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OctoberfeastVITAL Source 2008 Halloween Guide!
Subversions: On Assignment
Visual Arts Picks
Behind the Scaffolding
Reconsidering the turkey
One Question
Back to School: Father & Son Lunch Box Specials
Ready for the new
Chances are
100 Years of Beautiful Music
Let’s talk about (child) sex (uality)
Behind the curtain
If you’re in love with value, then I’m in love with you
New Faces
Beneath The Gold Sticker
I want to believe
20x20
Random Exposure
Sing out, Milwaukee! My column could be your life!
Heartbeat City
Wrap and Roll
Good for baby, good for the Earth
Mavericks and leaders
Dead Man's Carnival
Red, White & Bleu
Fire in the Disco
Subversions: On Assignment
Stars and Stripes Forever
Faster than the speed of time
WRITE ON: The 2008 VITAL Source Short Fiction Contest
Every day’s a holiday
Chickens
VITAL’s 2008 Farmer’s Market Guide
Gone Fishing
The Phreaks
Green Bay godfathers and hockey-playing chimps
Pygmies in Chimayo
The Undiscovered
No more gilding the lily
Mom’s sweet comforts
Essure: Be careful what you wish for
Exercising Ideals
Happy Trails
Beloit
Chomp!
400 years in a convent, three nights at Rooters
New Model Army
"Give them the Remote"
VITAL's 2008 - 2009 Spring Fine Arts Season Preview
Purveyors of low frequencies
For the health of it
Democracy: yes we can
The scene is massive
The new film coast?
Geek Squad
Then I looked up
John Vanderslice is practicing disable-ization
Checkers or Chess?
The Beat goes on
The fine art of persuasion
You don't get a medal for showing up
Guitar Hero
VITAL turns six with Puzzles + Games
Resolution
Dear Lakshmi
Open to interpretation
Have a heart
The road goes on forever
Pat Graham
Naked is a state of mind
Resolution
A part of the solution
What Gives?
Holiday Fun Guide
Art vs. Craft:
Learning to Fly
Marcus Doucette
Light my Fire
Stretch your Brain
Blue wings and hearing loss
John Riepenhoff 5 Q
Recalling the Wisconsin Idea
Growing Up
When the Banana Leaves Split
Tug of War
The Art of Work
We’ve got to help Alan Keyes
Union Forever
Every Picture Tells a Story
The Music Issue
Tone deaf and loving it!
The Big Dig
A matter of perspective
VITAL Source 2007 Halloween Guide!
Know Your DJ
Re: The Milwaukee Music Scene(tm), part deux
Jobs, jobs, jobs
“Human salvation lies in the HANDS of the creatively maladjusted.” -- Martin Luther King
“Keep guard over your EYES AND EARS as the inlets of your heart …” -- Anne Bronte
The Anatomy and Physiology of Arts and Entertainment
Your papers, please
20 Years in The Life
Gardasil: Hope or Hype?
Chris Abele
The Real Deal
Making It Work For Us
“THE HEART has reasons that reason cannot know.” -- Blaise Pascal
“The LEGS are the wheels of creativity” -- Albert Einstein
“Music’s golden tongue Flatter’d to tears this aged man and poor”
“THE BRAIN is a commodity used to fertilize ideas.” -- Elbert Hubbard
“If only we could pull out our brain and use only our EYES.” -- Pablo Picasso
Your elbows on my knees
2007 Short Fiction and Poetry Contest
Banging the drum, softly
Jenna Leskela and Michelle Scifers of Blam!Blam!
Green is the new black
BUDGETMANIA!
Now I’m a believer…
Found in translation
The legends live on…
Alienation's for the rich
Huey Crowley
Get ‘em while they’re interesting
All the king’s horses
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Forever young
Temporary Beauty
Cheap adversaries
The limitless as limitation
Vital's 2007 Farmers Market Guide
Let us eat cake!
VITAL'S 2007 Photo Contest Winners
What should have happened
Fixing MPS
The road to hell by, by any other name
June 2007
A crash course in teen parenting
To be young and Polish on a summer evening
Simply the best
Time to grant women equal rights
Bridging the gap
Garrett Burton
Watts Tea Shop: 103 years and counting
You, Mii and D&D
Falling in love with Roberta
Up in smoke
Wrong is wrong
Cheryl Pawelski
A Few Questions Answered
Kawoomph!
Six things you should know about VITAL
The 2007-2008 Fine Arts Season Preview
Downhill, you’ll go mach speed
Not just another teen movie
April 2007
Girls on film
Céad mile fáilte
Out of the shower and up to the mic
A new hope?
Strength in low numbers
South America’s outstanding wine oddities
After the party - How to handle the pox
Strong medicine for the healthcare access crisis?
Consolidating control of the Titanic
Trouble
Cé
Liberty and injustice for all
Everything for everybody
Chicken pox party
Hat Trick - Third time’s a charm for Al and Susie Brkich
Your last/next month
Paris Ortiz
Yeah, we’re five
Puzzles and Games
Why the caged bird sings
Just like real life?
Down on the farm with David Swanson
The high cost of low maintenance
We are the new year
Jayk
He says…
Beyond the Beltway
My greatest teachers
Dollars, Worries & Lives
Many Times, Many Ways
Champagne and other delights
My mad dream for the holidays
100 hours in America
John Sieger
Too close to call
Built to last
Four years and a new day
A Winter Harvest
Harmony in contradiction
A brief history of whiskey
Just the way it is
November 2006
Caribbean cowboy
Matthew Schroeder
Look back and laugh
Art during wartime
Dangerous ignorance
Deep Roots
We sing in the car
Re: The Milwaukee Music Scene (TM)
What kind are you?
October 2006
Salad Days
High time for a high tide?
Of labor unions and fetish gear
Pegi Taylor
Now you see it...
A lifetime in color
Shoot from the hip
Having THE Talk
Ciao-chow: Stacia Van de Loo storms Vucciria
Steven Hawley
We've got new partners
Falk vs. Lautenschlager: an enviable problem for progressives
Baby name roulette
Truth or politicking in the Middle East?
THESPIANS, TROUBADORS AND NE'ER-DO-WELLS DESCEND ON CITY!
Once again, the right idea goes all wrong
Anaba Tea Room: Serenity to a tea
melaniejane
In Memory - "Rock 'n Roll" Evan Tyson
Rethinking the nail
Kid, keep a low profile
Inside The Artist's Studio
The distraction in Iraq
Random Exposure
Standing your ground
Barrett controversy not about truth, but policing dissent
Shi Chai's Amir Rasouli brings the Mediterranean to Center Street
Mike Frederickson
Locust Street, in list form
Buying the cheap stuff
The Declaration of Independence
Eagan's Tim McLean serves up haute cuisine, American style
Show It Off!
Lyle Lovett
Summer Days, Summer Nights
Just another word?
Eric Blowtorch
Letters June 2006
Wisconsin reconsiders the death penalty
Goodbye Dinger: A Eulogy
Halfway there
At the Hong's table
Every Day Should Be A Holiday
On the (Van) Go
Censure - why the right idea is wrong right now
Work smarter, Not harder
Heidi Spencer
Queen for a summer
Planet Waves
Jon Langford: Sometimes all at once
Jude verdicts troubling, but not unexpected
A toast to Bialystock & Bloom (1995-2006)
Cell phones for kids: the end of innocence?
Jokin' Joe has left and gone away, hey hey hey
New Connectio
Full nude, full alcohol
Roller Derby Queens
David Mohorko dishes boss bar food at Palomino
Bush's dollars and Iraqi democracy:
Liv Mueller
Gay marriage ban has little to do with protecting marriage
Long Distance Column
2006-2007 Fine Arts Season Preview
Taking Responsibility
I am a Liberal. There, I said it!
Taking A Risk For Art
Attachment Parenting
Talking Italian Wine with a Pro
Planet Waves
Powerful Stuff
Life's a Riot with Billy Bragg
In Memory Janeen Martin
Public Displays of Affectation
Crazy Eight
Big chef, big food, big flavor!
Body And Self
Kids and Dogs
Harder than one might think
Out of the gray
Planet Wave
Cheap Drinking Games
Kermit Frazier: Agent of Change
Love Me Tender
Spirited Cuisine
Happy Birthday, Vital Source!
Score one for the Catholics + Happy Birthday, Vital Source
Forgotten Milwaukee: Black "History" and Identity Politics
Letters
Ian McLagan
Test Your Democracy I.Q.
Basic Wine Geography
Inner Space
These hands were made to heal
Revealing light
Amy X Neuburg
This moment
Of guns, gays and gas.
Needles and Pins
Casablanca
The Letting Go lesson
Is this a dream?
Forgotten Milwaukee
The Gift of Wine
My Holiday Gift to Myself:
Erin Wolf's Road Trip Rules
Talkin' Turkey with Brian Moran
December 2005
Inner Space
Studs Terkel
Why Unity Matters
Sex, Drugs, and Nudity on New Year's Eve
Forgotten Milwaukee
Six Milwaukeeans' Best (And Worst) Holiday Memories
Simple Joys
November 2005
November 2005
Embracing the Misunderstood
November 2005
Secret Lives of the Service Industry
Around the World and Back Again
Beverly Hills On Three Dollars A Week
The New Old South
Just To Keep the Story Lit
Forgotten America
Industrial Nature
Read To Me!
Crazy Water Shines
The Silent Players
October 2005 Horoscopes
Snapshots in Analog
Top Fives
A Darkened Room, A Reel of Film + Me
Milwaukee Sound Environment Project
Saving the Music
October 2005
Redemption Song
Melly LeBaron's Indiana Song
Girls' Night Out
The State of the Scene: A Teenage Symphony to Milwaukee
Think. Like I do. A Tale of Two Science Fairs.
September 2005
The True Story of Oktoberfest
Totally Geeking Out With Paul Feig
September '05 Letters to the Editor
Greg Dulli Is Right
Breaking Away: A Savvy Bill Frist Moves to the Middle
Ode To A Slightly Crunchy Summer
Milwaukee Shows Its Latin Love
Tess
Dracula, Daughters and Doc
September 2005 Horoscopes
Do You Read Me? Ten Million Bloggers Can't Be Wrong.
A Lactavist Speaks Out
The Devil and Me
The Return of the Local?
Taking It To The Streets
August 2005
A Chef at the Top of His Game
Vital Lives
Political Math 101
(Anxiously) Awaiting the Death of “Reality TV”
Critical Mass Harassment
August 2005
Much Ado About Doo-Doo
Disco Doppelganger
In Defense of Gay Rights
Into The Abyss
Party on the Patio
July 2005
Latin Spirits on the Rise
Michael Mace says,
Planet Waves
Image Isn't Everything
Summers of Love
Your Papers, Please
Baasim Zafar Brings a World of Experience to Celia
Our Second Annual Definitive Farmers Market Guide
Fatally Yours
Too Funny - Again
Planet Waves
Eric Lewin Smashes the State
2005 Farmers Market Guide
In-Stores and Panic Attacks
Vtial Lives
Band of the Free
June 2005
GOP Temple Crumbling, From the Top Down
June 2005 Horoscopes
Planet Waves
New Clogs Walk the Lane
May 2005
Rosés For Your Mother
Vital Lives
Mission of Hope
Collaboration!
The Graduates
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right
This Woman's Work
Matt Wild Jumps Kim Deal's "Bone Machine"
Losing the Arts Advantage
Beyond Conventional Cuisine
April 2005
2005-06 Fine Arts Season Preview
The Monitor
Lost in the Supermarket
Radiohead Finds Patrick Kapple “High and Dry”
Vital Lives
Building Your Tribe
Planet Waves
April Releases
A Prayer for My Daughter
Losing the Arts Advantage
Planet Waves
Plea From a School Board Junkie
All Souped Up
The Chairman Feels Paul Snyder's Pain
Stout for St. Patrick's Sake
Commentary
The FCC's Indecency Witch Hunt
The Monitor
March 2005
Going Down to Austin Town
Vital Lives
The Monitor: Technology For All of Us
Now What?
Helping Kids Cope with Tragedy
Far Away, So Close
Crisis - Fact or Fiction?
Is Bush Hard of Hearing?
February 2005
Planet Waves
The Alternative to the Alternative?
January 2005
Vital Lives
The Monitor
No Friends Like Old Friends
Vital Lives
Port
Don’t Cry, Baby
Ai, Carumba Cuisine!
Jill Endress’ Portishead Surprise
2005 Horoscopes
An Interview with Augusten Burroughs
The Needless Oppression of Ideological Gridlock
Road Tripping with the Family
Nina Simone moves Holly Blue
The Monitor:
A Reality Check on the Values Voter
Mark Metcalf is the Accidental Actor
Radar Love
Planet Waves
The Sauce Guru of the Fifth Ward
December 2004
Commentary:
Big Family Christmas: An Elegy
Vital Source's 2004 Holiday Events Guide
Vital's 2004 Giving Guide
Challenging Charities
November 2004
Cher Helps Liz Wagner Mend Her Broken Heart
Planet Waves
Commentary
Wine Wisdom for the Holidays
Now What?
Re-Branding the Brewers
Coral Slavin's Labor of Love
Not So Fast - Slow Food at Sticks & Stones
The Monitor: Technology for All of Us
That was Easy...
The New and Improved Holiday Letter
The Marlboro Man Ponies Up to Both Parties
Some Sage Advice for John Kerry
The Monitor: Technology For All of Us
John Jeske is He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Interviewed.
Anybody But Bush?
Jeremy Rottgen Sneaks Backstage with the Misfits
October 2004
Tenuta's a Hit in Bay View
October 2004
Liberal to Progressive
True Artists
October 2004
Teaching Tolerance
Afghanistan
Dirty Tricks, Negative Campaigning and the Credibility Gap:
Underground Art Scene
Playing with Your Wine
The Monitor: Technology for All of Us
Beauty and the Bay
Kimberly Gleffe Loves the River
The Software of Cities
September 2004
Kids Clothes
Merhdad Dalamie Sees the East in the West
September 2004
Overcoming the Ghost of Jim Crow
Brave New Family
The Eisner Museum Keeps On Ticking
My name is Tom Smith...
The World Turned Upside Down
August 2004 Horoscopes
Where Have All the Liberals Gone?
August 2004
A Young American in Paris
Rain Rain, Ruins the Day
Sarah McEneany and Robert Lewis Smith Find joy "Close to Home."
The Nestle Boycott is (Still) Important
Cosby's Clarion Call
Commentary
A Matter of Design, or The Big Picture at Five Points
James Carlson Lives to Learn
Viva La Causa Inc.
Thirty-three Thoughts on Patriotism
Vital's 2004 Definitive Guide to Area Farmers Markets
Tom Smith Hates the Smell of Phish
News And Views
Vital's Picks
Rethinking Pink Drinking
With A Little "Help" From Our "Friends"
July 2004
July 2004 Horoscopes
Mama's New Tattoo(s)
Pimp's Up... and Away
Channeling your Chi to Alleviate Arthritis Pain
The Domino Effect
Baseball
Right of Way
June 2004
Savoring Kid-Free Time
June 2004 Issue
Dylan and a Date with an Angel
The PATRIOT Act Lands at the Port
No Money Down
June 2004 Horoscopes
Entre Dos Naciones
So'adores Indocumentados
Breakfast Link
DJ Dr.B rocks Milwaukee
Surviving the Streets
Lose Your Corkscrew!
Siblings at Birth
Memo
May 2004
May 2004 Horoscopes
Tom Baas' Long, Strange Trip to the Rosemont
Performance Preview
Camouflaged Casualties of Iraq
Who's Paying For All This, Anyway?
Wait 'Til Next Ballpark
Need Milk? REALLY?
Greg Suelzer Auditions for Slayer
Finding Religion
April 2004
April 2004 Horoscopes
Jody Schneider
Michael Weiss is Speaking in Tongues
Claudia's War
Milwaukee's New Brat Pack
Commentary: Journey to Iraq
Fitting Fitness into a Busy Schedule
Forward Strategies, Budget Secrets and the November Elections
Political Kids
What's Next in the Valley?
Kylie Minogue: Keeping It On
Black in White Milwaukee
March 2004
March 2004 Horoscopes
Baseball Bob
Ready to Rumble
The Occupation Will Be Blogged
Too Funny
Editor's Blog
Living Liberation
Through the Past, Clearly.
Homeless Milwaukee
Sparkler Records
February 2004 Horoscopes
On the Streets, Cars & Desires
The Secret World of Dr. Flatine
Winter Lovers
Homeless Milwaukee
When Winter Illness Lays the Family Low
Andy Kronos Doesn't Fear the Reaper
January 2004
Is That A Pistol In Your Pocket... ?
Looking Through the Leaves of Fall's Gallery Night
Okay, So Now What?
New Milwaukee Theater has a "Great Personality"
Diet Resolutions for Realists
Rediscover Red Wines this Winter
Sister Agnes Plays Music in the Key of Life
January 2004 Horoscopes
We Laughed, We Cried
December 2003
December 2003 Horoscopes
Living Without Santa
Christmas in Iraq
In Search of An Agenda
Frizell Bailey understands the blues.
Iraq's Catch-22
Measuring Mayor Norquist
Jimmy Leroy, Mall Mascot
Don't Worry
FluMist
Bucketworks [Poietis Factorium Maximus]
Daisy's Will:
Commentary: All Arabs are the Same
Best Wines for Your Feast
Eat, Drink, and Be... Healthy?
November 2003 Horoscopes
(Not Just) Another Bar on Water Street
In Search of An Agenda
Milwaukee's New Cellulloid Heroes
Laura Martin knows: music is love.
When the Leaves Fall from the Trees
Power is Paradise... ?
November 2003
Halloween Costumes
October 2003
Milwaukee's Philosopher Magician
October 2003 Horoscopes
Is this thing on?
In Search of An Agenda
Thinking holistically about menopause.
Milwaukee's Best New Building is Invisible
The Upscale Vagabond
A Dance of Survival & Freedom
Slanted Soapboxes of Media
John Hughes Knocks on Heaven's Door
Hope Lives in Tonasket
The Healer Is In:
Lovelier Than Ever
In Search of An Agenda
Welcome to Milwaukee's Eighth Wonder — Pier Wisconsin!
Brian Jones Lays His Hands on Peter Gabriel
The First Day of School
Therapy
September 2003 Horoscopes
September 2003
Milwaukee Colleges
Vegetarianism as spiritual choice.
Al fresco dining: public art or urban eyesore?
Morsels
Dark horse running
Michael Seidel's Neon Golden journey of out time
Hog Heaven
Slicker than a snake on ice.
August 2003 Horoscopes
"I know what I want to do for the rest of my life."
Riverwest Rising
August 2003
Three Chords and Some Hard Questions
Dreaming on Midsummer Nights
Breast is not "best." It's standard.
Cherrywine is (Almost) Fine
July 2003
Remembering the Park East:
The "Thud" of Semantics for an Old Paperboy
Parenting Freedoms
Three Steps to Natural Birth Control
Pondering the Legacy of Our Smirking Commander
Tim Clausen Hears Voices
Milwaukee Youth STRIVE for excellence
July 2003 Horoscopes
Get Out of Town
Life's Rich Pageant:
Big Tobacco Wins Another Hand
Good for What Ales You
Jon Anne Willow gives "A Little Respect"
When Neocons Cook Intelligence: A Recipe for Disaster
Borrower Beware
The Slightly Crunchy Dad
June 2003
Will the Arts Building in Walker's Point remain true to its name?
Rishi Tea's founders subscribe to the leaf itself
Homeo-what?
Get Ready for Pax Americana
Why Should I Care About Clear Channel
June 2003 Horoscopes
Lake Michigan's New Wave:
Can we teach Iraq to live (and love) democracy?
Confessions of an Old Paperboy
May 2003
Borrower Beware
The "External Evil Winds" of Spring
Dr. Judy Hall's mission of medicine for the Iraqi people
Thoroughly Modernist Museum
Antler Responds to the Uncultured Bacterium
Who's Your Mama
Private Thoughts of War
A Poet's Journal
May 2003 Horoscopes
Brent Gohde's Funeral March
The Immigrant Student Reality
Rivers, Railways and a Greener Milwaukee
Remedies for Spring's Strains and Pains
The Kids Are Alright
Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad
Kelp Chofs Takes GbV on The Road Less Traveled
The Homeschool Choice
The "Other" Baseball
April 2003
April 2003 Horoscopes
Milwaukee's Fighting Irish
Essays on War
New hospital birth center strives to create a personal experience
Harvey Opgenorth Wears His Art On His Sleeve
Moving Back In
Democracy is Dead and I Don't Feel Too Well Myself
March 2003 Horoscopes
March 2003
Wisconsin Film Festival
Haven Langhout falls "Half Mute"
Online Exclusives
An Adieu to DelfsTantalizing belly dancers shake it
A portrait is an image of a person
At a Moment's Notice: Photographs by John Heymann
In Memory : DJ Rock Dee
Spotted at Warped Tour
The Police
Twombly Tale
Freedom Fighters
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!
Summer days, summer nights with De La Buena
Born to be free
The smell of fresh water
A stitch in time
Milwaukee International
Before da show
Body Heat
BIKE TO WORK WEEK SPECIAL: More than just a ride
Five on three
Life's remedy
Sentimental outing
Happy Trails: VITAL's Online Summer Recreation Guide
Setting the stage
Babylon Circus brings dances of resistance to Milwaukee
Track back
A graceful duet
A trail well-traveled
Knock out
The ultimate trip
Facing modern truths
Saturday & Sunday
Less is more
PREVIEW: Video Games Live! at the Riverside Theater
The line forms here
Further Considerations
Drawing Conclusions
Romancing the seed?
The riches of Ruin
A refreshing change
Peep Show
Preview: funny stuff in January at the Pabst
Call and Response
A Grouch Worth Considering
Cinco Jugueteros de Venezuela @ Latino Arts Center
VITAL's predictions for 2008
Carrying A Knife In To The Gunfight
Running the Numbers: An American Portrait
Michael Chabon at the Jewish Community Center's Book and Culture Fair
Time Machine
A Vision Defined
Internet killed the video star
IN:SITE unveils Fall 2007 installations
Martin Ramirez at MAM
The Doo-Wop Box
Buffalo
Girlyman: Growing up, moving out and keepin’ on.
Shoot-out at the corner of Superior & Russell
Hot summer in the city
Milwaukee Short Film Festival reels up its 9th season
Waukesha’s new Majestic Cinema and Palladium dinner theater
Waukesha’s new Majestic Cinema and Palladium dinner theater
A little bit indie, a little bit classical
Burning hearts and sharp tongues vie for a higher state of bean
The 2007 WMSE Rockabilly Chili Contest packed quite the punch
The Decemberists' Chris Funk
Unintended consequences
From the flood waters
Planet Waves
Planet Waves
Chickenshack 101
Calexico's Joey Burns
Glenn Kotche of Wilco
Himself. Completely.
Newsletter
Third-party Reprint/Syndication
The Editor's Desk
Reconsidering the turkeyChances are
I want to believe
Mavericks and leaders
Faster than the speed of time
No more gilding the lily
New Model Army
Then I looked up
You don't get a medal for showing up
Naked is a state of mind
Learning to Fly
We’ve got to help Alan Keyes
Your papers, please
Green is the new black
Cheap adversaries
A crash course in teen parenting
Wrong is wrong
Six things you should know about VITAL
A new hope?
Yeah, we’re five
The high cost of low maintenance
Four years and a new day
And trade "them" for what?
What kind are you?
Once again, the right idea goes all wrong
Rethinking the nail
The Declaration of Independence
Halfway there
Jokin' Joe has left and gone away, hey hey hey
I am a Liberal. There, I said it!
Harder than one might think
Score one for the Catholics + Happy Birthday, Vital Source
The Letting Go lesson
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
August 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005