wed, 9 May 2012 14:12:00 CDT Michelle Alexander's book, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" takes head-on the "elephant in the room" concerning race in America. Says Larry Miller, it is a must read for anyone interested in equality and social justice. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/larrymiller/newjimcrow.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/larrymiller/newjimcrow.html?30132 Tue, 8 May 2012 10:28:00 CDT The author has been driving a wide variety of cars on the streets of Milwaukee for over half a century and he has never, ever seen the streets so bad. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/begelroadrage.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/begelroadrage.html?30077 Thu, 3 May 2012 15:09:00 CDT The East Town Association has announced the entertainment lineup for this year's Bastille Days festival, Milwaukee's four-day festival of all things French. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bastilledaysmusic12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bastilledaysmusic12.html?30094 Thu, 3 May 2012 12:10:00 CDT Summerfest officials offered an exclusive look at the new BMO Harris Pavilion at Henry Maier Festival Park today. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bmoharrispavilion.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bmoharrispavilion.html?30054 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:00:00 CDT The Pfister Hotel has chosen poet and novelist Dasha Kelly to be the newest Pfister Narrator, the hotel's in-house storyteller and blogger. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/pfisternarratorkelly.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/pfisternarratorkelly.html?30029 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:09:00 CDT I've known Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke since before he ran for office and I've always found him a little bit of an enigma. I have now finally figured him out. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/davebegel/marlboromanmilwaukee.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/davebegel/marlboromanmilwaukee.html?30027 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:05:00 CDT For the first time ever, the Harley-Davidson Museum is making its extensive photographic archives available for purchase online. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/hdphotosell.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/hdphotosell.html?29996 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:41:00 CDT When police find themselves in a really bad situation there's only one way out: and that's to rely on their training to save victims and each other when a scene is too hot for traditional EMTs. While police are regularly shouldered with the job of neutralizing a threat, the task of tending to the injured while an active shooter looms is very perilous. But training can make such situations more familiar. Our Andy Tarnoff was fortunate enough to join along in a recent training exercise. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/tems.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/tems.html?29947 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:01:00 CDT Can you imagine Mitchell International Airport out on the Northwest Side? Would it be more convenient, or less? But for some issues of topography, it could have happened that way. One of the first municipal airports in the country was located in what is now Currie Park. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/currieparkairfield.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/currieparkairfield.html?29887 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:04:00 CDT This week, OnMilwaukee.com asked the Social Circle to shate their favorite, famous Wisconsinites. Surprisingly, no one said either Charlotte Rae or Heather Graham, but the responses ranged from Chris Farley to Bob LaFollette. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/socialcirclewisconites.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/socialcirclewisconites.html?29970 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:32:00 CDT The UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning is consistently ranked among the top architecture schools in the country, But this spring, five students working under the direction of architect and UWM professor Matthew Jarosz are expanding their horizons a bit - namely, to Beijing, China. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/reflexbeijing.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/reflexbeijing.html?29867 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:33:00 CDT What else can you say? The Top Ten is here. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/begelvoters.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/begelvoters.html?29949 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:00:00 CDT Summerfest officials have announced the lineup of headliners slated for the Miller Lite Oasis. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/oasisheadliners12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/oasisheadliners12.html?29945 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:00:00 CDT For weeks now, geologists have tried to identify the causes of the loud cracks and booms that are rattling the city of Clintonville. I would like to offer a figurative diagnosis. Perhaps the commotion is being caused by Wisconsin's political psyche being fractured into two. Again. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/proxmire.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/proxmire.html?29939 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:05:00 CDT Get ready, Milwaukee. More than 2,000 experts on American history - though not all from the United States - will descend on Brew City this week. The 2012 annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians (OAH) and National Council on Public History (NCPH) takes place beginning today at the Frontier Airlines Center. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/historiansmeet.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/historiansmeet.html?29913 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:03:00 CDT Milwaukee's Office of Environmental Sustainability and Rock the Green, Milwaukee's near-zero waste music festival, will present Milwaukee's 2012 Earth Day Celebration Friday, April 20. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/eday42012.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/eday42012.html?29933 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:39:00 CDT Summerfest has announced a trio of ticket packages designed to give fest-goers more bang for their buck - and additional entertainment around town. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/sfestticketpackages12.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/sfestticketpackages12.html?29893 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:59:00 CDT The combination of passionate and active voters, a compressed time frame, clear differences in ideology, energetic supporters, higher than normal television ratings and riches that put Warren Buffett to shame mean we are in for two months that may well be unparalleled in Wisconsin history. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/begelwildride.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/begelwildride.html?29878 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:00:00 CDT As part of the 45th anniversary, Summerfest is celebrating festival fans and giving them the chance to be part of its anniversary television commercials. An open casting call will be held April 22 in The Garage at the Harley-Davidson Museum. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/summerfestcastingcall.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/summerfestcastingcall.html?29873 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:15:00 CDT As a kid, the lower levels of the school were entirely off limits to students and thus seemed extremely mysterious to me. So, when, thanks to the building engineer, I recently got an impromptu tour of the building's spaces that are rarely seen by anyone beyond the engineer himself, it made me feel like a kid again. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/urbanspelunking.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/urbanspelunking.html?29811 Sun, 8 Apr 2012 11:09:00 CDT There are smart guys in Milwaukee, and then there are really smart guys in Milwaukee whose voices need to be heard in this world. One is is Robert Ricigliano, the director of the Institute of World Affairs at UWM. In a short time he has helped establish the program as an emerging and powerful voice in the area of global studies, especially in the search for a peace that lasts. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/ricigliano.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/ricigliano.html?29749 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:04:00 CDT Michael Shaw has a love/hate relationship with drawing. Still, Shaw, a Kohl's advertising copywriter by day and cartoonist by night, has sold dozens of cartoons to publications around the world, including more than 100 to America's No. 1 destination for magazine cartoonists: The New Yorker. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/shawnewyorker.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/shawnewyorker.html?29718 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:03:00 CDT Miller Park, home to the Milwaukee Brewers, became the first Major League Baseball stadium with a retractable roof to earn a LEED certification. It is also just the third park in all of baseball to earn such a distinction. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/millerparkleedscertified.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/millerparkleedscertified.html?29700 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:00:00 CDT The OnMilwaukee.com staff took great liberty when compiling this list of 100 green things. Some of the items are actually green in color, whereas others are "green" in the eco-friendly sense of the word. And others, well, they're not either of these things. Happy St. Patrick's Day, Milwaukee. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/100greenthings.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/100greenthings.html?29591 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:02:00 CDT Legal Action-Wisconsin is a non-profit law firm working a range of poverty law issues. Founded in Milwaukee in 1968, the firm has grown to serve people in 39 counties across Wisconsin. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/legalactionwisconsin.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/legalactionwisconsin.html?29594 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:34:00 CDT This world would be a much better place if everybody was just like me. Oh, not on everything, but certainly when it comes to politics. Just take a look at two recent major issues. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bipartisanpolitics.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bipartisanpolitics.html?29526 Thu, 8 Mar 2012 15:03:00 CDT Summerfest officials announced the introduction of the 11-day Power Pass today, which offers $131 of savings for 2012 festival-goers. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/summerfestpowerpass.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/summerfestpowerpass.html?29541 Thu, 8 Mar 2012 13:30:00 CDT On Thursday night you can help make an impact in our community. You also can sample a new black bean burger at AJ Bombers, 1241 N. Water St. Join us and the Y for a big community Tweetup focused on mentoring. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/jeffsherman/ytweetup.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/jeffsherman/ytweetup.html?29518 Wed, 7 Mar 2012 08:04:00 CDT The Jeffrey Dahmer walking tours started this past Saturday and were met with curious ticket buyers and deeply offended protesters. The Social Circle is divided on its thoughts regarding these tours, as well. What do you think? http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/socialcircledahmertour.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/socialcircledahmertour.html?29516 Wed, 7 Mar 2012 05:32:00 CDT As the saying goes, there are eight million stories in the naked city. Milwaukee author Leah Dobkin tells some of them in her new book, "Soul of a Port," which aims to do more than simply offer a chronological history of this vital piece of Milwaukee. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/soulofaport.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/soulofaport.html?29361 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 05:03:00 CDT After I did it a couple of months ago, I had a lot of people who I met on the street tell me how much they appreciated my "Milwaukee people who should be famous" column. As I am always interested in making people happy (insert laughter here) here comes "They should be famous, Part II." And again, this list is not comprehensive. It's just a few people who should be getting more fame than they've gotten. Some I know, some I don't. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/whoshouldbefamouspart2.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/whoshouldbefamouspart2.html?29386 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:30:00 CDT As part of the construction of a new Rock Stage at Summerfest, Lakeshore State Park is getting a new entrance to the island. The project at the Downtown park, located on the shores of Lake Michigan near Summerfest and Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin, was posted today via Facebook. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/newlakeshoreenter.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/newlakeshoreenter.html?29368 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:10:00 CDT Yes, there's an election on Tuesday. And, although there's not a ton on the ballot there are three candidates vying for Branch 17 of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court. Learn more now about Judge Nelson W. Phillips III, Glendale Municipal Court Judge Christopher Lipscomb and Administrative Law Judge Carolina Maria Stark. http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/jeffsherman/judgeprimary.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/jeffsherman/judgeprimary.html?29350 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:01:00 CDT More than a decade ago, in a little-interest school board election in Milwaukee, everybody was surprised when a barely-known poet and creative writing teacher won by beating a lawyer who had the support of the establishment. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/5thdistrictboard.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/5thdistrictboard.html?29322 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:30:00 CDT Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett announced that his first Mayor's Club event of 2012 will feature Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The exclusive event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 28 at the Italian Community Center. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/barrettemanuel.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/barrettemanuel.html?29328 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:38:00 CDT The Bradley Center has announced the launch of the BC Easy Ride, a new program to help make fans' concert experiences easier to enjoy. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bceasyride.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bceasyride.html?29302 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:12:00 CDT I just read a news release from Milwaukee Common Council President Willie Hines' office, blasting Sheriff David Clarke's "decision to assign sheriffs deputies to provide only partial security" for President Obama's Milwaukee visit today. Joining in the criticism is County Board Chairman Lee Holloway. Hines called the Sheriff's decision "appalling." http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/andytarnoff/hinesvsclarke.html http://onmilwaukee.com/myOMC/authors/andytarnoff/hinesvsclarke.html?29294 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:10:00 CDT