Cover story: Polka underground.
It’s so un-cool, it’s cool. It’s populated by people who, in high school, didn’t want to admit what they did. Who write songs they won’t play on the radio. Who stay up ’til the wee hours talking about the day when they’ll be back on top. Welcome to The Polka Underground. On the cover Miss Wisconsin Polka Booster Queen Beth Ann Birno, 20; Cover photo/C.Taylor Video MKE hung out with Miss Wisconsin Polka Booster Queen Beth Ann Birno at a polka dance in Theresa, Wis. Behind the (polka) music Download traditional (and some not-so-traditional) tunes from local artists.
downtime Madison: A film aficionado's field of dreamst Want to plan a trip to Madison for the Wisconsin Film Festival? We’ll get you prepared. Two contestants still standing in Rockstar Projecte The field has been narrowed in the Rockstar Project, a contest billed as a search for southeast Wisconsin's best new singer. A foreign affair Ill Groove Movement is the only hip-hop group competing locally in the Emergenza Festival. Project logic Project I Am has become a sort of virtual support group for local musicians and artists. Threeview: Tenuta's Tenuta’s Italian Restaurant in Bay View is a classic, comfy neighborhood joint. Budget bite: The Continental Royal breakfast Milwaukee foodie Laura Gawrisch checks out a Scottish treat at City Market. Meet the bartender: Art Sears In rugby, a "sin bin" is the equivalent to hockey's penalty box. It makes sense, then, that the bar of the same name serves much of the same purpose.
in the know Profile: Camelia Jones Camelia Jones has a job few would envy, but she says the funeral home business is the right choice for her. A game plan for game week hoops UW-Milwaukee in the Sweet Sixteen? Believe it. When I was 30: Ken Stein Jeweler Ken Stein says downtown is returning to the kind of place it was when he was 30.
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