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Milwaukee

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Gold-Medal Cheese Sells for $8,400 at Wisconsin Auction

    How much would you be willing to pay for the world's best cheese? As part of an auction held in Milwaukee to raise money for cheese producers, an Illinois company, Hoogwegt US Inc., paid $8,400 for a 24-pound wheel of Dutch cheese, according to the AP (via Bloomberg).

  • Film

    March 14, 2012

    Casa de Mi Padre

    How much would you be willing to pay for the world's best cheese? As part of an auction held in Milwaukee to raise money for cheese producers, an Illinois company, Hoogwegt US Inc., paid $8,400 for a 24-pound wheel of Dutch cheese, according to the AP (via Bloomberg).

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Are the Islanders Moving to Brooklyn Now or What?

    ​So Nassau County held its vote on the $400 million New York Islanders arena plan yesterday, and for team owner Charles Wang things went about as well as ... it's tempting to say "as well as a typical Islanders game," but that'd be cruel. In any case, the final vote was 57-43% against funding ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Ooga Booga: Rightbloggers Warn America of a Non-Existent Black Crime Wave

    You probably know that, over the past few decades, crime rates in America's major cities have dropped sharply. New York, which was once a symbol of urban menace, is particularly safe, and tourists freely roam Bed-Stuy and Central Park at night. Even historically troubled Oakland has recently seen it ... More >>

  • Dining

    April 27, 2011

    Hofbrau Bierhaus Is a Real Brew-haha

    Noisy-ass beer garden blasts into Midtown from Munich

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    American Idol, Season 10: A Few People We Like, A Lot Of People We Hate

    At least Beatlesmania is over. Credit: Ray Mickshaw/FOX.​A quick word of advice: By all means, watch Still Bill, the new documentary about Bill Withers. It's great, and it's on Netflix Instant and everything. Just don't watch it immediately before watching American Idol. If you do, you'll find ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Obama's Super Bowl Party Sounds Like a Nightmare

    ​It sounds like President Barack Obama is going to have the worst Superbowl ever. His beloved Bears didn't make the cut for the big game so he said he's "remaining neutral." Watching a game and not rooting for either team? Who do you cheer for then, the Black Eyed Peas? His horrible situation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    American Idol, Season 10: Not Heartwarming-Sad, Just Sad-Sad

    Beware of this dude's absolutely appalling sincere faces. Photo by Michael Becker/FOX.​Tonight, we see the new American Idol judging cadre venture to Milwaukee, I place I don't consider a real city because I can't name any rappers from there. (Bon Iver doesn't count.) We open with Steven Tyler ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2010

    New Yorkers Must Wait to Be Ogled by TSA

    ​Sorry, New York. Those full body scanners promised "for September" at Newark, JFK, and LaGuardia airports back in August are still not available. Turns out the installation of -- like the public's reaction to -- the machinery is a bit "complex."

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    For National Coming Out Day, Tales of Coming Out

    ​Happy National Coming Out Day! Since October 11, 1988, the first anniversary of the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, this date has been celebrated as a day for LGBT people to live openly. Runnin' Scared asked a few gay and lesbian New Yorkers around town (and ... More >>

  • Film

    September 8, 2010

    Introducing Frankie Latina's Badass Exploitation in Modus Operandi

    ​Happy National Coming Out Day! Since October 11, 1988, the first anniversary of the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, this date has been celebrated as a day for LGBT people to live openly. Runnin' Scared asked a few gay and lesbian New Yorkers around town (and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    In the U.S. Senate, A Hearing on Downgrading Rape Complaints; In Our City Council, Crickets (Update)

    While elected officials here in the city are reticent to hold public hearings on allegations published in the Village Voice on the downgrading of criminal complaints by the NYPD, the United States Senate has no such qualms about looking at the practice across the country. Senator Arlen Specter, a d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Brian from Wisconsin Dishes on 30 Dates in 30 Days: Today is Date #1

    ​Brian Moore, a Milwaukee-raised 23-year-old, is like the modern-day version of sweetheart Cory Matthews from Boy Meets World (albeit lankier and blonder), and he's seeking his Topanga. The Emerson '09 grad moved to New York four months ago, and having spent most of his entire adult life in a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Is Pabst Blue Ribbon About to Become Bumble Bee Beer?

    ​The NPR website reports that counter-culture favorite Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer may be on the verge of being sold to C. Dean Metropoulos, the man responsible for developing such food brands as Vlassic Pickles and Bumble Bee Tuna. The sale, brokered by Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, will reporte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Crystal Head Vodka Banned in Ontario; Shocker: French Study Shows Wine is Good

    ​Dan Aykroyd's Crystal Head Vodka has been banned in Ontario because the bottle looks like such a lifelike skull. Oddly, Canadian-born Aykroyd thinks the decision "kind of makes the product more appealing." [Globe and Mail] Meanwhile, Crystal Head Vodka has reached the one millionth bottle ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Chinatown Counterfeiters Settle Up With City, Live to Counterfeit Another Day

    Bebeto Matthews/Associated Press​The owners of the "Counterfeit Triangle"--a single triangular block in Chinatown bounded by Canal, Centre, and Walker Streets--have agreed to pay $800,000 to the city, thereby reopening the block for "legitimate purposes." The settlement comes after a 2008 raid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Tonight! Fang Island, Juiceboxxx, And Des Roar

    You're probably not getting into Roseland for the Thom Yorke/Atoms for Peace spectacular, but no sourpusses allowed: Fang Island's exuberant instrumental tunes could quite possibly make the band's self-described aesthetic of "everyone high-fiving everyone" a reality tonight at the Knitting Factory ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    New York Times' Renewed Sense of Competition with New Funding Strategy: Satan

    ​Genius. Is there a better investment opportunity out there for a media outlet? The New York Times has apparently uncovered the answer to all of their fiscal issues of recent: Satan.

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    The James Beard Awards Semi-Finalists Have Been Announced

    Will the spirit of James Beard smile upon New York chefs?​The James Beard Foundation announced its list of semi-finalists for the annual James Beard Awards today, kicking off the food world's very own Oscar season scrum. The semi-finalists were selected from a pool of 21,000 online entries; th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    The Review of Phantom Menace You Didn't Even Know You Were Waiting For

    Finally, a reason for the existence of George Lucas -- so that he and his horrible film, The Phantom Menace, could be taken apart so entertainingly in this genius series of videos posted to YouTube by a man in Milwaukee. Just hit play on that first one -- we guarantee you won't be able to keep fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Mac 'n' Cheese Revolution; Beef Tongues Recalled

    ​Mac 'n' cheese is the new hipster food around New York and Los Angeles, and has even spawned a couple mac-'n'-cheese boutiques: S'MAC in the East Village and its newish rival, Macbar in Soho. [Wall Street Journal] Restaurateurs who once kept close tabs on Frank Bruni will be doing the same w ... More >>

  • Theater

    September 29, 2009

    A Steady Rain Displays Two Celebs; Tosca and Othello Display Directorial Muddle

    ​Mac 'n' cheese is the new hipster food around New York and Los Angeles, and has even spawned a couple mac-'n'-cheese boutiques: S'MAC in the East Village and its newish rival, Macbar in Soho. [Wall Street Journal] Restaurateurs who once kept close tabs on Frank Bruni will be doing the same w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Today Is Les Paul's Final Day in New York City

    ​Les Paul, the technologically innovative and resolutely virtuosic guitarist who died last week at the age of 94, will have his New York sendoff today in a private ceremony. Paul's manager, Michael K. Braunstein, told the A.P. that after the service and a reception in the Gibson showroom today ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 3, 2009

    ¡Ask a Mexican! Taco Hell

    An East Coast Chicano suffers

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Sriracha, Spotted Everywhere

    While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    Photos from USAISAMONSTER's "Last Show Ever" Featuring Awesome Color, a Shirtless Juiceboxxx, and A Sweaty Mass of Spectators

    Justin F. Farrar gushed his respects last week to Brooklyn prog-noise stalwarts USAISAMONSTER, who after 10 years, four full-lengths, two EPs, a stack of CD-Rs, and a zillion cold floors around the globe, are ending their long-revered band. Last Saturday at the Market Hotel was billed as their "La ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Monday's Headlines: Murdoch Too In Love With Newspapers

    HARKAVY is now blogging at The Smart AssetYour Monday New York headlines...Struggling Times says Wall Street Journal and NY Post are dragging down News Corp because of Rupe's stubbornness. Also, Journal management now thoroughly Murdochian: "Memos are for wimps."Sharpton, meanwhile, wants Rupe to pa ... More >>

  • Film

    September 3, 2008

    The Pool

    HARKAVY is now blogging at The Smart AssetYour Monday New York headlines...Struggling Times says Wall Street Journal and NY Post are dragging down News Corp because of Rupe's stubbornness. Also, Journal management now thoroughly Murdochian: "Memos are for wimps."Sharpton, meanwhile, wants Rupe to pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    This Bud's for Tu

    HARKAVY is now blogging at The Smart AssetYour Monday New York headlines...Struggling Times says Wall Street Journal and NY Post are dragging down News Corp because of Rupe's stubbornness. Also, Journal management now thoroughly Murdochian: "Memos are for wimps."Sharpton, meanwhile, wants Rupe to pa ... More >>

  • NYC Life

    November 13, 2007

    Greenpoint's New Bowling Alley: Time-Warp Look and Prices to Match

    Old Milwaukee chandeliers, but Sixpoint in the pitchers

  • Film

    October 2, 2007

    Valerie Harper Is Not Jewish. You'd Never Know it Here.

    Golda's Balcony

  • NYC Life

    August 29, 2006

    Crossover Alley

    Krazy Kat and Vegetable Sex to greet the fall season

  • Music

    March 14, 2006

    A Level Field

    1,500 up-and-coming acts take the music-biz mat in Austin

  • Columns

    October 4, 2005

    Horoscope

    1,500 up-and-coming acts take the music-biz mat in Austin

  • Dining

    June 14, 2005

    Happy Days

    Coney Island's former specialty takes hold in the Midwest

  • Specials

    January 11, 2005

    Letter to the Editor

    Coney Island's former specialty takes hold in the Midwest

  • Specials

    January 4, 2005

    Letter to the Editor

    Coney Island's former specialty takes hold in the Midwest

  • NYC Life

    October 12, 2004

    Boccie, Beer Cheese, and Deer Heads Meet Brooklyn Hip

    Coney Island's former specialty takes hold in the Midwest

  • News

    November 18, 2003

    Higher Calling

    Why Do Airlines Ban Midflight Cell Phone Calls?

  • Film

    August 26, 2003

    Jew Eye for the Black Guy: Odd Couple Swap Stereotypes

    Why Do Airlines Ban Midflight Cell Phone Calls?

  • NYC Life

    May 20, 2003

    Listings

    Why Do Airlines Ban Midflight Cell Phone Calls?

  • NYC Life

    May 13, 2003

    Listings

    Why Do Airlines Ban Midflight Cell Phone Calls?

  • News

    February 18, 2003

    Move Over, Janet Malcolm

    Ex-Journos Paint Reporters as Artful Liars

  • Dining

    October 22, 2002

    Circular Logic

    Ex-Journos Paint Reporters as Artful Liars

  • News

    June 11, 2002

    Is Nothing Sacred?

    The Church vs. the Irreverent Media

  • Columns

    November 27, 2001

    NY Mirror

    The Church vs. the Irreverent Media

  • News

    February 6, 2001

    Shirts

    Two T's, One Buttondown, and a Plaid Flannel

  • News

    April 13, 1999

    Exposing the Voucher Spin

    Public Money Is for Public Schools

  • News

    April 6, 1999

    Giuliani vs. Thomas Jefferson

    God Will Be the Curriculum

  • Theater

    January 12, 1999

    Noh Business

    God Will Be the Curriculum

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