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COVER STORYL4 Wifee & the HuzzBand

FINE ARTSL8 Delicious AmbiguityR8 Foxy FindsR22 Trout Museum

FOOD & DRINKR2 Barrel Aged Bigfoot AleR2 Yankee BuzzardR4 A Taste For ItR6 The Wine CaveR6 Tricia’s Table

ENTERTAINMENTR10 Life Is FairR18 Buddhist AdviserR24 CD Review

R26 Lawrence Dream Team R28 Postcards from MilwaukeeR30 The Guess WhoR32 Just Another BandR34 Concert Watch

NEWS & VIEWSR12 Divided We StandR14 Right Wing NutR16 Another Milestone on the

Path to Equality

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BY GEORGE HALAS

The Inquisition is constantly mesmerized by the fact that The Universe will go to the ends of the earth to create great music.

Halfway across the country anyway….Our story starts in sunny southern California, the birthplace of Ruby

James. No one knew back then she would one day be Kitty CoopDeVille.Meanwhile, back in the Fox Cities, Steve Cooper was developing some

impressive sax and vocal chops, playing with stellar outfits like The Groove Hogs and The Jazz Orgy.

James went to make a major mark on the music scene in Austin, Texas, before heading to Wisco in July of 2012 as The Universe stepped in, direct-ing her to Gordon Lodge in Bailey’s Harbor.

“I went to Gordon Lodge for the first time in 2012 right after Steel Bridge Songfest. My best friend, Anna, took me up there two days before my flight was supposed to go home to LA where I was going to spend the summer seeing if I wanted to move back to California. I had been living in Austin for the last five years,” she said. “It seemed so crazy but I decided to stay on a whim and take the job as a bartender. I had a suitcase and a guitar, that was it. But I had been struggling with some life stuff, not inspired to play much music and I thought this was perfect. I’ll spend the summer in paradise with my best friend, ride my bike, work and meditate and not be distracted by guys or anything.”

The U also had Cooper on speed dial.“In July of 2012 I originally went to Gordon Lodge to play a pick up

gig as a side man for a band I don’t usually play with,” Cooper recalls. “Two days before that gig, I had been playing a show in Silver City, New Mexico with my band, The Jazz Orgy. Just as I was about to leave, a very dear friend of mine, who is also a clairvoyant, stopped me before leaving and told me without hesitation that in two days I would meet a girl. THE girl! She would be from Texas, and she was going to take my world and flip it upside down... For the better. She would be the one I’d been looking

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COVER STORY // WIFEE & THE HUZZBAND

for but it was gonna go real fast, so hang on real tight.”

“Due to plane delays, I was awake for

38 hours by the time I got home,” he con-tinued. “I woke up late on the day of that Gordon Lodge gig and tried to get out of it because I was still so tired but I was assured

by the band leader that they really wanted me to come... and I’m sure glad I did!”

At the break, Cooper asked bartender James “does the band get a Coke?” and “it

was love at first hair sight. We got engaged three weeks later on August 6 in Stur-geon Bay at pat mAcdonald’s birthday party,” James noted.

It was love, but not nec-essarily music, at first.

“I moved Coop back to Austin with me in Novem-ber on a tour with Rosie Flores,” James said. “We had no idea yet we would play music together; just figured I’d take Coopy to Austin and make him famous with all that talent he has.”

“We returned to Wiscon-sin in February of 2013 to attend the week-long writing event Love on Holiday at The Holiday Music Motel where we wrote “Forever My Dear” together in about 30

minutes the night we arrived!” “The light bulb went on! Wow!! Look

what we can do! We also wrote “I Knew” that week and Coopy wrote “The Get Down” with our guitar player.”

“On our drive back to Austin in a bliz-zard driving about five miles an hour with hardly any visibility I was pleading with Coopy for us to move back to Wisconsin,” James recounts. “I said ‘Look what we just did!! Don’t you see? We need to move back to Wisconsin and put this band together.”

“Coopy thought I was nuts at the time,” she added.

“We came back to Wisconsin in June for Steel Bridge Songfest, wrote some more songs “She Won’t Go” and “Fall in Lovers” and stayed in Wisconsin,” James said. “Our friends asked us to play their wedding in September and that forced us to put the band together. So it took us six months after we met to realize we should play music together and that we had something really special with those first few songs and then it took another six months after that to put the band together.”

The songwriting has become a very

BY GEORGE HALAS

The great multi-instrumentalist and thought leader Dennis Jones once opined that Wham’s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go would have been a hit in any decade of the Twentieth Century.

Likewise, Songs of Eternal Love and Immediate Satisfaction is a record that combines and ultimately transcends genres; one can’t help liking it for a bunch of reasons.

On first listen, it is an infectious pop tour de force that utilizes the fun rock of the 50’s and 60’s with big band R&B to inform a robust, very danceable, horn-accented sound.

The songs are the product of the combined pens of Ruby James (Kitty CoopDeVille) and Steve Cooper (Coop DeVille). On second listen, it becomes apparent that, while the songs recall certain pop rock genres, they are sophis-ticated, multi-layered well-crafted com-positions; Cooper’s horn arrangements – and his always stellar tenor sax playing

– complement the songs and the sound. Fun and danceability are the common

themes that weave throughout the record. Alert: this is not the best music for medi-tation. Think party.

In addition to a talent for turning catchy hooks into full-blown musical compositions, the duo harmonizes very well vocally.

James has a multi-faceted voice that ranges from the virginal innocence of the 50’s (i.e., Sandra Dee, Annette Funicello as well as certain Taylor Swift tunes) to smoldering sultry. Cooper’s tenor has never been better when he takes the lead and blends perfectly with James.

The opening track, She Won’t Go, and Goodnight Moon are a pair of 50’s-inflected tunes that give James an opportunity to run a full gamut of “relationship” emo-tions. I’ve Been A Fool has an early 60’s – Carole King kind of sound and showcases Cooper’s tenor playing. The band, with a Cooper vocal lead, turns in Girl Can’t Take It into an R&B anthem with exactly the right groove to showcase the horns

and a tasty trumpet solo by Greg Garcia.With Kipp Wylde’s B3 setting the tone,

James takes an understated vocal approach on I Knew that exposes complex emotional vulnerability and sets the stage for perhaps Cooper’s best work on the record.

Forever My Dear is one of the first tunes James and Cooper wrote together and, in addition to the obvious chemistry, the song gives Cooper to chance to shine vocally as well as contributing another stratospheric sax solo.

Baritone sax player Julio Reyes sets the groove of Our Love in a way that recalls Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes – James brings a level of emo-tional sophistication that takes the tune into new territory.

The Get Down starts with a Jailhouse Rock feel and tempo, then Cooper and the rhythm section cut loose and the result rocks.

The album tells, in part, the story of the romance between Kitty CoopDeV-ille and Coop DeVille, but it also tells a bigger story.

“All originals so far have been penned under the roof of the Holiday Music Motel. We say the band was born out of the Motel as that’s where the songs have been written and our rhythm section came out of the events,” James said. “That world of singer songwriters that I come from mixed with Coop’s virtuoso jazz world out of the Fox Valley is the magical combo that has created what is WiFEE and the HUZz BAND. A little punk rock rhythm section mixed with a pristine horn section from the jazz world and with a couple of crazy looking front people and voila, you’ve got us!”

Produced by pat mAcdonald, the album features a group of outstanding musicians including Vee Sonnets on guitar, Greg Roteik, bass, Zach Vogel, drums, Kipp Wilde, keys, Kurt Shipe, trumpet, Tommy Vanden Avond, trom-bone, Greg Garcia, trumpet and Julio Reyes, baritone sax.

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productive partnership as well.“I would say we both contribute pretty

equally,” Cooper said. “Generally one of us will come up with an initial idea and we will bring it to the other and try to run with it. Basically something sung into a voice recorder and we will both work on lyrics and chords and melody together.”

“We had come in late to Love on Holiday and we missed being paired off into songwriting groups so we seized the opportunity to try writing together,” He continued. “I had the initial idea for “For-ever My Dear,” but that idea was mostly just chord changes and part of the melody. Ruby really liked it so we focused in on it and came up with the rest of the melody together, including the hook, and then wrote the lyrics together.”

The success was almost immediate.“It feels like the band took off like

a rocket,” James said. “We went back to Austin in March of 2014 and played a bunch of shows during SXSW(South By Southwest). We played between 50-60 shows in our first year together. We have pretty much put ourselves on the national touring band level in just a little over a year.

2015 is shaping up to be even better. “All the same big festivals wanting us

back for this summer plus there are some new exciting developments like Jazz in the Park in Milwaukee this summer,” James said. “We are touring to Texas again in April and will play Houston, Austin and New Orleans. We are headed to Austin to play the big car show, The Lonestar Roundup, where we will open for legends Wanda Jackson and Elvis’ guitar player/ Wisconsin boy James Burton.

“We’ve also had this residency in Chi-cago once a month at Untitled for the past

year and we were asked to kick off the Peg Egan Center summer concert series in Door County th i s coming June,” James added. “They only book national touring ac t s . Johnny Lang kicked off their series last summer, so we are quite hon-ored to kick off the series this year.”

“The whole band is excited to f inal ly be p l a y i n g i n Appleton at Mill Creek on March 6 t h ,” Ja m e s said. “Our show last month at Thelma Sadoff Performing Arts Center in Fond du Lac was incredible experience. It was sold out with 40 people on the waiting list.”

Even without James and Cooper, the players on the album, Vee Sonnets (guitar), Greg Roteik(bass), Zach Vogel(drums), Kipp Wilde(keys),Kurt Shipe(trumpet), Tommy Vanden Avond(trombone), Greg Garcia(trumpet) and Julio Reyes (baritone sax) represent a collection of top talent that would be worth paying good money to see. (Vogel is replaced by Chris Scheer or Mike Underwood for the live shows).

Cooper could front this band without James – his always outstanding vocal chops are better than ever - again, top value for your money…

But when you add James’ considerable talent, the results are electric. More impor-tantly, it’s a lotta fun. Everybody in the band is having a good time. The enormous chemistry that runs hot between James and Cooper is augmented by cool band chemis-try. The band is also a fun visual treat. The songs, while technically complex, nuanced at times and very well-crafted, end up being toe-tappin’, finger-snappin’ fun as well.

Both James and Cooper are incredibly gifted and accomplished, serious musi-

cians – Coop’s got WAMI’s – but they are also talented and accessible entertainers who push the fun to the forefront. Part of Cooper’s “brand” has always been his long black 1959 Cadillac, hence “CoopDeville” and “Kitty CoopDeVille.” It all works very well for you, the viewer.

If solitude and quiet are what you seek, Mill Creek next week is probably not your best bet….

However, if what you seek – and The Inquisition quotes Belushi on Bliss here – “as much fun as you can have with your pants on”, go early and grab some dance floor.


FINE ARTS // DELICIOUS AMBIGUITY

How often do you take advantage of ambiguity in the world? When is the last time you looked at something and thought to yourself, “What else might this be?”

As American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer Edward Norton once said, “All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambigu-ity.” In the academic disciplines which study the human condition (history, philosophy, literature, etc.), ambiguity has often been valued as the basis of depth, subtlety and richness in art. Yet we often fail to embrace these qualities central to the Humanities in practical life applications.

We all have our hidden “mysteries,” do we not? And all of us will deal with unfair labeling throughout our lives by people looking for absolutes. Who can forget Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book The Scarlet Letter, a complex portrayal of social and moral issues highlighting the dangers of eliminating ambiguities to get the meanings “right” (if that’s even possible to do with any real accuracy)? The allegorical tale shows that even so simple a label as the first letter of the alphabet is full of burgeoning mean-

ings dependent upon changing contexts and nuance.

“There are precious few at ease with moral ambiguities, so we act as though they don’t exist!” claimed The Wizard in Wicked. Yet even in the “land of the free” we still struggle to tear off suffocating labels which others put on us to fit their own needs to find comfort in (unrealistic) absolutes.

Ultimately, looking at how people respond to ambiguity says a lot about both human creativity and adaptability. Faced with life’s complexities it is natural that we desire to seek a sense of order and mean-ing. Yet multiple interpretations and the difficulty of achieving consensus remain a challenge. Perhaps there is a certain refuge in embracing uncertainties as a mysterious and wonderful part of existence itself. Not having all the answers about the world and each other certainly makes life interesting.

Is your mind mature enough to endure uncertainty? If so, how do you success-fully navigate through it? Please share your thoughts on the subject, no matter how uncertain they may be.

Delicious Ambiguity: Questions and Curiosity Make Life TastyBY JEAN DETJEN

“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having

to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity.”

—Gilda Radner

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FOOD & DRINK // BREWMASTER

BY STEVE LONSWAY

When we were first presented the opportunity to write beer articles, my mind immediately went to the many (and I mean MANY) wonderful beers I have had from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. The problem is I think people would get bored reading about them every single month. So my approach was to wait it out and give us the opportunity to search out their next extra special release. Fortunately Stone Arch Brew House is somewhat of a magnet for unique beers. Whether one of our guys shot across state for a kayak trip or a member of our mug club just returned from vacation, interesting beers appear in our laboratory refrigerator quite frequently. This is where we found the Barrel Aged Bigfoot Barleywine from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.

This rare find is housed in a 22 ounce bomber bottle boasting a screen printed label. Sierra Nevada’s use of packaging is as diverse as their beers. We have seen their products available in all sorts of beer vessels, from 12 ounce bottles, 12 ounce cans, 16 ounce cans, 22 once bombers, 750 ml wine-style bottles, and specialty bottles as well. Typically their offerings come with very vibrant colored labels; this one is really on the bland side with the use of only two pale colors. It is easy enough

to spot though with the all-familiar Sierra logo.

After a brief warming period, our team poured the samples into snifters. The color was a very welcoming deep copper/ruby and was topped with nice lacing of tight bubbles. As the glasses were raised, words explaining the nose starting flying faster than I could write. Dark fruit, whiskey, tobacco, caramel, toffee, oak, dark malts, baker’s chocolate, alcohol, piney are the few words I managed to scribble down. Yes, this beer has an amazing nose, with all the above descriptors popping out simul-taneously.

The flavor of bourbon is upfront with an oaky finish. Dark fruit, plum and brown sugar sweetness is evident as the pungent hop character sends in the bitterness to round it all off. The alcohol content leaves a warming sensation as the sip subsides. A slightly bitter/dry finish awaits. The finish lingers on the palette for a while which is a good indicator that this beer will pair well with hearty meats and strong cheeses (yet to be verified). Overall the Barrel Aged Bigfoot carries a lot of flavors from start to finish and creates a challenge to pinpoint all of the characteristics. An extremely interesting brew!

Now let’s look into the history of this very inspirational brewery. First opened at a time where Pale Ales, Porters and Stouts

were unheard of in the sea of American lagers. 1980 was the year and Ken Gross-man was the man. Boasting the name of Ken’s favorite hiking grounds, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company was born.

With a brewery masterfully cobbled from scrap dairy equipment and hops purchased directly from hop farms after long drives to Yakima, Washington, and a keen eye on consistency and quality, the American craft beer movement had begun. Sierra Nevada calls Chico, California home and rewards the state with an absolutely beautiful brewery, restaurant, pub and 350 seat auditorium. Renewable resources sets their tone right from the get-go. From their Solar panel parking garage with panels that rotate to follow the suns path to gather as much sun light as possible, to having the nation’s largest private solar panel array and of course their four massive co-generation hydrogen fuel cells. Plus the fact that they are able to divert 99.8% of their waste from landfills! This cutting-edge care for the earth has inspired the entire brewing industry to find more ways to lessen our carbon footprint.

Being located in a college town really helped the initial growth of the brand and sales gradually grew. Eventually distribu-tion made it to the San Francisco Bay area and caught the eye, or should I say palette, of Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia.

When word got out about Jerry’s affection for Sierra Nevada’s Porter, the many loyal Dead fans made it a point to search out these wonderful craft beers. Followed up by a pair of magazine articles, demand increased from both coasts. Through extremely hard work, persistence and a relentless approach to quality and consis-tency, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company was here to stay and craft beer became a destination for beer drinkers united.

Distribution growth has ever since been growing for Sierra Nevada to the point of outgrowing their brewery in Chico. A second brewery was recently added near Asheville, North Carolina and rumor states that it is as beautiful and sustainable as their original brewery.

Final word: You will never be disap-pointed with any beer that Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is involved in. Whether it be a collaboration with Dogfish Head Brewing or a project with the Trappist-Cistercian Abbey, or their own seasonal releases throughout the year, Sierra Nevada is synonymous with top-notched craft beer. The Bigfoot Barleywine release is always outstanding especially this rare find that was aged in whiskey barrels. SEARCH IT OUT!

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Some say history repeats itself, but it always leaves a trail of people, places and things that serve as the impetus for the stories we will tell next. Sometimes the story is a song. Or maybe a piece of art. And sometimes it’s a craft beer.

Wisconsin Brewing Company Brewmaster, Kirby Nelson, is a storyteller. His medium isn’t a canvas or lyrics penned to a tune, but rather Nelson tells his stories with his beer. And like his beers, his stories are inspired by the great state of Wisconsin. And his American I.P.A., Yankee Buzzard, is no exception.

Nestled in a serene and picturesque space on the outskirts of Verona, Wis., a few miles from the hustle and bustle of Madison, Nelson’s brewery is guarded under the watchful eye of an American bald eagle keeping perch nearby.

The sight of WBC’s resident eagle prompted Nelson to brew the story of Old Abe, an orphaned American bald eagle raised by a Wisconsin sol-ider during the Civil War. As the mascot of the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Old Abe rallied Union troops while soaring over 30 battles. Loathed by Confederate soldiers, they

set bounties on the bird and coined him with the spiteful nickname of Yankee Buzzard.

And like Old Abe, Nelson’s Yankee Buz-zard boasts a quiet confidence. Columbus, Chinook, Centennial and Cascade hops form an artful blend of floral notes and bitterness that soar across a malty playground lending a Midwestern flair to this hoppy brew.

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FOOD & DRINK // PINE CONE TRAVEL PLAZA

BY JAMIE LEE RAKE

“Don’t go there if you don’t like big desserts,” said a friend, with her husband’s concurring, of Pine Cone Travel Plaza Restaurant & Bakery (685 W. Linmar Lane, Johnson Creek, near the outlet mall around the juncture of Highways 26 and 94;920-699-2767, http://www.pinecone-johnsoncreek.com/) of where they had recently enjoyed dining while engaging in church picnic conversation. The girth of my abdomen should be sufficient testi-mony that, yes and probably alas, I enjoy an occasional oversize last, sweet course of a meal. Getting to Pine Cone had just become a culinary imperative.

If you couldn’t guess from its name, we’re talking about an eatery in a truck stop. Technically, it’s attached to a truck stop;attempting to grab a seat and some grub by way of the Shell station with semi drivers’ amenities will only result in leav-ing one hungry and bumping into a wall. Upon entering the proper set of doors, however, the sight of a long glass case lined with goodies galore greets the eyes. Not far therefrom lies a classically homey dining room in medium blues and plenty wood, if not an abundance of pine cones.

Among the silly things I may do, driv-ing between 40 and 50 minutes (yup, it’s that second of Wisconsin’s two seasons: road construction) merely for dessert isn’t one of them. So, with supper time beckon-ing, the one unique thing on Pine Cone’s menu harkened as well.

And it seems most every truck stop diner has at least one thing a body would be hard pressed to fins within 100 miles of it, or at all elsewhere. At Pine Cone, apart from its desserts, that one thing must be the Philadelphia chicken sandwich. Familiarity with the more common Philly steak sammy gives a near parallel to its fowl counterpart: something like an especially lengthy, unbreaded chicken tender, topped with sauteed green pepper and onion slices and Swiss cheese, all on what’s something akin to a double-wide hotdog bun.

The subtle combination of a white cheese on white meat with white onion on white bread with a hint of piquant

earthiness provided by the pepper works well, though there was a bit more bun than filling upon my last bite. Compensating for that, however, was the cole slaw. Cab-bage and carrot gets minced so finely that it was difficult to glean whether it was prepared in vinegarette or in creamy style with mayo’ or salad dressing. Either way, its empty bowl left no discernible a trace of moisture. Pine Cone’s menu declares its slaw “special”; righto, that.

Ah, now for dessert. And for a place that includes “bakery” in its name (here’s assuming that the $1.49 half-pound cookies-such a deal!-sold on the other side of the building are made on-premises, too), it might be fair to assume that there may be a distinctive treat with which to end my repast. And certainly, never had the words “cream cheese boat” ever entered my vocabulary in that order until my initial eying of Pine Cone’s dessert menu. So, a blueberry cream cheese boat it would be. Pie filling adorned with a couple of ribbons of not overly sweet dairy frosting rests in a pastry shell something like that of a cream puff, but sturdier and shaped something like a banana split bowl. And though on the gargantuan side, as my friends had inferred, the lightness of the pastry, flavoful berries and heaviness of the topping put it in the vicinity of Goldilocks’ “just right” assessment of satiation. Sooner than later I’d like to try the cherry variation of the boat. From there, maybe Pine Cone’s cara-mel apple? We’ll see...

ALSO RECENTLY EATEN The last time my town had anywhere to

order hot pastrami, it was one of Subway’s limited-time promotions, so when A&W (numerous locations, but you knew) intro-duced its Deli Burger with that aforemen-tioned brined, spiced beef sharing space a couple of its signature patties, mushrooms, onions, mustard and, here it is again-Swiss cheese, I had to give it a go. The pastrami arguably may more texture than taste to what is otherwise a glorified mushroom & Swiss burger, but it’s worth the price. That will be especially the case if the home of the Root Bear makes it a short-time run as Jared Fogle’s former benefactor made its

sandwich. So, you’ve just seen the great Biz Markie

DJ and rap in Sheboygan for the city’s free summer concert series, you’re hungry. At least I did and was, so I was grateful for the sight of Fountain Park Family Restau-rant (922 N. 8th St;920-452-3009, http://fountainparkfamilyrestaurant.com/) on the walk back to the Rakemobile. All the more was I thankful for its expertly pre-pared chicken cacciatora, proportionally tomatotoey and olive oily to the artistic presentation of the penne pasta beneath it all. Tapioca pudding to top it all off? Of course. So satisfying was the fare that I fairly took the cantankerous ‘tide of the owner/manger in stride. Hey, I know you have to wash the cup from which I only drank hot water and lemon, but nothing’s stopping you from charging me a little something for the fruit, right, guy?!

Wouldn’t it figure that on my way to

Pine Cone there was on the path a new frozen confection parlor? City Service Ice Cream (205 N. Main St,, Juneau;920-386-8084) looks to be housed in an abandoned gas station, repleted with a wooden stand-up of an old-time smiling attendant holding a cone to tempt passers-by. Its assortment of ice creams comes from long standing downtown Watertown staple, Mullen’s Dairy Bar & Eatery. Cones, dishes, sundaes, etc. are made by fresh-faced youths, one of whom fixed me up a splendid butter pecan shake. city Service also offers hot dogs in with all the Chicago fixings, for which I may have to splurge my sodium count some time. It will likely have to be by summer’s end, though, as no indoor seating and a few tables outside gives the appearance of a seasonal business. May it last for many more.

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What makes a wine a WINE? Many characteristics and attributes contribute to this luscious drink, but understanding more of how it becomes what it is will help you appreciate more of what wine is.

APPEARANCE AND COLOR: Wine can be red, white or rose. If a wine appears cloudy, there could be something wrong with it; we often call this a “flaw” in the wine. Whatever its color, the wine must be clear. Red wine is produced from black grapes meaning the skins of which are allowed to be present for all or part of the fermentation process. Young wines are usually purple in color where older red wines can have a reddish-brown outer rim variation as an indication of age.

White wine can be produced from black grapes, white grapes or a blend of the two. The red coloring pigment is contained in the skins of black grapes and not in the pulp or juice, therefore if black grapes are pressed, the juices run off the skins straight away and white wine will result. White wine can vary in color from almost color-less to shades of yellow or gold. Young wines tend to have a greenish tinge while older whites can turn brown with age.

Rose wines are made is several ways. The classic method involves commencing the fermentation as for red wine, then to remove the partly fermented juice from the skins after the correct degree of coloration is achieved. Fermentation then continues off the skins. Another method includes blending a small quantity of red wine with a large quantity of white wine. It is also

possible to blend black and white grapes together with the fermentation taking place on the skins of the black grapes.

BOUQUET: The smell of the wine is often the best indicator of its origin, its content, its quality, age and character. Wine should always smell like wine, or smell clean. If the wine smells of vinegar, any decayed vegetables or cork, then there could be a “flaw” in it. Something is not right.

TASTE: The taste of the wine confirms the impressions formed by the wines appearance and bouquet. Does the wine taste sweet or dry? Then, does the wine have acidity, vinosity, tannin, weight or body? Often times the alcohol content could be an indicator of the type of wine that it is.

AGING POTENTIAL: Some wines

are meant for early consumption such as Beaujolais and Muscadet, which means the wine will not improve with cellaring. Others are made for letting some time lapse to allow the wine to come into its full element. Red wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Nebbiolo, are often made to age. They contain tannin, which acts as a preservative, and it softens as the wine ages.

You can be a great wine taster no matter how much or how little you know about wine. Tasting is, in its essence, a subjec-tive experience. Understanding a little bit more along the way, will help you have a better appreciation and hopefully lead you down the path of wanting to learn more.

Kimberly Fisher is Director of Fine Wine Sales for Badger Liquor & Spirits

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FOOD & DRINK // THE WINE CAVE

FOOD & DRINK // TRICIA’S TABLE

BY TRISH DERGE

I know...it’s August. Who wants to even think about making or eating hot soup?

But the yellow beans are in!And what better way to enjoy them

than in a soup?I found a generation’s old recipe from

a long since passed dear woman from the Holyland who raised and fed seven kids, and a few farm hands over the years on her soup which I’m told was a welcome dinner after chores, milking, and baling the third crop.

After you’ve heated up your already hot kitchen, making Theresa’s Yellow Bean Soup, enjoy your bowl with a half teaspoon

of vinegar (her German pronunciation was “winn-a-gar”) added to it...it’s delightful!

INGREDIENTS1 small bone-in ham2 quarts water4 medium sized potatoes - peeled and diced3 small onions - chopped3 stalks of celery - diced3 carrots - diced3 - 4 cups yellow beans - diced1/2 cup flour - browned1/4 stick buttervinegar, salt and pepper

1. In a large pot, simmer the ham in the water for about 2 hours.

2. Remove the ham, keeping the water.

3. Dice the ham into chunks.

4. Give the ham bone to the dog.

5. Put diced ham, onions, celery, carrots, and yellow beans into the kettle of ham water.

6. Bring to a boil, then simmer until veg-etables are tender (approx 1 hour)

7. While the ham and vegetables are sim-mering, brown your flour.

8. To brown flour: Place flour in saute pan over medium heat, and stir until lightly browned being careful not to burn it. Lower heat, add butter, con-tinue stirring until blended, add to pot.

9. If you’re not up to browning the flour, or if it catches fire...put the fire out, and substitute burned flour and butter mixture with a cup of milk.

10. When serving by the bowl, add 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of vinegar (winn-a-gar) and salt and pepper to taste.

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BY DOBIE MAXWELL

Try as I might, as life goes on I just can’t shake my intense fascination with all things freakish. I am obviously not alone, or run of the mill human parasites with no particular identifiable set of marketable skills or talents like Jerry Springer or Maury Povich wouldn’t have been able to rake in more than a comfortable living showcasing said freakishness for multiple decades now.

Freaky people…freaky places…freaky events – I love them all! Anywhere I can sit off to the side and observe a conscious gathering of weirdos, wackos, oddballs, goofballs, mooks, kooks, flukes, flakes or all around idiots – and the dumber the better – I like it. It keeps me entertained.

It also gives a crystal clear perspective and assures me that no matter how deeply my personal situation happens to slide into the abyss at any time at least I’m not one of “them.” I don’t claim to be better than “them,” but I do think I was given at least a few more tools in my box from the fac-tory than a frighteningly large percentage of fellow planet walkers. I am not at the bottom.

Is it wrong to proudly walk among countless hordes of unwashed lowlifes at any random event silently beaming inwardly that I’m not them? Then declare me guilty. How much worse will my punishment be than having to live on a planet where “they” rule the roost? I’m just an onlooker.

The first experience that ever rocked my world with Richter scale proportions was at about age six when my uncle and aunt took me to the Wisconsin State Fair. Why they wanted to subject me to this environment at such an impressionable age still baffles me, but I had no choice. I was in a place I didn’t ask to be with no foreseeable way out. All I could do was try to act like I belonged.

But I didn’t. And I knew I didn’t, even at such a tender age. Something inside screamed loudly that I was a stranger in a strange land and wasn’t where I had ever been before – kind of like that stray bug that gets smuggled in on a load of bananas at the supermarket. There’s no going back.

Walking through the State Fair with my

uncle, aunt and cousins was a symphony for the senses at every turn. I could barely take in all that was going on around me, but I knew it was something I was not prepared for. Nobody told me anything other than I needed to stay close to our group or I would have to go home with somebody else’s family. I think it was a joke but I’m still not sure.

The most vivid memory I have all these years later oddly enough is the aroma. Nothing smells quite like a State Fair, and I have to believe the Wisconsin State Fair t a k e s a b a c k s e a t t o none of the other 49 in the s t omach curd l ing s t ench department. Countless tons of fresh from the factory manure combined with roasting meat and corn on a humid 94 degree day spell two letters – P U.

The first whiff of that putrid odor on my six year old nostrils put me down for the count with a single punch. I knew I couldn’t hold my breath the entire day and attempt-ing to breathe through my ears wasn’t work-ing. Going into the bathroom stall later ended up being a breath of fresh air.

The next experience that busts out from the confines of my memory like El Chapo out of a Mexican prison is seeing the midway for the first time. It was the best and the worst of times simultaneously. On the good side I remember how bright and colorful the lights were and how scary yet enticing the rides looked. I had never been on one before but I knew I wanted to tilt, whirl, spin, flip, rock, roll and/or Ferris.

On the ugly side, I got my first gander of what a carny looks like. That was like witnessing the landing of a UFO. It was ter-rifying on one hand but absolutely fascinat-ing on the other. All of the people I had seen previous to that day in the world in which I lived had teeth basically one color.

The only comparison I could make with what I saw was the ear of Indian corn that hung behind our first grade teacher Mrs. Molter’s desk at school. I was only six, but even with the significant amount of teeth I happened to be missing at the time I still had a few up on these dental midgets.

Next on the agony agenda was being forced to sit through not just one but two types of music I took a hating to from the

get go and learned to loathe even more as life has gone on – polka

and old time country. I had never seen

any live music played to that

date with the possible exceptions

of the lady a t c h u r c h

who played the organ and the ice

cream truck that was in our neighborhood.

Halfway through the first set of polkas that all sounded the same played by four or five fat old farts ridiculously decked out in leather lederhosen I was ready to barf up the burnt bratwurst I’d just eaten, sauerkraut and all. But my uncle and aunt were lifelong Milwaukeeans, and polkas are right up there with cribbage and duck pin bowling on the list of holy things never to make fun of.

After the tent full of Pabst smeared Schlitz kickers tapped their last toe I thought I was finally off the hook, but NO. After waiting in line for a cream puff – a tiny taste of heaven – we walked through the buildings where people were pitching products like vegetable slicers and floor wax. Six year olds aren’t the target market for that stuff, so again I sat back and watched the masses.

There were examples everywhere of every size, shape and circumference wad-dling through the barn with blank looks on their faces. These were not the kind of people that lived anywhere near my neighborhood, even though we did have a few nut cases lurking in the weeds. But everybody knew where they lived and we

stayed away from those people. The Fair was loaded with them.

By this time I recall being overwhelmed with sensory overload and wanting to go home. Ha! It wasn’t to be for at least a few more hours as we trudged our way to yet another tent to watch yet another concert of yet another style of music that made my tonsils ache. I couldn’t decide which was worse, the polka or the country – but does it matter? It’s like picking a favorite way to die.

That day at the State Fair seemed like it would never end. Then I got roped into going the next year and it was pretty much the same only this time we had to sit through a clown show. I never thought there would be anything that would make me pine for a polka, but watching a bald man with enormous yellow shoes and a sponge nose twist balloon animals for an hour made me flip like a funnel cake. I vowed from that moment on I never wanted to set foot in a State Fair again.

But as the years have gone by and I’m now older than my aunt and uncle were when they took me to that first State Fair, I find myself looking forward to the experi-ence whenever I can get it. I have been lucky enough to have spent my entire adult life on the road and have seen everything up to and including State Fairs, County Fairs, craft fairs, carnivals, festivals, flea markets, flea circuses and everything in between. I enjoy the assortment of mixed nuts that come with the deal.

And I even find myself tapping a toe to a polka or country song once in a while. What kind of a seed was planted all those years ago that something I found so repul-sive at first now has a charm that makes me wax nostalgic. And that smell. Manure and meat mixed make my mouth moist.

I absolutely believe that aliens exist and that they have visited us in person. If you don’t think so, take a walk down the midway at any carnival or fair. They’re here…and they’re operating the Tilt-a-Whirl.

Dobie is a stand up comedian and writer from Milwaukee. To see him on stage at his next hell-gig, find his schedule and other rants at dobiemaxwell.com

Life Is Fair

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NEWS & VIEWS // MEDIA RANTS

BY TONY PALMERI

The night Scott Walker officially announced his presidential candidacy, I had a dream (nightmare?) I was watch-ing his inaugural address on Fox News in January of 2017. In the dream Walker became the first incoming president to ride a Harley in the inaugural parade. Below are his remarks as they were spoken in my dream:

Chief Justice Roberts, all Real Ameri-cans, and others: today we continue an inaugural tradition as old as the Republic itself. What we do today is possible only because our Founders had the wisdom and courage to articulate and fight for Big and Bold ideas.

I thank President Obama for his ser-vice. I also thank him for resisting calls from so called environmentalists that he boycott this inauguration due to my pledge to make good on my campaign promise to issue as my first Executive order the removal of solar panels from the White House. Thank you President Obama.

Wisdom in our time requires recogniz-ing that our 21st century challenges are not significantly different from what our Founders faced in the 18th. Political cour-age in our time requires the audacity to assert and fight for 18th century solutions to 21st century problems.

You see our Founders did not bother with climate change, but they did change the political climate from hot tyranny to cool liberty. So much did they love liberty that they were willing to legally define nonwhite southern workers as 3/5 of a person to get it. That controversial 3/5 compromise was what I call 18th century cool; a Big and Bold idea proving that our Founders respected the sovereignty of each of the 13 original states more than they did any dictates from Washington.

Big and Bold ideas like the 3/5 com-promise, or the Manifest Destiny resettle-ment of natives to make room for our Real American ancestors, or the expansion of American power and influence abroad, or

President Reagan’s refusal to back down in his confrontation with arrogant striking air traffic controllers, or my own state’s abridgment of the tyranny of collective bargaining, have been lambasted by critics as divisive. Such critics do not understand the profound role division plays in acceler-ating the progress of the states.

Indeed, our Founders and all Real American leaders since are often pictured as standing for some kind of vague prin-ciple of national unity. You don’t need a college degree to know what’s wrong with that picture: vague unity is undependable, puts mushy cooperation ahead of vigor-ous competition, and ultimately makes us weak.

Division is dependable. Division works. It creates a critical mass of US always wary of and willing to fight the attempts of THEM to transform our traditional American values.

Our first Republican President, Abra-ham Lincoln, is a remarkable example of a decisively divisive leader frequently miscast as obsessed with unity. Two years before becoming president, Lincoln said, “I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I do not expect the house to fall -- but I do expect it will cease to be divided.” Yet he then went on to become the most divisive chief executive in history, presiding over a civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of Real Americans over an issue that deeply divided the nation for many generations.

What the Civil War could not kill was the 18th century idea of state sovereignty. That is why today I say ask not what your country can for you, ask what your country can do for your state.

Does your state want to define what marriage is and who can participate in that most sacred of unions? You now have a well-wisher in Washington.

Does your state want to be freed from onerous federal regulations of air and water quality that degrade the desire of job cre-ators to compete in the global economy? You now have a well-wisher in Washington.

Does your state want complete control

over voting rights, including the power to pass the strictest possible voter identifica-tion laws? You now have a well-wisher in Washington.

Does your state want to expand gun ownership rights to any and all people the state sees fit? You now have a well-wisher in Washington.

As regards to foreign policy, there too we call on the 18th century for guidance. In the Declaration of Independence Jef-ferson condemns King George III for not protecting the colonists against what he called “the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistin-guished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.”

Today’s merciless Indian Savages are ISIS and their sympathizers. Our administration will reject any attempts to rationalize ISIS as somehow a product of

the actions of American behavior in the Middle East or some other alleged injustice that creates terrorism. Our administration will stand for the principle that terrorism is caused by terrorists. Period. We will wage a liberty crusade ready and able to pit our well-armed 18th century principles against ISIS’s twisted dreams of a 7th century style caliphate. We will win. They will lose.

Will the liberty crusade be divisive? Yes, as will our Big and Bold domestic reforms. But fear not, because following in the tradition of our most noble ancestors, we draw inspiration from the knowledge that Divided We Stand, United We Fall.

Thank you and God Bless America.

Tony Palmeri ([email protected]) is a professor of communication studies at UW Oshkosh.

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NEWS & VIEWS // RIGHT WING NUT

BY ROBERT MEYER

Several editorial works have appeared recently, once again addressing the give and take of global warming/climate change concerns.

Few of us have the specialized knowledge necessary to make absolute pronouncements on this topic, yet all of us have a right, or even an obligation, to philosophically cross-examine the argu-ments presented for rational consistency.

The most arresting observation about this controversy, is that it’s highly polarized along the lines of political partisanship. The people who advocate for it are gener-ally liberal, while those who are skeptical are predominately conservative.

Were that likewise the case for belief in the Law of Gravity, I’d say it was no big deal. But this should be a stark indication that more is it play than mere disagreement over the implications of the data. For me this is a huge stumbling block toward embracing alarmism, hook, line and sinker.

We should realize that evidence never exists in a vacuum. All evidence requires interpretation, and all too often the inter-pretation of evidence is influenced by pre-existing ideology, not ruthless objectivity.

A second observation is what I call “the fallacy of appealing to expertise.” Let’s develop this point. It goes something like this: A consensus of credentialed scientists nearly all believe a certain thing, therefore it is true. This reasoning assumes that someone must be objective in the same proportion that they are an expert, or said another way, an expert can never be biased or affected by groupthink.

Suppose you go in for a dental exami-nation with a new dentist, and while exam-ining your mouth, your dentist says, “have you considered taking out a loan?” Now, are you dealing with an oral hygiene expert speaking objectively, or a businessperson speaking out of self-interest? You have to use your own judgment to discern the dif-ference. In that case you have no difficulty seeing how bias can work contrary to knowledge. The appeal to expertise is not as strong an argument as it would appear

to be, because specialized knowledge is not necessarily tantamount to pure objectivity.

Or take an example from our legal system. In a court case both the defense and prosecution may provide testimony from expert witnesses. But the opinions of equally qualified people are often in dia-metric opposition. What accounts for this? As a juror you must discern who is best at offering the more plausible explanation, though you are not a specialized expert on the topic in question.

So what am I saying? Are all these experts liars? Of course not. I am saying that I doubt every expert comes to their own conclusions independently from scratch, and that reputations and careers are sometimes of primary consideration when such persons publicly take a position.

In general, people confuse two con-cepts: expertise and objectivity. Having great intelligence or specialized knowledge isn’t assurance against a person remaining unbiased in their public opinions. Persons of all stripes are generally loyal to their source of income. We shouldn’t assume that every expert begins their search tabula rasa, that is to say, without an agenda or wholly independent of prevailing consen-sus.

That is why appeals to credentials or expertise are never as conclusive as they ought to be.

Still another observation is that Cli-mate Change has ramifications on at least three separate levels. First is the question of whether the global temperature is actu-ally increasing. Secondly, the question of whether the alleged phenomenon is a natural or human caused event. Finally, whether the dire predictions about the impending consequences of Climate Change are actually plausible, or merely hysterical assertions.

One reason people might be skeptical is that they lived through the 1970’s, when warnings of “global cooling” were being touted. That thinking was commonplace after the commemoration of the first “Earth Day” back in 1970. Furthermore, many of us who were in school at that time remember Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 book

“The Population Bomb,” and realize how alarmist prognostications can be way off the mark.

One might reasonably ask why Al Gore built a mansion on an oceanfront property, considering his dire pronounce-ments about rising sea levels? Skepticism occurring regarding points two and three, technically doesn’t qualify as “denial” as regards changes in the climate, but rather, how connected the phenomenon is to human causation. Too often, “deniers” are inappropriately tagged with that label for demurring on any of the three distinct levels, and given the respect worthy of any Flat-Earth Society charter member.

It should be noted that historically normative Christian theology has always embraced the idea of environmental stewardship in principle, in the sense of a discipline previously referred to as “conser-vation.” The nature of the opposition to

contemporary progressive environmental movements by some evangelical Christians and other conservatives, is that “environ-mentalists” seem to espouse philosophies placing emphasis on worshipping and dei-fying the creation more than the Creator.

Often people who advocate for legisla-tion curtailing greenhouse gasses offer us an argument tantamount to the theological implications of Pascal’s Wager; “What if we don’t act, but Climate Change is a reality? When we know for sure it will be already too late.”

But the point is easily reversible. We may pass unnecessary legislative measures that irretrievably harm economic and technological development, as well as for-feiting national sovereignty and restraining individual liberties. Consider everything carefully.

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Another Milestone on the Path to Equality”BY DENIS RILEY

On June 26th the U.S. Supreme Court held that the 14th amendment guarantees of due process and equal protection of the laws meant that no state could ban mar-riages between members of the same sex, just as it had held almost 50 years earlier that no state could ban marriages between individuals of different races. Reaction was fast from those who supported the deci-sion, and fast and furious from those who opposed it. Six weeks will have gone by by the time you read this, but I am willing to bet that the issues I am about to discuss will not have been resolved by that time.

Some of those fast and furious reac-tions seem pretty much the political equivalent of Shakespeare’s “sound and fury, signifying nothing.” There will not be a Constitutional amendment to restore the right of the states to define marriage (Scott Walker and Ted Cruz), nor an “all-out assault against the religious freedom rights of those Christians who disagree” (Gover-nor Bobby Jindahl of Louisiana). Amend-ments to the U.S. Constitution are hard to pull off – the Equal Rights Amendment died in the ratification process and there is still no personhood amendment – and so far all the political bluster has been aimed at protecting, not assaulting, the rights of Christians bothered by gay marriage.

But there have been furious responses that require very serious thought.

First, no Supreme Court decision is self-executing. People, especially people with “executive power” in state and local governments have to implement many of these decisions. To the ear of a nearly 72 year old Political Science professor, the words coming out of the mouths of public officials in the immediate aftermath of the gay marriage decision seem to echo those of politicians reacting to the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Texas Governor Greg Abbot’s assertion that, “No Texan is required to act contrary to his or her religious beliefs regarding marriage,” was followed quickly

by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s assurance to county clerks throughout the state that their religious beliefs could trump the Supreme Court’s decision and that he, his office, and an army of Texas attorneys would be behind them in the decision to refuse to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Louisiana Parish (county) clerks are refusing to issue licenses and one Alabama judge has refused to issue mar-riage licenses to any couples in his county. Equal protection at work.

But under the 14th amendment, all states are required to provide equal protection of the laws – along with due process protec-tions – to all of its cit izens and the U.S. Supreme Court – which the last time I looked had the authority to interpret those provisions – had declared that issu-i n g m a r r i a g e licenses to same sex couples was a duty of state and local authorities. I don’t have any idea if what seems to be shaping up as a battle over gay mar-riage could ever produce anything like the battles over school integration. The South was a great deal more invested in Jim Crow than it is in protecting religious liberties, and Mark Twain was probably right that history doesn’t really repeat itself, but it surely does rhyme. I have no formula for addressing the state-federal confrontation that seems to be looming, but we had better come up with one.

I have a good bit more sympathy for the bakers, the florists, and the musicians, who believe their artistry would somehow be offensive to their God if put in the service of a gay wedding. This would have

to be particularly painful for those who believe their artistry to be a gift from their God. Talk about ungrateful. But I sympa-thize more with the gay men and women simply trying to assert a right they have finally been granted. Besides, the bakers, florists, and musicians are also business people, and once you go into business you are obligated by a combination of law and human decency to treat customers equally. But it is precisely here where this question gets a little complicated.

The U.S. Supreme Court can tell county clerks in Texas that they have to issue a marriage license to a gay couple,

but can’t tell a baker that he or she must provide that couple a wedding cake. The 14th amendment due process and equal protection clauses do not apply to private citizens and their actions. Congress, a state legislature, and probably even a city council can tell a baker he or she must provide that cake, but the Supreme Court cannot and has not. The mandate for pri-vate businesses to stop discriminating on the basis of race, gender, etc., remember, is embedded in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. No such protection resides in that statute for victims of discrimination based on sexual orientation. Can you imagine this Congress doing that? How about the

Texas state legislature?Finally, there are genuinely religious

organizations worried about the impact of the ruling on their ability to preach and practice their faith. The chairman of the religious liberty committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, who also serves as the Archbishop of the Diocese of Baltimore, was particularly fearful about being, “silenced or penalized or losing our tax exemption,” if the Church continues to “operate our ministries and to live our lives according to the truth about mar-riage.” Again, thinking about this political climate, this Congress and state legislatures

of a majority of the states, and even the Supreme Court ruling on the right of the members of the Westboro Baptist Church to protest at military funerals by excoriat-ing gay men and women, I think the Arch-bishop has little to worry about.

There are however, dozens of specific questions that will have to be litigated. To borrow just one from Chief Justice Roberts, what about a religiously based university that provides housing for mar-ried couples and refuses to house a same sex couple?

See you in court. That’s where we bal-ance conflicting rights.

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BY JOHN PRICE - KABHIR, THE BUDDHIST ADVISER

Readers of this column might perceive me as dark and negative. If you feel that way, it’s because my deepest soul-baring thoughts juxtapose the pain of coming to grips with truth while inhabiting this human being. But truly, although deepest truths are elusive and painful to confront, doing so is a courageous thing, and it pays off in the long run.

As I write this, we’re in the transition time between our Wisconsin spring and summer. Meteorologists say that June 1 is the beginning of a weatherperson’s summer. Whatever, the birds are chirp-ing; the flower beds and potted plants are showing their birth. I used to dread being awake when the birds wake up. Now I am at peace if I’m awake at this time and wel-come their morning hellos. Lately, the first ones start chirping around 3:00 am. Other than the cats wanting me to awake at that time when I’m not ready, I welcome their welcomes and feel a deep peace when they start to wake up to greet the day; that is, unless it’s raining, then they’re silent. But I also truly love rainy mornings, and those days provide a profound solace as the drops resonate on the roof.

Why is “hiding from myself ” in the title? Well, truth be told, discovering our-selves is a frightening thing, as in doing so, we must shed much of the conditioning that forms our personalities. Buddhists

call this “letting go,” as practice. Truly, if you embrace the idea of impermanence as letting go, as we get closer to actually doing that, it is a challenging way to live. Embracing that way is not really about rejecting the ego and personality, but it most definitely is a way of life having one’s entire conditioned reality backed up to the wall, facing (hopefully) a gentle firing squad.

A few years back, I found myself the “victim” of a robbery, a serious auto acci-dent, and a crippling orthopedic matter. This after nine eye surgeries in the 1990s, with five occular implants and cranial nerve damage. I recall sitting in my hall-way, wondering what to do: Should I sur-render to a life in a nursing home? What should I do? As it turned out at the time, I simply applied myself to what I knew to be effective practice. Each day, one breath following the previous. I re-learned just sitting. I’d known this worked from many years of past experience. It was either that or give up, and giving up wasn’t in my rep-ertoire. Mind you, I lived alone in a small apartment. I was damn poor, and I had few distractions, which was ironically a good thing. Instinct and some Zen training told me that just sitting would be a good thing, under the circumstances. Sure enough, with the financial challenges, the orthope-dic problems, and an accompanying return to health, I found myself newly accepting life’s former pain and loneliness as positive things. Good practice.

So, as life has gone on since then, I’ve had a few more problems of the same ilk as those challenging me previously. Each time lately, now, I look back and re-create the matters of that crisis time of my life. If I do so sincerely, I pull up and out of the malais and into the acceptance of the times past.

When making a significant change in lifestyle about ten years ago, I began call-ing myself, “Mr. Nobody,” signifying my giving up the former life labels and replac-ing them with “no label.” Thus, for a time, Mr. Nobody roamed my house. Now, as I’ve lived these additional years, I’ve come to realize it’s not about rejecting my individual existence. Instead of rejection of ego, I favor of integrating my personality with all the things we cannot see. I am a spiritual empiricist: Thus I do not believe in things I cannot see or perceive. That’s not about rejecting God or any forms of energy manifested.

A lineage I’m very fond of, because it might just unweave back to pure truth is encapsulated in a book titled No Mind-I Am The Self. The book by David Godman explains simple beliefs tracing back to the mid-20th Century Indian sage Ramana Maharshi, about the lives and teachings of Sri Lakshmana Swamy and Mathru Sri Sarada (who are both alive and in residence at a small ashram in southern India). Ramana Maharshi, who pretty much stayed out of the public eye, manifested his enlightenment through a monastic life-style. He was truly a man of few words, but

later in life he responded to devotees pleas and set down his ideas. If his readers of his words really concentrate on what truth means, he offers us what cannot be grasped through mere words. But nonetheless, like all great sages, he offers truth is as directly as possible in a book. He tells us not to reject human existence, but to shed layers of our social conditioning like we shed our clothing before bathing. Although we define ourselves by what we wear, but obviously it’s not nearly to the extent we do with our sense of self.

When first I called myself Mr. Nobody, I look back and realize now that doing so was part of my own elaborate scheme to put armor over who I really am. It feels much better to accept me, all the time working to make my presentation less about getting rid of my personality and more about making it a better fit for all of who I am.

So then it’s really all about integration. If we begin to deeply understand our personal conditioning, we can grow in a healthier way than if we were oblivious to the personality baubles we use to cover, yes cover, who we truly are. Meditation is about acceptance and letting go. Just sit. Just be. And if you do, you can enter the truth of who you truly are.

John Price-Kabhir is a former public school educator and an ordained Zen Buddhist householder. He welcomes you input at 920-558-3076.

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BY ROB ZIMMER

Gardening in small spaces, or apart-ments and patios with no yard space at all, is a challenge for many in our area. Often, I am asked about options for gardening in an apartment or small patio space.

Thankfully, there are a number of great opportunities for gardening, indoors and out, in apartments, as well as condos, on patios and porches.

With a little creativity and an open mind, you can create a lush, full garden featuring all of your favorites just about

anywhere. Plant marketers and growers have

focused in recent years on creating dwarf varieties of most garden favorites, includ-ing edibles and ornamentals. These dwarf varieties are perfect for containers, hanging baskets and tiny spaces that may be no more than a few feet in diameter.

A great selection of these can be found at just about any garden center locally.

Even trees are not off limits, as a variety of dwarf trees have been developed for small space gardening. This includes fruit-ing trees as well as ornamentals, flowering shrubs and conifers.

Edibles in containers One of the biggest trends in gardening

over the past few growing seasons has been producing edibles in containers.

For many edibles, at least some sun is preferred, especially when growing fruits, berries and some vegetables.

Plants such as tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, eggplant and others prefer substantial sun, at least 8 hours a day.

A number of other edible plants and crops grow quite well in full to part shade. Plants such as lettuces and other greens, kale, many herbs, root crops such as carrots and radishes, as well as others do perfectly fine in a low sun situation.

Many edibles are now available in dwarf or container-sized varieties. This is true of blueberries, blackberries, currants, strawberries, tomatoes, eggplant, as well as many traditional herbs such as lavender, basil and more.

This makes it possible for gardeners to grow a large variety of crop plants right at home even with no formal garden space.

Small space beautyFor ornamental purposes, growing

your own garden at home in a small space, porch or patio has never been simpler.

Use a variety of vertical gardening tech-niques, including climbers, hanging bas-kets, containers and more to grow a large number of plants in just a small space.

Create stunning containers by combin-ing a variety of plants, textures, colors and bloom times for long-lasting beauty and interest.

To create spectacular containers for porches, patios or hanging baskets, use a variety of plants, depending on light con-ditions.

A large number of perennials are now

available in dwarf form. This includes min-iature hostas, miniature coral bells, dwarf lilies, dwarf day lilies, and a number of other perennials that feature short-statured forms.

Chances are, whatever your favorite flower, it is now available in a smaller, compact form that would work perfectly in a small space garden or container.

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Dwarf trees, like this miniature juniper, make gardening in containers more versatile and exciting than ever.

Combine flowering plants and foliage for long-lasting porch and patio plantings.

Even with no yard space, you can create a beautiful green space on a porch, patio or balcony.


Things with wingsEven gardeners with just a tiny porch,

patio or window sill can create a paradise for hummingbirds and butterflies.

Create a hummingbird or butterfly garden in a pot by combining favorite flower sources for these species. Annuals such as salvia, petunia, lobelia, lantana,

verbena, fuchsia and others work excellent. Perennial favorites of butterflies and

hummingbirds include bee balm, cardinal flower, lobelia, purple cone flower, black-eyed Susan, daisies, as well as many herbs.

I will have more great ideas for apart-ment gardening, indoors and out, next month.

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BY WILL STAHL

As a five – seven year-old child in a very small town in northern Illinois, my mother sent me, when shaggy, to a barber shop no more than a hundred yards from our home. It was the real old-fashioned kind with big windows, seats around the walls for wait-ing (appointments were unknown), the smell of hair tonic mingling with the odor of the bar on the other side of a door, and always piles of tattered magazines.

The ones I remember were the Saturday Evening Posts because their covers were colorful paintings that generally told a story about people much like those in my world. The people might be either sex and any age, and the story might be funny or sad or heartwarming, but I could look at the picture and keep seeing that story happen. They gave me something to do while sitting warily among the town’s characters who often passed back and forth through the door to the seedy tavern.

Many of those covers were probably by Norman Rockwell––when I later saw named examples of his style, they looked so familiar, and the place I saw them belonged in one of those pictures.

The Trout Museum of Art’s current show: “Norman Rockwell: A Portrait of America” displays collections from two different periods in his career, both on loan from the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge Massachusetts until October 25. I arranged a visit with Lindsey DePasse, Marketing and Events Coordinator. She passed me off to Rebecca Zornow, Visitor Services and Volunteer Coordinator who gave me a tour of the exhibit, pointing out context and high points.

The first collection, on the lower level, is from the Post covers he did during World War II. Titled “Norman Rockwell in the 1940’s: A View of the American Homefront,” it is mostly covers he painted depicting the lives of ordinary citizens during the war. One series features a GI character called “Willie Gillis,” militarily inept but otherwise charming, based on the amount of attention he receives from women. In one picture, a young woman sleeps peacefully with his picture on her

nightstand, in another the same woman is in a confrontation with a taller blond woman, as they each brandish the same photograph of Willie with the same auto-graph on it. In a third, two attractive USO volunteers fawn over a grinning Willie.

One shows him neglecting his apple-pealing duties to read his hometown paper. In one he’s home on leave, sleeping contentedly in his own bed. A more seri-ous one shows a pensive Willie in a church pew.

Others in the collection portray the daily lives of civilian Americans during wartime, often with a wry humor. A burly “Rosie the Riveter” sits in smudgy self-satisfaction, eating a sandwich with her rivet gun on her lap. A salesman, his clothes on the creek bank, takes a break in a swimming hole. Some are strictly humor-ous. In one a young woman is dressed in a sort of Uncle Sam outfit and loaded with tools as she races to accomplish all her many roles as a wartime housewife, among them wrenches and oil can for her factory job, rolling pin and milk for her kitchen, hoe, weeder and water can for her victory garden, a coin dispenser and a streetcar conductor hat, headphones under the hat and a red lantern for signaling. This one incidentally is one of several that are paired with the source photograph so the viewer can see Rockwell’s artistic process.

In one striking black-background composition, a slyly smiling soldier glances sideways at his female companion who looks wide-eyed at the “What to Do in a Blackout” pamphlet he is holding. Also present are two examples of his “April Fools” covers, showing ordinary people and activities surrounded by bizarre but carefully blended placements of objects unconnected to the first-glance scene.

Of course the home front collection includes his Four Freedoms, inspired by Franklin Roosevelt’s 1941 speech. He originally offered them to the government for free, but was turned down. They were first published as inserts in the Saturday Evening Post, and their popularity caused the government to see its error, and it sent the originals around the country to drum up support for war bond sales.

S o m e o f t h e c o v e r s date to the immediate p o s t - w a r period and t h e y a r e r e m a rk a b l y low key and free of trium-phalism. A much-matured Willie Gillis studies on the GI Bill. A mother peels potatoes with her soldier son and clearly can’t keep her eyes off him. A sailor sleeps in a backyard hammock with his dog on his lap. A veteran on crutches looks with bemusement at the gift of a war bond.

In one a young Marine has returned a hero (a newspaper story is pinned on the wall) to the place he worked before the war, and his old co-workers surround him, their faces lit with expectation. The veteran sits in the center, loosely fingering his trophy Japanese flag, his expression seem-ing to say he has no way to explain what he has lived through, and if he honestly tries, he’ll be dredging up things he doesn’t really want to remember. Rockwell’s paintings sometimes show keen insight into human character.

The second part of the exhibit, located upstairs, is called “Norman Rockwell and the American Family.” It contains many of the black-and-white drawings he did for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur-ance Company ad campaign in the 1950’s and 60’s. Mostly they depict family life, including a series following a young couple through courtship, marriage and children. Many show families in various everyday situations, quiet evenings, minor celebra-tions and workaday activities. A few show men at work. Quite a number of them reflect the themes and even the composi-tions of the paintings. A few are shown with the source photographs, demonstrat-ing again how Rockwell used his models.

Though critics debate whether Rock-well can be considered an “artist”––many feel his work is too sentimental and too obvious––no one disputes that he was a consummate craftsman. Art students now

study him for his drafting and color skills. Just as I was about to leave, Trout Presi-

dent Pamela Williams-Lime mentioned a gallery on the third floor that I hadn’t heard about before. It is a relatively recent addition and it is dedicated to local artists. The current exhibit is of photographs taken by the late Loretta Judson, a housewife and mother from Fond du Lac who used her pictures simply to save family memories. Her nephew Richard Margolis found them after her passing and thought they deserved some recognition. She took them in the forties and fifties with an old and rather simple camera, but she had an eye for composition and light. Taken around the same time as the Rockwell covers downstairs were published, they make a good counterpoint to that exhibit and will also be up until October 25.

On my way out I found a large mosaic of a wind-blown American flag being pieced together in the lobby by its designer Kimberly Schonfeld, a local artist. While she was working on it at that moment, she told me volunteers have done most of what’s been done at the farmers’ market. “It’s been a community project.” Though it is scheduled to be finished before you will read this, it will be hanging in the Trout and will eventually find a home in the community.

The Trout Museum of Art is open Monday-Saturday 10 AM – 4 PM and Sunday from noon – 4PM. Guided tours for groups can be arranged and a drop-in tour is conducted every Saturday from 11 AM – noon. [email protected] or call (920) 733-4089.

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BY GEORGE HALAS

Over the past couple of years, it has become apparent to fans of Kyle Megna and The Monsoons, Mile of Music attend-ees, at least one brilliant music writer and Megna himself that, while the band’s work on previously released, impeccably-produced albums of all-original material is excellent, the Monsoons sound even better live.

Megna is both astute and generous; “Dark Funk” is his response to the demand for the live sound. It is a very good response.

The product of one eight-hour record-ing session with producer Marc Golde at Rock Gardens studios, “Dark Funk” achieves Megna’s ambitious objective “to capture what we’re doing live. It’s the best we sound when we’re all playing together.”

The songs are “organic” in the sense that each cut on the album is one complete “take” in the studio with no overdubs.

“We did two or three takes of each song,” Megna explained, “but we did not take a part of one take and splice it with another. We wanted to be consistent in presenting complete song featuring the live sound.”

This is also the band’s first album with guitarist Aaron Zepplin and saxophonist Ross Catterton.

“We are very comfortable with Aaron and he is very easy to work with,” Megna said. “He takes the sound to a more profes-sional level. He’s a trained musician – that’s his only gig – and he takes his role in the band very seriously.”

“He knows when a song needs to breathe and he lets those parts breathe,” Megna added, “but he also knows when to let loose.”

Catterton is the most recent addition to the band; he’s only had one rehearsal

with the group but it sounds as though he’s been playing with them for years. The addition of his sax playing is both a seem-ingly natural and almost perfect comple-ment to the already very good Monsoon sound.

“Ross adds something we’ve never had before,” Megna said. “It’s both different and very appealing.”

The Monsoons are anchored by one of the Fox Cities’ best rhythm sections, bassist Jon Wheelock and drummer Ryan Seefeldt. Keyboardist Dave LeBlanc, who often performs with Megna as a duo, is a major contributor to the sound.

LeBlanc gets the album started with an organ riff on “Beat Up Drum,” that recalls Question Mark and The Mysterians (how’s that for an esoteric reference?) and sets the table for Wheelock, Seefeldt and Catterton to set a strong groove around Megna’s bluesy vocal and thought-provoking lyrics.

While there is a lot more than funk on this record, Zepplin starts “You Are My Light” with a most funky intro that is joined and finely augmented by Cat-teron, who adds colors that take the sound beyond merely funk-inflected rock the song changes direction as LeBlanc and Catteron bring some jazz that then builds to what the record is all about – the entire band rockin’ hard on the same page.

“Time and Place” has a gentler feel, a positive lyric... “this is real love,” and begins by making the listener very glad Zepplin and Catteron are in the band. Zepplin’s mid-song guitar solo is exactly what the song needs and not an exercise in overplaying or showmanship.

LeBlanc goes back to the early days of the Moog Synthesizer for the opening sounds on “Pick Your Feet Up” and then hands it off to Wheelock to drive a slow-building groove that opens the way for some outstanding fills by Catteron as well as his best solo.

Zepplin finds another funk-flavored intro that leads to a quirky but catchy harmony on “I’m Gonna Get Down,” which ultimately turns the funk intro into the powerful, hard-driving Monsoon

rock sound that clearly benefits from Catteron’s pres-ence. The tune also features one of the better rock guitar solos you’ve heard by Zepplin, but you may want to play this tune – and all the others for that matter – a second time and focus on Wheelock’s bass playing. He is defi-nitely one of the best around.

Moody sax begins “You Me And Everyone” and stays in the mix as Seefeldt and Wheelock set the beat in an unhurried but still urgent pocket. The tempo and

dynamic changes on this tune showcase the band’s strengths but with new textures and sounds that emphasize the band is moving in the right direction.

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BY GEORGE HALAS

While it has been Monty Python that provides the on-going inspiration, The Inquisition, like its 15th Century name-sake, agrees that confession is good for the soul.

It is in that spirit that The Inquisition confesses to and apologizes for recalling the words of Dan Aykroyd and thinking that “Mangled Baby Ducks” sizzles more than “Lawrence Jazz Faculty Quintet,” which is the name attached to the 4 p.m. slot on the Fox Jazz Festival Saturday program.

But, showcasing its characteristic and almost legendary depth and astute analy-sis, The Inquisition has discovered that

this actually might be THE blueprint for building a fabulous jazz band.

“You can thank John Harmon,” said cellist Matt Turner of the Fox Jazz Festival artistic director. “He wanted us all to play in some format, so he said ‘put together your dream team.”

Turner, a multi-instrumentalist himself, fashioned a group where, “Everyone is ver-satile and coming from different places...that includes drummer-percussionist Dane Richeson, bassist Mark Urness, Jose Encar-nacion playing saxophones and flutes and Bill Carrothers playing piano. Overall, that is one hell of a group,” Harmon noted.

Perhaps the most important consid-eration is that a world-class quintet was assembled, not in New York or Chicago or New Orleans, but in Appleton. Richeson, Urness and Encarnacion often perform as a trio while Turner and Carrothers dazzled as a duo in the Jazz at The Trout series last year. The Inquisition is thinking that 3 + 2 = fasten your seat belts.

“This is a dream team for me because everyone can sit down and make music. We don’t necessarily need to follow a game plan,” Turner said. “We have the control to go where we don’t know where we’re going.” The “not plan” will include a lot of original compositions, some standards and a fair amount of improvisation.

This will be a reunion of sorts, as Turner, Carrothers, Urness and Encarna-cion all played on Richeson’s 2013 album, “Maxim Confit:” Urness and Carrothers contributed original compositions while Encarnacion added an original arrange-ment to Richeson’s creative and imagina-tive percussive offerings and envelope-pushing arrangements.

“Dane is a great at playing all styles,” Turner said. “He’s super creative and keeps amazing time.”

“Dane is both a world-class drummer and a dear friend,” Harmon added. “He is

as good as it gets.”Harmon describes Urness as “an incred-

ible virtuoso and an extremely impressive player.”

“In addition to playing both electric and stand-up bass, Mark is a great com-poser,” Turner said. “Like Dane, he keeps great time and he has a great feel, but he is also a great listener who reacts very well to what is going on.”

In describing Encarnacion, Harmon may have implied that his technical mas-tery is a secondary consideration.

“Jose is one of the most gloriously warm human beings,” he said. “He has such a warm heart and there is so much emotion in his playing.”

“Jose is a great player who can play all styles as well as an outstanding composer,” Turner said. “He has a big, rich sound and he, too, is a great listener who reacts very well to what is going on.”

Turner is also excited about the har-monic and sonic possibilities that present when his electric cello meets Encarnacion’s saxophone. “There are times when we blend and I can’t tell which of us is playing which note.”

Harmon, rumored to be a fair piano player himself, is a big fan of Carrothers.

“I simply admire him and just love his playing,” Harmon said. “He gets colors and rhythms that are all his own.”

The trust and familiarity between Turner and Carrothers will provide a foun-dation for the ambitious and adventurous program that group is undertaking.

“Bill can play anything,” Turner said. “If I ask him to play a rag, he plays a rag. If I ask him to play a fugue, he plays a fugue in his own way. I know he’s going to be there.”

So far, the “dream team” includes a drummer, bassist, keys and sax – fairly standard composition of a jazz quartet…including Turner and his electric cello adds a unique dimension to the sound and the music.

“Matt is an absolute imaginative genius

and has a great sense of humor,” Harmon said. “He is one of the greatest musicians in the area. He is not only a world-class cel-list, he is a very good piano player as well.”

This grouping will be one of the high-lights of a star-studded Fox Jazz Festival. If the stars align properly, the quintet will take its considerable improvisational talent to the Holiday Inn Riverwalk in Neenah where The Noah Harmon Trio will once again anchor the festival’s open jam.

Over the years, this event has devel-oped into one of the more pleasantly sur-prising aspects of the fest. It is predictably unpredictable, with many of the stars of the fest joining the best of the best local talent for what often becomes transcendent playing. Many who attended last year’s jam still recall the once-in-a-lifetime music that emanated from the combination of Harmon, bassist Andy Mertens, trumpeter Bob Levy and drummer/headliner Matt Wilson.

If one happens to take advantage of the Holiday Inn Riverwalk’s special Fox Jazz Festival rate, the jam also sets up as the best place to end up Saturday night with just a short walk to your room…

The Noah Harmon Trio also plays a key role in another interesting and unique aspect of the Fox Jazz Festival, the High School Improvisation Contest. This year’s winners, guitarist and first-place finisher Juliana Voelker of Pulaski High School and saxophonist Hank Laritson of Xavier High School will be both perform with the trio as part of the Saturday program.

Lastly, as a public service, The Inquisi-tion will draw on its vast knowledge and experience to reveal that one of the com-plaints about recent fest’s has been “too much sunshine.’ Ignoring the notion that anyone is Wisco would complain about sunshine in September, The Inquisition astutely points out that the periphery of Jefferson Park has a plethora of tall shade trees. Early arrivals – the fest starts at noon both days – will have it made in the shade.

The Inquisition just had to write that…

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Left to Right, Jose Encarnacion, sax, Matt Turner, cello, Mark Urness, bass, Bill Carrothers, piano and Dane Richeson, drums.


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BY BLAINE SCHULTZ

On June 17th Stan Erickson passed away at his home in Appleton at age 61.

Among his titles (Raconteur, Record Maven, Trivia Baron, Fellow Traveller, Crossword King, Clip Art Genius, Com-piler of Obscure Songs, Drinking Buddy, Recorder of Bootlegs, Bowling Shirt Aficio-nado), Erickson is best known as co-owner of New Frontier Record Exchange.

From the outside it was simply a used record store, but anyone willing to dig deeper discovered a counter-culture hub located on Durkee Street in Appleton. It closed in 2008.

To me, Stan was the older brother I never had -- the guy who gave me license to discover all the music and books that never existed in Menasha. He was the person who steered me even deeper when the muse was taking hold as I began getting articles published. And later when Fred and I cranked up our amplifiers and guitars in the basement of that store, wailing into the night like Aborigines discovering fire, Stan was there with words of encouragement. It makes me happy to know he had a photo-graph of my band, The Aimless Blades, in his last work space.

This article offers a brief sampling of tributes from his friends.

Erickson’s long-time business partner Fred Burts shared some thoughts.

“For the first couple of years of the store, there was the excitement of the startups. Our idea started out gangbusters, but within two years a raft of lawyers descended on us, and renting records was over.”

Turns out you could rent a lot of things, but vinyl LP’s was not one of them. Follow-ing a stream of cease and desist letters, they ceased and desisted renting records.

“Getting our clientele to consider buying was hard. We always had a small group that wanted the unusual, but we had to expand on that. That’s where Stan came in. He could convince someone to buy that Wall of Voodoo album instead of a Kajagoo-goo, while I couldn’t sell a life preserver to a drowning man. “

Burts, a lifelong craftsman and artist, branched the store into guitar repair and sales, while still serving up records and the newfangled compact discs.

“I always said it was time to open a new store when one got too full and within the

first three years we had five stores (Appleton, Green Bay, Oshkosh, Stevens Point and Kaukauna), had a company car and had bought out eleven failing stores.

A peak of almost 100,000 albums was kind of scary at first, but we rolled with it. Stan bought records, cleaned and priced them and held court with the customers. I did some of that too, but mostly found, fixed, and sold guitars, and did the book-work and taxes. This gave us separate duties and kept us kind of sane. Those first five years were all growth, both in finances and customer base. We had a great time being business moguls!”

Burts and Erickson would also later collaborate when Tom Hintz (another early New Frontier presence) opened Tom’s Garage, a nightclub in Appleton that fea-tured live music. While Erickson designed flyers for upcoming shows and helmed doorman duties, Burts installed the house sound system and also ran live sound for most bands that played the venue.

It seems like Green Bay’s Norb Rozek (AKA Reverend Norb) has long been a fulcrum of that city’s music scene. Like Erickson, he wears many hats: songwriter, frontman, author, roller derby announcer – to name but a few. His homegrown music zine SickTeen was known worldwide in the pre-internet era. His bands Boris the Sprinkler and Rev. Norb and the Onions have left their mark with live shows and impressive discographies. He speaks fondly of Erickson’s influence.

“Among the tens of thousands of awe-some things Stan is, was, and did, one of the more notable, in my eyes, was his being the first guy to really not look at the punks funny when we brought our weird DIY merchandise into his store to sell. When you went to a record store in the past, and brought in, say, five copies of an album you had pressed up with the money you saved working at your after-school job, and the name of the band was ‘Suburban Mutila-tion,’ and the cover art was made with vinyl mailbox letters, Xeroxed photographs, and a Sharpie, record store personnel tended to raise an eyebrow, chuckle a little, and say something like, ‘oh, easy listening, huh?’

“They were nice enough, but they always gave you the feeling that they were humoring you. ‘Oh, look what those zany kids are up to now!’ This contributed to our already-held belief that we were operating

completely outside the margins of society; that what we were doing had absolutely no parallel or relation to the rest of the world.”

Stan was the first guy – that I remember, anyway – who was different. When you brought your weird, crappy punk stuff to Record Exchange (we never got into that whole “New Frontier” bit in Green Bay), Stan didn’t bat an eyelash.

He saw nothing abnormal about it. “You have made a record, and I sell records, and I will sell your record in my store, and you get this much, and I get that much. Great! Thanks! Good luck!”

He never rolled his eyes or snickered or gave any indication that he thought we were a bunch of weirdos. Everything was as it should be.

I think that’s part of the reason why people tended to have such an emotional bond with his stores: it was a sense of com-munity there – a community that included YOU, the weirdo – that hadn’t really existed before.”

Award winning documentary film maker and musician John Whitehead knew Erickson for decades.

Stan had a profound influence on me. I can only compare what I got from him to a second college degree. He had big ears and very Catholic tastes. He was always open to new sounds and ideas.

He was the first person I knew who thought critically about art. He didn’t have just knee-jerk likes and era loyalties. He lis-tened with both his heart and his head. Stan read everything and saw stuff in a broader context.

It’s funny how people grieve. A couple weeks on from hearing the news of his pass-ing, I found myself compiling a list of the artists and/or albums that I associate with him. These were sounds I either first heard about from him or that I knew casually but hadn’t really gotten until he infected me. I stopped counting at seventy-five artists or albums.

As I wrote the list I could still remember where we were and the conversations we had. It’s uncanny. Stan did this for hundreds of people.

When Susan Howe began writing original songs, Stan was among the first to offer encouragement and they shared a great bond.

“I always knew this party was coming. That the multitudes in the Stan-tourage

would help me to understand this question I’ve pondered for 22 years of having Stan as a central figure in my life – ‘What is the true meaning of success?’ “

His mother Ruth said, “When he started wearing those bowling shirts I knew it was over for Stan.” It was funny because we both knew she was wrong. It was differ-ent for Stan. Not over.

What old friends may have lost sight of in the last decade of his particular journey, newcomers could still recognize and value. Jeremy, an Appleton cab driver told Stan’s brother Jim, “Stan’s money was no good I’m my cab. It was an honor to give him a ride.”

My very conservative parents cherish the memories of having Stan join our family Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday’s last year, most especially because their grand-children got to experience the fine example his gracious brilliance. Far from over!

Those who knew Stan can’t imagine their lives without having been charmed, informed by him, and led down the path he blazed? Who now do you ask what you would ask him? Who now do you tell what you want to tell him? “We’re in this together.”

I’m writing this from Catherine Street, at the home I shared with Stan for four years. The smells of vinyl records and squir-rels; archives and entropy, dried blood and dead flowers, poetry and politics. The smell of home.”

I’m marching against Vietnam, waving my freak flag, counting 1,2,3 what are we fighting for? I’ve got tubas in the moonlight as my motor boat skims over lake Winnebago, my film reel flaps in the living room, my loves weigh on my mind as I fail to sleep.

My Final Jeopardy pre-guess scores me double drink chips. My friends meet me at Pat’s Tap on a thirsty Friday night. My ancient unwashed jacket and bow tie bedazzle the wedding part. Dallas and Ruth pick up my empties for the can goat and adopt my newest friends into the family.

I’m cursing Bin Laden out of a dead sleep at 9:10 am on 9/11. I’m loving the music. I’m remembering everything. I’m texting Jimmy I’ll see him at NRBQ in August. I’m driving the Valiant (with ‘Jim’s Place or Bust’ written on the hood). It’s rusting in the yard. Scrap metal in the landfill. Bills unopened underneath these letters and ticket stubs. Underneath this 1967 promo 45 of Keep On Lovin’You by Johnny “Guitar” Watson.

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BY MICHAEL CASPER

It seems like The Guess Who have been around forever, and for fans of classic rock and roll, we couldn’t be happier. I was lucky enough to talk to one of their found-ing members, drummer Garry Peterson about the band’s longevity, life on the road, and Wisconsin.

Michael: You not only drum, but keep the books for the band.

Garry: I’m what you call the manag-ing partner. It’s me and the other original member, bass player Jim Kale. As we speak I’m paying off bills because we’re just back from Virginia and a gig with the Doobies.

M: You’ve been drumming a while.G: My tenure with the band is about

52 years. I was originally with Randy Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) in a band called Allan and the Silvertones...

it was an amalgam of the two top bands in Winnipeg that went on to become The Guess Who. I’ve been playing drums pro-fessionally since 1949 having had a career way before The Guess Who, in fact when I was four years old. Really!

M: You’ve had different incarnations, and band members over the years. What’s the audition process like to get in?

G: I don’t think we’ve ever really had an audition to be honest. Never sat anyone down and said, ‘play American Woman and These Eyes...’ we have always had kind of a pool of guys from Winnipeg who we knew, knowing they grew up with the band and knowing the material of The Guess Who.

M: Your lead vocalist now is from Thunder Bay.

G: Derek Sharp, yes...he’s been with us for nine years. We’ve had different varia-

tions over the years. Our keyboardist, flute and horn player Leonard Shaw, he’s been with us over twenty years.

M: What about guitarist Will Evanov-ich?

G: Right now he’s producing a new album that Styx is working on. He had been with us for ten years.

M: How do keep it going after all this time, from family, kids, and all that goes with it?

G: I’m on my second wife (laugh). It is rather difficult. My first marriage lasted 26 years, and now I just celebrated my 22nd anniversary with my second wife. It isn’t easy, because your family and friends have to share you with the world. And on important occasions, births, deaths, gradu-ations and on and on, we’re sometimes not there. People only see you on stage, and that’s an idealistic situation. I don’t think

family and friends get enough credit for what they have to put up with from people in bands.

M: I saw The Guess Who recently, and you still bring it!

G: This band has more energy than the original (laugh). The original stood and played. That was the style of the time; ‘we’re stoned and we’re cool’ (laugh). Now the guys run five miles a day, drinking homemade juices, and have all the energy in the world. No smoking. No drugs, and very little drinking. Look at Aerosmith...they’re the same way...it’s the way it is today.

M: And no end in sight as a band?G: Well, I just turned 70, and I’ve

often said that maybe I’ll expire falling face down on my tom-tom, and that’ll be the end. And that wouldn’t be all bad (laugh). This is something we love to do. I think when you’re an entertainer, the real drug is making people feel good and happy. Music in this world is associated with very special moments in people’s lives...first kiss, first love and on and on. Music marks special times in our lives. It’s interesting and grati-fying to see what some of our songs mean to individuals we meet on the road of life.

M: Can you feel it from the crowd when you hit familiar opening chords to your huge hits?

G: Oh yes! There’s a simpatic energy that passes between the band and the audi-ence, and without the emotional vibes of the crowd, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do. Taking their energy makes a much better experience for both the band and the audience. We and the crowd become like partners on any given evening, we become one. They bought the records...I mean, we come from an era when it was all about radio, records and press...and the record company. Without any one of those parts of the equation...you and I are not talking here today.

M: You like coming back to Wiscon-sin?

G: We love it. As you get older, you lose track of some of the venues, until you get there and say to yourself, ‘oh yeah...I know this place.’ Wisconsin is one of the most beautiful places created by God. It’s the farm fields, the pristine feel to every-thing. Wisconsin oozes richness from the land. It’ll be great to come back.

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Left to Right:: Jim Kale, Derek Sharp, Laurie MacKenzie, Garry Peterson, Leonard Shaw

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Boston is coming to the State Fair. Other than a gyro and a cream puff, is there any other reason why not to make a trip to West Allis?

Their debut album, Boston, was released nearly 39 years ago to the day they will storm the stage on the 6th. That record still ranks as one of the best-selling debuts in US history with over 17 million copies sold.

I caught up with Gary Pihl (pro-nounced peel) who joined Boston in 1985, and who plays lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards, and provides backing vocals.

Gary was raised in the suburbs of Chi-cago for the first 12 years of his life, and then relocated to the San Francisco Bay area and has led a musical life ever since.

“I was in several bands in high school,” Gary said “and one of our guitar players told me about a guy who was really good and giving guitar lessons at the local music store, and that we all should take lessons from him. The guy was great, taught us some cool stuff, and we went to see his band named The Warlocks who were playing at a pizza parlor. A few months later that band changed their name to The Grateful Dead. Turns out it was Jerry Garcia giving us guitar lessons (laugh).”

At 19, Gary had his recording debut with Day Blindness in 1969.

“After my time in Day Blindness,” Gary said “I was in a band called Fox with Roy Garcia and Johnny V (Vernazza), who went on to play in Elvin Bishop’s band. We were really fortunate to get to be on some shows with bands we looked up to includ-ing opening at the Fillmore for Free (with Paul Rogers). We were on shows with Janis Joplin, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Eric Burdon and War and Mose Allison.”

Gary spent four years in a band called Crossfire. He recalls, “Mitchell Froom was our organist. He’s gone on to be a great producer (Paul McCartney, The Pretend-ers, Los Lobos, Crowded House, Suzanne Vega, Sheryl Crow, etc.). We were opening some shows for Norman Greenbaum when he was performing as a singer/songwriter on acoustic guitar. I remember one show,

we had done our set and left the stage to Norman. He was halfway through his set when we noticed the audience was get-ting restless and wanted him to rock out. In the middle of one of Norman’s songs, our drummer, Steve Jones, got back on stage and started playing! Norman turned around in shock. Then he looked at the rest of us on the side of the stage and waved us up. We’d seen him about a half dozen times so we sort of knew his songs. Mitchell and his brother David (our pia-nist) have perfect pitch and were telling me and our bassist what the chords were as we went along. The crowd seemed to dig it and we ended the show with a rocked out version of Spirit in the Sky.”

Pihl’s first big break in came in 1977.

“A friend told me Sammy Hagar was look-ing for a guitar player,” Gary said “and in the middle of audition-ing for him Sammy’s manager called and said there was this ‘gig with Queen and Thin Lizzy...Queen cancelled, Thin Lizzy is going to headline, you guys can open if you have a guitar player.’ Sammy turns to me and says, ‘Hey can you do the gig...it’s in two days?’ Of course I said, ‘Yeah, sure I can do that (laugh).’ I learned all the Hagar songs I could in two days. We did the show, and I ended up staying with him for the next eight years. One of the first gigs we had was opening for Boston in 1977. They liked us, we liked them. They wanted us to open their entire second tour, and that’s what we did through 1979.”

Then Hagar got the call from Van Halen in 1985.

“Tom Scholz, the founder of Boston, said to me, ‘Hey, heard you’re out of a gig...why don’t you come back here and help me finish the Third Stage album, and maybe we’ll tour.’ I’ve been here thirty years now. I was thrilled! It was a dream come true for me to work with one of the greatest bands of all time! I would have crawled on my hands and knees from California to get to work with Boston. As it turned out, I

flew directly from Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois (my last gig with Hagar) to Boston, so I wasn’t out of work for a day. I thought, how lucky could a guy get?”

The Third Stage was nearly completed.

“There was one more song to be recorded,” Gary said “called I Think I Like It, and I figured it would

take maybe a week...we’d go over the arrangement, we’ll both play guitar on it. One thing led to another, and after about six weeks Tom suggested I move back there, we’ll finish the album, and tour, and start work on the next album. He said he figured the new album would take about four years to create.”

Scholz is something of a perfectionist.“He wants to get things right. He’ll

work on a song for months, and if he thinks it sucks...he’ll throw it away. It’s not that he’s slow, he just wants to get it perfect.”

Scholz also has his own electronics company, and Gary eventually began serv-ing as Vice President of Scholz Research and Development, assisting in building Tom’s Hideaway Studio II, and is a crucial part of the massive technical undertak-ing of managing the stage equipment on Boston tours, including all of the back line and audio equipment.

“We make products for electric gui-tars,” Gary said “that’s what we use today. We’re probably the only band that plays with the actual amps we’ve built.

Pihl is an expert professional photo

editor, and did all of the editing for the graphics that were required for Corporate America as well as the remastered Boston and Don’t Look Back CD’s.

Boston’s future includes gigs like our state fair, and making new

music.“We’re always coming up with guitar

riffs,” Gary said “and song ideas. I don’t know when, but it wouldn’t surprise me if someday there’s another Boston album. We’re musicians. That’s what we do. We tinker with riffs, somebody writes some lyrics...yeah, we’re always writing songs.”

When you see Boston, you’ll still get the same enthusiasm and energy from their stage show, as you did in the 70’s.

“People actually ask how we can sound so good live,” Gary said “do we use prere-corded tracks? No way. All six of us sing. So if we hit a wrong note...that’s really us hitting the wrong note (laugh). We’ll change arrangements once in a while, but we play most of the music just like the records. We get asked if we get tired of playing some of the old songs, and I sup-pose we would if we were just sitting in our living rooms and playing them, but stand-ing on stage, looking out at the audience, people are smiling, singing along because those songs meant so much to them. I tell you...I get a lump in my throat. There’s no better feeling than that.”

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AUGUST 2

JAKE WARNEBRIDGE BARFREMONT 2:00PMCONSULT THE

BRIEFCASECLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 3:00 PMDIAMOND AND STEELCZS GEANO BEACH BAR & GRILLLITTLE SUAMICO 3:00PMJIM COUNTERDUBLINSWEST BEND 3:00 PMRED LIGHT SAINTSFLAGSTONEAPPLETON 5:30 PMRED CLOVERFOX HARBOR PUB & GRILLGREEN BAY 6:00 PMLITTLE VITO & TORPEDOESPHOENIX PARKDELAVAN 3-5:00DAPHNIPLANK ROAD PUBDE PERE 5:30 PMTED EGGERIVER RAILSHIOCTON 3:00 PMTHE COUGARSSHOOTS BARSUAMICO 3:00 PMBLUEGRASS BASH: DEADHORSES/RACHEL HANSON/SLOPPY JOE/BURNT TOAST & JAM/2ND STRINGSSHORT BRANCH SALOONNEENAH 2:00PMTHE PRESIDENTSST. AGNES PARISHGREEN BAY 2:00 PM

AUGUST 3

THE COUGARSJOSTEN PARKBELLEVUE 6:00 PM

AUGUST 4

BRAD EMANUELCLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 6;00PMMIXTAPEPLANK ROAD PUBDE PERE 6:00PMREVEREND RAVENPULLMANSAPPLETON 6:00 PM

AUGUST 5

KYLE MEGNA DUOCLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 6:00PMDANA ERLANDSONFARMERS MARKET ON BROADWAYGREEN BAY 3:00PMHURRY UP WAIT UNPLUGGEDWINNEBAGO COUNTY EXPO CENTEROSHKOSH 8:00PM

AUGUST 6

HAPPY HOUR HEROESANDUZZI’SGREEN BAY 9:30PMTHE COUGARSANDUZZI’SHOWARD 7:00PMCHAD DEMEUSEANDUZZI’S EASTGREEN BAY 7:00PMDANA ERLANDSONCOTTON PATCH SUPPER CLUBSHAWANO 6:00PMZAKK ABITZDOCKSIDE TAVERNOSHKOSH 6:00PMTRAVIS LEEFLAGSTONEAPPLETON 6:00PMWAYNE NEWMANFRATELLOS DECKOSHKOSH 6:00PMCOOKEE...TIMELESS MUSICGOOSE BLINDGREEN LAKE 8:30-12:00TEQUILA TANGOHOLIDAY’S PUB & GRILLNEENAH 7:00PMGRAND UNIONLEICHT AT NITE CONCERT SERIESGREEN BAY 6:15PMDAN TULSAREGATTA 220GREEN BAY 6:00PMJOHNNY WADTAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 6:30PMSONIC CIRCUSTAVERN AT THE PARK

LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 12:30PMBRIAN JAMESTHE BAR LYNNDALEAPPLETON 7:00PMTEDD YOUNGWORLD OF BEERAPPLETON 9-12:00

AUGUST 7

NASHVILLE PIPELINEANDUZZI’SHOWARD 8:00PMSPITFIRE RODEOANDUZZI’SGREEN BAY 8:00PMBAD HABITZANDUZZI’S EASTGREEN BAY 7:00PMADAMS WAYAUGUST FEST - MOOSE INN SUPPER CLUBWAUTOMA 6:00PMTHE COUGARSBEJA SHRINERSGREEN BAY 6:15PMROOFTOP JUMPERSBOONDOCKSMANAWA 9:30PMRAY JAWORSKI & RICK DEYBRIDGE BARFREMONT 9:00PMDANA ERLANDSONCHEFUSIONGREEN BAY 7:00PMHITSCIMARRONMENASHA 9-1:00WAYNE NEWMANDOCKSIDE TAVERNOSHKOSH 6:00PMTED EGGEFRATELLOS DECKOSHKOSH 6:00PMWHISKEY DITCHFRIDAYS ON THE FOX- CITY DECKGREEN BAY 6:00PMDAN TULSAHOLIDAY’S PUB & GRILLNEENAH 7:00PMVIC FERRARIIRON RIDGE FIREMENS PICNICIRON RIDGE 9:30-1:00ALEX WILSON BANDMILWAUKEE ALE HOUSEMILWAUKEE 9:30PMTEQUILA TANGOREGATTA 220GREEN BAY 6:00PMCRANKIN YANKEESSARDINE CANGREEN BAY 9:00PMJOHNNY WADTAVERN AT THE PARK

LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 8:15PMSONIC CIRCUSTAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 3:30PMBOBBY EVANS DUOWORLD OF BEERAPPLETON 9:00PM

AUGUST 8

DAN TULSAANDUZZI’SHOWARD 7:00PMCONSULT THE BRIEFCASEANDUZZI’S EASTGREEN BAY 7:00PMEVENT PRODUCTION SYSTEMSBADGER STATE BREWING CO.GREEN BAY 4:00PMTHE COUGARSBEAR LAKE CAMPGROUND & RESORTMANAWA 9:30PMFOLLOW SUITBOONDOCKSMANAWA 9:30PMDANA ERLANDSONBOTTLE ROOMSUAMICO 7:00PM“KICKING THE SH*T OUT OF CANCER (BUFFALO STOMP, THIRD WHEEL, BOXKAR)”BRIDGE BARFREMONT 3:00PMHURRY UP WAITCLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 9:30PMBRIAN JAMESDOCKSIDE TAVERNOSHKOSH 6:00PMRABID AARDVARKSFIREMEN’S PARKREESEVILLE 7:00PMHALF EMPTYFRANK’S PLACESEYMOUR 4:30PMNASHVILLE PIPELINEFRANK’S PLACESEYMOUR 8:15PMCHAD DEMEUSEFRATELLOS DECKOSHKOSH 6:00PMCOOKEE...TIMELESS MUSICGIBRALTAR GRILLFISH CREEK 7:30-10:30BILL STEINERTHEIDEL HOUSEGREEN LAKE 7-10:00SPINHUSTLE INN

SEYMOUR 4:30PMSTAR SIX NINEHUSTLE INN SEYMOUR 9:00PMJOHNNY WADKEIL COMMUNITY PICNICKIEL 7:30PMKOJOPINELAND CAMPING PARKARKDALE 7-11:00TED EGGEREGATTA 220GREEN BAY 6:00PMCOPPER BOXRIVERFEST-RIVERSIDE PARKWATERTOWN 5:30PMWILDSIDESARDINE CANGREEN BAY 9:00PMCRANKIN YANKEESSKINNY DAVESMOUNTAIN 9:00PMROOFTOP JUMPERSST. PATRICK’S PARISHHORTONVILLE 8:00PMGRAND UNIONTAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 8:15PMBAD HABITZWINNEBAGO COUNTY EXPO CENTEROSHKOSH 8:00PMASK YOUR MOTHERWIR RACE PARTYKAUKAUNA 7:00PM

AUGUST 9

JIM COUNTERANDUZZI’SHOWARD 6:00PMDAN TULSAANDUZZI’S EASTGREEN BAY 6:00PMHITSBRIDGE BARFREMONT 2:00PMGREG WATERS & THE BROAD STREET BOOGIECLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 3:00PMCONSULT THE BRIEFCASEFOX HARBOR PUB & GRILLGREEN BAY 6:00PMVAN WAYLONGAMEDAY SPORTS BARAPPLETON 4:00PMVIC FERRARIKIEL COMMUNITY PICNICKIEL 3-6:30THE RUG BURNS

AUGUST 2015

LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR


World’s First Home lit by Hydroelectricity | Illuminating our Heritage

Thomas Edison invented many electrical appliances we use today. He was always looking for ways to make his wife Mina’s life easier by inventing some of the electrical appliances we take for granted today.

Learn more at this special exhibit on now through Sept. 30th!

Vintage Thomas Edison AppliancesEmancipating the Life of the Housewife in the Early 1900s

Regular Hours: TH & FRI (10-3:30), SAT (11-3:30), SUN (1-3:30) 625 W Prospect Ave, Appleton, WI 54911 • (920) 730-8204

www.hearthstonemuseum.org

Visit Hearthstone Historic House Museum!

Hours: Tues-Fri 10-4

OPENSATURDAYS 8:30-2 During Downtown Farmer’s Market

Special order and in stock bedroom sets,

dining sets, bookcases, gliders, desks, endtables, children’s

furniture andmuch more!

116 S. Main Downtown • Fond du Lac • 926-9663

Handcrafted Solid Wood Furniture • Many Amish Items

Handcrafted Wood Furniture

ShopDowntown

Fond du Lac!

Helping Bee Keepers Keep Bees Honey Bee Ware

Now is the time to treat for mites...we have several products that would do just that, including Mite-away Quick Strips.

Order your Sucrose Syrup for fall feeding. Time to think about winter! Bee Cozy wraps available.

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Packaged Bees * Nucs * Equipment * Supplies Education * Raw Honey * Honey Candy * Honey

Mustard * Honey Sticks



PLANK ROAD PUBDE PERE 6:00PMNASHVILLE PIPELINEPRINCE OF PEACE CHURCHGREEN BAY 2:00PMTEQUILA TANGORIVER RAILSHIOCTON 3:00PMSEPARATE WAYSRIVERFEST-RIVERSIDE PARKWATERTOWN 6:00PMSTAR SIX NINETAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 6:30PMTHE PRESIDENTSTAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 12:30PM

AUGUST 10

RABID AARDVARKSTAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 6:30PM

AUGUST 11

NASHVILLE PIPELINELEACH AMPHITHEATREOSHKOSH 6:00PMREVEREND RAVENMAJOR GOOLSBYS HEARTLAND STAGEWEST ALLIS 6:00PMHAPPY HOUR HEROESPULLMANSAPPLETON 6:00PMBAD MEDICINETAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 12:30PMSONIC CIRCUSTAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 6:30PMCONSULT THE BRIEFCASEWI STATE FAIR -SAZS RIBS STAGEWEST ALLIS 6:00PM

AUGUST 12

FOLLOW SUITSARDINE CANGREEN BAY 5:30PMROAD TRIPTAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 6:30PM

AUGUST 13

ERIN KREBS AND JEFF JOHNSTON DEJA VU APPLETON 9PMTED EGGEANDUZZI’S

HOWARD 7:00PMHAPPY HOUR HEROESANDUZZI’S EASTGREEN BAY 7:00PMBRIAN JAMESFLAGSTONEAPPLETON 6:00PMBIG AND TALLFRATELLOS DECKOSHKOSH 6:00PMTEDD YOUNGGOOSE BLINDGREEN LAKE 8:30-12:00TAYLOR JAYHOLIDAY’S PUB & GRILLNEENAH 7:00PMR P MHOUDINI PLAZAAPPLETON 5:30PMDAN TULSAPLANK ROAD PUBDE PERE 3:30PMWAYNE NEWMANREGATTA 220GREEN BAY 6:00PMNASHVILLE PIPELINETASTE OF BROADWAYGREEN BAY 5:00PMTHE COUGARSTASTE OF BROADWAYGREEN BAY 7:00PMGRAND UNIONTAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 6:30PMCONSULT THE BRIEFCASEWI STATE FAIR -SAZS RIBS STAGEWEST ALLIS 6:00PMDOUBLE DOWNWORLD OF BEERAPPLETON 9:00PM

AUGUST 14

CHRISTOPHER GOLD DEJA VUAPPLETON 9PMEVENT PRODUCTION SYSTEMSBIG BULL BLUES - FERN ISLANDWAUSAU 10:00AMTHE BLUES DISCIPLESBIG BULL BLUES - FERN ISLANDWAUSAU 5:00PMTHE JIMMYSBIG BULL BLUES - FERN ISLANDWAUSAU 9:00PMALEX WILSON BANDDOCKSIDE TAVERNOSHKOSH 7:00PMBOURBON COWBOYS

EDGE OF DELLS RESORTWI DELLS 8:00PMBRIAN JAMESFRATELLOS DECKOSHKOSH 6:00PMREDFISH REMIXOSTHOFF RESORTELKHART LAKE 7-11:00HAPPY HOUR HEROESREGATTA 220GREEN BAY 6:00PMVIC FERRARISHANTY DAYS-LEGION GROUNDSALGOMA 8:15-12:00VIC FERRARISHANTY DAYS-LEGION GROUNDSALGOMA 8:15PMDANA ERLANDSONSKALIWAGSALGOMA 4:00PMJOHNNY WADTAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 8:15PMGRAND UNIONTHE WOODSGREEN BAY 9:30PMNASHVILLE PIPELINETHE WOODSGREEN BAY 11:30PMBAD HABITZWAUPUN TRUCK N SHOW WAUPUN 9:00PMCONSULT THE BRIEFCASEWI STATE FAIR -SAZS RIBS STAGEWEST ALLIS 7:30PM

AUGUST 15

KYLE MEGNA AND THE MONSOONS DEJA VU APPLETON 9PMNASHVILLE PIPELINEASHWAUBOMAY PARKASHWAUBENON 11:30AMTHE COUGARSASHWAUBOMAY PARKASHWAUBENON 2:45PMDANIELLE NICOLEBIG BULL BLUES - FERN ISLANDWAUSAU 3:00PMEVENT PRODUCTION SYSTEMSBIG BULL BLUES - FERN ISLANDWAUSAU 10:00AMSELWYN BIRCHWOODBIG BULL BLUES - FERN ISLANDWAUSAU 5:00PM

SONNY LANDRETHBIG BULL BLUES - FERN ISLANDWAUSAU 7:00PMWALTER TROUTBIG BULL BLUES - FERN ISLANDWAUSAU 9:00PMTEQUILA TANGOBLIND SQUIRRELSHAWANO 6:00PMBACK N’ KICKINGBRIDGE BARFREMONT 4:00PMBOXKARCLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 9:30PMARCHIE POWELL & THE EXPORTSDISCHER PARK DANCE HALLHORICON 9:00PMWILDSIDEEDGE OF DELLS RESORTWI DELLS 8:00PMGRAND UNIONFARMER GENE’SMARION 9:00PMJAKE WARNEFRATELLOS DECKOSHKOSH 6:00PM

COOKEE...TIMELESS MUSICGIBRALTAR GRILLFISH CREEK 7:30-10:00BRUCE KOESTNERHEIDEL HOUSEGREEN LAKE 7-10:00RAISED RECKLESSHORTONVILLE LANESHORTONVILLE 10:00PMROOFTOP JUMPERSJIMMY SEASGREEN BAY 9:00PMDAN TULSAMACKINAWSGREEN BAY 7:30-11:00GREEN SCREEN KIDMILWAUKEE ALE HOUSEMILWAUKEE 9:30PMFOLLOW SUITMOLE LAKE CASINOCRANDON 9:00PMJOHNNY WADNEWTON FIREMANS PARKNEWTON 8:30PMHYDEOUTPOSTSHERWOOD 9:00PMCHAD DEMEUSEREGATTA 220

GREEN BAY 6:00PMDOOZEYSARDINE CANGREEN BAY 9:00PMSTAR SIX NINESHANTY DAYS-LEGION GROUNDSALGOMA 8:00PMMILES NIELSONSHORT BRANCH SALOONNEENAH 10:00PMSEPARATE WAYSTAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 3:30PMHITSVON STEIHL WINERYALGOMA 1:30-5:00

AUGUST 16

VIC FERRARI W/SYMPHONYBIG TOP CHAUTAUQUALAKE SUPERIOR 7:30DAVE OLSEN BANDBRIDGE BARFREMONT 2:00PMSCOTTIE MEYER BANDCLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 3:00PM

THE COUGARSCZS GEANO BEACH BAR & GRILLLITTLE SUAMICO 4:00WALTER TROUTEMMETT’SAPPLETON 8:30PMDANA ERLANDSONFOUR WAY BARSUAMICO 5:00PMTHE PRESIDENTSFOX HARBOR PUB & GRILLGREEN BAY 6:00PMROSETTI & WIGLEYOSTHOFF RESORTELKHART LAKE 2-6:00BAZOOKA JOEPLANK ROAD PUBDE PERE 5:30PMDAN TULSARIVER RAILSHIOCTON 3:00PMRED CLOVERSHANTY DAYS-LEGION GROUNDSALGOMA 12:30PMGRAND UNIONTAVERN AT THE PARK LLC- WI STATE FAIRWEST ALLIS 12:30PM

AUGUST 18


Belle Weather Home Alone

8/1 @ 9am Appleton Farmers Market, Appleton, WI

8/1 @ 7pm Spat’s, Appleton, WI

8/5 @ 7pm D2’s Sports Pub (outside), Appleton, WI

8/6-9 Mile of Music, Appleton, WI

8/15 @ 9am Appleton Farmers Mar-ket, Appleton, WI

8/15 @ 1:30pm Waupaca City Cen-ter, Waupaca, WI

8/15 @ 9pm Deja Vu, Appleton, WI

8/16 @ 5pm Bazils (outside), Appleton, WI

8/21 @ 8pm Fox River House, Appleton, WI

8/23 @ 4pm Game Day Sports Bar (Outside), Appleton, WI

8/28 @ 7:30pm Highcliff Bar, Sherwood, WI

8/29 @ 12pm Stone Cellar (Outside) Appleton, WI

8/30 @ 3pm Kamps Bar, Kimberly, WI

Kyle Megna and the Monsoons

august scheduleAugust 1 @ 6pm & 1:30am Main St. Music Festival,

Oshkosh, WI

August 6 @ 8:30pm Durty Leprechaunappleton, wi

August 7 @ 12:30pm Dr. Jekyll’s4:20PM Appleton Beer Factory

9:30PM Olde Town TavernAppleton, WI

August 8 @ 1pm durty leprechaun6:10pm stone cellar brewpub

10:40PM wooden NickelAppleton, WI

August 9 @ 2:55pm Durty LeprechaunAppleton, WI

august 15 @ 9:30pm gasolinegreen bay, wi

August 22 @ 3pm BabapaloozaAppleton, WI

august 28 @ 7:30pm fox river houseappleton, wi

new album out at one week records!available only at www.oneweekrecords.com and www.walthamburger.com

Just $5! produced and recorded by joe cape of lagwagon#Superfamous #punkrocklegend #waltcrushwednesday

International tour starting in

September 2015!!



BOBBY EVANS DUOPLANK ROAD PUBDE PERE 6:00PMHURRY UP WAITPULLMANSAPPLETON 6:00PM

AUGUST 19

ELITE MUSIC SERVICEBROWN COUNTY FAIRDE PERE 7:00PMCONSULT THE BRIEFCASESARDINE CANGREEN BAY 5:30PM

AUGUST 20

STEELY JAMESDEJA VU APPLETON 9PMROB ANTHONYANDUZZI’SHOWARD 7:00PMBIG AND TALLANDUZZI’S EASTGREEN BAY 7:00PMTHE COUGARSBROWN COUNTY FAIRDE PERE 7:00PMWAYNE NEWMANDOCKSIDE TAVERNOSHKOSH 6:00PMJAKE WARNEFLAGSTONEAPPLETON 6:00PMHAPPY HOUR HEROESFRATELLOS DECKOSHKOSH 6:00PMCOOKEE...TIMELESS MUSICGIBRALTAR GRILLFISH CREEK 7:30-10:30DANNY VGOOSE BLINDGREEN LAKE 8:30-12:00DAN TULSAHOLIDAY’S PUB & GRILLNEENAH 7:00PMJOHNNY WADLEICHT AT NITE CONCERT SERIESGREEN BAY 6:15PMNICOLE KOTTKE BANDMENOMINEE CASINOKESHENA 8-12:00CONSULT THE BRIEFCASEMILL CREEKAPPLETON 9:00PMDOUBLE DOWNPLANK ROAD PUBDE PERE 6:00PMTEQUILA TANGOREGATTA 220GREEN BAY 6:00PMCOOKEE...TIMELESS

MUSICSHATTUCK PARKNEENAH 11:30-1:00

AUGUST 21

THE LATELY DEJA VU APPLETON 9PMCONSULT THE BRIEFCASE400 BLOCK STAGEWAUSAU 6:00PMGABRIEL SANCHEZ400 BLOCK STAGEWAUSAU 8:00PMJOHN HANITZ SOUND AND LIGHTING400 BLOCK STAGEWAUSAU 6:00PMRABID AARDVARKSBAR LOUIEMILWAUKEE 9:00PMPAT MC CURDYBRIDGE BARFREMONT 9:00PMDAN TULSAFRATELLOS DECKOSHKOSH 6:00PMCOOKEE...TIMELESS MUSICGIBRALTAR GRILLFISH CREEK 7:30-10:30BRIAN JAMESHOLIDAY’S PUB & GRILLNEENAH 7:00PMTHE COUGARSJIMMY SEASGREEN BAY 9:00PMNICOLE KOTTKE BANDMENOMINEE CASINOKESHENA 8-12:00DIAMOND AND STEELOCONTO COUNTY FAIR-ZIPPER PARKGILLETT 8:00PMKOZ AUDIOQ&Z EXPO CENTEREASTON-RINGLE 6:00PMROB ANTHONYREGATTA 220GREEN BAY 6:00PMADAMS WAYSARDINE CANGREEN BAY 6:00PMDANA ERLANDSONSKALIWAGSALGOMA 4:00PMSONIC CIRCUSVILLAGE GREEN PARKRIPON 7:00PMREDFISH REMIXWORLD OF BEERAPPLETON 9-12:00

AUGUST 22

MINUS 1

DEJA VU APPLETON 9PMRABID AARDVARKSBLUE LINE ICE CENTERFOND DU LAC 8:00PMTHE SNB BANDBRIDGE BARFREMONT 4:00PMSEPARATE WAYSBROWN COUNTY FAIRDE PERE 8:30PMASK YOUR MOTHERCLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 9:30PMNASHVILLE PIPELINEDOCKSIDE TAVERNOSHKOSH 8:30PMTEQUILA TANGOEDGE OF DELLS RESORTWI DELLS 10:00PMBOBBY EVANS DUOFLAGSTONEAPPLETON 7:00PMCHAD DEMEUSEFRATELLOS DECKOSHKOSH 6:00PMGRAND UNIONFREEDOMFEST-DOWNTOWNFREEDOM 7:30PMROOFTOP JUMPERSHOLIDAY’S PUB & GRILLNEENAH 8:00PMSTAR SIX NINEKOUNTRY BARAPPLETON 9:00PMNICOLE KOTTKE BANDMENOMINEE CASINOKESHENA 8-12:00HURRY UP WAITMOLE LAKE CASINOCRANDON 9:00PMMISSBEHAVINPOTAWATOMI CARTER CASINOCARTER 8-12:00JAKE WARNEREGATTA 220GREEN BAY 6:00PMTHE MUSTACHESHORT BRANCH SALOONNEENAH 2:00PMTHE COUGARSSKINNY DAVESMOUNTAIN 9:00PMUNITY THE BANDSTONE HARBORSTURGEON BAY 3-7:00

AUGUST 23

RODEO DEVILLEBRIDGE BARFREMONT 2:00PMBAZOOKA JOE

CLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 3:00PMTHE PRESIDENTSCZS GEANO BEACH BAR & GRILLLITTLE SUAMICO 3:00PMJAKE WARNEDUBLINSWEST BEND 3:00PMWHISKEYFLAGSTONEAPPLETON 5:00PMFOLLOW SUITFOX HARBOR PUB & GRILLGREEN BAY 6:00PMTHE COUGARSPLANK ROAD PUBDE PERE 3:00PMZAKK ABITZRIVER RAILSHIOCTON 3:00PMBIG MOUTHWANICK PARKSHERWOOD 3:00PM

AUGUST 24

THE PRESIDENTSHERITAGE HILL-MUSIC ON THE GREENGREEN BAY 6:00PMHURRY UP WAITJOSTEN PARKBELLEVUE 6:00PM

AUGUST 25

VIC FERRARIMANITOWOC COUNTY FAIRMANITOWOC 7-11:00ALEX WILSON BANDPULLMANSAPPLETON 6:00PM

AUGUST 26

DANA ERLANDSONCAF… NATURALLYDE PERE 4:00PMBAD HABITZSARDINE CANGREEN BAY 5:30PM

AUGUST 27

SLY JOE (OF THE SMOOTH OPERATORS)DEJA VU APPLETON 9PMDOUBLE DOWNANDUZZI’SHOWARD 7:00PMTED EGGEANDUZZI’S EASTGREEN BAY 7:00PMBRIAN JAMESBLIND SQUIRRELSHAWANO 6:00PMTAYLOR JAYFLAGSTONEAPPLETON 6:00PM

BIG AND TALLFRATELLOS DECKOSHKOSH 6:00PMCONSULT THE BRIEFCASEMANITOWOC COUNTY FAIR-VARIETY STAGEMANITOWOC 7:00PMWAYNE NEWMANREGATTA 220GREEN BAY 6:00PMHAIRBALLWATERFESTOSHKOSH 8:30ROAD TRIPWATERFESTOSHKOSH 6:00HAPPY HOUR HEROESWORLD OF BEERAPPLETON 8:00PM

AUGUST 28

BLUES TALK DEJA VU APPLETON 9PMTONY WAGNER & STREETLIFE JAZZ CRUISECLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 7:00PMDANA ERLANDSONCOTTON PATCH SUPPER CLUBSHAWANO 6:00PMROB ANTHONYDOCKSIDE TAVERNOSHKOSH 6:00PMHYDEEDGE OF DELLS RESORTWI DELLS 8:00PMTED EGGEFRATELLOS DECKOSHKOSH 6:00PMLUCAS CATES HOLIDAY’S PUB & GRILLNEENAH 7:00PMCONSULT THE BRIEFCASEJIMMY SEASGREEN BAY 9:00PMGRAND UNIONNORTHSTAR CASINOBOWLER 8:00PMJIM COUNTERPLANK ROAD PUBDE PERE 6:00PMCHAD DEMEUSEREGATTA 220GREEN BAY 6:00PMR2SARDINE CANGREEN BAY 6:00PMTHE COUGARSSTONE HARBORSTURGEON BAY 8:30PM

BOXCARVILLAGE GREEN PARKRIPON 7:00PMSEATTLE STEVEWORLD OF BEERAPPLETON 9-12:00

AUGUST 29

THREE WAY STREET DEJA VU APPLETON 9PMFOLLOW SUITANDUZZI’SGREEN BAY 2:30PMCADILLAC JACKBRIDGE BARFREMONT 4:00PMTHE PRESIDENTSCAPTAIN’S COVEGRESHAM 7:00PMTHE COUGARSCLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 9:30PMJAKE WARNEDOCKSIDE TAVERNOSHKOSH 6:00PMROB ANTHONYFRATELLOS DECKOSHKOSH 6:00PMCOOKEE...TIMELESS MUSICGIBRALTAR GRILLFISH CREEK 7:30-10:00RABID AARDVARKSGOOD NEIGHBOR FESTMIDDLETON 8:00PMDEBBIE ROHRHEIDEL HOUSEGREEN LAKE 7-10:00WILDSIDEKOUNTRY BARAPPLETON 9:30PMADAMS WAYKROLLS WESTGREEN BAY 3:15PMBAD HABITZLOG CABINRIPON 7:00PMDANA ERLANDSONMACKINAWSGREEN BAY 7:30PMDIAMOND AND STEELMANITOWOC COUNTY FAIR-REEDSVILLE K OF C STAGEMANITOWOC 7:30PMJOHNNY WADMANITOWOC COUNTY FAIR-VARIETY STAGEMANITOWOC 7:30PMNASHVILLE PIPELINEMARINETTE COUNTY FAIRWAUSAUKEE 8:00PMGRAND UNION

NORTHSTAR CASINOBOWLER 8:00PMBIG AND TALLREGATTA 220GREEN BAY 6:00PMDAPHNIROCK FOR AUTISM- LEACH AMPHITHEATEROSHKOSH 5:00PMRED LIGHT SAINTSROCK FOR AUTISM- LEACH AMPHITHEATEROSHKOSH 6:30PMBOURBON COWBOYSSHOPKO HALLGREEN BAY 4:00PMHURRY UP WAITSHORT BRANCH SALOONNEENAH 10:00PMR P MSKINNY DAVESMOUNTAIN 9:30PMROOFTOP JUMPERSSTADIUM VIEWGREEN BAY 3:00PMSEPARATE WAYSWI RAPIDS PAC WI RAPIDS 7:30PMDAN TULSA DUOWORLD OF BEERAPPLETON 9:00PM

AUGUST 30

CONSULT THE BRIEFCASEANCHOR BAYWI RAPIDS 4:00PMTHE NIGHTCRAWLERSBRIDGE BARFREMONT 2:00PMTHE PRESIDENTSCLEARWATER HARBORWAUPACA 3:00PMNASHVILLE PIPELINEFOX HARBOR PUB & GRILLGREEN BAY 6:00PMHURRY UP WAITPLANK ROAD PUBDE PERE 5:30PMTHE COUGARSSHOOTS BARSUAMICO 3:00PMR P MST. NORBERT COLLEGEDE PERE 6:30PM

SEPTEMBER 11

TODD SNIDER WITH ELIZABETH COOKRIVERSIDE BALL-ROOMGREEN BAY


August 1

Corn on the CurbLive music, great food and fun for the whole family. Featuring music by Cadillac Pete & the Heat (4:30 pm to 6:30 pm), karaoke (7:00 pm to 8:00 pm) and Get Bent (8:00 pm to 11:00 pm). Corn-eating contest at 7:00 pm. Event runs 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm; free admission. Held in The Square in Downtown Stevens Point.

9th Annual Dan Sandstrom Walleye Tournament Prize money for total weight per boat. July 30 is tournament meeting at 7:00 pm. Event is held August 1 from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm (rain or shine); $80 per boat, 2 people per boat, limited to the first 75 boats. Tournament results and raffle to follow at 4:00 pm at the Moose Family Fun Center. Bukolt Park, 100 Bukolt Ave., Stevens Point; 715-340-4859.

Kids Casting ContestOpen to kids ages 6 to 12. Free pizza and soda for casters, with prizes. Event 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm; free admission. Moose Family Fun Center, 1025 2nd St., Stevens Point; 715-340-4859.

Free Summer Citrus Card Make-&-TakeMake a cute summer citrus card using new stamps from Impression Obsession. Limit one free make-and-take per customer, while supplies last. Lighthouse Books & Gifts, 4330 8th St. S., #200, Wisconsin Rapids; 715-423-7773; www.lighthouse-booksandgifts.com.

August 2

St. Adalbert’s Church PicnicFun for the whole family from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; free admission. St. Adalbert’s Parish, 3305 St. Adalbert’s Rd., Rosholt; 715-677-4519.

August 3

Autism NightThe Central Wisconsin Children’s Museum will be open the first Monday of each month from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm exclusively for families that have children with autism. Free admission. CWCM, 1100 Main St., Stevens Point; 715-344-2003; www.cwchildrensmuseum.org.

August 3-5

Storytime at the Public LibraryInteractive story time for children and their parents/caregivers. Features books, rhymes, finger plays, flannel stories, music and puppets for the adults and children to share and experience together. Story starts at 10:30 am; free admission. Contact Youth Services at 715-346-1549 for more info. Portage County Public Library, 1001 Main St., Stevens Point; www.pocolibrary.org.

August 4

Story Time: Super Heroes and Everyday HeroesListen to stories about all kinds of heroes from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. Scandinavia Public Library, 349 N. Main St.; 715-467-

4636; http://scandinavialibrary.org.

Baby PlayBabies and their caregivers are invited to explore their senses by discovering how the world around them feels, smells, sounds and looks. Program begins at 10:00 am; $5 per person museum admission, 12 months and younger free. Central Wisconsin Children’s Museum, 1100 Main St., Stevens Point; 715-344-2003; www.cwchildrensmuseum.org. Also meets August 11, 18, and 25.

Oodles of NoodlesChristina Peterson will teach the basics of pasta making. Workshop cost is $30 for non-members and $25 for members. To register, call 715-544-6154 or email [email protected]. Class runs 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Central Rivers Farmshed, 1220 Briggs Ct., Stevens Point.

Wisconsin Rapids City BandFree concert at 7:15 pm at Robinson Park, 1150 17th St. N., Wisconsin Rapids.

August 4-9

“Haunts” by Alexander LandermanSee Landerman’s well-loved foxes, rabbits and birds as their story is told along the walls and among the flowers at the Q. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Sunday 11:00 am to 3:00 pm; closed Mondays. Gallery Q, 1108 Main St., Stevens Point; 715-345-2888; http://qartists.com. Also August 11-16, 18-23, 25-28.

August 5

Ignite Adopt-A-HighwayIgnite Leadership network will be cleaning the two-mile stretch of County Rd. HH from Post Road (at McDill Pond) to County Rd. R. The county provides garbage bags, gloves, safety vests and signs. Dress appropriately. All participants need to be at least 11 years old or sixth grade. You do not need to be an Ignite member

to volunteer. Event runs from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Meet at Mr. Brews at Windsor Centre, 2012 County Rd. HH., Plover.

Poky Pizza PedalBike fun on a slow four-mile loop urban bicycle ride, returning to downtown pizza place. Socialize with other Poky Pedalers over food and beverages. Meet at 5:15 pm, ride begins at 5:30 pm; free admis-sion. Point Area Bicycle Service, 1311 Strongs Ave., Stevens Point; 715-254-5817; http://pokypedalingstevenspoint.org.

Live Music at PJ’sLive music by the Sue Orfield Band at PJ’s at SentryWorld. Bring your own chair or blanket but no outside food or beverage. Music runs 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm; free admission. PJ’s Restaurant, 601 N. Michi-gan Ave., Stevens Point; 715-345-1600.

4th Annual Community PicnicLocal food, beverages, and lots of fun for the whole family, including live music, kids’ inflatables, a petting zoo, and more. 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm; free admission. Downtown Wisconsin Rapids on 1st Avenue South and Johnson Street. For more info, visit http://incouragecf.org or call 715-423-3863.

August 5-7

Rogers Cinema Summer Kids SeriesHow to Train Your Dragon 2. Show begins at 10:00 am; $2 per person. Rogers Cinema, 2725 Church St., Stevens Point; 715-341-2700.

August 6

Beginning Kayak ClassLearn how to load/unload your boat, safely launch and land, basic paddle strokes, and what to do if you tip over. Noon to 3:00 pm; $50 with your own kayak or $75 if you need to rent. Dive-point Scuba Paddle & Adventure Center,

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Crafting BeeThis informal group is designed for handi-crafters of all types to work in an atmo-sphere of creativity and mutual support. Assistance is available for a wide variety of crafts, including knitting, crocheting, cross-stitching, quilting, beading and more. All ages welcome, although younger children should be supervised. Held every Thursday in August from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. Scandinavia Public Library, 349 N. Main St.; 715-467-4636; http://scandinavialibrary.org.

2015 Lunch by the RiverEnjoy entertainment and good food along the Wisconsin River every Thursday morn-ing until the end of August. Sponsored by the United Way. Stuff the Bus will also be there collecting school supplies for local students in need. Event runs 11:30 am to 1:00 pm; free admission. Veterans Memo-rial Park, 112 2nd St., Wisconsin Rapids. Call 715-423-1830 for more info.

Riverfront Arts Center ReceptionCome to the gallery reception for the Community Photo Exhibit, featuring window-themed photography. Reception 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm; free admission. Annette & Dale Schuh Riverfront Arts Center, 1200 Crosby Ave., Stevens Point; 715-343-6251.

Thursday Nights on MainLive music by Unity Reggae Band. Spon-sored by the Iola-Scandinavia Chamber of Commerce, this weekly concert series include a 50-50 raffle, door prize drawings, Italian gelato from the Millstone, and food fare from the famous Crystal Café. Con-certs start at 6:00 pm and go until shortly after 8:00 pm. Bring your lawn chairs or a blanket. In case of rain, the concerts will be held at Iola Mills. Visit www.ischamber.org/Thursday-night-on-main for more info. Downtown Iola on Main Street, in front of the retail strip across from the Crystal Café.

Central Wi Water Ski Shows“The Water Walkers Kick It On Route 66” shows begin at 6:30 pm; donations wel-come. Features all volunteer skiers ranging in age from 10 to 53. For more info, check out www.facebook.com/cwwaterwalkers. Shows will be held every Thursday August 6 through August 27 at South Beach Park on Lake DuBay, 4480 Park Rd., Mosinee; 715-409-9267; www.cwwaterwalkers.org.

Summer Sizzle Reading SeriesLocal “celebrities” will read to children at the reading event, and the business spon-sor gives books to the children who attend. Event begins at 10:00 am; free admission. Veterans Memorial Park (by the Helicop-ter, corner of County Rd. D, Park St., and Elm St.), Almond; 715-341-6740.

Toddler MusicEnhance early learning skills by intro-ducing easy musical concepts. Program begins at 9:30 am; $5 per person museum admission, 12 months and younger free. Central Wisconsin Children’s Museum, 1100 Main St., Stevens Point; 715-344-2003; www.cwchildrensmuseum.org. Also August 13, 20, 27, and Sept. 3.

Project Time: HeroesBe a hero and attend project time from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Scandinavia Public Library, 349 N. Main St.; 715-467-4636; http://scandinavialibrary.org.

Preschool Story TimeThis 45-minute interactive story time features books and activities that promote discovery of the world around us. 10:30 am to 11:15 am; no registration necessary. Waupaca Area Public Library, 107 South Main St., Waupaca; 715-258-4414; http://waupacalibrary.org.

August 6-8

Point Tap Festival 2015Inviting all rhythm-loving participants for three exciting days at Wisconsin’s premier

tap festival. With full days of classes and events, tap dancers study with an extraor-dinary teaching faculty in the state-of-the-art facilities of the Noel Fine Arts Center. Saturday’s beginning level classes welcome dancers of all ages and levels - no experi-ence (or shoes) necessary. For more info, visit https://pointtap.wordpress.com. Noel Fine Arts Center, UWSP, 1800 Portage St., Stevens Point; 715-346-3980.

August 7

Free Movie Night: Iron WillFilmed in Ashland, Wisconsin, this 2009 film is based on an incredible true-life story. A brave young man is thrust into adulthood as he and his courageous team of sled dogs embark on a grueling and treacherous marathon. Movie begins at 7:30 pm; free admission. Rising Star Mill, County Rd. Q, Nelsonville; 715-344-4423.

Outdoor Family Movie: Big Hero 6Bring your lawn chair, blanket, and insect repellant and come to South Park in Waupaca at dusk (7:00 pm to 10:00 pm) for a showing of Big Hero 6. Sponsored by Waupaca Parks & Recreation and the Friends of the Library.

Amazing ArtCreate something spectacular and participate in fun and simple projects. Program begins at 10:00 am; $5 per person museum admission, 12 months and younger free. Central Wisconsin Children’s Museum, 1100 Main St., Stevens Point; 715-344-2003; www.cwchildrensmuseum.org. Also August 14, 21, and 28.

Baby Lap SitFor newborns to around 12 months of age. This infant cuddling lap sit features rhymes for you and your baby. Join the circle of other parents/caregivers and babies for 20-25 minutes of rocking, clapping and bouncing to rhymes, stories and lullabies. Siblings are welcome. Class begins at 10:30 am; free admission. For more info, contact Youth Services at 715-346-1549. Portage County Public Library, 1001 Main

St., Stevens Point. Also August 14, 21, and 28.

August 7-9

Midwest Recumbent Bike RallyWorld’s largest recumbent bike rally . Friday registration and check0in, ice cream ride and social. Saturday morning biking tour, test rides, swap meet, lunch, self-guided tour. Sunday breakfast buffet, super tour, lunch. For schedule and admis-sion costs, visit http://hostelshoppe.com. Hostel Shoppe, 3201 John Joanis Dr., Stevens Point; 715-341-2453.

August 8

Boys & Girls Club Bike-a-ThonFour different route lengths (62, 20, 13.5 or 4 miles) and fun for the whole family. Long rides $35 for adults, short rides $10 for adults. Kids pay just $5 for any of the four routes. Proceeds go to the Boys & Girls Club. Event runs 7:00 am to 1:00 pm. AIG/Travel Guard, 3300 Business Park Dr., Stevens Point; 715-341-4386; http://www.bgclubpc.org/bike-a-thon.

Taste of the TownThis is the annual fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Wisconsin. Enjoy the freshest local cuisine, beer, wine, live entertainment, silent auction and raffle. 5:00 pm to dusk; $40 in advance, $50 at the door. Pfiffner Pioneer Park, 1100 Crosby Ave., Stevens Point.

An Evening of Musical Theatre (Mostly)Sponsored by Neuville Motors and the Waupaca Rotary. Lobby opens at 6:00 pm, doors open at 6:40 pm, show begins at 7:00 pm. Open seating. Freewill offering. Proceeds to benefit the Waupaca Rotary scholarship, youth programs and the WHS vocal music department. Waupaca High School Performing Arts Center, E2325 King Rd., Waupaca; 715-258-4131.



August 8-9

24th Annual Vintage Military and Gun ShowIncludes military vehicles and equipment, professional vehicle exhibits, gtractors and more. Living history encampments, swap meet, parades of vehicles and speakers. Family camping is available. Daily admis-sion is $6 for adults, $4 for children. Iola Old Car Show Grounds, 130 Jenson Dr., Iola; 715-445-4005; www.iolavms.com.

Paddle Quest 2015: Epic LegacyFamily friendly event for people of all skill levels. For more info, visit www.paddle-quest.org. Lakeside Bar, 736 Old Wausau Rd., Stevens Point.

August 9

St. Bartholomew’s Church PicnicChicken dinner, polka music, polka mass, bingo, beer and brats. Mass at 9:00 am, picnic 10:00 am to 11:00 pm; free admis-sion. St. Bartholomew’s, 2493 County Rd. M, Stevens Point; 715-344-3003.

Truckin’ Buddies Car and Truck ShowRain or shine, 8:00 am to 3:30 pm; free admission. For more info, visit http://ste-venspointoldcarclub.com/truckin-buddies-cartruck-show. Pfiffner Pioneer Park, 1100 Crosby Ave., Stevens Point.

August 10-12

Story Time at the Public LibraryInteractive story time for children and their parents/caregivers. Features books, rhymes, finger plays, flannel stories, music and puppets for the adults and children to share and experience together. Story starts at 2:00 pm on Mon., 10:30 am on Tue. and Wed.; free admission. Contact Youth Services at 715-346-1549 for more info. Portage County Public Library, 1001 Main St., Stevens Point; www.pocolibrary.org.

August 10

Military Vehicle DisplayGet up close and inside various military equipment while visiting with a service person or veteran. 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Vehicles will be parked on the street out-side of the Waupaca Area Public Library, 107 South Main St., Waupaca; 715-258-4414; http://waupacalibrary.org.

August 11

Community Potluck SeriesBring a dish to pass. This month’s theme is Garden Herbs and Spices. Dinner runs from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm; free admission. Central Rivers Farmshed, 1220 Briggs Ct., Stevens Point, WI 54481; 715-544-6154.

Poky Pedaling Potluck PicnicBike fun with Poky Pedaling. Slow bike ride (less than 5 miles) to a mystery park location (different each ride). Bring food or drink to share (no alcohol). Meet at Goerke Park, 1100 Minnesota Ave, Stevens Point, or visit http://pokypedal-ingstevenspoint.org for more details.

Wisconsin Rapids City BandFree concert at 7:15 pm at Robinson Park, 1150 17th St. N., Wisconsin Rapids.

August 12

Live Music at PJ’sLive music by Conscious Pilot at PJ’s at SentryWorld. Bring your own chair or blanket but no outside food or beverage. Music runs 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm; free admission. PJ’s Restaurant, 601 N. Michi-gan Ave., Stevens Point; 715-345-1600.

Theology on TapA Catholic faith discussion series spon-sored by the JPII Young Adults Group of Portage County. Throughout the summer, various speakers will stimulate discussion and conversation. Featured speaker is Father Clayton Elmhorst. 6:30 pm to 8:00

August Feature

The Sun Shine Roll10 pcs for $15.95

Crab Meat tempura, cream cheese, white onion, and oshinko (pickled radish) in the middle. Alternating on top

is fresh salmon and red snapper. The roll gets finished with Q. P. mayo, eel sauce, chili garlic sauce, orange and

yellow tobiko.



pm; free admission. Sky Club, 2202 Post Rd., Plover.

Punch Art CardsMake three beautiful cards using rub-ber stamps, dies, punches, decorative paper and embellishments. Bring your favorite adhesive. 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm; pre-registration required, $10 plus tax. Lighthouse Books & Gifts, 4330 8th St. S., #200, Wisconsin Rapids; 715-423-7773; www.lighthousebooksandgifts.com.

August 12-14

Rogers Cinema Summer Kids SeriesSpongebob Movie. Show begins at 10:00 am; $2 per person. Rogers Cinema, 2725 Church St., Stevens Point; 715-341-2700.

August 13

Project Time: HeroesBe a hero and attend project time from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Scandinavia Public Library, 349 N. Main St.; 715-467-4636; http://scandinavialibrary.org.


2015 Lunch by the RiverEnjoy entertainment and good food along the Wisconsin River every Thursday morn-ing until the end of August. Entertainment by South Wood County YMCA Cheer & Gymnastics, sponsored by Duraclean and Ministry Health Care. Event runs 11:30 am to 1:00 pm; free admission. Veterans Memorial Park, 112 2nd St., Wisconsin Rapids. Call 715-423-1830 for more info.

Punch Art CardsMake three beautiful cards using rub-ber stamps, dies, punches, decorative

paper and embellishments. Bring your favorite adhesive. 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm; pre-registration required, $10 plus tax. Lighthouse Books & Gifts, 4330 8th St. S., #200, Wisconsin Rapids; 715-423-7773; www.lighthousebooksandgifts.com.

Thursday Nights on MainCork & Comedy Night at Iola Mills. A wine tasting courtesy of the Lil Ole wine shop. Wine tasting starts at 6:00 pm; com-edy act starts at 7:00 pm. Sponsored by the Iola-Scandinavia Chamber of Commerce. Visit www.ischamber.org/Thursday-night-on-main for more info. Downtown Iola on Main Street.

August 14

Arts on the SquareFriday night street dance, Saturday includes juried art, workshops, music, food, theater, dance and more. Downtown Waupaca on the Square. For more info, visit www.waupacaarts.org.

Read to Captain CanineKids can read their favorite storybooks to Captain Canine, our friendly hero dog, from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Scandinavia Public Library, 349 N. Main St.; 715-467-4636; http://scandinavialibrary.org.

August 15

Hustle S’more for Lions CampA 5K, 10K and bike race to raise money for the summer camp program. Registra-tion starts at 8:30 am, bike race at 9:00 am, 10K at 10:00 am, 5K at 10:15 am; $25 for kids 13 and younger, $30 for adults 14 and up. Lions Camp, 3834 County Rd. A., Rosholt; 715-677-4969; www.wisconsinlionscamp.com.

CWN Singles Tropical DanceMusic runs from 8:00 pm to 11:30 pm; $8 members, $12 non-members. Dress in flowery dresses, Hawaiian shirts and shorts! Bernard’s Supper Club, 701 Second St. N, Stevens Point; 715-281-7823; http://cwn-singles.com.

Poke-Around RideBike fun with Poky Pedaling Stevens Point. A scenic, historical and whimsical exploration of our urban landscape. Slow 12-mile loop bike ride on calm streets and multi-use paths. Meet at 12:45 pm, ride begins at 1:00 pm; free admission. Little Plover River Park, 1501 Hoover Ave., Plo-ver. Visit http://pokypedalingstevenspoint.org for more details.

Waupaca Area TriathlonA quarter-mile swim, 20-mile bike ride, and 3.1-mile run. A short course (quarter-mile swim, 120mile bike ride and 2-mile run) is also available. Also includes a kids event, a potato bake and more. For more info, visit www.waupacaareatriathlon.com.

August 15-16

WRCT Presents Dorothy in WonderlandThe worlds of Oz and Wonderland collide in this fantastically fun romp. Directed by Stephanie Hoerth. Performances at 7:00 pm on Aug, 15 and 2:00 pm on Aug. 16. Wisconsin Rapids Community Theatre, 220 3rd Ave. South (Rapids Mall/Centralia Center), Wisconsin Rapids.

August 16

“Ice Age Trail” by Luke KloberdanzThe outreach and education manager for the Ice Age Trail alliance will share the history of the trail and discuss the October trail-building project at Hartman Creek State Park. Talk begins at 2:00 pm; free admission. New Hope Church, 1410 County Rd. T., Nelsonville; 715-824-2509; www.southnewhope.org.

Ride WaupacaFeaturing bike routes of 12, 20, 50, 62, 70 and 100 miles. All proceeds benefit Waupaca High School scholarships. Event details and registration at www.active.com.

Sacred Heart Church PicnicContact Sacred Heart Church, 7376

Church St., Custer, at 715-592-4221 for more information.

August 17-19


August 18

Butterfly Hero Family ProgramA family friendly workshop to encourage you all to become citizen scientists by helping the monarch butterfly populations in our community. 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm; Waupaca Area Public Library, 107 South Main St., Waupaca; 715-258-4414; http://waupacalibrary.org.

Summer Apron CardsMake three cute summer apron cards using rubber stamps, dies, decorative paper, and embellishments. Bring your favorite adhesive. 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm; pre-registration required, $10 plus tax. Lighthouse Books & Gifts, 4330 8th St. S., #200, Wisconsin Rapids; 715-423-7773; www.lighthousebooksandgifts.com.

The United Way Experience: Campaign Volunteer TrainingLearn about programs that we support and experience firsthand what people in our community are going through. A pizza buffet lunch will be provided. 8:00 am to 1:00 pm; free. Hotel Mead and Conference Center, 451 E. Grand Ave., Wisconsin Rapids; www.uwiw.org.



August 19

First Choice PRC Sweet Frog NightA portion of the proceeds will go to the First Choice Pregnancy Resource Center to improve programs. 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Sweet Frog, 140 Crossroads Dr., Plover; 715-345-0280.

Live Music at PJ’sLive music by Southbound at PJ’s at Sen-tryWorld. Bring your own chair or blanket but no outside food or beverage. Music runs 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm; free admission. PJ’s Restaurant, 601 N. Michigan Ave., Stevens Point; 715-345-1600.

Summer Apron CardsMake three cute summer apron cards using rubber stamps, dies, decorative paper, and embellishments. Bring your favorite adhesive. 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm; pre-registration required, $10 plus tax. Lighthouse Books & Gifts, 4330 8th St. S., #200, Wisconsin Rapids; 715-423-7773; www.lighthousebooksandgifts.com.

August 19-21

Rogers Cinema Summer Kids SeriesNight at the Museum 3. Show begins at 10:00 am; $2 per person. Rogers Cinema, 2725 Church St., Stevens Point; 715-341-2700.

August 20

Summer Sizzle Reading SeriesLocal “celebrities” will read to children at the reading event, and the business sponsor gives books to the children who attend. Event begins at 10:00 am; free admission. Community First Bank, 275 W. Grand Ave., Rosholt; 715-341-6740; www.unitedwaypoco.org/learnforlife.

Project Time: HeroesBe a hero and attend project time from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Scandinavia Public

Library, 349 N. Main St.; 715-467-4636; http://scandinavialibrary.org.


2015 Lunch by the RiverEnjoy entertainment and good food along the Wisconsin River every Thursday morn-ing until the end of August. Entertainment by the Central Wisconsin Choristers. Event runs 11:30 am to 1:00 pm; free admission. Veterans Memorial Park, 112 2nd St., Wisconsin Rapids. Call 715-423-1830 for more info.

August 21

Movies in the ParkFun for the whole family! Featuring Night at the Museum 3. Free root beer and pop-corn donated by the Stevens Point Brewery and the Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center. Sponsored by Evergreen Church. Movie begins at dusk; free admission. Pfiffner Pioneer Park, 1100 Crosby Ave., Stevens Point.

2015 Point Kids DuathlonSponsored by Cellcom. A quarter-mile run, 1.5-mile bike ride, and a quarter-mile run. Different age classes (7-9 and 10-12); 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm; $15-$35. University Field, UWSP, parking lot Q on Illinois Ave., Stevens Point; 715-342-2980; www.spymca.org/events.

TGIF Dessert RideBike fun with Poky Pedaling. Slow, less than 3-mile evening bicycle ride along the Wisconsin River to Bukolt Park and back, ending at a dessert place near the start. Meet at 7:00 pm, ride begins at 7:15 pm; free admission. Visit http://pokypedaling-stevenspoint.org for more details. Meet at the Mathias Mitchell Public Square,

Wheelhouse



1100 Main St. (downtown), Stevens Point; 715-254-5817.


WMC Foundation Golf OutingPlay 18 holes of golf (scramble format) with cart. Prizes, breakfast, lunch and beverages on the course, 19th hole bever-ages and hors d’oeuvres. Enjoy a Rapid Fire Roundtable, a panel presentation from Wisconsin’s leading CEOs. Event runs 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; $200 per person, $700 per foursome. SentryWorld, 601 N. Michigan Ave., Stevens Point. Call 608-258-3400 to register.

August 22

2015 Point DuathlonSponsored by Cellcom. A 2-mile run through the UWSP campus, 16.5-mile bike on scenic country rods north of Stevens Point, followed by another 2-mile run through Schmeeckle Reserve. Run individually or as part of a relay team. Registration begins at 8:30 am; $35 for individuals, $20 per person for relay team. Price increases by $5 after August 10. The race begins at the Allen Center, UWSP, Lot Q, 400 Illinois Ave., Stevens Point; 715-342-2980; www.spymca.org.

Guns ’N Hoses Honor Flight Softball GameWatch members of the Stevens Point Police Department and the Stevens Point Fire Department battle it out on the softball field to raise funds for the Never Forgotten Honor Flight and the Portage County Veteran Relief Fund. Gates open at 11:00 am; game at 1:00 pm. Bukolt Park, 100 Bukolt Ave., Stevens Point; 715-346-1500.

Rod & Classic Car Show & CruiseGates open at 8:00 am. Food available

all day by the Lions Club. Cruise after the show, ending at Hidden Waters Golf Course. Call Todd at 715-281-9330 or 715-281-8233 for more info.

Kolor for Kids FunFestBenefiting the Children’s Miracle Net-work, this 5K run/walk will begin at 10:00 am. Wear a white shirt and end of looking like a rainbow after being blitzed with colored cornstarch powder along the route. Registration begins at 9:00 am; individual registration $40, team of four or more $35 per person; strollers are free. Grand Rapids Lions Park, 26th St. South and County Rd. W, Wisconsin Rapids.

August 23

St. Mary’s Parish PicnicFree admission. Call 715-592-4330 for details. Lion’s Park, 6768 4th St., Stevens Point.

August 24-26


August 25

August Book GroupThis month’s book is Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening by Carol Wall . Discussion from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Group meets the fourth Tuesday of the month. Selections vary widely and readers are welcome to participate as frequently as they choose. Scandinavia Public Library, 349 N. Main St.; 715-467-4636; http://scandinavialibrary.org.

August 26

Live Music at PJ’sLive music by The Gents at PJ’s at Sentry-World. Bring your own chair or blanket but no outside food or beverage. Music runs 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm; free admission. PJ’s Restaurant, 601 N. Michigan Ave., Stevens Point; 715-345-1600.

August 26-28

Rogers Cinema Summer Kids SeriesHome. Show begins at 10:00 am; $2 per person. Rogers Cinema, 2725 Church St., Stevens Point; 715-341-2700.

August 26-30

142nd Annual Waupaca County FairFeatures include carnival, food, dog agility, horse show, dairy cow show, lumberjack show, tractor pull, live music by Chasin’ Mason and Cherry Pie (Friday night), youth buildings and barns, and much more. Admission $7; free parking. Visit http://waupacacountyfair.org for more info and schedule of events.

August 27

2015 Lunch by the RiverEnjoy entertainment and good food along the Wisconsin River every Thursday morn-ing until the end of August. Entertainment TBA. Event runs 11:30 am to 1:00 pm; free admission. Veterans Memorial Park, 112 2nd St., Wisconsin Rapids. Call 715-423-1830 for more info.

Hero PartyCelebrate all readers at our ice cream social, where we will hand out certificates and announce top readers, from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Scandinavia Public Library, 349 N. Main St.; 715-467-4636; http://scandinavialibrary.org.

Family Game NightFamily-focused evening for kids and parents of all ages. Sponsored by Galaxy

Comics, Games and More. Event runs 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Central Wisconsin Children’s Museum, 1100 Main St., Ste-vens Point; 715-344-2003; www.cwchild-rensmuseum.org/monthly-programs.html.

August 27-29

6th Annual Bluegrass in the PinesMusic, food, drinks and camping. Bands include Art Stevenson and Highwater, Audie Blaylock and Redline, Tommy Brown, Sloppy Joe, Good Intentions, Fish Heads, The Seeger Boys, and Chicken Wire Empire. Thursday 8:00 pm to 12:00 midnight, Friday and Sat. 12:00 noon to 12:00 midnight. Advanced tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com. Day of show prices are $10 Thursday, $20 Friday and $20 Saturday. Rosholt Fair Park, north end of Main St., Rosholt; 715-884-6996; www.highwatermusic.com.

August 28

Waupaca Reads: The GiverRead the Lois Lowry book before August 28, then come to the library to watch the 2014 movie, starring Jeff Bridges, and discuss. 7:00 pm. Waupaca Area Public Library, 107 South Main St., Waupaca; 715-258-4414; http://waupacalibrary.org.


August 29

Amherst Quilt, Craft and Amish Furniture AuctionHundreds of quilts, wall hangings, crafts, furniture, flea market and bake sale. 7:00 am to 3:00 pm; free admission. Portage County Fairgrounds, 4504 Fairground Rd., Amherst; 920-450-1843; www.maderauction.com.



Rising Star Mill Presents DekkoraDekkorra returns to the Rising Star Mill to perform country, bluegrass, swing and light rock, as well as some original music. 7:00 pm; $10 adults, $5 students 12-18, free for kids under 12. Rising Star Mill, County Rd. Q., Nelsonville; 715-344-4423.

Waterfowl Hunters PartySponsored by our local Wisconsin River Valley Flyway Ducks Unlimited chapter. Featuring gun raffles, decoy raffles and silent auction items. Your $30 ticket includes a meal (brats and burgers), beverages (beer and soda) and Ducks Unlimited membership. Event begins at 6:00 pm. Moose Family Center, 1025 2nd St., Stevens Point; 715-344-2989.

September 4

OktoberfestBeer from Central Waters Brewery in Amherst, plus lots of great food. Entertain-

ment by the Charlie Justmann Band from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm, then The Kommis-sioners from 9:00 pm to 12:00 midnight. Event held at the Waupaca Ale House. Tickets $10 per person.

September 4-7

Portage County FairMusic, carnival, food and refreshments, parade, demo derby and 4-H displays. 8:00 am to 10:00 pm; Friday through Sun-day $3, Monday free. Rosholt Fair Park, E. Forest St., Rosholt; www.rosholtfair.com.

September 5-6

Riverfront Jazz FestivalLargest outdoor jazz festival in central Wisconsin. 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm; free admission. Pfiffner Pioneer Park, 1100 Crosby Ave., Stevens Point; www.river-frontjazzfestival.org.

September 5

John Swendrowski memorial Golf OutingHosted by the Assumption High School football team, this golf outing will include 18 holes with cart, smokehouse BBQ buf-fet, vent golf pullover and prizes. Registra-tion at 11:00 am, shotgun start at 12:00 noon. $95 per person. Bulls Eye Country Club, 2800 Ridgewood Trail, Wisconsin Rapids; 715-423-2225.

Lake Arrowhead Craft ShowOne of the best craft shows in central Wisconsin for more than 25 years. Enjoy refreshments, freshly grilled food and more than 100 displays of quality handmade crafts from vendors all over the tri-state area. Event is held rain or shine, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Lake Arrowhead Golf Course, 1195 Apache Ln,, Nekoosa.

September 6

47th Annual Big Falls Bowhunters Corn RoastParade at 12:00 noon. Free corn, food stands, raffles and games. Live music throughout the day. Village Park in Big Falls. For more info, contact Gary Beyers-dorf at 715-754-2359.

September 7

Autism NightThe Central Wisconsin Children’s Museum will be open the first Monday of each month from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm exclusively for families that have children with autism. Free admission. CWCM, 1100 Main St., Stevens Point; 715-344-2003; www.cwchildrensmuseum.org.

Labor Day CelebrationA free celebration for all. Free children’s rides, two bands, bingo, food, beer and soda. 12:00 noon until 6:00 pm at Robinson Park, 1150 17th St. N., Wisconsin Rapids.

The Landmark Coffeehouse

Concert I -Grand Opening featuring pianist Sara Davis Buechner

Concert II-Holiday in Grand Style featuring soprano Holly SaundersDecember 5-6, 2015

Conert III-All That’s Grand featuring pianist Molly Roseman February 20-21, 2016

Concert IV-Grand Finale featuring mezzo-soprano Julie Simson April 16-17, 2016

A GRAND AFFAIRE 67th Season

October 10-11, 2015

SummerHARBOR

Waterfront Restaurant & Bar

at theClear

Water

Saturday, August 1

Follow Suit – 9:30 pm

Sunday, August 2

Consult the Briefcase –

3 pm

Tuesday, August 4

Brad Emanuel – 6 pm

Wednesday August 5

Kyle Megna Duo – 6 pm

Saturday, August 8

Hurry Up Wait – 9:30 pm

Sunday, August 9

Corn Roast– Starting at 1pm

Greg Waters and the Broad

Street Boogie – 3:00 pm

Saturday, August 15

Boxkar – 9:30 pm

Sunday, August 16

Scottie Meyer Band – 3 pm

Friday, August 21

Oso Beer Tasting Cruise

SOLD OUT!

Saturday, August 22

Ask Your Mother – 9:30 pm

Sunday, August 23

Bazooka Joe – 3 pm

Friday, August 28

Smooth Jazz Cruise with

Tony Wagner & Streetlife –

Boarding @ 6:30 pm Cruise

7-10 pm

Saturday, August 29

Cougars – 9:30 pm

Sunday, August 30

The Presidents – 3 pm

Saturday, September 5

Rooftop Jumpers – 9:30 pm

Sunday, September 6

R2 – 3:00 pm LABOR

DAY WEEKEND

DOUBLEHEADER!

Consult the Briefcase –

9:30 pm

Sunday, September 27

Closing Party with The

Scottie Meyer Band

featuring Missy Krueger –

3 pm.

SUNDAYS

Live Music outside on

our floating stage from

3pm until 7pm.

MONDAYS

Trivia Night! Sign in at

7pm and the games

begin at 8. (Starting

mid June) Prize for the

winning team is a bar tab!

Happy Hour 3-6pm!

TUESDAYS

Dinner special:

tequila lime chicken

Happy Hour 3-6pm!

Live music on the deck

by candlelight starting at

dusk mid June-August.

WEDNESDAYS

Happy Hour 3-6pm!

Perch Dinner 5-9.

THURSDAYS

Happy Hour 3-6pm!

Steak Night! Martini &

Chair Massage specials.

FRIDAYS

Come in for our Great

Friday Fish Specials

(4 pm - 10 pm).

SATURDAYS

Live music (band)

every Saturday starting

at 9:30 all Summer long

(through August).

www.clearwaterharbor.comN2757 County Hwy QQ, Waupaca, WI 54981 • (715) 258-9912

Chain O'Lakes Cruises

Nightly Happenings

Book your Private Party at the Harbor! Contacts us for details (715) 258-2866

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