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The Milwaukee Art Museum Dares Reveal Warhol's Later Years

Jennifer Kester — 2009-10-07T10:32:37-05:00

You've seen Andy Warhol's classic Campbell's Soup cans and his bold, bright Marilyn Monroe silkscreen works, but you probably haven't seen the Pop master's art from the latter part of his life, which veered away from glamour and beauty. The Milwaukee Art Museum gives you a peek at those works with "Andy Warhol: The Last Decade," the first U.S. museum exhibit to examine the artist's final years through a survey of painted pieces.

Although Warhol received most of his acclaim from his '60s Pop Art, his output during decade before his death in '87 was far more prolific. The Milwaukee museum shows pieces from this period, including collaborations with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente that inspired the artist to return to painting by hand; abstract works, black-and-white ads, works examining death and religion, self-portraits, camouflage patterns and oxidation paintings—also known as "piss paintings" because he peed on them...nasty.

A Must-See In Milwaukee: The Award-Winning Bronze Fonz Statue

JetSetCD — 2009-09-08T15:44:38-05:00

Just when you think you're cool, a Bronze Statue of The Fonz from Happy Days goes and accepts an award for being exactly that: really darn cool. Over the weekend, Milwaukee accepted the award on behalf of the Fonzie statue they erected back in August 2008.

Officially, the reason for the honor from the National Council for Destination Organizations (whatever that is) is that the city has done such a great job of marketing the statue and the city as a tourism destination because of it, that they've raised over $17,000 for a literacy program from sales of autographed cast posters and contributions. Of course Henry Winkler was on hand to pose with his metal doppelganger.

Jimmy Fallon's Guide To The Best Bars in Milwaukee

cmb — 2009-05-20T17:41:57-05:00

While some stars were jetting off to the Cannes Film Festival last weekend, Jimmy Fallon took the road less traveled and spent a few days in Milwaukee. The Late Night host performed his stand up act at the Pabst Theater on Saturday, no doubt trying out some of the jokes we’ll be hearing on his show this week.

Jimmy’s weekend wasn’t all work and no play though. He did get a chance to take in some of Milwaukee’s finest drinking establishments and, of course, Tweeted all about it, saying "Bye, Milwaukee. So fun. Pabst theater is gorgeous. Great people" and "Jo Cat (pedal pub crawlers),Bryant's (crazy good cocktails), Club Brady (not a club - but dudes moshing to Pantera) and Wolski's (cold beer)."

Here’s a break down of Jimmy's Tweet about the best bars he visited in Milwaukee.

Fistfuls Of Foreign Currency... In Milwaukee?

pbb — 2008-12-04T15:30:13-05:00

Two neighborhoods in Milwaukee have had it with the US dollar--and are planning to print up their own cash to be used at local businesses. Amazingly, it's totally legal as long as they don't mint coins.

Community organizer (ewww!) Sura Faraj tells the Chicago Tribune:

You have all these people who have local currency, and they're going to spend it at local stores. They can't spend it at the Wal-Mart or the Home Depot, but they can spend it at their local hardware store or their local grocery store.

But why would you want to use locally grown cash if you can just as easily spend US dollars in Wisconsin? Shops in Riverwest and East Side, Milwaukee might build in favorable exchange rates, so an item that would cost, say, US$11 would go for just $10 worth of local scratch.

Related Stories:
· Milwaukee Neighborhoods Could Print Own Money [Chicago Tribune, via]
· Dollar-Euro Exchange Rate Totally Killing Us [Jaunted]

[Photo of funny money: sixsixsixismoney]

Nostalgia TV Travel: The Fonz Is Bronze

BS — 2008-09-17T10:15:29-05:00

Washington builds statues to presidents, and New York shows love for liberty. But when it comes time for Milwaukee to build a statue, they sure know how to do it right.

Behold the Fonz Statue, which debuted last month along the city's Riverwalk, not far from the fictional setting of "Happy Days."

An online fundraising drive helped raise some of the $85,000 needed to complete the bronze statue, which somehow manages to look even creepier than the 60-year-old version of Henry Winkler.

Related Stories:
· Bronze the Fonz [Official Site]
· Television Travel coverage [Jaunted]
· Milwaukee Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: gessika22]

Midwest Death Watch: Northwest Writes Off Its Midwest Investment

egw — 2008-08-08T11:45:06-05:00

More bad news for the Milwaukee-based airline: Northwest Airlines' 47-percent share in the carrier has lost so much value that NWA has written off its $213 million investment in Midwest Airlines, which it bought with TPG Capital in January.

Paying passenger traffic for Midwest also dropped 16 percent in July compared to last year's numbers with 324,002 brave souls taking the ailing carrier. Northwest ended up buying Midwest to keep budget carrier AirTran from gaining a toehold in Milwaukee; now it's looking like they just ended up with a white elephant.

Related Stories:
· Northwest Writes off Midwest Investment [Milwaukee JS]
· Midwest Passenger Loads Down in July [Biz Journals]
· Midwest Death Watch coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: md11forever]

Midwest Death Watch: Systemwide Cuts Starting to Hurt

egw — 2008-07-28T12:30:25-05:00

Last week's announced cuts to Midwest Airlines' service are starting to take effect, and they hurt! Hundreds of vacationers bound for Orlando on one of the to-be-cut flights between September 8 and October 20 were stymied by error messages on Midwestairlines.com and consistent busy signals on the company's 800 number. Even travel agents reported trouble getting through on the domestically staffed help line.

One area particularly hurt by the service changes? The cities of Stevens Point, Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids, served by Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee. With Midwest goes the only flight connecting the northern half of WI to Milwaukee, forcing fliers to connect through Detroit, Minneapolis or O'Hare for an in-state destination.

At least this misery has company: Airline columnist Joe Brancatelli declared "every U.S. carrier except Southwest Airlines faces bankruptcy and possibly even liquidation" in his latest Seat 2B bulletin. Clearly people are cashing in those edgy Southwest coupons.

[Photo: retokurmann]