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FINE ARTS // MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM
BY MICHAEL CASPER
The SCENE, and many other media
outlets were invited to the preview of the
reopening of the Milwaukee Art Museum,
the largest visual art institution in Wiscon-
sin and one of the oldest aart museums in
the nation. The reopening is the culmina-
tion of a 6-year, $34 million project to,
as they describe, “transform the visitor
experience through dramatically enhanced
exhibition and public spaces and bright,
flowing galleries.”
And transform they did.
The museum’s director, Daniel Keegan
says they’ve ‘turned the museum on it’s
head’ with this reconstruction.
“What do I mean by that,” Keegan
asked? “Well, what was on the lower level
is now on the upper level, what was last
in the story has become first in the story.
Where the lake entrance was closed, we’ve
added a whole new experience in the build-
ing and have reopened the lake entrance.
Where the former art presentation was
pretty much uniform, we have, by design,
created a very dynamic and interactive, and
ever changing experience within what used
to be called the ‘permanent collection’ of
art museums. What was once confusing,
is now clear.”
Keegan says a dominant west to east
‘flow’ has been created with the renovation.
“The new Milwaukee Art Museum is
poised to set the standard for a twenty-
first-century museum at
the heart of a great city,”
Keegan said. “What
began as a desire to
preserve the space and
collection, grew into a
significant expansion
that rejuvenates and sets
the future course for the
entire institution. We
like to think of it as a
giant ‘discovery zone.’
It’s historical, and
topical. It’s fun and it’s
provocative, it’s defining
and it’s questioning. It’s
experiential, and it’s also
introspective.”
Milwaukee is in the
midst of a downtown
renaissance, and Keegan
believes that what has
been created with the
museum’s expansion, is
something of ‘a revolu-
tion.’
“A re vo l u t i o n ,
indeed,” Keegan said “and as proof, our
museum is one of the few in the nation
that has a focused and dedicated space for
photography, art through the lens, and art
about light, boasting over 10,000 square
feet of space now called the Herzfeld
Center for Photography and Media Arts
that resides in the lower level.”
They’ve also created the Bradley Family
Gallery on the second floor of the new east
end of the museum.
“That has given us the opportunity to
double our changing gallery experience,”
Keegan said “for our rotating exhibitions.”
The permanent collection is expected
to change more than ever.
“We’ve created rotational galleries
within the not-so-permanent collection
galleries,” Keegan said. “Over time, those
spaces will change with the presentation of
art.”
The project is part of a historic
public-private partnership with Milwaukee
County, which owns the buildings and
provided $10 million toward the renova-
tion, with the remaining $24 million raised
through the Museum’s Plan for the Future
campaign. It’s the first major reimagin-
ing of the museum’s extensive collection
areas, including the museum’s 1957 Eero
Saarinen-designed War Memorial Center
and 1975 David Kahler designed addition.
“And thanks to the Kohl’s Art Genera-
tion experience, which is again front and
center within the galleries,” Keegan said.
“This is arguably one of the first projects
put in place many years ago in ‘pilot’ form,
knowing that we would want to move for-
ward that learning, and hands-on experi-
ence front and center within the museum.”
While addressing critical infrastructure
upgrades, the renovation creates an intui-
tive and welcoming visitor experience to
showcase the museum’s world-class collec-
tion.
“We want museum goers to explore
and examine,” Keegan said “wanting it to
be socially oriented, but also surprising.
We wanted places for people to wonder
and to wander, to lose themselves within
these spaces.”
The Milwaukee Art Museum’s reno-
vated Collection Galleries and new east
entrance now span 150,000 square feet.
Within this space, the Museum has
installed 2,500 works of art almost 1,000
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FINE ARTS // CAROLE FROCILLO
BY SHERRI THOMAS
For generations, textiles have been used
to make utilitarian goods, but artists like
Carole Frocillo use fabric to create fine art.
Instead of choosing a tube of paint, she
chooses fabric based on color and texture.
These pieces are melded together to create
an image, and for Frocillo, to tell a story.
Basically self-taught, Frocillo started
traditional quilting in the late 1990’s to
make a memory quilt for her daughter.
While working from a pattern taught her
the basics of working with fiber, she even-
tually wanted to move to an area where she
could create her own individual work. It
was at that point she discovered art quilts.
Frocillo begins with an idea or inspira-
tion before “painting” with fabric. She
sketches out her idea and sometimes uses
copyright-free images which are manipu-
lated and enlarged to the size she wants as a
template. The image is totally unrecogniz-
able, but gives her the right proportions.
Strips of fabric are cut in a variety of shapes
and sizes and fused. The edges of the fabric
are left raw.
“I like the way the fabric frays, the
organic nature of it when it’s done,”
explains Frocillo.
It’s then stitched to a fabric background
followed with topstitching in a freeform
which adds another dimension and level of
interest to the image.
Acceptance of fiber as a fine art is
gaining credibility in the market. Many
fiber artists choose to show their work in
a traditional fiber setting like a quilt show,
but Frocillo has chosen to pursue the fine
art arena.
“In the traditional setting,” Frocillo said
“work is judged first by its technical merit.
While I want my work to be technically
correct, I can best articulate my thoughts
by creating a piece of art.”
In 2014, Frocillo won Best of Show
at the Secura Arts Show held at the Trout
Museum of Art in Appleton.
“I was so excited to win,” she said “until
I understood what it meant I needed to do
for next year.”
The winner displays a large exhibition
at the following year’s show, and Frocillo’s
winning piece was the only one she had
made. The learning curve was steep.
Working 12 to 18 hour days, she
learned how to work in a series.
“I didn’t look at the entire body of
work until I laid it out at the museum
in 2015,” Frocillo said “ and it was then
that I realized these pieces were the story
of my life. I come from Detroit, Michigan
and the ‘Remnants Series’ are of what my
childhood home looks like now. Every-
thing is gone, the few remaining homes
are abandoned, the street is gone, and it’s
become an area where you cannot visit. It’s
too dangerous. That got me thinking about
remnants, and I wanted to stick with that:
Detroit’s empty downtown buildings, an
abandoned subway, lost neighborhoods.
There’s beauty in the remnants and there’s
beauty in the structure. It can be related to
getting older and how people tend to value
you less as a person. As you age, you are, in
essence, a remnant of what you once were,
but there’s strength and beauty in what’s
remaining.”
Frocillo enters shows with a statement
or theme. She’s recently entered a show
exhibit about skin, and specifically how
people view skin color. She’s taken the
outlined image of a fingerprint and laid it
over a fabric photograph collage of families
who are of different religions, ethnicity and
color. It’s a beautiful and provocative piece
of art.
Frocillo has also been creating dimen-
sional pieces. She recently created a fiber
piece depicting cranes landing on a nest.
The nest is created from bits of acrylic
yarn, string, and whatever else she could
find, which is woven and attached together
like birds building a real nest. The cranes
are made from purple, green and pink
men’s ties.
“I don’t want to recreate a photograph
of birds,” Frocillo said “and match their
natural color. I want to change it up.”
Frocillo belongs to the Studio Art Quil-
ters Association and has exhibited in their
regional and national shows. Her work is at
the Hang Up Gallery in Neenah, Two Fish
Gallery in Elkhart Lake, and Sievers School
of Fiber Arts on Washington Island.
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FINE ARTS // HOMER DAEHN
BY SCOTT WITTCHOW
Collect all the stories Homer Daehn
has about the pieces of art he has created
and you’d have a book.
So, let’s start with a few that have made
headlines. Just this past summer, Homer
and his partner, Patricia Kelly, were in
Washington, D.C. where Homer’s bronze
sculpture of conservationist John Muir was
hung for permanent display in the national
offices of the Sierra Club. A clever news-
paper headline on the event read: “Muir,
Muir on the wall in D.C.”
Homer’s bronze sculpture of another
Wisconsin conservationist, Aldo Leopold,
is enshrined at the Aldo Leopold Legacy
Center located just outside of Baraboo.
Homer moved to Baraboo in 1991
after being given a major commission
for Circus World Museum. The fourteen
month intensive project involved restor-
ing and replicating missing carvings for
the United States Band Wagon which has
recently appeared in the famous Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York
City. Since that first commission, Homer
has worked on thirty additional wagons,
creating and restoring intricate carvings of
animals, cherubs, and a variety of figures.
Many of the wagons Homer worked
on have been featured in the Great Circus
Parade which was held on Milwaukee’s
Lakefront from 1963 until 2009. The
event drew thousands of visitors. In recent
years, the Circus Parade can be seen on
the streets of Baraboo where the parade
historically took place. Many of the circus
wagons can be viewed year round at Circus
World Museum, very near to the home
where Homer and Patricia reside.
Baraboo is a ninety-minute drive from
Homer’s hometown of Rosendale. He
graduated from Rosendale High School
in 1968 and worked heavy construction at
C.D. Smith, Fond du Lac, for several years.
“After work and on weekends, I’d
restore furniture,” recalls Homer. “Occa-
sionally a missing carving would need to
be repaired or replaced. Attempts to hire
a skilled carver proved unsuccessful. Furni-
ture pieces came back poorly carved. So, I
found that I needed to repair the repairs.
These successes added to my strong desire
to carve.”
“He amazes me with his wisdom,” said
Patricia of Homer. “He’s grounded in his
work and never gives up. The detail and
feeling he puts into his work are what
make him the artist he is today.”
It is not unusual for Homer to put
in an eighty hour work week in order to
meet a deadline for a project he is work-
ing on. Throughout the years, Homer
has amassed a collection of woodworking
tools, including hundreds of specialized
hand carving chisels, sharpening equip-
ment, heavy lathes, planers, joiners, table
saws, band saws, and a fine collection of
unique wood pieces that have adorned his
shops and studios which have been located
in almost every city and town he has lived
in, including Oshkosh, Ripon, Cedarburg
and Baraboo.
“The search for recycled wood such
as driftwood, crotch wood, burled wood,
or root wood is part of my daily quest,”
said Homer. “Using these unique woods
to create art helps me to understand and
respect the beauty in nature.”
Homer was asked when he first aspired
to be an artist.
“Well, it was after high school,” Homer
said. “I used to think that artists were
people who got up at noon, checked the
weather and called it a day by 3 p.m.
There is no doubt that the skills I learned
in school and growing up in a farming
community, have carried over into my life
and work as an artist. Work on my parents’
farm started early, ended late, and hap-
pened seven days week. It was important
work, it was hard work, and it was never
done. The same can be said of my life as an
artist. The rewards are worth all the effort.
I’m grateful for the diverse education that I
received during my four years as a student
at Rosendale High School.”
Homer said his work ethic was
ingrained in him at an early age, and cred-
its and sincerely appreciates many people
with helping him get through high school.
He remembers his math teacher, Josephine
White; Butch Pinch, the janitor, who made
sure the school was safe and clean; won-
derful Miss Albright who kept the office
organized; and “Ma” Becker who managed
to get us to school and back home safely.
But the list of influential teachers and staff
does not stop there, as there were countless
adults who served as good role models for
the students.
“I’m grateful for the diverse education
that I received,” Homer said “during my
years at Rosendale High School.”
“Homer told me that he did poorly in
his first semester of typing,” said Patricia.
“He was so distressed with his initial
results that he was determined to turn
things around. So, he bought a typewriter
and used every spare moment to practice.
Eventually he could type 90 words per
minute with no errors! Now that’s Homer!
He approaches his art with the same deter-
mination, going full speed ahead until it’s
completed.”
Patricia met Homer in Chicago in the
late 1980s when he was restoring wooden
boats for a living.
“I worked for one of the very best
wooden boat builders in the states,”
recalls Homer. “His name was Ferdinand
Rudolph Carl Maria Nimphius. At the
time, Ferd was given a commission to
build a half-scale replica of a 1597 Dutch
merchant square-rigger vessel named The
Rosendale native Homer Daehn
making headlines in art world
1. Bronze of Aldo Leopold
(hangs at the Aldo Leopold
Legacy Center, Baraboo,WI)
2. Bronze of John Muir
(hangs at the Sierra
Club’s Washington, D.C.
headquarters)
3. Clay sculpture of Nina
Leopold Bradley (will
be turned into a bronze
sculpture)
4. Full-sized carousel horse
(Philadelphia Toboggan
Company style), painted
by artist Richard Springer,
Madison,WI—horse currently
on display at Circus World)
5. Roadside Culture Stand
for the Wormfarm Institute,
Reedsburg,WI
LIST OF HOMER DAEHN’S FAVORITE ART PIECES

FINE ARTS // HOMER DAEHN
Red Lion. I served as the ship’s carpenter
and sailed for three years through the Great
Lakes, down the Atlantic, and around the
Florida Keys to the West Coast of Florida.
My days were spent rigging, woodworking,
fixing sails, and carving. The sea has made
carvers of carpenters for centuries and it
did the same for me. By the end of that
journey, I was skilled enough to be hired by
Roy Burman, a Chicago boat builder and
master of the trade. For the next ten years,
I worked building a hundred ship’s wheels
and numerous masts. My evenings were
spent carving.”
Surely Homer must have taken every
industrial arts class available.
“No, I never took a woodworking class
of any type,” said Homer. “If you had a
chance to work for Ferd Nimphius or Roy
Burman, you learned more than you could
in a classroom.”
Homer recalled how Charles Kuralt,
whose famous, “On the Road” television
series featured Nimphius working in a
cold barn in Neshkoro. Homer noted that
Kuralt was one of his “all-time heroes,” and
remembers Kuralt’s visit to
his mentor’s boat shop in a
town just 50 miles north-
west of Rosendale. Kuralt
also visited the Red Lion
when it was moored in
Sheboygan. If you would
like to see for yourself just
what Kuralt’s visit was
like, you can view it on
YouTube.
Homer’s sculpture of
John Muir, who founded
the Sierra Club, was the
first in a series of works of
art on famous Wisconsin
environmentalists. Muir
was a Scottish immigrant who settled
near Portage, and was a farmer, inventor,
explorer, writer, conservationist, and natu-
ralist.
Homer also completed a bronze of
Aldo Leopold that has a home at the Aldo
Leopold Legacy Center near Baraboo. Aldo
Leopold was a University of Wisconsin
professor, an American writer, scientist,
conservationist, and author of A Sand
County Almanac, which has sold over two
millions copies.
Homer hopes to one day complete
a piece honoring Wisconsin’s Gaylord
Nelson, the founder of Earth Day, thereby
completing a triumvirate of famous Wis-
consin conservationists. Nelson served as a
State Senator, Governor, and United States
Senator during his lifetime.
In 2007, Homer served as an Artist in
Residence at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson
Art Museum in Wausau. He demonstrated
the art of building a carousel horse during
a week-long presentation entitled: “The
Fairytale World of Homer Daehn.”
In 2009, Homer built a Roadside
Culture Stand for the Wormfarm Institute
in Reedsburg. This Culture Stand is an
ornately carved roadside vegetable and
fruit stand which is used at a local farm-
ers’ market. The Culture Stand can be seen
annually at the Fermentation Fest. This
festival brings together and celebrates art,
culture, and agriculture.
Homer’s recently completed clay sculp-
ture of Nina Leopold Bradley is ready to be
turned into a bronze, and also on Homer’s
plate this coming year is a restoration
project for Circus World Museum of, “The
Old Woman In The Shoe” fairy tale float.
The oversized shoe is 5 feet tall and 9 feet
long, and features 20
children crawling in and
out of the float. A future
project, currently in the
design phase, is a World
War I Memorial slated
for completion in 2018.
“The clay and
bronze images that I cre-
ated of Aldo Leopold,
John Muir, and Nina
Leopold Bradley, have
brought me full circle,”
Homer said “back to
the land, water, and
woods where I grew up.
Creating such art allows
me to honor those who have given voice to
the awareness that we are, and need to be
caretakers of the Earth.”
“Homer does this work because he
loves doing it,” said Patricia. “He’s in the
moment, in the now. He never gives up
once he gets into a project, no matter how
difficult it turns out to be. He’s precise and
determined.”
And, of course, Homer loves to share
the unique stories behind his art pieces,
which vary from whimsical figures to seri-
ous works of art that he has created over
many decades. And those stories could
indeed create a book!
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on a beer we were very fortunate to receive.
We were the lucky recipient of one out of a
total of 12 cases that even made its way into
the great state of ours. It is a hard beer to
acquire and hard to keep in inventory even
with its hefty price tag. At the time of writ-
ing this article, the Stone arch Tap Room
has it available in 12 ounce bottles and it
is something to search out indeed. The
beer…..Mephistopheles Stout from Avery
Brewing out of Boulder, Colorado. BUT
BEWARE – this one is not for the faint of
heart packing a powerful alcohol by volume
content of 17.1%.
With the demonic name of Mephis-
topheles, the label needs to stand out. Avery
nailed it on that! A reversed metallic image
of a devil with the words “the Demons of
Ale” placed preciously between the devil
horns on his head. The familiar red and
white Avery logo front and center at the
labels bottom and topped with bright red
foil, also boasting the Avery logo, makes this
a bottle you can pick out in a crowd. Do
so if you’re able to locate one. Taylor said
it best when he stated “The angry devil on
the label strikes fear into my heart for the
imminent doom of glory that awaits us”.
Well said, my friend.
13 ounce stemmed Belgian snifter
glasses were used at this sampling. Allowed
to warm, the pour was thick and slow like
10W-40 motor oil. The color wasn’t too far
off either, dark brown to almost black with
a dense brown head that diminished rather
quickly but held strong lacing throughout
our tasting experience.
The nose was boozy or alcoholic for
sure. It was accompanied by chocolate,
caramel, nutty and dark fruit scents as well.
All of this made the beer pretty inviting in
an intimidating sort of way. The flavors
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similar to what the nose identified; boozy,
chocolate, caramel, nutty and dark fruits.
A few other flavors popped up like anise,
roasted malt and an intense rich sweetness.
A dark cherry finish was a common note
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and soul. A dry, roasted coffee tone was
also a common descriptor our team used to
describe the lasting finish.
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with. Unfortunately we did not test any of
these theories (yet that is).
Here is what was said: Chocolate des-
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pairing I envisioned was a thick cut porter-
house cooked to medium over pecan chip
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Dessert could very well be a mint chocolate
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of this beer and the successes of their other
flavors, things progressed rapidly. By the
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In 2014, Avery announced that a multi-
million dollar (and I mean multi-million)
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FOOD & DRINK // THE CREAMERY
BY PATRICK MARES
I grew up on a road surrounded by
farms in West De Pere where the street
numbers don’t run in any particular order.
That road had a small creek and an old
shuttered creamery, and as a kid I always
wondered if someone would do something
with building. Tear it down, build it up,
remodel it and open for business again. It
was an artifact of the days where you had
to have a dairy within a short distance or
the milk would spoil, but I had something
of a daydream where it would open back
up and I would have a place I could walk
to for milkshakes.
Imagine for a moment that there is a
doppelganger to this street, a twin, found
on the far side of the river in what should
rightly be called East De Pere. Years after
the fact, I have come to find that this
Creamery Road didn’t just occasionally
intercept our mail, it appears to have co-
opted my boyhood daydreams too, because
on this stretch of road is a charming cafe
called The Creamery.
I caught up with co-owners Pat Hoff-
man and Ryan Fawcett on a bright and
blustery November day to investigate
the depths of this treachery. Initial signs
weren’t good. Every parking spot in the
lot in front of the building was filled,
and inside the place was bustling, full of
conversation from soccer moms to business
folk.
The shop itself hasn’t been under the
current ownership all that long. Pat told us
that this month of December they will be
celebrating their second anniversary. The
owners, Pat and Ryan actually knew each
other from West De Pere High School.
While Ryan has been working in the res-
taurant business for what Pat called, “his
whole life,” Pat had always wanted to be
an entrepreneur. The two saw a chance
for their plans of the restaurant to succeed.
and haven’t looked back. Pat credits the
customers, “the whole business plan and
idea has been really well thought out. We
have amazing customers. They’re just so
supportive, and tell so many people, it’s
just pretty impressive.”
The pair blames three things for their
success: customer service, quality ingredi-
ents and a very chef-driven menu.
According to Pat, if it’s something that
you can buy, either pre-made or a powder
or something like that, they don’t do that.
They take individual time on everybody’s
plate. A great example of this is the bacon
marmalade whiskey jam found on their
Town Drunk eggs Benedict.
“Basically, what we do is we chop up
a whole bunch of bacon,” Pat said “we
marinate the bacon in a pot with boiling
natural whiskey, and then [Ryan’s] got
a couple other items that go into it. He
reduces it all down, and it becomes almost
like a candied-marinated bacon. It’s really
amazing. It really gives it so much juice
and flavor. And everybody knows the most
wonderful thing in this world is bacon!”
As for Ryan, the chef, he’s always
experimenting. He told us that initially
the cafe had tried a seasonal menu.
“The two most popular things that I’ve
sold recently,” Ryan said “have been inside
out BLT’s which is tomato and the Green
and Gold which is spinach and mangos.
And neither are seasonal things. So I’ve
kinda given up on that and right now.”
What he is more dedicated to is keep-
ing the menu changing so patrons can
experience something new every time they
come in. There are three to four specials
most weeks, the soup changes on Wednes-
day, and items move on and off the menu
as the staff tries new things.
Something new are their Blue Rasp-
berry Pancakes.
“We used to do red velvet pancakes,”
Ryan said “but I got tired of running them,
so now we’re using blue food coloring.
We just top it with raspberries. If you use
almond, lemon and then something a little
tart you’ll get that raspberry sweet flavor.
They’re like something out of a Doctor
Suess Book.”
Not every special can be a winner.
Ryan was currently lamenting the fate of
Spam and Eggs, a Polynesian dish using a
meat much loved on the islands.
“It’s coconut rice with poblanos and
white corn, pineapple salsa, spam, sunny
side eggs,” Ryan said. “But it’s amazing.
I haven’t sold one! I think I’m going to
switch it to ham. I really just did it because
I had a friend chef of mine who lives in
Appleton who loves spam, so I told him I’d
do a spam and eggs for him.”
They make sure not to alienate the
unadventurous crowd by executing the
basics.
“Some of the staples that we do have,
we’ll always have,” Pat said “like a nice little
selection of the Benedict’s. We’ll also have
a different selection of omelets like the
Basic Betty, two eggs, toast and a piece of
meat.”
Ryan says he has made efforts to
simplify a bit since the restaurant opened
giving them a solid base so he can experi-
ment for The Creamery’s next big hit.
They offered me a taste of not one, but
four of their dishes to see how they stacked
up.
The Town Drunk
English Muffin, Whiskey Bacon Marma-
lade, Bacon and Beer Cheese Hollandaise
The bacon passed quality checks. This is
important. Life is too short for lousy bacon.
The whiskey marmalade has an unexpected
bite in an otherwise simple dish, but the
cheesy Hollandaise stops any real fire before it
can get going. As the name implies it’s a reli-
able choice with bit of an unexpected twist,
which I imagine is what most town drunks
face every morning after a blackout.
Florentine
English Muffin|Poached Eggs| Tomato|
Prosciutto| Spinach Cream Hollandaise
The Florentine was the second of their
showcase Hollandaise dishes I sampled. The
sauce made quite a difference to the composi-
tion. Where the town drunk was meaty the
Florentine was clean, fresh and creamy. The
tomatoes, eggs, prosciutto and fresh spinach
offered a much more delicate flavor with
about the same relation to the Town Drunk
as a margarita pizza has to a sausage filled
pie.
South of the Border
Chorizo, Bean Salsa, Cheddar, House
Salsa and Hash Browns
Look. I don’t know where you get good
chorizo around here. The spicy pork sausage
that hails from the south of the border isn’t
exactly in steady supply around here, and a
couple ethnic grocers have steered me wrong.
This sausage was respectable. The double
salsa topping and sprinkled chives on top were
almost as good as the juice soaked hash browns
below this breakfast burrito. All in all this is
a victory for texture, and all the flavors were
right where they were supposed to be.
Blue Raspberry Short Stack
House Recipe Cake Mix (with vanilla,
almond and lemon extracts) White Chocolate
Chips, Raspberries, Maple Syrup
The pancakes had a light flavor to them,
not raspberry to my pallet, but vanilla, just a
hint of almond, and I believe nutmeg. I have
a bit of a weakness for nutmeg. The men-
tioned lemon extract seemed to provide such a
faint zest and sweetness. These pancakes stood
on their own. But the white chocolate chips
were very close to frosting between the syrup
and sweet bursts of the raspberries. This was
my favorite of the four dishes. Just look at
those colors, the taste of the pancakes is barely
less surreal.
So is The Creamery a bit unfair to those
of us who have to drive over from the west
side? I’d say yes. It’s right in the hashtag
they encourage followers to use on social
media #mybreakfastisbetterthanyours.
Clearly there’s an old and abandoned dairy
building on a road that used to have farms
before the subdivisions moved in, where
on one side of the street the addresses still
don’t follow any particular order, and the
old time-worn creamery needs some love,
for the sake of symmetry if nothing else.
And I would definitely give up that milk-
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FOOD & DRINK // CRANKY PAT’S
BY JONATHAN SCHINKE
Cranky Pat’s in Neenah, Wisconsin has
long been known for their fantastic food,
casual atmosphere, and high quality live
music. Over the past year or so, however,
the amount of concerts at the Fox Valley
eatery has waned drastically, causing some
concern that their days as a live music
venue were numbered.
Enter local music fan and Cranky’s
employee Jacob Kleinschmidt.
Kleinschmidt was simply unwilling to
let the live music aspect fade away into the
night, so he took it upon himself to rejuve-
nate the local hot spot, along with owner
David Earle. The result is a full slate of high
quality shows, upgrades to the sound and
stage, and a relieved local fan base. I spoke
with Kleinschmidt -who is now in charge
of live music at Cranky Pat’s- about what’s
on the horizon for the Neenah institution.
WIJAM: I can’t tell you how thrilled
we are here at WIJAM, and how excited I
am personally, that one of Wisconsin’s most
beloved live music venues is back in action.
Jacob Kleinschmidt: Yes, it is back and
in full force! I’m so grateful and enthused
to be part of promoting a live music venue
and atmosphere that is a staple of our
community, and has had so much history,
prestigious acts, and unforgettable nights.
Anyone who knows me is well aware of
my passion for live music. It’s really great
to be allowed the opportunity to schedule
and create live music events at Cranky Pat’s
with awesome support from the individuals
getting involved; the musicians, the owner,
the staff, sound techs, booking agents, and
most importantly the fans.
WIJAM: How did you get things roll-
ing again?
JK: Some of the duties and research to
begin this journey required business fore-
casting with our previous music manager,
Mike McMillan, and the owner of Cranky
Pat’s, David Earle. Our venue strives to
maintain the best practice in show manage-
ment by communicating with colleagues,
artists, and similar establishments. Every
upcoming show is one to look forward
to. We are looking at exceptional, quality
events for the present and future. Cranky
Pat’s Live Music will have a cure for the
winter blues with our “Cranky’s Bluegrass
Showcase,” shows as well as a variety of acts
to accommodate all music listeners.
WIJAM: What’s your history with
Cranky Pat’s?
JK: My personal journey began a while
ago when I started coming to enjoy music
at Cranky Pat’s. I didn’t want to see it
continue without live music. That’s when
I decided to take on the responsibilities of
booking and bringing our stage back to life.
WIJAM: Talk to me a little bit about
some of those quality events coming up.
JK: Afternoon Moon from Illinois has
a captivating sound that has been described
as psychedelic roots rock ‘n’ roll that flows
into funky grooves with melodies you can
sing along to. The following weekend, it’s
Ifdakar!! I’ve been a fan for a long time and
have built some great friendships with the
members and supporters of Ifdakar. I can’t
thank you enough for your past, present,
and future relationship with myself and
Cranky Pat’s.
(Article author Jon Schinke is a found-
ing member of the Appleton band Ifdakar,
who will be returning to the Cranky Pat’s
stage after nearly 3 years away on Saturday,
January 23rd)
Our next “Cranky’s Bluegrass Show-
case,” show includes The Last Revel, an
amazing act from Minneapolis. On Feb-
ruary 27th, we have Cornmeal coming to
town with our local friends, 2nd Strings
opening up the evening. On March 5th,
traveling all the way from Colorado, is
Rowdy Shadehouse, an amazing Denver
based funk rock explosion. Their music taps
into an innate wildness where some primal
part of the body wants to simply feel good,
be free and share that sensation with others.
WIJAM: Share some of the improve-
ments that fans will see, once they start
coming back to Cranky’s.
JK: The upgrades are tremendous and
improves our stage set up, stimulating the
crowd and environment for an ultimate
light and sound experience. Not only have
we made improvements in our lighting, but
we have invested in brand new speakers, a
new mixing board, and acoustic ceiling tiles
for a crisp and clean sound that is unbeliev-
able. I have to give a huge thanks to David
Earle and Cole Grygny for making these
changes happen. The room is looking and
sounding better than ever!
WIJAM: You’re a Neenah guy. You
know better than most what Cranky Pat’s
has meant to so many music fans over
the years. How important it is to have
this venue delivering high quality music
events for the people of the Fox Valley, and
beyond.
JK: Yeah, I’ve been living in Neenah
most of my life and have had the pleasure
to enjoy a ton of shows at Cranky’s for
years. It’s really key for our community to
have the opportunity to see live music at
Cranky Pat’s, and that’s part of the reason
I decided to take on the perpetual project
that is “Cranky Pat’s Live Music.” It’s a
central location in the Fox Valley, which is
great for the people of the area considering
the acts gracing our stage.
WIJAM: One thing that I definitely
want to know, will the Midnight Pizza
Buffet still be available on show nights?
JK: Oh yeah, midnight buffet will be
available for anyone looking to eat all they
can on show nights. That is one huge perk
of our venue ,considering our bread and
butter is the best pizza in the world! I am
very proud of what we do, considering I
also manage the kitchen at Cranky Pat’s.
I encourage everyone to come enjoy our
extensive menu before, during, or after
shows.
WIJAM: Live music, a great atmo-
sphere, a wonderful staff, and a midnight
pizza buffet, to boot. I think I can speak on
behalf of all Fox Valley music fans when I
say how thankful I am that Cranky Pat’s is
back. And once we’re all back there at that
amazing venue, reliving the memories of
old while making brand new ones, we’ll
wonder how we ever lived without it.
Visit Cranky Pat’s online for all the latest!
1. Our official website (http://www.
crankypats.com/neenah/music)
2. Our Facebook page (https://www.
facebook.com/CrankyPats/?ref=br_rs)
3. The Entertainer (http://entertainernews-
paper.com/)
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ENTERTAINMENT // CONCERT WATCH
BY JANE SPIETZ
Iconic rock band Three Dog Night
(TDN) continues to entertain in its fourth
decade of performing. It achieved more
top 10 hits and sold more concert tickets
and records than any other group from
1969 through 1974. TDN still maintains
the record of 21 for the most top 40 hits
in a row on the Billboard charts, including
“Mama Told Me (Not to Come),” “One,”
“Easy to Be Hard,” “Eli’s Coming,” “Joy
to the World,” “Black and White,” and
“Shambala.” The band’s name refers to an
Australian expression that on bitterly cold
nights an individual would require three
dogs sleeping in one’s bed in order to pro-
vide sufficient warmth.
Sadly, two of the founding members of
TDN, Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards) and
Cory Wells (one of the lead vocalists) passed
away in 2015. David Morgan has since
joined the band on vocals. Other members
of TDN include Danny Hutton (founder/
lead vocalist), Michael Allsup (guitar), Paul
Kingery (bass/vocals), Pat Bautz (drums),
and Eddie Reasoner (keyboards).
TDN has released a new double – A
sided single containing the rocking “Heart
of Blues,” and an a cappella ballad, “Prayer
of the Children” and a new album is in the
works.
Danny Hutton called me not long ago
from Los Angeles.
Jane Spietz: Over the years TDN has
put out a multitude of hits penned by musi-
cal greats such as Hoyt Axton, Lauro Nyro,
Elton John, Paul Williams, Randy Newman,
and Harry Nilsson. What was involved in
the selection process for the songs that the
band recorded?
Danny Hutton: At first, it was just all
of our favorite songs. We had no plan at all
that the songs we were doing would be the
first album because our manager said ‘just
get out there and work.’ We’d worked as a
vocal trio with Brian Wilson with some
musicians on a couple of tracks. But then
when we got into doing it all together, it
was an entirely different thing. The whole
success was based on doing that.
JS: TDN is known for its amazing vocal
harmonies. Did this come naturally or did it
require a lot of combined effort?
DH: There are six of us now. The vocal
technique is called ‘eating the mike.’ When
you sing, your mouth literally touches the
microphone. You sing as loud as you can
whether you’re singing harmony in the
background or singing the lead. So every-
body’s voice is huge, it’s big. Then it’s up
to the sound guy to pull you back a little
bit. It’s never a feeling of whoever is singing
lead, the other guys would sing softer like,
‘oh, I’m singing a background part.’ Even if
it’s an ‘ooh,’ it’s as big and loud as the lead
vocal. Because of that, you get this kind
of big, fat sound that’s bigger than a lot of
groups. And part of that was the technique
of doing it that way.
JS: TDN songs have covered numerous
musical genres. What was your personal
favorite and why?
DH: I don’t have one. Music that I
probably enjoy the most is the one that
I can’t perform the best. I remember the
moment I heard Little Richard while driv-
ing. It just flipped me out. I can’t sing like
Little Richard, but I love him. Part of what
I think was very good about our group was
that we could perform any style of music
and do it well. We’re able to tackle anything
because of the musicianship of the band.
Vocally, from ballads to romantic music
to Broadway music to rock, to country to
soul, to blues, we can handle any kind. For
me personally, it’s always about that magic
thing called the ‘hook,’ having a ‘hook’ in
the song. When you hear a song and all of a
sudden there’s a part of the song where bells
go off in your head. You go, ‘oh my God,’
and you want to sing along with that part
of the record. That magic thing that people
write. That’s what I search for or try to do.
JS: TDN holds the amazing record for
the most top 40 hits in a row on the Bill-
board charts!
DH: Twenty-one in a row is pretty
good. It’s crazy. When you’re doing them,
it’s like automatic. Two or three hits every
album. (Laughs) Some of the younger bands
I don’t think get that. And that’s twice a
year. (Laughs) It used to be they wanted
two albums a year. That’s like having five hit
singles, just crazy.
JS: Share the experience of recording
with the London Symphony Orchestra at
Abbey Road Studios in London.
DH: I just remember one moment of
walking into Abbey Studios. I was such a
huge Beatles fan. From the front it doesn’t
look that big, but it is huge. There’s a res-
taurant and a full-on pub. There’s the big
studio, Studio A, where they do the sym-
phony stuff. That’s where they cut, “A Day
in the Life.” We also got a chance to walk
around Studio B where the Beatles recorded.
The moment I remember was seeing our
conductor - who also did the Moody Blues
- Larry Baird, and over 60 musicians of
the London Symphony. He just tapped on
the baton, waved it and BAM! All of this
incredible music came out. No rehearsal,
nothing. I just said to everyone in the room,
‘There are no rookies here. (Laughs) There’s
nobody jivin.’ I’m in a room full of heavy-
weight professionals. Halfway into the first
song, the engineer stopped the orchestra,
not because they made a mistake musically,
but because one of the violin player’s bows
hit the mic. That’s the only reason that take
didn’t happen. They would have had it on
the first take. I will never forget that experi-
ence. It was incredible.
JS: One of my favorite TDN songs, and
there are many, is “Out in the Country.” I
relate to it as an environmental awareness
theme song, even though I realize that it
was not intended to be that. When it was
released in 1970, people were just starting
to become aware of environmental issues.
Perhaps the song is now more relevant than
ever. Your thoughts?
DH: Absolutely, you could take it that
way, but some outdoorsmen will take the
song, and love it too. Most of the songs
we’ve done I think are like that. When we
did the songs, we really didn’t do a political
thing; we didn’t do current stuff or trends.
Most of the songs were all about emotions,
about universal things; songs that could be
taken a couple of different ways. That really
gives a song shelf life. You can listen to them
years later and it still sounds all right. Or
like “Mama Told Me (Not to Come)” which
is more like a party song, but the words
are clever. Emotions and fun don’t ever
get dated. If you’ve got a great melody and
words about emotions that are presented
well, I don’t think it ever gets dated.
JS: What’s next on the horizon for
TDN?
DH: We’re doing a new set. I think we
got complacent over the last five years, espe-
cially Cory. He’d get bored doing hits. We
stick in either a new song or some album
cut that he liked. So anyone who’s come
in to see us in the last 15 or 20 years has
not seen this set. This is actually fresh. It’s
funkier than it was. It’s what Cory always
wanted. And David Morgan, who’s now
singing with us, has worked with George
Martin. He’s amazing. David worked with
Cory and Cory’s family knew him. He’s a
great writer, sang with Ray Charles and is
Dolly Parton’s favorite singer. He was always
hired as a keyboard player and is incredible
on keyboards, although he doesn’t do that
on stage with us. Also, we’re going to start
working on a new album. It’s great. We’re
going to get a lot of energy in the studio
here so I’m really excited about this project.
I tell you, we’re really good.
JS: What will TDN fans experience at
your performance at the Pabst Theater in
Milwaukee on February 5?
DH: For anyone who has come out to
see us in the last while, you’re going to hear
a whole set you’ve never heard before. The
feel has changed. We’re still doing all of the
hits, but it’s more rock and soul. Lots of new
energy. There will be a lot of excitement.
People will be amazed.
Three Dog Night
WHAT: Three Dog Night
WHERE: Pabst Theater, Milwau-
kee
WHEN: Friday, February 5, 2015
8 PM
COST: $45.50, $55.50
INFO: www.pabsttheater.org/
show/threedognight2015
threedognight.com/

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ENTERTAINMENT // THE SPANISH INQUISITION
BY GEORGE HALAS
While The Inquisition is known for
hard-hitting, objective, fact-based – not to
mention fair and balanced – news analy-
sis, there have been one or two occasions
where unabashed enthusiasm has somehow
found its way into the mix.
This is potentially one of those times….
One of the best things about January is
the annual appearance at Waverly Beach in
Menasha of Vic Ferrari Symphony on The
Rocks. It is possible that The Inquisition
has previously mentioned that this might
be the best live entertainment available in
The Fox Cities.
The combination of one of the Fox
Cities’ best rock bands with the Fox Valley
Symphony has been growing in scope and
popularity since 2005.
“The whole thing is growing,” said
Mike Bailey, multi-instrumentalist and one
of Vic Ferrari’s five stellar lead vocalists.
“We have gotten a lot of support from the
community and a lot of support from our
corporate sponsors.”
Much of the growth is artistic as the
band adds new songs each year.
“We’re trying to keep it fresh. We’re
always asking ourselves, ‘how do we make
it better for our audience,” Bailey said. “It
has become a labor of love.”
The popularity and the sheer power
of the live performances are attributable
in large part to the brilliant orchestral
arrangements written by Vic Ferrari key-
board player Aaron Zinsmeister.
This year’s shows – slated for January
28th, 29th and 30th – will include the
debut of four new Zinsmeister arrange-
ments including, “Funeral For A Friend/
Love Lies Bleeding” by Elton John,
“Radioactive” by Imagine Dragon, “Foolin’
Yourself” by Styx and “for the ladies,” “Jive
Talkin’ by the Bee Gees as well as the return
of fan favorite, “The Air That I Breathe,” by
The Hollies.
“Aaron has taken Elton John to a new
level,” Bailey said. “We’re bringing back
‘The Air That I Breathe’ because we really
like that way he arranged that song.”
This year’s growth includes “another
brand of the band” as March 5th will see
the debut of “Vic Ferrari and Stevie March-
Torme Together Again for The First Time”
at The Grand Opera House in Oshkosh.
“I think it’s going to be a tremendously
fun show,” March-Torme said. “I am look-
ing forward to doing something I don’t
normally do – it’s us doing a bunch of
really great pop rock songs.”
The idea emanated from Bailey watch-
ing a video of March-Torme’s Beatles-
McCartney tribute.
“We’re coming from pretty divergent
places but we found common ground.
We both like the Beatles,” March-Torme
said. “We found more than enough to
do together and there will be surprises
throughout.”
In addition to opening the second set
with “Suite: Judy Blues Eyes,” by Crosby,
Stills and Nash, the show will also feature
The HD Horns – Ken Skitch, Jack Naus
and Chris Felts – on tunes like “Lady
Madonna,” and “Let ‘Em In.”
**************************************
That Beatles-McCartney tribute
included vocals by Hillary Reynolds,
whose album, “The Miles Before Us,” by
The Hillary Reynolds Band, was one of the
highlights of 2015.
She is moving forward with a renewed
commitment to composing, and a new
band, Peridot.
“Peridot is going to be a focused
indie/folk experience featuring the voice
and writing of (cellist) Trevor Jarvis and
myself,” Reynolds said. “The peridot stone
is the August birthstone. It is a healing
stone, and also means, ‘to find what was
once lost.’ The purpose behind the music
is to find the love we’ve all lost, helping
fans to become the love of their lives, and
empowering others to be unconditional
through a powerful listening and storytell-
ing experience.”
Four years ago, her mom passed away.
“Seven months ago, I decided to go to
therapy to talk about it,” Reynolds said.
“I was finally ready to press play, and start
living without past shadows haunting
me. I sought guidance to coexist with the
experiences that shaped my life rather than
falling victim to them. During this time,
Trevor began to speak more as a writer,
crafting his own songs and finding his
voice. The way we write is now even more
collaborative, much more balanced, and
far more focused. We are in a new space
as individuals, and as creative counterparts.
I’m on the other side of grief, with new-
found passion and purpose drawn from the
music I’ve been creating with Trevor.”
These life changes have changed their
music.
“For me, it’s about owning my story
and inspiring others to own theirs,” she
said. “We’re no longer the Hillary Reynolds
Band. We will now be known as Peridot
(pear - i - doe). We’re partnering with 91.1
The Avenue to release a single, ‘Lonely
Work,’ in January and an EP in April.”
**************************************
Season VI of the Jazz at The Trout series
has focused on providing insights into
how jazz developed. The first two concerts
focused on ragtime and the influence of the
blues. The third will be both educational
and entertaining as The Bob Levy Little
Big Band will play “Swing,” on Thursday,
January 21st.
In addition to professor emeritus at
Lawrence University, Levy’s considerable
resume includes founding and leading The
Big Band Reunion for 22 years; The Little
Big Band is the streamlined version, and
will feature some of the best jazz players in
the area including saxophonist/flutist Jose
Encarnacion. trombonist Kenny Skitch,
guitarist Scott Dercks, keyboardist Tom
Fresetto, sax players Jerry Helsbeck and
Don Carlson, bassist Jerry Sparkman and
James Lefevre on drums.
Along with great knowledge of virtually
all things jazz, Levy is known for gener-
ously letting great players play – this show
will definitely swing.
It appears that, musically, 2016 is off to
a fabulous start.
January Rocks, Swings, Begins Anew
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ENTERTAINMENT // POSTCARD FROM MILWAUKEE
BY BLAINE SCHULTZ
This March Milwaukee multi-
instrumentalist Jeff Hamilton marks 11
years playing with the Violent Femmes in
venues all over the world. His resume also
includes playing with Beatallica, the Prob-
ers, True Heart Susie, and the US Band.
At his Hamtone Audio studio he has pro-
duced and engineered countless sessions in
his 25 years of operation.
In March, the Violent Femmes will
release ‘We Can Do Anything,’ the band’s
first album of original material since 2000’s
‘Freak Magnet.’
The current Femmes entourage
includes founding members Gordon Gano
and Brian Ritchie along with drummer
Brian Viglione (ex Dresden Dolls), John
Sparrow (cajon , ex The Danglers drum-
mer), Blaise Garza (saxophones) and
multi-instrumentalist Hamilton. Kevin
Hearn of Barenaked Ladies added accor-
dion, keyboard and background vocal
tracks to the mix
Hamilton said the Femmes Viglione
played a crucial role in getting the band
into the studio. Hamilton got on board
when Viglione and Martin Vissi had
started on the session in New York City.
Eventually the album would be recorded
in New York City, Nashville, Hamilton’s
studio in Milwaukee and the legendary
studio, Village Recorders in Los Angeles.
It was mixed in Boulder, Colorado by John
Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr.)
Hamilton, who produced the Femmes
cover of Gnarls Barkley’s, ‘Crazy’ talked
about how the recent album came together.
“Gordon had a cache of songs built
up over the decades,” Hamilton said “and
wanted to record some of them. This
started with the Happy New Year EP
released last year. That was a great experi-
ence, and ice breaker for all of us. That
greased the wheels to do this full length.”
Anyone lucky enough to have witnessed
the Femmes in their unhinged heyday can
vouch for just how dynamic a tight-rope
the band was capable of walking. The good
news is they took this aesthetic into the
studio again.
“He (Gano) approached Ritchie about
it,” Hamilton said. “But because Ritchie
isn’t a fan of making tedious studio records
anymore, he suggested an all live approach.
That’s been my philosophy of recording for
years, so everything just clicked. The whole
band has been performing now for 10
years in various permutations, even during
the hiatus; so this current lineup is very
tight musically.”
As Exhibit #1 of his declaration, Ham-
ilton cites the title track.
“Musically one of my fave tracks is the
title track,” he said “actually titled ‘I Can
Be Anything.’ It’s a very complicated track
with many different feels and grooves and
sections. At one point, after not getting a
complete take, I frustratingly suggested we
do it in pieces and splice it together later.
The room had a palatable air of disappoint-
ment. The next take we did was the song
in its entirety, and is what is on the record!
The energy jumps out of the vinyl!”
This was all live with six or more musi-
cians in the room.
“Gordon would show us the songs, and
we would lay it down right then,” Hamil-
ton said “That simply doesn’t happen these
days. It’s a lost art for sure. Everyone has to
be on their game and also gel as a unit for it
to work. It did!”
Hamilton says the band worked in six
to eight hour sessions on off-days during
the band’s tour, and that the album
features the bass, guitar and snare drum
classic sound the Femmes pioneered, and
unveiled to the world on their 1983 debut
album.
Hamilton also mentioned a guest spot
by Milwaukeean Paul Cebar.
“During a session with Brian Ritchie at
my studio,” Hamilton said “Brian had run
into Paul at a coffee shop and invited him
down to hang at the session. In between
setup I heard Paul noodling on a guitar and
told him that he should play that on one
song. He was honestly surprised at that,
but did lay down a great 12 string guitar
track with a do-wop feel that fit “Foot-
hills,” perfectly.”
Cebar’s seminal records, ‘Upstroke For
The Downfolk,’ and ‘The Get Go,’ were
produced and engineered by Hamilton.
In recent years the founding members
have been in the news for their ‘disagree-
ments,’ but Hamilton says the experience
was a positive one.
“It’s no secret of the sometimes tumul-
tuous past this band had,” he said. “These
sessions were not negative in any sense of
the word. Joking, creating and general
camaraderie was the modus operandi. My
role as a producer is to keep the peace,
and everything focused. Thankfully there
weren’t any TMZ/VH1-worthy moments
(laugh).”
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ENTERTAINMENT // AROUND THE CORNER
BY MICHAEL CASPER
Actor/Comedian/TV Host John
McGivern brought his MPTV crew to
Fond du Lac last May to film what is
the fifth season of Around the Corner.
McGivern said he’s been lobbying for the
show to highlight our fair area for some
time now.
“We do thirteen episodes a year,”
McGiven said “and when we plan where
we’re going, we look at a map of Wisconsin
and decide on locations centrally located,
to the east, and places to the west, because
the show plays in Minnesota, Illinois,
Iowa...so we like to promote our state to
our neighbors. But I’ve been wanting
to visit Fond du Lac for three years now
because I wanted to include the Holyland
with it.
McGivern went to high school at St.
Lawrence Seminary.
“Finally, my producer relented (laugh)
I think to get me off her back about visit-
ing Fond du Lac.”
Two show producers visit the city to be
featured ahead of the actual shoot.
“They both came back,” McGivern
said “and said, ‘we’re really excited about
Fond du Lac! And we’re going to reach
out beyond the city, and kind of do the
county.’ We realized there’s a lot to do in
the Fond du Lac area.”
Craig Molitor is the President of the
Fond du Lac Area Convention and Visitors
Bureau.
“When ‘Around the Corner’ contacted
us, we knew we faced a daunting task,”
Molitor said “I mean, where do you begin?
Fond du Lac and the Lake Winnebago
Region is bursting with compelling story
lines, driven by our unique assets, and all
the wonderful folks that make our com-
munity special. Of course in a TV show
format there is a very finite amount of time
allotted, so we were asked to winnow down
our two dozen ‘must see’ ideas to about six
storylines.”
The Fond du Lac Visitors Bureau team
members each floated their favorites.
“We then internally sorted through
those to get to our short list,” Molitor
said. “The reason that this was so tough
was that there are some really well known
and beloved community attributes (such
as Schreiners Restaurant) and some lesser
known, but not to be diminished aspects,
such as the incredible turkey hunting
found around here.”
It takes five days to shoot one
28-minute episode, and McGivern’s pro-
ducers took Molitor’s lead.
“It was a great working relationship,”
Molitor said “the producers of this show
are smart, funny, and above all extremely
good at what they do. We worked closely
with them to flesh out the story lines that
were most compelling. We also switched
out a few of the ideas we had originally
presented to them in favor of storylines
they felt were more unique to the area. It
served as a great reminder of how lucky
we are to live in and promote Fond du Lac
and the Lake Winnebago Region!”
The Visitors Bureau acted as a conduit.
“I made our Director of Client Services
Erin Lund, available to the producers
from the very first meeting,” Molitor said.
“Erin has a real skill in getting things of
this nature done. We developed the ideas
for the story lines, asked the respective
individuals if they would be interested
in participating, made the introductions
between the show’s producers and the
featured participants, helped to arrange
the filming time slots, and then we got the
heck out of the way so the real magic could
happen. John McGivern is a one-of-a-kind
performer. He is funny and humble and
naturally curious. He brings out the best
in folks.”
Now McGivern and his staff travel
for thirteen weeks, to each of the cities
“Around the Corner,” for their respective
‘opening nights.’
“The ‘premiere’ nights are really, really
cool,” McGivern said “and we’re looking
forward to visiting the THELMA. Kevin
Miller and his staff have been great. In past
years I think the lowest attendance was
300, and the most was around 1,200 folks.
They love to watch the show, and are like,
‘can we watch it again?’ And I tell them,
‘No! You have to go home now (laugh).’”
Underscoring Fond du Lac means a lot
to our area.
“I tell the team here at the Visitors
Bureau that a community has to be a great
place in which to live in order for it to be
a great place to visit,” Molitor said. “We
know what an incredible gift it is to live
and work in and around Fond du Lac, and
the Lake Winnebago Region. It is a fantas-
tic opportunity to be able to share this with
others throughout the state.”
Fond du Lac is “Around the Corner!”
Around the Corner with John McGivern
- the Fond du Lac Episode will premiere
in THELMA’s Great Hall,Wednesday,
January 6th.
Two shows: 5:30 and 7 pm
Doors open one hour before showtime.
It’s free, but seating is limited, and
tickets are required.
Get tickets at the THELMA box office at
51 Sheboygan Street in Fond du Lac.
thelmaarts.org or call 920-921-5410

ENTERTAINMENT // DOBIE MAXWELL
BY DOBIE MAXWELL
If I had to sum up the entirety of my
life’s bombastic journey in a single word,
that word would be disappointment. If I
had to do it in two words, they would be
major disappointment. If it were three,
there’d be a swear word in the middle so we
don’t need to go there. But you get my drift.
Life on this pathetic planet is sadly
stacked against the overwhelming majority
of us from even before our first day on it,
and our first order of business directly upon
arrival is a spanking. Only a scant few ever
buck overwhelming odds to win entry into
“the club,” where all the fun happens.
Tom Brady is a shining example. Could
that guy have won a bigger cosmic jackpot?
I doubt it. Everything came up aces in his
genetic poker hand, while the rest of us
poor slobs are left trying to make do with
what’s left. It just isn’t fair, but has it ever
been? I think the system if flawed.
A big part of the problem is that we’re
all lied to from our earliest memories, and
that throws it all so far off course, few of
us ever recover. Those in charge who are
supposed to be our rocks of reliability and
sources of strength are the exact ones who
heap our heads full of hooey. It stinks.
Mixed messages are everywhere, and it
tweaks our trust. First they tell us not to lie
or cheat or steal. Fine. On paper this is all
positive, and the foundation of what should
be sound morals for a lifetime should be
started. But then they hit us with a sledge
hammer from the blind side, and the game
is forever tilted out of our favor. Cream of
Disappointment is the perpetual soup du
jour.
The sadistic sledge hammer of which I
speak is the whole Santa Claus crock. What
a crooked Christmas conspiracy if there ever
was one - and they’re ALL in on it, those
diabolical bastards. Mommies and daddies,
grandmas and grandpas, neighbors and
relatives, teachers at school and everyone
on TV band together, and force feed fiction
into the moldable minds of kids. How evil.
I’m not going to lie, even though they
did to me. I’m still feeling the sordid sting
of it all these years later. I suppose if you’re
going to tell a lie you might as well make
it a good one, but this is off the charts and
completely uncalled for. We would have
been happy with a lot lower standard.
But that wasn’t good enough. Not by
a long shot, they had to go WAY off the
charts and spin a yarn so crazy the only way
we would believe it is if everyone else was in
on it. I’m still steaming that I let myself fall
for it, but the deal was so sweet I wanted
it to be true. It’s the same strategy Bernie
Madoff used to get to many idiots to sign
up for his scheme. People fall for
these things.
Now let me get this straight
Mommy and Daddy, seeing as
I’m just a wee tot and the soft spot
in my skull hasn’t even hardened
over yet. I’m new here and just
learning the ropes. So what you
are laying claim to is that if I agree
to eat all those icky vegetables you
pile on my plate, and go to bed
early every night without crying,
and blindly do all the other stupid stuff you
keep harping on about there will be some
special event coming up down the road to
make it all worth my while?
Well, I have to say you’ve piqued my
interest. DO tell of this upcoming event
and let me know how I can possibly be a
part of it. My toy supply does happen to
be currently running a tad low now that
you mention it, and I could always use an
upgrade there. I’m up for joining this club!
Oh wow, this is not what I expected at
all. Let me get this straight, what’s going to
happen is a COMPLETE STRANGER, a
big fat old man wearing a RED VELVET
SUIT no less, is going to show up here at
the house one night out of the blue. Is that
correct? But I thought you told me not to
ever talk to strangers. What? This particular
one is ok? Well, if you say so. Where will
he be?
On the ROOF? What will he be doing
there? Looking for the what? What’s a
CHIMNEY? I’m really having trouble
understanding all this. Why wouldn’t he
just come through the door like the rest of
us? What? His FLYING SLED won’t fit?
Well…okay…but couldn’t he land in the
yard?
What’s a REINDEER? Oh, really?
I never heard of those before. That big,
huh? Yikes! I guess that makes sense then.
Wait, EIGHT of them? Wouldn’t they
fall through the roof with all of that extra
weight? And wouldn’t they poop all over
the yard? You know what the dog always
does.
So this fat old guy in the red suit is
going to bring me toys? I’m in…but how
will he know who I am? I have to write
him a letter? But I can’t even read yet. You’ll
write it for me? Great!
Where does this guy live? THE
NORTH POLE? Where’s that? Oh. Can’t
we just send him an email?
And then the trap is set. The tall tale has
been told, and all parties swear to secrecy.
Just as they said, I woke up on the morning
after when they said he would show up, and
although I didn’t get the chance to see him
with my own eyes, there were those toys I
asked for right there underneath the tree,
and even some underwear I didn’t ask for.
It only took one year to make me a believer.
Then it happened all over again the next
year! And the next! Boy, this was looking
really good and all I had to do to keep get-
ting loaded down with presents was keep
eating that nasty broccoli and clean up my
room every once in a while. This was a solid
deal on my end, and I was hooked.
But after a while a few suspicious
glitches popped up. One year I found a
receipt from Kmart in one of my presents.
When I confronted an adult about it I was
told, “Santa was running a little bit late,
and the elves were extra busy this year. He
had to make a quick run to Kmart just this
once.”
Of course I swallowed it like the rest of
the story because by this time I was count-
ing on this as a yearly thing. I barely noticed
that the handwriting on the gift tags was
suspiciously close to the handwriting I had
seen around the house the rest of the year,
but it must have been a coincidence.
Then, one year at school I heard some
older kids talking about how they thought
Santa was just their parents, and how the
whole thing was a setup. I couldn’t believe
anyone would talk like that, and I sure
didn’t believe it could be true. But one year
the inevitable happened, and I found out.
I was beyond shocked, and the only
sound louder than sleigh bells ringing was
the breaking of my naïve heart. It hurt then
and it hurts now. The whole thing was a
scam, and I fell hard for it.
I have to admit, I was quite difficult to
live with after that. What was my motiva-
tion to listen to anything from any author-
ity figure at this point? I don’t think I ate
another vegetable for at least three years,
and my room looked like the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina. My life was in turmoil.
By then I was approaching double
figures in age, and needed something new
to believe in. My tender scarred heart was
finally beginning to heal over from my
painful revelation about Fatty in the red
suit, and one day I turned on the televi-
sion and happened upon something new
to capture my attention - something called
“professional wrestling.” I was totally smit-
ten from first view.
FINALLY something came along that
had a moral compass and wasn’t going to
lie to me like the whole North Pole Caper.
This was laid out right in front of me, the
fight for good against the forces of evil.
Surely this was the integrity I had been
seeking for all this time. I felt sure of that.
I don’t think I have to go any further.
Not long thereafter my level of severe
disappointment reached a new low. I didn’t
know who or what to believe anymore, and
my life has continued on a downward spiral
since.
And then, one sunny morning I received
a personal letter addressed to me in the mail
with this headline: “You may have already
won $10,000,000!” There is hope yet!
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ENTERTAINMENT // BUDDIST ADVISOR
Bushwhacked by Humility
BY JOHN PRICE-KABHIR
THE BUDDHIST ADVISOR
Something highly unexpected
happened to me recently: In the midst
of trying to “assert myself,” I found my
attitude in a shambles, my peace of mind
smoldering, and my sense of purpose
floating away with the ashes in the wind.
While living alone in a small apartment
several years ago, I often prayed for a wider
circle of people in my daily life. I longed
to see a wider variety of faces, to look out
on a yard, to live in a neighborhood where
I could walk about. I looked around a few
weeks ago and found my wishes granted.
I had moved two years ago into a small
one-family house, and my former family
seemed to be restored. In a way, I felt I’d
kept the nest in order and the birds who’d
flown had returned, one at a time.
Then I also began to feel encroachment
upon in my territory. People were giving
me advice on everything from finances to
food, to how the furniture was arranged.
I was used to autonomy, but with other
strong-willed and strong-minded people
around, they were bound to put in their
opinions. I began to brood over this in
silence, only letting off a little steam when
the pressure inside required it.
Of course there’s the saying, “Be careful
what you ask for, you might get it.” I hadn’t
thought about the complexities of having
other people around daily. If I open a
package in the wrong way, I hear about it.
If I fold something poorly, as I often do,
it’s brought to my attention. I could list
many things, all of them relatively small
things in the daily living spectrum. But
the way I am, in a Buddhist sense of not
complaining, sublimating it to a corner of
my mind hidden, but also unhealthy. At
least in keeping with the notion of “getting
things off one’s chest,” I’m not doing it,
and small, bad things grow like vermin
in the recesses of the human mind. Please
realize that hiding feelings is not good
Buddhist practice.
Again, the lesson. It’s all about ego.
How many times to I need to take missteps
into the world of delusion? I once again
fell into a pattern of allowing things that
could be worked out, into areas where their
festering allowed them to reproduce and
grow. I’m allowing monsters of ego mania
to take over my peace of mind.
Not all the autonomy issues I’ve had were
minor. Who am I, the Buddhist Adviser, to
be thought of as useless, clueless, even on
the edge of vindictive? I never intend such
judgments. But if they happen, if someone
feels I’ve consciously performed a misdeed,
people are rarely completely wrong when
leveling such accusations. In short, I found
myself wallowing in self-pity and acrimony.
There, I’ve admitted it. Now what?
Feeling the assaults I’ve interpreted,
what is the best way of living? Right
Action, from and ancient Vedas down
through all religions. Quiet acquiescence
trumps sublimating then attacking.
Neither approach will solve the problems,
but laying the foundation for working out
problems will. Hostility and bad feelings
for all does not solve problems.
I began to realize I allowed myself to
be cornered and poked and prodded into
petty anger. What I’d wished for in human
contact and a better dwelling had turned
on me. I allowed this to happen, and it
didn’t seem to work for me. Here it seemed
I’d worked so hard in solitude these past
ten years, lonely solitude. But although I’d
grown in many ways, I was still allowing
small things to get the best of me.
So, going deeper for solutions to the
home life is in order. And these lessons
transcend any petty conflicts on the home
front. I must learn to not allow any spur
of the moment, snap, poorly considered,
responses when more measured, calm,
considerations will do with much more
gold. I do not want to be a cornered little
scrappy dog. I’d much rather be the wise
and considerate man on the cushion. So
feeling the pangs of my own self-inflicted
arrows, I set out to search for Right Action.
It was right there in front of me, coming to
focus from the fog of self-indulgence.
Maybe it’s an order of the Universe,
from gigantic to microscopic, that we seem
to internalize and self-judge about anything
from the huge and life-threatening, to the
tiny and unremarkable. I realized that my
tiny and picky concerns over life-issues
simultaneously were self-destructive and
harming to all. Why could I not simply
let the small things fade into changes in
behavior (“don’t cut the package on the
end; use the lifting tab“)? The biggest
troubles were in the entanglements of
doing the small things right or simply
adapting, or facing the larger matters in
honest conversation.
Arguing over the trivial is self-defeating.
Finding the perfect balance between the
small stings picking at the ego, and the
really important aspects of living with
people after so many years, is daunting.
But I’ve come to understand, for the
uncountable time, I am only demeaning
and reducing my happiness if I allow the
little things to pester me to a point where I
am unhappy.
Have I learned? Well, as of the hour I’m
writing this, one new roommate is dozing
to my left in what used to be my office,
but is now a small bedroom. But I still
have enough space to work. The snoring
is actually comforting. And the other full
time housemate is off to the thrift store
with his adopted family, right now his
mother and 13 year-old step daughter.
Things happen. If I allow my nest to
be occupied by more humans, and usually
two cats, I invite greater human variables.
Although I’ve passed the midlife marker, I
still have a lot to learn about living with
my fellow humans, no matter how much
I love them.
I know that changing my ways of
being for the calm and good help foster
calm and well-being among those in my
midst. Attacking and allowing myself to
be backed into a corner does not help in
any way. Maybe small assertions of my
preferences might lead to some basic tune-
ups in character, but they do not take root
in the better ways of being.
To conclude this outpouring of
emotion, just let it be said that humility
came out from around the corner and
spooked me. I sincerely hope I’ve learned to
let humility rule my ego-self. I don’t need
nor want the disruption pride kindles.
John Price-Kabhir, is a retired public
school educator and a writer. He is
ordained a householder in the Rinzai
Zen Buddhist order. He can be reached at
Shiningcrow11@yahoo.com.
It’s the little things that make life
such a big deal. —Pat MacDonald
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ENTERTAINMENT // LIVE FROM JAPAN
BY JAMES PAGE
THEPLAYERSPAGE@YAHOO.COM
Game of the Month:
Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investiga-
tions
Developer: Little Orbit
ESRB: Everyone 10+
Release Date: 10/20/2015
System: 3DS/PC/PS3/PS4/WiiU/Xbox
360/Xbox One
Rating:
Graphics: 3.5 out of 4.0
Game Play: 3.0 out of 4.0
Personal: 2.0 out of 2.0
Total Score: 8.5 out of 10.0
Player’s Page: Adventure Time: Finn &
Jake Investigations
Mysteries abound in the land of Ooo.
It is just the natural order of the strange
universe in which the world exists. Some
mysteries are as minor as who is eating all
of an elephant’s apples, or they can be as
complex as who is kidnapping the citizens
of the Candy Kingdom. Most of the mys-
teries are rather simple and do not merit
much of a response, but for two people
looking for adventure, the scenario is per-
fectly set up for a fun experience.
Enter Finn and Jake, two adventuring
heroes; who are always on the lookout
for mystery and danger. After a cleaning
mishap, Finn and Jake discover the ticker
their parent’s used to receive mysteries.
Seeing an opportunity for adventure and
to help the citizens of Ooo, Finn and Jake
decide to follow in their parent’s footsteps
and start an investigation firm. The two
leave BMO, their trusted secretary, at the
tree house to hold down the fort while they
set out to solve all of the mysteries they see
before them. The trip will be challenging
and filled with danger, but with strength,
perseverance, and a bit of dumb luck the
two will be able to overcome any obstacle
in their way. Finn and Jake Investigations is
officially open for business.
Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investi-
gations is the latest Adventure Time game
from Little Orbit, and in keeping with
tradition; the game is styled completely
differently from the previous games.
Unlike The Secret of The Nameless
Kingdom, which was styled after the
Legend of Zelda; Finn & Jake Investiga-
tions styles itself as an action adventure
exploration game. The game may bill itself
as an action adventure exploration game,
but it tends to focus more on the explora-
tion side of adventuring rather than the
action side. The heart and soul of the game
is discovering clues by exploring the world
of Ooo.
The player will be able to explore a 3D
rendition of the Adventure Time world
while solving various mysteries they are
tasked with investigating. The investiga-
tions will take the player to such places as
the Candy Kingdom, the Ice Kingdom,
the Fire Kingdom, Wizard City, Finn
and Jake’s tree house, the dungeon train,
and the woods. While visiting each place
the player will need to question the local
population, search for clues, complete
tasks, and fight dangerous foes in order to
solve each mystery. Although the mysteries
all involve different things, all of them are
tied together in some way, and at the end
of the game it will be up to the player to
determine the overarching theme.
Finn & Jake Investigations is able
to weave multiple elements together in
order to draw the player into the world of
Adventure Time. The most obvious ele-
ment which contributes to the immersion
is the 3D graphics. The color scheme and
level of detail on both the character and
environments combine to create a level of
quality which will remind the player of the
TV show. In addition, the game characters
are fully voiced by the actors who portray
them on the TV show, and the lineup
includes familiar faces such as Finn, Jake,
Princess Bubblegum, Cinnamon Bun,
BMO, Peppermint Butler, Gunter, Ice
King, Rock Wizard, Abracadaniel, and
Ron James. A final little touch, which is
very reminiscent of the TV show; is that
every mystery has a specially designed
leader card associated with it which sums
up the mystery and provides hints.
Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Inves-
tigations is an interesting game which is
reminiscent of the exploration and adven-
ture games of old, such as Maniac Mansion
and Sam and Max. With an emphasis on
observation, critical thinking, and story
telling, the game makes for a relaxed expe-
rience which is similar to an interactive
book rather than an intense game.
The repetitive nature of the combat
system and single outcomes for each
mystery limit the replay value, but these
are minor issues for those interested in
the story of the game. The game is full of
familiar characters and locations as well as
a special brand of oddball humor which
are familiar to any fan of the show. Those
who decide to give the game a chance will
be pleased with the relaxed and humorous
experience, and they will be surprised at
how quickly time passes while playing the
game.
Remember, like all games if you play
them just to have fun there will never be a
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NEWS & VIEWS // MEDIA RANTS
BY TONY PALMERI
Every year the Media Rants column
awards a “Tony” to media acts worthy of
merit. Award criteria are simple: whatever I
personally found to be provocative during
the year. Don’t like my choices? Write up
your own “Best of 2015,” and post them
on a blog or on social media. You can even
submit an old fashioned letter to your local
newspaper.
The Tony’s for 2015 are divided into
subcategories. Drum roll please:
Broken Clock Award: Donald Trump.
As is true of most demagogues, Mr. Trump
is like a broken clock in that he’s right
twice a day. He earns a Tony for two tweets
that told the truth about Scott Walker. The
first was on July 25: “Scott Walker is a nice
guy, but not presidential material. Wis-
consin is in turmoil, borrowing to the hilt,
and doing poorly in jobs, etc.” The second
was on July 27: “When people find out
how bad a job Scott Walker has done in
WI, they won’t be voting for him. Massive
deficit, bad jobs forecast, a mess.”
In less than 300 characters, Trump was
able to do what the Recall Walker move-
ment, hundreds of thousands of protestors,
and the Democratic Party establishment
could not: convince the Republican voter
base that Walker really has been bad for
Wisconsin.
Political Candor Award: Wendy
Davis. This Tony goes to former Texas
Democratic state Senator Wendy Davis,
the Democrats’ unsuccessful candidate for
governor in 2014. While running for gov-
ernor, Ms. Davis supported open-carry of
firearms, a position that disappointed her
base, but took the issue off the table during
most of the election season. Recently she
wrote an essay for Politico entitled “Why
I caved on guns when I ran for governor
of Texas,” in which she admitted that her
posturing probably didn’t get her any
votes, and ended up wasting a golden
opportunity to use her campaign as a bully
pulpit to educate citizens on the reality of
gun violence.
Wendy Davis should be applauded for
her candor. Will other Democrats have the
courage to learn from her example? Maybe.
Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic
nominee for president, is certainly not
hiding from her gun control position.
Best Twitter Shaming: Igor Volsky.
Mr. Volsky is Director of Video and Con-
tributing Editor at the political blog Think-
Progress.Org. After a “pro-life” terrorist
murdered three people at the Colorado
Springs Planned Parenthood, Mr. Volsky
noticed that the most common response
of Republicans in Congress was to offer
“thoughts and prayers,” for the victims.
Volsky then “twitter shamed,” 36 thought
and prayer offering politicians by exposing
how much money they had received from
the National Rifle Association. He found
that all 36 of them had “A” ratings from
the NRA, and had received more than $2.3
million in contributions. “The NRA pays
them to only think and pray about gun
violence, and not to do anything else about
it,” Volsky told MSNBC.
Sensationalism On A Mission: The
New York Daily News. For many years,
the New York Daily News has been syn-
onymous with tabloid sensationalism,
especially with some of its over the top
front page headlines and photos. In 2015
the sensationalism went on a mission;
a front page cartoon of Donald Trump
beheading the Statue of Liberty became an
instant classic. More powerfully, the paper
called out the CEOs of the four largest gun
manufacturers in the US, finally giving
citizens a look at the people who profit
directly from the nation’s gun carnage.
Editorial of the Year: The Washington
Post. The fifth Republican presidential
debate, held in December in Las Vegas,
featured several hours worth of doom and
gloom and fear mongering, leading many
to wonder what happened to the Reaganite
sense of optimism in the modern GOP. In
a powerful editorial, the Washington Post
opined that “for Republicans, bigotry is the
new normal.” Telling a sad truth, the edi-
torialists wrote this: “Fear-mongering and
raw xenophobia were once the hallmarks
of fringe candidates. Today the fringe
candidates have stormed center stage,
brandishing their zeal and hyperbole and,
disturbingly, dragging the mainstream
along with them.”
Letter of the Year: In 2009 the city of
Oshkosh bought out their lone Kentucky
Fried Chicken restaurant to make room
for a roundabout. Since then Oshkosh’s
KFC status has become somewhat of an
obsession with Gannett’s Oshkosh North-
western. In February of 2015 the paper
published a front page history of KFC in
Oshkosh. Citizen Paula Steger’s letter in
response gets a Tony for letter of the year:
Seriously, the lack of a KFC in Oshkosh
is the front page news on a Sunday? Fur-
thermore, if people are looking for a chicken
dinner in Oshkosh, they have plenty of
choices, and the dinners are better and
cheaper than anything KFC has to offer.
Let me see: Mike’s Place on Jackson;
Jansen’s on Bowen; Mahoney’s on Wisconsin;
Parnell’s on the south side, just to offer a few.
Those more familiar with Oshkosh than
I may be able to offer more opportunities.
To my knowledge the restaurants offer eat-in
dining as well as take-out.
For a newspaper that likes to pat itself on
the back as a community cheerleader, you did
a great disservice to the local restaurant com-
munity by giving free front page advertising
to a giant nationwide fast food restaurant.
Tony Palmeri (palmeri.tony@gmail.com) is
a professor of communication studies at UW
Oshkosh.
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