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My vegan chocolate demo, after dinner on Friday night, Feb 6th kicks off this sensational weekend as you explore the divine world of chocolate at Mohonk Mountain House. If you love chocolate, this is the time to visit the mountaintop! Get the best recipes, advice and samplings from those who have made their chocolate passion a lifetime pursuit. Chocolate infused Mohonk—two great things mixed together to create the ultimate chocolate obsession.
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I'm very excited to see the beautiful space that is the Google YouTube offices in San Bruno, CA. Working with this team, including the pastry chef has been a dream. Did you know that the ingredients are local, organic and fair-traded? The pastry team is making the Ganache Glazed Chocolate Torte to Live For, both wheat and gluten free versions and serving the Vanilla Pastry Cream from Vegan Chocolate. My cookbook trailer, as seen on YouTube will be shown and some of the ingredients from the recipes will be set out in an area of the cafe. I'll be available to answer questions about the recipes. Do you think the googlers will like the cakes? I'll be surprised if they don't. Books will be available for purchase.
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Singles Scorecard: Hear new tracks from Fall Out Boy, Alice in Chains and John Legend
Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy performs at the NBA All Star Game slam dunk contest at the Toyota Center in Houston last month. Photo by Brett Davis for USA Today.
There's nothing stiff about David Wax Museum
The word must get out about the David Wax Museum.
With a unique talent for blending catchy Americana with exotic Mexican folk, inspired by frontman David Wax's college studies in Mexico, the unsigned Museum drew about 50 people to Shank Hall on Wednesday night. Based on the reaction to the joyous 95-minute set, that number will certainly be higher when the wonderful Wax comes back to town. »Read Full Article(1)
Singles Scorecard: Hear new songs from Jennifer Hudson, R. Kelly and Robert Glasper Experiment
Jennifer Hudson gets a little naughty on her new single, with some help from T.I. and Pharrell. Associated Press photo by Nam Y. Huh. »Read Full Blog Post
Greta Wohlrabe stands up to typecasting in 'Venus in Fur'
As a self-described "Navy kid," Greta Wohlrabe grew up all over the world. But since arriving here as a Milwaukee Repertory Theater intern in 2010, the 29-year-old actor has logged a lot of time in Wisconsin, making a name for herself in a series of high-profile performances at the Rep, Renaissance Theaterworks and American Players Theatre.
Along with Rep associate artist Reese Madigan, Wohlrabe is now on stage in the Wisconsin premiere of David Ives' "Venus in Fur," which the Rep is billing as the "hottest and sexiest date night in Milwaukee." Laura Gordon directs. »Read Full Article
Jam bands create loyal fans who fill seats again and again
The golden rule for opening a restaurant is "location, location, location." For booking a concert, one of the key considerations is timing.
Large-theater and arena concerts with similar followings are typically spaced out in a market like Milwaukee — otherwise, ticket sales can suffer. It apparently happened in August, when boy bands Big Time Rush and The Wanted played separate shows within two weeks of each other at the Riverside Theater. The balcony for the heavily-hyped Wanted was practically empty, while deep discounts through Groupon were used to drive people to Big Time Rush. »Read Full Article(1)
Local talent's homecoming helps make San Fermin worth a listen
Rae Cassidy went from the hardest year of her life to one of the greatest adventures she's ever had.
A 22-year-old Milwaukee native — daughter of Semi-Twang guitarist Jason Klagstad, who is also senior vice president of comprehensive, Grafton-based music business K-Nation Entertainment — Cassidy moved to New York a year ago to develop her music career. Following a challenging transition, she fell in with San Fermin, a classical chamber-pop group whose ambitious, newly released self-titled album bodes well for a bright future. »Read Full Article
Reading the John Updike stories: 'Friends From Philadelphia"
The Library of America recently published 'John Updike: The Collected Stories,' a two-volume boxed set of 186 stories arranged in chronological order. I'm planning to read one or more a week and comment on them each Wednesday until I finish the collection or fall apart.
"Friends From Philadelphia" (1954), Updike's second published story, gets off to a suitably sexy start, with a male glimpse of thigh "below the half-drawn shade" and a view of "quite short shorts." »Read Full Blog Post
Northwestern Mutual releases designs for office tower
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. unveiled designs Wednesday for an understated but sophisticated lakefront building that will be the largest office tower erected downtown in 40 years.
"The opportunity to conceive, design and then construct an architectural masterpiece on a site that is among the most beautiful in the country, right here on the Milwaukee lakefront, that is just another sign of the tangible progress we have made," said John E. Schlifske, the president and CEO of Northwestern Mutual, at an event to unveil the designs. »Read Full Blog Post(84)
Santiago Calatrava under fire for cost overruns, leaks
Just last night, I helped a gentleman find his way out of the Milwaukee Art Museum. On the mezzanine between the museum's main floor and the parking garage there's a blind turn you've got to make.
"Oh, it's this way," I often say to people with that familiar where-am-I look on their faces. »Read Full Blog Post(5)
On Tap for Today: Cake, 'Ragtime' and radio
Good morning. Here's a few things to entice you toward fun on this Wednesday.
First, the Milwaukee Film Festival gets started tomorrow. So today is your last chance to grab one of the program books, peruse the choices and make a plan. You can find the program books all over the city. »Read Full Blog Post


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Halloween is that time of year when kids and kids at heart dress up and pretend to be someone or something else.
Certain costumes cause people to add sound effects. Ghosts shout "boo" and dogs bark "woof woof." Other costumes may even cause mannerisms to change. A mummy may take the role seriously and begin to walk stiff with their arms out front.
Some will put a lot of creativity into their costume while others will throw something together at the last minute.
But whether your goal is to win best-dressed at your Halloween party, to steal the spotlight or just to get a few laughs, you can say a lot about yourself through your costume without even realizing it.
That's because your costume choice subconsciously reveals a lot about your personality. Doubtful? Consider the following five costume categories for starters ...
No. 5: Dressing up as other people
Dressing up celebrities are usually popular choices.
Throughout the years, dressing up as the president has also been popular. During the 1970s and the Watergate Scandal, it was President Nixon. In the 1990s, it was President Clinton during the whole Monica Lewinsky impeachment scandal. Don't be surprised if you see the Obamas at a few parties this year.
And even dressing up as another occupation, such as doctors, also contributes to the phenomenon of dressing up as someone else.
So if you dress up as another person what is this really saying about you?
Well, if you reach for the mask or wig that will creatively turn you into another person, you are playing it safe. While the costume may get a few laughs, you really aren't trying to get out of your comfort zone.
But what about a costume choice that skews a bit ... younger?
No. 4: "Childish" costumes
A fairly easy costume to pull together is to dress like a baby or a little boy or girl.
Party revelers pull it off by grabbing a teddy bear, baby doll or a blanket and dressing in some pajamas. Some wear diapers, grab a pacifier and even a bonnet.
But before you revert back to the days of your childhood, you should know that you are really a kid at heart and may actually be refusing to grow up. Costumes such as Peter Pan and Fairy Princesses also would put you in the I-don't-want-to-grow-up category.
Dressing as a superhero reveals that you have a childlike fantasy of wanting to make the world a better place. You may also want to be admired.
Are you going with something a bit more scary this year? Read on to see what it might say about you ...
No. 3: Witches, vampires and ghosts
At just about any Halloween party, you can be assured of finding at least one witch in attendance.
Halloween witches vary vastly from the creative costume-wearers who go all-out, broom and all, to the soccer moms who simply don a witch hat to dish out Halloween candy.
Whether you are dressing as a witch, vampire or ghoul, you are just sticking with the tradition of Halloween when it comes to your costume.


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A sexually charged college writing assignment inspired by a Van Halen song got a Florida man kicked out of school. Now the Sarasota man is suing the college.
Joseph Corlett was suspended from Oakland University after a writing assignment.
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The assignment for the critical writing course was for students to write their impressions of others.
So Corlett wrote a 33-page journal about his professor called "Hot for Teacher."
"(It says) specifically in the syllabus that we are to record our first impressions of people in our day book assignment, which is exactly what I did," Corlett told WTSP in Tampa. "I recorded my first impressions of her."
In Corlett's sometime profane comments, he writes about the professor's body and compares her to Ginger from the 1960s television show "Gilligan's Island."
The professor complained to the dean of the university, and Corlett was suspended for an entire academic year.
In the lawsuit against the university, Corlett claims mental anguish and a violation of his constitutional rights.


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Music Review: Messiah' joyful to manyBy Jim LoweJim Lowe / Staff photo
Lisa Jablow conducts the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus in Handels Messiah on Friday in Montpelier.
MONTPELIER It could only be Handels Messiah.
Conductor Lisa Jablow added 45 minutes more of the oratorio to the Vermont Philharmonics annual holiday performance, and the nearly capacity audience Friday at St. Augustines Church remained through to the end and remained riveted.
The audience included not only the areas classical music lovers, but whole families, teens and seniors a broad section of central Vermont and these folks were visibly moved by this particularly fine two-hour-plus performance. (It will be repeated at 2 p.m. today at the Barre Opera House.)
Messiah, rather than a Christmas celebration, encompasses the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ and more, and, uncut, lasts well more than three hours. The Vermont Philharmonics annual 90-minute holiday performances have traditionally involved only the Christmas section (Part 1), plus a few other popular movements, like the Hallelujah Chorus (actually more appropriate for Easter).
Jablow, the Philharmonics assistant conductor, led the community orchestra and chorus in all of Part 1, as well a substantial amount of Parts 2 and 4. And what glorious music it is.
The Philharmonics performance was easily its best in recent memory. Not only were the soloists of a high level, the orchestra and chorus sounded great. More important, Jablow led a truly spirited performance.
Among a fine group of soloists, bass Thomas Beard proved most consistent. Particularly in The trumpet shall sound, Beard employed his deeply beautiful voice with passion. He was matched all the way with the brilliance on trumpet by Ron Thompson, once a member of the National Symphony in Washington, D.C.
Brilliant and expressive are the terms that best describe the performance of the tenor soloist Wayne Hobbs. Although he occasionally overpowered lines, his expressiveness in the recitative and arioso, Thy rebuke has broken His heart and Behold, and see, was heart-wrenchingly beautiful.
The female soloists were less powerful but each had plenty to offer. Both the light-voiced soprano Lynda Schiller and deep-voiced mezzo-soprano Linda Radtke were occasionally overpowered by the orchestra, but both sang with lyrical beauty, particularly when they joined in He shall feed his flock.
The Vermont Philharmonic Chorus, created and directed by Jablow, was augmented by a bunch of non-auditioned Messiah lovers. So it was quite a feat for the chorus to sound so good. Although the choruses werent quite precise, the sound was rich and the expression was beautiful.
The instrumentalists of the Philharmonic, save for a very few rough passages, acquitted themselves particularly well. Not only did they respond sensitively to Jablow and soloists, their performance was full of the joy of this music.
If there is any criticism of Fridays performance, other than the obvious inaccuracies and there werent a lot it was that Part 1 often lacked rhythmic incisiveness. This made it harder to differentiate between the movements and, in the particularly reverberant acoustics of St. Augustines, resulted in some muddy-sounding music making.
Finally, it is a tribute to Handel and the Vermont Philharmonic that Fridays mixed audience, getting a bit more than it bargained for, responded with genuine enthusiasm.
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Tax counterproposal: Target the richBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | February 15,2013MONTPELIER Calling a proposal unveiled by Gov. Peter Shumlin last month an insult to the working families of our state, Progressives and their liberal Democratic allies outlined a $50 million revenue package Thursday that relies on increased contributions from wealthier Vermonters.
The nine-prong plan includes everything from rate hikes on high-income earners to a 6 percent sales tax on items of clothing costing more than $100. Proponents say the package targets a class of Vermonters people making more than $200,000 that has seen its average annual income nearly double over the last decade.
Really it is a matter of fairness and its a matter of looking at what are the priorities for the state and who can afford to help us provide the services that government needs to provide, said Sen. David Zuckerman, a Chittenden County Progressive/Democrat, during a late-morning news conference in the Statehouse.
Shumlin last month thrilled the Democrat-controlled Legislature by calling for $17 million in new child care subsidies for low-income Vermonters. His plan to fund it has been far less popular: Shumlin wants to reduce by two-thirds a state earned income tax credit that now benefits the 45,000 lowest-wage workers in Vermont.
Progressives said the Democratic governor ought to be looking at the highest earners in the state to fund his proposal, not the lowest.
Higher-income earners have seen wages soar over the last decade. People making between $200,000 and $300,000 per year, for example, saw their incomes climb by an average of 83 percent between 2001 and 2011. Working-class and poor residents havent fared so well.
People making between $40,000 and $60,000, for instance, on average saw almost no wage growth over the last decade. And Vermonters with annual incomes of $30,000 or less have seen wages decline over the same period. In 1991, the top 2 percent of earners accounted for 7.5 percent of all income. In 2007, they were pulling in 24 percent of the pie.
We cannot continue to ask people who have the least to pay the most, said Sen. Anthony Pollina, a Progressive/Democrat from Washington County.
At a news conference Thursday, Shumlin defended his plan, saying the earned income tax credit it provides a lump sum check annually to the working poor isnt a smart investment.
I firmly believe that my plan to move Vermonters away from poverty to prosperity is absolutely dependent on finding a smarter way to spend those EITC dollars, Shumlin said. Weve got to take the dollars were spending now and spend them better to get better outcomes.
Other items in the Progressives revenue plan include:
A bank franchise tax, which would raise an estimated $5 million.
Eliminating the capital gains exemption on the first $5,000 of investment income, for a projected $11 million in new revenue.
Increasing the property transfer tax on houses that cost more than $500,000, to bring in $1.5 million.
Reducing the exemption on the estate tax from the first $2.75 million to the first $1 million, which would generate $1.9 million.
A tax on the extraction of groundwater and earth, to generate an estimated $4.5 million.
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Volkswagen officially revealed its 2013 Beetle Convertible at the Los Angeles Auto Show Wednesday.
The car basically takes the current Beetle (which was all new for 2012) and turns the roof into a folding soft top.
That top uses two motors to go up and down. It takes only 9.5 seconds to drop, and 11 seconds to go up. Volkswagen said the difference is needed for the top to automatically latch to the windshield.
Drivers don't even need to be at a standstill to raise and lower the top. Volkswagen said the top can be moved at speeds of up to 31 miles per hour.
Under the hood, the convertible features the same three engine choices as the fixed-roof version. There is a 2.5-liter gasoline engine, a 2-liter turbocharged gas engine and a 2-liter direct-injection turbocharged diesel version.
There is a full array of options for comfort and technology, but Volkswagen will also offer special versions of the new Beetle Convertible honoring the '50s, '60s and '70s.
The new Beetle Convertible goes on sale in December with prices ranging from $25,000 to more than $32,000.


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Trader Joe's is gearing up to open its second Florida location.
The trendy grocery store chain will open in a former furniture store on Friday.
Company officials said more than 1,500 people applied for jobs and at least 80 percent of the employees are local residents, according to The Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Trader Joe's opened a store in Naples in February and another is planned for Gainesville by the end of the year. The chain features a majority of private-label items and offers no coupons, sales or special promotions. It also buys directly from manufacturers to keep costs down.
The quirky stores feature Trader Joe's signature decor - a mix of cedar walls and Hawaiian motifs.
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Get into the holiday spirit at these European-style Christmas markets.
From GPS navigation system to satellite radio to wireless locks, cars today are connected to more networks than ever.
Winter weather is back—Here's what you need if your vehicle gets stranded in the snow.
When you think of a hotel located in an airport business park, this is probably not what you picture.
Within the Cloud Forest, the second of the conservatories, you'll find a man-made mountain that's accessible via elevator and a walking path that takes you past a waterfall.
Nine daredevils have gone over Niagara Falls in barrels and lived to tell the tale.
Make resolutions a reality with these travel tips.
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The Westin Ka'anapali Ocean Resort Villas in Maui presents a timeless holiday tradition with a hybrid-ice rink for skating in the tropics.
It's open to resort guests and non-resort guests.
"Skating By The Sea, A Ka'anapali Holiday" was unveiled on Nov. 28. It's the first amongst resorts in Hawaii to offer this experience only available in cooler climates.
The Westin Ka'anapali Ocean Resort Villas transformed its outdoor Ocean Lawn into a holiday escape complete with a 1,000 square feet hybrid ice skating rink offering magnificent views of the warm Pacific and frolicking humpback whales.
According to the resort's general manager Angela Nolan, the skating rink will comfortably hold up to 15 persons.
"This unique idea was introduced by Robert Megargle, the resort's director of food & beverage who had implemented a similar program in partnership with BH Skating International in downtown Manhattan," said Nolan. "The rink's surface is made with a synthetic polymer and finished with a natural glide for a real ice feel, allowing the use of ice skates. This is an environmentally sound alternative to real ice as it doesn't need refrigeration units, generators or electricity."
The fun-filled activity can be enjoyed Mondays to Fridays from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and from 1 p.m. on weekends. It will be offered daily through Jan. 2, 2013.
As a guideline, the rink can be used by children ages seven and older with a minimum height of 42 inches.


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A man driving drunk topped 125 mph while three kids were in his car, WPBF.com has learned.
Robert Rioseco, 46, of Homestead, was arrested Saturday night on Stock Island, according to a news release issued by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
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Rioseco was initially clocked at 87 mph, but a deputy followed and called for backup and eventually caught the suspect driving 127 mph, the release said.
When he was pulled over, Rioseco "smelled of alcohol, and his behavior was extremely erratic," according to the release.
Rioseco was arrested on charges of reckless driving, three counts of driving under the influence with someone under the age of 18 in the car, refusing to submit to a DUI test and three counts of cruelty toward a child, the release said.
The kids were turned over to their mother.
A quick glance at the Monroe County Sheriff's Office website indicates Saturday's arrest was Rioseco's ninth there since 2007.


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Since the beginning of time, people have been willing to try just about anything to make themselves feel younger, look more attractive and be more appealing to potential mates.
Women seem especially willing to forgo comfort for beauty. From plucking their eyebrows, to cramming their size 10 feet into size 6 shoes, to having fat sucked out of their body through a giant tube, women seem willing to make whatever sacrifices necessary to look their best.
Beauty rituals have always been associated with some measure of physical pain. But pain seems like a welcome vice compared to the sheer repulsiveness of some of the latest beauty trends.
What has the world come to when people are willing to bask in disgustingness just to clear their pores or condition their hair? Apparently (and frighteningly) it has come to this ...
No. 5: Bird poop facial
Ever wonder how those beautiful Geisha women maintain such smooth and vibrant skin? Well, it doesn't come from your typical moisturizer or mud mask.
Apparently, nightingale excrement is the secret ingredient in the Geisha facial, and celebrities all over the world have adopted the practice of putting dried bird poop on their faces in the name of beauty. In fact, at the New York City Shizuka Day Spa, you can have bird poop rubbed on your face for as little as $180!
While it is true that you can get birds to poop on your car for free, the face is a much smaller target. You would have to stand outside looking up at the sky for hours -- even days -- before you got your whole face covered.
But go to the spa and shell out a couple of C-notes and you can be guaranteed to have your face completely saturated with bird droppings while investing only an hour of your time. Who knew?
Of course, if you think that's weird, check this out ...
No. 4: Sheep placenta
It turns out that sheep placenta -- yes, the afterbirth of a sheep -- can give you clearer, younger looking skin.
Whether it is rubbed on the skin as a cream or consumed orally in capsule form, experts (and celebrities like Denise Richards) swear by its beautifying effects.
Allegedly, by nourishing your skin with sheep placenta, you will be able to rid yourself of unsightly blemishes and create a luminous glow from head to toe. Not only that, you'll supposedly look years younger.
But then again, you are doing this by using a sheep's afterbirth, so, you know, we're just saying. If the gross-out factor doesn't bother you though, then by all means go right ahead and slap some of that sheep placenta all over your body. Who knows, maybe it will actually work.
But we wouldn't make any bets about this next beauty ritual paying off ...
No. 3: Fish pedicure
Nothing will keep you on your toes like a good old-fashioned fish pedicure. How does that work? Well, essentially, you place your tootsies into a big bucket of little fish and allow them to nibble away at your dead and dry skin cells until they have had their fill.
Why is this better than the typical method of removing dry skin for a pedicure? Well according to John Ho, a salon owner in Alexandria, Va., who first brought the fishy pedicures to America from China, it is unique and more sanitary.
Unique? We will definitely give you that one. Sanitary? More like sanitarium. This is just a crazy way to get a pedicure -- and there does not seem to be a whole lot of advantages to it either.
Plus, what about those poor fish forced to eat people's nasty, stinky feet? You gotta feel bad for the fish.
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A California man who lost $500,000 in Las Vegas is suing the casino for his losses, claiming he was blackout drunk.
Mark Johnston, 52, claims the Downtown Grand loaned him money and served him drinks when he was visibly intoxicated, The Associated Press reported.
Nevada state law bans casinos from allowing obviously intoxicated patrons to gamble.
"I feel like they picked my pockets," Johnston told Las Vegas TV station KSNV. "I feel like they took a drunk guy...like a drunk guy walking down the street, and you reach in his pockets and grab all his money."
The state Gaming Control Board is investigating.
Downtown Grand officials would not comment on Johnston's lawsuit, but did tell the AP they are countersuing Johnston for trying to shirk his gambling debts.


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"Magic does not characterize every performer of the baroque flute but Giovanni Antonini stretches the boundaries of its playing."
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"Il Giardino Armonico are as Italian as the music itself – brightly coloured, individualistic, confident, stylish, arrestingly decorated, bubbling with enthusiasm . . ."
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Giovanni Antonini was born in Milan in 1965. He studied the flute and recorder at the Civica Scuola di Musica of his home town and at the Centre de Musique Ancienne in Geneva.
In 1985 he became a founding member of the baroque ensemble Il Giardino Armonico, which brings together musicians from some of Europe's leading music institutions, all of them specialised in performing on period instruments. The ensemble's repertory is principally concentrated on the 17th and 18th centuries. Depending on the demands of each programme, the group consists of 3 to 35 musicians. Antonini has led the ensemble since 1989 and has appeared with them as conductor and also as soloist on the recorder and baroque transverse flute at major venues in Europe, the USA, Canada, South America, Australia, Japan and Malaysia. They are also regularly invited to festivals all over the world such as the Styriarte Festival in Graz, the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, Osterklang in Vienna, the Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau and Lucerne Festivals. The ensemble has performed in most of the world's important concert halls, including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, London's Wigmore Hall and Barbican Centre, the Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Zurich's Tonhalle, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, Berlin's Staatsoper unter den Linden, the Glinka Hall and Philharmonic in St. Petersburg, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, Oji Hall in Tokyo, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, the Sydney Opera House, Disney Hall in Los Angeles and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
Besides his many commitments with Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini is often invited to conduct other orchestras such as the Camerata Academica Salzburg, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Orquesta National de Madrid, the Gewandhaus in Leipzig and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. He also cooperates regularly with the Basle Chamber Orchestra, with whom he has also made various tours and recordings. In 2004 Sir Simon Rattle invited him to conduct the Berliner Philharmoniker and play with them as soloist. The Berliner Zeitung praised his interpretation of works from the baroque and classical period as "simply ingenuous". Antonini has also appeared with artists such as Cecilia Bartoli, Christophe Coin, Katia and Marielle Labčque, Viktoria Mullova and Giuliano Carmignola.
Giovanni Antonini has conducted Il Giardino Armonico in performances of Baroque operas such as Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, Pergolesi's La serva padrona, Handel's Agrippina and Aci, Galatea e Polifemo. Highlights in 2010 include performances of Handel's La Resurrezione and Vivaldi's Ottone in villa in various European cities.
Antonini's numerous and highly successful recordings with Il Giardino Armonico have won many prizes, including the Diapason d'or, Choc du Monde de la Musique, Grand Prix des Discophiles, Gramophone Award, Echo Award, the Caecilia Award of Belgium and the Fondazione Cini Award of Venice. In 2001 he received a Grammy® Award and Diapason d'or as conductor of The Vivaldi Album recorded together with Cecilia Bartoli for Decca.
In May 2008 Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico signed an exclusive recording agreement with Decca/L'Oiseau-Lyre. In 2009 they released Handel's 12 Concerti grossi op. 6 (Echo Award "Ensemble of the Year" 2009), an album entitled Il pianto di Maria, with mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink (a programme which was toured throughout Europe) and the greatly acclaimed Sacrificium recorded with Cecilia Bartoli (Diapason d'or, Choc de Classica, Classique d'or RTL, Diamant d'Opéra 2010), now also available on DVD.


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University of South Florida anthropologists say they've found evidence of 98 deaths and more unmarked graves than previously identified at a closed reform school in the panhandle.
A report released Monday says researchers found at least 50 gravesites at the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. The report concludes there may be even more.
That's 19 more gravesites than had been identified by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in a 2010 investigative report. The FDLE was unable to substantiate or refute claims that students were abused and even killed by staffers since the school opened in 1900. It closed last year.
The anthropologists documented the deaths of two adults and 96 children from 1914 through 1973. The anthropologists' research included archived documents from the school, interviews and penetrating radar that led them to places they excavated.
Families of the victims say they just want closure.
"This is not about a criminal investigation on Thomas Varnadoe," nephew Glen Varnadoe told a Tampa television station. "It's about disinterring his remains and bringing him home."
Researchers are now working to exhume the bodies to find out how the boys died.


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Imagine 1 million volts of electricity aimed right at you. Sound insane? Not to illusionist David Blaine.
Wearing a mesh-like suit and helmet, Blaine has made himself the bull's-eye for his latest performance.
The three-day event, called "Electrified," started Friday on Pier 54 in New York.
There is an interactive element to this hair-raising stunt. Using computers, audience members in New York, Beijing, London, Tokyo and Sydney can control how much power is directed at Blaine.


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It's Almost Time: Baseball Coming Back to a TV Near You!
Note to self: Car dancing with no music looks very undignified and is apt to make one's husband look at her funny…that is until I explained that I was car dancing because a couple of nice bloggers commented to tell me this blog (and four other great Angels blogs!) is a featured blog on MLBlogs this week. Seriously, thank you Mark and MLBlogs! This is a fantastic blogging community and you do so much to support and draw attention to all of us that it's easy to feel at home right away. There are a lot of great blogs and nice people here and I just can't tell you how much fun it is to be a small part of it all.
But, even more giddy making than this news? The Angels Press Release arrived listing the Spring Training games Fox Sports West will televise in February and March – the perfect reminder that starting this Saturday weekend there will be live baseball on television once again! That's only four more days without. Short of the official season Play Balls we'll start hearing on March 31st, it doesn't get much better than that. Almost all of the games are day games, of course, so I know what I will be doing with my lunch break for the next couple of weeks.
It has been wonderful reading all of the articles from Spring Training but it will be even better to see some of the action and judge it for myself. First glimpses of the Angels new bullpen. Jeff Mathis, Hank Conger and Bobby Wilson competing for starting catcher. Kendry hitting bombs and maybe working back into first base when he's ready. A sneak preview of our new Vernon Wells, Peter Bourjos, Torii Hunter outfield as well as all of the guys waiting in the wings to spell the main three or come up through the ranks in the next few years. Top prospect Mike Trout playing with the big leaguers, say no more. Watching to see how Andrew Romine, Mark Trumbo and the rest of the minor leaguers have improved over the winter. Watching to see if Kaz and Brandon Wood have improved over the winter. And this is just what I hope to see watching my team!
This schedule arrived at the perfect time. My husband and I had just officially decided that we are not going to Spring Training this year. I'm disappointed, of course, but the television schedule helps ease the blow and, anyway, who can argue with the law:
Law of Conservation of Vices: Vices cannot be created or destroyed, they merely change forms. However, judicious budget and vacation day management are required to ensure continual shifting of vices from their potential form (ie: that enjoyed by everyone but you) to their kinetic form (ie: that enjoyed by you).
We really only have two vices to which this law applies – baseball and wine. This year, a trip to the Paso Robles Zinfandel Festival will allow for greater enjoyment of wine and more baseball games attended during the season than a Spring Training trip. So, as much as I really want to go to spend a long March weekend in Arizona, oh well, next season. At least Paso Robles has a great sense of humor and embraces the coming baseball season. This year's ad cracked me up:
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I'm buying that wine just for the commercial alone! Love it!
Jane – I'm glad you liked it. I think it really captures the fun attitude and complete lack of fussiness of Paso Robles.
Thanks for the heads up regarding the MLB blog sight. Good post, though I'm more of a single malt scotch guy. Take care!
Can't wait for the fist game on TV. Tigers are on the third of March I think. Let me know what you think of Trout after you watch him play.
Mmmm…. I feel a wine hangover in my very near future. Also, congrats on that nice blog ad real estate on the MLBlogs page. Hot dog!
Mo – You're welcome. We bloggers, especially of the Angels persuasion, have to stick together. Yeah, I'm not usually a scotch girl. Too earthy for me – the rum cask Balvenie being a notable exception. I prefer bourbon or Irish whiskey. You take care too.
Mike – I'll probably be watching that game too. I love the AL Central. It's always a good tight race until the end. Will do.
Jeff – Hangover? Please, those are for amateurs, LOL. Thanks! I was actually quite speechless to see it, especially being such a newbie blogger.
Wine + baseball; it does not get much better than that :O) Cannot wait to see some games!
That's a great commercial. I'm gonna be in Florida in March, but won't be taking in any spring training games. In fact, I always just think of AZ when it comes to spring baseball. I guess because both the Cubs and Sox are there.
Jen – I like the way you think! I am right there with you. I can't wait and between the Angels/Dodgers and the Yankees/Phillies match ups this weekend, have some serious baseball time planned.
Russel – Well that's almost like torture – in Florida for spring training but your team is in Arizona. Still, have fun!
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Granite train derails bike path linkAdam Caira / Staff Photo
Chauntelle Eckhaus, center, of Calais, and her daughters, Annaliese Eckhaus, 5, left, and Eliana Eckhaus, 9, walk and ride scooters on the recreation path along Stone Cutters Way in Montpelier on Monday. Plans to extend the path through Berlin are being stymied by issues with the use of the rail bed.
BERLIN — When it comes to plans to construct a 14.5-mile bike path from Montpelier through Berlin and Barre and up into the hills of Barre Town, working around the railroad is easier said than done.
That is particularly true in Berlin, where officials have shelved plans to construct a key segment of the Central Vermont Regional Path along an unused rail bed that is owned by the state and leased to the Washington County Railroad.
The problem, state and local officials say, can be traced to the railroad's evolving plan to haul waste granite from Rock of Ages Corp. in Barre Town to various out-of-state customers using a route that mirrors the conceptual alignment of much of the proposed bike path.
An anticipated increase in rail traffic, coupled with unspecified improvements in key areas along the route, has raised fresh questions about the viability of the route chosen many years ago.
It was an obvious choice.
Not just because the railroad was constructed along the bottom of the river valley that runs between Barre and Montpelier, though there was something to be said for selecting a well-traveled route that took steep grades out of play. Working with the railroad wherever possible also meant dealing with a single property owner — the state — simplifying the potentially complex and expensive right of way process.
Of course that was before Rock of Ages discovered a market for mountains of its granite "grout" and determined rail was the most cost-effective way to ship the waste material out of state.
That was more than three years ago.
Uncertainty involving railroad improvements needed to accommodate the granite train stalled development of a 3.5-mile segment of the regional path that would have linked Montpelier and Berlin.
Montpelier officials recently reactivated their efforts to advance a 2.1-mile segment of the path — one that would run from Granite Street, where its existing path ends, all the way to the civic center at the base of Gallison Hill Road.
According to Andre Deforge, project manager for the state Agency of Transportation, that will require modifying an alignment to avoid minor conflicts that have surfaced with the railroad in Montpelier. The Berlin leg of the path is another story, he said.
Berlin officials indicated as much in a letter Deforge has passed up the chain of command.
Berlin's plan to construct a 1.4-mile segment of path that would link up near Agway on Route 2 with the one proposed by Montpelier required the use of an inactive rail bed that the railroad has since indicated it needs to accommodate the granite hauling operation.
"The railroad has determined that the abandoned rail line will be required to store and switch cars as part of this operation and (is) … unwilling to give up the proposed alignment to the town (of Berlin) for a bike path," the town wrote in a letter that was approved by the Select Board and mailed to Deforge last week.
According to the letter, working around the abandoned rail line isn't a viable option due to surrounding wetlands.
Town Administrator Jeff Schulz outlined those concerns when discussing the matter with the Select Board last week.
"It's becoming clear, at this point, this project is probably not feasible," he said.
With that in mind, Schulz suggested the board try to persuade state officials to waive the payback requirement of federal funds that financed preliminary engineering and consider returning money that was donated for the bike path.
Tom Willard, who serves on the local bike path committee, said roughly $200,000 has been spent on preliminary engineering and that barring a waiver the town would be required to pay that money back.
"It's pretty sad when you think about how much time and effort went into this," he said, suggesting that creating a multiuse recreational path linking Barre and Montpelier was a no-brainer.
"It makes all the sense in the world to connect these two cities," he said.
The question now is: how? "We need to find an alignment that is affordable, safe and can be reliably built," Willard said, admitting that while there are some possibilities that might be worth exploring, none is nearly as obvious as the abandoned rail bed.
The old rail bed "was essentially a bike path ready to be built," he said. "That's what makes it so disappointing."
Finding an alternate route through Berlin is imperative to preserve plans for a regional path that has been in the planning stages for well over a decade. Only three segments of the proposed path currently exist. One runs from the Dog River Recreation Area to Granite Street in Montpelier, another from Fairview Street in Barre to Bridge Street in South Barre and a third from Barre Town Elementary and Middle School to Rock of Ages' manufacturing plant in Barre Town.
Barre is poised to start a fourth segment of path that would run between Berlin and Blackwell streets. However, officials there are trying to iron out their own railroad-related wrinkle that could disrupt a long-settled alignment on a separate section of that path.
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The Hot Stove Telephone Hour
Ho hum, no big Thanksgiving announcements. Not that I was really expecting anything this soon, but hey, a girl can dream. Between the few bits of real news we have seen, the tantalizing but vague hints of information we get from unnamed sources, the endless fan speculation and the dissonant chorus and counter melody of all of us bloggers shouting sign him, he'll take us back to the playoffs and no, don't sign him, he's an overpaid two season wonder, this all starts to sound like some sort of bizarre Hot Stove Bye, Bye Birdie…with Tony Reagins as Harvey Johnson to me:
What's the story? Has anyone signed?
I heard the contract got inked?
Did he really sign?
Hello Mr. Crawford, this is Tony Reagins. Is Carl home?
The contract's not inked?
What do you mean, are they crazy?
I was hoping he would!
Hello Mrs. Beltre, this is Tony Reagins. May I speak to Andre please?
They'll be Angels forever!
I hope it won't last.
Hey have you heard any news?
And I am right in there with every other Angels fan, reading every scrap of information I can get, speculating, hoping, worrying, whining, contributing my own little voice to the noise. Oh well, apparently we aren't going to get another huge late November Torii Hunter level announcement this year…or are we? *crosses fingers*
Well, for the rest of today I have a decidedly less metaphorical hot stove in mind: Turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, creamed spinach, roasted butternut squash, cranberry relish and a corn bread dressing with sausage, apples and cranberries for 10, oh my! Not that I am complaining. I love the cooking and the entertaining and so does my husband. No, like the Time Warp's pelvic thrust, it's the dishes that really drive you insane.
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You're making all that food yourself? And for 10 people? And you had time to blog too? You are my total idol! I was worried about making my chocolate cake, but turkey and all the trimmings are a whole other ballgame. Have fun and Happy Thanksgiving.
Aw, thanks. Well, it was a more of a silly thrown together blog than anything else and my husband also really likes to cook, so we made all of those dishes together, which is part of what makes the cooking fun. We did have a lovely Thanksgiving, thank you, and I hope you did as well!
I think everyone's with ya, even outside of Angels fans, waiting to see where these big names go… to see if the Halos are gonna be movers and shakers. I think they will.
Jeff – These are definiltey among the big names to watch this off season. I also think this is a year where the Angels will be movers and shakers, at least I hope so, or we're likely to be fighting a losing battle for second place again.


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The light footprintFebruary 01,2013
It would have been surprising if Chuck Hagel had gone before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday to announce that he intended to reduce U.S. military forces to a size smaller than that of France, Russia, Pakistan, Israel or North Korea.
It is well known that the United States spends more on its military than all other nations combined. On the world stage the United States is the dominant military force, and as Hagel underwent questioning from senators, it was obligatory and expected that he would say he meant to keep it that way.
He was trying to deflect charges from some senators that he is weak on defense because he had turned against the Iraq war. He also had to establish that he supported President Obamas goal of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Thats because in the past he had been less than bellicose on the Iran question, arguing that diplomacy ought to be given a chance.
No politician wants to seem weak on defense, so anyone who hopes to be secretary of defense, or president, must swear his or her devotion to the idea of U.S. military supremacy.
Nevertheless, Hagel is joining the Obama administration at a crucial turning point. The war in Iraq is over, and the war in Afghanistan is ending. Therefore, reducing the size of the American military is an inevitability. Those wars have been bankrupting us, and it is a blessing that we will no longer have to squander our treasure on the slopes of the Hindu Kush.
But senators, even those who profess to be concerned about deficit spending, are often reluctant to endorse defense cuts, even cuts in wasteful, unnecessary spending, partly because defense plants in their states often receive extravagant largess. It is corporate welfare of the flag-draped variety.
Nevertheless, Hagel is well known as a skeptic of overseas military adventures. He has the Purple Hearts to give his skepticism credibility. Further, Obama, an early critic of the Iraq war, shares his skepticism. The waste of lives and money owing to misguided, mismanaged, unnecessary wars is something we can be glad that Obama and Hagel want to avoid.
Thus, Obama has pursued what has been called foreign policy with a light footprint, avoiding self-defeating quagmires in places such as Libya, Syria or Mali, while using special forces and drones to project American power to places where threats to our security are seen as real.
It is ironic that the light footprint was the approach that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld brought to the Iraq war. He thought that a small force with sophisticated technology could be quickly in and out. But he misread Iraq, launching America into a bloody occupation with a force that was too small, too clueless and too poorly led.
The lesson we should have learned from recent events is to match means with ends. If we are undertaking a major military campaign, we need to have supremacy in conventional forces, as former Secretary of State Colin Powell advocated. But if our foe is an elusive band of guerrillas in the deserts of a remote nation that will be impossible to conquer, then we need different means. There is no single doctrine for every eventuality unless it is the doctrine of creative thinking and military flexibility.
Our budget deficits will demand defense budget cuts, and Hagel is seen as someone who can manage the scaling back of the post-Afghanistan military. As such, he will be carrying out the policies of his president, the man whose deft foreign policy management was endorsed by the American people last November.
Blustering senators may want to insist that Hagel and Obama are weak on foreign policy. They should let us know what they intend. Renewed war in Afghanistan? An occupation of Syria? Ground troops in the sands of Mali?
Bellicosity has run its course. It is an unruly world that does not follow direction from Washington. Managing the threats to U.S. security requires more than macho posturing. It requires intellectual vigilance and a willingness to question conventional wisdom. Hagel ought to be able to help Obama pursue that sort of policy.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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From beauty queen to Hollywood
Published On: Sep 26 2012 03:53:42 PM CDT Updated On: Apr 25 2016 01:00:00 AM CDT
Every aspiring celebrity has to start somewhere, and for certain stars that somewhere was the world of fake eyelashes, makeup and spray tans known as beauty pageants. Take a look at which stars were beauty queens first.
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Congratulations on your new baby. You're going to be a great parent, and we'll be right here with you so you're not alone.
First things first: Did you watch how the hospital nurses treated your new baby? If so, you noticed the way they pull and twist and stick and scrub. It makes you realize that these babies are not as delicate as you think. So don't worry about the little things. Babies are tough.
But learning about a few safety tips at each stage of your baby's development is a great way to ensure that your baby will grow up curious and active and safe.
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On this site, you will find the top tips every parent needs to keep their babies safe. Think of us as your go-to source for safety information.
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'Kill Anything That Moves' painstakingly recounts Vietnam War atrocities
Nick Turse's "Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam" (Metropolitan Books) is one of the most sobering books of the year, a detailed and thoroughly sourced account of the murder, torture and rape of Vietnamese noncombatants during the war.
The My Lai massacre, far from being an isolated incident, was part of a pattern of behavior exemplified by the title of Turse's book. As far back as 1971, Vietnam veteran Charles McDuff wrote to President Richard Nixon, "Maybe your advisors have not clued you in, but the atrocities that were committed in Mylai are eclipsed by similar American actions throughout the country." »Read Full Article
Singles Scorecard: Hear new songs from Eminem, Avril Lavigne, Lupe Fiasco and Steve Aoki
Eminem resorts to cheap and offensive homophobic slurs while simultaneously showcasing some incredible talent on his new song "Rap God." Associated Press photo by Jason DeCrow. »Read Full Blog Post
City of Ghosts hopes new album 'Calm' raises a frenzy
It may be October, and the band may be called City of Ghosts, but this isn't some novelty Halloween band. That said, if it ever decided to do a cover of "Monster Mash," it'd be intense.
Formed from the ashes of In Like a Lion and Hail Archer — the latter of which drew some national exposure among hard rock and punk fans and websites — City of Ghosts has conjured up a new album, "The Calm in the Current," heavy on dense guitar riffing and emo-oriented (occasionally screamed) vocals. »Read Full Article
Terrence Campagna, turning trash into works of art
While artists making work from trash has been an art-world fashion for many years, it is rare to find an artist who is able to create a fresh aesthetic from old drink cups, soda bottle caps and popcorn containers.
Terrence Campagna has walked and hitchhiked across the Midwest, studying what's been discarded across the landscape, from fast food containers to old barns. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
George Pelecanos visits Milwaukee Thursday
With Elmore Leonard having ascended to a higher jurisdiction, George Pelecanos might be our greatest active writer of tough-guy urban crime fiction. (Feel free to post your suggestion for the tough-guy writing crown as a comment.)
Local readers can catch Pelecanos twice on Oct. 17: He'll sign books at 5 p.m. at Mystery One Bookshop, 2109 N. Prospect Ave. then speak and sign at 7 p.m. at Boswell Book Company, 2559 N. Downer Ave. »Read Full Blog Post
Milwaukee one of only six cities on 'MirmanSchaalHodgman' stand-up tour
Alternative comedy fans will have a feast waiting for them Friday at the Pabst Theater, when Eugene Mirman, John Hodgman and Kristen Schaal — all three top names in the quirky, witty, oft-surreal and always unorthodox comedy subgenre — pair up for the Milwaukee stop of the "MirmanSchaalHodgman Sandwich To Go" stand-up tour.
Their careers have frequently overlapped. Mirman, 39, and Schaal, 35, had recurring roles on the HBO cult comedy series "Flight of the Conchords" from 2007 to 2009. They currently co-star on "Bob's Burgers," playing the roles of child siblings Louise and Gene Belcher on the Fox animated series. »Read Full Article(4)
Graffito closed to general public as of Wednesday
Graffito, the SURG restaurant in the Third Ward that parted ways with Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun in September, is closed to the general public as of today, sooner than expected.. »Read Full Blog Post
15 beer and wine facts that may surprise you
Want to sound like a beer aficionado or sommelier at Oktoberfest and Wine & Dine festivities? Recite these 15 beer and wine drinking statistics--they may surprise you!
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I went home for lunch one day about seven years ago and flipped on my television to pass the time. I've long forgotten what I had for lunch that day but not what I heard.
Richard Dreyfuss, the actor who played the dogged marine biologist in "Jaws," spoke to journalists at the National Press Club about the necessity of teaching civics. What lit my ears on fire, though, was his sobering thesis that our culture had fundamentally changed from a word-based society to an image-driven one, not that we weren't inundated by torrents of words. »Read Full Blog Post
Reading the John Updike stories: 'Dentistry and Doubt'
The Library of America recently published 'John Updike: The Collected Stories,' a two-volume boxed set of 186 stories arranged in chronological order. I'm reading one or more a week and commenting on them each Wednesday until I finish the collection or fall apart.
After graduating from Harvard in 1954, John Updike spent a year at Oxford University as a fellow at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. He tapped that English locale for the setting of "Dentistry and Doubt," the fifth story in this collected edition, published in October, 1955 by The New Yorker. »Read Full Blog Post
Meet All About Beer magazine editor and cookbook author at breweries
Craft beer fans can chat with John Holl, editor of All About Beer magazine and author of the newly published "The American Craft Beer Cookbook," at Milwaukee-area breweries in the coming days.
Holl will be at Lakefront Brewery, 1872 N. Commerce St., from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday and at Sprecher Brewing Co., 701 W. Glendale Ave., Glendale, from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. Samples from each brewery will be available. »Read Full Blog Post
On Tap for Today: Tarantula, Sustainability and Kites
Here's a bit of what's on tap for this Wednesday.
Just in time for scary October nights, the band Tigernite will release the new single "Tarantula" during a release party tonight at the Exclusive Company, 1669 N. Farwell Ave. Downloads will be doled out and the band will play lots of other tunes while they're visiting one of Milwaukee's more beloved record stores. »Read Full Blog Post


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This size in the Beanos Series Safari Duffel Bags was developed after the new weight restrictions limited travelers to 50 lbs on domestic flights. This is the travel duffel bag to take out into the world for your seven to ten day trip!
The large end pockets can hold your hiking boots on one end and your Tri-fold Shave Kit along with your flip flops in the other. A zippered front flat pocket keeps your passport handy. The pass-through panel on the back side is designed for use with wheeled luggage as a docking sleeve. Unzip top and bottom zippers and slip the panel over the wheeled bags telescoping carry handle. Or leave the bottom zipper closed and it doubles as a second flat exterior pocket. See the photos tab at left to see what this looks like.
Think lightweight, forget those clumsy wheels and telescoping handle that waste space and add weight. This is not technically a legal carry-on bag, per se, but if packed light and carried by a larger person, you might be able to sneak one on board. Speaking of carry, the sturdy detachable and adjustable padded no-slip Claw shoulder strap is the perfect blend of reliability and function.
Easily zip open or closed any compartment or pocket with our exclusive proprietary Monkey Fist Zip Knots and the toughest, biggest zipper for duffel bags available: the #10 YKK auto-locking nylon zipper. The reason Red Oxx uses the largest zipper we can find, the #10 YKK VISLON® zipper, is that they are easily repairable, even in the field; they will hold their place, that is, they "lock"; they are difficult to penetrate, thereby increasing the security of your belongings; they function smoothly in inclement weather and they can be yanked from a variety of angles without losing teeth or becoming separated.
Our customers like to define our gear as "built like a tank". While obviously you're not going to be toting around duffel bags that weigh 50 tons and have three inches of armor plate, still the comparison is valid. For a duffel bag, they are built tough. Starting with one of the most durable soft textile materials available, 1000 weight Cordura nylon, we use super strong UV resistant thread that is double stitched into every seam. Rugged, reliable and tough.
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Newspapers around the world heralded the election of Pope Francis on their front pages.
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TBS to show "Cheeseheads" reality show about "hilarious subculture"
The cable channel TBS will be airing a reality comedy show called "Cheeseheads" next season the network announced as part of its upfront presentation to advertisers.
No date was announced. »Read Full Blog Post(31)
Willie Nelson performing at Potawatomi Bingo Casino in August
Willie Nelson, affectionately known as the Red Headed Stranger, is a familiar face in Milwaukee. The country legend even brought his famed Farm Aid to Miller Park for its 25th anniversary in 2010.
Now Milwaukee fans will get to Nelson up close in August when he plays two shows at Potawatomi Bingo Casino's intimate Northern Lights Theater on Aug. 13 and 14. »Read Full Article
Wisconsin country hopeful doesn't win prize, but relishes experience
Zac Matthews, the 18-year-old country star hopeful from Milton, did not win the $100,000 grand prize at the Texaco Country Showdown finals on Thursday.
But what Matthews did receive was priceless. As the Midwest Regional Champion for the 32-year-old country music talent competition, Matthews (birth name Zach Molitor) was one of only five finalists, out of more than 50,000 contestants, who made it to Thursday's finals. He got to perform in front of a sold-out crowd at the famed Ryman Auditorium, with Country Music Hall of Famer Charlie McCoy in his band, at an event hosted by Showdown alum and Grammy winner LeAnn Rimes. »Read Full Article
Staple Singers at heart of 'I'll Take You There' bio
Mavis Staples, 74, has lately been making excellent records, playing with musicians who weren't alive during her first heyday and performing for fans waiting to be born while she was drawing tears and applause from preachers and heads of state.
Her currency is just as important as her legacy, by the reckoning of Chicago Tribune music critic Greg Kot. »Read Full Article
Bel Canto, MCO plan free MLK concert at Holy Redeemer
For the third straight year, the Bel Canto Chorus and Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra will collaborate with Holy Redeemer Institutional Church of God in Christ for a free concert in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
The music begins at 4 p.m. Sunday at Holy Redeemer, 3500 W. Mother Daniels Way. »Read Full Article
Performing Arts Calendar
Boswell Book Company: William P. Jones "The March on Washington," 7 p.m. Jan. 20, Jen Percy "Demon Camp: A Solidier's Exorcism," and John Liebert "Wounded Minds," 7 p.m. Jan. 24, 2559 N. Downer Ave., (414) 332-1181. »Read Full Article
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Lighten up
See the Lynden Sculpture Garden in a new light when you create your own. Join the family workshop held at 3 p.m. Sunday and create a lantern with which to light up the winter's night. The garden will supply the raw materials — recycled jars, tea lights, bits of this and that — and any help needed to complete the designers' visions. Naturalist Naomi Cobb will then lead visitors into the quiet evening, lanterns in hand, to experience the garden by candle light. After the walk (which begins at 5 p.m.), visitors can warm up at a bonfire with some hot cider. The workshop is free with general admission ($9 for adults, $7 for seniors, students and children over the age of 6 and free for younger children). Pre-registration is required; email the garden at firstname.lastname@example.com. It is located at 2145 W Brown Deer Rd., River Hills. »Read Full Article
Listening to Lou Reed: 'Take No Prisoners"
On Fridays I'm posting my thoughts on Lou Reed's solo albums, one album at a time in chronological order of release. »Read Full Blog Post
Grammy Awards: Which artists will — and should — win
The Recording Academy and I frequently fight (well, if you consider my yelling at the TV during the Grammys a fight), but we may actually be on the same page this year. For the first time I can remember, my favorite album of 2013 — Daft Punk's "Random Access Memories" — is actually up for album of the year at the Grammy Awards.
But will it win? I'm thinking not. Then again, the Grammys are the hardest awards show to predict year after year (another reason for my perpetual frustration). »Read Full Article(1)
San Fermin's Rae Cassidy: What music I'm listening to
Milwaukee native Rae Cassidy comes home Sunday, performing as part of New York-based classical chamberpop and indie rock hybrid San Fermin at Turner Hall Ballroom. Photo provided by Biz3 Publicity. »Read Full Blog Post
On Tap Today: Art to see, fun in the snow and beer and cheese together again
Oh, Friday. We thought you would never get here.
How pretty you look. It's like you belong in a piece of art. Good thing. So begins Gallery Night & Day. Pay attention to the works of Vivian Maier. »Read Full Blog Post


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FBI role raises questionsMay 27,2013A few weeks into the 2013 legislative session, Special Agent Christopher Destito began making the rounds at the Statehouse.
According to three people with whom he spoke, Destito said he planned to reinvigorate what had been a sleepy public-corruption division at the Federal Bureau of Investigations Vermont headquarters in Burlington.
He had informal meetings with several lawmakers, handed out his card, and encouraged anyone with information about shady dealings by government officials to get in touch.
Its the same Christopher Destito who has allegedly been asking around about Gov. Peter Shumlins controversial land deal with Jeremy Dodge last fall. But while reports of FBI involvement have appeared in multiple media outlets over the past week, evidence of any criminal wrongdoing is nonexistent. And save for a noncommittal statement from U.S. District Attorney Tristram Coffin, federal authorities have been tight-lipped about what it is theyre after.
Asked last Wednesday whether the FBI was interviewing people in an effort to gain information about a land deal in which Shumlin purchased for $58,000 a 16-acre homestead valued by town listers at $140,000, Coffin offered a terse statement.
The FBI followed up on a routine lead, Coffin told the Vermont Press Bureau. And theres no active investigation in our office.
Asked whether that routine lead related to Shumlins land deal, Coffin said he wouldnt comment further.
Three people earlier this month relayed off-the-record accounts to the Press Bureau of being interviewed by Destito about Shumlin. But it wasnt until Bernie Corliss spoke with the Bureau last Tuesday that someone came forward with an on-the-record story of an FBI interview.
Corliss, a longtime friend of Dodges, said Destito had knocked on the front door of his residence at the Weston Mobile Home Park in Berlin last Monday evening.
He just wanted to know what I knew about the deal, and what I knew about Jeremy, Corliss told the Vermont Press Bureau last Tuesday, a day before news of the land deal broke. I gave him all the information I had, and he left his card.
A business card on a table in Corliss living room contained Destitos name and contact number. The Vermont Press Bureau made phone contact with Destito on Tuesday evening. Asked whether he was interviewing people about the Shumlin/Dodge land deal, Destito said, Im sorry, I cant speak to the press.
If I do, Ill get in a lot of trouble, Destito said.
Asked if he would speak off the record about the matter, he declined.
Im sorry, I dont cut corners, Destito said.
The FBI traditionally takes the lead on state-level public-corruption investigations and is, according to its government website, singularly situated to combat this corruption, with the skills and capabilities to run complex undercover operations and surveillance.
According to Coffin, there is no investigation. And Shumlin said Friday that the only thing he knows about the FBI link is what hes read in the press.
We have not been contacted by anyone from law enforcement anywhere along the process, Shumlin said.
A series of one-on-one interviews with media outlets Friday suggests that Shumlin and his legal advisers are supremely confident theres nothing to the FBI angle. A criminal defense attorney who spoke on background last week said the governor would under no circumstances submit to open-ended questioning from reporters if he believed a formal deposition was in the offing.
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Published On: Feb 12 2013 04:43:58 PM CST Updated On: Nov 21 2016 01:00:00 AM CST
We all love our celebrities, especially when they pair up. But sometimes their tastes when it comes to matters of the heart can leave us scratching our heads.
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Channels 18 and 24 face DirecTV blackout
Here they go again.
This time, Milwaukee stations WVTV-TV (Channel 18) and WCGV-TV (Channel 24) face a blackout on DirecTV. It is the latest in a string of retransmission disputes between satellite and cable services and content providers »Read Full Blog Post(10)
Video: The Concert Corner - Recapping Carrie Underwood and Tracy Morgan
Carrie Underwood brought her Blown Away tour to the BMO Harris Bradley Center Friday. Photo by Pat A. Robinson. »Read Full Blog Post
Furniture made from the former Sydney Hih posted to Craigslist
UPDATE: The City of Milwaukee has questioned the provenance of the materials used for this furniture. The city, which was effectively the owner of the buildings for some time, did not give permission, according to Jeff Fleming, a Department of City Development spokesperson. Mike Nelson of MEwoodworks responded to the city's concerns via a Craigslist email indicating that he and his partner asked the demolition crew for the materials and were given permission. They rented a U-Haul vehicle to take the salvaged materials away.
WLUM-FM (102.1) cancels 'Kramp and Adler' morning radio show, lets Kramp go
"Kramp and Adler," the longtime locally produced morning show on WLUM-FM (102.1), is history. The station canceled the show Monday and announced that Brian Kramp had been let go.
"Brian Kramp's contract came up for renewal, and the company chose not to renew it," WLUM program director Jacent Jackson said. »Read Full Article(119)
Rodgers set to appear on "The Office" Thursday night
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is scheduled to appear on this week's episode of NBC-TV's "The Office."
Rodgers is to play a judge in a singing competition. »Read Full Blog Post(33)
The National coming to Riverside Aug. 5
Milwaukee fans of moody indie rock band the National need not travel to Chicago to see the band at Lollapalooza Aug. 3 — it will be headlining the Riverside Theater two days later, joined by English indie folk band Daughter.
Boswell's movie night with Luhrssen, McComas, plus a Sedaris visit update
Boswell Book Company offers a double feature of film-related reading at 7 p.m. May 7, when David Luhrssen and Paul McComas will launch their new books.
Luhrssen's "Mamoulian: Life on Stage and Screen" (University of Kentucky Press) considers the career of the innovative theater and film director Rouben Mamoulian (1897-1987), who directed the original Broadway productions of "Porgy and Bess," "Oklahoma!" and "Carousel," as well as such notable films as "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1931), "Becky Sharp" (1935) and "Blood and Sand" (1941). »Read Full Blog Post
It's official: Lebowski Fest coming to Milwaukee Aug. 16-18
It's official, dude: Lebowski Fest will roll into Milwaukee Aug. 16 through 18, including an outdoor screening of the movie that made the pop-culture phenomenon possible, "The Big Lebowski."
Last year, the first year the traveling Lebowski Fest came to town, more than 5,000 people took part. Organizers said then that Milwaukee's was the most enthusiastic reaction the festival had ever received. Presented by the Pabst Theater Organization and the East Town Association, the three-day festival celebrating the 1998 Coen brothers classic starts with a White Russian liquid lunch kickoff at noon Aug. 16 at the Pabst Theater Pub, 144 E. Wells St. That night, the Lebowski Fest Movie Party starts at 5 p.m. in Cathedral Square Park, with music from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down and a screening of "The Big Lebowski" at dusk. »Read Full Article(28)
Bill Cosby: Civil rights movement 'isn't anywhere near done'
Bill Cosby, who will be the commencement speaker at Marquette University on May 19, says the civil rights movement "isn't anywhere near done."
At a commencement Saturday at Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Cosby urged students of the school, which is affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, to press for civil rights. »Read Full Blog Post(5)
Video: He's My Brother She's My Sister talk about Landing their Big Gig
He's My Brother She's My Sister is a unique band with a colorful, almost vaudeville-inspired live show and a distinct desert rock sound. So naturally, the sibling-fronted band (Rob and Rachel Kolar share vocal duties) consider the band's first big gig not some dramatic festival date or cushy theater concer, but a show for a handful of people in an isolated desert community. »Read Full Blog Post
On Tap for Today: Crystal Castles, Janis Joplin and Jess Walter
You're going to want to take notes on all the things there are to do today. Milwaukee, you make Monday proud.
Crystal Castles make a stop here months before they join Lollapalooza in August. They're at Turner Hall Ballroom. »Read Full Blog Post
Jim Gaffigan performing at Pabst for New Year's, selling autographed copies of book to ticketholders
We're not even halfway through 2013, and comedian Jim Gaffigan has already made New Year's plans.